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Every Saturday, 9am to 2pm Wall Street ∙ Uptown Kingston • Rain or Shine, through November 17th

Almost 40 Vendors, Chef Demonstrations, Crafts on John Street, Storytelling Series and other weekly events.

Also visit the Kingston Farmers’ Midtown Market Tuesdays, 3pm until dusk, rain-or-shine, through October 30th.

Located at the site of the former King’s Inn on Broadway.

www.kingstonfarmersmarket.org (845) 853-8512

Proud to be a good neighbor.

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Proud to care for our Hudson Valley neighbors.

Hudson Valley LGBTQ Community Center 300 Wall Street in Uptown Kingston 845-331-5300 | www.lgbtqcenter.org

Hudson Valley LGBTQ Community Center

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FESTIVAL ABOUT

October 5, 6, 7 2012

The O+ Festival is a festival of art and music wherein artists barter their contributions directly for medical, dental, and other wellness services from art-loving health care providers.

The third annual O+ will take place at various venues in Kingston on October 5, 6, and 7 (Columbus Day Weekend).

HISTORY

MISSION

O+ began with a beer between neighbors: A dentist who wanted to lure his favorite indie rock bands to his neighborhood and was willing to pay them in free dental work, and a painter without health insurance who was driven to find a solution within his community to make a creative profession sustainable.

The O+ Festival is a celebration of art and music that creates a bridge to access health care for artists. O+ fosters complete physical, mental, and social well-being by connecting artists directly with a coalition of health care providers and health resources, in a shared vision to nurture the individual and the community.

It grew to a conversation: A kitchen table in uptown Kingston, hosting a small handful of artists, musicians, and health care providers, musing over whether they could round up enough like-minded locals to barter the art of medicine for the medicine of art.

It became a festival. The concept behind O- as the universal donor blood type, combined with the positivity and optimism required to pull off such a feat, begot the name.

Within two weeks, this small core of artists, musicians, a doctor and a dentist had rallied other members of the community— from acupuncturists to bass players to restaurateurs—at Keegan Ales, one of the eight venues that would host the first annual O+. That October 2010, over 100 artists, musicians, and volunteers would barter their contributions to the festival in exchange for care at a clinic staffed by more than 40 artloving health professionals from the Hudson Valley.

DETAILS All-access, all-weekend festival wristbands are available for a donation of $25. Wristbands are available at all venues, as well as O+ Festival Check-In at Uncle Willy’s, 31 North Front Street. Merchandise is also available at this location. There are many free events at the festival as well. See pages 5-7 for details. For more information on the O Positive Festival, visit: www.opositivefestival.org.

JOIN US If you’re a local business, an artist or musician, or a local health care provider of any kind, join us! Or, if you’re from afar, but you want to bring O+ to your town, join us! Write to info@ opositivefestival.org with ideas about how you can participate in future O+ festivals.

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FESTIVAL SCHEDULE

FRIDAY October 5th

6pm @ CORNER OF MAIN ST. & CLINTON AVE. HUNGRY MARCH BAND Brooklyn, NY Parade starts @The Kirkland With Calaveras skeleton puppets from Processional Arts Workshop The Lady Esther Gin & More /45 mins 7:00pm @ BSP LOUNGE HUNGRY MARCH BAND Brooklyn, NY /45 mins 7:00pm @ STOCKADE TAVERN WYGALATOR Rosendale, NY /45mins 7:30pm @ ELEPHANT ANDREA TOMASI Hudson, NY /45mins 7:45pm @ KEEGAN ALES ACOUSTIC SUN Kingston, NY /60mins 8:00pm @ THE OLD DUTCH CHURCH RICHARD BUCKNER Kingston, NY /45mins 8:15pm @ BSP LOUNGE NELSONVILLAINS New Paltz, NY /45mins 8:15pm @ STOCKADE TAVERN ALTA MIRA Albany, NY /45mins 8:30pm @ ELEPHANT SASHA PEARL Tivoli, NY /45mins 9:00pm @ THE OLD DUTCH CHURCH THE FELICE BROTHERS New Paltz, NY /70mins 9:15 pm @ KEEGAN ALES THE DEAD EXS New York, NY /60mins 9:30pm @ STOCKADE TAVERN BREAKFAST IN FUR New Paltz, NY /60mins 9:30pm @ BSP LOUNGE IT’S NOT NIGHT: IT’S SPACE Kingston, NY /45mins

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10:45pm @ KEEGAN ALES THE PHILISTINES JR. Bridgeport, CT /75mins 10:45pm @ BSP LOUNGE TIGERISS Rosendale, NY /60 mins 11:00pm @ STOCKADE TAVERN HOWARD FISHMAN Brooklyn, NY /60mins 12:00am @ STOCKADE TAVERN DJ GRASSHOPPER Kingston, NY /120mins

SATURDAY October 6th

9:00am-2:00pm @ LGBTQ HEALTH EXPO Free & open to the public ­— no wristband required. /5 hours 10:00am-5pm @OUTDATED LINDA MONTANO ART/LIFE COUNSELING /7 hours 10:30am @OUTDATED GUIDED NUTRITIONAL WALK THROUGH THE FARMER’S MARKET 11:00am @331 WALL STREET KUNDALINI YOGA /60 mins 11:00am @ PATIO PUBLIC THE ART BUS ALL-AGES/LEVELS MOBILE PAINTING & PRINTMAKING LAB Free and open to the Public No wristband required /3 hours 12:00pm @ BSP LOUNGE RATBOY JR. New Paltz, NY Kids’ show – kids free!

No wristband required. /60 mins 12:00pm @ PATIO PUBLIC @WALL & N. FRONT ST. ACOUSTIC PREVIEWS Multiple acts /2 hours

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SATURDAY Continued . . .

12:00pm @ LGBTQ (in front) GUIDED NUTRITIONAL WALK THROUGH THE FARMER’S MARKET Free & open to the public ­— no wristband required.

12:30pm @ 331 WALL STREET GONG BATH /60 mins 12:30pm @ YOGA HOUSE LAUGHING BUDDHA YOGA /60 mins 1:00pm @ THE OLD DUTCH CHURCH TRUMMORS Saugerties, NY /45 mins 2:00pm @ PRIMAL POWER YOGA HOT VINYASA YOGA /60 mins 2:00pm-5pm @BOITSON’S DR SKETCHY’S ANTI-ART DRAWING SCHOOL /3 hours 2:00pm @ THE OLD DUTCH CHURCH ROSARY BEARD Albany, NY /45 mins 2:15pm @ MUDITA YOGA KIDS YOGA /45 mins 2:30pm @ PATIO PUBLIC @WALL & N. FRONT ST. JIN JUNG

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LUCIUS Brooklyn, NY /45 mins 6:00pm @ STOCKADE TAVERN TWO DARK BIRDS Arkville, NY /45 mins 6:30 pm @ BSP LOUNGE TALL TALL TREES Brooklyn, NY /45 mins 7:00pm @ 331 WALL STREET GONG BATH /60 mins 7:00pm @ ELEPHANT CELTIC SESSIUNS O+ band members are encouraged to sit in and play!

No wristband required /3 hours 7:15pm @STOCKADE TAVERN JO SCHORNIKOW New York, NY /45 mins 7:45pm @ KEEGAN ALES LOVESICK Kingston, NY /45 mins 8:30pm @ BSP LOUNGE T.M.I.DOL STORY SLAM Hudson Valley, NY /90 mins

ARTIST MEDICAL RESIDENCY Jersey City, NJ/90 mins

8:30pm @STOCKADE TAVERN THE BROKEN STARES Brooklyn, NY /60 mins

3pm @ THE OLD DUTCH CHURCH RYAN ROSS SMITH Troy, NY /45 mins

9:00pm @ KEEGAN ALES DEAD HEART BLOOM Brooklyn, NY /60 mins

4:00pm @ BSP LOUNGE LIFE IN A BLENDER Hudson Valley, NY /45 mins

10:00pm @ BSP LOUNGE GUARDIAN ALIEN New York, NY /45 mins

4:00pm @ THE OLD DUTCH CHURCH ANDERS GRIFFIN/ OTTO HAUSER DRUM DELUGE Hudson, NY /45 mins

10:00pm @ STOCKADE TAVERN GRAVEYARD LOVERS Brooklyn, NY /60 mins

4:00pm @ MUDITA YOGA RESTORATIVE YOGA FLOW /60 mins 4:30pm @ PATIO PUBLIC @WALL & N. FRONT ST. TAI CHI DEMONSTRATION & CLASS /75 min 5:00pm @ ELEPHANT RECEPTION, CHAMPAGNE TOAST & ART TOUR /60 mins 5:00pm @ BLUE 57 TASTING & FINAL STOP ON ART WALK /3 hours 5:15pm @ BSP LOUNGE

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10:30pm @ KEEGAN ALES HOPEWELL Brooklyn, NY /75 mins 11:15pm @ BSP LOUNGE MAN FOREVER New York, NY /45 mins 11:30pm @ STOCKADE TAVERN THE PARLOR Altamont, NY /60 mins 12:30am @ BSP LOUNGE NOTHING BUT WOLVES Kingston, NY /45 mins 12:30am @ STOCKADE TAVERN CARLOS THE SUN (DJ) Kingston, NY /90 mins

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11:00am @ 331 WALL STREET KUNDALINI YOGA /60 mins

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ELEPHANT – 310 Wall St. BOB CLYATT Rye, NY PATIO PUBLIC @ Wall & N. Front St. Paste-Ups & Murals

12:00pm @ BOITSON’S STUDIO STU Kingston, NY /60 mins

BLUE 57 – 57 N. Front St. JOEL GRIFFITH Tivoli, NY

12:30pm @ 331 WALL STREET GONG BATH /60 mins

THERESA & CO – 307 Wall St. MELISSA HALVORSON Kingston, NY

1:00pm @ BOITSON’S JAKE SORGEN Woodstock, NY /60 mins 1:00pm @ BSP LOUNGE THE SHOESTRING BAND Ulster Park, NY /45 mins 2:00pm @ PRIMAL POWER YOGA HOT VINYASA YOGA /60 mins 2:00pm @ BSP LOUNGE FILM: ITVS COMMUNITY SCREENING: THE WAITING ROOM FREE - NO WRISTBANDS REQUIRED /75 mins 4:00pm @ MUDITA YOGA GENTLE BASICS YOGA /60 mins 4:00pm @ BSP LOUNGE HELLO LATER Hyde Park, NY /45 mins 5:00pm @ YOGA HOUSE OPEN COMMUNITY CLASS /60 mins 5:15pm @ BSP LOUNGE AUTOVORE Hudson, NY /45 mins

311-313 WALL ST – BRICK FACADE CAVE DOGS Bloomington, NY Nightfall JON HOYT REALTY – 315 Fair St. EXQUISITE CORPSE: POLLY LAW & FRIENDS Kingston, NY EVOLVING MEDIA NETWORK – 288 Wall St. NESLIHAN ULUS LORD Kingston, NY GABRIEL’S – 316 Wall St. JERRY SMEDLEY Kingston, NY SISSY’S CAFE – 324 Wall St. ONE-MILE GALLERY PRESENTS: MARIA KOZAK Brooklyn, NY

5:15pm @ MUDITA YOGA YOGA NIDRA /60 mins

HALF MOON BOOKS – 35 N. Front St. DAWN BREEZE, RANDREW IVERA, MARIA LOSIER & GUY MADDIN /Video Installation

6:30pm @ BSP LOUNGE THE SWEET CLEMENTINES New Paltz, NY /60 mins

FRANZ P. ROGGEN GARDEN – John St. GEMA ALAVA /Light Projection

7:30pm @ STOCKADE TAVERN O+ FESTIVAL CLOSING PARTY

FORSYTH PARK WALL – Lucas Ave. PAUL HEATH /Mural

DURATION of FESTIVAL BSP LOUNGE – 323 Wall St. ARABELLA PROFFER Lakewood, OH

MUNICIPAL PARKING LOT WALL JOSEPH MASTROIANNI /Mural FRED JOHNSTON MUSEUM - 63 Main St. MICHAEL ASBILL & JESSICA POSER Multimedia, multi-venue installation

FAHEEM HAIDER Montgomery, NY

FRANZ P. ROGGEN HOUSE – 42 Crown St. KMOCA PRESENTS: NEAL HOLLINGER

THE OLD DUTCH CHURCH – 272 Wall St. TRACY PRIEST Kingston, NY

XCLUSIVE BOUTIQUE – 334 Wall St. KYMARA LONERGAN/ROBERT W. RICHARDS Kennebunkport, ME

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Andy Milford Arabella Proffer Bill Dunlap Bob Clyatt Carla Rozman Cave Dogs Dave Vegeto Dawn Breeze Denise Orzo Dr. Sketchy Eija Lindsey ELLE Emily Gui Faheem Haider Gabe Brown Gema Alava Giselle Potter&Kieran Kinsella Jerry Smedley Jesika Farkas Jin Jung Joe Concra Joel Griffith Jorge Jaramillo Joseph Mastroianni Kymara Lonergan/Robert W. Richards Laura Johansen Linda Montano Maria Kozak (One Mile Gallery presents) Marie Losier & Guy Maddin Melissa Halvorson Michael Asbill & Jessica Poser Neal Hollinger (KMOCA presents) Neslihan Ulus Lord Paul Heath Peter Nicks “The Waiting Room” (documentary) Polly Law Randrew Ivera Rochelle Redfield Ruth Wetzel T.M.I.dol Story Slam Thom Grady Tracy Priest

Geddes Paulsen at work on mural collaboration with Raudiel Sañudo, 2011.

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Spirit Family Reunion perform at the 20111 festival.

PARTICIPATING ARTISTS

photo by Keven Buso

PARTICIPATING MUSICIANS Acoustic Sun Alta Mira Anders Griffin/ Otto Hauser Drum Deluge Andrea Tomasi Autovore Breakfast in Fur The Broken Stares Carlos the Sun The Dead Exs Dead Heart Bloom DJ Grasshopper The Felice Brothers Graveyard Lovers Guardian Alien Hello Later Hopewell Howard Fishman Hungry March Band It’s Not Night: It’s Space Jake Sorgen Jo Schornikow Life in a Blender Lovesick Lucius Man Forever Neslonvillains Nothing But Wolves The Parlor The Philistines Jr. Ratboy Jr. Richard Buckner Rosary Beard Ryan Ross Smith Sasha Pearl The Shoestring Band Studio Stu The Sweet Clementines Tall Tall Trees Tigeriss Trummors Two Dark Birds Wygalator

The Felice Brothers

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By Crispin Kott

THE FELICE BROTHERS, unlike the Ramones or the three Taylors

of Duran Duran, really are siblings. James and Ian Felice, along with their brother Simone—a former member of the group— are Palenville natives who cut their teeth as performers between backyard barbecues in the Hudson Valley and busking on subway platforms in New York City. Though they’ve since gone on to worldwide renown with their Americana sound,

their performance at the O+ Festival represents a return to their roots.

On any given night, the Felice Brothers—a five-piece outfit sometimes augmented by a horn section—electrify audiences not only with their exhilaratingly emotional songs, but also by being…well, electric. Their most recent album of all-original material (2011’s Celebration, Florida) saw the Felice Brothers as turned on and plugged in as they’ve ever been.

But on Friday, October 5, the group performs a rare acoustic set alongside Richard Buckner at Kingston’s Old Dutch Church.

“It’s an honor and it’s a privilege, and also it’s going to be fun,” said James, a multi-instrumentalist and singer. “We haven’t played in Kingston for so long.”

Not that they’re unfamiliar with the city or performing unplugged. It’s been a while, but there’s also the extra allure of coming full-circle. “This show is going to be the first time in many years where we’re just playing acoustic,” James said. “We’re not bringing any amps. It’s going to be different, but it’s going to be like how we used to do it back in the day. I remember playing in the street at the Kingston Farmers Market five, six years ago and trading records for chickens at Fleisher’s.”

The Felice Brothers are taking a break from writing and recording their next album,

which James said he hoped would be out by early spring at the absolute latest. “I guess it’s pre-production,” James said. “We’re working on it the day before and the day after [O+], actually. Right now we’re in our own little studio and we’re going to go into a real studio at the end of October, hopefully, and finish it up.”

And though the Felice Brothers have packed concert halls around the world, they’re intimately familiar with the O+ Festival’s central theme. “It’s incredible, but to this day, none of us have insurance,” James said.

“Even though we’re doing pretty well, none of us can afford to go to the doctor. I’ve been to the dentist a few times and given all of my money to them. [O+] is really inventive and unique. It’s a really great idea, and I think it’s going to help a lot of people. And it’s great that the doctors themselves are helping.”

James said he’s also planning on spending his down time at the O+ Festival soaking up the scene. “I’m going to enjoy going to lots of shows,” he said. “And I’m going to be able to ride my bike there.”

The Felice Brothers share a bill with Richard Buckner at the Old Dutch Church at 8 p.m. on October 5.

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Richard Buckner

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Richard Buckner for Beginners

Five Songs to Cross Your Fingers for at the Old Dutch Church Alexandra Marvar By

RICHARD BUCKNER’S most recent record, Our Blood (2011), is his ninth

full-length in a legacy dating back just shy of two decades. During that span, he’s stirred a substantial cult following of heartened fans— nearly spiritual about his music—whispering of him accolades like

“greatest living songwriter.”

Some claim that his style defies categorization, in a gesture of reverence, but Pitchfork and NPR agree on an outsider-country parallel to Townes Van Zandt. Others posit a Dylan who managed to evolve favorably with the times, or a Jeff Buckley who’d hung in there.

He’s a hard man to pin down—making his way from a bookstore clerk in Atlanta, to forklift driver, Con Ed roadside power lines crew, census worker, to mentor to autistic children over the years, all the while recording from Tuscon to Lubbock, Alberta to San Francisco to rural Washington to, now, Kingston, New York. None of his records have been panned by the critics, and yet, his reputation has never breached the levy that keeps fringe acts from the Starbucks crowd— less one brief glimpse at a broader audience when a particularly bleak and beautiful track made an unexpected appearance in a series of Volkswagen commercials years after its 1998 release.

With collaborators spanning from Calexico to members of Tortoise, the Sea and the Cake, Palace Brothers, Sonic Youth, to Guided by Voices, Sebadoh and more, Buckner has been releasing excellent music in excellent company for 18 years, and now from his Kingston, New York home base, he joins the 2012 roster of the O+ Festival.

For those new to his canon, five songs to cross your fingers for when Buckner takes the altar at O+ on October 5: 10

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1 CONFESSION (Our Blood, Merge, 2011) A melody of forward motion and vivid emotion: “Falls can be broken / windows were opened.... With no one to go to / someone should’ve told you.” The overlapping vocals that make the choruses sparkle may be what struck such a chord with Grammywinner Bon Iver, who’s cited Buckner as an indelible influence, describing his lyrics at “totally heartbreaking and beautiful and heavy, but you really couldn’t say exactly what they’re about.” Nail on the head.

2 BLUE & WONDER (Bloomed, Glitterhouse Records, 1994) The opening track on his debut, which begins “I’ve been stunned and I’ve been turned I’ve been undone and burned...” but he’s not complaining.

3 BELIEVER (Since, MCA, 1998) The visceral opener on his major-label debut— the instrumentation is a glowing blur resonant with sparkle of indie rock in the 90s.

4 ARIEL RAMIREZ (Since, MCA, 1998) Weirdly, the Volkswagen commercial song—Both quiet and un-quieting, Buckner’s pauses bear (and bare) as much of the weight in this austere track as the heartbreak-laden lyrics.

5 GAUZY DRESS IN THE SUN (Bloomed, Glitterhouse Records, 1994) Classic Bruckner poetry over piquant strains of pedal steel.

Richard Buckner shares a bill with The Felice Brothers at the Old Dutch Church at 8 p.m. on October 5.

Dr. Sketchy

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Dr. Sketchy’s Anti-Art Drawing School

By Samantha Levin

Dr. Sketchy’s Anti-Art Drawing School is a life drawing class taken to the extremes that all such classes should go. Started by artist Molly Crabapple in 2005 and run by a slew of creative types, Dr. Sketchy’s takes its mission very seriously, yet with a spoonful of sugar in a glass of champagne.

Awkward giggles abound when young artist students enter their first life drawing class, presented with their virgin opportunity to stare at a naked person for a few hours. Such sessions are meant to be academic, not titillating, and to many they soon become stagnant.

Indeed, drink-and-draw sessions abound in bars and artists’ institutions to break up this monotony. These are most definitely improvements, but are still, ironically, on the dry side.

Dr. Sketchy’s Anti-Art School spruces, excites, and glitzes up the old drawing class blueprint by making a big deal out of their featured models. Burlesque performers (with fanciful names like Dante Posh, Veronica Varlow, Stormy Leather, and Cherry Typhoon), drag queens, circus performers, roller derby girls, and other colorful personae pose up on stage in outrageous costumes that play around with chosen themes.

Their themes are wonderfully geeky (such as their tribute to Dr. Who or their upcoming all robot session) and always fun. Yet even more spice is added with art contests (including those of the drinking sort), cabaret, and music.

Sketchy’s and their attendees take their sketching practice very seriously. Attendees range from newbie artists who want to experiment with drawing for the first time, to highly experienced artists such as Travis Louie, Ron English, Alasdair Grey, and Audrey Kawasaki.

Sketchers can draw the model in short and long poses, and are challenged by the contests that Sketchy’s organizes. This perfect recipe of fun and focus attracts thousands of artists per month to the various Sketchy’s branches.

Molly Crabapple was 22 when she started running Dr. Sketchy’s sessions in a dive bar in Williamsburg. Not long afterwards, Crabapple franchised her business, which currently boasts around 100 branches worldwide. Sketchy’s has been featured in the New York Times (which called it “a cross between old-fashioned lifedrawing sessions and new-wave cabaret”), the Los Angeles Times, the Washington Post, and countless other outlets. It is sometimes still held in dive bars, but has also popped up at the Museum of Modern Art in New York, the Pixel Art Fair in Sao Paulo, the Deitch Art Parade in New York, and the San Diego Comic Con’s VIP after-parties.

Dr. Sketchy’s is very proud to be contributing to the third annual O+ Festival and supporting healthcare for artists. They will have the gorgeous duo of Delysia La Chatte and Ariel Wolf posing in costumes that will explore the festival’s “Flux” theme.

Dr. Sketchy’s Anti-Art Drawing School will be held at Boitson’s, 47 North Front Street, on Saturday, October 6 from 2-5pm.

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Ratboy Jr.

Kid’s Music that Rocks

By Jennifer Gutman

“If Calvin and Hobbes had a soundtrack, this would be it,”

says BostonChildren’sMusic.com about Ratboy Jr.’s first full-length album, Smorgasbord . The description gets to the heart of this Hudson Valley kindie-rock duo’s music: childhood wonder with weight.

Imaginative optimism characterizes the genre that fuses adult craft with children’s themes pioneered by artists like They Might Be Giants, Dan Zanes, and the Hudson Valley’s own Elizabeth Mitchell, Uncle Rock, and Dog on Fleas. Such artistic projects ensure that kids have more options for music with substance over the mindless repetition of songs like Barney’s “I Love You” and Lamb Chop’s “The Song That Never Ends.” Well, songs do end—and they should. Kindie rockers make sure that theirs are worthwhile.

Tim Sutton and Matthew Senzatimore of Ratboy Jr., known as Timmy and Matty, blend music, storytelling, and onstage antics for shows that make you feel like a kid no matter your age. Children are captivated by songs that not only tell stories, but involve aspects of their own lives. Sutton has a background in freestyling, and says this improvisational state of mind informs their performances: “We’ll ask kids about songs they want to hear, and then we’ll make it up on the spot and ask them to sing along with us.” Kids aren’t the only one’s engaged, though. Adults enjoy the instrumental prowess of two seasoned musicians. Timmy sings and plays guitar while Matty incorporates multiple instruments—sometimes at once, like his simultaneous drum and keyboard work.

Their rootsy folk sound and eco-friendly themes (sample lyric: “everything is wonderful, including the dirt”) lend to an aesthetic that parents not only approve of, but also appreciate. Ratboy Jr. shows involve more than just engaging songs—audience participation, on-

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stage banter, and the cartoonish slide whistle create an intoxicating blend of humor, wit, and surprise. A laid back yet lively vibe encourages rhythmic bobbing and swaying that’s sure to be collision free. “It’s a family thing,” says Sutton. “Everyone’s having a really good time— laughing, singing, dancing. It’s really want you want at any show.”

Ratboy Jr. has opened for the Levon Helm Band and played at a slew of festivals and venues across the Northeast including Mountain Jam, The Green River Festival, the Bowery Poetry Club, and the Bearsville Theater. They also lead educational workshops for students at schools and libraries on songwriting. Following their summer shows at the Rosendale Street Festival, the Ulster County Fair, and the Village of New Paltz 125th Anniversary Celebration, Ratboy Jr. comes to O+ for the festival’s first kids-oriented performance. According to Jeff Mercel, music director of O+ and former member of Mercury Rev, diversity is the festival’s main goal. “We really wanted to make an effort to do something that parents knew they could safely bring their kids to,” he says. “The kids wouldn’t just be tagging along, it would be specifically for them.”

Ratboy Jr. will play at BSP Lounge at noon on Saturday October 6. Face painting, snacks provided by local businesses, and the farmers’ market, which is open until 2pm, round out the family-friendly event.

And, Mercel adds, it’s free: “I don’t know how much allowance a six-year-old gets these days.”

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The Medicine of Art

By Beth E. Wilson

Linda Mary Montano is a boundary-breaking force of art/life, a legendary early performance artist whose work brings our attention to the art of simply being. Deeply grounded in an empathetic, often spiritual approach (before turning to making art, she had begun training to be a nun), her ongoing practice recognizes the power of devotion, and of dedicating oneself to immersive, long-term intentionality.

Her reputation was founded on a series of innovative performance works in the 1970s; in one work she spent days blindfolded, with a stethoscope taped to her heart, in an effort to learn to listen while in another she told the story of her life while walking on a treadmill. While her works are known for their extended duration, they are in no way about pressing the limits of endurance. The “rules” she lays down for herself are always a bit elastic, and founded in a deep compassion (for herself and for everyone else).

Over the past 25 years, Montano has developed the concept and practice of ART/ LIFE COUNSELING, engaging with her audience directly and individually. Beginning as a seven-year piece conducted at the New Museum in New York, from 1984-91, each year was dedicated to wearing a different color, meditating on a particular saint, and working through a different chakra. Each week

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she made herself available in a space dedicated to the purpose in the museum, meeting with visitors for three hours each week to exchange thoughts, intentions, and energies with anyone who cared to come sit with her.

In recent years, Montano has suffered from a painful condition called dystonia, affecting the muscles of her neck. At this year’s O+ Festival, she will be conducting her signature ART/LIFE COUNSELING from a lawn chair, even though, as she says, “Holding up this 17 pound head for even a half hour is Herculean and not so much fun. It is nice that after I offer my art, my illness can then be treated by attending medical people in this brilliant festival which also cures whatever ails you as barter!! Both medicine.”

Linda Mary Montano will be conducting ART/ LIFE COUNSELING from 10am to 5pm on Saturday, October 6 at Outdated, 314 Wall Street.

VISUAL ART PROFILE

Michael Asbill & Jessica Poser

Shop Keepers

By Faheem Haider

Jessica Poser and Michael Asbill have loaded up their collaborative project, “Shop Keepers,” with history. History as narrative and material for investigation: mercurial, ghostly, possessed by the need to be seen and heard. Installation artists, Hudson Valley residents and educators, they’re interested in the loose reminders of things left behind.

Jessica Poser’s work hooks onto history through her intense focus on site-specificity—the notion that art works change meaning as the places in which they’re shown change. Asbill’s recent installation of the rearticulated bones of local road kill reanimated into skeletal herds speaks to his interest in local stories and in the detritus of forgotten acts and accidents.

Together Poser and Asbill have put in place a site-specific installation that doubles as a historical walking tour of Uptown Kingston. Playing off a series of photographs archived at the Friends of Historical Kingston, the artists activated stories of the commercial and personal in Kingston, lives lived now lost nearly a hundred years ago. The series taken in 1914 for unknown reasons, by an unknown photographer, documented the interior spaces of businesses around town.

The artists have responded to that work by

installing cut out silhouettes of individuals photographed in those specific places and by filling in those silhouettes with images found in their photographs, have made manifest the contemporary remainders of those pictured interiors, the itemized material contents of what once was.

The silhouettes are lenses that you might see through to the past century and the material culture that we’ve developed in the intervening years; tin canned goods versus plastic everything, walls where there were businesses. Poser and Asbill have activated Kingston’s history (and America’s) in this work; a nice fitting and jarring work smack dab in the middle of our celebration of art today, lives today, at 0+ Festival.

Jessica Poser and Michael Asbill’s Title “Shop Keepers” will be located at locations throughout Uptown Kingston during the O+ Festival.

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Doc’s Orders The Waiting Room

By Ann Hutton

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diverse multitude of patients packs the emergency room in Highland Hospital at Alameda County Medical Center every day. They swarm in as soon as the city buses drop them off each. No one has an appointment, and the urgency of need determines who gets served first. “It’s gonna be a long wait,” says one woman. “You bring your blanket, your dinner, lunch—everything.” The regulars consider this going to the doctor for their basic care. They know the drill, and conversation amongst them is casual.

A perky intake nurse, stationed near the double swinging doors of the triage area, meets each patient to determine their immediate problems. One describes the trajectory of the bullet that entered his neck and came out his mouth. “Do you testify?” she asks, reminding him of his good fortune to be alive. She jokes, cajoles, listens patiently to their stories. She reprimands one young man for his foul language. She commands respect, and she gives it.

Each day the hospital staff encounters a full range of predicaments in those requiring medical attention, including, but not limited to, stereotypical welfare cases, street violence victims, and drugged-out indigents. A middle-aged woman, a longtime employee of a company, has lost her job and her coverage. A modest young couple, intent on natural selfcare and naïve to healthcare administrative procedures, faces the sudden appearance of a tumor that threatens their ability to ever have children. People show up with severe headaches and backaches, wanting pain meds so they can go back out to work.

Suddenly a multiple-victim incident brings all other activity to a standstill. A dozen or more medical personnel stop what they’re doing to attend to the emergency. A teenager dies on the table. His body is considered a crime scene and cannot be released

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to the parents. Police escort it to the morgue downstairs.

Peter Nicks’s un-narrated documentary The Waiting Room is interspersed with timelapse sections that magnify the sheer volume of people who move through each hour, each day. Deftly filmed to capture the interaction between the patients and staff, it avoids politicized commentary on healthcare reform.

Instead, an intimate portrait of this particular community in Oakland, California reveals the effects of the nationwide crisis.

With no preconceived notion about the efficacy of publicly funded emergency care when he got into the project, Nicks reframes the healthcare debate in this candid documentary. What could be a tale of despairagainst-all-hope becomes a testament to the dedication of medical care providers and hospital staff members—some of whom could earn a much higher income in private practice and some who are, themselves, operating at a slim remove from economic misfortune.

The nonjudgmental kindness with which they treat people creates the emotional space for patients to maintain some semblance of human dignity.

The Waiting Room will be screened at the 3rd annual O+ Festival on Sunday, October 7 at BSP Lounge, 2pm. The event is free and open to the public.

Strange Medicine: From Bad to Worse Too Much Information Project

By Sari Botton

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trange Medicine: From Bad to Worse” is a special O+ edition of the popular story slam series, T.M.I.dol (think T.M.I. meets American Idol).

But story slams in bars and restaurants— Market Market, Oriole 9, Backstage Productions for instance—are just one facet of the group behind T.M.I.dol.

T.M.I. Project, a division of Starling Productions, is a non-profit organization offering workshops that help participants write and perform their own true monologues.

Run by founder/executive director Eva Tenuto, and editorial director Sari Botton, T.M.I. Project workshops culminate in often sold-out staged productions of true monologues called “Too Much Information!” which have appeared at The Rosendale Theatre, The Shadowland Theater, The Woodstock Playhouse, The Brooklyn Lyceum, The Bearsville Theater, the Northampton Center for the Arts and beyond.

T.M.I. Project was born three years ago after Tenuto, a writer, actor and director, had directed “TheVagina Monologues” two years in a row as a benefit for Hope’s Fund, an organization that provides mentorship and financial assistance for women. “They wanted me to do it a third time, and as much as I love that show, I just couldn’t,” Tenuto says. “‘The Vagina Monologues’ is an amazing piece of writing, and the V-Day Foundation does amazing work, but I was vagina-ed out!” She invited the women who’d been in the two productions to

instead write their own true monologues. The result was Round I for “Too Much Information!” at the Rosendale Theatre.

Performers shared their deepest and darkest—tales of abortion, socking a cheating boyfriend in the nose, running out of money, coming out of the closet, reluctant motherhood. Afterward, the performers spoke of feeling newly resolved around those stories.

They felt unburdened and lighter.

And audience members were blown away. Many of them reported opening and divulging long-burning secrets in the car ride home. Even more contacted Tenuto to ask whether there’d be subsequent shows, and whether they could participate.

To accommodate the demand, she created the T.M.I. Project Page-to-Stage workshop, and invited Botton, a freelance writer, editor, and ghostwriter, to join her.

This fall, TM.I. Projects launches its Educational Initiative, distinct versions of its empowering workshops to places where people don’t usually get to tell their stories or be heard.

They’ll begin with the Mental Health Association of Ulster County, and go on to work with teens and adults in jails, shelters, schools, plus other rarely-heard-from populations.

For more information, visit TMIProject.org.

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MEDICINE = ART

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By Dr. Art Chandler, Festival Medical Director

t the O+ Festival exchanging the medicine of art for the art of medicine is recognizing and legitimizing both art and medicine for the curative and uplifting powers present in both practices. We hope to provide immediate aid where we can, ongoing care as much as possible, and to raise people’s awareness of how to better care for themselves.

Our desire is for participants to feel safe, cared for, and free to continue their contributions and valued endeavors that sustain our community, keeping it both vibrant and vital.

This year’s O+ Festival’s health offerings will again reflect the World Health Organization’s definition of health as a state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity. We have learned from past festivals and the needs and desires of the community with which we exchange our arts. We will be offering appointments in Primary Care, Physical and Occupational Therapy, Chiropractic Care, Therapeutic Massage, and Acupuncture for all participating artists, musicians, and volunteers in our Pop-Up Clinic.

In addition, dental care will be offered to all participating artists and musicians.

Access to follow-up and ongoing health care and monitoring are paramount to good health, we are privileged to have The Institute for Family Health available to register each participant on line at the clinic. They have offices from Kingston to lower Manhattan and have agreed to see registered participants on a fee for service sliding scale based on individual income for follow-up appointments. We will also be offering continued local follow-up care in several of the complementary care modalities.

We recognize that a one-time treatment

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We see our role as an access point for community services and ongoing health care, both traditional and complementary. for most of the modalities mentioned above may not be the optimum treatment for many ailments. To this end, we see our role as an access point for community services and ongoing health care, both traditional and complementary. In addition to appointments with the modalities mentioned above and opportunity to register for follow-up care, all registrants at the clinic will receive a list of available community services including free massage and chiropractic follow-ups, cancer screenings, discount laboratory work, addiction services, counseling services, living with HIV, planned parenthood, and more. Many of these services will also have representatives at the clinic available for more in-depth consultation and information. All of these services and how to contact them will be listed on the website as well to facilitate public awareness.

HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS

COMPLEMENTARY CARE Chiropractic Dr. Emily Bobson (Complementary subcommittee co-director) Infiniti Family Chiropractic www.woodstockchiropractor.com Dr. Andrew Colyer http://drandrewcolyer.com Dr. Marc Rabinowitz www.familynetworkchiropractic.com

Massage Jesse Scherer (Complementary subcommittee co-director) Ani Kaiser Angel Ortloff Toni Salluzzi Liz Menendez Wyatt Jenkins

Acupuncture Matt Purcell Kathryn Nemirovsky (also helped with the access list) Johnathan Posner Wendy Wolosoff-Hayes Andrea Barouch Malinda Sanducci

EFT/Stress Reduction and Disorder Treatment Lorry Saluzzi Jennifer Kluska Tony Parker Linda Zelitzer

Optometry John McKinney, OD (SPONSOR 18 visits!)

McKinney Optometric Practice Park Opticians

Dentistry Dr. Tom Cingel www.cingeldental.com Paula Fabbie, Hygienist extraordinaire Dr. Jeffrey Viglielmo Dr. Bruce Milner, Transcend Dental (845) 679-4000 Dr. Alan DeRosa www.drderosa.com

Helpers Suzy Manley Pelosi Tricia Reed Lisa Chandler Eric Hoffman

PRIMARY CARE Nurses Petra Klein, RN Mariah Bishop, RN (Nursing subcommittee co-director) Jeri Whitaker, RN Diane Spies-Hoffman, RN Jen Gentile, RN Chrissy Resti, RN Jesse Cingel, RN Brittany Gavin, RN Shannon Donnell, RN (Nursing subcommittee co-director)

Doctors/Providers Dr. Art Chandler* (Director) Dr. Ernie Enzien* Dr. Illya Szilak* Dr. Billy Murphy* Dr. Marty Krakower** Dr Randy Rissman** Cinnamon Rinzler, PA** Dr. Kim Seeger+ Dr. Maya Hambright^ Dr. Mark Josefski^ Dr. Aaron Dietrich

Associated with * Columbia Memorial Hospital Hudson, NY 12583 (518) 828-7601 www.columbiamemorial.com **Maverick Family Health Woodstock: (845) 679-5721 Boiceville: (845) 657-7820 www.maverickfamilyhealth.com +Mid-Hudson Medical Group Red Hook Office: (845) 758-5821 www.midhudsonmedicalgroup.com ^Institute for Family Health (SPONSOR, for follow up services) Kingston: (845) 338-2562 Ellenville: (845) 647-4500 www.institute2000.org

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SELF-HEALTH SERVICES YOGA @331 WALL ST. Kundalini Yoga with Jamie Leigh Reilly

Saturday + Sunday 11am Kundalini Yoga uses movement, sound current, breath, and meditation to relax and heal your mind and body, allowing the spirit to flow freely. Kundalini Yoga brings a greater feeling of well-being and happiness. This powerful and effective form of Yoga, as taught by Yogi Bhajan, Ph.D., Master of Kundalini Yoga, is a great way to recharge and heal your body quickly. How? By stimulating the nervous and immune systems, while improving strength and flexibility, as it centers the mind and opens the spirit. From your very first class, you’ll reap the rewards, including—relief from back pain, stress, addiction, depression and insomnia, as well as weight control. Kundalini Yoga promises you peace of mind. Everyone can do it! We will end each class with the healing sound vibrations of the Gong. All levels welcome, kids too.

Gong Bath Sound Healing

Saturday 11am and 7pm + Sunday 12:30pm Come in sit and meditate with the Gong or simply relax on the back with pillows and blankets and enjoy where the Gong Vibrations will take you. Sound relaxation has been scientifically reported to benefit health and a host of conditions, such as, lower blood pressure, reduce stress, relieve pain, increase circulation, and promote healing and mental focus/clarity.

Come experience deep relaxation accompanied by relaxing sounds of the sacred Gong. Class also includes a short breath warm up to align the mind/body. All levels welcome, kids too.

MUDITA YOGA, 243 FAIR ST. Kids Yoga with Susan Silverstream

Saturday 2:15-3pm An opportunity for children to stretch and strengthen their bodies, relax their minds and have fun. Kids enjoy the challenge of learning new exercises as well as yoga games, storytelling and music. Open to children 5-10 years old.

Restorative Yoga Flow with Shawn Harrison

Saturday 4-5pm A balance of passive and active yoga postures for an integrated and satisfying practice. Part of class is focused on active flow sequences, harmonizing movement and breath; combined with a focus on passive postures, energizing and opening the deep, dense connective tissues of the body. Open to everyone, some experience is helpful.

Gentle Basics Yoga with Shawn Harrison Sunday 4-5pm A combination of basic yoga postures, gentle stretching, breathing exercises and supported yoga postures designed to release stress and cultivate health, balance and ease in the body and mind. Wristband required.

Yoga Nidra with Linda Lauretta

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prior to the exercise and restated at the end.

This practice offers deep physical and mental rest: bringing healing attention to all organs, cells and functions of the body and leaving you feeling deeply grounded, restored and rejuvenated. Wristband required.

PRIMAL POWER YOGA, 33 NORTH FRONT ST.

Hot Vinyasa Flow with Zosha Pierse Saturday + Sunday 2pm

Laugh, sweat, connect, and feel more free and empowered than you ever thought possible.

Zosha will playfully guide you through long, flowing sequences, challenging balance postures, and long, deep stress relieving poses, all in a room heated to about 95 degrees for the ultimate detoxifying sweat. Some yoga experience is suggested for these classes, however, modifications will be taught for more advanced poses. Please come to class well hydrated, and be ready to sweat!

THE YOGA HOUSE, 57B CROWN STREET Laughing Buddha Yoga Class

Saturday 12:30pm Laugh, play, and find peace with The Yoga House’s Jacqui Nash and Leigha Butler. In this team taught class suitable for all levels, be surprised by your own power, beauty and calm. The class will have a natural arc: we’ll start with a luxurious warm-up, then rev you up into strengthening and playful poses (falling and giggling totally natural!). We’ll wind you down with deep, restorative poses and a brief essential-oil Thai yoga massage.

Community Yoga

Sunday 5pm Be moved and get moving with Jivamukti-trained teacher Craig Milano who will teach a wellrounded class suitable for all levels, including beginner. Craig’s creative hands-on adjustments promise to move you deeper into your poses while his earnest spiritual guidance and focus on breath move you deeper in to your Self.

O+ HEALTH EXPO

PLEASE JOIN US AT THE O+ HEALTH EXPO! The Expo will take place on Saturday, October 6, from 9am-2pm at the LGBTQ Center, located at 300 Wall Street, during the Farmers’ Market.

You will find valuable information on how to connect with health services in our area, so you can get the care you need! Connect with information on disease prevention, nutrition and eating local, diabetes care and prevention, chiropractic care and alternative medicine, organ donation, sexual and reproductive health. Some of our participants include: Health Care is a Human Right, ARCS, Institute for Family Health, Health Quest, Terrapin Restaurant, Hudson Valley LGBTQ, and more! We are also offering free, guided tours of the Kingston Farmers’ Market with nutritional counselor Cassandra Currie at 10:30AM and 12:30PM. Come with your questions! The O+ Health Expo is free and open to the public. No wristbands required.

BUSINESS DIRECTORY ACUPUNCTURE Andrea Barouch 210 Wall St. Kingston, NY 12401 http://abhacupuncture.com 845-309-3633 Jonathan Posner 23 E Redman Ave Haddon Field, NJ 08033 www.AcupunctureForConcussion.com (856) 7511-8908

Transcend Dental Dr. Bruce Milner 269 New York 375 West Hurley, NY 12491 845-679-4000

Putnam Hospital Center www.health-quest.org 670 Stoneleigh Avenue Carmel, New York 10512 (845) 279-5711

Dr. Jeffrey Viglielmo 56 Lucas Avenue Kingston, NY 12401 www.drvigs.com 845-339-1619

Woodland Pond at New Paltz www.hahv.org/woodlandpond 100 Woodland Pond Circle New Paltz, NY 12561 (845) 883-9800 or (877) 505-9800

EYE CARE

Kathryn Nemirovsky Red Hook, NY http://zenithacupuncture.com 631-742-3996

McKinney Optometric Practice 1300 Ulster Avenue Suite #122, Kingston, NY 12401 Tel: 845-336-5892

Malinda Sanducci 231 Clinton Ave. Kingston, NY 12401 845-532-6723

Park Optical 578 Broadway Kingston, NY 12401 Tel: 845-338-3483

Matt Purcell 339 Albany Avenue Kingston, NY 12401 www.hvacupuncture.com 845.340.4490

HealthAlliance of the Hudson Valley nfo@hahv.org (845) 334-HAHV (4248) or (877) 418HAHV (4248)

Wendy Wolosoff-Hayes www.spaciousheartguidance.com

Health Quest 1351 Route 55, Suite 200 LaGrangeville, New York 12540-5144 1-888-525-HQMP (4767)

DIGITAL / GRAPHIC DESIGNERS Antilogy Design 101 Main St, New Paltz, NY, 12561 http://antilogydesign.com (845) 255-2200 Carla Rozman Graphic Designer www.carlarozman.com 845-750-7543

HEALTH CARE SYSTEMS / SERVICES

Health Care Is A Human Right www.healthcareisahumanright.com Woodstock: (845) 679-2485 Phoenicia: (845) 688-2323 Kingston: (845) 481-3186 Institute for Family Health www.institute2000.org Kingston: 845-338-2562 Ellenville: 845-647-4500

EVOLVING MEDIA NETWORK 288 Wall Street, Third Floor Kingston, NY 12401 www.evolvingmedia.net 845.338.3220

Mid-Hudson Medical Group www. MidHudsonMedicalGroup .com Red Hook Office: 845-758-5821

CAR SERVICE

Columbia Memorial Hospital www.columbiamemorial.com Hudson, NY 12583 518-828-7601

Sterling City Tours Tom Orzo www.sterlingcitytours.com (914) 912-1350 CHIROPRACTIC Dr. Emily Bobson Infiniti Family Chiropractic, PLLC Woodstock/Saugerties & Tivoli www.woodstockchiropractor.com 845-901-4035 Dr. Andrew Colyer Redhook / Garrison http://drandrewcolyer.com 845-475-8716 Dr. Marc Rabinowitz 223 Hurley Ave. Kingston, NY 12401 www.familynetworkchiropractic.com 845-338-3888 DENTISTRY Dr. Tom Cingel 379 Broadway Kingston, NY 12401 www.cingeldental.com 845-331-1085 Dr. Alan DeRosa 3210 Route 9W Saugerties, NY 12477 www.drderosa.com 845-246-9566

HOSPITALS

Benedictine Hospital Campus www.hahv.org/benedictinehospital 105 Mary’s Avenue Kingston, NY 12401 (845) 338-2500 Kingston Hospital Campus www.hahv.org/kingstonhospital 396 Broadway Kingston, NY 12401 (845) 331-3131 Margaretville Hospital Campus www.hahv.org/margaretvillehospital 42084 State Highway 28 Margaretville, NY 12455 (845) 586-2631 Maverick Family Health www. MaverickFamilyHealth.com Woodstock: 845-679-5721 Boiceville: 845-657-7820 Mountainside Residential Care Center www.hahv.org/mountainside 42158 State Highway 28 Margaretville, NY 12455 (845) 586-1800 Northern Dutchess Hospital www.health-quest.org 6511 Springbrook Avenue PO Box 5002 Rhinebeck, New York 12572 (845) 876-3001 / Toll Free 1-877-7292444

Vassar Brothers Medical Center www.health-quest.org 45 Reade Place Poughkeepsie, New York 12601 (845) 454-8500 LEGAL SERVICES LawTrac www.lawtrac.com LT Online Corporation 90 Merrick Avenue Suite 101 East Meadow, NY 11554 Phone: 516-683-4700 Pro Bono Partnership 237 Mamoroneck Avenue, Suite 300 White Plains, NY 10605 Phone: (914) 328-0674 LODGING Holiday Inn www.hikingston.com 503 Washington Ave Kingston, NY 12401 845-338-0400 Rodeway Inn - Kingston SkyTop www.rodewayinnkingstonny.com 239 Forest Hill Dr. Kingston, NY 12401 845-331-2900 MASSAGE Angel Ortloff Wyatt Jenkins 2565 Route 212 Woodstock, NY 845-679-6210 Diane Orzo Liss 516-567-4338 Ani Kaiser www.massagebyani.com 845-943-0243 Jesse Scherer www.catskillmountainmassage.com 914-466-1517 Toni Salluzzi 516-286-7517 MAGAZINES Chronogram www.chronogram.com MEDICAL SPECIALISTS Cardiothoracic Surgery Mohan Sarabu, MD, FACS, FACC Peter Zakow, MD, FACS, FACC Rohit Shahani, MD, MCh, FACS, FACC

Arun Bhutani, MD, MBBS Geraldine Kenney, FNP (845) 483-0100 1 Columbia Street, Suite 300 Poughkeepsie, NY Breast Center Angela J. Keleher, MD, FACS Gregory Zanieski, MD Sara Winterleitner, NP Paula Portelli, ACNP Alexa Morgese, PA

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Vassar Brothers Medical Center (845) 483-6500 Dyson Center for Cancer Care 45 Reade Place, 2nd Floor Poughkeepsie, NY Northern Dutchess Hospital (845) 483-6500 6511 Springbrook Avenue West Wing, Suite 101 Rhinebeck, NY Division of Cardiology Joseph Christiana, MD, FACC Ali Hammoud, MD, FACC Vikas Jindal, MD Sabrina Stent, NP-C (845) 339-8700

55 Grand Street Kingston, NY Division of Neurosurgery and Spine Jack McNulty, MD (845) 214-1900 21 Reade Place, Suite 3100 Poughkeepsie, NY 200 Westage, Suite 320 Fishkill, NY 939 Little Britain Road New Windsor, NY General Surgery Poughkeepsie James R. Nitzkorski, MD John Choi, MS, MD

Lee Farber, DO (845) 214-1800 21 Reade Place, Suite 3100 Poughkeepsie, NY General Surgery Rhinebeck James Wing, MD, FACS

Victor Stelmack, MD, FACS Northern Dutchess Hospital (845) 871-4275 6511 Springbrook Avenue West Wing, Suite 101 Rhinebeck, NY Maternal Fetal Specialist Kim Heller, MD (845) 431-6800 Vassar Brothers Medical Center 45 Reade Place Poughkeepsie, NY Division of OB/GYN Rhinebeck and Kingston Dean L. Bloch, MD

Ann Bollmann, RPA-C Poughkeepsie (845) 483-5888 19 Baker Avenue, Suite 302 Poughkeepsie, NY

Fishkill Vassar Brothers Medical Mall (845) 896-9864 200 Westage Business Center Drive Suite 230 Fishkill, NY Division of Psychiatry Yelena Yermak, MD

John J. Wang, MD

Hillary Harrison, MD Stoneleigh Psychiatric Associates (845) 278-5582 660 Stoneleigh Avenue Carmel, NY OTHER SERVICES Friends of Historic Kingston PO BOX 3763 KINGSTON, NY 12402 www.fohk.org 845.339.0720 Inc Inc Tattoo Parlor 327 Wall St. Kingston, NY 12401 www.inkincnewyork.com 845-331-1993 LGBTQ Community Center 300 Wall Street Kingston, NY 12401 http://lgbtqcenter.org 845.331.5300 Old Dutch Church 272 Wall Street Kingston, NY 12401 www.olddutchchurch.org 845.338.6759 Pardee’s Agency Insurance 306 Wall Street Kingston, NY 12401 www.pardeesinsurance.com 845-331-0025

Meredith McDowell, MD Jeanne Valentine-Chase, NP

Pugsley’s Barber Shop 3 Mail Street Kingston, NY 12401 845-331-2229

Northern Dutchess Hospital (845) 871-4235 6511 Springbrook Avenue West Wing, Suite 103 Ely B. Nathan, MD, FACOG

Jon Hoyt Realty, Ltd 326 Wall Street Kingston, NY 12401 http://jonhoytrealty.com 845.339.4444

Kingston (845) 338-5575 166 Albany Avenue Kingston, NY Eileen Meltzer, NP

TRENDS JOURNAL Gerald Celente PO BOX 3476 Kingston, NY 12401 www.trendsresearch.com 845.331.3500

Suzanne Berger, CNM Julie Denney, CNM

Nancey Rosensweig, CNM Division of OB/GYN Poughkeepsie and Fishkill Jose E. Baez, MD, Diplomate ABOG

Donna J. Kasello, MD, FACOG Stacey Madoff, MD Thomas M. Murray, MD Obosa Osawe, MD

Azzam M. Salem, MD, FACOG Robert A. Stern, MD, FACOG Jed L. Turk, MD, FACOG Lawrence A. Zolnik, MD, FACOG

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Rural Ulster Preservation Company 289 Fair Street Kingston, NY 12401 845.331.2140 www.rupco.org 845-331.2140 PRIMARY CARE BY LOCATION Carmel Paul A. Lebwohl, MD, PhD Rolando Rojas, MD Adam Whitehead, MD (845) 228-2910 150 Route 52 Carmel, NY 10512 Fishkill Anthony D’Ambrosio, MD (845) 896-8784 4 Lafayette Court Fishkill, NY 12524

Highland William Heffernan, MD

Ann Johnson, ANP (845) 691-9200 240 S. Riverside Road Highland, NY 12528

Hopewell Junction Maura Sullivan, MD

Lorraine Allegro-Skinner, MD

Carolyn Schulhoff, NP (845) 223-8080 942 Route 376, Suite 16 Wappinger Falls, NY 12590

Hyde Park David Cho, MD

Gabrielle Wolfsberger, MD (845) 229-2123 4068 Albany Post Road Hyde Park, NY 12538

Kingston Kelly Der Cola, MD

Eric Stamberg, MD (845) 338-0180 40 Hurley Avenue, Suite 18 Kingston, NY 12401

Lagrangeville Sunhee Woo, MD

Ekaterina Milchtein, MD (845) 473-0974 1100 Route 55 Lagrangeville, NY 12540

Millbrook Paul Jee, MD

Lisa Gold, MS, APRN, FNP (845) 677-8358

28 Front Street Millbrook, NY 12545 Poughkeepsie Mark Steenbergen, DO

Nirva Lindor-Antoine, MD

Jill Passano, FNP-BC (845) 483-0447 1 Pine Street Poughkeepsie, NY 12601

Rhinebeck

Michelle Abis, MD

Sharagim Kemp, DO

Lauren Herchak, DO (845) 876-4432 31 Springbrook Park Rhinebeck, NY 12572 RADIO

WDST / 100.1 293 Tinker Street Woodstock, NY 12498 www.wdst.com 845-679-7600 WKZE / 98.1 7564 North Broadway Red Hook, NY 12571 www.wkze.com (845) 758-9810 All Over The Place Internet Radio www.aotpradio.com RESTAURANTS / BARS / BREWERIES Bistro To Go 948 Rt. 28 Kingston, NY 12401 www.bluemountainbistro.com 845-340-9800

Boitson’s 47 North Front Street Kingston, NY 12401 www.boitsons.com 845.339.2333

Stockade Tavern 313 Fair Street Kingston, NY 12401 http://stockadetavern.com 845.514.2649

Chatham Brewing 30 Main Street Chatham, NY 12037 518.392.1026 www.chathambrewing.com

Stone Soup 470 Broadway Kingston, NY 12401 845-340-0470

Dallas Hot Wieners 51 North Front St. Kingston, NY www.dallashotwieners.com http://www.dallashotwieners.com/ Dietz’s Diner 127 North Front St. Kingston, NY 12401 845-331-5321 Dominick’s Cafe 34 N. Front Street Kingston, NY 12401 http://dominickscafe.com 845.338.4552 Duo Bistro 50 John Street Kingston, NY 12401 845.383.1198 Elephant 310 Wall Street Kingston, NY 12401 www.elephantwinebar.com 845.339.9310 Fruition Chocolates 3091 Route 28 PO BOX 573 Shokan, NY 12481 www.tastefruition.com (845) 657-6717 Gabriel’s (coming soon…)

316 Wall Street Kingston, NY 12401 845.338.7161 Joe Beez 40 South Manor Ave. Kingston, NY 12401 www.joebeez.com 845-334-9501 Keegan Ales 20 Saint James Street Kingston, NY 12401 www.keeganales.com 845.331.BREW

Terrapin Restaurant & Catering 6426 Montgomery Street Rhinebeck, NY 12572 terrapinrestaurant.com 845-876-3330 THE LOUNGE at BSP 323 Wall Street Kingston, NY 12401 http://bsplounge.com 845.481.5158 UNCLE WILLY’S 31 North Front Street Kingston, NY 12401 Yum Yum 275 Fair St. Kingston, NY www.yumyumnoodlebar.com 845-338-1400

RETAIL Binnewater Ice 25 South Pine St. Kingston, NY 12401 www.binnewater.com 845-331-0504 Blue 57 Wines & Spirits 57 North Front Street Kingston, NY 12401 845.338.BLUE Blue-Byrds Haberdashery & Music 320 Wall St. Kingston, NY 12401 845-339-3174 Carole Amper, Inc./Toucan Hats 309 Fair Street Kingston, NY 12401 845.331.0081 Catskill Art & Office Supply 328 Wall Street Kingston, NY 12401 www.catskillart.com 845.331.7780 Gargoyles 33O Wall Street Kingston, NY 12401 www.caroleamper.com 845.334.9177

Kingston Farmer’s Markets www.kingstonfarmersmarket.org

Half Moon Books 35 North Front Street Kingston, NY 12401 845.331.5439

Le Canard Enchaine 276 Fair Street Kingston, NY 12401 845.339.2003

Jack’s Rhythms 54 Main Street New Paltz, NY 12651 845.255.1082 www.jacksrythms.com

Outdated {an antique café} 514 Wall Street Kingston, NY 12401 845.311.0030

Jim Toia http://jimtoia.com

Mercato-Osteria & Enoteca 61 E. Market St. Red Hook, NY 12571 www.mercatoredhook.com 845-758-5879 Sissy’s Cafe 324 Wall Street Kingston, NY 12401 www.sissyscafekingston.com 845.514.2336 Stella’s Restaurant 44 North Front St. Kingston, NY 12401 www.stellaskingston.com 845-331-2210

KMOCA 103 Abeel Street Kingston, NY 12401 www.kmoca.org Michael Tobias Design 3 Lauren Court Kingston, NY 12401 845.246.0670 www.mtdbass.com New Albion Records www.newalbion.com 518-755-4609 One Mile Gallery 475 Abeel Street Kingston, NY 12401 845.338.2035 www.onemilegallery.com

Pawprints & Whiskers 292 Wall Street Kingston, NY 12401 845.339.5735 R&F Hand Made Paints 84 Ten Broeck Ave. Kingston, NY 12401 www.rfpaints.com 800-206-8088 Rhino Records 3 Church Street New Paltz, NY 12651 845.255.0230 www.rhinonewpaltz.com Saker Guitar Works 58 North Front Street Kingston, NY 12401 845.338.1398 www.sakerguitars.com Superior Concept Monsters www.superiorconcept.org http://www.superiorconcept.org/ Theresa & Co 303 Wall Street Kingston, NY 12401 845.339.4202 Timely Signs 154 Clinton Ave. Kingston, NY 12401 http://timelysigns.com 845-331-8710 Tonner Doll Company 301 Wall St. Kingston, NY 12401 www.tonnerdoll.com 845-339-9537 Upstate Films 6415 Montgomery St. Rhinebeck, NY 12572 Upstatefilms.org 132 Tinker St. Woodstock, NY 12498 845.679.6608 UNIVERSITIES Bard College 30 Campus Rd. Annandale-on-Hudson, NY 12504 845.758.6822 www.bard.edu http://www.bard.edu/ SUNY New Paltz New Paltz, NY (845) 257-SUNY www.newpaltz.edu YOGA / MEDITATION Jamie Leigh www.YogaWithJamie.com 917-450-0548 Linda M. Lauretta Kingston, NY http://lindamlaurettalcsw.com 845-863-6712 Mudita Yoga Center 243 Fair Street Kingston, NY 12401 www.muditayogacenter.com 845-750-6605 Primal Power Yoga 33 North Front Street Kingston, NY 12401 www.primalpoweryoga.com 845-494-1256 The Yoga House 57B Crown Street Kingston, NY 12401 www.TheYogaHouseNY.com 845 -706-YOGA

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