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14 while you were sleeping
35 millerton, millbrook, & amenia
Facebook is making us unhappy, Pizzagate, and more you may have missed.
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15 beinhart’s body politic
Art of business 16 This month: Alpine Spa at Windham Mountain, Bardavon & UPAC, Osaka Sushi, Berkshire Products Specialty Lumber, and Historic Huguenot Street.
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Food & Drink 64 THE BEVERLY, REYNOLDS & REYNOLDS, UNDERGROUND COFFEE & ALES Brian K. Mahoney pays a visits to three relative newcomers on the Hudson Valley dining scene and finds them charmingly idiosyncratic neighborhood joints.
18 the real bottom line: good work institute
A portrait of the organization that’s training business and community leaders.
WEDDINGS 20 prints charming
Expert advice on taking wedding photos to last a lifetime.
EDUCATION 28 the waiting game: college applications
Hillary Harvey reports on recent trends in college applications.
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whole living 72 the soul’s calling
For the new year, tap a teacher or coach to unlock dormant potential.
Community Resource Guide 69 tastings A directory of what’s cooking and where to get it. 70 business directory A compendium of advertiser services. 76 whole living Opportunities to nurture mind, body, and soul.
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80 daily Calendar Comprehensive listings of local events. (Updated daily at Chronogram.com.)
54 THE YEAR IN music: 2016
Hudson Valley music mavens including John Lefsky, Morgan Ywain Evans, MK, Michael Eck, Connor Kennedy, Paul Higgins, and Ron Hart, weigh in with their top releases from 2016 and look toward future favorites. Nightlife Highlights includes shows by Kris Kristofferson and Club D’Elf.
PREVIEWS 79 The legendarily laconic comic Steven Wright performs at UPAC on January 14. 81 Singer-songwriter Greg Brown performs at the Towne Crier on January 13. 83 “The Art of Devastation” limns ephemera of WWI at the Lehman Loeb Art Center.
Reviews of 1313 Mockingbird Lane by Have Hearse Will Travel, Tillery by Tillery,
84 The Jazz Loft According to W. Eugene Smith screens at the Rosendale Theatre.
and Zen Tarr by Zen Tarr.
86 Bindlestiff Cirkus returns to Club Helsinki for their annual cabin fever cabaret. 87 Tony Award-winner Audra McDonald headlines Modfest at Vassar.
58 BOOKS: elizabeth lesser A profile of the Omega Institute cofounder and author of the harrowing and touching memoir of her sister’s battle with cancer in Marrow: A Love Story.
88 The Ashokan Center hosts its annual Winter Hoot February 3 through 5. 89 A cavalcade of local talent gathers in Bearsville for Writers Resist on January 15.
59 book reviews
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90 in search of pluto
Hour: The Life and Soul of Wilson Pickett by Tony Fletcher, reviewed by Brian Turk.
62 Poetry Poems by Joseph Bernstein, David Glenn Farber, Morgan Gaetano, Bruce Groh,
Look out folks: Mercury is in retrograde through January 8.
92 horoscopes
What’s in our stars? Eric Francis Coppolino knows.
Joe Klarl, Iliana Melissis, Will Nixon, Keith Phillips, Giles Selig, Regina Simmons,
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he gracious tranquility featured on the cover reproduces a woodblock print from the series Souvenirs of Travel III by Japanese artist Kawase Hasui (1883-1957), a pillar of the shin-hanga (new print) movement in which traditional printmaking techniques blended with Western-influenced aesthetics. Hasui’s devotion to art was briefly interfered with by his parents’ insistence that he take over the family business wholesaling rope and thread. The business went bankrupt when Hasui was 26, freeing him to pursue a 40-year career in the creation of beauty. When he first applied to study with Kyokata Kaburagi, the artistic master advised him to go and study Western painting technique first; he did, and was accepted by Kaburagi two years later. In 1956, a year before his death, Hasui was named a Living National Treasure. The print on the cover, Tennoji Temple in Osaka, is part of an exhibition of 73 woodblock prints on display in Williamstown, Massachusetts, at the Clark Art Institute titled “Japanese Impressions: Color Woodblock Prints from the Rodbell Family Collection.” Donor Adele Rodbell has been a volunteer docent at the Institute since 1978. Before that, three years spent living in Japan sparked a lifelong love of Japanese culture. The family gifted the Clark 48 prints in 2014. “That piece is a lot of people’s favorite,” says exhibit curator Jay Clarke. “I think there’s something about seeing a figure from behind that encourages you to identify with them, follow them into the painting. The snow, the temple—it’s iconic. Hasui was famous for his snow scenes, and I think we here in the Northeastern US can relate.” Behind the quiet beauty of the image is a story of collaborative effort. “Hasui was one of the most prolific artists of his generation in Japan,” says Clarke. “He worked very closely with his publishers, who commissioned works and paid for the materials.” In the tradition of his predecessors, a different block was used for each color. And there was a division of labor involved in each print; the artist would travel and sketch, make a drawing, and transfer it to the woodblock. Someone else would cut the wood, and yet another person would make the actual print. The woodcutting and printmaking were not afterthoughts. Everyone’s expertise was highly respected as an important part of an elaborate process. “I think part of the reason this work stands out is that a lot of the prints use colors that are very saturated,” says Clarke. “This one is more subdued, and I think that adds to the calm of this person just standing in the snow under an umbrella, just gazing.” The exhibition, which traces the evolution of the form over 150 years, explores the complex and changing relationship among artists, woodblock cutters, and publishers from the ukiyo-e (scenes from the floating world) tradition of the mid-nineteenth century, the shin-hanga (new print) movement of the 1920s and 1930s, and the sosaku-hanga (creative print) movement that began in the 1950s. “Japanese Impressions” is on view through April 2. (413) 458-2303; Clarkart.edu. —Anne Pyburn Craig
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Esteemed Reader of Our Magazine: I am writing this missive on the eve of the solstice. As winter begins I feel some solace in the imminent lengthening of albeit colder, grayer days, and with it, a surrender to the contraction of the season. Here is where the seeds of dynamic experience go underground, into the fertile darkness, inert and rife with potential. At the end of the year three themes stand out, like swollen, pulsing veins bulging from my skin. 1) Be kind. This came to light a few months ago when I realized that no matter how many reasons I have to feel frustrated, angry, or spiteful—no matter how well-justified my case against anyone—I have the choice to be kind. To be clear, the kindness I refer to is radical and self-challenging. Its practice dictates being in and staying present in relationship, open-hearted and alert. Kindness doesn’t mean I am nice in a conventional sense. It means conducting myself in a way that is appropriate and respectful. If I am asked a question, I answer fully. If I need to say something or point something out, I say it, no more, and no less. Kindness means resisting the temptation to inwardly or outwardly either boycott or promote, reject or accept another person, and instead to remain steadfastly present, in this moment, together. Recognizing that kindness is a choice irrespective of circumstances, the next thing was to see that the choice is not automatically renewable. I couldn’t rest on any laurels and the kindness I sought to embody didn’t happen by itself, even if I had had some insight about it in the past. Ironically, the realization not only didn’t make things easier; rather it opened up a whole new sphere of work. It charged me with a new responsibility—to always be striving. Such is the beautiful, harsh unfolding of a realization. A new insight needs to be tilled back into the soil as fertilizer. Each new perception comes with a packet of energy, its own treasure, which must then and there be reinvested in a renewed effort to perceive. Which leads me to the second theme that has begun to function like another foot enabling an activity that is something like walking. 2) Whatever you do, do it well. This admonition sounds like a cliché—like one of those character-building principles from a book by Napoleon Hill—and yet I’m finding renewed help in its simple formulation. The help I’m receiving is in the spirit of the first theme, which is to say, “Whatever you do, do it as service.” In this sense I recognize that I am always embodying something, some quality. Inasmuch as what I have to contribute in service to an event is what I’m doing, it is equally what I’m being. In fact, I think, the doing and the being are inseparable. When I do something well or poorly, it conducts a corresponding quality of integrity or disintegration. Those around me can feel that I am on or off my game, and taking my role seriously or sloppily.When I pay attention to my work, my work emanates attention. Not only is the product imbued with the vibrational signature of mindfulness, but so too do the other people in my environment participate in the vortex of attentive work. This plays out in all the roles we undertake to inhabit in life. Some are more essential and grounded, and others are more superficial, and in either case we can strive to play the role sincerely and with the greatest effectiveness; strive to play the role wholeheartedly, mindfully, and with creativity and sincerity. The ability to fully play a role is a great freedom, for it can show that a person’s sense of self is removed from the activity, and centered more deeply in being. A further aim is suggested in the teachings of Karma yoga, which direct us to act and dedicate the fruits of action to the totality. Do whatever you do well, truly as well as you can, but not for personal glory, and without attachment to the fruits of action. Work for the sake of the work, whatever that work may be. Recognize that all the world and all its roles are an illusion, but at the same time see that it is on this plane that we have to live as best we can, and that reality is always being shown here. This is expressed in the first line of the Eesha Upanishad, a very old Vedic text: Claim nothing; enjoy, do not covet anything.Then hope for a hundred years of life doing your duty. No other way can prevent deeds from clinging. 3) The world is where I am now. This final new year’s theme is contextual. It is to remember that where I can help or have an effect on the world begins within myself and emanates outward. It is to recognize that it is in each relationship with each precious person in each precious moment that I am plugged into the larger world; to see that it is in the quality of my relating to every little thing in discrete moments that I can add a nutritive and harmonizing influence to the whole organism of humanity and beyond. —Jason Stern
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“Let us admit what all the idealists admit: the hallucinatory character of the world.” —Jorge Luis Borges
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ast month, I wrote an election response piece expressing shock at Trump’s (narrow) triumph. (Is there such a thing as a narrow triumph?) These cri de coeurs were thick on the ground for a few weeks, with many of us gnashing our teeth in rage, frustration, and fear. As is no doubt clearly evident, my personal conviction is that our country has made a grave collective mistake by voting in an intellectually unequipped reality TV star with an untrammeled id. (I could go on about this, we all could go on about this, we will go on.) Despite these grave misgivings about the direction we’re headed in, I suggested that those of us who feel that our set of values (tolerance, empathy, probity) lost the election should seek out people we disagree with and talk to them. To quote myself: “It starts by listening, methinks. What if we started to have informed and honest conversations about what’s most important to us? What if we found out that what we had in common was more powerful than our differences?” This desire for substantive dialogue was echoed in many other quarters, including Eric Utne’s column in Utne Reader: “Right now there’s a great deal of talk in the world and very little real conversation. The 2016 election season and its aftermath often feels like an assault—a war of words rather than a national conversation about the kind of world we want to live in…. If we give each other the gift of listening with an open heart, we may have some real conversations that begin to heal our divided world.” My sentiments exactly. Once the December issue was published, I started getting letters from readers suggesting that engaging with Trump supporters might prove impossible. That attempts in this direction have been made, and it’s rarely worked out. Some pointed to the dissemination of misinformation and outright fake news that is warping people’s understanding of reality and undermining what we had once known as a fact-based consensus (WhileYou Were Sleeping, page 14). Others suggested that as there was no respectful dialogue possible with those who think that an argument is won by the person who speaks loudest or who can talk over people. (Trump’s good at that—what’s his Twitter account but an example of such a bully pulpit? It’s a trick many of us from Queens know very well.) I remained (and remain) optimistic that paving a road toward conversation among citizens is possible. Forget Trump and his cronies. This ain’t about them. That there will be some speed bumps along the way, however, became clear to me on December 3, when I was bcc’d on an e-mail sent by Ed Fertik to an unknown group, presumably of like-minded folks with the subject line: “Chronogram—local liberal trash publication.” (Say what you want about this guy, he’s helping market us to a constituency we don’t normally reach.) Now, before I share Fertik’s remarks, a bit of history here. Ed Fertik, a Columbia County-based conservative gadfly, is a long-time reader of this magazine, and perhaps the only person other than myself and our proofreader who analyzes our every utterance so closely. A quick search on his name in my e-mail archive reveals letters from him dating back from 2010. Stuff like: “Your magazine is as biased toward the left wing radical agenda (Obamunism) as it could possibly be.” And: “It’s time to think about saving the country you grew up in for your children. That’s far more important than keeping your dream of a successful Obama alive.”
And: “You should be ashamed about being intellectually dishonest to your readers.” And: “In regard to your so-called magazine. I’m asking that non liberals pick up as many copies of your rag as possible. They make fine mats for mud rooms.” Fertik and I have communicated cordially via e-mail for years, and we’ve dutifully printed all his letters laying out the case against our leftist agenda. Here’s the latest, the aforementioned December 3rd e-mail: “Dear Patriots of the Hudson Valley: Many of you are aware of the Kingston-based free glossy publication in our area known as Chronogram which seems to do quite well financially with advertisers that cater to the affluent. For those of you unfamiliar with the contents of this publication and its Editorial Director Brian Mahoney, let me explain that Chronogram makes the NewYork Times look like middle of the road fair reporting! Chronogram is so far to the left and so out of touch with reality and the average American that one read will explain how the highly paid left wing pundits, journalists, analysts had every single prediction and analysis wrong during this election cycle. Chronogram has even broken new ground in corrupt journalism by connecting certain of their astrological commentary to the evil of conservatism / Americanism. Simply put, Chronogram hates everyone getting this message and all of us ignorant working people and they still don’t know how they lost. They like to say that Clinton won the popular vote although that is almost entirely due to four of the five boroughs of New York City and to the state of California. And yes, they would love all presidential elections to be controlled and decided by NewYork City. The fact that Clinton won the popular vote in only 19 of the 50 states has not registered with them. The why behind why Democrats have only four of our 50 states with a Democrat governor and legislature is lost to them. What they have for regular people is contempt and condescension and now we fight back. You’ll find this Marxist rag in your neighborhood. By all means pick up a copy or five and deposit them in the nearest garbage can where publications promoting blatantly biased phony journalism belong and please make a note of the advertisers first so that they do not benefit from our hard-earned labor.” Now, I like a good bit of ranting, even when (perhaps especially when) it’s about a project I’ve spent the last 20 years working on. And Fertik never fails to disappoint on that front. And while I don’t self-identify as a Marxist, it’s a fair point in a reductivist rhetorical sense, if, by Marxist, you mean caring about the exploited rather than the despoilers. Oh, but wait, I thought Chronogram was supposed to be a mouthpiece of the affluent elite? It’s difficult, after receiving a letter like this, not to give in to grudge harboring and score settling. I don’t know who Fertik’s “regular people” are, or how the values of pluralism, curiosity, justice, and beauty we’ve promoted in this magazine may have held them in contempt or condescended to them. I know that Chronogram isn’t for everyone, but I never imagined it was against anyone either. Regardless. I thank Ed Fertik for his loyal opposition to this magazine and the boogeyman he perceives us to be. You shall know yourself through the mirror of the eyes of others, as the Bible does not say. This conversation thing is going to be harder than I thought. It seems that losing the election was the easy part. 1/17 ChronograM 13
blood pressure pills before sex. The pills contain one-fifth the dose of Viagra’s active ingredient Sildenafil. Generic versions of Viagra and Cialis are in the works, which could lower overall costs once they’re on the market. Source: Associated Press Fake news has real consequences. A man fired an assault rifle inside Comet Ping Pong after finding out about the “Pizzagate” conspiracy theory. During the election campaign, a false news story spread that Hillary Clinton and campaign chairman John Podestra were running a child sex ring out of Comet Ping Pong, a pizza parlor in an affluent Washington, DC, neighborhood. Edgar Welch traveled from North Carolina to “self-investigate” claims of the child sex ring after reading about them on the Internet. Two of Welch’s other firearms were also recovered from inside the restaurant, and there was an additional weapon in his vehicle. The pizza parlor has been a target of death threats and other harassment since the false news story was posted, and other nearby businesses have received similar threats. Speaking to a New York Times reporter after his arrest, Welch was quoted as saying: “The intel on this wasn’t 100 percent.” Source: Independent (UK)
Too much time spent on Facebook could be making you unhappy. A recent study published by the Happiness Research Institute, an independent think tank based in Denmark, found that taking a break from the social media site increased positive emotions and life satisfaction. In 2015, Danish researcher Morten Tromholt conducted a randomized controlled trial of 1,095 Danish participants. One group was told not to use Facebook for one week, and the other was told to continue using the site normally. There was a 0.37 difference on a 1-to-10 scale in life satisfaction between the two groups. Those who stayed off the site—described variously by participants in the study as a “nonstop great news channel” and a “constant flow of edited lives which distorts our perception of reality”—felt that they wasted their time less, worried less, and were more enthusiastic. Source: Discover The increase in hate acts following the presidential election has changed the coverage agenda of the New York Times. On November 29, the paper debuted a new opinion column, “This Week in Hate,” to track instances of hate crimes in the United States. Each post includes a link to a reported story and resources for responding to harassment. From that week: Adam Yauch Park in Brooklyn was vandalized with swastikas and “Go Trump” scrawls. Collins Hills High School in Georgia was defaced with swastikas, racial slurs, and the name “Trump.” In Astoria, Queens, an Arab-American Uber driver recorded a video in which he was threatened with deportation by another driver. An African-American man was beaten to the ground in Bangor, Maine, and told that he should “watch out” because Trump could deport him. Source: New York Times, FishbowlDC Prescription medication prices for impotence and other sex-drive-related problems are increasing. Viagra and Cialis currently cost about $50 per pill, triple their 2010 price. Many insurance plans do not cover the expenses. According to QuintilesIMS, a health-care data site, the number of Viagra prescriptions in the United States has fallen 42 percent since 2010. People are finding workarounds to the high prices by using off-label drugs. One hospital technician takes several Revatio
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Call them the climate change denial cabinet instead of the kitchen cabinet. President-elect Donald Trump’s picks for his transition team include nine people who openly question and deny global warming as a result of human activity and burning fossil fuels. These picks are those in charge of the agencies responsible for monitoring or dealing with climate change, including the EPA, Department of the Interior, NASA, and the Department of Energy. Trump’s plan for an “energy revolution” involves tapping shale, oil, and natural gas reserves, as well as expanding onshore and offshore drilling. Trump has invested in Shell, Halliburton, Total, and Chevron in the past, and recently invested up to a little over $1 million in mining company BHP Billiton. Former Koch Industries lobbyist and American Energy Alliance group president Thomas Pyle is leading the Department of Energy transition team. Scott Pruitt, former Oklahoma attorney general and climate change denier, is head of the EPA. Among the other picks are Cathy McMorris Rodgers for the interior, who once claimed that Al Gore deserved an “F” in science, former Breitbart chief Steve Bannon, and Exxon Mobil’s CEO Rex Tillerson as secretary of state. Source: Guardian (UK) The shelf life of your produce may soon be extended. Apeel Sciences has created two products from natural plant extracts, Edipeel and Invisipeel, that make an edible barrier to extend produce life. The products take leaves, stems, banana peels, and other fresh plant material waste, turning them into a molecular coating that controls the amount of water and gas produce absorbs. James Rogers, chief executive and founder, discovered the formula as a doctoral student at the University of California, Santa Barbara. The product can be applied when crops are still growing, in harvest, or even on the conveyor belt, and can be washed away with water. It is already positively affecting cassava longevity in Africa, and is expected to reduce spoilage, food waste, and energy and water consumption. Though the Food and Drug Administration has deemed the product to be fit for human consumption, it still has not been tested at the commercial level. Source: New York Times A banking computer glitch gave $1.3 million to a broke law student from Australia. Luke Moore spent his newly found cash on luxury holidays, an Aston Martin, a Maserati, a speedboat, strippers, cocaine, a signed Michael Jordan Jersey—and more-practical things, like insurance, mortgage payments, and other bills. His Complete Freedom account with St. George, an Australian banking chain with headquarters in Sydney, was opened in 2010, and his million-dollar overdraft activities went unnoticed for two years. When found out, Moore was sentenced to a four-year jail term. He was freed in early December after just five months, as he “had not been deceptive” in his spending of the funds. Moore now lives at home with his mom, and is back at law school. Source: New York Post, Tech Times —Compiled by Hannah Phillips
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Larry Beinhart’s Body Politic
TRUMPoNOMICS: An Investor’s Guide
isclaimer. I am not trained, qualified, experienced, or licensed in any way whatsoever to give investing advice. However. Trump is going to give big, huge, tax cuts to the rich.The best tax cuts ever! We don’t have to look very far to see what can ensue. Go back to 2001. George W. Bush was president. He cut taxes, twice. The result was a boom. Will that happen again? There have been three other big tax cuts for the rich. Two—when Harding and Coolidge took the top rate down from 76 percent to 25 percent in the 1920s, and when Ronald Reagan took the top rate down from about 70 percent down to 28percent in the 1980s—resulted in booms. In 1964 and `65, the top rate was cut from 90 percent down to 70 percent. There was a brief uptick, then a moderate fall, not quite a crash, after which the market basically flat-lined for the next 16 years. Why was that different? A 70percent bite on high incomes is still pretty high. Domestic financial and bank regulations were still strong. Plus the Bretton Woods system, worldwide rules designed to create financial stability, was still in effect. It limited, as did most nations individually, the free flow of capital. The three booms that did follow tax cuts all became bubbles. All burst and became crashes that took down lots of banks and ended with a depression and recessions. In addition, when Bill Clinton cut the capital gains rate in 1997, the tech boom that was already under way became the tech bubble that ended with the Crash of 2000 and the recession of the early Bush years. Tax cuts for the rich mean investors suddenly have lots more money to invest with. If there’s a shortage of capital in the world and that’s what’s holding things back, it might be great. But there isn’t. The world is awash with capital. Companies like Apple are simply hoarding billions for lack of productive ways to invest it. Investors with lots of money. No particular new places to invest in. Too much money chasing too few goods (productive investments). Classic inflation. Prices go up. Each year with low taxes, capital increases, inflation increases, markets go up. Which sectors? Try the Citigroup Plutonomy Reports of 2005. They point out, “Rising Tides Lifting Yachts,” and recommend “Binge on Bling.” It’s déjà vu all over again. If a Russian oligarch would buy it for his mistress or girlfriend, if Donald Trump would get it to go with his gold-plated toilet fixtures, those are the products that will continue to sell very well. Everything will probably go up, but companies that cater to the great masses won’t do as well. But what if Trump really raises trade barriers? Won’t manufacturing jobs come back? Perhaps some. Will they be good jobs? Nowadays, entry-level auto workers make $14 an hour. Below the recommended minimum wage. Trump is against raising even the minimum wage we have now. Republicans in general are hell-bent on breaking the public services unions. More downward pressure. That’s not a comeback for the middle class. Look for cronies.
The fossil fuel industry seems set to get whatever it wants. That seems to be the freedom to “drill, baby, drill,” dig, mutha, dig, remove the mountaintops, rock those `quakes. Which has already produced an oversupply that’s reduced profitability. But lower wages, less care for the environment, fewer regulations, and less enforcement should, in the short term, mean more profits. Trump has promised infrastructure spending. That he intends to go about it is the way he’s gone about his own career. Using tax breaks and tax avoidance and special deals to turn the public good into untaxed private profits.Toll roads to charter schools.Wherever possible, nonunion and less-than-standard wages. The dollar gets stronger. After Brexit, followed by more European discontents, people have already become nervous about the euro. We don’t hear about it, but China has its own troubles with bubbles. Other Asian countries will be threatened by Trump’s antitrade tirades. More movement to the dollar. Yet, if anything like growth appears anywhere in the world, the trillions upon trillions of investment money sloshing around the globe will rush to it. Any signs of a wobble, they’ll rush right out. Look for more local bubbles and local crashes. The trick, the really big trick for investors is timing. How do we know when a boom is becoming a bubble? If it’s a tech boom, it’s when prices reach insane levels and financial gurus explain why “this time it’s different.” In a financial boom—as this one will be—it’s when money goes to nonproductive investments.Watch real estate—there are always real estate bubbles in these things. More important—the financial sector, banks, hedge funds and the like.When new forms of leverage and exotic new fiscal instruments appear, it means that there’s nowhere for money to go except to bet on money. How long before the bubble bursts? The Crash of 1929 was eight years after the tax cuts. Reagan was six years. The Crash of ’08 was seven years after Bush’s first round of tax cuts. How long will this one be? Short or long? We need to step sideways for a moment.This type of cycle—tax-cut-boombubble-crash-recession—reverses after a tax hike. This is heresy but true. It’s why the Bush (the first Bush) recession never really ended for anyone but the rich and why the Great Recession (after the Crash of ’08) lingered on and on and only turned after the tax hike of 2014. Remember, virtually all the economic gains of the Obama recovery, went straight to the top. So, in essence, we’ve had two big bubbles for the rich, 2002 to 2008 and 2009 to the present, with one long recession from 2001 to 2014 and a short recovery from 2014 to 2016 for everyone else. Does the two-year twitch mean we start dating the Trump Bubble from 2017? Or is it on top of the Obama Recovery Bubble, meaning we move the start point of that six-to-eight-year cycle further back? Best guess, the latest it comes is 2023—unlikely to be that long. The short end, 2019 or 2020 is more likely. Once again, a severe and urgent warning: I am not trained, qualified, experienced, or licensed in any way whatsoever to give investing advice. This column should be illegal. Good luck to us all.
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Art of Business
Placido Domingo in the title role of Verdi’s “Nabucco,” streaming January 7 at the Baradavon, part of the series The Met: Live in HD.
Angels and rock stars
“Thousands of people come to the holiday shows and it’s kind of remarkable the way it all comes together,” says Bardavon Executive Director Chris Silva. “Armies of people come and go within a day. We’ve got Norah Jones, “A Christmas Carol,” the parade, the fireworks. There are 10 productions of Nutcracker and then we shift gears to Handel. The public never sees my office full of 20 three-foot-tall angels, not to mention the soldiers and rabbits and mice. Then there are a hundred singers and soloists and multiple hundreds of artists and tech crew and staff.… We take a break right after Christmas. We need to. December is a mind-spinning month. “I’ve been at this 20 years; along with the new crop of angels showing up we have past angels bringing their own kids. It’s a reassuring cycle. And then something happens like Natalie Merchant jumping onstage with Patti Smith, or the time Dylan came here and rehearsed for a day...that made my whole career.” Bardavon.org
Apres-Ski, Tres Soothing
What better way to ease away the aches of a day on the slopes than a rubdown with warm, smooth Hudson River stones, followed by a sauna? This warm and soothing possibility has been available to guests at the Alpine Spa at Windham Mountain since 2014, and massage therapist Becky Cooper says skiers and their loved ones are finding it delectable. “You can ski straight to the spa, which people love,” she says, “or take the shuttle from the main lodge if you like. It’s great for people who maybe took a fall and their knee or their back is hurting to be able to get same-day treatment. And it’s also great when we have guests who are accompanying skiers but don’t ski themselves—they can come in and be pampered. We have yoga classes, the steam room, the fireplace—I love it here. It’s just incredibly cozy and relaxing.” Windhammountain.com/spa 16 art of business ChronograM 1/17
Milling Around
“The idea behind our company is giving a new life to old trees, and we’re one of five sawmills in the country on this level, with a Woodmaster 1000 that can handle logs this size,” says Sarah Duryea of Berkshire Products Specialty Lumber. “We purchase logs that would otherwise be disposed of. Only about a tenth of what we have in stock is on the website; we have four buildings full of dry, sanded flat slabs. About ten thousand pieces, and each one is different; what one customer sees as a flaw, another falls in love with.” Berkshireproducts.com
Q&A
with Kaitlin Galluci of Historic Huguenot Street
Keeping History Real The 12 French Huguenot families who settled New Paltz wanted freedom, and a lot of their descendants are still around—along with the 30 buildings on 10 acres, seven of them original 18th-century stone houses, that make up their monument. Historic Huguenot Street is intriguingly ancient, yet intellectually fresh as a daisy—something those first bold rebels would probably admire. We spoke with Communications Director Kaitlin Galluci about breathing life into history, Huguenot style. What has always amazed me about Huguenot Street is that it’s so serene and yet so vital. It seems like the programming has expanded significantly the past few years? One of the things we’re loving lately is being able to do more community-based events. We still have scholarly lectures and school field trips, but community events like the cider market, Trick or Treat, and the Christmas tree lighting get bigger every year. A lot of locals come. You don’t necessarily have to be interested in learning about history that very day, but being here could pique your interest.
And you keep it very real with the scholarly aspects. The last several years, we’ve been telling a lot more of the true stories of underrepresented groups. This year, we’ve got a few things going on around the centennial of the 19th Amendment, some programming and tours celebrating women’s history. And we’re celebrating Juneteenth. We’re working with a consultant who builds Native American structures to bring in more of those elements. We do the best we can with our archived evidence; we do have the original deed with the signatures of the elders and the marks of the sachems, but that’s not a lot. And it’s still an active archaeology dig? Very. Professor Joe Diamond from SUNY does a course every summer. The students have found amazing things in recent years. They found what they believe is the original foundation of the very first church. They’ve found a lot of native artifacts. They’ll be back this coming summer. What we really love is, we have summer camp during a week of that same block of time and our young campers get to participate in the dig alongside the pros. Huguenotstreet.org
Legacy of Sushi
When Jassica Liu was younger she resisted taking over the family business, Osaka Sushi in Rhinebeck. “I studied business economics and Japanese, worked in currency trading and fashion,” she says. “But when I came back here, it fit. I realized it was in my blood. It was humbling to earn everyone’s respect, but now I can do every job here down to fixing the ice machine.” No one’s respect matters more than Dad’s. “Every time we ate out as kids, we’d play ‘what’s in the sauce.’ He’s a happily retired grandpa, but I still bring him back for special occasions. He was the first one to bring sushi upstate; there was some resistance, but within two weeks it was packed. “I didn’t change much: The focus is still simple, consistent and fresh, fresh, fresh. I added some modern bowls for the younger crowd, a social media presence, bottling and selling his house made sauces. Gluten-free ginger sauce. We’ve converted a lot of people who never thought they’d eat sushi.” Osakasushi.net
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Feature
the real bottom line good work institute By Hannah Phillips Photo by Franco Vogt
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he GoodWork Institute conducts something other than business as usual. Executive Director Matt Stinchcomb began the Good Work Institute as an offshoot of the mission-driven craft marketplace Etsy, which he co-founded with roommate Rob Kalin in 2005. Stinchcomb’s idea: create a communitybased economy that moves beyond profit and into purpose-driven entrepreneurship. “What we provide to the fellows is some clarity around who they are, what their unique gifts are, and how they might actually contribute to the regeneration of their communities and their lives,” Stinchcomb explains. The Hudson Valley 2016 Fellowship wrapped up this December, and consisted of local entrepreneurs and community leaders. The professions of the 35 cohort members varied from farmers to lawyers to musicians and more, from profit and nonprofit groups. Sessions weren’t confined to hotel conference rooms or Powerpoint presentations. Patagonia’s Director of Philosophy, Vincent Stanley, spoke to the cohort about business decisions driven 18 feature ChronograM 1/17
by ideals, not the bottom line. Participants made a meal together during one session. They dug in the dirt with each other. They also visited the Nature Institute in Ghent, and discussed sustainability and the importance of preserving place. Michelle Hughes is the director of investments and partnerships at the National Young Farmers Coalition, a nonprofit that represents young farmers, sustainability in agriculture, and advocating for fair labor and inclusion of diversity in farming. Hughes heard about the Good Work Institute fellowship from Managing Director Erica Dorn, whom she worked with on a project representing immigrant farmers. “It’s sort of been a mix of concrete tools, really inspirational speakers, and also a lot of personal growth,” Hughes says. Gregg Osofsky from the Watershed Center, a nonprofit social justice retreat center in Millerton, learned of the Good Work Institute through someone he knows at Hudson River Housing in Poughkeepsie. Members of the cohort, though from diverse backgrounds, seemed to hear about
Good Work through their professional contacts or through the Institute’s outreach efforts. “What I think Good Work has recognized, and is trying to connect with, is what are the real bottom lines that we are interested in as people engaged in our communities,” Osofsky says, “And that extends beyond profit. Good Work is trying to figure out how you actively bring forward the other bottom lines—around equity, environmental stewardship, and justice.” Though he also heard about the fellowship from Erica Dorn, Philippe Pierre is a bit different than Hughes and Osofsky. He runs two businesses, Palate Wines and Spirits and Ms. Fairfax, a restaurant on Liberty Street in Newburgh. The experience opened his mind to possibilities that he hadn’t really considered. Guest speaker Steffen Schneider from Hawthorne Valley Farms introduced the concept of “How much is enough?” “In my business experience, there wasn’t this notion of a satiation point,” Pierre says. Good Work Institute challenged that idea. As for the difference between this business
workshop model and other more traditional networking events, Pierre says that the Good Work Institute led to lasting and worthwhile connections. “Networking events tend to be about hobnobbing, about posturing, making very superficial, selfinterested opportunistic relationships. I’ve never gone to a one where someone would later become a friend,” Pierre says with a laugh. “This is inspiring. You don’t normally come back from a housing networking event inspired.” Fellows in the program are required to create a Good Work Commitments + Plan, applying what they have learned. Pierre, for his part, explains that for his “paradigm shift,” he will now take a more personal approach in viewing his staff and customers. “It’s not necessarily seeing people that walk in as plus-dollar signs, and people working behind the counter as minus-dollar signs,” he says, “That’s not who they actually are.” A new cohort for spring 2017 will run through June. A call for applications for the fall 2017 cohort will be announced in the spring. Goodworkinstitute.org.
The Fall 2016 Cohort photographed at Catskill Center in Arkville on November 17. From left: Grace Lodge, community manager at Good Work Institute; Ken Greene, founder of Hudson Valley Seed Company; Decora, hip-hop artist, DJ, emcee, producer, and performance poet; Michael Pergola, The Inn at Shaker Mill Farm; Isaac Green Diebboll, Founder of ENGN, volunteer firefighter at Hortonville Volunteer Fire Company, Human Rights Commission of Sullivan County board member; Michelle Hughes, director of investments and partnerships at National Young Farmer’s Coalition; Triona Fritsch, site lead at Etsy Hudson; Matt Stinchcomb, executive director at Good Work Institute; Laurie Perrone, founder and creative director of Farm2Fashion; Dawn Breeze, artist and founder of Creativity & Courage and Instar Lodge; John Sirabella, communications director at the Garrison Institute; Shawn Berry, partner and co-founder at Lift Economy; Lucinda Poindexter, project manager at Chester Agricultural Center; Lindsey Jakubowski, owner and general manager at Kriemhild Dairy; Philippe Pierre, owner of Ms. Fairfax, Palate Wines; Akemi Hiatt, creative director and co-owner at Hidden
Gears; Kathleen Finlay, President of Glynwood Farm; Gregg Osofsky, co-founder of Watershed Center; Mariel Fiori, managing editor of La Voz; Aaron Latos, co-founder, sound engineer, and musician at YouThere; Stella Yoon, co-founder and director of operations at Hudson River Exchange; Megan Offner, founder of New York Heartwoods; Eugenia Manwelyan, co-founder of Arts and Ecology, social choreographer, director of EcoPracticum, faculty member of School of the Apocalypse; Micah Blumenthal, co-owner of CIXdesigns, rocket scientist for O+ Festival; Austin Dubois, partner and attorney at Blustein, Shapiro, Rich, & Barone, LLP; Jason Schuler, founder and president of More Good; Patti Wilcox, co-founder of Gravity Cider; Leigh Melander, founding fomenter and CEO at Spillian; Justin Goldman, The Bank of Greene County; Joe Concra, painter and founder of O+ Festival; Erica Dorn, managing director at Good Work Institute; Bob Dandrew, executive director of the Local Economies Project; Erik Johanson, advocacy and outreach at Catskill Center; Kale Kaposhilin, co-founder Evolving Media Network, Hudson Valley Tech Meetup, and Catskills Conf.
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Weddings
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Prints Charming Expert advice on taking wedding photos to last a lifetime. By Mary Angeles Armstrong
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ike a marriage license, wedding photos are the long-lasting, tangible evidence that two people have committed to spending their lives together. Unlike a marriage license—which tends to be uniform and unadorned—wedding photos and the artists who take them, run the gamut from the traditional to the wild. They’re meant to be pulled out and shared over the years and through the generations. Here is some expert advice on taking wedding photos to last a lifetime. Engage the Right Photographer Besides your day-of coordinator and your soon-to-be spouse, your wedding photographer will be one of the most important actors on your wedding day. They are present during a couple’s most memorable moments, often navigating through sticky family dynamics to capture both the intimate details and the grand scope of a timeless ritual. “Trust your instincts,” advises Cathy Ballone of Cathy’s Elegant Events. “Find a photographer who makes you think—‘Wow, I love these photos.’” Ballone advises couples to view a wide range of photographer’s albums. “If there are only daytime photos in their album, ask to see some night shots, and vice versa.” With nontraditional venue weddings (barns, wineries, or parks, for example), photographers should have prior experience in a similar space. After a photographer’s work catches your eye, speak to their previous clients. “Research, get references, and talk to other brides about their experiences of working with the photographer,” advises wedding planner JoAnn Provenzano.
Build Trust Jesse Turnquist, of Turnquist Photography, advises couples to schedule an engagement photo session. (With his own clients, he requires it.) Not only does it give him a jump on the technical details of photographing a particular couple, it’s a relaxing way to get aquatinted. It’s also great practice for being a bride and groom. “Most couples have never been photographed together before,” Turnquist says. “It’s a great opportunity for them to get comfortable posing together.” During the engagement session, Turnquist makes a point of asking about family dynamics. “A wedding is a chance to document a family, all together,” he says. “But this has its difficulties.” Being comfortable with your photographer, and sharing your family’s history, can help avoid potential drama or uncomfortable situations on your wedding day. Collaborate with Style Photographers’ styles vary greatly from traditional to documentary-like to arty and romantic. It’s important your photographer’s aesthetic matches your own. “Choose your photographer wisely,” says Rachel Brennecke, the “Jane” half of Dear Alex and Jane. “They are essentially another guest, but a very visible one. Make sure you want them there.” Brennecke who, along with partner Alex Liguori began her career in the fashion industry, offers a creative take on wedding photography. “We pay special attention to the color palette,” she says. The pair also encourage couples 1/17 ChronograM weddings 21
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put together a mood board—a technique borrowed from the fashion world— of appealing pictures and images. (Pinterest is perfect for this.) “This gives us a visual connection,” Brennecke explains. “It’s something specific to reference as we photograph the wedding day.” Dear Alex and Jane also asks clients for a “hit list” of their top 10 shots. This includes traditional poses along with unique family details. “If your 86-yearold grandmother is there, your brother just got back from the military, or all your sisters are together in one place for once—let your photographer know,” advises Brennecke. This level of collaboration will lead to meaningful results. “We were shooting a wedding where the bride’s parents were divorced and hadn’t been in the same room for 20 years. Toward the end of the reception they got up crying, and hugged.” Brennecke was able to capture it all on film. “We knew the bride and her background well enough to realize how important that moment—and a picture of it—would be.” Timing is Still Everything Together with your day-of coordinator, your photographer sets the tone and pace of your wedding day. “Listen to your photographer with respect to light and scheduling,” advises Turnquist. “Photographers schedule events to take advantage of the best light throughout the day. Economically and time wise, sunlight is always best.” An experienced wedding photographer can also help you deal with any glitches that arise. “Weddings have many moving parts and demands; you want a smooth, seasoned shooter who can roll with the punches,” advises wedding photographer Steffen Thalemann. “People are stressed, emotional, you name it—change is constant.” Thalemann schedules at least 30 minutes for couples to be alone together for portraits before a ceremony. “I think it’s necessary for a couple to be physically separate from the rest of the wedding party. Not only 22 weddings ChronograM 1/17
does it give them a breather, it can be very romantic and lead to some beautiful, unique images,” says Thalemann. Scheduling this ritual “first look” before a ceremony, allows couples enough time to both take photographs and enjoy their guests during their reception. Father-daughter “first looks” are another great photo opportunity. “I’ve seen dads burst into tears,” says Ballone. The right photographer can help you maximize your schedule, so you can enjoy yourself and your guests. Investing in a Sound Proposal “The average wedding photography package runs around $5,000,” says wedding planner Mary Beth Halpern. “This usually includes eight hours of photography—from dressing through cake cutting—and a second shooter.” Couples might be tempted to reduce costs by cutting some of these pieces out but this isn’t advised. “A well-tuned, two shooter team is the wisest choice,” advises Thalemann. “It’s a great safety backup and ensures all the couple’s ‘must-do’ photographs are taken. It also provides two perspectives and helps capture intimate moments.” Understand what your paying for. “Know up front what you’re getting for your money,” advises Brennecke. “Look at the details: Make sure your contract gives you access to all your photos without any hidden fees.” Smart Phones: For Better and For Worse Smart phones are a mixed blessing for marrying couples. On one hand, they can provide an abundance of extra footage; on the other, they can undermine the sacred nature of the wedding ritual. Mindfulness is the key to reaping their benefits, while avoiding their downside. Consider declaring your ceremony “unplugged” by asking guests to leave their smart phones at home, in their car, or at least in their pocket. “You don’t want people posting wedding pictures from the church,” says Halpern. And if
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know what they want. The most important thing is that kids are on a journey. Life is a process. They may not get into their number one school, and they may ultimately choose a school that’s inappropriate, but there are always other options. It’s important to embrace the process instead of being intimidated by it.” Buying An Education For some families, spring break is college shopping time. During her junior year, Elle and Houpt toured schools and at some, Elle was interviewed. Many schools have moved towards alumni-conducted interviews, but there’s a trend now to exclude interviews altogether from the application process. Houpt felt they got better with each college visit: clarifying what they liked, noting questions asked by other kids’ and using that to inform their questions at the next college. For schools Elle was truly interested in, she always sat in on a class. Other than that, Houpt played little part in Elle’s college application process. Seeing the potential for overwhelm, she hired Sandra Moore of Next Step College Counseling to guide Elle through the process. In the current college market, the field of independent educational consultants, like Moore, is booming, and digital options now provide virtual guidance. Moore comes to it from a lifelong career on both sides of the college admissions desk. Her method is to help students figure out their wants and needs, then determine which colleges would serve those interests. “Kids get 1/17 ChronograM education 29
Kate LaValle surrounded by the materials colleges sent her.
hung up on feeling they need to prove their worth. I help empower them throughout the process,” Moore says. She broke the process down into the next manageable item on Elle’s to-do list. “Buying a college education is financially akin to buying a house,” Houpt says. “Why wouldn’t I get advice from an expert on this huge purchase?” With annual private school tuition approaching $70,000, Moore says affordability must be factored in at the outset. “Most families don’t understand which schools are generous with need-based and merit aid. Rather than ruling out expensive colleges based on sticker price, families can learn to figure out actual net costs from the get-go.” Most colleges have a net price calculator on their websites, so after a short questionnaire, parents can estimate the costs before their kids apply. Houpt tried it at all five schools Elle applied to and said they were all accurate. College financials are Moore’s area of expertise. Through blog writing and pro-bono talks, she walks families through need-based and merit aid application processes. For the 2017-18 school year, the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) forms came online in October 2016 rather than January 2017, which allowed parents, for the first time, to use real tax numbers rather than estimating. Working with Moore, Houpt says, removed the feeling of urgency from Elle’s application process. “Unless you’re someone who can only go to the Ivy Leagues, the goal isn’t to get into the best college,” Houpt says.“The goal is to get into the best college for you. Because there is no best college. It doesn’t exist, but people get sold on that idea.” Alternative Applications While the Common Application is convenient, it can be desperate. Students send one application to multiple schools, sometimes casting an overly wide net. But researchers find that most students aren’t applying to too many schools; it’s that they’re all applying to the same ones. To assist students in focusing on finding the right fit, some colleges are developing alternative application options. They recognize that the application is a student’s first introduction to the school. In 2016, an online platform developed by the Coalition for Access, Affordability, and Success, a group of more than ninety select schools, including all eight Ivy Leagues, was launched as a competitor to the Common Application. Kids create an online locker of work as they go through high school, which can be shared with parents and other adults for feedback. Recommendations 30 education ChronograM 1/17
are uploaded to the locker, which can be sent to schools of choice within the group. The idea is to help, particularly low income, kids who might not have access to prep, feedback, and guidance, begin planning for college as early as ninth grade. But it’s also used by colleges to accommodate applicants. Williams College in the Berkshires accepts both the Common App and the Coalition App, noting on their website that they have no preferred application, and hope students will use the option that is most comfortable. “The exciting thing about alternative applications is that they can speak to the school’s pedagogy,” explains Liam Dailey, the assistant director of admissions at Bennington College in Southern Vermont. “Students learn what the school values and get a taste of what it would look like to study there. The basic idea is that the application is specific to the college.” In 2013, Bennington launched the Dimensional Application, where students design a submission around the materials and format that best demonstrates what they would bring to the college community. It’s an alternative to the Common Application, which the college also accepts, and provides an avenue for students who are interested in applying to college differently. Dimensional applications are evaluated for their construction and organization as much as for their collection of content. Its open-ended prompt encourages students to see the application process as a learning experience. Last year, a Dimensional applicant constructed a wooden chest, filled with printed photos and examples of his glass blowing work, and hand delivered it to the college. It might take two hours to evaluate a Dimensional Application, and Dailey says it’s not always possible to devote that much attention to one application at other schools. Bennington’s pedagogy has specific appeal, though, so with it, a smaller pool of applicants. Of the 1200 applications Bennington received for the 2016-17 year, the majority were traditional Common applications, and 91 were Dimensional. Dailey says it’s obvious why only 7 to 8 percent of applicants are utilizing the option. “It’s scary to take away the traditional checkpoints that you would have in an application.This is the option for students where we’re among their top choice.” Even if all applicants don’t apply the option, Dailey feels that most consider the Dimensional Application to infuse their Common Application submissions with a better understanding of what Bennington values. “It doesn’t serve any school to increase applications for applications’ sake,” Dailey says. “Your admit rate might go down for a couple years, but your ability to predict students’ success goes down with it.” Most admissions counselors argue that the push to increase applications is about increasing access.
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Tests Optional Long a leader in alternative educational philosophies, Bennington has been officially test optional since 2006—meaning it’s up to the applicant whether or not to submit standardized test scores. As of 2015, 850 colleges and universities have joined them. In 2014, Hampshire College went test blind, meaning they wouldn’t even look at scores submitted. “There’s a growing resentment, in general, about standardized tests,” says Dean Viggiano, a Learning Coordinator at Tutoring Upgrades in Poughkeepsie. “There’s no correlation between test scores and an ability to succeed at college. What they test is your ability to take standardized tests.” At Tutoring Upgrades, the focus is not only on academics and test prep, but on the student as a whole. Viggiano also provides test anxiety and stress management plans. He feels that understanding the material is one thing, but being able to recall, access, and utilize it is another. “Because of high-pressure and high-stakes testing and the transition to Common Core, which some teachers were not prepared well to teach, high school students have been taking tests they don’t feel prepared for,” Viggiano posits. Even when students know the material, fear and anxiety can hinder them. A lot of Viggiano’s job is stress management. After the SAT test changed a few years ago to include a subject essay test and bring the scoring up to a total of 2,400 points, it was changed in March 2016 to be scored again at a total of 1,600. The SATs are aligning themselves to the Common Core curriculum and also making changes so they’re competitive with the ACT. “As of fairly recently, any school that accepts the SAT also accepts the ACT,” Viggiano reports. “If you can take either test, you might as well take the one that’s better for you.” Test prep companies and courses are also available through community colleges and for free at Khan Academy, a tutoring website. Generally, test prep is about learning the rules that test makers use. “Once you know that, you’re going to improve,” Viggiano says. “It’s about practice, and practicing the right way.” The tutors at Tutoring Upgrades take the tests every year to make sure their strategies work and to keep up abreast of any changes. “Now, if you guess and get it right, you get a raw point. But if you guess and get it wrong, nothing happens.” He says it’s important to understand the evolution because parents might base advice on what tests were like when they took them. Enough Is Enough “It’s totally different doing applications the third or fourth time, rather than the first or second,” says Christine LaValle as her daughter, Kate, awaited decisions on her college applications. The last of four children, Kate drew upon the experiences of her three older brothers. For the LaValles, the takeaway was to apply early. It used to be that the major options available in a college application was when to apply: regular or early. Now, there are several different early application options. Kate applied Early Decision at five colleges. She applied in fall of her senior year, so she’ll be considered among a smaller pool of candidates and can indicate her seriousness about those programs. If nothing works out, Kate will apply Regular Decision. Early Action is similar, but binding, meaning she’d have to enroll if the school accepted her, functionally limiting her applications to one school that she could afford. Bard College in Red Hook offers a third early option.The Immediate Decision Plan accelerates the early application process through a daylong seminar program that culminates in notification the following day. “My parents wanted me to do early admission because it gets it done,” Kate says. By Christmas and NewYear’s, Kate had the results, removing the unknown from her senior year. “So I can enjoy it.” “It’s painted to them that every decision you make right now will affect the rest of your life,” says LaValle, exasperatedly. The LaValles are all about streamlining the process. Kate’s college essays were done before her senior year began. She kept files for each school, with a dossier for each one, including a communications log to record connections made and whether she needed to follow up. Still, Kate wasn’t entirely spared the application anxiety. Sitting down one night during the first semester of her senior year, Kate had a moment of panic. She had just two sections left in each of her applications, which took months to think about, but only two hours to complete. “I was super scared to finish the applications,” Kate admits, “because this is when everything happens.”
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Rural beauty in Amenia.
dutchess discovery millerton, amenia & Millbrook By elissa garay PHOTOs BY john garay
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he rolling hills of northeast Dutchess County, abutting the Connecticut border, weave together a picture-perfect patchwork of requisite red barns, sprawling old estates, and scores of handsome horse farms that pinpoint the region as an equestrian epicenter. Departing briefly from the rural setting is a trio of small enclaves—Millerton, Amenia, and Millbrook—each proposing satisfying pockets of culture, shopping, dining, and diversion, despite differing in character and approach. The three communities are loosely threaded together on a stretch of Route 44, and dipping into any of them delivers diverse encounters with linger-worthy establishments—from teahouses and coffee shops to indie movie theaters and old bookstores—all designed to make life slow down…and for the moment to be savored. Boutiques abound in human-scale locales where mom-and-pop shops prevail. The quality of the culinary scene is first-rate, and farm-to-table is not a clichéd marketing ploy but simply the norm. Each destination balances the evergreen with evolution, offering establishments that have long anchored the areas mixed in with new ventures that are ushering in fresh energy and transformation. On the fringes of town, well-kept parks, rambling private gardens, and a recreational rail trail (fitting, given that each settlement touts its own historical ties to railroads) promise plenty of opportunity to hike, bike, and simply be. Millerton Commerce, culture, cuisine, and caffeine converge on Main Street—a serviceoriented function that the village center has fulfilled, albeit in ever-changing forms, since the days when three railroads met here in the mid-19th century. While the trains have been gone since 1980, this small village, with less than a 1,000 residents, still packs a commercial punch that far outsizes its dimensions, thanks to its well-trafficked location. Set at the crossroads of tony sections of Connecticut, Massachusetts’s culture-packed Berkshires, and eastern New York State, the ebb and flow of transient traffic at its Tri-State coordinates ensures that Millerton’s walkable main drag continues to thrive and grow.
Caffeine cravings are indulged at a duo of locally favored, Manhattan-worthy (little wonder, since both outlets have sister operations in NewYork City) village mainstays. At java mecca Irving Farm Coffee House, fresh coffee comes locally roasted from the outfit’s nearby 2015-debuted coffee roastery; this spring, look out for a revamped breakfast/lunch menu that will pair local ingredients with international flavors. Tea connoisseurs, meanwhile, congregate to sip on locally crafted artisanal teas at the family-run Harney & Sons—a selection of the company’s 250 tea varieties can be sampled in the tea tasting room, while smartly packaged teas in tins and satchels line the gift shop walls; and a back tea lounge is open for lunch. That jolt’s put to good use while pounding the pavement for Millerton-style retail therapy. Gilmor Glass helped usher in the artistic/craftsmen movement in town when it opened its massive shop 20 years ago; fine glass-blown stemware and home accents fill the lofty gallery, while glass-blowing demos and workshops unfold in the adjacent factory. Older still are a duo of shops-that-time-forgot at Terni’s (dating to 1919), which sells hunting and fishing gear, or Saperstein’s, across the street, a 70-year-old clothier. Main Street has firmly emerged as an antiquing destination in recent years. While the Millerton Antiques Center, a massive antiquing emporium with 37 dealers, has been going strong since 1990, neighboring antique store Hunter Bee’s opened in 2008 bolstered the town’s antiquing cachet. More followed suit, with the most recent newcomers joining ranks in 2015: Jennings & Rohn Montage, run by a husband-and-wife team who pair antiques with rotating art shows, and Christopher Todd Antiques & Interiors, which mixes antiques with contemporary accents, as well as interior design services. Hunter Bee co-owner Kent Hunt welcomes the additions, stating, “We think it’s great because we now are a real destination for antiques.” South Center Street, an offshoot of Main, has seen some spillover, with two new establishments opening in the last year. At theT-Shirt Farm, local personality Sal Osnato vends a selection of tees printed on-site, with a penchant for rock ‘n’ roll themes. A couple of buildings down, Hathaway Young opened in August 1/17 ChronograM community pages 35
Scenes from Millerton, clockwise from top: Main Street; John Gilmor at Gilmor Glass; James Wheeler and Brierley Lloyd, tea consultants at Harney & Sons Fine Teas Tasting Room; Sal Osnato at T-Shirt Farm; Irving Farm Coffee Roasters. 36 community pages ChronograM 1/17
Maxxon Mills at the Wassaic Project. Below: Tiffany Tate, artist-in-residence at the Wassaic Project.
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Clockwise from top left: Chef Dafna Mizrahi at Monte’s Local Kitchen & Tap Room in Amenia; Kelly Oggenfuss at Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies in Millbrook; Orvis Sandanona in Millbrook; Main House Museum at Wethersfield;
as a bakery, specialty foods shop, and catering service, and serves breakfast and lunch. It joins longstanding Main Street restaurant favorites like tapas joint 52 Main, the retro Oakhurst Diner, and New American eatery Manna Dew Café. Main’s cultural hubs include the four-decade-old Oblong Books & Music, a wellstocked book and music shop, with a dedicated kids’ space.The five-year-old Music Cellar offers all-ages music lessons (on a pay-what-you-can basis) and a recording studio. Cinephiles, meanwhile, flock to the three-screen The Moviehouse, which, since 1978, has screened first-run and indie films, documentaries, and cultural programming (like The Met Live in HD, and new for 2017, the TED Cinema Experience) in a 113-year-old clock tower-capped building. Make a weekend of it at the new 11-room The Millerton Inn, with its New American/Mediterranean restaurant, which debuts in January. There’s life beyond Main Street, too. A couple of miles north of town is the Rudd Pond Area at Taconic State Park, where all types of water-driven activities (boating, fishing, swimming) await, as do hiking trails and campgrounds. Near Rudd Pond, the two-and-a-half-year-old Watershed Center, set on a 73acre farm, serves as a “retreat for changemakers,” with a year-round roster of workshop and retreat programming geared toward ecological and social change, with aims of helping participants embody democracy and more fully realize their activist potential. Co-founder Gregg Osofsky feels that the work of the center is needed now more than ever. “There’s a veil that’s been lifted,” he said, citing the current political climate, adding that, “the muscle of civic engagement really needs to be exercised.” South of Millerton, the Harlem Valley Rail Trail has nearly 11 miles of hikeable and bikeable paved trails between Millerton’s Main Street and the hamlets of Amenia and Wassaic. Another 35 miles of trails north of Millerton are in various states of development, including an eight-mile section from Millerton to Under Mountain Road that’s expected to break ground in 2017/18. 38 community pages ChronograM 1/17
Amenia Following the rail trail—or Route 44, for the car-bound—about nine miles south of Millertown leads to Amenia, a sleepy, spread-out hamlet of less than a 1,000 (and part of a larger town of the same name). Roots here date back to the early 1700s and past incarnations saw the townscape sculpted by stints as an iron mining center and a 1920s-era lakeside bungalow resort (which was put to rest when Lake Amenia disappeared due to a dam burst in the ‘50s). But Amenia has a major new storyline in the works that has all the potential to wake it from its somewhat somnambulant state. In a new take on the Hudson Valley country house, the $500 million Silo Ridge Field Club project (a Discovery Land Company development) is set to transform 800 acres of old dairy farmland into a private, high-end, gated community counting 245 residences (retailing in the $1 to $10 million range) and members-only amenities galore. While residences won’t be ready until late summer, the 18-hole Tom Fazio-designed golf course already debuted in August, though hitting the links is restricted solely to Silo Ridge members (aka residents) and their guests (so chum up to tee off!). While nonresidents won’t have access to Silo Ridge, there will be some discernable community benefits. Most immediately, they’ve funded a new public park on DeLaVergne Hill along Route 44, known for its sweeping Harlem Valley views. More transformatively, Amenia resident and Harlem Valley Chamber of Commerce treasurer, John Parsons, expects the tax base, new jobs, and clientele from Silo Ridge to drive local economic growth. “It’s bringing a certain clientele and newer higher-end housing to the area, and this clientele will drive amenities and services,” he explained. Well before the Silo Ridge residents show up, however, Amenia already touts buzz-worthy establishments well worth tapping into, particularly on the culinary front. Two-year-old Monte’s Local Kitchen & Tap Room is
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Scenes from Millbrook, clockwise from top left: Alicia Adams at Alicia Adams Alpaca; Peter Cunningham and Paolo Mizrahi at Millbrook Absolutely Wild Home; wine casks at Millbrook Vineyards and Winery; Wing’s Castle.
a destination restaurant that wouldn’t be out of place in a trendy part of Brooklyn, with live music, signature cocktails, and experimental American farm-fresh fare reflected in a seasonally driven menu. It’s helmed by 25-yearold chef and co-owner, CIA graduate and Mexican-born Chef Dafna Mizrahi, who won the Food Network’s show “Chopped” in 2015. The other big name in town is Chef Serge Madikians, behind Serevan, who draws from his Armenia-by-way-of-Iran ancestry to showcase flavors and culinary traditions of the Middle East and Mediterranean. His distinctive dishes emphasize fresh local ingredients, with a special attention to seasonal seafood, which Madikians personally sources fresh off the boat in Cape Cod, where he flies weekly since getting his pilot’s license three years ago. New to town since November is Railhead Jerk, a Jamaican restaurant that’s well worth seeking out for its flavorful menu of jerk sauce-marinated meats and island specialties like curried goat and oxtail stew. Gearing up to celebrate its 40th anniversary in 2017, the Cascade Mountain Winery and Restaurant, whose seasonal eatery reopened a year-and-a-half ago, is awash in new initiatives, including a planned summer weekend concert series, and an inaugural wine, food, and music festival in July. On the retail front, horse enthusiasts might hit up Horse Leap, a tack shop that caters to the equestrian lifestyle with both new and secondhand riding gear. For lodging, keep an eye out for the historic Tudor-style Troutbeck estate, which is slated to reopen this summer with 35-plus guestrooms, a fine-dining restaurant, expansive gardens, an outdoor pool, and a ballroom event space. As for attractions, the Wethersfield Estate and Gardens (former home to investor and philanthropist Chauncey Stillman), with its arts- and antiquesfilled main house, Carriage House Museum, and formal Italianate gardens, is 40 community pages ChronograM 1/17
launching new golf cart and self-guided phone-prompt tours of the grounds come springtime.There’s also the 2014-debuted Four Brothers Drive In, which screens evening double features that attract up to 1,000 people per day during the height of summer. Demand is such that the proprietors (who also run the adjacent Four Brothers Pizza restaurant, which provides carhop service for theater-goers) are planning on 2017 additions like a larger concession stand, neighboring mini-golf course, and a new six-room B&B which will open up a few buildings down in fall. Wassaic, another tiny hamlet within the town of Amenia, is home to the detour-worthy Wassaic Project. Born of a popular, expanding, 2008-launched visual and performing arts festival (held annually in August), it runs an acclaimed artists’ residency program.Tucked within a towering old converted grain mill, visitors can pop in on weekends to check out the rotating gallery exhibitions and to sign up kids for art workshops; the last Saturday of the month grants visitors further access still, when the artists additionally host open studios. Millbrook If the railroad tracks still crossed through these parts, the affluent village of Millbrook, first settled in the 1700s, would undoubtedly be on the right side of them. With a population of just over 1,400—a good mix of well-rooted generationsold families and more recent wealthy weekenders—this is where the well-to-do and a list of who’s who (Bette Midler and Liam Neeson among them) keep their sprawling, manicured country estates. Sometimes cited as a low-key version of the Hamptons, the Porsche-and-horse-loving set here maintain a taste for fit-themold pastimes oozing centuries-old gentility, like riding and shooting. The equestrian lifestyle pervades the fabric of the community via horse
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Walbridge Farm Market features the very best in local products, and American made goods including Walbridge’s own 100% All Natural Registered Angus beef, farm fresh eggs, syrup, honey and more. Located in Millbrook, New York, our pasture raised angus is grass fed and non–GMO grain finished. Their diet consists of our own silage grown on Walbridge Farm’s 900 acres plus the additional 700 acres we farm. We do not spray our fields with pesticides or insecticides, our soils and water are tested yearly, our crops are rotated in order to care for the nutrients in the soils and our cattle are moved throughout our fields in order to preserve our pastures.
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farms, polo matches, and beloved annual events like the Fitch’s Corner Horse Trials, Millbrook Horse Trials, and the Millbrook Hunt. The Orvis Sandanona shooting grounds (which completed a $3 million renovation and expansion of its lodge and dining room three years ago) is the oldest permitted shotgun shooting club in the country, where members and the general public alike come to shoot sporting clays or set out on fly-fishing trips. The community also maintains a strong sense of stewardship of the land, which is reflected in the institutions here. Most notable is the Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies, a hotbed for cutting-edge scientific research spanning some of the most pressing environmental issues, from Lyme disease prevention to climate change. The public can engage with the institute via monthly guest speaker programs, summer camps for kids, and guided or independent walks through the 2,000-acre grounds. For another brush with (landscaped) nature, the seasonal Innisfree Garden, influenced by Chinese landscaping principles, will tout new-for-2017 offerings like April daffodil viewing and a bonsai exhibit. For wildlife, the 80-year-old Trevor Zoo at the Millbrook School (zookeeper training is part of the college-prep boarding school’s student curriculum) is home to 80 different species (nine of which are engendered); it’s opening a brand-new welcome center and sustainable gift shop in the adjacent 1862 mill, in January. Franklin Avenue marks Millbrook’s main commercial drag, where a series of high-end boutiques—many of them new to town—beckon shoppers with good taste and deep pockets. Among the newcomers, Alicia Adams Alpaca opened her first namesake storefront here in August 2015, selling a fine line of alpaca-wool clothes and homewares. Next door, esteemed designer Barry Cord debuted Kieselstein-Cord Exchange in November 2016, showcasing samples from his brand’s diverse and intricate collection spanning handbags, belts, and decorative home accents, along with a rotating show of original photography. Further down Franklin, Absolutely Wild Home opened in December with displays of high-end furnishings from around the globe. These join well-established antique shops Millbrook Antique Center and Millbrook Antiques Mall and local’s favorite boutiques like Limone Imports (selling quality Italian products), Punch (for home decor), and the recently renovated Merritt Bookstore, which backs the village’s popular (and growing) nine-year-old Millbrook Literary Festival, held each year in May. As for nosh, the casual farm-fresh fare and fresh-baked goods at Babette’s Kitchen, along with French bistro Cafe Les Baux, have remained proven staples in town, joined by recent additions that include the casual Nooch’s Pub & Grill, which serves pub grub, and Canoe Hill, touting an inviting long bar and a New American menu. Outside of the village center, Millbrook Cabinetry & Design proposes onestop shopping for high-end kitchen and bath remodeling, while Arrowsmith Forge produces custom metal designs like steel chandeliers and wrought-iron gates and home furnishings—the massive forge behind the showroom is a wonderland of welding and blacksmithing machinery and craftsmanship. Further afield is the Walbridge Farm Market, a sustainable Black Angus farm selling beef, farm-fresh eggs, farm-harvested honey, and more. Millbrook Vineyards & Winery, lauded as one of the best in the Hudson Valley, has been busy over the last year, essentially doubling the size of its tasting room, adding on a space for Reserve tastings, and opening the Vineyard Tap Room, with wine by the glass on tap and cheese plates. Across the vineyards, the fairytaleesque Wing’s Castle stands in testament to architectural and artistic whimsy, the brainchild of a local artist couple; open for seasonal tours, they’re also debuting a new suite unit this spring for their B&B guests. A worthwhile photo-op stop is the dilapidated 19th-century Bennett College building, a women’s school that closed in the late ‘70s. Plans for a renovation of its grounds as a mixed public park/residential development have been discussed for years, but look to be coming to fruition in the near future, according to town supervisor Gary Ciferri. Rona Boyer, Millbrook resident, and the publisher of Living Millbrook magazine, noted many of the significant changes in Millbrook, concluding that, “If somebody thinks they know Millbrook and hasn’t been here in the last year or so, then they don’t really know Millbrook.”
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D’Ambra and Palaia’s restored Greek Parthenon. One of only two Parthenons in in the United States (the other is in Nashville and was built for the World’s Fair) the building required extensive, careful renovation and is now used as Palaia’s studio.
A Parthenon for Rhinebeck by Mary Angeles Armstrong photos by Deborah DeGraffenreid
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erhaps it was her eye for the ancient that made Eve D’Ambra notice the peculiar and neglected rectangular building perched on a knoll overlooking the Hudson. D’Ambra, an art history professor at Vassar who specializes in the art and sculpture of classical Rome, regularly drove from her home in Poughkeepsie to go horseback riding at the Southlands Foundation in Rhinebeck. While waiting to take a left over Route 9, she would gaze up at the corner of the mysterious building. Most of the year the structure was overgrown with woods, but when the trees were bare she could make out the crumbling triangular frieze and Doric columns of classical Greek architecture. Over the years D’Ambra mentioned the building to her husband, the artist Franc Palaia, who was also intrigued. Palaia does “a little bit of everything,” from large-scale trompe l’oeil murals to small sculptured lamps. He likes to utilize “found objects” in his work and often combines mediums to create a curious juxtaposition of the ancient and modern. (Palaia’s photograph Palms, People’s Park, San Francisco appeared on the cover of the June 2002 issue of this magazine.) Neither D’Ambra nor Palaia had the chance to indulge their curiosity about the building until a little over three years ago. Palaia and D’Ambra were in the car driving to Rhinebeck together, when he suggested they turn right at the juncture instead of left. Driving up the hill, they found an 18th-century farmhouse with a “For Sale” sign on the lawn. It was surrounded by eight acres of pond and fields, as well as a barn-turned-garage and the distinctive outbuilding D’Ambra had been noticing for years from Route 9. 44 home & Garden ChronograM 1/17
It was clear that the property’s owner had little idea of the structure’s architectural significance. (Built next to an in-ground pool, it was called a “cabana” in the real estate listing and assessed it at zero dollars.) However, Palaia and D’Ambra knew what they were looking at: the Parthenon. The reconstructed, classical Greek temple was complete, with 60 carved columns and intricate sculpture work over the entablature in the front and back. Throughout the rest of the grounds were faint traces hinting at the property’s grand, worldly heyday. The couple had found a treasure trove of architecture. When in Rome If anyone in the Hudson Valley was going to uncover a home full of art and antiquities it would be D’Ambra and Palaia. They met 30 years ago when both were awarded the prestigious “Rome Prize” fellowship and were spending a year living at the American Academy in Rome. Palaia was awarded the prize to study painting and was making “fake” frescos, painting large pieces of styrofoam to mimic watercolor on ancient concrete. D’Ambra was studying real frescos—specifically the ancient funerary paintings and sculpture created to commemorate the lives of ancient Rome’s ordinary citizens. Together, they walked the streets of Rome, occasionally passing the Capitoline Museum in the center of the city. On one side of the historical museum complex was a room where civil wedding ceremonies were performed. “We would see brides and grooms coming out and everybody throwing rice and confetti,” Palaia remembers.When Palaia and D’Ambra decided to tie the knot
Franc Palaia and Even D’Ambra in front of their 19th-century stained-glass window, depicting a fete galante—a French courtship party. A second layer of windows protects the glass from outside and Palaia added another layer of Plexiglass behind that. “You could throw a brick at it and it wouldn’t break,” he says.
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Top: The 2,300-square-foot house spans three centuries and includes four bedrooms and three and a half baths. The eight-acre property includes a large garage, a pond, a swimming pool, and the Parthenon-studio. The home is completely powered with solar panels located on the roof of the garage.
they couldn’t decide between her home on Long Island or his in New Jersey. Both are of Italian descent and speak the language—their roots in the country were personal as well as professional. So they settled on a simple ceremony held in the wedding hall of the Capitoline Museum. They completed the necessary paperwork (“You know, the Italians love to stamp things,” Palaia says) and were married by Rome’s surrogate mayor in the room designed by Michelangelo. Afterward, they signed their names in the large record book where generations of other couples had already left their mark. Then it was their turn to be doused with rice and confetti by tourists.
Below: The home’s foyer dates from the 19th century and has low ceilings. “The chandeliers came with the house,” Palaia explains. An antique statue depicting a Roman woman was collected by D’Ambra. Placed under the chandelier, it keeps guests from hitting their heads.
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Dutch Treat When Palaia and D’Ambra found the eccentric homestead, they weren’t necessarily looking to buy. They had lived in Poughkeepsie since 1990 and loved the art and community there, but found they were outgrowing their house. They realized they were uniquely qualified to appreciate and refurbish the property they’d found. “We bought it as a fluke,” Palaia says. However, over the past three years the couple have taken the renovation of the farmhouse and its surrounding outbuildings very seriously. The original house spans three centuries. The oldest part—the living room area—dates back to 1785. Once the center of an almost 80-acre farm, the original farmhouse was built on a stone foundation and expanded in the 19th century to include the foyer and dinning room, each with a fireplace. In the 1920s, John Gardner, a New York City attorney, bought the house to use as a weekend home. The Gardner family added a modern kitchen and began transforming the home to include relics and mementos from their travels. Gardner especially loved European culture and either brought pieces of it back or tried to re-create historic monuments on the property. He replaced the east-facing wall of the living room with a 19th-century stained-glass window, transported from France. The painted glass window depicts a fete galante—a French “courtship party” in a bucolic setting reminiscent of the surrounding Hudson Valley fields.
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Clockwise from top left: One of Palaia’s “fake frescos.” Painted on styrofoam, Palaia experimented with mimicking the texture and feel of ancient concrete. D’Ambra’s research focuses on funerary sculpture and portraits of the ordinary citizens of ancient Rome. “Most people in ancient Rome barely had enough to eat. They weren’t involved in anything that would be remembered.” The portraits and sculpture on their tombs were often the only record of their lives; the home’s dining room dates from the 19th century and offers views of the river and Catskills. Every room on the ground floor has a fireplace.
Gardner also brought a functioning windmill from the Netherlands and installed it in the backyard. It was the only authentic Dutch windmill in the United States until it burnt down. (“We have a couple of pieces of wood on the property that we think were a part of it,” Palaia tells me.) Inspired by his travels through Italy, Gardner constructed a wide stairway at the front entrance of the home, leading down to a large fountain reminiscent of an Italian piazza. He also constructed an Italian pergola off the living room. Both are gone but, like the windmill, their outlines remain visible. In the 1950s the home was named “Meadowsweep” by another owner. Since then, its history has been included in the book Rhinebeck Historical Architecture. The house has recently been featured on a tour of Rhinebeck’s historical houses. It’s All Greek to Them The Parthenon’s refurbishment required an especially careful touch. “It had been neglected for decades,” Palaia says. “The inside was covered in mud and the roof leaked.” Bringing the building up to something representing the glory that was ancient Greece, or even a working space in Rhinebeck, was a Herculean task, completed by Palaia with the aid of a handyman. To replace the rotten wooden floorboards, all 60 of the carved wooden columns had to be removed and then carefully put back into place. Palaia painted the columns one evening, only to return the next morning and find the dried wood had sucked up the coat of paint. He has since added two more layers (“and it could use another,” he tells me). The hydrocal plaster walls were fully refurbished and a checkerboard of blue “Triglyphs”—three marks in Greek— have been repainted along the boarder of the entablature. The old roof, was replaced with terracotta-colored aluminum. Palaia has been refurbishing the triangular fresco sculptures on the front and back of the structure. Inside, Palaia added insulation and electrical and heating systems. Once used as Gardner’s library and office, the Parthenon is now Palaia’s studio. His photographs of ancient ruins, taken with a Polaroid camera and then hand painted, hang across from a large north-facing window. Underneath, the walls are a shaded and variegated patina. “It looks like my fresco paintings,” Palaia says. 48 home & Garden ChronograM 1/17
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A detail from the installation “Protesters,” by Zachary Skinner, through January 22 at Matteawan Gallery in Beacon.
ALBANY INSTITUTE OF HISTORY & ART 125 WASHINGTON AVE., ALBANY (518) 463-4478. “Rock and Roll Icons: The Photography of Patrick Harbron.” Through February 12.
BARRETT ART CENTER 55 NOXON STREET, POUGHKEEPSIE 471-2550. “Photowork ‘17.” January 21-March 3.
ALBERT SHAHINIAN FINE ART GALLERY 22 EAST MARKET STREET SUITE 301, RHINEBECK 876-7578. “The Luminous Landscape: The Long View.” 19th Annual National Invitational Exhibition featuring James Coe, Jane Bloodgood-Abrams, Eline Barclay, Christie Scheele & Karl Dempwolf. Through January 29.
BEACON ARTIST UNION 506 MAIN STREET, BEACON 222-0177. “Girls.” Pamela Zaremba. Through January 8.
THE ALDRICH CONTEMPORARY ART MUSEUM 258 MAIN STreet, RIDGEFIELD, CT (203) 438-4519. “Engaging Place.” Artists David Brooks, Kim Jones, Peter Liversidge, and Virginia Overton. Through February 5. AMITY GALLERY 110 NEWPORT BRIDGE ROAD, WARWICK 258-0818. “Four Generations.” Featuring an exhibition that spans four generations of art making. January 7-14.
BETSY JACARUSO STUDIO & GALLERY 43 EAST MARKET STREET, RHINEBECK 516-4435. “Alchemy of Light.” Watercolors by Betsy Jacaruso & Cross River Fine Artists. Through January 29. BYRDCLIFFE KLEINERT/JAMES CENTER FOR THE ARTS 36 TINKER STREET, WOODSTOCK 679-2079. “Stuart Farmery: Sculptures in the Landscape.” An outdoor exhibition of sculpture by Stuart Farmery. Through September 4.
ARTISTS’ COLLECTIVE OF HYDE PARK 4338 ALBANY POST ROAD, HYDE PARK (914) 456-6700. “BOLD! Group Art Show.” Group show. January 21-February 19.
CARRIE HADDAD GALLERY 622 WARREN STREET, HUDSON (518) 828-1915. “Winter Exhibit.” Kate Hamilton, Andrea Moreau, Louise Laplante, Elizabeth Coyne, Laura Von Rosk, and Eileen Murphy. Through January 22.
ATHENS CULTURAL CENTER 24 SECOND STREET, ATHENS (518) 945-2136. “Sun Spot.” Selections from the photojournalism collection of Katherine Montague. January 1-February 14.
CATALYST GALLERY 137 MAIN ST, BEACON 204-3844. “Catalyst Small Works Show.” 4th annual Small Works show with painting, sculpture, photography and mixed media by more than 50 artists. Through January 8.
BANNERMAN ISLAND GALLERY 150 MAIN STREET, BEACON 416-8342. “Winter Holiday Art Exhibition.” Through January 26.
CLARK ART INSTITUTE 225 SOUTH STREET, WILLIAMSTOWN, MA (413) 458-2303. “Japanese Impressions.” Features 48 woodblock prints. Through April 2.
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CULINARY INSTITUTE OF AMERICA (CIA) 1946 CAMPUS DRIVE (ROUTE 9), HYDE PARK 452-9430. “Fire in the Belly: Cultural Moments Around the Hearth and Table.” An exhibit showcasing historical and cultural intersections with fire. Through April 4.
MARK GRUBER GALLERY 17 NEW PALTZ PLAZA, NEW PALTZ 255-1241.
DIA:BEACON 3 BEEKMAN STREET, BEACON (845) 440-0100. “Robert Irwin, Excursus: Homage to the Square3.” Site-specific work. Through May 31.
MATTEAWAN GALLERY 436 MAIN STREET, BEACON 440-7901.
DUCK POND GALLERY 128 CANAL STreet, TOWN OF ESOPUS LIBRARY, PORT EWEN 338-5580. “Jessica Scott, Photography.” January 6-28. Opening reception January 6, 4pm-7pm. EMPIRE STATE PLAZA CORNING TOWER 100 S. MALL ARTERIAL, ALBANY (518) 473-7521. “Works by Phil Frost.” Through August 18. THE FALCON 1348 ROUTE 9W, MARLBORO 236-7970. “The Paintings of Pablo Shine.” Through February 28. FRANCES LEHMAN LOEB ART CENTER AT VASSAR COLLEGE 124 RAYMOND AVENUE, POUGHKEEPSIE 437-5237. “The Art of Devastation: Medals and Posters of the Great War.” This exhibition of 117 exquisitely rendered art medals from both sides of the Great War. January 27-April 9. FRONT STREET GALLERY 21 FRONT STREET, PATTERSON (917) 880-5307. “Swamp Things: Art of the Great Swamp.” Through January 13. THE GALLERY AT R&F 84 TEN BROECK AVENUE, KINGSTON 331-3112. “Last Picture Show: Forces and Artifacts.” Works by Carol Bajen-Gahm and Pamela Blum. Mixed-media works and sculpture. Through January 15. GALLERY 66 NY 66 MAIN STREET, COLD SPRING 809-5838. “Story Tellers, Fables and Fiction.” Emerging artists from 8 high schools. January 6-29.
GARRISON ART CENTER 23 GARRISON’S LANDING, GARRISON 424-3960. Enigmatic Moments. Mixed-media works by Tatana Kellner. Through January 8. GREENE COUNTY COUNCIL ON THE ARTS GALLERY 398 MAIN STREET, CATSKILL (518) 943-3400. “Salon 2016 & Handmade Holidays.” Through January 7. HEALING ARTS GALLERY ELLENVILLE REGIONAL HOSPITAL, ELLENVILLE Ellenvilleregional.org. “Digital Dance.” Expressions from Chuck Davidson’s fingers. Through February 3. hudson area library 51 N. 5th street, hudson (518) 828-1792. “People of the Civil Rights Era.” Photos by Jim Peppler. January 14-February 28. JEFF BAILEY GALLERY 127 WARREN STREET, HUDSON (518) 828-6680. “Abandoned Luncheonette.” A group exhibition with works by: Conor Backman, Lisa Beck, Francis Cape, Jennifer Coates, Adriana Farmiga, Frederick Hayes, Richard Klein, Tracy Miller, Walter Robinson, Nancy Shaver, Amy Talluto, Tony Thompson. January 7-26.
“Zachary Skinner: Geo-Co-Lab Winter Residency 2017.” The project features sculpture and drawing and will engage visitors by inviting them to draw on handmade chalkboards hung on the gallery walls. January 14-February 10. Opening reception January 14, 6pm-9pm. OAK VINO WINE BAR 389 MAIN STreet, BEACON 8457652400. “Diane Landro Photography Presents: It was all a dream.” January 14-30. ORANGE HALL GALLERY SUNY ORANGE, MIDDLETOWN 341-4790. “Orange County Arts Council Members Show.” Exhibit of works by member artists: paintings, drawings, photographs, collages, mixed media, and sculptures. January 6-31. Opening reception January 6, 6pm-9pm. ORANGE HALL GALLERY LOFT, SUNY ORANGE CORNER OF WAWAYANDA & GRANDVIEW AVENUES, MIDDLETOWN 341-4891. “Light, Color and a Love of Nature.” Art exhibit by Janet Howard-Fatta. January 6-31. Opening reception January 6, 6pm-8pm. ROOST STUDIOS & ART GALLERY 69 MAIN STREET, 2ND FLOOR, NEW PALTZ 255-5532. “Member Artists Group Show.” January 11-February 5. Opening reception January 21, 6pm-8pm. SELIGMANN CENTER FOR THE ARTS 23 WHITE OAK DRIVE, SUGAR LOAF 469-9459. “Nomina Magica.” Jesse Bransford’s work represents an ever-sharpening focus on Art’s relationship to Magic. Through January 9. strongroom 91 liberty street, newburgh strongroom.us. “Jessica Angel: Grids of Formation.” Through January 29. Closing reception and performance: January 29, 3pm-5pm. THE CHATHAM BOOKSTORE 27 MAIN STREET, CHATHAM (518) 392-3005. “Reflecting on Race: Photography Invitational.” January 16-March 31. Opening reception January 16, 1pm-3pm. THE FIELD LIBRARY GALLERY AND PLAZA 4 NELSON AVENUE, PEEKSKILL (914) 862-3287. “Unseen New York: Rare Works by Charles Ruppmann 1960-1980. Through January 22. THEGALLERY@RHINEBECK 47 EAST MARKET STreet, RHINEBECK (845) 876-1655. Gallery Member Opening. Thursday, January 12, 6-9:30pm. THOMPSON GIROUX GALLERY 57 MAIN STREET, CHATHAM (518) 392-3336. “En Masse III.” Through January 8.
JOHN DAVIS GALLERY 362 1/2 WARREN STREET, HUDSON (518) 828-5907. “Katherine Mojzsis: Shapes Effect.” January 7-29. Opening reception January 7, 6pm-8pm.
TREMAINE GALLERY AT THE HOTCHKISS SCHOOL 11 INTERLAKEN ROAD, LAKEVILLE, CT (860) 435-3663.
KAPLAN HALL, MINDY ROSS GALLERY THE CORNER OF GRAND & FIRST STREETS, NEWBURGH 341-9386. “Figurative Works.” Recent drawings and paintings by Ward Lamb. January 1-31.
WALLKILL RIVER SCHOOL AND ART GALLERY 232 WARD STREET, MONTGOMERY 457-ARTS.
KLEINERT/JAMES ARTS CENTER 34 TINKER STREET, WOODSTOCK 679-2079. “Members’ Show for 2017: Byrd & Image.” January 6-February 19. Opening reception January 7, 4pm-6pm. LABSPACE 2642 NY ROUTE 23, HILLSDALE Labspaceart.blogspot.com/. “What is There?” Recent works by Justin Baker and Danny Goodwin. Through January 21. LACE MILL MAIN GALLERY 165 CORNELL STREET, KINGSTON 399-4437. “Lace Mill Winter Sampler: A Group Show.” A variety of media, including painting, photography, collage, video, music, and sound. Featuring artists Lark Kidder, Eli Winograd, B. Holly Hannah, Simon Ampel, Frank Waters, Alexandria Whilliams, Charles Steele, James Martin, Cheryl Crispell, Jeromy Davis, Lanette Hughes, Rubi Rose, Andrew Walsh, and Daniel Rhinier. January 7-February 15. Opening reception January 7, 5pm-8pm.
“Marjory Reid Plus Two: Janet Rickus, Warner Friedman.” Through February 5.
“Members Exhibit.” January 7-February 1. Opening reception January 7, 5pm-7pm. THE WILLIAMS COLLEGE MUSEUM OF ART 15 LAWRENCE HALL DR., WILLIAMSTOWN, MA (413) 597-3055. “Being the Measure: David Zink Yi.” David Zink Yi’s first museum exhibition in the United States Through February 12. WINDHAM FINE ARTS 5380 MAIN STREET, WINDHAM (518) 734-6850. “Warm Woods, Crisp Reflections.” Through January 4. WIRED GALLERY 11 MOHONK ROAD, HIGH FALLS (682) 564-5613. “Patterns.” Works by Sydney Cash, Susan Spencer Crowe, Laura Gurton, Carole P. Kunstadt, Stephen Niccolls, Vincent Pomilio, and Carol Struve. Through April 2. 1/17 ChronograM arts & culture 53
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GALLERY LEV SHALEM, WOODSTOCK JEWISH CONGREGATION 1682 GLASCO TURNPIKE, WOODSTOCK 679-2218. “Other Places.” January 15-April 24. Opening recception January 15, 12pm-2pm.
“40th Annual Holiday Salon Show.” Through January 7.
Music
This month, we once again ring in the new year with a specially selected panel of Hudson Valley music mavens, who run down their top releases of 2016 and talk current crushes and future faves along the way.
John Lefsky Proprietor of New Paltz record store Jack’s Rhythms
The year seemed to be bookended by aural tombstones: Bowie’s Blackstar and Leonard Cohen’s You Want It Darker. In between, I’ve also been listening to Lodestar, the first album Shirley Collins has released in over 30 years. Her voice is deeper and weathered, the instrumentation spare, and the songs morbid. Always a party in my head. It’s not all despair, though. My favorite album of the year may be Idris Ackamoor and the Pyramids’ We Be All Africans. Ackamoor has been around since the `70s and hasn’t released a new album since 2004. It’s Afro-jazz with echoes of Sun Ra. Other favorites: Terry HQ (Australian postpunk) and Heron Oblivion (a heavy-psych band with British folk elements; like a heavier Pentangle/Fairport). Too many more to mention, including two studio albums by Thee Oh Sees, great stuff by Swans, Nick Cave, Eno, Dwarfs of East Agouza, Bob Mould, and local heroes Shana Falana and the Sweet Clementines. Morgan Ywain Evans Freelance music scribe and Walking Bombs vocalist
This year can be broken into three distinct sections for me. Early 2016 started with a lot of promise for me, so I was enjoying more dreamy, melodic, introspective rock like Marriages or the industrial space metal of Boston trio InAeona. Once Bowie died, I was completely swallowed up by the experience of Blackstar for a while, to the extent that it made most other music seem pathetic in scope. Midyear I went to Europe for the first time, to Estonia and Finland, and I heard a lot of ’80s pop hits like Samantha Fox on the radio there, and weird, probably suspicious copies of Drake’s “Hotline Bling” resung by a white dude with a Finnish 54 music ChronograM 1/17
accent over bad EDM while I was partying in a swamp full of sinkholes next to actual death-trap sinkholes. At the end of the year, I got really introspective while making my own pending album, Brave Hours, and pretty much just listened to Globelamp’s fairy-folk The Orange Glow, doom band Eight Bells, or Wax Idols’ 2015 goth-pop gem, American Tragic. On the local front, I had a blast opening for stoner rockers Geezer for their self-titled CD release and would tell everyone to check out them and psych rockers It’s Not Night: It’s Space. And of course Shana Falana’s record is a blast. MK Host of Radio Woodstock’s “Locally Grown”
The local music scene has been crushing it in 2016! Just a few off the top of my head: The Sweet Clementines put out their stunner, Lake Victoria, in January; we got an epic new release from It’s Not Night: It’s Space in June with Our Birth Is But a Sleep and a Forgetting; and Black Table actually got me listening to metal, which is no small achievement, with Obelisk. I’ve also got to give some love to New Paltz slack rockers Seymour, whose self-titled album blows most of the major label releases I’ve heard this year out of the water. It could pass for an early Dr. Dog record that somehow got lost in the sofa cushions. Speaking of which, Dr. Dog’s The Psychedelic Swamp made me blissfully happy with its joyfully surf-rocky grooves. And of course I’ve been digging on Innocence Reaches from my favorites, Of Montreal—it’s not a perfect album or anything, but the single “It’s Different for Girls” is the perfect feminist anthem for the moment and a total banger. Childish Gambino’s wildly different new effort Awaken, My Love! has also been in heavy rotation in my car lately—my favorite thing about him as an artist is
his ability to completely reinvent himself every time he puts out an album, and this old-soul vibe he’s putting out is totally working for me. Bruno Mars dropped 24k Magic in November and it was pretty much game over for me. It’s a 33-minute funk/R&B fantasy with not a moment wasted. I can’t stop grooving on “Chunky” or getting lost in “Versace on the Floor,” and I’m not even mad about it. Michael Eck Musician with the Lost Radio Rounders and the Ramblin’ Jug Stompers, Chronogram contributor, Proctors Theater publicist
In July, the Bang on a Can All-Stars presented a live reading of Brian Eno’s Music for Airports at MASS MoCA. Stuck in the middle of the calendar, that performance served as a lynchpin. In a year filled with death, the idea of having sounds that could function in the moment, in the background, in the cerebrum and the aorta, seemed potent. As such, John Cale’s bold, brave reworking of Music for a New Society (as M: FANS) was a boon. The same with Eno’s own The Ship and Trixie Whitley’s Porta Bohemica. Whitley’s show at Club Helsinki in September was as mesmerizing as Music for Airports, but in a visceral, grinding way. Her voice is a room you could live in. Speaking of voices, it was a delight to hear Beth Orton’s sophomore effort, Kidsticks. Not her second album, you say? Listen to the first, then this, and you’ll understand it is—a sure return to the trippiness of the debut, with all that whisper and heather floating over the top. Machines, it turns out, can make music in the right hands. Despite the desire for icy sounds this year (I did vote for Kraftwerk on my Rock and Roll Hall of Fame ballot, after all), the single record I listened to the most was
Sierra Hull’s masterful Weighted Mind. Forget the instrumental skills, Hull revealed herself to be an insightful, clear-eyed songwriter, with enough youthful angst to remind us all of what it’s like to be alive (in a year filled with death). Connor Kennedy Leader of Connor Kennedy & Minstrel and freelance guitarist extraordinaire
I became a David Bowie fan last January. The timing is scoffable, undoubtedly, by the likes of thou musically refined Chronogram readers and writers—but I am at perfect ease with the circumstances: “Sweet Thing” > “Candidate” > ”Sweet Thing (Reprise)” on 1974’s David Live. Porches’ Pool has a song called “Mood,” which I managed to play over and over and over. Mild High Club’s Skiptracing showcases lots of things I like: slinky grooves, 12-string guitars, and MELODY (see “Windowpane” off of Timeline). Whitney’s Light Upon the Lake is a wonderful production, and the songs don’t tire. I dug up The Terror, the 2013 release from the Flaming Lips, which I didn’t care for upon release, and fell deeply into it. Jenny Lewis remained a constant source of inspiration and enjoyment through this year, both through her back catalog of (three) solo records and her new band, Nice as Fuck, who put out a shortbut-solid, self-titled record of bare bones, hook-based earworms—I also sat in the front row like a dork for her Rabbit Fur Coat 10th anniversary show at the Capitol Theater in Portchester, mesmerized and energized by her masterful example of the craft. Leonard Cohen’s You Want It Darker I declared a masterpiece upon first listen. By now, I’ve lost count of how many times, but I cannot control my smile, or the wrenching of my gut, any better than the first listen.
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January began with the gut-punch of discovering David Bowie’s exquisite Blackstar, then fantasizing about seeing him play it live, then raving about it at a party, then finding out he had gone…all within 15 hours. I also discovered new depth and detail in the half-speed remasters of Peter Gabriel’s 1977-2002 album catalog. Ska was represented in fine form with the Frightners’ Nothing More to Say, another release that carried a posthumous torch, in this case for lead singer Dan Klein. Our local live music scene thrived with great evenings out with It’s Not Night: It’s Space, Madeleine Grace, In the Kitchen, the Forefathers, and Max’s New Hat. Hudson’s Lady Moon & the Eclipse’s new EP, Believe, takes R&B, Zap Mama, and Remain in Light and blends them into a sophisticated, funky, percussive, globe-trotting exploration of cosmic connections. Daniel Lanois took his “church in a box” (AKA pedal steel guitar) to greater ambient pastures with the help of Rocco DeLuca. Their album Goodbye to Language alternates between yearning and seething. I can’t go on about 2016 without talking about Twain, the amoeba-like ensemble that forms around Mat “MT” Davidson. I discovered him by accident and in him I have found a plaintive, yearning voice in the tradition of Tim Buckley, Harry Nilsson, and Will “Bonnie Prince Billy” Oldham. Twain’s newest offering is Alternator E.P. Keeping this to just 2016 releases was a challenge. So much music flows through the ’KZE studios and I’m often years behind before I finally catch up to something. Honorable mentions: Elliot Moss, John Metcalfe, the Sweet Clementines, Security Project, Baird Hersey & Prana, Lisa Hannigan, and Talk Talk.
A lot of people I loved died in 2016, from the last of my grandfather’s siblings to in-laws to friends to the seemingly never-ending list of folks I grew up watching on a screen or reading or listening to who crossed that rainbow bridge these last 12 months. We don’t need to list the names again. You know who they are. So, with all this sorrow following me around like a cartoon rain cloud, I feel like I picked a strange time to take a deep appreciation of commercial pop radio. For the first time since the ’80s, pop radio has become a fascinating place for innovative new sounds. The influences of Thom Yorke and Kanye West’s Roland 808s and heartbreak and the new wave, R&B, and hip-hop I grew up listening to in the Reagan and Bush Sr. eras are being reappropriated by my generation’s children and even grandchildren to take these sounds and recode them for the Snapchat era. The stellar Solange album, A Seat at the Table, owes as much to Panda Bear as it does to Rhythm Nation-era Janet Jackson. Nuno Bettencourt plays guitar on the new Rihanna LP, Anti. The Weeknd, who’s been blazing this path since he mysteriously emerged in the late ’00s with his Trilogy, hit platinum again with Starboy, which captures that neon mist that imbues Sign o’ the Times through a Daft Punk midnight groove straight out of a peaking DJ set at a Newburgh skate park rave circa 1993. I feel like the Top 40 is really beginning to speak my language for the first time in so long, and at a moment when the levity of this music we listen to every day on the radio has reached such equal levels of quality and kitsch that it’s proven to be quite a soothing salve for a soul wrought with the pain of having to say good-bye too many times in just one year. 1/17 ChronograM music 55
nightlife highlights Handpicked by music editor Peter Aaron for your listening pleasure.
Kris Kristofferson January 24. The living legend of outlaw country, singer-songwriter Kris Kristofferson, turned 80 last July. This month, the American icon, Grammy-winning actor, charter member of all-star group the Highwaymen, Rhodes Scholar, former Army Ranger, helicopter pilot, and author of such classics as “Me and Bobby McGee,” “Help Me Make It Through the Night,” “Sunday Mornin’ Comin’ Down,” and “For the Good Times” makes a rare road stop at the Egg. If you’re new to the man’s music, his essential 1970s albums include The Silver Tongued Devil and I (1971) and Border Lord and Jesus Was a Capricorn (both 1972), while his most recent outing is last year’s The Cedar Creek Sessions. (Pat Metheny jams January 18; Los Lobos howl January 29.) 7:30pm. $39.50, $49.50, $62.50. Albany. (518) 473-1845; Theegg.org.
Kris Kristofferson plays The Egg in Albany on January 24.
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January 3. Besides their leader’s being a musician of devastating dexterity, mandolinist Matt Flinner and his trio are bold performers, to say the least. Formed in 2006, the ambitious acoustic newgrass crew (Flinner plus Ross Martin on guitar and Eric Thorin on bass) has assigned themselves the challenge of writing new music for nearly every show they play, a project they’ve dubbed “Music Du Jour.” For this engagement at the Rosendale Cafe, the group will be joined by none other than jazz guitar great Matt Munisteri, for whom they will custom-pen much of their second set’s repertoire. (Lara Hope & the Ark-Tones rock ’n’ roll January 14; the Irka Mateo Trio visits February 5.) 8pm. $15. Rosendale. (845) 658-9048; Rosendalecafe.com.
January 14. Part of a three-date residency at BSP that began on New Year’s Eve, this night by local roots reggae leaders the Big Takeover celebrates the unveiling of their newest album, Silly Girl. (The group returns February 9 for an acoustic show.) This year also marks the 10th year for the sextet, which fuses rocksteady, ska, and straight-up reggae with melodic soul. The frigid depths of a Hudson Valley winter are the perfect time to skank it up with the balmy pull of this band’s torrid riddims. Karma Darwin opens. (Acid Dad drops in January 19; Heroes of Toolik heat up January 27.) 8pm. $10 advance, $15 day of show. Kingston. (845) 481-5158; Bspkingston.com.
Club D’Elf January 14. We’ve featured Club D’Elf in this space before, and with good reason: The Bostonbased “Moroccan-dosed psychedelic dub jazz collective” is one of the most mind-blowingly trippy and atmospherically immersive acts on the club circuit today. This month, that circuit finds the group plugged into Club Helsinki, where they’ll be assisted onstage by frequent local collaborator and keyboardist John Medeski of Medeski, Martin & Wood. Next month sees the release of the outfit’s Live at the Lizard Lounge. (The Bindlestiff Family Circus holds court January 13; ProJam 18 promises live blues January 19.) 9pm. $20 advance, $25 day of show. Hudson. (518) 828-4000; Helsinkihudson.com. 56 music ChronograM 1/17
Cate Le Bon/Tim Presley January 25. Welsh singer-songwriter Cate Le Bon’s brooding brand of folky neopsychedelia drinks from the whimsical well of Syd Barrett and falls under the haunting spells of Nico and Vashti Bunyan. Her fourth and newest full-length, 2016’s Crab Day, keeps the dizzying enchantment flowing. Tim Presley, who released his The WiNK the same year, is best known as the leader of the similarly lo-fi psychedelic project White Fence, although he previously achieved indie notoriety with LA shoegazers Darker My Love. The pair collaborated under the moniker DRINKS for 2015’s Hermits on Holiday but perform under their own names for this evening at the Half Moon. (Burt Murder kills it January 14; Lady Moon glows January 20.) 8pm. $12. Hudson. (518) 828-1562; Thehalfmoonhudson.com.
cd reviews 1313 Mockingbird Lane Have Hearse Will Travel (2016, Cacophone Records)
Tillery Tillery (2016, Independent)
Rebecca Martin, Becca Stevens, and Gretchen Parlato are each celebrated vocalists, musicians, and songwriters in their own right. Together, their unique talents make up the harmonious, earthy, and soothing Tillery. The trio was birthed in Kingston, where Martin lives, after an improtu sing-along during an all-girl getaway in 2010. Although much of their individual experiences originate or stem from the New York jazz world, their collaborative debut album veers toward coffeehouseinfused pop and folk and is focused on three-part vocal harmonies with subtle, yet intricate and thoughtfully placed, guitar, ukelele, and charango strings. The voices and instruments weave complex textures in and through rhythmic arrangements that are sometimes unconventional but always inviting. There is a timely and tender cover of Prince’s “Take Me with U,” as well as an engaging take on Michael Jackson’s “Push Me Away.” A couple of the originals lean into vocal onomatopoeia stylings where voices become instruments a la Bobby McFerrin. Although there is no fear of eccentricity, the music is welcoming and warm and there is no clash of talents. The mutual respect and admiration of the three chanteuses lovingly gifts the music without killing it with preciousness. The album was recorded at the Clubhouse in Rhinebeck by Pete Rende, who makes an appearance on keyboard; also supporting the singers are bassist Larry Grenadier (Martin’s husband) and drummer Mike Guilana. “May this music bring moments of peace amidst troubled times,” offers Parlato. Tillerygals.com. —Jason Broome
Zen Tarr Zen Tarr (2016, Independent)
Zen Tarr finds the rhythm section of the badass horn band Mad Satta forgoing vocals, groove, functional harmony, and form generally, joining the credentialed experimental Rosendale violinist Richard Carr (father of Mad Satta bassist/musical director Ben Carr) for 11 improvised excursions. Actually, the liner notes disclose, there was only one: a single interaction undertaken with “no preconceived ideas” that was mined for its moments of coherence and spontaneous form after the fact and assigned the titles of “Medium Tedium” (modal noir), “Reprieve” (pretty space), and “Half a Sliff ” (a percolating pattern study). Drummer Zane West teases with grooves, but they never gain much traction before the pulse retreats to the primordial zone of possibility. Bassist Ben Carr seems the most committed to pattern here, often serving his mates un-bass-like ostinatos to position themselves in relation to. Guitarist Ted Morcaldi employs a rockish tone and attack, a contrast to Richard Carr’s lithe and looped violin microcompositions. Much of Zen Tarr’s atmosphere derives from effects—multiple delay lines chattering most times. “Free” denotes the absence of preexisting forms and changes; it also implies a stylistic clean slate in which genre gestures and dialects are frowned upon, because “free music” is “first music.” And yet “free” is its own school of genres as well, with traditions and rules of engagement. Zen Tarr falls between free modal jazz (without ever sounding jazzy) and the kind of textural jams often made by and for visual artists. Cdbaby.com/cd/zentarr. —John Burdick chronogram.com
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Hot on the heels of Halloween comes this deluxe reissue package of Albany horror/garage misfits 1313 Mockingbird Lane’s sole full-length record from 1990, plus singles and demo tracks. Copping their band name from the address of TV’s the Munsters’ address, the band recorded suitably cheesy/scary songs like “Dig Her Up,” “Big Black Car,” and the memorably titled “Bat’s Milk Yogurt.” A loving and furious ode to some of the more obscure ’60s garage and surf grooves, Have HearseWill Travel is chock-full of triple-time tempos, demented carnival organ, and aggressive fuzzed-and-reverbed guitar sounds. The early demos and single (released before the band had played live) pale in comparison to the LP, owing mainly to the addition of drummer Marty Feier to the lineup of Haunted Hausmen (guitar, vocals), Kim 13 (Farfisa organ), and Robin Graves (bass). Having toured with Link Wray, Feier was the most experienced musician in the band, and his pounding but steady beat gives structure to the frenzied wailings of the other Mockingbirds. This remastering of the original eighttrack recordings gives a razor-sharp sheen to the deliriously grubby sounds. Although essentially faithful to their mid-’60s influences, the band injects an extra dose of early ’80s punk adrenaline, putting them in line with better-known contemporaries like the Gories and the Mummies. Pretty much every track is a scorcher, with an insane cover of Screaming Lord Sutch’s classic “Jack the Ripper” and the bad-vibes psychedelia of “Space Ghost,” among the highlights. Cacophone.com. —Jeremy Schwartz
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DOWN TO THE BONE Elizabeth Lesser Finds Lessons Within by Nina Shengold photo by Hillary Harvey
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lizabeth Lesser looks right at home in front of an overflow crowd at Woodstock’s Kleinert/James Center for the Arts. The best-selling author and Omega Institute co-founder has just returned from a West Coast book tour for her stunning new memoir Marrow: A Love Story (Harper Wave, 2016), and there’s a special joy in sharing her work with her neighbors. Lesser has had the same Woodstock address for more than 30 years. Her son’s family lives next door, and she takes daily delight in her grandchildren. But like so many of her peers, she took the long and winding road home. Her childhood began in the Long Island suburbs. Her father was a “Mad Men”-era ad exec with a yen for the north woods; her mother an English teacher with activist leanings. “Whereas most adults were trying to be Ward and June Cleaver, my father and mother were aiming for Henry David Thoreau and Rosa Parks,” Lesser writes. When they summarily uprooted their four daughters and moved to Vermont, the “back to the land” lifestyle failed to erase certain urban obsessions; the NewYorker remained “my parents’ holy text.” The second of four sisters, Liz Lesser was typecast by family lore as the smart, bossy one. Maggie, she writes, was “the ‘good’ one—the well-behaved girl, the one my mother could depend on. And our shy littlest sister was Daddy’s favorite, overrun by her big sisters, forever locked into being the baby.” Both born in August, they were made to share birthday cakes. Maggie blew out the candles; Liz scowled. And rebelled. From an early age, she challenged her family’s hierarchy and her parents’ zealous disdain for religion. “I was born with a spiritual ache in my bones,” Lesser writes, and it’s tempting to think it came right from the marrow. In true hippie style, she left college to work as a midwife and childbirth educator, move to California, and follow her bliss. But her Sufi teacher Pir Vilyat Inayat Khan was “not your run-of-the-mill guru.” Fluent in seven languages, he dreamed of creating a holistic learning center modeled on the ancient libraries of Alexandria. “Remember, this is a time when words like holistic, yoga, and meditation were still considered flaky,” Lesser says. She and then-husband
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Stephan Rechtschaffen, a holistic MD, were living in a Berkshires commune when Khan tapped them to run the school he called Omega. Lesser was 22. The young leaders rented spaces in New York and Vermont for four years before finding the former Camp Boiberik in 1981. A tumbledown Jewish kids’ camp founded by the Sholom Aleichem Folk Institute, its property outside Rhinebeck included 140 acres of woods and meadows and a swimming lake. “Dutchess County was very rural back then, not at all the Hudson Valley Hamptons,” Lesser notes. The name Omega came from the teachings of radical French priest and philosopher Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, whose term “Omega Point” describes the peak of consciousness and unity all life is trying to reach. (In an interesting footnote, de Chardin was exiled by the Vatican to Poughkeepsie and died in a Catholic monastery that’s now the location of the Culinary Institute of America. “He’s buried six miles down the road,” Lesser says.) Omega had found its home, and so had Lesser. For the next 25 years, she “lived and breathed it. I never did anything else.” Her dedication helped build the Omega Institute into a world-renowned learning, spiritual, and arts community that now hosts 30,000 visitors a year. Meanwhile, Lesser raised her three children and started writing books, first The Seeker’s Guide: Making Your Life a Spiritual Adventure (Villard, 2000), then the New York Times bestseller Broken Open: How Difficult Times Help Us Grow (Villard, 2004). In it, she used her own divorce to explore how calamities can shake people awake. After its breakout success, she appeared on “Oprah” and national radio with “all my dirty laundry flapping in the breeze for everybody to see. I didn’t mind that much, because we’re all embarrassingly the same,” she explains. “We’re not really unique in our heartbreaks and longings. But I felt bad for the family members I kept dragging onto the page, so I said I’d never write a memoir again.” Instead, she started a novel. “I wanted to write a book about the vague notion we call authenticity. We all nod our heads with ‘to thine own self be true,’ but we don’t really know what that means. Do we have an authentic
core that’s unique to each of us?” she asks, adding, “I tend to write about large perennial unanswerable questions.” Her novel’s leading character was “a woman politician running for office, trying for authenticity in the most inauthentic world.” (Hillary Clinton, anyone?) Fiction didn’t come easy. Lesser spent two years churning out “hundreds and hundreds of pages” that didn’t satisfy. Then her youngest sister got sick. “I put aside that book. I put aside everything,” Lesser says. Maggie’s long-dormant cancer had suddenly spread, and she needed a bone marrow transplant. Out of three older sisters, Liz was her perfect match. This surprised them both, given their frequently thorny relationship. “I didn’t know much about marrow. I knew the word, that it’s the deepest thing inside of you, inside your bones,” Lesser told her audience at the Kleinert/James. “When bad medical things happen, I turn into Dr. Internet. I learned everything I could about marrow and stem cells. Cells are dying and being replaced every minute.The stem cells in marrow become whatever your body needs.” As she researched, she learned that a marrow transplant involves harvesting healthy stem cells from a donor to replace the patient’s own. “If Maggie survived the chemo, two scary things could happen: Either my cells would attack her body, or her body would reject them. Those words, attack and reject, sounded a lot like what siblings go through.” For decades, Lesser’s work at Omega had focused on the mind-body connection; her sisters had dubbed her “the woo-woo member of the family.” Was there anything she and Maggie could do to heal their relationship before exchanging blood? Marrow: A Love Story details their attempt at “a soul marrow transplant.” It’s an astonishing book, describing both sisters’ journeys (excerpts from Maggie’s journals appear as “Field Notes” alongside Elizabeth’s text) and opening out to include all of us, exploring how to be true to ourselves and connect to others in ways that move beyond ingrained patterns of attack and rejection. In many ways, it’s that book about authenticity Lesser wanted to write all along. “Maggie struggled mightily to present her authentic self. She put everyone else ahead of herself,” Lesser says. In one of their soul marrow therapy sessions, Maggie says, “I spent so many years trying to be someone else; trying to be what I thought I was supposed to be, or what someone wanted me to be.... Let me tell you, it’s an exhausting way to live. But the cancer stripped me down. Nothing left to lose, as they say. So this year I said to myself, fuck it, no apologies, I’ll just be who I am.” And it worked. Maggie continues, “I wanna tell my kids this. I wanna tell them not to care so much what other people think. Not to be afraid of saying what they want, what they need. I wanna say, don’t dim your light; don’t live small.You’re not damaged goods, you don’t need to be fixed. Just be who you are—‘cause that’s what the people who really matter want anyway. The truth of who you are.” Though the bone marrow transplant was successful, Maggie’s cancer came roaring back; she died a year and a half ago. “It went wonderfully and horribly, like a lot of things in life,” Lesser says. “I don’t think I’ll ever have a more profound, beautiful, and sad experience. But mostly beautiful.” Despite her medical struggles, Maggie called that last year—the one she lived with her sister’s cells filling her veins—the best of her life. As with Broken Open, Lesser wonders how we can grow, connect, and live our lives fully without waiting “until we get clunked on the head.” She brings this inquiry to a galvanizing TED Talk, “Say Your Truths and Seek Them in Others.” The truths Lesser learned from Maggie’s life and death continue to ripple outward. “The body of America right now is in full attack and rejection mode,” she observes. Maybe a national soul marrow transplant—learning to move beyond perceived differences—will give us new hope. Lesser has often been asked why she writes. “I have the mountain climber’s answer: because it is there,” she told the rapt audience at the Kleinert/James. “For me the ‘it’ is human life. The dark, difficult, joyous parts of life, that’s my mountain. And I climb it by writing.” Elizabeth Lesser is a featured reader at Hudson Valley Writers Resist, Sunday, January 15 from 2 to 5pm at the Bearsville Theater. Admission is free; donations to NYCLU, Planned Parenthood of the Mid-HudsonValley, and Riverkeeper accepted. 1/17 ChronograM books 59
SHORT TAKES January marks the start of a new year‚ calling to mind change and reflection. These selections explore the passing of time. —Hannah Phillips
NEW YORK’S HISTORIC RESTAURANTS, INNS, & TAVERNS Laura Bienza Globe Pequot, 2016, $16.95
This pocket-sized publication packs a flavorful punch. Part-travelogue, part history book, its pages are filled with fun factoids and fare from over 40 establishments. Subjects include Delmonico’s, whose 200-year history has beginnings as a cafe and pastry shop, Prohibition-era jazz hotspot the Cotton Club, “Sopranos”-featured Italian classic Bamonte’s, Kingston’s Stockade district Hoffmann House, and Mohonk Mountain House.
LOSING AARON Ingrid Blaufarb Hughes Irene Weinberger Books, Hamilton Stone Press, 2016, $16.95
In this memoir, New Paltz-based Hughes tells the story of her son Aaron’s suicide. An intelligent, wry doctoral student studying physics at MIT, Aaron began showing symptoms of schizophrenia at 24. Weaving art, letters, and journal entries from Aaron with her recollections and reactions, Hughes provides a poignant example of introspective reflection. The series of memories that Hughes captures in vivid scene writing illustrates the unthinkable grief surrounding loss while examining how mental illness affects everyday lives.
TALES OF A SILVER-HAIRED VOLUNTEER: GOING FAR AND GIVING BACK Carole Howard Gatekeeper Press, 2016, $11.99
Warwick-based Carole Howard and her husband decided to take a late-inlife cross-continental journey through the American Jewish World Service Organization. She and Geoffery began to practice tikkun olam, or healing the world, in a series of volunteer trips. Risk-taking and adventure are neatly laid out with a humorous voice and humanitarian theme in the memoir. Whether about working with gorillas in Uganda, on gender issues in Thailand, or with sex workers in Ghana, Howard’s “verbal snapshots” are an intriguing chronicle of what happens when you shake up your routine for the betterment of the world.
RENATO AFTER ALBA Eugene Mirabelli McPherson & Company, 2016, $24
Ten years after his debut in the novel Renato, The Painter (2013 IPPY Award for Literary Fiction), elderly painter Renato Stillamare must face a new challenge—the sudden death of his wife Alba. He struggles with loneliness and aging. He attempts to continue routines. In fragmentary, poetic prose, UAlbany professor emeritus Mirabelli chronicles the adumbrating waves of grief. This novel combines pieces of philosophy from St. Augustine, John Donne, and a Sicilian-American family (Uncles Zitti and Nicolo offer sage wisdom throughout) with vivid first-person sections devoted to Alba, dreams, memory, and living with loss.
SMALL DREAMS: 50 PALM SPRINGS TRAILER HOMES Jeffrey Milstein Schiffer Publishing, 2016, $14.99
Kingston-based photographer Jeffrey Milstein’s latest series was taken in a variety of mobile home parks in Palm Springs, California. Milstein’s photos show the individuality of each exterior of the massproduced, often pastel-hued creations from the mid 20th century. “Over the years, they had been lovingly added to and decorated so that they became more than mere houses. They were highly personal, individualized homes reflecting each owner’s dreams,” Milstein writes in the book’s introduction. Known for his aerial photography, Milstein’s pictures are taken at eye level in this series, as if the viewer were looking directly at them from the street. And though taken from afar, the photos reveal a sense of intimacy.
RISK GAME: SELF PORTRAIT OF AN ENTREPRENEUR Francis J. Greenburger, Rebecca Paley BenBella Books, 2016, $24.95
This memoir contains blended stories of philanthropy, business, and pleasure by Art Omi founder and chairman Francis J. Greenburger. Risk-taking happens both personally and professionally for Greenburger: From learning about the family publishing business, starting SoHo business ventures in the late ‘70s, and experiencing real estate empire growth in the ‘80s, to Time Equities Inc. and beyond, Greenburger’s professional flexibility is surmounted only by his willingness to try new ideas. He invests in a multimillion dollar skyscraper during the economic recession. He begins to advocate for mental health and prison system reform on behalf of his son Morgan, after seeing his treatment at Rikers. Each section brings a fresh set of goals and ideas from Greenburger, packaged together in this multidecade-based work.
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Disaster Falls: A Family Story Stéphane Gerson Crown, 2017, $26
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his is, and this is not, the story of eight-year-old Owen Gerson who died on a family rafting trip on the Green River in Utah. Though Stéphane Gerson’s moving memoir wouldn’t exist without the account of his son’s fateful accident, this is really the story of all the things that eventually fill in an empty space, love and loss, blame and guilt, despair and survival. When faced with such tragedy, those left behind are initially kept together by friends and family, something the Gersons have in abundance. The will to return to the living must come from inside, however, an interior world navigated with tools unique to the self. For Owen’s mother Alison, grief projects outward, into the future, as she imagines her son moving on through life, even feeling his actual presence. But for Gerson, the journey is inward, searching for his lost son in the past, a path that leads him as far back as a trip to his ancestral homelands in Eastern Europe. Gerson is a historian and professor of French studies, so his survival instincts revert to literature. He contrasts his initial grief to characters like Odysseus’s mother when she believed her son was killed. Later, when Gerson doesn’t find enough comfort in family friends and support groups, he immerses himself in authors like Victor Hugo, Charles Darwin, Ben Johnson—all parents who had lost children and wrote down everything they could. By studying their words he discovers his own. The historian in him takes him back to the Green River itself in an attempt to understand the backstory of this dangerous section of rapids named Disaster Falls. But the result is a mixed bag. True, the rocks and water flow proved challenging for explorers and adventurers, but they could be navigated successfully, even by amateurs, except when the perfect storm of circumstance attacks simultaneously from all sides. It isn’t until the very end of the book that Gerson relives every detail of the fateful trip, providing a father’s account of being alone with his son in a rushing river barely an arm’s length out of reach, a heartbreaking account of the tenuous grip we all have on life and those we love. A better historical route is his own family history. Initially, Gerson examines his relatives who are Holocaust survivors as a way to understand how people go on living after great tragedy. But eventually it is his own elderly father at the end of his life that informs his grief. Gerson and his father had a complex relationship from a childhood that bordered on abuse, and in his father’s final hours Gerson comes to terms with their resulting relationship as something his father did his best with, having used the tools he knew. Now Gerson must accept the facts of Owen’s fate and his own actions, realizing that he too did his best with what he knew. There are actually two disasters that frame Owen’s too-brief life. There was his death on Disaster Falls, but there was also the disaster of 9/11, when Owen was just a toddler. The Gersons lived in Battery Park City and Alison was home alone with Owen when the planes hit. She made her way through the bedlam of Lower Manhattan to the Hudson River, where boats ferried people to New Jersey while Owen peacefully slept in her arms. This is the story of two rivers a young boy crossed and everyone he left on the other side. The Golden Notebook Bookstore hosts Stéphane Gerson for a reading and signing at the Kleinert/James Center in Woodstock, on Saturday, January 28 at 6pm. —James Conrad
In the Midnight Hour: The Life & Soul Wilson Pickett Tony Fletcher
oxford university press, 2017, $24
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ilson Pickett was intense. At times that intensity came out through his powerful voice and other times it came through his fists. Pickett had a fire raging inside of him and his tumultuous personal life birthed a musical legacy. Beaten badly by both parents, the legacy of Pickett’s abusive childhood trailed him into adulthood, and he was known for laying hands on nearly anyone he came in contact with: classmates, band mates, concert promoters, girlfriends, wives, and his children all served as punching bags. Pickett’s anger was his most compelling inspiration. Once Pickett channeled that rage into a microphone, his powerful voice helped shape what we now call soul music. Although Pickett lived till the age of 64, strife and circumstances, and the impact of being dropped by the RCA record label in 1975, all but stopped him in his tracks at age 34. The Pickett Express eventually turned into a runaway freight train fueled by booze, blow, and anger, and no matter how fast the wheels spun, the second part of his life didn’t allow his career to gain the steam it once had. From his fiery rise to fame to his slow sips to death, Tony Fletcher’s In the Midnight Hour captures the essence of soul singer Wilson Pickett and tells a tale that reads with the anticipation of a murder mystery novel. Ulster County resident Fletcher, who has written books about Keith Moon, the Smiths, and R.E.M, sets the detailed scene of an era in musical history that is filled with racism, segregation, violence, shady business dealings, and recordings that touched the world. Pickett was born in Prattville, Alabama, in 1941 in the two-room shack of his sharecropper parents. Six weeks later, his father was sent to the penitentiary for running moonshine. Over the next decade, Pickett’s family moved to Detroit and back to Alabama several times in search of opportunity. Wilson Pickett started touring on the gospel circuit in 1955, and joined the R&B group The Falcons in 1960. His breakthrough as a solo artists came in 1965, when he released his third Atlantic Records single, “In The Midnight Hour,” recorded at Stax studios in Memphis. Pickett stayed on the charts with hits like “Land of 1,000 Dances” and “Mustang Sally” in 1966 and “Funky Broadway” in 1967, but it was his 1969 cover of the Beatles’ “Hey Jude” that not only hit the R&B charts but also introduced guitarist Duane Allman to the world. As impressive as Pickett’s early career was his tolerance for drugs and alcohol. In 1972, just seven years after shaking the soul of the world with “In the Midnight Hour,” he was playing shows in second-tier rooms in Las Vegas and ingesting $3,000 worth of drugs a day. Around the same time, his hard living showed in his voice and his erratic behavior, and Pickett’s decline was precipitous. There were many failed attempts at adapting to a changing musical landscape, Pickett flopped with disco and flailed in the digital studios of the `80s and `90s. Fletcher’s sensitive yet cleared-eyed view of Pickett establishes the soul singer as a compelling literary figure. Setting the book down will leave you wondering if Pickett will pull a gun, beat someone to near death, or bounce back from his dark times when you pick the book back up. Tony Fletcher will be sharing some of these stories from Pickett’s life at two local readings: Barnes & Noble in Kingston on Tuesday, January 10 and at the Golden Notebook in Woodstock on Saturday February 18. —Brian Turk
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POETRY
Edited by Phillip X Levine. Deadline for our February issue is January 5. Send up to three poems or three pages (whichever comes first). Full submission guidelines: Chronogram.com/submissions.
Deserted Garden
Greetings from Palenville
Your soil is only rocks and glass from the broken window and its cement sill. The wild plants are dusty, shriveled, and dry. Only a few mint leaves are on the ground. The three stray cats nibble on the catnip and the squirrels cling to the bird feeder. Suddenly, the old poet opens the screechy screen door and rattles the plastic dirty bowl of dry, tasteless pellets and slowly bends down and places it on the cracked brick path that leads to the sturdy cement gray, paint scratched and peeled doorstep. The cats gather around and crunch until they have their fill and it’s dawn.
Rip Van Winkle slept here and slept and slept... —p
—Iliana Melissis (8 years) following a writing prompt: “Your soil is only rocks and glass...”
Zeroing In
One by One
If
She takes aim Careful aim Without hesitation and plants one to its final resting place
Far flung She threw the Old potatoes Out the back barn door.
If the domesticated animals have their way with us we will respect nature. If their expressions are understood we will transcend the banal. If the cooked food we give them doesn’t obfuscate their gifts we will have liaisons with the wilderness.
on my lips —Bruce Groh
The Owl And The Swan To read of want To write of possession Beauty and wisdom All rolled into a singular line A repellant swan Hacking out a wise owls pellet The moist cocoon Contains within it A bone bouquet or some flora The romantic claims beautiful I peel away the casing And present to you this poem Which like a twitching cat Awakening from a nap Blossoms within your hand. —Keith Phillips
oops Head bowed, staring just over my left shoulder, she is a lioness. Ice melting at the bottom of her glass leaning in on the table, ready to speak breasts heaving fantastic erotic sparks flying steamy sunbursts of sex and energy leaning further in, I shudder then she bonks her head on the mountain of silence between us. —David Glenn Farber 62 poetry ChronograM 1/17
One by one They bounced and rolled Downhill... Your on your own your On your own on Your own your on... Coming to rest Among The brown Dead leaves.
They are bridges. They lighten us up with their smiles. Their eyes say so much, bringing out what matters. They meet us in our midst of eating omnivorously, their heritage calling out to us. We could live more naturally. They, just recently domesticated probably in a view of thousands of years, invite us to rejoin the wilderness.
Changed
Words are not necessary to they who understand vibrations instinctively and intuitively. Perhaps they are sharing more information with each other than we are with our verbal language.
You changed how I saw the sky. It used to be this dim lit ceiling demanding too much attention which I was unable to give.
Yes, their natural heritage is with them more than our own is with us. So recently they were in a garden we took them out of. They will help bring us back to it.
You would call, your eyes wet and blurring— you’ve always had an appetite for the ocean. You’d try to control the waves, curving as they did.
—Joseph Bernstein
—Regina Simmons
Your whole being, a seashell. I thought, maybe, if I held you close enough, I would have heard the waves calling you home. Like stars that make up constellations, we were never as close as we thought. You made my rib cage hold onto a graveyard of all the words and all the things I never had the courage to say or do.
It’s no wonder I frighten you so. I’m covered in cuts And you get woozy at the sight of blood. —Katelyn Stamper
The End It’s the end of the world, so let’s go to Walmart. —Sandy Wisiniewski
You are the moon. And your light, casting on the wall of my room forms shadows, and I cannot tell if they are monsters or a noose of my own creation. Either way, I allow them to swallow me whole. —Morgan Gaetano
An Old-Time Poetry Salon
To Michael Perkins
Thanksgetting
I recall a stuffy and pretentious scene Before the days of poetry slams and open mikes, Anachronistic even then.
Walker, wanderer, libertine, you volunteered your youth to Plato’s Retreat & wrote the history of poets earning their keep writing erotica; shy, defiant, eager for argument you picked the automobile as your enemy & walked four miles daily over the mountain to work at the library, befriending dogs who followed you down in those hippie years when everyone lived unleashed. Your walking sticks matched your moods: lacquered black as a dandy, hickory hewn for those early summer mornings as a son of Kentucky, a twisted staff from a thorn tree even though you never accepted Christ as more than a good story. To celebrate our town’s two hundredth birthday you walked to Woodstock, Connecticut in four days, collecting souvenirs from the roadside trash & searching out the Hawk’s Nest Pub for lunch
Folding my laundry in the basement of the house where I started to grow up I see a Cub Scout uniform hanging from one of the many pipes I’ve worked on over the years. The boy’s at his mother’s place tonight but I can see his smile at the pack meeting as the cycle of preparedness and duty repeats with similar hitches.
Where gentlemen, in double-breasted suits, Sat interspersed with frumpy wives: Rouged, powdered faces under flowered hats, Rose lips sipping tea. Where I, unshowered and unshaven, Felt badly out of place. The urbane moderator called for volunteers To read a chosen poem, which had to be Original. He asked a second time; I raised my hand. “I have two poems, actually,” I said. “First a poem and then a second poem About the first.” “Just read the poem,” he bade, ambiguously. And I began reciting “Xanadu,” Which made a lady in the front row gasp. Her husband glared and clucked at me. The room broke out in coughs and clearing throats. The moderator scolded me for reading Kipling’s poem, and not my own. “Not Kipling, sir, but Coleridge,” I pointed out. “Besides, I thought it best to start By reading his poem first, you see? And then my poem about his poem— To set a fitting context, as it were.” The moderator huffed and growled. “Cease babbling! Either read your own work now or leave the stage—and it had better be original!” On that, I acquiesced and read my poem, Which was so rich in “Xanadu” matériel— Allusions, imagery, and quoted passages— That it might be misconstrued as plagiarism. So I glossed over most of these And left too little for the audience To understand (by God, they didn’t). I surveyed their befuddled faces, and Vocally acknowledged something was amiss. Yet all the snooty people did was titter. Still, I proudly held the floor, And, undeterred, began to read aloud again From “Xanadu,” this time from memory. Then, suddenly, the audience transformed. No more turning heads or tapping feet Or rolling eyes or clearing throats. Even the moderator was impressed! My voice and mind were energized By the passion they all felt, The muse of poetry. I finished reading and was spent. The audience sat quietly at first And gazed at me, no longer staring, And I returned their furtive smiles. Then, gradually, some rose to their feet. And all began applauding, long and silently, On fingertips—the gentlemen, bare-handedly, The ladies, in their linen gloves. —Giles Selig
But Parkinson’s refuses to play your games, walker, libertine, confined to your kitchen, your cane hooked on the nearest counter top. You take respites from your trials in your pillow-backed chair & feed yourself pills from your silver snap box as elegant as another man’s pocket watch. But Parkinson’s doesn’t care. You shake as wildly as a monkey trying to throw himself out of a tree or you freeze up in a full body cramp. We talk about poetry, instead, the boisterous Hart Crane who spent a Thanksgiving here & dreamed, at least for the length of a letter, of staying the winter as caretaker for hotel ruins, still standing on the mountain to this day; his only responsibility: two horses & chickens. Oh, Michael, I give you my blessings. You walk the netherworld every day inside your body—your valley of flames, your forest of bones—while I, so healthy & lucky, waste so much motion, driving down to Starbucks for a latte or to the library to return an unread overdue Hemingway. I’m of an age when I trot up & down my cottage stairs ten times a day & forget what I came for, my mind lost to insurance bills or the web’s latest insanity. What was my little chore? Where did my life go? Now in the kitchen you have something to show me; you reach for your cane, you stand on your feet balancing on an unruly ship & tipsy your way forward. Moments later I hear banging & thumping from the stairwell. I know you’ll return with the poem you wanted. —Will Nixon
Our father, who art in Limbo hands me a bag of ziplocked dark meat he bought from Price Chopper regardless of their non-union status. We discuss our separate and unequal Thanksgivings from our respective perches on improvised furniture. He rises to hand me a second package of leg-and-thigh possibly out of guilt imploring me not to let it grow hair in my refrigerator. I reassure him that nothing goes to waste. Simon & Garfunkel play their Greatest Hits for a private show in my apartment as I trim the flesh from the bones with a filet knife from a lousy set bought by an ex keeping one hand free of grease to answer the silent phone and sip the speaking wine. These songs always remind me of my mother. I haven’t seen her since before her hip replacement. She took her husband back. She forgot that Italian word for “fake” that I taught her. Darkness speaks again over fingerpicked chords on an acoustic bound for the zoo and awkward late-night missives. Lines about rocks and islands make me wonder how Jackie’s doing in Chicago, but I’m not drowning deep enough in the grapes to ask. Through the window of my three-storey walk-up I hear a bottle smashed outside in an alley too good for itself. The cigarette crackles while the box fan draws its smoke. In the trash can turkey bones keep secrets not meant for you nor me. My last-dead grandparent laughed in Spanish when a stumbling cousin brought a post-holiday carcass to her home for making soup.
I look undauntedly at evil But then I recede and hide
Some meat’s gone. Some meat’s saved. And that’s what it’s about: Cutting off the pieces that might help make us whole.
—Joe Klarl
—Mike Vahsen
Evil
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Food & Drink
In the Neighborhood The Beverly, Reynolds & Reynolds, Underground Coffee & Ales by Brian K. Mahoney photos by Roy Gumpel
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omething quirky this way comes. Or some things quirky, I should say. Three relatively new establishments—the Beverly in Kingston, Reynolds & Reynolds in Woodstock, and Underground Coffee & Ales in Highland—take the cookie-cutter concepts so often associated with eateries and bend them into unexpected shapes. With the exception of industry vets Jenifer Constatine and Trip Thompson, owners of the Beverly, these bar/ restaurants are run by gifted amateurs with little restaurant experience. Of course, amateurs work for love first and monetary gain second, this might explains why these places hit the mark. They weren’t designed to be cash cows but instead, living, breathing, community spaces. Their shared creative DNA speaks to the rise of establishments designed to encourage lingering and neighborhood gathering. Think of it as an antidote to the rise of soulless fastcasual restaurants like Chipotle or Panera. Think of it as the slow simmering of slow casual. There are many other places like this around the region—the late, lamented Hop in Beacon was one, Caffe Macchiato in Newburgh is another. Hudson Valley entrepreneurs seem compelled to take an established concept and bend it to their idiosyncratic will rather than hew to formal ideas about what something is expected to be. Maybe that’s why we have more bakers than bankers per capita here in the Hudson Valley. Maybe that’s why we’re eating so well. The Beverly “Trip and I started out as bartenders,” says Jenifer Constantine, co-owner of the Beverly with Trip Thompson. “Once Trip and I stepped behind the bar, we fell in love with it. This is a bartender’s bar.” (Constantine and Thompson will be familiar to Rosendalers: Their first restaurant, Market Market, which they
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opened in 2007, has helped to define the bohemian renaissance in that town.) The bar in question is an Art Deco beauty, a Kingston-built Cassidy bar that was the backbone of the Kozy Tavern for 80 years. Tucked away on a tree-lined street in Midtown Kingston in the emerging Ten Broeck neighborhood, the place was always a neighborhood joint. Chef Thom Hines, who grew up a few blocks away, remembers his grandfather drinking there. The Beverly, which opened in August, is three separate, interconnected spaces. There’s the 80-seat banquet room, which once housed a still during Prohibition (as well as seeing later use as a roller rink).The space is available for rent, as well being used to host art events, like a recent evening of avant-garde 16mm films. The dining room, which seats about 30, will open in late January and offer a dining sanctuary. Until then, there’s the barroom, with six snug booths across from the 20-seat bar. Much of what Constantine and Thompson inherited has been left intact. “The design decisions were all about honoring what’s here already,” says Constantine, noting that they actually uncovered an original mural behind the bar that had been covered for many years. The food at the Beverly is unpretentious and prepared with a ghost of Southern influence, starting with the fried okra appetizer, served with avocado mousse and chimichurri ($10). Another good place to begin is with the fried Halloumi cheese, served with a pickle platter ($8). The Beverly does pickles very well, and they’ve not disappointed on several occasions. The rabbit leg with sautéed delicata squash ($18) was a simple, ingredient-first take on the dish. The rocket salad ($10) is a generous mound of arugula tossed with lemon, olive oil, and Pecorino. There are a couple of interesting takes on burgers—one with refried beans, chimichurri, and cheddar and one with caramelized onions, lardons, blue cheese sauce, and balsamic reduction, both $16—and a lentil veggie burger with curried mayo ($12) that’s better than most. The vadouvan-crusted lamb sliders
Opposite: Owner Erin Intonti behind the bar at Underground Coffee & Ales in Highland. Underground is minutes away from the Walkway Over the Hudson and the Hudson Valley Rail Trail, which bring streams of cyclists to the spot in warmer weather. This page: Scenes from the Beverly, a bar and reaturant that recently opened in Kingston’s Ten Broeck neighborhood. Propoprietors Trip Thompson and Jenifer Constantine (above) also own Market Market, an eatery and community gathering place that has helped to define Rosendale’s ongoing cultural renaissance.
with tzatziki served with curried fingerling potato salad ($15) is also worth a taste. (Vadouvan is a French derivative of the Indian spice blend masala that’s had shallots and garlic added to it.) Every corner bar will soon have a cocktail program, but the Beverly delivers, featuring forgotten classics like the rye and absinthe-based Sazerac ($10); twists on better-to-be-forgotten classics like the Cosmopolitan ($10), redeemed by its house-infused citrus vodka; and the classic classics, too numerous to be named here. There’s a rotating selection of beer on the three taps (usually $6), and a dozen beers in bottles and cans. (The only off note on the beverage front is the limited wine selection, something that will hopefully be remedied when the dining room opens later this month.) The Beverly is a laidback boite that’s half dive bar, half fine dining spot. It has the potential to a put a little-known neighborhood on the map.You heard it here first. The Beverly 224 Foxhall Avenue, Kingston (845) 514-2570;Thebeverlylounge.com Reynolds & Reynolds Reynolds & Reynolds, which opened in October across from the Woodstock Playhouse near the intersection of Route 375 and Mill Street, bills itself as a tap room. This conjures images of dark, wooden interiors, underground rathskellers, and male-dominated spaces of old. The reality of this Woodstock establishment is quite the opposite: Large windows bring in a generous amount of light, and clean lines delineate an open eating plan that fosters conversation. (The location does have an interesting history: The space is the former medical office of Dr. Wayne Longmore, who went to prison in 2013 for selling Vicodin to those who perhaps did not need it but were willing to pay cash.)
The proprietor, Megan Reynolds, is well known to Woodstockers. For many years she was the manager of the Woodstock Farmers’ Market. She also runs a B&B in town, the Retreat at Tree Gap. Reynolds is a homesteader, gardener, home brewer, and beer enthusiast—only someone deeply into beer would describe it to an interviewer as “charismatic.” (She’s also the recipient of a Cicerone Certificate, an industry standard for beer professionals akin to becoming a certified wine sommelier). One of her first motivations in opening Reynolds & Reynolds, a long-held dream of hers, was the paucity of good watering holes in the village. “When I first started thinking about a bar, there weren’t many options to drink here,” says Reynolds. “I wanted a third place in Woodstock.”Woodstock has changed a bit in the past few years, however, and a few eclectic spots have opened up, like Station Bar & Curio. While the original need has diminished, Reynolds’s enthusiasm for beer has not, and it’s dovetailed with the craft beverage boom. “My interest in beer over the last seven or eight years has been concurrent with the explosion of breweries across the country,” says Reynolds. There are 10 taps at Reynolds & Reynolds, which feature a rotating selection of brews selected by Reynolds, who can be found behind the bar most nights. With her selections, Reynolds likes to vary the styles and alcohol content of her beers, serving beers that appeal to both beer neophytes and aficionados. In mid December, she was pouring, among other things, Harvest Marzen from Keegan Ales ($6 for 16 oz.), the Kingston brewer’s first foray into a classic German style; Void of Light Stout ($7 for 16 oz.), a roasted barley stout from The Bronx’s Gun Hill Brewing Company; and Winter Mess 2016 ($7 for 12 oz.), a winter ale from Brasserie de la Senne, the first brewery to open in Brussels in 60 years. (Yup, you read that right; they like their tradition in Belgium.) All beers are offered in three sizes—5 oz., 8 oz., and 12 or 16 oz.—so you mix and match in a tasting format. 1/17 ChronograM FOOD & DRINK 65
Reynolds & Reynolds is a bottle shop as well, so you can buy beer for takeout, and the cooler is stocked with large-format specialty brews that can be hard to find and more mainstream selections as well. There’s also a small but well-curated wine list that leans heavily on French selections like a Chateau de La Greffiere Chardonnay ($12 glass/$40 bottle). Unsurprisingly given Reynolds’s farm-related background, the food here is seasonal and uses many local products, like sausage from Quattro’s Farm in Pleasant Valley, greens from Sky Farm in Millerton, and cheese from Sprout Creek Farm in Poughkeepsie. Given that it’s Woodstock, there is also an emphasis on vegetarian and vegan options. These included, in mid December, the roasted vegetable salad ($7) with butternut squash, sweet potato, beets, and salad greens. There’s also the miso vegetable soup ($9) with noodles, braised greens, and tofu. The focus is on small plates, emphasizing the informal atmosphere. “There’s not a ton of causal places to eat in Woodstock,” says Reynolds. The menu features 10 selections at any given time, from pretzel bites with beer cheese ($5) to more elaborate offerings like chicken pot pie ($8) withYellow Bell Farm chicken. (The flaky pastry crust and creamy filling of the pot pie are worth the trip.) And there’s always the cheese and sausage board ($12). On a recent visit, sausage from Karl Family Farms was paired with Chaseholm Creamery’s tart Moonlight chevre. While the beer list is well thought-out and the small plates are delightful at Reynolds & Reynolds, for my money, the bar’s secret weapon is its 14-foot shuffleboard table—the kind that comes with a can of powdered accelerant you sprinkle on the wooden boards. There’s also a bookcase filled with games like Connect 4 and Rummikub (don’t forget to bring Grandma). Reynolds is also planning a series of beer tasting and beer education events, as well as a Shakespeare read-along with the Collar City Players, a Troy-based group. Seems that beer can be paired with anything these days, even litterachur! Reynolds & Reynolds 104 Mill Hill Road,Woodstock (845) 217-7921; Rrtaproom.com 66 FOOD & DRINK ChronograM 1/17
Underground Coffee & Ales First thought upon entering Underground Coffee & Ales: Are we really in Highland? Despite the fact that this coffee shop/beer bar is on Highland’s main drag, Vineyard Avenue, you’d be hard pressed to believe you were in the sleepy hamlet.This is by design. Owners Erin and Jeremy Intonti grew up in Highland and then moved away for what Jeremy describes as “obvious reasons.” Everyone knows Highland has a reputation as a culinary and cultural desert (the Would being a notable exception). But the Intonis are looking to change that with their hybrid eatery, which feels paradoxically out of place and right at home in their hometown, a place that has seen a jump in visitors since the opening of the Walkway Over the Hudson and the Hudson Valley Rail Trail. The Intontis don’t have service industry backgrounds, but they did have a big idea that took shape in 2013—they launched the Hudson River Craft Beer Festival, which flooded Riverfront Park in Beacon with beer lovers that summer. After selling the festival, the couple looked toward opening a place that brought together their two loves, beer and coffee. Underground opened in October 2015. “We think coffee and beer tend to bring families and friends together,” says Jeremy. “We envisioned a place that could be a cornerstone where people could relax. Our atmosphere is best described as a no-rush type of place where individuals or groups of friends can hang out, work, maybe play a card or board game. We won’t rush you along.” The twin reasons to linger are the coffee and coffee drinks (beans sourced from Coffee Lab Roasters in Tarrytown, a fair trade outfit). And then there’s the beer. The 10 taps are in heavy rotation—according to Jeremy, a keg lasts less than three days usually. Recent offerings included the Vermont-based Von Trapp dunkel lager ($7), Interrobang IPA ($7) from Community Beer Works in Buffalo, and Beanhead Coffee Porter ($7) from Rushing Duck in Chester. The beer is a community builder. “I love craft beer, the people who make craft beer, and meeting people that are into it as much as myself,” says Jeremy. “It all kinda validates me a bit. I don’t feel like the only beer nerd on the planet.”
Opposite: Owner Megan Reynolds chats with customers at the bar of the recently opened tap room and bottle shop Reynolds & Reynolds in Woodstock. Some say the bar’s secret weapon is its 14-foot-long shuffleboard table, pictured against the front window. This page, top: The bar at Underground Coffe & Ales in Highland pours 10 rotating taps as well as serving a wide selection of coffee drinks. Bottom: The Underground Burger features cheddar cheese, bourbon bacon apple jam, BBQ sauce, and onion rings.
As Jeremy tells it, when he and his wife Erin first opened Underground, they wanted “to cater to the liquid end of life—coffee, beer, wine, hot chocolate—but our food caught on, and we’ve been serving two to three times more than we thought we were going to handle when we opened. Out of a kitchen not much bigger than a food truck!” Firstly, order a bowl of the popcorn of the day ($3). On a recent visit it was black pepper. Simple, yes, but it reminds you that despite the fact that the multiplexes suck at making popcorn, it is not a lost art. If you’re there for breakfast, the breakfast burrito is a solid option ($9), the house salsa being a smoky, chunky standout. Later in the day, food tends toward upscale pub grub with slight twists, like the fried pickles with Sriracha aioli ($7) or the Underground fries ($8.50), a mound of potatoes topped with bacon and house-made cheese sauce and dusted with paprika, chili, and chipotle.There’s a local meat and cheese board ($14) as well as the sandwiches, burgers, and salads you would expect. The grilled cheese ($9), with cheddar and Swiss on pesto’d ciabatta, is the best of the bunch, a hot-and-tangy delight. The Intontis also host events, another way of bringing the community together. “More than a few times a month, we have something happening,” Jeremy says. “We enjoy collaborating with local breweries and having beer release parties. We host trivia nights. Pig roasts. Halloween, St. Patty’s Day, Christmas—any excuse to bring the town and craft beer people together. I guess you could say we love the people that craft beer and coffee bring together.” Seems like a great recipe for a vibrant neighborhood spot. Underground Coffee & Ales 74 Vineyard Avenue, Highland (845) 834-3899; Undergroundcoffeeandales.com 1/17 ChronograM FOOD & DRINK 67
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Bakeries Ella’s Bellas Bakery 418 Main Street, Beacon, NY (845) 765-8502 www.ellabellasbeacon.com
Butchers Jack’s Meats & Deli 79 Main Street, New Paltz, NY (845) 255-2244
Cafés Apple Pie Bakery Café
Cafe Macchiato 99 Liberty Street, Newburgh, NY (845) 565-4616 www.99libertystreet.com
Landmark Inn 566 Route 94, Warwick, NY (845) 986-5444 www.landmarkinnwarwick.com
Osaka Restaurant 22 Garden Street, Rhinebeck, NY, (845) 876-7338 or (845) 757-5055,
Culinary Institute of America, 1946 Campus Drive, Hyde Park, NY (845) 905-4500 www.applepiebakerycafe.com
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948 Route 28, Kingston, NY (845) 340-9800 www.bluemountainbistro.com Gourmet take-out store serving breakfast, lunch, and dinner seven days a week. Featuring local and imported organic foods, delicious homemade desserts, sophisticated four-star food by Chefs Richard Erickson and Jonathan Sheridan. Off-premise full-service catering and event planning for parties of all sizes.
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Irving Farm Coffee Roasters 44 Main Street, Millerton, NY (518) 789-2020 www.irvingfarm.com
Restaurants Alley Cat Restaurant 294 Wall Street, Kingston, NY (845) 339-1300
American Bounty Restaurant Culinary Institute of America, 1946 Campus Drive, Hyde Park, NY (845) 451-1011 www.americanbountyrestaurant.com
99 Liberty Street, Newburgh (845) 565-4616 99libertystreet.com
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Red Hook Curry House 28 E Market Street, Red Hook, NY (845) 758-2666 www.redhookcurryhouse.com
Ristorante Caterina de’Medici Culinary Institute of America, 1946 Campus Drive, Hyde Park, NY (845) 451-1013 www.ristorantecaterinademedici.com
Yobo Restaurant Route 300, Newburgh, NY (845) 564-3848 www.yoborestaurant.com
Specialty Food Shops Bimi’s Cheese Shop 21 Main Street, Chatham, NY
342 Warren Street, Hudson, NY (518) 822-1234 www.americanglory.com
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Wine Bars Jar’d Wine Pub Water Street Market, New Paltz, NY www.jardwinepub.com
Cajun-Creole Cuisine Happy Hour Fridays $1 oysters & half price beer and wine New Orleans style jazz brunch Sundays Tuesday is Burger Night w ww.t h e p a r i s h re st a u ra n t .co m
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Accommodations Mohonk Mountain House 1000 Mountain Rest Road, New Paltz, NY (800) 772-6646 www.mohonk.com
Antiques Outdated 314 Wall Street, Kingston, NY (845) 331-0030 outdatedcafe@gmail.com
Architecture Steve Morris Designs 156 Broadway, Port Ewen, NY (845) 417-1819 www.stevemorrisdesigns.com
Art Galleries & Centers
Artists Studios Regal Bag Studios 302 North Water Street, Newburgh, NY (845) 444-8509 www.regalbagstudios.com
Attorneys Jacobowitz & Gubits (845) 778-2121 www.jacobowitz.com Traffic and Criminally Related Matters. Karen A. Friedman, Esq., President of the Association of Motor Vehicle Trial Attorneys 30 East 33rd Street, 4th Floor, New York, NY PO Box 93, Clinton Corners, NY (845) 266-4400 or (212) 213-2145 newyorktrafficlawyer.com k.friedman@msn.com
Auto Sales
Dorsky Museum SUNY New Paltz 1 Hawk Drive, New Paltz, NY (845) 257-3844 www.newpaltz.edu/museum sdma@newpaltz.edu
Begnal Motors 552 Albany Avenue, Kingston, NY (888) 439-9985 www.ltbegnalmotor.com
Mark Gruber Gallery New Paltz Plaza, New Paltz, NY (845) 255-1241 www.markgrubergallery.com
Monkfish Publishing 22 East Market Street, Suite 304, Rhinebeck, NY (845) 876-4861 www.monkfishpublishing.com
Woodstock Byrdcliffe Guild Woodstock, NY (845) 679-2079 www.woodstockguild.org events@woodstockguild.org
Art Supplies Catskill Art & Office Supply Kingston, NY: (845) 331-7780, Poughkeepsie, NY: (845) 452-1250, Woodstock, NY: (845) 679-2251 70 business directory ChronograM 1/17
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Broadcasting WDST 100.1 Radio Woodstock Woodstock, NY www.wdst.com
Building Services & Supplies Cabinet Designers 747 Route 28, Kingston, NY (845) 331-2200 www.cabinetdesigners.com
Glenn’s Wood Sheds (845) 255-4704 Ice B’Gone Magic www.ibgmagic.com John A Alvarez and Sons 3572 Route 9, Hudson, NY (518) 851-9917 www.alvarezmodulars.com Millbrook Cabinetry & Design 2612 Route 44, Millbrook, NY (845) 677-3006 www.millbrookcabinetryanddesign.com N & S Supply www.nssupply.com info@nssupply.com Williams Lumber & Home Center 6760 Route 9, Rhinebeck, NY (845) 876-WOOD www.williamslumber.com
Carpets & Rugs Anatolia-Tribal Rugs & Weavings 54G Tinker Street, Woodstock, NY (845) 679-5311 www.anatoliarugs.com anatoliarugs@gmail.com Winter Hours: Thursday-Monday 12-5pm, closed Tuesday and Wednesday. Established in Woodstock 1981. Offering old, antique and contemporary handwoven carpets and kilims, from Turkey, Afghanistan, Iran, Central Asia, in a wide range of styles, colors, prices. Hundreds to choose from, in a regularly changing inventory. Also, Turkish kilim pillows. We are happy to share our knowledge about rugs, and try and simplify the sometimes overcomplicated world of handwoven rugs.
Cinemas Rosendale Theater Collective Rosendale, NY www.rosendaletheatre.org Upstate Films 6415 Montgomery St. Route 9,
Rhinebeck, NY (845) 876-2515 132 Tinker Street, Woodstock, NY (845) 679-6608 www.upstatefilms.org
Clothing & Accessories Horse Leap 3314 Route 343, Amenia, NY (845) 789-1177 Next Boutique 17 W Strand Street, Kingston, NY (845) 331-4537 www.nextboutique.com OAK 42 34 John Street, Kingston, NY (845) 339-0042 www.oak42.com
Computer Services Tech Smiths 45 North Front Street, Kingston, NY (845) 443-4866 www.tech-smiths.com
Custom Home Design and Materials Atlantic Custom Homes 2785 Route 9, Cold Spring, NY www.lindalny.com
Education Acorn School 2911 Lucas Turnpike, Accord, NY (845) 443-1541 www.acornschoolhouse.com Bard College at Simon’s Rock 84 Alford Road, Great Barrington, MA (800) 235-7186 www.simons-rock.edu/academyinfo Bard MAT Bard College (845) 758-7151 www.bard.edu/mat mat@bard.edu
The Birch School 9 Vance Road, Rock Tavern, NY (845) 645-7772 www.thebirchschool.org Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies 2801 Sharon Turnpike, Millbrook, NY (845) 677-5343 www.caryinstitute.org Center for the Digital Arts/ Westchester Community College 27 North Division Street, Peekskill, NY (914) 606-7300 www.sunywcc.edu/peekskill Green Meadow Waldorf School (845) 356-2514 www.gmws.org Hotchkiss School 11 Interlaken Road, Lakeville, CT (860) 435-3663 www.hotchkiss.org/arts Livingston Street Early Childhood Community Kingston, NY (845) 340-9900 www.livingstonstreet.org Montessori of New Paltz 130 Dubois Road, New Paltz, NY (845) 255-6668 montessoriofnewpaltz.com Mountain Laurel Waldorf School 16 South Chestnut Street, New Paltz, NY (845) 255-0033 www.mountainlaurel.org
Next Step College Counseling Hyde Park, NY (845) 242-8336 www.nextstepcollegecounseling.com smoore@nextstepcollegecounseling.com Randolph School Wappingers Falls, NY (845) 297-5600 www.randolphschool.org Rudolf Steiner School 35 West Plain Road, Great Barrington, MA (413) 528-4015 www.gbrss.org SUNY New Paltz New Paltz, NY (845) 257-3860 www.newpaltz.edu Wayfinder Experience 61 O’Neil Street, Kingston, NY www.wayfinderexperience.com Wild Earth Wilderness School New Paltz / High Falls area (845) 256-9830 www.wildearthprograms.org info@wildearthprograms.org Woodstock Day School 1430 Glasco Turnpike, Saugerties, NY (845) 246-3744 x103 www.woodstockdayschool.org
Event Services/Spaces Durants Tents & Events 1155 Route 9, Wappingers Falls, NY (845) 298-0011 www.durantstents.com info@durantstents.com Hudson Opera House 327 Warren Street, Hudson, NY (518) 822-1438 www.hudsonoperahouse.org
Events 8 Day Week www.chronogram.com/8dw
Farm Markets & Natural Food Stores Adam’s Fairacre Farms 1240 Route 300, Newburgh, NY (845) 569-0303, 1560 Ulster Avenue, Lake Katrine, NY (845) 336-6300, 765 Dutchess Turnpike, Poughkeepsie, NY (845) 454-4330 www.adamsfarms.com Hawthorne Valley Farm Store 327 County Route 21C, Ghent, NY (518) 672-7500 www.hawthornevalleyfarm.org Walbridge Farm Market 538 Route 343, Millbrook, NY (845) 677-6221 www.walbridgefarm.com
Financial Advisors Third Eye Associates Ltd. 38 Spring Lake Road, Red Hook, NY (845) 752-2216 www.thirdeyeassociates.com
Graphic Design & Illustration Annie Internicola, Illustrator www.annieillustrates.com Luminary Media 314 Wall Street, Kingston, NY (845) 334-8600 www.luminarymedia.com
Hair Salons Le Shag. 292 Fair Street, Kingston, NY (845) 338-0191 www.leshag.com Locks That Rock 1552 Route 9, Wappingers Falls, NY (845) 227-4021 28 County Rt. 78, Middletown, NY (845) 342-3989 locksthatrock.com
Insurance Agency William J. Cole Agency 1 John Street, Suite 101 & 102, Millerton, NY (518) 789-4657
Jewelry, Fine Art & Gifts Crafts People 262 Spillway Road, West Hurley, NY (845) 331-3859 www.craftspeople.us Representing over 500 artisans, Crafts People boasts four buildings brimming with fine crafts; the largest selection in the Hudson Valley. All media represented, including: jewelry, blown glass, pottery, turned wood, kaleidoscopes, wind chimes, leather, clothing, stained glass, etc. Closing January 24 for the Winter season.
Dreaming Goddess 44 Raymond Avenue, Poughkeepsie, NY (845) 473-2206 www.dreaminggoddess.com Hudson Valley Goldsmith 71A Main Street, New Paltz, NY (845) 255-5872 www.hudsonvalleygoldsmith.com
Music Bearsville Theater 291 Tinker Street, Woodstock, NY (845) 679-4406 www.bearsvilletheater.com
The Falcon 1348 Route 9W, Marlboro, NY (845) 236-7970 www.liveatthefalcon.com
Renee Burgevin, owner and CPF, has over 25 years experience. Special services include shadow-box and oversize framing as well as fabric-wrapped and French matting. Also offering mirrors.
Musical Instruments
Pools & Spas
Stamell String Instruments 7 Garden Street, Poughkeepsie, NY (845) 337-3030 www.stamellstring.com
Aqua Jet 1606 Ulster Avenue, Lake Katrine, NY (845) 336-8080 www.aquajetpools.com
Woodstock Music Shop 6 Rock City Road, Woodstock (845) 679-3224 1300 Ulster Avenue, Kingston (845) 383-1734 www.woodstockmusic.com
Real Estate Houlihan Lawrence, Millbrook Brokerage 3274 Franklin Avenue, Millbrook, NY (845) 677-6161 www.houlihanlawrence.com
Organizations Hudson Valley Current (845) 658-2302 www.hudsonvalleycurent.org
Upstate House www.upstatehouse.com
Millbrook Business Association Millbrook, NY millbrookbusinessassociation.com
Upstater www.upstater.com
Organizations
Record Stores
North East Community Center 51 South Center Street, Millerton, NY (518) 789-4259 www.neccmillerton.org
Rocket Number Nine Records 50 N Front Street, Kingston, NY (845) 331-8217
YMCA of Kingston 507 Broadway, Kingston, NY (845) 338-3810 www.ymcaulster.org
Recreation Apple Greens Golf Course 161 South Street, Highland, NY www.applegreens.com
Performing Arts Bardavon 1869 Opera House 35 Market Street, Poughkeepsie, NY (845) 473-2072 www.bardavon.org
Tourism Historic Huguenot Street Huguenot Street, New Paltz, NY (845) 255-1660
Center for Performing Arts 661 Route 308, Rhinebeck, NY (845) 232-2320 www.centerforperformingarts.org
Wedding Services
Club Helsinki Hudson 405 Columbia Street, Hudson, NY (518) 828-4800 helsinkihudson.com
JTR Transportation (800) 433-7444 www.seeyouonthebus.com
Kaatsbaan International Dance Center www.facebook.com/kaatsbaan www.kaatsbaan.org
Wedding Venues Crested Hen Farms 607 County Route 6, High Falls, NY (845) 687-2050 www.crestedhenfarms.com
The Linda WAMCs Performing Arts Studio 339 Central Ave, Albany, NY (518) 465-5233 www.thelinda.org The Linda provides a rare opportunity to get up close and personnel with world-renowned artists, academy award winning directors, headliner comedians and local, regional, and national artists on the verge of national recognition. An intimate, affordable venue, serving beer and wine, The Linda is a night out you won’t forget.
Photography
The Garrison 2015 US 9, Garrison, NY (845) 424-3604 www.thegarrison.com Saugerties Historical Society 119 Main Street, Saugerties, NY www.saugertieshistoricalsociety.org
Writing Services Peter Aaron www.peteraaron.org info@peteraaron.org
Fionn Reilly Photography Saugerties, NY (845) 802-6109 www.fionnreilly.com
Organizations
Picture Framing
Wallkill Valley Writers New Paltz, NY (845) 750-2370 www.wallkillvalleywriters.com khymes@wallkillvalleywriters.com
Atelier Renee Fine Framing The Chocolate Factory, 54 Elizabeth Street, Suite 3, Red Hook, NY (845) 758-1004 www.atelierreneefineframing.com renee@atelierreneefineframing.com A visit to Red Hook must include stopping at this unique workshop! Combining a beautiful selection of moulding styles and mats with conservation quality materials, expert design advice and skilled workmanship,
Write with WVW. Creative writing workshops held weekly and on some Saturdays. Consultations & Individual Conferences also available. Registration/Information: www.wallkillvalleywriters.com or khymes@wallkillvalleywriters.com.
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Mountaintop School 68 Band Camp Road, Saugerties, NY (845) 389-7322 mountaintopschool.com
Word Café The Golden Notebook, Woodstock, NY wordcafe.us
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the soul’s calling Craving a change? Tap a teacher or coach to realize your true potential.
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eth Kempton wants you to love your life. She herself is very good at doing just that—at living her life like a great adventure. The British entrepreneur and mother of two has traveled from the Arctic to Antarctica to Africa, hosted her own TV show in Japan, and hobnobbed with international soccer stars. “Friends tell me, all these crazy things happen to you. You meet bizarre people, you’ve been to amazing places. They wonder where I get the money, but it’s not about privilege. It’s about my attitude to life. How one thing leads to another, making connections, being open, being brave,” says Kempton, who has also climbed high up the corporate ladder—only to tear it all down and reinvent herself. It was during this particular transformation that she created Do What You Love (DWYL), the name of her company as well as her signature online course designed to nudge people out of ruts, incite self-exploration, and effect the changes necessary to realize their fully blossomed selves. As a new year emerges and a blank calendar beckons with possibility and potential, this carpe diem approach to life catches the attention of the changemaker that lives within us all. Most of us have heard that NewYear’s resolutions never work, casting a shimmer of doubt and naïveté on our best efforts to blaze a new trail.Yet a host of resources exist to help us on our way, from live online courses like Kempton’s that connect people around the world (many of her students live in the UK, US, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand) to life coaches ready to be tapped for one-on-one sessions in person or by phone. They are available, they say, to help us listen deeply, to stir up our most secret desires and goals so we can perhaps make a shift in a fresh direction—hopefully, toward a truer version of ourselves. Journeying Inward, with an Escort Kempton knows how scary it can be to make an about-face with your life. “Just the words do what you love can sound intimidating,” she says. So her fiveweek DWYL course, with its mix of practical and right-brain exercises, gets you there in circuitous ways. “People [taking the course] can expect to ask themselves all kinds of questions that they’ve never asked themselves before, sometimes thinking, where is this going? There are so many different points of interest, of experience, of knowledge—things that bring you alive. The tools in the course help you make those connections.Your brain then does the work, the synapses fire, and it’s incredible the ideas that come up, that you’d never get to if you were thinking in a linear way.” Some of it involves remembering the way we used to be—where the creative spark has lived for us, whether it was in the garden or by the sea, or on a canvas or a blank page. Adds Kempton, “The quest for the what is sometimes the most interesting thing.You don’t know what your dream is? That’s a reason to be curious. That’s a reason to take yourself on adventures and go discover it.” The outcomes vary wildly: After the course, Kempton has seen students get divorced, propose marriage, change jobs, start their own businesses, move to
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a different continent, become teachers of whatever it is that they love, or turn their hobby into a full-blown mortgage-paying career. One student was an IT consultant who nursed a dream of being a musician. “Through a simple timebudgeting exercise, he realized that if he negotiated Fridays off he could use that time in his recording studio with no pressure, because he was still earning good money, and get back to his music 20 percent of the week,” says Kempton. “He’s recorded his first album. Really simple solution, but it’s changed his life.” Another student was so limited by chronic back pain that she hardly left her house; during the course she remembered the sense of adventure she’d once had and started taking baby steps toward that again, driving to a beautiful place and just being there, even if she couldn’t walk very far. Now she’s building an online business so that she can get off sick leave and work from home. “Many people get a lot out of the psychological side of the courses, how to be more brave and bold,” notes Kempton. That was the case for Ruth Husain, a stay-at-home mother from outside London who had taken five years away from the workforce to have children. “I had lost a lot of confidence since I stopped working, and lost my identity really, so I wanted to reconnect with myself and try to regain some courage and confidence,” she says. “I’m not exaggerating when I say [DWYL] has been like intensive therapy. It has enabled me to change my whole outlook on life. I have a few ideas for the future now that I am genuinely excited about. Even if they don’t take off, I’m not afraid of failing anymore.” One aspect of DWYL is finding like-minded support: Each course has its own online community. This year, Kempton will be launching a membership site to make the social aspect even bigger. She has also added more courses with names like Make Art That Sells and Business Soul Sessions, on how to start a soulful business—some of which she teaches herself and others that she produces behind the scenes. In April, Kempton will publish a book, Freedom Seeker: Live More.Worry Less. DoWhatYou Love (Hay House), available for preorder on Amazon. “We want to show that it’s okay to take your dreams seriously,” she says. Naysayers will sometimes ask, “Isn’t it selfish?” The guy who chooses to play music on Fridays—what about his wife? “But what we often discover is that the people who live with the person who’s going through this process get really inspired by association,” says Kempton. “They see this person coming alive, and they become curious. They start talking about how we can make changes together. Also, if you have a talent, you’re inspiring and helping people through the expression of your talent. Quite the opposite of being selfish, it’s an amazing way to express love in the world.” A Revolution of the Spirit There’s much to be said for a supportive network that will lift you up and ignite your spark. But for many people, it’s a one-on-one connection with a coach or mentor that fans a small passion into a flame. “You can certainly help someone
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lose weight or stop smoking or change a habit or reach goals. I do all that, but that’s not where the action is for me,” says David Basch, a strategic coach based in West Hurley. “What I hope to do is open the door to transformation in some manner. I’m not going to tell them what the door is—they have to discover it. Coaching is always about the client’s agenda. However, many people might come to coaching with a small agenda. Even if it’s getting a new job, which they consider to be big, I consider that a small agenda. What I’m interested in is them discovering who their best self is, so that the job reflects who they really are.” Perhaps the biggest misconception about coaching is the idea that you’re going to get advice from your coach, or that your coach is going to put together some kind of blueprint for you. “That’s not what coaching is about,” says Marybeth Cale, a life coach based in Rhinebeck. “It’s designed to promote selfdiscovery for the client. The design of their lives moving forward is driven by them. The coach is making observations and providing support, accountability, and motivation. Coaching is really about becoming more mindful of what makes you feel alive, what makes you feel connected, joyful, and productive.” Basch adds that successful coaching is the ability to ask powerful questions—a kind of drilling down that goes deeper into the person’s wants and dreams, which are sometimes hidden even from themselves. It is also a kind of deep listening, and a mirroring back of what you’re saying so you can see yourself. “When I’m working with somebody I’m really listening for what’s being said, for what’s not being said, for the unspoken—for the person behind the voice.” When coaching works, people get empowered, and they arrive at places they could never have anticipated finding at the beginning of the process. Sandra Sellani, a former marketing executive based in Newport Beach, California, came to Basch with a gnawing feeling of discontent. A high-paying, all-consuming career, which she had built over nearly 30 years, was no longer working for her. “My values were not coinciding with the values of the company I was working for,” says Sellani. “So it created a kind of crisis for me. You want to feel like you’re living a life that’s in alignment.” In the process of working with Basch, she found validation to do something that seemed to defy logic: She left her very lucrative job and took a part-time consulting position that paid much less but gave her time to think, run on the beach, and just be. As far as she knew, she had taken the big step just by quitting her job—yet her true transformation would begin a few months later. During her free time, punctuated by sessions on the phone with Basch, Sellani realized that she held a secret dream of becoming a vegan chef. She loved to cook, she was a vegan, and she loved animals. First she volunteered in the vegan community, creating recipes for an organization; then she enrolled in a culinary school focused on plant-based cooking. In April, she is coming out with a cookbook coauthored with her twin sister, The 40-Year-Old Vegan: 75 Recipes to Make You Cleaner, Leaner, and Greener in the Second Half of Life (Skyhorse Publishing).The amazing thing is that she never could have seen all this coming. “It was a total surprise,” Sellani says of her transformation. And it all happened during a fairly short period of time working with Basch. “He cuts to the chase very quickly and helps you come to a place where you would have likely come to on your own, but maybe 10 years later. He’s a catalyst and an accelerator.” She also knows that she couldn’t have done it without some periods of solitude and rumination. “Things bubble to the surface.You have to give yourself some silence to help things emerge in you, because you might not even know what they are.” It all begins with listening to the small voice within that says something is not quite right, and resisting the urge to shut that voice out. “I think it’s one of the last great taboos, if you live in a privileged place like the Western world— saying that you’re not really happy in your life,” says Kempton. “We get caged, we build these lives that shut freedom out. But we can get out of that cage.” RESOURCES David Basch Dwbcoaching.com Marybeth Cale Marybethcale.com Beth Kempton Dowhatyouloveforlife.com
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Empowered By Nature
(845) 340-8625 www.transpersonalacupuncture.com
1129 Main Street, 2nd Floor, Fishkill, NY (845) 416-4598 www.EmpoweredByNature.net lorrainehughes54@gmail.com Lorraine Hughes, Registered Herbalist (AHG) and ARCB Certified Reflexologist offers Wellness Consultations that therapeutically integrate Asian and Western Herbal Medicine and Nutrition with their holistic philosophies to health. This approach is grounded in Traditional Chinese Medicine with focus placed on an individual’s specific constitutional profile and imbalances. Please visit the website for more information and upcoming events.
Aromatherapy Joan Apter, Aromacologist (845) 679-0512 www.apteraromatherapy.com joanapter@earthlink.net Raindrop Technique, Emotional Release Raindrop, Neuro-Auricular Technique (NAT), Vitaflex for humans and Horses, dogs, birds and cats. Health consultations, natural wellness writer, spa consultant, classes, trainings and keynotes. Offering full line of Young Living Essential oils, nutritional supplements, personal care, pet care, children’s and non-toxic cleaning products. Consultant: Prepare for Surgery, Heal Faster with healing statements for surgery and holistic approaches to heal faster!
Astrology Planet Waves Kingston, NY (845) 797-3458 www.planetwaves.net
Body Work Patrice Heber 275 Fair Street, Kingston, NY (845) 399-8350
Dentistry & Orthodontics
Holistic Health Cassandra Currie, MS, RYT‚ Holistic Health Counselor 41 John Street, Kingston, NY (845) 532-7796 www.holisticcassandra.com
Dental Office of Drs. Jeffrey & Maureen Viglielmo 56 Lucas Avenue, Kingston, NY (845) 339-1619 www.drvigs.com
Tischler Dental Woodstock, NY (845) 679-3706 www.tischlerdental.com
Funeral Homes Copeland Funeral Home Inc. 162 South Putt Corners Road, New Paltz, NY (845) 255-1212 www.copelandfhnp.com 76 whole living ChronograM 1/17
Psychic Psychic Readings by Rose 40 Mill Hill Road, Woodstock, NY (845) 679-6801 www.psychichreadingsinwoodstockny.com
Psychotherapy Wellness Embodied 126 Main Street Suite A, New Paltz, NY (845) 419-0293 www.wellnessembodiedcenter.com
Buttermilk Falls Inn & Spa
439 Union Street, Hudson, NY (415) 686-8722 www.embodyperiod.com
220 North Road, Milton, NY (877) 7-INN-SPA (845) 795-1310 www.buttermilkfallsinn.com
John M. Carroll
Emerson Resort & Spa
715 Route 28, Kingston, NY (845) 338-8420 www.johnmcarrollhealer.com
Kary Broffman, RN, CH (845) 876-6753 Karyb@mindspring.com
Hospitals Health Quest 45 Reade Place, Poughkeepsie, NY (845) 454-8500 www.health-quest.org
MidHudson Regional Hospital Poughkeepsie, NY (845) 483-5000 www.westchestermedicalcenter.com/mhrh
Massage Therapy Gentle Mountain Massage Therapy 7545 North Broadway, Red Hook, NY (845) 702-6751 www.gentlemountain.com
Osteopathy Stone Ridge Healing Arts Joseph Tieri, DO, & Ari Rosen, DO, 3457 Main Street, Stone Ridge, NY
Thermography Breast Thermography Full Body Thermography Susan Willson, RN, CNM, CCT Stone Ridge, NY (845) 687-4807 www.biothermalimaging.com ACCT approved clinic, offering non-invasive Breast and Full Body thermography in a warm, personal environment, since 2003. Full Body Thermography highlights areas of chronic inflammation and organ dysfunction before they become established disease. Breast thermography shows abnormalities 8-10 years before tumors will show on a mammogram, allowing for much gentler options to rebalance the body and prevent a tumor becoming established. Susan was the first to offer Thermography in the Hudson Valley. She uses the latest medically calibrated camera and Board Certified Thermologists for interpretation.
Resorts & Spas
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Center for Advanced Dentistry 494 Route 299, Highland, NY (845) 691-5600 www.thecenterforadvanceddentistry.com
(845) 687-7589 www.stoneridgehealingarts.com Drs. Tieri and Rosen are NY State Licensed Osteopathic Physicians specializing in Osteopathic Manipulation and Cranial Osteopathy. Please visit our website for articles, links, books, and much more information. Treatment of newborns, children, and adults. By appointment.
Route 28, Mt. Tremper, NY (845) 688-2828 www.emersonresort.com
Retreat Centers Garrison Institute Route 9D, Garrison, NY (845) 424-4800 www.garrisoninstitute.org info@garrisoninstitute.org Retreats supporting positive personal and social change in a renovated monastery overlooking the Hudson River. Spend time in your own spiritual practice during your own Personal Retreat Weekend, February 24-26; and Featuring Sharon Salzberg and the founders of the Holistic Life Foundation teaching People Who Care for People, March 10-12 (for teachers, social workers, therapists, healthcare providers, and caregivers).
Spirituality Kol Hai: Hudson Valley Jewish Renewal (845) 477-5457 kolhai.org
Yoga The Hot Spot 33 N. Front St. (Lower Level), Kingston, NY http://hotspotkingston.com (845) 750-2878 hotspotkingston@gmail.com The Hot Spot is the only yoga studio in the mid-Hudson Valley offering AUTHENTIC BIKRAM Hot Yoga. Bikram Yoga is a series of 26 postures and 2 breathing exercises, practiced in a room heated to 105 degrees, to stretch, strengthen, and detoxify the entire body. You will work hard; you will sweat; and you will feel amazing! Group classes and private yoga sessions available. Please see website for class schedule.
Padmalaya Yoga Studio 65 Main Street, Millerton, NY (845) 235-2545 www.padmalayayoga.com
Woodstock Yoga Center 6 Deming Street, Woodstock, NY www.woodstockyogacenter.com (845) 679-8700 woodstockyogacenter@gmail.com Woodstock Yoga offers a range of yoga asana steeped in Indian tradition, with a foundation rooted in the healing and transformative powers of Yoga. Owner Barbara Boris and other talented teachers offer decades of experience and a wide range of classes and styles, plus events, workshops and private sessions.
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Steven Wright performs at UPAC in Kingston on January 14.
You May Be in the Wrong Lane In an era of topical and sometimes unkind humor, Steven Wright stands out in standup. His 1980s HBO special is as hilarious as ever, not something that can be said of a great many comics. He’s a Johnny Carson Comedy Legend winner, an Emmy recipient, an Oscar winner—and a delightfully regular nice guy. “I made up a bunch of rules for myself when I started. I didn’t want to swear; I didn’t want to do jokes at people’s expense. Part of it was that I wanted to get on the ‘Tonight Show’ and I didn’t want to build up a lot of material I couldn’t do on there,” Wright says. “Part of it is that I just wasn’t raised to get up in front of a big bunch of people and swear. I don’t think that way about other comedians; it doesn’t bother me. But I have noticed that if you swear, the laugh automatically gets bigger, and I wanted to get that laugh without the swear.” And get that laugh he does, a second or so after the audience has had time to parse out lines like “All those who believe in psychokinesis, raise my hand”; “A fool and his money are soon partying”; and “When everything is coming your way, you’re in the wrong lane.” Wright’s humor is edgy without the least whiff of vulgarity, sly without ever punching down. His target is reality itself. “It’s all about the little everyday things,” Wright says. “Twisting them around. One of my biggest influences was George Carlin; we do it very differently, but he too liked to talk about the everyday stuff. I knew from the beginning I didn’t want to talk about the giant things. I didn’t want to talk about the president, I wanted to talk about coasters and the speed of light.” His “Tonight Show” goal has long since been repeatedly reached; his influence on younger comics is acknowledged by the New York Times. His latest CD, I Still Have a Pony, has been nominated for a Grammy, as was I Have a Pony back in 1995. Lately
he’s done a lot of collaborative work with another delightfully dry and deliciously dark mind, Louis CK, appearing in and co-producing the award-winning FX series “Louie” and nailing a role as a mopey barfly on CK’s surprise Web series, “Horace and Pete,” which is available from CK’s website and avidly reposted on YouTube. “Isn’t it amazing?” he says of the Web series, set in an urban barroom. “Louie is really something else. The actors, the seriousness, the humor; he wanted to do something more like a play.” “Horace and Pete” attracted five-star collaborators like Edie Falco and Jessica Lange, and Wright enjoyed himself to no end. “Steve Buscemi, I love him, he’s amazing. And Alan Alda is incredible. He’s such a completely regular guy. He just turned 80—you’ll be stunned at the words he says on our show.” His standup routine evolves constantly, while still retaining favorite lines from his entire body of work. “It’s like a giant puzzle,” he says of assembling just the right little pieces. “They’re all short bits but I can’t do it in any old order. There’s a rhythm to it. It’s amazing how if you even just reverse the order of two things, it can throw it off or be a huge improvement. It’s 80 minutes polished by trial and error, all based on the laugh—that’s the Geiger counter. Some of it I still have no idea why it works the way it does and I don’t care.” Hudson Valley fans can, then, expect a mix of familiar and fresh. “It’s like a giant painting that’s never finished, a surrealist, abstract mixture of insanity. And I don’t want to give away the ending—but when it’s over, I leave.” Steven Wright performs at UPAC in Kingston on Saturday, January 14 at 8pm. Tickets are $55, $41, and $31. (845) 339-6088; Bardavon.org. —Anne Pyburn Craig 1/17 ChronograM forecast 79
SUNDAY 1 Clubs & Organizations
DAY 1: Community Walk for Unity 1pm. We invite you, your family, your neighbors, and your friends to gather as fellow human beings, to walk and talk. There is no agenda, no politics, no division—there is simply unity. We walk together in solidarity, and start over from Day 1. We put aside what divides us and focus on what unites us- our humanity. It is not a protest, a march, a rally or a parade. Dietz Stadium, Kingston. Day1united@gmail.com.
Food & Wine
Callicoon Indoor Farmers’ Market 11am-2pm. Delaware Youth Center, Callicoon.
Music
Alexis P. Suter & The Ministers of Sound 10am. Gospel and blues. The Falcon, Marlboro. 236-7970. Eliot Lewis CD Release Show 8pm. Daryl’s House Club, Pawling. 289-0185. Jeremy Baum with Buffalo Stack 7:30pm. Towne Crier Cafe, Beacon. 855-1300. New Year’s Day Brunch with Big Joe Fitz and the Lo-Fis 12-3pm. A sophisticated blend of jazz and blues which is always soulful, always swinging, and always in an engaging style that never fails to connect with the audience. High Falls Cafe, High Falls. 687-2699. New Year’s Day Odyssey into the Heart 2-3:30pm. $20/$15 in advance. A musical odyssey into the heart to release the past, align with the present, and empower intentions for personal and collective transformation. Original, ambient, world-fusion, intentional music with instruments from eastern and western traditions – crystal singing bowls, drums, flute, symphonic gong, electric guitar, bass, piano, meditative verse, pure tones, community song, spoken word and silence. Amy McTear joined by Mike Ponte, Steve Gorn, Renee Finkelstein, Rob Norris, Hektor Bee, Joseph Jastrab, Avinash Jeffrey Barnes, Dona Ho LIghtsey, Molly Tweedy, Adam Bradley and Sound Circle Choir. The Rosendale Theatre, Rosendale. (914) 388-0632.
Workshops & Classes
Mindful Movement Class (monthly) First Sunday of every month, 12-1pm. $15. Learn to use the principles of the Alexander Technique to build awareness of your body in order to notice and release habits of movement and thinking that are not serving you. The class will explore movements on the floor and standing to develop coordination, balance and mindfulness. This class is for you if: You wish to reduce stress and tension. You like to move and learn about the (mind) body. You would like to develop or deepen mindfulness. You want to try something new. Good for all ability levels. MaMa, Stone Ridge. 917-373-6151.
MONDAY 2 Music
Geoff Vidal/Derrick James Quartet 8pm. Quinn’s, Beacon. Quinnsbeacon.com.
Workshops & Classes
Swing Dance Class $85. 4-week series with Linda and Chester Freeman, Got2Lindy Dance Studios. Beginner lesson 6pm-7pm, Intermediate lesson 7pm-8pm. Art Society of Kingston, Kingston. 236-3939.
TUESDAY 3 Workshops & Classes
The Science Of Plant Propagation 5:30-8:30pm. $175. Learn the art and science of plant propagation with a focus on the basic botany needed to understand and successfully propagate plants. Sexual and asexual propagation methods including sowing seeds, cuttings, grafting, layering and division will be covered. Four week course, requires a materials fee. Berkshire Botanical Garden, Stockbridge, MA. (413) 298-3926.
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WEDNESDAY 4 Business & Networking
Path to Entrepreneurship Program 6-8pm. Please join the Women’s Enterprise Development Center for a free program designed to introduce you to small business ownership. Learn about the characteristics of a successful entrepreneur and what it takes to run your own business. Pre-registration is required. Ulster BOCES, Port Ewen. 363-6432.
Health & Wellness
Breast and Ovarian Cancer Support Group First Wednesday of every month, 7pm. Support Connection, Inc., a not-for-profit organization that provides free, confidential support services for people affected by breast and ovarian cancer, offers a Support Group. Open to women with breast, ovarian or gynecological cancer. We all know there are many common factors to any cancer diagnosis. Join other women who have also been diagnosed as we discuss all stages of diagnosis, treatment and post-treatment. Northern Westchester Hospital @Chappaqua Crossing, Chappaqua. (914) 962-6402. Color Mandalas, Sip Tea and Relax 6:30-8pm. Remember how you loved coloring as a child? Come find peace and joy in coloring beautiful mandalas while you sip tea and listen to relaxing music. A creative and fun way to reduce stress. Town of Esopus Library, Port Ewen. 338-5580.
Music
Brand X 7pm. Daryl’s House Club, Pawling. 289-0185. The Falcon Underground Songwriter Sessions 7pm. The Falcon Underground, Marlboro. 236-7970. January Showcase: Conor Kennedy 8pm. Quinn’s, Beacon. Quinnsbeacon.com.
Open Houses/Parties/Benefits SUNY Ulster Career Exploration for the Undecided Student Info Session 4-5:30pm. Are you still undecided about selecting a college major? Prospective SUNY Ulster students are encouraged to join us for an Information Session led by Karen Robinson, Director of Career Services. SUNY Ulster, Stone Ridge. Sunyulster.edu.
Workshops & Classes
Hip Hop with Kristi Klinger $360. Using fun moves, props and group stunts we put together a show stopping dance routine each session. 3:30-4:30 grades 1-4 and 4:30-5:30 grades 5-8. Weekly through June 14. MountainView Studio, Woodstock. 679-0901. Beginner Swing Dance Class 6-7pm. $85. 4-week series with Linda and Chester Freeman, Got2Lindy Dance Studios. Boughton Place, Highland. 236-3939.
THURSDAY 5 Health & Wellness
Free Holistic Self-Care Class: Organic Hair Care with Allison Demorest & Tina Betterton 7-8:30pm. Free. Learn to make educated, healthy choices in the world of beauty. See styling demonstrations, smell and touch sample products. Marbletown Community Center, stone ridge. Rvhhc.org.
Literary & Books
Lauren Mitchell and Mary Mahoney present The Doulas: Radical Care for Pregnant People 7pm. Inquiring Minds Bookstore, New Paltz. 255-8300.
Music
Davina and the Vagabonds 8pm. $15-$25. Daryl’s House Club, Pawling. 289-0185. First Thursday Singer Songwriter Series 6-8:30pm. Hosts Maureen and Don Black welcome Phil Miller and Betty Altman, Fran Palmieri and Friends, and Mark Brown to the Cafe stage. High Falls Cafe, High Falls. 687-2699.
Theater
Holiday Interactive Mystery Dinner Theatre 7-9:45pm. $45+ tax and gratuity. ACME Mystery Co. & Mahoney’s Irish Pub present Pirates of the Yuletide: A holiday whodunnit It be Christmas time in the year 1757 in Merry Olde England. And this dastardly bunch of pirates is cooking up the most dastardly deed of all time. Come the tide, they be sailing to the North Pole to kidnap old Saint Nick himself! Mahoney’s Irish Pub and Restaurant, Poughkeepsie. 471-7026.
Workshops & Classes
Belly Dance Series 6-8pm. $48 per series/$90 for both. 4 class series. Intermediate (6pm) & Beginnger (7pm) Belly Dancing is undergoing a surge of popularity as this dance appeals to the mind, body and spirit. Exciting tunes from Bollywood, Middle Eastern, Oldies and even some Hip Hop music to help you shake, shimmy and shine. Relax your mind and nurture your soul as you burn calories and get your energy high. Dreaming Goddess Sanctuary, Poughkeepsie. 473-2206.
FRIDAY 6 Dance
Ballroom Dance with Pete Redmond & Crazy Feet First Friday of every month, 8-11:30pm. $15. After the lesson: the band provides a mix of dance-able ballroom, swing and Latin standards. Requests are encouraged: Waltzes, Foxtrots, Tangos (Ballroom and Argentine), Swings (West Coast, Lindy, Jitterbug, Balboas & Charlestons), Cha Chas, Rumbas, Mambos, Salsas, Merengues, Hustles, Sambas, etc. Hudson Valley Dance Depot, LaGrangeville. 204-9833.
Health & Wellness
Embodying Practice: A New Year’s Resolution Weekend Retreat 3-9pm. $270-$410 options. Begin the New Year with a resolution and intention to become aware of the body and trust in its innate wisdom. This weekend retreat will appeal to those looking to align their bodies, hearts and minds in the serenity of a contemplative environment. We will offer a smorgasbord of embodying practices that can easily become your daily practice for the year. This includes instruction on five practices that focus on the wisdom of the body which can help you reduce stress: qigong, yoga, Breath Body Mind, mindfulness meditation, and the Feldenkrais Method. Garrison Institute, Garrison. 424-4800.
Literary & Books
Calling All Poets First Friday of every month, 8-11pm. $5. Calling All Poets invites all to our regularly scheduled First Friday reading of 2107, featuring Hayden Wayne and Pauline Uchmanowicz. This evening our features will be joined by several SUNY New Paltz students reading their work. Roost Studios & Art Gallery, New Paltz. 741-9702. Peter Aaron: The Band FAQ: All That’s Left to Know About the Fathers of Americana 7pm. Aaron digs deep to discuss different facets of the Band’s collective and individual stories that make the Band the fathers of Americana. Aaron provides an examination of the formidable effect of the Band on popular music and their still-thriving legacy as well as an exploration of the Toronto-area music scene of the 50s-60s and the Band landmarks in and around Woodstock, NY. Inquiring Minds Bookstore, New Paltz. 255-8300. Wild by Design 7-8pm. Harvard trained landscape architect Margie Ruddick will showcase design strategies that integrate biodiversity and ecological purpose. Her visually rich presentation will draw on 30 years of public and private landscape design work. In her book Wild by Design, Ruddick shows how five basic principles can be applied to create landscapes that are both sustainable and emotionally powerful places. Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies, Millbrook. 677-5343.
Music
Abraham & The Groove 7:30pm. Motown, R&B. Alley Cat Blues and Jazz Club, Kingston. 339-1300. Dan Lavoie CD Release 8pm. $15-$20. Daryl’s House Club, Pawling. 289-0185. Dylan Doyle Band 7pm. The Falcon Underground, Marlboro. 236-7970. The Funk Junkies with Corey Glover 7pm. The Falcon, Marlboro. 236-7970. The Lucky 5 8pm. $10. Jazz. The Barn at Egremont Inn, South Egremont, MA. (413) 528-9580. Orlando Marin Orchestra 8pm. Latin music. BeanRunner Café, Peekskill. (914) 737-1701. Sarah Wise 9:30pm. $5. Folk-pop singer songwriter. 9:30pm. Folk-pop. 12 Grapes Music and Wine Bar, Peekskill. (914) 737-6624.
Outdoors & Recreation
Ropes: Wilderness Program for Teens at Wild Earth 5:30-11pm. Friday evenings: 5:30pm–11pm Friday evening programs plus 2, 2-night overnights. Come to Ropes to play epic night games, have deep conversations, cook over the fire, and hang out in the woods. The teens describe it as a place where they can come to remember who they are. Wild Earth, New Paltz. 256-9830.
Spirituality
Friday Night Musical Services and Potluck 6pm. Kol Hai: Hudson Valley Jewish Renewal, New Paltz. 477-5457.
Theater
Sister Act 7pm. $29-$49. Filled with powerful gospel music, outrageous dancing and a truly moving story, Sister Act will leave audiences breathless. White Plains Performing Arts Center, White Plains. (914) 328-1600. You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown 8pm. The Center for Performing Arts, Rhinebeck. 876-3080.
Workshops & Classes
Swing Dance Class $85. 4-week series with with Linda and Chester Freeman, Got2Lindy Dance Studios. Beginner lesson 6pm-7pm, intermediate lesson 7pm-8pm. Studio87: The Wellness House, Newburgh. 236-3939.
SATURDAY 7 Food & Wine
Taste of Italy: Dinner & Opera $69.75. As part of our celebration of all things Italian during our Taste of Italy weekend, we feature opera with countertenor Jeffrey Mandelbaum, who has performed at the Metropolitan Opera in The Enchanted Island and The Tempest. Mohonk Mountain House, New Paltz. (866) 910-7739. Voice Journey: Vibration as Meditation, Medicine, and Magic 1-5pm. Ssponsored by The Rondout Valley Holistic Health Community and the Marty and Gloria Wolosoff Foundation. Marbletown Community Center, stone ridge. 687-0880. Voice Journey: Vibration as Meditation, Medicine, and Magic with Stephanie Rooker 1-5pm. Together we learn to use our voices to shift mood and mind state. No previous singing experience necessary. Marbletown Community Center, stone ridge. Rvhhc.org.
Kids & Family
A Bengali Cultural Celebration 2-4pm. The work of the Bengali Bandhan students as well as the song, dance, literature, and food of the Bangladeshi culture. Families of the students and other members of the community will cook traditional Bangladeshi food for the public to sample. The Bengali Cultural Celebration will be held in the Community Room on the first floor of the Hudson Area Library, with wheelchair access. Hudson Area Library, Hudson. (518) 828-1792 ext.101. Mystwood at Wild Earth First Saturday of every month, 10am-3:30pm. Mystwood is a nature connection program for 6-9 year olds that uses elves, fairies, wizards and magic as storytelling and teaching tools. Through play, mystery and wonder, Wild Earth instructors will guide young Seekers into the ever growing world of Mystwood. Instructors will create a safe, nurturing container in which children can follow their curiosities and explore, each at their own authentic pace. Wild Earth, New Paltz. 256-9830.
Lectures & Talks
Beginning the End: Picturing the Anthropocene 7pm. Danny Goodwin. LABspace, Hillsdale. Labspaceart.blogspot.com/.
Literary & Books
Peter Aaron presents The Band FAQ: All That’s Left to Know About the Fathers of Americana 6pm. Aaron digs deep to discuss different facets of the Band’s collective and individual stories that make the Band the fathers of Americana. Aaron provides an examination of the formidable effect of the Band on popular music and their still-thriving legacy as well as an exploration of the Toronto-area music scene of the 50s-60s and the Band landmarks in and around Woodstock, NY. Inquiring Minds Bookstore, Saugerties. 246-5775.
MUSIC GREG BROWN
Greg Brown performs at the Towne Crier in Beacon on January 13.
Poetry in Slow Motion Unlike the nitpicky naysayers who derided the decision, moaning that lyrics and poetry are separate mediums, Greg Brown had no misgivings about Bob Dylan’s being awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature last month. “I thought it was great—it made me smile when I heard the news about that,” says the singer-songwriter, who will appear at the Towne Crier on January 13. “There’s a lot of poetry in Dylan’s music itself, and in his words there’s a lot of music—even in his prose writing there’s a lot of music. To me it’s never been a question, whether there’s a difference between poetry and songs. A lot of poetry is music.” Born in Iowa, Brown came into the world well equipped to straddle the strands of music and words: His mother was an English teacher who also played guitar, and his father was a part-time Pentecostal preacher who played banjo. As the family moved around the Midwest, he absorbed the country, blues, gospel, bluegrass, rock ’n’ roll, and classical sounds he heard and began playing guitar and penning his own songs. After enrolling at the University of Iowa and winning the campus talent show prize of an opening slot for Woodstock folk great Eric Andersen, the young troubadour—with Andersen’s encouragement—lit out for New York in the summer of 1969. There, he landed a regular gig at Gerde’s Folk City and ran the fabled venue’s weekly hootenanny night for several months. After one LP with the duo Hacklebarney (named for a section of the Hawkeye State), Brown’s first solo release, 44 & 66, appeared in 1980. With his rustic, unhurried songs, rambling-hobo touring regimen, and frequent visits to NPR’s “A Prairie Home Companion,” he’s amassed a base of dedicated fans and a discography that presently contains 24
albums. Among the plums in his catalog are 1981’s The Iowa Waltz, whose sweet ’n’ lazy title cut was the subject of a movement to make it the new state song of his beloved home; 1993’s Friend of Mine, a collaboration with Bill Morrissey that earned a Grammy nomination; and 1993’s Indie Award-winning The Poet Game. Another Indie winner is 1986’s Songs of Innocence and Experience, which sets William Blake poems to music. “Blake was a musician too—he played guitar—and in his day love poems were actually called ‘songs,’” Brown says. “His words are very musical. On the surface his poems are very simple, but they have great depth.” The singer and guitarist’s most recent outing is 2012’s Hymns to What Is Left. Following some grinding years in Los Angeles during the 1970s, Brown returned to Iowa, where he increasingly likes to hide out as he cuts back on touring. “Eugene,” from 2006’s The Evening Call, mirrors the 67-year-old’s slowing cant: “Sometimes you gotta go look for nothin’,” it says. In a frantic, technology-driven era, is it hard for the songwriter, whose tunes speak of trout fishing and time in the woods, to “look for nothin’” and still find enough work? “It's not hard for me, but the margins [of the world] have certainly narrowed,” reflects Brown, who is the husband of fellow singer-songwriter Iris DeMent, and, from an earlier marriage, the father of another, Pieta Brown. “For me, though, the idea has always been to make a living, not a killing.” Greg Brown performs at the Towne Crier in Beacon on January 13 at 8:30pm. Tickets are $40 in advance and $45 at the door. (845) 855-1300; Townecrier.com. —Peter Aaron 1/17 ChronograM forecast 81
Writers Write 10:30am-12:30pm. This writing group will offer weekly practice exercises to improve writing technique, and the opportunity to share work-in-progress for feedback. The group is a supportive environment in which listeners respond positively and affirmatively to one another. By doing so we will develop a deep understanding of those elements of our work that are effective and powerful, and become better writers in the process. Elizabeth TenDyke is the facilitator. Town of Esopus Library, Port Ewen. 338-5580.
Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) Renewal Course 9am-4pm. $125/$165 with text. This course is a re-certification for the PALS course. You must be certified in PALS to take this abridged course. Course completion results in a two-year PALS certification card from the American Heart Association. You will need to complete a pre-course assessment in the text prior to class. Current AHA PALS textbook required. Vassar Brothers Medical Center, Poughkeepsie. 475-9742.
SUNDAY 8
Music
The Alonzo Wright Project 8pm. Jazz. BeanRunner Café, Peekskill. (914) 737-1701. George Boone Blues Band 7pm. The Falcon Underground, Marlboro. 236-7970. James Maddock 8pm. Folk and Americana. Daryl’s House Club, Pawling. 289-0185. The Jason Gisser Band 9:30pm. Classic rock. 12 Grapes Music and Wine Bar, Peekskill. (914) 737-6624. Anders Parker 9pm. Singer/songwriter. Market Market, Rosendale. Marketmarketcafe.com. JB3 Trio 7-10pm. Brothers Barbecue, New Windsor. 534-4227. Matt Flinner Trio with special guest Matt Munisteri 8pm. $15. American string band. Rosendale Cafe, Rosendale. 658-9048. MET Live: Nabucco 1pm. Bardavon Opera House, Poughkeepsie. 473-2072. Peter Prince & Moon Boot Lover 7pm. Rock. The Falcon, Marlboro. 236-7970.
Open Houses/Parties/Benefits First Saturday Reception First Saturday of every month, 5-8pm. ASK’s openings are elegant affairs with wine, hors d’oeuvres and art enthusiasts. These monthly events are part of Kingston’s First Saturday art events. Arts Society of Kingston (ASK), Kingston. 338-0331.
Outdoors & Recreation
Eagle Day 1-4pm. Join the Delaware Highlands Conservancy and other local environmental organizations for a free afternoon of fun for the whole family. Enjoy presentations with live birds of prey from Bill Streeter of Delaware Valley Raptor Center (1:30pm AND again at 3:00pm) and other fun activities to learn about eagles and other native birds. This event is co-sponsored by Brookfield Renewable. Lake Wallenpaupack Environmental Learning Center, Hawley, PA. 583-1010.
Spirituality
Generations Shabbots 10am. Generations Shabbat is a family-friendly, all-inclusive community Saturday morning service which include singing, socialization, teachings from the Torah and refreshments. All ages and religions are welcome to attend this time of celebration, contemplation, and fellowship. Woodland Pond at New Paltz, New Paltz. 883-9800.
Theater
Sister Act 2 & 7pm. $29-$49. Filled with powerful gospel music, outrageous dancing and a truly moving story, Sister Act will leave audiences breathless. White Plains Performing Arts Center, White Plains. (914) 328-1600. You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown 8pm. The Center for Performing Arts, Rhinebeck. 876-3080.
Workshops & Classes
American Heart Association Heartsaver First Aid CPR AED Combination Course 9am-4pm. $65. Putnam Hospital Center, Carmel. 279-5711.
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Dance
The Bolshoi Ballet in HD: The Golden Age 3pm. $12/$10/$6 children. Rosendale Cafe, Rosendale. 658-9048. Swing Dance 6-9pm. $12.$8 FT students. Swing dance to The Bernstein Bard Quartet. Beginners’ lesson 6:00 pm-6:30, dance from 6:30 to 9:00. No experience needed, no partner required. Arlington Reformed Church, Poughkeepsie. 454-2571.
Film
Sunday Silents: The Films of Ernst Lubitsch 3pm. $7/$5 members. Two silent films, The Doll and The Oyster Princess, directed by the famous Ernst Lubitsch, will be shown, accompanied by Marta Waterman’s original piano music. Rosendale Theater Collective, Rosendale. 658-8989.
Food & Wine
Callicoon Indoor Farmers’ Market 11am-2pm. Delaware Youth Center, Callicoon.
Literary & Books
Frank Wishnick presents Craig Climbed a Tree: His Lifelong Struggle. 4pm. Inquiring Minds Bookstore, Saugerties. 246-5775.
Music
Bordeaux & Bordeaux 6pm. Acoustic. 12 Grapes Music and Wine Bar, Peekskill. (914) 737-6624. Celebrate Elvis Presley’s Birthday 7-9:30pm. $20-$35. Rex Fowler of renowned folk/rock duo Aztec Two-Step is celebrating Elvis Presley’s birthday. The evening features a lively concert of Elvis’ early RCA and SUN Records classics featuring Rex and the Rockbilly Kings. Fowler’s “All About Elvis” birthday bash also includes a multi-media slide show presentation while the band rocks your socks off! Daryl’s House Club, Pawling. 289-0185. David Kraai with Fooch Fischetti 1pm. Angry Orchard Ciderie, Walden. Theangryorchard.tumblr.com/ 1-4pm. David Kraai swings by to dole out two sets with the help of Fooch Fischetti on pedal steel and fiddle! Free tours & tasting flights of drinks plus fine country folk music. Angry Orchard, Walden. (888) 845-3311. DeadGrass 7pm. The Falcon Underground, Marlboro. 236-7970. Times Square: Classic A Cappella Doo Wop 10am. The Falcon, Marlboro. 236-7970. Tisziji Muñoz Quartet with John Medeski 7pm. Interplanetary jazz. The Falcon, Marlboro. 236-7970.
Outdoors & Recreation
Animal Tracks & Traces 10am. We’ll search for clues that tell the tale of who lives in the forest and what they do during the winter. Learn to identify common animal tracks and signs, plus make a plaster animal track casting to take home. Hudson Highlands Nature Museum’s Outdoor Discovery Center, Cornwall. 534-7781.
Theater
Sister Act 2pm. $29-$49. Filled with powerful gospel music, outrageous dancing and a truly moving story, Sister Act will leave audiences breathless. White Plains Performing Arts Center, White Plains. (914) 328-1600. You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown 3pm. The Center for Performing Arts, Rhinebeck. 876-3080.
Workshops & Classes
American Heart Association Friends & Family CPR AED Course 8:30am-12:30pm. The Family & Friends CPR Course teaches the life-saving skills of adult Hands-Only® CPR, child CPR with breaths, adult and child automated external defibrillator use, infant CPR with breaths and relief of choking in an adult, child or infant. Skills are taught in a dynamic group environment by using the AHA’s research-proven, practicewhile-watching technique, which provides students with the most hands-on CPR practice time possible. Vassar Brothers Medical Center, Poughkeepsie. 475-9742. Create Your Life/Create Your Year Workshop 12:30-3pm. $25-$45. With Linda Freeman, Plan your perfect year and learn how to make it happen. Studio87: The Wellness House, Newburgh. Studio87thewellnesshouse.com. Creating the New Year with Intention 1-5pm. $35/includes all materials. We each have the power to create the life we want to be living. Join us and set your intentions for 2017. We’ll look at the patterns we have created in our lives, the challenges and triumphs of 2016. What worked for us and what didn’t. Then we’ll look ahead at the astrological forecast for 2017, working to have the planets support us. We’ll look to tarot and numerology for guidance, meditation, affirmations and sacred writing, and you’ll dress a white candle with with sacred symbols, glitter, herbs and oils. Dreaming Goddess Sanctuary, Poughkeepsie. 473-2206. Playing the Game of 2017 2-4pm. $20/$15 in advance. Storyteller, author and speaker Doug Motel will be leading a fun, inspiring workshop entitled “Playing the Game of 2017”. Marbletown Multi-Arts, Stone Ridge. (917) 450-1139.
MONDAY 9 Music
Quinn’s Co-Owner Steve Ventura Birthday Celebration 8pm. With Joe McPhee, Herb Robertson, Daniel Carter, Steve Dalachinsky, Michael Bisio and Chris Corsano. Quinn’s, Beacon. Quinnsbeacon.com.
Workshops & Classes
Crafting Compassionate Living 10:30am-12:30pm. $30/$130 for all five days. A progressive series inviting a rich dialog leading to a deeper understanding of self and relationships. Amity Gallery, Warwick. (707) 236-5775.
TUESDAY 10 Film
Music Fan Film Series: The Jazz Loft According to W. Eugene Smith 7:15pm. $7/$5 members. This documentary is the first movie to use photographer W. Eugene Smith’s massive, fly-on-the-wall archive of photos and audio tapes documenting the likes of jazz greats Thelonious Monk, Zoot Sims, Jimmy Giuffre, Hall Overton and others at work and play in the dilapidated Manhattan loft that was Smith’s home and studio. Rosendale Theater Collective, Rosendale. 658-8989.
Health & Wellness
Breast and Ovarian Cancer Support Group Second Tuesday of every month, 10:15am. Support Connection, Inc., a not-for-profit organization that provides free, confidential support services for people affected by breast and ovarian cancer, offers a Breast and Ovarian Cancer Support Group. Open to women with breast, ovarian or gynecological cancer. We all know there are many common factors to any cancer diagnosis. Join other women who have also been diagnosed as we discuss all stages of diagnosis, treatment and post-treatment. East Fishkill Community Library, Hopewell Junction. (914) 962-6402.
Lectures & Talks
Monthly Open House with Dharma Talk Second Tuesday of every month, 7pm. free. Shambhala Buddhist teachers talk on a variety of topics at our Open House. Second Tuesday of every month, after community meditation practice. Meditation: 6-7pm, Talk 7pm, followed by tea, cookies, and converation. Sky Lake Lodge, Rosendale. 658-8556.
Workshops & Classes
American Heart Association Basic Life Support (BLS) Provider Renewal Course 5:30-9:30pm. Vassar Brothers Medical Center, Poughkeepsie. 475-9742.
Crafting Compassionate Living Jan. 13, 10:30am-12:30pm. $30/$130 for all five days. A progressive series inviting a rich dialog leading to a deeper understanding of self and relationships. Amity Gallery, Warwick. (707) 236-5775.
WEDNESDAY 11 Film
Music Fan Film Series: The Jazz Loft According to W. Eugene Smith 7:15pm. $7/$5 members. This documentary is the first movie to use photographer W. Eugene Smith’s massive, fly-on-the-wall archive of photos and audio tapes documenting the likes of jazz greats Thelonious Monk, Zoot Sims, Jimmy Giuffre, Hall Overton and others at work and play in the dilapidated Manhattan loft that was Smith’s home and studio. Rosendale Theater Collective, Rosendale. 658-8989.
Health & Wellness
Young Women’s Breast and Ovarian Cancer Support Group Second Wednesday of every month, 7pm. Support Connection, Inc., a not-for-profit organization that provides free, confidential support services for people affected by breast and ovarian cancer, offers a Young Women’s Breast and Ovarian Cancer Support Group. Open to women who have been diagnosed with breast, ovarian or gynecological cancer at a young age. Join other women who were also diagnosed at a young age as we discuss issues pertaining to all stages of diagnosis, treatment and post-treatment. Support Connection, Yorktown Heights. (914) 962-6402.
Music
Buffalo Stack and Wise Old Moon 7pm. $10-$15. Daryl’s House Club, Pawling. 289-0185. January Showcase: Conor Kennedy 8pm. Quinn’s, Beacon. Quinnsbeacon.com. Jazz Sessions at The Falcon Underground 7pm. The Falcon Underground, Marlboro. 236-7970.
Open Houses/Parties/Benefits An Introduction to the Lower School 7:30-9am. Join experienced Waldorf class teacher Elizabeth Hall for a talk about how Waldorf Education meets the child in grades 1-8. Q & A follows the lecture. Green Meadow Waldorf School, Chestnut Ridge. 356-2514 et. 311.
Workshops & Classes
Crafting Compassionate Living Jan. 13, 10:30am-12:30pm. $30/$130 for all five days. A progressive series inviting a rich dialog leading to a deeper understanding of self and relationships. Amity Gallery, Warwick. (707) 236-5775.
THURSDAY 12 Business & Networking
Hudson Valley Garden Association Monthly Meeting Second Thursday of every month, 7pm. Shawangunk Town Hall, Wallkill. 418-3640.
Comedy
Stand Up at The Underground 8pm. The Falcon Underground, Marlboro. 236-7970.
Music
Justin Townes Earle 8pm. Daryl’s House Club, Pawling. 289-0185. Keller Williams and Leo Kottke: Shut The Folk Up and Listen 8pm. $55. Ridgefield Playhouse, Ridgefield, CT. (203) 438-5795. Open Mike Night with Jeff Entin 7-9pm. Jeff Entin welcomes musicians from all around the Hudson Valley to Open Mic night. Bring your instrument and talent to the stage or enjoy a tasty dinner listening to the music. High Falls Cafe, High Falls. 687-2699. Raquel Vidal & Diamond Hotel 8pm. Quinn’s, Beacon. Quinnsbeacon.com.
Spirituality
Spirits of Warwick 7:30-9:30pm. $45/$35 members. Join ghost investigator Linda Zimmerman and medium Barbara Roth for a spirited discussion on local paranormal activity. Baird’s Tavern, Warwick. 986-3236.
ART "The art of devastation"
Clockwise from top left: Beat Back the Hun with Liberty Bonds, Frederick Charles Strothman (1918); America Calls, J.C. Leyendecker (1918); The Foe of Free Peoples, Paul Manship (1918)
Sculptors at War “Serbia Surrenders Only to God” reads the inscription on an art medal produced by Serbian-Americans in Providence, Rhode Island, in 1917. On the front is a helmeted female warrior, in profile, piously clutching a sword whose hilt resembles a cross. The medallion, which raised funds for the Serbian War Relief Fund, is included in “The Art of Devastation: Medals and Posters of the Great War” at the Lehman Loeb Art Center of Vassar College, beginning January 27. “The Art of Devastation” marks the centenary of America’s entry into World War I. The 117 medals are arranged chronologically: The first is a portrait of German Emperor Wilhelm II from 1910; the last honors the Treaty of Versailles. While soldiers clashed on the battlefield, sculptors fought a separate war in their studios, searching for a fatal image to demoralize the enemy. As the war dragged on, with its staggering losses, the heroic early images, such as Henry Nocq’s Gallia Repulsing Enemy Forces—depicting a goddess in armor battling a six-headed dragon with the Kaiser’s face—gave way to such scenes as Weary Soldiers by Paul Roger-Bloche. Dead Soldier on Stretcher by Lissy Eckart—one of the few women medalists in the show—features three stylized stretcher bearers, stooped under the weight of a corpse. Each war begins with soldiers marching off to slay demons, and ends with them killing frail humans like themselves. “Many of the medals have satirical subject matter, and graphic satire is one of my favorite special areas,” explains Patricia Phagan, co-curator of the show. Ludwig Gies’ cast-iron medal, Wall Street Profiteering from the War (1917), depicts a sea monster wearing an Uncle Sam hat, his mouth full of coins, emerging from the ocean near New York City. Paul Manship, a well-known American sculptor, created The Foe of Free Peoples
(1918), a bronze portrait of Kaiser Wilhelm wearing a necklace of human skulls—with the caption “His Rosary.” (Hanging from the death heads is an Iron Cross.) “The Art of Devastation” could also describe the devastating wit of the artists. The art medal is to sculpture what the print is to painting: a mass-production technique allowing middle-class patrons to own fine art. Invented by late-medieval sculptors in imitation of Roman coins, these medallions reached their height of popularity in the early 20th century—although they are largely forgotten today. “During World War I, tens of thousands of different types of these medals were produced on both sides, consuming scarce metallic resources,” co-curator Peter van Alfen observes. Some medallions were sold to raise money for the war effort. The works on exhibition were minted in Belgium, France, Germany, Austria-Hungary, Italy, the US—though England is strangely absent. The majority of the pieces are in a Beaux-Arts style that strikes us as quaint today. It’s no longer fashionable to personify Liberty as a woman in a billowing gown holding an Aladdin’s lamp in one hand and an olive branch in the other. Often the inscriptions are in Latin. Though Cubism began in 1907, Modernism is absent in these medals—except for the Teutonic talent for savage caricature, which would later manifest in the German Expressionism of Max Beckmann and Otto Dix. The show also includes 14 World War I posters, mostly from the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston. “The Art of Devastation” originates at Vassar, and will not travel. An extensive catalog has been published by the Loeb Center. “The Art of Devastation” will be exhibited at the Lehman Loeb Art Center of Vassar College in Poughkeepsie from January 27 to April 9. (845) 437-5237; Fllac.vassar.edu. —Sparrow 1/17 ChronograM forecast 83
FILM The Jazz Loft According to W. Eugene Smith
Photos by W. Eugene Smith featured in the film The Jazz Loft According to W. Eugene Smith, screening on January 11 at the Rosendale Theatre: Above: Loft interior. Opposite, clockwise from top: Thelonious Monk and Hall Overton, 1959; self-portrait at loft window; Ron Free, drummer, 1958. Salvador Dali and Ultra Violet at a loft party, 1960s. All photos © 2015 The Heirs of W. Eugene Smith.
We're Not in Pittsburgh Anymore Between 1957 and 1965, a loft apartment at 821 Sixth Avenue in Manhattan was electrified by a collective creative genius. The dingy lofts of the Chelsea neighborhood fostered the jazz scene and housed the eccentricities and insanity of iconic photojournalist W. Eugene Smith. Over the course of the “Jazz Loft” years, 300 different jazz musicians, including Thelonious Monk and Zoot Sims, were identified playing there through Smith’s photographs, and Salvador Dali was captured taking in the scene as well. W. Eugene Smith is best known for his work with Life magazine, but once Smith occupied the loft, his focus remained there. Smith was a music aficionado and he opened the doors to the New York City jazz scene. At a time when there was nowhere for groups of jazz musicians to congregate outside of gigs, and no schools teaching the genre, the loft was as much an educational institution as it was a performance and rehearsal space. The music never stopped and Smith never stopped working, taking over 40,000 photographs and recording 4,000 hours of reel-to-reel audio via the legion of microphones he had strategically placed around the building. The Jazz Loft According to W. Eugene Smith makes sense of the chaos. Director Sara Fishko spent nearly 10 years with the project and it was the madness of the material that initially pulled her in. “For me, one of the many allures of the project was the mystery,” says Fisko. “What did he think he was doing? What was he really doing? What was the connection with what was in his mind and reality?” There was no end goal for Smith’s project. He had the intent of making it into a book, but the material quickly buried that idea (An outcome similar to Smith’s massive and abortive Pittsburgh project.) “In a sense, we were finishing his project,” says Fishko. The doors of the loft were always open, Smith was always working, and the tape was always recording. 84 forecast ChronograM 1/17
Smith’s documentation not only captures the jazz scene but is also a time capsule. Smith hung out of his window photographing daily life in the flower district of Chelsea. He recorded radio broadcasts he listened to and phone calls he made. He recorded conversations in the hallway. He recorded three weeks of rehearsals Monk was holding for his famous At Town Hall album; and those rehearsals were led by Juilliard professor and jazz genius Hal Overton, Smith’s upstairs neighbor. Smith simply documented everything. Fueled by amphetamines and passion, the Jazz Loft became Smith’s obsession, and it became a road to darkness for many that stepped through its doors. Drugs and madness stood alongside genius in the loft, but music and art took center stage. “I think a lot of people are going to think this film is a romp about the wonders of jazz in the `50s,” Fisko says. “The film just didn’t come out that way. We are telling a very mixed-up story with darks and lights and ups and downs. W. Eugene Smith is an extraordinary, operatic, and hyperdramatic character, and he is at the center of this story.” The Jazz Loft According to W. Eugene Smith is a captivating film that documents a scene and a set of characters that is hard to find a comparison to. Smith and his camera made no one uncomfortable, allowing for a telling and provocative photo essay that is maddeningly prolific. Although Smith died without making sense of this historical era, this film pays homage to the dedication and desire Smith had during his time at the Jazz Loft. The Jazz Loft According to W. Eugene Smith screens at the Rosendale Theatre on Tuesday January 10 at 7:15pm and Wednesday, January 11 at 7:15pm. (845) 658-8989; Rosendaletheatre.org. The film can also be rented or purchased on iTunes, Vimeo On Demand, Amazon, Google Play, and Vudu. —Brian Turk
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Workshops & Classes
Crafting Compassionate Living Jan. 13, 10:30am-12:30pm. $30/$130 for all five days. A progressive series inviting a rich dialog leading to a deeper understanding of self and relationships. Amity Gallery, Warwick. (707) 236-5775.
FRIDAY 13 Dance
Line Dancing 6:30-8pm. You don’t need a partner, cowboy boots or experience but you are welcome to bring any or all of the above. Join Deborah Silvestro as she teaches the steps that will let you dance to popular country, rock n roll, Zydeco, waltz and Cha Cha tunes. Town of Esopus Library, Port Ewen. 338-5580. Zydeco Dance with River City Slim and the Zydeco Hogs 7-11pm. $15/$10 FT student ID. 7pm lesson, 8pm-11pm dance. All are welcome. No partner necessary. Sponsored by Hudson Valley Community Dances. White Eagle Hall, Kingston. (914) 388-7048.
Theater
Dance
You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown 8pm. The Center for Performing Arts, Rhinebeck. 876-3080.
Workshops & Classes
Crafting Compassionate Living 10:30am-12:30pm. $30/$130 for all five days. A progressive series inviting a rich dialog leading to a deeper understanding of self and relationships. Amity Gallery, Warwick. (707) 236-5775. Date & Create for Couples 7-9pm. $100 per couple. Couples, 21 yrs & older, can experience an art activity on their date and bring home a work of art. Spice up your routine with your steady date. This promises to give you an interesting evening to talk about later. Includes instructions creating wood and stone bookends. Enjoy a little wine and chocolate, on the house. Rockland Center for the Arts, West Nyack. (845 358-0877.
Dusklit/Contemplating Changing Light 4-6pm. Dusklit is a quartet between two moving bodies, a musician and the setting sun. Through the performance, viewers experience the sunset as never before, in a state of heightened awareness to their senses and their environment. The movement of both music and dancers amplify audience perception of the subtle shifts of light, texture and mood that so often escape our consciousness, making for a deeply relaxing and contemplative experience of site-specific performance art. Presented by The River Flows Two Ways, a collaboration between dancer Ophra Wolf and musician Craig Chin with guest dancer Sarah Simon. St Andrew’s Episcopal Church, Beacon. 831-1369.
Fairs & Festivals
Beacon Second Saturday Second Saturday of every month. Second Saturday is a city-wide celebration of the arts held on the second Saturday of every month where galleries and shops stay open until 9pm,
Susan Voyticky performs in the Bindlestiff Family Cirkus. Photo by Cory Weaver
Food & Wine
The Ingrid Jensen Quartet: Dinner & Jazz $69.75. Join us Friday night at our Jazz on the Mountain festival for Ingrid Jensen, hailed as one of the most gifted trumpeters of her generation, and her sister—saxophonist Christine Jensen. Mohonk Mountain House, New Paltz. (866) 910-7739.
Lara Hope and the Ark-Tones 8pm. Quinn’s, Beacon. Quinnsbeacon.com. Murali Coryell 7pm. Blues rock. The Falcon Underground, Marlboro. 236-7970. Rene Lopez 8pm. $15. Blues. The Barn at Egremont Inn, South Egremont, MA. (413) 528-9580. Two Dollar Goat 8pm. Bluegrass. BeanRunner Café, Peekskill. (914) 737-1701.
Nightlife
Date & Create 7-9pm. $100/couple. Couples, 21 yrs & older, can experience an art activity on their date and bring home a work of art. Spice up your routine with your steady date. 2 hrs. of instruction creating bookends of wood and stone. Reservations required. Rockland Center for the Arts, West Nyack. 358-0877.
Open Houses/Parties/Benefits Great Barrington Rudolf Steiner School Open House Call for times. Great Barrington Rudolf Steiner School, Great Barrington. (413) 528-4015.
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Petey Hop and the Boogie Boys 9:30pm. Classic rock. 12 Grapes Music and Wine Bar, Peekskill. (914) 737-6624. Roseann Fino 7pm. Urban Americana. The Falcon Underground, Marlboro. 236-7970.
Theater
You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown 8pm. The Center for Performing Arts, Rhinebeck. 876-3080.
Workshops & Classes
Encaustic Mini Workshop by Cynthia Winika $65. The Gallery at R&F, Kingston. 331-3112.
Club Draw 8pm. Quinn’s, Beacon. Quinnsbeacon.com.
Karma Darwin 9:30pm. Progressive rock. 12 Grapes Music and Wine Bar, Peekskill. (914) 737-6624.
The Judith Tulloch Band 8:45pm. Singer-songwriter. Chill Wine Bar, Beacon. 765-0885.
Time Machine 7:30pm. Alley Cat Blues and Jazz Club, Kingston. 339-1300.
Cabaret at the CIA: Denise Summerford & The Cover Project Join Denise for a dynamic reimagining of unforgettable songs from the 1950s and ’60s as well as jazz, Broadway and blues. Culinary Institute of America (CIA), Hyde Park. Halfmoontheater.org.
Lee Harvey Osmond 8pm. WAMC's Roots series. The Linda, Albany. Thelinda.org.
The Coasters 8pm. $50. Ridgefield Playhouse, Ridgefield, CT. (203) 438-5795.
Soñando 7pm. Latin dance. The Falcon, Marlboro. 236-7970.
Music
Johnny A. 8pm. $15-$20. Daryl’s House Club, Pawling. 289-0185.
Club d’Elf 9pm. Moroccan-dosed pyschedelic dub jazz. CD release party with John Medeski. Club Helsinki, Hudson. (518) 828-4800.
Sage 8pm. Jazz. BeanRunner Café, Peekskill. (914) 737-1701.
Donna Caruso presents The Winner 7pm. Inquiring Minds Bookstore, New Paltz. 255-8300.
Jefferson Starship 8pm. Ridgefield Playhouse, Ridgefield, CT. (203) 438-5795.
Cabaret at the CIA: Denise Summerford & The Cover Project Join Denise for a dynamic reimagining of unforgettable songs from the 1950s and ’60s as well as jazz, Broadway and blues. Culinary Institute of America (CIA), Hyde Park. Halfmoontheater.org.
Jack Empire & Friends 8pm. The Linda, Albany. Thelinda.org.
Literary & Books
Island Head Reggae 7pm. Reggae. The Falcon, Marlboro. 236-7970.
Bluegrass Brunch featuring: Last Fair Deal noon. Daryl’s House Club, Pawling. 289-0185.
Bindlestiff Family Cirkus Mein damen und herren, mesdames et messieurs, ladies and gentlemen! What you see here may amaze you. This grown-ups-only vaudevillian circus returns to Club Helsinki in Hudson for their annual Cabin Fever Cabaret event. Ringmistress Philomena and Kinko the Clown appear onstage with new routines, featuring a stunning variety of tricks and talents. Trapeze, contortion, acrobatics, juggling, sword swallowing, and comedy come to the stage straight from performing groups like Cirque du Soleil and Ringling Brothers. January 13 at 9pm. The troupe will return February 18, March 11; a special family-friendly program will be performed on March 12. Helsinkihudson.com. Mmmm... Leather! Arts Night Out 7-9pm. $45-$50. Jump in and learn to craft leather jewelry using a variety of traditional and innovative techniques, from stitchery and stamping to staining and hardware. Make a cuff bracelet, earrings, or pendant and a completely unique piece of wearable art. IS183 Art School of the Berkshires, Stockbridge, Massachusetts. (413) 298-5252. Not Going Gently: Dancing with our EverChanging Bodies 10:30am-noon. $20/$75 series. A dance series based in how our vulnerabilities become our teachers as we welcome various age- and injury-related conditions to emerge as the foundations for improvising and composing. Kleinert/James Arts Center, Woodstock. 679-2079.
SATURDAY 14 Art Galleries and Exhibits
4x4 A Beacon Artists Union Members Show Opening reception. 6pm-9pm Beacon Artist Union, Beacon. 222-0177.
Clubs & Organizations
UlsterCorps 8th Annual MLK Day Celebration of Service 2-5pm. A thank you party honoring volunteers from non-profits across Ulster County. Rosendale Recreation Center, Rosendale. 658-8198.
Comedy
most of which are right along Main Street. In addition to displaying art from around the globe, the event often includes free gallery talks, live music, and wine tasting. Beaconarts. org Downtown Beacon, Beacon.
Food & Wine
Kingston Farmers’ Market Indoor Market 10am-2pm. Old Dutch Church, Kingston. 338-6759. Millerton Indoor Farmers’ Market 10am-2pm. Northeast Community Center, Millerton. (518) 789-4259.
Kids & Family
Starlab: Indoor Planetarium 10, 11:30am & 1pm. Hudson Highlands Nature Museum’s Outdoor Discovery Center, Cornwall. 534-7781.
Literary & Books
Hudson Valley Writers Resist Benefit 2-5pm. The event will be divided into three sets starting at 2pm, 3pm & 4pm. Each will feature four readers, a short presentation by a literary group, and some music. There’ll be tables in the lobby where people can make donations to local nonprofits and get information on their work, and buy signed books from The Golden Notebook Bookstore. #WRITERSRESIST’s mission calls for people to come together in a positive spirit, embracing the principles of democracy and the power of literature. Bearsville Theater, Woodstock. Hudsonvalleywritersresist.com.
The Not Too Far From Home Comedy Tour 8-11pm. $20/$15 in advance. Starring Aaron David Ward, Dan Geurin, and Deric Harrington. High Falls Cafe, High Falls. 687-2699.
Donna Caruso presents The Winner 7pm. Inquiring Minds Bookstore, Saugerties. 246-5775.
Steven Wright 8pm. Ulster Performing Arts Center (UPAC), Kingston. 339-6088.
Beacon Second Saturday with The Love Bots & Vibe Theory 8pm. Quinn’s, Beacon. Quinnsbeacon.com.
Music
Repair Cafe: Rhinbeck 12-4pm. Bring a beloved but broken item to be repaired for free. The only Repair Cafe in the HV with a metal welder. Rhinebeck Town Hall, Rhinebeck. Rhinebeckrepaircafe@gmail.com.
SUNDAY 15 Food & Wine
Callicoon Indoor Farmers’ Market 11am-2pm. Delaware Youth Center, Callicoon.
Kids & Family
The Paper Bag Players: Trip to the Moon 2pm. $8.50/$7.50 SUNY Orange faculty, staff alumni seniors/$6 children. The Paper Bag Players present an uproarious brand new, funny, fast-paced, thrilling show “Trip to the Moon” with whimsical stories, lovable characters, and live music. Orange Hall Theater, Middletown. 341-4891.
Music
Big Joe Fitz & The Lo-Fis 10am. Classic blues. The Falcon, Marlboro. 236-7970. David Kraai 2-5pm. Two sets of fine country folk music. Sloop Brewing Co., Elizaville. (518) 751-9134. Davy Knowles 7pm. $15-$25. Daryl’s House Club, Pawling. 289-0185. Greg Westhoff’s Westchester Swing Band 5:30pm. 12 Grapes Music and Wine Bar, Peekskill. (914) 737-6624. Rapid River Boys 7pm. Neo Americana. The Falcon Underground, Marlboro. 236-7970. The Wall Theatrical Extravaganza: A Floydian Spectacle 8pm. $60. Ridgefield Playhouse, Ridgefield, CT. (203) 438-5795. Woodstock’s 27th Annual Birthday Tribute to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. 2pm. Featuring: Pastor G. Modele Clarke, New Progressive Baptist Church; Pam Africa, International Friends of Mumia Abu-Jamal; The amazing songstress Journey Blue Heaven and The Woodstockers Experience; the amazing Miss “G” (Abbe Sue Graber) Songstress with a Kazoo; A Representative from Town of Woodstock; the multi-talented Folk Singer Debra Burger. Woodstock Community Center, Woodstock. 679-7420.
MONDAY 16 Kids & Family
Afternoon Studios: Shimmering Strokes 2-4pm. Peter Liversidge uses both color and light to create his RGB light installation that can be found in the Museum’s South Gallery and throughout Ridgefield. Try your hand at combining the two, using black paper, neon paints and black lights to create artwork that glows in the dark. Families with children of all ages are invited. The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum, Ridgefield, CT. (203) 438-4519.
Theater
Moon Mouse: A Space Odyssey 10am & 2pm. Grades K-4. Bardavon Opera House, Poughkeepsie. 473-2072.
Workshops & Classes
Healing Democracy Action Circle 6-8pm. An open-minded, non-partisan conversation opportunity, working with Parker J. Palmer’s five “habits of the heart” necessary for healing our democracy. Millbrook Free Library, Millbrook. 677-3611.
Music
Robert Kopec Trio 8pm. Quinn’s, Beacon. Quinnsbeacon.com.
Theater
You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown 3pm. The Center for Performing Arts, Rhinebeck. 876-3080.
Workshops & Classes
Adventures with Color: A Color Theory 9am-4pm. $405. Through Jan. 19. Learn to experiment with color through specific studies loosely based on the theories of Josef Albers. By studying the interaction of color with Color-Aid paper, the student begins to understand color by solving problems such as the illusion of transparency, illusion of light, color translation, color translucency, middle mixing, pointillism and changing color perception. Woodstock School of Art, Woodstock. 679-2388.
THURSDAY 19 Dance
Uptown Lowdown Chorus Girl Classes 8-9:15pm. $72/6 weeks/$20 drop in. Join our vintage jazz dance troupe! We’ll learn an original, 1920s-style routine featuring classic jazz age moves. Each week will build on the previous one, and after the 6-week session, we’ll be ready to perform! Performing is not required to take the classes. BSP, Kingston. Uptownswingkingston.com/classes.
Line Dancing 6:30-8pm. You don’t need a partner, cowboy boots or experience but you are welcome to bring any or all of the above. Join Deborah Silvestro as she teaches the steps that will let you dance to popular country, rock n roll, Zydeco, waltz and Cha Cha tunes. Town of Esopus Library, Port Ewen. 338-5580.
Music
DJ Stately Wayne Manor & James Pogo Lo Rubio 8pm. Quinn’s, Beacon. Quinnsbeacon.com. Grayson Hugh and The Moon Hawks 8pm. $15-$20. Daryl’s House Club, Pawling. 289-0185. Jack DeJohnette: Concert for Inner Peace 7:30pm. $20/$75 VIP. Kleinert/James Arts Center, Woodstock. 679-2079. Jon Cobert & Friends 9pm. Classic rock. 12 Grapes Music and Wine Bar, Peekskill. (914) 737-6624. Pat Metheny 8pm. Ridgefield Playhouse, Ridgefield, CT. (203) 438-5795. Audra McDonald headlines this year's Modfest.
SATURDAY 21 Comedy
The Riotcast Network 8pm. Featuring Rich Vos, Pete Correale and Robert Kelly, Ridgefield Playhouse, Ridgefield, CT. (203) 438-5795.
Lectures & Talks
The Begonia Winter Survival Guide with Tovah Martin 1-3pm. $30/$25 members. Begonias can be the best cold-season companions, here are the tricks for keeping them happy and healthy, and also learn how to make more begonias to share with friends. There will be cuttings for students to bring home. Berkshire Botanical Garden, Stockbridge, MA. Berkshirebotanical.org/. Conversation between Justin Baker and Danny Goodwin 5pm. Followed by closing reception for exhibit 6pm-8pm. LABspace, Hillsdale. Labspaceart. blogspot.com/. Film Focus with Ric Burns: Dinner & Expert Panel $69.75. Award-winning filmmaker and producer Ric Burns, known for his eight-part series New York: A Documentary Film, and his collaboration on The Civil War, joins a panel with Seth Kramer, Pegi Vail, and Melvin Estrella, to discuss the state of documentary film making. Mohonk Mountain House, New Paltz. (866) 910-7739.
Literary & Books
Path to Entrepreneurship Program 5:30-7:30pm. Please join the Women’s Enterprise Development Center for a free program designed to introduce you to small business ownership. Learn about the characteristics of a successful entrepreneur and what it takes to run your own business. Pre-registation is required. Howland Public Library, Beacon. 363-6432.
Writers Write 10:30am-12:30pm. This writing group will offer weekly practice exercises to improve writing technique, and the opportunity to share work-in-progress for feedback. The group is a supportive environment in which listeners respond positively and affirmatively to one another. By doing so we will develop a deep understanding of those elements of our work that are effective and powerful, and become better writers in the process. Elizabeth TenDyke is the facilitator. Town of Esopus Library, Port Ewen. 338-5580.
FILM
Music
TUESDAY 17 Business & Networking
The Brainwashing of My Dad 7:15pm. Doc on the rise of the right-wing media. Q&A with filmmaker Jen Senko and Jeff Cohen.Rosendale Theatre, Rosendale. 658-8989.
Music
Quinnsonic Electronic Music Night 8pm. Quinn’s, Beacon. Quinnsbeacon.com.
Nightlife
Third Tuesday Queer Night Third Tuesday of every month, 7-11:30pm. Yoo hoo mid-Hudson queers! Community, fun, music and more. Dogwood, Beacon. Https:// facebook.com/midhudsonqueernight/.
Theater
Moon Mouse: A Space Odyssey 10:30am. Ulster Performing Arts Center (UPAC), Kingston. 339-6088.
WEDNESDAY 18 Lectures & Talks
Healing Democracy Action Circle 6-8pm. An open-minded. non-partisan conversation opportunity. This program is prepared by The Center for Courage and Renewal Facilitated by Cat Greenstreet. Registration required. Millbrook Free Library, Millbrook. 677-3611.
Music
An Evening with Pat Metheny with Antonio Sanchez, Linda Oh and Gwilym Simcock 7:30pm. $35/$40/$55. The Egg, Albany. (518) 473-1061. The Infamous Stringdusters 8pm. $25. Daryl’s House Club, Pawling. 289-0185. January Showcase: Conor Kennedy 8pm. Quinn’s, Beacon. Quinnsbeacon.com. Petey Hop Hosts Roots & Blues Sessions 7pm. The Falcon Underground, Marlboro. 236-7970.
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Amazing Sensationals 8pm. Quinn’s, Beacon. Quinnsbeacon.com.
Modfest at Vassar College “Raising Voices” is the chosen theme for this celebration of art and music, with a series of events focusing activism, speaking up, and facing adversity. “These exhibitions reflect the perspectives of faculty, students, and staff across campus in response to recent events,” says Modfest Co-director Tom Pacio. Raising Healing Voices will combine creative healing for vocal problems with music therapy. Music, Words, and Images is an annual interdisciplinary presentation of poetry, photography, and chamber music. Headlining the series of events will be six-time Tony-winner Audra McDonald (“Ragtime” and “A Raisin in the Sun”), performing at Skinner Hall February 5 at 3pm. All events are free and open to the public. Modfest runs from January 26 through February 5. Vassarcollege.com.
Film
Miss Sharon Jones 8pm. Daryl’s House Club, Pawling. 289-0185.
Literary & Books
PageTurners: The Boston Girl 7-8pm. Monthly meeting of our PageTurners Book Club. This month we will be discussing “The Boston Girl” by Anita Diamant. Tivoli Free Library, Tivoli. 757-3771.
Singer-Songwriter Showcase Third Friday of every month, 8pm. $6. Acoustic Music by three outstanding singer-songwriters and musicians at ASK GALLERY, 97 Broadway, Kingston 8-10:30 pm Arts Society of Kingston (ASK), Kingston. 338-0311. T.J. Santiago 5:30pm. Acoustic. The Golden Rail Ale House, Newburgh. 565-2337.
Music
Open Houses/Parties/Benefits
Buster Poindexter 8pm. $45. Glam rock. Ridgefield Playhouse, Ridgefield, CT. (203) 438-5795.
Spirituality
bigBANG 7pm. Large ensemble jazz. The Falcon Underground, Marlboro. 236-7970.
Workshops & Classes
Library Knitters Third Thursday of every month, 7-8pm. Sit and knit in the beautiful Gardiner Library. Gardiner Library, Gardiner. 255-1255.
FRIDAY 20 Dance
Ballroom By Request Lesson & Practice Time Third Friday of every month, 8-11pm. $15 for both lessons/$10 one lesson. Joe designed “Ballroom By Request” as a unique place where people can come and learn how for any social event/party/wedding reception where popular music is being played. Two lessons in 2 different dances, and practice/social time afterwards. Hudson Valley Dance Depot, LaGrangeville. 204-9833.
The Birch School Open House 4-7pm. Unitarian Universalist Congregation at Rock Tavern, New Windsor. 645-7772.
Friday Night Musical Services and Potluck 6pm. Kol Hai: Hudson Valley Jewish Renewal, New Paltz. 477-5457.
Theater
Once Upon a Mattress 8pm. A comedic musical for the whole family. Ghent Playhouse, Ghent. (518) 392-6264. You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown 8pm. The Center for Performing Arts, Rhinebeck. 876-3080.
Workshops & Classes
Not Going Gently: Dancing with our EverChanging Bodies 10:30am-noon. $20/$75 series. A dance series based in how our vulnerabilities become our teachers as we welcome various age- and injury-related conditions to emerge as the foundations for improvising and composing. Kleinert/James Arts Center, Woodstock. 679-2079.
Arlen Roth with Cindy Cashdollar 7pm. The Falcon, Marlboro. 236-7970. Elvis Birthday Bash featuring the Lustre Kings 9pm. Club Helsinki, Hudson. (518) 828-4800. Gaelic Storm 8pm. $34. The Egg, Albany. (518) 473-1061. Jeremy Baum Trio 8:30-11:30pm. High Falls Cafe, High Falls. 687-2699. Kenny Werner Trio 7pm. Piano jazz. The Falcon, Marlboro. 236-7970. Tinsley Ellis 8pm. The Linda, Albany. Thelinda.org. The New York Horns 9:30pm. Funk. 12 Grapes Music and Wine Bar, Peekskill. (914) 737-6624. Satisfaction: The Ultimate Rolling Stones Tribute 8pm. Bearsville Theater, Woodstock. 679-4406. Steve Sandberg & Alaya 8pm. World music. 8pm. World music. BeanRunner Café, Peekskill. (914) 737-1701. The Weeklings 8pm. $15-$25. Daryl’s House Club, Pawling. 289-0185.
Open Houses/Parties/Benefits Antique Appraisal Fundraiser 9am-5pm. $5 per item. Do you have a family heirloom you’ve been curious about? Stop by the Library and find out more about it! Appraiser Robert Meringolo and his team will evaluate. First come, first serve, five item limit per person. Marlboro Free Library, Marlboro. 236-7272.
A Purple Affair More than 300 attendees gather each year, dancing to music from The Accents Band at the National Museum of Dance to support this worthy cause. National Museum of Dance, Saratoga Springs. 518-584-2225.
Theater
MET Live: Romeo Et Juliette 1pm. Ulster Performing Arts Center (UPAC), Kingston. 339-6088. Once Upon a Mattress 8pm. A comedic musical for the whole family. Ghent Playhouse, Ghent. (518) 392-6264.
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MONDAY 23
Workshops & Classes
13 Moons Women’s Medicine Circles 11am-5pm. $1100. This 13-month course will be a teaching circle, reflecting the accumulation of over 30 years of conscious learning and exploring. Our goal will be to co-create a safe and supportive community, based on validation and compassion. This foundation, coupled with teachings, will afford each of us the opportunity to explore our own self-healing and bring our authentic selves more fully into the world. Class will include: Utilizing the skills of basic shamanism. Understanding the chakra system and Luminous Energy Field. Holding ceremony at local sacred sites. Fire ceremonies. Ancestral Healing Work. Crafting of sacred objects and much more. Dreaming Goddess Sanctuary, Poughkeepsie. 473-2206. Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS) Renewal Course 9am-3pm. $125/$165 with text. This is a recertification of the ACLS course. You must have an ACLS certification to take this course. Course completion results in a two-year ACLS certification from the American Heart Association. Vassar Brothers Medical Center, Poughkeepsie. 454-8500.
Food & Wine Farmer & Chefs BFFs For farmers and chefs only. Guest Speaker: Pat Hooker, former Commissioner of Agriculture NYS. Dutch’s Spirits, Pine Plains. (518) 398-1022.
TUESDAY 24 Film Film Screening: The Mask You Live In 7:30pm. The Mask You Live In follows boys and young men as they struggle to stay true to themselves while negotiating the narrow definition of masculinity prevalent in the US. Especially useful for parents of boys. Open to high-school students and adults. Green Meadow Waldorf School, Chestnut Ridge. 356-2514 ext. 311.
Poet’s Gold Poelodies 7pm. Spoken word and new music. The Falcon Underground, Marlboro. 236-7970.
Music
Workshops & Classes
Caitlin Caporale 7pm. The Falcon, Marlboro. 236-7970.
Landscape Design Clinic 5:30-8:30pm. $690. Learn skills essential for effective functional garden design that honor the site and meet client needs. Each week will cover a different topic or technique focusing on the importance of getting to know the client and site as a basis of effective and appealing design. 8-week course. Berkshire Botanical Garden, Stockbridge, MA. (413) 298-3926.
Comedy Stand Up at The Underground 8pm. The Falcon Underground, Marlboro. 236-7970.
Kids & Family
Theater
Once Upon a Mattress 2pm. A comedic musical for the whole family. Ghent Playhouse, Ghent. (518) 392-6264.
Workshops & Classes
Constructing/Deconstructing the Landscape 9am-4pm. $318. Through Jan. 24. With Christie Scheele. Woodstock School of Art, Woodstock. 679-2388. A Naturalist’s Approach to Beekeeping With Chris Harp 11am-6pm. $200 both days/$110 individual day. This two-day class will introduce students to Natural/Organic Beekeeping with a biodynamic influence. Saturday will be Intro to Organic Beekeeping: Planning a New Hive for Spring. Sunday will be Understanding and Caring For Your Bees. HoneybeeLives Apiary, New Paltz. 255-6113.
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Dance
Swing Dance 8-11:30pm. $15/$10 FT students. Swing dance to the exciting Baby Soda band. Beginner’s swing dance lesson 8. Band plays 8:3011:30. No experience needed, no partner necessary. Poughkeepsie Tennis Club, Poughkeepsie. 454-2571.
Homeschool at The Aldrich: Site, Space, Sculpt 10-11:30am. $15. Ages 6 to 10 with an adult. Celebrate the end of the Site Lines exhibitions by exploring how the artists transformed space through their site-specific works of art and make small-scale sculptures and collages using a variety of found and traditional materials. The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum, Ridgefield, CT. (203) 438-4519.
Callicoon Indoor Farmers’ Market 11am-2pm. Delaware Youth Center, Callicoon.
Antique Appraisal Fundraiser 9am-5pm. $5 per item. Do you have a family heirloom you’ve been curious about? Stop by the Library and find out more about it! Appraiser Robert Meringolo and his team will evaluate. First come, first serve, five item limit per person. Marlboro Free Library, Marlboro. 236-7272.
FRIDAY 27
The Birch School: Visitation Day Trial day for interested students. Unitarian Universalist Congregation at Rock Tavern, New Windsor. 645-7772.
Food & Wine
Open Houses/Parties/Benefits
You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown 8pm. The Center for Performing Arts, Rhinebeck. 876-3080.
Kids & Family
SUNDAY 22
Tinsley Ellis 7pm. $15-$20. Daryl’s House Club, Pawling. 289-0185.
Theater
Lincoln Center Film Screening: A Memorial Tribute to Pete and Toshi Seeger 6-8pm. A film of the concert at Damrosch Park Bandshell on July 20 2014. Pete and Toshi Seeger’s legacies run deep: from transforming the way we listen to our American roots, to demanding social justice and successfully advocating for grassroots environmental change. Organized by their grandson Kitama Cahill-Jackson, an all-star line-up of family and friends gathers to remember these leaders in folk music and activism. Dar Williams, Dan Zanes, Guy Davis, Mike and Ruthy, Tom Chapin and the Chapin sisters, Peter and John Yarrow, Holly Near. Town of Esopus Library, Port Ewen. 338-5580.
Repair Cafe: Warwick 10am-2pm. Free repairs courtesy of experts who are also your neighbors. The only Repair Cafe in Orange County. Senior Center at Warwick Town Hall, Warwick. 544-1056.
Gaelic Storm 7-9pm. $27/$37/$47. Paramount Theatre, Middletown. (914) 739-0039.
Tony DePaolo 8pm. Quinn’s, Beacon. Quinnsbeacon.com.
Film
Repair Cafe: New Paltz 10am-2pm. A free community meeting place to get stuff fixed for free. Plus, a supervised Kids Take-Apart Area. New Paltz United Methodist Church, New Paltz. (646) 302-5835.
Music
San Fermin + NOW Ensemble 7:30pm. $25. Troy Savings Bank Music Hall, Troy. (518) 273-8945.
THURSDAY 26
HoneybeeLives Organic Beekeeping Class 10am-6pm. $200. This two-day class introduces students to Organic/Natural Beekeeping with a Biodynamic influence. A philosophy of care is imparted, as well as practical knowledge in preparation for starting hives in the spring. Learn a gentle way to tend honeybees while respecting their instincts and understanding their complex and beautiful lives. HoneybeeLives Apiary, New Paltz. Honeybeelives.org.
Nature Myths and Stories 10am. Let us tell you a story (or two)! This hands-on storytelling will be accompanied by animal pelts, tracks and gam.s! Hudson Highlands Nature Museum’s Outdoor Discovery Center, Cornwall. 534-7781.
The Amish Outlaws 8pm. $15-$25. Daryl’s House Club, Pawling. 289-0185.
Elizabeth Mitchell and You Are My Flower perform at the 2017 Winter Hoot.
Lectures & Talks
Winter Hoot The folk-infused celebration of art, music, and craft returns to the Ashokan Center in Olivebridge. There will be a screening of the Hudson Valley environmental exploration Hudson River at Risk, followed by a Q&A with director Jon Bowermaster on Friday. Saturday will be devoted to music and dance, with performances by Natalie Merchant, Mike + Ruthy Band, Jay Ungar & Molly Mason, and Story Laurie. An instrument petting zoo by DC-based musical education nonprofit Hungry For Music will be onsite, and Fiberflame craft studio will lead hands-on activities. Sunday begins with brunch and concludes the weekend-long festivities with a community sing. February 3 to February 5. Tickets are pay what you want, but $50 Winter Hoot Passes are available, as are $200 Pewter Posse tickets for a VIP experience. All proceeds benefit the Ashokan Center. Homeofthehoot.com.
Music
Lara Hope & The Ark-Tones 8pm. $10. Club Helsinki, Hudson. (518) 828-4800.
Workshops & Classes
Steps from a Lump of Clay into a Carved and Pierced Vessel 4:45-6:15pm. An art master class by Jacqui Doyle Schneider. Kaplan Hall, Orange County Trust Company Great Room, Newburgh. 341-4891.
WEDNESDAY 25 Music
The Band of Heathens 7pm. $15-$20. Daryl’s House Club, Pawling. 289-0185. An Evening with Lyle Lovett and John Hiatt 8pm. $110. Ridgefield Playhouse, Ridgefield, CT. (203) 438-5795. January Showcase: Conor Kennedy 8pm. Quinn’s, Beacon. Quinnsbeacon.com.
Dance
Uptown Lowdown Chorus Girl Classes 8-9:15pm. $72/6 weeks/$20 drop in. Join our vintage jazz dance troupe! We’ll learn an original, 1920s-style routine featuring classic jazz age moves. Each week will build on the previous one, and after the 6-week session, we’ll be ready to perform! Performing is not required to take the classes. BSP, Kingston. Uptownswingkingston.com/classes.
Health & Wellness
Breast and Ovarian Cancer Support Group Fourth Thursday of every month, 7pm. Registration required. Support Connection, Inc., a not-for-profit organization that provides free, confidential support services for people affected by breast and ovarian cancer, offers a Breast and Ovarian Cancer Support Group. Open to women with breast, ovarian, or gynecological cancer. We all know there are many common factors to any cancer diagnosis. Join other women who have also been diagnosed as we discuss all stages of diagnosis, treatment and posttreatment. Vassar Brothers Medical Center, Poughkeepsie. (914) 962-6402.
America Under Pressure: Identities, Loyalties and Medallic Art during the Great War 5:30pm. Peter van Alfen. Taylor Hall Room 102 at Vassar College, Poughkeepsie. 437-5370.
Literary & Books
Hope Ives Mauran presents The Key to Love: A Teaching from the Beings of Light for an Enlightened Reality on Earth 7pm. Inquiring Minds Bookstore, New Paltz. 255-8300.
Music
1964 7:30pm. $35/$29. Troy Savings Bank Music Hall, Troy. (518) 273-8945. Joan Shelley 8pm. WAMC's Roots series. The Linda, Albany. Thelinda.org. Green River: The Ultimate CCR Tribute 8pm. $20-$30. Daryl’s House Club, Pawling. 289-0185. Phil Vassar 8pm. $55. Country. Ridgefield Playhouse, Ridgefield, CT. (203) 438-5795. Slam Allen with Mark Marshall 7pm. Blues rock. The Falcon, Marlboro. 236-7970. Soul Fusion 8pm. Motown, R&B. BeanRunner Café, Peekskill. (914) 737-1701.
Theater
Once Upon a Mattress 8pm. A comedic musical for the whole family. Ghent Playhouse, Ghent. (518) 392-6264.
Theater
Our Town 8pm. The Thornton Wilder classic. The Center for Performing Arts, Rhinebeck. 876-3080.
Workshops & Classes
Not Going Gently: Dancing with our EverChanging Bodies 10:30am-noon. $20/$75 series. A dance series based in how our vulnerabilities become our teachers as we welcome various age- and injury-related conditions to emerge as the foundations for improvising and composing. Kleinert/James Arts Center, Woodstock. 679-2079. Write Your New Story 3-9:30pm. $412-$737. Tina Barry, author and educator, and Rochelle Rice, nationally recognized speaker, author and Health at Every Size practitioner, host a weekend of writing, movement and fine dining at the stunning, new The Forsyth, a casual chic B & B just two hours north of NYC in lovely Kingston, NY. Write Your New Story will help you gain an appreciation for your body and its strengths, and give you the tools you need to draft the next chapter in your life. The Forsyth B & B, Kingston. (212) 689-4558.
SATURDAY 28
Gwen Laster Ensemble 8pm. Jazz. BeanRunner Café, Peekskill. (914) 737-1701. Knock Yourself Out 8pm. Quinn’s, Beacon. Quinnsbeacon.com. Los Thujones & Vic Ruggiero of the Slackers All day neo ska. The Falcon Underground, Marlboro. 236-7970. Parsonsfield 8pm. Indie-folk. MASS MoCA, North Adams, MA. (413) 662-2111. Third Annual Open Mike Night 8pm. Byrdcliffe’s artists and other members of the Hudson Valley community the opportunity to flaunt their talents beyond the visual. Singers, poets, banjo-players, comedians, story-tellers, actors, pontificators, and variants thereof are invited to take the mike. Kleinert/ James Arts Center, Woodstock. 679-2079.
Workshops & Classes
HoneybeeLives Organic Beekeeping Class 10am-6pm. $200. This two-day class introduces students to Organic/Natural Beekeeping with a Biodynamic influence. A philosophy of care is imparted, as well as practical knowledge in preparation for starting hives in the spring. Learn a gentle way to tend honeybees while respecting their instincts and understanding their complex and beautiful lives. HoneybeeLives Apiary, New Paltz. Honeybeelives.org. Repair Cafe: Kingston 11am-3pm. Join this “experiment in repair culture” in Midtown Kingston. Clinton Avenue United Methodist, Kingston. Gai.galitzine@ gmail.com. Repair Cafe: Poughkeepsie 9am-noon. Bring a beloved broken item to be repaired for free, including bicycles. First Evangelical Lutheran Church, Poughkeepsie. Pokrepaircafe@gmail.com.
Kingston Farmers’ Market Indoor Market 10am-2pm. Old Dutch Church, Kingston. 338-6759.
Food & Wine
Millerton Indoor Farmers’ Market 10am-2pm. Northeast Community Center, Millerton. (518) 789-4259. Scottish Weekend: Dinner, Scotch, & Highland Dance $69.75/$60 additional for Scotch whisky tasting. Join us for a Scotch Whisky tasting and a classic Scottish concert, with highland dance from Shot of Scotch, and jigs and reels from the Castle Point Scottish Country Dancers, and music from the Schenectady Pipe Band Ensemble. Mohonk Mountain House, New Paltz. (866) 910-7739.
Workshops & Classes Comic Abstraction with Meredith Rosier 9am-4pm. $131. Woodstock School of Art, Woodstock. 679-2388.
Jon Bowermaster reads at the Writers Resist benefit on January 15 in Bearsville.
Writers Resist Part of a national movement of more than 40 events around the country, on a date selected in honor of Martin Luther King Jr.’s birthday, Writers Resist combines literature with principles surrounding democracy and activism. “This will be a big, diverse, joyous, defiant celebration of the written word and freedom of speech,” event organizer Nina Shengold says. The Golden Notebook bookstore will be onsite and all sales will benefit the New York Civil Liberties Union. Writers reading from their work include Elizabeth Lesser, Sparrow, Sunil Yapa, Jon Bowermaster, Cornelius Eady, and Mark Wunderlich. The TMI Project, the Weeklings, and Woodstock Book Fest will perform group presentations. Music guests Connor Kennedy, Simi Stone & David Baron, and Robert Burke Warren will be performing live throughout the afternoon. Admission is free at the Bearsville Theater, Woodstock, January 15 from 2 to 5pm. Hudsonvalleywritersresist.org.
Music
The Cast of Beatlemania 8pm. $55. Ridgefield Playhouse, Ridgefield, CT. (203) 438-5795. Third Annula Winter Warm-Up 8pm. The Linda, Albany. Thelinda.org. Dylan Doyle Band 9:30pm. 12 Grapes Music and Wine Bar, Peekskill. (914) 737-6624.
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Outdoors & Recreation
Our Town 8pm. The Thornton Wilder classic. The Center for Performing Arts, Rhinebeck. 876-3080.
Lectures & Talks
Breakaway featuring Robin Baker 8:30-11:30pm. High Falls Cafe, High Falls. 687-2699.
Will Hoge 7pm. $20-$25. Daryl’s House Club, Pawling. 289-0185.
Once Upon a Mattress 2pm. A comedic musical for the whole family. Ghent Playhouse, Ghent. (518) 392-6264.
Cinderella 1-3 & 4-6pm. $15-$20. Ballet for Young Audiences presents Cinderella. This production of Cinderella follows a young woman and her cat through the classic fairy tale. It combines all the romance of the Masked Ball with all the slapstick comedy of Cinderella’s bungling stepsisters. White Plains Performing Arts Center, White Plains. (914) 328-1600.
The Big Takeover 7pm. Neo reggae. The Falcon, Marlboro. 236-7970.
Los Lobos 6:30pm. Using musical molds built on the blues, rockabilly, jazz, Latin and their own Mexican-American heritage, Los Lobos is recognized as one of the world’s foremost contemporary roots-rock bands. The Egg, Albany. (518) 473-1061.
Theater
Kids & Family
Growing Succulents, Agave and Aeoniums with Rob Gennari 1-3pm. $30/$25 members. A focused look at growing and overwintering succulents, agaves, and aeoniums indoors. Learn what varieties and cultivars are best for overwintering, how to care for these plants, where to situate them, and seasonal tips for watering and fertilization. After a transplanting demonstration participants will go home with a few treasure to grow on. Berkshire Botanical Garden, Stockbridge, MA. (413) 298-3926.
High School Choralfest 4pm. This i.s Albany Pro Musica’s 17th year of hosting this beloved invitational festival of regional high schools Troy Savings Bank Music Hall, Troy. (518) 273-8945.
Exhibit Opening: Birds on the Wing Hike 12-4pm. Explore the fascinating world of birds and expand your knowledge of our local bird species. Activities for this opening weekend include crafts, refreshments and special programs about birds at 1pm and 2:30pm. “Ribbon Cutting” on January 28 at 12:15. Hudson Highlands Nature Museum’s Outdoor Discovery Center, Cornwall. 534-7781.
Food & Wine
Growing Fragrant Plants Indoors with Barbara Pierson 10am-noon. $30/$25 members. Learn about our favorite fragrant indoor plants including jasmine, citrus, lavender, culinary herbs, and forced bulbs. Learn the details for keeping these plants looking their best from fertilization and winter care to pest control. There will be a selection of specimen plants available for purchase. Berkshire Botanical Garden, Stockbridge, MA. (413) 298-3926.
Music
Umphrey’s McGee 7:30pm. $25-$29.50. Palace Theater, Albany. (518) 465-3334.
Open Houses/Parties/Benefits Simon's Rock Open House See website for more information. Simon's Rock, Great Barrington. Simons-rock.edu.
Outdoors & Recreation
Exhibit Opening: Birds on the Wing Hike 12-4pm. Explore the fascinating world of birds and expand your knowledge of our local bird species. Activities for this opening weekend include crafts, refreshments and special programs about birds at 1pm and 2:30pm. “Ribbon Cutting” on January 28 at 12:15. Hudson Highlands Nature Museum’s Outdoor Discovery Center, Cornwall. 534-7781.
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Write Your New Story 8am-noon. $412-$737. Tina Barry, author and educator, and Rochelle Rice, nationally recognized speaker, author and Health at Every Size practitioner, host a weekend of writing, movement and fine dining at the stunning, new The Forsyth, a casual chic B & B just two hours north of NYC in lovely Kingston, NY. Write Your New Story will help you gain an appreciation for your body and its strengths, and give you the tools you need to draft the next chapter in your life. The Forsyth B & B, Kingston. (212) 689-4558.
FILM National Theatre Live from London: No Man’s Land 3pm. $12/$10 members. Following their hit run on Broadway, Ian McKellen and Patrick Stewart return to the West End stage in Harold Pinter’s No Man’s Land, broadcast live to cinemas from London. Rosendale Theater Collective, Rosendale. 658-8989.
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MONDAY 30 Workshops & Classes Swing Dance Class $85. 4-week series with Linda and Chester Freeman, Got2Lindy Dance Studios. Beginner lesson 6pm-7pm, Intermediate lesson 7pm-8pm. Art Society of Kingston, Kingston. 236-3939.
Callicoon Indoor Farmers’ Market 11am-2pm. Delaware Youth Center, Callicoon.
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Our Town 8pm. The Thornton Wilder classic. The Center for Performing Arts, Rhinebeck. 876-3080.
Hope Ives Mauran presents The Key to Love: A Teaching from the Beings of Light for an Enlightened Reality on Earth 4pm. Inquiring Minds Bookstore, Saugerties. 246-5775.
Once Upon a Mattress 8pm. A comedic musical for the whole family. Ghent Playhouse, Ghent. (518) 392-6264.
A Naturalist’s Approach to Beekeeping With Chris Harp 11am-6pm. $200 both days/$110 individual day. This two-day class will introduce students to Natural/Organic Beekeeping with a biodynamic influence. Saturday will be Intro to Organic Beekeeping: Planning a New Hive for Spring. Sunday will be Understanding and Caring For Your Bees. HoneybeeLives Apiary, New Paltz. 255-6113.
TUESDAY 31 Music Beacon Music Factory Night 8pm. Quinn’s, Beacon. Quinnsbeacon.com. Greensky Bluegrass 7pm. The Egg, Albany. (518) 473-1061.
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In Search of Pluto
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ercury retrograde is in full effect right now. Each one of these phases, which happen about three times a year, has its unique pattern, its own distinct feeling, and its special challenges. Currently, Mercury is retrograde in Capricorn, and on January 4 will track back into Sagittarius, changing to direct motion on January 8. One interesting thing about this Mercury retrograde is the dance that it’s doing around Pluto. The two planets formed an almost-conjunction, before Mercury stationed retrograde and backed off for a while. That happened Monday, December 19, the day that the Electoral College installed Donald Trump as the next president of the United States. Mercury will complete the conjunction to Pluto on January 29, after the retrograde and after the inauguration takes place. That looks like a real “oops” moment, complete with various forms of “We should have known,” “What were we thinking,” and “I wish it wasn’t too late.” Many people were wondering whether Mercury stationing retrograde on the very day that the electors met would derail that process. Yes, it was an impressive synchronicity. It might have meant less happening the day before or the day after, but stationing on the day-of means that whatever Mercury retrograde represents has been injected into the DNA of the Trump presidency, assuming he takes office on January 20. Since politics is largely a game of pretend and deceive, there’s not much that could stop him at this stage. The Uncertainty Factor Meanwhile, Mercury retrograde is adding to an already strong uncertainty factor. Many people are deeply concerned. They range from groups who need special protection (the disabled, women, blacks, immigrants, and Muslims) to people who just need a stable society so they can get through the day or conduct business. At the moment, we seem to live with nothing but questions. Then, of course, there are the people who are compensating by heaping on the false certainty. The president-elect and all his men—the best and the 90 planet waves ChronograM 1/17
brightest—are sheer geniuses, and soon the nation will be swimming in money. A Trump supporter explained that to me recently. Mercury retrograde so intimately involved with Pluto, Capricorn and the machinations of the new president taking office suggests that what we’re now seeing is a setup for something in the future. To my eye, the setup involves the immediate political situation here in the United States, but I think the scope is much deeper. The conflict into which we’re heading is part of a much larger process that’s been unfolding for a while and has yet to come to a head. The Pluto in Capricorn journey began in 2008, just before the subprime mortgage crisis became the Great Recession, with its many bank failures, plus the TARP and bailouts. We live in a time when the structure of society is changing. This is easy to read astrologically: Capricorn represents the foundations of culture and its institutions. Pluto is so powerful that it can drop the World Trade Center towers like marionettes (that aspect was Saturn opposite Pluto in 2001-02). The Pluto Return of the United States The United States has Pluto in Capricorn. Pluto was not discovered yet in 1776, though it’s well documented that planets have effects long before we know about them. Pluto moves so slowly that it takes 250 years to go around the Sun. With Pluto back in Capricorn, what we’re experiencing for the first time is the Pluto return of the United States. The first exact contact of that transit is February 20, 2022 (or 02/20/2022, which is some interesting numerology indeed). That seems a long way off, I know. Because the United States has Eris in early Capricorn and many planets in Cancer, we’ve been in this process for a while. In fact, I would say that the Pluto return of the United States is the entire duration of Pluto in Capricorn (2008 through 2024), though for a number of reasons (beyond just the exact return) the peak will be 2020 through 2024.
One of the best ways to get the feeling of a planetary return is to track the cycle back in time. Salient phases of the cycle are first quarter, opposition, and last quarter—the Pluto first square, the Pluto opposition, and the second square. This is similar to the phases of the Moon. Understanding this cycle does not predict the future. Rather, it helps us understand the past to some extent, and locate ourselves in the present. The alignments are points of intensified growth, crisis, and opportunity. Let’s look at those previous three phases and see what we learn. First Pluto Square (or waxing square)—approximately 1845 through 1855 This was the beginning of the age of the machine and the industrial revolution. The peak of this cycle was the conjunction of Uranus and Pluto in Aries, in 1850 and 1851. We usually associate Uranus conjunct Pluto with the 1960s; here, I’m talking about the previous conjunction. Uranus combining with Pluto brings breakthroughs in science and industry, which would be an understatement for the mid 1800s. Eventually, very nearly everything would be mechanized, and the many handcrafts that dominated the rural and agrarian life of the United States would become quaint relics, or be made obsolete. It was also the peak of slavery. This was due to the invention of the cotton gin, which made processing cotton easier, allowing industry to meet public demand. But this required slaves to plant and pick the cotton. The United States went from 700,000 slaves in 1790 to 3.2 million slaves in 1850. In that year, a law called the Fugitive Slave Act was passed. This made it legal to capture slaves who escaped from the South to free states in the North. I found this troubling bit of history in Wikipedia: “Slave owners needed only to supply an affidavit to a federal marshal to capture an escaped slave. Since a suspected slave was not eligible for a trial, the law resulted in the kidnapping and conscription of free blacks into slavery, as suspected fugitive slaves had no rights in court and could not defend themselves against accusations.” Talk about conflict. In the land of the free, humans were not only considered property; those born free could be captured and taken to the south, merely based on the color of their skin. Meanwhile, the Underground Railroad (the abolitionist movement) was picking up momentum, setting up the country for the Civil War. By the way, my friend Kevin Paulsen is a scholar of climate change issues, and he said that the first scientists discussing the issue of carbon in the atmosphere, and the negative effects it might have, spoke up around 1850. Pluto Opposition—approximately 1930 through1940 Pluto was in Cancer, opposing the US natal Pluto in Capricorn. This was the Great Depression and the New Deal. The peak of the cycle was 1935 through 1938. The US was going through its most tumultuous and unstable period since the Civil War. Franklin D. Roosevelt was doing what he could to keep the country stable during the Depression. This era, technically called the “Second New Deal,” arrived with the Works Progress Administration, the National Youth Administration, the National Labor Relations Act, the Social Security Act, and many, many similar programs. Roosevelt presided over a massive expansion of government and began to create what would become what we now call the “social safety net.” The federal government as we now know it is largely the product of these years. There was considerable resistance to New Deal programs from big business, which was pushing its usual every-man-for-himself point of view. Seen one way, this was a low point in American history. Seen another, a great many enduring public works projects, and works of art, came out of New Deal programs, and many people were protected from the worst effects of the Depression. Still, it was not enough. The United States was building a military economy, and it was not until the US was involved in World War II that economic conditions truly improved. That came at the cost of a permanent war-based economy, or what became known (in the words of Dwight Eisenhower) as the military-industrial complex.
Second Pluto Square (or waning square), approximately 1975 through 1985 The square was exact in 1982 through 1983, so peak years were the early 1980s. This was the rise of the new conservative movement in the United States. Ronald Reagan was president. The “small government” approach really meant trying to dismantle the social safety net that Roosevelt and later Lyndon Johnson had put into place. It was also a time when social forces began attempting to reverse many of the strides forward of the 1960s and 1970s. During this era, many churches became Republican clubhouses and the Evangelical and Dominionist movements began to infuse politics. These edgy people, like their Islamist cousins, think the world is ending and that it’s their job to help it along. Ronald Reagan was president, and his “trickle-down economics” was being accepted like the cult of the new order. Deregulation was the theme of the day, and it led to problems. The savings and loan crisis, now all but forgotten, created a contained depression, staunched only by federal programs like FDIC insurance on savings deposits. The Iran-Contra affair came out in 1986, which involved the revelation of the US covertly selling weapons to its enemy Iran (to be used against its then-ally Iraq), then illegally diverting the profits to the Contras in Nicaragua, who bombed schools, hospitals and farming cooperatives. The stock market experienced a serious crash in 1987. Yet despite these setbacks, what became known as the neoconservative movement continued to grow. Current Middle East wars have their modern origins in this era. The Score So Far It would seem that major Pluto transits immediately precede the most chaotic phases of history; they are associated with economic instability or enormous changes to the economy; and they often precede major wars. The first Pluto square preceded the Civil War, the opposition preceded World War II and the second square arrived with covert wars in Central America and the Middle East, followed by Bush War I, Bush War II and the Obama Drone Wars. It seems like the whole fourth quarter of the Pluto cycle is one endless war, which came on the heels of Vietnam and Korea, which followed World Wars I and II and the nuclear arms race and Cold War. Excuse me while I scream. There, now I feel better. Which Leads to the Present We are now in the Pluto return phase of US history. If the story so far and current events tell us anything, we’re at a crossroads. Without any reference to partisan politics, or to whomever might be president, every single issue we face as a society and world community is poised to come to a head. The most significant one is climate, since that impacts the fate of the Earth. The United States could indeed lead the way to lowering the carbon footprint of the world, but we are not doing so. Then there is the national debt of the United States. Due to the combination of budget deficits, interest on previous debts, and an obsession with simultaneous wars and tax cuts for the rich, the government’s debt is ballooning by the day. Economic problems usually come with social problems, because people are experiencing anguish and, in turn, they need someone to blame. Socially, the United States seems ready to rip apart, but reading about conditions in 1850 made me feel a little better. It seems the deeper we go into this predicament, the less anyone can do. It’s true that under the influence of Pluto transits you will feel powerless until you claim your power. A lot of people have to decide to do that, if we want to get anywhere. I often remind myself of the words of Sting: “There is no political solution / to our troubled evolution.” And evolution is indeed what Pluto calls for. Yes, it can seem like grow or die. That’s not a difficult choice to make. Or is it? chronogram.com Read Eric Francis Coppolino’s weekly Planet Waves column.
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ARIES (March 20-April 19) Integrity means integration: aligning your outer life and your inner life. Your charts draw a stark contrast between the two, describing a world within you that bears little resemblance to what you present to others. This worked for a while; though to facilitate your sanity and your growth, you will need to bring them into alignment. Perhaps what you’re experiencing inwardly has no easy expression in words. It may be so deep as to elude your awareness, or feel so private that you could never reveal yourself. And it’s easy to choose an appearance or persona and express that to the people around you, who may have no idea whatsoever what you’re really going through. Yet you’re past the time when you can abide the pressure that this causes. Start by being truthful with yourself, and then take steps each day to live uncompromisingly in that reality. Invite people you care about into your inner world. Let your face match your true feelings. When asked, or when you feel moved, give your real opinion. Let your actual needs and desires guide your decisions. Most of all, you would be wise to avoid putting on appearances or what the esoteric literature describes as “glamours.” From these experiments, you will tap into your true strength, which is about standing in your most honest reality as a day-to-day, hour-to hour journey.
TAURUS (April 19-May 20) You may not consider yourself a public person, though you are in that you set an example for so many people. You do this in ways that may often be invisible to you and that others may feel more than they notice consciously. It’s therefore essential that you strive to feel good, to be productive, and to keep your sanity in our obviously insane times. You are the one among the people you know who embodies your values in your daily actions, and that’s the quality to strive for. There is, as well, a spiritual dimension to you that is profoundly influential to others. Spiritual questions, which abound and for most people are vexing, come down to matters of sex and death. Everything about being a “good person” or “better person” is brokered through these two bottom-line issues, and they become the root of all uncertainty. It happens that you actually have some strong footing on these aspects of life. Listen to the problems that people are describing and let them inform you. When you’re given the chance to help, you would be better off helping people formulate intelligent questions rather than providing answers. Focus on stating problems in a way that they can be solved. Restate the seeming problem, and rework the form of the question, so they lend themselves to resolution. This is essential to the art of healing.
GEMINI (May 20-June 21) It’s essential that you think strategically, which at the moment includes thinking methodically. It’s one thing to have a plan; it’s another thing to have some sense of the steps you must take to enact that plan, with an ongoing review to make sure you’re actually making it happen. You have extraordinary manifesting power right now. You also have considerable room for error, so you want to document your progress and review it ongoing. If you do that for a while, your thought process will open up into an expanded creative space. That is to say: The idea that comes to you might far exceed where your methodical process was heading. In musical terms, a melody is more beautiful than scales, but practicing scales gets you to the melody. You might doubt what you discover when you arrive, or question whether your inspiration is valid. Try to suspend judgment, or the need to explain away creativity. Rather, use your disciplined approach and make something beautiful. This whole description might apply to negotiations with another person or with a business. Your astrology is reminding you to persist, patiently and with goodwill, through a process that might take a few weeks. The breakthrough point is after the current Mercury retrograde, when that planet forms a conjunction to Pluto on January 29. Slow and steady till then. Check your work, then take the next step.
CANCER (June 21-July 22) Keep an open mind. Practice being circumspect, which is to say: circling around your own thoughts and experiences to get as many points of view as possible. One influence is pushing you to focus and at times be narrower in your thinking. Another describes ideas, feelings, images, and messages from remote parts of your consciousness flooding in. You don’t need to explain this away, rationalize it, or pretend it’s not happening; you are opening up, and that’s an invitation to take a gentle approach to what you perceive as reality. What you are learning, you need to know; and remember, true understanding takes time. One of your deepest needs is to stand on level ground with others, rather than to experience them as so much more powerful than yourself. The most potent evolutionary movement is coursing through your experiences of relationships. People around you seem to be changing; though really, the ground on which your relationships stand is shifting and moving. Rather than clinging, this is inviting you to be open, vulnerable, and sincere with the most intimate people in your life. The only power they have is the power that you give them. You get to decide how vulnerable you are. Yet you also know that if you don’t open up, you cannot experience the closeness that you crave. In choosing whom to do this with, it’s essential that you be thoughtful and selective. 92 planet waves ChronograM 1/17
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LEO (July 22-August 23) This will be a highly productive year if you don’t allow yourself to get enmeshed in the problems of others, no matter how close they are to you. To accomplish this may take all your discipline, though it will be worth it. The place to start is the agreements you have with others. Every agreement is a contract and every contract is a map to the future. When you make any arrangement with another person, you’re involved in an envisioning process. There are some currently existing agreements that need to be brought to full clarity. This will indeed have an impact on the relationships; some people may resist clear understanding, and you may find pockets of resistance in yourself. Be honest with yourself about those feelings, and investigate them even as you work through them. Most of what you want from life, be it intimacy, creativity, or wealth, is shrouded in some fog and confusion, and you have the power of spirit to penetrate the mists. You might use a strategy of choosing the most difficult material and going there first. This will deal with the intimidation factor. Once you’ve resolved what seems like a difficult problem, you will be dauntless about the easier ones. One last thought: Note early and often the fact that you cannot change others. They can only change themselves, if they are actively willing; and that is out of your control.
VIRGO (August 23-September 22) Actual creativity is not exactly straightforward. It often leads one through a maze toward an unknown and unexpected destination. This is much more interesting than paint-by-numbers or Guitar Hero. And the results, though less predictable, are more fun and more interesting. The generative process, that quality of mind or soul that brings forth ideas, ultimately happens inside you, though others can have interesting roles in your process. Some might arise through conflict. Others might arise through the process of mentorship. Allow yourself to be provoked. Be eager to find the flaw in your thinking and don’t blame the messenger no matter how much they may annoy you. Take the information you get and make the most of it. Learn from people you disagree with. In personal relationships, your planets suggest being open to people who desire you. Currently the way of the world is to bob, weave, avoid, and rebuff. Yet you have actual options for intimacy, and you seem to be burning with curiosity. The only thing that could stand between you and what you have available is courage. The thing to remember is that you don’t need to control every facet of the outcome in order to feel safe or allow yourself to take a chance. You might have more fun if you experiment with situations where the outcome is open-ended and uncertain.
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You are continuing to shore up your security base: that is, your emotional foundations, your independence, and your ability to rely on yourself. This calls for accessing a level of depth that is currently out of fashion. You’re being prompted to ask questions that don’t have easy answers. And you must summon courage that people around you are unlikely to have much interest in. Yet you cannot delete your deepest needs, and you cannot pretend that you have ideas about life different from many of the people around you. This is calling on you to stand apart from your family and their viewpoints. This is not a new story, though you’ve reached a point of urgency. You need closure on the past, and you need to stand on your own feet as a full-fledged adult. As you do this, two things are likely to happen. First, you may get resistance, whether active or passive. Summon the courage to define your own reality and to stand apart, no how much pressure others may put on you. Once you reach escape velocity, it will feel amazing to embrace your desires and your needs. Second, you will gradually start to see the actual common ground you share with others. Shared values and common needs are the only basis for real relationships. But your own independence comes first and foremost.
It goes without saying that Scorpio is the sign most associated with sex; even electrical engineers know that. Yet the depth of your current involvement with this subject matter is impressive, even on a lifetime scale. You are in a moment of maximum growth potential, peak creative potential, and an unusual ability to facilitate the process of others. Few have made contact with the nexus that joins their personal creativity, their sexuality and healing. When this nexus is disrupted, bad things happen. When it’s allowed to be what it is, when your energy flows and you are open to change, positively beautiful things happen. Therefore, persist with your experiment into the ways that loving eroticism is a form of healing. One thing you may stumble into is the fact of sexual and emotional abuse, whether it happened to you or to someone you care about. It’s a fact of our current landscape; both because it actually happens, and due to our society’s refusal to address the issues honestly. That’s your job. You are the one with the courage, strength, and knowledge to stand solidly in your truth. Focus the discussion on what exactly is created by procreation. The actual healing force comes through love and pleasure, not obsessing over problems. Keep shifting the flow of ideas and feelings in that direction and you will be told everything you need to know.
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You seem to be taking possession of yourself. Yet you don’t want to be any more attached to yourself than you prefer other people to be attached to you. You like space, and the freedom to define yourself. These are the same ideas that can guide your relationship to yourself. The one thing you might look at carefully is the influence of your family. Physical distance from them does not resolve that on its own. You might review what they taught you about money and see if those ideas serve your growth and happiness. Where emotional matters are concerned, pay careful attention to anyone or anything that makes you angry. Though it’s usually considered a “bad emotion,” the transformative power of anger is real; and because there is so much anger in the world, using it for some wholesome purpose is necessary. Your conflicts will teach you who you are. Once you figure out their message, you don’t need to overindulge them. Rather, pay attention to your feelings and how you respond to others. What seems to be a slight annoyance might be concealing something deeper and more passionate. There’s a reason that both Tantra and Buddhism respect anger, which is that used consciously, it has the power to transform your life. The key is awareness, and the desire to grow. These you have, and can offer in any situation.
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You have more impact than you may think—in ways that have not necessarily occurred to you. You must measure your words carefully, which means being aware of your thoughts and saying what you mean. Yet as the evil genius Frank Luntz suggested, it’s not what you say, it’s what people hear. It would be fair to say that you cannot take anything for granted. You cannot assume you are understood; you cannot allow others to guess what you’re feeling, nor allow yourself to speculate about their feelings. It may take all your discipline to clear this particular fog, though the results will be worth the effort. A measure of consistency is called for, though given the pace at which you’re growing, you’re not the same person every day. To compensate for that, you must at least be aware of your positions yesterday, today, and tomorrow, and at least admit that you’re changing your mind on a fairly regular basis. Admit your own contradictions, lest others feel that they’re going mad or that you don’t care about them. It would serve you well to be verbal and demonstrative about how much you care, and to do that rare thing of backing your words up with actions and decisions that reflect your point of view. This will teach you that you draw your true power from the strength of others, not from their weakness.
AQUARIUS (January 20-February 19) What good is fear? It has a purpose. It can be useful, for a moment. Yet that purpose is not to run your life. We live in such fearful times that this fact alone is frightening: the way so many people are paralyzed from taking the meekest action, or allowing themselves to feel or be vulnerable. I know you’re concerned about this, mainly because you feel it. Your example to the contrary is starting to make sense to others. Think of yourself as a messenger of courage. You’re starting to find a place for yourself in the world, in a way you never have before. You’re accomplishing this in a quintessentially Aquarian style of knowing when to apply firmness and when to use flexibility. Yet the best progress you can make would best be thought of as internally, out of conscious awareness of others. When you experience fear, resentment, hostility, or aggression in any form, turn your awareness inward and address your feelings through prayer, forgiveness, or process work (all of which leads to forgiveness, so you may as well start there). You may find that this is far more effective than your usual practical, reasoned intellectual approaches. Inner work matters, yet it’s often misunderstood: The first thing to do is to reach into yourself and ask for help. If you bring the small willingness, spirit will respond with the Great Rays.
PISCES (February 19-March 20) Let yourself feel the truth of what you want. When you do that, you might recognize that desire is complex. There’s no easy explanation for who and what you’re drawn to, and I suggest you not try to simplify or rationalize. Most of all, I suggest you not try to “pathologize”—that is, come up with some explanation that says there’s something wrong about who you are or what you want. Among the experiences you’re inescapably drawn to is healing. The hotter your feelings, the more deeply you admit to your own needs; and the more you exchange with others, the more you will make contact with your desire to feel better. That translates to expressing your unfettered desire to explore your psyche, your creativity, the world around you, and the people who show up willing to play. You’re reaching a point where you simply must be more expressive. That means discovering, allowing, and sharing a range of feelings on a wide range of subjects. It means exploring your inner reality, where you may find things that seem to make no sense, until you hang out with them for a while. Do your best to suspend all judgment and allow yourself to be who you are. Allow yourself to go to your full depth. No, not everyone will be able to go with you, but at least one person understands.
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“TAKE ME TO VASSAR.” For moms and babies at risk, Vassar has the only Level III Neonatal Intensive Care Unit with a Maternal Fetal Medicine specialist in the Mid-Hudson Valley. Because we’re here for all moms-to-be. Don’t leave it to chance. Make it a choice. Find out more at TakeMeToVassar.org