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news and politics

education almanac

18 while you were sleeping

60 our annual compendium of learning opportunities

Taco Bell is sued for false advertising, shark attacks are on the rise, federal regulators urge Americans to eat less, fracking further exposed as polluting the environment, teaching creationism in public schools, and more that you may have missed.

19 beinhartâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s body politic: class warfare iii Larry Beinhart on how tort reform is a smokescreen for corporations not wanting to be held responsible for malfeasance and poorly designed products.

20 DEADLY SPIN: AN INTERVIEW WITH WENDELL POTTER Brian K. Mahoney talks with inurance industry insider Wendell Potter about his transformation from public relations executive to healthcare reform advocate. In Deadly Spin, Potter details the dirty tricks that corporations use to deceive Americans and prevent reform of the health insurance industry.

community pages 32 good neighbors: cold spring, garrison & putnam county .

Max Watman talks with his neighbors about life in Putnam County.

54 trifecta: highland, milton & marlboro .

Lindsay Pietroluongo visits three communities along the river in Ulster County.

whole living guide 82 words of wellness: a collection of wise gleanings .

A compilation of some of the most insightful advice we've published in recent years.

86 Flowers Fall: something good

HOME 22 the house: catskill perch .

Anne Pyburn Craig takes a tour of Gabriel Piedrahita's Tree House, a glass-enclosed aerie on five forested acres in Elka Park.

26 the craft Eco-friendly ways to remodel your home by Ronnie Citron-Fink.

27 the question Gregory Schoenfeld explores upgrades for energy-efficiency.

28 the item The newest green products for your home and garden.

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Kanawha County, West Virginia, 1974: Protestors outside a school demonstrating against the adoption of multicultural textbooks. The controversy is the focus of Trey Kay's awardwinning documentary "The Great Textbook War."

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Bethany Saltman reflects on children's inexhaustible desires and the Four Noble Truths.

Community Resource Guide 30 weddings Products and services for the betrothed.

74 tastings A directory of whatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s cooking and where to get it.

78 business directory A compendium of advertiser services.

87 whole living directory For the positive lifestyle.

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40 MUSEUM AND Gallery GUIDe

68 viva vegetarian!

44 music Peter Aaron talks with singer-songwriter Melissa Auf der Maur.

Nightlife Highlights by Peter Aaron, plus CDs by Elly Wininger Part Time Paradise. Reviewed by Robert Burke Warren.

Jim Sande Harvest Bell Ride. Reviewed by Cheryl K. Symister-Masterson.

Lara Hope & The Champtones Heartbeat. Reviewed by Jeremy Schwartz.

48 books Nina Shengold talks with author and Catskill cowgirl Holly George-Warren.

50 book reviews Pauline Uchmanowicz reviews The Captain Asks for a Show of Hands by Nick Flynn and Brushstrokes and Glances by Djelloul Marbrook.

Emily Nelson reviews The Memory Palace by Mira Bartok.

52 Poetry Poems by Amanda Bass, Adira Indich Baum, Andrew Chmielowiec, Steve Clark, Dana Hart, Cliff Henderson, Miles Joris-Peyrafitte, Checko Miller, Lilia Seekamp, Sandra Palmer Shaw, Mickey Shorr, Marcia Slatkin, J.R. Solonche, Kelly Whiddon, Chris Brandon Whitaker, and Tarssa Yazdani.

112 parting shot Paul Newman, New York City, a photograph by Timothy White.

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Karin Ursula Edmondson visits restaurants around the region to taste the Hudson Valley's most delicious vegetarian fare.

73 hudson valley restauant week A guide to getting the most out Restaurant Week by Mark Gerlach.

the forecast 94 daily Calendar Comprehensive listings of local events.

(Daily updates of calendar listings are posted at Chronogram.com.)

PREVIEWS 93 Robyn Hitchcock and Joe Boyd perform at Mass MOCA in North Adams, MA. 95 Herb and Dorothy screens in Beacon, part of the Freeze Frame film festival.

99 Donovan Hohn, author of Moby-Duck, talks at the Cary Institute in Millbrook.

103 Half Moon Theatre stages Circle Mirror Transformation in Poughkeepsie.

planet waves 106 Revolution in the Aires Eric Francis Coppolino connects the dots between the revolutions that are sweeping through the Middle East and the Uranus-Pluto alignment. Plus horoscopes.

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Santa Monica Blues, ruth wetzel | monotype and woodcut | 22" x 31" | 2007

The colors of Ruth Wetzel’s work reflect the phases of her life. So, when her parents packed up and relocated her from New York to Santa Monica at the age of 14, she found herself unhappy, and isolated—it was definitely a blue phase. “My time in Santa Monica was a difficult time in my life, and Santa Monica Blues reflects that in the irony of something that’s bright, but not necessarily happy,” Wetzel says.

Years later, after getting laid off from a job as a textile colorist, Wetzel decided to travel through India, where she experienced the bright hues of that country. Pinks and oranges were everywhere. “Travel exposed my palette to different colors,” Wetzel explains. These more vibrant, joyous explorations of nature can be seen in the warm palette Wetzel employs in her forest oil paintings.

From these brighter works, to her more monocolored swamp and sea prints, all of Wetzel’s work is inspired by the outdoors. “Because the work is a celebration of nature, for me, within the work an aim of mine is to give the audience a new take on nature they might not see unless presented in a certain way,” she explains.

Having attended graduate school in Baltimore, as well as living in New York City for some time, Wetzel decided to move to Kingston to be surrounded by her inspiration. “I wanted to be living in a place where I can see nature every day, even if it’s just while driving.” Wetzel says. The Hudson Valley has proven to be a fruitful muse for Wetzel, as many of her more series have been inspired by local spots along the Wallkill Valley Rail Trail and the Rondout Creek.

Wetzel’s work is representative of her interest in environmental awareness—particularly in water. “I’m concerned with the source of life. We are going to get into huge political and ecological problems in the future over who owns the water,” she says.

A continually evolving palette has allowed Wetzel to explore varying forms of expression through different mediums, colors, and textures. “My work has changed a lot over the years. A lot of people don’t change—in that, I may not have huge quantities of work, but I have work that’s authentic and is a true exploration of nature,” Wetzel says.

Vincent van Gogh once said; “There is no blue without yellow and without orange.” If Wetzel identifies colors with feelings and places, then she has certainly learned this lesson. Her range of work demonstrates that in art, and in life, you sometimes need the blue phases, to get to the orange ones.

Ruth Wetzel will be exhibiting a piece from her “Frozen Sea” series, as well as another work, “Half Circle”, as part of "Soot," the inaugural show at the Oo Gallery, 324 Wall Street, Kingston, through March 31. www.ooart. co. Portfolio: www.ruthwetzel.com.

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In 1974 Kanawha County, West Virginia, burst onto the national news when newly

world myth. For example, there was a lesson where the kids read the Androcles and the

adopted multicultural textbooks kicked up a firestorm of controversy that many view as

Lion story. No one had a problem with that, but the problem arose when the protestors saw

the first battleground in the contemporary culture wars. The community was divided over

the teacher’s edition. The discussion questions were along the lines of: “Ask the children

the question of whether books advocating values that were not neccesarily in line with

if they know any other stories that are kind of like this one,” and the Bible story of Daniel

the beliefs with the students’ parents should be taught in public schools. The ensuing

in the Lion’s Den is suggested. So now all of a sudden we’re taking the story from God’s

protests eventually turned violent, with school buildings dynamited, snipers shooting at

word and comparing it to Aesop’s fable, a myth. That was a big problem.

school buses, journalists beaten, coal mines shut down, and a minister sent to jail for three years for inciting others to violence.

Trey Kay, a local radio journalist, returned to his hometown in West Virginia in 2008 to revisit the controversy. “The Great Textbook War,” an hour-long documentary Kay produced with Deborah George uses archival audio from community board hearings as well as interviews with key figures to explore the volatile issue. The documentary, which originally aired on West Virginia Public Radio, was awarded the prestigious Alfred I. Dupont-Columbia University Award, considered the Pulitzer Prize of broadcast news. A link to the full audio of "The Great Textbook War" can be found at www.chronogram.com.

—Brian K. Mahoney Set the context for what happened in West Virginia in 1974.

It’s six years after the RFK and MLK assassinations, in a way we were still involved with the civil rights movement, the Vietnam War is winding down, a lot of people in West Virginia were part of Richard Nixon’s Silent Majority—socially conservative, labor union Democrats. They did not see themselves in Eugene McCarthy or George McGovern.

This protest marked a shift for a great deal of them. A lot of the preachers who led the protest were Democrats. They’re not now, but they were then.

How old were you in ‘74? What do you remember from that time?

I was 12. One morning my bus goes through the gate of the school and there are these women standing there with protest signs that say things like “Get the devil books out of the schools.” And then a bit later the books were taken out of the schools. They had already assigned us books, and then they took them away.

So the protest community felt as though there was an outside influence at work undermining their parental authority.

That was another big thing— they didn’t want their authority at home questioned. And the fact that school, which is controlled by the government, is coming in and superceding what they believed to be the values they wanted to teach their children—it all came down to values really—they didn’t want the school system or the government being the ones setting what the values were to be.

What was the most surprising thing you learned as you reported the story?

I came from the wealthier, more affluent part of the county, and most of the people from that side of the tracks supported the textbooks. When I spoke to the people who were against the books, and I told them that I now live in New York, and told them that this story is probably going to end up on an NPR station, I could see the walls go up, don’t trust him, he’s from the liberal media elite—all those things were going to make it difficult for me speak to these people. But that wasn’t the case at all—some of the people that to this day are still very pro-creationism, keep-evolution-out-of-the-schools people helped me get key information. They were incredibly helpful, incredibly gracious. The flip side: There were people who were from my side of the tracks who were not as cooperative.

And in some cases I think they had good reason not to be cooperative. For example, there was a woman who had worked for the School Board and she had been part of choosing the textbooks, and she was kind of a shy, quiet woman; she was 85 when I was trying to reach her. I just about got her to sit down for an interview when she said, “I haven’t had a good night sleep since you called the last time.” She was afraid. Maybe it

How did the “Great Textbook War” begin?

wasn’t a fear of physical harm, but just that this event was so upsetting for her that going

The opening shot was when [Kanawha County School Board member] Alice Moore’s

back and reliving it with me was just more than she was up for.

husband showed her books that she had just voted to adopt but she hadn’t had a chance to look at yet. He pointed to a Malcolm X quote: “All praise is due to Allah that I left Boston when I did, because had I not, I’d probably still be a brainwashed black Christian.”

This is something that happened almost 40 years ago, what’s the relevance today?

It’s important for several reasons. I think that part of the reason this documentary took off and had a national impact is that the culture wars are still going on. The battle lines are

What were some of the books people protested against?

drawn: red state versus blue state. We even have that up here, upstate versus downstate

At the upper level, there were things like Eldrige Cleaver’s Soul on Ice. As far as literature,

in New York. We are still fighting those battles.

the things that were objected to by the protesters would have been anything that would

The nascent Heritage Foundation sent lawyers and representatives to Kanawha

have been considered anti-American, unpatriotic, they objected to things that would

County when the controversy broke. They saw what was happening there as kind of a

have been considered anti-religious, in particular anti-Christian. Questioning authority

grassroots movement over conservative values issues. They used it to talk about and

was another big issue, for instance stories where the parents might have been thought

lecture on, for communities across the nation who saw this thing that was happening

of as foolish.

in West Virginia and went “We don’t need to be dictated to, we’re going to stand up

Norman Mailer was also someone cited. Norman Mailer was objected to not so much for what he wrote, but because he himself was an objectionable person.

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and fight like those Kanawha County protesters!” This event played a role in the rise of the Right. It is a stone on the path to the Moral Majority and the presidency of Ronald Reagan six years later.

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Esteemed Reader We are in front of the absolute necessity for a change in our inner state. As it is, our state does not allow us to remain free. There is no unity in us, so the energy is taken.

As we come to understand this, we try to maintain a state that is more related, more collected. But we are still not transformed, and we easily lose this state. What makes us lose it?

The relation between my mind and my body is not strong enough. The ego is always here. I am not animated by an energy of such intensity that it could completely transform me. Today, this is not possible. I need to pass through different stages in which the relation between the mind and body becomes stronger and stronger until I no longer feel them as separate but as a single Presence. For this I need to keep a certain intensity in myself that nothing can make me lose.

—Jeanne de Salzmann, The Reality of Being Esteemed Reader of Our Magazine: Have you heard? Revolution is in the air. It is a special moment in faraway places like Egypt and Libya and Sudan, and the North Americans seem to be waking up also. In Wisconsin the political puppets of corporate interests are attacking the bargaining rights of workers and unions. This one has hit a nerve. And it’s about time.

We live in a world in which our reality-by-consensus is upside down and backwards. We treasure bits of paper printed with dead politicians and numbers that have no actual or even corresponding value. Even our own valuation is in the abstract—we introduce ourselves with names, titles, net worths, and personal histories. We find our identity in association with vacant exoskeletons of dead political, religious, and economic institutions.

All of this commerce in unreality gives the appearance of activity. Much seems to happen, while essentially—at the level of being—nothing happens. There is the spinning of many wheels—vain and furtive gestures in random directions, but where are the beings, the doers? At the attendance check, we are absent— chasing something future or past, distant or near—we are not here.

Some years ago I did a meditation retreat at a Zen center in the very un-Zen neighborhood of the Flatiron District in Manhattan. After 16 hours of alternating sitting, walking in a tight circle, and eating in ceremonial silence, I exited the zendo and walked toward Times Square. Stopping to view the throngs of people, and bright lights, and traffic, it was clear that nothing was happening and nobody was there. There was much activity but Times Square was utterly empty.

Our lives are spent pursuing imaginary freedoms—time and money to do what we want, success in one or another enterprise, respect from some undefined purveyors of approval. These are aptly called pursuits, because they are defined by the never-ending chase—straight to the grave.

The first revolution is a revolution of attention. We allow the precious stuff of awareness to be sucked out into so much advertising with products glimmering like the saints in gilded icon paintings of old, replete with bright lights, touchscreens, and the appearance of activity. But we can contain and direct attention, and make it our own. This is the first real intention, and the only true choice.

In explanation of the sorry state of affairs Carlos Castaneda’s teacher told him: “Man, the magical being that he is destined to be, is no longer magical. He’s an average piece of meat. There are no more dreams for man but the dreams of an animal who is being raised to become a piece of meat: trite, conventional, imbecilic.”

Continuing, he said, “The only alternative left for mankind is discipline.

Discipline is the only deterrent. But by discipline I don’t mean harsh routines. I don’t mean waking up every morning at five-thirty and throwing cold water on yourself until you’re blue.”

“Sorcerers understand discipline as the capacity to face with serenity odds that are not included in our expectations. For sorcerers, discipline is an art; the art of facing infinity without flinching; not because they are strong and tough, but because they are filled with awe.”

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Brian K. Mahoney Editor’s Note Bending Toward Justice

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recently interviewed Wendell Potter, former chief of corporate communications at CIGNA, one of the nation’s largest for-profit health insurers (News and Politics, page 20). Last fall, Potter published Deadly Spin1, an exposé of the health insurance industry that details the dirty tricks employed by public relations executives to derail healthcare reform. Having indicted his former industry for almost 300 pages, Potter ends his book on a surprisingly upbeat note: “The US will one day have the finest and most equitable healthcare system in the world.” When I asked him why he was so optimistic in light of all the hurdles to affordable healthcare, Potter offered a variation on Dr. King’s axiom “the arc of the moral universe is long but it bends toward justice,” stating his belief that positive change was inevitable.

Recent events in Tunisia and Egypt would seem to bear this out. And as I write, civil war has broken out in Libya, with Col. Muammar Qaddafi tenuously but ferociously hanging on to power while killing hundreds of his own people and vowing to fight with his “last drop of blood.” (He may have to; by the time this is published, Qaddafi is likely to be dead or in exile.) Protestors are in the streets in Bahrain and Yemen, demanding change. The rest of the despotic Arab world, from Saudi Arabia to Syria, wonders when their populations will revolt.

The spirit of uprising seems to be catching on in the US. After a week of upheaval in Madison,Wisconsin, after the Republican governor, Scott Walker2, threatened to rescind the ability of public-sector employees to collective bargaining (though not police or firefighters, who supported Walker’s gubernatorial bid), mass protests have spread to Columbus and Indianapolis.

Thousands are in the streets protesting bills that would cripple the bargaining power of unions.

The governors claim that slashing benefits for public-sector employees is the only way for their states to remain solvent. Another theory might be that the governors are using their state’s financial woes as cover for union-busting.

Once the unions lose the ability to bargain collectively, not only will the states be able to dictate wages and benefits at their whim, but the middle class will lose a powerful fundraising tool for electioneering. It stands to reason that the Republican governors of the Midwest want to crush the unions, as they consistently back Democratic candidates. As the NewYork Times editorialized on 1.Two books with elaborate subtitles are featured in the magazine: Potter’s Deadly Spin: An Insurance Company Insider Speaks Out on How Corporate PR Is Killing Health Care and Deceiving Americans and Donovan Hohn’s MobyDuck:The True Story of 28,800 Bath Toys Lost at Sea and of the Beachcombers, Oceanographers, Environmentalists, and Fools, Including the Author, Who Went in Search of Them (Forecast, page 99). Am I sensing a trend toward overexplanation in the nonfiction publishing industry? Perhaps Donald Rumsfeld should change the subheading of his modestly titled Known and Unknown: A Memoir to something more expansive, like How One Secretary of Defense Falsely Hyped the Threat of Weapons of Mass Destruction, Bungled the Invasion of Iraq, Authorized the Torture of Enemy Combatants, Resigned in Disgrace, and Wrote a Book Blaming Everyone Else.

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February 23: “For unions and Democrats in the Midwest, this is an existential struggle, and it is one worth waging.” (Larry Beinhart examines another form of class warfare, tort reform, in Beinhart’s Body Politic, page 19.)

Home Again, Home Again This month we launch our Home section (page 22). Some years ago, we published a magazine called Upstate House, which profiled the homes and lifestyles of eco-creatives living and working in the Hudson Valley. We've decided to bring Chronogram's authentic voice back to coverage of the wonderful places we live as well as to extoling the wonders of the Hudson Valley as a place. We’ll be featuring living spaces, sustainable architecture and design, strategies for green living, and the people who are implementing innovative ideas in the home. If you know of something we should cover, just drop me a line: bmahoney@chronogram.com.

Fond Farewell This is the last issue to enjoy Lorrie Klosterman’s stewardship of our health and wellness coverage. Lorrie joined our staff in 2004 at the urging of my late colleague Jim Andrews, who fully understood Lorrie’s work ethic and brilliance.3 (This would become apparent to me fairly quickly.) With a background in science (a PhD in biology) and a strong interest in alternative healing, Lorrie was perfectly poised to shepherd our wellness coverage, merging conventional and nonWestern treatment methods. Lorrie’s written about everything from Lyme disease to youth mentoring programs, resulting in Chronogram’s nomination for an Independent Press Award for our health and wellness coverage last year.

In addition to her professional acumen, Lorrie is also one of the most empathetic people I know. Her sage counsel and kindness will be missed,especially during the frenzy of a close. In a nod to Lorrie's thoughtful curation of the Whole Living section these past few years, we've selected some of the most inspiring words from the many healers she has interviewed (page 82). We also welcome Wendy Kagan, who has been writing about health and wellness for us over the past two years, will take over for Lorrie starting in April.

2. The billionaire Koch brothers, longstanding union opponents, were among the biggest contributors to Governor Walker. Their conservative front group, Americans for Prosperity, broadcast anti-union ads in Wisconsin in late February.

3. Smarts run in the family: Lorrie’s daughter, Aminy4, was valedictorian of her class at Red Hook High School and will graduate from Brown University this spring—again at the top of her class—and attend Berkeley this fall to study a specialized form of chemistry I can’t explain.

4. Aminy published an article in Chronogram while still in high school.

Rosendale Theatre Fundraiser Staged reading of "He Isn't Me" at 8pm at the Rosednale Theatre. www.rosednaletheatre.com Iron Grad: The Grande Finale The Rhinecliff Hotel's over-the-top culinary competition culminates at Kitchen Stadium Rhinecliff on March 7 at 6:30pm with chefs Rich Reeve of Elephant, Craig Stafford of Flatiron, Micah Evans of Another Fork in the Road, and Devon Brady of the Garden Street Cafe cooking for the Iron Grad crown. www.therhinecliff.com

Rhythms (Rosendale Helps Those Handling MS) A benefit concert to help support Louis Torchio and Sage Jobsis on March 11 at 8pm at the Rosendale Rec Center.

Music by The Big Heavy, Voodelic, The Kiss Ups, and more. astarlingproduction@gmail.com No Farms, No Food Rally & Lobby Day Join farmers, food advocates, local officials, and environmentalists, to meet with legislators at the State Capitol caption in Albany about the critical importance of farms and food to New York on March 30. www.farmland.org/newyork

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grains, and fill your plate with fruits and vegetables. Though the guidelines are in place for consumers, they are expected to put pressure on the food industry to “reformulate” processed foods, reduce sodium, and shrink portion sizes. Big-name corporations like Wal-Mart, Kraft Foods, and Campbell’s Soup have already announced plans to lower salt content and lower prices on fruits and vegetables.

Source: New York Times The hotly disputed process of hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, that has been widely used in recent years across the US for natural gas extraction is now coming under fire by the Environmental Protection Agency. The process injects a mixture of water, sand, chemical additives, and diesel fuel into rock formations underground to open crevices in the rock in order to release oil and gas. The use of diesel fuel in fracking, which was not authorized by the US Government, is a violation of the Safe Water Drinking Act. Chemical components in diesel fuel such as toluene, xylene, and benzene could potentially pollute nearby sources of drinking water. Twelve companies reported having used 32.2 million gallons of diesel fuel in their fracking process from 2005 to 2009, in a total of 19 states.

Source: New York Times An Alabama law firm has filed a class-action lawsuit against the fast-food chain Taco Bell for false advertising. The firm insists that Taco Bell should label their “meat” what it really is: “taco meat filling” in all promotional materials, in accordance with USDA laws. Taco Bell’s “beef” is comprised of less than 40 percent meat. According to the USDA, Taco Bell can’t call this substance “beef” at all.

Taco Bell’s mixture contains only 36 percent fresh meat, the other 64 percent comprising of mostly fibers, fillers, and industrial additives.

Source: Gizmodo Last fall, a Ugandan tabloid ran a front-page story titled “100 Photos of Uganda’s Top Homos,” complete with names, photos, addresses, and a banner with the words “Hang Them.” Following the article, David Kato, one of Uganda’s most outspoken gay activists (who was included in this list,) told CNN that he feared for his life. On January 26, Kato was found beaten to death in his home. Kato was a prominent voice against the country’s “Anti-Homosexuality Bill,” also known as the “Kill the Gays” bill. It was introduced in 2009 by David Bahati, a member of the Ugandian Parliament and core member of the powerful American evangelical movement known as “The Family.” The bill was written and promoted with the help of three self-described “expert” American evangelicals, who told Ugandans that homosexual men prey on teenage boys, and homosexuality undermines family values.

Source: The Nation New research finds that having an abortion does not increase the risk of mental health problems, while having a baby does. The 12-year Danish study included 365,550 women and teenagers who had either an abortion or a first-time delivery between 1995 and 2007, none having a previous history of psychiatric problems. Findings showed that the number of women seeking psychiatric help within the first year after an abortion did not notably change from the number of women seeking help before an abortion. The number of first-time mothers seeking mental help after giving birth was dramatically higher. Scientists credit this to increased hormone levels, sleep deprivation, and stress after delivery, while women who had abortions did not experience these symptoms.

Source: Associated Press In the third year of Obama’s presidency, federal taxes are at historic lows; the federal government’s take of taxes will be the lowest since 1950. For the third consecutive year, American families and businesses will pay less in federal taxes than they did under former President George W. Bush. Many taxpayers are seeing their bills drop under the Obama administration because of generous tax credits for college students, working families, homebuyers, the working poor, and even the wealthy. Many of these changes were part of the economic stimulus package passed in 2009.

Source: Associated Press Federal regulators issued new nutrition advice for Americans, their simplest, and bluntest yet: Eat less. In the past, the government’s suggestions have focused more on the content of the foods we choose: salt content, fat content, sugar content. This year’s advice urges people to drink water over sugary drinks like soda, eat more whole 18 ChronograM 3/11

Former President George W. Bush cancelled an early February trip to Switzerland after human rights activists threatened protests and legal action over allegations that he had authorized the use of torture with terrorism suspects. Several European human rights groups and the New York-based Center for Constitutional Rights said they wanted Swiss prosecutors to open a criminal case against Bush upon his arrival in the country. Representatives from the Center for Constitutional Rights insist Bush canceled his trip to avoid their case, while the former president’s lawyer said that Bush’s appearance was canceled because of the risk of violence, and that the threat of legal action was not an issue.

Source: Washington Post The recent shootings in Tucson have again raised questions regarding what type of gun regulations are most effective in keeping weapons out of the hands of unstable individuals. But the research has never been done. During the mid 1990s, scientists at the National Centers for Injury Control and Prevention, (part of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) were emphasizing the importance of studying gun-related injuries and deaths as a public health phenomenon. Alarmed by this, NRA allies on Capitol Hill succeeded in enacting an amendment that cut $2.6 million in funding from the CDC's budget: The exact amount it had spent on firearms-related research the previous year. Many scientists at the NCIP have been asked to restrict what they say about guns and gun policy by the CDC. And many feel they must tread carefully when researching, if researching at all, in order to stay in the influential NRA's good graces.

Source: New York Times The number of shark attacks globally during 2010 was the highest it’s been in a decade. Total attacks reached 79, up 25 percent from 2009, and the highest since 2000, when attacks reached 80 worldwide. An unusual series of attacks in the Red Sea off Egypt’s resort coast last December (four attacks happened in five days) were attributed to two individual sharks, provoked by a combination of factors: sheep dumped into the water off a cargo ship after dying in transit, divers feeding sharks, and unusually high water temperatures. Strangely, the number of attacks in Florida, the shark capital of the world, declined. Florida experienced 13 attacks, down from their yearly average of 23. Experts say this may be because fewer tourists and Floridians are visiting the beaches.

Source: MSNBC Fifteen to 20 percent of biology teachers in the US explicitly teach creationism in public high schools, and spend an average of an hour of class time presenting it in a positive light. Federal courts have consistently ruled this practice unconstitutional, but according to a national survey of over 900 public high school biology teachers, creationism continues to thrive in the classroom. Only 28 percent of biology teachers follow the National Research Council’s recommendations to present straightforwardly the evidence for evolution, and explain the ways in which it is a unifying theme in all of biology.

Source: New York Times —Compiled by Samantha Minasi

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Larry Beinhart’s Body Politic

CLASS WARFARE III

Everyone has heard of the woman who spilled coffee on herself and won $3 million from McDonald’s. Perhaps you recall an editorial similar to this one, which ran in the San Diego Union Tribune: “A winning lottery ticket…absurd… a stunning illustration of what’s wrong with America’s civil justice system.”

I saw the injuries. One look was all it took. An 82-year-old woman with such severe burns on the insides of her upper thighs, inches from her vagina, that they required skin grafts. You can see it too, in the documentary Hot Coffee, when it’s released. Hot Coffee is the most exciting movie ever made about tort reform.

The jury found out that McDonald’s served their coffee at temperatures between 195 and 205 degrees, “high enough to peel skin off bone in seven seconds or less.” They found out from McDonald’s own files that there had been 700 previous burn incidents serious enough that people had made formal complaints. The woman in the case only wanted her medical bills paid for. The jury thought money might get McDonald’s to change its behavior, because burning at least 700 people hadn’t seemed to bother the company.

That’s what the courts and civil suits are for. To make whoever broke it, pay for the damage that’s been done. The courts are also the only place where we, as ordinary, individual citizens, can force other individuals and corporations— tobacco, automobile, chemical, pharmaceutical, insurance, and banking—to open their books and divulge at least the recorded truth, often a history of previous offenses and cover-ups.

The courts are a way to make bad behavior—injurious, even murderous, acts—cost enough to make a corporation stop.

Without lawsuits we wouldn’t know that tobacco companies knew that cigarettes caused cancer even while they advertised them as healthy; that Firestone tires, combined with Ford SUVs, made the vehicles roll over; that the Catholic Church harbored and protected hundreds of pedophile priests; that Vioxx damaged people’s hearts and killed them.

Big business hates lawsuits. They hate being made accountable. They hate having to pay. So what can they do about it?

They hire PR companies to spread stories—frequently less than complete, often completely false—about frivolous lawsuits. They spend hundreds of millions of dollars promoting those tales. At the same time, almost every settlement contains a nondisclosure agreement. The offenders are free to trumpet their tales far and wide. The victims must stay silent.

The poster child for the victims of frivolous lawsuits is the noble physician. No less a person than ex-President George Bush has told us that it’s the trial lawyers who are driving good doctors out of their practices and depriving communities of decent medical care. It’s malpractice insurance (due to the frivolous lawsuits) that is making health care unaffordable. Almost everyone believes this story.

Then there are the facts.

“Medical malpractice kills more people than automobile and workplace accidents combined” (Tom Baker, The Medical Malpractice Myth, University of Chicago Press, 2005). You would think, therefore, that we spend more on malpractice insurance than on automobile insurance. In 2003, doctors, hospitals, and other providers spent $11 billion on malpractice premiums. US businesses—not individuals—spent $27 billion on auto liability premiums and $57 for workers compensation premiums.

“Medical societies' own research showed that the real problem was too much medical malpractice, not too much litigation,” Baker writes in The Medical Malpractice Myth.

Litigation seems to be a particularly American disease. Why? Most lawsuits are for medical bills (the McDonald’s case), and for lost wages and the inability to work. Other industrialized countries have universal health care, more significant unemployment insurance, social welfare, and pension benefits. We don’t believe in collective responsibility and collective solutions. The people who do the damage are supposed to pay for it. The only way to make them pay is to sue the bastards.

The second story in Hot Coffee is about a child who was born with brain damage caused by medical mistakes. The family sued for enough to care for their son, even after they were gone, which is what they worried about the most. The jury figured what it would cost and awarded that amount.

But the corporations were a jump ahead. They made campaign contributions to “pro-business” legislators. They hired lobbyists to sell them on “tort reform.”

There was now a cap on how much could be awarded, significantly less than what the jury determined, transferring the burden from the insurance companies to the victims, the parents. After the parents die, their son will become, in all likelihood, a ward of the state. His care will be paid for by taxes, transferring the burden from the insurance companies to us.

Such laws have been passed in many states.They've been challenged. A series of state courts held they were unconstitutional under state constitutions, or federal law, because they take away the rights of individuals to get justice.

What do you do about that?

Replace the judges. In most states, judges are elected. Judicial campaigns are— or used to be—pretty small, low-key campaigns. Five, ten, maybe twenty-five thousand dollars would do it. But then, Karl Rove, in his early days in Texas, came up with a great idea. Find “pro-business” judicial candidates, go to big businesses— tobacco, insurance companies, big banks and the rest of the usual offenders—and ask for big contributions. Then funnel the money through an organization with a name like Citizens Against Lawsuit Abuse to avoid revealing who was really footing the bill and spend 50, 100, 500,000 dollars—whatever it took—to elect judges who would vote reliably vote for big business.

It worked so well in Texas that the practice was exported. I recommend John Grisham’s novel The Appeal. It’s devastating. It’s worse now that I know it’s essentially a true story of how hard it is to bring a real lawsuit, how hard it is to win it, and how a corporation can beat its responsibility by destroying a good judge and putting their own boy in.

The final story in Hot Coffee is about a young woman who went to work for Halliburton in Iraq. She was housed, in spite of promises and her complaints to the home office, among men. She was drugged and gang raped. When she tried to bring charges, she was put in a shipping container with armed guards to keep her in. The Bush Administration had set up a system in Iraq that made it virtually impossible for military contractors, as individuals, or the companies they worked for to be held criminally liable. For anything. Her employment contract had taken away her right to sue.

When you hear about frivolous lawsuits and tort reform, what that really means is taking away your ability to make right some harm that’s been done to you. The goal is to create a place where big corporations cannot be held responsible, even if they leave your child disabled for life, kill your spouse, or set you up to be raped. That’s class warfare. And we’re losing.

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News & Politics

Deadly Spin

An Interview with health insurance industry whistleblower Wendell Potter

By Brian K. Mahoney

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or over 20 years, he worked as a public relations executive in the health insurance industry, eventually becoming chief of corporate communications at one of the nation’s largest for-profit insurers, CIGNA. Potter was a good spinmeister, perpetuating (and in some instances, creating) the cherished myths of healthcare in this country: that the United States has the best healthcare system in the world, that the free market will offer the best healthcare options for consumers, that single-payer healthcare is tantamount to socialism and will limit healthcare choices for patients.

By 2007, however, Potter was starting to have misgivings about the industry he increasingly believed was focused on profit and deception rather than supplying adequate care to its clients. One incident in particular affected Potter. On a trip home to Tennessee to see his parents, Potter visited a healthcare encampment set up by Remote Area Medical, a group that provides free medical care to remote communities. In his corporate mea culpa Deadly Spin (Bloomsbury Press, 2010), Potter describes the scene as “a movie set or a war zone. Hundreds of people, many of them soaking wet from the rain that had been falling all morning, were waiting in lines that stretched out of view.” They were all waiting to see a doctor. Most of those waiting had jobs, just no medical insurance. Potter’s conversion from PR flack to industry critic had begun. He left CIGNA early in 2008.

In 2009, Potter was testifying at a Senate hearing as the healthcare reform legislation was being drafted. His testimony helped galvanize pro-reform legislators and pulled back the curtain on what Potter termed “an evil system built and sustained on greed.” Potter is currently a senior analyst at the Center for Public Integrity and a senior fellow on health care at the Center for Media and Democracy. I spoke with him in early February.

What happened to turn you from an insurance company insider to an outspoken critic of the insurance industry?

I was having misgivings about what I was doing for a living for months before I decided to leave my job. It took a series of events to really push me to make the decision, and I had somewhat of an epiphany, a Road to Damascus sort of experience, back in the summer of 2007 when I was visiting my family in Tennessee. I happened to read about something called a “healthcare expedition” being held a few miles from where I grew up. I went there out of curiosity and it was almost as if it was divinely inspired or meant for me to be there because what I saw was life changing. It was a shock to see hundreds and hundreds of people lined up waiting to get care that was provided to them for free in animal stalls and barns. A scene that I just couldn’t imagine was in the United States of America. But I also knew that those folks were having to stand in line to get care in animal stalls partly because of the industry that I served and was a spokesman for.

In what ways did you see the insurance industry trying to influence the national conversation on healthcare reform last year?

I could see that the talking points my former colleagues and I had put together were being used by opponents of reform, and I knew that the insurance industries’ deceptive PR campaign was under way. The industry had a two-pronged PR strategy. One was to say things publicly that insurance company executives felt that the public would want to hear, and that the Congress and the president would want to hear, and these would be comments like “We’re supportive of healthcare reform this time, we’re going to be working with Congress and the president to help enact comprehensive reform.”

When, behind the scenes, they were doing all that they could to make sure that the president’s vision of reform and the congressional leaders’ vision of reform was not

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going to be enacted. So I knew that a lot of the language being used by opponents of reform, such as “a government takeover of the healthcare system,” was coming straight from the insurance industry.

What were some of the other talking points developed by the insurance industry that found their way into the debate?

Some of the talking points were: This would be used as a move toward socialism, it would result in higher taxes, in people losing their jobs, in “death panels” being created, and that a government bureaucrat would be between the patient and his/her doctor. All of those are lies, and at the core of a fear mongering campaign that was very carefully developed as a strategy to try to scare people away from reform—the very reforms that would do people the most good.

You document at length in Deadly Spin the kind of corporate front groups that are used to serve as false sources of nonbiased information. Could you describe how one of them might work?

Well, these groups are set up with money from insurance premiums, premiums that we pay to our insurance companies. A portion of our premiums goes to finance them. We pay our insurance company, and the insurance company skims a portion off to go to a trade association like America’s Health Insurance Plan. That group, which is known as AHIP, then funnels money into PR firms to set up front groups. These front groups are actually creations of PR firms paid for by our premium dollars. They are created by the PR firms, they are run by the PR firms, they don’t have any real substance to them, yet they purport to be grassroots organizations.

From a point of view of a jaded journalist, these groups seem pretty easy to see through.Why are they able to wield so much influence?

They have quite a bit of traction. For one thing, it’s not just media relations, they take out advertising—these organizations are listed as the sponsors of ads that you see in print periodicals and on TV, so they’re not just set up to influence the media (and by that I mean reporters and producers), they’re actually named as sponsors for paid advertising. But for reporters, many of them don’t take the time to investigate who’s behind these front groups. They are quite willing to just take statements from them and feel that they have fulfilled the obligation to get the other side of the story by quoting them. It’s irresponsible journalism, and in many cases, it’s just a result of laziness on the part of reporters.

You write that the healthcare reform legislation was imperfect, and yet you still supported it. Why? Because no legislation ever really gets through Congress as perfect, it’s just the way things are. No one can really ever get any kind of bill through that is exactly what the advocates of the legislation would want. Almost any legislation that is enacted is a compromise of one nature or another. That certainly was the case with the healthcare legislation. It was weakened over the course of the debate, but it was worth passing because it does do a lot of good. It will bring a lot of people into coverage and it will make a lot of the practices of the insurance industry illegal that should have been outlawed a long time ago.

What practices?

Such as being able to cancel one’s insurance policy when they get sick. It’s a practice known as rescission that they’ve been using for many years. And the consequence is that the people who need insurance the most can’t get it. The new legislation will prevent insurers from using pre-existing conditions to deny coverage to people. So it

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Patients wait for their wristband number to be called at the Remote Area Medical clinic in Los Angeles on april 28, 2010. over seven days, doctors and dentists volunteering their services brought free medical, dental, and vision care to 7,000 uninsured and underinsured people in los Angeles.

will make that practice illegal eventually. It is already in place for children; insurers cannot deny coverage for children with a pre-existing condition and this will apply to adults in 2014. It will also require insurance agencies to pay at least 80 percent of what we send them in the form of premiums—that they’ll actually use 80 percent of the premiums to pay for medical care.

There seems to be a built-in conflict of interest between quality healthcare and corporate profits.

Absolutely. It’s not like any other sector of the economy. The way it’s set up to meet Wall Street’s expectations, you have to engage in practices that are very anti-consumer, and that’s why these companies have been able to get away with a lot of these practices for so long. For example, the fast food industry would never operate like the insurance industry. Can you imagine taking your family (of different ages and different genders) to McDonald’s and the person behind the counter asking to see your identification to find out how old you are, and if you’re older, he’ll charge you three to five times as much as someone who is younger. He’ll say, “I’m sorry, but you’ll have to fill out this application” and, “tell me if you’ve been sick in the past” and if you tell the truth and have had asthma, he’ll say “I’m sorry, I’m not going to sell you a hamburger at all.” It’s just ridiculous the way that the system operates.

Recently you wrote on your blog how corporations are threatening the “very foundations of democracy” and how they put “the interests of corporations and of industry shareholders above the interests of individual citizens.” If that is the case, what’s to be done? They seem to be locked into place, and it doesn’t seem that the healthcare reform legislation did much to dislodge them.

Well, it’s just the beginning, and I don’t think they’ll be dislodged in one fell swoop, and I don’t see that democracy will be restored in one fell swoop, though maybe eventually it will be that way. It will be a process. We’re going to have to wake up to what’s going on. That was one of the reasons I wrote the book—to pull the curtain back and show people not only what happened and why we wound up with the healthcare reform bill we did, but also what the consequences are for democracy. I wanted people to see the way corporations behave and they use the tactics of PR to manipulate public opinion and deceive us.

You end your book by saying that the US will one day have the finest and most equitable healthcare system in the world. What makes you so optimistic?

Well, I believe in evolution. [Laughs.] I think that things can get better. I think in many ways our society is better than it was just 15 or 20 years ago. I believe it’s a possibility, and I think if people become more and more educated, if they will understand why I’m writing about it, if they will get engaged, organize, and learn to use the techniques of public relations—techniques that in and of themselves are not necessarily evil­—they can enact change. And that’s what I hope will happen, that people who are advocating for positive change can succeed by using the very tactics that the opponents of change use, without resorting to deception and misleading people.

What would be the most efficient way to deliver the best quality healthcare in the most cost-effective manner?

I don’t know, I’m not someone who spent and inordinate amount of time studying that. But I will say that I’ll be going to Vermont later this month and I will be looking at what the Vermonters are doing. Their legislature is considering a form of a singlepayer system based on some extensive studies as to what would work best for the state of Vermont. I think we need to pay a lot of attention to what they’re trying to do. It may not be the ideal solution for every state in the country, but I think the states might be able to lead the way. Connecticut is also doing something that’s innovative.

Connecticut is considering the state-based public option. I think we ought to let the states experiment and also look abroad. Canada has a single-payer system, the systems in Europe are different and not quite like the Canadian system, and we need to look to see if we can maybe borrow from all of those countries.

Do you think there is a place for for-profit healthcare?

No, not as a means of financing healthcare. For years I did think so, but no. One of the reasons we have seemingly intractable problems is because of the profit motive that we’ve allowed to control so much of our healthcare system and that’s why costs have gotten so out of control. That’s why it’s so hard to reform the system. When you’re looking to reform the system, you’re looking to reform someone’s income and profit.

That’s what makes it even more difficult to change than it otherwise would be. The profit motive in healthcare has not worked to the advantage of customers and it has not served to keep costs down—it has done just the exact opposite.

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The House

Catskill Perch Gabriel Piedrahita’s Tree House

By Anne Pyburn Craig Photographs by Deborah DeGraffenreid

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ou can take a man out of the mountains, but you can’t take the mountains out of the man. So Gabriel Piedrahita was to learn. He’d studied architecture in Argentina before heading home to Colombia in the late 1990s to practice the art, but something was still missing. “I just knew if I stayed, I’d look back in 20 years and say, ‘This is not the life and work that I wanted,” he says.

So Piedrahita, following in the footsteps of countless yearning folk and without a word of English or a definite plan, headed to New York on a tourist visa. The language barrier melted into nonexistence when he encountered the fluent espanol of Betsy Gude, daughter of a Colombian-American marriage, a California girl working for the Council on Foreign Relations. Very shortly, he swapped the tourist visa for working papers and found a job working on the East Side Access project, bringing the Long Island Rail Road through a new tunnel into Manhattan. “I spent five years working on megaprojects and living in Manhattan,” he says. “The tradition I brought from home is, you might live in the city but on weekends you head to las fincas. [Rough translation: the farm in the country.] Manhattan is a stunning place for an architect, but it’s dark and overstimulating.”

“That wasn’t me,” says Gude. “I was, ‘Nobody’s dragging me off this island. Central Park’s plenty green.’ I was from Palos Verdes, and had lived in Westchester. I assumed that outside of the city, you found suburbs.” She shudders expressively. “I couldn’t have begun to picture this.”

Piedrahita’s friendly persuasion prevailed. In 2006, the two began scouting lots from Ellenville to Shandaken for the right five acres, with a $50,000 land budget, a maximum commute, and a vision. A ski weekend in Hunter put them on the right track. “It was love at first sight with this lot,” Piedrahita says. “The bottom part is all full of ferns.”

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Organic Flow The lot’s north end, where Piedrahita’s three-story postmodern creation rises from the stone and you can see for miles, wasn’t quite suited to the plans he’d originally drawn up. With the right place in hand, he had new ones ready to go in two days. “I used the perfect north/south access to maximize passive solar,” he says, gesturing toward the L of tall panes that wrap stunning views around the living room. “The architecture is a small piece, really. The light, the mountains, the creek—they all flow organically, and the house just needed not to interfere with that.”

“A lot of people say they want a traditional house,” says Gude, “and then they’re surprised by how inviting and warm this is.”

Bamboo floors, earth tones, and black accents draw the visitor past the cocoon of the foyer into a comfy conversation pit inside a vast panorama that no human artist could outdo. A kitchen gleams dark red and black from another corner. “The kitchen came from Ikea and the whole thing cost five grand,” Gude exults. “We had $24,000 budgeted for it, so that went into a deck instead.”

A Wall of Glass, Full of Stars Despite a largely open floor plan that maximizes the impact of the windows, the first floor is a series of cozy nooks. A stool tucked beside a kitchen window invites chatting up the chef. A broad hardwood bench invites relaxation beside of the staircase, which beckons with backlit risers and four-foot-wide treads. “Those lights are fluorescent shining through onyx,” says Piedrahita. “We use the stairs a lot; we wanted something ceremonial and fun, with plenty of space for two people to pass.”

The second floor houses the laundry room and a guest suite where a family of five could coexist in comfort, enjoying stunning views even from the toilet. The landing

Clockwise from top: The main facade of the house faces full sun and the forest instead of the driveway. The siding from Hardie Panel is energy efficient and low maintenance; the semi-open kitchen features a downdraft range, glass tile back-splash, Ikea cabinets, and ceramic plates from Spain and Morocco. Piedrahita and Gude wanted the cooking experience connected to the living and dining areas, and the view of the mountains; the social floor is open to the mountains and the mid-afternoon sun. The dining table was made from a reclaimed old table top found in a barn in the Catskills; high ceilings in the open space visually connect the floors.

Opposite: To Piedrahita, the stairs are the core of the way movement circulates in the house. He wanted them to be fun, open, and ceremonial, and wide enough to enable casual interaction.

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overlooks the living room, yet another little retreat where a miniparty or a private contemplation break might organically and comfortably evolve.

Atop the final flight of stairs, Piedrahita and Gude’s private roost is enormous yet intimate. The landing serves as Piedrahita’s studio, surrounded by the graceful asymmetrical angles and luscious view that define the theme throughout. A six-foot long, extradeep tub rules the master bath. “We can have a house full of people and be in complete privacy up here,” says Gude. “And there are days when we hardly leave the bedroom. Nights, that wall of glass fills up with stars.”

Going Nomad With an overall budget of $500,000 and certain requirements imposed by the location—building atop a high peak in the Department of Environmental Conservation watershed called for “the world’s most expensive aboveground septic system” and, aesthetically, for buried utility lines—the couple and contractor Peter Geoghegan focused on sustainable choices. Fiber-cement, low-toxicity permeable siding runs up to a Snap-On metal roof with R-30 insulation; the walls are R-18. Radiant propane heating is backed up by a wood-burning peninsula fireplace. “I had them put the fire box on top of the wood storage. I wanted my fire at eye level to the couch,” Piedrahita says, and grins. “The installer threw a fit, but he did it.” The deck is made of Trex; the lavish operable windows provide daylighting and air circulation. The three-story design allowed 2,400 feet of living space with a small footprint; Piedrahita’s Tree House displaced the smallest possible number of trees.

But perhaps greenest of all is the homage to the human factor. “The wide spaces invite interaction and nomad activities,” Gabriel explains. “Working with the light and the view this way eliminates the need for fancy art or much furniture, which is good because we don’t have much time or room for those. We love to fill the house with people we love, and eat and dance.”

One gathers that the dilemma Piedrahita once faced as he looked out over the Andes from Petulia, the town of about 5,000 where his father was the butcher, has been resolved. This is the life he’ll be glad to have lived. “I think I just needed the light,” he says. “I grew up where the sun comes from mountains and sets behind them. They say that makes a person want to travel, to follow that light.” Piedrahita is starting his own firm, Volarch (volar is Spanish for “to fly”) and would happily travel to your locale to design you a site-specific and sublime party house or other structure of your dreams.

He’ll be happy to get home again, too.

Gabriel Piedrahita’s portfolio of designs for residences and the hospitality industry can be viewed at www.volarch.com.

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To reach true sustainability, our homes will need to go beyond the notable three tenets of green: Reduce, Reuse, Recycle. This will require a community effort on the part of homeowners, architects, builders, and the manufacturers of materials and products. Inspired eco-living will not just necessitate a lessening of environmental damage, but innovations with thoughtful intentions toward the practice of going greener, as we repair, rebuild, resell, restore, renovate, remake, reteach, redesign, recover, and rethink how we tread on the planet.

Very few businesses touch every one of these lofty environmental principles to get to the core of green building like Green Demolitions does. With its economical, ecological, and charitable mission, Green Demolitions has the ability to revolutionize the way we do business, as it transform the lives of many. Here’s how it works: Green Demolitions is a nonprofit organization that provides recycled luxury kitchens and baths from demolition and renovated sites at 50 to 80 percent off market prices. The salvaged appliances, fixtures, and cabinetry are donated, recovered, and then resold for reuse.To sweeten the pot, the proceeds of the sales go directly to people in need. Green Demolitions is an “entrepreneurial charitable enterprise” that supports outreach programs for AAA (All Addicts Anonymous).

The obvious benefit for the buyer is clear; recycled quality appliances for a fraction of the cost. Green Demolitions also connects charitable folks who want to give with those in need of assistance to kick drugs, alcohol, depression, and food addiction. The donator gets a tax savings, reduced labor, and/or disposal, while the reduction of landfill waste from all those otherwise tossed appliances is a welcomed nod toward the environment.

I’ve been the recipient on one end of this eco-equation. A while back, the heart of my kitchen died—the stove. A big-ticket item for sure, and at the time, a coveted professional stove was not in sync with my pocketbook. Green Demolitions came to the rescue with an array of viable choices. When I visited their showroom, I felt like a domestic anthropologist. As I dug into the inventory of abandoned kitchen appliances, I uncovered a gem of a gently used professional stove. Being able to purchase a $4,500 (if new) DCS stove for just under $1000 was a win-win solution for my family and the environment.

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At this point, to say that being a Hudson Valley homeowner is a daunting task is tantamount to a bad TV sitcom joke: same old material, and no one is laughing.

Yet in the midst of a continually declining housing market, one in which every dime is crucial, there is still good cause to invest. In fact, it’s an exceptionally good cause: Efficient and renewable-energy home improvements are perhaps the wisest place homeowners can put their money right now, and there are an abundance of rebates and incentives. The question is actually not whether to get involved in the process—the options are so expansive that there is almost certainly something to benefit any homeowner—the questions are simply What, Where, and How. The first pleasant surprise: An excellent place to begin is right on your utility bill. “We’re asking our utilities to transform themselves from companies to companies selling energy to ones that are selling energy efficiency, and that’s exactly what’s happening,” says State Assemblyman Kevin Cahill. Chair of the Assembly’s Energy Committee the past three years, Cahill has worked to make an increasing amount of options easily available directly through Central Hudson.

John Maserjian, media relations director at Central Hudson, enumerates a list of options for both rural and urban customers too long to list; a great place to begin is at Central Hudson’s dedicated website, www.savingscentral. com. Energy audits—offered in conjunction with NYSERDA (New York State Energy Research and Development Authority)—are a good first step, suggests Maserjian. Free to lower-to-middle-income households, and on a sliding scale beyond that, the audits can help identify the ideal subsidized program. For example, there is $300 in incentives available home air-sealing, an additional $300 to seal leaky ductwork; up to $600 is offered toward upgrading a home central heating system. Still more choices, and significant tax rebates as well, are listed at NYSERDA’s www.getenergysmart.org.

Another set of possibilities are available in the realm of modern, renewable energy upgrades—such as photovoltaic solar power, or geothermal heating systems—where up to 70 percent of installation costs can be covered by manufacturers’ rebates and tax incentives. “Not only are you bringing your monthly costs down,” says John Wright, vice president at Hudson Valley Clean Energy (www.hvce.com), “you’re making your house more valuable, more saleable—as well as protecting the environment.”

Rhinebeck-based HVCE, founded in 2002, will take a Hudson Valley homeowner through the entire process. HVCE provides a complimentary site assessment, proposes the system upgrades that apply best to that particular situation, and then walks the customer through utilizing the finance vehicles that will pay for the work. “These systems pay for themselves,” says Wright.

“Honestly, it’s cheaper to do it than not to.”

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efore we moved to Cold Spring, my wife and I lived in Brooklyn. (This is actually a joke in Cold Spring, because if you moved here in the last seven years, there’s an 80 percent chance you moved from Brooklyn.)

We had a beater car, an old Mercedes diesel that looked as if it had driven through a roadblock to get out of a city under siege—holes in the grill, the hood ornament gone, streaks of grime—and on the weekends we’d cruise two-lane roads, looking at the scenery and stopping for lunch. One day we found Route 9D, which hugs the river south of Beacon and heads through Cold Spring and Garrison. We must have had a moment of confusion as we drove past the gravel parking lots just north of Breakneck Ridge, where a throng of hikers walked along the shoulder to the trailhead to climb the steepest terrain in the Hudson Highlands. The dramatic rocky cliff is pierced by a narrow strip of asphalt, the tunnel itself so short as to give the impression that the ridge above it must be a veritable knife-edge of granite. I remember clearing the tunnel, and hitting the flat stretch of byway that hugs the shore of the Hudson and grants a view of Storm King and Crow’s Nest mountains across the water.

It took our breath away.

“Holy shit,” I said. “Who gets to live here?”

We imagined, at the time, that the area must be full of railroad tycoons.

Who else would have access to a place of such arresting physical beauty, devoid of the sprawl that plagues so much of America? This impression is enhanced

by the long driveways and distant mansions of Garrison. Not so much the sweeping lawns and fences of Boscobel—that’s obviously public, with a big sign announcing the summertime Shakespeare festival—but the towering stones of Castle Rock perched high atop a hill certainly look imposing. Castle Rock was, in fact, the home of Illinois Central Railroad president William H. Osborn and his family.They also built another grand, rocky house nearby (now available for weddings) called Cat Rock.

In Cold Spring, however, the houses are small. They are not extravagantly expensive. When we decided to move out of the city, we wanted most of all to live within walking distance of the train station, and we made that our highest priority. I work at home, but my wife works in the city, and we knew that her trip to town could define our life.

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We wanted the physical beauty, and we loved the house we found (and still do). The train station was only blocks away, and we could walk to a Chinese take out joint (which we figured might ease the transition away from the city).

But we knew very little about the community, and we were nervous about what we might find.

Cold Springer SharrWhite (whose play “The Other Place” opens at the MCC Theater in Manhattan on March 11) expressed his former anxiety by pointing out to me that when he moved here from DUMBO with his wife and oldest child, they didn’t even know where to buy groceries: “We didn’t know where FoodTown was, that’s how completely unprepared we were,” says White.

Had he been nervous?

“About three weeks after our closing I was on a ladder at the top of my stairs wearing a ventilator and safety glasses, tearing our ceiling down, and I realized I had absolutely no idea what I was doing. Not just about home renovation, but almost universally. Suddenly all the debris around me might as well have been my life.”

They had another baby, and continued to work on their house, and eventually things clicked. Spring arrived. The Whites began going to the local playground: the Tiny Tots Park. Calling the Tiny Tots park a playground doesn’t do it justice. During the seasons I played there with my son—he’s part of the

biggest kindergarten class the school here has ever seen—it was our town square, our commons. People donate toys—play castles, basketball hoops, tricycles, etc.—and money. It is cleaned up with a springtime jubilee at which we all rake it and pick up the winter’s detritus. “We realized,” says White, “that there were a lot of people in Cold Spring in almost identical situations. Now I love it.”

Even the commute to his day job can be a source of joy for White: “Just this morning I counted 12 bald eagles on the river ice from the train, and then 40 minutes later I was in Grand Central. Which I think is crazy and amazing. I think I’m just very, very lucky to be a part of this community.You can be at a party and see writers, producers, artists, directors, critics, foodies, farmers, musicians, cops, and the mayor. And on top of it, they’re all very down-toearth, deeply interesting people. I’ve never been to a party as good as the ones I’ve been to in Cold Spring.”

I asked Cold Spring resident Brandon del Pozo, an NYPD precinct commander in The Bronx and a doctoral candidate in philosophy at the CUNY Graduate Center, what he thought made this community so special, and he recalled a realization he had while hiking in the nearby hills. “A short hike up Mt. Taurus gives you a sweeping view of Cold Spring,” he wrote in an e-mail.

“A few years ago, I was looking down at the village and realized—eureka!— that one of the reasons it’s such a great place to live is because it has a housing stock that naturally excludes jerks. The type of moneyed person who has size and self-esteem issues can’t really find anything suitable in Cold Spring. Cold Spring, because it was built in a different time and is hemmed in by water and 3/11 ChronograM cold spring + garrison + putnam county 35

clockwise from upper left: chapel of our lady of restoration in cold spring; the parrott gun monument in cold spring; garrison art center; boscobel.

mountains, has reached an equilibrium that favors everyday people who want to be good neighbors.”

Rebekah Tighe grew up in Cold Spring and lives here still. She is a baker with a local caterer, Fresh Company, and during the warmer months she and writer/director Ivy Meeropol run the Sunset Reading Series at the Chapel of Our Lady of Restoration, perched on the bank of the river near the train station. Tighe was quick to remind me that those of us who came here from Brooklyn did not invent the town. Although it has a reputation as having been a tough, blue collar place, she describes it differently.

“The Chapel of Our lady was bought then restored in the 1970s.” She’s right: The Garrison Art Center held its 41st Fine Arts and Crafts fair last summer, the Philipstown Depot Theatre started in 1996.

“Throughout my childhood,” continued Tighe, “there was a bookstore and a variety store. We also had a smoky night club with live Jazz every Friday night and a dance studio where concerts were sometimes held. Pete Seeger was here as were lots of other artistic people. We have seen juice bars and health food stores and gourmet restaurants come and go for more than thirty years. My friend’s mother sat in a tree by the river all day once to prevent it from being cut down.”

She does think the town has changed, though: “The influx of people from the city has grown the sense of community here exponentially. The city folk who chose this small town have reinvented this community based on what they imagined small town life would be like.”

That means plenty of arts programs, and lots of local involvement in politics and the environment, a strong farmers’ market. It means a customer base to support the Riverview Restaurant’s Home Chef shop, tucked away in the back like a speakeasy and carefully stocked with superlative fish and meats. It means that Hudson Hills—a sunny little restaurant with a shop that sells prepared foods and specialty items—is filled everyday.

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A town in flux is bound to be a town with some tension—as covered in a recent issue of The NewYorker—and one sees grumblings in the Putnam County News and Recorder or on Philipstown.info about carpetbaggers.

Tighe doesn’t see it that way: “I just had 120 [transplants] in my house and I have the blown speakers to prove it. Do I love the old people? Yes, and I love the soil they walk on. Cold Spring has always been a little isolated, it has its own character and characters, I don’t see that ever changing.”

RESOURCES Boscobel www.boscobel.org Chapel of Our Lady of Restoration www.chapelofourlady.com Cold Spring Pizza (845) 265-9512 Cold Spring Farmer’s Market www.csfarmmarket.org Foundry Café (845) 265-4504 Fresh Company www.freshcompany.net Hudson Hills Market & Café (845) 265-9471 Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival www.hvshakespeare.org Garrison Art Center www.garrisonartcenter.org Osborne Caste at Cat Rock www.osborncastle.com Philipstown Depot Theater www.philipstowndepottheatre.org Philipstown Dot Info www.philipstown.info Putnam County News and Recorder www.pcnr.com Riverview Restaurant www.riverdining.com Town of Philipstown www.philipstown.com Max Watman’s Chasing the White Dog: An Amateur Outlaw’s Adventures in Moonshine, has just been released in paperback.

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Shimon Attie: “MetroPAL.IS.” Through May 30.

Robert Taplin: “Selections from the Punch Series, 2005-10.” Through June 5.

James Esber: “Your Name Here.” Through June 5.

Jenny Dubnau: “Head On.” Through June 5.

Hope Gangloff: “Love Letters.” Through June 5.

KAWS: “Companion (Passing Through).” Through June 5.

Timothy White: “Portraits.” Through June 5.

Thilo Hoffman: “High School Portraits.” Through June 5.

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“The Green Show: The Color, or the Concept, St. Patrick and More.” March 5-29.

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“Landscape Paintings.” Kari Feuer. March 5-29.

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“Images of Namibia: People, Landscapes, and Animals.” Photographs by Anita DeFina Hadley.

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“Works by Russell Cusick.” Photographer and mixed medium works. Through March 31.

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THE CENTER FOR PHOTOGRAPHY AT WOODSTOCK 59 TINKER STREET, WOODSTOCK 679-9957.

“Made in Woodstock V.” Through March 27.

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Koo Jeong A, “A Constellation Congress.” Through June 26.

Imi Knoebel, “24 Colors—for Blinky, 1977.” Ongoing.

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“New Watercolors by Mira Fink.” Through March 31.

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“I Love Where I Live: Local Animals and Landscapes.” Through May 31.

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“Harriet Tannin: A Retrospective.” Through April 3.

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Girl from the North Country Melissa Auf der Maur 44 music ChronograM 3/11

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B

y the time these words hit the page, the big thaw will, hopefully, have at least shown a few encouraging hints of its desperately awaited arrival. Hudson Valley winters are famously merciless, but this one has been uncharacteristically brutal. As of this issue’s mid-February writing, we have endured seemingly endless weeks of temperatures in the 20s and down into survival-suit levels, and we’ve been clobbered with enough snow to threaten the heights of our surrounding Catskills and Berkshires. It’s really been one for the almanacs. And by now, enough is enough. Please.

For singer-songwriter Melissa Auf der Maur, however, even such a cruel local winter as this is barely a blip on the barometer. “It’s like a summer holiday for me,” she says, with a laugh. Auf der Maur, the former bassist of two of the biggest alt-arena acts of the 1990s, Hole and Smashing Pumpkins, lives in Hudson but grew up amid the routinely subzero climes and far lengthier winters of Montreal. “Hudson’s just four hours south [of Montreal], but it’s such a big difference, weather-wise.You can’t even compare. This is really my kind of climate, though. I love it. Being a photographer as well, I really like the light we get here in the winter.”

Auf der Maur is the only child of two who were paragons themselves. Her father, Nick Auf der Maur, who died in 1998, was one of Montreal’s most colorful, larger-thanlife characters; a fedora-wearing, Gitane-smoking boulevardier and reporter-turnedpolitician who regularly held court in the city’s downtown bars. Her American-born mother, Linda Gaboriau, is an acclaimed literary translator and music journalist, and the first female rock DJ on Canadian airwaves. “My dad only liked classical music, and didn’t think any music made after 1917 was good,” the bass player recalls. “But I used to love listening to and looking at the albums my mom brought home—the Stones, Dylan, Jimmy Cliff. And all of the people she knew from her job, like Leonard Cohen, to me they were just her friends.” Her parents eventually separated, and her mother took her on an extended global sojourn, during which the pair lived in “a circus caravan in Wales, a red post-office box truck in Morocco, and a hut in Kenya. But after I got malaria for the third time in Kenya, my mom decided it was time to head home.”

Back in Montreal, Auf der Maur attended the progressive FACE (Fine Arts Core Education) School, where she sang in its classical choir. The nagging need to radically define herself apart from her celebrity parents’ worlds led her to bands with a Goth aesthetic—the Sisters of Mercy, the Cure, Jane’s Addiction. She also discovered photography. “I was your typical arty kid working stuff out, I did a lot of crying in the darkroom while listening to the Smiths,” she says, rolling her eyes. The interest in picture taking developed into a major at Concordia University, and by the early ’90 she had already been DJing off campus at renowned rock ’n’ roll hang the Bifteck for a couple of years.

Deducing that the scarcity of local bass players could offer an opportunity to join a band, she started learning the instrument and was soon taking part in post-Bifteck jams with other aspiring rockers.

One of them was guitarist Steve Durand, now a producer and a recent Hudson transplant himself, with whom she formed a trio called Tinker.The band didn’t make much of an impact outside of Montreal, but looking back, Durand isn’t especially surprised that Auf der Maur went on to bigger things. “At the time with the band I was more focused on the local level, but Melissa always had a larger perspective,” says Durand. “And even back then she was a really inspiring musician.”

In an incident that’s since become part of rock lore, Auf der Maur attended Smashing Pumpkins’ first area performance and after the set ended up apologizing to singer Billy Corgan on behalf of a drunken friend who threw a beer bottle at him. She and Corgan stayed in touch, and when the Pumpkins next came to town, in 1993, Tinker opened for them. Impressed with her abilities and persona, Corgan prophetically remarked, “Someday you’ll be in my band.”

But not just yet. In 1994, when Kristen Pfaff, the bassist of Corgan’s friend Courtney Love’s band, Hole, died from a heroin overdose, the Chicagoan suggested Auf der Maur to Love as a replacement.Yet when Courtney came calling, Auf der Maur, surprisingly, initially turned her down. “Everyone told me I was crazy, but my first thought was,‘Why would I do that? I have my own band,’” Auf der Maur recounts. Nevertheless, Love, then the freshly widowed Mrs. Kurt Cobain, was persistent, and eventually Auf der Maur was on a plane headed to the West Coast for her first rehearsals with Hole. She stayed with the band for five years, touring the planet and making 1998’s Grammy-nominated Celebrity Skin (Geffen Records), before leaving amid frustration at the lack of musical activity due to the legendarily erratic leader’s focus on her acting career.

“Being in Hole was like being on acid in outer space, and I’ll admit now the music itself was really a secondary thing for that band,” she says. “It was an incredible experience that taught me a lot of big human lessons, though. There was all of this spirit-trying tragedy—death, drug addiction, mental illness. But I’ll say this:When the band did work, it worked really hard. And I feel so good when I hear how we inspired a lot of younger girls to start bands; at most of the big festivals we played, Courtney, me, and [drummers] Patty [Schemel] or Samantha [Maloney] were the only women on stage.” [Founding guitarist Eric Erlandson was Hole’s only male musician.]

After she left Hole, Auf der Maur recorded and toured with former Cars front man Ric Ocasek before Corgan made good on his promise and invited her to replace another

female bassist, D’Arcy Wretzky, for Smashing Pumpkins’ last commercially released album, 2001’s MACHINA: The Machines of God (Geffen), and a farewell tour. (The lineup recorded one more album, the same year’s double-length Friends and Enemies of Modern Music, which was offered by the band as a free download.) “I only played with the Pumpkins for about a year, but what I got from them as a musician was tremendous,” Auf der Maur says. “The sheer musicality of that band was incredible; the musicianship was highly demanding. Billy has been a mentor to me, and making records with his band was what really gave me the chops to make my own.”

Before she came to make those records, though, Auf der Maur marked time with Hand of Doom, a Black Sabbath tribute band she fronted, and the Chelsea, a shortlived unit with her former Hole bandmate Maloney and several future Courtney Love cohorts. (There was also talk of a project with Pumpkins guitarist James Iha and indie darlings Evan Dando and Ryan Adams, but the idea was shelved when Adams’s career took off.) Her solo debut, Auf der Maur (Capitol Records), finally appeared in 2004 and features guest work from Erlandson, Iha, Durand, and members of Queens of the Stone Age, Marilyn Manson, Nine Inch Nails, Helmet, Screaming Trees, and others. Sonically closer to the anthemic flights of Smashing Pumpkins than the punkoid tantrums of Hole, the disc landed two singles in the UK Top 40 and saw the bassist at last becoming recognized as a force on her own.

Off the road, big changes were taking place as well. Auf der Maur met and fell in love with indie filmmaker Tony Stone after a friend lent her a DVD of his black metalsoundtracked Viking saga, Severed Ways: The Norse Discovery of America (2007, Heathen Films). A Bard College alum and the son of artist and part-time Germantown resident Bill Stone,Tony introduced the singer to his old stomping ground and another love soon blossomed, this one for Hudson and its surrounding areas. “We had to live somewhere with a lot of history and great, old architecture, but it also had to be somewhere with natural beauty,” says Auf der Maur, who bought an 1850s brick two-story in the city with Stone in 2008. “Hudson felt perfect—though we had no idea how perfect until after we’d moved here. There’s a real phenomenon in this town, these complex, hidden layers of character that keep revealing themselves. It’s also perfect for me as a dual citizen, because it’s roughly half-way between New York and Montreal.” In a further investment in the community, the Stone family recently took ownership of the massive Basilica Industria building on Front Street, which is now being renovated to become a regularly open, internationally focused alternative arts center housing music performance/festival and rehearsal spaces, film-production and recording facilities, visual art exhibitions, a farmers market, and more. For its April 30 opening the site is partnering with area restaurant Swoon Kitchen Bar for the first annual Ramp Festival, an event celebrating the region’s spring bounty of the wild-growing, scallion-like vegetable.

As with the plans for the Basilica, Out of Our Minds (2010, Phi Group), Auf der Maur’s sophomore release, is a multidisciplinary effort. In addition to the album proper—a perhaps more focused continuation of the swirling, proggy, Goth-metal of her first and boasting a duet with Glenn Danzig on the track “Father’s Grave”—Out of Our Minds also encompasses like-titled film and comic book components. The former element, a 28-minute short starring the songstress directed by Tony Stone, is a fantasy parable on the human-heart/savage-nature disconnect filled with high-def scenes of car crashes, blood-oozing tree stumps, and the auteur’s signature Vikings. (Stone also shot a video for the title cut.) OOOM’s accompanying 12-page comic, drawn by Brooklyn artist Jack Forbes, echoes the film’s imagery, but in black-and-white augmented with blood red.

“Besides the technology-against-nature narrative, what also strikes me about [OOOM] is the male-versus-female undercurrent,” says Forbes, whose art has appeared in Outdoor Living and other publications. “Melissa’s character represents the feminine side, nature, which fights against the destructive side the Vikings and loggers show. We’re already talking about the next script, which I’m really excited about.”

While resting up from a lengthy tour and gearing up for more performances to support Out of Our Minds (the project is loosely designed to grow as an ongoing, ever-evolving serial), Auf der Maur says that although she and Love are on friendly terms they have no plans to work together again; not long ago, however, she and Corgan collaborated on a song that, alas, remains unreleased, and she says she’d enjoy recording more with the head Pumpkin. Despite her ongoing success with music, though, she maintains it’s with her camera that she has the most unfinished business. Over the years her work has appeared in high-end magazines like American Photo and been shown at Sotheby’s in New York and, last year, at the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts; a book of images from her time with Hole and Smashing Pumpkins is also in the works.

“I’ve loved taking photos since I was 13; the aesthetic of these frozen moments, it’s like collecting clues from dusty corners,” says Auf der Maur. “Playing music has been amazing, but the whole time I’ve been doing it I’ve felt like I have to keep putting my photography career aside.” Still, not a bad-looking resume for a day job.

Melissa Auf der Maur will perform at Club Helsinki in Hudson on March 12. www.xmadmx.com.

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Handpicked by music editor Peter Aaron for your listening pleasure.

Natalie Merchant March 5. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s been just over a year since Chronogram featured local Natalie Merchant. At that time the alt-rock queen had just released the ambitious Leave Your Sleep, her longanticipated studio return, and was gearing up to promote it. This concert in the Richard B. Fisher Centerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Sosnoff Theater benefits the Bard College Conservatory of Music and sees her performing tunes from the double album and beloved older hits, while backed by the conservatory orchestra led by conductor James Bagwell. 8pm. $60, $100, $200.

Annandale-on-Hudson. www.fishercenter.bard.edu; (845) 758-7900.

Irish Sounds at New World

DANA LACROIX AND SUSAN D MAR 12 / 8pm

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For nighttime revelers the Wearinâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; of the Green is the big theme this month, a storyline that weaves its way through much of the music schedule at food and libations mecca nonpareil New World Home Cooking. In addition to the eateryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s weekly traditional Monday Irish and Celtic jam nights (March 7, 14, 21, and 28), the calendar also features the likes of Irish specialty outfit Splatter the Mud on Saint Patrickâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Day (March 17). Top oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; the evening, then. (The Kingston Sea Shanty Singers drop anchor March 9; Mambo Kikongo sprinkles the Latin and Afro-Cuban spice March 25.) 7:30pm. Free. Saugerties.

(845) 246-0900; www.ricorlando.com.

The Saw Doctors March 8. Speaking of the Emerald Isle, the Saw Doctors began in 1987 as a humble County Galway pub band and these days are, arguably, Irelandâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s largest rock export since U2 and Sinead Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Connor. After touring the following year with the countryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s other big act, the Waterboys, the quintet unleashed a formidable 18 Top 30 singles, including a number one with the lusty, irreverent â&#x20AC;&#x153;I Useta Lover.â&#x20AC;? This likely Guinnessfueled evening at the Chance comes the week before Saint Patâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;sâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;which just means the party starts that much earlier. (The Ready Set, All-Star Weekend, and more rock March 1; the Sick Puppies play March 17.) 7pm. $20. Poughkeepsie. (845) 471-1966; www.thechancetheater.com.

Woodstock Goddess Festival March 11, 12, 13. With beginnings in 2003, the Woodstock Goddess Festival is a threeday celebration of dance, music, and poetry that also happens to raise much-needed funds for Family of Woodstockâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s battered womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s shelter. The first-named component of this commendably female-centric event is heavy on the ancient art of belly dance (Twisted Tassels, Barushka, Bard Belly Dance Troupe, Elizabeth Muise, others), while the latter element is served by a poetry slam emceed by Chronogramâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s own Phillip Levine.

In between thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s plenty of local music from Mamalama, Hemingwayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Cat, Wet Paint, Peggy Atwood, Half Naked, Fre Atlast, and more. A great time for a great cause. 7pm. $12. Kingston, Saugerties, Woodstock. See website or call for venues and schedule.

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Pete Levin Trio March 26. After some time in the fusion wilderness, area keyboardist Pete Levin has lately ditched the synths and landed back where he sounds bestâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;in that great gritty â&#x20AC;&#x2122;nâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; greasy jazz-organ groove. His new, self-released CD is the well-named Jump!, a burning set by his trio featuring young guitar lion Dave Stryker and ex-Miles Davis drummer Lenny White. (The album also boasts percussionist Manolo Badrena, drummer Danny Gottlieb, and late guitarist Joe Beck.) Here, Levin, Stryker, and White make a rare stopover at the Rosendale Cafe before hitting Europe. (Tibetâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Tenzin Choegyal and Nhuchhe Naravan arrive March 4; Mary Gauthier returns March 10.) 8pm. Call for price. Rosendale.

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cd reviews Elly Wininger Part Time Paradise (2010, Independent)

“Okay, all you drunken Buddhists out there,”Woodstock’s own Elly Wininger addresses the High Falls Café audience, “here’s your chance to improve your karmic lot so you don’t come back as a bug!” She launches into a beery rendition of her original reincarnation anthem “Samsara Drinking Song,” and within moments mortal coils are left on the floor and the room is filled with singalong spirit.

Although it is the only live cut on Wininger’s excellent Part Time Paradise, “Samsara Drinking Song” best conveys the infectious generosity of soul that is Wininger’s forte.

Armed with only an acoustic and/or National steel guitar, this woman of the mountains can weave all manner of spells with authoritative, expert fingerpicking, propulsive strumming, and snaky slide. A voice that is by turns resigned (“Square One”), determined (“Walkin’ Off the Blues”), worldly wise (“Mother Earth”), and sexy (“Rock Me Baby”) rides atop spare, confident accompaniment (mostly just Wininger, with occasional help from her friends). Wininger shows assurance as an interpreter on the psychedelic rock anthem “Somebody to Love” and the Brill Building classic “Crying in the Rain” by slowing down, giving each song new depth and breadth, letting resonant chords linger, and squeezing ache and desire out of every syllable she sings. This is impressive stuff, executed with deceptive calm. Part Time Paradise is both lively and laidback, ending with the stunner “Don’t Wait,” a shining carpe diem ballad that will have you running for a loved one and embracing them. www.ellywininger.com.

—Robert Burke Warren

Jim Sande Harvest Bell Ride (2010, Independent)

Get your Leprechaun on!

Composer and worldview ideologue Jim Sande’s solo work Harvest Bell Ride stretches beyond lovely. His 15 original compositions fluidly stream into one another’s state of abstraction, enhanced by Sande’s balance of instrumentation, timbre, pace, and space.

Early in his education he seated himself in various musical contexts—rock, jazz, classical chamber ensembles—and played piano and guitar. These experiences are expressed throughout and within the four-minute-or-so portals that Albany resident Sande has created. He’s as crafty a composer as he is the leader of his Jim Sande Ensemble, and is also an instrumentalist, illustrator, author, animator, and blogger. As he puts it, he finds “inspiration from the material I read, from examining visual artwork, from quiet observation alone or out in nature.”

A former player with the Executives and Boy in the Button, Sande uses digital reinterpretations of orchestral instruments to illuminate and speak to the plaintive narrative of some pieces (“As Deer Surrender,” “Mulberry”), the fancifulness of others (“August Bug Hum”), and the explicitly incomplex (“Empty Rug Pageant,” “Lullaby of Blue”). Unlike on his previous releases, Sande renders his voice mute for this body of work. Within the context of the 60-minute Harvest Bell Ride, each composition on is distinguishable and delicately shaped as an aural montage. Consider listening a mental massage. www.jimsande.org.

—Cheryl K. Symister-Masterson

Lara Hope & the Champtones Heartbeat (2010, Idependent)

Few genres of popular music are as durable as the indefatigable hiccup of rockabilly. The bastard child of rhythm and blues and rough-hewn country music, rockabilly has survived the fickle whims of fashion and thrived for close to 60 years, stretching from luminaries like Johnny Cash, Elvis Presley, and Carl Perkins to the Cramps and beyond.

Carrying on this proud lineage are Saugerties-based quartet Lara Hope & the Champtones. All the musical hallmarks of great rockabilly are present on their debut EP, Heartbeat: the stuttering beat, reverbed, twangy guitar, clipped drums, and the aggressive, sultry vocals of a badass front woman.

Hope confidently leads her band through six songs touching on classic rockabilly themes like drinking, dancing, and cars while keeping alive the tradition of the music. This connection is made explicit on a cover of Wanda Jackson’s classic “Fujiyama Mama.”

Guitar gunslinger Jeff Kadlic provides some wonderful, serrated edges with a fistful of blistering solos, particularly on “’53 Boogie” and “Big Block Betty.” The rock-solid rhythm section of Josef Pelletier on doghouse bass and Johnny Watson on drums really keeps the train a-rollin’. Hope, who also fronts local punk band Tiger Piss, plays it cool, mostly eschewing real-gone screams for more subtly dynamic stylings, which are best exemplified on the title track. This is music that calls out for a whiskey on the rocks and a dance floor, and not necessarily in that order. www. myspace.com/laurahopeandthechamptones —Jeremy Schwartz

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Books

CATSKILL COWGIRL

Holly George-Warren Rocks Around the Clock

By Nina Shengold Photograph by Jennifer May

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H

olly George-Warren gets out of her blue Mini Cooper in front of the Phoenicia Belle Bed & Breakfast, surveying a muddy Main Street full of snowplows and bulldozers. “Snow-moving day in Phoenicia, the perfect time for a photo shoot,” she says with a grin.

George-Warren is one of those infectiously energetic people who lights up any room she enters. Beneath her fur-trimmed hat and winter coat, her getup is pure vintage cowgirl: embroidered western shirt twinkling with rhinestones, black cowboy boots with multicolored cutouts. It’s appropriate garb for the author of The Cowgirl Way (Houghton Mifflin, 2010) and co-author of How the WestWasWorn (Abrams, 2001), but it’s hardly the only look she’s rocked.

As “Holly Hemlock,” guitarist of ’80s cult band Das FÜrlines, she opened for Frank Zappa and played CBGB in costumes befitting the group’s Teutonic “all-girl punk rock polka band” aesthetic. And since 1996, she’s had the enviable challenge of deciding what to wear to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame’s induction ceremonies, for which she compiles an annual book of tributes and essays.

Now she’s assembled a greatest hits anthology entitled The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame:The First 25 Years, just released in softcover by Collins Design. It was a massive project. George-Warren screened hundreds of hours of footage to cull excerpts from live speeches, edited induction book essays, and assembled a mix of stock shots and photos from induction ceremonies. Her first draft ran 130,000 words, which she “had to edit like a documentary film” to fit the designer’s template.

Luckily, she was already an old hand at writing and editing music retrospectives such as Grateful Dead 365 (Abrams, 2008), Punk 365 (Abrams, 2007) and more than 30 other titles, including Martin Scorsese Presents the Blues (HarperCollins, 2003) and two editions of the Rolling Stone Encyclopedia of Rock & Roll.

“I was a music addict in third grade,” says George-Warren, who grew up in Asheville, North Carolina, and still sports a light Southern twang. “It was the Golden Age of AM radio, the mid-’60s, and I found out that at night I could tune my babyblue pastel clock radio to get WLS in Chicago and WABC in New York. It was an eclectic mix: Johnny Cash, the Beatles, Bob Dylan, the Supremes. I started buying 45s like crazy.” She also learned ukulele and guitar; her first band was called the Flamingos. “It was all about the costumes,” she laughs. “We did a lot of lip-synching.”

In school, she liked writing and “making little magazines.” But when she entered the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, music journalism was not on her mind. “Originally, I thought about going to law school,” she asserts.

“I wanted to save the world.” Then she took a semester off to travel in Europe and fell in love with the London punk scene. A 1977 visit to New York’s East Village extinguished her law career.

Two years later, George-Warren moved to New York with the Cigarettes, “one of North Carolina’s only punk bands.” She supported herself by waitressing at a kosher nightclub called El Avram (“I was the only shiksa working there”) and the Honey Tree Pub. Across the street was a methadone clinic frequented by one of George-Warren’s idols, Velvet Underground chanteuse Nico. “She’d come in afterwards for amaretto cheesecake. I lent her 20 bucks.” Finally, the young waitress got up the nerve to propose an interview; Nico agreed.

George-Warren, who was already writing short fiction for underground zines with names like Heroin Addict and Dumb Fucker, started to write more about music, eventually working for the Village Voice and Rolling Stone. “I was the weirdo hillbilly cowgirl, so I got to write about Nick Cave and Johnny Cash,” she reports. “And Tammy Wynette and Loretta Lynn—all the country greats.”

In August 1987, Das FÜrlines double-billed with the Fleshtones at an East Hampton barbecue, and “Holly Hemlock” hit it off with Fleshtones bass player and fellow Southerner Robert Burke Warren. One of their first dates was at Wigstock, the legendary downtown dragfest. They wound up sharing a railroad flat on St. Marks and Avenue A, where their son Jack was born.

“His playground was Tompkins Square Park,” says George-Warren. She had a day job at Rolling Stone and Burke Warren worked nights, spending daytimes with Jack. “Hookers would come up to [Robert] and say, ‘Yo, where’s the mama?’” George-Warren recalls. She used to joke that her husband should become an East Village version of Raffi, “called Roughie, singing songs about junkies and drag queens. And look what’s happened!” She calls Burke Warren’s transformation from downtown punk bassist to upstate kids’ music czar Uncle Rock “totally bizarre and organic.”

The gateway drug was a weekend cabin in Chichester. “We used to drive by the Phoenicia school and think, ‘Someday we’ll have a kid, someday we’ll live here full-time and he’ll go to that school,’” George-Warren says.

That day came in 2001, which George-Warren calls “the worst year of my life.” Her parents died 10 weeks apart, and in September, she witnessed the Twin Towers’ collapse. “Robert had to bartend that night,” she says. “People were just coming in and gulping bottles. All we wanted to do was run away upstate.”

Then she landed a book deal for Cowboy! How Hollywood Invented the Wild West (Readers Digest Books, 2002). “It was such an antidote. We’d come up to Chichester and watch nonstop vintage westerns, these clear-cut morality tales.” By December, they’d left St. Marks Place for Phoenicia.

The idiosyncratically funky town has been home ever since. After the photo shoot, George-Warren suggests a stroll to Mama’s Boy Café and Espresso Bar, where she’s warmly welcomed by proprietor Michael Koegel and two whitemuzzled dogs. She orders a cup of chili and a sausage biscuit, grabbing a Mexican Coke from the fridge. “That’s a sugar Coke,” she drawls, settling down to continue the interview.

In George-Warren’s world, everything is connected to everything else. She met Mystery Spot owner and artist Laura Levine, with whom she’s done two children’s books, on a downtown photo shoot for the band Clambake. Woodstocker Elliott Landy photographed Das FÜrlines for People. And local legend Michael Lang chose George-Warren to collaborate on his bestselling memoir The Road to Woodstock (Ecco, 2009) in part because his twins are “huge Uncle Rock fans.”

Though Lang was the ultimate Woodstock insider, George-Warren read “all the other books” and newspaper accounts from 1969, interviewing many behind-the-scenes players. Research seems to galvanize her. She calls her lauded biography Public Cowboy #1:The Life and Times of Gene Autry (Oxford University Press, 2007) “the hardest thing I’ve ever done.”When she interviewed the nonagenarian star for the NewYork Times in 1997, she arrived dressed in top-to-toe vintage western wear. Autry was charmed, asking, “Honey, didja bring a Kodak so you can get a pitchure?” George-Warren smiles wistfully as she channels his twang. “We were total kindred spirits.”

That interview would be Autry’s last. His widow gave George-Warren full access to his personal papers, allowing the author to paint a three-dimensional portrait of the man in the white hat with a hard-drinking dark side. She interviewed nearly 100 people, crisscrossing the country for years.

Not that there’s anything wrong with that. The Warrens love a good road trip—they brought five-week-old Jack on a Southern-roots cruise with visits to two sets of grandparents, Hank Williams’ grave, and former Box Tops frontman Alex Chilton, whose George-Warren biography is due out in 2012.

An avid reader of musical memoirs, she raves about Patti Smith’s recent Just Kids, remembering Smith’s life-changing concert at Chapel Hill during her student days. Smith also provided one of George-Warren’s favorite Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction memories, when the singer auoted her late mother’s request to “sing my favorite song, the one I liked to vacuum to” before launching into “Rock’n’Roll Nigger.”

This year’s inductees include Dr. John, Tom Waits, Alice Cooper, Darlene Love, and Neil Diamond. George-Warren is deadlining on the induction book for the March 14 ceremony, with essays by Johnny Depp on the Beat generation, Neil Gaiman on Alice Cooper, and Rob Zombie on shock rock.

“They can induct me into the Lunatics Hall of Fame,” says the hard-working author, who’s also written award-winning liner notes, coproduced a Grammynominated CD set, consulted at Western museums, and teaches an arts journalism course at SUNY New Paltz. Indeed, the only time she seems to be at a loss for words is when asked what she does to relax. After a very long pause, she offers that she enjoys watching old movies, and—another long pause— staring out at the snow. “I probably stay too busy,” George-Warren concedes.

This may be why she describes her overstuffed third-floor writing studio as “a disaster area.” If she ever finds time to clean it out, an adjoining room will house her packrat collection of music memorabilia, Western treasures, and vintage clothes from her punk past.

“New York City was just such a wild stomping ground for a crazy girl from North Carolina. It was a dream come true to live there. And now it’s a dream come true to live in Phoenicia.” George-Warren smiles. “I always thought Phoenicia was the East Village of the Catskills. I mean, Tommy Ramone lives here!”

Holly George-Warren will moderate theWoodstockWriters Fest’s “Behind the Scenes of Rock & Roll” panel with guests Michael Lang, Phish biographer Parke Puterbaugh, and White Zombie bass player/memoirist Sean Yseult on April 9 at 4:15pm at the Kleinert/James Art Center inWoodstock. www.woodstockwritersfest.com.

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SHORT TAKES In like a lion, out like a lamb. A March mélange of new fiction by local authors to keep your brain warm till the snowbanks recede.

Lost Hearts Vincent Panella Apollo’s Bow, 2010, $14.95

A powerfully written suite of linked stories follows one family from an old-country Sicilian village to an Italian neighborhood in Queens. Former Newburgh resident Panella gets the period details and voices pitch-perfect.

In one of his pithiest stories, “Long Sugar,” a scrappy diabetic faces mortality in a room stripped of everything but a few family photos and the echo of a train.

Daring to Eat a Peach Joseph Zeppetello Atticus Books, 2010, $14.95

Denton Pike is at a quiet crossroads. An academic translator, divorced and still gun-shy, he’s settled into an understimulating routine. Then his old friend Peter reenters his circle, holding open the door to change. Does he dare, and does he dare? Marist professor Zeppetello’s subtle, densely populated debut novel reverberates with big questions and smart conversations.

Stalina Emily Rubin AmazonEncore, 2011, $14.95

Here’s a storyline you don’t find every day: feisty Soviet chemist emigrates with a suitcase full of bras and finds an unlikely niche as a chambermaid and, eventually, fantasytheme decorator of a disreputable Hartford motel. Bard graduate and Pushcart Prize nominee Rubin has created an immigrant tale as forceful, unique, and surprising as her unforgettable heroine.

Leo Flower Norman Isaacson iUniverse, 2010, $18.95

Retired Lehman College professor Isaacson may live in the Hudson Valley, but a piece of his heart still resides in New York City. When stolid police lieutenant Leo Flower’s adoptive parents—an elderly priest and his sister—are murdered, Leo vows to avenge their deaths, even as he’s pulled into the vortex of an assassination plot against the Pope.

Something Red Douglas Nicholas Scribes, 2010, $19.95

You think you had a rough winter? Imagine a clutch of medieval travelers crossing a wild English wood as a howling blizzard whites out everything but a partially eaten roadside corpse. Award-winning Rosendale poet Nicholas spins a richly textured yarn of sorcery and shapeshifting, featuring a fiery Irishwoman, her mysterious granddaughter, and a plucky apprentice named Hob.

Silent Victim C. E. Lawrence Pinnacle, 2010, $6.99

Don’t stop shivering yet. Silent Screams author Lawrence grabs readers by the throat with a trio of drownings, each with a suicide note and a missing chunk of flesh—even by serial killer standards, this one is twisted. As embattled NYPD profiler Lee Campbell stalks the stalker, Lawrence keeps the adrenalin pumping, building suspense on both banks of the Hudson.

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The Captain Asks for a Show of Hands Nick Flynn Graywolf, 2011, $22

Brushstrokes and Glances Djelloul Marbrook

Deerbrook, 2010, $16.95

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ew releases by award-winning Hudson Valley writers Nick Flynn (PEN/Joyce Osterweil Award for Poetry) and Djelloul Marbrook (Stan and Tom Wick Poetry Prize) showcase the current trend of projectbased poetry books, each containing a unified theme. A pastiche of lyric-fragments partially culled from literary, government, and mass media sources, Flynn’s The Captain Asks for a Show of Hands investigates forces of inhumanity both individual and large-scale. In Brushstrokes and Glances, Marbrook, son and nephew, respectively, of 20th-century painters Juanita Rice Guccione and I. Rice Pereira, combines technical precision with imagistic inventiveness to render an intimate benediction in praise of fine art.

Flynn is no stranger to concept books, having based a previous poetry collection, Blind Huber (2002), upon an eponymous 18th-century beekeeper. His more wideranging recent volume oscillates between reminiscences of personal extremity (“Kedge,” “Invasion of the Body Snatchers”) and the history of persecution (“Jesus Knew,” “Air,” “Imagination,” “Earth”). A unifying backbeat arising from the recurrent addressee “capt’n” (“twisted” from Walt Whitman’s “O Captain! My Captain!” according to author endnotes) indicts state-sanctioned brutality, whether as documented in police logs or military memoranda. An excerpt from the 12-section “Fire,” whose principal speaker confesses to child molestation and arson, reads: “capt’n, we can do as we wish, we can do / as we wish with the body / but we cannot leave marks—capt’n I’m / trying to get this right.”

The travesty of Abu Ghraib engulfs The Captain Asks like relentless fog, intermittently lifting to reveal political culpability. Drawn directly from statements made by detainees, “Seven Testimonies (Redacted)” uses nursery-rhyme-like cadences and repetitions to potently portray physical regression and incoherent mentality resulting from extreme deprivation.

A related metrical strategy unfolds in “Saudade” (loosely, Portuguese for “phantom desire”) through richly reconstituted nautical references, as in the lines “this boat, this broken boat— beam, stem, keel, / oar—this beach littered with broken / boats—broken beam.” Written to accompany photographs, this melodious personal lyric celebrates the bohemian enclave of Provincetown, Massachusetts.

Offering wry commentary on that same community (“Provincetown”), Brushstrokes and Glances brims with well-made poems in which irony and refinement collide. Throughout the collection, knowledgeable speakers reach beyond mere description to inhabit and enlarge artworks as well as their origins and exhibition spaces. Marbrook gained literary fame as a septuagenarian with his 2008 collection Far from Algiers (from where he hails). In this outing, he mixes childhood memories (“A Jar of Marsala,” “My Mother’s Paintings,” “An Artist Dies,” “Giorgio Morandi”) with mature-adult sensibility as inspired by regular, worshipful visits to museums in Manhattan, Brooklyn, and Washington, DC (“Goya in iPodia,” “Distraction,” “Picasso’s Bull,” “By the Pool of The Frick,” “Pierre Bonnard’s Late Interiors,” “The Guard Looks Away”).

Marbrook regards “painting as a way of understanding life,” as he told NPR interviewer Paul Elisha. The poet likewise questions how creative processes overlap, whether contemplating forgeries (“Never Is”) or masterpieces: “I think like Seurat paints / coloring molecules in air” (“Georges Seurat”). Poems that ponder antiquities (“Accordion of Worlds,” “The Long Eyes of Egyptians”) seek to unite “how life is between comets” (“In a Time of Spin”). “Among Broken Statues” declares: “When the future started I must have missed it. / Just as well, it has never been as urgent / as the past, which I have no desire to undo / but a grand compulsion to understand.” Brushstrokes and Glances affably invites readers to share in its quest for art-related meaning. Djelloul Marbrook will read with Pascale Petit at Bright Hill Literary Center in Treadwell on 4/21 at 7pm.

—Pauline Uchmanowicz

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The first part of the book is set in the gritty working class Cleveland of the late ’60s and early ’70s. We witness the startlingly counterintuitive maturation of two gifted sisters in contrast to a mother whose behavior grows increasingly more bizarre and threatening.

Norma talks to people who aren’t present. She has strange predilections. Yet schizophrenia is not the entirety of Norma’s personality. She is portrayed as a very ill aesthete, who is able to take her daughters—during brief respites from her illness—to art museums and the symphony. Mira shows great talent in piano and her sister, Rachel, in literature. A young Mira resolves, “I vow to hold on to beauty, no matter what—to sitting in a rich carpet of grass, a concert hall, a museum full of art—in a place that has nothing to do The Affair with the unbearable glare of grief.” of the Bartok provides a sympathetic retelling in which memories of an abusive Veiled grandfather and panic-stricken grandmother do not provide Bartok’s mother, Murderess Norma, with the help she needs. Mira’s father, the celebrated writer Paul Herr, JE A N N E W I NSTON lives out of contact, in an ascetic New Orleans boardinghouse.

A DL E R Mira goes on to attend art school in Chicago, work as a docent at museums, travel to Italy, Norway, and Israel, and become a writer of children’s books.

Rachel becomes a college professor. Meanwhile, Norma’s behavior worsens.

Norma harasses Mira and her sister when she appears at workplaces and behaves An Antebellum in ways that disturb employers and even causes one to fire her daughter.Scandal Both and Mystery FORGOTTEN daughters try to separate from her and seek care. Then Norma cuts Mira’s neck B O R O U G H JE A N N E with a broken bottle during a reunion; Norma later stabs her own mother. At The Anarchist Bastard W I NSTON this point, Mira and her sister decide to change their names and communicate DL E R with their mother only through a post office box.

A decade later, however, they are reunited, and redemption occurs as the two sisters explore Norma’s collections of odd possessions, including her journals.

Throughout the memoir, we are privy to the content of these journals, as Bartok is careful to present us with Norma’s perspective. In fact, the book opens with ALLEN B. BALLARD Nicole Steinberg a fantastical passage of Mira’s imagining her mother: “The men below call up ALLEN B. BA BALL to save her, cast their nets to lure her down, but she knows she cannot reach a twentieth-century african american life Still Speaking the garden without the distant journey. She opens her arms to enter the land of Nature of birds and fire and the red eyes below are amazed to see just how perilously she balances on the ledge—like a leaf or a delicate lock of hair.”

Mira Bartok’s breathtaking memoir is seemingly told from a child’s innocent perspective, but with a second glance, the delicate craft of the language becomes apparent. It is a deeply personal and highly skilled work that hovers on a precipice between overt emotion and stoicism. The result is an engaging available at and thought-provoking book that mirrors the uncertainty and fragility of a excelsior editions www.sunypress.edu An imprint of State University of NewYork Press haunted childhood.

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If you eat healthy

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You’ll live for the rest of your life.

in a poem every word counts even those that don’t and are omitted —p

—Lilia Seekamp (4 years)

September

Bulbs

it rolls around / like / the everything cold / rolls off my tongue / my teeth / the sharp / wind / winter’s chill / my heart numb / from you.

and to think, i almost believed you when you said:

never did / anything seem dying / like you but I stood there / anyway.

Stood to / drink / it in without / using my hands / but / they were tied / and all around me / I saw / only trees. and on / those trees kiwis / were growing / and melons / and mangoes and / tomatoes.

I thought / tomatoes don’t grow / on trees / but they were / there / growing.

And boats / were there / green boats on / blue / grass. boats bringing / people to the / trees / to eat / the kiwis / and the melons / and the mangoes and / the tomatoes. the / juicy red tomatoes / that should / not / have grown but grew / anyway.

And the / people / with bags on their / shoulders / ran to the trees / and plucked the / kiwis / and the melons / and the mangoes and the tomatoes / right from / the trees / peeling them / open / cracking into / the / fruit / tearing the orange / and green / and red / flesh from the rind / the juice / running / down their chins.

You were there / with a bag / on your shoulder / and with a kiwi / in each / hand / the juice / especially juicy / between your fingers / and you / smiled / at me / and I just / had to laugh / between your / teeth a kiwi seed.

—Adira Indich Baum

Lines, or Falling I dreamt I could slide down the lines of your face. That I could slip into the shallow creases and ride them all the way down, until I drop off your jaw line and land on your belly. Lines like soft grooves in mahogany.

When I think of totem poles I imagine them massive, expansive, a continent of their own. The smooth wood surface of their carved faces stretch to the horizon, and the valleys of their laugh lines are deep, like v-shaped graves. The sides are worn with wind and rain, and when I lie in them they rise up like walls around me, so all I can see is the sky.

When I think of knowing you, I think of you sleeping, of you dreaming: a landscape unto yourself. Because I wouldn’t have myself fall for you I think of falling into you; I want to lie in the lines of your face, in the faint rows by the corner of your eyes, warm with laughter, like the sun baked sides of my totem pole tomb. But since I cannot, I claw at the valley of your spine when you are above me; because I wouldn’t have myself lie in the curve of your heart I lie in the crook of your arms, and cling to your body to keep from falling further.

—Dana Hart

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that you lost your ring in the backyard while you were burying bulbs in the garden, and that it was in the ground somewhere, probably half way to china by now, and that it wasn’t even worth looking for at this point, because if it was you tunneling through the backyard, trying to escape, you wouldn’t want anybody to go digging you up.

—Andrew Chmielowiec

Swans and Mosquitoes Watching mosquitoes, we sat in sweat, our thighs fused to the vinyl seats of a Chevy pick up, waiting for Mama, seeing her through the restaurant window as she bussed tables, her two youngest of six babysitting themselves in the truck while she worked the day shift.

Our bare toes, brown, stuck to each other as fresh black mosquitoes performed a Swan Lake on the dashboard, the winged invertebrates becoming the winged swans in my mind, trapped in these bodies, trapped in the sweat of the day, trapped by the windows and doors, how daylight traps us, these shells that are not bones, and it is the ladies who drink the blood, my mother said, who lay their eggs in a lake or puddle, the eggs growing into larva, and then adults, and living only ten weeks, but it is enough, I imagine, if you live it like Odette, if you find love. The exoskeleton softens, the jointed legs dance.

Deep in the thorax, the call is born, and as afternoon swells into evening, lines form like a flock in a salt-marsh lair.

—Kelly Whiddon

The End of Forever Small hand in mine, so soft.

Walk to the corner.

There’s the bus.

Resolute, you climb the steps.

—Cliff Henderson

As Only You

Paper Masks

My Cryptic Valentine

Snowflake come so far fallen, I meet you for too few moments as only you . . .

Fingers digits and beats all working again at a familiar speed in an unknown atmosphere holding their own and reciting the steps fingers wrapping contorting “we have found trees here” wet and dripping from paper night before, in dark masks fill warm night air —on the presuppose of rain— with loathing but love as well holding out simply to keep a promise to bad here it goes.

Again.

Somewhere in this poem there is an anagram with your name in it and a palindrome the line below it, tucked inside a valentine, from a woman always hard to read.

Here’s an offering to higher art we swore we’d either die for or live on, never odd or even slightly too absurd for pure surrealists like us. So rearrange the curve of letters in your name and tell me I’m clever with words

that is one sadness with snow, we don’t often get to know single crystals, so soft the tongue melts them before we can taste.

—Checko Miller

Unsent Letter to the Editor In your letter to the editor you scolded my letter to the editor for reminding you that George Bush was the only president in our history with a police record, reminding me that Gandhi and King also had police records, then signing off by telling me to go crawl back under my rock, but you know, there are police records and then there are police records. There is Gandhi, there is King and then there is Bush. There are rocks and, friend, then there are rocks.

—J.R. Solonche

The Messages The Black Keys play “Her Eyes Are A Blue Million Miles.” It is the night before Christmas Eve and she found me, pushed me into the kitchen and whispered loud, “Here, the dining room, or up against the wall.”

The kids are watching It’s a Wonderful Life and I’m typing.

Life is a river, wind-shaken limbs under stars, a wonderment, a message, plain and simple, one caress then another, then death, and all the messages.

And a soft bed. And her touch.

—Steve Clark

—Miles Joris-Peyrafitte

Grow I’ve felt the world turning But never quite this slow I can feel my heart burning God it hurts to grow

—Tarssa Yazdani

My Brother Cares for Our Mother Despite myriad work sites flung as a deck of cards cut, shuffled, and strewn a half-globe away, he phones nightly, his speech gentle, his discourse jaunty yet measured as the ticking of a clock. Most times they discuss the rabbit.

It runs, it sits, it eats.

It is the web he weaves to support her, his silk strong as steel, she delighted to be caught in its circular threads.

—Amanda Bass

“He must be the luckiest bunny alive,” says my mother, smiling herself to sleep.

The Realist and the Dreamer

—Marcia Slatkin

She brought their tray to table.

He smiled as she took a seat.

Bodylove

“Please tell me what I owe you.” (… a moon in the afternoon, shade at the edge of the wood, butterflies on our blanket?) “$4.63. Make it five.”

They both wanted a bit more.

—Chris Brandon Whitaker

On the sheets they kiss, shortly before we eat them, warm crunchy cookies.

Enjoys that role, enticing old woman.

The way he whispers she makes him hot.

Hint of puzzled, taste of surprise.

Savors his voice, husky with desire, Their secrets.

Writer sometimes loves words most in the world.

Him - prefers the unspoken.

“Stop discussing” he says. She grins, does As he tells her.

—Micky Shorr

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talian Alps” is the term that’s stuck on the tip of Adam Glinert’s tongue.

Sitting behind his cluttered desk in the main house of the Buttermilk Falls Inn and Spa’s 70-acre haven, Glinert is sipping coffee, chatting with the construction workers who keep popping their head in the door, and gushing about his new office down by the river. The low valleys and contrasting steep mountains that make up Milton’s landscape inspire Glinert to say that he feels like he’s in Italy. Sheila Mannese from the Meet Me in Marlborough farming coalition seconds Glinert’s opinion, describing the scenery as Tuscanesque.

Today, winter white has transformed the town into an ice-coated model scene, with snow blanketing hills and branches, and geese cautiously making their way across frozen ponds.

Glinert is the general manager of Buttermilk Falls, and even though he’s only been at the inn for eight months, he already feels completely at ease. “It’s very at-homey here. It’s family owned, and it’s also run like we’re all family.”

Despite the loose ends that any new adminnistrator faces when bringing a fresh perspective to their business, and the three simultaneous construction jobs that have redirected traffic through the grounds, Glinert goes about his daily job with a smile, proving that he adores his new professional role.

Continuing to gush about Ulster County in general and Milton specifically, Glinert comments on the area’s pleasant residents, saying, “Everyone here is

outgoing, gracious, and hospitable.” He also excitedly plugs Henry’s, the inn’s fresh-faced, American regional restaurant that will be opening in the beginning of March.

Buttermilk Falls reels in guests from all over the world, but plenty of business comes from locals who will book a room for a weekend “stay-cation.”

Swimmers lap against water pressure in the “endless” pool, letting them get a workout while staying in place. Green-minded visitors appreciate the self-sustaining farm, where everything from peaches and herbs to flowers and pumpkins are grown. When asked what distinguishes Buttermilk Falls from other inns, Glinert quickly and simply tells me, “We’re the only ones that do what we do,” going on to explain how guests have tons of land to stroll or hike in, peacocks that wander around, and cottages as an alternative to guest rooms.

Food Security, Farm Conservation Mannese, one of Meet Me in Marlborough’s founding members and the current executive director and president, strives to bring sustainability to farms and also to educate people on the importance of local farming. The organization is composed of Milton and Marlboro farmers and businesspeople working together to promote local agriculture and agritourism. Expressing the importance of keeping the country’s food supply within our borders, she says it’s 3/11 ChronograM highland + milton + marlboro 55

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necessary to start with local farmers who can champion that type of home security. Mannese continues to explain the perks of supporting area farming, saying, â&#x20AC;&#x153;In essence, we know our farmers, and thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a tremendous value in knowing both our farmers and the food that they produce.â&#x20AC;?

Limited funding means that the organization depends solely on volunteer work to get the job done. In order to keep joining financially affordable, the entire budget has to be low as well, which makes marketing a challenge. The founders and current members volunteer their time to keep the company running and fresh ideas brewing. Meet Me in Marlboroughâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s new program, Marlboroughâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Bounty, has local farmers heading to markets outside their usual turf, to sites in Manhattan, Westchester and Rockland Counties, Connecticut, and New Jersey.

Having grown up in Marlborough, even Mannese didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t realize the natural beauty of her own hometownâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;regardless of the hours sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s spent in local orchards and with her horses. When farmers finally showed her around their properties, she began to realize the art and science behind agriculture. Now she tries to show others that farming is much more complicated and intricate than most people assume. According to Mannese, the greatest perk to Meet Me in Marlborough is seeing the unity itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s brought among local farms. Farmers who didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t know each other at first have now been introduced and linked.

Looking beyond the crops and soil, Mannese says, â&#x20AC;&#x153;We are promoting the town and getting people to come in and enjoy what we have, which is a goal not only to the farmers but also to local businesses.â&#x20AC;?

The new Farm Trail, designated by the New York State Deprtment of Agriculture and Markets, is similar to area wine trails; members can follow a specific route and make stops at several local farms. The Shawangunk Wine Trail stretches from mountain climbersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; favorite peak, the â&#x20AC;&#x153;Gunks,â&#x20AC;? down to the Hudson River. Eleven family-owned wineries in Ulster and Orange Counties make up the trail, including Marlboroâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Benmarl Winery, Stoutridge Vineyard, and Glorie Farm Wineries. Each winery on the trail is on the smaller side, making it easy to stop at several in a day. If youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re going to venture out of Marlboro, special events along the wine trail include a Strawberry Festival, Lobster Fest, and summertime Music in the Mountains. Passing by restaurants, horse farms, and antique shops, youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll meet with campers, riders on horseback, and men with fishing poles slung over their shoulder.

The Hudson Valley is thought to be one of the oldest wine districts in the country, and when the Village of Marlborough was established in 1788, a cluster of grapes was carved into the seal. Originally, the 37 acres that is now known as Benmarl Winery was first owned by farmer Andrew Jackson Claywood, who tested out genetic crossings of different grapes to form new hybrid wines. When artist and illustrator Mark Miller bought the property in 1957, renaming it Benmarl, he continued with Claywoodâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s experimentation and created the SociĂŠtĂŠ des Vignerons to provide annual support for research. Society members were eventually repaid with Millerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s wine creations. Today, Benmarl produces reds, whites, and sweet wines, aged in either oak or stainless steel, and visitors are rewarded with winemaker workshops, grape-stomping festivals, outdoor concerts, and views of the river and the Berkshire Mountains.

After spending the day trekking through farmland and vineyards, Marlboro has options for unwinding with a hearty meal and quality music. The Hidden Cellar boasts Italian dishes and the Raccoon Saloon has been winning awards for its burgers and homemade French fries and housemade ketchup for 15 years. Just down the road, you can take in dinner and a show at the Falcon, opened by Tony Falco a year ago. Instead of creating a typical bar that sometimes features a live band, Falco built an honest-to-goodness music venue that happens to have a delectable menu and clever cocktails. The antique building, which dates back to 1800, when it was a button factory that ran on water power, now has a wide stage, a part-contemporary, part-rustic bar, and local art on the walls. On a recent evening, â&#x20AC;&#x153;La Vie en Roseâ&#x20AC;? floated up toward the peaked cathedral ceiling as Amy Correia belted out the French verses and wooed everyone in the darkly lit restaurant.

Falco aimed to design a family-friendly place where kids are welcome, and where thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s never a cover charge and patrons are asked to donate what they can for the musicians. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Kids should have somewhere where they can look and listen and appreciate the arts,â&#x20AC;? Falco says. Servers and guestsâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;even the little ones who fidget in their seatsâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;stay serene and hushed during performances,

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illustrating how much the musicians are respected. “Everyone wants to play here,” Falco says matter-of-factly, including well-known jazz musicians and solo artists who are trying to make a name for themselves. To honor the world-class musicians who play melodies from around the globe, Falco offers themed dinner specials coordinated with the music.

Gateway to Ulster County The Village of Highland, located in the Town of Lloyd, boasts two of the area’s biggest draws: The nature-rich Hudson Valley Rail Trail and the Walkway over the Hudson. Town of Lloyd Supervisor and lifetime Highland resident Ray Costantino says, “The Rail Trail was my dream and agenda for years,” and he was thrilled when it finally came to fruition.

The Rail Trail, which stretches from Highland toward New Paltz and connects with the Walkway, is a nod to the townspeople who insisted on maintaining the sweet country way of life instead of succumbing to corporate pressure.

Rollerbladers will appreciate the breadth of the 12-foot-wide paved trail, which was contrived in their honor—the goal was to make the path wide enough so that two skaters, arms flying from side to side, could comfortably pass each other. To gain community interest, annual events are held, like September’s nighttime Moon Walk with cider and doughnuts, storytellers, and a bonfire, and the WinterFest, where Hudson Valley restaurants compete for the title of Best Chili.

Costantino and his wife Claire, vice-chair of Walkway over the Hudson, are a couple in love with all things Highland. The Walkway successfully preserved the 122-year-old railroad bridge that connects Highland to Poughkeepsie. (It is also estimated that one million people will cross the span in 2011.) Thanks to the Walkway, Poughkeepsie locals have discovered the village that’s straight across the Hudson River, and often travel to Ulster County to take advantage of the bridge’s free parking. While the Walkway is still pretty new, having opened

in October 2009, Steve Densmore, a spokesperson for the Walkway’s nonprofit group, said that there are already several additions and improvements in the works. Tour guides and a Visitor’s Center are expected to be added, along with tables and benches, shaded areas to take a break in, and landscaping.

Small-town life in Ulster County is well preserved, thanks to the dedication of the area’s engaged citizenry. Vivian Wadlin, co-owner of the About Town newspaper with Lisa Gutkin, says, “I cannot think of another place I would consider living.” About Town was started in 1984 as a way to get the voices of southern Ulster County’s small businesses heard. Today, articles often focus on the area’s history. “The rich past of Ulster County fascinates me,” Wadlin says.

“The people who built this community worked so hard. We have no idea of our forbears’ efforts to make this county what it is today.” Trading shopping malls, brand names, and view-obstructing buildings for small record stores, momand-pop delis, and heart-stopping views that can only be found in the Hudson Valley, these triplet towns are simply thrilled to be churning out fresh produce, bottled wine, new musicians, and dynamic entrepeneurs.

RESOURCES About Town www.abouttown.us Benmarl Winery www.benmarl.com The Falcon www.liveatthefalcon.com Glorie Farm Winery www.gloriewine.com The Hidden Cellar www.hidden-cellar.com Hudson Valley Rail Trail www.hudsonvalleyrailtrail.net Meet Me in Marlborough www.meetmeinmarlborough.com Raccoon Saloon (845) 236-7872 Stoutridge Vineyard www.stoutridge.com Village of Highland www.townoflloyd.com Walkway over the Hudson www.walkway.org 3/11 ChronograM highland + milton + marlboro 59

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330 Route 21C Ghent, NY

CONTACT: (518) 672-7092

www.hawthornevalleyschool.org Situated on a 400 acre biodynamic farm in the heart of Columbia County, Hawthorne Valley Waldorf School provides an integrative Waldorf curriculum that combines academic exploration and practical, performing, and fine arts with the enriching experience of interaction with the natural world. Hawthorne Valley Waldorf School provides for the education of the whole child at each stage of development by offering a Kindergarten where childhood is honored and imagination is nurtured through creative play, a Lower School where students create their own books, develop healthy social relationships and a love for learning, and a High School where young women and men grow academically, artistically, and socially into the creative individuals needed in today’s complex world.

With a unique home-based boarding program designed to meet the needs of the developing adolescent and an active international exchange program, Hawthorne Valley Waldorf School welcomes students from all around the country and the world.

GRADES OFFERED:

Pre-K - 12 Boarding avail. for Grades 9 -12

TEACHER STUDENT RATIO:

1:7

MEMBERSHIP:

The Parents League of New York

ACCREDITATION:

New York State Association of Independent Schools, New York State Board of Regents, Association of Waldorf Schools of North America

Special Programs: Spanish, German, French, Drama, Athletics, Chorus, Orchestra, Farm and Gardening, Handwork, Painting, Woodwork, Sculpture, Metalwork, Weaving, Stained Glass, Circus Arts.

Bard College at Simon’s Rock has been a leader in the early college movement for over 40 years and continues to distinguish itself as the only residential college in the country specifically designed to provide bright, motivated students with the opportunity to begin college immediately after the tenth or eleventh grade.

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At Simon’s Rock, students experience a transformative education in the liberal arts and sciences in the company of smart, independent, creative peers who share their excitement for learning and their desire to be part of a vibrant intellectual community. They do this in an environment specifically designed for 16 and 17 year olds, rather than a college culture created for older students.

For more than four decades, we have demonstrated that high expectations will be met with outstanding academic achievement when bright young students are taken seriously—as people and as thinkers—by faculty members who are both expert in their disciplines and committed to adolescent development.

LOCATION:

84 Alford Road Great Barrington, MA

CONTACT: (800) 235-7186 admit@simons-rock.edu

www.Simons-Rock.Edu/admission AGES:

Students admitted after completing 10th or 11th grade, typically aged 15 - 17.

SPECIAL PROGRAMS: The Berkshire Regional Scholarship provides significant financial assistance to qualified students who reside in 14 surrounding counties.

TUITION:

$41,160

Young people mature at different rates and Simon’s Rock is not for everyone. For the right students, however, it can mean the difference between marking time and filling the next year or two with challenge, enthusiasm, and growth.

LOCATION:

16 South Chestnut Street New Paltz, NY

The Waldorf curriculum is broad and comprehensive.

Structured to respond to the three developmental phases of childhood – birth to 6 or 7 years, 7 to 14 years and 14 to 21 years – Rudolf Steiner stressed to teachers that the best way to provide meaningful support for the child is to comprehend these phases fully and to bring “age appropriate” content that nourishes healthy growth for the Waldorf student.

CONTACT: Judith Jaeckel, Administrator and Enrollment Director (845) 255-0033 x101 mtlaurelwaldorf@aol.com

www.mountainlaurel.org GRADES OFFERED:

Parent/Infant/Child - Grade 8

Music, dance and theatre, writing, literature, legends and myths are not simply subjects to be read about and tested.

They are experienced. Through these experiences, Waldorf students cultivate their intellectual, emotional, physical and spiritual capacities to be individuals certain of their paths and to be of service to the world.

Teachers in Waldorf Schools are dedicated to generating an inner enthusiasm for learning within every child. This eliminates the need for competitive testing, academic placement, and behavioristic rewards to motivate learning and allows motivation to arise from within. It helps engender the capacity for joyful life-long learning.

Waldorf Education is independent and inclusive. It upholds the principles of freedom in education and engages independent administration locally, continentally and internationally. It is regionally appropriate education with hundreds of schools worldwide today.

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The Center for the Digital Arts, Peekskill Extension is one of the Hudson Valley’s premier digital arts resources located in the downtown artist-district of Peekskill. The Center for the Digital Arts, an extension location of Westchester Community College, has six post-production studios on 27 North Division Street and is dedicated to fostering digital arts education. Whether you are interested in developing a web portfolio, recording an MP3 for your iPod or just getting into blogging, the Center for the Digital Arts is an access point to creating art in the digital age.

This center offers 3-credit courses in digital imaging, graphic layout design, web design, 2D & 3D animation, digital filmmaking, motion graphics, and music technologies. The center also offer non-credit adult Quick start courses in software training and a precollege program in the digital arts. In addition to arts courses, this center offers a wide range of general education courses, English as a Second Language (ESL), academic support and advisement, and other student services.

For further information see http://www.sunywcc.edu/peekskill or call us at 914-606-7300

27 North Division Street Peekskill, NY 10566

CONTACT: (914) 606-7300 peekskill@sunywcc.edu

www.sunywcc.edu/peekskill GRADES OFFERED:

First 2 Years Of College

TEACHER STUDENT RATIO:

$161per credit $1925 Full-Time Resident Tuition Per Semester ACCREDITATION:

Middle States

LOCATION:

260 Boardman Road Poughkeepsie, NY

Intellectual, fun, demanding, joyful, creative, lively, unique

many minds, one world

1:15

TUITION:

This is how Poughkeepsie Day School families describe our dynamic pre-k through grade 12 program and close-knit community. Be part of our distinctive 75-year legacy, where a passion for learning and living and a first-rate faculty make for a 21st century education that is second to none; where writing and critical thinking—rather than rote memorization and teaching to the test—are at the heart of what we do; and where 100% of graduating seniors are admitted to a variety of selective colleges each year, including the Class of 2010’s Cooper Union, Johns Hopkins and Stanford.

CONTACT: 845.462.7600 ext.201 admissions@poughkeepsieday.org

www.poughkeepsieday.org GRADES OFFERED:

Pre K-12

TEACHER STUDENT RATIO:

1:7

ACCREDITATION:

Our student body comprises 300+ individuals hailing from 50 communities throughout the Hudson Valley, with 24% identifying as students of color and approximately 30% receiving financial aid.

They thrive within a culture that celebrates and nurtures the special strengths and talents of each child; fosters high achievement through a love of learning; and models respect, responsibility and integrity.

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Come visit our beautiful 35-acre campus, including historic Kenyon House, James Earl Jones Theater and recently-renovated 40,000 square-foot classroom building with modern science labs and full sized gymnasium. Discover how Poughkeepsie Day School connects joy to learning and why every day at PDS is amazing.

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Kinderhaus Montessori School Come discover what Kinderhaus Montessori students and their families have already found- a peaceful, nurturing environment that fosters creativity, independence, and critical thinking skills. Kinderhaus strives to “educate the whole child” by adhering to the principles and philosophy of the Montessori Method. The multi sensory, hands-on materials provide academic preparation in math, language, daily living skills, science, geography, music and art. Montessori Method is based on a deep respect for children and their unlimited potential. Our multi aged classrooms and integrated curriculum truly allow each child to learn at his/her own pace.

All head teachers at Kinderhaus Montessori are experienced and certified AMS Montessori teachers.

Kinderhaus Montessori School is located in a spacious farmhouse which provides a home-like educational setting. The expansive fields and woods behind the school offer opportunities for exercise, exploration and play.

Kinderhaus Montessori is currently accepting applications for July 2011 summercamp and for the 2011/12 acadamic school year. Kinderhaus warmly invites you to visit our campus and meet our staff. School tours every Wednesday at 9:30 or by appointment. Please call 845-229-4668 for more information.

Indian Mountain School

A co-ed independent day and boarding school

LOCATION:

17 Crum Elbow Rd Hyde Park, NY 12538

CONTACT: Directress Maja Will (845) 229-4668 www.kmshydepark.com GRADES OFFERED:

Serving Children Ages 2½ - 9 Full and Half Day Preschool Kindergarten Grades 1-3 Summercamp Before School Care

SPECIAL PROGRAMS:

Spanish Yoga Music Art Ski Club

AMS AFFILIATED

LOCATION:

211 Indian Mountain Road Lakeville, CT

CONTACT: (860) 435-0871 admissions@indianmountain.org

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www.indianmountain.org Indian Mountain School provides a traditional GRADES OFFERED: education for boys and girls from pre-k through Pre-K - 9th grade nine in a boarding and day environment. We Boarding 6th - 9th promote moral growth and personal academic TEACHER STUDENT RATIO: 1:4 excellence in a setting that fosters a respect for learning, the environment and each other.

SPECIAL PROGRAMS: We celebrate our international and culturally Adventure Education Film, Fine Arts and Music diverse community. Indian Mountain offers a Strong Athletic Program strong curriculum encouraging children, in a Rigorous Academic Curriculum supportive environment, to strive for academic 600 Acre Campus excellence and to develop the traits of good character. The academic program is enhanced by various offerings in music, art, theater, adventure education, athletics, and foreign language. Community service is an integral part of an Indian Mountain education as the School strives to live its motto, “Life Through Service.”

Why Choose the Hudson Valley Sudbury School? Students deserve better than what compulsory education today has to offer; they deserve an education that doesn’t box them in. They deserve an education that develops independence and self-motivation, nurtures the drive to become competent, successful adults, and allows them to reach that goal with their natural creativity and love of learning intact.

HVSS is a place where students age 5 to 19 learn the basics through self-initiated activities in an environment where play and personal development are not sacrificed for the sake of content-acquisition.

Students learn to use real-world, information age tools to discover what they need to know. They develop the ability to express themselves effectively and to deal with complex ethical issues. The school’s unique democratic, non-hierarchical community allows students to develop a sense of ownership and responsibility for the well being of their community, as well as a deep awareness of themselves as role-models.

LOCATION:

84 Zena Road Kingston, NY 845-679-1002 www.sudburyschool.com

ENROLLMENT CLERK:

Vanessa Van Burek sudburyschool@gmail.com AGES:

5-19

TUITION:

$4500

Student Led Curriculum = Endless Possibilites 60 acre wooded campus Rolling admissions

At HVSS, students practice the skills needed to succeed in the 21st Century all day, every day; they think for themselves, direct their lives, take responsibility for their actions, and allow curiosity to motivate their interests.

Success in today’s world depends upon “outside the box” creativity – the Sudbury approach is education, without the box.

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PHOTO BY JIM FOSSETT

In the heart of Stone Ridge stands a19th century brick mansion surrounded by nine acres of trails, ripe for exploration and learning. High Meadow is a not-for-profit, progressive independent school that puts each child at the center of a continuously challenging curriculum that employs experiential, instructional, and integrated learning across the academic spectrum. In addition to a broad array of core arts classes, High Meadow School has received a prestigious multi-year grant from New York State Council on the Arts, partnering teachers with artists to deepen academic learning. As students move to the Upper School, which features a 260 seat Performing Arts and Athletic Center and five new classrooms, Science and the Arts become the focus. The extraordinary teaching staff bring experience, innovation, and a wide body of knowledge. The diverse mix of families, committed to building a community that develops the whole child, makes High Meadow a rare find. This is a place where children, toddler through eighth grade, truly love to be!

Looking for a great summer day-camp? Visit our website for kids programs ages 3-15!

Route 209 Stone Ridge, NY

CONTACT: (845) 687-4855 contact@highmeadowschool.org

www.Highmeadowschool.org GRADES OFFERED:

Toddler through Eighth Grade

TEACHER STUDENT RATIO:

Average of 2:16 TUITION:

$10,500

ACCREDITATION:

Chartered by New York State Education Department (NY SED) and Accreditation Pending with New York State Association of Independent Schools (NY SAIS)

Sunday, March 20th, 2pm - Music at the Meadow Family Concert: Groove to family bands Elizabeth Mitchell and You Are My Flower, Grenadilla, and dog on fleas! Come early to our Lower School Open House 12:30-2, grades Pre-K to 4th. To secure a spot in our thriving upper-school, consider 4th-grade registration.

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LOCATION:

78 Academy Ave Cornwall-on-Hudson, NY

CONTACT: Alisa Southwell 845-534-3710 X 4272 asouthwell@nyma.org

New York Military Academy is an important part of America’s independent school heritage located in historic Cornwall-on-Hudson, www.nyma.org conveniently located just 60 miles north of New York City. Established GRADES OFFERED: 7-12 in 1889, New York Military Academy offers a rigorous global SPECIAL PROGRAMS: curriculum for students who actively seek to be Set Apart for Excellence JROTC, College Prep, College in a structured program enabling them to enter college Inspired, Acceptance, Varsity, Junior Engaged, and Ready for the future. Overall achievement is measured Varsity Athletics, Band, by the success of the graduating seniors in gaining admissions to the Horsemanship. nation’s leading colleges and universities, including the United States Service Academies. The military structure and tradition combine with TUITION: $35,210 Boarding self-discipline to enhance the student’s achievements in and out of the $16,000 Day classroom. The Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps teaches accountability and responsibility while developing character and leadership skills for life. The prestigious and highest designation awarded by the Department of the Army, Honor Unit with Distinction, allows NYMA to nominate qualified seniors to the United States Service Academies. Weekend outings, parades, field trips, band, drill team, fencing and a horsemanship program are just a few of the extracurricular activities offered. Open House events are held throughout the year. Please visit our website or call for additional information.

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260 Jay Street Katonah, NY

CONTACT: (914) 232-3161

www.harveyschool.org GRADES OFFERED: AGES:

6-12

11-18

TEACHER STUDENT RATIO:

Located on a wooded, 125-acre hilltop campus, Harvey is a coeducational college preparatory school for students in grades 6-12. The school educates students of varying abilities in a warm, supportive setting. With an average class size of 11 students, teachers get to know their students well. Honors classes and advanced placement courses challenge the most capable students, while faculty members are readily available for those students who require extra help. The school offers a wide array of extracurricular options: students participate enthusiastically in the performing arts, interscholastic sports and community service. An optional five-day boarding program for high school students is also offered.

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SPECIAL PROGRAMS:

AP Courses in 8 Subjects; Performing Arts; Interscholastic Sports TUITION:

$30,700.00

ACCREDITATION:

New York Association of Independent Schools (NYSAIS)

LOCATION:

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131 Millbrook School Road Millbrook, NY

Located 90 miles north of New York City, Millbrook is a coeducational boarding and day school which offers its 260 students in grades 9-12 a rigorous college preparatory curriculum that integrates academics, athletics, arts, service, and leadership. Since its founding in 1931, students have been encouraged to develop as strong and healthy individuals as well as concerned citizens of their world and its environment. Millbrook is a leader among independent schools in conservation education and sustainability.

A traditional liberal arts curriculum features Honors and AP courses in the major disciplines as well as four languages, independent study opportunities, a culminating experience for seniors, and a variety of electives including Animal Behavior, Astronomy, Constitutional Law, Anthropology, Digital Video, and Aesthetics. Exceptional offerings in the visual and performing arts complement a strong competitive and recreational athletic program. All students and faculty participate in an on-campus community service program.

The 800-acre campus features Holbrook Arts Center, Mills Athletic Center, the AZA-accredited Trevor Zoo, and a state-of-the-art gold LEED-certified Math and Science Center.

CONTACT: (845) 677-3035 Jonathan Downs, Director of Admission admissions@millbrook.org

www.millbrook.org GRADES OFFERED:

9-12

SPECIAL PROGRAMS: t On

campus community service program t Independent study, study abroad and semester away opportunities t Intersession — a week-long exploration of interests outside the classroom. t Culminating experience for seniors t Unique hands-on learning at the Trevor Zoo TUITION:

$46,950 BOARDING $34,500 DAY

LOCATION:

22 Spackenkill Road Poughkeepsie NY

Founded in 1796 and guided by the Quaker principles of integrity, equality, community, simplicity, and peace, Oakwood Friends School emphasizes the importance of individuality and one’s responsibility to the community at large. Oakwood Friends School encourages each student to discover his or her own voice and interests within the framework of a rigorous, college-preparatory curriculum. We nurture the spirit, the scholar, the artist and the athlete in each student.

800-843-3341 CONTACT: Barbara Lonczak Director of Admissions 845-462-4200 blonczak@oakwoodfriends.org

ww.oakwoodfriends.org GRADES OFFERED:

6 -12 Boarding and Day School

Both the upper and middle schools’ academic programs offer broad foundations in Mathematics, Science, Humanities and the Arts. The faculty is supportive and engaging and helps develop each student’s critical, analytical and creative thinking skills through stimulating classroom discussions, the use of primary text and hands-on application.

Students are challenged to strive for academic excellence and nourish their intellectual curiosity.

For over 200 years Oakwood Friends School has educated and strengthened young people for lives of conscience, compassion and accomplishment and that tradition continues today.

22 Spackenkill Road, Poughkeepsie, NY www. oakwoodfriends. org 1-80 0 -843-3341 COLLEGE PREPARATORY PROGRAM QUAKER VALUES GRADES 6-12 BOARDING & DAY COEDUCATIONAL FINANCIAL AID AVAILABLE

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LOCATION:

The Graduate School SUNY New Paltz 1 Hawk Drive New Paltz, NY 12561-2443

CONTACT: (845) 257-3285 gradschool@newpaltz.edu

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The Graduate School at SUNY New Paltz Unlock Your Potential

www.newpaltz.edu/graduate AGES:

23 and up

SPECIAL PROGRAMS: MS Electrical Engineering

MFA in Metal, Ceramics, Painting/Drawing, Printmaking & Sculpture MSEd in Second Language Education (TESOL) MBA in Business Administration & Public Accountancy MAT & MSEd in Adolescence Education The foremost graduate school in the Hudson Valley, the State University of New York at New Paltz offers 50 affordable, high-quality programs in business, the arts, engineering, education and more. We foster students’ intellectual engagement and prepare them for professional opportunities in an open, diverse, and culturally vibrant environment. U.S. News & World Report’s 2011 America’s Best Colleges guidebook ranks NEW PALTZ 7th among the best public universities in the North with master’s degree programs.

TUITION: $349 NYS resident $391 MBA resident $574 non-resident $631 MBA non-resident OUR MISSION:

t An MBA that features case study, team building, and leadership skill t Master’s degrees in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science providing in-depth knowledge in these rapidly expanding fields t Small seminar classes in English and Psychology MA programs led by scholars who love to teach t Internationally renowned MFA programs Candidates in our Teacher Education and Administration Programs gain professional experience through teaching, fieldwork placements, and internships in: t Redesigned and strengthened adolescence education master’s programs

t A master’s in second language education program whose students can become Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages (all grades) or Bilingual Educators (Elementary and Secondary) t A Master of Science in Teaching (MST) program leading both to initial and professional certification in Childhood Education t A master’s program in school leadership and Certificates of Advanced Study in school administration t A Master of Professional Studies in Humanistic and Multicultural Education for educators and human service professionals committed to fostering personal, institutional, and social change

Now accepting applications: www.newpaltz.edu/graduate

Scholarships available at: www.newpaltz.edu/graduate/funding.html

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PO Box 1, Woodstock, NY

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For over 35 years, Woodstock Day School has educated and enriched the lives of generations of young people.

Woodstock Day School remains committed to unlocking the full potential in each child. With hands-on individual guidance, we firmly believe there is no such thing as an average student. Operating with a progressive way of thinking, personally and globally, we hold the belief that art is a means of expression for everyone, not just for the gifted. We create a community that encourages and unites; is dedicated to the sustainability of the planet; and provide a nourishing environment for learning and understanding oneself. With a faculty and staff who are deeply involved with each student, Woodstock Day School provides a program of academic excellence. Our goal is “Education for Life,” inspiring and empowering the whole child to become productive citizens of our community and beyond. For students from grades Nursery through 12, we equip children to thrive in the 21st century with a life-long love of learning and a desire to make a difference, not just as outstanding students but outstanding people.

Marie Kropp (845) 246.3744 mkropp@woodstockdayschool.org www.woodstockdayschool.org GRADES OFFERED: Nursery –12th Grade TEACHER STUDENT RATIO: 1:6 SPECIAL PROGRAMS: t Afterschool Enrichment Program t Summer Adventure w/Specialty Camps t Mandarin Instruction t New Media Arts Building TUITION: Nursery School/Preschool 5 full day 10,500/5 ½ day 6,562.50 4 full day 8,500/4 ½ day 5,250.00 3 full day 7,875/3 ½ day 3,937.50 2 full day 5,250/2 ½ day 2,625.00 Kindergarten 12,600.00 Grades 1-6 14,550.00 Grades 7-12 16,200.00

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Now enrolling for the 2011-12 school year Call for a personal tour: (413) 528-4015 x105 Early Childhood through Eighth Grade www.gbrss.org 35 W Plain Rd, Great Barrington, MA

Hawk Meadow Montessori School “Where young minds learn to soar”

Ages 18 months through 13 years old Now Enrolling for Our Summer Program and the 2011-2012 School Year Please Call to Schedule a Tour In LaGrange at 488 Freedom Plains Road For information, call (845) 223-3783 Visit our website at:

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Bishop Dunn Memorial School’s 20th Annual Auction Celebrating the Power of Hope!

Friday, March 25th, Preview 6PM Anthony’s Pier Nine, Route 9W Tickets $30 For information call 845-569-3496

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Open to the public every weekend, Sat & Sun 12 - 5 pm for tours, tastings and sales.

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By Karin Ursula Edmondson Photographs by Jennifer May Baby lettuces with sauteed oyster mushrooms, wontons, and a carrot sesame ume-ginger dressing at Luna 61 in Tivoli.

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vegetarian in her purest form is a person who does not eat meat, fish, or fowl.

More rigorously, a vegan does not ingest any food derived from animals, fish, fowl, or insect, including dairy, eggs, and honey. Both vegetarians and vegans receive their sustenance from plants—vegetables, fruits, herbs, nuts, and grains. For several decades, a vegetarian diet was viewed as “Spartan, a rebuke and brimming with self-righteousness,” says Jay Blotcher, who works in the media relations department at the Culinary Institute of America. Blotcher has been a vegetarian for 32 years, vegan for the last 10 months.

Modern vegetarian cuisine is anything but Spartan—inventive, creative and full of flavor, a sort of introductory primer on global food traditions that employ vegetables and other plant offerings as their nutritional mainstay. Globalization has familiarized products in most American supermarkets that 30 years ago were nearly impossible to locate: coconut milk, fresh lemongrass, shitake mushrooms, poblano peppers, ginger root, rice vinegar, and sesame oil. The CIA now introduces students to vegetarian and vegan culinary principles as part of its degree programs. In May 2012 the CIA will publish Chef Instructor Katherine Polenz’s Vegetarian Cooking at Home, a multicultural collection of savory vegetarian recipes.

Some of the best purely vegetarian/vegan restaurants in the Hudson Valley apply multicultural food traditions; dining at one of these eateries often feels nuanced and sophisticated. Peter Maisel, chef/owner with his wife, Debra, of Tivoli’s Luna 61, interned (surmounting language barriers) at the legendary macrobiotic restaurant Souen in Manhattan. This is evidenced in the profusion of Asian-inspired embellishments Luna 61 offers—ginger scallion sauce, ume plum paste, sweet chili sauce, soy chili sauce, Thai barbecue sauce, Szechuan sesame peanut sauce, sesame balsamic dressing, spicy coconut broth.

Food inspirations might be exotic, but food philosophies at most vegetarian places are predominantly local and organic. In the summer season, vegetables, fruits, and herbs are sourced directly from local Hudson Valley farms or farm markets. “Local is better,” says Debra Maisel. Local produce has the bonus of incomparable flavor, just-

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picked ripeness, and a taste of terroir. In the winter, Pam Brown at the Garden Café on the Green in Woodstock sources local polenta, whole wheat bread flour, maple syrup, cashew ice cream, potatoes, and apples for her winter menu, so that the dining experience is still redolent with local flavors. The myriad reasons people opt for a plant-based lifestyle: health, ecology, animal rights, nonviolence, religious beliefs, or any combination of these reasons might have formerly smacked of the sanctimonious, but in light of today’s global health and environmental crises, a vegetarian or vegan lifestyle might just be a flavorful, curative option available to everyone.

Garden Café on the Green, Woodstock The Garden Café on the Green in Woodstock is vegan, but quietly so. The restaurant’s shabby-chic décor is at once elegant and cozy. Chef/owner Pam Brown, a vegetarian since 1967, has inventive dishes on her menu, excellent preparation, and creative use of world spice that combine to deliver delicious vegan testaments to a cuisine and a lifestyle that can be as tasty as it is nutritious and compassionate toward animals. Jenny Brown, founder and co-director of the Woodstock Farm Animal Sanctuary and a self-proclaimed “not a big dessert person,” always makes room for Pam’s “to-die-for strawberry shortcake” in the summer when fresh organic strawberries are available. “The vegan whip cream not only tastes like the real thing—it’s better!”

The menu is dynamic, “really inventive and fun,” states Blotcher, and offers variations on Thai, Indian, Afghani, Italian, and American Southwest cooking.

The menu changes seasonally and specials are offered daily, so choosing just one dish becomes particularly difficult. During my initial visit in the winter of 2008, I managed (somehow) to narrow down the menu to six dishes that I coveted. That day, the winner was the Afghan Lentil and Vegetable Boulanee (Roll-Up) with Lemon Sour Cream Cumin Drizzle—a wonderful mélange of sautéed vegetables tossed with spiced lentils, potatoes, and Afghan spices, rolled in warm whole wheat tortilla. Other dishes of note: Grilled

caption (l): sauteed wild and brown rice with roasted butternut squash and cashew cream drizzle; pan-seared tempeh with grape mustard relish; fennel and portabella mushroom salad; and a side of kale. (R): Warm ginger cake with lemon glaze and candied ginger with cinnamon whipped cream.

Mediterranean Chickpea Wrap, Moroccan Carrot Salad with Pistachios and Dates, Butternut Squash Risotto Cakes with Sage and Pine Nut Sauce, Curried Red Lentil Spread with Toasted Pita, and the Avocado and Vegan Cheddar on Whole Grain Bread. Brown’s favorite dish is the Indian Vegetable & Chickpea Enchiladas with Bombay Sauce served with Curried Apple Coconut Salad and Sautéed Greens. Winter menus “stick with grains, root veggies, kale, and collards, apples, pears, dried fruits, and apple cider.” Coffee and chocolate always figure into the menu because, according to Brown, “What would life be without them?” Tomatoes may be absent from the current winter menu at the Garden Café but dishes like Warm Walnut Mushroom Paté with Horseradish Cream Sauce served with Warm Foccacia, Seitan with Caramelized Onions in Red Wine Sauce with Smokey Garlic Potato Croquette with Scallion Puree, and Roasted Cauliflower with Gremolata Bread Crumbs and Sautéed Greens make one admit that tomatoes are best left in summer anyhow.

6 Old Forge Road,Woodstock. www.woodstockgardencafe.com.

Gomen Kudasai The first page of the menu at Japanese restaurant Gomen Kudosai states: “MSG free, vegan friendly, organic when possible, and locally produced when available,” then lists 23 local purveyors including vegetable farms, an orchard, and a winery.

Youko Yamamoto claims she offers the “biggest menu for vegetarian options north of Manhattan.” Lagusta of Lagusta’s Luscious organic, vegan, and fair trade chocolates raves about the “stunningly perfect home-style authentic Japanese vegetable dishes.” Symbols next to menu entries—V for Vegetarian, S for Specify regular or vegetarian, and O for Organic—allow room for vegetarians to order a wide variety of dishes. The dishes with the symbols are not the only vegetarian options.

“We have 25 vegetarian/vegan appetizers, 28 vegan noodle dishes, 12 vegetarian/ vegan rice dishes, five vegan desserts, seven vegan sushi rolls, and a few egg noodle dishes. All together we have more than 80 dishes of vegetarian choice,” says Yamamoto. Desserts have two symbols of their own—DF for dairy free and GF

for gluten free. The Mango Passion Fruit Sorbet is a winner with V, O, DF, and GF. Gomen Kudasai offers vegan Japanese noodle soups with either udon noodles (“delicious,” says Lagusta) or soba noodles, and both are rarities. “One of the most important ingredients for noodle soup is bonito flakes—fish flavor. It is difficult to achieve the authentic noodle soup taste without using bonito flakes,” explains Yamamoto. The kimchi—legendary Korean spiced cabbage—is “pickled in our kitchen by our Korean friend” and, lacking the fish sauce, is vegan as well. Blotcher recommends Gomen Kudasai because of “authenticity. They take really good care with the food preparation. This is traditional Japanese food, not tarted-up Americanized food.” Some of the popular vegetarian dishes are Vegan Kitsune Udon, Sansai Soba, Tempura Soba, Yakiudon Tofu, Madofu, Spring Roll, Stir-fried Vegetable for Two and Steamed Baby Bok Choy. The bean curd is handmade about 50 miles away and is organic. “I love their Yaki Udon—stir-fried with vegetables,” says Lagusta.

215 Main Street, New Paltz. (845) 255-8811 Karma Road Karma Road and its chef/owners Jennifer Branitz and Seth Davis wear their culinary heart on their sleeve. Their shingle reads: “Food for an Inspired Planet” and the take-out menu states: “Healthy Delicious Food for Everyone.” Karma Road has its fans. Blotcher recommends Karma Road “for a quick preparation that is consistently good and unfussy. No unpleasant surprises. They tell you everything that is in each dish.” And they do—listing all the ingredients either on the blackboard or on staked signs in each prepared dish in the display case. Jenny Brown’s favorite Karma Road meal? “A no-brainer,” she says: the Young Coconut Shake, a dreamy concoction of young coconut meat, water, agave, and vanilla, coupled with the Karma Reuben sandwich of roasted tempeh, sauerkraut, and homemade Russian dressing and the “addictive” Kalecado salad—raw kale with creamy avocado mash, onions, extravirgin olive oil, carrots, lemon juice, raisins, and cashews. Another standout: the Baked Falafel Wrap with carrots, tomatoes, lettuce, tahini, and added hummus. It tasted “clean, crisp, and fresh” to Olivebridge organic farmer Thom 3/11 ChronograM culinary adventures 69

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Greaney, who recognizes a fresh vegetable when he tastes one. The accompanying Sprouted Raw Red Lentil Salad (ingredients were listed as: celery, red pepper, red onion, parsley, canola oil, lemon juice, Bragg’s Aminos, garlic, black pepper, sea salt, seasoning—celery salt—and love) was refreshing. Dessert: a just-out-ofthe-oven chocolate blueberry muffin baked from spelt and brown rice flour and sweetened with agave, maple syrup, and cane sugar. Vegetarian cookbook author Nava Atlas describes the food at Karma Road as “hearty fare with a lot of heart” and the menu is expansive—with numerous deli-case offerings, sandwiches, soups, wraps, breakfast items, juices, smoothies, and desserts. Ninety-eight percent of everything at Karma Road is organic, even the sodas. Atlas’s favorite Karma Road meal: “a green juice, the soup of the day, and a sweet potato biscuit. I leave the place feeling like I’ve been injected with a huge dose of vitamins.”

11 Main Street, New Paltz. www.karmaroad.net.

Luna 61 Tivoli’s Luna 61, the matriarch of the Hudson Valley vegetarian restaurants after 16 years of operation, is technically a vegetarian restaurant with eggs and cheese on the menu—including a riotous slice of dairy dessert decadence called the Banana Cream Pie—but according to Jenny Brown, “pretty much anything can be made vegan, many of the items already are, so vegans never feel limited.” Case in point: the vegan Chocolate Cake is a layered, frosted (dark Dutch cocoa and coconut milk) slice of adult dessert heaven—gently sweet, moist, and airy (baking soda and apple cider vinegar combo). Satisfaction is sweet. The Pan Friend Wontons Filled with Seasoned Tofu and Scallions with a Ginger Garlic Dipping Sauce forever altered my conception of wonton. Peter Maisel makes the wonton wrappers himself, rolls them thin, fills them with a soft tofu and scallion mixture, fries them up crisp and brown, and dusts them with panko breadcrumbs. “Best wontons I’ve ever had,” declared my dining companion, Leah. The ginger scallion dipping sauce had a hint of heat but the zesty peanut dipping sauce for the Vietnamese Salad Roll burst with flavor, spice, sweet, and sour—a wondrous thing. “We have customers who drink it,” says Debra Maisel.

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“During the holidays we bottle it for our customers.” Luna 61 is a complete fine dining experience—“organic beer and wine list, fresh baked goods, and mouthwatering multiethnic food with a healthy twist,” says Brown, who enjoys sitting outside in the summer and people watching on Tivoli’s Main Street. Sixty percent of Luna 61’s customers are carnivores that come for that eclectic dining experience. “You don’t have to be Japanese to go to a Japanese restaurant,” says Debra Maisel. Also noted: The kitchen uses stainless steel and cast-iron cookware, so there’s “no toxic anything” in the kitchen. “We also hide the healthy stuff in some of our dishes, like tumeric in our potatoes.” Portions are large. The subtly flavored stir-fry of broccoli, bok choi, carrots, kale, and tofu in a ginger-garlic sauce over jasmine rice (with a requested extra side of zesty peanut sauce) made a lovely lunch the following day. Other recommended dishes: Seitan Satay skewers, Seitan Picatta, and Laksa Noodlepot. The Crispy Jerk Seitan Chimichanga is “beloved” by various members of the Atlas family, especially Nava’s younger son. Open for brunch with “a mean Breakfast Burrito and fabulous scones.”

55 Broadway,Tivoli. www.luna61.com.

Pure City Pure City in Pine Bush serves dishes prepared like Chinese food, only soy protein takes the place of the animal protein. Owned by Ben and Lisa Chen, who believe in “pure food, pure mind, pure behavior, and pure speaking,” the menu offers a full array of dishes normally found at Chinese restaurants from steamed vegetable dumplings, spring rolls and wonton soup to lo mein and brown sauces and bean sauces. Blotcher proclaims Pure City a “good place for starting out as a vegetarian or weaning yourself from eating meat, getting vegetarian training wheels by eating dishes that resemble or pay homage to meat.” The standout dish according to Nava Atlas is the Mixed Diced Vegetable in Taro, featuring finely diced zucchini, veggie ham, veggie protein, mushroom, and red pepper, sautéed in a special, light brown sauce, topped with cashew nuts, and served in a taro bowl. The entire dish is edible since the bowl is made of taro, a root vegetable. “Pretty much all vegan,” says Atlas.

“Pure City does a lot of mock meat dishes, but not in a way that will be a turn-off to vegetarians. Everything is amazing, unique, and beautifully presented.” The menu is large and varied, and even the dessert menu has vegan offerings of mango pudding, homemade tofu cheesecake, and tofu ice cream.

100 Main Street, Pine Bush. www.purecityny.com.

Yanni Restaurant and Café Yanni’s, a Greek diner with traditional shades of blue and white, is diminutive in size but big on vegetarian options, including an entire special menu filled with vegetable dishes. Yanni’s plethora of vegetarian options caters to his customers, 45 percent of whom are vegetarians. Open in the same location on Main Street in New Paltz since July 1998, Yanni’s was honored in Chronogram’s Best of the Mid-Hudson Valley in 1999, garnered four stars from the Poughkeepsie Journal and was named twice, in 2008 and 2009, in Hudson Valley Magazine’s Best of the Hudson Valley.

“I love the Imam Baldi, a lovely dish of Greek stewed eggplant that comes with great pita bread to sop up the delicious juices,” says Lagusta. The dish is mild and comforting, the flavors stewed and well blended, buttery despite the large slices of eggplant and Roma tomato halves.

Blotcher recommends the “silky” Babaganoush that is indeed creamy, potent with garlic, a hint of lemon tang, and bits of fresh parsley. While Yanni’s offers a vegetarian menu with familiar Mediterranean fare like a Falafel Wrap, a Grecian Salad Pita, a Dip Platter, or a Veggie Wrap, the vegetable-inspired menu is comprised of actual dishes built around vegetables, such as: Fresh Spinach Mixed with Greek-style Rice, Onions Topped with Fresh Greek Dill, or Fresh Green Beans with Tomatoes, Onion and Garlic that is first sautéed and then baked in the oven. Similarly, the Giant Beans are first soaked in water for two days before baked with fresh tomatoes, tomato paste, onions, and garlic.When asked if there might be chicken or beef stock in the vegetarian dishes,Yanni smiles and says, “The dishes on the special menu have been cooked for hundreds of years in Greece without chicken or beef stock.” Truly a family-owned and -operated restaurant, Yanni “does everything,” including the cooking, although he is assisted by his wife, Dimitra, who makes the Spanikopita and all of the desserts.

51 Main Street, New Paltz. (845) 256-0988.

Honorable Mentions Beacon Falls Café Beacon Falafel Platter Café Mio, Gardiner Sriracha Glazed Tofu Wings Mercato, Red Hook Raw Kale Salad with Scallions, Pine Nuts, Parmesan, and Currants New World Home Cooking, Saugerties Blue Corn Crusted Seitan Steak Northern Spy Café, High Falls Free Range Tofu Wings Suruchi, New Paltz Mysore Masala Dosa Thai Spice, Poughkeepsie Pad See Ew (specify no egg) Zorona’s Poughkeepsie: Spinach Pie and Fava Beans

A guide to getting the most from

Hudson Valley Restaurant Week

By Mark Gerlach

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he aroma of great food is in the air once again, as Hudson Valley Restaurant Week gears up again to spotlight the region as a culinary destination. The event actually spans two weeks, despite its name, from March 14 through March 27, and is a fantastic opportunity for diners to sample mouthwatering feasts at discounted prices. In addition, many of the restaurants use vegetables, cheeses, poultry, and meats from farms in the area. Participating restaurants will offer threecourse dinners at $28, and many will feature three-course lunches at $20.

Last year, Restaurant Week drew more than 200,000 diners to over 140 restaurants in seven counties, including Dutchess, Orange, Ulster, and Westchester.

This time around, 150 eateries are signed up, creating an even larger selection of amazing restaurants to choose from.

Chronogram recently spoke with Janet Crawshaw, publisher of the Valley Table magazine, the driving force behind Restaurant Week, and Nancy Lutz, communications manager at Dutchess County Tourism, to devise a game plan for making the most of the 14-day celebration.

Tip #1: Be Adventurous Make Restaurant Week a culinary quest to find new foods you have never tasted before. Stray from your favorite dishes and broaden the horizon of your pallet. “Try something you would never even think of trying, like eclectic European fondue,” Lutz says. “You could go for something adventurous.” It is this pioneering spirit that makes Restaurant Week great, according to Lutz. “You get to explore and open new windows, open new horizons,” she said.

Tip #2: Make Reservations Get your reservations in early! Don’t be shut out of a popular restaurant.

Tip #3: Don’t Let Dietary Restrictions Stop You Avoid letting dietary restrictions put a damper on your Restaurant Week experience.

Contact the restaurant before you head out to make sure they can accommodate any needs you may have.

Tip #4: Check the List Not all restaurants are participating in the event on weekends, or for lunch. Doublecheck restaurant hours and participation schedules on the HVRW website.

Tip #5: Map Out Your Route Try picking a town and hopscotching the restaurants in the area. Perhaps have a glass of wine and a small plate at one, mosey on to another for the main course, and check out someplace new for dessert. Prime locations include Poughkeepsie, where eight restaurants will be participating, and White Plains, where seven restaurants will be taking part. The HVRW website offers a function to sort restaurants by town.

“You can go for a walk, if it is not a freezing cold day, on the Walkway over the Hudson, and then end up at a great restaurant for a great dinner,” says Crawshaw.

Tip #6: Getting Around River towns are ideal spots, especially those on the Hudson train line, such as Beacon and Poughkeepsie. Taxis are usually lined up at train stations waiting to carry diners away to a culinary paradise, and many restaurants are within walking distance of the station.

Tip #7: Turn a Meal into a Getaway A number of hotels, inns, and bed-and breakfasts have hopped on the Restaurant Week bandwagon, and will offer discounted overnight packages. To find participating places of lodging, visit the travel page on the Hudson Valley Restaurant Week website. “You can get a midweek getaway or a weekend getaway and overcome the blah-dom of March, and have a great meal and a great overnight somewhere,” Crawshaw says. Also, if you spend the night, you can have an extra bottle of wine without worrying about driving home.

Bed-and-breakfasts, like the Olde Rhinebeck Inn, will sometimes pick up travelers from the train station if they are given fair warning. The Poughkeepsie Grand Hotel also has a shuttle bus for those looking to get around without a cab.

For a full list of participating restaurants, and more information about Hudson Valley Restaurant Week, visit www.hudsonvalleyrestaurantweek.com.

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Bakeries The Alternative Baker 407 Main Street, Rosendale, NY (845) 658-3355 www.lemoncakes.com

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100% all butter scratch, full-service, smallbatch, made-by-hand bakery. Best known for our scones, sticky buns, Belgian hot chocolate, sandwiches (Goat Cheese Special is still winning awards) & all vegan soups. Plus varied treats: vegan, wheat, gluten, dairy or sugar-free. Wedding cakes too. Lemon Cakes shipped nationwide and for local corporate gift giving. Closed Tues/Wed but open 7 AM for the best egg sandwiches ever!

Me Oh My Pie Firehouse Plaza, 7466 South Broadway, Red Hook, NY

5371 Albany Post Road, Staatsburg, NY (845) 889-8831 www.terrapincatering.com hugh@terrapincatering.com Escape from the ordinary to celebrate the extraordinary. Let us attend to every detail of your wedding, bar/bat mitzvah, corporate event or any special occasion. On-site, we can accommodate 150 guests seated, and 250 for cocktail events. Off-site services available.

Terrapin’s custom menus always include local, fresh, and organic ingredients.

Delis Jack’s Meats & Deli 79 Main Street, New Paltz, NY (845) 255-2244

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Cafes Bistro-to-Go 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.

Catering Fresh Company Garrison, NY (845) 424-8204 www.FreshCompany.net

Holberts Catering 1118 State Route 17K, Montgomery, NY

American Glory is a BBQ restaurant specializing in “legendary regional BBQ of the United States, and classic American comfort food.”

In addition to our extensive BBQ fare, we offer a wide selection of grilled steaks and various roasted meats, fish and wide selection of fresh veggies. All smoking is done on site in our brand new state of the art kitchen.

LaBella Pizza Bistro 194 Main Street, New Paltz, NY (845) 255-2633 www.labellapizzabistro.com LaBella Pizza Bistro voted Best Pizza in The Hudson Valley. We serve more than just great pizza, including catering for any occasion. Our dishes feature LOCALLY GROWN organic produce! We offer a healthy WHOLE GRAIN PIZZA CRUST! Vegan Pizza is now available as well.

Baba Louie’s Woodfired Sourdough Pizza

(845) 562-4505

517 Warren Street, Hudson, NY (518) 751-2155 34 Depot Street, Pittsfield, MA (413) 499-2400 286 Main Street, Great Barrington, MA (413) 528-8100 www.BabaLouiesPizza.com

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Handcrafted with fresh, all natural ingredients.

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Italian brick-oven woodfired pizzas made with sourdough crust & fresh mozzarella. Choose from our creative signature pizzas or build your own! Heaping salads with fresh greens, house made soup, pasta specials, lunchtime sandwiches & ciabatta panini. Family friendly!

Delicious gluten-free and vegan options available everyday!

Bull and Buddha 319 Main Street, Poughkeepsie, NY (845) 337-4848 www.bullandbuddha.com The Hudson Valley’s newest restaurant, sushi bar and lounge, Bull and Buddha offers customers a unique dining experience. Featuring a modern yet elegant design, Bull and Buddha’s aesthetics are matched only by the caliber of its food. Bull and Buddha, and Orient — its exciting and chic new ultra lounge located just upstairs — bring a new energy to Main Street Poughkeepsie.

Charlie O’s 23 East Market Street, Red Hook, NY (845) 758-2123

Eddie’s Roadhouse 18 Main Street, Warwick, NY (845) 986-7623 www.eddiesroadhouse.com

Gilded Otter 3 Main Street, New Paltz, NY (845) 256-1700

Gunk Haus 387 South Street, Highland, NY (845) 833-0866 www.gunkhaus.com

Karma Road Organic Cafe 11 Main Street, New Paltz, NY 845 255 1099 www.karmaroad.net info@karmaroad.com Winner of “Best Vegetarian Restaurant in the Hudson Valley” 2010. Friendly, casual breakfast, lunch, dinner, snacks, juices and awardwinning smoothies for a delicious, healthy alternative to standard fare. Steps from the Rail-Trail in historic downtown. Open 8am-8pm, 7 days. Find us on Facebook!

Kavos 4 North Clover Street, Poughkeepsie, NY 845 473 4976 www.kavosgyros.com kavosgyros@gmail.com

Le Bouchon 76 Main Street, Cold Spring, NY (845) 265-7676

26 Raymond Avenue, Poughkeepsie, NY (845) 471-5245

Tavern at Highland Country Club 955 Route 9D, Garrison, NY (845) 424-3254 ext 16 www.highlandscountryclub.net

Terrapin Restaurant and Bistro 6426 Montgomery Street, Rhinebeck, NY (845) 876-3330 www.terrapinrestaurant.com custsvc@terrapinrestaurant.com Voted “Best of the Hudson Valley” by Chronogram Magazine. From far-flung origins, the world’s most diverse flavors meet and mingle.

Out of elements both historic and eclectic comes something surprising, fresh, and dynamic: dishes to delight both body and soul.

Serving lunch and dinner seven days a week.

Local. Organic. Authentic.

Texas Roadhouse 500 Miron Lane, Kingston, NY 845-336-7600 www.texasroadhouse.com 307 Main Street, Poughkeepsie, NY (845) 483-8074 www.theartistspalate.biz Installed in a building once occupied by a Golden Era clothing store, M. Schwartz, The Artist’s Palate restaurant has brought back life to Main Street in Poughkeepsie. Designers have reworked the interior space of the 70-seat dining room to combine cosmopolitan elegance with an edgy industrial accent. Like the décor, the menu showcases innovation: An extensive array of wines, handcrafted beers and unique cocktails complement our revolving seasonal menu.

The Culinary Institute of America 1946 Campus Drive (Route 9), Hyde Park, NY (845) 452-9600 www.ciachef.edu/restaurants American Bounty Restaurant, imaginative cuisine celebrating the diversity of foods of the Americas; Apple Pie Bakery Café, sumptuous baked goods and café cuisine; Escoffier Restaurant, culinary traditions of France with a contemporary touch; Ristorante Caterina de’ Medici, authentic, seasonal dishes of Italy; and St. Andrew’s Café, menus highlighting locally and sustainably sourced ingredients.

Rusty’s Farm Fresh 5 Old Farm Road, Red Hook, NY (845) 758-8000 www.rustysfarmfresheatery.com

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Towne Crier Cafe Pawling, NY (845) 855-1300 www.townecrier.com

Tuthill House

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3 River Avenue, Cornwall-on-Hudson, NY (845) 534-3046 www.theriverbank.biz

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22 Garden St, (845) 876-7338

5 - 7 Raymond Avenue , Poughkeepsie, NY (845) 486-5119 www.riomexican.com theriocrew@aol.com

Osaka Restaurant

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74 Broadway, (845) 757-5055

The Rio

20 Grist Mill Lane, Gardiner, NY (845) 255-4151 www.tuthillhouse.com

22 Garden Street, Rhinebeck, NY (845) 876-7338 74 Broadway, Tivoli, NY (845) 757-5055 www.osakasushi.net

Japanese Restaurant

The Artist’s Palate

7100 Albany Post Road, Rhinebeck, NY (845) 758-2267

O’Leary’s

Voted “The Destination Restaurant” ~Culinary Institute of America

2015 Route 9, Garrison, NY (845) 424-3604 ext 25 www.thegarrison.com

Yobo Restaurant Route 300, Newburgh, NY (845) 564-3848 www.yoborestaurant.com

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Hampton Inn 1307 Ulster Avenue, Kingston, NY (845) 382-2600 Poukg_hampton@hilton.com

Rhinecliff Hotel 4 Grinnell Street, Rhinecliff, NY (845) 876-0590 www.therhinecliff.com

Alternative Energy Solaqua (518) 392-4000 www.sundogsolar.net

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Animal Sanctuaries Woodstock Farm Animal Sanctuary Willow, NY (845) 679-5955 www.WoodstockSanctuary.org

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Custom Overhead Doors 248 Route 295, Chatham, NY (518) 392-4443 www.customdoors.com

Architecture Lynn Gaffney Sharon, CT and, Brooklyn, NY (917) 797-4039 www.lynngaffney.com lynn@lynngaffney.com

Marlys Hann Architect 161 Main Street, Andes, NY (845) 676-3858 www.marlyshann.com

Art Galleries & Centers Ann Street Gallery 104 Ann Street, Newburgh, NY (845) 562-6940 X 119 www.annstreetgallery.org vwalsh@safe-harbors.org In Rare Form: Contemporary Sculpture Group Exhibition at the Ann Street Gallery, opens on Saturday, March 12, 2011 with an Artist Reception from 6-9 pm. Artists featured: Ben Bunch, Cary Baker, Kate Clark, Ryan Higgins, Christopher Manzione, Steven Millar, Albert Schweitzer, Philip Simmons, Gamble Staempfli, Teresa Sullivan, and Jean-Marc Superville Chibbaro.The exhibition runs through to April 24, 2011.

Back Door Studio 9 Rock City Road, Woodstock, NY (845) 679-3660 sydhap@aol.com

Country Gallery 1955 South Road Square, Poughkeepsie, NY (845) 297-1684

Cunneen-Hackett Arts Center 12 Vassar Street, Poughkeepsie, NY (845) 486-4571 www.cunneen-hackett.org

M Gallery 350 Main Street, Catskill, NY (518) 943-2189 www.mgallery-online.com

Marina Gallery 153 Main Street, Cold Spring, NY (845) 265-2204 www.themarinagallery.com

Mark Gruber Gallery New Paltz Plaza, New Paltz, NY (845) 255-1241 www.markgrubergallery.com

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Book Publishers SUNY Press www.sunypress.edu

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45 Pershing Avenue, Poughkeepsie, NY (845) 471-7477 www.millstreetloft.org info@millstreetloft.org

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Mill Street Loft’s Gallery 45 features yearround exhibits of works by a wide variety of distinguished Hudson Valley artists as well as students from the Art Institute of Mill Street Loft, the Dutchess Arts Camps and art courses and workshops. Mill Street Loft provides innovative educational arts programming for children and adults of all ages and abilities in Poughkeepsie, Beacon, Millbrook & Red Hook.

The Hudson Valley’s oldest and most comprehensive spiritual/metaphysical bookstore, providing a vast array of books, music, and gifts for inspiration, transformation and healing.

Exquisite jewelry, crystals, statuary and other treasures from Bali, India, Brazil, Nepal, Tibet.

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Root 52 Gallery 87 Mill Street, Liberty, NY (845) 295-3052 www.root52.com

Art Supplies White Barn Farm 815 Albany Post Road, New Paltz, NY (914) 456-6040 www.whitebarnsheepandwool.com

Artisans Hands Across Time (845) 201-0062 www.handsacrosstime.com

Jessica Wickham, Woodworker 578 Main Street, Beacon, NY (917) 797-9247 www.jessicawickham.com

Audio & Video Markertek Video Supply www.markertek.com

Media Stream (518) 265-5947 www.mediastreamvideo.com

Auto Sales & Services Jenkinstown Motors, Inc. 37 South Ohioville Road, New Paltz, NY (845) 255-2500

Ruge’s Subaru 6444 Montgomery Street, Rhinebeck, NY (845) 876-7074 www.rugessubaru.com

Banks Sawyer Savings 87 Market Street, Saugerties, NY (845) 246-7000 www.sawyersavings.com

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Garrison Art Center 23 Garrison’s Landing, Garrison, NY (845) 424-3960 www.garrisonartcenter.org

Choose Esotec to be your wholesale beverage provider. For 25 years, we’ve carried a complete line of natural, organic, and unusual juices, spritzers, waters, sodas, iced teas, and coconut water. If you are a store owner, call for details or a catalog of our full line. We’re back in Saugerties now!

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Custom Home Design & Materials Atlantic Custom Homes 2785 Route 9, Cold Spring, NY www.lindalny.com www.hudsonvalleycedarhomes.com

Equestrian Services Frog Hollow Farm Esopus, NY (845) 384-6424 www.dressageatfroghollowfarm.com

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Cinemas Rosendale Theater Collective Rosendale, NY www.rosendaletheatre.org

Upstate Films 6415 Montgomery St. Route 9, Rhinebeck (845) 876-2515, 132 Tinker Street, Woodstock (845) 679-6608, NY www.upstatefilms.org

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Durants Tents & Events 1155 Route 9, Wappingers Falls, NY (845) 298-0011 www.durantstents.com info@durantstents.com

EMPAC at Rensselaer Troy, NY (518) 276-3921 www.empac.rpi.edu

Farm Markets & Natural Food Stores Berkshire Co Op Market 42 Bridge Street, Great Barrington, MA (413) 528-9697 www.berkshire.coop/index.html community@berkshire.coop

Adams Fairacre Farms

75 Main Street, Cold Spring, NY (845) 265-4469 www.arttoweartoo.weebly.com arttoweartoo@gmail.com

Newburgh: 1240 Route 300, (845)569-0303 Lake Katrine: 1560 Ulster Avenue, (845) 336-6300 Poughkeepsie: 765 Dutchess Turnpike, (845) 454-4330 www.adamsfarms.com

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348 Main Street, Beacon, NY (845) 838-1288

Earthgoods Natural Foods Inc.

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Collaborative Workspace Beahive Kingston 314 Wall Street, Kingston, NY www.beahivekingston.com bzzz@beahivebeacon.com

Consulting Services TRACKING WONDER: Changing the Way Creativity Happens (845) 679-9441 www.trackingwonder.com

3074 US Route 9, Valatie, NY (518) 758-7683 www.goldenharvestfarms.com

Mother Earth’s Store House Poughkeepsie: 804 South Road Square, (845) 296-1069 Saugerties: 249 Main Street, (845) 246-9614 Kingston: 440 Kings Mall Court, Route 9W (845)336-5541 www.motherearthstorehouse.com Founded in 1978, Mother Earth’s is committed to providing you with the best possible customer service as well as a grand selection of high quality organic and natural products.

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Sunflower Natural Foods Market 75 Mill Hill Road, Woodstock, NY (845) 679-5361 www.sunflowernatural.com info@sunflowernatural.com Since 1978, Your source for organic and local, farm fresh produce, eggs, dairy products, bulk coffee, rice, beans, granolas, teas, all natural body & skin care, supplements, homeopathy.

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Garrison Market 1135 Route 9D, Garrison, NY (845) 424-6300 www.garrisonmarket.net

Financial Advisors JSA Financial Group 7 Livingston Street, Rhinebeck, NY (845) 876-1923 www.jsafinancial.com jeff@jsafinancial.com We are an independent financial firm that has been helping people establish & maintain their long-term financial goals through all aspects of Financial Planning. We also offer our clients the option to utilize socially responsible investments. Securities & Advisory Services offered through Commonwealth Financial Network â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Member FINRA/SIPC, a Registered Investment Adviser.

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Florists Greenhouse at Rhinebeck 41 Pitcher Road, Rhinebeck, NY (845) 876-3974 www.thegreenhouseatrhinebeck.com

Gardening Bloom Fine Gardening New Paltz, NY (845) 255-2734 www.bloomfinegardening.com bloomfinegardening@gmail.com

Graphic Design Annie Internicola, Illustrator www.aydeeyai.com

e-Diner Design & Marketing, Inc. 819 Little Britain Road, Suite 200 New Windsor, NY (845) 569-7000 www.e-dinerdesign.com

Greenovation SunDog Solar 343 Route 295, Chatham, NY www.sundogsolar.net info@sundogsolar.net Making power from sunshine! We design and install solar electric and solar thermal systems for sale or lease to homes and businesses.

We spray foam insulation, provide energy audits, building envelope air sealing and general greenovation contracting. Sundog also conducts workforce training and community educational programs in renewable energy.

Hair Salons Androgyny 5 Mulberry Street, New Paltz, NY (845) 256-0620

Dennis Fox Salon 6400 Montgomery Street 2nd Floor, Rhinebeck, NY (845) 876-1777

Anatolia Tribal Rugs & Weavings 54G Tinker Street, Woodstock, NY (845) 679-5311 www.anatoliarugs.com anatoliarugs@verizon.net Winner: Hudson Valley Magazine â&#x20AC;&#x153;Best Carpets.â&#x20AC;? Direct importers since 1981. Newly expanded store. Natural-dyed Afghan carpets, Balouchi tribal kilims, Russian sumaks, antique Caucasian carpets, silk Persian sumaks, Turkish kilims. Hundreds to choose from, 2â&#x20AC;&#x2122;x3â&#x20AC;&#x2122; to 9â&#x20AC;&#x2122;x12â&#x20AC;&#x2122;. We encourage customers to try our rugs in their homes without obligation. MC/ Visa/AmEx.

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Marigold Home Interiors 747 Route 28, Kingston, NY (845) 338-0800 www.marigold-home.com

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Jewelry, Fine Art & Gifts Dreaming Goddess 9 Collegeview Avenue, Poughkeepsie, NY (845) 473-2206 www.DreamingGoddess.com

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Route 9, Cold Spring, Katonah Shopping Center, Katonah, NY www.jaymarkjewelers.com

100 Brown Street, Peekskill, NY (914) 739-2333 www.paramountcenter.org

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Synchronicity 1 Broad Street, Pawling, NY (845) 855-1172

Kitchenwares Warren Kitchen & Cutlery 6934 Route 9, Rhinebeck, NY (845) 876-6208 www.warrenkitchentools.com

Landscaping Coral Acres — Keith Buesing, Topiary, Landscape Design, Rock Art (845) 255-6634

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Mediation Center Of Dutchess County (845) 471-7213 bvalente@dutchessmediation.org

Peter Cordovano 1 North Roberts Road, Highland, NY (845) 691-4200 www.cordovanolaw.com

Wellspring (845) 534-7668 www.mediated-divorce.com

Hudson Valley Mediators Rhinebeck and Poughkeepsie (845) 876-6100 Kingston and Highland (845) 338-9638 www.hudsonvalleymediators.com

Music DJacobs Music 1 Milton Avenue, Highland, NY (845) 691-2701 www.jacobmusiconline.com

Musical Instruments Imperial Guitar & Soundworks 99 Route 17K, Newburgh, NY (845) 567-0111 www.imperialguitar.com

Networking Hudson Valley Green Drinks (845) 454-6410 www.hvgreendrinks.org

Organizations Town of Lloyd Development Corporation (845) 691-2144 www.TownOfLloyd.com

US Green Building Council, New York Upstate Chapter, Hudson Valley Branch www.greenupstateny.org hvbranchcoordinator@gmail.com

Performing Arts Bardavon Opera House 35 Market Street, Poughkeepsie, NY (845) 473-2072 www.bardavon.org

Club Helsinki Hudson 405 Columbia Street, Hudson, NY (518) 828-4800 www.helsinkihudson.com info@helsinkihudson.com

Falcon Music & Art Productions 1348 Route 9W, Marlboro, NY (845) 236 7970 www.liveatthefalcon.com

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(845) 855-3100 www.pawlingconcertseries.org

Shandaken Theatrical Society 10 Church Street, Phoenicia, NY (845) 688-2279 www.stsplayhouse.com

The Richard B. Fisher Center for the Performing Arts at Bard College Annandale-on-Hudson, NY (845) 758-7900 www.fischercenter.bard.edu

WAMC — The Linda 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.

Pet Services & Supplies Dog Love, LLC 240 North Ohioville Road, New Paltz, NY (845) 255-8281 www.dogloveplaygroups.com Personal hands-on boarding and playgroups with pick-up and drop-off available. Insulated kennel room, 5x10 kennels with windows, mats and classical music. Supervised playgroups in a 40x40 fenced area. Walks every few hours.

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Photography Fionn Reilly Photography Saugerties, NY (845) 802-6109 www.fionnreilly.com

France Menk Photography (845) 750-5261 www.france-menk.com iam@france-menk.com

Kelly Shimoda Wedding Photography (917) 969-0106 www.kellyshimodaweddings.com kelly@kellyshimoda.com Kelly photographs weddings in a documentary style ‑ capturing events and moments as they occur, with an artistic and slightly abstract angle. In addition to wedding photography, she freelances for The New York Times, including the Vows section.

Photosensualis 15 Rock City Road, Woodstock, NY (845) 679-7995 www.photosensualis.com

Picture Framing Atelier Renee Fine Framing The Chocolate Factory, 54 Elizabeth Street, Suite 3, Red Hook, NY (845) 758-1004 www.atelierreneefineframing.com renee@atelierreneefineframing.com Formerly One Art Row, this unique workshop combines a beautiful selection of moulding styles and mats with conservation quality materials, expert design advice and skilled workmanship. Renee Burgevin CPF; 20 years experience. Special services include shadow-box and oversize framing as well as fabric-wrapped and French matting. Also offering mirrors.

Pools & Spas Ne Jame Pools, Ltd. (845) 677-7665 www.nejamepools.com

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3622 Route 9, Cold Spring, NY (845) 227-7800 www.pioneernaturalpools.com

78 Academy Avenue, Cornwall-on-Hudson, New York (845) 534-3710 www.nyma.org admissions@nyma.org

Tuscani Pools by Andrea 4293 US Highway 209, Stone Ridge, NY (845) 687-7900 www.tuscanipools.com info@tuscanipools.com

Printing Services Fast Signs 1830 South Rd Suite 101, Wappingers Falls, NY (845) 298-5600 www.fastsigns.com/455 455@fastsigns.com

Restoration Ronnee Barnett Textile Restoration Cherry Hill Road, Accord, NY (845) 687-7398 ronneebarnett@hvc.rr.com In private practice since 1978. Among other projects, most often requested is conservation and/or restoration of tapestries, rugs, quilts, coverlets, needle- point, upholstery, samplers, including mounting and cleaning. Featured in many magazines and newspapers, good communication with clients is a must. On staff part time at the MMA.

Schools Bard College at Simon’s Rock 84 Alford Road, Great Barrington, MA (800) 235-7186 www.Simons-Rock.Edu/admission admit@simons-rock.edu 2801 Sharon Turnpike, Millbrook, NY (845) 677-5343 www.caryinstitute.org

Center for the Digital Arts / Westchester Community College Peekskill, NY (914) 606-7300 www.sunywcc.edu/peekskill peekskill@sunywcc.edu

Early Education Center 40 Park Lane, Highland, NY (845) 883-5151

Harvey School 260 Jay Street, Katonah, NY (914) 232-3161 www.harveyschool.org

Hawthorne Valley Association 327 County Route 21C, Ghent, NY (518) 672-4465 www.hawthornevalleyassociation.org

High Meadow School

22 Spackenkill Road, Poughkeepsie, NY (845) 462-4200 www.OakwoodFriends.org SummerCamp@OakwoodFriends.org

Poughkeepsie Day School 260 Boardman Road, Poughkeepsie, NY (845) 462-7600 www.poughkeepsieday.org admissions@poughkeepsieday.org

Randolph School Wappingers Falls, NY (845) 297-5600 www.randolphschool.org

Rudolf Steiner School 35 W Plain Road, Great Barrington, MA (413) 528-4015 x105 www.gbrss.org Cornwall-on-Hudson, NY (845) 534-9860 www.sks.org admissions@sks.org

SUNY New Paltz School of Fine and Performing Arts New Paltz, NY (845) 257-3860 www.newpaltz.edu/artnews

Trinity-Pawling School 700 Route 22, Pawling, NY (845) 855-4825 www.trinitypawling.org

Wild Earth Wilderness School New Paltz / High Falls area, 845-256-9830 www.wildearthprograms.org info@wildearthprograms.org Wild Earth, a not-for-profit located in the Shawangunk Ridge region of the Hudson Valley, offers and supports experiences in nature that are inspiring, educational and fun, while renewing and deepening connections with ourselves, others and the Earth. Our programs, which draw on a broad spectrum of teachings from indigenous cultures to modern natural sciences, offer adventure and fun, primitive skills and crafts, awareness games, and story and song, facilitated by multi-generational mentors.

Shoes Pegasus Comfort Footwear

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Kinderhaus Montessori School 17 Crum Elbow Road, Hyde Park, NY (845) 229-4668

Millbrook School 131 Millbrook School Road, Millbrook, NY (845) 677-8261 www.millbrook.org

Mountain Laurel Waldorf School 16 South Chestnut Street, New Paltz, NY (845) 255-0033 www.mountainlaurel.org

ROOTS & WINGS / Rev Puja Thomson

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Stained Glass DC Studios 21 Winston Drive, Rhinebeck, NY (845) 876-3200 www.dcstudiosllc.com info@dcstudiosllc.com

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Rev. Puja A. J. Thomson will help you create a heartfelt ceremony that uniquely expresses your commitment, whether you are blending different spiritual, religious, or ethnic traditions, are forging your own or share a common heritage. Puja’s calm presence and lovely Scottish voice add a special touch. “Positive, professional, loving, focused and experienced.”

Tennis Rhinebeck Tennis Club 2 Salisbury Court, Rhinebeck, NY (845) 876-8008 www.rhinebecktennis.com bob@rhinebecktennis.com

Wine & Liquor

Play tennis year-round on five outdoor Har-Tru clay courts or our one indoor Claytech tennis court. Specializing in personalized tennis programs. Pro Shop with on-site stringing and demo rackets. Offering adult and junior private, semiprivate, and group tennis lessons. Affordable and easily accessible. PUBLIC WELCOME.

Tourism

In Good Taste 45 Main Street, New Paltz, NY (845) 255-0110 ingoodtaste@verizon.net

The Wine Store of Marlboro 10 Western Avenue, Marlboro, NY (845) 236-3915 www.divinewines.org

Meet Me in Marlborough

Stoutridge Vineyard

Marlborough, NY (845) 616-7824 www.meetmeinmarlborough.com

10 Ann Kaley Lane, Marlboro, NY (845) 236-7620 www.stoutridge.com

Storm King School

Hudson Valley Sudbury School

211 Indian Mountain Road, Lakeville, CT (860) 435-0871 www.indianmountain.org admissions@indianmountain.org

Route 9W, Beacon, NY (845) 838-1235 www.hvsk.fourseasonssunrooms.com

Oakwood Friends School

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Indian Mountain School

Hudson Valley Sunrooms

specials, and more. Call or e-mail for information about adding your wedding-related business.

Tutoring

Workshops

Ulster Tutors

Writer’s Immersion Workshop at Kingston Beahive

Mid-Hudson Valley, NY (845) 514-9927 www.UlsterTutors.com admin@ulstertutors.com.

Private Tutoring & Mentoring Relationships: Standardized Test Prep - SAT/ACT/SSAT, Regents, HS/College Mathematics, Physics & Natural Sciences, English Reading/Writing, Music Theory and Instrumentation, Field Studies, Critical & Creative Intellectual Development. Competitive rates from highly skilled educators. Serving the Mid-Hudson Valley.

Veterinary House Calls

314 Wall Street, Kingston, NY www.Transformative-writing.com djlurie@gmail.com Explore the full spectrum of your creative imagination with a group of dedicated and supportive writers. In this workshop, writers of all levels will develop greater access to their own creative process while strengthening their grasp of story construct. Spring & summer groups forming are now. To learn more about the Immersion workshop, visit our website.

Writing Services

Argos Animal Health, PLLC

CENTER TO PAGE: moving writers from the center to the page

(845) 853-3727 www.HudsonValleyVet.com HudsonValleyVet@gmail.com Multiple pets? Trouble with transportation?

Does your pet get car sick? We offer convenient veterinary services in the comfort and safety of your own home. Visit our website for a full list of services including annual exams, vaccinations, blood tests, etc. Argos Animal Health offers personal, loving, and confidential care. Serving Kingston, Woodstock, New Paltz, Rhinebeck, and surrounding areas.

Web Design

(845) 679-9441 www.centertopage.com Our small team works with writers nationwide— memoirists, scholars, novelists, and people seeking to develop an authentic writing practice. We mentor, edit, ghostwrite, and more.

Director Jeffrey Davis is author of The Journey from the Center to the Page and teaches in WCSU’s MFA program and at conferences nationwide.

Peter Aaron www.peteraaron.org info@peteraaron.org

icuPublish PO Box 145, Glenham, NY (914) 213-2225 www.icupublish.com mtodd@icupublish.com

ARTISTS, BANDS, and MUSICIANS: Your work deserves ATTENTION!! Chronogram music editor and AP award-winning journalist Peter Aaron can deliver a great, custom-composed bio for your press kit or website. General copy editing and proofreading services (academic and term papers), and consultations also available. Reasonable rates.

Weddings Boscobel House & Gardens Garrison, NY (845) 265-3638 www.boscobel.org

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See also Consulting Services directory.

Country Wisdom News

The only resource you need to plan a Hudson Valley wedding. Offering a free, extensive, online Wedding Guide. Hundreds of weddingrelated professionals. Regional Bridal Show schedule, links, wed shop, vendor promotions,

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Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies

New York Military Academy is an important part of America’s independent school heritage.

Today, we offer a rigorous global curriculum for students who actively seek to be set apart for excellence in a structured program that enables them to enter college inspired, engaged, and ready for the future.

Sunrooms

whole living guide

words of wellness a collection of wise gleanings by lorrie klosterman illustrations by annie internicola Collected here are some of the many enriching and insightful comments made by interviewees during my years as contributing editor of the Whole Living section.

(The articles from which these were taken, and other articles graced with wise and entertaining input, are available at www.Chronogram.com.) I have recently moved to California, from whence I came, so it is with fondness that I bid adieu to our readers and supporters, and to chronogram’s inspiring creators and contributors, who charmed my Hudson Valley experience immeasurably.

“Every time we have an elder as a guest, they get the first meal and the best seat. There is a very real reverence for the elderly in the kids who have grown up with this. We are told to respect our elders, but you have to see it modeled or it’s not going to happen.”

—Esperanza Gonzales, in “Sisterhood for the Greater Good: Mentoring Girls into Empowered Women” (3/10) “The danger in this wired-up society is that it’s so easy to reduce everything to academics and your computer, and lose sight of the arts, theater, music, community service—any of those things that give life richness and depth.

It’s important not to lose those.

More and more that’s something we have to teach, because kids can really lose their way from finding their inner calling, their voice.That voice is a precious guidance system toward a life of personal fulfillment.”

—Jim Handlin, in “Help, I’m Stuck in Overwhelm: Too Much Stuff, Too Little Time” (7/10) “We’ve forgotten how to take care of ourselves when we’re sick.

You can take the painkiller and go to work, but you’re infecting people around you and you get sicker by not redirecting the immune system to the appropriate place. You need to know how to convalesce. Nature conserves its energy. We should bring that message home: when you come home with a scratchy throat, what’s your body saying to you? Lie down, and rest, because the body’s trying to heal itself.”

—Jennifer Costa, in “Flu Shot Frenzy: Life without the Vaccine” (12/04) 82 whole living ChronograM 3/11

“The dads or partners gain a respect for what the mother can do, and it creates a tremendous bond that helps in the parenting role later. Often I’ll have the partner catch the baby. I had a dad who just fell on his knees weeping with the power of that life force coming into his hands.”

—Mary Riley, in “Delivery by Doula: Reclaiming the Empowering Birth Experience” (4/06) “An oil slick is no better for your face than for the Alaskan coastline.”

—Dina Falconi (referring to petroleum-derived ingredients in mainstream body-care products), in “Body by Nature: All-Natural Personal Care Products” (8/06) “Some how, some way, exercise three to five times per week, for 30 to 60 minutes, minimum. Set specific days and times to do your favorite routine, be it yoga, Pilates, tai chi, running, biking, or going to the gym to work out. Do it on set days for set times. Vary the types of exercise you do to help build a balanced body. Alternate between strength training days and aerobic training days. If you are the type of person who cannot self-motivate, pay someone to motivate you!”

—David Ness, in “Wellness Tips for the New Year” (1/09)

“If our interest in ourselves could be a curiosity, rather than an anxiety, and if we could ask, ‘Who am I right now?’—with love, not with blame—we’d really be on our way.”

—Bill Vanaver, in “Heart Song” (6/07) “We tend to push away the things we don’t like, or try to transcend our personal issues by getting to a different spiritual mentality about it. If we would stop resisting and invite everything in, something actually happens that brings us into more of a whole state.”

—Irene Humbach, in “Psychotherapy Today: Not Your Grandfather’s Psychoanalysis” (2/11) “If you believe in physics and energy, then it’s very reasonable to believe that a dose is not a physical/chemical entity but an energetic property, and that in illness a person is struggling with an energetic pattern or vortex they can’t get out of. So all the symptoms are manifestations of a distortion of their energy field.

The right treatment would help restore that back to balance.”

—Larry Malerba, in “Classical Homeopathy: Alive and Well” (9/07) “Mentoring is a recalibration, a recommitting to being a village on this planet. We need to participate in creating the kind of culture that appreciates what we have. I choose nature as the arena, but there are opportunities for mentoring anywhere you listen to one another and ask what gifts we can give to each other—even if it’s simply the gift of kindness. I have mentors, most of them older than me, but some are younger, and I learn from them, too.”

—Amy Little, in “Sisterhood for the Greater Good: Mentoring Girls into Empowered Women” (3/10) “Pay attention to the stress in your life, and find ways to minimize it. This could include changing your life or just incorporating stress-reduction techniques or acupuncture into your life. Spend more time in the present with joyful activities like art, movement, and music.”

—Sam Schikowitz, in “Wellness Tips for the New Year” (1/09) “Consider what the body goes through for us—all the things that can happen to our fragile, delicate container. The body gets injured, it gets ill, it ages, goes through surgeries. How many people would go through this for you? What relationship do you have, all life long, that would go through any unspeakable thing the body goes through for you? It loves you that much. Your body never leaves you, until you leave it. When you think about that, it reframes our previous myopic judgment about our bodies.”

—Vaishali, in “Driver’s Manual: Loving and Learning from Your Spiritual Vehicle:Your Body” (6/10)

“In a mediation session you begin to understand what the other person is feeling. You may not like it, but you get a picture. If the parties can sit down and understand their feelings and what the concept of negotiation is, they are going to be better people, and it’s going to benefit others. If we can do that in our own backyard, can’t we do that in Iraq or Afghanistan?”

—Arzi McKeown, in “Going for the Win-Win: Resolving Disputes through Mediation” (11/10) “Say a child is hyperactive. We might have them work with our arctic foxes, because the foxes need people to be calm. Children who normally might not sit still will wait 45 minutes to get to pet and feed a fox. That’s part of modeling a new behavior. Or, for a child who might be aggressive, we could pair them with a donkey.

You have to be very gentle to interact with a donkey.”

—Deborah Bernstein, in “Animals as Healers” (6/04) “I never deny the possibility of miracles, because I think they exist. There are some people at the top end of the survival curve who live many years with whatever cancer or illness we’re talking about. I think it’s terribly unscientific for a physician to tell people how long they have to live, because we don’t know. Why should we terrorize you with the mean lifespan of people with your illness, when you might be one of those who lives a very long time?”

—Lewis Mehl-Madrona, in “Narrative Medicine: The Power of Story in Sickness and Health” (5/09) “Nobody gets sick suddenly. If there’s a tsunami because of an earthquake, it takes thousands of years for those plates to shift.

A man works a job for 40 years, retires, goes down and plays golf six months later, and then drops dead of a heart attack. That heart attack doesn’t happen suddenly.There were signs. Maybe he wasn’t sleeping well; maybe he was depressed; maybe his mouth had been dry for a period of time or he had some mild skin eruptions.

Nature never obscures anything. If you can see the signs, then you can treat the disease.”

—David Kramer, in “Classical Homeopathy: Alive and Well” (9/07) “You can eat all the broccoli in the world and still be unhappy and unhealthy because other aspects of your life aren’t balanced. When you are satisfied with your career, in a loving relationship, have a spiritual practice, and exercise on a regular basis, you will be more likely to make better decisions about the foods you eat.”

—Joshua Rosenthal, in “Cooking Up a Well-Balanced Life: Integrative Nutrition” (4/09) 3/11 ChronograM whole living 83

Holistic Orthodontics Rhoney Stanley, DDS, MPH, RD, CertAcup Fixed Braces Functional Appliances Invisalign Snoring & Sleep Apnea Appliances Cranial Adjustments Flexible Payment Plans Insurance Accepted Welcoming Children and Adults

In a Magical Setting at: 107 Fish Creek Rd, Saugerties, NY (845) 246-2729 (212) 912-1212 cell www.holisticortho.com rhoney.stanley@gmail.com

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“It’s vitally important that we be sitting together in circles, so that we start to form a community of men relating to each other and supporting each other. We try to be self-sufficient, which can be a flaw in some ways, and it creates the illusion of ‘I’m alone.’ But when we can face our demons and questions in the presence of other men, it destroys the illusion. Just knowing you’re not alone is incredible—it’s like you’ve been holding your breath and can start breathing again.”

—David Brownstein, in “Men’s Wellness: Mind, Heart, Spirit” (7/09) “I love to grab the harvest basket and go out collecting for a salad.

A summer salad might include chickweed, violets, wild lettuces, lambs quarter, garlic mustard, wild sedums, purslane, mallow, and dandelion. It’s your time to be peaceful and directly nurture yourself. It’s your time to go into this very simple, ancient ritual that virtually no one does anymore.”

—Dina Falconi, in “Wisdom of the Weeds” (8/04) “Consider it a learning experience on the spiritual level and ask yourself: ‘In what direction does this circumstance point me as a new way to grow?’

Approaching it from this point of view offers the opportunity to impart meaning and hope to a task that is otherwise capable of drowning us in a sea of hopelessness and despair.”

—William Colagrande, in “Help for Caregivers: How to Survive the Caretaking Years” (1/08) “There was an elderly lady who just sat there, looking straight ahead. We asked her if she would like to meet a pet therapy dog.

Her face lit up immediately. When the dog was put on her bed, she just opened up and began to tell us the most amazing stories about her life.”

—Trish Harrison, in “Animals as Healers” (6/04) “From the beginning of playback we were aware that a great deal of what is unfair and unfortunate in society is the result of people not listening or understanding each other. So there was a vision of using this as a community catalyst to develop tolerance and respect and justice. We wanted to create a forum for communication and integration of experience. You tell people what happened to you in the context of community dialog and ritual, and it has a healing function.”

—Jo Salas, in “The Healing Power of Improv: Playback Theatre and Psychodrama” (9/08)

Imago Relationship Therapy

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The Mother-Daughter Connection a parenting support group

A support group for women raising teenage daughters

Saturday mornings and Wednesday evenings • New Paltz, NY Facilitator: Amy Frisch, LCSW (845) 706-0229 for more information www.itsagirlthinginfo.com

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Flowers Fall

By Bethany Saltman

Something Good Yet, though it is like this, simply, flowers fall amid our longing, and weeds spring up amid our antipathy.

— Dogen Zenji, Genjokoan

Yesterday, Azalea and I met up with some of our friends for lunch at Mother Earth’s Storehouse. In the middle of their un-chicken nuggets, Little Friend #1 realized that the date would be over soon, that neither friend would be coming home with her, and she got so sad, so fast! Little eyes instantly filling up with big tears, face twisting into sorrow. Her mom, my friend, did her best to comfort her by pointing out the fact the date was happening, right now! But that didn’t do much to ease the agony of samsara for Little Friend #1. So her mom tried to lay down the law, and to stop her (very passionate) public display of affection. But what finally worked was the way her mom cleverly redirected her to what was happening right then, enlisting her help in matters at hand— the very wonderful business of buying cashews—and reminding her of the bag she could hold. More than a mere distraction, it brought Little Friend #1 back to reality.

The Buddha’s first noble truth is that our human life is one of suffering— samsara—of being uncomfortable. Never quite right. A subtle and pervasive feeling not unlike trying to get dressed during PMS: Forget it! The reason for this suffering is the Second Noble Truth: because we thirst for things, feelingstates, etc., attach to delusional plans about attaining them, and attempt to dodge the fact that e-ver-y-thing is impermanent. The good news is Truth #3: There is a way out of our incessant chasing by seeing through our attachments (see Truth #2). And the way to do this is outlined in the Fourth Noble Truth, which lays out the details of the Buddha Way: Right View, Right Intention, Right Speech, Right Action, Right Livelihood, Right Effort, Right Mindfulness, and Right Concentration. In other words: how to practice everything.

Which is another way of saying: a perfectly good playdate destroyed by a fantasy that it could last forever, then healed by the realization that right now is good enough—in fact, all there is. Sometimes people ask, Can kids practice?

I know there’s a rule against answering a question with a question, but please allow me to ask three: Are they suffering? Do they want that suffering to stop?

Can they drop their ideas about the way things are supposed to be and return to real life? Clearly the last question is the trickiest one, and that’s where we and our perpetual bags of cashews come in handy.The lucky thing is that we—adult or child practitioners—don’t always need to see ourselves see through our attachments or understand what is happening. For kids especially, they just need to be supported enough to actually feel the (inevitable) transformation of their experience, again and again and again.Without obsessive fixing.That’s practice: a commitment to letting go of the agonizing self and easing into the luminous pool of things as they are.And it’s a long haul, so lucky is the kid who starts young.

Azalea, like her friend, doesn’t know she is practicing, but she is learning a thing or two about the coming and going of satisfaction. For instance, my girl wants stuff like nobody’s business. Say we’re in the car, and she might suggest, 86 whole living ChronograM 3/11

Let’s talk about what I want. If I am in a let’s-see-where-this-will-go mood, I’ll say, Okay. And then I will get a Kingston-trip-long discourse on the pros and cons of various American Girl dolls; Rock ‘n’ Roll Barbie vs. Race Car Driver Barbie; Playmobils vs. Polly Pockets. A true-hell realm of desire if you ask me. Most of these items she has seen on boxes or in random CVS stores or at friends’ houses (though Grandma Kathy does love to take her to the American Girl store). We do not shop at Toys “R” Us for fun, nor do we have a TV where she can see commercials. She just sniffs the stuff out and longs for it. Most of what she wants she doesn’t get. She knows that. She just wholeheartedly wants it—all of it.

One of the four bodhisattva vows is “Desires are inexhaustible; I vow to put an end to them.” While Azalea has not taken such a vow, I have (which may be hard for some who know me to believe!) and so I know how difficult it is to navigate this particular brand of suffering. I am sure T and I could be more Spartan and less drawn to things, which may well inspire less longing for Azalea. And watching her finally get the ponies she craved and then lose interest in a matter of hours hurts, not because she rejected something new, but because of that inherent disappointment I know all too well. It’s painful to see her looking outside of herself for that magical moment, that bubble she imagines existing in some enchanted land filled with unicorns and plain noodles and never-ending playdates. And it hurts to see her very personal dreams come up short, which they are bound to do. But it is also heartening to see her unearth those desires and that disappointment because that means she can practice them. Watching her move through her own mind, I realize just how much I have come to trust the force.

We all know this has been one long-ass winter. I, for one, have felt deeply challenged during this string of bitter cold and snow days to stay on top of my work, and mostly my attitude. But in a pinch, nobody delivers like Julie Andrews, and Azalea and I have been listening to The Sound of Music soundtrack over and over (which suits our shared obsessive nature). And I keep coming back to the lyrics from one of my favorite songs, “Something Good,” the duet between Maria and the Captain: “For here you are, standing there loving me / whether or not you should. / So somewhere in my youth or childhood / I must have done something good.” It’s true! Looking at Azalea, her sweet friends, and even her toys, I know I did one thing really, really right in my relative youth: When I encountered the dharma for the first time, I went for it. All of it, every ounce of unrequited longing, poured into practice, and If I hadn’t done that, I shudder to think what might have become of me.

Obviously we live in a crazy culture, a nightmare of dissociative overindulgence. But as Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh reminds us, “We do not have to look for something else,” not even—especially not—a way out.

whole living guide Alexander Technique

Dr. David Ness

Institute for Music and Health

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Rhinebeck & Millbrook, NY

Active Release Techniques (ARTÂŽ) is a patented soft tissue treatment system that heals injured muscles, tendons, fascia (covers muscle), ligaments, and nerves. It is used to treat acute or chronic injuries, sports injuries, repetitive strain injuries and nerve entrapments like carpal tunnel syndrome, and sciatica.

ARTÂŽ is also used before and after surgery to reduce scar tissue formation and build up.

ARTÂŽ works to break up and remove scar tissue deep within and around injured muscles, tendons, ligaments, and nerves. The injured muscle, joint, ligament, and nerves are moved through a range of motion while a contact is held over the injured structure. This breaks up the scar tissue and heals the tissue faster than traditional treatments. ARTÂŽ doctors are trained in over 500 hands-on protocols and must undergo rigorous written and practical examination to become certified. In order to maintain their certification in ARTÂŽ doctors attend yearly continuing education and recertification by ARTÂŽ.

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Acupuncture

110 Creek Locks Road, Rosendale Family Practice, Rosendale, NY (845) 546-5358 www.hudsonvalleyacupuncture.com Celebrating 10 years of acupuncture in Rosendale. Specializing in the treatment of chronic and acute pain, fertility and gynecological issues, pregnancy support, digestive issues, and addictions and other emotional issues.

Private treatment rooms. Sliding scale, nofault, many insurances.

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Aromatherapy Joan Apter (845) 679-0512 www.apteraromatherapy.com joanapter@earthlink.net See also Massage Therapy.

Art Therapy Deep Clay Art and Therapy New Paltz/Gardiner and New York City, NY (845) 255-8039 www.deepclay.com deepclay@mac.com Michelle Rhodes LCSW ATR-BC, 20+ years leading individual and group psychotherapy and expressive arts healing sessions. Brief intensive counseling for teens and adults,

Hoon J. Park, MD, PC

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Clairvoyant Beauty

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$25-$40 sliding scale (you decide what you can afford). As a community-style practice, treatments occur in a semi-private, soothing space with several people receiving treatment at the same time. This allows for frequent, affordable sessions while providing high quality care.

Pain management, relaxation, headaches, TMJ, smoking cessation, Gyn issues, anxiety, depression, trigger point release, insomnia, fatigue, recovery support, GI issues, arthritis, muscle tension, chemo relief, immune support, allergies, menopausal symptoms, general wellness, and much more.

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Chiropractic Dr. David Ness (845) 255-1200 www.performancesportsandwellness.com Dr. David Ness is a Certified Chiropractic Sports Practitioner, Certified Active Release Techniques (ART®) Provider, and Certified Kennedy Decompression Specialist. In addition to traditional chiropractic care, Dr. Ness utilizes ART® to remove scar tissue and adhesions from injured muscles, ligaments, tendons, and nerves. Dr. Ness also uses non surgical chiropractic traction to decompress disc herniations in the spine. If you have an injury that has not responded to treatment call Dr. Ness today.

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Counseling IONE — Healing Psyche (845) 339-5776 www.ionedreams.us www.ministryofmaat.org IONE is a psycho-spiritual counselor, qi healer and minister. She is director of the Ministry of Maåt, Inc. Specializing in dream phenomena and women’s issues, she facilitates Creative Circles and Women’s Mysteries Retreats throughout the world. Kingston and NYC offices. For appointments contact Kellie at ioneappointments@gmail.com

CranioSacral Therapy Michele Tomasicchio — Holistic Health Practitioner New Paltz, NY (845) 255-4832 essentialhealth12@gmail.com

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Headaches? TMJ? Insomnia? Pain? Brain trauma? Depression? CranioSacral is a gentle approach that can create dramatic improvements in your life. It releases tensions deep in the body to relieve pain and dysfunction and improve whole-body health and performance.

If you need help feeling vibrant call or e-mail for a consultation.

Dentistry & Orthodontics Dr. Jane McElduff 616 Route 52, Beacon, NY (845) 831-5379 www.drjanemcelduff.com

Holistic Orthodontics — Dr. Rhoney Stanley, DDS, MPH, Cert. Acup, RD 107 Fish Creek Road, Saugerties, NY (845) 246-2729 and (212) 912-1212 www.holisticortho.com

Stephen Eric Enriquez, DMD 12 Hudson Valley Professional Plaze, Newburgh, NY (845) 562-3370 www.DrStephenEricEnriquez.com

Tischler Family Dental Center Woodstock, NY (845) 679-3706 www.tischlerdental.com

Fitness Centers MaMa 3588 Main Street, Stone Ridge, NY (845) 687-8890 www.cometomama.org

Mountainview Studio 20 Mountain View Avenue, Woodstock, NY (845) 679-0901 www.mtnviewstudio.com mtviewstudio@gmail.com

Fitness Trainers Sage Fitness of New Paltz 40 Sunset Ridge, New Paltz, NY (845) 633-8243 www.sagefitness.blogspot.com sagefitness@ymail.com Anna McConnell, CPT, NSCA has been a Master Trainer for over 22 years. Her objective is to help each person reach their fitness goals by increasing self esteem and confidence with caring professional service. She offers individualized personal training programs designed to motivate and educate for weight loss and body transformations.

Healing Centers Hudson River Community HealthCare (877) 871-4742

Herbal Medicine & Nutrition Empowered By Nature (845) 416-4598 www.EmpoweredByNature.webs.com lorrainehughes@optonline.net Lorraine Hughes — Herbal Wellness Guide 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 my website for more information and upcoming events

Holistic Health Joanne DiCesare 5020 Route 9W, Suite 103, Newburgh, NY (845) 569-9355 www.holistic-healthcoach.com www.jdcjuiceplus.com joannedc1962@aol.com

John M. Carroll 715 Rte 28, Kingston, NY (845) 338-8420 www.johnmcarrollhealer.com John is a spiritual counselor, healer, and teacher. He uses guided imagery, morphology, and healing energy to help facilitate life changes. He has successfully helped his clients to heal themselves from a broad spectrum of conditions, spanning terminal cancer to depression. The Center also offers hypnosis, massage, and Raindrop Technique.

Kara Lukowski, CAS, PKS, E-RYT 243 Fair St, Kingston, NY 845-633-0278 www.karalukowski.com kara@karalukowski.com

Kara Lukowski is a Clinical Ayurvedic Specialist who helps clients with disorders of digestion, weight, circulation, skin, reproduction, chronic fatigue, emotional instability and more. Offering one-on-one counseling with supportive guidance you will receive a personalized nutrition plan, lifestyle recommendations, custom organic herbal formulas, aromatherapy, yoga therapy and body therapies.

Kary Broffman, RN, CH (845) 876-6753 Karyb@mindspring.com 15 plus years of helping people find their balance. As a holistic nurse consultant, she weaves her own healing journey and education in psychology, nursing, hypnosis and integrative nutrition to help you take control of your life and to find True North. She also assists pregnant couples with hypnosis and birthing.

Omega Institute for Holistic Studies (800) 944-1001 www.eomega.org

Hospitals Benedictine Hospital, Member of HealthAlliance of the Hudson Valley 105 Mary's Avenue, Kingston, NY (845) 338-2500 www.hahv.org info@hahv.org

Gain control. Make healthier choices. Certified Hypnotist, two years training; broad base in Psychology. Also located in Kingston, NY.

Imago Relationship Therapy Julie Zweig, MA, Certified Rosen Method Bodywork Practitioner, Imago Relationship Therapist and NYS Licensed Mental Health Counselor 66 Mountain Rest Rd, New Paltz, NY (845) 255-3566 www.zweigtherapy.com julieezweig@gmail.com 20+ years of experience successfully treating adults, couples, families, children and adolescents through verbal body-centered psychotherapy, Rosen Method Bodywork, Play Therapy and Imago Relationship Therapy.

I can guide you from feeling stuck, and experiencing painful symptoms, to blossoming into your genuine self...a place of ease.

Imago relationship therapy is a powerful set of techniques for healing hurt relationships. I have had some beautiful moments resulting in reconnection of couples with one another.

Integrated Kabbalistic Healing Irene Humbach, LCSW, PC (845) 485-5933 Integrated Kabbalistic Healing sessions in person and by phone. Six-session introductory class on Integrated Kabbalistic Healing based on the work of Jason Shulman. See also Body-Centered Therapy Directory.

Kingston Hospital, Member of HealthAlliance of the Hudson Valley

692 Old Post Road, Esopus, NY (347) 731-8404 www.consciousbodyonline.com ellen@consciousbodyonline.com

396 Broadway, Kingston, NY (845) 331-3131 www.hahv.org info@hahv.org Kingston Hospital is a 150-bed acute care hospital with a commitment to continuous improvement. In addition to the new, state-ofthe-art Emergency Department, a full compliment of exceptional, patient-focused medical and surgical services are provided by staff with dedicated and experienced professionals.

With the only accredited Chest Pain Center in the Hudson Valley, other specialized programs include: The Family Birth Place, Wound Healing Center, Hyperbaric Oxygen Center, Cardiology Services and Stroke Center.

Northern Dutchess Hospital Rhinebeck, NY www.NDHKnowsBabies.com

Vassar Brothers Medical Center 45 Reade Place, Poughkeepsie, NY (845) 454-8500 www.health-quest.org

Hypnosis Dr. Kristen Jemiolo Poughkeepsie, NY (845) 485-7168 mysite.verizon.net/resqf9p2

Sharon Slotnick, MS, CHT New Paltz, NY (845) 389-2302 Increase self-esteem and motivation; break bad habits; manage stress, stress-related illness, and anger; alleviate pain (e.g. childbirth, headaches, chronic pain); overcome fears and despondency; relieve insomnia; improve learning, memory, public speaking, and sports performance; enhance creativity and address other issues. Change your outlook.

Massage Therapy Conscious Body Pilates & Massage Therapy

Deep, sensitive and eclectic massage therapy with over 24 years of experience working with a wide variety of body types and physical/medical/emotional issues. Techniques include: deep tissue, Swedish, Craniosacral, energy balancing, and chi nei tsang (an ancient Chinese abdominal and organ chi massage).

Hands On Massage & Wellness, Inc. — Heather Kading, LMT, CIMI 258 Titusville Road, Poughkeepsie, NY (845) 485-6820 www.hands-on-massage.org handsonmassagewellness@yahoo.com Heather specializes in prenatal/postpartum massage. Recently having her first child, she understand what a woman experiences physically, mentally and emotionally when pregnant and/or caring for a newborn. Heather is a Certified Infant Massage Instructor, so she can teach you how to bond with your new bundle of joy. She also teaches women how to prepare for the marathon of labor and how to lose their mummy tummies.

Heather and the other therapist also specialize in pain & stress management and sports massage. Skin care services available. Ask about our monthly massage memberships.

Hudson Valley Therapeutic Massage — Michele Tomasicchio, LMT, Vesa Byrnes, LMT 7 Prospect Street, New Paltz, NY (845) 255-4832 hvtmassage@gmail.com Do you have chronic neck, back or shoulder problems? Headaches? Numbness or tingling?

Or do you just need to relax? Utilizing a blend of soft tissue therapies, we can help you resume the activities you need to do and love to do with freedom from discomfort and pain.

High Ridge Traditional Healing Arts Acupuncture Chinese Herbal Medicine Allergies Women’s Health Weight Management

Carolyn Rabiner, L. Ac., Dipl. C.H. Board Certified (NCCAOM) 87 E. Market St, Suite 102 Red Hook, NY 845-758-2424 Some insurances accepted Saturday hours available www.highridgeacupuncture.com

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Benedictine Hospital is a progressive, fully accredited 150-bed acute care hospital.

Benedictine offers elective surgery services and expanded in-patient and out-patient specialty services not typically found in a community hospital including: Orthopedic Surgery, Mental Health Services, Rehabilitation and Detox, Oncology & Breast Center Services, Radiology, Vascular Services and Sleep Center Services.

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—Richard Brown, MD Author Stop Depression Now “ John Carroll is a most capable, worthy, and excellent healer of high integrity, compassion, and love.”

—Gerald Epstein, MD Author Healing Visualizations

Massage and Acupuncture also available with Liz Menendez See John’s website for schedules of upcoming classes and events

johnmcarrollhealer.com or call 845-338-8420

Joan Apter (845) 679-0512 www.apteraromatherapy.com joanapter@earthlink.net Luxurious massage therapy with medicinal grade Essential Oils; Raindrop Technique, Emotional Release, Facials, Stones. Animal care, health consultations, spa consultant, classes and keynotes. Offering full line of Young Living Essential oils, nutritional supplements, personal care, pet care, children’s and non-toxic cleaning products.

Internationally Renowned Psychic Over 20 years Experience Sessions In-Person or By Phone

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Menopause Treatment Michele Tomasicchio — Holistic Health Practitioner

Helping women to move through the process of menopause with ease. A unique blend of healing modalities, nutrition and self-care techniques are utilized to help you to become balanced through this transition. If you need assistance becoming your vibrant self call or e-mail for a consultation.

Osteopathy Stone Ridge Healing Arts Joseph Tieri, DO, & Ari Rosen, DO, 3457 Main Street, Stone Ridge; 138 East Market Street, Rhinebeck, NY (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.

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Woman of Truth Retreat in Maine May 13-16, 2012 womensmysteries@gmail.com www.ministryofmaat.org 845-339-5776

Bambini Pediatrics, PC 207 Washington Street Suite 103, Poughkeepsie, NY www.bambini-peds.com

MD Imaging 1 Webster Avenue Suite 307, Poughkeepsie, NY (845) 483-5352 www.endovasculartherapy.com

Pilates Conscious Body Pilates 692 Old Post Road, Esopus, NY (347) 731-8404 www.consciousbodyonline.com ellen@consciousbodyonline.com Husband and Wife team Ellen and Tim Ronis McCallum are dedicated to helping you achieve and maintain a strong healthy body, a dynamic mind, and a vibrant spirit, whatever your age or level of fitness. Private and semiprivate apparatus sessions available.

Psychics Psychically Speaking (845) 626-4895 or (212) 714-8125 www.psychicallyspeaking.com gail@psychicallyspeaking.com

Psychologists Emily L. Fucheck, Psy D Poughkeepsie, NYC (845) 380-0023

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New Paltz, NY (845) 255-4832 essentialhealth12@gmail.com

Consultations by Gail Petronio

Offering therapy for individuals and couples, adults and adolescents. Insight-oriented approach with focus on understanding patterns of thought and behavior that interfere with life satisfaction and growth. Licensed psychologist with doctorate in clinical psychology and five years of post-doctoral training and certification in psychoanalytic work with adults, young adults, and adolescents. Located across the street from Vassar College in Poughkeepsie.

Traditional insight-oriented psychotherapy for long- or short-term work. Aimed at identifying and changing self-defeating attitudes and behaviors, underlying anxiety, depression, and relationship problems. Sliding scale, most insurances accepted including Medicare/Medicaid. NYS-licensed. Experience working with trauma victims, including physical and sexual abuse. Educator on mental health topics.

Located in New Paltz, one mile from SUNY.

Deep Clay Art and Therapy New Paltz/Gardiner and New York City, NY (845) 255-8039 www.deepclay.com deepclay@mac.com Michelle Rhodes LCSW ATR-BC, 20+ years leading individual and group psychotherapy and expressive arts healing sessions. Brief intensive counseling for teens and adults, psychoanalytic psychotherapy, child and family play therapy, parent counseling, and “Dreamfigures” a clay art therapy group for women.

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

Jane Wilson Cathcart 8 Marion Avenue, Suite 1, Cold Spring, NY 10516, 80 East 11th Street, New York, NY 10003, NY (212) 420-0899 www.JaneCathcartlcsw.com

Janne Dooley, LCSW, Brigid’s Well New Paltz, NY (347) 834-5081 www.Brigidswell.com Janne@BrigidsWell.com Brigid’s Well is a psychotherapy and coaching practice. Janne specializes in childhood trauma, addictions, codependency, relationship issues, inner child work, EMDR and Brainspotting. Janne’s work is also informed by Emotional Intelligence and Interpersonal Neurobiology. Coaching for all life transitions as well as Mindful Parenting, Mindful Eating and Spirited Midlife Women. Call for information or free 1/2 hour consultation. Newsletter sign up on website.

FB page: www.Brigidswell.com/facebook.

Judy Swallow, MA, LCAT, TEP 25 Harrington Street, New Paltz, NY (845) 255-5613

Julie Zweig, MA, Certified Rosen Method Bodywork Practitioner, Imago Relationship Therapist and NYS Licensed Mental Health Counselor 66 Mountain Rest Rd, New Paltz, NY (845) 255-3566 www.zweigtherapy.com julieezweig@gmail.com 20+ years of experience successfully treating adults, couples, families, children and adolescents through verbal body-centered psychotherapy, Rosen Method Bodywork, Play

Therapy and Imago Relationship Therapy. I can guide you from feeling stuck, and experiencing painful symptoms, to blossoming into your genuine self...a place of ease.

Sally Roth, LCSW Rhinebeck, NY (917) 566-4393 20 + years of psychotherapy experience successfully helping people cope with stress, feelings, and life & relationship problems. Training and expertise in insight-oriented and coupleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s therapy, eating disorders, womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s issues, chronic illness, anxiety and depression.

Reflexology Soul 2 Sole Reflexology, Arlene Spool 701 Zena Highwoods Road, Kingston, NY (845) 679-1270 www.soul2solereflexology.com Relief from Stress & Tension. Relaxing foot or hand massage, Raindrop Technique or Reiki Session; private Green healing space or yours! (â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Sole Travelerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;). My clients report relief from stress, carpal tunnel, circulation, insomnia, toxins, radiation & chemo side effects + balance; more energy. Sessions start $32.

Residential Care Always There Home Care (845) 339-6683 www.alwaystherehomecare.org

Aspects Gallery Inn & Spa Woodstock, NY (917) 412-5646 www.aspectsgallery.com liomag@gmail.com

Buttermilk Falls Inn & Spa 220 North Road, Milton, NY (877) 7-INN-SPA (845) 795-1310 www.buttermilkfallsinn.com

Giannetta Salon and Spa 1158 North Avenue, Beacon, NY (845) 831-2421 www.gianettasalonandspa.com

New Age Health Spa (800) 682-4348 www.newagehealthspa.com

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Writing Services The Fiction Writerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Journey 995 Chapman Road, Yorktown, NY (914) 962-4432 www.thefictionwritersjourney.com www.creativesoulworks.com emily@emilyhanlon.com Unique writing & creativity adventures from writing coach & novelist, Emily Hanlon.

Journey Into the Imagination Writing Weekend in CT. April 30-May 1.

Writing, Creativity and Ritual. A Retreat for Women: Glastonbury, England, Isle of Avalon, July 25-August 4. All levels of writers welcome.

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Yoga Hidden Haven Yoga 11 Clearwater Road, Highland, NY (845) 224-5908 www.hiddenhavenyoga.com

Jai Ma Yoga Center 69 Main Street, Suite 20, New Paltz, NY (845) 256-0465 www.jmyoga.com Established in 1999, Jai Ma Yoga Center offers a wide array of Yoga classes, seven days a week. Classes are in the lineages of Anusara, Iyengar, and Sivananda, with certified and experienced instructors. Private consultations and Therapeutics available. Owners Gina Bassinette and Ami Hirschstein have been teaching locally since 1995.

Stockbridge, MA (800) 741-7353 www.kripalu.org

Retreats supporting positive personal and social change in a monastery overlooking the Hudson River. Featuring Deeper Center, Living Prayer, with David Frenette, Mar. 18-26: training in the Christian contemplative practice of Centering Prayer.

269 Hardenburgh Road, Ulster Park, NY (845) 658 8413 gstromeyer@earthlink.net

Reverend Diane Epstein 670 Aaron Ct., Kingston, NY (914) 466-0090 www.hudsonvalleyinterfaithminister.com

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The Yoga Way 2 Commerce Court #3, Wappingers Falls, NY (845) 227-3223 www.yogaway.info yogaway@earthlink.net Celebrating our 9th year of service! Classical yoga taught in a way that is both applicable and accessible to everyone. Offering ongoing classes for adults, prenatal, baby, toddler, and children. Introductory classes are held on select Saturdays. Affiliate of Lakulish Yoga, LLC. Jahnvi Formisano, Director.

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Robyn Hitchcock and Joe Boyd will present "Live and Direct from 1967" at MassMOCA on March 12.

Cycledelic Summit In music there are those conscious enough—or, more often, just lucky enough—to have been present when history happened. People who found themselves, Forest Gumplike, at certain outdoor rock festivals of the 1960s or wandered into some basement coffeehouse where a future superstar was getting their act together. But then there’s that most select handful of savvy and observant operators, tastemakers who were ahead of the cultural curve—or, as they likely saw it then, right on time. Elite individuals who actually made music history. Producer Joe Boyd is one of them. Accompanied by one of his most ardent disciples, singer-songwriter Robyn Hitchcock, Boyd will read from White Bicycles, his revelation rich 2006 memoir, in an evening titled “Live and Direct from 1967” at MassMOCA on March 12.

Helping dial in Bob Dylan’s PA mix for his infamously pivotal “electric” set at the 1965 Newport Folk Festival. Road managing Muddy Waters and other blues and jazz greats on their influential early ’60s tours of Europe and the UK. Producing Pink Floyd’s first single, as well as classic albums by Nick Drake, Fairport Convention, Nico, the Incredible String Band, and dozens of other luminaries. To borrow a line from LCD Soundsystem, Joe Boyd was there. Or, rather, whoever else was there was there largely because of him.

So what is it, exactly, that has made Boyd one of music’s most prescient harbingers?

“Being an aficionado and so obsessed with a lot of older music made it easier for me to understand where music that was seen as cutting-edge at the time was reallly coming from,” Boyd says via phone from England. “Music is always a conjunction of whatever energy’s around—the zeitgeist—and this buried subterranean monster called musical history.”

Robyn Hitchcock has been making his own musical history since the late 1970s.

From his early days with British psych-punks the Soft Boys, Hitchcock has been crafting a peculiarly English, whimsically bemusing brand of pop that proudly references Boyd’s work with Syd Barrett-era Floyd and the like. By way of his quirky performances and the 17 solo albums—not to mention dozens of anthologies and live sets—he’s released since the early 1980s, Hitchcock is revered as one of rock’s most beloved and unique cult artists.

“I’d been a fan of Robyn’s for years when we ran into each other in 2007 at [Texas music conference] South by Southwest, and he invited me on stage to read from White Bicycles between his songs,” Boyd recalls. “His stage banter is very funny and entertaining anyway, but we worked so well together we decided to keep it going.” For “Live and Direct from 1967,” the two intimately bat the ball back and forth, with Boyd reading key passages from his book and Hitchcock riffing on whatever’s at hand with solo acoustic versions of related songs (Dylan, Barrett, Drake) and grilling the author-producer with fannish questions. Like the music it celebrates, the program is sure to put followers of Hitchcock and Boydassociated artists in high heaven.

Robyn Hitchcock and Joe Boyd will present “Live and Direct from 1967” at MassMOCA in North Adams, Massachusetts, on March 12 at 8pm in the facility’s Hunter Center.

Tickets are $18, $22, and $28. (413) 662-2111; www.massmoca.org.

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TUESDAY 1

Classes

Film

Critique Group for 2D Artists 7pm. $5. Barrett Art Center, Poughkeepsie. 471-2550.

Basic and Intermediate Wheel Throwing 10am-2:30pm. Weekly through the month. $188/$208 non-members. Barrett Art Center, Poughkeepsie.

471-2550.

2011 Oscar Shorts: Live Action 7:30pm. $7/$5 students and members. Time and Space Limited, Hudson. (518) 822-8448.

Life Drawing Sessions 7:30pm-9:30pm. $13/$10 members/$48/$36 members series. Unison, New Paltz. 255-1559.

Printing with the Press 1pm-4pm. Weekly through the month. $230/$210 members. Barrett Art Center, Poughkeepsie. 471-2550.

Body / Mind / Spirit

Belly Dancing 7:30pm-8pm. Inner Light Health Spa, Hyde Park.

229-9998.

Art

Spiritual Support Group for the Unemployed 9am-11am. YMCA, Kingston. 331-7188.

Private Spirit Guide Readings 12pm-6pm. Mirabai of Woodstock, Woodstock.

679-2100.

Community Acupuncture 1pm-4pm. $20-$40. MountainView Studio, Woodstock.

853-3976.

Mother to Mother Groups 2:30pm-4:30pm. Waddle n Swaddle, Rhinebeck.

876-5952.

A Course in Miracles: Study Group with Alice Broner 7:30pm-9:30pm. Unitarian Fellowship, Poughkeepsie.

229-8391.

Kids Kids’ Yoga Ages 5-12. Inner Light Health Spa, Hyde Park. 229-9998.

Spoken Word

Community Acupuncture 4pm. Inner Light Health Spa, Hyde Park. 229-9998.

Got Junk?

6pm-7pm. Discussion of food dyes, organic and natural labels, and added sugars. Bambini Pediatrics, Poughkeepsie. 249-2510.

The Bradley Method of Natural Childbirth 6pm-8pm. $300. Waddle n Swaddle, Poughkeepsie.

473-5952.

Jean-Pierre Luminet: Observer Effects: Conversations in Art & Science 6pm. EMPAC at Rensselaer, Troy. (518) 276-3921.

High Frequency Channeling: Archangel Metatron and Master Teachers 6pm-7:30pm. With Suzy Meszoly. $20. Sage Center for the Healing Arts, Woodstock. 679-5650.

Theater

Sleep Disorders and Natural Solutions 6:30pm. East Fishkill Community Library, Hopewell Junction. 226-2145.

Theater Improv Workshop 7pm-9pm. 4-week workshop. $90. ASK Arts Center, Kingston. 338-0331.

Traditional Taoist/Buddhist Chi Gung & Tai Chi Chaun 7pm. Marbletown Multi-Arts, Stone Ridge. 750-6488.

Classes Intermediate Sculptural Handbuilding with Clay 2pm-4:30pm. 6:30pm-9pm. Through the end of March. $208/$188 members. Barrett School of Art, Poughkeepsie. 471-2550.

Belly Dance with Barushka 7pm-8:30pm. Open Space, Rosendale. (917) 232-3623.

Life Drawing 7:30pm-9:30pm. $13/$10/$48/$36 series of 4. Unison, New Paltz. 255-1559.

The Hallie Flanagan Project 8pm. Vassar College Drama Department’s Experimental Theater. Martel Theater, Poughkeepsie. 437-5902.

Workshops Intermediate West Coast Swing Workshop 5:30pm-6:30pm. $15. White Eagle Hall, Kingston.

255-1379.

Non-Violent Communication 6pm-7:30pm. Inner Light Health Spa, Hyde Park.

229-9998.

Spoken Word Faculty Seminar: “The Scarlet Sweater: A Hue’s Hue of Color History” with Ken Buhler.

7pm. Olin Hall, room 102, Bard College.

THURSDAY 3

Mother/Daughter Belly Dancing Class 7:30pm. $20/4 weeks $69/mother daughter $118.

Casperkill Rec Center, Poughkeepsie. (914) 874-4541.

Art

Zumba Gold 7pm. For active older adults. Inner Light Health Spa, Hyde Park. 229-9998.

Saugerties Art Lab Drop-In Art 3:30pm-5pm. Inquiring Mind/Muddy Cup, Saugerties.

246-5775.

Film

Life Drawing Sessions 7:30pm-9:30pm. $13/$10 members/$48/$36 members series. Unison, New Paltz. 255-1559.

Gerrymandering 7pm. Sponsored by the League of Women Voters of the Mid-Hudson Region. Rosendale Theater, Rosendale. 658-8989.

Kids ZumbAtomic 5:45pm. Ages 6-13. Inner Light Health Spa, Hyde Park.

229-9998.

Music Blues & Dance with Big Joe Fitz & The Lo-Fi’s 7pm. High Falls Cafe, High Falls. 687-2699.

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

Spoken Word Nina Jablonski: “The Evolution and Meaning of Human Skin Pigmentation.”

7pm. Multipurpose Room, Bertelsmann Campus Center, Bard College. 758-7221.

Jill Stauffer: “On Reconciliation and Forgiveness.”

7pm. Olin Hall, room 102, Bard College. 758-7413.

Bringing War Criminals to Justice 5:30pm-2pm. Stephen J. Rapp, U.S. Ambassadorat-Large for War Crimes Issues. Sanders Auditorium, Vassar College, Poughkeepsie. 437-5370.

Theater The Hallie Flanagan Project 8pm. Vassar College Drama Department’s Experimental Theater. Martel Theater, Poughkeepsie. 437-5902.

WEDNESDAY 2 Body / Mind / Spirit Breastfeeding Support Group 10:30am-12pm. Waddle n Swaddle, Poughkeepsie.

473-5952.

Mama and Baby Yoga 10:30am-11:30am. $12/$65 series. Waddle n Swaddle, Rhinebeck. 876-5952.

Traditional Taoist/Buddhist Chi Gung & Tai Chi Chaun 7pm. Marbletown Multi-Arts, Stone Ridge. 750-6488.

Advanced Channeling Practice Sessions 7pm-8:30pm. $15/$20. Mirabai of Woodstock, Woodstock. 679-2100.

The Artists’ Way with EFT 7pm-9pm. $20. Sage Center for the Healing Arts, Woodstock. 679-5650.

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Body / Mind / Spirit Traditional Taoist/Buddhist Chi Gung & Tai Chi Chaun Call for times. Marbletown Multi-Arts, Stone Ridge.

750-6488.

Community Acupuncture 1am. Inner Light Health Spa, Hyde Park. 229-9998.

Mama with Baby Pilates 10am-11am. $15/$100 for 8 session. Waddle n Swaddle, Rhinebeck. 876-5952.

Gallery Christian Graupner: MindBox EMPAC at Rensselaer, Troy. (518) 276-3921.

Music First Thursdays with Shana Falana Call for times. Market Market Cafe, Rosendale.

658-3164.

Talking Machine Call for times. Wherehouse, Newburgh. 561-7240.

Acoustic Thursdays with Kurt Henry 6pm. High Falls Cafe, High Falls. 687-2699.

Sean Smith Quartet 7pm. Opening- Akie Bermiss and Elijah Tucker. Live@ The Falcon, Marlboro.

Jon Cober 7:30pm. Singer/songwriter. 12 Grapes Music and Wine Bar, Peekskill. (914) 737-6624.

Kim Clarke 7:30pm. Jazz. BeanRunner Cafe, Peekskill.

(914) 737-1701.

Spoken Word Contemporary Artists on Contemporary Art 7pm-9pm. Sponsored by the Beacon Art Salon. $5.

Beahive, Beacon. (917) 449-6356.

President and Mrs. Roosevelt’s Spirituality 7pm. St. James Church, Hyde Park. 229-2820.

What’s Bugging Our Forests?

7pm-8:30pm. Learn about non-native pests. Ellenville Public Library, Ellenville. 647-1497.

Theater The Hallie Flanagan Project 8pm. Vassar College Drama Department’s Experimental Theater. Martel Theater, Poughkeepsie. 437-5902.

Workshops Do It Yourself Computer Repair 6:30pm. East Fishkill Community Library, Hopewell Junction. 226-2145.

FRIDAY 4 Art Sculpture & Photography 6pm-8:30pm. John Allen, mixed media sculpture Lucille Tortora, black/white fine art photography of Peru. Marina Gallery, Cold Spring. 265-2204.

Drawings by Lisandra Carlomagno 7pm-12am. East Fishkill Community Library, Hopewell Junction. 226-2145.

Body / Mind / Spirit Private Angelic Channeling Call for times. $125/90 minutes. Mirabai of Woodstock, Woodstock. 679-2100.

Active Seniors: Gentle Yoga 9am-10am. $1.50. Pine Hill Community Center, Pine Hill. 254-5469.

Community Acupuncture 9am. Inner Light Health Spa, Hyde Park. 229-9998.

Breastfeeding Support Group 11:30am-1pm. Waddle n Swaddle, Rhinebeck. 876-5952.

Kids Yoga 4:30pm-5:30pm. The Yoga Way, Wappingers Falls.

227-3223.

Yoga Basics 5:30pm. Inner Light Health Spa, Hyde Park. 229-9998.

Prenatal Yoga 6pm-7pm. The Yoga Way, Wappingers Falls. 227-3223.

Breastfeeding Support Group 5:30pm-7pm. Waddle n Swaddle, Poughkeepsie.

473-5952.

New Moon Projective Dream Group 6:30pm-8:30pm. With Melissa Sweet. $20. Sage Center for the Healing Arts, Woodstock. 679-5650.

Pre-Natal Yoga 6pm-7:15pm. $15/$80 series. Waddle n Swaddle, Rhinebeck. 876-5952.

Intro to Chair Yoga 7pm-9pm. $15/$20. Mirabai of Woodstock, Woodstock.

679-2100.

Green Meditation Society Practice with Clark Strand 6pm-9pm. Followed by Koans of the Bible discussion group. $10. Sage Center for the Healing Arts, Woodstock. 679-5650.

Classes

Classes The Essence of Pastel Painting 10:30am-1:30pm/6:30-9:30pm. Weekly through the month. $180/$160. Barrett Art Center, Poughkeepsie.

471-2550.

Basic and Intermediate Wheel Throwing 6:30pm-9pm. Weekly through the month. $188/$208 non-members. Barrett Art Center, Poughkeepsie.

471-2550.

Introduction to Vegetarian Indian 7pm. $65. Beacon, Beacon. (917) 803-6857.

Tango New Paltz Beginners 6pm, intermediate 7pm, practica 8pm. $15/$50 4-part series. The Living Seed Yoga & Holistic Center, New Paltz. 256-0114.

dance Solas An Lae 8pm. $18/$16 seniors and children. Center for Performing Arts, Rhinebeck. 876-3080.

Leo Kottke 8pm. Acoustic. $34.50. The Egg, Albany.

(518) 473-1845.

Phoenicia Phirst Phriday 8pm. Featuring The Erin Hobson Compact and Honor Finnegan. $3. Arts Upstairs, Phoenicia. 688-2142.

Woodstock Chamber Orchestra 8pm. Works based on Haydn’s “Military” Symphony No. 100 and Handel’s “Dettingen” Te Deum. $20/$5 students/children free. Bard College. 758-7216.

Jonell Mosser 9pm. Bearsville Theater, Woodstock. 679-4406.

Mary Gauthier 9pm. Club Helsinki, Hudson. (518) 828-4800.

Soul Purpose 9pm. Motown, R&B. Mohonk Mountain House, New Paltz.

255-1000.

Axiom 9:30pm. Rock. Elsie’s Place, Wallkill. 895-8975.

Norberto Goldberg and hid Band 9:30pm. Latin. 12 Grapes Music and Wine Bar, Peekskill. (914) 737-6624.

Theater Riverdance 8pm. $59.50/$49.50/$34.50. Palace Theater, Albany.

(518) 465-3334.

Community Playback Theatre 8pm. Improvisations of audience stories. $8.

Community Playback Theatre, Highland. 691-4118.

He Isn’t Me 8pm. Reading of screenplay by Ron Nyswaner to benefit the Rosendale Theatre Collective. $10-$25.

Rosendale Theater, Rosendale. 658-8989.

The Foreigner 8pm. $15/$13 students, seniors and members.

Shandaken Theatrical Society Theater, Phoenicia.

688-2279.

Workshops Intermediate Photoshop 10am-2pm. Phil Mansfield. Center for Photography at Woodstock, Woodstock. 679-9957.

Breastfeeding Essentials 6pm-8pm. $55. Waddle n Swaddle, Rhinebeck.

876-5952.

SATURDAY 5 Art 100/$100 5pm-7pm. 100 paintings donated by regional artists, with 100 tickets for sale at $100 each. The ticket allows the purchaser to pick one of the 100 paintings. Wallkill River School and Art Gallery, Montgomery. 457-ARTS. The Green Show: The Color, or the Concept, St. Patrick and More/Kari Feuer 5pm-8pm. ASK Arts Center, Kingston. 338-0331.

Shirley Parker-Benjamin’s Star Women 5pm-8pm. Deep Listening Institute, Ltd, Kingston.

338-5984.

Color 6pm-8pm. Works by 20 artists in variety of medium.

Tivoli Artists Co-op, Tivoli. 758-4342.

Barry Bartlett: Sculpture 6pm-8pm. John Davis Gallery, Hudson. (518) 828-5907.

Elisa Pritzker, Bill Rybak, and Alex Young 5pm-7pm. Kingston Museum of Contemporary Art, Kingston. www.kmoca.org.

Safari 3pm-6pm. Paintings by Eva van Rijn. Locust Grove Historic Site, Poughkeepsie. 454-4500.

Body / Mind / Spirit Bent on Change Community Free Yoga Classes Call for times. All are invited to take a class, and find out about the work of Bent on Change. St. George’s Church, Newburgh. 231-3592.

Chatham Food Market Co-op First Friday Feasts 7pm. Benefit event for Chatham Chickens. $50. Chatham Real Food Market Co-op, Chatham. (518) 392-3353.

Lose Your Mummy Tummy 1pm-4pm. $175. Waddle n Swaddle, Rhinebeck.

876-5952.

Film

Life Drawing 7:30pm-9:30pm. $13/$10/$48/$36 series of 4. Unison, New Paltz. 255-1559.

SUNY Video Showcase 8pm. Evening of short videos by students. $16/$12.

Unison, New Paltz. 255-1559.

Friend of the Arts Awards Fundraising Arti-Gras 5:30pm. $125. Grandview, Poughkeepsie. 471-7477.

Bill Sims Jr. 8pm. Live@The Falcon, Marlboro.

Events

2011 Oscar Shorts: Live Action 5:30pm. $7/$5 students and members. Time and Space Limited, Hudson. (518) 822-8448.

Events

Fat City 8pm. The Wherehouse Restaurant, Newburgh. 561-7240.

Introductory Yoga Workshop 11:30am-1:30pm. This workshop offers postures, breathing exercises, and relaxation techniques. $15.

The Yoga Way, Wappingers Falls. 227-3223.

Beginner/Mixed Level Bellydance Class 7pm-8:30pm. $15/$50 month. Mountain View Studio, Woodstock. 679-0901.

Celtic Culture & Mythology 7:30pm-8:30pm. $50. Howland Cultural Center, Beacon. 831-4988.

Rhonda Denet 7:30pm. Blues. BeanRunner Cafe, Peekskill.

(914) 737-1701.

Music The Harvey Citron Band Call for times. SkyTop Steak House, Kingston. 340-4277.

The Woodcocks Call for times. Hyde Park Brewing Company, Hyde Park. 229-8277.

Qi Gong 1pm-2:30pm. $15. Inner Light Health Spa, Hyde Park.

229-9998.

Out of the Darkness with Vortex Healing 2pm-3:30pm. What’s holding you in separation with Linda Raphael. $20. Sage Center for the Healing Arts, Woodstock. 679-5650.

Restorative Yoga and Sound Healing Workshop 5:30pm-8pm. With Lea & Philippe Garnier. $35. Bliss Yoga Center, Woodstock. 679-8700.

Classes Flamenco Dance Class Flamenco kids 2-3pm, Flamenco I 3-4pm, Flamenco II 4-5pm. Open Space, Rosendale. liaochoa@gmail.com.

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Herb and Dorothy Vogel walking through Christo's The Gates in Central Park in 2005. The Vogels are the subject of the documentary Herb and Dorothy, which will be screened in Beacon this month.

Cat Sitting for Christo An ordinary working-class couple amasses an art collection worth millions of dollars. It’s the American dream—with a surprise ending. The documentary Herb and Dorothy will be shown at Dia:Beacon on March 12 as a benefit for 4th Wall Productions.

Herb and Dorothy Vogel met in 1959. At first, they were both artists, making abstract paintings. Slowly, they began collecting. Their initial acquisition was a small metal sculpture by John Chamberlain, fashioned from a crushed automobile. The Vogels made the transition from being artists to collecting art quite naturally. In fact, their collection may be seen as an artwork. Dorothy and Herb appreciated minimalism and conceptualism before many critics, let alone the public. Major artists recognized the Vogels’ importance, and would offer them special deals. Christo and his wife, for example, gave them a collage in return for three months of cat sitting.

Herb never finished high school, and worked for the post office. Dorothy was a librarian. They made this arrangement: to live on her salary and use all his paychecks for collecting art. They live in a rent controlled apartment in Manhattan, which they slowly filled with a mountain of artwork. Chuck Close remembers that each time he visited, their bed was higher, as they stuffed more art under it. In the film, Dorothy proudly displays the Sol LeWitt drawing she made on their bathroom wall, according to his conceptualist instructions: a welter of circular pencil marks. Among the paintings and drawings are tanks of turtles and tropical fish, and a cat named Archie.

The Vogels never sold any of their art—though they could have made a fortune doing so. Instead, they finally gave it to the National Gallery in Washington, DC, where Americans may see the collection for free. Herb and Dorothy’s life is one

great political statement, which they make silently—that art should belong to all of humanity, not just a select elite.

The Vogels like happy paintings: simple, small works with bright colors. They never speak in art jargon, about the “textural integrity of the flat plane.” (Though Dorothy does seem to be a fountain of art world gossip. “Did you hear that the Museum of Modern Art is haunted?” she tells the painter Pat Steir. “A couple of the guards have seen the ghost.”) In fact, the neoconceptual art they enjoy relies less on intellect than on primal emotion, and intuition. Looking at a Richard Tuttle is a lot like looking at a turtle.

“This movie is a love story,” says David Majzlin, who composed the music for the film. “I do make some nods to minimalist composers, but for the most part it was about bringing out the relationship between Herb and Dorothy: their love for each other, and their love for art.” Majzlin lives in Beacon, and helped organize the benefit.

Proceeds from this film will go to 4th Wall Productions, a group that recently purchased the Beacon Theater, which had been shuttered since 1968. This is part of a $3 million campaign to “Re-light the Beacon,” and transform it into a performing arts center. The real Herb and Dorothy will attend the showing, with the director, Megumi Sasaki. Following the movie will be a panel discussion on “The Art of Collecting Art.” On Sunday, March 13, a second benefit will feature Fresh, a documentary about the local, sustainable food movement, followed by a lunch catered by Fresh Company.

Herb and Dorothy will be shown on Saturday, March 12 at noon, at Dia:Beacon. (845) 226-8099; www.4thwallproductions.net.

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Kiln Formed Glass: Fusing And Slumping Call for times. $145/$125 members +fees. Barrett Art Center, Poughkeepsie. 471-2550.

CPR/AED 9am-3pm. Health Quest Community Education. $75.

Vassar Brothers Medical Center, Poughkeepsie.

454-8500.

Figurative Sculpture 9:30am-1:30pm. Weekly through March 26. $225/$215 plus fees. Barrett Art Center, Poughkeepsie. 471-2550.

Gardening Class 10am-2:30pm. $62/$56. Bard College. (800) 322-NYBG Internet Basics Class 11am-1:30pm. Registration required. Highland Public Library, Highland. 691-2275 ext 13.

Dance Celtic Heels Irish Dance 11am. $9/$7 children. Center for Performing Arts, Rhinebeck. 876-3080.

Solas An Lae 8pm. $18/$16 seniors and children. Center for Performing Arts, Rhinebeck. 876-3080.

Events Puttin’ on the Ritz: Evening With the Great Gatsby Call for time. Dinner and dancing, To benefit the Food Bank of the Hudson Valley and the Peter Lenich Memorial Scholarship Fund at the CIA. Culinary Institute of America, Hyde Park. 905-4673.

Cold Spring Indoor Farmers’ Market 8:30am-1:30pm. Philipstown Community Center, Garrison. www.csfarmmarket.org.

10th Annual International Women’s Day Conference 1pm-5:30pm. Theme: Women Write the World. Simon’s Rock College, Great Barrington, Massachusetts. www.simons-rock.edu/iwd.

Maple Maple Gras 4pm. Cajun-Catskill-Quebecois food, music, and dancing to Cleoma’s Ghost with Jay & Molly, Tim Kness & Ambrose Verdibello. $15 dinner and dance/$10 dance only. Ashokan Center, Olivebridge. 657-8333.

Flying Karamazov Brothers 7pm. Blend of music, comedy, dance, theater, and juggling . $15-$37. Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center, Great Barrington, Massachusetts. (413) 528-0100.

New Shanghai Circus 8pm. Lycian Centre, Sugar Loaf. 469-2287.

Film 2011 Oscar Shorts: Live Action 5:30pm. $7/$5 students and members. Time and Space Limited, Hudson. (518) 822-8448.

2011 Oscar Shorts: Documentary 7:30pm. $7/$5 students and members. Time and Space Limited, Hudson. (518) 822-8448.

Kids Bread Baking for Parents and Children 9:30am-11:30am. Ages 3-5. Hawthorne Valley School, Ghent. (518) 672-7092 ext. 111.

Clay For Kids 2pm-4pm. Ages 8+, through April 2. $140/$120 members. Barrett Clay Works, Poughkeepsie. 471-0407.

Music The Maria Hickey Band Call for times. Hyde Park Brewing Company, Hyde Park. 229-8277.

Hope Nunnery 7pm. $10. MountainView Studio, Woodstock. 679-0901.

Susan Werner 7:30pm. CD release. Eighth Step @ Proctors, Schenectady. (518) 434-1703.

Lady Got Chops Women’s Music and Arts Festival 7:30pm. Jazz. BeanRunner Cafe, Peekskill. (914) 737-1701.

Dorraine Scofield and Thunder Ridge 9:30pm. Holiday Inn, Kingston. 338-5100.

Madd Dog 10pm. Rock. Michael’s Sports Bar, Fishkill. 896-5766.

The 3 Of A Kind Band 10pm. Union Jack Pub, Poughkeepsie. 240-1968.

Spoken Word Poetry Reading 6:30pm. Paul Clemente, Michael Jurkovic, Donald Lev, Mary Panza, Cheryl Rice. Half Moon Books, Kingston.

331-5439.

The Slave Next Door 7pm. Ron Soodalter talk and discussion of slavery.

Unitarian Universalist Congregation, Rock Tavern.

551-9153.

Theater New Shangai Circus 8pm. Lycian Center for the Performing Arts, Sugar Loaf.

469-2287 The Foreigner 8pm. $15/$13 students, seniors and members.

Shandaken Theatrical Society Theater, Phoenicia.

688-2279.

Workshops Supply and Demand 10am-11am. Breast pump info session. Waddle n Swaddle, Rhinebeck. 876-5952.

Surveying Poetry About the Hudson Valley 2pm. Robert Milby. College of Poetry, Warwick. 294-8085.

SUNDAY 6 East End Stories 1pm-4pm. Photography exhibition by Eileen MacAvery Kane. Ritz Theater Lobby, Newburgh. 784-1199.

Watercolors by Susan Curtiss of Great Barrington 3pm-5pm. Old Chatham Country Store and Cafe, Old Chatham. (518) 794-6227.

Body / Mind / Spirit Traditional Taoist/Buddhist Chi Gung & Tai Chi Chaun Call for times. Marbletown Multi-Arts, Stone Ridge.

750-6488.

Mama with Baby Pilates Call for times. $15/$100 series. Waddle n Swaddle, Rhinebeck. 876-5952.

Cupping Class 1pm-4pm. Learn the ancient art of cupping: used to reduce pain, treat respiratory conditions and ease depression. $60/$48. Inner Light Health Spa, Hyde Park.

229-9998.

Dance

Swing Dance 6:30pm-9pm. DJ’d music. Beginners’ lesson 6-6:30. $10/$6 FT student. Arlington Reformed Church, Poughkeepsie. 454-2571.

Woodstock Chamber Orchestra 8pm. Works based on Haydn’s “Military” Symphony No. 100 and Handel’s “Dettingen” Te Deum. Pointe of Praise Family Life Center, Kingston. 758-9270.

The Harvest Duo 8pm. Dance music. Babycakes Cafe, Poughkeepsie.

485-8411.

The Mighty Paul Brothers Band 8pm. The Wherehouse Restaurant, Newburgh. 561-7240.

Trio Mio 8pm. High Falls Cafe, High Falls. 687-2699.

Dave Mason 9pm. $50/$40. Bearsville Theater, Woodstock.

679-4406.

Blues Buddha Band 9:30pm. Blues. 12 Grapes Music and Wine Bar, Peekskill. (914) 737-6624.

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The Outdoors

Events

Mohonk Preserve Guyot Hill Moderate Hike 9am. Meet at Spring Farm Trailhead, New Paltz.

594-9545.

Spoken Word Mike Epps & Friends 7pm. Comedy, with special guest Bruce Bruce. $45/$37. Palace Theater, Albany. (518) 465-3334.

Theater The Foreigner 2pm. $15/$13 students, seniors and members.

Shandaken Theatrical Society Theater, Phoenicia.

688-2279.

Star Trek Live 3pm. $16. The Egg, Albany. (518) 473-1845.

MONDAY 7 Body / Mind / Spirit Yoga for Body and Soul 8am-9:30am. $20/$95 series of 8. Roeliff Janson Community Library, Hillsdale. (518) 325-4101.

Active Seniors: Stretch, Strengthen and Balance 9am-10am. $1.50. Pine Hill Community Center, Pine Hill. 254-5469.

Private Soul Energy Readings 12pm-6pm. $40/$75. Mirabai of Woodstock, Woodstock. 679-2100.

Gentlest Yoga Ever 4:30pm. Inner Light Health Spa, Hyde Park. 229-9998.

Women’s Healing Circle 6:30pm-7:30pm. With Adrienne DeSalvo. $10. Sage Center for the Healing Arts, Woodstock. 679-5650.

Figurative Sculpture 9:30am-1:30pm. Weekly through March 27. $225/$215 plus fees. Barrett Art Center, Poughkeepsie. 471-2550.

Classes Argentine Tango Tango basics: 6pm-7pm, intermediate: 7pm-8pm.

Call for location. (518) 537-2589.

Events

Iron Grad II: The Grand Finale 6pm. $52.95. The Rhinecliff Hotel, Rhinecliff. 876-0590.

Music Greg Westhoff & The Westchester Swing Band 8pm. 12 Grapes Music and Wine Bar, Peekskill.

(914) 737-6624.

Spoken Word Caesar, Might Yet 4:30pm. Rome and Rhetoric: Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar lecture series. Bard College, Annandale-onHudson. 758-7216.

Workshops Adult Acting Acting Class 7pm-9pm. 8-week course. $250. Lycian Centre, Sugar Loaf. 469-2287.

TUESDAY 8

Events Pancake Breakfast 8am-12pm. Benefiting Rhinebeck’s Boy Scout Troop 128.

American Legion Hall, Rhinebeck. u.morgan@lgny.org.

Comedy Pet Theatre 3pm. $20/$16. The Egg, Albany. (518) 473-1845.

Kids KinderArt 11:15am-Sunday, March 27, 12pm. 15 months-3 years. $65/6 sessions. Waddle n Swaddle, Rhinebeck.

876-5952.

Mama with Baby Pilates 12:30pm-1:15pm. Weekly through the end of March. $65. Waddle n Swaddle, Rhinebeck. 876-5952.

Tiny Yoga Workshop for Babies 2pm-2:45pm. Newborn through crawler. $16.50. The Yoga Way, Wappingers Falls. 227-3223.

Tiny Yoga Workshop for Toddlers 3pm-3:45pm. Toddler to age 3. $16.50. The Yoga Way, Wappingers Falls. 227-3223.

Music The Flying Karamazov Brothers Call for times. The Bardavon, Poughkeepsie. 473-2072.

Belly Dance with Barushka 7pm-8:30pm. Open Space, Rosendale. (917) 232-3623.

Mother/Daughter Belly Dancing Class 7:30pm. $20/4 weeks $69/mother daughter $118.

Casperkill Rec Center, Poughkeepsie. (914) 874-4541.

Warm Vinyasa Yoga 1pm. Inner Light Health Spa, Hyde Park. 229-9998.

Classes

Healthy Meals, Healthy Families 7pm. How to nourish children and create a healthy, warm environment for family meals. $10. Stone Ridge Healing Arts, Stone Ridge. 687-7589.

California Guitar Trio 7:30pm. $30/$25 in advance. Towne Crier Cafe, Pawling. 855-1300.

Learn to Meditate 6pm-7:30pm. Peace Village Learning and Retreat, Haines Falls. (518) 589-5000.

New Moon Kundalini Salon 2pm-3:30pm. With Yogi Bajan’s student Nidhi Huba. $20. Sage Center for the Healing Arts, Woodstock.

679-5650.

Classes

Life Drawing 7:30pm-9:30pm. $13/$10/$48/$36 series of 4. Unison, New Paltz. 255-1559.

The Metaphysical Center Interfaith Worship Service 11:30am. Interfaith/Metaphysical prayer, meditation, lecture. Guardian Building, Poughkeepsie. 471-4993.

Face Reading: the Science of Morphology 2pm-4pm. $15/$20. Mirabai of Woodstock, Woodstock.

679-2100.

Traditional Taoist/Buddhist Chi Gung & Tai Chi Chaun 7pm. Marbletown Multi-Arts, Stone Ridge. 750-6488.

Howland Chamber Music Circle Piano Festival 4pm. Benjamin Hochman. Howland Cultural Center, Beacon. 831-4988.

T’ai Chi, Yang Style 6pm-7pm. Miriam Cooper. $75/$60 members 5 class series. Beahive Kingston, Kingston. 810-2919.

Graham Parker 8pm. $20. Rosendale Cafe, Rosendale. 658-9048.

Natalie Merchant with The Bard College Conservatory of Music Orchestra 8pm. Benefit for the Conservatory’s Scholarship Fund. $60-$200. Fisher Center, Annandale-on-Hudson.

758-7900.

Woodstock Chamber Orchestra 3pm. Works based on Haydn’s “Military” Symphony No. 100 and Handel’s “Dettingen” Te Deum. Bearsville Theater, Woodstock. 758-9270.

Hypnobabies Call for times. $375. Waddle n Swaddle, Poughkeepsie.

473-5952.

Solas An Lae 3pm. $18/$16 seniors and children. Center for Performing Arts, Rhinebeck. 876-3080.

Leo Kottke 8pm. Acoustic. $34.50. The Egg, Albany. (518) 473-1845.

Around the World in 80 Minutes 3pm. Radiance Woodwind Quintet. $20/$5. St. George’s Church, Newburgh. www.newburghchambermusic.org.

Art

Howland Coffee House 8pm. The Three Real Divas of Dutchess County. $20.

Howland Cultural Center, Beacon. 831-4988.

Don Bryon Trio 8pm. Live@The Falcon, Marlboro.

Ian Charles 12pm. Acoustic. Taste Budd’s Chocolate and Coffee Cafe, Red Hook. 758-6500.

Art Life Drawing Sessions 7:30pm-9:30pm. $13/$10 members/$48/$36 members series. Unison, New Paltz. 255-1559.

Body / Mind / Spirit Spiritual Support Group for the Unemployed 9am-11am. YMCA, Kingston. 331-7188.

Community Acupuncture 1pm-4pm. $20-$40. MountainView Studio, Woodstock.

853-3976.

Mother to Mother Groups 2:30pm-4:30pm. Waddle n Swaddle, Rhinebeck.

876-5952.

Community Acupuncture 4pm. Inner Light Health Spa, Hyde Park. 229-9998.

The Bradley Method of Natural Childbirth 6pm-8pm. $300. Waddle n Swaddle, Poughkeepsie.

473-5952.

Merkaba Activation Under the Guidance of Master Teachers 6pm-7:30pm. With Suzy Meszoly. $20. Sage Center for the Healing Arts, Woodstock. 679-5650.

Fat Tuesday Celebration 6pm-8pm. Cajun history, images, live music and great stories. Music by Roger Weiss and Buffy Lewis.

Ellenville Public Library, Ellenville. 647-1497.

Kids ZumbAtomic 5:45pm. Ages 6-13. Inner Light Health Spa, Hyde Park.

229-9998.

Zumba Gold 7pm. For active older adults. Inner Light Health Spa, Hyde Park. 229-9998.

Music Conservatory Noon Concerts 12pm. Olin Hall, Bard College. 758-7196.

Dr. John & The Lower 911 8pm. $70/$55/$40. Bearsville Theater, Woodstock.

679-4406.

Spoken Word Brutus, Rhetoric Verbal and Visual 4:30pm. Rome and Rhetoric: Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar lecture series. Bard College. 758-7216.

Workshops Middle School Acting Class 6pm-8pm. 10-week course. $275/$330. Lycian Centre, Sugar Loaf. 469-2287.

Special Needs Trusts 6:30pm. East Fishkill Community Library, Hopewell Junction. 226-2145.

Art Journal Workshop 7pm. Self discovery through art journaling. The Old Stone house of Hasbrouck, Woodbourne. Call 436-7220 or e-mail Paulina at design@simplepea.com.

WEDNESDAY 9 Body / Mind / Spirit Mama and Baby Yoga 10:30am-11:30am. $12/$65 series. Waddle n Swaddle, Rhinebeck. 876-5952.

Breastfeeding Support Group 5:30pm-7pm. Waddle n Swaddle, Rhinebeck. 876-5952.

Heart Opening Channeling 6:30pm-8pm. With Nancy Leilah Ward. $20. Sage Center for the Healing Arts, Woodstock. 679-5650.

Traditional Taoist/Buddhist Chi Gung & Tai Chi Chaun 7pm. Marbletown Multi-Arts, Stone Ridge. 750-6488.

Classes A Course in Miracles: Study group with Alice Broner 7:30pm-9:30pm. Unitarian Fellowship, Poughkeepsie.

229-8391.

Belly Dancing 7:30pm-8pm. Inner Light Health Spa, Hyde Park.

229-9998.

Events Neighborhood Green Drinks Call for times. Networking night for people in the environmental fields and sustainably minded. Multiple locations. Call for location. 454-6410.

Kids Kids’ Yoga Ages 5-12. Inner Light Health Spa, Hyde Park.

229-9998.

Workshops Non-Violent Communication 6pm-7:30pm. Inner Light Health Spa, Hyde Park.

229-9998.

Teen Workshop Movement for Actors 6:30pm-8:30pm. 10-week course. $275/$330. Lycian Centre, Sugar Loaf. 469-2287.

THURSDAY 10 Art Saugerties Art Lab Drop-In Art 3:30pm-5pm. Inquiring Mind/Muddy Cup, Saugerties.

246-5775.

Life Drawing Sessions 7:30pm-9:30pm. $13/$10 members/$48/$36 members series. Unison, New Paltz. 255-1559.

Body / Mind / Spirit Traditional Taoist/Buddhist Chi Gung & Tai Chi Chaun Call for times. Marbletown Multi-Arts, Stone Ridge.

750-6488.

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Community Acupuncture 1am. Inner Light Health Spa, Hyde Park. 229-9998.

Mama with Baby Pilates 10am-11am. $15/$100 for 8 session. Waddle n Swaddle, Rhinebeck. 876-5952.

Breastfeeding Support Group 11:30am-1pm. Waddle n Swaddle, Rhinebeck. 876-5952.

Yoga Basics 5:30pm. Inner Light Health Spa, Hyde Park. 229-9998.

Green Meditation Society Practice with Clark Strand 6pm-9pm. Followed by Koans of the Bible discussion group. $10. Sage Center for the Healing Arts, Woodstock. 679-5650.

Pre-Natal Yoga 6pm-7:15pm. $15/$80 series. Waddle n Swaddle, Rhinebeck. 876-5952.

Intro to Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction 7pm-9pm. $15/$20. Mirabai of Woodstock, Woodstock.

679-2100.

Classes

Kids The RHyTHMS Benefit Live Music with Dog on Fleas, The Kiss-Ups!Voodelic, Julie Novak and friends with a DJ dance party to help those with MS. Town of Rosendale Recreation Center. julie.m.novak@gmail.com.

Flamenco Dance Class Flamenco kids 2-3pm, Flamenco I 3-4pm, Flamenco II 4-5pm. Open Space, Rosendale. liaochoa@gmail.com.

The Differents Call for times. SkyTop Steak House, Kingston. 340-4277.

Introductory Group Class: The Alexander Technique 7pm-8pm. $10. ASK Arts Center, Kingston. 338-0331.

Iantheia Calhoun and the Jazz Elites 7:30pm. Jazz. BeanRunner Cafe, Peekskill.

(914) 737-1701.

Northern Italian Cooking Classics 7pm. $65. Beacon. (917) 803-6857.

The Harvest Duo 7:30pm. Dance music. Frank Guido’s Little Italy, Kingston. 340-1682.

Blue Chicken 8pm. Live@The Falcon, Marlboro.

Laurel Masse 8pm. $15. Howland Cultural Center, Beacon. 831-4988.

Mary Gauthier 8pm. Singer/songwriter. $20. Rosendale Cafe, Rosendale. 658-9048.

Edmond Castaneda 8pm. Live@The Falcon, Marlboro.

Petey Hop’s Open Mike 8:30pm. 12 Grapes Music and Wine Bar, Peekskill.

(914) 737-6624.

Miss Angie’s Karaoke Mardi Gras 9pm. Bearsville Theater, Woodstock. 679-4406.

Spoken Word Antony, The Fox Knows Many Things 4:30pm. Rome and Rhetoric: Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar lecture series. Bard College, Annandale-onHudson. 758-7216.

Theater Circle Mirror Transformation 8pm. Half Moon Theater. Cunneen-Hackett Arts Center, Poughkeepsie. 486-4571.

The Foreigner 8pm. $15/$13 students, seniors and members.

Shandaken Theatrical Society Theater, Phoenicia.

688-2279.

Brigadoon 7:30pm. $10/$12. Stissing Mountain High School, Pine Plains. (518) 398-7181.

Classes

Life Drawing 7:30pm-9:30pm. $13/$10/$48/$36 series of 4. Unison, New Paltz. 255-1559.

Devin Daversa 8pm. The Wherehouse Restaurant, Newburgh. 561-7240.

The Transcendent Brain with Philip H. Farber 3pm-5pm. Exploring trance, magick and consciousness.

A.I.R. Studio Gallery, Kingston. 331-2662.

The BackBeat Band Call for times. Hyde Park Brewing Company, Hyde Park.

229-8277.

Beginner/Mixed Level Bellydance Class 7pm-8:30pm. $15/$50 month. Mountain View Studio, Woodstock. 679-0901.

Music

Theater

Music

Joan Osborne 8pm. Singer/songwriter. $32-$37. Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center, Great Barrington, Massachusetts. (413) 528-0100.

Celtic Culture & Mythology 7:30pm-8:30pm. $50. Howland Cultural Center, Beacon. 831-4988.

Om Cafe 2pm-4pm. Emerging young leaders invited. Peace Village Learning and Retreat, Haines Falls. (518) 589-5000.

Dance The German Forum: Music Inspires Dance 7:30pm. $25/$10 student rush. Kaatsbaan International Dance Center, Tivoli. 757-5107.

Contradance 8pm. Eric Hollman, with music by Dylan Foley and Friends. $10/$9 members/children 1/2 price.

Woodstock Community Center, Woodstock. 246-2121.

Events

Mark O’Connor’s Hot Swing 8pm. $29.50. The Egg, Albany. (518) 473-1845.

Ski for Autism Call for times. Presented by Belleayre Mountain and the Center for Spectrum Services. Belleayre Mountain, Highmount. (800) 942-6904 ext. 406.

The Reddan Brothers 8pm. The Wherehouse Restaurant, Newburgh.

561-7240.

Cold Spring Indoor Farmers’ Market 8:30am-1:30pm. Philipstown Community Center, Garrison. www.csfarmmarket.org.

Sara Grey and Kieron Means 8pm. Hudson Valley Folk Guild’s Friends of Fiddler’s Green Chapter. $10/$8 members. Hyde Park United Methodist Church, Hyde Park. 758-2681.

Boundless Edge Ensemble Benefit 5:30pm. Ice dance company. $150/$75. Mohonk Mountain House, New Paltz. 255-1000.

Eran Troy Danner Band 8:30pm. $20/$15 in advance. Towne Crier Cafe, Pawling. 855-1300.

Blue Food 9pm. High Falls Cafe, High Falls. 687-2699.

Lorenza Ponce 9pm. $10. Bearsville Theater, Woodstock. 679-4406.

LeRoy Thomas and the Zydeco Roadrunners 9:30pm. 12 Grapes Music and Wine Bar, Peekskill.

(914) 737-6624.

Charlie Sabin Acoustic 9:30pm. Max’s on Main, Beacon. 838-6288.

Sonic Circus 10pm. Covers. Mahoney’s Irish Pub, Poughkeepsie.

471-3027.

Spoken Word Finding Focus in an Age of Distraction 7:30pm. Maggie Jackson. Hawthorne Valley School, Ghent. (518) 672-7092 ext. 111.

Theater

Workshops

Brigadoon 7:30pm. $10/$12. Stissing Mountain High School, Pine Plains. (518) 398-7181.

Doody Calls 1pm-2pm. Cloth diapering information session. Waddle n Swaddle, Rhinebeck. 876-5952.

Circle Mirror Transformation 8pm. Half Moon Theater. $25/$20 students and seniors.

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

Skyhunters in Flight with Brian Bradley 11am. $9/$7 children. Center for Performing Arts, Rhinebeck. 876-3080.

Billy Goat’s Gruff 1pm. Puppet show. $4. Hawthorne Valley School, Ghent. (518) 672-7092 ext. 111.

Music Todd Boyle Acoustic Call for times. SkyTop Steak House, Kingston. 340-4277.

39th Hudson Valley Philharmonic String Competition 9am. Selected violin, viola and cello players, ages 18-25, from national and international conservatories.

Skinner Hall, Vassar College, Poughkeepsie. 462-3924.

Thomas Earl 2pm. Acoustic. Taste Budd’s Chocolate and Coffee Cafe, Red Hook. 758-6500.

Thus Spake German Romanticism 6pm. $40/$30. Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center, Great Barrington, Massachusetts. (413) 528-0100.

Catskill Cabaradio Dinner & Show 6pm. Pine Hill Community Center, Pine Hill. 254-5469.

Soren Moller and Dick Oatts Duo 7pm. Anders Morgensen Trio. Live@The Falcon, Marlboro.

Munnelly 7:30pm. Irish music. $12. Eighth Step @ Proctors, Schenectady. (518) 434-1703.

Body / Mind / Spirit Active Seniors: Gentle Yoga 9am-10am. $1.50. Pine Hill Community Center, Pine Hill.

254-5469.

The Drowsy Chaperone 8pm. $24/$22 children and seniors. Center for Performing Arts, Rhinebeck. 876-3080.

Ottaway and Cohen Family Bands 8pm. $20/$15 members. Unison Arts and Learning Center, New Paltz. 255-1559.

Vagina Monologues 8pm. Benefit for Family of Woodstock Domestic Violence Services. $8/$5 music post-show. The Basement, Kingston. 331-1116.

Twice as Nice: Celebrating the Art of the Duet 8pm. Jazz cabaret. $15. Emerson Organic Spa, Mount Tremper. 688-2828.

Community Acupuncture 9am. Inner Light Health Spa, Hyde Park. 229-9998.

Kids Yoga 4:30pm-5:30pm. The Yoga Way, Wappingers Falls.

227-3223.

Prenatal Yoga 6pm-7pm. The Yoga Way, Wappingers Falls. 227-3223.

Classes Tango New Paltz Beginners 6pm, intermediate 7pm, practica 8pm. $15/$50 4-part series. The Living Seed Yoga & Holistic Center, New Paltz. 256-0114.

Dance Zydeco Dance 8pm-11pm. With Li’l Anne & Hot Cayenne. Lesson at 7pm. $15. White Eagle Hall, Kingston. 255-7061.

Events Mystery Weekend Call for times. Ron and Jonie Pacie with Murder Mystery Inc. Mohonk Mountain House, New Paltz. 255-1000.

Beer Tasting by Chatham Brewing 6:30pm-9:30pm. Cheeses from the Pampered Cow. $45. Hudson Beach Glass, Beacon. 440-0068.

Film West Side Story Call for times. Ulster Performing Arts Center, Kingston.

339-6088.

Strongman 7:30pm. With director Zachary Levy. $10. Rosendale Theater, Rosendale. 658-8989.

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Lady Got Chops Women’s Music and Arts Festival 7:30pm. Jazz. BeanRunner Cafe, Peekskill.

(914) 737-1701.

Workshops

Acadien Cajun Band 8pm. $10. Rosendale Cafe, Rosendale. 658-9048.

Intermediate Photoshop 10am-2pm. Phil Mansfield. Center for Photography at Woodstock, Woodstock. 679-9957.

Sly Fox and the Hustlers 8pm. The Wherehouse Restaurant, Newburgh.

561-7240.

SATURDAY 12 Art Love is a River 2pm-9pm. Inaugural show featuring 25 emerging and established artists working in all media. Estuary Gallery, Beacon. beaconarts.org.

Fresh, Local Paintings 5pm-7pm. Shawn Dell Joyce and Gene Bove. Wallkill River School and Gallery, Montgomery. 457-ARTS. Works by Harry Orlyk and Marion Vinot 6pm-8pm. Carrie Haddad Gallery, Hudson.

(518) 828-1915.

Body / Mind / Spirit A Loving Touch: Infant Message 10am-11:30am. $25/$45 2 classes. Waddle n Swaddle, Rhinebeck. 876-5952.

Psychic Saturday 12pm-5pm. With Suzy Meszoly and Adam Bernstein.

Sage Center for the Healing Arts, Woodstock. 679-5650.

Three Channeled Works 2pm. Channeled writings/messages w/ authors Margaret Doner, Bente Hansen, Suzy Meszoly. Mirabai of Woodstock, Woodstock. 679-2100.

Circle Mirror Transformation 8pm. Half Moon Theater. $25/$20 students and seniors.

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

The Foreigner 8pm. $15/$13 students, seniors and members.

Shandaken Theatrical Society Theater, Phoenicia.

688-2279.

The Drowsy Chaperone 8pm. $24/$22 children and seniors. Center for Performing Arts, Rhinebeck. 876-3080.

Vagina Monologues 8pm. Benefit for Family of Woodstock Domestic Violence Services. $8/$5 music post-show. The Basement, Kingston. 331-1116.

Workshops Goethean Explorations of Light and Color 9am-12:30pm. Explore the visual world through various observations and experiments. $20-$40. The Nature Institute, Ghent. (518) 672-0116.

Simplicity Parenting: Using the Power of Less to Raise Calmer, Happier, and More Secure Kids 9am-1pm. Kim John Payne, M. Ed. $35/$30 in advance. Great Barrington Rudolf Steiner School, Great Barrington, Massachusetts. (413) 528-4015 ext. 104.

Dreamfigures: Expressive Clay Workshop for Women 1pm-4:30pm. $75/$50 students. Deep Clay, New Paltz.

255-8039.

Babywearing Bonanza 2pm-3pm. Waddle n Swaddle, Poughkeepsie. 473-5952.

Kids

The Foreigner 8pm. $15/$13 students, seniors and members.

Shandaken Theatrical Society Theater, Phoenicia.

688-2279.

FRIDAY 11

Audition Notice: The Sound of Music 1pm. Center for Performing Arts, Rhinebeck. 876-3080.

Steve Reich: Music for 18 Musicians + Double Sextet 8pm. $15/$10/$5. EMPAC at Rensselaer, Troy.

(518) 276-3921.

Hammer of the Gods: The Led Zeppelin Experience 8pm. $39.50/$34.50. The Egg, Albany. (518) 473-1845.

Steve Forbert 8:30pm. $30/$25 in advance. Towne Crier Cafe, Pawling. 855-1300.

A Mardi Gras Spectacular 9pm. Brother Joscephus and the Love Revival Revolution Orchestra. $15. Bearsville Theater, Woodstock. 679-4406.

Melissa Auf der Maur 9pm. Goth rocker. Club Helsinki, Hudson. (518) 828-4800.

Pitchfork Militia 9pm. High Falls Cafe, High Falls. 687-2699.

New York Uproar 9:30pm. Soul, blues, R&B. 12 Grapes Music and Wine Bar, Peekskill. (914) 737-6624.

Spoken Word Woodstock Poetry Society & Festival 2pm. Georganna Millman; Pui Ying Wong; Tim Suermondt. Woodstock Community Center, Woodstock. www.woodstockpoetry.com.

SUNDAY 13 Art Remembrances of Things Past 2pm. Collection of meditative photographs by Woodstock Fine Art Photographer David Morris Cunningham. Woodstock Artists Association and Museum, Woodstock. 679-2940.

Body / Mind / Spirit Traditional Taoist/Buddhist Chi Gung & Tai Chi Chaun Call for times. Marbletown Multi-Arts, Stone Ridge.

750-6488.

Mama with Baby Pilates Call for times. $15/$100 series. Waddle n Swaddle, Rhinebeck. 876-5952.

Hypnobabies Call for times. $375. Waddle n Swaddle, Poughkeepsie.

473-5952.

Sacred Chanting 11am-12:30pm. $10. Unison, New Paltz. 255-1559.

The Metaphysical Center Interfaith Worship Service 11:30am. Interfaith/Metaphysical prayer, meditation, lecture. Guardian Building, Poughkeepsie. 471-4993.

Warm Vinyasa Yoga 1pm. Inner Light Health Spa, Hyde Park. 229-9998.

Bright Shadows and Dark Radiance: The Chod Practice 2pm-5pm. With Dr. Craig Lennon, Psychologist. $35.

Sage Center for the Healing Arts, Woodstock. 679-5650.

Classes Fresh Pasta Workshop 8pm. $65. Beacon. (917) 803-6857.

Music Dan Brother Call for times. The Wherehouse Restaurant, Newburgh.

561-7240.

39th Hudson Valley Philharmonic String Competition 10am. Selected violin, viola and cello players, ages 18-25, from major national and international conservatories. Skinner Hall, Poughkeepsie. 462-3924.

Jazz at the Falls 1pm. The Bernstein Bard Trio. High Falls Cafe, High Falls. 687-2699.

Greg Davis 2pm. Acoustic. Taste Budd’s Chocolate and Coffee Cafe, Red Hook. 758-6500.

Christine Lavin 3pm. $30/$25 in advance. Towne Crier Cafe, Pawling.

855-1300.

Les Amies 3pm. $20/$15. Ulster Chamber Music Series. Church of the Holy Cross, Kingston. 340-9434.

The Woodstock Experience 3pm. Legendary deejay Pete Fornatale. Mahopac Library, Mahopac. 628-2009.

The Grand Montgomery Chamber Music & Theater Series 4pm. Nagano Makoto, classical marimba player.

Senior and Community Center, Montgomery. 457-9867.

Christa Victoria 4:30pm. hip hop. BeanRunner Cafe, Peekskill.

(914) 737-1701.

Andreas Klein 5pm. Pre-concert talk at 3:30pm. $25/$5 student.

Church of the Messiah, Rhinebeck. rhinebeckmusic.org.

The Chimeng Quartet 5pm. Club Helsinki, Hudson. (518) 828-4800.

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Donovan Hohn and son Bruno on the ferry from Woods Hole to Vineyard Haven. Hohn will speak at the Cary Institute in Millbrook on March 11.

Rubber Ducky, You’re the One It all started with an small ad in an Alaskan newspaper, buried among a sea of classifieds.

It read: “Anyone who has found plastic toy animals on beaches in Southeast please call the Sentinel.” The ad would unintentionally spark an odyssey of sorts, drawing oceanographers, scientists, and eventually the author of Moby-Duck, Donovan Hohn, into a wild goose chase (or duck chase) around the world. On January 10, 1992, a container ship in route from Hong Kong to America encountered hurricane-force winds. A container housing 28,800 plastic animals fell overboard, releasing the floating bath toys—7,200 red beavers, 7,200 green frogs, 7,200 blue turtles, and 7,200 yellow ducks— into the Northern Pacific. In the years that followed, the toys started making scattered appearances around the globe. Moby-Duck tells the story of the oceanographers, environmentalists, and one essayist who set out to solve the mystery of the floating bath toys.

Donovan Hohn will discuss Moby-Duck at the Cary Institute in Millbrook on Friday, March 11 at 7pm. 845) 677-5343; www.ecostudies.org.

—Samantha Minasi How many countries in total did the toys make appearances in?

We know for certain they appeared in the Pacific NorthWest, Canada, in the Lower 48, and in Alaska. One was found in the NorthWestern Hawaiian Archipelago. They would have presumably made it to Siberia—though I’ve seen no confirmed reports of a sighting from Russia. Then there are tantalizing sightings that have occurred in the North Atlantic, one in Maine and one in Scotland, but those sightings were never confirmed because the beachcombers did not keep the evidence. So its not so much that there are a multitude of countries where the toys have been found, but they did travel vast distances.

What do the various drift patterns and final locations of the toys tell us about the ocean?

The reason we know so much about this particular incident is because an oceanographer in Seattle named Curtis Ebbesmeyer had in his semiretirement taken to treating such spills (and there are many that have occurred over the years) as kind of accidental oceanographic experiments. If you can find out where the spill happened, then learn from beachcombers where they washed up, you have a point A and a point B, and you know something about where the currents go. Because the currents of the ocean

don’t flow like rivers in the sea, as they’ve sometimes been called. They meander much more, they vary seasonally, they change whether its an El Niño or a La Niña.

What you don’t know from studying flotsam is what happens in between the spill and the discovery on a beach.

In the beginning of the book, we see a very worried father-to-be as you prepare to leave on your journey. Did you find your adventures helped to alleviate these feelings?

I embarked on this on the eve of fatherhood. And had this sense that although I was in my early-to-mid thirties at the time, that I still had a bit of a childish understanding of the world. I didn’t even know what plastic was made from. When I looked on the map of where these toys had gone, the magnitude of my ignorance was obvious. And I did have this sense of wishing I could go off and learn what the factories in China at the other end of production are like, learn about the Arctic, and bring back that knowledge and impart that to my son, and I think I did succeed to some extent.

What did you learn about what goes into the toys, what plastic is made of, and what is the effect on water, and on the environment, of these substances?

Most rubber duckies are actually made of PVC, then softened with additives to make them rubberlike. So most rubber ducks aren’t actually made of rubber. At sea, plastic is not this evil substance. One of the ironies is that when they first began making synthetic polymers in the late 1800s they were celebrated as the salvation of the tortoise, whale, and elephant because they were going to replace whale bone, ivory, and tortoise shell—all common products. And they did.

The problem with them is how much plastic in use today is meant to be thrown away. So you’re taking a finite resource and turning it into trash after a single use. Another problem is, they don’t biodegrade—they persist for centuries as they escape into the environment.

The main thing with plastic is how symbolic it is of the scale of humanity’s impact— unfortunately, it’s far from the worst impact on the oceans now. So if we’re going to prioritize the list of environmental problems the oceans face, it would be rather low on the list compared to pollutants from land, but also the warming of the ocean and depletion of the fisheries.

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Diana Ross 8pm. $100-$200. The Bardavon, Poughkeepsie.

473-2072.

Life Drawing 7:30pm-9:30pm. $13/$10/$48/$36 series of 4. Unison, New Paltz. 255-1559.

Randall Williams 8:30pm. Presented by Flying Cat Music. $12/$10 in advance. Empire State Railway Museum, Phoenicia.

688-7501.

Mother/Daughter Belly Dancing Class 7:30pm. $20/4 weeks $69/mother daughter $118.

Casperkill Rec Center, Poughkeepsie. (914) 874-4541.

Showcase Evening 8:30pm. “Songs Of Wit & Wisdom” featuring Joey Dugan, Dave Goldenberg and Don Lowe. $10. Towne Crier Cafe, Pawling. 855-1300.

Spoken Word Barbara Adams 4pm-6pm. Author of The Stone Man. Wallkill River School and Art Gallery, Montgomery. (845) 457-2787.

Theater Brigadoon 2pm. $10/$12. Stissing Mountain High School, Pine Plains. (518) 398-7181.

The Foreigner 2pm. $15/$13 students, seniors and members.

Shandaken Theatrical Society Theater, Phoenicia.

688-2279.

Circle Mirror Transformation 3pm. Half Moon Theater. $20/$18 students and seniors.

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

The Drowsy Chaperone 4pm. $24/$22 children and seniors. Center for Performing Arts, Rhinebeck. 876-3080.

Audition Notice: The Sound of Music 8pm. Center for Performing Arts, Rhinebeck. 876-3080.

MONDAY 14

MARCH 4 FUNDRAISER FOR THE THEATRE! Staged Reading of

He Isn’t Me, $15 w/ VIP pre-show reception, 7pm, $10 for show at 8pm MARCH 6, 7PM & 8, 2PM OPERA Cavalleria Rusticana & Pagilacci $20 MARCH 11, 7:30PM DOCUMENTARY Strongman

Q&A with director Zach Levy, $10 MARCH 13, 2PM DANCE FILM SUNDAY Stravinsky and The Ballets Russes from the Mariinsky Ballet $10/$6 children MARCH 15, 7PM, FUNDRAISER FOR THE THEATRE! John Bowermaster documentaries , $10 MARCH 26, Family Programming Matilda , RATED PG $3 ROSENDALETHEATRE.ORG

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Body / Mind / Spirit Yoga for Body and Soul 8am-9:30am. $20/$95 series of 8. Roeliff Janson Community Library, Hillsdale. (518) 325-4101.

Active Seniors: Stretch, Strengthen and Balance 9am-10am. $1.50. Pine Hill Community Center, Pine Hill. 254-5469.

Gentlest Yoga Ever 4:30pm. Inner Light Health Spa, Hyde Park. 229-9998.

T’ai Chi, Yang Style 6pm-7pm. Miriam Cooper. $75/$60 members 5 class series. Beahive Kingston, Kingston. 810-2919.

Learn to Meditate 6pm-7:30pm. Peace Village Learning and Retreat, Haines Falls. (518) 589-5000.

Psychic Wisdom: Psychic Development Workshops 7pm-8:30pm. $20. Sage Center for the Healing Arts, Woodstock. 679-5650.

Classes Argentine Tango Tango basics: 6pm-7pm, intermediate: 7pm-8pm.

Call for location. (518) 537-2589.

Music Open Book and Don Sparks 8pm. Acoustic. 36 Main Restaurant and Wine Bar, New Paltz. 255-3636.

Conservatory Graduate Vocal Arts Program: “First Songs” 8pm. Olin Hall, Bard College. 758-7196.

Theater

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Audition Notice: The Sound of Music 7pm. Center for Performing Arts, Rhinebeck. 876-3080.

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Art Life Drawing Sessions 7:30pm-9:30pm. $13/$10 members/$48/$36 members series. Unison, New Paltz. 255-1559.

Body / Mind / Spirit Spiritual Support Group for the Unemployed 9am-11am. YMCA, Kingston. 331-7188.

Community Acupuncture 1pm-4pm. $20-$40. MountainView Studio, Woodstock.

853-3976.

Mother to Mother Groups 2:30pm-4:30pm. Waddle n Swaddle, Rhinebeck.

876-5952.

Zumba Gold 7pm. For active older adults. Inner Light Health Spa, Hyde Park. 229-9998.

Film Jon Bowermaster 7pm. Screening and Q & A to benefit the Rosendale Theatre Collective. $10. Rosendale Theater, Rosendale.

658-8989.

Kids ZumbAtomic 5:45pm. Ages 6-13. Inner Light Health Spa, Hyde Park.

229-9998.

Music Blues & Dance with Big Joe Fitz & The Lo-Fi’s 7pm. High Falls Cafe, High Falls. 687-2699.

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

Theater Audition Notice: The Sound of Music 7pm. Center for Performing Arts, Rhinebeck. 876-3080.

WEDNESDAY 16 Body / Mind / Spirit Mama and Baby Yoga 10:30am-11:30am. $12/$65 series. Waddle n Swaddle, Rhinebeck. 876-5952.

Food Selections: Packing In Nutrients, Not Empty Calories 4:30pm-5:30pm. The Kingston Hospital Diabetes Education Center, Kingston. 334-4249.

Traditional Taoist/Buddhist Chi Gung & Tai Chi Chaun 7pm. Marbletown Multi-Arts, Stone Ridge. 750-6488.

Evening of Clairvoyant Channeling 7pm. $20/$25. Mirabai of Woodstock, Woodstock.

679-2100.

The Artists’ Way with EFT 7pm-9pm. $20. Sage Center for the Healing Arts, Woodstock. 679-5650.

Classes Belly Dancing 7:30pm-8pm. Inner Light Health Spa, Hyde Park.

229-9998.

A Course in Miracles: Study group with Alice Broner 7:30pm-9:30pm. Unitarian Fellowship, Poughkeepsie.

229-8391.

Kids Kids’ Yoga Ages 5-12. Inner Light Health Spa, Hyde Park. 229-9998.

Field Trip: Fun with Energy with Jeff Boyer Call for times. Center for Performing Arts, Rhinebeck.

876-3080.

KinderArt 12pm-12:45pm. 15 months-3 years. Waddle n Swaddle, Rhinebeck. 876-5952.

Music Rachael Yamagata “Artist In Residence” 8pm. $15. Bearsville Theater, Woodstock. 679-4406.

Spoken Word Low Impact Development Techniques: Controlling Stormwater Quantity and Quality 6pm-8pm. $20/$15 members/$10 in advance members and students. Skytop Restaurant, Kingston. 340-4277.

Workshops Non-Violent Communication 6pm-7:30pm. Inner Light Health Spa, Hyde Park.

229-9998.

Make a Photo Book, Tell a Story 6pm-9pm. $70/$50 members. Barrett Clay Works, Poughkeepsie. 471-2550.

THURSDAY 17 Art

Community Acupuncture 4pm. Inner Light Health Spa, Hyde Park. 229-9998.

Saugerties Art Lab Drop-In Art 3:30pm-5pm. Inquiring Mind/Muddy Cup, Saugerties.

246-5775.

High Frequency Channeling: Archangel Metatron and Master Teachers 6pm-7:30pm. With Suzy Meszoly. $20. Sage Center for the Healing Arts, Woodstock. 679-5650.

Life Drawing Sessions 7:30pm-9:30pm. $13/$10 members/$48/$36 members series. Unison, New Paltz. 255-1559.

The Bradley Method of Natural Childbirth 6pm-8pm. $300. Waddle n Swaddle, Poughkeepsie.

473-5952.

The Dutchess County Holistic Moms Chapter Meeting 6:30pm-8:30pm. Waddle n Swaddle, Rhinebeck.

876-5952.

Traditional Taoist/Buddhist Chi Gung & Tai Chi Chaun 7pm. Marbletown Multi-Arts, Stone Ridge. 750-6488.

Classes Belly Dance with Barushka 7pm-8:30pm. Open Space, Rosendale. (917) 232-3623.

Body / Mind / Spirit Traditional Taoist/Buddhist Chi Gung & Tai Chi Chaun Call for times. Marbletown Multi-Arts, Stone Ridge.

750-6488.

Community Acupuncture 1am. Inner Light Health Spa, Hyde Park. 229-9998.

Breastfeeding Support Group 11:30am-1pm. Waddle n Swaddle, Rhinebeck.

876-5952.

Breastfeeding Support Group 5:30pm-7pm. Waddle n Swaddle, Poughkeepsie.

473-5952.

Yoga Basics 5:30pm. Inner Light Health Spa, Hyde Park. 229-9998.

Donna Jean Godchaux Band with Jeff Mattson 9pm. $20. Bearsville Theater, Woodstock. 679-4406.

Green Meditation Society Practice with Clark Strand 6pm-9pm. Followed by Koans of the Bible discussion group. $10. Sage Center for the Healing Arts, Woodstock.

679-5650.

Jon Shain 9pm. The Black Swan, Tivoli. 757-3777.

Pre-Natal Yoga 6pm-7:15pm. $15/$80 series. Waddle n Swaddle, Rhinebeck. 876-5952.

Girl Scout Eco Challenge Weekend Call for times. Frost Valley YMCA, Claryville. 985-2291 ext. 205.

Mind Management: The Gateway to a Life of Contentment 6:30pm-8pm. Peace Village Learning and Retreat, Haines Falls. (518) 589-5000.

August Osage County 8pm. Mohonk Mountain Stage Readers Theater Company. $18/$14 members. Unison, New Paltz.

255-1559.

Classes

Spoken Word

Beginner/Mixed Level Bellydance Class 7pm-8:30pm. $15/$50 month. Mountain View Studio, Woodstock. 679-0901.

Before Beacon was Beacon 7pm. An exploration of what the local place names were called before 1609. Beacon Sloop Club, Beacon.

(914) 879-1082.

Life Drawing 7:30pm-9:30pm. $13/$10/$48/$36 series of 4. Unison, New Paltz. 255-1559.

Celtic Culture & Mythology 7:30pm-8:30pm. $50. Howland Cultural Center, Beacon. 831-4988.

Music Jerry Piper Band 5pm. Traditional Irish. Raccoon Saloon, Marlboro.

236-7872.

Joshua Morris 7pm. Irish. Elsie’s Place, Wallkill. 895-8975.

The Outdoors

Reading by Robert Milby and Jason Gehlert 7pm. Authors of Ghost Prints. Inquiring Mind Bookstore, New Paltz. 255-8300.

Theater The Drowsy Chaperone 8pm. $24/$22 children and seniors. Center for Performing Arts, Rhinebeck. 876-3080.

The Foreigner 8pm. $15/$13 students, seniors and members.

Shandaken Theatrical Society Theater, Phoenicia.

688-2279.

The Funk Junkies 8pm. Live@The Falcon, Marlboro.

Circle Mirror Transformation 8pm. Half Moon Theater. $25/$20 students and seniors.

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

Theater

Workshops

The Foreigner 8pm. $15/$13 students, seniors and members.

Shandaken Theatrical Society Theater, Phoenicia.

688-2279.

Circle Mirror Transformation 8pm. Half Moon Theater. $25/$20 students and seniors.

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

FRIDAY 18 Body / Mind / Spirit

Intermediate Photoshop 10am-2pm. Phil Mansfield. Center for Photography at Woodstock, Woodstock. 679-9957.

Spoken Word Lenten Lecture Series: Bruce Chilton: “Apocalypse—Then and Now” 12pm. Weis Cinema, Bard College. 758-7279.

SATURDAY 19

Active Seniors: Gentle Yoga 9am-10am. $1.50. Pine Hill Community Center, Pine Hill. 254-5469.

Art

Community Acupuncture 9am. Inner Light Health Spa, Hyde Park. 229-9998.

Spring Forward 6pm-9:30pm. Group show featuring Lynn Fliegel, Bronson Eden, Margaret & Gavin Owen, Astrid Nordness, Anne Byer, Anique Taylor, Dave Channon.

Arts Upstairs, Phoenicia. 688-2142.

Kids Yoga 4:30pm-5:30pm. The Yoga Way, Wappingers Falls.

227-3223.

Prenatal Yoga 6pm-7pm. The Yoga Way, Wappingers Falls. 227-3223.

Full Moon Transformation with Shamanic Sound 6:30pm-8:30pm. Grandmother Barbara Threecrow Healing. $20. Sage Center for the Healing Arts, Woodstock. 679-5650.

Open Demonstration Psychodrama Session 7:30pm. Hudson Valley Chapter of the American Society Of Group Psychodrama. Boughton Place, Highland. 255-7502.

Classes Tango New Paltz Beginners 6pm, intermediate 7pm, practica 8pm. $15/$50 4-part series. The Living Seed Yoga & Holistic Center, New Paltz. 256-0114.

BLS Healthcare Provider Course 6pm-10pm. Health Quest Community Education. $50. Vassar Brothers Medical Center, Poughkeepsie.

454-8500.

Dance Hip Hop Theatre Call for times. The Bardavon, Poughkeepsie. 473-2072.

Russian National Ballet Theatre 8pm. $30/$26 seniors/$20 children. The Egg, Albany.

(518) 473-1845.

Film High Anxiety 7pm. $6. Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center, Great Barrington, Massachusetts. (413) 528-0100.

Music 4 Guys in Disguise Call for times. Hyde Park Brewing Company, Hyde Park. 229-8277.

The Cagneys Call for times. SkyTop Steak House, Kingston. 340-4277.

Lady Got Chops Women’s Music and Arts Festival 7:30pm. Jazz featuring Mala Waldron. BeanRunner Cafe, Peekskill. (914) 737-1701.

ASK For Music 7:30pm. Featuring Barbara Dempsey & Co., Mark Wixom & Elijah Tucker, and Bill Kelly. $5. ASK Arts Center, Kingston. 338-0331.

The Oz Noy Trio with Will Lee and Anton Fig 8pm. Live@The Falcon, Marlboro.

Alpha Male Gorillas 8pm. The Wherehouse Restaurant, Newburgh.

561-7240.

Girsa 8:30pm. Irish traditional music. $25/$20 in advance.

Towne Crier Cafe, Pawling. 855-1300.

COLIN MOCHRIE & BRAD SHERWOOD March 6, 7pm Stars of the Emmy nominated, “Whose Line is it Anyway”.

Joshua Kopit and Joseph Mastroianni 5pm-7pm. Unison Gallery, New Paltz. 255-1559.

Body / Mind / Spirit A Loving Touch: Infant Message 1am-1:30am. $25/$45 2 classes. Waddle n Swaddle, Rhinebeck. 876-5952.

Introductory Orientation Workshop 11:30am-1:30pm. This workshop offers postures, breathing exercises, and relaxation techniques, along with an overview and approach to practice. $15. The Yoga Way, Wappingers Falls. 227-3223.

Qi Gong 1pm-2:30pm. $15. Inner Light Health Spa, Hyde Park.

229-9998.

Transforming your Energy 1pm-2:15pm. Speaker: Reverend Diane Epstein.

Interface Healing, Kingston. (914) 466-0090.

Extended Jivamukti Yoga 2pm-4pm. $20. The Wild Woodstock Jivamukti Ashram, Shady. www.jivamuktiyoga.com.

Celestial Music for Spring Equinox 8pm-9:30pm. $25/$16 seniors. The Wild Woodstock Jivamukti Ashram, Shady. www.jivamuktiyoga.com.

THE JOSH NELSON PROJECT March 12, 8pm One of the most popular performers and producers in modern Jewish music.

BLUE ANGEL W/ LIVE MUSIC BY BQE PROJECT March 13, 3pm “The BQE Project …breathing new life into the classic film. A true tour deforce!”

- David Latulippe, WNYC radio FERDINAND THE BULL March 16, 12pm School-Time Matinee Live theatre for children, based on the beloved children’s storybook.

AMERICA March 17, 8pm 40th Anniversary Tour

THE DAISY JOPLING BAND March 19, 8pm Internationally acclaimed rock classical violinist with her new band, celebrating the Italian composers for St. Joseph’s day

BRADY RYMER AND THE LITTLE BAND THAT COULD March 20, 3pm American roots music for families

Classes Flamenco Dance Class Flamenco kids 2-3pm, Flamenco I 3-4pm, Flamenco II 4-5pm. Open Space, Rosendale. liaochoa@gmail.com.

BLS Healthcare Provider Course 9am-3pm. Health Quest Community Education. $75.

Vassar Brothers Medical Center, Poughkeepsie.

454-8500.

Events Cold Spring Indoor Farmers’ Market 8:30am-1:30pm. Philipstown Community Center, Garrison. www.csfarmmarket.org.

Close Encounter with Birds of Prey 11am-12pm. Meet 6 live raptors. Hyde Park Drive-In, Hyde Park. 473-4440 Ext. 273.

Kids Michael’s Surprise Show 10:30am. Puppet show. Kingston Library, Kingston.

331-0507.

Music The Met: Live in HD: Lucia di Lammermoor Call for times. The Bardavon, Poughkeepsie. 473-2072.

The Entertainment 2pm. Acoustic. Taste Budd’s Chocolate and Coffee Cafe, Red Hook. 758-6500.

The 9th Annual Lady Got Chops Women’s Music and Arts Festival 7:30pm. Jazz featuring Marlene Rice and Shirazette Tinnin. BeanRunner Cafe, Peekskill. (914) 737-1701.

BOBBY RYDELL, THE DUPREES, SHIRLEY ASHTON REEVES March 26, 8pm As seen on PBS, presented

by Rrazz Entertainment SWEET HONEY IN THE ROCK March 27, 7pm Grammy Award winning all female a cappella

Drop by the Box Office, Call or Order Tickets Online Paramount Center for the Arts 1008 Brown Street Peekskill, NY 10566

914-739-2333

www.paramountcenter.org

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Helen Avakian 8pm. Acoustic. Aroma Thyme Bistro, Ellenville. 647-3000.

Farewell Drifters 8pm. $10. Rosendale Cafe, Rosendale. 658-9048.

Peggy Seeger and Pete Seeger 8pm. Benefit for the Woodstock Byrdcliffe Guild. $100 front rows/$50 general seating. Kleinert/James Arts Center, Woodstock. 679-2079.

Sumi Tonooka: Solo Piano 8pm. $15. Howland Cultural Center, Beacon. 831-4988.

The Stryker/Slagle Band 8pm. Jazz. Live@The Falcon, Marlboro.

The Radiators 8pm. $29.50. The Egg, Albany. (518) 473-1845.

The Greyhounds 8pm. The Wherehouse Restaurant, Newburgh.

561-7240.

Clancy Tradition 8:30pm. Irish. $30/$25 in advance. Towne Crier Cafe, Pawling. 855-1300.

The Harvest Duo 8:30pm. Dance music. Pamela’s on The Hudson, Newburgh. 562-4505.

Phelonious Funk 9pm. High Falls Cafe, High Falls. 687-2699.

Antigone Rising 9pm. Club Helsinki, Hudson. (518) 828-4800.

Creation 9:30pm. Pop, soft rock. Copperfield’s, Millbrook.

677-8188.

The Outdoors August Osage County 8pm. Mohonk Mountain Stage Readers Theater Company. $18/$14 members. Unison, New Paltz.

255-1559.

Spoken Word Brew Haha Comedy Night Call for times. Hyde Park Brewing Company, Hyde Park. 229-8277.

Lisa Lampinelli Call for times. Comedy. $37.75. The Egg, Albany.

(518) 473-1845.

Will Psychoanalysis Survive?

9:30am-12pm. $25/$20 members. Austen Riggs Center, Stockbridge, Massachusetts. (413) 931-5207.

March Madness Matinee Call for times. The Peeps, Crank & Manpower. The Wherehouse Restaurant, Newburgh. 561-7240.

The Bradley Method of Natural Childbirth 6pm-8pm. $300. Waddle n Swaddle, Poughkeepsie.

473-5952.

Music in the Meadow Family Concert 2pm. Featuring Elizabeth Mitchell and You Are My Flower, Grenadilla, and Dog on Fleas. $8. High Meadow School, Stone Ridge. 687-4855.

Tai Chi Demonstration 6:30pm. East Fishkill Community Library, Hopewell Junction. 226-2145.

Pone Ensemble for New Music 3pm. $21/$16 members. Unison, New Paltz. 255-1559.

Joshua Morris 3pm. Irish. Elsie’s Place, Wallkill. 895-8975.

Harlem String Quartet 4pm. Howland Cultural Center, Beacon. 831-4988.

Lady Got Chops Women’s Music and Arts Festival 4pm. Lady Peachena, a Diva of Gospel. BeanRunner Cafe, Peekskill. (914) 737-1701.

Aleah Long & En Full Circle “RejuveNation” Spring Equinox Musical Celebration 6pm. $20. Live@The Falcon, Marlboro.

Seamus Begley and OisinMac Diarmada 7:30pm. From Ireland. $25/$20 in advance. Towne Crier Cafe, Pawling. 855-1300.

The Drowsy Chaperone 8pm. $24/$22 children and seniors. Center for Performing Arts, Rhinebeck. 876-3080.

The Foreigner 8pm. $15/$13 students, seniors and members.

Shandaken Theatrical Society Theater, Phoenicia.

688-2279.

Theater The Foreigner 2pm. $15/$13 students, seniors and members.

Shandaken Theatrical Society Theater, Phoenicia.

688-2279.

Circle Mirror Transformation 2pm. Half Moon Theater. $20/$18 students and seniors.

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

The Drowsy Chaperone 4pm. $24/$22 children and seniors. Center for Performing Arts, Rhinebeck. 876-3080.

Workshops Mercury Retrograde: Fear Not 2pm-4pm. $15/$20. Mirabai of Woodstock, Woodstock.

679-2100.

MONDAY 21 Body / Mind / Spirit Yoga for Body and Soul 8am-9:30am. $20/$95 series of 8. Roeliff Janson Community Library, Hillsdale. (518) 325-4101.

Active Seniors: Stretch, Strengthen and Balance 9am-10am. $1.50. Pine Hill Community Center, Pine Hill. 254-5469.

Gentlest Yoga Ever 4:30pm. Inner Light Health Spa, Hyde Park. 229-9998.

Learn to Meditate 6pm-7:30pm. Peace Village Learning and Retreat, Haines Falls. (518) 589-5000.

Hypnobabies Call for times. $375. Waddle n Swaddle, Poughkeepsie.

473-5952.

Mama with Baby Pilates Call for times. $15/$100 series. Waddle n Swaddle, Rhinebeck. 876-5952.

Art of Energetic Healing 10am-6pm. One year certificate course. Sage Center for the Healing Arts, Woodstock. 679-5650.

The Metaphysical Center Interfaith Worship Service 11:30am. Interfaith/Metaphysical prayer, meditation, lecture. Guardian Building, Poughkeepsie. 471-4993.

Live Music Jivamukti Yoga Class 11:30am-1pm. $16. Euphoria Yoga Center, Woodstock. 679-6766.

Warm Vinyasa Yoga 1pm. Inner Light Health Spa, Hyde Park. 229-9998.

Laughter as Inner Spring Cleaning 2pm-4pm. $25/discount for seniors. The Wild Woodstock Jivamukti Ashram, Shady. www.jivamuktiyoga.com.

The Bradley Method of Natural Childbirth 2pm-4pm. Through May 22. $300. Waddle n Swaddle, Rhinebeck. 876-5952.

Sound Healing Workshop 6pm-8pm. Philippe Pascal Garnier. $20. Sage Center for the Healing Arts, Woodstock. 679-5650.

Classes Argentine Tango Tango basics: 6pm-7pm, intermediate: 7pm-8pm. Call for location. (518) 537-2589.

Music Trail Mix Chamber Concert 2:30pm. Soprano Christine Reber and pianist Babette Hierholzer perform Arias and Songs by Clara and Robert Schumann, Chopin, Viardot, Liszt, Catalani, Boito, Puccini. $20. Olive Free Library, West Shokan. 657-2482.

Spoken Word Matthew Deady: Self and Society in the Liberal Arts 4:45pm. Sonsoff Theater, Bard College.

TUESDAY 22 Art Life Drawing Sessions 7:30pm-9:30pm. $13/$10 members/$48/$36 members series. Unison, New Paltz. 255-1559.

Body / Mind / Spirit Spiritual Support Group for the Unemployed 9am-11am. YMCA, Kingston. 331-7188.

Dance

Community Acupuncture 1pm-4pm. $20-$40. MountainView Studio, Woodstock.

853-3976.

West Coast Swing/California Mix Dance 7pm-9pm. Beginners’ lesson 6:30-7. DJ’d music. $8/$6 FT students. White Eagle Hall, Kingston. 255-1379.

Mother to Mother Groups 2:30pm-4:30pm. Waddle n Swaddle, Rhinebeck.

876-5952.

Music

Community Acupuncture 4pm. Inner Light Health Spa, Hyde Park. 229-9998.

Harlem String Quartet Call for times. Beethoven, Op.59, No.2, Turina’s “La Oracian Torero” and “Take the ATrain” by Strayhorn and Ellington. $30/$10. Howland Cultural Center, Beacon. 831-4988.

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Mother/Daughter Belly Dancing Class 7:30pm. $20/4 weeks $69/mother daughter $118.

Casperkill Rec Center, Poughkeepsie. (914) 874-4541.

Zumba Gold 7pm. For active older adults. Inner Light Health Spa, Hyde Park. 229-9998.

Kids

Music

Ron White Call for times. Comedy. Ulster Performing Arts Center, Kingston. 339-6088.

The Air Pirates Radio Theater 8pm. $20. Lycian Centre, Sugar Loaf. 469-2287.

Traditional Taoist/Buddhist Chi Gung & Tai Chi Chaun Call for times. Marbletown Multi-Arts, Stone Ridge.

750-6488.

Life Drawing 7:30pm-9:30pm. $13/$10/$48/$36 series of 4. Unison, New Paltz. 255-1559.

Spoken Word

T’ai Chi, Yang Style 6pm-7pm. Miriam Cooper. $75/$60 members 5 class series. Beahive Kingston, Kingston. 810-2919.

Body / Mind / Spirit

Belly Dance with Barushka 7pm-8:30pm. Open Space, Rosendale. (917) 232-3623.

ZumbAtomic 5:45pm. Ages 6-13. Inner Light Health Spa, Hyde Park.

229-9998.

Circle Mirror Transformation 8pm. Half Moon Theater. $25/$20 students and seniors.

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

SUNDAY 20

Classes

Woodstock Songwriters Workshop 8pm. Featuring Elly Wininger. Harmony, Woodstock.

679-7760.

Theater Alice in Wonderland 11am. $9/$7 children. Hampstead Stage Co. Center for Performing Arts, Rhinebeck. 876-3080.

Traditional Taoist/Buddhist Chi Gung & Tai Chi Chaun 7pm. Marbletown Multi-Arts, Stone Ridge. 750-6488.

High Frequency Channeling: Archangel Metatron and Master Teachers 6pm-7:30pm. With Suzy Meszoly. $20. Sage Center for the Healing Arts, Woodstock. 679-5650.

Hudson Valley Philharmonic Young People’s Concerts Call for times. Bardavon Opera House, Poughkeepsie.

473-2072.

Workshops The Sacred Flames 2pm-4pm. Group healing session with Dona Ho Lightsey. $15/$20. Mirabai of Woodstock, Woodstock. 679-2100.

Art Journal Workshop 7pm. Self discovery through art journaling. The Old Stone house of Hasbrouck, Woodbourne.

WEDNESDAY 23

Body / Mind / Spirit Traditional Taoist/Buddhist Chi Gung & Tai Chi Chaun Call for times. Marbletown Multi-Arts, Stone Ridge.

750-6488.

Community Acupuncture 1am. Inner Light Health Spa, Hyde Park. 229-9998.

Breastfeeding Support Group 11:30am-1pm. Waddle n Swaddle, Rhinebeck. 876-5952.

Yoga Basics 5:30pm. Inner Light Health Spa, Hyde Park. 229-9998.

Pre-Natal Yoga 6pm-7:15pm. $15/$80 series. Waddle n Swaddle, Rhinebeck. 876-5952.

Green Meditation Society Practice with Clark Strand 6pm-9pm. Followed by Koans of the Bible discussion group. $10. Sage Center for the Healing Arts, Woodstock. 679-5650.

Classes Beginner/Mixed Level Bellydance Class 7pm-8:30pm. $15/$50 month. Mountain View Studio, Woodstock. 679-0901.

Life Drawing 7:30pm-9:30pm. $13/$10/$48/$36 series of 4. Unison, New Paltz. 255-1559.

Celtic Culture & Mythology 7:30pm-8:30pm. $50. Howland Cultural Center, Beacon. 831-4988.

Music Pete Levin Band 8pm. Live@The Falcon, Marlboro.

Workshops Babywearing Bonanza 1pm-2pm. Waddle n Swaddle, Rhinebeck. 876-5952.

FRIDAY 25 Body / Mind / Spirit

Body / Mind / Spirit

Community Acupuncture 9am. Inner Light Health Spa, Hyde Park. 229-9998.

Mama and Baby Yoga 10:30am-11:30am. $12/$65 series. Waddle n Swaddle, Rhinebeck. 876-5952.

Active Seniors: Gentle Yoga 9am-10am. $1.50. Pine Hill Community Center, Pine Hill. 254-5469.

Breastfeeding Support Group 5:30pm-7pm. Waddle n Swaddle, Rhinebeck. 876-5952.

Kids Yoga 4:30pm-5:30pm. The Yoga Way, Wappingers Falls.

227-3223.

Energy Healing Workshop 6:30pm. Penny Price Lavin. East Fishkill Community Library, Hopewell Junction. 226-2145.

Traditional Taoist/Buddhist Chi Gung & Tai Chi Chaun 7pm. Marbletown Multi-Arts, Stone Ridge. 750-6488.

The Artists’ Way with EFT 7pm-9pm. $20. Sage Center for the Healing Arts, Woodstock. 679-5650.

Classes Belly Dancing 7:30pm-8pm. Inner Light Health Spa, Hyde Park.

229-9998.

A Course in Miracles: Study group with Alice Broner.

7:30pm-9:30pm. Unitarian Fellowship, Poughkeepsie.

229-8391.

Kids Kids’ Yoga Ages 5-12. Inner Light Health Spa, Hyde Park. 229-9998.

KinderArt 12pm-12:45pm. 15 months-3 years. Waddle n Swaddle, Rhinebeck. 876-5952.

Music Hudson Valley Philharmonic Young People’s Concerts Call for times. Bardavon Opera House, Poughkeepsie.

473-2072.

Rachael Yamagata “Artist In Residence” 8pm. $15. Bearsville Theater, Woodstock. 679-4406.

Spoken Word During and After the Ice: The First Americans 7pm. Dr. Eugene Boesch, Archaeologist, Speaker NY Council for the Humanities. Rosendale Library, Rosendale. 658-9013.

Theater Field Trip: Aladdin by Hampstead Stage Company 10am. Center for Performing Arts, Rhinebeck. 876-3080.

Workshops Helpful Tips to Make your Home Safe and Accessible Workshop 10am. The Resource Center for Accessible Living, Inc., Kingston. 331-8680.

Non-Violent Communication 6pm-7:30pm. Inner Light Health Spa, Hyde Park.

229-9998.

THURSDAY 24 Art Saugerties Art Lab Drop-In Art 3:30pm-5pm. Inquiring Mind/Muddy Cup, Saugerties.

246-5775.

Life Drawing Sessions 7:30pm-9:30pm. $13/$10 members/$48/$36 members series. Unison, New Paltz. 255-1559.

Prenatal Yoga 6pm-7pm. The Yoga Way, Wappingers Falls. 227-3223.

Bright Shadows and Dark Radiance: The Chod Practice 6:30pm-8:30pm. With Dr. Craig Lennon, Psychologist. $20.

Sage Center for the Healing Arts, Woodstock. 679-5650.

Classes Tango New Paltz Beginners 6pm, intermediate 7pm, practica 8pm. $15/$50 4-part series. The Living Seed Yoga & Holistic Center, New Paltz. 256-0114.

Dance Swing Dance 8:30pm-11:30pm. Music by the Love Dogs. Beginners’ lesson 8:00-8:30. $15/$10 FT students. Poughkeepsie Tennis Club, Poughkeepsie. 454-2571.

Events Broads Regional Arm Wrestling League Match 9pm. $1-$100. Bridgewater Bar and Grill, Kingston.

340-4272.

Film The Sting Call for times. Bardavon, Poughkeepsie. 473-2072.

Music An Outsider Show: 5 Punk Alternative Bands Call for times. $6. The Wherehouse Restaurant, Newburgh. 561-7240.

Four Guys In Disguise Call for times. SkyTop Steak House, Kingston.

340-4277.

Nailed Shutt Call for times. Hyde Park Brewing Company, Hyde Park. 229-8277.

David Maxwell Maximum Blues Band 7pm. Opening: Mike Quick Band. Live@The Falcon, Marlboro.

Dierks Bentley 7pm. Country. $40/$31. Mid-Hudson Civic Center, Poughkeepsie. 454-5800.

The Ain’t Nobody’s Business Women’s Concert 7:30pm. Jazz. BeanRunner Cafe, Peekskill.

(914) 737-1701.

Al Di Meola 8pm. Jazz. $39.50. The Egg, Albany. (518) 473-1845.

Dysfunctional Family Jazz Band 8pm. Howland Cultural Center, Beacon. 831-4988.

Al Di Meola and World Sinfonia 8pm. $39.50. The Egg, Albany. (518) 473-1845 Chris O’Leary Band 8:30pm. $25/$20 in advance. Towne Crier Cafe, Pawling. 855-1300.

Bindlestiff Family Cirkus 9pm. Club Helsinki, Hudson. (518) 828-4800.

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Kathryn Grody as Marty and Alexanda Napier as Theresa in "Circle Mirror Transfromation," which will be staged this month by Half Moon Theatre in Poughkeepsie.

Acting Class Here in the Valley, we’re usually awash in feel-good theater: competent retreads of crowdpleasers like “The Pajama Game” and other stale chestnuts of the American stage.

While standard community theatre shows guarantees healthy ticket sales and provides inadvertent joys—remember Waiting for Guffman—a handful of upstart local companies have broken with tradition.

Half Moon Theatre was founded five years ago by a group of professionals who had worked in New York City, Los Angeles, and San Francisco. They had relocated to the Valley, says Geoff Tarson, the troupe’s artistic director, only to be dismayed by the amateur shows presented. So they launched their own group and now mount two productions annually.

These low-budget, high-energy productions have included the sly romance of John Cariani’s “Almost, Maine,” the magic realism of Morris Panych’s “7 Stories,” and the black comedy of Jeffrey Hatcher’s “Three Viewings.” A reading series was added two years ago. “What we’re looking to give our audience up here,” Tarson says, “is as close to an off-Broadway experience as we can.” Eschewing well-worn musicals, Half Moon will focus on “small chamber pieces.”

Half Moon’s current production has an unimpeachable off-Broadway pedigree: “Circle Mirror Transformation” sparked a sensation in 2009, nabbing Obie Awards for Best New American Play, Best Ensemble Performance, and Best Direction.

In a rural Vermont town, four aspiring actors (aged 17 to 60) take a community center class led by a grandiose, New Age-type instructor of questionable capabilities. Over the course of a summer, she leads the students through exercises meant to hone their craft. Not only does the group warm up to one another, they unwittingly peel back the carapace of defense mechanisms to meet themselves. “It’s one of the plays in which very

little happens,” Tarson says, “and yet you see their lives unfold and you see important changes in their lives.”

A wunderkind by any measure, playwright Annie Baker wrote this perceptive work in her mid twenties and remains low-key amidst the resulting accolades. Last year, she explained the creative process to the New York Times: “I sleep a lot and get really depressed and stare at the ceiling, and then maybe I’ll write for an hour.”

The Half Moon production will feature two-time Obie Award-winning Kathryn Grody; Brendan Burke, artistic director of Shadowland Theatre in Ellenville; Alexandra Napier; Michael Rhodes, Artistic Director of tangent theatre company in Tivoli; and Annabel Barrett. “Circle Mirror Transformation” is directed by Josh Hecht, who has worked with premier off-Broadway companies and teaches at the New School for Drama.

“Circle Mirror Transformation” may be galvanizing theater, but it will prove less unsettling than a previous Half Moon production. “Emerson High” by Jim Knable examined a relationship between a high school teacher and his student, raising thorny issues of responsibility and power. Tarson enjoyed the theatrical provocation of that show, but doesn’t want Half Moon to be known as a one-note company. “We push buttons, but we don’t want to be a theater only known for pushing buttons.”

“Circle Mirror Transformation” will be staged by Half Moon Theatre at the CunneenHackett Arts Center in Poughkeepsie, March 10-20. $25 admission, $20/students, seniors for 8pm performances; $20 admission, $18/students, seniors for 2pm matinees. Pay-what-you-can preview Thursday, March 10, 8pm. (888) 71-TICKETS; www.halfmoontheatre.org.

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The Bearsville Session #2: N’awlins Sound 9pm. $15/$12 in advance. Bearsville Theater, Woodstock. 679-4406.

The Outdoors Women’s Wellness Weekend Call for times. Frost Valley YMCA, Claryville. 985-2291 ext. 205.

August Osage County 8pm. Mohonk Mountain Stage Readers Theater Company. $18/$14 members. Unison, New Paltz.

255-1559.

Spoken Word Reading by Leslie Daniels 7pm. Author of Cleaning Nabokov’s House. Inquiring Mind Bookstore, New Paltz. 255-8300.

Theater The Drowsy Chaperone 8pm. $24/$22 children and seniors. Center for Performing Arts, Rhinebeck. 876-3080.

The Heiress 8pm. $15/$12 GPH friends. Ghent Playhouse, Ghent.

(518) 392-6264.

Workshops Intermediate Photoshop 10am-2pm. Phil Mansfield. Center for Photography at Woodstock, Woodstock. 679-9957.

Gandalf Murphy & the Slambovian Circus of Dreams 7:30pm. $26. Eighth Step @ Proctors, Schenectady.

(518) 434-1703.

Lady Got Chops Women’s Music and Arts Festival 7:30pm. Jazz. BeanRunner Cafe, Peekskill. (914) 737-1701.

Deep Chemistry 8pm. The Wherehouse Restaurant, Newburgh.

561-7240.

Marc Von Em 8pm. High Falls Cafe, High Falls. 687-2699.

Stephen Kaiser Group 8pm. Jazz. Babycakes Cafe, Poughkeepsie. 485-8411.

Gaelic Storm 8pm. $25. The Egg, Albany. (518) 473-1845.

David Lindley 8:30pm. $35/$30 in advance. Towne Crier Cafe, Pawling. 855-1300.

The Felice Brothers 9pm. Club Helsinki, Hudson. (518) 828-4800.

Spoken Word Doryun Chong on On Kawara 2pm. Dia: Beacon, Beacon. 440-0100.

Theater

Supply and Demand 1pm-2pm. Breast pump info session. Waddle n Swaddle, Poughkeepsie. 473-5952.

August Osage County 8pm. Mohonk Mountain Stage Readers Theater Company. $18/$14 members. Unison, New Paltz.

255-1559.

Intermediate Swing Dance Workshop 6:30pm-8pm. $15. Poughkeepsie Tennis Club, Poughkeepsie. 454-2571.

The Drowsy Chaperone 8pm. $24/$22 children and seniors. Center for Performing Arts, Rhinebeck. 876-3080.

Spoken Word

The Heiress 8pm. $15/$12 GPH friends. Ghent Playhouse, Ghent.

(518) 392-6264.

Workshops

Bruce Chilton: “Apocalypse—Then and Now” 12pm. Weis Cinema, Bard College. 758-7279.

SATURDAY 26 Art Family Clay Day, Family Play Day 10am-1pm. $3. Barrett Clay Works, Poughkeepsie.

471-2550.

Body / Mind / Spirit Heart Vision: A Tarot Happening 1am. $25. Wainwright House, Rye. egistrar@wainwright.org.

Getting Older? Getting Better! The Wise Woman Way 1pm.Maintaining and improving cardiac, respiratory, and immune health as well as cancer prevention using herbs. $50. St. John’s Episcopal Church, Cornwall.

246-2713.

Lose Your Mummy Tummy 1pm-3pm. $175. Waddle n Swaddle, Rhinebeck.

876-5952.

Restorative Yoga with Sound Healing 5:30pm-8pm. Join Lea and Philippe Garnier. Sacred Space Yoga Sanctuary, Red Hook. 679-5650.

Classes Flamenco Dance Class Flamenco kids 2-3pm, Flamenco I 3-4pm, Flamenco II 4-5pm. Open Space, Rosendale. liaochoa@gmail. com.

Poetic Oil Painting 11am-Sunday, March 27, 3pm. $130/$110 members.

Barrett Clay Works, Poughkeepsie. 471-2550.

The Reactive Photographer 11am-2pm. Weekly through April 16. $180/$160 members. Barrett Art Center, Poughkeepsie. 471-2550.

Events Cold Spring Indoor Farmers’ Market 8:30am-1:30pm. Philipstown Community Center, Garrison. www.csfarmmarket.org.

Farmers’ Market 10am-3pm. W. Rogowski Farm, Pine Island. 258-4574.

The General’s Lady 1pm. Celebration honoring Martha Washington.

Washington’s Headquarters, Newburgh. 562-1195.

Comedy Pet Theatre 3pm. Comedy and juggling skills of Gregory Popovich, and the extraordinary talents of his pets. $20/$16 children. The Egg, Albany. (518) 473-1845.

Film Crosby, Stills, Nash, & Young: Rare Clips 8:30pm. Guest Speaker: Archivist Bill Shelley. $10/$8 members. Upstate Films, Woodstock. 679-6608.

Kids Puss in Boots Puppet Show 11am. $9/$8. Center for Performing Arts, Rhinebeck.

876-3080.

Music Andrea Paquin 2pm. Acoustic. Taste Budd’s Chocolate and Coffee Cafe, Red Hook. 758-6500.

Acoustic L.O.M.E. Fest 3pm. Local original music expose. The Celtic House, Fishkill. 896-1110.

Maria Neckam 7pm. Opening: Sam Reider and the Lost Boys.

Live@The Falcon, Marlboro.

Goethean Explorations of Light and Color 9am-12:30pm. Explore the visual world through various observations and experiments. $20-$40. The Nature Institute, Ghent. (518) 672-0116.

Lily Tomlin 7pm. Ulster Performing Arts Center, Kingston. 339-6088.

The Dog Whisperer Cesar Millan 7pm. Palace Theater, Albany. (518) 465-3334.

The Heiress 2pm. $15/$12 GPH friends. Ghent Playhouse, Ghent.

(518) 392-6264.

The Drowsy Chaperone 4pm. $24/$22 children and seniors. Center for Performing Arts, Rhinebeck. 876-3080.

MONDAY 28 Body / Mind / Spirit Yoga for Body and Soul 8am-9:30am. $20/$95 series of 8. Roeliff Janson Community Library, Hillsdale. (518) 325-4101.

Active Seniors: Stretch, Strengthen and Balance 9am-10am. $1.50. Pine Hill Community Center, Pine Hill. 254-5469.

Gentlest Yoga Ever 4:30pm. Inner Light Health Spa, Hyde Park. 229-9998.

Grounding Grains 2pm. Wild Rice Salad with Cranberries and Hazelnuts, Quinoa Pilaf & Millet Croquettes. $35. Stone Ridge Healing Arts, Stone Ridge. 687-7589.

Film Frank Sinatra, Chairman of the Board 1:30pm. Rare clips. $10/$8 members. Upstate Films, Rhinebeck. 876-2515.

Music Ashes for Trees 12pm. Acoustic. Taste Budd’s Chocolate and Coffee Cafe, Red Hook. 758-6500.

Jazz at the Falls 12pm. The Metropolitan Hot Club. High Falls Cafe, High Falls. 687-2699.

Unplugged Acoustic Open Mike 4pm-6pm. $6/$5 members. Unison, New Paltz.

255-1559.

Piano Jazz Summit 7pm. Featuring Cedar Walton, Jacky Terrasson and Hiromi. Lycian Centre, Sugar Loaf. 469-2287.

Tret Fure 7:30pm. $25/$20 in advance. Towne Crier Cafe, Pawling. 855-1300.

Spoken Word Playful and Contented: Children’s Lives in History 2pm. Lace Me Tighter: 200 Years of Children and Corsets. $5. Clermont State Historic Site, Germantown.

(518) 537-4240.

7:30pm-8pm. Inner Light Health Spa, Hyde Park.

229-9998.

Film Business of Being Born Call for times. Waddle n Swaddle, Rhinebeck.

876-5952.

Kids Kids’ Yoga

KinderArt

Workshops

Argentine Tango Tango basics: 6pm-7pm, intermediate: 7pm-8pm. Call for location. (518) 537-2589.

Non-Violent Communication

Workshops

Breastfeeding Essentials

Getting Started in Kayaking 6:30pm. East Fishkill Community Library, Hopewell Junction. 226-2145.

6pm-8pm. Waddle n Swaddle, Poughkeepsie. 473-5952.

TUESDAY 29

Rachael Yamagata “Artist In Residence” 8pm. $15. Bearsville Theater, Woodstock. 679-4406.

6pm-7:30pm. Inner Light Health Spa, Hyde Park.

229-9998.

THURSDAY 31 Art Saugerties Art Lab Drop-In Art

Body / Mind / Spirit

Dutchess Doulas 10am. Waddle n Swaddle, Rhinebeck. 876-5952.

Classes

Belly Dancing

Classes

Traditional Taoist/Buddhist Chi Gung & Tai Chi Chaun Call for times. Marbletown Multi-Arts, Stone Ridge.

750-6488.

Akashic Records Revealed 2pm-4pm. With June Brought. The recording of our soul imprint revealed . $20. Sage Center for the Healing Arts, Woodstock. 679-5650.

7:30pm-9:30pm. Unitarian Fellowship, Poughkeepsie.

229-8391.

Music

Body / Mind / Spirit

Warm Vinyasa Yoga 1pm. Inner Light Health Spa, Hyde Park. 229-9998.

A Course in Miracles: Study group with Alice Broner

Message Circle 7pm-8:30pm. Receive messages from your loved ones in the after life with medium Adam Berstein. $20. Sage Center for the Healing Arts, Woodstock. 679-5650.

Spiritual Support Group for the Unemployed 9am-11am. YMCA, Kingston. 331-7188.

The Metaphysical Center Interfaith Worship Service 11:30am. Interfaith/Metaphysical prayer, meditation, lecture. Guardian Building, Poughkeepsie. 471-4993.

7pm. $65. Beacon. (917) 803-6857.

12pm-12:45pm. 15 months-3 years. Waddle n Swaddle, Rhinebeck. 876-5952.

Life Drawing Sessions 7:30pm-9:30pm. $13/$10 members/$48/$36 members series. Unison, New Paltz. 255-1559.

Sacred Chanting 10am-11:30am. $10. Unison, New Paltz. 255-1559.

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Learn to Meditate 6pm-7:30pm. Peace Village Learning and Retreat, Haines Falls. (518) 589-5000.

Art

Hypnobabies Call for times. $375. Waddle n Swaddle, Poughkeepsie.

473-5952.

Classes

Ages 5-12. Inner Light Health Spa, Hyde Park.

229-9998.

Doody Calls 2pm-3pm. Cloth diapering workshop. Waddle n Swaddle, Poughkeepsie. 473-5952.

Mama with Baby Pilates Call for times. $15/$100 series. Waddle n Swaddle, Rhinebeck. 876-5952.

7pm-9pm. $20. Sage Center for the Healing Arts, Woodstock. 679-5650.

T’ai Chi, Yang Style 6pm-7pm. Miriam Cooper. $75/$60 members 5 class series. Beahive Kingston, Kingston. 810-2919.

Mysteries of the Tarot 11:30am-5:30pm. $75/$85. Mirabai of Woodstock, Woodstock. 679-2100.

SUNDAY 27

The Artists’ Way with EFT

Community Acupuncture 1pm-4pm. $20-$40. MountainView Studio, Woodstock.

853-3976.

Mother to Mother Groups 2:30pm-4:30pm. Waddle n Swaddle, Rhinebeck.

876-5952.

Community Acupuncture 4pm. Inner Light Health Spa, Hyde Park. 229-9998.

High Frequency Channeling: Archangel Metatron and Master Teachers 6pm-7:30pm. With Suzy Meszoly. $20. Sage Center for the Healing Arts, Woodstock. 679-5650.

Traditional Taoist/Buddhist Chi Gung & Tai Chi Chaun 7pm. Marbletown Multi-Arts, Stone Ridge. 750-6488.

Classes Introduction to Woodworking 6:30pm-9:30pm. Weekly through May 10. $310/$290 members +fees. Barrett School of Art, Poughkeepsie.

471-2550.

3:30pm-5pm. Inquiring Mind/Muddy Cup, Saugerties.

246-5775.

Life Drawing Sessions 7:30pm-9:30pm. $13/$10 members/$48/$36 members series. Unison, New Paltz. 255-1559.

Body / Mind / Spirit Traditional Taoist/Buddhist Chi Gung & Tai Chi Chaun Call for times. Marbletown Multi-Arts, Stone Ridge.

750-6488.

Community Acupuncture 1am. Inner Light Health Spa, Hyde Park. 229-9998.

Breastfeeding Support Group 11:30am-1pm. Waddle n Swaddle, Rhinebeck.

876-5952.

Yoga Basics 5:30pm. Inner Light Health Spa, Hyde Park. 229-9998.

Pre-Natal Yoga 6pm-7:15pm. $15/$80 series. Waddle n Swaddle, Rhinebeck. 876-5952.

Green Meditation Society Practice with Clark Strand 6pm-9pm. Followed by Koans of the Bible discussion group. $10. Sage Center for the Healing Arts, Woodstock. 679-5650.

Classes Beginner/Mixed Level Bellydance Class

Belly Dance with Barushka 7pm-8:30pm. Open Space, Rosendale. (917) 232-3623.

7pm-8:30pm. $15/$50 month. Mountain View Studio, Woodstock. 679-0901.

Life Drawing 7:30pm-9:30pm. $13/$10/$48/$36 series of 4. Unison, New Paltz. 255-1559.

Life Drawing

Mother/Daughter Belly Dancing Class 7:30pm. $20/4 weeks $69/mother daughter $118.

Casperkill Rec Center, Poughkeepsie. (914) 874-4541.

Celtic Culture & Mythology

Zumba Gold 7pm. For active older adults. Inner Light Health Spa, Hyde Park. 229-9998.

Kids ZumbAtomic 5:45pm. Ages 6-13. Inner Light Health Spa, Hyde Park.

229-9998.

7:30pm-9:30pm. $13/$10/$48/$36 series of 4. Unison, New Paltz. 255-1559.

7:30pm-8:30pm. $50. Howland Cultural Center, Beacon. 831-4988.

Buddy Guy 7:30pm. Blues. $49.50/$44.50/$39.50. The Egg, Albany. (518) 473-1845.

Assembly Of Dust 8pm. With The Trapps. $20/$15. Bearsville Theater, Woodstock. 679-4406.

Music

Spoken Word

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

Bruce Milem: How to be Agnostic

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Planet Waves by eric francis coppolino

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evolution is seething in one of the unlikeliest of regions of the world: North Africa and the Middle East. We might have asked when the people ruled by imams, mullahs, sultans, princes, kings, ayatollahs, and ordinary despots were going to get restless. We might have guessed it would happen right around when Uranus and Pluto lined up in their current square aspect.

This combination is the very signature of revolutionary eras. We are in one now— and it hasn’t reached its peak. We’ve just seen dictators tumble in Tunisia and Egypt, with uprisings currently under way in Algeria, Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Libya, Morocco, and Yemen—so far. Many have turned bloody in recent days.

The overthrow of the Mubarak dictatorship last month in Egypt was nothing short of astonishing. You really had to be Glenn Beck to miss the party. For 30 years, Mubarak ran the country brutally, with his secret police “disappearing” citizens into the Ministry of the Interior if they got out of line. He was turned to a fugitive in just 18 days. His spy chief, who had been Dick Cheney’s go-to guy on “extraordinary rendition” (the US offshore torture program), got to be vice president for two weeks, before he, too, was reduced to a political mummy.

This is a sign of things to come. Anyone who has been to Egypt can tell you there’s something extraordinary about the place. I believe that its antiquities are the oldest on Earth, and that the Great Sphinx predates any country whose name we know today.

Egypt is a vital energy center of the planet, and the fact that its people were able to rise up is more than example for the world. This isn’t merely symbolic; it’s energetic.

Revolution is quietly brewing in the hearts of Americans, though until recently it’s been introduced as a brand without a product. Protests have now emerged mainly in two places: in Wisconsin, where there is an uprising against a law that would ban collective bargaining; and in Puerto Rico, where police occupied the main college campus in San Juan after a violent clash with students in December when they took over the campus to protest tuition hikes. As more states and municipalities use budget shortfalls as an excuse to eliminate human rights, we will certainly see more of this as the next few seasons unfold.

Technically, Uranus square Pluto holds its exact geometry for just three years (this one goes from 2012 to 2015). Yet astro-historian Richard Tarnas, author of the acclaimed Cosmos and Psyche, notes that this aspect and those in its group (the conjunction

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and opposition) can have an orb of influence extending for more than a decade. The most recent major alignment of Uranus and Pluto happened in 1965-66. Yet we can see early rumblings of what we think of as 1960s-styled social progress going back to the mid 1950s, when the Supreme Court ordered integration of public schools in Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka.

In that same era, the Beat Generation of writers, known for its liberationist philosophy, drugs, adventures, alternative forms of sexuality, freedom of expression, and antimaterialism—all characteristic of Uranus-Pluto—came to prominence a full decade before the conjunction, breaking open barriers that millions of people would cross in the following years. Bob Dylan said he never would have become who he was if he hadn’t read On the Road by Jack Kerouac.

There is often a slow warmup of Uranus-Pluto aspects, as events scattered across time and geography coalesce into what seems like one vast movement. One thing leads to another. Social change, pointed toward the future, gathers momentum. In the Middle East, we saw enormous uprising in Iran in 2009 and 2010. Now, feeling the vibrations of the nonviolent revolutions of Tunisia and Egypt, Iranians are rising up again.

It’s often in hindsight that we put together the effects of this type of astrology, though at the moment all we need to do is look at the front page of any newspaper or news website—and feel the vibes pulsing through the planet waves. This thing we keep describing as 2012 has as its epicenter the Uranus-Pluto square.

Pluto has been stirring the pot of Capricorn for two years now, and Uranus is about to make its ingress into Aries, where it will be the next seven years. You can think of Pluto as having softened up previously hard and fast institutions: Banks and national economies have collapsed, dictators have fallen by the wayside. Moreover, ideas about power are changing.

Around the corner in Aries, Jupiter has recently arrived, and is now square Pluto.

Jupiter square Pluto is a passionate aspect, with the feeling of religious zeal and an all or nothing approach. The elemental force of Pluto focuses the idealism of Jupiter into action, giving drive and substance to what were previously just interesting ideas. In mid March, just before the equinox, Uranus arrives in Aries to stay for the next seven years.

The ingress of this inventive, revolutionary energy into Aries feels like an extended springtime of the soul. It looks like the ultimate astrology of a global awakening, based

on millions of individual awakenings.

There is the recognition that “the world is changing and so am I.” We get an invitation to expand our ideas about existence, and live closer to the edge with more vitality and explore life with an experimental spirit. Let’s face it. The smug piety that has permeated society during the past few decades could use a few friendly cosmic jolts of orgasm.

Our ideas about relationships have grown so moldy and brittle the best thing we can do with them is chop them up and make a huge bonfire on the spring equinox.

Astrological events that affect countries also affect people. We all live on the same planet. Let’s consider how that bonfire might look in two national horoscopes. The first is Iran, which seems to be the epicenter of the world’s worst fears. The chart I prefer for Iran is the return of the Ayatollah Khomeini to his country in February 1979—which was the start of the revolution that year. The chart has early Aries rising and an Aries Moon. This is a spritely, adventurous chart on the outside, driven by emotion.

Behind all the revolutionary glee, masked by a kind of militant populism, is a conservative and authoritarian core. That is characterized in the chart by the government angle poking up into Capricorn. And behind that is all the religiosity we know is one of Iran’s most famous exports—Venus and Neptune are in Sagittarius.

Now that Uranus is moving up on that Aries ascendant, a hidden factor is coming to light: The youth of the nation is rising up. There is a new generation that has no desire to be told what to believe, threatened with execution, and told they’re bad people.

Pluto going through the government angle of the revolution is making the national leaders feel like they’re concentrating their power, but what they are really doing is collapsing their own structure. They seem like they’re on top of things, but they’re about to be met by a revolutionary force unlike anything they’ve ever encountered.

Remember that Iran is a country prone to revolutions; it has a long history. The mullahs are relative newcomers.

As for revolution in the United States: It doesn’t look like a political event—it looks like a personal and economic one. I wish I could explain the horoscope of the United States to Karl Marx. I’m not sure if he would accept the premise of astrology, but he would recognize his idea that the primary US chart paints the picture of a commodified nation. Everything becomes a commodity; if you get paid for something, you get respect.

It allegedly matters less if you have talent—and people seem to like it that way.

Here’s how it looks in the chart. Sagittarius rising puts Cancer in area of the chart called the 8th house. That’s the house of “other people’s resources,” a complex house that includes sex, banking, stock trading, inheritances, dowries, and marriage contracts.

That sounds like a weird mix, but they all have one thing in common, which is resources changing from one party to the other, or resources being traded. It’s a house where you can gain a lot, experience deep pleasure, and, notably, sell out very easily.

The 8th is the house of “sign your life away”: the house of commodification. Obviously, people feel this way in other countries, but there are few places on Earth that have turned everyone and everything into a commodity, where if you take care of people you can be accused of being a traitor. Our characteristically American expressions include “You have to sell yourself all the time” and “You have to give him credit, he’s making a lot of money.” I would contend that to the extent that these have been global values, they are American exports.

Our great nation has many planets in the house—Sun plus Venus, Jupiter, and a few others. The concentration is early in the sign, which in part explains what’s been happening to our banking system. Pluto in Capricorn has been coming at those Cancer planets like a battering ram. The cardinal cross I’ve been writing about for a year is directly influencing this cluster, and this idea of everything is a commodity.

In the next act, Uranus, the planet of revolution, is going to make a series of square (90-degree) aspects to those planets. That tells me we start to figure out how sold out we are, and in the same gesture, follow the impulse to do something about it. This is a rebellious impulse but it’s also self-creative, and in fact the self-creative seems to burst out first. I would propose that from a growth standpoint that’s a healthy thing.

Rebelling for its own sake is one thing, but following a creative impulse that gets old, useless energy out of the way is another.

For the United States, Aries is on one of the most creative angles of the chart, and Uranus in Aries is about self-actualization. Taken in the most positive light, I see this transit firing up the courage and thirst for freedom that many people need in order to be themselves. Authenticity is a concept we could use more of.

Of course, this process will threaten those who are attached to the past. Along the way to getting free, we must encounter our own attachments, our own fear and guilt.

But these tend to yield to creative impulses. And while humanity may seem like it’s in one of its most backwards moments ever, creativity, self-actualization, and the drive for liberation are time-honored human traditions as old as the Great Sphinx—and equally mysterious.

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Planet Waves Horoscopes Aries (March 20-April 19) This month it looks like you’ll discover something about yourself that you knew all along and figured out on at least 100 other occasions, but somehow it is suddenly real and makes perfect sense.

The sensation is something akin to suddenly discovering who you are, which was the person you knew you were all along and are somehow now miraculously remembering. Let’s not let anyone try to convince us that human consciousness is something that more resembles what we think of as a trance than the mind standing at attention. For many, the trance is like a movie, that has this odd script where every other line is, “I’m confused.” Confusion is often a method of denial; it literally means “mix or mingle things so as to render the elements indistinguishable.” Now the time has arrived to unconfuse yourself, which means to see yourself for who you are. You are bigger than your fears. You have more courage and perseverance than you thought you did. And your craving to be free is real. The restlessness you’re feeling is not something you want to medicate away, talk yourself out of, or pretend does not exist. It’s not merely spring fever, though that’s a good way to describe your whole life. Rather, what you’re feeling is your soul calling you to wake up to your beauty and the beauty of life, no matter how weird things currently are on the planet—and no matter how scared anyone else may be.

Taurus (April 19-May 20)

Your dream life may be going a bit wild lately. How that looks astrologically is that potent planets are either in or edging up on Aries, your solar 12th house. This is what psychologists refer to as the “unconscious” or the “subconscious.” Jupiter, which arrived last month, is turning your hidden world into a kind of bold cinematic enterprise. Uranus, which arrives on March 11 to stay for seven years, turns it into a kind of action thriller, full of surprise twists. No matter what someone’s natal sign, Aries can act as the seat of identity. For you this comes through an area of your chart that is half veiled in the dreamtime—and that has not seen too much in the way of sustained new energy in many years. What is being stirred up is not merely your dream life, but rather your awareness of yourself on many deeper levels than you usually encounter. You’re not having a temporary visitation but rather are embarking on an ongoing encounter with your deeper self. This will only be shocking or strange if you don’t know such a thing exists. Your dreams, fantasies, and artwork are drawing you deeper into yourself. So, too, is your social contact, particularly involving groups. You may not realize it yet, but everything has changed in your relationship to the social world, an evolution that at first will feel like a newfound gift for successfully being exactly who you are.

Gemini (May 20-June 21)

If you are making a professional move of any kind, the thing to choose among your many options is the one that you both want the most, and where you feel you may not be ready, qualified, or willing to be noticed. Often, the thing people would succeed brilliantly at works out to be the very thing they avoid. On this theme, you are in one of the great moments of your life. It’s not going to go away any time soon, but neither will it last forever. You are at a beginning, which is the time to make sure that you set your priorities and your goals in a meaningful way. Those goals can and probably will change, but they provide a point of focus. Consciously working toward something is a way to concentrate your energy. You can unravel a longtime question here by directing your energy in a way that creates something positive and helpful—to you. Creative energy is potential; it has to be activated through awareness and conscious action. The transit I’m describing is Chiron embarking on its eight-year transit of your 10th solar house—the one that covers matters of achievement, reputation, and direct involvement with the world. This is a society-wide issue today: A small number of people abuse power, and many others think they have none. Now is the time to claim yours.

Cancer (June 21-July 22)

You’re at this rare and glorious moment of bursting free. It may come on all at once: You get this feeling that it’s time to explode through the glass ceiling of existence and feel the sunshine, sky, and fresh air all around you. This directly involves the work you do. You may be in a position where you’ve compromised your abundant freedom, individuality, or creativity to the point where you want to activate the landing slide and escape with a few cold ones. However, you have better things in store for yourself. With both Jupiter (expansion, knowledge, and reputation) and Uranus (invention, revolution) at the top of your chart right now, this is the time to do what you do in an original way that is as much about having fun as it is about succeeding. You could say that a sense of liberation around your work is the first way to define success. As this story unfolds over the next few years, you will have many opportunities to reinvent yourself—though I will say that some will feel so bold as to be a bit frightening, and some are going to come along and reinvent you. The world may not be ready for everything but it’s ready enough for what you have to offer, and these very months are an unusual moment for you to take space that is rightly yours, attended by what you might describe as a wild wind of fortune.

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Leo (July 22-August 23)

Make a list of the places you want to go, and pick the one you want to visit the very most. Choose a time, research the location, figure out the best places to stay (or find people you can stay with), and go.

One journey will lead to another, which will lead to a new concept of who you are. You may have traveled for growth and adventure in the pastâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;you have the â&#x20AC;&#x153;find yourself on the roadâ&#x20AC;? kind of chart. Now youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re in a â&#x20AC;&#x153;find yourself on the roadâ&#x20AC;? time of life. If you do want to travel, there is something to be said for doing so spontaneously.

When your life circumstance permits, go where you want to go. If your company reorganizes and you find yourself with your days free, put gas in the car and break out the mapâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;in that order. The adventurous transits that take hold of your awareness have other expressions. One of the most vital is about exploring some field of knowledge that really turns you on. Visit the biggest or, alternately, the most specialized library in your area (a fantastic day tripâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;go alone). Consider opening your home to a guest from far away; there are programs for doing that, from student exchanges to grownup exchanges. Focusing on travel, knowledge, and meeting even vaguely exotic people will remind you how young you are, why youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re alive, and, moreover, that youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re alive. Â

Virgo (August 23-September 22)

You are beginning a new adventure in your relationships. Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m going to guess you are taking that as good news. Let me explain why itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s such good news. You have long been howling to the universe for an organizing principle in your human encounters. I have this button stuck to my sun visor that says, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Being Weird Is Not Enough,â&#x20AC;? which I am sure you could apply to many of the people youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve met the past few years. Some of them werenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t just weird, but many gave you the feeling that there was just going to be no dependable point of contact, which in turn pushed you into some reactionary states. Many factors that seemed like permanent institutions the past several years have changed. You seem determined to maintain an identity that exists apart from your relationshipsâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;this is a huge relief. And what was an erratic energy is being replaced by a sense of focus, purpose, and attention to the underlying emotional material of human contact. I suggest, though, that you be highly discerning whom you connect to and how. I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t mean resistant or defensive; I mean perceptive. Associate with people who speak your language.

Listen for the purposes that motivate their choices. Pay particular attention to people who are different and good at it: mavericks as opposed to rebels. Most of all, welcome the people who honor the fact that you are an individual and respect you for devoting your life to being so. Â

Libra (September 22-October 23)

There are many aspects to sex, including two essential ones that are usually forgotten or pushed back beneath the waterâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;the reproductive part and the dark side. You like sex to be interesting, with some ideas behind it. I assure you these things, though typically avoided, certainly are. You may find the deepest core of your pleasure right in what you or others shun the most. Youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re also likely to discover the things that have in the past seemed to take your most daring pleasure from you, or souring it when you get what you want. If youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re able to get as close as you are, you certainly deserve to get the rest of the way. My suggestion is that you move your emotions, fantasies, and experiences into the emotional and physical material you are the most embarrassed by, or avoid the most. Embarrassment is a veil that conceals something youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve been striving to understand. On one level it says â&#x20AC;&#x153;Turn back,â&#x20AC;? yet, experienced another way, thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a distinct lure, and that has a purpose of both healing and pleasure. These are closely related in a culture where we always seem to be claiming back something that was taken from us following a larger agenda. There are things that you may feel or experience that you want to share with others. I suggest you do so judiciously, and initially invest in finding out what people know rather than telling them what you know. Â

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Someone close to you is going through something, which is reshaping your concept of what a partner is. Other factors in your chart are suggesting that youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re experiencing a reshaping of your own concept of what you want from relationships. Given your orientation on relationships, this is a significant change, and itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s only beginning. It may seem like you want adventure first and your partners need deep emotional healing first. Assuming that youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re involved in a relationship, I suggest you consider the personal validity, to you, of everything that your partner says they need, or everything theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve gone through. You can also experiment with the idea that who and what you are will work for them. Meanwhile, I would call your attention to a childhood event involving someone with whom you were intimate that initially shaped your idea of â&#x20AC;&#x153;the other.â&#x20AC;? This may have been a first time (or very close to it) experience that made a deep emotional impression and set your expectations. There was a secondary effect, which was to establish how you being in relationship to one person shaped your relationship to your circle of friends: how youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re perceived, how you perceive yourself, and whether you think you fit in.

There is complex sociology to one-on-one relationships, and this has a direct effect on your sense of emotional security and your self-esteem. When you understand this and keep it where you can see it, you will feel a lot better.

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Sagittarius (November 22-December 22) I would not be surprised if you go through moments where your confidence is soaring and others where you feel absolutely uncertain about the way you seem to have chosen. The thing is that the confidence and the doubt both feel so real. You donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t know what to believe. Which is authentic? Letâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s pretend for a moment that they are on an equal plane, of equivalent value. They are not, but letâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s experiment. Which of the two would guide you forward, into your dreams and your desires? Obviously, the confidence would.

So you can live boldly with intervals of doubt, or you can cower in the shadows annoyed by some intervals of having a vision for your life. Which would you choose? Now, the truth is they are not equivalent at all. Youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re living a case of â&#x20AC;&#x153;the brighter the light, the darker the shadow,â&#x20AC;? which is my way of telling you that youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re burning bright at the momentâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;and you will be for quite a while. This is a new reality for you; for many years, you internalized your power, cultivated an inner connection, and often checked yourself when it came time to step boldly out. In the past 12 months that has been changing rapidly, and in this very season you may be discovering there is no place to hide. You donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t need one; be grateful of a dry roof, food to eat, something to offer the world, and someplace to go. Â

Capricorn (December 22-January 20)

What an unusual space youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re inâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;like you are riding on a horse made of lightning; at the same time, the capacity for absolute focus has taken hold of your mind. You have more energy available and youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re able to do something with it. Yet in this space itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s essential to send yourself positive messages. The most significant will be to affirm your intelligence and the relevance of your perceptions. You may be depending on those faculties now more than you have any time recently, and you may think that there are many other â&#x20AC;&#x153;better mindsâ&#x20AC;? who could do what you do better. Any such thought is merely a self-esteem trap. The thing to remember about your mind is that it works differently, intuitively, and creatively. This is true whether you think of yourself as â&#x20AC;&#x153;creativeâ&#x20AC;? or â&#x20AC;&#x153;intuitive.â&#x20AC;? When you feel the difference between you and others, specifically in terms of thought patterns, that is the most meaningful difference. Youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re also able to perceive a larger world with more colors and nuances, and those around you who cannot perceive those things can lead you to doubt yourself. So, you could say that the question of this era in your life, and the central growth (or healing) focus (as you choose) is: Whatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s it going to take for you to trust your senses and the mind behind them? The answer that comes to mind is experience, yet the truth is, you already have plenty of that. Â

Aquarius (January 20-February 19)

You have the opportunity to resolve an emotional issue that has plagued you for a long time and has been getting your attention lately. Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m aware that healing processes take a long time, which is how long youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve been at this. Youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re inclined to take an analytic or goal-centered approach to healing matters, and when that doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t work you take a spiritual approach. The way into this one is to go directly for the feeling. Exactly how does the pain or struggle feel? The information youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re seeking is contained in the sensation of the struggle. It doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t translate easily into words or concepts, which is why you havenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t been able to work your analytical magic. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s down there like an ocean current, invisible from the surface. When you notice yourself in the experience, stop whatever youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re doing and do two things. First, record the experience. Be descriptive, making notes of what prompted you, and any sensory descriptions that come to mind. The next time it happens, do it again. Then, be mindful of any associations to the past that come to mind. They may be totally irrational or delusional, to the point where they feel stupid or silly. Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the thing youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re after. Go right to that ridiculous, senseless thing and once again, feel the feeling. Make the associations, let it all percolate, and see what you learn. Â

Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20)

On the Planet Waves website thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s this thing called the Oracle.

Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a database containing every horoscope Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve written since 1998.

When you ask a question, the Oracle randomly selects one of those horoscopes, providing answers that can be a little spooky. Just now I typed in a two-word inquiryâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;â&#x20AC;?integrity checkâ&#x20AC;?â&#x20AC;&#x201D;and got back a weekly from 2003, when Uranus was entering our sign. This month, eight short years later, Uranus is on its way out. Just last month, Chiron transitioned from Aquarius, where itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s been for five years, into Pisces. Hereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s what Mr. Oracle said: â&#x20AC;&#x153;I get up in the morning, sort out the reality of my existence, arrive at my desk and notice that itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s covered with Tarot cardsâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;again. I wonder: Am I concerned about the future? Well, why not. This is a very futuristic moment for Pisces. We are at the one-month mark before the first ingress of Uranus into Pisces. Uranus is one of the slow-movers; it takes about seven years to traverse a sign and thus marks an era (this was the chat room era). That Uranus is entering Pisces is one thing. That it is leaving Aquarius, your solar 12th house, is quite another. The 12th is home to all kinds of anxietiesâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;mysterious, nameless fears that make most people quite restless. Uranus is an agitator, an exciter, a revolutionary.

The change from one sign to another will not be subtle. For the moment, easy does it, and read those cards with an open mind.â&#x20AC;?

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Parting Shot

Timothy White, Paul Newman, New York City, color photograph, 1998

Timothy White has photographed countless celebrities, but he is far from a paparazzo.

Although his work features some of the most recognizable faces in film and music, White’s photos succeed where other photographers fail, drawing out pieces of the person behind the persona, revealing something behind the surface of celebrity.

Case in point: White’s 2001 portrait of Elizabeth Taylor. The photo shows Taylor emerging from a limousine onto a red carpet, flashbulbs popping—a typical setting for the famous.

Taylor, however, is giving the middle finger to onlookers—with a wide smile on her face.

The image suggests an alternate universe where Taylor is permitted to openly display her contempt for the star machinery. At the same time, White seems to be mocking photographers who religiously wait for the perfect shot.

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Another example of White’s ability to coax unguarded moments from people accustomed to controlling their public image is his 1998 portrait of Paul Newman. In this image, Newman is sporting his famous tight-lipped, bad-boy stare, complete with aviator sunglasses and cowboy boots, but instead of riding a horse, or motorcycle, Newman is cruising through Central Park on a mini-bike. As with the Taylor portrait, White is poking fun at something, but this time he is allowing Newman to poke fun at himself, and his macho persona.

The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum in Ridgefield, Connecticut will exhibit some of White’s most famous large-scale photographs in “Timothy White: Portraits,” through Sunday, June 5. (203) 438-4519; www.aldrichart.org.

—Samantha Minasi

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