Chronogram ARTS.CULTURE.SPIRIT.
CONTENTS 9/08
64 FOOD & DRINK
ARTS & CULTURE
Sara Reinhart Brown profiles chef Ramiro Jimenez and La Puerta Azul.
40 PORTFOLIO
136 PARTING SHOT
The site-specific projects of sculptor Simon Draper.
Seven Deadly Sins, a mixed-media installation by Robert Hite.
42 LUCID DREAMING Beth E. Wilson previews “Origins,” a group show at the Hudson Valley Center for Contemporary Art in Peekskill.
THE FORECAST 118 DAILY CALENDAR
44 MUSEUM AND GALLERY GUIDE
Comprehensive listings of local events. (Daily updates of calendar listings are posted at Chronogram.com.)
50 MUSIC Peter Aaron profiles Elvis impersonator Joseph John Eigo. Nightlife Highlights by DJ Wavy Davy, plus CDs by Kelleigh McKenzie Chances. Reviewed by Robert Burke Warren. Pete Levin Certified Organic. Reviewed by DJ Wavy Davy. The Sweet Clementines More Sweet on You. Reviewed by Jason Broome.
54 BOOKS Nina Shengold profiles former Times newsman turned author John Darnton.
56 BOOK REVIEWS Pauline Uchmanowicz reviews The Book of Calamities by Peter Trachtenberg. Kim Wozencraft reviews two thrillers by Woodstock mystery writers: Heartless by Allison Gaylin and Salvation Boulevard by Larry Beinhart. Plus this month’s Short Takes, a round-up of local memoir and nonfiction.
60 POETRY
PLANET WAVES 130 OBAMA AND THE GALACTIC LEAP Eric Francis Coppolino reads the chart for the Democratic National Convention.
AMBER S. CLARK
Poems by Paul Andre de Beaumont, Lee Gould, Aubrey Hirsch, Molly Lurie-Marino, Thomas Mahoney, Arianna Merems, Bruce Robinson, Rebecca Schumejda, Richard J. Treitner, and Joseph Walker.
PREVIEWS 117 All Tomorrow’s Parties rocks the Borscht Belt the weekend of September 19 with My Bloody Valentine, Yo La Tengo, Low, and more at Kutshers in Monticello. 119 Browse more than 10,000 books for sale at the Spencertown Academy Books Festival, over two weekends: September 5 and September 12. 121 Noémie Lafrance’s Rapture, a site-specific choreographic work atop Bard’s Fisher Center, will be performed September 25-28 and October 2-5. 123 Ginny Hawker and Tracy Schwarz will play music from the heart of Appalachia at the Rosendale Theater on September 20. 127 Fovea Exhibitions in Beacon presents the group photographic show Planet China, featuring work by Alan Chin, Justin Guariglia, and Julien Chatelin. 129 Laurie Anderson brings her latest show, Homeland, to the Egg on September 21.
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A montage of rescued farm animals (and Jenny Brown) from the Woodstock Farm Animal Sanctuary. LOCAL LUMINARY