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20 while you were sleeping
40 prepping the party season: hosting stress-free summer shindigs
Antigay crusader George Alan Rekers caught with a rent boy; Bolivian president Evo Morales claims the modern diet is to blame for baldness and homosexuality; Concord, Massachusetts votes to ban all bottled water sales; taxes are the lowest they’ve been since 1950; an extra 15 pounds may be beneficial to your health.
26 hold the firefight: a new counterinsurgency in afghanistan James Foley, embedded with the 2nd Platoon in remote Kunar Province, reports on the changing nature of the war and the soldiers waging it.
30 beinhart’s body politic: tea for me, tea for you? Larry Beinhart on why the Tea Party movement isn’t really that scary.
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green living 70 let there be (energy efficient) light .
whole living guide 88 driver’s manual: an interview with holistic teacher Vaishãli Lorrie Klosterman talks with Vaishãli about learning spiritual lessons from the body.
92 Flowers Fall: the truth—it’s dizzying Bethany Saltman ponders just how much influence she has over four-year-old Azalea.
13 local luminarIES: Benjamin Krevolin .
The president of the Dutchess County Arts Council puts into context the modern history of arts funding in the US and talks about new possibilites in cash-strapped times.
community pages 32 newburgh: textures and tension .
Emily Nelson spends time talking to residents of the Hudson’s Valley most maligned city about positive changes that may transform Newburgh.
64 peekskill: building an arts-friendly city .
Goldee Greene reports on the dividends that the arts can pay for a municipality that’s willing to invest in an infrastructure designed to attract creatives to live and work.
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arts & culture 45 MUSEUM AND Gallery GUIDe 52 music Peter Aaron previews this summer’s music festivals in the Hudson Valley. Nightlife Highlights by Peter Aaron, plus CDs by Jayna Nelson Bloom of Creation. Reviewed by Cheryl K. Symister-Masterson. Jill Stevenson & Adam Widoff Where We’re Not. Reviewed by Robert Burke Warren. John Schrader Daylight Crashing. Reviewed by Sharon Nichols.
56 BOOKS Nina Shengold profiles author and photographer Charles R. Smith Jr.
58 BOOK reviews Susan Krawitz, Gregory Schoenfeld, and Nina Shengold offer a summer reading round-up of children’s books by local authors.
60 Poetry Poems by John Blandly, Daniel Buzi, Jess Charest, Suzanne B. Gillette, Julia Hickey, Cecele Allen Kraus, Merdith Lawder, Richard Lopez, Tria Porte, Akanksha Robison, Bob Sharkey, Bert Shaw, and Meghan Sterling.
76 food & drink
Photographs from the I AM: India project at Art Omi.
the forecast 100 daily Calendar Comprehensive listings of local events. (Daily updates of calendar listings are posted at Chronogram.com.) PREVIEWS 99 New paintings by Donald Elder will be exhibited at Elena Zang from June 5-23. 101 Dutchman, Amiri Baraka’s 1964 examination of race, gets a site-specific revival at the New York State Trolley Museum in Kingston this month. 103 The Berkshire Film Festival screens June 3-6 in Great Barrington and Pittsfield. 105 Guitar god Jeff Beck will shred at UPAC in Kingston on June 17. 107 Smash His Camera, Leon Gast’s biopic about paparazzo superstar Ron Gallela screens at the Bearsville Theater on June 4 to benefit the Woodstock Film Festival. 112 Bindlestiff Cirkus performs its quirky cabaret at Cafe Helsinki in Hudson on June 30.
planet waves 114 A Woman, Risen from the Sea Eric Francis Coppolino outlines a process toward self-actualization. Plus horoscopes.
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Nadja Petrov laughs about going through phases of painting landscapes and still lifes like she’s remembering dressing goth in middle school. The daughter of well-known Dada and Surrealist painter Dimitri Petrov says casually, “That’s my story, I grew up in an artist’s household, I’ve always been drawing and painting.� Petrov recalls moving around a lot as a childhood, living with her parents and five siblings in “big, derelict houses out in the country, always out in the middle of nowhere.� She received no formal art education but she describes the houses she lived in as filled with artwork and “things for easy access and experimentation.� Petrov looked to her father to learn the more “technical stuff.� She explains, “I pretty much did what I did and then if I had some questions I would ask.� Bright color, says Petrov, is what “set me off, that’s what got me going.� Color is still one of Petrov’s main creative catalysts. When something strikes her and she begins to work, “everything that happens is a reaction to something that happened before.� Movement, emotion, and action evolve with each detail on the page or canvas. Her untitled painting featured on the cover is much more sparse than her other work.The scratches, clusters of lines, rights angles, and long, narrow boxes in many of her pieces almost look like encrypted messages or seismic wavelengths. Her blocks of color give the effect of an exposed floor after the carpet wears thin. Petrov calls Ernest Frazier her mentor and a key figure in her development as an artist. Frazier went from a high profile art career in Manhattan in the early 1970s, featured in many exhibitions at the Whitney Museum to a quieter life in a restored, red brick foundry building in Saugerties. Petrov met Frazier after moving to Woodstock in 1978. After such a transient life as a child, Petrov is now in the business of planting seeds and growing roots. She says working as a gardener, “frees me up to keep my artwork separate from my day job. I don’t like to work in the art field, it just screws me up, I get too picky about what I’m doing and I’m not poetic enough.� Besides being a painter and a gardener, Petrov is also a mother. Considering the “art gene� in her family, she remarks thoughtfully, “My niece’s handwriting is exactly like my brother’s, my daughter’s handwriting is exactly like my sister’s. There’s no way that doesn’t come out in artwork.� Nadja Petrov will be exhibiting her paintings in a two-person show with photographer Fionn Reilly from June 5 through June 30. An opening reception will be held on June 5 from 5 to 9pm, at the 11 Cross Street Gallery in Saugerties. (845) 399-9751; www.11crossgallery.com. Portfolio: www.shokan.net/petrov. —Lisa Parisio
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As of press time in late May, Governor Paterson and the state legislature had yet to agree on a budget for the next fiscal year, an impasse driven mostly by bickering over how to reconcile a multi-billion dollar deficit. Among many ideas being floated to aid state’s economic woes—closing state parks, furlough days for state workers—is one to radically reduce arts funding. Governor Paterson has proposed cutting New York State Arts Council funding by 40 percent, from $41.6 million to $25.2 million. Advocates for the arts characterize the governor’s proposal as a crippling blow to the mostly small nonprofit intuitions across New York that rely on state money for their continued existence. Benjamin Krevolin is the president of Dutchess County Arts Council, a Poughkeepsie-based organization that offers services for artists (professional development, workshops), administrates grants for artists and arts organizations (in both Dutchess and Ulster Counties), and advocates for and promotes awareness of the arts in Dutchess County. A Dutchess County native, Krevolin is a graduate of Vassar College and the Julliard School of Drama. Prior to joining DCAC in 2003, Krevolin worked as a freelance theater artist in New York City, Seattle, Los Angeles, and Stockholm. On June 21, the Dutchess County Arts Council, in collaboration with the Hudson Opera House and NYS Arts (a statewide alliance of arts organizations), will host “Grass Roots Arts Advocacy,” a half-day conference at the FDR Library in Hyde Park to give members of the Hudson River Valley arts community the skills they need to advocate for arts funding. For more information: www.artsmidhudson.org. —Brian K. Mahoney
Government fuding for the arts has been on a downward track for as long as I can remember. When did that trend begin? Public funding for the arts took a huge tumble in the late ‘80s, early ‘90s. There was a big cut in ‘91 under the Cuomo Administration on the state level. There was the big brouhaha with the NEA-funded Mapplethorpe exhibit [in 1989]. The anti-art political climate was such that federal funding for the arts was basically cut in half. We’ve been working for the past 20 years to recover from those cuts. That’s the modern history. It’s also important to note that the NEA was founded by President Nixon, who was a piano playing president. How important is arts outreach to youth? A lot of our effort goes into increasing demand for the arts and that’s very difficult. That’s one of the reasons why we’re so vocal about not cutting the arts in all these school budgets this year. The minute those kids stop getting music education, then organizations just lost audience members. All of the music training that kids get in school, all of the arts classes play a part in the future of the arts—if people don’t grow up with arts they won’t continue to live with it. How do you make a convincing argument for arts funding in an uncertain economic climate? With all the misery and how difficult it is in our personal lives, now’s the time when we need to invest in our shared communal assets. Now’s the time we need free concerts in the park, now’s the time we need cheap tickets at the
Bardavon. All the more reason why there should be public funding of the arts right now. Time and time again studies show, particularly in schools, the schools with the highest percents of arts programs have the highest tests scores, graduation rates, attendance. On the public level, people who participate in the arts are more likely to volunteer, are more likely to vote. All of that builds civic capital and strengthens our communities. I feel like it’s easy to look at the arts as an extraneous expense but I think once you start looking at it you realize that the value goes much deeper into a community in terms of economic, civic, and cultural development. All of that’s incredibly valuable. If you look at the budgets, no one is going to balance the budget by cutting the arts. How much money are we talking about? In 2009, public funding of the arts on the local, state, and federal level amounted to about 5 dollars per person in Dutchess County. That’s for everything. Are the arts in crisis? I think the nonprofit arts sector as it exists now is in crisis, yes. The nonprofit arts community needs to find a new way of doing business. Instead of relying on government funding? The funding the arts get from the government is important, but what that money does is it allows us to raise money from other sources. In general, we have to rethink what we’re doing. Is there a new way we can provide cultural services in our community? The nonprofit structure that we
all have may be something we need to reconsider. Are you suggesting a for-profit model? No, rather than having individual organizations, is there one nonprofit that can have status for a number of different organizations? This would allow greater fluidity. A dance company can be born and flourish for two, three, or four years and then it can fizzle, and when that artistic spirit is fizzled, then it can move on and there’s no loss and we can transfer all that energy to another dance company, a new idea. We would be investing in arts programs rather than arts institutions. We would be investing in the product and not the infrastructure that upholds the product. The funding streams rights now are 20th-century funding streams. We all know how to fund the institutions. That worked for a while but now there are these smaller organizations trying to start and there’s no air, there’s no oxygen left. What can people do to advocate for the arts? We have to hold onto as much public funding as possible because public funding acts as seed money. Where those seeds are planted more investment will happen. People who care about the arts really have to work hard at lobbying their elected officials about holding the line on funding cuts. It’s also really important for people who love the arts to consume more of it, and bring two friends when they go to consume it. If people buy a painting, they should have an unveiling party at their house. We have to keep the energy up about consuming art. If people love the arts, they have to make that love infectious.
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Typical Guy Gets a Life I never strongly considered being a father. Kids are wonderful, of course, but during my 20s, I didn’t really think much about having my own. First there was college to think about, then a recording studio, then a few independent films, then a business, websites, world travel. The list goes on and on, full of one thrilling life experience after the next. Children were not on my short list. Not by a long shot. It wasn’t until meeting a fabulous woman, who is truly a mother in every way, and upon finding myself deeply in love with her, that I first started to think about children of my own. Even then it was with caveats and prerequisites. Gotta have the house, the successful business, a car (better make it two), a dog, world peace, and on and on before it would feel ok to bring a little half-me to the top of my short list. Friends have pronounced me to be a “typical guy” in these respects. If this is true, please allow me to assist and inform the rest of you typical guys now: Pregnancy, birth, and children are in no way typical! Kids are extraordinary, magical, ego-arresting beings who will help you to finally answer that burning question about your purpose in life. You won’t have to worry about that one after spending the first day with your fresh little son or daughter. Our daughter, Clara Grace Kaposhilin, was born on April 19, 2010 at 10:36pm. These first few weeks have been, without reservation, the happiest and most fulfilling of my entire life. Suddenly my personal needs seem less demanding, less distracting. I feel present, in the moment—to a smile, a cry, a poop. And straight up, whether it is from endorphins, an increased awareness of parental responsibility, or something far more divine, I am experiencing a significant increase in inspiration, clarity, and confidence on a daily basis since the birth of our daughter. For instance, I always wanted to write. Now I do! I am in love! And not with just one girl but two...and one gave birth to the other! No offense typical guy, no doubt you love and respect your female partner now, but until the day that you participate in the profound sacrament of birth with her, you literally have not seen what your woman is capable of! Even you, typical guy, could not help but emerge a changed and vastly improved human being upon witnessing the miracle that is the birth of your child. If you are already a dad, you are nodding your head in agreement. However, if you are a typical guy, who perhaps still sees fatherhood primarily as a loss of personal freedom and who does not yet appreciate how meaningful and magnificently life changing pregnancy, birth, and child-raising can be, I say to you sir, with only these first few weeks of wisdom under my belt, that you have not yet fully lived! Fatherhood is a massive upgrade, it is life 2.0! There is no instruction manual and no return policy and although I now possess infinitely more responsibility than ever before, somehow I have retained only a portion of my self-doubt. Fatherhood is awesome! My long list of fatherly duties is so much more fulfilling than my short list of youthful adventures ever was! Like a typical guy, I thought that I wanted to be a guy forever. Now that I am a father, I finally feel like a man. —Kale Kaposhilin Kale Kaposhilin is a serial entrepreneur turned proud papa living in Uptown Kingston with his wife Caitlin, his dog Habibi, and his amazing new daughter Clara.
department of corrections In our May issue, we did not print the full name of poet Lee Minh Sloca along with the author’s untitled poem. Also in our May issue, our listing of Community-Supported Agriculture Farms omitted a number of growers that still have shares available for the 2010 growing season. An updated listing of CSA farms is available at www.chronogram.com. In addition we erroneously stated that Eats Village Farm in Kingston was booked up for the year.The farm still has shares available for 2010. More information is available at wwweatsvillagefarm.com. 14 ChronograM 6/10
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Esteemed Reader Esteemed Reader of Our Magazine: The other evening my three-year old son was having trouble sleeping. I told him I would read him one more book, and he picked a volume of Bible stories that had been my mother’s when she was a girl. We started at the beginning. The narrative began in the way that is familiar to all: Adam and Eve lived in a beautiful garden, like a park, which was verdant and comfortable. Eden was full of beautiful plants and friendly animals, pure fresh water, and trees bearing every kind of delicious fruit. It was paradise. As I read the description, I was struck for the first time by a realization—what the story describes is the natural state of most places on earth; that is, until modern humans arrive. For the past month, a hole in the sea-floor in the Gulf of Mexico, has, according to unvarnished estimates, gushed 15 million gallons a day of oil into the ocean. It is flowing from an underground reservoir of oil, almost the size of the Gulf, into the sea. Deep underwater plumes of oil, 200 miles long and 5 miles wide, are appearing, and thick, sticky oil is beginning to fill the marshes along the Louisiana shoreline. Hundreds of sea turtles have died, with countless other casualties below the water, as the oilmen pump more toxic chemical “dispersants” into the water. So vast is the deposit below the gush that upon its discovery in 2006 a Shell geologist exclaimed “Energy shortage? Hell! We are afraid of running out of air to burn.” What was to be the mother lode of cheap energy and profits has turned into something closer to a prophecy from the book of Revelations: “The second angel sounded his trumpet, and something like a mountain, all ablaze, was thrown into the sea. A third of the sea turned into blood, and a third of the living creatures in the sea died.” But what really lays in waste is the soul of our race. A friend commented that the world’s dependence on oil is a macrocosm of a heroin addict’s need to constantly find new veins to insert his needle. The society and economy run on the stuff—all our toys and tools, electronics and transportation, clothing and food, are made from, moved by, or constructed with the material of or energy latent in oil. We are addicted to the accoutrements of a lifestyle that is not only deadly to the planet, but is killing our humanity through unchecked consuming, environmental devastation, and brutal wars. We could say that the oil spill in the Gulf was caused by oilmen’s carelessness; or by the culture of business running the government to get whatever it wants; or by the greed of a few to turn the world’s collective resources into the virtual value of swollen bank accounts; or by the whole population’s love affair with gadgets and easy living. Or we can look to ourselves. What are our lives for? For our enjoyment? Even if this is so, shouldn’t we be happier given the abundant energy we are able to harness to fulfill our desires to eat and travel, play and work? But, in general, even those who have the most aren’t happy. We are taxed, depleting our own wells of energy as much as we deplete the planet’s, going ever-deeper into debt, borrowing from the future. And in the process we waste our world, and turn a real, living paradise into hell. Spiritual traditions say that everything that lives is holy— because all living things are transformers of energy. In our bodies energy is transformed upward (anabolic) through intake of food into the stuff of thought, feeling, movement, healing, consciousness; or downward (catabolic) when refined energies are converted to some kind of activity through one or another kind of engine. The traditions say this is a sacred process because not only individual beings, but the whole universe does the same thing; i.e., “Humans are created in the image of God.” Our external fixation on refining raw materials into an expendable form, and burning or channeling the product to produce “work” is an externalization of what the human instrument is designed to do internally, in the alembic of our person. We have the right idea! It is only slightly misdirected. The esoteric traditions all say the same thing: Humans have the possibility of refining energy in a way no other being on earth can. We can do this by refining raw materials into consciousness, and channeling that consciousness into living our lives in service to one another, in the care of our planet, and true to our unique individuality. That consciousness awakens latent capacities, perhaps the greatest of which is conscience. With conscience awake, our oilmen and politicians could not but see the destructiveness of their mission and methods; they could not dissemble and lie to cover their tracks, and to defend their political capital and share prices. Humanity comprises a single interconnected fabric, so that the effect of one person refining consciousness and awakening conscience in herself is a contagion to others. Working on ourselves we can, as William Blake poeticizes, “build Jerusalem, among these dark Satanic mills.” —Jason Stern
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n late April, we hosted a discussion here at Chronogram headquarters, in the Beahive space downstairs, on the economic role of the arts in communities. It was the first event in our Local Living Economy speaker series. We invited a trio of savvy, nonprofit veterans for our panel: Nancy Donskoj, Kingston’s Main Street Manager; Cabot Parsons, who chairs Beacon’s Arts Board; and Megan Whilden, director of the Office of Cultural Affairs in Pittsfield, Massachusetts. Each took 10 minutes to explain how the arts positively impact the economic health of his or her community. Then we opened it up to questions from the audience. Say the words “economic development presentation” and I’m already halfway asleep. Nothing dulls the senses like PowerPoint. Knowing this about myself, I wasn’t expecting many people to show up on a Monday night. But the evening turned out to be a hit! Over 50 people attended to listen and be heard, and many were fired up to talk about ways in which the arts benefit the community, and network with the like-minded. Parsons, Whilden, and Donskoj all told redevelopment narratives that tracked how arts-fueled initiatives fostered a more widespread cultural dynamism and economic incubation. In Pittsfield, the opening of galleries and theaters in the past five years has led to restaurants and retail shops following suit, breathing new life into a once moribund downtown. Any discussion of Beacon’s recent renewal must mention Dia:Beacon’s looming presence as an attractor of over 50,000 visitors per year. But before there was Dia, gallerists and artists were populating the city’s Main Street, lured by abundant space, affordable rents, and proximity to New York City. Kingston’s story is not as straightforwardly optimistic in trajectory as Pittsfield’s or Beacon’s—there’s no cultural behemoth like Dia ready to swoop in and the city’s geographical separation into distinct, nonaligned quadrants makes Donskoj’s new job as Main Street Manager especially difficult—but the impact of the arts on the economy are clear in Kingston as well. Kingston’s marquee cultural event each year is the Artists Soapbox Derby, held each August in the city’s Rondout district (August 22 this year). Not coincidentally, Nancy Donskoj and her husband George conceived the event 16 years ago and still run it. It attracts thousands of people who stand four deep along Broadway to watch the artists’ creations roll past, in what the Donskojs call a “gravity-powered, kinetic sculpture race.” (Neat phrase, that.) Needless to say, many of those thousands of people patronize the local businesses before, during, and after the event. The Derby is the best calling card a town could have, but this year, due to the untoward economic climate, the city of Kingston has decided not to donate many of the in-kind services it has offered in years past—police overtime, etc.—and many of the Derby’s corporate sponsors have withdrawn
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their support as well. But the Donskojs, in true bootstrapping-artist fashion, have launched a grassroots donation campaign on Kickstarter.com (search for “Kingston Artists Soapbox Derby”), through which they hope to garner the funding they need to continue the Derby. Kickstarter is a great way for those of us who’ve enjoyed the Derby for free for many years to show our support with a small donation. Another local nonprofit has benefited from a grassroots fundraising campaign on the Internet recently. The Rosendale Theater Collective, which is in the process of finalizing the purchase of the town’s only theater, was awarded a $50,000 Pepsi Refresh grant. The awarding of the grant was the result of a coordinated get-out-the-vote effort (you can vote once a day) that pushed the RTC to the top of the list of organizations on Pepsi’s competitive funding list in April. Pepsi’s Refresh Project is an interesting idea—the soft drink maker will award $20 million in grants this year to organizations that apply to compete each month in various categories—arts and culture, neighborhoods, education, etc. To get the money, the organizations engage in what is essentially a grassroots marketing campaign for Pepsi, encouraging their supporters to vote for them on Pepsi’s www.refresheverything.com website, which mixes product placement with lists of noble causes. Most other local nonprofits should take note, especially the arts organizations, as the funding cuts that are slated to come down the pike look gruesome. While no state budget has been passed as of press time, Governor Patterson is proposing to cut 40 percent of the state’s allotment to the arts this year, a decrease of over $15 million. In our Local Luminary feature this month (p. 13), Benjamin Krevolin, president of the Dutchess County Arts Council, one of the more knowledgeable figures on the local arts scene, talks about the crisis that traditional arts organizations are increasingly finding themselves in and some possible new ways to preserve them into the future. There is hope! And as Krevolin told me: “We have to keep the energy up about consuming art. If people love the arts, they have to make that love infectious.” Shameless Self-Promotion Department On Friday, June 25 at 7pm, I’ll be reading with Chronogram’s poetry editor, Phillip Levine, at Boughton Place in Highland. The event is a benefit for Read for Food, which presents poets and writers reading their work—past readers include Eamon Grennan, Donald Lev, and Nancy Willard—and donates the proceeds to three local food pantries: Family of New Paltz, Queens Galley, and the Rosendale Food Pantry. There’s a $5 suggested donation and you can bring some canned or dry goods along as well. Thanks to the ministrations of the series’ organizer, Paul Clemente, all proceeds go directly to charity. The featured readings will be followed by an open mike. For more information: www.readforfood.org.
2010 Rosendale Earthfest and Expo Exhibits on energy and green building, sustainable agriculture, recycling, water use, recycling, and more at the Rosendale Recreation Center on June 6. (845) 337-0806
Clearwater's Great Hudson River Revival The environmental festival that launched a thousand imitators returns with David Bromberg, Steve Earle, Shawn Colvin, and Pete Seeger to Croton Point Park on June 19-20. www.clearwaterfestival.org
Recipes for Parties Booksigning Michael Leva's new work is fêted at Blue Cashew in Rhinebeck. Wine and nibbles from the book served. June 19. www.bluecashewkitchen.com
Beacon River Tracy Bonham, The Flestones, and Yarn headline this free, summer concert on the Beacon waterfront on June 26. caption www.beaconriverfest.com
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New research has shown that weighing an extra 10 to 15 pounds may actually be beneficial. Those who are overweight are no more likely than those at at their ideal weight to die from cancer or cardiovascular disease according to studies conducted in 2005 and 2007 by the American Medical Association. An Australian study, published in the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, found that overweight people in their seventies were less likely to die in a 10-year time span than those of normal weight, suggesting a few extra pounds might help against illness and injury. Doctors are also saying that being 10 pounds overweight could help stave off osteoporosis since subcutaneous fat produces estrogen, which strengthens bones. And a little extra fat may act as a natural face lift, providing more structure for the skin and preventing sagging. As they age, women who are overweight often look younger than other women. Source: The Wall Street Journal The Democratic Republic of Congo is “the rape captial of the world,” according to a senior United Nations official—more than 8,000 women were raped during 2009. Margot Wallstrom, the UN’s special representative on sexual violence in conflict, says the extreme number of cases is due to lack of enforcement of the law protecting women in the DRC. The UN mission has been escorting women to market in an attempt to minimize the problem, but according to a report by the Harvard Humanitarian Initiative done in April on sexual violence in the DRC’s eastern South Kivu province, 60 percent of rape victims in South Kivu were gang raped by armed men, more than half of the rapes took place in the victim’s home, and a growing number of attacks are being perpetrated by civilians. Source: BBC Bolivian president Evo Morales claimed the modern diet is to blame for “deviations” such as homosexuality and baldness. Labeling baldness a “sickness,” Morales said widespread European baldness is due to their diet, as is homosexuality—which he blames on the female hormones used to mass produce chickens for consumption. At the People’s World Conference on Climate Change and the Rights of Mother Earth in Tiquipaya, Bolivia, Morales warned that “within 50 years everyone will be bald.” Morales also claimed Coca-Cola has damaging health effects and in early April, a government-backed alternative went on sale in Bolivia called Coca-Colla (after Bolivia’s indigenous peoples). This alternative is made from the cocoa leaf which has been used for centuries as medicine, and is also the base ingredient for cocaine. CocaCola’s original recipe included cocoa leaves. Source: Irish Times George Alan Rekers, famous antigay activist, Baptist minister, and author of books such as Growing Up Straight: What Families Should Know About Homosexuality, was spotted with a homosexual escort from Rentboy.com in Miami International Airport. When questioned, Rekers admitted he met the 20-year-old on Rentboy.com, a website featuring homosexual prostitutes for hire, but claimed he paid the escort for his 10-day European vacation to help him carry his luggage due to a recent surgery. He says he didn’t learn that his “rent boy” was a prostitute until halfway through the trip. Source: Miami New Times The American Lung Association released its “State of the Air 2010” report in May. The ozone levels in Putnam, Orange, and Dutchess Counties all received the failing grade of F. Ulster County was the only Hudson Valley county that passed ozone tests, receiving a C. Ozone, otherwise known as smog, is the most widespread air pollutant. Source: Mid-HudsonNews.com Concord, Massachusetts voted to ban all sales of bottled water at a town meeting on April 22. Although over 100 municipalities in the US have offered to limit the amount of bottled water sold within their borders, Concord is the first in the country to ban all sales of the product. Jean Hill, an 82-year-old activist, led the effort, spending months canvassing neighbors and lobbying local officials as to how “discarded bottles are damaging our planet, causing clumps of garbage in the ocean that hurt our fish and creating more pollution on our streets.” According to a study by the Container Recycling Institute, 88 percent of plastic water bottles are not recycled, meaning approximately 30 million bottles are discarded every day, nationwide. In response, the Massachusetts Food Association, representing the state’s groceries and supermarkets, stated that “bottled water is used in times of need, often in natural disasters.’’ West Concord Supermarket owner Paul Mandrioli said, “It will take away a little business, but we’ve survived a lot more, and a lot worse. The majority spoke.” Source: Boston Globe
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Researchers in Italy and the UK have discovered that getting less than six hours of sleep per night over a 25-year period resulted in a 12 percent increased likelihood of early death. Sixteen studies were done on the subject and scientists described the findings as an “unequivocal link.” Previous work suggested a lack of sleep was connected with diabetes, heart disease, and obesity. Simultaneously, the studies indicated that too much sleep isn’t healthy either. Professor Francesco Cappuccio, head of the Sleep, Health, and Society program at the University of Warwick, explained the difference: “Whilst short sleep may represent a cause of ill health, long sleep is believed to represent more an indicator of ill health.” Cappuccio believes sleep habits should be considered significant indicators of poor or good health and can be improved through education, counseling, and public health efforts. In general, the studies concluded sleeping six to eight hours each night will result in maximum health. Source: Guardian (UK) In April, Senator Blanche Lincoln (D-AR), the chairwoman of the Agriculture Committee, introduced a provision to the Senate’s financial regulatory reform bill that banks would have to choose between derivatives trading and federal protection. Derivatives (also known as hedging) are contracts designed to reduce risk and were a significant player leading up to the global financial crisis. Since most trades are done privately, comparing prices or implementing regulations are near impossible tasks. Starting in April, JPMorgan Chase, Goldman Sachs, Bank of America, Citigroup and Wells Fargo, the nation’s five largest banks and profit-makers in the derivatives market, have unleashed a torrent of lobbyists in Washington. In the first quarter alone, these banks spent $6.1 million on 130 lobbyists, including 40 former Senate staff members and retired Senate Majority Leader Trent Lott. The Obama administration’s financial legislation would require derivatives trading to be public and more transparent, arguing that this will make the market both cheaper, safer, and less vulnerable to another financial disaster. The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency reports that derivatives trading amounted to $22.6 billion last year. Source: The New York Times The Bureau of Economic Analysis reports federal, state, and local taxes are the lowest they’ve been since 1950. In 2009, taxes only took out 9.2 percent of personal income in comparison to the average 12 percent per year over the past 6 decades. In December 2009, the tax burden bottomed out at 8.8 percent. Reasons for the drop in taxes include less sales tax (since consumers aren’t spending as much since the onset of the recession), slashes in income taxes under the Clinton and Bush administrations, and the Obama administration’s stimulus law. Overall, taxes have been cut 23 percent during the recession while personal income has only dropped by 2 percent. Source: USA Today Compiled by Siobhan K. McBride and Lisa Parisio
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Beacon EXHIBITIONS
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Hold the Firefight
A New Counterinsurgency in Afghanistan Text and Photos by James Foley
A journalist embedded with the US 2nd Platoon in remote Kunar province reports on the changing nature of the fight in Afghanistan and the lives of the US soldiers waging it.
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had a nightmare last night that I was in Afghanistan. The solider said it with a smile. The kind that comes from waking up in the dark and for the first few seconds thinking you might be somewhere other than your dirt bunker or a plywood shack at Combat Outpost (COP) Badel. But no, you’re in Kunar, Afghanistan, and the best thing to do is shake off the cobwebs, maybe take a Baby Wipes shower to remove the dust that accumulated overnight on your face and hair, chug a caffeineoverloaded Rip It, put on your boots, and keep busy. Whether it’s pulling guard duty in a Humvee turret, burning trash, lighting the remnants of the out house using diesel fuel, or meeting once again with Afghan elders over their proposed district project budgets, this is home for now. Outpost Badel is a hilltop surrounded by rock-faced mountains and terraced wheat fields separated by stacked stone. Enclosed by an outer cordon of razor wire, fortified by rock and sand-filled cardboard-and-wire barriers, and secured by heavily armored trucks topped with grenade launchers and automatic machine guns, it’s one of the few remaining outposts in lower Kunar province. A small province, Kunar is located in eastern Afghanistan. Known for the prolific rate at which US soldiers have died there—42 US dead in its Korengal Valley alone before that outpost was closed about a month ago—its size is dwarfed by its reputation. Kunar’s corrugated, roadless mountains and deep valleys lead into Pakistan, making it an insurgent and wood smuggler’s haven. Although there are less than 500,000 Kunaris, their history of tribal independence and insurgency dating to the Soviet occupation is a constant challenge to establishing a legitimate Afghan government presence. In mid-December, 2nd Platoon, Able Company, arrived with a full infantry platoon—two dozen soldiers—enough to patrol up into the volatile Badel Valley of their new home. The valley, as most in Kunar, is filled with subsistence farmers living in rock houses or large mud-walled compounds. The farmers wake up early to tend to their fields, goats, and donkeys. Calls to prayer ring out in the mornings, days, and evenings from mosque loudspeakers. Boys seem to play a constant game of cricket in the fallow fields and most girls of a certain age hide their faces. The roads are good at the mouth of the valley thanks to US paving efforts, but soon they start to give way to rocky donkey trails where the distinct crackling of 26 news & politics ChronograM 6/10
gunshots remind everyone that these villagers do not trust the Afghan government and they don’t like the presence ofUS soldiers. Moving mostly on foot, 2nd Platoon scales mountainsides in search of flat spots to put outposts, most of which will not be approved by higher command. They observe illegal wood caches that they really can’t do anything about, and they try to engage with village leaders, some of whom won’t come out to meet them for fear of Taliban reprisals. The soldiers feel they’re hampered from engaging in a more direct fight by the Army’s new Counter-Insurgency (COIN) doctrine and rules of engagement—both devised to prevent civilian casualties and help win over the people. Calling their enemy alternatively mountain fighters and/or Taliban, the truth of the matter is none of the guys on the ground really know if it’s Taliban attacking them, foreign fighters from Pakistan, smugglers, or renegade tribes. The Taliban serves as a euphemism for the “bad guys.” What the troops do know is that most attacks on the outpost come just after dusk, and that if they haven’t been attacked in a few days, it usually means that a more coordinated attack—shooting from multiple positions—is coming. “Just waiting to get hit is really nerve wracking,” said 24-year-old Sgt. David Lopez. “We haven’t been hit in three days. Right now I’m like, ‘Dang man, what are they planning?’ Once you get hit, you’re like, `Thank God, man, that’s it, we should be good for another day and half.’” View From the Hill I last visited the Badel Valley in August 2009. The air was heated with summer humidity and tension surrounding the upcoming national elections. Gunshots, or “harassing fire” as the 10th Mountain soldiers call it, regularly rang down from the surrounding mountaintops. In the six months that have passed between my first visit to Badel and now, some things have changed, but much has not. “Our purpose is to provide security for surrounding towns,” said 24-year-old Sgt. Michael Dolce, who was deployed to Iraq in 2007 where he was wounded by an improvised explosive device. “Our goal is to push out the Taliban. But a lot of times we hang around the outpost doing dumb stuff like filling Hesco [sand-filled cardboard shield] bar-
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Lt. Richard Hill listens to Wali Ula (left) the subgovernor’s right hand man, explaining the Narang district’s budget requests. Narang subgovernor, Gulam Nabi, (right) offers his own opinions, as the Army-paid interpreter translates.
riers and using the little wood we have to build better shelters.” “I tell my wife we pull a lot of guard, meet Afghans, give them stuff,” chimed in Private Finch, a 21-year-old heavy machine gunner. “That we’re trying to turn Afghanistan from a thirdworld country to a country we could visit some day.” In the early morning hours the first day after my arrival, I accompanied a squad of 2nd Platoon’s infantrymen on a patrol through the wheat fields up to a gumdrop-shaped hill in the distance. Climbing it in darkness, they set up defensive positions overlooking the town of Subagar. Some days the troops take fire from the town, which lies on one side of the hill. On the other side sits a cache of smuggled wood. By Afghan law, wood smuggling is illegal, but Afghan authorities are hesitant to impound such caches because of the hidden powerbrokers that control the trade. An hour after sunrise, the squad began to take fire. We scrambled down the mountain, one team covering our backs as another surged forward, and marched, sweat-drenched, back inside the razor wire of COP Badel. That was my first patrol, but counter-insurgency as now practiced by most infantry units in Afghanistan means moving the opposite way from the enemy. Units are more likely to patrol down to district centers and engage the fledgling Afghan district governments and influential elders in something called Key Leader Engagements (KLE). A ubiquitous term, KLE engagements in Kunar are usually initiated by drinking flavorless chai tea with an Afghan subgovernor or police chief, and exchanging formalities such as inquiring how their families are doing before getting down to the business of how to move the district’s Coalition-funded projects forward. In the eyes of the young troops—already combat veterans in their own right— this amounts to a lot of sitting around. But 2nd Platoon’s commander, 24-year-old Lt. Richard Hill, has learned how to make best use of KLEs. “At first I was trying to accomplish a checklist of things, and a lot got lost in the shuffle. Now I just focus on one agenda, whether it’s the quarterly budget or planning a veterinarian clinic day.” Most soldiers pulling guard duty in 100-degree heat outside the district center say they would rather be up in the valley, even if it means drawing the fire of mountain tribes who may or may not be fully Taliban. They say that’s their job.
Budgets over Bullets The infantrymen’s frustration is apparent in all of this. “This deployment, it’s like we’re doing the whole COIN thing, and we’re concentrated way too much into it,” said Sgt. Lopez. “These people are going to take and take and take.They’re not gonna help you. They’re just going to take care of themselves. It’s like we’re getting bullied and pushed more and more out of the valleys,” added Lopez, referring to the recent closing of the Korengal Outpost located several valleys westward. The closing of Korengal was seen as a kind of surrender among many of the young veterans whose friends had fought and died there in 2007-08. But the young officers of Able Company have been indoctrinated into a whole new approach to the conflict—prioritizing the avoidance of civilian casualties while doling out money as an incentive to working with the coalition instead of the Taliban. Gone are the days of measuring successes by the gobs of money given to quasi-corrupt officials—the burning of funds so quickly, some commanders complained, would only increase local corruption. The new approach of Commander Emergency Response Program allocated funding is to carefully distribute US money into the district’s quarterly budget pot, with the stipulation that the local government incorporate better development planning and more democratic practices using a system of elders elected from area villages as decision makers rather than the Afghan equivalent of the smoke-filled back room meeting of powerbrokers and warlords. According to Able Company’s Commander, 32-year-old Capt. Joe Snowden, in Able Company’s area of operations—the three southern districts of Kunar—the reality is that the bulk of the money has been spent on projects that are the “easiest to allocate,” like local wells. This is done in order “to gain quick credibility with the elders as long as they can ensure security.” In other words, the safest places get the money quickest, and the more dangerous places get a little bit of money in the hopes they can be turned around. On the nuts and bolts district level, it still appears difficult for Afghans to trust the Americans at their word, which is that if the Afghans comply with the system, another quarterly budget allocation will follow. The reality is that too many units have come and gone here, leaving a trail of unfinished projects. 6/10 ChronograM news & politics 27
Kunari Afghans favor their traditional decision-making Shura, or council of elders over the complex US system advocating for more voices to be heard on the all-important budgeting process. For example, the Narang subgovernor claimed his district’s various Shuras agreed that the entire quarterly budget be spent on two retaining walls and a water pipe scheme. The price of these three projects was projected at $240,000. “It’s very doubtful that figure is correct,” Lt. Hill said of the contractor’s cost quotes. “Obviously, they’re looking at us as a giant cash cow.” Over the next few weeks, Lt. Hill had to diplomatically reject and help the district re-price the bids without the Narang district subgovernor losing face. Throughout the process the lieutenant faced a subtle but consistent resistance from the subgovernor, who neither really ever agreed nor disagreed to anything while Lt. Hill maintained that the projects were overpriced and more competitive bidding was required. Privately, Lt. Hill said he believed someone was getting a large kickback from the contractor. Recently, the subgovernor complained that the community still hadn’t received any of their submitted project funding. Desperately wanting something to show for all the behind-the-scenes work, Lt. Hill had to deal with redoing mountains of paper work after the initial projects were rejected by his command’s contracting office as “overpriced.” Improvements and Holding Despite the setbacks, bigger villages like the Narang district center have seen jumps in commerce and civilian activity. Toyotas cramped with large families and decorated with decals and tassels slow as they drive by. Convenience store stalls sell everything from cell phone cards to rubber sandals, 7-UP sodas, and cooking oil marked with the USAID insignia. The improvements in commerce are universally attributed to the multimillion dollar paved road connecting the cities of Jalabad to Kunar’s capital of Asadabad. With an increased Afghan police and army presence, the value of actual Afghans as the face of law and order here is hard to calculate, but it’s high. “They are around this time,” said Ssgt. Trevor Petsch, who explained that on this deployment, US troops are getting more support from Afghan police than in the past. “Last time they were afraid of their station being overrun by the Taliban. We had to go down and spend the night with them.” The problems with Afghan forces are endemic to raising a third world force.The soldiers and officers sometimes appear as courageous and concerned fighters and at others they behave like immature teenagers. With the Afghan National Army’s pay increasing to nearly $165 per month for a new soldier in 2010, it’s clearly helping to employ young men who might otherwise join the Taliban. But the Afghan troops often lack training, despite their being equipped with US M-16 rifles. The demeanor with which Afghan soldiers laze around the Outpost listening to music on their cell phones, often avoiding training courses offered by 2nd Platoon is troubling. Yet this could be an indicator of poor leadership, with too little authority in the hands of the lower enlisted ranks rather than a lack of potential. In the time I have been here, the Afghan Army unit attached to COP Badel has been hesitant to initiate their own patrols, despite Lt. Hill’s encouragement. And despite his constant nagging, they still hadn’t manned the guard towers built for them by a local contractor who charged US forces nearly $15,000 per tower. The local police are no better. In the hostile town of Subagar, the district police chief refused to impound a huge cache of smuggled lumber as per Lt. Hill’s request. Obviously, he knew some of the players running the lucratively illicit trade, and might even have been getting his own cut. Comparable to the poppy trade in Afghanistan’s south, lumber in Kunar is a healthy source of funding for insurgents. Some US policy makers believe it makes the most sense to legalize and tax the wood, but reform laws have been held up by intractable legislators in Kabul who are also possibly benefiting in some way from this trade. Back to Getting Shot At For 2nd Platoon, the hesitation on the part of Afghan forces to patrol their area means the deeper the village is situated within the valley, the more likely their troops will get shot at. The village of Qala Wana, located at the mouth of the Badel Valley where a school and well have been built over the years, is friendly, while Subagar, reachable only by a road so rough bigger trucks can’t traverse it, is considered hostile. One morning after an attack on the gumdrop hill, soldiers believed they spotted a man trading an AK-47 to a neighbor on a donkey train coming from Subagar. Weeks later they were engaged in one of the biggest fire fights of their deployment after they dropped off sacks of rice and flour as an opening gesture. Surprisingly, soldiers who are getting shot at are not all pessimistic. “I see us turning some of the villages,” said Sgt. Lopez. “The more we go in, the bigger impact 28 news & politics ChronograM 6/10
we make, and the more villagers see that we’re not afraid.” But frustrations abound with the Catch-22 of a COIN fight. It generally discourages soldiers from going into the valley, precisely because it’s risky and civilians come under crossfire. But soldiers wonder how they can turn village opinion when they can’t meet with the people. Not surprisingly, experienced infantrymen buck at the conundrums of the COIN fight. “Personally, no, I don’t like it,” said 33-year-old Ssgt. Seth Taylor, who was deployed to a neighboring valley two years ago. “But at the same time, when you destroy fighters you feel as if you’ve accomplished something. It’s very hard to feel like you’ve accomplished something in the COIN fight because it takes so long to achieve that miniscule task of winning one individual over to your side, as compared to where you see immediate results with the more kinetic direct combat side.” Lt. Hill understands this viewpoint. He lives full time at COP Badel with his troops, but is beholden to the same rules his company commander is. “It’s a guerrilla war, where they [Taliban] are using our size against us. Everything that goes wrong, whether it’s the Taliban that did it or the Americans, it’s always going to be the Americans’ fault because we’re the big guys. Everyone can see us. We only see the enemy in rare instances,” alluding to the previous night’s brief contact against the enemy after bullets rang down on the outpost. As to what could go wrong, perhaps the lieutenant was thinking of well-publicized incidents of civilian casualties. Like on December 27, when a combined US and Afghan Special Forces group entered the Badel Valley under the cover of night to capture a Taliban commander who, according to intelligence, was holding a recruiting session with young men there. NATO claimed in a statement that Special Forces surrounded the house in their vehicles and called on the young Afghans to come out of the house. None did. Shots were then fired at the Special Forces, who responded with heavy fire. NATO officials later admitted the raid was a mistake. The nine students killed were not members of the Taliban, although there is some dispute as to whether the target had been at the house and escaped just in time. What is clear is that the strike didn’t help 2nd Platoon win over the hearts and minds of any tribal people that night. “Special Forces were in and out, and we were stuck holding the check, cleaning up their mess,” said Lt. Hill of the raid. Believing in the COIN fight, he thinks COIN can be the solution to stop alienating the Afghans. “There has to be a new tactic because we’re the premier force in the world. We can go anywhere and we can do the things we need to do, and we’re going to win. But this isn’t about who has the biggest stick. It’s about who can actually go in and make people believe that what they say is true. Because the Taliban say one thing and we say another. It’s getting the locals to believe that we’re actually here for them.” What Dusk Brings 18:50, COP Badel. It’s dusk, the dangerous time, the antsy time. But it’s easy to get lulled after a few days of no attacks, sitting on a makeshift bench made of the field litter and stacked crates outside the team leader’s hooch, laughing with some of the guys who are filling out the quiz in the back of the sarcastic best-seller Stuff White People Like. Suddenly, there is the crack and whiz of incoming bullets. I run right, but it’s the wrong way, since I’m not going inside the hooch and the team leaders will come charging out in seconds. I spin left and run into Sgt. David Camarillo and Spc. Anthony Cintron, who are scrambling to get into the hooch to grab their armor and rifles. And instead of filming them pouring out of the doorway in helmets and M-4s, I’m concentrating on the red tracers shooting from one of the MRAPs (heavy armored trucks, the acronym being: mine resistant ambush protected). My camera is not focusing in the dark as the guys scramble straight out of the hooch and bound from one sandbagged side to the other of the Humvee. It’s almost completely dark except for a small expanse of light over the upper mountains beyond. It’s quiet for a few seconds. Then 60mm mortars drop in from the mortar pit at the top of Badel, followed by bigger 105mm artillery rounds flying in from Base Fortress15 miles south. Sparks and echoes race across the valley as 155mm artillery shells boom from Asadabad 20 miles north. Hearing the dull launch and whirling in of the shells, and then the earthquake on the backside of the mountain, some guys whoop and holler.They believe the big guns are the only way to nail the Taliban as they flee from their shooting positions. It’s one of the first times 155s have been launched, probably not a coincidence. An enemy rocket-propelled grenade wounded one of 2nd Platoon’s soldier’s—a young private—less than a month ago. For a few minutes they feel they have some support on their hill. According to the private, he was in his makeshift plywood hut, where surplus ammo cans are stored next to his sleeping cot. He heard the
2nd Platoon scales the 3,200 meter hill directly in front of their outpost in search of a good place to put up another overwatch position.
whooshing in of enemy rockets, got up, and started putting his boots on. “I didn’t hear this one coming in, but my whole right side stung. Then Doc ran in and said, Get the f--- to the aid station.” “He was bleeding all down his side,” said platoon medic, Doc Tyler Gossman. “He was talking and moving. His buddies helped drive him to Base Fortress and a bird [helicopter] brought him out.” “My dad was upset,” said the wounded soldier. “But he took it ok.” Pointing to his shaved head where six metal staples were fixed, he added, “In seven more days they’ll take the staples out.” There was another wound in his shoulder and a deeper one in his thigh where shrapnel was still embedded.Waiting to be medically cleared to go back to his platoon, he’ll be confined to Base Fortress to guard trucks because he can’t put his helmet back on yet. “It’s like R&R [leave] without taking it.” It’s hard to imagine why the private would want to go back to the outpost so fast. But this is the kind of camaraderie such a small, rough place like Badel brings. Moments of mind-bending adrenaline are followed by days of boredom—barbequing on makeshift grills, playing cards under generator light, the ever-present mock teasing and occasional bizarre scene just outside their razor wire. Two weeks before, 21-year-old Spc. Benjamin Powell was summoned to the Afghan-manned gate shortly after intelligence reported a possible suicide bomber wearing a traditional Afghan tunic was in their area. Powell ran out with his rifle ready and encountered a wedding party made up of two feuding villages who had decided to meet at the outpost’s gate.They exchanged the bride at the checkpoint to avoid any shooting. “They were all dressed up,” said Powell. “Truthfully, I was just worried about the suicide bomber but the bride, she was beautiful.” No suicide bomber ever appeared. Shooter’s Frustration Nothing can replace prior combat experience.When 2nd Platoon Able Company’s young veterans learned they were going back to Kunar this December, they thought they knew what they were in for. They’d last been there in 2007-08, living on small outposts they built in the Pesh and Korengal Valleys and combating a violent resistance with a great latitude of force—able to call in dozens of bombs to be dropped in a single firefight. Redeployed to Italy in July 2008, they had trouble adjusting to the normal garrison routine after the frenetic pace of Afghanistan. Some said they drank just to fall asleep. Some refused to talk to their wives and fiancées about the details of daily combat. Others got in trouble for driving too fast when they went back to the States on R&R. “We were used to totally owning
the road,” said Spc. Powell, who spent three days in jail for excessive speeding in Colorado. “The judge said he didn’t care if I was a combat veteran.” “It’s a lot of power in the hands of young guys,” Sgt. David Camarillo, 25, said, adding that when he got back to Italy, he didn’t feel all human for a while. Finally, his girlfriend told him if he didn’t stop drinking so much, she’d leave him. That threat helped him get some control. Contrasted with the fight of just two years ago, today’s fight is much more restricted. Guys like Camarillo, Petsch, and Powell are back as team and squad leaders struggling with the meaning of their deployment and how to measure any accomplishments, while at the same time trying to mentor their young soldiers with the urgency and vigilance they know is necessary to survive. “We’re infantry guys and we’re trained to count our victories by the number of bodies we clean up afterwards,” explained Ssgt. Petsch. “It’s a vulgar way to put it, but that’s the truth of it. We’re kind of out of our element. We don’t receive the extensive training required in order to build a government or to help these people who have no idea how to run a government.” Blood-thirsty as they sound, after 20 months in Kunar, the sergeants also understand the civilian complexities more than you’d think young guys attached to their violent computer games would. “Obviously, it’s not a firing range,” said Sgt. Pavel Lazaridi, age 25. “People live here. They raise their kids here. They’ve been here for hundreds, thousands of years. I mean, it’s their home. I understand that. But at the same time, it conflicts with my job. I want the Taliban to fear us. I want them to know we have big guns and that we are not afraid to use them if they mess with us.” Although Lt. Hill’s heart is with his guys, his head is with the COIN fight. “A lot of guys say if we were more aggressive the Taliban would respect that aggressiveness. But they did that for 15 months in 2007-08. These guys were here taking the fight to the enemy. But now it’s 2010. The problem is, it’s a long, long process. We’re essentially building a nation, and that takes a long time.” And time, they don’t have. This month Able Company is finally leaving Kunar, but not Afghanistan. Their whole battalion is moving down to Wardak province, south of Kabul, part of this summer’s troop surge. Once there, they’re going to be building another outpost in an area that hasn’t seen any American troop presence at all. It won’t be a vacation. As for what they left in Kunar, 2nd Platoon can only hope the new unit replacing them stays on the same page with their projects and doesn’t abandon their outpost.To a man, they don’t want to see all their blood and sweat amount to nothing. James Foley is a writer in Afghanistan, follow him at www.aworldoftroubles.com. 6/10 ChronograM news & politics 29
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Tea for You, Tea for Me?
My primary source of news is “The Daily Show.” So what I know about the Tea Party movement is mostly that they’re pretty funny. Bill Maher did a routine wearing a tricorn hat with tea bags dangling down in front of his ears.That was funny too. In a special election in November 2009, the Tea Party backed an insurgent conservative against the Republican candidate in New York’s 23rd Congressional District, along the Canadian border from Plattsburgh to Oswego. They forced out the party’s choice, Dede Scozzafava a moderate. Scozzafava dropped out of the race and endorsed the Democrat, Bill Owens. By a razor thin margin, the Republicans lost the 23rd for the first time since the Civil War. In January, 2010, the Tea Party enthusiastically threw their support behind Scott Brown in a special election to replace Ted Kennedy. Brown won what was supposed to be the safest Democratic seat in the country. The Tea Party claimed credit. When he got to the Senate, Brown voted for the jobs bill. Tea Party members immediately called him a sellout, a traitor, and (ohmigod!) a RINO (Republican in Name Only). But at the end of April they helped drive Governor Charlie Crist of Florida out of the race to be the Republican candidate for US Senate. (Crist is now running as an independent.) Just a year ago, Crist was one of the brightest rising stars in the Republican Party. A moderate, he was touted as a possible vice-presidential candidate in 2008. The English Independent newspaper recently summed up Crist’s fate since then: “He has been strung up in a political crucifixion about as swift and cruel as any you are likely to see in America.” On May 9, the Tea Party helped defeat three-term senator Bob Bennett at the Republican nominating convention in Utah. Bennett was anti-immigrant, anti-abortion, anti-gay, anti-affirmative action, anti-tax, anti-minimum wage, anti-health care, pro-business, pro-oil, pro-offshore drilling, and pro-national security—from wars to wiretapping. Anybody on the left would have thought of him as an unredeemable God and guns enemy of humanity. But Bennett voted for TARP (the bank bailout) and sponsored a bipartisan health care bill (though of course he voted against Obamacare). So he had to go! On Tuesday, May 18,Tea Party candidate Rand Paul (son of Ron Paul, a rare combination of randomly sane and truly loony), was in the Kentucky primary against Trey Grayson to be the Republican candidate for Senate. As Kentucky’s Secretary of State, Grayson illegally purged 8,000 voters from the rolls. Call him a Republican’s Republican. Republicans do. He was endorsed by Senator Mitch McConnell, Dick Cheney Rudy Giuliani, Senator Rick Santorum, and Representative Hal Rogers. He was endorsed, then unendorsed, by Paul Dobson (the beat-your-child-and-your-dog psychologist who founded Focus on the Family). Rand Paul thrashed Grayson. So, we have some questions. What is the “Tea Party?” Who is in it? Should we take them seriously? What effect will they have on national politics and the nation? First off, the Tea Party is not an organized political party. It is a movement. 30 news & politics ChronograM 6/10
They don’t have a platform or an official list of positions. What is certain is that they hate taxes, big government, and Obama. They think of themselves as the defenders of “The Constitution” and the “real” America and are certain both have been, or are about to be, taken from them. They are virulently pro-gun, often because they think that gun ownership—including assault rifles—is the only real defense for when socialist-communist-fascists come to take them away, without warrants, to concentration camps. They are astonishingly popular. According to a Rasmussen poll in April, 24 percent of Americans “identify with” the Tea Party movement. That sounds somewhat terrifying. But they almost entirely overlap the right wing of the Republican Party. (Not that there is a left wing or even much of a centrist one anymore.) In the words of Glenn Greenwald, the movement “is, at bottom, nothing more than a cynical marketing attempt to re-brand the right wing of the Republican Party under the exact same policies and principles which defined it for the last couple of decades.” A lot of their rhetoric, and many of their fears, sound like a mirror image of the Left (and dare I say it, my own) during the Bush years: Washington is broken. Government doesn’t care about real people. Politicians are owned and operated by malignant financial powers (their list is somewhat different, but the “mainstream media” and Goldman-Sachs are on everyone’s). They love Naomi Wolf, who warned against the onset of fascism under Bush in her book The End of America. The Tea Partiers use her lists and logic to see the onset of fascism under Obama. Klein’s The Shock Doctrine describes how free market ideologues use crises to destroy democracy, social welfare programs, and unions. According to the radical right, Obama is part of a vast conspiracy to take advantage of the crash and the recession to destroy capitalism and democracy, and replace it with totalitarian socialism. There are real issues here. The Bush and Obama administrations rescued the banks. But they did not rescue the American worker, American industry, or the real economy. Rich stockbrokers and speculators had their losses made good and are now getting rich again, often because of TARP funds and cheap money from the Federal Reserve, another favorite on everybody’s sinister conspiracy list. Activists are most important during primaries. As they have just demonstrated, the Tea Party can win primaries. They will, without doubt, push the Republican Party further to the right. Or, more precisely, keep it pressed up against the conservative wall, no compromise, no reason allowed. Other factors aside, their strident and ideologically pure candidates will lose general election in swing states. Republican states that are irredeemably Republican will elect polarizing Republicans. To the degree that Democrats fear them, as they have feared the radical right in the past, they will drift further to the right. The Democrats—Liberals, the Left, the Obama Administration—need to articulate some set of clear positions. Along with that, a list of enemies. Nothing brings out the activists like scary enemies. As to the election results this November, and in 2012, it’s the economy, stupid!
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entine, however, acknowledges that law enforcement is a small part of the answer, pointing to residents who’ve launched campaigns to reach out to disaffected youth as a potent catalyst for change. “We’re really put together a group of grassroots organizations that don’t want to see this happen again in Newburgh,” says Valentine. “These groups came from the neighborhoods, like Mothers and Others, many of whom have lost family members to gang violence.We want to talk to these kids and explain to them that it’s not wonderful to be a gang member.You’re going to end up either dead or in jail.” Retail Renewal Chris Hansen, a real estate agent who is also the lead singer of Perfect Thyroid, and his wife, Merle Becker, a documentary filmmaker—she made Saving Newburgh in 2004, about historic preservation and economic development—have been active in conversations with Newburgh officials regarding plans for the area. “The reality of it is that we live very close to Manhattan,” says Becker. “People are getting priced out of Brooklyn, out of New York. Things are starting to turn very quickly.” We are meeting at Wherehouse, a café with a basement barbeque grill and vegan specials, bar with over 100 beers, and music venue in downtown Newburgh that opened when Dan Brown, a former bouncer at Studio 54, renovated the space from a beauty parlor and abandoned upholstery warehouse with a nod to the architectural integrity of the neighborhood.The tin ceiling in the front room remains. Tiles from the ceilings in the back room are embed6/10 ChronograM NEWBURGH 33
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ded in the woodwork of the bar, surrounded by fixtures from an old school on Liberty Street in Newburgh, repainted and then scratched so that some of the original tin shows through. “Someone had to take the plunge to bring people to Newburgh—there’s a bit of a stigma attached,” Brown says. Brown notes there has not been crime in the Wherehouse’s two years in business, nor at Café Macchiato, a café on the corner. Down the street from Wherehouse is Newburgh Art Supply. Michael Gabor, who is featured in Becker’s documentary, owns it with his partner Gerardo Castro. They came up to Newburgh after Gabor moved out of New York’s photography district. The shop stocks a large selection of high-end, environmentally friendly, non-toxic art supplies. Supporting Organizations The local headquarters of Habitat for Humanity, which has been an active presence in the city for over 10 years, are in an antique iron factory. Habitat has rehabbed 40 buildings since it came to town. “There’s incredible art and architecture in Newburgh,” says Marci Gurton, the director of development. “But we need people to come here and work in it and live in it and love it. That’s what Habitat for Humanity does. We bring the working families that are what the community needs so that these buildings can really be preserved.” Restore, a donation-based organization that provides affordable furniture and building fixtures, is a subsidiary of Habitat for Humanity and offers excellent furniture at low prices, including Danish modern and other mid-century pieces. (Just make sure to get there early on Wednesdays and Saturdays, when the shop receives new deliveries.)
Safe Harbors is another Hudson Valley-based nonprofit active in downtown Newburgh. The former Hotel Newburgh on Brodway has been renovated and is now a 125-unit residence house for single adult living at or below the median household income. There are also 12 artist lofts. Safe Harbors is affiliated with Ann Street Gallery, where artists—including residents of the housing units—can show work. The current show, “Sensing Space,” features several artists’ takes on landscape. The organization is responsible for the upcoming renovation of the Ritz Theater, located on Broadway, where performers such as Desi Arnaz and Lucille Ball would stop on weeknights of their tours and where, recently, musicians such as Pete Seeger and the Hudson Valley Philharmonic have played. Some businesses that now dot the former livestock path of Broadway include an ice cream shack with a weatherworn sign, a Pentecostal Church, DMU Music, with an excellent collection of turntables, and Machu Picchu, a Peruvian restaurant with a reputation for roast chicken throughout the Hudson Valley. At night, sedans with spinners sometimes still line up to drag race. They may be the inspiration for Newburgh Free Academy graduate Rob Cohen’s car-fetishist film The Fast and the Furious, which he made after graduating from Harvard University. Artistic Ambitions On lower Broadway, you can find the Newburgh Actor’s Studio tucked behind a bar with a beer sign glowing in the window. The studio is advertised discreetly, on a printed piece of paper. Mark Gamma opened it in 2008 with Keaton Weiss after the two met on the set of a short film. The theater showcased 11 performances in 2009. On a recent Saturday morning, Weiss is help6/10 ChronograM NEWBURGH 35
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Starting to Happen During the 1960s, 2,000 waterfront structures were bulldozed by the city in the process of urban renewal, which included Lyndon Baines Johnson’s decision to partner with Firestone to foster suburban growth with the destruction of urban centers. Unfortunately, a large part of Newburgh’s history was lost, including A. J. Downing’s home. The Yellow Bird Building is one of the only surviving structures along the waterfront. Also remaining is a train station that was designed by Warren and Wetmore, the architects who designed Grand Central Terminal in Manhattan. With assistance from the Newburgh Historical Society, Ray Yannone, a local architect, is renovating the structure, which will eventually hold a branch of Cosimo’s restaurant and a nonprofit playhouse. A stairway at the building’s side will lead to the waterfront and its string of upscale restaurants, including Torches. Yannone was also active in the design of Heritage Park on the accompanying hill, which was redesigned
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ing an actor to determine his objectives in a scene from David Mamet’s play “Glengarry Glenn Ross.” He began to teach at the theater after dropping out of the University of Massachusetts. He graduated from Newburgh Free Academy, which features an arts academy with programs in dance—one dance graduate went on to dance with Mark Morris Dance Company—and theater. It should be noted that the productions at Newburgh Free Academy’s arts academy are carefully directed, with sets designed by Centerline Studios, a local company that manufactures sets for other Broadway performances. Also along (Newburgh’s) Broadway, there is Commodore Chocolatier, run by the Cortsones family, with an extensive assortment of dark, milk and white chocolates prepared in the store and Torino Bakery, with coffee and airy croissants. Veer off Broadway onto Dupont Avenue and find Taco Ticos, a taco shack that specializes in delicacies called meat pies—samosa-like pastries filled with beef, melting cheese and served with a sweet and spicy dipping sauce. Continue along Broadway until you hit Route 300 and make a right to visit Yobo, where Newburgh residents have been enjoying sashimi and sake in Japanese tatami rooms since 1980. If you come into Newburgh from the south, along the river, you’ll pass large propane bins before you start to notice the first warehouses on the outskirts of the historic district and a tall brick structure on the horizon, where the Downing Film Center is located. There, you can see independent releases, such as The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo, a recent Swedish film. Dick Polich purchased the building and named it the Yellow Bird Building after a Brancusi sculpture. “It’s a beautiful city,” says Polich. “There are a lot of problems but many people are proud of the architectural heritage.” After graduating from MIT with a master’s of fine arts in metallurgy, Polich worked in a high-tech foundry for six years before beginning his work with artists. He owns Polich Tallix, a metal foundry on Route 17K in Rock Tavern. The foundry of 100,000 square feet and forty foot ceilings employs 80 people working on commissions for names such as Jasper Johns, Rob Indiana, Nancy Grays, and Frank Stella.
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using original Calvert Vaux sketches. Vaux designed Central Park and came to Newburgh at the suggestion of A.J. Downing, an innovator in American architectural philosophy. Development efforts in Newburgh focus on restoration, as well as on renovation. All buildings in the East End Historic District require review by the Architectural Review Committee, which ensures that the buildings of Newburgh will retain the historic integrity with specifications relating to decoration and construction. Says Giovanni Palladino, a Newburgh resident and architect active with the reconstruction efforts of Leyland Alliance, â&#x20AC;&#x153;I think that we should honor and respect the past. Newburgh was a place of architectural experimentation and if we respect that as long as the scale is right. We donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t want a Frank Gehry in the city.â&#x20AC;? It is an attitude that is shared by others in the community. The cityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s new developments include a new city courthouse on Broadway in June 2009 in the former Broadway School and the addition of a three-story building with a library and art gallery to the SUNY-Orange buildingâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;it will open on Thanksgiving. The outer façade will be brick and cast stone in reference to the character of the neighborhood, while the inner side will mirror the contemporary modern structure in which classes are held currently. Another exciting development was the return of the YMCA to the city. They opened the doors to their new facility on Broadway in April. Newbughâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s crumbling avenues are lined with Victorian, Gothic Revival and Federal-style buildings. The historic district is the second largest in New York State. Unfairly, though, it is often associated with a modernized version of Dickensâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; London set to a soundtrack of hip hop. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re not as bad as the headlines make us out, and we can be better if we help ourselves,â&#x20AC;? says Mayor Valentine. â&#x20AC;&#x153;You canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t beat people over the head. It has to come from the grassroots level. And itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s starting to happen here in Newburgh.
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From Recipes for Parties (Rizzoli, 2010), by Michael Leva, photographed by Pieter Estersohn
Prepping the Party Season
Hosting Stress-Free Summer Shindigs By Anne Roderique-Jones
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ummertime is party time. Be the host who boasts all the best entertaining ideas with tips from our panel of party experts. At the first sign of warm weather, flip-flops, picnic baskets, and Frisbees come out of hiding. As the days stretch and we move outdoors, it gives us an opportunity to share our homes. Entertaining in the summer should be relaxed and fun. It should embrace the bounty of seasonal delights in the Hudson Valley. Whether you have a simple barbecue in the backyard or host a fabulous soiree with a guest list a mile long, we’ve looked to the area’s experts for advice and ideas on what they offer for planning an event that’s unforgettable and stress free. The New Simplicity Michael Leva, who recently penned his first book, Recipes for Parties (Rizzoli, 2010), with textile guru Nancy Parker, has brought his creative genius to the table (he’s senior vice president of design and product development for women’s clothier J.Jill). Leva wrote this book because “[Nancy and I] entertain, we do it well, and we do it often. We’re time-stressed people, and if we can do it, anyone can.” he explains. Leva says that the key to throwing a great party is being well organized, and not getting flustered. “You have to enjoy all of the steps of planning, from the shopping to arranging the flowers. Being incredibly organized by making plans and sticking with a schedule is key. If you do this, you’ll get through it.” Leva’s book is like a party planning bible in this regard. For each themed party, there’s “The Plan,” which instructs you on what to do and when to do it, leading up to
the day of your party. When asked about trends in entertaining, Leva explains, “Everything is more lowkey now. People are less ridiculous. Parties are more refined and simple.” He always advises adding personal elements to your party. He adds, “When you entertain, you’re giving a gift. It’s so much more sincere when it’s personal.” Blue Cashew Kitchen Pharmacy in Rhinebeck will host a book signing for Michael Leva and Recipes for Parties on Saturday, June 19, from 4 to 7pm. Family Style Main Course Catering (they also have a New Paltz restaurant location) has been part of the local, sustainable, organic food movement since before it was a movement. Bruce Kazan, owner and chef, explains that his business is all about “keeping it as local as possible and eating what’s been picked that morning.” Menus are developed based on what’s available fresh from purveyors. “If a client calls for a party in a couple of weeks, I’ll let them know that it will be sugar snap pea season, or when the arugula is going to be awesome,” says Kazan. There’s also a good chance that something in your food or drink will be sourced from Kazan’s own garden. He does what it takes to make it work and keep his clients happy. And when it comes to decor, expect edible centerpieces. Candles are nestled in lemons, and apples and branches are used to make the tables feel homey. The farm-tofamily style is bigger than ever, and while Spanish tapas menus were a trend last year, people are leaning toward the family style of serving at a large community table. 6/10 ChronograM summer entertaining 41
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Turning Japanese Not all summer shindigs need to be about beer and burgers. Surprise your guests with a Japanese party; the theme opportunities are endless. Whether you’re hosting an elegant Japanese dinner or busting out the Dance Dance Revolution, you’ll need food; and you’ll want it to be authentic. Gomen Kudasai in New Paltz offers catering options for parties of 10 to 100.Youko Yamamoto, owner of Gomen Kudasai, explains that “Japanese food is good for summer parties because it is very healthy and has a very clean taste.” Her preparations—many of which have been revised from age-old family recipes—have fresh and cooling ingredients that are perfect for summer. The restaurant also boasts sushi master Makio Idesako, whose list of accreditations is as impressive as his authentic and meticulously crafted hand rolls.
That option could certainly be considered a cheat, but even Michael Leva condones a little cheating—on your menu, that is. In his book, a small section titled “Cheats” is included for each party theme. He writes: “It’s fine to not make all your own food. Just make sure that you’re buying from a good source.”Whether you choose one of the better-than-good sources above or take more of a DIY approach, it’s all about being stress-free in the summertime. RESOURCES Blue Cashew Kitchen Pharmacy www.bluecashewkitchen.com Chumleys BBQ and Catering Company www.chumleysbbq.com Doc’s Trattoria www.docstrattoria.com Gigi Hudson Valley www.gigitrattoria.com Gomen Kudasai www.gomenkudasai.com
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Home Away from Home Doc’s Trattoria is a restaurant that feels like home—perhaps because it actually is a home. The clapboard house with posh interior, owned by husband-and-wife duo Roberto and Paulina Pizzo, is the perfect place to host a party, with homey features like a cozy fireplace and lovely outdoor patio. The couple has been welcoming loyal locals and sauntering tourists to Kent, Connecticut, for the last nine years with their heavily Sicilian menu that’s chock-full of Roberto’s family favorites. “Roberto spent most of his young life in Italy, where he learned the recipes that are on the menu,” explains Paulina. Many of these are popular for catering events. Their most popular party dishes are classic Italian comfort foods that are fresh and simple. Penne Vessuviana and the Chicken and Veal Marsala are favorites. Right on ‘Cue When grill aficionados boast of ‘cue, it’s Memphis, North Carolina, Texas, and Kansas City that are usually name checked. New York is better known for its foie gras and free-range fare. It’s Chumleys BBQ and Catering Company that’s changing the way people think about whose rib reigns supreme in this neck of the woods. Chumleys, owned by Dan Lamier and Jason Gaer started as a tiny hut in the Orange County hamlet of Florida, and has grown into a full-blown restaurant and catering business. A handful of the employees (including Lamier) have a background at the Culinary Institute of America, so there’s no doubt that you’re eating some pretty sweet meat— literally sweet, if that’s what you have a hankering for. One of the sauces that Lamier created is the Root Beer sauce, which renders a sugary soda pop flavor. The Original, made with beer and bourbon, was created “one day when I was drinking with my buddies,” Lamier explains. “We just happened to be drinking these two things and it came about from that.” There’s also a mustard sauce. All three are delicious on the meats—especially the pulled pork, which is the top choice for their catered events. The philosophy at Chumleys is that you should be a “guest at your own party.” This means that Lamier will show up with a server who will be the party’s “mother.” He does all of the cooking on-site, and says that all you do is “sit back and look good”—and enjoy the shindig.
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Hudson Valley Mediterranean Gigi Hudson Valley, owned by chef and registered dietitian Laura Pensiero, brings the Hudson Valley’s finest food from farm to table. Aside from running a cozy trattoria in Rhinebeck and a market in Red Hook, Pensiero also wrote HudsonValley Mediterranean (William Morrow Cookbooks, 2009), a primer for incorporating local ingredients into sophisitcated dishes. Gigi specializes in entertaining—or rather, helping the client to entertain. Brianna Drohen, director of catering and sales, says, “We like to help you entertain and make your event shine.” Whether it’s a country feast in a 100-year old barn, a picnic in an apple orchard, or an upscale gala, Gigi’s Mediterranean-style menu is always local and seasonal. They also do some fantastic personalized events. Drohen says, “You give us a theme and we’ll create a menu.” And don’t be surprised if you meet the farmers who raised the beef in your lunch. Drohen points out, “We work to create a synergy between the farmers to the chefs to the clients here.”
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museums & galleries ALBANY INTERNATIoNAL AIRPORT GALLERY ALBANY INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, ALBANY (518) 242-2241. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Material Witness.â&#x20AC;? Through June 20.
THE ALDRICH CONTEMPORARY ART MUSEUM 258 MAIN ST., RIDGEFIELD, CONNECTICUT (203) 438-4519. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Jo Yarrington: Ocular Visions.â&#x20AC;? Through June 6. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Paying a Visit to Mary: 2008 Hall Curatorial Fellowship Exhibition.â&#x20AC;? Through June 6. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Sleeping Under the Stars, Living Under Satellites: Sarah Bishopâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Cave.â&#x20AC;? Jeanne Finley and John Muse. Through June 6. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Tom Molly.â&#x20AC;? Through June 6. â&#x20AC;&#x153;White Box: Photographs of the Unseen Museum.â&#x20AC;? Chad Kleitsch. Through June 6.
ALLIUM RESTAURANT + BAR 42 RAILROAD STREET, GREAT BARRINGTON (413) 528-2118. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Works by Mark W. Mulherrin.â&#x20AC;? Through June 30.
ASK ARTS CENTER 97 BROADWAY, KINGSTON 338-0331. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Local High School Exhibition: Rondout Valley.â&#x20AC;? June 5-26. Opening Saturday, June 5, 5pm-8pm. â&#x20AC;&#x153;That Great Canvas, the Sky.â&#x20AC;? June 5-26. Opening Saturday, June 5, 5pm-8pm.
BAU 161 MAIN STREET, BEACON 440-7584. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Carla Goldberg: The May Night Maidens.â&#x20AC;? Through June 8.
THE BEACON INSTITUTE FOR RIVERS & ESTUARIES 199 MAIN STREET, BEACON 838-1600. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Water, Water, Everywhere.â&#x20AC;? Through October 3.
bearsville graphics studio gallery 68 tinker street, woodstock 684-5476. â&#x20AC;&#x153;From the Bronx to The Woodstock.â&#x20AC;? Works of art by Woodstock-area artists who grew up in The Bronx. Ronnie Jai, Lenny Kislin, Anthony Krauss, Lois Linet, Maralyn Master, Basha Ruth Nelson, Istar Schwager, Joanne Pagano Weber, Karen Whitman. June 13-June 21. Opening Sunday, June 13, 1pm-4pm.
BELLE LEVINE ART CENTER 521 KENNICUT ROAD, MAHOPAC 628-3664. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Evolution.â&#x20AC;? Through June 18.
CABANE STUDIOS 38 MAIN STREET, PHOENICIA 688-5490. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Group Show: Featured Artist David H. Drake.â&#x20AC;? Through June 30.
CARRIE HADDAD GALLERY
FRIDAY JULY 2 8:00 P.M.
622 WARREN STREET, HUDSON (518) 828-1915. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Dots, Lines and Figures.â&#x20AC;? Paintings by Jeff Briggs and Ben Shecter, works in mixed media by Donise English, and the bronze sculptures of Michael McLaughlin. Through July 4.
CARRIE HADDAD PHOTOGRAPHS 318 WARREN STREET, HUDSON (518) 828-7655. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Lependorf & Shire: Field of View.â&#x20AC;? June 3-July 31. Opening Saturday, June 5, 6pm-8pm.
CENTER FOR CURATORIAL STUDIES BARD COLLEGE, ANNANDALE-ON-HUDSON 758-7598. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Works by Phillippe Parreno.â&#x20AC;? Through December 19. â&#x20AC;&#x153;At Home-Not At Home.â&#x20AC;? The Martin and Rebecca Eisenberg Collection. June 26-December 19. Opening Saturday, June 26, 1pm-12am.
CENTER FOR PHOTOGRAPHY AT WOODSTOCK 59 TINKER STREET, WOODSTOCK 679-9957. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Andrew Neumann: Partly Cloudy Mostly Sunny.â&#x20AC;? June 12-August 29. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Photography Now: Either/And.â&#x20AC;? June 12-August 29.
COLDWELL BANKER VILLAGE GREEN REALTY GALLERY AT WORK 268 FAIR STREET, KINGSTON 331-5357. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Nadine Robbins: Portraits.â&#x20AC;? June 1-July 31. Opening Saturday, June 5, 5pm-7pm.
CORNER CAFE 1191 RT. 9W, MARLBORO 236-1550. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Painting and Photography Exhibition by Naomi E. Kennedy.â&#x20AC;? Through July 2.
CRAWFORD HOUSE 189 MONTGOMERY STREET, NEWBURGH historicalsocietynb@yahoo.com. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Eye of an Artist, the Mind of a Photojournalist.â&#x20AC;? Ralph Aiello. Through December 31.
DAVIS ORTON GALLERY 114 WARREN STREET, HUDSON www.DavisOrtonGallery.com. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Animal: Photographs by Elliot Ross.â&#x20AC;? June 3-27. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Seeing Pink: Photographs by Lisa Kessler.â&#x20AC;? June 3-27. Both shows opening on Saturday, June 12, 6pm-8pm.
DONSKOJ AND COMPANY 93 BROADWAY, KINGSTON 338-8473. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Women, Cats and Dogs.â&#x20AC;? Stacie Flint. June 5-26. Opening Saturday, June 5, 5pm-8pm.
DUCK POND GALLERY
87 MARSHALL STREET, NORTH ADAMS, MASSACHUSETTS FOR TICKETS, CALL 413.MoCA.111 OR VISIT MASSMoCA.ORG IĂąigo Manglano-Ovalle Sol LeWitt Material World, InVisible
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128 CANAL STREET, PORT EWEN 338-5580. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Coleman High School Art Department.â&#x20AC;? June 5-26. Opening June 5, 5pm-8pm.
ELLENVILLE PUBLIC LIBRARY 40 CENTER STREET, ELLENVILLE 647-1497. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Rochester and Wawarsing Sampler: Early Town Records from the Ulster County Archives.â&#x20AC;? Features copies of archival documents from Rochester and Wawarsing spanning the centuries, from 1671-1909. Through June 30.
One Mile Gallery 4-Color 1/4 Page
The Mailing Works Millbrook, New York 845.677.6112 www.themailingworks.com
F O U N TA I N P R E S S Amenia, New York 845.373.8800 www.fountainpress.com
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museums & galleries
1938 Newburgh Milk Strike, Ralph Aiello
museums & galleries
Through the end of the end of the year at the Newburgh Historical Society, “The Eye of an Artist...the Mind of a Photojournalist,” photographs by the longstanding photographer Ralph Aiello, for the Newburgh Evening News, will be exhibited.
FLAT IRON GALLERY
JOIE DE LIVRES GALLERY
105 SOUTH DIVISION STREET, PEEKSKILL (914) 734-1894. “Fresh Facets.” Mixed media paintings and oils by Denise Petit Caplan. June 3-30. Opening Sunday, June 6, 1pm-5pm.
19 MAINSTREET, SALISBURY, CONNECTICUT (860) 248-0530. “Berenice Abbott: Portraits & Places.” Photography exhibition. Through July 31.
FOVEA EXHIBITIONS 143 MAIN ST, BEACON 765-2199. “HAITI: January 12 2010.” By Ron Haviv. Through June 10.
HUNTER VILLAGE SQUARE, HUNTER (518) 263-2060. “ART21x2.” Second annual juried exhibition featuring works by local and regional artists between the ages of 16-21. Through June 6.
G.A.S.
KENT ART ASSOCIATION
196 MAIN STREET, POUGHKEEPSIE 486-4592. “Musicians Who Make Art.” Group exhibition of paintings and sculptural musical instruments. June 5-July 11. Opening Saturday, June 5, 5pm-8pm.
GADALETO’S SEAFOOD RESTAURANT 246 MAIN STREET, NEW PALTZ 255-1717. “The Sea.” Photographs and paintings by Joan Barker. Through June 13.
GALERIE BMG 12 TANNERY BROOK ROAD, WOODSTOCK 679-0027. “Keith Carter: By Twilight.” Through June 28. Opening Friday, June 18, 7pm-8pm.
GALLERY AT B&G WINES
KAATERSKILL FINE ARTS
21 SOUTH MAIN STREET, KENT, CONNECTICUT (860) 927-3989. “Spring Show.” Through June 6.
KINGSTON MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART 105 ABEEL STREET, KINGSTON www.kmoca.org. “The MARK Show.” Group show featuring regional artists taking part in the MARK program, which addresses the concerns of artists living outside of New York City. June 5-30. Opening Saturday, June 5, 5pm-7pm.
KLEINERT/JAMES ARTS CENTER 34 TINKER STREET, WOODSTOCK 679-2079. “North of New York: The New York School in the Hudson Valley and Beyond.” Through June 13. “Markings: Clay and Ink from the Japanese Tradition.” Jeff Shapiro and Noriko Maeda. June 19-August 1. Opening Saturday, June 19, 4pm-6pm.
ROUTE 23, HILLSDALE (518) 325-4882. “A Disappearing Icon.” An exhibition of barn paintings by Bob Crimi. July 1-31. Opening Wednesday, July 7, 5pm-7pm.
LA BELLA BISTRO
THE GALLERY AT R & F
LOCUST GROVE HISTORIC SITE
84 TEN BROECK AVE, KINGSTON 331-3112. “Ancient Voices through Modern Eyes.” Encaustic figurative paintings by Francisco Benitez. June 5-July 24. Opening Saturday, June 5, 5pm-7pm.
2683 SOUTH ROUD, POUGHKEEPSIE 454-4500. “Going Home.” oil paintings by Ellen Metzger. Through June 20.
GAZEN GALLERY OF ART 6423 MONTGOMERY STREET, RHINEBECK 876-4278. “Spring Awakening Show.” New artists Elaine Ralston and Demi Theoharis as well as other Hudson Valley artists. Through June 14.
GCCA CATSKILL GALLERY 398 MAIN STREET, CATSKILL (518) 943-3400. “Define the Decade.” Multi-media group show featuring provocative works that present controversial issues, frame recent history and use traditional and new media to convey the sense and texture of the decade. June 19-August 14. Opening Saturday, June 19, 5pm-7pm. “Outside the Lines 2010: Greene County Youth Exhibit.” Features artwork in all media by Greene County students grades K-12. Through June 12.
194 MAIN STREET, NEW PALTZ 255-2633. “Petals and Wings.” Photographs by local artist Diane Grant Melnick. Through June 2.
MILL STREET LOFT’S GALLERY 45 45 PERSHING AVENUE, POUGHKEEPSIE 471-7477. “Elizabeth Dama the Studio: Art Installation & Retrospective 1975-2010.” June 19-July 10. Opening Saturday, June 19, 5pm-7pm. “Voted Most Likely 2010.” Juried high school visual arts exhibit. Through June 12.
MONTGOMERY ROW SECOND LEVEL 6423 MONTGOMERY STREET, RHINEBECK 876-6670. “Moments of Longing.” Solo exhibit by Mimi Czajka Graminski. June 4-July 27. Opening Saturday, June 19, 5pm-7:30pm.
MUROFF KOTLER VISUAL ARTS GALLERY SUNY ULSTER, STONE RIDGE 687-5113. “Future Voices V.” Art exhibit featuring Ulster County high school student art from Saugerties, Onteora, Wallkill, Kingston, Marlboro, Rondout, Highland and John A. Coleman Catholic schools. Through June 11.
HUDSON BEACH GLASS
newburgh historical society
162 MAIN STREET, BEACON 440-0068. “See Without Fear.” Sculpture by Tony Moore. Through June 6.
189 montgomery street, newburgh 561-2585 “The Eye of an Artist.” Photos by Ralph Aiello. Through December 31.
HUDSON OPERA HOUSE
NICOLE FIACCO GALLERY
327 WARREN STREET, HUDSON (518) 822-1438. “Clemens Kalischer.” Recent photographic works. Through June 5.
336 WARREN STREET, HUDSON (518) 828-5090. “Upstate II.” Through June 5. “Myths of the Near Future.” Joan Banach, Daniella Dooling, Elliot Green, Zohar Lazar, Les LeVeque, John Lees, Jason Middlebrook, Ken Polinskie, Kathryn Spence, and David True. June 12-July 17. Opening Saturday, June 12, 6pm-8pm.
HUDSON VALLEY CENTER FOR CONTEMPORARY ART 1701 MAIN STREET, PEEKSKILL (914) 788-0100. “Double Dutch.” Featuring Alon Levin. Through July 26.
JOHN DAVIS GALLERY 362 1/2 WARREN STREET, HUDSON (518) 828-5907. “Works by Andrew Dunnill.” Roman Hrab, Jennifer Mazza, Jonathan Parker, Philip Heilman and Mark Tambella in the Carriage House. Through June 20.
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OLANA STATE HISTORIC SITE 5720 STATE ROUTE 9G, HUDSON (518) 828-0135. “Fern Hunting among These Picturesque Mountains: Frederic Edwin Church in Jamaica.” June 6-October 31. Opening Sunday, June 6, 10am-12pm.
THE OLD CHATHAM COUNTRY STORE CAFE GALLERY VILLAGE SQUARE, OLD CHATHAM (518) 794-6227. “Abby Salsbury: Mono-prints and Etchings.” June 6-30. Opening Sunday, June 6, 3pm-5pm. “Patrick Casey: Oil Paintings.” Through June 2. “Roger Mason: Oil Paintings.” July 4-28.
OPEN SPACE GALLERY 510 MAIN STREET, BEACON 765-0731. “Patterns beneath the Surface.” Through July 2.
ORANGE HALL GALLERY ORANGE COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE, MIDDLETOWN 341-4790. “Essence and Spirit.” Photography show by Madelyn Livoti-Garstak. Through June 13.
ORIOLE 9 17 TINKER STREET, WOODSTOCK www.PeterBrandt.com. “Painted: Abstract Views of Architecture.” Photography exhibit by Peter C. Brandt. Through June 15.
POSIE KVIAT GALLERY 437 WARREN STREET, HUDSON (917) 456-7496. “Kira Greene: Paintings.” Through June 7. “Jason Baerg: New Paintings.” June 12-July 19. Opening Saturday, June 12, 6pm-8pm.
RE INSTITUTE 1395 BOSTON CORNERS ROAD, MILLERTON www.theReInstitute.com. “Nose to Nose.” Works by Jen P Harris, Sarah Kipp and Oscar Strodl. Through June 13. “Paintings by Michael Davidson.” June 27-July 30. Opening Sunday, June 27, 7pm-10pm.
RED EFT GALLERY 159 SULLIVAN ST, WURTSBORO 888-2519. “Scapism.” Through June 19.
RIVERFRONT STUDIOS 96 BROAD STREET, SCHUYLERVILLE 695-5354. “Retrospective of Work by Lucy Cadou Kettlewell and George Wilson.” Through June 25.
RIVERWINDS GALLERY 172 MAIN STREET, BEACON 838-2880. “Enlightened Eyes.” Paintings by Gayle Clark Fedian and Robert Trondsen. Through June 6.
ROOS ARTS
museums & galleries
449 MAIN STREET, ROSENDALE info@roosarts.com. “Mark, Paper, Scissors.” Featuring works by Jason Gubbiotti, Travis Head, Nancy Murphy Spicer, Mia Pearlman, Adie Russell, Erik Schoonebeek, and Tamara Zahaykevich. Through June 26.
SAMUEL DORSKY MUSEUM OF ART SUNY NEW PALTZ, NEW PALTZ 257-3858. “Carolee Schneemann: Within and Beyond the Premises.” Through July 25.
SEVEN21 MEDIA CENTER 721 BROADWAY, KINGSTON 331-0551. “All the World’s a Stage.” Installation and exhibit of paintings by Hugh Morris. June 5-30. Opening Saturday, June 5, 5pm-8pm.
TIVOLI ARTISTS CO-OP 60 BROADWAY, TIVOLI 758-4342. “Good Eats.” Exhibit about food. June 4-27. Opening Saturday, June 5, 6pm-12am.
TWISTED SOUL 442 MAIN STREET, POUGHKEEPSIE 705-5381. “Photography Hannah Brenner-Leonard, Michelle Labriola and Richard Solinger.” Through June 12.
“Work by Ann Marshall.” June 19-August 12. Opening Saturday, June 19, 5pm-7pm.
UNFRAMED ARTIST GALLERY 173 HUGUENOT STREET, NEW PALTZ 255-5482. “Flower Power.” Through June 13. “Words and Images.” Poetry and painting exhibition. June 19-August 14. Opening Saturday, June 19, 4pm-7pm.
VARGA GALLERY 130 TINKER STREET, WOODSTOCK 679-4005. “Works by Michael Hunt & Andrew Wible.” Through June 6.
THE WEST POINT CLASS OF 1929 GALLERY AT EISENHOWER HALL 655 PITCHER ROAD, WEST POINT www.hudsonhighlandsphotoworkshop.org. “Visual Escapes.” Juried exhibition of member photographs. Through June 5.
WOODSTOCK ARTISTS ASSOCIATION AND MUSEUM 28 TINKER STREET, WOODSTOCK 679-2940. “The Beauty of Discord: Selections from the Permanent Collection.” Through June 6. “Brooklyn Memories.” Ivan Koota. Through June 6. “Celebrating Augusta Savage, Faces of Childhood Project.” Artwork inspired by the life and art of Augusta Savage created by Rebecca Mulford’s 4th grade class from Grant D. Morse Elementary School. Through June 6. “Metamorphosis.” Exhibition exploring artist interpretations of impermanence. Through June 6. “Selections from the Permanent Collection.” Through June 6. “Arts for Ulster Collaborative Exhibition and Fundraiser.” 50 artists, 50 works, 50 great causes. June 12-July 18. Opening Saturday, June 12, 12pm-6pm.
WOODSTOCK SCHOOL OF ART 2470 ROUTE 212, WOODSTOCK 679-2388. “Regional Exhibition 2010.” June 12-August 7. Opening Saturday, June 12, 3pm-5pm.
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by peter aaron
Warm-Up Sets
2010 Summer Music Festivals
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es, it’s that time. Time to finish thawing out from the long Hudson Valley winter and take our well-earned rewards amid the far friendlier climes and unmatched beauty that surrounds us. Which, to music lovers, can mean only one thing: Summer music festival season is here once again. Thanks to the recent Truck America festival and this month’s WDST Mountain Jam (June 4-6), the outdoor-leaning concert period is already under way in fine style, but there remains no lack of thrilling musical happenings to add to your calendar for the next few months.Whether you’re looking for rock, classical, jazz, or folk/roots sounds, there’s at least one festival on the near horizon with a seat or lawn-blanket space waiting just for you. In what looks to become a Chronogram tradition, here’s our second annual rundown of the best the upstate summer music season has to offer. While there were certainly several always-worthy festivals mentioned in 2009’s overview that aren’t covered below—Tanglewood, the Rosendale Street Festival, Bethel Woods, Bard SummerScape/Music Festival—we’ve decided this year to highlight some perhaps less familiar examples among the expected recurring favorites. So drive safe, don’t forget that sunscreen, and enjoy. We’ll see you beneath the blue sky. Clearwater (June 19-20) Famously started by Pete Seeger in the early ’70s as an ongoing benefit for river cleanup efforts, the Clearwater Great Hudson River Revival—better known as, simply, Clearwater—happens every year at the river’s edge, in Croton-on-Hudson’s Croton Point Park. Like Seeger himself, the gathering embodies environmental activism (green and nature exhibits), family (children’s activities), folk arts (storytelling, crafts), and, of course, music. Joining the founder this year are Steve Earle, David Bromberg, Sean Colvin, Buckwheat Zydeco, Joan Osbourne, the Felice Brothers, C.J. Chenier, Slavic Soul Party, and many more. www.clearwater.org.
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ADAM FREHM www.adamfrehm.com
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Beacon Riverfest (June 26) Happening in Seeger’s hometown of Beacon, just up the Hudson from Croton Point, is the inaugural Beacon Riverfest. Put together and funded with donations collected by local musician Stephen Clair and his tireless crew, the hopeful little fest is certainly off to a great start. Held at the city’s beautifully renovated Riverfront Park, this free sunshine soiree presents sets by New York’s legendary garage rockers the Fleshtones, Grammy-nominated Woodstock singer-songwriter Tracy Bonham, and top Brooklyn alt-country/jam band Yarn. www.beaconriverfest.com. Freihofer’s Jazz Festival (June 26-27) The Saratoga Performing Arts Center (SPAC) hosts some of the most recognized names in jazz, blues, and soul every year at this gala sponsored by Freihofer’s bakers. On the main stage this season are Al Jarreau with the George Duke Trio,Taj Mahal, Ahmad Jamal, Al DiMeola, Gladys Knight, Ramsey Lewis, Stefon Harris, Juan DeMarcos and the Afro-Cuban All Stars, and New Orleans clarinetist Evan Christopher. The smaller gazebo stage offers famed Polish trumpeter Tomasz Stanko, singer Alyssa Graham, saxophonist Ralph Lalama, bassist Linda Oh, percussionist Steve Kroon, and many more acts. www.spac.org. Maverick Concerts (June 27-September 5) America’s oldest continuous summer chamber music festival, Maverick is a must even if you’re just a curious classical fan. Now in its 95th year, the festival’s historic hand-built hall in the forest outside Woodstock is a magical acoustic temple that features jazz, folk, and avant-garde among its signature chamber billings. In addition to return performances by the venerable Tokyo String, Miro, and Shanghai Quartets, Maverick’s 2010 schedule includes Trio Solisti, pianist Fred Hersch, composer Steve Reich playing Drumming with percussion ensembles NEXUS and So Percussion, and, for its Woodstock Legends series, folksinger Happy Traum and reed player Steve Gorn. www.maverickconcerts.org.
Abbey Braden © All Tomorrow’s Parties 2009
above: the flaming lips at the 2009 all tomorrow’s parties. opposite: the crowd in the rain at the 2009 grey fox bluegrass festival.
Belleayre Music Festival (July 3-September 4) In addition to its gorgeous mountaintop setting, Belleayre is adored for its striking variety of top-name acts. The annual series is managed by the Belleayre Conservatory, a group of community and business leaders formed in 1990 amid fears that the host ski center in Highmount would close down due to slow off-season business. On the roster this year are Ricky Skaggs & Kentucky Thunder, Patti LuPone, Charlie Daniels, the John Scofield/Joe Lovano Quartet, Aaron Neville, a Buddy Holly tribute,Tchaikovsky’s first piano concerto by the Belleayre Festival Orchestra with soloist John Covelli, children’s events, and a singer-songwriter program with Joseph Arthur and Nicole Atkins. www.belleayremusic.org Grey Fox Bluegrass Festival (July 15-18) Falcon Ridge Folk Festival (July 23-25) These two time-tested blowouts are among the East Coast’s most rabidly anticipated folk/roots hootenannies, and justifiably pull in acts and attendees from around the around the globe. Recently installed in its new home of Oak Hill, the award-winning Grey Fox has been the subject a film (2004’s Bluegrass Journey) and a BBC-TV documentary. This year’s bookings include Sam Bush, Kathy Mattea, David Grisman, Crooked Still, Bill Keith, Railroad Earth, the Gibson Brothers, the Greencards, and more. Falcon Ridge, which takes flight yearly in Hillsdale, covers folk dance as well as music and, like Grey Fox, encourages on-site camping. Among its 2010 performers are Eliza Gilkyson, John Gorka, Red Molly, the Kennedys, Gandalf Murphy and the Slambovian Circus of Dreams, Jimmy LaFave, and others. www.greyfoxbluegrass.com; www.falconridgefolk.com. Wilco Solid Sound Festival (August 13-15) Beloved alt-rock unit Wilco performs at and curates this intriguing three-day summit at cutting-edge arts complex MassMOCA in North Adams, Massachusetts. Besides two sets by the band itself, the event boasts individual performances by Wilco side projects the Nels Cline Singers, Glenn Kotche’s On Fillmore, Mikael Jorgenson’s Pronto, and John Stirrat and Pat Sansone’s the Autumn Defense. Also promised are live comedy, art installations, and exhibits like the Solid Sound Stompbox Station, an interactive guitar-pedal display created and demonstrated by band guitarist Cline, along with a concert-poster silkscreening demonstration, workshops, films, video installations, and DJ sets. www.massmoca.org Phoenicia Festival of the Voice (August 13-15) Lovers of the vocal arts should head up the mountain roads to Phoenicia’s Parish Field for the picturesque town’s first-ever Festival of the Voice.The weekend begins with a concert by world-renowned coloratura soprano Elizabeth Futral and goes on to include a performance ofVerdi’s “Falstaff ” conducted by Metropolitan
Opera maestro Steven White and starring Met baritone Louis Otey, and closes with a stunning grand combined choral finale. In between the main acts are a performance by Native American singer and flutist Joseph FireCrow and pianist Justin Kolb; musical theater; Baroque and sacred concerts; and, of course, kids music by town resident Uncle Rock. www.PhoeniciaVoicefest.com. All Tomorrow’s Parties US (September 3-5) The third installment of this most civilized and forward-thinking UK-born indie gathering takes place once again at Kutshers Country Club in Monticello, and may even surpass the to-die-for bills of its previous years. The opening night, one of ATP’s celebrated Don’t Look Back segments of acts performing an album in its entirety, presents Iggy and the Stooges playing Raw Power, Mudhoney doing Superfuzz Bigmuff (plus early singles), Sleep with Holy Mountain, and in their first-ever US show, Australia’s Scientists playing Blood Red River. Day two has SonicYouth, the Breeders, Tortoise, Bardo Pond, Explosions in the Sky, and more; while the Jim Jarmusch-curated closing day has Wooden Shjips, Hope Sandoval & the Warm Inventions, Raekwon, the Brian Jonestown Massacre, the Vivian Girls, a Sunn O)))/Boris team-up, and more. www.atpfestival.com. Just Over the Horizon Lake George Elvis Presley Music Festival and Competition (June 3-6) The name says it all. Presley pretenders pit pelvis against pelvis, and everything’s Elvis. Lake George. www.lakegeorgeelvisfest.com. Rochester International Jazz Festival (June 11-19) Herbie Hancock, Jeff Beck, Gladys Knight, Keb Mo, Bernie Williams, John Pizzarelli. Rochester. www.rochesterjazz.com. Syracuse Jazz Festival (June 25-27) Natalie Cole, Jeff Lorber, Boz Scaggs, Gil Scott-Heron, Richie Havens, Richard Bona. Syracuse. www.syracusejazzfest.com. Grassroots Festival of Music and Dance (July 22-25) Merle Haggard, Burning Spear, Arrested Development, Rusted Root, Donna the Buffalo, Railroad Earth. Trumansburg. www.grassrootsfest.org/festival/. Chenango Blues Festival (August 20-21) Guitar Shorty, John Hammond, Watermelon Slim, Marcia Ball, the Carolina Chocolate Drops’ Dom Flemons. Norwich. www.chenangobluesfest.org. 6/10 ChronograM music 51
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Bearsville Theater www.bearsvilletheater.com
Sean Kershaw & the New Jack Ramblers/ the Greyhounds/Hank Hall
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June 4. Get ready to rumble! This primo rockabilly/country roundup at top trash shack the Basement throws together three roots-tootin’ greats for a whole mess o’ fun. Brooklyn greasers Sean Kershaw & the New Jack Ramblers’ track “Coney Island Cowboy” ably encapsulates their brand of shit-kicking honky tonk, and while there’s no local shortage of chain wallet-toting, rockabilly-flavored acts, the Greyhounds are the area’s only true rockabilly band, digging deeper than the usual, tired Social Distortion schtick. Georgia’s Hank Hall clearly owes his hat to Hanks I, III, Snow, and Thompson—no bad thing at all. (Whitestreet and Casanova Frankenstein bring the rap and funk June 16.) 8:30pm. $5, $7. Kingston. (845) 338-0744; www.myspace.com/thebasement744.
Saturday June 19
Perrotta Record Release Party
(845) 679-4406/ Box Office Hours Tues. – Fri. 12 – 4pm
Friday June 4
Woodstock Film Festival Presents
9 a special screening of “Smash His Camera” a film by Academy Award winning director Leon Gast
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Marco Benevento Trio and Charlie Hunter Terry Adams (of NRBQ) Rock and Roll Quartet
Sunday June 20 9 Adrian Belew with special guest Joey Eppard Thursday June 24
Zappa Plays Zappa
Friday June 25
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All Love, All Woodstock
A Benefit Party with Constance McMillen and the ACLU
Saturday June 26
9 Ida, Babe the Blue Ox, Johnny Society
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and the Mommyheads–Benefit for the Jan Kotik Fund 12 pm
TOSH 1
(Son Of Legendary Wailer’s Peter Tosh) with special guest We Must Be
Most Thursdays
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June 5. Sarah Perrotta’s 2008 album The Well (Independent) won glowing raves for its rich treasure of ethereal, piano-based gossamer pop. Now leading a trio that bears her name, the ex-Outloud Dreamer vocalist has moved from The Well ’s ghostly Kate Bush/Tori Amos vibe to explore edgier rock sounds on the long-awaited follow-up, Tonight (Independent), which looks to be another stunner. This celebratory performance at the Rosendale Theater promises live video-art projections and an aftershow party across Main Street at Bywater Bistro. 9pm. $8. Rosendale. (845) 658-8989; www.perrottamusic.com.
Doverpalooza June 5. The turbulent economy’s devastating impact on schools across the country has certainly been one of the more distressing stories in the news lately. But it’s an unexpected slap of reality that the epidemic has even hit Dover Plains, in largely upscale Dutchess County. Due to budgetary cutbacks, Dover High School’s band, which marched in this year’s New York Saint Patrick’s Day Parade, is facing an uncertain future. This benefit at the school with pop punk bands the Jukebox Romantics, Big Sister, and Lost in Society aims to help, and adds to the warm feelings with a chili contest boasting a $200 grand prize. 1pm. $10, $15. Dover Plains. (845) 832-4250; Chris.Rand@doverschools.org.
Chris Lind June 18. Besides being a dazzling singer-songwriter a la Jeff Buckley and Nick Drake, Brooklynite Chris Lind is also an accomplished Hawaiian slack-key guitarist who studied with the masters and whose music has been featured on TV’s “Smallville.” The son of a classical flutist, Lind has absorbed and been influenced by everything from Great American Songbook standards to indie rock. For this return to the suave Chill wine bar, however, he’ll be in appropriately intimate cocktail jazz mode. (Classical guitarist Dan Stevens strums June 4; saxophonist Dave Friedman blows in June 19.) 8:30pm. Free. Beacon. (845) 765-0885; www.myspace.com/chillwinebar.
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June 25. Texas sidewinder Johnny Winter is the long-reigning badass king of blues-rock guitar. His landmark LPs for Columbia during the late ’60s and early ’70s are essential, scorching blasts of stinging slide and hard-boogie grunt. Chicago elder blues statesman and harmonica virtuoso James Cotton, 75, is the legendary Little Walter’s foremost heir; in fact, he replaced the late harp god in Muddy Waters’s band in 1954. Both these paragons on the same bill? The Egg will fry, to say the least. (The Doors’ Ray Manzarek and Robbie Krieger break on through June 10; Mary Chapin Carpenter chimes in June 24.) 7:30pm. $29.50. Albany. (518) 473-1845; www.theegg.org.
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cd reviews Jayna Nelson Bloom of Creation (2009, Sunjump Records)
He didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t know it at the time, but pianist and label owner John Esposito was giving something precious to Woodstock resident and flutist/piccolo player Jayna Nelson: â&#x20AC;&#x153;He was giving me a gift.â&#x20AC;? What was to become Bloom of Creation was a live performance recorded in 1999 on a DAT tape. After being missing for a decade, Esposito found it and decided to release it on his Sunjump Records. The creative fire of Bloom of Creation came from the embers of Espositoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s A Book of Five Rings. Half of the players of that albumâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;Nelson, Esposito, trumpeter Matt Schulman, and drummer Peter Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Brienâ&#x20AC;&#x201D; gigged together for a spell and then, with the addition of bassist Francois Moutin, bore Bloom of Creation at the now defunct Alterknit venue of New Yorkâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Knitting Factory. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Fact: Re-Bluesâ&#x20AC;? is a free-kinda-blue tour de force exemplifying the bandâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s ensemble-ness with the members stretching into each otherâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s musical space without creating a crowded sound. The coffee-table piece is â&#x20AC;&#x153;Timâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Brain,â&#x20AC;? which assigns players to either half of the human brain to musically interpret its emotional and thinking processing. This is Nelsonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s bailiwick: Sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s an Interactive Metronome provider who assists in training the brain to â&#x20AC;&#x153;process information more effectively.â&#x20AC;? Her other focus is her playing that possesses a balanced logic and earthiness (â&#x20AC;&#x153;Indah Dreams,â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;Star Seed,â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;Junk DNA Danceâ&#x20AC;?) and intricately weaves her sound into the fabric of a composition (â&#x20AC;&#x153;Agarâ&#x20AC;?). With the Bloom of Creation, Nelson has landscaped an organic milieu that is openly defined. www.sunjumprecords.com. â&#x20AC;&#x201D;Cheryl K. Symister-Masterson
Jill Stevenson & Adam Widoff Where Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re Not (2009, Independent)
Since 2003, Hudson Valley-to-Brooklyn chanteuse Jill Stevenson has been releasing radio-ready music that encompasses pop, rock, folk, and funk. While she has flirted with soul in the past, on Where Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re Not, local multi-instrumentalist Adam Widoff takes her to the altar and marries her to it. Widoff, a collaborator with Toshi Reagon, 420 Funk Mob, and Robert Wilson, makes an effective foil for keyboardist-guitarist Stevenson. This is her finest work yet. For Where Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re Not, Widoff and Stevenson holed up in Stoney Clove Lane Studio, performing and co-producing two covers, a co-write, and three Stevenson originals. Both sonically and thematically, this is a rich 25 minutes, with dizzying love (â&#x20AC;&#x153;Mr. Perfectâ&#x20AC;?), social unrest (â&#x20AC;&#x153;AmTrack,â&#x20AC;? by another local, Chase Pierson of Mechanical Bull), post-breakup desolation (â&#x20AC;&#x153;How Late Is It?â&#x20AC;?), and more. A cover of Dylanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x153;Girl From the North Countryâ&#x20AC;? showcases the aching romantic longing that is Stevensonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s strong suit. Throughout, a compelling rawness and emotional depth comes through, a deeper strata of soul than weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve previously heard from Stevenson. While the vintage gear employed here evokes an Al Green-meets-Beatles familiarity, Where Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re Not is not without surprises: a bracing, time-shifting scene change in the WidoffStevenson co-write â&#x20AC;&#x153;Donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t Sound Alarm,â&#x20AC;? an almost-playful sadness to the title track, and, most compelling, a shift from minor to major that makes resignation a thing of beauty in â&#x20AC;&#x153;How Late Is It?â&#x20AC;? www.jillstevenson.com. â&#x20AC;&#x201D;Robert Burke Warren
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John David Schraderâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s influences are obviousâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s had an earful of Springsteen, Mellencamp, Clapton, and all manner of classic rock in his years, and a formal musical and media education has earned the top-notch performer five ASCAP awards. But thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s nothing of a poser here. Schraderâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s lyrics expound struggles on the street that â&#x20AC;&#x153;beat his ass to the ground,â&#x20AC;? life-threatening illness, and the anger and loss of a young boy that shaped him into the tenacious survivor he is today. On this third recording, he mingles guitars, drums, keys, and vocals to create a full-band sound; he also wrote, produced, mixed, and recorded the CD himself. Surprisingly, the record begins with a graceful original instrumental by the Moscow Session Orchestra that breaks into Schraderâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s head-punching, multi-layered signature sound, complete with upbeat horns and an intense, bitter rasp telling off the woman who gave him a â&#x20AC;&#x153;Shockâ&#x20AC;? with a few four-letter words. He gets out his ya-yas on â&#x20AC;&#x153;Dirtâ&#x20AC;? and â&#x20AC;&#x153;Ainâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t That Man,â&#x20AC;? spitting out catchy hard-rock grooves that seethe with pissed-off pride. Even the occasional ballad, such as â&#x20AC;&#x153;Better Than Me,â&#x20AC;? is solidly heartfelt and relate his hell and hope. Heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll play Skytop Steakhouse in Kingston on July 23. www.johnschrader.com. â&#x20AC;&#x201D;Sharon Nichols
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SLAM DUNK Charles R. Smith Jr. Celebrates His People by Nina Shengold
Photograph by Jennifer May
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uzzing with anticipation, the photography students at Croton-Harmon High School besiege teacher Nicole Ezagui. One needs help loading her Nikon; another moans, “Ms. Ez, my camera is being a butthole.” Minutes later, their classroom guest strolls in, unruffled by the driving directions mix-up that’s made him late. The Coretta Scott King Award winner for My People (Atheneum, 2009) wears a purple polo, chinos, and spotless white sneakers, with two gear bags slung over his shoulder. Athletically built, with a shaved head, trimmed goatee, and a Hawaiian bracelet tattoo above his right wrist, he radiates confidence as he stows his equipment and turns to the class. “My name is Charles, full name Charles R. Smith Junior. I’m a professional
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photographer, poet, and children’s book author.” For the next five hours, he will hold them in thrall. After introducing three of his cameras—a 35mm digital, the medium format Mamiya RZ he used to shoot My People, and an impressively huge 1940s Graflex Super D 4x5—Smith takes the class outdoors for a hands-on assignment, shooting portraits of student athletes. He goes over some composition basics—”Change your perspective. Get on your belly, get up in the bleachers. Don’t just take pictures, make pictures”—and sends the students onto the field. He roves around offering tips, then reconvenes the group for advice about working with models.
“If I’m taking a portrait of Newt Gingrich—he’s an in-your-face politician. I want to get in his face, I want our interaction to be tense,” he says, noting that while “a painter can add a smile, photographers have to make it happen. I photographed O. J. Simpson after the trial and I’m still alive, so I must be doing something right.” He chooses a boy in a red hoodie to pose by a lacrosse goal, doing a quick demonstration shoot with Polaroids. “This is so cool,” one of his young charges whispers to a friend. Smith seems to agree. Though he does 40 to 50 school visits a year, this photography class is a change of pace from his usual schoolwide PowerPoint career presentations and smaller-group writing workshops. Over a chicken parmesan sandwich in the faculty lunchroom, he discusses his 20 book projects as writer and/or photographer, his childhood in greater Los Angeles, and how he got here from there. An early reader, Smith started writing in grade school. He didn’t gravitate toward photography until eleventh grade, when he took an elective to write for the yearbook. “There were only three of us, so we had to do everything,” he says. “I took a lot of sports pictures because I played a lot of sports.” Photography ignited his imagination. He attended the Brooks Institute of Photography to learn technique, because “I had all these images in my head, but I didn’t know how to do them.” After college, Smith moved to NewYork, where he worked as an assistant to celebrated portrait photographer Gregory Heisler. As he tells the students, “I carried equipment—a lot of equipment.We’d shoot Halle Berry one day, Julia Roberts the next, John Travolta the next.” While Heisler shot covers for Time, GQ, and ESPN, his young assistant reloaded cameras, labeled film, and “learned how to deal with high-profile people— what to do if Travolta is having a tantrum, or how to tell an older man you need to put makeup on his shiny head.You learn about taking control. It’s almost like you’re directing a film.” His photo assignments took him to Paris, Tokyo, Italy, and Mexico, where he spent a month photographing luchadore wrestlers. On an NBA All-Star shoot for TV Guide, he got to hang out with Shaquille O’Neal, Michael Jordan, Charles Barkley, Dr. J, Larry Bird, and Wilt Chamberlain. Smith grew up shooting hoops, and his love of the game provided an entry to freelance magazine work and children’s books. Inspired by a Museum of Modern Art retrospective of Roy DeCarava’s Harlem photos, taken over four decades, Smith found himself thinking, “What could I photograph for 30, 40 years and not be bored? The answer was basketball. I took my camera out every single day, and photographed people playing on street courts.” He included his favorite shots in the seven portfolios he kept in constant circulation, hand-carrying them to magazines’ drop-off days and to publishers. He was angling for a job photographing book covers when an editor said his street basketball photos would make a good children’s book. Smith offered to write it. The resulting book, Rimshots: Basketball Pix, Rolls, and Rhythms (Dutton, 1999), “put together three things I love: sports, writing, and photography,” Smith asserts. “If art is your medium of expression, what you love becomes your subject matter.” He developed the text from notebooks he’d kept while shooting the photos—nicknames, taunts, snatches of dialogue—and his own memories. The first poem, “I Remember,” uses the title phrase 23 times; the typography punches the words in Lakers purple and yellow. Rimshots’ photos are printed in sepia tone—“something you don’t see in kids’ books at all,” Smith notes. Twenty years and 20 books later, he chose sepia again for My People. Langston Hughes’ 1923 poem is a mere 33 words: The night is beautiful, So the faces of my people. The stars are beautiful, So the eyes of my people. Beautiful, also, is the sun. Beautiful, also, are the souls of my people.
In an afterword, Smith asks, “How do you translate words into pictures?” and describes how he looked to Hughes’s “study in simplicity” for answers. “To me, the words celebrate black people of differing shades and age, so I wanted to show skin color as bright as the sun and as dark as the night; I wanted to show the newness of a newborn smile and the wisdom of wrinkled skin.” Three generations participated in My People—Smith photographed his daughter and two sons (“I’ve always got three free models”), and the dedication includes a snapshot of “Charles R. Smith, the original” in his sailor uniform. Other models included friends, neighbors, and workout buddies from Gold’s Gym in Poughkeepsie. Smith’s wife Gillian, a former retail manager who now works full-time with her husband, was born there, and when she was expecting their second child, the Smiths left their Brooklyn apartment and bathtub darkroom behind. “We love the Hudson Valley,” says Smith, who seems to leave it more often than he’d like. Last week he flew home from Chicago, coached his son’s Little League game, then drove three and a half hours to another school visit in Morrisville, New York. He aims to give writing students “confidence and courage.” “We all have so much in our heads all the time, we don’t know what to write down,” he says. “I try to make a direct connection—whatever pops into your head, write it. Once it’s on paper, you have something to work with. Kids are afraid to create. Even kids who like to write are afraid of doing it wrong.” A few years ago, Smith took his own advice. After completing Twelve Rounds to Glory: The Story of Muhammad Ali (Candlewick, 2007), his longest text to date, he “wanted to keep it going, see if I could write a novel.” He unearthed a story fragment about four teenage boys in his LA neighborhood and sent it to his agent, who urged him to finish it. Smith sat down and wrote the first draft of Chameleon (Candlewick, 2008), proudly telling himself, “I did it, that’s done.” As imposing as writing a young adult novel sounded at first, he found prose easier than poetry. “Verse is like writing in another language,” he explains. “There’s rhyme, certain rhythms, a certain pace. It can’t be too long for a picture book—there are very specific parameters. With fiction, you can write whatever you want.” Like Chameleon’s 14-year-old hero, Shawn, Smith went to school in gritty, gang-riddled Compton while living in Carson. But while Smith has a younger sister and stayed with his grandmother after school, only-child Shawn must caretake an alcoholic aunt and make a fate-altering choice. In spite of these fictional glosses, Shawn feels very much like a portrait of the artist as a young man. Though it’s Smith’s only book without illustrations, Chameleon’s images reveal a photographer’s sense of composition. Here are Shawn and his friends after a hot summer’s pickup game: “The five of us took over a couple of benches and stretched our exhausted bodies. Lorenzo sprawled on his back as usual while Trent sat on top of the same bench next to him. Andre and Randy took over another bench, spreading their wings like wings and extending their legs like landing gear. I stretched my limbs across the cushy green grass in front of both benches and exhaled; that last game wiped me out.” Smith’s current projects include a biography of Jimi Hendrix and I Am the World, a follow-up to I Am America (Cartwheel, 2003), a book he was inspired to do after a girl at one of his presentations put her head in her arms and groaned, “Sports again?” He also wants to try a middle-grade series. “It’s a fun age to write for, but tough. The story has to be exciting, but the language has to be simple.” Smith recently told thebrownbookshelf.com, “I would particularly love to do a series that has the same appeal as Percy Jackson or Harry Potter, but featuring black characters, without the focus on them being black. Black people could fly too, ya know.”
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2010 SUMMER READING ROUNDUP
By Susan Krawitz, Gregory Schoenfeld, and Nina Shengold Bedtime reading is even more delicious when the alarm clock’s not set for an early schoolbus wake-up. These new books by Hudson Valley residents and visitors promise hours of happy page-turning. Read on!
PICTURE BOOKS Beautiful Yetta: The Yiddish Chicken
Ladybug Girl at the Beach
Daniel & Jill Pinkwater
Jacky Davis & David Soman
Feiwel and Friends, 2010, $16.99
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Oy caramba! When brave, clever Yetta (organically raised by upstate softie Farmer Flegleman) flies the coop outside a Brooklyn butcher shop, she’s overwhelmed. But after rescuing a refugee parrot, she becomes mamaleh/mamacita of a new urban flock. The Pinkwaters’ triligual ode to avian solidarity is a read-aloud hoot, with Yiddish and Spanish transliterations and irresistible art. Reading 6/5 at 2pm, Oblong Books, Rhinebeck.
In the third installment of the Rosendale husbandwife team’s New York Times best-selling series, Lulu’s enthusiasm for the beach falters when she comes face to face with waves ... big, loud, and scary. There’s still sun, sand, and ice cream to enjoy, but Lulu yearns to cool off. Luckily, her alter ego Ladybug Girl isn’t afraid of anything! Over the Rainbow
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Judy Collins, music & lyrics by Harold Arlen & E.Y. Harburg,
Dave Horowitz
paintings by Eric Puybaret
Putnam Juvenile, 2010, $16.99
Imagine/Peter Yarrow Books, 2010, $17.95
Rosendale’s Dave Horowitz (Duck, Duck, Moose; Five Little Gefiltes) returns with another delightfully illustrated caper, peopled by hard-nosed salespigs, mud-latte-drinking frogs, and three blind mice on a skateboard. Following the marketing mishaps of a bear and fish haberdashery duo, this lively story offers a little bit about business and a whole lot about pleasure.
Puybaret’s deep teal skies and stylized graphics animate the little-known intro and instantly recognizable lyrics of Dorothy’s yearning ballad. Folk legend Judy Collins (who was named after Garland; who knew?) brings her liquid-silver soprano to the included three-song CD. Collins will appear 6/15 at 5pm, Oblong Books, Rhinebeck.
Face to Face With Penguins Yma Momatiuk and John Eastcott National Geographic Society, 2009, $16.95
Based in Hurley but boasting a portfolio from around the world, this award-winning nature photography team presents scintillating images of penguins in their native habitat, Antarctica’s Summer Island. Coupled with a narrative loaded with facts and insights into these hardy and captivating birds, the stunning photography truly brings the reader right into the penguins’ icy backyard.
Nothing But a Dog Bobbi Katz, illustrated by Jane Manning Dutton Juvenile, 2010, $16.99
“A thing, no matter how special, is still a thing. A dog is something else,” writes noted children’s poet and anthologist Katz, a Kingston resident. This charmingly illustrated reissue of a book first published in 1971 will speak straight to the heart of every child who has ever pined for her very own pet. The Little Piano Girl
Firehouse!
Ann Ingalls and Maryann MacDonald, illustrated by Giselle Potter
Mark Teague
Houghton Mifflin, 2010, $16
Scholastic, 2010, $16.99
Greene County writer-illustrator Teague’s old-fashioned firehouse, staffed by co-ed Dalmatians, a bow-tied Boston terrier, and playful mice, is a place any child would enjoy hanging out. Making cinematic use of high and low angles, Teague’s paintings fill every frame with bold color and careening action. Buster Keaton would love it.
When Mary’s family moved to Pittsburgh, she didn’t have shoes to wear to school or a single friend to play with, but when she sat at a piano, people crowded close to listen. Based on the true story of legendary jazz pianist Mary Lou Williams, this affirmative book features engaging illustrations by Kingston artist Potter.
Girls Are Not Chicks Coloring Book Jacinta Bunnell & Julie Novak PM Press, 2009, $10
This progressive coloring book is as much a must-have for 40-year-old children as for toddlers. Following up on 2004’s Girls Will Be Boys Will Be Girls..., Bunnell teams with musician/provocateur Novak for a feminist (humanist!) joyride that presents coloring fun and messages that reverberate after the finished work hits the fridge. Grab your crayons, and remember: “Don’t get trapped inside someone else’s pumpkin.”
Uncle Andy’s Cats Written and illustrated by James Warhola G. P. Putnam’s Sons, 2009, $16.99
Uncle Andy’s two Siamese cats had babies and more babies, and soon his house was crawling with cats, all named Sam. Based on the life of the author’s uncle Andy Warhol, whose true-to-form solution for slimming his feline population was to give them 15 minutes of fame.
Young Zeus Henry in Love Written & illustrated by Peter McCarty Balzer & Bray, 2009, $16.99
Chloe, the loveliest girl in Henry’s class, can turn cartwheels and run very fast, but does she really like Henry, or just want his blueberry muffin? Caldecott Honor winner and Dutchess County resident McCarty adds to his fabulous picture book oeuvre with this timeless tale of a first crush.
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Written and illustrated by G. Brian Karas Scholastic, 2010, $17.99
You think you’ve got problems? Zeus’s mom gave him to a goat, and his paranoid father swallowed his brothers and sisters. Time to take over the family business! With abundant humor and child-friendly artwork (including some supercool monsters), the Rhinebeck author of The Village Garage moves effortlessly from hometown heroes to Olympian gods.
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Adventures of a Cat-Whiskered Girl Daniel Pinkwater, illustrations by Calef Brown Houghton Mifflin Books for Children, 2010, $16
This third romp for a character originated in The Neddiad features flying saucers, an island full of wild things, a Catskill dwerg, a date with destiny, and a mythical and affectionate portrayal of 1950s Poughkeepsie (not necessarily in that order). More classic Pinkwater here, which means nonstop cheeky fun. Reading 6/5 at 2pm, Oblong Books, Rhinebeck.
Cinderella Cleaners: Change of a Dress and Prep Cool Maya Gold Scholastic, 2010, $5.99
Thirteen-year-old Diana likes to try on other peopleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s lives by borrowing clothes that come into her familyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s drycleaning business. The first and second in a new series by multitasking Stone Ridger Gold, these books blend tweenage fantasy, dimensional characterizations, and emotional authenticity. Appearing 6/5 at 2pm at Kingstonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Barnes & Noble.
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A pitch-perfect evocation of the disorientation, heartbreak, and silver-lining sense of community experienced by three young New Yorkersâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;two gay, one straightâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;in the hours, days, and months after 9/11. Nick & Norahâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Infinite Playlist author Levithan remembers exactly how teenagers feel, and how they behave to mask those feelings, or (finally) share them.
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I missed you so much,
you and i and not him or her
It felt like my heart was shrinking.
are not like most people we are like ourselves
—Akanksha Robison (7 years)
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Saturday Morning: A Sonnet
Looking Across
Lets try to start things simply. First, I woke, and heard the rain beat on the windowpanes; I paused and listened, loving when it rains— the morning misty as though drenched in smoke. I didn’t speak--the rain spoke for me then, as I got up, made coffee, eggs and toast and moved through all these actions as a ghost moves through its dying motions once again. After we finished breakfast and you left, I started bread to rise and ran a bath and sinking into it, began to laugh because this felt like heaven, and like death— to be so all alone, nowhere to go but to be still, and watch the curtains blow.
Lo, that the universe of the mind of mankind hangs precarious on a razor’s edge. Like a child Breathing in like believing in breathing out after inconceivable moments pass. Like its birth The exaltation of inhalation through lungs once flooded now free Like death Becoming dirt and water plants devour what is left of them Like life Eternal ecstasy of pain productive for the love of its mother Consuming Self and others, enemies, lovers sneaking glances at the gulf beyond their single blade.
—Meghan Sterling
Make Your Mark
Mothers in the Morning They cherish that space between the pensive and the performance Before the bells of flatware or the press of bathroom doors Before the questions and requests the lists and laundry The space they share with only the slow maneuver of light
—Daniel Buzi
So, you want to make your mark. Rush down to the sea. Flip off a sandal and stamp a footprint in the damp sand. Then, guard it day and night. —Bert Shaw
Willing to slip from beneath the warmth of covers Avoiding the creak of bones and stairs stealth among the silence That ephemeral space between The dark and the light before the rising calls and beckons her to duty —Suzanne B. Gillette
Blossoms an army of white blossoms advances, retreats, advances, retreats on a black wet road. they weave around the wheels of industrious, cheerful cars. (did you know Polish troops fought German tanks on horseback?) pink blossoms, blood. wind’s foghorn desists, and blossoms cluster in piles, sheltering one another from nightfalling rain. a giantess’s hand descends upon the blossoms, tossing them into the air, into the light of a streetlamp, into battle again. she dances a little, but then the giant says “i am apprehensive about everything.” the giantess replies “are you apprehensive about me?” silence while blossoms advance, retreat, advance, retreat.
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The Art of Screaming
Two Years After the Death of My Mother
Understanding Anita
If this business of writing is inaccessible to anybody (I mean anybody) they are merely a person who rarely listens to silence
i reach inside myself trying to erase the desire to be rocked over and over
If a hurricane, Ophelia. Sensing someone behind watching her hips swivel beneath the long dress. A half-turn of the head, dark, plain firm profile, the steady look that says, “you’ll do what I want.”
because what I’m doing is essentially related to a parlor trick; it’s an occupation where the job, the interview are one and the same: It is the art of screaming, it is custom, perfume, the present, sleeping trophy. You take a drag on a cigarette, pull the first whisper of smoke out with the last, call it a poem, and toss the butt into the building’s wreckage.
silent music the color of your eyes plays out of me in the form of a smile i am a bowl of flowers soft-petaled and carnal mouth open to the storm my death will be a curling inward i will breathe out the water i will become the air —Trina Porte
I’m Not From this Century
—Richard Lopez Don’t blame me. I’m not from this century.
Wikipedia Birthday Song at this exact moment, I have been twenty-five for twenty-four minutes and I learned something, just now
Kim Jong-il is afraid to fly he’ll only go by train, to visit Putin or go see a movie, maybe one starring Elizabeth Taylor (his favorite)
and of course this makes me think of that birthday card you made me on purple construction paper, with the picture of Kim’s grinning face
Yes, this is excellent— blaming things on 8 or 9 year old kids. It’s about time they took some responsibility for this mess. They’re why we took on this debt. Let them figure it out. —John Blandly
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Pursed
I stared at the blank white wall Grayed with wear The carpet etching pointed patterns on my knees
and maybe at this exact moment he’s out there somewhere, riding on a fast and quiet train, having live lobsters flown in, dreaming about basketball and golf
and I’m right here, just sitting and you’re over there, wherever that is (probably Yonkers, NY) and all three of us are worrying, because we’ve been having a lot of bad dreams lately, and we’re wondering what it means —Jess Charest
Rebukes come more slowly from behind now. Pursed, my eyes fixed on an elusive spot that scurries across the wall. I am wanting, not moving. —Meredith Lawder
If a city, New Orleans. Not a cold virtuous doer of occasional good deeds. Loved for being free of guile and greed. Innocent despite the fog of alcohol and smoke. A salty tear of the sea. If anything, the tide. Water catching dull green from a cannery wall, tossing it into a brightness. She stands in unraked sand looking out at the foam tinged with red, blood of the coming storm. —Bob Sharkey
Pond Dreaming I’d heard the Roe Jan Kill feeds the pond after passing through Hillsdale and Copake farmland. Slipping into its marshes I explore each possible opening passing cattails and yellow-flowered lily pads into stagnant pools green-almost-black gnat-filmed and fronds-thick. Undergrowth—syrupy Medusa locks, braided dreads—grabs my paddle and as backwaters dead-end I reverse, circle out of tight spots, maneuver around storm-toppled trees. A seeming dead end opens through reeds I barely part. Then I see it— bending, winding, shallow stream— light-filtered. On its banks, roots exposed, severed, as if cut by a saw. I sit still as light announces itself then bows to the next frame, and try to catch the light until my eyes melt into the kill. —Cecele Allen Kraus 6/10 ChronograM poetry 59
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PEEKSKILL Building an Arts-Friendly City By Goldee Greene
P
eekskill could be nicknamed Hill ‘n' Dalesville. This northernmost Westchester city was built on a bunch of mini-mountains overlooking the Hudson. Major hills like Mortgage, Chapel, Drum, Fort, and Society range from 300 to 400 feet high, with 600-foot Jacobs among the highest. Blue Mountain Reservation is over 700 feet, rising within city limits before spilling over southwards into Yorktown Heights. Peekskill’s variable topography suits its evolving persona. Settled by the Dutch in the 1600s, it is reawakening like other Hudson River towns after decades of urban decline. Its 24,000 residents—including business owners, newly located artists, artisans, and other professionals—seem to relish the rarefied sensation of change within the context of solid, granite stability. And as a whole they’re feisty enough to fight for history, the environment, and people-friendly communities. “More and more we see people coming to Peekskill to do work they’re passionate about,” says Mayor Mary Foster, in her spacious City Hall office on downtown Main Street and Nelson Avenue. The ebullient Pace Universitytrained CPA is in her second term. “Writers, chefs, web designers, music teachers, videographers—the list goes on and on. And the passion for their work goes back into the community. We’re bringing Peekskill back to life with our diversity. Over 30 languages are spoken here. Nonostentation in Peekskill is key. “You don’t have to have million-dollar mansions to have a great neighborhood. What’s more important are things like landscaping, fencing, litter-free fences and fresh coats of paint,” says Foster. Chris Marras is the economic development specialist hired by the city’s Department of Planning and Development. “My job is to help business reten-
tion and use the success of the arts community to get Peekskill on the public’s radar screen,” he says. “We’re working with city landlords to find artists for live/work lofts.” This is an expansion of the city’s successful 28-unit Peekskill Art Lofts, which provides affordable housing for professional artists. Another vital connection between the city, business, and artists will be huge murals, coordinated by the Peekskill Arts Council, painted between the arches on the new Route 9 overpass. City of Artists Larry D’Amico is president of the Peekskill Arts Council, formed in 1995, with over 100 members. Many have come to Peekskill to live at Peekskill Art Lofts. His light-filled, duplex art studio where he creates stunning acrylic landscapes would be the envy of any artist. Housed in the old Field, Library built in 1845, on the corner of Union and South, the space is currently dominated by the beginnings of the city’s next outdoor mural. “The Collaborative Mural Project invites seniors to partake in making large works of lasting, public art, thanks to grants from the Andrus Foundation. We’ve already produced two, based on Van Gogh’s Sunflowers and Roses and Oleander that are already installed. The third here will be more abstract, based on the gridlike work of Sean Scully,” D’Amico says, indicating the work-inprocess set up on a huge table in the center of the studio. “Each artist paints a square for a combination of designs that make up the whole.” PAC member Sone Tower added her insight. “This is an art town, so people are always saying we need more art. And we have so many great ones, like Carla Rae Johnson, Wilfredo Morel, Susan Weinreich, Wendy Garber at the 6/10 ChronograM peekskill 65
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Flatiron Gallery, and so many others.” The Peekskill Arts Council will be hosting its 13th annual open studio tour on June 5 and 6, when the public can visit 32 artists in the spaces where they work, and a dozen special exhibitions will be displayed in galleries and museums across the city. Visual art is not the only creative engine in town. In April, HBO was in town to film a remake of Mildred Pierce starring Kate Winslet. The crew temporarily transformed parts of the city into 1930s Los Angeles. Local residents, including City Historian John Curran, were hired as extras. Law of Attraction The Peekskill Business Improvement District started in 1995. More than installing and maintaining fragrant flowerpots and banners, it produces concerts and other events. President Patty Villanova, a skillful textile designer and owner of Side Effects/NY boutique, has a wistful demeanor a bit like Dylan’s “Sad-eyed Lady of the Lowlands.” “I remember when this town was booming when I was a kid in the ‘50s," says Villanova. "Shops of all kinds, bars, restaurants, parades, movies at the Paramount, you name it. And crowds of people out and about.Then in the ‘70s, things just closed down. People moved out and the city seemed just a shell. In the ‘90s, artists starting coming to live in lofts, and now young professionals in their thirties and forties are really attracted to Peekskill. Let’s face it: This is one of the last places in Westchester where you can get a house that is reasonably priced." At the corner of North Division and Park, William Powers, acting president/CEO of the Hudson Valley Gateway Chamber of Commerce, emphasizes the city’s primary focus over the past 10 to 15 years. “We’re utilizing artists, their artwork, and skills to really incorporate them into the community,” he says. “Artists from all over the region come here because it’s an artist-friendly
town. Between the business community, artists and local government, it’s been a good blend and that’s good for the economy. Also, the Paramount Center for the Arts is an incredible anchor.” The 1,500-seat Art Deco masterpiece opened in 1930 with The Big Pond starring Maurice Chevalier and Claudette Colbert. Now it has been spectacularly renovated and presents about 60 concerts a year by headliners such as Doctor John, the Beach Boys, and Smokey Robinson. Longtime faves like the Bruised Apple Bookstore, Division Street Grill, and the Peekskill Coffeehouse still top every Peekskill-phile’s list. But downtown’s girth is expanding beyond the North Division corridor as increased traffic from shoppers and diners support businesses. “This is not a one-street town anymore!” notes Ted Bitter, owner of the 15-month-old Bean Runner, located in a former hairnet factory. This elegant yet cozy restaurant’s 1850 brick walls prominently display local artwork. It also features a large children’s playroom and a music performance stage. “We have jazz, R&B, and pop music every weekend, and the joint is jammed,” he says. The Birdsall House is another recently opened old-made-new hot spot, featuring small production breweries—with an emphasis on New York—and farm-to-table cuisine powered by local providers. The city’s diverse Hispanic presence offers not only Mexican, but Guatemalan, Columbian, Puerto Rican, and Cuban cuisines. And Ruben’s Cafe on North Division serves a mixed bag of music along with Mexican fare. Hello, Yellow Brick Road All Peekskill foothills eventually lead to the river, with a spectacular view of the Bear Mountain range. Riverfront Green Park, with public waterfront access, is adjacent to the Metro-North station. One could never tire of seeing a southbound train coming `round the mountain from Garrison, arriving in 6/10 ChronograM peekskill 67
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Let There Be (Energy-Efficient) Light LEDs on the Walkway over the Hudson By Mark Gerlach Bridge photo by Mike Sibilia
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s the sun set on May 15, a pink pastel glow illuminated the horizon near the Walkway Over the Hudson.The entrance on the Poughkeepsie side was loaded with Walkway goers. An elderly couple strolled by holding hands, a bicyclist leisurely weaved through the crowd and a woman walked her pocket-size dog. African drummers and the Riverbank Banjo band entertained passersby. They had all turned out to watch the LED lights along the Walkway get turned on for the first time. Tickets cost $5, and the sold-out event attracted 3,000. At about nine o’clock the crowd thronging the bridge was perched 212 feet above the Hudson River, eagerly waiting to see the bridge glow. And then, all of a sudden, the white lights flashed on, one by one, until the entire span was lit. An impromptu chorus erupted, singing “Blinded By the Light,” the Bruce Springsteen song that shot to the top of the charts in 1977 after being revamped by Manfred Mann’s Earth Band. Red Hook resident Gregory Coston said of the lighting, “It was very pleasant. We enjoyed it and we’ll come back for sure.” Lighting the Way One man said earlier that week that he planned to be down below taking a photograph of the event. That man is Andy Neal, the brains behind the LED light project. When asked what he thought of the LED lights along the world’s longest pedestrian bridge, Neal said, “The basic concept is awesome. Some stuff I would change, but you’ve really got to think it’s the first time its ever been
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done on the planet, so obviously there are things that you would do differently if you were to do it again.” Neal said the white lights on the Walkway are a “very special color” and compared them to a reading lamp. “It is very pleasing on the eye,” he said. “This planet is in big trouble and you have more than enough energy in this country to be self-sufficient you just have to change the way you use it. You don’t need to be building any more Indian Points,” said Neal, founder of Poughkeepsie-based Andy Neal Lighting (ANL). The company, which designs and sells prototypes for advanced LED lighting systems, also goes by the name LITgreen. According to their website (www.andyneallighting.com), ANL provides LED fixtures that can help save about 80 percent of energy, are lead and mercury-free and have a lifespan of three to five times longer than traditional fluorescent lamps. An LED can stay lit for up to four hours a night for 30 years. The more than 81,000 LEDs strung along the mile-and-a-half Walkway cost about $1.80 an hour to run. “Our innovative system makes it possible to light the entire Walkway with as little energy as it takes to operate an average home clothes dryer,” Neal said in a press release. “At this very moment we are moving from the season of lights into a new age of light that will change the world.” (The lights will only be turned on for special events for the immediate future, as the Walkway seeks more funding to run them on a consistent basis.) Over 400 tubes were installed in 43 sections of the bridge, but only on
The Walkway Over the Hudson on May 15. The Walkway was outfitted with LED lights by Andy Neal Lighting of Poughkeepsie.
one side (facing south) to fend off light pollution, or misused light. “If you’re walking across at night, what you don’t want to have is light in your eye.You also don’t want light in the sky. You need the vista around you. You need to be able to see the stars. You need to be able to see the city,” said Neal. “And because the tubes are only an inch in diameter, what we can do is put them on the back face of the handrails. You can angle them down so that they literally just light the actual concrete decking to the other side of the bridge.” Congressman Maurice Hinchey (D-NY) commented on the Walkway project. “This new lighting system will make the Walkway even better for the thousands of pedestrians and cyclists who enjoy the soaring views of the river as they cross the bridge each week,” said Hinchey, who secured $874,000 for the Walkway lights. “The fact that we are able to light up a bridge that is over one mile long without causing light pollution and by using such a small amount of energy is a testament to the innovation and technological advances that are happening right here in the Hudson Valley. Andy Neal and the hardworking people at the Mid-Hudson Workshop deserve credit for doing such a brilliant job.” Last June the Mid-Hudson Workshop for the Disabled (MHW), which was founded in 1948 to provide meaningful work for the Hudson Valley’s physically and medically handicapped, began working with ANL to provide various manufacturing services; their workforce also includes disabled veterans. Fala Technologies, a custom engineering and precision machine company in Lake Katrine, also fabricated some of the LED components. Generating local jobs is a top priority for Neal. “The real secret here is to
get people back to work and I am really, hand on heart, prepared to spread this around as much as we can.” Neal picked the Mid-Hudson Valley to do business “because it is one of America’s technological seedbeds and a great place to do well economically while doing good socially and environmentally.” Earlier in the year, ANL was also hired by the United States Military Academy at West Point to retrofit the Army’s lighting system with energy-saving and more durable LEDs. “West Point will be one of the first and best-known institutions in the United States to retrofit its primary lighting systems with the new technology,” read an ANL press release. In the same release, distributor for the project at West Point Charles Byers of Pleasant Valley Energy Company said, “We project that by switching to LEDs, West Point will save 80 percent in energy.” Byers went on to say, “The savings will be even greater considering that we are able to economically upgrade the existing infrastructure, and avoid the costs and disruption of replacing it entirely.” Neal said the wheels are in motion for other projects in the near future, such as working with an a large fish farm in Hudson to transform their lighting infrastructure. Roadie Inventor Some might expect Andy Neal to be a nerdy scientist wearing a lab coat and massive glasses with tape wrapped around the bridge, speaking in some esoteric, scientific language that the laypeople will never understand. But that 6/10 ChronograM Green living 71
John D. Bullough, senior research scientist and adjunct assistant professor at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute’s (RPI) Lighting Research Center in Troy, answers some questions about the basics of LED lights and how they can be incorporated in the home. Bullough has a master’s degree in lighting and a PhD in multidisciplinary science, both from RPI.
Andy neal’s son Miles sitting inside a pyramid of ILLUMATUBES powered by flashlight batteries
couldn’t be further from the truth. Neal left college to tour with a reggae band, and never looked back. He got most of his experience doing lighting for concerts, TV, film, and theater. A native of the UK, Neal started working with lights as a youngster. “I was making funny little stage lights for the local sort of kiddy bands at the youth clubs and stuff. As my mom will attest, I would be sitting there with bits of silver foil and covered light bulbs on the kitchen table taping things together.” Neal spent most of the 80s touring with bands. “I’ve pretty much worked with everybody—it didn’t matter—from country music to techno to all points in between,” said Neal, who claims to be born in the same hospital as Black Sabbath frontman and heavy metal icon Ozzy Osbourne. When asked if there were some bands that he enjoyed working with Andy said, “We used to do a lot of like the revival tours and stuff. So you’d end up with people like Bo Diddley and these guys. And they were just great to work with.” He has fond memories of carrying the legendary rock icon’s guitar. He also remembers working with singer Scott McKenzie, best known for his song “San Francisco (Be Sure to Wear Flowers in your Hair).” McKenzie, who Neal refers to as a “real old stoner of the highest order,” left his cell phone in front of a microphone one night during a performance. Neal ran backstage and called him as a goof during a lull in one of the songs. He called it “a classic moment,” where 3,000 people were laughing at the same time. “I am sure other people will probably tell you a lot more of my history than I can remember… we did have a lot of fun,” he said. Neal revealed that he also developed a lot of technology that is used to do “crazy” techno shows. “We were kind of the gods of acid house lighting in England at the time.” He later took a job in New York City, where he built equipment that was used to make the Lord of the Rings and Harry Potter movies. After ping-ponging between England and the US in the early nineties, Andy eventually moved to America full-time and now lives in Salt Point with his wife and two boys. He said he has no time for hobbies, but does like racing cars. As to the future of LED technology, Neal is unabashedly optimistic. “I think we’re gong to be very, very busy over the next few years,” he said. “Just take a drive up Route 9 from Fishkill to Poughkeepsie past all the shopping centers if you want to see where all the power that’s being used in this country goes—all those parking lots full of lights. General illumination accounts for over 30 percent of all the power consumption. People talk about an energy shortage, but we already have enough power; we just don’t know how to use it. We could save a huge amount of money and energy by switching to LED. I think the tide is going to turn soon. It makes a lot of sense both economically and socially.” 72 green living ChronograM 6/10
Can you describe to the layperson what an LED light is? Are they better than fluorescent lights? A light-emitting diode (LED) is a semiconductor chip that glows when a current is passed through it, depending upon the material the chip is made from. They are not inherently better than incandescent and fluorescent lamps, just different. Some of their advantages are that they can produce colored light without a colored filter, which is why they are being used in traffic signals. They potentially can last a long time, but only if they are designed properly. We sometimes hear that an LED is a “cool” light source that does not get hot, but that isn’t true. LEDs don’t emit heat like incandescent bulbs, so you cannot use them to keep French fries warm like at fast food restaurants. But the LED chips can get very hot, and if that heat is not somehow conducted away, the LED may not stay bright for very long. That is why some LED lights in stores have lots of metal fins, or “heat sinks,” on them, to draw the heat away from the LED chip and into the air. But if an LED light has good heat sinks, it can last a long time.
How far has LED technology come since it launched, and where do you see it headed? The first LEDs were used as indicator lights like on our stereos and computer equipment, and only came in dim red and green colors. Now LEDs are produced in all colors, even white. That means LEDs can be used in lighting systems. There are already many LED flashlights, and some LED light bulbs are being sold in department stores. They are still usually pretty expensive. While they produce more light than incandescent light bulbs for the same electrical power, they are just beginning to catch up to more efficient fluorescent lamps. How can people incorporate LED lights in their homes and what are the benefits? LEDs are starting to be sold for under-cabinet lighting, display lights, and outdoor walkway lights. The Lighting Research Center (LRC) at RPI has written a report about LED consumer lighting products. Because LED lighting systems are so new, much of the appeal is simply the “coolness” factor of having a high-tech light in the house. LEDs are still evolving and becoming more efficient, and lighting systems are doing a better job at cooling the LED chips. A main benefit of LED lighting will be long-lived lighting systems with good efficiency. We won’t have to change light bulbs as often and possibly for some locations at all. The RPI report on consumer lighting products can be found at www.lrc. rpi.edu/programs/nlpip/lightingAnswers/consumerLED.
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Collegeview and Raymond Avenues, Vassar College Alumnae House Lawn Thursdays, 3pm-7pm, June 17 through October 28 (845) 559-0023
Town Hall, off Anthony Street Saturdays, 9am-12pm, July through October (518) 325-4165
Main and New Streets behind the Crawford Cultural Center in the municipal parking lot Saturdays, 9am-2pm, through October 16 (845) 744-6763 www.pinebushfarmersmarket.com
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Beacon ferry dock or indoors at the Sloop Clubhouse Sundays, 10am-4pm, year round (845) 597-5028; www.thebeaconfarmersmarket.com
Brewster Farmers Market 208 East Main Street in the municipal lot Wednesdays and Saturdays, 9am-2pm, through November (914) 671-6262 www.visitputnam.org/activities/farmers.html
Catskill Farmers Market Main Street at Catskill Point Park Every Saturday, 9:30am-1:30pm June 19 through October 30 (518) 622-9820
Chatham Real Food Market Co-op 15 Church Street (Route 203) at the Chatham Real Food Market Co-op Fridays, 4pm-7pm, June 4 through October 15 (518) 392-3353
Cold Spring Farmers Market Around the corner from The Nest Route 9D at the former Butterfield Hospital Saturdays, 8:30am-1:30pm, through December (845) 265-2386; www.csfarmmarket.org
Cornwall Farmers Market 183 Main Street at Town Hall Thursdays, 9am-1pm, June 17 through October 21 (845) 534-2070
Ellenville Farmers Market Market and Center Streets Sundays, 10am-2pm, June 10 through October 10 (845) 647-5150
Fishkill Farmers Market Main Street Plaza (Route 52) Thursdays, 9am-3pm, June 18 through October 29 (845) 897-4430
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Route 44 at Maggiacomo Lane in the Key Food Plaza Fridays, 3pm-7pm, through September; 3pm-6pm September through October (845) 635-3918
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For those seeking both variety and economy in sourcing good food, there are some alternative retail models in the area that merit attention. When she was six or seven, Jennifer McKinley turned a refrigerator carton into a fruit stand and sold food to her neighbors in Summit, New Jersey. Now, years later, she’s realizing that childhood impulse as a grown-up business in the form of Kingston Natural Foods Market, in the city’s Rondout district, which has its grand opening on June 5th. Growing up watching her father tend their substantial garden and her mother make bread taught McKinley where food comes from. A self-described “simple gal,” she says that their modest means meant that much of their food was the result of their own labor. This connection to food proved to be deep and lasting; later in life, after college and then a business degree, McKinley attended the Institute for Integrative Nutrition in New York and in 2003 opened Nutrition Street, a holistic health counseling business in Kingston. As an offshoot of Nutrition Street, McKinley began the Kingston Natural Foods buying club in 2007 as a way of bringing affordable, high-quality food to her clients and neighbors. Every month, members order bulk products from United Natural Foods, the largest independent distributor of organic and natural foods in the country, paying 25 percent below retail. Since its inception, the club has grown to about 220 members, making it the ninth-largest buying club in the country out of approximately 1,700 such groups nationwide. Because the club is such a good customer, UNFI offers a further discount of 5 percent, bringing prices for everything in their extensive catalog down to the point where they compare favorably with just about any other source. Of the 220 members, around 50 to 60 will order in a given month; orders average between $7,000 and $9,000, or about 3,500 pounds of food. Every month, volunteers—who receive additional discounts for helping—unload the UNFI truck and sort the goods so members can pick their orders up. Prior to the advent of the store, with its bank of refrigerators and wall of freshly stained wooden shelves, members had to come get their orders within a narrow window of time to avoid having them melt or spoil. Now members have a three-day period in which to stop by and pick up, as some fridge and shelf space is set aside for club members’ goods. “It’s pretty luxurious for a buying club now,” says McKinley, “since your stuff is unloaded and sorted for you before you come get it.” And the store now offers all of the products missing from UNFI’s catalog: fresh produce, meat, fish, eggs, dairy, grain, honey, jams, baked goods, and more, all organically or sustainably produced in the area. For nonlocal products and vegetables in colder months, McKinley works with Angello’s, a distributor specializing in organic farms in the US. Now that the market is open, she no longer has to charge the $36 annual membership fee for the club, making it that much more affordable, and overhead is reduced by keeping it a literal Mom and Pop operation; McKinley’s husband and mother both help her, and there are no other employees. McKinley is quick to acknowledge that it’s a tough business. She stocks more mainstream items next to the often higher-priced local products, hoping to gently inform curious patrons about the reasons behind the difference, and to be receptive and flexible as people express their desires for particular things. To help widen access to highquality food, all members of the buying club can donate an amount of their choosing to local soup kitchens as a part of their monthly order, and McKinley is working to be able to accept food stamps. If all goes well, she will add a small kitchen in back so the store can serve juices and some prepared food. She hopes to be profitable in two years, making her business model essentially different from that of a food co-op. The High Falls Co-op is the oldest food co-op in the Hudson Valley, and is currently co-managed by Ruth Molloy and Jody Sogel. Founded in 1976, it has 360 members and a three-tier price system.The public pays the marked price, nonworking members get a two percent discount, and working members (one three-hour shift per month) receive 10 percent off. Molloy is “making a concerted effort to bring in regional and local products,” and estimates that about 15 percent of what they stock originates in the region. In addition to the normal array of foodstuffs, supplements, personal care and cleaning products, the High Falls Co-op also boasts in-house bakers and chefs who produce a variety of prepared foods for the deli. Plans to expand the deli are in progress, and will include more community space for eating and events. “The corporatization of food is our biggest obstacle,” says Molloy. “Suppliers and manufacturers have become so big and transnational that it’s very hard to compete;” the cooperative
model is not enough to lower prices so that they can rival most industrially produced food. “We need more education,” Molloy says, “so that people understand what they’re getting when they buy from us.” A similar venture has been open for a little over a year in Cornwall. Director Lucinda Poindexter (the sole paid employee) explains that the 250 or so members pay $150 for a lifetime membership to enjoy a 10 percent discount on everything in stock. Members who work six hours per month get 15 percent off and can vote at meetings. “Local is our first priority, then organic,” she says, emphasizing that the co-op “is not just about food, but also community.” She, like McKinley and Molloy, also tries to educate the public about the correlation between price and quality, and to compete where she can with mainstream retail so that better food can be an option for as many people as possible. Anne Dailey is the founder of Hudson Valley Real Food, a Beacon-based cooperative that operates as a buying club and clearinghouse for information about local food. Members pay $20 per year, which gets them on an e-mail list that announces coordinated deliveries of meat, eggs, produce, and baked goods to various garages and front porches in Beacon. Dailey started the group, she says, because she “wanted access to food I didn’t have access to,” specifically, pastured meat and dairy products. Her day job is as a farm worker, and she’s active in encouraging more young people to become farmers. “It’s a conundrum,” she says, “farmers should be paid fairly, but if the goal is food affordability they can’t be.” Observing a groundswell of enthusiasm for agriculture among her generation (she’s 29), Dailey sees what she and others do as highly political. Lacking confidence that much-needed systemic change to our food system is imminent, Dailey has decided in the absence of top-down legislation that bottom-up hard work is the next best thing. “I’m voting with my body in the fields,” she says. “People are doing the right thing— and working their butts off—but not being supported. If we keep on working, people will see that it’s for real. Something has to change.There needs to be a way to make my job sustaining.” She charges nothing for her services at Real Food—the membership fees are solely to defray expenses—and is unsure about what form her career will take in the future. It’s an uncertain time, no doubt, but surely paying the real price for the most important of commodities is something that both ardent free-market advocates and earnest back-to-the-land producers can agree on.The question is how to get there. If we’re lucky, the answer may already be among us, nascent—a kid with dirt under her nails, building a fruit stand from a cardboard box. RESOURCES Cornwall Community Co-op www.cornwallfoodcoop.com High Falls Food Co-op www.highfallsfoodcoop.com Hudson Valley Real Food www.hvrealfood.com Kingston Natural Foods Market www.kingstonnaturalfoods.com 6/10 ChronograM food & drink 77
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FOOD & DRINK EVENTS FOR JUNE Home Cooking New York’s Hudson Valley Classes
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June 2, 16, 17, 19, 29. Join Chef-Instructor Jennifer Clair for June’s classes: Vegan Cooking for Everyone, Fresh Pasta Workshop, and How to Cook Shellfish. Each
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two hour long class is held at Clair’s country kitchen in Beacon and includes a complete recipe packet and a sit-down dinner. There is a maximum of seven student per class. Classes are $60, sign up and check for times on the website. (917) 803-6857; www.homecookingny.com.
Rondout Business Association Wine Cruise June 3. Sail away on the Rip Van Winkle for a night filled with wine, music, and
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food on the Rondout Business Association Wine Cruise to raise funds for Kings-
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ton’s annual fireworks display. Madden’s Fine Wines and Spirits will be donating over 15 varieties of wine and Ship to Shore, Savona’s Trattoria, Mole Mole, and Mariners’ Harbor will provide hors d’oeuvres. There will be a 50/50 raffle and music performed by jazz duo The Stillwell Project. The cruise is from 6pm to 8pm. Tickets are $40. ( 845) 340-4700; www.hudsonrivercruises.com.
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Solar Cooking Demonstration June 5. Come see how delicious solar cooking can be with Dolores Weis, executive director of Solar Cookers International and Woodstock’s Mary Frank, an artist and solar cooker activist. There will be cooking demonstrations and tastings at 2pm in the garden behind the Woodstock Artists Association and Museum fol-
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lowed by educational videos and discussion inside at 4pm. After you’re hooked, everything you need to become a solar cook will be on sale. Rain date: June 6. (845) 679-7644; www.woodstockart.org.
Meatless Mondays at Swoon Kitchen Bar June 7, 14, 21, 28. Swoon Kitchen Bar is offering up a four-course vegetarian tasting menu in addition to their regular menu each Monday as part of the international Meatless Mondays campaign. (518) 822-8938; www.swoonkitchenbar.com.
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Wine & Food Sampling Series at Locust Grove June 10. Alfred Casella of Babycakes Cafe in Poughkeepsie is June’s featured chef at Locust Grove’s Sunset Sensations series, held the second Thursday of the month through November. Inspired by the estate’s heirloom vegetable garden, each occasion includes hors d’oeuvres highlighting fresh vegetables from the estate’s heritage gardens, cooking demonstrations, a garden tour, and wine pairing presentations by Bob Brink, the fine wine manager at Arlington Wines & Liquor. Locust Grove, Poughkeepsie. Tickets are available for $26 per person. Reservations required. (845) 454-4500; www.lgny.org.
Summer Solstice Lobster Bake June 19. Celebrate the solstice at the Millbrook Winery with a classic New England lobster bake, with dinner served al fresco with all the trimmings: shrimp, clams, corn on the cob, and, of course, lobster—all paired with Millbrook wines on the vineyard’s picturesque 130-acre estate. Dinner is served at 6pm. (845) 677-8383; www.millbrookwine.com.
Around the World on the Shawangunk Wine Trail June 19 and 20. Travel the globe without having to take off your shoes at airport security. But you will need a “passport” for this annual event as 11 wineries on the Shawangunk Wine Trail in Ulster and Orange counties convert themselves into different “countries.” Passports include a souvenir wine glass and visas to enter each country. At every destination, you’ll enjoy national and ethnic dishes paired with Shawangunk wines. Self-guided tours are from 10am to 6pm. Passports are $27 with preregistration and $35 day of the event. www.shawangunkwinetrail.com.
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Bakeries The Alternative Baker 407 Main Street, Rosendale, NY
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Bean Runner Cafe 201 South Division Street, Peekskill, NY (914) 737-1701 www.beanrunnercafe.com
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Jacks Meats & Deli
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Peekskill Coffee House 101 South Division Street, Peekskill, NY (914) 739-1287
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484 Main Street, Beacon, NY (845) 440-8344
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Birdsall House 970 Main Street, Peekskill, NY 10566 (914) 930-1880 www.birdsallhouse.net
Charlotteâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Restaurant and Catering 4258 Route 44, Millbrook, NY (845) 677-5888 www.charlottesny.com A few of our reviews: â&#x20AC;&#x153;...wonderful food, delightful ambiance ...a treasure!â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;...gorgeous lawn dining in the summer.
Rolling Rock Restaurant and Bar Hudson Valley Mall, Kingston , NY (845) 382-2233 www.therollingrockcafe.com
Soul Dog 107 Main Street, Poughkeepsie, NY (845) 454-3254
Terrapin Restaurant and Bistro 6426 Montgomery Street, Rhinebeck, NY (845) 876-3330 www.terrapinrestaurant.com custsvc@terrapinrestaurant.com Voted â&#x20AC;&#x153;Best of the Hudson Valleyâ&#x20AC;? by Chronogram Magazine. From far-flung origins, the worldâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;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.
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Division Street Grill 26 N Division Street, Peekskill, NY (914) 739-6380 www.divisionstreetgrill.com
Docâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Trattoria 9 Maple Street, Kent, CT (860) 927-3810 www.docstrattoria.com
Gilded Otter 3 Main Street, New Paltz, NY (845) 256-1700 A warm and inviting dining room and pub overlooking beautiful sunsets over the Wallkill River and Shawangunk Cliffs. Mouthwatering dinners prepared by Executive Chef Larry Chu, and handcrafted beers brewed by GABF Gold Medal Winning Brewmaster Darren Currier. Chef driven and brewed locally!
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807 Warren Street, Hudson , NY (518) 822-1128
Yobo Restaurant Route 300, Newburgh, NY (845) 564-3848 www.yoborestaurant.com
Culinary Institute of America 1946 Campus Drive (Route 9), Hyde Park, NY (845)-452-9600 www.ciachef.edu American Bounty Restaurant, imaginative cuisine celebrating the diversity of foods of the Americas; Apple Pie Bakery CafĂŠ, sumptuous baked goods and cafĂŠ cuisine; Escoffier Restaurant, culinary traditions of France with a contemporary touch; Ristorante Caterina deâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Medici, seasonal ingredients and authentic dishes of Italy; and St. Andrewâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s CafĂŠ, menus highlighting locally and sustainably sourced ingredients.
301 Broadway, Newburgh NY (845) 562-6478 www.machupicchurest.com
Momiji Restaurant
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43 East Market St, Rhinebeck,, NY (845) 876-5555
Route 23 at Blunt Road, South Egremont, MA (413) 528-3469 www.jarestaurant.com
Leo's Italian Restaurant and Pizzeria 1433 Route 300, Newburgh, NY (845) 564-3446 www.leospizzeria.com
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Wasabi Japanese Restaurant
Our new Momiji restaurant in Rhinebeck has a fabulously fresh sushi bar & 4 hibachi tables & the full-service bar is now open. Experience a great contemporary atmosphere for families, private parties and large groups. Try our extensive eat in & take out menu! Hours: Mon.â&#x20AC;&#x201C;Thurs. 11:30â&#x20AC;&#x201C;9:30, Fri.â&#x20AC;&#x201C;Sat. 11;30â&#x20AC;&#x201C;10:30, Sun. 2:30â&#x20AC;&#x201C;9:30. Catering available, full-service bar, outside dining, handicapped accessible. Reservations recommended.
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business directory Accommodations Hampton Inn 1307 Ulster Avenue, Kingston, NY (845) 382-2600; fax (845) 382-2700 www.kingston.hamptoninn.com ramona.vazquez@hilton.com
59 Tinker Street, Woodstock, NY (845) 679-9957 www.cpw.org Info@cpw.org
2750 South Road (Route 9) Poughkeepsie, NY (845) 473-1151 www.hiexpress.com/poughkeepsie
Founded in 1977, CPW, an artist-centered space dedicated to photography and related media, offers year-round exhibitions, weekend and multi-week workshops, lectures, access to traditional and digital photography workspaces, a monthly photographers’ salon, film/ video screenings, and much more.
Rhinecliff Hotel
Clark Art Institute
4 Grinnell Street, Rhinecliff, NY (845) 876-0590 www.therhinecliff.com
Williamstown, MA (413) 458-2303 www.clarkart.edu
Holiday Inn Express
Alternative Energy Hudson Valley Clean Energy, Inc. (845) 876-3767 www.hvce.com
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Center for Photography at Woodstock
(845) 679-6997 www.solargeneration.net
Wittus-Fire By Design (914) 764-5679 www.wittus.com
Animal Sanctuaries Woodstock Farm Animal Sanctuary 35 Van Wagner, Woodstock, NY (845) 679-5955 www.WoodstockSanctuary.org
Art Galleries & Centers Ann Street Gallery 104 Ann Street, Newburgh, NY (845) 562-6940 X 119 www.annstreetgallery.org The Green Wave: A group Sustainability & Found Object Exhibition with Artist Reception on Saturday, June 26 from 6-9 pm. Exhibit runs from Saturday, June 26, 2010 through Saturday, August 7, 2010. Artists featured: Rik Catlow, Deborah Colotti, David Borenstein, David Edgar, Janice Gordon, Brooke Holve, Julie Kornblum, Todd Knopke, Patianne Stevenson, and Stuart Wagner.
Art by The Cathouse Associates at BRC Gallery 201 South Division Street, Peekskill, NY (914) 737-1701 www.beanrunnercafe.com
Beacon Institute For Rivers and Estuaries 199 Main Street, Beacon, NY (845) 838-1600 www.bire.org info@bire.org
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Root 52 Gallery 87 Mill Street, Liberty, NY (845) 295-3052 www.root52.com
Samuel Dorsky Museum of Art 1 Hawk Drive, New Paltz, NY (845) 257-3844 www.newpaltz.edu/museum
Storm King Art Center (845) 534-3115 www.stormkingartcenter.org
Woodstock Artists Association and Museum 28 Tinker Street, Woodstock, NY www.woodstockart.org
Art Supplies
Dia: Beacon, Riggio Galleries 3 Beekman Street, Beacon, NY (845) 440-0100 www.diaart.org
Flat Iron Gallery 105 South Division Street, Peekskill, NY (914) 734-1894 www.flatiron.qpg.com
Hudson Valley Center for Contemporary Art 1701 Main Street, Peekskill, NY (914) 788-4531 www.hvcca.org
Rhinebeck Artist’s Shop Rhinebeck & New Paltz, NY www.rhinebeckart.com
Artisans Crafts People 262 Spillway Road, West Hurley, NY (845) 331-3859 www.craftspeople.us
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Book Publishers Custom Artist Books (203) 431-4381 or (860) 354-1118 www.customartistbooks.com Roysco@aol.com
Bookstores Mirabai of Woodstock 23 Mill Hill Road, Woodstock, NY (845) 679-2100 www.mirabai.com 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. Expert Tarot reading.
Oblong Books & Music Rhinebeck, NY (845) 876-0500 Millerton, NY (518) 789-3797 www.oblongbooks.com
6423 Montgomery Street, Rhinebeck, NY (845) 876-4ART (4278) www.gazengallery.com
Representing over 500 artisans, Crafts People boasts four buildings brimming with fine crafts; the largest selection in the Hudson Valley. All media represented, including: sterling silver and 14K gold jewelry, blown glass, pottery, turned wood, kaleidoscopes, wind chimes, leather, clothing, stained glass, etc.
Mark Gruber Gallery
DC Studios
WDST 100.1 Radio Woodstock
New Paltz Plaza, New Paltz, NY (845) 255-1241 www.markgrubergallery.com
21 Winston Drive, Rhinebeck, NY (845) 876-3200 www.dcstudiosllc.com
www.wdst.com
JW ArtWorks, LLC: Gazen Gallery
Mass MoCA 87 Marshall Street, North Adams, MA (413) MoCA-111 www.massmoca.org
Audio & Video Markertek Video Supply www.markertek.com
Maxwell Fine Arts 1204 Main Street, Peekskill, NY (914) 737-8622 www.maxwellfinearts.com
Mill Street Loft’s Gallery 45 45 Pershing Avenue, Poughkeepsie, NY (845) 471-7477 www.millstreetloft.org info@millstreetloft.org A multi-arts center offering a range of educational programs for children and adults of all ages and abilities in Poughkeepsie, Millbrook and Red Hook. Programs include the award-winning Dutchess Arts Camps (building self-esteem through the arts for ages 4-14); Art Institute (pre-college portfolio development program); art classes, workshops, and outreach programs for economically disadvantaged urban youth.
One Mile Gallery 475 Abeel Street, Kingston, NY (845) 338-2035 www.onemilegallery.com
Auto Sales & Services Ruge’s Subaru Route 9, Rhinebeck, NY (845) 876-7074 www.rugessubaru.com
Banks Rhinebeck Savings Bank www.rhinebecksavings.com
Ulster Savings Bank (866) 440-0391 www.ulstersavings.com
Beverages
Broadcasting
Building Services & Supplies Adirondack Design Associates Rhinebeck, NY, Sarancac, NY (518) 891-5224 (845) 876-2700 www.adkgreatcamps.com
Galati Pools & Spas 206 Route 52, Newburgh, NY (845) 564-0555 www.galatipools.com
McMahon’s Home Improvement 1062 Bruynswick Road, Gardiner, NY (845) 255-2881 www.mcmahonshomeimprovement.com info@mcmahonshomeimprovement.com Remodeling your home is a great endeavor as long as you’ve hired the right team of professionals to handle your project. At McMahon’s Home Improvement we confidently give a 5-yr warranty because we combine excellent craftsmanship, green ethics, quality materials and organized execution to achieve remodels that delight our clients.
Esotec
N & S Supply
(845) 246-2411 www.esotecltd.com
www.nssupply.com info@nssupply.com
Ne Jame Pools, Ltd. (845) 677-7665 www.nejamepools.com
Williams Lumber & Home Centers 6760 Route 9, Rhinebeck, NY (845) 876-WOOD www.williamslumber.com
Cleaning Services Organic 17K Cleaners
of healthy cooking. They come to the Chef’s Training Program to prepare for careers in the burgeoning Natural Foods Industry.
Custom Home Design and Materials
Utility Canvas 2686 Route 44/55, Gardiner, NY www.utilitycanvas.com
White Rice 531 Warren Street, Hudson, NY (518) 697-3500 306 Main Street, Great Barrington, MA (413) 944-9200
Collaborative Workspace Beahive Kingston 314 Wall Street, Kingston, NY (845) 418-3731 www.beahivekingston.com bzzz@beahivebeacon.com
2785 Route 9, Cold Spring, NY www.lindalny.com www.hudsonvalleycedarhomes.com
Blue Screen Repair (845) 594-7924 www.bluescreenpcrepair.com eric@bluescreenpcrepair.com
Consignment Shops
Events 16th Annual Artists Soapbox Derby Lower Broadway, Kingston, NY (845) 338-8473 www.artistsoapboxderby.com
2010 New Paltz Challenge — Father’s Day Races Main Street, New Paltz, NY www.newpaltzchamber.org
Beacon, NY www.beaconriverfest.com
Bruce Schenker Memorial 5K Run/Walk 3 Main Street, New Paltz, NY (914) 474-5258 www.turtleeagle.org
Clearwater’s Great Hudson River Festival Croton Point Park, Croton-on-Hudson, NY (845) 418-3596 www.clearwaterfestival.org
(845) 454-4500 www.lgny.org
Designer consignments of the utmost quality for men, women, and children. Current styles, jewelry, accessories, and knicknacks. Featuring beautiful furs and leathers.
Cooking Classes Natural Gourmet Cookery School
ACCREDITED 22 MONTH DEGREE | MEETS ONE WEEKEND PER MONTH SOLE PROVIDER OF DEGREES IN EMERGING FIELDS
THE GRADUATE INSTITUTE 171 AMITY ROAD, BETHANY, CT 06524
WWW.LEARN.EDU (203) 874-4252
(413) 243-0745 www.jacobspillow.org
1629 Main Street (Route 44), Pleasant Valley, NY (845) 635-3115 www.pastnperfect.com
23G Village Plaza, Rhinebeck, NY (845) 876-2939
Offering transdisciplinary programs so you don’t have to choose from the same old degrees.
Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival
Locust Grove — The Samuel Morse Historic Site
The Present Perfect
5 Holistic Thinking 5 Conscious Evolution 5 Oral Traditions 5 Experiential Health and Healing 5 Conflict Transformation
Beacon Riverfest
Past ‘n’ Perfect Resale & Retail Boutique
A quaint consignment boutique that offers distinctive clothing, jewelry, accessories, and a unique collection of high-quality furs and leathers. Always a generous supply of merchandise in sizes from Petite to Plus. Featuring a diverse & illuminating collection of 14 Kt. Gold, Sterling Silver and Vintage jewelry. Enjoy the pleasures of resale shopping and the benefits of living basically while living beautifully. Conveniently located in Pleasant Valley, only 9 miles east of the Mid-Hudson Bridge.
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Quail Hollow Events P.O. Box 825, Woodstock, NY (845) 679-8087 or (845) 246-3414 www.quailhollow.com The WOODSTOCK-NEW PALTZ ART & CRAFTS FAIR returns to the Ulster County Fairgrounds this Memorial Day weekend for its 29th anniversary year. In addition to the juried exhibition area, this spring’s show will feature several of the nations finest builders of handcrafted wooden boats and an Alpaca fiber arts exhibit with several spring shearings. Also new for 2010 is an expanded food court. Details & discounts at: www.quailhollow.com
Red Hot Summer Nights Red Hook, NY www.redhookchamber.org
Watershed Agricultural Center www.buypurecatskills.com
Farm Markets & Natural Food Stores
48 West 21st Street, New York, NY (212) 645-5170, Fax (212) 989-1493 www.naturalgourmetschool.com info@naturalgourmetschool.com
Adams Fairacre Farms
For more than 20 years people around the world have turned to Natural Gourmet’s avocational public classes to learn the basics
Poughkeepsie, NY (845) 454-4330 www.adamsfarms.com
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BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION COMPUTER SCIENCE SOCIAL WORK NURSING URBAN PLANNING
Atlantic Custom Homes
273 Route 17K, Newburgh, NY (845) 787-0142
Clothing & Accessories
EVER NOTICE? MOST GRADUATE PROGRAMS HAVE A ONE-TRACK MIND!
SKY ACRES AIRPORT (44N)
Kingston Farmers’ Market
Studio One Hair Design
Historic Wall Street, Kingston, NY (845) 853-8512 www.kingstonnyfarmersmarket.com
246 Main Street, New Paltz, NY (845) 255-5505 www.studioonehairdesign.com
Mother Earth’s Store House
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440 Kings Mall Court, Route 9W, Kingston, NY www.motherearthstorehouse.com
101 Main Street, New Paltz, NY (845) 255-1575
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. Visit one of our convenient locations and find out for yourself! We can also be found at 804 South Road Square, Poughkeepsie, NY, (845) 296-1069, and 249 Main Street, Saugerties, NY, (845) 246-9614.
Sunflower Natural Foods Market
The Perfect Landing Cafe Thurs.-Sun.7:30am-3pm 914-456-2701
HerGin Aviation, Inc. Pilot Shop
Tues.-Fri. 9am-4pm, Sat. & Sun. 8am-4pm (845) 677-5010
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Fuel 100LL Self Serve MC/VISA
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. And so much more!
Thompson-Finch Farm 750 Wiltsie Bridge Road, Ancram, NY (518) 329-7578 www.thompsonfinch.com
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30 Airway Drive, LaGrangeville, NY 12540 www.skyacresairport.com (845) 677-5010
Financial Advisors Third Eye Associates, Ltd 38 Spring Lake Road, Red Hook, NY (845) 752-2216 www.thirdeyeassociates.com
Northern Dutchess Botanical Gardens 389 Salisbury Turnpike, Rhinebeck, NY (845) 876-2953 www.NDBGonline.com
Phantom Gardener Rhinebeck, NY (845) 876-8606 www.thephantomgardener.com
Graphic Design TENDER LAND HOME
Design by Sue
www.tenderlandhome.com
128 Liberty Street, Newburgh, NY (845) 561-2704 www.designbysue.com
64 Main Street, Phoenicia, NY 845-688-7213
Hair Salons Allure 12 Garden Street, Rhinebeck, NY (845) 876-7774 allure7774@aol.com
Androgyny 5 Mulberry Street, New Paltz, NY (845) 256-0620
Dennis Fox Salon 6400 Montgomery Street 2nd Floor, Rhinebeck, NY (845) 876-1777 dennisfoxsalon@yahoo.com
Shear Intensity 5455 Route 9W, Newburgh, NY (845) 562-4074 www.shearintensityhairsalon.com
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Anatolia Tribal Rugs & Weavings 54G Tinker Street, Woodstock, NY (845) 679-5311 www.anatoliarugs.com anatoliarugs@verizon.net Winner: Hudson Valley Magazine “Best Carpets.” 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, 2’x3’ to 9’ x12’. Kilim pillows, $20-$55. We encourage customers to try our rugs in their homes without obligation. MC/Visa/AmEx.
Asia Barong Route 7/199 Stockbridge Road, Great Barrington, MA (413) 528-5091 www.asiabarong.com
Ethan Allen Route 32, 94 North Plank Road, Newburgh, NY (845) 565-6000
Hammertown Barn Pine Plains and Rhinebeck, NY, Great Barrington, MA www.hammertown.com
Lounge
Gardening & Garden Supplies
Contemporary and Rustic Home Furnishings, Gifts and Furniture
Home Furnishings & Decor
High Falls, NY (845) 687-9463 Hudson, NY (518) 822-0113 www.loungefurniture.com
Marigold Home Interiors 747 Route 28, Kingston, NY (845) 338-0800 www.marigold-home.com
Tender Land Home 64 Main Street, Phoenicia, NY (845) 688-7213 www.tenderlandhome.com
Household Management & Planning Liberty Locksmith 117 Liberty Street, Newburgh, NY (845) 562-1919 www.unlockyourworries.com
Internet Services Webjogger (845) 757-4000 www.webjogger.net
Italian Specialty Products La Bella Pasta (845) 331-9130 www.labellapasta.com Fresh pasta made locally. Large variety of ravioli, tortellini, pastas, and sauces at the factory outlet. We manufacture and deliver our excellent selection of pastas to fine restaurants, gourmet shops, and caterers throughout the
Hudson Valley. Call for our full product list and samples. Located on Route 28W between Kingston and Woodstock.
Jewelry, Fine Art & Gifts Bop to Tottom 299 Wall Street, Kingston, NY (845) 338-8100
Dreaming Goddess 9 Collegeview Avenue, Poughkeepsie, NY (845) 473-2206 www.DreamingGoddess.com
Earth Lore/Amber Waves of Grain 2 Fairway Drive, Pawling, NY (845) 855-8899 Walk into a world of natural wonder: amethyst caves and crystal spheres, orbs of obsidian, azurite, septarian, chrysocolla — to name a few; museum-quality mineral ores, and sculptures of breath-taking beauty. PLUS a gallery of wearable art: Navajo necklaces of turquoise and coral, pendants and bracelets of moldavite, tektite, and meteorite; an array of Baltic amber in all its hues: honey, lemon, butterscotch, cognac — fashioned into jewelry that makes a statement. From amethyst to zirconium, Earth Lore offers an awesome display of Nature’s Artistry. Open Thurs, Fri, Sat 11-5: 30, Sun 11- 3 and by appointment.
The Fern Tree 13 South Division Street, Peekskill, NY (914) 382-9226 theferntree@yahoo.com
87 Ann Street, Newburgh, NY (845) 565-7540
Side Effects 1011 Brown Street, Peekskill, NY www.side-effectsny.com
Simple Gifts & Goodies 19 Liberty Street, Newburgh, NY (845) 568-0050 www.SimpleGiftsandGoodies.com
White Forest Pottery 11 Peekskill Road, Cold Spring, NY (845) 809-5012 www.whiteforestpottery.com
Kitchenwares Blue Cashew Kitchen Pharmacy 6423 Montgomery Street, Suite 3, Rhinebeck NY (845) 876-1117 www.bluecashewkitchen.com
Hudson Valley Mediators Rhinebeck (845) 876-6100 Kingston (845) 338-9638 Highland (845) 338-9638 www.hudsonvalleymediators.com
Wellspring (845) 534-7668 www.mediated-divorce.com
Networking Hudson Valley Green Drinks (845) 454-6410 www.hvgreendrinks.org
Peekskill Business Improvement District 16 South Division Street Peekskill, NY (914) 737-2780 www.peekskillbid.com
Rhinebeck Area Chamber of Commerce 23F East Market Street, P.O. Box 42, Rhinebeck, NY (845) 876-5904 www.rhinebeckchamber.com info@rhinebeckchamber.com Professional business membership organization comprised of approximately 400 members. Benefits include monthly networking events, newsletter subscription, referrals, group insurance, business directory listing, website listing and link. Affordable advertising available.
Outfitters Mountain Tops Beacon, NY www.mountaintopsoutfitters.com
Performing Arts Bard College Public Relations Annandale-on-Hudson, NY (845) 758-7900 www.fischercenter.bard.edu
Bardavon Opera House 35 Market Street, Poughkeepsie, NY (845) 473-2072 www.bardavon.org
Bearsville Theater 291 Tinker Street, Woodstock, NY (845) 679-4406 www.bearsvilletheater.com
Warren Kitchen & Cutlery
Bethel Woods Center for the Arts
6934 Route 9, Rhinebeck, NY (845) 876-6208 www.warrenkitchentools.com
Route 17, exit 104, Bethel, NY (800) 745-3000 www.bethelwoodscenter.org
Landscaping Coral Acres (845) 255-6634
Karin Ursula Edmondson
Paramount Center for the Arts 100 Brown Street, Peekskill, NY (914) 739-2333 www.paramountcenter.org
Powerhouse Theater
(917) 974-9883 www.KULandscapes.com
Vassar Campus (845) 437-5599 powerhouse.vassar.edu
ninebark, llc
Shadowland Theater
(845) 758-4184 ninebarkllc.com info@ninebarkllc.com
157 Canal Street, Ellenville, NY (845) 647-5511 www.shadowlandtheatre.org
Adirondack Design Associates 4-Color 1/4 Page From country estates, to sophisticated townhouses, and rustic retreats.
Michael L. Bird, A.I.A.
Mari Kirwood Design Associates
Ph: 518.891.5224 Ph: 845.876.2700 www.adkgreatcamps.com
Allied Member A.S.I.D. Ph: 845.876.4848 www.marikirwood.com
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Newburgh Artisans
Lawyers & Mediators
Shandaken Theatrical Society
Mailing Works/Fountain Press
10 Church Street, Phoenicia, NY (845) 688-2279 www.stsplayhouse.com
Millbrook, NY (845) 677-6112 www.themailingworks.com Amenia, NY (845) 373-8800 www.fountainpress.com
Vanaver Caravan 10 Main Street, Suite 322, New Paltz, NY (845) 256-9300 www.vanavercaravan.org
WAMC — The Linda
Fast Signs 4-Color 1/4 Page
339 Central Ave, Albany, NY (518) 465-5233 ext. 4 www.thelinda.org
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River Rose Tours and Cruises (845) 562-1067 www.riverrosecruises.com
Sky Acres Airport
Pet Services & Supplies Dog Love, LLC 240 North Ohioville Road, New Paltz, NY (845) 255-8254 www.dogloveplaygroups.com Personal hands-on boarding and daycare tailored to your dog’s individual needs. Your dog’s happiness is our goal. Indoor 5x10 matted kennels with classical music and windows overlooking our pond. Supervised play groups in 40x40 fenced area. Homemade food and healthy treats.
30 Airway Drive, LaGrangeville, NY (845) 677-5010 www.skyacresairport.com
The Inner Wall 234 Main Street, New Paltz, NY (845) 255-ROCK www.theinnerwall.com theinnerwall@yahoo.com
Sacred Space Design Inner Garden — Mark Oppenheimer
Pussyfoot Lodge B&B
(845) 677-0484 innergarden@aol.com
(845) 687-0330 www.pussyfootlodge.com
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The Pioneer in Professional Pet Care! B&B for cats, with individual rooms — lower cost than caged boarding. Full house/pet/plant sitting service, proudly serving 3 counties in the Hudson Valley. Experienced, dependable, thorough, and reasonable house sitting for your pets. Thank you Hudson Valley for entrusting ALL your pets and homes to us since 1971. Bonded and insured.
Photography
Schools Bishop Dunn Memorial School (845) 569-3496 www.bdms.org
Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies 2801 Sharon Turnpike, Millbrook, NY (845) 677-5343 www.caryinstitute.org www.ecostudies.org/events.html
Fionn Reilly Photography
Dutchess Community College
1534 Route 212, Saugerties, NY (845) 802-6109 www.fionnreilly.com
Poughkeepsie, NY (845) 431-8000 www.sunydutchess.edu
Photosensualis
Frog Hollow Farm
15 Rock City Road, Woodstock, NY (845) 679-5333 www.photosensualis.com
Esopus, NY (845) 384-6424 www.dressageatfroghollowfarm.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.
Printing Services Fast Signs 1830 South Rd Suite 101, Wappingers Falls, NY (845) 298-5600 www.fastsigns.com/455
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Recreation
Institute for Integrative Nutrition (877) 730-5444 www.integrativenutrition.com admissions@integrativenutrition.com
Mount Saint Mary College 330 Powell Avenue, Newburgh, NY www.msmc.edu
Poughkeepsie Day School 260 Boardman Road, Poughkeepsie, NY (845) 462-7600 www.poughkeepsieday.org admissions@poughkeepsieday.org
SUNY New Paltz School of Fine and Performing Arts New Paltz, NY (845) 257-3872 www.newpaltz.edu/artnews
The Graduate Institute 171 Amity Road, Bethany, CT (203) 874-4252 www.learn.edu Info@learn.edu
Wine & Liquor
Westchester Community College (914) 606-7300 www.sunywcc.edu
Shoes Fast Track Active Footwear 137 Main Street, Chester, NY (845) 610-5030
Pegasus Comfort Footwear 27 North Chestnut Street, New Paltz, NY 10 Mill Hill Road, Woodstock, NY (845) 256-0788 and (845) 679-2373 www.PegasusShoes.com
Snacks Mister Snacks, Inc. 500 Creekside Drive, Amherst, NY (800) 333-6393 www.mistersnacks.com steve@mistersnacks.com
ZoraDora 201 Main Street, Beacon, NY (646) 206-3982 zoradora@aol.com
Tailors Michelle Garesché 275 Fair Street, Suite 17b, Kingston, NY (845) 331-0864 www.michellegaresche.com
Columbia County Tourism (800) 724-1846 www.columbiacountytourism.org
Town Tinker Tube Rental 10 Bridge Street, Phoenicia, NY (845) 688-5553 www.towntinker.com
Ulster County Tourism 10 Westbrook Lane, Kingston, NY (845) 340-3566 www.ulstertourism.info
40 Mountain Road, Marlboro, NY (845) 236-3265 www.gloriewine.com
In Good Taste 45 Main Street, New Paltz, NY (845) 255-0110 ingoodtaste@verizon.net
The Red Hook Chamber of Commerce Presents
Red Hot Summer Nights JUNE 25
Willy Amrod
Vino 100 1278 Route 300, Newburgh, NY (845) 725-7680 www.freewinetip.com
with host Corey from 98.1 KZE
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Workshops R & F Handmade Paints 84 Ten Broeck Avenue, Kingston, NY (800) 206-8088 www.rfpaints.com info@rfpaints.com R & F has been internationally recognized as the leader in manufacturing high quality Encaustic Paint and Pigment Sticks for over twenty-two years. R & F’s ongoing workshop, demonstration and exhibition programs have introduced thousands of artists to these exciting mediums. The Gallery at R & F continues to offer bi-monthly exhibits of wax and oil-based artworks from around the world. Stop in for a tour of the factory and visit the Gallery and the Factory Store. Workshops are offered year-round.
Mr. Roper
with Rick From 98.1 KZE & Eric Squindo
AUGUST 20
Red Hook’s Got Talent! with host Corey from 98.1 KZE
Sign up to perform at www.redhookchamber.org
Come join the fun and music from 6-10pm Red Hook Village Parking Lot Courtesy of the Village of Red Hook Sponsored by:
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Glorie Farm Winery
Wallkill Valley Writers New Paltz, NY (845) 255-7090 www.wallkillvalleywriters.com khamherstwriters@aol.com WVW workshops provide writers time to practice, solitude writing in the company of writers, safety and confidentiality, each unique voice honored, honest and supportive feedback. Weekly workshops (10 week sessions) and Write Saturdays (whole day workshops). For more information visit web site or email.
World Wide Travel 45 Quaker Avenue, Cornwall, NY (845) 534-4333 www.worldwidetravelvacations.com
Web Design
Writing Services CENTER TO PAGE: moving writers from the center to the page (845) 679-9441 www.centertopage.com
icuPublish www.icupublish.com mtodd@icupublish.com
Weddings HudsonValleyWeddings.com 120 Morey Hill Road, Kingston, NY (845) 336-4705 www.HudsonValleyWeddings.com; www.HudsonValleyBaby.com; www.HudsonValleyBabies.com; www.HudsonValleyChildren.com judy@hudsonvalleyweddings.com The only resource you need to plan a Hudson Valley wedding. Offering a free, extensive, and online Wedding Guide. Hundreds of weddingrelated professionals. Regional Bridal Show schedule, links, wed shop, vendor promotions, specials, and more. Call or e-mail for information about adding your wedding-related business.
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.
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Driver’s Manual Loving and Learning from your Spiritual Vehicle: Your BodY
an interview with Holistic Teacher Vaishãli,who will be leading a workshop at the omega institute june 13–18, “Making Your Mind Your Friend: Detoxify Your Mind, Body, and Emotions.” by lorrie klosterman illustration by annie internicola
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aishãli is a deeply kind, playfully funny, and modern wisewoman whose path of holistic learning began in her twenties when she was diagnosed with a terminal illness after years of pain, and recovered without the aid of Western medical intervention. She attributes much of her recovery from that illness, and from a life-threatening head injury years later, to Chinese Medicine, an Ayurvedic lifestyle, and an ancient form of organ massage, which continue to keep her vibrantly healthy today. A radio show host and columnist for the Huffington Post, she is author of numerous online articles and three books: You Are WhatYou Love; TheYou Are WhatYou Love Playbook; and Wisdom Rising. One of Vaishãli’s primary messages, from the teachings of Emanuel Swedenborg (a brilliant 18th-century scientist, inventor, and mystic often called the Swedish DaVinci), is this:You are what you love, and you love whatever you give your attention to. In anticipation of her Omega Institute workshop, “Making Your Mind Your Friend: Detoxify Your Mind, Body, and Emotions” (June 13–18), Vaishãli shared some of her perspectives by telephone, excerpted below. You have learned from Eastern health and spiritual practices that what we say to ourselves is foundational to our physical health. Can you tell us a little about that? What I most appreciate about the Eastern systems of healing is that their paradigm includes our spiritual identity. They understand we are spiritual creatures, having a human experience—that the human experience is a learning and an evolutionary process for our spiritual essence. Our consciousness is in the driver’s seat. It directs our body. I like to use the metaphor of our body being like a rental car. The car does not navigate on the highway of its own accord. It’s responding to the consciousness of the driver.The body is responding to your ego, your beliefs. So if your mind is holding on to something, your body is going to reflect that. It mirrors what you are doing with your mind. 88 whole living ChronograM 6/10
Allopathic medicine has a very different value system. It does not recognize that we’re spiritual creatures. That takes out the relationship between consciousness and the body. So the consciousness is in charge, which is why you emphasize how important it is that we choose what we pay attention to—that we make our minds our friend. Yes, when we take accountability for what we give our attention to, we are now deliberate, free-willed navigators of our human experience. Our body doesn’t decide if our consciousness is giving it something useful or not, something healthy or unhealthy. It simply responds to what we are giving our attention to. The body does have its own form of intelligence, and of healing wisdom, but it is neutral. The direction of intention and perspective that our consciousness holds will ultimately determine how our bodies respond to each stimulus we encounter. From a spiritual point of view, we come to the Earth to recognize who we are, to answer the big questions: Why am I here? What is the meaning of my life? What is the purpose of my relationships? What’s my value, my power? Our bodies are our vehicle for finding those answers. And they carry whatever we have not healed, or digested, and released. They carry that until we get the full evolutionally gift of our learning experiences. If you have the experience of being injured or getting ill, there is something in it for your spiritual growth. It’s a lifelong love affair. That phrase—a “love affair”—is not exactly the phrase a lot of people would use to describe their relationship with their body. There can be a lot of judgment. When we are wrestling with the body issue—feeling that the body is not giving the result we want—we need to stand back and consciously acknowledge we are not our body. Our consciousness has an intimate relationship with the
body, and we are aware of what it’s going through—we feel hungry, sleepy, in pain, excited, and so on—which we perceive through our neural network. And because of that neurological, intimate relationship, we confuse our selves with the body. But we are not our body. We are divine love. 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. When I talk to my body lovingly, and say, “You are wise and powerful and amazing, I love you and trust you! We are in this together, girlfriend!”—when I tell the body, “I will get you what you need: purified water, balanced food, exercise, acupuncture; whatever it is, I’ll make sure you get it”—when I become my body’s biggest cheerleader, that changes the meaning of suffering. It makes that challenging, in-your-face, neurological relationship with your body a jointly acknowledged adventure. It opens the door for this being a purposefully engaged collaboration with your body, instead of a burden that you drag with you. What guidance can you give for someone who has a life-threatening illness and has tried many things to get better, including alternative and spiritual approaches, but learns that the condition is still getting worse? One of the things I find about the human experience is that we are meaningdriven and purpose-driven creatures. So when we look at an illness that is not going away, we always have the freedom to ask ourselves, “What is the purpose and meaning of this? What is it bringing me?” I know of people who have died, and their loved ones created outreach communities because of it,
and it has spiraled out and created a chain reaction of people living and caring about each other as if we are one. That was the meaning of this person’s death. It allowed others to wake up from their sleepwalk, and respond to life from a completely different level that brought our inner actions and outer actions with other people to completely different dimensions. Eastern forms of self-healing will tell you that sometimes death is the ultimate healing—the ultimate of growing beyond any human limitation. We don’t have that here.We look at death as this battle we lost, a journey of suffering that ended in a monument of victimhood. There is nothing life enhancing or truthful about that! Yes, that’s a pretty good description of “fighting” an illness to the bitter end. Yet, when we stand back to consider that no one can die, that we are divine love and wisdom, that our job description is to live and grow eternally—that changes the meaning of death.You may leave this body, this lifetime, and graduate to a different classroom, but you won’t die. I love the story of Socrates, and why we consider him so valuable. When he was being forced to drink hemlock for corrupting youth, because he asked questions, the closer the time came for him to do that, the more upset his followers became about his impending death. But he said to them, “What do you know about death that I don’t, that you are so upset?” He was looking at life as a universal thing. Everything has a time. It is born, has a lifespan, and then recycles. That is universal wisdom. Everything does this—stars, trees, cats— nothing on the planet is the exception to that. Why would you assume that death of the body is bad, and something to be feared? We celebrate the birth part. Why is the death part the exception? If we go back to the analogy that your body is a rental car, and your consciousness—your spirit that is divine love—is driving, I see dying as getting an 6/10 ChronograM whole living 89
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upgrade.Youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re getting a life experience upgrade. Why wouldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t we want that for ourselves, or for a loved one? So our vehicleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x153;driverâ&#x20AC;? is our spiritual self, our consciousness, and these bodies are carrying us, for a time, through our human experience of learning. How do we know if we are growing in the right direction? The purpose of life in a body on the Earth is to practice and realize right relationship with consciousness, to realize that we are divine love. Consciousness is eternal, and we bring it with us when we come to the Earth, and take it with us when we leave. We come here because there is a purpose to being in a body and having a lifeâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;and I suspect, we have more than one life. The human experience is a self-correcting guidance system, guiding the evolution of your soul. I invite you to constantly look at what you are doing with your mind, what meaning you are manifesting, and how you are responding. Our nervous system tells us if we are giving our attention to our truth, and if we are lying to ourselves. When you are moving through life and find what you are giving attention to is giving you more stress, unhappiness, insecurityâ&#x20AC;&#x201D; itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s natureâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s way of telling you, â&#x20AC;&#x153;This is not your truth.â&#x20AC;? Your workshops and writings help others learn how to listen to the bodyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s messages, and how to pay attention, literally, to our true identity as divine love. As part of that, you teach a type of internal organ massage. The name conjures up disturbing images for me, but I know Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m imagining something else. Can you tell us about the technique? Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s an esoteric Taoist technique from remote China, called Chi Nei Tsang. It is about purging the body of negative emotions and bringing consciousness back to the core of the body. Not a lot of people do this form of massage, but it is probably the most powerful form of healing on the planet. Besides being a physical manipulation and a retraining of the breathing process, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s an emotional exorcism. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s what I learned in my twenties, when I was told I would die of internal organ degeneration. Through that, I was able to pull all the fear out of my body that I had put there through my addiction to worry. It was so powerful, and I spent so much time using it, I decided to get trained and certified so I could teach it to others. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s designed to be self-administered. One reason I love it is that it allows you to have a conscious relationship with your body. What our body is carrying is bits and pieces of what has not been released. When you know how to do this massage, you can tell if you are holding on to unresolved issuesâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;to fear, anxiety, sadness, griefâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;anything that has not been released. Our bodies are designed to house awareness, not undigested bits of life. Practitioners of hands-on body work know that touch can release unexpected, powerful emotions, and some of us have experienced that ourselves in receiving bodywork. It can be transformational. I remember working with a man who was having pain near his kidneys, a knot that I was able to release and unravel, and he sat up and said, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Oh my god! I just remembered a time when I was five and walked in on my mother in her bedroom, having an affair with a man who was a professional boxer. When he saw me he jumped out of bed and gut-punched me!â&#x20AC;? So this man was holding this all these years, this memory around his kidney. During the massage, it came up through his body, through his unconscious mind, then his conscious mind to his awareness. When it is in your awareness, you can learn from it, digest it, and release it. I used this work to save my life, and during the process all I would do is cry, like clockwork, and then later I experienced how deeply relieving it was. I was comfortable giving this gift to others, because I understood how powerful it was. People who are not using this to save their lives are not necessarily as comfortable with it. Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s why, in a workshop, in the morning I teach how to take your power back, to embrace your spiritual journey with confidence, and put your consciousness back in the driverâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s seat. We learn how to have this lifelong love affair with your body instead of a cantankerous, tortured dynamic.Then, in the afternoon, I show you how to pull undigested toxic life out of your body using this technique. If I just teach the massage, and donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t show you how to make your mind your friend, youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll just put more toxic stuff back in there. If I could change the planet, I would make it a law that people get this massage at least twice a month. It would revolutionize our world!
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Flowers Fall By Bethany Saltman
The Truth: It’s Dizzying Yet, though it is like this, simply, flowers fall amid our longing, and weeds spring up amid our antipathy. — Dogen Zenji, Genjokoan
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just finished reading Andre Agassi’s memoir, Open. I loved it because it is actually a fascinating memoir, and also because in the 80s I had a big crush on Agassi, so it was almost like reading about an ex-(fantasy) boyfriend. Growing up, though, I had no idea how tortured he was, or that he had dropped out of school in ninth grade, or that he, in his own words, “hated tennis.” I had no idea he was suffering so terribly, doing drugs, destroying himself, but looking back, that certainly explains why I found him so attractive. Another thing I had no idea about was the fact that Agassi was driven by a ruthless father who was determined to raise the world’s number one tennis player. It’s not like I had ever really considered Agassi’s childhood before, or pondered how such a talented tennis player comes into being, but there was something about the absolute power his father had over him that was, in fact, surprising. Comforting? Maybe it’s just me, but I feel like I am catching a parenting vibe these days that cautions us not to think that we are actually having an effect on our kids. Like, sure, go ahead, knock yourself out, but just remember that in the blink of an eye our sweet little “Look, Mommy, Buddhas are everywhere!” babes can turn into the neighborhood dealer, depressive, garden-variety A-hole, or much, much worse. And of course, ultimately, we have little or no control over what will happen to our children, or the kind of karma they come into this world carrying with them. And god help us all, it’s the most heartbreaking work in the world—to cultivate sincere intentions, make mistakes galore, and then not attach to any result. But sometimes I feel like we forget just how much influence we really do have on our kids. Or, more to the point, I deny how much influence I have over Azalea. And fancy this: in a good way. Here’s an example. One of the things that we have been wrestling with lately is kindergarten. For now I would like to set aside the complex and fraught socioeconomic/political details of public v. private school, and just say that the questions concerning Azalea’s education, and whether or not we would even entertain the idea of sending her to a private school, brought up a wave of such deep confusion in me it was actually stunning. As I have mentioned here before, I grew up in a pretty hands-off house. Grammar school…please…I just walked there, suffered alone at my little table, then walked home. Middle school? Were there books in that building? In high school, I won my one award for anything in my whole life, ever, in Mr. Martel’s Biology class: Most Talking During Filmstrips. I wasn’t even planning on attending college until my even-then professorial friend, Stephen Jost, who spent senior year slumming it with me in the back of Mr. Norris’s English class, said, “B, you should go to Antioch.” Lucky for me, Antioch was a truly “selfselecting” institution, meaning—if you want to come here, and you are not currently in rehab or jail, welcome! After my first semester, which was a con92 whole living ChronograM 6/10
tinuation of my hang out, smoke, read, and resist life, I plugged into something new and found myself wandering around the beautiful 1850s Ohio campus, holding my head, wondering, Woaaaa, what’s that strange sensation? And then it hit me:This must be what learning feels like. And what do you know? I kind of like it! Where were my parents during all this? Who could say? Fighting their own demons, I suppose. But I know where they were not: sitting around wondering what the best thing would be for their already perfectly perfect four-year-old. So are T and I—in the words of the kind of silly world of writing about parenting, of which I am a shameless participant—“overparenting”? Are we “spoiling” our daughter by considering what would make her happy? Are we terrible people for “judging” public school at all? Like, who are we to have an opinion about our child’s life? If we can’t change the game for every kid in town, why should we cherry-pick just one to get some fancy-schmancy, wholesome school “experience”? Whatever happened to the Bodhisattva Vow, “Save `em all?!” And furthermore, how much does it really matter? Won’t our kids just rebel against whatever we represent, anyway? Isn’t the universe pure chaos? Even parents of artists from Mozart to Twyla Thwarp claim to have simply “discovered” their children’s prodigal talent early in their lives, and felt like they were just following their kids’ lead by devoting their entire lives to the schlepping of geniuses. Maybe so, but isn’t it funny how such geniuses are always born of like-minded families? I am sure there is a genetic/karmic component to propensity and virtuosity, but come on (I plead with myself)…of course we are always shaping our kids. It’s okay! Imprint away! Does it follow that I want to take the lead of someone like Agassi Senior who fastened ping-pong paddles to his infant’s hands, and balls to the mobile above his crib? I guess I could strap Azalea to a zafu and threaten to take away her Kai-Kai Bunny if she moves. Or I could have Anne Sexton piped into the house 24-7. Or I could just make one clear choice at a time about what I think is best for my child and will reflect the values we would like to pass on. Right? The thing is, as much as I like the idea of someone thinking about me when I was a child, I am totally attached to the version of me that was given so little and found her way anyhow. I like the story of salvation where I don’t owe my parents anything because they didn’t do squat for me (which is, of course, not true but integral to the narrative). And I guess it just feels crazy to let go of the past and let reality rip. The bounty of this life, my life, and Azalea’s life, is dizzying. What I can offer her is plenty, rich, and in a sense, boundless. I am ashamed even to say that I am working on accepting that bounty as my life, so deeply askance from who I always imagined myself to be. But it is true, and so I say it.
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Body-Centered Therapy Irene Humbach, LCSW, PC — Body of Wisdom Counseling & Healing Services (845) 485-5933 By integrating traditional and alternative therapy/healing approaches, including BodyCentered Psychotherapy, IMAGO Couples’ Counseling, and Kabbalistic Healing, I offer tools for self healing, to assist individuals and couples to open blocks to their softer heart energy. Ten-session psycho-spiritual group for women.
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CranioSacral Therapy Michele Tomasicchio — Holistic Health Practitioner New Paltz, NY (845) 255-4832 essentialhealth12@gmail.com 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.
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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. Gain Control. Make Healthier Choices. Certified Hypnotist, two years training; broad base in Psychology. Also located in Kingston, NY.
Integrated Kabbalistic Healing Irene Humbach, LCSW, PC (845) 485-5933
Life & Career Coaching Shirley Stone, MBA, Certified Empowerment Life Coach Rhinebeck, NY (845) 876-2194 www.findingthecourage.com Shirley@findingthecourage.com Want to convert fear into courage, stress into power, depression into joy, worry into satisfaction? Consider empowerment life coaching. Get clarity on the life you want plus the tools and techniques to make your dreams a reality. Stop being a problem solver and become a vision creator.
Massage Therapy Bodhi Holistic Spa 323 Warren Street, Hudson, NY (518) 828-2233 www.bodhistudio.com
Conscious Body Pilates & Massage Therapy 692 Old Post Road, Esopus, NY (845) 658-8400 www.consciousbodyonline.com ellen@consciousbodyonline.com 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).
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.
Mid-Hudson Rebirthing Center (845) 255-6482
Menopause Treatment Michele Tomasicchio— Holistic Health Practitioner New Paltz, NY (845) 255-4832 essentialhealth12@gmail.com 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.
Midwifery Womanway 1081 High Falls Road, Catskill, NY (518) 678-3154 www.midwifejennahouston.com womanway@aol.com 35 years experience as holistic out of hospital / homebirth midwife NYS licensed and certified. 100 mi radius from Catskill NY, serves informed committed women who desire homebirth services.
Osteopathy Stone Ridge Healing Arts — Joseph Tieri, DO & Ari Rosen, DO 3457 Main Street, Stone Ridge, NY 138 East Market Street, Rhinebeck, NY (845) 687-7589 www.stoneridgehealingarts.com Drs. Tieri and Rosen are New York State Licensed Osteopathic Physicians specializing in Cranial Osteopathy. As specialists in Osteopathic manipulation, we are dedicated to the traditional philosophy and hands-on treatment of our predecessors. We treat newborns, children, and adults. By Appointment. Offices in Rhinebeck and Stone Ridge.
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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.
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Pilates Conscious Body Pilates 692 Old Post Road, Esopus, NY (845) 658-8400 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 semi-private apparatus sessions available.
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Psychics Lynn Walcutt (845) 384-6787
Psychically Speaking (845) 626-4895 or (212) 714-8125 www.psychicallyspeaking.com gail@psychicallyspeaking.com
Psychologists Emily L. Fucheck, Psy.D. Poughkeepsie, NY (845) 380-0023 Licensed psychologist. Doctorate in clinical psychology, post-doctoral training focused on adolescents and young adults, post-doctoral candidate for certification in psychoanalysis and psychoanalytic psychotherapy. Offering psychotherapeutic work for adults and adolescents. Additional opportunities available for intensive psychoanalytic treatment at substantial fee reduction. Located across from Vassar College in Poughkeepsie.
Psychotherapy Amy R. Frisch, LCSW New Paltz, NY (845) 706-0229
Debra Budnik, CSW-R New Paltz, NY (845) 255-4218 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.
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Irene Humbach, LCSW, PC (845) 485-5933 Body of Wisdom Counseling and Healing Services. See also Body-Centered Therapy directory.
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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 New Paltz, NY (845) 255-3566 www.zweigtherapy.com
Laura Coffey, MFA, LMSW Rosendale & Beacon, NY (845) 399-0319 undefinedreading@gmail.com Family Therapist specializing in Narrative Therapy. Practice includes eclectic interventions tailored to suit individual client’s needs. Healing conversations for the entire family, gerentological services for the elderly and support for caretakers. Grief counseling, motivational interviewing for substance abuse, couples work, LGBT issues, PTSD and childhood trauma, depression, anxiety and performance anxiety. Fee: $25 per clinical hour.
Meg F. Schneider, MA, LCSW Rhinebeck, NY (845) 876-8808 www.megfschneiderlcsw.com I work with adolescents and adults struggling with depression, anxiety, anger, eating disordered behaviors, loneliness and life transitions. I’ve helped teens and adults with substance abuse and trauma connected to physical, emotional and sexual abuse. My approach is psychodynamic, linking the painful past with current and cognitive problems which reframes negative beliefs allowing for positive outcomes. I also practice EMDR, a technique for relieving distress by exploring critical memories.
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Mountain Valley Manor Adult Home 397 Wilbur Avenue, Kingston, NY (845) 331-1254 www.mountainvalleymanor.com
Resorts & Spas Aspects Gallery Inn & Spa Woodstock, NY (917) 412-5646 www.aspectsgallery.com liomag@gmail.com The new Aspects Gallery Inn & Spa resides in the heart of the historic artists colony of Woodstock NY, nestled in the famed Catskill Mountains ski and summer resort region. Aspects Gallery provides a unique and exclusive sensual retreat with two private luxury two bedroom apartments conjoined to a 2000 sq ft cedar and glass enclosed climate controlled spa with 40' saline pool, 64 jet jacuzzi and therapeutic infrared sauna. Enjoy a leisurely poolside bar brunch or order an organic gourmet candlelight dinner prepared by your host French chef Lio Magat– sommelier for famed international chef Paul Bocuse. Bienvenue et bon appetit!
Flowing Spirit Healing 33 Mill Hill Road, Woodstock, NY (845) 679-8989 www.flowingspirit.com Jwalzer@flowingspirit.com
Reverend Diane Epstein 670 Aaron Ct., Kingston, NY (914) 466-0090 www.hudsonvalleyinterfaithminister.com
The Metaphysical Center for Arts & Sciences (845) 471-4993 www.themetaphysicalcenter.org themetacenter@aol.com
Structural Integration Charles Ruland Woodstock, NY (845)532-1323 www.rolf.pro zber@hotmail.com Dr. Rolf Method of Structural Integration is a series of myofascial sessions designed to balance your body in gravity, improve posture and release long held tension in your body and mind. Charles Ruland NYS LMT since 1983, Structural Bodywork since 1986, Cert. Zero Balancing Teacher, Cert. BodyMind Practitioner.
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Sacred Space Design Inner Garden — Mark Oppenheimer (845) 677-0484 innergarden@aol.com Throughout the ages, people have created spaces for relaxation, meditation, reconnection, healing, and celebration. Be it an outdoor garden, an inner sanctum, a clearing in the woods, an entrance, a table top, a vessel, an event, or anything imaginable, I transform spaces into places of transformation. Alternatively, I can provide guidance to those who wish to do the work with their own hands, but want an experienced, imaginative, intuitive resource to tap into as needed.
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Yoga 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.
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T
he other day I got curious about the term “self-actualization,” which I hadn’t heard for years. The first time I encountered it as a kid (in the ‘70s, when people seemed to talk about this stuff more than we do today) I intuitively knew what it meant. To me, it was about the process of becoming real, that is, of becoming fully human. When I looked it up, I learned the term was invented by Kurt Goldstein (1878-1965), a German neurologist and psychiatrist. Goldstein was one of the first theorists in the Gestalt Therapy movement, and one of the original modern holistic thinkers. His clinical work involved studying the relationship between the mind and the brain; Gestalt puts emphasis on the mind-body connection. Holistic theories emphasize unity and integration as expressed through our natural human tendency to grow and mature. It was Abraham Maslow (1908-1970) who put the concept into popular language. It was at the top of his famous “hierarchy of needs,” that pyramid published in a 1943 paper that you had to memorize in Psych class. It starts with basic biological needs beginning with touch, food, breathing, and sex as the foundation of existence. It extends upward toward safety, love, belonging, self-esteem, and finally, at the top, we have self-actualization. This includes creativity, spontaneity, problem solving, acceptance of facts, and morality (or “ethics,” a more flexible approach to difficult questions). These days it takes a good bit of creativity and problem solving (an advanced need, in his theory) to meet the fundamental needs at the bottom level. We can at least thank Maslow for getting the term self-actualization into our hands, and for reminding us that psychology starts with biology. He honored self-actualization as the prime mover fuelling all our other endeavors, not survival. Which brings me to the extraordinary astrology of June 2010: the Jupiter-Uranus conjunction in Aries. If any aspect says self-actualization, this is the one. The “self’ piece is Aries, the sign of “I am,” the key that turns the ignition of consciousness. We each have Aries in our chart somewhere, and where we have it is one zone where we tend to be driven by self-actualization: to waking up and being real. Jupiter is a planet that is rich with potential. It’s like this cosmic bank account we have, from which we can draw down wisdom and envision wider possibilities. Where Jupiter is we seek expansion and learning; we seek to enrich our minds. And as I write, Jupiter is heading for Aries, where it will arrive on June 6. Jupiter comes back to Aries every 12 years. The energy feels like the Chinese Year of the Dragon: vibrant and daring. Uranus is a planet that likes to precipitate potential; its job is to actualize. If spontaneity and curiosity are part of being self-actualized, then Uranus is the spark plug. It doesn’t really have what it takes to make something real. Uranus follows no special 114 planet waves ChronograM 6/10
rules, which is why it’s involved in changing the known order of reality. That includes leaps forward in creativity, thought, and imagination; with inventions; and with revolutions of various kinds. Uranus, which has an 84-year orbit, arrives in Aries on May 27, resetting its cosmic cycle. On June 8, the two form an exact conjunction on something called the Aries Point. This is the first degree of the Western zodiac, which begins with the sign Aries. It’s the position of the Sun on the first day of (Northern Hemisphere) spring, also called the vernal point. It acts just like a focus of energy that links up what we think of as the “personal” realm and the “collective” realm. When we experience events that are on the Aries Point (such as this conjunction) or square or opposite the Aries Point, the world seems to go wild, and we can get drawn into the drama. Big events, which often seem negative, can involve this point—for example, the September 11 incident or the Asian tsunami; or Woodstock, or the Moon landing. It is one of the most predictable things in a chart, in terms of this kind of response in physical reality. In a word, it is big. In recent years we’ve had a lot of Aries Point activity, and we’re about to have more. Recent events include Pluto ingressing Capricorn (square the Aries Point) and Saturn in the process of changing signs to Libra (opposite the Aries Point). This has already stirred up a lot of energy; lately (however you define lately), it’s been one jarring event after the next trying to get our attention. And now the Aries Point activity shows up directly in Aries, as these two mighty factors align directly in the first degree of the zodiac. While that first degree has the “political as personal” feeling, that nexus of individual and collective life, it’s also about personal awakening. There’s a method of astrology that gives a visual symbol to each of the 360 degrees of the zodiac. These are called the Sabian symbols, and if you’re new to astrology I invite you to check out this gift. My favorite version is in an easily available book called An Astrological Madala by Dane Rudhyar. The degrees were channeled randomly by a clairvoyant working with an astrologer, such that the symbol for each degree was channeled without the clairvoyant knowing which degree she was channeling, and in random order. The first degree of the zodiac came out with the symbol: a woman just risen from the sea. A seal is embracing her. This image evokes the birth of Venus, and the emergence of humanity from the sea of life. It implies individual awareness distinguishing itself from the unconscious, or the mind’s awareness emerging from the emotions. The implication is that the sentient environment that surrounds us (such as a seal) is waiting for us when we arrive on the planet. More than this symbol is behind the obvious power of the Aries Point, though I think it’s a great illustration of its potential—and that potential is what the JupiterUranus conjunction is helping us make real, right now. It’s doing so in the midst of a
world that once again seems to be spinning off its axis. In a Mercury retrograde that spans between early April and late May (including all the prep and follow-up phases of process), we got a glimpse into how fragile the world is, and how closely connected its levels of reality are. In those few weeks (counting only up until publication time) we experienced a volcano that disrupted air traffic across Scandinavia and Europe, which effect rippled out across the planet, rearranging lives and stranding people in remote parts of the world; an undersea oil volcano (still out of control, with no end in sight, compounded by hundreds of thousands of gallons of grease-dissolving solvent being dumped into the Gulf of Mexico), a bitterly fought election in the UK, massive flooding in Tennessee and other states, tornadoes in Oklahoma, banking fraud by Goldman Sachs exposed (which demonstrated that they helped orchestrate the recession, for profit), a debt crisis flooding across Europe with a trillion euro bailout committed to during the retrograde, a 1,000-point dive in the stock market that nobody can figure out, and an attempted terrorist attack in New York City. After spending nearly a trillion dollars on wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, the new al Qaeda we’re supposed to worry about turns out to be our old friend Pakistan. These events all have that Aries Point feeling—and we haven’t even reached the conjunction yet. Which brings me back to self-actualization. These are all wake-up calls. They are the public version: We are getting plenty of them in our personal lives as well, and I’m here to tell you there are many connections, all of which are guiding us to take a unified view of existence. By some accounts, this is starting to happen; though there are many signs of slumber, there are many other signs of awakening. I have a few ideas for what we can actually do, if we want to facilitate the process of self-actualization. 1. Know thyself. Part of getting to know yourself may involve admitting you don’t know yourself. I suggest you open up, allow or invite your curiosity about your true work, your authentic sexual and relational orientation, and other information about what you think you’re doing on the planet at this time. This includes knowing what you want. Our relationship to our self, which is existence, is what we see animated and expressed in our relationships with others. Therefore, cultivate a deeper relationship with your self. Dreams are a meaningful, helpful and easy way to tap into what is sometimes called the unconscious. 2. Relationship is the foundation of community. Part of what is holding humanity back at this time is a need to rethink our fundamental bonds with others, which are the basic patterns of existence that ripple out into the world. Exploring outside orthodox modes of relationship helps us weave community and have a more complex sense of who we are, and what we mean to others and what they mean to us. If you love someone, give yourself permission to love them, no matter what the “rules” say you should do. Get to know your neighbors, including the critters and the businesses that are near your home. Remember that in a sense you are always outside, always in relationship to your surroundings. 3. Know what you eat. A revolution is under way on the meaning of food. As we reach the end of the petroleum supply, all of our concepts of food and the production of food will need to be rearranged, and we’re well into this process. Most of what is called food is neither nourishing nor sustainable, and it’s nearly all made from or with petroleum. The first step in the process of change is getting to know exactly what you’re eating—including knowing who produces it. 4. Know your body’s special needs. Every specimen of humanity is different, and you need to know the ways in which you’re different. This includes discerning food sensitivities, knowing the way you’re influenced by your environment, and how your physical nature influences your psychology. 5. Know your technology. We live in a haze of technology but we are largely ignorant of how it works, what we can really do with it, and its effect on our minds and bodies. For the most part we don’t understand the power we hold in our hands. Make sure that you are in the creative role; that you are creating your technology rather than letting it create you. 6. Be yourself. We humans tend to spend a lot of energy trying to convince people of what we are, which gets in the way of being who we are. Tell the truth and notice the results that you get, in the long run as well as the short. 7. Choose what you want. You know what you want—and remember that the power to decide is one of our few true freedoms. To do this you will likely have to understand the nature of guilt, which sends you the opposite signal. Guilt and desire are mutually exclusive. Learn to live in the service of love. 8. Your actions have consequences, and our actions as humanity have consequences. We have lived for a long time thinking that they do not. Karma is really as simple as being aware of your participation in the experience of cause and effect. 9. Keep your vibration high. World events, by accident or design, are having the effect of lowering the vibration of many people. As big as any problem seems, global or individual, our potential is infinitely higher, and the way we get there is by feeling good and embracing of our true desire.
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Planet Waves Horoscopes ARIES (March 20-April 19) Do we ever really reinvent ourselves? Sometimes we do. Often we do not. As much as we strive to turn over new leaves, write new chapters, get a spiritual makeover, make a new effort at selfimprovement, change our image, color our hair, strike off in a new direction, stop letting the family define our reality, we do very nearly everything in our power to resist real change. We have many tools for this, and most of them are relationships. Then one day it happens. Despite everything, we suddenly find ourselves rapidly becoming someone else, doing something different, living another life. It may be wildly different from anything we thought possible, or thought of at all. These are the changes that emerge from the inside and then somehow take us to other places on the planet, or make us thirst for new knowledge, or crave freedom from everything we knew in the past. And that is the moment you are in. You’ve had plenty of time to consider your potential, and by now you know what you want: To be at peace, all you need to do is admit your truth to yourself, and then let go into the flow. There will be time later to reflect on what you’ve done, to revise your ideas and to try a new approach; but this first go is the most meaningful one. It’s the moment when you say yes to yourself: a moment of faith and adventure.
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You’re in a unique position of leadership, and I mean unique in the true sense of the word: For you, this is once in a lifetime, and truly original in expression. How you interpret that notion will depend on how you feel about yourself. One way to go would be to take charge in your own life—the only true leadership there is. The other option is to keep dreaming, to keep wishing, and wonder what mysterious force will deliver you to your destiny. It’s unlikely, though, that you will be able to take a passive role. You’re at a rare turning point that relates directly to your life calling, your sense of mission, and this elusive issue of acknowledging your power. You may feel that you’ve waited too long to do this; you may feel the demand for authenticity and mandatory integrity has come upon you too soon. This seeming paradox is one of the effects of Chiron in Pisces, your 10th solar house. Yet if you look at the equation in a balanced way, and consider what you’re experiencing, you will see that you’re being given information (not an answer; more like a question that is focused enough to get an answer) that helps you resolve a deeper issue: the older one of having only a vague sense of purpose. What you are experiencing now is, very specifically, a sense of purpose that is trying to get your attention. You are being called. It is your option to answer.
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I’m sure you’ve had one of those dreams where you discover you have a new wing in your house, or that a closet leads to a whole other building. These dreams seem to have one thing in common, which is how normal the discovery is, like the thing was ways there, and how could you have missed it? That is the approximate feeling of your astrology this month: an inner dimension opening and welcoming you in, but one that was always there. You may be inclined to respond as if this is “not really happening.” You may doubt: how do you know if this discovery is really you, or the product of your imagination? (Clue: It is both at the same time.) You don’t have to ask questions. If you want to do something practical, step across the inner threshold and see for yourself. The feeling is the calling of any potential, talent, or dream that has opened up for you lately. The inner space that’s opening up has different rules. You can, for example, say yes to yourself. You don’t have to define your reality with fear, or honor the limits that fear previously set. In fact, you don’t need to believe anything that you previously believed, and furthermore, you can define who you are as a mystery rather than something, or someone, who you’re supposed to be able to predict. If you can get past how nervous this might make you, you’ll have a lot of fun.
(June 21-July 22)
How many people get to do exactly what they want, or what they know they came here to do? What stops some and what facilitates others? Looking around, why does it seem that some humans—right in the same culture—get to write science fiction floating around on a wood sailboat, while others have to collect trash? And since you’re somewhere in the middle, what determines where on the continuum you get to be? We could look at all kinds of worldly advantages: the trust fund, buying a load of Microsoft stock in 1980, knowing the right person. We could credit shrewdness. We could say that one’s karma allows or disallows certain potentials (and more of us believe this than care to admit we do). Your charts suggest that the approach to life that will get you where you want to go is envisioning what you want without giving credence to any idea that it’s not possible. For some it is challenging to envision the existence of their dreams—there seem to be so many quirky facts, mediocre people, and global disasters in the way. If you have been trying to envision your dreams for a day for 50 years, you have arrived at the breakthrough point. It’s not merely that nothing is impossible, it is that anything is possible, so therefore, choose from the depth of your passion. Clue: It’s an easy feeling.
Planet Waves Horoscopes LEO
(July 22-August 23)
It’s time to stretch every horizon. The first one to expand includes your vision of what is possible, of who you are and of what you can achieve. I’m aware how challenging it is to do this even if you’re “good” at it, though you do have help. What you’re really changing is your idea of who you are, as if some “higher self” version of you contained on another level is flooding into your personality, displacing your ego, and offering you the sensation of your most enlightened self. While you’re stretching horizons, don’t forget the boundaries of place that so often seem to hold you back. You’re someone who can make anyplace interesting, though now unusual locales are calling you, as are friends from other parts of the world—some of whom you may not know today. And while you’re stretching, take the next few weeks and lean into some expanded ideas of what is possible. The truth is: you can do anything, particularly using this moment as your fulcrum. How do you get there? In a word, faith. Faith is not something you need a lot of. All you need is a little. What some spiritual traditions call the “greater faith” reaches back to you, responding to your call; the greater light joins your small light. You initiate the process, with your commitment to dare, to see, to embrace your life. That is the invitation for divine providence to make the next move.
VIRGO (August 23-September 22) Relationships either help set us free to be who we are, or they limit who we are. This is the choice we have. Generally, every relationship is an agreement to live one way or the other, until we remember that we only have one relationship: self to other. The decision you’re now making is involves reaching from your core and seeing the continuity of every encounter that you have: long-term, short-term, “sexual,” “platonic,” committed, casual, or whatever. At the core of that continuity is your understanding that relationship is an agreement to be free or to be a slave; to give yourself, or to be taken; to exchange, or to take advantage of. Our society is not as clueless about this as it was, say, even 50 years ago. Yet the marriage contract, society’s model of relationship, has not fundamentally changed in that time, and there are many movements to make it more restrictive, not less. You, however, can no longer be defined, or limited, by these kinds of unquestioned, prefab contracts. Your Self must have the freedom to explore, to expand, and to individuate in every encounter. It is true that you have chosen relationships as your own primary method of getting to know yourself, so withdrawing is not an option—and given the incredible potential of your human encounters, there seems little point in that. Indeed, current aspects are likely to represent the actual moment when you’re drawn out of your shell, into experiencing the true potential of love.
LIBRA (September 22-October 23) Your charts this month leave me wondering how much change and innovation one human being is capable of embracing. In astrology it’s a good idea to understate the case, so I will put it this way. You have lived with one order of reality, or known construct of reality for a while. That includes an idea of who you are, a life pattern, and, most of all, a relationship pattern. On several different accounts, you appear to be in a process of a top to bottom revision of all of these things. Don’t worry, it’s going to last for a while and you don’t need to make all your adjustments at once. Yet the current moment has a particular rarity, which is that if you keep your mind’s eye open, you will be the beneficiary of a vision for how good things can be in the future. One property of this process is that the more change you’re willing to abide, the more potential you can activate. For a while, you have the ability or potential to resist, though Saturn’s imminent journey through your sign suggests that you are at a maturity point that will enable you to handle some significant progress. You will do yourself an enormous favor by thinking of your experience as something that emerges from inside of you rather as something in your environment—this, even as your environment starts to vibrate and light up and morph into something new before your eyes.
SCORPIO
(October 23-November 22)
You have often let your work define you. The time has arrived for you to define yourself and your work. Depending on who you are, this will be one of the most creative phases of your life, or a phase where you feel so confined that you begin a revolution, so that you can do more of what you want. I would remind you that we live in a society that alternately signals us with “do what you love and you will prosper” and, to the contrary, “why do you think they call it work?” Even those who find themselves highly successful in a chosen field can find themselves confined by their schedule, their creative demands, and by a routine. In recent years, something else has taken over, which is your willingness to take risks, and to enrich yourself creatively. Some of the experiments have worked, some have not, but one thing is clear: You are determined to express yourself. This, in turn, translates determined to be free within your environment: but it translates to something deeper, which is standing uncompromisingly in your truth, and taking action only from there. You can do this; I propose that you’ll discover that the barriers and reasons you felt you could not do this were a kind of mirage. These, in turn, will reveal the deeper material that you can work out through your process of becoming, which is creative process, which is your personal form of art: yours and yours alone. 6/10 ChronograM planet waves 117
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SAGITTARIUS (November 22-December 22) You know that the risks you take don’t just involve you. They involve everyone in your world, because so many people depend on you— and you like it that way. Yet what if one day you woke up and you didn’t have to worry about all of them; what if your only necessity was to consider your own options? This would remove the source of nearly all of your fears, and open up a wide horizon of possibilities that seemed impossible before. I suggest you work with this for a while. It maybe one of the biggest risks you can take, and you will likely find this exciting. I’m not saying you have to do anything, or try anything; rather, I am proposing that you consider a collection of what-ifs. What if you were not bound to your current place? What if you could tap your fiery, inventive energy? What if you had the focus to stick to a new challenge long enough to bring it to fruition? What if you could tap into an energy source that you know you carry around with you? What if you could tap into the deep wisdom of the past? What if you were clear about how you feel, rather than about what you believe philosophically? Now add five or 10 of your own questions and see if you can detect a pattern to the answers. There is one. And you are in a rare moment when you can act on the truth that the pattern reveals.
CAPRICORN
(December 22-January 20)
You fancy yourself a stable person -- but what does that mean? Every week and nearly every day brings a new challenge to which you have to adapt. What has remained constant is your view of the past, and key values from your past that you’ve used continuously to define your life. When was the last time you reevaluated everything that has happened before? You may have done this once—there are few possibilities as to when, though a time that stands out is the mid-1990s. That seemed to be a moment when you made separated yourself from history and in a sense started your archeological clock over. What you’re doing now is different: It’s a reevaluation of a “safe” definition of who you are that appears designed to provide you with predictability. In reality, it’s designed to provide a self-definition consistent with what was expected of you as a child. True, since you define yourself as so fiercely independent, you may disagree with this, and I wish I could know the points of contention—I suggest you work with each of them. These objections are actually a kind of “argument against who you are” that is coming from the past: from people who defined their purpose as being secure, who never stepped into their own original existence, and who are in the end quite different from you. If I could sum up your current revolution in one sentence, it’s that you no longer need to do their bidding.
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I’ve said before that for a person who loves ideas as much as you do, this is a great time to be alive. You are in territory where you can surpass all limits, yet to get there you need to embrace an idea that is rarely spoken of: intellectual freedom. You understand this intuitively, of that I am certain. Yet because we live in a society that so desperately tries to repress anything it does not understand or that does not follow today’s economic rules, we’re all a little hobbled here. Yet you have a special advantage: you seek yourself in the free expression of ideas. They may belong to you; they may belong to someone else—but you know a free idea when you see one, and you are gathering the momentum to bring something you love and value to fruition. You’ve spent a lot of time, perhaps years, thinking about how much you love and value this concept—whatever it is. Now you have an opportunity to do something about it. I am sure you sense the potential: to help people, to establish a new kind of beauty within planetary consciousness. The ingredient you must work with is a form of discipline called focus. Yes, odd synchronicities will guide you on your way, but you need the full strength of your mind on this gig. And I suggest you beware of a factor that feels like living two lifetimes at once. Through this endeavor, you will finally integrate them.
PISCES
(February 19-March 20)
Imagine you woke up one morning to FedEx ringing your doorbell, signed for an envelope, and were staring at a letter. “Dear [add your name]: It is my pleasure to inform you of a trust account that was established for you at the time of your birth. One of the conditions of the trust was that you would be informed of it at this time in your life, when you were ready to receive and make the best use of it, and that time is now. Please contact us at your earliest convenience so that we may make arrangements for the transfer of funds.” Astrologically, it’s better than money, and better than something that is handed to you. Money is suggested strongly in the aspects—potentially in the form of a highly lucrative idea. This would likely come in the form of a new approach to something you are doing now, or have working toward. You’ve come further along this journey than you think, and you’re at a breakthrough point. That arrives in the form of believing in yourself without hesitation: the deep rooting of your self-respect into your psyche. When your potential is released, the form comes in with the feeling, the actual sensation, of authentic faith in yourself. You cannot feign this; and you cannot thrive without it, so I suggest you welcome the feeling warmly, walk gently in your confidence and remember that this is your passport to whatever you want.
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Parting Shot
Self-portraits by children of C.H.I.P. & Nanhi Kali Schools from “I AM: India,” 2010
Last March, Sasha Sicurella journeyed to Mumbai, India, the second most populous city in the world, to launch the I AM project. In Mumbai’s intensely overcrowded slums, Sicurella found impoverished children caught in a regimented school system. She recalls, “These kids didn’t necessarily know where they were getting their next meal, didn’t necessarily have shoes, but despite that, they were sponges for knowledge and any kind of creative experience.” For the “I AM: India” self-portraits series, Sicurella asked students to stand in front of a camera connected to a handheld remote control. Snapping their own photos gave the children a feeling of empowerment and control over their destiny, says Sicurella. “Having creativity, one-on-one contact, for someone to pick you out of a crowd and say, ‘You’re an individual, you’re special,’” produced a positive change in the children in only a few days. After her success in Mumbai, Sicurella, the education director at Omi International Arts, established the I AM International Foundation. Over the next 10 years, Sicurella hopes to bring the project to 52 countries. She plans to go “wherever the need is greatest,” and would also “love to do this on a really local level, like I AM: Hudson or I AM: Great Barrington.” She travels to Africa this October for I AM: Ethiopia. “I AM: India” will be exhibited through June 4 at the Charles B. Benenson Visitor’s Center and Gallery at the Omi International Arts Center in Ghent. www.artomi.org. —Lisa Parisio 120 ChronograM 6/10
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