Chronogram ARTS.CULTURE.SPIRIT.
CONTENTS 1/09
ARTS & CULTURE
108 PARTING SHOT Laura Levine’s 1982 photograph of Richard and Linda Thompson.
34 PORTFOLIO Molly Rausch’s chalkboard paintings this month at Carl Van Brunt.
36 MUSEUM AND GALLERY GUIDE 40 MUSIC Peter Aaron profiles musician, composer, and inventor Brian Dewan. Nightlife Highlights by DJ Wavy Davy, plus CDs by The Big Takeover Following Too Close. Reviewed by DJ Wavy Davy. The Designer Drugs By Rx Only. Reviewed by Jeremy Schwartz. Erica Lindsay Quartet Yes: Live at the Rosendale Cafe. Reviewed by Erik Lawrence.
44 BOOKS Nina Shengold profiles Ed Sanders, poet laureate of Woodstock.
46 BOOK REVIEWS Marx Dorrity reviews The Book from the Sky by Robert Kelly. Lee Gould, William Seaton, and Nina Shengold offer a roundup of 10 titles by local poets for the new year.
THE FORECAST 92 DAILY CALENDAR Comprehensive listings of local events. (Daily updates of calendar listings are posted at Chronogram.com.) PREVIEWS 93 A selection of World War I posters, part of the “Over the Top” exhibit, will be shown at the Norman Rockwell Museum in Stockbridge, MA, through January 25. 95 Erick Hawkins Dance will perform at the Center for Performing Arts in Rhinebeck on January 31 and February 1. 97 Vassar College’s Modfest honors composer Steve Reich with music, dance, and film performances throughout January and February. 99 “21st Century Perspectives,” an exhibit of prints by SUNY New Paltz students, shows this month at the Arts Society of Kingston. 101 Old-time musicians Bruce Molsky and John Specker will play the Rosendale Theater on January 15, part of Hop High Productions’ world music series.
48 POETRY Poems by Andrew Brenza, Richard Donnelly, E. Gironda Jr, Jami Macarty, Wythe Marschall, Elaine Mills, normal, Jenn Nunes, E. P. Schultz, and Christina Turczyn.
54 FOOD & DRINK
102 WELCOME TO THE NEXT WORLD Eric Francis Coppolino on the transit into the new year. Plus horoscopes.
JENNIFER MAY
Peter Barrett explains the transformative power of salt in the kitchen.
PLANET WAVES
44 8 CHRONOGRAM 1/09
Edward Sanders demonstrates the Pulse Lyre BOOKS