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Brian K. Mahoney ART DIRECTOR
David Perry NEWS & POLITICS EDITOR
Lorna Tychostup ASSOCIATE EDITOR
Susan Piperato CONTRIBUTING EDITOR
Jim Andrews MUSIC EDITOR
Sharon Nichols BOOKS EDITOR
Nina Shengold WHOLE LIVING EDITOR
Lorrie Klosterman POETRY EDITOR
Phillip Levine COPY EDITOR
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COMMUNITY NOTEBOOK
18 THE ULTIMATE RECYCLER Jonathan D. King takes stock of the distribution network of the Food Bank of the Hudson Valley in Cornwall. 20 ART OF BUSINESS Ann Braybrooks manages to stay dry at Total Immersion Swim Studio in New Paltz.
NEWS AND POLITICS
22 VOTING 2.0 Cheryl Gerber reports on the security concerns raised by scientists about touch screen computer voting machines. ARTS & CULTURE
WHOLE LIVING GUIDE
28 PORTFOLIO The figural sculptures of Emil Alzamora.
72 SURVIVING GUILT SEASON Ilyse Simon offers a fresh perspec-
30 LUCID DREAMING Beth E. Wilson looks into her lucid crystal
tive on wise and healthy eating after the holidays—with no dieting.
ball for some artworld predictions for 2006.
76 INNER VISION Lorrie Klosterman on Unitarian Universalism.
33 GALLERY DIRECTORY What's hanging around the region.
BUSINESS SERVICES
36 MUSIC Sharon Nichols profiles composer Chris Lastovicka.
57 TASTINGS A directory of what’s cooking and where to get it.
Plus Nightlife Highlights and CD reviews. 40 BOOKS Nina Shengold talks with writer/ilustrators Dave Horowitz and Barbara Bash about their craft. 42 BOOK REVIEWS The Grace That Keeps This World by Tom Bailey; Permission Slips by Jerry Sanders; Beyond the House of the False Lama by George Crane. 46 POETRY Poems by local poets, plus a Larry Berk tribute. 62 FOOD Jen May dines at Swoon Kitchenbar in Hudson.
WEDDINGS & CELEBRATIONS 49 ARTICLES, PRODUCTS, AND SERVICES.
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78 WHOLE LIVING DIRECTORY For the positive lifestyle. 94 BUSINESS DIRECTORY A compendium of advertiser services.
THE FORECAST 101 DAILY CALENDAR Listings of local events. Plus features on Jeffrey Gaines, The Hunger Mountain Boys, and more.
PLANET WAVES HOROSCOPES 110 PARALLEL WORLDS Eric Francis Coppolino examines the astrological changes 2006 will bring. Plus horoscopes.
PARTING SHOT 116 INSIDE THE MONAD A charcoal drawing by Charlotte Schulz.
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Matthew Watzka CONTRIBUTORS Emil Alzamora, Cheryl Berger, Jay Blotcher, Anne Braybrooks, Eric Francis Coppolino, DJ Wavy Davy, Philip Ehrensaft, Michael Gold, Betty Greenwald, Hillary Harvey, Annie Internicola, Jonathan D. King, Susan Krawitz, Jana Leon, Rebecca Leopold, Jennifer May, Dion Ogust, Anne Pyburn, Fionn Reilly, Charlotte Schulz, Dash Shaw, Ilyse Simon, Andy Singer, Sparrow, Beth E. Wilson, ALL CONTENTS COPYRIGHT 2006
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