JENNIFER MAY
CONTENTS 11/06
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DAVID CHAPMAN MIXES UP A POMEGRANATE MARTINI AT BESO IN NEW PALTZ.
ARTS & CULTURE
THE FORECAST
40 PORTFOLIO
136 DAILY CALENDAR
Cartoonist R.O. Blechman's drawings, part of a group show of political art this month at SKH Gallery in Great Barrington.
44 LUCID DREAMING Advisory to readers: Beth E. Wilson discusses the impact of the right's "Crusade for decency" on art and culture in America. (Images censored for reader safety.)
46 GALLERY DIRECTORY What's hanging in galleries and museums throughout the region.
50 MUSIC Peter Aaron profiles hardcore punk legends Bad Brains. Plus local scenester DJ Wavy Davy's Nightlife Highlights and reviews of CDs by Open Book The Things We Keep. Reviewed by Mike Jurkovic. Carr Nord Hofmann Maddox Biosphere. Reviewed by Peter Aaron. Cassandra Wilson Thunderbird. Reviewed by DJ Wavy Davy.
54 FOOD & DRINK Harold Jacobs reviews innovative New Paltz eatery Beso.
152 PARTING SHOT Photographer Dennis Stock goes ape for Hollywood.
Comprehensive listings of local events. (Daily updates of calendar listings are posted at Chronogram.com). PREVIEWS 131 Jay Blotcher talks with Separate Cinema's John Kisch about the Black is Black Ain't exhibition of African-American movie posters at Vassar College. 132 Canadian roots-music quintet the Duhks migrate to Woodstock for a one-night stand at the Colony Café. Preview by Jeremy Schwartz. 135 Rebecca Wild Nelson visits the Foundry Museum in Cold Spring for The Gilded Age: High Fashion in the Hudson Highlands, 1865-1914 exhibit. 136 In Moby Dick: The Waves, an exhibition at the Albany Institute of History & Art, artist Frank Stella parallels Melville's classic novel. Sparrow explains. 139 Teal Hutton offers a taste of the Rosendale International Pickle Festival and explains how there's more than just pickles at this nine-year-old gherkin gala. 141 Vocalist Danielle Woerner's new CD features works by Hudson Valley composers. Sharon Nichols previews a concert heralding its release. 144 Guitar innovator Bill Frisell brings his Unspeakable Orchestra to the Mahaiwe in Great Barrington. Robert Burke Warren previews. 145 World-traversing kayaker Jon Bowermaster discusses the latest installments of his "Oceans 8" film series with Shannon Gallagher.
PLANET WAVES HOROSCOPES
BUSINESS SERVICES
146 NEW CLEAR BLUES
56 TASTINGS A directory of what’s cooking and where to get it.
Eric Francis Coppolino examines the rise of the Universe's Nuclear Axis, and what it means in light of the recent news from North Korea. Plus horoscopes.
123 BUSINESS DIRECTORY
A compendium of advertiser services.
110 WHOLE LIVING DIRECTORY
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