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NEWS AND POLITICS

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72 ANNUAL COMPENDIUM OF EDUCATIONAL OFFERINGS

The gist of what you may have missed in the back pages of the global media maelstrom: erroneous presidential statements, 53 dead sea lions, and more.

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WHOLE LIVING GUIDE 88 DEEP WOUNDS Dina Greenberg reveals that war veterans are fighting silent battles against post-traumatic stress disorder when they get home, and many are being denied the medical attention they need in order to recover.

Larry Beinhart digs into the politics of evolution.

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34 FALLING FROM THE GARDEN INTO WONDER

66 TASTINGS A directory of what’s cooking and where to get it.

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93 WHOLE LIVING DIRECTORY For the positive lifestyle.

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ARTS & CULTURE 42 PORTFOLIO Jared Handelsman’s photographs of nature.

44 LUCID DREAMING Beth E. Wilson reviews Lorrie Fredette’s installation at the Gallery at R & F.

43 MUSEUM AND GALLERY GUIDE 50 MUSIC Peter Aaron profiles jam band Medeski, Martin & Wood.

Baird Hersey & Prana with Krishna Das Gathering in the Light by Sharon Nichols.

Kari Speiler Rough Draft Reviewed by David Malachowski.

Los Doggies Onebody Reviewed by Jason Broome.

54 BOOKS Nina Shengold profiles Nobel Prize winning author Chinua Achebe.

56 BOOK REVIEWS Kim Wozencraft reviews Abraham’s Curse by Bruce Chilton.

Anne Pyburn reviews Mudbound by Hillary Jordan.

60 POETRY Poems by Steve Clark, Sam Dillon, Sari Grandstaff, James Hall, Billy Internicola, Jill James, Cecele Allen Kraus, Carole Nichols, Davi Osgood, Royal Potter, Steven Vercelletto, RFW, and Casebere M. Wren.

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Lorrie Fredette’s A Pattern of Connections.

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62 FOOD & DRINK Ilyse Simon encounters fresh, organic foods at Karma Road in New Paltz.

124 PARTING SHOT Clown, a drawing by Lou Patrou.

THE FORECAST 109 DAILY CALENDAR Comprehensive listings of local events.

(Daily updates of calendar listings are posted at Chronogram.com.)

PREVIEWS 107 Shot By Gunner exhibted at The Arts Upstairs in Phoenicia through March 15.

108 Huun-Huur-Tu will perform at the Rosendale Theater on March 8.

111 Simone Dinnerstein plays Bach’s Goldberg Variations in Beacon on March 2.

112 Eastern Standard will be exhibited at Mass MoCA in North Adams this month.

115 Walking the Dog Theater presents I Might Be Edgar Allen Poe starting March 14.

116 Kulan will appear at Hermitage in Beacon through April 6.

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When asked to describe what direction her work is currently taking, painter and sculptor Lee Wen laughs. “I do all kinds of things,” she says. “I don’t even know what I’m doing anymore.” One thing Wen has done is take the four elements of Western cosmology—water, earth, fire, and air—and capture them into monumental paintings 10 feet high and 30 to 50 feet in length. Completing the massive water element painting alone took her nine months. According to Wen the completed series will constitute a comprehensive whole that will explore the infinite and universal.

Wen’s pieces capture the dynamic colors of nature in motion, flowing across the canvas. Her palette is not drawn directly from the appearance of the world, but rather from what Wen refers to as “the lyric and psychic necessities of my art.”

With all the movement in her pieces, the elements almost seem to reach beyond the edges of the canvas, surging outward into the spaces the pieces occupy. To accent this effect, after the paint is applied Wen uses a stylus to carve individual lines, giving the art depth and swells, as well as a rippling effect.

With the elements, Wen plays no favorites. “I have an equal passion for all the elements,” she says. “Air is really flowing, free form, water is the same way.”

Wen struggles slightly with the solidity and gravity of earth, the least dynamic of the elements. Some of the works inspiration comes from her train rides from the Hudson to Manhattan as well as ancient Chinese calligraphy. “The graph style of Chinese calligraphy is really beautiful,” she says. “Almost like a dance on paper, so rhythmic.”

Born in Taiwan, Wen moved to the US in 1983 to attend Washington State University. “It was very hard to adjust,” she says. Having her undergraduate degree in Chinese art, with a concentration in on abstract philosophical images, she was confronted with a decidedly intellectual, secular art scene in the US. “A lot of narrative, a lot of propaganda, the trend was different.” She struggled to adjust to the unfamiliarity of American art and somehow managed to keep her minimalist style. Though she now resides in landlocked Loudonville, outside of Albany, being from an island gave her a deep affinity for the power of water and the forces of nature. Her Taoist beliefs also fuel her love for creating nature in her artwork. “Nature is [the Taoists’] branch of knowledge,” she says. “We watch how nature moves, grows, recycles, and [we] learn the theory of nature.”

Wen has been exhibiting nationally and internationally for over 20 years, and her work is featured in a number of corporate and private collections She has been a recipient of a New York Foundation for the Arts fellowship as well as a grant from the Pollock-Krasner Foundation. Wen’s paintings have been exhibited in American embassies around the world for the past five years, part of the US State Department’s Art in Embassies program, including stops in Jordan, the Philippines, and Singapore. In mid-March, Wen will travel to South Africa for two weeks to conduct art workshops for who do not have access to art supplies or art education, an adjunct to the Art in Embassies program. “It’s a wonderful, great honor,” she says. “It gives the children a lot of exposure to art, I’m so looking forward to it.”

The Beacon Institute for River’s and Estuaries will be exhibiting paintings of water by Leigh Wen in their gallery at 199 Main Street in Beacon, March 8 through July 8. An opening reception will be held on Saturday, March 8, from 5 to 7pm.

(845) 838-1600; www.thebeaconinstitute.com. Portfolio: www.leighwen.org.

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A Newer Stump Speech My fellow Americans, as you may possibly know, I am running for President of the United States. And it’s time for some tough talk, on policy and options. Let’s look hard at the soft issues and softly at the harder issues—that’s my method.

I am often asked: “Sparrow, where do you stand on same-sex marriage?”

Now, let me explain that I subscribe to the neo-Jungian theory that there are 13 sexes. For example, men who cry at movies, are slightly overweight, but own a gun are one sex. Women who read Scientific American are another.

Everyone under 5’ 2” is a third sex. And so on. Do I believe that people should marry within their sexual subset? Certainly! But I will not require this by law— unlike certain of my opponents. Mike Huckabee would force each of the 13 sex categories to marry within their own type. That’s why I am running for President, in fact. To defend the rights of the 13 sexes! Remember my slogan: Only Sparrow Believes in All 13 Sexual Typologies! Sparrow for President!

Now we come to the thorny issue of immigration. I have thought deeply on this question, and there is only one fair resolution: Each time someone immigrates to America, someone else must emigrate from America. This will be decided by lottery. For example, if a new immigrant arrives from Cambodia, a large wheel will be spun in Washington, and eventually Erica Cosgrove of Cape Charles, Virginia will be deported from our nation. (Of course, Ms. Cosgrove may not be the one chosen. She’s just a random example.)

Extreme voices in the anti-immigrant movement—voices one may hear daily on certain radio frequencies—believe we must search the cemeteries of America, dig up illegal immigrants, and mail them back to their country of origin. But I, Sparrow, resist this demagoguery. I say: Amnesty for the dead!

Let deceased immigrants all be declared citizens!

There’s been a lot of discussion in this election about saving the middle class, protecting the middle class, et cetera. Let me confide in you, my electorate, quite honestly, that I have always found the middle class slightly annoying. I am running to protect the hobos, people who dress up as rabbits, stevedores, opera singers, prostitutes, experts on Chaucer—people like that. The middle class, with their uncomfortable couches and macaroni casseroles, can probably take care of themselves. That’s why I have developed the pithy slogan: The Middle Class Be Damned! Let’s Concern Ourselves with Hobos, Divas, Sex Workers and Chaucerians! Sparrow For President!

Now we come to the subject of taxes. Every single candidate besides me is promising you a tax cut, but I must respectfully disagree. Let’s face it, our nation owes $4 trillion—most of it to a gentleman named Chang Hu Li in Shanghai. We are in a desperate position. And we have only one choice: to tax children! Starting at the age of one, boys and girls must ante up to show their commitment to the American way of life. I realize there’s going to be a lot of smashed piggy banks, and many tears, but frankly, it’s necessary. The Sparrow Equable Tax Plan will be fair—some children will pay as little as six cents. But certain affluent toddlers will owe several hundred million dollars.

My slogan is: Let Rich Kids and Poor Kids Pay Their Way! There’s No More Free Milk and Cookies! Sparrow ffor President!

Finally, America is dangling from an icy precipice of steep verticality. She must take a leap of faith, across the yawning abyss of multiple despair, onto the fern-filled plateau that is me, Sparrow. I know this is a complex metaphor, but it’s an indispensable one.

Now you may ask me, “Sparrow, if we are dangling from an icy precipice— that is, hanging by our fingers from a shelf of ice—how can we take a leap of faith?” And I will reply: “That’s a good question. My guess is that you must push off with your legs, and hurtle backwards across the yawning abyss of multiple despair, then at some point flip over, face forwards, extend your arms and glide, onto the fern-filled plateau that is me.” It won’t be easy. But nothing in the realm of politics ever is. You may, quite likely, fall into the gaping abyss. But perhaps, somewhere in the abyss, you’ll find a nice cheap motel, where you may stay for a couple of nights and plan your next move.

That’s why my final slogan is: Leap Over That Doggone Yawning Abyss of Multiple Despair! Sparrow for President!

Thank you, America!

—Sparrow

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LOCAL LUMINARY CARRIE HADDAD LEADING LIGHTS OF THE COMMUNITY

Carrie Haddad is quick to point out that the antique dealers were first, when asked about the inciting incident for Hudson’s ongoing retail renaissance. “My art gallery would never have been a success without the antiques dealers,� says Haddad. “Their clients became my clients.� Carrie Haddad Gallery opened in 1990, shortly after the former dancer moved to Columbia County from Manhattan with her husband and two kids. The city’s first gallery, it has served as an anchor for the repopulation of Warren Street’s once boarded-up storefronts. Hudson now boasts two dozen galleries and a flourishing tourism economy, supporting more than 50 antique stores, as well as numerous restaurants, boutiques, and bed and breakfasts. Hand in hand with the business revival has come an influx of new residents, who have helped turn the city into a cultural hub.

A founding member of Historic Hudson, Haddad has worked to help the city preserve its unique architectural character as it redevelops. (She was also the only member of the Hudson Development Corporation board to vote against the siting of the St. Lawrence Cement plant.) This past November, Haddad was elected Alderman for the city’s First Ward, a post she will serve in until 2010. —Brian K. Mahoney What was Hudson like in the late 1980s?

When my wave of newcomers came to Hudson in the '80s, we all started doing our thing here, the city was in a real slump—like so many manufacturing towns on the East Coast. Many who grew up here split if they wanted to make any money—so we had a kind of blank slate to create things, to make things happen here. And the people who lived here, I think they really were excited about it. Hudsonians are friendly and generous people. But then there was this core of good ‘ol boys who controlled everything, and they were less excited. They never embraced the people who moved here and spent money and improved the properties and opened shops and started additional community programs. And it’s still like that, but I see things starting to change.

How did you come to open an art gallery?

I bought a building in Hudson in 1989. My thinking was: My kids are going to grow up, I don’t have any money, at least I’ll have a building I can sell to pay for their college. I had a tenant for awhile, he moved out, and I was talking with a friend of mine, Howard Crouch, an artist, and he said, “Why don’t you make it an art gallery?� I said, “I don’t know anything about an art gallery.� Though I had been to plenty of art galleries in SoHo—that was our playground for the kids, going into Leo Castelli or Mary Boone.

I was terrified, so we made it a cooperative. There were 15 artists, they each paid me $30 a month—which was enough to cover expenses. The first day we opened it was a success. People loved it, we were the only gallery in Hudson.

How did you find artists to show at first?

There are so many great artists up here. We were like a magnet. I had my pick of the litter. When artists wanted to show somewhere around here, there weren’t very many places to go. It was pretty easy to pick. What a great business! You don’t have to buy your inventory, you get a lot of free advertising, and what you don’t sell the artists take back. And it’s no so demanding so you don’t have any free time, which has allowed me to involve myself in the community of Hudson.

Why get involved in politics?

I want to get involved and be misquoted in the paper, be manipulated, get my head bashed in. [Laughs] I love this town. This town has such a history of crooked politics and graft. If you don’t get involved, you’re not going to prevent that, you’re just going to let the same old people run the show. Nothing’s going to change unless you get involved.

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Esteemed Reader “It is different in these times.The needs of the world are very much wider and there is a task that can no longer be performed by a few. Many people are needed. Jesus said that the harvest is plentiful but the reapers are few, and now it is even more so like that.The harvest is enormous—the whole future of mankind.”

—J.G. Bennett, Talks on Beelzebub’s Tales Esteemed Reader of Our Magazine: Tonight I am watching as the earth passes between the sun and the moon.

A bite is taken out of that beautiful closest celestial body. And as the mythical method suggests, everything we experience and perceive has a meaning within the matrix of our psyche. This meaning is not available to deduction, but can only be seen, tacitly, in the moment. This event is not an exception.

It is not a coincidence that the words “lunatic” and ‘”lunacy” are rooted in lunar—the moon. Like the earth, our bodies are 80 percent water. The moon pulls at us as dramatically as it rhythmically moves the ocean tides. It impels us to act, and creates agitation—irritation even—as our bodily and hormonal stasis is disturbed. Many women menstruate with the moon, and the lead-up to this event can be distressing. As a man I often feel the onset of PMS-like symptoms as the moon approaches fullness, and relief at the moment it begins to wane.

The moon is related to what is habitual and reactive in us. It is the realm of fidgeting, obsession, hysteria, war. And there is even a reciprocal relationship between the moon and our lunacy. Philosopher G.I. Gurdjieff said “the evolution of humanity beyond a certain point, or, to speak more correctly, above a certain percentage, would be fatal for the moon. The moon at present feeds on organic life, on humanity. Humanity is a part of organic life; this means that humanity is food for the moon. If all men were to become too intelligent they would not want to be eaten by the moon.”

The bright side is that the influence gives us something to struggle with.

It produces the inner friction that is the grist for work on ourselves, as we struggle to maintain balance and equilibrium in the face of our most destructive habits.

Whether the lunar influence is real or symbolic doesn’t matter. What matters is that most of humanity is in the grips of a mass-psychosis.We have fallen prey to influences that produce suspicion, fear, and hatred, and caused us to forget what matters most—the inherent unity of life. Fear of lack has led to greed which has led us to pillage the natural world and mercilessly abuse and kill one another in competition for resources. Our collective situation is undeniably bleak. Even the independently wealthy need to live in the natural world their personal gain has ruined.You can’t eat money.

Unfortunately political activism is meaningless in a system that is fundamentally flawed. As much as I have fantasized about how different things would be if the Bush/Cheney coup d’état of 2000 had failed, and Al Gore became president, I also know that nothing can really be different until there is a fundamental shift in consciousness. If spoiler Ralph Nader helped accelerate the process of effecting this shift, he is to be thanked, not derided. Thanks to him it is now crystal clear to anyone with eyes half open that our elections are rigged and the US “democracy” is a farce.

The activism that might effect a transformation is an effort to free ourselves from the hypnosis of the world in which we live. How can we connect to and engage with what is real, with one another in a meaningful way? Our society is terrified of cults because we are one. How can we wake up and be deprogrammed from the cult of distraction and fear?

Forty years ago J.G. Bennett wrote “We speak of liberation ‘in this very life’; but this also means in this very moment, not a bit yesterday, a bit today and a bit tomorrow. If we do not work now, we never work.”

At least a few of us, who have sufficient wish, can escape from prison. Let’s go!

The eclipse is almost complete as I write these words. I feel the possibility of automatism and lunacy being subsumed into a radiant solar influence. I feel a brightness in my chest that radiates warmth. I summon the effort to sense my body sitting in the chair. As the moon goes dark, I become whole.

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Scattered in a half-mile radius, 53 sea lions were found dead with their skulls crushed in on the Galapagos Island of Pinta. No other animals were found killed.

Ecuadorean authorities have increased patrols of the island, and have no leads.

Despite a large drop in manufacturing jobs, union membership rose by 311,000, to 15.7 million last year—the biggest rise since 1983. The report issued by the Bureau of Labor Statistics showed that for the first time Western states had a higher unionization rate than Midwest states and that membership grew most in construction and health services.

President Bush and top members of his administration made at least 935 false statements linking Saddam Hussein’s Iraq with Al Qaeda and weapons of mass destruction between 9/11 and the start of the war in March 2003.

In 2007 ExxonMobil posted the largest annual profit by a US company in history: $40.6 billion. Given the high prices for oil at the end of the year, the company also set a record for biggest quarterly profit with a net income of $11.7 billion for the last three months of 2007.

In 2002 Ireland passed a 33-cent-per-bag tax on all plastic bags. Within weeks, plastic bag use had dropped 94 percent. Nearly everyone in the country has converted to shopping with reusable cloth bags. In January about 42 billion plastic bags were used worldwide; most of them were not reused, becoming nonbiodegradable waste in landfills.

About 54 million people have died from malaria, diarrhea, pneumonia, and malnutrition since the beginning of the second Congo war in 1998, according to the International Rescue Committee. Every month about 45,000 people, half of them children, are dying in the Democratic Republic of Congo. UNICEF reported that Congo is one of 11 countries where 20 percent of children die before the age of five.

Studies published in the journal Science show that most biofuels today are causing more greenhouse gas emission than conventional fuels. The studies showed that destroying natural ecosystems to become cropland-supporting biofuels not only releases greenhouse gases when they are burned and cleared, but also deprives the planet of natural sponges to absorb carbon discharge.

Held in place by underwater currents, 100 million tons of garbage is circulating in the ocean like a plastic soup. Covering an area twice the size of the continental US, the world’s largest garbage dump is floating in the Pacific Ocean. The waste was originally discovered in 1997 by oceanographer Charles Moore, who warns that if consumers do not cut back on their use of plastic disposables the garbage could double in size over the next decade.

On February 14, Steven Kazmierczak shot and killed five students at Northern Illinois University before committing suicide. It was the fifth school shooting in a week.

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hough I was raised Catholic in the 1970s, I didn’t do much Bible reading as a child. This might seem odd for someone who spent 12 years taught by priests and nuns. The liberalizing influence of the Second Vatican Council in the 1960s, however, directly influenced the progressive education I received and the structure of the Catholic mass. As students, we didn’t read the Bible in religion class, we were told that we needed to know ourselves before we could know God. In church, the folk group led the congregation in rollicking banjo-and-guitar settings of songs from “Godspell” in-between recitations of the Nicene Creed and the transubstantiation, that magic the priest performed that turned the bread and wine into the body and blood of Jesus. (I can still recall the end of the Nicene Creed from memory, the bit my classmates and I used to recite rapid fire in church as we raced to see who could finish first, without upsetting Sister Dorothy at the end of the pew: “We believe in one holy, Catholic, and apostolic Church. We acknowledge one baptism for the forgiveness of sins.We look for the resurrection of the dead, and the life of the world to come. Amen.”)

There were Bible readings during the mass, of course—an Old Testament snippet, usually obliquely presaging the coming of Christ; one letter from Paul, usually to some hard-to-pronounce, far-flung, and undoubtedly mercilessly oppressed early church community, like the Philippians; and a reading from one of the four gospels—but little emphasis was put on knowing “chapter and verse.”

The Bible seemed to be some sort of founding document, like the Constitution—an arcane written artifact whose encoded mysteries I could not directly access. It required legions of intermediaries to interpret and form the ritual of the mass and the sacraments for it to be made understandable. For what 10-yearold could unravel both the Bible’s stilted language and the complex spiritual dynamics explaining the tripartite nature of God? I was content to mumble that I believed in “one holy, catholic, and apostolic Church.” Whatever that was.

I can’t recall exactly where I first saw the book with the title Good News Bible.

I must have been a fairly young child, because I remember thinking: Wow, a whole book of good news, how wonderful! And it’s a Bible to boot. Maybe this will explain why I should be so pleased with being a Jesus-lover. Perhaps this is a history of all the cool stuff that has happened to people who love Jesus.

And in a way, it was (and is), as any Christian will tell you. But taking nothing away from the quite accessible translation by the American Bible Society (an evangelical Protestant organization) that is the Good News, it was still just a dusty book full of the “begats” to me. The mystery of faith remained a mystery.

But what I’ve never forgotten is the idea of a book full of good news.

“Good news” is a bit of a moving target, meaning-wise, but we’re certainly all familiar with its opposite. Look at the front page of a newspaper any day of the week. Here’s a sample from the February 14th NewYork Times: “Vicious Killing Where Troubled Seek a Listener,” “Clinton Pays Price for Early Focus,” “For Clemens, No Joy Found in Testimony.” Death, missteps, and misery— the ongoing reportage of the human tragicomedy; it doesn’t change much day to day. The next day will bring a bombing in Pakistan, or a riot in Serbia, or yet another school shooting. All will be duly reported, as needs be.

But what about the yawning space next to these stories, the place where the stories of our positive accomplishments, the ones that demonstrate that the long arc of the universe does indeed bend toward justice should be?

Where do they go?

One place is in Chronogram, of course.

Another destination is the magazine Ode. Founded in the spring of 1995 by two Dutch journalists who wanted to create an alternative to mainstream publications where positive social, environmental and economic change could be highlighted, Ode launched an English language edition in 2004. We have syndicated some good news from that publication in our current issue.

The editor of Ode, Jay Walljasper, profiles Dr. Ernest Madu, director of the Heart Institute of the Caribbean, in Kingston, Jamaica. Dr. Madu’s institute is creating a model for affordable, high-end health care in the developing world (p.26), bringing Western medical advances to countries that are increasingly coping with Western medical problems like obesity, tobacco-related illnesses, and cardiovascular disorders.

More good news comes via our Food section, where Ilyse Simon profiles vegan deli Karma Road in New Paltz (p. 62). Chef/owners Jenn and Seth Davis are creating nourishing, tasty fare from a simple but profound philosophical underpinning: How our food is grown has an environmental impact: Eat local whenever possible. Don’t buy or serve polluted food. Tread lightly.

Freud believed our greatest achievement as humans was our ability to stare into the absurd face of our doomed existence, acknowledge the cosmic joke of it, and laugh. Sparrow puts this sense of cosmic absurdity into his writing better than anyone I’ve had the pleasure to edit. His latest provocation, “A Newer Stump Speech” (p.14) contains the most up-to-date policy formulations of his presidential campaign, which will hopefully fix you in paroxysms of laughter. And that’s pretty good news.

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NEWS & POLITICS World, Nation, & Region

Developing Health Care in Developing Nations The Heart Institute of the Caribbean

By Jay Walljasper

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itting in an office in Kingston, Jamaica, lined with framed diplomas and certificates, Dr. Ernest Madu hands me a leaflet showing a fourmonth old baby. She was born with a disrupted valve in her aorta, and the poster advertises a community campaign to raise $60,000 to fly her to Miami for surgery. “I heard that she died,” he says, a somber look overtaking the usual brightness in his eyes.

“If that child had been born in the US instead of Jamaica,” says Madu, who is from Nigeria but practiced medicine for many years in Tennessee, “she would have grown up to do what she wanted to do in life. Go to school, get married, have children, have a career. She died because she was Jamaican.

Every life is valuable,” Madu says, with rising passion in his voice. “A person in Indonesia is as important as one in Germany. Unfortunately, we live in a world now where if a person lives in a poor country, it’s okay that their health is not as good. We need to find ways so that health and survival are equitable around the world.”

For Madu, access to medical care in the developing world is not simply an abstract issue of fate and fairness. It is a matter of life and death, one that he faces every day in his work as CEO of the Heart Institute of the Caribbean (HIC). He and Dr. Dainia Baugh, his wife, founded HIC four years ago to prove that it’s possible to provide high-quality health care in a poor country like Jamaica. It’s their hope that the hospital becomes a model that spawns similar facilities throughout the global south to save lives.

This is a hugely ambitious goal that powerful figures concerned about global health issues such as Bill Gates, Bono, and Bill Clinton have not dared to propose. But when shaking hands with Madu, a powerfully built man with an even more powerful presence, you sense he possesses the charisma, determination, and first hand experience to make it happen.

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People in developing nations die needlessly, Madu explains, because their countries lack basic medical services that patients in even the most impoverished or remote communities in North America and Europe take for granted.

Before the Heart Institute of the Caribbean opened there was no chance in Jamaica of receiving routine cardiology procedures like a stress test, an electrocardiogram (ECG or EKG), or angioplasty.

“People have been indoctrinated to believe that good medical care can’t happen in a place like Jamaica,” Madu says. It’s simply assumed that ill people must go abroad for good treatment—that is, if they can afford it and live long enough to make the trip. “It’s a mindset we have to get beyond if we want to improve health,” he says. “Fifty percent of people having heart attacks die within 24 hours without the proper medical treatment. Even if you are rich enough to own a plane, it may be too late.”

THE RISING TIDE OF MODERN DISEASES Patrick Walsh, a 47-year-old Kingston resident, declares that he would not be alive today if not for the Heart Institute of the Caribbean. “I’ve come back from sudden cardiac arrest twice because of the defibrillator they implanted in me. It shocked me back to life.” Walsh was referred to HIC from another physician complaining of swollen legs and shortness of breath. He was diagnosed with congestive heart failure and was surgically outfitted with a defibrillator, a device incorporating a pacemaker that responds to a rapid or arrhythmic heartbeat with a shock so that the pacemaker can continue to work. Such surgery was not available in Jamaica until HIC opened.

“Dr. Madu assisted me by knocking a balance of $9,000 off the bill,” Walsh adds. “I am very grateful for that.”

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turning anyone away who needs help. “We charge only what they can afford to pay,” Madu says. “Jamaicans are proud people, so many times the whole family, or the brother who is cab driver in Los Angeles, will send us money.”

Madu proudly notes they provide more than $1 million a year in free or reduced-rate care.

HIC does not yet have the capacity for pediatric cardiac operations, such as replacing the disrupted aortic valve in the little girl’s heart, but Madu estimates that with the proper equipment and medical expertise, the operation could be performed in Jamaica for less than $10,000, increasing the chances for that little girl and others to live.

Another reason people in developing countries die needlessly is because medical authorities overlook the rising tide of heart disease, diabetes, and other so-called modern diseases in these societies. It’s assumed that malnutrition and infectious diseases like malaria or AIDS are the real threats. “Hypertension is a growing problem in Africa,” notes Dr. Seyi Oyesola, a London anesthesiologist who regularly travels home to Nigeria as part of a volunteer open-heart surgery team. “Doctors don’t detect hypertension when they are told it’s not a problem and that they need to focus on malaria.”

THE DOUBLE BURDEN OF DISEASE Fifty-six percent of hospital deaths in Jamaica are caused by cardiovascular disease, according to Madu. Throughout the Caribbean and Latin America, it accounted for 31 percent of all deaths, a number that is expected to rise to 38 percent by 2020, according to a 2006 report from the World Bank’s Disease Priorities Control Project. The report also notes that cardiovascular disease is the second leading cause of death in sub-Saharan Africa after HIV/AIDS, and the leading cause for people over age 30. And, based on his research, Madu

says the problem is growing even in Africa. “All the data tells us that within eight years cardiovascular disease will be the leading cause of death in subSaharan Africa. Africa made a huge mistake not responding quickly enough to AIDS, and I am afraid that is happening again with cardiovascular disease.”

After studying the rise of cardiovascular disease in Africa with colleagues from Vanderbilt University in the scholarly journal Ethnicity & Disease (Spring 2003), he reported that, “Unfortunately, at a time when Africa is dealing with an epidemic of infectious and communicable diseases, another pandemic is looming [one that is] facilitated by the Westernization of indigenous cultures, increasing sedentary lifestyles, high-fat Western diets, tobacco abuse, and psychosocial stress from urbanization.”

He calls this “the double burden of disease in poor countries,” where the medical consequences of underdevelopment and overdevelopment coexist.

Finding a solution to this impending crisis is what prompted Madu, 47, and Baugh, 38, to give up rewarding, comfortable lives as professors at Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville, Tennessee, and come to Jamaica (Baugh’s homeland) to become entrepreneurs by launching an innovative heart hospital.

Skepticism was high in Jamaica about the possibility of receiving first-class cardiac care at home, but in just three years the Heart Institute of the Caribbean has won a steady clientele of middle-class Jamaicans who don’t want to travel to Miami for medical services, and poor ones who can’t afford it.

HIC offers cardiovascular treatment for 12,000 to 15,000 patients a year at a fraction of what it costs in the US due to lower expenses and donations from medical firms such as Medtronic.

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“We are dealing with the common ailments of the past but now we have more chronic diseases as people live longer, so I am happy to see this kind of specialized health clinic in Jamaica, which shows we can create centers of excellence throughout the developing world.”

would return to Nigeria every year on medical missions to provide cardiac treatment unavailable in that country.

Madu’s smile fades as tells a story from one of these trips: A man suffering congestive heart failure was brought to see Madu in a wheelbarrow. Madu prescribed him some medication. The man returned three days later, walking on his own, to say thanks. With a rueful pause, Madu says, “Without any follow-up treatment, I’m not sure he lived. These medical missions felt like putting a Band-Aid on a big wound.”

RAISING STANDARDS IN THE DEVELOPING WORLD New HIC branches are now seeing patients in Mandeville, Jamaica, and the Cayman Islands with another institute set to open in Montego Bay, Jamaica, this year. Madu’s dream of high quality hospitals all over the developing world will come one step closer to reality in 2009, when his Heart Institute of West EXODUS OF TALENT Africa in Port Harcourt, Nigeria, is scheduled to open. Expanding beyond The medical crisis in poor regions is heightened by an exodus of doctors and cardiovascular care, the facility will also offer dialysis treatment, a diabetes nurses who have been trained in developing countries at public expense and clinic, nutrition counseling, and a birthing center—an acute need in a country now practice in Europe or North America. One out of 10 doctors in Canada, with one of the highest maternal morality according to Toronto’s This Magazine, come rates in the world. He envisions the day from low-income countries with acute when hospitals in less wealthy countries health problems of their own, notably will eventually offer state-of-the-art care South Africa and India. Sixty percent of for other emerging diseases such as cancer MDs graduating from the University of the and asthma.

West Indies in Kingston are not working in Paying customers, including “medical the Caribbean, according to HIC. tourists” from Europe and North America “Why do people leave?” asks Madu, who seeking high-quality medical care at still splits his time between HIC and Baptist affordable prices, will be the financial Hospital in Nashville. “For a lot of them it’s backbone of these institutions, making it because there are no facilities for people possible to treat indigent patients for little to do their jobs well. Everyone wants to or no fees. “The globalization of health care feel they are making progress in their field. will eventually force medical costs down,” It’s not just the money. People want to feel he predicts. they are doing some good.

“We’ve learned a lesson in Jamaica that “But if we built good hospital facilities we want to apply in Africa, too,” Madu in the developing world, then more nurses adds. “If you improve the standards in a and doctors will stay, and health care will country, everyone else will eventually improve. If even 10 percent came back move up. We are already training a lot of from the West, that would make a great technicians from other hospitals. When difference for people, and encourage more you show what’s possible, you empower of the next generation to stay.” other health professionals to do what they Yet Madu has discovered, “it’s easier do better. That’s part of the plan.” to get money from the international After a well-received speech last community for nonprofit groups that go summer in Tanzania at the prestigious TED into poor places three times a year to do conference, where cutting-edge ideas in medical missions than for a hospital that can technology, entertainment, and design are improve the medical infrastructure in these introduced to an invitation-only audience countries.” He and Baugh have raided their of global movers and shakers, Madu is now retirement funds to help fund HIC, Madu exploring offers to set up heart hospitals in says, which is one reason they both still DR. ERNEST MADU FOUNDED THE HEART INSTITUTUE OF THE Tanzania and the Democratic Republic of practice part-time in the US. “I’m poorer CARIBBEAN IN 2004 TO PROVE THAT IT’S POSSIBLE TO PROVIDE the Congo. now,” he says with a laugh, “but happier.”

HIGH QUALITY HEALTH THROUGHOUT THE DEVELOPING WORLD. Madu is quite forthright in explaining Madu beams as shows me around that he became a doctor to save the world. His life has been shaped by childhood his hospital, a renovated office building in suburban Kingston, and points experiences in Biafra, a region of Nigeria that declared independence in 1967, out equipment for procedures rarely performed in developing nations: setting off a three-year civil war in which as many as one million people died. echocardiography, electrocardiography, cardiac imaging, electrophysiology, “Most of my memories start with that war,” he explains. “In school we had radiofrequency ablations, carotid Doppler ultrasound, stress labs, peripheral bunkers where we had to go during bombings. Some students were killed. vascular interventions, percutaneous transluminal angioplasty. He’s equally I wondered even then how responsible adults could throw bombs at kids. proud of his staff of 21 full-time or consulting physicians, many of who Seeing that violence and tragedy has driven my life. I have always felt that I trained in the US or Canada. Jamaica saw a 75 percent leap in the number of should try to do whatever good I could in the world.” cardiologists on the island when the hospital opened in 2005.

He was trained as a physician and surgeon at the University of Nigeria Even with all this up-to-date technology, which includes a telemedicine and moved to New York for his residency, where he volunteered at a hospital platform that enables HIC staff to consult electronically with medical experts in Harlem. “What I saw there—patients without access to care, with no abroad, there’s an agreeably relaxed atmosphere to the place.The waiting room insurance, who came to see doctors only at the late stages of an illness—was a is furnished with cushy sofas from which patients and their families cheer on shock in such a rich country,” he says. “It still doesn’t make any sense to me.” the Nigerian team in a soccer match with Germany on TV. Madu is not bashful Specializing in echocardiography and nuclear medicine, fields that employ about walking into another physician’s office with just a perfunctory knock in cutting-edge technology to monitor heart health, Madu has worked in order to show me a new device (“This technology never existed before in the US hospitals for more than 15 years and taught in medical schools at the Caribbean. Look at it!”) or to introduce me to colleague’s (“Meet Dr. Aldo University of Tennessee, the University of Florida, and Vanderbilt University. Furlani, an electrophysiologist trained at the Montreal Heart Institute, who But he always maintained a keen interest in global health care issues, and is from Argentina”). As we pass one anxious-looking woman hooked up to a 28 NEWS & POLITICS CHRONOGRAM 3/08

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monitor, Madu carefully studies the screen and then reassures her in a deep, soft voice, “ Your heart looks really good to me.”

A SOCIAL MOVEMENT More than a hospital, HIC is also an education and research facility that conducts medical studies on health factors in the developing world, trains professionals from public hospitals and sponsors public campaigns about healthy lifestyles. While HIC is run as a private business so the staff can be free of interference from bureaucrats or shareholders, a nonprofit foundation supports its research and training programs as well as raises money to honor Madu’s and Baugh’s pledge that no sick person will be turned away.

Fifty-six percent of hospital deaths in Jamaica are caused by cardiovascular disease, according to Dr. Madu of the Heart Center of the Caribbean. Throughout the Caribbean and Latin America, it accounted for 31 percent of all deaths, a number that is expected to rise to 38 percent by 2020, according to a 2006 report from the World Bank’s Disease Priorities Control Project.

“This is not a business, this is a social movement,” notes Dr. Edwin Tulloch-Reid, director of clinical services, a Jamaican who came home after working in Montreal and Pittsburgh. “We make money, but that is not our mission. We must be economically self-sustaining to show that this can be done other places around the world.”

One HIC research study that particularly excites Madu is a project measuring the average size of the heart among people in the Caribbean. It’s known that heart measurements can vary among cultures, but there is no firm data from the Caribbean. “They use simply the heart dimensions that are normative in the US and Europe,” he says. “The average ventricle size is set at 4.2 centimeters, but what if 3.8 is the average in the Caribbean, and 4.0 is actually enlarged? We need to know that.”

Madu himself is investigating the incidence of high blood pressure among Africans who migrate to other countries, compared to those who stay at home. “We already know there is more hypertension among Africans who immigrate and with an earlier onset. Someone who left Africa at 30 has a greater chance of developing hypertension at 40 than someone who stayed in Africa, but we don’t know why. We are pursuing research to measure the effects of stress in the new environment, and the loss of family and community support systems.”

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hoping to explain their exceptional performances and find clues that can boost overall health. With a population of less than 3 million, the island has produced many world-class runners, including Asafa Powell, dubbed “the fastest man in the world” for breaking his own world record in the 100-meter dash in September with a time of 9.74 seconds. “The world wants to know what makes us great athletes,” says HICs staff nutritionist Dr. Garth Officer, who once served as reggae star Peter Tosh’s personal physician. “We don’t have the best equipment, the best coaches, the best training facilities.

But it may be that we eat a better diet—a poor man’s diet of complex carbohydrates, not the refined carbohydrates of the American diet.”

WESTERN DEVELOPMENT/WESTERN DISEASE Madu and his staff are worried the advance of Western-style development means Jamaicans and other people of the global south are losing the few health advantages they enjoy compared to wealthier nations—a way of life with fewer processed foods, lower stress, more exercise, and a richer sense of community, all of which have been proven to affect wellness. “Obesity is becoming a problem in Jamaica and it’s rising in Africa,” Madu reports.

“And smoking is rising, too, as tobacco companies intensify marketing efforts there.”

In developing nations, where a desk job seems like a dream come true after generations of back-breaking labor, where cigarettes still appear glamorous, and where an overflowing plate of food represents a triumph over malnutrition, people are not naturally inclined to worry about exercise, smoking, or overeating. But as Western-style development slowly transforms these societies, unhealthy lifestyles have become a growing health problem.

The first sight I saw coming into Kingston from the airport was a huge banner strung across the highway advertising Kentucky Fried Chicken, and, later, when walking back to my hotel from the clinic, I asked directions from a well-dressed young woman on the street. She was shocked that I wanted to go that far on foot. It turned out to be only three blocks, but along a particularly grim stretch of road full of speeding vehicles and exhaust fumes that made me wish I had taken a taxi.

Madu and his colleagues are dedicated to preventing these looming health hazards, not just treating the cardiovascular problems afterwards. One HIC study now under way looks at the impact of a daily walk on preventing heart disease. “We want to create a new culture of walking in developing nations,” Madu declares, “to let people realize it is an important part of the good life, of modern life, just as much as cars or restaurants. Not everyone has the time or money to go to a health club, but everyone can walk. I make sure that people see me walking in the park evenings at 6:30, so they might think, ‘Here’s a doctor, from America, and he’s walking. I should be walking, too.’”

HIC has launched an ambitious education campaign in Jamaica to promote healthy living that includes a weekly 15-minute radio show offering advice on preventing heart disease, a partnership with restaurants and school cafeterias to offer healthier meals, and an annual 3K Heart Walk that draws hundreds of participants and gains widespread media coverage. It has enlisted reggae star Rita Marley, widow of Bob Marley, to help spread the word.

Although not Jamaican by birth, reggae music holds a particular fascination for Madu, and he is organizing a campaign to establish a Reggae Hall of Fame in Kingston. “Jamaica, this little island, has pioneered a music loved all over the world. This needs to be celebrated so people here can realize what they are capable of doing. You succeed because you believe.

That’s the biggest thing we need in Jamaica and developing nations. People need that sense of possibility.”

“That’s what Bob Marley accomplished,” Madu continues, growing ever more excited. “He started with something that bucked all the trends because he believed in his ideals—” At that moment, his colleague, Dr. Edwin Tulloch-Reid, cuts him short and with a teasing grin asks, “Say, are you talking about Bob Marley or yourself?”

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Commentary Larry Beinhart’s Body Politic

THE EVOLUTION OF MIKE HUCKABEE Mike Huckabee is my candidate for entertainer of the year.

Folksy, fresh, and funny. It’s like Andy Griffith has come to life. Now that the field is down to him, Ron Paul, and John McCain it means that fully one third of the Republican candidates for president officially don’t believe in evolution.

“Huck” is the favorite of “values” voters.Values is a contraction of “traditional moral values and beliefs” in the way that “ain’t” is a contraction of “are not.”

He’s pro-war and anti-abortion. (Kill the foreigners, save the fetuses.) He’s for a Constitutional amendment defining marriage as between one man and one woman, building the Great Wall of America along the Mexican border, rounding up illegal aliens, and shipping them out.

Someone who is not a “values voter” may wonder how these are “moral” positions. In order to answer that, we have to figure out what morality is.

According to Huck, morality was invented by God. That’s ridiculous on the face of it. Every single society—pagan, pantheist, animist, atheist—has moralities.

They had them even before the invention (or revelation) of the Single God. Also, according to Huck, God’s rules are set in stone. Fixed and unchangeable.

That, too, is false. God’s Word, the Bible, calls for the death penalty for adultery, breaking the Sabbath, and cursing your parents; it implicitly endorses polygamy and slavery; it never explicitly calls for marriage as between one man and one woman; nor does it explicitly take a stand against abortion.

If it’s not set in stone, the fundamentalist argument goes, then all morals are relative, which is just as bad as none at all—and everyone will run down to the nearest gay bathhouse, snort crystal meth, worship idols, murder at will, eat the women, and rape the sheep.

Except that’s not what happens. Indeed, in certain nontheistic cultures, like Japan, the people are much better behaved than in the USA, the most Christian nation in the world.

You can’t build a moral code based on sustainable logic, either. All the name philosophers, from Socrates to Kant to John Rawls, have tried and failed.

Still, it is clear that we have morality. It’s a human universal.We feel its presence and its force. And it has to have come from somewhere.

If looking up doesn’t cut it, and looking around at each other doesn’t quite work, perhaps we should look down. Or, rather, backward, to evolution.

Evolution proceeds blindly.

It doesn’t see a problem and then come up with a solution. A solution appears, and that allows the species to move into a new space that it couldn’t fit into before, in the manner that a river when it’s flooding will cut a new channel, and then water will flow into a new area. The river didn’t “know” it was being held back by its banks or that it wanted to go somewhere new, it simply interacted with it’s environment and a change occurred.

Here’s the problem that morality has solved: Everyone sleeps sometimes.

We start as babies and on our way to being old and feeble we get sick, injured, and weary. If we can live in groups, supportive and sharing groups, we will do better than we will as individuals. So altruism, friendship, kindness, cooperation, and all the rest are survival characteristics.

We also need protection from the other individuals in our group. And they from us. So we get a whole set of restrictions, along with the positive impulses.

Morality is a method for living in groups.That’s what it is. It promotes survival over solitary living. To an immeasurable degree.

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Evolution has a companion. It is economics. Not dollars, euros, pesos, and banks, but the costs of any activity.

Awareness takes a lot of time and energy and requires lots of brain and neurological space. So awareness has to be rationed.

Here’s how they work together.

Evolution proceeds by taking what’s already there and reworking the bits and pieces until they fit together in a new way. In order to have a brain that is able to consciously process everything that happens inside us, we would need a tractortrailer to tow it along behind. So the old stuff, the tried and true parts that go back hundreds of species, is consigned in ways that we are not conscious of, to self-regulate (can’t change them anyway), and we’re only aware of what’s relatively new and special.

Both cooperative arrangements and restrictions on behavior are very old news. Primates have them. All animals that live in groups have them. Insects, molds, mushrooms, even single-cell creatures, do those things.

Indeed, the different types of cells in our bodies have some sort of arrangement whereby they work together. They also cut deals to restrain their own reproduction.When such contracts are broken and certain cells multiply without restraint, we call it cancer.

All the moral imperatives that show up as human universals—nurturing the young, protecting the group, restriction of sexual access, property rights, hierarchy, obedience, and loyalty, among others—exist in species that came before us. So humans arrived with them. Since they work, we also arrived blind (as an economic measure) to the neurological and psychological structures by which we process them.

Our moral imperatives are forceful. They would be useless if they weren’t.

So here’s this powerful thing in us, both intuitively and rationally we understand that the more forceful it is the more valuable it is. Morality, like all other qualities, varies in people. And we see that we can better rely on, and are safer from, people who have the rules more strongly imprinted.

We are very emotional about morals. Because if the rules collapse, the group collapses. And if the group doesn’t function, then our personal survival is at great risk.

Sexual morality was, until very recent times, a vital matter for the group.

Children are our greatest asset, and our most expensive investment. The group doesn’t want to pick up the tab themselves (we each have our own expenses), nor do we want a bunch of feral children running amok. Which is why sexuality is always one of the centerpieces of moral systems.

The underlying rule is that any sexual activity that does not first insure the cost of child care is wrong. It’s not “written” rationally. It was “written” blindly.

That’s why it usually proscribes masturbation, gay sex, and bestiality.

Such morality was not only enforced by the group, it was reinforced by reality. If someone had sex outside of marriage and there was a child, there was no one to support it. Now, with education, birth control, widespread affluence, the ability of women to earn a living, and various forms of welfare, it is quite easy to have sex and escape negative consequences.

But the moral impulse remains. Stronger in some people than others. For them, this change is infuriating. They know, deep inside, there should be “consequences” for having sex. But there aren’t, and it’s as if the world is conspiring against them.

Religious and political entrepreneurs sensed that rage and frustration. They came up with products to feed it. And lo and behold, we have the Religious Right, Born Agains taking over the Republican Party, George W. Bush as a twoterm president. And Mike Huckabee.

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FICTION

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he Garden. Not the small plot outside the door tended with care to produce flowers or food. Nor the domain from which Adam and Eve fell. This garden was quite different. Square. Noisy. Situated in the midst of a bustling city. The most famous arena in the world, as hyped by the advertisements that followed us in. On Rangers and Knicks nights, filled with 15,000 screaming and passionate fans. But not this afternoon.

This afternoon we could buy $15 tickets and make our way to sit only 10 rows back, with Cody’s coach and his friends in the seats they were holding for us near courtside.

I was uneasy, intimidated even. It’s not that I am unsophisticated; I am a management consultant, after all. I fly to engagements in a dozen cities. But this was New York, with my son, who I’m always too worried about and who was looking to me, for this one afternoon at least, for guidance through the melee of Penn Station, the push of 34th Street, the cacophonous, unfamiliar bombardment of our senses.

We were meeting his coach at the Garden—a man who Cody worked out with once a week and who coached the inner-city upstate team that Cody longed to play for. Coach Lawrence had invited him down to watch a high school basketball tournament, the best prep schools from three different states playing through the afternoon. Cody thought that by going he might have a better chance of making the team. I came because Cody had asked me to come.

But I was uneasy. I never take the train. I kept worrying that we’d take the wrong line, or that I’d lose our tickets or we’d miss our stop. I know this made no sense. I kept telling myself these were trivial, unwarranted fears, but it was the city and I was uncomfortable. I touched my hip pocket for the 10th time in an hour, reassuring myself that my wallet was there. Christ, what if I lost it?

What if someone picked my pocket? No money, no credit cards, no ATM. Images of wandering the street asking for help from indifferent strangers and civil servants flitted across my mind. I found myself touching my wallet again, my keys in my front pocket. As if these rituals could protect my son from all the harm that might wander unseen into his life.

It seemed like some distant halcyon era when we had been close. Cody was the tough, funny, athletic boy whose soccer teams I had coached, showing him how to hit passes with his instep and take power shots, all the things I’d learned in my own brief soccer career. I’d watched tapes and read books to teach him strategies and technique and stood in the goal taking shots from him in the fading autumn darkness.

I remembered the times he would ask me to come up to bed with him, to watch TV or just lie down for a few minutes before he went to sleep. “Mi hijo”—my son—I’d called him, from studying his sixth-grade Spanish together, affectionately contracted to Mijo. “Good night, Mijo,” I’d say softly into the darkness as I left the room.

But now he didn’t want to be called Mijo. Now we seemed to fight all the time. He seemed ashamed of me, grimacing with disgust at the same corny jokes that used to amuse him. “Dad. Cut it out.” I had become a cliche. The father character in every teenage rebellion sitcom.

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My psychologist friends told me it was healthy. That he needed to individuate. That it was a natural and needed process. But I missed those times in the back yard, kicking the soccer ball back and forth. Or him coming to me for help with some problem at school. The same kinds of talks we’d had when he was younger, those times of teaching, were now met with rolled eyes and averted gaze. “Here comes the lecture series again.”

Now here we were in the Garden. And Cody wanted to play basketball instead of soccer. What could I teach him about basketball? But still, I’d come. To a Saturday afternoon in mid-January with the arena three-quarters empty, the upper decks darkened, the lower bowl only partially filled. The crowd there was a mixture of young couples and older aunt-and-uncle types who looked like they might be related to the players, almost all of them African American.

Behind the basket, the stands were filled with a teeming crowd of black teenagers who stood and shouted as baskets were scored, and danced in throngs in the aisles during halftimes, quarters, and timeouts when rap music filled the loudspeakers in the arena.

We were adrift in a sea of black culture. Was this the sport Cody really wanted to play? Even he, who practiced with black players and invited them to sleepovers, whispered to me during the first game in which players of color dominated all ten positions on the floor, “Where’s the white kids?” I didn’t regard myself as racist, but…Where were the white kids? And, looking around the Garden, where were even the white spectators? It made me all the more uneasy.

Christ, what if we were mugged on the way out?

Just before the last game, Cody’s coach stood to leave. “We’re going to catch a ride with John Helman, the director of the program,” Lawrence explained.

“Save us the train fare back.”

“Okay, Coach,” I muttered as I stood to shake his hand, “Have a good trip upstate.” I wanted to plead instead, “Don’t go.You are our only anchor here. I’ll pay for the train ride back. Don’t leave us here.” But he extended his hand and one last coaching point—“Cody, watch Darren Rhodes, the way he gets low when he goes to the hole”—and then he and the other coaches left. I felt naked and abandoned, deserted in an alien land.

I heard a disturbance behind us and looked to see several angry black teenagers arguing with a security guard who had stopped them at the rail to the lower section. “Fuck that,” I heard from our seats 20 rows below. “Why are you hassling us? Cause we’re Harlem nigger kids? How ’bout those other people? How ’bout that guy and that kid? I saw their tickets, same as ours.You let them go down.”

“Those people aren’t making trouble, sir.You guys move along.You can sit in the front row up there”—the middle-aged white guard pointed to the mezzanine—“and see just fine.” The speaker’s three friends circled nearby, restless, animated, before turning away and retreating with their leader down the mouth of a tunnel on the floor of the mezzanine level.

I turned my attention back to the brightly lit floor where Darren Rhodes, the number-one ranked high school guard in the nation, was lining up with his Chicago-based Simeon Academy opposite Manhattan’s Rice High School, with its strong contingent of Harlem’s developmental-program players, urged on by

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the frenetic cheering and dancing of the end-zone melee of black teenagers.

The game was exciting, the closest of the afternoon, and Rhodes was, as advertised, spectacular. Lean and graceful, he seemed to glide across the court in some higher realm than the other demonstrably talented players in the game.

Cody and I watched together, enthralled by the play. The game went into overtime, with both teams making spectacular plays at the end as the lead changed hands six times in the final four minutes. In the waning seconds, Rice won by two points on a hard drive to basket, defeating the Chicago team and its breathtaking young player.We stood, stretched. I talked with a young man and his wife sitting nearby, loitering as the arena emptied.

Then Cody started impatiently down the arena steps, trailing the exiting crowd. At the bottom of the first of 10 frozen interlocking escalators that led to the ground floor, Cody darted toward a metal doorway labeled “Stairs.”

“Let’s go this way,” he called over his shoulder and, before I could protest, he was through the door. I followed him into the deserted stairwell. The walls echoed from our footsteps on the metal and concrete stairs, Cody racing a flight or two ahead.

“Cody, wait!” I shouted, fumbling after him, trying to keep him in sight.

In the amphitheater above I had borne the uneasy weight of a cultural minority, but at least there had been safe people milling around to offset the sea of intimidating youth: security guards, workers, respectable middle-aged men and women. Here there was no one.

We came to ground level and pushed through metal doors to a corridor leading out to the street. I could see turnstiles a hundred yards away, and beyond them the signs for the exit. The corridor was also deserted.

“Yo, ain’t that those whiteys that stole our seats?”

I looked back and four slim, young black men were stepping off the last flight of frozen escalator.The tallest one, who had spoken, strode in front and seemed to be the leader.

“Yeah, thass ’em,” chimed in one of the lieutenants. “Old man and that skinny white-nigger kid.”

They glided at an angle to position themselves between us and the path toward the turnstiles and exit. “Ohhh, nice seats, huh? Howja like them seats, 10 rows back? Pretty nice, huh? You see good? You see real good from there?”

The leader stepped forward toward us, and the other three spread out to his right and left, forming a rough semicircle facing us.

“Lots of SPACE down there?” The tall one resumed. “Maybe some empty seats you could give to a couple of nigger kids who don’t have all that money?

How much money you got anyway? Think this guy’s got a lot of money, Jamal?

Ohh, he looks, like he got some money. How much money you got, sir?

I looked anxiously at the turnstiles and behind us to the doors off the escalator.

“Ohhh, we the last ones down, son. Ain’t nobody down here but you and us.”

Decades before, in the Army in Korea, I had earned a black belt in karate studying with two Korean fifth-degrees who had come every day from a nearby village to give lessons to the GIs for a few dollars a week. I had long ago abandoned any practice, unexcited by the militant cultures I found in dojos here, unlike the easy play of my teachers. But here I was, in a deserted corridor with my son, who I wanted, above all else, to protect from harm, and four menacing figures before me. I wondered if I might remember any of those skills. What should I do? Strike a first blow? Make a dash for the exits? Try to free Cody to run for help? I thought of how feeble my strength would be. Could I hurt them?

What if they had knives? What if they had guns?

I glanced over at Cody, expecting to see the same fear and intimidation that I felt. But it wasn’t what I found there. Instead, he was looking evenly back at the four young men with a mixture of cool regard and muted defiance. It reminded me of the fearlessness and resolve I saw when he drove the lane into the teeth of bigger, stronger players in his games, the times when I would feel fear for him, and pride.

And I knew then, in that moment, that this was no longer about me protecting him, but that he was moving out now from beneath my sheltering wing. I realized that somehow when I had not been looking, he had changed from being a boy to a young man, from my boy to his own growing young self, finding his way into the world without me.

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was starting to change in that subtle way that hinted of the autumn coming in. The fields behind the town hall where the teams practiced and the whistle around my neck, devising little drills for the players, how they’d giggle with delight amid the push and cry and excitement of their play. The grass on their uniforms as they laughed and fell and rose again and the mud and the dirt that was caked on the shin guards and the smell of it all—the sweat and grass and mud and joy mixed together that would fill the car on our drive home. I remembered the soft, fading light and standing in the goal, my awkward, aging self in a cheap pair of goalkeeper’s gloves with Cody and maybe a friend or two who stayed after while everyone else drifted toward their cars, playing five shots—“If three go in, you win, and if I stop three, I win,” with never any care for who won those little games. And Cody pleading, “Just five more shots...just 10 more shots,” locked in some enchanted sharing of play until the light finally got too faint for us to see anymore and we drifted to the cars together. I remembered getting home late and shrugging my shoulders at Jess, telling her, “I couldn’t get him to leave…” and her sigh in exasperation at both of us, the sweet conspiratorial happiness because in truth it hadn’t been just him: Neither of us had wanted to leave.

I remembered all this and I realized that I had wanted to stay in the magic fading light, hitting five more shots forever, and that the play had gone out of my life in so many ways and I sometimes thought it might never return.

I felt the sorrow of loss reach up to me, past whatever fear that might have, just a moment earlier, filled my mind. I felt the beauty and the sadness of time in its march away from us. And I looked back at the tough, young black men confronting us and I saw their own sadness, the boys who had once played carefree and how that had changed for them as well. I saw them at play in the streets, stickball or touch football. I saw the brief time their lives had been simpler and joyous, waking each day, as children do, to wonder, before the drugs and the broken homes and the fights and the underfinanced schools and indifferent adults and the patterns of days and nights and years had taken those times away.

I saw that, just like Cody and me and all the rest, they had hoped they would never have to leave. I saw their pain and struggle reflected in my own pain and struggle. I saw some common element in us as human beings and the sadness and beauty we shared in our collective passage, all the grief and longing that was life on this planet, in this human realm.

And I saw then that we might find a way through.

“Yo, what you looking at, kid?” the kid on the left growled at Cody as he reached out and grabbed the baseball cap from his head. “Who you think you are, anyway?”

“He’s the best 14-year-old shooter in New York,” I said.

They paused to look at me.

“He plays for the Rack, upstate.You’ve heard of them?”

They looked at one another, unsure.

“They played the Gauchos last spring at the Armory on 158th Street in the Spring Rumble.You know the Gauchos, yeah?”

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They nodded in recognition of the famous Harlem club team, the feeder program for talented players who wound up on teams like Rice.

“Maybe you heard about the 14s game. People were saying it was the best of the tournament. Went into overtime. There was a skinny white kid that lit up the Gauchos for four threes in the fourth quarter, including one at the buzzer to put them into overtime.”

“Uhh, yeah,” one of them said slowly. “Think I heard somepin’ ’bout that….”

“That was him.” Cody looked over at me with a question in his eyes as I nodded toward him. “He still needs a lot of work taking it to the hole, so his coach wanted us to come down to watch Darren Rhodes, the way he moves.

They turned toward Cody with a curious, cautious regard, interrupting whatever had been growing before. The one holding the cap tossed it absently between his hands.

“You guys for Rice?”

They nodded briefly. “Yeah, thass us,” the tall one said.

“Your guys showed a lot of heart. That’s one of the top prep schools in the country you were facing.Your guys took it to ’em.”

“Yeah, we did,” one of them started. But he was cut off by a sharp look from the boy with the hat. “Yo, Sean, these are the whiteys that was watching down there in the first row, while we was sitting on our ass up there in the balcony.”

“Listen,” I said haltingly, “about the seats. I saw you guys up there getting hassled. I... Maybe I should have said something. I…I don’t know my way around here.” My uncertainty, my fear, out there now—my wallet, my keys, the train tickets, everything…

And then something shifted. It was as if there had been some translucent barrier between us, some heavy mist that I could see through but that had separated us, but that now I could somehow part. My fears touching theirs, my uncertainty echoing their anger. It was if I could reach out my hand and clear a path through that fog to touch the heart of who we all were together, the sense of our collective loss. “I’m sorry,” I said quietly.

The admission changed something in the air. It became soft and still in the empty corridor. Under my feet, I could feel the distant rumble of trains leaving Penn Station, hear the faint honking of horns from the cabs out on 34th Street.

“Ahhh…it’s okay, man,” the tall one mumbled. “It weren’t your fault.”

The kid holding the cap looked around at his three friends, then threw it back to Cody. “Hey, you really shoot like that, little man?” he asked with a final edge.

I wondered what Cody would say. He smiled, cocked his head. “Come run with us at the Albany Y some Saturday. I’ll show you how I shoot.”

They laughed. “You got some spice to you, huh? Yeah, thass what shooters got. That kind of…confidence. Maybe you do shoot like that.”

At the far end of the corridor, a blue-uniformed Garden security guard appeared. “We’re closing up,” he shouted.

“Yeah,” the tall kid repeated, “we took it to ’em tonight.” He extended an arm, fist closed, to touch his knuckles to Cody’s. “It’s all okay.You keep shooting, little man.We’ll come see you next year at the Armory.” And then they were off, moving away from us in smooth, athletic strides as we traversed the open space, through the turnstiles, and followed them out into the streets, watching as they blended, then disappeared into the push and hustle of the city night.

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e descended the wide granite steps that led back down to Penn Station and sat in a little walled-off, ticket-holders-only section waiting for the train. A young Pakistani family sat beside us, the man talking on his cell phone, the woman in a flowered traditional skirt, scarf on her head, two little boys in stylish Gap-for-Kids clothes playing with wind-up cars.

We sat together in silence for a short while, Cody looking down at the boys playing on the floor in front of us, turning something over in his mind. “Dad,” he finally said, softly. “I’m not on that team. I don’t even know if I can make that team.” He paused and went on. “You just heard about them playing at the Armory from Coach Lawrence. There wasn’t any overtime. They got beat by three points in regulation. I wasn’t even there.” He paused again. “It was a lie, Dad.You always tell me not to lie.”

I looked over at him, feeling for aftershocks, seeing the uncertainty of who he was and what had happened emerging, threatening to leave faint, indelible marks. I waited, searching for some way of holding it.

“It was fiction, Code,” I said gently. “You remember when we used to study fiction for your English class last year?” He nodded. “Sometimes,” I continued, “fiction carries something that’s more truthful, at the heart of it, than things that actually happened.”

He looked at me and then away. “You are the best 14-year-old shooter in New York, at least I think so…. We’ve been to a lot of tournaments. I haven’t seen anyone better.” I paused, waiting for him to look back at me again, to catch his eyes. “That could’ve been you, Code” I reached over and straightened the cap on his head. “That will be you. People keep telling me everybody needs shooters.You’re going to make that team.You’re going to be great on that team.”

He blinked rapidly and looked away again. The rumble of an approaching train merged with the call over the loudspeaker for our departure. We rose and moved together toward the gates.

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here was a three-quarter moon reflected from the river as we made our way north again. I sat looking at the light on the water from the windows of the darkened train. Croton. The sweep of color off the bridge at Tappan Zee. The dark monoliths rising up on the opposite shore at West Point. Finally, our destination station in Rhinecliff. Cody curled up on the seat opposite me, sleeping through the train ride, and slouched against the passenger door of the car in continued sleep as we spanned the arc of the Rhinecliff Bridge on the drive toward home.

When we reached the house, I guided his sleepy footsteps up onto the porch, through the front door, and pointed him toward the stairway leading up to his room.

“Night, Code,” I said softly.

“Dad,” he answered back as he put his foot on the bottom stair, “would you come up and lie with me for a while, watch TV until I fall asleep?”

I was surprised, humbled. It seemed such a long time ago. “Sure, man.”

I lay beside him on the narrow bed, theTV tuned to a lateWest Coast game— Suns and San Antonio, Nash and Duncan in a seesaw battle for first place in the division. I looked around the room at the relics of the delicate tipping point of the boy changing into the man: the Beanie Babies—little leopards and dogs and dolphins with their name tags still attached—on shelves next to sports trophies, the MVP shirt from an elite summer camp in the Poconos, the posters of NBA players in flight above the rim. His breathing lengthened and he turned his face toward the wall. I started to leave. But as I moved he turned and gently reached out to pull me back.

“Dad,” he said in a sleepy, distant voice. “Thanks.” And then he turned his face to the wall again, his breath evened, a slight twitch, and stillness.

I gently extricated myself and stood beside the bed watching him sleep, grateful for the brief moment back, the soccer fields in some other guise, the ongoing play in changing form. Marveling at it, wondering whether it would come again, and if so, in what form. Appreciating the sweetness and the aching transience.

Wonder—a profound state of mind produced by something unexpected or surprising.

The light from the television softly suffused the room, the figures on the screen running and leaping in beauty in an arena thousands of miles away. “Good night, Mijo,” I spoke softly into the darkness as I turned off the flickering images of muted light and closed the door quietly behind me.

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Portfolio Jared Handelsman

If artistic intellect could be described, like organic chickens, as free-range, Jared Handelsman would surely be one of its leading proponents. The day I came to speak with him, we sat in front of an open wood stove as he heated small rocks red hot, then imprinted them onto accordion-folded pieces of drawing paper. On a nearby table, row upon row of these ingenious little sculptures sat stretched out, punctured by the holes seared into them.

Handelsman’s intriguing photographic work is currently on view at the Center for Photography at Woodstock through March 30, and at Bard College at Simon’s Rock in Great Barrington through March 28. For more information, visit www.cpw.org or www.simons-rock.edu.

—Beth E. Wilson

JARED HANDELSMAN ON HIS WORK Rocks and space I started using photography when I was doing installations outside, suspending a rock a few inches above where it had laid in the forest. I was fascinated with the fact that you couldn’t get inside the rock. You were picking the rock up, and you could see that interface with the ground that once was the identity of the rock. What kind of turned me off of doing them [the sculptures] was that to get opportunities to do them I had to resort to photography. I would show photographs in the gallery, and have a map of the grounds, of where to look for them, documentation. Often people would come back when I’d done three sculptures out in the woods and they would report that they’d found five of them.

The photography was a way to disarm that—it identified the work, but it didn’t serve the sculptures well. I was amazed by photography, the latent image emerging—I love working in the darkroom, but it seemed like a shame that it was in the service of sculpture, and not serving sculpture very well.

At a certain point, I decided to just try some photographs.

The first things I did were these photograms of rocks. As soon as I realized that I could get at the same thing, the

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same idea, using photography rather than documenting the sculptures, I stopped using it [photography] as part of the sculptures. They are photograms of quartzite pebbles, with very long exposures under an enlarger. Hour long exposures, and I chose rocks that have an irregular surface, so they sit up off the paper to allow light leakage around the edges. The white quartzite reflects the light off the white paper. I was just blown away that I could get into the same thing I was doing with the sculptures, in such a direct way. Seeing that space where there was that contact, and having an imprint of that mysterious place where gravity somehow becomes one thing, it becomes ground.

years ago, about the tension of intentions. You kind of need an intention to engage in anything, but that intention is incidental, ultimately, because if you’re a slave to that intention, you risk missing the main thread that appears as a digression. It reveals something about that intention that’s profound, and also can open up a whole other way of thinking and looking at things. You need the intention, but it’s incidental, a catalyst. What I see often, with artists, is that people often get caught up in their intentions, and close down, learn not to get distracted from their intention, and really focus on perfecting something to the point where it becomes less and less interesting.

The tension of intentions

Event horizons

I like discovering things you would never have imagined, or could anticipate, without engaging in the process. I am really of the belief that it’s really valuable to engage in the process, but not because of the process, but because of getting somewhere you couldn’t imagine through the revelations of the material, that the material can actually show you things, if you’re open to it. I would often talk,

I studied philosophy [in college]. I was really into the philosophy of perception, and the relationship between what you believe and how you perceive. That, to this day, is the thing I’m most interested in art. I’m hopefully cultivating a way of seeing that is beyond what I can imagine or see. I’m not really the type of artist that does something in order to show what I see. I’m more interested in trying something and

Silver gelatin prints by Jared Handelsman. Clockwise from upper left: Queen Anne’s Lace, 2007; Poppy, 2005; Daffodil, 2005; Daisy, 2006. Opposite: Maple, 2005; Trunks, 2006. seeing what that might look like, and having that cultivate a way of seeing and thinking about phenomena.

In grad school I was just exploring all different media, trying different things. I was very process-oriented, and it had to do with phenomena. One sculpture I did that I really liked at the time—there was a big banquet for Guy Fawkes Day, a big fundraiser. I didn’t want to be a part of it, so I volunteered to clean up. The next day when I went in there, there were all these tablecloths made of big mylar squares. A lot of them were messed up, but a lot of them were pretty nice, and I saved as many as I could. I ended up doing an installation in my space, where I duct-taped them to the ceiling (it was pretty low) and made a spiral starting in the middle. It was an amazing sculpture. The easiest, simplest sculpture I’ve ever done, I think. People loved it—if you walked in it started shimmering, and it was very reflective. If you were on the outside watching while someone walked around to the center, the thing reverberated in response to them. So I was doing stuff that was ranging [between disciplines], and I felt very free about it.

Exhibitionism At the [Albert Pinkham] Ryder show in DC, a dozen or so years ago, it was great because they showed you all the alchemy, the chemistry behind the paintings. It was also darkly lit, which I loved. That’s what I love about the [current] CPW show—because of the video, we had to dim down the lights in the space. Everything is so blaring these days. I love viewing work in minimal light. I think it taps into the imagination more. The artwork is an occasion for the imagination, blaring lights really kill that for me. I think it’s all about conspicuous consumption, these galleries just wasting a huge amount of electricity.

The space [at Bard College at Simon’s Rock] in Great Barrington is amazing, it’s got these huge skylights and big windows up high. I’ve got some family portraits there of my children, they’re photograms from a flashlight, and they were done on the floor. I brought a red light into the bedroom and put the photo paper down on the floor. They’re very much about the relationship of the body to the ground, the shadows. At the time I made them, when I was living in Provincetown, I showed them pinned on the wall. They

read really nicely on the wall, but they have a much more psychological dimension on the floor. They become much more ethereal on the wall. When they’re on the floor, knowing that they’re about that shadow on the floor, they just read in a more grounded way.

And other modernist myths I’m uncomfortable with this idea of novelty in art. I think of the work as being strange only to people who aren’t engaged in art. To people who are engaged in art, the photogram is the most rudimentary, basic thing—the earliest experiments in photography were photograms. When I first got into doing these things, a friend sent me a book from a show at the Met or somewhere, about Fox Talbot [who invented photography in the 19th century]. In it, there were these botanical exposures by moonlight. I think that’s so great—they were beautiful, little ferns. I had gotten down in the ferns, and was sort of chasing the moonlight at that time, and I was thinking that [what I was doing] was not innovative. It’s not about being novel, for me it was about stripping everything away to create a basic document of a phenomenon.

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Lucid Dreaming

BY BETH E. WILSON

YOU HAD TO BE THERE The adventure of art is in the new. The consolation of art is everything you have seen, read, heard, and kept inside you as a talisman against the popular lie that nothing matters anymore.

—Jeannette Winterson It’s something of a commonplace to say that “art” has not always meant the same thing to different people, in different times. Contrary to the standard “pyramids to Picasso” approach of most art history surveys, it seems presumptuous to think that any one concept could stand eternally, universally understood across millennia of human history.

What we call art is a cultural expression—something like a visual language, manifesting (when it works properly) something worth saying about the world that births it.That said, it seems clear that when the big picture (note that metaphor) changes, the art that speaks to it must adapt as well. That’s why some things, in retrospect, seem to epitomize a period in the past, when of course they were the very newest, freshest style in their own time—Art Deco from the 1930s, for example, or psychedelic posters from the 1960s.

If art is a living (visual) language, then obviously it will change over time, as the culture itself shifts from one state to the next. Just ask anybody who’s tried to read Beowulf in the original how much the English language has metamorphosed in the last thousand years.

I was prompted to think about all this in the wake of some recent exhibitions that seek to redefine the artwork—rather than a particular, singular object of contemplation, artists Lorrie Fredette and Jeremy Holmes present the viewer with a space—an environment, really—that demands a very different sort of attention. In musical terms, these works function more like an ambient piece by Brian Eno, setting a particular tone, giving a visual/spatial texture to the gallery, rather than standing out as a particular point of focus.

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um of Contemporary Art) on Abeel Street, recent New Paltz BFA grad Jeremy Holmes re-installed the work that had been shown previously at the Dorsky museum as his thesis show in December. Conversations Continued consists of two long, flexible ribbons of wood (one mahogany and one ash) installed to loop around the gallery space, embracing it in a Möbius strip gone slightly mad, encircling and almost cocooning the viewer. When shown in the much larger, high-ceiling space of the Dorsky, the wooden strips were almost entirely unfurled, stretching across the Chandler Gallery, finally swooping down into the low-ceilinged North Gallery, eliding the connection between the two spaces.

By contrast, the KMOCA installation seemed to tightly box in the looping wood, creating a greater sense of spring like energy, as it waited to burst out of the gallery container. The material reads differently because of its changed relationship to the space—something that seems equally applicable as a way of describing its effect on the viewer.

Lorrie Fredette’s installation at the Gallery at R&F in Kingston, which continues on view through March 22, works by way of a similar principle, but using very different means. Suspended from a nearly invisible black grid in the ceiling, 230 sculptural forms cluster together over the viewer’s head, in closelyspaced, flowing formations. Each form is constructed using a wire armature, over which has been hand stitched a muslin covering. The hollow forms were then given a translucent, almost fleshy skin of pure encaustic medium. (The medium is normally the wax-and-resin vehicle for various pigments. Here, it is used in its pure, untinted form.)

The back story for this impressive installation starts two years ago, when Fredette contracted a significant outbreak of poison ivy. Ever the artist, she focused her attention on the blistered rash, drawing its patterns, photographing and manipulating images of it digitally. She discovered a surprisingly large subculture on the Internet of people who post images of their own rashes for others to see. Another tangent led her to consider the increasing proliferation

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of poison ivy as a result of climate change—and a whole new set of environmental and political issues, drawing her into research about the molecular structure of carbon dioxide and greenhouse gases.

While the installation derives its title, “A Pattern of Connections,” from these networks of interlocking information, the experience of the installation itself transcends any particular content or concept. Painstakingly lit, the ivory/yellow medium catches, filters, and transforms the light, casting beautifully patterned shadows on the wall, while imbuing the room with a soft, warm glow. The simplified, biomorphic forms (there are four basic configurations, none larger than about one foot long) repeat each other, cluster, and spill across the room in an undulating wave. Low enough to make their presence felt, yet high enough to avoid the feeling of claustrophobia, the installation remakes the space.

Installations like Holmes’s and Fredette’s ultimately derive from (even as they move beyond) the 1960s movement of Minimalism. Back then, critic Michael Fried notoriously rejected the simplified, geometric work of Richard Serra, Robert Morris, and Donald Judd, opposing what he called its “theatricality”—the way in which the event surrounding the exhibition of the work became as important as the work itself. More recently, Fried has been quoted as saying “It had to do with a total control of the mise-en-scène, and of making that situation the primary thing, as distinct from the work itself.

What’s happened in the 30 years since is the most massive infusion of theatricality that one could ever imagine.”

What could be driving this move toward greater and greater theatricality?

What makes this work seem more and more interesting? Why not think about the larger context of the world, and how we experience it—namely, the digital revolution that has changed virtually everything about how we (in the industrialized West) know about the world, record it, and transmit information.

In a world viewed through the flicker of images on an intangible screen (television, computer, what-have-you), perhaps these artists sense the need for something direct and physical, something that you can’t satisfactorily experience from the voyeuristic distance of your laptop.To really “get” this work, you can’t have it phoned in to you.You have to be there.

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Me and Pop Molly Rengstorf Oil, charcoal, and oil pastel on canvas, 2003, 36” x 42” Unison Gallery through March 31

104 ANN STREET, NEWBURGH 656-1132 “Women’s Work.” Group show celebrating women in contemporary art. March 8-April 19.

Opening Saturday, March 8, 6pm-9pm.

ARTS UPSTAIRS

“Vanishing Giants: Elephants of Asia.” Works by Palani Mohan.

March 8-May 4.

JOHN DAVIS GALLERY

Opening Saturday, March 8, 4pm-8pm.

“Photography by Paul Hamann.” Through March 23.

G.A.S.

Opening Saturday, March 1, 6pm-8pm.

196 MAIN STREET, POUGHKEEPSIE 486-4592.

“Abstract Paintings by Joanne Klein.” March 15-April 13.

60 MAIN STREET, PHOENICIA 688-2142.

“Shot By Gunner, People of the Valley.” Works by Yvonne Gunner. March 15-April 16.

Opening Saturday, March 15, 6pm-9pm.

BARRETT ART CENTER

THE GALLERY AT R&F

362 1/2 WARREN STREET, HUDSON (518) 828-5907.

KENT ART ASSOCIATION 21 SOUTH MAIN STREET, KENT, CONNECTICUT (860) 927-3989.

84 TEN BROECK AVENUE, KINGSTON 331-3112.

“Kent Art Association Member Show.” March 16-April 13.

“A Pattern of Connections.” New installation by Lorrie Fredette.

Through March 22.

Opening Sunday, March 16, 1pm-5pm.

KINGSTON MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART GARRISON ARTS CENTER

105 ABEEL STREET, KINGSTON WWW.KMOCA.ORG.

“New Works by Long Reach Arts.” March 1-22.

23 GARRISON LANDING, GARRISON-ON-HUDSON 424-3960.

“Needlepoint of View.” March 1-31.

Opening Saturday, March 1, 2pm-5pm,

“Big Paintings.” Works by Grey Zeien. Through March 25.

CATSKILL ART SOCIETY ARTS CENTER

“Photography by Bill Dane.” Through March 25.

55 NOXON STREET, POUGHKEEPSIE 471-2550.

48 MAIN STREET, LIVINGSTON MANOR 436-4227.

“Open Eyes Closed Eyes.” Works by Jorg Madlener. March 8-April 20.

Opening Saturday, March 8, 5pm-7pm.

CENTER FOR CURATORIAL STUDIES BARD COLLEGE, ANNANDALE-ON-HUDSON 758-7598.

“CCS Bard Exhibition.” Three exhibitions curated by CCS Bard second-year graduate students in curatorial studies and contemporary art. March 16-30.

Opening Sunday, March 16, 1pm-4pm.

CENTER FOR PHOTOGRAPHY AT WOODSTOCK 59 TINKER STREET, WOODSTOCK 679-9957.

“Shadows.” Solo exhibition of work by Jared Handelsman.

Through March 30.

“Made in Woodstock IV.” Group show. Through March 30.

Opening Saturday, March 1, 5pm-7pm.

LIFEBRIDGE SANCTURARY 333 MOUNTAIN ROAD, ROSENDALE 338-6418.

GCCA CATSKILL GALLERY 398 MAIN STREET, CATSKILL (518) 943-3400.

“The Devil in the Details.” Works by Giovanna Lepore. Through March 1.

“Within Silence Acknowledging the Unseen.” Iris Spellings.

Through March 31.

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“Drawn to the Edge.” Show about drawing in every media.

Through March 1.

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“An Odyssey of Images.” Pinhole camera images. Through March 2.

Opening Sunday, March 9, 3pm-6pm.

“Cryptogeometry.” Recent paintings by Jeff Caramagna. March 8-30.

MASSMOCA

Opening Saturday, March 8, 6pm-9pm.

HERMITAGE BEACON

“Every Now and Then.” Through March 31.

“Landscape Paintings by Robert Rodriguez Jr.” March 1-31.

87 MARSHALL STREET, NORTH ADAMS, MASSACHUSETTS (413) 662-2111.

“Eastern Standard.” Through January 31, 2009.

ELLENVILLE PUBLIC LIBRARY

12 TIORONDA AVENUE, BEACON 765-1650.

MONTGOMERY ROW SECOND LEVEL

40 CENTER STREET, ELLENVILLE 647-1497.

“Kulan.” Collaborative project focusing on collage and installations by Jon Beacham and Kensie Duffy. Through April 6.

6423 MONTGOMERY STREET, RHINEBECK 876-6670.

“Painter Jude DeFalco.” Through March 26.

Opening Saturday, March 1, 12pm-2pm.

FOVEA EXHIBITIONS BEACON GALLERY 143 MAIN STREET, BEACON 765-2199.

“Double Blind- Lebanon Conflict 2006.” Photographs Paolo Pellegrin and Scott Anderson. Through March 2.

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“Styles and Subjects.” Solo exhibition of paintings by Karl Volk.

Through March 25.

246 HUDSON STREET, CORNWALL-ON-HUDSON 534-5278.

MUDDY CUP

“Landscapes of Ireland.” Paintings and prints by Paul Gould and guest artists. March 15-April 13.

305 MAIN STREET, POUGHKEEPSIE 486-1378.

Opening Saturday, March 15, 6pm-8pm.

“The Senior Project 8.” Drawings, paintings, photos and sculpture by the 8 senior high school students. Through March 28.

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Anita Hart Balter Gallery Bill Dane - Photos Outside Inside Henry Gillette Gallery Grey Zeien - Big Paintings February 23 - March 23, 2008

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NICOLE FIACCO GALLERY 506 WARREN STREET, HUDSON (518) 828-5090. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Christopher Haun: Unbelievable.â&#x20AC;? March 15-April 19.

Opening Saturday, March 15, 6pm-8pm.

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ORANGE HALL GALLERY ORANGE COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE, MIDDLETOWN 341-4790. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Basha Kill.â&#x20AC;? Works by wildlife artist Kevin Storms. March 2-31.

Opening Sunday, March 2, 2pm-4pm.

ORIOLE 9 17 TINKER STREET, WOODSTOCK 679-5763. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Photography and Paintings.â&#x20AC;? Works by Yvonne Gunner and Michael Fattizzi. Through March 25.

PEARLDADDY GALLERY 183 MAIN STREET, BEACON 765-0169. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Judith Peck: All About People.â&#x20AC;? Sculpture in bronze. Through March 2.

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Opening Saturday, March 8, 6pm-9pm.

PRITZKER GALLERY SOUTH RIVERSIDE ROAD, HIGHLAND 691-5506. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Homage to Liam Nelson: 1931-2007.â&#x20AC;? March 15-April 15.

Opening Saturday, March 15, 3pm-6pm.

RIVERFRONT STUDIOS 96 BROAD STREET, SCHUYLERVILLE. INFORMATION@RIVERFRONT-STUDIOS.COM. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Works by Russell DeYoung.â&#x20AC;? March 8-April 30.

Opening Saturday, March 8, 4pm-8pm.

RIVERWINDS @ A. G. EDWARDS 6423 MONTGOMERY STREET, RHINEBECK 876-1667. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Symphony of Lines and Colors.â&#x20AC;? Through March 24.

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172 MAIN STREET, BEACON 838-2880. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Sky Above.â&#x20AC;? Landscape paintings by Will Kefauver. Through March 3.

SAMUEL DORSKY MUSEUM OF ART SUNY NEW PALTZ, NEW PALTZ 257-3858. â&#x20AC;&#x153;A Discerning Vision: Photographs from the Collection of Howard Greenberg.â&#x20AC;? March 28-June 22.

Opening Saturday, March 29, 4pm-6pm. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Beat and Beyond: Photographs by Allen Ginsberg .â&#x20AC;? March 28-June 22.

Opening Saturday, March 29, 4pm-6pm. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Defining Art: Recent Acquisitions 2005-2007.â&#x20AC;? Work by Abbott, Atget, Cartier-Bresson, Chia, Nice, Oliveira, Rauschenberg. Through August 31. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Feminine Image: Art from the Coykendall Collection.â&#x20AC;? Through April 13. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Hudson River School Drawings from Dia Art Foundation.â&#x20AC;? Through March 16. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Intimacies of Distant War.â&#x20AC;? Through April 13. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Reading Objects 2008.â&#x20AC;? Works from the Museumâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s collection with texts created by University faculty and staff. March 28-August 31.

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Painted Snapshots March 15th and 16th 2008 Opening reception: Saturday, March 15th 2008, 5 to 8pm Sunday hours: 11am to 5pm

Opening Saturday, March 29, 4pm-6pm. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Sculpture by Grace Bakst Wapner.â&#x20AC;? Through March 16.

SHARADA GALLERY 45 EAST MARKET STREET, RHINEBECK 876-4828. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Faces of Nature.â&#x20AC;? Works by Adrianne Lobel & Jennifer Axin-Weiss. Through March 9.

The Skybaby Building 75 Main Steet, 2nd Floor Cold Spring, New York 10516 Use side entrance on Rock Street (through the rainbow doors) Jes Minardi: 646.251.3862 Steve & Cecile Lindstedt: 845.265.3455 Jes Minardi Apples 8â&#x20AC;? x 10â&#x20AC;? Oil on Wood Photo: D. James Dee

THE SKYBABY BUILDING 75 MAIN STREET, COLD SPRING 265-3455. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Painted Snapshots.â&#x20AC;? Works by Jes Minardi. March 15-16.

Opening Saturday, March 15, 5pm-8pm.

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UNISON GALLERY WATER STREET MARKET, NEW PALTZ 255-1559. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Paintings by Molly Rengstorf.â&#x20AC;? Through March 31.

VAN BRUNT GALLERY 460 MAIN STREET, BEACON 838-2995 Thomas Huber, Ed Smith, Michael Zansky. March 1-31.

Opening Saturday, March 1,6pm-9pm.

WOODSTOCK ARTISTS ASSOCIATION AND MUSEUM 28 TINKER STREET, WOODSTOCK 679-2940. â&#x20AC;&#x153;American Scenes: Life in the City.â&#x20AC;? Through June 30. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Happy Hour.â&#x20AC;? Through March 2. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Kristyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Creative Kids.â&#x20AC;? Through March 2. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Recent Works.â&#x20AC;? New works created by members of the artists association. Through March 2.

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t’s a sunny Sunday afternoon and the members of jam-band festival favorites Medeski Martin & Wood are wholly consumed, blissfully experimenting in the musical laboratory that is the stage. In fact, by the way he’s darting between the Hammond organ and the full- and toy-size pianos taking up his corner, egg-headed John Medeski looks more like a technician you’d see posed next to the UNIVAC than the keyboardist in a jazz-funk trio. At the opposite end of the bandstand, drummer Billy Martin lays down the heavy fatback, stirring up a thick broth of second-line shuffle beats—spiced with extra cowbell—as he bounces madly on his stool. In the middle, gangly bassist Chris Wood nods his head in time as he tickles and saws at his tall instrument, holding the whole mess together with benign solemnity. The music is full of constant sonic surprises and rump-rolling, irresistibly addictive grooves, and the listeners are clearly getting off on it, stomping, spinning, running around, and throwing their hands in the air like, yep, they just don’t care.

Typically great MMW show, right? In many ways, yes. But while the band and its members formidable chops are the same, the audience is something altogether new for these well-seasoned players. This crowd is made up largely of children— mainly toddlers, actually. They’re here for one of the occasional Kids Rambles held at Levon Helm Studios in Woodstock, where, of course, parents are allowed, too. And the elders are definitely digging the music as well, dancing while holding their kids, sitting Indian-style on the floor in front of the band, or chatting with other moms and dads as their offspring run wild. Family fun, and with a totally unbeatable soundtrack. “[The Kids Ramble] did end up being a lot of fun, but we were pretty nervous beforehand,” says Wood a few weeks later. Wait—nervous? A band that has been touring the globe for almost 20 years, collaborated with everyone from Phish to Living Color’s Vernon Reid to jazz great John Scofield, one that regularly headlines massive outdoor festivals and prestigious venues like Manhattan’s Beacon Theater? Nervous, in front of a roomful of tots and their sippy-cup-bearing, diaper bag-toting parents? If such a thing is possible, the trio sure didn’t look uneasy at the time.

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Chris Wood, John Medeski, and Billy Martin at Levon Helm Studio in Woodstock.

done anything like that, being put in front of a bunch of kids and being expected to entertain them. We weren’t sure if we’d have enough material to hold their attention, since kids have much shorter attention spans than adults. It went pretty well, but we still have a lot to learn.”

It’s safe to say, however, that the band will have a few more chances to develop its rapport with the wee ones as it continues to gig in support of it newest release, Let’s Go Everywhere, an album of children’s music on Woodstock’s family-oriented Little Monster label. Those familiar with MMW’s 12 previous albums may wonder just how the heck the band could make its predominantly instrumental, wildly experimental music palatable to little kids. Well, to start with the group brought in a slew of guest vocalists—Wood himself; Martin’s sons, Dakota and Sawyer; band friend Tim Ingham, who delivers a puckish oratory on the cheeky “Pirates Don’t Take Baths”; the mysterious Marvin Pontiac (aka Lounge Lizards leader and movie actor John Lurie); and Wood’s daughter, Nissa, who lights up the intro to “All Around the Kitchen,” a track that also appears on High Meadow Songs (Independent), a benefit compilation for the local High Meadow Arts educational organization. But despite the all-ages appeal of Let’s Go Everywhere, the record never lapses into the pandering pablum of Barney and Baby Bop. “You don’t have to play down to kids,” Wood maintains. “They love the darker, more complex stuff more than you might think.” Indeed: The way the little Ramblers reacted to the disorienting, stop-start arrangement of “Where’s the Music?” clearly bears this out. But the record’s updated romp through “Hickory Dickory Dock” still seems a far cry from the band’s avant-garde beginnings.

MMW emerged in the early 1990s from the cutting-edge crucible of New York’s intersecting experimental and jazz scenes, whose dominant hub has long been downtown club the Knitting Factory. A Florida native and current Catskills resident, Medeski had played with vocalist Mark Murphy, late Hudson Valley saxophonist Dewey Redman, and late bass legend Jaco Pastorious, and had studied in Boston under arranger George Russell and Miles Davis bassist Dave Holland.

Hailing from Boulder, Colorado, Wood also moved to Boston to study with Holland (the two are now fellow Saugerties residents) and percussionist Bob Moses, and later performed with saxophonist Ned Rothenberg. Moses was also the men-

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tor of Martin, the son of a classical violinist and a Radio City Rockette, who grew up in New Jersey (where he still lives) and had worked with artists ranging from smooth jazz hitmaker Chuck Mangione to avant player Rothenberg. During the 1980s the threesomeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s paths regularly crossed in the shifting lineups of bands like the Lounge Lizards and those of Moses, guitarists Marc Ribot and Elliot Sharp, and composer and saxophonist John Zorn, and it wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t long before the three musiciansâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; uncanny, shared chemistry dictated that they form their own band.

After woodshedding in Martinâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s loft, the trio debuted with 1991â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s self-released Notes from the Underground (Accurate Jazz). Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a Jungle in Here (Gramavision) followed in 1993, though it would be the more heavily groove-based Friday Afternoon in the Universe and Shack-Man (1995 and 1996; both Gramavision) that would put MMW on the jazz map. But another, even bigger, breakthrough lay just around the corner. It was around this time that the members of jam-band juggernaut Phish, devout MMW fans all, began playing the trioâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s albums over the PA at their hugely attended outdoor concerts, and soon the â&#x20AC;&#x153;phansâ&#x20AC;? began to ask who it was that they were hearing during the breaks. Phish eventually invited the New Yorkers to open shows and collaborate, and soon MMW was firmly enmeshed in the burgeoning jam-band nation, taking the avant-garde to a whole newâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;and much widerâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;audience. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Yeah, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s weird,â&#x20AC;? observes Wood. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll be up there playing on some big stage somewhere, and weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll be thinking Sun Ra, Mingus, and Albert Ayler, and the kids in the audience will be thinking Jerry Garcia. But, hey, as long as people are showing up and they like our music weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re really happy.â&#x20AC;?

Even though MMW tours hard, performing nearly 80 shows per year, all three members also busy themselves with outside projects. Martin runs his own label, Amulet Records, through which he has released several solo and collaborative efforts, including a new album by the experimental quartet Iooi. As a serious sessioneer, Medeskiâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s dance card is always full, and, among other projects, he and Martin put out an eponymously titled duet album on Amulet in 2007; he also contributed to the soundtrack of Todd Haynesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s recent and surreal Bob Dylan biopic, Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m Not There. As the folk roots-slanted Wood Brothers, Wood and his brother, singer-guitarist Oliver Wood, released the acclaimed Ways Not to Lose (Blue Note) in 2006; the siblings have a new album, Loaded (also Blue Note), due out on April 1.

One of MMWâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s longtime colleagues is guitarist Oren Bloedow, another exLounge Lizard, who toured with the outfit in 2000 as its unofficial fourth member; Bloedow has long played in venerated New York band Elysian Fields, a unit that also briefly featured Wood. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Besides being such wonderful people, [MMW] are also all real music scholars,â&#x20AC;? says Bloedow, who was backed by MMW on his second solo album, 1998â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s perhaps not unappropriately titled The Luckiest Boy in the World (Knitting Factory Works). â&#x20AC;&#x153;But they donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t sit around listening to typical Berklee jazz-fusion records; theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re avant-gardists at heart. So even though theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re big enough now to work with someone like Kenny G, they ask [ex-Sun Ra saxophonist] Marshall Allen to play with them instead. Which is very cool.â&#x20AC;?

So what, then, led a trio of devoted avant-garde musicians to make a childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s album? â&#x20AC;&#x153;Well, I guess with Billy and me being parents it was always in the backs of our minds,â&#x20AC;? says Wood. â&#x20AC;&#x153;And kids already seem to like a lot of our music when they hear it. â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Anonymous Skulls,â&#x20AC;&#x2122; is, I think, a very dark and spooky track off one of our last albums (2004â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s End of the World Party [Just in Case] [Blue Note]), but Nissa just loves that tune. Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll play it at home and sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll dance all over the place.

And since she and Emily Salem [the daughter of Little Monster co-founders Kate Hyman and Kevin Salem] were in the same play group, it was just a natural thing when [the label] approached us to do the record.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;Kevin and I always secretly wanted to put out a Medeski, Martin & Wood album, so itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s really exciting for us,â&#x20AC;? says Hyman, whose label was profiled in the January 2007 issue of Chronogram. â&#x20AC;&#x153;And itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s great because a lot of MMW fans are also parents now themselves. It isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t that easy to make a really good kids record; you have to sort of regain your lost innocence to do it well. But [the band] and the other people who played on the record already understood that, so they ended up doing such an excellent job.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;When youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re a really young child, you havenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t had your mind made up yetâ&#x20AC;&#x201D; about music or anything else,â&#x20AC;? Wood says. â&#x20AC;&#x153;You donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have so many people telling you what youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;supposedâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; to like yet. And music is one of the greatest things about human existence. For John, Billy, and me, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s everywhere in our lives. So to see kids react to our music in such an unbiased way and to enjoy it is really great.â&#x20AC;?

Medeski, Martin &Woodâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Letâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Go Everywhere is out now on Little Monster Records.

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NIGHTLIFE HIGHLIGHTS Handpicked by local scenemaker DJ WAVY DAVY for your listening pleasure.

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Russell has shared the stage with 10,000 Maniacs, Donovan, Tuck and Patti, Rick Danko, Leon Russell, David Wilcox, Jeffrey Gaines, Chris Smither, Cris Williamson, Richie Havens, Peter Mayer, Groovelily, and Jill Sobule. Dance party afterward (snow date is March 9 at 4pm). 8pm. $16/$12. New Paltz. (845) 255-1559; www.vickierussell.com.

JOHN STREET JAM March 8. The function room of the Dutch Arms Chapel was a coffeehouse in the 1960s, and current owners Terri and Steve Massardo got the buzz to reopen the space in that spirit. The â&#x20AC;&#x153;stageâ&#x20AC;? is a big rug in the middle of the ďŹ&#x201A;oor with four chairs set up for the singers in a circle. The audience sits around the performers and is never more than a few feet away. This format provides the intimacy of a living room and allows the musicians to interact in ways that arenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t possible in the traditional coffeehouse format. This go-round features the Virginia Wolves, Newburghâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Jamie Kay, Cecelia St. King, John Wirtz, Jules and Rick, Jude Roberts, Lisa Lagasse, and Lisa Dudley. 7pm. $3. Saugerties.

(845) 943-6720; www.johnstjam.net.

SHANE KIRSCH AND THE FUZZY FLOW COLLECTIVE March 15. Hudson Valley-area sax stalwart Kirsch has been pounding the pavement (regularly commuting to New York for gigs) and the runways (frequently traveling to Spain with George Clinton and P-Funk) between working on his long-awaited solo CD, release, The Fuzzy Flow (Do Point! Records, 2007). Kirschâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s new-millennium funk is universally hip, skirting from tasty Afro-jazz to grimy dance-ďŹ&#x201A;oor grinders. Here, at the Rosendale Cafe, his Fuzzy Flow Collective, which features J.J. Clark (drums) and Rich Kelly (bass) and Geoff Hartwell (guitar), will light up tracks from the new disc. 8pm. $10. Rosendale.

(845) 658-9048; www.shanekirsch.com.

JAMES KING BAND March 15. The wonderful Hudson Valley Bluegrass Association, founded in 1994 to promote bluegrass and related acoustic music in the Hudson Valley, rolls out the red carpet for King, an award-winning singer, songwriter, and bandleader. King grew up in Carroll County, Virginia, one of the countryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s most fertile breeding grounds for bluegrass and old-time musicians, and his father and uncle were both musicians of note. This show at the Hyde Park United Methodist Church is sponsored by a wide range of cool folks, including Accordâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Flying Change Farm, and the HVBA will be rafďŹ&#x201A;ing off a Babicz guitar (another sponsor) at the event. Yâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;all hail the King! 7:30pm. $20/$15. Hyde Park.

(845) 635-9383; www.hvbluegrass.org.

DEAD UNICORN March 29. Comprised of ubiquitous Kingston scenesters Paul Heath (ex-Kiss-Ups, another loud duo) on bass and Zac Shaw on drums and vocals, Dead Unicorn is the worldâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s most successful undiscovered prog-punk twosome. The bandâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s debut album, Yellowstone Supervolcano (Independent, 2007), got a deservingly rave review from Jeremy Schwartz in these pages in August, and it plays every show like the apocalypse they sing about is here. With Relapse recording artists Baroness and Puny Human, this all-ages show at Backstage Studio is being presented by Far Low Productions. 8pm. $10/$8. Kingston.

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JAMES KING PLAYS AT THE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH IN HYDE PARK ON MARCH 15.

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CD REVIEWS BAIRD HERSEY & PRANA WITH KRISHNA DAS GATHERING IN THE LIGHT SATSANG MUSIC 2007

B Baird Hersey and his a cappella vocal ensemble PPrana are always an otherworldly listen, whether iit’s at home with headphones or a bone-piercing live sshow. A few years ago, he promised to collaborate w with well-known chant master Krishna Das, and nnow he’s done it.

On Gathering in the Light, Krishna Das channels t divine using chants he composed on his own, the p providing rich lead vocals on top of the overtones o Hersey and Prana. For the first time on one of of h recordings, Hersey has brought in (minimal) his i b everything hi else l you hear h is the amazing harmonics of the human voice. percussion, but Because of his obsession with the Gyoto monks, Hersey mastered multi-phonic throat singing and, in turn, assembled eight local singers with impressive resumes, teaching each of them to sing two mellifluous pitches at once. The resulting chorus is something that must be heard to be believed, and, by throwing Krishna Das into the mix, Hersey has created something truly extraordinary and profound. Of particular note is Krishna Das’s trademark number, “Hare Krishna,” which he gives an entirely new twist—a one-and-a-half-minute lead of unbelievably gorgeous tones.

So if you want to turn your home into a temple, or simply bliss out for 48 minutes, look no further. www.pranasound.com.

—Sharon Nichols

KARI SPIELER ROUGH DRAFT BEANSPACE RECORDS 2007

P Poughkeepsie singer-songwriter Kari Spieler’s debbut CD is called Rough Draft, but it certainly doesn’t ssound like one. The album was expertly produced aand recorded in Woodstock by Paul Shiavo and PPete Caigan and mixed by Roman Klun, and feattures local luminaries Adam Widoff on guitars and R Ross Rice on keys (Shiavo and Caigan play bass and ddrums, respectively).

Spieler has become a presence regionally, turniing in shows at her hometown haunt the Cubbyhole aand at the Rosendale Street Fair, but it’s the year she sspent studying in Israel recently that’s surely added tthe most perspective and depth to her work.

Rough Draft has a warm, sitting-around-the-fireplace sound. From the soaring “JAK (Goodbye),” Spieler shows an enticing, understated confidence. The pensive “Stay Here” has a whispering, in-your-ear vocal approach beneath which the instruments simply sizzle, while “Beautiful” is a dark and delicious ode to sighs and thighs.

“Staring Straight,” an allegory to love gone wrong, is a hypnotic highlight; here, Rice’s gorgeous piano and Schiavo’s Graham Maby–esque bass groove allow Spieler’s engaging melody to break free from gravity. She closes with “I Will Be,” which holds the provocative line “To all the boys who compensate by being bigger dicks than they have.” www.myspace.com/karispieler.

—David Malachowski

LOS DOGGIES ONEBODY INDEPENDENT 2007

L Doggies are a clever and talented band out of Los N New Paltz. Although the music is intelligent, it is still ccatchy, and the lyrics are dramatically and confidently llighthearted. Veering from alt-jammy, David Byrne-like ggrooves to intricate, proggy pop, the songs are long but iinteresting and angular enough to hold your attention.

IIf you think you would enjoy singing along to a chorus oof “What’s your favorite formula? Mine equals mc2,” tthen this record is for you. But if tongue-in-cheek lyriics are not your thing, there is plenty else to imbibe.

FFormed by singer-guitarist brothers Jesse and Evan S h band b d hhas a creative i bent b on the art of songwriting. The brothers’ knack is in Stormo, the taking each piece to new levels while staying true to the original incarnation. The songs are complex but accessible.

I can’t help wanting to recommend this album as a hipster-friendly children’s record.

However, sexually charged songs like “Vulva” might give even the most progressive parents pause. Tonally, the record could have used more warmth and the busy lyrics can be overwhelming at times, but these are minor gripes. Hard-working and accomplished musicians, Los Doggies are as versatile as they are confident. One imagines them at their best live, where the raw, Steve Malkmus-influenced angles would outshine the Phishy flavor of the recording. And hopefully the female guest vocalist would get a bit more time on the mike. www.losdoggies.com.

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GLOBAL VILLAGER Chinua Achebe’s Things Fall Apart Turns 50

By Nina Shengold photos by Jennifer May

F

ive decades ago, an ambitious young man from a small Nigerian village put the handwritten manuscript of his first novel into a brown paper parcel and shipped it to a typing service in London. Months went by without word; the package, it seemed, had been lost. In desperation, the author begged an English colleague at the Nigerian Broadcasting company to stop by the typing service when she went to London on leave. She found the package languishing on a back shelf and got it contents typed posthaste. The book was called Things Fall Apart.

Since its first publication in 1958, Chinua Achebe’s masterpiece has sold over 12 million copies worldwide; it’s been translated into over 50 languages.

Achebe, whose other novels include No Longer at Ease, Arrow of God, A Man of the People, and Anthills of the Savannah, has received over 30 honorary degrees and a cornucopia of literary awards, including the 2007 Man Booker International Prize. He is widely considered, in Lewis Nkosi’s words, “Africa’s greatest indigenous novelist.”

Given this kind of acclaim, it’s startling to visit Achebe’s home on the Bard College campus. The world-renowned novelist lives in a nondescript ranch house on a sleet-streaked back road, so easy to miss that the publicity office offers a driving escort. Achebe answers the door himself. He has used a wheelchair since 1990, when a car accident left him paralyzed from the waist down; his presence imparts it with the majesty of a throne. He moves to the dining room, turns, and says simply, “Here.”

Achebe has a powerful face, with an unswerving gaze and deeply carved

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lines around a strong mouth. He’s wearing a striped broadcloth shirt, a coffeetoned vest, and dark trousers, with a black beret at a rakish angle that recalls a resistance leader. He speaks with a quiet authority, sometimes so softly one needs to lean forward. His hands are long-fingered and graceful; they dance as he talks, kneading the air. His dignity is palpable, but there’s nothing austere or pompous in him—it’s as easy to picture him grinning at his four grandchildren as mesmerizing an international audience.

The house is decorated in earth tones, with dark leather club chairs and vases of dried flowers. There’s a sideboard covered with family photos, and numerous African carvings and masks collected by Achebe’s wife Christi, a psychology professor at Bard.

For years, the author turned down nearly every request for an interview.

Then he changed his mind. “What is this business of writing?” he asks. “Obviously, there is something I want to communicate with people. That’s what the writing is about, to hold conversations with people, with your culture, with yourself.”

Though Achebe doesn’t remember exactly when he last read Things Fall Apart, his respect for his freshman effort remains intact. “I look at it now and again. It is still a marvel, it’s still a surprise,” he says, smiling. “I had no experience of that kind of thing. I had scribbled a few short stories in college.” The stories, like his groundbreaking novel, were written in English.

Achebe explains, “English was the language of education in British colonies, which we were...” He trails off. “The fact that it is a foreigner that ar-

rived in my home and seized power struck me at a certain point. At other times, I’ve taken the view that this is a language with which I had no quarrel.

A language doesn’t really fight with you, unless you want it to.” The language of Achebe’s village, Ogidi, was Igbo—one of Nigeria’s three principal tongues—but school was always in English.

Achebe’s father was Ogidi’s first convert to the Church Missionary Society, a devout evangelical Protestant who baptized all six of his children. But young Albert Chinualumogu Achebe was also drawn to his “heathen” uncle’s ancestral traditions. In his autobiographical essay, “Named for Victoria, Queen of England,” Achebe (who dropped the “Albert” in college) writes that he was born “at a crossroads of cultures.” His family “sang hymns and read the Bible night and day,” while his uncle’s family “blinded by heathenism, offered food to idols. That is how it was supposed to be anyway. But I knew without knowing why that was too simple a way to describe what was going on. Those idols and that food had a strange pull on me in spite of my being such a thorough little Christian.”

Achebe loved books as a child, especially such “African romances” as Mister Cary and Prester John.Years later, he gained a different perspective on these colonial narratives. “You look at something you thought was fascinating and realize there was something more, that your people were put down very badly in these stories. These were some of the ideas floating around when I sat down to write Things Fall Apart. I had to write a different kind of book.”

Things Fall Apart tells the story of Okonkwo, a villager whose unbending strength sets him at odds with his tribal culture and on a collision course with the first wave of white missionaries. Achebe wanted his book to bear witness, but knew it must also be “pleasurable. Stories have to be this way to make any impact; they have to be good stories. That was my task: How do you write good stories about your community, your people, and in what language? My education, my literary language, is English, but what I’m writing about is happening in Igbo.”

The solution was to capture the flavor of Igbo speech. “As a child I knew a number of very eloquent people. That eloquence was what I had to convey.

I attempted to convey the spirit of that language in English. I had to invent a language. It doesn’t appear in any book before it.” In his essay “The African Writer and the English Language,” Achebe dubbed this creation, “African English...a new voice coming out of Africa, speaking of African experience in a world-wide language.”

As snow swirls past his window, Achebe continues. “The way I look at literature—it’s something you do with a big community in your view. It’s not a private concern. Especially an ex-colonial like me, who just managed to catch a glimpse of my past before it disappeared altogether.”

Nigerians of his generation hold a unique place in history. “We are the last people who know what our past was. Our parents knew the past, but they didn’t know the present. Our children don’t know the past, except what we tell them in stories,” he notes, stressing the importance of “making sure the story does not disappear.The manuscript of Things Fall Apart very nearly disappeared. That shows you just how fragile, how tricky our situation in the world is. There are so many things we have to make sure are not gone forever.”

Achebe gets letters from readers on every continent, including American high school students (Okonkwo’s righteousness thrills inner-city teen boys).

He’s also received occasional letters from Native Americans who connect his work to westward expansion and the erasure of their traditional culture by European colonials.

Literature, for Achebe, is inextricably political. His widely read essay “An Image of Africa: Racism in Conrad’s Heart of Darkness” confronts Joseph Conrad’s vision of Africa as “the antithesis of Europe and therefore of civilization, a place where man’s vaunted intelligence and refinement are finally mocked by triumphant bestiality.” When he first presented this lecture as a visiting professor at the University of Massachusetts in the 1970s, many academics were scandalized; one huffed in his face, “How dare you?”

Multiculturalism has made some inroads—Achebe reports that his current Bard students are more conversant with non-Western authors than those he taught a generation ago—but there is much to be done. “The story of the world has not yet gained the momentum it needs. A different account in many instances needs to be created. The reason it’s not there yet is that we tend to leave issues of justice and fair play to those who have been hurt,” he asserts,

noting that gender issues are usually left to women, and issues of race to minority writers. “When those who did the hurting see it as their responsibility...to find that injustice and expose it, even if it’s late in the day, then we can take the steps necessary to live as one people.”

The afternoon sky is darkening, and Achebe sounds tired. Perhaps his long exile is making him weary. When he was invited to teach at Bard in 1990, he assumed he would stay for a year or two; he’s renewed his contract 17 times.

“I am a resident but not a citizen, and there’s a difference, especially because things are not working well in my country. That’s one reason I feel my absence more acutely,” he says. In 2004, Achebe turned down the honorary title of Commander of the Federal Republic in protest over the state of affairs in Nigeria. Would he do the same today? “Absolutely, without question.

Though I don’t think they would make the mistake of offering it to me again,” he laughs.

In spite of political setbacks and healthcare issues, Achebe still dreams of moving back home. He wants to translate his novels from English into Igbo, “which I think would more or less round up my career.” He’s currently working with his son Ikechukwu, the only one of his children who lives in Nigeria, on an Igbo dictionary. Achebe’s other three children and all four grandchildren live in various parts of the US, from Red Hook to Michigan. “We’re all accidental exiles,” he says ruefully.

Eight years ago, Chinua Achebe told a NewYork Times interviewer, “There’s a reason we were planted in a certain place. Our people have a saying: The whole essence of travel is to go back home.” To that end, he’s working longdistance with an architect to modify a house in Ogidi for wheelchair access.

I hope I’ll be able to go home soon,” he says, gazing out at the snowdrifts.

“There’s so much to do.”

Local celebrations of Things Fall Apart’s 50th anniversary include events at Bard College, SUNY Ulster, and at locations in Poughkeepsie and Kingston.

Visit www.chronogram.com for more information.

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SHORT TAKES Is it Spring yet? Hudson Valley children’s authors offer new treats for lions and lambs of all ages.

Abraham’s Curse: The Roots of Violence in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam Bruce Chilton

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ruce Chilton, rector at the Church of St. John in Barrytown, New York, and professor of religion at Bard College, brings his formidable religious scholarship to bear on one of the most familiar stories of the Old Testament, that of Abraham and Isaac: the Aqedah.

In a vision, God commands Abraham to sacrifice his son, Isaac. Abraham binds Isaac and takes up his knife to kill him. The founding patriarch of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam sees in his son’s eyes the reflection of an angel who has appeared to instruct him to spare the child. Isaac, a willing martyr, is allowed to live. In his stead, Abraham sacrifices a ram.

The Aqedah, the author tells us, is at the root of a culture of martyrdom that exists to this day each of the three religions, though modern-day adherents are often reluctant to acknowledge it. It is a culture based on a misinterpretation of the Aqedah, which he sees as an instruction against the sacrifice of human life, rather than a call to martyrdom for the faithful.

Chilton traces interpretations of the Aqedah through the history of each religion, histories that often interweave and clash violently. “Abraham’s curse insinuated itself through the development of Judaism and Christianity, linking them in a common devotion to the ideal of giving one’s own life in order to preserve faith.”

Christianity put forth Christ’s supreme sacrifice (human life) as evidence that “martyrdom was necessary to bring Jesus’s crucifixion alive to new generations of believers.” In the face of Roman persecution and continuing long after persecution had ceased and Rome had become Christian, martyrs “helped turn what had been a marginal sect into a world religion whose power and influence became incalculable.”

The arrival of the Middle Ages saw the advent of the Christian Soldier, wherein “the benefit of martyrdom could accrue even to those who risked their lives by engaging in violence. on behalf of faith in Christ.” Judaism and Jews were often the targets of these warriors, and the medieval Crusades saw the violence taken to Islamic territories.

The Islamic Aqedah, says Chilton, “like the interpretations of Genesis 22 in Judaism and Christianity, is a living tradition that pushes past the limitations of any single text to convey a burning vision that glorifies the martyr’s sacrifice.”

But in his deft analysis of Muslim militancy, Christian Fundamentalism, and Israeli extremism, the author posits “the caricature of Islam in popular culture in the United States greatly diminishes the probability of genuine insight into what Muslims think, believe, and feel.” In a time when many millions of Christians in the Unites States have embraced Christian Fundamentalism, “confusing Fundamentalist dogma with what the Bible and Christian tradition actually say,” the tendency since the War on Terror has been to evaluate Islam according to the actions of Muslim militants who “account for only 10 to 15 percent of the faithful.”

Abraham’s Curse, very well written and scrupulously researched, is thoughtprovoking—at times chilling—but rendered in a compassionate tone that enables the reader to journey through blood-soaked religious history and emerge with a heightened comprehension of the misguided religious motivations that drive events in today’s headlines. Whether believers or not, Chilton says, we would do well to try to understand, for “any voice that calls us back to human sacrifice, in whatever form, is not God’s.”

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udbound grabs the reader by the throat, beginning with the burial of an unlamented patriarch. Who is this man being hurriedly buried in the rain, in a makeshift coffin? And why do those burying him seem less grief-stricken than relieved?

Soon we are given a hint. The grave they’re digging turns out to be occupied: the skeleton bears shackles and the skull has been shattered by gunfire. Probably, the man’s sons agree, a runaway slave. For an instant, they hesitate: There is nothing their father would have hated more, but it’s pouring rain and they’re out of time. Maybe, says one, it was an escaped convict. Their father would not have minded sharing eternity with an escaped convict, at least compared to a person with dark skin.

The insanity and complete irrationality of ingrained racism and the tortured logic that results are at the heart of Mudbound. Yet the novel is in no way a politically correct screed. It’s a moving and beautifully drawn portrait of a Southern tragedy in the 1940s, told in a series of first-person confessions.

Tivoli resident Hillary Jordan sneaks us into the minds of black and white, male and female, as the storm clouds gather and the mud thickens.

It’s also a story of generational tension. Sons of neighboring families, Ronsel and Jamie both fought in World War II and came home forever changed. Jamie, who is white, suffers from post-traumatic stress. Ronsel, while not immune to the horrors of war, found a freedom from the racism of the deep South as a soldier in Europe that has given him a new sense of self-esteem. The two become friends, to the extent that they can manage—not something their elders will allow.

Caught up in it all is Laura, wife of Jamie’s brother and a cultured soul who never thought she’d end up a virtual slave to a hardscrabble Mississippi farm and an old man whose orneriness rises to the level of evil. He would, Laura tells us, order her daughter onto his lap simply because he enjoyed her fear.

Laura’s calm, loving voice carries us through from the first time we meet her, when she reflects on the fact that any tragedy can be traced back through generations and would probably be explained differently—but with equal truth—by different observers. And there is plenty of tragedy to observe here, from murder and mutilation to invisible walls that keep the characters from realizing their hopes.

Jordan sweeps the reader into her story with tenderness and power. The multiple voices work well; one might wish she’d included the primary villain as one of the narrators, but had she attempted to get as deeply into his heart as she did into those of the more sympathetic characters, she’d probably need years of therapy. These people live and breathe; their angers, shocks, and setbacks become our own. At the end of the tunnel of grief there is light, and we are allowed to share that too.

Mudbound won the Bellwether Prize and was chosen by the American Booksellers Association as a March Book Sense Pick; one hopes it continues to get the acclaim it deserves. Jordan’s first novel carries a wealth of subtle wisdom about race, men, women, marriage, war, and social class—all wrapped in a package of smooth, accessible storytelling that goes down easily, sticking to your ribs.

Hillary Jordan will read from Mudbound at Oblong Books & Music in Rhinebeck on March 7 at 7:30pm.

—Anne Pyburn

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POETRY

Edited by Phillip Levine. Submissions are accepted year-round. Deadline for our April issue is March 5. Send up to 3 poems or 3 pages (whichever comes first), by regular mail, to: Poetry, 314 Wall St., Kingston, NY 12401, or via e-mail (preferred) to poetry@chronogram.com. Subject: Poetry Submission. Full submission guidelines at www.chronogram.com\submissions.

My hands

no one said it would be easy

smell like snow.

but no one said it would be this hard either

Smell my hands.

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—Izaak Savett (age 4)

THE BATTLE HYMN OF ANTON CHIGURH I was not born of woman but issued from a cloud of darkness, low on the horizon, from pungent nothingness, from dark and dense nowhere.

I emerged between meridians, fluctuating boundaries of malaria county, of the turbid jungle depth with cannas causing invisible slow flames, equatorial and morose, in a night-ridden enclosure.

I am the fever at the beginning of the plague, a scourge, calm, implacable, like a hat worn by the stormthe emanation in the bloodstream before the secret trigger.

I am not the gun, I am not the door.

I am the moment that made the murder, the march of time, the engine of fate, the river’s lost sleep, a coin, a ghost.

I am the bottom of zero that grabs your throat at the appointed hour, clothed in honor and promptness. tra la la boom boom I am an afternoon in Samarra.

—Casebere M. Wren

ONLY THE ROCKS LIVE FOREVER The leaves, Hermanito, believe the leaves!

They come in spring, Bask through the summer, Show their glory in autumn, Die in winter Yet the tree remains.

We are the leaves, Hermanito, believe it!

Renewed in spring, Enjoying the summer, Parading in fall, Gone in winter.

But what of the tree?

Only the rocks, Hermanito, Live forever.

And there are always the rocks.

—James Hall

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THE GROUP FROM THE MENTAL HOME GOES TO THE LOCAL WAFFLE HOUSE AT 1AM AFTER THEIR ANNUAL HARVEST DANCE The punch was all fruit juice and 7up but they still stagger in giddy, fiddling with big bow ties and peach prom dresses thrilled by the rare foray into the undecipherable crossword of culture.

The confusion is muffled tonight by pure excitement, the joy of a meal so different than the daily plate: bacon and eggs and grits in the late late night where a burger or chicken breast or bag of Cheetos normally sits.

How fun it was getting pretty, hair fixed up high, sprayed till it was hard smelling like flowers the nurses pushing corsage pins instead of syringes.

Goofing around in the beat up booth as smooth as seal skin a girl in her twenties with a moustache knocks her chocolate milk all over her purple chiffon and she cries deeply as a baby whose mother can’t go to her.

One of the caretakers walks her to the bathroom holding her hand and stoking her hair.

They were so wound up they barely touched their food leaving behind three stacks of pancakes all wearing m & m smiles which melt at the lips and eyes and a tuxedo jacket that used to belong to someone’s father.

The old man eating alone in the corner looks up from his racing forum and notices two balloons rolling under the empty table and remembers when his children were babies.

He’s trying to recall whether it was the father or the son the laughing or crying that won out in the end.

—Billy Internicola

DOUBLE EXPOSURE At dusk we park on dead grass and cinders in the railroad yard just outside Rockland where my son begins to take photographs of old Boston & Maine cars, their rust reflecting red gold in the setting sun as rows of windows burn a while and go dark.

From cars to coaches he goes, stopping them on their slow way into time, but no one will reverse this, no one paint and repair, grease the trucks, the wheels, replace air hoses and route the cars out for a run to cities on the seaboard in a rhythmic clatter of life.

Here is a graveyard hush, the cars their own monuments hulking in the nightfall yard, shadows throwing shadows, my son quiet among them, carefully taking them away even as time settles each car deeper into the weeds, into him.

—Royal F. Potter

THE INTERIOR OF MELANCHOLIA Pietro de Cortona sat at the Back of a bus as it made Its way to the Pallazzo Barbernini.

What he would do when he got There he did not know.

He did know, however, that the Ecstasy of Saint Teresa had Made him question the ecstasy Of last Saturday night.

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I stay forever before the water runs cold inside this hot bath

HOSTAGE —Davi Osgood I know what the inside Of a toy box looks like with the lid down. I know The whispers of the toys.

I spent a lot of time crunched in one with my sisters sitting on the lid.

I was the hostage. Negotiating Was useless.

I had broke some cardinal rule of Theirs. Or something.

They were really heavy. So I played.

—Carole Nichols

Rhododendron leaves on these days below freezing curl themselves lengthwise —Steven Vercelletto

sand in my briefcase I call in sick —Sari Grandstaff

ROCK OF AGES

SWING

1 A wrecked airplane lies atop a Catskill peak sheltered in a sepulcher of pines.

Underneath the dock in midnight bath water our skin is slippery when we touch which is as often as possible.

2 On the Escarpment Trail a hiker tells us of finding silverware on the grounds where the Mountain House once stood, where Theodore Roosevelt came by single gauge railroad to take in the mountain air.

3 Old farm roads wind through the Shawangunks high over the valleys.

What brought farmers to such elevations?

4 I hike at the back of the line.

How will I ever see bears?

5 Bash Bish ululates still but I did not know of her sister down the ridge, up Shakshober Road, until I read of a trail leading straight up the mountain, and of a waterfall few people know. I will go.

6 Rock of ages Rock of upthrust Taconic rock that rose and fell Rock that spawned the Catskills From debris, rock without fossils Rock of all ages Cleft for me 7 A rattlesnake suns itself on a rock high over Lake George; we shiver, not knowing which way to go.

8 The peaks of the Monongehelas hear the slaughter of their brothers and sisters on the other side of West Virginia, slaughtered for the sake of coal.

On your day of mourning, remember sweetness, remember your mountain highs.

9 when it is time take me up to the ridge cast me down to the ravine let my bones find my mate already departed on a cold day, on a day like today when it is time take me 10 Memories of you lie striated like the rock under the snowy branch.

—Cecele Allen Kraus

Water flows below the skin of September the eye of mars, a voyeuristic pleasure, (for who I do not know.)

But swing we do like children towards the silhouettes of trees.

Intrinsically our hands hold as close as molecules allow, and then we push science somehow.

In the hope that Orion will take off his belt and find the corners of our bodies like a good game of chess, (expressive porcelain horses running helpless in my chest.)

Only seconds left before you slip back into the human grips of airports and cars children; but not ours, not us.

The swing in the dead wind is helpless to centripetal force.

—Sam Dillon

TWO WEEKS AFTER CHRISTMAS, UPSTATE NEW YORK, 2007 Santa has lost his hollow head.

The bright foil is crimped Into the wasted torso.

The wrap, ribbons and bows Are now in the landfill, limp.

It has been a mild season.

Daffodils are shooting out And ditches are like guano.

The chocolate Santa, tossed In the trash, has turned to lather.

A lowering cloud spreads in the west Like a fierce monster that devours.

Here is where we build our nests, Crazy joy in a world of doubt.

Santa has lost his hollow head.

—Steve Clark

ALIVE This Chelsea rabbi had a brother who assembled hats or spun cloth or had his own yellow pages I forget, and his brother had a cousin who wanted me for a wife because, even though I was a half jew I was still their pretty outlaw their gem in blue jean rags with the blue eye lids full of thin tragic veins.

I told the cousin, “I have no place to live” and he gave me his egg salad and a MetroCard for the month of August.

We were sweating when he swore he saw me at a rave but he was so thick in the pants from all the potato food we had to eat to make up for the dead and their crawling up the wall anguish.

I was only half grateful.

I hated everyone on an equal basis.

So there was some talk on the telephone, some mumblings of rabbis and cousins and these strange men that cared about my soul just because somewhere there was a jewish woman who was my mother— they didn’t know her like I did— they blanket approved her into their adorable hot black suit brotherhood their curly hair small business assembly they just greenlighted her based on her ghost.

So down the chain of cousins came this code, the code to a building no one lived in in East New York.

It was next to a bulletproof fried chicken franchise and a store where you could buy wheel pasta, discount smokes and pork rinds, all of which I did buy and consume as well as Del Monte peas and carrots.

But that comes later.

First I got out a knife and held it tight through the night on the spent starry mattress listening to the gunshots feeling like the weakest animal in the kingdom my body paler than the moon my eyes sadder than a wound.

There was nothing to do but wait.

I was waiting for section 8 or another rabbi rescue.

I thought it safest in the bathroom.

The tiles were cool.

I let the tiny stones refrigerate me.

I set down the knife by the door and stayed that way for days.

Then I read the book Alive straight through without any breaks.

The men clawed through the snow and ate their friends and survived and survived and survived.

No one knew what they went through, and they came home and sat in a fancy restaurant feeling like frauds wishing they could crawl through the snow again, wishing they could feel alive again, like they did when they almost died.

—Jill James 3/08 CHRONOGRAM POETRY 61

Food & Drink

The Taste of Integrity KARMA ROAD

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he FedEx man sits at the counter eating a tofu scramble burrito dressed with vegan walnut pesto for the first stop of his day. He’s a three-timea-day regular who comes in for an assortment of spicy, minty, or invigorating organic teas, a hearty lunch, late night snack, or smoothie for the road.

Owners, partners, and cooks, Jenn and Seth Davis chat with him and know his taste preferences intimately. (Unlike me, he doesn’t like roasted red peppers on his salad.) Karma Road is an informal hangout spot, but the Davises are food purists. A vegan café, Karma Road is built on the pillars of fresh, organic, and local foods from the plant kingdom. It has a small, well-stocked deli case that calls out to vegetarians with recognizable ingredients like beans, tempeh, and whole grains. From organic mango, banana, and ginger smoothies, spicy soy cheese breakfast burritos, to homemade veggie burgers, the menu covers breakfast through dinner and all the snacks in between.

From the kitchens of the Natural Gourmet Cookery School to the galleys of Angelica Kitchen in Manhattan and a natural food cafè on Long Island, these chefs have cooked their way up to New Paltz, setting up shop in a light-filled space on Main Street across from the Water Street Market last February. The Davises’ passion is serving good, clean food in an environmentally sustainable way. “It’s important for people to make a statement that they are choosing a meal without any poison in it,” Seth says.There are no genetically modified organisms, no pesticide laden grapes, and no irradiated spices on the menu. “Ninety-eight percent of everything in the store is organic,” Seth says. “It makes for greater overhead, but we can’t put something in someone else’s body that we wouldn’t put in our own bodies.” Karma Road prides itself on sourcing high quality ingredients that are organic and local when possible. Seth says, “In the winter we source from organic vendors, but in May local produce starts coming in—with peppers, string beans, and kale. During the summer, our organic tomatoes are picked that morning and we use them that night. People can’t believe our kale salad is not cooked because it’s so tender. It’s picked that morning. Local cucum-

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bers, apples, and lettuces are picked that morning and burst into your mouth.

The fruit in our fruit is organic and just tastes better.”

What foodies, farmers, and restaurateurs know is that every decision has an environmental impact. Reducing erosion, preservation of ground water, and energy conservation are not on the menu, but each bite at Karma Road has that effect—just like a factory farmed burger and pesticide sprayed side salad contributes to erosion, pollution of ground water, and global warming. It is a political act to refuse to purchase and prepare genetically engineered foods, factory farmed meats, and pesticide-laden vegetables. Using organic foods grown with sustainable methods may be more expensive for the bottom line, but treats the earth with a gentle hand.

Karma Road’s philosophy means that there are no basics like egg salad or tuna sandwiches. It means that a piece of organic chocolate chip banana bread is $3.99.

It also means that customers don’t have to worry if there’s genetically modified soy in their scramble and that vegans can eat without concern if there’s dairy in their veggie burger. And, I know that the celery in my tofu salad and the spinach in my curry is organic—important because both are in the top 10 for pesticidecontaining foods. (Some research suggests that organic produce has a lower water content than its nonorganic counterpart. This results in a higher concentration of nutrients and stronger flavors which make the organically grown carrot taste better than a one grown with petroleum-based fertilizers and pesticides.)

Conscientiousness extends past the pantry and kitchen and out to the front door. For example, the savory baked tofu, in-house roasted red pepper, and vegan pesto sandwich is served with a recycled paper napkin. The napkin sits atop a handsome table made locally from recycled wood. From the low —VOC paint on the walls to the energy efficient light bulbs, this pair has gone to an extreme to make their business concur with their politics.

On a recent trip to the tropics, I sampled a coconut smoothie made with a young coconut minutes off the tree.With machete in hand, the “barista” whacked

ABOVE: JENN AND SETH DAVIS, CHEF/OWNERS OF KARMA ROAD; A MENU BOARD DISPLAYING THE DAY’S SPECIALS. OPPOSITE: THE EXTERIOR OF KARMA ROAD; THE DELI COUNTER STACKED WITH EDIBLES.

open the coconut, mixed the juice with some fresh papaya, and voila! It was the taste of perfection. The young coconut smoothie at Karma Road was instant transport back to the sunshine and beaches of the tropics. Made with young organic coconut water, organic coconut meat, agave nectar, and vanilla, this nutty, milky, somehow chocolaty drink (though no chocolate is in it) jumped into one of my top 10 all time taste sensations. At $5.99, it’s well worth the splurge and has etched Karma Road onto my foodie map. I hear I’m not alone. “College students habitually stand at the counter counting out their last coins for a smoothie fix,” Seth says. Karma Road did win the 2007 Hudson Valley Magazine award for best smoothie.

A great thing about the menu at Karma Road is that you can sample most foods before you commit. My mother, for example, is apprehensive about unfamiliar foods. She tasted a few “unknowns” and decided to stick with familiar ingredients. With an inborn fear of mayonnaise, she sat down to a fat avocado, carrot, and sprout sandwich with tahini dressing ($5.99). Once assured that the rich looking sauce was not mayo, she devoured the whole thing and has kept a Karma Road business card by her bed in her “files-for-the-future.”

A well-stocked deli case offers rotating items such as baked tofu, BBQ tempeh stew, brown rice pasta with vegan walnut basil/parsley pesto, and an assortment of curries, pilafs, beans, and grains priced per pound. A plate piled full of a smattering of dishes runs from $6 to $10.The locally grown butternut squash, spinach, and pea curry is a vibrant-looking mixture. Not spicy, it is well paired with the sharp parsley taste in the nutty quinoa pilaf. A twist on a Chinese classic, the sweet and sour tempeh with its soft cubes of tempeh is coated in a more sweet than sour sauce, made with brown rice syrup, mustard, apple juice, and a bit of molasses.

Though it’s a stretch to call it pizza, the moist quinoa and rice “pizza”—more like a grain casserole, actually—is made with oregano-spiced tomato sauce, some garlicky greens, and a smattering of soy cheese, for $3.99 a square. The

chunky tofu salad is nutty and crunchy with organic celery, organic almonds, and mellowed with a velvety vegan “mayonnaise.” Nestled between two wholegrain slices of bread with veggies, it’s my ideal comfort food lunch. Crisp alfalfa sprouts came alongside-with sweet roasted red peppers on top dressed with a mild, lemony tahini dressing. The organic red peppers are marinated in herbed olive oil with a sweet bite from a bit of apple cider vinegar. The garlic mashed potatoes are thick and chunky with a strong but not overpowering garlic flavor.

BBQ tempeh here is sweetened with molasses and was an authentic reminder of the tastes of summer without being cloyingly sweet. A Karma Reuben with roasted tempeh, zippy sauerkraut, and vegan Russian dressing for $5.99—or topped with avocado, melted soy cheese, or loaded with the grain and bean of the day for $8.99—is a deal for a happy and healthy meal.

There’s neither feeling of deprivation nor a lack of dessert at Karma Road.

All the sweets are made without wheat, white sugar, or dairy, yet there’s chocolate in almost every one. The coffee blondie is made with spelt flour and studded with organic chocolate chips, melding the blondie’s robust coffee flavor and dense, moist consistency ($3).The crispy oat chocolate chip cookie hand dipped in organic chocolate surprised me with a hint of cinnamon ($1.99). Or there’s a chocolate-in-my-peanut butter soy smoothie thick enough to eat with a spoon ($4.89). The chocolate chip banana bread made with spelt flour is moist, fruity, and stocked with tons of chocolate ($3.99).

Whether on your way to the mountains, to school, or just for a stroll through town, Karma Road is a healthy rest stop on the way. Great for a quick snack or fast and nutritious lunch, it’s a café where you can feel good about spending your dollars knowing that what you purchase is good for your body and the better for the planet. Karma Road is also available for vegetarian catering, specializing in vegan wedding and birthday cakes. It is open daily from 8am to 8pm. Keep your eyes peeled for Karma Road cooking classes, bakery items available online, and monthly guest speakers. (845) 255-1099; www.karmaroad.net.

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featuring locally-grown produce, mostly organic or free-range meat & eggs prepared to order, wholesome breakfast & lunch, and a delicious baked menu with croissants, scones, empanadas, & cookies. best in the hudson valley.

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A hand-picked selection of wine and spirits for everyday or once in a lifetime. Superior customer service with wine tastings every Saturday.

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The Village Baker of the Rondout. 100% Scratch Bakery. Stickybuns, scones, muffins, breads, focaccia, tarts, tortes, seasonal desserts featuring local produce, plus sugar-free, wheat-free, dairy-free, vegan, gluten-free, and organic treats! Cakes and wedding cakes by special order. We ship our Lemon Cakes nationwide, $30 2-pound bundts. Open Thurs.-Mon. 8am-6pm; Sun. 8am-4pm. Closed Tues. and Wed. Well worth the trip!

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On- and off-premise catering. Sophisticated Zagat-rated food and atmosphere in a rustic country setting, wide plank floors, rough hewn beams and a stunning zinc bar. Chefowner Erickson.

Lagustaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Luscious brings heartbreakingly delicious, sophisticated weekly meal deliveries of handmade vegetarian food that meatand-potatoes people love too to the Hudson Valley and NYC. We are passionate about creating political foodâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;locally grown organic produce, fair wages, environmentally sustainable business practicesâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;that tastes just as good as that served at the finest restaurants.

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1633 Glasco Turnpike, Woodstock, NY (845) 679-8519 www.bluemountainbistro.com

48 West 21st Street, New York, NY (212) 645-5170, Fax (212) 989-1493 www.naturalgourmetschool.com info@naturalgourmetschool.com For more than 20 years people around the world have turned to Natural Gourmetâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s avocational public classes to learn the basics of healthy cooking. They come to the Chefâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Training Program to prepare for careers in the burgeoning Natural Foods Industry.

Rossiâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Deli 45 South Clover St, Poughkeepsie, NY (845) 471-0654 www.rossideli.com Fine Italian Deli. Combining traditional Italian staples with constant experimentation, this bustling family deli has been wowing customers for 30 years. An ever-evolving daily menu - with imported meats and cheeses and freshly baked breads and deserts helps keep this place packed.

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Natural Gourmet Cookery School 237 Forest Hill Dr. (Rt. 28) Kingston, NY (1 mile Thruway Exit 19) 845.340.4277 | www.skytopsteakhouse.com

COME TO SPROUT CREEK FARM MARKET! Grass-fed cheese from our own Guernsey and Jersey Cows... Free from artificial antibiotics and hormones. While youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re here you can also pick up... Grass Fed Pork, Veal, and Beef as well as Remsberger Farms Honey and Maple Syrup. Come meet all of our cows, sheep, goats, and ducks!

Beacon Natural Market 348 Main Street, Beacon, NY (845) 838-1288 Lighting the Way for a Healthier World...

Located in the heart of historic Beacon at 348 Main Street. Featuring organic prepared foods, deli and juice bar as well as organic and regional produce, meats and cheeses.

Newly opened in Aug. â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;05, proprietors L.T. & Kitty Sherpa are dedicated to serving the Hudson Valley with a complete selection of products that are good for you and good for the planet, including an extensive alternative health dept. Nutritionist on staff.

PASTA 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.

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NATURAL FOODS

FROG HOLLOW FARM Celebrating the Partnership of Human & Horse

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Mountain Laurel Waldorf School Nursery/Kindergarten & Grades 1 - 8

Bear Creek Restaurant and Recreational Park Corner of Rt 23 A and Rt 214, Hunter, NY (518) 263-3839 www.bearcreekrestaurant.com Bear Creek’s menu ranges from various smoked BBQ delights to entrees like Pan Seared Ahi Tuna and Cedar Planked Salmon. Whether it’s a great burger, steak or maybe a novel goat cheese, pear and apple salad, Bear Creek offers an action filled venue along with fine cuisine at family prices.

Bell’s Cafe-Bistro 387 Main Street, Catskill, NY (518) 943-4070 www.Bellscafeny.net In a warm and inviting Bistro located on Historic Main Street in the Village of Catskill Yael/Keith Chef/Owners are serving down to earth foods with flavors from around the Mediterranean. Wine and Beer Menu available. Wed-Sat Dinner. Sat-Sun Brunch.

Catamount Banquet Center (845) 688-2444 www.emersonresort.com

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When children relate what they learn to their own experience, they are interested and fully engaged, and what they learn becomes their own.

Waldorf schools are designed to foster this kind of learning. call now for information (845) 255-0033 16 S. Chestnut Street, New Paltz, NY 12561 www.mountainlaurel.org

Located at the Emerson Resort and Spa, the Catamount is an ideal, quiet location to host a wedding or other special event. The Emerson’s in-house event planner handles all the details, making each occasion unique with stunning views, creative cuisine, and impeccable service. Enjoy the fresh air under our graceful pavilion or venture inside to the warmth of the Catamount spacious dining area, complete with two fireplaces and a full bar. Set along the Esopus Creek, the Catamount is a perfect place to join together friends, families, and business associates for an event to remember. For a site visit or questions, please call us or visit us online.

Emerson Organic Spa Café guide to

(845) 688-2828 Refreshing, organic veggie and fruit drinks.

Made-to-order salads and wraps. Daily soup specials. Everything available to-go or for enjoying in the Asian-inspired design of the Café. Servers will bring your selections to you on the wrap-around sundeck with views of Mt. Tremper and the Esopus Creek. Open for lunch every day, 11am to 4pm. Located at the Emerson Resort & Spa in Mt. Tremper, just 10 minutes from Woodstock.

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 & brewed locally!

Main Course 232 Main Street, New Paltz, NY (845) 255-2600 www.maincourserestaurant.com Four-star, award-winning, contemporary American cuisine serving organic, natural, and free-range Hudson Valley products.

Wednesday and Thursday nights, food and wine pairing menu available. Voted Best Caterer in the Hudson Valley.

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Mexican Radio 9 Cleveland Place, NYC, (212) 343-0140 537 Warren Street, Hudson, NY, (518) 828-7770 www.mexrad.com pmljs@ecoipm.com

Voted Best Mexican Restaurant in NYC and Best Margaritas in the Hudson Valley, Mexican Radio features fabulous, homemade dishes made fresh daily. Extensive vegetarian/vegan choices. A Great Place for Parties!

Neko Sushi & Restaurant 49 Main Street, New Paltz, NY (845) 255-0162 Voted Best Sushi Restaurant by Chronogram readers and rated four stars by Poughkeepsie Journal. Serving lunch and dinner daily.

Eat in or take out. We offer many selections of Sushi & Sashimi, an extensive variety of special rolls, and kitchen dishes. Live Lobster prepared daily. Parking in rear available.

Major credit cards accepted.

Osaka Restaurant 74 Broadway, Tivoli, NY, (845) 757-5055 18 Garden Street, Rhinebeck, NY, (845) 876-7338 or (845) 876-7278 Want to taste the best Sushi in the Hudson Valley? Osaka Restaurant is the place.

Vegetarian dishes available. Given four stars by the Daily Freeman. Visit our second location in Tivoli.

Soul Dog 107 Main Street, Poughkeepsie, NY (845) 454-3254 Featuring a variety of hot dogs, including preservative-free and vegetarian hot dogs, chili, soup, sides, desserts, and many gluten-free items prepared in-house. Redefining the hot dog experience!

Sukhothai 516-518 Main Street, Beacon, NY (845) 790-5375 Sukhothai Restaurant, located in Beacon, NY, offers a delicious menu full of authentic Thai cuisine. From traditional dishes, such as Pad Thai and Som Tam, to custom dishes created exclusively by our master chef, our menu is sure to please any palate.

Takeout is also available.

Terrapin 6426 Montgomery Street, Rhinebeck, NY (845) 876-3330 www.terrapinrestaurant.com Welcome to Terrapin - Restaurant/Bistro/ Bar/Catering - where eating is believing! We are passionately committed to providing our guests with a delightfully unique dining experience. As a Hudson Valley dining destination, we strive to consistently provide you with the freshest, highest quality food; celebrating the robust local bounty. Whether a quiet dinner for two or large family gathering, our staff is dedicated to creating a personalized experience served in a warm, yet elegant environment. From kitchen to table, our holistic approach to the dining experience compels us to be uncompromising in the quality of our product. Join us in celebration of food, family, and friends. We look forward to serving you soon.

The Phoenix 5340 Route 28, Mount Tremper, NY (845) 688-7700 www.emersonresort.com Located at the Emerson Resort & Spa. The area’s newest restaurant compliments the Silk Road design of the adjacent Inn. Chef Ross Fraser uses local ingredients and infuses spices from the Orient and India to create unique, mouthwatering dishes.

Two dining rooms, a large bar area, and an expansive deck overlooking the Esopus Creek make the Phoenix a true Catskills dining destination. Tavern and children’s menu available. Open daily.

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Leigh Wen

March 8â&#x20AC;&#x201C;July 8, 2008

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Artist Leigh Wen portrays the powerful

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scale in her work. A Taiwan native educated in both Taiwan and America, Ms. Wen feels the ebb and ďŹ&#x201A;ow of both cultures. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The ancient philosophies of my homeland, which teach selfdiscipline and selďŹ&#x201A;essness, collide and

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TEACHER/STUDENT RATIO: 1/6, WITH 3.5 AIDES AVERAGE FUNDING SOURCES: NYSED, OCFS AND OMRDD CONTACT NANCY OSBORN TO SCHEDULE A TOUR OR FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. 4885 ROUTE 9, PO BOX 367 STAATSBURG, NY 12580 (845) 889-4034 WWW.ANDERSONCENTERFORAUTISM.ORG

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GRADES OFFERED: FOUR-YEAR COLLEGE TEACHER/STUDENT RATIO: 1:9 ACCREDITATION: NEASC. TUITION: FOR 2007-08 $36,550; ROOM AND BOARD IS $9,730. THE BERKSHIRE REGIONAL SCHOLARSHIP PROVIDES SIGNIFICANT FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO QUALIFIED STUDENTS WHO RESIDE IN 14 SURROUNDING COUNTIES. 84 ALFORD ROAD GREAT BARRINGTON, MA 01230 800-235-7186 – 413-541-0081 FAX WWW.SIMONS-ROCK.EDU ADMIT@SIMONS-ROCK.EDU

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Anderson Center for Autism (ACA) provides the highest quality programs possible for children and adults with autism and related developmental disabilities. ACA is an educational residential community committed to an ongoing and fully Serving children and adults with autism integrated support network for their and related developmental disabilities. families and guardians. ACA constantly strives to provide an enriched and positive climate filled with educational, cultural and recreational activities designed to foster continuous growth, independence, and social interaction.

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The Master of Arts in Teaching (MAT) Program at Bard College responds to an urgent need for change in public education, a change that state mandates in the form of high-stakes standardized tests will never be able to accomplish. This transformation requires teachers who can help high school and middle school students develop the thoughtful self-determination that builds from a genuine enthusiasm for learning, an enthusiasm that results in the ability to apply the methods of The MAT Program focuses on teaching as inquiry and bring an understanding of a clinical profession, and on the teacher critical concepts to the pursuit of living as a professional. Skilled in applying more fully and responsibly. their knowledge of learning to the In its commitment to fostering different needs of individual learners, and change, the MAT Program engages possessing a high level of competence in M.A.T. degree students, Bard College their subject areas, MAT graduates are faculty, and public school teachers in prepared to teach and to lead. advancing the best ideas about teacher preparation and the improvement of secondary and postsecondary education. Partnerships with a cluster of schools in New York City offer opportunities for urban education reform.

Bard College at Simon’s Rock has been a leader in the early college movement for over 40 years and continues to distinguish itself as the only residential college in the country specifically designed to provide bright, motivated students with the opportunity to begin college immediately after the tenth or eleventh grade.

At Simon’s Rock, students experience a transformative education in the liberal arts and sciences in the company of smart, independent, creative peers who share their excitement for learning and their desire to be part of a vibrant Students deserve an educational intellectual community. They do this in an environment specifically designed for challenge that lives up to their 16 and 17 year olds, rather than a college abilities–and we have made providing culture created for older students. it our primary goal.

For more than four decades, we have demonstrated that high expectations will be met with outstanding academic achievement when bright young students are taken seriously—as people and as thinkers—by faculty members who are both expert in their disciplines and committed to adolescent development.

Young people mature at different rates and Simon’s Rock is not for everyone. For the right students, however, it can mean the difference between marking time and filling the next year or two with challenge, enthusiasm, and growth.

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Columbia-Greene Community College offers an education that is both technology-rich and student-centered. A campus of the State University of New York, Columbia-Greene is located on 150 acres near the Hudson River, offering campus wide connectivity in an institution known for its nurturing, small-class environment. The college has dynamic programs in computer graphics, aviation, massage therapy, teacher education, computer forensics, and environmental studies, among others. Columbia-Greene offers 47 degree and certificate programs that include business, accounting, computer science, fine arts, nursing, automotive technology, criminal justice, human services, and classes such as computer networking The effectiveness of Columbia-Greene’s teaching methods is evident in the and animation. performance of its graduates. More than The effectiveness of ColumbiaGreene’s teaching methods is evident 90% of the career-track graduates are in the performance of its graduates. employed in their respective fields.

More than 90% of the career-track graduates are employed in their respective fields, many with high salaries. The university-bound graduates transfer regularly to such schools as SUNY Albany, SUNY New Paltz, College of Saint Rose, Russell Sage, Marist, RPI, and Cornell, among others. Add a diverse noncredit program, a vibrant cultural series of concerts and lectures, and a leading-edge training program for business and industry, and you have a comprehensive and stimulating community institution.

In the heart of Stone Ridge stands a beautiful 19th-century brick mansion surrounded by nine acres ripe for exploration and learning. This progressive school puts each child at the center of a continuously challenging curriculum that employs experiential, instructional, and integrated learning across the academic core. High Meadow School has received a coveted multi-year grant from New York State Council on the Arts enabling classroom teachers to partner with teaching artists to deepen academic learning. As students move to the Upper School, Mission: To create a learning which features a 260-seat Performing Arts community that is inclusive, and Athletic Center and five new classrooms, tolerant, & prepares students Science and the Arts become the focus. to be positive contributors as This is a place where children truly love to well as constructive problem be! The extraordinary teaching staff brings solvers within our diverse society. experience, innovation, and a wide body of knowledge. The diverse mix of families, committed to building a nurturing community that develops the whole child, makes High Meadow a rare find. Call 687-4855 for an appointment.

See what learning can be for your middle schooler! Meet our teachers and tour our campus at our Upper School Open House: Wednesday, March 12 at 7:00 PM.

The Hudson Valley School of Advanced Aesthetic Skin Care, noted as the most advanced school of its kind in the United States, and the Hudson Valley School of Massage Therapy offer many exciting career opportunities for students seeking to break into the growing industry of Aesthetics and Massage Therapy. Students will learn by working with the latest technology available. After graduating Students will learn by and passing a New York State examination, students from working with the latest both schools will receive a New York State License with technology offered in the ability to work positions as medical practitioners in the field. health centers, athletic clubs, destination and private spas, beauty and tanning salons, hotel and resort fitness facilities, private practices, clinics, and more. Our graduates have gained a reputation in the aesthetic and massage therapy industry as knowledgeable, qualified, and disciplined workers.

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GRADES OFFERED: PRESCHOOL THROUGH 3RD GRADE, WITH PLANS TO GROW TO 6TH GRADE BY 2011 TEACHER/STUDENT RATIO: 1:8 ACCREDITATION: AMERICAN MONTESSORI SOCIETY MEMBER SCHOOL; CHARTERED BY THE NEW YORK STATE BOARD OF REGENTS TUITION: $9600/ YEAR FULL TIME; $6700/YEAR HALF TIME (OPTION FOR PRESCHOOL STUDENTS) CONTACT INFORMATION:

ATTN: NIKKI GARRETT, HEAD OF SCHOOL 62 PLAINS ROAD, NEW PALTZ, NY 12561 PHONE NUMBERS: 845.256.1875 SUMMER MOBILE OFFICE: 845.417.6302 EMAIL: INFO@MARIASGARDENMONTESSORI.COM

WEB SITE ADDRESS: WWW.MARIASGARDENMONTESSORI.COM

MISSION STATEMENT: TO EMPOWER STUDENTS AND GRADUATES, THROUGH MONTESSORI EDUCATION,TO UNDERSTAND, PARTICIPATE IN, AND CONTRIBUTE TO SOCIETY AND LIFE TO THE FULLNESS OF THEIR PERSONAL POTENTIAL, EQUIPPED WITH ALL VALUES, KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS THAT WILL BE USEFUL TO THEM.

DEGREES OFFERED: BACHELOR’S OF ARTS AND SCIENCE (50+ PROGRAMS) MBA, MS NURSING, MS EDUCATION TEACHER/STUDENT RATIO: 1/17 ACCREDITATION: MIDDLE STATES COMMISSION ON HIGHER EDUCATION; NCATE (NATIONAL COUNCIL FOR ACCREDITATION OF TEACHER EDUCATION); CCNE (COMMISSION ON COLLEGIATE NURSING EDUCATION) OFFICE OF ENROLLMENT MANAGEMENT 330 POWELL AVE., NEWBURGH, NY 12550 845-569-3136 DEMPSEY@MSMC.EDU WWW.MSMC.EDU

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Timid, three-year-old Olivia came to Maria’s Garden in her mother’s arms. The blue schoolhouse welcomed her. A smiling teacher shook her hand and invited her to “find her work.”

She found it. A basket of dishtowels, an Olivia loves to learn and help old-fashioned tin washtub, and a miniature others like a sapling loves washboard, set on the sun-drenched water and sunlight. She’s deck, brought her a busy sense of peace.

Wooden, colored rectangles delighted her supported by teachers who’ve with their beauty as she arranged them in admired her nurturing, peaceful spirit for five years. cascades of tints on her white mat.

At four, Olivia returned to Maria’s Garden as a veteran. When she walked into the schoolhouse, brimming with questions about letters and counting everything, new work greeted her. Glassy jewels to count. Bright plaques with sandpapery letters to feel. Tiny rhyming objects to match. The washing and the sorting were still there, like old friends, for her to visit whenever she missed them.

During Kindergarten at Maria’s Garden, Olivia became a mentor in the blue schoolhouse.

When a toddler interrupted her multiplication work to ask for help with washing, she showed him how to haul water to the deck without splashing. Then she returned to her “big work”; recreating a continent map, building multiplication tables with beads, and lettering her own staple-bound books.

Olivia’s now in second grade at Maria’s Garden, in a new, sandy-colored schoolhouse, with a new teacher. She’s working on a report about seahorses thumbing through reference books, writing facts on notecards. She’s already finished her math problems, multiplying four-digit numbers using an abacus. She’s scrambled eggs with her classmates, had a Spanish lesson, and helped a struggling friend understand grammar. The doorbell jingles, and in walks the smiling teacher she met on her first day, with an awed-looking gaggle of kindergarteners. Olivia guides her reading partner to a cushioned corner, choosing a simple book for her to read.

She listens attentively, encouraging her partner when she gets stuck on a tricky word.

Olivia loves to learn and help others like a sapling loves water and sunlight. She’s supported by teachers who’ve admired her nurturing, peaceful spirit for five years. In two more years, the three-year cycle will begin again; a new teacher, a new classroom, a new level of study, new opportunities to help the youngest students, new handwork (stained glass, perhaps) apropos of nine-to-twelve-year-olds. One thing is ensured: at Maria’s Garden, Olivia will always love to learn, to lead, and to be herself.

The Mount, an academic presence in the region since 1883 and a four-year liberal arts college chartered in 1959, provides students with an education that lasts a lifetime. Our rich academic curriculum and enhanced programs (from honors courses to study abroad) excellent co-op and internship programs, competitive athletics program (13 NCAA Div. III teams), community involvement and service learning programs and a full-range of student clubs and organizations are just some of the reasons why our 12,000+ alumni have become contributing members of communities across the country.

The Mount. Our Dominican Our new Mathematics, Science & Technology Center heritage roots go deep. Our and the Nursing Learning Resource Center, a state-ofcommitment to providing the-art facility, is answering the nation’s call for the next generation of mathematics and science teachers and the best college experience qualified nurses and health care professionals. possible is without measure.

Whether you are a high school student or a transfer student looking for a quality four-year college close to home as a resident or commuter student; an adult looking to either start or complete a college degree; or a college graduate interested in earning a master’s (business, education or nursing), the Mount has the right program for you.

GRADES OFFERED: PARENT/ CHILD, NURSERY, KINDERGARTEN THROUGH EIGHTH GRADE TEACHER/STUDENT RATION: 1/7 ACCREDITATION: NY STATE BOARD OF REGENTS, MEMBER ASSOCIATION OF WALDORF SCHOOLS OF NORTH AMERICA (AWSNA) EMAIL ADDRESS: MTLAURELWALDORF@AOL.COM

Waldorf has become the largest independent, nondenominational education movement in the world.

Mountain Laurel Waldorf School in New Paltz (845-255-0033, www.mountainlaurel.org) is committed to excellence in all academic skills, supported by deep exploration of the arts, and humanities. Music appreciation begins in first grade with the recorder and evolves as, in third grade, all students begin playing stringed instruments. As students enter fifth grade, other orchestral instruments are introduced to support an all-school orchestra.

The impulse behind Waldorf At Mountain Laurel, each student receives Education is cultural renewal— a full introduction to the classics, two foreign languages, history, geography, mathematics, an impulse for the future that and science—the subjects today’s child needs founder Rudolf Steiner felt to be prepared to meet the challenges of our could be fostered through a new world and the future—with clarity of thought, understanding of the individual & love of learning, a caring heart and confidence community. to initiate change.

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CONTACT JUDITH JAECKEL 845-255-0033

GRADES OFFERED: ALL AGES TEACHER/STUDENT RATIO: PRIVATE AND GROUP SESSIONS CONTACT INFORMATION: MUSIC IMMERSION DEBBIE LAN 845.255.2193 DEBLAN@HVI.NET

GRADES OFFERED: 6-12; BOARDING AVAILABLE FOR 9-12 TEACHER/STUDENT RATIO: 1/8 ACCREDITATION: NYS ASSOCIATION OF INDEPENDENT SCHOOLS; MEMBER: NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF INDEPENDENT SCHOOLS; FRIENDS COUNCIL ON EDUCATION;THE ASSOCIATION OF BOARDING SCHOOLS. CONTACT SUSAN MACIALE-LYNCH, DIRECTOR OF ADMISSIONS. 518.462.4200 EXT. 213 OAKWOOD FRIENDS SCHOOL 22 SPACKENKILL ROAD POUGHKEEPSIE, NY SMASCIALELYNCH@OAKWOODFRIENDS.ORG ADMISSIONS@OAKWOODFRIENDS.ORG

WWW.OAKWOODFRIENDS.ORG

Music Immersion brings together the many different ways of experiencing and learning music: listening, playing, singing, reading, imitating, improvising, and physicalizing a variety of music—a whole learning approach. Music education becomes an interactive process in which each student explores and develops musical skills, knowledge, and attitudes. Learning is in context, from whole to part—the ideal way to learn music.

In Early Childhood Music Immersion, children birth through 5 years old (and their caretakers) are introduced to the building blocks of Music education becomes an interactive music in weekly classes filled with process in which each student explores and a rich variety of musical activities, develops musical skills, knowledge and attitudes including songs, rhythm chants, dance, and instrument play. Music Immersion uses research-based, developmentally appropriate materials that support the different levels and learning styles of very young children.

Private Piano and Voice sessions are tailor-made for the individual and are for all ages.

Adult and teen Vocal Ensembles explore and develop vocal technique, part-singing, harmonizing, and deep listening skills.

Sessions are led by Debbie Lan, a gifted musician, teaching artist and singer who has enjoyed teaching and singing at many local venues—including High Meadow School, WinterBear Montessori and Lederman’s Children’s Center—and has performed nationally and internationally.

Prepare for college by finding your own voice. Oakwood Friends School in Poughkeepsie offers students from around town and around the globe the opportunity to express themselves in a close-knit campus community.

Founded upon the Quaker belief that each person has unique value, Discover Oakwood...and find your own voice in our close-knit community of acceptance and intellectual freedom permeate a challenging curriculum 160 students. presented in small classes. Oakwood serves 170 students in grades 6-12, and offers boarding for grades 9-12. Students and teachers form close bonds, with many faculty residing on the pastoral campus, which sits atop a hill above the Hudson River.

Oakwood students are encouraged to participate in the arts and interscholastic athletics. The arts program includes live theater productions, which are open to everyone. Varied levels of sports teams allow each student to develop individual athletic skills.

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GRADES OFFERED: PRE K-12 TEACHER/STUDENT RATIO: 1/7 ACCREDITATION: NYS DEPT. OF EDUCATION, NYS ASSOCIATION OF INDEPENDENT SCHOOLS POUGHKEEPSIE DAY SCHOOL 260 BOARDMAN ROAD POUGHKEEPSIE, NY 12603 845.462.7600 (ADMISSIONS: EXT. 201) ADMISSIONS@POUGHKEEPSIEDAY.ORG WWW.POUGHKEEPSIEDAY.ORG

Poughkeepsie Day School, founded in 1934 by local families and members of the Vassar College child study department, serves over 350 students from pre-kindergarten through twelfth grade, hailing from communities throughout the Mid-Hudson region. PDS features an intellectually challenging and creative interdisciplinary curriculum that recognizes the strengths and talents of each child.The collaborative learning environment Admissions Information Session fosters independent, ethical thinking Tuesday, March 18 and love of learning. Small multigraded classes and outstanding 8:40 a.m. teachers encourage students to become probing critical and creative thinkers.We develop excellent students who are also excellent global citizens. 100% of Poughkeepsie Day School graduates go on to college each year, looking to the future with optimism and confidence about the great challenges ahead.

Dutchess Community College, part of the State University of New York (SUNY) system, was founded in 1957 and today celebrates 50 years of service to the community. The College prides itself on an educational policy of access, quality, GRADES OFFERED: FIRST 2 YEARS OF COLLEGE TEACHER/STUDENT RATIO: 1/19 ACCREDITATION: MIDDLE STATES ASSOCIATION OF COLLEGES AND SCHOOLS TUITION: $115/CREDIT; $1,400/SEMESTER OFFICE OF ADMISSIONS 53 PENDELL ROAD POUGHKEEPSIE, NY 12601 845.431.8000 DCC SOUTH WAPPINGERS FALLS, NY 845.298.0755 WWW.SUNYDUTCHESS.EDU

GRADES OFFERED: FOR ALL COURSES TEACHER/STUDENT RATIO: 1/15 ACCREDITATION: MIDDLE STATES ASSOCIATION OF COLLEGES AND SCHOOLS, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF SCHOOLS OF ART AND DESIGN TUITION: $330 - $630/COURSE $680/COURSE FOR UNDERGRADUATE CREDIT AKIKO AUBEL, ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR DIVISION OF CONTINUING EDUCATION 209 EAST 23RD STREET NEW YORK, NY 10010-3994 212.592.2052 FAX: 212.592.2060 WWW.SVA.EDU/BERKSHIRES CE@SVA.EDU

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opportunity, diversity, and social responsibility.

DCC’s location is convenient; its main campus, in the town of Poughkeepsie, is situated on 130 scenic acres with facilities that are aesthetically pleasing and technologically exciting. The College has a satellite center in Wappingers Falls, known as DCC South, and four other DCC prides itself on an educational learning centers in Carmel, Staatsburg, Red policy of access, quality, opportunity, Hook, and Beacon. Among DCC’s over 60 diversity, and social responsibility. academic offerings are Music Performance, Performing Arts, Liberal Arts and Humanities, Communications and Media Arts, Computer Information Systems, Nursing, Early Childhood, and many other career and transfer programs.

New programs include Fire and Occupational Safety, Fire Protection Technology, Aviation – Pilot, Information Management, a Teaching Assistant Certificate, and a General Studies degree program.

The College understands that the needs of area employers are constantly changing, and that curricula must adapt accordingly. In addition to the latest innovations in teaching, DCC also offers area businesses many opportunities to provide specialized training—at the College or at their worksite—for their employees. The college’s Office of Community Service and Special Programs is the leading provider of quality education and training to Dutchess County’s workforce.

SUMMER INSTITUTE IN THE BERKSHIRES Join members of SVA’s distinguished faculty in New Lebanon, New York, for exciting programs in painting, drawing, mixed media, sculpture, woodworking, ceramics, and photography.

Nestled amongst the Shaker buildings of Mount Lebanon, the Darrow School’s Joline Arts Center provides an ideal environment in which to create artwork.The Arts Center, a 12,000-square-foot facility with panoramic views of the Lebanon Valley, offers spacious studios, workrooms and classrooms that support and inspire creativity. Designed to foster experimentation in art- Week-long courses and weekend making, these programs offer unique opportunities workshops offered July 7- 25. for developing a strong body of work.

This studio-based program focuses on providing a forum for discussion and self-expression, as well as guidance and support to advance your conceptual and technical skills. Gallery and museum tours, and guest lectures complement the course work. Participants have 24-hour access to the studios, allowing for additional time outside of class hours to work on multiple projects.

The Summer Institute offers a stimulating environment for artists to create, discuss and develop their artwork while enjoying all that makes the Berkshires a summer haven for the arts.

TEACHER/STUDENT RATIO: MAXIMUM SIX STUDENTS PER CLASS ACCREDITATION: PRIVATE, NOT-FOR-PROFIT DAY SCHOOL; NEW YORK STATE REGENTS ACCREDITED OFFICE OF ADMISSIONS HYDE PARK UNITED METHODIST CHURCH 1 CHURCH STREET HYDE PARK, NY 12538 845.229.2087 RIDGESCHOOL@HVC.RR.COM WWW.RIDGESCHOOL.COM

The Ridge School provides a welcoming community where each child is treated as an individual in an atmosphere of mutual respect and concern. We specialize in students with high academic or special-focus potential, who have difficulty in their current school settings, including students with Asperger’s Syndrome, High The Ridge School offers small class Functioning Autism, Non-verbal size in a safe and welcome setting, Learning Disability and PDD-NOS. where teachers listen and students are We are dedicated to creating stimulating programs that increase encouraged to explore and ask questions. attendance and participation in school. These students may be performing well below their potential and we recognize that when the desire is there, learning will blossom.

Through a balance of experiential learning, traditional academics, projects, community trips, public presentations, and more, we provide a vibrant setting for learning. Through the Scaffolding Method students advance from entry levels to increased competence with academic, social, communication, independence and self-awareness skills.

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The Storm King School GRADES OFFERED: 8 – 12 TEACHER/STUDENT RATIO: 1/8 ACCREDITATION: MIDDLE STATES ASSOCIATION OF COLLEGES AND SCHOOLS, NEW YORK ASSOCIATION OF INDEPENDENT SCHOOLS, MEMBER OF NAIS OFFICE OF ADMISSIONS THE STORM KING SCHOOL 314 MOUNTAIN ROAD CORNWALL-ON-HUDSON, NY 12520 845.534.7892 WWW.SKS.ORG ADMISSIONS@SKS.ORG

GRADES OFFERED: FIRST TWO YEARS OF COLLEGE TEACHER/STUDENT RATIO: 1/17 ACCREDITATION: MIDDLE STATES ASSOCIATION OF COLLEGES & SCHOOLS TUITION: $1868 FOR TUITION & FEES/ SEMESTER/IN-STATE OFFICE OF ADMISSIONS 112 COLLEGE ROAD LOCH SHELDRAKE, NY 12759 845.434.5750 WWW.SULLIVAN.SUNY.EDU

The Storm King School, an independent, co-educational, college preparatory boarding and day school located in Cornwall-on-Hudson, NY, enrolls approximately 135 students in grades 8–12.

Individualized attention, small class sizes and a challenging curriculum are enhanced by a strong visual and performing arts program. At Storm King, students and faculty connect with one another and challenge one another to take risks in a creative and collegial atmosphere. The Storm King School seeks students who not only show academic The Storm King School, promise but also possess characteristics indicating a uniquely supportive learning that they will be vital and contributing members of community. our uniquely supportive learning community.

The Mountain Center, a school within a school, accepts 25 students with documented learning differences who have college potential. Mountain Center students take their core courses— English, math, science and history—in a classroom setting with a 5:1 student/teacher ratio. In all other activities, classes, athletics and campus life they are included with the rest of the students, thus eliminating the stigma of being in a special education setting.

SULLIVAN COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE Nestled in the scenic Catskill Mountains, Sullivan County Community College (SCCC) is a small, two-year community college and part of the State University of New York (SUNY).

At SCCC, students can choose from approximately 40 associate degree and certificate programs, as well as continuing education and specialty courses, in today’s hottest industries. Our programs are geared to help students prepare for the When it comes to thinking “green,” the future whether they’re getting their first future is now at SCCC. job, transferring to a four-year college or university or enhancing their professional skills. In addition, SCCC offers a rich campus life filled with sports, student activities and cultural events.

When it comes to thinking “green,” the future is now at SCCC. The college has had a geothermal heating and cooling system since 2002, as well as offering a wide variety of green classes and seminars on topics including photovoltaics and wind power. We also have plans for a new Center for Advanced Sciences and Technology (CAST) building which will house academic programs and provide hands-on learning opportunities in green technology, health sciences, and science. This building will be located next to a planned Green Technology Commercial Park, linking sustainability education with business in a first-ofits-kind undertaking on a New York college campus.

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DEGREES OFFERED: BACHELOR AND MASTERâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S DEGREES: CERTIFICATE OF ADVANCED STUDY (CAS) TEACHER/STUDENT RATIO: 1/13 (UNDERGRADUATE) TUITION: NYS RESIDENT FT UNDERGRADUATE: $2175.

FT GRADUATE: $3450.

MBA: $3550.

WEBSITE:WWW.NEWPALTZ.EDU WWW.NEWPALTZ.EDU/REGIONALED ADMISSIONS: 845.257.3200 GRADUATE: 845.257.3285 REGIONAL ED 845.257.2901

FIRST 2 YEARS OF COLLEGE TUITION: FULL TIME: $1,650 PART TIME: $120/CREDIT ACCREDITATION: MIDDLE STATES ASSOCIATION OF COLLEGES & SCHOOLS WWW.SUNYULSTER.EDU ADMISSIONS@SUNYULSTER.EDU SUNY ULSTER COTTEKILL ROAD STONE RIDGE, NY 12484 1.800.724.0833

Beginning in 1828 with a commitment to liberal arts education and teacher training, SUNY New Paltzâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s expanded vision now includes a variety of programs in the ďŹ ne and performing arts, business, nursing and engineering as well as a broad range of liberal arts.

A selective and diverse center of higher education, the college allows students to get to know their professors and collaborate with them on undergraduate and graduate level research projects.

Academic Highlights: 4EACHER %DUCATION PROGRAMS ACCREDITED BY THE .ATIONAL #OUNCIL FOR !CCREDITATION OF 4EACHER %DUCATION s All programs in Fine and Performing Arts department are accredited; metals and printmaking internationally RECOGNIZED s %NVIRONMENTAL 'EOCHEMICAL 3CIENCE MAJOR SUNY New Paltz is committed to ďŹ rst within SUNY schools; provides hands-on scientiďŹ c providing high quality, affordable KNOWLEDGE TO ADDRESS ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES s 4O BENElT education to students from all Hudson Valley Business Economy, majors in electrical social and economic backgrounds. engineering, computer engineering, and business.

The Center For Research, Regional Education and Outreach 2EGIONAL %DUCATION )NITIATIVES s 'RADUATE !DMISSIONS !DVISING s %XTENSION #OURSES IN EDUCATION AND NURSING AT SELECT SITES IN THE REGION s $ISTANCE LEARNING VIA INTERACTIVE TELEVISION AND ONLINE s #LASSROOM 4ECHNOLOGY )NSTITUTE n GRADUATE TECHNOLOGY COURSES FOR TEACHERS s )NSTITUTE OF 0ROFESSIONAL $EVELOPMENT s 3UMMER Session â&#x20AC;&#x201C; undergraduate and graduate courses in summer.

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Offering more than 50 academic programs, SUNY Ulster is a major regional provider of nursing, paramedic, human services, network administration, and criminal justice professionals. A new degree program in Music begins in Fall 2008. Other recently introduced programs include Theatre Arts, Environmental Studies,Veterinary Technology, Emergency Management and Police Basic Training. Through collaborative agreements with SUNY New Paltz, SUNY Ulster offers more than 11 SUNY Ulster is a major regional teacher education programs to prepare residents to teach in K-12. provider of nursing, paramedic, human The College enjoys a long tradition services, network administration and of successfully preparing students criminal justice professionals. to transfer to four-year colleges throughout the United States, with more than 60 percent of its students continuing on for baccalaureate degrees at public and private colleges and universities across the country.

The Collegeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Business Resource Center in Kingston offers state-of the art computer labs and houses the Continuing and Professional Education Department. Continuing Education offers short-term classes in vocational, personal enrichment, and technology topics. The department also provides customized training for business and supports grant applications to help fund business skills training.

SUNY Ulster classes are held on the main campus in Stone Ridge and in Highland and Kingston.

Here at Ulster County BOCES Adult Education we offer the training you need to get your career on track. Our State Accredited Programs lead you to certiďŹ cation in many ďŹ elds such as: LPN Training We are committed to providing excellent, competitively priced education on a convenient schedule.

We will prepare you for a rewarding health career in a growing labor market and provide an excellent starting place for career progression. 1,200 hours of Clinical and Classroom.You may qualify for ďŹ nancial aid.

Surgical Technology Program Train to become a certiďŹ ed Surgical Technician, to work in hospitals or out-patient facilities. This is a full-time, 10-month, 970-hour program designed for candidates with no previous medical background.

You may qualify for ďŹ nancial aid. Our graduates have a 100% placement rate.

ALL CLASSES TAUGHT RIGHT HERE IN ULSTER COUNTY, MANY WITH INTERNSHIPS WITH LOCAL EMPLOYERS. JOB PLACEMENT ASSISTANCE IS ALSO AVAILABLE. PO BOX 601 ROUTE 9W PORT EWEN, NY 12466 845.331.5050 845.339.8797 FAX WWW.ULSTERBOCES.ORG

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Registered Medical Assistant This 840-hour course will provide the student with a comprehensive overview of the clinical as well as the ďŹ nancial/administrative functions within a medical ofďŹ ce. Our low cost, highly effective program is a great place to start your career. Our graduates have a 100% placement rate.

PHOTOVOLTAIC TRAINING Ulster BOCES is recognized as a leader in solar photovoltaic education in New York State. Classes are offered in Introduction to PV Technology, PVâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Installerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Course, and Building Integrated Photovoltaics.

We are also a testing center for the NABCEP Entry Level CertiďŹ cate of Knowledge Exam.

COSMETOLOGY Our modern cosmetology lab provides an excellent setting for the required 1,000 hours of classroom and hands on training (full- or part-time) needed to prepare you to take the New York State Cosmetology Licensing examination. Our tuition is the lowest in the Hudson Valley.

presents

theatre crafts outdoor games modern dance video singing WHEN? 1 Week Sessions Beginning July 6th through August 1st Mon-Fri, 9am to 3pm

WHERE? High Meadow Arts Inc. at High Meadow School Route 209, Stone Ridge, NY

WHO? 6 through 14 year olds

HOW MUCH? for 1 week session $325 per $550 for 2-week session $850 for 3-week session $1,100 for 4 weeks

For more info or to register visit

highmeadowarts.org 845-687-4855 ask for Amy Poux

The MSMC Cultural Center Series

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Add a splash of COLOR to your life!

For a llisting and description of our cultural events visit www.msmc.edu or call 845-569-3179

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GRADES OFFERED: FIRST 2 YEARS OF COLLEGE

TEACHER/STUDENT RATIO: 1:8

ACCREDITATION: MIDDLE STATES TUITION: $132/CREDIT, $1,575 PER SEMESTER

PEEKSKILL EXTENSTION CENTER 27 NORTH DIVISION STREET PEEKSKILL, NY 10566 914.606.7300

EMAIL: PEEKSKILL@SUNYWCC.EDU

WEB SITE ADDRESS: WWW.SUNYWCC.EDU/PEEKSKILL

MISSION STATEMENT: THE MISSION OF WESTCHESTER COMMUNITY COLLEGE IS TO PROVIDE HIGH QUALITY, AFFORDABLE EDUCATION TO MEET THE CAREER, TRANSFER, BASIC PREPARATORY, VOCATIONAL, AND RECREATIONAL NEEDS OF THE WESTCHESTER COMMUNITY. WE ARE ACCESSIBLE, ADAPTABLE, DEDICATED TO LIFELONG LEARNING, AND SENSITIVE TO THE INDIVIDUAL NEEDS OF OUR DIVERSE POPULATION.

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One of the Hudson Valley’s premier digital arts resources is located in downtown Peekskill.The Westchester Arts Workshop facility, an extension location of Westchester Community College, a huge flagship post-production extension at 27 North Division Street is dedicated to the “Whether you are interested in developing a web portfolio, fostering of digital arts education.

“The site is one of the county’s unique recording an MP3 for your iPod educational treasures,” said Westchester or just getting into blogging, the County Executive Andy Spano. Timothy S. Peekskill Center is an access point Carey, Chairman of the college’s Board of to new media arts and technology.”

Trustees, says “by expanding the college’s outreach in Peekskill, we have also expanded opportunities, helping to assure a brighter and more prosperous future for our graduates and our community.”

In 1994, the Peekskill Westchester Art Workshop facility opened at its current site. Peekskill offers classes in computer arts, graphics, multimedia and digital music, and boasts more sophisticated equipment than many major art schools.

In 2003, the cutting-edge Center expanded to 20,000 square feet by adding an additional floor dedicated to general education, non-credit adult continuing education, English as a Second Language (ESL), and a full range of student services. The facility now serves approximately 1,200 students each semester in seven computer labs, three graphic/interactive design studios, two digital video studios, a music and recording studio, and offers courses including 3D animation, interactive design, and DVD authoring.

The facility is part of the lifeblood of the arts community in Peekskill. An integral component of the growing scene, artists flock to the extension facility to take classes, attend workshops, and enjoy special events such as appearances by notable lecturers and art exhibitions.

The walls of the facility continuously boast high level art pieces through displays by visiting and local artists, in addition to student work. The classrooms are always buzzing with artists and musicians who enjoy taking courses at the college, but also enjoy being around like-minded individuals. There is a visible camaraderie evident at the facility, as students exchange ideas, support one another, and thrive in a nurturing environment, guided by professional instructors with industry experience.

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ARTISANS Richard Carson

adventurous projects individually designed for each student. Study with experienced professionals in the arts and sciences.

(845) 744-8264 Working glass blowing studio specializing in custom glass, artisan pieces and education.

Glass styles range from the functional to abstract and conceptual. Offering beginner, intermediate and advanced courses. Studio rental and private lessons available. One-ofa-kind hand blown pieces for sale.

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ANTIQUES River Stone Antiques & Design Center 37 West Broad Street, Haverstraw, NY River Stone Arts (917) 532-3090 River Stone Antiques (845) 786-8600 Featuring 10,000 square feet of elegant booths and showcases of fine antiques, mid-century furniture, and decorative accessories in the newly renovated historic Stone Building. In addition there is River Stone Arts, a spectacular 10,000-squarefoot gallery of sculpture, paintings, and mixed media installations with new shows regularly. Hours 11-6 Fri-Sun.

ARCHITECTURE

ART GALLERIES & CENTERS Ann Street Gallery 104 Ann Street Newburgh, NY (845) 562-6940x119 www.annstreetgallery.org The Ann Street Gallery is a non-profit gallery located in the City of Newburgh, specializing in contemporary emerging and established artists.

Center for Photography at Woodstock 59 Tinker Street, Woodstock, NY (845) 679-9957 Info@cpw.org

Garrison Art Center 23 Garrison’s Landing, Garrison, NY (845) 424-3960 www.garrisonartcenter.org

Hudson Valley Gallery 246 Hudson St, Cornwall-On-Hudson, NY

EcoArch DesignWorks

(845) 534-5ART

Woodstock, NY (845) 247-4620

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Award winning design,harmonizing Spirit, Health and the Environment, Solar and “Green” design. Licensed in New York, New Jersey and California, EcoArch DesignWorks specializes in Planning, Architecture and Interiors for Single family or Multi-family homes, entertainment, retail or office environments. Recent projects in New York include the Oriental Emerson Spa, the Ram Dass Library @ Omega and numerous Private homes and Additions. Unlock the potentials of your site, home or office, to foster greater design harmony, prosperity, spirit, health, and ecological integrity.

Paintings and limited edition prints of the Hudson Valley and beyond by Paul Gould.

Changing exhibits of representational paintings, sculpture and photography by established and emerging artists. Gallery offers painting and frame restoration services and art instruction in all media, beginners welcome. Gallery open Saturday and Sunday 1-5pm or by appointment.

Mark Gruber Gallery New Paltz Plaza, New Paltz, NY (845) 255-1241 www.markgrubergallery.com

ART & MUSIC

Van Brunt Gallery

Children’s Art Workshop—Nancy Catandella

460 Main Street, Beacon, NY

1 Water Street, New Paltz, NY (845) 255-7990 www.thechildrensartworkshop.com

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Bang the Bongo, Jangle a Tambourine, Paint Your Chair, Quilt a Cover, Strum a Song, Draw a Super Hero! Get Better In Math! Music,art and tutoring classes for all ages & pre-schoolers. Fun and

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(845) 838-2995 Exhibiting the work of contemporary artists.

Featuring abstract painting, sculpture, digital art, photography, and video, the gallery has new shows each month. The innovative gallery Web site has online artist portfolios and videos of the artists discussing their work.

ART SUPPLIES

Designed, installed, maintained, and fully insured.

Catskill Art & Office Supply Kingston (845) 331-7780 Woodstock (845) 679-2251 Poughkeepsie (845) 452-1250

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Art Materials, studio furnishings, custom picture framing, blueprint copies, graphic design services, large format color output, custom printing, personal stationery, legal forms, cards, maps and novelty gifts.

Three locations dedicated to enhancing your creative adventure - voted ‘Best in the Valley’ year after year.

(845) 246-2411 www.esotecltd.com

Manny’s Art Supply 83 Main Street, New Paltz, NY (845) 255-9902 Since 1962, big-city selection and smalltown service have made Manny’s special.

We offer a full range of art materials, craft and bookmaking supplies, as well as the best selection of handmade and decorative papers north of Manhattan. Manny’s, it’s more than just an art store.

R & F Handmade Paints 84 Ten Broeck Avenue, Kingston, NY (845) 331-3112 www.rfpaints.com Internationally known manufacturer of Pigment Sticks and Encaustic paint right here in the Hudson Valley. Stop in for a tour of our factory, get paints at discounted prices, sign up for an Encaustic or Pigment Stick workshop, or check out bi-monthly exhibits in the Gallery.

AUTO SALES DNL Automotive, Inc. (845) 236-2552 dnlautomotiveny@aol.com A family owned and operated dealership that specializes in finding rare and exciting pre-owned vehicles of outstanding quality and value.

AUTOMATED WATERING SYSTEMS

Esotec

Choose Esotec to be your wholesale beverage provider. For 21 years, we carry a complete line of natural, organic, and unusual juices, spritzers, waters, sodas, iced teas, and iced coffees. If you are a store owner, call for details or a catalog of our full line. We’re back in Saugerties now!

BODY & SKIN CARE Absolute Laser, LLC Springbrook Medical Park, Rhinebeck, NY (845) 876-7100 www.absolute-laser.com Absolute Laser, LLC offers commitment to beautiful skin through outstanding care and service. Offering Laser Hair Removal, Microdermabrasion, Vitalize Peel, and Fotofacial RF. The Fotofacial RF is the next generation in high-tech skin enhancement.

These gentle, no downtime treatments are used to improve cosmetic appearance of the face, neck, hands, and body. The results are brighter, smoother, more radiant and luminescent skin. This process delivers results that skin care products alone cannot do! Recover and rediscover the youth and vitality of your skin. Call for a complimentary consultation: Janice DiGiovanni.

BOOKSTORES Mirabai of Woodstock 23 Mill Hill Road, Woodstock, NY (845) 679-2100 www.mirabai.com The Hudson Valley’s oldest spiritual/holistic bookstore, providing a vast array of books, music, and gifts that transform, renew, and elevate the spirit. Exquisite statuary and other art works from Nepal, Tibet, Bali.

Expert Tarot reading, astrological charts/ interpretation available.

H2O’Sullivan (845) 626-2085 jerryo1317@hvc.rr.com Custom Automated Watering Systems for gardens and lawns. Gives you controlled watering where you want it and when you need it. Perfect for time saving and water savings that is more important that ever.

These systems are ideal for weekend homeowners and people on the go.

BUILDING SUPPLIES Northern Dutchess Hardwoods and Floor Coverings 19 East Market Street, Red Hook, NY (845) 758-2005 www.northerndutchesshardwood.com sales@ndhardwoods.com

Williams Lumber & Home Centers 6760 Route 9, Rhinebeck, NY (845) 876-WOOD 317 Kyserike Road, High Falls, NY (845) 687-7676 2612 Route 44, Millbrook, NY (845) 677-2324 www.williamslumber.com The name you know and the name you trust. Our Design Centers are located at our Rhinebeck and Millbrook locations.

Come meet with our outstanding design team and start creating your perfect kitchen or bath today!

CARPETS & RUGS Anatolia Tribal Rugs & Weavings 54G Tinker Street, Woodstock, NY (845) 679-5311

CINEMA Upstate Films 26 Montgomery Street, Rhinebeck, NY (845) 876-2515 Showing provocative international cinema, contemporary and classic, and hosting filmmakers since 1972 on two screens in the village of Rhinebeck.

CLOTHING Closet Shop 337 Delaware Avenue, Delmar, NY (518) 439-5722 www.theclosetshop.info An eclectic, suburban shop offering trendy urban gear from popular designers like Free People and Anthropology to classic and vintage collections. Other items include a variety of modern and handmade jewelry, handbags, shoes, books and modern art.

Also, shop our kid’s closet for great deals on Lilly Pulitzer, Fresh Produce, Ralph Lauren and more!

Pegasus Comfort Footwear 10 Mill Hill Road, Woodstock and New Paltz, NY (845) 679-2373 www.PegasusShoes.com Offering innovative comfort footwear by all your favorite brands. Merrell, Dansko, Keen, Clarks, Ecco and Uggs, and lots more.

Open 7 days a week — or shop online.

White Rice 531 Warren Street, Hudson, NY (518) 697-3500 Clothing & accessories for women & children. Furniture & home furnishings. With an Asian sensibility. Open 7 days.

College Pathways—Kris Fox Latham, NY (518) 782-1270 or (800) 391-5272 The Capital District’s answer to Sensible College Planning. Specializing in Financial Aid, College Selection, Timeline Management, PSAT and SAT Prep and Essay Writing for College Applications. If your child is a high school sophomore or junior, don’t delay - contact us today!

CONSIGNMENT SHOPS Past ‘n’ Perfect 1629 Main Street (Route 44), Pleasant Valley, NY (845) 635-3115 www.pastnperfect.com

Boutique & Salon

THE SALON provides the best in creative and corrective hair color, highlighting and styling for both men & women

THE BOUTIQUE features such worldclass lines as thymes, caswell massey, claus porto, jack black, laco house, musgo real, & purology haircare products

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DANCEWEAR First Street Dancewear Saugerties, NY (845) 247-4517 www.firststreetdancewear.com First Street dancewear in Saugerties, NY, offers quality dancewear for adults and children. We have dancewear, knit warmups, ballet, jazz, tap shoes, gymnastics wear, skatewear, accessories, and gift items.

We also feature a line of women’s active wear clothing suitable for Yoga and Pilates.

DOG BOARDING Dog Love, LLC 240 N. 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 playgroups in 40 x 40 fenced area.

Homemade food and healthy treats.

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Winner: Hudson Valley Magazine “Best Carpets.” Direct importers since 1981.

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.

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Call or e-mail for an extremely competitive price quote today!

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DownUnderFaux Red Hook, NY (845) 759-1040 downunderfaux.com murielcalderon@downunderfaux.com DOWN UNDER FAUX is the creation of MURIEL CALDERON, an Australian Faux Finish Artist with more than 25 years of international experience. Muriel is motivated by a passion for transforming ordinary rooms into works of art as limitless as one’s imagination. Whether it’s the look and feel of an aged, luxurious Tuscan Villa, an Ultramodern Manhattan Loft, or the loving and authentic restoration of existing Historic Finishes, Muriel works with you (and/or your Designer) to help you create the envisioned reality you desire. See color display ad.

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Custom Faux Finishes for your home and business. With infinite possibilities, your walls, floors, ceilings, fireplaces and furniture can be transformed using my faux finishing techniques. A full spectrum of decorative finishes using plasters, glazes and many other mediums, help to fill your home full of your unique personality and spirit.

Don’t miss the beauty and exhilaration of transforming the rooms you live and work in every day into spaces that reflect your sense of style. Portfolio showing a phone call away.

FENG SHUI Feng Shui Solutions 72 North Slope Road, Shokan, NY (845) 231-0801 fengshuisolutions@hotmail.com Discover the richness of the ancient principles of Feng Shui applied to modern life and enjoy a more harmonious and balanced existence. Our consultations are aimed at improving family relationships, health and prosperity; clearing negative energy from any space; improving business viability and selecting or designing the perfect home or office.

GARDENING & GARDEN SUPPLIES

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Phantom Gardener Rhinebeck, NY (845) 876-8606 www.thephantomgardener.com At Phantom we provide everything you need to create and enjoy an organic, beautiful landscape. Our dedicated and knowledgeable staff will help you choose from an unbeatable selection of herbaceous or woody plants, garden products, and books. We offer professional design, installation, and maintenance services. Visit us!

GRAPHIC DESIGN pi in the sky design (845) 613-0683 piintheskydesign@france-menk.com We make your virtual world real.

Promotional, advertising & editorial design.

Book jackets, brochures, corporate identity campaigns, dvds, magazines, newsletters, posters. 100% focused on your needs.

HAIR SALONS Casa Urbana Boutique and Salon 11 South Street, Hudson, NY (518) 828-2690 www.casaurbanaboutique.com Casa Urbana was originally our “Townhouse” home in Hudson. Now, as our Boutique & Salon, we can enjoy sharing this space with you. Casa Urbana in Italian means “Townhouse”. We chose to use the Italian translation to remind us that our goal is to offer our customers & friends a touch of the old world charm & opulence Hudson has become known for. Through our selection of luxurious bath & body product, candles, teas & salon services, we accomplish our goal.

Our collections include such world-class lines as Thymes; Caswell Massey; Claus Porto; Jack Black; Lafco House & Home; Tea Forte; and Skin by Monica Olsen. Our Hair Studio provides the best in creative and corrective hair color, highlighting and styling for both men & women.

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INTERNET SERVICES Webjogger (845) 757-4000 www.webjogger.net Webjogger is a local company with offices in Tivoli and Kingston. We have a great solution for small businesses IT including symmetrical High Speed Internet, Offsite On-line Data Backup and Storage, Collaborative Archived Email, Web Hosting and Domain Registration, Server Collocation and Management, and IT support by phone or on site, with nice discounts for bundled services. We’re big enough to have what you need and small enough to make it work for your individual needs. Many local companies swear by us, not at us! We also do high end routing and switching and Gigabit Wireless connectivity for local hospitals and radiology labs.

JEWELRY, FINE ART & GIFTS Jewel 21 Tinker Street, Woodstock, NY (845) 679-3775 Spectacular jewelry and clothing designers from the U.S., Canada, Europe, and South America are represented here with many one-of-a-kind pieces of art. Owners Ronny and Michael Widener are committed to providing an inspired and diverse collection of jewelry, accessories, and artwork for your pleasure.

Pearldaddy 183 Main Street, Beacon, NY (845) 765-0169 www.pearldaddy.net Pearldaddy’s newly relocated boutique and fine art gallery originally opened its doors in Manhattan in May, 2001. Now in Beacon, they still offer handmade and custom freshwater pearl jewelry as well as CDs, clothing, bags and accessories handcrafted by local and international artists with six fine art exhibits a year. Mon. & Thurs. 11am 5pm, Fri. 11am-6pm, Sat. 12pm -6pm, Sun. 12pm-5pm.

MEDIATION & CONFLICT RESOLUTION

understanding and technical advancement no matter what your level is. See display ad.

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NURSERIES

(845) 331-0100 www.PathwaysMediationCenter.com

Catskill Native Nursery

We are a unique mediation practice for couples going through divorce or for families in conflict. Josh Koplovitz has over 30 years as a Matrimonial and Family Law Attorney and Myra Schwartz has over 30 years as a Guidance Counselor working with families and children. This male/female, counselor and attorney team can effectively address all your legal and family issues.

Use our one-hour free consultations to meet us or visit us on the web.

607 Samsonville Road, Kerhonkson, NY (845) 626-2758 www.catskillnativenursery.com

MUSIC

PERFORMING ARTS

Burt’s Electronics

Lehman-Loeb Art Center / Powerhouse Theater

549 Albany Avenue, Kingston, NY (845) 331-5011 Good music deserves quality sound!

Avoid the malls and shop where quality and personal service are valued above all else. Bring Burt and his staff your favorite album and let them teach you how to choose the right audio equipment for your listening needs.

Enabling women to live their chosen/desired way of life through the fair trade of baskets, beads, batiks and beauty products.

Exclusive importer of Maiden Botswana Marula Oil, specializing in San Bushman Art & Ostrich Eggshell Beaded Jewelry.

KITCHENWARES Warren Kitchen & Cutlery 6934 Route 9, Rhinebeck, NY (845) 876-6207 www.warrenkitchentools.com Located in historic Rhinebeck, in New York’s beautiful Mid-Hudson Valley, Warren Kitchen & Cutlery is a true kitchenware emporium — a place where inspired chefs and cooking enthusiasts can find their favorite cutlery, cookware, appliances, kitchen tools, and serving pieces for home or restaurant. Knives are our specialty; we have more than 1000 different styles and sizes in stock. We encourage you to take advantage of our in-store sharpening and engraving services.

Vassar College Box 225, Poughkeepsie, NY (845) 437-5902 befargislanc@pop.vassar.edu

PET SERVICES & SUPPLIES

Deep Listening Institute, Ltd.

Pussyfoot Lodge B&B

(845) 338-5984 www.deeplistening.org

(845) 687-0330 www.pussyfootlodge.com

Woodstock Byrdcliffe Guild 34 Tinker Street, Woodstock, NY (845) 679-2079 wguild@ulster.net

MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT AMA DJ Productions (845) 489-5214 myspace.com/amadjproductions At AMA DJ Productions we provide you with a professional, attentive, and positive DJ service. We play YOUR music choices.

We play at Weddings, All Parties, and Corporate Events. Your Professional Music Entertainment Source. Fun, Dancing, & Memories!! Since 1998.

Women’s work 65 Main Street, Cold Spring, NY (845) 809-5299 www.womensworkbw.com

We sell North American perennials, shrubs, trees, & fruits. Native plants are a natural choice for woodland, meadow, and wetland gardens—and the flower borders around your house. Native plants are ornamental, easy to maintain, and provide food and habitat for birds, butterflies, bees—and yourself.

MUSIC LESSONS Music Immersion with Debbie Lan (845) 255-2193 deblan@hvi.net Innovative programs for all ages, levels and styles. Private Piano and Vocal sessions: tailor-made for the individual. Early Childhood Music Immersion: filled with a rich variety of musical activities. Birth – 5 years with caretakers. Adult and teenage Vocal Ensembles: vocal technique, partsinging, harmonizing, deep listening skills.

Center for Personal Development Through Music (845) 677-5871 www.cpdmusic.com Piano Lessons for Thwarted Geniuses with Peter Muir.

David Arner (845) 339-7437 I am a classically trained avant-garde jazz pianist and composer, teaching since 1976.

I teach beginners, professionals, children and adults. Every student is different, so how and what I teach varies accordingly.

My mission is to encourage creativity,

The Pioneer in Professional Pet Care! Full house-pet-plant sitting service, proudly serving three counties for 32 years.

Experienced, dependable, thorough, and reasonable housesitting for your pets.

PHOTOGRAPHY France Menk Photography (845) 750-5261 www.france-menk.com iam@france-menk.com Fine art limited edition prints. Internationally exhibited. Events / Portraits / Advertising / Fine Art. Private instruction in the art of photography: for all levels of experience.

PIANO Adam’s Piano (518) 537-2326 or (845) 343-2326 www.adamspiano.com Featuring Kawai and other fine brands.

75 pianos on display in our Germantown (just north of Rhinebeck) showroom. Open by appointment only. Inventory, prices, pictures at www.adamspiano.com. A second showroom will be opening in New Paltz in November. Superb service, moving, storage, rentals; we buy pianos!

PLUMBING & BATH N & S Supply 205 Old Route 9, Fishkill, NY Fishkill (845) 896-6291 Kingston (845) 331-6700 Catskill (518) 947-2010 info@nssupply.com Don’t settle for less, benefit from the best! At N&S Supply, we take pride in offering the highest quality plumbing and heating products at a competitive price.

Our experienced sales professionals will help you determine the right product for your project while keeping you within your budget. With many convenient locations, stop by and see why service at N&S Supply is second to none!

PRINTING SERVICES New York Press Direct

Coding skills + design sensibility makes Curious Minds Media the right choice for your next project. We are the regionâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s premiere provider of new media services.

(845) 896-0894 At NY Press Direct we exist for one reasonâ&#x20AC;&#x201D; to delight our customers! What does that mean to you? Worry-free shopping for all your printing and fulfillment needs. Our solutions are leading-edge in the industry.

Our pricing is among the most competitive in the northeast region. Call John DeSanto or Larry Read for more information.

SCHOOLS Hudson Valley School of Massage & Skin Care â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Maria Ferguson, Aesthetics School 256 Main Street, New Paltz, NY (845) 255-0013 www.HVSAesthetics.com info@hvsaesthetics.com Our graduates have gained a reputation in the aesthetic and massage therapy industry as knowledgeable, qualified, and disciplined workers.

WEDDINGS Catamount Banquet Center (845) 688-2444 www.emersonresort.com Located at the Emerson Resort and Spa, the Catamount is an ideal, quiet location to host a wedding or other special event. The Emersonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s in-house event planner handles all the details, making each occasion unique with stunning views, creative cuisine, and impeccable service. Enjoy the fresh air under our graceful pavilion or venture inside to the warmth of the Catamount spacious dining area, complete with two fireplaces and a full bar. Set along the Esopus Creek, the Catamount is a perfect place to join together friends, families, and business associates for an event to remember. For a site visit or questions, please call us or visit us online.

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HudsonValleyWeddings.com

72 Vineyard Avenue, Highland, NY (845) 691-2547 www.HVSMassageTherapy.com info@hvsmassagetherapy.com Our graduates have gained a reputation in the aesthetic and massage therapy industry as knowledgeable, qualified, and disciplined workers.

The Only Resource You Need to Plan a Hudson Valley Wedding. Offering a free, extensive, online Wedding Guide and highlighting hundreds of WeddingRelated Professionals. Regional Bridal Show Schedule. Links. Wed Shop. Vendor Promotions, Specials, and more. Call or email for information about adding your wedding-related business.

SNACKS

WRITING SERVICES

Mister Snacks, Inc.

CenterToPage: Moving Writers From The Center To The Page

Call Vinny Sciullo for distribution of the finest snacks in the Hudson Valley. Visit our Gift Shop online.

SUNROOMS Four Seasons Sunrooms Beacon (845) 838-1235 Kingston (845) 339-1787 www.hvsk.fourseasonssunrooms.com Hudson Valley Sunrooms has been selling and installing Four Seasons Sunrooms since 1984. We offer sales, skilled installation and service, as well as experienced consultation on residential and commercial sunroom projects. We welcome you to visit our showroom located just south of Kingston on Route 9W. We provide free in-home estimates.

TREE SERVICE & LANDSCAPING Midavies Tree Service (845) 658-9507 www.midaviestreeservice.com For all your tree care needs. We are a small personalized business dedicated to our customers and their trees. Free estimates and consultations.

WEB DESIGN Curious Minds Media Inc. (888) 227-1645 www.curiousm.com

(845) 336-4705 judy@hudsonvalleyweddings.com

The perfect answer for guest transportation to your reception.

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Accord, NY (845) 679-9441 www.CenterToPage.com With 20 yearsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; experience as author and teacher, Jeff Davis meets each person where he or she is at for coaching, editing, and ghostwriting. Jeff works in all stages of writing & publishing with scholars, nonfiction writers, novelists, poets, & people simply wishing to develop a writing practice from their center. Teaches at WCSU MFA Program & at conferences nationwide.

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Weekly workshops, e-courses, manuscript consultation, and private mentoring for writers of fiction and memoir. Deepen awareness of craft, release your voice, and write the stories that are meant for you. Come join a supportive community of writers! Workshops: Phoenicia and beyond.

Led by writer/teacher Nanci Panuccio, M.F.A.

WRITING WORKSHOPS Wallkill Valley Writers (845) 255-7090 khamherstwriters@aol.com Creative writing workshops in New Paltz led by Kate Hymes, poet and educator.

Aspiring and experienced writers are welcome. WVW provides structured time, a supportive community and a safe place for you to fulfill the dream of writing your stories, real or imagined. Many writers find the community of a workshop benefits their work and keeps them motivated.

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DEEP WOUNDS Barriers and Bridges to Helping War Veterans Heal War veterans, back home, are still fighting. The enemy: Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder.

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ob Reiter, Director of Veterans Services for Rensselaer County, was a helicopter door gunner during two tours in Vietnam, and served on active duty in the Marine Corps and the Armed Forces Police from 1960 to 1968. He had never talked about his military service, not even with his wife and children. But last September Reiter traveled from his office in Troy to Wheaton, Illinois, to address a gathering of veterans who had served in wars past and present. The gathering was a three-day Soldier’s Heart Healing Workshop for combat veterans suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).

Filling out this 65-member gathering were mental health care providers, social workers, nurses, and vets’ family members.

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Reiter knows what PTSD looks like and he knows that there is no statute of limitations on the number of years a vet’s pain can be buried deep before it unexpectedly erupts. This was the case when he shared his story in a segment of the workshop where other vets did likewise. Surrounded by so many others who carried similar burdens, Reiter found his nearly 40 years of bottled-up terror and grief suddenly beginning to flow. Through tears, he described the fear that engulfed him when his helicopter was shot down by enemy fire. “We were in firefights every day.We got shot at every single day,” said Reiter, as if in disbelief. Two other Vietnam vets in the group embraced Reiter while he sobbed.

The workshop’s leader was Dr. Ed Tick, a clinical psychotherapist with ex-

tensive experience treating veterans. Tick describes PTSD as “frozen war consciousness,” a psychological reaction to warfare that causes survivors to repeatedly replay the trauma, sometimes months and even years later. In 1980 the American Psychiatric Association (APA) added PTSD to its manual of diagnosis, in response to the flood of Vietnam vets seeking treatment for a host of physical and psychological symptoms.

While the APA categorizes PTSD as an “anxiety disorder,” those who work closely with vets know that the symptoms are much broader, encompassing physical, emotional, psychological, spiritual, and social dimensions. Hypervigilance, depression, anxiety, spousal abuse, sleeplessness, drug and alcohol addictions, and suicide attempts are familiar symptoms of PTSD sufferers. In his highly acclaimed book War and the Soul,Tick describes PTSD, first and foremost, as a spiritual disorder, a “soul wound.”

Tick began his psychotherapy practice in the 1970s, when, many of his first patients were combat veterans who had served in Vietnam. Now Tick encourages vets to tell their stories “in a safe and sacred space,” as he calls it, like that created during the experiential workshop that Reiter attended. There, vets’ family members, chaplains, social workers, and mental health care providers literally formed a circle around the veterans. “As witnesses, they share in carrying the burden of the warrior,” Tick explains. In another segment of the workshop, Reiter was among a roster of speakers—all veterans—who spoke to the numerous implications of PTSD and its prevalence among combat veterans.

BARRIERS TO CARE The Veterans Administration’s National Center for PTSD estimates that 30 percent of people who spend time in a war zone will develop PTSD. Many of them don’t get help for it. A 2004 study of Army and Marine troops returning from Iraq and Afghanistan, published in the New England Journal of Medicine, found that only 23 to 40 percent of those with PTSD sought treatment.

Reiter understands, first hand, that many factors contribute to these disturbing and, in his opinion, grossly underreported statistics. He names stigma within the military, fear of job loss, and a severe shortage of VA services as barriers to care. He believes that a frighteningly large proportion of servicemen and women returning from Iraq and Afghanistan who exhibit symptoms of PTSD will never be diagnosed, let alone provided with the necessary treatment.

What’s more, in Reiter’s experience, it can take up to 120 days to get treatment for PTSD through the VA once a diagnosis has been made. “If you’re suicidal, this isn’t going to help you much,” he says.

Troy is headquarters for NewYork’s 42nd Infantry “Rainbow” Division of the Army National Guard, and for Reiter this place reflects the reality of cities and rural towns across the country. “The biggest problem in getting treatment for PTSD is getting the vet to admit they have a problem,” he says.Yet another disturbing aspect of the problem, according to Reiter, is a new VA rule stating that National Guard and Reserve service members must serve two years active duty before they are eligible for VA health care coverage over the two years following their service. “It’s criminal,” he says. “There should be no cap on this. Lots of times, PTSD doesn’t show up or isn’t reported until after that point.”

Back in his office following the workshop, Reiter says, “This has been a rough week.We had three deaths from motor vehicle accidents. Spousal abuse, DWI— this is typical of what turns up, especially with soldiers who have been back from Iraq and Afghanistan for two years or so.” Reiter expressed both grief and frustration over a suicide in the same week: a young soldier who sought treatment from a VA psychiatrist, only to be sent home. He shot himself a few days later.

Reiter has been advising veterans for the past 10 years. Among thousands of requests for assistance he handles each year (1,890 last year alone), Reiter recognizes some as harbingers of catastrophic scenarios. Though his tasks are frequently simple and straightforward, such as arranging transportation to VA health care facilities and providing the proper application forms for various benefits, he increasingly receives desperate calls from spouses, siblings, and parents of despondent, violent, and sometimes suicidal vets. Reiter estimates he now makes one to three interventions each month, urgently meeting with vets in living rooms and coffee shops.

When Reiter is able to get these vets the help they need, he attributes this success to a vast network of service providers with whom he collaborates.

Equally significant, Reiter feels, is his ability to establish a bond of trust, based upon the shared experience of war.

THE NATIONAL PICTURE: A GRASSROOTS APPROACH Nationwide, mental health care services through the VA, like those that Reiter painstakingly beggars for vets and family members, are in short supply. Instead, local grassroots organizations are often the lone voice in the wilderness. These, however, are primarily dependent upon volunteer efforts and are perennially underfunded. Working in Philadelphia, Jeff Russell has joined the ranks of a nationwide movement determined to overcome the government’s failings in healing our wounded warriors. Retired after 15 years in the Army, Russell is now a chaplain for the Philadelphia Prison System. Though Russell has never served abroad, his military experience includes assignments at several US bases—key combat training grounds for soldiers being deployed during the Gulf War— where he served in active duty, reserve, and National Guard units. Russell’s motivations for both leaving the military and becoming a veterans’ advocate are similar to those fueling Reiter’s impassioned mission.

While Russell is remarkably proud of following in the footsteps of a military family, he carries the scars of friends and family members who fought in Vietnam and, more recently, in the Persian Gulf. He is particularly outraged by the parallels he sees between the VA’s response to veterans’ claims of exposure to Agent Orange in the post Vietnam era, and the military’s response to US troops’ chemical exposure leading to Gulf War Syndrome. “The military left them to rot,” says Russell of both generations of service members. “They were sick: physically, psychologically, and spiritually.”

He sees the current situation with PTSD among returning troops, however, as “far worse,” and feels that National Guard and Reserve members are those most vulnerable to slipping through the cracks. Many express a sense of isolation from the military family. “Reservists are called for two and three tours.

Their lives are disrupted. And then they come back to their jobs and their families with no safety net in place to help them gain access to mental health care services.”

Russell is looking for ways to reach out to National Guard and Reservists, such as by bringing to Philadelphia an initiative called Beyond the Yellow Ribbon.

Pioneered by the Minnesota National Guard, this program provides counseling for veteran reintegration, health care, and for legal, educational, and employment issues. Russell’s working knowledge of military culture lends “an inherent trust factor,” he explains, and he believes the simplest solution to the PTSD epidemic is to mobilize former veterans into collaborative healing networks.

HOLISTIC HELP FOR PTSD Experts like Tick feel that to exclude any component of care—whether social, psychological, or spiritual—is to doom treatment outcomes from the outset.

In his opinion, antidepressants or other drug therapies do little to reach into the boundless abyss of pain that those with PTSD endure.Tick advocates for a holistic approach with a spiritual component, as modeled at the Wheaton workshop and now being replicated throughout the United States.

But, says Russell, civilian clergy and spiritual leaders may be reluctant to address combat-related PTSD. “Many have been afraid to reach out because they don’t know how to relate to someone who has been through such horror. It takes a very unique person, one imbued with credibility and spiritual authority, to help veterans get the answers they’re looking for.”

Recently the Army made an unusual move by hosting a unique military-civilian collaboration: a two-part Spirituality and Traumatic Stress Symposium at Walter Reed Army Medical Center. Speakers included Dr. Jonathan Shay, clinical psychiatrist at a Boston VA outpatient clinic and winner of the 2007 MacArthur “genius” award, and Tick, among others. Awash in a sea of camouflage, audience members included some of the military’s best and brightest chaplains, social workers, and mental health care providers.

The common denominator for participants at the Walter Reed symposium, and Tick’s healing workshop, is the understanding that PTSD has an inherently spiritual dimension; further, that men and women who go to war frequently undergo what they describe as a profound moral and spiritual crisis. “When you are at war, you set aside all of the mores of civil society,” says Russell. “These 18- and 19-year-old kids have seen horrors. They are using a judgment system they’ve been trained to use. But then they have to reconcile that war experience with what’s right and what’s wrong when they come home.They’ve been on the precipice of what it means to lose touch with what is human. Their souls have been destroyed. They are hurting for answers and they are hurting to be embraced.”

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HEALING THE WOUNDED SOUL Larry Winters, a licensed mental health counselor, and author of The Making and Un-making of a Marine (Millrock Writers Collective, 2007), knows both personally and professionally the deep and searing pain of a traumatic “soul wound.”

A Vietnam veteran, it has taken him 35 years to heal; finally, though, reading Tick’s book and completing his own brought Winters a life-changing catharsis.

Like Tick, with whom he now frequently collaborates, Winters believes treatments for PTSD must be holistic and provided over time, in order to build a strong patient-therapist rapport.Winters has developed a treatment approach in over more than 20 years of working with vets at Four Winds Hospital in Katonah that he calls Directive Group Therapy (DGT).

Winters’s approach falls within the rubric of psychodrama, a method of supervised reenactment that aims to provide the protagonist with the opportunity to repeat and work through painful events, with the goal of experiencing catharsis and then resolution. In Winters’s words, “DGT is based on skills developed by the therapist that involve intervention, reframing, and a series of techniques to help the patient focus quickly. In the DGT method, the therapist works one-on-one in a group using his or her awareness that the issues and stories are affecting others.”

Winters notes that the DGT process is “much slower, much longer, much deeper,” than the recently touted approach of Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR). During EMDR the client focuses on a therapist-directed, external stimulus such as movements the client watches, hand-tapping, or auditory tones, while briefly attending to emotionally disturbing material.

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most researched treatment for PTSD. In a chapter of Charles Figley’s Brief Treatments for the Traumatized, Louise Maxfield suggests that “EMDR works by linking elements of traumatic memories with adaptive information contained in other memory networks, leading to a cognitive shift.” A recent meta-analysis of 12 outcomes studies shows a decrease in PTSD diagnosis in 70 to 90 percent of civilians after three to four sessions, and in 78 percent of combat veterans after 12 sessions.The Department of Defense and the Department of Veterans Affairs recommend EMDR for all trauma populations at all times.

Winters, however, worries that EMDR doesn’t address the underlying moral and spiritual dimensions of PTSD. “Using EMDR alone—not in conjunction with other therapies—is like putting a Band-Aid on the problem; deep healing does not take place. These are moral dilemmas that vets are suffering with.”

Winters has worked with many vets, and, like Reiter, finds that veterans of Afghanistan and Iraq tend to avoid seeking treatment for PTSD until a crisis occurs. “When these young vets come home,” says Winters, “they want to get back to normalcy. They don’t want to go to a VA facility for help.” Sadly, by the time they seek help, after years of struggling, they often are suicidal. “They come when domestic violence or substance abuse becomes an issue and they come at the insistence of a spouse or family member.”

For now,Winters,Tick, Reiter, and Russell, along with a band of determined veterans, will continue to reach out to our nation’s newest veterans, to divine the wounded souls that call out to them in the darkness. With the US now in its sixth year of war, it is imperative that we, as individuals and as communities, follow suit.

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(845) 340-8625 www.transpersonalacupuncture.com Transpersonal Acupuncture is the practice of Jipala Reicher-Kagan L.Ac. Jipala is a New York State licensed acupuncturist and a graduate of Tri-State College of Acupuncture. She has completed a three year post-graduate study in Alchemical Acupuncture, which specializes in psychological and spiritual healing. She has over eight years of experience working with a certified nutritionist and knowledge of Western herbology, homeopathic medicine, nutritional supplements and dietary/lifestyle counseling. Her main goal is to restore balance and to facilitate the innate healing power within each of her clients. She focuses on connecting the physical, emotional, and spiritual aspects of the self and breaking blocks that contribute to pain, disease, trauma, and lifestyle imbalances. She welcomes clients who are interested in relief from acute or chronic pain, Facial Rejuvenation treatments, and quitting smoking.

Please call to make an appointment or visit us online if you would like to learn more about Transpersonal Acupuncture and Jipala Reicher-Kagan.

ALEXANDER TECHNIQUE Judith Muir â&#x20AC;&#x201D; The Alexander Technique (845) 677-5871 www.JudithMuir.com The Alexander Technique is a simple practical skill that when applied to ourselves enhances coordination, promoting mental, emotional, and physical wellbeing. Improve the quality of your life by learning how to do less to achieve more.

Judith Muir, AmSAT.

APOTHECARY Monarda Herbal Apothecary (845) 339-2562 www.monarda.net In honoring the diversity, uniqueness, and strength of nature for nourishment and healing, we offer organic and ecologically wildcrafted herbs using tradition as our guide. Certified Organic Alcohol Tinctures, Teas, Salves, Essential Oils, and more. Product Catalog $1. Workshops and Internships.

AROMATHERAPY Joan Apter (845) 679-0512 www.apteraromatherapy.com japter@ulster.net See also Massage Therapy.

BODY-CENTERED THERAPY Irene Humbach, LCSW, PC â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Body of Wisdom Counseling & Healing Services (845) 485-5933 By integrating traditional and alternative therapy/healing approaches, including Body-Centered Psychotherapy, IMAGO Couplesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; 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 in recovery. Offices in Poughkeepsie and New Paltz.

CHIROPRACTIC Dr. David Ness (845) 255-1200 Dr. David Ness is a Certified Active Release Techniques (ARTÂŽ) Provider and Certified Chiropractic Sports Practitioner specializing in helping athletes and active people quickly relieve their pain and heal their injuries. In addition to providing traditional chiropractic care, Dr. Ness utilizes ARTÂŽ to remove scar tissue and adhesions in order to restore mobility, flexibility, and strength faster than standard treatments will allow. If you have an injury that has not responded to treatment, call Dr. Ness for an appointment today.

COLON HYDROTHERAPY Connie Schneiderâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;Advanced Level I-ACT Certified Colon Hydrotherapist New Paltz, NY (845) 256-1516 Colon Hydrotherapy is a safe, gentle, cleansing process. Clean and private office. A healthy functioning colon can decrease internal toxicity and improve digestion; basics for a healthy body. See display ad.

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Basics, Community, All-Levels, Vinyasa, & Kids Classes Check our website for schedule.

Monarda Herbal Apothecary Annual Herbal Classes Beginning Every Spring.

Monarda Offers: Full Herbal Products Line, Certified Organic Alcohol Tinctures, Private Consultations.

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COOKING CLASSES Nourishing Wisdom Nutrition (845) 687-9666 www.nourishingwisdom.com Hollyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Cooking Classes have been inspiring people to cook since 1999, and will inspire you too! We use seasonal, organic ingredients including produce from local farms. At the end of each class we sit around the table to enjoy a delicious feast. So come on your own or grab a friend, and join us for a great class that is sure to spark creativity in your kitchen!

Visit us online or call for a list of upcoming classes.

COSMETIC & PLASTIC SURGERY Facial Plastic, Reconstructive & Laser Surgery, PLLC â&#x20AC;&#x201D; M. T. Abraham, MD, FACS (845) 454-8025 www.NYfaceMD.com Dr. Abraham is Double Board Certified and a Clinical Instructor in Facial Plastic Surgery. He is an expert in the latest minimally invasive techniques (Botoxâ&#x201E;˘, Restylaneâ&#x201E;˘, Thermageâ&#x201E;˘, Thread Lifts, Lifestyle Lifts, IPL Laser Hair, and Vein Treatments), and specializes in rhinoplasty. Offices in Poughkeepsie, Rhinebeck, and NYC with affiliated MediSpas.

IONE â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Healing Psyche (845) 339-5776 Fax: (845) 331-6624 www.ionedreams.org IONE is psycho-spiritual therapist, Qi Healer and inter-faith minister, who is director of the Ministry of MaĂĽt, Inc. Specializing in myth and heritage, dream phenomena and womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s issues, she facilitates writing workshops and Womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Mysteries programs and leads retreats to sacred locations throughout the world.

An author and playwright, her works include Pride of Family; Four Generations of American Women of Color and Listening in Dreams. Offices in Kingston and New York City.

Priscilla A. Bright, MA â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Energy Healer/Counselor Kingston, NY (845) 688-7175 Specializing in womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s stress, emotional issues, and physical illness, including stress-related anxiety, depression, and physical burnout. Women in transition, businesswomen, mothers, all welcome.

Experienced counselor. Faculty, Barbara Brennan School of Healing. Convenient offices in Kingston and New Paltz. Initial phone consultation no charge.

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Tischler Family Dental Center Woodstock, NY (845) 679-3706 www.tischlerdental.com With over 35 years experience, Tischler Dental is the leading team of dental care experts in the area. Dr. Michael Tischler is currently one of only two Board Certified Implant Dentists in the Hudson Valley Region of NYS and one of only 300 dentists in the world to have achieved this honor. Sedation dentistry, acupuncture with dental treatment, dental implant surgery, cosmetic makeover procedures and gum surgery are just a few of the many unique services Tischler Dental offers. Their practice philosophy is that each modality of dental treatment is performed by the practitioner that is best trained in that area. Working as a team, they deliver ideal dental care.

FENG SHUI Feng Shui Solutions 72 North Slope Road, Shokan, NY (845) 231-0801 fengshuisolutions@hotmail.com Discover the richness of the ancient principles of Feng Shui applied to modern life and enjoy a more harmonious and balanced existence. Our consultations are aimed at improving family relationships, health and prosperity; clearing negative energy from any space; improving business viability and selecting or designing the perfect home or office.

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FITNESS TRAINERS Body Language â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Jerome Downey 7 Grand Street, Kingston, NY (845) 224-9173 www.bodylanguage.com Body Language is a personal fitness training studio offering personalized exercise plans, nutritional counseling, education for longevity, diet, correct posture, balance, pain management, stress relief, and healthy solutions for fatigue, chronic back pain, osteoporosis, and arthritis.

You deserve a better body.

HEALTH & HEALING FACILITIES The Sanctuary: A Place for Healing

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old-school care and concern combined with the latest technologies. The office is conveniently located 1.5 miles east of the NYS Thruway, exit 18.

Group Meditation and Individual Treatment Stress-related illness, chronic pain, anxiety/depression, insomnia, phobia, weight and smoking.

Using traditional medical practice, clinical hypnosis, and meditative energy healing.

Kristen Jemiolo, MD American Board of Family Medicine, Diplomate American Society of Clinical Hypnosis, Certification Poughkeepsie (845) 485-7168

(845) 255-3337 A quaint healing center in a quiet part of downtown New Paltz. Offering Craniosacral Therapy, Massage, Psychotherapy, Reiki, Dr. Hauschka Facials, Counseling, Restorative Yoga, and Kabbalistic Healing. Classes in Spontaneous Theater, Toning, NVC, Pathwork. Call for an appointment.

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Earthbound Herbs and Acupuncture (845) 339-5653 www.earthboundapothecary.com See listing in Acupuncture.

HOLISTIC HEALTH John M. Carroll, Healer Kingston, NY (845) 338-8420 3/08 CHRONOGRAM WHOLE LIVING DIRECTORY

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John Carroll is an intuitive healer, teacher, and spiritual counselor who integrates mental imagery with the God-given gift of his hands. John has helped individuals suffering from acute and chronic disorders, including back problems and cancer. Remote healings and telephone sessions. Call for consultation.

Omega Institute for Holistic Studies (800) 944-1001 www.eomega.org Omega Institute is in its fourth decade of awakening the best in the human spirit.

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Hyde Park, NY (845) 876-6753 A registered nurse with a BA in psychology since 1980, Kary is certified in Ericksonian Hypnosis, Hypnobirthing, and Complementary Medical Hypnotism, hypnocoaching with the National Guild.

She has also studied interactive imagery for nurses. By weaving her own healing journey and education into her work, she helps to assist others in accessing their inner resources and healing potential.

Margaret A. Cribbin Certified Hypnotherapist 658 Aaron Court, Kingston, NY (845) 430-8249 Over 20 years ago, Margaret stopped smoking through hypnosis. She has been a registered nurse for 46 years and now shares the gift she received thorough hypnosis with others. Stop Smoking.

Lose Weight. Improve Athletic Performance and Test Taking Skills. Overcome Phobias and Procrastination Problems. A perfect chance to guarantee New Yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Resolutions. Gift Certificates available.

Sharon Slotnick, MS, CHt. New Paltz and Kingston, 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.

Other issues. Change your outlook. Gain Control. Make healthier choices. Certified Hypnotist, two years training; broad base in Psychology.

JEWISH MYSTICISM & KABBALAH Irene Humbach, LCSW, PC (845) 485-5933 Kabbalistic Healing in person and long distance. 6 session Introduction to Kabbalistic Healing based on the work of Jason Shulman. See also Body-Centered Therapy directory.

LIFE COACHING Jessica Thayer, LLC (800) 291-5576 www.jessicathayer.com Serving artists, healers, creatives and other sensitives called to integrate their rich interior worlds into their daily lives. When 98

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therapy for the past fails to provide the tools for the future. Schedule Your Complimentary Consultation on our website.

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 Conscious Bodyâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;Ellen Ronis McCallum L.M.T. 426 Main Street, Rosendale, NY (845) 658-8400 www.consciousbodyonline.com Ellen@consciousbodyonline.com Offering deep, sensitive and eclectic Massage therapy with over 22 years of experience as a licensed Massage Therapist working with a wide variety of body types and physical/medical/emotional issues. Techniques included: deep tissue, Swedish, Craniosacral, energy balancing and chi nei tsang (an ancient Chinese abdominal and organ chi massage). Hot Stone Massage and aromatherapy are also offered. Gift certificates available.

Joan Apter (845) 679-0512 www.apteraromatherapy.com japter@ulster.net Offering luxurious massage therapy, including Raindrop Technique, with therapeutic essential oils to relieve stress, boost the immune system, and address system imbalances. Natural animal care, individual consultations for a healthy home and personal concerns, spa consultant, classes, and keynotes.

Essential Oils, nutritional supplements, personal care, pet care, childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s and home cleaning products from Young Living Essential Oils. For more information, contact Joan Apter.

Madhuri Yoga & Massage 69 Main Street, New Paltz, NY (845) 797-4124 www.MadhuriYogaSpa.com Healingâ&#x20AC;Ś with a twist! A tranquil healing space in downtown New Paltz offering treatments and products based on ancient Yogic principles. Our signature Renewal Massage is 80 minutes of flowing, intuitive bodywork using organic oils and a personalized aromatherapy blend to bring body, mind & spirit back to balance. Therapeutic Yoga, Yoga for the Special ChildÂŽ, and master-level Reiki; 15 years experience. Gift Certificates available. Alice Madhuri Velky LMT, RYT. Michelle Renar L.M.T 224 Fair Street, Kingston, NY (914) 388-5007 Custom Massage therapy for all body types and conditions. Modalities include: Deep Tissue, Hot Stone, Swedish, Shiatsu. I also offer Aromatherapy massage using the purest grades of essential oils.

Come enjoy a therapeutic touch tailored to your specific needs. Gift Certificates available. Appointment only.

Susan DeStefano

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Michelle Rhodes LMSW ATR-BC 845-255-8039 deepclay@mac.com www.deepclay.com

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Specializing in Osteopathic Manipulative Medicine Caring for infants, children, adolescents & adults Open Tuesday thru Saturday Call for an appointment 518-567-9977 197 County Route 10, Germantown, New York 12526 3/08 CHRONOGRAM WHOLE LIVING DIRECTORY

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Sarah Samuels (LMT) (845) 430-2266 Graduate of the Swedish Institute of Massage Therapy. Licensed and practicing since 2001. Specializing in Deep Tissue, Trigger Point, Swedish and Medical massage. Also available for corporate and event chair massage. Gift certificates available. Massage by appointment.

MIDWIFERY Catskill Mountain Midwifery — Home Birth Services (845) 687-BABY Give birth as you wish, in an environment in which you feel nurtured and secure; where your emotional well-being, privacy, and personal preferences are respected.

Be supported by a tradition that trusts the natural process. Excellent MD consult, hospital backup.

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(518) 678-3154 womanway@gmail.com Since the 1970s Jennifer has been actively involved in childbirth. She is an expert in preserving natural birth and has attended over 3,000 births in hospitals, high-risk medical centers, birth centers, and homes. She is uniquely qualified to provide women with personal, safe, and supportive pregnancy & birth care in their homes. Certified Nurse Midwife & NYS licensed with excellent medical backup.

NUTRITION COUNSELING Holly Anne Shelowitz, CNC — Director of Nourishing Wisdom Nutrition (845) 687-9666 www.nourishingwisdom.com In addition to private sessions, our programs include cooking classes, teaching tangible ways to incorporate nourishing foods into your life. Shopping trips to natural food stores and local farms are part of our work together, as well as telephone classes and retreats. For the most effective and supportive nutrition counseling you will ever experience, call us or visit us online. Long- distance telephone clients welcome.

Jill Malden, RD, LMSW 1 Water Street, New Paltz, NY (845) 489-4732 Prominent Nutritionist specializing in eating behavior and eating disorders for 15 years. Warm, nonjudgmental treatment. Understand the effects of nutrition on your mood, anxiety level, cravings, concentration, energy level, and sleep, in addition to body weight. Recover from your eating issues and enjoy a full life!

OSTEOPATHY Applied Osteopathy — Joseph Tieri, DO, & Ari Rosen, DO 138 Market Street, Rhinebeck (845) 876-1700 3457 Main Street, Stone Ridge (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 100

hands-on treatment of our predecessors.

We have studied with Robert Fulford, DO, Viola Freyman, DO, James Jealous, DO, and Bonnie Gintis, DO, and completed a two-year residency in Osteopathic Manipulation. We treat newborns, children, and adults. By Appointment. For more information call or visit the website.

PHYSICIANS Women’s Care Center Rhinebeck (845) 876-2496 Kingston (845) 338-5575 Empowerment through information.

Located in Rhinebeck and Kingston.

Massage and acupuncture available. Gynecology - treating our patients through the most up-to-date medical and surgical technologies available, combined with alternative therapies. Obstetrics - working with you to create the birth experience you desire. Many insurances accepted.

Evening hours available.

post-graduate candidate for certification in psychoanalysis and psychoanalytic psychotherapy. Offering psychotherapeutic work for adults and adolescents.

Additional opportunity available for intensive, supervised psychoanalytic treatment at substantial fee reduction for appropriate individual. Located across from Vassar College in Poughkeepsie.

Peter M. del Rosario, PhD 199 Main Street, New Paltz, NY (914) 262-8595 Licensed psychologist. Insight-oriented, culturally sensitive psychotherapy for adults and adolescents concerned with: relationship difficulties, codependency, depression, anxiety, sexual/physical trauma, grief and bereavement, eating disorders, dealing with divorce, gay/ lesbian issues. Free initial consult.

PSYCHOTHERAPY Amy R. Frisch, CSWR

PILATES Conscious Body 426 Main Street Rosendale, 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. We are perceptive, experienced and certified instructors who would love to help you achieve your goals whatever your age or level of fitness. Private and semi private apparatus and mat classes available. Visit our studio on main street in Rosendale.

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PSYCHICS Psychically Speaking (845) 626-4895 or (212) 714-8125 www.psychicallyspeaking.com gail@psychicallyspeaking.com Psychic Consultations by Gail Petronio, internationally renowned psychic. Over 20 years experience. It is my sincere hope to offer my intuitive abilities and insights as a means to provide awareness of one’s life and destiny. Sessions are conducted in person or by telephone.

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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. Deep Clay (845) 255-8039 www.deepclay.com deepclay@mac.com Michelle Rhodes LMSW ATR-BC. Short term counseling and in-depth psychoanalytic arts-based psychotherapy.

Activates creative imagination to enhance healing and problem solving for life transitions, bereavement, trauma and dissociative disorders. Women’s group and individual studio sessions. Children, adults, and teens.

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PSYCHOTHERAPY Judy Swallow, MA, LCAT,TEP 25 Harrington Street, New Paltz, NY Integrative body/mind therapist using Rubenfeld synergy and psychodrama in her work with individuals, couples, groups, and families. Inquire for workshops and training, as well as therapy.

Kent Babcock, MSW, LMSW — Counseling & Psychotherapy (845) 679-5511x304 Development of solutions through simple self-observation, reflection, and conversation. Short- or long-term work around difficult relationships; life or career transitions; ethical, spiritual, or psychic dilemmas; and creative hurdles. Roots in yoga, dreamwork, spiritual psychology, and existential psychotherapy. Sliding scale.

REIKI The Sanctuary — Reiki New Paltz, NY (845) 255-3337x2 Rev. Denise Meyer offers Usui Reiki treatments. Experience the benefits of deep relaxation and energetic releases through this method of healing touch. Reiki energy supports and heals the mind, body, heart and spirit through the delivery of Light Energy into the energy field of the receiver.

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Untitled portraits from “Shot by Gunner: Faces of the Valley”

ITCHY TRIGGER FINGER It’s hard to restrain the impulse to fire off fusillades of weaponry metaphors when writing about Yvonne Gunner, whose “Shot by Gunner: Faces of the Valley” exhibition opens at The Arts Upstairs in Phoenicia on March 15. The photographer has a penchant for using the shooting euphemism. “I make money shooting men in suits,” Gunner says, referring to her contract work photographing the likes of Mario Cuomo, Kofi Annan, Bill Clinton, and Nelson Mandela, whom she shot just after his release from prison. “I was sent up to Boston to photograph him when he came to the US on his first speaking tour,” Gunner says. “And his security detail was very serious. They asked me, ‘What are you doing here?’ I said, ‘I’ve come to shoot Mandela.’” Needless to say, Mandela’s handlers advised her against using the term. Gunner has also photographed less likeable figures, like Deputy Secretary of State John Negroponte and Lee Raymond, CEO of ExxonMobil.

“I’ve had to shoot people that sometimes made me wish I had a gun,” she says.

Her latest project is shooting portraits of local people she’s met in the Kingston area—“There are a lot of characters around here,” she says—where she’s maintained a studio since last August. (Gunner lives in Manhattan.) The baker, the cartoonist, the haberdasher, the restaurateur, the antiques dealer—people she’s met in her

perambulations around the city, 32 portraits in all. Gunner says she is picky, however, about whom she invites up to her studio for a sitting. “I don’t know what it is. People keep saying to me, oh you should shoot this one or you should shoot that one, but if I don’t feel it, I won’t do it. In New York the other day, someone was saying I should shoot Robert De Niro. But he’s an actor, he could be whomever he wants. I want to capture people for who they really are,” she says. “We all give out a persona to the world. That doesn’t mean that’s what we really are. We all have two sides, one we show to the world and one we keep to ourselves. I’m trying to bring the other side out in people.”

When asked who some of her favorite photographic subjects have been, Gunner starts to talk about a group of elderly farmers’ widows in South Carolina she’s leaving to shoot the next day, and then she catches herself. “It’s always the next thing, I guess,” she says. “I just love shooting.”

“Shot By Gunner: Faces of the Valley” will be exhibited at The Arts Upstairs, 60 Main Street in Phoenicia, March 15 through April 16. An opening reception will be held on Saturday, March 15 from 6-9pm. (845) 688-2142; www.artsupstairs.com.

—Brian K. Mahoney

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Untitled portraits from “Shot by Gunner: Faces of the Valley”

ITCHY TRIGGER FINGER It’s hard to restrain the impulse to fire off fusillades of weaponry metaphors when writing about Yvonne Gunner, whose “Shot by Gunner: Faces of the Valley” exhibition opens at The Arts Upstairs in Phoenicia on March 15. The photographer has a penchant for using the shooting euphemism. “I make money shooting men in suits,” Gunner says, referring to her contract work photographing the likes of Mario Cuomo, Kofi Annan, Bill Clinton, and Nelson Mandela, whom she shot just after his release from prison. “I was sent up to Boston to photograph him when he came to the US on his first speaking tour,” Gunner says. “And his security detail was very serious. They asked me, ‘What are you doing here?’ I said, ‘I’ve come to shoot Mandela.’” Needless to say, Mandela’s handlers advised her against using the term. Gunner has also photographed less likeable figures, like Deputy Secretary of State John Negroponte and Lee Raymond, CEO of ExxonMobil.

“I’ve had to shoot people that sometimes made me wish I had a gun,” she says.

Her latest project is shooting portraits of local people she’s met in the Kingston area—“There are a lot of characters around here,” she says—where she’s maintained a studio since last August. (Gunner lives in Manhattan.) The baker, the cartoonist, the haberdasher, the restaurateur, the antiques dealer—people she’s met in her

perambulations around the city, 32 portraits in all. Gunner says she is picky, however, about whom she invites up to her studio for a sitting. “I don’t know what it is. People keep saying to me, oh you should shoot this one or you should shoot that one, but if I don’t feel it, I won’t do it. In New York the other day, someone was saying I should shoot Robert De Niro. But he’s an actor, he could be whomever he wants. I want to capture people for who they really are,” she says. “We all give out a persona to the world. That doesn’t mean that’s what we really are. We all have two sides, one we show to the world and one we keep to ourselves. I’m trying to bring the other side out in people.”

When asked who some of her favorite photographic subjects have been, Gunner starts to talk about a group of elderly farmers’ widows in South Carolina she’s leaving to shoot the next day, and then she catches herself. “It’s always the next thing, I guess,” she says. “I just love shooting.”

“Shot By Gunner: Faces of the Valley” will be exhibited at The Arts Upstairs, 60 Main Street in Phoenicia, March 15 through April 16. An opening reception will be held on Saturday, March 15 from 6-9pm. (845) 688-2142; www.artsupstairs.com.

—Brian K. Mahoney

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Huun-Huur-Tu members Radik Toluche, Alexei Saryglar, Kaigal-ool Khovalyg, and Sayan Bapa in the studio. Huun-Huur Tu will perform at the Rosendale Theater on March 8.

Two-Toned Tuvans For 15 years the members of Huun-Huur-Tu have been putting their country’s musical tradition on the map. They will be bringing their otherworldly hymns to Rosendale Theater this month. While most performers can only sing one note at a time, these men can produce two or three notes simultaneously making their voices reverberate like computerized chants. Their instrumentation of igils (horse-head fiddles), dospuluurs (banjo-like instruments), khomus (mouth harps), and dungurs (large flat drums), bring a natural, tranquil feel to their music while their voices sound synthesized.

By manipulating the throat, diaphragm, and mouth, the singers can adjust the length and vibrations of tones created when air travels from the lungs past the vocal cords.

Tweaking not only the rate at which the vocal cords open and close, but the manner in which they do gives their voices a shaky, bouncy quality. This technique, called throat singing, produces a number of pitches simultaneously, sounding as if multiple voices are emanating from a single singer.

Hailing from Tuva, a small country sandwiched between Siberia and Mongolia, HuunHuur-Tu has emerged as the country’s musical ambassadors. The first throat singers of the country sought to duplicate sounds of nature, like rushing water and swishing winds. By transforming the sounds of the natural world into music, throat singers make vocal “maps” of physical landscapes in their songs. The first throat singers were herders and farmers who held a strong belief in animism; that natural objects were inhabited by spirits. Imitating the sounds of nature through their music, throat singers are able to link themselves to the physical environment. The ancient music is learned more from

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being passed down from generation to generation in Tuva, rather than being taught formally. However, with Huun-Huur-Tu popularizing the music, there are now throatsinging workshops around the world.

Formed in 1992, Huun-Huur-Tu has had some lineup changes and the band today consists of Sayan Bapa, Kaigal-ool Khovalyg, Radik Tolouche, and Alexei Saryglar.

Huun-Huur-Tu, meaning sun propeller, refers to the propeller-like separation of light rays that often occurs just after sunrise or just before sunset: a process similar to the refraction of sound in the band’s singing. The band originally formed to concentrate on the traditional songs of Tuva, but Huun-Huur-Tu’s members also recognize their music’s need to grow, which has inspired a collaboration with the Bulgarian women’s choir Angelite on the CD Mountain Tale (Jaro, 1998).

“We’re trying to preserve our musical heritage,” says former member and co-founder Sasha Bapa. “But at the same time we’re looking forward. If a musical tradition stops evolving it is destined to die.”

Along with releasing five CDs of its own, the group has also lent its vocals to albums

by Frank Zappa, The Chieftans, Johnny “Guitar” Watson, and the Kronos Quartet, and has toured North America four times and performed at festivals across Europe. The band has been nominated for the 2008 BBC World Music Award in the Asia/Pacific category.

Produced by Hop High Productions, Huun-Huur-Tu will perform at the Rosendale Theater on March 8 at 8pm. (845) 658-8989; www.huunhuurtu.com.

—Tara Quealy

SATURDAY 1 ART Painter Jude DeFalco 12pm-2pm. Ellenville Public Library, Ellenville. 647-1497.

Kent Art Association Student Show 12pm-4pm. Local high school students display their artwork. Kent Art Association, Kent, Connecticut. (860) 927-3989.

New Works by Long Reach Arts 2pm-5pm. Barrett Art Center, Poughkeepsie. 471-2550.

Needlepoint of View 5pm-7pm. Kingston Museum of Contemporary Art, Kingston. www.kmoca.org.

Photography by Paul Hamann 6pm-8pm. John Davis Gallery, Hudson. (518) 828-5907.

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SAT Preparation 11:30am. $199. Business Resource Center, Kingston.

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DANCE 26th Annual Vassar Repertory Dance Theatre Gala Call for times. $10/$7. The Bardavon, Poughkeepsie.

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Old Songs Contra Dance 8pm. Old Songs, Inc., Voorheesville. (518) 356-3197.

WORKSHOPS Photographing the Nude in the Studio 1pm-5pm. $90/$75 members. Unison Arts and Learning Center, New Paltz. 255-1559.

SUNDAY 2 Kent Art Association Student Show 12pm-4pm. Local high school students display their artwork. Kent Art Association, Kent, Connecticut. (860) 927-3989.

The Basha Kill 2pm-4pm. Works by wildlife artist Kevin Storms. Orange Hall Gallery, Middletown. 341-4790.

CLASSES Atelier-Figure Painting 9am-12pm. $120-$300. Wallkill River School, Montgomery. 689-0613.

DANCE 26th Annual Vassar Repertory Dance Theatre Gala Call for times. $10/$7. The Bardavon, Poughkeepsie.

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Sleeping Beauty’s Wedding and Carnival of the Animals 3pm. New York Theater Ballet. The Egg, Albany. (518) 473-1845.

Swing Dance Jam 6:30pm-9pm. Beginner lesson at 6pm. $5. Arlington Reformed Church, Poughkeepsie. 339-3032.

EVENTS Saturday Wine Tastings 3pm-6pm. Partition Street Wine Shop, Saugerties. (845) 246-WINE.

FILM Honeydripper Call for times. Time and Space Limited, Hudson. (518) 822-8448.

Manda Bala Call for times. $7/$5. Time and Space Limited, Hudson.

(518) 822-8448.

KIDS Puppet Potpourri 11am. $11/$9 children. Center for Performing Arts, Rhinebeck. 876-3080.

Sudbury School Information Meeting 7pm-9pm. Overview of the school and our educational philosophy. Hudson Valley Sudbury School, Kingston.

679-1002.

MUSIC The People’s Open Mike 8pm. Peint o Gwrw Tavern, Chatham. (518) 392-2943.

Ulster County Choral Music Festival 4pm. $5/$3 seniors. SUNY Ulster Theater, Stone Ridge.

687-5262.

Dave Mason and Al Kooper 7:30pm. The Egg, Albany. (518) 473-1845.

EVENTS 27th Annual Antique Toy & Train Show 10am-3pm. Columbia-Greene Community College, Hudson. (518) 828-4181.

11th Annual Read Across America 1pm. Celebrate National Children’s Reading Day. The Golden Notebook, Woodstock. 679-8000.

FILM Manda Bala Call for times. $7/$5. Time and Space Limited, Hudson.

(518) 822-8448.

THE OUTDOORS Maple Sugar Tours 1:30pm-3pm. Hudson Highlands Nature Museum’s Outdoor Discovery Center, Cornwall-on-Hudson. 5345506 ext. 204.

Black Rock Forest 9:30am. Moderate 8-mile hike with the Mid Hudson ADK. Call for location. 496-1731.

Mohonk Preserve Guyot Hill Ski or Hike 10am-3pm. Mohonk Preserve, New Paltz. 255-0919.

Beginner Snowshoe Outing 10am-1pm. Minnewaska State Park, New Paltz.

255-7059.

Mohonk Preserve Singles and Sociables Hike: Rhododendron Dog Walk 1pm-3pm. Mohonk Preserve, New Paltz. 255-0919.

THEATER John Patrick Shanley’s Defiance 8pm. Presented by New Day Repertory Company. $20/$17 seniors and children. Call for location.

485-7399.

Odetta Pete Seeger Toshi Reagon & BIGlovely Sunday, April 6 | 7 pm Beacon High School Auditorium 101 Matteawan Rd, Beacon, NY

Da Capo Celebrates Bard 2pm. Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson. 758-7425.

Frank Vignola’s Rhythm Machine 2pm. Jazz. Towne Crier Cafe, Pawling. 855-1300.

Ars Choralis 3pm. Tribute to the people and the music of New Orleans. $20/$15. Holy Cross Church, Kingston.

679-8172.

Piano Concert by Simone Dinnerstein 4pm. $30/$10. Howland Cultural Center, Beacon.

297-9243.

Sugar Shack Burlesque 9pm. Club Helsinki, Great Barrington, Massachusetts.

(413) 528-3394.

Roland Mousaa

Met Opera - Macbeth 1:30pm. Time and Space Limited, Hudson. (518) 822-8448.

Woodstock Chamber Orchestra 8pm. Point of Praise, Kingston. 246-7045.

Marc Black Band 9pm. Towne Crier Cafe, Pawling. 855-1300.

Beacon High School Steppers

The Saints of Swing Call for times. Ellenville Public Library, Ellenville.

647-1497.

Woodstock Chamber Orchestra 3pm. String Theory. Bearsville Theater, Woodstock.

679-4406.

Dorraine Scofield and Thunder Ridge 9pm. Hickory BBQ Smokehouse, Kingston. 338-2424.

David Amram

MUSIC

Ars Choralis 8pm. Tribute to the people and the music of New Orleans. $20/$15. Holy Cross Church, Kingston.

679-8172.

David Kraai & The Saddle Tramps 9pm-12am. Keegan Ales, Kingston. 331-2739.

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ART

Jazz Jam 6:30pm. The Pig Bar, Saugerties. 246-5158.

Terri Hendrix 7pm. Marbletown Multi-Arts, Stone Ridge. 687-8890.

THE OUTDOORS Maple Sugar Tours 10am-3:30pm. Hudson Highlands Nature Museum’s Outdoor Discovery Center, Cornwall-on-Hudson.

534-5506 ext. 204.

Mohonk Preserve Singles and Sociables Snowshoe or Hike: Castle Point.

9:30am-3:30pm. Mohonk Preserve, New Paltz.

255-0919.

Intermediate Snowshoe Outing 12:30pm-4pm. Minnewaska State Park, New Paltz.

255-7059.

SPOKEN WORD Bill Cosby 3pm/7pm. Ulster Performing Arts Center, Kingston.

339-6088.

Robert Titus 2pm. The Hudson River School of Rocks. Thomas Cole National Historic Site, Catskill. (518) 943-7465.

THEATER The Medal 3pm. $18/$16 children and seniors. Center for Performing Arts, Rhinebeck. 876-3080.

WORKSHOPS

The Medal 8pm. $18/$16 children and seniors. Center for Performing Arts, Rhinebeck. 876-3080.

Spring Flowering Orchids 10am. The Phantom Gardener, Rhinebeck. 876-8606.

The Vagina Monologues Call for times. $50/$25. Bearsville Theater, Woodstock.

679-4406.

YHVH: The Holy Four-Letter Name of God 2-4:30pm. W/Robert Esformes. Mirabai of Woodstock.

679-2100. $15/$20.

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MONDAY 3 BODY / MIND / SPIRIT Qigong for Seniors 11am-12pm. $5. Unison Arts and Learning Center, New Paltz. 255-1559.

Raja Yoga Meditation 7pm-8:30pm. Peace Village Learning and Retreat, Haines Falls. (518) 589-5000.

Contemplative reading in the Temple 7:30pm. Pearls of Gnostic wisdom for living in the present. Lectorium Rosicrucianum Conference Center, Chatham. (518) 392-2799.

CLASSES Swing Dance Classes Call for times. Various levels. $60 four week session.

ASK Arts Center, Kingston. 338-0331.

Open Mike 10:30pm. All acts welcome. Oasis Cafe, New Paltz.

255-2400.

SPOKEN WORD Prophecy, Social Justice, and the Vision of God Call for times. With the Rev. Dr. Bruce Chilton. $14/$12.

Bertelsmann Campus Center at Bard College, Annandale-On-Hudson. 758-7235.

Katt Williams 7:30pm. Comedy. $42.50-$57.50. Palace Theater, Albany. (518) 465-3334.

THEATER Terrorism 7pm. Contemporary drama set in Russia by the Presnyakov Brothers. Fisher Center, Annandale-onHudson. 758-7900.

THURSDAY 6

FILM Schindler’s List 7pm. Monday Night Classic Movie series. $5/$3 children. Palace Theater, Albany.

SPOKEN WORD Nietzsche 4:30pm. Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson.

758-7216.

ART Daniel Heyman & Susan Burke 7pm. The artist and human rights’ lawyer discuss the exhibit “Intimacies of Distant War.” Lecture Center 108, SUNY New Paltz. 257-3858.

TUESDAY 4 BODY / MIND / SPIRIT Breast Cancer Options Peer Support Group Call for time. Ellenville Public Library, Ellenville.

339-4673.

Spirit Readings with Adam Bernstein 2-4:30pm. Psychic medium. Mirabai of Woodstock. 6792100. $40 for 30 mins./$75 for 60 mins.

Open Meeting on Inner Development 7pm-8:30pm. Alternative Books, Kingston. 338-5984.

CLASSES

Basic Fashion Sewing 7pm-9:30pm. $139. Business Resource Center, Kingston. 339-2025.

THEATER Terrorism 7pm. Contemporary drama set in Russia by the Presnyakov Brothers. Fisher Center, Annandale-onHudson. 758-7900.

MUSIC

WEDNESDAY 5 BODY / MIND / SPIRIT Women’s New Moon Circle 7pm-9pm. $5. The Dreaming Goddess, Poughkeepsie.

473-2206.

CLASSES Ballroom Basics Call for times. Basic swing or foxtrot. Boughton Place, Highland. 236-3939.

Tai Chi Chuan for Beginners 6pm-7pm. $100. Vassar College, Poughkeepsie.

452-7067.

Qigong for Weight Loss: Swimming Dragon 6pm-7pm. $100. Vassar College, Poughkeepsie.

452-7067.

Precious Metal Clay, Fine Silver Jewelry 6pm-9pm. $92. Business Resource Center, Kingston.

339-2025.

Beginner Pilates Mat Workout 6:30pm-7:30pm. $109. SUNY Ulster, Stone Ridge.

339-2025.

EVENTS Nursing Information Sessions 3pm. Information sessions about Nursing degree program that will cover the application process. Ulster County Community College, Stone Ridge. 687-5261.

FILM Black Orpheus 7:15pm. Harriman Hall 111 Film Theatre, Middletown.

341-4891.

MUSIC Yo-Yo Ma and Friends 8pm. Ulster Performing Arts Center, Kingston. 339-6088.

Acoustic Open Mike 8pm. The Corner Stage, Middletown. 342-4804.

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ArtTalk by Jennifer Axin-Weiss 3pm. Sharada Gallery, Rhinebeck. 876-4828.

Vanishing Giants: Elephants of Asia 4pm-8pm. Works by Palani Mohan. Fovea Gallery, Beacon. 765-2199.

THEATER

Works by Russell DeYoung 4pm-8pm. Riverfront Studios, Schuylerville. information@riverfront-studios.com.

Open Eyes Closed Eyes 5pm-7pm. Works by Jorg Madlener. Catskill Art Society Art Center, Catskill. 436-4227.

Lou Patrou: Limited Edition Ultrachrome Prints 6pm-9pm. Pearldaddy Gallery, Beacon. 765-0169.

The Artists’ Way 12pm-2pm. Guided journey through the workbook.

Wallkill River School, Montgomery. 689-0613.

BODY / MIND / SPIRIT

CLASSES

Mind Feast: A Practical Spirituality Gathering 1pm-4pm. Spiritual principles to live a life of joy and prosperity. Call for location. mindfeast@gmail.com.

Wildlife Art Class 6pm-8:30pm. $150. Gander Mountain Store Lodge, Middletown. 692-5600.

CLASSES

Full Circle Tai Chi & Qigong 6pm-7pm. Cunneen Hackett Theater, Poughkeepsie.

452-7067.

SAT Preparation 11:30am. $199. Business Resource Center, Kingston.

339-2025.

DANCE

FILM Air Guitar Nation 7pm. $12.50. Oriole 9, Woodstock. (845).

MUSIC Jam Session 1pm-2pm. Bring an instrument to play with other musicians. New York State Museum, Albany. (518) 474-5877.

Woodstock Poetry Society Meeting and Festival 2pm. Featuring Barbara Louise Ungar, Sparrow, and Sylvia Gorelick. Woodstock Town Hall, Woodstock.

679-6345.

Kent Art Association Student Show 12pm-4pm. Local high school students display their artwork. Kent Art Association, Kent, Connecticut. (860) 927-3989.

Cryptogeometry 6pm-9pm. Recent paintings by Jeff Caramagna. Go North Gallery, Beacon. gonorthgallery@hotmail.com.

Swing Dance 7:30pm-10pm. Lesson at 7pm. VFW, Kingston.

236-3939.

Contradance 8pm. Featuring Jeff Walker and the Walker Family Band. $10/$9 members/children half price. Woodstock Community Center, Woodstock. 246-2121.

Alice in Wonderland Call for times. $15/$10 students and seniors. New Rose Theater, Walden. 778-2478.

Terrorism 3pm/8pm. Contemporary drama set in Russia by the Presnyakov Brothers. Fisher Center, Annandale-onHudson. 758-7900.

Love, Janis 8pm. A musical about the life and music of rock-n-roll icon Janis Joplin. Main Stage at Proctors, Schenectady.

(518) 434-1703.

Man of La Mancha 8pm. $22/$20 children and seniors. Center for Performing Arts, Rhinebeck. 876-3080.

I Might Be Edgar Allen Poe 3pm. Walking the Dog Theater. $25/$18 students and seniors. The Triplex, Great Barrington, Massachusetts.

(518) 610-0909.

WORKSHOPS Cooking for Life: A Natural Whole Foods Cooking Workshop 9am-5pm. $110. The Pfeiffer Center, Chestnut Ridge.

352-5020.

Crystal Healing Trance 2-4pm. W/Adam Deion. Mirabai of Woodstock. 6792100. $15/$20.

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EVENTS

Kent Art Association Student Show 12pm-5pm. Local high school students display their artwork. Kent Art Association, Kent, Connecticut. (860) 927-3989.

Saturday Wine Tastings 3pm-6pm. Partition Street Wine Shop, Saugerties. (845) 246-WINE.

Landscape Paintings by Robert Rodriguez Jr. 3pm-6pm. Marlboro Free Library, Marlboro. 236-7272 ext. 15.

FILM

BODY / MIND / SPIRIT

Movie with Director: Passing Poston 6pm. $7/$5. Time and Space Limited, Hudson. (518) 822-8448.

Sacred Chanting 11am-12:30pm. Unison Arts and Learning Center, New Paltz. 255-1559.

DANCE

KIDS

CLASSES

Savion Glover with the McCoy Tyner Trio 8pm. The Egg, Albany. (518) 473-1845.

Celtic Heels Irish Dance 11am. $11/$9 children. Center for Performing Arts, Rhinebeck. 876-3080.

Atelier-Figure Painting 9am-12pm. $120-$300. Wallkill River School, Montgomery. 689-0613.

THEATER Terrorism 7pm. Contemporary drama set in Russia by the Presnyakov Brothers. Fisher Center, Annandale-onHudson. 758-7900.

FRIDAY 7

EVENTS First Annual Teen Alternative Fashion Show 7pm. Marlboro Free Library, Marlboro. 236-7272 ext. 15.

PH3 Featuring Jay Mankita 7pm. Arts Upstairs, Phoenicia. 688-2142.

Moroccan Night 8pm. Le Rive Gauche, Kingston. 339-2003.

FILM

David Kraai 11pm. Oasis Cafe, New Paltz. 255-2400.

ART

ART

Modern Dance Classes 5:30pm-7pm. $14/$12 per class. Unison Arts and Learning Center, New Paltz. 255-1559.

Tai Chi Chuan Course for Beginners 6pm-7pm. Poughkeepsie High School, Poughkeepsie.

452-7067.

SATURDAY 8

Mathematically Alive 7pm. A film of Mets Fandom. WAMC’s Linda Norris Auditorium, Albany. (518) 465-5233x4.

MUSIC Iris Dement 7:30pm. Roots. The Egg, Albany. (518) 473-1845.

Chick Corea and Gary Burton 8pm. The Bardavon, Poughkeepsie. 473-2072.

Meg Hutchinson CD Release 9pm. $15. Club Helsinki, Great Barrington, Massachusetts. (413) 528-3394.

Ray Bonnevile 9pm. Towne Crier Cafe, Pawling. 855-1300.

MUSIC Huun-Huur-Tu Call for times. Traditional music from the Republic of Tuva. $25/$20/$15. Rosendale Theater, Rosendale.

658-8989.

Ailey II 8pm. Ulster Performing Arts Center, Kingston. 339-6088.

EVENTS

Patter Song 4pm. Hudson Opera House, Hudson. (518) 822-1438.

Eggs and Kegs Breakfast 11am. Bridgewater Bar and Grill, Kingston. 340-4272.

Ulster County Music Educators All-County Band Festival 4pm. $5/$3 seniors. SUNY Ulster Theater, Stone Ridge.

687-5262.

KIDS

B.B. King with Ernie Williams and His Blues Band 7:30pm. Palace Theater, Albany. (518) 465-3334.

Dangerous Music Project 7:30pm. Featuring Clogs. GE Theater at Proctors, Schenectady. (518) 434-1703.

Ember Swift 8pm. Punk singer/songwriter. WAMC’s Linda Norris Auditorium, Albany. (518) 465-5233x4.

Vickie Russell 8pm. Unison Arts and Learning Center, New Paltz.

255-1559.

THEATER

Pacifica String Quartet 8pm. $25/$5 students/children free. Church of the Messiah, Rhinebeck. 876-2870.

Alice in Wonderland Call for times. $15/$10 students and seniors. New Rose Theater, Walden. 778-2478.

Vickie Russel CD Release 8pm. Unison Arts and Learning Center, New Paltz.

255-1559.

Community Playback Theatre 8pm. Improvisations of audience stories. $6. Boughton Place, Highland. 691-4118.

Colorado Quartet 8pm. Britten, Ginastera and Brahms. Kiggins Hall, Emma Willard School, Troy. (518) 273-8135.

Terrorism 8pm. Contemporary drama set in Russia by the Presnyakov Brothers. Fisher Center, Annandale-onHudson. 758-7900.

Dave Cousins 9pm. $30/$25. Towne Crier Cafe, Pawling. 855-1300.

I Might Be Edgar Allen Poe 7:30pm. Walking the Dog Theater. $25/$18 students and seniors. The Triplex, Great Barrington, Massachusetts.

(518) 610-0909.

DANCE

THE OUTDOORS Mohonk Preserve Singles and Sociables Snowshoe or Hike: Awosting Falls 9:30am-3:30pm. Mohonk Preserve, New Paltz.

255-0919.

Love, Janis 8pm. A musical about the life and music of rock-n-roll icon Janis Joplin. Main Stage at Proctors, Schenectady.

(518) 434-1703.

Cross Country Ski to Kempton Ledge 10am-1pm. Minnewaska State Park and Preserve, New Paltz. 255-7059.

Man of La Mancha 8pm. $22/$20 children and seniors. Center for Performing Arts, Rhinebeck. 876-3080.

Early Bird’s Garden 10am-12pm. Get a leg up on spring planting. Esopus Meadows Point Preserve, Esopus. 473-4440 ext. 270.

WORKSHOPS

SPOKEN WORD

Same-Sex Parenting: The Issues Explained 11:30am-1:30pm. Holiday Inn, Kingston. (607) 724-4308 ext. 3.

Hudson Valley Writers Quorum 11am-1pm. Support, critique, brainstorming sessions.

Plattekill Library, Plattekill. HVwritersquorum@aol.com.

Mohonk Preserve Fifth Annual Kids Day in the Sugar Bush 2pm-4pm. $14/$5 members. Mohonk Preserve, New Paltz. 255-0919.

Madeline and the Bad Hat 3pm. Main Stage at Proctors, Schenectady. (518) 434-1703.

MUSIC Piano Recital by Melvin Chen 4pm. Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson. 758-7196.

Jazz Jam 6:30pm. The Pig Bar, Saugerties. 246-5158.

Second Sunday Songwriters Series 8pm-10pm. Jay Mankita, Kurt Henry, Eugene Ruffolo. $8. The Colony Cafe, Woodstock. 679-5342.

Al Stewart 9:30pm. With Dave Nachmanoff. Towne Crier Cafe, Pawling. 855-1300.

THE OUTDOORS Mohonk Preserve Singles and Sociables Snowshoe or Hike: Millbrook Ridge 10am-5:30pm. Mohonk Preserve, New Paltz. 255-0919.

Intermediate Snowshoe Outing 2:30pm-4:30pm. Minnewaska State Park and Preserve, New Paltz. 255-7059.

Daylight Savings Time Hike 3pm. Easy 2-3 miles. Meet at 299/9W Park and Ride, Highland. 471-1168.

THEATER Alice in Wonderland Call for times. $15/$10 students and seniors. New Rose Theater, Walden. 778-2478.

Man of La Mancha 4pm. $22/$20 children and seniors. Center for Performing Arts, Rhinebeck. 876-3080.

WORKSHOPS Tool Care 11am. The Phantom Gardener, Rhinebeck. 876-8606.

MUSIC SIMONE DINNERSTEIN RICH PINTO

Variation on the Variations According to music critic Allan Koznin, Bach’s Goldberg Variations, played in its entirety, has everything: “a graceful aria at the start and finish, a varied and increasingly challenging set of canons, and gently but deeply involved variations alternating with virtuosic, fantasia-like tones.” Glenn Gould set the standard with his 1955 recording, and few pianists have dared climb the path of Gould’s monumental achievement.

Enter Simone Dinnerstein. A Julliard dropout, Dinnerstein made a self-financed recording of the variations in 2005, which helped to spread her reputation and increased her concert engagements.

It was not until last August, however, that her album was picked up by the venerable Telarc label. It earned the numberone spot on the Billboard Classical Chart the week of its release. The unpretentious elegance and expressiveness of Dinnerstein’s reading are in direct variance with Gould’s cool asceticism, but her idiosyncratic reworking of the Bach warhorse refreshes the work after 50 years of Gould. Bringing Dinnerstein to Beacon is another inspired bit of programming by the Howland Chamber Music Circle.

Simone Dinnerstein will perform Bach’s Goldberg Variations on Sunday, March 2 at 4pm at the Howland Cultural Center, 477 Main Street in Beacon.

(845) 297-9243; www.howlandmusic.org.

—Brian K. Mahoney

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ART EASTERN STANDARD

A still from Tobias Bernstrup’s video installation Mantis City (2006), part of the exhibition “Eastern Standard: Western Artists in China” at Mass MoCA in North Adams, Massachusetts.

The Enigmatic East Changes are of epic proportion afoot in China. The environment, the landscape, social structures, cultural traditions, politics and economics are all affected by the country’s rampaging industrialization and urban development. But the price that will be paid for change will be exacted from individuals. “Eastern Standard: Western Artists in China” at Mass MoCA in North Adams presents works by 20 artists, examining these changes from the perspectives of individuals as it affects individuals.

Of the 21 works on display, 12 are video installations, a medium which curator Susan Cross refers to as “the medium of our time,” and which she believes best “conveys a sense of the scale and pace of change” currently operative in China. In a world saturated in moving images, video is perhaps better suited to bring the viewer closer to the visceral experience of China. Three videos by David Cotterrell, Hero, Impresario, and Maestro are set up in a small room with each shown on a different wall. The viewer is surrounded by visual images and sounds of traffic in Shanghai swarming past a lone traffic policeman. The question of how individuals will cope with such dramatic change comes alive.

“Eastern Standard” shows not just superficial changes of life in China, it also delves into the hopes and dreams of the Chinese people. Patty Chang’s video Shangri-La examines the duality of a mythical utopian place and the realities of a town near the Tibetian border named after it. The video is accompanied by a sculpture of a mirrorfaceted mountain which Chang describes as “kind of a giant sacred mountain prayer wheel crossed with a disco ball.” Emotional conflicts between retaining cultural traditions

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and embracing change are also seen in the video collaboration of Chang and David Kelley’s Flotsam Jetsam which follows a boat as it floats down the Yangtze, making stops to document the memories and fantasies of those who live along the river.

A documentary film series is being shown at the museum in conjunction with the exhibit that takes a closer look at lives of individual workers, rural poverty and the growing alienation of the younger generation. Films include China Blue, about workers in a Chinese blue jeans factory, and the experimental Metropolis, Report from China, in which Clemens von Wedemeyer and Maya Schweizer try to recreate Fritz Lang’s Metropolis from footage of Chinese cities.

Ultimately, change does not happen just to a country, it happens to individuals.

“Eastern Standard” attempts to show the changes in China in terms of the human equation and it leads us to the question: What will come next, not just for China as political entity but also to its ever-growing population.

Seen as a whole, the exhibit has a synergy that gives a richer context for viewing individual pieces. This is not a show to pop in to take a quick look at a few parts. While you may not want to watch a full six hours of video at one sitting, it is well worth taking the time to go through the entire exhibit as it meanders through the second and third floors in a labyrinth leading to an unfathomable future.

“Eastern Standard” will be exhibited through January 31, 2009, at MASS MoCA, 87 Marshall Street in North Adams, Massachusetts. (413) 662-2111; www.massmoca.org.

—Karen Matthews

MONDAY 10 BODY / MIND / SPIRIT Qigong for Seniors 11am-12pm. $5. Unison Arts and Learning Center, New Paltz. 255-1559.

FILM The Official Story 7:15pm. Harriman Hall 111 Film Theatre, Middletown.

341-4891.

KIDS

Learn to Meditate 7:30pm. Woodstock Community Center, Woodstock.

797-1218.

Sudbury School Information Meeting 7pm-9pm. Overview of the school and our educational philosophy. Hudson Valley Sudbury School, Kingston.

679-1002.

CLASSES

MUSIC

Swing Dance Classes Call for times. Various levels. $60 four week session.

ASK Arts Center, Kingston. 338-0331.

Dancing on the Air 7:30pm. W/Boys of the Lough. WAMCâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Linda Norris Auditorium, Albany. (518) 465-5233x4.

FILM

Acoustic Open Mike 8pm. The Corner Stage, Middletown. 342-4804.

The Philadelphia Story 7pm. Monday Night Classic Movie series. $5/$3 children. Palace Theater, Albany.

WORKSHOPS 3rd Annual Yoga as a Muse Retreat Call for times. To See The Unknown: From Vision to ReVision. $75. CenterToPage, Accord. 679-9441.

TUESDAY 11 ART Womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Studio Workshop Slide Show Call for times. No Space Gallery, Rosendale. 339-3600.

BODY / MIND / SPIRIT Open Meeting on Inner Development 7pm-8:30pm. Alternative Books, Kingston. 338-5984.

CLASSES Modern Dance Classes 5:30pm-7pm. $14/$12 per class. Unison Arts and Learning Center, New Paltz. 255-1559.

Tai Chi Chuan Course for Beginners 6pm-7pm. Poughkeepsie High School, Poughkeepsie.

452-7067.

SPOKEN WORD Prophecy, Social Justice, and the Vision of God Call for times. With the Rev. Dr. Bruce Chilton. $14/$12.

Bertelsmann Campus Center at Bard College, Annandale-On-Hudson. 758-7235.

Eddie Solo 8pm. Acoustic. Rosendale Cafe, Rosendale. 658-9048.

SPOKEN WORD

Where Stories Take Us: Exploring Literary Locales 7pm-9pm. Bel Canto by Ann Patchett. Middletown Thrall Library, Middletown. 341-5454.

THEATER

Pucciniâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Tosca 8pm. Teatro Lirico Dâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Europa. Main Stage at Proctors, Schenectady. (518) 346-6204.

THURSDAY 13

The Orange Thief 7pm. $12.50. Oriole 9, Woodstock. (845).

MUSIC

Looking to the 2008 Paddle Season 7pm-9pm. Mid Hudson ADK. Rockefeller Hall 200, Vassar College, Poughkeepsie. michelevh8@yahoo. com.

SPOKEN WORD

Ballroom Basics Call for times. Basic swing or foxtrot. Boughton Place, Highland. 236-3939.

Qigong for Weight Loss: Swimming Dragon 6pm-7pm. $100. Vassar College, Poughkeepsie.

452-7067.

Tai Chi Chuan for Beginners 6pm-7pm. $100. Vassar College, Poughkeepsie.

452-7067.

Beginner Pilates Mat Workout 6:30pm-7:30pm. $109. SUNY Ulster, Stone Ridge.

339-2025.

EVENTS Nursing Information Sessions 3pm. Information sessions about Nursing degree program that will cover the application process. Ulster County Community College, Stone Ridge. 687-5261.

Middle School Open House 7pm-8:15pm. High Meadow School, Stone Ridge.

687-4855.

First Fridays of the month, 8pm at Boughton Place, Kisor Road, Highland, NY. Call 845.691.4118 or 845.255.5613

FILM

The Bad Plans 8pm. WAMCâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Linda Norris Auditorium, Albany. (518) 465-5233x4.

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Full Circle Tai Chi & Qigong 6pm-7pm. Cunneen Hackett Theater, Poughkeepsie.

452-7067.

Searching for Chinaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Lost Bridges 5pm. Ron Knapp. Honors Center SUNY New Paltz, New Paltz. 257-3933.

CLASSES

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Wildlife Art Class 12pm-2:30pm. $150. Gander Mountain Store Lodge, Middletown. 692-5600.

Jam Session 1pm-2pm. Bring an instrument to play with other musicians. New York State Museum, Albany. (518) 474-5877.

Tarot Without Study 7-9pm. W/Sarvananda Bluestone. Mirabai of Woodstock. 679-2100. $15/$20.

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Psychology Colloquium 12am. Information on careers in psychology. Preston Hall, Annandale-on-Hudson. 758-7222.

WORKSHOPS

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â&#x20AC;&#x153;Global Warming and Other Environmental Trendsâ&#x20AC;?

7pm. Dr. Taury Smith discusses the science of global warming. Huxley Theater at the New York State Museum, Albany. (518) 474-5877.

MUSIC

Conservatory Orchestra 8pm. Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson. 758-7900.

Public shows, school programs and other events. www.hudsonriverplayback.org or call 845.255.7716

The Lewis & Clark Expedition 10am. $6. Center for Performing Arts, Rhinebeck.

876-3080.

Hairspray 7:30pm. Palace Theater, Albany. (518) 465-3334.

Community Music Night 8pm-9:45pm. Six local singer-songwriters. Rosendale Cafe, Rosendale. 658-9048.

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Wellness Walk: Intermediate Snowshoe Outing 10am-3:30pm. Minnewaska State Park and Preserve, New Paltz. 255-7059.

EVENTS

Judy Handler & Mark Levesque 12pm. World music for guitar and mandolin. Troy Savings Bank Music Hall, Troy. (518) 273-0038.

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The Wright Brothers (And Sister!)

11:30am. $65/$50 members. Center for Performing Arts, Rhinebeck. 876-3080.

Conservatory Noon Concert Series 12pm. Conservatory students in concert. Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson. 758-7196.

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Open Mike 10:30pm. All acts welcome. Oasis Cafe, New Paltz.

255-2400.

Basic Fashion Sewing 7pm-9:30pm. $139. Business Resource Center, Kingston. 339-2025.

Phillies Bridge Annual Farm to Families Dinner 6pm. $125. Main Course Restaurant, New Paltz.

255-0680.

Hawthorne Valley School

Adult Book Discussion 7pm-8:15pm. Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year of Food Life by Barbara Kingsolver. Museum of the Hudson Highlands, Cornwall-on-Hudson. 534-5506 ext 204.

Photography Elliott Landy 7pm. Slide show and lecture on the anti-war movement and musical legends of the 1960â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s. Vanderlyn Hall, Stone Ridge. 687-5262.

THEATER VDay Poughkeepsie 2008 7pm. A bilingual production of The Vagina Monologues. $1-$50. Family Partnership Center, Poughkeepsie.

452-6088.

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DANCE Cajun Dance 8pm-11pm. With Jesse Lage and Bayou Brew. $12.

White Eagle Hall, Kingston. 255-7061.

MUSIC The Providers 7pm. Cozzyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Cafè Trattoria, Pine Plains. (518) 3987800.

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Anthony Nisi 9pm. Acoustic. Quiet Man Pub, Wappingers Falls.

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Dennis Gruenling 9pm. “Tribute to Little Walter” CD Release. $25. Towne Crier Cafe, Pawling. 855-1300.

The Hawthorne String Quartet 8pm. McConnell Theater at Simon’s Rock, Great Barrington, Massachusetts. (413) 528-7212.

Flute Concert by Ransom Wilson 4pm. $30/$10. Howland Cultural Center, Beacon.

297-9243.

SPOKEN WORD

Florestan Piano Trio 8pm. British ensemble performs Haydn and Brahms.

Union College Memorial Chapel, Schenectady. (518) 388-6080.

The Clancy Tradition 4pm. $30/$25 in advance. Towne Crier Cafe, Pawling.

855-1300.

Comedy Central’s Greg Giraldo Call for times. $30. GE Theater at Proctors, Schenectady. (518) 434-1703.

Frederick Winters: Hypnotist 7pm. Vanderlyn Hall, Stone Ridge. 687-5262.

World Poetry Cafe 7pm-9pm. Featuring Cheryl Boyce Taylor. $3.

Mezzaluna Cafe, Saugerties. 246-5306.

THEATER Alice in Wonderland Call for times. $15/$10 students and seniors. New Rose Theater, Walden. 778-2478.

Man of La Mancha 8pm. $22/$20 children and seniors. Center for Performing Arts, Rhinebeck. 876-3080.

VDay Poughkeepsie 2008 8pm. A bilingual production of The Vagina Monologues. $1-$50. Family Partnership Center, Poughkeepsie.

452-6088.

Half Life 8pm. Mohonk Mountain Stage Company. $16/$12 members. Unison Arts and Learning Center, New Paltz.

255-1559.

SATURDAY 15 ART Homage to Liam Nelson: 1931-2007 3pm-6pm. Pritzker Gallery, Highland. 691-5506.

Painted Snapshots 5pm-8pm. Works by Jes Minardi. The Skybaby Building, Cold Spring. 265-3455.

Landscapes of Ireland 6pm-8pm. Paintings and prints by Paul Gould and guest artists. 534-5278.

Christopher Haun: Unbelievable 6pm-8pm. Nicole Fiacco Gallery, Hudson. (518) 828-5090.

Shot By Gunner, People of the Valley 6pm-9pm. Works by Yvonne Gunner. Arts Upstairs, Phoenicia. 688-2142.

The Bobs 9pm. $30/$25. Towne Crier Cafe, Pawling. 855-1300.

Music and Torture 10pm-6pm. Panel discussions and lectures. Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson. 758-7110.

THE OUTDOORS Millbrook Mountain Loop 10am-3:30pm. 5-mile hike. Minnewaska State Park and Preserve, New Paltz. 255-7059.

Mohonk Preserve Singles and Sociables Snowshoe or Hike: High Peters Kill 10am-3:30pm. Mohonk Preserve, New Paltz. 255-0919.

THEATER Alice in Wonderland Call for times. $15/$10 students and seniors. New Rose Theater, Walden. 778-2478.

Half Life 8pm. Mohonk Mountain Stage Company. $16/$12 members. Unison Arts and Learning Center, New Paltz.

255-1559.

Man of La Mancha 8pm. $22/$20 children and seniors. Center for Performing Arts, Rhinebeck. 876-3080.

I Might Be Edgar Allen Poe 7:30pm. Walking the Dog Theater. Space 360, Hudson.

(518) 610-0909.

WORKSHOPS

CLASSES SAT Preparation 11:30am. $199. Business Resource Center, Kingston.

339-2025.

Ukrainian Egg Decorating 1pm-5pm. $25. The Dreaming Goddess, Poughkeepsie.

473-2206.

DANCE Freestyle Frolic 8pm-Friday, March 14, 1am. Dancing in an alcohol-free environment to a wide range of music. $5/$2 teens and seniors/children free. 389 Broadway, Kingston.

658-8319.

EVENTS Saturday Wine Tastings 3pm-6pm. Partition Street Wine Shop, Saugerties. (845) 246-WINE.

KIDS Puss in Boots 11am. Spring Valley Puppets. $11/$9 children. Center for Performing Arts, Rhinebeck. 876-3080.

MUSIC 36th Annual Hudson Valley Philharmonic String Competition Call for times. Skinner Hall, Poughkeepsie. 462-2062.

Met Opera: Peter Grimes 1:30pm. Time and Space Limited, Hudson. (518) 822-8448.

Transcendental Night 6pm. Beethoven’s Ghost trio, Rachmaninoff’s Trio Elegiac, and piano works by Liszt and Scriabin. $35/$10 students. Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center, Great Barrington, Massachusetts. (413) 528-0100.

It’s a Great Day For the Irish!

7pm. Cabaret of great Irish-American performers. $12.

Weldon House, Durham. (518) 634-2286.

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Sound Healing Journey 2pm-4pm. W/Dona Ho Lightsey. Mirabai of Woodstock.

679-2100. $15/$20.

SUNDAY 16 ART CCS Bard Exhibition 1pm-4pm. Three exhibitions curated by CCS Bard second-year graduate students in curatorial studies and contemporary art. Center for Curatorial Studies, Annandale. 758-7598.

Kent Art Association Member Show 1pm-5pm. Kent Art Association, Kent, CT. (860) 927-3989.

BODY / MIND / SPIRIT Women’s Full Moon Circle 7pm-8:30pm. $5. The Dreaming Goddess, Poughkeepsie. 473-2206.

The Seven Conditions of Health & The Progressive Development of Disease 2pm. Warren Kramer, senior macrobiotic teacher. $10.

Benedictine Hospital, Kingston. 338-2500 ext .4453.

Atelier-Figure Painting 9am-12pm. $120-$300. Wallkill River School, Montgomery. 689-0613.

Reiki l Class 1pm-5pm. $75-$125. The Dreaming Goddess, Poughkeepsie. 473-2206.

DANCE Swing Dance Jam 6:30pm-9pm. Beginner lesson at 6pm. $5. White Eagle Hall, Kingston. 339-3032.

KIDS The Very Hungry Caterpillar 3pm. Mermaid Theater of Nova Scotia. The Egg, Albany.

(518) 473-1845.

MUSIC Unplugged Acoustic Open Mike 4pm-6:30pm. $6/$5 members. Unison Arts and Learning Center, New Paltz. 255-1559.

36th Annual Hudson Valley Philharmonic String Competition Call for times. Skinner Hall, Poughkeepsie. 462-2062.

Met Opera: Peter Grimes 1pm. Time and Space Limited, Hudson. (518) 822-8448.

Eric Erickson 8pm. Singer/songwriter. Aroma Thyme Bistro, Ellenville.

647-3000.

The Hearts of Hope Tour 2 11am. Mix of Rajasthani Folk, Sacred Hindu Bhajans, Sufi & Qawwali music. Kleinert/James Arts Center, Woodstock. 679-2079.

Acoustic Open Mike 8pm. The Corner Stage, Middletown. 342-4804.

Open Mike 10:30pm. All acts welcome. Oasis Cafe, New Paltz.

255-2400.

THURSDAY 20 ART Artists’ Circle Call for times. Bring works for round table discussion by peers. Wallkill River School, Montgomery. 689-0613.

CLASSES Wildlife Art Class 6pm-8:30am. $150. Gander Mountain Store Lodge, Middletown. 692-5600.

Full Circle Tai Chi & Qigong 6pm-7pm. Cunneen Hackett Theater, Poughkeepsie.

452-7067.

THEATER

EVENTS

Alice in Wonderland Call for times. $15/$10 students and seniors. New Rose Theater, Walden. 778-2478.

A Purim Ball 7pm. Sushi, drinks, music, Megillah reading. Bearsville Theater, Woodstock. 679-4406.

Man of La Mancha 3pm. $22/$20 children and seniors. Center for Performing Arts, Rhinebeck. 876-3080.

Scripps Howard National Spelling Bee Regional Qualifier 7pm. Quimby Theater, Stone Ridge. 687-5263.

I Might Be Edgar Allen Poe 2pm. Walking the Dog Theater. Space 360, Hudson.

(518) 610-0909.

FILM

WORKSHOPS Pruning 10am. The Phantom Gardener, Rhinebeck. 876-8606.

MONDAY 17 Qigong for Seniors 11am-12pm. $5. Unison Arts and Learning Center, New Paltz. 255-1559.

Learn to Meditate 7:30pm. Woodstock Community Center, Woodstock.

797-1218.

Ratatouille 5:30pm. $12.50. Oriole 9, Woodstock. (845).

MUSIC Jam Session 1pm-2pm. Bring an instrument to play with other musicians. New York State Museum, Albany. (518) 474-5877.

Conservatory Piano Fellow Recital 8pm. Recital by Adam Bloniarz. Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson. 758-7216.

THE OUTDOORS Long Dock Beacon Riverside Trail 10am. 2 mile hike. Call for location. www.scenichudson. org/events.

FRIDAY 21

CLASSES Swing Dance Classes Call for times. Various levels. $60 four week session.

ASK Arts Center, Kingston. 338-0331.

BODY / MIND / SPIRIT

EVENTS

Inner Peace: Inner Power through Raja Yoga Meditation Call for times. Peace Village Learning and Retreat, Haines Falls. (518) 589-5000.

St. Patrick’s Day Party 8pm. With live Celtic music. Bridgewater Bar and Grill, Kingston. 340-4272.

Spring Cleaning for the Soul Call for times. Peace Village Learning and Retreat, Haines Falls. (518) 589-5000.

SPOKEN WORD

FILM

Revolution and the Limits of Reason 4:30pm. Beethoven’s Op. 135, Commentary and Performance. Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson.

758-7216.

Pete Seeger: The Power of Song 7pm. Q&A with director Jim Brown. WAMC’s Linda Norris Auditorium, Albany. (518) 465-5233x4.

TUESDAY 18

CLASSES

Merasi: The Hearts With Hope Tour 2 11am. Kleinert/James Arts Center, Woodstock.

679-2079.

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Ralph Stanley 8pm. Old-time music legend. WAMC’s Linda Norris Auditorium, Albany. (518) 465-5233x4.

Reality Check 8pm. Rock. La Puerta Azul, Millbrook. 677-2985.

Crags, Carriageways and Culture 2pm-4pm. Short tour with a naturalist. Minnewaska State Park and Preserve, New Paltz. 255-7059.

Mohonk Preserve: Introduction to Survival Skills 1pm-4pm. $9 non-members. Mohonk Preserve, New Paltz. 255-0919.

Second Helpings 2008: Tower/In Context: Joan Tower 70th Birthday Celebration 2pm. Dia: Beacon, Beacon. 440-0100.

Merasi: The Hearts With Hope Tour 2 8pm. Kleinert/James Arts Center, Woodstock. 679-2079.

Mohonk Preserve Singles and Sociables Ski or Hike: Bonticou Crag 10am-1:30pm. Mohonk Preserve, New Paltz. 255-0919.

Henna Workshop 1pm-4pm. Tipsy Turtle Studio, Highland. 795-4042.

James King Band 7:30pm. Bluegrass. $15/$10 members. Hyde Park United Methodist Church, Hyde Park. 635-9383.

Los Lobos 8pm. The Bardavon, Poughkeepsie. 473-2072.

THE OUTDOORS

The Language of Unity in Eastern and Western Thought 10am-4pm. Vivekananda Retreat- Ridgely, Stone Ridge.

687-4574.

BODY / MIND / SPIRIT Mind Feast: A Practical Spirituality Gathering 1pm-4pm. Spiritual principles to live a life of joy and prosperity. Call for location. mindfeast@gmail.com.

Jazz Jam 6:30pm. The Pig Bar, Saugerties. 246-5158.

MUSIC

BODY / MIND / SPIRIT Mid-Hudson Valley Chronic Pain Meetup Group 7pm. Muddy Cup, Poughkeepsie. 255-0671.

CLASSES Ice Skating Lessons 4:15pm-5:45pm. Kiwanis Ice Arena, Saugerties.

339-2025.

Tai Chi Chuan Course for Beginners 6pm-7pm. Poughkeepsie High School, Poughkeepsie.

452-7067.

MUSIC Joan Baez 8pm. Roots. The Egg, Albany. (518) 473-1845.

Two One-Act Operas 8pm. A Bird in Your Ear and Four Saints in Three Acts.

Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson. 758-7900.

Patrick Ball 8pm. Celtic harp & story. $17. Old Songs, Inc., Voorheesville. (518) 356-3197.

Golem 9pm. Jewish Klezmer Meets NYC Rock. $20. Club Helsinki, Great Barrington, Massachusetts. (413) 528-3394.

The Highwaymen 9pm. $30/$25. Towne Crier Cafe, Pawling. 855-1300.

MUSIC Open Meeting on Inner Development 7pm-8:30pm. Quest Gallery, Stone Ridge. 338-6934.

THEATER

Richie Colan Blues Revue 8pm. High Falls Cafè, High Falls. 687-2699.

Half Life 8pm. Mohonk Mountain Stage Company. $16/$12 members. Unison Arts and Learning Center, New Paltz.

255-1559.

WEDNESDAY 19 BODY / MIND / SPIRIT

Man of La Mancha 8pm. $22/$20 children and seniors. Center for Performing Arts, Rhinebeck. 876-3080.

A Course in Miracles 7:30pm-9:30pm. Study group with Alice Broner.

Unitarian Fellowship, Poughkeepsie. 229-8391.

Sound Healing Journey 2-4pm. W/Dona Ho Lightsey. Mirabai of Woodstock.

679-2100. $15/$20.

CLASSES Ballroom Basics Call for times. Basic swing or foxtrot. Boughton Place, Highland. 236-3939.

Qigong for Weight Loss: Swimming Dragon 6pm-7pm. $100. Vassar College, Poughkeepsie.

452-7067.

It’s a Great Day For the Irish!

2pm. Cabaret of great Irish-American performers. $12.

Weldon House, Durham. (518) 634-2286.

Tai Chi Chuan for Beginners 6pm-7pm. $100. Vassar College, Poughkeepsie.

452-7067.

Trail Mix Concerts 2:30pm. Eric Grossman—violin & Gleb Ivanov—piano.

Olive Free Library, West Shokan. 657-2482.

Beginner Pilates Mat Workout 6:30pm-7:30pm. $109. SUNY Ulster, Stone Ridge.

339-2025.

SATURDAY 22 BODY / MIND / SPIRIT Fat: Good or Bad 11am-12:30pm. Nature’s Pantry Health Food Store, Fishkill. 765-2023.

Mind Feast: A Practical Spirituality Gathering 1pm-4pm. Spiritual principles to live a life of joy and prosperity. Call for location. mindfeast@gmail.com.

CLASSES SAT Preparation 11:30am. $199. Business Resource Center, Kingston.

339-2025.

DANCE Spring Dance 8pm. Moderation and other choreography. Fisher Center, Annandale-on-Hudson. 758-7900.

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Dale March plays Joseph in “I Might Be Edgar Allan Poe” this month at Stage 360 in Hudson.

Poe is Me His name is Joseph and he is both an engaging and undependable narrator. He stands on a shadowy stage that is bare save for a table and chair, his hollow-eyed face alternately placid and agitated. His oversized hands reach for sympathy and support while brushing away intangibles like time, space, and reality. In a voice steeped in pain, he intones classic poetry and declares himself the author of “The Raven” and “Annabel Lee.” His passionate insistence begins to erode our disbelief. Yet, there is that nagging matter that Joseph lives in a home for the mentally disturbed.

“I Might Be Edgar Allan Poe,” a one-man show written by award-winning playwright Dawson Nichols, belongs to a canon of theater pieces that includes “Marat/Sade,” “Quills,” “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest,” and the little-known Angela Lansbury musical “Prettybelle.” This work demands that we reconsider facile assessments like insanity and genius until we awaken to the notion that the true madmen are running the asylum. A staging of “Poe,” produced by the Actors’ Ensemble and starring Dale March, will be at Stage 360 in Hudson March 14 through 16.

It was at the fringe festival in Adelaide a decade ago when Australian high school student Dale March first bonded with Nichols’s irresistible psychodrama. “I remember it having huge impact on me,” says March, who was soon on his way to New York to be an actor and eventually spent several summers performing Shakespeare in Columbia County.

In this challenging tone poem, March as Joseph tests the walls of his prison, channeling Poe while playing a psychotic hide-and-seek with his therapist and a tape recorder. Poe’s written words, March said, offer the ideal canvas for Joseph’s own search. “Poe’s poems had some connection to the power of images and imagination that resonates for me,” he says. However, the words could also test a composure left fragile by the strain of the exhausting role. “Often his images are so outrageous and epic that one cannot make any cognitive sense out of them.”

While delving into the life of the sad-eyed, alcoholic writer, March also conducted research on autism, attempting to understand the erratic nature of Joseph, and his occasional insights. “I Might Be Edgar Allan Poe” offers a harsh rebuke of our current mania for medicating young people seemingly out of step with their peers.

“I’m very suspicious of the way society more and more seems eager to pounce on [dysfunctional] labels for children,” says March. “And also throw drugs down their throats.”

Tenuous as his hold on reality might be, Joseph is a generous tour guide through Bedlam, sharing thoughts, fears, and exhorting flights of fancy in the name of self-discovery.

At times, he seems saner than the doctors who prod and test him. That duality, March said, makes the lead character both alluring and frightening.

“I think that’s what excites me,” he said. “My experience of life has been one of immense ambiguity.”

“I Might Be Edgar Allan Poe” will be presented by Walking the Dog Theater at Stage 360 in Hudson from March 14 through 16. (518) 610-0909; www.wtdtheater.org.

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ART KULAN

When Hermits Collide “A lot of this show, the work is about sitting down and taking time,” says Jon Beacham, co-owner of Hermitage, a poetry bookstore in Beacon, New York. Besides collecting books, Beacham is an artist. He has collaborated with Kensie Duffy on “Kulan,” a show of works on paper appearing at the store’s gallery. “Kulan” means “intensity” in Chinese. Also it’s the word for an Asiatic wild ass.

The show began as a gift. Duffy typed four spontaneous pieces for Beacham, who had the urge to reply by adding collage to them.

Yes, you read that correctly. Duffy typed, on a Royal typewriter—in fact, a wide-carriage machine which can accommodate a sheet of paper up to 20 inches wide. “Kulan” represents the rediscovery of typing by young artists. (Beacham is 28, Duffy 25.) A typewriter, with its keys, levers and gears, opens up possibilities that Microsoft Word does not.

For one thing, a typewriter is closer to sculpture. Duffy often types without a ribbon, making tiny indentations in the paper—like words chiseled into marble. Or he will, on some lines, rub the typewriter ribbon over the words, almost like Dégas drawing with charcoal.

Duffy typed the entire text of The Sound And The Fury by William Faulkner, without a ribbon. It appears in four glass boxes in the show. In fact, The Sound and the Fury is the only Faulkner book missing a manuscript, so Duffy is filling a void in American literature.

Currently, Duffy is typing James Agee’s Let Us Now Praise Famous Men—on newsprint, which is how the author wished to publish it, so that the tenant farmers he wrote about could afford to buy it.

(The publisher refused.) One or both of the manuscripts will appear at Hermitage in March; the works exhibited will change in the course of the show.

The show also features Return, a silent 16mm film by Beacham, which he will screen on request. “Filmmaking for me acts as a notetaking, a very precision notetaking,” he observes. “Basically the footage is collected through going on walks, observing things, and documenting them, really. And I usually don’t show my films in group situations—more like one-onone.” Beacham edits the films by hand, on an oldfashioned splicer.

The collaborators met while working at neighboring bookstores near Union Square in Manhattan. Beacham worked at Alabaster Books, Duffy at the Strand. The two became aesthetic scavengers, supplementing their meager incomes by finding rare books and selling them to other stores. Some of the pictures from scavenged books appear in “Kulan.”

Last December, Beacham opened Hermitage in Beacon, with a partner. The store specializes in small press poetry books published between the 1950s and the 1970s.

“There’s probably 600, 700 books in the shop—but every book is there for a reason,” Beacham says.

The name of the store suggests Beacham’s vision of a quiet place to make art. “We wanted the house to be a hermitage, inspired by Chinese hermits of centuries ago, poet-monks living in their hermitages, their tumble-down huts,” Beacham explains. “It has nothing to do with the place in Russia, the Hermitage. No, it’s the idea of a refuge.”

“Kulan” will appear at Hermitage, 12 Tioronda Avenue in Beacon through April 6. (845) 765-1650; http://hermitagebeacon.googlepages.com.

—Sparrow

Detail: Collaborative Series No.2, Royal typewriter and collage, 2008, 18” x 30”

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EVENTS

CLASSES

SPOKEN WORD

THE OUTDOORS

Saturday Wine Tastings 3pm-6pm. Partition Street Wine Shop, Saugerties. (845) 246-WINE.

Swing Dance Classes Call for times. Various levels. $60 four week session.

ASK Arts Center, Kingston. 338-0331.

Harriet Tubman: The Chosen One Call for times. $8. Center for Performing Arts, Rhinebeck.

876-3080.

Hike to Millbrook Mountain 9:30am-1pm. 5-mile hike. Minnewaska State Park and Preserve, New Paltz. 255-7059.

KIDS

DANCE

50th Anniversary of Achebe’s Things Fall Apart 7pm. Images of Africa: Conrad and Achebe. Vanderlyn Hall, Stone Ridge. 758-7235.

Mohonk Preserve Singles and Sociables Hike: Napanoch Point 10am-4pm. Mohonk Preserve, New Paltz. 255-0919.

THEATER

SPOKEN WORD

The Boxcutter Cabaret 7:30pm. Puppet shows presented by cardboard wigglers, horn tooters, and paper mache chuckers. Time and Space Limited, Hudson. (518) 822-8448.

Gallery Talk 1pm. Christina Rosenberger on Agnes Martin. Dia: Beacon, Beacon. 400-0100.

Kidtopia with Uncle Rock 11am/1pm. Kid’s music. Utopia Soundstage, Bearsville. www.wdst.com.

Spring Dance 8pm. Moderation and other choreography. Fisher Center, Annandale-on-Hudson. 758-7900.

TUESDAY 25

MUSIC The Providers 8pm. Blues. Crooked Lake House, Averill Park. (518) 674-3894.

Met Opera: Tristan und Isolde 12:30pm. Time and Space Limited, Hudson. (518) 822-8448.

CLASSES Tai Chi Chuan Course for Beginners 6pm-7pm. Poughkeepsie High School, Poughkeepsie.

452-7067.

FRIDAY 28 DANCE

DANCE

Swing Dance 8:00pm-11pm. 7:30pm lesson. Live music. $15/$8 students. Poughkeepsie Tennis Club, Poughkeepsie.

454-2571.

David Kraai & The Saddle Tramps 8pm. Seany B’s 101, Millbrook. 677-2282.

Spring Dance 8pm. Moderation and other choreography. Fisher Center, Annandale-on-Hudson. 758-7900.

Susan McKeown 8pm. Folk, rock, world. $20/$25. Kleinert/James Arts Center, Woodstock. 679-2079.

MUSIC

Garth Fagan Dance 8pm. The Egg, Albany. (518) 473-1845.

Conservatory Noon Concert Series 12pm. Conservatory students in concert. Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson. 758-7196.

FILM

Mikhail Horowitz and Gilles Malkine 8pm. Marbletown Multi-Arts, Stone Ridge. 687-8890.

Two One-Act Operas 8pm. A Bird in Your Ear and Four Saints in Three Acts.

Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson. 758-7900.

Graham Parker 9pm. Towne Crier Cafe, Pawling. 855-1300.

THE OUTDOORS Mohonk Preserve Singles and Sociables Ski or Hike: Duck Pond 9:30am-3:30pm. Mohonk Preserve, New Paltz.

255-0919.

Community Music Night 8pm-9:45pm. Six local singer-songwriters. Rosendale Cafe, Rosendale. 658-9048.

SPOKEN WORD Psychology Colloquium 4:30pm. Information on careers in psychology. Preston Hall, Annandale-on-Hudson. 758-7222.

The Lewis & Clark Expedition 11:30am. $6. Center for Performing Arts, Rhinebeck.

876-3080.

WEDNESDAY 26

Fahnestock 9:30am. Moderate 5-hour hike. Call for location.

677-9995.

CLASSES

Beacon Hill Glacier Hunt 10am-12pm. 2-mile hike. Minnewaska State Park and Preserve, New Paltz. 255-7059.

Ballroom Basics Call for times. Basic swing or foxtrot. Boughton Place, Highland. 236-3939.

World of Wonders 1pm-3pm. Explore a forest coming to life in early spring.

Black Creek, Esopus. 473-4440 ext. 270.

Qigong for Weight Loss: Swimming Dragon 6pm-7pm. $100. Vassar College, Poughkeepsie.

452-7067.

THEATER

Tai Chi Chuan for Beginners 6pm-7pm. $100. Vassar College, Poughkeepsie.

452-7067.

Half Life 8pm. Mohonk Mountain Stage Company. $16/$12 members. Unison Arts and Learning Center, New Paltz.

255-1559.

Man of La Mancha 8pm. $22/$20 children and seniors. Center for Performing Arts, Rhinebeck. 876-3080.

Beginner Pilates Mat Workout 6:30pm-7:30pm. $109. SUNY Ulster, Stone Ridge.

339-2025.

MUSIC Art of the Fugue 8pm. Recital by pianist Stefano Greco. Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson. 758-7216.

Third Annual Kent Film Festival Locations around Kent, CT. www.kentfilmfestival.org.

50th Anniversary of Achebe’s Things Fall Apart 1:30pm. Modernity and Tradition in African Life: Chinua Achebe’s Things Fall Apart. Poughkeepsie Library, Poughkeepsie. 758-7235.

THEATER Man of La Mancha 8pm. $22/$20 children and seniors. Center for Performing Arts, Rhinebeck. 876-3080.

WORKSHOPS Homegrown Harvest 10am. Learn how to start a back yard garden. Hudson Highlands Nature Museum’s Outdoor Discovery Center, Cornwall-on-Hudson. 534-5506 ext. 204.

SUNDAY 30

MUSIC The Rhodes 8pm. Muddy Cup, New Paltz. 338-3881.

The Subdudes 9pm. Gumbo-laden roots music. Bearsville Theater, Bearsville. www.wdst.com.

Murali Coryell 9pm. Towne Crier Cafe, Pawling. 855-1300.

Spottiswoode and His Enemies 9pm. NYC underground rock. $15. Club Helsinki, Great Barrington. (413) 528-0248.

BODY / MIND / SPIRIT Eckhart Tolle Silent Meetings Call for times. Videos, meditation, and dialogue. Call for location. 687-8687.

Meditation Intensive Retreat 10am-2pm. Vivekananda Retreat- Ridgely, Stone Ride.

687-4574.

CLASSES

THEATER

Atelier-Figure Painting 9am-12pm. $120-$300. Wallkill River School, Montgomery. 689-0613.

Man of La Mancha 8pm. $22/$20 children and seniors. Center for Performing Arts, Rhinebeck. 876-3080.

Reiki II Class 10am-5pm. $150. The Dreaming Goddess, Poughkeepsie. 473-2206.

SATURDAY 29 ART Kent Art Association Member Show and Sale Awards Reception 1pm-5pm. Kent Art Association, Kent, Connecticut.

(860) 927-3989.

Multiple Exhibition Openings at the Dorsky Museum 4pm-6pm. Samuel Dorsky Museum of Art, New Paltz.

257-3858.

FILM Third Annual Kent Film Festival Various locations in Kent, CT. www.kentfilmfestival.org.

KIDS Make Your Own Leaf Book 10am-12pm. Minnewaska State Park and Preserve, New Paltz. 255-7059.

Addy: An American Girl Story 3pm. The Egg, Albany. (518) 473-1845.

BODY / MIND / SPIRIT

MUSIC

BODY / MIND / SPIRIT

Acoustic Open Mike 8pm. The Corner Stage, Middletown. 342-4804.

Meditation Intensive Retreat 10am-4pm. Vivekananda Retreat- Ridgely, Stone Ridge.

687-4574.

Second Helpings 2008: Tower/In Context: Joan Tower 70th Birthday Celebration 2pm. Dia: Beacon, Beacon. 440-0100.

Sacred Chanting 12pm-1:30pm. Unison Arts and Learning Center, New Paltz. 255-1559.

Open Mike 10:30pm. All acts welcome. Oasis Cafe, New Paltz.

255-2400.

Mind Feast: A Practical Spirituality Gathering 1pm-4pm. Spiritual principles to live a life of joy and prosperity. Call for location. mindfeast@gmail.com.

Saugerties Pro Musica 3pm. Featuring Brass Roots Trio. Saugerties United Methodist Church, Saugerties. 246-5021.

CLASSES

THE OUTDOORS

CLASSES

Atelier-Figure Painting 9am-12pm. $120-$300. Wallkill River School, Montgomery. 689-0613.

Wellness Walks: Mossy Glenn Hike 10am-2pm. Minnewaska State Park and Preserve, New Paltz. 255-7059.

Albers String Trio with Pei-Yao Wang 3pm. Beethoven, Martinu and Brahms. Union College Memorial Chapel, Schenectady. (518) 388-6080.

DANCE

SPOKEN WORD

Kansas City Barbecue Society Certified Judging Class 10am-2pm. $80/$45. Highland Hose Firehouse, Highland. www.hudsonvalleyribfest.org.

Spring Dance 8pm. Moderation and other choreography. Fisher Center, Annandale-on-Hudson. 758-7900.

“Life on a Small Planet” 7pm. Dr. Taury Smith focuses on alternative sources of energy. Huxley Theater at the New York State Museum, Albany. (518) 474-5877.

SUNDAY 23

MUSIC Met Opera: Tristan und Isolde 1pm. Time and Space Limited, Hudson. (518) 822-8448.

Peter Serkin 2pm. Classical pianist. McConnell Theater at Simon’s Rock, Great Barrington, Massachusetts. (413) 528-7212.

Bard Orchestra 3pm. Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson. 758-7216.

Kairos: A Consort of Singers 4pm. Easter Cantata No. 4, “Christ lag in Todesbanden,” and Bach’s “Sanctus in D Major.” Holy Cross Monastery, West Park. 384-6660.

SAT Preparation 11:30am. $199. Business Resource Center, Kingston.

339-2025.

EVENTS

Where Stories Take Us: Exploring Literary Locales 7pm-9pm. Jim the Boy by Tony Earley. Middletown Thrall Library, Middletown. 341-5454.

Saturday Wine Tastings 3pm-6pm. Partition Street Wine Shop, Saugerties. (845) 246-WINE.

WORKSHOPS

FILM

Satsang with Yourself 7-9pm. W/Siriya Din. Mirabai of Woodstock. 679-2100. $15/$20.

Third Annual Kent Film Festival Locations around Kent, CT. www.kentfilmfestival.org.

THURSDAY 27

KIDS

ART

The Legend of King Arthur 11am. $11/$9 children. Center for Performing Arts, Rhinebeck. 876-3080.

Jazz Jam 6:30pm. The Pig Bar, Saugerties. 246-5158.

Writers’ Circle Call for times. Bring works-in-progress to share with peers. Wallkill River School, Montgomery. 689-0613.

Dog on Fleas 2pm. Time and Space Limited, Hudson. (518) 822-8448.

THE OUTDOORS

CLASSES

Cross County Ski at Mohonk 9am. Call for location. 454-4428.

Full Circle Tai Chi & Qigong 6pm-7pm. Cunneen Hackett Theater, Poughkeepsie.

452-7067.

Mohonk Preserve Singles and Sociables Ski or Hike: Rainbow Falls 10am-3pm. Mohonk Preserve, New Paltz. 255-0919.

FILM Third Annual Kent Film Festival Locations around Kent, CT. www.kentfilmfestival.org.

THEATER Man of La Mancha 3pm. $22/$20 children and seniors. Center for Performing Arts, Rhinebeck. 876-3080.

MONDAY 24 BODY / MIND / SPIRIT Qigong for Seniors 11am-12pm. $5. Unison Arts and Learning Center, New Paltz. 255-1559.

Learn to Meditate 7:30pm. Woodstock Community Center, Woodstock.

797-1218.

Amandla 7pm. $12.50. Oriole 9, Woodstock. (845).

MUSIC Jam Session 1pm-2pm. Bring an instrument to play with other musicians. New York State Museum, Albany. (518) 474-5877.

Stefano Greco Master Class 4pm. Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson. 758-7216.

The Velmas & 2Late 7pm. Crumbs Nite Out. WAMC’s Linda Norris Auditorium, Albany. (518) 465-5233x4.

Sudbury School Information Meeting 7pm-9pm. Overview of the school and our educational philosophy. Hudson Valley Sudbury School, Kingston.

679-1002.

Jazz Jam 6:30pm. The Pig Bar, Saugerties. 246-5158.

Brianne Chasanoff and Amy Laber 7pm. Bodles Opera House, Chester. 469-4595.

Howard Fishman 8pm. Jazz, pop, blues. Club Helsinki, Great Barrington, Massachusetts. (413) 528-3394.

THE OUTDOORS Mohonk Preserve Singles and Sociables Hike: Zaidee’s Bower 10am-2pm. Mohonk Preserve, New Paltz. 255-0919.

Mohonk Preserve Twentieth Annual Signs of Spring Walk 2:30pm-4:30pm. Mohonk Preserve, New Paltz.

255-0919.

SPOKEN WORD A Gardener’s Perspective on Invasives 10am. The Phantom Gardener, Rhinebeck. 876-8606.

Rebecca B. Bedell 2pm. Thomas Cole and Christian Geology. Thomas Cole National Historic Site, Catskill. (518) 943-7465.

MUSIC

Art as an Impetus for Successful Redevelopment: Part II 4pm-6pm. Panel discussion. $10/$7.50/$5 students.

Hudson Valley Center for Contemporary Art, Peekskill.

(914) 788-0100.

Terry Dame’s Electric Junkyard Gamelan 8pm. Time and Space Limited, Hudson. (518) 822-8448.

THEATER

Cillian Vallely, Kevin Crawford, and Donal Clancey 8pm. Celtic. Unison Arts and Learning Center, New Paltz. 255-1559.

Man of La Mancha 3pm. $22/$20 children and seniors. Center for Performing Arts, Rhinebeck. 876-3080.

Catherine Russell 8pm. Blues singer. Catherine Russell WAMC’s Linda Norris Auditorium, Albany. (518) 465-5233x4.

WORKSHOPS

Victor Wooten 8pm. Soul, funk and jazz. The Egg, Albany. (518) 4731845.

Dan Navarro and Darden Smith 9pm. Folk rock. Bodles Opera House, Chester.

469-4595.

David Kraai & The Saddle Tramps 11pm. Oasis Cafe, New Paltz. 255-2400.

Of Bees, Shamans & Sacred Geometry 2-4pm. W/Sky Taylor. Mirabai of Woodstock. 679-2100. $15/$20.

MONDAY 31 BODY / MIND / SPIRIT Qigong for Seniors 11am-12pm. $5. Unison Arts and Learning Center, New Paltz. 255-1559.

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Planet Waves EMIL ALZAMORA

BY ERIC FRANCIS COPPOLINO

IT’S NOT ABOUT SEX

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ver the past few years, I have taken to photographing women. This is an interesting switch from being their astrologer, but I bring at least one thing with me—I like to listen as much as I like to look. Just about everyone I’ve photographed has spent a couple of hours sharing their story and their ideas about life.

As you may imagine, I hear many interesting things from women I’ve photographed in countries across Europe and North America, and I am beginning to gather their stories in something called The Book of Blue.

Recently, I visited my favorite land in High Falls with Leigh, one of the models I photograph for this project. It was sunny and warm for a winter day, but still chilly. I wasn’t expecting her to work nude, but she has a Capricorn Sun and Moon—she’s winter’s child, confident and present in the world.

Determined to make good pictures, she peeled off her layers and stripped down to a thin pair of sweats. In the photographs, I blended details of her body 120 PLANET WAVES CHRONOGRAM 3/08

into the magnificent winter landscape till the goose bumps took over. Noticing them vividly through my lens, I suggested she get dressed. In those 15 minutes, we got some earthy photos of an earthy girl.

Then we wandered around the woods for a bit. I spontaneously started collecting bits of kindling from tree branches, and suggested we make a fire. This we did, and sat in the cold January sunlight for hours next to the flames and slow-rising smoke, eating Five Fruits Lifesavers and talking about everything that came up.

This of course included sex. After we had gone far enough into the discussion to appreciate the complexity of our subject, she said some words that fairly well stunned me and would have been cheered at any human potential workshop in the 1970s, long before she was born—“It’s not about sex. It’s about self.”

What she had observed, mainly through observing herself, is that when you follow sexual awareness into yourself, you’re taken to the core of self-awareness.

The psyche in its deepest layers is so closely intertwined with sexual consciousness as to be one and the same with it. Because it accounts for how we come into the world, which is the only world we know, sex is cosmic. Yet discussion of sex is a kind of ruse for the real discussion, below the surface, and that is about one’s sense of identity and existence.

This makes sense. Assuming they are not cloning people yet, we all come into existence through sex or at least sex cells. Half of us starts as a sperm cell that experiences an orgasm and then takes a big ride on an ejaculation, carried along in an ocean of whatever feelings are present. The sperm cell who became us personally went up to that enormous egg (our other half) and kissed it, surrendering its prior form and identity into a new entity. That is how our existence begins, and that memory is, I would imagine, directly in our DNA, along with the instructions for how to do it again.

Sex is what creates us, so it’s sensible that eroticism (that is, all the feelings we have about sex) will have the potential to carry our creative impulse into life, and throughout our lives.

It also works the other way. When someone is conditioned to either not think or experience sexuality with full awareness (or any awareness), or if they are programmed to respond with guilt and fear, self-awareness becomes blocked.

If there is a sexual injury or the perception of one, it can block much of our creative energy, potential, and happiness.

Our relationship to sex and sexuality is our relationship to existence. If we feel good about our erotic experiences, needs and feelings, we tend to feel good about life. If we are bitter, if we don’t get what we need, if we feel guilty or ashamed of our sexual feelings and experiences, that is most likely how we’re going to feel about life. This can manifest in some strange ways, such as violence and manipulation, just like feeling good about sex can manifest as a passionate, creative person who creates their existence consciously every day.

Why don’t we see the connection? Well, we’re conditioned not to, principally by religion. Notice that this thing we call religion takes credit for our existence at the same time it makes sex bad. You also can’t be aware of something you cannot feel, have no experience with or don’t know exists. For 25 years, Americans have grown up with something called abstinence-only sex indoctrination, which in effect denies the existence of their natural sexuality (Europeans who know about this think we’re on crack).

Our biology does not give up so easily, though. The psyche’s hunger for sex (which is the hunger to fully exist), for a while, pushes through this resistance.

What we find then is often a lot of programmed people who themselves fall for the deception, and it can become very difficult to get our needs met. Honesty can be met with rejection. Wanting anything unusual can be met with a weird look. Even equating sex with deep vulnerability, such as in a relationship, is frequently avoided. How often do we have the feeling that someone is just not going as deep as they can, not calling themselves present?

Imagine, then, all the thought and discussion we have about sex and issues that stem from it—and substitute the word “self.” Imagine the need, the fear, the anxiety, the desire, the deep craving, the judgments we fear and the ones to which we’ve fallen prey. Imagine everything ever said in a church sermon.

Imagine the jealousy and the drama and the secrets. Imagine everyone we’ve ever fucked or wanted to. Imagine sex education, the birds and the bees, masturbation and all of those orgasms. Imagine all those sexual relationships wherein we tried to find our self.

Replace the concept “sex” with “self” and see how the world looks through that lens. How would it feel if somebody said to you, “Hi, I really want to have self with you”?

Or, translated: “I really want to be myself with you, and have you be yourself with me.”

Locked-In Syndrome The other night at Upstate Films, I saw a film called The Diving Bell and the Butterfly.

It’s the true story of a man named Jean-Dominique Bauby, once a prominent writer and editor in Paris. At the age of 42, at the peak of his success as editor in chief of Elle, he suffered a massive brainstem stroke, losing all mobility and sensation except for his hearing and the use of his left eye.

He could think; he could see; he could hear. His memory and imagination were intact. But he could not move or express himself—except for one eye.

This is called “locked-in syndrome.” It is consciousness locked into a body that cannot respond; it is the ultimate mind-body split.

I think that, sexually, we are a society of people suffering from a variant of locked-in syndrome. We may have our erotic imaginations, we may have our memories and we may have our desires. But we have untold thousands of reasons not to act on or even speak about our experiences. To some extent, nearly everyone in the current version of Western culture is erotically paralyzed.

We can have liberal values, but are often trapped in groups of people who don’t share them or don’t reveal it if they do. We can have progressive ideas about relationships, but are only able to find people who have traditional values, or with those who seek some freedom but who don’t speak up.

We might be locked inside of fear, of insecurity, or the cocoon of lies that we have told in the past—or, more probably, the lies that we were told. We might be trapped inside fat, or the feeling of being ugly or undesirable.

We might have ideas, images and feelings, but lack the words and concepts to express them: trapped in a kind of seemingly imposed silence. This silence can come with the feeling that we will be struck down if we dare to open up and speak.

We might be trapped inside a sense of vulnerability so acute it feels like walking around a city naked. For many, this would translate to being naked in the winter.

Some are trapped inside a sense of injury from a sexual assault, incest experience, or growing up around shifty boundaries as a kid.

We might be trapped inside a wall that was put up when we were told that masturbation is wrong.

Or trapped in the inability to ask for what we want.

Trapped inside of any version of the mind/body split—“caught in one’s head.”

Trapped inside of embarrassment, unable to speak or even feel because of the shame associated with doing so.

Trapped inside of being gay when everyone thinks you’re straight or straight when everyone thinks you’re gay.

Trapped inside of being bisexual when the people around you just don’t get it.

Trapped in a monogamous relationship when we’re really polyamorous.

Trapped inside the need to be in love, otherwise being unable to express sexuality.

Trapped inside an image we must maintain, of wanting to seem pure and upright.

Trapped inside of pride; a closely related theme.

Trapped inside religious conditioning, even if we don’t think we have it.

Trapped inside of tradition or family expectations.

Trapped inside of not knowing what we want. Trapped inside of a lot of people telling us what we are supposed to want, even though they have no clue.

Trapped inside of not trusting people. Trapped inside of not trusting ourselves.

Trapped inside the feeling that we don’t exist.

Trapped inside a parent telling us we’re ugly, even once.

Trapped inside of having been raped or molested, and having had that wound fester.

Trapped inside a myth of what monogamy is supposed to be, even if we know it’s not that thing.

Trapped inside not being able to find a lover, or a sex partner.

Trapped inside of seeking the perfect person, and not letting anyone else in.

Trapped inside of feeling “dirty” and terrified of being found out.

And on, and on.

I think that in many ways, though we are walking around, many of us here are in considerably worse shape than Bauby. He at least was fully conscious of being alive. He was able to write a book communicating by blinking his one eye. Most of us are far less articulate about our erotic and emotional needs than this.

I would ask: Where are we going to learn? Where is the place that the conversation is welcome? If it’s not about sex, where is the place that you can really be your self?

Continued next month.

An expanded version of this series is available at www.planetwaves.net.

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Horoscopes

ARIES (March 20-April 19) You finally seem to be working with a concrete plan, but what you may not have planned for is how to put your plan into action. However, you don’t need to choreograph that, you just need to be patient long enough for the circumstances of your life to align in a way where the beginning will be obvious. “Long” in this case is a matter of weeks before you get the clue that you simply cannot delay, dream or divert yourself any longer. Late winter is always a slightly odd time of year for you; you seem to live in two worlds. There’s the supposedly real one, where none of the subtler possibilities seem to even exist; and then a profound, imaginary one, where everything you want or need the most is tantalizingly real, but nearly impossible to manifest. Actually, how we handle this kind of seeming split is one of the most enduring themes in the history of mankind. To stretch yourself across the chasm between imagination and reality is creative work on the highest order of reality.

Creative, as in actively embracing your divine nature.

TAURUS (April 19-May 20) Your friends are willing to make sacrifices for you. Being so attached to your self-sufficiency, this is not an entirely comfortable place for you. Yet there’s no shortage of ideas in the world, and most of what’s being offered to you consists of precisely that. Plus moral support, companionship, and extra access to the realms of imagination that are not necessarily easy for you to access. Your current project or experience needs to be considered as a collective endeavor. Though we tend to think of ourselves as individual egos in a hostile world, your current assignment is to connect to the collective level of existence. Your life, your work your ideas, your relationships, your feelings—all of these things are in a sense common property. Far from taking anything away from you, you gain manifold in the exercise—mainly through experiencing the power of community resources. As for the sacrifice anyone is willing to make, think of it this way: They have an open channel you do not at this point have access to, so it’s a gift without a loss. Learn how to get out of your own way, and open that channel for yourself.

GEMINI

(May 20-June 21)

Though you have not necessarily felt emotionally stable the past few weeks, events are conspiring to strengthen your foundations and give you something solid to build on. Take every chance to work on the bottom layer, that of your emotional security. Ask the questions of your life in more complex ways and don’t be satisfied with cut-and-dried explanations of how you feel. All of this is preparation for what appears to be an extraordinary professional development in the coming weeks. What emerges may be an obviously beneficial stroke of good fortune; or it may manifest as a sudden, potentially inconvenient turn of events. The clue that you’re in the right place is the surprise factor. It does not matter what the surprise is. From there, you must use both your imagination and your practical skills to invent the opportunity you need. The thing that any possibility of this type has in common is that it grants you freedom. Freedom in this case means the freedom to choose, the freedom to feel and the freedom to redefine the theme of your life.

CANCER (June 21-July 22) Factors urging you to think in the long-term continue to accrue. But the planets in their courses are prodding you to act in the immediate term. You are living with a distortion—objects in the windshield are closer than they appear. What you may think of as a five-year plan is valid over more like five months. What you wanted to get done this year, you can accomplish this month. Therefore, stretch your mind as far into the future as you can, and over as much distance as you can, and then allow space and time to condense themselves into your immediate reality. I can also tell you this. There is no shortage of resources. You would be surprised what’s available right now, once you look, and once you define a need in a way that can be fulfilled. It would be a mistake to give yourself excuses for why you cannot do things that are based on lack of time or lack of funds or other necessities. You can, at the moment, jump out of limiting ideas of time, and what you need is actually available from sources with more than enough. www.planetwaves.net 122 PLANET WAVES CHRONOGRAM 3/08

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LEO (July 22-August 23) Recent developments may have left you with the impression that you’re living with a severe imbalance in your life. Why are you counting your pennies while at the same time you are surrounded by so much opulence? In reality, there appears to be more opportunities on offer than you can actually handle.

If anything, you’re struggling with a lack of flexibility that you would do well to address. Focus on that one trait so that when you’re confronted with an opportunity to expand your sexual, economic, or professional horizons, you have the space to make the move. Most of this flexibility is mental. Simply put, your doubts are getting in the way of your opportunities. You can afford to stop criticizing yourself and instead look to the guidance of others, who have more benevolent ideas about you. The thing is, you need to listen and you need to trust. What you are doubting today will seem like common sense tomorrow; what may seem too good to be true right now will simply seem true an hour from now.

VIRGO (August 23-September 22) When a vulnerability is exposed, we generally have two choices: panic, or act. Looked at this way, any time you notice a weakness or flaw, you can respond in a constructive way and turn it into an opportunity.

The way your life is developing, I suggest you take a slow, disciplined approach to dealing with a problem you recently noticed. Review all your thought patterns associated with it, and take a structured approach to resolving the matter. The beneficial effects will go far beyond what you are anticipating. Other issues that in the past seemed too trivial to address, or to difficult to cope with, will be easy to take care of. Remember that part of any repair process is getting enough rest. This may not be easy with the bursts of activity that are developing in your friendships, partnerships, and other aspects of your relationship life. Make sure you know your first priority is taking care of yourself. Do what you need to do, and you will have plenty of time and energy for anything else.

LIBRA (September 22-October 23) No boundaries exist between work and play, or, rather, to the extent you notice them I suggest you notice they are there. Assess whether your work is interesting enough, pleasurable enough and has enough mojo to feed your soul. Some of the richest energies for healing and spiritual awakening are harnessed to the most daring and adventurous side of your nature. That, in turn, is doing two things: You have a tendency to push your friends to open up and take chances; and it’s fueling the seemingly ordinary work you do every day, compelling you to bring innovation to the most ordinary activities. If your current job cannot take you on a brilliant adventure, take the adventure to work. Push all the limits of passion, inventiveness, and beauty for your environment; push them until you arrive where they will go no further. Then, assess where you are and why you are there. Most people need to run into a wall to make a turn. Find those barriers and do anything you must to tear them down. You simply cannot live a boring life. Yet only you can detonate that special explosion you need to set you free.

SCORPIO

(October 23-November 22)

The recent Mars retrograde left its tracks all over your world, but in reality these will become the pathways you’ll be following for the next couple of years. You’ve learned how important, and how potentially fragile, agreements are. You learned to separate your interests from certain people you care about the most, and to let them take care of themselves. You learned to see as many perspectives as possible, and figured out that you have the ability to distort your perceptions to the point of seeing what is not there. None of this sounds too positive; it all sounds like you learned more about your liabilities than your talents or other potentials. However, once you’re aware of your weaknesses, you can address them and work your way into more adventurous things. Since it’s no longer part of your life story to live recklessly, you must balance self-awareness with passion. This is, in truth, a lot more rewarding. The only way you can have a strong fabric of life is to weave pleasure and innovation into the threads of necessity.

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SAGITTARIUS (November 22-December 22) Progress on your single most important goal seems to be arriving in fits and starts. This is surely frustrating for you, who prefers to fly like a flaming arrow through the sky. One minute the possibilities open up wide, and the clear truth is right within reach; then suddenly you are beset by delays and confusion. I suggest you consider whether this is really a goal you have to strive for, or a long-term process of developing something that is, in truth, inevitable. The second is more likely the case, so you have nothing to worry about. Meanwhile, the more innovative activity is developing in the personal angles of your chart. The more time you spend at home, the more all facets of your life will become a source of pleasure. If you have a significant other, it is through this relationship that you will recognize what a blessed and cosmic person you are, and how unusual your partner is. If you don’t have a partner and are seeking one, allow yourself to envision the most beautiful, cosmic person in the world, and imagine that he or she is looking for you right now.

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AQUARIUS

(Jan. 20-Feb. 19)

True, you’ve never been particularly enthralled by money for its own sake, but you have an unusual opportunity this month. You can align yourself with a source of income that reflects your true mission in life. Listen to what people say about work and you’ll quickly recognize how rare this is. Notice how the real religion of our society is not abundance (as is so often said about Western culture) but rather a persistent belief in scarcity. Finally, consider the type of greed that is obsessed with money for its own sake. All of this turns you off, understandably. Now, for what turns you on. The universe you can enter is one where there is enough of everything, including fulfillment. It would help immeasurably if you reminded yourself of all you know about what that word means for you. Be bold when you make that list; when you write on the page, be aware of any censoring voices and then set your ideas down despite them. The clearer you are about what you want, the more likely you are to recognize it when you’re looking right at it. And that particular development seems inevitable.

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“I have drawn still Life studies and abstract work,” Lou Patrou says. “But I don’t get anywhere near the satisfaction when I’m done with those as when I have something living in the drawing, some life.” Figures can always be found in Patrou’s pieces, whether it’s animals, people, or fanciful characters with points sprouting out of them. He places his works into three categories: loose and scratchy pastels, decorative candy-like patterns in watercolors, and expressive pencil drawings. “A lot of artists, they like to stay in one temperament, one tone,” he says. “Not me. I get bored.”

After first drawing a five-horned devil 30 years ago, Patrou has incorporated pointed figures into his work ever since. Clowns is from a series of three pencil works that are Patrou’s latest incarnation of putting cone like objects on the heads of tribal-like figures that stare blankly at the viewer.

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