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8 On the Cover: Daniel Baxter

22 Hello, Hinterland

Red Hook-based illustrator Daniel Baxter is spooling out an ongoing series of portraits layer figure drawings of notable folks over vintage maps.

11 Editor’s Note Brian K. Mahoney takes readers behind the scenes at Chronogram.

13 Esteemed Reader Jason Stern stands in awe before the boundlessness of being.

HIGH SOCIETY 14 Growing Concerns We talk with former state senator Jen Metzger about her perspective on the MRTA roll-out and her goals as a member of the Cannabis Control Board. Sign up for High Society, Chronogram’s cannabis culture newsletter, at Chronogram.com/highsociety.

FOOD & DRINK 20 Rolling Grocer 19 In September 2018, mobile grocery store Rolling Grocer 19 hit the streets of Columbia County with a a range of affordable, fresh and frozen provisions.

25 Sips & Bites Recent openings: Secret Vegan Cafe, Apizza!, Mill & Main, Iron & Grass.

At home with Jennifer Salvemini, a designer who’s transformed a funky West Shokan house into a home and community space and showroom for fellow creatives called Hinterland.

HEALTH & WELLNESS 34 Rethinking Primary Care Two local doctors are putting their patients’ needs first—and offering an alternative to our broken healthcare system via direct primary care.

EDUCATION 40 Talking Truth A new memorial to Sojourner Truth was set to be installed at the eponymous library on the SUNY New Platz campus this fall. Why is it receiving pushback?

COMMUNITY PAGES 44 New Paltz: Wilderness and Walkability The town nestled at the foot of the Shawangunk Ridge has seen some setbacks in the past 18 months—its chamber of commerce dissolved in August after a 66-year run—but New Paltz’s residents and business owners remain resolutely optimistic and its political leaders are reconceiving what it might look like in the 21st century.

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A detail from the showroom in designer Jennifer Salvemini’s West Shokan home, which features her work and that of other area female creatives. Photo by Winona Barton-Ballentine

ARTS 54 Music Album reviews of Only Lovers Left Alive by Jozef Van Wissem/SQURL; Live at the Churchill School by Rob Scheps and the TBA Band; and Time Waits for No One by Cheval Sombre. Plus listening recs from Akiko Asaki, pianist and music director of the Howland Chamber Music Circle.

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Audra Wolowiec wants to describe sound in visual terms. “Sound Grammar,” featuring her sculptures and works on paper, is the first show at the new Visitor Center gallery in Newburgh.

Live Music: Some of the concerts we’re going to this month includeRick Wakeman at the Bearsville Theater, Joe McPhee’s 82nd Birthday Show at Quinn’s, Gil Shaham and Julia Perry at Bard’s Fisher Center, The Flaming Lips at Empire Live Albany, Ian Hendrickson-Smith Quintet at the Falcon, and Gracia Peoples at Colony in Woodstock.

Litchfield County-based dance group Pilobolus celebrates its 50th anniversary this month with its “Big Five-Oh” Tour and a performance at the Egg in Albany.

Exhibits: Gallery and museum shows around the region, including standout shows at Albert Shahinian Fine Art and the Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum.

55 Books Jane Kinney Denning’s reviews The Collective, a new pyschological thriller from Alison Gaylin. Plus short reviews of The Best of Jamming! edited by Tony Fletcher; On the Ropes by Neil J. Smith; Shakespeare’s Sonnets Among His Private Friends by Carl D. Atkins; Neglect by Kim Wozencraft; and new two-in-one version of John Burroughs’s In the Catskills and My Boyhood with an intro by Edward Renehan.

56 Poetry Poems by Jacqueline Renee Ahl, Ryan Brennan, Leah Brickley, Melissa DePuy, Mary Fris, Jason Gabari, Reza Ghahremanzadeh, Frances Greenhut, Jennifer L. Howse, Mike Jurkovic, k.R., Judith Ren-Lay, Jean Tate, Diane Webster, and Vanessa Young. Edited by Phillip X Levine.

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The Short List: JB Smoove at Paramount Hudson Valley, “Mystery Science Theater” 3000 at Orange County Fair Speedway, Don’t Look Back at the Bardavon, Mikhail Horowitz and Gilles Malkine at Unison Arts Center, Theo Von at the Egg, “Apples in Winter at Denizen Theatre, and a talk on the epidemic of missing and murdered idgenous women by Heather Bruegl at Hudson Hall.

HOROSCOPES 68 Packing a Powerful Punch Watch out for instant karma in the stars this month, warns Lorelai Kude.

PARTING SHOT 72 Highland Gets a New Mural In late September, celebrated local muralist Lady Pink and her team painted a mural on the side of Studio 89 in downtown Highland.

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on the cover

Portraits by Daniel Baxter, clockwise from top left: Eva Peron, Fred Rogers, Sojourner Truth, Cole Porter, and Patti Smith.

ow do you find your way to the human soul? Some say it can be accessed through the eyes, others might need a map. Red Hook-based painter Daniel Baxter relies on both in his uniquely rendered portraits of soulful people on maps. His portrait of Eva Perón, featured on the cover, was inspired by reading a biography of Che Guevara. “Because of her contributions to Argentina, she became known as the ‘Spiritual Leader of the Nation.’ I admired her support of workers’ rights, as well as for women’s rights, and I thought it would be cool to incorporate her image into a map of Argentina,” Baxter says. Baxter began exploring painting on maps with a 1941 Rand McNally atlas that was falling apart at the spine. He thought about recycling it, but found the maps too beautiful. A map of Cuba suggested an old 1950s Ford automobile. He tried it and loved the results. From there, he started free-associating on other maps, seeing what might come up. “I would respond to each map by 8 CHRONOGRAM 11/21

drawing a portrait, a landmark, an artifact, which somehow resonated with each place,” he says. Continuing his research, Baxter gained access to enormous online collections of free maps to download. This allowed him to render notable people on maps suitable for portraits, developing his distinctive style along the way. When asked if maps suggest the portrait or viceversa, he responds, “It can definitely work either way. Ultimately, I try to look for a good marriage between the map and the subject, where they are each enhanced by the relationship. I never want the portrait to obscure what the map represents. The most important quality is that intuitive connection between the person and the place. If I feel that connection, the portrait will find a way to work. I try to summon sensitivity to my subject matter, and if it’s there, everything will fall into place.” Baxter almost always works with black ink, which doesn’t compete with the map’s colors. “I like building a drawing with dry-brush technique. I utilize stamp pads and fingerprints as a way

to create tones, as well as Q-tips to draw. I use pencils with darker carbons,” he explains. An avid reader, Baxter has broad interests in history, politics, science, sports, and music. “Maps are the perfect canvas to encompass these interests. They give me the ‘latitude and longitude’ to explore ideas and celebrate notable figures,” he adds. A lifelong resident of New York, Baxter grew up in Buffalo, studied illustration at Parsons School of Design, and lived in Brooklyn for 10 years. “Living in the city, I felt bombarded by so much information on busy streets. It was exciting, but as a more cerebral person, living close to nature gives me a clearer head. On a micro level, my town has an excellent recycling center, where I find cool old books, sheet music, and other material to draw on. As an artist who works with found material, this place has been a goldmine,” he says. Portfolio: Danielbaxter.com —Mike Cobb

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’m fond of painter Bob Ross’s trademark phrase, “There are no mistakes, only happy accidents.” (Or something like that. There is no canonical version as Ross uttered many variations on his TV show, often invoking diminutive conifers.) Putting aside Ross’s demolition of personal accountability for a moment—admittedly, we’re talking about brushstrokes, not space shuttle O-rings—I love the two-word linguistic pile-up of “happy accident.” Accidents are almost always bad—a fender bender, an incontinent dog soiling a rug—while happiness, is, well, unassailably good. Think of that same incontinent dog when it was a puppy, blissfully rolling on its back on a rug in a pre-soiled state. Together, they form a cognitively dissonant super-bond that’s perhaps best exemplified in the vintage Reese’s Peanut Butter Cup commercials from the 1980s. These ads had a number of iterations, but my favorite remains a teenage meet-cute. Scene: A sun-dappled street in the commercial district of Anytown, USA. A young man is moseying down a sidewalk eating an oversized bar of chocolate. Around the corner, a girl is strutting along, eating peanut butter from a container with her fingers, as any lover of nut butters is wont to do on a sunny summer afternoon. (It should be noted that both

are wearing Walkman headphones, thereby fully encased in private sonic/gustatory ecstasy.) They collide (gently) at the corner, the chocolate falling ever so advantageously into the tub of peanut butter. Each exclaims, “You got your X in my X,” and continues eating without skipping a beat. Both conclude: “Mmmm. Delicious.” The very definition of the happy accident to me, which perhaps speaks as much to how I was indoctrinated by television into being an eager and compliant consumer as it does to the genius of the marketing of two great tastes that go great together. Magazines, when they work, are sometimes a series of happy accidents. It’s like that saying about luck: It’s when opportunity meets preparation. You must work hard to prepare yourself for the brilliance of serendipity. I was reminded of this as we were choosing our cover this month. David Perry, our creative director, had connected with Daniel Baxter, an illustrator who creates exquisite portraits on maps, a neat way to quite literally “map” a person’s history on to their face. David and I spent some time poring over Baxter’s work, looking at a range of mapped faces from Nina Simone (Mississippi) to Ruth Bader Ginsburg (Brooklyn) to Greta Thunberg (the world). But the image we kept coming back to was of

Dolly Parton, her eyes looking out through a colorful map of Tennessee like she was at a masquerade. The image seemed to capture many of the essential elements that make Parton an iconic figure: her humble origins, her ability to give part of herself to her fans while remaining personally inscrutable, how she’s been able to smile through adversity her entire career and come out stronger on the other side. David and I loved the image of Parton, but it just didn’t work as a cover: Baxter had balanced the composition so well that another element—especially the 55-point typeface of the Chronogram logo (Template Gothic Bold)— couldn’t be added to it. What initially had drawn us to Baxter wasn’t going to work. We went back to the drawing board—or the paste board in this case. Looking through the images again, we came across Baxter’s elegant take on Eva Peron. Half of her face is shrouded by the map of the country, obscuring and revealing simultaneously. (If you need context, I recommend the Webber-Rice musical “Evita,” which may not be the most factual primer on South American politics, but I wouldn’t want any other Peron than the tragic figure of this play.) Once we mocked it up, it seemed inevitable, an instant classic. They only thing missing, perhaps, were some happy little trees. 11/21 CHRONOGRAM 11

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“I come to a threshold where I feel that I am no longer a compact mass but an infinity of living particles in movement, in vibration. I feel myself as participating in a Being whose force gives me life, which I then radiate around me. It is a kind of cosmic breathing in which I take part.” —Jeanne de Salzmann, Reality of Being (Shambhala Publications, 2010) Esteemed Reader of Our Magazine: My teenage son told me about a school assignment in which he was asked to write an essay describing an experience of awe. “The only thing I can think of is the other day when I did three new skateboard tricks in one session. I did a Nosegrind Nollie Front 180, a Boardslide Nollie 270 Shove, and a Backside Tailslide. It blew my mind. I was in awe.” As much as I’ve heard the names of all these tricks, I still have no idea what they mean. The tricks happen so fast that when I see them I can’t tell what I’m looking at. Meanwhile a long series of precise movements take place within that short space of time. For my son, the vocabulary of tricks is clear. Skateboard tricks embody an exact language, precise choreographic haikus. For the initiated, the meaning is objective. Each is a specific attainment, achieved by an equal blend of practice and grace. The effect is to evoke awe, not in the sense of one’s own awesomeness, but rather that a seemingly impossible ideal is made real. Through effort and openness, one transmutes acquired knowledge into inalienable understanding. I see that my sense of awe arises in precisely the same kind of circumstances. The conditions are a balance of intense, active effort and a simultaneous receptivity to a mysterious source of help. In those moments, my consciousness is drawn beyond habituated notions of the possible and I am graced to perceive an unfathomable mystery. In his seminal book, The Master Game, Robert de Ropp describes all of life as comprised of games. He organizes them in a hierarchy similar to Abraham Maslow. De Ropp associates games with aims. He characterizes the lower, subhuman games as having aims of wealth, fame, and glory or victory. Next is the level of “no game” which of course has no aim. Then comes what he calls “the householder game” with the aim of caring for one’s family and home. Finally are what De Ropp calls the metagames: the art, science, and religion games with the aims of beauty, knowledge, and salvation respectively. The noblest game, according to De Ropp, is the Master Game, with the aim of self-knowledge, or genuine awakening from the soporific treadmill of ordinary life. It is a metagame that is at once art, science and religion. Playing the Master Game is to position oneself in front of a single inquiry: Who am I? Within this endeavor the answers provided by external life quickly prove shallow and empty. For instance, I see that I am not a name, gender, race, sexual orientation, profession, political persuasion, or indeed any prescribed description. I know this for the simple and logical reason that I can see all of these descriptors and if I can see something, it is clearly not “I”. I am the one who is looking. With this principle in view I see that I am not my body and its physiology or states, nor am I my mind and its thoughts, and neither am I any of my myriad emotions, desires, and moods. So, who am I? The Master Game first reveals that one truly has no idea what or who one is. I am a mystery. Setting aside all the labels and identifiers one quickly arrives at a kind of precipice beyond which is an endless abyss. Going beyond all forms and experience of self I find vibrations of increasing subtlety, awesome in their potency and permeation of all grosser levels of experience. Inquiry and effort work together like the foot before and the foot behind in walking. The effort to plumb the mystery of myself is at the same time active and receptive. In the mode of this striving I release the need to be something or someone. The mystery proves unfathomable and I stand in awe before the boundlessness of being. —Jason Stern 11/21 CHRONOGRAM 13

High Society Brian K. Mahoney: Do you know what your responsibilities are going to be on the CCB? Jen Metzger: Well, the law is pretty clear what the responsibilities of the control board are. The control board is really the decision-making body responsible for all of the regulations, for all of the licensing, just pretty much across the board for all of the main decisions that have to be made to create the industry, and then to license the different businesses. So its authority is pretty extensive. And the newly created Office of Cannabis Management, it’s under the authority of the control board and we can delegate responsibilities to that office, to the executive director in the office. And this new body has to be fully staffed, so we’ve got quite a bit of work to do just getting everything operational. And also, importantly, the State Cannabis Advisory Board has to be appointed as well. And that body, there are 13 members that have to be appointed. Seven by the governor, three by the Senate and three by the assembly. It’s going to be responsible for administering the Community Grants Reinvestment Fund that’s created. It has an important role to play when it comes to funding. Brian K. Mahoney: The Community Grants Reinvestment Fund—that’s going to be the money from the taxed revenue on cannabis sales? Jen Metzger: Yeah, exactly. It’s really detailed about the purposes for which the revenues are to be spent, but that’s a sizable portion and no other state that has legalized adult-use has dedicated such a large share of the funds to reinvestment in communities that have been disproportionately impacted by prohibition.

Growing Concerns A Talk with Cannabis Control Board Member Jen Metzger On October 5, New York State’s Cannabis Control Board held its first meeting. Under the Marijuana Regulation & Taxation Act, the Cannabis Control Board (CCB) plays an important role in monitoring the rollout and implementation of cannabis in New York State: it’s responsible for creating the regulations for each of the cannabis programs; granting licenses, as well as revoking them upon violation; regulating the packaging and advertising of cannabis products; and overseeing the issuance of certain special permits. The CCB will also have the power to review all licensees two years into the program, to determine whether any one licensee has gained a large control of the industry

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and is undermining the aim of providing socially equitable business opportunities. As home cultivation of adult cannabis will be permitted, the Board will also be tasked with issuing regulations to prevent unsafe growing practices. Former state senator Jen Metzger, a Rosendale resident who has served extensively in local government been a community advocate on sustainability issues for decades, was appointed to the CCB in September. I spoke with Metzger about her perspective on the MRTA rollout and her goals as a member of the Cannabis Control Board in late September. —Brian K. Mahoney

Brian K. Mahoney: Let me zoom out for a second. How are you feeling right now about the way that the MRTA is rolling out? For myself, I was kind of despairing that the regulatory apparatus was never going to get set up while Cuomo was governor. Jen Metzger: Well, on the one hand it is disappointing that it took so long. Basically, politics were being played by the previous governor over the appointments, and it was delayed. But on the other hand, we have really great people in place in important decision-making roles. Hochul’s choices, I think were just fantastic. Chris Alexander as executive director of the Office of Cannabis Management, he has a lot of experience both in the law and in the industry. I know him from when I was in the Senate and he was on majority council and really played an important role in crafting the legislation and then went on to work specifically in these areas. And I think Tremaine Wright is just going to be a fantastic leader at the head of the control board. She comes to it with experience. Beyond her experience in the Assembly, she was a small business owner. And we want to create an industry in New York that is fair, that really gives small businesses, small farmers, real opportunities, is not dominated by the wealthy and well-connected players. So far, at least, I think the appointments have bode really well. Brian K. Mahoney: I have a question about the licensing criteria. The MRTA is being held up as a national model for its restorative justice provisions, including a goal of issuing 50 percent of licenses for social equity applicants. So that’s in the law, but now the rubber is going to meet the road and the CCB is tasked with coming up with the regulations. Is that correct? Jen Metzger: Yes, absolutely. I mean, that is a part of it. And there’s a lot of guidance in the law about what we are to consider in developing the social equity plan, but this is all work that has to be done. And it has been challenging in other states. Massachusetts also sought to promote social equity. I mean, I don’t know where they are today, but I think as of last year they have maybe issued two social equity licenses, or something like that. Brian K. Mahoney: Oh, boy. Not many. Jen Metzger: Yeah, not many. And there are real challenges. There are real challenges in terms of having

the capital, having the training, and having the resources to do this. Developing an incubator program is going to be really important. And we have to look at what we can do to support social equity applicants now. What tools do we have available in terms of loans and that sort of thing? We’re going to have to consider all the aspects of it. It’s incredibly challenging, but we also operate, I think really on a positive side, it is a closed market in New York. And there’s a lot that we can control through the licensing provisions to make sure that we’re really prioritizing social equity applicants. And I’m also very interested in the cooperative licenses. I think cooperative licenses are going to be really valuable for social equity applicants. Brian K. Mahoney: Can you briefly explain what cooperative licenses are? Jen Metzger: I’m not an expert, but the law is very specific. There are principles for cooperatives that they have to follow, but the members can be the consumers that are benefiting. Like a food co-op for instance, or they could be a worker-owned cooperative. There are different types of cooperatives, but they’re democratic by definition and decisions are made by the members who all participate actively in decision-making. And another benefit: they’re directly serving their community. They’re very local, but they also enable the pooling of talent and resources. And I think that’s going to be very helpful to applicants. Brian K. Mahoney: For social equity applicants, I imagine one of the primary barriers to entry is going to be capital. My opinion: I think the state should really get the money behind these folks in some way so we don’t have multi-state operators coming in and taking huge stakes in these social equity enterprises. From a funding perspective, what can the state do to help the social equity applicants? Jen Metzger: On a personal level, I agree with you. And I do think that we have to recognize that as we’re starting out, we don’t have the revenue yet. It’s going to be a little while before the industry is up and going and we’re collecting tax revenue to reinvest. And I think that we do have to look at ways in which the state can assist in providing loans and assisting social equity applicants with their capital needs to get off the ground. Brian K. Mahoney: You were chair of the Senate agricultural committee, and certainly farmers are crucial to standing up this industry. How do you envision small farmers playing a role in the industry? Jen Metzger: We want to see New York’s small farmers be able to take advantage of it. Just from the research I’ve done in other states, a lot of it has been dominated by indoor cultivation in giant warehouses. If farmers can grow outdoors, it’s more sustainable and less capital intensive. It’s going to be important to support that. And again, this is all sort of within the vision of this law to enable small businesses of all kinds, including small farmers, to access this industry. And distressed farmers, this is something, again, we have to come up with a definition for on the control board, but distressed farmers are amongst the types of applicants that can get priority licensing. And I think it’s going to be very helpful that we have microbusiness licenses in this program. Brian K. Mahoney: The microbusiness licenses are akin to a farm winery or farm brewery license, right? Jen Metzger: Right. The microbusiness license is the only vertically integrated license that’s allowed in the adult-use program. But yeah, it’s a small business, similar to craft and farm in other industries. And it also allows onsite consumption licenses as well.

“We need to design regulations to minimize the carbon footprint of [cannabis] production. In Massachusetts, the adult-use industry is responsible for 10 percent of the industrial energy consumption in the state.” —Cannabis Control Board Member Jen Metzger What are your thoughts on timing? Jen Metzger: We’re committed to get this regulatory framework in place. There is a process when you’re creating regulations. There’s a whole process for public input. But you can’t get around those requirements, and you shouldn’t. We want public input, and we want to consider that input before we finalize the regulations. But having said that, I’m going to work as hard as I can. And I know that my colleagues are also going to be working as hard as we can to get the best regulations possible in place, as soon as we can get them in place. But like everyone, I would love to see it in place so that we can have farmers do the planting they need for the next season, but we have to follow the process. Brian K. Mahoney: Do you see any possible way that we might have an adult-use dispensary open in New York by the end of 2022? Jen Metzger: Well, again, the hope is for that to happen. I’ll put it that way.

Brian K. Mahoney: So that’s the only spot where you can grow it, sell it, and consume it in one spot. Jen Metzger: Yeah. So these are definite opportunities for small farmers there.

Brian K. Mahoney: And then because they would have to have stuff to sell, too, right? So that would mean that the farmers would have had to have been growing things beforehand. Jen Metzger: Yeah. Right, right. So you have to have that in place. I can’t even speculate at this point, Brian. It’s really hard, but I think that we have to look at ways, we have to do what we can to move this forward so that farmers can be ready for the next season.

Brian K. Mahoney: I heard Allan Gandelman of the New York Cannabis Growers and Processors Association on “Capitol Pressroom” a couple of weeks ago, saying that he thought that regulations might be in place by the end of the year so that the state could start taking applications beginning in January. And I thought that seemed wildly optimistic.

Brian K. Mahoney: Let’s talk sustainability. There is the provision that incentivizes sustainability when granting licenses. How do you envision that playing out on a practical level? Jen Metzger: This is a particularly important issue for me. I’ve been working on climate and environmental and energy issues for many, many years, and we are in a

climate crisis. And there’s just no excuse not to make the New York industry a model of sustainability along all lines. In terms of energy consumption, in terms of packaging, just in all ways. And we have broad authority to consider these aspects of the industry under the law. And the law mentions in a number of different places, the importance of protecting, looking at the environmental and energy impact in licensing and considering the ability of applicants to increase climate resiliency, minimize or eliminate environmental impacts. All of that is in there, and I think that we need to design regulations to achieve those goals and minimize the carbon footprint of production. Again, going back to what I said earlier about sort of small-scale and also outdoor production, that not only benefits small farmers, small businesses just because the capital requirements are lower. It’s also more sustainable from an energy perspective. In Massachusetts, the adult-use industry is responsible for 10 percent of the industrial energy consumption in the state. That is significant. Brian K. Mahoney: Wow. Most of the grow in Massachusetts is indoors, right? Jen Metzger: Yeah. And there’s been a lot of attention recently, and rightfully so, on the enormous climate impact of indoor grow. The lighting that is used is 50 to 200 more times more powerful than the lighting used in an office, but it’s not just the lighting. It’s the HVAC systems, it’s maintaining temperature and humidity levels. You’re essentially recreating what exists in nature indoors, and doing that requires massive amounts of energy.

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Mobilizing Around Food Access ROLLING GROCER 19 BRINGS FRESH, LOCAL, AFFORDABLE FOOD TO HUDSON AND BEYOND By Marie Doyon

hen Sehla Graham’s mother transplanted her and her siblings from Flatbush to Hudson in 1994, the Columbia County city was down and out. “She would say she gave us fresh air and trees and safety, but I would say the first couple years were very violent,” says Graham, remembering an era of drugs and crime. Plucked from her social life right on the cusp of high school, ripped from the familiar diversity and cultural richness of New York City, a resentful Graham didn’t speak to her mother for a year and a half. Yet over time, the rough-around-the-edges city grew on her, and she’s made a life and a career uplifting Hudson. The mother of seven, Graham has run several businesses over the years, from a bookstore in Catskill to a Jamaican restaurant in a former strip club on 7th Street to a laundromat with rooms for rent upstairs. These days, she’s on the school board and she’s one of the managers and founders of Rolling Grocer 19, which was the city’s first grocery store in 20 years when it launched in 2018. “When I moved here, there was Sam’s on Warren,” Graham says. “Sam’s did things that 16 FOOD & DRINK CHRONOGRAM 11/21

Rolling Grocer is doing now—curbside pickup, delivery, payment in installments. They even did something extra—they did layaway. If you worked in the factory and you got paid every Thursday, you could get your groceries ahead of time and pay when you got paid.” When the family that ran Sam’s sold the building in the late ’90s and moved to a location on Fairview Avenue, outside of Hudson’s walkable, densely populated downtown, the city was left without a grocery store. While specialty provisions markets and high-end restaurants flourished—perhaps sufficient sustenance for weekenders—no business was filling the anchor role of an accessible grocery store. “Sam’s was so successful because it was within accessibility range for people who didn’t have transportation,” explains Graham. Case in point: Sam’s folded just months after the move. An Iterative Approach The Food Empowerment Project defines food deserts as “geographic areas where residents’ access to affordable, healthy food options

(especially fresh fruits and vegetables) is restricted or nonexistent due to the absence of grocery stores within convenient traveling distance.” ShopRite and Aldi are almost three miles from downtown Hudson—hardly convenient for someone without a car. In 2017, the Hudson Core Group formed, with Graham as one of the members, to research barriers to food access in the community and work on solutions to increase the health and well-being of Hudson residents. “Kellogg’s, General Mills—that wasn’t the conversation,” Graham recalls. “We were asking how people could actually support local farms and have food that was healthy and not stupid expensive. The framework for fair pricing was a part of this conversation from the beginning.” Pricing wasn’t the only issue—there was also location to consider. “There are so many fissures in the town,” Graham says, alluding to race and class divides. “In Brooklyn, you go wherever, up here, it’s a little different. You can feel the affluence more, the haves and the have nots. People on Union and Allen would shop

Rolling Grocer 19 began in 2017 as a mobile effort to bring healthy, affordable fare to food deserts in Columbia County. Opposite: Sehla Graham (right) outside Rolling Grocer 19’s storefront on South Second Street in Hudson. Photo by Anna Victoria

on Warren, but people on Columbia and State would not. There’s nothing for them to afford. So you had issues with the neighborhoods. How can an eight-block, three-mile town have neighborhoods, right? But it does, so how do you support all of them with one space?” In 2016, the Berkshire Taconic Community Foundation announced a grant for projects addressing the issue of food access in Columbia County. The Institute for Mindful Agriculture, which was then an incubator project of Hawthorne Valley, teamed up with Long Table Harvest to apply. After being awarded the funds, the organizations decided to start in Hudson, the county seat, where they linked up with the Hudson Core Group. Together, the coalition came up with the idea of a mobile grocery store which would address food access not only in the city of Hudson but in all 19 of Columbia County’s communities (hence the 19 in the name). In September 2018, Rolling Grocer 19 hit the streets with a retrofitted, refrigerated 16-foot trailer, stocking a range of fresh and frozen provisions, local produce, meat, seafood, and some hygiene products. “We thought if we were outside people’s doors, how could they not support something in their face?” Graham recalls. “They did support it, but we came in when the cold was coming back and people weren’t walking as much. It didn’t track well with seasonal behavior shifts.” There was also an aesthetic question. Per Graham, at first the trailer looked like a “medical van,” instead of an inviting place to shop for food. “I imagined it would have some outside component of fruits and vegetables like the fruit stands in the city, but also be something you could walk inside,” Graham says, but that didn’t materialize. There were also issues with parking in Hudson, and then the shortcomings of their barebones retrofit, which left the trailer freezing in winter and boiling in summer. “When we talk about Rolling Grocer, the different iterations and mistakes we’ve made have made us better,” Graham says. By March 2019, the Rolling Grocer team had pivoted their primary operations to a storefront on South 2nd Street. The trailer is still in use, though it mostly services the more rural areas of Columbia County, including a weekly drop in New Lebanon, where the closest grocery stores are two towns over in Chatham or Pittsfield, Massachusetts. “Once we realized the trailer’s limited capacity for a city as dense as Hudson, we thought about using it in smaller towns,” Graham says, “And we decided an anchored store would be better in a dense space.” The 630-square-foot storefront stocks a wide range of wholesome products, including fresh produce, dairy, bread, grains, meat, seafood, non-

perishables, and toiletries. “We’re not concerned with access to just any food, but with access to real, whole food—and local,” Graham says. “The closer you are to your food the healthier you are. And why not support the farmers that feed and employ people? Let that money that is circulating in our community bounce around a few times before it goes out to Amazon.” Local producers carried in-store include Bee Hollow Apiary, Chaseholm Farm, Dog Wood Farm, Eger Brothers Farm, Hawthorne Valley Farm, Hearty Roots Farm, Hudson Valley Fisheries, Ironwood Farm, Juniper Hill Farm, Kinderhook Farm, Letterbox Farm, Love Apple Farm, Our Daily Bread, Sea to Table, Sparrowbush Farm + Bread, and Tortilleria Nixtamal. And the list goes on and on. In addition to its commitment to supporting local farms and providing nutritious fresh foods to the local community, Rolling Grocer is also continually trying to minimize its ecological footprint. The bulk section offers a containerfree way to refill on pantry staples from flour and oats to legumes, grains, nuts, seeds, spices, and even toiletries like shampoo and body wash. The storefront is also a drop-off location for TerraCycle, which recycles items like razors, batteries, and lightbulbs that standard-single stream system can’t accept.

Accessibility for All True to their core mission, Rolling Grocer implements a “fair pricing system” that uses a three-tier membership model. In this confidential honor system, members self-select into a tier based on a combination of factors including income, social privilege, and access. The green tier offers products at standard retail price, with the money from these sales going to operational overhead costs like payroll and utility bills. The orange tier offers products somewhere between wholesale and retail price, while the blue tier is at or below wholesale. Rolling Grocer fundraises to cover the whole cost of the blue tier and some of the orange tier. “The food apartheid that exists here is from the gentrification that has happened,” Graham says. “It’s not just about being a grocery store in Hudson, it’s about access to healthy, nutritious food. We offer 100 percent privacy and 100 percent dignity—that’s not a gimmick to get you in the door, it’s really giving you accessibility at your price point.” Recognizing that access to whole foods after a long period often requires education, Rolling Grocer has partnered with the Sylvia Center to offer classes around food prep, storage, and cooking, including topics like meat substitution. 11/21 CHRONOGRAM FOOD & DRINK 17

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Mending the Holes Despite the work of Rolling Grocer 19, which has undergone some management restructuring over the past month, there is much work to be done to close the food access gap in Hudson and the surrounding areas. “There still are a lot of holes,” Graham says, pointing to transportation issues for carless folks the county over and sourcing disconnects between local grocery stores and area farms. As for Rolling Grocer 19’s future plans, the plan is to branch back out beyond Hudson city limits. “We have the 19 towns right in the name of our organization,” Graham says. “Once we’ve gotten through this little triage patch, we want to be in other places. We want to talk with the minds and anchors in communities like Valatie and Germantown—not to say there isn’t food there, but is it accessible and affordable? Those are the things that make Rolling Grocer necessary. We have a pricing system that specifically looks at the inequities of the food price while also supporting local farmers.” Using the trailer to offer roaming curbside service, Rolling Grocer has the capability to give residents access to nutritious, organic, fresh food, plus frozen goods, and hygiene products from Greenport to Philmont, town centers to mobile home parks. And if its success in Hudson is any sign, people will be very glad for it. In three short years, Rolling Grocer 19 has become an integral part of the Hudson community. “We had people that were thinking about giving up apartments and housing and moving somewhere easier, because it was too much,” Graham says. “The thought of being here in winter, the thought of all the places they would have to go to get their food—there were all these multipliers. But then when we came into place, suddenly there was a community watering hole for people to talk about food and request foods that they loved, offering affordability and accessibility. A lot of people have said we’ve added to their quality of life. That’s huge when you think about what all’s at play in that.” As of October 12, the Rolling Grocer 19 storefront is open daily, 9am-7pm. The mobile grocer offers delivery service to New Lebanon on Monday afternoons. You can also order online.

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Working with little more than a two-unit induction burner, chef Mark Fredette built up a big reputation for himself out of a tiny kitchen in the Clermont Cafe on the Tousey Winery property in Clermont, turning out uncommon, ambitious dishes like squab with blood orange confit and golden turnip slaw or octopus with a mild chili rub. This spring, Fredette closed the cafe to focus on opening Iron & Grass, a grass-finished chophouse on the outskirts of Hudson with seasonal sides. The steak menu offers cuts ranging from an eight-ounce petite sirloin ($26) to a 38-ounce Tomahawk ($140). You can also order a half spatchcock chicken ($26); pork caponata, served with eggplant, pepper, tomato, and rice ($24); or ahi tuna ($24). There’s even a vegan miso eggplant dish ($16). 3521 Route 9, Hudson | Ironandgrass.com

At a time when Biden is aggressively pushing for the transition to green energy, it may come as a surprise to learn that New Paltz’s newest pizzeria is proudly coal-fired. But it’s less rare than you might think; in fact, many of the places that bill themselves as brick-oven pizzerias are using coal-fired ovens. Adam Monteverde, former pizzaiolo at Grimaldi’s, has taken over the space next to Bangkok Cafe on Main Street. There are two base pies: the regular, made with organic San Marzanos and extra virgin olive oil; and the white. Customize your order with 40 toppings ranging from honey to pesto, prosciutto, or truffle oil. There are gluten-free and vegan options available. In addition to the pizza, there are calzones, a house antipasti platter, salads, and a range of starters from the oven, like the baked clams oreganata ($14) and house meatballs ($12). And we have no idea how the finances of this work out, but during weekend brunch there is a three-for-one cocktail special from 10:30am-2pm. 121 Main Street, New Paltz | Coalovenpizza.org

Sure, IKEA made Swedish meatballs famous, but have you ever tried Dutch meatballs? Breaded and fried, bitterballen are classically made with beef, stock, and roux. In the Netherlands, they reportedly eat over 300 million of these tasty croquettes a year. After going vegan in 2017, it took Dutch immigrant Kim Hoederman and her husband Jeff Semones two years to perfect a mushroom-based vegan version. In 2019, the pair launched Vegan Junk Food to bring these environmentally friendly, plant-based snacks to bars, restaurants, and caterers in the region. And in September, the couple threw open the doors to the Secret Vegan Cafe in Kingston’s Rondout neighborhood, a new breakfast and lunch spot serving up plant-based indulgences like breakfast sandwiches, pancakes, burgers, fries, apple pie, and beignets, plus coffee. 38 McEntee Street, Kingston | Veganjunkfood.co

At the end of Kerhonkson’s short Main Street (different from the main drag, which is inexplicably called 42nd Street) sits a formerly vacant, run-down, and flood-damaged building. Claudia Sidoti and Paul Weathered acquired the building at auction in 2017 with dreams of creating a combo restaurant, coffee shop, and market in the storefront space with apartments upstairs. After months of renovations, the coffee shop and provisions component opened in early October, carrying a range of local goodies from producers like Acorn Hill Farm, Casella Salumi, Damn Good Honey Farm, Hudson Valley Fresh, Tree Juice, Fruition Chocolate, Jane’s Ice Cream, and Hawthorne Valley. The restaurant component, with food & bev direction under the couple’s son, Christopher Weathered, a Blue Hill at Stone Barns alum, is set to debut later this fall. The menu will feature seasonal produce and recipes from the owners’ Colombian, Caribbean, and Italian heritage. 317-319 Main Street, Kerhonkson | Millandmainstreet.com —Marie Doyon 11/21 CHRONOGRAM FOOD & DRINK 21

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n the summer of 2020—with Covid-19 walloping New York, the region on lockdown, and the presidential election looming large—Jennifer Salvemini opened an ice cream business. “It seemed logical,” says Salvemini, a designer and event planner. She had bought her Catskills home in 2017, but had been dividing her time between working in Manhattan and more creative pursuits upstate, until COVID forced her hand. When New York City went into quarantine that winter, she finally cut the cord, giving up her city apartment and fully decamping to her West Shokan home. Salvemini was grateful for the respite, but she’s also not one to sit still and wait for something to happen. Interior design is her bread and butter—she serves as a strategist for 22 HOME & GARDEN CHRONOGRAM 11/21

the Kingston Design Connection–but she’s also spent years in the restaurant and fashion industries, and has added some event planning into her professional mix. Her designs are an experience for all five senses, drawing from and inspired by what she hears, smells, sees, feels, and even tastes. But Salvemini also has a sixth sense: One for finding and creating community. With the onset of COVID all her design projects and business plans came to a screeching halt. “I really wondered what to do next,” she says. She didn’t have to look very far for an idea. Her 2,500-square-foot, cedar shingle-sided rambler sits on almost two acres sandwiched between the Ashokan Rail Trail and Route 28. Salvemini found opportunity right at the end of her driveway.

Designer and event planner Jennifer Salvemini converted her home’s former garage into a showroom for art, crafts, and design. Called Hinterland, the showroom features women makers and artists fostering a reciprocative, collaborative community. “It’s a sisterhood, but in a modern entrepreneurial context,” Salvemini says. The paintings and wall mural pictured were created by Katie Westmoreland. The hardware designs were forged by metalsmith Alison Zavracky. Soaps and oils by Babs Mansfieldare also on display. Opposite: Salvemini wears a Yardie jumper from Nyamka Ayinde’s Catskills uniform apparel collection. “I think the drive to create is a biological urge in a way,” she says. “For many women, self-care is at the absolute bottom of the list. Part of the showroom collective’s mission is showing up for each other.” Behind her, a large abstract painting by Caroline Burdette.

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“My personal aesthetic is vintage eclectic,” Salvemini says. “I like to source previously owned vintage or antique pieces because the world has enough stuff.” She tends toward a tonal color palette with nigh contrast pops of color.

After some research, she realized there wasn’t an ice cream truck operating in her vicinity. So she found an ice cream cart, obtained a peddler’s permit from the town, and started her new socially distanced business right out her front door. It was a hit. “It was just like summer camp,” she remembers. “I spent days out there listening to music and scooping ice cream. It was a great way to connect with people and stay six feet apart.” Salvemini met many of her neighbors, and began getting regulars from the rail trail. She even reconnected with the home’s previous owners. “I thrive on interacting with people,” she says. “And the connections I made felt very meaningful and special. It seemed like a sign that my random COVID pivot was the right thing to do.” From that point on, there was no turning around for Salvemini. “It was like, ‘No backslides,’” she explains. “When I moved up here I wondered where I’d find work and what my community would look like. Then I realized it was up to me to create both those things myself. If you build it they will come.” Martha Stewart Meets Global Design Salvemini has been drawn to the Catskill Mountains for a long time. “I grew up in the suburbs,” says the New Jersey native. “I think I felt deeply deprived of nature as a child even if

I couldn’t really express that growing up.” She moved to New York City in her 20s and studied anthropology at Pace University. “My academics evolved into a passion for aesthetic expression in all areas of culture, from architecture to mythology and textiles to cuisine.” However, it was a struggle to deny her love for home design. “I grew up watching Martha Stewart and I’ve been obsessed with homemaking since I was very little,” she says. “Every year I would visit another design school and play with the idea of attending.” When she did begin her interior design practice, it took her a while to fully appreciate the profession. “I didn’t know how I was making the world a better place by beautifying people’s homes,” she says. “But I eventually realized that helping people create homes they love is actually a form of therapy. It improves their individual quality of life.” At the same time, Salvemini began exploring the Catskill region, first coming up on short weekend trips. “It seemed I was being called to these mountains,” she explains. “They’ve always felt very protective. I knew I was meant to make a life here.” Salvemini was also attracted to the alternative economy she found flourishing in the region. “I was so encouraged by the O+ festival and many other organizations out of Kingston,” she says. “This region offered the kind of life 11/21 CHRONOGRAM HOME & GARDEN 25

that I want to live: community oriented, slower, more connected to nature and sustainability.” She wanted to explore her professional interests in ways that were socially and environmentally responsible and community driven. “Being in a place with like-minded creatives who are interested in building alternative economic structures in communion with nature means everything to me.” Rambling Home She began searching the Hudson Valley for a property in 2017, however she was looking for a place that could be more than just a weekend retreat or even a full-time home. “I had these business plans in my mind and on a folder in my hard drive for almost 10 years,” she says. She envisioned a lifestyle destination that would include a studio for her design work, a place to share with others, and even a “culinary moment” where she could cater meals or hold larger events. She called the project Hinterland and went looking for a site that would suit her parameters. The property on Route 28 had been siting empty for almost a year when she found it. Once a one-room hunting cabin in the middle of the forest, the almost 100-year-old home evolved over the past century from seasonal outpost into a rambling mid-century ranch with a rather strange layout and multiple additions. However, Salvemini saw tremendous potential in 26 HOME & GARDEN CHRONOGRAM 11/21

the funky house. “What I wanted to do was so site-specific,” she says. “When I saw the property, I realized it was perfect for me.” Like her former hunting cabin, the hamlet of West Shokan seems to have grown in varying directions and additions over the past decades, evolving from woods and railroad track into a hodgepodge of antique stores, warehouses, eateries, and one repurposed rail trail. Like Salvemini’s rambling property, it also seems right on the verge of coalescing into a community. Salvemini bought the property and moved in at the end of 2017, beginning renovations almost immediately. During that first winter, she lived in the garage while working with Jeremey Mecca Wood and Bobby Benjamin to replace the home’s roof and partial hardwood flooring, as well as the plumbing. By adding walls to the dining area, she created a self-contained studio for shortterm rentals. Then Salvemini set her sights on redesigning the main two-bedroom living space for herself. Design Outpost In designing the home, she’s come to appreciate its tangential nature. “It sort of rambles, there’s many entrances and it can be confusing,” she admits. “However, the layout has allowed me to utilize the space in a really special way.” Her black-and-white living room, with natural accents, was inspired by the Coleman Hawkins

Salvemini added a wood insert into the home’s fireplace. Her living room design was inspired by the Coleman Hawkins’ song “Rosita.” “When I first saw the room, it reminded me of a swanky jazz song, with a bit of brass,” she says. “That musical influence gave me the design directive for the living room. Now whenever I walk in I can hear the slide part of the song.” The abstract print is by James Gilroy.

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and Ben Webster tune “Rosita.” “My personal aesthetic is vintage eclectic,” she explains. “I’m drawn to the Art Nouveau, Art Deco, and Mid-Century movements. I love finding ways to design around the original period details of a space while integrating unexpected elements.” Salvemini was inspired by her grandmother when designing her kitchen and dining room. “I imaged how her house must have looked when she was beginning a family in the 1940s,” she explains. The home’s primary bathroom needed a complete re-do. Her redesign pays homage to an orange-infused perfume she loves. Initially intended to be her own studio space, Salvemini renovated the home’s garage into a showroom now open to the public and featuring women makers. Called Hinterland after her initial business plan, Salvemini got the idea during a holiday gift-wrapping session. “I was creating gift baskets that focused on all upstate, handmade items,” she remembers. “Without intentionally doing so I was including products from all women-owned businesses. It occurred to me that there is an abundance of women up here making and doing fantastic things.” She developed the showroom around that realization, with an eye toward strengthening the local women’s maker and artist community, as well as providing support and opportunities for business growth. Salvemini is happy to see where this next inspiration leads her. “It’s a funky property and I’ve got some funky plans,” she says. “But I’m delighted to see these things come out of my head and into real life. It’s been incredibly surprising and fulfilling to see how my life up here has unfolded.”

From top: Salvemini enjoys the home’s covered back porch throughout the warmer months with views to her back acreage. “The property feels both pastoral and wild to me,” she explains. “I think I’ve been trying to give myself a chance to be a dirty-faced, barefoot, little girl in adulthood. I feel safe exploring that here.” The primary bathroom required a complete overhaul. Salvemini found the blue mid-century sink, faucet, and handles on eBay. “That was a whole journey in antique plumbing that I never need to experience again,” she says. She restored the original blue tile and replaced the countertop. The blue and orange design, along with the orange pendant lamps, were inspired by her favorite orange-scented perfume. “I find great satisfaction creating meaningful sensory experiences for others in my designs,” she says. Salvemini closed walls in her living and dining room to create a separate short-term rental unit. “The windows are surrounded by old maple trees,” she says. “And it can feel like you’re sleeping in a tree house, waking up surrounded by shimmering leaves.” 11/21 CHRONOGRAM HOME & GARDEN 29

HOLIDAY SHOPPING GUIDE

Graceland Tattoo Be a hero this holiday season with a gift card to Graceland Tattoo! Established in 2003, in the heart of the Hudson Valley, you can find our brand-new tattoo parlor still centrally located in the Village of Wappingers Falls. Our philosophy is simple: Be good to the craft we hold so dear, be good to the clients who walk through our doors, and be good to each other. It’s proven to be a winning combination for us and we are grateful for the community we’ve built.

This holiday season, local retailers are stocked up and ready to assist you with all your gift needs, from books and art supplies to jewelry to outfitting apparel and accessories to art and antiques and much more.

Merritt Bookstore Offering a full selection of new releases and classics for readers of all ages, toys, games, puzzles, cards, stationery, wrapping paper, and highly curated small gifts. Serving Millbrook and the Hudson Valley for over 36 years. Millbrook, Merrittbooks.com

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We have two full-service body piercers who have committed countless hours to honing their skills. We offer the highest quality jewelry, and practice the safest, most advanced piercing techniques. More importantly, we’re here for you during the healing process and beyond. From the brightest colors to the smoothest black and gray, Graceland Tattoo is known for doing it right. We have thousands of classic tattoo designs to choose from. Or bring in your own idea and work with us to create a custom piece. Our tattooers have decades of experience and it shows in their work. We have a well-rounded approach dedicated to cleanliness, professionalism, and craft.

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Graceland Tattoo’s award-winning team is always booking new appointments and we offer gift cards in any denomination. It’s perfect for your kid’s new piercing. Give one to a friend and help them out with their next tattoo appointment. Or really go BIG and pick up the whole tab. They’ll never forget it! Wappingers Falls, Gracelandtattoo.com

Tee-Owels The comfort of slipping on your favorite t-shirt, but for your hair. TEE-OWELS feature highquality organic cotton towels that dry your hair without drying it out. Prices start at $26. Shop Happy Hair Care when you visit Teeowels.com.

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Hummingbird Jewelers Galleria at Crystal Run The Hudson Valley’s premier holiday shopping, dining, and entertainment center, and a community resource for the tristate area. Anchored by Target, Macy’s, Dick’s Sporting Goods, and JC Penney, the center offers more than 100 retail shops, over two dozen of them family-owned businesses. Enjoy six entertainment venues and 12 onsite eateries, such as AMC Theatres, Billy Beez, The Mystery Room, Urban Air Adventure Park, Ride & Thrill, Round 1 Bowling & Amusement, 110 Grill, Fuji Japanese Steakhouse, Peru Cuisine, and the new Allan’s Mediterranean Bar & Grill. The Galleria at Crystal Run is your destination to EAT, SHOP, and PLAY this holiday season. More information on holiday sales and events is available online. Middletown, Galleriacrystalrun.com

Newhard's—The Home Source This is the season of thanks and gratitude, a time to enjoy the company of friends and family and the beauty that surrounds us. There is no better time of year to visit the Warwick Valley! Newhard’s—The Home Source has been called the “Emporium of Everything” and is filled with treasures to make your home a little bit warmer, more beautiful, gracious and happy. Take a moment to discover our town and the Village of Warwick, its history, wonderful restaurants and friendly stores. We want to share our romance with you. Warwick. Find us on Facebook and Instagram.

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fter nearly a decade of providing fine jewelry in New Paltz, Hudson Valley Goldsmith is bringing its socially conscious, artisanal designs to Main Street in Beacon. David Walton is a goldsmith and coowner of Hudson Valley Goldsmith with his wife, Sara Walton. “Our New Paltz location is a true, full-service jewelry store,” David says. “This is where we make our jewelry, and where we sell our jewelry.” The Beacon store, with the same name, will be a full-service fine jewelry store showcasing their custom work. Besides expert repairs and one-of-a-kind custom designs, Hudson Valley Goldsmith is noted by shoppers for its relaxed atmosphere, in contrast to the hustle and bustle of New York City jewelry dealers. “We’re a destination for customers all over the tri-state area, for engagement rings, wedding bands,” David says. “People come here because they’re not satisfied with the pushy attitude of dealers in the Diamond District. And yet our prices remain competitive.” Natural diamonds are the hallmark at Hudson Valley Goldsmith, and Walton says his shop has the largest selection of loose and set diamonds in the greater Hudson Valley region: “We import our diamonds from Antwerp, Belgium. We go there multiple times a year to hand-select diamonds for our stock and for our customers’ orders.” Selecting diamonds so early in the global

trade allows a shorter chain of custody, David says, to assure conflict-free materials. In addition to diamond solitaires, what’s hot now are natural sapphires from the state of Montana—and Hudson Valley Goldsmith has a beautiful array ready for the choosiest customer. “They are all mined and cut here in America,” Walton explains. “They come in blues, greens, yellows— they’re just incredible.” Social awareness is key for more than just their gems. Hudson Valley Goldsmith can recycle old jewelry into a refreshed, custom design, lessening the environmental impact of your new piece; and they use Earthfriendly cleaning solutions when possible. The Waltons hope to open their new location around Black Friday, and David is glad to be opening in Beacon: “It was always a goal of mine to open a store in Beacon,” he says. “It’s exciting to have a shop among other artisans and designers of clothing, fashion, and jewelry. It’s a destination for fine accessories and adornments.” The owners are glad to be running a family business and raising their eight-year-old son here in the Hudson Valley. “We’re all part of the community here,” David says. He earned his BFA in Metals from SUNY New Paltz; he and his wife support many local charities, including the David and Sara Walton Metal Thesis Support Fund at SUNY New Paltz to help support emerging metal artists. 11/21 CHRONOGRAM COMMUNITY PAGES 53 11/21 CHRONOGRAM FEATURE

music Jozef Van Wissem/SQÜRL

Only Lovers Left Alive (Sacred Bones Records)

Director and Ulster County resident Jim Jarmusch is, of course, well known for Stranger Than Paradise, Down by Law, Mystery Train, and, most recently, the locally filmed The Dead Don’t Die, to name just a handful of his cinematic triumphs. What’s known to fewer fans is his work as a musician: In the early 1980s, the budding filmmaker played keyboards and sang in New York no wave/postpunk band the Del-Byzanteens, for whom author (and current Kingstonian) Lucy Sante occasionally penned lyrics. Since then, Jarmusch has written and recorded music for several of his films, much of it with his studio ensemble SQÜRL and Dutch composer and lutist Jozef Van Wissem, whose soundtrack for the director’s 2013 comedy-drama Only Lovers Left Alive won that year’s Cannes Soundtrack Award. Originally released in limited numbers concurrently with the release of the movie, the soundtrack album sold out quickly and became a pricey item on the collector’s market. Now reissued with love on CD and LP by sharp Brooklyn label Sacred Bones, it’s a record that, much like the companion albums of Jarmusch friends Wim Wenders’s Paris, Texas and David Lynch’s Eraserhead, lives fully and magically on its own, outside of the context of the titular film, a dark romance starring Tilda Swinton and Tom Hiddleston as vampiric paramours and set in exotic Tangiers and desolate Detroit. Bleak, sexy, and haunting as hell, it’s an aural opus that you totally need on your shelf as we head into another cabin-bound Hudson Valley winter. —Peter Aaron

sound check Akiko Asaki Each month here we visit with a member of the community to find out what music they’ve been digging.

Cheval Sombre

Time Waits for No One (Sonic Cathedral)

Yuja Wang’s recent performance at Carnegie Hall got me into the mood to listen to Shostakovich’s Second Piano Concerto, in particular the second movement. Arvo Pärt’s piano music, such as “Für Alina,” and vocal music, such as “De Profundis,” are always favorites. When needing to decompress, I’ve been listening to Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Cole Porter Song Book. When I need a little pick-me-up, I’ve been listening to Jacob Collier’s DJesse series and especially “Sleeping on My Dream.” My two-year-old daughter is obsessed with Yo-Yo Ma’s Bach Cello Suites and bassist Linda Oh—so they are also on my playlist! Akiko Asaki is the newly appointed music director of the Howland Chamber Music Circle in Beacon.

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Cheval Sombre is rather prolific for someone whose music is so mellow; two traits that don’t always coincide. On the first of several 2021 releases, the lower Hudson Valley psych musician channels dreamy and genuinely comforting musical musings running counter-texturally to the anxiety we are all collectively living through, while the artist apparently remains aware that time is a finite resource. Soft, wide-open spaces or feelings can carry a powerful strength and songs like “Had Enough Blues” and “Curtain Grove” show a performer confident in seeding quiet and personal revelations and revolutions. Strings, keys, and guitar pair with prominent but drifty, catchy vocals yearning for more kindness. Light some incense and put the kettle on. Spacemen 3’s Sonic Boom and Luna’s always-understated-but-terrific Dean Wareham join Sombre along with Britta Phillips, Gillian Rivers, Yuiko Kamakaru, and James Bareone for an addictive record. There is even a Townes Van Zandt cover. —Morgan Y. Evans

Rob Scheps and the TBA Band

Live at the Churchill School (Powder Rhythm Records)

Rob Scheps often garners comparisons to Wayne Shorter and John Coltrane, but as a composer, arranger, and player, Scheps—a part-time Hudson Valley resident—has his own sound. He uses his soprano saxophone much like a trumpet one minute and a clarinet the next, issuing clarion calls that sail above the ensemble and playing emotion-packed arpeggios that hint of the Old World. And his flute playing on “Valentine” sings like a bird. His stellar outfit—featuring pianist Matt Cooper, bassist Laurent Nickel, drummer Michael Rodenkirch, and multi-instrumentalist Luke McKern— brings an inordinate dynamism and dimensionality to these eight original tracks, which occasionally touch down in reggae, funk, and Latin. Recorded live at an arts center in Eastern Oregon, Scheps’s music is both intriguing and accessible and should appeal both to jazzheads and the casual listener. —Seth Rogovoy

books Neglect Kim Wozencraft ARCADE PUBLISHING, $26.99, 2021

Erin Hill is a soldier and mother who moves back to fictional Granite County, New York, following her deployment to Afghanistan. She struggles to leave the war behind, entering into a new battle with consequential bouts of PTSD, despair, and cruel bureaucracies that threaten to take her twin daughters away. Following Wozencraft’s first novel, Rush (1990), which explored the impact of drug addiction on a female detective, Neglect touches on mental health struggles, how the government can fail those it seeks to help, and a mother’s unwavering love.

In the Catskills and My Boyhood John Burroughs SUNY PRESS, $95, 2021

Described as a “more sociable Thoreau” by Henry James, John Burroughs (1837-1921) was one of the preeminent naturalists of the 19th century, known for writing about the Catskills. With a new introduction by Burroughs biographer Edward Renehan, this book compiles some of Burrough’s best essays on the streams and mountains of the region. The collection concludes with My Boyhood, a work not included in previous editions. The eight works, including “Speckled Trout” and “Phases of Farm Life,” cover a range of natural phenomena that reveal the charm and wonder of the mountains Burroughs called home.

On the Ropes Neil J. Smith AUSTIN MACAULEY PUBLISHERS, $30.95, 2020

The story of Percival Jones, a young Black boxing champion vying for a spot in the 1968 Olympics, in this fictional account of his journey away from and back to the ring. Smith weaves landmark events of the 1960s into the story, which follows Jones through his reaction to Martin Luther King Jr. ‘s and Robert F. Kennedy’s deaths and his subsequent involvement with the Black Panther Party. In the midst of gripping, high-stakes fighting scenes, Smith, a Greene County resident, also recounts the careers of Black men in boxing, touching on themes of racism and American cultural and political issues.

Shakespeare’s Sonnets Among His Private Friends Edited with commentary by Carl D. Atkins SMALL LATIN PRESS, $30, 2021

Shakespeare scholar Carl D. Atkins’s book, published by East Chatham’s Small Latin Press, reimagines the way that readers learn about the Bard’s sonnets. Atkins treats readers as if they are part of Shakespeare’s friend group, sharing each sonnet followed by his written explanation of their meaning and possible storylines. All 154 sonnets are discussed, and each contains line-by-line translations designed to further aid in understanding. Through Atkins’s commentary, readers see the love triangles Shakespeare intertwined into his works, how he strayed from typical gender roles of 16th-century men and women, and his use of meter to enhance his writing’s emotions.

The Best of Jamming! Edited by Tony Fletcher OMNIBUS PRESS, $36.99, 2021

Tony Fletcher, one of the region’s preeminent rock journalists, gives a behind-the-scenes look at the production process behind one of Britain’s most popular 1980s-era fanzines, Jamming!, which Fletcher started in 1977. In this fully illustrated collection, Fletcher takes readers through some of the best work that came from the publication’s 36-issue run, including interviews with members of U2, the Smiths, and Paul McCartney. With a foreword by Billy Bragg and other author contributions, The Best of Jamming! offers a glimpse into the magazine production process, as well as a snapshot of music and fan culture during the 1970s and 1980s. —Kerri Kolensky

The Collective Alison Gaylin

WILLIAM MORROW, 2021, $27.99

This riveting psychological thriller from Edgar Award-winning author Alison Gaylin (If I Die Tonight), tells the story of the ferocity of a Mother’s love for her child and the unbearable pain, solace, and vengeance she seeks after her daughter’s violent and senseless death. Camille Gardener, the devastated and grief-stricken narrator, has to live with the reality that her daughter Emily’s murderer, a fraternity member from Brayburn College in upstate New York, remains free and thriving. A young man who plied Emily with alcohol (at a party she attended as a 15-year-old), brutally raped her and then left her in the woods to freeze to death. Five years after Emily’s accused killer, Harris Blanchard, was acquitted at trial Camille attends a ceremony at the Brayburn Club in Manhattan. Through her relentless stalking she has discovered that Blanchard is receiving a humanitarian award that evening. Enraged and unable to bear that he will never suffer any consequences for his crime and boosted by a bit too much alcohol, she disrupts the ceremony with her cries of “Murderer!” before being wrestled to the floor by a security guard. From the holding cell of the 13th Precinct she calls Luke Charlebois, a successful character actor whose current television role is as a tough-as-nails Sergeant Edwin “Sarge” Barkley on the network crime show “Protect and Serve.” He’s also her best friend. Luke is recognized everywhere he goes and is the most important person in her life or, as her ex-husband Matt, who has started a new life in Colorado used to say, “obsession” in her life. And how could he not be? The heart beating in his chest and giving him life is Emily’s heart. It had been Camille’s decision to donate Emily’s organs and Luke was the only one of the organ recipients who wrote her a letter and wanted to meet her. They developed a deep friendship, and for Camille, the only way to find a moment of comfort is to listen to Emily’s heart beating in his chest. As they are getting into a cab, a woman, who they think is a fan or reporter, approaches Camille and presses a card with the word Niobe written on it into her hand, “It’s a group. For people like us. I know who you are, I know how you feel,” she whispers. Later, when Cammile joins the Facebook group, she is greeted by a banner with the words “don’t let your pain turn you to stone.” A clear reference to Niobi, a Queen of Thebes in Greek mythology whose 14 children were taken from her because of her hubris. Niobi “was so destroyed by grief that she turned to stone and became a part of Mount Sipylus, known in Turkish as Aglayn Kaya (the weeping rock).” Camille can relate and so can the other 132 members of this surprisingly large, private group. As she begins to scroll through the “tales of heartache and sleeplessness and agonizing grief,” all from grieving mothers, she has crossed into a world that will change her life and challenge her fundamental values and beliefs. It is a space where “none of the stories are told in the context of time, as if the deaths could have happened yesterday or last month or 20 years ago.” A story from a retired school teacher whose daughter died of a fatal fentanyl overdose at the hands of her rich, privileged boyfriend “who subsequently checked into rehab and served no time behind bars.” A nurse from Texas whose unarmed son was shot in the back by a man “who successfully claimed in court that the boy was behaving suspiciously” and on and on. Soon there is another invitation—this one to an anonymous collective of mourning mothers who want revenge. Assuming that the forum is a safe space to share violent revenge fantasies, Camille posts one of her own and is privately messaged by the site’s administrator asking, “Did you mean it?” What ensues is an engaging, complicated and twisty plot full of scary but plausible scenarios that exist in the world today. Gaylin, using a skillful balance of tension and intimacy, pulls us in to consider the implications of using vengeance and vigilantism in seeking justice and to find solace for overwhelming grief. —Jane Kinney Denning 11/21 CHRONOGRAM BOOKS 55

poetry

EDITED BY Phillip X Levine

Honey Hot

Ruin

Listen, dear, as of late I’ve been thinking this stuck morass we’re all in is more molasses than honey.

I’d like to ruin everything for you. Bedrooms are easy. That’s always the place we associate, envision, are ruined by memory, smile and say, “god damn” and glaze over, tousled by recall, over-touched and amused. And for some: desks, living room caribou rugs, divans in attics, even kitchens (the place where all else is made—why not love?) or, (if we’re talking little more than a kiss), stolen moments at intersections, the sooty brick of quiet alleys, the footprints marching two by two paused in snow, all ruined when those places come again, and we mutter “Can’t go anywhere here without you perched and panting at my ear.” So, like I said, I’d like to ruin everything for you. Stairwells, elevators, open fields, (let’s get creative, shall we?) broom closets, backstage, the balcony, the confessional, (dare I say it?) the instant photo booth. I even want to ruin good books. I want you to hear them in my voice, feel me read to the nape of your neck. I want to ruin sunsets, open roads, poetry, everything beautiful ruined. Everyday of the week, ruined. Every room ruined. That lovely mess of us stretched across this canvas, so that ever and always, I will have ruined you for other, lesser love.

More murk-slow thick-drip than anything crystalline clear and sunny. At night the katydids and katydidn’ts steal my soul a spell, reminding of cicada swells from my faintly humid youth. Nothing crystal in that muddied hum, no organized hive-comb jell, no, just some massive saw-winged wall of sound surrounding heavy heat, stifled breeze, before it lifts and fades into oh so dead still sticky sleep. Or so I’ve been thinking, lately. Listen, love, I know it’s a lot, this morass we’re all in. I wish it were cool, or at least honey hot. But it’s not, dear. It’s not. —k.R. Nodules On doomsday I will utilize my voice–– a voice weakened from raging against the dying light, from yelling at my detractors, from screaming Why?! at God, from guttural self-affirmations. Weakened, but not lost. The taste of blood will not deter me. I will sing through the nodules. A song dedicated to myself. A vainGLORIOUS hymn. The angels can cover their ears, or add harmonies, or simply listen. It doesn’t matter. I’m singing the damn thing. —Reza Ghahremanzadeh 56 POETRY CHRONOGRAM 11/21

—Jacqueline Renee Ahl

Light Likes Light likes the hair of the willow the blue green needles of pine creases in the river current our kitchen in the morning silvery undersides of vultures wicks of dew after a summers rain factory windows at sunset and the tenuous threads of spiders barely seen in the wind —Ryan Brennan

this. Sugar n shit fall from the sky and here I am (four fingers in hand two sheets to the wind) not dire nor enlightened, prophet, nor fool Just some hoary shaman who, once confronted and on a roll Has more than a few words to say and says them something like this. —Mike Jurkovic Sensualist tip of the tongue a tingle, all amber and crisp rolling golden over the edges, curves as they lap in and out touch teeth retreat against a slight wall of bitterness at the contact some overall organization is forming slowly each addition and delay balances the whole to support tomorrow’s impossible odds obliterate contaminate predominate innate inert insert soldier city hercules & xena fighting it out for the fun of it and some superhero repentance thing still putting off routines in favor of sweeping strokes of clarity —Judith Ren-Lay

Pair of Pears

Memory

The Covid Jab

I cut the pair of pears with a paring knife on the kitchen counter one, two, three, four.

Rounding the edge of woods not far from home I see a young mother glance up at the darkening sky Her toddler (two fistfuls of dandelions) climbs into the stroller. They disappear into a patter of rain

It’s been seventy years since my father an MD tried to inoculate me for polio in the kitchen

Juice speeds down my forearm and drips off my elbow peak so I peek to see if the sea of drips expands into anyone’s attention zone. But no, no one knows except for the dog’s nose sniffing like someone peed, and he gets blamed and thrown outside.

ghosts. —Mary Fris

Everyone makes a whole circle like a doughnut around the hole not wanting anything to do with the cleanup due.

Tomato Skins

—Diane Webster Pandemic PBS Clothed in black and white with brief but spectacular couch appearances, Lisa’s cat became a regular on the evening news: sleeping, stretching or just sashaying off screen to converge with another comfort. It’s image lingering between two worlds like Schrodinger’s cat, or the evening news or sorrow between races, or truth unmoored, diverging, present, absent.

Slow slump of August, salting pink brandywines at the window, the scarlet Nantes with their green tops out in the carrot bed, our hands were scented like tomato leaf and earth under sun, shoulder and vine stung so fresh where we went picking. —Vanessa Young Midnight Mischief The trees watch over the space Where water and air meet A tree frog moon bathes in the pond As a rubber duck and kick ball are stuck in an endless loop at the waterfall’s current —Jason Gabari

—Jennifer L Howse Future Another time, another place I walk along a country road. It’s summertime and the sweet, scented air is filled with wild poppy and honey suckle. Beneath an old elm tree, I sit drinking in the sky and the scene. A stroke of green A dash of gold and blue upon white canvas. I wipe my brush with the spotted cloth… and continue to dream. —Frances Greenhut Full submission guidelines: Chronogram.com/submissions

dutifully, filled with terror I climbed up on the red stool waiting in a sweat of trepidation Mother held me as father moved close then for some reason she moved away and I fainted landed face down on linoleum— pots and dishes that I didn’t hear, rattled; they turned me over and slowly I came to; mother sobbing “she’s dead” buck teeth as yet un-braced cut through my chin leaving a jagged little scar I don’t remember whether I actually got the shot that day, probably— maybe while unconscious These days I comfort my racing heart whenever a needle draws near; today I’m anticipating the Covid jab, high up on my arm I’ve learned to endure tetanus, intra-venous antibiotics, yearly flu and cortisone shots for arthritis; with a whimper I tell myself “you’ve come a long way baby” though hardly a Virginia slim anymore —Jean Tate Poetic Zealot I come alive as the trees shift their stillness Believing is hoping and hoping is foolish witchery Give me the night to wander freely without a destination Give me the moon to guide me effortlessly I am I will not be A poetic zealot Stirring words into a rhythmic plot —Melissa DePuy Accessories A string of globe lights somehow makes an abandoned parking lot feel elegant. Like a rope of pearls with a worn T-shirt. —Leah Brickley 11/21 CHRONOGRAM POETRY 57

comedy COMEDY THEO VON November 11 at The Egg Chronogram’s creative director, David Perry, is a big fan of Theo Von. He describes Von’s comedic voice as a mixture of James Joyce, Mark Twain, and “Beavis and Butthead,”—a thinking man's redneck, in other words. Von's tales of a whitetrash childhood (and adulthood) are both poignant and profane—from eating owl at Thanksgiving to sharing the innermost details of his battles with depression and substance abuse. The man who talks in his shows about having grown up in the “stray animal belt” of southern Louisiana is back on the road with his aptly named Return of the Rat Tour. Von takes the stage on November 11 at 7pm at The Egg in Albany.

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the short list the guide

"Mystery Science Theater 3000 Live" lands at the Orange County Fair Speedway on November 9.

FILM

TALK

THEATER

DON’T LOOK BACK

SHE’S GONE MISSING

“APPLES IN WINTER”

November 19 at the Bardavon Filmmaker D. A. Pennebaker followed Bob Dylan to England in 1965 to document his 1965 tour, capturing extensive behind-the-scenes footage of the 23-yearold musician. It’s a shockingly intimate portrait of the inscrutable folk messiah as he transforms into an angry rock god. It’s tough to watch at times, as Dylan arrogantly squabbles with many of the people he encounters, including journalists, fellow musicians (Donovan chief among them), and audience members. In his 1968 review of the film, Roger Ebert described the man at the center of the film as “immature, petty, vindictive, lacking a sense of humor, overly impressed with his own importance, and not very bright.” And yet, still very much a genius, or genius-in-gestation. In a 2014 Sight & Sound poll, film critics voted Don’t Look Back the joint ninth best documentary film of all time. Don’t Look Back screens on November 19 at the Bardavon in Poughkeepsie at 7:30pm.

November 5 at Hudson Hall When 22-year-old Long Island native Gabby Petito went missing in early September, it made headlines across the country. When her strangled body was found in Wyoming weeks later, the news coverage only intensified. One thing to note: Gabby Petito was white. This point is not lost on Heather Bruegl, director of education at the Forge Project and a member of the Oneida/Stockbridge Munsee Nation. Native American women are more than twice as likely to experience violence than any other demographic in the US. One in three Indigenous women is sexually assaulted during her life, and 67 percent of these assaults are perpetrated by other races. Cases of violence against Indigenous women rarely make headlines, however. In her talk “She’s Gone Missing (The Epidemic You Don’t Hear About): Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women,” Bruegl examines this epidemic of violence at Hudson Hall in Hudson on November 5 at 6pm.

Through November 14 at Denizen Theatre Miriam’s son Robert is on death row. Robert wants his mother to bake him an apple pie. That’s the starting point for Jennifer Fawcett’s one-woman play “Apples in Winter.” Over the course of 75 minutes, a real pie will be baked, and Miriam will tell her family’s turbulent story and struggle with parental paradoxes like How is it possible to love someone capable of evil? on a journey motherhood, madness, and mercy. The show is directed by James P. Rees and stars Jennifer Delora (former Miss Ulster County, 1986). Denizen Theatre’s first in-person production since the start of the pandemic, “Apples in Winter” will be performed Thursday through Saturday at 7pm and on Sunday at 2pm in New Paltz.

COMEDY

SATIRE

JB SMOOVE

MIKHAIL HOROWITZ & GILLES MALKINE

November 20 at Paramount Hudson Valley JB Smoove is a comedian and actor who's best known for his role on “Curb Your Enthusiasm” as Leon Black, a supporting character who’s become one of the show’s comedic lynchpins, playing Falstaff to Larry David’s demented king. In 2017, Smoove (as Leon Black) published The Book of Leon, dropping his character’s wisdom and good (read: bad) advice on fans of the show. Smoove, a stand-up veteran, has toured the world with his brand of comic funk. (We’d be remiss if we didn’t mention Smoove’s critical involvement in the 2001 cult classic Blaxploitation spoof Pootie Tang, in which he portrays the hero’s best friend, Trucky, and provides voice-over narration.) JB Smoove performs at Paramount Hudson Valley in Peekskill on November 20 at 8pm.

November 19 at Unison Arts Center You may have seen us plugging this show in the last month’s Fall Arts Preview. Why, then, are we spilling more ink on these old codgers’ performative lamentations? Well, suffice it to say that we believe Mik and Gilles when they say this is going to be their last show. Ever. The formerly hip and presently clueless comedy team take the stage—if they live that long—one more time at Unison Arts Center in New Paltz on November 20 at 7pm for a night of satire, or what passed for it 30 years ago. Since their first gig in Woodstock in 1989, Horowitz and Malkine have logged over 500 shows in the Hudson Valley and beyond. Expect a tour through the pair’s greatest hits, including “Rappin’ for Godot” and “The Monthly Meeting of ACOMP (Adult Children of Mediocre Poets).”

FILM/THEATER “MYSTERY SCIENCE THEATER 3000 LIVE” November 9 at Orange County Fair Speedway Let’s just say it plain: Joel Hodgson is a genius. When the show premiered on a local Minneapolis station in 1988, the creator of MST3K cast himself as Joel Robinson, a janitor trapped by two mad scientists on the Earth-orbiting Satellite of Love who was forced to watch a series of B movies in order to monitor his reaction to them. The ingenious premise—a man sitting in a room watching crap fare alongside two wise-cracking robots—had legs, and, 33 years later, it’s now a live show. MST3K’s Time Bubble Tour brings back together the cast of 2019’s Great Cheesy Movie Circus Tour (Hodgson supervised the show but does not perform) to pillory Roland Emmerich’s 1985 Making Contact, which concerns a nine-yearold boy who develops psychic powers and does battle with a ventriloquist’s dummy named Fletcher who is possessed by a demon. “Mystery Science Theater 3000” Live” will be performed on November 9 at 6pm in Middletown. 11/21 CHRONOGRAM THE GUIDE 59

art

Judicious Symmetries AUDRA WOLOWIEC AT VISITOR CENTER IN NEWBURGH Through November 26 Visitorcenter.space Audra Wolowiec has given herself an impossible task: to describe sound in visual terms. All of her work attempts to make the invisible visible. Her show “Sound Mirror” will be at the Visitor Center gallery in Newburgh until November 26. Wolowiec’s “waveform” images are loosely based on photographs taken by Berenice Abbott for science textbooks from 1958 to 1960, using a ripple tank to demonstrate principles of waves: refraction, reflection, interference, etc. (Though Abbott is a master of modernist photography, these innovative experiments are little known.) Wolowiec makes her own paper and reproduces wave patterns by creating images with paper pulp. “It’s almost like painting with paper,” she explains. All the “waveform” works are black and white, but some of the paper is made with abaca, a species of banana plant that gives a warmer, slightly yellower tint. The paper is still aqueous while she’s working, so it’s difficult to perfectly control the results: The lines wobble and sometimes merge. These chance elements are part of the artist’s intention; the paper is “talking back” to Wolowiec. As she attempts to depict waves, other waves are interfering. 60 THE GUIDE CHRONOGRAM 11/21

Concrete Sound, cast concrete with pigment, 2020

Two “waveform” pieces are displayed together, so they mirror one another. Together they suggest the spinning blades of an electric fan, or a spider web, or an explosion. You can see that the paper is handmade by examining the ragged edges. Four of the larger paper works (40” x 30”) are in vertical glass cases so that both sides are visible. Wolowiec’s training is in sculpture, so even her paper works are conceived in three dimensions. Some of the “waveforms” are white on white. These pieces almost disappear when viewed from a distance—they emit a ghostly glow. Also in the show are sculptures entitled “concrete sound.” Their prong-like shapes are taken from insulation in anechoic chambers, rooms designed to be totally silent. The avant-garde composer John Cage walked into such a chamber in 1951 and heard two sounds: one high, one low. “What are those sounds?” he asked the technician afterwards. He was told that the low tone was the circulation of his blood, the high one his nervous system functioning. In other words, the body itself is a musical instrument. This story is one inspiration of Wolowiec’s sound-based sculptures. After graduating from the University of Michigan,

she worked at Pewabic Pottery, a ceramic studio in Detroit founded in 1903 as part of the Arts and Crafts movement. There she learned how to cast and fire clay tiles, a technique she has adapted to her work with concrete. The pieces in Concrete Sound were formed by pouring liquid concrete, mixed with black pigment, into rubber molds. No kiln was required. The pieces are arranged in repetitive patterns; Wolowiec has a knack for judicious symmetries. For some reason, these sculptures remind me of chocolate—perhaps the sheen of their surfaces. I have never seen concrete so delicate. Though it is the most ubiquitous manmade product in the world, concrete has been largely overlooked by artists. “Sound Grammar” is the first show at the Visitor Center gallery, the handsome ground floor of a dignified 1880 red brick building in Newburgh. Eva Zanardi, the gallery director, worked for two years at the GR Gallery in Manhattan, which specialized in op art. She also runs an art consulting business. Zanardi and her husband moved to Newburgh last October. They live on the top floor of the building; his design studio is on the second floor. —Sparrow

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Aging Gracefully PILOBOLUS BIG FIVE-OH! TOUR AT THE EGG November 12 Theegg.org It’s enough to make any modern dance fan jump for joy. In the wake of the waning lockdown, famed and influential dance company Pilobolus is celebrating its 50th year with the Big FiveOh! tour, a jaunt that brings the troupe to the Egg this month. Founded in 1971 and based in Connecticut’s Litchfield County, Pilobolus has performed more than 100 choreographed works in venues around the world and appeared at the 79th Academy Awards ceremony as well as network TV. The group is well known for its dazzling and innovative shadow performances, which are the high point of the anniversary tour program. Ahead of the show, the company’s artistic directors, Renee Jaworski and Matt Kent, answered the questions below by email. The Pilobolus Big Five-Oh! tour will be at the Egg in Albany on November 12 at 8pm. Tickets are $36. —Peter Aaron

Pilobolus began at the tail end of the 1960s hippie era and seems to have been greatly informed by the ideals of that period, especially in terms of civil and gender rights awareness. The company’s website carries statements of support for the Black Lives Matter and Native American land rights movements. Are there any examples that come to mind for you of ways in which those movements have affected Pilobolus’s recent work? Renee Jaworski: We have recently collaborated with Darlene Kascak of the Schaghticoke Tribal Nation on a new work that is in development called “The Legend of the Wendigo.” It is our hope that we can collaborate with other Native American designers on this project. Keep an eye out for upcoming developments on this exciting project.

What’s your history with Pilobolus? When did you start at the company and what attracted you to it? Were you a fan prior to joining? Renee Jaworski: We began working as dancers in Pilobolus, and like all Pilobolus dancers, we were collaborating together with the artistic directors to create new work. We moved into more directorial responsibilities, especially as the company expanded in the wake of our Academy Awards performance. The company’s values of collaboration, exploring, and developing impulses, innovation, risk taking, partnering, and an openness to storytelling through non-traditional physical expression were qualities we both were drawn to, first as fans and then as members of the group.

Obviously, COVID has had a dramatic level of impact on dance, an artform that requires close physical contact—especially for Pilobolus, a troupe known for the superclose contact of its performances. How have the challenges of the pandemic affected the company’s work? Matt Kent: The lockdown has hit us, like all performing arts. But we are grateful for our supporters, staff, and dancers, who continued to create during these challenging times. We were able to create two outdoor roving art performances with amazing collaborators we call car safaris. We also put together a fourperson pod to present a performance called “Four @ Play,” which took our work to outdoor stages.

What makes Pilobolus unique among dance companies? It’s often cited as being very influential; in what ways would you say it’s influenced the modern dance idiom? Matt Kent: At first Pilobolus was unique because it was composed of only men, and men who had no formal dance training. [Cofounders] Martha Clarke and Alison Becker Chase joined the company and a new dynamic emerged. A partnering technique grew out of the company’s explorations that was novel at the time, but now can be seen in works of other dance companies. Later, when Pilobolus hired dancers to perform and create new work with the founding directors, they were unusual in their collaborative approach with the dancers. The dancers who work in the creation of a piece are formally credited as collaborators of the work. This can be seen across the dance world now more frequently. In the 2000s, Pilobolus created a new medium of telling stories through composite figures created with human bodies in shadow, and now shadow companies perform on TV shows like “America’s Got Talent.”

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The Big Five Oh! tour comes to our region this month. What can you tell us about the elements of the show? Renee Jaworski: The Big Five-Oh! program has vintage favorites from across decades of work. These pieces are timeless classics, and we are excited to share them with fans new and old. For those who’ve never experienced the magic of a Pilobolus performance, what should they expect? Matt Kent: If you have never seen Pilobolus, prepare to have your idea of dance and performance changed forever. The program has humor, incredible energy, mind-bending partnering and images, and our signature shadow work.

A scene from "Day Two," a classic Pilobolus work from 1981.

live music

Garcia Peoples will get into their technicolor, triptastic groove at Colony in Woodstock on November 19.

Rick Wakeman

November 1. Unfurl thy flowing robe, get thy Roger Dean-fantasy vision on, and make thyself ready when fabled Yes keyboardist Rick Wakeman descends on the humble Bearsville Theater for his self-proclaimed “Even Grumpier Old Rock Star Tour.” The solo Wakeman will hold forth not with tales of topographic oceans—well, maybe a few—but with startling and even amusing anecdotes from across the arc of his 50-plus years in music, revisiting not just his Yes years, but also his work with David Bowie, his interpretations of Beatles classics, and more. (The Blues Project wails November 6; the Psychedelic Furs play to benefit John Ashton November 22.) 8pm. $60-$95. Bearsville. Bearsvilletheater.com

Joe McPhee 82nd Birthday

November 3. Music venue Quinn’s marks its longawaited return to the live stuff on an auspicious occasion: the 82nd birthday of legendary and internationally influential Hudson Valley jazz icon Joe McPhee, who will perform. Potential collaborators for the event were yet to be announced at the time of this writing, but it’s a safe conclusion that the evening will attract some other leading names to help the multi-instrumentalist rejoice with some free blowing— or at least by sharing in some drinks and savory food from Quinn’s kitchen. (Ate Bit and Social Standards rock November 6; members of Knock Yourself Out and other bands celebrate the Butthole Surfers November 13.) 8:30pm. $20. Beacon. Facebook.com/quinnsbeacon

Gil Shaham and Julia Perry

Ian Hendrickson-Smith Quintet

The Flaming Lips

Garcia Peoples

November 13, 14. This two-night stand at Bard College’s Fisher Center has celebrated violinist and Bard Conservatory of Music faculty member Gil Shaham joining The Orchestra Now for the world premiere of “Birds of America,” a bespoke new piece composed by the award-winning Scott Wheeler. Also set to be performed are Julia Perry’s arresting “Stabat Mater” for solo contralto and string orchestra, which contains moments of dissonance but remains within the tonal-music tradition, and George Bristow’s rarely played Arcadian Symphony No. 4. (“Songs from the Real World: The French Cabaret” is served November 6; Thomas Wilkins conducts the Bard Conservatory Orchestra December 4.) November 13 at 8pm; November 14 at 2pm. $25-$40. Annandale-on-Hudson. Fishercenter.bard.edu

November 13. If you were a follower of the Oklahoman musical psychonauts during their early tours, in the latter half of the 1980s, when they were eating dirt, sleeping on floors, and grinding away at the road from the back of a dust-caked van, their rise to the hit-making big time might still be a little mind blowing to you. But here they are, regularly appearing on TV, winning Grammys, placing songs in “SpongeBob SquarePants: The Broadway Musical,” collaborating with Miley Cyrus, and headlining huge halls—like the Palace Theater, to which they pay this visit on the US wing of their current American Head tour. With Particle Kid. (Ryan Montbleau strums and sings November 6; Opeth and Mastodon stomp November 19.) 7:30pm. $34.50-$39.50. Albany. Empirelivealbany.com

November 13. With his flat cap and sharp suit, saxophonist and flutist Ian Hendrickson-Smith, a longtime member of funk ensemble the Roots, is a familiar sight to viewers of “The Tonight Show starring Jimmy Fallon.” But outside of that gig, the New York-based musician has long been a steady force on the jazz, soul, and rock scenes, working with Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings, Amy Winehouse, Bob Dylan, Al Green, Phish, Celine Dion, Lady Gaga, St. Vincent, and others, as well as leading and recording with his own bands. His 2020 album The Lowdown even rose to number 7 on the national jazz charts. Hendrickson-Smith hits the Falcon for this November night. (Ricky Ford flies in November 7; Don Byron blows by November 28.) 7pm. Donation requested; reservations recommended. Marlboro. Liveatthefalcon.com

November 19. With their name, New Jersey-by-way-ofNew York band Garcia Peoples show their psychedelic influences right up front: The group’s free-ranging sound openly and deeply inhales from the edgy, more experimental early daze of the Grateful Dead and their West Coast contemporaries. Add to that some prime Pink Floyd circa late ’60s/early ’70s, a hit of classic Krautrock, and a few dashes of the output of their recent collaborators Chris Forsyth and Ryley Walker and you’ll get a pretty good glimpse of the People’s meandering, technicolor trip—a trip that takes them to Colony for this jam-tastic journey. (The Feelies find their way back November 5; the Slambovian Circus of Dreams drifts in November 27.) 7pm. $15-$20. Woodstock. Colonywoodstock.com

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American Impressions A Nation in Prints OCTOBER 9, 2021 — FEBRUARY 6, 2022

Mario Merz Long-term view

Dia Beacon 3 Beekman Street Beacon, New York

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William Guy Wall, etched by John Hill, The Hudson River Port-Folio, 1821–25, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Harry W. Havemeyer (Eugenie Aiguier Havemeyer ’51). 2021.22

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Colin Chase TATTARRATTAT

Solo exhibition Nov. 13 – Dec. 19

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exhibits

Road Trip (OUM-3), 2020, a multimedia work by Karla Knight from the solo exhibition "Navigator" at the Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum in Ridgefield, Connecticut.

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ART OMI

“Jennifer Hicks: Imprinted Over Time.” Paintings and installation. Through November 7. “Tattarrttat.” Sculptures by Colin Chase. November 13-December 19.

“To Feel Myself Beloved on the Earth.” Jeffrey Gibson. Through January 2.

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510 WARREN ST GALLERY

510 WARREN STREET, HUDSON Kate Knapp: “Portraits and Self-Portrait, A 50 Year Retrospective.” Through November 29.

1053 MAIN STREET GALLERY

1053 MAIN STREET, FLEISCHMANNS “Alone”. Paintings by Lisbeth Firmin. November 6-December 19.

ALBERT SHAHINIAN FINE ART GALLERY

22 EAST MARKET STREET SUITE 301, RHINEBECK “Things Past: Mining Memory.” Solo exhibition of over 25 oil on linen paintings by Christie Scheele. November 6-January 9.

ALDRICH CONTEMPORARY ART MUSEUM

258 MAIN STREET, RIDGEFIELD, CT “Lucia Hierro: Marginal Costs.” Through January. "Navigator." Karla Knight. Through May 8, 2022.

ANN STREET GALLERY

104 ANN STREET, NEWBURGH “Black Renaissance Festival.” Group show. Through November 20.

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Below: Fruma Shrensel with works from the exhibition "Parts of Being" at Front Street Gallery at The Lofts at Beacon.

ART SALES & RESEARCH CLINTON CORNERS

“Daisy Craddock.” Works on paper and paintings. November 3-December 30.

ARTS SOCIETY OF KINGSTON 97 BROADWAY, KINGSTON

“Echo in the Valley.” Photography show juried by Jen Kiaba and Julio Nazario. November 6-30. “Isabel Cotarelo: Crisalidas.” An installation. November 6-30.

BANNERMAN ISLAND GALLERY 150 MAIN STREET, BEACON

“Mary Ann Glass: Photographs.” Through November 7.

BARRETT HOUSE ART CENTER

55 NOXON STREET, POUGHKEEPSIE “New Directions 2021.” Through November 13.

BARNS ART CENTER

736 SOUTH DRIVE, HOPEWELL JUNCTION “Tasting Menu.” Through December 5.

BAU GALLERY

506 MAIN STREET, BEACON “From the Ashes.” Ceramics by Eileen Sackman. November 13-December 5. “Mendacity, Myopia, Amnesia, Atopia.” Language artist Stephen Derrickson. November 13-December 5.

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BUSTER LEVI GALLERY

“Silvana Tagliaferri: Paintings.” November 1-30.

“Shells.” New paintings and works on paper by Bill Kooistra. November 6-28.

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Above: Gaining Clarity, an oil painting by Christie Scheele, part of the exhibition "Things Past: Mining Memory" at Albert Shahinian Fine Art in Rhinebeck.

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CARRIE HADDAD GALLERY

JOYCE GOLDSTEIN GALLERY

“Fragments of Time and Space.” Paintings by Anthony Finta, Ginny Fox, Carl Grauer, Joseph Maresca, and abstract wall sculpture by Dai Ban. Through November 21.

“Listening For Your Breathing In The Middle of The Night.” Paintings by Lawre Stone. Through November 13.

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THE CENTER FOR PHOTOGRAPHY AT WOODSTOCK 59 TINKER STREET, WOODSTOCK “Kelli Connell: Double Life, 2 Decades.” Through November 27.

CLARK ART INSTITUTE

225 SOUTH STREET, WILLIAMSTOWN, MA “Erin Shirreff: Remainders.” Through January 2. “Claude & François-Xavier Lalanne: Nature Transformed.”Through October 31.

D’ARCY SIMPSON ART WORKS 409 WARREN STREET, HUDSON

“Requiem for Silence.” Nature photographs by David McIntyre. Through December 31.

DAVIS ORTON GALLERY

19 CENTRAL SQUARE, CHATHAM

KATONAH MUSEUM OF ART 134 JAY STREET, KATONAH “Arrivals.” Through January 23.

KINO SAITO

115 7TH STREET, VERPLANCK “Kikuo Saito: Cloud Painting.” Through November 15. “Painting as Performance/Performance as Painting”. Through November 15.

KLEINERT/JAMES ARTS CENTER 34 TINKER STREET, WOODSTOCK

“Artists Draw Their Studios.” 50 artists draw their workplaces. Curated by Michelle Weinburg. Through November 21.

LEHMAN LOEB ART CENTER

114 WARREN STREET, HUDSON

124 RAYMOND AVENUE, POUGHKEEPSIE

“Movies/Celebrity.” Photographs by Judith Henry and Michael Hunold. Through November 7.

“American Impressions: A Nation in Prints.” Through February 6.

DIA:BEACON

LIGHTFORMS

Works by Lee Ufan, Sam Gilliam, Barry Le Va, Richard Serra, Mario Merz, and others on long-term view.

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“Cosmic Biology, Mandalas, and Planetary Seals.” Work by AT Mann, Kelly Beekman, and Michael Howard. Through November 7. “Photography Show.” Helena Zay, Leif Garbisch, Scott Farrell, Anna Powell. November 12-January 9.

“Tell Me a Story.” Group exhibition of narrativedriven pieces. Through November 14.

LIMNER GALLERY

FRG OBJECTS & DESIGN / ART

“A Show of Heads.” Group show. November 8-December 18.

"Gerri Spilka: Interactions Then & Now." Fabric constructions. Through November 30.

LOCKWOOD GALLERY

3 BEEKMAN STREET, BEACON

EMERGE GALLERY

217 WARREN STREET, 2ND FLOOR, HUDSON

FRIDMAN GALLERY

475 MAIN STREET, BEACON “Water Rhythms.” Sewn paintings by Paolo Arao and multi-channel sound installation by Susie Ibarra and Michele Koppes. Through December 19.

GARAGE GALLERY

17 CHURCH STREET, BEACON

743 COLUMBIA STREET, HUDSON

123 WARREN STREET, HUDSON

747 ROUTE 28, KINGSTON “Built II: Architecture in Art.” October 14-November 14.

MAGAZZINO ITALIAN ART

2700 ROUTE 9, COLD SPRING “Nivola: Sandscapes.” 50 works of sandcast sculpting by Costantino Nivola. Through January 10, 2022.

MARK GRUBER GALLERY

NEW PALTZ PLAZA, NEW PALTZ

Woman with Hummingbird and Clock, a collage by Laura Marzola, part of the exhibition "A Show of Heads" at Limner Gallery in Hudson.

STORM KING ART CENTER

UNISON ARTS & LEARNING CENTER

“Owning Earth.” Outdoor sculpture installation of 19 artistic responses to systems of human domination over our environments and the urgent need to enact futures guided by mutuality and reverence. Through June 1, 2022.

1400 WASHINGTON AVENUE, FINE ARTS BUILDING, ALBANY

1 MUSEUM ROAD, NEW WINDSOR

23 GARRISON’S LANDING, GARRISON

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“Patricia Miranda: Punto in Aria.” Textile installation. Through November 7.

4033 ROUTE 28A, WEST SHOKAN “Skin Deep.” Through November 6.

“Crisis.” Site-specific installation. Rashid Johnson draws inspiration from combining architectural and organic elements, intending for The Crisis to capture the tension of the moment in which nature has just begun to reclaim a human-made structure. Through November 8.

HESSEL MUSEUM OF ART/CCS BARD

PAMELA SALISBURY GALLERY

SURFACE LIBRARY

“Closer to Life: Drawings and Works on Paper in the Marieluise Hessel Collection.” Through October 17. “With Pleasure: Pattern and Decoration in American Art 1972–1985.” Through November 28.

“Landscape & Memory.” Group show of landscape paintings. Through November 7.

“Bob Bachler and James Kennedy: Paintings and Ceramics.” Through December 31.

THE POUGHKEEPSIE TROLLEY BARN

SUSAN ELEY FINE ART

“Color Forms.” Dennis Church and Sanford Kay. November 13-27.

GARRISON ART CENTER

ANNANDALE-ON-HUDSON

HOLLAND TUNNEL GALLERY

46 CHAMBERS STREET, NEWBURGH “The Longue Durée.” Works by Olivia Baldwin, Jeffrey L. Benjamin, Kyle Cottier, Elisa Pritzker, and Greg Slick. Through November 21.

HUDSON BEACH GLASS GALLERY 162 MAIN STREET, BEACON

“Okie Dokie.” Paintings by Phil Bram. Through November 7.

HUDSON HALL AT THE HISTORIC HUDSON OPERA HOUSE 327 WARREN STREET, HUDSON

“Off the Wall.” Jean Feinberg, Margaret Saliske and Pamela J Wallace. Through December 5. “On Lightness.” Paintings and sculptures by Judah Catalan and Diane Townsend. Through December 5.

HUDSON VALLEY MOCA

1701 MAIN STREET, PEEKSKILL “How We Live, Part II”. Through January 31.

JDJ | THE ICE HOUSE GARRISON

“Dangerous Pattern.” Barrow Parke, Caitlin Keogh, Lucia Love, Nikki Maloof, Emily Mullin, and Ruby Sky Stiler. Through November 12.

“Two of a Kind.” Paintings by James Coe and Marlene Wiedenbaum. Through November 20.

362 1/2 WARREN STREET, HUDSON

489 MAIN STREET, POUGHKEEPSIE. “Of An Era.” International exhibition juried by Jova Lynne. November 5-December 9.

ROCKLAND CENTER FOR THE ARTS 27 SOUTH GREENBUSH ROAD, WEST NYACK

“Remnants of an Exodus: Photography by Al J Thompson.” Through November 20. “Seasons of Change: Paintings by SuHua Chen Low.” Through November 20. “Garden Dwellers: Outdoor Botanical Sculptures by Leigh Taylor Mickelson.” Through November 30.

1301 COUNTY ROUTE 7, ANCRAM

433 WARREN STREET, HUDSON “Bearing Witness.” Paintings by Jim Denney. Through November 21.

TANJA GRUNNERT SALON

21 PROSPECT AVENUE, HUDSON “Agnosia.” Videos by James Autery. Through November 7. "...a next to the last supper for an image of love." Work by Norman Douglas. Through November 7.

68 MOUNTAIN REST ROAD, NEW PALTZ.

UNIVERSITY ART MUSEUM, UNIVERSITY AT ALBANY

“Well/Being: An Exhibition on Healing and Repair.” The exhibition features artwork that addresses the complexities of daily life during this pandemic era. Through December 11.

VISITOR CENTER

233 LIBERTY STREET, NEWBURGH “Sound Mirror.” Solo exhibition by Audra Wolowiec. Through November 26.

WASHINGTON ART ASSOCIATION & GALLERY

4 BRYAN PLAZA, WASHINGTON DEPOT, CT

18 FRONT STREET, BEACON

“Ways of Seeing.” Features the work of photographers Lazlo Gyorsok, Sallie Ketcham, Catherine Noren, and Vi Owens. Through November 12.

“Parts of Being.” Sculpture by Fruma Shrensel. Through November 21.

WEST STRAND GALLERY

THE LOFTS AT BEACON GALLERY

29 WEST STRAND STREET, KINGSTON

SAMUEL DORSKY MUSEUM OF ART

THUNDERHORSE HOLLOW FARM

“The Dorsky at 20: Reflections at a Milestone.” Through December 12. “Follies and Picturesque Tourism.” Examines historicized garden and park buildings, known as “follies,” in the visual culture of 19th century tourism, with an emphasis on New York State. Through December 12. “Life After the Revolution: Kate Millett’s Art Colony for Women.” Through December 12. “Hudson Valley Artists 2021: Who Really Cares?” The 14th annual Hudson Valley Artists exhibition, curated by Helen Toomer. Through November 14.

“Colors and Passions: Music Art Magic.” Prairie Prince retrospective. Through December 24.

“Intersecting Art, Earth, Fire, Water, & Air.” Pablo Shine, Judy Brodsky, Diane Burko, Carmen Lizardo, Amy Fenton Shine. Through November 14.

TIME AND SPACE LIMITED

WINDHAM FINE ARTS

“Idle Worship.” Paintings by Jacob Fossum. Through November 28.

“All Things Art.” Through November 7.

TIVOLI ARTISTS GALLERY

73 SULLIVAN STREET, WURTSBORO

1 HAWK DR, NEW PALTZ

50 HARDENBURGH ROAD, ULSTER PARK

434 COLUMBIA STREET, HUDSON

60 BROADWAY, TIVOLI

“Landscape/Mindscape.” Group show. Through November 14.

5380 MAIN STREET, WINDHAM

WURTSBORO ART ALLIANCE

“Pressing Still Matters.” Paintings by David Munford and Michael Piotrowski. Through November 21.

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Horoscopes By Lorelai Kude

Packing a Powerful Punch Scorpio season is always a powerful time of year. This year the power is more concentrated, and therefore the punch is more effective. Using this power for good, for growth, and for positive outcomes, despite the grinding fatigue of the last 21 months, is our biggest challenge. Instant karma is on display with New Moon in Scorpio November 4, accompanied by the Sun’s opposition to Uranus. Secrets are revealed, shocking disclosures are made, and opponents retreat to their respective corners to strategize less-harmful outcomes. The conjunction of Mercury and Mars on November 10, both square Saturn and the Moon, illustrates a fine line between firm and forceful communications and downright bullying. Everybody knows the difference between choice and coercion, though powerful forces work hard to obscure that difference in the name of the “greater good.” Now is the time to ask: “For whose good?” Unless the answer is “everyone,” do not pass go, do not collect $200. November 17–19 is the energetic epicenter of the month, bookended by Mars opposite the Moon and Uranus, and a Full Moon in Taurus, accompanied by a partial Lunar Eclipse and the trine of Venus to Uranus. The eye of the hurricane is always the safest spot! This is a gigantic shift, sure to trigger immediate and dramatic changes, both personally and collectively. The very Earth we all call home is high profile in this scenario. Reckless disregard for the consequences of rapacious consumerism yields shocking outcomes; and yet original and creative solutions are offered from unforeseen and previously overlooked sources. Inspirational problem-solving and ingenious insights abound November 28–30, with the Sun conjunct Mercury, sextile Saturn and trine “Wounded Healer” Chiron, and Neptune trined by Mars and sextiled by Venus. November’s powerful punch knocks the scales from our eyes. Fresh hope is the best medicine!

ARIES (March 20–April 19) Planetary ruler Mars in Scorpio sharpens your competitive edge. Try to calibrate assertive behavior and keep it from turning into downright aggression at the New Moon in Scorpio November 4. Mercury conjunct Mars and both planets square Saturn November 10; forceful communications with friends and those you consider part of your community bring conflicts to a head, but try diplomacy rather than forcing a Pyrrhic victor. Mars opposite Uranus November 17 sparks abrupt actions and shocking surprises. The trine of Mars and Neptune November 29 supports an enormous breakthrough in real intimacy. True connectivity is a win/ win for everyone.

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During the long transit of revolutionary Uranus in Taurus through March 2026, the many profound and lifealtering changes coming your way heighten feelings of uncertainty, which is not your favorite emotion! Security and stability with Venus in Capricorn from November 5 is a huge relief. Venus square “Wounded Healer” Chiron November 15 creates opportunities for intimate vulnerability. Full Moon in Taurus and a partial Lunar Eclipse November 19 with Venus trine Uranus is an emotionally liberating and hugely creative day for you. Take advantage of this amazing energy! Let go of fear of change; you’re transforming for the better! A practicing, professional astrologer for over 30 years, Lorelai Kude can be reached for questions and personal consultations via email (lorelaikude@yahoo.com) and her Kabbalah-flavored website is Astrolojew.com.

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GEMINI (May 20–June 21) Your Mercurial journey began September 6, climaxing November 1–2 with Mercury trine Jupiter and square Pluto as your planetary ruler finishes his return through the postretrograde shadow. Romantic love and creativity are most affected; lessons learned around relationship power struggles and inner conflicts, which impede imaginative flow, are internalized with Mercury’s entrance into Scorpio November 5. Mercury conjuncts Mars and square Saturn November 10; try not to be as hard on others as you are on yourself. Resist the urge to outrage others at the opposition of Mercury and Uranus November 13. Shock value loses its potency when overused.

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CANCER (June 21–July 22) New Moon in Scorpio November 4 syncs your desire for intimacy with your tidal wave-like emotions, creating ease and flow around opening your heart to someone new. First Quarter Moon in Aquarius November 11 enlarges magnanimous feelings around sharing resources with others. Full Moon in Taurus and partial Lunar Eclipse November 19 with Venus trine Uranus may reveal that the excitement and passion you crave can unexpectedly be found in “the friend zone.” Last Quarter Moon in Virgo November 27 supports precise communication with those in your immediate environment. Be as specific as possible when sharing your deepest needs.

LEO (July 22–August 23) New Scorpio Moon with the Sun opposite Uranus November 4 is an intense trigger for unresolved home and family issues. Dig deep now without fear of emotional overwhelm; Sun trine Neptune November 4 supports truly transformational healing. Sun square Jupiter and sextile Pluto November 15–16 imbues you with charisma and persuasive power. Full Moon in Taurus with partial Lunar Eclipse November 19 enables you to rebalance your public and private personas, both badly in need of emotional realignment. Sun in Sagittarius November 21 bolsters hope; Sun sextile Saturn and trine Chiron November 30 renews inspiration. Birth a new idea!

VIRGO (August 23–September 23) You’re tying up loose ends you’ve left hanging since early September on November 1–2 when Mercury trines Jupiter and squares Pluto. Unresolved issues are put to bed, ruthlessly, if necessary, when Mercury enters Scorpio November 5. Efforts to be fair and balanced are thrown to the wind November 10–13 when Mercury and Mars square Saturn and oppose Uranus. If you’ve been waffling or unclear in expressing discontent to a partner, your complete and passionately vehement reversal will shock and surprise them. The devil is in the details at Last Quarter Moon in Virgo November 27. Precisely communicate your intentions.

LIBRA (September 23–October 23) Venus in Capricorn from November 5 turns your creative and aesthetic energies towards home and family. Nesting instinct includes the desire for stable structures and secure foundations in the face of an uncertain future. Your home improvement plans might include building a moat or a wall or both but building intimate connections by sharing vulnerabilities is another very effective way to increase feelings of safety on November 15 with the square of Venus to “Wounded Healer” Chiron. Accepting your own imperfections is the cure for your impossibly high standards. Discover your beautiful weirdness November 19 when Venus trines Uranus. 11/21 CHRONOGRAM HOROSCOPES 69

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SCORPIO (October 23–November 21) Classical ruler Mars in Scorpio and modern ruler Pluto in Capricorn harmonize to enhance your personal charisma this month. Your words have a powerful effect November 2 with Mercury square Pluto; New Moon in Scorpio November 4 with the Sun opposite Uranus usher in sudden, intense, and transformative change. Mars and Mercury square Saturn November 10, supporting persuasive arguments for radical realignment. Full Taurus Moon and partial Lunar Eclipse with Venue trine Uranus November 19 make or break your current intimate relationship. You’ll want to take the next big step gestating your dreams November 29 with Mars trine Neptune.

SAGITTARIUS (November 22–December 22) Mercury trines Jupiter November 1, enlarging your already prodigious gift of gab, but this is the time to eschew trivialities and focus on the big issues. The square of the Sun to Jupiter November 15 supports greater consciousness about the value of friendships. Let others know how much they mean to you! Pay attention to signals around health issues November 19 at the Full Moon/partial Lunar Eclipse. Mercury square Jupiter followed by the Sun’s entrance into Sagittarius November 20–21 supercharges creativity. A wonderful diminishment of free-floating anxiety begins November 24 with Mercury’s entrance into Sagittarius— enjoy it!

CAPRICORN (December 22–January 20) Planetary ruler Saturn is squared by Mercury, Mars, and the Moon November 10. Try to diminish feelings of conflict with others by considering the big picture point of view rather than only what personally affects you. Identifying as part of the greater whole rather than as a lone individual helps dissolve enmity when you realize all interests are aligned for everyone’s greater good at the Full Taurus Moon/ partial Lunar Eclipse November 19. Sun and Mercury trine “Wounded Healer” Chiron and sextile Saturn November 29–30, supporting great insight into your own unconscious/ subconscious mind, and the healing of ancestral trauma.

AQUARIUS (January 20–February 19) Sun opposite Uranus at the Scorpio New Moon November 4 brings surprising developments in business and career. First Quarter Moon in Aquarius November 11 supports adjustments to your current trajectory which help to reach goals more efficiently. Mercury opposite Uranus November 13 uncovers private secrets; Venus trine Uranus at the Full Moon/partial Lunar Eclipse in Taurus November 19 brings those secrets home in a very public way. Areas of your life you thought you’d neatly compartmentalized spill over, mixing everything together. Sorting out the mess helps integrate disparate parts of your life into a more harmonious configuration.

PISCES (February 20-March 19) Self-confidence is high when the Sun trines Neptune November 12. You’re swimming in the sweet spot of the spectrum between grandiosity and moroseness, not too close to either edge but right in the middle. You can accurately gauge your capabilities and present them to the world in the most attractive way. Charismatic persuasiveness is your superpower when Mercury trines Neptune November 18; you inspire others to dream big by the sheer size and scope of your own dreams! Mars trine Neptune November 29, imbuing you with vitality and positive energy. Use your powers of positivity to influence your peers. 70 HOROSCOPES CHRONOGRAM 11/21

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Celebrated local muralist Lady Pink and her team painted a mural on the side of Studio 89 in downtown Highland in late September.

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Amidst the commercial strip of Vineyard Avenue in downtown Highland, larger-than-life renditions of endangered species clamor from the exterior wall of Studio 89. A bee eats nectar from bright orange flowers under the piercing gaze of a red bird. A leopard gecko ambles along green leaves, while a purple praying mantis is poised to jump off the building’s corner. “That was pretty much the vision—a giant world with the building ripping away and seeing this fantasy world where the humans are the small ones,” says Lady Pink, the mural’s designer. Lady Pink started out doing graffiti work in 1979, pioneering the way for female artists in New York City subway graffiti subculture and added murals to her repertoire in the 1980s. Studio 89 owner Amy Dooley wanted a local woman to create a mural that

would celebrate nature and highlight environmental crises. She approached Lady Pink and donated the wall space so that the community did not have to fund the artwork. This made the mural a “permission wall,” giving Lady Pink complete control over the design. She based it off of another nature-based mural she painted in Brooklyn in 1994. Over multiple days in late September, Lady Pink and her team illustrated the creatures on the side of the two-story building, covering a faded mural dating back to 1995. This work is part of Lady Pink’s mission to bring more artwork to Highland and the surrounding neighborhoods. “Art is for everyone,” she says. “What’s rewarding is having a good impact on the neighborhood.” —Kerri Kolensky

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