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HOME & GARDEN

26 WHILE YOU WERE SLEEPING

44 SWEAT EQUITY

Tortilla fires in Texas, Steven Seagal named US envoy by Russia, Cuomo’s Excelsior

Scholarship not all its cracked up to be, Resorts World Catskill casino posts $58 million loss, air pollution is lowering life expectancy across the globe, Civil War reenactments are on the decline, and other juicy tidbits.

27 BEINHART’S BODY POLITIC: PICKING WINNERS & LOSERS

In the name of defense, the United States government has subsidized oil companies, shaped foreign policy, and engaged in war.

EDUCATION

constellation of DIY buildings from kits and spare parts in Tivoli.

52 FILL UP YOUR POCKETS

FOOD & DRINK 80 THE GREAT ESCAPE: DEER MOUNTAIN INN

Here is a look at 11 Hudson Valley institutions for continued education­—be that cooking classes, a meditation retreat, or a crafting workshop.

COMMUNITY PAGES 34 BRIDGING THE GAPS: COLUMBIA AND GREENE COUNTIES The county seats of Hudson and Catskill are dissimilar in many respects, but their

surrounded by world-class ingredients, from produce to trout to foraged items.

WHOLE LIVING 94 GIRL POWERS, ACTIVATED

Girls on the Run helps young women build confidence, resilience, and joy.

COMMUNITY RESOURCE GUIDE 89 TASTINGS

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

residents are passionate about the possibilities for their towns. We speak to the

92 BUSINESS DIRECTORY

movers and shakers in the two communities about what makes them tick.

96 WHOLE LIVING Opportunities to nurture mind, body, and soul.

A compendium of advertiser services.

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Chef Ryan Tate’s culinary philosophy involves making the most of the ingredients around him. Luckily, at the Deer Mountain Inn in Tannersville, Tate is

We talk to the heads of school from several local institutions to gain behind-the-

56 GROWN-UP EXTRACURRICULARS

Michelle Sutton explores techniques for incorporating plants into rock walls. (Her favorite ingredient: mud!)

29 THE STATE OF EDUCATION scenes insight on the schools’ teaching philosophies and upcoming programming.

Performance artist Adrienne Truscott and musician Carmine Covelli build a

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THE FORECAST

64 GALLERY & MUSEUM GUIDE

94 DAILY CALENDAR Comprehensive listings of local events. (Updated daily at Chronogram.com.)

70 PROFILE: RICHARD BOCH

PREVIEWS

The Mudd Club doorman and Hudson resident has written a tell-all memoir.

99 The Opalka Gallery at Sage College of Albany hosts a retrospective for Sharon Bates.

76 MUSIC

101 Timothy Greenfield-Sanders brings the “The Trans List” to the Dorsky Museum.

103 Great Barrington bubbles over at the Berkshire Fermentation Festival.

Nightlife Highlights include Basilica Soundscape; Ate Bit, Brandon Lewis Trio, Sir/Real; Tim Fain; Clap Your Hands Say Yeah; and “country/…/city/…/”.

Reviews of Superstar by Bill Brovold; Good Old Songs by René Bailey; and Bow by Two Dark Birds.

105 The Bop Island Jazz Festival launches this month at the Woodstock Playhouse. 106 The Woodstock Film Festival presents Finding Oscar at the Rosendale Theater. 107 Art Walk Kingston returns with studio tours and performances on September 21.

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109 Rev it up: Woodstock British Car Show and the Catskill Conquest Pilot Rally.

111 A site-specific creekside staging of Eugene O’Neill’s “Anna Christie.”

Historic estates, exotic birds, troubled immigrants, deranged loners, and parishes dealing with the tainted legacy of the Catholic Church make up our September list.

James Conrad reviews Jen Doll’s Unclaimed Baggage, a YA novel about three unlikely friends trying to navigate the roiling currents of teenagerdom.

82 POETRY Poems by Eileen Bailey, James Bertholf, Lisa Caloro, Jim Garden Castro,

115 Attention creatives! The first In the MKNG festival is at Bethel Woods this month.

116 HOROSCOPES: Hope and Healing on the Horizon

Astrologer Lorelai Kude scans the skies and surmises our horoscopes.

Esther Cohen, Milton P. Erlich, Autumn Gerard, Lynn Hoins, Andrew Jarvis,

120 PARTING SHOT

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113 The Hudson Valley Garlic Festival celebrates the stinking rose in Saugerties.

Kevin VanHentenryck is covertly turning the town of Hunter into a permanent carved-stone sculpture exhibition.

Human rights activist Aura Elena Farfán, who’s featured in the film Finding Oscar. Photo by Michael Parry.

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ohn Donovan has always been enamored with color. When Donovan used to buy pigments in the East Village, he said he felt like he was buying drugs—an artistic high of sorts. “I started to collect pigments like some people collect butterflies,” he says. “I was hooked on color.” Even as a teenager, Donovan was fascinated with art—choosing trips to the Metropolitan Museum over the beach or baseball games. While his artistic process has changed over the years, Donovan says he’s always been intuitive and studied in his approach. In the ’80s, he tried his hand at minimalist color paintings. He used to spray acrylics to eliminate the brushstrokes—but found it too difficult to achieve the exact shades he sought. He was always chasing the “flattest matte finish” and the brightest color possible without using white paint. Nowadays, Donovan achieves his “two-dimensional and non-objective work” by building-up layers of oil paint. “I don’t mind that from a distance the paintings are stark and very graphic but at closer range look like a handmade painting,” he says. Donovan finds inspiration in many places—great art, everyday experience, the physical universe, and technology—as well as two artists in particular, Sol LeWitt and Donald Judd. One night while walking past Judd’s building on Mercer Street, Donovan saw the paintings of Swiss artist Richard Lohse through the ground-floor windows. Anytime he was nearby, he walked past the building to view Lohse’s paintings. “Lohse’s paintings and a comment from my brother about my dull paintings influenced me to turn my palette to full chroma.” Where other artists may use color to evoke emotional response, Donovan uses a full spectrum of color to create a sense of unity, completeness, and balance. Each painting has its own color system and every system communicates a different message. “One’s perception of a color is changed depending on what color it is next to,” he says. “I am not as interested in a particular color as I am about a system of colors.” This month’s cover image, Inverted Starburst Diamond, embodies these beliefs. In separating the warm and cool sides of the spectrum, and then connecting them from light to dark with a starburst motif, Donovan has created what he sought: a painting full of visual motion. Donovan’s newest show, “Spectrum Observed,” opened on August 18 at FRG Objects & Design / Art in Hudson. Featuring 26 paintings created mostly in the last two years, the show also includes four 15-year-old paintings meant to offset and anchor Donovan’s newer work—which was the idea of Principal Curator Rick Gillette. “He knew exactly how he wanted the show to look,” Donovan says. “When hanging the show, Rick was like a kid in his own candy store.” Of the paintings themselves, Donovan hopes people will think more deeply about artistry and their own visual and mental perception. And while art should be about observing, Donovan also believes it should have a sense of wonder. “I want my work to have a joy of life but also return to the fundamental questions of what it is to be alive,” he says. “Spectrum Observed” will be on display until October 15 at FRG Objects & Design / Art in Hudson. Frgdesignart.com. —Carolyn Quimby


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Esteemed Reader of Out Magazine: The family was sitting in front of our food, awaiting inspiration for some sort of prayer before the meal. We never know what form the prayer will take. It can be a song, or an ee cummings poem, or a zen gatha. Sometimes the prayer is simply a moment of silence holding hands. After some moments at the table, the six-year old, a nephew visiting from France, spoke up with his painfully charming French accent. “I want to talk about what I’m grateful for.” As he uttered the words, the atmosphere in the room seemed to become more rarified, like we had emerged from fog into mountain sunlight. Everyone felt the rightness of the suggestion each person spoke, formulating an expression of gratitude. Mostly, these referred to what was present here and now—appreciation for being together with people we love, sharing a meal, and being alive. When it was my turn to speak I found that I felt thankful for the boy’s invitation to be grateful. The suggestion had brought warmth into my heart and recognition of abundance, so that’s what I said. “That’s a good one,” the little boy commented, and my gratitude increased. Since that evening, I’ve taken gratitude as a theme, considering where I feel it naturally and where appreciation is supplanted by less abundant emotions like resentment, impatience, dissatisfaction, and regret. When I notice these creeping in, I sometimes remember that gratitude is a possibility, and gratitude comes to light. I am left with the impression that gratitude and recognition of abundance in the moment is the normal, native condition, like the natural state of pure water, clear and translucent, that becomes muddy only when turbulence disturbs sediment at the bottom. I see that gratitude is not a result of having something to be grateful for. Gratitude is a disposition of being in contact with and naturally appreciating what is, with what is right. The opposite of this disposition is dwelling on what isn’t, focusing on what’s wrong. The reality is that what’s lacking is an illusion. The notion of what’s lacking is a construct. It isn’t real. For instance, when I am with what is, I can appreciate the person in front of me. I see what the person means when they speak, and that the thing the person sees is true in the way they see it, even if I see something else. When I really understand what someone else sees, I cannot disagree with them. When I acknowledge that others see something true, I am able to connect that truth with the truth of what I see, and form a larger body of truth. A long time ago, I had a teacher who was fond of aphorisms. He even wrote them, creating a distillate from otherwise long-winded advice. One that I recall was a mere three words long. It said: Gratitude increases capacity. Perceiving and appreciating what is, I observe that I open to a subtle or pronounced enthusiasm. When I am filled with some of this finer emotion of appreciation and gratitude, it increases the energy and force available to suffer, feel joy, and work towards an aim. Capacity is increased. The message of the boy at the table coincided a day later with a conversation with my friend and colleague, Ralph. He told me that he has been doing an exercise of writing down three things for which he is grateful at the end of every day and found the practice helpful. It was clear I needed to try this, so I took it up. The results are subtle but pronounced. Each night I write three things for which I am grateful, and as a result I’m on the lookout for things to write in my journal all day, seeking objects for which to be grateful. In the evening, I write about what I’ve collected. So, given that it’s past midnight and we go to print with this issue tomorrow morning, I will do the exercise here and now. 1. I’m grateful for Ralph and the colleagues I work with publishing this magazine (see the masthead for details). These amazing people work hard and with profound dedication and creativity day after day, deadline after deadline. I am honored and to work in this milieu. 2. I’m grateful to have work that allows me to promote and amplify the creative and cultural life of this rich network of communities, and to have the privilege of contributing meaning and participating in the cultural commons of the Hudson Valley. 3. As I sit here listening to the peepers outside my window, feeling the cool, end-of-summer air, I’m grateful for the privilege of living in this paradise. The Hudson Valley is a place among places, so beautiful, and full of inspired people, businesses, and organizations cocreating a community and way of living for which everyone can feel grateful. —Jason Stern


Brian K. Mahoney Editor’s Note Clancy the Cane Corso

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or Thanksgiving that year, the family had decided to hold the event at my mother’s house (the ancestral Mahoney estate), even though it was Dad’s turn to host. Mom, who was in Florida, gave her blessing, so off we went. Our little domestic unit—Lee Anne, Shazam, and I—drove down to Queens early. Lee Anne and I spent the day preparing dinner with family while Shazam got acquainted with Mom’s new dog, Clancy. Lee Anne, always wiser than me, suggested we keep close watch on the dogs, as Shazam had never met a canine he didn’t want to make a beta, regardless of its size. (Shazam had also put a number of notches in his collar for his ruthless takedowns of small mammals; and frankly, some were not that small.) Everything was going fineish—Shazam was putting up with Clancy’s aggressive puppy bonhomie, which involved following him around the house and licking his face and inciting Shazam to chase him—until it wasn’t going fine at all. After a couple hours of harassment, Shazam wheeled around and snapped at Clancy. (In Shazam’s defense, I believe it was in warning. Others are not so sure. History will be the judge.) Clancy, sensibly trying to avoid a nip on the nose, whipped his head to the side, sending his ear across Shazam’s angle of attack, a hairy black crêpe sailing Frisbee-like between Shazam’s jaws. Coincidentally, I had recently begun training Shazam to chase and catch Frisbees, though I don’t believe the outcome would have been different if the dog had never seen a flying crêpe-like object before. A few words on Clancy before I get to the, er, meat of the tale. My mother adopted Clancy a few months after her previous dog, Hershey, a chocolate Lab, had died. She trotted out to North Shore Animal League and picked up a puppy that looked like a Lab mix, albeit with XL paws and a slightly squaredoff head—perhaps a little Boxer or Pit thrown in there. When Mom went to the pet supply store for a crate, the owner looked at the dog, laughed, and said, “The paws lead me to believe he’s a Great Dane. You’re gonna need the biggest crate I got.” Thus began the saga of Clancy, the-ever-expanding puppy. By the time Thanksgiving rolled around, Clancy was 90 pounds of affectionate rambunctiousness, ready to lick the epidermis right off any exposed skin—or hump you, if you were my brother Conor. Back to the story:The hairy black crêpe landed in Shazam’s mouth, Clancy’s ear was punctured, and all hell broke loose. I jumped in to restrain Shazam and Clancy galumphed off, jumping on all the furniture in the living room, three siblings chasing him, pumping blood like a water main burst in his ear and shooting it on the white-painted walls—the effect looking as if the house was being styled for a Target commercial.

Once the dog was “under control,” we tried to stop the bleeding.We left this to our cousin Sean, who had studied organic chemistry in college, which we all agreed conferred something akin to medical authority on him. But the bleeding just wouldn’t stop, and we ended up taking Clancy to the emergency vet, who stitched up the ear but made no promises that his work would hold, as ears are notoriously hard to sew. We went back to the house, me $800 poorer, Clancy locked in the cone of shame. As my mother wasn’t due back for another three days, I was tasked with watching Clancy over the holiday weekend. Our little domestic unit drove back Upstate with one additional passenger, Shazam in the back seat beside a massive dog with the bulging eyes of a mad king in a ruffed Elizabthen plastic collar. I promptly came down with a high fever and spent the weekend laying on the couch as the dogs chased each other around the ground floor of my house, Clancy scraping the paint of the walls as he ran by. As soon as Mom was wheels down at JFK, I threw Clancy in the car and drove to Queens in a feverish blur. Fast forward four-and-a-half years, May 2018. My mother has just died. My siblings and I are trying to figure out what to do with Clancy. None of them have dogs, nor want a dog. I’d love to take home this adorable palooka, but Lee Anne is against it, given the history of the Thanksgiving Day Massacre. Both Lee Anne and I can envision a scenario in which we go out one day, leaving the dogs home alone, and return to find the furniture in splinters and Clancy’s body bent and broken while Shazam calmly sits in a corner, every inch the stone-cold killer, giving us a look that says: I told you not to bring that dog into this house. But as there seem to be no other options available, I convince Lee Anne that we should “foster” the dog while we try and find Clancy a new home. Lee Anne makes me promise to post an appeal on Facebook. I do that, cute photo and all. I get a number of responses from people asking me what breed Clancy is. I write that he’s a Lab mix and get a flurry of responses, with links to photos, offering evidence that Clancy is in fact a Cane Corso—an Italian mastiff. And knowing what an Italian mastiff looks like (thanks to the photos), it’s hard to deny it. I also get a few people who are serious about meeting Clancy. I put them off for a week while I let Clancy work his magic on Lee Anne, who succumbs to his slobbery charms soon enough. As for Shazam, well, let’s just say he tolerates Clancy and lets him know when he’s had enough. (Use your barks, Shazam.) Clancy now has a forever home. Here’s another thing I found out recently about Clancy the Cane Corso—Shazam likes to ride in the back, like he’s being chauffeured, but Clancy prefers to ride shotgun. Dog is my copilot. 9/18 CHRONOGRAM 21


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No More Wire Hangers To the Editor: This letter is in response to Richard Murphy’s letter in the August issue. Fact: By the age of 45, nearly one in four women will have had at least one abortion. I am one of those women. I became pregnant twice using birth control that failed. I was a married woman both times and had no children. Decades later, I am extremely grateful I was able to go to an excellent clinic with my husband and have a safe, legal abortion after two weeks of pregnancy. My 34-year-old son was planned; my life has been blessed. I am also grateful to Planned Parenthood, not just for the three percent of their necessary work involving abortions, but to the other 97 percent: providing inexpensive health screenings and birth control for both women—and men. This fine organization helped thousands of us through our college years. Had I been born earlier, I would have not had a right to my own life or the ability to control my body. Some members of new generations seem to have no idea what “The Days of Wire Hangers” were like. Richard Murphy will never become pregnant nor lose control of his life due to his biology. He doesn’t believe in abortion? Perhaps his wife, his sisters, and his women friends will obey his dictate, if faced with an unplanned pregnancy. Thankfully, they have the freedom to decide. Richard Murphy’s beliefs will never impact those of us who believe in choice—but only if we speak out about our abortions and stay vigilant regarding our constitutionally protected right. Choice is no longer guaranteed in the American future. We may return to a shameful era when women died at the hands of back room abortionists. Let us not be complacent. Joanne Michaels, Woodstock Michaels is the author of 10 books and publisher of Back Rooms: Voices from the Illegal Abortion Era by Ellen Messer.


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n September, the New Paltz Regional Chamber of Commerce will host the 28th annual Taste of New Paltz festival. This oneday food and drink event at the Ulster County Fairgrounds will celebrate local shops, producers, and restaurants such as Schatzi’s Pub & Bier Garden, Lola’s Restaurant, and La Charla—a new Mexican restaurant that opened in October 2017. A selection of craft beverages will also be served, like Warwick Valley hard cider and other New York State craft beers. KAS Spirits—a small-batch craft spirits distillery—will be serving Krupnikas, a traditional Lithuanian alcoholic drink sweetened with honey and aromatic spices like vanilla, cinnamon, and cardamom. “It’s like a business showcase but better,” says Kati Haynes, marketing director of the New Paltz Regional Chamber of Commerce. “It’s a full flavor of everything that is New Paltz—from restaurants to food trucks to craft vendors. It’s really a great way for the local community and for the people from outside of New Paltz to really get to see what New Paltz is up to in all realms of business.” Attendees can purchase $3 to $5 tastes from the festival’s different food and drink vendors. This year features a “Best of the Taste” competition in three categories—Best Food Truck, Best Restaurant, and Best Winery/Distillery. Attendees can vote for their favorite businesses. Taste of New Paltz will also host its first-ever homemade apple pie contest. With both apple and pie connoisseurs as the judges, the contest closes at 11:30am, and winners will be announced at 1pm. (See website for specific contest guidelines.) In addition to face-painting, photo booths, arts and crafts, and a Dr. Seuss-themed children’s section, there will also be health and wellness practitioners, live music, and live demonstrations throughout the day. Taste of New Paltz will be held on September 16 from 11am to 5pm at the Ulster County Fairgrounds. Presale tickets are $3. Regular tickets are $5. Children 12 and under have free entry. (Parking is free.) Taste of New Paltz, Sunday, September 17, 11am-5pm Ulster County Fairgrounds, New Paltz Tasteofnewpaltz.com


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Electoral history was made in August when a wave of female candidates won primaries in congressional and gubernatorial across the country, joining other candidates who had already won primaries. Victories in Kansas, Michigan, and Missouri boosted the number of female major-party nominees running for the US House to 182. The previous record was 167. In the race for governorships, 11 women are running as major party gubernatorial nominees, the highest number in history. The previous record was 10, in 1994. Women are running in record numbers in downballot races as well, like Michigan attorney general candidate Dana Nessel, who has emphasized her gender as part of her electability. “We need more women in positions of power, not less,” Nessel said in an online ad. “So, when you’re choosing Michigan’s next attorney general, ask yourself this: Who can you trust most not to show you their penis in a professional setting? Is it the candidate who doesn’t have a penis? I’d say so.” Source: Huffington Post Since opening in February, Resorts World Catskills, the $1 billion Sullivan County casino, has incurred a $58 million loss in the first six months of the year. Recent financial disclosures by the casino’s owner, Empire Resorts, to the Securities and Exchange Commission show the depth of the financial woes facing the new casino that is hoped to be a boon for the once-thriving tourist region. Resorts World Catskills is the largest of the four new upstate New York casinos, but it has been the worst performing one. Although it had a few stronger weeks this summer, the casino is on pace to produce about $140 million in annual revenue in its first year—about half of what it initially projected. Source: Poughkeepsie Journal

In late July, the Austin Fire Department responded to a call from a tortilla chip factory. The fire was caused by the spontaneous combustion of a new blend of tortilla chips being rolled out at the factory. The following is from the Austin Fire Department Facebook page: “Tortilla chips are big business around these parts. We take them seriously, as they are responsible for holding all manner of very important things—like queso, salsa, nachos, and various other sundry items that are critical to a Texan’s everyday life and well-being. So, imagine how distressed we were to be called to a fire at a tortilla chip warehouse earlier this week.” Three days later, the same brand of chips caught fire again and were again extinguished by Austin FD. The chips never made it to market. Source: CBS News Austin The Battle of Gettysburg, the bloodiest battle of the Civil War, was reenacted for the 155th time this summer. It’s a chance for dedicated hobbyists to blast away at each other with antique rifles and rekindle old friendships over campfire-cooked meals. Spectators paid $40 to watch nearly a dozen mock skirmishes over the course of four days. There were a few thousand people on hand this year, but that’s nothing compared to the re-enactments of the 1980s and 1990s. In 1998, at the 135th anniversary of Gettysburg, there were an estimated 30,000 re-enactors and 50,000 spectators. For a variety of reasons—video games are to blame, expensive gear, growing consciousness as to the true cause of the Civil War—reenactments are in decline. “Up until the last five or 10 years, the social causes of the war did not come into what we do,” said Thomas Downes, a retired machinist from Cleveland and Union reenactor. “We were paying tribute to the fighting man. It wasn’t ‘I’m racist and I want to glorify slavery,’” he said. “Nobody really thought a lot about the social reasons of why the South went to war.” Source: New York Times Ayub Ali, the father of two students who survived the mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida in February, was killed in an armed robbery at his convenience store, Aunt Molly’s Food Store, in Fort Lauderdale in late July. Ali, 61, emigrated from Bangladesh over two decades ago and is the father of four. The suspect in the crime, Tyrone Moses Fields, 19, grabbed $500 from the cash register before fatally shooting Ali. Fields, who was easily identified by the store’s surveillance video, turned himself in three days after the shooting. Source: Miami Herald

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Last year, Governor Cuomo announced an ambitious plan to pay for college tuition for middle-class students: the Excelsior Scholarship. According to a report by the Center for an Urban Future, a New York City-based think tank focused on economic equity, the Excelsior Scholarship is not living up to its promises. Just over 20,000 students received the Excelsior Scholarship last year, or about 3.2 percent of the state’s 633,543 undergraduates during the 2017-2018 academic year. The governor’s office responded that the report takes into account students who wouldn’t have qualified for the scholarship, such as students only taking one credit and non-New York residents. Critics still believe the state can do better. “The main problems with financial aid were repeated here,” said Sara Goldrick-Rab, a Temple University professor and one of the architects behind the free college movement. “There are too many barriers, misunderstandings, lack of trust, and too many catches.” Source: Market Watch In 2016, Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a decree awarding actor and martial arts expert Steven Seagal Russian citizenship. Seagal, who is friends with Putin, has described him as “one of the greatest world leaders.” Two years earlier, Seagal made headlines when he called Russia’s actions in Crimea, which it annexed in 2014, as “very reasonable.” In August, Russia appointed Seagal as a special envoy to improve ties with the United States. The Russian foreign ministry made the announcement on its official Facebook page, saying the unpaid position was similar to that of a United Nations’ goodwill ambassador and Seagal would promote US-Russia relations “in the humanitarian sphere.” No Trump/Seagal summit has yet been planned. Source: BBC A study published in the journal Environmental Science & Technology Letters last month documents that air pollution is lowering life expectancy across the globe. Worldwide, outdoor air pollution reduces the average life expectancy at birth by one year. The effect is much more pronounced in some countries: It cuts the average Egyptian’s life span by 1.9 years and the average Indian’s by 1.5 years. For the United States, it’s less, currently reducing the life expectancy of an American born today by a little more than four months on average. These findings were released just as the Trump Administration released its proposal for loosening pollution controls at coal-fired power plants. By the EPA’s own calculations, the Trump administration’s plan could lead to up 1,400 premature deaths annually. The damaging impact of air pollution undercuts the overall progress that the world has made in raising life expectancy in the past decades. The global average is 72 today, about 20 years longer than in 1960. Improved access to health care has been a major factor in that change. Indoor and outdoor air pollution together are directly responsible for one in nine deaths worldwide, according to estimates by the World Health Organization. Source: New York Times


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n June 1982, a Chrysler supervisor and his son, who had been laid off at a Michigan auto plant, killed a Chinese American man, thinking he was Japanese. Back in the 1970s and 1980s, we feared Japan, Inc. That country’s companies, backed by government planning and assistance, and in cooperation with their banks, had targeted a set of industries, committed themselves to developing them, and was beating American companies. More often than not, their victories came where American inventions had led the way. The response, in America, was not to look and learn. It was to complain that the Japanese were using unfair trade practices. No doubt they were. On the other hand, no US auto company was making cars as good as theirs. US labor costs were burdened by health care benefits, but US auto companies did not lobby for a national health system like the Japanese to get out from under that. Things didn’t get any better. In 1995, the Clinton administration announced 100-percent tariffs on 13 Japanese luxury cars. They did not go into effect, because Japan’s auto companies leapt over their own government and went into direct negotiations. Here we are again. Now it’s China! The fact is that every country that has achieved a successful modern economy has done so with a combination of protectionism and government support of targeted industries. That includes those verbal champions of free trade, Britain and the United States, as well as France, Germany, Japan, South Korea, and Brazil. One of China’s targeted industries is solar power. Their companies now account for around 60 percent of total annual solar cell manufacturing. Seven of the top 10 solar panel manufacturers are in China. It’s a good choice. Solar power is one of the fastest growing industries in the world. The estimated value of solar power in 2015 was $86 billion. It’s projected to hit $422 billion by 2022. There’s no reason to expect it to stop there.With climate change, air and water pollution, the world will become more insistent on counting the external costs of using fossil fuels. There’s every reason to expect solar to continue to grow. Most solar power systems are based on the silicon photovoltaic cell. They were first created at Bell Labs in 1954. They were improved enough to be used in satellites by Hoffman Electronics in Los Angeles. They are measured by how efficiently they convert sunlight to electricity. The most efficient ones in the world came out last year, developed by the US Department of Energy and Spectrolab, a subsidiary of Boeing. If America invents things, why do other countries end up with the businesses?

Policy. China has deliberate, conscious, industrial development policies. They are modeled on what South Korea did. South Korea modeled themselves on Japan. Mitt Romney loved to say, “Government should not pick winners and losers!” Paul Ryan says it, too. Packs of Republican senators say it all together. It’s a gospel song at right-wing think tanks. When one of the solar companies that the Obama administration backed, Solyndra, went bankrupt, the Republicans beat at him with it the way they beat at Hillary with Benghazi. They don’t mean it. Tax policies created the piles of investor money that made Mitt Romney’s Bain Capital happen. Then they let Mitt pay a lower percentage in taxes than an ordinary working person. When the Crash of 2008 came, the US Treasury committed hundreds of billions to saving the big banks and financial companies. The Federal Reserve put trillions of dollars into the same hands. They did save GM and Chrysler, but they did not make that money available to the industrial sector generally, to small and medium-sized businesses, to developing the technologies of the future, or to the homeowners who were suddenly in trouble. The US government gives immense support to defense companies. Many of those companies invest heavily in research and development with our government’s money. It’s created much of America’s technological edge. Many of those companies actually make things—often employing people at decent wages—and many of them, like Boeing, have one wing on the military side and the other on the civilian side, and they’re among our most successful sectors. In the name of defense, the US has subsidized oil companies, shaped foreign policy, and engaged in war. In 2012, the New York Times published an interactive feature “$100 Million Club,” naming 48 companies that have received at least that much from the states, separately from the federal government. The list includes GM, Ford, Shell Oil, Caterpillar, BMW, Mercedes Benz, Microsoft, Airbus, Panasonic, Amazon, Google, Michelin, Sears, and Dow. Towns and counties also give out deals. When Jimmy Carter came into office, there was an oil crisis. He asked for $100 billion to invest in solar research. He installed solar panels in the White House. He lost to Ronald Reagan. Reagan removed the solar panels. He returned policy to whomever had the most financial clout to buy it. There it has remained, for the most part, ever since.

In the name of defense, the US has subsidized oil companies, shaped foreign policy, and engaged in war.

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This fall, our students will be...

Thiscirclefall at nature walks, finger knitting, Enjoying time, taking painting, woodworking, making apple crisp, learning Primrose HillforSchool, German, felting, making lanterns our evening lantern walk, jumping rope, harvesting in the garden, listening to our students fairy tales, grades feeding compost to Bucky the pig, and more. Come visit our Nursery and Kindergarten. will be... See how we learn. NOW ENROLLING EARLY CHILDHOOD - 6TH GRADE 23 SPRING BROOK PARK, RHINEBECK / (845) 876-1226 WWW.PRIMROSEHILLSCHOOL.COM / INFO@PRIMROSEHILLSCHOOL.COM

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n these curious times, how do we prepare the young for a future that seems likely to confound any linear assumption we make about progress? So much of what exists today, in terms of geopolitics and information, would have been unimaginable in 1990, and things seem unlikely to slow down anytime soon. How do we get the kids ready to cope with an ever-changing world? Much of the best pedagogy is stuff great teachers have known forever and a day: every scholar learns at his or her own pace, square pegs don’t fit in round holes, mentoring beats memorization, and kindness and honesty matter. Our local independent schools continue to apply these truths to the state of the various arts, focusing on imparting to each youngster the spirit of inquiry, a sense of social responsibility, and tools for a life lived joyfully and proficiently. Sustainability, service learning, and collaboration are in the DNA of these schools, engaged more than ever with Hudson Valley communities, organizations, and research institutions. We spoke to the heads of five local independent schools about their institution’s educational philosophies and what they have planned for the upcoming school year. 9/18 CHRONOGRAM EDUCATION 29


This fall, our students will be... This fall at Primrose Hill School, our grades students willvisit.be... Come See how we learn.

Constructing a cob oven, examining fairness through Roman law, crocheting winter hats, studying the stars, keeping nature journals, exploring ancient India, telling fables from around the world, singing songs for the season, stacking hay bales, playing in a strings ensemble, learning geometry, harvesting in the garden, and more.

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Ben Chant, Poughkeepsie Day School Ben Chant believes that Poughkeepsie Day School’s long-standing core principles have enormous relevance in the present moment, and resonate well with young parents “who experienced education under No Child Left Behind for themselves, and know they want something different and deeper for their children.” Experiential, hands-on and community-based learning has been the Poughkeepsie Day way since the school’s founding in 1934, as a means of fostering “curiosity, creativity, and collaboration.” Chant says that a recent deep dive into core values and mission has led to fresh commitment to those ideals. “We focus on getting students to own what they are learning at every grade level,” he says, noting that Poughkeepsie Day is the only PreK-12 progressive school in the region. “The world needs collaborative, flexible thinkers who are able to synthesize new information and generate creative solutions.” Poughkeepsie Day School students aren’t graded or ranked, instead they get in-depth feedback. “We create a situation where they’re eager to delve deeper,” says Chant. “Students are actively engaged with Poughkeepsie and all over the Hudson Valley, from caring for animals at Sprout Creek Farm in PreK, creating design solutions at The Landing (an assisted living center) in Middle School, to working with Hudson River Housing on their fundraising in Upper School.” Over the summer, the faculty read Teaching to Transgress by bell hooks and Blindspot: Hidden Biases of Good People by Mahzarin R. Banaji and Anthony G. Greenwald as part of their study of diversity and dialog. This fall’s elections will be studied in real time. “We focus on fostering intellectual discourse with the important ideas,” says Chant, “and look at both sides to see what’s well-thought-out and what assumptions underlie the arguments. We work on learning to converse in ways that will lead to a continued, deep conversation, rather than shut ideas down.” Laura Danforth, Master’s School At the Masters School in Dobbs Ferry, Head of School Laura Danforth is excited to be adding a five-day boarding option for students within the greater New York region. “It’s going to be great for them,” she says. “Students can join the boarding community from 30 countries and 20 states without two solid months away from family.” Masters uses the Harkness table instructional method; students gather around an oval table to collaborate and reason together. “You won’t find rows of desks, or a lot of laptops open on the table,” says Danforth. “We’re there to communicate and debate.” The school’s Fonseca Center, 75,000 square feet of integrated art and athletic space, recently obtained Gold LEED certification. Students lead the sustainability committee, taking a hand in land use, energy consumption and other areas, give Tedx talks, produce and record albums and create original puppet operas. “We don’t see arts and athletics as an either/or,” says Danforth. “We seek to define ‘best,’ fund for it and do it.” The next big project, made possible by a $10 million gift last year, is space dedicated to a Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship and a 21st-century library. Masters, says Danforth, leverages its 12-mile proximity to the city both by trips there and in the caliber of mentors handy. “We have international venture capitalists who actually come and look at what the kids do; one of the best

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known in China wants to help us become an entrepreneurial hub and host a conference in 2019-20,” she says. “This is my eighth school, and I love the excitement and joy in the air—that, and the culture of kindness. I saw some 11th-graders intervene when a couple of 9th graders were disparaging a student who wasn’t present. ‘We don’t do that here,’ they said. I didn’t need to say a thing.” Chad Cianfrani, Oakwood Friends School “We’ve been reaching outside the classroom a lot,” says Chad Cianfrani, head of Oakwood Friends School in Poughkeepsie. “Our humanities chair is in Beijing presenting published research right now; he teaches globalization, economics and philosophy. There’s a growing global movement to integrate philosophy into the curriculum earlier, so we have sixth graders working their way into existentialism texts, and the excitement spills over into other classes. Our art and ceramics instructor is in in Standing Rock meeting with a recent grad from the Rosebud reservation—that relates to a rotating installation of art pieces and testimonials that we’ve got going Chad Cianfrani on in Poughkeepsie through October. Our music instructor’s been doing a lot with service learning; students work on composition two days a week and spend three out in preschools and assisted living facilities, sharing their work. Students share visual and musical art with incarcerated boys their own age at the Red Hook Residential Center; it’s eye-opening and powerful. We run a summer science and math camp for middle school age girls from all around the Hudson Valley: circuit design, robotics, water quality with Beacon Institute, meeting local female engineers and scientists.We’ve got 150 graduates from that program now and we’re starting to hear from them as young adults; it expanded their sense of the possible.” Throughout the curriculum, engagement with real-world context is emphasized. The solar array 9/18 CHRONOGRAM EDUCATION 31


and four-season greenhouse “make great science labs, but it’s important to connect with local CSAs, farmers, and organizers,” Cianfrani says. About half the students receive financial aid; eight to 10 different countries are represented. “Diversity enhances the classroom and so does just lounging around, eating, playing sports, and discussing culture with kids from Kabul, Rwanda, Poughkeepsie, and Spanish Harlem,” says Cianfrani. “They sit and talk and listen. It’s powerful.”

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David Penberg, Woodstock Day School David Penberg, whose career has spanned the Lower East Side, Barcelona, Mexico, and Saudi Arabia, says that recently becoming Head of Woodstock Day School feels like a homecoming. Partly because he’s a Bard graduate; partly because he finds Woodstock Day School such a good fit. “There are so many wondrous things to build on,” Penberg says. “The media and literary arts are extraordinary.We’re trying to grow a Woodstock Day School radio station; it seems like a natural way to connect to the community. Penberg sees new opportunities for the school all around. “There’s such potential here: a K-12 school with 50 acres,” he says. “It invites one to imagine and conceptualize. I’d like to maximize the campus as an eco-hub for research and stewardship.” As a new face, Penberg’s busy learning himself. “I’ve been talking and listening to teachers, kids, and parents about what they care about, how they envision the school in five years. Continuity in leadership is important. It’s not a short-term romance but a relationship that needs to grow over time, in the right conditions. This school has always been grounded in building the program and the school around students’ natural inclinations and curiosity instead of trying to fit the kids to a program, and I love that.” Penberg says he’s got “a lot of little things” in mind as part of a broader vision. “One of our buildings and grounds guys is a rice farmer from Africa, and we’re going to get the kids involved in cultivating rice. I’d like to find a way to fund a microbiologist or diversity specialist to come teach stewardship and sustainability. It’s very doable because we’re surrounded by outstanding organizations: the Woodstock Conservancy, the Farm Hub, the Cary Institute. What better way than utilizing young people to do your stewardship? I don’t think anyone really learns anything without a sense of purpose.” Judith Jaeckel, Mountain Laurel Waldorf School Mountain Laurel Waldorf School in New Paltz will be participating this year in the 100th anniversary celebration of Rudolf Steiner’s opening of the first Waldorf school in 1919. “It’s exciting to be a part of the fastest-growing independent educational movement in the world,” says Administrator Judith Jaeckel. “Across the globe, students and communities will be planting trees and establishing beekeeping programs and pollination gardens. The Association of Waldorf Schools of North America is partnering with Gunther Hauk from the Spikenard Farm Honey Bee Sanctuary, Richard Louv, author of Last Child in the Woods, The Children and Nature Network, Green Schoolyards America, and the Campaign for Commercial-Free Childhood to form a new ‘continental park system’ in backyards, playgrounds, schoolyards, and public spaces—green spaces developed with birds, insects, bees, butterflies, praying mantises and biodiversity in mind; creating a food-web for native species and wildlife. Imagine the map! Mountain Laurel is also participating in the Million-fold Global Postcard Exchange. “Students in 1,100 Waldorf schools from over 80 countries are sending postcards to every other Waldorf school in the world,” Jaeckel explains. “Early grades student ambassadors have been designing postcards showing something of their country, school, or self. Our upper grade students are also musical ambassadors, inspiring students throughout the Northeast during their annual orchestra and recorder tour.” Mountain Laurel’s music program extends its harmony past campus boundaries. “Our orchestra teacher, Mark Bernstein, created an opportunity for Mountain Laurel alumni to continue playing in an afterschool community orchestra,” says Jaeckel. “And by opening the program to other high school students, Mr. Bernstein is growing our music community.” The musicians of the Mountain Laurel community will perform at Music in the Field, an annual outdoor, picnic-style music festival at the Field of Dreams in New Paltz on September 15.

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Above: Rip Van Winkle Bridge Opposite: Jakawn Heath, Cassidy Bua, Mama Llama, Jasean Edmonds, Devon Gaillard, Jay Jay Williams, Jason Edmonds, and The Awakened Rip (artist, Matt Bua) in Catskill.

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he logical place to start when talking about Columbia and Greene Counties is with the bridge that connects them, the Rip Van Winkle. Opened in 1938, the span stretches above the Hudson River, carrying 15,000 people along Route 23 between Catskill and Hudson each day. Like the region itself, the bridge is also changing with the times. Earlier this year, the NewYork State Bridge Authority completed the first phase of the Hudson River Skywalk project, a scenic pedestrian trail linking two state historic sites—the Thomas Cole National Historic Site in Catskill and Frederick Church’s Olana in Hudson—with a rebuilt sidewalk on the Rip Van Winkle Bridge, including three scenic viewpoints, each 50 feet long by 10 feet wide, with views of the Hudson River and Catskill Mountains. Betsy Jacks, executive director of the Thomas Cole National Historic Site, sees the construction of the Skywalk as the continuation of a longstanding connection that began 200 years ago. “We’ve been collaborating for centuries,” says Jacks, “since Cole showed Church that piece of property where Church would build his home.” The Skywalk project will ultimately link Thomas Cole National Historic Site and Olana via trails on either side of the bridge that are scheduled to be completed within a year’s time. The cross-county collaboration will be celebrated on September 30, with the first Skywalk Arts Festival. There’ll be plein-air painters on the bridge, an art sale at Thomas Cole National Historic Site, music, food, and activities for families at both sites. Despite some similarities between communities on both sides of the river, there are clear differences and divergent challenges facing the main municipalities in Greene and Columbia Counties, Catskill and Hudson. 34 COMMUNITY PAGES CHRONOGRAM 9/18

Catskill: A Village Always On the Verge The village of Catskill (population 4,081 according to the 2010 census) is the county seat of Greene County. It’s most famous former resident (other than Thomas Cole) is the boxer Mike Tyson, who trained here. (The actress Jennifer Connolly was born in nearby Cairo—pronounced kay-row.) A sense of being on the verge has characterized Catskill for the past 15 years. There was momentum building prior to the real estate crash of 2008, with new businesses opening on the village’s historic Main Street, but the downturn stalled the village’s rising economic fortunes. A resurgent entrepreneurial class and some well-funded new projects in town have many believing that with this wave of revitalization Catskill can realize its full potential. Jacks, who’s been the executive director of the Thomas Cole National Historic Site for 15 years, is a keen observer of village happenings. “We’ve had so many people working on bringing up Catskill’s fortunes for generations,” says Jacks. “But now there’s so much happening in Catskill. It’s been like a snowball rolling downhill. Catskill has always been cool and fun, but it seems to have arrived.” Many residents talk about the opening of HiLo Cafe in the spring of 2017 as the physical manifestation of a turning point. The storefront space, run by Queens transplants Liam and Laura Singer, wears its municipal pride on its sleeve, referring to itself as “a cafe, bar, art gallery, and performance space located in the greatest village in the world, Catskill NY.” Niva Dorell, visual arts director for the Greene County Council on the Arts, agrees. “Hi-Lo is the heartbeat of Catskill,” she says. “It brings a lot of different people together for different reasons. It’s a real cross-section.


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Top row: Kevin Malen in Catskill; Rip Van Winkle in Catskill; Hannah Black at Lil Deb’s Oasis in Hudson. Middle row: Carla Perez-Gallardo at Lil Deb’s Oasis in Hudson; seen at Antigo in Hudson; Jason Wells at Lumberyard in Catskill. Bottom row: Jennifer Greim at Thomas Cole National Historic Site in Catskill; Rip Van Wagoner in Catskill; Tanya Himeji Romero at HiLo in Catskill.


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Top row: Juan Madrid in Catskill; Cathryn Dwyre on Warren Street in Hudson; Anthony Katz at Moto in Hudson. Middle row: Cat in Catskill; Cinnamon Gray at Moto in Hudson; Bridget in Catskill. Bottom row: Juan Madrid in Catskill; Thomas Cole portrait in Catskill; Liam Singer at HiLo in Catskill.


Jamie Gyftakis and Emily Evans at Thomas Cole National Historic Site in Catskill.

The building housing HiLo is owned by photographer Alon Koppel and his wife Melissa, a painter, who live on the top floor (the Singers live on the second floor). The Koppels moved to Catskill three years ago from the Dutchess County town of Red Hook and began looking for a tenant for the storefront. After talks with a man who wanted to open a traditional bar but wasn’t open to having art in the space’s proscenium entryway, Koppel realized he was looking to foster a community space in his building. The Singers’ idea for HiLo fit the bill. The cafe hosts community events (like fundraisers for the local public radio station WGXC) and serves as the meeting place for a village steeped in symbiosis. “People come to HiLo and say, ‘There’s community here, I can see myself here.’” “Catskill is open to collaboration,” says Koppel, who should know. Currently, he’s curating a photography show at the Greene County Council on the Arts (“No Nudes, No Sunsets,” through September 22), shooting drone photography for the Thomas Cole National Historic Site, and documenting the rehearsals and performances of the new big player in town, Lumberyard. Formerly the American Dance Institute, Lumberyard has transformed the former Dunn Builders Supply, a creekside industrial complex, into a $8.2-million state-of-the-art performance center and certified soundstage for film and TV production. The location will serve as the home of the nonprofit’s technical residency program and main performance venue. Artistic and executive director Adrienne Willis believes Catskill is the right home for her organization. “We wanted to find a place that was not only right for us, but where we would have economic impact,” says Willis. “We wanted to find a town that was on the verge of revitalization so we could leverage resources for one another and became part of the fabric of the community.” After a summer performance series at locations around the region, Lumberyard is ready for the big reveal of its 7,000-square-foot building on September 1 with a grand opening event featuring tap dance virtuoso Savion 38 COMMUNITY PAGES CHRONOGRAM 9/18

Glover and hosted by actor Alan Cumming. Year-round programming will follow, and Willis hopes to capitalize on the booming film and TV production in the region—aided by generous state tax cuts specifically designed to draw projects to the Hudson Valley region—to help defray expenses. Lumberyard also has an ambitious outreach program, training local high school students in tech for the performing arts and doing work inside local correctional facilities. The day before his show in Catskill, Savion Glover will perform for incarcerated teens at the Hudson Correctional Facility. Willis hopes to incubate a statewide arts reintegration program for incarcerated teens at Lumberyard. Another project with transformative potential for Catskill is Foreland. Slated to open in fall 2019, Foreland is the brainchild of artist and real estate developer Stef Halmos. She is currently overseeing the rehabilitation of an historic 50,000-square-foot-building, which she describes as a “contemporary arts ecosystem” that will include galleries, artist studios, a restaurant, and a special project space.When asked what such a space would like look like, Halmos responds: “A visually striking environment for people to make and show work, cutting-edge programming to engage a regional and national audience, and a spot to sit and stay a while.” Unlike what happened in the village’s small-business boom prior to the Great Recession, these new, well-financed operations are unlikely to go away. “The opening of Lumberyward and Stef Halmos’s Foreland show the longterm commitments people are making to Catskill,” says Dorell. “If all these long-term projects come to fruition, it will bring people and prosperity to Catskill.” But Koppel, who was drawn to Catskill for its inexpensive real estate as much as the sense of a community discovering itself, says be careful what you wish for. “In three or four years, it may be too much like Brooklyn here, and maybe we’ll move to Syracuse,” he says with a laugh.


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Hudson: The Price of Success “The city of Hudson’s last comprehensive plan, written in 2002, was aspirational,” says Carole Osternik. “It painted a picture of a city back from the edge. Now, the population more than doubles on the weekend in the summer. People are saying the city is too expensive and too crowded on weekends. We’re at a point where we truly need to assess what’s happened. It might be time for Hudson to manage its success.” Osternik, who’s lived in Hudson for 25 years, has served on the city’s Common Council, was a founding member of Historic Hudson, and is a de facto one-person newsgathering organization on her blog Gossips of Rivertown, where she publishes information from various municipal meetings and publicizes community events. Another independent media outlet working on covering Hudson (and all of Columbia and Greene counties) is local public radio station WGXC. Launched in 2011 on the FM dial as an extension of the community radio work done by Tom Roe and Galen Joseph-Hunter of Wave Farm, WGXC is a hands-on, participatory radio station that not only reports on the region but also serves as a public platform for information, experimentation, and engagement. Three full-time staffers and 90 volunteer programmers create an eclectic mix of programming. “There’s something for everybody,” says Lynn Slonecker, station manager. “If you hear something you don’t like, wait a half hour and you’ll hear something completely different.” Hudson’s diversity—religious, ethnic, personality, age—is what Mayor Rick Rector refers to as the city’s “greatest strength.” It also makes the radio station studio on Warren Street a pollinator of community interaction. “If you spend any time at the radio station,” says Slonecker, “you’ll see a cross-section of people under one roof that you wouldn’t see anywhere else in Greene or Columbia. There’s a combination of people who love radio and young people who are experiencing radio for the first time.” (WGXC features a block of programming in the afternoon created by and for youth.) Given Hudson’s runaway success in the past decade as a tourist destination and hub of retail activity (and the related negatives that come along with it, which can be loosely grouped under the nebulous term “gentrification”), Slonecker believes radio can play a vital role in the city. “With the way things are evolving, a local community station takes on more and more importance, both creatively and in terms of info gathering and distribution. There’s a lot of discussion and in-depth work on issues like gentrification.The community is at a point where public dialog is very important. Radio is a great meeting place. It’s intimate. It’s a media that allows people to hear the voices of other people. And in order to have a civil dialog, you need to have mutual respect, and that comes from people being able to hear each other.” The challenge of unifying a diverse community was a common theme among the people I spoke to for this article. Chuck Rosenthal, who owns lifestyle and home furnishing store Valley Variety and is chair of the Hudson Business Coalition, expresses it this way: “The biggest challenge is vision and consensus building,” he says. “When I did my research on Hudson before moving here five years ago, I read the comprehensive plan reports from 2002. In a way, we’re still discussing the same ideas. We struggle to home in on a single vision and come to consensus.” Rosenthal is quick to point out that despite some growing pains, the city is distinctive in its mile-long main street offering a cosmopolitan mix of antiques, design, fashion, arts, and food. “We have a lot of built-in attributes that make a really great livable city that’s also attractive to visitors,” he says. “We have a great town. It’s just a matter of pulling it all together.” No one feels that more optimisitc than Rick Rector, who was elected mayor last fall, running on a campaign platform of “One Hudson.” Rector, a relative political newcomer, ran unopposed, and is seen by many as ushering in a new era of transparent city leadership after decades of Hudson’s politics being dominated by a small group of entrenched interests. (Melissa auf der Mar, cofounder of Basilica Hudson, opines: “Hudson has developed despite its elected leadership,” she says. “It wasn’t until the antiques dealers, the gays, freaks, and artists showed up that things started to shift. The level of momentum has been remarkable but unconnected with any municipal help.”) Job one for Rector is moving beyond outdated political divisions and fostering conversation. “In a small town, it’s more about the person than the political party,” he says. “It’s about finding out what’s best for the community. My goal is to reach out to everybody and make decisions collectively with input from everyone.”


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Linda Mussman and Claudia Bruce moved their arts organization, Time and Space Limited, to Hudson in the early ‘90s, becoming pioneers in a slow-burning renaissance of the city that today has been transformed by development and tourism. Since opening its doors, Time and Space Limited has been a cultural anchor, putting on plays, curating art shows, hosting community discussions, and playing a vital role in arts education for the city’s youth. Time and Space Limited has also screened a lot of movies. Now it’s the subject of one, sort of. A Bread Factory, the new two-part film from writer-director Patrick Wang (In the Family, The Grief of Others), tells the story Dorothea and Greta, who after running a community arts center for 40 years, suddenly find themselves fighting for survival in the quickly gentrifying town of Checkford. Wang was inspired by Bruce and Mussman’s personal story, and the story of a small city in transition. “A small town turns out to be a great setting for thinking about many big themes: art and commerce, globalization, gentrification, changing social institutions, and new technology,” Wang says. Told in two parts, A Bread Factory stars Emmy-award winner Tyne Daly and Elizabeth Henry as Dorothea and Greta. In part one, For the Sake of Gold, Dorothea and Greta’s arts center is threatened when a celebrity couple—performance artists from China—build an enormous complex down the street, catapulting big changes in their small town. In part two,WalkWith Me aWhile, townspeople rehearse the Greek play, “Hecuba” at the Bread Factory while outside the town has been invaded by bizarre tourists and mysterious tech workers. There is a new normal in Checkford, if it is even really Checkford any longer. Most of the film was shot in Hudson and at Time & Space Limited in 2017 and features some cast and crew drawn from Hudson, but Wang is careful not to equate the problems of the fictional town of Checkford with Hudson. “The city in the film is having more of an existential crisis than the actual City of Hudson,” says Wang. “Hudson feels like a slow-motion version of Checkford, where things can go either way.” A Bread Factory—Parts One & Two premieres as a double feature at Time and Space Limited in Hudson on September 3 at 1pm, followed by a Q&A with filmmaker Patrick Wang. Tickets are $18/$14. Before its New York City and Los Angeles premieres in October, A Bread Factory will screen at Time and Space Limited throughout September on the weekend. Check Timeandspace.org for details on show times. —Brian K. Mahoney


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Covelli and Truscott’s 17-foot 1982 Wilderness Camper is tucked away on a corner of their five-and-a-half-acre property. Bought secondhand in New Jersey, they drove it Upstate during a tornado and fully renovated it last year. Now it includes a sleeping area, kitchenette, and lounge.

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drienne Truscott didn’t ask for this.The performance artist who juxtaposes burlesque, off-color humor, and feminism to create theater that is at once hilarious and provocative to the point of cringing uncomfortability has built a career on forgoing any need for permission. Her partner, Carmine Covelli, a drummer for Kathleen Hanna’s band the Julie Ruin and a backup musician and dancer for comedienne Bridget Everett’s cabaret show Bridget Everett and the Tender Moments, operates under a similar ethos: Get an idea, look around for readily available supplies, figure out how to do it, and get started. Over the course of their 17-year collaboration as partners and artists, the two have, according to Truscott, “gathered, jimmied, repurposed, constructed, and reconstructed” whatever struck them as interesting, relevant, or recyclable into theater sets, art pieces, and musical performances. A little bit of scavenging and a lot of going with the flow has taken them through the realms of low art and high, around the world (Truscott has spent the past 10 winters touring the Australian fringe festival circuit; Covelli regularly travels with his bands) and now to their five-and-a-half-acre property in Tivoli.

An interior wall of Truscott and Covelli’s garage turned studio/ shed. Covelli built the wood-scrap-insulated walls from pieces he salvaged from the property and donations from friends. 46 HOME & GARDEN CHRONOGRAM 9/18

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Truscott and Covelli in their open studio space. Truscott began as a hockey player, became a dancer, and then studied circus arts. She now combines her varied skills into provocative, comedic theater. A musician, actor, and dancer, Covelli’s latest venture—a food truck/ record shop called the Vinyl Donut—sells donuts, LPs, and turntables.

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The interior of the couple’s studio looks out over the pond. Covelli built the island at the center out of construction netting, leftover wood, and 107 one-gallon containers left behind by the property’s previous owners.

“It’s our kooky little respite from the city and possible end-of-the-world bunker,” explains Truscott. The freshly mown lawn is dotted with an eclectic mix of outbuildings and borders a pond brimming with wildlife. At one end, a remodeled trailer provides year-round sleeping quarters. Overlooking the pond, a prefab converted garage-shed, provides a four-season incubator for their creative hatchlings. A fire pit, outdoor dining table, open-air shower, wood-heated clawfoot soaking tub, hand-built dock, and island large enough to hold “one person or four turtles” says Truscott, are all evidence that Truscott and Covelli have adapted to, and are now fully integrated with, the pond’s thriving ecosystem. Further afield, a storage shed guards the scavenged raw materials and equipment for ongoing and possible creative projects. And a wagon converted to a food truck is the basis for Covelli’s latest brainchild: the Vinyl Donut, a food truck/roving record store, which Covelli plans to take live in the Hudson Valley this month. Like their art, their slowly evolving habitat is very much a work in progress that could take a turn towards the delightedly unexpected at any moment. It is also the physical manifestation of their creative process. Or, as Truscott puts it, “What we are doing up here is a real-life cumulation of how we collaborate artistically and how we survive.” Sufficiently Odd, Possibly Alive In 2008, Truscott had been performing as one part of the Wau Wau Sisters at Bard’s Speigeltent for three years when Covelli and Truscott began to see the area as more than a tour stop. (In August, Truscott performed her show “Asking for It,” a “one-lady rape comedy,” as part of this year’s Spiegeltent lineup.) More and more friends were moving to the area, and they liked the abundance of art and fellow artists. “The combination of those two things was like an anchor, and we started to look around,” remembers Truscott. “But we began to look around like fakers.” The idea of owning something seemed far-fetched for two constantly touring performance artists. They contacted a local real estate agent and asked to see any property “that was odd, but seemed like it could be turned into something living, even if it didn’t seem that way,” says Covelli. He

The couple’s trailer bedroom. The interior of both structures was restored with scavenged and recycled materials, including metal and wood from the property’s razed house.

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Built by Covelli, the outdoor shower features a tankless water heater and wood-and-metal privacy screen.

“It’s ironic,” says Truscott. “I’ve become known for doing a show about rape—which is all about consent—when the bulk of my artistic career has been based on the premise that it’s easier to ask for forgiveness than permission. As an artist, it’s the only way I’ve survived in the world, but as a woman, I certainly don’t feel that way.”

took them to a former roadhouse, a brothel, a guitar shop, a one-room schoolhouse, a farmhouse, and then a house the agent swears was haunted. “He had some weird, blurry orb pictures that he still seemed shaken by,” recalls Covelli. It was a patron of their shows, and now a neighbor, who told them about the parcel for sale on a back road in Tivoli. “We got here, and there was a wretched old house—the foundation was cracked, siding was missing, tar paper was on a few sides. It wasn’t like we drove up and fell in love with it,” remembers Truscott. The land was overgrown with grass and weeds up to their chests, completely obscuring the property’s details. However, they noticed a giant willow tree and waded through the weeds to see it, finding a pond hidden by the overgrown bush. They realized the property had plenty of potential. (“That’s one thing we’re really good at,” notes Covelli, “seeing potential.”) They had never owned anything before and knew the sweat equity required to make something livable out of the ramshackle, neglected lot would be great, but they also saw an opportunity to create something they could really love. Family members pitched in to help them buy the property, but asked the question: “But then what?” Covelli and Truscott didn’t quite know the answer. However, years of collaborating on countless shows had taught them the possibility of creating beauty out of remnants and cast-offs. The couple’s partnership began with a first date that turned into an impromptu Dumpster dive. (“It was a clean Dumpster,” Covelli is quick to clarify, “and it was a really great chair.”) “People don’t understand, unless they are in the theater, how you can just get stuff for free,” explains Truscott. “After events, people often throw everything away. I’m always asking things like, ‘You’re just using all that lumber tonight?’ ‘All those curtains, you’re just putting them in the Dumpster?’”The couple knew if

they looked around they would probably find what they needed, or something they could adapt, as they had always done in their work. “Bit by bit, we’ve been doing the same thing—using our skills and our artmaking brains to make this beautiful, weird thing out of nothing.”

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Adapt, Recycle, Renew They began by doing “everything backward,” says Truscott. Their first push mower resulted in only a hand full of blisters for Covelli and made very little headway clearing the overgrown land. However, a hundred-dollar riding mower—“literally just a seat over an engine”—scored from a junk collector in Hudson, allowed them to cut back the weeds around the willow tree and along the pond until they found grass. The first few summers, the couple were frequently touring, so they just camped out in the cleared space, working on the property the days they could be in town, and then hopping into the pond to cool off at sundown. A neighbor offered to raze the eyesore of a house for free, and Covelli saved the wood scraps, using a few to build his first structure on the property: An eight-foot-square dock at the edge of the pond. A few years later, they found an $800-dollar camper in New Jersey and began to extend their time upstate through the autumn months, eventually adding solar panels to the roof. With the house gone, they knew they wanted to build a more substantial structure but weren’t sure what. When Covelli found a free-standing garage that came as a kit, a more permanent structure felt doable. “It became just like putting on a show,” explains Truscott, lapsing into theater jargon. “It seemed like we were getting ready for tech week.” They adapted the two-story, 12-by20-foot structure into a shed with the entrance facing the pond, swapping out


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Top: The exterior of the studio shed with Covelli at the BBQ. “I would like someone to monetize the sweat equity we›ve put out into the world, over the past 20 years,” he says. Bottom: “We can just sit and watch this pond for ages,” says Truscott. “There is a great blue heron, a green heron, a beaver, and a muskrat. It feels like a free menagerie. Two geese landed—they think it’s their land, we think it’s ours.” They also had six goslings, but all six were eaten in one day. “It’s nature,” shrugs Truscott. “Nature can be horrible and unpredictable.”

the original garage door with a glass one they found. The kit came with two windows and stairs leading to an ample second-story storage area, which now doubles as extra sleeping space. Covelli added a kitchen area at the back of the structure, as well as a bluestone-lined composting toilet and shower off to the opposite side of the building. With a wood stove and added insulation, the studio is comfortable in all four seasons, allowing them to warm over and hatch new ideas throughout the year. After being taken over by mice, their camper had to be gutted last summer. True to their talents as recyclers, Covelli and Truscott utilized the opportunity to turn the space into an elegant bedroom, with kitchenette and sitting area. Covelli added new supports to the trailer, and installed a bar top and wood floor gleaned from a theater being demolished in NewYork City. A metal closet was gifted from friends and cinder blocks from the original house foundation are now used as steps. This summer, Covelli finally used the last remnants of wood from the razed house. An outdoor shower hidden in a grove of trees utilizes a tankless water heater to run hot water—a far cry from their days of jumping in the pond. The wood was used to build a privacy screen around the shower, which is open to the canopy of beech trees above. As their structures have become more permanent, both Truscott and Covelli have become more rooted in the Hudson Valley. Covelli has been invited to bring the Vinyl Donut to multiple outdoor events this fall at Bard, where Truscott will be teaching a course this semester. “Everything seems to have been leading us here,” says Truscott. Visit Chronogram.com to read a transcript of a conversation between Adrienne Truscott and Chronogram editor Brian K. Mahoney about her one-woman show “Asking For It.” 52 HOME & GARDEN CHRONOGRAM 9/18


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Fill Your Pockets Tucking Plants into Rock Walls By Michelle Sutton Photos by Larry Decker Mud in Your Pores My favorite method for installing plants in rock walls—be they geometric and precise dry-stacked retaining walls, or more naturalistic, stabilizing round stones at the base of a slope—brings to mind making mud pies as a kid. It involves the very technical process of … making mud. Dry stone wall or otherwise, pockets of planting opportunity are created. To fill stone pockets of various kinds, I use a clay loam soil, wet it until it’s a thick mud slurry, then use a palette knife to fill the pockets with the slurry before tucking the tiny plants in and finally closing any remaining gap with more mud slurry. (As you can imagine, this is an optimally fun gardening activity for kids.) You’ll notice I mentioned clay loam. The clay part is key. A useful analogy I learned from a mentor is that a given volume of clay soil is like a room filled with golf balls—being small, the golf balls can “nest” tightly together, so the pore spaces between the balls are small. This is what happens with clay soil. On the other hand, the same volume of sandy soil is like a room filled with basketballs—the balls can’t “nest” as tightly together, so the spaces between the basketballs are bigger. Those spaces between the balls are like soil pores; the smaller pores between clay particles hold on to water and nutrients more tightly than the larger pores of sandy soil can. Clay’s tenaciousness can be bad when you’re planting in the earth—sometimes it holds onto water too well, for example—but can be an advantage when you want soil and plants to stay in place and not dry out in the pockets of a rock wall. 54 HOME & GARDEN CHRONOGRAM 9/18

Not everyone uses the mud slurry technique. Some folks actually tuck some inorganic floral foam or long-fiber sphagnum moss in there for roots to cling to until they get long enough to explore the soil behind the wall. I am sticking with a clay-loam mud-slurry because it works well for me … and I get to play with mud. Pocket Plant Palette Some sources will recommend that you plant as you build the retaining wall, but for most of us, that level of planning and precision is not realistic … and/ or we have inherited the rock wall. Although it’s possible to grow plants in a freestanding wall, retaining walls are better suited for plantings because the earth behind a retaining wall supplies moisture to the pocket plants as their roots explore their surroundings. That root exploration is also good for stabilizing the wall by keeping the retained soil behind the wall from washing out. Other reasons to plant pockets: Your wall may have some imperfections that plants can cover over. Plants will visually soften your wall and make it more interesting. More plant variety = more pollinators. Gardeners gotta garden. And it’s super fun to play with mud and tiny plants. In choosing plants for sunny spots, start with herbs like rosemary and thyme; succulents like sedums and hens and chicks; and drought-tolerant small or creeping perennials like phlox, dianthus, and basket-of-gold. (Note that even the sun lovers, however, will appreciate some shade during the hottest hours of the afternoon.) For shady spots, consider tiny ferns (tiny-at-maturity,


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Pocket Plant Culture For perennials, use the smallest seedlings possible for the best chance of success. Plant perennials in early spring or in the fall. Plant annuals in the spring. Use seeds for when you want an inexpensive way of trying out new/unusual varieties of perennials or annuals. Annuals will be higher maintenance because you have to replace them every year. Because succulents are so very drought tolerant once established, use them toward the top of the wall and other places that tend to dry out quickly. Keep your seeds/seedlings moistened with the mist setting on your watering wand so as not to dislodge soil, seeds, or seedlings. Tiny seedlings mustn’t dry out. Use drought-tolerant, rock-garden-type plants (this can include mosses!). Embrace volunteers, unless they are aggressive. Allow reseeding by not deadheading flowers. To help retain soil in the pocket, you can make a little shelf by wedging a small stone into the bottom front of the space before filling with soil and planting. Keep the wall weeded, so the little plants don’t have competition while they’re getting established. Fertilizer should not be necessary for rock-wall plants. Prune creeping phlox and other perennials per recommendations for each type of plant. Keep an open mind as you embark on this experimentation! Sometimes you will do everything right and certain plants still perish. It’s not personal.

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Home Style Is your home a Craftsman or a Contemporary? Italianate? Midcentury? All of these architecture schools have traditional window shapes and types associated with them, which you may want to consider (either to match or juxtapose). For example, Colonial-style homes, with their focus on symmetry and simplicity, predominantly use multiple-pane, rectangular windows spaced at even intervals, with the occasional bay window thrown in. Functionality When you buy a home, you inherit its quirks, but when buying new windows you get to choose exactly what features you want. Do you want casement windows that swing out on a hinge or would you prefer glider windows that open side-to-side? Or maybe double-hung windows, with their versatile ability to open at both top and bottom, would be most useful. Simulate interacting with the windows in different rooms of your house to get a sense of what would be most easeful. Efficiency Window technology has advanced by leaps and bounds over the last 30 years. Double-paned windows have become the industry standard. Offered both with and without argon gas, double-glazed windows can reduce your home’s heat loss by up to 50 percent, paying for themselves in energy savings. There are also UV-filtering and tinted windows, and even triple-pane windows for extra insulation. Know your efficiency goals going in. For a glossary of window terms visit Marvin.com/support/glossary. williamslumber.com

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Continuing Education

GROWN-UP EXTRACURRICULARS 11 Institutions for Continued Education By Briana Bonfiglio

Weaving workshop with Kat Howard at Drop Forge and Tool in Huson. 58 CONTINUING EDUCATION CHRONOGRAM 9/18


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“Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.” —Gandhi

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ducation doesn’t stop once you leave school—it’s a lifelong process. In the Hudson Valley, opportunities for adult continuing education are plentiful, from art workshops to cooking classes to spiritual retreats. “Learning is ongoing—it never ends. You’re always going to learn something new,” says Mariandale Center’s program coordinator Karen Noreika. The 65acre nature retreat in Ossining specializes in spirituality, incorporating reflection and meditation into all its programs. For more hands-on learning, you may find yourself at the Culinary Institute of America (CIA). The renowned culinary school isn’t just for the masters—it also offers beginner workshops on cooking, baking, and winemaking. So whatever you’re into, here are 11 institutions that will help you stretch those mind muscles.

Omega Institute This educational retreat center in Rhinebeck holds many workshops of the yoga, art, and meditation variety—and you can book an all-inclusive stay to let all that newfound knowledge sink in. A pioneer in holistic studies for 40 years, Omega’s curriculum is at the intersection of personal growth and social change. This month, classes include Insight Meditation for Beginners, Conscious Writing, Aging with Sass and Class, and How Women Rise. Now, get this: Omega Institute also has locations in New York City and the Caribbean. Beginning January 2019, it will host all-inclusive programs in Costa Rica that focus on cleansing the soul and tapping into your mind-body connection. Eomega.org

Fiber Flame Talk about learning at your own leisure—this Saugerties art studio lets you drop in without an appointment to craft. The small, woman-owned business has graced the Woodstock-Saugerties border for eight years with their welcoming charm and artistic expertise. You can simply pop in during business hours, use their arts supplies for a $10 fee, and create your own mixed media project (projects range from $8 to $20).You don’t need to be a crafter, though, because Fiber Flame is there to help you out. Whether you’re firing clay to make a ceramic mug or decorating a tote bag, the staff will guide you through the process. Plus, their supply wall’s large selection will make you craft-happy. Fiberflamestudio.com

SUNY Ulster From drone flying to bartending, exciting learning opportunities are brewing at SUNY Ulster. The public, two-year community college in Stone Ridge has a diversified selection of over 400 courses in its continuing education program. These are not-for-credit courses that anyone can attend for several weeks in the fall. They’re geared toward helping you advance your career or simply learn a new skill. Check out upcoming classes like Intro to Drone Piloting, Bookkeeping Basics, Web App Development, Clean Energy, Sign Language, and plenty of other possibilities ranging from corporate training to beauty enhancement. Sunyulster.edu 9/18 CHRONOGRAM CONTINUING EDUCATION 59


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Woodstock School of Art Refine your artistic abilities with art classes at the Woodstock School of Art, where the buildings are on the National Register of Historic Places. Begun as an innovative school of art sponsored by the Art Students League of NewYork, the idyllic setting of the school in Woodstock has drawn students to the region since 1906. If you’re into painting, drawing, collaging, or all of the above, this place is for you.The school has some fall-themed workshops coming up like Woodstock Plein-Air Fall Foliage Landscape, where you’ll learn to paint seasonal scenery, and Mastering the Autumn Palette, a painting class that focuses on mixing color. Woodstockschoolofart.org

Mid-Hudson Heritage Center This nonprofit organization in Poughkeepsie educates through community events, such as art exhibitions, lectures, author readings, and workshops. Across its four locations (two of them art galleries), the Mid-Hudson Heritage Center offers different clay, print, and textile classes each month. This fall, they’ve got Wheel-Throwing, Hand-Building, Pottery for Breast Cancer Survivors, DIY Ceramic Decals, Introduction to Weaving, and Tastes of Printmaking. So, put on a smock and join in—you never know what you’re capable of creating. Midhudsonheritage.org

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Garrison Institute A gorgeous place to meditate and to learn, this spacious former Capuchin monastery sits on 95 acres right beside the Hudson River. Since opening in 2003, the Garrison Institute’s programs have blended contemplation and action. In early October, they’ll host a weekend retreat called Mindfulness for Social Justice led by mindfulness experts George Mumford, Rose Pavlov, and Rhonda Magee. It will explore how to bring compassion-based mindfulness to challenges in community-based work. Other upcoming programs include a week-long retreat on yoga and lucid dreaming and an evening class on sciencebased meditation practice. Garrisoninstitute.org


Drop Forge and Tool This art studio in the heart of Hudson offers DIY classes and creative residencies. Their small-size crafting classes cap off at 6 to 12 people and are led by local artists. September’s workshops will teach you to make woven, beaded rings, latch-hook rugs, and floral arrangements. In October, learn to make tunics, dresses, and lounge pants. Drop Forge and Tool’s residencies at its two Hudson locations are for artists who need a place to stay and get some creative juices flowing. Dropforgeandtool.com Menla Dubbed “Tibet in the Catskills,” Menla is a project of the Dalai Lama’s nonprofit organization, Tibet House US. The retreat center sits on 325 acres in Phoenicia and provides comforting food and amenities on your journey to equanimity. Menla’s world-renowned instructors guide contemplative, restorative weekend and week-long programs. This year’s fall calendar includes the Lifestyle Reset Program and Fall Cleanse Getaway, which will teach you to detox with nutrition, better sleep, and restored energy. Retreats include hiking, yoga, lectures, sound healing, movement classes, and free time to enjoy the beautiful surroundings and on-site spa. Menla.org Mariandale Center Clear your mind to feed your mind when you visit the Mariandale Center in Ossining. Many of its retreats include silent time to roam the grounds and connect with the inner self. Some are even completely silent. But no, you won’t sit under a tree all day (although upcoming writing workshops and the TreeHuggers Ball on September 23 are centered around them)—Mariandale is dedicated to weaving spirituality into a variety of different classes. Upcoming

programs include the Four Heavenly Abodes workshop series, Photography and Meditation, September Writing Tuesdays, Bootcamp for the Soul: Art and Yoga, and An Interfaith Dialogue. Mariandale.org Culinary Institute of America Learning’s great when you can eat the fruits of your labor. Plus, what’s better than becoming your own chef and wowing your next dinner guests? The worldclass culinary college in Hyde Park offers all kinds of beginner classes. Take this fall’s courses in wine and business: Food and Wine Pairings 101 and Turn Your Kitchen Into a Business. In cooking, get a worldly culinary education with courses like The Flavors of Asia, Spain and the World Table, and Global Street Foods. And in baking, test your sweet tooth with Bread for Beginners, Creative Cupcakes, Gluten-Free Baking, and Everything Chocolate. Ciachef.edu Hudson River Maritime Museum The Kingston waterfront’s maritime museum has been dedicated to education since its inception in 1980. It holds an ongoing lecture series about the Hudson River, covering its storied history from its significance in battle to its impact on the environmental movement. The museum’s latest project, the Riverport Wooden Boat School, was founded in 2015 to preserve maritime craft tradition. It offers sailing lessons and woodworking classes where students can learn to carve paddles and make entire boats, among other woodwork projects like skateboards and cutting boards. This fall, award-winning boat designer Hilary Russell will be traveling to the museum to teach a skin-on-frame canoe building class based on his own designs. Build Your Own Skin-on-Frame Solo/Tandem Canoe will be held over two weekends, September 29-30 and October 6-7. Hrmm.org

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TIME TRAVELERS: HUDSON VALLEY ARTISTS 2018 CURATED BY ANASTASIA JAMES

COCOON THEATRE presents 5th Annual

‘No Theme Performance Festival’ More than 20 artists share new work in · dance · theater · installation · visual art · comedy · & live music

$20/night or $40/weekend Students & seniors $15/night or $35/weekend

Alison McNulty, Untitled (Hudson Valley Ghost Column 1 ), 2017, Historic Hudson Valley-made Lahey bricks salvaged from Newburgh and unprocessed Cormo sheep wool sourced from New Paltz fiber farm

THROUGH NOVEMBER 11 SAMUEL DORSKY MUSEUM OF ART STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK AT NEW PALTZ

W W W.NEWPALTZ.EDU/MUSEUM

Fri: August 31 @ 7 pm Sat: September 1 @ 7 pm Sun: September 2 @ 3 pm 9 Vassar St, Poughkeepsie NY

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at the Woodstock Playhouse SATURDAY

Jazzmasters featuring Guitarist Peter Bernstein, with Rick Montalbano: B3 Organ; Joel Frahm: Tenor Sax; Diego Ramirez: Drums

October 21, 4pm

SUNDAY

Bop Island Big Band featuring British Vocal Sensation Polly Gibbons

SUNDAY

Pianist Ted Rosenthal & His Trio

SUNDAY

The Bop Island Big Band Celebrating the Music of Slide Hampton

September 22, 8pm

November 4, 4pm November 18, 4pm

The Bop Island Big Band is 16 world class jazz and freelance musicians whose mission is to perform and celebrate the best of big band jazz and provide a forum for new works by some of today’s brightest composers and arrangers.

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ARTS &

CULTURE

James Adelman, Three Dresses, oil on canvas, from the “Radius 50” exhibition at the Woodstock Artists Association and Museum through October 7.

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galleries & museums Kay Sage’s Small Portrait, oil on canvas, 1950, from the exhibit “Kay Sage: Serene Surrealist” at the Williams College Museum of Art in Williamstown, Massachusetts, September 20–January 13.

BERKSHIRE BOTANICAL GARDEN

5 WEST STOCKBRIDGE ROAD, STOCKBRIDGE, MA (413) 298-3926. “Beautiful Strangers: Artists Discover the Garden.” An exhibition of contemporary sculptures throughout the 15-acre grounds. Through October 8. “Iconic Plant Lithographs by Ellsworth Kelly.” Through October 8.

BETHEL WOODS CENTER FOR THE ARTS

200 HURD ROAD, BETHEL 866-781-2922. “Peter Max: Early Paintings.” The art of Peter Max helped define the psychedelic 1960s. Through December 31.

BLUE HILL GALLERY

COLUMBIA-GREENE COMMUNITY COLLEGE, HUDSON. “The Columbia County Plein Air Artists, Volume 3–Group Show 2018.” Presented by The Columbia County Plein Air Artists. Through September 29.

BOSCOBEL

1601 ROUTE 9D (BEAR MOUNTAIN HIGHWAY), GARRISON BOSCOBEL.ORG. “Campaign Furniture: The March of Portable Design.” Featuring two dozen 18th- and 19th- century examples. Through November 4.

BYRDCLIFFE KLEINERT/JAMES CENTER FOR THE ARTS

36 TINKER STREET, WOODSTOCK 679-2079. “Aesthetics of Persuasion: Graphic Visualizations of Entreaties & Warnings by Artists, Graphic Designers, & Neighbors.” Curated by Linda Weintraub. Through October 14.

CAFFE A LA MODE

1 OAKLAND AVENUE, WARWICK 986-1223. “Recent Works by Ashlie Blake.” Through September 7.

THE CASANA T HOUSE

2635 STATE ROUTE 23, HILLSDALS (518) 325-6105. “The Lumina Edition.” Exhibit photographs by Kenro and Yumiko Izu in two parts and a talk on two recently published books. Through September 30.

CATALYST GALLERY

137 MAIN STREET, BEACON 204-3844. “Tom Chibbaro and Kathleen Andersen.” September 8-30. Opening reception September 8, 5-8pm.

1 MILE GALLERY

THE CENTER FOR PHOTOGRAPHY AT WOODSTOCK

510 WARREN ST GALLERY

59 TINKER STREET, WOODSTOCK 679-9957. “Gesche Würfel: At the Hands of Persons Unknown.” Through October 14. “Hye-Ryoung Min: Re-membrance of the Remembrance.” Through October 14.

ALBERT SHAHINIAN FINE ART GALLERY

5 ALBANY AVENUE, KINDERHOOK (518) 758-9265. “Durable Beauty: Shaker Baskets from Shaker Museum.” Through October 28

475 ABEEL STREET, KINGSTON 338-2035. “The World Comes To Us: Tara Fracalossi/Thomas Lail.” Through October 1. 510 WARREN STREET, HUDSON (518) 822-0510. “Carolyn Newberger: Forest Revelations.” Through September 30.

COLUMBIA COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY

22 EAST MARKET STREET SUITE 301, RHINEBECK 876-7578. “Yale Epstein–Geometry-Affect-Spirit: New Works on Paper.” Through September 4. “The Luminous Landscape 2018: 21st Annual National Invitational.” September 1-Decemebr 16.

COLUMBIA-GREENE COMMUNITY COLLEGE

THE ALDRICH CONTEMPORARY ART MUSEUM

DIA:BEACON

4400 ROUTE 23, HUDSON (518) 828-1481. “The Earth from Above.” Recent wax and oil paintings by Joy Wolf. Through March 30.

258 MAIN STREET, RIDGEFIELD, CT (203) 438-4519. “Objects Like Us.” A group exhibition featuring more than seventy tabletop .art objects by fifty-six artists. Through January 20, 2019.

3 BEEKMAN STREET, BEACON 440-0100. “Mary Corse. Dia Art Foundation has acquired four works by Mary Corse (b. 1945, Berkeley). Ongoing.

AMITY GALLERY

110 NEWPORT BRIDGE ROAD, WARWICK 258-0818. “Art of the Harvest.” Talented artists portray farm scenes. Through September 30.

128 CANAL STREET, TOWN OF ESOPUS LIBRARY, PORT EWEN 338-5580. “Esopus Artist Group.” September 7-28. Opening reception September 7, 5:30-7pm.

ANN STREET GALLERY

EAST FISHKILL COMMUNITY LIBRARY

ART OMI

EQUIS ART GALLERY

104 ANN STREET, NEWBURGH 784-1146. “A Small Matter.” Group show. Through October 20. 1405 COUNTY ROUTE 22, GHENT (518) 392-4747. ?Art Omi: Architecture: Zoid by LevenBetts Architects”. The idea of, and name, “zoid” comes from an on-going geometric study in the architecture practice of LevenBetts, based on a single repeatable shape—a right trapezoid. September 8, 1-4pm.

ART SOCIETY OF KINGSTON

97 BROADWAY, KINGSTON 338-0333. “Willows Through the Seasons.” Works by Mathew Zappala. Also showing: Members’ Exhibition, Sculpture Show: Sculptures Made with “Love.” September 1-29.

ATHENS CULTURAL CENTER

24 SECOND STREET, ATHENS (518) 945-2136. “Hudson Valley Landscape Painters Exhibition.” Featuring Sasha Chermayeff, John Kelly, Rick Leon, Gail Nicholson, Harry Orlyk, Marne Rizika, Barbara J. Sussman, and Peter Homitzky. Through October 7.

DUCK POND GALLERY

348 ROUTE 376, HOPEWELL JUNCTION 226-2145. “A Celebration of Flowers.” Watercolors by Karleen Dorn. September 1-30. 7516 NORTH BROADWAY, STUDIO 3/4, RED HOOK 758-2667. “Works by Kate Gwizdak Dardine.” September 1-30. Opening reception September 8, 4-6pm.

THE FALCON

1348 ROUTE 9W, MARLBORO 236-7970. “Works by Zheng Xuewu.” Beijing artist celebrated for unorthodox methods. September 1-October 31.

FRANCES LEHMAN LOEB ART CENTER AT VASSAR COLLEGE

124 RAYMOND AVENUE, POUGHKEEPSIE 437-5237. “Master Class: Northern European Art 1500–1700.” Through September 2. “Past Time: Geology in European and American Art.” September 21-December 9. Opening reception September 21, 5:30pm.

GARRISON ART CENTER

PO BOX 5000, ANNANDALE-ON-HUDSON 758-7598. “The Conditions of Being Art: Pat Hearn Gallery and American Fine Arts, Co. (1983-2004).” Through December 14. “Daniel Steegmann Mangrané: A Transparent Leaf Instead of The Mouth.” Through October 14.

23 GARRISON LANDING, GARRISON 424-3960. “Some Stories.” An exhibition of abstract paintings and painted “tapestries” by Melinda StickneyGibson. Also showing “Victoria Thorson: BassWood bodies. Through September 9. “Streaming: Wind and Water.” Site-specific installation by textile artist Pat Hickman. Also showing “Color Compositions.” An interdisciplinary art show curated by Marylyn Dintenfass. September 15-October 14.

BARRETT ART CENTER

GREEN

BARD COLLEGE: HESSEL MUSEUM/CCS BARD GALLERIES

55 NOXON STREET, POUGHKEEPSIE 471-2550. “Maria De Los Angeles Rodriguez Jimenez Solo Show.” Through September 22. “Pushing Paper: Realizing the Potential of the Medium.” Through Septemebr 22.

BCB ART

92 PARTITION STREET, SAUGERTIES 418-3270. “Paintings, Drawings, Collages and Photographs by Margaret G.” Through December 30.

GREENE COUNTY COUNCIL ON THE ARTS GALLERY

116 WARREN STREET, HUDSON (518) 828-4539. “PP P P: Paintings, Prints and Photographs.” New work by Dan Welden. September 1-October 7.

398 MAIN STREET, CATSKILL (518) 943-3400. “No Nudes, No Sunsets: Photography Exhibition.” Julie Chase, Adam Deen, Steven Deleo, Jeffrey Dietz, Paloma Dooley. Through September 22.

BEAHIVE BEACON

HUDSON AREA LIBRARY

291 MAIN STREET, BEACON 418-3731. “Spontaneous Symmetry.” Art opening and performance of original works by Beacon-based ambidextrous artist Donna Mikkelsen. September 8, 7-9pm.

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51 NORTH 5TH STREET, HUDSON (518) 828-1792. “Wish You Were Here: A Look Back at Life in Hudson Through Vintage Postcards.” September 6-October 28. Opening reception September 6, 6-8pm.


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Images from the Francine Hunter McGivern exhibit “Episodic Memory: 1977-present,” running through September 9 at Hudson Opera House. Left to right: I Come When I’m Called, 1986, costume by Ken Angelico. Photographed by Laurie Simmons. Only The Brave Stay Blond, 1986, costume borrowed from the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Photographed by Stephan Lupino. Freya & Falcon, 1985, costume Bruce Springsteen’s motorcycle jacket sleeve. Photographed by Nan Goldin.

HUDSON HALL

ROOST STUDIOS & ART GALLERY

JOHN DAVIS GALLERY

SAMUEL DORSKY MUSEUM OF ART

327 WARREN STREET, HUDSON (518) 822-1438. “Francine Hunter McGivern: Episodic Memory l 1977 – Present. Installation 2: cranky critical conscious.” Through September 9. 362 1/2 WARREN STREET, HUDSON (518) 828-5907. “Herbert Reichert: Human.” Also showing “Christopher Cairns: Recognition/Remembrance;” “Joel Longenecker: Recent Work;” “John Lippert: Paintings;” “Jiang Weixian: Sculpture;” and “Fran Shalom: Getting Out of the Way.” Through September 9.

JOYCE GOLDSTEIN GALLERY

19 CENTRAL SQUARE, CHATHAM (518) 392-2250. “Material Composites: Remix. Works by Madison LaVallee.” Through September 22.

69 MAIN STREET, 2ND FLOOR, NEW PALTZ 255-5532. “Barbara and David Holt: A Marriage of Differences.” September 13-October 7. Artist talk September 21, 6-8pm. 1 HAWK DRIVE, NEW PALTZ NEWPALTZ.EDU/MUSEUM. “Time Travelers: Hudson Valley Artists 2018.” Through November 11.

SAUNDERS FARM

853 OLD ALBANY POST ROAD, GARRISON FACEBOOK.COM/PAGES/SAUNDERS-FARMGARRISON-NY. “Collaborative Concepts Farm Project 2018.” Large sculptural works and installation. Other events throughout the exhibit include performances, music, and farm fun. September 2-October 28.

THE KATONAH MUSEUM OF ART

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MATTEAWAN GALLERY

THE CULINARY INSTITUTE OF AMERICA

134 JAY STREET, KATONAH (914) 232-9555. “Play & Rewind: Ode to Summer on Film.” Works by Trisha Baga, Tina Barney, Phil Collins, Laida Lertxundi, Agnes Martin, Beatriz Santiago Muñoz, and Cengiz Tekin. Through October 7. 436 MAIN STREET, BEACON 440-7901. “Eleanor White: It’s About Time.” September 8-October 7. Opening reception September 8, 6-9pm.

MILLBROOK FREE LIBRARY

3 FRIENDLY LANE, MILLBROOK 677-3611. “Works by Robert Andrew Parker and his son Geoff Parker.” September 8-October 14. Opening reception September 8, 4pm-6pm.

MONTGOMERY PLACE

26 GARDNER WAY, RED HOOK 758-5461 “Trees Under Threat: Pests and Diseases that Endanger Our Trees Today.” Presented by the Landscape and Arboretum Program at Bard. September 1-October 13.

THE MUROFF KOTLER VISUAL ARTS GALLERY @ SUNY ULSTER

491 COTTEKILL ROAD, STONE RIDGE 687-5113. “Hers & His: 25 Years of Art & Marriage.” The show features a selection of works by the artists Allyson Levy and Scott Serrano. Through September 28.

OLANA STATE HISTORIC SITE

5720 ROUTE 9G, HUDSON (518) 828-0135. “Costume & Custom: Middle Eastern Threads at Olana.” Through November 25.

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17 TINKER STREET, WOODSTOCK 679-5763. “Claire Lambe: Friends & Neighbors, Woodstock Portraits.” Through September 4.

PALMER GALLERY

VASSAR COLLEGE 124 RAYMOND AVE., POUGHKEEPSIE PALMERGALLERY.VASSAR.EDU. “BoogieREZ Art Exhibit.” Through September 20. Opening reception September 6, 5-7pm.

PLACE

23 MAIN STREET, MILLERTON PLACEMILLERTON.COM. “Works by Mitchell Hoffmaster.” Through October 11.

137 ROUND LAKE ROAD, RHINEBECK (917) 697-0334. “Open Universe.” Sculptor Ricci Albenda presents an installation fluctuating between sculpture and architecture. Through September 30. 1946 CAMPUS DRIVE, HYDE PARK 452-9600. “Guns and Butter: American Food Experiences During the World Wars.” Through December 31.

THE RE INSTITUTE

1395 BOSTON CORNERS ROAD, MILLERTON (518) 567-5359. “Fused and Blurred.” Works by Chie Fueki, Betsy Friedman, Black Lake, Ellen Letcher, Jon Piasecki, Elisa Soliven, Julie Torres, Guy Walker. Through September 8.

THOMAS COLE NATIONAL HISTORIC SITE

218 SPRING STREET, CATSKILL (518) 943-7465. “Spectrum.” The exhibition is part of the ongoing series, Open House: Contemporary Art in Conversation with Cole, and is made up of 30 installations by 11 contemporary artists. Through November 18.

THOMPSON GIROUX GALLERY

57 MAIN STREET, CHATHAM (518) 392-3336. “Undiscovered Country.” Marie-Claude Giroux, Jim Holl and Arthur Sordillo. Through September 23.

TREMAINE GALLERY AT THE HOTCHKISS SCHOOL

11 INTERLAKEN ROAD, LAKEVILLE, CT (860) 435-3663. “Forest, Field, and Water: A History of the Hotchkiss Landscape.” Curators Joan Baldwin and Rosemary Davis tell the story of a landscape inhabited for thousands of years, a place with much to teach us. September 8-October 21. Opening reception September 15, 4-6pm.

WIRED GALLERY

11 MOHONK ROAD, HIGH FALLS (682) 564-5613. “Harris Diamant: A Retrospective.” September 1-23.

WOODSTOCK ART EXCHANGE

1396 ROUTE 28, WEST HURLEY (914) 806-3573. “Found Objects and Acrylic on Canvas.” Dennis Galante. Through September 30. “Rock and Roll Tarot.” Margie Greve. Through September 30.

WOODSTOCK ARTISTS ASSOCIATION AND MUSEUM

45 NORTH FRONT STREET, KINGSTON 901-3129. “Mash Up: Will Lytle/Thorneater & Christin Ripley/Objects ‘n the Round.” An art event/exhibit with Will Lytle/Thorneater & Christin Ripley/Objects in the Round. Through September 30.

28 TINKER STREET, WOODSTOCK 679-2940. “Ginnie Gardiner: The Color Prophecies.” September 1-October 8. “Radius 50.” September 1-October 8. “Richard Kroehling & Liza Rinzler’s Dollarland.” September 1-October 8. “Small Works.” September 1-October 8. Opening reception September 8, 4-6pm.

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WOODSTOCK SCHOOL OF ART

REBECCA PEACOCK

100 BROADWAY, KINGSTON REHERCENTER.ORG. “Life Above the Store.” Photographic essay of the apartments above the Reher’s Bakery by Phil Mansfield. Through October 31.

2470 ROUTE 212, WOODSTOCK 679-2388. “Woodstock Monoprint Invitational Exhibition.” A survey of monoprints by contemporary artists. September 8-October 6.

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Arts Profile

Richard Boch next to the Govenor’s Tavern in Hudson on August 17. 70 ARTS & CULTURE CHRONOGRAM 9/18


Mudd Club street scene, winter, 1979. Photo by Bob Gruen.

TAKE ME DOWNTOWN Richard Boch digs up the dirt on the Mudd Club By Peter Aaron Portrait by Fionn Reilly

Richard Boch Mudd Club basement, January 1980. Photo by Lynette Bean.

I

t’s 1979. The time is 3:15am and the party’s just getting started. There’s no sign outside the ratty-looking establishment at 77 White Street in Tribeca to tell you what’s going on inside. There are, however, some enticing clues. Loud music rattles the blind-covered storefront windows and thumps the raw brick walls and trash-strewn sidewalk. A cab pulls up and a sharply dressed four-piece band—all sharkskin, Cuban heels, and pointy toes and looking to kill with guitar cases in hand—bolts out and steps hurriedly through the building’s fast-opening-and-closing entrance, which teases with its escaping whiffs of illicit aromas and momentarily unobstructed snatches of imported UK postpunk dub. Rumors flicker that Bowie, Warhol, and Debbie Harry are lurking within. Between you and the chain that defines the perimeter around the sixstory structure’s mysterious doorway is a long line of some of the coolest- and weirdest-looking people you’ve ever seen. They all want in. And whatever is going on inside this place, you want to get in there and get swept up in it, too. Something tells you that if you stay cool—and wait long enough—you just might. First, though, you’ll have to get past Richard Boch, whose job is to decide who gets in and who walks.You’re standing in front of the Mudd Club, one of New York’s legendary nightspots. Open your eyes and it’s 2018. The club, along with far too many of the colorful figures who frequented it—and most of Manhattan’s edgy allure—is long gone. Instead of piss-and-pot-scented, wheat paste-postered alleys, this afternoon’s setting is Boch’s meticulously maintained Kinderhook country home. Tabletops are stacked neatly with 1970s and ’80s underground New York publications and archival boxes. The living room is adorned with framed photos taken by Robert Mapplethorpe and Patti Smith, a large Warhol, and several of the owner’s own abstract creations, which he makes in an airy studio behind the house. The clean white walls seem a long way from the dirty White Street of nearly four decades ago, which Boch vividly revisits in The Mudd Club (Feral House), a new book about his time as the doorman of the fabled venue, which was open from 1978 to 1983. 9/18 CHRONOGRAM ARTS & CULTURE 71


Jean-Michel Basquiat, Mudd Club dance floor 1980. Photo by Nick Taylor.

“The club’s name kept popping up in articles I was reading,” says Boch, who for the book drew on the recollections of over 200 interviewees in addition to his own. “Its reputation had increased exponentially. Legs McNeil [Punk magazine cofounder and Please Kill Me author] told me, ‘Richard, you have to write this book—it’s your story.’ When I first talked about it with my agent, though, I was told people were tired of reading about the ’70s. But then there was this ‘revival of the revival’ of interest in that period. Word got around that I was writing a book about the Mudd Club and [late Feral House founder] Adam Parfrey contacted me, saying he was really interested in it. The New York Times did a feature on the book when it came out, and at the reading I did for it in the Lower East Side, people were lining up hours before I went on.” The Mudd Club was opened in October 1978 by arts maven Steve Mass with the assistance of art curator Diego Cortez and scenester Anya Phillips. Named for Samuel Alexander Mudd, the doctor who treated the fugitive John Wilkes Booth, it wasn’t so much a nightclub as it was the Warhol Factory’s insider pop-art/absurdist aesthetic translated to an intimate public space (the first-floor legal capacity was 300 but often more than 400 were packed in) that also happened to have a bar, music, performance art, readings, films, and bizarre theme parties that probed the boundaries of PC taste (the Joan Crawford Mother’s Day Celebration: “Maternal attire suggested. No wire coat hangers permitted.”). Random, Downtown-curious celebs—anyone from the Rolling Stones to Lauren Hutton, John McEnroe, Bella Abzug, Frank Zappa, various “SNL” stars, Caroline Kennedy, and Princess Caroline of Monaco—would turn up. And of course, this being New York in the ’70s, the Mudd—or simply, Mudd, as it was known to regulars—was also a nexus of Olympian drug use (cocaine and Quaaludes were king and queen, respectively) and wild sex (postpickup and on-premises). But, bacchanalian undercurrent aside, there was artistically important stuff that happened here. Stuff that continues to ripple through contemporary culture. “We closed down the ’70s and ushered in the ’80s,” muses Boch. Punk was already well underway at neighboring CBGB and Max’s Kansas City by the time the Mudd Club came along. But the vibe at those venues was closer to that of a straight-up rock ’n’ roll joint. At Mudd, selling beers to rockers wasn’t the priority: getting weird was. Since it was run by gallery aesthetes and not traditional bar owners, the artsy, Dadaist roots of the punk wave 72 ARTS & CULTURE CHRONOGRAM 9/18

were farther to the fore at the White Street space, putting a different spin on the heads of the musicians and others who were present. Mass and crew were laser-sharp with their musical bookings: The B-52’s played on opening night and soonafter contemporaries like Talking Heads (who namecheck the club in “Life During Wartime”), the Cramps, Nico, Johnny Thunders, Suicide, Richard Hell, X, Joe Jackson, and even U2 performed (the latter to about 20 people in December 1980), as did bands from the then-peaking no wave (Lydia Lunch, DNA) and nascent hardcore (Black Flag, Flipper) scenes. But so did elders like Sam and Dave, Martha Reeves, and Screamin’ Jay Hawkins; cabaret-styled acts like Klaus Nomi; and, in an unannounced appearance, Judas Priest, whose singer, Rob Halford, was a Mudd regular. Fashion designers Betsey Johnson, Ana Sui, and Stephen Sprouse and artists like Keith Haring, Robert Rauschenberg, and Jean-Michel Basquiat were Mudd habitués as well (Basquiat’s band Gray, which also featured filmmakers Vincent Gallo and Michael Holman, played; so did Jim Jarmusch’s Del-Byzanteens), and Beat icon William S. Burroughs read there. It was also at 77 White that Brooklyn graffiti artist Fab Five Freddy introduced hip-hop culture to the Downtown scene, influencing Blondie’s 1981 hit “Rapture” and greatly helping to bring rap to a worldwide audience. To borrow Boch’s words, the Mudd Club was, “an incredible incubator for talent.” And it was almost by chance that he ended up working there. “I’d moved to New York in 1976 and started going there when it was new,” says Boch, a Long Island native who studied printmaking and painting at the University of Connecticut. “My friend Pat Wadsley had written this big article about it for the Soho Weekly News and mentioned me in that. Up until then, the club had been sort of secret. No one really knew where it was. [Drag performer] Joey Arias was working the door, but after the article came out the attendance started getting crazy and Joey wasn’t letting certain people in because he didn’t know who they were. So Pat told Steve to give me a call. I met him there that Friday, told him who I was, and all he said was ‘Oh, be here at midnight on Saturday.’” Positioned outside the door, Boch granted and denied entrance to the prospective revelers before him. Mass had certain guidelines about who to let in— squares and troublemakers were discouraged; artists and interesting types were encouraged—and trusted Boch’s judgement. “He liked me because I knew a


lot of people, but mainly he liked me because he knew that even if I didn’t know someone personally I still knew who they were,” the author explains. But that didn’t mean celebrity status guaranteed admission; attitude also counted for a lot. Boch once turned away Paul Simon after the singer, grumpy and impatient about waiting in line, griped, “Hey! Do you know who I am?!” The Mudd’s exclusive door policy led some to accuse it of being elitist. Boch, though, is unwavering in his defense of the rules to this day. “On busy nights people had to leave before we could let more people in, it was as simple as that,” he says. “It was a ‘club’ in the true sense of the word. Actually, it was more like a party than a nightclub. And when you’re having a party you get to decide who you want to attend, right?” Generally, Boch was liked and respected by the staff and clubgoers. “Richard had the right radar for being the person on the door,” says Bush Tetras guitarist Pat Place, whose band frequently played the club. “He had the exact right personality and he was a responsible guy. He might be completely loaded, like a lot of us were back then, but he was always on time.” Besides those by Place’s group, some of Boch’s other favorite Mudd Club performances include the Psychedelic Furs’ first US shows (1980), a Talking Heads taping for the BBC (1979; viewable on YouTube), and a night by Marianne Faithfull, who returned from obscurity for a legendarily shambolic 1980 set. “It was for the launch of her Broken English album,” he says. “She’d been hanging out with [Rolling Stones muse] Anita Pallenberg, doing God knows what. She crashed and burned—but it was amazing to watch.” Reading Boch’s book, one gets the sense that, despite his direct connection to the scene literally swirling around him, he often felt disconnected from it. Was the gatekeeper secretly an outsider himself? “I’d mix and mingle with all of these people inside the club,” he says. “Other than the people from the Patti Smith Group and [transgender fashion model] Teri Toye, who lived with me for a while, though, I was never really fully all right with anyone. But the people I hung out with the most then were the people I got high with, so some of [the detached feeling] was from the drugs.” The drugs. As expected, Boch’s position made him somewhat susceptible to the bribes—often imbibe-able bribes—of interlopers who wanted in.This would ultimately prove to be a problem for the 26-year-old doorman and aspiring painter, who was already partying plenty hard outside of work. “People would turn me on to whatever they had,” Boch remembers. “If they were driving, I’d just hop in their car and get high while we drove around the block. It was crazy.” After 18 wild months on the job, the lines, so to speak, between work and play were becoming increasingly blurred. When he wasn’t on the clock—and often when he was—Boch was hanging out inside the club, drinking for free and dancing up a storm. In November 1980, sensing he’d gone over the edge and for the sake of his well-being should remove himself from the Mudd scene, he left for a better-paying spot as the doorman of the Peppermint Lounge on West 45th Street. But, of course, his demons just followed him there. “I thought a change might save my mental and physical health—but I was wrong,” says Boch with a laugh. “The decision-making process was all a bit drug-addled.” After six months Uptown, he went back Downtown to work at Max’s Kansas City owner Mickey Ruksin’s later venture, One University Place. It took the 1983 overdose deaths of Ruskin and another close friend, Pretenders bassist Pete Farndon, to get him to at last put the drugs aside; the booze went next, in 1987, and the rise of AIDS, which claimed Klaus Nomi, B-52’s’ guitarist Ricky Wilson, and so many other Mudd Clubbers, steered Boch toward safer sex. He moved into the restaurant management field, where he continues to work today when he isn’t painting, and divides his days between the Murray Street loft he managed to hold on to and the Kinderhook house, which he purchased in 2002. Packed with photos and images of gig fliers and ads, The Mudd Club collates Boch’s short, stand-alone essays into a dreamlike narrative that matches the freewheeling nights of the titular venue. Currently, the 64-year-old is assembling an archive of Mudd memorabilia and formulating his next book, about “sexual misadventure with clubland as the backdrop.” Examining the era from this end, does he think there will ever be another place like the Mudd Club? “Not in Manhattan,” he says. “It was all pre-gentrification then, the last stand of New York bohemia and the beginning of DIY. But for people reading the book, I hope that they get a sense of the history and what it was like to survive and create in a New York that doesn’t exist anymore. And I hope it inspires them to find their own creative paths and follow them.”

Pat Place and Cynthia Sley of Bush Tetras in 1981. Photo by Lisa Genet.

Damita Richter, 1979. Photo by Ebet Roberts.

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he Woodstock Film Festival is back for its 19th year, with a lineup of bold, boundary-flouting independent films, panels, concerts, and special events taking place from October 10 through 14. Though festival organizers are keeping most of their cards close to the vest for the time being, they did reveal that Julie Taymor and Matthew Heineman will receive the Honorary Maverick Award and Filmmaker Award of Distinction, respectively. Julie Taymor: Maverick Spirit Taymor’s success has translated across the stage and onto the screen, her work earning her Tony, Emmy, and Grammy wins, as well as an Oscar nomination. Woodstock Film Festival Executive Director and cofounder Meira Blaustein said Taymor is ideally suited for the Honorary Maverick Award. “She’s amazing, probably one of the most fiercely independent filmmakers of today,” Blaustein says. "A true artist, both in the theater and on the screen.” Taymor’s extensive credits as a stage director include “M. Butterfly,” “Grounded,” “Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark,” and “The Lion King,” for which she received the Tony Award for Best Direction of a Musical. Taymor’s film credits include a pair of Shakespearean adaptations, Titus and The Tempest, as well as the acclaimed musical drama set to tunes by the Beatles, Across the Universe, which will be screened in celebration of its 10th anniversary during this year’s Woodstock Film Festival. Taymor’s next screen project will be My Life on the Road, a biographical drama about Gloria Steinem starring Julianne Moore. “Julie is a director who marches to her own drum. She has a unique vision, an incredible artistic eye, and is one of the most innovate filmmakers of today,” Blaustein says. “I’m thrilled that she is going to be here and that we can give her the Maverick. She’s a hero of mine and an inspiration to countless filmmakers, young and old.” Heineman Shines Recipient of this year’s Filmmaker Award of Distinction, Heineman is perhaps best known for his documentaries, though his first foray into narrative filmmaking, A Private War, will be the closing night film at the festival. Heineman’s documentaries include Escape Fire:The Fight to Rescue American Healthcare, Cartel Land, and City of Ghosts, a film about Syrian media activists. A PrivateWar is a biographical drama about the late journalist Marie Colvin, who died while covering the Syrian civil war in 2012. The film stars Rosamund Pike as Colvin. Heineman won an Emmy for the work and has been nominated for an Oscar.

“He’s one of the boldest and most respected documentary filmmakers of today. Even though he’s so young, he has achieved not only commercial but critical success,” Blaustein says. “He’s brought us many harrowing stories with his documentary films, and now he’s venturing into the narrative world, taking his unflinching, bold and unique eye into the scripted format. I’m thrilled that we can both show his new film and honor him.” While the 19th Annual Woodstock Film Festival’s full program won’t be released until later in September, Blaustein said that attendees can look forward to the return of the virtual reality lounge, which made a well-received debut at the festival last year. “By including virtual reality experiences, we are taking today’s visual storytelling and moving forward with tomorrow's trends,” Blaustein says. “I’m glad that we’re able to include this very contemporary art form at the festival; VR is highly exciting and must be experienced live in order to fully understand and appreciate it.” New this year is the inclusion of work created during an intensive threeweek youth film lab run by the Woodstock Film Festival. Three films produced during the summer course will be shown as part of the annual teen film program, traditionally taking place on the Friday of the festival, October 12. “The film lab is something I’m very proud of,” Blaustein says. “It was inspiring to see the process—three full weeks where local teenagers got to immerse themselves in all aspects of filmmaking and create some great films with a group of professional filmmakers and instructors. It was an experience to remember for all participants. And the films are wonderful—you can see them at the festival.” In keeping with the communal spirit of the Woodstock Film Festival, movies will be shown not only in Woodstock, but also in Saugerties, Kingston, Rhinebeck, and Rosendale. “We’re going to have some really great panels in Woodstock at the festival,” Blaustein says. “And there will be parties galore. People are coming here from literally all corners of the world.” The 19th Annual Woodstock Film Festival will run from October 10 through October 14. The full schedule of films, workshops, and parties will be released in September. VisitWoodstockfilmfestival.org for more information. 9/18 CHRONOGRAM ARTS & CULTURE 75


NIGHTLIFE HIGHLIGHTS Handpicked by music editor Peter Aaron for your listening pleasure.

Fluct performs at Basilica Soundscape in Hudson this month.

ATE BIT, BRANDON LEWIS TRIO, SIR/REAL September 8. Musical events at the ornate 1872 Howland Cultural Center largely lean toward chamber music, jazz, or folk, and rarely mix genres—which makes this eclectic evening an interesting proposition. Topping the triple bill are tatted-up pop punkers Ate Bit, who debuted in 2016 with No Space Like Home; their new lineup includes members of noted Boston band Buddha Heroes. In the middle slot is spiritual jazz outfit the Brandon Lewis Trio, whose leader has worked with legends like William Parker and Gerald Cleaver and explored hip-hop, funk, and experimental styles. Newly launched prog-metal unit Sir/Real should please fans of Tool and the like. (Broadway in Beacon presents “The Pirates of Penzance” September 23; Fred Zeppelin frolics September 29.) 8pm. $10. Beacon. (845) 831-4988; Howlandculturalcenter.org

BASILICA SOUNDSCAPE September 14-16. Clocking its seventh year, Basilica SoundScape once again takes over Basilica Hudson for three dates of edge-pushing music, literature, and visual art. Presented by facility owners Melissa Auf der Maur and Tony Stone and former Pitchfork staffers Brandon Stousy and Mike Renaud, 2018’s festival features performances and readings by Boy Harsher, Haxan Cloak x Nick Zinner, Lightning Bolt, Grouper, Usnea, Miho Hatori, Insect Ark, Shopping, Hermione Hoby, Efrim Manuel Menuck, Wax Idols, Bibbe Hansen, L’Rain, dance-performance duo Fluct, and others. Attractions also include pop-up shop vendors, food trucks, and after parties. The 2018 WGXC Record Fair takes place on site during the closing day. Off-site camping with shuttle transport is available. See website for schedule and ticket prices. Hudson. Basilicahudson.org.

TIM FAIN September 15. If you don’t recognize Tim Fain’s name, the odds are you’ve heard his music, nevertheless: The celebrated violinist can be found performing on the soundtracks of the Oscar-winning movies Moonlight, 12 Years a Slave, and Black Swan. Fain, who heads to

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Hudson Hall under the auspices of the historic venue’s Leaf Peeper Concert Series, earned a prestigious Avery Fisher Career Grant in 2007; performed Philip Glass’s Pendulum for the composer at an event honoring Glass’s 75th birthday and his second violin concerto at Carnegie Hall; and, in 2015, was invited to play for the Dali Lama at the Buddhist deity’s 80th birthday. The virtuoso’s latest offering is “Freedom,” a track available for download from his website, with the proceeds going to benefit the contemporary anti-slavery organization Made in a Free World. 7pm. $25, $40. Hudson. (518) 822-1438; Hudsonhall.org.

CLAP YOUR HANDS SAY YEAH September 15. One of those archetypal blog-buzzing Brooklyn bands of the early oughties, indie art poppers Clap Your Hands Say Yeah are the vehicle of singer-songwriter Alec Ounsworth. In 2009, after a taste-making, five-year run, the group disbanded. The hiatus didn’t last, though: They reformed with a new configuration in 2011 and in 2014 released Only Run, which is regarded by many as their best album and features a guest appearance by the National’s Matt Berninger. Here, Ounsworth brings the CYHSY operation to Colony in support of their most recent release, 2017’s The Tourist. (Ted Leo turns up September 16; Peter Case croons September 19.) 7pm. $20, $25. Woodstock. (845) 679-7625; Colonywoodstock.com.

ONE QUIET PLUNGE PRESENTS “COUNTRY/…/CITY/…/” September 18. One Quiet Plunge is the name of an organization started in 2014 and dedicated to the performance of contemporary classical music throughout our region. This month at SUNY New Paltz’s Studley Theater the group will present “country/…/city/…/,” a program that “explores the uniqueness of the Hudson Valley’s rural and urban landscapes through sound; juxtaposed with ‘found sounds’ and recordings from across the valley.” The concert features four specially commissioned, regionally inspired works by local composers Vinnie Martucci, Caroline Mallonée, Hannah Selin, and Mark Dziuba as performed by two SUNY educators: pianist Alex Peh and violist Christiana Reader. 8pm. See website for ticket prices. New Paltz. (8450 257-7869; Onequietplunge.wordpress.com.


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Miss René Bailey is feeling the spirit, and she’s set on inspiring you, too. A local gospel legend since the early ’70s, Bailey, who’s performed with Louis Armstrong, B.B. King, Aretha Franklin, Sam Cooke, and Dave Brubeck, recently released Good Old Songs, a dozen Georgia-childhood gospel favorites expressed with her unique style of soul and grace. For the album she gathered a large array of vocalists and percussion, horn, string, and keyboard players and maneuvered from church choral director to her first studio recording. “You Can’t Hurry God” is a jazzy, horn-based opener to getcha moving and stomping, as is the organ-loaded “Until I Found the Lord,” which is delivered with her exhilarating signature vibrato. She dulcifies her set with the softer praises of cherished favorites “Rock of Ages” and “Glory, Glory Hallelujah.” Might have to sneak on down to Samsonville Methodist Church on a fine Sunday morning and get a dose of the glorious “Lady Sunshine.” Lonepineroad.com. —Sharon Nichols

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Steve Koester’s project Two Dark Birds is brimming with pastoral energy and light. A synesthetic might describe the sound of Bow, the band’s third album, as autumnal yellow and subdued auburn, perhaps perfectly paired with a mulled wine or hot cider on an early October evening. The songs are centered—as all good folk tunes are—around the voice and gently strummed acoustic guitar of Phoenicia resident Koester, who throughout the narrative arcs of the songs invites swirling worlds of strings, dirge-y mellotrons and lap steels, and lilting vocal harmonies to come join him for a short spell. There’s a quiet dignity to the songs, no grand or elaborate veneering. The economy of language within the instrumentation props up the true focus: the words and melody, which, strong enough on their own, are only aided along in the company of the sparse arrangements. Twodarkbirds.com. —Mike Campbell CHRONOGRAM.COM LISTEN to tracks by the artists reviewed in this issue.

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n the highest echelons of the music world, stringed instruments regularly sell for hundreds of thousands of dollars. (In 2011, an 18th-century Stradivarius sold for $15.9 million!) While only a tiny portion of the world traffics in this tier of instruments, craftsmanship is highly prized at every level, with construction methods and wood resonance impacting sound quality. The production of instruments in the violin family, which includes the viola, cello, and double bass, is still predominantly based on designs developed by Italian craftsmen in the 16th century. The finest examples of these bowed wonders are as glorious to gaze upon as they are to hear, made by hand using the finest woods, varnishes, and age-old construction methods passed down from one generation of master luthiers to the next. One of America’s leading contemporary instrument makers is Stamell Stringed Instruments, which was founded in 1989 by owner and craftsman Matt Stamell. “My background is in folk music,” says Stamell, who began making instruments in 1974 as a student at Hobart College and was mentored by noted luthier Don Warnock at Boston University’s artisan program. “I’ve spent my whole life studying, making, and playing these instruments. So today I’m able to use that experience to help people select the instrument that’s exactly right for them, which is something a big-box music store that happens to sell violin-family instruments can’t really do.” The business’s flagship store in Amherst, Massachusetts, opened in 1989 and now employs a staff of eight. In 2008, Stamell expanded to open a second location in downtown Poughkeepsie, where three employees operate a workshop and stringed instrument showroom. In addition to making, repairing, restoring, appraising, and selling instruments, Stamell also offers instrument rentals, an option mainly used by young students, who have the option put their rental fees toward the purchase of an instrument. He was inspired to open the Poughkeepsie location by his company’s 20-year relationship with the Stringendo Youth Orchestra. Founded in 2001, Stringendo provides a forum for Hudson Valley students to develop their musical interests via financial aid incentives and low tuition costs, with a goal of supplementing and enhancing string music education in the region. Celebrated instrument maker Andranik Gaybaryan, whose creations are owned by such esteemed players as Gil Shaham, Frank Peter Zimmerman, and Oleh Krysa, is employed at the Amherst store.Troy Harris, widely revered for his handmade mandolins, is the Poughkeepsie shop’s full-time luthier-in-residence. “We’re lucky—with each location we’re in areas that are comparatively rural, but also very cultured,” Stamell says. “So there’s a good local client base, although because of our reputation we also regularly draw customers from far outside the region— later today I’m meeting a musician who’s flying over from Norway to purchase a cello from us.” Another attraction of the Amherst facility is its in-house concert series. The events, which Stamell hopes to begin hosting in Poughkeepsie soon, present artists from across genres (famed folksinger Jack Williams has been a guest performer), and often include dinner. The intimate performances are yet another manifestation of Stamell Stringed Instruments’ trademark personalized service. “Whenever someone buys an instrument from us, we take time with them, one on one, to adjust it to suit their needs and level of playing,” explains Stamell. “The base of our business has always been about the craft.” Stamellstring.com

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SHORT TAKES Historic estates, exotic birds, troubled immigrants, deranged loners, and parishes dealing with the tainted legacy of the Catholic Church make up our September list.

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Vassar professor Kumar, a keen observer of the contemporary American immigrant experience, introduces us to recent Indian transplant Kailash in his second novel. Wide-eyed but not naïve, Kailish tells his story of discovering America through seven romantic encounters from New York City to Montana and back again. His memories of lovemaking are interspersed with snippets of Victor Hudo, meditations on Wittgenstein, and the history of British colonialism in India. A droll and inventive tale for the intellectually omnivorous. Amitava Kumar reads at Oblong Books and Music in Rhinebeck on September 26 at 6pm.

LIFE ALONG THE HUDSON: THE HISTORIC COUNTRY ESTATES OF THE LIVINGSTON FAMILY PIETER ESTERSOHN, FOREWORD BY JOHN WINTHROP ALDRICH RIZZOLI, 2018, $85

Robert Livingston came to the American Colonies in 1673 from Scotland and started amassing land—162,248 acres of it—and wealth. His descendants built some of the most magisterial estates in the region. Architectural Digest photographer Estersohn profiled and photographed 35 historic homes built between 1730 to 1946, including such treasures as Clermont, Montgomery Place, and Wilderstein. Most are so traditionally maintained that it’s a shock to turn a page and spot an electric guitar and Fender amp lurking under an ancestral portrait at Teviot.

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The 11th installment of Steve Hamilton’s bestselling Alex McKnight series finds the private eye on a cross-country chase with a deranged loner who kills young women. Martin Livermore is a killer who draws McKnight into an elaborate plot bent on revenge for a long-ago encounter between the two that binds them together in a terrible secret. Another high-stakes, nail-biting thriller from the two-time Edgar award-winning master of suspense and Rosendale resident. A pitch-perfect latesummer beach read.

BIRDING THE HUDSON VALLEY KATHRYN J. SCHNEIDER UPNE, 2018, $29.95

A past president of the New York State Ornithological Association, Schneider has spent decades studying the behavior, ecology, and distribution of birds in the Hudson Valley. Although an estimated 400,000 Hudson Valley residents feed, observe, or photograph birds, the vast majority of New Yorkers enjoy their birdwatching activities mostly around the home. Designed for birders of all levels, this illustrated book contains explicit directions to more than 80 locations, as well as useful species accounts and hints for finding the region’s most sought-after birds. Kathryn J. Schneider reads at Oblong Books and Music in Rhinebeck on September 14 at 6pm.

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The author and illustrator of over 20 books for young readers, Talbott looks at Cole’s life and art, taking readers from his humble beginnings to catalyzation of the Hudson River school of painting. An English immigrant, everything changed for Cole when he was given a ticket for a boat trip up the Hudson River to see the wilderness of the Catskill Mountains. The haunting beauty of the landscape sparked his imagination, lighting a fire that would inspire him for the rest of his life. A launch party for Picturing America will be held on September 11 at the Thomas Cole Site in Catskill.

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A novel that’s sadly relevant to recent revelations of clerical abuse in this country, Keady’s latest novel tracks the crimes of abuse in a rural Irish parish. At its center is the tale of a pedophile priest who has been transferred by his bishop when his crimes catch up with him. It is also the story of one of that priest’s victims in their quest for justice. The iniquities of the priest reverberate through the parish of Cranmore and his successor, the diocese of Kingsford, and the whole of Ireland.


Unclaimed Baggage Jen Doll

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en Doll is a journalist who penned the column “YA for Adults” for Atlantic Wire as well as a much-hyped article for New York magazine titled “The Thirtysomething Teen: An Adult YA Addict Comes Clean,” so it isn’t surprising that her debut young adult novel, Unclaimed Baggage, delivers a page-turning story of three unlikely friends navigating an abundance of current social issues confronting present-day teenagers. It’s Doll’s unflinching gaze at such complex and sometimes controversial themes that should appeal to any young person who has ever been underestimated for not being savvy enough to take on the challenges of the world around them. The trouble starts when Nell is yanked away from her suburban Chicago school, friends, and boyfriend to relocate to a small town in Alabama for her mother’s new job. There she meets Doris, a potential new friend. Doris hires her to work at Unclaimed Baggage, a store that resells the items found in the orphaned luggage that accumulates in airports across the country. Not only has Doris been recently promoted to manager, but she has a skill for finding things, and in the course of the novel she locates lost items like keys and even missing people. She is soon forced to hire Grant, the disgraced high school quarterback, and this oddball trio of the local misfit, the exiled Yankee, and the popular jock begin to develop new friendships with each other while heading down some unexpected paths to face some wrongs in their childhoods as they verge on becoming adults. Nell may have anticipated resigning herself to a dull summer in a small Southern town, but the issues making up the lives of her new friends and their families provide a modern-day Peyton Place. To name just a few of the issues: teenage alcoholism, sexual assault, unwanted pregnancy, sports-related injuries, deadbeat fathers, interracial prejudice, and religious zealots make up the novel’s plot lines, as well the current popular conflict in YA literature, bullying. But Doll takes this now well-reported issue to another level of empathy and forgiveness, such as when Doris returns the lost stuffed animal to her nemesis, the popular cheerleader, and glimpses backward to “the eight-year-old little girl who wanted a stuffed animal, got it, and then lost it and everything else.” Of course, the unclaimed baggage is not just the junk and valuables the three new friends sort through from the boxes and luggage that arrive daily at their job—and kudos for Doll for letting them find literal sunken treasure at one point! The lost baggage is Grant’s ruined career and reputation from drunken driving and one too many hard tackles; Nell’s long-distance boyfriend and the town’s (and even her own mother’s) concerns for their interracial romance; and Doris’s wounds from a childhood sexual assault and the death of her beloved Aunt. Doll manages to use this metaphor in a persistent yet subtle way that is reminiscent of Anne Tyler, at her best with The Accidental Tourist where the life of a travel writer with a tragic past is explained by his job that makes it impossible for him to stay too long in one place and grow attached. However, in this case the teenagers of Unclaimed Baggage long to become attached and be found for who they truly are by their friends and family, and, most importantly, themselves. Jen Doll will read and sign at the Golden Notebook in Woodstock at September 22 at 2 pm.

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POETRY

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EPIPHANIES I. The owl drops its wisest feather, the dragonfly its stained-glass wing; the body is a beautiful but quietly breaking thing. —Jared Bertholf

BECAUSE THE WORLD IS OWNED BY GUNS, I DON’T BELIEVE IN DOLPHINS OR GOD or science or hope anymore, not with this nut-job everything, this asystole, throbbing nothing, the way that days fall into the G-string of days, the days fucking and falling and puking and nodding and failing and filling and cocking and yesterday I heard a newscaster say that it was the anniversary of some atrocity I’d never heard of, as if there are so many massacres that we can’t even count, as if the newscasters have to throw their lines out into the lakes and see what barbed-wire fences sunk to the bottom they can get caught in, and when I say massacres, I mean acres, the fight for land, the pipeline having burst— and no one seems to know that the goddamn pipeline burst and no one seems to know that the goddamn pipeline burst —Ron Riekki

ON THE EVALUATION THAT PRECEDED BEING INSTITUTIONALIZED A stethoscopic snake listens for the vibrating lisp of my little mouse heart. The white coat bares its teeth and I raise my arms above my head to make myself look bigger. A threat not worth fighting. The needle slithers into my vein and steals my plasma to feed their machines that drink my salt and solute and scream Deficient. —Autumn Gerard

CONVERSATION OVERHEARD BETWEEN TWO MONARCH BUTTERFLIES Waiting for a friend outside of Subway, 2 Monarchs perched on top of a garbage can are engrossed in an animated conversation: It’s crazy! I just flew down from Sacramento. Everybody was freaked out. It’s weird, I thought it looked cool. The VFW barbecue was wild! I can’t tolerate the heat the way I used to. I heard we may soon make the list of endangered species. Don’t worry, what goes around, comes around. I spied some delicious hibiscus behind Macdonald’s. Watch out for monkeys in the trees, stinkbugs on the ground and the homicidal praying mantis. Do you ever miss being a caterpillar? I much preferred being cozy as a chrysalis. We’re luckier than people—we know how to live in the moment. Without being French, we got genuine joie-de-vivre. Let’s meet in Acapulco this winter.

I forgot to dig up the bamboo to give to the gardener’s assistant. I meant to do it before, but it rained. I should have done it, but it is too late now. I do not like not keeping my word. It is small, for one to go back on one’s word, even if it is unintentional, even if it is a small thing like digging up a clump of bamboo for the gardener’s assistant. So I apologize to you, Mary Adoki, for not digging up the bamboo I promised you, and as penance I will suffer whatever evil thoughts you think of me and the bony scratching the bamboo branches make against my window at night. —JR Solonche

SHAPES RESEMBLE HOUSES

—Milton P. Ehrlich

My therapist has only one eye Look for some thing you can comfort

ON THE EDGE

I had admitted my terrors, and she saw in my voice the truth of it Just an idea

I do not know for certain where you are. You have no phone. I can’t call just to make sure you are really there. Do you still have a job, a home? Are you one of the lost, homeless ones wandering the streets, dirty, unkempt, scary to those who pass by on the other side? I know this could happen to you. You are always on the edge of this place. Please don’t topple in. I am afraid for you and for me. I don’t want to lose you more than I already have. —Lynn Hoins

NOTHING IS RANDOM Nothing is random. I say this because there is always some reason. There is intention in every action. The outcome, desired or unexpected, is meant to be. Everything is connected in some way. Energy brought you to this place, this situation, these circumstances. Purpose has lead you here. Energy is moving you along on this earth. The mind is always working to make meaning. The seed falls from the tree and lands with the intention to grow. When a heart meets a heart, the love is always meant to be. —Audrey Wojciechowski

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APOLOGY TO MARY ADOKI

And I found him. Torso squared, bear head limbs open & exposed— a body so flat it could almost be written on. & I felt my heart already stretching She said I could! She said I could. Purity can be astonishing— Darkness gave circles in eyes, circles of infinity see me I was three and I don’t remember creatures or dolls, I was three. Doubled in this life, replaying the wound packing the edges, gazing through two imperfect black holes, calls in the night And reading to myself my pen runs out & the zipper stuck and I’m all wet inside I’m thirsty & I see you too. And somewhere a refrigerator chills its own open shelves somewhere a fat air conditioner is offering heat to the sidewalk —SJV


ANOTHER THOUGHT FROM ANOTHER BUS RIDE

ON INFINITE REPEAT

i’m waiting for someone to come along and show me that i know what i’m doing

Will it rain and should I buy olives and is there a viable candidate and can he who will not be named be defeated what will happen to this country and what will happen to the Palestinians and Israel what will happen to Israel and will I ever read James Joyce again and should I volunteer for Stacey Abrams if she wins the south will be changed and so will this country and how can I connect my stories so that they are not called Linked Stories because those words are no longer popular and should I publish 20 poems about County Route 20 and can we stay upstate in September and what about dinner after the movie dinner after the dinner what about exercise and should I buy the graphic novel nominated for the Booker prize and how can we help the children the immigrants how can we help the divide and what about Khanyi and college where should she go and maybe after all I will write my Instagram novel not a novel exactly more words that look a little like pictures there should be a murder so people will keep reading Alice Just Leaving isn’t enough maybe it is and what about sleep last night I listened to my favorite podcast Sleep With Me guaranteed to make you sleep and although I didn’t sleep much Scooter talked about how sand gets on sand paper and if it’s real sand and he said that some of his most avid listeners are in Malta and I started thinking about that. Why Malta?

—Charlotte Knauth

HER BONES PREDICTED LONELINESS. She was a gossamer belladonna in the shade of night. Hašhur, tafaha, mílo, pomme, apple, she trained her tongue to share memory. We kissed & on her lips I tasted I would leave her. She was a nesting doll. We took our turns picking at her layers until we lost her smallest piece to unrestricted loneliness & she plunged into a bacchanal existence. (We were all descending those days.) She painted post-apocalyptic monsters across our eyelids in our sleep. They leached into our dreams & we huddled, crows in the rafters of old bones, passing dust past our lips & piecing together why pomegranates taste like sex/ history/severe death. Her heart beat against little infants of burning ships. If only she bared breast, she’d be acquitted for loveliness. The coincidence we have our boxes full of jewels, our prima-ballerinas turning over & over… —Margaret Norway

GHOSTS OF US TRYING TO GET BACK IN We can grab who we are in every moment or instead let it waft away like smoke as we fall slow into a form baked to the shape of something we never chose to make. —Valerie Shively

WHY I BIKED HOME IN THE RAIN OR VIRTUAL REALITY POEM INSIDE SUBSEQUENT POEM With the chances of rain 30% and rising, I work out until dark clouds press against the gym windows. I leave as the rain begins. It quickly picks up speed. My glasses get cleaned. My clothes get washed. My hair turns into more curls. My mind gets rinsed and cycled. My legs get good and wet. I kind of sort of know I have to bike home and on my way I mentally “write” a better poem. —Jan Garden Castro

A house bounces, gravestones lean Jellyfish umbrellas open and close Drifting down to darkness up to light Water lapping tongues slap and sip —Eileen Bailey

—Esther Cohen

SO THE STORY GOES

DEAR OWL

For Ron When I told him I was a shapeshifter, he was not surprised. He had known women like me—mother, sisters, wives with wolves’ teeth for blood, owl’s talons for eyes. Most men don’t believe what they have when they have us so we ghost through their houses, leave webs in their beds. We are not elegant, whimsical; vapor trailing up mountainsides, courtesans sighing through closed doorways. We walk heavily, sip whiskey, hang laundry over lattice, trace naked bodies in sleep, wake with them crumpled beside us, grizzled and rare. His dark stare hung quietly over the bar. He brought small gifts, asked for only conversation, my loud laugh, held my shapes like a secret, his hands hardened by iron-work folded on the counter, wise from his ancestor’s lore that warned this magic is real—women like me disappear the moment you build the pedestal. Foolish in our youth, we wished to marry the stars but in spite of the tale, didn’t miss the earth; we return to pour scotch on the rocks, guard paintings of the night sky—we are pathfinders, stiletto-stompers, rain-keepers—certain men find us, palm open our wild, taste our skin on their shadows, believe.

Preen, molt, stretch, yawn, hoot, scream, hiss, hunt, fly, soar, see, prey, claw, kill, rip, eat, breed, sleep; shot night death mutes sound screech; tell us, are you wise? —Andrew Jarvis

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Food & Drink

THE GREAT ESCAPE

DISPATCH FROM A MICHELIN-STARRED CHEF’S TANNERSVILLE FARM AND TABLE By Alexandra Marvar

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arrow, agrimony, devil’s paintbrush, buttercup—purple and yellow Catskill wildflowers line the grass path. We weave past the ruins of an old resort and through its once regal gardens on our way to a small pond. I’m wading through the meadow with Ryan Tate, and we’re going to ogle the trout that arrived this morning via coolers on the back of a flatbed truck. “Beaverkill Trout Hatchery stocked 75 fish here this morning. Full-sized trout. That means I need to get to work,” Tate says, “and come up with a program, like, right now. Before the heron come.” As we approach the pond’s edge, he hands me a scone. “What’s this?” I ask. “A scone.” he responds. “Strawberry shortcake. ...It’s for the fish.” These won’t just be any trout—they’ll be organic, local, and strawberry shortcake scone-raised trout. Tate is head chef at the Deer Mountain Inn, a restored lodge and boutique hotel on the mountain above Tannersville. He has long hair and two solid black bands tattooed around his right arm, above and below the elbow. He’s wearing a black Deer Mountain Inn t-shirt that says “Culinary” across the back. Tate’s culinary philosophy involves making the most of the ingredients around him. While we’re waiting for the new trout to reveal themselves, he tells me that he forages reindeer moss and red clover just across this field and ramps up the hill.We joke about his no-joke desire to forage frog legs next.This spring, he and his team tapped six maples in the woods behind the inn, harvesting six quarts of sap. Next year, they plan to tap 50. And the farm they’re planting feet from the kitchen door is now on its second season of herbs, squash, rhubarb, fennel, nasturtiums, tomatoes, and two kinds of blueberries. 84 FOOD & DRINK CHRONOGRAM 9/18

“Maybe we’ll have a big party down here, and have guests catch the fish, and then plank them around a big fire.” We are just about to give up on throwing makeshift fish food into the water. The soggy crumbs float around, neglected. Some shadowy bodies are visible below the surface, but it’s clear that trout have no interest in scones. I consider tossing what’s left of my pastry into the wildflowers but it feels somehow rude, so the remainder ends up in my jacket pocket with my notebook. We make our way back through the meadow to County Road 25 and, across it, to the inn. Suite Dreams The Deer Mountain Inn—the DMI—began as the summer estate of the Colgate family. In its next life, it may have been owned by Jack “Legs” Diamond, the famous, Prohibition-era bootlegging gangster who’s said to have taken a particular interest in Catskills real estate. Now, on 160-some wooded acres laced with trails, the cedar-shingled main house offers six guest rooms. Each suite, with its cozy nooks and dark wood details, is named for a person of local significance—even if that significance has been more or less forgotten by history. This list includes the original founder and some prominent visitors to the Onteora Club, a utopian artists’ retreat founded by Candace Wheeler and her brother Francis Thurber in 1887, known for hosting many a writer, painter, actor, and thinker (the Hudson River School painters, John Burroughs, Mark Twain) in its heyday. The private community lies barely a mile up the road.


Rabbit loin and offal. Photo by Emma Mead. Opposite: The dining room at the Deer Maountain Inn.

Upstairs from the guest rooms is a cozy attic complete with red velvet billiards table, body-sized pillows, fireplace, flatscreen TV, and fine wine honor bar. Downstairs from the guest rooms, a sprawling dining room adjoins an intimate bar, mountain house art on the walls, and leather couches in the corners. The whole space is bookended by fireplaces and lit otherwise by a series of vintage lamps, antler-laden chandelier included. Wrapped around the front of the house, multiple levels of porches—offering no shortage of Adirondack chairs, log benches, and upholstered patio furniture—face the breathtaking mountain ridge on the horizon. Thursday through Sunday, when afternoons of hiking and lawn games wrap, the in-house restaurant opens for business. That’s where we find Tate again, running the show in the kitchen.

as Tate’s upstate move goes to show, when it comes to farm-to-table, you can always up the ante. The DMI’s everyday tavern menu features accessible classics. The sevencourse tasting menu ($72) changes seasonally. Request the accompanying wine pairing ($45) and risk losing count. The concept is organic, and, as Tate puts it, “evocative of nature.” His clever “Snail snails” come to mind. Snails, from a snail farm on the North Fork of Long Island, are braised, chopped, and blended with sautéed green garlic, scallion, and lemon zest into an escargot duxelles, which is then rolled into house-made puff pastry palmiers. The form echoes the flavor. “It looks like a snail, it tastes like a snail,” the server announced to our table when it was presented on a piece of slate draped in fresh green moss. It was part of the “savory snacks” chapter of the tasting menu, along with Snail’s Pace quail eggs rolled in hay ash and served in a bird’s nest, and tiny new potatoes “I wholeheartedly want this to be one of the best restaurants in the world—not encased in white clay, plated among stones to which they bear a strong resemjust in the the Catskills or New York,” Chef Tate tells me. blance. “It’s to make the potato multi-dimensional,” says Tate. “You’re getting When Tate helped open TriBeCa’s Le Restaurant, his food—artful, adven- this great snap from the potato that you’re not accustomed to. So, you’re expeturous, and surprising dishes offered exclusively as a five-course $100 tast- riencing a new sensation while eating a plain old potato.” ing menu—earned him a star from Michelin (and several from other critics). After that, cured trout venison and sour cherries; rhubarb harvested from Before that, he had been chef de cuisine at SoHo’s Savoy. After Le Restaurant the inn’s own garden, served with a sorrel granita and buttermilk anglaise; and closed, the West Village’s Blenheim welcomed him with open arms as execu- finally, the maple syrup makes an appearance as a topping over a house-made tive chef. Blenheim got a nod from Michelin as well—inclusion in the Michelin milk sorbet. Sorbets are a house specialty: anise hyssop or tarragon or burnt Guide—the review stating: “When a restaurant sources ingredients from its ash, a creation literally stirred with a charred log plucked from the bar-side own farm in the Catskills, it clearly takes its farm-to-table ethos to heart.” But, fireplace. It tastes just like a toasted marshmallow. 9/18 CHRONOGRAM FOOD & DRINK 85


House-smoked trout served with pickled onions, pickled shishito peppers and capers.

Chef Ryan Tate.

The front walkway up to the Deer Mountain Inn.

Transported by Taste “You have to be evocative. Massimo Bottura said just this weekend, ‘Fifteen years ago my job was to make food that tasted good for you to enjoy. Now the chef’s job in a high-level restaurant is to transfer emotion to your palate.’ I mean, cooking should transport people. Even if it’s just a cheeseburger.” The tavern menu features Fried Chicken with sesame chili aioli and scallions ($14), Trout Almondine ($25), and the DMI Cheeseburger ($18) with caramelized onions, Muenster cheese, and “special sauce” on toasted brioche. Cheeseburgers, in particular, transport Tate back home to Michigan: “It should remind you of how your mom cooked in the summer, when it was too hot to turn on the oven in the house. My mom made cheeseburgers and milkshakes. We ate strawberry shortcake every Sunday for a whole summer one time. It was just too hot to cook.” “I’m trying to get people to have more than just a palate experience: Memory, olfactory, all the senses are involved. The dish may not be familiar, but the flavor combinations are something you have come across before.” Climbing the Mountain At the east end of the Borscht Belt, the Deer Mountain Inn has been part of a long, cultural legacy of family dining: Big shared plates. Eastern European fare. Potatoes definitely not encased in clay. The offering of the tasting menu (petite individual dishes, the same for all diners, served in sequence) is a new concept here. While it was tried for a time at Hudson’s Fish & Game, Tate is the first to endeavor it on this side of the river, aiming to lure diners hungry for a culinary experience that’s fresh and different. Will Deer Mountain Inn build a broad reputation? The best in the region? The best in the state? Will travelers and locals alike drive up the mountain toward Onteora to indulge in perhaps the world’s only “Snail snail,” resting on its beautiful little mossy slate plate? As I leave Tate to his prep for an 80-person private event that evening and start my winding drive back down the mountain, I remember with a gleeful start the half strawberry shortcake scone still tucked in my jacket pocket. A bite takes me back to Tate’s Michigan summers, and to the trout pond an hour ago. Deer Mountain Inn 790 Route 25, Tannersville (518) 589-6268; Deermountaininn.com Open for dinner Thursday to Sunday, 5 to 10pm. 86 FOOD & DRINK CHRONOGRAM 9/18


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business directory Accommodations The Lodge at Woodstock

20 Country Club Lane, Woodstock, NY (845) 679-2814 thelodgewoodstock.com

Mohonk Mountain House

1000 Mountain Rest Road, New Paltz, NY (800) 772-6646 www.mohonk.com

Villa Vosilla

6302 Main Street, Tannersville, NY (518) 589-5060 www.villavosilla.com

Antiques Barn Star Productions

7 Center Street, Rhinebeck, NY (845) 876-0616 www.barnstar.com

Carlsen Gallery

9931 Route 32, Freehold, NY (518) 634-2466 www.carlsengallery.com

Kingston Consignment

66 N. Front Street , Kingston, NY (845) 481-5759 www.kingstonconsignments.com

Rowland Thomas

Estate Sale Services of the Hudson Valley (845) 304-5981 rowlandthomas@verizon.net

Art Galleries & Centers Art Omi

www.artomi.org

business directory

Berkshire Museum

39 South Street, Pittsfield, MA (413) 443-7171 www.berkshiremuseum.org

WAAM - Ulster Artists On-line 28 Tinker Street, Woodstock, NY (845) 679-2940 www.woodstockart.org

Woodstock Art Exchange

1398 Route 28, West Hurley, NY

Woodstock Byrdcliffe Guild Woodstock, NY (845) 679-2079 www.woodstockguild.org events@woodstockguild.org

Art Supplies Catskill Art & Office Supply

Kingston, NY: (845) 331-7780, Poughkeepsie, NY: (845) 452-1250, Woodstock, NY: (845) 679-2251

Artisans Fieldstone Artistry

Wurtsboro, NY (717) 368-3067 www.fieldstonearts.com contact@fieldstonearts.com Fieldstone Artistry is a hand-crafted furniture studio located in upstate New York. We specialize in contemporary furniture pieces exhibiting function, quality and beauty. With a focus on locally harvested materials and solid wood construction. We combine the use of traditional techniques with unique modern designs.

Artists Studios Mary Ellen Sinclair Fine Art (917) 921-6492 www.maryellensinclair.com

Regal Bag Studios

302 North Water Street, Newburgh, NY (845) 444-8509 www.regalbagstudios.com

Attorneys

Boscobel House and Gardens

1601 Route 9D, Garrison, NY (845) 265-3638 boscobel.org An esteemed Historic House Museum, Boscobel offers tours of the Neoclassical mansion and access to 68 acres of grounds which showcase dramatic views of the Hudson River. Open Wednesday through Monday from mid-April to December, Boscobel hosts lively events, innovative exhibitions, talks by the world’s top design experts, and engaging programs and activities for families. Children are always welcome.

Burnette Gallery

31 Mill Hill Road, Woodstock, NY (845) 670-6023

Carrie Haddad Gallery

622 Warren Street, Hudson, NY

Dia: Beacon

3 Beekman Street, Beacon, NY (845) 440-0100 www.diaart.org

Hurleyville Arts Centre

219 Main Street, Hurleyville, NY (845) 707-8047 www.hurleyvilleartscentre.org

Joyce Goldstein Gallery

19 Central Square, Chatham, NY

Mark Gruber Gallery

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

The Rodney Shop

362 Main Street, Catskill, NY (917) 334-8022 therodneyshop.com shop@therodneyshop.com A unique creative store and gallery featuring the artwork and products of artist Rodney Alan Greenblat. Rodney’s whimsical, brightly colored paintings, prints and constructions are offered, as well as a selection of t-shirts, toys, gifts and housewares. Open Friday and Saturday 11am to 6pm and Sunday 11am to 4pm.

Roost Studios

69 Main Street, New Paltz, NY (845) 568-7540 www.roostcoop.org

Samuel Dorsky Museum of Art 1 Hawk Drive, New Paltz, NY www.newpaltz.edu/museum

Tom Swope Gallery

307 Warren Street, Hudson, NY tomswope.com

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Jacobowitz & Gubits (845) 778-2121 www.jacobowitz.com

Tuckner, Sipser, Weinstock & Sipser, LLP (845) 201-0200 www.womensrightsny.com

Beauty and Supply Columbia Wig and Beauty Supply

56 North Front Street, Kingston, NY (845) 339-4996 www.columbiacostumes.com Columbia is back with a wide array of beauty products, including high end wigs, headscarves, hair dye, hair styling products, and makeup. They also carry costume rentals, costume wigs, and theatrical accessories. Now located in their new location just down the road from the old store!

Book Publishers Epigraph Publishing Service

22 East Market Street, Suite 304, Rhinebeck, NY (845) 876-4861 www.epigraphps.com paul@monkfishpublishing.com Epigraph is a book publishing company for self-publishing authors and organizations offering design, editing, printing, marketing and distribution. Epigraph is a DBA of Monkfish Book Publishing Company, an award-winning traditional small press specializing in spiritual books.

Books Green Toad Bookstore

198 Main Street, Oneonta, NY www.greentoadbookstore.com

Oblong Books

26 Main Street, Millerton, NY (518) 789-3797 www.oblongbooks.com

Broadcasting WDST 100.1 Radio Woodstock Woodstock, NY www.wdst.com

Building Services & Supplies Associated Lightning Rod Co. (518) 789-4603, (845) 373-8309, (860) 364-1498 www.alrci.com

Catskill Farms Builders thecatskillfarms.com

Ghent Wood Products

1262 Route 66, Ghent, NY www.ghentwoodproducts.com

Glenn’s Wood Sheds (845) 255-4704

Herrington’s

Hillsdale, NY: (518) 325-3131 Hudson, NY: (518) 828-9431 www.herringtons.com

Hudson Ale Works

17 Milton Avenue, Highland, NY (845) 384-2531 www.hudsonaleworks.com

John A. Alvarez And Sons Custom Modular Homes

3572 US Route 9, Hudson, NY (518) 851 9917 www.alvarezmodulars.com “Let us make our house your home.” Our goal is to provide the best quality manufactured homes, to surpass our home owner’s expectation when purchasing a home, provide a high level of service to our customers, and to maintain a safe and healthy environment for our employees.

Natural Gourmet Cookery School Flatiron District, Manhattan, NY www.ngihca.edu

Poughkeepsie Day School

260 Boardman Road, Poughkeepsie, NY www.poughkeepsieday.org

Primrose Hill School - Elementary and Early Childhood Education inspired by the Waldorf Philosophy 23 Spring Brook Park, Rhinebeck, NY (845) 876-1226 www.primrosehillschool.com

SUNY New Paltz New Paltz, NY (845) 257-3860 www.newpaltz.edu

Wild Earth Wilderness School New Paltz / High Falls area, (845) 256-9830 www.wildearthprograms.org info@wildearthprograms.org

Environmental and Land Conservation Scenic Hudson

Milan Case Study

Hudson Valley, NY (845) 473-4440 www.scenichudson.org info@scenichudson.org We help valley citizens and communities preserve land and farms and create parks where people experience the outdoors and Hudson River. With new possibilities but also the impacts of climate change, we focus on maximizing the benefits all can enjoy from beautiful natural places and vibrant cities and town centers.

Silver Crane

Durants Tents & Events

L Browe Asphalt Services (518) 479-1400 www.broweasphalt.com

Michael’s Appliance Center

585 East Main Street, Middletown, NY (845) 342-0369 www.michaelsappliance.com (718) 369-1776 www.milancasestudy.com silvercranellc@gmail.com

Williams Lumber & Home Center 6760 Route 9, Rhinebeck, NY (845) 876-WOOD www.williamslumber.com

Cinemas Rosendale Theater Collective

Event Services/Spaces 1155 Route 9, Wappingers Falls, NY (845) 298-0011 www.durantstents.com info@durantstents.com

Events 1903 Auto Run / Catskill Conquest Pilot Rally

Rosendale, NY www.rosendaletheatre.org

www.1903autorun.com

Upstate Films

Woodstock, NY www.artrider.com

6415 Montgomery St. Route 9, Rhinebeck, NY (845) 876-2515 132 Tinker Street, Woodstock, NY (845) 679-6608 www.upstatefilms.org

Clothing & Accessories de Marchin

620 Warren Street, Hudson, NY (518) 828-2657

Kasuri

1 Warren Street, Hudson, NY (518) 291-9922 www.kasuri.com

Rachel Brand Swimwear www.studiorachelbrand.com

Computer Services Leed Custom Design (845) 475-8622

Custom Home Design and Materials Atlantic Custom Homes

2785 Route 9, Cold Spring, NY www.lindalny.com

Education Columbia-Greene Community College

4400 Route 23, Hudson, NY (845) 828-4181 www.mycommunitycollege.com

Hotchkiss School

11 Interlaken Road, Lakeville, CT (860) 435-3663 www.hotchkiss.org/arts

The Masters School

49 Clinton Avenue, Dobbs Ferry, NY (914) 479-6420 masterny.org

Mountain Laurel Waldorf School

16 South Chestnut Street, New Paltz, NY (845) 255-0033 www.mountainlaurel.org

Artrider Productions Chronogram Eat.Play.Stay. Newsletter

www.chronogram.com/eatplaystay

Chronoween

BSP Kingston, 323 Wall Street, Kingston, NY www.chronogram.com/halloween

CPW Award Ceremony and Benefit Auction 76 Prince Street Studios, Kingston, NY

Film Columbia

Chatham, NY (518) 392-3446 www.filmcolumbia.com info@filmcolumbia.com

Haitian Art Auction & Sale

Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, NY (845) 797-2123 thehaitiproject.org

In the MKNG

Bethel Woods, Bethel , NY IntheMKNG.com

O+ Festival

Kingston, NY www.opositivefestival.org

Oldtone Roots Music Festival North Hillsdale, NY oldtonemusicfestival.com

Woodstock Film Festival woodstockfilmfestival.org

Woodstock Invitational LLC

Bearsville Theater, Woodstock, NY www.woodstockinvitational.com

Farm Markets & Natural Food Stores Adam’s Fairacre Farms

1240 Route 300, Newburgh, NY (845) 569-0303, 1560 Ulster Avenue, Lake Katrine, NY (845) 336-6300, 765 Dutchess Turnpike, Poughkeepsie, NY (845) 454-4330 www.adamsfarms.com


Hawthorne Valley Farm Store 327 County Route 21C, Ghent, NY (518) 672-7500 www.hawthornevalleyfarm.org

Sunflower Natural Food Market 75 Mill Hill Road, Woodstock, NY (845) 679-5361 www.sunflowernatural.com info@sunflowernatural.com

Wallkill View Farm Market

15 Route 299 West, New Paltz, NY (845) 255-8050

Financial Advisors Third Eye Associates Ltd.

38 Spring Lake Road, Red Hook, NY (845) 752-2216 www.thirdeyeassociates.com Third Eye Associates provides Financial Life Planning, Financial Transition Planning, and Wealth Management strategies to help clients realize their greatest asset — a rewarding life. We are a fee-only registered investment advisory firm. Our goal is to help you clarify your vision, reconnect with your dreams, and use the resulting energy and motivated purpose to create both greater financial security and emotional fulfillment. Offices in NYC, Washington DC & Hudson Valley.

Gardens Berkshire Botanical Garden

5 West Stockbridge Road, Stockbridge, MA (413) 298-3926 www.berkshirebotanical.org

Graphic Design & Illustration Luminary Media

314 Wall Street, Kingston, NY (845) 334-8600 www.luminarymedia.com

Hair Salons SaLune Hair Studio

Historic Sites Gomez Mill House

11 Mill House Road, Marlboro, NY (845) 236-3126 www.gomez.org

Home Furnishings & Décor Peaslee Design

New Paltz, NY (845) 594-1352 www.peasleedesign.com

Stuff. Hudson Valley

415 Main Street, Rosendale, NY www.stuffhudsonvalley.com

Insurance Agency Curabba Agency

334 E Main Street, Middletown, NY (845) 343-0855 www.curabba.com

Interior Design & Home Furnishings Cabinet Designers

747 State Route 28, Kingston, NY (845) 331-2200 www.cabinetdesigners.com info@cabinetdesigners.com Cabinet Designers, your Kitchen & Bath Design firm is known for its handcrafted approach to design. This 30-plus-year-old company helps homeowners think out-of-the-box with an extensive selection of custom, semi-custom, and stock cabinets. Choose from traditional, transitional, and modern styles by leaders in the field to create the Kitchen or Bathroom of your dreams.

Internet Services Computer Hut

71 Main Street, New Paltz, NY (845) 750-5279 www.computerhutsales.com computerhutsales@gmail.com At Computer Hut sales and repairs, our goal is to find you the right computer at the best price or fix the one you currently have for the best rate around. We fix Mac and PC Computers, iPhones and iPads as well. Large stock of used and refurbished electronics.

Jewelry, Fine Art & Gifts Crafts People

262 Spillway Road, West Hurley, NY (845) 331-3859 www.craftspeople.us

Dreaming Goddess

44 Raymond Avenue, Poughkeepsie, NY (845) 473-2206 www.dreaminggoddess.com

Geoffrey Good Fine Jewelry 238 Warren Street, Hudson, NY (212) 625-1656 www.geoffreygood.com

Glint

9 Main Street, Chatham, NY (413) 637-5022 www.jcfinejewelrydesigns.com

Green Cottage

1204 Route 213, High Falls, NY (845) 687-4810 www.thegreencottage.com

Green Mountain Minerals

Performing Arts Bardavon 1869 Opera House

35 Market Street, Poughkeepsie, NY (845) 473-2072 www.bardavon.org The Bardavon 1869 Opera House, Inc. (the Bardavon) is a nonprofit arts presenter that owns and operates a historic theater of the same name in Poughkeepsie, and the region’s premiere orchestra, the Hudson Valley Philharmonic. It offers affordable, world-class music, education programs, dance, theater, Met Live in HD broadcasts, and classic films for the diverse audiences of the Hudson Valley.

Bethel Woods Center for the Arts Bethel, NY (800) 745-3000 www.bethelwoodscenter.org

Hummingbird Jewelers

23 A. East Market Street, Rhinebeck, NY (845) 876-4585 www.hummingbirdjewelers.com hummingbirdjewelers@hotmail.com

Landscaping & Nursery Augustine Landscaping & Nursery 9W & Van Kleecks Lane, Kingston, NY (845) 338-4936 www.augustinenursery.com

Poison Ivy Patrol

(845) 687-9528 www.poison-ivy-patrol.com

Lawyers & Mediators Karen A. Friedman Esq.

30 East 33rd Street, 4th Floor, New York, NY www.newyorktrafficlawyer.com (212) 213-2145 | (845) 266-4400 k.friedman@msn.com Handling a variety of traffic and criminallyrelated traffic matters throughout NY State, including speeding, trucking violations, misdemeanors, and appeals.

Lighting Niche Modern

5 Hanna Lane, Beacon, NY (212) 777-2101 www.nichemodern.com

Music The Falcon

1348 Route 9W, Marlboro, NY (845) 236-7970 www.liveatthefalcon.com

M&K Music Instruction and Studio (845) 246-1265 mkmusicinstructionstudio@gmail.com

Rocket Number Nine Records 50 N Front Street, Kingston, NY (845) 331-8217

Musical Instruments Stamell String Instruments

7 Garden Street, Poughkeepsie, NY (845) 337-3030 www.stamellstring.com

Organizations Community Foundations of the Hudson Valley

(845) 452-3077 www.communityfoundationsHV.org

New Paltz Chamber of Commerce 257 Main Sreet, New Paltz, NY www.newpaltzchamber.org

Walkway Over the Hudson Poughkeepsie, NY www.walkway.org walkway@walkway.org

YMCA of Kingston

507 Broadway, Kingston, NY (845) 338-3810 www.ymcaulster.org

313 Mill Street, Poughkeepsie, NY (845) 454-5176 hudsonriverhousing.org

www.upstatehouse.com

9 Vassar Street, Poughkeepsie, NY www.cocoontheatre.org

Kaatsbaan International Dance Center

71A Main Street, New Paltz, NY (845) 255-5872 www.hudsonvalleygoldsmith.com

Hudson River Housing

Upstate House

Cocoon Theatre

Hudson Valley Goldsmith

301 Ivy Trail, Rhinebeck, NY (845) 516-4261 www.gardensatrhinebeck.com

(845) 489-2000 www.garydimauro.com kornelia@garydimauro.com

661 Route 308, Rhinebeck, NY (845) 232-2320 www.centerforperformingarts.org

EMPAC

Gardens at Rhinebeck

Kornelia Tamm - Gary DiMauro Real Estate

Center for Performing Arts

412 Main Street, Beacon, (802) 272-2968 www.greenmountainminerals.com

Buying or selling a home? The rules are the same, but every home sale or purchase is a different play. Personalized care, unique attention to detail, and local real estate knowledge has been a proven recipe for my clients’ success. Call, text or email today for more information. See advertisement in the horoscope pages.

Upstater

www.upstater.com

Shoes

Troy , NY empac.rpi.edu

Montano’s Shoe Store

77 Partition Street, Saugerties, NY (845) 246-4381 www.montanosshoestore.com

33 Kaatsbaan Road, Tivoli, NY (845) 757-5106 www.kaatsbaan.org

Pegasus Comfort Footwear

The Linda WAMCs Performing Arts Studio

339 Central Avenue, Albany, NY (518) 465-5233 www.thelinda.org The Linda provides a rare opportunity to get up close and personal with world-renowned artists, Academy Award-winning directors, headliner comedians as well as local, regional, and national musicians. As an intimate, affordable venue, serving beer and wine, a night at The Linda is a night you won’t forget.

Time and Space Limited

Ulster Performing Arts Center

601 Broadway, Kingston, NY (845) 339-6088 www.upac.org The Broadway Theatre - Ulster Performing Arts Center (UPAC) is a 1927 former vaudeville theatre that is on the National Historic Register. It seats 1500 and is the largest historic presenting house between New York City and Albany.

Pet Services & Supplies

Photography Fionn Reilly Photography Saugerties, NY (845) 802-6109 www.fionnreilly.com

Bronte’ Uccellini - Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Hudson Valley Properties 6384 Mill Street, Rhinebeck, NY (845) 705-0887 bronteuccellini.bhhshudsonvalley.com buccellini@bhhshudsonvalley.com

Historic Huguenot Street

Huguenot Street, New Paltz, NY (845) 255-1660

Transportation Lyft

Text Chonogram to 69922

Veterinarian

Hopewell Animal Hospital

The Chocolate Factory, 54 Elizabeth Street, Suite 3, Red Hook, NY (845) 758-1004 www.atelierreneefineframing.com renee@atelierreneefineframing.com A visit to Red Hook must include stopping at this unique workshop! Combining a beautiful selection of moulding styles and mats with conservation quality materials, expert design advice and skilled workmanship, Renee Burgevin, owner and CPF, has over 25 years experience. Special services include shadow-box and oversize framing as well as fabric-wrapped and French matting. Also offering mirrors.

Real Estate

Andes Chamber of Commerce

Veterinarian

Picture Framing

1606 Ulster Avenue, Lake Katrine, NY (845) 336-8080 www.aquajetpools.com

Tourism

14 N. Chestnut Street, New Paltz, NY (845) 255-1890 www.newpaltzvet.com Veterinary services including discounted wellness packages for puppies, kittens, adults and seniors. Boarding, daycare & physical rehabilitation services.

6830 Route 9, Rhinebeck, NY (845) 876-9000

Aqua Jet

355 Broadway, Port Ewen (Ulster Park), NY (845) 339-1717 www.hudsonvalleysunrooms.com

All Creatures Veterinary Hospital

Pet Country

Pools & Spas

Sunrooms Hudson Valley Sunrooms

Andes, NY andesnewyork.com visit@andesnewyork.com

434 Columbia Street, Hudson, NY www.timeandspace.org

Atelier Renee Fine Framing

New Paltz (845) 256-0788 and, Woodstock (845) 679-2373, www.pegasusshoes.com

2611 Route 52, Hopewell Junction, NY (845) 221-PETS (7387) www.hopewellanimalhospital.com

Weddings Hudson Hall

327 Warren Street, Hudson, NY (518) 822-1438 www.hudsonhall.org

Wine, Liquor & Beer Great Life Brewing

75 Clarendon Avenue, Kingston, NY (845) 331-3700 www.greatlifebrewing.com

Rip Van Winkle Brewing Company 4545 Route 32, Catskill, NY (518) 678-9275 ripvanwinklebrewery.com

Shamrock Wine & Liquor 3565 Route 9W, Highland, NY (845) 691-9192

Writing Services Peter Aaron

www.peteraaron.org info@peteraaron.org

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business directory

6 Park Place, Hudson, NY www.salunehudson.com

Representing over 500 artisans, Crafts People boasts four buildings brimming with fine crafts; the largest selection in the Hudson Valley. All media represented, including: jewelry, blown glass, pottery, turned wood, kaleidoscopes, wind chimes, leather, clothing, stained glass, etc. Open Friday, Saturday, Sunday, and Monday 10:30 am to 6:00 pm.


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GIRL POWERS, ACTIVATED BLAZING A TRAIL NATIONWIDE, GIRLS ON THE RUN HELPS GIRLS BUILD CONFIDENCE, RESILIENCE, AND JOY. by wendy k agan

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ack in 2011, when Kim Quimby’s older daughter was in third grade, she started talking in a way that her mother didn’t recognize. “She would say things like, ‘I’m not pretty,’ ‘I’m ugly,’ ‘I’m fat,’ and I thought, ‘Where is my child getting this?’” recalls the mother of two. “We don’t talk like that in our house. We don’t even have a scale.” Quimby felt an intense need to research what was going on in our society and the forces that seemed to be damaging girls at such a young age. In one of her online searches about girls’ self-esteem, she stumbled across an organization with the mission of paving a different kind of route through girlhood. It was called Girls on the Run, with “teams” nationwide, like Girl Scout troops, and a science-based curriculum that wove together running games with group activities designed to empower girls in grades three through eight. Each session in the spring and fall culminated in a celebratory 5K run where photos showed the girls’ faces flush with endorphins and self-assured joy. Quimby wanted some of that for her daughter, but when she reached out for more information, she found that her region of New York didn’t have a Girls on the Run council. Based in Cornwall-on-Hudson, she was told that she’d need to start a council herself for the Hudson Valley area, a process that required a lengthy application, an attorney, and an accountant. “I had a career, a husband, two kids, a house—there was no way I could take on something

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like that,” she thought initially. As luck would have it, several months later Girls on the Run connected Quimby with an interested mom in the next town who happened to be an attorney, and that woman had a close friend who was an accountant. “Everything started to fall into place,” she says.The three women met monthly for a year, and they launched Girls on the Run Hudson Valley in the fall of 2012. That inaugural season produced two teams with 20 girls total—12 in Cornwall and 8 in Newburgh. Fast-forward six years later, and the regional organization now reaches nearly 2,000 girls a year in Orange, Ulster, Dutchess, Putnam, Westchester, and Rockland counties. “That first season was an incredible experience,” says Quimby. “The girls would run up to me so excited, ‘Coach Kim, what are we going to do today?’ They were so enthusiastic about the lessons, the activities, the running. Everybody wanted to do more and more.” After two years coaching, she quit her corporate communications job to devote herself full-time as the executive director of Girls on the Run Hudson Valley. Her older daughter is a sophomore in high school now, and Quimby doesn’t know most of the kids registering today, but the experience still tugs at her heart. “Every time we get to that 5K at the end of the season, I have tears in my eyes because these girls are crossing the finish line joyfully, arms up, so proud of themselves at what they’ve accomplished. It’s an awesome thing to see.”


Breaking Out of the Girl Box Girls on the Run started in the 1990s as the brainchild of Molly Barker, a fourtime Hawaii Ironman Triathlete and recovered alcoholic who had hit rock bottom a few years previously and felt like running saved had her life. During a run one day, Barker had an epiphany that she had grown up living in the “girl box”—a trap that many girls fall into in their adolescent years, when perceived societal expectations seem to push girls into obsessing over their looks, bodies, popularity, and other outward qualities. When she was running she felt free, and she wanted to help young girls in particular to untangle from the cultural stereotypes and pressures that hold them back and keep them from realizing their full potential. Girls on the Run started with one team of 13 girls in Barker’s hometown of Charlotte, North Carolina, in its first season. The idea caught fire, and it steadily grew from coast to coast; in 2015, the program registered its one millionth girl. You don’t have to be a jock to do Girls on the Run; instilling a love of physical activity in girls is just one piece of the larger picture. “We’re not trying to build world-class runners here,” explains Quimby. “Our mission is to inspire girls to be joyful, healthy, and confident using a science-based curriculum that creatively integrates running. More than anything, we want to help strengthen their inner spirit and celebrate what makes them one of a kind.” Part of that mission is showing them that they can achieve their goals and feel good—for example, the 5K event at the end of the season. “You set a goal, you work towards it, and you can accomplish it, and that’s all going to build your confidence. It’s not about being competitive; we’re celebrating everybody. The girls’ abilities are all different. Some girls will only walk, and that’s okay. Our motto is ‘You can walk, run, skip, or hop.’You just have to keep moving forward.” Annette McTigue, a Girls on the Run trained coach and mother of seven who lives in New Windsor, remembers how much she disliked running in physical education class, though she enjoys it now. “Back in elementary school, you have to run that timed mile and nobody wants to do that. There’s no one there to say, ‘You can do it! It’s not as hard as you think it is!’” The supportive environment at Girls on the Run changes all that.Yet like Quimby, she’s eager to clarify that this is not a running club. “It’s not about running,” she says. “It’s about empowering girls to be strong girls and growing those girls into strong women.” The curriculum focuses on helping girls build skills for navigating their increasingly complex social worlds, standing up for themselves and others, resolving conflict, managing strong emotions, building self-esteem, and supporting one another along the way. Sessions touch on nutrition and exercise for wellbeing and joy, and with each meeting, the girls run (or walk) a little bit farther on the track as they work toward their goal of completing the 5K (3.1 mile) event. “This is a safe zone,” adds McTigue. “There is no judgment here. No one is going to knock you down. This is about building you up.” Two Programs for Two Stages of Girlhood As Girls on the Run evolved nationwide, it split into two groups with separate curricula: one for grades 3–5 (8 to 11 years old) and another for grades 6–8 (11 to 14 years old). Tailored to different developmental stages, the curricula speak to what girls are going through in each group and give them tools appropriate to their ages. Teams meet twice a week over 10 weeks in an afterschool program with a $175 registration fee. Sliding fees and scholarships are available, and no girl is turned away because of cost (the organization will even provide running shoes and clothes to girls who need them). In the practice sessions, kids in the younger teams learn about the power of kindness and connection, how to have confidence in themselves, and how to find and develop their strengths. “We spend the whole middle section, maybe four to five lessons, just on friendships,” says Quimby. “We talk about choosing your friends, and not needing to be friends with the popular girl if they don’t make you feel good.” During running games they learn about “star power”—a way to pull from within to find encouragement and the inner strength to keep going. “When we do a practice 5K, we have these cool signs to hold up that say, ‘Touch here for star power,’” says McTigue. “It gives them a little boost that says, ‘I can do this.’” The girls also vote on a community impact project that they can work on together, seeing how even at a young age they can make a

difference in the world. One team gathered supplies for a local animal shelter as their way of giving back. For the older group, a curriculum called Heart & Sole addresses some of the more complex issues that girls face in middle school. As social worlds grow more complicated, girls at this age may have to negotiate the “queen bee” mentality, where certain girls dominate the scene. Instead of simply accepting that world order, girls can question it and let their hearts decide what’s right. “It’s about how you allow yourself to be treated in every relationship that you’re in—your friends, family, peers, teachers, everyone,” says McTigue. “You get to determine how you will allow yourself to be treated.” The mixed messages of social media also need disentangling. “I think social media is bringing them down and often making them feel excluded,” notes Quimby. “There’s a lot of fake stuff out there. We’re teaching them how to decipher it.” In addition, the

older girls gain the skills to manage stress, particularly in spring, when state testing hits the schools. Sometimes coaches will suggest that the girls run a lap first, to get it out of their system. “They come back so light and free, and then we can start the practice,” says Quimby. Moving Through the World with Intention Drawing from science and psychology, Girls on the Run uses research as a touchstone for its curricula, which is all about helping girls live lives of greater intention, awareness, and potential. Studies show that between the ages of 8 and 14, girls’ confidence plummets by 30 percent. “The other statistic we know is that girls start losing their voice at this age,” says Quimby. “They stop raising their hand because they’re afraid that someone is going to laugh at what they say.” Or they hold their tongue, lest peers think they’re too bossy. Girls in their teens can exhibit a loss of leadership confidence, which tracks with the shortage of women in leadership roles later in life and the gender pay gap that continues to hurt women. Research exists, too, supporting programs like Girls on the Run as a potential countermeasure to forces like these. A study of program participants by Maureen R. Weiss, PhD, a youth development expert, found that 97 percent of the girls were using the skills they learned at Girls on the Run at home, at school, and with friends, applying them to situations and dynamics in real life. And girls who were the least active before joining Girls on the Run increased their physical activity level by more than 40 percent, often maintaining or increasing that level after the program’s end. Possible benefits go beyond the physical, says McTigue. “It’s about saying, ‘I am important, I am strong across the board. It’s my spirit, my body, my brain.’ It’s about giving yourself the confidence to be a good person.” RESOURCES Girls on the Run Hudson Valley Girlsontherunhv.org Girls on the Run International Girlsontherun.org 9/18 CHRONOGRAM WHOLE LIVING 95


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Lost & Found “It’s like I curated a group show, but I made all the work in it,” remarks Susan Bates about “Exhibit B,” her art show at the Opalka Gallery in Albany. The pieces include sculpture, installations, collages, drawings, and paintings. Bates was the founding director of the Art & Culture Program at Albany International Airport from 1998 to 2016. Her innovative exhibitions were recognized throughout the nation. One of the meanings of this show’s title, “Exhibit B,” is that Bates is better known for her curating; that’s exhibit A. This is her first solo exhibition in the region. “My curatorial practice and my art practice have been hard to separate,” Bates observes. The core of this show is a massive assembly of “found objects” Bates has accumulated over decades. “She has a collector’s eye,” says Judie Gilmore, director of the Opalka Gallery. “Her studio is almost like a cabinet of curiosities.” Gilmore is referring to the heterogenous collections of Renaissance-era princes, which included fossils, art, taxidermy, archaeological curios, and what we now call “antiques.” In the studio, Bates arranges her collections into “taxonomies,” families of similar objects, some of which are reproduced in “Exhibit B.” For example, Taxonomies of Wood includes Adirondack souvenir plaques, rulers, and nautical ashtray holders, laid out in precise and pleasing rows. The word “taxonomy” suggests living creatures, and, in fact, the nautical ashtray holders do resemble single-celled organisms. Bates has held onto some of her eccentric gadgets for 25 or 30 years. In some ways, these are “rescue objects,” like rescue animals. “They’re pretty ephemeral,” Bates says of her installations. “The way they’re assembled is pretty wacky. Some are just stacked, and some are held together with Velcro.” She reworks and recombines her constituent pieces for different settings, and retitles them. Often she employs cable ties (also known as “zap straps”), plastic fasteners useful for tying cables together. Her artwork is a game like Scrabble, where unities are dissolved and reassembled. “I like things to be luscious and beautiful,” she admits. Many of the oddities Bates collects—even utilitarian items like a wire egg poacher or a wooden shot put—have a Victorian elegance that’s glaringly absent in the modern USA. One of her goals is artistic recycling. “I think about making artwork, and I think about the environmental concerns,” remarks Bates. “Why should there be more stuff in the world? I mean, there’s so many resources available that are just going to get discarded.” The drawings are also, in a sense, “found objects,” because Bates executes them spontaneously, without conscious intention; they record discoveries she’s made in her mind. Many of the drawings resemble an industrial designer’s sketches. Bates is an inventor of imaginary objects with imaginary uses, and a collector of real objects with often obscure utility. Three glass cases at the center of the exhibit each contain 12 ink drawings. The three series are entitled “Animal,” “Vegetable,” and “Mineral,” as if they encompass all of earthly life. In 2013, Bates did an installation at Chesterwood, the estate of the American sculptor Daniel Chester French, consisting of carefully deployed black and white aluminum targets. Now she’s taken the same targets, chopped them in half, and reconfigured them into a sculptural collage called Wink. “There were so many more possibilities with them cut in half— how I could arrange them,” Bates explains. The symmetry of each target has been severed, to create a larger symmetry. Domestic Tableau #1: Turf evokes a Zen altar composed of a wooden table, Styrofoam, Astroturf, yarn, a paper hat, and rubber dog toys. “Sharon Bates: Exhibit B” will remain at the Opalka Gallery at Sage College of Albany through October 13. (518) 292-7742; Opalka.sage.edu —Sparrow

Sharon Bates, Slink, 2018, acrylic paint and ink on paper. Photo by Paul Miyamoto

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SATURDAY 1 ARTS Art Studio Views Tour 11am-5pm. Studio tours in Germantown, Red Hook, Rhinebeck, Hyde Park and Tivoli. Artstudioviews.com.

COMEDY Steve Martin & Martin Short 8pm. Longtime comedians Steve Martin and Martin Short will appear at Bethel Woods Center for the Arts for a paviliononly show. The show, “An Evening You Will Forget for the Rest of Your Life,” will include stand-up, film clips, musical numbers and conversations about their lives in show business. Martin and Short will be joined by bluegrass band The Steep Canyon Rangers and renowned jazz pianist and Jimmy Kimmel Live band member Jeff Babko. Bethel Woods Center for the Arts, Bethel. (866) 781-2922.

FAIRS & FESTIVALS Annual Labor Day Barn Sale 8am-4pm. Come shop for unique items at great prices while supporting your local community arts center. Early bird admission $10 from 8am-9am, free after 9am. Unison, New Paltz. 255-1559. No Theme Performance Festival 7pm. Dance, theater, installation, visual art, comedy. Cocoon Theater, Poughkeepsie. Cocoontheatre.org. Eleventh Annual Otis Arts Festival 9am-3pm. Artisans and craftspeople of pottery, stain glass, paintings, photography, quilts, jewelry and much more. Musical entertainment by pianist Susan Aery. Food available for purchase. Farmington River Elementary School, Otis, MA. (413) 822-4554. Upstate CornuFOLKia 5-9:30pm. $15/$10. Celebrate live, local music and community. Artists include Mateo & Dougan, Paul Luke Band, Ian Flanigan, Logan Callahan, Mead Mountain Resonators and Boston’s beautiful Susan Cattaneo. Kiersted House, Saugerties. 246-9529.

FILM 13th Annual Festival of Books The Festival features a giant used book sale, two days of discussions with and readings by esteemed authors, and a children’s program. Featured authors this year include Sandra/Sandy Allen, Jamie Cat Callan, Linda Dahl, Carol Durant, Donna Kaz, Jessica Keener, Karen Schoemer, and Jon Michael Varese. See website for specific event details. Spencertown Academy Arts Center, Spencertown. (518) 392-3693.

FOOD & WINE Saugerties Farmers Market Farm Animal Day 10am-2pm. The parade of farm animals from big to small includes draft horses, huarizos (half llama and half alpaca) and goats to bunnies, chicks, and guinea pigs. See chinchillas, bees at work, a miniature donkey, and other surprises. The day will be filled with fun, feathers, and fur. Saugerties Farmers’ Market, Saugerties. 246-6466.

KIDS & FAMILY Family Saturday 10am-4pm. $9 for adults, $7 for seniors, kids 12 and under receive free admission. Come enjoy a field trip for families with special hands-on activities for kids. Features guided tours and demonstrations of the Mill’s historic water-powered sawmill, gristmill and woodworking shop. Hanford Mills Museum, East Meredith. 607-278-5744.

LECTURES & TALKS Art of the Harvest 8-10pm. $5. PechaKucha is a concise form of presentation: 20 images for 20 seconds each. Amity Gallery, Warwick. 258-0818. CHRONOGRAM.COM These listings do not include weekly recurring events, such as classes that take place every Wednesday, for example. Visit Chronogram.com for events updated daily, recurring weekly events, and staff recommendations. You can also upload events directly to our Events database at Chronogram.com/submitevent.

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Book Talk by Kenro and Yumiko Izu 6pm. Talk is free/$30 dinner. Casana T House will present a talk by world renowned photographers Kenro and Yumiko Izu on Kenro’s book “Seduction” and Yumiko’s book “Resonance.” Their books will be for sale and Kenro and Yumiko will be available afterwards for signing them. These two individual artists from Osaka Japan will be exhibiting their second group of photographs this summer at Casana T House. RSVP required to attend the dinner. The Casana T House, Hillsdals. (518) 325-6105. Modernist Currents: Woodstock in the Age of the Armory Show, Part 2 2-3pm. $20/$15 members and students. The final in a series of lectures on the history of the Woodstock Art Colony and its fundamental years from 1900-1930, presented by Dr. Bruce Weber, 19th & 20th century American Art scholar and former curator of the National Academy Museum and the Museum of the City of New York. Woodstock Artists Association and Museum, Woodstock. 679-2940.

MUSIC Acoustic Brunch with Clarence Bucaro Noon. Daryl’s House Club, Pawling. 289-0185. Alyssa Goldstein Acoustic 8pm. Pamela’s on the Hudson, Newburgh. 562-4505. The Band “3” Reunion Show 8-11pm. $25/$20 in advance. Bearsville Theater, Woodstock. 853-3212. Chris Isaak 8-10pm. $50/$65/$75/$95. Singer/ songwriter. Paramount Hudson Valley Theater, Peekskill. (914) 739-0039. Fame Swaz, Remyx LeRebel, and Ifetayo Cobbins 8-10:30pm. $5. Fame Swaz is a rapper and artist located in Hudson, NY. Remyx LeRebel has been rapping and making beats for over 10 years. Ifetayo is a poet and a visual artist that lives in Hudson, NY. Not only is she constantly performing with a style all her own, but she is always producing new artworks. The Spotty Dog Books & Ale, Hudson. (518) 671-6006. Jazz at the Maverick: Nilson Matta Brazilian Voyage Quartet 8pm. $30/$55 reserved/$5 students. Considered one of the greatest bassists in the world, Grammy nominated Matta is a pioneer in the art of playing Brazilian jazz on an acoustic bass and has been a force in the evolution and popularity of Brazilian jazz. Maverick Concerts, Woodstock. Maverickconcerts.org. Matt Munisteri with bassist Danton Boller 8pm. $15. Utterly unique mix of original songs; re-imagined, beyond-obscure gems culled from a century of American Popular song. Rosendale Cafe, Rosendale. 658-9048. MilkWILD Musical Extravaganza 6pm. Milkweed, Sugar Loaf. Music by Julia Patinella 5-7pm. Westwind Organic Orchard, Accord. Westwindorchard.com/events/. Opus 40 Lawn Concert with Mancini’s Sonic Soul and Spaghetti Eastern Music 5-7pm. $10. Opus 40, the popular Hudson Valley attraction and home to the world renowned earthwork created over 37 years by sculptor Harvey Fite, is bringing back a longtime tradition, its annual Labor Day Weekend Concert. This year’s event will feature two acclaimed local acts who are fusing elements of jazz, funk, electronica, ambient, folk and world music– Spaghetti Eastern Music and Gus Mancini’s Sonic Soul Band with Nfamara Badjie. Opus 40, Saugerties. 236-3400. Owlbrook 8pm. Punk. The Falcon Underground, Marlboro. 236-7970. Remnants, Hour Upon Hour by Rena Leinberger & Thomas Albrecht 4pm. $10/$5 students and members. The first in a series of three performances as part of the WAAM Dialogues Series. At times hilarious, at times somber, always thoughtprovoking, this series of performances explores the contingencies of time and trace. Woodstock Artists Association and Museum, Woodstock. 679-2940.

Roomful of Blues 8pm. $20-$35. Daryl’s House Club, Pawling. 289-0185. Sonic Soul Band 5pm. Opus 40, Saugerties. 246-3400. West Point Band’s Labor Day Celebration 7:30pm. This annual favorite features performances from the Concert Band, Hellcats, and Benny Havens Band, topped off with a performance of 1812 Overture with live cannon fire and a magnificent fireworks display. Rain date Sept. 2. West Point Military Academy, West Point. Usma.edu. Woodstock Concerts on the Green 1-5pm. See website for specific artists and performance times. Village of Woodstock, Woodstock. Woodstockchamber.com.

OPEN HOUSES/PARTIES/BENEFITS First Saturday Reception at ASK First Saturday of every month, 5-8pm. AArts Society of Kingston (ASK), Kingston. 338-0331.

OUTDOORS & RECREATION Stockade National Historic District Walking Tour First Saturday of every month, 1pm. $10/$5 under age 16/members free. Friends of Historic Kingston, Kingston. 339-0720.

THEATER Bang! Bang! 8pm. Saucy secrets unravel within this hilarious tale of passion among the French upper class, an adaptation of the Georges Feydeau farce Monsieur Chasse!. Shadowland Theatre, Ellenville. 647-5511. The Last 5 Years 8pm. Two-person musical by Jason Robert Brown. Center for Performing Arts, Rhinebeck. 876-3080. Romeo and Juliet 5:30-7:30pm. $10. Woodstock Shakespeare Festival’s featured presentation this summer. This timeless tragedy, about two young, star-crossed lovers whose death results from hatred between their families, remains one of Shakespeare’s most popular and frequently performed plays. Outdoor Elizabethan Theater, Woodstock. 247-4007.

WORKSHOPS & CLASSES Drawing and Painting with Les Castellanos 9am-noon. $200/4 sessions. Woodstock School of Art, Woodstock. 679-2388. Kingston Clay Day First Saturday of every month, 2-4pm. $25. Guests of all ages/abilities can play with clay on Kingston’s First Saturday! Try out the wheel, learn basic handbuilding techniques, and have fun making something from your imagination! Finished pieces will be ready for pick up at the following Kingston Clay Day. RESERVATIONS are strongly encouraged. Kingston Ceramics Studio, Kingston. 331-2078. Transparency and Radiance 9am-4pm. $252. Two-day workshop with Meredith Rosier. Woodstock School of Art, Woodstock. 679-2388.

SUNDAY 2 ARTS Art Studio Views Tour 11am-5pm. Studio tours in Germantown, Red Hook, Rhinebeck, Hyde Park and Tivoli. Artstudioviews.com.

FAIRS & FESTIVALS Harvest Festival 11am. 2018 marks the 20th Anniversary of the Harvest Festival, an annual event celebrating the bounty, talent and beauty of Sullivan County and surrounding areas. Held every Sunday in September, the festival features a farmers market, craft village, live performances, corn and hay mazes, pony rides and more. Each week offering new vendors, events, and talent sure to please the entire family. Bethel Woods Center for the Arts, Bethel. 866-781-2922. No Theme Performance Festival 3pm. Dance, theater, installation, visual art, comedy. Cocoon Theater, Poughkeepsie. Cocoontheatre.org.

FILM 13th Annual Festival of Books The Festival features a giant used book sale, two days of discussions with and readings by esteemed authors, and a children’s program. Featured authors this year include Sandra/Sandy Allen, Jamie Cat Callan, Linda Dahl, Carol Durant, Donna Kaz, Jessica Keener, Karen Schoemer, and Jon Michael Varese. See website for specific event details. Spencertown Academy Arts Center, Spencertown. (518) 392-3693.

MUSIC Acoustic Brunch with Stan Sullivan noon. Daryl’s House Club, Pawling. 289-0185. Beacon Musicthon 2pm. Featuring non-stop music on two stages by Beacon’s finest musical artists including Last Minute Soulmates, Flurries, Nellybombs, Chris Raabe Band, Tony DePaolo, Rob Daniels, The Naturals, Carla Springer, Dead End Beverly, Judith Tulloch, Stephen Clair, Solar Sound Band, Abigail Lilly, The Cleverly Brothers, Anne & Paul Byrne, Mike Heaphy, Vickie Raabin, Tom Kelly, Acoustic Vagabond, Jacob & David Bernz, Rob Daniels, Tom Kelly, Eric Krieg and more. Towne Crier Cafe, Beacon. 855-1300. Big Joe Fitz & The Lo-Fis 11am. Swinging pre-rock blues. The Falcon, Marlboro. 236-7970. Billy Martin’s Solo & Percussion Ensemble 8pm. Solo & ensemble music by Medeski Martin & Woods’ legendary drummer. The Falcon, Marlboro. 236-7970. Billy Martin’s “Stridulations for the Good Luck Feast” 5:30pm. Game of percussion and demonstration. The Falcon, Marlboro. 236-7970. David Kraai & The Saddle Tramps with Larry Packer 3-6pm. David Kraai & The Saddle Tramps swing by in trio format to dole out two sets of the finest country rock this side of 1973. West Kill Brewing, West Kill. (518) 989-6001. Deep Purple and Judas Priest 8pm. Bethel Woods Center for the Arts, Bethel. (866) 781-2922. Kal David and Lauri Bono with the Real Deal 7pm. Daryl’s House Club, Pawling. 289-0185. Simi Stone 5pm. Mountain Motown.The Colony, Woodstock. Colonywoodstock.com. Marji Zintz 5pm. Acoustic. Commune Saloon, Woodstock. 684-0367. Maverick Chamber Music Festival: Trio Solisti 4pm. $30/$55 reserved/$5 students. Piano trio. Maverick Concerts, Woodstock. Maverickconcerts.org. Music by Ivan Rubenstien-Gillis 5-7pm. Westwind Organic Orchard, Accord. Westwindorchard.com/events/.

OUTDOORS & RECREATION D&H Canal High Falls Flea Market 9am-4pm. Grady Park, High Falls. 810-0471.

THEATER Bang! Bang! 2pm. Saucy secrets unravel within this hilarious tale of passion among the French upper class, an adaptation of the Georges Feydeau farce Monsieur Chasse!. Shadowland Theatre, Ellenville. 647-5511. The Last 5 Years 3pm. Two-person musical by Jason Robert Brown. Center for Performing Arts, Rhinebeck. 876-3080. Romeo and Juliet 5:30-7:30pm. $10. Woodstock Shakespeare Festival’s featured presentation this summer. This timeless tragedy, about two young, star-crossed lovers whose death results from hatred between their families, remains one of Shakespeare’s most popular and frequently performed plays. Outdoor Elizabethan Theater, Woodstock. 247-4007.


PHOTOGRAPHY "THE TRANS LIST"

Kylar Broadus, 2015

Nicole Maines, 2015

Trans-cendent What does it mean to be trans? The word trans is an umbrella term for people who do not conform to the sex they were assigned at birth. Within the trans community there are many self-identifiers, including transgender, transsexual, genderqueer, gender-fluid, and non-binary. There is a widespread lack of understanding in our society of what it means to be trans. People who identify as transgender endure discrimination, even violence. They face barriers to equality, including basic needs such as housing, educational opportunities, and employment. A new exhibition of charismatic portraits underscores the challenges of acceptance for transgender people. “Timothy Greenfield-Sanders: The Trans List,” an exhibition of 40 photographs and a film, opens in September at the Samuel Dorsky Museum of Art at SUNY New Paltz. Curated by Anastasia James, the show features portraits by Timothy Greenfield-Sanders of celebrities such as Caitlyn Jenner and Laverne Cox, as well as trans people who are well known in the LGBTQ community, many of whom are activists. Included are US Army Sergeant Shane Ortega; Janet Mock, author, journalist, and television host; Kylar Broadus, professor of law and senior public policy counsel for the National LGBTQ Task Force; Miss Major Griffin-Gracy, an activist and veteran of the 1969 Stonewall Riots; Caroline Cossey, model and the first transgender woman to appear on the cover of Playboy; and Amos Mac, queer art connoisseur, photographer, producer, and publisher. Also on view is Greenfield-Sander’s documentary film The Trans List, which gives visitors an opportunity to learn more about the participants’ stories. Photographer and filmmaker Timothy Greenfield-Sanders (b. 1952, Miami Beach) has received critical acclaim for his portraits of world leaders, actors, writers, artists, musicians, veterans, and more over the past four decades. His feature documentary Lou Reed: Rock and Roll Heart won a Grammy in 1999. Greenfield-Sander’s portraits are in numerous museum collections including the Museum of Modern Art, the Metropolitan Museum, the Whitney Museum, and the National Portrait Gallery. Greenfield-Sanders has a personal connection to SUNY New Paltz: his father-in-law, Joop Sanders, was a professor of art there from 1966 to 1985.

“The Trans List” is the result of a conversation between Anastasia James, the Dorsky’s Curator of Exhibitions and Programs, and Greenfield-Sanders about presenting exhibitions that are relevant to the student body and ask challenging and important questions. To engage students in a deeper conversation, James invited two students to curate an exhibition. The resulting show, “Alive and Yelling: Trans Zines and Radical Subcultures,” will be on view in the Dorsky Museum this fall alongside “The Trans List.” James is committed to embracing diversity and inclusion at the Dorsky Museum. She is a believer in the importance of allyship: of using your privilege (no matter how small) to take informed and accountable actions for those less privileged who struggle in the face of inequality. This principle guides Greenfield-Sanders in his choice of subject matter. He uses his influence in the art world to focus his lens on people who have been traditionally marginalized and discriminated against. He enables them to share their stories of identity, family, struggle, love, and accomplishment with a wider audience. “The Trans List” is part of a larger body of work titled Identity: Timothy Greenfield-Sanders The List Portraits, which includes “The Black List,” “The Latino List,” “The Out List,” and “The Women’s List.” “The Trans List” shows us that the experience of being transgender is different for every person. There are myriad forms of identity and many distinct stories in the transgender community. Above all, this exhibition makes it clear that trans people deserve the same rights as everyone else to live their lives as they choose, and to succeed and thrive. “Timothy Greenfield-Sanders: The Trans List” is on view through December 9 at the Samuel Dorsky Museum. Accompanying the show is an exhibition catalog with an interview between Anastasia James and Timothy Greenfield-Sanders. (845) 257-3844; Newpaltz.edu/museum —Karlyn Benson 9/18 CHRONOGRAM FORECAST 101


WORKSHOPS & CLASSES Fall Hive Management 2-4pm. $20/$10 members. A focus on how to prepare your beehives to survive the winter, including hive preparation, feeding, and pest control. Get critical information and most especially timing of important management techniques to prepare hives for the cold. Weather permitting there will be a hive inspection in the BBG apiary. Bring protective equipment. Berkshire Botanical Garden, Stockbridge, MA. (413) 298-3926.

MONDAY 3 CLUBS & ORGANIZATIONS Stepping Out First Monday of every month, 6-7:30pm. A new discussion & support group for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer and questioning adults (18+) who are at any stage of the coming out process. Explore coming out in a safe space together. Hudson Valley LGBTQ Community Center, Inc., Kingston. 331-5300.

FILM 13th Annual Festival of Books The Festival features a giant used book sale, two days of discussions with and readings by esteemed authors, and a children’s program. Featured authors this year include Sandra/Sandy Allen, Jamie Cat Callan, Linda Dahl, Carol Durant, Donna Kaz, Jessica Keener, Karen Schoemer, and Jon Michael Varese. See website for specific event details. Spencertown Academy Arts Center, Spencertown. (518) 392-3693. A Bread Factory: Double Feature/Q&A with Filmmaker 1-5:30pm. $18/$14. Celebrate our independent theater and the city of Hudson in a cinematic experience like no other. See A Bread Factory, the new film from writer-director Patrick Wang, while sitting in the seats of the very theater where it was filmed. Told in two films, A Bread Factory was shot in Hudson and at Time & Space Limited in 2017. Part One: 1pm/2h2m. Part Two: 3:30pm/2h. Time and Space Limited, Hudson. (518) 822-8100.

Tunezday First Tuesday of every month, 4-5pm. A youth musical jam session. Bring your own instrument (and any power supply/batteries and such) and let’s start making some music. This is an informal, fun way to make music together. This is not an instructional session; participants should have some skill with their chosen instrument(s). Led by Program Coordinator, Laura. Tivoli Free Library, Tivoli. 757-3771. Ziggy Marley 8pm. $86. Reggae. Ridgefield Playhouse, Ridgefield, CT. (203) 438-5795.

WORKSHOPS & CLASSES Art Club First Tuesday of every month, 5-7pm. $10/$5 members. Art Club is an evening with a seasonal still life. Paige will set up a narrative composition of objects (flowers, fabric, fruit, a pair of boots, a good book, a bad drink, The New York Times-something different every month). Artists will arrive to the upstairs classroom at ASK with whatever materials they prefer to use (pastel, paint, crayons, collage, etc.) and set up with an easel surrounding the still life. Arts Society of Kingston (ASK), Kingston. 338-0333. Herbaceous Plants 5:30-8pm. $185/$175 members. Weekly through the 25th. Learn about herbaceous plants used in the garden setting, including identification, planting, fertilizing, pest control and pruning. Perennial selection will be the focus, although some time will be spent on annuals and bulbs. This offering is essential for the serious gardener. Students should dress for the outdoors. Berkshire Botanical Garden, Stockbridge, MA. (413) 298-3926. Monotype with Gum Arabic 9am-4pm. $270. Two-day workshop with Lisa Mackey. Woodstock School of Art, Woodstock. 679-2388.

WEDNESDAY 5 BUSINESS & NETWORKING

Simi Stone 5pm. Mountain Motown.The Colony, Woodstock. Colonywoodstock.com.

Path to Entrepreneurship Program 6-8pm. Introduction to small business ownership, characteristics of a successful entrepreneur, and what it takes to run your own business. Newburgh Free Library, Newburgh. Wedcbiz.org/event/path-toentrepreneurship-program-newburgh-3/.

HEALTH & WELLNESS

DANCE

MUSIC

Veterans Float for $35 (regularly $65) at Zephyr Float First Monday of every month, 12:30-7pm. $35. Zephyr Float offers Floatation Therapy at discounted rates for Veterans on the first Monday of the month. Experience effective relief from sore muscles, stress, and the symptoms of PTSD. Zephyr Float, Kingston. 853-2400.

TUESDAY 4 FAIRS & FESTIVALS Drag Bingo First Tuesday of every month, 6:30-8:30pm. $5 suggested donation. Bingo is such a drag with Queen-in-Residence Sis Jenner and her guest hosts! You won’t want to miss this. Friends, prizes and laughs abound. Hudson Valley LGBTQ Community Center, Inc., Kingston. 331-5300.

HEALTH & WELLNESS Zumba with Maritza 5:30-6:30pm. $5. Safe Harbors Lobby at the Ritz, Newburgh. 913-6085.

MUSIC Everything Is Terrible: The Great Satan 7:30pm. Backstage Studio Productions (BSP), Kingston. 481-5158. CHRONOGRAM.COM These listings do not include weekly recurring events, such as classes that take place every Wednesday, for example. Visit Chronogram.com for events updated daily, recurring weekly events, and staff recommendations. You can also upload events directly to our Events database at Chronogram.com/submitevent.

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Tango at Mohonk 6:30-9:30pm. $15. Focus on connection, sensitivity to partner and surroundings, improvisation, and non-verbal communication. No partner required. Mohonk Preserve, New Paltz. 256-0114.

FILM Movie Night: Book Club 6:30pm. Come join us for a viewing of the newly released movie, Book Club, rated PG-13. Popcorn and soda will be available for free. Town of Esopus Library, Port Ewen. 338-5580.

HEALTH & WELLNESS Butterflies and Hiccups: Café Mama Due Date Club First Wednesday of every month, 6:308:15pm. $20. A monthly guided deep dive into your inner knowing. Intuition is always guiding us, whether we choose to act on it or not. Pregnancy changes the way our brain works, making us more creative, right brained and intuitive. Mommy brain is real, though its purpose is misunderstood. Journal your love and intuition into a powerful way of being that intuitively understands, connects with and responds to your baby. Connect with your divine feminine, explore the power of receptivity and all that it can offer you. New Baby New World, New Paltz. 750-4402. Healthy Living for Your Brain and Body 6-7pm. A free educational program by the Alzheimer’s Association Hudson Valley Chapter with information on diet, nutrition, exercise, cognitive activity and social engagement. Get hands-on tools to develop a plan for healthy aging. LaGrange Library, Poughkeepsie. (800) 272-3900.

Know the 10 Signs: Early Detection Matters 11am-noon. A free educational program by the Alzheimer’s Association Hudson Valley Chapter on how to recognize the 10 signs of Alzheimer’s and why early detection is important. Highland Public Library, Highland. (800) 272-3900.

LITERARY & BOOKS True Conversations with Geraldine Brooks 4-5pm. $20/$15 members. Heidi Pitlor, editor of The Best American Short Stories, will delve deep into the life of Geraldine Brooks, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of People of the Book and The Secret Chord. Proudly sponsored by Canyon Ranch Lenox. The Mount, Lenox, MA. (413) 551-5100.

MUSIC Common Tongue’s All Originals Show 8pm. Fusion and more. The Falcon, Marlboro. 236-7970. The Falcon Underground Songwriter Sessions 7pm. Songwriters’ showcase. The Falcon Underground, Marlboro. 236-7970. Flamenco in the Courtyard 11am. Concert and Lunch $56/Concert only $25. Be transported for a day with the characteristic dance and song of Spain, bursting with passion, color, and rhythm. Wednesday Morning Concerts feature a 45-minute concert, followed by a tour of the Mediterranean-style Rosen House and its collection of fine and decorative art amassed by founders, Walter and Lucie Rosen, and an optional buffet lunch inspired by Spanish cuisine. Save time afterward to explore the lush and expansive gardens. Caramoor Center for Music and the Arts, Katonah. (914) 232-1252.

THURSDAY 6 ART GALLERIES AND EXHIBITS BoogieREZ Art Exhibit Opening reception September 6, 5pm7pm Palmer Gallery, Poughkeepsie. Palmergallery.vassar.edu.

CLUBS & ORGANIZATIONS 22nd annual Jewish Federation of Ulster County’s Fall for Art 5-8pm. Fall for Art, an annual juried art show, sale, and fundraising cocktail reception, hosted by the Jewish Federation of Ulster County, celebrates its 22nd even. Twenty-eight area artists representing a wide range of artistic media (including: painting, pottery, jewelry, fiber, glass, wood and mixed media) will be present to sell and talk about their work. The annual event supports area not-for-profit organizations. Le Chateau Restaurant, Kingston. Fallforart.org.

FAIRS & FESTIVALS The 4th Annual Oldtone Roots Music Festival 2pm-midnight. $20-$165. A four day long music and dance festival with traditional mountain fiddling, bluegrass, hot swing, classic country, cajun and contra music. Family-friendly full camping festival with children’s activities, dancing, hands-on instrument workshops led by world-class musicians, instrument and band contests, local farm-to-table food, libations, and national & regional acts on main, dance, & workshop stages. Camping and Day tickets available. Cool Whisper Farm, North Hillsdale. (646) 269-9216.

FILM NT Live: Julie 6-8pm. $21/$16 Gold Members. By Polly Stenham, after Strindberg. Vanessa Kirby and Eric Kofi Abrefa feature in the cast of this brand new production, directed by Carrie Cracknell and broadcast live from the National Theatre to cinemas. Wild and newly single, Julie throws a late night party. In the kitchen, Jean and Kristina clean up as the celebration heaves above them. Crossing the threshold, Julie initiates a power game with Jean, which rapidly descends into a savage fight for survival. The Moviehouse, Millerton. (518) 789-0022.

HEALTH & WELLNESS Breath Medicine: A Sonic Breathwork Ceremony 7-9pm. Breathwork is a very simple but very effective guided breathing practice that assists in relaxation, selfconnection and the release of painful cellular memory. With Renee Finkelstein. Marbletown Community Center, Stone Ridge. 687-0880. Breath Medicine: A Sonic Breathwork Ceremony with Renee Finklestein 7-9pm. Breathwork is a simple but effective guided breathing practice that assists in relaxation, self-connection and the release of painful cellular memory. The facilitator accompanies the practice with layered melodies in English and Sanskrit. The music roots uplifting messages in the mind and heart to support healing and transformation. Intentional breathing increases the energy flow in the body to a highly amplified state that clears stagnant energy and anxiety. Renee Finkelstein aka Radharani is a vocalist and producer of chant-based music. She studied Rebirthing Breathwork with its founder, Leonard Orr and pairs the process with her music. Marbletown Community Center, Stone Ridge. Rvhhc.org/breath-medicine-a-sonicbreathwork-ceremony/. HIV/STI Testing Happy Hour First Thursday of every month, 5-7:30pm. Free HIV/STI screening in collaboration with Hudson Valley Community Services (HVCS). Hudson Valley LGBTQ Community Center, Inc., Kingston. 331-5300.

LECTURES & TALKS Wish You Were Here: A Look Back at Life in Hudson Through Vintage Postcards 6-8pm. What did people do to connect with each other before telephones, internet, and instant messaging? Many sent postcards, even if it was to a friend or relative just a few miles away. The Hudson Area Library History Room has collected an extensive set of postcards from this river city, most from the early 1900s, that tell charming personal stories about life here 100 years ago. Hudson Area Library, Hudson. (518) 828-1792.

LITERARY & BOOKS What Ever Happened to My White Picket Fence? 7-9pm. How do you rewrite your life’s script after you’ve suffered a massive brain tumor? This story, by a former special education teacher, is both informative and inspirational. Inquiring Minds Bookstore, New Paltz. 255-8300.

MUSIC Abby Lappen 6-7:30pm. Displaying her passion for live musical performance with a collection of original songs and meaningful covers in a cross-genre mix, Abby is an accomplished artist whose unique voice and “crisp guitar” mesmerize audiences with warmth and agility. Part of our Harmonies on the Hudson Outdoor Concert Series. Relax on our beautiful lawn adjacent to the mansion and enjoy a FREE concert. Bring a blanket, chair and a picnic-children are welcome. Clermont State Historic Site, Germantown. (518) 537-6622. Andy Stack’s American Soup 8pm. American Classics from Duke Ellington to Hank Williams. The Falcon Underground, Marlboro. 236-7970. The Naturals Band 7pm. Acoustic. Pamela’s on the Hudson, Newburgh. 562-4505. The Young Dubliners 8pm. $15-$25. Daryl’s House Club, Pawling. 289-0185.

THEATER There is Happiness That Morning Is 7:30-9pm. $25/$22 in advance/$10 students. In Mickle Maher’s word-drunk theatrical romp, a pair of William Blake scholars engage in a highly inappropriate public display of affection on the campus quad and must apologize to their students in class the following day or risk losing their jobs. A raucous celebration of art, ardor, and academia, written almost entirely in rhymed couplets. Bridge Street Theatre, Catskill. (518) 943-3818.


FOOD BERKSHIRE FERMENTATION FESTIVAL

Benjamin Wolfe, a microbiologist at Tufts University, runs the Science Corner at the Berkshire Fermentation Festival in Great Barrington, which takes place September 16.

Farm-to-Ferment Great Barrington will be bubbling with health at the fourth annual Berkshire Fermentation Festival this month. The gathering was started by Berkshire Ferments—a group of food lovers and fermentation enthusiasts dedicated to preserving and sharing ancient food traditions. Co-founders Michelle Kaplan, Maddie Elling, and Abe Hunrichs decided to create this festival in the Berkshires due to the high demand for local farming, food sustainability, and traditional food practices. “I have always been a foodie and a lover of the compelling flavors of sour pickles and cheeses since childhood,” says Kaplan. “After graduating high school in 2008, I traveled around the country work-trading on various organic farms. That’s when I was first introduced to fermentation as a strategy for food preservation and realized it’s importance in the big picture. We would have an abundance of cabbage and cucumbers, and you can only make so much coleslaw. Each farm or community I ended up at had a copy of Sandor Katz’s book Wild Fermentation on the shelf, and I became totally obsessed with this mysterious, bubbly process,” said Kaplan. This year’s festival will feature a wide selection of fermented products—from sausage, cheese, tempeh, beer, and kombucha to dosa, miso, natto, Pu-erh tea, and pickle ice cream. More than 50 local vendors will be providing samples and selling their products. Some of this year’s vendors will include Sweet Birch Herbals, The Hudson Standard, FarmSteady from Brooklyn Brew Shop, Revival Vinegar Works, NYrture Food, and more. There will also be a selection of prepared food items, demos, lectures, a science corner, book signings, hands-on vegetable fermentation for kids, live music, and pop-up theatrical performance art. At the Culture Swap, attendees

can share and trade different culture samples like kombucha scobys, kefir grains, sourdough starters, jun, vinegar mothers, and more. “Fermentation is a natural phenomenon that just happens. It can be defined as the desirable, intentional, transformative action of microorganisms. There are so many practical benefits, including its ability to preserve food that would normally perish and to improve digestion and nutrient assimilation. It’s the ultimate probiotic,” says Kaplan. Author Alana Chernila will lead Yogurt 101—an interactive workshop, covering the science of yogurt and exploring different yogurt-making methods. “Natto: Japan’s Fermented Secret Weapon,” a workshop to be led by microbiologist and NYrture Food founder Dr. Ann Yonetani, will reveal the science behind fermentation and the health benefits and modern culinary uses of natto, a traditional Japanese fermented soybean superfood. In “Salted and Brined,” Amanda Feifer, of Phickle, will lead a workshop discussing various methods to produce different vegetable ferments, such as kraut, pickles, and vegetable kvass. Other events will include a miso-making workshop, “Fermenting in Natural Materials,” and a Q&A with fermentation guru Sandor Katz. RockEDU Science Outreach at Rockefeller University, a group which conducts metagenomic research on fermented foods with high school students, will be showing some of their work and conducting hands-on science activities to demonstrate the complexities of microbial communities in fermented foods. The Berkshire Fermentation Festival ($5 suggestion donation) takes place on September 16 at the Great Barrington Fairgrounds from 10am to 4pm. Berkshireferments.com. —Diana Waldron 9/18 CHRONOGRAM FORECAST 103


WORKSHOPS & CLASSES

HEALTH & WELLNESS

SPIRITUALITY

FAIRS & FESTIVALS

Beginning Guitar 2pm. Through Oct. 26. Charles Seymour will introduce a variety of chording and strumming techniques as well as basic music theory concepts. Participants will bring their own guitars, a guitar tuner, set of strings, a capo, and a 3-ring binder. Town of Esopus Library, Port Ewen. 338-5580.

#Get Ticked Off 5:30-7:30pm. A public forum with investigative journalist Mary Beth Pfeiffer, author of Lyme: The First Epidemic of Climate Change and Assemblymember Didi Barrett, who will speak on her #GetTickedOff campaign. This event will explain the phenomenon of the rise of lyme disease and will provide reliable sources of information in the fight against the disease. Hudson Area Library, Hudson. (518) 828-1792 ext. 101.

How to Build a Stable Meditation Practice 7:30-8:45pm. $25 session/$15 session for students with valid school ID. This is a 5-session seminar to help you build a stable and fulfilling meditation practice based on seeing the sources of agitation and suffering in your life, and learning the time tested methods of Tibetan Buddhist meditation. You may attend any combination of sessions. Seminar is taught by Tibetan monk Lama Gyaltsen, an exceptional teacher and master storyteller who knows how to mix pure spiritual practice with the complexities of hightech, modern life. Kagyu Thubten Choling Monastery, Wappingers Falls. 297-2500.

The 4th Annual Oldtone Roots Music Festival 9-midnight. $20-$165. A four day long music and dance festival with traditional mountain fiddling, bluegrass, hot swing, classic country, cajun and contra music. Family-friendly full camping festival with children’s activities, dancing, hands-on instrument workshops led by world-class musicians, instrument and band contests, local farm-to-table food, libations, and national & regional acts on main, dance, & workshop stages. Camping and Day tickets available. Cool Whisper Farm, North Hillsdale. (646) 269-9216.

Drawing Better: Vince Natale 9am-noon. $160/4 sessions. Woodstock School of Art, Woodstock. 679-2388. Drawing, Painting and Composition with Eric Angeloch 1-4pm. $160/4 sessions. Woodstock School of Art, Woodstock. 679-2388.

FRIDAY 7 BUSINESS & NETWORKING Nonprofits TALK First Friday of every month, 8:30-10am. Nonprofits TALK is a facilitated ad-hoc forum open to representatives of Hudson Valley nonprofits and interested others. Each month we address a specific topic with a lively exchange of ideas, challenges, solutions and next steps for advancing our organizations and communities in the Hudson Valley. The Lace Mill, Kingston. 876-5472.

DANCE Jennifer Nugent/Paul Matteson 7:30pm. Part of the Upstream series. Kaatsbaan International Dance Center, Tivoli. 757-5106 ext. 2 or 10.

FAIRS & FESTIVALS The 4th Annual Oldtone Roots Music Festival 10:30-midnight. $20-$165. A four day long music and dance festival with traditional mountain fiddling, bluegrass, hot swing, classic country, cajun and contra music. Family-friendly full camping festival with children’s activities, dancing, hands-on instrument workshops led by world-class musicians, instrument and band contests, local farm-to-table food, libations, and national & regional acts on main, dance, & workshop stages. Camping and Day tickets available. Cool Whisper Farm, North Hillsdale. (646) 269-9216. Oktoberfest! 5-10pm. $6/$5 Veterans and Active Military with ID/under 16 free. An authentic, festive, family friendly annual event. Event features live German Bands, German Food, Home Baked Desserts, Traditional Reinheitsgebot Beers, Children’s Entertainment, Bavarian Dancers, Germania Singers and Germania Team Soccer games. Germania of Poughkeepsie, founded 1850, is a benevolent, not for profit organization. Germania Festival Grounds, Poughkeepsie. 471-0609.

FILM Film and Talk: Is War With Iran Inevitable? 7:30-9pm. $10. With Dr. Bahman Azad, retired professor of economics and sociology and former acting director of the Center for Middle Eastern Studies at Rutgers University. MountainView Studio, Woodstock. 679-0901. Movie Night In The Barn 7:30-9:30pm. Join us for a different movie screened under the stars. Westwind Organic Orchard, Accord. Westwindorchard.com/events/.

FOOD & WINE Taste NY at Todd Hill Outdoor Farmer’s Market 2-6pm. Enjoy authentic NY made products from local vendors. Taste NY at Todd Hill, Poughkeepsie. 849-0247. CHRONOGRAM.COM These listings do not include weekly recurring events, such as classes that take place every Wednesday, for example. Visit Chronogram.com for events updated daily, recurring weekly events, and staff recommendations. You can also upload events directly to our Events database at Chronogram.com/submitevent.

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LECTURES & TALKS Leadership: Effectively Managing the Complex, Challenging & Obscure Business of EMS 8am-4:30pm. $100. The purpose of this program is to provide an educational forum for leaders in Emergency Medical Services to discuss some of the most pressing and critical issues that affect EMS for-profit and not-for-profit agency systems and personnel. This unique program format and straight-forward discussion will support leaders in EMS with overviews of: • Leadership and the oversight necessary for organizational success. • Essential to proper financial management. • Understanding your agency’s strategic position in your community. • How to avoid personnel management mistakes. Marist College, Poughkeepsie. 883-7260.

MUSIC Chris Raabe 8pm. Blues. Pamela’s on the Hudson, Newburgh. 562-4505. Crawdaddy 8pm. New Orleans R&B + funky blues. The Falcon Underground, Marlboro. 236-7970. Easton Corbin 8pm. $67.50. Country. Ridgefield Playhouse, Ridgefield, CT. (203) 438-5795. The Funk Junkies 8pm. 13 piece funk orchestra on the outdoor stage. The Falcon, Marlboro. 236-7970. Joanna Teters 8pm. Neo-soul. The Falcon, Marlboro. 236-7970. The Judith Tulloch Band 8:30pm. Singer/songwriter. Towne Crier Cafe, Beacon. 855-1300. Ruthie Foster with Adam Falcon 8pm. $25-$35. Daryl’s House Club, Pawling. 289-0185. Salsa Night with Cuboricua 8pm. BeanRunner Café, Peekskill. (914) 737-1701.

NIGHTLIFE Calling All Poets Series First Friday Reading 8-10:30pm. $5/$3. Calling All Poets Series, the Hudson Valley’s longest running poetry performance and open mike forum, presents every First Friday the finest poets from the trio-state area. 2 poem open mike/5minutes. Refreshments available. Hosted by Mike Jurkovic and Jim Eve. Roost Studios & Art Gallery, New Paltz. 741-9702.

OUTDOORS & RECREATION Starwalk: A Universe of Fun 7:30-11pm. View the wonders of the night sky from the Walkway, 212 feet above the Hudson River. With each Starwalk scheduled around unique occurrences in the celestial calendar, astronomy enthusiasts and novices alike can view and learn about a range of astronomical topics. Volunteers from local astronomical organizations and schools will be on hand to share their knowledge and expertise. Registration requested. Walkway Over the Hudson, Poughkeepsie. Walkway. z2systems.com/np/clients/walkway/ eventRegistration.jsp?event=313&.

Introduction to Zen Training Retreat First Friday of every month. $250 for the weekend. This Friday through Sunday retreat is designed for those new to Zen or formal Zen training. This introductory weekend will allow you to immerse yourself in Zen practice and experience the Monastery’s Eight Gates program. You’ll receive instruction in zazen (seated meditation) and have a chance to experience liturgy, work as sacred activity, art and body practice, the moral teachings and Buddhist study. You’ll learn how to establish a home practice and receive guidance on bringing it into your work, family, and relationships. You’ll also have the opportunity to explore the importance of the teacher-student relationship for the spiritual path. Zen Mountain Monastery, Mount Tremper. 688-2228.

THEATER The Last 5 Years 8pm. Two-person musical by Jason Robert Brown. Center for Performing Arts, Rhinebeck. 876-3080. Bang! Bang! 8pm. Saucy secrets unravel within this hilarious tale of passion among the French upper class, an adaptation of the Georges Feydeau farce Monsieur Chasse!. Shadowland Theatre, Ellenville. 647-5511. Miracle on South Division Street 8pm. $20/$15 seniors and children. Meet the Novak’s of Buffalo, N.Y. Clara and her three grown kids have always known they were special, ever since the miraculous night in 1942 when the Blessed Mother appeared to Grandpa in his barbershop. Daughter Ruth unveils her plan to write a play about the family miracle. The results are heartfelt and hilarious. County Players, Wappingers Falls. 298-1491. There is Happiness That Morning Is 7:30-9pm. $25/$22 in advance/$10 students. In Mickle Maher’s word-drunk theatrical romp, a pair of William Blake scholars engage in a highly inappropriate public display of affection on the campus quad and must apologize to their students in class the following day or risk losing their jobs. A raucous celebration of art, ardor, and academia, written almost entirely in rhymed couplets. Bridge Street Theatre, Catskill. (518) 943-3818.

WORKSHOPS & CLASSES Color Separation 9am-4pm. $360. 3-day workshop with Wayne Montecalvo. Woodstock School of Art, Woodstock. 679-2388.

SATURDAY 8 ART GALLERIES AND EXHIBITS Works by Kate Gwizdak Dardine Opening reception September 8, 4pm-6pm Equis Art Gallery, Red Hook. 758-2667. Radius 50 Opening reception September 8, 4pm6pm Woodstock Artists Association and Museum, Woodstock. 679-2940.

Antique Engine Jamboree & Powerfest 10am-4pm. $9 for adults, $7 for seniors, kids 12 and under receive free admission. The 35th annual Dan Rion Memorial Antique Engine Jamboree & Powerfest will feature tractors, automobiles, steam and gas powered engines, outboard motors, model engines and boats, and much more. See working machines dating back to the early 20th century plus enjoy bluegrass, local food, and kids’ activities. Highlights include the steam power demos in the Mill, firetruck ride from the Catskill Game Farm, a 1926 Ahrens Fox Fire Pumper, model boats on the mill pond, and the chance to talk with collectors. Hanford Mills Museum, East Meredith. (607) 278-5744. Beacon Second Saturday Second Saturday of every month. Second Saturday is a city-wide celebration of the arts held on the second Saturday of every month where galleries and shops stay open until 9pm, most of which are right along Main Street. Beaconarts.org Downtown Beacon, Beacon. Oktoberfest! 11am-10pm. $6/$5 Veterans and Active Military with ID/under 16 free. An authentic, festive, family friendly annual event. Event features live German Bands, German Food, Home Baked Desserts, Traditional Reinheitsgebot Beers, Children’s Entertainment, Bavarian Dancers, Germania Singers and Germania Team Soccer games. Germania of Poughkeepsie, founded 1850, is a benevolent, not for profit organization. Germania Festival Grounds, Poughkeepsie. 471-0609. Old New Paltz Stone House Day 11am-4pm. $0-20. Historic Huguenot Street is pleased to announce a special revival of Stone House Day, a formerly annual tradition, which will be hosted in partnership with the Town of New Paltz. On Saturday, September 8, the National Historic Landmark District will host Old New Paltz Stone House Day to celebrate the 340th anniversary of the settling of New Paltz. Historic Huguenot Street, New Paltz. 255-1660.

FILM Finding Oscar 6pm. Documentary presented by The Woodstock Film Festival and WacBiz. Rosendale Theater Collective, Rosendale. Rosendaletheatre.org.

FOOD & WINE Bannerman Castle Chef's Farm Fresh Dinner 8th annual dinner with music on the island. Bannerman Island. Bannermancastle.org.

HEALTH & WELLNESS Ecstatic Trance Postures 10am-5pm. This workshop offers an opportunity to experience an ancient healing tradition practiced by hunter gatherer cultures who once flourished in the Hudson Valley. Experience an ancient healing tradition practiced by hunter gatherer peoples who once flourished in the Hudson Valley. Certain postures are a physical gateway to another “sense” we can become aware of when combined with the sound of a rattle or drum. In the state of trance, one connects with a different information field that leads to new insights and points of view. Marbletown Community Center, Stone Ridge. 687-0880.


MUSIC BOP ISLAND JAZZ FESTIVAL

Clockwise from top left: Doug Sertl, Peter Bernstein, Ted Rosenthal, Polly Gibbons.

Close Enough for Jazz While many jazz musicians continue to call Woodstock home, in recent years the town itself hasn’t really been a prime magnet for performances by visiting jazz musicians. Ace area trombonist Doug Sertl is looking to change all that via his Bop Island Jazz Festival series, which starts on September 22 at the Woodstock Playhouse with an evening featuring guitar great Peter Bernstein with tenor saxophonist Joel Frahm, organist Rick Montalbano, and drummer Diego Ramirez (8pm; tickets are $25, $35, and $40). Future shows include the Bop Island Big Band with vocalist Polly Gibbons (October 21), pianist Ted Rosenthal and his trio (November 4), the Bop Island Big Band celebrating the music of Slide Hampton (November 18), and the Bop Island Big Band (December 16). Ahead of the kick-off, Joel Frahm answered a few questions for us by email below. (845) 679-6900; Bopislandjazzfestival.com. —Peter Aaron Who are some of the saxophonists that most influenced you? In your sound I hear some Sonny Rollins, who, coincidentally, now resides in Woodstock, where you’ll be playing, and has lived in our area since 1972. Certainly, Sonny Rollins is a huge influence. His solo on “Softly as in a Morning Sunrise” from the trio record Live at A night at the Village Vanguard, with Elvin Jones and Wilbur Ware, was the first one I ever transcribed. There’s nothing I can say about his genius that hasn’t already been said. I think he embodies the qualities I continue to pursue as a jazz musician: commanding and powerful tone, sense of humor, mastery of time and rhythm, inventiveness of phrasing and fluency of thought and imagination. Others who remain extremely important to me and still inform my playing are Johnny Griffin, Stan Getz, Coltrane, Gene Ammons, Charlie Parker, and Joe Henderson. Not to mention peers such as Chris Potter and Joshua Redman. Speaking of Sonny Rollins, for the September 22 concert you’ll be playing with Peter Bernstein, who worked with Rollins for several years. Have you performed with Bernstein before? What are your impressions of his playing; what makes him stand out as a guitarist? I have had the pleasure of playing and listening to Peter since I first met him when I moved to New York in 1989. I play with him currently in a band called the Humanity Quartet, which is also comprised of Leon Parker and Sean Smith. I used to go see him play at the now-defunct club Augie’s with Larry Goldings and Bill Stewart in the early

’90s. Peter is so unusual because he has always played with such economy and wisdom from the outset of his musical career. His sense of harmony, blues, and the history of the music and his instrument are incredibly deep. He writes amazing songs and every solo is a compelling story. There’s a reason why all jazz guitarists who have come after him hold him in the highest regard. I’m always grateful to play music with him because I know I’m going to learn something every time. You go back a long way with Brad Mehldau—to high school in West Hartford, Connecticut, actually, where you became friends and began playing together. Why do you think you guys clicked so well when you first when you met, and how would you describe the particular sound and feel you have when you play together? Brad is one of a kind; the type of pianist and improvisor that comes around maybe once in a generation. My first memories of listening to him are of sitting next to him at the piano when he was about 16 years old, just watching him improvise freely, with no agenda, and hearing these incredible ideas just pour out of him seemingly with no effort. There was always something very special about him. I feel like I was just lucky to have encountered him at that point and become his friend and musical partner at a time when we were both falling in love with jazz and learning the songs and vocabulary. I was never close to his understanding of music, but I am forever grateful to him that he has been willing to collaborate with me when he’s been able over the years. There is something a bit undefinable that happens when we play together; a musical dialogue that comes from a place of long friendship and mutual musical discovery that is one of the true blessings in my career. Besides a good time, what do you most hope the people who attend the concert in Woodstock—long-time jazz fans as well as newcomers—get from the experience? I hope they’ll come away feeling like they’ve experienced a collection of extraordinary jazz musicians coming together to offer up a soulful and groovy concert. The thing about seeing a great jazz performance is that when it’s really happening, it’s not as ephemeral as going to see a musical concert that’s more about creating the same songs the same way every time. In jazz, there’s always the chance you’re going to see something unusual and memorable. If we can send people home saying, “Did you hear what they did on that tune?” then we will have done our job well. 9/18 CHRONOGRAM FORECAST 105


her study of traditional music from five Asian countries with reflections on on the parallels between life and death, different cultures, and the importance of empathy. Mount Tremper Arts, Mount Tremper. 688-9893.

OPEN HOUSES/PARTIES/BENEFITS 2018 Byrdcliffe Awards Celebration 5:30-9:30. Silent auction, dinner, auction, music. Woodstock Byrdcliffe Guild, Woodstock. 679-2079.

OUTDOORS & RECREATION 6th Annual Accessibility Awareness Day 1-4pm. Take a walk with Cerebral Palsy of Ulster County over the Hudson to promote accessibility awareness for the need to have recreational spaces for individuals with disabilities. Walkway Over the Hudson, Poughkeepsie. 336-7235.

Finding Oscar In 1982, in the small, rural village of Dos Erres, Guatemala, over 200 men, women, and children were massacred under a regime covertly supported by President Reagan. This little-publicized event leveled the town, and left one man, Tranquilino Castañeda, with nine dead children—or so he believed. Through the dogged research of three Guatemalan women, including the country’s Attorney General, it emerged that two children were kidnapped by soldiers and remained alive. The activists searched for Castañeda’s son, Oscar, for over 15 years, finally tracking him to a small town outside Boston in 2011 using DNA technology. Finding Oscar, a 2016 documentary film produced by Steven Spielberg, tracks the odyssey of locating the one person that could confirm what happened at Dos Erres, uncovering the truth of the events, and seeking justice. Woodstock Film Festival and WacBiz will copresent a screening of the film on September 8 at 6pm at the Rosendale Theatre. The screening will be followed by a moderated panel discussion with one of the film’s producers, local resident Scott Greathead; the film’s subject Oscar Ramirez Castañeda; and forensic anthropologist Fredy Peccerelli. $20. Rosendaletheatre.org.

Geology, The Ice Age, and Hudson River School Hike 4pm. $10/$5 members. Join us for a tour of Olana’s geological landscape with Hartwick College Geology Professor, Robert Titus. This program will start from Olana’s Visitor Center. Participants will learn about the geological history of Olana and the forces that shaped the 19thcentury Hudson River School artist Frederic Church’s artist-designed landscape. Experience Olana’s landscape with new eyes—the eyes of geologist who sees where science meets storytelling and time travel is possible. We will hike about 1.5 miles with rests, followed by apples and ice water. Wear smart shoes and sunscreen. Olana State Historic Site, Hudson. (518) 828-1872.

KIDS & FAMILY

MUSIC

SPIRITUALITY

2018 Annual Kids Paint Out 10am-noon & 2-5pm. Children of all ages and their families are invited to explore the grounds of the historic site that feature sweeping views of the Catskill Mountains and to paint the landscapes that inspired Thomas Cole and the Hudson River School artists. All materials provided. Thomas Cole National Historic Site, Catskill. (518) 943-7465.

Acoustic Brunch with Kenn Morr noon. Daryl’s House Club, Pawling. 289-0185.

How to Build a Stable Meditation Practice 9:30-11:30am & 2-4pm. $25 session/$15 session for students with valid school ID. This is a 5-session seminar to help you build a stable and fulfilling meditation practice based on seeing the sources of agitation and suffering in your life, and learning the time tested methods of Tibetan Buddhist meditation. You may attend any combination of sessions. Seminar is taught by Tibetan monk Lama Gyaltsen, an exceptional teacher and master storyteller who knows how to mix pure spiritual practice with the complexities of hightech, modern life. Kagyu Thubten Choling Monastery, Wappingers Falls. 297-2500.

Mario the Magician 6:30-8pm. $15. As seen on Sesame Street and Sprout, Mario the Maker Magician is known for his DIY robotic creations, handmade props, and signature slapstick character. Rockland Center for the Arts, West Nyack. 358-0877.

LECTURES & TALKS

Ate Bit, James Brandon Lewis Trio and Sir/Real 8pm. Jazz. Howland Cultural Center, Beacon. 831-4988. The Bradford Hayes Quartet 8pm. Jazz. BeanRunner Café, Peekskill. (914) 737-1701. Cunio Sings Etta 9:30pm. $30/$15 students. Performing classic arrangements in her original keys alongside a horn-driven quintet of the region’s finest soul musicians, including trumpet player Matt Cappy, Cunio brings new life to James’ biggest hits The Rosendale Theatre, Rosendale. 658-8989.

Gallery Talk with Artist Ginnie Gardiner 3pm. Artist Ginnie Gardiner will discuss the work in her current exhibition The Color Prophecies in WAAM’s Solo Gallery. Woodstock Artists Association and Museum, Woodstock. 679-2940.

David Kraai 6-9pm. Country folk. Orchard Hill Cider Mill, New Hampton. 374-2468.

LITERARY & BOOKS

Mike Hamel 7:30-10:30pm. Come join us as Mike Hamel performs an eclectic mix of acoustic song choices from many years and styles. Freshly brewed beer, local wines and spirits. We’ll also have a food menu crafted by Chef Stef. Cousins Ale Works, Wappingers Falls. 293-2739.

Art Omi: Architectur:- Book Signing with David Sokol 1-2pm. Hudson Modern showcases stunning new houses in the Hudson River Valley that embrace the dramatic settings and cultural bounty of this popular region. As the birthplace of American landscape painting, the Hudson River Valley has long been a refuge from the city and a laboratory for new aesthetic expression. Today, thanks to its ascendant reputation as a weekend utopia, architects are extending that tradition into the built environment. Art Omi, Ghent. (518) 392-4747. Kingston Spoken Word 7pm. $5. Featuring poets Shira Dentz and Susan Lewis, followed by open mike. Unitarian Universalist Congregation of the Catskills, Kingston. 331-2884. CHRONOGRAM.COM These listings do not include weekly recurring events, such as classes that take place every Wednesday, for example. Visit Chronogram.com for events updated daily, recurring weekly events, and staff recommendations. You can also upload events directly to our Events database at Chronogram.com/submitevent.

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Marji Zintz 5pm. Acoustic. Bear Cafe, Woodstock. 679-5555.

Myles Mancuso CD Release 8pm. $15. Daryl’s House Club, Pawling. 289-0185. New York Philharmonic Organist, Kent Tritle 3:30pm. $20 suggested donation. Smithfield Church, Amenia. O’ Solo Vito Petroccitto 8:30pm. Acoustic. Pamela’s on the Hudson, Newburgh. 562-4505. Resonant Bodies Festival 8-10pm. $15. Supporting the growth and evolution of contemporary vocal music and vocal artists, Resonant Bodies Festival invites artists to curate and perform their own sets, with no restrictions on repertoire, format, or style. Lucy Dhegrae gives voice to the neurological aftermath of trauma in Brave, created by an all-female team of composers, performers, and stage director. Paul Pinto previews his new work for extended technique vocalist and drone. Jen Shyu’s Nine Doors interweaves

THEATER The Last 5 Years 8pm. Two-person musical by Jason Robert Brown. Center for Performing Arts, Rhinebeck. 876-3080. Bang! Bang! 8pm. Saucy secrets unravel within this hilarious tale of passion among the French upper class, an adaptation of the Georges Feydeau farce Monsieur Chasse!. Shadowland Theatre, Ellenville. 647-5511. Miracle on South Division Street 8pm. $20/$15 seniors and children. Meet the Novak’s of Buffalo, N.Y. Clara and her three grown kids have always known they were special, ever since the miraculous night in 1942 when the Blessed Mother appeared to Grandpa in his barbershop. Daughter Ruth unveils her plan to write a play about the family miracle. The results are heartfelt and hilarious. County Players, Wappingers Falls. 298-1491. Murder at the High School Union: Murder Mystery Dinner Theater 6:30-9:30pm. $45/$40 seniors/$35 members. A comedy murder-mystery dinner show. It’s been 30 years since this mad group left Weede High. Unfortunately one of the graduates is a murderer. Is it the jock with a grudge? The cheerleader who settled for the wrong guy? The science nerd with the formula for destruction? The actor with multiple personalties? Or the class president who is still running? Doors are at 6:30, dinner begins at 7PM. Catered by Bridge Creek Catering. Unison, New Paltz. 255-1559.

There is Happiness That Morning Is 7:30-9pm. $25/$22 in advance/$10 students. In Mickle Maher’s word-drunk theatrical romp, a pair of William Blake scholars engage in a highly inappropriate public display of affection on the campus quad and must apologize to their students in class the following day or risk losing their jobs. A raucous celebration of art, ardor, and academia, written almost entirely in rhymed couplets. Bridge Street Theatre, Catskill. (518) 943-3818.

WORKSHOPS & CLASSES Who are You and What’s Your Story? $200. 6-week storytelling workshop. Everybody has a story to tell and uncovering the stories that most uniquely define us can be one of the most rewarding and healing creative outlets. Storytelling bridges the individual and the universal. Stories build community and help us make sense of ourselves and the world we live in. In crafting and telling stories of our lived experience, we learn to explore the life experiences that have shaped and defined us, but telling our stories also connects us to others and reveals our shared humanity. Hudson Valley Story Workshops, Athens. (518) 929-3162. Alexander Technique 3-4pm. $135/$125 members. This workshop is for artists and art lovers alike to develop lifelong skills for self care. Learn the fundamentals of the Alexander Technique and how you can incorporate them into your life. 4 sessions. Arts Mid Hudson, Poughkeepsie. 454-3222. Art Conversation and Writing Workshop with Author Simona David 1-2:30pm. David will talk about her experience with interviewing artists, and discuss what moves and inspires the creative mind, how a new artistic project is born, how materials are used and different stylistic choices are made, how setbacks are dealt with, and how success is celebrated. Ms. David will then teach a workshop on art writing, and discuss various research and writing techniques. The Zadock Pratt Museum, Prattsville. (518) 937-6120. Collaborative Symmetry: Community Drawing 3-5pm. Drop in for a spontaneous drawing session with Beacon-based ambidextrous artist Donna Mikkelsen. Celebrate the opening of Spontaneous Symmetry, a series of original works. Beahive Beacon, Beacon. 418-3731. Drawing and Painting with Les Castellanos 9am-noon. $200/4 sessions. Woodstock School of Art, Woodstock. 679-2388. Experimental Drawing Lab 9am-4pm. $270. Two-day workshop with Jennie Nelson. Woodstock School of Art, Woodstock. 679-2388. Macro Photography in the Garden 2-5pm. $45/$35 members. You will learn how light, color, composition, and texture can be used to bring out the beauty of the tiniest details, whether it be raindrops on a spider web or the individual strands of silk in a milkweed seed. Hidden treasures abound in your own backyard, learn how to find and photograph them. Through a special arrangement with Canon, all cameras, lenses, and strobes for use at this workshop will be provided. Please bring your own SD memory cards. Berkshire Botanical Garden, Stockbridge, MA. (413) 298-3926. Repair Cafe: Esopus 11am-2pm. Hosted by the library, the perfect place to learn how things work. Town of Esopus Library, Port Ewen. Repaircafehv.org. We Can Pickle That! 1-3pm. $10/children 12 and under free. How did Victorians extend their summer harvest into the cold winter months? Let us show you how to safely ferment garden-fresh produce you can take home. Part of our Harvesting History Family Workshop Series. Join us in educational and fun nature and garden-based activities open to ages 8-108. Children must be accompanied by an adult. Registration is required. Clermont State Historic Site, Germantown. (518) 537-6633.


SUNDAY 9 COMEDY An Evening with Groucho 7-9pm. $25/$30/$40. Award-winning actor and director Frank Ferrantes recreates his PBS, New York and London acclaimed portrayal of legendary comedian Groucho Marx in his fast paced 90 minutes of hilarity. The two-act comedy consists of the best Groucho one-liners, anecdotes and songs. The audience literally becomes part of the show as Ferrante ad-libs his way throughout the performance in grand Groucho style. Accompanied by his onstage pianist, Ferrante portrays the young Groucho of stage and film. Paramount Hudson Valley Theater, Peekskill. (914) 739-0039 ext. 2.

FAIRS & FESTIVALS The 4th Annual Oldtone Roots Music Festival 10am-5pm. $20-$165. A four day long music and dance festival with traditional mountain fiddling, bluegrass, hot swing, classic country, cajun and contra music. Family-friendly full camping festival with children’s activities, dancing, hands-on instrument workshops led by world-class musicians, instrument and band contests, local farm-to-table food, libations, and national & regional acts on main, dance, & workshop stages. Camping and Day tickets available. Cool Whisper Farm, North Hillsdale. (646) 269-9216. Harvest Festival 11am. 2018 marks the 20th Anniversary of the Harvest Festival, an annual event celebrating the bounty, talent and beauty of Sullivan County and surrounding areas. Held every Sunday in September, the festival features a farmers market, craft village, live performances, corn and hay mazes, pony rides and more. Each week offering new vendors, events, and talent sure to please the entire family. Bethel Woods Center for the Arts, Bethel. 866-781-2922. Oktoberfest! 12-5pm. $6/$5 Veterans and Active Military with ID/under 16 free. An authentic, festive, family friendly annual event. Event features live German Bands, German Food, Home Baked Desserts, Traditional Reinheitsgebot Beers, Children’s Entertainment, Bavarian Dancers, Germania Singers and Germania Team Soccer games. Germania of Poughkeepsie, founded 1850, is a benevolent, not for profit organization. Germania Festival Grounds, Poughkeepsie. 471-0609.

FOOD & WINE Outstanding in the Field Farm Tour and Dinner 3pm. $225. The event begins at 3 pm with passed hors d’oeuvres at the initial greeting area followed by opening remarks and a farm tour around 4 pm. Seating for the family-style meal will begin at 4:45 pm. Woven Roots Farm, Tyringham, MA. Wovenrootsfarm.com.

LECTURES/TALKS Controverisal Life of Father Divine 3-5pm. Talk by High Falls historian Richard Rydant on the Ulster County pastor. Bevier House Museum, Marbletown. 377-1040.

MUSIC Acoustic Brunch with Miss Leading the Blind noon. Daryl’s House Club, Pawling. 289-0185. Bobby Previte and The Visitors 8pm. Quinn’s, Beacon. Quinnsbeacon.com. Classical Guitar Series: Dan Lippel 6-8pm. $20/$18 seniors/$15 members/$10 students. Sponsored by Rich Romano. This project is made possible with funds from the Decentralization Program, a regrant program of the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew Cuomo and the New York State Legislature and administered by Arts MidHudson. Unison, New Paltz. 255-1559. Classic Guitar with Dan Lippel 6pm. Unison, New Paltz. 255-1559.

David Byrne 7:30pm. $49.50-$150. With special guest Tune-Yards. Palace Theater, Albany. (518) 465-3334. Serenade Quartet 5-6:30pm. $15. Percussionist Dan Haskins will join the Serenade Quartet (Krista Bennion Feeney, violin, Keats Dieffenbach, violin, Jessica Troy, viola, John Feeney, bass). John Feeney has created an arrangement of ‘Saint-Saens’ “Danse Macabre Poeme Symphonique” that will allow Mr. Haskins to recreate the original percussion part. Ms. Bennion Feeney will perform Bach’s “Chaccone” as well as part of the “Art of the Fugue” and the last unfinished “Choral”. Pacem in Terris, Warwick. 986-4329. Sheila Jordan, Alan Broadbent, and Harvie S: Better Than Anything: Live 8pm. Three jazz legends collaborate. The Falcon, Marlboro. 236-7970. Spirit Brothers 11am-12:30pm. Join us for a monthly Sunday morning of multi-cultural chanting led by local favorite musicians: Joseph Jastrab, Ned Leavitt, and Robert Bard. Unison, New Paltz. 255-1559. Willa & Co. 11am. Blues. The Falcon, Marlboro. 236-7970.

OUTDOORS & RECREATION Barry Hopkins Run 8:30am. $20/$15 members. Spend the morning on this 3.8-mile course traversing the historic carriage roads at Frederic Church’s Olana. This event is a collaboration with the Onteora Running Club and supports arts education in the Catskill School District and at The Olana Partnership. Please register online or on race day. Registration at 8:30AM, children’s run at 9AM, adult run at 9:30AM. Olana State Historic Site, Hudson. (518) 828-1872. D&H Canal High Falls Flea Market 9am-4pm. Grady Park, High Falls. 810-0471.

SPIRITUALITY How to Build a Stable Meditation Practice 9:30-11:30am & 2-4pm. $25 session/$15 session for students with valid school ID. This is a 5-session seminar to help you build a stable and fulfilling meditation practice based on seeing the sources of agitation and suffering in your life, and learning the time tested methods of Tibetan Buddhist meditation. You may attend any combination of sessions. Seminar is taught by Tibetan monk Lama Gyaltsen, an exceptional teacher and master storyteller who knows how to mix pure spiritual practice with the complexities of hightech, modern life. Kagyu Thubten Choling Monastery, Wappingers Falls. 297-2500.

THEATER The Last 5 Years 3pm. Two-person musical by Jason Robert Brown. Center for Performing Arts, Rhinebeck. 876-3080. Bang! Bang! 2pm. Saucy secrets unravel within this hilarious tale of passion among the French upper class, an adaptation of the Georges Feydeau farce Monsieur Chasse!. Shadowland Theatre, Ellenville. 647-5511. There is Happiness That Morning Is 2-3:30pm. $25/$22 in advance/$10 students. In Mickle Maher’s word-drunk theatrical romp, a pair of William Blake scholars engage in a highly inappropriate public display of affection on the campus quad and must apologize to their students in class the following day or risk losing their jobs. A raucous celebration of art, ardor, and academia, written almost entirely in rhymed couplets. Bridge Street Theatre, Catskill. (518) 943-3818.

Hans van Meeuwen's A Man's Height. 3rd Annual Art Walk Kingston Artists have always had a way of catalyzing urban rebirth—be that Manhattan in the ’80s or Beacon in early aughts. The Kingston art scene has come alive over the past decade, thrumming with local artists and city expats, creating a thriving creative community. On September 22 and 23, from 12 to 5pm, the public will have a chance to step inside the studios, galleries, and workshops of Kingston’s artists, artisans, and curators to witness the hub of creativity and the process behind the work. This self-guided tour is lining up to include over 100 artists of all mediums, including performance and experiential works. ZELDA (aka Judith Z. Miller), a Lace Mill artist-in-residence, will host an interactive performance in her live/work space, featuring live drumming, dancing, blacklight body painting, refreshments, and a chance to see ZELDA’s fluorescent collage My G-d. Art Walk Kingston will kickoff with a reception at ArtBar on September 21, from 6 to 9pm. Artsmidhudson.org/artwalkkingston.

MONDAY 10 SPIRITUALITY Introduction to Buddhist Meditation Teachings on foundational Buddhist thought along with basic meditation instructions taught by resident teachers who have graduated from the KTC three-year retreat program. Appropriate for beginners and for anyone who would like to refresh their understanding of meditation or just meditate with a group. No prerequisites or attendance requirement, join us any Monday. Kagyu Thubten Choling Monastery, Wappingers Falls. 297-2500.

TUESDAY 11 HEALTH & WELLNESS Zumba with Maritza 5:30-6:30pm. $5. Safe Harbors Lobby at the Ritz, Newburgh. 913-6085.

KIDS & FAMILY CreaTuesday Second Tuesday of every month, 4pm. Join us for arts and crafts. Every second Tuesday of the month there will be a different craft or art project. Or, just come and make up your own craft/art project. Materials provided. Perfect for ages 5-10. Led by Program Coordinator, Laura. Tivoli Free Library, Tivoli. 757-3771.

LECTURES & TALKS Monthly Open House with Dharma Talk Second Tuesday of every month, 7pm. free. Shambhala Buddhist teachers talk on a variety of topics at our Open House. Second Tuesday of every month, after community meditation practice. Meditation: 6-7pm, Talk 7pm, followed by tea, cookies, and converation. Sky Lake Lodge, Rosendale. 658-8556.

MUSIC Country Rockers Blackberry Smoke 8pm. $55. Ridgefield Playhouse, Ridgefield, CT. (203) 438-5795. John Mayall 8pm. $45/$50/$55. The Godfather of British blues. Cohoes Music Hall, Cohoes. (800) 745-3000.

SPIRITUALITY To Dwell in the Heart of the Mother 6:30pm. Presented by the Good Work Institute. An evening of indigenous wisdom from the four families of the Teyuna. Old Dutch Church, Kingston. Goodworkinstitute.org.

WORKSHOPS & CLASSES 60 Hour Entrepreneur Training Program 6-9pm. $300. Classes start September 11, 2018 and are held primarily Tuesday evenings from 6 to 9 PM. Click MHV Fall 2018 Schedule for the list of topics and dates. If you have an idea for a business, some experience in the field, or have started a business, then this course is right for you. It helps all entrepreneurs get focused, set agendas, and take the next step to move their businesses forward. Attending the course is just the beginning of your journey. SUNY Orange, Newburgh. 363-6432. Arts Mid Hudson Grants and Funding Information Sessions 4-6pm. Marlboro Free Library, Marlboro. 236-7272.

WEDNESDAY 12 DANCE Listening Creates an Opening 5:30pm. Mary Armentrout Dance Theater. EMPAC at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy. (518) 276-3921. Tango at Mohonk 6:30-9:30pm. $15. Focus on connection, sensitivity to partner and surroundings, improvisation, and non-verbal communication. No partner required. Mohonk Preserve, New Paltz. 256-0114.

HEALTH & WELLNESS Slow Down to Feel More 6:30-8pm. Nourish yourself with an invitation to move with your body’s authentic timing. Gift yourself space to feel how you feel without needing to narrate your experience. Leave feeling connected to your body and ready for your next adventure. MountainView Studio, Woodstock. 679-0901.

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THURSDAY 13

KIDS & FAMILY Bringing Your Character to Life: A Comic Book/Graphic Novel Workshop for Teens/Tweens with Comic Creator, Barbara Slate 4:30-6:30pm. Do you have a comic book or a graphic novel character that you want to bring to life? In this 2-hour workshop you will learn: Character bible: age, background, fears, etc.; Beginning, middle, end and twist of a story; Plotting; Panels, balloons; Layouts. Bring along your sketchbooks and any materials you like to use. We will have some supplies and paper on hand as well. For ages: 8-17. Registration required. Tivoli Free Library, Tivoli. 757-3771.

LITERARY & BOOKS Picturing AMerica: Thomas Cole and the Birth of American Art: Hudson Talbott in conversation with Ned Sullivan 6-8pm. Hudson Talbott takes a fascinating look at artist Thomas Cole’s life taking readers from his humble beginnings to his development of a new painting style that became America’s first formal art movement: the Hudson River school of painting. He will discuss the impact this movement had on the region and with Ned Sullivan, President, Scenic Hudson. Oblong Books & Music, Rhinebeck. 876-0500.

MUSIC California Guitar Trio 7pm. $20-$30. Daryl’s House Club, Pawling. 289-0185. An Evening with Yo La Tengo 8pm. $35/$30. Backstage Studio Productions (BSP), Kingston. 481-5158. In Mo Yang, Violin 11am. Concert and Lunch $56/Concert Only $25. Wednesday Morning Concerts include a 45-minute performance in the majestic Music Room followed by a tour of the historic Mediterranean-style Rosen House, an optional seasonally inspired buffet lunch, and freedom to explore the gardens Caramoor Center for Music and the Arts, Katonah. (914) 232-1252. Jazz Sessions at The Falcon Underground 7pm. The Falcon Underground, Marlboro. 236-7970. John Mayall 8pm. $45-$65. Bearsville Theater, Woodstock. 679-4406. Marji Zintz 5pm. Acoustic. Commune Saloon, Woodstock. 684-0367. Myles Mancuso Unplugged 8pm. Acoustic blues. The Falcon, Marlboro. 236-7970.

WORKSHOPS & CLASSES Drafting for Garden Design 5:30-8:30pm. $275/$250 members. 5 weekly classes. Learn basic drafting skills necessary to record and effectively communicate scaled site plans. The course will cover reference books, drafting supplies, media/paper types, line weights, lettering, and scale reading. Drafting demonstrations will familiarize students with professional drawing techniques, and the students will begin to draft basic site plans and map-making. During the last half of the course, students will learn to develop a landscape graphic palette to illustrate trees, shrubs, perennials, and groundcovers, as well as hardscape materials such as stone terraces. This course is designed for beginner to intermediate students. Berkshire Botanical Garden, Stockbridge, MA. (413) 298-3926. The Materials of Color 9am-5pm. $400. Through Sept. 15. With Richard Frumess. The Gallery at R&F, Kingston. 331-3112. CHRONOGRAM.COM These listings do not include weekly recurring events, such as classes that take place every Wednesday, for example. Visit Chronogram.com for events updated daily, recurring weekly events, and staff recommendations. You can also upload events directly to our Events database at Chronogram.com/submitevent.

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BUSINESS & NETWORKING Hudson Valley Garden Association Monthly Meeting Second Thursday of every month, 7pm. Shawangunk Town Hall, Wallkill. 418-3640.

DANCE Listening Creates an Opening 5:30pm. Mary Armentrout Dance Theater. EMPAC at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy. (518) 276-3921.

FAIRS & FESTIVALS 9th Annual Blauvelt Sons of Italy Italian Feast & Carnival -16, 5-11pm. $5/free for kids under 12. The Rockland Lodge 2176 of the Sons of Italy will host the 9th Annual Blauvelt Sons of Italy Italian Feast and Carnival. Four-day celebration of all things Italian and has been recognized as one of the biggest events in Rockland County. This year’s event will attempt to break a world record for the most people eating pasta at one time. Masonic Park Fair Grounds, Tappan. Blauveltsonsofitaly.org.

MUSIC Adam Falcon 8pm. Soul to blues. The Falcon Underground, Marlboro. 236-7970. Indie-rock Band Real Estate 8pm. Club Helsinki, Hudson. (518) 828-4800. Latin Jazz Express: The Music of Tito Puente 8pm. The Falcon, Marlboro. 236-7970. Marji Zintz 5pm. Acoustic. Bear Cafe, Woodstock. 679-5555. Mystic Braves, The Creation Factory 7:30pm. Backstage Studio Productions (BSP), Kingston. 481-5158. The Naturals Band 7pm. Acoustic. Pamela’s on the Hudson, Newburgh. 562-4505. Pedrito Martinez Group 8pm. $15-$25. Daryl’s House Club, Pawling. 289-0185. Sugar Ray with Mark Mcgrath 8-10pm. $55, $70, $80, $95. With over 8 million records sold, and a multitude of chart-topping hits, Sugar Ray has been entertaining their fans for over two decades! When “Sugar Ray’s” breakthrough hit song “Fly” put them on the map in 1997, lead vocalist Mark McGrath was thrust into the public eye. There’s no doubt the band maintains its momentum due in no small part to the good looks, charisma, and talent of its front man, Mark McGrath. In 1997, following the success of their number-one hit “Fly”, Sugar Ray released its second album, “Floored”, which went double-platinum. Paramount Hudson Valley Theater, Peekskill. (914) 739-0039 (ext. 2). Sunburst Brothers & Cousins Second Thursday of every month, 8pm. Station Bar & Curio, Woodstock. 810-0203.

THEATER There is Happiness That Morning Is 7:30-9pm. $25/$22 in advance/$10 students. In Mickle Maher’s word-drunk theatrical romp, a pair of William Blake scholars engage in a highly inappropriate public display of affection on the campus quad and must apologize to their students in class the following day or risk losing their jobs. A raucous celebration of art, ardor, and academia, written almost entirely in rhymed couplets. Bridge Street Theatre, Catskill. (518) 943-3818. Bread & Puppet Theater 5:30pm. "The Grasshopper Rebellion Circus". Daniel Arts Center, Bard College at Simon's Rock, Great Barrington. (413) 528-7209.

WORKSHOPS & CLASSES

FOOD & WINE

Designing with Annuals, Tropicals, and Unique Hardy Perennials 5:30-8:30pm. $185/$175 members. 4 classes. This class is designed to add drama to your gardens with big, bold, and beautiful plants. Students will learn to utilize underused annuals, seasonal tropicals and hardy perennials that can really make a splash in your garden with overscale, luxuriant and dramatic foliage effects. Also covered will be tips and techniques for how to create exuberant and impactful container plantings and groupings for versatile display on terraces, decks and poolside. Berkshire Botanical Garden, Stockbridge, MA. (413) 298-3926.

Taste NY at Todd Hill Outdoor Farmer’s Market 2-6pm. Enjoy authentic NY made products from local vendors. Taste NY at Todd Hill, Poughkeepsie. 849-0247.

Drawing Better: Vince Natale 9am-noon. $160/4 sessions. Woodstock School of Art, Woodstock. 679-2388.

MUSIC

Drawing, Painting and Composition with Eric Angeloch 1-4pm. $160/4 sessions. Woodstock School of Art, Woodstock. 679-2388.

FRIDAY 14 ARTS Emporium Outdoor Sculpture Park 6-8pm. Gala opening reception for new sculpture park in Staatsburg. Curated by Franc Palaia. 876-8168.

COMEDY Robin: The Ultimate Robin Williams Tribute $30. Starring master impressionist Roger Kabler. Ridgefield Playhouse, Ridgefield, CT. (203) 438-5795.

DANCE

HEALTH & WELLNESS Legal & Financial Planning for Alzheimer’s Disease 11am-2pm. A free workshop with information on legal and financial issues to consider after an Alzheimer’s diagnosis and how to put plans in place. A light lunch will be provided. Register through the library’s online calendar. East Fishkill Community Library, Hopewell Junction. (800) 272-3900. Fred Zepplin 8pm. Classic rock. The Falcon Underground, Marlboro. 236-7970. Caroline Rose Indie rock. The Colony, Woodstock. Colonywoodstock.org. Basilica Soundscape Weekend of music, art, literature. Basilica Hudson, Hudson. Basilicahudson.org. Hudson Valley Folk Guild’s Friends of Fiddler’s Green Chapter Concert 8pm. $12/$10 seniors/$8 HVFG members. Featuring Magpie. Hyde Park United Methodist Church, Hyde Park. 758-2681. Jefferson Starship 8-10pm. $35/$45/$62.50. Rock. Paramount Hudson Valley Theater, Peekskill. (914) 739-0039 ext. 2. John Pizzarelli Trio featuring Catherine Russell 8pm. $39.50. The Egg, Albany. (518) 473-1061.

Cajun Dance with Yvette Landry and Friends 7-11pm. $15/$10 with a FT student ID. Yvette makes the trek from Louisiana to the Hudson Valley, bringing along some great dance music from Southwest Louisiana. We might even get her to do a couple of her country songs. Joining Yvette this time will be Darren Wallace on fiddle and Tim Kness on accordion. 7pm free beginner’s dance lesson, 8-11pm dance to the band. No partner necessary. White Eagle Hall, Kingston. (914) 388-7048.

Purpl’s Open Mike Night Second Friday of every month, 8pm. $8. This is not your average open mike: the big stage, amazing acoustics, highend equipment, and experienced sound engineer create a concert-like experience. Two songs per artist, limit of three musicians per act. One cover per set is allowed. Adults and teens welcome. Purpl, Hastings-On-Hudson. (914) 231-9077.

Dances of Universal Peace Second Friday of every month, 7-9pm. Come join us in these challenging times. Using sacred phrases, chants, music and movements from many different spiritual traditions, we cultivate joy, peace, and integration within ourselves, in our communities, and in the greater world. Dances taught by certified leaders. Sadhana Center for Yoga and Meditation, Hudson. (518) 828-1034.

Scott Sharrard “Saving Grace” CD Release Tour 8pm. The Falcon, Marlboro. 236-7970.

Listening Creates an Opening 5:30pm. Mary Armentrout Dance Theater. EMPAC at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy. (518) 276-3921.

Rhett Miller 8pm. $20-$30. Daryl’s House Club, Pawling. 289-0185.

Singer Songwriter Music Series 7:30-9pm. $10. Our Singer Songwriter Music Series starts off with some beautiful guitar and vocal musicians in July. Come August, we move to Folk and Country Singer Songwriters, and come to a grand final in September with small musical groups featuring their original compositions. ARTBar Gallery, Kingston. 338-2789. Yard Sale ‘Every Day’ Release Show 7:30pm. Backstage Studio Productions (BSP), Kingston. 481-5158.

FAIRS & FESTIVALS

OPEN HOUSES/PARTIES/BENEFITS

Fall Crafts at Lyndhurst 10am-5pm. $12/$11 seniors 65+/$ages 6-16/children under 6 free. A celebration of all things handmade showcasing over 275 modern American makers, artists, designers and craftspeople from across the country selling their exciting contemporary creations. A full day art and shopping experience perfect for family and friends including: interactive family activities, delicious gourmet specialties, food trucks, craft demonstrations and more at Westchester’s favorite out-ofthe-box shopping experience. Lyndhurst, Tarrytown. 331-7900.

Porchfest Guitar Auction 5:30pm. Guitars customized by local artists will be auctioned off to raise funds for the Community Park Fund. Gallery at Rhinebeck, Rhinebeck. 876-1655.

FreshGrass Festival Two-day music festival. MASS MoCA, North Adams, MA. (413) 662-2111.

FILM Movie Night In The Barn 7:30-9:30pm. Join us for a different movie screened under the stars. Westwind Organic Orchard, Accord. Westwindorchard.com/events/.

OUTDOORS & RECREATION The Garden Hour Second Friday of every month, 4:305:30pm. Calling all Gardenteers! Help us maintain the Tivoli Library’s garden plot. We will have some tools on hand. Come hang out and garden with us. Meet at: Memorial Park, Katherine Lane. Make sure you dress appropriately, stay hydrated, and cover up for the sun. Tivoli Free Library, Tivoli. 757-3771. Kathryn J. Schneider: Birding the Hudson Valley 6-8pm. Schneider spent decades studying the behavior, ecology, and distribution of birds. An award-winning author, teacher, and conservationist, she is a past president of the New York State Ornithological Association. Her engaging new site guide provides encouragement


for bird enthusiasts to expand their horizons. Although an estimated four hundred thousand Hudson Valley residents feed, observe, or photograph birds, the vast majority of New Yorkers enjoy their birdwatching activities mostly around the home. Designed for birders of all levels of skill and interest, this beautifully illustrated book contains explicit directions to more than eighty locations, Oblong Books & Music, Rhinebeck. 876-0500.

FAIRS & FESTIVALS

Understudy Jesus 8pm. New play by Darrah Cloud. Center for Performing Arts, Rhinebeck. 876-3080.

Fall Crafts at Lyndhurst 10am-5pm. $12/$11 seniors 65+/$ages 6-16/children under 6 free. A celebration of all things handmade showcasing over 275 modern American makers, artists, designers and craftspeople from across the country selling their exciting contemporary creations. A full day art and shopping experience perfect for family and friends including: interactive family activities, delicious gourmet specialties, food trucks, craft demonstrations and more at Westchester’s favorite out-ofthe-box shopping experience. Lyndhurst, Tarrytown. 331-7900.

Dracula 7pm. Presented by Theatre on the Road. Boat leaves from Beacon to Bannerman Island. Bannerman Island, Glenham. Bannermancastle.org.

Blooming Hill Farm Artisans Fair 10am-2pm. Local artisans fair, live music, farm to table cafe, organic farmers market. Blooming Hill Farm, Blooming Grove. 751-9115.

THEATER

Grounded 8pm. $15/$13 members. This suspenseful, award-winning play is about a female fighter pilot reassigned to fly remotecontrolled drones in Afghanistan, hunting terrorists by day and going home to her family at night. The Rosendale Theatre, Rosendale. 658-8989. Miracle on South Division Street 8pm. $20/$15 seniors and children. Meet the Novak’s of Buffalo, N.Y. Clara and her three grown kids have always known they were special, ever since the miraculous night in 1942 when the Blessed Mother appeared to Grandpa in his barbershop. Daughter Ruth unveils her plan to write a play about the family miracle. The results are heartfelt and hilarious. County Players, Wappingers Falls. 298-1491. There is Happiness That Morning Is 7:30-9pm. $25/$22 in advance/$10 students. In Mickle Maher’s word-drunk theatrical romp, a pair of William Blake scholars engage in a highly inappropriate public display of affection on the campus quad and must apologize to their students in class the following day or risk losing their jobs. A raucous celebration of art, ardor, and academia, written almost entirely in rhymed couplets. Bridge Street Theatre, Catskill. (518) 943-3818.

SATURDAY 15 ARTS The Story Continues 10am-12pm. Photos by Nancy Donskoj, text by Lynn Woods highlighting immigrant stories of the Rondout. Matthewis Persen House, Kingston. 340-3040.

COMEDY Richard Lewis 8-10pm. $37/$47/$62.90. Lewis has taken his lifelong therapy fodder and carved it into a commanding, compelling art form. His early career as a stand-up brought him to the top of his ranks. Over time and through a variety of mediums, he broadened his exposure and more and more came on board to appreciate his brilliantly warped world. Paramount Hudson Valley Theater, Peekskill. (914) 739-0039. Sebastian Maniscalco 2018 Stay Hungry Tour 7 & 9:30pm. $42.75-$62.75. Palace Theater, Albany. (518) 465-3334.

DANCE Elks Lounge Dance Night 7-11pm. $10. Get On Up, Get On Down! at the Elks Lounge Dance Night. Enjoy a vibrant mix of musical styles played by DJs Rhoda and Al- R&B, Latin, soul, funk, rock, disco, reggae and more. Song requests welcome. All are welcome– singles, couples, friends, newcomers. Includes a variety of complimentary snacks, and a full cash bar is available. Elks Lodge, Beacon. 765-0667. Listening Creates an Opening 5:30pm. Mary Armentrout Dance Theater. EMPAC at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy. (518) 276-3921.

Catskill Street Festival 11am-6pm. Live music, food trucks, artists, craftspeople and more. Downtown Catskill, Catskill. FreshGrass Festival Two-day music festival. MASS MoCA, North Adams, MA. (413) 662-2111. Hutton Fare A custom marketplace celebrating food, beverages, and handmade and packaged products from around the Hudson Valley. Hutton Brickyards, Kingston. Huttonbrickyards.com/huttonfare.

FILM Silent Film - Chicago (1927) with Live Musical Accompaniment by Cary Brown 7-9pm. Featuring the familiar cast of characters, Roxie Hart, Velma Kelly and Billy Flynn this silent film came out a year after the original Broadway play. Join us for this jazz age romp, with accompaniment by Cary Brown. Julia L. Butterfield Memorial Library, Cold Spring. 265-3040.

FOOD & WINE Introduction to Pressure Canning 10am-noon. $25. Get over the fear of pressure canning and preserve healthy soups, stews, vegetables, meats and other low acid foods. Learn the basic science and how to’s, see what equipment you need and a demo of the process. Phillies Bridge Farm Project, New Paltz. 256-9108. Rhinecliff Fire Company’s Community Chili Cook-Off and Pie-Baking Contest 3-7pm. Firemen’s Field, Rhinecliff. 489-1099.

KIDS & FAMILY Firefly Picnic 4-7pm. Join the Delaware Highlands Conservancy for our annual free community picnic for our members and friends. Enjoy a delicious catered dinner, live music, craft beer selections, a guided trail walk, crafts, and much more! Fun for all ages. Prior registration is required. Delaware Highlands Conservancy NY Office, Kauneonga Lake. 583-1010.

LITERARY & BOOKS What Ever Happened to My White Picket Fence? 2:30-4pm. How do you rewrite your life’s script after you’ve suffered a massive brain tumor? This story, by a former special education teacher, is both informative and inspirational. Adriance Memorial Library, Poughkeepsie. 485-3445.

MUSIC Bit Brigade performs Mega Man II + Castlevania 7:30pm. Backstage Studio Productions (BSP), Kingston. 481-5158. Bluegrass Brunch with Che Apalache noon. Daryl’s House Club, Pawling. 289-0185. The Bradford Hayes Quartet 8pm. Jazz. BeanRunner Café, Peekskill. (914) 737-1701. The Drizzle Band 8:30pm. Funk. Pamela’s on the Hudson, Newburgh. 562-4505. Basilica Soundscape Weekend of music, art, literature. Basilica Hudson, Hudson. Basilicahudson.org.

Woodstock British Car Show / Catskill Conquest Pilot Rally Two automobile events return to the Catskills this month. On September 22, the Second Annual Catskill Conquest Pilot Rally takes off from the Catskill Interpretive Center in Mount Tremper, travelling 75 miles through Ulster and Delaware Counties to Unadilla. The route traces the original 1903 Automobile Endurance Run of 36 cars across nearly impassable roads through torrential rain. The rally is a noncompetitive tour and all cars are welcome. 1903autorun.com. The 10th anniversary Woodstock British Car Show invades the lawn of the Woodstock Playhouse on September 23 (9am-3pm) with rare cars from across the pond. You can register a car in advance, or just attend and take in vehicular beauties like the 1967 Sunbeam Alpine two-seat touring convertible recently featured in Hemmings Car & Exotic Car magazine. Expect to see classic British cars from across the East Coast, including MGs, Trimuphs, Austin-Healeys, and Jaguars. Woodstockbritishcarshow.com.

Fred Zepplin 8pm. Neo-folk. The Falcon Underground, Marlboro. 236-7970. Clap Your Hands Say Yeah! Indie rock. The Colony, Woodstock. Colonywoodstock.org. John Tropea Band 8pm. Veteran Session players’ funk, soul, jazz. The Falcon, Marlboro. 236-7970. Leaf Peeper Concert: Tim Fain, Multi Media Performance 7pm. Fain returns to Hudson Hall with a new program of dynamic, multimedia-infused classical, contemporary, and original music played with his signature flair. Hudson Hall, Hudson. (518) 822-1438. Livingston Taylor 8pm. Daryl’s House Club, Pawling. 289-0185. Matt Flinner Trio 8pm. $15. Sonically founded in bluegrass, jazz and American acoustic music. Rosendale Cafe, Rosendale. 658-9048. The Robert Cray Band 8pm. Ridgefield Playhouse, Ridgefield, CT. (203) 438-5795. Run for Cover Band Live 7:30-11pm. Run For Cover (90’s + more) is back with a new lineup. This event is right after the great Hudson River Craft Beer Festival held in Beacon, NY. Cousins Ale Works, Wappingers Falls. 293-2739. Seven Days Gone 8pm. Modern rock. Whistling Willie’s, Cold Spring. 265-2012. Steam Powered Giraffe 7pm. This quirky group of musicians combine comedic sketches, improvised android banter, and original music fused with billowing steam effects, and robot pantomime. Troy Savings Bank Music Hall, Troy. (518) 273-8945.

OPEN HOUSES/PARTIES/BENEFITS Early Fall on the Byrdcliffe/Mt. Guardian Trail 10am. $20. 2.5-3 hour hike. Byrdcliffe Kleinert/James Center for the Arts, Woodstock. 679-2079.

Fall Benefit Auction: Light into Night 6:30-10pm. $200+. Light into Night brings together visual artists, writers, musicians, dancers, architects and our community of donors and supporters for an unforgettable event. Enjoy cocktails, sumptuous, locally sourced food, as well as an exciting auction featuring art, elegant vacations and other treasures. Experience a rare evening of dancing, art installations and surprise performances against the rustic backdrop of the Art Omi Studio Barns. Art Omi, Ghent. (518) 392-4747. Light into Night 6:30pm. Art, dinner, dancing, live and silent auctions, and little kids dance party. Omi International Arts Center, Ghent. (518) 392-4747.

THEATER Understudy Jesus 8pm. New play by Darrah Cloud. Center for Performing Arts, Rhinebeck. 876-3080. Dracula 7pm. Presented by Theatre on the Road. Boat leaves from Beacon to Bannerman Island. Bannerman Island, Glenham. Bannermancastle.org. Every Brilliant Thing 8pm. $15/$13 members. A moving, insightful and hilarious new one-person play that examines what makes life worth living. Starring Rick Meyer. The Rosendale Theatre, Rosendale. 658-8989. Grounded 2pm. $15/$13 members. This suspenseful, award-winning play is about a female fighter pilot reassigned to fly remotecontrolled drones in Afghanistan, hunting terrorists by day and going home to her family at night. The Rosendale Theatre, Rosendale. 658-8989. Miracle on South Division Street 8pm. $20/$15 seniors and children. Meet the Novak’s of Buffalo, N.Y. Clara and her three grown kids have always known they were special, ever since the miraculous night in 1942 when the Blessed Mother appeared to Grandpa in his barbershop. Daughter Ruth unveils her plan to write a play about the family miracle. The results are heartfelt and hilarious. County Players, Wappingers Falls. 298-1491.

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There is Happiness That Morning Is 7:30-9pm. $25/$22 in advance/$10 students. In Mickle Maher’s word-drunk theatrical romp, a pair of William Blake scholars engage in a highly inappropriate public display of affection on the campus quad and must apologize to their students in class the following day or risk losing their jobs. A raucous celebration of art, ardor, and academia, written almost entirely in rhymed couplets. Bridge Street Theatre, Catskill. (518) 943-3818.

WORKSHOPS & CLASSES Fall Mushroom Retreat 9/15-16. Covers how fungi can help people and regenerate the planet. Blue Deer Center, Margaretville. (845) 586-3225. Arts Mid Hudson Grants and Funding Information Sessions 10am-noon. Arts Mid Hudson, Poughkeepsie. 454-3222. Bringing Plants in for the Winter 10am-1pm. $35/$25 members. Learn tricks of the trade to protect their tender perennials, house plants, woody potted specimens and succulent collections and encourage them to thrive during the winter season. This Includes cultivation, fertilizing, watering and healthcare. Learn by doing and take home some plant companions. These simple cost-saving methods will help gardeners multiply their plant supply for the next season’s garden. Berkshire Botanical Garden, Stockbridge, MA. (413) 298-3926. Drawing and Painting with Les Castellanos 9am-noon. $200/4 sessions. Woodstock School of Art, Woodstock. 679-2388. Photopolymer Printmaking 9am-4pm. $270. Two-day workshop with Anthony Kirk. Woodstock School of Art, Woodstock. 679-2388. Repair Cafe: Garrison 10am-1pm. Free repairs sponsored by Desmond-Fish Library at the Cold Spring Farmers Market. Boscobel, Garrison. Repaircafehv.org. Repair Cafe: Middletown 10am-1pm. Share skills. Reduce waste. Make friends. Middletown Thrall Library, Middletown. Repaircafehv.org. Repair Cafe: Rhinebeck 12-4pm. Free repairs by experts who are also your neighbors; metal welding onsite. Rhinebeck Town Hall, Rhinebeck. Repaircafehv.org. Repair Cafe: Warwick 10am-2pm. Knowledgeable advice & repairs for household items, plus fretted instruments. Senior Center at Warwick Town Hall, Warwick. Repaircafehv.org. Stop the Bleed: Bleeding Control Basics Training Course 10-11:30am. Designed by the American College of Surgeons and the Hartford Consensus, this course prepares individuals with techniques necessary to control and discontinue life-threatening bleeding quickly and efficiently in emergency situations. Vassar Brothers Medical Center, Poughkeepsie. 454-8500.

SUNDAY 16 CLUBS & ORGANIZATIONS Flag Changing Ceremony 12-1pm. The American Legion Post 739 and VFW Post 6534 Highland organize and present monthly Flag Changing Ceremonies on the Walkway to honor our region’s veterans and their service to our country. These events, organized and presented by these local veterans’ organizations, are open to all who wish to attend. Walkway Over the Hudson, Poughkeepsie. Walkway.org/event/flagchanging-ceremony-16/. CHRONOGRAM.COM These listings do not include weekly recurring events, such as classes that take place every Wednesday, for example. Visit Chronogram.com for events updated daily, recurring weekly events, and staff recommendations. You can also upload events directly to our Events database at Chronogram.com/submitevent.

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DANCE Swing Dance to La Familia 6-9pm. $15/$10 for students. Enjoy this high energy swing & blues band. No experience necessary. Beginner swing dance lesson 6:00. Band starts 6:30. Arlington Reformed Church, Poughkeepsie. 454-2571.

FAIRS & FESTIVALS 4th Annual Berkshire Fermentation Festival 10am-4pm. A day-long celebration of the diversity of all things fermented and crafted. Each year there is an array of local cultured food vendors sampling and selling their products along with demos, lectures, a culture swap, science corner, book signings, raffle, live music, and more. Great Barrington Fairgrounds, Great Barrington, MA. Gbfg.org. Fall Crafts at Lyndhurst 10am-5pm. $12/$11 seniors 65+/$ages 6-16/children under 6 free. A celebration of all things handmade showcasing over 275 modern American makers, artists, designers and craftspeople from across the country selling their exciting contemporary creations. A full day art and shopping experience perfect for family and friends including: interactive family activities, delicious gourmet specialties, food trucks, craft demonstrations and more at Westchester’s favorite out-ofthe-box shopping experience. Lyndhurst, Tarrytown. 331-7900. Electric Car Show 12-3pm. Come see all the available electric vehicles (including the Tesla Model 3) all in one place, and talk to owners who can give you a real life perspective of what it means to drive the quickest, quietest cars on the road. Giveaways and handouts will be available. Marist College, Poughkeepsie. 380-3865. Harvest Festival 11am. 2018 marks the 20th Anniversary of the Harvest Festival, an annual event celebrating the bounty, talent and beauty of Sullivan County and surrounding areas. Held every Sunday in September, the festival features a farmers market, craft village, live performances, corn and hay mazes, pony rides and more. Each week offering new vendors, events, and talent sure to please the entire family. Bethel Woods Center for the Arts, Bethel. (866) 781-2922.

MUSIC Big Joe Fitz & The Lo-Fis 11am. Swinging pre-rock blues. The Falcon, Marlboro. 236-7970. Claude Bourbon 4pm. Acoustic. BeanRunner Café, Peekskill. (914) 737-1701. Ted Leo Indie rock. The Colony, Woodstock. Colonywoodstock.org. Greg Glassman Quartet 8pm. Jazz. The Falcon, Marlboro. 236-7970. Humble Pie 7pm. $25-$40. Daryl’s House Club, Pawling. 289-0185. Marji Zintz 5pm. Acoustic. Commune Saloon, Woodstock. 684-0367. Basilica Soundscape Weekend of music, art, literature. Basilica Hudson, Hudson. Basilicahudson.org.

OUTDOORS & RECREATION D&H Canal High Falls Flea Market 9am-4pm. Grady Park, High Falls. 810-0471.

THEATER Every Brilliant Thing 2pm. $15/$13 members. A moving, insightful and hilarious new one-person play that examines what makes life worth living. Starring Rick Meyer. The Rosendale Theatre, Rosendale. 658-8989. Understudy Jesus 3pm. New play by Darrah Cloud. Center for Performing Arts, Rhinebeck. 876-3080. Miracle on South Division Street 2pm. $20/$15 seniors and children. Meet the Novak’s of Buffalo, N.Y. Clara and her three grown kids have always known they were special, ever since the miraculous night in 1942 when the Blessed Mother appeared to Grandpa in his barbershop. Daughter Ruth unveils her plan to write a play about the family miracle. The results are heartfelt and hilarious. County Players, Wappingers Falls. 298-1491. There is Happiness That Morning Is 2-3:30pm. $25/$22 in advance/$10 students. In Mickle Maher’s word-drunk theatrical romp, a pair of William Blake scholars engage in a highly inappropriate public display of affection on the campus quad and must apologize to their students in class the following day or risk losing their jobs. A raucous celebration of art, ardor, and academia, written almost entirely in rhymed couplets. Bridge Street Theatre, Catskill. (518) 943-3818.

MONDAY 17 CLUBS & ORGANIZATIONS Stepping Out Third Monday of every month, 6-7:30pm. A new discussion & support group for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer and questioning adults (18+) who are at any stage of the coming out process. Explore coming out in a safe space together. Hudson Valley LGBTQ Community Center, Inc., Kingston. 331-5300.

MUSIC Sweetheart of the Rodeo 50th Anniversary Concert 7:30pm. $38/$48/$68. The Egg, Albany. (518) 473-1061.

WORKSHOPS & CLASSES Stop the Bleed: Bleeding Control Basics Training Course 10-11:30am. Designed by the American College of Surgeons and the Hartford Consensus, this course prepares individuals with techniques necessary to control and discontinue life-threatening bleeding quickly and efficiently in emergency situations. Vassar Brothers Medical Center, Poughkeepsie. 454-8500.

TUESDAY 18 HEALTH & WELLNESS Community Holistic Healthcare Day Third Tuesday of every month, 4-8pm. Free holistic healthcare offered by a variety of practitioners including holistic medical doctor, acupuncturists, massage therapists, psychologists and a wide variety of energy healers. Sponsored by the Rondout Valley Holistic Health Community at the Marbletown Community Center. Marbletown Community Center, Stone Ridge. 687-0880.

A Night of Broadway and Pop with Cynthia Erivo 7:30pm. $86. Ridgefield Playhouse, Ridgefield, CT. (203) 438-5795.

Zumba with Maritza 5:30-6:30pm. $5. Safe Harbors Lobby at the Ritz, Newburgh. 913-6085.

Remnants, Hour Upon Hour by Rena Leinberger & Thomas Albrecht 2pm. $10/$5 students and members. The second in a series of three performances as part of the WAAM Dialogues Series. At times hilarious, at times somber, always thought-provoking, this series of performances explores the contingencies of time and trace. Woodstock Artists Association and Museum, Woodstock. 679-2940.

Coloring Night with Hudson Valley Tattoo Co Third Tuesday of every month, 6-9pm. Join us for a free night of relaxation, zen, fun all through the magic of some coloring. Add some color to exclusive artwork and illustrations from the artists over at Hudson Valley Tattoo Company, including Mike Shishmanian Jason Carpino Diego Martin, Rick Lohm and more. We’ll have some crayons, markers

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and more on-hand but you are welcome to bring your own crayons/markers/ whatever as well. Darkside Records, Poughkeepsie. 452-8010.

LITERARY & BOOKS Upstairs at Murray’s: Gary Shteyngart: Lake Success: A Novel 6-8pm. $10. The bestselling author of Super Sad True Love Story returns with a biting, brilliant, emotionally resonant novel very much of our times. Narcissistic, hilariously self-deluded, and divorced from the real world as most of us know it, hedge-fund manager Barry Cohen oversees $2.4 billion in assets. Deeply stressed by an SEC investigation and by his three-year-old son’s diagnosis of autism, he flees New York on a Greyhound bus in search of a simpler, more romantic life with his old college sweetheart. Murray’s Tivoli, Tivoli. 876-0500.

MUSIC One Quirt Plunge Presents: country/…/city/…/ 8pm. country/.../city/.../ explores the uniqueness of Valley’s rural and urban landscapes through sound; juxtaposed with “found sounds” and recordings from across the Valley are four works commissioned by One Quiet Plunge, composed by Vinnie Martucci, Caroline Mallonée, Hannah Selin, and Mark Dziuba. Studley Theater, New Paltz. 257-7869.

WEDNESDAY 19 DANCE Tango at Mohonk 6:30-9:30pm. $15. Focus on connection, sensitivity to partner and surroundings, improvisation, and non-verbal communication. No partner required. Mohonk Preserve, New Paltz. 256-0114.

FILM Rikers: An American Jail 7:15pm. $8/$6 members. The US is facing a crisis of mass incarceration. This riveting new award-winning documentary from Bill Moyers brings you face to face with men and women who have endured incarceration at Rikers Island. The Rosendale Theatre, Rosendale. 658-8989.

HEALTH & WELLNESS 10 Minutes to Fitness 7pm. Sydney Leone of MVP Health and Wellness programs will guide participants in discovering ways to work fitness into 10 minute intervals throughout their busy days. Join the discussion on how fitness can be fun and lift your mood, rev up your metabolism, and help you to feel younger, more vibrant and energized. Town of Esopus Library, Port Ewen. 338-5580. DYBO (Dance Your ‘Buts’ Off) $5. Safe Harbors of the Hudson, Newburgh. 309-2406.

MUSIC Myles Mancuso Band 8pm. Rock and soul ensemble. The Falcon, Marlboro. 236-7970. Petey Hop’s Roots & Blues Sessions 7pm. The Falcon Underground, Marlboro. 236-7970.

SPIRITUALITY Bill Philipps: Expect the Unexpected 6:30-8:30pm. $47. Join renowned Psychic Medium Bill Philipps, as he takes you on a journey beyond the physical realm. Bill’s amazing gift of communicating with the deceased is unparalleled; as he brings through messages, validations and specific details from spirits of those who have crossed over, proving that the soul lives on after death. He has helped thousands of people deal with the grief of losing loved ones by bringing through validations, evidential information and beautiful messages which heal and bring a sense of peace. Crystal Essence, Great Barrington, MA. (413) 528-2595.


THURSDAY 20 CLUBS & ORGANIZATIONS Solidarity Thursday Third Thursday of every month, 8-10pm. Join us at the Beverly on the third Thursday of each month during the pop-up queer bar “Pansy Club,” where the Center offers discussion, materials and tips on how to take action for LGBTQ+ justice. The Beverly, Kingston. 331-5300.

FOOD & WINE Taste NY at Todd Hill Outdoor Farmer’s Market 2-6pm. Enjoy authentic NY made products from local vendors. Taste NY at Todd Hill, Poughkeepsie. 849-0247.

HEALTH & WELLNESS Weekend Meditation Class Dharma Drum Retreat Center, Pine Bush. 744-8114.

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LECTURES & TALKS

An American in Paris 6-8:30pm. $21/$16 Gold Members. Directed and choreographed by Christopher Wheeldon, directed for the screen by Ross MacGibbon Starring: Robert Fairchild, Leanne Cope. This breathtakingly beautiful Broadway musical, inspired by the MGM film, tells the impassioned story of discovering love in the ‘City of Light’. Featuring the gorgeous music and lyrics of George and Ira Gershwin, stunning designs, and showstopping choreography. The Moviehouse, Millerton. (518) 789-0022.

Re-imagining Masculinity: Becoming Trustworthy 7-9pm. With Andrew Forsthoefel. Presented by RVHHC and Wild Earth. Marbletown Community Center, Stone Ridge. 687-0880. What are Repair Cafes all About? 7pm. Come discover the philosophy, history, and more behind Repair Cafes. There will be a demonstration of a typical repair and expert Repair Coaches to answer any questions. Town of Esopus Library, Port Ewen. 338-5580.

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Creating Time Through Design 7pm. Talk by Dawna Ballard. EMPAC at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy. (518) 276-3921.

Fall Book Sale 4pm. Town of Esopus Library, Port Ewen. 338-5580.

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A Mandolin Journey with the Carlo Aonzo Trio 7:30-10pm. $20/$15 students and seniors. With Carlo Aonzo on mandolin, Lorenzo Piccone on guitar & vocals, and Luciano Puppo on double bass, is a brilliant, bold and adventurous concert of a broad range of music from their Italian roots, American and European ethnic and jazz compositions. Tompkins Corners Cultural Center, Putnam Valley. 528-7280.

Non-Fiction Book Group Third Thursday of every month, 6-7:30pm. A new nonfiction book group focused on history and social and political life in North America. The group will utilize the best in nonfiction books chosen by the participants to explore issues that are topical today. All persons are welcome with the hope that we will impact each other through discussion and community. Hudson Area Library, Hudson. (518) 828-1792.

MUSIC A Cappella Vocal Superstar Bobby McFerrin 8pm. $95. Includes 7:15pm Italian wine tasting. Ridgefield Playhouse, Ridgefield, CT. (203) 438-5795. Myles Mancuso Band 8pm. Large, jazz, improv ensemble. The Falcon Underground, Marlboro. 236-7970.

3rd Fridays Swing Dance $12/$10 members. 6:30PM–8PM: lessons with Emily Vanston; 6:30–7:30pm: intermediate lessons $10; 7:30–8 free beginner lesson; 8PM–10PM swing dance party with music by Heart Strings Hot Club. Unison, New Paltz. 255-1559. CeCe and Friends 8pm. Motown/R&B. BeanRunner Café, Peekskill. (914) 737-1701.

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Early Elton 8pm. Early Elton features Jeff Kazee (piano, vocals), Rich Pagano (drums and vocals) and John Conte (bass and vocals). The trio of respected artists deliver a historic recreation and interpretation of Elton John’s music, based specifically on the superstar’s live trio tour arrangements from the early seventies. Levon Helm Studios, Woodstock. 679-2744.

Drawing Better: Vince Natale 9am-noon. $160/4 sessions. Woodstock School of Art, Woodstock. 679-2388.

Hudson Dusters 9pm. Indie-folk. Club Helsinki, Hudson. (518) 828-4800.

Drawing, Painting and Composition with Eric Angeloch 1-4pm. $160/4 sessions. Woodstock School of Art, Woodstock. 679-2388.

JB’s Go-Go Boogaloo Dance Party 8pm. 1960s NYC R&B and soul. The Falcon Underground, Marlboro. 236-7970.

Tom “The Suit” Forst 8pm. Blues-rock grit. The Falcon, Marlboro. 236-7970. Will Hoge Band with Ryan Culwell 8pm. $20-$30. Daryl’s House Club, Pawling. 289-0185.

Library Knitters Third Thursday of every month, 7-8pm. Sit and knit in the beautiful Gardiner Library. Gardiner Library, Gardiner. 255-1255.

FRIDAY 21 ARTS Chatham Monthly Village Art Walk 5-8pm. Potluck dinner and gallery stroll. Chatham. (518) 392-2560.

FILM Flicks: Exit Through the Gift Shop 7:30pm. Come and meet some artists from our Doorway Exhibit. Learn about our Silkscreen poster workshop while snacking on English “Bangers and Mash” and enjoy sipping on a Summer Shandy. All while enjoying this film which contains footage of Banksy, Shephard Fairey, Invader and many of the world’s most infamous graffiti artists at work. Bethel Woods Center for the Arts, Bethel. (866) 781-2922. Movie Night In The Barn 7:30-9:30pm. Join us for a different movie screened under the stars. Westwind Organic Orchard, Accord. Westwindorchard.com/events/.

Jim Kweskin & Geoff Muldaur 8pm. $25. American roots music. Rosendale Cafe, Rosendale. 658-9048. A Mandolin Journey with the Carl Aonzo Trio 7:30pm. $20/$15 students and seniors. Featuring Mr. Aonzo on mandolin, Lorenzo Piccone on guitar & vocals, and Luciano Puppo on double bass. Tompkins Corners Cultural Center, Putnam Valley. 528-7280. The Mommyheads 8pm. Towne Crier Cafe, Beacon. 855-1300. Neko Case 8pm. Bardavon Opera House, Poughkeepsie. 473-2072. NRBQ 8pm. $25-$40. Daryl’s House Club, Pawling. 289-0185. Michael Hurley The Colony, Woodstock. Colonywoodstock.org. Singer-Songwriter Showcase Third Friday of every month, 8pm. $6. Acoustic Music by three outstanding singer-songwriters and musicians at ASK GALLERY, 97 Broadway, Kingston 8-10:30 pm Arts Society of Kingston (ASK), Kingston. 338-0311.

A Creekside Staging of “Anna Christie” Eugene O’Neill was amongst the first playwrights to disrupt staid American theater with techniques of realism, one of which was to incorporate societal outcasts as key roles in his plays. When it premiered on Broadway in 1921, “Anna Christie” made waves. The four-act play follows a young prostitute as she reconnects with her estranged, seafaring father and fights to determine her own fate and achieve redemption through honest love. The Pulitzer Prize-winning play is mostly set aboard a barge, leading director Bruce Grund chose to stage his modern adaptation at the Certified Marina in Connelly, just nine feet from the Rondout Creek. “O’Neill is a master of conflict, akin to the ancient Greek tragedians,” says Grund, who chose this play to further the local #MeToo dialogue. “In ‘Anna Christie,’ the conflicts erupt, interrupt, and rupture the emotions of both cast and audience.” The performances will be followed by Q&A sessions with the cast and director. “Anna Christie” runs September 7-23 at Certified Marina. Tickets are $25, $20 for students. Cash or check. (845) 473-4397; Annachristiekingston@gmail.com.

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OUTDOORS & RECREATION BioBlitz 2018 9am-9pm. BioBlitz pairs scientists and expert naturalists together with people of all ages to study the wildlife, plants and biodiversity at the Catskill Center’s Thorn Preserve, a beautiful 60-acre preserve containing a stream, pond, wetlands, forest, and open meadow. The annual event is free and open to all ages, allowing participation in any one of the many hourly walks that will occur over the two-day schedule. Thorn Preserve, Woodstock. Thornpreservebioblitz.com/. Walkway @ Night: Moonwalk 7-9pm. Have you ever dreamt about spending a moonlit evening on the Walkway while enjoying scenic views of the Hudson River Valley? Here’s your chance! Enjoy breathtaking twilight views from 212 feet above the Hudson River. View the night sky with telescopes provided by the Mid-Hudson Astronomical Association (weather permitting). For the safety of all, bicycles, rollerblades, and skateboards are not permitted for this event. If you bring your furry friends along for the fun, all pets must be on a 4-foot non-retractable leash with a light up collar. Walkway Over the Hudson, Poughkeepsie. 454-9649.

THEATER The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie 8pm. Center for Performing Arts, Rhinebeck. 876-3080. Dracula 7pm. Presented by Theatre on the Road. Boat leaves from Beacon to Bannerman Island. Bannerman Island, Glenham. Bannermancastle.org. Miracle on South Division Street 8pm. $20/$15 seniors and children. Meet the Novak’s of Buffalo, N.Y. Clara and her three grown kids have always known they were special, ever since the miraculous night in 1942 when the Blessed Mother appeared to Grandpa in his barbershop. Daughter Ruth unveils her plan to write a play about the family miracle. The results are heartfelt and hilarious. County Players, Wappingers Falls. 298-1491.

WORKSHOPS & CLASSES Arts Mid Hudson Grants and Funding Information Sessions 4-7pm. Starr Library, Rhinebeck. 876-4030.

ARTS ArtWalk Kingston 12-5pm. Studio tours and performances across Kingston. Artsmidhudson.org.

FAIRS & FESTIVALS Fine Home Source Home Show 2018 10am-5pm. Presenting quality designs and products as-well-as skilled craftmanship to bring your new or renovated home to a higher level of comfort, elegance and efficiency. Millbrook Museum in the Streets, Millbrook. 677-5857. Smell the Damn Roses’ Hobby Festival 12-6pm. $5. Featuring interactive workshops on book-binding, kite-making, silk-screen printmaking, meditation, journaling, DIY herbal remedies, knitting, improv, ukulele, collaborative drawing, and Dungeons & Dragons. Marbletown Community Center, Stone Ridge. 658-0896.

FOOD & WINE Moveable Feast 6-7:30pm. An evening of drinks and dining in some of Hudson’s most beautiful shops and homes. Celebrating its 23rd year, this Hudson institution gives guests the opportunity to taste the culinary delights of the Hudson Valley in the company of friends, neighbors and visitors, all while supporting Hudson Hall in its mission to provide low or no cost arts and cultural programming to the community. Hudson Hall, Hudson. (518) 822-1438.

KIDS & FAMILY James Ransome & Lesa ClineRansome: Game Changers: The Story of Venus and Serena Williams 12-1:30pm. With vibrant mixed media art, nonfiction superstars Lesa Cline-Ransome and Coretta Scott King Honor winner James E. Ransome share the inspirational story of two tennis legends who were fierce competitors on the courts, but close sisters above all. Join them for a storytime, Q&A and book signing to learn more about the fabulous Williams sisters. Oblong Books & Music, Rhinebeck. 876-0500.

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Meet Smokey Bear and his Forest Friends 10:30am-12:30pm. Meet live forest animals and learn how fire destroys their habitats and threatens their lives. Smokey Bear will greet and pose for pictures with children. A Forest Ranger will also visit and show kids cool equipment used to fight forest fires. You can make a Smokey Bear craft and learn why “Only YOU Can Prevent Forest Fires.” Free thanks to a generous grant from Hudson River Bank and Trust Co. Foundation. FASNY Museum of Firefighting, Hudson. (518) 822-1875. Lard Dog 3pm. All ages musical extravaganza. Hurleyville Arts Center, Hurleyville. 707-8047.

LITERARY & BOOKS Fall Book Sale 9am. Town of Esopus Library, Port Ewen. 338-5580. Monica Hesse (The War Outside) and Sara Farizan (Here to Stay) 4pm. Oblong Books & Music, Rhinebeck. 876-0500. A Reading by Author Steve Clorfeine: Simple Geography 5:30pm. Rosendale Public Library, Rosendale. 658-9013. What Ever Happened to My White Picket Fence? 12-3pm. How do you rewrite your life’s script after you’ve suffered a massive brain tumor? This story by a former special education teacher is both informative and inspirational. Mountain Top Library, Tannersville. (518) 589-5023.

MUSIC Daryl Cox and Paul Cray noon. Country. The Golden Rail Ale House, Newburgh. 565-2337. DJ Pappi Blaze: Avante Garde-Arama Performance Art Salon 6:30pm. Hip hop. GARNER Arts Center, Garnerville. 947-7108. Gerry Malkin Quintet 8pm. Jazz. BeanRunner Café, Peekskill. (914) 737-1701. The Gipsy Kings featuring Nicolas Reyes and Tonino Baliardo 8-10pm. $59/$79/$90/$110. Melding deepheated flamenco, rumba, salsa and pop, taking audiences back to the south of France with flamenco guitars and booming Spanish vocals. Uniting the family Reyes and the family Baliardo, the band continues a tradition that has drawn famous fans such as Picasso, Cocteau, Dali and Chaplin. Paramount Hudson Valley Theater, Peekskill. (914) 739-0039. Jeff “Siege” Siegel Quartet CD Release Celebration of “London Live” 8pm. $15. Rosendale Cafe, Rosendale. 658-9048. Marji Zintz 5pm. Acoustic. Bear Cafe, Woodstock. 679-5555. oe Lovano & Judi Silvano & Dueto Andaluz: Jazz Meets Flamenco 8pm. The Falcon, Marlboro. 236-7970. Pianist Kris Davis 8pm. Howland Cultural Center, Beacon. 831-4988. Richard Barone: Sorrows & Promises: Greenwich Village In The 1960s 8pm. The Falcon Underground, Marlboro. 236-7970. CHRONOGRAM.COM These listings do not include weekly recurring events, such as classes that take place every Wednesday, for example. Visit Chronogram.com for events updated daily, recurring weekly events, and staff recommendations. You can also upload events directly to our Events database at Chronogram.com/submitevent.

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NIGHTLIFE Upstate Bear Jamboree 11am. $249. The Upstate Bear Jamboree is coming to Sprout Creek Farm this September 22 & 23rd! Now’s your chance to gather your friends and head upstate for the ultimate harvest season weekend away with the guys. Sprout Creek Farm, Poughkeepsie. Biggayhudsonvalley.com/ adventures/upstate-bear-jamboree/.

OPEN HOUSES/PARTIES 3rd Annual Full Moon Party 4-8pm. Festivities this year will include music and dancing with Used Karmas, 4:00-5:00pm and The Old No. 7 Band, 6:30-8:00pm, a BBQ dinner & drinks, silent auction of wines, art and more. Enjoy a dinner with drinks and dance the night away to the live music of The Old No. 7 Band and Used Karmas. The Old No. 7 Band performs Americana, bluegrass, blues, country, R&B, and rock with unique arrangements and originals. The band features Jeff Doctorow, Len Hunt, Mark J., Jim Kimak, Willie Loniewski, Lorena Mann and Bruce Tucker. Rockland Center for the Arts, West Nyack. 358-0877. Full Moon Party 4-8pm. $60. A RoCA Fundraiser on the grounds of The Catherine Konner Sculpture Park. Festivities this year will include music and dancing with Used Karmas, 4:00-5:00pm and The Old No. 7 Band, 6:30-8:00pm, a BBQ dinner & drinks, a silent auction of fine wines, art and more. Rockland Center for the Arts, West Nyack. 358-0877. Information Session 10am-noon. The Admissions Office cordially invites prospective students and their families to attend an Information Session at The Storm King School. Most Information Sessions begin in Orr Commons with brief welcoming remarks. Next, during a tour of SKS’s scenic campus, you will learn about SKS’s academic, sports, arts, and service programs. Please wear comfortable shoes and outer wear. The Storm King School, Cornwall on Hudson. 458-7536.

BioBlitz 2018 8am-5pm. BioBlitz pairs scientists and expert naturalists together with people of all ages to study the wildlife, plants and biodiversity at the Catskill Center’s Thorn Preserve, a beautiful 60-acre preserve containing a stream, pond, wetlands, forest, and open meadow. The annual event is free and open to all ages, allowing participation in any one of the many hourly walks that will occur over the two-day schedule. Thorn Preserve, Woodstock. Thornpreservebioblitz.com/. Garden Conservancy Open Days Program Tour: Dutchess County 10am-4pm. $7 per garden/children 12 & under free. Explore five private and public gardens in Dover Plains, Millbrook, and Stanfordville, open for self-guided tours to benefit the Garden Conservancy. Highlights include perennial gardens, edibles, ponds and other water features, woodland gardens, topiaries, extensive dahlia collections, and views of the Berkshire foothills. Begin at Bear Creek Farm or see website for additional locations. Bear Creek Farm, Stanfordville. (888) 842-2442. Made By Hand: Ceramist Christopher Spitzmiller’s Garden and Art 2-4pm. $35/$30 Garden Conservancy members. Master potter Christopher Spitzmiller is best known for his iconic ceramic lamps, which have adorned the Oval Office and commissions of top interior designers around the world. His work, which also includes tableware and ceramic accessories, draws inspiration from classical forms and traditional gemlike glazes. The same could be said for his extraordinary garden, Clove Brook Farm. When his myriad dahlias are in peak bloom, spend the afternoon with Christopher exploring design ideas in both his garden and the adjacent nineteenthcentury Grange Hall, which has been converted to a pottery studio. Clove Brook Farm - Christopher Spitzmiller, Millbrook. (888) 842-2442.

THEATER

Ulster Counthy SPCA Paws for a Cause 5-8pm. $75. Join us for the 4th Annual Paws for a Cause to Benefit Ulster County SPCA. This year will feature live music from Fishbowl, gourmet catering by An EP Experience, live and silent auctions and furry friends for adoption. Crested Hen Farms, High Falls. 594-6991.

Dracula 7pm. Presented by Theatre on the Road. Boat leaves from Beacon to Bannerman Island. Bannerman Island, Glenham. Bannermancastle.org.

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Miracle on South Division Street 8pm. $20/$15 seniors and children. Meet the Novak’s of Buffalo, N.Y. Clara and her three grown kids have always known they were special, ever since the miraculous night in 1942 when the Blessed Mother appeared to Grandpa in his barbershop. Daughter Ruth unveils her plan to write a play about the family miracle. The results are heartfelt and hilarious. County Players, Wappingers Falls. 298-1491.

The 2nd Annual Catskill Conquest Pilot Rally 9am-6pm. $50. Join us for the 2nd Annual Catskill Conquest Pilot Rally! Follow the historic 1903 route over the Catskill Mountains along a 75 mile course with six host/checkpoints, festivals and attractions. Starting from the Maurice D. Hinchey Catskill Interpretive Center in Mount Tremper to Unadilla, following one of the most beautiful drives in New York State. All Vintages Welcome! If you love your car, come and drive it on this route! Individual Entry: $50 per car, Club Entry: $100 for up to 5 cars, then $20 each additional car. Mail-in Registration is available at www.1903autorun.com/event-registration. See you on the road! Catskill Interpretive Center, Mount Tremper. 657-6982. Amazing Annuals: Usual, Unusual, and Where to Find Them 10am-noon. $35/$30 Garden Conservancy members. Annuals, long considered garden fillers, when properly used can become the standouts of both shady and sunny gardens. Rare and not-so-rare annuals contribute sparkle and variety to both the perennial garden and the woods garden. Copperheads, an historic Greek Revival house with views over the Berkshire foothills, has a variety of garden rooms and woodland walks that rely on annuals for continuous color and structure. Amy Pelletier Clark, landscape gardener and garden designer at Copperheads, will lead a walk through the gardens, talking about the annuals along the way. Guests will learn the best care and placement of standout annuals. Copperheads, Dover Plains. (888) 842-2442.

The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie 8pm. Center for Performing Arts, Rhinebeck. 876-3080.

WORKSHOPS & CLASSES Dinner From the Ground Up: A Menu to Welcome Fall 2-5pm. $65/$55 members. Join cookbook author Alana Chernila for a meal to honor the vegetables of the New England Fall with a menu from her new book, Eating From the Ground Up: Recipes for Simple, Perfect Vegetables. This will be a handson class, so push up your sleeves and get ready to make watermelon radishes with herb compound butter, scarlet turnip galettes with from-scratch pie pastry, miso greens, and butternut squash custard with bourbon pecans. All vegetables will be sourced locally and at their peak. We’ll discuss how to find and store the best vegetables, as well as tricks to bring out the best in every root and leaf. Students will share a light meal together to truly celebrate the bounty of the Berkshires. All participants will receive a free signed copy of Eating From the Ground Up. Berkshire Botanical Garden, Stockbridge, MA. (413) 298-3926. Drawing and Painting with Les Castellanos 9am-noon. $200/4 sessions. Woodstock School of Art, Woodstock. 679-2388.

Repair Cafe: Kingston 11am-3pm. Free repair of household items, plus Bike-Friendly Kingston’s bicycle clinic, also free (bring your bike by 2pm). Clinton Avenue United Methodist, Kingston. Repaircafehv.org. Repair Cafe: Rosendale 10am-2pm. Check out this very sociable “experiment in repair culture” complete with coffee, tea and home-baked treats. St. Peter’s Catholic Church, Rosendale. Repaircafehv.org. Seed Saving 10am-1pm. $35. A hands-on workshop to learn how to save seeds from your garden. Topics covered will be proper handling, collecting times, cleaning and storage. The primary focus will be native perennials and annuals. Participants will collect seeds from the grounds of BBG and be able to take some seeds home for next year’s garden. Berkshire Botanical Garden, Stockbridge, MA. (413) 298-3926. Writing Together in Open Space 3-5pm. Workshop led by Steve Clorfeine. Rosendale Public Library, Rosendale. 658-9013. Woven Beaded Rings 1-4:30pm. $90. Seed bead weaving is a wonderful way to add bold colors and graphic patterns to your craft knowledge repertoire. Workshop will cover how to create simple patterns in traditional flat weave peyote stitch, as well as finishing techniques and an overview of different types of suitable beads and supplies for the project. Tania will have an extensive palette of colors to play with during class. All needles, thread, and other supplies will be provided. Drop Forge & Tool, Hudson. (518) 545-4028.

SUNDAY 23 ART/ANTIQUES Carlsen Gallery Antique Auction 10:30am. Period furniture, paintings, silver, carpets, lamps, more. Carlsen Gallery, Freehold. (518) 634-2466. ArtWalk Kingston 12-5pm. Studio tours and performances across Kingston. Artsmidhudson.org.

COMEDY Lewis Black: Joke’s on US Tour 7pm. Mahawie Performing Arts Center, Great Barrington, MA. (413) 528-0100. Monthly Open Mike Night Fourth Sunday of every month, 7:30-10pm. This event is open to all genres/modalities/ talents. We have had singers, magicians, stand up comedians, poets, short story readings, guitarists, flutists, Native American storytellers, spoken word, and even a few dance performances. We are all about creating an enviting environment that allows the focus to be given to the performer in a casual, yet respectful environment. Hudson Valley Dance Depot, LaGrangeville. 204-9833.

FAIRS & FESTIVALS Harvest Festival 11am. 2018 marks the 20th Anniversary of the Harvest Festival, an annual event celebrating the bounty, talent and beauty of Sullivan County and surrounding areas. Held every Sunday in September, the festival features a farmers market, craft village, live performances, corn and hay mazes, pony rides and more. Each week offering new vendors, events, and talent sure to please the entire family. Bethel Woods Center for the Arts, Bethel. (866) 781-2922.

FILM An American in Paris 1-3:30pm. $21/$16 Gold Members. Directed and choreographed by Christopher Wheeldon, directed for the screen by Ross MacGibbon Starring: Robert Fairchild, Leanne Cope. This breathtakingly beautiful Broadway musical, inspired by the MGM film, tells the impassioned story of discovering love in the ‘City of Light’. Featuring the gorgeous music and lyrics of George and Ira Gershwin, stunning designs, and showstopping choreography. The Moviehouse, Millerton. (518) 789-0022.


HEALTH & WELLNESS Fusion Dance 10-11:30am. $35/$25 members. Come try this energetic dance class and learn steps like salsa, merengue, bachata and more. This workshop is for everyone, no experience necessary. Its creative uses traditional music of each culture. Arts Mid Hudson, Poughkeepsie. 454-3222.

LECTURES & TALKS Woodstock Talks: Coyote 5-6:30pm. $8. Gather to speak, shout, whisper or sing your stories and songs about coyotes - the actual and simultaneously archetypal creatures heard, but not much seen (though pervasive), among us. And also bring your coyote questions- “canis latrans” experts will abound at this gathering. There will be firstcome first-speak sign-up sheet and expect about five minutes of floor time (no reading from text please). Mountain View Studio, Woodstock. 679-0901.

LITERARY & BOOKS Book Launch: Life Along The Hudson: The Historic Country Estates of the Livingston Family 3pm. Talk and visual presentation, followed by a reception and book signing with the author Pieter Estersohn. Hudson Hall, Hudson. 5188221438. Fall Book Sale 9am. Town of Esopus Library, Port Ewen. 338-5580. Hudson Valley YA Society: Monica Hesse, Nova Ren Suma & Sara Farizan 4-6pm. Ages 12-adult. Hesse’s stunning new novel is a story of conviction, friendship, and betrayal. It’s 1944, and World War II is raging across Europe and the Pacific. In Suma’s new novel Bina has never forgotten the time she and her mother ran away from home. In Farizan’S new novel Bijan Majidi has flown under the radar for most of high school. He gets good grades, reads comics, hangs out with his best friend, Sean, and secretly crushes on Elle. Oblong Books & Music, Rhinebeck. 876-0500. Pieter Estersohn: Life Along The Hudson 3-4:30pm. Hudson Hall hosts the launch of award-winning photographer Pieter Esterson’s new book, Life Along the Hudson: The Historic Country Estates of the Livingston Family. The book launch is followed by a series of talks and tours of private Livingston estates throughout the fall. Hudson Hall, Hudson. (518) 822-1438.

MUSIC Alessandra Belloni & Steve Gorn 8pm. $10. Rosendale Cafe, Rosendale. 658-9048. Algiers 7:30pm. $15/$12 in advance. Backstage Studio Productions (BSP), Kingston. 481-5158. Beyond a Simple Folk Song 2pm. $10/$8 in advance. Cunneen-Hackett Arts Center, Poughkeepsie. 486-4571. Bluegrass Brunch: Too Blue noon. Daryl’s House Club, Pawling. 289-0185. Celtic Thunder 8pm. $39.50-$69.50. Palace Theater, Albany. (518) 465-3334. An Evening with Nils Lofgren Acoustic Duo 7-9pm. $40/$55/$65/$75. Nils Lofgren is a legendary, world renowned singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and recent Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee as a member of the E Street Band. Long known for his stellar live performances, featuring great improve guitar soloing on acoustic and electric in addition to his unique voice. Paramount Hudson Valley Theater, Peekskill. (914) 739-0039. The First National Band 8pm. $65-$215. The Monkees’ Michael Nesmith has revived his early ‘70s Southern rock band. Ridgefield Playhouse, Ridgefield, CT. (203) 438-5795. The Jayhawks 7pm. $38-$68. Americana. Tarrytown Music Hall, Tarrytown. (914) 631-3390.

Michael Sarian & The Chabones: LEÓN Album Release 8pm. World renowned Canadian/ Argentine jazz trumpter. The Falcon, Marlboro. 236-7970. Monthly Open Mike Night Fourth Sunday of every month, 7:309:30pm. Do you sing? Play an instrument? Write and read your own poetry? Dance? Sign up on arrival. Food is potluck-style. Bring a snack to share if you like. There’s always leftovers from the previous night’s party. Sound system includes a guitar, some music stands, and/or vocal amp, two microphones, and a weighted 88 Korg keyboard. Hudson Valley Dance Depot, LaGrangeville. 204-9833. Riot with Three 2-3:30pm. $20/$10 students. Dynamic classical trio “Riot With Three” (Alison Davy, soprano, Javier Oviedo, saxophone, and Gene Rohrer, piano) returns to BST for a third visit with an exciting and eclectic program of works by G.F. Handel, John Williams, Victor Kioulaphides, Sergei Rachmaninoff, Jules Massenet, Ralph Vaughan Williams, and Clarice Assad. Riot With Three is dedicated to creating a totally unique performance atmosphere through its vibrant performances and approachable, personable style. Bridge Street Theatre, Catskill. (518) 943-3818. T.J. Santiago & John Bendy 2pm. Acoustic. Basha Kill Vineyards, Wurtsboro. 888-5858. Uncommon Ground 11am. American roots bluegrass, blues, jazz, old-time music. The Falcon, Marlboro. 236-7970.

NIGHTLIFE Upstate Bear Jamboree $249. The Upstate Bear Jamboree is coming to Sprout Creek Farm this September 22 & 23rd! Now’s your chance to gather your friends and head upstate for the ultimate harvest season weekend away with the guys. Sprout Creek Farm, Poughkeepsie. Biggayhudsonvalley.com/ adventures/upstate-bear-jamboree/.

OUTDOORS & RECREATION D&H Canal High Falls Flea Market 9am-4pm. Grady Park, High Falls. 810-0471. Garden Conservancy Open Days Program Tour: Ulster County 10am-4pm. $7 per garden/children 12 & under free. Explore four private gardens in Accord, Olivebridge, and Stone Ridge, open for self-guided tours to benefit the Garden Conservancy. Highlights include a Buddha garden with a teahouse, organic farms with vegetables, herbs, and flowers, woodland gardens, and a young botanical/ arboretum of Hudson Valley plant diversity. Begin at Hollengold Farm or see website for additional locations. No reservations required; rain or shine. Hollengold Farm, Accord. (888) 842-2442. Go Flower Go Workshop 10am-4pm. $10. An informative wildflower walk, exploring a different ecosystem on the Byrdcliffe campus, focusing on genera in bloom. With Kris Garnier. Suggested materials to bring: 10x hand loupe, collection notebook, pen or pencil, shoulder bag or backpack, insect repellent, brimmed hat, sun protection, sensible shoes, and water. Cameras welcome. Byrdcliffe Kleinert/James Center for the Arts, Woodstock. 679-2079. Hope on the Hudson 4-8pm. $175/$325 couple/$1300 table of 8. Pilot gala. Featuring awards, film and auction. Honoring Jon Bowermaster. Hudson River Maritime Museum, Kingston. 265-8080. Sunrise Stroll 6:30am. Join your fellow early risers to celebrate the first Sunday of Spring and Fall with a Sunrise Stroll on the Walkway. Enjoy the sunrise and Walkway’s spectacular views of the Hudson River Valley. Walkway Over the Hudson, Poughkeepsie. 454-9649.

Hudson Valley Garlic Festival You don’t have to be Italian to love this stinky allium. Pushing 30, this legendary local festival pays homage to garlic in all its forms—pickled, preserved, fresh, fried, dried, blanched, braided—you name it. Since its inception in 1989, the Hudson Valley Garlic Festival has grown and grown and now draws over 50,000 enthusiasts every year to Cantine Field in Saugerties. Pick from rare varieties of garlic for cooking or planting, and sample surprising delicacies like black garlic ghee, lemon-ginger-garlic elixirs, and even garlic chocolate chip cookies. Along with over 100 garlic peddlers, there will be craft vendors, hot food booths, live music, dancing, and a kids corner. To brush up on your nomenclature beforehand, head to the festival’s website. The 2018 Garlic Festival will take place at Cantine Field in Saugerties on September 29 and 30, rain or shine. Daily admission is $10 (cash only). Hvgf.com

Unusual Edibles: Treasures for Garden and Table 1-3pm. $35/$30 Garden Conservancy members. Allyson Levy and Scott Serrano are botanical artists who moved to the Catskill Mountains about twenty years ago, who now garden all year long at Hortus Conclusus, their accredited botanical garden and arboretum. Trialing plants from around the globe, their goal is to create a “living textbook” of plant life, particularly edibles, that can be grown in New York’s Hudson Valley. Prepare to get inspired (and hungry) during this walking tour, while Allyson and Scott share practical tips for surrounding your home and gracing your table with rare and beautiful fruits, nuts, and vegetables. Hortus Conclusus, Stone Ridge. (888) 842-2442. Walk This Way: Construct’s 30th Annual Walk 12:30pm. 4-mile to support Construct’s mission of providing housing for all residents. Ski Butternut, Great Barrington, MA. (413) 528-2000.

Latch Hook Rug Making 1-3:30pm. $70. Explore both traditional and out of the box applications of this often overlooked handcraft. In this workshop with artist Becca Van K, students will learn a simple rug making technique using a latch hook and mesh canvas, and then focus on the creative possibilities- color, composition, shape and texture. All materials will be provided, including a wide array of colored yarns. Students are welcome to bring yarn from their stash. Drop Forge & Tool, Hudson. (518) 545-4028. Silk Screen Workshop 10am. A day-long workshop offering experience-based, hands-on learning and take home work of your own - Inspired by the innovative ways Pater Max used printing to create his original art. Bethel Woods Center for the Arts, Bethel. (866) 781-2922.

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BUSINESS & NETWORKING

PuppyUp! New Paltz Dog Walk 10am-3pm. $25/$20 in advance. Join us for the 5th Annual PuppyUp! fun dog walk. A fundraiser for PuppyUp! Foundation. Join us for a fun, non-strenuous, 2 mile walk, through our vineyards, to promote awareness of canine cancer and fundraise for cancer research to benefit both pets and people. We will have vendors, demonstrations, raffles, and a great expanded K9 demonstration by the NYS Troopers. We will have a pet adoption with the Ulster County SPCA, where you can go home with your new best friend. If you don’t have a dog, come walk for the cause, or in remembrance of a pet or someone. Adair VIneyards, New Paltz. 691-9584.

Alternative Lending Your Access to Capital 6-8pm. A panel discussion of resources to finance your small business. Representatives from different leading agencies will be available to describe the opportunities for you to obtain funding to start your business. Afterwards, meet and speak with the panelists. Think Dutchess Alliance for Business, Poughkeepsie. 363-6432.

THEATER The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie 8pm. Center for Performing Arts, Rhinebeck. 876-3080.

WORKSHOPS & CLASSES Cider Making 101 12-2:30pm. $45. New England is one of the finest cider making regions in the world. Join the team behind Beerology, and delve into the history of cider making. Taste sweet and hard ciders, and learn everything you need to know to make your own hard cider. Berkshire Botanical Garden, Stockbridge, MA. (413) 298-3926.

HEALTH & WELLNESS Congestive Heart Failure Support Group for Patients and Caregivers Last Monday of every month, 12-1pm. At each meeting, participants will learn how to optimally manage this disease and improve their quality of life through educational, social and emotional support. Participants will have also the opportunity to hear from guest speakers, engage in question and answer forums, and connect with others living with congestive heart failure. VBMC Center for Cardiac Rehab, Poughkeepsie. 471-4643.

LITERARY & BOOKS Sara Farizan, Author of Here To Stay 6:30pm. The Golden Notebook, Woodstock. 679-8000.

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TUESDAY 25 HEALTH & WELLNESS

Jamie Saft’s New Zion Trio 8pm. Dub, trance, roots reggae & spiritual jazz. The Falcon, Marlboro. 236-7970.

Zumba with Maritza 5:30-6:30pm. $5. Safe Harbors Lobby at the Ritz, Newburgh. 913-6085.

Poet Gold’s POELODIES 7pm. The Falcon Underground, Marlboro. 236-7970.

MUSIC

WORKSHOPS & CLASSES

Park Jiha 7:30pm. EMPAC at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy. (518) 276-3921.

NIGHTLIFE The Art Effect Presents: Art After Dark 5:30-8:30pm. $125. This will be a gala like no other, held in the fall. Enjoy site-specific immersive arts experiences, culinary delights, and cocktails with an artistic twist. Henry A. Wallace Visitor Center, Hyde Park. 471-7477.

WORKSHOPS & CLASSES Arts Mid Hudson Grants and Funding Information Sessions 2-4pm. Pine Hill Community Center, Pine Hill. 254-5469.

WEDNESDAY 26

Floral Design 101 6-8pm. $75. In this two-hour workshop, you’ll create your own stunning floral centerpiece, learn how to make a vase out of any vessel you love, gain skills on structuring an arrangement for stability, discuss concepts of composition, and find ways to source flowers and keep them looking fresh. You’ll also get a list of flowers as they grow by season, and if time permits we’ll learn how to make a handtied bouquet, perfect for a gift. Drop Forge & Tool, Hudson. (518) 545-4028. Garrison Institute Writer’s Circle 6-8pm. We meet monthly for a collaborative writing workshop that includes time for meditation, reflection, writing, and sharing. All writers are welcome to attend this free, ongoing program. Garrison Institute, Garrison. 424-4800.

DANCE Tango at Mohonk 6:30-9:30pm. $15. Focus on connection, sensitivity to partner and surroundings, improvisation, and non-verbal communication. No partner required. Mohonk Preserve, New Paltz. 256-0114.

THURSDAY 27 COMEDY

Rebel Without A Cause 7pm. $12.50. Ridgefield Playhouse, Ridgefield, CT. (203) 438-5795.

Lewis Black: The Joke’s on US Tour 8-10pm. $70-$100. Known as the king of the rant, Lewis Black uses his trademark style of comedic yelling and animated finger-pointing to skewer anything and anyone that gets under his skin. Paramount Hudson Valley Theater, Peekskill. (914) 739-0039.

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FILM

Brain Games 7pm. There will be puzzles, Sudoku, word searches, Scrabble, and more to test our brains while having fun. Town of Esopus Library, Port Ewen. 338-5580.

LECTURES & TALKS Land and People of the Arctic: An Illustrated Presentation with Joseph Meehan-Expedition Photographer 7-8:30pm. During the last decade, Joseph Meehan served as expedition and documentary photographer for a groundbreaking study by Dr. Martin Nweeia concerning the extraordinary tusk of the Arctic Narwhal. For centuries, myths and misconceptions have surrounded the purpose of its unique structure. Meehan will take us on a visual journey through stunning landscapes of the High Canadian Arctic and Greenland. The presentation includes candid portraits of Inuit hunters whose knowledge reflects generations of survival in the north. Rosendale Recreation Center, Rosendale. 658-9013.

LITERARY & BOOKS Amitava Kumar: Immigrant, Montana: A Novel 6-8pm. After his widely praised Lunch with a Bigot, Amitava Kumar now gives us a remarkable novel-reminiscent of Teju Cole, W. G. Sebald, John Berger-about a young new immigrant to the United States in search of love: across dividing lines between cultures, between sexes, and between the particular desires of one man and the women he comes to love. The young man is Kailash, from India. His new American friends call him Kalashnikov, AK-47, AK. He takes it all in his stride: he wants to fit in--and more than that, to shine. Oblong Books & Music, Rhinebeck. 876-0500.

MUSIC Chris Trapper 7pm. $15-$20. Daryl’s House Club, Pawling. 289-0185. CHRONOGRAM.COM These listings do not include weekly recurring events, such as classes that take place every Wednesday, for example. Visit Chronogram.com for events updated daily, recurring weekly events, and staff recommendations. You can also upload events directly to our Events database at Chronogram.com/submitevent.

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The Highland High School 50 Piece Concert Band 7pm. Featuring Professor Louie & The Crowmatix. Highland High School, Highland. 691-1020. Jazz Guitarist Pat Metheny 8pm. $87.50. Ridgefield Playhouse, Ridgefield, CT. (203) 438-5795. The Naturals Band 7pm. Acoustic. Pamela’s on the Hudson, Newburgh. 562-4505. Tribal Harmony: Mamalama & Andes Manta 7pm. The Falcon, Marlboro. 236-7970.

OUTDOORS & RECREATION History Cruise 6-7pm. $50/$40 HRMM members. Twohour cruise aboard the Rip Van Winkle which will focus on historic houses and architecture of the Mid-Hudson Valley. Speakers will discuss the great mansions, monasteries, and other Hudson Riverrelated structures. Talks will be 15-20 minutes with time for Q&A and socializing. Light refreshments included and a cash bar. Hudson River Maritime Museum, Kingston. 265-8080.

THEATER Grant and Twain 8pm. New play by Elizabeth Digg PS21: Performance Spaces for the 21st Century, Chatham. (518) 392-6121.

WORKSHOPS & CLASSES Conversations on Color 9am-5pm. $550. Through Sept. 29. Led by Lisa Pressman and Richard Frumess. The Gallery at R&F, Kingston. 331-3112. Drawing Better: Vince Natale 9am-noon. $160/4 sessions. Woodstock School of Art, Woodstock. 679-2388.

Disney Junior Dance Party on Tour 6pm. $37.50-$62.50/$164.50+ VIP. An interactive live concert experience. Sing along to Disney Junior’s greatest hits with your favorite characters: Mickey and the Roadster Racers, Sofia The First, Puppy Dog Pals, Elena of Avalor, Doc McStuffins, Vampirina, The Lion Guard, Muppet Babies and more! Kids of all ages and their families are invited to get up and dance, play games and join the biggest dance party around. Mid-Hudson Civic Center, Poughkeepsie. 454-5800 ext. 1207.

Drawing, Painting and Composition with Eric Angeloch 1-4pm. $160/4 sessions. Woodstock School of Art, Woodstock. 679-2388.

Towne Crier Dance Jam 7-10pm. $10. Get On Up, Get On Down! at the Towne Crier Dance Jam. Enjoy a vibrant mix of musical styles played by DJs Rhoda and Al- R&B, Latin, soul, funk, rock, disco, reggae and more. Song requests welcome. All are welcome– singles, couples, friends, newcomers. Dining, fine desserts and a full cash bar are available. Towne Crier Cafe, Beacon. 765-0667.

FRIDAY 28

FILM NT Live: King Lear by William Shakespeare 6-9:45pm. $21/$16 Gold Members. Broadcast live from London’s West End, see Ian McKellen’s Independent Chichester Festival Theatre’s production. Jonathan Munby directs this contemporary retelling of Shakespeare’s tender, violent, moving and shocking play. The Moviehouse, Millerton. (518-) 89-0022.

MUSIC 1964: The Tribute 7:30pm. $29/$34. Troy Savings Bank Music Hall, Troy. (518) 273-8945. Amy Helm 8pm. $25/$30/$35. Cohoes Music Hall, Cohoes. (800) 745-3000.

Lifetime of Work 2-3pm. Artist Sydney Cash leads another gathering for artists about Archiving and Estate Planning. If you want to learn about, or need support about, or just want to complain about, Archiving and Estate Planning, this meeting is for you. Arts Mid Hudson, Poughkeepsie. 454-3222.

ART Haitian Art Auction & Sale 92/8-9/30. 18th annual sale to support Haiti. Vassar College, Poughkeepsie. Thehaitiproject.org.

FILM Movie Night In The Barn 7:30-9:30pm. Join us for a different movie screened under the stars. Westwind Organic Orchard, Accord. Westwindorchard.com/events/.

FOOD & WINE Taste NY at Todd Hill Outdoor Farmer’s Market 2-6pm. Enjoy authentic NY made products from local vendors. Taste NY at Todd Hill, Poughkeepsie. 849-0247.

HEALTH & WELLNESS Foundation Retreat Weekend-long retreat. Dharma Drum Retreat Center, Pine Bush. 744-8114.

MUSIC Back to the 80s Show with Jesse’s Girl 8pm. $35-$50. Daryl’s House Club, Pawling. 289-0185.

Back to the 80s Show with Jesse’s Girl 8pm. $35-$50. Daryl’s House Club, Pawling. 289-0185.

Ian Flanigan & Scot Moore 8pm. Neo-Americana voice with violin. The Falcon Underground, Marlboro. 236-7970.

Devon Allman Project 8pm. Blues. Club Helsinki, Hudson. (518) 828-4800.

The Stevie Wonder Project 3pm. Motown/R&B. BeanRunner Café, Peekskill. (914) 737-1701.

The High Kings 7:30pm. $34.50. Ireland’s Folk Band of the year, The High Kings perform traditional and original Celtic music, showcasing their incredible versatility and skills as multi-instrumentalists. The Egg, Albany. (518) 473-1061.

OPEN HOUSES/PARTIES/BENEFITS Cruise for a Cause 5:30-8pm. $50. Enjoy a night on the river with food, music, cash bar, raffles and more. All profits from the event go towards helping provide normative childhood experiences. Funds will offer

opportunities such as summer camps, after school programs, music lessons, dance lessons, participation in sports and more, for children in therapeutic foster care. KidsPeace serves therapeutic foster children throughout the Hudson Valley including Ulster, Dutchess, Columbia, West Chester and Sullivan Counties. Hudson River Cruises, Kingston. 331-1815.

OUTDOORS & RECREATION The Garden Hour Fourth Friday of every month, 4:30-5:30pm. Calling all Gardenteers! Help us maintain the Tivoli Library’s garden plot. We will have some tools on hand. Come hang out and garden with us. Meet at: Memorial Park, Katherine Lane. Make sure you dress appropriately, stay hydrated, and cover up for the sun. Tivoli Free Library, Tivoli. 757-3771.

THEATER Grant and Twain 8pm. New play by Elizabeth Digg PS21: Performance Spaces for the 21st Century, Chatham. (518) 3926121.

SATURDAY 29 ART Haitian Art Auction & Sale 92/8-9/30. 18th annual sale to support Haiti. Vassar College, Poughkeepsie. Thehaitiproject.org.

DANCE Maureen Fleming: Wildflowers Encounter (Casadh) 7:30pm. $30/$10 students and children. ‘Wildflowers Encounter (Casadh)’, is a sensuous celebration of the feminine archetype, inspired by the lush symbolism of Irish poet William Butler Yeats. Kaatsbaan International Dance Center, Tivoli. 757-5106 ext. 2 or 10.

FAIRS & FESTIVALS In the MKNG- The Creativity Festival 10am. In the MKNG is a festival celebrating creativity, imagination and inspiration. It’s a gathering of people who love to DIY, create and craft. A hands-on, familyfriendly experience for anyone looking to have some creative fun. The event includes exciting live demonstrations, interactive activities, charity involvement, craft vendors, food and music. Bethel Woods Center for the Arts, Bethel. (866) 781-2922. 62nd Elting Memorial Library Fair 9am-4pm. Over 10,000 books for sale, along with jewelry, crafts, toys, kids games, plants, and flea market. Lots of food and live music all day long on Saturday. Super Raffle with over 100 prizes. Early-bird book sale on Saturday from 8am to 9am only, $10 donation per person. The book sale alone continues on Sunday. Elting Memorial Library, New Paltz. 255-5030.

HEALTH & WELLNESS Sanctuary in Turbulent Times: A Courage & Renewal® Retreat 9:30am-5:30pm. $73-$98. This retreat, based on the work of Parker J. Palmer and the Center for Courage & Renewal, offers time and place for meaningful dialogues with self and each other, for deeply listening and being listened to. The Circle of Trust® approach, described in Palmer’s book A Hidden Wholeness, focuses on cultivating our inner capacity to live a more authentic, meaningful, and engaged life in which we express the core values and wisdom that affect our relationships and our work. Most of this retreat will be at Innisfree Garden; beginning and end will be in a private location. Innisfree Garden, Millbrook. 677-3463.

LECTURES & TALKS Dollarland Panel Discussion with Richard Kroehling & Lisa Rinzler 4pm. $12/$8 members and students. Panel discussion on the month-long installation of Dollarland, in WAAM Phoebe and Belmont Towbin Wing, a state-of-the-art installation of video, sound and projection mapping to create an imaginary American City caught between the past, present and future. Woodstock Artists Association and Museum, Woodstock. 679-2940.


LITERARY & BOOKS Daniel Nester, Mike Faloon, and Jasmine Dreame Wagner 7-10pm. Join authors Daniel Nester, Mike Faloon, and Jasmine Dreame Wagner for a night of music themed readings. The Spotty Dog Books & Ale, Hudson. (518) 671-6006. Pieter Estersohn: Life Along the Hudson: The Historic Country Estates of the Livingston Family 4-6pm. Visit the author’s own exquisitely restored Greek Revival home in Red Hook to hear first-hand about his passion project and photographic journey.This gorgeous oversized tome features thirty-six sublime country homes, many overlooking the Hudson River, and includes a foreword by John Winthrop Aldrich. This scenic stretch of estates along the Hudson offers some of the finest examples of American architecture and landscape design. The edition’s thirty-five featured homes were designed in a range of styles by notable architects Stanford White, A. J. Davis, Calvert Vaux, Warren and Wetmore, and more. Oblong Books & Music, Rhinebeck. 876-0500.

MUSIC Acoustic Duo The Weepies 8pm. Troy Savings Bank Music Hall, Troy. (518) 273-8945. Acoustic Hot Tuna 8pm. $30-$85. Hot Tuna owes its wellhoned sound to legendary blues-rock artists Jorma Kaukonen (guitar) and Jack Casady (bass), and their decades of performing, mutual inspiration, and lifelong friendship. Fusing a variety of rock styles, free rhythmic techniques, and a collected timbre of instruments is what has identified this band over their 40+ years of playing. Caramoor Center for Music and the Arts, Katonah. (914) 232-1252. Angel Olsen with Julianna Barwick 8pm. MASS MoCA, North Adams, MA. (413) 662-2111. Blues Brunch with Erin Harper and the Delta Swingers noon. Daryl’s House Club, Pawling. 289-0185. An Evening of Wine & Song 6-8pm. $20 taster/$15 non-taster. Enjoy an evening of Wine & Song with with operatic baritone Jonathan Mildner. Whether you are new to classical music or have every Schumann committed to memory, come and relax with a tasting as opera singer Jonathan Mildner weaves music with wine. Sit back with a sip of Mozart or immerse yourself in a tall glass of Debussy as we explore the stories and scandals of the Vineyards’ varietals. There will be something for everyone as we follow these ancient arts out of Europe and into the Hudson Valley. Adair VIneyards, New Paltz. 255-1377. Malcolm Cecil & Garfield Moore 7pm. Go Bach: Classic compositions with rock harmonies. Columbia-Greene Community College. Hudson. $15/$10. (518) 828-4181. The Judith Tulloch Band 6:30pm. Singer/songwriter. Rustic Wheelhouse, Chester. 610-5266. Kyle Carey 8pm. $15. Unique fusion of ‘Gaelic Americana’ music includes influences of the American Folk Anthology and the traditional music of Cape Breton, Ireland and Scotland. Rosendale Cafe, Rosendale. 658-9048. Leaf Peeper Concert: The Neave Piano Trio 5pm. St. James Place, Great Barrington, MA. (413) 528-1996. Matt Lavelle & the 12 Houses Orchestra 8pm. $30/$25 in advance. Jazz. Atlas Studios, Newburgh. 391-8855. Music From Hurley Mountain 8:30pm. Fundraiser for The Hurley Heritage Society - Hurley Museum featuring Professor Louie & The Crowmatix. Hurley Reformed Church, Hurley. 331-4121. Angel Olsen + Julianna Barwick 8pm. MASS MoCA, North Adams, MA. (413) 662-2111. Over the Rhine 8pm. $29.50. The Egg, Albany. (518) 473-1061.

Porchfest 11:30am-5:30pm. Over 100 musicians set to perform on historic porches in the village of Rhinebeck. Food and merchandise vendors will be available. Village of Rhinebeck, Rhinebeck. Rbkporchfest.com. Steven Page Trio with Special Guest Wesley Stace 8pm. $20-$30. Daryl’s House Club, Pawling. 289-0185.

OPEN HOUSES/PARTIES/BENEFITS CPW’S 40th Annual Award & Benefit Auction For the Center for Photography Woodstock. Aaron Rezny Studio at 76 Prince Street Studios LLC, Kingston. Rezny.com/.

OUTDOORS & RECREATION Goldenrod and Asters Field Study 2-4pm. $95/$85 members. The morning discussion will include a presentation of many of Berkshire County’s asters and goldenrods, focusing on their identification features and discussing their characteristic habitats. In the afternoon, we’ll explore nearby natural areas to observe and identify the asters and goldenrods growing in meadows, woodlands, and wetlands. A hand lens is recommended. We will travel by BBG’s passenger van. Please dress for weather and bring a bagged lunch. Berkshire Botanical Garden, Stockbridge, MA. (413) 298-3926.

THEATER Grant and Twain 2 & 8pm. New play by Elizabeth Digg PS21: Performance Spaces for the 21st Century, Chatham. (518) 392-6121. Heroines 7-9pm. $12. Opioid addiction is laid bare in the Cornerstone Theatre Arts world premiere of Heroins, by Brian C. Petti. The Goshen Music Hall, Goshen. 294-4188.

WORKSHOPS & CLASSES Drawing and Painting with Les Castellanos 9am-noon. $200/4 sessions. Woodstock School of Art, Woodstock. 679-2388. Repair Cafe: Catskills 10am-2pm. Repairing portable appliances and mending clothes for free. Hosted by Transition Catskills. Roxbury Arts Center, Roxbury. Transitioncatskills.org. Repair Cafe: New Paltz 10am-2pm. Bring a beloved but broken item to be repaired for free by experts who are also your neighbors. New Paltz United Methodist Church, New Paltz. Repaircafehv.org.

SUNDAY 30 ART Haitian Art Auction & Sale 92/8-9/30. 18th annual sale to support Haiti. Vassar College, Poughkeepsie. Thehaitiproject.org.

FAIRS & FESTIVALS In the MKNG- The Creativity Festival 10am. In the MKNG is a festival celebrating creativity, imagination and inspiration. It’s a gathering of people who love to DIY, create and craft. A hands-on, family-friendly experience for anyone looking to have some creative fun. The event includes exciting live demonstrations, interactive activities, charity involvement, craft vendors, food and music. Bethel Woods Center for the Arts, Bethel. (866) 781-2922. 2nd Annual Skywalk Festival 11am-4pm. Explore Olana’s activities and Thomas Cole’s home and studio during their Community Day and trek between the two high above the Hudson on the pedestrian path of the Rip Van Winkle Bridge. The NYS Bridge Authority and the Rip Van Winkle Bridge is celebrating an initiative to transform the Bridge with viewing platforms of the stunning Hudson River Valley and connect pedestrian pathways between The Thomas Cole National Historic Site in Catskill and Olana State Historic Site in Greenport. Olana State Historic Site, Hudson. (518) 828-1872.

In the MKNG Calling all knitters, jewelry makers, woodworkers, macramé artists, potters, felters, and the creative at heart. In the MKNG, a brand new “creativity festival,” will be held at Bethel Woods on September 29-30. The two-day fair centers on the art of producing and merchandising handcrafted items, championing the new era of autodidact crafters, marching united under the fluttering banner of DIY. Open to adults and kids of all ages, In the MKNG is set to host upward of 10,000 attendees, 150 makers and vendors, live demonstrations, workshops, interactive activities, food, and, in a loving nod to the ’69 Woodstock festival, live music (Sister Hazel headlines). In the MKNG takes place September 29-30. One-day admission is $10 for children ages 2-17, $15 for adults, and $40 for a family of four. Inthemkng.com.

62nd Elting Memorial Library Fair 10am-3pm. Over 10,000 books for sale, along with jewelry, crafts, toys, kids games, plants, and flea market. Lots of food and live music all day long on Saturday. Super Raffle with over 100 prizes. Early-bird book sale on Saturday from 8am to 9am only, $10 donation per person. The book sale alone continues on Sunday. Elting Memorial Library, New Paltz. 255-5030. Harvest Festival 11am. 2018 marks the 20th Anniversary of the Harvest Festival, an annual event celebrating the bounty, talent and beauty of Sullivan County and surrounding areas. Held every Sunday in September, the festival features a farmers market, craft village, live performances, corn and hay mazes, pony rides and more. Each week offering new vendors, events, and talent sure to please the entire family. Bethel Woods Center for the Arts, Bethel. (866) 781-2922.

FOOD & WINE 11th Annual Taste of Newburgh 12:30-2:30pm. $30/$25 in advance. Presented by the Greater Newburgh Rotary. For the 1st time, it will be held under the tent on Guzman Lawn of Mt. Saint Mary College. The event samples 25 of the leading area restaurants and food suppliers, backed by live jazz. Mount Saint Mary College, Newburgh. 561-1706. Poughkeepsie Farm Project’s Soupa-Bowl Event 12-1:30 & 2-3:30pm. $35/$10 for children 5-12, lunch only. Join the Poughkeepsie Farm Project for a day of great food, community, and art. Ticket-goers are treated to various bowls of soups, bread, beverages, and desserts. Participants can also enjoy music stylings from The Roundabout Ramblers, a craft table for kids, raffle opportunities, and receive a handmade bowl from artisans at Poughkeepsie’s own Art Centro. All proceeds benefit our charitable and educational programs. Vassar Alumnae House, Poughkeepsie. 516-1100.

MUSIC David Bixler Quintet 8pm. Best of jazz traditions in new directions. The Falcon, Marlboro. 236-7970. Hot Tuna 8pm. Blues. Bethel Woods Center for the Arts, Bethel. (866)781-2922.

Hudson Valley Bluegrass Express 1pm. Hurd’s Family Farm, Modena. 883-7825. In the Mkng- The Creativity Festival 10am. In the MKNG is a festival celebrating creativity, imagination and inspiration. It’s a gathering of people who love to DIY, create and craft. A hands-on, family-friendly experience for anyone looking to have some creative fun. The event includes exciting live demonstrations, interactive activities, charity involvement, craft vendors, food and music. Bethel Woods Center for the Arts, Bethel. 866-781-2922. Mutlu 7pm. $15-$20. Daryl’s House Club, Pawling. 289-0185. Saints of Swing 11am. The Falcon, Marlboro. 236-7970.

OPEN HOUSES/PARTIES/BENEFITS 24th annual CFHV Garden Party 3-6pm. $150. The Community Foundations of the Hudson Valley are having their 24th annual Garden Party that honors Floyd Lattin & Ward Mintz, Lou & Candace Lewis, and Claudio & Jean* Marzollo. (*Posthumously). This event raises funds for grants that go directly to nonprofit groups in Dutchess, Putnam and Ulster counties. Bontecou Farm, New Paltz. 452-3077.

OUTDOORS & RECREATION D&H Canal High Falls Flea Market 9am-4pm. Grady Park, High Falls. 810-0471. Stockade National Historic District Walking Tour Last Sunday of every month, 1pm. $10/$5 under age 16/members free. Ulster County Visitors Center, Kingston.

THEATER Grant and Twain 2pm. New play by Elizabeth Digg PS21: Performance Spaces for the 21st Century, Chatham. (518) 392-6121. Heroines 2-4pm. $12. Opioid addiction is laid bare in the Cornerstone Theatre Arts world premiere of Heroins, by Brian C. Petti. The Goshen Music Hall, Goshen. 294-4188.

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Horoscopes By Lorelai Kude

HOPE AND HEALING ON THE HORIZON! When life has been hitting you over the head with a 2x4, it feels so good when the beatings stop! August’s rough retrograde ride gives way to graduated relief in September as Saturn and later Pluto station direct in Capricorn, and Mars’s capricious retrograde becomes just an object in the rearview mirror, receding from view and memory as he speeds direct in Aquarius after September 10. The sense of load-lightening even extends to September’s portion of the upcoming transit of Venus through Scorpio. The pleasure planet hurls through sexually powerful Scorpio beginning September 9, and (including a retrograde period October 5–November 16 with a dip back into Libra October 31–December 1) continues through early January of 2019. “Superficial” romance? Not a chance. Venus in Scorpio goes where no Venus dares to go before, or after. The deepest depths and the highest heights are Scorpio’s territory. Candy and flowers be damned—Scorpio settles for nothing less than heart’s blood. If you’ve been ambivalent about a love or lukewarm with your former passion, Venus in Scorpio will test your last measure of devotion to determine whether it is eternal or merely temporal. The new Moon in Virgo joins Mercury in his home sign on September 9, prompting confession, soul cleansing, and recalibrating direction. Those Peter Pans who flee to Neverland hoping to escape responsibility miss the most profound challenge of all: staying forever young while reaping the rewards of the maturation process. The autumnal equinox on September 22 in diplomatic, graceful Libra turns the seasonal tide in the direction of hope—watch it rise with the full harvest Moon in bold, brave Aries on September 24, pouring the healing light of renewed strength in weary hearts, encouraging childlike faith and rewarding adultlike courage.

ARIES (March 20–April 19)

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September begins with the square to your natal Sun by Mars, your ruling planet, in dutiful, diligent cardinal Earth Capricorn. The universe is conspiring to give you abundance—your lesson is to stay in one place long enough to accept this gift. Venus in Cardinal Air Libra through September 9 squares both Mars and your Sun, creating a T-square of fresh initiative in matters both public and private. Mercury in Leo the first week of the month supports courageous communication: Ask for a raise, a date, or your heart’s desire and see results by the full moon in Aries September 24.

TAURUS (April 19–May 20)

Taurus, you’ve been so patient! Uranus in the first few degrees of your home sign since mid-May has rocked your world with surprises and maybe even shocks, yet you’ve persevered. Now Uranus is moving retrograde through those same first few degrees, throwing you back into the same or similar energetic kerfuffle you’ve so steadfastly made your way through. It’s not really deja vu all over again, but it is the opportunity to rethink and revise some of your choices. Your ruling planet Venus in passionate, intense Scorpio opposite your Sun beginning September 10 powerfully stimulates desire. A “lost” love may soon be found.


Horoscopes GEMINI (May20–June 21)

Mercury, your ruling planet, will be in the “other” Mercury-ruled sign of Virgo from September 7–23. These are the best weeks of the year for you to access Virgo’s mutable Earth energies. You’re ready to manifest in the material world, and you need to build yourself a vessel big and strong enough to contain the dream you’re incubating. This transit brings discernment and the power to choose wisely. Mars direct in Aquarius after September 12 speeds your thoughts and actions into futuristic realms. September is your chance to dot all the i’s and cross all the t’s you missed in June.

CANCER (June 21–July 22)

Congratulate yourself! You’re gaining traction against threats of inertia September 1–10 with Saturn, Pluto, and Mars (finally direct!) in your solar opposite of Capricorn. You’ve slain this dragon before! In fact, your sword is still bloody from the battle that climaxed last month. Adrenaline is flowing, and momentum is yours as the positive choices you’ve fought to make start to yield perceivable results September 4–6. Take a victory lap by the full Moon in cardinal fire Aries on September 24; you’ll have something flowery and fragrant to show off by then, as the fruits of your heroic labor begin to blossom.

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Your ruling planet Mercury enters your home sign of Virgo on September 5. Please do pass “Go” and collect $200! With the Sun in Virgo through the evening of the 22 and the new Moon in Virgo on September 9, you feel aligned and alive, pleasingly productive, and (for once!) appreciated by your peers and colleagues. Moon in your solar opposite of Pisces September 22–23 joins dreamy Neptune and invites the abacus of your mind to cease its click-clacking as you tally your tasks. Say yes to a spontaneous excursion—preferably your favorite nook or cranny somewhere in the realm of Mother Nature.

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LIBRA (September 23–October 23)

Venus is in your home sign through September 9, Mercury is in Libra on the 21 followed by the autumnal equinox on the 22, heralding the Sun’s entry into Libra and making you more optimistic about the future than you’ve been all summer. Things haven’t been as pretty or pleasant as you’d prefer, and you’ve bravely worked on learning to face your own feet of clay as well as those of others. Your reward for this sometimes-distressing exertion is feeling like everything’s coming up roses, especially on the 24, when the big, bright harvest Moon in your solar opposite Aries illuminates the most beautiful parts of your heart.

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Horoscopes SCORPIO (October 23–November 21)

Venus enters your home sign on September 9, and not a moment too soon! You’ve patiently waited for that special grace and favor that occurs during Venus transits. You’ll find out what “Careful what you wish for” really means when Venus takes you on the cosmic version of Mr. Toad’s Wild Ride between now and the middle of December, jump-started by an opposition to retrograde Uranus in Taurus through September 15. Surprising wish fulfillment, shocking revelations of suppressed feelings, and tidal waves of emotional rebellion may hit you September 12–14. Jupiter in Scorpio’s expansive transformative power is your flotation device during the deluge.

SAGITTARIUS (November 22–December 22)

The first quarter Moon in Sagittarius on September 16 is great news for your nose, which has been relentlessly pressed to the grindstone for months. Say yes to any surprising offers of assistance or support this month, regardless of your fear of entanglements and obligations. The gift horse coming your way has all his teeth intact, and when your ship comes in later this year you’ll be able to recompense all debts, both personal and professional. You’ve worked so hard at working hard you barely recognize the new persistence muscles you’ve grown. The payoff will be spectacular when it finally arrives circa mid-November.

CAPRICORN December 22–January 20)

Mars has been camped out at the final degrees of Capricorn since August 12 and won’t be disembarking until September 10. That’s almost an entire month of the primal life force planet putting pressure on the “ultimate” degree of your cardinal Earth sign, where all the characteristics of Capricorn congregate like a herd of rowdy-and-randy mountain goats. You could conceive a child, start a land war, launch a spacecraft, or save the world when Saturn goes direct in your sign on September 6 and Pluto goes direct September 30 after both having been retrograde since mid-April—the Force is with you!

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Prepare to relive everything that happened from mid-May until now, when Mars goes Direct in your home sign on September 10, speeding back (in the right direction) along the well-trodden path between now and mid-November. You’re ready to apply hard-learned lessons as you face similar challenges and respond to them in new and improved ways. The bite you took out of the fruit of the Tree of Knowledge earlier this year was bitter to your mouth but sweet to your belly. Nasty as it may have tasted, it energized your Aquarian superpower: the humane, ethical, and idealistic application of knowledge.

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PISCES (February 19–March 20)

Mercury in your solar opposite Virgo, September 5–21, prompts discerning questions and discrete communication in matters of partnerships, both personal and professional. It’s time to decide if your associations are aligned with your highest good or just your easiest convenience. You may need to swim further upstream to find the right place to go with the flow. Moon-Neptune contacts between September 22–24 inspire altruism and you want to give everything away September 27–28, but preempt this impractical impulse by granting a Taurus, Virgo, or Capricorn friend temporary power of attorney over your resources. Surprisingly, September rewards your more conservative instincts.


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Parting Shot

A stone-carving student at the annual Hunter Stone Carving Seminar.

All it took was one close-up of a sculptor’s hands working a block of marble in the 1972 film Savage Messiah for Kevin VanHentenryck to drop out of the American Academy of Dramatic Arts and change career paths. “When I had saved up enough money, I bought three chisels and a hammer, found a rock on streets of Lower Manhattan, and got to work,” says VanHentenryck, a Woodstock resident. “The moment I touched steel to stone, I had an epiphany that this is what I was meant to do.” His devotion to the ancient artform never wavered (though he did take a brief pause to achieve what IMDB calls, “instant cult status as the engagingly guileless and nerdy Duane Bradley in Frank Henenlotter’s marvelously gory and sleazy low-budget horror splatter gem Basket Case”). For the past 44 years, VanHentenryck has sculpted for private commission and taught carving workshops to students of all ages. In 2007, he founded the Hunter Stone Carving Seminar, a free, two-week workshop where students learn the essential carving techniques on massive boulders in the town-designated Bluestones Park. “There are museum quality pieces that students have left behind,” VanHentenryck says. “When the stones are full, the idea was they would get placed throughout town of Hunter and we would bring new ones into site for the workshop.” This year, however, the seminar’s funding from the Greene County Arts Council was slashed by 75 percent. “I’m committed to keeping it free,” VanHentenryck says. “We have to find the way forward.” Facebook.com/HunterStoneCarvingSeminar. —Marie Doyon

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