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52 Shades of Blue Though he’s made a career behind the scenes, Barrie Blue reveals himself at home in his historic converted barn in High Falls.
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72 Conscious, Creative Curation: Warwick The towns and hamlets of Warwick Valley are fertile ground for enterprise and recreation.
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105 Music Album reviews of So in America by David Amram; Shine by Reisa Adato; the self-titled John Medeski’s Mad Skillet; and Dean Wareham vs. Cheval Sombre.
106 Poetry Poems by Cary Abrams, Eileen Bailey, Michael De Rosa, Tina Dybvik, David Lukas, John Macdonald, Abigail Povill, Jeffrey Seitz, JR Solonche, Samantha Spoto, Mariel Stein, T.S. Stevens, Michael Vahsen, Robert Wagner, Roger Whitson, and Vicki Wilson. Edited by Philip X Levine.
113 “The Elementary Spacetime Show” uses the light-hearted format of a musical comedy to tackle tough issues like teen suicide. 115 Secret City Art Revival sneaks back into town. 117 Phoenicia Festival of the Voice celebrates 10 years with African-themed programming. 120 A gallery guide for July. 123 Six live music shows to pencil in, from Lord Huron to Grey Fox Bluegrass Festival.
128 Parting Shot From his home in the Catskills, Argentine artist Martin Muñoz has collected over 20,000 books to build an English-language library in Mendoza.
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Next Time EVAN M. COHEN Digital illustration from the comic "Life," 2019
“I’ve always been the guy carrying a pocket full of pens and a sketchbook,” says illustrator Evan M. Cohen. “Old sketchbooks are markers of where I was or how I was thinking at that point.” Cohen got Photoshop at the green age of 13 and, by college, had taught himself the intricacies digital illustration through countless hours of toying and attending comic book festivals. Throughout his studio art major at Skidmore, where he learned hands-on printmaking techniques like wood relief, lithography, intaglio, and silk-screening and developed his visual aesthetic, he moonlighted as a graphic designer and comic illustrator. “It’s really hard to make money doing art if you’re not good at digital work, so that’s where I was headed after graduation,” Cohen says. “I didn’t have a studio; I didn’t have anything really, other than my computer and my tablet. So I started making digital art.” After a printmaking internship in the Midwest, he moved back east to Beacon on the recommendation of college friends. There, he hooked up with the folks behind Hudson Valley Brewery, and he’s been designing their iconic beer cans ever since. Cohen is also a prolific comic book artist. In 2018, he put out five 24page rhizograph publications, and he is currently working on his third of 2019. His subject matter explores the tenderness, heartache, elation, and resilience of the human condition. “The characters I draw throughout my comics are very simple, just enough for people to say, ‘Okay, that is human,’ Cohen says. “For me, the subject matter isn’t about who it is, it’s more about the feeling I’m trying to evoke.” Cosmic and natural motifs recur throughout Cohen’s work—stars, sun, moon, mountains, sky. Making use of universal symbols that translate across cultures and time, in the contained panels of Cohen’s comic strip, the celestial dissolves into the individual and vice versa. “I am very conscious of time and place with my work. There is nothing to elicit when it was written,” Cohen says. “I want it to feel timeless.” The short phrases headlining Cohen’s comics are succinct poetic prologues that caption the emotional wavelength of the illustration. “My own anxieties and stress and pressure and relationships and beauty—that is built into it no matter what,” Cohen says. “But I’m a director and an actor at the same time. I want to convey a message that may or may not be how I feel, so that it can be an offering to other people.” —Marie Doyon 12 CHRONOGRAM 7/19
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Nan-in, a Japanese master during the Meiji era (1868-1912) received a university professor who came to inquire about Zen. Nan-in served tea. He poured his visitor’s cup full, and then kept on pouring. The professor watched the overflow until he no longer could restrain himself. ‘It is overfull. No more will go in!’ “Like this cup,” Nan-in said. ‘You are full of your own opinions and speculations. How can I show you Zen unless you first empty your cup? —101 Zen Stories, compiled by Paul Repps Esteemed Reader of Our Magazine: Recently I was accused of being anti-Science [sic] and “an illiterate, medieval moron.” I took note of the capitalization because it indicated that science, in the accuser’s mind, is a kind of monolithic institution in which one is either a believer or an unbeliever. My question to him had triggered a reaction of such disproportionate force that I had been summarily anathematized. The accusation surprised me, because I have always thought of science as being free of dogma and instead focused on an earnest and unrelenting study of evidence and facts to get to the truth. I love science for this sensibility, though I also see that not all the manifestations of the work of what is called science, nor the people calling themselves scientists, embody it. I see science as a mode of inquiry and a set of principles for study and discovery. I love the Socratic method, which uses dialectical inquiry to delve ever-deeper into the nature of the world and reality. The classifications of taxonomic ranks show beautifully how everything living fits into the whole of life, like a Russian matryoshka doll. I love how the word science comes from the Latin scientia, meaning knowledge. Mostly, I love the motto attributed to the earliest scientists: Summa Scientia Nihil Scire, Latin, meaning “the height of knowledge is to know nothing.” The aphorism suggests that to be a scientist is to be empty of opinions and at the same time actively studying and testing new research into the nature of things. It is to be humble in the face of the unknown. We are living through a time of intense polarities. As in the case of my question making me “anti-science,” all the hues of nuance and shades of meaning get sucked into the corners. Issues are black and white, yes or no, for or against. The framing of everything as sets of contrived extremes becomes so bizarre that even the possibility of humor, let alone real knowledge, is lost. We are caught between the Scylla of belief and the Charybdis of disbelief. To inhabit this space of not-knowing is uncomfortable. Particularly in these uncertain and charged times when we crave some reliable worldview, to neither believe nor disbelieve is an excruciating state. It is in times like these that the scientific method can be so helpful. A key aspect is a capacity for impartiality, which is to say steadfast observation without expectation of results. When I am pulled this way and that by attractions and aversions, opinions and preferences, agreement and disagreement, it is as though I am lost at sea. How can I inhabit a space in myself that is able to observe and be impartial not only to the chaos around me but also to the chaos within me? I think a beginning point is to have the humility of a scientist who realizes their helplessness in the face of the unknown. Out of humility comes the vapor of a wish to understand, to really know what is true. Out of this wish, I can begin to formulate an aim, and an aim impelled by wish can have the force and guidance to hit the target. Impartiality is not disinterest, dissociation, or withdrawal. Impartiality has within it an intense commitment to stay engaged, to stay in relationship with others and with myself. At the same time, it has a quality of holding and an acceptance of whatever arises. In this way it means, as in the formulation attributed to Jesus, to be in the world, but not of the world. This applies as much to the contents of the inner life as the outer, including everything one thinks, does, suffers, and even says. The Sufis give us the image of the reed flute. We are invited to be the flute, tuned and empty, ready to be filled with the breath of an intelligence both within and beyond oneself. With this emptiness, we can be scientists of the visible and invisible; we can strive to understand the points of view of others, and through understanding others, we can first of all accept and finally love one another.
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n case you haven’t gotten his out-of-office email response or heard the “hot goss” around town, Brian K. Mahoney is taking the first sabbatical of his 23-year career at Chronogram. When I last saw the man, he was wearing a t-shirt with lederhosen printed on the front and smoking a cigar. I think he’s adjusting nicely. Plans include writing a book, getting an enviable tan, and camping. (His wife is also keeping him busy assembling a warren of Ikea furniture.) Brian and his curatorial prowess will return in late September. Brian tapped me, Marie Doyon, to hold down the fort in his absence. Hi everyone! (Fun fact: This is the first time in over two decades that the editor’s note for this magazine is being written by a woman!) I’ve worked at Luminary Media for the last two and a half years. Before that, I ran Country Wisdom News (now Livelihood) out the top floor of a print shop in Rosendale. And before that, well, I’m ashamed to admit, I was in college. In the lead-up to taking over for Brian, I began jokingly telling my late-20s, early-30s peers that this was my once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to Millennialize Chronogram. We shared knowing smiles and they wished me luck as they raised glasses of cheap rosé to my temporary promotion. But as the carbonation of the moment subsided, I was left with a lowkey anxiety. Could I deliver on my promise? What exactly had I meant? What did they think I meant? What even is a Millennial? (Well, for starters, this rapidly derailing train of thought is quintessentially Millennial, but more on that later.) Without a great war or a Great Depression to set us apart, there is even confusion about who should count as a Millenial, let alone characterizing the shared generational culture. Is it anyone born between Reagan and Dubya? Or between Madonna’s first and seventh albums? Before Y2K? Trusting that historians will resolve it later, I will lay that query to rest and move onto the question of characterization. Being born in 1990, I am, by everyone’s count, a bonafide card-carrying Millennial. There, I said it. You can throw down the magazine in disgust now if you’d like. But if you’re still with me, here are some of the things I know about my age group, which will hopefully give you a taste of who I am and what you can (and can’t) expect for the next few months.
Fanatical about dogs. Millennials love dogs to a baffling extent. People have always had dogs, but that was all it was. You see a 50-year-old guy on the street walking his dog and that’s exactly what he’s doing. Then he probably goes home, cracks a beer, flips on the TV, and doesn’t think about the dog again till it’s time to feed him dinner. Millennial dog rules are different. It’s more like a religion, for which the pamphlet would read like this: Bring your dog everywhere, even totally inappropriate places. Shamelessly spoil the hell of your dog and be endeared every time they act “naughty.” Melt into a puddle of baby talk and kisses whenever you see any dog in any place. My current theory is that Millennials get dogs to learn codependence—an essential skill for later life. I personally have a dog that I love a healthy, generationally atypical amount, so there probably won’t be a ton more canines in the mag, but check out our Insta, where I’ll be pulling for adoption of the hashtag #pupstate. (You’re welcome.)
Abbrev-crazed. So that Brian doesn’t have a heart attack before he is able to return from sabbatical in October, I am largely going to skip the Millennial affinity for abbreviations in print and stick to the good ol’ Chicago Manual of Style (CMOS for short). For a dose of light-hearted snark and quippy, rule-breaking content, sign up for our sexy lil’ newsletter, Eat. Play. Stay. Polished Aesthetic. I’m not sure if its a Cold War-era aesthetic, but where Gen Xers love a little grit, Millennials have been groomed by a steady, scrolling stream of perfect overhead shots. I am no exception to the rule, and love a perfectly polished image. Over the next few months, you can find me in closet-sized back office at Chronogram engaged in a prolonged battle with my Art Director over visuals. Rest assured, he is a bonafide Gen X-er and will stalwartly stem the tide of Instagram-worthy #foodporn I’ll be try sneaking in. Anxious as hell. A 2018 poll by the American Psychiatric Association (APA) found that Millennials were the most anxious generation, thanks to stressful factors like lower employment rates, larger student loan debts, and lower levels of home ownership. Also, as the first generation to be raised with internet and social media, we learned deep-rooted insecurity and the savage art of self-comparison from a tender, prepubescent age. (Don’t worry I’m fine. I only broke down twice during press week!)
Insane in the meme-brain. I remember learning in math class that a function has an input and an output; basically one variable depends on another according to a rule. Memes are (social) functions for a tech-obsessed generation. Turns out we’re really good at math, just not the kind that lets you tip without a calculator or save up to buy a house. As a longtime regional arbiter of culture, Chronogram is uniquely positioned to define the Hudson Valley meme space. Follow us on social as we intrepidly test the waters of upstatecentric memes.
Cause-driven. We care about racial justice. The environment. LGBTQ rights. Feminism. Reproductive rights. Immigrant rights. In the next few months, I’ll be angling to diversify our slate of contributors and up our coverage of regional social justice movements.
Lazy...Or not. I’ve heard and read countless variations of the accusation, “Millennials are lazy.” Time magazine called us “The Me Me Me Generation.” A March New York Post article stated that one in three Millennials leaves a new job within the first 90 days, voluntarily or not. While there are certainly lazy, self-absorbed assholes among us (like every family, every generation has them), I’d like to make a case in defense of my peers. I have plenty of friends that have successfully started their own businesses or climbed the corporate ladder. (Ahem, I started at Chronogram as a part-time graphic designer.) These are friends in nursing, politics, food reform, research, web design, social work—the scope of their callings is broad, but they all work their butts off. And they’ve left jobs over things like office culture, vacation policy, and benefits. I would argue that what is so often pegged as laziness is in fact the pursuit of a certain quality of life, and what gets labeled entitlement ia an unwillingness to compromise. We’re a generation that’s pushing for work-fromhome days, casual dress codes, an office snack bar, and paid family leave. We watched our parents burn out over “respectable” 40-year careers spent pushing papers while their souls slowly shriveled, and we don’t want that. It doesn’t mean that we aren’t willing to work. Trust me, we are. Or just keep reading Chronogram for the next four months and let me rock your world. 7/19 CHRONOGRAM 21
letters To the Editor: In “Development in the Spotlight: Beacon” [which ran in the May issue], the author frames his story with a timeline which happens to coincide with his arrival in town. This is human nature, but it leaves out a lot. He writes about “other forces [that] have been at work transforming Beacon.” Here he is referring to a number of large apartment and retail building projects around town, projects that “were drawn up and granted variances for height, parking, and other things years ago, when Beacon was still trying to attract developers and happy to let projects sail through with minimal attention. People are paying attention now.” The implication is clear, but not correct. People were paying attention before, too. Starting around the turn of the century, when citizens updated and revitalized the woefully outdated comprehensive plan, and then later that decade when a citizen’s group fought the MTA’s plan for a large development project at the waterfront train station (a project that was attempting to pass as TOD—transportation-oriented development, a favorite term of urban planners that has been co-opted by developers to include anything built near railroad tracks.) One of the arguments put forth in that fight came from Main Street business owners, who felt a big stand-alone development at the waterfront, along with the Dia museum, would keep many potential customers from ever coming up to Main Street. Their position was, we have an underutilized center of town, let’s concentrate on in-fill instead of developing the waterfront. So the current mayor, at the beginning of his first term, appointed a committee to rework both the central business zone and what is called the linkage zone, between Main Street and the waterfront, to bring these more in line with the two historic districts on either end of town—i.e., commercial space with residential above. Much of the new construction that people are now reacting to falls in one of these two zones. The current city planner was on the committee, and an urban planning consultant was hired, and several well-attended public forums were held to get community input on the work as it progressed. (Disclosure: I was a member both of Beacon Deserves Better, the citizens group that fought the MTA project, and on the rezoning committee.) But once the tangible threat had been thwarted for the time being (and I would say looking back, in the case of stopping the TOD, this had as much to do with the recession as any other factor) it is hard to keep people focused. Until the foundations start to get poured, lots of people don’t pay attention. And even then, it often needs to be front and center. For example, few said anything about the large development on Liberty Street, tucked away behind The Roundhouse. Zoning variances and the land sale that made that possible were the work of one of the developers cast as “good” in the article. But those new residents will be taxing the 100-yearold sewer pipes the author mentions just as much as the more visible projects around town. 22 CHRONOGRAM 7/19
Like our health care, food, and educational systems, the task of building has become industrialized and financialized. To try to see more clearly what is happening requires pulling back in time and space, well beyond the last few years, beyond our five-mile plot of earth bordered by the little mountain and the big river. Presenting the interrelated forces acting upon it as a simple morality play featuring speculative development (bad; out-of-towners) versus grassroots community improvement (good; special guest appearance by the spirit of Pete Seeger) might make for a nice opinion piece, but it doesn’t begin to explain how we got here. Or, now that the cake is more or less baked, how we begin to adapt to the change. Parking meters, anyone? Mark Roland, Beacon Dear Editor, Just a brief note to say I am very sorry for the loss of Larry Beinhart’s column. Although I don’t usually agree with his political views, I always turn to him first when I open your magazine. I respect his intellect and writing skill. (Love his rhyming.) I had read his first three novels before I ever saw his column. I actually got to shake his hand at a ski instructor clinic at Windham and found out my boss ski instructor has skied with him. (She said don’t try to keep up with him.) Perhaps he will have more time now to write some more books. I just looked him up on the internet and see there are a couple of more books I might be able to obtain. Hope there will be many more! Regards, Rod Swartz, New Paltz Jason Stern, I wonder what the concentration camp Jews would have thought about someone named Jason Stern instructing them to have “robust love” for their enemies—I wonder, too, had you existed at the time, if you would you have had the chutzpah to preach it to them? Had they been able to hear your robustness on this subject, would you be willing to declare in your magazine that countless lives could have been saved if they had only heeded your words and that the Nazis could have been “transformed” into humanitarians as a result? If only the captive Jews had cared enough to make “the effort to see and relate to the fundamental goodness” in each of the individuals manning the death camps and the gas chambers—individuals who committed unspeakable crimes only because their conscience was asleep and their clarity was obscured by rationale! Perhaps, Mr. Stern, it is your conscience that is asleep and your clarity that is being obscured by rationale! I take further issue with your statement that everyone believes they are doing good in their actions—that no one is intentionally evil, which must include folks like Jeffrey Dahmer, Charles Manson, Jim Jones, etc., etc. These criminals may
well have believed their actions were not evil, but someone on the receiving end of their “good” intentions may well have disagreed with such benign reckonings if they were fortunate enough to survive the malevolence of their ordeals! Fortunately, too, [or unfortunately according to your philosophy] the free world reacted on impulse, once again, in the 1940s by robustly attempting to kill the potentially wonderful bastards who had no regard for human life or human suffering. Even potentially wonderful Semitic Gods—Jehovah, Jesus, and Allahpreferred that their enemies be killed, not rewarded regardless of the Gospel’s commandment to love one’s enemies [Luke 19:27]—I’d be pleased to supply further chapter and verse evidence of this from the Bible and the Koran if requested. Do you have the robustness needed to declare to your esteemed readers your love for those who were willing to sacrifice their lives in order to end the nightmare of WWII and liberate the concentration camps? I don’t think so! I don’t think my poem: “A Tribute To The Caretakers Of Liberty” will ever grace the pages of Chronogram as Mr. Levine has offered only excuses for not publishing it. Perhaps, upon deeper reflection, you might consider it worthy to develop a robust love, too, for those who are not your enemies such as the Caretakers of Liberty whose noble efforts against evil, however misguided you may consider them, have given us this day to enjoy our daily bread. The “future humanity” you spoke of will be well-served if we love our friends, honor and support those who protect and defend America and her precious ideals from the evil potential and intentions of our enemies while we attempt to enlighten them because they may have the potential and/or desire to become better, more loving people—something that many, but not all, human beings have and/or aspire to. I’m very grateful we didn’t pin our hopes on Tibetan Buddhist philosophy to end the tyranny of the Third Reich—you should be grateful, too! Respectfully, Kevin Vincent Kelly, by email A Tribute to the Caretakers of Liberty Cherish America’s hard-won freedoms —They came at a high price— Honor those who struggled and Sacrificed To bestow them upon us —They paid a high price— Stand behind the caretakers of liberty Who continue to protect and defend America’s precious ideals Against all who would tread upon them —They are priceless— —Kevin Vincent Kelly
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Lauree Ostrofsky. Photo by Sweet Alice Photography Hudson Valley Women in Business celebrating at Oak Vino Wine Bar in Beacon. Photo by JacPfef Photography
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Right? We don’t wallow, but it’s like, alright, let’s keep it real. That’s a lot of what happens in our community: We ask a lot of questions. Not just for a referral to a great accountant or a lawyer or something, but also, “Hey, do you feel this way?” or “How do you manage when your kid gets sick and you still have to open your business?” We get to pose those questions. Do you think that says something about how women operate generally? That sense of communication, community, and open sharing of information? Yeah, absolutely. The philosophy behind our community is “women do business differently.” Some of the ways I see that playing out in the community is that we’re natural collaborators rather than competitors. What are some of the specific challenges you’re seeing among members of your community? Nationwide, there aren’t really systems in place to support women business owners who are moms, caregivers, and heads of households. My members have mentioned that most people get into business ownership for the freedom and flexibility. Those two words come up so often when building a business. Like, “I want to work in the hours that makes sense for myself and my family and people in my life.” But the thing that flexibility sometimes turns into—especially for mothers and heads of households—is “always on.” So that’s a reality of what it looks like to be a woman business owner. How do you, as a community, support your marginalized members with challenging systemic privileges (e.g., the financial safety net needed to take risks in business)?
I think that the region itself could be better. Within our community, we’re posting educational opportunities all the time. Whenever there’s a program, a pitch competition, or some kind of educational thing, people are always sharing it, because the only way we’re going to find out is by starting to spread the word within our communities. The other thing is that Hudson Valley Women in Business collaborates with other organizations. We’re always talking to other organizations to see what they’re doing. We don’t have to create all the programs ourselves; let’s promote each other. I reached out to a couple of people directly to ask specifically about trans and nonbinary business owners to make sure that when we look at marginalized [community members], it’s not just [cisgender] women. Who else are we hearing from within the community and what are the other needs and challenges that are there? One queer business owner said to me, “I don’t know any trans or non-binary business owners. If I can think of one, I’ll let you know.” And she said, “Maybe the fact that I don’t know any and can’t think of them, maybe that’s the story.” Because, again, we need to reach out into the community and say that this is possible. How can community members be better allies to marginalized business owners? I think that question says it all, which is to actually think about it—to think about who those business owners are, to think about the products and services that we’re using, where they come from, and who’s behind them. RESOURCES Simplyleap.com Hudsonvalleywomeninbusiness.com
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n June 11, Glynwood Center hosted and sponsored our second Chronogram Conversations event of 2019, focused on the culture and cultivation of cider. Based in Cold Spring, the agricultural nonprofit was a perfect host for our event, with its mission of ensuring that the Hudson Valley is a region defined by food and farming. Glynwood accomplishes this by training farmers, empowering changemakers working in the food space, and creating coalitions to advance the transformation to a healthier, resilient, and equitable food system. At 6pm, 70 eager attendees filtered through the main house of the Glynwood property and onto the outdoor patio. The weather was perfect for the al fresco event, as attendees sipped samples of cider from local craft producers Angry Orchard, Breezy Hill Orchards, and Metal House Cider and enjoyed farm-fresh appetizers provided by Amuzae and Chef Shawn Hubbell. After mingling, Chronogram publisher Jason Stern moderated the panel which included keynote speaker Megan Larmer of Glynwood, Elizabeth Ryan of Hudson Valley Farmhouse Cider, Ryan Burke of Angry Orchard, Rachel Freier of the Cheese Course, and Kimberly Kae of Metal House Cider. Topics of discussion ranged from sustainable farming practices to the history of cidermaking, the evolution of the craft cider industry in the Hudson Valley, and its impact on the Hudson Valley food and dining scene. —Samantha Liotta
Cider Culture at Glynwood Center in Cold Spring Photos by Katherine Anstreicher
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Our next Chronogram Conversation will take place on July 23 at the Kleinert/James Center for the Arts in Woodstock, where industry pioneers will chat about New York State’s nascent legal cannabis industry, examining topics like the impact of weed legalization on the local economy, politics, society, and culture. Tickets are $10 in advance and $15 at the door. Register online at Chronogram.com/july-conversation. 7/19 CHRONOGRAM 29
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President Trump intends to rent a fresh fleet of golf carts for his Secret Service sidekicks this summer from a company based in Poughkeepsie. Associates Golf Car, located on Taft Avenue in the Queen City, will supply $95,250 worth of rental carts to the federal government, surpassing Trump’s previous record of $92,740 in Delray Beach, Florida. Secret Service agents have flanked the president during all 178 of his golf outings, which account for just over 20 percent of his time in office. At this rate, Trump’s golf expenses are on course to exceed $500,000 since taking office. Source: Quartz
Trump National Golf Club in Los Angeles, in 2011 Photo by Yuki Shimazu
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Abandoned spare change is probably the last thing on your mind at the airport as you rush to your terminal. But the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) reportedly rakes in nearly $1 million per year from loose coins left in trays at airport security. Now, the Department of Homeland Security wants in on the goldmine and has requested $3 million from the TSA to fund border security operations. From 2012 to 2018, the TSA’s yearly haul leapt from $531,000 to a whopping $960,105. While Congress has historically allowed the TSA to use the money as it pleases, they are considering donating the cash to a charitable cause instead. Source: Vox
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Recently, Google has come under fire for treating its shadow workforce of temporary employees as expendable second-class citizens. Temps and contractors now outnumber the tech giant’s full-time workforce by nearly 20,000, according to a document obtained by the New York Times. Former Google temps, who remain anonymous due to nondisclosure agreements, claim that temps earn less, receive different benefits, do not get paid vacation, and have no avenues for promotion, despite working long-term alongside fully fledged employees. Google responded to this criticism by saying it would revise its policies to improve the treatment of part-time workers. Source: The New York Times From the growing trash heaps at Indonesian and Vietnamese ports to the poisonous plastic plains of Malaysia, western nations’ exported pollution is piling up. An investigation by the Malaysian Government revealed that the UK, US, Australia, and Germany were all illegally funneling waste into the country under the guise of other imports. In May, President Rodrigo Duterte of the Philippines threatened to sever diplomatic ties with Canada if they did not take back the 1,500 tons of waste they illegally discarded on Filipino soil between 2013 and 2014. The recent pushback from Southeast Asian countries is part of a concentrated effort to stop illegal waste-dumping. Source: The Guardian
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Determined to turn a blind eye to climate change, President Trump continues to rollback the environmental policies of his predecessors. In his latest environmental stunt, Trump is commanding parts of the federal government to curb the severity of climate change projections and their potential impacts on the earth. Trump argues that the previous standard of taking century-long predictions represent the worstcase scenario, not the likely reality. Critics of Trump’s approach argue that the most detrimental impacts of climate change won’t be felt until at least 2050, and the president’s decisions put conservation efforts in jeopardy by preventing experts and activists from analyzing and planning for the full scope of climate change. Source: The New York Times
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In May, New Zealand’s Minister of Finance Grant Robertson introduced his nation’s new “wellbeing budget.” The first of its kind worldwide, the radical new budget will prioritize social wellbeing indicators over GDP as a determining factor in spending decisions. The plan allocates billions of dollars towards mental health services, child poverty programs, and family violence prevention. The progressive approach aims to close the gap in care between the wealthy and the financially disadvantaged, including nearly half a billion dollars for the “missing middle,” to assist people with moderate anxiety and depressive disorders. Source: The Guardian
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A new study shows that mole rats are impervious to wasabi’s burn, leading scientists to ponder new paths to improve pain medication. Ewan St. John Smith, a neurobiologist at the University of Cambridge, contributed to a study which “demonstrates the power of studying naturally occurring differences in pain sensitivity,” according to the New York Times. Out of all animals tested, the highveld mole rat appeared to be the only one impervious to wasabi’s potent chemical, allyl isothiocyanate, which caused other critters to scurry in apparent discomfort. The mole rats’ neurons are laced with permeable ion channels called NALCN, which makes them less susceptible to the sting. Scientists speculate
that studying this internal system could yield more effective pain medication for human patients in the future. Source: The New York Times
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Recent reports suggest that the volume of male mice used in neurological studies may skew the data’s relevance for women. According to the National Library of Medicine, male animals outnumber females six to one in lab experiments, even when the study’s results are more likely to impact women. Proponents of male-dominant testing contend that female mice’s fluctuating hormones would render incomprehensible results. However, Northeastern University neuroscientist Rebecca Shansky disagrees. She asserts that the practice is unscientific and, if anything, male mice are more likely to be hormonally unstable because when they are housed with other males, the dominant mice’s testosterone levels climb to five times higher than their subordinates’. On the flipside, female mice’s hormonal levels increase fourfold during a brief reproductive period. Shansky has called for stricter requirements on gender equality for mice chosen in experiments to ensure that studies better serve womens’ needs. Source: The New York Times
FACEREADING, WRITING, AND ARITHMETIC
The steady recurrence of school shootings over the past few years has one New York school in defense mode. Lockport School District is testing uncharted security measures with their facialrecognition program, despite state pushback. According to Lockport, the system will be used to identify the person’s identity and verify their eligibility to enter the building. Critics cite emerging studies analyzing the inaccuracies of such systems, including higher instances of incorrect identification of women and people of color. The New York State Education Department ordered Lockport to wait on implementation until it could analyze the legal hurdles regarding student data privacy and security. But Superintendent Michelle Bradley has said that country’s massshooting climate makes school security their priority, and that they will carryout testing on non-students (such as faces on the sex-offender registry) despite the state’s injunction. Source: Buzzfeed —Compiled by Max Freebern
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hen we say “Irish food” and “Chinese food,” we’re willing to bet you thought of pub pot pies and greasy take-out dumplings served with sauce from little plastic packets. And who doesn’t love those things? But as the world gets smaller and the Hudson Valley food scene gets bigger (and loftier), there’s more to learn—and more to love. Of late, gourmet tacos take over a train station in Newburgh; light Polish fare finds a home in Midtown Kingston; Rhinebeck welcomes both an inventive, upscale Irish spot and a “farm to chopsticks” Chinese eatery by a Connecticut-born chef with Michelin-starred pedigree; and, in a midcentury diner off the Taconic in Ancram, even American food gets more worldly. Read on for the fancy new brunch or dinner options that have opened in the last year.
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Bia Chef Rich Reeve has been elevating pub fare since he took over the kitchen at Brady’s in Poughkeepsie in the ’90s. For 12 years, Reeve and his partner Maya served up inventive tapas and punk rock on vinyl in Uptown Kingston before closing (to much public outcry) last spring. After shutting off the last burner, they peaced out to experience the gastronomic marvels of Cork, Galway, and Dublin. Turns out, that was no early retirement. At Kyle Kelley’s recently opened Irish fusion restaurant in Rhinebeck, Reeve is incorporating his favorite Celtic concepts with creativity and flare. Find seasonallyinspired innovations like venison carpaccio; Earl Gray-cured Irish salmon served with crème freche, dilled cucumbers, and caviar; pork belly and lobster in black pudding and cider reduction ($28); and warm date pudding in toffee sauce and clotted cream ($9). A three-course prix-fixe is $30. 22 Garden Street, Rhinebeck
Hudson Taco In the late 1950s, the 1909 West Shore Train Station in Newburgh was boarded up and left to rot, sitting forgotten on the banks of the Hudson until an eight-year renovation commenced in 2001. Now it has found the perfect tenant. At Hudson Taco, diners can enjoy empanadas, street corn, churros, and, of course, tacos under the glimmer of high-design lighting fixtures and exposed ductwork. Or, in summer, opt for a table on the 60-foot patio with sweeping Hudson River views. Colorful little tacos start at $2.50, including vegetarian options like the mushroom and shishito taco with queso fresco, and the cauliflower with dates, pine nuts, and charred salsa. Things get fusion-y with the Korean BBQ short rib or ponzu salmon “tartaco.” Just a few bites each, our recommendation is to try a bit of everything. The drinks list includes around 40 different tequila options, six mezcals, and four specialty margaritas (from $9 to $12), not to mention a custom corn lager made with locally sourced malt by their pals at the Newburgh Brewing Company. 27 Water Street, Newburgh. 7/19 CHRONOGRAM FOOD & DRINK 35
Lucky Dragon Just around the block from Bia on Market Street, Lucky Dragon has cut out two big jobs for itself: the first, expanding the American concept of Chinese food to encompass thoughtfully plated, traditional Mandarin, Cantonese, and Sichuan dishes made with fresh, local ingredients; the second, making the phrase “farm-to-chopsticks” a thing. The first is going beautifully so far. The second? Only time will tell. Award-winning local restaurateurs Chris and Howard Jacobs took their mutual love of flavorful, regionally specific Chinese cuisine and the dim sum of their past Chinatown adventures in Toronto and San Francisco and applied the farm-to-table ethos. Chef Alex Burger, who honed his expertise at Michelin-starred establishments, including Daniel Boulud’s legendary Daniel in New York, will retain his current post as executive chef at the Jacobs’ first Rhinebeck outpost The Amsterdam, while also taking on that role for Lucky Dragon. With the aim of “authentic” Chinese, his menu is shaped in part by his experience working in restaurants in Hong Kong, Thailand, and Singapore. Diners can find Chinese takeout classics—crab rangoon ($8), General Tso’s chicken ($18)—but taken up a notch and paired, less classically, with a tiki cocktail. 38 West Market Street, Rhinebeck
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West Taghkanic Diner If pastoral Ancram was waiting for its foodie revolution, it lucked out when local Kristopher Schram decided to come back home and buy a classic chrome roadside diner. Complete with a politically incorrect neon sign and shiny, bright red banquets, the West Taghkanic Diner has been slinging all-American diner fare since the early 1950s. But in recent years, locals report it had gone downhill. Now, Schram—who cut his teeth in executive positions from Napa Valley to Copenhagen—has taken over the West Taghkanic, staying true to the “diner concept,” with a menu of largely under-$10 dishes including pancakes, burgers, Greek salads, and, of course, some trendy new favorites (#avocadotoast). But, all the ingredients (and the kombucha) are now locally sourced, and the bacon and homemade pastrami are smoked on premises. Local ‘nduja and stracciatella crown the omelets, the wine is natural, and the negronis are legit. This is diner fare, elevated. 1016 Route 82, Ancram
Binnekill Tavern Tucked back from Main Street overlooking the creek, Binnekill Square was a Margaretville mainstay since 1978, beloved for its warm, no-frills ambiance and hearty Alpine fare, but in 2015, its octogenarian owners finally closed their doors. This past October, chef Bryan Calvert, of Brooklyn restaurant fame, reopened it as the Binnekill Tavern, aiming to keep that spirit alive. Calvert has hung on to, but reimagined, some of the original owners’ menu items and expanded from there for a robust, expertly executed, Borscht Beltian menu of “mountain comfort food” that includes a Caesar-style baby kale salad ($9), bratwurst and beans ($12), and pork schnitzel with braised red cabbage, apples, spaetzle, and dill mustard ($22). Enjoy it in the elegantly renovated tavern and dining room with the original copper bar and handmade-in-New York wooden chairs and dining tables. Or head outside to the deck to dine creekside in the warmer months. 746 Main Street, Margaretville
Lis Bar Even following the reopening of the Kozy Bar space as The Beverly in 2016, this residential Midtown block behind the Kingston Hospital was a quiet one—the earth-rattling cacophony of passing trains notwithstanding. But since O+ weekend 2018, The Beverly has a hot new neighbor: Polish-inspired Lis Bar, kicking Midtown’s real estate values up another notch with a tastefully curated antique-meets-modern interior and housemade pierogies. A staunchly Polish menu of small plates fit for sharing—rye soup, dill spaetzle, beef tongue—makes room for fun and flare with colorful takes like the beet pasta with dandelion pesto, peas, walnut oil, cured egg yolk ($12). And, an ambitious wine program corks boutique Eastern European and natural varieties that will stretch your oenophilic vocabulary. Sample traditionally crafted Georgian rosés, Hungarian blaufränkischs, and more on Lis’s “Raw Wine Sundays,” in flight-format for the most adventure with the least commitment. 240 Foxhall Avenue, Kingston
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Restaurant Kinsley Last month, the new restaurant in the lobby of Hotel Kinsley opened. Located in Kingston’s historic State of New York National Bank building, the space features legacy 14-foot ceilings, huge French windows, and travertine floors, amidst a tasteful neutral-toned redesign. The restaurant is helmed by Executive Chef Gabe Ross, whose resume includes stints at Savoy, 5 Ninth, and Gramercy Tavern. “The idea behind a hotel restaurant has always been to feature dishes that are very elevated but also comforting and familiar,” Ross says. The appetizers range from an extravagantly sculptural take on the simple crudite platter to a light but rich housemade chicken liver pate served with a thin layer of port gelee, pickled onion, and toast ($14). The roasted chicken main, served on a bed of olives and scallions, swirling in pan jus, was a highlight ($23); as was the arctic char, served with potatoes, pearl onions, cultured cream, and horseradish ($26). Don’t skimp on your pre-dinner aperitif; the drink list offers tastefully executed cocktails for lovers of every spirit—some original, some gentle twists on classics—plus a natural wine list. If you tend to knock back a drink in two sips, try the delightfully spicy Big Pink ($12), a tequila drink made with a hint lime, strawberry, and enough jalapeño to slow your roll. 301 Wall Street, Kingston ca.1883 Tavern at Stewart House Lucky for Athens, when the former owners of New York’s landmark East Village rock venue Webster Hall tried to quit the grind and retire to a life of leisure upstate, they didn’t do such a hot job. Instead, they dove right into a massive new project: a spare-no-expense renovation of the stunning, 136-year-old Stewart House. One of two restaurants on premises, the ca.1883 Tavern is an impeccable resurrection of the era, with its ornate tin ceilings finished in the same hue as the original Art Deco wood bar, set against the ethereal pastels of a hand-painted, Colonial-style mural that came with the building. Unlike some of its peers among this new generation of Hudson Valley eateries, the menu at ca.1883 doesn’t demand an open mind nor an online dictionary. Find familiar, comfortable choices confidently executed by CIA alum Chef Bob Turner, like a cheddar double cheeseburger ($16), a roasted half chicken over lemon rice with asparagus ($26), or an elegant take on steak and potatoes ($29), with Jane’s Ice Cream for dessert. The afternoon happy hour features $2 oysters. 2 North Water Street, Athens
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The F2 plywood lounge chair designed by Ken Landauer, owner of FN Furniture. The chair was first produced for the Tang Museum in Saratoga Springs and uses only half a sheet of plywood. 44 HOME & GARDEN CHRONOGRAM 7/19
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furnishings include bar stools, cabinets, chaise lounges, credenzas, shelving, sofas, and chairs. The signature style boasts a structure of neatly nested plywood parts cut with a CNC machine and finished with a UV-cured acrylic coating, which you can customize with laminated or lacquered color options. Beyond the pleasingly succinct, minimalist aesthetic, FN Furniture is crafted with comfort in mind. Each design is guided by yogic principles with angles, surfaces, and spaces working in tandem to support comfort and alignment. Landauer sands, edges, and joins each piece by hand and offers free delivery to any location within the Hudson Valley. CounterEvolution Transforming the reclaimed pine wood from bygone bowling alley lanes into thoughtfully conceived fine furnishings, CounterEvolution elevates the notion of upcycling through its expansive eco-friendly offerings, which include tables, countertops, casegoods, beds, seating, shelving, and home accessories. All of their furniture is crafted in-house at the company’s Kingston factory and can be seen on display at the company’s two showrooms—one in Downtown Brooklyn and the other upstate, on Main Street in Catskill. Although they are chiefly composed of vintage heart pine, CounterEvolution’s designs also incorporate other reclaimed and sustainable woods and are further distinguished by the exclusive use of environmentally-friendly stains, sealers, and topcoats. 7/19 CHRONOGRAM HOME & GARDEN 45
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Furniture designer and maker Kim Markel in her studio, and a set of her furniture. Photos by Kim Markel
Kim Markel Distinguished by a cool palette of cotton candy-colored designs that cleverly combine sustainability and style, Kim Markel transforms discarded plastics— including bottles, lunch trays, packaging, and eyeglasses—into intricately crafted iridescent furniture pieces. Based in Beacon, Markel’s studio work includes handcrafting, molding, and curing collections of cabinets, chairs, tables, and mirrors. Prior to the launch of her first line in 2016, Markel’s previous work in public policy at the city, state, and federal levels developed an inclination for minimizing waste while her experience working in a Hudson Valley foundry that fabricates works for artists such as Jeff Koons, Matthew Barney, and Frank Stella, allowed her to hone her own approach to making. Prominent partnerships include Eileen Fisher, Galeries Lafayette, and a recent collaboration with the beauty brand Glossier, for which Markel unveiled a new series of translucent furniture formed from the reclaimed plastic in the brand’s pinkhued packaging empties.
Culture+Commerce Project A venerable authority within the Hudson design scene, Culture+Commerce Project is committed to promoting the work of makers, designers, and architects throughout the Hudson Valley. With a background that ranges from curator to community organizer, creative director Sherry Jo Williams brings her expertise to the forefront of Culture+Commerce Project’s offerings. Her distinguished aesthetic steers the sourcing of locally and ethically made furnishings and fine art. Sustaining a small carbon footprint, Culture+Commerce Project currently upholds a primarily virtual presence but can also be seen at pop-up design fairs throughout the Hudson Valley. Notable talents represented include Michael Tong—a Ghent-based artist and furniture designer who remakes functional art pieces out of broken and discarded household goods—as well as architect Dennis Wedlick who founded the Manhattan- and Hudson-based firm BarlisWedlick and is now committed to lending his expertise in passive house design to a local Habitat for Humanity initiative in Columbia County that develops affordable housing for the rural and farming workforce.
Richard Miller Architect Architect and Hudson Valley native Richard Miller has operated his eponymous practice out of New Paltz since 1998, with an emphasis on environmentally responsible and green design principles. Specializing in the supply of sustainable design services for residential and commercial projects that encompass new construction, renovation, and historic rehabilitation, the firm’s portfolio includes a multitude of prominent projects across the Northeast with noteworthy clients, including Dia:Beacon, Frida’s Bakery and Cafe in Milton, and the Denizen Theatre in New Paltz. Miller’s design background includes more than a decade of experience working in New York City, including six years as a project architect at the premier preservation firm Beyer Blinder Belle, where he contributed to the rehabilitation of Grand Central Station. Miller was also a founding member of Network for Sustainable New York—an NGO focused on sustainable building and development—as well as a professor at Parsons School of Design. Such diverse and distinguished experiences lend themselves to the sustainable ethos that defines his architectural practice. 7/19 CHRONOGRAM HOME & GARDEN 47
The Hudson Company Offering salvaged and new-sawn lumber to architects and designers, The Hudson Company is a custom mill specializing in sustainably sourced wood flooring, paneling, and beams. Boasting a far-reaching roster of impressive installations—including the reclaimed heart pine flooring underfoot at the Renzo Piano–designed Whitney Museum—The Hudson Company’s range of responsibly crafted architectural products is handmade in a vertically-integrated mill, which sits atop seven acres in Pine Plains. Fulfilling all facets of the manufacturing process on site, a distinct aspect of The Hudson Company is involved in every step of the process, starting with the sustainable sourcing of raw materials. Much of their reclaimed wood is salvaged from local barns, factories, and farmhouses, while the purpose-cut wood comes from hand-selected trees on a private timber stand and specialty timber elements are obtained from primary mills in North America and abroad. Growing Places Spearheaded by Ben Simpson, Growing Places is a Kingston-based company concentrated on conceiving sustainable structures with alternative materials and straw bale-construction methods. Adapting an approach that can be traced back to farmers in the Sand Halls of Nebraska during the early 19th century, Simpson’s straw bale structures offer an exceptionally environmentally friendly addition to green design tactics. Using climate-specific designs, blueprints, stamped plans, and permit services, Growing Places offers construction services as well as community workshops in foundation systems, straw bale-building design, passive solar design, natural plaster finishes, and mechanical systems consultations. Moreover, the firm provides practical advice for all phases of construction, as well as hands-on teaching for general contractors on projects, and can coordinate all aspects of building design and construction. Threshold Builders Dedicated to delivering smart design for the Hudson Valley’s Ulster, Dutchess, Greene, and Columbia counties, Threshold Builders combines craftsmanship and technical acumen to create highly energy-efficient residential and commercial environments. The Kingston-based design-build firm is comprised of carpenters, project managers, and designers that are adept in the age-old and popular philosophies behind energy-efficient design. Threshold Builders’ services include predesigned and semicustom passive houses and net-zero dwellings, which use 90 percent less heating and cooling energy than a standard to-code home. The company takes a systems-based approach to construction with optimized building components that include a panelized wood wall system that provides an insulated and airtight wall envelope, frostprotected shallow foundations that allow for adequate air sealing, as well as cellulose-insulated, vented roof systems to provide a solid sheathing air-tight barrier. 48 HOME & GARDEN CHRONOGRAM 7/19
The Hudson Company provided the reclaimed barn siding for this home in Millerton, designed by architect Olson Kundig and built by United Construction. Photo by Francois Coquerel
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Pieces of wood salvaged from Dhow boats with handmade nails, to be crafted into wall hangers. Below: The Dhow team of Kenyan carpenters, Baya, Moses, and Iddi. Photo by Moses Duma
Dhow Art Dhow Art produces intricately crafted fine furniture out of salvaged dhow ships from East Africa. Before relocating to Woodstock, Swedish designer and artist Lumman Kyhle spent 25 years living and working in Kenya, where she found herself intrinsically drawn the beauty of the weather-beaten wood reclaimed from these centuries-old former sailing vessels. Kyhle and her team of local artisans and skilled carpenters search for and salvage old shipwrecks found along the East African Coast before transforming them into a line of bespoke interior furnishings. Adorned by the distinctive traces of a time, each exquisite piece is made by hand without the use of any machinery, while every facet of the salvaged materials is put to use in the construction process. Currently on display and available for purchase in Kyhle’s Woodstock location, Dhow Art’s diverse designs celebrate the journey and transformation of its unmatched material while reflecting the joy that Kyhle and her team find in the transformation process. 7/19 CHRONOGRAM HOME & GARDEN 51
Samuel Moyer Furniture Shepherded by designer Samuel Moyer, this Hudson Valley collective of artists and makers offers custom-made furniture and artful objects that are produced individually and in small run productions with traditionally derived sustainable and ethical practices in mind. Samuel Moyer Furniture was founded in 2003 and boasts a bicoastal roster of clients that sweep across the country from Los Angeles to New York City, while covering a healthy handful of locations in between. Moyer’s ethos and oeuvre revolve around the reuse of material—he is motivated by the pastoral splendor that surrounds in the Hudson Valley, often finding value in the untold stories seeped into the age and character of a piece of salvaged wood. 52 HOME & GARDEN CHRONOGRAM 7/19
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Barrie Blue and his Havanese, KC, in the upstairs living room of his 200-year-old converted horse barn home. When Blue bought it this original room still had a hole in the floor to drop hay to the horses below and he’s spent the past 30 years renovating the property. “It’s been my passion,” says Blue. Behind him a stained glass window, entitled “Hope,” was brought over from Europe and installed by a previous owner. “I always liked stained glass,” Blue says. “I thought there was hope that someone would put it there and we all have to have a little hope.”
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The 4.5-acre property features many original historical details, including stone walls and the remnants of a stone guest cottage. There is even evidence that the painter Chagall lived very close by and kept his “muse” on the property. “We always hear about love stories and ghost stories, but we need to really see them,” says Blue. “To me, it’s very interesting that all these people pass through this region, and no one really knows about it.”
arrie Blue insists he’s a ghost. The dapper, lively man always accompanied by his little white dog K.C. has made a living, and a life, by remaining behind the scenes and lending his talents as a writer and fashion designer to more well-known names. “I prefer not to be in the spotlight,” he explains. “When you’re a ghost, without being attached to the outcome, you can be free.” He’s no shrinking violet, but it’s a role and philosophy that’s allowed him to travel the world and successfully metamorph between multiple creative disciplines. “I love chasing my shadow,” Blue explains. “I’ve had a magical life, and my house is magical as well.” Like its owner, Blue’s four-and-a-half-acre property probably has a few stories to tell. Tucked away in the woods and built into the side of a hill, the original wood-and-stone structure was once the two-horse barn of a much larger farm. Blue believes it to be approximately 200 years old, “but they tell me they can’t really trace it back,” he explains. Surrounding the house, a large meadow is threaded with original stone walls and punctuated by old-growth trees, vibrant gardens springing forth with new life, stitching a green perimeter around the home. Blue bought the property in 1984 and has spent the past 30 years adding to and refining it, creating a rambling 2,000-square-foot space. With two living rooms, two bedrooms, and two bathrooms, it remains stylistically true to its origins and honors local history, while the multiple entryways leave it open for the next chapter. 7/19 CHRONOGRAM HOME & GARDEN 55
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Left: Year by year, as his success as a designer grew, Blue added onto the house, always trying to stay true to the home’s original spirit. After a fire in the late ’80s, he added this downstairs dining area with vaulted ceilings and installed salvaged French doors from Zaborski’s Emporium in Kingston. He also added a new exterior deck. “I renovated it in stages of my life,” he says. Right: “Everything was very rustic,” remembers Blue, describing the home’s original first floor. Originally small horse barn, Blue sealed it and sheetrocked part of the interior to keep out dirt. However, he was able to preserve the space’s original stone walls and oak beams. The original horse entrance was converted into windows.
“I’ve already forgotten what I don’t remember.” “You know I never really tried to do anything in my life. Everything just sort of happened,” Blue says. “It’s been very serendipitous.” Born in Manhattan to Eastern European immigrants, he spent his childhood going between his parent’s house in Brooklyn and his grandparent’s apartment on the Upper West Side. This was before Manhattan’s gentrification, when both boroughs were rougher than they are today. “I was a street kid, but I was always reading and writing,” remembers Blue. “I wasn’t just inspired to write, I was compelled. All the poets were my heroes—everyone from Ferlinghetti to Joni Mitchell—I loved painting pictures with words.” Blue began writing poetry and aphorisms while he was still in school. After graduation, his talent for wordsmithing, along with his attraction to the “economy of a good one-liner” led him into the world of songwriting. “Song lyrics are really poetry, you just have to figure out a tagline,” he explains. A connection in Los Angeles got him a job with a record company writing lyrics for rock ‘n’ roll bands. It was his first chance to “be a ghost,” and he found that working behind the scenes suited him. “It
was the time when A&M Records was occupying the Charlie Chaplin Studios,” he remembers. “All of the record companies had 40 ghost writers on staff.” Laurel Canyon became his haunt, and he spent his nights out and about rubbing shoulders with all kinds of people. “I could go into any club and meet anybody just sitting there,” he remembers. However, soon the lifestyle and the heavy drug use of the era began to get to him. “It wasn’t in my nature to be partying like that. I wanted to be high, but not get high,” he says. But his time in Los Angeles had helped him blossom from a poet into a writer. “You breath in, you breath out. If you stop breathing you’re not here.” Blue left the music scene and took a job as a journalist with the Herald Tribune, which first landed him in Paris, then sent him to India. Blue’s move to India would be a major turning point in his life, becoming his part-time home for the next 18 years. “I fell in love with India instantaneously,” he explains. “It propelled me into designing. It’s where I really learned to be a citizen of the world.” For the Tribune, Blue worked as a stringer covering newsworthy events, and, when he wasn’t writing, he began practicing 7/19 CHRONOGRAM HOME & GARDEN 57
meditation. “I loved the whole idea of it. In meditation, the breath is everything. Meditation got me high without drugs.” When Prime Minister Indira Gandhi severely restricted the press and Blue had to find a new job, it was his meditation practice that gave him his next idea. “In the old days, Indians and yogis wore oversized kurtas and loose pajama-like pants to meditate,” he explains. Blue was also fascinated by the history behind Indian textiles. “India has lots of hands and a lot of poor people. Mahatma Gandhi wanted to bring back the art of spinning, but it was more than just the art, he wanted to give people something to do. The fabric is often so irregular because it’s all handmade.” Inspired by what he’d seen, Blue moved back to the US and designed his own line of meditation clothing. He was living in Provincetown, Massachusetts and studying with writer Norman Mailer when his line of meditationwear caught the attention of Bloomingdale’s head buyer. “I was just designing the clothes as a hobby,” Blue remembers. “But he told me, ‘I think you may have a calling.’” So Blue flew back to India and began working with local 58 HOME & GARDEN CHRONOGRAM 7/19
tailors to design what was to become the brand Kensington Blue. “I was the first contemporary designer to synthesize meditation and fashion into a product,” he explains. The line was a great success, supporting him as an artist, winning him awards, and taking him everywhere from Portugal to Hong Kong. “My grandfather said, ‘Buy things you love and don’t sell them.’” After years of globetrotting, Blue decided he wanted a New York base and a quiet place to continue with his writing. He found Manhattan too distracting, and a friend suggested High Falls. “When I came up to the Hudson Valley, I thought it was fantastic. I could have acres of land, buy rustic old houses and antiques, and I could play with the Woodstock artists,” he remembers. The creative pedigree of High Falls with its plethora of actors, artists, and musicians— including a neighboring property where the painter Chagall once lived—also inspired him. “It’s full of characters,” Blue explains. “And I’m a character.” When he found his rustic two-horse barn, he took to it right away. “This was a place I could write,” he remembers. Owned at the
Left: Blue added an additional bedroom to the home, searching salvage markets in the area for antique wood beams and windows. “I tried to pick pieces that made sense,” he says. Whenever he couldn’t find something suitable, he worked with local craftspeople to create pieces that matched the home’s aesthetic, though he admits, “It’s hard maintaining all the wood in this environment, with the constant contraction and expansion—it’s sort of like our lives.” Right: Blue has filled the home with art and mementos he collected over the years, including pieces found during his many years in India. “I like history being told through art,” he says.
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time by jazz composer and trombonist Don Sebesky, the house’s two upstairs rooms were dominated by the original stone fireplace and still had a hole in the floor (with a ladder) where hay was once dropped to the animals below. Sebesky had added an antique European stained glass window next to the home’s original red round-top Dutch door, as well as a bedroom downstairs. Another previous owner, the painter Ben Bishop, had outfitted the original barn with a small kitchen space and a small bathroom. Blue bought the property from Sebesky in 1984, negotiating to keep the stained glass at the entrance.
Blue salvaged two antique windows from a church in Vermont and put them in one of the home’s bedrooms. “I used to go antique hunting and buy stuff at auction,” he explains. “The whole house is filled with art I found over the years.” However, he is ready to let the stuff go and now focus on living things—most especially rescuing animals worldwide. “I’m selling the art. When you collect things, you don’t own them anymore, they own you.”
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“Adopt, don’t shop.” Over the ensuing decades, Blue developed a career as a “ghost” fashion designer. He worked behind the scenes designing and advising for Ralph Lauren and Tommy Hilfiger, eventually becoming a creative director for Coogee and FUBU. With each new success, he gradually added onto the house and the surrounding grounds, always trying to remain true to the spirit of the original property. Throughout the house, Blue salvaged all the original rough-hewn oak floors and beams and scoured vintage stores and antique markets for furniture and art to fill the interiors. He put in extensive gardens around the perimeter of the home and added a deck with a hot tub and a jacuzzi. In the late ’80s, a fire—started by the frayed wiring of an antique clock—burned part of the home’s interior. With the help of firefighters, Blue was able to save most of the home and turned the mishap into an opportunity to add to the space. He remodeled the existing kitchen and bathroom and then added a new bedroom suite with a full bathroom, decorating the spaces with artifacts from his time in India and family photos. Blue finally closed up the hole in the main floor and added a new staircase to the downstairs, utilizing salvaged windows, frames, doors, and wood that he found at Zaborski Emporium in Kingston. He also added multiple new entranceways to the downstairs as well as new exterior decks. While Blue is still involved in the fashion world, he sees his next gig as ghosting for animals. He was first moved by the plight of other sentient creatures—everything from elephants to the subcontinent’s nine indigenous dog species—when he was living in India. He has since helped shut down circus acts and supported many no-kill animal shelters. He is also currently working on a project telling the story of the Havanese dog breed-inspired by his pup KC. “Often,” he explains, “it’s the animals that rescue us.” He’s happy to trust wherever this path takes him next. “Tomorrows have a habit of becoming todays, todays have a habit of slipping away. That’s why I prefer to live in the moment.”
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A clean-up crew at a New Paltz Gardens for Nutrition Community Work Day in 2018. Photo by Jaimee Uhlenbrock
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Growing Together COMMUNITY GARDENS IN THE HUDSON VALLEY By Anne Pyburn Craig
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he idea that there had to be some arable land preserved as part of the commons—the natural bounty that belongs to every human breathing— goes back centuries, as long as there have been aristocrats building fences. In the United Kingdom, Europe, and much of the developing world, the concept of allotments—garden plots not controlled by private property owners—has long been accepted as vital to communal survival. When people are empowered to grow food for themselves, everyone benefits. In the United States, as elsewhere, not even the forward march of industrialization could completely quell the basic human urge to produce one’s own vittles. Detroit was the first major city to deploy vacant lots as garden spots for the poor, in response to an 1893 recession. In New York, one Fannie Griscom Parsons began an educational garden in Dewitt Clinton Park, seeking to teach kids the rewards of work and love of nature. Victory gardens fed the home front through the tight rationing of two world wars. Economic downturns and food shortages have always motivated governments to encourage gardening and
offer support for gardening rights. The back-to-the-land impulse of the ’60s and ’70s brought a fresh energy to defending the right to garden, and the Hudson Valley was fertile ground. “The original funding for the New Paltz Gardens for Nutrition came from a state program in response to a recession in 1976,” says Jaimee Uhlenbrock, board president for the garden. “The state gave a little money to municipalities, the village donated five acres of floodplain and hired a college student to oversee the program. Pete Ferrante came and plowed every season.” The chance to garden together was immediately popular, and people didn’t quit gardening when the recession abated. Today the program is “one of the jewels in the crown of New Paltz,” says Uhlenbrock. “It’s a fabulous community. The members are really great about helping each other, the place [on the bank of the Wallkill off Huguenot Street] is magical, water and full sun and tools are all provided free, and we do everything we can to ensure every gardener a successful outcome.” There are 100 plots shared among 120 gardeners. The board helps resolve the occasional
dispute, solve larger problems (funds have been raised successfully in the last couple of seasons for an infiltration well when the Wallkill River suffered a toxic algae bloom and a new solar deer fence), and keeps the good times rolling with educational events (a beekeeping event was a big hit this spring), communal cleanup days, and a season-end potluck. “We’re all very committed to the mission: sustainability, stewardship, and good organic food,” Uhlenbrock says. Community gardening can sprout in a variety of formats and has done so in a variety of Hudson Valley towns. A popular and successful variation going strong in city settings is urban farming with a formal educational component. In Kingston and Newburgh, Hudson and Beacon, teenage interns do a lot of the gardening—and learn not just about soil and seeds and cooking, but about food justice, sustainability, and business. “We hire a total of about 22 young people every season and pay them $11.10 an hour,” says Helanna Bratman, program coordinator of the Green Teen Community Gardening Program administered by the Cornell Cooperative Extension at Beacon’s 7/19 CHRONOGRAM HOME & GARDEN 63
Common Ground Farm. “We sell at two locations with our mobile market, behind the Community Health Center and next to the Senior Friendship Center,” she says. “The intergenerational interactions are great for both sides. The teens run the market, learn how to make a display enticing and how to do customer service right—skills they can use anywhere. Plus, they know how to grow and cook produce.” In 2017, the program sold over 2,000 pounds of produce through its mobile markets, and over 60 percent of the purchases were made using some type of public food benefit. Kingston’s YMCA Farm Project is administered by farmer KayCee Wimbish. Besides the teen crew growing food for market, there’s a children’s learning garden worked and played in by the summer campers aged five to 12. “We try to grow stuff in there that’s snackable and sensory,” says Wimbish. “We keep a plot empty so kids can dig. The contact with soil and insects and plants, the excitement of pulling a carrot out of the ground—all those connections are so important.” TO OUR NEWEST MODEL. Administrative details vary from place to place; some TO OUR NEWEST MODEL. programs focus on donating to food banks, others on providing ample, inexpensive organic produce for market. But despite the wholehearted embrace of community gardening by state government (New York’s Department of Ag and Markets has had a Community Garden Task Force sine 2015) there’s something inherently and delightfully subversive about asserting our common dominion over the commons. It may be one of the most gently radical activities one can get a grant for, and its spreading root system tends to sprout crops like art and block parties. In Hudson, a USDA-designated food desert, the educational organization Kite’s Nest runs River City Garden. John A. Alvarez and Sons custom modular homes The intergenerational urban community garden and education John A. Alvarez and Sons 5 1 8 . 8 5 1 . 9 9 1 7 3 5 7 2 R O U T E 9 , H U D S O N , N Y custom 1 2 5 3 4 modular homes A LVA R E Z M O D U L A R S . C O M site offers a way for 2nd Ward residents to grow their own 518.851.9917 3572 ROUTE 9, HUDSON, NY 12534 A LVA R E Z M O D U L A R S . C O M CRDesign food in a place where access to fresh produce is scarce. There CRDesign are currently 30 plots being cultivated with more being 2910 Highway 9W, Saugerties, NY planned to meet the growing demand. The site also serves as info@FromEuropeToYou.com an outdoor classroom and location for community work days, Phone: 845.246.7274 | Fax: 845.246.4022 shared meals, and other garden-related programming. In Saugerties, what began in 2011 as the Long Spoon Collective grew into a new project, The Underground Center, when co-organizers Chase Randell and Cassandra Taylor realized that the original vision had pulled in a demographic that was “worryingly white and upper class,” according to Randell. “Once a community forms, even with good intentions, it’s hard to go back and change the cultural MENTION makeup of the group,” he adds. “As someone who grew up CHRONOGRAM poor in Saugerties, I was worried about these barriers to FOR A FREE ESTIMATE entry for the majority of the people in the community.” Since Check out our Ebay shop: 2017, the Underground folks have been building good soil http://stores.ebay.com/fromeuropetoyou and collaborating with the Boys and Girls Club and Ulster www.fromeuropetoyou.com Works, and administering the Saugerties Free Food Program. Even in its simplest form, leasing out plots and sharing a shed and some tools, a community garden cultivates a mood along with the food. When Woodstock poets Pamela Twining and Andy Clausen relocated to an apartment, they were relieved and elated to discover the Woodstock Community Garden at Andy Lee Field, with its communal berries, rhubarb, comfrey, and mint. “We love having the fresh food, but even more than that, we love getting out early in the morning to be part of the sunrise and the early birdsong,” says Twining. “The $30 and one work day a year is definitely doable, and there’s nothing like coming home with armloads of vegetables and fruit! We’re eating salads already— lettuce, spinach, dill, radishes, scallions. There is nothing like homegrown, homemade tomato sauce!” If your location lacks a community garden and you’d like to help make it happen, there are lots of resources to get you on your way at Agriculture.ny.gov/cg/cgresources.
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TAPPING INTO A LIGHTER SPIRIT EMOTIONAL FREEDOM TECHNIQUE CAN CALM THE NERVOUS SYSTEM, PAVING THE WAY TO CLARITY AND PEACE By Wendy Kagan
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hen Kayla Bishop, a speech pathologist for Washingtonville Central School District, heard that someone was coming to her school to teach a stress-reduction technique to interested staff, she signed up for the course right away. At the time, she knew nothing about the modality called “tapping” (aka Emotional Freedom Technique or EFT). The course organizer had emailed a video about it, and Bishop was intrigued to see people tapping on acupressure points while talking through their emotional issues—and getting positive results. “It was amazing but hard to believe at first,” she says. “I thought, does this really work? If I tap and talk to myself, will I reduce stress?” She was willing to let curiosity override her skepticism—especially if the technique had any chance of helping the stressed-out kids she worked with in middle and high school. In the first class, instructor Catherine Masterson talked about how people use tapping to manage not just stress but an 66 HEALTH & WELLNESS CHRONOGRAM 7/19
array of issues from overeating and chronic pain to anxiety and fear. Bishop perked up when she heard that tapping can also help people release various phobias, as she had long struggled with a phobia herself. “Ever since the second grade, I’ve had this fear where I faint every time I see blood,” she says. “It got so bad that I wasn’t getting physicals because I dreaded the bloodwork and had so much anxiety about the fainting.” Masterson—a licensed RN and certified EFT practitioner with a master’s degree in counseling—thought it would be interesting for Bishop to see what happened if she “tapped on” getting bloodwork before an upcoming (and three years overdue) doctor’s appointment. “Catherine worked one-on-one with me and told me what to say while I was tapping and what to look for with my feelings,” Bishop recalls. Masterson also taught Bishop and her classmates how to find various acupressure points on the body, such as the side of the hand (the “karate chop”
point), inside the eyebrows, below the nose, and on top of the head. In both acupuncture and acupressure, these points correspond withmeridians, which are the pathways through which energy (“qi”) flows through the body. While acupuncture uses some 300 meridian points, EFT typically uses just nine points on the body. “For a whole week I tapped on [the acupressure points], saying things like, ‘If I faint it’s no big deal’ and ‘I want to be calm,’” Bishop says. “It was about letting myself choose to be calm instead of going in there all worked up like I usually do.” To her amazement, the technique worked and she was able to go through with the bloodwork without incident. “It was the first time ever that I didn’t faint while getting blood drawn,” she says. “I was open-minded going into it, but I don’t think I expected the tapping to be as successful as it was so quickly. My husband didn’t believe me at first, but now he’s buying into it more too. It worked instantly.”
Samantha Alzate, a clinical social worker in New Britain, Connecticut, leads students at Smalley Academy in tapping techniques. The still is from a documentary of Alex Ortner’s visit to the school to read from his book Gorilla Thumps & Bear Hugs. Opposite: A chart of the tapping points from The Tapping Solution.
This Is Your Brain on EFT Just what is this weird tapping thing, and how does it work? “We call it tapping because we are literally tapping on these endpoints of meridians on our body,” says Nick Ortner, tapping expert and the author of four books on the subject, including The Tapping Solution: A Revolutionary System for Stress-Free Living (Hay House, 2013). “I like to describe it as a combination of ancient Chinese acupressure and modern psychology, because as we tap, we’re saying certain phrases to focus on our problems, our issues, and our challenges,” he says. “The latest research shows that when we tap on these endpoints of meridians in our body, we send a calming signal to the amygdala, the fight-or-flight response center (or stress center) of the brain. When someone is anxious, angry, overwhelmed, or stressed, that’s the part of the brain that’s firing. The tapping is a fast way to calm it down. People have this experience where they say, ‘I don’t know what just happened, but I was really angry and now I’m not.’ Or, ‘I was anxious and now I’m not anymore.’” If it sounds woo-woo or pseudoscience-y, Ortner says there’s a growing body of data piling up around tapping—and besides, it just seems to work for a lot of people. A self-described “seeker of ways to feel better,” Ortner learned tapping from Gary Craig, who developed EFT in the 1990s based on a similar technique created by Dr. Roger Callahan called Thought Field Therapy (TFT). “I used it personally for a couple of years and was so inspired by
it,” says Ortner. “The running joke at the time was, ‘Don’t say anything is wrong around Nick, because he’ll make you tap on it.’” In 2007, he made a documentary about tapping, and soon afterwards, with his siblings Jessica and Alex, he created The Tapping Solution organization. (Nick, Jessica, and Alex are kind of like the Von Trapp Family Singers of the tapping world.) The organization holds a free online summit yearly and, last year, released The Tapping Solution App, which offers over 100 guided tapping sequences with names like “Releasing Anxiety” and “Quiet My Racing Mind.” Tapping is taking off in certain circles of folks interested in self-help and alternative wellness, and naturally, there will be skeptics and nonbelievers, too. The technique is not endorsed by the American Psychological Association, and the studies behind it often come from researchers with a vested interest in the field—such as tapping expert Dawson Church, who has studied the technique’s ability to reduce levels of the stress hormone cortisol. We need more studies to explore tapping’s scientific efficacy, but without Big Pharma interest, there’s less money in the coffers for expensive research. Yet unlike pharmaceutical drugs for anxiety and PTSD, tapping costs nothing, has no harmful side effects, and is basically riskfree (besides the risk of feeling a little silly the first time you do it). “Give it five to 10 minutes, and most likely, you’re going to feel a difference,” says Ortner. “If it doesn’t work for you, then move on to something else.”
A Way to Unwind If You Can’t Sit Still After Bishop’s breakthrough experience of getting her blood drawn without fainting, she got excited about how tapping might help her in other ways too. “Anytime something stresses me out, I try to tap on it first because it helps me not react emotionally,” she says, adding that she’s able to think more clearly after using the technique. Bishop likes to be busy and on the move, so relaxation does not come easy to her. “Even when I’m at home, I think of the million things I can get done and I have my to-do list. It’s not my nature to relax. I like yoga, but I have a hard time holding a pose. I have a hard time meditating and sitting still. What helps me with tapping is that you’re moving, you’re talking—and you feel better right away. For me, it’s the best strategy.” So far, Bishop has used tapping only once with the kids in her class at Washingtonville Middle School, offering it to a group of sixth-graders before assigning them a listening-comprehension activity. “Typically, it’s difficult for this group to focus and pay attention, so one morning I said, ‘Let’s try this.’ We tapped while saying positive affirmations: ‘I’m a great kid,’ ‘I’m going to try my best,’ ‘I’m amazing,’ ‘I respect myself.’ Then we did the listening assignment, and they literally sat and did all the work in their seats quietly. I only tried it with them once, and I’m not sure it would go as well the next time, but it was amazing how focused they were.” Another teacher who took Masterson’s class tried tapping with a group of kids to 7/19 CHRONOGRAM HEALTH & WELLNESS 67
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reduce test anxiety, and some kids marveled that tapping helped them better remember what they’d learned. The relationship between feeling calm and thinking more clearly has a basis in brain science, Masterson explains. “When you’re stressed, you lose blood flow to the brain’s frontal lobe, which is where clear thinking takes place,” she says. “Tapping on the body has a calming effect, so it allows the blood to flow back to your frontal lobe.” Adding to the sense of calm, tapping involves accepting your emotional state rather than fighting against it, which only creates more tension. “Of course, the technique doesn’t take the source of stress away,” adds Masterson, “but it helps you to be more effective, calm, and peaceful toward whatever is in front of you.” Tapping and Truth-Telling Masterson’s own journey with tapping started when she hit a wall using talk therapy with her adult clients. “I found it frustrating, because talk therapy sometimes gets you spinning,” she says. “I wasn’t seeing results. With EFT, people can have significant changes really quickly. They can get out of a story that keeps them stuck and get to the underlying issues that are subconscious.” These days, Masterson works with clients in person through her co-owned business—Luminous Heart Center, based in Poughkeepsie—or virtually via Skype. She says EFT is the number one tool in her toolbox. “Once you start tapping on the body, it’s almost magical the way thoughts or memories will come forward. Those end up being the underlying themes that we work on [during a counseling session]. We can get to the nitty-gritty of what’s holding the anxiety in place—the root source of the anxiety. It’s an exploration. We’re tapping the whole time, and that sends a signal to the brain that you’re safe.” About four years ago, Masterson used tapping to help her elderly mother navigate a sudden crisis. “She was out walking when she fell and couldn’t get up. Eventually, a person in the neighborhood helped her up and took her back home. When she came inside, she was badly bruised, bleeding, and literally shaking.” Instinctively, Masterson started tapping on her mother to help calm her down. While her mother told the story of what happened, Masterson tapped on the acupressure points and repeated phrases that acknowledged and accepted her fears: “I was all alone, no one was there.” In less than two minutes, she could see her mother’s body let go of tension and relax so deeply that she almost fell asleep. After that, Masterson was able to bring her to the emergency room and get stitches. “The thing is, she wasn’t afraid anymore. She was calm. She dealt with the emotional side right away, so it didn’t become this traumatic experience for her.” While tapping has a growing community of fans, it hasn’t attained widespread adoption in the same way that acupuncture, cognitive behavioral therapy, and meditation have—even though it draws on aspects of all three modalities. Perhaps one day, that acceptance will come. When it does, there’s the exciting potential to use tapping to address the emotional side of being sick or injured, which is often just as important as the medical side. Meanwhile, either on YouTube or via The Tapping Solution App, you can find a tapping sequence for just about anything: insomnia, grief, loneliness, weight loss, migraines, pain relief, or even just a boost of happiness. “Everyone wants to feel better, calm the nervous system, and experience what peace feels like,” says Ortner. “This is a tool to help you get there.”
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CAMP SITES OF ALL STRIPES By Phillip Pantuso
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ummer is prime outdoors season in the Hudson Valley, with innumerable options to hike, bike, swim, climb, kayak, fish, and forage. But where to rest your weary head? We’ve rounded up a handful of Hudson Valley campgrounds for every type of camper, from those who want to hike in to a remote spot to the trowel-shy folks who’d rather have access to a public toilet. Happy camping. Camping for Water Signs, aka Waterfront Camping To look at an aerial photo of the Hudson Valley and the Catskills is to behold a verdant landscape laced with countless waterways, from babbling brooks to curving creeks to backyard ponds and mountain lakes. In this water-logged region, there is no shortage of campsites that have access to a lake, pond, river, or stream. North-South Lake
874 North Lake Road, Haines Falls This is the largest and most popular site in Catskill State Park, and for good reason: the two beautiful scenic lakes and access to hiking trails to Alligator Rock, Kaaterskill Falls, and the old site of the Catskill Mountain House. There are also boat rentals and two picnic areas with charcoal grills. Beaver Pond
700 Kanawauke Road, Stony Point Located in Harriman State Park and adjacent to Lake Welch, Beaver Pond campground has access to beaches, state park facilities (like showers and laundry), and hiking trails. The campsites can also accommodate trailers and RVs. Lake Taghkanic State Park
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fields, beach volleyball, and a picnic pavilion. It’s suitable for trailers and RVs, as well. And there are four vacation cottages, if glamping is more your style. Clarence Fahnestock Memorial State Park
1498 Route 301, Carmel This state park spreads across 14,000 acres in the highlands of Dutchess and Putnam counties, with miles of trails (including a portion of the Appalachian Trail) and opportunities for birding, boating, and fishing at Canopus Lake and the park’s four ponds. Camping for Over-Achievers, aka Medium-to-Strenuous Hike-In Sites Some of us with a more Protestant-bent to our work ethic feel we have to really earn our free time. For campers who prefer to break a sweat hiking their gear and food in before setting up shop, we’ve rounded up some of the more remote campsites. Woodland Valley Campground 1319 Woodland Valley Road, Phoenicia
This site is nestled at the base of Slide Mountain, the tallest peak in the Catskills, and surrounded by Panther, Cornell, and Wittenberg Mountains. It’s a two-hour hike from Tanbark Trail, and the SlideWittenberg and Woodland Valley-Denning trails are also accessible. Bonus: you can cool off or catch dinner by tubing or fishing at Esopus Creek. Sam Pryor Shawangunk Gateway Campground
953 Route 299, Gardiner Getting here requires a five-hour hike from Sam’s Point Preserve (or a much shorter walk from the Mohonk Preserve Visitor Center), and gives you access to the Gunks, a worldfamous climbing region. Alpine Endeavors provides guided tours.
Peekamoose Valley
134-146 Peekamoose Road, Grahamsville A popular spot for primitive campers, Peekamoose Valley in the Sundown Wild Forest has 24 campsites, and there is no way to reserve them. (Groups of 10 or more must get permits from a forest ranger at least two weeks in advance.) There’s an impressive range of mountains, streams, and hiking trails in this southeast corner of Catskill Park. A popular route is to hike the eight miles from Vernooy Kill Falls. Devil’s Tombstone
Route 214, Hunter One of oldest campgrounds in the Catskill Forest Preserve and another popular primitive camping site, the Devil’s Tombstone campground is a perfect base camp for serious hikers, surrounded as it is by some of the highest peaks in the park. The 21-mile Devil’s Path trail crosses through the area, linking the Indian Head and HunterWest Kill wilderness trail systems. For Campers Who Need Entertainment, aka Sites with Access to Other Recreation Just in case melodious birdsong, forest bathing, and primitive cooking don’t cut it, here are a couple of campsites with access to (still wholesome) recreation opportunities for the perennially overstimulated. These picks are good for those who want to unplug but can’t actually slow down. Taconic State Park—Copake Falls Area
253 Route 344, Copake Falls This is one of the largest campgrounds on our list, with 106 sites for tents and trailers, 18 cabins, and a wide range of recreational activities in the Taconic region’s oldest state park. There are several swimming spots and day hikes—including to Bish Bash Falls, just across the border into Massachusetts—
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796 Barry Brook Road Spur, Roscoe Want to go fishing? The Beaverkill River flows east-to-west through this site and is regarded as one of the best trout fishing streams in the country. There’s also a picnic zone with grills and a historic 150-year-old covered bridge. A few miles north lies the Delaware Wild Forest, with 33 miles of hiking trails. For Campers Who Don’t Like Camping, aka Camping With Amenities For those who would secretly rather stay at home but have had their bluffs called, we’ve rounded up some campgrounds with hot showers, flushable toilets, and power outlets. These aren’t quite glampsites, but they offer some respite from the harshness of being out in nature. Sebago Cabin Camp
7 Seven Lakes Drive, Airmont Rustic cabins and full-service cottages on Lake Sebago in Harriman State Park fall just shy of full-scale glamping in our book. Visitors also have access to tennis courts, a recreation hall, and the full range of recreational activities (including biking, boating, fishing, hiking, and cross-country skiing) at Harriman (plus: restrooms with showers). Malouf’s Mountain Sunset Campground
Old Town Road, Beacon This family-owned and -operated campground is hike-in and hike-out, with primitive sites for campers who bring their own gear. The platform sites, on the other hand, are tarped and come with a chowbox containing cooking equipment, playing cards, a fly swatter, and more not-quite essentials. There’s also an on-site bathhouse with hot showers, flush toilets, and two hair dryers.
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217 Pegg Road, Morris This getaway out in Otsego County is explicitly dog-centric, with meadows and trails where your pooch can run free, and well-appointed RVs, cottages, cabins, and tents that all permit dogs. Proceeds benefit the farm’s border collie rescue efforts. Kenneth L. Wilson Campground
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arwick Valley Chamber of Commerce director Michael Johndrow has a long list of things he is on fire about. The volunteers in kayaks who just cleaned up the waterway to blaze a brand new water trail from Wickham Lake to Memorial Park. The groundbreaking for the new radiology wing at Saint Anthony Community Hospital. (“How many towns our size have a hospital that draws people from everywhere to have their babies here?” Johndrow wonders). The parents who came together to turn derelict playground into an accessible wonderland. (“They raised $30,000, and it rained on them every single day of build week, but they’ve got a zipline! A castle!”) Town of Warwick Supervisor Michael Sweeton was just named the Orange County Partnership’s Most Valuable Partner (MVP) for 2019. Warwick schools, with acres of dedicated solar panels, have been the only
ones in the state to achieve national Green Ribbon status for sustainable practices and education. And that’s just a snapshot; call back next season and Johndrow will have a whole new list. Being situated less than half an hour from the future site of LEGOLAND New York, which is projected to draw about two million visitors per year when it opens in 2020, and under an hour from the brand new Kartrite Resort and Indoor Water Park suits Johndrow just fine. “They’re adding a lot of beds,” he says. “We have one hotel and 12 B&Bs, and they’re always busy. The B&B owners tell me that a lot of midsummer traffic is people staying over to go to the Warwick Drive-In.” There are only 315 drive-ins left in the US, and the Warwick’s made number six on Fodor Travel Guide’s Top 10. “Turns out millennials love drive-in movies,” Johndrow says. 7/19 CHRONOGRAM COMMUNITY PAGES 73
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Forever Farmland When a real estate transfer tax was introduced in Warwick in the late ’90s, some fussed, but the Community Preservation Fund created has preserved more than 2,000 acres of farmland—and helped cultivate diverse blue-ribbon destinations such as Pennings Farm Market, with its farm cidery, beer garden, cafe, garden center, and eclectic events schedule; and Bellvale Farms Creamery (holding steady at Number Two on Trip Advisor’s list of the top 10 ice cream parlors in the entire United States). Around the turn of the 21st century, Warwick Valley citizens opted to further beef up the natural protections afforded by the Appalachian Trail peaks and wetlands with a Purchase of Development Rights (PDR) program that will help preserve key farmland in perpetuity. All that agriculture fuels a foodie paradise. “We’re a tiny village—just under 7,000 people—and there are 40 places to eat in town and 110 within a 10-mile radius,” marvels Johndrow. Whether you want an American steakhouse steeped in tradition, a juice cleanse, or just a kickin’ slice of pizza, Warwick will feed you like family. The third annual Warwick
Food Truck Festival will dole out even more variety July 18-19, 4-9pm, complete with live music and craft bevvies galore. From Correctional to Recreational Scant weeks after Governor Cuomo announced the closure of the Mid-Orange Correctional Facility in 2011, a bipartisan working group had drawn up a 50-page action plan that balanced economic development, public recreation, and aquifer protection. The newly formed Warwick Valley Local Development Corp. bought 150 acres for $3.1 million in March 2014, and the town worked with the state on a $1 deal for the rest, with an easement dedicating the land to environmental preservation and recreation. Today, the one-time prison (where a correctional officer once landed in hot water for collaborating with prisoners to tend stray cats) has been redeveloped to suit the community’s choices. It’s home to Wickham Woodlands, with hiking, biking, picnicking, fishing, and boating, and Wickham Works, a community makerspace where nonprofits offer workshops and sustainability events.
On another part of the former prison’s grounds, hundreds gathered on June 1 to celebrate the grand opening of the new Hudson Sports Complex, developed by Premier League soccer star Christian Fuchs and his wife Raluca. The state-of-the-art athletic center provides professional-grade facilities and training for young athletes. For the grand opening, the Austrian-born Fuchs, who plays for the English club Leicester City, invited a number of his fellow professional footballers to come play an all-star charity match. The game, and an accompanying auction, benefitted Beautiful People, a Warwick-based nonprofit adaptive sports program. The rest of the site’s commercial zone is also filling. Commercial tenants include cannabis producers Citiva Medical, Kraftify Brewing Co., excavation company Ground Control, Eden Restoration, and Trans Tech Bus Co. By the end of 2019, there will be high-grade CBD oil processed from locally grown hemp in a renovated dairy barn onsite. ( The famed black dirt also grows terrific hemp, which is seeing enthusiastic adoption by local farmers.) 7/19 CHRONOGRAM COMMUNITY PAGES 75
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Collaborative Culture The conscious, creative curation that turned a onetime penitentiary into a place for fun, education, healing, and industry is classic Warwick Valley. The villages and hamlets bubble with intriguing shopping, dining, lively groups, and enticing events. There’s music in the Railroad Avenue courtyard several times a week thanks to the village government and Grappa Ristoranti. There’s the Greenwood Lake Summer Concert Series on the lakeshore all summer long, including spectacular fireworks for 4th of July. There’s the Bluegrass Sunday series at Glenmere Brewing, the 10th season of the beloved Clam and Jam bashes at Pennings Farm in August, and Piano Night every Monday at the farm-to-table restaurant Grange. “All the credit for our destination status has to go to our entrepreneurs, really,” says Johndrow. “Our retailers created a collaborative culture of helping each other based very much on the culture of the town, and it’s a virtuous cycle. They organize events that lift everyone up and train their people to offer a certain level of welcome. We’re using that as a townwide model in tourism for the villages and hamlets to cooperate while keeping their individuality. And there’s certainly no shortage of that.”
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Warwick Through the Ages
KEY MOMENTS IN WARWICK’S HISTORY By Anne Pyburn Craig
On July 28, the good folk of the Warwick Historical Society will be giving tours from 2-4pm. You’ll see a new ag exhibit, newly acquired Civil War trunk, and the 1764 Shingle House. And anytime you visit Warwick, you can download the Warwick Walking Tour app and get schooled. Meanwhile, here are some of the seminal moments that shaped this epic place. 1750: In an effort to keep the Colonial upstarts in line, the British Crown passes the Iron Act and decrees that colonists must shut down most of their iron forges. The Iron Act met the iron will of Lawrence Scrawley, who had opened his tilt-hammer forge at Bellvale in 1745. Scrawley refused to close, and the Brits destroyed the forge. Not quite 30 years later, the ironforgers of Warwick would gather at the Secret Forge and craft the Great Chain. Each 24-inch link weighed about 114 pounds. Stretched across the Hudson on April 30, 1778, the Great Chain made the channel impassable to Redcoat warships. 1835: General George Duncan Wickham digs a drainage canal, and the black dirt of the Drowned Lands emerges. Previously, the area had been a lake and Pine Island an actual island. You could graze your cattle herd there, but if a storm hit they’d likely drown. It wasn’t until Eastern Europeans arrived from Poland and Germany around 1880 that the Drowned Lands were coaxed into producing tons of onions. The great granddaughter of one of those farmers, Cheryl Rogowski of Pine Island, was named Onion Princess in 1983 and a MacArthur Genius in
2004 for “reinventing the role of the family farm in America.” 1845: English poet Henry William Herbert, also known as Frank Forester, publishes The Warwick Woodlands or Things As They Were There Ten Years Ago. “In all the river counties of New York there is none to my mind which presents such a combination of all natural beauties, pastoral, rural, sylvan, and at times almost sublime, as old Orange, nor any part of it to me so picturesque, or so much endeared by early recollections, as the fair vale of Warwick...May blessings be about you, beautiful Warwick; may your fields be as green, your waters as bright, the cattle upon your hundred hills as fruitful, as in the days of old.” 1860: A charter is granted to the Warwick Valley Railroad, an eleven-mile branch of the New York and Erie that connects the heart of Warwick Village to Greycourt, and thence to New York City. Previously, Warwick’s farmers and makers had to trek 30 miles by wagon to the river at Newburgh. Previously, the Village of Warwick had been but a face in the crowd, no more inherently exciting or successful than Amity or Eden. The railroad changed all that, becoming the first ever to transport milk in refrigerated cars, and leaving behind a groovy 1893 depot. 1933: The New York State Training School for Boys opens its gates (on the grounds of what would later become the Mid-Orange Correctional Facility). The school replaced the hellish conditions at Randall’s Island with a farm, a
woodshop, and cabins. Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt were believers in the curative powers of sunshine, good fresh food, and mentoring, and for a couple of decades the school had the resources to be a pretty decent place. The best known alumni is Claude Brown, author of Manchild in the Promised Land, who observed that the place made boys better criminals but ultimately managed to use it as a stepping stone on the way to Howard University. After a few decades as an adult prison, this lovely slice of the valley has been reimagined as a place of health, pleasure, and prosperity. 2001: The Town of Warwick Agricultural and Open Space Preservation and Acquisition Fund is established to purchase the development rights for farmland that comes on the market, in order to preserve the historic agricultural landscape and farming industry in Warwick Valley. 2010: Village of Warwick gardeners and beautification experts enter the village in an international “Communities in Bloom” competition for the prettiest village in the world and take first place, bringing a lovely trophy home from Nova Scotia just in time to brandish it at the front of the community’s Halloween parade. Organizers of the group Warwick in Bloom, having led Warwick to floral victory at both national (2003) and global levels, do not simply rest on their laurels (or in their hanging baskets.) They tend over 80 portable planters every year and work to fund more historical signage and nifty lanterns to maximize Warwick’s cute factor. 7/19 CHRONOGRAM COMMUNITY PAGES 81
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Multiple Locations hudsonvalleyjazzfest@gmail.com Hudsonvalleyjazzfest.org The 10th Annual Hudson Valley Jazz Festival will be held August 8-11, with performances in cafes, libraries, restaurants, town parks, clubs, community centers, theaters, and even on an organic farm.
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GREEN GOLD RUSH With a crowded field of groups each pushing their agenda, comprehensive cannabis legalization in New York falters By Phillip Pantuso
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ith the close of yet another legislative session on June 19, New York again failed to pass the Marihuana Regulation and Taxation Act (MRTA) for the sixth year in a row, though this was the first time that it had seemed possible. Earlier in the year, Governor Cuomo made cannabis reform a core component of his State of the State address, and the Assembly and newly Democrat-controlled Senate were able to push through a raft of other progressive legislation, encompassing climate change, rent control, and driver’s licenses for undocumented immigrants. But legal weed, once again, died on the vine. “Whenever big changes are proposed in the way things have been done for a long time, people will be wary,” says Senator Liz Krueger (D-Manhattan), who first introduced the MRTA in December 2013. “I heard many good-faith concerns from my colleagues, many of which I believe have been addressed in new versions of the bill, but we ran out of time before we could make it across the finish line.” “There were many good-faith concerns” would be a fitting epitaph for the MRTA. What had earlier in the year seemed like a foregone conclusion—the legalization of recreational marijuana for adult use in New York—was reined in by police unions and PTAs, scaremongering anti-legalization groups, and a cold-footed Democratic caucus whose differences seemed to grow by the day. On the other side, the push to reform marijuana policy in the state of the Rockefeller drug laws included movements driven by social
and criminal justice reformers, small farmers, tourism, health care, and agribusiness. It promises to be an incredibly complex industry, and a very lucrative one: The state estimates revenues of half a billion dollars in the first year alone. That’s why everyone—from farmers, investors, and activists to state legislators and the people on your block—seems to be talking about weed these days. Public conversations are happening throughout the Hudson Valley. A few weeks before the close of session, two dozen people packed into a slim gallery space in Midtown Kingston, for a “cannabis chat” led by Andi Novick, cofounder of the New York Small Farm Alliance of Cannabis Growers and Supporters. The gathered throng displayed a wide range in familiarity levels with the plant and the legislation, and competing passions and prerogatives. The room was heavily in favor of ending prohibition, so it wasn’t a perfect analogy for the crowded field of cannabis reform, but the symbolism was unmissable. I talked to more than 20 people on all sides of the issue for this article and came away both more convinced that cannabis reform will happen in New York one day and clearer on why it hasn’t yet. “It touches lots of different agencies and parts of the state,” Senator Krueger says. Though most New Yorkers now support pot legalization, there are many competing factions with different policy priorities. And if the destination is now generally agreed upon, the path forward still remains as tangled as ever.
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How We Got Here First, let’s back up. Momentum toward legalization picked up in 2014, the year New York passed the Compassionate Care Act, aka the medical marijuana bill. On the eve of that session, Senator Krueger introduced the Marihuana Regulation and Taxation Act, a recreational bill that cherry-picked policies from other states and European markets that have ended cannabis prohibition. The MRTA would legalize recreational marijuana use for anyone over the age of 21, taxing and regulating it in a manner akin to the state’s current treatment of alcohol and tobacco. With slight tweaks, the MRTA has been reintroduced year after year, picking up cosponsors along the way. Majority leader Crystal Peoples-Stokes (D-Buffalo) sponsors the bill in the Assembly. In his 2019 State of the State address, Governor Cuomo proposed the creation of a new agency, the Office of Cannabis Management, to oversee the industry, estimating that tax revenue would be $300 million by 2023. A 59-to 38-percent majority of New Yorkers now support the sale of legal marijuana, according to a Quinnipiac poll released in January, with little deviation between New York City, upstate, and suburban voters. “We have the largest cannabis industry in the country, it’s just that criminals run it all,” Senator Krueger says. “Crystal PeoplesStokes and I have been watching what’s happened state by state, country by country, talking to regulators and advocates. I believe that New York State can have the best marijuana legalization in the country.” This year, Illinois became the 11th state, plus Washington, DC, to legalize recreational cannabis use since Colorado and Washington broke the seal in 2012. The laws vary, but what we know from other states is largely encouraging. A 2018 status report from the Drug Policy Alliance found that “states are saving money and protecting the public by comprehensively regulating marijuana for adult use.” Weed-related arrests have plummeted (though racial disparities remain), youth marijuana use has not increased, and the total number of arrests for driving under the influence in Colorado and Washington has actually declined (road safety is the primary legalization concern of the police in New York). Legalization also legitimized black-market jobs and created new ones, and sales and tax revenues exceeded initial estimates in each state, once consumers and regulators adjusted to new systems. One of the main drivers of this? Cannabis tourism. With 19 dispensaries (and counting) in Massachusetts, and New Jersey moving to legalize marijuana, there is some pressure for New York act before losing that slice of revenue to neighboring states. 86 FEATURE CHRONOGRAM 7/19
And the Hudson Valley, in particular, stands to benefit, says Michael Amoroso, executive director of the Hudson Valley chapter of the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws. “You’d be hardpressed to find elsewhere in the country such a major cannabis consumption market that sits alongside a corridor of higher education institutions and has an agricultural community in close proximity.” Follow the Money Despite this year’s failure, it seems to be a matter of when, not if, the wave of legalization will reach New York. And despite the competing agendas, by far the most common concern across camps is preventing a corporate cannabis takeover.
“We have the largest cannabis industry in the country, it’s just that criminals run it all.” —Senator Liz Krueger “It’s important to not let this industry go from one cartel to another,” Novick says. That’s also the main talking point of the major anti-legalization group active in New York: Smart Approaches to Marijuana, a nationwide nonprofit with 26 state chapters. “Big Marijuana is taking its playbook straight from its Big Tobacco and Alcohol industry investors,” says Dr. Kevin Sabet, President of SAM NY and a former drug policy advisor to President Obama. “What will follow will not be more empowerment or opportunity but more health and economic harm.” Large multinational cannabis corporations are already sniffing around the New York market. MedMen, which generated nearly $40 million in revenue last year from its operations across five states, is in the process of acquiring PharmaCann, which has four medical dispensaries in New York and a 130,000-square-foot production facility
in Hamptonburgh. The Ontario-based Canopy Growth, the world’s largest cannabis company, announced plans in January to build a $100 to $150-million hempprocessing industrial park in the Southern Tier, and took a tentative step toward US expansion by agreeing in April to acquire Acreage Holdings for $3.4 billion pending the future federal legalization of cannabis. Acreage, one of the biggest cannabis companies in the country, runs operations in 22 states as an investment vehicle and parent company, and recently opened a medical dispensary in Middletown. In fact, the majority of Acreage’s licenses are for medical marijuana. The company’s vice president of government affairs, Nick Etten, says New York’s medical program is “anemic”—there are about a half-million residents for every dispensary in the state— and he believes that boosting it should be part of any future marijuana legislation in New York. Etten and other Acreage operators have worked closely with Albany to advance comprehensive reform. “We want to be in a position to support the [recreational] market, but we believe it’s important to continue to serve patients and have a healthy, robust medical market, too,” he says. Medical Concerns The medical marijuana community has been active in the fight for legalization for two main reasons: It’s an opportunity to expand business, and it also provides an avenue to undo some of the perceived mistakes of the Compassionate Care Act. The CCA awarded licenses for five companies to operate four dispensaries each (the number of companies has since expanded to 10). By contrast, Montana has 88 medical dispensaries, and California has more than 630 medical and recreational shops. “When you look at other states that legalize and at who actually uses the adult-use program, it’s not just recreational users. A lot of times people are using it almost like Advil,” says Hillary Peckham, chief operating officer of Etain Health, one of the five original medical marijuana license winners (and entirely womenowned), with dispensaries in Kingston, New York City, Syracuse, and Yonkers. “Our interest in the adult-use space is to continue providing high-quality cannabis to people in any market—and particularly for medical benefit—whether or not it’s a prescribed condition.” According to Dr. Roger Green, a retired pediatrician who’s active with Doctors for Cannabis Regulation, as the medical bill is currently written, “there are some people who don’t really fit the medical category,” but who, nonetheless, could benefit from marijuana as medicine. “Sometimes they get worked up, and just once every week or two,
An Acreage Holdings grow room in Syracuse.
they need a little bit of cannabis to relax,” Dr. Green says. Revamped medical regulation as part of an omnibus marijuana reform law could expand qualifying conditions, allow more practitioners to authorize prescriptions, reduce training course time, and even provide over-the-counter medicines. Medical reform could mean a greater variety of products, too, from edibles to smokeable products derived from the flower. The standards for medical marijuana have to be high to meet the needs of immunocompromised people, Peckham explains, which prevents those kinds of products from being brought to market. License to Chill The Compassionate Care Act requires companies to be vertically integrated from seed to sale, driving startup and application costs to exorbitant levels—a barrier to entry that only the exceedingly well-funded have been able to clear. Legalization proponents are committed to avoiding the same mistake for recreational cannabis. One bold idea for leveling the playing field is to eliminate caps on licenses and to allow micro and partial licenses. Advocates say that would increase competition and allow for a robust ancillary economy to grow up around the core market of cultivation and distribution, as businesses apply for specialized licenses in manufacturing and processing, research, and testing. It’s an idea supported by small farmers and entrepreneurs who want entry into the
lucrative cannabis tourism industry. To Leland Radovanovic, a senior strategist with the cannabis communications firm Powerplant Strategies, the legislation in other states missed a golden opportunity on this front. “They thought, ‘There are people who grow weed and people who sell weed,’ when in reality there are people who make stuff from weed, people who deliver weed, product manufacturers, manufacturers who make oils that get white-labeled, researchers—a whole huge ecosystem.” The micro licenses would allow people who can’t afford the full license to participate in the green rush. Micro licenses for manufacturing and selling alcoholic beverages in New York have helped create the flourishing craft brewing and distilling industry in the state. A similar license for cannabis would allow people who aren’t as well-funded to start their own small businesses, fostering experimentation and a larger variety of products. “You’ll have your Coca-Colas and Pepsis, but you’ll also get your Brooklyn Breweries and Hudson Valley Breweries,” Radovanovic says. “We have an opportunity for New York farmers, our agriculture sector, and the economy to benefit, and for state agencies to set out standards that can be a model for states across the US,” says Senator Jen Metzger, the newly elected progressive Democrat from Rosendale and the chair of the Senate Agriculture Committee. “We need to protect the ability of our small farms and farmers to take advantage of a new
industry and the opportunities it presents.” Kaelan Castetter, CEO of the Castetter Sustainability Group, a network of small hemp farms throughout New York, is also a proponent of the micro license model, which he says would create a tiered system that allows people to get in at different levels. “That supports small farmers,” he says. “And you’ll have a large amount of producers funneling into independent stores, which will stock a multitude of product from multiple suppliers.” Castetter would also like to see allowances in the micro licenses for on-premises consumption, which would allow farmers to run small-scale, integrated businesses for marijuana like they already do for farm breweries and wineries. He thinks the idea could have a positive impact on Hudson Valley tourism. “It gives downstaters an incentive to come upstate to consume craft cannabis and travel and spend in our communities,” he says. “Most small farmers are small businesses, and I want to create a system that allows them to thrive.” Novick, of the New York Small Farm Alliance of Cannabis Growers and Supporters, takes the idea even further. After studying the farm brewery and farm winery license models, she realized that the MRTA had a blind spot when it came to recognizing cannabis as an agricultural crop. She’s drafted an appendix outlining three specific farm licenses that go further than the micro licenses and have higher environmental and sourcing standards: a farm “cannabisery” 7/19 CHRONOGRAM FEATURE 87
The Botanist, Acreage Holdings’ Middletown dispensary.
license that would require growers use 100 percent New York cannabis and regenerative growing methods in exchange for the right to conduct on-site tastings, open as many as five retail stores, and self-distribute; a craft cultivator license, which would require amending the Agriculture and Markets Law to recognize cannabis as a crop and zoning immunity for small farmers to grow up to a half-acre of craft cannabis; and a farm-based cooperative license that would allow small farmers to pool resources to better ensure success in the industry. “Farm co-ops and cannabiseries are the antithesis of a corporate model,” Novick says. “There’s no way small farmers are going to be able to compete with these well-financed cannacorporations with national ambitions, 88 FEATURE CHRONOGRAM 7/19
unless we provide a structure like a co-op and provide for micro businesses.” Reparative Legislation The licensing issues are entangled with social justice issues in the legal weed movement: Reformers want those who have been most affected by prohibition to have priority to enter into and capitalize on a legal marijuana industry. According to the Drug Policy Alliance, in 2017, black people in upstate cities were 12.1 times more likely to be arrested for marijuana possession than white people, a disparity that has persisted for decades. There have been several amendments added to the proposed bill to address marijuana regulation as a criminal reform
issue. As it is written now, the bill would expunge prior lower-level marijuana convictions, expand the resentencing and reclassification of other weed-related crimes, help people transition from the illicit to the legal market, and grant greater preference for sales licenses to those affected by prior marijuana convictions. The most vocal legislator on this front has been Assemblywoman Peoples-Stokes, who struck a more cautious tone throughout the legislative process. When Governor Cuomo proposed his version of a plan in January, he talked about the need for “social equity,” without specifying how tax revenue and other reparative efforts for communities impacted by existing pot laws would work. “I think we’re only about 50 percent of the way to where we need to be with the governor’s proposal,” Peoples-Stokes told the Buffalo News in January; she called for state revenues to be specifically earmarked for “communities that have been negatively impacted” by mass incarceration and unequal enforcement of marijuana laws. The disconnect was a sign of things to come. The Governor and seemingly all of the legislators working on the cannabis reform agree that any bill needs to include social justice provisos, but what that looks like remains to be determined. In lieu of the MRTA passing, some activists want to see a stop-gap measure like a statewide moratorium on arrests, but Senator Krueger dismissed the idea. “It doesn’t really work,” she said, citing the fact that New York City has technically decriminalized marijuana possession, and it hasn’t had much impact on racial disparities in arrests. “As long as there are still things on the books saying it’s illegal, in the big cities, at least, that’s been turned into stop-and-frisk, and if they find any amount of marijuana on you, they bust you.” Three’s Company Hemp growers want a piece of the action, too, and they’ve been buoyed by one big development that has paved the way for cannabis reform: the explosion of CBD. Perhaps you’ve ingested it recently, infused into beer or a gummy or a latte or a marshmallow; maybe you’ve taken a CBD tincture for stress relief, or rubbed a CBD lotion on an aching joint. THC, or delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol, is the cannabinoid molecule in cannabis that gets you high; CBD is one of the 100 or so that does not. But these other cannabinoids aren’t entirely useless: There’s a growing body of research into CBD’s interaction with the human body’s endocannabinoid system, a network of receptors that helps regulate immune activity and a variety of cognitive and physical processes, including pain, mood, and memory. CBD is shrouded in mystery: Scientists aren’t exactly sure how it works, for one, and its legal status isn’t exactly fixed. CBD
Hillary, Keeley and Amy Peckham of Etain Health, a family-run, women-owned medical marijuana dispensary with locations in Kingston, New York City, Syracuse, and Yonkers.
derived from marijuana remains classified as a Schedule I controlled substance under federal law, but CBD derived from industrial hemp (which is cannabis with much lower concentrations of THC) is not. Shipping it across state lines is technically illegal, though rarely enforced. Many of the CBD products on the market, meanwhile, are purposefully vague about their benefits, since the FDA prohibits unproven health claims. All of this has created a CBD market that’s a bit like the Wild West, with little to no quality control. A 2017 study by the Journal of the American Medical Association looked at 84 CBD products sold online, and found that 26 percent of them had less CBD than advertised, and 43 percent had more. Heavy metals, pesticides, bacteria, and other contaminants have also been found in CBD products. There have been wasted opportunities in hemp, too. The 2018 Farm Bill removed industrial hemp from the controlled
substances list; since then, New York state has operated a pilot program through the Department of Agriculture and Markets. But the infrastructure required by local farmers to take advantage of this growing market is sorely lacking. There are 100,000 acres of industrial hemp in cultivation this year, but no processing facilities or private testing labs online in the state. The MRTA originally didn’t include anything that would regulate CBD. But the most recent version of the bill brings hemp, CBD, and medical and adult-use recreational marijuana under the auspices of the Office of Cannabis Management and creates new regulatory frameworks for each sector. Next Steps If legalization happens through the legislature next year, it will be because the different competing camps came together in support of the MRTA. The other option is to approve a package as part of the executive
budget process, which concludes on April 1 each year. To this point, there has been little talk of a statewide ballot initiative. Regardless of when it happens, the Marihuana Regulation and Taxation Act is not completely prescriptive. It leaves a lot of decision making to the Office of Cannabis Management and other regulatory authorities and raises questions it doesn’t explicitly provide answers to. “Setting up a comprehensive system for cannabis will take time and requires thoughtful efforts on the part of state government, agriculture, and business to develop,” Senator Metzger says. “This is going to be a massive market with massive demand,” Castetter says. “We all have to think logistically about how we get ready for that demand, responsibly.” This story is a collaboration with The River, a digital Hudson Valley newsroom covering regional topics of national importance. Sign up for The River’s weekly newsletter at Therivernewsroom.com. 7/19 CHRONOGRAM FEATURE 89
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isiting Judy Sigunick’s studio, a sunlit space attached to a fantastically ramshackle, Edward Gorey-like house in Cragsmoor, which she shared with her husband and fellow artist, Phil, was an unforgettable experience. Every shelf, table, and most of the floor was crowded with ceramic heads and figures, many of them fine-featured girls with fragile-looking bodies, one draped majestically in a cape fashioned from used coffee filters, some seated on elephants, all scarred and cracked from the firing process. (Sigunick had developed her own complex technique, which allowed for the imperfections she delighted in.) Sigunick’s archetypes, inspired by Persephone and other figures from Greek and Egyptian mythology as well as Western literature, explored personal narratives while the totemic quality of her head and animal sculptures had a kinship with African art. More than mere representation or a recitation of styles, however, her clay figures seemed to embody the mysteries and ambiguities of the human condition, bearing the rhythms of birth and desecration in their scorched and fissured surfaces. Such a transcendent imagination seemed to defy the limits of time and space. Indeed, Sigunick’s art-making energies overflowed into the community, enriching the lives of many. Her empathy, joyful enthusiasm, disciplined work ethic, inquisitive mind, humor, and generosity of spirit were such an outpouring of life and youthful energy that news of her passing on April 19 was a shock to many in the wide circle of her friends and colleagues. Despite fighting cancer, Sigunick was the eternal optimist: friends who had seen her not long before her death noted that she was filled with ideas and planning new work. “Judy’s enthusiasm and sense of joy were a gift to those who knew and loved her,” says artist and former gallerist Eleni Smolen, echoing the sentiments of many. “She had so much energy for her family, friends, and art, and, yes, even kimchi!” (Reportedly, she made the best.) Raised in Chicago, Sigunick graduated from the University of Illinois. With her first husband, she lived in Europe and Israel before moving back to her home city and becoming a social worker. In 1969, her newborn child was tragically killed in a car accident (a trauma that later found its way into her art, along with her complicated relationship with her sister). In the 1970s, after having two more children and separating from her first husband, she met Phil Sigunick at his pottery class at Bleakley Studios in Cragsmoor. They later
married and had another child. “The minute she walked in the room, I knew she was an artist,” Phil says. “She was into art all her life. All I did was help her acknowledge that.” In her memoir, Sigunick wrote of her loaded relationship with creativity, “My older brother by two years taught me that boys are best at art and dissections of small living creatures, have the highest IQs, and that girls best keep to the nuts and bolts of being stupid. At least, this is how it seemed...I waited until I was 47 before separating myself from a mercurial brother’s erroneous assumptions and began a life of personal longing, studied art with a group of barely competent teaching artists called professors, and learned about vicissitudes and nurturing a fertile and creative mind sans older bro.” By her late 50s, Sigunick had earned an MFA from SUNY New Paltz and had begun exhibiting her sculptures and works on paper in solo and group shows throughout the Hudson Valley and in Soho. She later taught at Dutchess Community College (DCC), Marist, and SUNY New Paltz. She was also a big proponent of public art, curating the “10x10x10” show of storefront art in Ellenville for three seasons and fulfilling numerous commissions herself, including a lifesized concrete rhino for the Rosendale Youth Center and a multi-section concrete whale for the Poughkeepsie waterfront. Both projects involved the community: kids and local residents fired many of the ceramic tiles affixed to the pieces. Professor Emerita Pamela Blum, who hired Sigunick to teach ceramics at DCC, particularly admired her qualities as a mother. “She was so loving and supportive of any decision her kids made,” says Blum—decisions that included, on the part of daughter Rachel, working in Afghanistan as a lawyer, and on the part of her daughter Ellen, documenting the stories of street kids in Kenya. Not long before her passing, Sigunick completed a limited-edition book entitled Letters to Shakespeare. Consisting of 17 richly colored and patterned oil-stick paintings of Viola and other Shakespearian characters, each work on paper is accompanied by a love note to the Bard, beginning tenderly and familiarly, “Hello Shakespeare.” According to her daughter Ellen, Sigunick had also embarked on a second project, entitled “Thirteen Ways of Looking at Viola,” which further plumbed her fascination with the cross-dressing character from “Twelfth Night.” (Viola was also a prolific subject of her sculptures.)
Sigunick became enamored of Shakespeare after taking a class on the playwright with Leigh Williams at DCC when both were teaching there. “She made interesting connections and had unusual insights into the plays,” recalls Williams, adding that Letters to Shakespeare “is deeply tied to Judy’s own past. She saw in his work deep human themes” and brought a feminist twist to her interpretations. Sigunick shared an interest in Shakespeare with her son, Adam, a dialog that brought her much joy and continued into her last days. Sigunick once blogged, “Theater is monumental. It’s also mercurial, temporary, and meant for us—suspending time, briefly altering our own realities. Borrowed costumes manipulate our experiences of each character, and the lighting, stage sets, co-opted space, [are] all designed to touch our minds and feelings and coax us into recognition of ourselves in them. Some briefly [sic] and borrowed ideas from Shakespeare’s works buzz around my brain, like crazy mosquitoes just waiting to land me a character to feast on, to reflect upon, but mostly to curb assumptions, predicting plots, and prod me along—into worlds full of possibilities never before imagined.” Like her muse, Sigunick’s own work takes us into uncharted, enchanting territory—a legacy that will live on.
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Flying Horses Hello Shakespeare Even in her nightgown my mom seemed elegant to me. She’d settle in her bed, propped with pillows and write her stories. She captured me, her youngest, with her white refrigerated but quiet sort of beauty and cozy warm undertones beneath a 30 something disengaging melancholy, like she knew, she just knew, she had missed her train. I never actually saw her write her short stories but I knew, from evidence that she did. My sister, Phyllis, knew about the rejection letters. I didn’t. Those stories died with her. Nothing left of them. Not now. If her ghost would come forth and beckon me straight on, neither to the left nor to the right, but straight on Truth, I would walk naked in the forest with mom and talk of her brilliance and introduce her to her Self, an artist who can tell a story like no other. She would know me without my costumes. Would that I could take her hand in mine to climb onto the train, just us, knowing we’re on track. Nothing to do. Zero. The stage has no stairs. But the horse doesn’t need them. In the beginning I was born an artist. And a sister. The wife, student, teacher, caseworker and mom parts came with choices. Dad loved eating and cooking. He invented a caramel corn machine. Mom might have risen to accomplished writer, but instead clung to scripted expectations of her south side of Chicago Jewish community. She dressed* in skirts, high heeled shoes, lived by the Housewife Code, was badgered into submission to rules of young womanhood written by powerfully bad tempered men, one being my grandpa who loved her and sent her, as a free woman, to Northwestern University to study Journalism when such freedoms were uncommon. His gruffness made her cry. His money and power freed her. Frightened and fragile, incapable of confrontation to protect an energetic imagination, she married at 19 years old, managed the household finances and the underpinnings of a fashionably successful family with two cars in the driveway, shopped, cooked, had her nails done (all by 25 years old), sent her three children off to school, accused the colored woman of misdeeds like stealing the scotch, which mom drank, socially, on the rocks. It started when the Poker Game Group strolled in, two by two, husbands and wives, and our dining room table morphed into a world of ashtrays rapidly filling with bad smelling butts, cigarette smoke creeping into my favorite hiding spaces, sounds of swirling ice and screeching laughter from my favorite aunt. Hiding upstairs, I imagined not growing up this way. Mom napped on our couch just about every afternoon, and then, when I was a young teen, she announced her plan to return to school. She completed her undergraduate studies followed by an MA in elementary education. Dad’s manhood was startled into submission and he acquiesced for the unbridled pride of the woman he loved and the need of extra income for our middle class family of five. He seemed angry. She dug in and engaged The Battle, admirably. Then a huge graduation celebration, planned and catered by Dad, and off she went to teach in a low income Chicago neighborhood south and west of our statuesque brick home near Lake Michigan, loved by her colleagues and students. I imagined I could do this when grown up. *The cedar closet in my brother’s room was filled with a treasure trove of odd clothing including an equestrian wardrobe . I’m pretty sure it all fit Mom.
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The Lobbyists at the Rhinebeck Writers Retreat event "Meet the Writers" at Great Song Farm in 2014. They return this summer to work on their next musical "The Golden Spike." Photo by Emily Baldwin.
Staging Area The Hudson Valley’s Bound-for-Broadway Legacy By Peter Aaron
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iking in the wooded mountains. Kayaking on the river. Apple picking with the kids. Reveling in the silence and fresh air under clear, star-filled night skies. For many, those are the scenes that first come to mind when they think of the Hudson Valley—not the anticipatory backstage bustle, emotion-packed and uproarious dialog, or expertly choreographed dance routines set to vibrant musical scores associated with the grand theaters of Broadway. But over the last few decades, that perception has been changing—dramatically, one might say. Thanks to a growing handful of area colleges and performing arts centers with theatrical residency and incubation programs, many of today’s award-winning blockbuster stage productions have gotten their start in the Hudson Valley before making their way to the Great White Way. (There’s also a ton of other dance and performance residencies in the region.) 98 ARTS & CULTURE CHRONOGRAM 7/19
But why here? Why not in the belly of the beast itself, down amid the glitter, the greasepaint, and the glow of the footlights? “A lot of playwrights are really excited about the idea of developing new work outside the critical glare of New York,” says Ed Cheetham, the producing director at Powerhouse Theater. “It gives them the chance to put [the commotion of the city] behind them, to focus and actually create a community around an idea.” Located on the campus of Vassar College in Poughkeepsie, Powerhouse is named for its home structure, a turnof-the-century brick dynamo building. Since 1985, the college has maintained a partnership with the Manhattan-based incubator New York Stage and Film. For six weeks each summer, Powerhouse’s 145seat black-box theater (AKA the Hallie Flanagan-Davis Powerhouse Theater), 125-seat Susan Stein Shiva Theater, and 300-person-capacity Martel Theater
(inside the adjacent Vogelstein Theater for Drama and Film) are taken over for workshopping musicals, readings of works in progress, and fully produced plays. And the summer-long program lives up to its name in more ways than just the literal nod to its power-plant past. It was in 2013, in Shiva Theater—a former coal bin in the basement of Powerhouse theater—that the monumental “Hamilton” was incubated before going on to its wavemaking, Tony-taking triumph on Broadway. Likewise woodshedded at Powerhouse were performer-playwright-producer Taylor Mac’s marathon “A 24-Decade History of Popular Music” and such successful musicals and plays as “Bright Star,” “American Idiot,” “The Secret Life of Bees,” “Head Over Heels,” “The Wolves,” “Tru,” “The Humans,” “Side Man,” and “Doubt” (the latter three all Tony winners and “The Humans,” by repeat Powerhouse participant John Patrick Shanley, which also won a Pulitzer Prize.
Rachel Altemose apprentices in the Powerhouse Theater Training Program in 2017. Photo by Karl Rabe
This season includes the finished plays “The Bandaged Place” by Harrison David Rivers ( June 27-July 7) and “Lightning (or The Unbuttoning)” ( July 18-28) by Beth Henley; musical workshops “Annie Salem: An American Tale” ( July 5-7), “The Elementary Spacetime Show” ( July 12-14), and “Goddess” ( July 26-28); and workshops of the drama “...and the Horse You Rode in On” ( June 20-22) and the comedy “The Best We Could (A Family Tragedy)” ( July 25-27). Powerhouse’s productions are presented in their raw, embryonic forms, without much of the pomp and accoutrements that come with a big-budget Broadway incarnation, putting the emphasis squarely on the content itself. Not all of the projects or phases of projects that come to Powerhouse are open to the public during their gestations; in certain cases, the writers or directors bring their works there to be able to gauge and make adjustments to them in a real time, closedshop environment before taking them
to audiences elsewhere. But in general, Powerhouse’s performances and readings are there to, at some point during their residencies, be staged before an audience, to see how they play. “The audiences don’t only come from the Hudson Valley; a lot of people come up from New York and from farther outside the area,” says Joanne Pfaelzer, Powerhouse’s artistic director. “And they tend to be open to what they’re seeing, they realize you have to have a certain level of trust when you experience a performance or a reading of work that hasn’t been done in front of an audience before and is being born right there while you watch that happen. It’s a shared privilege, getting to see and be part of these plays and musicals at the very beginning.” On a related note, 2014 Vassar graduate and actor Ethan Slater was nominated for a 2018 Tony for his lead role in “SpongeBob SquarePants: The Musical,” which also starred 2012
Vassar grad Lilli Cooper. Vassar’s most prominent academic neighbor to the north, Bard College, has also had its brushes with Broadway and beyond. This year’s Tony Award winner for Best Revival of a Musical, a revolutionary production of Rodgers and Hammerstein’s “Oklahoma!” was hatched in 2007 as a Bard student production by director Daniel Fish, a visiting artist and adjunct faculty member. In 2015, Fish oversaw the production’s official premiere at the college’s Richard B. Fisher Center for the Performing Arts as part of the annual Bard SummerScape festival. From there, it went on to a sold-out run at Brooklyn’s St. Ann’s Warehouse and, finally, Broadway’s Circle in the Square Theater. Amber Gray, who played Laurey Williams in the 2015 SummerScape production of “Oklahoma!,” is presently starring as Persephone in the 2019 Tony- and 2016 Drama Deskwinning musical “Hadestown.” 7/19 CHRONOGRAM ARTS & CULTURE 99
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Rodgers & Hammerstein’s "Oklahoma!" dress rehearsal in the LUMA Theater at the Bard Fisher Center June 23, 2015. Photo by Cory Weaver
This season’s SummerScape finds Fish on campus once again, as director of “Acquanetta,” running at the Fisher Center’s Luma Theater from July 11 through July 21. Conversely, several stars have bypassed Broadway and come directly to Bard to perform plays. “Game of Thrones” icon Peter Dinklage and his wife, director Erica Schmidt, collaborated in a 2008 SummerScape production of Chekov’s “Uncle Vanya” and a 2012 revival of Moliere’s “The Imaginary Invalid.” On the Western side of the Hudson, in the southern Ulster County village of Ellenville, Shadowland Stages is a beautifully renovated 1920s Art Deco vaudeville/silent-era movie house that this year celebrates its 35th anniversary as a hub of live theater. Shadowland’s mission includes the production of classics from the theatrical repertoire, but its emphasis is increasingly on the presentation of new plays and musicals on its main and blackbox studio stages. The current Shadowland schedule is rich in drama and comedy: Jen Silverman’s one-act “The Roommate” ( June 21-July 14); Paul Portner’s 56-yearold “Shear Madness” ( July 19-August 18), and Tony, Drama Desk, and Outer Critics Circle award-winner Joe DiPietro’s “Over the River and Through the Woods” (August 23-September 8). This fall at Shadowland also promises the East Coast premiere of “Flint” (September 13-29), written by Broadway and screen star Jeff Daniels, who earned a 2019 Tony nomination for his role as Atticus Finch in Aaron Sorkin’s adaptation of “To Kill a Mockingbird.”
“We’re interested in developing relationships with playwrights where we can work together with them to provide a place and cast and crew for productions of their new work,” says Brendan Burke, Shadowland’s producing artist director. “We’re part of the National New Play Network, which is a group of about 100 smaller nonprofit theaters around the country that feature new plays. Some of the plays [staged through the network] have a ‘rolling world premiere,’ where we produce them at Shadowland and, either before or after they come here, they play at one or two other NNPN theaters.” It was in this manner that Shadowland partnered with playwright John Cariani (“The Band’s Visit,” “Almost, Maine”) to present his “Love/Sick” (2013) and “Last Gas” (2016). Of course, long before a musical or play can make it to any stage, much less the bright lights of Broadway, it has to first be written. And it’s that phase of the process that was central to the establishment of the Rhinebeck Writers Retreat in 2011. “Theater is a collaborative art form,” says Kathy Evans, the operation’s founding executive director. “I saw a need for writers to get together and have a sounding board for their work, away from the city—a place where they can just focus on writing and feedback.” Located at a peaceful, private home in Staatsburg, about 10 minutes outside the village of Rhinebeck, each summer the rural retreat welcomes qualifying playwrights and composers for a week’s stay (meal stipend included), during which the enrollees create
their works in solitude and hone them via live readings and performances with their fellow resident writers. For 2019, the facility is welcoming 27 writers of nine new musicals to its beatific grounds. Among the notable alumni of the program is composer Joe Iconis, whose “Broadway Bounty Hunter” (starring Annie Golden), which premiered at the Barrington Stage Company in Pittsfield, Massachusetts in 2016 and officially opens at the Greenwich House Theater in the West Village on July 23, was developed at the Rhinebeck site. Another is New York’s Max Vernon, who worked on “The View Upstairs” (a 2017 off-Broadway production) at the 2014 retreat and returned in 2018 to refine “The Tattooed Lady,” which has been selected for its Triple R program this summer (two New York readings with an upstate residency in between for musical writers). “As a composer, I tend to ‘self-channel’ when I’m writing, which I find really hard to do in the environment of New York,” Vernon says. “That’s why the [retreat program] has been so great for me. Last summer, in the space of the week I was there, I was able to revamp ‘The Tattooed Lady’ and write two new songs, which was pretty great. There’s definitely something about the serenity of the Hudson Valley that’s been really helpful.” Powerhouse.vassar.edu Fishercenter.bard.edu Shadowlandstages.org Rhinebeckwriters.org 7/19 CHRONOGRAM ARTS & CULTURE 101
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books My Life as a Rat Joyce Carol Oates Ecco, $28.99 It’s often repeated that Princeton-based author Joyce Carol Oates has written many novels (she has more than 50 to her name, plus another dozen under two different pen names), spanning mystery, gothic, horror, and historical genres. Perhaps the works that achieve the most recognition are the ones that take place literally in her backyard of western and upstate New York. Books including We Were the Mulvaneys, Gravedigger’s Daughter, and The Falls focus on hard-working blue-collar families in the depressed towns left behind by once-booming industries. Her heroines are strong-willed survivors of such circumstances as well as various crimes and tragedies that add even more hardship to their stories. Oates’ most recent novel, My Life as a Rat, is one of the best examples of her love for small-town New York heroines. Violet Rue Kerrigan is 12 years old when she witnesses her brothers literally burying evidence connected to the racially motivated murder of a promising black adolescent. In a perfect storm of circumstances (including one of the brothers assaulting her), Violet confesses the secret of her brothers’ crime, landing them in jail. She is immediately cast out of her large family to go live with an aunt on the opposite side of the state. Over time, Violet obsessively hopes for her family to forgive her and take her back, but as this becomes less and less likely, she grows increasingly afraid of her brothers’ parole dates. Her difficult situation becomes even more perilous following a series of abusive relationships with men. At the same time, Violet employs herself as a housecleaner, a job her own mother once resorted to and then later denied, in order to put herself through night school and have a better life. All of this leads to a narrative twist that only a seasoned writer like Oates can pull off just paragraphs away from the conclusion. Racist violence and sexual abuse are easily two of our society’s darkest realities, and to explore them through the eyes of an adolescent highlights these issues with even more complexity and heartache. Written from the perspective of a young girl, Oates keeps the style straight-forward and narrative-driven, with italic bursts offering a window into Violet’s constant anguish. Throughout the story, the vitriolic inside voices taunt her, shouting accusations like, “Don’t pretend to be innocent, “Vio-let!” You dirty girl.” In true Oates fashion, Violet becomes a survivor despite the odds and even against her own will, eventually breaking the spell of family to discover her own strength and grant herself absolution. —James Conrad The Golden Notebook in Woodstock hosts Joyce Carol Oates for a reading and signing on July 23 at 5pm.
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In her debut poetry collection, Mary Katherine Jablonski weaves a web of anticipations for the future, nostalgia for the past, and imaginative reflections on the present. With beautiful, haunting language, her poems bend time and place, jumping between pristine Vermont countrysides, mystical night skies, and the warren of her own psyche. Jablonski effortlessly shapeshifts between visual and tactile worlds and powerfully expresses both simplicity and struggle in the search for lasting fulfillment. She captures life’s ambiguous and fickle nature with her similes, like the day that “rolls out like pie dough: shapeless, sticky, shrinking back on itself.” The remarkable honesty, hope, and heartbreak within these poems makes Sugar Maker Moon a deeply human read.
In 1997, the world was stunned when seven teenage girls and one boy brutally beat and drowned their peer on the picturesque island of Saanich in British Columbia, Canada, in an event that came to be known as the “Schoolgirl Murder.” Under the Bridge is a meticulous analysis of the case that molds thorough investigative journalism into a digestible narrative. The Godfrey’s prose steers away from the traditionally terse voice of a hard news piece, offering an immersive analysis of the events by everyone from the police who found the body to the murderers themselves. This award-winning book examines the nature of high school violence and the veiled anger and motivations of teenage girls.
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SAY NOTHING Carol Bergman
MEDIACS, $14.95, 2019
Shortly after her return home to Ulster County from deployments in Iraq and Afghanistan, rookie private investigator Alison Jenkins hears of the shocking disappearance of a decorated war veteran. She partners with her mentor, PI Margaret Singer, in an attempt to solve the unsettling case. The detectives quickly realize that the young vet’s disappearance is only one of several related crimes committed in the county. With its quick pace, smart dialog, and dimensional characters, Say Nothing is a page-turner that excites and intrigues. This novel is a seamless blend of a riveting murder mystery and a political thriller with a filmic feel that keeps us on the edge of our seats.
DAWSON’S FALL Roxana Robinson
SARAH CRICHTON BOOKS/FARRAR, STRAUS AND GIROUX, $27, 2019
Drawing from the journals and letters of her own greatgrandparents, Roxana Robinson’s new novel weaves history and fiction together to depict America in one of its most fragile, fraught, and malleable states. Set in 1889 in Charleston, South Carolina, the story follows Frank Dawson, an opinionated young Englishman who came to the US to fight for the Confederacy. Frank understands the war as a conflict over state’s rights and emerges as a voice of the New South promoting equal rights and nonviolence via his column in the Charleston News and Courier. As he struggles to change the political beliefs of his audience, Frank confronts myriad obstacles that threaten his livelihood and reputation as he loses readership.
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LET’S TAKE THE KIDS! Joanne Michaels
JMB PUBLICATIONS, $22.95, 2019
The only problem you will have with this fifth edition of the Hudson Valley classic guidebook is deciding where not to take the kids. Parents of kids and pre-teens may want to keep this encyclopedia of upstate artistic, cultural, and outdoor destinations handy for those long summer afternoons and family vacations. The book contains neary 400 pages of activities and locations primarily in the Hudson Valley with some outliers in the Capital Region, Adirondacks, Lake George, Cooperstown, and the Berkshires. Broken up by county, with reference maps, the book provides a plethora of expeditions, including the best beaches, bike trails, fishing spots, festivals and much more.
THOMAS COLE’S REFRAIN H. Daniel Peck
THREE HILLS, $34.95, 2019
While Cole may be most famous for his works on the Hudson River and the Catskills, Thomas Cole’s Refrain features a number of Hudson River School painter’s most popular and compelling pieces on the Catskill Creek, providing context to their creation and history. Cole was intimately familiar with this landscape, which he painted several times. Author H. Daniel Peck, an English professor at Vassar College, argues that Cole illustrates his views on human nature through subtle symbolism woven into his recurring landscapes. Citing primary sources, such as the artist’s own journal, Peck stitches a narrative that positions. Cole in relation to his artwork, offering reimagined interpretation of Cole’s popular works and how they reflect his personal life.
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David Amram So in America: Selected Chamber Music Compositions 1958-2017 (Affetto Recordings) Affettorecordings.com Well into his ninth decade, the American composer David Amram is such a gas as a public personality that the grace and gravity of his serious music comes almost as a surprise. A winking self-promoter and a beatnik-styled bellwether of the whole idea of self-as-brand, Amram is, additionally, a heavy cat—one who collaborated with Leonard Bernstein, Jack Kerouac, Charles Mingus, Thelonious Monk, and Arthur Miller. While the works on So in America are not in chronological order, a progression will be apparent to anyone paying attention to the dates. Early works like Sonata for Violin and Piano (1960) are stringently modernist in technique and harmonic language—de rigueur for the serious composer of the era. Over the decades, there is marked warming in his compositional voice, a playful widening of reference and stylistic vocabulary, and a partial shift toward tonal harmony. His 1979 gorgeous, Brahmsian “Portraits for Piano Quartet” feels pivotal. By 2016’s “Three Lost Loves,” Amram emerges as a generously lyrical and melodic composer. Its stunning, long second movement is both meditative and oddly bluesy. After five pieces of proper chamber music, the collection closes with the light incongruity of the jazzy “Two Excerpts from Jack Kerouac’s On the Road” (2017), a world premiere recording narrated by first-call orator Estelle Parsons accompanied by the composer on piano—his only appearance as performer on this rich collection. —John Burdick
Reisa Adato Shine (Independent) Reisaadato.com On this authentic slice of Americana, Reisa Adato is in full disclosure, approaching fine storytelling from a keenly perceptive and courageous place. She uses wisdom of the human condition to create seven poignant narratives on Shine, showcasing, with compelling voice and guitar, the benefits of studying songwriting with Rosanne Cash. Sometimes folk, alt-country, or even jazzy, Adato brings in a diverse array of core and guest musicians and vocalists to shape a radiant recording that feels like an intimate friend. Adato’s vocals are unfeigned as she recreates a loving farewell to her mama in the melancholic “Coffee in Heaven,” followed by her fun, danceable delivery of a tale of willful youth in “Just Send Cash.” The lovely “Kathy’s Garden,” set in Memphis with sycamores, iced tea, and sunflowers, is the poetic portrait of a contented season in one woman’s life. Simply put, this record not only shines, it glows. —Haviland S Nichols
John Medeski John Medeski’s Mad Skillet
Dean Wareham vs. Cheval Sombre Dean Wareham vs. Cheval Sombre
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Hudson Valley keyboard virtuoso John Medeski brings some New Orleans flavor with his Mad Skillet band, resulting in a gumbo as hot and thick as an August afternoon on the Delta. Joined by guitarist Will Bernard and the Dirty Dozen Brass Band rhythm section of Kirk Joseph on sousaphone and Terence Higgins on drums, Mad Skillet uses a second-line template to weave together a surprising array of musical styles. The gravitational pull of breathy bass notes undergird Higgins’s dramatic, percussive flair; Bernard’s alternately dirty and lustrously reverberated guitar; and Medeski’s literally dizzying array of keyboards and their resultant textures. Those range from piquant melodica soaring over the dub-meets-Spaghetti Western elan of Joseph’s “Adele” to the lysergic, proggy Mellotron limning the brilliant corners of “Psychedelic Rhino.” The Crescent City provides a portal to other worlds in Mad Skillet—buy the ticket, take the ride. —James Keepnews
“Western dream pop” is an apt description for this album of covers by Dean Wareham (Galaxie 500, Luna) and Croton-on-Hudson’s Cheval Sombre. The duo alternates vocal and guitar duties while contributing to one another’s takes throughout. The songwriters are heavyweights: Blaze Foley, Bob Dylan, Townes Van Zandt, and Stephin Merritt among them. Not to mention the iconic performers who have previously taken stabs at these tunes, including Lee Marvin, Merle Haggard, Elvis Presley, and the legends who have covered the traditional “Wayfaring Stranger.” Even in such company, these new interpretations are invitingly distinct and expansive. The vocal diversity holds the attention while keeping the vibe intimate. The cowboy guitars twang and waver with stinging psychedelic vibrato and lush vintage tones. Aided by sometimes lo-fi but complementary instrumentation by Jason Quever, Britta Phillips, and others, the album is an alluring and atmospheric take on some obscure classics. —Jason Broome
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poetry
EDITED BY Phillip X Levine
Crayon Box
We lost a fine poet, an inspiring educator, and a good friend with the passing of Pauline Uchmanowicz.
The accessories of childhood were made for consumption— the stacks of clean paper and waxy crayon points, little balls of Play-Doh salty and soft. Everyone has their color: you draw your skin with blue because that’s what you see in the mirror. Indigo, cerulean, navy an ocean, the rain, the sky. Happiness is a squiggle of orange Uncertainty a blank yellow circle and love— love is posey pink on a field of maroon. Chubby fingers skate across the canvas leaving smears of rainbow in their wake, those same fingers that picked the dried, fuzzy pods from the bush outside scattering the last of the seeds to the wind, blue-lipped and wide-eyed. The sky was grey —Abigail Povill (16 years)
Ready or Not The summer before Taylor died we rode to the park every day with baseball cards in our bicycle spokes, dove head-first into the deep end, and ate watermelon slices in our bathing suits. When the streetlights switched on, we took turns shooting bottle rockets from the back porch, listened as their high-pitched hum dissolved into August sky. Some nights, we’d play hide-and-seek behind our house, say “close your eyes and count backwards from ten” as we ran breathless across the yard, Taylor blindly talking into the bark of a tree, the small of his voice shrinking in its shadow until—ready or not—it came and swallowed him whole. —Samantha Spoto Such Nonsense Tanning Annie loved the sun Looked just like a raisin bun Brown and crispy, tawny tight Soaking up the golden light When she tried to move a bit Found she couldn’t even sit Petrified now, sinew bone On the hilltop all alone -Eileen Bailey
The loss is shared widely and deeply. -p Oceans for Pauline Uchmanowicz I see oceans when I think of you a sailboat upon shimmering blues crossing over boundless horizons fearless captain without her crew I see reflections in the waters wonders of the past troubles of the present you capsized far too soon sinking low shifting shapes amongst starfish ships and shells I hear you in the waves all we ever were all we’ll ever be is hidden in the abyss. -Mariel Stein Meme Around that bend a few miles back it got too sad to do anything but laugh. -Mike Vahsen Fidelity A love hymned in choir halves: nine tenths the possession and a funeral urge to laugh. The councils of morning must suffer or pay the price for waking those in the arms of another. -John Macdonald
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Gunks The mountains will never die for me but still I die for them, drowning in their magnificent indifference until my lungs spill across the earth— pine root and sandstone— gods as great as any to never make proud no matter how many Sundays I pray at their feet until my own can’t bear me anymore. -David Lukas To Our Son (at 8 years old) We gave you life and you gave me your cold that you picked up in school from a sneeze on your little wooden desk or a railing or a shared pencil. Your kisses, sweet as sugared condensed milk, your hugs impossible to resist, your cough right in my face. I blame you for the virus. And the next time you’re sick and ask to drink from my bottle of water I’ll shake my head and still say yes. -Vicki Wilson An overlook When we could not forget, we climbed a rock summit, watched raptors ascending the sediment ridge and imagined our river washed over the valley until there was nothing to forgive. -Tina Dybvik
A mop was left leaning against a handrail on platform #2. There was rain and clouds and leafless trees and cement everywhere. It was bitter cold and the air smelled like burning fuel. The rain was torrential and the grey, noodle-like pieces of mop head were hydroplaning along the greyer, sloping earth, simultaneously soaking up and being drowned by the leaden water of Poughkeepsie. Puddles formed from the mop’s run-off and they were filled with cigarette butts, gum, trash, and ghosts. There were high-rise apartments, derelict factories, empty IBM office buildings, and boarded-up Victorian homes in the filthy pools. And these ghosts—they wore rain jackets and looked up toward the severe sky, where their reflections were staring back down at them. These were departing reflections that waited on the train’s arrival at platform #2. And when it came, it hauled them away from the grey, endemic composition; away from the pools full of antiques and ghosts. The ghosts—they stayed behind and waded through the city to recollect souvenirs, the wet trash sparkling around them like a childhood pool party.
Once again nostalgia nearly flooded the whole of Poughkeepsie.
-Michael De Rosa Elsewhere I sat up and my cot creaked. Through the barred window, a bleeding sunrise saturated the haze over the shingled roofs of elderly buildings. There’s no place like this (back at home).
Lawrence at the Century Mark
As I leaned over the railing and watched the river flowing away from the city, a twig peekaboo-ed from under the bridge and bobbed downstream. I thought not (of home). -T.S. Stevens
Up the bell tower on a ladder, The sky was as calm as milk, On white camel sultan’s daughter dressed in silk, Surrounded by cacophony of chatter, The moon rose and shone on her face, The moon was huge and filled with sweetness, Caravan approached the fortress, Her brother was sitting in the old man’s place, Her honey gold hair fell in curls on her shoulders, The night was laden with the scent of basil, And the sea began to rise beyond the hill, Seen from atop granite boulder, The stars shimmered and a bell rang, And somewhere a nightingale sang. -Roger Whitson
Pen When Clicked You Bleed Your Soul Onto White Soil Which Drinks Your Black Blood Lilies Return -Jeffrey Seitz
My life’s like a train that’s goin nowhere fully loaded never stopping passing over rusty bridges red with age. Carrying a dangerous load nestled safely where no one will go carting more baggage than I’ll let you know. Hustlin, makin money, building my mountain of dirt goin places I know I shouldn’t go. Missin dad, miss my mother, missin sis and my brother. I’m like a train that goes on forever and I’ll keep goin even after I die. —Robert Wagner, Sr. (dedicated to son Rob Jr., who died of an opioid drug overdose on November 21, 2016 at the age of 25.)
I asked to see a shotgun. Which is the best? I asked. This one, she said. She handed me a 12 gauge, 6 shot, pump action shotgun. It was heavy. I almost dropped it. She smirked. I aimed at the wall. I pumped the pump. I pulled the trigger. I pumped and pulled. Pumped and pulled. Pumped and pulled. Six times I pumped and pulled. I was pretending 12 gauge shotgun shells were blasting the wall. I was starting to enjoy it. I was finding a rhythm. It felt like writing a poem. It felt like writing a 12 gauge 6 shot pump action poem. Give it here, she said. I handed her the gun. Thanks, I said, What do you want this for? she asked. I don’t know, I said. Hunting? she asked. No, I said. I don’t hunt. For home defense then? she asked. Yes, I said. I want it for home defense. I understand, she said. Because it’s a different world. No, I said. Because it isn’t. I didn’t get it. I’ll take my chances with the world unarmed. —J.R. Solonche
Halfway across the cobblestone bridge, I stopped to read initials and dates carved onto the hanging padlocks: vandalistic tokens of eternal devotion between (ephemeral?) lovers.
V-XI-IXX
A Shotgun
‘Starting from San Francisco,’ you took us on a century long journey across the vast expanse of American landscape, revealing your ‘Pictures of The Gone World.’ Brightly illuminated in City Lights, you chose to raise a ‘Howl,’ against the obscenity of middle-class morality, you gave voice to those who ranted in obscurity. A force rising from ‘A Coney Island of the Mind,’ covering the continent in your pocket poets, you provided verse a new form. Rexroth, Bob Kaufman, McClure, Corso, Carl Solomon, Kenneth Patchen, William Carlos Williams. Poetry sprouting in the heartland of America, as you nurtured Walt’s ‘Leaves of Grass.’ The breezes moving over the Rockies, across the Great Plains bringing forth poesy. You are a ‘Big Sur,’ in your cabin beneath Bixby Bridge, where Jack suffered the dt’s, set down the Pacific roar. From Columbus Avenue you set out on your voyage onto uncharted waters, in search of a new world. Seeking to unseat the powers that be, you set forth ‘A Tentative Description of a Dinner to Promote the Impeachment of President Eisenhower,’ continued to confront the ruling forces going forward since. From your North Beach refuge, you established a beachhead against ignorance. You captured the American heart, and mind, set it free, providing ‘The Secret Meaning of Things.’ Lawrence, your words rise up to fill the American century, your life a testament to the power of the word. —Cary Abrams
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“Evan D’Arpino: Origins and Destinies” at Atlas Studios Sampling four bodies of work completed over the past five years, this solo show of photographs traverses an ambitious swath of thought-provoking territory: “the origins of life, scientific discovery, myth, and fate.” D’Arpino’s perspective is heavily informed by his studies in geology and paleoclimatology (the study of changes in climate taken on the scale of the entire history of Earth). The four sections of the exhibition include: Brutalist Acropolis, a look at his family’s proud artisan history in Albany, mingled with reminders of the history of white flight and the dislocation of minorities; Nucleation, centered on organic design and its influence on human design; Ekphrasis, based on Homer’s accounts of the Trojan War; and Abiogenesis, explorations of the boundary between living and nonliving. True to his artisan heritage, D’Arpino’s conceptual ambition is matched by his mastery of the tools of his trade, yielding superbly lit and composed photographs of both beauty and depth. Through July 13
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Evan D’Arpino, Poxviridae, 2018.
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July 24 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 01 02 July 6-7: Stormville Flea Market
July 11-21: “Acquanetta” at Bard
July 12-14: “The Elementary Spacetime Show” at Vassar
July 18: Lord Huron at UPAC July 20: Deer Tick at Levon Helm Studios July 21: Five Senses Festival July 25-28: Secret City Art Revival in Woodstock July 27: John Cameron Mitchell at Spiegeltent August 2-4: Phoenicia Festival of the Voice
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John Cameron Mitchell, cocreator of "Hedwig and the Angry Inch," performs a one-man show telling the origin story of the hit Broadway production on July 27.
If you’ve ever longed to relive the unbridled thrill of seeing either the stage production or film version of “Hedwig and the Angry Inch” for the first time, John Cameron Mitchell will be bringing “The Origin of Love: The Songs and Stories of Hedwig” to Spiegeltent as part of Bard College’s SummerScape for a rare onenight-only show on July 27. Mitchell, the Tony Award-winning, Golden Globenominated cocreator of the renowned musical, will take audiences on an intimate and hilarious journey through just over two decades of life with Hedwig. The performance was described by DC Theatre Scene as “a punk-rock live ‘Behind the Music’ episode,” featuring songs, storytelling and, if we’re lucky, crowd-surfing. “Hedwig and the Angry Inch” opened off-Broadway in 1998, following the trials and tribulations of genderqueer glam rocker Hedwig Robinson, the East German immigrant in a flashy band. The musical grew in popularity, moving to London’s fabled West End in 2000, with productions staged around the world, before finally landing on Broadway in 2014 with Neil Patrick Harris in the role of Hedwig. A critically acclaimed film version released in 2001 has gone on to achieve cult status and remains popular today. Suffice to say that Hedwig has a great many more fans in real life than in the dramatic story first—and now once again—told by Mitchell. The summer-long Spiegeltent festival seems an ideal fit for “The Origin of Love: The Songs and Stories of
Hedwig,” with its fun, bright, glamorous, and theatrical programming. This year, the schedule boasts a wide range of performances and dancing with a strong cabaret lean. Even the history of the Spiegeltent, literally Dutch for “mirror tent,” which stretches back to Belgium over a century, seems particularly well-suited to the beguiling excess dripping from every inch of the Hedwig character. “The Origin of Love” features a live band, guest vocals by Amber Martin (House of Whimsy), a mutable costume that transforms into different outfits, and, most significantly for some, an updated, gracefullyaged version of the famous Hedwig wig. Anticipate hearing numbers from the Hedwig songbook, written by Stephen Trask, including “The Origin of Love,” “Wig in a Box,” and “Wicked Little Town,” along with the stories of their inspiration. And if previous performances are anything to go by, expect an encore featuring songs from Mitchell’s newest work, “Anthem: Homunculus.” The serial musical, written in collaboration with Bryan Weller, concluded last month as a 10-episode podcast on the Luminary app and featured the talents of Mitchell alongside Glenn Close, Patty Lupone, and Cynthia Erivo. “The Origin of Love: The Songs and Stories of Hedwig” comes to Spiegeltent on Saturday, July 27 for two performances, at 7pm and 9:30pm. Tickets range between $45-$100. Fishercenter.bard.edu/events/theorigin-of-love/
Hedwig Redux "THE ORIGIN OF LOVE" AT SPIEGELTENT July 27 Fishercenter.bard.edu
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A Season of Song & Celebration.
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There has been no shortage of must-see performances during the nearly 35-year run of Vassar College’s Powerhouse Theater. From hosting award-winning plays in their development phase, like “Hamilton,” to giving now-acclaimed actors a place to wet their feet, including Josh Radnor (“How I Met Your Mother”) and Lilli Stein (“The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel”), Powerhouse continues to live up to its name. “Powerhouse is the place where you can encounter theater happening almost everywhere on campus,” says Ed Cheetham, producing director of Powerhouse Theater at Vassar. “From the Powerhouse main stage to the Vassar Farm and Ecological Preserve, people can find their way into a theatrical experience they won’t see duplicated elsewhere.” This summer offers a curated menu of captivating shows. Workshop performances, which provide the opportunity to share pieces still in development, include standout piece “The Elementary Spacetime Show.” In this thought-provoking musical comedy, written by César Alvarez with Emily Orling and directed by Sarah Benson, a teenage girl, Alameda, attempts suicide and finds herself in an absurdist Vaudevillian purgatory set up like a garish game show that she must win in order to truly end her life. We see the young girl struggle with her own conscience as she meets a cast of colorful characters ranging from French philosopher Albert Camus to an apprehensive mosquito, and other teens like herself in death’s waiting room. The piece manages to neither glorify the act nor condemn those who have struggled with suicidal thoughts. Rather, the humorous dialogue and costuming; indie rock soundtrack, featuring songs
by The Lisps; and Alameda’s honest vulnerability all bring to light the necessity of conversations surrounding teen suicide and the often-taboo darkness afflicting today’s youth. In a bold review, the Philadelphia Inquirer suggested “Elementary” could become “‘Rent’ for the social-media generation. “Part of what the show does so well is not shy away from the problem, instead taking the crisis that is teen suicide and making it available to the audience in a way that allows us to remain emotionally connected to the character, portraying her dilemma in a sympathetic and noncondescending way,” says Johanna Pfaelzer, artistic director of New York Stage and Film, the organization that collaborates with Vassar to create Powerhouse. “Plus, the music is extraordinary.” This season also brings the return of Pulitzer prizewinner Beth Hardy to the Powerhouse main stage, whose play “Lightning (or the Unbuttoning)” tells of a young woman living alone in a cabin on a distant high peak who is suddenly confronted by a mysterious traveling salesman trying to sell her a lighting rod during a brewing storm. What ensues is a story of resilience and determination in an unforgiving world. For Shakespeare enthusiasts, there’s a performance of “Romeo and Juliet” at the Environmental Cooperative at Vassar Barns put on by the 50-member Training Company, made up of student writers, directors, and actors who participate in a five-week immersion program. “We always look forward to the work that the Training Company will produce,” Cheetham says. “Their energy and vitality is the heart and soul of the season.” —Melissa Dempsey
Spacetime Continuum POWERHOUSE THEATER July 12-14 Powerhouse.vassar.edu
César Alvarez's musical comedy, "The Elementary Spacetime Show," will be staged at Vassar July 12-14. Music and lyrics by César Alvarez and The Lisps, book by César Alvarez with Emily Orling, directed by Sarah Benson. Beth Henley's "Lightning (or the Unbuttoning)," directed by Mark Brokaw, will be staged at Vassar July 18-July 28. Clockwise from top left: Beth Henley, Emily Orling, César Alvarez, Sarah Benson, The Lisps, Mark Brokaw.
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Elvis Costello & The Imposters and Blondie’s joint tour is making its way to the hallowed grounds of Bethel Woods this July, as part of a high-profile, summerlong line-up. This will be the first of the 13-stop tour the Rock ‘n’ Roll Hall of Famers will share across the country, with Costello touring on the 2018 album Look Now, and Blondie singing songs from her 2017 release, Pollinator. The legendary double bill will dish out classics like “Alison,” “Red Shoes,” “Heart of Glass,” and “Sunday Girl,” on July 20 at 7pm. Bethelwoodscenter.org
Theatre The Scripture’s Superstar Takes on Centenary Stage
The Centenary Stage Company will resurrect the 1970s Broadway smash hit “Jesus Christ Superstar” at Opus 40, Harvey Fite’s beautiful earth sculpture park in Saugerties. This theatrical heavyweight won numerous Tony and Drama Awards for its light-hearted, lively rendering of Christ’s final days. The rock opera, with music from Andrew Lloyd Webber and lyrics by Tim Rice, will be staged on July 27 at 2pm by a cast of local actors. The woodland park, the onsite museum of tools, gift shop, and art gallery will also be open to guests for browsing before and after the performance. Opus40.org/jcsuperstar
Theatre Summerscape Celebrates B-List Movie Legend
As part of Summerscape programming, the Fisher Center for the Performing Arts will bring back to life the revered 1940s B-list horror movie star Acquanetta, (born Mildred Davenport and nicknamed the “Venezuelan Volcano”) with a performance of a new biographical work directed by Tony nominee Daniel Fish. Acquanetta was most famous for her roles in campy cult classics like “Jungle Woman,” “Tarzan,” and “Leopard Woman.” Fish’s piece will blend theater, opera, and film in homage to the exotic actress and her checkered past. Performances will be staged at Bard from July 11 to 21. Fishercenter.bard.edu/events/acquanetta
Art Five Senses Festival Fosters Diverse Day of Fun
Modern dance troupe Pilobolus’s acclaimed festival returns this summer, promising a diverse array of music acts, interactive art, dance, technology, and local food for all ages. Hosted near the company’s Washington Depot, Connecticut, headquarters, the multidisciplinary event will be held over three weekends (July 21, July 26-28, and August 2-4). Festivities will offer attendees a rare chance sample worldclass art and engage with the performers, speakers, writers, musicians, foodies, and scientists behind the offerings. Check the web for the full schedule. Fivesensesfestival.com
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The Secret City Art Revival returns to Woodstock July 25-28. “Healing the Healers” is one of the unofficial slogans of Secret City, a group that organizes art performances in New York City, Los Angeles, and Woodstock. The culmination of their yearly calendar is the Secret City Art Revival in Woodstock, July 25-28. Conceived in New York City during the George W. Bush administration in response to a wave of evangelical fervor, Secret City asks the question: “Why should ‘believers’ have all the fun?” A sense of community, of shared purpose, and of celebration can occur without divine sanction. Secret City invented a worship service where the object of devotion is undefined—one might call it a worship of worship itself. The performance includes responsive reading, a choir, and even a “hymn,” in the form of the Secret City theme song: This is The Secret City: A world where everything is seen. This is a Secret City. Can you feel it? Can you touch it? Can you make it live? During the service, Secret City founder Chris Wells dresses in “priestly garments” that call to mind Elvis’s blinding Las Vegas outfits. The Art Revival begins on July 25, as celebrants gather at the Byrdcliffe Theatre to meet the performers, nosh on free food, listen to the Secret City Band, and— at the paper hat-making station—produce headgear for the coming days’ festivities. Friday’s events include an evening of Woodstock history tales hosted by the beloved Jo Schwartz and a poetry reading emceed by the ever-witty Shiv Mirabito. On Saturday, the “secrecy” of Secret City manifests
in a series of performances hidden throughout the town of Woodstock. Viv Corringham, a British sound artist, will lead a “Deep Listening”-style walking tour. The Ukulele Orchestra will play on the town green. Leah Coloff will perform cello improvisations in the woods of the Comeau Property. (“I like the idea that the cello is made from a tree and for people to hear the music while standing among trees,” Coloff explains.) A handy map directs the audience to event locations. The processional and service on Sunday is the culmination of the festival. Everyone is welcome in the processional, which gathers at noon at the Comeau Property; feel free to dress as a zinnia, or to come as you are. (The recommended colors are blue, pink, green, and orange.) The Sunday events have free childcare and art lessons for children. The Art Revival has been growing from year to year. In 2014, it was a one-day gathering at the Byrdcliffe Theatre; then it moved to the Bearsville Theater, and last year, the organizers erected a tent to accommodate the growing crowds. This summer the tent will return. (Wells is excited about Christian tent revival parallel.) Although it’s not a rock concert and is drug-free, the Art Revival may come closer than any other celebration this year to capturing the 1969 Woodstock spirit. “Part of the value of creativity is that it reconnects and connects and reconnects the world back together again,” remarks Wells. With the exception of the events in nightclubs, all performances are free, with donations accepted. —Sparrow The Secret City Art Revival will take place in Woodstock, July 25-28. Thesecretcity.org 7/19 CHRONOGRAM THE GUIDE 115
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Festival Phoenicia Magic Festival Mystifies
Arias with an African Accent THE PHOENICIA INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL OF THE VOICE
The inaugural Phoenicia Magic Festival will include four nights of performances catered to different age groups. Headlining illusionist Peter Samelson, co-producer of Monday Night Magic, New York City’s longest running off-Broadway magic show, hand-selected the performers. Each night will feature a new talent including comedic magician Harrison Greenbaum and the Mistress of Magic, Lucy Darling. On July 26 and 27, the performances will take place at 8pm for adults and teens 14 and up. For more family-oriented fun, stop by on July 27 and 28 at 1pm for a show everyone will enjoy. Many of these performers are nationally acclaimed, bringing their own distinct flavor of wonderment to the Phoenicia Theater. Phoeniciamagic.com
Theatre Julius Caesar Resurrected
On a mysterious island floating in the Hudson, amidst the ramparts of a decaying early-19th-century castle, the most infamous tale of betrayal will be brought to life for live audiences. Bannerman Castle will host the Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival on July 13 and 14 with an outdoor rendition of “Julius Caesar,” lending the famous play a heightened sense of drama. Meet at the Beacon Institute Floating Dock where two ferries at 4pm and 5pm will charter guests over to this gem of the Hudson Highlands. Enjoy the tragic rise and fall of the charismatic Roman king as the sun sets behind the castle ruins. Bannermancastle.org/julius-caesar Damien Sneed reimagines Scott Joplin's "Treemonisha" at the Phoenicia Festival of the Voice on August 3.
Shopping Drowning in Deals
The Stormville Airport Antique and Flea Market: an ocean of tag sales spread over the tarmac, as far as the eye can see. This family-friendly event attracts droves of bargain hunters and collectors each year. The market offers acres of antiques and hidden treasures from over 600 vendors. When you tire of thrifting, check out the festival eateries, with all-American food such as Philly cheesesteaks and burgers, and kids’ amenities like bouncy-houses and carnival games. This year’s flea market will take place on July 6-7 and August 31, from 8am to 4pm, with free admission and parking for everyone. Stormvilleairportfleamarket.com
Culture Celtic Culture in the Irish Alps
Set in the verdant hills of Greene County, the 42nd Catskill Irish Art Week is the closest you will get to the Emerald Isle in upstate New York this summer. Irish immigrants claimed this corner of the Catskills during the mid-1900s and have maintained its Celtic influence ever since. The area continues to serve as a safe haven from the heat and hassle of New York City for Irish Americans. From July 14 to 20, festival-goers will celebrate Irish culture, music, food, and dance at East Durham’s MJQ Irish Cultural and Sports Centre. During the day, attendees can also register for music workshops by American and Irish mentors, giving lessons in traditional instruments like the fiddle, button accordion, and mandolin. Then, after a day of learning, sit back and enjoy performances by some of the best Irish music groups in the area. Catskillsirishartsweek.com —Max Freebern
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A key part of the Western musical tradition, opera is an art form that’s, unsurprisingly, associated mainly with white artists and white audiences. But, as with so many aspects of culture and society, opera’s history has its share of vital black performers, patrons, and parallels. With this in mind, the Phoenicia International Festival of the Voice, which celebrates the power of the human voice in music, is honoring African American artists and Africanrelated themes as part of its milestone 10th season this year. Amid more standard Western fare, the festival, which takes place the weekend of August 2-4, includes “Lady Parts: Music of the Abolition Movement” (August 3); “Music of the African Diaspora” (August 3-4); a production of Donizetti’s “L’Elisir D’Amore (The Elixir of Love)” featuring an all-African American cast (August 3); and a program of excerpts from Scott Joplin’s opera “Treemonisha” reimagined by Houston Grand Opera composerin-residence Damien Sneed. We spoke with the festival’s general director, Maria Todaro about this year’s programming. Phoeniciavoicefest.org. —Peter Aaron Congratulations on the 10th anniversary of the festival! What are some of the most significant ways that the event has changed and grown over its first decade? I would say the most important progress has been in our logistics. We’ve learned to become more hospitable and serve better and, by doing so, have created a real model that other companies around the country follow. We focus on the experience that our patrons and artists will live more than selling tickets to shows. We’ve developed partnerships and collaborative efforts with many arts and social justice organizations to make the art relevant. We realized that in order to build audiences we had to really be among them, to listen and make opera non-threatening. We discovered that opera has a bad reputation because it is often expensive and perceived as stiff, pompous, or reserved for the elite. We have tried to become advocates of this art form, to make it accessible, fun, and family-friendly. This year the festival is honoring African American artists. How and why did you and
the other organizers come to select this as the theme? Opera has the reputation to be written by white people for white people. We have so many extraordinary friends from different backgrounds and cultures who’ve chosen this art form as a profession but, because they “don’t fit a look,” are not working as much. Diversity is very important to us because it makes opera relevant, modern, and more accessible. There are so many exceptional African American artists in the world nowadays that don’t get as many opportunities because of tradition, but what better way to create opportunities that by reimagining these masterpieces? One of the attractions at this year’s festival is the production of “L’Elisir D’Amore,” which has been transported from the Italian village of Donizetti’s original opera to a Ghanian village. How did this idea come about? I wanted to create a different take on that operatic comedy. We had a huge conversation about diversity and the difficulties our colleagues from different ethnic backgrounds can face in our industry. We’re not only changing the location [of the story], but there will be many surprises for the aficionado, as we’re also changing the motivations of the characters somewhat and adding fabulous African drummers and dancers. The idea is to cleverly blend the African drumming and the symphonic orchestra, which has never been done. The recitative will be accompanied by a kora (West African lute) and punctuated by drums. This particular opera is perfect to adapt to this context. What are some of the goals you hope to achieve and some of the elements you hope to bring to the festival over the course of its next 10 years? We would love to continue to be a cultural destination, grow our audience, expand our programming, develop our partnerships, create more jobs, and become a real source of pride for our region—a personable, hospitable, entertainment event where humans connect, laugh, and share the music. 7/19 CHRONOGRAM THE GUIDE 117
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“Danny Goodwin: Object Oriented” at WAAM Danny Goodwin is a serious dude. Looking at one of his large doctored photographs, you may think you are looking at a surprisingly striking image of a roll of duct tape, but in reality, you are taking in an “interrogation of photographic veracity and a critique of authoritarian power.” Upon closer examination, the roll of tape we think makes pictorial sense is actually replete with contradictions and falsehoods. Given the post-truth world we are trying to navigate, it’s harder and harder to know what is real and what is not, and would-be authoritarians use this as a weapon in the service of narrative manipulation. Goodwin’s wake-up call is that seeing should not be believing. Using technologies like texture mapping, 3D printing, and augmented reality, in addition to photography, he creates a false reality, making it hauntingly overt how easily deception is achieved. July 3-August 4
Danny Goodwin, Gobo, pigment print, 2019.
“Yellow” at September Gallery
A visitor to September Gallery was once asked by Kristen Dodge to free associate on the color yellow. Dodge, the owner and curator of the Hudson gallery, was then conceptualizing the show now on view. The 14 talented artists whose work she has assembled (including Brenda Goodman) have answered the chromatic call in various hues of meaning and observation. In her writing about the show, Dodge herself sees everything from egg yolks to yellow journalism in this little buttercup of a color, and traces its history from a yellow ochre horse on the walls of the caves of Lascaux through a patch of light on a wall in a Vermeer painting rhapsodized by Proust. The work on view is distinctly of our time by artists who thankfully have cast the amber of caution to the wind. Through August 4
“Water in Art” at Mark Gruber
In stressful times, simple things can bring comfort, or at least things that appear simple on the surface. Anyone who has actually attempted to paint a cloud, or render the shimmering surface of a stream in watercolors will attest to the impressive skill sets of the many artists on view in this group exhibition. Take Staats Fasoldt who, like a Zen master, can evoke the aesthetic aspect of H2O with just a few deft strokes of his brush. To see one of Jane Bloodgood-Abrams’s illuminated clouds is to believe. This is an exhibition directly expressing the beauty we can find right here in our region and, in so doing, helps us rediscover what we may be missing, overwhelmed as many of us are by the perpetual swirl of news cycles. July 13-September 7
“Madness in Vegetables” at the Dorsky
You may think of veggies as healthy, but did you know they can also be crazy? The title of this show references a poem by 19th-century French writer Francis Jammes who chose inspiration from the natural world over the sophisticated concerns of urban art. Curators Alyson Baker and Candice Madey selected 17 artists from our region who explore the natural world from divergent vantage points using a variety of conceptual maps. The politics of moving upstate, the looming catastrophes of climate change, the weird beauty of plant life, the footprints (and fingerprints) of anthropomorphism, and the heady poetry of the wild demarcate the territories explored. Through November 10
“Juxtaposition: Contemporary Collage” at Barrett Art Center
Many people think that collage began in the 20th century with Picasso and Braque, but in fact, it has been an art form for centuries. That said, the Cubists, Dadaists, Surrealists, and Pop Artists of the last century made extensive use of collage techniques, as do digital artists of all stripes in our current era of Photoshop alchemy. The collage gambit is arguably at its most interesting when disparate signifiers collide, leading to unexpected shards of meaning. Expect multiple brain warping experiences at the Barrett Center where 31 contemporary practitioners, chosen for this national juried show, are exhibiting assemblage, photomontage, mixed-media, and installation. Through August 11
“David Shrigley: To Be of Use” at Art Omi
An artist Roomba, perhaps a renegade from the cleanliness-obsessed family of robots, retrofitted with a set of markers, tirelessly creates artifacts for display on the Newmark Gallery walls at Art Omi. An outsized phone devoid of zeros challenges viewers to make a call. There are guitars that don’t play right and a calculator that can’t add (only subtract). Welcome to the world of David Shrigley. The British artist is best known for his cartoonesque drawings and slyly subversive pieces that objectify the absurdity of prosaic human interactions. Shrigley once reported being asked, “How can you be a famous artist if you can’t draw?” If you’re looking for the answer to that question and also wish to experience more than one or two knowing smiles (seasoned with really deep thoughts), this show is for you. Through July 21
“Never Was a Slave” at Historic Huguenot Street Born in New Paltz in 1829, Jacob Wynkoop was one of the first African Americans to buy land in the village. The son of former slaves, he served in the Union Army during the Civil War, was a political organizer for the local black community, and a builder of multiple homes in the late 19th century that still define a neighborhood in the village of New Paltz today. An exhibit at the DuBois Fort Visitor Center of the Historic Huguenot Street district, curated by Josephine Bloodgood, Director of Curatorial and Preservation Affairs at HHS, uses historical documents and photographic materials to illuminate the extraordinary legacy of Jacob Wynkoop and his family. Through July 14
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exhibits “Soft Temple” at Mother Gallery In Plato’s Phaedrus, Socrates uses an allegory of a chariot drawn by two winged horses flying toward heavenly realms to explain the journey of the soul. In the Katha Upanishad, a parable with a similar message appears. Paola Oxoa, co-founder and owner of Mother Gallery, “finds it curious” that these two ancient texts both use the same symbol to “teach what we may be beyond meat and bones.” The works by the nine artists in “Soft Temple” use the human figure as a jumping off point to address the question “what are we?” But don’t expect much literal figuration or, for that matter, simple answers. The art provides the questions, answering them is up to you. Through August 4
Brock Enright, Hum, crushed velvet, hose, note, bell, whisper, 2019.
ALBERT SHAHINIAN FINE ART GALLERY
CARRIE HADDAD GALLERY
JOHN DAVIS GALLERY
“Summer Salon.” July 6-August 31. Opening reception July 6, 4-6pm.
“The Lavender Temple of Their Most Fabulous.” Portraits by fine artist Carl Grauer of 15 figures who have impacted the LGBTQ+ rights movement. Through July 28.
“Janice Nowinski: Recent Paintings.” Through July 14.
22 EAST MARKET STREET SUITE 301, RHINEBECK
THE ALDRICH CONTEMPORARY ART MUSEUM 258 MAIN STREET, RIDGEFIELD, CT
“Harmony Hammond: Material Witness, Five Decades of Art.” Through September 15.
AMITY GALLERY
110 NEWPORT BRIDGE ROAD, WARWICK “Life Forms.”July 6-28. Opening reception July 6, 5-7pm.
ART AT LEEDS
622 WARREN STREET, HUDSON
CLARK ART INSTITUTE
225 SOUTH STREET, WILLIAMSTOWN, MA “Renoir: The Body, The Senses” and “Janet Cardiff: The Forty Part Motet.” Through September 22.
DUCK POND GALLERY
128 CANAL STREET, PORT EWEN “5th Annual Art Show, Loman Eng and Esopus Artists.” July 5-27. Opening reception July 5, 5:30-7pm.
362 1/2 WARREN STREET, HUDSON
JOYCE GOLDSTEIN GALLERY
19 CENTRAL SQUARE, CHATHAM “Works by KK Kozic.” KK’s love of nature and departure from into painterly abstraction are reflected in these new paintings. Through July 6.
LABSPACE
2642 NY ROUTE 23, HILLSDALE “Mystic PIzza.” A delicious offering of fresh, new work touching upon the mystical. Through July 28.
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ECKERT FINE ART
“Fabric of Change: Chuu Wai Nyein.” July 25-August 11. Opening reception July 27, 5-8pm.
12 OLD BARN ROAD, KENT, CT “here and There: Eric Forstmann.” July 13-August 8.
‘Unusual and Common.” Botanical drawings of plants that nourish our body and soul by Wendy Hollender. Through July 31.
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“The Mystery Unveiled.” Works by the 25 professional artists that painted on historic Bannerman’s Island on June 1. Through August 4.
“Glyphs.” Pam Poquette creates drawings and paintings that capture imagined worlds inhabited by slippery shapeshifters. These abstract characters are forms that repeat as vocabulary of ambiguous hieroglyphic symbols. July 6-27. Opening reception July 6, 5-8pm.
“50 Years of Landscapes & People.” Showcasing art by Ralph Moseley. Through July 29.
150 MAIN STREET, BEACON 416-8342.
BARD COLLEGE: HESSEL MUSEUM OF ART
ROUTE 9G BAROADCOLLEGE, ANNANDALE-ONHUDSON
55 GREENKILL AVENUE, KINGSTON
HILO CATSKILL
“Acting Out.” Exhibition takes its prompt from artist Leigh Ledare’s “The Task,” a single channel film of a three-day Group Relations Conference. Building upon this gripping portrait of current social dynamics and discontents, the exhibition also includes works by artists in the Marieluise Hessel Collection that reverberate with themes raised by Ledare’s film. Through October 13.
365 MAIN STREET, CATSKILL
BAU GALLERY
HUDSON BEACH GLASS GALLERY
506 MAIN STREET, BEACON “10 Years Gone”. A 10-year retrospective of works by Carla Goldberg. Through July 7.
BERKSHIRE BOTANICAL GARDEN
5 WEST STOCKBRIDGE ROAD, STOCKBRIDGE, MA “Shimmering Flowers: Nancy Lorenz’s Lacquer and Bronze Landscapes.” Through September 30.
BETSY JACARUSO STUDIO & GALLERY 43 EAST MARKET STREET, RHINEBECK “Midsummer Salon.” July 1-August 31.
“Sculptures and Paintings by Susan Lisbin.” Through July 21.
HOTCHKISS LIBRARY
10 UPPER MAIN STREET, SHARON, CT “Peter Steiner: Paintings.” Through August 31.
162 MAIN STREET, BEACON
“Confluence.” This show brings together complimentary two and three-dimensional works, related by their connection to the earth. Through July 7.
HUDSON RIVER MARITIME MUSEUM 50 RONDOUT LANDING, KINGSTON
“Rescuing the River: 50 Years of Environmental Activism on the Hudson Presented by Bank of America.” Through January 2021.
HUDSON VALLEY MOCA
1701 MAIN STREET, PEEKSKILL.
BYRDCLIFFE KLEINERT/JAMES CENTER FOR THE ARTS
“Anne Samat: The Greatest Love.” Using intricately-woven textiles and found objects, Samat builds elaborate totems evoking her familial lineage. Through September 8.
“Peter Mauney: Nocturnal Transmission.” Solo show of photographs patterns of light generated both by fireflies and airplanes. Opening reception July 6, 4-6pm.
HURLEY HERITAGE SOCIETY
36 TINKER STREET, WOODSTOCK
52 MAIN STREET, HURLEY
“Winslow Homer’s Hurley—An Artist’s View.” The display includes vivid color reproductions of paintings as well as six original 19th century wood engravings. Through October 31.
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350 MAIN STREET, CATSKILL “Contemporary Artists: A Group Show.” Through July 15.
MARK GRUBER GALLERY
17 NEW PALTZ PLAZA, NEW PALTZ “Three Views—Carolyn H. Edlund, Linda Puiatti, Marlene Wiedenbaum.” Through July 6. “Water in Art.” Through July 6.
MONTGOMERY ROW SECOND LEVEL
6423 MONTGOMERY STREET, RHINEBECK “Get Your Kicks on Route 66!”. A fine art photography exhibit by Lee Courtney and John A Verner. Through August 31.
MOTHER GALLERY
18 WEST MAIN STREET, BEACON “Soft Temple.” Ryan Browning. Brock Enright. Giovanni Forlino. Daniel Giordano. Chasom Matthams. Steven Mayer. Jenny Morgan. Larysa Myers. Elisa Soliven. Through August 4.
OLANA STATE HISTORIC SITE 5720 ROUTE 9G, HUDSON
“In Frederic Church’s Ombra: Architecture in Conversation with Nature.” Multimedia design concepts and installations, developed by leading architects and artists. Through November 3.
ONE MILE GALLERY
475 ABEEL STREET, KINGSTON “Works by Jim Watt and The Pink Tower.” July 6-28.
exhibits “Mystic Pizza” at LABspace Mind expansion comes in many forms and at least four slices of the same are provided by artists Kelsey Renkao, Jenn Brehm, Brent Owens, and Jon Cowan in the “Mystic Pizza” exhibition currently being served up at LABspace. Yes, those are googly eyes at the bottom of that shimmering diamond abstraction by Renko, and Cowan’s voids are indeed radiant as voids most certainly should be. Watercolors can be trippy, as Brehm demonstrates skillfully, and wood can bend in colorful ways when Owens sees the light. So come on down to Hillsdale town and get a contact high from the mind-blowing art on view. Through July 28
Jon Cowan, Radiant Void, watercolor, gouache and ink on paper, 2019.
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249 FERDON AVENUE, PIERMONT “Forest Story: New Paintings by Grace Mitchell.” Mitchell’s luminous, romantic oil paintings of natural places create a distressed contemporary response to accelerating deterioration in natural systems worldwide and the fundamental human need for connection to the natural world. Surfaces are often sanded, scraped and scored, paint is splattered and dripped, and an indication of distress underlies subsequent layers of glazes. This process creates a depth and a mysterious quality that invites contemplation. Through August 30.
PALMER GALLERY AT VASSAR COLLEGE 124 RAYMOND AVENUE, POUGHKEEPSIE
“Geometries of Color: Drawings by Stephen Kenney.” The over 30 drawings in this exhibit engage viewers with their sensitive use of color and intricate geometric patterns. Through August 1.
RIVERWINDS GALLERY
172 MAIN STREET, BEACON “The Family…Head, Body and Soul.” Mixed media and assemblages by Madlyn Goldman. Through July 8.
ROCKLAND CENTER FOR THE ARTS
27 SOUTH GREENBUSH ROAD, WEST NYACK “Natural Progressions.” Large on-site installations address themes with interactive work, integrating sensory elements and inviting visitors to reconnect to nature. Through April 2020.
ROELIFF JANSEN HISTORICAL SOCIETY MUSEUM 8 MILES ROAD, COPAKE FALLS
“The Hidden History of the Roe Jan Region.” July 6-September 2.
ROOST GALLERY
69 MAIN STREET, 2ND FLOOR, NEW PALTZ “Lauree Feldman.” Through July 21.
ROSENDALE CAFE
434 MAIN STREET, ROSENDALE “Earth & Sky.” Linda Lynton’s solo art show. July 1-31. Opening reception July 7, 2-4pm.
SAMUEL DORSKY MUSEUM OF ART 1 HAWK DRIVE, NEW PALTZ
“In Celebration: A Recent Gift from the Photography Collection of Marcuse Pfeifer.” Through July 14. “Madness in Vegetables.” Through November 10.
SEPTEMBER
449 WARREN STREET #3, HUDSON “Yellow.” Regardless of the surface area occupied, the color yellow plays a significant role in each work selected for this group exhibition. Through August 4.
SPENCERTOWN ACADEMY ARTS CENTER
THOMAS COLE HISTORIC SITE
“Third Annual Juried Photography Show.” Through July 15.
STANDARD SPACE
The Art of Emily Cole. The project marks the first solo exhibition of Emily’s artwork on both paper and porcelain, revealing her exquisitely painted botanicals. Through July 7.
“Region One School Show.” Through December 31.
THOMPSON GIROUX GALLERY
STORYSTUDIO
“Ned Snider: Onward Upward Toward Downward.” Through.
“Alexander Gilson: From Property to Property Owner.” Exhibit tells the story of Alexander Gilson, who went from being a slave tending the gardens at Montgomery Place to an employee to a business owner. Through August 31.
TIVOLI ARTISTS GALLERY
‘T’ SPACE
VASSAR COLLEGE: THE FRANCES LEHMAN LOEB ART CENTER
790 ROUTE 203, SPENCERTOWN
147 MAIN STREET, SHARON, CT
5 CHERRY STREET, RED HOOK
137 ROUND LAKE ROAD, RHINEBECK “Brice Marden: Cold Mountain Studies Exhibition.” 35 ink-onpaper drawings were inspired by nature and echo the poetry and calligraphy of 9th-century Chinese poet Han Shan.
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“Appetites for Change: Foodways in Post-War America.” Studentcurated exhibit explores how technology, post-war economics, and politics influenced cooking and eating habits, in Post-war America. Through July 31.
THE LACE MILL
218 SPRING STREET, CATSKILL
57 MAIN STREET, CHATHAM
60 BROADWAY, TIVOLI
“Freedom: Expression of Art, Politics and the Soul.” July 5-28. Opening reception July 6, 6-8pm.
124 RAYMOND AVENUE, POUGHKEEPSIE
“An Era of Opportunity: Three Decades of Acquisitions.” The exhibition is a tribute to James Mundy upon his retirement. Through September 8.
WHITE PINES
454 UPPER BYRDCLIFFE ROAD, WOODSTOCK “Psych Out.” A group show of psychedelic outdoor sculpture commemorating the 50-year anniversary of the Woodstock Music Festival. July 13-November 3. Openin reception July 13, 3-7pm.
165 CORNELL STREET, KINGSTON
WILDERSTEIN PRESERVATION
“The Spirit of The Art Students League.” An exhibition honoring established artists, instructors, and emerging artists associated with the Art Students League. Opening reception July 6, 5-9pm.
330 MORTON ROAD, RHINEBECK
“5th Outdoor Sculpture Biennial Exhibition.” Through October 31.
THE RE INSTITUTE
28 TINKER STREET, WOODSTOCK
1395 BOSTON CORNERS ROAD, MILLERTON “Works by Sayzie Carr, Kingsley Parker, Kate Hamilton, and Deena Lebow.” Through July 13.
WOODSTOCK ARTISTS ASSOCIATION AND MUSEUM “100 Years / 100 Objects.” Rarely seen items from WAAM’s permanent collection and archives. Through September 1.
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July 16. Heirs to the beer ‘n’ grease-soaked mantle of their heroes the Cosmic Psychos, the Chats are among the most recent wave of young, archetypically snotty punk bands to belch forth from Australia. The trio famously blew up YouTube with the mega-viral video for “Smoko,” the hilariously sneering lead track off their 2017 EP Get This in Ya!! and take their name from their home ’hood, the Sydney suburb of Chatswood. Touring the US this month for the first time while promoting their new single “Pub Feed,” the bratty bunch hits BSP for a Meltasia-presented blowout, along with Metalleg and the Bobby Lees. (TWRP and the Protomen play the back room July 19; Martin Courtney and Ryley Walker split the bill July 26.) 8pm. $10, $12. Kingston. (845) 481-5158; Bspkingston.com.
July 18-21. The premiere bluegrass festival in the Northeast makes its 35th return to the region, once again at Walsh Farm in Greene County, its home since 2008. This year, in addition to the four-day fest’s 2019 artist-in-residence, picker nonpareil Billy Strings, and its yearly host band, Dry Branch Fire Squad, the lineup includes the Del McCoury Band, Leftover Salmon, Tommy Emmanuel CGP, the Earls of Leicester, I’m with Her (featuring Sara Watkins, Sarah Jarosz, and Aoife O’Donovan), the Steep Canyon Rangers, the Travelin’ McCourys, the Tim O’Brien Bluegrass Band, the Gibson Brothers, Jim Gaudet and the Railroad Boys, and many other bluegrass virtuosos. Camping, food, vendors, and music workshops add to the fun. Oak Hill. (888) 9468495; Greyfoxbluegrass.com.
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July 20. Now here’s a talent-packed outfit we haven’t seen the likes of in quite some time. Led by Carolina Chocolate Drops singer Rhiannon Giddens, Our Native Daughters also features Allison Russell (Birds of Chicago), Leyla McCalla (Carolina Chocolate Drops), and rising solo artist Amythyst Kiah. The all-star, banjo-dominated folk quartet recently released their debut album, Songs of Our Native Daughters, which was produced by Giddens and is out on the iconic Smithsonian Folkways Recordings label. Referencing and inspired by African American women’s tales of struggle, resistance, and hope, the group’s rustic music crosses traditional styles with contemporary attitude. (Taj Mahal brings his blues July 20; Herb Alpert and Lani Hall blow by August 4.) 8pm. $40, $45, $55. Albany. (518) 473-1845; Theegg.org.
July 18. The Michigan-born, LA-based Lord Huron brought their brand of lush, lonesome, reverb-drenched modern Americana to the mainstream in 2017 when the track “The Night We Met,” from their 2014 sophomore album Strange Tales, was used in the Netflix series “13 Reasons Why.” Fronted by nature-inspired singersongwriter Ben Schneider, the band will perform their expansive music at UPAC in support of their 2018 major-label debut, Vida Noir, with opener Bully. (The Steve Miller Band lands at UPAC July 28.) 6:30pm doors; 7:30pm show. $39-$49. Kingston. (845) 3396088; Bardavon.org.
July 20. Rhode Island roots rockers Deer Tick took a three-year hiatus from recording, but they reemerged in 2017 with a pair of simultaneously released albums: the country-folksy Vol. 1 and its rockier companion Vol. 2. This past February, the group increased their discographical spread with Mayonnaise, a collection of outtakes, covers, alternate versions, and singles. Among the tasty tracks on Mayonnaise is the ballad “Old Lady,” which bears bittersweet traces of “Lonesome Suzie,” “Whispering Pines,” and some of The Band’s other plaintive classics—appropriate, then, that the Ticks are making the sacred pilgrimage to Levon Helm Studios on their third annual Road to Newport tour. With Twain (Richard Thompson and Shawn Colvin sing July 13; Martin Sexton goes solo August 2.) 7:30pm. $40, $65. Woodstock. (845) 679-2744; Levonhelm.com.
CORROSION OF CONFORMITY July 26. In 1982, Corrosion of Conformity began in their native North Carolina as one of the first hardcore bands to “cross over” by fusing punk thrash with heavy metal, eventually shedding their hardcore roots to become pioneers of the stoner rock genre. In 2014, the group, which storms the stage of the Chance for this lateJuly assault, reunited with errant vocalist and guitarist Pepper Keenan (of metal supergroup Down) and have collaborated with sometime tourmates Metallica as well as Warren Haynes (Gov’t Mule, Allman Brothers Band) and Stanton Moore (Galactic). With Crowbar, the Quaker City Nighthawks, and Lo-Pan. (Baroness and Torche burn July 12; Heartsick and Lumen light up July 18.) 7pm. $25. (845) 471-1966; Thechancetheater.com.
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The solar eclipse at the New Moon in Cancer on July 2 and the lunar eclipse at the Full Moon in Capricorn on July 16 contain powerful precursors to the highly anticipated conjunction of Saturn and Pluto in January 2020. The Full Moon eclipses Saturn opposite Venus in tender, nurturing Cancer on July 16 as well. The energetic conditions of July set the stage for this globally significant and personally meaningful event next year. What you do right now matters. The great danger here is a total eclipse of the heart; the great opportunity here is the breakdown of ego defenses and protective layers, allowing a deeper and more profound intimacy than ever before. The metadrama of this month is the redemption of valuable and healthy expressions of male and female energy from the trap of toxic masculinity and femininity. Everything depends on how prepared we are to trust ourselves and each other. Mercury’s retrograde July 7-31 winds words back to mid-June. Honor demands that promises made are kept. Resources to fulfill those promises may feel scarce but trust-building requires a presumption of benevolence, which Mercury conjunct Mars in Leo on July 8 confidently provides. Mars square Uranus July 11 brings surprising suitors and unusually dramatic declarations of intentions, both honorable and otherwise; trining Jupiter July 25 emboldens the acquisition of that obscure object of desire. Venus in Cancer July 3-27 empowers the feminine; and opposite Saturn on July 16, she demands acknowledgement, respect, and commitment; conjunct Mercury July 24 at the last Quarter Moon in Taurus, she inspires faithful, supportive, and nurturing love. Doubt delivers “fake news” but trust your heart to discern the real, reject the toxic, and desire the healthy and good.
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TAURUS (April 19–May 20)
Ruling planet Venus enters traditional, family-oriented Cancer on July 3, focusing your energy on home matters. Mars squares your sun, and Uranus makes for power struggles when immovable object meets irresistible force July 10-11. A surprising intervention seemingly out of nowhere on July 24 at the Last Quarter Moon in Taurus drops like a Deux Ex Machina from the rafters, offering a way out of the corner you may have painted yourself into. The way out is a learning curve straight up: It will take tremendous sustained effort, but achievement of this kind never comes without a huge energetic expenditure.
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GEMINI (May 20–June 21)
Ruling planet Mercury’s retrograde July 7-31 from Leo to Cancer refocuses attention upon family matters, asking you to hone your nurturing skills at least as well as you’ve honed your communicative expertise. Become a fluent interpreter of your partner’s love language. Are your needs and their wants getting lost in translation? Ask for the resources you need and you shall find them, but stop expecting others to read your mind or guess what’s best for you. Jupiter’s opposition through November is giving you a good workout, stretching your endurance, and expanding your comfort zone, building muscles of resilience and ingenuity.
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The solar eclipse/New Moon in Cancer on July 2 reveals a new perspective on an old situation. Tender, empathic Venus in Cancer July 7-26 accommodates the vast swath of human fragility, of which you are a part. Compassion is piqued and pushed to the limits at the Capricorn lunar eclipse on July 16, when you can’t help but think: “Is there a cost-benefit ratio to my empathy? And if so, what are the numbers?” Mercury and Venus in Cancer duet between soothing lullabies and sensual love songs as the last Quarter Moon in Taurus on July 24 inspires domestic tranquility.
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LEO (July 22–August 23)
The solar eclipse July 2 and the lunar eclipse July 16 bookend how closely tied your subconscious/unconscious mind is to your physical health and overall well-being. In your heart, you know the truth, which is that you can’t control a chaotic universe with an infinite number of moving parts. Just how OK you are with that humbling reality is tested this month. Sun in Leo after July 22 builds confidence from the ground up: New Moon in Leo July 31 consolidates your will, aligns your drive, and poises you to pounce upon the prey of your goals and aspirations.
VIRGO (August 23–September 23)
The universal laws of reciprocity rule in your favor. You get by with a little help from your friends this month, and you’ve got a lifetime of good will in the bank. This isn’t about a quid pro quo. Those who know your heart may rush to defend it from shortsighted critics and unappreciative climbers. The square from Jupiter through November creates an opportunity to re-mix the cocktail of hard work and good luck, diluting it with a dash of intuitive inspiration from Neptune’s opposition and rimming the glass with the salt of prophetic vision: cheers and bottom’s up!
LIBRA (September 23–October 23)
Your sun squares the solar eclipse July 2 and the lunar eclipse July 16, illuminating a reexamination and redefinition of “safety” and “security” in both your private and public lives. Harmonious partnerships, shared responsibilities, relationships, and diplomacy have been your currency and stock in trade. Now you’re being challenged to stretch your comfort zone by flying solo on occasion. When given the chance to declare your own sovereign ideals and intentions without the cover of a crowd at your back, you may surprise yourself and others with what emerges. Taking leadership initiative is important now: Your courage inspires others.
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SCORPIO (October 23–November 21)
Mars in Leo square your sun, prompting a battle of wills between the angels of your better self and your personal demons, which feed and are nourished by fear and insecurity. Cut off their nutrient supply, and bet on your higher self to win the prize you seek. The solar eclipse/New Moon in Cancer July 2 stimulates compassion. Moon in Scorpio July 10-11 dives deeper into the realm of empathy to discover surprising solutions to vexing relational challenges, empowering your perseverance. Put some elbow grease in. You’re playing the long game, and you’re playing to win.
SAGITTARIUS (November 22–December 22)
Retrograde Jupiter is camped out in the middle of Sagittarius where it will be until mid-August. If you feel stalled or even moribund, it’s just because you’re being asked to revisit progress you thought you’d made back in April. Those successes were learning experiences as well as triumphs; for more peaks in the future, please ingrain the life lessons delivered gently enough this time around before the next deja vu moment pops up again in late October. Mars in Leo all month gives you plenty of energy: Use it for good even if you feel you’re slogging through mud. Overcome!
CAPRICORN (December 22–January 20)
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Full Moon/lunar eclipse in Capricorn and the mini eclipses of the Moon’s occultation of Saturn and Pluto all happen July 16. These celestial occurrences happen at the closest point to the Saturn-Pluto conjunction of January 2020, and occurrences this month set expectations of how that massively powerful confluence will play out in your life next year. Gathering wisdom and fortitude is your job now. Your entire sense of well-being, including your mind-body connection and physical health, will reflect the dynamic dance between the need for structure and order and the imperative to destroy in order to re-create anew.
AQUARIUS (January 20–February 19)
Mercury retrograde in solar opposite Leo on July 7 invites you to use “I language” to describe your feelings about shocking information dumped into your lap. How you choose to handle surprising revelations will set the tone for future confidences and intimacies. If you can handle the relatively light stuff, you can be trusted with the inevitable heaviness as well. Sun in Leo after July 22 personalizes humanitarian urges, prompting you to use resources and influence to help deserving others. A little humility goes a long way right now, as you’ll be lauded for making the difficult seem casually easy.
PISCES (February 20-March 19)
The fish swimming in the opposite direction encounter a sea change this month. If you want to get to fertile spawning waters, you’ll have to cooperate with yourself. New Moon/ solar eclipse in sensitive Cancer on July 2 stimulates your own empathic powers; the separating square from Jupiter makes space to see a viable reality take shape beneath the cloud of optimistic confusion that obscured it last month. Venus trine Neptune July 18 is a triumph of the heart; July 19-22 inspires a new appreciation for tangible bottom-line bird-in-the-hand resources. You will find them tastier and more satisfying than spun-sugar fantasies. 126 HOROSCOPES CHRONOGRAM 7/19
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Forever Jewelers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79 Frank Mazzarella Architect . . . . . . . . . . . 53 From Europe to You . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64 Gardens at Rhinebeck . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Garner Arts Center . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Gary DiMauro Real Estate . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Glenn’s Wood Sheds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110 Green Cottage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102 Green Mountain Minerals . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 The Green Team . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80 Gunk Haus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 Harney & Sons Fine Teas . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 Hawthorne Valley Association . . . . . . . 14, 100 Health Quest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . back cover Heather Ridge Farm & Bees Knees Cafe . . . . 42 Herrington’s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62 H Houst & Son . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 Holistic Natural Medicine: Integrative Healing Arts . . . . . . . . . . . 68 Hoover Architecture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 The Hudson Company . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 Hudson Hills Montessori School . . . . . . . . 71 The Hudson Underground . . . . . . . . . . . 114 Hudson Valley Distillers . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 Hudson Valley Goldsmith . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 Hudson Valley Jazz Festival . . . . . . . . . . . 80 Hudson Valley Native Landscaping . . . . . . . 6 Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival . . . . . . 110 Hudson Valley Sunrooms . . . . . . . . . . . . 61 Hurleyville Arts Center . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112 Impact Concerts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104 Ingrained Building Concepts . . . . . . . . . . 50 Irace Architecture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80 Jack’s Meats & Deli . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 Jacobowitz & Gubits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102 John A Alvarez and Sons . . . . . . . . . . . . 64 John Carroll . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68 Joyce Beymer Real Estate . . . . . . . . . . . 24 Kary Broffman . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124 Kasuri . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Kent Art Association . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118 Kingston Consignment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Kingston Midtown Arts District . . . . . . . . . 114 Kol Hai . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68 The Leaf Brands, LLC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69 Liza Phillips Design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65 Love Apple Farm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 Lush Eco-Salon & Spa . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 Majestic Hudson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68 Mark Gruber Gallery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118 Maya Kaimal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 Menla . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69 Merrily . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80 Michael’s Appliance Center . . . . . . . . . . . 53 Mid Hudson Home Inspectors LLC . . . . . . . 62 MidHudson Regional Hospital . . inside back cover MIlan Case Study . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 Mohonk Mountain House . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Montano’s Shoe Store . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Mountain Laurel Waldorf School . . . . . . . . 17 Mundy’s Asia Galleries . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 Murray Engineering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 My Cleaning Ladies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62 My Sister’s Closet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Newhard’s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79 Omega Institute . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96 Pamela’s on the Hudson . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 Pegasus Comfort Footwear . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Pennings Farm Market . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76 Performance Spaces of the 21st Century . . . 104 Pet Country . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61 Peter Aaron . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102 Phoenicia Festival of the Voice . . . . . . . . . 18 Poughkeepsie Day School . . . . . . . . . . . 20 Primrose Hill School . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 Quay Tower . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 Ralph Moseley Art . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116 Red Hook Curry House . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 Red Mannequin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124 Regent Tours, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68 Rocket Number Nine Records . . . . . . . . . 122 The Rodney Shop . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114 Roost Studios and Art Gallery . . . . . . . . . 100 Rosendale Theater Collective . . . . . . . . . 126 Rudolf Steiner School . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116 Ryan Farm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62 Samuel Dorsky Museum of Art . . . . . . . . . 96 Schatzi’s New Paltz . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 Schatzi’s Poughkeepsie . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 Shalimar Alpacas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76 Solar Generation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62 Stamell String Instruments . . . . . . . . . . . 102 Stinemire Engineering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 Suffern Chamber of Commerce . . . . . . . . . 71 Sunflower Natural Food Market . . . . . . . . . 32 SUNY New Paltz . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Third Eye Associates Ltd. . . . . . . . . . . . 125 Tiki Temple . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 Timbuktu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 Town Tinker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 Transcend Dental . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 Transpersonal Acupuncture . . . . . . . . . . 126 ‘T’ Space Rhinebeck . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118 Tuthilltown Spirits, LLC . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Ulster County Office of Economic Development . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Unison Arts Center . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122 Upstate Chiropractic Care . . . . . . . . . . . 68 Upstate Films . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124 Upstate House subscriptions . . . . . . . . . 16 Walkway Over the Hudson . . . . . . . . . . . 20 Wallace and Feldman Insurance Brokerage . . 32 WAMC - Linda . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112 Warren Kitchen & Cutlery . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 Warwick Merchants Guild . . . . . . . . . . . . 76 Warwick Valley Olive Oil Company . . . . . . . 79 Washington County Studio Tour . . . . . . . . 116 WDST 100.1 Radio Woodstock . . . . . . . . 116 Wild Earth Programs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71 Williams Lumber & Home Center . inside front cover William Wallace Construction . . . . . . . . . . 46 Wimowe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62 WineRacks.com, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110 Wittus--Fire By Design . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61 Woodland Pond at New Paltz . . . . . . . . . . 3 Woodstock Art Exchange . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 Woodstock Byrdcliffe Guild . . . . . . . . . . . 96 YMCA of Kingston . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
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Picture a winding country road where the pavement is cracked and dust rises in clouds at the slightest sweep of a breeze. It was in the Catskills, on a road like this, that filmmaker Otto Ohle first happened upon artist Martin Muñoz’s antique store. That initial meeting ignited a thriving work relationship and friendship between the two, despite their almost 50-year age gap. For the last seven years, Ohle has documented Muñoz’s life between the Catskills and his birthplace, Mendoza, Argentina. When he moved to the US in 1970, Muñoz didn’t speak any English. He got a job driving horse-drawn carriages in Central Park. When he realized how much tourists loved the horses, he figured he could one-up that with a llama. So he got a llama, named Chiqui, from New Jersey and hit the streets to sell Polaroid photo ops to tourists. “Martin was a poet first, because, according to him, that’s the cheapest way to be an artist,” Ohle says. Muñoz started painting
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Martin Muñoz with one of his paintings and part of his book collection. Photo by Otto Ohle
after finding a box of brushes and canvases in the East Village, and it wasn’t long before he moved to the Catskills to focus on his art practice. In 2012, Ohle began filming Muñoz for a college assignment, as he worked on his dream project of establising an English library in Mendoza. The film evolved into what will be Ohle’s first full-length documentary, titled The Llama Man. Since the 1980s, Muñoz has collected over 20,000 books for his library. “It’s interesting to observe Martin from a filmmaker’s perspective, but also as a friend and participant in capturing his dream as he makes it a reality,” Ohle says. At 79 years old, Muñoz frequently travels to Argentina with more books to fill the library. “Martin lives without borders, creating sanctuaries of cultural exchange in his library and antique store,” says Ohle. “He’s a pure soul; that’s hard to find these days.” —Charlotte Katz
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