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vol. 37 | august 10 - september 10 2010
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ThE ROMANTIC GENERATIONS: BARBER/SChuMANN/ChOpIN
auguSt Schedule
Sat. | 14 | 6 pm • Maria Jette, soprano;
alan Murchie, piano
a salute to samuel BarBer at 100
Gay life: BarBer, schumann, and the new york art-sonG tradition
Sun. | 15 | 4 pm • aMernet String Quartet,
with andrew garland, Baritone
BarBer [strinG Quartet in B minor &dover Beach] and dvorak
Sat. | 21 | 6 pm • Fred herSch, jazz piano
Sun. | 22 | 4 pm • ebène Quartet oF PariS [deBut]
Beethoven, mozart, deBussy
Sat. | 28 | 6 pm • Joel Fan, piano;
the Maverick chaMber PlayerS,
alexander Platt, conductor;
daron hagen, composer in residence
dear readers
,
ll in all, it’s been a pretty great summer over here at
Roll as we embark on our fourth year of bringing you
the good stuff in the Hudson Valley: art, sustainability
and creative lifestyle. Been hot enough for you lately?
Once again the Rosendale Street Festival was hosted
on what seemed to be the hottest day of the year. It felt almost like New
Orleans in August, and that’s some kind of hot y’all. Apparently, so far
this is the hottest year recorded….for the whole world. Hoo boy.
Yeah, we were feeling pretty darn good about ourselves a month or so
back when we had the good fortune to talk with Pete Seeger. We had a
really nice reaction to that piece, as well as to the rest of the issue. We
were firing on all cylinders, everybody really working hard, doing good
work. Yep, I’m gonna say it: we were on a roll.
Cue the shark music….
Last month I had the pleasure and privilege of interviewing Dr. Alan
Chartock, president and CEO of WAMC/Northeast Public Radio, the
premiere public radio station/system in the region. I’m a big fan of Alan,
and I listen frequently to shows like The Media Project and Congressional
Corner, two very informative programs covering media and New York
politics. Alan really knows his stuff on both counts, and to me he is a more
reliable source than most regional newspapers and blogs. It was nice of
him to take some time with Roll, and I think we had a great interview.
He gave me lots of good answers that made my questions look better than
they really were.
We put the issue together, found the cool beach painting for the cover,
proofed, and wrapped it up with a bow. My, how we felt proud of
ourselves, another good one! But when we got the magazines from the
printer, it took literally minutes before we realized the awful truth.
We had misspelled “Chartock.” All. Through. The. Piece.
piano sonatas of chopin & BarBer
daron haGen; seven last words, concerto for piano left hand and
orchestra. world premiere of chamBer orchestra version
For the next 24 hours, you would have thought there had been a death in
the family. We just could not believe the magnitude of the error. Alan
was an extremely good sport about it, sharing a similar anecdote about
how this stuff happens in the print biz. But we were seriously bummed,
and there was yet distribution to be done; I was out on the street handing
out my mistake for all to see. Now that’s penance.
Sun. | 29 | 4 pm • borroMeo String Quartet,
with Judith gordon, piano
So the question you want to ask has to be: how the hell do you make a
mistake like that? I mean come on….it’s the guy’s name! Well, I have
been thinking about that a lot, Dear Reader. And here’s what I’ve got.
BarBer, Gunther schuller, james matheson’s piano Quintet
[world premiere]
Special event: Open rehearSal 3:00-3:30 pm
composer james matheson and the musicians will share a Behind-the-scenes look at
the creative process and interaction Between composer and musicians as they prepare
for this world premiere performance.
Sun. | 5 | Special time: 3 pm • Friends of Maverick
concert for donors, Mei-ting Sun, pIANO,
the chopin i love
$25 general admission • $5 student with valid ID
Limited Reserved Seats $40
Online ticketing and phOne SaleS (800.595.4tiX)
120 MAVERICK RD, WOODSTOCK NY 12498
845-679-8217 | www.MaverickConcerts.org
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Mistakes like these get in at the ground floor, gotta watch out. In my
case, having done some online research on Alan, I cut and pasted into a
file, the title of which had his name misspelled (by me), leaving off the
“c.” That file sat on my desktop staring me in the face for several weeks,
with the misspelling, and quite frankly I became immune to seeing it as
incorrect. That’s how easy it is on my end to screw up.
It’s really important to not allow a bad habit to form, to be vigilant
about accuracy in information from the start. It’s too easy to get used to
the error, and in doing so get everybody else used to it. (Hey, this could
just as accurately describe the recent Shirley Sherrod debacle, but I
digress.) For our part, this was a wake-up call to tighten up and do this
job better. And we will. We would like to be held to a higher standard,
and meet it.
So, may I present the August issue! Be sure to check out our highlight
sections this month: lots of great music and theatre: Bard SummerScape,
Belleayre Music Festival, the new Hudson Valley Green Festival,
Phoenicia Festival of the Voice, and the Saugerties Artists Studio Tour.
If it’s too hot to go outside, stay in with iced tea and Roll. And if you are
outside, a Roll magazine makes a real handy fan. Just the right size!
Cheers, Ross Rice, editor
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table of contents
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editor’s note—
roll art & image— paint the people: portrait artist Nadine Robbins,
by Ross Rice
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roll the music— serial drama: Bard Music Festival celebrates
composer Alban Berg, by Peter Aaron
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Common Prayer: Kingston meets England, by way of Brooklyn, by Crispin Kott
18 roll listings— art | music | theatre & cinema
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roll CD reviews—
roll back- classic jazz DVD’s: Buck Clayton, Count Basie Orchestra, Sonny Stitt, J. J. Johnson, Philly Joe Jones, and Kenny Dorham
new releases from Lara Hope and the Champtones, Cleoma’s Ghost, and Many Hands: Family Music for Haiti
32 roll dollars & sense— Social Security: when to start taking payments,
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by Beth Jones
roll on stage & screen— even weekenders get the blues: musical
Closer Than Ever at Shandaken Theatrical Society, by Jay Blotcher
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roll eco— who killed the diesel tractor? it could be Huguenot Street Farm’s Ron Khosla, by Luciano Valdivia
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Rob Brezsny’s freewill astrology—
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roll gardening and green— how dry I am: the xeriscape garden,
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Corrections: In last month’s piece on Dr. Alan Chartock, we misspelled “Chartock.”
Dr. Sarah Chartock is an assistant professor of political science at the College of
New Jersey (not her alma mater Princeton). John Jay College loaned Alan to Police
Commissioner Patrick V. Murphy, not Alan Miller. Our apologies for the errors.
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paint the people:
portrait artist
NA D I N E R O B B I N S
by Ross Rice
Let’s, er, face it, we all like to look at faces. Humans seem to be
programmed to respond to portraiture, be it modern photography, or
like they did it back in the day, a painting by an artist. What’s the most
famous painting in the world? A portrait of some Italian girl named
Mona. There’s something to looking and seeing somebody looking
back at you; in the case of portraiture, often across hundreds of years.
But portrait painting is unfortunately becoming something of a lost art
thanks to digital technology, where the human image can be captured
and transmitted in milliseconds, instead of weeks. So why even bother?
Painting takes soooo long, nowadays we’ve got Photo Booth to Facebook
to printer in….bing!
Nadine Robbins—a.k.a. Portraitgirl—might have some answers to that,
as she has surely cast her lot with her choice of subject matter. With
her recent “Eight Portrait Peaces” series, she has found an artistic voice
in the direct reproduction of interesting couples, often capturing the
Me, Nadine Robbins
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synergy between the painted partners that reveals much about what is
so great about love, the human spirit, and the more permanent reality
of paint on canvas. All with a healthy dose of compassion and humor to
which jpegs do no justice.
T
he reason there are so few portrait artists these days:
it’s an expensive luxury during economic hard times.
Galleries don’t generally show exhibitions of portraits
either, unless they’re old as hell, of people we either
shouldn’t forget, or really should. And, well, to be honest, quite often
the most interesting subjects these days are in absolutely no position
to commission such a labor-intensive work for themselves.
In 1984—while still in college—she got a grant that allowed her to attend
a special graphic design conference in Aspen, where, “there was this tiny
little room, with this little computer, a little box: the first Mac. With a
picture of Lady Di on it, you could scribble on her and print it out.” By
1989 she made sure she had one of the top of the line Macs available—
back when they were pretty expensive—and was thus able to work from
home. “I was on the cutting edge, really took advantage of it.”
Nadine got her degree, went to Brooklyn and meanwhile became
“pretty much a self-taught painter.” She had a sweet gig doing design
work for Citicorp, “doing their branding. Then, I did it for Chase—I
was in the financial industry when things were good!” When the market
took a quick tumble in 1989, she was one of the thousands who got laid
off. That misfortune plus a small inheritance inspired and allowed her to
go freelance, and she never looked back, managing to keep a loyal and
steady client base since.
Chug, Nadine Robbins
But then there’s Nadine, who actually has documented evidence of
being a portraitist as early as the age of four. A military child whose
parents were divorced, she travelled extensively as a child, spending a
lot of time in France with her mother, acquiring an early appreciation
of art. Starting college at sixteen, at SUNY New Paltz in the 80s, she
had a professor tell her portrait painting was no way to make a living. So
she decided to go into graphic design, as a major “it was more practical,
creating and making money.”
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Dave, Nadine Robbins
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But she’d met a special guy in New Paltz, whom she’d gone to school with, and eventually they
decided to meet in the middle, marry, and move in together in Garrison. Then they moved to
Rhinebeck in 1993, where she ran her design agency Namaro Studios—derived from the first two
letters of her three names—while still working primarily with clients in the City. Meanwhile she
was getting unique training from an unexpected source: “As a designer on Adobe Photoshop, I spent
years of having to take guys and fix their ties, take out moles, add hair to them. And I was learning a
lot about faces. And when I started painting again—around 1999—I was surprised that I knew more,
just jumping in, than I thought I would.”
Things changed drastically in 2001, with the birth of son Wyatt, and, uh….that other thing that
year. “He was born right after 9-11. And, you know, everything changed. Lost my edge, I guess,
Black Hat, Nadine Robbins
just went somewhere else.” One way that Nadine worked things out was
to do her first major portrait: Wyatt. As somebody she would have no
trouble looking at for long periods of time, working long hours to fill in
the substance between the lines, he was of course the ideal subject. The
portrait seems suffused with maternal warmth and invested spirit, and
made for a great first work in the genre.
different stages, try to re-figure out who I am. That’s why they’re called
‘Portrait Peaces,’ they’re peaceful things.” The project required eight
portraits of couples, carefully selected from responses to a general email
call, to be painted over a period of two years. “I have a process set up so
that I’m sure I’m painting the right (people). Because it shows up if you
like them or you don’t.”
Nadine was still at a low, and around that time made a decision to do
a large-scale project. “The story behind what I call the ‘Eight Portrait
Peaces,’ is, like anybody else, that at certain points of your life the ‘shit
hits the fan.’ I decided as I was doing these things to try to just get through
Selected couples—many of whom are friends and/or acquaintances—
then have a short interview with Nadine, where she gets to know them
a little better, while taking notes and making observations, using her
graphic design skills to get good concept ideas going. “After there’s some
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sort of idea or direction—we like each other, there’s a good vibe—we
set up the photo shoot.”
Nadine prefers to use a neutral backdrop for the photos, keeping the
focus on the subjects and their interaction, allowing for the shadow play
with the lighting, which helps make the 3-D elements pop out more. Few
props, but interesting (and no doubt resonant to the subjects) apparel is
encouraged. “I’ll take 200 to 300 pictures, always looking for the one
that all of a sudden, the people forget that I’m photographing them, and
something really natural comes out.” Several shots are selected, with
the subjects’ approval, and the photo is projected onto a canvas, where
Nadine can start the basic outlines.
But I was like, I don’t know if I want to…(laughs). Sometimes it’s too
much, you can say more with less!” So an apron took care of the business
up front. But the back…”they had props—the outtakes, the photographs
that weren’t chosen are pretty funny too—and I just said, roll (the rolling
pin) on the butt, just do it. And her look (on her face) is just priceless.
I picked the image because it suits their personality too.” The woman
happens to be wearing an apron with a Buckingham Palace logo. It’s a
deceptively funny work with a slow reveal…what the, no pants, is she?
The title is Rolling Buns. Ah, got it.
The project gained momentum, and found its peak (so far) in an unlikely
fashion. For Portrait Number Five, Nadine’s friend Michael—a sculptor
living in Kingston—had an unusual request: “He wanted to be naked!
Since then, she’s completed the sixth and started the seventh of the
series….but there has become less to prove now that she’s achieved
some substantial recognition. Still, she has her subjects scheduled, and
The Rolling Buns, Nadine Robbins
Who Would Have Thought?, Nadine Robbins
Once she’s into the painting process, it’s like she personally fills in the
emotional blanks and brings these fascinating people to life on canvas.
“There’s just something that happens. I don’t see myself as some sort of
loose abstract emotional painter, throwing paint around. But if I paint
something, and look at it in terms of the photograph, something happens:
a warmth about it, they come alive. And that excites me. Whether it’s
because it’s something in me that is coming out, or it’s the person I met,
and they gave me something. There’s a connection between my eye and
their eye, I think. It happens.”
“I think for me it creatively happened when I got to this one—the fifth
one. I loved the concept of it, it was just hysterical, and I thought ‘this
is what I want to do…have a sense of humor!’ It just so happened that I
sent it to this really conservative (British group), the Royal Society of
Portrait Painters, thinking ah, just ten bucks, send it in. Well, I got in!”
Apparently the British do have a sense of humor (or “humour”) as well.
Nadine shipped the portrait over, and later followed it over for a special
reception in London, “a huge opening, 300 people there, at a gallery right
near Trafalgar Square.” 100 portraits were selected from roughly 1500
submitted. Seeing the other works—some she really liked, some not so
much—she realized she was good enough to be there, her choice was
affirmed.
The New A merican Gothic, Nadine Robbins
her type-A personality won’t let her chill for too long; even as she takes
a short summer break, she always keeps current with modern social
media. And with her husband finishing nursing school and starting his
new career, she plans to pull back on the graphic design business—still
going with select clients—and get deeper into painting. “It’s evolved into
not about the project, but about developing a new career. I don’t know
where it’s going to go, but it always seems to come back to people, to
their faces, to just capturing something about them. I love photography,
but painting…just goes somewhere else.”
Nadine should be painting people full time; her portraits shine with
life, wit, and soul. Those whom she has painted have all had the option
to buy at a serious discount, one subject even traded some large-scale
sculpture for theirs. But truly, she has a gift; seeing her portraits, I see
humanity and love jumping off the canvas, in ways photography could
never duplicate. As Nadine puts it so well, “My portraits are real. They
endure, they give pleasure, they bring tears, they capture essence, they
are a record of a place in time. I like to think I am creating a personal art
history that no one else has.”
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Nadine laughs. “Plus, when I get famous they will be a
good investment!”
Visit Nadine’s website at www.nadinerobbinsportraits.com, Facebook
at www.facebook.com/NadineRobbinsPortraits, Twitter at portraitgirl.
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Alban Berg
Alban Berg, Atelier M adame D'Oro, Wien, 1909
By Peter Aaron
Making the case for 12-tone serialism to those whose ears are only partially open can pose a challenge.
As with avant-garde jazz, the music generally eschews a tonal center and rarely offers the listener the
lifeline of a recurring melody. But just as the shrill, fiery blasts of Albert Ayler impacted the more
accepted work of John Coltrane, the music of Alban Berg (1885-1935)—the focus of this year’s Bard
Music and SummerScape Festivals—and his Modernist companions of the Second Viennese School,
Arnold Schoenberg and Anton Webern, has had a strong influence on many pivotal composers who
followed—Stravinsky, Bartok, Satie, Boulez, Gershwin, and Glass, to name a few. And though the
early 20th-century Austrians’ output makes no apologies for its potential esotericism, it’s also music
beloved for the impressionistic Romantic style passed down from an earlier local, Gustav Mahler.
Berg’s compositions, however, are known as the most Romantic of the latter Vienna scene, though
the tag pertains more to his music’s highly expressive, lyrical side, rather than any literal allusions to
romantic love. But those are in there, too—for one who knows where to listen.
“Berg’s music can be very autobiographical, there are a lot of secrets and personal clues hidden within
his pieces,” says professor Christopher H. Gibbs, Bard Music Festival’s co-artistic director, who will
oversee two talks on Berg for the event. “For instance, his most famous work, the [1935] Violin Concerto,
is said to have encrypted references to a mistress he had. Some of the keys he would use would be the
initials of a girlfriend, and so on.” Additionally, his 1926 Lyric Suite has
been shown to contain elaborate ciphers alluding to a clandestine affair,
and for literal romance the opera Lulu (1935)—Berg’s “sexual horror
story”—was highly controversial.
B
ut of his many mesmerizing works Lulu was by no
means the only one that caused a kerfuffle; 1912’s Five
Songs on Picture Postcard Texts by Peter Altenberg sparked
riots when it was premiered the following year, and
the performance had to be halted. His first opera, Wozzeck (1922), a
tale of jealousy and murder with music that evokes insanity, was
savaged by critics when it was first performed in 1925, although
it eventually became a hit and is now considered one of the 20th
century’s most important works. Unsurprisingly, Berg’s music, along
with that of his fellow Modernists, was banned by the Nazis for its
“degenerate” properties.
The son of a salesman, Berg learned piano from his aunt and at a young
age began writing songs without any formal studies. A moody and
undisciplined teenager, he flunked school and endured a doomed love
affair and the death of his early hero, composer Hugo Wolf, all of which
led to an unsuccessful suicide attempt. Had it not been for his brother
Charley, who took his compositions to Schoenberg, Alban might have
languished in his day job as an accountant. The elder Schoenberg took
Berg on as a student, and, after the young composer did a brief stint in
the army, he completed Wozzeck, followed by his Chamber Concerto (1925)
and Lyric Suite (1926), the latter marked with a sung tribute to a “secret”
lover, Hanna Fuchs-Robertin. (Berg had married the singer Helene
Nahowski in 1911.)
Berg’s last efforts include his most popular work, the divinely elegiac
Violin Concerto, which was hailed for its incorporation of tonality within
the 12-tone form, and was written in 1935 in remembrance of Alma
Mahler’s departed daughter. Out of work due to Nazi blacklisting and
unable to afford medical care, Berg himself died from blood poisoning
later that year, before he could finish the above-mentioned Lulu. (The
opera’s partially written third act was completed in 1976 by composer
Friedrich Cerha.)
In addition to SummerScape’s enticing calendar of Berg-related films
and theatrical and dance productions, for the 2010 installment of the
Bard Music Festival, which this year runs through August 22 and
centers on a different composer each season, the campus will host talks,
panels, symposiums, and, of course, concerts. But besides performances
of Berg’s music, the programs, several of which will be conducted
by Bard’s president, Leon Botstein, will also feature works by Berg’s
contemporaries, composers he influenced, and those who influenced
him.
“People say Berg is like Mahler on drugs,” says Gibbs with a laugh. “He’s
been called one of the least audience-friendly composers, but at the same
time his music is very lush, very lyrical, full of drama. And then you
have all of these hidden subtexts about his private life, which I think are
palpable even if you don’t know the stories. [With the SummerScape
program] we’re aiming to refocus his image, to get the audience to look
at him through a different light.”
Christopher H. Gibbs will moderate the panel “Berg: His Life and Career” at Olin
Hall on August 14 and give a pre-concert talk for the program “Modernism and Its
Discontent” at Sosnoff Hall on August 21. All events take place on Bard College’s
campus in Annandale-on-Hudson. A full schedule is available at www.bard.edu.
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Fr-Su 8/13 through 8/15- THE
WASSAIC PROJECT SUMMER
FESTIVAL 2010, at the Maxon
Mills and the Luther Auction
Barn, Wassaic—Last year, we
covered this merry band of NYC
ex-pats stationed out on the eastern
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Amenia. The little hamlet of Wassaic
has a nice big old mill building,
which has been put to good use
by The Wassaic Project, a diverse
group of multi-disciplinary artists
devoted to sustainable practices
and community engagement. With
working studios, workshops, and
a year-round residency program,
the Project has made champagne
results from a beer (grant) budget.
This summer festival is free (but you should donate something), camping
is available and encouraged, and you get 100 artists, 25 bands, poetry
readings, dance performances, film screenings, food and drink vendors,
and more. Parking is minimal, so carpooling is encouraged, and—who
knew?—Wassaic happens to be a stop on the MetroNorth train line,
two hours from Grand Central. I haven’t heard of many of these bands
(The Luyas, She Keeps Bees, Pink Skull, etc.), which of course means
they’re probably really good. Please see website for details, of which
there are many. Wassaic Project Summer Festival, The Maxon Mills, 37
Furnace Bank Rd., and The Luther Barn, 15 Furnace Bank Rd., Wassaic,
www.wassaicproject.org. Art reception at Maxon Mills Sa 8/14 5-7 PM
Sa/Su 8/14 & 15- EIGHTH ANNUAL SAUGERTIES ARTISTS
STUDIO TOUR, at multiple locations in the town of Saugerties—
For two days every summer for the last eight years, a somewhat unique
event occurs in the town of Saugerties. 39 artists open their studios to the
public, working in a variety of media: painting, printmaking, collage,
photography, ceramics, fine furniture and sculpture. It’s an intimate
look at the artist’s private world of creation, revealing much about
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We suggest the following: go to the Saugerties Artist Tour website
(saugertiesarttour.com), and click on “the Artists” tab. Check out some
work, and make note of who interests you.. Then go to the “Map” tab
and click, where you get a choice of a business location where a map
can be picked up (or simply download a map pdf from the website).
Gas up the car (or inflate your bike tires), and you’re off! Sponsors
include the Dutchess County Arts Council and Art Society of Kingston
(ASK). Saugerties Artists Studio Tour, Town of Saugerties,
saugertiesarttour.com, 10 AM- 6 PM
the next-door McKenna Theatre 7-8 PM. HUDSON VALLEY ARTISTS
2010 performance pieces include Marcy B. Freedman’s The Go-Between
(Sa 8/28 12-3 PM) and beginning in September Thomas Albrecht performs
his News/Print daily 3-4 PM. Museum is closed 9/6-10. The Samuel
Dorsky Museum of Art, SUNY New Paltz, 1 Hawk Dr., New Paltz,
www.newpaltz.edu/museum, 845.257.3844. We-Su 11 AM- 5 PM
Through September- Spotlight on the SAMUEL DORSKY
MUSEUM OF ART at SUNY New Paltz, New Paltz—Most visitors
books, or brainwashing female arm wrestlers into allowing her blatant rule
manipulations (as Magenta Delecta, B.R.A.W.L maven), Jacinta Bunnell
is also an accomplished painter. Having been influenced by the artwork of
children in her life, she created this collection of mixed media paintings
over the course of one year, and with this exhibition will be showing the
works alongside the kids’ drawings that inspired them. To quote Jacinta:
“Children make art without trying to get paid or get
famous. They typically do not dwell on whether art is
good or bad. The art they make represents the very alive
pictures within their imaginations.” Opening reception
Sa 9/4 5-7 PM. Kingston Museum of Contemporary Arts
(KMOCA), 103 Abeel St., Kingston, www.kmoca.org.
Open Sa 12-4 PM, by email appt.
to New Paltz are completely unaware that the SUNY campus there holds
one of upstate New York’s great art museums: The Samuel Dorsky
Museum of Art. Housing multiple galleries in a large, inviting space,
the Dorsky keeps several shows going simultaneously, with visiting
exhibits enhancing a formidable
in-h o u se collection. This month
s e e s the continuation of two exhibits:
HUDSON VALLEY ARTISTS 2010:
C O N T E M P O R A RY A RT A N D
PRAXIS (through November 14, Alice
and Horace Chandler Gallery) presents
the work of 22 artists/art groups living
and working in the Hudson River
Valley who “demonstrate how creative
practice can operate in service of theory
to effect changes in the real world.”
Thanks to a donation by The Andy
Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts,
ANDY WARHOL: PRIVATE AND
PUBLIC IN 151 PHOTOGRAPHS
(through September 26, Sara Bedrick
Gallery) presents often intimate
Warhol Polaroids and black & white
photos of members of his circle, blurring the line between private and
public as only Warhol can. Two new exhibits start up this month: THE
ILLUSTRIOUS MR. X: MUSEUM COLLECTION AS CHARACTER
STUDY (August 18 through December 12, Morgan Anderson and
Corridor Galleries) utilizes photography from the permanent collection
to explore the idea of the personification of objects, how their display can
result in “the construction of a personality.” THOUGHTS OF HOME:
PHOTOGRAPHS FROM THE CENTER FOR PHOTOGRAPHY AT
WOODSTOCK PERMANENT COLLECTION (August 18 through
December 12, Howard Greenberg Family Gallery) follows a similar thread,
exploring how domestic environments reflect history, culture, nature, and
ideology, in conjunction with the Center for Photography at Woodstock—
incidentally, founded by gallery namesake Howard Greenberg. Opening
reception for both, Fr 8/27 5-7 PM, and a performance by Cave Dogs at
9/4 through 9/25- “SHY AS A SHRIMP”: A YEAR SPENT
STUDYING THE ART OF CHILDREN, paintings by Jacinta Bunnell
and friends at KMOCA (Kingston Museum of Contemporary Arts),
Kingston—When she’s not designing delightfully subversive coloring
9/ 4
10/ 31- C o llab o r at ive C o n cep t s
THE SAUNDERS FARM PROJECT 2010
(sculpture), with special performance by Marcy B.
Freedman, at Saunders Farm, Garrison—Established
through
presents
in 1999 as a non-profit community of professional artists,
Collaborative Concepts has produced over 40 exhibitions
of regional, national, and international works across
the Hudson Valley. This 58-piece exhibition—now in
its fourth year—has the distinction of residing on the
rolling grounds of a functioning farm. Which means that
the pieces must not only be aesthetically interesting, but
“cow-friendly,” meaning no holes in the ground, sharp edges, or dangerous
angles, as well as being weather- and cow-proof. Visitors are provided
with location maps and suggested walking routes; boots wouldn’t be a bad
idea. Performance artist Marcy B. Freedman brings an added dimension
this year, with “The Farmer’s Daughter” (9/4, 1-3 PM, other dates TBA)
where Freedman takes a participant to a secluded spot on the grounds,
asks him/her to close eyes and listen, and then describes a piece of art that
exists only in the mind. Pretty cool, huh? Saunders Farm, 853 Old Albany
Post Rd., Garrison, 845.528.1797
clockwise from top;
The Critics, Virginnia L avado, Sugar Baby Watermelon
[Hudson Valley Seed Library], Ryan Cronin, Mixed media, Jacinta Bunnell,
The Saugerties Artists @ Opus 40
art listings
art listings
ACCORD—North Light Studio, 4 City Hall Road, 845.626.2843
ACCORD—Stone Window Gallery, 17 Main Street, 845.626.4932
Open Sa And Su 10 AM- 6 PM And Weekdays By Appointment
ANNANDALE-ON-HUDSON—Hessel Museum Of Art At Bard College, Route 9 G
www.bard.edu/ccs/museum, 845.758.7598
Through 8/30- KAMAU AMU PATTON : MOVING OUT OF THE WAY OF
AN EMPTY SPACE
Through 9/26- PHILIPPE PARRENO
Through 12/19- AT HOME / NOT AT HOME works from the collection of
martin and rebecca eisenberg
ASHOKAN—Robert Selkowitz Sunlight Studio Paintings And Winternight Gallery
3024 Route 28, www.artfolks.com, 845.657.6982
BEACON—Back Room Gallery, 475 Main Street, 845.838.1838
BEACON—Beacon Artist Union, 161 Main Street, www.baugallery.com,
845.440.7584
BEACON—Beacon Institute for Rivers and Estuaries, 199 Main Street
www.riversandestuaries.org, 845.838.1600
(Gallery closed Fridays)
Through 10/3- WATER, WATER EVERYWHERE hudson river artists
explore the ubiquity of water
Sa 8/18- CREATIVE PROCCESS ARTIST DIALOGUE w/ PETER BRAUCH
and SHAWN SNOW 4 PM
BEACON—Daniel Aubry Gallery, 426 Main St., www.danielaubrygallery.com,
845.519.4070
Ongoing- works by KATIE HAGAN, PURVIS YOUNG
BEACON—Dia:Beacon, 3 Beekman Street, www.diabeacon.org
845.440.0100, Th-Mo 11 AM- 6 PM
Ongoing- 24 COLORS – FOR BLINKY by IMI KNOEBEL
Ongoing- ROOM 19 by imi knoebel
Ongoing- ROBERT RYMAN gallery
Ongoing- AGNES MARTIN gallery
Through 9/30- YOU SEE I AM HERE AFTER ALL by ZOE LEONARD
Through 11/30- SOL LEWITT drawing series
Sa 8/28- gallery talk: JENELLE PORTER on AGNES MARTIN 1 PM
BEACON—Dream in Plastic, 177 Main St, www.dreaminplastic.com, 845.632.3383
Gallery Hours Th/Fr/Sa/Mo 12 PM- 7 PM, Su 12 PM- 6 PM
8/14 through 9/10- FOUR-EVER with nyc graffiti artists BILROCK 161,
PURE TFP, KR.ONE and WHISPER
Sa 8/14- Opening Party 6-9 PM
BEACON—Fire Lotus, 474 Main Street, www.thefirelotus.com, 845.235.0461
BEACON—Floor One, 17 East Main St., 845.765.1629
BEACON—Fovea Exhibitions, Beacon Gallery, 143 Main Street
www.foveaexhibitions.org, 845.765.2199
BEACON—The Howland Cultural Center, 477 Main Street
www.howlandculturalcenter.org, 845.831.4988, Th-Su 1-5 PM
(Gallery closed Su 5/16)
BEACON—Hudson Beach Glass Gallery, 162 Main Street
www.hudsonbeachglass.com, 845.440.0068
BEACON—Windows on Main Street, Main Street
8/14 through 9/11- 8th annual WINDOWS ON MAIN STREET EXHIBITION
Sa 8/14- Opening Reception at chill wine bar 6-9 PM
BEACON—Marion Royael Gallery, 460 Main Street, 727.244.5535,
www.marionroyaelgallery.com
BEACON—Morphicism, 440 Main St., www.morphicism.com, 845.440.3092
BEACON—Open Space Gallery, 510 Main St., www.openspacebeacon.com
718.207.3793
Ongoing- ELECTRIC WALLS featuring the work of the electric windows artists,
see art highlight for more info
Ongoing- ELECTRIC WINDOWS exhibit across the street from the gallery
BEACON—Riverwinds Gallery, 172 Main St., www.riverwindsgallery.com
845.838.2880
BEACON—Van Brunt Gallery, 460 Main Street, www.vanbruntgallery.com
845.838.2995
BETHEL—Bethel Wood Center For The Arts, 200 Hurd Road and Route 17B
www.bethelwoodscenter.org, 845.454.3388
BOICEVILLE—Fabulous Furniture Gallery & Sculpture Garden, 3930 Route 28
www.fabulousfurnitureon28.com, 845.657.6317
CATSKILL—Gallery 384, 384 Main Street, 917.674.6823
Ongoing- REMOVE THE LANDMARK: works by cannon hersey
and aaron yassin
CATSKILL—Gallery 42, 42 Prospect Ave., 518.943.2642
CATSKILL- Greene County Council on the Arts Gallery, 398 Main St., 518.943.3400,
www.greenearts.org
CATSKILL—M Gallery, 350 Main Street, 518.943.0380, www.mgallery-online.com
Sa & Su 12-5 PM
CATSKILL—The Open Studio, 402 Main Street, www.potatospirit.com
518.943.9531
CATSKILL—Sawdust Dog Gallery, 375 Main Street, 845.532.4404
CATSKILL—Terenchin Fine Art, 462 Main Street, www.terenchin.com
518.943.5312, Mo-Sa 1-6 PM
CATSKILL—Thomas Cole National Historic Site, 218 Spring Street, 518.943.7465
www.thomascole.org
CATSKILL—Union Mills Gallery, 361 Main St., 845.510.8081
CATSKILL—Verso Fine Art, 386 Main Street, www.versofinearts.com,
518.947.6367
CHATHAM—Joyce Goldstein Gallery, 16 Main St., www.joycegoldsteingallery.com
518.392.2250
ELLENVILLE—Aroma Thyme Bistro, 165 Canal Street
www.aromathymebistro.com, 845.647.3000
GARDINER—Bruynswick Art Gallery And Studio, 1058 Bruynswick Road
845.255.5693
GARRISON—Garrison Art Center, Garrison’s Landing,
www.garrisonartcenter.org, 845.424.3960, 12-5 PM
(Gallery closed 6/21 through 8/7)
8/13 through 8/29- JUDITH HOYT encaustic paintings/sculpture;
HONG LING WEE ceramic sculpture
Fr 8/13- Artist Reception 6-8 PM
9/3 through 9/26- PHOTOCENTRIC juried photograph show
Fr 9/3- Opening Reception 6-8 PM
GARRISON—Saunders Farm, 853 Old Albany Post Rd., Garrison
845.528.1797
9/4 t h r o u g h 10/31- C o l l a b o r at i v e C o n ce p t s presents
THE SAUNDERS FARM PROJECT 2010 (sculpture), with special performance by Marcy B. Freedman
GHENT—Omi International Arts Center, 1405 County Rd. 22, www.artomi.org,
518.392.4747
Through August- THE FIELDS SCULPTURE PARK ANNUAL
SUMMER EXHIBITION
GOSHEN—Orange County Tourism Executive Suite Gallery, 124 Main St.,
845.615.3860
HIGH FALLS—Kaete Brittin Shaw Functional And Sculptural Porcelain, Rte 213
www.kaetebrittinshaw.com, 845.687.7828
HIGHLAND—Elisa Pritzker Studio At Casa Del Arte, 257 South Riverside Road
www.pritzkerstudio.com, 845.691.5506
HILLSDALE—Gallery At B&G Wines, 2633 Route 23, 518.325.4882
HUDSON—Carrie Haddad Gallery, 622 Warren Street
www.carriehaddadgallery.com, 518.828.1915
Through 9/19- EDWARD AVEDISIAN: RESTROSPECTIVE
Sa 8/14- Opening Reception 6-8 PM
HUDSON—Carrie Haddad Photographs, 318 Warren St.
www.carriehaddadgallery.com, 518.828.1915
Through 8/15- works by DAVID SEILER and ADRIAN FERNANDEZ
8/19 through 9/26- KIM MCLEAN and LIONEL GILBERT
HUDSON— Columbia Greene Community College, 4400 Route 23,
www.sunycgcc.edu, 518.828.4181
Through 8/27- STUDENT ART SHOW
Through 8/29- KATHY VELIS TURAN; CONNIE HORTON
HUDSON—Hudson Opera House, 327 Warren Street
www.hudsonoperahouse.org, 518.822.1438
Through 8/14- LOCAL SELF PORTRAITS
8/21 through 9/25- PORTRAITS FROM RAWANDA by JONATHAN WALLEN
Sa 8/28- Artist Reception 6-8 PM
HUDSON—John Davis Gallery, 362 1/2 Warren Street, www.johndavisgallery.com
518.828.5907, Th-Mo 10 AM-5:30 PM
Through 8/15- BRENDA GOODMAN paintings; dionisio cortes &
leticia ortega-cortes installation; beth silfilen, paintings;
suzanne ulrich, painted collage; luis castro, sculpture
8/19 through 9/12- CAROLINE RAMERSDORFER sculpture;
sam sebren, installation; harry leigh, sculpture; lois borgenicht, paintings; constance jacobson, prints; farrel brickhouse, paintsings
HUDSON—Limner Gallery, 123 Warren Street, www.limnergallery.com
518.828.2343
HUDSON—Posie Kviat Gallery, 437 Warren Street, www.posiekviat.com
518.653.5407
KATONAH—The Katonah Museum of Art, 134 Jay St., 914.232.9555,
www.katonahmuseum.org
KINGSTON—A.I.R. Studio Gallery, 71 O’Neil Street, www.airstudiogallery.com
845.331.2662, We-Sa 9 AM-1 PM
Every 2nd Sa- ACOUSTIC ARTISTS COALITION & ART PARTY 8-11 PM
art listings
art listings
KINGSTON—Agustsson Gallery, 176 Broadway, 845.331.1388, Tu-Su 10-6 PM
KINGSTON—Arts Society Of Kingston (ASK), 97 Broadway, www.askforarts.org
845.338.0331
Through 8/28- Distinguished Artist Series:
painter THOMAS SARRANTONIO
Through 9/1- BODY PARTS group show
KINGSTON—BSP (Backstage Studio Productions), 323 Wall Street
www.bspinfo.net, 845.338.8700, Weekdays 3-8 PM, Fr & Sa 3 PM-12 AM
KINGSTON—Battledore Limited (Art Gallery Devoted To Presenting The Art Of
Maurice Sendak), 600 Broadway, 845.339.4889
KINGSTON—Cellar Studio And Gallerie, 69 Esopus Avenue, 845.331.6147
KINGSTON—Cornell St. Studios, 168 Cornell Street, 845.331.0191
KINGSTON—Donskoj & Company, 93 Broadway, www.donskoj.com
845.388.8473, Th-Sa11-5 PM
KINGSTON—Duck Pond Gallery (At Esopus Library), 128 Canal Street, Port Ewen
www.esopuslibrary.org, 845.338.5580, Mo, Tu, Th 10 AM-5:30 PM
We 10-8 PM, Fr 10-7 PM, Sa 10-4 PM
KINGSTON—The Fire House Studio, 35 Dunn Street
www.thefirehousestudio.com, 845.331.6469
KINGSTON—FHK (Friends Of Historic Kingston Gallery), corner of
Main/Wall Street, www.fohk.org, 845.339.0720, Sa & Su 1-4 PM
or by appointment
KINGSTON—Gallery At R&F Handmade Paints, 84 Ten Broeck Ave.,
www.rfpaints.com, 1.800.206.8088
KINGSTON—Hudson Valley LGBTQ Community Center, 300 Wall St.
www.lgbtqcenter.org, 845.331.530
KINGSTON—Kingston Museum Of Contemporary Art, 103 Abeel St.
www.kmoca.org
Through 8/28- FANTASTIC DOLLS by WARREN SCHMAHL
9/4 through 9/25- SHY AS A SHRIMP a year spent studying the art of children
KINGSTON—Michael Lalicki Studio, 18 Hone St. 845.339.4280
KINGSTON—One Mile Gallery, 475 Abeel St., www.onemilegallery.com,
845.338.2035
Through 8/28- ANDREA MIHALOVIC: “All Things Drowned and Resurrected”
KINGSTON—Seven 21 Gallery On Broadway, 721 Broadway, 2nd Floor,
845.331.1435, Hours: Mo- Fr 9 AM- 5:30 PM, or by appt.
MIDDLETOWN—SUNY Orange, Harriman Hall, 115 South Street
www.sunyorange.edu, 845.341.4891
Through 8/26- IMPRESSIONS OF NEWBURGH AND THE BAY
photography by TOM KNIESER
MILLBROOK—Millbrook Gallery and Antiques, 3297 Franklin Ave
www.millbrookgalleryandantiques.com, 914.769.5814
Through 11/30- CORSO DE PALENZUELA, paintings
MOUNT TREMPER—Mount Tremper Arts, 647 South Plank Rd.,
www.mounttremperarts.org, 845.688.9893
Through 8/15- SEVEN SUMMITS with works by michele abeles,
shannon ebner, roe ethridge, miranda lichtenstein,
arthur ou, michael vahrenwald, and hannah whitaker
MOUNTAINVILLE- Storm King Art Center, Old Pleasant Hill Rd.,
www.stormking.org, 845.534.3115
Ongoing- 5+5: NEW PERSPECTIVES onsite sculpture exhibit;
THE VIEW FROM HERE: STORM KING AT FIFTY museum exhibit
NEWBURGH—Ann Street Gallery, 104 Ann Street, www.safe-harbors.org
845.562.6940 Th-Sa 11 AM- 5 PM
NEWBURGH—The Karpeles Manuscript Library Museum
94 Broadway, 845.569.4997 www.karpeles.com
NEW PALTZ—Center for Symbolic Studies, 310 River Rd. Ext., symbolicstudies.org, 845.658.8540
NEW PALTZ—Mark Gruber Gallery, New Paltz Plaza, www.markgrubergallery.com
845.255.1901
NEW PALTZ—New Paltz Cultural Collective, 60 Main Street, www.60main.org,
845.255.1241
Every Tu- CRAFT NIGHT: bring your project to work on in good company
Every Third Sa- NEW PALTZ THIRD SATURDAY: live music and art show
NEW PALTZ—Samuel Dorksy Museum Of Art At Suny New Paltz, 1 Hawk Dr.
www.newpaltz.edu/museum, 845.257.3844
(Museum closed from 3/13 to 3/21 for spring break)
Through 11/14- HUDSON VALLEY ARTISTS 2010 contemporary art
and praxis
Through 9/26- ANDY WARHOL: PRIVATE AND PUBLIC IN 151
PHOTOGRAPHS
8/18 through 12/12- THE ILLUSTRIOUS MR. X: Museum Collection as
Character Study
8/18 through 12/12- THOUGHTS OF HOME: Photographs from
The Center for Photography at Woodstock Permanent Collection
NEW PALTZ—Unframed Artists Gallery, 173 Huguenot Street
www.unframedartistsgallery.com, 845.255.5482
NEW PALTZ—Unison Arts, Unison Theater, 68 Mountain Rest Road
www.unisonarts.org, 845.255.1559
Every Th- LIFE DRAWING SESSIONS 7:30 PM
Through 8/18- KAT CAPPILLINO
Fr 8/13- Opening Reception 6-8 PM
8/21 through 9/13- LOST & FOUND DRAWINGS
NEW PALTZ—VanBuren Gallery, 215 Main Street, www.vanburengallery.com
845.256.8558
NEW PALTZ—Water Street Market, 10 Main Street, www.waterstreetmarket.com
845.255.1403
NEW WINDSOR—Wallkill River Gallery (Works Of John Creagh And Pat Morgan)
www.wallkillriverschool.com, 845.689.0613, Mo-Fr 9:30 AM- 6:30 PM
Sa 10 AM- 5 PM
Through 8/290 KINDRED SPIRITS paintings by PATRICIA MORGAN,
JANET CAMPBELL and BOB OLIVER
PAWLING—Gallery On The Green, 3 Memorial Avenue, www.gotgpawling.com
845.855.3900
PEEKSKILL— BeanRunner Café, 201 S. Division Street, www.beanrunnercafe.com
914.737.1701
PEEKSKILL—Flat Iron Gallery Inc., 105 So Division Street, flatiron.qpg.com
914.734.1894
PEEKSKILL—Paramount Center For The Arts, Upper Art Gallery, 1008 Brown Street
www.paramountcenter.org, 914.739.2333
PEEKSKILL—The Hat Factory, Yamet Arts, Inc., 1000 N. Division Street Suite 4
www.yametonarts.com, 914-737-1646
PEEKSKILL—Hudson Valley Center For Contemporary Art, 1701 Main Street
www.hvcca.com, 914.788.0100
Ongoing- IN.FLEC.TION
Ongoing- FOLKERT DE JONG: MOUNT MASLOW
Ongoing- THOMAS HIRSCHHORN: LAUNDRETTE
PHOENICIA—Arts Upstairs, 60 Main Street, 2nd Floor, www.artsupstairs.com
845.688.2142
PHOENICIA—Cabane Studios Fine Art Gallery and Photography Studio,
38 Main Street, cabanestudios.wordpress.com
Through 9/10- MUSIC|SOUND|ART
PINE PLAINS—The Chisholm Gallery, 3 Factory Lane, www.chisholmgallery.com
518.398.1246
POUGHKEEPSIE—Arlington Art Gallery, 32 Raymond Avenue
www.arlingtonartgallery.com, 845.702.6280
POUGHKEEPSIE—Barrett Art Center/clayworks/gallery, 485 Main Street
www.barrettartcenter.org, 845.471.2550
POUGHKEEPSIE—Café Bocca, 14 Mt. Carmel Place
www.cafebocca.net, 845.483.7300
Through August- MICHAEL POLITO photography exhibit
Ongoing- LIQUID EARTH by CRAIG PEYTON
POUGHKEEPSIE—Cunneen-Hackett Arts Center, 9 Vassar St.,
www.cunneen-hackett.org, 845.486.4571
POUGHKEEPSIE—Dutchess Community College, Mildred Washington Art Gallery
53 Pendell Road, www.sunydutchess.edu, 845.431.8916, Mo- Th: 10 AM- 9
PM, Fr: 10 AM- 5 PM
POUGHKEEPSIE—The Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center At Vassar
124 Raymond Avenue, fllac.vassar.edu, 845.437.7745
(Gallery closed for repairs, expected re-opening January 2011)
POUGHKEEPSIE—G.A.S. Gallery And Studio, 196 Main Street
www.galleryandstudio.org, 845.486.4592, Fr-Su 12- 6 PM
8/14 through 8/31- “OUT OF GAS” gallery final exhibition, see website
Sa 8/14- Farewell Show Party 5-8 PM
POUGHKEEPSIE—Locust Grove, 2683 South Rd, www.lgny.org, 845.454.4500
POUGHKEEPSIE—Marist College Art Gallery, 3399 North Road
www.marist.edu/commarts/art/gallery, 845.575.3000, Ext. 2308
POUGHKEEPSIE—Mill Street Loft, 455 Maple Street, www.millstreetloft.org
845.471.7477
Through 8/13- ELIZABETH DAMA’S INSTALLATION &
RETROSPECTIVE 1975-2010
POUGHKEEPSIE—Palmer Gallery At Vassar College, 124 Raymond Ave.
palmergallery.vassar.edu, 845.437.5370
POUGHKEEPSIE—Twisted Soul Restaurant, 47 Raymond Avenue
palmergallery.vassar.edu, 845.454.2770
Through 8/12- ANN MARSHALL SHOW
RED HOOK— Taste Budd’s Café 40 W Market St. www.tastebudds.com
845.758.6500
art listings
art listings
RED HOOK—The Arts Center of the Greater Hudson Valley
7392 S Broadway (Route 9), 845.758.8708
RED HOOK—Betsy Jacaruso Studio & Gallery, The Chocolate Factory
98 Elizabeth Street, www.betsyjacarusostudio.com, 845.758.9244
RHINEBECK—Gallery Lodoe, 6400 Montgomery Street, www.gallerylodoe.com
845.876.6331. Open 11-6 PM, except Tu
RHINEBECK—Gazen Gallery, 6423 Montgomery St, www.gazengallery.com
845.876.4278
Through 9/12- LOVE OUR LOCAL LANDSCAPES group show
RHINEBECK—Hammertown Rhinebeck, 6420 Montgomery St,
www.hammertown.com, 845.876.1450
Through 8/10- SELECTIONS FROME THE CARRIE HADDAD GALLERY
RHINEBECK—Omega Rhinebeck Campus, 150 Lake Dr, www.eomega.org
877.944.2002
RHINEBECK—Wells Fargo Advisors, 6423 Montgomery St,
www.riverwindsgallery.com, 800.477.2505
ROSENDALE—Lifebridge Sanctuary, 333 Mountain Rd., www.lifebridge.org,
845.338.6418
ROSENDALE—Roos Arts, 449 Main Street, www.roosarts.com, 718.755.4726
Through 9/11- MADE IN ROSENDALE (AND NEARBY…) group show
ROSENDALE—The Rosendale Café, 434 Main Street, www.rosendalecafe.com
845.658.9048
Through July- TAKING STOCK by THE ROSENDALE ENVIRONMENTAL
COMMISSION maps of what lies below and on the land surface of the town
ROSENDALE—Women’s Studio Workshop, 722 Binnewater Lane
www.wsworkshop.org, 845.658.9133
Through 9/7- KATIE BALDWIN wood block printmaking
9/10 through 10/4- YEN HUA LEE
SAUGERTIES—Bowler’s Club, 97 Fawn Rd., www.saugertiesartlab.com,
845.246.5577 (Art Lab)
Sa 8/21- “DANCE YOUR ARTS OFF” fundraiser for
saugerties art lab 8 PM- 12 AM
SAUGERTIES—Café Mezzaluna Bistro Latino And Gallery,626 Route 212,
845.246.5306
SAUGERTIES—Catskill Gallery, 106 Partition Street, 845.246.5554
SAUGERTIES—Clove Church Studio & Gallery, 209 Fishcreek Rd., 845.246.7504
open noon- 4 PM
SAUGERTIES—Half Moon Studio,18 Market Street, 845.246.9114
SAUGERTIES—Loveland Museum/justin Love Painting Gallery And Studio
4 Churchland Road, www.justinlove.com, 845.246.5520
SAUGERTIES—Muddy Cup/inquiring Mind Coffeehouse & Bookstore, 65 Partition St.,
845.246.5775
Every Tu- SAUGERTIES ART LAB 3-5 PM
STONE RIDGE—Center for Creative Education, 3588 Main Street,
www.cce-kingston.org, 845.687.8890
STONE RIDGE—The Drawing Room, 3743 Main St.,
www.thedrawingroomonline.com, 845.687.4466
STONE RIDGE—Pearl Arts Gallery, 3572 Main Street, www.pearlartsgallery.com
845.687.0888
STONE RIDGE—SUNY Ulster, Muroff Kotler Gallery, Cottekill Road
www.sunyulster.edu, 845.687.5113
TIVOLI—Tivoli Artists Co-op And Gallery, 60 Broadway
www.tivoliartistsco-op.com, 845.757.2667, Fr 5-9, Sa 1-9, Su 1-5
Through 8/22- THINK SMALL! small recent works by local artists
8/27 through 9/19- INTERIOR mixed media theme show
WASSAIC—The Wassaic Project, The Maxon Mills, 37 Furnace Bank Rd., and
The Luther Barn, 15 Furnace Bank Rd., www.wassaicproject.org
Fr-Su 8/13 through 8/15- THE WASSAIC PROJECT SUMMER FESTIVAL
2010, three-day art and music festival. See website for times.
WEST HURLEY—Soho West Gallery, Route 28 at Wall Street, 845.679.9944
WOODSTOCK- Byrdcliffle Art Colony/Theater, 3 Upper Byrdcliffe Way,
www.woodstockguild.org, 845.679.2079
WOODSTOCK—Center For Photography At Woodstock, 59 Tinker Street
www.cpw.org, 845.679.9957
Through 8/29- “THE NEW DOCUGRAPHICS”—part two of C.P.W.’s
annual PHOTOGRAPHY NOW exhibit
Through 8/29- PARTLYCLOUDYMOSTLYSUNNY by ANDREW NEUMANN
WOODSTOCK—East Village Collective, 8 Old Forge Road, 845.679.2174
WOODSTOCK—Elena Zang Gallery, 3671 Route 212, www.elenazang.com
845.679.5432
WOODSTOCK—Fletcher Gallery, 40 Mill Hill Road, www.fletchergallery.com
845.679.4411, Th-Su 12-6 PM
Fr 9/10- HITS-ON-THE-HUDSON 2010 EQUESTRIAN ART AUCTION
preview 5:30 PM, auction begins 7:45 PM
WOODSTOCK—Forster Gallery And Studio, 72 Rock City Road
www.forsterstudio.com, 845.679.0676
WOODSTOCK—Galerie Bmg /contemporary Photography
12 Tannery Brook Road, www.galeriebmg.com, 845.679.0027
(Open by appointment only through 4/8)
Through 9/6- REVERIES OF IMAGINATION by ANGELA BACON-KIDWELL
Sa 8/14- Artist’s Reception 5-7 PM
9/10 through 10/18- UNDERTOW by RITA BERNSTEIN
WOODSTOCK—Hawthorn Gallery, 34 Elwyn Lane, 845.679.2711
WOODSTOCK—James Cox Gallery At Woodstock, 4666 Route 212
www.jamescoxgallery.com, 845.679.7608
WOODSTOCK—Klienert/James Arts Center, 34 Tinker Street
www.woodstockguild.org, 845.679.2079, Fr-Su 12-5 PM
Through 9/12- PAINTING AND paintings, photographs and video
by GARY STEPHAN
Sa 8/14- FREE GUIDED WALKING TOUR, byrdcliffe art colony
Fr 8/20- ARTIST IN RESIDENCE PROGRAM OPEN STUDIO free; bring a
dish to share
WOODSTOCK—Lily Ente Studio,153 Tinker Street, 845.679.6064, 212.924.0784
WOODSTOCK—Lotus Fine Art, 33 Rock City Rd, www.lotuswoodstock.com,
845.679.2303
Through 9/30- DAMON TOMMOLINO paintings; KATHLEEN MCGUINESS
paintings; DAVID TERRELL mixed media
WOODSTOCK—Sweetheart Gallery, 8 Tannery Brook Road
www.sweetheartgallery.com, 845.679.2622
WOODSTOCK—The Bearsville Theater, 291 Tinker Street (Route 212)
www.bearsvilletheater.com, 845.679.4406
WOODSTOCK—The Colony Café, 22 Rock City Road, www.colonycafe.com
845.679.5342
WOODSTOCK—Varga Gallery, 130 Tinker Street
www.vargagallery.com, 845.679.4005
WOODSTOCK—Woodstock Artists Association & Museum, 28 Tinker Street
www.woodstockart.org, 845.679.2940
WOODSTOCK—Woodstock School Of Art, 2470 Rte. 212
www.woodstockschoolofart.org, 845.679.2388
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ANNANDALE-ON-HUDSON— BARD SPIEGELTENT at Richard B. Fisher Center Bard College, Route 9G, www.fishercenter.bard.edu, 845.758.7950,
Box Office: 845.758.7900
8/13 through 8/22- BARD MUSIC FESTIVAL
Th 8/12- KHAIRA ARBY AND HER BAND 8:30 PM
Fr 8/13- JACKIE HOFFMAN 8:30 PM
Fr 8/13- 80s PROM NIGHT 10 PM
Sa 8/14- ERIC WALTON’S ESOTERICA 8:30 PM
sa 8/14- DJ LOVE 10 PM
Th 8/19- YOU CAN’T BE SERIOUS! viennese popular music and operetta
8:30 PM
Fr 8/20- ALBANIAN FOLK MUSIC w/ MERITA HALILI
and THE RAIF HYSENI ORCHESTRA 8:30 PM
Fr 8/20- 90s PROM NIGHT 10 PM
Sa 8/21- DJ GRASSHOPPER 10 PM
BEACON—Howland Cultural Center, 477 Main Street,
www.howlandculturalcenter.org, 845.832.4988
Sa 8/21- KRISTIN HOFFMANN 8-10 PM
Fr 9/10- KIRIAKI BOZAS 8-10 PM
BEACON—The Piggy Bank, 448 Main Street, www.local845.com, 845.838.0028
BEACON—Zuzu’s Coffee Shop, 453 Main St., www.foxandbranch.com
We 8/25- FOX AND BRANCH family matinee 10:30 AM
BETHEL—Bethel Wood Center For The Arts, 200 Hurd Road and Route 17B,
(at the site of the original 1969 Woodstock Festival)
Sa 8/14- ROCK ‘N ROLL EXTRAVAGANZA 7 PM
Su 8/22- BLUEGRASS JAMBOREE w/ RALPH STANLEY 3 PM
Sa 8/27- YO GABBA GABBA! LIVE 1:30 PM
Sa 8/28- PAT BENATAR LIVE w/ REO SPEEDWAGON and TYLER BRYANT
7 PM
Su 8/29- BROOKS & DUNN LAST RODEO 7:30 PM
Tu 8/31- CROSBY, STILLS & NASH 8 PM
Th 9/2- RASCAL FLATTS 7:30 PM
CHATHAM—PS/21 2980 Route 66, www.ps21chatham.org, 518.392.6121
Every Th- THE LISTENING ROOM 8 PM
Tu 8/17- YELLOW SUBMARINE beatles sing along film 7 PM
CORNWALL-ON-HUDSON—2 Alices Coffee Lounge, 311 Hudson St.,
www.2alicescoffee.com
Sa 8/14- GREGORY AND THE HAWK and MASON DIXON 8:30 PM
ELLENVILLE—Aroma Thyme Bistro, 165 Canal Street,
www.aromathymebistro.com, 845.647.3000
All shows 9 PM unless otherwised noted
Every Th- JOHN SIMON and the GREATER ELLENVILLE JAZZ TRIO 7-10 PM
Every 1st Fr- OPEN MIC NIGHT 10 PM
Sa 8/14- LOWRY HAMNER
Mo 8/23- JUDITH TULLOCH
Sa 8/28- HELEN AVAKIAN
FISHKILL—The Keltic House, 1004 Main Street,
www.myspace.com/thekeltichouse, 845.896.1110
Every We- OPEN MIC w/ THROWN TOGETHER 6 PM
GREAT BARRINGTON, MA—The Mahaiwe Theater, 14 Castle Street,
www.mahaiwe.org, 415.528.0100
Su 8/15- BARBARA COOK 7 PM
Fr 8/20- THE LETTERMEN 8 PM
HIGH FALLS—High Falls Café, Route 213 and Mohonk Road,
www.highfallscafe.com, 845.687.2699
Every 1st & 3rd Tu- BLUES PARTY hosted by BIG JOE FITZ 7 PM
Every Th- ACOUSTIC THURSDAYS hosted by Kurt Henry 6 PM
Th 8/12- TRAVIS CAUDLE, GARY TERBUSH and MARC VON EM
Sa 8/14- THE BUSH BROTHERS 8:30 PM
Th 8/19- BIBI FARBER, DAVID KRAAI and CHRIS WALSH
Sa 8/21- PITCHFORK MILITIA 9 PM
Th 8/26- PHIL MILLER, BETTY ALTMAN, SETH DAVIS and JIM BARBARO
Sa 8/28- THE TRAPPS 8 PM
HUDSON- Club Helsinki, 405 Columbia St., Hudson, helsinkihudson.com, 518.828.4800.
Fr 8/13- ROSIE LEDET & THE ZYDECO PLAYBOYS 9 PM
Sa 8/14- ELIZA GILKYSON 9 PM
Fr 8/20- SHANNON MCNALLY & HOT SAUCE 9 PM
Su 8/29- BURLESQUE FROM ACROSS THE TRACKS 9 PM
Fr 9/10- GAMVILLE, hosted by THE WIYOS 9 PM
HUDSON—Hudson Opera House, 327 Warren Street,
Su 8/15- HUDSON JAZZ FACULTY/STUDENT CONCERT w/
ARMEN DONELIAN, MARC MOMMAAS and JIM MCNEELY 3 PM
Fr 8/20- MOIRA SMILEY & VOCO 7:30 PM
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HUDSON- Time and Space Limited, 434 Columbia St.,
www.timeandspacelimited.org, 518.822.8448
Sa 8/21- HUDSON HARBOR FEST: PAPRIKA 9:30 PM
Sa 8/28- HUDSON HARBOR FEST: GIRL HOWDY 9:30 PM
HYDE PARK—Hyde Park Brewing Company, 4076 Albany Post Road,
www.hydeparkbrewing.com, 845.229.8277
Every We- OPEN MIC Blues Jam 8:30 PM
KINGSTON—A.I.R. Studio Gallery, 71 O’Neil Street, www.airstudiogallery.com,
845.331.2662
Every 2nd Sa- ACOUSTIC ARTISTS COALITION & ART PARTY 8-11 PM
KINGSTON—Arts Society Of Kingston (ASK), 97 Broadway, www.askforarts.org
845.338.0331
KINGSTON- Backstage Studio Productions (BSP), 323 Wall St., www.bspinfo.net,
845.338.8700
Sa 9/11- COMMON PRAYER 9 PM
KINGSTON—The Basement, 744 Broadway, www.myspace.com/thebasement744,
845.340.0744
Mo 8/16- AL & THE BLACK CATS 9 PM
Sa 8/21- SCHISM, BENEATH THE FALLEN, NOW THERE IS ONLY A SIGNAL
and SOMETHING AUTOMATIC 7 PM
KINGSTON—Keegan Ales, 20 St James Street, www.keeganales.com,
845.331.2739
Every We- Open Mic Night 6:30 PM
Every 2nd Su- THE BIG BANG JAZZ GANG plays the music of MINGUS,
MONK DUKE and more
KINGSTON—Skytop Brewing Company And Steakhouse, 237 Forest Hill Drive,
www.skytop.moonfruit.com, 845.340.4277
Every 1st Sa- The Upstart Blues Allstars 9 PM
Every Tuesday- Stump Trivia! 8 PM
Every Th OPEN JAZZ SESSION 8-11 PM
KINGSTON—Snapper Magees, 59 North Front Street
www.myspace.com/snappermageeslivemusic, 845.339.3888
All shows start at 10 PM and are 21+
KINGSTON—The Children’s Home of Kingston, 26 Grove Street, 845.331.1448
KINGSTON—Ulster Performing Arts Center, 601 Broadway, www.upac.org,
845.473.5288
KINGSTON—Wallspace, 323 Wall St., www.323wallstreet.com, 845.338.8700
Sa 8/21- BELLE BOUSSOLE CD RELEASE PARTY w/ DJ EASE and
DJ WAVY DAVY 9 PM
MARLBORO- The Falcon, 1348 Rte. 9W, www.liveatthefalcon.com, 845.236.7970
Music starts at 7 PM; Headliner at 8 PM
Fr 8/13- JAMIE SAFT TRIO
Sa 8/14- JOE LOVANO and JUDY SILVANO
Fr 8/20- BJORKESTRA
Sa 8/21- SOFIA REI KOUTSOVITIS
Fr 8/27- BENEFIT for queen’s galley, featuring
JACK DEJOHNETTE and LARRY CORYELL
Sa 8/28- BENEFIT for queen’s galley, featuring
JACK DEJOHNETTE and JOHN SCOFIELD
Fr 9/3- JOHN ESCREET
Sa 9/4- JULIAN LAGE GROUP
Fr 9/10- VIC JURIS TRIO
MIDDLETOWN—Corner Stage, 368 East Main Street
www.myspace.com/cornerstage, 845.342.4804
Every We- ACOUSTIC OPEN MIC NIGHT
Every Th, Fr, & Sa- OPEN BLUES JAM w/ The Mike Quick Trio 9 PM
MIDDLETOWN—Paramount Theatre, 17 South Street,
www.middletownparamount.com, 845.346.4195
MIDDLETOWN- The Mansion Series, 14 Wilcox Ave., www.friendsofmusic.net,
845.343.3049
MILLBROOK—La Puerta Azul, 2510 Route 44, www.lapuertaazul.com,
845.677.2985
Every Th- OPEN MIC NIGHT 8:30 PM
Every Sa- brunch performance by ARLINGTON HIGH SCHOOL’S
STRING QUARTET 12 PM
Fr 8/13- SHORTY KING’S CLUBHOUSE 8 PM
Sa 8/14- REALITY CHECK 8:30 PM
Fr 8/20- LICK THE TOAD 8 PM
Sa 8/21- TRACY DELUCIA 8:30 PM
Fr 8/27- THE DIFFERENTS w/ VITO PETROCCITTO 8 PM
Sa 8/28- THE BERNIE & MIKE ACOUSTICS 8:30 PM
MILLBROOK—Seany B’s, 3264 Franklin Avenue,
845.677.2282
MILLERTON—Manna Dew, 54 Main Street, 518.789.3570
Every Th- OPEN MIC NIGHT 10 PM
Every Fr- LIVE JAZZ, BLUES, AND FOLK 10 PM
MOUNT KISCO—Aaron Copland House at Merestead, 455 Byram Lake Rd,
www.coplandhouse.org, 845.788.4659
Sa 8/21- SKYLARK: ANDREA MARCOVICCI SINGS
JOHNNY MERCER 7:30 PM
NEWBURGH- Newburgh Jazz Series - Newburgh Waterfront,
www.newburghjazzseries.com, 845.568.0198
Every We/Th through August- NEWBURGH JAZZ SERIES,
all shows 6:30-8:30 PM
NEWBURGH—Pamela’s On The Hudson, 1 Park Place,
www.pamelastravelingfeast.com, 845.563.4505
NEWBURGH—The Ritz Theater, 111 Broadway,
www.safeharborsofthehudson.org, 845.563.694
NEWBURGH—Terrace Bar & Lounge, 81 Liberty Street, 845.561.9770
Every Tu- Jazz Jam Session With Marvin Bugalu Smith 7:30- 10 PM
NEW PALTZ—Gomen Kudasai, 215 Main Street, www.gomenkudasai.com
845.255.8811
Fr 8/20- METROPOLITAN HOT CLUB 8:15 PM
Fr 9/10- HARVEY KAISER TRIO 8:15 PM
NEW PALTZ—The Muddy Cup Coffeehouse, 58 Main Street, www.muddycup.com,
845.255.5803
Every Mo- Open Mic Night 7 PM
Every 3rd Th- NAKED SONGWRITERS SERIES
NEW PALTZ—New Paltz Cultural Collective, 60 Main Street, www.60main.org,
845.255.1901
Every Th- OPEN MIC 8 PM Sign ups at 7:30 PM
Every Su- JAZZ JAM 2 PM
Every Third Sa- NEW PALTZ THIRD SATURDAY: live music and art show
NEW PALTZ—SUNY New Paltz, Mckenna Theatre, 1 Hawk Drive
www.newpaltz.edu/theatre, 845.257.3880
NEW PALTZ—Unison Arts Center, 68 Mountain Rest Road, www.unisonarts.org,
845.255.1559
Every Third Su- OPEN MIC NIGHT Hosted By John Denicolo
Every We- AFRICAN DRUM w/ Fode Sissoko and Toby Stover 6 PM
845.255.1403
Every Th- LIVE MUSIC by local musicians 5 PM
Th 8/19- JOHN STEFFENS
Th 8/26- SPIRAL UP KIDS
Th 9/2- RATBOY JR
Th 9/9- SWEET CLEMENTINES
OLIVEBRIDGE—Ashokan Center, 477 Beaverkill Road,
www.ashokancenter.org, 845.255.1559
PAWLING—The Towne Crier, 130 Route 22, www.townecrier.com, 845.855.1300
Fr/Sa shows at 8:30 PM, Su 7:30 PM unless otherwise noted
1st and 3rd We- Open Mic Night 7 PM
Fr 8/13- CHRISTOPHER ROBIN BAND 8:30 PM
Sa 8/14- CHIP TAYLOR TRIO w/ JOHN PLATANIA and BILL BACHMANN
Su 8/15- ELZA 7:30 PM
Fr 8/20- PATTI ROTHBERG w/ MONTGOMERY DELANY 8:30 PM
Sa 8/21- RHETT MILLER w/ THE TRAPPS 8:30 PM
Su 8/22- MOTP w/ HAILEY KNOX 7:30 PM
Fr 8/27- CHRIS BARRON & THE TIME BANDITS 8:30 PM
Sa 8/28- MARCIA BALL 8:30 PM
Su 8/29- BACK TO THE GARDEN 1969 7:30 PM
Fr 9/3- RHETT TYLER w/ RUBY HOGG 8:30 PM
Sa 9/4- MAURA O’CONNELL 8:30 PM
Su 9/5- GANDALF MURPHY & THE SLAMBOVIAN
CIRCUS OF DREAMS 7:30 PM
Fr 9/10- STEVE WEXLER & THE TOP SHELF w/ BOB MALONE 8:30 PM
PEEKSKILL—12 Grapes Music & Wine Bar, 12 North Division Street,
www.12grapes.com, 914.737.6624
Every Su- SINGER SONGWRITER SHOWCASE 6 PM
Th 8/12- OPEN MIC NIGHT w/ PETEY HOP 8:30 PM
Fr 8/13- THE GIL PARRIS BAND 9:30 PM
Sa 8/14- THE SUNDOWN BAND 9:30 PM
Su 8/15- MARC VON EM and KJ DENHERT 8:30 PM
PEEKSKILL— BeanRunner Café, 201 S. Division Street, www.beanrunnercafe.com,
914.737.1701
Every 2nd & 4th We- LATIN JAZZ w/ SKIN AGAINST METAL 7 PM
Sa 8/14- REAL w/ KRISTIN HOFFMANN
and PREMIK RUSSELL TUBBS 7:30 PM
PEEKSKILL— The Division Street Grill, 26 North Division Street,
www.divisionstreetgrill.com, 914.739.6380
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PEEKSKILL—Paramount Center For The Arts, 1008 Brown Street,
Th 9/9- OZOMATLI 8 PM
Fr 9/10- ROBERTA FLACK 8 PM
PEEKSKILL—Peekskill Coffee House, 101 S. Division St., www.peekskillcoffee.com,
914.739.1287
PHOENICIA- Phoenicia Festival of the Voice, www.phoeniciavoicefest.com, 845.586.3588
Fr-Su 8/13, 14, 15- PHOENICIA FESTIVAL OF THE VOICE
(see Music Highlights)
PHOENICIA—Mystery Spot Antiques, 72 Main Street,
www.mysteryspotantiques.com, 845.688.7868
Su 8/15- JONATHAN & GRASSHOPPER from MERCURY REV + DEAN &
BRITTA 1 PM
Su 8/22- UNCLE MONK 2 PM
POUGHKEEPSIE—Ciboney Cafe, 189 Church St., 845.486.4690
POUGHKEEPSIE—Cunneen-Hackett Arts Center, 9 Vassar St.,
www.cunneen-hackett.org, 845.486.4571
Sa 8/28- Artists Alliance Against Violence Inc. presents A PERFECT GIFT:
ALL THAT IS JAZZ AND FLAMENCO 8 PM
POUGHKEEPSIE—The Bardavon, 35 Market Street, www.bardavon.org
845.473.2072
POUGHKEEPSIE—Cafe Bocca, 14 Mt Carmel Pl., www.cafebocca.net,
845.483.7300
Fr 8/13- JIM OSBORN 7:30 PM
Sa 8/21- TOM GOSS w/ BRANDON ANDERSON 7 PM
POUGHKEEPSIE—Juniors Lounge, 504 Salt Point Turnpike, 845.452.6963,
www.juniorsloungesaltpoint.com
POUGHKEEPSIE—The Chance, 6 Crannell St. www.thechancetheater.com
845.486.0223
Fr 8/13- IN QUESTION w/ AMONG THE DEAD 8 PM
Sa 8/14- KARASCENE w/ ELLA VON, EVENT HORIZON
and ANOXIA 7:30 PM
Th 8/19- BANG TANGO 7:30 PM
Fr 8/20 DROWNING POOL w/ NONPOINT and HYNGD 7 PM
Sa 8/21- LAST CHANCE STANDING w/ ERADICATE
and INFERNAL OPERA 7:30 PM
Mo 8/23- QUEENSRYCHE playing hits and never before heard selections,
accompanied by murlesque dancers and other entertainers 7 PM
Tu 8/24- ALLSTAR WEEKEND w/ ALEX GOOT 5:30 PM
Th 8/26- KARNIVOOL w/ TIDES OF MAN 7 PM
Fr 9/10- ZO2 8 PM
POUGHKEEPSIE—The Loft, 6 Crannell St., www.thechancetheater.com,
845.486.0223
Th 8/12- DANGEROUS SUMMER w/ THE MORNING OF,
THE BIGGER LIGHTS and more 5:30 PM
Fr 8/13- THE LAST OF OUR KIND w/ SURRENDER THE DANCE FLOOR,
VELA and TASTE OF FATE 6 PM
Sa 8/14- FAR FROM PROPER w/ KILLSCREEN and more 5 PM
Fr 8/20- BAD BROMANCE the all male lady gaga tribute 8 PM
Sa 8/21- THE BEST WEEK EVER w/ WEATHERSTAR, STAY
and AFTER SEPTEMBER 5 PM
Fr 8/27- THE AMENDMENT and more 6 PM
Sa 8/28- NAENIA w/ OUR ONLY REASON, I BECAME THE HERO
and THESE 3 POISONS 5 PM
Fr 9/3- THE 6,000 lb SHOWCASE w/ 12 GAUGE SUICIDE,
AMONTH THE DEAD, DAWN OF EREBUS and ERADICATE 6 PM
Sa 9/4- TAKE ONE CAR w/ WILD INTERNATIONAL KID JERUSALEM
and THE OUTSPOKEN 6 PM
Su 9/5- THE BREATHING PROCESS w/ THE ANTAGONIST, WRETCHED
and more 4 PM
POUGHKEEPSIE—Platinum Lounge, 367 Main Street, www.thechancetheater.com
Fr 8/13- DIVINE INCARNATION 8 PM
Fr 8/20- STRICKEN w/ RICH CERBINI 8 PM
POUGHKEEPSIE—Skinner Hall Of Music, Vassar College, 124 Raymond Avenue,
music.vassar.edu, 845.437.7319
RED HOOK— Taste Budd’s Café 40 W Market St. www.tastebudds.com,
845.758.6500
Every Sa & Su- LIVE AT TASTE BUDD’S live music Sa 2 PM/Su 12 PM
Sa 8/14- DAVEY O.
Su 8/15- ACOUSTIC MEDICINE SHOW
Sa 8/21- MARIJ ZINTZ
Sa 8/28- LISA BIANCO
Su 8/29- JESSE TERRY
Sa 9/4- ERIN BROWN
Su 9/5- JEREMY BAR-ILLAN
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RHINECLIFF—The Rhinecliff Hotel, 4 Grinnell St., www.therhinecliff.com,
845.876.0590
Every Tu- LOCAL MUSICIAN SHOWCASE w/ Karl Allweier 9 PM
Every Sa- LATE LOUNGE AT THE RHINECLIFF 9 PM
Every 1st Su- VARIOUS ARTISTS 11:30 AM
Every 2nd Su- WILL SMITH TRIO 11:30 AM
Every 3rd Su- BLUE GARDENIA 11:30 AM
Every 4th Su- VARIOUS ARTISTS w/ ELAINE RACHLIN 11:30 AM
Fr 8/13- STEVE MOSTO BAND 9 PM
Th 8/19- CARRIBBEAN SUNSET: ROBANIC STEEL DRUM DUO 5:30 PM
Mo 9/6- THE ROBANIC REGGAE BAND 9 PM
RHINEBECK—Center For The Performing Arts, Route 308,
www.centerforperformingarts.org, 845.876.3080
RHINEBECK—Starr Place Restaurants & Lounge , 6417 Montgomery St.
www.starrplace.com, 845.876.2924
Every 1st Fr- OPEN MIC
Every Th- KARAOKE w/ D.J. TEDESH
ROSENDALE—Market Market, 1 Madeline Lane, www.jentrip.com, 845.658.3164
Fr 8/13- ROSS RICE 9 PM
Sa 8/14- TRIBUTON: T-REX 9 PM
Fr 8/20- BLUEBERRY! w/ JOHNNY SOCIETY 9 PM
Sa 8/21- SETTING SUN w/ QUITZOW 9 PM
Fr 8/27- THIS AIN’T YOUR MAMMA’S KARAOKE w/ D.JANE.RUN 9 PM
Sa 8/28- MICHAEL JACKSON DANCE PARTY 10 PM
Fr 9/10- BLACK HORSE RIDERS 9 PM
ROSENDALE—Rosendale Theatre, 330 Main St., 845.658.8989
Su 8/15- MANY HANDS FOR HAITI CD RELEASE PARTY w/
DOG ON FLEAS, GRENADILLA, and UNCLE ROCK 2 PM
ROSENDALE—The Rosendale Café, 434 Main Street, www.rosendalecafe.com
845.658.9048
Tu 8/10- SINGER-SONGWRITER TUESDAYS 8 PM
Fr 8/20- JESSE LEGE and BAYOU BREW 8 PM
Sa 8/21- MARK BROWN w/ UNCLE BUCKLE 8 PM
Tu 8/24- SINGER-SONGWRITER TUESDAYS 8 PM
Sa 9/4- ASHLEIGH CAUDILL & NARROW GAUGE 8 PM
ROSENDALE—Rosendale Recreation Center, 1055 Route 32,
www.rosendalestreetfestival.com, 845.943.6497
SAUGERTIES—Café Mezzaluna Bistro Latino And Gallery,626 Route 212,
845.246.5306
Every 1st & 3rd Th- OPEN MIC
SAUGERTIES—John Street Jam, 16 John Street, www.johnstjam.net, 845.943.6720
Sa 8/14- NOA BURSIE, DAVEY O, KURT HENRY, ROBERT BURKE WARREN,
JENNIFER HAASE, ROB HEITMANN 7:30 PM
SAUGERTIES—Muddy Cup/inquiring Mind Coffeehouse & Bookstore, 65 Partition
St., 845.246.5775 All shows 7 PM unless otherwise noted
Every Tu- AFTERNOON WITH BOB LUSK instrumental 12:30 PM
Every Tu- OPEN MIC w/ CHRISSY BUDZINSKI 7 PM
STONE RIDGE—Center for Creative Education, 3588 Rte. 209, 845.687.4143,
www.cceconcerts.com
STONE RIDGE- Historic Tralee Barn, www.rondoutvalleygrowers.org, 845.657.5701
STONE RIDGE—Jack And Luna’s, 3928 Main Street, www.jackandluna.com,
845.687.9794
STONE RIDGE—SUNY Ulster, 491 Cottekill Road, 845.687.5262
TIVOLI—The Black Swan, 66 Broadway, 845.757.3777
8/26 through 8/29- EDITH PIAF, JACQUES BREL and JARED DEMOBOWSKI
Th/Fr 9/2- 9/3- first looks: THE MUSIC OF JARED DEMOBOWSKI
Su/Fr 8/15- 9/3- NORMAN THOMAS MARSHALL
Sa 9/4- first looks: JERRY MCGEE 2 PM
WOODSTOCK—Harmony Café at Wok ‘n’ Roll, 52 Mill Hill Rd.,
www.woknrollcafe.com, 845.679.3484
Every Th- BLUEGRASS CLUBHOUSE 8 PM
Every Th- MISS ANGIE’S KARAOKE 10 PM
Tu 8/10- JACKIE GREENE 9 PM
Fr 8/13- WOODSTOCK GUITAR FESTIVAL 9 PM
Sa 8/14- LOVE EAT SLEEP and TAO SEEGER BAND 9 PM
Su 8/15- ANNA CHEEK CD RELEASE SHOW 7:30 PM
We 8/18- LEON RUSSELL 8 PM
Fr 8/20- GEORGE PORTER JR. w/ SPIN DOCTORS’ CHRIS BARRON 9 PM
Sa 8/21- WOODSTOCK REGGAE FESTIVAL 2010 9 PM
Sa 8/28- 3 w/ TERRIBLE THINGS 9 PM
Fr 9/10- AL KOOPER and THE FUNKY FACULTY 9 PM
music listings
WOODSTOCK—The Colony Café, 22 Rock City Road, www.colonycafe.com
845.679.5342
Every Mo- SPOKEN WORD: poetry, prose, and open mic with vinyl
showcase 9:30PM
Fr 8/13- ROWAN CUNNINGHAM BAND 8 PM
Sa 8/14- GENEROUS THEIF 8 PM
Sa 8/20- WOODSTOCK GUITAR FESTIVAL
Sa 8/21- JOE BEESMER & UNCLE FUNK 10 PM
Sa 9/4- RIP VAN REN 9 PM
WOODSTOCK—The Kleinert/James Arts Center, 34 Tinker Street
WOODSTOCK—Tinker St. Cinema, 132 Tinker Street
WOODSTOCK—Maverick Concert Hall, Maverick Road
www.maverickconcerts.org, 845.679.8217
Sa 8/14- MARIA JETTE soprano; ALAN MURCHIE piano 6 PM
Su 8/15- AMERNET STRING QUARTET w/ ANDREW GARLAND 4 PM
Sa 8/21- FRED HERSCH jazz piano 6 PM
Su 8/22- EBÈNE QUARTET OF PARIS 4 PM
Sa 8/28- JEOL FAN piano; THE MAVERICK CHAMBER PLAYERS w/
ALEXANDER PLATT conductor; DARON HAGEN composer in residence 6 PM
Su 8/29- BORROMEO STRING QUARTET; JUDITH GORDON piano 4 PM
WOODSTOCK—Woodstock Artists Association & Museum, 28 Tinker Street
www.woodstockart.org, 845.679.2940
WOODSTOCK—Woodstock Town Hall, 72 Tinker St.,
www.performingartsofwoodsock.org, 845.679.7900
WOODSTOCK—Woodstock Town Square
Through 9/4- CONCERTS ON THE GREEN series
Fr 8/20- THEO TORRES 7 PM
Sa 9/4- REBEL RED 1 PM, GARTDRUMM/ORCHID 5 PM
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ANNANDALE-ON-HUDSON—Richard B. Fisher Center, Route 9G
www.fishercenter.bard.edu, 845.758.7950, Box Office: 845.758.7900
Through 8/15- THE CHOCOLATE SOLDIER by OSCAR STRAUS
Th 8/12- cinema: THE MERRY WIDOW 7 PM
Sa/Su 8/14- 8/15- FAMILY FARE: THE MAGICAL WORLD OF
MANFRED WINTHROP 3:30 PM
Su 8/15- cinema: OUT OF THE PAST 7 PM
Th 8/19- cinema: THE LIVE BY NIGHT 7 PM
Sa/Su 8/21- 8/22- BINDLESTIFF FAMILY CIRKUS 8:30 PM
ANNANDALE-ON-HUDSON—Ottaway Film Center at Bard College,
www.bard.edu, 845.758.7900
BEACON—Beacon Institute for Rivers and Estuaries, 199 Main Street
www.riversandestuaries.org, 845.838.1600
Th 8/19- cinema: END OF THE LINE — WHERE HAVE ALL THE
FISH GONE? 7 PM
BEACON—Dia:Beacon, 3 Beekman Street, www.diabeacon.org
845.440.0100, Th-Mo 11 AM- 6 PM
BEACON—Howland Cultural Center, 477 Main Street
www.howlandculturalcenter.org, 845.832.4988
Th 8/12- concert video night: GIMME SHELTER - THE
ROLLING STONES 8 PM
Fr 9/3- featured poets: CHRISTOPHER WHEELING and BILL SEATON 8 PM
BEACON—Howland Public Library, 313 Main St., 845.831.1134,
howland.beacon.lib.ny.us
BETHEL—Bethel Woods Center For The Arts, 200 Hurd Road and Route 17B
(at the site of the original 1969 Woodstock Festival)
CHATHAM—PS/21, 2980 Route 66, www.ps21chatham.org, 518.392.6121
Through 8/16- MAIN STREET AT THE TENT celebrating small town life
in cinematic form
Tu 8/10- cinema: THE MUSIC MAN 8 PM
We 8/11- cinema: GROUNDHOG DAY 8 PM
Th 8/12-cinema: OCTOBER SKY 8 PM
Fr 8/13-cinema: CHOCOLAT 8 PM
Sa 8/14-cinema: CINEMA PARADISO 8 PM
Su 8/15-cinema: STATE AND MAIN 8 PM
Mo 8/16-cinema: THE LAST PICTURE SHOW 8 PM
Tu 8/17-cinema: YELLOW SUBMARINE beatles sing along film 7 PM
Fr/Sa 8/20- 8/21- RUBBERBANDANCE 8 PM
Tu 8/24- cinema: PEAU D'ÂNE/DONKEY SKIN 8 PM
Fr/Sa 8/27- 8/28- PARSONS DANCE 8 PM
Su 8/29- ARM OF THE SEA presents CITY THAT DRINKS THE
MOUNTAIN SKY 5 PM
Tu 8/31- cinema: BLOOD WEDDING 8 PM
CHATHAM—Crandell Theatre, 46-48 Main Street, www.thechathamfilmclub.com,
518.392.3331
ELLENVILLE—Shadowland Theatre, 157 Canal Street
www.shadowlandtheatre.org, 845.647.5511
Through 8/15- THE MARVELOUS WONDERETTES by ROGER BEAN
8/20 through 9/12- RED HERRING by MICHAEL HOLLINGER
GARRISON- Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival, Boscobel Restoration, Rte. 9D,
www.hvshakespeare.org, 845.265.7858
Shows daily except Mo. Tu/We/Th 7 PM, Fr/Sa 8 PM, Su 6 PM
TROILUS AND CRESSIDA: August 10, 12, 14, 18, 20, 26, 29,
September 1, 4
THE TAMING OF THE SHREW: August 11, 15, 17, 19, 22, 24, 28,
September 2, 5
BOMB-ITTY OF ERRORS: August 13, 21, 25, 27, 31, September 3
GARRISON—Philipstown Depot Theatre, Garrison's Landing
www.philipstowndepottheatre.org, 845.424.3900
Th/Fr 8/12- 8/13- OUTRAGEOUS STOREAS FOR THE STAGE 12 PM
Fr 8/13- FRIDAY NIGHT LIVE improv 8:15 PM
Sa 8/21- WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE’S LAND OF THE DEAD 8:15 PM
GREAT BARRINGTON, MA—The Mahaiwe Theater, 14 Castle Street
www.mahaiwe.org, 415.528.0100
Mo 8/16- cinema: CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE 3RD KIND (1977) 7 PM
Sa 8/21- cinema: THE BREAKFAST CLUB (1985) 7 PM
HIGHLAND—Boughton Place Theater, 150 Kisor Rd., www.boughtonplace.org,
845.691.7578
Su 9/3- COMMUNITY PLAYBACK THEATRE
HUDSON— Columbia Greene Community College, 4400 Route 23,
www.sunycgcc.edu, 518.828.4181
HUDSON—Hudson Opera House, 327 Warren Street
HUDSON—Space 360, 360 Warren St., www.wtdtheater.org, 1.800.838.3006.
Shows are 8 PM, Su 2 PM
HUDSON—Stageworks - the Max and Lillian Katzman Theater
41-A Cross Street, www.stageworkstheater.org, 518.822.9667
8/18 through 9/5- THE AMISH PROJECT by JESSICA DICKEY
HUDSON—Time & Space Limited, 434 Columbia Street
www.timeandspace.org, 518.822.8448, check website for times
8/19 through 8/22- cinema: 3 SHORT +1 - CHAIRMAKER, GIRLS’ HOOPS,
SARAH BAILEY and WOODROW CORNETT
8/19 through 8/22- cinema: HAZEL DICKENS and FAST FOOD WOMEN
8/26 through 8/29- cinema: STRANGERS AND KIN
and SOURWOOD MOUNTAIN DOLCIMERS
8/26 through 8/29- cinema: SUNNY SIDE OF LIFE
and DREADFUL MEMORIES
Sa 8/21- 8/28- cinema: FOUR PROFILES - MABEL PARKER HARDISON
SMITH, OAKSIE, EVELYN WILLIAMS and WOODROW CORNETT 3:30 PM
Th/Fr 8/12- 8/13- cinema: HAND CARVED 5:30 PM
Th/Fr 8/12- 8/13- cinema: THOUGHTS IN THE PRESENCE OF FEAR 7:30 PM
Fr 8/13- outdoor cinema: WALLACE AND GROMIT: CURSE OF THE
WERERABBIT 8PM
Fr 8/20- outdoor cinema: MARCH OF THE PENGUINS 8 PM
Fr 8/27- outdoor cinema: RATATOUILLE
KINGSTON—ASK Art Center, 97 Broadway, www.askforarts.org, 845.338.0331
Every Tu- PLAYWRIGHTS’ LAB 6:30 PM
Sa 8/14- 8/21- ASK SUMMER FESTIVAL OF SHORT PLAYS 2010
KINGSTON—Backstage Studio Productions (BSP), 323 Wall St.,
www.bspinfo.net, 845.338.8700
KINGSTON—Coach House Players, 12 Augusta Street
www.coachhouseplayers.org, 845.331.2476
8/27 through 8/29- VARIETY SHOW
KINGSTON—Seven21 Media Group, 721 Broadway, www.seven21.com,
845.331.0551
KINGSTON—Ulster Performing Arts Center (UPAC), 601 Broadway,
www.upac.org, 845.339.6088
MIDDLETOWN—SUNY Orange, Harriman Hall, 115 South Street
www.sunyorange.edu, 845.341.4891
Through 7/13- COMMUNITY IN FOCUS progressive film series
MOUNT TREMPER—Mount Tremper Arts, 647 South Plank Rd.,
www.mounttremperarts.org, 845.688.9893
Through 8/15- the third annual MOUNT TREMPER ARTS FESTIVAL
Sa 8/14- TRIO TRIAGE by BRENNAN GERARD and RYAN KELLY 8 PM
NEWBURGH—The Downing Film Center, 19 Front Street
www.downingfilmcenter.com, 845.561.3686, check website for times
Every Su- FILMS WITH FRANK 1 PM
Through 8/12- THE KIDS ARE ALL RIGHT
NEW PALTZ—New Paltz Cultural Collective, 60 Main Street, www.60main.org
845.255.1901
NEW PALTZ—SUNY New Paltz, Mckenna Theatre, 1 Hawk Drive
www.newpaltz.edu/theatre, 845.257.3880
NEW PALTZ- Parker Theatre at SUNY New Paltz,
www.unison.org, 845.255.1559
7/8 through 7/18- chenago river theatre and exit 18 theater company present
THE COMPLEAT WORKS OF WLLM SHKSPR, 7/10, 11, 18 2 PM;
7/15-17 8 PM
845.255.1403
Through 8/30- CINEMA mondays at dusk; CLASSIC FILM SERIES
saturdays at dusk
Mo 8/16- BABETTE’S FEAST
Mo 8/23- SURFWISE
NEW WINDSOR—National Purple Heart Hall of Honor, 374 Temple Hill Road,
www.nysparks.com, 845-561-1765
PEEKSKILL— BeanRunner Café, 201 S. Division Street, www.beanrunnercafe.com
914.737.1701
PEEKSKILL—Paramount Center For The Arts, 1008 Brown Street
Sunday shows at 3 PM, all other shows at 8 PM unless otherwise noted
8/19 through 8/22- cinema: THE OATH
8/26 through 8/29- cinema: THE DUEL by ANTON CHEKHOV
Th 8/12- cinema: THE FATHER OF MY CHILDREN 8 PM
Fr/Sa 8/13- 8/14- cinema: CINEMA PARADISO
Su 8/15- cinema: MID-AUGUST LUNCH 3 PM
PHOENICIA—STS Playhouse, 10 Church Street, www.stsplayhouse.com
845.688.2279
8/14 through 8/20- CLOSER THAN EVER 8/17 through 8/21 8 PM.
Sa 8/14 2:30 PM, matinee Sa 8/21 2 PM
POUGHKEEPSIE—Cafe Bocca, 14 Mt Carmel Pl., www.cafebocca.net,
845.483.7300
POUGHKEEPSIE—Nelly Goletti Theatre at Marist College, 3399 North Road,
www.rivervalleyrep.com, 845.575.3133
POUGHKEEPSIE—The Bardavon, 35 Market Street, www.bardavon.org
845.473.5288, Box Office: 845.473.2072
POUGHKEEPSIE—Vassar College, 124 Raymond Avenue,
www.vassar.edu, 845.437.7319
POUGHKEEPSIE—Cunneen-hackett Arts Center, 9 & 12 Vassar Street
845.486.4571
POUGHKEEPSIE—Mid Hudson Civic Center, 14 Civic Center Plaza
www.midhudsonciviccenter.com, 845.454.5800
POUGHKEEPSIE—Mill Street Loft, 455 Maple Street, www.millstreetloft.org
845.471.7477. See website for classes and events.
RHINEBECK—Center For The Performing Arts, Route 308
www.centerforperformingarts.org, 845.876.3080
Fr/Sa shows 8 PM, Su 3 PM
Through 8/30- KIDS ON STAGE program
Fr-Su through 8/22- THE 25TH ANNUAL PUTNAM
COUNTY SPELLING BEE
Sa 8/14, 8/21- ALICE IN WONDERLAND, performed by Kids On Stage 11 AM
Sa 8/28- Spring Valley Puppet Theater presents THREE WISHES and
WOLF IN SHEEP’S CLOTHING 11 AM
Sa 9/4- THE GREAT ALL-AMERICAN AUDIENCE PARTICIPATION
MAGIC SHOW 11 AM
Sa/Su 9/4- 9/5- HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE FOOTLIGHTS Sa 8 PM, Su 3 PM
RHINEBECK—Cocoon Theatre, 6384 Mill Street (Route 9)
www.cocoontheatre.org, 845.876.6470
RHINEBECK—Oblong Books & Music, 6422 Montgomery St. (Route 9)
www.oblongbooks.com, 518.789.3797
RHINEBECK—Starr Place, 6417 Montgomery St., starrplace.com, 845.876.2924
RHINEBECK—Upstate Films, 6415 Montgomery Street (Route 9)
www.upstatefilms.org, 845.876.2515. Call for dates and times.
ROSENDALE—Rosendale Theatre, 330 Main St., 845.658.8989
SAUGERTIES- Muddy Cup/inquiring Mind Coffeehouse & Bookstore
65 Partition St., 845.246.5775
STONE RIDGE—SUNY Ulster, Quimby Theatre, Cottekill Road (Route 209)
www.sunyulster.edu, 845.687.5000, 800.724.0833
TIVOLI—Kaatsbaan International Dance Center, 120 Broadway,
www.kaatsbaan.org, 845.757.5106
WAPPINGERS FALLS—County Players, 2681 West Main Street
www.countyplayers.org, 845.298.1491
9/10 through 9/25- I’LL BE BACK BEFORE MIDNIGHT by PETER COLLEY
8/12 through 8/22- OLD HICKORY
8/14 through 8/29- cinema: FISHING IN BROOKLYN
8/21 through 9/5- GOOD BUY COLUMBUS! w/ MIKHAIL HOROWITZ
and GILLES MALKINE
8/28 through 9/5- OUT OF THE BOX
We 8/25- GOAT HILL POETS 8 PM
(see theatre/cinema highlights)
WOODSTOCK—Colony Café, 22 Rock City Road, www.colonycafe.com
845.679.5342
Every Mo- SPOKEN WORD open mic with host PHILIP LEVINE 7:30 PM
WOODSTOCK—Overlook United Methodist Church, 233 Tinker St, 845.246.7991
WOODSTOCK- Upstate Films in Woodstock, 132 Tinker St., upstatefilms.org,
845.679.6608
WOODSTOCK—Woodstock Playhouse, Route 212 and 375
www.woodstockplayhouse.org, 845.679.4101
WOODSTOCK—Woodstock Town Hall, 72 Tinker St.,
www.performingartsofwoodsock.org, 845.679.7900
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Fr 8/13, 8/20- ROSIE LEDET & THE ZYDECO PLAYBOYS (8/13)
and SHANNON MCNALLY & HOT SAUCE (8/20) at Club Helsinki,
Hudson—The brand-spanking new Club Helsinki in Hudson—just across
from Time and Space Limited on Columbia—is up and running, and deserves
your attention early this month with two outstanding female artists. Rosie
Ledet is the real zydeco deal, born and raised in Louisiana, and learning the
music from listening to Boozoo Chavis and Morris Ledet, who eventually
became her husband and accompanist. With eight records since her debut
in 1994, she’s become a zydeco festival staple with her Zydeco Playboys,
blending sultry singing with energetically soulful accordion playing (Fr
8/13). Though she’s an original New Yorker, Shannon McNally made her
home the road, opening for folks like Ryan Adams, Stevie Nicks, and John
Mellencamp, before eventually ending up in the South (Oxford, MS),
where her mix of blues, country, and soul found the right place to coalesce.
With her new band, Hot Sauce, she’s working her recent release Coldwater,
which was recorded at legendary (and recently passed away) producer
Jim Dickinson’s Zebra Ranch in Coldwater, MS. Two exciting Southern
women playing real music, in sunny Hudson this summer. Sounds good to
me, y’all. Club Helsinki, 405 Columbia St., Hudson, helsinkihudson.com,
518.828.4800. Both shows 9 PM
internationally acclaimed opera singers—Maria
Todaro (Opera Nacional di Rio di Janiero),
Louis Otey (Metropolitan Opera) and Kerry
Henderson (Opera Australia)—staged an
evening of “Opera Under the Stars” in their
adopted town of Phoenicia, with the goal of
raising money for local playground equipment.
Despite inclement weather, the evening was
such a success that they decided it shouldn’t be a
one-off, and with this year’s Phoenicia Festival
of the Voice, they’ve made into a three-day
event that covers a wide variety of vocal music.
The festival kicks off Friday evening (8/13, 8:30
PM, Phoenicia Park) with world-renowned
soprano Elizabeth Futral, then a full day of Saturday singers starting with
gospel artist Rozz Morehead (8/14, 11 AM, Methodist Church), followed
by Native American artist Joseph Firecrow (1 PM, Phoenicia Park),
Richard Maltby Jr. and David Shire’s musical revue Closer Than Ever (2
PM, Shandaken Theatrical Society), children’s music with Uncle Rock
(4:30 PM, Railroad Museum), and sacred music with composer/pianist
Mitchell Bach (6:30 PM, Catholic Church). The night closes with an allstar cast performing Verdi’s Falstaff, with The Metropolitan Opera’s own
Steven White conducting (8 PM, Phoenicia Park). Sunday features two
shows in the park: a comedic performance by pianist Justin Kolb and actor
Jay Braman (2 PM), and the Choral Closing Concert is the grand finale,
featuring multiple choirs from the area (2:30 PM). Phoenicia Festival of
the Voice, Phoenicia, www.phoeniciavoicefest.com, 845.586.3588
Through 8/22- SPIEGELTENT at the Richard B. Fisher Center, Bard
College, Annandale-on-Hudson—Though often eclipsed by the largescale performances at the Frank Gehry-designed Richard B. Fisher Center
during the Bard Music Festival and SummerScape (see our music feature
this month), The Bard Spiegeltent has developed into a nice companion/
counterpoint to those proceedings, mixing family fare, cabaret, great
bands, food and drink, and late night dining/drinking/dancing at the
Joseph Firecrow
Fr-Su 8/13 through 15- THE PHOENICIA FESTIVAL OF
THE VOICE, performing in five venues,
Phoenicia—A year ago this month, three
SPIEGELCLUB on weekends (Fr/
Sa 10 PM- 1 AM). Afternoon family
shows and later cabaret on weekends,
“Thursday Night Live” belongs to
WKZE “Radio Archaeology” DJ
Raissa St. Pierre, who brings a diverse
mix of local and international sounds
to the tent. It seems like it’s all too
brief, Spiegeltent. Why only a month
and a half? Just asking. Bard College,
Rte. 9G, Annandale-on-Hudson,
fishercenter.bard.edu/spiegeltent,
845.758.7900
peaks. Don’t believe? Look and listen. See what I mean? Belleayre
Mountain Ski Center, Rte. 28, Highmount, www.belleayremusic.org,
800.942.6904.ext. 1344, 845.254.5600 ext. 1344.
Sa 9/4- HUDSON VALLEY GREEN FESTIVAL, featuring BLUES
TRAVELER, DONNA THE BUFFALO, JOHN BROWN’S BODY,
and AMOS LEE, at Mills Mansion, Staatsburg State Historic
Site, Staatsburg—Anybody who has even been inclined to check out
Th 8/12- Mali’s KHAIRA
ARBY & HER BAND 8:30 PM
Fr 8/13- Singer/comedian/
actor JACKIE HOFFMAN
8:30 PM
Sa/Su 8/14 & 15- THE
MAGICAL WORLD OF
MANFRED WINTHROP
3:30 PM
Sa 8/14- Actor/magician ERIC
WALTON’S ESOTERICA
8:30 PM
Th 8/19- “YOU CAN’T BE SERIOUS!,” Viennese Popular
Music and Operetta (Bard Music Festival Program Eight),
featuring the DEREK B. SCOTT SINGERS 8:30 PM
Fr 8/20- Albanian Folk Music with MERITA HALILI and the
RAIF HYSENI ORCHESTRA 8:30 PM
Sa/Su 8/21 & 22- BINDLESTIFF FAMILY CIRKUS 3:30 PM
top:
Khaira Arby & hre band, bottom: Bindlestiff Family Circus
Through 9/4- BELLEAYRE MUSIC FESTIVAL, at Belleayre
Mountain Ski Center, Highmount—When it gets warm, it only makes
sense to head for the hills. The Catskills, of course. A relatively short
jump up Route 28 (going west) can result in not only a pleasant drop in
temperature, but some really fine music on the weekends up at Belleayre
Mountain Ski Center, whose Belleayre Music Festival consistently brings
great talent to the mountains. Music lovers have no doubt already enjoyed
shows there this season with John Scofield, Patti Austin, Ricky Skaggs and
even dadgum Charlie Daniels.
But there are some great shows coming up in August for the whole family,
starting with AMERICA—featuring founding members Gerry Buckley and
Dewey Bunnell—bringing its 70s hit machine (“Horse With No Name,”
“Ventura Highway”) for it’s 40th anniversary (Sa 8/14, 8 PM). Then it’s
the 50’S DANCE PARTY: “THE DAY THE MUSIC DIED,” featuring
the music of Buddy Holly, The Big Bopper, and Richie Valens (Sa 8/21, 8
PM), in tandem with a special Car Show (12-6 PM), and opera lovers will
enjoy the Belleayre Festival Opera’s version of Rossini’s CINDERELLA,
directed by festival favorite Donald Westwood, and sung in English by
Richard Tucker’s Community Chorale of the Catskills, with chamber
orchestra directed by John Covelli (Sa 8/28, 8 PM). The following day
brings a free performance of the children’s opera THREE LITLE PIGS,
written and directed by Westwood (Su 8/29, 1 PM), and the festival closes
with a special performance by AARON NEVILLE QUINTET (with
special guest CHARLES NEVILLE, Sa 9/4, 8 PM). Aaron really needs no
introduction, but if you just haven’t heard anything this amazing singer has
done, Google “Tell It Like It Is.” Aaron’s falsetto helps God draw mountain
the scenic Mills Mansion site—just south of Rhinebeck, overlooking the
Hudson—would have good reason to declare it an absolutely perfect
spot for a concert festival. Terrapin Restaurant’s Paul Schiavo certainly
did, and he’s cooked up what should become a really great annual
event, bringing together top local and national musical talent together
with great food and drink (courtesy of Terrapin), a Farmers Market of
regional vendors, an Alternative/Sustainable Energy pavilion, and even
a “Green Beans” kids tent. Awareness of green and sustainable lifestyle
possibilities, plus goodtime music makes for a solid day of fun—Labor
Day Weekend—on the river. Some of the best regional bands: Mike
and Ruthy, The Duke and The King, Voodelic, Brian Goss Band, Nina
Violet, Love Eat Sleep, and kid fave, Uncle Rock (plus more), support
the aforementioned national acts; look for the locals to give them a nice
kick in the keister (hey, I’m a local musician! What am I supposed to
say?) This event will happen rain or shine, and yes, there will be much
harmonica. Mills Mansion, Staatsburg State Historic Site, Staatsburg,
www.hudsonvalleygreenfestival.com, 800.594.TIXX (8499). 11 AM-11
PM, gates open at 10:15 AM
MAIN STAGE
11:45 AM-12:40 PM MIKE & RUTHY
1:20-2:10 PM BRIAN GOSS BAND
2:30-3:35 PM JOHN BROWN’S BODY
4:15-5:25 PM DONNA THE BUFFALO
5:45-7:00 PM THE DUKE AND THE KING
7:40-8:50 PM BEAUSOLEIL BAND
9:00-10:10 PM AMOS LEE
10:30-11:45 PM BLUES TRAVELER
SECOND STAGE
11:00-11:30 AM LINDSAY RAKERS BAND
12:45-1:15 PM VOODELIC
3:40-4:10 PM LOVE EAT SLEEP
7:05-7:35 PM NINA VIOLET
“GREEN BEANS” KID’S TENT
11:30-11:40 AM, 2:15-2:25 PM, 5:30-5:40 PM
UNCLE ROCK
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FOR HAITI
(Spare the Rock Records)
The tricky thing about reviewing a benefit album is
maintaining one’s objectivity, especially when the cause is such a noble
one. Fortunately, Dean Jones’ Many Hands bursts at the seams not just with
good intentions, but with damn fine music as well. Instead, the problem
lies not in picking out rare gems in an otherwise meager collection, but
rather having to leave unmentioned worthy tracks simply because there
isn’t enough room to praise them all. Readers are just going to have to
run out and buy this CD to experience it for themselves.
The story goes that Jones, himself a family musician with a lengthy
pedigree, hit upon the idea of a family music album to benefit earthquakeravaged Haiti in the middle of the night. By the next day, he’d already
enlisted the participation of several fellow musicians, a number which
blossomed into the 22 tracks on Many Hands.
Some of the songs fall into the classic kids’ music
category, such as “Check it Out” by Caspar Babypants
and the Haitian-themed “Here We Go, Zudio” by Rani
Arbo and daisy mayhem. Other artists take the genre
in different directions, like the XTC-esque power pop
of Jonathan Coulton’s “The Princess Who Saved Herself” and hip-hop
artist Secret Agent 23 Skidoo’s “Noise.”
There are also artists known the world over, from Pete Seeger to They
Might Be Giants to Dan Zanes. That’s not to dismiss anyone else, like
Emily Curtis, who opens the proceedings with the sublime “We Belong,”
or Uncle Rock’s infectious “Shadow Dance.”
Jones himself serves as more than the album’s producer, notably
performing solo on “Little By Little” and with his band, Dog on Fleas, on
“Sing About the Sun.”
Many Hands won’t just make you feel good for supporting Haiti; it’ll also
make you feel good when you stick it in your CD player and listen. .
—Crispin Kott
www.manyhandscd.com / www.sparetherock.com
CLEOMA’S GHOST—
TAKE ME BACK: A CAJUN REVERIE
(Little Bird Records)
The music of Cleoma’s Ghost sounds like a
party, especially on their new album, Take
Me Back: A Cajun Reverie. It’s the kind of party
found on rickety front porches on lazy summer
nights, fireflies dancing in the distance. In
many ways, the album’s Cajun party vibe is
inherent in the music, some originals and some
already familiar. But even more so, it’s in the
authenticity the musicians bring to the table.
LARA HOPE & THE CHAMPTONES—
HEARTBEAT
(Champtone Records)
Rockabilly is alive and well and living in Saugerties. At least that’s
how it shakes out on Heartbeat, the new EP by Lara Hope & the
Champtones, a six-song collection that’s either timeless, retro or
some combination of the two.
“’53 Boogie” serves as something of a
manifesto, as Hope sings “I’m a rockabilly
baby” while the Champtones roll with no
apparent irony in that it’s possible none of the
band’s parents were even alive the year the
song is presumably set.
Take Me Back, according to the Cleoma’s Ghost website, is the
culmination of numerous trips to Southwest Louisiana, soaking up
the atmosphere, as well as meeting new people like “Karleen,” who
Buffy Lewis and Roger Weiss met at a drive-thru daiquiri bar in
Holly Beach before it was blown out to sea by Hurricane Rita.
Lewis, who sings and plays guitar, and Weiss, who plays the fiddle
and also sings, combine to form a perfect musical pairing, each
aware of what they bring to the party without stepping on one
another’s toes. It’s a natural trait which serves them well, not only in
their own interplay, but also when other musicians enter the picture.
Covers of “Jambalaya,” “Iko Iko” and other traditional numbers weave
seamlessly with originals, like the accomplished title track.
If you’re a fan of the fiddle, you’re in luck. Of the 16 songs on Take Me
Back, 14 begin with the fiddle, with only “Louisiana Boogie Woogie”
(guitar) and “Born in the Country” (a cat, a dog, and then the fiddle).
Take Me Back is more than just a travelogue; it’s likely to transport the
listener to another place. —Crispin Kott
But that’s hardly a quibble, minor or
otherwise, because not only is Heartbeat
packed with authenticity in the style and
substance, but it’s also a ton of fun.
“Cruising in a six-speed hot rod Chevrolet” sounds like a blast on “Big
Block Betty,” and the temptation to sing along with the band is almost
too much to resist. It’s easy to picture the song, along with the title
track and “Great Minds Drink Alike” going down a storm in a jammed
juke joint, and if there’s one negative to be found in Heartbeat, it’s that
it’s too damn short. Buy the EP, but clamor for an album before long.
—Crispin Kott
www.myspace.com/larahopeandthechamptones
www.cleomasghost.com
roll back
Buck Clayton All StarsBrussels 1961/London 1965
(Impro-Jazz DVD)
Count Basie & His OrchestraLive in Berlin & Stockholm 1968
(Impro-Jazz DVD)
Sonny Stitt-J.J. Johnson SextetBerlin & London 1964
(Impro-Jazz DVD)
Philly Joe Jones DameroniaLook, Stop and Listen
(Uptown Records)
Kenny DorhamThe Flamboyan, Queens, NY 1963
(Uptown Records)
Much like the revered Jazz Icons DVD series we’ve covered
in the past, the Impro-Jazz label has been mining the vaults for
vintage footage of visiting American artists shot for European
TV. Trumpeter Buck Clayton is best known as a soloist with
Count Basie and as a sideman with
Billie Holiday. But he was also of
vital importance as an arranger and
the organizer of many key smallband jam sessions, notably for
Columbia Records during the 1950s.
The first portion of Brussels 1961/
London 1965 finds Clayton leading a
company of fellow swing-era vets,
Basie alumni, and blues singer Jimmy
Witherspoon. For the London taping,
the horn man is backed by Humphrey
Littelton’s orchestra with trombonist
Vic Dickenson. The appearance of
immortal shouter Big Joe Turner ups
the essential-viewing factor.
But as nicely as Clayton’s own bands
could swing, few outfits swung harder than that of his former boss
Count Bassie. Although Live in Berlin & Stockholm 1968 stars a big band
of mainly next-generation Basie players, still on board are long-time
guitarist Freddie Green and Lester Young’s immediate replacement
on tenor, Eddie “Lockjaw” Davis. The concerts are dominated by
electrifying Neal Hefti, Quincy Jones, and Sam Nestico charts, and
the Count’s take on the upstart bebop landmark “Night in Tunisia”
is a blast.
arranger Tad Dameron.
Look, Stop and Listen was recorded in 1983 by famed engineer Rudy Van
Gelder, who, long unhappy with the original production, remixed this
Uptown CD reissue. The results: sparkling athletic boppers like the title
tune (two takes) and sublime ballads showing off pianist Walter Davis,
Jr. (“Dial B for Beauty”) and guesting tenor titan Johnny Griffin (“If You
Could See Me Now”).
And if you’re a bebopper you could do worse than the Sonny StittJ.J. Johnson Sextet’s Berlin & London 1964. This vital offering features
saxophonist and Charlie Parker disciple Stitt and revolutionary
trombonist Johnson fronting an absolutely lethal band rounded out by
Johnson’s fellow ex-Parker sidemen pianist Walter Bishop, Jr., bassist
Tommy Potter, drummer Kenny Clarke, and trumpeter Howard McGhee.
Subtitled “We Remember Bird,” Berlin & London 1964 presents the cream of
bop’s founders taking flight on two sets of Parker-identified standards.
Another tenor sax giant, Joe Henderson, is in the house for The Flamboyan,
Queens, NY 1963, a radio broadcast led by ace trumpeter Kenny
Dorham (yet another Parker cohort). Framed by the bemusing period
commentary of announcer Alan Grant, this late-night time capsule
finds the Manhattan-barred Dorham (he’d lost his cabaret card due to
drug arrests) and Henderson leading a pickup rhythm section through
sumptuous, down-tempo readings of “Summertime” and “Autumn
Leaves.” Curiously, the version of Dorham’s own future standard “Una
Mas” is called “My Indian from Brazil.” Like the Jones disc, this CD
sports a thick, illustrated booklet. —Peter Aaron
Drummer Philly Joe Jones also worked with Bird but rose to higher
prominence in Miles Davis’s mid-’50s quintet. True to its name, Jones’s
Dameronia nonet concentrated on the music of pianist/composer/
Buck Clayton, Count Basie, Sonny Stitt-J.J.Johnson: www.mvdb2b.com.
Philly Joe Jones Dameronia, Kenny Dorham: www.uptownrecords.net.
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Social Security—when to start taking payments
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roll the music
Common
Prayer
photos by
Art Boonparn
kingston/brooklyn's
by Crispin Kott
Common Prayer has its collective fingers in so many pies, it’s not
unreasonable to think of them as kitchen sink connoisseurs. They’re
based both in Kingston and Brooklyn, but with a tangible connection
to England; they both embrace technology yet retain a classic, almost
rural approach to music. Common Prayer is complicated, and it
works for them.
T
hough certainly a band in every sense on stage and
on record (the fantastic debut, There is a Mountain),
Common Prayer is primarily the work of two people:
Jason Sebastian Russo and Alexandra Marvar. The
musical partnership was borne of a romantic one, though the balance in
nuance and temperament is more successful than one might have seen
in mid-‘70s Fleetwood Mac or mid-‘90s Spiritualized. Whatever
tension is found in the music of Common Prayer, it’s in its inherent
inclusiveness rather than drug-induced paranoia.
Russo’s indie pedigree is certainly a sound one. A former touring member
of Mercury Rev, his primary musical outlet has been his own Hopewell,
a psych rock outfit who’ve released five albums and a pair of EP’s of
increasingly accomplished music. But while he’s still very much a part
of Hopewell, Russo began crafting a collection of songs which needed a
different perspective.
“Basically, one of my other personalities needed to make a record,”
he said. “Hopewell was busy releasing last year's record, Good Good
Desperation. And once the Hill Farm barn studio got a hold of the songs,
they strayed so far out of Hopewell territory the project couldn't help
but take on a life of its own.”
The Hill Farm barn in question is located in Steventon, an English village
south of Oxford.
“Our friends, the Bennetts, throw the Truck Music Festival there every
year, and they keep a recording studio in a storage container in one of the
cow barns,” Russo recalled. “I went with a head full of about ten
songs. And we built them using anything we could find laying
around—broken drum machines, a rusty French horn, empty
barrels...we even used the barn door as the kick drum.”
The music which became There is a Mountain was
mixed with Damon Whittemore at Valvetone Studios in
Brooklyn, the entire process from inception to
completion a rather quick process which Russo applauded
as “impulsive.” Indeed, the album has a charmingly unhinged
feel, a rural psychedelic folk vibe running throughout, with
the odd sample, electronic rhythm or backwards loop adding
texture to the whole. It’s a party, one of love and celebration,
and if that sounds a little corny it’s unintended. Even a cynic
with a cold, barely beating heart in his chest would be hard
pressed to not get a rush of warmth from the shuffling
rhythm, subtle harmonies and glorious organ in “Of Saints.”
And even when things get a little weird (“Moneyspider”) or
comparatively noisy (“Hopewell”), it’s absolutely comfortable
and worth every bit of attention one is willing to give it. Never
mind the local connection; There is a Mountain is one of the
universal albums of the year, period.
Of the band’s English connection, they’ve spent much of July and early
August of this year there, and in Wales as well, playing shows and adding
new fans a little bit at a time. It’s a process they plan to continue upon
their return to America, in Brooklyn, the Hudson Valley and eventually
beyond. Even the band’s name is derived from an English visit, where
Russo and Marvar spotted a book called Common Prayer in a box outside
a closed Oxford bookshop.
“The Brits have a different perspective on what we do, because they see
it as ‘American music,’ and they are in general more thoughtful about
it because of its foreign origins,” Russo said. “The music that has mass
appeal in England is fairly close to the kind of music Common Prayer
makes, whereas in America the more popular types of music are hip-hop
and R&B.”
Russo said the connection is also tangible in the atmosphere, especially
between Steventon and Kingston. “The landscapes resemble one
another,” he said. “When we’re in England, it never feels too foreign.
At least not musically.”
Already in the works are shows in the Hudson Valley, including a
showcase at Backstage Studio Productions in Kingston on September
11 and the O+ Festival, also in uptown Kingston from October 8-10.
It’s all a part of Common Prayer’s hands-on approach to music, one
which incorporates a timeless sense of community into the modern
indie aesthetic.
“An indie band in today's musical landscape is a band that is free,” said
Russo. “It can do whatever it wants: It is not bound by convention; it is
not sales-driven; it doesn't have hair and make-up or wardrobe provided.
It is the music of the folk. These days the cheapest way to make music is
a laptop, so intricate-sounding recordings can be produced by common
people and made widely available, thanks to basic home digital recording
technology and the internet. The problem then becomes, how do people
sort out the wheat from the chaff. But since journalism has followed the
same path, writing and musical criticisms are cheap and easy to make
widely available via the blogosphere. So there are more independent
music critics for more independent music makers. And now anybody
with a modem and the motivation can discover new music and seek
out the accompanying critical feedback. Thus was born the indie rock
nation.”
And lest one be concerned a successful Common Prayer would lose sight
of what makes them so special, Russo has this to consider.
“Our ultimate goal is to colonize a small satellite,” he said. “Ideally one
that is independent of the earth's gravity. Alex and I will be benevolent
rulers and we will make sure that there is a chicken in every pot.”
Common Prayer performs September 11 at Backstage Productions,
323 Wall St., Kingston, 9 PM. For more information about Common Prayer,
visit www.common-prayer.com
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even weekenders get the blues:
Tuneful
Life
Lessons
Shandaken
Theatrical
Society
production of
Closer Than Ever
from the
By Jay Blotcher
Musical theatre has celebrated everybody from lowlife (Guys and Dolls,
Les Miserables) to royalty (The King and I, Evita). In the last generation,
however, a different demographic has pushed to the fore as musical
protagonist: the neurotic, well-heeled, status-conscious urbanite from
New York City. In Hudson Valley parlance: weekenders.
In acclaimed shows such as the landmark Company (1970) and March of the
Falsettos (1981), we first came to know this complicated archetype. These
people were ambitious and striving, and could confidently navigate
their way through a rare wine list. But affluence and sophistication did
not prepare them for the everyday heartaches of life: romantic pitfalls,
rebellious children and elusive answers to existential questions of
happiness and purpose.
Among the canon of musicals about the angst of the American
Metropolitan Yuppie is Closer than Ever. The 1989 Off-Broadway hit will
be presented by the Shandaken Theatrical Society of Phoenicia in seven
performances between August 14 and 21.
The director of the STS production, theatre veteran Ricarda O’Conner,
calls Closer Than Ever “a musical without a book.” Specifically, the awardwinning show (lyrics by Richard Maltby, Jr. and music by David Shire)
is a musical revue without dialogue. Yet the lack of connective chatter
does not diminish its narrative power. “Every song in Closer Than Ever is
a story unto itself,” she said.
Designed for a tenor, baritone, soprano and mezzo, the show depicts
numerous characters—from their 30s through 50s—coping with the
highs and lows of life. That is to say, the rites of passage of growing up.
Closer Than Ever, O’Conner said, is “poignant, funny, ironic.”
In a technique reminiscent of the origins of A Chorus Line, composers
Maltby and Shire found inspiration—and verisimilitude—for Closer
Than Ever by listening to the concerns of their accomplished but troubled
Manhattan friends.
The resulting score, O’Conner said, “covers everything from divorce
to kids to when parents are ill; when you get married for the second
time; how your life changes from youthful aspirations and the ephemeral
nature of it.” For example, in one number a husband asks the wife to
consider becoming his friend after divorce. Her answer? She throws him
out of the apartment, slamming the door on her old life.
“These people are everyone,” O’Conner said. “This is a universal show.
These are people who have lived a little while.”
O’Conner, who first saw the show in its original 1989-90 run at The
Cherry Lane Theatre in Greenwich Village, emphasized the strength
of the show’s score. “Everything you need to know is already written
for you. Just reading the lyrics, you are reading a beautiful little script.
[Maltby] is very much like Sondheim in that way.” The transplanted New
clockwise from the top left:
Alex Agard, A my Wallace,
Eric Thomas Johnson
[musical director],
Ricarda O'Conner [director],
Janna Cardia, & Austin Ku,
photos courtesy STS
The Phoenicia-based Amy
Wallace, also artistic director
of STS, is “as good a singer as
people from the city,” O’Conner
said. Wallace appeared in the
world premiere of The Kafka
Project at the Ohio Theater in
New York City. Her regional
theatre credits include roles in
Into the Woods, Oliver! and Man of
La Mancha. At STS, Wallace has
directed The Miser and Godspell.
Yorker first mounted her own
production of Closer Than Ever
a few years ago at the Eastman
Opera Theatre in Rochester,
New York. Reaching middle
age herself—with its attendant
crises—has only deepened
O’Conner’s understanding of
the show, she said.
The emotionally taxing subject
matter of Closer Than Ever is
wedded to lyrically rich songs.
Performing them, O’Conner
said, is an “extremely rigorous”
task for even a seasoned
performer, featuring “a lot of
difficult harmony” for two,
three and four voices.
Chuck Sokolowski, a Woodstock
resident, will join the cast briefly
to lend his voice to the number
“Fathers of Fathers.” He will
appear in the Phoenicia Festival
of the Voice.
While she has a mere week of
rehearsals before mounting
Closer Than Ever— “It’s a pressure
cooker,” she said—O’Conner is
no stranger to tight theatrical
deadlines, she said. A few years
ago, she had 11 days to direct a
cast of 30 in a regional production
of My Fair Lady.
The cast members are equal
to the task, the director said.
Janna Cardia “is a powerhouse,
an effortless singer.” With each
character in the show, “her face
seems to change—she looks
like a different person.” Cardia
has appeared in the national
tour of Cinderella (starring Lea
Solanga) and has been in regional
productions of The 25th Annual
Putnam County Spelling Bee, Into
The Woods, Joseph and The Amazing
Technicolor Dreamcoat, The Full
Monty and another Yuppie-genre
musical, I Love You, You’re Perfect,
Now Change.
O’Conner describes Austin Ku
as “multi-faceted; there’s very
much a chameleon feeling to
him.” The Manhattan-based Ku has toured with the San Francisco Opera,
San Francisco Shakespeare Festival and the National Jewish Theatre
Festival. Regionally, he has been in shows at Lyric Stage of Boston,
Kansas City Starlight Theatre and TheatreWorks of Silicon Valley.
Alex Agard possesses “an extraordinary rich, velvety baritone,”
O’Conner said, complemented by “a great dignity and poise.” In
February, the Manhattan-based Agard concluded a two-year run in
Festival of the Lion King at the Walt Disney World Resort in Florida, after
more than 1,400 performances.
Closer Than Ever knowingly
delves into the mixed blessings of
life, the giddy triumphs as well
as the soul-sapping heartaches.
It even succeeds in humanizing
narcissistic, wealthy New
Yorkers. While the material is
bittersweet, O’Conner said, the
show ultimately conveys hope.
“N o m a t t e r h o w y o u g o
through life, the difficult or the fabulous patches,” O’Conner said, “the
overall message is that life is celebrating. And that ultimately you can
find a way.”
Shandaken Theatrical Society (STS) presents Closer Than Ever, directed by
Ricarda O’Conner. The August 14 performance at 2:30 PM is part of Phoenicia
Festival of the Voice. (Order Aug 14 tickets at www.Phoeniciavoicefest.com)
STS performances Aug 17, 18, 19, 20 at 8 PM and Aug 21 2 PM and 8 PM. 10
Church Street, Phoenicia, www.stsplayhouse.com, 845.688.2279.
8/7 through 9/5- Woodstock Fringe presents the 2010 FESTIVAL
OF THEATRE & SONG at the Byrdcliffe Theatre, Woodstock—
V
Bearsville Theater
www.bearsvilletheater.com
V
(845)679-4406/Box Office Hours Mon. – Fri. 12 – 5pm
Friday August 13
Guitar Festival
V Woodstock
hosted by Rennie Cantine
V
Saturday August 14
V
Love Eat Sleep and Tao Seeger Band
Sunday August 15
Anna Cheek
Wednesday August 18
V
Leon Russell
Friday August 20
George Porter Jr. and the Runnin’ Pardners
with special guest Spin Doctors’ Chris Barron
Saturday August 21
V Woodstock Reggae Festival 2010
Friday August 27
V
SUPERBRAWL
Saturday August 28
3 with special guest Terrible Things V
Most Thursdays Miss Angie’s Karaoke LIVE! 9pm
V
Full Bar, Streamside Lounge, Gourmet Dining at
Though Byrdcliffe has more of a reputation as an art outpost, Woodstock
Fringe President/Director Wallace Norman has managed to make it an
occasional theatre utopia every summer for the last eight years, drawing
on considerable local talent for writing, directing, and acting. This year is
no exception: Ric Siler’s one-man show Old Hickory (directed by Norman)
has him playing five characters in this engrossing story that explores
family, the choices we make and the extremes we go to when we see no
other way out- all with a healthy dollop of Appalachian culture, wisdom
and humor. Fishing in Brooklyn features writer/performer LaTonia Phipps
(directed by Libya Pugh) telling the story of a young woman on the road to
self-discovery through the eyes of 12 characters, including the inquisitive
and sassy Tia, a 10 year-old girl who, while watching her mother die of
cancer, manages to bring a sense of light to the world falling down around
her. Award-winning “clown” Bob Berky reprises his popular show Out
Of the Box, and the ever-devolving
comedy/music duo Mikhail
Horowitz and Gilles Malkine
bring their hilarious new show
Good Buy, Columbus! to their
sorely taxed fan base. Actor/
playwright Norman Thomas
Marshall performs his powerful
one-man show John Brown: Trumpet
of Freedom, depicting the historical
figure’s last moments before
execution, and poetry readings by the Goat Hill Poets—a group of Hudson
Valley writers—have two scheduled readings/performances. One of the
new shows work-shopped with the Fringe’s “First Looks” staged reading
series is In Trouble! by Jerry McGee. Also planned: a night of Jacques Brel
and Edith Piaf. Byrdcliffe Theatre, Upper Byrdcliffe Rd., Woodstock,
www.woodstockfringe.org, 845.810.0123.
OLD HICKORY: Th-Sa 8/12-14 8 PM, Su 8/15 2 PM, Fr 8/20 8 PM, Sa 8/21
5 PM, Su 8/22 2 PM
FISHING IN BROOKLYN: Sa/Su 8/14 & 15 5 PM, Sa 8/28 8 PM, Su 8/29
2 PM
GOOD BUY, COLUMBUS!: Sa 8/21 7 PM, Su 8/22 5 PM, Sa 9/4 8 PM, Su
9/5 5 PM
OUT OF THE BOX: Sa/Su 8/28 & 29 5 PM, Sa 9/4 5 PM, Su 9/5 2 PM
JOHN BROWN: TRUMPET OF FREEDOM: Su 8/15 7 PM, Fr 9/3 8 PM
IN TROUBLE!: Sa 9/4 2 PM
GOAT HILL POETS: We 8/25 8 PM
Fr/Sa 8/13 & 14- Arm-of-the-Sea Theater presents the 2010
ESOPUS CREEK PUPPET SUITE at Tina Chorvas Waterfront
Park, Saugerties—As the area’s premier contemporary puppet theatre
ensemble, The Arm-of-the Sea has been presenting its ecological and
multi-cultural friendly performances all around the Northeast (and
beyond) for well nigh 28 seasons. Based in Saugerties, this talented
group—built around writer/director Patrick Wadden, artistic designer
Marlena Marallo, and music master Dean Jones, plus many talented
puppeteers and musicians—presents a story that gives a nice break from
the uber-connected hypertexted modern world. From the press release:
“This year’s story hatches from a Swirling Cosmic Egg, leapfrogs through
events in early evolutionary history, and eventually catches up with the
The Bear Cafe! 291 Tinker St. Woodstock, NY 12498
the
antics of a tribe of hominids who uncover a treasure buried deep under
the Earth. When that treasure turns into a raging monster, the hominids
must reckon with the consequences and struggle to save their home.”
Sounds vaguely familiar. All proceeds will benefit Arm-of-the-Sea’s
arts-in-education program, which brings performances and workshops to
over 10,000 students each year. Arm-of-the-Sea Theater, Tina Chorvas
Waterfront Park, East Bridge St., Saugerties, www.armofthesea.org,
845.246.7873. 8 PM
Fr 8/27- Hudson Valley B.R.A.W.L. SUPER BRAWL at Bearsville
Theater, Woodstock—So, you haven’t heard about our regional ladies
arm wrestling club B.R.A.W.L.—Broads’ Regional Arm Wrestling
League—that’s become one of the most uproarious nights out in the
Hudson Valley for well over a year now? You must be a tourist or a
total homebody…not that there’s anything wrong with that. Seriously,
either way, you need to make a night of this: the wrestlers are fabulous,
the MC is awesome (Julie Novak as Lady Thumb Prince), the umpire
is rigorous, and the entourages make life worth living. For this big
Bearsville throwdown it’s past champs galore: The Pilgrim, La Nina,
Bunny Bruiser, Jacky O'Nasty, Pushy Galore, Heather Wiesen, Kiki
Yorbutt and The Captain vie for the top honors, with all proceeds going
to Family of Woodstock's Washburn House Domestic Violence Shelter
and Cabrini Home for Girls Recreation Fund. Admission is “sliding scale”
at the door, and it is customary to bring lots of small (and large) bills to
throw around as “betting” money on favorite wrestlers (sorry lawman, no
real gambling here, just spirited donating). And fellas, if you think you got
game, you might just get an arm on the table at the end. But be warned:
these ladies are very very strong. See brawlnewyork.blogspot.com for
more info. Bearsville Theater, 291 Tinker St., Bearsville/Woodstock,
www.bearsvilletheater.com, 845.679.4406. 9 PM
Parker
Brothers
playing the music of stuff featuring
Chris Parker & eriC Parker with
eXit 19 featuring tony Parker…
and MooLah Ltd. featuring niCk Parker
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Soultown produCtionS Presents
Through 9/5- HUDSON VALLEY SHAKESPEARE FESTIVAL, at
Boscobel Restoration, Garrison—At some point this summer, you
truly do need to make a trip to Garrison, to the Boscobel Restoration.
We’ve waxed poetic in these pages many times over about this place—just
last month we covered the CURRENT sculpture exhibit there, courtesy
of Garrison Art Center—and we’re not going to stop this month, no
sir. Incredible historic mansion with beautiful grounds and art gallery,
the killer view of the Hudson: way high on the ridge, with West Point
winking across the way. And the best part: great Shakespeare, performed
in a large tent with a minimum of set pieces, lighting, and props, by an
extraordinary cast directed by some of the best in the biz. Three shows
in rotation: the (relatively) rarely staged historical piece TROILUS
AND CRESSIDA, the hugely favored comedy THE TAMING OF THE
SHREW, and the “modern adaptation” BOMB-ITTY OF ERRORS, a
hip-hop version of the “Comedy.” It’s one of the summer treasures we
have upstate; make sure to enjoy it! Boscobel Restoration, Rte. 9D (just
south of Cold Spring), Garrison, hvshakespeare.org, 845.365.9575. Tu/
We/Th 7 PM, Fr/Sa 8 PM, Su 6 PM
TROILUS AND CRESSIDA: August 10, 12, 14, 18, 20, 26, 29,
September 1, 4
THE TAMING OF THE SHREW: August 11, 15, 17, 19, 22, 24, 28,
September 2, 5
BOMB-ITTY OF ERRORS: August 13, 21, 25, 27, 31, September 3
Michael jackson
2nd annual birthday dance party
Saturday, auguSt 28th
10 pm-2 am
market market Café
$5 Cover
hosted by dj ali
all Mj, all night!
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TRACTOR?
K athryn & Ron Khosla, photo
by
M att Petricone
WHO KILLED THE
By Luciano Valdivia
While the mixing of technology and agriculture may arouse Upton
Sinclair-like images of assembly line farms where inhumane practices
are the norm, a husband and wife farming team in New Paltz prove the
opposite to be possible, and brings agriculture into the 21st century in a
way that makes for a more sustainable and environmentally friendly crop.
Meet Ron and Kathryn Khosla, the owners of your local neighborhood
climate-friendly farm.
W
hen I think of farmers, an image of Ron Khosla
doesn’t necessarily come to mind. Then again,
Ron isn’t exactly your garden-variety farmer
(Sorry, couldn’t resist). With his silver hair
and beard, glasses, and the effusive way with which he talks about
his farming practices, he seems more like an excited and eccentric
professor than anything else. Perhaps that’s why Khosla is such a
welcome and positive addition to the world of local agriculture.
Ron is a new breed of farmer—part community organizer, part mad
scientist. And, obviously, all hard worker.
Ron and his wife Kathryn have been churning the soil in the New Paltz
flats at Huguenot Street Farm for over 12 years. In fact, these agrarians
actually camped and farmed on the then dwelling-less property for the
first four and a half years after they purchased the property. Now that’s
commitment. The idea was to start a CSA (Community Supported
Agriculture) where consumers would purchase shares in the farm up
front, and in return would have access to 140 different varieties of locally
grown produce on a weekly basis. Huguenot Street Farm even has a YouPick area where the shareholders can pick their own produce. Not only
do consumers know where their food is coming from, but they're seeing
where it comes from, too. Ron estimates that there are approximately
nine CSA’s in New Paltz and the surrounding area, including their own.
In 2007 the Huguenot Street Farm received protection by a conservation
easement that Ron and Kate pursued with the Wallkill Valley Land Trust
working in conjunction with the Open Space Institute.
A couple of features that may set the Khosla farm apart from the pack
are due to the ingenuity and handiwork of Ron himself.
The first is a completely electric tractor that’s powered with solar panels.
What started as an older Allis-Chalmers Model “G” Cultivating Tractor
has been charged with new life, or perhaps more accurately—new light.
After receiving a USDA-funded SARE (Sustainable Agriculture and
Research Education) grant, Ron was able to bring his idea to fruition
and convert the diesel powered tractor to run on electric, exclusively.
Ron explained to me that cultivating tractors had been produced up
until the mid 1950’s until the use of herbicides made them obsolete. “You
were positioned in such a way that you could cultivate right up next to
the plant” Weeds and other undesirables that had been uprooted by the
small knives of the cultivator had thereafter been killed with the easier,
but of course, more toxic, chemicals. Switching to the use of Ron’s new
solar electric “G” meant that he could weed his fields without the use
of any herbicides whatsoever. According to Ron, hundreds of farmers
have now used his conversion plans, and even purchased kits he and a
friend produce. They’re presently working on their fifth prototype of
the Super “G”, a from-scratch all-electric cultivator that will retail
for between five and six thousand, but if you think Ron’s in it for a
profit—think again. Ron has posted the plans online for other farmers
to download for free.
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K athryn & Ron Khosla, photo
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LOCAL GROWERS
Driven by their beliefs in a sustainable lifestyle, Ron and Kathryn
Khosla have built a farm that not only provides fresh food to local,
environmentally conscious consumers, but on a broader scale has
acted as a research center for the betterment of the world. Creating
and perfecting tools and practices on a small plot of land in New Paltz,
useful tools that have affected farmers across the country and even on
other continents, is no small achievement. For Ron, it seems, it's just
another day on the farm.
HERBS
As if these achievements weren’t enough in and of themselves, it seems
like this husband and wife farming team have a scope far beyond the
borders of their property. Recently, Kate was singing backups for
internationally recognized South African singer Samite at the Ithaca
Grassroots Festival. Ron, on the other hand, has spent many an hour
of his time away from the fields advising the United Nations Food
and Agricultural Organization in his role as International Organics
Certification Consultant. Did I mention he was also instrumental in
the creation of the Certified Naturally Grown program so many small
farmers use?
M att Petricone
The other major innovation cultivated in the fields of Khosla’s farm
is something called the CoolBot—and I know what you’re thinking,
but no, it’s not a robot that wears sunglasses and a leather jacket. It’s
a control module that Ron devised with some technical help from a
friend which converts a standard “off the shelf” A/C unit into a cooling
unit that can mimic a walk-in cooler’s capabilities. Not only does the
CoolBot system cost a fraction of the price of a walk-in cooler, but,
according to Ron, because it uses only one A/C unit fan as opposed to
the four to six found in a conventional system, it uses less electricity
too—making it greener. This past January, USAID selected Khosla’s
CoolBot for a project whereby they will fund demonstration coolers for
poverty-stricken farmers in India, Uganda, and Honduras.
ANNUALS, PERENNIALS, WILDFLOWERS,
roll gardening & green
Ground-level guidelines
Planning and improving your garden from
the bottom up will ultimately make it more
self-sufficient, especially in times of drought.
Adding organic matter such as compost to
your beds creates spaces that allow water to
penetrate more efficiently to root zones, and
increases the soil’s moisture-holding ability.
Once plants are in place, mulch heavily
with organic material such as shredded
bark, which will allow moisture
in while keeping the heat
of the sun from drying
it out. Alternatively,
How Dry
I am: The
Xeriscape
Garden
By Luanne R. Panarotti
We never know the worth of water till the well is dry.
—Thomas Fuller, Gnomologia, 1732
This summer’s lack of rain has made Hudson
Valley gardeners acutely aware of the
preciousness of water. New plantings have
suffered, and even established plants have
succumbed to the dry conditions.
R
ather than ramping up your
watering regime, consider
employing the concept
of xeriscaping— “dry”
landscaping that uses little supplemental
water—as you plan new garden beds or
improve others. This creative approach
to landscaping combines drought-tolerant
plants and water-saving practices to
produce lovely, more resilient gardens
that will thrive without draining your
well dry.
plant a living mulch; the annual
portulaca, with rose-like flowers,
a spreading habit, and minimal water
needs, can form a dense groundcover under
taller plants, keeping weeds down and
conserving moisture.
Since most gardens will need some
supplemental moisture during times of
extreme drought, plan for more efficient
watering. Group plants with similar needs
to avoid overwatering some and
underwatering others. Forgo sprinklers
and lay soaker hoses throughout your
garden beds, just beneath the mulch layer,
where the slow seepage will allow for deep
watering, and less water will be lost to
evaporation. Rather than tapping into the
potable water supply, use gray water from
bathing, dishwashing etc., to water plants.
While sun is usually considered the culprit, wind blowing across the
soil also pulls moisture from the ground. Consider planting in areas
where buildings, trees or shrubs slow down air movement, or install a
windbreak—a solid fence, or barrier of drought tolerant shrubs such
as juniper (Juniperus spp.), blue mist spirea (Caryopteris x clandonensis), or
potentilla (Potentilla fruiticosa).
Avoid finicky landscapes
The hairs of fuzzy-leaved plants help to collect and preserve moisture.
One such plant is the common yarrow (Achillea millefolium) with charming
flat clusters of flowers; try a traditional yellow or soft pink variety, or the
newer ‘Paprika’, whose bright red umbels are dotted with gold “eyes”.
Some plants are so covered in white hairs, the foliage takes on a silver
cast, offering a lovely foil for more vivid flowering plants. Silver Brocade
artemisia (A. stelleriana ‘Silver Brocade’) produces mounds of finely-cut,
frosted foliage with a delicate fragrance. The tiny pink flowers of lamb’s
ear (Stachys byzantina) are beloved by bees, but it’s the soft, silvery leaves
that make it a valuable and resilient garden plant.
Eliminate as much lawn as possible from your landscape. Instead, try
walkable, drought tolerant groundcovers, such as creeping thyme
(Thymus serpyllum). If you just can’t let go of the green carpet, seed with
a resilient variety such as fescue, rather than needy Kentucky bluegrass,
which requires abundant resources.
Narrow leaved plants, with less foliar surface area, lose less water and
tend to be drought-tolerant. The most obvious of these are the ornamental
grasses, which range in size and style from the compact fescue Festuca
glauca ‘Elijah Blue’, with its rounded mounds of needle-like powdery blue
foliage, to maiden grass (Miscanthus sinensis “Gracillimus”) with graceful
leaves reaching to six feet and plumes of pinkish-tan flowers.
Perennials that practice tolerance
Think globally, garden locally
Your best bet when choosing plants are natives, which successfully
survive in the region without supplemental watering. You can find an
extensive list—everything from Achillea millefolium (Common Yarrow)
to Yucca filamentosa (Adam’s needle)—by searching the plant
database at the website of the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center
(www.wildflower.org/plants/). Enter your state, then choose “dry”
for the soil moisture; you can even fine-tune the search for sunlight
conditions in the garden, as well as bloom time and color.
The
Various plants, native and otherwise, have characteristics—specialized
roots, leaves and other qualities—that make them drought tolerant. For
example, plants with long taproots can access deeper water unavailable
to more shallow-rooted plants. One such plant is purple poppy mallow
(Callirhoe involucrata), a native whose wine-colored, cup-shaped flowers
float above a sprawling mat of deeply lobed foliage. Another is the
unusual sea holly (Eryngium planum); spiny leaves and rounded umbels of
light blue flowers with spiky, blue-green bracts make this plant at once
formidable and whimsical in aspect.
Plants with fleshy roots that store water are better able to survive dry
times. Daylilies (Hemerocallis spp.) offer arching, sword shaped foliage
and wide range of bloom colors. Creeping lilyturf (Liriope spicata) is a
vigorous grower and deer-resistant, with spikes of tiny blooms in white
or lavender shyly peeping from amid the foot-tall, grass-like foliage.
The thick, fleshy stems and leaves of the genus Sedum allow the plants to
store water against the onset of drought. With 400 species from which to
pick, there is a sedum for every taste. S. rupestre ‘Angelina’ forms a striking
groundcover of luminous yellow, needle-like foliage with matching
flowers. S. spurium ‘Fuldaglut’ has cupped leaves edged in bronze-red and
midsummer rose-colored flowers. The ever-popular S. ‘Autumn Joy’
offers late season bloom—and welcome nectar for butterflies and bees—
with large pink flower heads that deepen to brick red as they age.
average
American
uses
175
gallons of water per day, while
the average family in Africa uses five. Begin working toward some
resource equity today at home—and in your own backyard.
Green
Save some.
Plant some.
Pre-Sale Tree Sale
August 15-September 1 / all trees 10% or more off!
Labor Day Sale
September 2-6 / 20-80% off everything!
The
Phantom Gardener
Organic from the start, sustainable for the future...a growing legend
6837 Rte 9, Rhinebeck, NY 12572
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The view from our FAIR
is just ONE reason
to come.
on Garrison’s Landing
in Garrison, New York
one hour north of NYC
41st Fine Arts & Crafts Fair
August 21 - 22, 2010
10am - 5pm
on the river’s edge
Come by TRAIN
for 50% off admission
Metro North Hudson Line
Step off the train
and into the FAIR
Convenient parking with
door to gate shuttles
90+ regional artists/craftspeople
High quality handmade items
for the body and home
New gourmet food court
Non-stop live music on two stages
Free rides on sloop Woody Guthrie
Exhibitions in two galleries
Boat building & art demos
Admission $8
Seniors $5
Kids FREE
RAIN OR SHINE
23 Depot Square, Garrison, NY 10524
garrisonartcenter.org 845.424.3960
© 2010 Nadine Robbins, The Rolling Buns (detail), Oil on Canvas, 48”x72”
PA I N T I N G S b y N A d I N e R o b b I N S
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1-845-233-0082
Collaborative Concepts
Farm Project 2010
Sculpture installations by 60 artists
September 4 - October 31
Daily 10am to dusk
Saunders Farm
853 Old Albany Post Road
Garrison, NY 10524
galleries
make
arthave
fun!
Opening Reception: Saturday 4 September 1-6pm
(rain date Sunday 5 September)
Mid-Run Reception: Saturday 9 October 1-6pm
(rain date: Sunday 10 September)
Performance Art at each Reception 1-3:30pm
Music Program at each Reception 3:30-6:30pm
Open to the public free of charge.
www.collaborativeconcepts.org
845-528-1797
woodstockschoolofart.org
august/ 2010
© Copyright 2010 Rob Brezsny
ARIES (March 21-April 19): Success coach Tom
Ferry says our ability to pursue our dreams can be
damaged by four addictions: 1. an addiction to what
other people think of us; 2. an addiction to creating
melodrama in a misguided quest for excitement; 3.
an addiction to believing we're imprisoned by what
happened in the past; 4. an addiction to negative thoughts that fill us
with anxiety. The good news, Aries, is that in the coming weeks you
will find it easier than usual to free yourself from addictions 1, 3, and 4.
On the other hand, you may be extra susceptible to addiction 2. So take
action to make sure you don’t fall victim to it! What can you do to avoid
distracting adventures and trivial brouhahas?
TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Some of the biggest
whales feed primarily on tiny organisms like protozoa,
algae, and krill. They swim around with their mouths
open, gulping seawater, using filtering structures in
their upper jaws to sieve out the stuff they want to eat.
Their strategy for getting a meal has resemblances to an
approach you may benefit from using: sifting through a
lot of superfluous material to get the rich basics you seek. Discernment
isn’t the only skill you’ll need; relaxed patience will be crucial, too.
GEMINI (May 21-June 20): You know about
World War II, but do you know about the planet’s
worst conflict since then? It was the Second Congo
War, involving eight African nations and killing
5.4 million people between 1998 and 2006. You’re
painfully aware of the oil hemorrhage in the Gulf of
Mexico, but have you heard about the equally horrific catastrophe that
an American oil company wreaked on Ecuador from the early 1960s until
1992 (tinyurl.com/EcuadorOil)? I bring these things up, Gemini, because
now is an excellent time for you to fill in gaps in your education and
learn the rest of any story that you’ve been missing—not just concerning
events in the world but also in regards to your personal history. P.S.
Much of what you find, unlike the Congo War and the Ecuadorian oil
disaster, may be good news.
CANCER (June 21-July 22): A psychic in Colorado
was arrested for bilking her clients. Nancy Marks
allegedly told people that their money was possessed
by nasty spirits, and that the best solution was to hand
the money over to her. The cops claim she collected
290,000 of the evil dollars before she was nabbed. My
message to you, Cancerian, is very different from the
psychic’s warning: Your bank account has a divine blessing on it. At least
temporarily, this makes you a kind of cash magnet; you have an unusual
power to attract legal tender. Take advantage! Say this sacred mantra:
“O monnee gimmee summ.”
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Can you force things to
grow? Is it possible to induce ripening simply by
aggressively exerting your willpower? Normally
I’d say no, but these days I think it’s within your
capacity. Don’t misunderstand. I’m not saying you
could go up to a tomato plant and magically transform mid-size green
tomatoes into big orange beauties. But from a metaphorical perspective,
you could accomplish something like that. What fragile bud would
benefit from bursts of your vitality? What sweet young thing might
thrive with your invigorating help?
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): In James Hillman’s book
The Dream and the Underworld, he says something I’ve
heard from other researchers—that the majority
of dreams we have each night are unpleasant. But
that’s not true for me. Way more than 50% of mine
are educational, entertaining, and not at all bad or
scary. Quite a few have jokes and riddles. Most stretch my understanding
of how the world works and motivate me to get smarter about what I’ve
been ignorant about. As you enter the Intense Dreaming Phase of your
cycle, Virgo, I suspect your nocturnal adventures will resemble mine.
Get ready to encounter intriguing characters who’ll have the power to
heal you. Talking animals may give you righteous clues about upcoming
waking-life decisions. A mercurial teacher could relieve you of a
delusion. The wind and rain may play music that dissolves your fear.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): During the Tang
Dynasty, a golden age of Chinese culture, educated
people didn’t use cliched salutations to begin and
end their encounters with each other. No “Hi, how
you doing?” or “See you later. Take care.” Instead,
they improvised creatively, composing poetic riffs
appropriate for the occasion. “Your face is especially bright today.
Are you expecting to see a lucky cloud?” or “I’ll bask in your glories
again later. In the meantime, may you find a brisk blend of elegance and
mischief.” I’d love to see you do something like that, Libra. It’s prime
time to boost your alliances to a higher octave. Give more to your
collaborators, and ask for more, too.
SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): I admire people who
sweat freely and abundantly while they’re working
hard at what they love to do. Singer James Brown,
“The Godfather of Soul,” was renowned for his
sweltering floods, and so is baseball player Pablo
Sandoval. But many unfamous people I’ve known
would also be top candidates for King and Queen of Sacred Sweat, like
my friend Julia, who practices her passion in the garden, and my friend
Luke, who welds giant metal sculptures. I’m hoping you will come into
your own as one of this elite group, Scorpio. The
omens suggest you’d be wise to raise the heat in your
alchemical furnace.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): The wind
coming off the creek has picked up in the last half
hour, and so the branches of the lemon tree outside
my office window are swaying vehemently in the
late afternoon sun. Is the tree upset? No. Is it worried or offended or
angry at the wind? Of course not. From what I can tell, it’s enjoying the
raucous movement. I can even imagine that it knows how lucky it is: It
wouldn’t be able to dance so expressively without the help of the gusts.
I hope you’ll interpret your experiences in the coming weeks with a
similar perspective, Sagittarius.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): While flying over
water, an eagle can spot a fish swimming from 300
feet away. As it prowls through a winter landscape,
a coyote can detect the presence of a mouse
bustling beneath thick snow. I suspect you’ll have a
comparable knack for tuning in to things that are of
keen interest, Capricorn, even if they are hidden or located at a distance.
To maximize your advantage, get clear about what you’re hungry for.
Build a vivid image in your mind’s eye of what you need.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Lola, a woman I
know, has mastered the art of self-contradiction. She
makes no apologies for the apparent oppositions she
gladly contains. For instance, she’s perfectly at ease
with the fact that she is not only a lesbian anarchist
skater punk who’s a prolific graffiti artist, but also
a devout Christian who doesn’t consume drugs or
alcohol, drives a Lexus SUV, and volunteers as a massage therapist at
a hospice. Your internal paradoxes may or may not be as extreme as
hers, Aquarius, but I urge you to express them with the panache that
she does.
PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): My friend Erica went to
a Chinese herbalist, seeking help for a skin problem
that hadn’t been healed by six other doctors. “Very
rare condition,” the herbalist told her. There was
only one thing he knew that would work: Erica would
have to travel to the Ruoergai Marshes in Sichuan
Province, China and track down a White-tailed Eagle, whose fresh
droppings she would gather up and apply to the affected areas of her
skin. As the prospect of such a pilgrimage was daunting, Erica decided
instead to simply imagine herself carrying it out. After a week of such
meditations, her skin had improved. In 21 days, she wasn’t completely
cured, but she was much better. The moral of the story, Pisces: Simply
visualizing a heroic healing quest may help fix your glitch.
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Berg and His World
august 13–15 and 20 –22
The 21st annual Bard Music Festival explores the work and world of the early
20th-century Austrian composer Alban Berg, whose deeply expressive music builds on the
Viennese tradition beginning with Mozart, extending through Schubert and Mahler, and
on to Berg’s own teacher, Schoenberg. Two weekends of orchestral, choral, and chamber
concerts explore the cultural world, works, and life of Berg and his contemporaries.
weekend one
Berg and Vienna
Alban Berg: The Path of Expressive Intensity
Friday, August 13
program one
Saturday, August 14
program two
The Vienna of Berg’s Youth
program three
Mahler and Beyond
Sunday, August 15
program four
Chamber works by Zemlinsky, Webern, and others
American Symphony Orchestra, Leon Botstein, conductor
Orchestral works by Berg, Mahler, Korngold, and others
Eros and Thanatos
Chamber works by Berg, Schreker, Mahler, and others
program five
Teachers and Apostles
program six
The Orchestra Reimagined
weekend two
Chamber works by Berg, Schonberg, Ullman, and others
Members of the American Symphony Orchestra, Leon Botstein, conductor
Orchestral works by Berg, Busoni, Hindemith, and others
Berg the European
Friday, August 20
program seven
Saturday, August 21
program eight
program nine
program ten
Sunday, August 22
Chamber works by Berg and Strauss
program eleven
“No Critics Allowed”: The Society for Private Performances
Chamber works by Berg, Debussy, Ravel, and others
You Can’t Be Serious! Viennese Operetta and Popular Music
Chamber works by Berg, Sullivan, Lehár, Kálmán, and others
Composers Select: New Music in the 1920s
Chamber works by Berg, Casella, Gershwin, and others
Modernism and Its Discontent
Orchestral works by Berg and Schmidt
Between Accommodation and Inner Emigration:
The Composer’s Predicament
Chamber works by Berg, Dallapiccola, Hartmann, and others
program twelve
Crimes and Passions
Orchestral works by Berg, Hindemith, and Weill
bard college, annandale-on-hudson, n.y.
Tickets: $20 to $55 | 845-758-7900 | fishercenter.bard.edu
alban berg in the atelier madame d’ora, wien, 1909. © önb/wien, 203481-d

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