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vol. 29 | december 10 - january 10 2010
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creative living in the hudson valley
music | art | theatre & cinema listings for the hudson valley
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editor’s note
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roll art & image—
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where fine art meets functionality: master furniture makers Rob Hare
and Michael Puryear, by Ross Rice
roll the music—
great gooey gobs of sound! BLOB, by Peter Aaron
18 roll listings— art | music | theatre & cinema
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roll CD reviews—
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roll back- Latin jazz from Tito Puente, Juan Calle and
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new releases by The Bernstein Bard Trio, Denise La Grassa, and Spiral Up Kids
roll dollars & sense— Roth IRA’s: new tax advantages? by Beth Jones
roll on stage & screen—
interview with documentary filmmaker Andrew Jacobs of
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roll dining in—the secret to great pancakes, by Gary Allen
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master furniture makers
L andscape Box II closed, bottom: Rob Hare w/Gran' Jete
Rob Hare &
Michael Puryear
by Ross Rice
Many of us are thus missing out. Though often considered a luxury,
well-designed hand-crafted furniture is and always has been a
revealing and viable mode of artistic expression, often tapping
into archetypes and symbology both designer and buyer aren’t
necessarily conscious of. The history of furniture is as revealing—if
not, sometimes, more so—as the history of art or architecture when
it comes to showing the cultural values of any civilization at any
given point in time.
Like any fine artwork, hand-crafted furniture also gains value over
time, unlike that IKEA contraption you bought on sale, sitting in your
living room; a more solid investment than your garden variety 401k
these days. The Hudson Valley is home to some of the top talent in
the field; this month we’d like to feature two of the better known:
Rob Hare and Michael Puryear. They also happen to be good friends.
And two of the nicest, coolest guys you’d ever hope to meet.
ROB HARE
Rob Hare has a round red barn in Rifton. (Quick: say that five times
fast.) No really, it’s perfectly circular, built around a thick metal
pole in the middle, spacious yet cozy, getting the maximum space
from the minimum of material. Inside, a local radio station plays
over a speaker system, various and sundry band saws, joiners, and
woodworking apparatus are spaced out in different stations, and of
course, the ever-present warm, slightly spicy smell of fresh wood.
top:
We often take the concept of furniture for granted. More often than
not we just want something comfortable, functional, and not out of
place in our houses. When it comes to design elements we tend to
think more about artwork, paint and fabric, and architecture before
considering the objects we interact with daily therein.
L
ike many fine craftsmen, Rob started out in the
less practical field of sculpture, earning a Masters
at the University of Cincinnati in the mid-70s. His
early works were in metal and casting, with which
he developed an austere style that was his attempt at “big
American sculpture,” often counterpointing straight geometry
with undulating curves.
The question was where to do it. Though Rob was originally from
northwest Connecticut, as was his wife Lorraine Archacki, friends
lured them to the Hudson Valley, where the real estate was still a
good deal, and they wound up in Red Hook for several years. Later,
in 1980, when a 10,000 square foot building became available on
Ravine St. in Kingston, they jumped on it, and with the help of a
low-interest loan and a historic preservation grant, renovated the
building as a home and workspace. The project was one of the first
successes in the resurgence of the Rondout, earning them a full
spread in Fine Homebuilding in 1984.
Though Rob still considered himself a sculptor, he was getting the
bills paid as a drawing teacher and cabinet maker; one of his more
for us, you need to go Uptown.’ I’d go Uptown and they’d go,’oh,
these are way too weird for us, you need to go Downtown!’” Those
who did discover the boxes realized that Rob has the skills and
aesthetic to design and build larger pieces, and soon commissions
started coming in.
“At the end of the 80s—during the economic downturn at that
time—the clients that stuck with me were the furniture clients. One:
I really enjoyed the furniture, two: it incorporated a lot of the issues
I’d been dealing with in sculpture, and three: I could earn a living at
it,” Rob laughs. “The more my work has developed a following, or a
recognition of what I do, the closer it’s becoming sculpture again. I
may draw a real different line between furniture and sculpture, but
the creative energies at this point are very similar…the big difference
being function.”
top:
L andscape Box II open, bottom: Gran' Jete
Things started taking off in 1994 when Rob managed to get an
invitation to the prestigious Philadelphia Furniture Show, which at
the time was THE show; people flew in from around the world to
attend. Rob was open to collaboration with clients, who would see
his work and request customized versions of his designs. One client
in particular pushed Rob out of his comfort zone, with good results.
Starting with the basic idea of a Japanese Geta Bako—a box near
the front door with drawers for shoes—the client wanted something
like that…for his office. Something Rob admits he would not have
high-profile projects was designing and building the jewelry cases
and fixtures at Rhinebeck’s Hummingbird Jewelers in 1980. But it
was a piece that once belonged to his grandmother that provided
the catalyst for the next step in his career.
“But I wanted it to be sculpture. And when you look at a box like
that, you don’t know what’s in there. You say: I want to look. It draws
you in. So I decided to make objects…that drew you in. And once
you’re in, you’re mine.” First the seduction, then the reveal.
Frizon Display
It was a small writing desk, with a flat writing surface, inkwells,
and drawers…that folded up neatly into an elegant and portable
wooden box with cast bronze fixtures. Rob set about reinterpreting it
in his own style. “As an object, it’s just beautiful. A large part of what
excited me (about it) was that I didn’t have a large studio anymore,
so I needed to scale down. And then I realized that where I‘d started
was a love of finely crafted things.”
Rob’s boxes took awhile to find their audience—it was a hard sell in
the City. “I tried to hawk them in New York. I’d go to galleries, go
downtown to SoHo and they’d go, ‘oh, these are way too conservative
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come up with solo. “It was wonderful. He was one of those clients
who trusted me, yet kept pushing me.” He kept sending him e-mails;
one of a Bauhaus bookcase that interested him and one of an artand-crafts piece from an English furniture maker. A new piece
emerged, something both had a creative investment in.
Rob’s approach blends fine woodworking and expertise with metals.
All of his pieces are carefully worked out in advance, utilizing finely
honed drafting skills. Subtle curves, deceptively simple design, and
skill with materials result in beautiful furniture that make the most of
natural forms and symmetry in the wood.
“I’m drawing things now that are harder and harder for me to make.”
Rob shows me a drawing of a new table, similar to one he had already
designed. But where that one had a frame for the tabletop to sit on,
this one consists of four curved metal legs, attached to the glass.
The problem to solve: how to make the glass stick to the metal, as
all four legs are independent, unattached. It’s a neat challenge, but
Rob has a glue expert coming by to help him figure it out; tests need
to be done. “It’s going to be an immense amount of work…but it’s
really simple looking.”
Narrow Sideboard
Rob and Lorraine separated in 1995; he remarried childrens book
author and illustrator Iza Trapani in 1997, and the new couple found
a good deal on a 150-acre farm in Rifton. The round barn—built by
Rob—is where Rob continues to create elegant furniture, inspired by
a sculptural sensibility. “I’m not a big fan of the word ‘artist’, because
it gets thrown around a lot. I make stuff. I’ve made sculpture, I’ve
made houses, I’ve made boats…and I make furniture.”
“You go to the Louvre, and there are works of craft that are
considered equal to works of what we call art. But what I’ve come
to believe is that it's not for me—or ‘us’—to consider at this time.
It’s something to look back on and say ‘this person really had
something.’ ”
www.robhare-furnituremaker.com
Barrow Chair
MICHAEL PURYEAR
“It wasn’t so much a career choice as an evolution. But once I got
here, I realized that it addressed me in a way that nothing else had.
It’s a circuitous story I don’t know how to begin…”
M
ichael Puryear has a great laugh, and he’s not
afraid to use it. Sitting around his dining room
table at his home near Shokan, he exudes a
serenity of someone who knows the value of
what he can do, and doesn’t have to shout about it. The high
quality wooden furniture pieces speak for themselves.
But the road here was indeed circuitous. Born and raised in
Washington DC, he was the third oldest in “a fairly large family. My
brother and sister always seemed to know what they wanted to
do, and I hadn’t a clue.” (The brother to whom he refers is worldrenowned sculptor Martin Puryear, whose many accomplishments
include representing the US at the Bienal de São Paulo in 1989,
winning the Grand Prize.) Michael loved diving, so marine biology
sounded pretty good. After two years at Howard University however,
he came to the conclusion that “at that time, I wasn’t ready for
college,” and pulled out.
Drafted in 1965, Michael spent two years as a lab technician at the
Fifth Army Med Lab in St. Louis, and afterward got his old job at the
DC Library back, where over eleven years he worked his way up from
page to supervisor. “It was great. I consider that a really important
part of my education. Being around that kind of information was
just amazing. I taught myself photography through books there,
basically taught myself woodworking the same way. You have to
experiment, but basically all that information is there.”
Unbeknownst to him at the time, Michael was also struggling with
dyslexia, which wasn’t accurately diagnosed in him until a few years
later. Though it caused difficulties for him, he “had learned how to
compensate. That’s what all dyslexics do.”
“I don’t look at dyslexia as a disability, as much as a difference.
It’s part of the spectrum of being human. It’s just because we’ve
focused our education on symbolism, that it’s become a problem
for a dyslexic. I think there’s a tremendous advantage. Dyslexics are
very visual people, with amazing associative abilities.”
Michael returned to Howard, and finished his bachelor’s degree in
anthropology. Shortly after that he quit his job at the library, and
moved to New York City to get into photography. Once his landlord
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month), and Michael started showing his furniture
pieces. Word-of-mouth, some advertising in
Metropolis magazine, and a fruitful partnership
with a high-end interior decorator helped get
the ball rolling, and exhibitions at some of the
major shows—like the big one in Philadelphia—
cemented his reputation. Plus, he was getting a
lot better at the business side.
Curved Screen
When a new landlord bought the Chelsea
building, he wanted to renovate and bring it up to
code, so he made an offer to Michael and Sarah
to buy them out. After a year of negotiations they
settled on a good figure, and Michael started
looking north to the Hudson Valley. “I knew the
area, my brother lived here…my wife and I were
outdoor people, we’d come up here to bike and
backpack.” Sarah’s photography business was
City-centered though; it wasn’t until she passed
away in 1998 from cancer that Michael finally
decided to leave, and move upstate. He ended
up in his present Shokan location in 2004, and has
found love again with artist marketing consultant
Nicole Carroll.
On Michael’s web site, he describes his style as
being “Shaker/Scandinavian with Japanese and
African qualities.” When asked about it, he gets a
good hearty laugh at the potential incongruities
before explaining himself. “Well, the Shaker
and the Scandinavian…that’s where my design
awareness kind of came in. When I started to
really be aware of design and attracted to it, it
was the simple forms, that reductive quality,
the clean-ness. It wasn’t necessarily Bauhaus, in
that it was just sterile, but definitely reductive,
essential. But it had these details—especially
the Scandinavian—that were kind of sculptural.
There’s an aspect of what I do that’s very much
about the hand, and how things feel, how they’ve
been used…these are all things that the Shakers
were very much about.”
But that too was unsatisfying. Michael got involved in a co-venture
with some friends who started a shop for model works, special effects,
and props. Now he had access to the tools for fine woodwork, and
“it was a luxury to learn while I was actually making a living.” Michael
didn’t stay long in a comfort zone though. “At a certain point what I
would do is design a piece, and then give myself one element that I
hadn’t done before.” After awhile, he had assembled an impressive
skill set. “When I realized how much I knew was when I started
teaching,” mostly at trade schools across the country.
Michael and his wife—photographer Sarah Wells—moved from the
Bowery to a Chelsea loft that they got a great deal on ($800 per
Michael Puryear
noticed that Michael—who had built his own dark room, desk, and
bookcases—was handy, he hired him to do some cabinetry for him.
One thing led to another, and soon Michael was a professional
contractor, with plenty of work remodeling Brooklyn buildings in the
mid-70s during what he calls its “brownstone renaissance.”
Table, Table [detail], Sideboard [detail], SUNY Purchase President's Desk
clockwise from the top left:
Many of Michael’s pieces use contrast, using different woods to
produce an effect, as well as the inherent tension/release of curves
against straight lines. “It started with one piece that I did, inspired
by looking at the high tension (electrical) line poles along the NY
State Thruway. These two phone poles, connected by an arch that
holds the wires. I saw it and saw it…it resonated. Then later when
I was designing a table and I thought oh…this would be a way to
use this.” From this came his signature “floating table,” where the
surface sits atop arched pieces, appear to float. “A lot of my work is
about the tension of geometry, but also the illusion…or what I call
the psychological implications of arches…in that they have a natural
tendency to lift.”
completely on his own terms. “In a sense, the lesson of my life
has been: you don’t always have to plan. You will live, you will
have a life. It’s the cultural idea of this ‘I’ve got to fit in something,
get in it.’ I think it’s oppressive to a lot of people. There’s what I
call the tyranny of the over-achiever, where you’re made to feel
like (that’s what you need to be). Well, why? In some ways that’s
the problem. What’s important to our humanity? ”
“The process is often more important than the results. That’s
where the real creative things happen.”
www.michealpuryear.com
Michael still teaches, presently one day a week at SUNY Purchase,
in White Plains. “One of the things I tell students is to pay attention,
to really look at the world…to look at the world without judgment,
just take it in, don’t be saying it’s ‘good’ or ‘bad.’ If it has any kind of
resonance, look at it some more.”
But what is most impressive about Michael—other than his beautiful
and inspired work—is how he has found happiness and success
december/art highlights
Ongoing- ART ALONG THE HUDSON: open studio tours in
Beacon, Catskill, Kingston, New Paltz, Newburgh, Peekskill,
and Poughkeepsie—Most art lovers in the Mid Hudson Valley need
hardly be reminded about the region-wide Saturday celebrations
of the arts that happen every month, the whole year round.
But what the hey, let’s do it anyway! Here’s the deal: Saturday
afternoons are for strolling through one (or two) of these seven
towns/cities, and sampling the local art through local openings
and exhibitions, enjoying the unique flavors of the town—
including cuisine, shopping, and entertainment—and thus being
a part of the area’s fertile arts environment. More information
about participating galleries, associations, and businesses can be
found at www.artalongthehudson.com.
First Saturdays—KINGSTON
Second Saturdays—BEACON
Third Saturdays—CATSKILL, NEW PALTZ
Last Saturdays—NEWBURGH
Throughout the month—PEEKSKILL, POUGHKEEPSIE
12/13 through 1/30- TRACY LEAVITT solo exhibition at Stone
Window Gallery, Accord—This little gallery on Main St. in Accord—
of the speedway fame—is home to master stoneware artist Brinton P.
Baker, whose ceramic and porcelain dinner sets are worth making the
trip out Rte. 209 anytime. This month the gallery also features artist
Tracy Leavitt, whose drawings and small paintings are made of graphite,
charcoal, encaustic and oil paints with dammar and wax medium
finishes on commercial and handmade paper, in abstract and semiabstract styles. This exhibition, from her “Emerging Surfaces” series,
“presents the viewer with a rich variety of shape, line and texture that in
conjunction with its subtle color calls forth ideas of buildings or structures
on land/ rock, or sometimes a figure is suggested reaching from
the earth or sea.” Stone Window Gallery, 17 Main St., Accord,
www.potterytrail.com/stonewindow, 845.626.4932. Sa/Su 10 AM- 5 PM,
weekdays by appt.
Through 1/1- TRADITIONAL/POST-MODERN, paintings and
mixed-media works by JANE BLOODGOOD-ABRAMS, RAGELLAH
ROURKE, TONY THOMPSON, and RUSSELL DEYOUNG, at
Carrie Haddad Gallery, Hudson—One thing you will always find at
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Carrie Haddad Gallery other than fine art: interesting juxtapositions
of artists. The self-contained landscapes of Jane Bloodgood-Abrams
(“traditional”) trace a definite
aesthetic line from the Hudson
River School painters, suffused
with a warm haziness and
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embodying
ARTISTS)
whole lot shaking down at Kingston’s ASK Arts Center, with films and
musical/theatrical performances as well as regional artists: “An Evening
of Song and Comedy” with Joe Veillette, Jerry Mitnick, and Kimberly
Kay (12/12, 8 PM), 2nd Friday Film Series, and the ASK Playwrights
Lab every Tuesday. For art there’s the “Little Gems” show through
December—curated by Vindora Wixom—that feature works by ASK
members in a 12” X 12” format. But the main course to check out in
January is the group exhibition by Dutchess/Ulster artist cooperative
Long Reach Arts, formerly Summergroup. This group of professional
visual artists—represented in public and private collections in the U.S.,
Europe, and Israel—includes Mildred
Cohen, Staats Fasoldt, Stacie Flint,
Susan Fowler-Gallagher, Jose Gomez,
Claudia Gorman, Trina Greene,
Robert Hastings, Carol Loizides, Ellen
Metzger O'Shea, Sherrill MeyersNilson, Carol Pepper-Cooper, Nancy
Scott, Elayne Seaman, Michelle
Squires, Elisa Pritzker, and Marlene
Wiedenbaum. ASK Arts Center, 97
Broadway, Kingston, www.askforarts.
org, 845.338.0331. See website for
opening reception info.
A Women’s Weekend for Body & Soul
We live in a time of significant world change.
It is said that when Carl Jung was asked:
“Will we make it?” he always replied, “If
enough individuals will do their inner work.”
Embodying Conscious Femininity is an
awareness of one’s own feelings, needs and
values and the ability to act on them.
Linda Kawer, LCSw and Sherry wheaton, Md, weave their
diSCipLineS, varied training, and experienCe together aS they
expLore the Meaning of ConSCiouS feMininity. Both have
CoMpLeted the BodySouL rhythMS® LeaderShip training
prograM through the Marion woodMan foundation
(www.MwoodManfoundation.org). thiS iS a Marion woodMan
affiLiated worKShop.
Weber
1/2 through 1/30- LONG REACH ARTS (18 DIVERSE
ASK Arts Center, Kingston—There’s a
group show at
conscious femininity
photographs, Julie
Russell DeYoung take the show over to “post-modern,”
with obscure yet somehow familiar shapes demanding
your attention, though with muted colors. The unusual
combination of flat fragments of rug material held in
position with globs of hardened acrylic paint defines
these works by Tony Thompson, the delicate with the
primitive. Carrie Haddad Gallery, 318 Warren St., Hudson,
www.carriehaddadgallery.com, 518.828.1915. Th-Mo 11
AM- 5 PM
www.consciousfemininity.com | www.stoneridgehealingarts.com
January 15- 17, 2010
Stone Ridge Healing Arts, Stone Ridge, NY
Cost/Early rEgistration — $350.00, aftEr January 1, 2010 — $390.00
lunChEs inCludEd | rEgistEr Early, limitEd EnrollmEnt.
contact Linda Kawer, [email protected] | 845.687.4854
friday 6 Pm - 8 Pm/saturday 9 am - 5:30 Pm/sunday 9 am - 2:30 Pm
future workshops:
Santa Fe, NM | April 9-11, 2010 / Omega Institute, NY | August 22-26, 2010
clockwise from the top: Inside
Out by Elisa Pritzker,
Lightforms III by Tracy Leavett, Untitled by Staats Fasoldt,
and Rising Light by Jane Bloodgood -A brams
roll the music
Great Gooey
Gobs of Sound!
BLOB
By Peter Aaron
To many listeners the worlds of jazz and psychedelic rock
seem universes apart. For a lot of rock fans, jazz is an
intimidating minefield they somehow feel they have to
“understand” to appreciate; while to legions of beardstroking jazzheads, most rock, psychedelic or otherwise,
is dopey kids’ music, the shallow domain of
wannabe pop stars. So wrong, both arguments.
After all, yes, the sounds and instrumentation
between the two can vary but the goals remain
the same: to take the music to surprising new
places and blow as many minds as possible
along the way.
But despite any knee-jerk reactions on either side
of the fence, the parallels between the genres
are glaringly obvious to anyone with a pair of
receptive ears. And among those musicians
whose ears are wide open are the members of
BLOB, a local super group, of sorts, comprised
of three of the Hudson Valley’s most adventurous
improvisers—guitarist Ted Orr (420 Funk Mob,
Sly Stone), drummer Harvey Sorgen (Hot Tuna,
Paul Simon), and bassist John Lindberg (String
Trio of New York, Anthony Braxton).
Harvey Sorgen
Ted Orr
“Coming from a jazz background, I’m much more
familiar with that stuff than I am with psychedelic
music,” says Lindberg, who studied with Orr at
the renowned Creative Music Studio. “But psychedelic music is also
an improvisational art, just like jazz. I mean, look at Jimi Hendrix, one
of the best improvisers of all time,” Lindberg says about the rock
icon who jammed with Miles Davis and informed the trumpeter’s
vaunted “electric” period. “But as far as the ‘psychedelic’ aspects of
BLOB’s music? I don’t know, maybe that happens mostly because we
record in Woodstock. The whole hippie thing just kinda bubbles up
out of the ground when we’re playing there. (Laughs.)”
And, indeed, the five trippy albums BLOB has recorded—which
includes the newly out, download-only You Can’t Get There From
Here (Independent) and the soon-to-be-released Earphonious
Swamphony (label pending)—have all been made at Woodstock’s
Sertso Sound, where Orr also works as the house engineer. The
town is also home to Sorgen, who, in addition to having worked with
numerous rock acts, has performed with the cream of the jazz scene,
artists like Ahmad Jamal, Bill Frisell, Dewey Redman, Dave Douglas,
and many others. In terms of marketing, however, Orr prefers to
downplay the use of the j-word as a band descriptor.
John Lindberg
“I don’t call BLOB a jazz band,”
the guitarist explains. “Because
unfortunately when you say jazz
you really limit your audience. So I
refer to us a psychedelic jam band
instead. It kinda hit me not long ago
when I went to see Medeski, Martin
& Wood in Woodstock. Those guys
come from the downtown New York
jazz scene and basically play free
jazz, and the show was sold out—
and jazz shows hardly ever sell out
around here. But, because they’re
known more as a jam band, they
get huge crowds. And since BLOB
has a very similar approach, I think
jam band fans would dig us, too.”
BLOB began its musical gelling in September 2006, with the lineup
of Lindberg, Orr, and drummer Bill Bacon (the trio’s name was
originally an acronym for Bacon, Lindberg, and Orr Band). Sorgen
took over the drum stool the following year, after Bacon moved out
of the area. “It’s been really great playing with Harvey for me because
with everyone he’s played with he kind of straddles the rock and jazz
worlds all on his own,” says Lindberg. “With his background Ted of
course brings a deep funk element, and with his midi guitar effects
and sampling he always comes up with some really wild sounds.”
Such wild sounds are in abundance on Earphonious Swamphony,
which features special guest Ralph Carney (Tom Waits, They Might
Be Giants, Elvis Costello) on clarinets, bass saxophone, tuba,
flute, and bass trombone. On wonderfully freakish, ever-unfolding
excursions like “Robust Bog” and “Heavy Droplets,” Carney’s low-
grunting horns mysteriously evoke the frogs that, Orr explains,
served as the set’s inspiration. Another of BLOB’s frequent stage and
studio guests has been Woodstock composer and vibraphonist Karl
Berger. “What appeals to me about BLOB is that the music is made
with no preconceived idea of where it will go,” says Berger, who
was profiled in the October/November 2008 issue of Roll. “I think it
would appeal to fans of jam bands and the Grateful Dead, but at the
same time it’s much more advanced than that music.”
“We really get to go wild and have fun,” Lindberg says. “We go into
this no-holds-barred, rubber room—‘the BLOBosphere,’ I call it—
and just experiment. Every time we play it always goes somewhere
interesting.”
www.myspace.com/blobusa
art listings
General Information Meetings:
December 19th 12-2 pm
January 6th 7-9 pm
Financial Planning for Inspired People
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
12/13 through 1/30- TRACY LEAVITT solo exhibition
Su 12/13- Opening Reception 12 PM
ANNANDALE-ON-HUDSON—Hessel Museum Of Art At Bard College, Route 9 G
www.bard.edu/ccs/museum, 845.758.7598
Through Su 12/20- RACHEL HARRISON: CONSIDER THE LOBSTER
AND OTHER ESSAYS: Rachel Harrison and a curatorial collaboration with
artists Nayland Blake, Tom Burr, Harry Dodge, Alix Lambert,
Allen Ruppersberg, and Andrea Zittel
Through We 12/16- ROD DICKINSON IN COLLABORATION WITH
STEVE RUSHTON: who, what, where, when, why and how
Through Mo 2/1- NELI RUZIC & MARIE-CHRISTINE CAMUS:
JOURNEY TO THE ISLAND (THE HOLE/THE MIDWIFE)
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
Through 12/24- MIXED MEDIA GROUP OF 20 EXHIBITS w/ M. Krajan,
L. Waxtel, J. Wynn 12-6 PM
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
Through 3/7- LINDA CROSS: reflections on the river
BEACON—Dia:Beacon, 3 Beekman Street, www.diabeacon.org
845.440.0100, Th-Mo 11 AM- 6 PM
Sa 12/12- ULSTER COUNTY COMMUNITY FREE DAY
Sa 12/19- GALLERY TALK: Kristin Poor on Bernd and Hilla Becher
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
Through 1/10- FAITH by Christopher Churchill, Curated by Michael Itkoff
BEACON—The Howland Cultural Center, 477 Main Street
www.howlandculturalcenter.org, 845.831.4988, Th-Su 1-5 PM
Through Su 12/20- A LOOK AT THE BEACON ART SALON
BEACON—Hudson Beach Glass Gallery, 162 Main Street
www.hudsonbeachglass.com, 845.440.0068
Through 12/25- BLOW YOUR OWN ORNAMENT all ages
Through 1/4- ZEN HOLIDAY group show
BEACON—Morphicism, 440 Main St., www.morphicism.com, 845.440.3092
BEACON—Open Space Gallery, 510 Main St., www.openspacebeacon.com
718.207.3793
Through 12/12- ROCKNESS MONSTERS featuring the art and sculpture of
DAVID CARSON
BEACON—Riverwinds Gallery, 172 Main St., www.riverwindsgallery.com
845.838.2880
Through December- RIVERWINDS HOLIDAY GROUP SHOW: buone feste
BEACON—Van Brunt Gallery, 460 Main Street, www.vanbruntgallery.com
845.838.2995
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
Through 1/9- SALON 2009, group show and boutique
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
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art listings
CHATHAM—Joyce Goldstein Gallery, 16 Main St., www.joycegoldsteingallery.com
518.392.2250
11/21 through 1/2- GROUP SHOW: young emerging artists
11/21 through 1/2- WHAT IS BEAUTY: a desire to decorate w/Elaine Lylnch, Allison Fox Schneider, Stephanie Serpick, Stephaie Koenig
ELLENVILLE—Aroma Thyme Bistro, 165 Canal Street
www.aromathymebistro.com, 845.647.3000
Through December- SANDY CIES POTTERY
GARDINER—Bruynswick Art Gallery And Studio, 1058 Bruynswick Road
845.255.5693
GARRISON—Garrison Art Center, Garrison’s Landing, Gillette Gallery,
www.garrisonartcenter.org, 845.424.3960, 12-5 PM
12/11 Through 12/23- THE FIRST ANNUAL ART CENTER
STUDENT/FACULTY ART EXHIBITION
Fr 12/11- Opening Reception 6-8 PM
12/11 Through 12/23- HAND-MADE ORNAMENT SHOW AND SALE
Fr 12/11- Opening Reception 6-8 PM
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
HUDSON—Albert Shahinian Fine Art, 415 Warren Street, 518.828.4346
Open Thurs-sat, 12-6; Sun, 12-5 & By Appoint. Or Chance
HUDSON—Carrie Haddad Gallery, 622 Warren Street
www.carriehaddadgallery.com, 518.828.1915
Through 1/1- TRADITIONAL/POSTMODERN w/ Jane Bloodgood-Abrams,
Tony Thompson, Russell DeYoung and Ragellah Rourke
1/7 Through 2/15- NATURE ABSTRACTED: paintings by elise freda, and
works on paper by madelon jones—in the backroom: paintings by nancy rutter
and joseph maresca
HUDSON—Carrie Haddad Photographs, 318 Warren St.
www.carriehaddadgallery.com, 518.828.1915
Through 1/10- CREATURES w/ Valerie Shaff, John Dolan, Margaret Saliske
HUDSON—Hudson Opera House, 327 Warren Street
www.hudsonoperahouse.org, 518.822.1438
Through 12/14- D. JACK SOLOMON PAINTINGS 2004-2009
We 12/16- PAINTING STUDIO w/ Yura Adams
HUDSON—John Davis Gallery, 362 1/2 Warren Street, www.johndavisgallery.com
518.828.5907, Th-Mo 10 AM-5:30 PM
HUDSON—Limner Gallery, 123 Warren Street, www.limnergallery.com
518.828.2343
Through 1/4- WORKS BY GALLERY ARTISTS: featuring works by
Mark Catalina
Through 12/27- mark catalina BEAUTY QUEENS
HUDSON—Posie Kviat Gallery, 437 Warren Street, www.posiekviat.com
518.653.5407
Through 1/4- HAUTE-KRAFT: Denyse Schmidt, Amy Saidens, Lora Shelley,
Zoya Geacintov, Agata Olek, Anique Taylor, Laura Hughes, Astrid Nordness,
Sally Rothchild, Dave Shannon
1/9 through 2/15- MAKING A SCENE w/ Michael Cohen, Katarina Holbrook,
Mary Anne Erickson
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
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 12/29- LITTLE GEMS
1/2 through 1/30- LONG REACH ARTS: 18 diverse artists
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 Ewan
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 12/26- 100 HALOS december group show iconic, devotional, or
just plain radiant
KINGSTON—Michael Lalicki Studio, 18 Hone St. 845.339.4280
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 1/29- small works & double border series
Through 12/16- historic orange county architecture
Through 12/16- orange county landscapes
MILLBROOK—Millbrook Gallery and Antiques, 3297 Franklin Ave
www.millbrookgalleryandantiques.com, 914.769.5814
NEWBURGH—Ann Street Gallery, 104 Ann Street, www.safe-harbors.org
845.562.6940 Th-Sa 11 AM- 5 PM
Through 12/19- BOUND: artist books
NEWBURGH—The Karpeles Manuscript Library Museum
94 Broadway, 845.569.4997 www.karpeles.com
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
Every Su- Free Gallery Tour
Through 12/13- THE HUDSON RIVER TO NIAGARA FALLS: 19th Century
American Landscape Paintings from the New-York Historical Society, curated by
Dr. Linda S. Ferber
Through 12/13- PANORAMA OF THE HUDSON RIVER: Greg Miller
Fr 12/11- OPENING RECEPTION: BFA & MFA Student Thesis Exhibition
5-7 PM
NEW PALTZ—Unframed Artists Gallery, 173 Huguenot Street
www.unframedartistsgallery.com, 845.255.5482
Through 1/3- GAIA-EARTH MOTHER
NEW PALTZ—Unison Arts Gallery, Water Street Market, Lower Main Street
www.unisonarts.org, 845.255.1559
NEW PALTZ—Unison Arts, Unison Theater, 68 Mountain Rest Road
www.unisonarts.org, 845.255.1559
Every Th- LIFE DRAWING SESSIONS 7:30 PM
NEW PALTZ—VanBuren Gallery, 215 Main Street, www.vanburengallery.com
845.256.8558
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
Though 12/30- DECEMBER MEMBER SHOW
1/1 through 1/31- GROUP SHOW of all represented artists
Sa 1/9- Opening Reception 5-7 PM
PAWLING—Gallery On The Green, 3 Memorial Avenue, www.gotgpawling.com
845.855.3900
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
Through 1/31- INTERIORS in association with flat iron gallery
Th 12/10- Artist Reception 5-7 PM
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
Through 6/26- DOUBLE DUTCH: an exhibition celebrating the
quadricentennial of the dutch discovery and settlement of the Hudson River
Ongoing- FENDRY EKEL: ART AND ARCHITECTURE: A WAY OF SEEING
THE WORLD
Ongoing- FOLKERT DE JONG: MOUNT MASLOW
Ongoing- THOMAS HIRSCHHORN: LAUNDRETTE
PHOENICIA—Arts Upstairs, 60 Main Street, 2nd Floor, www.artsupstairs.com
845.688.2142
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art listings
PHOENICIA—Cabane Studios Fine Art Gallery and Photography Studio,
38 Main Street, cabanestudios.wordpress.com
Through 1/3- SECOND ANNUAL FALL GROUP SHOW: works large & small
Sa 12/19- Holiday Reception 6 PM
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
Through 12/12- barrett clay works HOLIDAY SALE
POUGHKEEPSIE—Café Bocca, 14 Mt. Carmel Place
www.cafebocca.net, 845.483.7300
Through 12/20- CHRISTMAS WREATH & GARLAND SALE
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
Tu,We,Fr,Sa, 10 AM- 5 PM, Th 10 AM- 9 PM, Su 1-5 PM
Every Th- LATE NIGHT THURSDAYS at the fllac 5-9 PM
Ongoing- CATCHING LIGHT: European and American Watercolors from the
Permanent Collection
Through 12/24- ALBRECHT DÜRER: Impressions of the Renaissance
POUGHKEEPSIE—G.A.S. Gallery And Studio, 196 Main Street
www.galleryandstudio.org, 845.486.4592, Fr-Su 12- 6 PM
Through 12/31- WALKWAY OVER THE HUDSON EMBLEM SHOW
POUGHKEEPSIE—Kork at Bailey Browne CPA & Assoc., 80 Washington Ave, Ste
201, korkd.blogspot.com, 914.844.6515
Through 1/1- ADVENT: a month of artists
POUGHKEEPSIE—Locust Grove, 2683 South Rd, www.lgny.org, 845.454.4500
Through 12/31- TRIBUTARIES: paintings and collages of hudson river
waterways by MARIELLA BISSON
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
12/17 through 2/13- NATIONAL ART HONOR SOCIETY EXHIBIT
Sa 12/19- Opening Reception
POUGHKEEPSIE—Palmer Gallery At Vassar College, 124 Raymond Ave.
palmergallery.vassar.edu, 845.437.5370
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 Street, www.gazengallery.com
845.876.4278
Through 1/8- CHILLING WINTER WARM-UP SHOW
RHINEBECK—Omega Rhinebeck Campus, 150 Lake Dr, www.eomega.org
877.944.2002
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 12/12- POLLINATOR DREAMS: hudson valley seed library pack
art 2010 w/ AYUMI HORIE pottery
ROSENDALE—The Rosendale Café, 434 Main Street, www.rosendalecafe.com
845.658.9048
ROSENDALE—Women’s Studio Workshop, 722 Binnewater Lane
www.wsworkshop.org, 845.658.9133
Through 1/30- WORKS BY INTERS-IN-RESIDENCE
Through 12/16- WORK BY KHS STUDENTS made with WSW
SAUGERTIES—Café Mezzaluna Bistro Latino And Gallery,626 Route 212,
845.246.5306
Through 12/31- SAUGERTIES ARTIST TOUR: treasure boxes return!!!!
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
Tu 12/15- SAUGERTIES ART LAB 10 AM, 3 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
Through 12/18- FIGHTING, DANCING AND STANDING STILL works by
HEATHER HUTCHINSON and MARK THOMAS KANTER
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 12/20- FINE ARTS AND HOLIDAY CRAFTS show and sale
WEST HURLEY—Soho West Gallery, Route 28 at Wall Street, 845.679.9944
WOODSTOCK—Center For Photography At Woodstock, 59 Tinker Street
www.cpw.org, 845.679.9957
Through 12/20- NUTOPIA
Through 12/20- ODE TO MUNKACSI
WOODSTOCK—East Village Collective, 8 Old Forge Road, 845.679.2174
WOODSTOCK—Elena Zang Gallery, 3671 Route 212, www.elenazang.com
845.679.5432
Through 1/5- NEW POTTERY and GROUP SHOW
WOODSTOCK—Fletcher Gallery, 40 Mill Hill Road, www.fletchergallery.com
845.679.4411, Th-Su 12-6 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
Through 1/11- HIBERNUS...a winter study by David Ellingsen
WOODSTOCK—Hawthorn Gallery, 34 Elwyn Lane, 845.679.2711
WOODSTOCK—James Cox Gallery At Woodstock, 4666 Route 212
www.jamescoxgallery.com, 845.679.7608
Through 12/17- PLAY IT AGAIN SAMUEL (F.B. Morse): a salon style
exhibition featuring the artists of the 2009 locust grove invitational
Through 12/21- Paola Bari: PHANTASMAGORIA OF NATURE
WOODSTOCK—Klienert/James Arts Center, 34 Tinker Street
www.woodstockguild.org, 845.679.2079, Fr-Su 12-5 PM
Through 12/24- TENTH ANNUAL 5 BY 7 SHOW
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
WOODSTOCK—Sweetheart Gallery, 8 Tannery Brook Road
www.sweetheartgallery.com, 845.679.2622
WOODSTOCK—Varga Gallery, 130 Tinker Street
www.vargagallery.com, 845.679.4005
WOODSTOCK—Vita’s Gallery & Studio, 12 Old Forge Road, www.vitas.us
845.679.2329
12/11 through 12/21- AUROVILLE ARTS FOR TIBET
Sa 12/13- Opening Reception 5-7 PM
WOODSTOCK—Willow Art Gallery, 99 Tinker Street,
845.679.5319, Th-Mo 12:30-6 PM
WOODSTOCK—Woodstock Artists Association & Museum, 28 Tinker Street
www.woodstockart.org, 845.679.2940
Through 1/3- HOLIDAY SHOW: solo show by CRAIG WOOD w/
AGNES TOMASELLI & Small Works
WOODSTOCK—Woodstock School Of Art, 2470 Rte. 212
www.woodstockschoolofart.org, 845.679.2388
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ANNANDALE-ON-HUDSON—Richard B. Fisher Center At Bard College, Route 9G
www.fishercenter.bard.edu, 845.758.7950, Box Office: 845.758.7900
Fr 12/11- (Olin Hall) HUDSON VALLEY GAMELAN, music of Bali 8 PM
Su 12/13- CONCERTO COMPETITION FINALS 1-4 PM
Tu 12/15- BARD COLLEGE SYMPHONIC CHORUS AND
CHAMBER SINGERS 8 PM
BEACON—Howland Cultural Center, 477 Main Street
www.howlandculturalcenter.org, 845.832.4988
Fr 12/18- AUDREY BABCOCK IN CONCERT
Sa 1/9- Local 845 presents GATO LOCO 8 PM
BEACON—The Piggy Bank, 448 Main Street, www.local845.com, 845.838.0028
BETHEL—Bethel Wood Center For The Arts, 200 Hurd Road and Route 17B
(at the site of the original 1969 Woodstock Festival)
www.bethelwoodscenter.org, 845.454.3388
CHATHAM—PS/21 2980 Route 66, www.ps21chatham.org, 518.392.6121
Every Th- THE LISTENING ROOM 8 PM
CORNWALL-ON-HUDSON-—2 Alices Coffee Lounge, 311 Hudson St.
www.2alicescoffee.com
Fr 12/11- JOHN AND JACKIE GIOIA aka dot baker 8 PM
Sa 12/12- MIGHTY GIRL 8 PM
Fr 12/18- ERIC SOMMER 8 PM
Sa 1/2- LOVE, LAYNE and ROSADO 8 PM
ELLENVILLE—Aroma Thyme Bistro, 165 Canal Street
www.aromathymebistro.com, 845.647.3000
Every Th- JOHN SIMON and the GREATER ELLENVILLE JAZZ TRIO 7-10 PM
(No show on 12/24 or 12/31 due to the holidays)
Every 1st Fr- OPEN MIC NIGHT 10 PM
Fr 1/8- rescheduled january OPEN MIC NIGHT 10 PM
FISHKILL—The Keltic House, 1004 Main Street
www.myspace.com/thekeltichouse, 845.896.1110
Every We- OPEN MIC w/ THROWN TOGETHER 6 PM
Fr 12/11- BLACK 47 10 PM
Sa 12/12- SANCTUARY (iron maiden tribute) 10 PM
Tu 12/15- BATTLE OF THE BANDS (18+) - dylan owen, the new bars of soap, more tba 10 PM
Th 12/17- PAPA BURGUNDY, CHASING DAYBREAK 7 PM
Fr 12/18- DJ WILLIAM WOBBLES 7 PM
Sa 12/19- TREMOR 7 PM
Fr 12/25- Open for Christmas! 7 PM
Tu 12/29- BATTLE OF THE BANDS finals (18+) 7 PM
Th 12/31- NEW YEARS EVE! 7 PM
GARRISON—Philipstown Depot Theatre, Garrison's Landing
www.philipstowndepottheatre.org, 845.424.3900
Fr 1/8- music tracks: BRUCE MOLSKY and DAROL ANGER 8 PM
GREAT BARRINGTON, MA—The Mahaiwe Theater, 14 Castle Street
www.mahaiwe.org, 415.528.0100
Fr 12/18- JOHN PIZZARELLI: popular jazz singer and master guitarist 8 PM
Th 12/31- BACH AT NEW YEAR’S: the brandenburg concerti 6 PM
Sa 1/2- EMANUEL AX and the naming of the lola jaffe stage
HIGH FALLS—High Falls Café, Route 213 and Mohonk Road
www.highfallscafe.com, 845.687.2699
1st & 3rd Tu- BLUES AND DANCE PARTY w/ Big Joe Fitz 7 PM
Every Th- ACOUSTIC THURSDAY hosted by Kurt Henry 7 PM
Sa 12/12- VIRGINIA WOLVES 9 PM
Fr 12/18- THE TRAPPS 9 PM
Sa 12/19- HOLIDAY DJ DANCE PARTY 9 PM
HIGHLAND—Boughton Place Theater, 150 Kisor Rd., www.boughtonplace.org,
845.691.7578
Su 12/20- WINTER SOLSTICE CONCERT: lisa jane lipkin and friends
4-6 PM
HUDSON— Columbia Greene Community College, 4400 Route 23
www.sunycgcc.edu, 518.828.4181
HUDSON—Jason’s Upstairs Bar, 521 Warren Street, www.jasonsupstairsbar.com
518.828.8787
Every We- OPEN MIC NIGHT 9 PM
Every Th- HIP HOP by DJ NES 9 PM
Sa 12/12- JOE MOORE 5 PM
Sa 12/19- BEARQUARIUM 8 PM
Sa 1/2- CHRIS NEWMAN OF CITIZEN BAND 5 PM
Sa 1/9- DAMARA ROSE 5 PM
HUDSON- Time and Space Limited, 434 Columbia St.,
www.timeandspacelimited.org, 518.822.8448
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
Fr 12/11- VITO & 4 GUYS IN DISGUISE holiday party w/ SANTA 9:30 PM
Sa 12/12- HOLIDAY CONCERT w/ michelle barone 8 PM
Fr 12/18- party on with THE WOODCOCKS 9:30 PM
Sa 12/19- TONY MERANDO ACOUSTIC SOLO ACT 8:00 PM
Sa 12/26- STEVE SCHULTZ SOLO ACT 9 PM
KINGSTON—A.I.R. Studio Gallery, 71 O’Neil Street, www.airstudiogallery.com
845.331.2662. Second Saturdays (art, food, and acoustic music), 8-11 PM
Every 2nd Sa- Acoustic Artists Coalition & Art Party 8-11 PM
Sa 12/12 MULTI CULTURAL XMAS KWA-NAKA solstice celebration/open mic
KINGSTON—The Basement, 744 Broadway, www.myspace.com/thebasement744
845.340.0744
Fr 12/11- dusty spokes christmas party with WHITE KNUCKLE RODEO,
BLUE COYOTE, and more 9 PM
Fr 12/18- HOMEMADE ROCKETS, TIGER PISS, THE RICOCHET 9 PM
Sa 12/19- KISS KISS, AFICIONADO 9 PM
Su 12/20- tonya’s birthday party w/ KOFFIN KATS, BOURBON SCUM,
CREEPIN CADAVERS, THE ARROGANT BASTARDS 9 PM
Th 12/31- NEW YEARS EVE with PITCHFORK MILITIA 9 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
Every 4th Su- THE BIG SHOE JAM!
Sa 12/12- VOODELIC 9 PM
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
Fr 12/11- MURALI CORYELL
Sa 12/12- DARYLL MAGILL & ED RROCKS
Fr 12/18- fourth annual christmas bash w/ FOUR GUYS IN DISGUISE and
SANTA CLAUS
Sa 12/19- christmas ala Motown EXIT 19
Sa 12/26- The CAGNEYS
KINGSTON—Snapper Magees, 59 North Front Street
www.myspace.com/snappermageeslivemusic, 845.339.3888
All shows start at 10 PM and are 21+
KINGSTON—Ulster Performing Arts Center, 601 Broadway, www.upac.org
845.473.5288
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
MILLBROOK—La Puerta Azul, 2510 Route 44, www.lapuertaazul.com
845.677.2985
Fr 12/11- ANTHONY NISI (solo)
Sa 12/12- THE DIFFERENTS
Th 12/18- THE BERNIE & MIKE ACOUSTICS
Fr 12/19- REALITY CHECK
Sa 12/26- CIRCLE 65
MILLBROOK—Seany B’s, 3264 Franklin Avenue,
845.677.2282
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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
NEW PALTZ—The Muddy Cup Coffeehouse, 58 Main Street, www.muddycup.com
845.255.5803
Every Mo- Open Mic Night 7 PM
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
Sa 12/19- SARAH WILLIAMS, SHEILA HAMILTON & JIM BACON
holiday concert 8 PM
OLIVEBRIDGE—Ashokan Center, 477 Beaverkill Road,
www.ashokancenter.org, 845.255.1559
The-Su 12/31- 1/1- 1/2- 1/3- NEW YEAR’S FIDDLE & DANCE FEST
PAWLING—The Towne Crier, 130 Route 22, www.townecrier.com, 845.855.1300
Fr/Sa shows at 9 PM, Su 7:30 PM
1st And 3rd We- Open Mic Night 7 PM
Fr 12/11- RHETT MILLER w/ THE TRAPPS 9 PM
Sa 12/12- LIVINGSTON TAYLOR w/ JOE CROOKSTON 9 PM
Su 12/13- MUSICAL HERITAGE NIGHT 7:30 PM
Fr 12/18- CHRISTOPHER ROBIN BAND 9 PM
Sa 12/19- THE BOBS 9 PM
Su 12/20- CHERISH THE LADIES 7:30 PM
Sa 12/26- AZTEC TWO-STEP 9 PM
Su 12/27- RHETT TYLER 7:30 PM
Th 12/31- new year’s eve celebration w/ LIPBONE REDDING & The LipBone
Orchestra, the “THE BAND” band and the KELLY FLINT group 8:30 PM
Fr 1/1- RED ROOSTER w/ KINNEY & STORMS 8:30 PM
Sa 1/2- JHONNY A w/ BRETT RANDELL 8:30 PM
Sa 1/9- SOLAS 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 12/10- THE PETEY HOP TRIO 8:30 PM
Fr 12/11- AN ALLMAN BROTHERS TRIBUTE 9:30 PM
Sa 12/12- a night of smooth r&b w/ THE RHONDA DENÉT PROJECT
9:30 PM
Su 12/13- a sunday afternoon of gospel music w/ THE MT. OLIVET BAPTIST
CHURCH ENSEMBLE 2 PM
We 12/23- MARC VON EM acoustic 8 PM
Sa 12/26- DUTCHESS DI & THE DISTRACTIONS 9:30 PM
Su 12/27- SONGWRITERS IN THE ROUND featuring STEVE CHIZMADIA,
ABBY GARDNER & FRED GILLEN
Th 12/31- new year’s eve w/ JOHNNY FEDS & DA BLUEZ BOYZ 9:30 PM
PEEKSKILL— BeanRunner Café, 201 S. Division Street, www.beanrunnercafe.com
914.737.1701
Fr 12/11- THE JEFFERSON TRIO 7:30 PM
Fr 12/18- FLAMMABLE FUSION & FIDDLE TRIP FUNK 7:30 PM
Sa 12/19- THE ANDY POLAY QUARTET 8 PM
Sa 1/9- TWO GUITARS with GUS WIELAND 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
Fr 12/11- THE DEREK TRUCKS BAND 8 PM
Sa 12/19- MOSCOW BOYS CHOIR 7 PM
PEEKSKILL—Peekskill Coffee House, 101 S. Division St., www.peekskillcoffee.com
914.739.1287
POUGHKEEPSIE—The Bardavon, 35 Market Street, www.bardavon.org
845.473.2072
Su 12/20- hudson valley philharmonic BRONFMAN’S PROKOFIEV 3 PM
POUGHKEEPSIE— Cafe Bocca, 14 Mt Carmel Pl., www.cafebocca.net
845.214.8545
Sa 12/19- JIM OSBORN 7 PM
Sa 12/26- LANDFALL ENSEMBLE 7 PM
Sa 1/9- Markus Payne Mgmt. presents STEWART LEWIS 7 PM
POUGHKEEPSIE— Juniors Lounge, 504 Salt Point Turnpike, 845.452.6963,
www.juniorsloungesaltpoint.com
Sa 12/12- MADD DOG 9 PM
Sa 12/19- THE BIG SHOE 9 PM
Sa 12/26- FIVE STAR KARAOKE 9 PM
Su 12/20- JOHNNY DELL and UFB christmas party 2 PM
POUGHKEEPSIE—The Chance, 6 Crannell St. www.thechancetheater.com
845.486.0223
Sa 12/12- JUNKET CD RELEASE SHOW w/ CRY TO BLIND,
SPLIT 2ND ALIBI, IF AT ALL & MAN POWER 7:30 PM
Su 12/13- THE MISFITS w THE CRO-MAGS, SOUL FOR SALE,
BUDDHA HEROES, BRIARCLIFF, DOWNFIRE 7 PM
Sa 12/26- NEVERMIND tribute to nirvana 8 PM
Mo 12/28- HATEBREED w/ THE ACACIA STRAIN, THE CASUALTIES,
CROWBAR, THY WILL BE DONE and more 4 PM
Fr 1/1- “DR. DIRTY” john valby 8 PM
Sa 1/9- SANCTUARY (iron maiden tribute) w/ ALIVE (kiss tribute) &
PSYCHOGENESIST 8:30 PM
Su 1/10- THE BREAK CONTEST - the official contest for
bamboozle 2010 7 PM
POUGHKEEPSIE—The Loft, 6 Crannell Street, www.thechancetheater.com
845.486.0223
Fr 12/11- LIGHTS w/ 2AM CLUB 7 PM
Su 12/13- THE CRO-MAGS w/ THE PROBLEMS, ARMED WITH A MIND,
RUN JOHNNY RUN & CASKET ARCHITECTS 8 PM
Fr 12/18- MAKESHIFT CATASTROPHE 8:30 PM
Su 12/20- A VERY GK! HOLIDAY w/ SECRET SECRET DINO CLUB, GOOT,
YOUNG & DIVINE, THIEVES & VILLANS and more 8 PM
POUGHKEEPSIE—Platinum Lounge, 367 Main Street, www.thechancetheater.com
POUGHKEEPSIE—Skinner Hall Of Music, Vassar College, 124 Raymond Avenue
music.vassar.edu, 845.437.7319
RED HOOK—St. Paul’s Lutheran Church Hall, Broadway
845.802.6515
RED HOOK— Taste Budd’s Café 40 W Market St. www.tastebudds.com
845.758.6500
Sa 12/12 KATERINA HOPE 2 PM
Su 12/13- STEVE CHIZNADI 12 PM
Sa 12/19- CIELLE 2 PM
Su 12/20- BILLY MANAS 12 PM
Su 12/27- DOUG MARKUS 12 PM
Su 1/3- MAMALAMA 12 PM
Sa 1/9- KAREN ZIMM 2 PM
Su 1/10- REED WADDLE 12 PM
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- ERIN HOBSON COMPACT 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 11:30 AM
Su 12/13- a FATHER COEN celtic music session 4-7 PM
Fr 12/18- BRUCE KATZ from greg allmans band 9 PM
Su 12/27- sunday brunch w/ ELAINE RACHLIN 11:30 AM
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RHINEBECK—Center For The Performing Arts, Route 308
www.centerforperformingarts.org, 845.876.3080
Sa/Su 12/26- 12/27- SOUNDS OF BELLS with guitarist DAVID TEMPLE
a winter concert Sa 8 PM Su 3 PM
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
Every Fr- Mixtape Friday with DJ Ali Gruber 9 PM
Fr 12/18- THIS AIN’T YOUR MAMMA’S KARAOKE holiday edition 9 PM
Sa 12/19- SHOESTRING BAND 8 PM
Th 1/7- JAZZ SESSION 9 PM
Sa 1/9 TRIBUTON: tribute to PRINCE 9 PM
ROSENDALE—Rosendale Theatre, 330 Main St., 845.658.8989
ROSENDALE—The Rosendale Café, 434 Main Street, www.rosendalecafe.com
845.658.9048
Sa 12/19- FRANK VIGNOLA & BUCKY PIZZARELLI 8 PM
Tu 12/22- SINGER-SONGERWRITER TUESDAYS 8 PM
Fr 1/8- THE PINE LEAF BOYS 8 PM
Sa 1/9- ANTHONY DACOSTA 8 PM
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 12/12- RUSTY BORIS, MICHAEL SACKLER-BERNER, BOB LUSK,
MEG BRAUN, ALBERT DELRIO, TODD GUIDICE, KIMBERLY, and
KELLEIGH MCKENZIE 7:30 PM
Sa 1/9- STEPHANIE NILLES, DAVID RAY, YAYA’S, RANDY STERN,
REED WADDLE, and RUPERT WATES 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- Open Mic w/ Chrissy Budzinski 7 PM
Th 12/10- JAMES MASON 7 PM
Fr 12/11- NEW LAZY BOYS 7 PM
Sa 12/12- FRANCES KRAMER 2 PM
Sa 12/12- DEB MARTIN 7 PM
Su 12/13- BOB LUSK 1 PM
Mo 12/14- JOSH TYLER 7 PM
Tu 12/15- OPEN MIC w/ chrissy budzinski 7 PM
We 12/16- JULES AND RICK ORCHESTRA 7 PM
Th 12/17- ROCKY 7 PM
Fr 12/18- ANDY STACK 7 PM
Sa 12/19- DOUG MARCUS 11:30 AM
Sa 12/19- ABBY LAPPEN 7 PM
Su 12/20- SAL OLIVERI 1 PM
Su 12/20- LIZ DIELEMAN 7 PM
STONE RIDGE—Jack And Luna’s, 3928 Main Street, www.jackandluna.com
845.687.9794
Sa 12/19- BETTY MACDONALD 7:30 PM & 9:30 PM
TIVOLI- The Black Swan, 66 Broadway, 845.757.3777
WOODSTOCK—The Bearsville Theater, 291 Tinker Street (Route 212)
www.bearsvilletheater.com, 845.679.4406
Every Th- BLUEGRASS CLUBHOUSE 8 PM
Every Th- MISS ANGIE’S KARAOKE 10 PM
Fr 12/11- wdst presents RYAN MONTBLEAU 9 PM
Sa 12/12- PERFECT THYROID vs THE BIG SHOE 9 PM
Su 12/13- HOT TUNA acoustic presented by wdst 9 PM
Fr 12/18- THE SOLSTICE CONCERT: HAPPY TRAUM AND FRIENDS w/
JOHN SEBASTIAN, LARRY CAMPBELL, TERESA WILLIAMS, AMY HELM
and special guests 8 PM
Sa 12/19- wdst presents DONNA THE BUFFALO 9 PM
Sa 12/26- NEW RIDERS OF THE PURPLE SAGE holiday show w/
PROFESSOR LOUIE and the CROWMATIX 9 PM
WOODSTOCK—The Colony Café, 22 Rock City Road, www.colonycafe.com
845.679.5342
Every Mo- OPEN SPOKEN: poetry, prose, and open mic with vinyl
showcase 9:30PM
Sa 12/12- SHANNON MCNALLY 9 PM
Sa 12/26- THE DUKE & THE KING 9 PM
WOODSTOCK—The Kleinert/ James Arts Center, 34 Tinker Street
www.woodstockguild.org, 845.679.2079
WOODSTOCK—Overlook United Methodist Church, 233 Tinker St, 845.246.7991
Sa/Su 12/12- 12/13- WOODSTOCK RENAISSANCE, two afternoon concerts
of renaissance, medieval, and traditional music 2PM
WOODSTOCK—Tinker St. Cinema, 132 Tinker Street
WOODSTOCK—Woodstock Artists Association & Museum, 28 Tinker Street
www.woodstockart.org, 845.679.2940
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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
Fr/Sa/Su 12/11, 12/12, 12/13- WINTER DANCE 8 PM, 3 PM sunday matinee
Sa 12/12- SOLAS AN LAE: A HOLIDAY CELEBRATION dance recital 7 PM
BEACON—Beacon Institute for Rivers and Estuaries, 199 Main Street
www.riversandestuaries.org, 845.838.1600
Mo 12/14- JOHN CRONIN: brain vs. brawn: the future of water
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
Sa 12/12- THE NO STRINGS MARIONETTE CO.
WASABI…A DRAGON’S TALE at 1 PM and THE HOBBIT at 4 PM
BEACON—Howland Public Library, 313 Main St., 845.831.1134,
howland.beacon.lib.ny.us
Su 12/13- Movie “POLAR EXPRESS” 12:30–3:00 PM
BETHEL—Bethel Wood Center For The Arts, 200 Hurd Road and Route 17B
(at the site of the original 1969 Woodstock Festival)
www.bethelwoodscenter.org, 845.454.3388
CHATHAM—PS/21, 2980 Route 66, www.ps21chatham.org, 518.392.6121
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
GARRISON—Philipstown Depot Theatre, Garrison's Landing
www.philipstowndepottheatre.org, 845.424.3900
Sa/Su 12/11- 12/12- 12/18- 12/19- youth players: THE SEVEN SAMURAI
see website for showtimes
GREAT BARRINGTON, MA—The Mahaiwe Theater, 14 Castle Street
www.mahaiwe.org, 415.528.0100
Sa 12/12- a conversation with SETH ROGOVOY author of BOB DYLAN:
PROPHET, MYSTIC, POET 3 PM
Su 12/20- MIRACLE ON 34TH STREET (1947) starring maureen o'hara &
natalie wood 7 PM
Sa 12/19- MET OPERA live in hd: Offenbach's
LES CONTES D'HOFFMAN 1 PM
Tu 12/22- THE POLAR EXPRESS (2004) 7 PM
Sa 1/9- MET OPERA live in hd: Strauss's DER ROSENKAVALIER 1 PM
HIGHLAND—Boughton Place Theater, 150 Kisor Rd., www.boughtonplace.org,
845.691.7578
Fr/Sa 12/11- 12/12- HUDSON TO CHINA concrete temple theatre 8 PM
HUDSON- Space 360, 360 Warren St., www.wtdtheater.org, 1.800.838.3006.
Shows are 8 PM, Su 2 PM
Through 12/20- A CHRISTMAS CAROL
Su 12/27- OFF LEASH improv theater 2 PM
HUDSON—Stageworks -the Max And Lillian Katzman Theater
41-A Cross Street, www.stageworkstheater.org, 518.822.9667
HUDSON—Time & Space Limited, 434 Columbia Street
www.timeandspace.org, 518.822.8448, check website for times
Th/Fr/Sa/Su 12/10- 12/11- 12/12- 12/26- 1/2- movie: THE SUN
7:30 PM Su 1/2 at 3:30 PM
Th/Fr/Sa/Su 12/17- 12/18- 12/26- 1/2- movie: THE HERETICS
12/3- 12/4- 12/6- 12/12- 12/13- 12/19- 12/20- 12/27- 1/1- movie: LA DANSE
KINGSTON—ASK Art Center, 97 Broadway, www.askforarts.org, 845.338.0331
Sa 12/12- AN EVENING OF SONG AND COMEDY w/ joe veillette,
jerry mitnick and kimberly kay
Fr 12/18- IS IT OVER YET? stories of the recession - postponed date 8 PM
KINGSTON—Coach House Players, 12 Augusta Street
www.coachhouseplayers.org, 845.331.2476
KINGSTON—Ulster Performing Arts Center (UPAC), 601 Broadway,
www.upac.org, 845.339.6088
Fr/Sa/Su 12/11- 12/12- 12/13- catskill ballet company presents
THE NUTCRACKER Fr/Sa 8 PM Su 2 PM
Fr 12/18- IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE (1946) 7:30 PM
Sa 1/9- MET OPERA live in hd: Strauss's DER ROSENKAVALIER 1 PM
MIDDLETOWN—SUNY Orange, Harriman Hall, 115 South Street
www.sunyorange.edu, 845.341.4891
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
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—Unison Arts Center, Mountain Rest Road, www.unisonarts.org
845.255.1559
PEEKSKILL— BeanRunner Café, 201 S. Division Street, www.beanrunnercafe.com
914.737.1701
Sa 12/12- STAND UP COMEDY NIGHT w/ freddie ricks 8 PM
PEEKSKILL—Paramount Center For The Arts, 1008 Brown Street
Sunday shows at 3 PM, all other shows at 8 PM unless otherwise noted
Th/Sa/Su 12/10- 12/12- 12/13- AMREEKA (cinema)
We 12/16- THE BIRDS (cinema) 7:30 PM
Th/Fr/Su 12/17- 12/18- PARIS (cinema)
Sa/Su/We 12/26- 12/27- 12/30- COCO BEFORE CHANEL (cinema)
Sa/Su/Th 1/2- 1/3- 1/7- STILL WALKING (cinema)
Sa 1/9- JIM GAFFIGAN standup comedian 9:30 PM
PHOENICIA—STS Playhouse, 10 Church Street, www.stsplayhouse.com
845.688.2279
Fr 12/18- MY FAVORITE YEAR 7 PM
POUGHKEEPSIE—The Bardavon, 35 Market Street, www.bardavon.org
845.473.5288, Box Office: 845.473.2072
Th/Fr/Sa/Su 12/10- 12/11- 12/12- 12/13- new paltz ballet's
THE NUTCRACKER see website for showtimes
Sa 12/19- MET OPERA live in hd: Offenbach's
LES CONTES D'HOFFMAN 1 PM
POUGHKEEPSIE—Vassar College, 124 Raymond Avenue,
www.vassar.edu, 845.437.7319
POUGHKEEPSIE—Cunneen-hackett Arts Center, 9 & 12 Vassar Street
845.486.4571
Fr-Su 12/11-13, 12/18-20- 4th wall productions presents EVERY CHRISTMAS
STORY EVER TOLD (AND THEN SOME) Fr/Sa 8 PM, Su 3 PM
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
We/Th 12/10- 12/16- 12/17- A CHRISTMAS CAROL daytime field trip 10 AM
Fr/Sa/Su 12/18- 12/19- 12/20- A CHRISTMAS CAROL 3 PM
Sa 12/12- LITTLE RED: life in the hood 11 AM
Sa 12/19- A CHRISTMAS CAROL by the puppet people 11 AM
Fr/Sa/Su 12/11- 12/12- 12/13- SUGAR PLUMS AND
NUTCRACKERS Fr/Sa 8 PM Su 3 PM
RHINEBECK—Cocoon Theatre, 6384 Mill Street (Route 9)
www.cocoontheatre.org, 845.876.6470
Fr/Sa/Su 12/18- 12/19- 12/20- THIS NIGHT TO
REMEMBER magical adventures on chirstmas eve Fr/Sa 7 PM Su 3 PM
RHINEBECK—Upstate Films, 6415 Montgomery Street (Route 9)
www.upstatefilms.org, 845.876.2515. Call for dates and times.
Through December- BROKEN EMBRACES
Through December- COLLAPSE
Through December- ART & COPY
Sa 12/12- SPECIAL SCREENING w/ cinematographer Peter Nelson
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
WAPPINGERS FALLS—County Players, 2681 West Main Street
www.countyplayers.org, 845.298.1491
WOODSTOCK— Alchemy of Woodstock, 297 Tinker St, 845.684.5068
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—Tinker Street Cinema, 132 Tinker Street, 845.679.6608
WOODSTOCK—The Bearsville Theater, 291 Tinker Street (Route 212)
www.bearsvilletheater.com, 845.679.4406
WOODSTOCK—Woodstock Town Hall, 76 Tinker Street
Su 1/9- woodstock poetry society presents BRUCE WEBER &
LAURIE BYRO 2 PM
WOODSTOCK—Woodstock Playhouse, Route 212 and 375
www.woodstockplayhouse.org, 845.679.4101
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december/theatre & cinema highlights
Through December- A CHRISTMAS CAROL, SUGAR PLUMS AND
NUTCRACKERS, and SOUNDS OF BELLS: A WINTER CONCERT,
at The Center For Performing Arts, Rhinebeck—We’re not
sure when or where it happened, but clearly at some point some
legislation must have been passed that A Christmas Carol and The
Nutcracker MUST be performed within fifty miles of every American,
every December. So if you don’t want to run afoul of the law this year
you’re in luck: Rhinebeck’s The Center For Performing Arts has unique
versions of both holiday favorites…plus an annual winter concert. First,
CENTERstage Productions presents their original musical adaptation
of the Dickens classic A Christmas Carol (Dec. 10, 16-20) featuring
some unusual ghosts, favorite carols, and family ticket specials.
Then it’s Sugar Plums and Nutcrackers (Dec. 11-13), the premiere
performance of a fairy tale ballet based on Tchaikovsky’s The
Nutcracker, choreographed by Michele Ribble.Then celebrate
Boxing Day (and the day after) with Sounds of Bells: A Winter Concert
(Dec. 26,27), featuring classical guitarist David Temple performing
seasonal compositions, weaving in music from Latin America, Spain,
and France. The Center For Performing Arts, Rte. 308, Rhinebeck,
www.centerforperformingarts.org, 845.876.3080. We/Th 10 AM
(students), Fr/Sa 8 PM, Su 3 PM
Weekends through 1/1/10- Frederick Wiseman’s LA DANSE: THE
PARIS OPERA BALLET (cinema), at Time and Space Limited,
Hudson—Lovers of the dance won’t want to miss seeing this on
the big screen at Time and Space. From the blurb at filmforum.org:
“Documentary master Frederick Wiseman’s 38th film in a career that
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one of the world’s greatest ballet companies, the Paris Opera Ballet.
John Davey’s camera roams the vast Palais Garnier, an opulent 19th
century pile of a building: from its crystal chandelier-laden corridors
to its labyrinthine underground chambers, from its light-filled rehearsal
studios to its luxurious theater replete with 2,200 scarlet velvet seats
and Marc Chagall ceiling. La Danse devotes most of its time to
watching impossibly beautiful young men and women—among them
Nicolas Le Riche, Marie-Agnès Gillot, and Agnès Letestu—rehearsing
the choreography of Mats Ek, Wayne McGregor, Rudolf Nureyev and
Pina Bausch. For balletomanes and the curious alike, La Danse serves
up a scrumptious meal of delectable moments, one more glorious than
the next, made even more precious by their ephemeral nature.” Time
and Space Limited, 434 Columbia St., Hudson, www.timeandspace.org,
518.822.8448. Screenings: Sa/Su 12/12-13 2:30 PM, Sa 12/19 5:30 PM,
Su 12/20 2:30 PM, Su 12/27 2:30 PM, 1/1/10 4:30 PM
12/11 through 12/20- 4th Wall Productions presents EVERY
CHRISTMAS STORY EVER TOLD (AND THEN SOME), by
Michael Carleton, Jim FitzGerald and John K. Alvarez, at
Cunneen-Hackett Arts Center, Poughkeepsie—Fans of farcical
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audience-participation comedies like The Complete Works of William
Shakespeare (Abridged)—seen most recently at this summer’s Hudson
Valley Shakespeare Festival—should enjoy this romp at CunneenHackett. The show begins with a man clearly beginning a performance
of Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol. He is quickly interrupted by his
two actor buddies, who refuse to perform A Christmas Carol for the
hundredth time in their careers. Claiming that they only do it “for the
insurance,” the actors lead a mutiny and instead decide to present
every Christmas story ever told. Over the course of the next 90 minutes
the audience is called upon to help these three comedic actors as they
portray as many holiday stories and characters as they can remember.
Using crazy costumes, special effects and, of course, their wits, they visit
such stories as The Grinch Who Stole Christmas, The Gift of the Magi,
Frosty the Snowman, and everything in between. Cunneen-Hackett
Arts Center, 12 Vassar St., Poughkeepsie, www.cunneen-hackett.org,
845.486.4571. Shows Fr-Su, Fr/Sa 8 PM, Su 3 PM
december/music highlights
Fr 12/18- The Woodstock Byrdcliffe Guild presents the SOLSTICE
CONCERT, with HAPPY TRAUM & FRIENDS, featuring JOHN
SEBASTIAN, LARRY CAMPBELL, TERESA WILLIAMS, AMY
HELM, and special guests, at Bearsville Theater, Woodstock—This
special concert brings together some of the finest and well-known
talents in the area for an annual fundraiser for the Woodstock Byrdcliffe
Guild. Happy and Artie Traum started the tradition over a dozen years
ago, ushering in winter with the help from nationally-known and talented
friends, mostly from the creatively fertile region. Artie Traum’s untimely
passing in 2008 stopped the tradition briefly, but Happy has decided to
continue in his brother’s memory. Solstice “regulars” and Woodstock
faves John Sebastian, Amy Helm, Larry Campbell, and Teresa Williams
would be enough for any great night of music—along with Happy,
of course—but this show has even more: Nashville singer/songwriter
Pat Alger, bassist Roly Salley, singer/songwriter Eugene Ruffolo, and
guitarist Pete Huttlinger. Call the Woodstock Guild for tickets at
845.679.2079. Bearsville Theater, 291 Tinker St., Bearsville/Woodstock,
www.bearsvilletheater.com, 845.679.4406. Call 845.679.2079 for tickets
to this show. 8 PM
Su 12/20- A Celtic Christmas Evening with CHERISH THE LADIES,
at The Towne Crier, Pawling—Celebrating their recent Christmas
release A Star In the East, Cherish the Ladies—Joanie Madden, Mary
Coogan, Roisin Dillon, Michelle Burke, Mirella Murray, and Kathleen
Boyle—bring a family-friendly singalong show to the Towne Crier.
Starting out 24 years ago as a one-time concert idea, CTL has become
an internationally popular Irish band blending virtuosi instrumental
talents, beautiful vocals, captivating arrangements and stunning
step dancing, this powerhouse group combines all the facets of Irish
traditional culture and puts it forth in an immensely humorous and
entertaining package. Accolades include being named Best Musical
Group of the Year by the BBC, Entertainment Group of the Year by
the Irish Voice Newspaper, chosen as the Glasgow Royal Concert
Hall's International Group of the Year Award at the Celtic Connections
Festival in Scotland and voted the Top North American Celtic act by
NPR Radio’s “Thistle and Shamrock.” The Towne Crier, 130 Rte. 22,
Pawling, www.townecrier.com, 845.855.1300. 7:30 PM
Sa 12/26- NEW RIDERS OF THE PURPLE SAGE Holiday Show
with special guest PROFESSOR LOUIE & THE CROWMATIX, at
Bearsville Theater, Woodstock—Few working bands today can claim
to have Grateful Dead members in their original line-up, but when the
New Riders of the Purple Sage started out in 1969, it was John Dawson
and David Nelson (also once of Big Brother & the Holding Company)
with Nelson’s old jam buddy Jerry Garcia on steel guitar, Dead lyricist
Robert Hunter on bass, and Dead drummer Mickey Hart, with Phil Lesh
sitting in on occasion. With a country flavor that contrasted nicely with
the Dead’s freakier side, this made them a convenient opener for the
Dead for awhile. As the Dead guys transitioned out, Dave Torbert,
Spencer Dryden, and Buddy Cage transitioned in, hitting their stride
with radio hit “Panama Red” in 1973. Many personnel shifts and deaths
(Dawson passed away this July) later, Dave Nelson and Buddy Cage
carry on the NRPS banner with Michael Falzarano, Ronnie Penque,
and Johnny Markowski. With area favorite Professor Loiue and the
Crowmatix, this should be THE feelgood show of the holiday season.
Bearsville Theater, 291 Tinker St. (Rte. 212), Bearsville/Woodstock,
www.bearsvilletheater.com, 845.679.4406. 9 PM
Through January- Spotlight on Tony Falco’s THE FALCON,
Marlboro—Though a well-kept secret to most, true music lovers
Th 12/10- Avishai Cohen, Omer Avital, and Nasheet Waits
Sa 12/12- Eric Reed Trio
Fr 12/18- “Jazz Guitars Meet Hendrix” with
Sheryl Bailey and Vic Juris
Sa 12/19- Winard Harper, with Bob Diorio
Sa 1/9- Rebecca Martin and Larry Grenadier
12/31- WGXC NEW YEARS MASQUERADE BALL at Basilica
Industria, Hudson—Good news for fans of community radio in
Columbia and Greene counties: WGXC has recently received a 3,300watt non-commercial license, and a $71,000 grant from the Commerce
Department to pay for half of the transmitter, antenna, and studio
equipment costs. WGXC has until March 31, 2010 to match the other
half of the grant, so it’s time for a big fundraiser. Basilica Industria is a
large performance space across from the Amtrak station in Hudson,
and two stages will be host to bands and DJ’s: Lady Moon, M.A.S.S.,
Saber Coup, Bella's Bartok, DJ Jackie Thomas, Mother Fletcher, Young
Paris, Trixie (MC), Diata Diata, Hudson City Ramblers, Evan Randall,
aerial dancers Ryder Cooley and Natalie Agee, and a Norman Douglas
radio play are some of the confirmed performers/performances. Music,
food, coffee, and champagne….good times for a good cause. Basilica
Industria, 110 S. Front St., Hudson, www.wgxc.org, 518.622.2598
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eventually get you hip to Tony Falco’s place in Marlboro. You could say
he’s the king of “house concerts” in the Hudson Valley, as he has been
hosting a stellar array of musicians at his private venue—in the barn
behind his house. We’re talking some of the best in the jazz, blues,
rock, and contemporary chamber music…last month Dave Liebman
and Roswell Rudd passed through, to name a few. Falco is taking The
Falcon “public” with a new listening room and art gallery, in a coffeehouse style with great dessert menu (and with bar and restaurant
to open next Spring). And, to quote the host, “Falcon Productions
welcomes everybody. This is a place to celebrate music, to pay homage
to the music that animates our lives, and the great musicians that make
it. We receive the musician's gift by listening to the music they create.
Our policy is that you donate what you can to support these musicians.
It is their livelihood.” This guy is my new hero. The Falcon, 1348 Rte. 9W,
Marlboro, www.liveatthefalcon.com. All shows 7 PM
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delicately—acoustic guitar, bass and mandolin, primarily—
that one can almost hear the erudite conversation of fellow
diners above it. Of course, one would be thrilled to find the
Bernstein Bard Trio playing in a restaurant, or anywhere else
music is played.
(independent)
Cyndi Lauper’s “Time After
Time” was always meant to be recognized as a classic. Immersed in
‘80s production styles and Lauper’s distinctive voice, it might have
been difficult to hear it, but that’s a seriously gorgeous tune.
The Bernstein Bard Trio see “Time After Time” for what it is, along
with a host of other covers, on their new album, Center of the Wheel.
In fact, of the album’s 13 tracks, only two are originals. The rest are
culled from the history of music, with Duke Ellington, Louis Jordan,
Sonny Rollins and the Beatles all seeing some fairly mellow action.
This might not come out right at all, because Center of the Wheel
really is a rather good album, but the music is performed so
When Center of the Wheel works best, it finds a bit of itself
in the songs of other artists, such as on “In My Life” by the Beatles.
But even more interesting are the two originals, with bass guitarist
Robert Bard’s “Tango in Blue” appearing just two songs in. Exotic
and inviting, the song arrives with the warmth of a Mediterranean
breeze.
Mandolin player Steve Bernstein’s “Center of the Wheel/Tranquility”
is the most complex piece on the album, a nine-minute epic that
begins in loneliness and ends in triumph. —Crispin Kott
www.bernsteinbardtrio.com
SPIRAL UP KIDS— Spiral Up Kids
DENISE LA GRASSA—
April Dreams
(Spiral Up Records)
(Deelagee Records)
Kids’ music was so bad for so long, it’s still
sort of a shock when a band like Spiral
Up Kids comes along. The album’s sleeve
boasts that it contains “kiddie tunes the
whole family can groove to,” and fortunately
delivers on the promise.
On Denise La Grassa’s first album in seven years, the singersongwriter opts to open strong. When she sings “Get Home &
Give Me Love,” whether one hears a demand or a plea, it’s hard
to ignore.
La Grassa’s voice is all full of honey throughout, and smoky, too.
On “Deep Down Love” she’s carried along on a sea of angelic
harmonies, while on “Yesterday’s Replay,” which almost sounds like
something heard during the romantic climax of a John Hughes teen
romance film, she’s all on her own. And either way, it works.
April Dreams is mostly dynamic, but there are a few missteps. Even
with the keyboards of Ben Lewis sending chills, “Sweet Talk” sounds
like a clumsy Melissa Etheridge retread. But the album picks up
steam again one song later with “Perfect Little Girl,” which builds
into an anthemic cousin in theme and style to “She’s Leaving Home”
by the Beatles. —Crispin Kott
www.deniselagrassa.com
“Alphabet” opens the proceedings on the
crest of a wave of Caribbean music, and manages to turn learning the
alphabet into something joyous rather than a chore. “Sugar” revisits
the ever-popular Bo Diddley beat, but cools it down with friendly
vocals and lyrics about all the delicious delights made from sugar.
Too many listens might result in a trip to the dentist, but “My Kitty
and Me” brings the sugar rush down to a buzz with feline harmonies
and country fiddle. Elsewhere, “Boo Boo Blues” tells the tale of a
skinned knee, and “Busy Toddler” covers a youngster’s itinerary by
way of Van Morrison.
Back when all kids wanted to hear was Barney and the Wiggles,
road trips used to be a painful ordeal for anyone over the age of
five. Thanks to Spiral Up Kids, packing up the car no longer means
packing up one’s sanity. —Crispin Kott
www.spiralupkids.com
roll back
Tito Puente— Dance Mania
(RCA/Discos 605/Legacy Recordings)
Juan Calle and His Latin Lantzmen—
Mazel Tov, Mis Amigos
(Idelsohn Society for Musical Preservation)
Various Artists— ¡Gózalo! Volume 3
(Vampisoul Records)
In the mid-1950s the Manhattan-born Ernest Anthony “Tito” Puente
and his blazing band blasted the roof off the Palladium and other
mythical nightspots, driving dancers crazy and influencing the likes of
Dizzy Gillespie, Charlie Parker, and the other beboppers who came
to check out the action. The orchestras of Puente, Tito Rodriguez,
and Machito were the scene’s “Big Three,” all of them heatedly vying
for the top slots on ballroom marquees. But, it was Puente’s talentpacked outfit—which also included his fellow percussion legends,
Ray Barretto, Carlos “Patato” Valdez, Mongo Santamaria, and Willie
Bobo—that hit the biggest, crossing over to land squarely on the
living room hi-fis of suburban America and earn him his title: El Rey
(“The King”). And while the timbalero’s earlier, more rocking sides
for the Tico label are presumably more reflective of what he and
his band were putting down live at the time, 1958’s Dance Mania,
the largest-selling LP of his career, remains a knockout. Vibrantly
brimming with sexy mambos, cha-chas, rumbas, and boleros, this
deluxe two-CD edition also includes ’61’s Dance Mania, Volume 2
and a whopping 21 bonus tracks.
Also from 1961, Juan Calle and His Latin Lantzmen’s Mazel Tov,
Mis Amigos is one of those records that on paper just sounds
so wrong: Latin versions of Jewish songs? But work it does, and
fantastically so. Actually, it wasn’t the first time such a synthesis had
been attempted—see Irving Fields’s winning Bagels and Bongos
LPs—but Mazel Tov, Mis Amigos, originally on jazz label Riverside
Records, easily stands as one of Latin-Jewish fusion’s most successful
examples. Perhaps unsurprisingly, the fictional band here is neither
all Latin nor all Jewish; led by Italian-American banjoist John Cali—
aka Juan Calle—the studio-only group also features top trumpeters
Clark Terry and Doc Cheatham and bassist Wendell Marshall, plus
Ray Barretto on congos and bongos, Willie Rodriguez on timbales,
and the magnificent Charlie Palmieri on piano. In fact, the only Jews
present are reedsman Shelly Russell and stiff vocalist Ed Powell, who,
thankfully, doesn’t appear on every cut. But the upshot is great, fun
stuff: “Hava Nagilah,” “Yossel, Yossel,” and other standards retooled
as pachangas, merengues, cha-chas, and sambas. Kosher meets
caliente!
by the Latin sounds coming out of New York, as well as rock, soul, and
indigenous styles. Available on CD and vinyl, this 28-track tropical
dance-fest encompasses mambo, salsa, son, guaracha, Latin soul,
cumbia, and boogaloo, and is soaked in loud brass, sparkling piano,
cowbell, clapping, unison shouting, and other spicy ingredients sure
to make those hips and feet go positively loco. Fave jams? They’re
all great, but jumping out this spin are Los Girasoles’ electric guitarled “El Cerrojo” and Mario Allison y su Combo’s lively reclaiming of
one tune with distinct, but perhaps forgotten, Latin roots: “Louie,
Louie.”—Peter Aaron
Heading far south, to Peru, we find the source of the third volume
of Vampisoul’s excellent ¡Gózalo! series, which documents that
country’s torrid 1960s musical landscape, a scene heavily influenced
Tito Puente: www.legacyrecordings.com.
Juan Calle and His Latin Lantzmen: www.idelsohnsociety.com.
¡Gózalo! Volume 3: www.vampisoul.com.
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more, so tax-free withdrawals have become an attractive feature.
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converting these accounts to a Roth IRA may result in a lower
income tax.
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how it may impact your future retirement. If you need assistance
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that you’ve considered all the possibilities; they typically take a more
holistic approach.
Beth Jones, RLP® is a Registered Life Planner and independent Financial
Consultant with Third Eye Associates, Ltd, a Registered Investment Adviser
located at 38 Spring Lake Road in Red Hook, NY. She can be reached at 845-7522216 or www.thirdeyeassociates.com. Securities offered through Commonwealth
Financial Network, Member FINRA/SIPC.
Betty & Yankel Elkes, by Rick Nahmias
roll on stage & screen
A Fine Revenge:
The Four Seasons Lodgers Live to Tell
An interview with filmmaker Andrew Jacobs on his new documentary
By Jay Blotcher
Picture a table of old Jewish women having lunch. They’re clucking
their tongues over the temperature of the soup and the size of the
bread slices. A waiter approaches, takes a big breath, and says,
“Good afternoon, ladies. Is there anything right?”
If this reads as sociology more than ethnic humor, then you know
Eastern European Jews. They kvetch. (Yiddish term for “complain.”) I
was reminded of this nagging truth on my recent trip to Lake Worth,
Florida, where I spent five days with my father, his wife and their
kvetching octogenarian friends.
F
or a few generations of Eastern European Jews,
kvetching is their lifeblood. Refer to Fiddler on the
Roof, Torch Song Trilogy, Brighton Beach Memoirs,
and Annie Hall. Then there are the Polish Jews in
Four Seasons Lodge, the new documentary by Andrew Jacobs
about an Ellenville bungalow colony. These people kvetch like
there’s no tomorrow. They kvetch about the weather, they kvetch
about needed repairs to their cabins, they kvetch about their
myriad aches and pains.
But oddly, they barely kvetch about the biggest injustice in their lives.
Most of these 80- and 90-somethings lived through the Holocaust
before fleeing to America to rebuild their lives. When they finally
share the agonizing memories, their voices change from strident to
eerily calm, and the thoughts come forth unwillingly. This makes the
segment all the more wrenching.
Four Seasons Lodge has been playing film festivals around America
for several months now. Its New York City engagement in November,
starting at IFC Center, was extended at The Quad Cinema.
The film began as a newspaper article. Andrew Jacobs, a New
York Times reporter since the mid-90s, has been an Ulster County
weekender for as long. (Full disclosure: Jacobs and I were part of
a group who traveled here from New York City in 1996 to find a
summer home and shared a Kripplebush farmhouse in 1999.) When
he learned of the denizens of this Ellenville redoubt, a tight-knit
family of friends who regrouped year after year since the late 1960s,
he recognized the teeming drama of the story.
Jacobs owns a 19th-century refurbished house on the grounds of a
former dairy farm in Napanoch at the southern tip of Ulster County.
In late summer 2005, he spent several days with the Lodge folk. The
resulting article for The Times, one of a six-part series on Catskills
life, focused on Four Seasons as one of a handful of summer resorts
for Orthodox Jews that has survived in a region once teeming with
such outposts. Appearing in September 2005, the piece was titled
“Where 80 Is Young, All Friends Are Old Friends.”
Jacobs, who as we speak is rushing to his second New York City
premiere this cold mid-November evening, recalls that the colony
members welcomed him into their lives, an anomaly for a group
predisposed to outright suspicion. “They were really open from the
beginning,” Jacobs said. “Most people are not that interested in
talking to older people, especially in this culture. Older people get
ignored. The fact that there were some people eager to hear their
stories, they were quite pleased.”
The article was brief, barely long enough to detail the richness of the
personalities Jacobs had met. But the journalist retained the images
in his head. And when he heard that Four Seasons might be bought
out, that the tight-knit group might part for good, Jacobs the
journalist had an idea. He felt that the drama of that final summer
might be rich enough for a film. Lacking any track record in cinema,
Jacobs nonetheless put together a production team, gutted his
bank account and returned to the Ellenville site a few months later
to begin filming.
His biggest coup was securing the talents of acclaimed
cinematographer Albert Maysles. Working in the 60s and 70s with his
brother David, Maysles gained fame as a pioneer of the cinéma vérité
school of documentary work, on a par with Frederick Wiseman. On
films such as Grey Gardens (1975) Gimme Shelter (1970), Salesman
(1968) and Primary (1960), the pair eschewed sit-down interviews and
voice-overs and opted to follow their subjects for days and weeks on
end, waiting on those raw, unrehearsed gems of synchronicity that
happen perhaps once in every 15 hours of filming.
“Once we had come up with the idea and we were moving forward,
we thought to give [Albert] Maysles a shout-out and see if he was
interested,” Jacobs said. “Not that I knew him or anything; I just
called his office. The way that I imagined the
film would be, would be like an Albert Maysles
film in that it would be observational and not a
talking heads film.”
When Jacobs began filming with his crew
(Maysles was one of four cinematographers
on the project), his subjects were already
disposed to trust him. Gaining access was not
a problem.
sign for
Four Season Lodge
“There were really no ground rules [on their
part],” he said. “They’re not media-savvy and
they don’t have any experience with media
or film. They were pleased to have someone
listening.” Being of a generation that came
of age before the invention of television, the
Four Seasons lodgers do not don the carefully
crafted masks that today’s reality television
stars knowingly create, nor do they shrewdly
fake their performances for optimum drama.
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continued from pg 35...
While taking Jacobs to their heart, the subjects of the film were
wary of others. This reporter initially planned to interview the Four
Seasons veterans in the summer of 2006, as Jacobs was filming.
After giving an interview, groundsman Hymie Abramowitz changed
his mind. He demanded that I do the right thing and hand over my
cassette tape. Jacobs had to intervene and I beat a hasty retreat. No
article was written.
Bracketing these bittersweet tales in Yiddish, Polish and English are
a series of images of the passing seasons in the Hudson Valley. We
see the pure, peaceful quiet of winters and the tumult of vibrant
summers. As a recurring leitmotiv, they poetically mark fleeting time
for a group nearing the end of their days.
and intense and raw. We wanted to give a hint of that. But we didn’t
want to focus on 1939 to 1945 only.”
“I wanted to show they had created new lives and they have found
beauty in the world, despite what they had been through.”
That defiance is articulated best by Fran Lask, 82, a Four Seasons
resident who survived the German death camp known as BergenBelsen: “This is our revenge on Hitler,” she said. “To live this long,
this well, is a victory.”
In the documentary The Beales of Grey Gardens, Albert and David
Maysles reveal that their approach was not entirely a hands-off affair.
They were drawn into the lives of faded socialites Big Edie and Little
Edie Beale, and found themselves running errands and doing favors
for the housebound women. Jacobs, whose credo as a New York
Times reporter was to remain fully neutral in pursuing a story, found
himself relaxing such strictures as a documentary filmmaker.
Filming, editing and promoting Four Seasons Lodge was no mean
feat for Jacobs; since April 2008 he has been a correspondent in
the New York Times’ Beijing bureau. Traveling halfway around the
world for the premieres, Jacobs describes the experience as “kind
of exhilarating and exhausting.” Tonight he is ill with a cold and
frantically looking for a parking space so he can make the screening.
He’s also chafing because his lodge people have over-invited their
own guests, which means Jacobs has had to disinvite some of his
friends.
By the new year, Four Seasons Lodge will play movie houses in Los
Angeles, Boston and Miami, the latter city harboring a receptive
demographic, guaranteeing a lengthy run. (The film recently won
the Audience Award for Best Documentary at the Miami Jewish
Film Festival.) While he must return to China after the New York
screenings, Jacobs is already weighing the prospect of a new film
project.
And yes, Jacobs said, the Four
Seasons people enjoyed the
documentary—no kvetching.
If the novice director’s narrative occasionally slackens,
each frame is infused with great heart. Jacobs
adores these fragile, stubborn and resilient people.
Even when they are seen at their worst—bickering
among each other, talking past one another due to
faulty hearing—the elderly people are limned with
an overall nobility.
“Anyone who’s in the film loved
it, because they see themselves.”
In initial sit-down interviews, the vacationers shared
their Holocaust tales more freely. But when Jacobs
chose the cinéma vérité, he decided that memories
of Nazi Germany would not dominate the narrative.
“We decided we wanted [the film] to be mostly a story about people
in the here and now,” he said. “Obviously their past is very important
For more information:
www.fourseasonsmovie.org/
top: Jaime
In all, Jacobs and crew shot 250 hours of film, most of it during the
summer of 2006. His subjects got under his skin. Even after filming
had wrapped, Jacobs would make phone calls to some of the stars
and feel a tug in learning that someone had died. “[Y]ou can’t help
but get attached to people …you spend so much time [with] .
They’re lovable, really.”
& Tosha Abramowitz, bottom: Bungalow 227, by Mike Nagle, bottom right: Andrew Jacobs, by Dan Levin
“I definitely didn’t maintain distance by that point,” he said of the
filming. “I got close and connected. I didn’t even try. The whole film
thing was new to me; I hadn’t read or studied about it. I didn't know
there were rules.”
D
roll's
ecember
gift guide
The Holiday season is upon us and Roll wants
to help you keep it local.
This year, celebrate the best in the HudsonValley
with Roll's local holiday gift guide, showcasing
theValley's unique and eclectic offerings. Support your
community—shop local this holiday!
Give the gift of beauty sustainably, with Aveda™
products available at Allure in Rhinebeck.
Aveda™ was founded in
1978 with the goal of
providing beauty industry
professionals with high
performance, botanically
based products that
would be better for
service providers and
their guests, as well as
for the planet.
Allure
12 Garden St | Rhinebeck | 845.876.7774
Everyone loves beer, especially
when it’s New York’s own Brewery
Ommegang’s Belgian style brewed
delights. With so many choices,
Not sure what someone wants? Why not give them a
gift certificate—to 20 unique stores and restaurants?
You can give a gift certificate that can be used at any
of the special shops at the Water Street Market. Set
along the beautiful Walkill River overlooking the
dazzling Shawangunk Ridge, Water Street Market
evokes the charm of a Swiss Mountain Village.
why not send a holiday gift pack
that includes a handsome Brewery
Ommegang signature beer glass?
And if that someone special has
been really good this year, give
them the Belgian Sampler case,
which includes 3 bottles each of
Rare Vos, Witte, Ommegang Abbey
Ale, and Hennepin.
Water Street Market
10 Main Street | New Paltz | 845.255.3976
Brewery Ommegang
656 County Highway 33
Cooperstown | 800.544.1809
or order online at
www.ommegang.com
Betsy Jacaruso Studio & Gallery “Harvest to Holiday”
Nov 20-Jan 30 Opening Reception Friday, November 27, 5-8pm
Gallery hours: Mon-Wed 12-5 Sun 12-4
Give the gift of art! Paintings from the Hudson Valley and Italy by Betsy
Jacaruso as well as works by Cross River artists. Watercolor classes,
original paintings, matted prints and note cards are a perfect unique and
local gift.
Betsy Jacaruso Studio & Gallery
Botanicals, landscapes and still-life in watercolor
The Chocolate Factory | 54 Elizabeth St
Red Hook | 845.758.9244
www.betsyjacarusostudio.com
In it's 20th year
White Rice owners Mary Vaughn and Rudy
are excited to bring all they love about Bali to their
community. Not only does the White Rice Store offer a
of business,
full range of their own line and others that compliment
it, but antiques and objects collected by the couple
throughout their years of travel and living abroad
contribute to the eclectic mix.
531 Warren St. | Hudson | 518.697.3500
www.white-rice.com
Great spirits are always a festive gift, and at Fox and
Hound Wine and Spirits, you'll find the perfect gift
or accompaniment to your holiday feasts. Come visit
us in our warm and inviting atmosphere, where the
knowledgeable staff will help you with your selection.
A
Courvoisier VSOP, Francis Coppola
Cabernet-Sauvignon, Veuve Clicquot Brut, Grey Goose
gift set, Absolut Disco, Santa Margarita Pinot Grigio,
Michael Collins gift set, and a wooden boxed corkscrew.
few good choices:
Yes, you can give everyone a gift
they will really use—their own
computer! Alan's has everything
from Netbooks to Imacs to PCs, all
at prices that can't be beat. Take your
pick, and get a one hour lesson free.
Limited supplies while they last.
Fox and Hound, 20 New Paltz Plaza
New Paltz | 845.255.7475
Alan's Computers, 3835 Man St., Rt. 209
Stone Ridge | 845.687.9505
Gallery Lodoe presents unique
items from throughout the Far
East. Every item has been handpicked by owner and photographer
Jamyang Lodoe, who brings his
singular sense of style and taste
to everything in the gallery.
6406 Montgomery St. Rhinebeck
845.876.6331
www.gallerylodoe.com
Discover smaller production wines and
spirits, quality off-the-beaten-track
finds. A stand-out: the biodynamic,
richly flavored white Bornard Côtes du
Jura with its orange wax top. Latitude
50° Brut Rosé: elegant German Pinot
Noir sparkler. Cerasuolo di Vittoria: a
silky Sicilian red blend of Nero d’Avola
and Frappato. Small batch distilled
spirits, Black Maple Hill Straight
Bourbon and Old Potrero Rye Whiskey,
also at Artisan Wine Shop / where
Any chef will tell you—their knives are their most
treasured tools. Give your chef tools to treasure.
Kikuichi cutlery is uniquely crafted in Japan. For over
700 years, Kikuichi craftsmen have made swords and
knives in layered steel that lend themselves to strength
and beauty.
available at
These and other professional-level cutlery
Warren Kitchen and Cutlery
6934 Route 9 | Rhinebeck | 845.876.6208
food meets its match
180 Main St., Beacon | 845.440.6923
www.artisanwineshop.com
Don’t forget the animals this year!
Agway has everything you need for animals or
animal lovers this year, from organic feed to
hutches to horse and pet care. Also, Agway has
gardening supplies for the gardening enthusiast
on your list.
Mac's Farm & Garden World Agway
68 Firehouse Lane | Red Hook | 845.876.1559
New Paltz Agway
145 Rt. 32N. | New Paltz | 845.255.0050
The Dreaming Goddess offers a peaceful
haven to shop for gifts that will touch your
heart, uplift your spirits and heal your soul.
Many beautiful crafts made by human hands in
the USA, clothing, distinctive jewelry and so
much more.
Bring your sweet tooth and funny bone when you
come to Bittersweet. This funky-fun store has
something for everyone on your
list. In addition to being the home
9 Collegeview Avenue | Poughkeepsie
845.473.2206 | www.DreamingGoddess.com
Barking Dog Candy, Bittersweet
Old school candies,
hand made chocolates, overflowing
gift baskets, novelty gifts, local
artwork, t-shirts, cards and so much
more. All of this is located in the
heart of the Arlington Business
District.
of
is filled with:
Bittersweet | 50 Raymond Avenue
Poughkeepsie | 845.454.6656
This Holiday Season give a
gift like no other from Lotus
Jewelry Designs
Pictured are sparkling Swarovsky
crystal studded pearl and faceted
black onyx necklace with matching
earrings
in
sterling
silver,
a
sterling silver double feather ring
and a crystal studded cuff.
Also,
a stainless steel man's bracelet with rubber and cubic zirconia
detail, sterling silver and black onyx cuff links and a stainless
steel ring with black epoxy detail.
Holiday Hours
12/18/09, Open 7 days a week, 9AM to 7PM
starting on
41 North Front St. | Kingston | 845.340.1012
Give the gift
of happiness.
Call Life Coach
Valerie Bell for a New
Year/New Life tune-up: refresh your
relationships, challenge your career
choices and create balance in 2010.
Live the Life You Love!
845.626.7702 | 212.252.3855
The
DREAMING GODDESS
Offering the Most Unique Jewelry,
Gift Ideas & Apparel in the Hudson Valley
Magical Gifts that Inspire
Distinctive Sterling Silver Jewelry
Crystals • Shamanic Tools • Incense
100’s of Tarot Decks, Oracles & Talismans
Something dreamy for everyone
9 Collegeview Avenue, Poughkeepsie, NY
845.473.2206 www.DreamingGoddess.com
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Holiday Special! —for that aspiring musician on
your list: a free guitar lesson with the purchase of an
acoustic or electric guitar, or a drum set.
Barcones, the answer for all your musical needs.
528 Broadway | Kingston | 845.331.6089
www.barconesmusiconline.com
m: 347.683.8366
[email protected]
www.dankajeckas.com
dk
design consultant | murals
decorative painting | venetian plaster
faux finish | scenic art
interior carpentry | furniture
Looking for a
gift that’s as unique as the recipient? Visit Phantom for
all things green, growing, fragrant, distinctive – plus
fresh trees, wreaths, and supplies for the organic
gardener. Leaf ornaments, recycled journals, Tilley hats,
lush houseplants, gardening books, fantastic finds in every
corner! The Phantom Gardener / Organic from the
start, sustainable for the future...a growing legend.
6837 Route 9 | Rhinebeck | 845-876-8606
www.thephantomgardener.com
Is your busIness worth a cup of coffee?
With rollmagazine.com, you can reach your target market
for less than a cup of coffee a day.
Call our sales offiCe at 845-658-8153
or email [email protected] for more information.
Betsy Jacaruso Studio & Gallery
artisan chocolates • candies • unusual gifts
fifty raymond avenue, poughkeepsie, new york 12603
tuesday - saturday eleven - six • 845.454.6656
home of barking dog candy
barkingdogcandy.com
we donate 25% of our profits to the dutchess county spca!!
“Harvest to Holiday”
November 20 - January 30
Please join us for an Opening Reception
Friday, Nov 27, 5-8pm
Gallery Hours: W-Sat 12-5, Sun 12-4 or by appointment
The Chocolate Factory
54 Elizabeth St, Red Hook, NY 12571 . 845-758-9244
www.betsyjacarusostudio.com
Gerald Hopkins
©
Woodstock Artist
“A Star Turn” Derek Daunicht of The Rhodes Band at Kleinert/James, Woodstock, NY
Fletcher Gallery
40 Mill Hill Road
(845) 679.4411
Woodstock, NY 12498
www.fletchergallery.com
WINTER CLASSES
include
ERIC ANGELOCH
Drawing, Painting & Composition
Thursdays, 1-4 PM
KATE MCGLOUGHLIN
Printmaking
Fridays & Saturdays, 9-12 Noon
for a complete listing of classes go to
www.woodstockschoolofart.org
or contact the school by calling 845. 679. 2388
galleries
Art in Historic Rhinebeck
Chilling Winter Warm-Up Show
November 20 – January 8
Wish Lists Fulfilled Here
Art: Buy it Once & Enjoy it Forever!
Affordable One-of-a-Kind and Unique Gifts
Jewelry, Pottery, Cards, and More
Stimulate Your Senses
6423 Montgomery Street
www.GazenGallery.com
845-876-4ART (4278)
december/ 2009
© Copyright 2009 Rob Brezsny
ARIES (March 21-April 19): When Carolee
Schneeman was a kid, her extravagant adoration
of nature earned her the nickname "mad
pantheist." Later, during her career as a visual
artist, she described her relationship with the
world this way: "I assume the senses crave sources
of maximum information, that the eye benefits by
exercise, stretch, and expansion towards materials of complexity
and substance." I hope that you're attracted to that perspective
right now, Aries. To be in most productive alignment with the cosmic
rhythms, you should be in a state of nearly ecstatic openness, hungry
to be stretched—like a mad pantheist.
TAURUS (April 20-May 20): "Dear Rob: Last night
my son and I were star-gazing. When we focused
on the constellation Cassiopeia, an owl started
hooting. Then a brilliant shooting star zipped
by as a huge bat flew right over our heads. Was
this a bad omen? Bats are creepy—associated
with vampires. And in Greek mythology Cassiopeia got divine
punishment because she bragged that she and her daughter were
more beautiful than the sea god's daughters. But I don't know,
maybe this blast of odd events was a good omen. Owls are symbols
of wisdom and shooting stars are lucky, right? What do you think?
Are we blessed or cursed? -Spooked Taurus." Dear Spooked: The
question of whether it's good or bad luck is irrelevant. Here's what's
important: You Tauruses are in a phase when the hidden workings
of things will be shown to you —the mysterious magic that's always
bubbling below the surface but that is usually not visible.
GEMINI (May 21-June 20): The weeks ahead will
be a ripe time to pull off magic reversals. May I
suggest that you try to transform dishwater greys
into sparkling golds? Or how about recycling the
dead energy of a lost cause in such a way as to
generate raw fuel for a fresh start? I'm confident,
Gemini, that you'll be able to discover treasure hidden in the trash,
and that you'll find a way to unleash the creative zeal that has been
trapped inside polite numbness. Now ponder this riddle, please: Do
you think there's any mystical significance in the fact that the word
"stressed" is "desserts" spelled backwards?
CANCER (June 21-July 22): Lately you remind
me of the person Robert Hass describes in his
poem "Time and Materials": "someone falling
down and getting up and running and falling and
getting up." I'm sending you my compassion
for the times you fall down, and my admiration
for the times you get up, and my excitement for
the times you run. It has probably become clear
to you by now that the falling down isn't a shameful thing to be
cursed, but rather is an instrumental part of the learning process
that is teaching you marvelous secrets about getting back up and
running.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): "I burn for no reason, like a
lantern in daylight," writes poet Joseph Lease. I
think that's a succinct formulation of one of your
central issues, Leo. Burning for no reason, like a
lantern in the daylight, can be the cause of either
failure or success for you, depending on subtle
differences of emphasis. This is how it can be
failure: When you're mindlessly and wastefully burning through your
prodigious reserves of fuel without any concern for the benefits it
may provide you and others. This is how it can be success: When
you are exuberant and self-disciplined in shining your light and
radiating your warmth just because it feels so good and so right and
so healthy, and without any thought about whether it's "useful" to
anyone.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): In one of his short poems,
John Averill (twitter.com/wiremesa) describes a
scene that I think captures the essence of your
current astrological omens: "Today is the day of
the photo of moonrise over Havana in a book on
a shelf in the snowbound cabin." Here's a clue
about what it means: The snowbound cabin is
where you are right now in your life. The moonrise over Havana is
where you could be early in 2010. How do you get there from here?
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): An estuary is a bay where
the salt water of a sea mixes with the fresh water of
rivers. These days you remind me of such a place.
You are two-toned, Libra. You're dual-purpose and
double-tracked. You're a hybrid blend of the yes
and the no, the give and the take, the extravagant
and the traditional. And somehow this has been
working out pretty well for you. You're not so
much a dysfunctional contradiction as an interesting juxtaposition.
You're not being crushed by a squeeze of opposites so much as
you're getting massaged by the oscillating throbs of complementary
influences. Keep doing what you've been doing, only more so.
SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Big shiny egos with
flashy tricks may be mucking around in everyone's
business, calling narcissistic attention to themselves
as they pretend to do noble deeds. Meanwhile, I
hope you'll be doing the hard, detailed work that
must be done to serve the greater good—quietly
and unpretentiously improving people's lives
without demanding major tribute. That approach will stir up some
sleek, silky karma that will come in handy when you undertake the
building of your masterpiece in 2010.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): "Dear Rob: I love
to be proven wrong. That's not an ironic statement.
I actually get excited and feel creative when I
acquire new information that shows me I've been
operating under a misunderstanding. One of my
very favorite life moments occurs when I am convincingly liberated
from a negative opinion I've been harboring about someone. As you
can tell, I'm quite proud of this quality. The way I see it, emotional
wealth and psychological health involve having so much self-respect
that I don't need to be right all the time. -Sagittarian Freedom
Fighter." Dear Freedom Fighter: Thanks for your testimony. The
capacity you described is one that many Sagittarians will be poised
to expand in 2010. And this is an excellent time for them to start
getting the hang of it.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): In an early version
of the tale of Pinocchio, friendly woodpeckers
chiseled his nose back to its original size after it
had grown enormous from his incorrigible lying.
From a metaphorical perspective, Capricorn, a
comparable development may soon occur in
your own life. A benevolent (if somewhat rough)
intervention akin to the woodpeckers' assistance will shrink an
overgrown, top-heavy part of your attitude, allowing you to proceed
to the next chapter of your story with streamlined grace.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): "There is light
enough for those who wish to see," wrote
French philosopher Blaise Pascal, "and darkness
enough for those of the opposite disposition."
I'm hoping you will align yourself with the first
group in the coming weeks, Aquarius. More than
ever before, what you choose to focus on will
come rushing in to meet you, touch you, teach you, and prompt you
to respond. Even if all the smart people you know seem to be drunk
on the darkness, I encourage you to be a brave rebel who insists on
equal time for the light.
PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): White dwarfs are small
and extremely dense stars. They're typically no
bigger than the Earth but as heavy as the sun.
You currently have a resemblance to one of those
concentrated balls of pure intensity. I have rarely
seen you offering so much bang for the buck. You
are as flavorful as chocolate mousse, as piercing
as the scent of eucalyptus, as lustrous as a fireworks display on a
moonless night. Personally, I'm quite attracted to your saucy and
zesty emanations, and I think most people with strong egos will be.
But some underachievers with lower self-esteem may regard you as
being more like astringent medicine. My advice: Gravitate toward
those who like you to be powerful.
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HOW GROWN-UPS CELEBRATE SINTERKLAAS
Some of you who have been enjoying Roll Magazine may recall last
year’s explanation of the Dutch holiday and tradition of Sinterklaas.
A quick recap: Sinterklaas—aka St. Nicholas, Santa Claus—arrives
in mid-November from Spain by steamship, with his assistant(s)
Zwarte Piet (“Black Pete”). A big parade is thrown for them in town;
Sinterklaas waving with white beard, red robes, and bishop’s mitre,
with the “Piets” throwing candy and cookies to singing children and
their parents. On the night of December 5 children leave their shoes
out (sometimes with carrots or hay for Sinterklaas’ horse) near the
fireplace, to be filled with gifts by the Piets, who also run around
town knocking on doors and leaving presents for good children.
And naughty children? Well, they might be put in a sack and hauled
back to Spain.
I grew up enjoying Sinterklaas as a child in Amsterdam. But grownups in Holland have their own way of celebrating the holiday, and
during these difficult economic times it’s a really nice way to enjoy
some special time with family and friends, without having to spend
too much money. Here’s how.
First of all, you get together with a group of people you plan to
spend Sinterklaas with….but meet sometime in the summer or fall!
Decide as a group who is responsible for food and beverages…
and who will do the Name Picking. That person makes sure each
participant knows the name of the person for whom they must buy a
present ….as well as make a SURPRISE for and—most importantly—
“the POEM.” Why do this so early in the year? To give everyone
plenty of time to come up with something very special.
On the night of Sinterklaas, everyone gets together to enjoy a hearty
meal, and perhaps some well crafted beers, wines, or liqueurs. Then
it is time for the POEMS, the most fun—and confronting—part of
the evening. The POEMS should very personal on every level. Direct,
personal, blunt, creative…but delivered kindly with a smile and a
laugh. This is always the best and funniest part of the night.
After the POEM, it’s time to open the SURPRISE. My friends and
family love to get creative with this part: gifts can be baked into
breads, cast inside cement, frozen into ice blocks. If you start months
in advance like I advised you earlier, you’ll come up with something
cool, unusual, unique. You know what will impress your friends.
The food served for these parties should be solid, festive, and ground
laying for those imbibing. Heavy soups are always a big favorite in
Holland during cold times, so we have here some nice soups and
stews here that are tasty and easy to make.
ERWTENSOEP (Dutch Pea Soup)
This Dutch national favorite—also called snert—is prepared
differently in every household, traditionally the day before serving.
Not only does this improve the flavor, but it also helps concentrate
it to the preferred thickness: where a spoon will stand upright in it.
It’s traditional to serve the soup with slabs of bacon on pumpernickel
bread. My version has nutmeg, which, by the way, the Dutch had a
monopoly on back in the colonial years. But that’s another story.
Serves 4-6
What you need:
1 pig’s foot
6 cups water
3 cups dried split green peas, rinsed
1 smoked ham hock
2 potatoes, peeled and diced
1/2 cup sliced leeks
1/3 cup sliced onions
1/4 cup sliced celery
1 tsp. thyme, powdered
1/4 tsp. nutmeg
1 tblsp. lemon juice
1/2 lb. cooked kielbasa or smoked sausage, sliced thin
salt and pepper to taste
Parboil pig’s foot for 5 minutes and drain, discarding liquid. Bring
the water to a boil in a large pot, and add peas, pig’s foot, and ham
hock. Bring back to a boil, then reduce heat to a simmer and let
cook partially covered for 2 hours, stirring occasionally.
Stir in rest of ingredients (except kielbasa) and simmer for 30 more
minutes, stirring enough to keep from sticking to the bottom.
Remove pig’s foot and ham hock, cut away meat, and return meat to
the pot with the sliced kielbasa. Simmer for around 10 minutes, and
either serve or refrigerate.
When ready to serve, reheat and ladle into bowls…with thick bacon
and pumpernickel bread on the side.
SAVORY BEEF AND ONION STEW (HACHÉE)
This is one of the favorite dishes in the region I grew up in. I got the
recipe from a site with authentic Dutch recipes; in the original, a
rye-based spiced cake called ontbijtkoek is used to thicken the stew
instead of corn flour. Serves 4
What you need:
2 large onions
¼ cup flour
¼ cup butter or margarine
2 cups beef or vegetable stock
3 bay leaves
5 cloves
1 tblsp. vinegar
½ lb. beef, cubed
2 tblsp. corn or masa flour
1 dash Worcestershire sauce
1 pinch of black pepper
Brown onions, flour, and butter in a saucepan. Add stock gradually
while stirring, then add bay leaves and cloves and simmer for 5
minutes, lid on. Add vinegar and diced meat and simmer for another
hour. Mix corn flour with a little water, and use to thicken sauce to
desired consistency. Simmer for 5 minutes, stirring continuously. Add
pepper and Worcestershire sauce to taste, and serve with boiled
potatoes and the following red cabbage recipe….
OLD DUTCH RED CABBAGE RECIPE
What you need:
one 2 lb. head of red cabbage, shredded
4 large cooking apples, sliced
¾ cup raisins
2 tblsp. cider vinegar
1-2 tblsp. butter
½ tsp. salt
sugar to taste
Stew all ingredients together over medium-high heat until cabbage
is tender all the way through. Season with salt and pepper.
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Pancakes
Necessity has often been cited as the maternal parent of invention,
and like all clichés, there is enough truth there to give the saying
real staying power. Another truth, which has never achieved cliché
status—but should—is, “all cooking is chemistry.” Admittedly, it
lacks the inspired tone of a first-rate cliché, and it doesn't address
the notion that some cooking is High Art (a belief that most chefs,
and many gourmets, hold dear), but without the various scientific
processes that occur in the kitchen—intentional or otherwise—no
cooking would actually take place. For the most part, we don't even
bother thinking about them.
I substituted a 50-50 mixture of orange juice and milk for the
buttermilk. The result? The adapted recipe produced fantastically
light pancakes with only the slightest hint of orange flavor—just
enough to lend an intriguing nuance that leaves breakfasters a little
curious but very happy.
However, circumstances occasionally force us to consciously address
the processes that underlie what we do in the kitchen.
Here is Betty's modified recipe:
Really Favorite Pancakes
There are certain recipes that I use often, but have never memorized.
They tend to be recipes for baked goods, because—unlike cooking
—one can't simply adjust a baking recipe while it cooks. Everything
has to be in the batter or dough before the baking begins (that's
why professional bakers don't refer to their instructions as “recipes;”
they call them “formulas”). Pancakes are not baked in an oven, but
the principle remains the same: all the ingredients must be in the
batter before the cooking begins.
Ingredients
1 egg, lightly beaten
1/2 cup milk
1/2 cup fresh orange juice
(plus a little to adjust the batter's thickness)
2 Tablespoons oil
(I use peanut or other nut oils)
1 cup flour
I Tablespoon sugar
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
What happens when one of the ingredients is missing? There had
better be a good substitute if you expect the pancake batter to
behave as expected.
One Sunday morning, long ago, I wanted to make pancakes and
the best recipe I've found for them is in Betty Crocker's Cookbook.
You're no doubt shocked to learn that a professional food writer
should depend on something so déclassé— but Betty's “Favorite
Pancakes” are all they're cracked up to be. Her recipe never fails.
Unless, of course, the hapless cook does not have the specified
cup of buttermilk on hand. That's just the situation in which I found
myself that Sunday morning. Clearly a substitution was required, but
what should be used?
Think about the ingredient—what does buttermilk contribute to
the recipe's success? Put another way, why does the recipe ask for
buttermilk instead of ordinary sweet milk? Buttermilk has certain
distinct properties: it's thicker than milk, and it's a little sour. The
viscosity probably has little effect on the recipe's outcome, so it
must have something to do with buttermilk's sourness.
That sourness is provided by lactic acid, which develops during the
culturing of the buttermilk by various strains of lactobacillus. If there
had been any yogurt in the house, a reasonable substitute could
have been made (but, of course, there was no yogurt in the 'fridge).
I have never used any other pancake recipe since that time (other
than adding different garnishes, such as berries or nuts), and if
people want to believe that some mysterious art was involved in
their production, so be it.
Method
1. Combine first four (liquid) ingredients, whisk until blended.
2. Sift together the remaining five (dry) ingredients.
3. Stir liquid ingredients into dry ingredients. Do not over mix (as that develops the flour's glutens, making for tough chewy pancakes); there should still be a few tiny lumps. If batter seems too thick, add a little more orange juice.
4. Pour 1/4 cup of batter for each pancake onto prepared griddle (I use a non-stick one, so no additional fat is required). The griddle
should be just hot enough for a drop of water to “dance” around
a bit before evaporating.
5. Turn pancakes when small holes form in the middle, and just
barely close. If first pancakes are too dark when flipped, lower
heat; if too light, raise heat.
Makes about 9 five-inch pancakes.
You can find more of Gary Allen's speculations about things he
should (and should not) stick in his mouth—his own foot being an
example of the latter—at his website: www.onthetable.us.
The flavor of the finished pancakes never really struck me as
being particularly tart, so I doubted that flavor was the reason
that buttermilk was specified. Why else would Betty want to use
buttermilk? I figured that it had to be something about the lactic
acid… and then I realized that the answer was apparent: the acid
was meant to react with a base (in this case, baking soda) to produce
the carbon dioxide that makes the pancakes rise. So, what mild acids
did I have on hand that would serve the same function?
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