Brisk Bard
Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival
In 97 minutes, three actors will stage pieces from all 37 of Shakespeare’s plays in “The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged),” at Boscobel in Garrison.
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August 29, 2008
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GalleryWOrks by Sol LeWitt
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ClassesBeginner to advanced beginner jazz tap taught by Sherry Hains-Salerno
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GalleryFeaturing works by Sol Lewitt
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Gallery6-part film project
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GalleryNew commission by Lisi Raskin
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GalleryKevin VanBuren, local black and white photography; Les Costellanos, still life oil paintings; Todd Sargood, geometric prints abstracts
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GalleryExhibition of paintings inspired by the play "Little Women" by Robert Stattel
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News & Politics
While You Were SleepingThe gist of what you may have missed in the back pages of the global media maelstrom: numbers of refugees increasing, new codes of behavioral conduct for doctors, and parts of Manhattan to become a temporary car-free park in August. |
Body PoliticLarry Beinhart reminds voters of the previous problems that have occurred when presidential candidates promised to stimulate economy with tax cuts. |
Treating the TorturedLorna Tychostup, reporting from Iraq, speaks with doctors from the country’s newly emerging mental health facilities for the thousands of torture and trauma survivors in the Middle East. |
Arts & Culture
The Bold and Die Brücke“Impassioned Images: German Expressionist Prints” will be exhibited at Vassar College’s Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center from August 22 though October 26. |
In the DarkPeter Shaffer’s “Black Comedy” will be performed at the Shadowland Theatre through August 10. |
A Partial Catalog of Harold's Major and Minor EpiphaniesA short story by Brent Robison on the life, love, and lamentations of a man, that received an honorable mention in our 2007 short story contest. |
Between the Shirt and the SkinTerri C. Smith profiles the late photojournalist Eugene Smith, whose black-and-white photographs are now on permanent view at Dutchess Community College. |
Sea of StillnessBard professor Peter Hutton’s silent film about the life and death of a container ship, At Sea, will be shown at Upstate Films in Rhinebeck on August 24. |
Brisk BardIn 97 minutes, three actors will stage pieces from all 37 of Shakespeare’s plays in “The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged),” at Boscobel in Garrison. |
Portfolio: Ryan SullivanEmerging artist Ryan Sullivan shares the influence the Children’s Media Project had on his life and graffiti-inspired artwork. |
Books
Short TakesLooking for a great novel to tuck in that beach bag, or new ways to pamper the dog in your dog days? Read on! |
Book of DanielNina Shengold profiles memoirist and book reviewer Daniel Mendelsohn. |
Book Review: A Spring without Bees: How Colony Collapse Disorder Has Endangered Our Food SupplyA Spring Without Bees is author Michael Schacker’s convincing, educating, and amusing look at how society is on the brink of Civilization Collapse Disorder. |
Book Review: Thousand Mile Song: Whale Music in a Sea of SoundMusician and philosopher David Rothenberg examines the relationship that exists between science and art in Thousand Mile Song. |
Book Review: The Slow Creaking of Planets and Meditations on Rising and FallingVisiting faculty at Bard College Gretchen Primack and Philip Pardi have written two notable first books of poetry. |
Horoscopes
HoroscopesWhat do the planets have in store for you this month? Check it out in your horoscope. |
Bucky Fuller:Eric Francis Coppolino examines the life of the late author, architect, inventor, visionary, and futurist Buckminster Fuller. |
Music
Deep Listening in the Big TentSparrow talks with Foster Reed, the founder of New Albion Records, a label to be celebrated at Bard College’s SummerScape series in the Spiegeltent, August 1 through August 10. |
Preservation SocietyPeter Aaron profiles Vladimir Pleshakov, owner of The Pleshakov Piano Museum, which houses restored pianos that date back to the 1700s. |
Nightlife HighlightsA list of notable musicians, bands, and festivals coming to the Hudson Valley in August including John Ludington, HippieFest, Butter, Tift Merritt, and Jack DeJohnette with Pat Metheny and Larry Grenadier. |
Bob Gluck TrioBlasts of a shofar (ram’s horn), doctored voice samples, and acoustic instruments define the Bob Gluck Trio’s avant garde sound in their new album Sideways. |
Stoney Clove LaneNamed after a road in Chichester, Stoney Clove Lane draws upon the woods for inspiration in their new album Stay With Me. |
Groovin' HighmountCheryl K. Symister-Masterson profiles saxophonist David “Fathead” Newman, who will perform at the Belleayre Music Festival in Highmount on August 16. |
K. OsgoodRemotely akin to Fiona Apple or Norah Jones, K. Osgood’s sound in her new album Play to Win is difficult to pigeonhole as pop, rock, or jazz. |
Community Notebook
The ReawakeningMolly Belmont examines the full-scale renaissance that has occurred in Schenectady in the past decade. |
Whole Living
The Spirit of the PlaceLorrie Klosterman’s Q&A with Dr. Stephen Bergman, author of The Spirit of the Place, about the doctor-patient relationship and the current state and future of the medical field. |