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Arts & Culture

Live, Like a Refugee

Dar Williams will perform in support of the new DVD release, Live at Bearsville Theater.

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N'Dour on Tour

If James Brown was the hardest-working man in show business, N’Dour has certainly given the Godfather of Soul a run for his money.

Hidden View

In Edmund C. Coates’s Lighthouse, near Caldwell’s Landing, gentle hills rise like green breasts above two full-bellied sailboats. The Victorians had an erotic love of landscape.

Blurring the Lines

Under the banner “A Break from the Constant” this refreshingly bold arts-in-the-schools initiative will take place November 1st through the 4th.

From Dahomey to Da Bronx

Cuban-born composer and saxophonist Yosvany Terry chose Ye-dé-gbé as the name of his latest jazz ensemble project which tangles the influences of the Afro-Caribbean Arará culture with the American jazz form.

Visions of the Rio Grande

The Samuel Dorskey Museum of Art hosts Gandert’s work as an event for this month’s Big Read in New Paltz.

Chronogram Seen: November

The events we sponsor, the people who make a difference, the Chronogram community.

Portfolio: f-Stop Fitzgerald

f-Stop Fitzgerald is an early chronicler of the punk scene in San Francisco. His photo exhibition “Rockers Shot Onstage!” at the Rosendale Cafe opens November 31.

Haunted House

Stanley’s House is an exploration of parallel lives lived in the same house.

Lucid Dreaming

Star Power

Beth E. Wilson grapples with celebrity in contemporary art as she reviews the exhibitions of artists, Jo Andres and Keith Edmier.

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News & Politics

While You Were Sleeping

The Mexican government cracks down on drug cartels, Americans suffer from chronic diseases, fewer casualties in Iraq, courts rule against Yale Law School, and more.

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SECRETS

The final installment of Larry Beinhart’s series on the perils of
government secrecy.

From Forced Evacuation to Liberal Education

Lorna Tychostup travels to Kurdistan, reporting on the conditions of an illegal displaced persons camp and the work being done toward the founding of a liberal arts university.

Horoscopes

The Road to Nowhere

Eric Francis Coppolino examines the intersection of the personal and the
global in his past.

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Horoscopes: November

Eric Francis Coppolino’s astrological outlook on November.

Holiday Gift Guide

The Gifts that Keeps Giving

Why give Uncle Charlie another snowflake sweater? Francis Cruz offers alternatives to gift giving that put charity before consumption.

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Spirit of the Holiday

This holiday season, offer gifts that host and guest can enjoy together: wine.
Francis Cruz talks to local merchants and vinters about smart buying choices.

Music

CD Review: Trio Loco

Plan on spending many late, smoky nights with all this Jass.

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Uncle Monk

Three chords, no-frills recording, and a joyful disregard of the mainstream: punk rock or old-time string band music?

Nightlife Highlights: November

Handpicked by local scenemaker DJ WAVY DAVY for your listening pleasure.

CD Review: Courtenay Budd

So this album isn’t just for baby, it’s for anyone who enjoys top-notch classical or opera.

Still Angry After All These Years

Peter Aaron interviews Graham Parker.

View From the Top

First Impressions: November

Sparrow reviews the highlights of the Woodstock Film Festival and which films caused geriatric riots.

Esteemed Reader: November

The habit of giving only enhances the desire to give.
—Walt Whitman

Featured Contibutors: November

Three writers and a cartoonist who contributed to this month’s Literary Supplement.

Editor's Note: Are you LOHAS?

If you like the serenity of yoga, then you’ll love the less ecosystem-destructive feeling of driving a Toyota Prius to buy grass-fed beef on your way home from the acupuncturist.

Local Luminary: Dean Gitter

Gitter started a Kingston-based regional TV station (WTZA), co-founded the Big Indian Spring Water Company, and runs Catskill Corners, including the Emerson Place Resort and Spa, in Mt. Tremper.

On the Cover

Ladder for Booker T. Washington

Reflecting on the metaphorical qualities, Martin Puryear recognized a connection to progress Booker T. Washington encouraged blacks to adopt in the nineteenth century.

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Literary Supplement

Opportunities for Writers

Small presses and obscure publications advertise for content.

Chronogram's Choice

The best of the best of the past year. Already behind? Start turning the page.

Author Portraits

Jennifer May takes aim at Hudson Valley writers.

Well Met!

Vonnegut, Frost, Oates, and more show local authors how to have a good time.

Literature, the musical

Literary Supplement editors Mikhail Horowitz and Nina Shengold invited readers to create titles for the Broadway musical versions of classic works of literature that Stephen Sondheim, Andrew Lloyd Webber, et al., have heretofore overlooked, and also provide a few representative songs.

But How Do I Start the Middle?

Gioia Timpanelli, Akiko Busch, and Janine Pommy Vega on the pitfalls of writing.

Fiction Contest Winner

Fiction by our short story contest winner, Timothy Tocher’s “Red Rover.”

Poetry

Losing the Job

He’d thought nothing of it when he told his ten year olds the job of the Judicial Branch is choosing the President.

America Needs A Woman President

America needs a woman president who trusts in the wisdom of the moon.

Enemy

i, at ten, didn’t know war so brutal.
i, at ten, thought you just killed the enemy.

Our Common Soil

This is my country where decent people watch the murders they have paid for, and yawn, and go to sleep.

Morning Song

The animal of man…

Global Warming

From our flames come your deaths, from our ashes no rebirth.

At Nineteen

Our clever bullets tumble through skin and bone.

The Hood

I pretend nothing is ever wrong. I feel like crap walking home to a dirty neighborhood.

Laundered Ideals

I say the stained shirts should stand tall,proudly displaying their perceived flaws.

Whole Living

Power of the Group

Jeffrey Schneider explains the healing potential of group therapy.

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The Healthy Brain

You exercise your body, feed it well, and look for ways to keep it at optimal performance—but what about your brain?

Community Notebook

Fair Lady

Ann Braybrooks visits Cecilia Dinio-Durkin of Women’s Work in Cold Spring, who specializes in fairly traded items from Africa and South America.

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The Polar Bears of Dutchess County

Hillary Harvey spends time tracking climate change with the scientists and researchers at the Institute for Ecosystem Studies in Millbrook.

Food & Drink

Consider the Herbalist

Amy Giezentanner profiles Gary Allen, author of The Herbalist in the Kitchen.

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Parting Shot

Parting Shot: Untitled

Tyler constructs small-scale structures then destroys her work and photographs the breakdown process.

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