Portfolio: Susan Wides
Photographer Susan Wides explains how she went from wax museums to rooftops.
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May 26, 2012
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TheaterA calypso musical tale
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Body / Mind / Spirit
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GalleryWorks by Ryan and Trevor Oakes
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GalleryOn the occasion of the 100th Anniversary of McCarthy’s birth
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GalleryDrawings, lithographs and etchings from E. Mark Adams and Beth Van Hoesen
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Events
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GalleryEdward Byrd and Arnold Skolnick
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GallerySprawling sculptures filmed by live cameras present a landscape of people and places that implies an overarching narrative of the 1960s to the present day
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View From the Top
Esteemed Reader: DecemberPublisher Jason Stern discusses miracles, large and small. |
First Impression: My Last Mix TapeRobert Burke Warren recalls 1980s courtship and brotherly love through mix tape memories. |
Editor's Note: My Sweet GourdBrian K. Mahoney sets the record straight: It’s a nectarine! |
Local Luminary: Catherine O'ReillyCatherine O’Reilly’s work on climate change in East Africa has been published in the scientific journal Nature and was featured on PBS and on Public Radio International’s “Living on Earth” program. |
Featured Contibutors: DecemberWhat do you get when you combine a designer, production director, illustrator, intern, and several pots of coffee? Chronogram’s December issue, of course. |
Department of Corrections: DecemberBelleayre Resorts at Catskill Park will break ground in the fall of 2008. |
Chronogram Seen: DecemberFionn Reilly risked lens and limb to get photographs of sword slinging Barushka, and the rest of November’s Chronogram sponsored performers. |
News & Politics
While You Were Sleeping: DecemberOrganic is healthier, international assassins for hire, dropout factories, stubborn Staph, and much more. |
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In Search of Hugo ChavezChávez’z autocratic and megalomaniacal tendencies have undermined governance and the democratic process in Venezuela. Still, his seductive political project has offered a measure of hope to many. |
This Month in GodLarry Beinhart on downward-facing dogs and other Godly conundrums. |
On the Cover
Moon WheelRodney Alan Greenblat’s career has been full of color, characters, and whimsy. Take a peek at his new Zen-inspired work. |
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Arts & Culture
Portfolio: Susan WidesPhotographer Susan Wides explains how she went from wax museums to rooftops. |
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Linear Digression“Time Tracers” features five photographers that chronicle the passage of time. |
Crumpet ChronicleTom Ford stars in a local production of The SantaLand Diaries by David Sedaris. |
All in a Day's WorkDarryl Bautista and Lowell Handler turn their lenses on immigrant workers. |
Music for MorpheusDean Jones unveils his first solo album, Napper’s Delight at the Rosendale Cafe. |
Concerto Against the ViolinArnaud Sussmann plays the impossible with the Hudson Valley Philharmonic. |
Lucid Dreaming
Lines of ThoughtBeth E. Wilson reviews legendary artist Saul Steinberg’s retrospective at Vassar College’s Frances Lehman Loeb Gallery. |
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Music
Giant FootstepsMeet Eric Mingus. He makes quite an impression. |
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Nightlife Highlights: DecemberHandpicked by local scenemaker DJ WAVY DAVY for your listening pleasure. |
CD Review: Erik Lawrence & HipmotismTake a trip down to New Orleans and steep in the sexy soul of jazz, blues, and rock ’n’ roll. |
CD Review: The New Friends of RhythmThe New Friends of Rhythm is one of the few big jazz bands that successfully played classical adaptions. Listen to this collection. |
CD Review: Uncle RockUncle Rock U., mines folk, funk, and rootsrock for 17 upbeat, flat-out fun tunes that celebrate polar bears, fire engines, grumpy neighbors, and more. |
Books
Fresh AirBerkshire novelist Andrea Barrett talks with Nina Shengold about fiction,science, and her new novel, The Air We Breathe. |
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Book Review: Making the New Lamb TakeCaitlin McDonnell reviews two new volumes of poetry. |
Crazy in AmericaKim Wozencraft reviews Crazy in America, a book that addresses the imprisonment and criminalization of the mentally ill. |
Book Review: ToeholdAnne Pyburn reviews the new Stephen H. Foreman novel, Toehold. |
Short Takes: DecemberA celebration of vibrant new work by Hudson Valley poets and independent presses. |
Poetry
The Northway, 2:00 am“a broken white line flashes” |
Old Woman in the Passenger Seat of a Jeep Cherokee“The mouth absently open, a screen door to the night lawn, post-party.” |
My Life as an Author“look for a picture of the person |
Subterranean Skyline“It’s 8:40 pm |
Myth Making in Louise’s Garden“the afternoon lazy in fallen leaves” |
What the Bumblebee Does“Unlikely icon of Mexican TV” |
Some Questions about the Soul“Tell me, what fills the sleep of whales? Do they dream of their lost feet?” |
Bad Baggage (Cinquains for the Middle of the Road)“They say there’s not one thing anyone gets to keep, just odd, assorted things for rent or loan.” |
In My Strawberry Underwear“I am thinking what it would be like all of it” |
Untitled“I pack my snowballs and leave them at the door” |
Early Garden“The garden I planted at thirteen, cherry and plum tomatoes, secret carrots, cucumbers, poled string beans and corn, still weeds me.” |
In the Dry Well of the Afternoon“Later, her head rose even higher—gazelle at the edge of the grasses long neck arched, chin tucked in listening hard for the sound of approach.” |
Dream Noir“In this dream noir friends flicker and fade the score pounds a rock on my skull” |
The Heights“Hour after hour spent in a box lined with velvet,” |
Untitled Poem By Temperance David“The quince is still green” |
Untitled Poem By Greg Schwartz“family photo—” |
Parting Shot
Parting Shot: RhododendronLilli Farrell discovered a new technique to treat her photographs with that allows her to look at nature in a different light. |
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Horoscopes
My AmericaEric Francis Coppolino reads the signs and fears trouble ahead for 2008. |
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Horoscopes: DecemberEric Francis Coppolino’s astrological outlook for December. |
Holiday Gift Guide
Holiday Gift BooksNina Shengold picks these page-turners to give. |
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Hudson Valley's Holiday Gift GuideFrancis Cruz searches the Hudson Valley for thoughtful, unique gifts. |
Whole Living
The Osteopathic Lineage of HealingLorrie Klosterman describes how cranial osteopathy and cranialsacral therapy can restore the body’s healing powers. |
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The Ebb and Flow of EcstasyMark Michaels and Patricia Johnson explore Tantric paths to sudden joy. |
Food & Drink
Get Your GoatSukey Pett gets her goat at Lynnhaven Farm and Triple H Ranch. |
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Community Notebook
Defeating the Digital DivideKelley Granger profiles the Children’s Media Project in Poughkeepsie, where students create their own programming. |
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