Portfolio: Susan Wides
Photographer Susan Wides explains how she went from wax museums to rooftops.
News & Politics
While You Were Sleeping: DecemberOrganic is healthier, international assassins for hire, dropout factories, stubborn Staph, and much more. |
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. |
Arts & Culture
Portfolio: Susan WidesPhotographer Susan Wides explains how she went from wax museums to rooftops. |
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. |
Music
Giant FootstepsMeet Eric Mingus. He makes quite an impression. |
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. |
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. |
Horoscopes
My AmericaEric Francis Coppolino reads the signs and fears trouble ahead for 2008. |
Horoscopes: DecemberEric Francis Coppolino’s astrological outlook for December. |
Whole Living
The Osteopathic Lineage of HealingLorrie Klosterman describes how cranial osteopathy and cranialsacral therapy can restore the body’s healing powers. |
The Ebb and Flow of EcstasyMark Michaels and Patricia Johnson explore Tantric paths to sudden joy. |
Community Notebook
Defeating the Digital DivideKelley Granger profiles the Children’s Media Project in Poughkeepsie, where students create their own programming. |





