Arts & Culture

Metaphysical Ground

Vincent Serbin will exhibit new, landscape-based work through July 23 at Galerie BMG.

Rudely Stamped Richard

Known for their refreshing takes on Shakespeare classics the Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival has slyly reworked the tale of the bloodthirsty hunchback king, the bipolar villain we love to hate.

Bob Dylan's 115th Opus

By Sparrow

Lundy represents a new generation of opera singers, unlike the classic rotund performers who would “park and bark” (stand in one spot and sing).

Soap Opera

By Kelley Granger

Sara Lamm has always been intrigued by Dr. Bronner’s soap, so much so that it inspired the creation of a performance piece based on the 3,000-word spiritual message found on the label.

Ballads of Sinners and Strangers

By Mike Jurkovic

Letters feels like a Midwest barn dance on one track and on the next, Jewell’s sultry, mature voice—at just 27 years old—resounds like it would in a smoke-filled lounge of another era.

Sacrament of Solipsism

By Jay Blotcher

Taking a leaf from Kurt Cobain’s book, Elliot Smith nosedived into depression, heroin addiction, and, in a shrewd career move, a 2003 suicide at age 34.

Art and Allusion

By Beth E. Wilson

Without a doubt, the sheer intensity of experience available at the Ulster County Jail is unmatched anywhere else in the Biennial.

July Portfolio: Pamela Wallace

By Beth E. Wilson

Dutchess County resident Pamela Wallace has crafted for herself a life with a single organizing principle—the sheer act of making.

Frankly Mr. Shanley

By Jay Blotcher

For a luminous example of theatrical symbiosis, look no further than the two-decade relationship between playwright John Patrick Shanley and the Powerhouse Summer Theater program at Vassar College.

Food & Drink

Food and Function

By Pauline Uchmanowicz

Local 111’s chef, David Wurth, uses the bistro’s close proximity to regional farmland to create new, rustic American cuisine that emphasizes local organic and grass-fed ingredients.