Arts & Culture

The Evolving Revelation of Puff the Magic Dragon

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Peter Yarrow will perform and sign copies of Puff the Magic Dragon (book with CD) and Puff and & Other Family Classics (CD) on Saturday, January 19 at 2pm.

Whoa Nellie

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Nellie McKay will perform Friday, January 4 and Saturday, January 5 at 9pm at Club Helsinki in Great Barrington, Massachusetts.

Love Like Candy

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Untitled (Placebo) remains on view at the Williams College Museum of Art in Williamstown through March 23.

Goofy Eloquence

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John Prine will appear at the Troy Savings Bank Music Hall on January 6 at 7:30pm.

The Force of Poetry

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After seeing this show by Anselm Kiefer at MASS MoCA, I’m afraid I’ll have an even harder time settling for the more arid, intellectual charms offered by Dia’s minimalism.

Portfolio: Itty Neuhaus

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An associate professor of art at SUNY New Paltz, she engages many different media in her own art, including sculpture, collage, video, performance, and installation work.

The Limits of Language

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The artist K. Rakoll has created a phonetic alphabet that can express every human language. “K. Rakoll: The Secret Tongues of Babel” is at BeGallery in High Falls, through January 15.

Food & Drink

Taste of Thailand

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Sukhothai, one of the few Thai restaurants in region, fulfills Rabenda’s goal to bring Thai culture and “tasty, well presented” food to the area.

Books

Long and Winding Road

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Imagine: A studio drummer who’s never written anything but letters decides to write the definitive book about the Beatles, subject of some 500 previous books.

Book Review: Commodore: The Life of Cornelius Vanderbilt

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One of only four Vanderbilt biographies to date, Renehan’s book prominently features the Hudson River and surrounding environs, from which Vanderbilt launched his remarkable career.

Short Takes

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Six books to fulfill your New Year’s resolution to read more about mind and spirit.

Book Review: The Unheard: A Memoir of Deafness and Africa

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You are Josh Swiller, a Peace Corps volunteer as far from peace as Mununga is from anywhere, and you may well be about to experience a really ugly death.

Book Review: Night Work

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Ulster County Noir is serious fun for any lover of the genre, and Hamilton pulls it off with enormous panache.

Lucid Dreaming