Arts & Culture

Aluminum Pipes, Amplified Cactus

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Mixing jazz, chamber music, cabaret, spoken word, the Chamber Arts Festival of Marbletown will be held at SUNY Ulster.

It Takes a Village

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Millbrook’s Merritt Books will have its first ever book festival, complete with story telling, reading, a parade and book signings.

Springing to Different Dreams

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Various multimedia art projects are taking place around the Hudson Valley as part of the “Plugged In” exhibit.

Dancing at Dia

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With 60 years of dancing under his belt, Merce Cunningham is instructing a new wave of dancers in his dance company.

No Rules, Just Photos

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With no topic to be guided by, images from all over the country were sent to be judged for the Barrett Art Center’s 21st Annual Juried Photography Exhibition.

Portfolio: Laura Moriarty

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Laura Moriarty discusses her paintings, sculptures and the decision to not go to school.

Fiction: Happy Valley

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A story by Jennifer Wai-Lan Huang which won honorable mention in our 2007 Literary Supplement.

Outdoor Art

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An art tour of work by both national and international artists on display in five outdoor locations.

Food & Drink

Punk Tapas

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Brian K. Mahoney finds tapas master Rich Reeve still creating revelatory small plates at Elephant wine bar in Kingston.

Books

Book Review: Thinking About Memoir and Chosen Forever

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Susan Krawitz reviews Chosen Forever and Thinking About Memoir.

Book Review: The Reserve

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Caitlin McDonnell reviews The Reserve by Russell Banks.

Great Strides

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Benjamin Cheever goes the distance in both writing and running.

Short Takes

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Six area authors invite you across the universe: London, Shanghai, czarist Russia, Neanderthal think tanks, the Italo-Cuban Catskills, and the wilds of Yankee Stadium.

Lucid Dreaming

A Tale of Two Artists

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Beth E. Wilson visits the Philadelphia Museum of Art to see the exhibits of works by Frida Kahlo and Lee Miller.