8-Day Week – Sign up for our weekly newsletter

DIGITAL EDITION

Chmaycov

Read this issue online

More_than_a_market

Video


Next-video Previous-video

More Video: Select a video...

Kingston_1 Spin_slowly_thumb-75x54 21b_15_sharoncries-75x54 Film--breaking-up-75x54 Jjpromo-75x54 Spoonful-75x54 Redfoxthumb-75x54 Pfaffcard-75x54 Suleiman11-75x54 Snyder-75x54 Rotg-75x54 Path_finderscreensnapz002-75x54 Parallels_desktopscreensnapz001-75x54 Path_finderscreensnapz003-75x54 Parallels_desktopscreensnapz001-75x54

View From the Top

Esteemed Reader

Jason Stern realizes we can learn from the less obvious of teachers in everyday ordinary situations.

Chronogram Seen

The events we sponsor, the people who make a difference,
the Chronogram community.

Editor's Note

This month, our editor may take up golf as the act of riding a bike has run amok.

News & Politics

The Wounded Dragon

Ethan Cramer-Flood documents the work of an American NGO in China.

 Np_2809893903_7f3125c1a3_o-100x72

An Ode to Spring

Larry Beinhart versifies on our present predicament.

While You Were Sleeping

The real unemployment rate, why sisters are better than brothers, and more.

On the Cover

On The Cover

Taylor Mickle’s digital photograph appears on the May, 2009 cover of Chronogram

 May-on-the-cover-100x72

Community Notebook

Putting the Brakes on Fast Money

Carl Frankel talks with Slow Money Alliance founder Woody Tasch.

 Cn_slowmoneyillo_warped-100x72

Local Luminary: Mark Adams

Christina Kaminski speaks with businessman Mark Adams about agriculture in the Hudson Valley.

Arts & Culture

Portfolio: Larry Lawrence

The kinetic sculptures of Larry Lawrence will be on exhibit at WAAM in Woodstock.

 _ching-tree_1-100x72

Feel the Earth Move

Jeff Crane visits Wavefield by Maya Lin at the Storm King Art Center.

Damsel in Distress

Photographer Laurence Demaison’s first American exhibition, at Galerie BMG.

Watercolor Everywhere

“Catching Light” features European and American watercolors from the
permanent collection at the Frances Lehman Loeb Center at Vassar College

Music

Of Sound Mind

Peter Aaron listens deeply to accordionist and composer Pauline Oliveros.

 Music_po1-100x72

Nightlife Highlights

DJ Wavy Davy handpicks what’s going on for your listening pleasure.

C.D. Review: Adrian Cohen

Review of pianist and composer Adrian Cohen’s newest C.D. release.

C.D. Review: Dog On Fleas

Review of new hipster kid music from Dog On Fleas.

C.D. Review: Jay Collins

Review of new music by Jay Collins and his Kings Country Band.

Hymns from the Hive

Frame drumming guru Layne Redmond performs a benefit concert for Michael Shacker, “The Path of the Bee Priestess: The Final Oracle,” in Woodstock.

Books

Short Takes: May

From Hibbing to the Himalayas, all literary roads lead to the Hudson Valley.

 The-mysterious-life-of-the-heart--writing-from-the-sun-about-passion_-longing_-and-love__the-mysterious-life-of-the-heart-100x72

Book Reviews: Pete Seeger and the Power of Song & The Protest Singer

Jay Blotcher reviews two biographies of Pete Seeger: The Protest Singer
by Allan Winkler and To Everything There Is a Season by Alec Wilkinson.

Book Reviews: Window with 4 Panes | An Aquarium | Scape

William Seaton reviews three books of poetry: Window with 4 Panes by David Appelbaum, An Aquarium by Jeffrey Yang, and Scape by Joshua Harmon.

Eye of the Hurricane

Nina Shengold profiles slam poet Patricia Smith­.

Poetry

Water

Reader submitted poetry.

I Meant Semiotics

Reader submitted poetry.

Whatever

Reader submitted poetry.

Florida

Reader submitted poetry.

#91: Broadcast from an Overhang

Reader submitted poetry.

As God is My Witness

Reader submitted poetry.

Twitter Poem #4

Reader submitted poetry.

May Day, Managua, Nicaragua

Reader submitted poetry.

The Cool Side of the Pillow

Reader submitted poetry.

Golden Rabbit Sing

Reader submitted poetry.

Next Services

Reader submitted poetry.

Untitled

Reader submitted poetry.

Sleep Lay Long

Reader submitted poetry.

Ridiculous Rhymer

Poet Jeffrey McDaniel kicks off the Sunset Reading series in Cold Spring.

Home & Garden

Erasing Clutter

Crispin Kott talks with the experts about spatial transformation.

 Istock_000004325940large_2_-100x72

Backyard Triumph

Karin Ursula Edmondson talks with the fertile minds behind the new victory garden movement taking root across the Hudson Valley.

Food & Drink

Down the Rabbit Hole

Peter Barrett concocts some far-out dishes with chef Linda Anctil, employing the applied chemistry techniques of molecular gastronomy.

 Ps

Whole Living

Narrative Medicine:The Power of Story in Sickness and Health

Lorrie Klosterman interviews Dr. Lewis Mehl-Madrona about the power of story in sickness and health. Mehl-Madrona leads a workshop in Stone Ridge on May 8.

 Narrmed4-100x72

Flowers Fall

Field notes from a Buddhist Mom’s experimental life. By Bethany Saltman.

Horoscopes

Unraveling the Mystery of Self-Esteem

Eric Francis Coppolino examines the contemporary crisis of self.

 Pw_narciciety-100x72

Horoscopes for May

Horoscopes by Eric Francis Coppolino.

Parting Shot

Parting Shot

Eileen Carpenter, designer for Chronogram, will be a graduating SUNY New Paltz photo major.

 Parting_shot_ecarpenter-100x72

Community Pages

Lighting the Way: Beacon Brightens Up

Kathleen Di Simone profiles the changing fortunes of the little city that could.

 Beacon_jmay-2111-100x72