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Editor's Note: Run For Covers

Editor Brian K. Mahoney reminisces about his favorite Chronogram covers, and invites readers to join in a celebration featuring 75 of our staff’s favorite covers throughout the years.

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Letters: February 2011

Chronogram readers have the opportunity to voice their opinions, grievances, and approval of our content.

While You Were Sleeping: February 2011

Gulf oil spill was preventable, fox thought extinct reappears, birth rate falls to lowest point since 1940.

Esteemed Reader: February 2011

Publisher Jason Stern discusses the benefits of forgetting self pity, and embracing our daily opportunity to refine our lives, and ourselves, and our interactions.

Weddings & Celebrations

Don't Forget The Checklist: Wedding Planning

Anne Reynolds takes you step by step through the wedding planning process.

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Music

CD Review: Perrotta

Sharon Nichols reviews Perotta’s new rock album, recorded at Woodstock’s Applehead Studio.

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Sweet Home Chicago

Blues legend Luther “Guitar Junior” Johnson to play the Town Crier Cafe in Pawling.

Nightlife Highlights: February 2011

Previews of upcoming shows by Shana Falana, Bob Lusk, “Nixon in China,” Kane Brothers Blues Band, and Loretta Lynn.

The American Symphony Orchestra at Bard College

The American Symphony Orchestra continues its exploration of Beethoven at the Fisher Center this month, with a program including the Seventh Symphony.

CD Review: Alan Shulman

Peter Aaron reviews the late Alan Shulman’s “Works for Cello.”

CD Review: The Gypsy Nomads

Robert Burke Warren reviews The Gypsy Nomad’s lively new release, Happy Madness.

Sower of Seeds: Pete Seeger

Peter Aaron sits down for a conversation with Pete Seeger at his home in Beacon.

Poetry

Poem: Untitled

A poem by Ezra Stern (3 years)

Poem: A Sort of Blindness

A poem by Justin Uliano

Poem: Temporary Contemporary

A poem by Pauline Uchmanowicz

Poem: We Call You Satan’s Mom

A poem by Robert Anderson

Poem: Days of Not Writing

A poem by Lucia Cherciu.

Poem: New Knowledge

A poem by Scarlet Colsen.

Poem: Get Out

A poem by Tamas Panitz.

Poem: Advice

A poem by Richard Martin.

Poem: Points West

A poem by Bruce A. Lowry

Poem: The Transcendental in January

A poem by normal.

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A poem by Phillip Levine.

Poem: Older Now

A poem by Michael Musante.

Poem: My Inner Mexican

A poem by Mike Jurkovic.

Poem: Like Bloody Noses

A poem by Emily Greenberg.

Poem: For Chronogram

A poem by Steven M. Rifenburg.

Poem: Backyard Trees

A poem by Jennifer Hickey.

Parting Shot

Parting Shot: China Jorrin

Chine Jorrin will be displaying panoramic photographs at the Hudson Opera House this month.

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Community Pages

Hidden Jewels: Sugar Loaf and Warwick

David Neilsen explores the hidden treasures of these two little-known Hudson Valley artisan towns.

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Millbrook: Serene Retreat

Millbrook, located in Eastern Dutchess County is home to exquisite mansions, colonial homes, locals, and weekenders alike.

Arts & Culture

19th Annual Dancefest

Students from 10 Hudson Valley dance schools will perform on February 5 at SUNY New Paltz’s McKenna Theater.

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Darkness Visible

Jay Blotcher interviews rock photographer Patrick Harbron. On February 19, Harbron will speak at Columbia-Greene Community College in Greenport.

Campus Life

Marx Dorrity previews the exhibit “150 Years Later” at Vassar College’s Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center.

"Magus" at the Center for Performing Arts in Rhinebeck

“Magus”, a new play by dramatist Carey Harrison will be staged in Rhinebeck February 4-6.

Horoscopes

Horoscopes for February 2011

Eric Francis Coppolino’s horoscopes for February 2011.

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Be My Valentine

Eric Francis Coppolino discusses monogamy, polyamory, and the conceptions and misconceptions of the two.

Whole Living

Psychotherapy Today

Lorrie Klosterman talks with professionals about new methods in psychotherapy being employed to aid personal fulfillment.

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Flowers Fall

A Buddhist mom compares practices with a Chinese mother, and considers why being “ordinary” is sometimes necessary, and great.

Food & Drink

Offally Good

Rich Reeve, chef and owner of Elephant wine bar in Kingston shares his techniques, recipes, and insight into the world of whole-beast cookery.

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Food & Drink Events for February 2011

Upcoming food and drink events for the month of February.

Stewardship of the Hudson Valley

Whenever CIA students, staff, and faculty look out across the stunning Hyde Park campus to the majestic Hudson River, they can’t help but recognize the importance of being stewards of such a dynamic and exciting region.

Roses Are Red, Reservations for Two

Some of our favorite restaurants are offering prix-fixe dinners on V-Day.

On the Cover

On the Cover: Pete Seeger

A photograph of Pete Seeger outside his home in Beacon taken by Fionn Reilly.

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Community Notebook

Local Luminary: Marianne Schnall

Marianne Schnall, executive director of Feminist.com, talks about feminism, culture, and being yourself with Lee Anne Albritton.

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News & Politics

The Economics of Happiness

Brian K. Mahoney talks about localization with Helena Norberg-Hodge, activist, linguist, and author of “The Economics of Happiness.”

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Beinhart’s Body Politic: The Amorphous iPad of the Media

Larry Beinhart, author of Salvation Boulevard, discusses disclosure, Wikileaks, and the New York Times.

Books

Book Review: The Present Giver

Anne Pyburn Craig reviews “The Present Giver: A Memoir,” a new book by local singer-songwriter Bar Scott.

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Book Review: The Diviner’s Tale

Marx Dorrity reviews “The Diviner’s Tale,” a new novel by Bradford Morrow.

Illuminated Manuscripts: Eamon Grennan

Irish-born poet Eamon Grennan talks with Nina Shengold about life, poetry, and the Hudson Valley.

Short Takes: February 2011

Women share their stories with the world in many different ways, from suburban follies and nontraditional widowhood to the Divine Mother.

Summer Camps Almanac

Chronogram’s Guide to Summer Camp

Chronogram’s complete guide to summer camps in the Hudson Valley.

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