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View From the Top

Chronogram Seen: September 2011

Events sponsored by Chronogram.

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Editor's Note: September 2011

Editor Brian K. Mahoney responds to the hipster report from The New York Times.

Esteemed Reader: September 2011

Publisher Jason Stern reflects on the native interests of children.

On the Cover

On the Cover: Alicia J. Rose

Photographer Alicia J. Rose expresses her vulnerability through fairytales.

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Community Notebook

Local Luminaries: Ivan Velilla and Gustavo Sanin

Gustavo Sanin and Ivan Velilla celebrate their 50th anniversary together.

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News & Politics

While You Were Sleeping: September 2011

The saddest movie in the world, Vancouver gives out crack pipes, and more.

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Beinhart's Body Politic: September 2011

Larry Beinhart wonders why all the bad Republican ideas come back to life.

Home & Garden

Planting Trees and Shrubs in the Fall

Michelle Sutton advises on planting trees and shrubs in fall.

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The Craft: Silas Adams, Antique Home Renovator

Jennifer Farley talks with antique home restorer Silas Adams.

Dream Home, The Sequel

Paula and David Kucera’s zero-net energy repurposed barn.

Music

Colossus Among Us

Peter Aaron profiles saxophone legend Sonny Rollins.

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CD Review: The Jonny Monster Band

Jeremy Schwartz reviews The Jonny Monster Band’s self-titled album.

CD Review: Rasputina

Sharon Nichols reviews Rasputina’s eighth release.

CD Review: Various Artists

Michael Eck reviews a compilation recording of 35 years by various artists.

Nightlife Highlights: So Percussion

So Percussion play the Fisher Center at Bard College
on September 20.

Nightlife Highlights: Roger McGuinn

Singer and guitarist Roger McGuinn plays at the Egg on September 9.

Nightlife Highlights: Jazzstock with Sheila Jordan and Cameron Brown

Vocalist Sheila Jordan and bassist Cameron Brown join the Colony Cafe’s Jazzstock Series in Woodstock on September 11.

Nightlife Highlights: Lucky Tubb

Lucky Tubb takes his honky tonk flavor to the Basement in Kingston on September 17.

Nightlife Highlights: The Jam Messengers

The Jam Messengers come to the Spotty Dog in Hudson on September 14.

Special Delivery

Jazz vocalist Kurt Elling plays a free concert at Vassar College on October 1.

Love Shack Lady

The B-52s girl talks about her life in music and the Hudson Valley.

Arts & Culture

The Athens Lighthouse Project

The Athens Lighthouse Project’s benefit auction takes place on September 11.

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A People Person

“Pissarro’s People” closes at the Clark Art Institute on October 2.

The Vanaver Caravan at Opus 40

The Vanaver Caravan performs at Opus 40 on September 17 to underwrite its upcoming trip to India.

Blowin’ in the Wind

A reception and artist’s talk on September 10 opens the exhibit of 9/11-inspired photographs by Carla Shapiro at Center for Photography at Woodstock.

The Chicken Painter of High Falls

The “Chagall in High Falls” exhibit opens on September 2 at the D&H Canal Museum.

Mastering Creative Anxiety with Eric Maisel

Eric Maisel talks and signs his Mastering Creative Anxiety at Mirabai in Woodstock on September 10.

“Gillian Jagger: Reveal”

“Gillian Jagger: Reveal” in the carriage house at John Davis Gallery starting September 15 in Hudson.

Spiritual Exercises in Physical Form

Merce Cunnigham Dance Company performs for the last time at Bard College, September 9-11.

Festival of the Harvest: Autumn Equinox Musical Celebration with Aleah Long

This is the time, the Fall Equinox where we are reap the benefits of our labor, we harvest and feast, not recklessly but in a way where we can experience fully the joy of life and store the energy we need to get through the winter. Aleah’s music facilitates this passage in a joyful and communal way.

Colleen Saidman Yee’s Joy of the Yogini: Women's Retreat

Spend the weekend unlocking your potential and joy through pranayama, yoga, meditation, and aromatherapy. In addition we will honor and celebrate our femininity through meaningful conversations, laughter, dancing, drumming, optional sweat lodge, body workers, astrology readings, incredible meals, and more.

Spiritual Relief for Flood Victims: Working with Your Enemies

Join Sharon Salzberg and Robert Thurman in discussions and meditations on inner and outer enemies from Buddhist perspectives, examining the fear, anger, and anguish generated by being stuck in an “us” and “them” mode, and focusing on liberation from them.

Under Covers: The Chronogram Covers Show at Unison

Chronogram will exhibit 18 years of cover art at Unison Arts Center in New Paltz, October 2-30.

CHRONOGRAM OPEN WORD (COW)

Chronogram’s poetry editor Phillip Levine hosts this poetry/prose/performance event every First Saturday at BEAHIVE in Kingston. The series, produced by Chronogram and BEAHIVE, continues October 1 with featured artists Cheryl Rice and Samuel Claiborne.

Food & Drink

The Other Red Meat

Peter Barrett visits Highland Deer Farm in Germantown.

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Food & Drink Events for September

Hudson Valley Food & Wine Festival, Taste of New Paltz, and more.

Locally Grown

September Restaurant Openings

2Taste Food and Wine Bar, Smoked, Cafe Le Perche, MOD, and more.

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Parting Shot

Parting Shot: Russ Rowland

Going Postal, a photograph by Russ Rowland.

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Money & Investing

Doing Good While Doing Well

David Neilsen gets advice on socially responsible investments.

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Whole Living

Gluten-Free Nation

When did bread become public enemy No. 1? Wendy Kagan looks for answers.

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Flowers Fall: September 2011

Bethany Saltman tests your knowledge of attachment parenting.

Challenge Your Body, Mind, & Spirit: Fitness/Spa Retreat

Challenge yourself with rigorous mountain hiking and yoga asanas in the Catskill Mountains! Explore the beautiful nature of upstate New York, while also tuning in and toning up. Yoga asanas will help detox and restore the body, and a local certified Catskills hiking guide will lead intermediate three-hour exhilarating local hikes. This weekend also includes tennis, swimming, and classes. Courses will also cover pranayama and meditation.

Woodstock Film Festival

Local Directors Profile: 9 Pianos

Gillian Farrell and Ana Beinhart on their film documenting a shipment to New Orleans.

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Red Carpet Agitator

Actor and activist Mark Ruffalo discusses his anti-fracking lobbying efforts.

WFF Interns: Slave Labor, Dream Job

Jay Blotcher interviews WFF intern Jeremiah Wenutu.

For Reel

Our indefatigable reviewer’s assessment of 34 films to be screened at WFF this year.

Poetry

A poem by Tom Wininger

A poem by Tom Wininger (3 years old).

September 2011: A poem by Phillip Levine

A poem by Phillip Levine.

On Marriage

A poem by Carla Carlson

Summer, Left Behind

A poem by Robert DiLallo.

Queens

A poem by Joanna Vogel.

Waiting

A poem by Shideh Lennon.

A Meditation on One

A poem by Arlene Gay Levine.

Jetlag

A poem by Mala Hoffman.

Let Me Tell You About My Week and a Blue Heron

A poem by Steve Clark.

Jack Daniels Called and Complained About His Name Being Dropped.

A poem by Maggie Coughlan.

As The Glider Glides

A poem by Tony Howarth.

The Sacrifice

A poem by Sophie Strand.

The Day We Learn the Meaning of Tahrir

A poem by Jay Klokker.

Architecturally Speaking

A poem by William Hayes.

Lazy Sunday With My 6 + 1

A poem by Denis Maher III.

Books

Raising Cane

Esmerelda Santiago shares her literary journey with Nina Shengold.

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Book Reviews: Misery Bay and Hotel No Tell

Anne Pyburn reviews books by Steve Hamilton and Daphne Uviller.

Book Review: One Day I Will Write About This Place

Marx Dorrity reviews Binyavanga Wainaina’s novel.

Short Takes: September 2011

Small press publishers are a breed apart. Celebrate their literary vision with these outstanding new books by Hudson Valley writers.

Horoscopes

Call It What It Is

Eric Francis Coppolino questions the official story on the 10th anniversary of 9/11.

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Horoscopes for September 2011

What the universe has in store for you this month.

Beauty and Fashion Supplement

Hair Apparent

A photo essay by Kelly Merchant at Androgyny House of Design, Dazzles Salon and Day Spa, and Giannetta Salon and Spa.

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Community Pages

Saugerties: Bright Light, Cool Town

A bright light shines on the banks of the Esopus in northeast Ulster County.

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Cornwall & Washingtonville: Heavenly Havens

Four parts Mayberry RFD and a liberal dash of Camelot in Orange County.

Video

To World Trade Center: all times

A photographic documentary by Fred J. DeVito about the enduring image of the World Trade Center in visual culture.

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