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Edna Goes to Camp January 31, 2012
Up In One Productions presents “Hairspray” at the Center for Performing Arts at Rhinebeck, February 24 through March 11.
Rhinebeck: Violet Capital of the World January 31, 2012
“Sweet Violets,” a documentary about the once booming violet-growing industry in Rhinebeck, will premiere at Upstate Films, Rhinebeck on February 12.
Modern Reliquaries December 28, 2011
A discussion of “Pilgrimage” by Annie Leibovitz will be held at Oblong Books & Music in Rhinebeck on January 7.
Art —> to Empty Buildings December 28, 2011
The second annual Catskill Film and Video Festival will be held at the Community Theater in Catskill on January 29.
The Art of the Forgotten November 30, 2011
“Shades of New York: An Exhibition of The Hart Island Project” will be exhibited December 6 through January 14 at the Westchester Community College’s Center for Digital Arts in Peekskill.
Ten Yards of Belgian Lace Never Hurt a Man October 28, 2011
“Is He dead?” at Half Moon Theatre November 10 through November 26.
Elizabeth Bishop Exhibit at Vassar College September 30, 2011
“From the Archive: Discovering Elizabeth Bishop” will be exhibited through December 15 at Vassar College’s Thompson Memorial Library.
WFF Interns: Slave Labor, Dream Job August 30, 2011
Jay Blotcher interviews WFF intern Jeremiah Wenutu.
Red Carpet Agitator August 30, 2011
Actor and activist Mark Ruffalo discusses his anti-fracking lobbying efforts.
Local Directors Profile: 9 Pianos August 30, 2011
Gillian Farrell and Ana Beinhart on their film documenting a shipment to New Orleans.
For Reel August 30, 2011
Our indefatigable reviewer’s assessment of 34 films to be screened at WFF this year.
"Hay Fever" in Woodstock July 28, 2011
Noel Coward’s “Hay Fever” is performed in a Bearsville home August 19 through September 4.
Aftermath May 28, 2011
Displaying the work of 21 photojournalists who recorded the devastation, “Japan Now” illuminates that place where reality and art do not merely intersect, but collide mercilessly.
A Thirst for Thirsty April 29, 2011
A benefit for the film “Thirsty,” featuring Thirsty Burlington, will be held on Friday, May 6 at 9pm at Club Helsinki.
Book Review: Something to Say: Thoughts on Art and Politics in America March 31, 2011
Jay Blotcher reviews this multi-voiced book that makes commentary on American Art, Politics, and culture.
Circle Mirror Transformation February 28, 2011
“Circle Mirror Transformation” will be staged by Half Moon Theatre at the Cunneen-Hackett Arts Center in Poughkeepsie, March 10-20.
Darkness Visible January 31, 2011
Jay Blotcher interviews rock photographer Patrick Harbron. On February 19, Harbron will speak at Columbia-Greene Community College in Greenport.
Chronicle of a Death Retold October 28, 2010
Mohonk Mountain Stage Readers’ Theater Company presents “The Laramie Project: An Epilogue (Ten Years Later),” on Friday, November 5 and Saturday, November 6 at Unison Arts & Learning Center.
Woodstock Film Festival 2010 Preview: Jeff Malmberg on "Marwencol" October 01, 2010
Jeff Malmberg talks with Jay Blotcher about “Marwencol,” his film about the art of Mark Hogancamp.
Woodstock Film Festival 2010 Preview: Jon Bowermaster's "SoLA" October 01, 2010
Director Jon Bowermaster talks with Jay Blotcher about his documentary “SoLA: Louisiana Water Stories,” recounting the twin tragedies of Hurricane Katrina and the Gulf oil spill.
Woodstock Film Festival 2010 Preview: Larry Fessenden on "Bitter Feast" October 01, 2010
Larry Fessenden, the producer of the gastro-horror feature “Bitter Feast,” talks with Jay Blotcher.
Woodstock Film Festival 2010 Preview: Jay's Best of the Fest October 01, 2010
Chronogram film critic Jay Blotcher’s favorite films from this year’s festival.
Woodstock Film Festival 2010 Preview October 01, 2010
Jay Blotcher previews the best of the Woodstock Film Festival.
Woodstock Film Festival 2010 Preview: Bruce Beresford Interview October 01, 2010
Director Bruce Beresford will receive the 2010 Maverick Award at this year’s festival. Jay Blotcher talks with Beresford about his films and his recent shoot in Ulster County.
Woodstock Film Festival 2010 Preview: Meira Blaustein Interview October 01, 2010
Meira Blaustein talks with Jay Blotcher about this year’s festival
The Foibles of Father Flynn September 29, 2010
Tangent Arts presents “Doubt: A Parable” on October 7-17 at Watts de Peyster Hall in Tivoli.
Book Review: Man in the Woods September 28, 2010
Jay Blotcher reviews Scott Spencer’s book “Man in the Woods.”
Woodstock Film Festival 2010 Preview: Jay's Best of the Fest September 17, 2010
Chronogram film critic Jay Blotcher’s favorite films from this year’s festival.
Woodstock Film Festival 2010 Preview: Larry Fessenden on "Bitter Feast" August 31, 2010
Larry Fessenden, the producer of the gastro-horror feature “Bitter Feast,” talks with Jay Blotcher.
Woodstock Film Festival 2010 Preview: Jeff Malmberg on "Marwencol" August 31, 2010
Jeff Malmberg talks with Jay Blotcher about “Marwencol,” his film about the art of Mark Hogancamp.
Woodstock Film Festival 2010 Preview: Jon Bowermaster's "SoLA" August 31, 2010
Director Jon Bowermaster talks with Jay Blotcher about his documentary “SoLA: Louisiana Water Stories,” recounting the twin tragedies of Hurricane Katrina and the Gulf oil spill.
Woodstock Film Festival 2010 Preview: Bruce Beresford Interview August 31, 2010
Director Bruce Beresford will receive the 2010 Maverick Award at this year’s festival. Jay Blotcher talks with Beresford about his films and his recent shoot in Ulster County.
Woodstock Film Festival 2010 Preview: Meira Blaustein Interview August 31, 2010
Meira Blaustein talks with Jay Blotcher about this year’s festival
Woodstock Film Festival 2010 Preview August 27, 2010
Jay Blotcher previews the best of the Woodstock Film Festival.
The Berkshires Get Reel May 25, 2010
Berkshire International Film Festival 2010 offers four days of screenings, panels, the Berkshire Student Film Festival, and more.
Man With a Mission October 29, 2009
Jay Blotcher talks with Carleton Mabee about his biography of Father Divine, Promised Land, in which the Pulitzer-prize winning historian chronicles the life of the messianic black preacher who established a number of religious communities in Ulster County in the first part of the 20th century.
Book Review: All Hopped Up and Ready to Go: Music from the Streets of New York 1927-1977 September 28, 2009
Jay Blotcher reviews All Hopped Up and Ready to Go by Tony Fletcher.
Bearer of Bad News August 31, 2009
Oren Moverman’s The Messenger opens the Woodstock Film Festival on Thursday, October 1.
Cue the Tanker August 31, 2009
Jay Blotcher speaks to Peter Callahan about his film Against the Current that will be the Woodstock Film Festival line-up this year.
Book Review: It's Beginning to Hurt August 31, 2009
Jay Blotcher reviews: It’s Beginning to Hurt by James Lasdun.
10 Years of Mavericks August 28, 2009
Richard Linklater will be given the WFF’s Maverick Award on Saturday, October 3, 2009.
Woodstock Film Festival August 28, 2009
After clocking more than two cumulative days of movie-watching, your bleary-eyed but still-enthused reviewer shares his informed opinions on the Woodstock Film Festival 2009 line-up.
Local Luminary August 27, 2009
Jay Blotcher speaks with the fiercely independent Meira Blaustein on the Woodstock Film Festival.
Tres Sheik June 30, 2009
“Whisper House,” Duncan Sheik’s latest musical, comes to Powerhouse at Vassar.
2009 Hudson Valley Summer Theater Round-Up May 27, 2009
Something for everyone: Jay Blotcher’s summer theater preview.
Book Reviews: Pete Seeger and the Power of Song & The Protest Singer April 28, 2009
Jay Blotcher reviews two biographies of Pete Seeger: The Protest Singer
by Allan Winkler and To Everything There Is a Season by Alec Wilkinson.
Comic Book Hero March 30, 2009
Jay Blotcher talks with David Hajdu, author of comic book history The Ten-Cent Plague. Hajdu will be reading and signing at Joshua’s Cafe on April 4.
What's South Africa? February 27, 2009
Comedian Paula Poundstone brings her signature deadpan routine to the Bearsville Theater on March 7.
Book Reviews: Don't Cry February 26, 2009
Jay Blotcher speaks with Mary Gaitskill about her new collection of short stories, Don’t Cry.
Well-Respected Man November 24, 2008
Ray Davies, the father of British rock, will perform at the Bardavon in Poughkeepsie on December 6 at 8pm
Book Review: Dreaming Up America November 24, 2008
Jay Blotcher reviews Russell Banks’s Dreaming Up America
From the Barroom to the Big Screen October 28, 2008
The Pride, the work of Tivoli-resident Gerard Hurley, will be showing at Upstate Films in Rhinebeck from November 7 through November 9.
The Reel Deal in Woodstock September 29, 2008
Jay Blotcher reviews several films showing at the Woodstock Film Festival and enjoys a Q&A sessions with WFF lifetime achievement award-recipient Haskell Wexler.
Brisk Bard July 29, 2008
In 97 minutes, three actors will stage pieces from all 37 of Shakespeare’s plays in
“The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged),” at Boscobel in Garrison.
A Tale of Two Brothers June 26, 2008
Jay Blotcher talks with Thomas Kail, recent Tony Award winner for his hit musical “In the Heights” and director of “Broke-ology,” which will be at the Williamstown Theater Festival in Massachusetts, July 9 through July 20.
Best of the Season May 28, 2008
Jay Blotcher highlights this summer’s music, theater, and art festivals.
The Execution of Willie Francis: Race, Murder, and the Search for Justice in the American South March 26, 2008
A review of Gilbert King’s The Execution of Willie Francis: Race, Murder, and the search for Justice in the American South by Jay Blotcher.
The Power of Seeger January 28, 2008
Musician-activist Pete Seeger is honored in the movie Pete Seeger: The Power of Song, playing at Upstate Films in Rhinebeck the second week of this month.
Crumpet Chronicle November 28, 2007
Tom Ford stars in a local production of The SantaLand Diaries by David Sedaris.
CD Review: Uncle Rock November 27, 2007
Uncle Rock U., mines folk, funk, and rootsrock for 17 upbeat, flat-out fun tunes that celebrate polar bears, fire engines, grumpy neighbors, and more.
Blurring the Lines October 29, 2007
Under the banner “A Break from the Constant” this refreshingly bold arts-in-the-schools initiative will take place November 1st through the 4th.
Haunted House October 29, 2007
Stanley’s House is an exploration of parallel lives lived in the same house.
Still Rolling September 27, 2007
The Woodstock Film Festival rolls out the celluloid in its eighth year.
The Good Word August 27, 2007
Spoken-word performance, the artform so identified with Manhattan’s East Village of poverty, drug addiction, and AIDS, has once again inched its way up the Hudson.
Cassandra in a Party Dress August 03, 2007
Martha Beall Mitchell was known for her coruscating gift of gab. But her unbridled Southern charm barely camouflaged a sly intelligence that was neither expected nor tolerated in Washington wives.
Blinded by Frankenscience August 02, 2007
The idea for “Mothers of Invention” began in 2002, after Laura Poe read an article about GMO food “and the crazy, crazy things going on.”
Frankly Mr. Shanley July 11, 2007
For a luminous example of theatrical symbiosis, look no further than the two-decade relationship between playwright John Patrick Shanley and the Powerhouse Summer Theater program at Vassar College.
Sacrament of Solipsism June 27, 2007
Taking a leaf from Kurt Cobain’s book, Elliot Smith nosedived into depression, heroin addiction, and, in a shrewd career move, a 2003 suicide at age 34.
Rudely Stamped Richard June 27, 2007
Known for their refreshing takes on Shakespeare classics the Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival has slyly reworked the tale of the bloodthirsty hunchback king, the bipolar villain we love to hate.
The Silent Treatment May 31, 2007
Those seeking an exposé in Into Great Silence—Carthusians: Beneath the Hood?—will find unanswered prayers in this digital scrapbook.
Museum Piece May 31, 2007
“Natural History” is a bittersweet chamber piece—four different vignettes in four different rooms of the Museum of Natural History.
Screen Scene April 30, 2007
The premier screening of Racing Daylight, a slice of magic realism filmed in Ulster County and starring David Strathairn, anchors a summer film series by The Woodstock Film Festival.
Damsel in Distress March 30, 2007
Society’s insatiable appetite for melodrama may go far in explaining the enduring public interest in yet another maiden in distress: Jane Eyre.
Little Dollface March 30, 2007
“Dollface,” which runs April 12 through 15, is a sidelong wink at the synthetically cheery 1950s and the breezy musicals that flourished during that era.
Queens of the Catskills March 29, 2007
Four decades before Patrick Swayze donned a wig and eyeliner in To Wong Foo, rural Greene County was home to a sorority of male cross-dressers.
Mecca for the Fanatic March 12, 2007
The Powerhouse season at Vassar may be the last defiant hope for American theatre.
Oscar for the Ages March 08, 2007
Oscar Wilde is a necessary tonic in our dumbed-down, hypocrisy-ridden age.
A Tradition of Subversion February 26, 2007
Political theater troupe Bread and Puppet visits TSL in Hudson.
Sarah Vowell Cracks Wise at Vassar February 26, 2007
Sarah Vowell’s distinctive delivery that borders on a petulant whine but resonates with an underdog verve.
A Theatrical Poster Exhibition in Rhinebeck February 18, 2007
If you are a theater buff or a graphic arts enthusiast—or both—a visit to “Center’s Edge” is a delightful and rewarding way to spend an hour or so in Rhinebeck.
Deirdre, Warrior Princess January 26, 2007
Introducing Deirdre, the heroine of a Celtic saga dating back to the first century.
A Killer Musical Slays Me; So Does a Tepid One January 25, 2007
Now, Assassins is not a resounding success — through no fault of the Rhinebeck Center cast, which gave it their level best.
Love and Agony in Manhattanland January 25, 2007
Make no mistake; “Company” is not a musical to cuddle up to.
Apocalypse Averted December 27, 2006
Mohonk Mountain Stage Reader’s Theater performs “Copenhagen” at Unison in New Paltz on January 26 & 27.