Dancing on the Ceiling
Rapture
Noémie Lafrance’s Rapture, a site-specific choreographic work atop Bard’s Fisher Center, will be performed September 25-28 and October 2-5.
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September 07, 2008
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GalleryWOrks by Sol LeWitt
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Workshops
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GalleryFeaturing works by Sol Lewitt
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GalleryNew commission by Lisi Raskin
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GalleryKevin VanBuren, local black and white photography; Les Costellanos, still life oil paintings; Todd Sargood, geometric prints abstracts
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GalleryProvocative and influential art of political illustrator and art journalist Steve Brodner
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Lodging and b&b guide
A Sparrow Hawk Bed & Breakfast
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Simmon's Way Village Inn
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Harmony Hill Lodging and Retreat Center
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Restaurant listings
Bread Alone Café
Bread Alone Café offers fresh breads, pastries, soups, and sandwiches at three mid-Hudson locations.
Barnaby's
Aroi Thai
Aroi means ‘delicious’ in Thai; and delicious it is. David Thompson writes in ‘Thai Food,’ “Tha...
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Atlantic Custom Homes
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New York Press Direct
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Kadampa Meditation Center
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Education almanac
Institute of Ecosystem Studies
The Institute of Ecosystem Studies is dedicated to the creation, dissemination, and application o...
Bard College (Continuing Studies Program)
The Bard Continuing Studies Program was initiated in 1971 to meet the special needs of adults in ...
Poughkeepsie Day School
Poughkeepsie Day School was founded in 1934 by local families and members of the Vassar College f...
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Music
Kelleigh McKenzieRobert Nurke Warren reviews Rosendale resident Kelleigh McKenzie’s debut CD Chances, a mix of folk, pop, jazz, and blues. |
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Playing for KeepsWhole lotta impersonatin’ going on: Peter Aaron profiles Elvis impersonator Joseph John Eigo. |
Nightlife HighlightsDJ wavy Davy previews musical rendezvous in the Hudson Valley for the month of September. |
Pete LevinDJ wavy Davy reviews Pete Levin’s latest CD, Certified Organic, a return to the artist’s love for organ jazz. |
The Sweet ClementinesJason Broome reviews New Paltz’s Sweet Clementines first CD, More Sweet on You. |
There's No Place Like DroneSharon Nichols previews the All Tomorrow’s Parties Festival in Monticello on September 19 to 21. |
Dulcet DuoGinny Hawker and Tracy Schwarz will play music from the heart of Appalachia at the Rosendale Theater on September 20. |
Homeland HipsterLaurie Anderson brings her latest show, Homeland, to the Egg on September 21. |
Horoscopes
Obama and the Galactic LeapEric Francis Coppolino reads the chart for the Democratic National Convention. |
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HoroscopesWhat do the planets have in store for you this month? Check it out in your horoscope. |
Arts & Culture
PortfolioThe site-specific projects of sculptor Simon Draper. |
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Lucid DreamingBeth E. Wilson previews “Origins,” a group show at the Hudson Valley Center for Contemporary Art in Peekskill. |
Seven Deadly SinsA description of the mixed-media installation by Robert Hite. |
Dancing on the CeilingNoémie Lafrance’s Rapture, a site-specific choreographic work atop Bard’s Fisher Center, will be performed September 25-28 and October 2-5. |
Sino Qua NonFovea Exhibitions in Beacon presents the group photographic show Planet China, featuring work by Alan Chin, Justin Guariglia, and Julien Chatelin. |
Books
Let it BleedNina Shengold profiles former Times newsman turned author John Darnton. |
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Book Review: The Book of Calamities: Five Questions about Suffering and Its MeaningPeter Trachentenberg assess human suffering in relation to circumstance, endurance, justice, God, and obligation in The Book of Calamities. |
Book Review: Heartless and Salvation BoulevardReligion and death are the prominent themes in the new books Salvation Boulevard and Heartless by Woodstock authors Larry Beinhart and Alison Gaylin, reviewed by Kim Wozencraft. |
Short TakesHudson Valley authors keep it real in six striking works of memoir and nonfiction. |
Book SmartAmy Lubinski previews the Spencertown Academy Book Festival, in which over 10,000 books will be for sale over two weekends: September 5 and September 12. |
Home & Garden
Warming Up to New IdeasKelley Granger offers ideas on alternative home heating options. |
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Whole Living
The Healing Power of ImprovLorrie Klosterman talks to the founders of Playback Theatre and Psychodrama. |
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News & Politics
While You Were SleepingWhat you may have missed in the back pages of the media maelstrom. |
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Restoring the Garden of EdenReporting from Iraq, Lorna Tychostup reveals the country’s plans to implement its first National Park in an area ravaged by the order of Saddam Hussein after the first Gulf War. |
Body PoliticLarry Beinhart envisions a starring role for George Bush in Russia’s invasion of Georgia, re-creating Neville Chamberlain’s infamous turn as the appeaser of Munich. |
Community Notebook
Mothers of AscensionSarah Coleman and Hillary Harvey profile MomsRising, founded by author Kristin Rowe-Finkbeiner and MoveOn co-founder Joan Blades. |
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