Get it On
The Confessions of St. David Rees
Nina Shengold profiles Beacon resident David Rees, creator of Get Your War On and Confessions of Adventures of St. Augustine Bear.
Arts & Culture
Portfolio: Andrew LichtensteinAndrew Lichtenstein talks about his work photographing prison complexes and the incarcerated. |
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Revving HomewardKingston-based Mercury Rev will perform at the Bearsville Theater on December 4 at 9pm. |
Moments in the Margins“Converging Margins” is on view at the Center for Photography at Woodstock through January 11. |
Well-Respected ManRay Davies, the father of British rock, will perform at the Bardavon in Poughkeepsie on December 6 at 8pm |
Masters Revealed“Revealed Anew,” a show consisting of various paintings, portraits, and drawings too fragile to leave the vaults for extended periods of time, will be on display at the Frances Lehman Loeb Arts Center at Vassar College through January 4. |
Ghost in the MachineSinger-songwriter-guitarist Jeffrey Foucault will perform at the Rosenfale Café on December 13 at 8pm. |
Books
Get it OnNina Shengold profiles Beacon resident David Rees, creator of Get Your War On and Confessions of Adventures of St. Augustine Bear. |
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Book Review: Dreaming Up America; No Blood No Foul; Last Train OutJay Blotcher reviews Russell Banks’s Dreaming Up America and Anne Pyburn reviews Richard Boes’s Last Train Out and Charley Rosen’s No Blood, No Foul. |
Food & Drink
Comfortably YumBrian K. Mahoney recommends a few comfort dishes at some outstanding Hudson Valley restaurants that opened this year. |
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Holiday Gift Guide
Holiday Gift GuideHillary Harvey suggests some local solutions for thoughtful shopping. |
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Holiday Gift Books: December 2008Nina Shengold makes a booklist, checks it twice. |
Lucid Dreaming
Season of ChangeBeth E. Wilson reflects on nearly a decade of Lucid Dreaming. |
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Music
Avant GoddessPeter Aaron talks with jazz legend Carla Bley about the Jazz Composer’s Orchestra, her Remarkable Big Band, and the culmination of “Christmas all year ‘round.” |
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Nightlife Highlights: December 2008DJ Wavy Davy gives you the skinny on holiday-season nightlife. |
CD Review: HopewellSharon Nichols reviews Beautiful Targets, an album by the New-York foursome Hopewell. |
CD Review: Jeff "Siege" Siegel QuartetCheryl K. Symister-Masterson reviews the latest release from the Jeff Siegel Quartet. |
CD Review: VerdesJason Broome reviews the latest from Verdes, a New Paltz-based group that brings the best out of the alt-radio songs you hate to love, mated with the Americana rock greats of the ‘70s. |
Parting Shot
Parting Shot: Richard DupontRichard Dupont’s sculptures will be on view through January 18 at the Hudson Valley Center for Contemporary Art in Peekskill. |
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News & Politics
The Nuclear OptionA fifty-billion-dollar question: Judith Lewis investigates the possible advantages, disadvantages, and dangers of using nuclear power. |
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Larry Beinhart’s Body Politic: Alan ShruggedLarry Beinhart slaps the invisible hand (and Alan Greenspan). |
While You Were Sleeping: December 2008Stolen radioactive materials, seniors footing the bill for Medicare drug plans, and other news you may have missed in the back pages of the media maelstrom. |
Horoscopes
Planet Waves: The Branching of the RoadWhile December builds toward an astrological hot spot, Eric Francis Coppolino muses on the political thinking of his peers and the changes promised by the Obama administration. |
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Horoscopes: December 2008See what your stars have in store for you this month. |
Whole Living
More than a SnipAngela Starks investigates the medical, cultural, and religious aspects of circumcision. |
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Flowers Fall: Field Notes from a Buddhist Mom's Experimental Life, December 2008Bethany Saltman takes a Zen approach to “attachment parenting” |
Poetry
Poem: UntitledAn untitled poem by Amelie Belfiore. |
Poem: Untitled ReflectionAn untitled reflection. |
Poem: That GalaxyA poem titled “That Galaxy,” by Mary Jablonski |
Poem: Drive HomeA poem titled “Drive Home,” by Anna van Laan. |
Poem: EngagementA poem titled “Engagement,” Susan Lewis |
Poem: Respite with ChardonnayA poem entitled “Respite with Chardonnay,” by Steve Clark. |
Poem: Untitled LinesAn untitled poem by Mary Lou Paturel. |
Poem: TemperA poem titled “Temper,” by Patrick Walsh. |
Poem: Late BloomerA poem titled “Late Bloomer,” by Suzanne B. Gillette. |
Poem: A Personal TragedyA poem titled “Personal Tragedy,” by Donald Lev. |
Poem: How the Eerie Left TownA poem titled “How the Eerie Left Town,” by J.R. Solonche. |
Poem: Swamp Red MapleA poem titled “Swamp Red Maple,” by Paul R. Clemente |
Poem: Untitled PoemAn untitled poem by Robert Farley |
Poem: A MemoryA poem in memory of Studs Terkel (1912-2008), by James Houtrides. |
Poem: UnnamedAn untitled poem by Sari Grandstaff. |
View From the Top
Local Luminary: Gerald CelenteAuthor of several books and journals that track current events and predict future trends, Gerald Celente offers a few of his ideas concerning our troubled times. |
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Esteemed Reader: December 2008With a view from the turning point, Jason Stern expresses some hope for the future. |
Editor's note: ReliefBrian K. Mahoney is officially done with George W. Bush. |
On the Cover
On the Cover: Jennifer GrimyserWith signs, captions, and photographed messages, Jennifer Grimyser experiments with the role of language in art. Her work “Change is Now” is on this month’s cover. |
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Greene County
It's All Downhill from HereGabrielle Compolongo delivers the third installment of seasonal scenes and exciting activities in Greene County. |
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