Arts & Culture

Portfolio: Cave Dogs

By Beth E. Wilson

Cave Dogs discuss their collaborative creative process.

Freewheeling Freakout

By Jeremy Schwartz

Indie rock royalty Yo La Tengo will play two shows at Colony Cafe on October 20.

Vintage Violence

By Sparrow

Cathy Wilkerson joined Weatherman, the leftist revolutionary group, when it was founded in 1969, and was soon chanting slogans like “Kick the Ass of the Ruling Class” and “Bring the War Home!”

Still Rolling

By Jay Blotcher

The Woodstock Film Festival rolls out the celluloid in its eighth year.

Queen of Controversy

By Sharon Nichols

The uncompromising Sinead O’Connor has done it again, but this time it’s not quite as shocking as some of her past stunts.

Burning Down the Year

By Sharon Nichols

There are few who aren’t entranced by the magic and mystery of Halloween, but there are also few who understand the holiday’s origins, symbology, and traditions.

Discursive Lens

By Brian K. Mahoney

Hopewell Junction-based photographer Michael Sibilia will exhibit urban landscapes this month at GAS Gallery in Poughkeepsie.

Serendipitous Encounters

By Francis Cruz

Chrissy Glenn gathered five talented artists for an exhibit at the Pearl Arts Gallery in Stone Ridge and still had time to curate the Joni Mitchell show in Manhattan.

Portfolio: Stone Poet

By David Brickman

Looking at John Yang’s pictures of Thacher Park is like going back in time—geologic time.

Think First of Their Art

By Timothy Cahill

David Fuentes has made his disability the foundation of his art, and has produced an extensive series of self-portraits in which he portrays his body as atrophied and earthbound.

Beyond Perfection

By Amanda May Whistle

The exhibition of Al Parker’s illustrations of aesthetic perfection, “Ephemeral Beauty,” is at the Norman Rockwell Museum through October 28.

The Ninja Hamlet and the Mermaid

By Kathy Ceceri

The Biggest Little International Play Festival will run at the Capital Repertory from October 16 through November 15.

Switched-On Daddy

By Joseph Dalton

The sound of your ring tone, the portability of your music (CDs to iPods), and the general onslaught of electronic media all around us: 80-year-old Max Mathews had something to do with all of it.

Trash Couture

By Molly Belmont

The charity fashion show, Discard Avant Garb, will take place October 21 at the Capital Repertory Theatre.

Food & Drink

Down by the River

By Harold Jacobs

Bywater Bistro has joined the growing number of Hudson Valley restaurants. Does it have what it takes to keep patrons salivating?

An Apple a Day

By Robin Catalano

As it turns out, hard cider, a traditional beverage passed on from centuries’ worth of English ancestors, was taken with every meal, including breakfast, in the earliest days of the colonies.