Arts & Culture
Portfolio: f-Stop Fitzgeraldf-Stop Fitzgerald is an early chronicler of the punk scene in San Francisco. His photo exhibition “Rockers Shot Onstage!” at the Rosendale Cafe opens November 31. | Live, Like a RefugeeDar Williams will perform in support of the new DVD release, Live at Bearsville Theater. | N'Dour on TourIf James Brown was the hardest-working man in show business, N’Dour has certainly given the Godfather of Soul a run for his money. |
Hidden ViewIn Edmund C. Coates’s Lighthouse, near Caldwell’s Landing, gentle hills rise like green breasts above two full-bellied sailboats. The Victorians had an erotic love of landscape. | Visions of the Rio GrandeThe Samuel Dorskey Museum of Art hosts Gandert’s work as an event for this month’s Big Read in New Paltz. | Blurring the LinesUnder the banner “A Break from the Constant” this refreshingly bold arts-in-the-schools initiative will take place November 1st through the 4th. | From Dahomey to Da BronxCuban-born composer and saxophonist Yosvany Terry chose Ye-dé-gbé as the name of his latest jazz ensemble project which tangles the influences of the Afro-Caribbean Arará culture with the American jazz form. |
Begin Morning Civil TwilightFinch’s art takes a variety of forms, from works on paper to sculptural objects to set design, but his main medium is installation. | Forever Young“Rumi Embodied: An Ecstatic Celebration” will be held at the Kripalu Center for Yoga and Health, November 15-18. | The Tao of RoaldWhen the Nobel committee awarded the 1981 prize in chemistry to Roald Hoffmann, they couldn’t have known they were encouraging a poet, playwright, and art critic. | Reinventing HistoryThe gala is being described as the Dudley Observatory’s 150th anniversary bash, despite the fact that the facility was chartered in 1852 and dedicated in 1856. |
World of Shadows“Chinese Shadow Figures from the Collection of Dr. Fan Pen Chen” is on exhibit from November 2 through January 6, 2008. | Digital Daguerrotypist“Photosemasia: Meaning in Light, Digital Translations of Lost Photographic Processes, Selected Works by Wil Lindsay,” runs from November 19 though January 20 at The Photography Center of the Capital District. | Chronogram Seen: NovemberThe events we sponsor, the people who make a difference, the Chronogram community. |
Food & Drink
Consider the HerbalistAmy Giezentanner profiles Gary Allen, author of The Herbalist in the Kitchen. | The Sophisticated CrepeAt Ravenous, diners can choose from 13 savory and 13 sweet crepes, plus daily specials. “We’ve always been interested in concentrating on just a few items and doing them really, really well,” co-owner Lauren Wickizer says. |
Books
Perennial Voyager
The late Jim Ryan, curator of nearby Olana, once told Kermani, “Someday this house is going to be seen as a major work by John Ashbery.”
Book Review: The Air We BreatheHere, once again, Barrett has woven science and story into a seamless narrative. By the end of the novel, readers have become an intimate part of Tamarack society. | Book Review: What You Call WinterNalini Jones’s debut collection suggests James Joyce’s The Dubliners. All of Joyce’s choice themes are here: lost innocence, alienation, dislocation, and a struggle with Catholic identity. |
