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News & Politics

While You Were Sleeping: December

Organic is healthier, international assassins for hire, dropout factories, stubborn Staph, and much more.

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In Search of Hugo Chavez

Chávez’z autocratic and megalomaniacal tendencies have undermined governance and the democratic process in Venezuela. Still, his seductive political project has offered a measure of hope to many.

This Month in God

Larry Beinhart on downward-facing dogs and other Godly conundrums.

Arts & Culture

Portfolio: Susan Wides

Photographer Susan Wides explains how she went from wax museums to rooftops.

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Concerto Against the Violin

Arnaud Sussmann plays the impossible with the Hudson Valley Philharmonic.

Linear Digression

“Time Tracers” features five photographers that chronicle the passage of time.

All in a Day's Work

Darryl Bautista and Lowell Handler turn their lenses on immigrant workers.

Crumpet Chronicle

Tom Ford stars in a local production of The SantaLand Diaries by David Sedaris.

Music for Morpheus

Dean Jones unveils his first solo album, Napper’s Delight at the Rosendale Cafe.

Portfolio: Ray Materson

In the nearly two decades since his first stitch, Ray Materson has depicted episodes of violence, abuse, and degradation, as well as scenes of tranquility, joy, and redemption.

Chemical Attractions

“Molecules That Matter” continues through April 13, 2008 at the Frances Young Tang Teaching Museum and Art Gallery at Skidmore College in Saratoga Springs.

La Dolce Vita

“Natura Morta: Still-Life Painting and the Medici Collections” continues at the Hyde Collection through January 13, 2008.

It Takes a Village

Richie Havens will bring his coffeehouse intimacy and Woodstock vibe to the GE Theatre at Proctors on December 8.

Steal This Movie

The film, an “apocalyptic buddy picture,” according to the director, is not, he admits, the kind of picture people are going to “rush to multiplexes” or even film festivals to see.

Early-Music Missionaries

The Boston Camerata will appear at Memorial Chapel on the campus of Union College in Schenectady on December 16.

Fabric of Unknown Lives

“Fabrica: Fiber Constructs by Estelle Kessler Yarinsky” remains at the Albany Institute through December 30.

Bronze Ages

“Cast Images: American Bronze Sculpture from the Metropolitan Museum of Art” continues at the New York State Museum through February 24, 2008.

Music

Giant Footsteps

Meet Eric Mingus. He makes quite an impression.

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Nightlife Highlights: December

Handpicked by local scenemaker DJ WAVY DAVY for your listening pleasure.

CD Review: Erik Lawrence & Hipmotism

Take a trip down to New Orleans and steep in the sexy soul of jazz, blues, and rock ’n’ roll.

CD Review: The New Friends of Rhythm

The New Friends of Rhythm is one of the few big jazz bands that successfully played classical adaptions. Listen to this collection.

CD Review: Uncle Rock

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.

December Nightlife Highlights

Roger Houston’s picks for December.

CD Review: Grainbelt

On Trouble Coming Down, Grainbelt splits the difference between the pedal-steel-fortified country inflections of CPK, and the more four-on-the-floor, twin-guitar rock stylings of the Dugans.

CD Review: Al Gallodoro

Many of Daybreak’s tunes sound as if they’ve been pulled from a grand old black-and-white movie.

CD Review: Plum Crazy

Maybe the best thing from Vermont since maple syrup, Plum Crazy has a new CD stocked with its unique blend of radio-ready rock.

The Long Road to Edwards

The idea of getting fresh music out into the world sometimes seems as remote as Edwards. But at the end of the road, with luck, you may finally arrive.

Books

Fresh Air

Berkshire novelist Andrea Barrett talks with Nina Shengold about fiction,science, and her new novel, The Air We Breathe.

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Short Takes: December

A celebration of vibrant new work by Hudson Valley poets and independent presses.

Book Review: Making the New Lamb Take

Caitlin McDonnell reviews two new volumes of poetry.

Crazy in America

Kim Wozencraft reviews Crazy in America, a book that addresses the imprisonment and criminalization of the mentally ill.

Book Review: Toehold

Anne Pyburn reviews the new Stephen H. Foreman novel, Toehold.

Memories of a Year Well-Read

Six book reviewers tell readers their top two recommendations for books of the year.

Horoscopes

My America

Eric Francis Coppolino reads the signs and fears trouble ahead for 2008.

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Horoscopes: December

Eric Francis Coppolino’s astrological outlook for December.

Whole Living

The Ebb and Flow of Ecstasy

Mark Michaels and Patricia Johnson explore Tantric paths to sudden joy.

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The Osteopathic Lineage of Healing

Lorrie Klosterman describes how cranial osteopathy and cranialsacral therapy can restore the body’s healing powers.

Community Notebook

Defeating the Digital Divide

Kelley Granger profiles the Children’s Media Project in Poughkeepsie, where students create their own programming.

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Under the Bridge: Cont'd

Part two of the Troy comic series.

Green Bodhisattva

In cradle-to-cradle thinking, when a product reaches the end of its useful life, it should be possible to recapture the component materials to maintain all of their potential usefulness.