Arts & Culture

Portfolio: Susan Wides

By Beth E. Wilson

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

Concerto Against the Violin

By Sparrow

Arnaud Sussmann plays the impossible with the Hudson Valley Philharmonic.

Linear Digression

By Brian K. Mahoney

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

All in a Day's Work

By Francis Cruz

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

Crumpet Chronicle

By Jay Blotcher

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

Music for Morpheus

By Robert Burke Warren

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

Portfolio: Ray Materson

By Timothy Cahill

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

By David Brickman

“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

By David Brickman

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

It Takes a Village

By David Malachowski

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

Steal This Movie

By Molly Belmont

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.