Arts & Culture

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Portfolio: Lilo Raymond

By Beth E. Wilson

Lilo Raymond discusses her life, photography, and travels, along with her best and worst experiences, and what it’s like to be recognized.

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Nightlife Highlights: October 2008

By DJ Wavy Davy

From Ahmad Jamal to the Skytop Halloween Party, DJ WAVY DAVY handpicks this month’s nightlife selections.

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Tao on a Tightwire

By Sparrow

Presenting the 29th North American tour of the world record-holding Shangri-La Chinese Acrobats.

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The Reel Deal in Woodstock

By Jay Blotcher

Jay Blotcher reviews several films showing at the Woodstock Film Festival and enjoys a Q&A sessions with WFF lifetime achievement award-recipient Haskell Wexler.

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Moves for Moderns

By Maya Horowitz

For the first time in almost 50 years, the American Ballet Theater is returning to the Hudson Valley.

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The Flying Deutschman

By Christina Kaminski

David Deutsch’s aerial photographs and bird’s-eye perspective paintings are on display in Hudson this month.

Food & Drink

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Vin Populi

By Brian K. Mahoney

Author, wine critic, and professor at the Culinary Institute of America Steven Kolpan discusses his pragmatic and irreverent guide, WineWise.

Books

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Where the Heart Is

By Nina Shengold

Nina Shengold talks with writer Laura Shaine Cunningham about Sleeping Arrangements (featured in the 2008 One Book, One New Paltz celebration).

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Book Review: Why the Dalai Lama Matters

By Marx Dorrity

Robert Thurman’s book, Why the Dalai Lama Matters is an exploration of the significance of the one who many Tibetans feel is “the returning presence of the Buddha himself.”

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Book Review: The Night Villa; What Makes a Child Lucky

By Anne Pyburn

A mystery by award-winning author Carol Goodman and a story by master oral storyteller Gioia Timpanelli are on this month’s reading list.

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Books: Jessica Abel

By Pauline Uchmanowicz

Cartoonist and writer Jessica Abel chats about the history of her career as a graphic novelist, her work as a teacher, and what to do after you buy Maus.