Arts & Culture

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Portfolio: Andrew Lichtenstein

Andrew Lichtenstein talks about his work photographing prison complexes and the incarcerated.

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Revving Homeward

Kingston-based Mercury Rev will perform at the Bearsville Theater on December 4 at 9pm.

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Moments in the Margins

“Converging Margins” is on view at the Center for Photography at Woodstock through January 11.

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Well-Respected Man

Ray Davies, the father of British rock, will perform at the Bardavon in Poughkeepsie on December 6 at 8pm

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Masters Revealed

“Revealed Anew,” a show consisting of various paintings, portraits, and drawings too fragile to leave the vaults for extended periods of time, will be on display at the Frances Lehman Loeb Arts Center at Vassar College through January 4.

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Ghost in the Machine

Singer-songwriter-guitarist Jeffrey Foucault will perform at the Rosenfale Café on December 13 at 8pm.

Food & Drink

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Comfortably Yum

Brian K. Mahoney recommends a few comfort dishes at some Hudson Valley restaurants that opened this year.

Books

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Get it On

Nina Shengold profiles Beacon resident David Rees, creator of Get Your War On and Adventures of Confessions of St. Augustine Bear.

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Book Review: Dreaming Up America

Jay Blotcher reviews Russell Banks’s Dreaming Up America

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Book Review: No Blood, No Foul

Anne Pyburn reviews Charley Rosen’s No Blood, No Foul

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Book Review: Last Train Out

Anne Pyburn reviews Last Train Out, by Richard Boes.

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Short Takes: December 2008

The eternal feminine takes many forms—Goth girl, sister, mother, wise woman, goddess—in six new books by Hudson Valley women.