Arts & Culture

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Portfolio: Ion Zupcu

Ion Zupcu discusses his unique style of photography.

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The Wooly Emancipator

Four portraits of Abraham Lincoln by Oscar Strodl will be shown at Incident Report in honor of Lincoln’s birthday.

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Still Life With Torture

Daniel Heyman interviewed 25 detainees in Istanbul making transcript/portraits of them which will be at the Samuel Dorsky Museum this month.

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Making Babies

Filmmaker Abby Epstein’s most recent documentary, The Business of Being Born, takes a look at women giving birth outside of hospitals.

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The Power of Seeger

Musician-activist Pete Seeger is honored in the movie Pete Seeger: The Power of Song, playing at Upstate Films in Rhinebeck the second week of this month.

Food & Drink

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Punk Tapas

Brian K. Mahoney finds tapas master Rich Reeve still creating revelatory small plates at Elephant wine bar in Kingston.

Books

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Great Strides

Benjamin Cheever goes the distance in both writing and running.

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Book Review: Thinking About Memoir and Chosen Forever

Susan Krawitz reviews Chosen Forever and Thinking About Memoir.

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Book Review: The Reserve

Caitlin McDonnell reviews The Reserve by Russell Banks.

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Short Takes

Six area authors invite you across the universe: London, Shanghai, czarist Russia, Neanderthal think tanks, the Italo-Cuban Catskills, and the wilds of Yankee Stadium.

Lucid Dreaming

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A Tale of Two Artists

Beth E. Wilson visits the Philadelphia Museum of Art to see the exhibits of works by Frida Kahlo and Lee Miller.