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News & Politics

While You Were Sleeping

The gist of what you may have missed in the back pages of the global media maelstrom: numbers of refugees increasing, new codes of behavioral conduct for doctors, and parts of Manhattan to become a temporary car-free park in August.

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Treating the Tortured

Lorna Tychostup, reporting from Iraq, speaks with doctors from the country’s newly emerging mental health facilities for the thousands of torture and trauma survivors in the Middle East.

Body Politic

Larry Beinhart reminds voters of the previous problems that have occurred when presidential candidates promised to stimulate economy with tax cuts.

View From the Top

Letters to the Editor

Local readers respond to articles featured in the July 2008 issue.

Local Luminaries George and Nancy Donskoj

Founders of the annual Artists’ Soapbox Derby, George and Nancy Donskoj, reveal why they started the derby 14 years ago and why they keep doing it.

Chronogram Seen

Cafe Chronogram and the 2008 New York State Beer Expo.

Esteemed Reader

Jason Stern reflects upon his son’s experience learning how to explore his senses in nature.

Editor's Note

Editor Brian K. Mahoney assesses the inequality that exists in the legal system when applied to same sex marriages.

Arts & Culture

A Partial Catalog of Harold's Major and Minor Epiphanies

A short story by Brent Robison on the life, love, and lamentations of a man, that received an honorable mention in our 2007 short story contest.

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Portfolio: Ryan Sullivan

Emerging artist Ryan Sullivan shares the influence the Children’s Media Project had on his life and graffiti-inspired artwork.

Between the Shirt and the Skin

Terri C. Smith profiles the late photojournalist Eugene Smith, whose black-and-white photographs are now on permanent view at Dutchess Community College.

Brisk Bard

In 97 minutes, three actors will stage pieces from all 37 of Shakespeare’s plays in

“The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged),” at Boscobel in Garrison.

Sea of Stillness

Bard professor Peter Hutton’s silent film about the life and death of a container ship, At Sea, will be shown at Upstate Films in Rhinebeck on August 24.

In the Dark

Peter Shaffer’s “Black Comedy” will be performed at the Shadowland Theatre through August 10.

The Bold and Die Brücke

“Impassioned Images: German Expressionist Prints” will be exhibited at Vassar College’s Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center from August 22 though October 26.

Books

Book of Daniel

Nina Shengold profiles memoirist and book reviewer Daniel Mendelsohn.

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Book Review: A Spring without Bees: How Colony Collapse Disorder Has Endangered Our Food Supply

A Spring Without Bees is author Michael Schacker’s convincing, educating, and amusing look at how society is on the brink of Civilization Collapse Disorder.

Book Review: Thousand Mile Song: Whale Music in a Sea of Sound

Musician and philosopher David Rothenberg examines the relationship that exists between science and art in Thousand Mile Song.

Book Review: The Slow Creaking of Planets and Meditations on Rising and Falling

Visiting faculty at Bard College Gretchen Primack and Philip Pardi have written two notable first books of poetry.

Short Takes

Looking for a great novel to tuck in that beach bag, or new ways to pamper the dog in your dog days? Read on!

Food & Drink

Just Ducky

Brian K. Mahoney profiles Kingston’s Francophile haven Le Canard Enchainé.

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Poetry

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A poem by Brant Clemente, age three.

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A poem by Tillie Stern, age seven.

The Best Damn Fireworks

A poem by DB Leonard.

Rip Van Winkle Bridge

A poem by Daniel Gilhuly.

My First Teacher, Miss Mann

A poem by Aleda Schoonmaker.

Packing My Books

A poem by Gregory Luce.

Packs From Parsley

A poem by Michael David Golzmane.

Last Night

A poem by Susan Deer Cloud.

The Commune for Unwed Mothers

A poem by Normal.

Wife on the Run

A poem by Timothy Brennan.

What I Saw on the Street

A poem by Frank Boyer.

Roadtrip West

A poem by Natalie Safir.

Tilde (~)

A poem by Jordan Reynolds.

Horoscopes

Bucky Fuller:

Eric Francis Coppolino examines the life of the late author, architect, inventor, visionary, and futurist Buckminster Fuller.

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Horoscopes

What do the planets have in store for you this month? Check it out in your horoscope.

Music

Preservation Society

Peter Aaron profiles Vladimir Pleshakov, owner of The Pleshakov Piano Museum, which houses restored pianos that date back to the 1700s.

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Nightlife Highlights

A list of notable musicians, bands, and festivals coming to the Hudson Valley in August including John Ludington, HippieFest, Butter, Tift Merritt, and Jack DeJohnette with Pat Metheny and Larry Grenadier.

Bob Gluck Trio

Blasts of a shofar (ram’s horn), doctored voice samples, and acoustic instruments define the Bob Gluck Trio’s avant garde sound in their new album Sideways.

K. Osgood

Remotely akin to Fiona Apple or Norah Jones, K. Osgood’s sound in her new album Play to Win is difficult to pigeonhole as pop, rock, or jazz.

Stoney Clove Lane

Named after a road in Chichester, Stoney Clove Lane draws upon the woods for inspiration in their new album Stay With Me.

Groovin' Highmount

Cheryl K. Symister-Masterson profiles saxophonist David “Fathead” Newman, who will perform at the Belleayre Music Festival in Highmount on August 16.

Deep Listening in the Big Tent

Sparrow talks with Foster Reed, the founder of New Albion Records, a label to be celebrated at Bard College’s SummerScape series in the Spiegeltent, August 1 through August 10.

Community Notebook

The Reawakening

Molly Belmont examines the full-scale renaissance that has occurred in Schenectady in the past decade.

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Parting Shot

Parting Shot

Architect Mary Lou Oliveira shot this photograph from her backyard in Columbia County last fall with a a Canon Power Shot SD300.

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Lucid Dreaming

Unearthly Delights

Beth E. Wilson examines the symbiotic relationship that exists between art and nature in the work of Katie Holten and Nina Katchadourian.

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Beauty and Fashion Supplement

Thread by Thread

Erika Alexia Tsoukanelis describes her escape from the rigidity of mall fashions and explores stores in the Hudson Valley that cater to individuality.

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Whole Living

The Spirit of the Place

Lorrie Klosterman’s Q&A with Dr. Stephen Bergman, author of The Spirit of the Place, about the doctor-patient relationship and the current state and future of the medical field.

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Education Supplement

Latchkey No More

Kelley Granger explores afterschool programs available to children of all ages throughout the region.

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No More Pencils, No More Books

Amy Lubinski offers a guide to opportunities in adult education from cooking bootcamp to learning how to fly on a trapeze.

On the Cover

After van Eyck

Woodstock-based artists Devorah Sperber uses a variety of materials to create her installations, including thousands of thread spools, Swarovski crystals, map tacks, pipe cleaners, and marker pen caps.

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