Soul Rebels Bring the Funk to Daryl’s House
The New Orleans band will heat up the Pawling club and eatery this month.
Woodstock Concert Series is Free
The free outdoor concert series continues this Saturday and wraps up in September.
How Do You Like the Truth?
Do you feel strongest and most secure in yourself when you’re being honest, no matter how uncertain you are of another person’s reaction to it?
Daddy Long Legs to Stomp in Hudson and Beacon
The Brooklyn blues punk outfit will rock the Half Moon and Quinn’s this weekend.
The Magic of Spring Faires
Two local Waldorf-inspired schools are treating the community to a weekend of spring faires, the community gatherings so magical there’s even an extra “e” at the end of the name.
Bearsville Hosts Bob Dylan Birthday Celebration
The seventh annual event will benefit Woodstock’s Crisis Hotline and the John Herald Fund.
Rethinking Life on the Baggage Carousel
Can you see your inner ‘stuff’ for what it is, and choose not to project it onto the other person?
Trumpeter Tivey Blows into Catskill
The Rhys Tivey Quartet will perform at the historic Beattie Powers house on May 23.
Encouraging Kids, to Thine Own Self be True
When it comes to sharing Shakespeare with kids, it can be hard to know where to start. So New Genesis Productions provides that wing wherewith we fly.
Vassar College Acquires Jacopo Vignali Masterwork Painting
The Finding of Moses now belongs to the Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center, the college’s art museum.
Rabbi Dresner on Freedom
Rabbi Israel Dresner recalls his meetings with Martin Luther King, and experiences in the Civil Rights movement.
Ryley Walker Steps into Hudson on Saturday
The up-and-coming alt.folkie will appear at the Half Moon.
Allowing Room to be Wrong: Mars-Saturn, and Mercury Retrograde
In just four days, on May 18, Mercury stations retrograde in Gemini. This means we’re in the ‘storm’ phase: consider this your heads up to back up files and hard drives, and to stop to think more often than you don’t, as the days surrounding a Mercury station can be especially glitch-y. But Mercury is…
Slaid Cleves Sings in Stone Ridge
The acclaimed singer-songwriter will perform at Marbletown Multi-Arts on Saturday.
The Sweetest Day
Over the past seven years, the Gardiner Cupcake Festival has moved from Main Street in Gardiner to the 6th generation family-run Wright’s Farm, and showcases a variety of cupcake vendors in an all-day event for your gorging pleasure.
Victory Bus Project: Helping Kids With Imprisoned Parents
For the last two years, Jalal Sabur has been connecting children with their imprisoned parents. From the dense urban city to the rural outskirts where New York State’s penitentiaries are located, Sabur’s Victory Bus has shuttled families to and from the prisons at a reduced rate. The lack of public transportation in the countryside limits…
2015 Short Play Festival: In Memory of Tim Gunther
Gunther, a Poughkeepsie firefighter and member of the Hudson Valley Playwrights, passed away on Wednesday. The group will perform 15 original short plays for one weekend only in his honor.
The Chronogram Poets 2015
The event is free and open to the public, starting at 6:30pm. Refreshments will be served, and book signing will follow.
Pirate Birthday Party: You’re Not Invited
Do you remember the first time a birthday party thrown by your parents crossed over from the realm of “exciting” to “downright humiliating”?
From Dreams to Reality: Mercury Square Neptune
We all have that one area of our lives where we can’t seem to bridge our idealized version of things with actual reality.
The Rush of the Ride – Mountain Bike Edition
This area is no stranger to mountain biking, and May is the month for getting started (or restarted) with it.
‘Exhale to Inhale’ Brings Healing through Yoga to the Hudson Valley
Free yoga classes will begin in Kingston this month for survivors of domestic violence and sexual assault.
Portfolio: Roy Gumpel
On March 21, nine dance troupes performed at UPAC in Kingston at the 32nd annual Festival of Dance. Chronogram contributor Roy Gumpel captured the evening through his lens.
Energy Harvest
By switching to renewable energy sources, Hudson Valley farmers can not only minimize the amount of greenhouse gases emitted, but also save on costs. With financing programs like PACE in place, alternative energy sources are more feasible than ever.
What the Karmapa Said
Karma Triyana Dharmachakra monastery in Woodstock is the Karmapa’s North American base. He was here on his second visit to the United States when he offered a teaching at UPAC in Kingston on April 18.
Esteemed Reader: Learning How to Learn
There’s a disposition that combines artistry and warriorship, looking to each situation as an opportunity for both creation and work on oneself. Only to do the more difficult thing is a peculiar form of masochism; but to insistently choose the course that is both difficult and creative, thus steadily threading life with series of bold…
The Wizard of Bard
This afternoon, Leon Botstein, the president of Bard College, a near caricature of dignity in his ever-present suit and bowtie, is relaxing on the veranda of his stately campus home with a thick cigar and a cup of sugared tea. Outside, the air is fresh, the birds are singing, and the sun is utterly glorious.…
Flower Empowered
In our culture of CVS convenience, it’s all too easy to hand over our health to a brand-name label or Big Pharma script. People like Maia Toll remind us that there’s another way—a simpler, connected-to-the-earth way of taking charge of our own bodies.
Pocket Full of Stones
There is Delilah, skipper of a dinghy with no rudder, no oars. She drifts between vanishing islands, shallow tombolos, all that the siren has ever known, crying out as crabs scuttle across her sinking toes. Her eyes scan for land that will not melt among the tides. Wallowing and wayward, sighing in salty hymns, she…
Libra for May 2015
You now have the blessing of being seen, and even better, being seen for who you are. While it’s true that your focus is often on making sure that others are taken care of, you’re not always recognized for that. If you are who you are, it will be obvious who you are. Under this…
Nightlife Highlights: The Lone Bellow
May 23. From tragedy, beauty can sometimes come. New York folk rock trio the Lone Bellow, who play Mass MoCA this month, have their origin in the journals kept by singer Zach Williams as he helped his wife through temporary paralysis brought on by a horse-riding accident. At the urging of friends, Williams learned guitar,…
Greasy Kid Stuff
Ratboy Jr. is hosting a CD release party and BBQ on May 30 at the Rock & Rye Tavern in New Paltz, located on the grounds of the old Locust Tree golf course. It will be an all-inclusive affair taking place during the day so the whole family can come on down, be it rain…
Sadness is blue
It sounds like rain dripping down It smells like a muddy puddle It tastes like sour grapes It looks like a rainy day Sadness feels like quicksand —John E. Soi (7 years)
Well-Spent: The Garden & Patio Edition
By the time this prints, the sun may finally be shining and we can all come out and play. Gear up your garden and primp that patio, Hudson Valley style.
Nightlife Highlights: Rufus Wainwright
Although he has regional roots (born in Rhinebeck), it’s been a while since singer-songwriter Rufus Wainwright has performed around here.
Lady Day’s Night
Catskill Jazz Factory will present a Billy Holiday centenary tribute by the Aaron Diehl Trio with Cécile McLorin Salvant on May 8 at 8pm at the Fisher Center’s Sosnoff Theater at Bard College in Annandale-on-Hudson. Tickets are $25-$45. (845) 758-7900; Fishercenter.bard.edu.
Aquarius for May 2015
Keep scratching out your niche in the world, the one where you belong. If it often seems more difficult than necessary, remember that you’re doing something original. You may also be doing something that contradicts the many prevailing beliefs of our time. But what it doesn’t contradict are the prevailing needs of our time. Rather…
Pisces for May 2015
Consider all the possible combinations of work, wellbeing, and healing, and experiment with them. I don’t mean the words, I mean what they represent. This is where you can find benefit in your life, for yourself and for others. Many factors may seem to be unpredictable or unstable, at least for the moment. What is…
Nightlife Highlights: Swing and Shine
Dubbed “Swing and Shine,” this dance at the Ashokan Center to benefit that institution’s local schools fund and the Woodstock School of Art’s Robert H. Angeloch Building Fund kicks off with a sumptuous, country-style, sit-down dinner.
“River Crossings” Exhibit at Olana and Thomas Cole House
“River Crossings” is on view at Olana and the Thomas Cole National Historic Site May 3 through November 1.
Spring Haiku Reflections
Life stirring inside the bud of the crabapple pushes it open Sitting on the desk it cracks a little bit more— the robin’s eggshell Under the moonlight the peepers call out knowing no one can find them
Sagittarius for May 2015
You don’t need to argue with your emotions, or block them, though you would be wise to notice them and treat them as real. You seem ready to step out of a corner that you somehow let yourself get backed into, and the issue seems to be whether you really can trust someone. Looked at…
Nightlife Highlights: Darol Anger, Emy Phelps, and Friends
You might not recognize master fiddler and multi-instrumentalist Darol Anger by name, but if you’ve ever been a “Car Talk” listener you’ve heard him play.
The Souls of Typewriters
Alon is with his typewriter and looking for collaborators the first Tuesday of every month at Quinn’s in Beacon starting at 7pm. He will also be at Beacon Pantry in Beacon on May 16-17 for Beacon Open Studios, and at the Clearwater Festival at Croton Point Park on June 20-21.
The Universe, etc.
“The thing is,” he says, whiskey-swaying in his kitchen “that shard from the glass you broke is never gone.” He slides a sweating tumbler and dries the countertop hanging his towel from the oven handle as early punctuation. “You’ll find it again,” he assures his captivated guest “in your foot.”
Scorpio for May 2015
You certainly seem to be walking that fine line between fear and desire. Yet your fear, in some ways, seems the larger of the two, as you contemplate all that could potentially go wrong. Yet that’s not really an issue, though if it is, ask yourself whether you’re using your power correctly. Consider carefully, and…
On the Cover: Leon A. Comstock Jr.
Comstock’s work is on display through July 11, with an opening reception on May 2 at 5:30pm at Neumann Fine Art.Neumannfineart.com.
Nightlife Highlights: Tani Tabbal
His Bearsville Theater gig on May 17 celebrates the release of Mixed Motion, his third album under his own name, and will feature that disc’s trio of Tabbal, bassist Michael Bisio, and saxophonist Adam Siegel.
Wassail Balkan Dance Party
The 19th annual spring Wassail Balkan Dance Party returns to Breezy Hill Orchard in Staatsburg on May 9 from 2pm until your dancing feet give out.
Aries for May 2015
Pull your mind into focus and set your priorities. This will give you a sense of direction. As you move through the next few weeks, you’re likely to revise your plans many times, or more likely, rework the language you use to describe them. I suggest that you not get lost in the sauce of…
Taurus for May 2015
You seem determined to sort out the money issue, which is a good thing. Remember though that money is not usually something that comes to you. Rather, it’s something that you go out and get. And if it does come to you, it’s often the result of long preparation. That’s actually good news, because there…
a lingering romance
there is the spell of the woods a romance like no others in the great book of spells romantic and otherwise come and there are owls and lamplight and the great cathedral radiates through the apse of trees and it is all you need interest yourself in evermore at least it is a spell to…
CD Review: Fractions by Stella
Seth Rogovoy reviews David Greenberger & The Pahltone Scooters’ latest album.
MAYFest
Catskill Chill and Skybaby Yoga are celebrating with a two-day, three-night, family-friendly MAYfest on May 22-24 at Surprise Lake Camp in Cold Spring.
Time
If at the wrist my hands I clip (reaching still to grasp at you), fold them together, morning glories struck by too much sun or night, place them in a mailbox by some damned nostalgic lane; If with a pliers I crush and twist my voicebox (calling out your name), If (ah! crystal-sizzle, sliding down)…
Recipe for Living
For architect Steven Keith and food stylist Roscoe Betsill, fluidity is a collaborative effort emphasizing a harmonious interaction of life, interests, career, friends, and home.
Untitled
All the things that are blue. Were one day yellow. I did not mean for this to happen. But it do so… Solid. That’s the truth.
CD Review: New Vocabulary
Alexander Stern reviews the new album by Ornette Coleman, Jordan McLean, and Amir Ziv.
Textile Classes at Byrdcliffe
Clothing and textile designer Isabel Wilson (Marc Jacobs, Calvin Klein, Phillip Lim) is teaching a series of hand-weaving, dyeing, and surface design classes at the historic Loom Room throughout May and June.
Cancer for May 2015
If you’ve ever wanted to reveal all your secrets to yourself, this is the time. With this I would include deep, unspeakable desires, which you may find are more easily translated into words over the next few weeks. You may discover that you can see viewpoints that are opposite what you typically hold. This doesn’t…
Virgo for May 2015
You seem to be fixating on the question of why you struggle with insecurity to the extent that you do. It’s a good question, though if you look around at the world and notice how much is teetering on the brink of disaster, you would feel better about yourself. We in the 21st century often…
Aperture Disavows Circumference
discolorings & constitutions crests undulate rills wheatfields aspects cusps underbellies blush “I am a werewolf,” the man said. “You don’t look like a werewolf,” the little girl replied. “What do werewolves look like?” “Scary.” forecasts stumble upon ordainment honorariums stall sequence initiates ceremonials with werewolves conspicuously absent
Fear of Last Frost
March 3rd: On the way back home stop at the gas station And pick up a case of gold mine beer. Drink Its liquid, breathe, and let your back wash soul Sit in the back of your mouth contemplating The pouring paradox of disaster and inspiration In a tin can and groan. Crack Another— Skip…
Vacuum
I. Word Game: If nothing exists, show it to me. “1960s” not “1960’s”. “us” not “u’s”. “us” is not “us”. “us” looks like “us”. “us” is not “us”, “us” is not “we”. Double u is in a vacuum We are in a vacuum; w is not. Is anybody out there? II. I don’t think we…
Colors Passing
The sun gathered gold dispersing blue until tomorrow yields to pink along the blushed horizon. We watched the sunset from Plattekill Avenue. Exchanging stories and talking with our hands revealed mutual colors. As though this happens everyday, The sun dropped below darkening trees transforming henna into orange. Turning toward twilight, We headed East words trail…
After the Factory: Chasing Gerard Malanga
It’s been nearly five decades since Gerard Malanga danced with a whip in front of the Velvet Underground. During that time, he’s starred in underground films by Andy Warhol and Piero Heliczer, directed his own films, and shot iconic portraits of William S. Burroughs, a nude Iggy Pop, Mick Jagger, John Ashbery, and young Robert…
Craft Beer Boogaloo
To celebrate their 35th anniversary, Radio Woodstock is hosting an artisanal brewing bonanza on May 23 at Cantine Field in Saugerties, featuring good food and better brews from 75 small breweries.
What the Mice See in the Museum
Pollack only trusted his accidents. Rothko vacationed in orange. Miro kept painting big eyelashes in threes & Kline couldn’t decide between a yellow sky & clouds on the lawn. Pollack fancied Daffy Duck, if you look hard enough. Rothko wanted all of us to live out of focus. Miro essentially managed a circus & Kline…
Ecce Panis Angelorum
Tomato round and red says the mind in passing but the body lingers lifting, brushing skin against lips a bristle of peppery stem singeing my cheek with summer’s lusty song here in this trail of dirt where flesh meets flesh here: this fragile erubescence blood of the moment’s whole pours into me its wordless psalm
ArtScene Episode 5
The fifth ArtScene episode focuses on painter Hugh Morris, contemporary art museum Dia:Beacon, and stained glass artist Doris Cultraro of DC Studio.
Fish Eye Lenses
What are all these colors there flickering On the majestic sky? What are all the ringlets winking? What is all the jewel-like twinkling? Tales have always told they’re soles Gone to by and bye. Up there with our hopes they’re linking, Looking down upon us blinking, Helping out the best of us As we try…
Capricorn for May 2015
It would help if you believe the information you’re given, especially if you recognize that it’s associated with your personal evolution. Your charts suggest you might not recognize as true something that is indeed true, even though you have evidence to support it. One hint is that you’ve figured this out before, and it didn’t…
Parting Shot: E. E. Cummings
Cummings’s work is currently on display through June 21 at the Transverse Gallery at the Locust Grove Estate in Poughkeepsie, in collaboration with the Ken Lopez Gallery. Eecummingsart.com; Lgny.org.
While You Were Sleeping—May 2015
A mysterious Edward Snowden bust, drone restrictions, and more.
Lesson 2
It’s easy to make a poem. You need the black wing of your heart and the orb of your eye to make a poem.
Without You:
I will grow my nails Long and filthy Bearded, I will eat Tree bark and rodent Pellets; woodland bound Drowning my sorrows in mountain lakes Basking in moonshine Deep in the haunted Catskill Pines, breathing smoke… Fire beside me, crackling Crunching pops from within you Snapping hot passionate companion I need you, combusting Old trust…
Deer, Roots, and New Sensations
What specifically should we be looking for when we buy annuals, perennials, shrubs, or trees?
Editor’s Note: Little Red Bird
Mostly, we live in “threshold time”—our minute-to-minute experience that feels like being on the verge of some unknowable thing but that something never happens. Then, like a car crash, like falling in love, the unexpected arrives, and it’s as if a door slams shut.
Hefestus Iron Pour
The second annual Hefestus festival is returning on May 23 for a full day of iron casting, sculpting, and metalwork, with live music, food, and drinks.
Gemini for May 2015
Think of yourself as a weaver. You already know that fibers that are woven into fabric are much stronger, with more integrity, than a collection of loose threads. Therefore, collect the loose threads and one at a time, gather them into the fabric of your life. Weaving is a conscious act. It’s based on an…
Rush of the Ride: The Hudson Valley’s BMX Scene
At first glance, BMX might seem dangerous. But like any sport, there’s more to it.
Larry Beinhart’s Body Politic: Ah, The Restoration of Religious Freedom
Larry Beinhart discusses the Religious Freedom Restoration Act.
Lucifer’s Side of the Story
From the head of this pin I can fall in any direction but I will not be pushed by that old man. Heaven is a fine and dandy place but there’s nothing to do so I’m outta here.
Teaching Humanity to Admire Itself
Alejandro Jodorowsky embodies the crazy, creative wisdom of the spiritual warrior. Whether he’s making movies, writing books, practicing Zen under a master, learning sexual tantra from Gurdjieff’s daughter, giving free tarot readings to all comers, he is the artist, as Dylan says, who doesn’t look back.
Highland Fling: Beacon, Cold Spring, and Garrison
Stop me if you’ve heard this one before: A town thrives in the early part of the 20th century as a center of industry and/or transportation. But times change. Factories head overseas. Railroads and barges fall out of fashion. Highways are built that bypass downtown. Businesses close. Towns crumble. Cue the tumbleweeds and crime. Then,…
Poetry Roundup 2015
Outstanding new books by Hudson Valley poets, reviewed by Lee Gould, Marx Dorrity, Nina Shengold, and Pauline Uchmanowicz.
Pencils
I love pencils the way they rest, cradled by the thumb in the fingers of my speechless hand. I love the way they feel, smooth & firm sometimes round sometimes hexagonal. I love the Dixon Ticonderoga Faber Castell American Eagle, but especially the Venus Velvet No 2’s of my childhood. I love the way they…
Leo for May 2015
Many mysteries will reveal themselves over the next five or six weeks; that seems to be written in every corner of the sky. Your own personal discoveries are likely to surround your sexual history. The fact that sex is exploited, commercialized, and joked about does not lessen its significance. In a clear and sober state…
Hudson’s Ryder Cooley Contributes to Compilation
The multidisciplinary performance artist is featured on Atrocity Exhibition: Year One.
