First Annual Catskill Chill Music Festival
The first annual Catskill Chill Music Festival, at beautiful Camp Minglewood, will feature the music of Keller Williams, Soulive, The New Mastersounds, The Easystar Allstars, Particle and many more.
21st Annual Bard Music Festival “Berg and His World” Opens Friday, August 13
Beginning this Friday at 8 p.m. in Bard Fisher Center’s Sosnoff Theater, two weekends of orchestral, choral, and chamber concerts explore the cultural world, works, and life of the early 20th-century Viennese composer Alban Berg and his contemporaries. Through the prism of Berg’s life and career, this year’s festival will explore the origins, varieties, and…
Phoenicia Festival of the Voice
The Phoenicia Festival of the Voice will take place August 13 to 15.
Flowers Fall: Why Have Kids?
Yet, though it is like this, simply, flowers fall amid our longing,and weeds spring up amid our antipathy. — Dogen Zenji, Genjokoan
Naturopathic Medicine
Naturopathic doctors combine alternative approaches with medical school training. But in some states, they struggle to deliver it.
Spock vs. Zeus
Leonard Nimoy’s “Secret Selves” opens August 1 at MASS MoCA in North Adams, Massachusetts.
Two Guys Who Never Met
“Picasso Looks at Degas” will continue at the Clark Art Institute, 225 South Street in Williamstown, Massachusetts, until September 12.
Notorious B.A.R.D.
A preview the Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival’s season; including “Bomb-itty of Errors.”
Catskill Mountain Breakdown
The Bethel Woods Bluegrass Jamboree takes place at the Bethel Woods Center for the Arts on August 22 at 2pm.
Parting Shot: Here Comes the Rain
On exhibit at the Barett Art Center in Poughkeepsie through August 14.
The Power of Three
The 3/50 Project supports local business and a green lifestyle. Cinda Baxter, founder of the 3/50 project, will speak at SUNY New Paltz on August 13.
Poem: The Crows Are Not as Wicked as the People Have Said
Poetry is edited by Philip Levine.
Book Review: In the Fullness of Time
Susan Krawitz reviews “In the Fullness of Time: 32 Women on Life after 50,” by Emily W. Upham and Linda Gravenson.
Mentor of Unheard Stories
Zachary Sklar tells about his life and career from proofreading at “Time” and “Life” to writing the screenplay for Oliver Stone’s “JFK.”
CD Review: Keith Pray’s Big Soul Ensemble
Cheryl K. Symister-Masterson reviews “Live at the Lark Tavern” by Keith Pray’s Big Soul Ensemble.
CD Review: Graham Parker
Robert Burke Warren reviews “Imaginary Television” by Graham Parker.
Best of Both Worlds
Girl rocker Tracy Bonham talks about her music career, moving from the West Coast to Woodstock, and forthcoming motherhood.
Whistling in the Dark
Myron Levin discusses what happened when Neal Jorgensen blew the whistle on his employer; a plastic recycling firm in Preston, Idaho.
While You Were Sleeping
John Boehner suggests raising the retirement age to 70; decision on whaling practices reaches stalemate; BP still the Defense Department’s largest fuel supplier; and two billion dollars of stimulus money to be used for solar panel plants.
Chronogram Seen
The events we sponsor, the people who make a difference, the Chronogram community.
Local Luminary: Joan Kaplan Davidson
Joan Kaplan Davidson, who has served as head of the New York State Council of the Arts, president of the Kaplan Fund, and Parks Commissioner, talks about her career.
Titanoboa
James Gurney’s “Titanoboa” will be featured in “Focus on Nature XI” through October 31, at the New York State Museum in Albany.
