Sultans of String Bound to Play in Marlboro
The Canadian flamenco-folk-jazz group will perform at the Falcon this Sunday.
Walking Distance Treks to Millbrook
The New York quartet will perform at the town library on January 31.
Rhinebeck Concert Celebrates Women in Music
The January 18 program features flutist Eugenia Zukerman.
A New Year, A New Look At the Uranus-Pluto Square
You might be one who’s just crossing your fingers in hopes that something—anything—goes your way this year.
Merry Christmas! High on Fire Pummels Poughkeepsie
The doom metal gods will rock the Loft on January 13.
Woodstock Legend Cited by Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
Bluesman Paul Butterfield’s band will be inducted by the organization.
Saturn in Sagittarius: Take Aim and Use Your Tools
Saturn’s move from Scorpio to Sagittarius is going to open up some breathing room, allowing your sense of self-authority a more fearless confidence.
House Calls Are Back, Virtually
Online appointments can save you the time and hassle of getting to a doctor’s office.
Tommy Stinson Headlines Hudson Housing Benefit
The Replacements bassist and special guests will perform on January 3.
Hudson’s Meshell Ndegeocello Nominated for Grammies
The bassist and singer-songwriter has been cited for her production work on two albums.
The Hudson Valley’s Vintage Holidays
There’s no better time to visit the mansions on the river than during the holidays. December 19-21st is the last weekend for many history-steeped holiday events where your family can celebrate like an old timey Livingston or Moran.
Two Shows at the Ruby Gallery
Photographs by Roy Gumpel and woodwork by Bernhard Roze are exhibited at the Ruby Gallery in Kingston.
Beacon Tree Lighting Ceremony
The City of Beacon and BeaconArts put a different spin on the holidays
The Arts Oasis
On December 13th, doors open at The Arts Oasis, a multi-arts center in Red Hook. And with free classes from 10a-4p in movement, fine art and writing, along with special opportunities for parents, The Arts Oasis‘ grand opening is the perfect place to spend the day with the kids.
Bruce Katz Band Makes Bearsville ‘Homecoming’
The organist-led trio trumpets the release of its brand-new album.
The Penultimate Uranus-Pluto Square: Look Around You Now
Where within you has the revolutionary spark and the process of evolution been most palpable, scary as it may sometimes be? Get your bearings within, and look without. This is the event. You’re in it.
Hudson Valley Arts Scene Trailer
In January, Chronogram is launching Hudson Valley Art Scene Web TV. Here’s a sneak preview of what’s to come, a profile of Kingston-based potter Robert Hessler.
Jazz Novelist Reads in Tarrytown
Reed player Scott Schachter will sign and discuss his novel Outside In at Warner Library next week.
Kate Pierson Releases “Mister Sister” Video
Local Mount Tremper musician Kate Pierson releases her latest music video.
5 Ways to Beat Holiday Stress
Your to-do list is a mile long. A trip to the mall requires a prophylactic anti-anxiety pill. Family is coming. Trees need trimming and roasts need roasting. When the festive season starts to feel like a stress fest, wellness strategies like these can ease a bit of the pressure and give you some much-needed TLC.…
Unison Craft Fair in New Paltz
Over 50 artists and vendors are placed under one room to sell and display their work.
Sinterklaas Festival in Rhinebeck
The 300 year Dutch tradition of Kinterklaas is celebrated in Rhinebeck.
Lucky Mee Noodles Pop-Up Restaurant
Michael Pardus’s pop-up restaurant “Lucky Mee Noodles” rolls in Kingston and New Paltz on the first weekend of December.
Indoor Play Spaces
To aid parents during the hibernating months, Hillary Harvey has compiled a variety of indoor play spaces available for children to exert their high-energy throughout the Hudson Valley.
Gemini Full Moon: Is Your Aim True?
Let creativity and service (think “higher purpose”) guide you as you navigate your interpersonal relationships this weekend.
New Years Eve Events
Ready to end New Years with a bang, but not sure how? Chronograms has got you covered.
Video: Frank Spinelli’s Transitory Utopias
Frank Spinelli talks with Stephen Blauweiss about photographing the Burning Man festival for his forthcoming book Burning Man: Into a 21st Century Utopia.
Woodstock: The Spirit Survives
A portrait of the little town that’s often mistaken as the site of a famous concert
Virgo for December 2014
Virgo (August 23-September 22) What does it take to unravel conditioning, guilt, and resistance? What does it take to be the person you are every minute of the day, with no pretense? Usually it takes a process. For some people there can be a breakthrough or sudden awakening, and ultimately no matter what the process…
Rite Gone Wrong: Nut/Cracked at Bard’s Fisher Center
“Nut/Cracked” will be performed on December 20 and 21 at Bard’s Fisher Center.
Pony in the Pancake
One of the Upstate underground’s most underrated bands joins forced with Northern indie acts Party Boat and Great Mutations for a performance at Low Beat.
Libra for December 2014
Libra (September 22-October 23) We all live in “the environment,” which we usually think of as the air, the water, the neighborhood, the cityscape, or some other external factor. You’re about to be taken on a journey through your mental environment. You will have the option and the ability to see how real, or unreal,…
The Wonderful World of Boning
Upstate Films in Woodstock hosts an evening of sex ed films and comedy on November 10.
Avram Fefer Trio
Saxophonist Avram Fefer brings his trio to an ongoing jazz series at Quinn’s venue on December 22.
Scorpio for December 2014
Scorpio (October 23-November 22) This month a pressure you’ve endured for quite a while starts to come off of you. You might also think of it as an external support system. Its absence will be an experiment, and a test of how strong you’ve become. You may not feel entirely confident, similar to the end…
Soul Clap Dance Party at BSP Kingston
DJ Jonathan Toubin spins 45s and hosts a dance competition on December 13.
The Ball Drop
The jam-and-raggae themed jubilee offers “a one-day winter festival/slumber party” at the Hudson Valley Resort and Spa for a New Years celebration.
The Hungry Soul
Recovering from an eating disorder is a journey through body, psyche, and spirit.
Sagittarius for December 2014
Sagittarius (November 22-December 22) This month, Saturn enters your sign for the first time since November 12, 1988, when the prior Saturn in Sagittarius phase ended. Since this promises to be big news on the Internet, here are some time details, then one thought: Saturn enters your sign on December 23, then retrogrades back into…
The Big Meal at Unison
Mohonk Mountain Stage Company Readers Theater presents “The Big Meal” December 12-13.
Capricorn for December 2014
Capricorn (December 22-January 20) If this isn’t the most interesting month of your life, it will likely come up on the Top 10 list. It may be challenging to hold your center. You may feel like some vast change is about to sweep through your world. The astrology illustrates a scenario where you are surrounded…
The Eddie Palermo Big Band at the Falcon on December 20
The Eddie Palermo Big Band play the Falcon in Marlboro on December 20.
The Low Road: Larry Grenadier
The Kingston-based bassist talks about playing with Brad Mehldau, Joshua Redman, Gary Burton, and his wife, Rebecca Martin.
Aquarius for December 2014
Aquarius (January 20-February 19) Don’t let the pressure get to you. Keep your sense of humor. Get as much of your work out of the way before the holidays as you can, and give yourself a little space to live and breathe. Make sure that you plan plenty of time alone, get enough sleep as…
Cold Spring by Candlelight
The 12th annual event kicks off the holiday season on December 6th.
The Quiet Life / Ballroom Thieves
The Portland, Oregon-based quartet plays BSP Kingston on December 10.
Pisces for December 2014
Pisces (February 19-March 20) You’re about to get a taste of a kind of success that you may have decided was in the past, or that existed only in theory. You will not get there alone. What you are doing now, however, will take you further, and has a tangible quality that you may have…
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CD Review: Creative Music Studio Archive Selections Vol. 1
The first volume of CMS archive selections.
Mort Kunstler at the Norman Rockwell Museum
An exhibition of Mort Kunstler’s illustrations will be on display at the Norman Rockwell Museum in Stockbridge, Massachusetts through March 8.
Poughkeepsie Celebration of Lights
The 21st annual event returns with a light parade and fireworks.
Porochista Khakpour: Winged Victory
The Iranian-American novelist is the author of the satirical and dark The Last Illusion.
Gilded Age Christmas at Staatsburgh Historic Site
Lavish decorations of the Gilded Age come to life at the historic site
CD Review: The Warp The Weft’s “Wind of Hours Unwinding”
Poughkeepsie’s hard chamber rockers’ latest release.
Winter Walk on Warren Street
A Santa parade, live reindeer, and fireworks kick off the holiday season in Hudson.
On the Cover: Hug Deli
Frank Spinelli’s photograph from his forthcoming book Burning Man: Into a 21st Century Utopia.
Jack Shainman Gallery in Kinderhook
An ongoing exhibition of works from the Jack Shainman Gallery in Kinderhook.
A Celtic Christmas with Solas An Lae
Irish dance fundamentals and holiday cheer morphed into one performance.
Esteemed Reader
Jason Stern is in favor of freedom—the freedom to express our inherent, essential uniqueness.
Aries for December 2014
Aries (March 20-April 19) There is big business moving in your chart, and right at the same time planets come storming through your house of achievement and success, Saturn makes its first move into Sagittarius. The theme is ethics. Seen one way, your astrology is perfect for you to take a success-at-all-costs approach to life.…
Judy Gold at the Towne Crier on December 5
The comedian brings her confessional act to Beacon.
Frozendale
Local food, art, music, and shops come together for the one-day holiday shopping event.
Taurus for December 2014
Taurus (April 19-May 20) You may have the sensation that something is out of balance, though the way it looks in your astrology, you’re working to put that very thing into balance. Yet you might not feel that way while it’s happening. The changes you want to make are drawing you in like the vortex…
Avery Danziger’s “Gate to Hell”
Avery Danziger’s photographs of the long-burning Siberian natural gas fire are on display at White Gallery in Lakeville through December 31.
Holiday Concert with John Pizzarelli and Jane Monheit
Two jazz icons join forces for a captivating vocal duo performance.
Gemini for December 2014
Gemini (May 20-June 21) You will need to put extra care this month and into January into all matters of a joint financial nature, taxes, investments, and shared resources. You may find this irritating or challenging, though I suggest you devote yourself to the tasks at hand. The thing to avoid is rebellion, whether in…
Upcoming Retreats the Won Dharma Center
The Won Dharma Center is a meditation and retreat center where people from diverse backgrounds study and practice the dharma. Opportunities for spiritual cultivation are offered through meditation classes, and structured or self retreats.
The Nutcracker
Artisan Dance Company, New Paltz Ballet, and Catskill Ballet each offer their own performance of the holiday show.
Beinhart’s Body Politic: The Land of Dead Ideas
Why do discredited Republican ideas continue to spring back to life like zombies?
Cancer for December 2014
Cancer (June 21-July 22) Calmly watch the world and observe the subtle fact that you’re in a position of power. You will have to do some sorting out of what that power is, how it manifests, and how you may use it, but the fact remains, you are in a strong place. This will be…
Matisyahu’s “Festival of Lights” at SLPAC
The Sugar Loaf Performing Arts Center welcomes Hasidic reggae star Matisyahu on December 27.
It’s A Wonderful Life
A rendition of the Frank Capra classic film is offered at three different theaters .
A Marcel Breuer House in Poughkeepsie
A sterling example of Marcel Breuer’s Modernist architecture exists in Poughkeepsie.
Leo for December 2014
Leo (July 22-August 23) Get ready for an adventure—artistic, creative, erotic, childish, challenging, risky—and remember to pace yourself. You can be as bold an adventurer as you want, as long as you remember to sleep at night and eat real food. I know that what often seems like the most fun involves being up 24…
Uptown New Year’s Eve
The third annual gathering on Wall Street in Kingston to ring in the new year.
Hudson Valley Philharmonic Performs Handel’s “Messiah”
Handel’s famed Messiah will be sung at UPAC by the Capella Festiva vocalists, backed by the Hudson Valley Philharmonic, with a full orchestra made up of more than 150 musicians and singers.
Songwriters Sing in Bearsville Tomorrow
The Bearsville Theater Autumn Songwriter Showcase presents four acclaimed acts.
