Yesterday and Today: A Unique Interactive Beatles Experience at the Lycian Centre
Don’t miss the amazing musical tribute Yesterday and Today: A Unique Interactive Beatles Experience at the Lycian Centre on Kings Highway in Sugar Loaf, NY on Saturday, February 27th at 8:00pm. Simply put, the Beatles music is the soundtrack to our lives. Yesterday and Today gets to the heart of that. The performance is 2…
Get Out of the House, Get Out of the Cold Experience the Rhinecliff! …
EXPERIENCE THE RHINECLIFF’S Taittinger Wine Dinner next Thursday, February 25 @ 7 p.m.** Join Jerome Jeandin, from Taittinger Champagne for an evening that is guaranteed to make you feel bubbly. You’ll sample world-renowned Champagnes and learn what makes Taittinger a favorite among Champagne lovers. Then enjoy a Champagne-inspired meal. Accompanied by International Chanteuse Elaine Rachlin…
Enjoy the Rhinecliff Hotel this winter!
EXPERIENCE THE RHINECLIFF’S VALENTINES WEEKEND SPECTACULAR THIS SAT & SUN!
Get Out of the House, Get Out of the Cold Experience the Rhinecliff!
ENJOY THE VALENTINES WEEKEND SPECTACULAR THIS SAT & SUN! The Fat Tuesday Celebration Feb 16, The daily $14.95 prix fixe dinner, The $150.00 Overnite Special, this Friday BLUES Nite w/OFF THE…
Announcing a New Opportunity in Integrative Health Studies
The Graduate Institute is pleased to announce a new certificate program in Exploring the Integrative Care Continuum (EICC) offered at New Milford Hospital in New Milford, CT. Please join us for a free Information Session at New Milford Hospital on Tuesday, February 9th from 4 to 6 pm in room(s) Robison A & B.
Puttin Plus
Puttin Plus is a friendly and exciting center for outdoor fun. The park has Go Karts, Batting Cages, Miniature Golf, an Arcade, Laser Tag, and Water Tag.
Poughkeepsie Day School
An enrichment camp for young people who love to learn. Campers choose courses to pursue passions and discover new ones in science, creative writing, history or math.
La Luna Farm
La Luna Farm is a full-service equestrian barn overlooking the Catskill mountains. We are now open for boarding and lessons in hunters, jumpers, and equitation from beginners to serious competitors.
Mill Street Loft
Arts Change Lives; a list of programs the Mill Street Loft is offering this summer.
Julie Powell: In The Flesh
Julie Powell doesn’t mince words. Her second memoir Cleaving: A Story of Marriage, Meat, and Obsession (Little Brown, 2009) is a startling follow-up to the bestselling Julie and Julia, which inspired one of the summer’s most effervescent films.
Parting Shot: Catherine Welshman
Catherine Welshman, Woman in Black Dress, oil on wood panel, 24” x 24”
Inside The Box (Factory)
Trisha Brown Dance Company will perform at Dia:Beacon Saturday, February 13 and Sunday, February 14 at 12pm and 2pm.
The “Emperor’s” New Clothes
New Day Repertory Company will perform “The Emperor Jones” on February 5 at 8pm, February 6 at 3pm and 8pm, and February 7 at 3pm at the Cunneen-Hackett Arts Center in Poughkeepsie.
Walking Man
Joshua Ferris’s first novel, “Then We Came to the End” (Little, Brown, 2007), is a laugh-out-loud dissection of early 21st-century cubicle culture at a Chicago advertising agency where rounds of layoffs are wreaking havoc on the psyches of the staff.
The Little Professors
Jamey Wolff, cofounder and director of the Center for Spectrum Services, created the documentary “The Asperger’s Difference,” screening at Upstate Films on February 6, about this less commonly known disorder on the high end of the autism spectrum.
Art of the Carbon Footprint
Dr. John P. Eckblad’s “At the Heart of Progress: Coal, Iron, and Steam Since 1750” is now on exhibit through March 21 at the Loeb Art Center in Vassar College.
My New Years Resolution: Putting My Kid First
Interior whispers sound like this: Are we taking too long? Is she too loud? Too saucy? Too passive? Is she spoiled? Am I mean? The crazy thing is that if there’s anything that is certain to make me act like a total jerk, it’s that anxiety.
Women’s Anatomy of Arousal
It may surprise you to know that our accepted cultural ideas and images of genitals are missing a lot of really good stuff.
Wedding Style For the Frugalista
When he finally pops the question and slips a ring onto that naked finger, the dreams becomes real—until you glance down at the price tag attached to them.
Hudson Valley Craft Breweries
Beer is as old as civilization, and has a long history in New York, too.
Poem: How To Stay In Love With Your Girlfriend Who Has Cats When You’re Allergic
A Poem by Bruce Weber.
Book Review: The Ticking Is The Bomb
Pauline Uchmanowicz reviews “The Ticking Is The Bomb” by Nick Flynn.
Book Review: Watching Gideon and The Lock Artist: A Thriller
Anne Pyburn reviews Stephen H. Foreman’s “Watching Gideon” and Steve Hamilton’s “The Lock Artist: A Thriller.”
Short Takes: February 2010
Six outstanding local authors offer fresh takes on everything under the winter sun.
CD Review: Kirsten DeHaan
Sharon Nichols reviews “Thorns on a Crown” by Kirsten DeHaan.
CD Review: Jim Weider’s Project Percolator
Crispin Kott reviews “Pulse” by Jim Weider’s Project Percolator.
Nightlife Highlights: February 2010
Handpicked by music editor Peter Aaron for your listening pleasure.
Natalie Merchant Profile
Peter Aaron talks with Natalie Merchant about her new record “Leave Your Sleep.”
While You Were Sleeping: February 2010
Beer is cheaper than water in the UK, tight budgets are forcing states to rethink prison policies, TV can kill you, and the “Arbeit Macht Frei” sign is stolen from Auschwitz.
Hitting the Free Market Slopes
Larry Beinhart talks about the effects of privatizing businesses.
Esteemed Reader: February 2010
It is with pleasure that I welcome a guest columnist, Lyla Yastion, to this space this month.—Jason Stern
Chronogram Seen: February 2010
The events we sponsor, the people who make a difference, the Chronogram community.
Local Luminaries: Sharon Gannon and David Life
Wendy Kagan chats with the founders of Jivamukti yoga.
On The Cover: Natalie Merchant
An untitled photograph of Natalie Merchant by Mark Seliger.
Patience with God
Frank Schaeffer talks with Lorna Tychstup about his book “Patience with God: Faith for People Who Don’t Like Religion (or Atheism),” and why he thinks the proselytizing New Atheists are merely an anti-God mirror of the Religious Right.
