Botstein Conducts Haydn at Bard College
The Austrian composer’s masterpiece oratorio will be performed at the Fisher Center this Friday and Saturday.
Hudson’s Bobby Previte Receives Grant
The acclaimed drummer is the recipient of the 2015 Greenfield Prize for composition.
Community Wellness Day at Hawthorne Valley
Alternative wellness is the focus of this afternoon-long event on Saturday, March 7.
Jewish-Jazz Fusion Group Visits Ghent
Multinational quartet Sha’ar will perform at Omi International Arts Center on Saturday.
Richard Dreyfuss in Columbia Memorial Health Benefit at Helsinki Hudson
Richard Dreyfuss from Jaws is coming to Helsinki Hudson on March 15 for “An Evening with Richard Dreyfuss,” in which the Academy Award winner will discuss his film career, political activism, and his civic education initiative in a benefit for Columbia Memorial Health.
Our River on Drugs
Dr. Emma Rosi-Marshall gives a talk at the Cary Institute about the alarming effects of pharmaceutical pollution in our waterways.
Noyes Channels Ellison in Albany Tomorrow
The jazz guitarist unveils a new program based on the 1952 novel Invisible Man.
Winter Never Tasted So Fresh
The area’s winter farmers’ markets offer a chance to get out with the family every Saturday morning, and then come home to a farm-fresh lunch.
Shovel Smart: Tips for Snow & Ice Safety
February is almost gone, but the snow and ice keep coming – reminding us that we’re still very much in winter’s grip. After nearly every snowfall, I find myself recalling Billy Collins’ poem “Shoveling Snow with the Buddha”: “…with every heave we disappear / and become lost to each other / in these sudden clouds…
13th Annual Bard SummerScape
The 13th annual Bard SummerScape begins on June 25 and runs for eight weeks through August 16th. An array of music, dance, theater, opera, cabaret, and film acts take the stage, though the true star of the SummerScape is the 26th Bard Music Festival.
Electronic Duo Debuts New Project in Troy
Mark Fell and Keith Fullerton Whitman will unveil new sounds at EMPAC on February 21.
Pianist Bill Mays Performs on Saturday
The storied jazz man will play in Pittsfield, Massachusetts, for the city’s 10×10 Upstreet Arts Festival.
The Lazy Parent’s Guide to Indoor Fun
There’s a ton of fun to be had indoors that doesn’t require directions and a shopping list.
Olana’s for Lovers and Art Lovers Alike
Leave the jewelry, chocolate, and flowers at the store and make your own Valentine’s Day gift this year at Olana in Hudson, a scenic 19th century Victorian estate overlooking the Hudson River.
C.J. Chenier Heats Up Marlboro on Monday
The zydeco great will perform at the Falcon on February 16.
Love and Lust at HVCCA
The artists at the Hudson Valley Center for Contemporary Art (HVCCA) will be celebrating Valentine’s Day with the opening reception of their exhibit, “Love: The First of the 7 Virtues” and its antithesis, “Lust: The 4th of the Seven Deadly Sins.”
Love and Lust at HVCCA
The artists at the Hudson Valley Center for Contemporary Art (HVCCA) will be celebrating Valentine’s Day with the opening reception of their exhibit, “Love: The First of the 7 Virtues” and its antithesis, “Lust: The 4th of the Seven Deadly Sins.”
Chamber Group Decoda Plays Poughkeepsie
The New York ensemble will give a free concert at Vassar College on February 21.
Holiday Weekend Specials for a Special Holiday Weekend
This might be the best three-day weekend yet. And you can stretch it into a whole week with special activities for the kids.
Pelican Dreams: A Broken Wing in the Windy City
American Filmmaker Judy Irving chronicled a brown pelican’s journey after seeing the emaciated bird captured by law enforcement on the Golden Gate Bridge.
An Open House with Serious Perks
Upstater.com, the up-and-coming online mecca of living, buying, renting, and vacationing in upstate New York, is offering their fellow home-and-garden fanatics the chance to win a $500 spa package from Buttermilk Falls Inn! To enter, readers are invited to visit Upstater’s Dream Home contest page and select one out of three properties highlighted during the…
Cally Spooner: And You Were Wonderful, On Stage
The London-based artist’s screen adaptation for her live musical, “And You Were Wonderful, On Stage,” explores the nature of philosophy, pop music, current affairs, technological dependency and its relationship to relying on hired help.
Race, Love, and Labor at Tremaine Gallery
A total of 20 artists will feature their work in the upcoming exhibit at the Hotchkiss School’s Tremaine Gallery, Race, Love, and Labor: New Work from the Center for Photography at Woodstock’s Artist-in-Residency Program. The exhibit runs from February 4 to March 3.
Mystery Lights Shine in Hudson Tomorrow
The New York garage punk band headlines the return of the monthly SmashCrashBash!! party at the Half Moon.
The Lola Project: A Medical Service on Four Legs
Dogs are helping heal mental illness in the Hudson Valley.
Take Your Family Away
A quick ride up the thruway to Saratoga Springs will find you whetting your wanderlust and getting away from it all, even just for the day.
ArtScene Web TV Episode 2: Construction Ahead
The second episode of Chronogram’s web TV series, ArtScene, exploring the Hudson Valley’s vibrant artistic community of artists, featuring multimedia artist Wayne Montecalvo, the Women’s Studio Workshop, paper sculptor Werner Pfeiffer, and Wishbone Letterpress.
In the Belly of the Internet
We are now at the point where we live our lives through a gigantic robot, which keeps time in nanoseconds and remembers everything we write, nearly everything we say, many things we see, and knows nearly everything we do.
Video: Werner Pfeiffer, By the Book
Werner Pfeiffer’s book art is steeped in Surrealism and Dadaism, his pieces often reflecting the blur between reality and the imagination.
Extra! Extra!
How the arts, sports, and other “extra” activities augment classroom education from kindergarten through high school.
Scorpio for February 2015
One reason self-esteem is such a difficult issue to get a hold on is because of this other thing called projection. Most people look to others for validity of who they are, for affirmation of their worth. Yet when others reflect that worth back to them, it doesn’t necessarily align with how they feel inside.…
The Love Doctors
Harville Hendrix and Helen Kelly LaHunt, creators of Imago Relationship Therapy, talk with Wendy Kagan about why couples stumble, what it takes to keep a relationship together, and how they overcame their own marital struggles.
Ladysmith Black Mambazo
The South African supergroup performs at the Mahaiwe in Great Barrington on February 6.
Aries for February 2015
You seem to be getting involved with people in new ways. This may look like a rearrangement of your social life, perhaps as canceled plans, then other things coming up spontaneously. You may find yourself in different social circles, or arrive somewhere and say gee whiz, how did I get here? You’re in the midst…
Parting Shot: Braving Ebola
Photographer Daniel Berehulak spent five weeks in Monrovia, Liberia, in the fall of 2014 documenting the Ebola outbreak that has claimed thousand of lives in West Africa.
Aquarius for February 2015
One of the most distinctive shifts from the old year to the new year is that of externalization. Saturn, primary the planet that serves as a reference for Aquarius, has changed signs from Scorpio to Sagittarius, in essence emerging into the light, and into a space where everyone can see you. Looked at another way,…
The Lives of Hamilton Fish
Rachel Mason’s multimedia musical on the story of two men named Hamilton Fish is performed in Peekskill and Carmel this month.
Bedtime Story
Some nights, after work, he comes home in a cab. Mom’s already asleep, so I get the door, running back to my TV dinner, before my sister can steal my chocolate pudding. We can hear him in the kitchen, shaking the can, popping the top, and pouring it in a glass with one ice cube.…
Pisces for February 2015
Step out of your own way and allow your radiance to light up the landscape around you, and guide others to you. You need to make no special effort; you merely need to be available and observant. It’s likely that you would underestimate the influence that you have on others, which is why I suggest…
Actors from The London Stage Perform “Macbeth”
The Scottish play gets a modern twist from the Actors From The London Stage, one of the oldest touring Shakespeare companies in the world, which draws its members from the Royal Shakespeare Company and Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre. Five actors cover four to six roles each in their treatment of “Macbeth,” transforming scene to scene using…
Book Review: Corruption in America and Off the Sidelines
A review of Corruption in America: From Benjamin Franklin’s Snuff Box to Citizens United by Zephyr Teachout and Off the Sidelines: Raise Your Voice, Change the World by Kirsten Gillibrand.
A Cool Night
It is a cool night, and I am glad to be in it. Love, and its many complications. But it is not complicated—love. People complicate it—love. But it is a cool night, and I am glad to be in it. It is a cool night, and I am glad to be out in it. To…
Jewel of the Valley
For those wishing to round out their jewelry collection with sustainable, fine art and artisanal pieces, the Hudson Valley may be your mecca.
All’s Fair? Try Love, Not War
Saturday is Valentine’s Day — a commercial holiday that either makes you giddy or fills you with dread if you buy into the hype, or leaves you completely nonplussed if you do not. Some fitting astrology is in the works this weekend, though you’ll have to choose for yourself how you use it.
Taurus for February 2015
You’re getting a chance to experience what it’s like to be driven by a purpose you are fully confident in. When that happens, there is a certain ease involved because you don’t have to think much about what to do, or why. There is often conflict involved in the need to consciously prioritize, and if…
Book Reviews: Short Takes for February 2015
Six Hudson Valley authors send literary Valentines to a wide variety of passions.
Living Legend Mavis Staples to Bring Soul-Gospel to Helsinki Hudson
Mavis Staples, a scion of America’s first family of socially conscious soul-gospel music and a member of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, brings her contemporary sounds to Club Helsinki Hudson on Sunday, February 22, at 8pm.
Upstater and Your Day at the Spa
Win a $500 trip to Buttermilk Spa by entering this contest put out by our sister site, Upstater.
The Gunslinger
You came to me with the effortless swagger of an arms dealer. You lifted me up and polished my brass knuckles. I laughed, at the blood on your boots. It hadn’t even dried yet. Bruised, bloodied and bent at awkward angles, I ran. I would have gotten away too, if my mouth hadn’t caught on…
Intentional Expansion–and Mercury Stationing Direct
Believe it or not, we’re almost at the end of Mercury’s retrograde through Aquarius. Before you cheer, however, we have its “storm” phase to navigate in the days just before and after it stations direct Feb. 11. Along the way, there’s something akin to a second Full Moon (with a distinct positive side) to make…
On the Cover: Werner Pfeiffer
“Drawn, Cut, & Layered: The Art of Werner Pfeiffer” explores the physical, political, and cultural significance of books.
Gemini for February 2015
Belief is a power that I suggest everyone be familiar with the workings of, and the effects of. I would rate belief as anything from a necessary psychological tool to a volatile chemical capable of conjuring many strange effects. The problem with belief is that it’s often taken for granted. You might think something is…
An Open House with Some Heavenly Perks
Chronogram’s sister site Upstater.com is looking to brighten up this dark, stormy February with the ultimate game of real estate eeny-meeny-miny-mo… Upstater is celebrating all the Hudson Valley homebodies out there by giving away a $500 package to Buttermilk Falls Spa! To enter to win the spa day of a lifetime, upstaters are invited to…
Chronogram’s Top 10 Tips for Valentine’s Day
We sifted through the most relaxing, romantic, and delicious V-Day plans in the Hudson Valley so you wouldn’t have to. Check out our Top 10 Tips for Valentine’s Day 2015.
2015 Bard SummerScape and the 26th Annual Bard Music Festival
Bard SummerScape presents eight inspired weeks of opera, music, theater, dance, film, and cabaret. The centerpiece of these offerings is the Bard Music Festival, this year examining the life, times, and creative output of the 20th-century Mexican composer, conductor, and educator Carlos Chávez.
Advice for a Friend
How now, Old Pal. Don’t frown, Stand proud One down Not last bow How now Old Pal Talk loud With closed mouth. Stand out, Quiet down. Breathe in, Breathe out Show them how Act now Things green, Now brown. Old shop Closed down. You’re here Right now. Calm down Old Pal.
CD Review: Gustafer Yellowgold’s Wisdom Tooth of Wisdom
A review of Gustafer Yellowgold’s album by Seth Rogovoy.
Editor’s Note: Tide Going Out
Brian K. Mahoney discusses our new web TV series, “ArtScene,” as he waits for the tide to roll out.
Spill the Beans
Thomas Smith explores the Hudson Valley coffee community in New Paltz, Beacon, Peekskill, and Cornwall-on-Hudson.
Noel 2014
A titan taught me. A giant with a banjo. I had bobby socks on my feet. Forgiveness takes strength, he said to the words of Jose Marti—that song that begins as a love story and in the end, offers roses to the enemy. The chords sent shivers up his spine each vertebra at a time,…
CD Review: Luck Maker
A review of Lara Hope and the Ark-Tones’ new album, Luck Maker by Jeremy Schwartz.
Cancer for February 2015
Pay attention to your various transactions, be they monetary, sexual, social, barter, or business. There is a lot of movement going on in the house of your chart associated with all of these things. While you might get the feeling that you are vulnerable to some kind of exposure, what you may really be feeling…
To You
If I could only bear down The light to you Uncover the stolen word That once brought in the dawn Now lies under the stone of silence And if I could foster its profound On a love sound union From my lips I would be of you This music Of what a lover Always has…
We Are All Charlie Hebdo, But Some of Us Aren’t
Larry Beinhart on the reaction to Charlie Hebdo.
The Best of the Wurst
Jeff Crane eats authentic German cuisine, including sauerbraten, schnitzel, and spaetzle.
L’eau Des Mers
From the country we came to read lines from old songs and hear old voices l’eau des mers wailing in the night at our rain soaked porch as the cigarette smoke rose l’eau des mers we spoke softly in the crowd wiser to our whispers meeting in the dark corner l’eau des mers traveling to…
Love Is The Drug
Lisa A. Phillips’ new book, Unrequited: Women and Romantic Obsession, highlights women who’ve experienced the complicated nature of unrequited love, herself included.
Venus-Mars Conjunction in Aries: Let’s Get Physical
The Sun entered Pisces Wednesday, the last sign of the zodiac and the astrological year. Which means that spring is only a month away, despite what you may see when you look outside. Inside, the planets indicate some real heat to go with the water of Pisces—and as you know, fire+water=steam.
Leo for February 2015
It seems that despite an inconvenience or some external need to rearrange your relationships, you’re feeling an outpouring of devotion to the people in your life. This is coming along with a sense of blessing, as if something truly unusual is happening to you—something unexpected that you know will change you forever. The most vivid…
Airbus
On this last day, a last thought before the board; a kindness that breaks the heart. You must leave to see the sun back home. Identical only in passing, I must let you go.
Guerrillas in Our Midst
This spring the film Here Come the Videofreex will debut. “The Art of Guerrilla Television” includes a 70s-style carousel slide show of photos taken by the Videofreex.
Well-Spent: The Love Edition
We launch our new shopping column with suggestions for Valentine’s Day.
The Moon in the Dooryard
I don’t really know what a dooryard is I suspect it’s the lawn around a house, contextualized a meaning from the words of fingertips that work much better than mine in the moonlight I’ve felt the cold wet grass wisping against my ankles And known I was on a property, a sought out, fought for…
Simple Seduction
Today I recognize everyone. I have access to each smile and there is nothing to do but to shop the streets for more, to relax at the relief of connection, and to remember that while some of us may quickly look away, none of us can imagine being apart.
Welcome Home
“Where (we) Live,” conceived by Bard College resident ensemble So Percussion and guitarist Grey McMurray, will be performed by them at the campus’s Fisher Center on February 14 and 15.
The Wrong Turn to the Right Place
Artist Kevin Paulsen found a home/studio after getting lost in Kingston.
Virgo for February 2015
You may need to consciously focus yourself on staying on-task with work, and in harmony with your intimate relationships. You may not be sure which is a distraction from the other. In truth, neither is a distraction and both seemingly different facets of your life are offering you something unusual right now. On one level…
Poetry is for All
A businessman in a Rolls in Manhattan, a housewife in a Mercedes-Benz in New Paltz, a beatnik in a vomit-splattered VW in Woodstock: prose comes by bicycle, horse-drawn carriage, by zeppelin, by motorboat, by hang-glider. Poetry prefers to walk.
Eating Crowe
Chris Robinson and his present band, the Chris Robinson Brotherhood, are rehearsing for their winter 2015 tour.
Work the Big Picture, Mind the Details, and Feel All the Feelings
On the mental level, this is a “big picture” kind of weekend, one where you could get some really productive planning or creative visioning going. This is thanks to Mercury in Aquarius opposing Jupiter in Leo. At the same time, your emotional landscape will likely be varied (and palpable) thanks to the Cancer Moon making…
Transforming the Family Trip
Hillary Harvey talks with parents about the highs and lows of traveling with kids.
Libra for February 2015
So much of some things, so little of some others. The odd bit is how fast the proportions change, never seeming to find equilibrium. You are often able to get closer to a stable place by being willing to give up certain experiences, even ones you love the most, by reminding yourself it’s only temporary.…
At the Start
At the start when the open window tickles the radiator top with giggling white curtains buoyed by the breeze, I always want to get on a bicycle and ride around till I find clods of green that mean it’s not my nose imaging that green smell.
A River (of Creativity) That Flows Both Ways
February will see not one but two openings featuring work by Kingston native Chris Gonyea: a solo drawing show in Red Hook, Brooklyn, at Kentler International Drawing Space, and paired with Joseph Garlock in a painting show at George Adams Gallery in Chelsea.
Capricorn for February 2015
The message of your chart seems to be: There is no value other than inherent worth. In other words, the notion of “secondary value,” such as, “This is useful, and it can be sold,” is (at least temporarily) out of the question. That idea would be revised to “This is useful.” Yet what we’re really…
New Year’s 2015
At 85 I saw my youngest grandchild at seven In her Princess Leia dress, barefoot, outside. The Christmas tree Pushed through the window, Star Wars again, A space journey for her and my sixteen others. At 2:54 on the Hudson Line the river Glistening, not yet frozen, returned me With the excitement of memory To…
Sagittarius for February 2015
Conventional astrology would say that Saturn in your sign may be describing certain limitations or boundaries. I would say that Saturn, particularly in Sagittarius, is describing your potential. What you may be feeling is that what you want the most is not going to “just happen.” When Saturn is present, optimism alone is not going…
Vanaver Caravan DanceFest!
The 23rd Annual DanceFest! will combine traditional dance forms with the unexpected: lyrical and clogging, classical and Kurdish/Turkish line dancing, contemporary and sign language. Twelve Hudson Valley dance companies will perform at McKenna Theatre at SUNY New Paltz, including a final DanceFest! performance by Figures in Flight, a youth dance troupe featuring convicted inmates through…
