Flurry Festival Blows into Saratoga Springs
Now in its 28th year, the revered family celebration of song and dance will take over the town once again.
Tickets on Sale for Mavis Staples in Hudson
The gospel great performs at Club Helsinki on February 22.
Piano Prodigy Plays Albany on Friday
Acclaimed virtuoso Gleb Ivanov will visit the College of Saint Rose on January 30.
Broncho Gallops into Kingston Next Week
The Oklahoma indie trio rocks BSP Lounge next Tuesday.
I Pole Danced for Fitness. Really.
Get in touch with your inner sex pot – and get in shape – at Studio 9’s three Hudson Valley locations: Poughkeepsie, Middletown, and Kingston.
Intuitive News Flash: Mercury Retrograde and an Aries Moon
There’s not a lot of tension in the sky currently, but depending on how things are aspecting your personal astrology (birth chart), it’s worth keeping your antennae up for temper flare-ups and impetuous decisions.
Debut Album by Newburgh’s Decora Set to Drop
The ReadNex Poetry Squad MC’s new single pays tribute to Pete Seeger.
Midge Ure Rocks Orange County
The new wave icon will play a solo acoustic show at the Sugar Loaf Performing Arts Center next month.
Slow Down and Enjoy the Astrology
In less than a week, on Wednesday, January 21, Mercury will station retrograde.
Woodstock’s Amy Helm Holds Album Campaign
The album features some of Levon Helm’s final studio recordings.
The Paul Green Rock Academy Presents A Tribute to Radiohead and Best of Season Shows
If you’ve been jonesing for a live rock concert to share with the kids, the Paul Green Rock Academy shows are great for that. And we’ve got free tickets to give away!
Hudson Valley Rail Trail Winterfest
The Hudson Valley Rail Trail Winterfest takes place in Highland on January 10.
“XL” opens at the Lehman Loeb Art Museum on January 30
A exhibition of paintings from the permanent collection of the Lehman Loeb at Vassar College.
Book Review: “Rope & Bone” and “Ruin Falls”
A review of “Rope & Bone” by Ginnah Howard and “Ruin Falls” by Jenny Milchman.
Ani DiFranco at The Egg on January 23
The beloved singer-songwriter, activist, and mother of two is currently trumpeting the release of “Allergic to Water,” her 18th studio album.
CD Review: Richard Carr’s “Music for Four Electric Violins”
A review of Richard Carr’s new CD “Music for Four Electric Violins.”
Dave Mason at Infinity Music Hall on January 9
Traffic founder and Rock and Roll Hall of Fame member Dave Mason plays Infinity Music Hall.
Book Reviews: Short Takes for January 2015
Six new books by Hudson Valley authors explore the complexities of women’s lives in fact and fiction.
The Albrights/The Love Ways at the Anchor on January 23
Two similarly minded melodic indie-pop outfits play the Anchor on January 23.
CD Review: Bonjour Batfrog
A review of “Bonjour Batfrog,” the new CD by Frenchy and the Punk.
CD Review: Marco Benevento’s “Swift”
A review of “Swift,” the latest CD from Marco Benevento.
The Psychedelic Furs at the Tarrytown Music Hall
The New Wave Brit rockers bring the alt-nostalgia to Westchester on January 17.
ArtScene Web TV: Episode 1
The premier episode of Chronogram’s web TV series, ArtScene, exploring the Hudson Valley’s vibrant artistic community of artists, featuring photographer Carolyn Marks Blackwood, watercolor painter Staats Fasoldt, sculptor Ze’ev Willy Neumann, the Beacon art scene, sculptor Steven Siegel, and ceramicist Robert Hessler.
Joe Crookston at the Towne Crier on January 16
The acclaimed Ithaca folksinger returns to the Towne Crier this month.
Children on the Run
Central American Youth are leaving their homes to seek asylum in the Hudson Valley.
Rhapsody in Black at the Bardavon
LeLand Gantt’s bring’s his one-man to Poughkeepsie on February 6.
Tending the Flame and Stopping the Buck
There are many ways to “stop the buck” that do not require you to sacrifice yourself. Sometimes, however, time is required before you can see the solution clearly.
While You Were Sleeping: January 2015
2014 is the hottest year on record, milk sales drop, 2014 worst year for children, and more of the gist you may have missed.
A Perfect Chaos
Timmy just wants to keep riding his bike. His mother, Darcie Whelan Kortan, calls him yet again and admonishes him to take the shortcut. When he arrives, Kortan unclips Timmy’s seat belt at the waist and chest, unstraps the leg braces from the foot pedals, folds the back brace, and turns off the lights that…
A Beginner’s Guide to the 21st Century
The Internet is redefining the concept of self in such a way that there is no private self.
Pop Goes the Restaurant
An exploration of the growing trend of pop-up restaurants, a new style of rough-and-ready, run-and-gun restauranteering.
Half Moon Theater’s Fully Committed at the CIA
Becky Mode’s restaurant comedy gets a staging by Half Moon Theatre at the CIA this month.
Beinhart’s Body Politic: That Pesky Torture Report
There is no known real world event in which a real-life Jack Bauer tortured the truth out of a mad bomber and saved Los Angeles, or Bensonhurst, or even a street corner of western Saugerties.
Bindlestiff Family Cirkus Residency at Helsinki Hudson
Those lovable and scandalous vaudevillians take up a winter residency at Club Helsinki.
The Silent Treatment
Editor Brian K. Mahoney muses on falling trees, John Cage, and the nature of silence.
New Paltz: Cosmopolitan Village
The homey town of New Paltz welcomes some exciting new additions.
Esteemed Reader for January 2015
In children the power to wish is strong. As children we can want something so much it hurts. Every waking moment can be focused on the object in mind, with the feeling that possessing it will yield a state of utter completeness.
Video: Steven Siegel’s Evolutionary Art
Steven Siegel has created site-specific works out of various materials besides paper, including glass, plastic bottles, discarded electronics, aluminum car parts, grass, and bespoke Italian sneakers. as well as smaller sculptural works like “Hands,” this month’s cover.
Cancer for January 2015
Someone in fact has a debt to you, and once that becomes obvious, it will be clear that some form of payment or at least acknowledgement is due.
On the Cover:”Hands” by Steven Siegel
A sculpture by Steven Siegel appears on the cover of the January 2015 issue of Chronogram.
Leo for January 2015
This is a “get-serious” moment around anything related to your creativity, children, and sex.
2015 Wedding Guide
Plan the perfect celebration. Explore some of the Hudson Valley’s best wedding venues and resources.
Mars Conjunct Chiron, as Venus Spawns Toward Neptune
Eric Francis Coppolino covers Venus first, then Mars. Then, he has a message from Mercury. The action is focused on Thursday, Friday and Saturday.
Spectral Fixtures
What makes Beacon-based artist Kim Markel’s furniture stand out from the crowd is its ability to convey the question, “Is it art, or is it furniture?” “There’s a conceptual basis for the pieces,” Markel explains. “I want them to be perceived as incredibly delicate objects when they are really quite strong.” Markel’s work currently comprises…
Libra for January 2015
It looks like you’re suddenly taking an idea or creative vision more seriously.
Scorpio for January 2015
Saturn has finally left your sign, which is offering you freedom and flexibility you have not felt in a long time.
Giving Voice: Lois Walden
Nina Shengold interviews the whirling dervish of creative energy at her home in Milan
Sagittarius for January 2015
You may be feeling like you’ve been released from an invisible bubble.
The Love of Art for the Art of Love
A guide to art exhibition spaces in the Hudson Valley that double as wedding reception locations.
Capricorn for January 2015
If you’ve been putting off decisions about money, you will soon know exactly what to do.
Turning the Turntables 2015
Our year-end music survey, looking back and looking ahead to 2015.
Pisces for January 2015
This is your moment to take command of your life, and by extension, all the affairs over which you preside.
Monet/Kelly
The Clark Art Institute in Williamstown, MA, hosts an exhibition examining the influence of Claude Monet on Ellsworth Kelly.
