Nate Wooley Revisits Troy This Month
The experimental trumpeter will present his newest project at EMPAC on February 12.
Contemporaneous Returns to Hudson Valley Roots
The Bard College-founded contemporary classical ensemble will perform in Tivoli, New York, on February 12.
Step Into Your Comfort Zone: Wm. Farmer & Sons Boarding and Barroom
A new boutique hotel and farm-to-table restaurant opens in Hudson.
Poughkeepsie Percussionist Pummels Paris Pillar
Composer Joseph Bertolozzi has remade the Eifel Tower into a monolithic instrument.
Mercury Conjunct Pluto, and Your Personal Planet 9
In fact, you might even be able to move past inferences of this ‘personal Planet 9’ in your awareness, and grasp something tangible about its presence in your life.
Duke McVinnie Band Revisits Kingston
The acclaimed guitarist and group will perform at BSP on January 27.
Grab a Free Day (or Weekend) in the Berkshires!
Mass MoCA in nearby North Adams, Massachusetts, may be one of the most exciting and energetic museums spaces around. And this Saturday, January 30th, it’s throwing open the doors to the community for free. Make a weekend of it!
(Re)treat Yourself: Women’s Wellness Weekend at Frost Valley
Nurture your body, mind, and spirit with invigorating activities and healthy gourmet food at Frost Valley, April 1-3, 2016.
The Giraffes Hit Hudson This Month
The Brooklyn hard rock/punk quartet will perform at the Half Moon on January 30.
Intergenerational Music Together
A certain favorite children’s music classes are bringing it to the Thompson House in Rhinebeck for a weekly discounted series that will warm your heart and make it sing.
Winter Hoot Returns This Month
The annual gathering kicks off on January 29 and runs through January 31.
Professor Louie and the Crowmatix Land in Tannersville
The veteran Woodstock roots music outfit will perform at an evening dubbed Common Ground on the Mountain.
Creek Scouts
Creek Scouts is happening at the Randolph School the last two Saturdays in January, where kids can learn all about how to enjoy the wintery landscape.
Local Charities Get Pampered at Savor Spa Woodstock
Get a 60-minute treatment at Savor Spa in January, and 10% of the cost will go to a local charity of your choice.
Birds of Chicago Swoop into North Adams
The lauded folk duo will return to Mass MoCA on January 23.
Capricorn New Moon: Set Your Agenda
You can use the inward, intellectual focus of Mercury retrograde and this New Moon to plan how to best evolve your leadership abilities in some facet of your everyday life.
Beacon Concert to Benefit Folk Center
The Towne Crier will present a fundraiser for the planned American Center for Folk Music.
Girls Inc.
With a variety of programs that tap into girls’ potential, imagination, and sense of leadership and responsibility, Girls Inc. of Ulster and Dutchess County is poised for more programming in the area.
On the Cover: Jennifer Tzar
Jennifer Tzar’s untitled photograph appears on the cover of the January 2016 edition of Chronogram.
Esteemed Reader: Holy Fools
Jason Stern attends a performance of Dzieci Theater’s “Fool’s Mass” at the Old Dutch Church in Kingston.
This Way for Details on Exiles from Hipster Brooklyn
The editor reflects on a recent mention of Chronogram in the New York Times Book Review
Art Scene TV Episode 13
A monthly video web series with short segments on artists, galleries, and museums in the Hudson Valley.
While You Were Sleeping for January 2016
The gist of what you may have missed: unaffordable Hudson Valley homes, booze busts in Saudi Arabia, and more.
What Trumps Truthiness?
Truthful Republican presidential candidates just don’t do well at the polls.
Well Spent: The Ablutional Edition
Time to scrub away the cares of last year and get shiny. These Hudson Valley purveyors have loads of fine ways to feel bright as a new penny.
The Eldercare Boom
As we live longer, more adult children are finding themselves taking care of aging parents.
Harvesting Health
The farm-to-school movement is finding fertile ground in the Hudson Valley.
Uptown Craft Beer Boogaloo
The Uptown Boogaloo will feature over 60 craft beers from more than 30 regional and national breweries at BSP Kingston on January 30.
Bindelstiff Cirkus Winter Residency at Helsinki Hudson
Hudson’s own cirkus and new vaudeville troupe hosts a series of entertainments to shake off the winter chill.
“Winter in America” at The School in Kinderhook
Jack Shainman’s The School in Kinderhook exhibits a blockbuster group show through April 30.
Luther “Guitar Junior” Johnson at the Towne Crier
One of the last living links to the authentic deep blues of the American South, Luther “Guitar Junior” Johnson, visits the Towne Crier on January 16.
The Stolen Church of Glenford
Mor Pipman and Eric Hurliman have transformed a former Methodist Church outside Woodstock into a spacious home and community gathering space.
Turning the Turntables 2016
Our annual round-up of what local musicians and music journalists were listening to in 2015 and what they’re looking forward to in 2016.
New Paltz: Mountainside Mosaic
The ever-growing tourist sector in New Paltz is bringing the town to a tipping point wit new tourism-related developments for 2016.
“Unsettled Nostalgia”: Mohamad Hafez at Harts Gallery
Through February 27 at Harts Gallery in New Milford, CT, “Unsettled Nostalgia,” an exhibition of three-dimensional installations by Syrian-born architect and artist Mohamad Hafez.
Global Warming and the Potluck Dinner
Were I the commander in chief, I would say: “Go forth and meet up somewhere with your casseroles! Don’t forget to keep it gluten free if you can.”
Libra for January 2016
We hear the word “security” a lot these days. If you were some observer not directly associated with our society, you might think it was a product sold by the pound—we spend this much, we feel this good. Yet authentic security is nothing of the kind. You know this because for a number of years,…
Winter Hoot 2016
The Ashokan Center in Olivebridge hosts its third annual weekend of music, dancing, and family-friendly activities.
Scorpio for January 2016
What will it take not to be trapped in your insecurities? You want something else. If you tap into that wanting, and cultivate it like a tree, that desire will grow up and bear fruit. The past two years of Saturn in your sign have brought many enforced changes. You’ve had to rise to occasions…
“The Music Man” in Rhinebeck
Michael Berkeley, directs a new production of the classic musical at the Center for Performing Arts in Rhinebeck this month.
Sagittarius for January 2016
Can anyone ever plan to be on top of their game? Preparation and focus can get you pretty far. Ambition and a sense of mission can take you even further. The last and most challenging factor is the emotional piece. Imagine if you could feel good every single day—you would be unstoppable. One method that’s…
Mr. Lemoncello’s Library Olympics
Best-selling kids author Chris Grabenstein reads and signs at Oblong Books in Rhinebeck on January 13.
Subversive Mercury and the Leo Full Moon
It’s important to know the difference between group consciousness (which occurs when several individuals are united), versus mob consciousness (when individual thought is abdicated and one gives over identity and individual power to a group).
Nightlife Highlights for January 2016
Puddles Pity Party, The Stacks, The Gibson Brothers, Thunderhead Organ Trio, and the Mighty Diamonds all play in the region this month.
Capricorn for January 2016
For quite some time you’ve been dealing with undeniable forces of change, which have pushed and stretched you. You’ve made major adjustments, you’ve made progress and you’ve sustained some losses. You know all of this was necessary, because the result has been focusing your life on your evolution. You’re now entering a more introspective time,…
CD Review: Los Chinches–“Troy Pork Store”
A review of Los Chinches Troy Pork Store by
Aquarius for January 2016
How exactly do you hold onto your ideals in a world where it seems like the whole game is rigged for greed, competition, and conformity? I never thought you’d ask! The answer is: it’s challenging, but you must. It may be five times harder to reach for your truth as the madness of our society…
CD Review: Raphael Groten’s “Journey Home”
John Burdick reviews Journey Home by Raphael Groten
Head of the Class: The CIA’s Teaching Brewery
The CIA unveils its new teaching brewery, a collaboration with Brooklyn Brewery.
Short Takes: Short Book Reviews for January 2016
New books by Mark Morganstern, Laurie Boris, W. B. Belcher, Nicole Quinn, Carol Ascher, and Chris Orcutt.
Aries for January 2016
You stand at a branching of the ways in your own life. One road leads toward appearances, glitter and glamour, and the other leads toward self-realization. Life is not normally so black and white, though a great wave of energy is about to come through your life, and its raw power is inherently neutral. It…
Parting Shot: Ruby Silvious
Ruby Silvious’s “Tea and Alchemy,” will be exhibited January 16 through February 27 at GCCA’s Catskill Gallery.
An untitled poem by Ari Hewson and Zenn Hewson
An untitled poem by Ari Hewson and Zenn Hewson
Pisces for January 2016
The emotional details of your relationships are of the essence now. Your success engaging with your fellow humans, and your advancement in the world, are intimately dependent on one another. You must make that delicate move from an orientation on the past to emphasis on the present. Rare and unusual aspects describe the narrow path…
Andrew Lyght Retrospective at the Dorsky
The Dorsky Museum of Art at SUNY New Paltz mounts the first retrospective of multimedia artist Andrew Lyght.
Taurus for January 2016
Not everything in life is about power over others, though there’s currently quite the campaign being waged to convince us that that it is. Every time you see a news story, it’s about what one person or entity may do to another, just because they can. This is not your way; though, in order to…
Adam LeFevre: Home is Everywhere
The poet, actor, and playwright talks with Nina Shengold about his multivalent career.
Gemini for January 2016
Aspire to what has lasting value. Since the future is becoming increasingly difficult to see, you must do this in the present. Yet this does not merely mean going for immediate satisfaction. In material goods, purchase what is of high quality, of real use, and built to last. Yet where you invest your energy must…
Cancer for January 2016
Your goal seems to be to feed the world, whether literally or in some symbolic sense. To do that you must be well-nourished, well-rested, and well-informed. The pressure that you’re feeling to succeed in your mission is not some passing whim or fancy. It’s as if the time for a certain level of action has…
Leo for January 2016
Not everything is about money. Money is important, but it’s also necessary to remember its inherently symbolic value. In other words, you cannot eat the stuff, and if it has any meaning at all, it’s the meaning we give it. Your charts this year are, in many ways, about discussions and negotiations over resources. It…
Virgo for January 2016
Looked at one way, your solar charts describe you as being guided by the fates and the winds of fortune, subject to their whims. Yet seen another way, you’ve never been more firmly grounded in your sense of commitment and your drive to do what is right. How can both exist at the same time?…
