‘CULTURAL STIMULUS’ Event Kicks Off Local Living Economy Speaker Series
“CULTURAL STIMULUS: Arts & Culture as Economic and Community Driver” will explore the ways that three communities stimulate and support cultural activities. The heads of three development groups in Beacon and Kingston, NY, and Pittsfield, MA, will share their perspectives at BEAHIVE’s Kingston location (314 Wall St) on Monday, April 19, 5:30–7:30 PM.
Route 66 comes to Lycian Centre for the Performing Arts
“ROUTE 66 is like ‘Forever Plaid’ on High Octane Fuel! – Milwaukee Metro
You can drive from Chicago to Los Angeles in about thirty-one hours – if you stick to the interstates, that is. However, for the road warrior who isn’t in a hurry, a cruise along old Route 66 can be an unforgettable journey…
BGHV, Dutchess, and Ulster to Exhibit at GLBT EXPO
On March 20th and 21st, Dutchess County Tourism and Ulster County Tourism team up with Big Gay Hudson Valley.com, to promote tourism to the LGBTQ community at the 17th Original GLBT EXPO in New York City. This event is the largest expo in the country dedicated to the LGBTQ community and features a travel pavilion…
Fourth Annual Hudson Valley Restaurant Week: March 15-28
NEWBURGH, New York – The Hudson Valley’s largest and most successful dining promotion, Hudson Valley Restaurant Week returns to cities, towns and villages throughout the region March 15-28. Now in its fourth year, this much-anticipated multi-county dining extravaganza features 140 restaurants offering three-course prix-fixe lunches at $20 and/or dinners at $28.
Parting Shot: Francisco Benitez
Francisco Benitez, “Celine,” encaustic on panel, 24” x 20”, 2008 at Ann Street Gallery through March 27.
Poster Children
Newburgh documentarian Merle Becker’s American Artifact is an eye-dazzling look at the first 50 years of American rock-’n’-roll posters and the lives, methods, and attitudes of their creators.
World View Performs at the Falcon on March 5
World View will be performing at the Falcon in Malboro on March 5 at 8pm.
Air Pirates Radio Theater
The Air Pirates Radio Theater will start their season off, March 20, 8pm, WTBQ 99.1 FM
Selected Shorts at the Bardavon
Saturday, March 13, 8pm, “Selected Shorts,” will appear for the first time at the Bardavon in Poughkeepsie. Interview with David Strathairn.
Carolee Schneemann: Within and Beyond the Premises
“Carolee Schneemann: Within and Beyond the Premises” will be exhibited through July 25 at the Dorsky Museum at SUNY New Paltz.
“Dancing on the Ceiling” at EMPAC
“Dancing on the Ceiling: Art & Zero Gravity” will be exhibited March 18 through Saturday, April 10 at EMPAC, on the campus of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy.
Phoenicia: The Secret of the Catskills
Jesse Ordansky reports on life in the mountains of Ulster County.
Flowers Fall: An Interview with Judith Simmer Brown
Bethany Saltman interviews Buddhist Teacher Judith Simmer-Brown.
Sisterhood for the Greater Good
Lorrie Klosterman on a new program that mentors girls and aids them in becoming empowered women.
Dining Delights: Hudson Valley Restaurant Week
4th Annual Hudson Valley Restaurant Week highlights more than 125 participating restaurants in Westchester, Rockland, Orange, Putnam, Dutchess, Ulster, and Columbia counties will offer a specialty menu with three-course prix-fixe lunches at $20 and dinners at $28.
Rising Action: Making Bread at Home
Peter Barrett bakes homemade bread with William Alexander, author of “52 Loaves.”
Book Review: Money For Nothing
Anne Pyburn Craig reviews “Money for Nothing” by John Gillespie and David Zweig.
Book Review: How Lincoln Learned to Read
Marx Dorrity reviews “How Lincoln Learned to Read” by Daniel Wolff.
Our Story Continues: Tobias Wolff
Pauline Uchmanowicz speaks with Tobias Wolff, author of “This Boy’s Life” and “Old School,” about his life, career, and craft.
CD Review: They Say Let Them Tell Us
CD review of They Say Let Them Tell Us – Allison Black and Jon Davey.
CD Review: Richard McGraw – Burying the Dead
CD review of Richard McGraw’s Burying the Dead.
CD Review: Elijah Tucker – Generous Music
Elijah Tucker plays at Down the Road Cafe March 4; the Falcon March 5; the Black Swan March 6.
Nightlife Highlights: March 2010
Uncle Rock, Sam Bush, Robbie Fulks, High Meadow Benefit with John Medeski, Donald M. Pearson Memorial Organ Recital.
David Greenberger: The Museum of Moments
David Greenberger talks about his new CD “Cherry Picking Apple Blossom Time” (2009), in which he chronicles the elderly in music backed monologues.
Cold Spring and Garrison
Goldee Greene chats up the residents of two northern Putnam County villages.
Mount Saint Mary College
Mount Saint Mary College is a private, 4-year liberal arts college that offers our students academic excellence, an affordable education, and a supportive college community. Inspired by Catholic and Dominican values and traditions in education, The Mount is committed to the intellectual, social, ethical, and spiritual development of our students in preparing them for professions.
Jenny Sage: Group Homeschool Instruction
The unique, experiential Waldorf curriculum helps children grow in health and wholeness despite the chaos of modern times.
Indian Mountain School
Indian Mountain School is a co-educational day and boarding school serving a diverse population of 260 students in pre-kindergarten through grade 9, with boarders in grades 6 through 9.
Hudson Valley Sudbury School
Sudbury students exercise their rights and responsibilities as members of an active democracy. Most importantly, they accomplish the difficult task of defining themselves.
High Meadow School
The diverse mix of families, committed to building a community that develops the whole child, makes High Meadow a rare find.
Hawthorne Valley School
Hawthorne Valley School combines academic exploration and practical, performing, and fine arts with the enriching experience of interaction with the natural world.
Dutchess Day School
Respect for the individuality of each child and for human differences is fundamental to Dutchess Day School’s tradition and philosophy.
Dutchess Community College
DCC offers the lowest tuition in the state and has earned a reputation for excellence.
Columbia Greene Community College
The effectiveness of Columbia-Greene’s teaching methods is evident in the performance of its graduates. More than 90% of the career-track graduates are employed in their respective fields.
Berkshire Country Day School
Berkshire Country Day School exists to inspire the individual promise of every student, that each may become an exemplary citizen of the world.
Small is Successful
Carl Frankel discusses how small local businsses are making a name for themselves amongst big-box enterprises.
The Limits of Seeing
Senior editor Lorna Tychostup interviews freelance photographer/videographer Tim Freccia several days after his return from Haiti and hours before his departure for Mogadishu Somalia.
While You Were Sleeping: March 2010
Kids devote seven-and-a-half hours to media use daily, cruise ships dock in Haiti, California limits marijuana distributors, and biblical references engraved on weapons.
Larry Beinhart’s Body Politic
What is civilization? Is it doing business? Exxon, Microsoft, Goldman Sachs? Or is it the rule of law, social order, clean water, sewers and waste disposal, a reliable food supply, literacy, mathematics, science and technology, art, architecture, public spaces and public forums?
Editor’s Note: Gone to the Dogs
Brian Mahoney mulls over the ethics of being a carnivore and an animal lover.
Esteemed Reader: March 2010
If we have the eyes to see, ears to hear, voice and hands to respond, the stuff of our life will be a tasty repast on the tongues of angels.
Chronogram Seen: March 2010
The events we sponsor, the people who make a difference, the Chronogram community.
Local Luminaries: The Rosendale Theatre Collective
A group of locals have begun the Rosendale Theatre Collective in an effort to save the beloved movie theater from corporate buyers or destruction.
