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On The Cover: Gabriel Garcia Roman
“Visceral Notions” will feature work by Gabriel Garcia Roman through March 26 at the Center for Photography at Woodstock.
The Green Palette Community Center
The Green Palette Community Center in Midtown Kingston offers open studio sessions, workshops, classes, parties, and community outreach activities in a fun, welcoming, and supportive atmosphere.
April Events from the Maya Gold Foundation
The Maya Gold Foundation empowers youth through their Community Series programming and Thrive Grants to local organizations. Two events are coming up this week for adults and teens.
Venus and the Identity of Values
Painter discusses how we should include our values when describing ourselves to someone else.
Rock n Roll Resort Returns to Kerhonkson
Now in its seventh year, the popular, three-day jam band event kicks off tomorrow at the Hudson Valley Resort.
Stephen Clair and the Pushbacks Play Marlboro
The Beacon Music Factory founder and group fly into the Falcon Underground this Thursday.
Kite Flying with the WLC
Where Zena Road meets Route 212 just outside the town of Woodstock, there’s a magnificent 22-acre open field with a sweeping view of Overlook Mountain. And on Saturday, April 1st, it’s the ideal spot to bring the kids and fly a kite.
Tickets on sale for Spiegeltent 2017
Once again being hosted by Tony-nominated Mx. Justin Vivian Bond, a season of cabaret and late night performances returns to the Bard’s Summerscape.
Seek Yourself with Sun-Venus, and Then What?
Painter discusses how, “If you have, however, noticed things going a little wonky, rest assured that you are not losing it.”
Beacon Singer’s Music Benefits Autism Awareness
This month, artist Vievannessa is donating 50 percent of the proceeds from downloads of her music to the Autism Society of the Hudson Valley.
Giacomo Gates Swings into Kingston on Thursday
The acclaimed vocalist joins the Don Miller Trio at the Senate Garage’s ongoing jazz series.
The Moonlights Sunday Brunch
The Moonlights, a debut musical collaboration for families, is making the rounds at a series of live performances, including two of the upcoming Sunday Brunch at the Falcon in Marlboro.
Ultraam Unveils New Sounds Online
The Hudson Valley experimental improv band is offering a series of digital EPs ahead of the release of their long-awaited debut album.
Gilded Grower: Local Craft Brewery Tournament
Pennings Farm Market in Warwick is hosting 8 local breweries for a six week competition to determine who is the best.
Baird Hersey and Prana Cut Protest Track
The Woodstock-based vocal ensemble recently recorded “Stand Up!” with noted local drummer Jerry Marotta.
Being Your Best When Your Kids Aren’t Theirs
How do parents stay centered when our kids are not? That’s the topic of Kim John Payne’s upcoming lecture at Mountain Laurel Waldorf School in New Paltz on Thursday, March 16th.
New Wellness Oasis: Woodstock Healing Arts
Woodstock’s new center offers a wealth of healing modalities, from community acupuncture to holistic gynecology and more.
Janka Nabay Brings Bubu Music to North Adams
The exiled Sierra Leonean singer and his Brooklyn-based band will perform at Mass MoCA this Saturday.
Iva Bittova and Others Perform in Stone Ridge on Saturday
The experimental vocalist will appear with Timothy Hill and Antonin Fajt at MaMA for a concert and voice workshop.
A New Survival Academy Summer Camp at Frost Valley YMCA
Bear Grylls is one of the most recognized faces of survival and outdoor adventure, and he’s inspired the adventure of a lifetime for people of all ages at Frost Valley YMCA.
Hudson Valley CSA Coalition
The Hudson Valley CSA Coalition is a network of 70 farms across 11 counties in the region started by Glynwood.
Art of Business: Glad Rags
Owner of Next Boutique, Beth Petramale, talks about keeping up with the trends.
Short Takes
For those who would rather skipout on March Madness, dive into this month’s eclectic selection of books for some intellectual stimulation.
Parting Shot: Matthew Pleva
Kingston-based multimedia artist Matthew Pleva seeks inspiration from everything around him.
Esteemed Reader
Jason Stern reflects on when his mother first introduced him to meditation, more accurately, the practice of “Gurdjieff”.
Nightlife Highlights: James McMurtry
James McMurtry is one whose voice is strongly needed in these desperate days.
Creating a Cooperative Spirit: Q&A with Joanna Faber
Harvey sits with Joanna Farber to discover what it takes to create an intentional, loving and disciplined family culture when there are little kids around.
Editor’s Note: Welcome to NoPo
Brian Mahoney reflects on moving to Kingston with his wife and the area in which they have planted roots, NoPo.
Full Circle
Susan Meyer-Fitzsimmons discusses the importance of community, human interaction, and nature.
Kingston: Capital of Culture
Read all that Kingston has to offer in regards to culture and history.
While You Were Sleeping
The return of the wolly mammoth, Volkswagen becomes bestselling automaker, Dutch government chooses paper ballots, House vote to repeal Obama decision and UPS delivery vans.
Engaging Lectures with Everyday Experts (ELEE)
A homegrown Ted Talk-style lecture series returns to the Rosedale Theater.
Nightlife Highlights: March of the Punx
This 10-band bill taps into the theme by stomping its way into the Chance Theater for an extended blast of punk rock uproar.
Only What They Could Carry
Following a 2016 exhibit about Pearl Harbor, “Images of Internment” is part of a larger series to mark major moments in America’s involvement leading up to and through World War II scheduled through 2020.
TMI Project Presents: #BlackStoriesMatter
The TMI Project offers storytelling workshops to cultivate change in participants and inspire audience members.
CD Review: The Wild Irish Roses
You can’t judge a book by its cover, and the same evidently goes for the Wild Irish Roses’ new CD, Fill Yer Boots, Man!
Virgo Full Moon: You Get to Connect the Dots
Painter discusses how astrology can help explain the chaos in the world, and if you have felt off lately, you are not alone.
Book Review: The Widow’s House
A book review of Carol Goodman’s The Widow’s House. Goodman will read at Oblong Books in Rhinebeck on March 15.
Presence, and What We Birth with Uranus-Eris
Painter discusses the last Uranus-Eris and what it means going forward with this year.
Aging in Place
A discussion on whether or not its better for senior citizens to live out their days at home, practically alone, or foster more senior friendly communities for constant interaction with others.
Larry Beinhart’s Body Politic: The Man Who Loves Chicken Sh*t
Larry Beinhart discusses choices made by new head of the EPA, Scott Pruitt.
Project 258: Making Dinner at Fish & Game
The following is an excerpt from Project 258, due out this month from University of Texas Press.
Art of Business: Noble Beasts
Creator of Equis Art Gallery in Red Hook, Juliet Harrison, describes the fine art approach to horses.
Bury Me Green
Rhinebeck’s Natural Burial Ground came into being in 2014, dovetailing with a growing movement toward “green death”.
Find Your Freedom
Painter discusses how, “This week, the astrology points us toward a question of freedom; yet it does so with a clear emphasis on how free you feel within your own self.”
Art of Business: Of Tea and Terroir
A family’s tea company expansion with the knowledge of soil and where to source ingredients from.
Art of Business: MusicMaker’s Maker
Q and A with Francis Morris of Francis Morris Violins.
Nightlife Highlights: Close Encounters with Music: Beethoven Journey
Performing Arts Center features three pieces from as many phases of Beethoven’s formidable oeuvre.
CD Reviews: Baird Hersey & Prana with Nexus
Chiaroscuro finds two venerable experimental ensembles.
Arthur Migliazza: The Boogie Man
One of boogie-woogie’s greatest living young practitioners is New York piano man Arthur Migliazza, who will perform early this month at Saugerties Performing Arts Factory (SPAF).
The Genetic Method
Overview of Laura Stevenson’s, granddaughter of Harry Simeone, music career.
Nightlife Highlights: John Abercrombie/Rob Schepps Quartet
Upstate icon John Abercrombie is a giant of jazz guitar and the possessor of one of the instrument’s most innovative and instantly recognizable styles.
CD Reviews: Blue Museum
One of the best bands to have emerged from New Paltz in the new millennium is Breakfast in Fur.
Andres Serrano Goes Back to School
The Andres Serrano retrospective at The School, the spectacular exhibition space established by Chelsea gallery owner Jack Shainman in Kinderhook, is a rare event.
Nightlife Highlights: French Connection: Les Belles Chanson Francais
Another installment of the ongoing French Connection series at Bard College’s Fisher Center.
Simplicity Parenting
Kim John Payne will hold a Simplicity Parenting Training at the Mountain Laurel Waldorf School in New Paltz on Thursday, March 16.
Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
On March 13, Kennedy will give a speech at SUNY New Paltz Lecture Hall.
Art of Business: Dental Victories
Dentist at the Center for Advanced Dentistry in Highland, Dr. Bruce Kurek discusses his dentistry practices.
Indivisible: The Relationship Within
Eric Francis Coppolino tackles the question, “How do we convey the social unrest in our nascent era of protest into a sustained movement?”.
Chronogram Conversations: Live at the Lace Mill
On February 8, Luminary Media launched the first in a monthly series of community events, titled Chronogram Conversations. Nearly 100 invited guests—community leaders, influencers, and creatives—filled the Lace Mill in Midtown Kingston.
Sunflower Art Studios’ Classes
Located in the hamlet of Gardiner, Sunflower Art Studios nurtures artists in grades K-5.
