Outdoor Art
An art tour of work by both national and international artists on display in five outdoor locations.
Editor’s Journal: Easy Like Monday Morning
It’s Bike Month once again, and I am reminded of certain realities regarding our lifestyle in this country:
While You Were Sleeping
The gist of what you may have missed in the back pages of the global media maelstrom: campaign finance deform, secret trials, and uncollected taxes.
Esteemed Reader
But, Mousie, thou art no thy lane, In proving foresight may be vain;
Chronogram Seen
CAFE CHRONOGRAM AT THE KINGSTON MUDDY CUP (4/19) HUDSON VALLEY GREEN DRINKS AT MAHONEY’S (4/22)
Local Luminary: Erin Davies
Erin Davies is teaching the country about hate crimes with the help of her VW Beetle.
Scarlet Tanager
Photographer, illustrator, painter, film maker, and antique store owner, Laura Levine does it all.
Van Gogh Broods over his Reaper in the Wheat Fields at St. Remy
They have said it: I am insolent because I confront the sun face to face.
Bending
Bottom of basement stairs, open-slatted steps where only deep air understands my questions.
The Dancer’s Daughter
The dancer is expecting and she hopes her fourteen-year-old daughter will approve.
Portrait of my Fiancé in Black Gloves (1909)
The gypsy is missing a finger and when she takes my hand into hers the stub that was hacked off at the knuckle, brushes against mine and writhes
The Tramp Poem
This man in dark glasses was walking on a downward sloping sidewalk towards me and I was sitting on this old bench.
The New Yorker Poem
Start out with something provocative yet innocuous like having a drink then getting into bed.
Springing to Different Dreams
Various multimedia art projects are taking place around the Hudson Valley as part of the “Plugged In” exhibit.
It Takes a Village
Millbrook’s Merritt Books will have its first ever book festival, complete with story telling, reading, a parade and book signings.
Aluminum Pipes, Amplified Cactus
Mixing jazz, chamber music, cabaret, spoken word, the Chamber Arts Festival of Marbletown will be held at SUNY Ulster.
Dancing at Dia
With 60 years of dancing under his belt, Merce Cunningham is instructing a new wave of dancers in his dance company.
No Rules, Just Photos
With no topic to be guided by, images from all over the country were sent to be judged for the Barrett Art Center’s 21st Annual Juried Photography Exhibition.
There’s No Place Like Gnome
Discover the many different garden decorations the Hudson Valley has to offer.
Portfolio: Laura Moriarty
Laura Moriarty discusses her paintings, sculptures and the decision to not go to school.
Sex and the Problem of Self-Esteem
Eric Francis Coppolino examines the interlacing among self-esteem, sex, and relationships.
Larry Beinhart’s Body Politic
Larry Beinhart reveals that the real start of the secession was seven years ago.
Talking Turkey
Lorna Tychostup talks with ex-CIA Agent Robert Baer about Turkey’s recent incursion into Iraqi Kurdistan.
Globetrotting
Musicians Steve Gorn, Brian Melick, and John Davey, came together to release an album.
Mikhail Horowitz & Gilles Malkine
The comedic duo Mikhail Horowitz and Gilles Malkine release their latest recording of political meanderings combined with blues, hip hop, rap, and bop.
A Tale of Two Artists
Beth E. Wilson visits the Philadelphia Museum of Art to see the exhibits of works by Frida Kahlo and Lee Miller.
Elephant Wine Bar in Kingston
Brian K. Mahoney finds tapas master Rich Reeve still creating revelatory small plates at Elephant wine bar in Kingston.
Fiction: Happy Valley
A story by Jennifer Wai-Lan Huang which won honorable mention in our 2007 Literary Supplement.
Short Takes
Six area authors invite you across the universe: London, Shanghai, czarist Russia, Neanderthal think tanks, the Italo-Cuban Catskills, and the wilds of Yankee Stadium.
Book Review: Thinking About Memoir and Chosen Forever
Susan Krawitz reviews Chosen Forever and Thinking About Memoir.
Nourishing Ourselves In A Modern World
One diet isn’t right for everyone, nutritionist Joshua Rosenthal’s Institute of Integrative Nutrition is helping students make their own healthy choices to fit their lifestyles.
Butterflies Moving Elephants
The light touch of the Trager Approach can cure both physical and emotional ailments.
Get Juiced
All the junk and waste that goes into our bodies can build up over time Alison Shore Gaines has developed a detox program to flush it all out.
Parting Shot
An untitled woodcut from Gods’ Man (Jonathan Cape and Smith, 1929) by Lynd Ward.
