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Thangka Very Much: Gurmi Lama’s Modern Tibetan Paintings
“My childhood was marked by layers of unfortunate verbal, physical, and emotional mistreatments, leaving me feeling unworthy of belonging,” says Stone Ridge-based artist Gurmi Lama. “Like an iceberg emerging from the ocean, what is visible is only a fraction of the story. Beneath the surface lies a vast, multilayered subconscious shaped by those experiences.” While…
Gigi Trattoria: A Rhinebeck Eatery that Feels Like Home
After nearly 25 years, Gigi is still a go-to spot for Mediterranean food and celebrations across generations
Kingston: A Snapshot of the City | October 2025
These beautiful b-roll photos of Kingston, NY by David McIntyre capture the town’s character, charm, and moments that didn’t make it into Chronogram print.
Silkroad Ensemble Performs “American Railroad” at the Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center
Led by Rhiannon Giddens, multimedia Eurasian creative collective Silkroad Ensemble heads to Great Barrington for one night on November 8.
2025 Fall Arts Preview
Welcome! Another fall means another fun-packed Fall Arts Preview in the October issue of Chronogram, so here we are. The season is upon us once again, bringing with it a rich bounty of excellent events in the realms of theater, music, dance, visual art, festivals, and more. Of course, there are some evergreen favorites to…
City on the Edge: Kingston
Kingston undeniably has issues. There’s a billionaire multi-property holder Uptown who won’t stop suing the city and another property owner down in the Rondout who owns a large amount of waterfront that he’s been sitting on for decades. A blizzard of Freedom of Information Act requests gulp official energy, with some submitted just to see…
Esteemed Reader: The Heart’s Desire | October 2025
“There is nothing accidental or unnecessary in nature and there can be nothing; everything has a definite function; everything serves a definite purpose.” —Peter Ouspensky, Fragments of An Unknown Teaching I was speaking with my son, who went away to school last month. He is immersed in learning a craft that requires long hours of…
Editor’s Note: I’ve Been Working on The Website (All the Live Long Day)
What you hold in your hands is an immaculate distillation of much that is good and holy in the region. And I don’t use the word “holy” lightly. (Maybe I do.) Regardless. There’s a reverence to print—the smell of ink, the heft of pages—that carries the weight of permanence. You can dog-ear it, leave it…
From Woodstock, With Film: The 26th Woodstock Film Festival
Noah Baumbach is coming to Woodstock. The Marriage Story director’s latest, Jay Kelly, lands as the centerpiece of the 26th Woodstock Film Festival, running October 15-19 across Woodstock, Kingston, Saugerties, and Rosendale. It’s just one of the marquee titles in a lineup that pairs auteur firepower—Richard Linklater (Blue Moon), Nia DaCosta (Hedda), Yorgos Lanthimos (Bugonia),…
Book Review: Erin Somers | The Ten Year Affair
The Ten Year AffairErin SomersSimon & Schuster, 2025, $28 In The Ten Year Affair, Erin Somers focuses on the romantic intertwinings of several couples based in a lower Hudson Valley town with 16,000 residents. (Beacon, where Somers lives, has a population of 15,292.) The main character, Cora, has a job in marketing, working hybrid and…
Sagittarius Horoscope | October 2025
SAGITTARIUS (November 22–December 22) What are the things you truly do just for you? What are the things that bring such intense joy that to tell anyone else about them would make you blush? Do those things. Keep them hidden. This month, privacy and solitude are prerequisites for you to experience the most delicious morsels…
5 Local Books to Read in October
From Catskills endurance quests and intimate memoirs to rock biographies, wartime histories, and experimental poetry, these five new Hudson Valley books reflect both the grit and grace of their authors. Whether you’re seeking a trail companion, a meditation on family, a music-scene deep dive, or a luminous tangle of verse, here are five books to…
Capricorn Horoscope | October 2025
CAPRICORN (December 22–January 20) The safety you seek comes from autonomy. Typically, Capricorn is thought to find its safety in strong structures and clearly defined standards, but this month, you need to go off-roading. This means that instead of looking outside yourself to inform your actions, it’s time to go within. Obey your animal instincts,…
Poetry | October 2025
for the world so loved me, it gave me eyes they say that I am too much that I think too muchsee too muchfeel too much that I complain too muchlaugh too muchcry too much that I’m too talltoo funny, settle downtoo quiet, I say in a whisper one day, I plan to move to…
Aquarius Horoscope | October 2025
AQUARIUS (January 20–February 19) You’re not usually one to worry about abiding by the laws, philosophies, and cultural rules that are imposed on you, but you do appreciate how they give order to relationships. This month you may be inclined to stray from your usually egalitarian self and feel the desire to lead. This is…
Album Review: Winged Wheel | Big Hotel
Winged Wheel Big Hotel(12XU Records) Winged Wheel is a collective nominally based out of Detroit, but with members scattered around the rock ’n’ roll map with a collective CV that includes time in indie rock stalwarts Sonic Youth, Tyvek, Spray Paint, Powers, and Matchless. Following on from a Covid-era debut, recorded remotely, the quartet convened…
Pisces Horoscope | October 2025
PISCES (February 20–March 19) Sometimes it’s difficult for Pisces to feel its own form. Its edges tend to be fuzzy. The massive amounts of content that it possesses can bleed out into other forms, or just disperse into the atmosphere. This month, you have the opportunity to name what’s yours. If you’re not sure where…
Album Review: The Stuyvesant String Quartet In Concert at the Library of Congress
The Stuyvesant String Quartet In Concert at the Library of Congress(Bridge Records) Producer Jay Shulman continues to chronicle the career of his father, Hudson resident Alan Shulman, with this archival release featuring the late cellist and composer (see past Chronogram issues for reviews of previous titles). The Stuyvesant String Quartet was an exemplary New York…
Album Review: Rebecca Haviland and Whiskey Heart | Late Nights and Early Mornings
Rebecca Haviland and Whiskey Heart Late Nights and Early Mornings(Five and Dime Records) Rebecca Haviland and Whiskey Heart’s Late Nights and Early Mornings kicks off with “Monday Nights,” a blast of Motown-ish R&B worthy of Martha and the Vandellas featuring a melodic bass line pushing the rocking song forward, splashes of funky keyboards, and electric…
Top Fall 2025 Cultural Events
“Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street” October 10-26 at the Center for Performing Arts at Rhinebeck Stephen Sondheim’s shockingly hilarious, multiple-Tony Award-winning musical about a 19th-century London barber and his pie-baking accomplice’s plan to exact revenge on the corrupt judge who destroyed his family and his life. “Proof” October 10-26 at Shadowland Stages in…
Sound Check: Aaron Johnston Shares His Listening Picks
Each month we ask a member of the community to tell us what music they’ve been digging. I’m a little bit all over the place with what I listen to; I’m always searching for new sounds, but still finding myself returning to the music that’s influenced me over the years. I started getting into jazz…
Top Fall 2025 Music Shows
Hudson Jazz Festival October 3-5 in Hudson Hosted by jazz radio personality Keanna Faircloth, this cool convergence has Julius Rodriguez, Bigyuki, Caity Gyorgy, Tristan Jarvis, the Gotham Kings, and Joel Ross. The “Sounds Around Town” segment stars students and faculty from Bard College’s jazz program, beloved hometown favorites, and emerging local artists at pop-up spots.…
October 2025 Astrology Report
The skies are quiet this October, but there’s a lot going on underground. By the time we reach the third week of the month, three planets will occupy the sign of do-or-die Scorpio. Every time one of those planets enters Scorpio, it will immediately square Pluto, Lord of the Underworld, on arrival. A square aspect…
Top 19 Things to Do at O+ Festival 2025
Every October, Kingston throws a party that feels less like a festival and more like a grassroots uprising. The O+ Festival was born in 2010 with a wild barter proposition—musicians and artists would swap their gifts for healthcare, “the art of medicine for the medicine of art.” In the years since, O+ has remade the…
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Hudson River Homesteaders Country Store in Germantown
As a lifelong resident of Germantown, Amy Salvatore was very familiar with Palatine Park Road, a short half-mile stretch of road that is also home to its namesake public park, a local vet’s office, and the Germantown farmers’ market. When a “For Rent” sign went up in the window of one of the shops, the…
Aries Horoscope | October 2025
ARIES (March 20–April 19) I’m about to say something controversial. Here it goes: Who you are in a relationship is the true version of who you are. This may offend your individualistic sensibilities. But, our consciousness surrounding who we are is limited. It’s only when someone else reflects back to us the things we can’t…
The Low-ABV Trend Shifting Social Drinking in the Hudson Valley & Beyond
Across the country, there’s been a noticeable trend in how adults are choosing to socially imbibe, especially when it comes to craft beverages. Consumers are increasingly reaching for low- or no-ABV (alcohol by volume) beer, spirits, wine, and ciders, and there are a few reasons why. For one, there’s more of a societal focus on…
Taurus Horoscope | October 2025
TAURUS (April 19–May 20) Your Freudian slip is showing, and yes, people are paying attention. All the parts of you that usually dwell in the shadows are now in the spotlight. The hidden Aries part of you wants more acceptance and expression. The parts of you that renounce anger, selfishness, and impatience want to be…
Ten Films to See at the Woodstock Film Festival
Cover-Up Laura Poitras and Mark Obenhaus deliver a relentless portrait of journalist Seymour Hersh, whose investigations—from My Lai to Abu Ghraib—have exposed systemic war crimes and institutional betrayal. Archival riches, unguarded interviews, and Hersh’s own notebooks render not myth, but the painstaking machinery of truth. A sharp reminder that power fears exposure. Jay Kelly George…
5 New Spots to Eat & Drink in the Hudson Valley
Blue Duck Brewing Co. 79 Hurley Avenue, Kingston Blue Duck Brewing Co. opened on September 7 in Kingston in the former Daily Freeman building, bringing German-style lagers and pilsners from brewmaster Ryan Gillette alongside food from the famed Phoenicia Diner. Operating the outpost as Phoenicia Diner Canteen, the menu blends diner favorites with pub classics—smash…
Gemini Horoscope | October 2025
GEMINI (May 20–June 21) Work relations are getting spicy. Everyone seems to do what they want, in their own way. This isn’t the best moment for compromise and collaboration. This saddens the Libra Sun in your fifth house, which wonders why everyone can’t just get along. The best way to work with a group at…
Top Fall 2025 Art Exhibits
“Chronostasia: Select Acquisitions 2020-2025” Through February 1 at the Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center in Poughkeepsie Comprised of over 60 artworks acquired by the center’s collection, this exhibition at the Vassar College campus museum focuses on a theme of “temporality through return, inheritance, motion, and seriality…[and] broaden the museum’s holdings across media, histories, and geographies.” …
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Hudson Valley Craft Beverage Guide
With picturesque surroundings, robust farm-to-table menus, events galore, and of course, top-notch pours, these craft breweries, distilleries, and cideries are detour-worthy destinations all their own. Whitecliff Vineyard 331 Mckinstry Road, Gardiner (845) 255-4613 | Whitecliffwine.com Whitecliff has dedicated more than 30 years to finding and planting grape varieties that succeed on their site. They are…
Cancer Horoscope | October 2025
CANCER (June 21–July 22) If you feel like you’ve lost the plot on your life’s direction, create something. Immerse yourself in birthing something from the depths of your being. Don’t worry about what’s going on “out there,” because you are the creator not the spectator of what’s going on “out there.” Stop looking at the…
“In the Open Air” at the Woodstock School of Art
“In the Open Air: The Art Student League’s Woodstock School of Landscape Painting and Its Impact,” which runs from October 11 to December 13 at the Woodstock School of Art, is perhaps the first exhibition ever to provide a full survey of landscape painting in Woodstock from the beginning of the 20th century through the…
Corinne Gervai’s Resurrected Farmhouse Castle in Woodstock
In 2014, Corinne Gervai was living and teaching yoga in the heart of Woodstock when a tip from a student lead her to an abandoned farmhouse across from Cooper Lake. After founding Euphoria Yoga in 2008, Gervai had become an integral thread in the Village fabric where she taught a wide spectrum of students and…
Leo Horoscope | October 2025
LEO (July 22–August 23) There are rumblings in the places that you count on for safety. This could look like strife with family or roommates, personal emotional disturbances, or, literally doing some aggressive work on your house. However you experience this, you might be inclined to remedy this discord by getting distance from it. Solo…
Independent Pharmacies Fill Gaps in Covid Vaccine Access
At Village Apothecary in Woodstock, the waiting chairs fill with a mix of seniors, local teachers with bags slung over their shoulders double-checking that they’ll be back in time for their afternoon class, and a young mother beside her spouse, gently rocking a stroller as they wait. The space is tight, shelves stacked with amber-colored…
Virgo Horoscope | October 2025
VIRGO (August 23–September 23) You feel like you should share, but you really don’t want to. Why is that? It’s one thing to conserve your energy and resources for your own vitality and another to avoid compromise to maintain the upper hand. The first activity bolsters trust in yourself and others, the second activity undermines…
Libra Horoscope | October 2025
LIBRA (September 23–October 23) There may be a confrontation coming up for you. Perhaps someone is trying to strong arm you into a situation. This may irritate you to no end. If you feel like you’re being cornered, you might want to ask yourself if you’ve been evasive or unnecessarily vague lately. I’m not “blaming…
Scorpio Horoscope | October 2025
SCORPIO (October 23–November 22) Unresolved relational issues and decisions left unmade might cause enough stress to show up in your body. Aside from taking exquisite care of your physical form, resolving differences with others and coming to a final decision about an issue could alleviate your symptoms (get advice from a doctor if they don’t).…
