Homeland Hipster
Laurie Anderson brings her latest show, Homeland, to the Egg on September 21.
Sino Qua Non
Fovea Exhibitions in Beacon presents the group photographic show Planet China, featuring work by Alan Chin, Justin Guariglia, and Julien Chatelin.
Dulcet Duo
Ginny Hawker and Tracy Schwarz will play music from the heart of Appalachia at the Rosendale Theater on September 20.
Dancing on the Ceiling
Noémie Lafrance’s Rapture, a site-specific choreographic work atop Bard’s Fisher Center, will be performed September 25-28 and October 2-5.
Book Smart
Amy Lubinski previews the Spencertown Academy Book Festival, in which over 10,000 books will be for sale over two weekends: September 5 and September 12.
There’s No Place Like Drone
Sharon Nichols previews the All Tomorrow’s Parties Festival in Monticello on September 19 to 21.
Horoscopes
What do the planets have in store for you this month? Check it out in your horoscope.
Obama and the Galactic Leap
Eric Francis Coppolino reads the chart for the Democratic National Convention.
The Healing Power of Improv
Lorrie Klosterman talks to the founders of Playback Theatre and Psychodrama.
Warming Up to New Ideas
Kelley Granger offers ideas on alternative home heating options.
Pick-Your-Own Farms
A guide to where you can pick your own fruits and vegetables in the Hudson Valley for September and October.
Serving the Bounty of the Valley
Brian K. Mahoney talks with chefs about sourcing local.
La Puerta Azul: Elevated Mexican Fare in Salt Point
Sara Reinhart Brown profiles chef Ramiro Jimenez of La Puerta Azul, a refined Mexican eatery outside Millbrook, NY.
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A poem by Asher Stern, 3½ years old, after an admonition not to make a mess.
Short Takes
Hudson Valley authors keep it real in six striking works of memoir and nonfiction.
Book Review: Heartless and Salvation Boulevard
Religion and death are the prominent themes in the new books Salvation Boulevard and Heartless by Woodstock authors Larry Beinhart and Alison Gaylin, reviewed by Kim Wozencraft.
Book Review: The Book of Calamities: Five Questions about Suffering and Its Meaning
Peter Trachentenberg assess human suffering in relation to circumstance, endurance, justice, God, and obligation in The Book of Calamities.
The Sweet Clementines
Jason Broome reviews New Paltz’s Sweet Clementines first CD, More Sweet on You.
Pete Levin
DJ wavy Davy reviews Pete Levin’s latest CD, Certified Organic, a return to the artist’s love for organ jazz.
Nightlife Highlights
DJ wavy Davy previews musical rendezvous in the Hudson Valley for the month of September.
Playing for Keeps
Whole lotta impersonatin’ going on: Peter Aaron profiles Elvis impersonator Joseph John Eigo.
Lucid Dreaming
Beth E. Wilson previews “Origins,” a group show at the Hudson Valley Center for Contemporary Art in Peekskill.
Kelleigh McKenzie
Robert Nurke Warren reviews Rosendale resident Kelleigh McKenzie’s debut CD Chances, a mix of folk, pop, jazz, and blues.
Mothers of Ascension
Sarah Coleman and Hillary Harvey profile MomsRising, founded by author Kristin Rowe-Finkbeiner and MoveOn co-founder Joan Blades.
Body Politic
Larry Beinhart envisions a starring role for George Bush in Russia’s invasion of Georgia, re-creating Neville Chamberlain’s infamous turn as the appeaser of Munich.
Restoring the Garden of Eden
Reporting from Iraq, Lorna Tychostup reveals the country’s plans to implement its first National Park in an area ravaged by the order of Saddam Hussein after the first Gulf War.
Editor’s Note
Editor Brian K. Mahoney laments about all the events he missed this past summer.
While You Were Sleeping
What you may have missed in the back pages of the media maelstrom.
Local Luminary
Jenny Brown left her career as a TV producer to start her own farm animal sanctuary to rehabilitate rescued animals as well as promote the vegan lifestyle.
Letters to the Editor
A local reader responds to Beth E. Wilson’s article featured in our July issue regarding the “Cat-n-Around Catskill” exhibition.
The Stromberg Alphabet
A picture framer first and an artist second, Eugenia Ballard creates tableaux and shadow boxes out of various knickknacks.
