Pine Hill Folk Festival
A full day of music and fun will be served up on Saturday, October 2nd 2010 at the Pine Hill Folk Festival. Concerts, song circles, locally made food, artists & artisans, storytelling, demonstrations, and children’s activities will transform the Pine Hill Community Center into a vibrant village with a Catskills flavor. The grand finale of…
Woodstock Film Festival 2010 Preview: Jay’s Best of the Fest
Chronogram film critic Jay Blotcher’s favorite films from this year’s festival.
Get Smart About Water
Free event! Panel discussion at Beacon Institute’s Center for Environmental Innovation & Education.
Planet Waves Weekly Horoscope: Full Moon, Big Adventure
This morning’s Full Moon in Aries is the invitation to big adventure — whether you want it or not. It may also be an invitation to get caught in assorted dramas, which I suggest you avoid. Stick to the creative side of this event, and let others do all the dancing on the table.
Hudson Valley Silent Retreat with Gangaji: September 19 – 24, 2010
Retreat with Gangaji is a time to discover the truth of one’s being and to deepen in that realization. Through gathering together for an extended period, a rare and profound support is experienced for the direct recognition of eternal peace, always present as the core of one’s own heart.
Woodstock Film Festival 2010 Preview: Larry Fessenden on “Bitter Feast”
Larry Fessenden, the producer of the gastro-horror feature “Bitter Feast,” talks with Jay Blotcher.
Woodstock Film Festival 2010 Preview: Jeff Malmberg on “Marwencol”
Jeff Malmberg talks with Jay Blotcher about “Marwencol,” his film about the art of Mark Hogancamp.
Woodstock Film Festival 2010 Preview: Jon Bowermaster’s “SoLA”
Director Jon Bowermaster talks with Jay Blotcher about his documentary “SoLA: Louisiana Water Stories,” recounting the twin tragedies of Hurricane Katrina and the Gulf oil spill.
Woodstock Film Festival 2010 Preview: Bruce Beresford Interview
Director Bruce Beresford will receive the 2010 Maverick Award at this year’s festival. Jay Blotcher talks with Beresford about his films and his recent shoot in Ulster County.
Woodstock Film Festival 2010 Preview: Meira Blaustein Interview
Meira Blaustein talks with Jay Blotcher about this year’s festival
Filament Festival at EMPAC
The Filament festival of new work in performance, visual art, sound and media takes place October 1 to October 3 at EMPAC at RPI.
Third Annual Catskill Artist Studio Tour
Catskill’s Third Annual Artist Studio Tour will take place Saturday, September 11, and Sunday, September 12.
The City of Half-Light and Afterglows
“Yvon’s Paris” is a collection of 75 images of the city between the two world wars taken by Yvon as he endlessly ambled about the city, the ultimate flaneur.
Declaration of Independents
The Jim Jarmusch curated All Tommorow’s Parties festival hits Kutsher’s in Monticello Labor Day Weekend.
Where Life Touches Down
“Finding Joy,” an exhibition of the work of Dawn Breeze, runs through September 12 at Deffebach Gallery in Hudson.
Flowers Fall: A Conversation with Jon Kabat Zinn
Jon Kabat Zinn talks about mindful parenting.
Interview with Marianne Williamson
Marianne Williamson talks with Lorrie Klosterman prior to her appearance at the Art of Dying Conference at the Menla Retreat Center in Phoenicia on October 13.
Rondout Valley Growers Association
A profile of the Rondout Valley Growers Association in Ulster county.
Farm Fresh Fish
Local Ocean, an aquaculture farm outside Hudson, represents the new paradigm of eco-sensitive farm-raised fish.
Chronicler of the Creative Class
Creative class chronicler Richard Florida talks with Carl Frankel about the current recession, what Florida refers to as The Great Reset.
Pawling & Hopewell Junction: Serendipitous Crossing
A profile of the Dutchess County communities of Hopewell Junction and Pawling.
Saugerties: Cool & Quaint
Peter Aaron profiles the northern Ulster County town of Saugerties.
Book Review: Here Comes Another Lesson
A review of Stephen O’Connor’s “Here Comes Another Lesson.”
River of Words
Nina Shengold and Jennifer May chronicle the Hudson Valley literary scene in their book “River of Words,” based on material originally published in Chronogram.
CD Review: The David Arner Trio–“Out/In the Open”
A review of The David Arner Trio’s “Out/In the Open.”
ReadNex Poetry Squad
Peter Aaron profiles the Hudson Valley words-and-music crew ReadNex Poetry Squad.
Woodstock Film Festival 2010 Preview
Jay Blotcher previews the best of the Woodstock Film Festival.
“Tree Hugger” by Kathy Ruttenberg
The anthropomorphic sublimity of Kathy Ruttenberg graces the September 2010 cover of Chronogram.
Esteemed Reader September 2010
Against the backdrop of the lives of stars we are called upon to serve with every deed.
Editor’s Note: It’s Complicated
What we talk about when we talk about multiculturalism and the War on Terror.
While You Were Sleeping: September 2010
One in 78 Americans face foreclosure, the total cost of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, and more.
Local Luminary: Kathy Stevens
Kathy Stevens, director of the Catskill Animal Sanctuary in Saugerties, talks about her new book, “Animal Camp.”
What We Talk About When We Talk About Terrorism
The author of “A Foreigner Carrying in the Crook of His Arm a Tiny Bomb” talks with Brian K. Mahoney abut the cultural logic of the War on Terror.
Westfrisian Ringdike Walk
Pé Okx’s 45-minute film “Westrisian Ringdike Walk: Fast Forward on an Ancient Dutch Dike” will be screened at Hudson River Maritime Museum and ASK this month in Kingston.
THE MYSTERY OF THE SPHINX AND THE MAGIC OF EGYPT
On September 25, 7 pm, at the Beahive, 314 Wall St., Kingston NY, writer, researcher and rogue Egyptologist John Anthony West will discuss this revolutionary re-interpretation of Egypt, his own long quest to re-date the Great Sphinx of Giza and his recent trip (with geologist/geophysicist/paleontologist Dr. Robert M. Schoch) to Turkey that (surprisingly!) vindicates four…
