CHRONOGRAM OPEN WORD (COW)
Chronogram’s poetry editor Phillip Levine hosts this poetry/prose/performance event every First Saturday at BEAHIVE in Kingston. The series, produced by Chronogram and BEAHIVE, continues October 1 with featured artists Cheryl Rice and Samuel Claiborne.
Challenge Your Body, Mind, & Spirit: Fitness/Spa Retreat
Challenge yourself with rigorous mountain hiking and yoga asanas in the Catskill Mountains! Explore the beautiful nature of upstate New York, while also tuning in and toning up. Yoga asanas will help detox and restore the body, and a local certified Catskills hiking guide will lead intermediate three-hour exhilarating local hikes. This weekend also includes…
Under Covers: The Chronogram Covers Show at Unison
Chronogram will exhibit 18 years of cover art at Unison Arts Center in New Paltz, October 2-30.
Spiritual Relief for Flood Victims: Working with Your Enemies
Join Sharon Salzberg and Robert Thurman in discussions and meditations on inner and outer enemies from Buddhist perspectives, examining the fear, anger, and anguish generated by being stuck in an “us” and “them” mode, and focusing on liberation from them.
Festival of the Harvest: Autumn Equinox Musical Celebration with Aleah Long
This is the time, the Fall Equinox where we are reap the benefits of our labor, we harvest and feast, not recklessly but in a way where we can experience fully the joy of life and store the energy we need to get through the winter. Aleah’s music facilitates this passage in a joyful and…
Colleen Saidman Yee’s Joy of the Yogini: Women’s Retreat
Spend the weekend unlocking your potential and joy through pranayama, yoga, meditation, and aromatherapy. In addition we will honor and celebrate our femininity through meaningful conversations, laughter, dancing, drumming, optional sweat lodge, body workers, astrology readings, incredible meals, and more.
Jack Daniels Called and Complained About His Name Being Dropped.
A poem by Maggie Coughlan.
Cornwall & Washingtonville: Heavenly Havens
Four parts Mayberry RFD and a liberal dash of Camelot in Orange County.
The Vanaver Caravan at Opus 40
The Vanaver Caravan performs at Opus 40 on September 17 to underwrite its upcoming trip to India.
The Athens Lighthouse Project
The Athens Lighthouse Project’s benefit auction takes place on September 11.
“Gillian Jagger: Reveal”
“Gillian Jagger: Reveal” in the carriage house at John Davis Gallery starting September 15 in Hudson.
Mastering Creative Anxiety with Eric Maisel
Eric Maisel talks and signs his Mastering Creative Anxiety at Mirabai in Woodstock on September 10.
Special Delivery
Jazz vocalist Kurt Elling plays a free concert at Vassar College on October 1.
Spiritual Exercises in Physical Form
Merce Cunnigham Dance Company performs for the last time at Bard College, September 9-11.
Blowin’ in the Wind
A reception and artist’s talk on September 10 opens the exhibit of 9/11-inspired photographs by Carla Shapiro at Center for Photography at Woodstock.
The Chicken Painter of High Falls
The “Chagall in High Falls” exhibit opens on September 2 at the D&H Canal Museum.
WFF Interns: Slave Labor, Dream Job
Jay Blotcher interviews WFF intern Jeremiah Wenutu.
Red Carpet Agitator
Actor and activist Mark Ruffalo discusses his anti-fracking lobbying efforts.
Local Directors Profile: 9 Pianos
Gillian Farrell and Ana Beinhart on their film documenting a shipment to New Orleans.
For Reel
Our indefatigable reviewer’s assessment of 34 films to be screened at WFF this year.
Call It What It Is
Eric Francis Coppolino questions the official story on the 10th anniversary of 9/11.
Gluten-Free Nation
When did bread become public enemy No. 1? Wendy Kagan looks for answers.
Doing Good While Doing Well
David Neilsen gets advice on socially responsible investments.
September Restaurant Openings
2Taste Food and Wine Bar, Smoked, Cafe Le Perche, MOD, and more.
Food & Drink Events for September
Hudson Valley Food & Wine Festival, Taste of New Paltz, and more.
Hair Apparent
A photo essay by Kelly Merchant at Androgyny House of Design, Dazzles Salon and Day Spa, and Giannetta Salon and Spa.
Short Takes: September 2011
Small press publishers are a breed apart. Celebrate their literary vision with these outstanding new books by Hudson Valley writers.
Book Review: One Day I Will Write About This Place
Marx Dorrity reviews Binyavanga Wainaina’s novel.
Book Reviews: Misery Bay and Hotel No Tell
Anne Pyburn reviews books by Steve Hamilton and Daphne Uviller.
Nightlife Highlights: Lucky Tubb
Lucky Tubb takes his honky tonk flavor to the Basement in Kingston on September 17.
Nightlife Highlights: Jazzstock with Sheila Jordan and Cameron Brown
Vocalist Sheila Jordan and bassist Cameron Brown join the Colony Cafe’s Jazzstock Series in Woodstock on September 11.
Nightlife Highlights: The Jam Messengers
The Jam Messengers come to the Spotty Dog in Hudson on September 14.
Nightlife Highlights: Roger McGuinn
Singer and guitarist Roger McGuinn plays at the Egg on September 9.
Nightlife Highlights: So Percussion
So Percussion play the Fisher Center at Bard College on September 20.
CD Review: Various Artists
Michael Eck reviews a compilation recording of 35 years by various artists.
CD Review: The Jonny Monster Band
Jeremy Schwartz reviews The Jonny Monster Band’s self-titled album.
Saugerties: Bright Light, Cool Town
A bright light shines on the banks of the Esopus in northeast Ulster County.
The Craft: Silas Adams, Antique Home Renovator
Jennifer Farley talks with antique home restorer Silas Adams.
Planting Trees and Shrubs in the Fall
Michelle Sutton advises on planting trees and shrubs in fall.
Beinhart’s Body Politic: September 2011
Larry Beinhart wonders why all the bad Republican ideas come back to life.
While You Were Sleeping: September 2011
The saddest movie in the world, Vancouver gives out crack pipes, and more.
Editor’s Note: September 2011
Editor Brian K. Mahoney responds to the hipster report from The New York Times.
Esteemed Reader: September 2011
Publisher Jason Stern reflects on the native interests of children.
Local Luminaries: Ivan Velilla and Gustavo Sanin
Gustavo Sanin and Ivan Velilla celebrate their 50th anniversary together.
On the Cover: Alicia J. Rose
Photographer Alicia J. Rose expresses her vulnerability through fairytales.
