Now Open: The Barn of Terror
You don’t want to get caught by the side of their silo with no gas. The Barn of Terror presents their annual Halloween attraction, centered around barn frights, cemetery scares, and cornfield-induced fear. This year, the Boice family has selected “The Corn Master is not alone…” as their theme for spreading scares. USA Today recently…
Frank Vignola Returns to Rosendale
The gypsy jazz guitar great will appear in a duo with Olli Seikilli on October 22.
Huichica East Festival Rocks Pine Plains
The inaugural event takes place on September 31 and October 1 at the Chaseholm Farm.
Mid-Hudson Marketplace
On Saturday, October 1st, the Mid-Hudson Marketplace is hosting its third annual fall festival of seventy curated vendors: artists, makers, crafters, farmers, mom-and-pops, and pop-up shops. And there are a few great reasons to bring the kids.
Concert Against Gun Violence Comes to Kingston
Part of a nationwide effort, this Sunday’s local installment features Marshall Crenshaw, Kate Pierson of the B-52s, Mike & Ruthy, and others.
“Hendrix Of The Sahara” Vieux Farka Touré At Woodstock Sessions On 10/2
Woodstock Sessions is honored to presend a day with the “Hendrix Of The Sahara” – Vieux Farka Touré
We cordially invite you to join us as VFT crafts his Woodstock Sessions release.
Brick Alley Block Party, September 24 – Rain or Shine
Celebrate GARNER Arts Center’s Exhibition, Transposing Perception, wandering through site specific art, music & dance installations throughout connecting 19th Century warehouses and alleyways, ending with a DJ set in a starlit Brick Alleyway. Food trucks, craft beer, wine & cider.
Creative Music Studio Hosts Concerts in Big Indian
Tonight and throughout the week, the long-running world-jazz organization presents performances featuring composer/accordionist Pauline Oliveros, CMS cofounders Karl Berger and Ingrid Sertso, and others.
Harvest at the Kingston YMCA Farm Project
To celebrate its third season, the Kingston YMCA Farm Project is throwing a party on Tuesday, September 20th.
Punk Pioneers the Scenics Visit Beacon
The Toronto trio will perform at Quinn’s on September 27.
Find Flavorful Fall Dining Experience in Ellenville
Experience fall at its finest when you dine in Ellenville, where diverse meets local. From live music to locally sourced ingredients, there’s something for everyone in this scenic, historical and outdoorsy town, whether you’re a diehard vegan or a steak enthusiast.
Voices in Action, TMI Project’s Community Outreach Showcase honoring Eve Ensler
Join TMI Project for a phenomenal night of storytelling and to honor Eve Ensler, author of The Vagina Monologues, for her groundbreaking, world changing work using storytelling as activism!
Sylvia Tyson and Scarlet Rivera Visit Woodstock
The folk rock legends will perform at the Kleinert/James Center for the Arts on September 24.
Beekman Fire Department’s Annual Family Day
The Beekman Fire Company Auxiliary welcomes hundreds of people at the fire station in Poughquag on September 18th for a free day of fun.
Drones Through the Decades
They are out. You are being watched. They are taking photos at concerts, collecting data, and flying around war zones. It isn’t an imaginative Science fiction plot. “Unmanned aerial vehicles,”or drones, are a reality. The Center for the Study of the Drone at Bard College has recently released their study “The Drone Revolution Revisited: An…
Jeremy Denk to Perform at Bard College
The esteemed pianist will deliver a diverse program at the Fisher Center on September 11.
Music in the Field
On Saturday, September 17th, the Mountain Laurel Waldorf School is hosting a fundraiser for its sweet collaboration with Hasbrouck Park in New Paltz with a lineup of great music.
The Long Path: The Felice Brothers
A profile of the local folk band and their journey to international success.
Engaging Lectures with Everyday Experts
The new monthly program begins on Tuesday, September 13.
Horoscopes: Aquarius
It looks as if you’re ready to go someplace exotic, or at least to travel further than you can drive. In any event, you need a change of scenery and a change of pace. This will help you see the greater possibilities that you contain. When you can feel your own potential, you have a…
Bounty of the Valley
A guide to some of the budding new restaurants throughout the region.
Poem: Constellations
i love you r skin has con(stellations) (versations) that speak Universes about Life and rise rise it’s and and and fall again like your belly when my lipsmeetyours rushing-river-rapids-running down your spine;monsoons that too-soon give way and collapse; to quiet rumbles of thunder in the distance. —Jessica Carey
Horoscopes: Pisces
This month ends a long cycle in your relationships and begins another. We might be talking about something that dates back eight to 10 years. That’s quite a while, especially with time speeding along in dog years. Plenty has happened to you; and as you take a step forward, it’s time for a review of…
Libra Equinox, Mercury Direct and…New Vacuum Cleaners
Planet Waves Weekly on the Mercury retrograde and Sun in Virgo, and how they will affect your organization.
Aces in the Fall
Mohonk Mountain House’s Garden Manager Andrew Koehn’s favorite fall plants.
Poem: Autumn Burlesque
They dance on the leftover air of September Still showing their full green gowns Then changing their costumes into October Wearing reds and yellows and browns. They continue their act in the mid-autumn chill Still covering the truth of their gender But soon they undress and continue until They end their act as naked November.…
Parting Shot: Michael Crawford
The painter and cartoonist who was a longtime contributor to The New Yorker passed away on July 12 at his home in Kingston.
The Balance of Abundance
When the conduits for both giving and receiving are opened up, a form of balance is achieved
Poem: Time Out
Time Out If I jump on the bed I’m in big trouble. Grandma’s gonna give me a time out. A bear on the bed who’s jumping, That’s not me. I’m a poison frog. And grandma’s gonna give him a time out. —Demetrios Michael Houtrides talking and singing to his grandma (4 years old)
Nightlife Highlights: Quiet Village Festival
This day-long electronic and experimental music festival will be held in and around the village of New Paltz on September 17.
Mummenschanz
The surrealist Swiss mask-theater troupe exhibits their show at the Bardavon on September 22.
TMI Project Tribute to Eve Ensler
Sharing stories and narrative as the “Voices in Action: Community Outreach Showcase” fundraiser comes to Kingston.
Poem: Wake
My neighbor dies the other day. Today I go to his wake. He was 77. We weren’t friends. We were acquaintances. We were neighbors. We greeted one another on the road. In the post office. In the supermarket. The word wake means to stay alert. To watch. To guard. It comes from the Old English…
Poem: [Untitled 323]
It all seems new; the sky hasn’t been this color since Antietam. And everything is calm. Underneath the bridge, I’ve mistaken grocery bags for geese again. I make a list of basic human graces and pet peeves hoping to encapsulate a definition, like air for the body I want to fill. There was once obsidian…
Egili Oliveira Samba Workshop
Rio’s top passista performer Egili Oliveira instructs a samba workshop in Woodstock on September 17.
Poetry Brothel
The Poetry Brothel transforms BSP in Kingston into a turn-of-the-century Bordello on September 17.
Poem: From “To Write”
A pillowy kingdom, some hidden cave— an exquisite silence is what I crave —Christopher Porpora
Book Review: Who Shot Sports
It’s a stand-out photograph in a book of stand-out photographs: Michael Jordan soaring to the hoop as his elongated shadow, perpendicular to him, stretches horizontally across the foreground. Prior to reading Gail Buckland’s text accompanying this unusual shot, taken by Walter Iooss Jr., Jordan’s shadow evoked, for me, a stag painted on the ceiling of…
On the Cover: Robert Otto Epstein
Robert Otto Epstein hand-grids his canvases and paints patterns with vivid ’80s hues.
Poem: Making Love in Middletown
the yellow paint on your bedroom walls is the opening act for the sunlight. the light breaks your heart every day and you are soo open to loving. you carried the willow stump, collected with moss across the hay field to me and placed it on the deck, a beloved specimen. we pulled and plucked…
Horoscopes: Aries
f you’ve been wanting for company, you won’t be for much longer. There is companionship in the stars, which means that you’ll have a variety of possibilities available. People have a way of aiming low in their relationship choices. We’ve all been there, and seen it more times than we can count. You have your…
Esteemed Reader
Jason Stern on the notion of”staying in line” and the values it ensues in our children.
The Anti-Coachella
Basilica SoundScape takes place September 16 to 18 at Basilica Hudson.
Nightlife Highlights: Justin Townes Earle
Justin Townes Earle plays Club Helsinki September 8.
Book Reviews: Unbound, Lost Stars, and Black River Falls
An honest, well-executed novel with a youthful protagonist is a gem to cherish. There is something universally heroic yet unique about each young soul’s journey to independence, mustering the emotional fire to break free from the safety of the parental nest, facing down demons, and attaining the wisdom that enables one to harness those flames…
Horoscopes: Taurus
You’ve made an investment in the technical aspects of what you do the best. This has necessitated a long phase of using the “beginner’s mind” technique, even though you’re not a beginner. Said another way, you’ve had to stretch your capacities, your skills and your knowledge. There have been some frustrating moments, perhaps, but along…
Art of Business: Daryl’s House
Daryl Hall’s two passions—restoring antique architecture and making music—came together when the Hall of Famer took over the former Towne Crier in Pawling and made it over into Daryl’s House, adding a new entry to our region’s list of important yet intimate venues. Since then, the club’s been winning raves for everything from the acoustics…
Show Me the Funny
Does comedian Gilbert Gottfried have a Justin Bieber chest tattoo? Or did he take the stage after Jimi Hendrix at the 1969 Woodstock music festival? Although these questions may be dubious, it is true that Gottfried will headline this year’s Woodstock Comedy Festival on Saturday, September 24 at the Bearsville Theater. The show starts at…
Poem: Blindside: for Bam at 103
Your ravaged eyes picture librettos long known by heart, as you mouth the arias’ words. Never bored, your fragile limbs venture on dream trips, escapades missed in your youth. Ripe resonant voice tells of discussions with Dad, decades dead, your sweetheart still. This frail hand I hold opens in generosity— probes toward the void— could…
Nightlife Highlights: Upstart Antisocial Campout
The inaugural punk festival happens September 9 & 10.
Horoscopes: Gemini
The obsession with security that our society has developed during the past 15 years has a parallel on the human level: How is it possible to feel safe on our planet at this time? There are days when everything seems to be unraveling. We are constantly reminded of what’s supposed to threaten us, from mosquitoes…
Art of Business: Q&A With Baker Rorick
Interview with Woodstock Luthier’s showcase organizer.
Tribal Politics
Photos from Frank Spinelli’s experience at the Republican National Convention.
Favorite New Place to Eat: Smorgasburg Upstate
The new food market runs every Saturday through October 29.
Horoscopes: Cancer
You certainly have plenty on your mind and your plate. That’s a beautiful thing—you’re involved with your own life. Yet at times you may feel a little overwhelmed, as if your life is living you. When that happens, slow down and make some decisions; rearrange your schedule; eliminate what’s not truly necessary and emphasize what…
Landscape is Destiny: A Talk with Historian Vernon Benjamin
“Labor of love” is a term far more bandied about that it probably deserves, but in the case of Vernon Benjamin’s prodigious, two-volume history of the Hudson Valley, it’s entirely accurate: the author’s love for this place is as abundant as the book’s page count. The second volume, The History of the Hudson River Valley:…
Poem: The County Active Fair
And at county active fairs Young girls buy ribbons For their hair. And old men boast of Half-made truths Of daring younger years. It’s the end of summer here Amber, yellow, brown and green. The plowman moves through Rows of corn. Shadows lengthen and recede. Auburn hair of dashing ace Flirtatious swing and Great Grecian…
Short Takes: Short Book Reviews for September 2016
STARFISH Pauline Uchmanowicz Twelve Winters Press, 2016, $15 The opening poem of this stunning collection by SUNY New Paltz professor Uchmanowicz concludes, “Look everywhere / you will find what you need.” The poet’s intent gaze makes the familiar remarkable. Sometimes she seems to be holding binoculars backward, seeing “anthills / filling weedy cracks” at a…
Horoscopes: Leo
From the look of your solar chart, you’ve just experienced some kind of personal breakthrough that’s taken you closer to being an artist, a lover or a free spirit. You’ve worked hard for this; you’ve had to face many inner demons and insecurities, and the result has been a surge of creative and sexual energy.…
Art of Business: American Glory
Joe Fierro spent years behind a Wall Street desk, dreaming of a restaurant. Now he presides happily over two locations of American Glory in Hudson and Tannersville, beloved for multiple styles of slammin’ BBQ and over 100 whiskeys. The dream is real. What makes a great whiskey bar? “Selection, knowledge, mixing skill, ice, the perfect…
Burroughs is Back
“John Burroughs and the North American Review,” a panel discussion, will take place at Vassar College on September 29 at 6:30pm.
Poem: Vows
Vows The night of the wedding you stood next to the French doors, your velvet matching the mood of the marble. Grief is like the moon, you said, you can’t swallow it whole. —Mala Hoffman
Heart of Gold: Sunil Yapa’s Global Vision
An interview with author Sunil Yapa on the six-year road to his debut novel.
Horoscopes: Virgo
You’re beginning one of the most intriguing months in many seasons. A total solar eclipse in your sign, Mercury retrograde in your sign, and Jupiter leaving your sign, combine to create a unique set of circumstances. Let’s take them one at a time. The eclipse is like being reborn, with all the perils and potentials…
Nine River Road
Three Inns and a Baby Sims and Kirsten Harlow Foster have been reinventing Sullivan County hospitality since 2002, starting with restaurants and moving into hotels. “My husband was raised in Livingston Manor and he sold me on this area right after we started dating,” says Kirsten, who spent years as an economist with the Federal…
Necessary Movement
A look at how racism affects children in the Hudson Valley and the response from local chapters of empowerment organizations.
Poem: What Not to do if They Hate You
do not give. do not hide. do not shrink yet do not grow brittle, stiff, or bitter. do not—do not pretend. do not reveal the quiet, constant wishes of your heart. do not even bend. —Angela Perry
CD Review: Chron Turbine’s “II”
A lot has changed in the four years since Chron Turine released its debut, Skull Necklace for You, in 2012. Birthed in Brooklyn as a vehicle for Chris Turco (vocals, guitar) to record songs he’d been woodshedding, the band was fleshed out by Rye Coalition’s Dave Leto (drums) and Chris Jaeger (bass). The trio assaulted audiences in…
Horoscopes: Libra
The big news, of course, is that Jupiter is entering your sign this month. For reference, the most recent time that happened was way back in late September 2004, which leads me to a question: are you still facing the same old fears, or have you found your confidence? I suggest you not make any…
Editor’s Note: The Great Thing is the Earth Itself
Editor Brian Mahoney’s thoughts on hiking the Catskills in relation to time,self, and beauty.
Pisces Full Moon and Eclipse: React or Respond?
Planet Waves on how the Pisces Full Moon will affect your day-to-day tensions.
CD Review: New Zion w. Cyro’s “Sunshine Seas”
On Sunshine Seas, world percussionist Cyro Baptista joins long-time collaborator Jaime Saft’s dub-jazz New Zion Trio, who change their name to New Zion and drop the “Trio” for the occasion. This is largely improvised music, but also quite strict in its aesthetic. New Zion is all about groove fluency, open space, and the palpability and…
Horoscopes: Scorpio
Do you feel protected? It’s time to tune into that feeling. Your sign is more given to anxiety than the astrology books say, plenty of which is social anxiety about what you think other people think about you. If you knew the sheer volume of energy you’ve wasted on this topic, you would be amazed.…
While You Were Sleeping
Humans and primates may not be the only animals to express altruistic behavior. Humpback whales around the globe have been rescuing animals from killer whale hunts. In data gathered by marine ecologist Robert Pitman, there were 115 documented interactions between humpbacks and orcas over the course of 61 years. In 89 percent of these documented…
Television Reunites
Television will play their only Northeast gig in their upcoming American tour at BSP Kingston on September 4.
Poem: Gone Like the Wind
He hovered over me, watched my every move. He made my palms sweat, and my pupils frantic. He was a black tornado, that never went away. Anxiety often talked to me in a deep whisper, what if this happens, what will you do, what will others think, he said. I tried to push him away…
CD Review: Young Magic’s “Still Life”
Like music you would imagine emanating from the cool swank of a bar in Rekjavik, the album Still Life is not far off the mark from a fabled, and Icelandic, faerie pop star’s ideal. Ironically, the duo Young Magic come from the heat. Indonesian-American vocalist and instrumentalist Melati Malay was born in Jakarta, and her…
Horoscopes: Sagittarius
Whatever happened in late August was in some way life-altering; which is to say, it looks like you had a moment of clarity. An innovator of therapy named Fritz Perls once said that his definition of learning is discovering that something is possible. So I would ask: what did you discover is possible? Did you…
A Bridge Between: Catskill and Hudson
A look at two up-and-coming Hudson Valley locations, Catskill and Hudson.
From Tibet, With Love
Just over a year ago, Peter Buettner finally admitted to himself what a lot of people had been telling him: that something was not right. “I was walking funny, I had a tremor in my hand, my voice changed. I just wasn’t my same self,” says Buettner, 64, a Woodstock-area musician. A neurologist diagnosed him…
Poem: Pragmatic Musings
Do not) tell me I am a bright-eyed child I will (not) reply. I am monstrous I am macabre I am leviathan On the mornings I wake, I take a wrench to my teeth & my three-pronged tongue dances through shark-tooth dentures— a nerodia cyclopion through lilies my tree trunk thighs clap: boom boom held…
Horoscopes: Capricorn
You tend to split hairs over your beliefs, as if trying to determine which are more true than others. Here is the thing: Belief is just belief. The problem is that when something so frail is assigned authority, that thing can take authority over you. For example, you might have a belief about integrity, and…
Traveler’s Rest
Douglas Sexton and Danny O’Connell’s renovated their Greek Revival style house in Hillsdale bit by bit.
Poem: Green Vegetation
Green vegetation Manufactured in bulk by Soil, water, and sun. —Robert Bernard Hurwitz
ChronoWeen—A Nightmare on Wall Street 3
Chronogram and Output Agency present a Halloween Dance Party on October 29 at BSP Kingston.
The Howland Library’s Teen Scene
With art-making, special interest clubs, and even job training, the teen scene at the Howland Public Library in Beacon is hopping.
