Museum Piece
"Natural History" at Shadowland Theater in June
“Natural History” is a bittersweet chamber piece—four different vignettes in four different rooms of the Museum of Natural History.
Arts & Culture
Parting Shot: Tom BambergerTom Bamberger’s “Utopian Mirage: Social Metaphors in Contemporary Photography and Film” will be on view at the Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center at Vassar College through July 29. |
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June Portfolio: Linda MontanoLinda Montano has explored art, life, and spirituality in her innovative performance work for almost 40 years. |
Animal EsperantoJan Harrison has invented her own language, literally. It’s called “Animal Tongues,” and she began speaking it in 1979. Though she doesn’t consider herself a performance artist, Harrison sometimes publicly sings—and speaks—in Animal Tongues. |
Faces of War“Faces of War: Kamdesh and the Korengal Outpost, Afghanistan” is an intimate portrait of the day-to-day life of US soldiers on the front lines. |
Museum Piece“Natural History” is a bittersweet chamber piece—four different vignettes in four different rooms of the Museum of Natural History. |
The Silent TreatmentThose seeking an exposé in Into Great Silence—Carthusians: Beneath the Hood?—will find unanswered prayers in this digital scrapbook. |
Lucid Dreaming
Add Viewer, Stir GentlyA provocative installation of minipaintings by Lucio Pozzi at BCB Art in Hudson this month. |
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View From the Top
Local Luminaries: John CroninJohn Cronin talks to Brian Mahoney about the regional environment and growing up in the Hudson Valley. |
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Editor's NoteTwo years ago in July, I wrote what I termed “a transcription of the aural landscape of my backyard.” This month, I have endeavored to capture the evening sounds of that same space. |
Featured ContributorsJune’s featured contributors. |
Esteemed Reader“To have a meaningful life,” he began, “is to be generous with your life. You are given life in order to give it away. Your life is not for you.” |
First ImpressionTwo thoughts came to mind almost simultaneously: 1) Do they really have a llama Intensive Care Unit? And 2) This is gonna cost some serious cake. |
Chronogram Seen: What We Saw in MayThe events we sponsor, the people who make a difference, the Chronogram community. |
Whole Living
Be Your Own Herbal ExpertSusun S. Weed introduces a variety of useful herbs and gives advice on the safety, selection, and savoring of herbal preparations. |
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Inner Vision: Heart SongBill Vanaver recounts insights and powerful experiences he had while close to death and during his recovery. |
Web Only: Weeds in Your Garden? Bite back!View your weeds as cultivated plants. Give them the same care and you’ll reap a tremendous harvest. |
News & Politics
While You Were SleepingA study links child abuse to military deployment; 1,000 seals wash ashore in Kazakhstan; a spill of 7.5 million gallons of sewage contaminates the Hudson;and other news you may have missed. |
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The Corn ConundrumEthanol may not be the solution we think it is. |
The Corn Conundrum Sidebar: Farmers Just Can't WinCliff Bradley, an expert on biofuels and sustainable energy, responds to Runge and Senauer’s article. |
The Corn Conundrum Sidebar: Reducing Poverty and Hunger With BiofuelsTo reduce poverty, global trade and foreign aid need to strengthen rural economies, not flood markets in poor countries with subsidized grain. |
Beinhart's Body Politic: Capitalism 105When a government wants an economy to grow, it throws money at it. |
Poetry
Poem: Biopsy, April, 2005Because of this biopsy: I see Cynthia, and darling lover press, undress, and breathe, and try just to be… |
Poem: Speak UnspokenWill you come to me Speaking unspoken |
Poem: GoneFebruary flakes its tarry roof in a burning blizzard of shingle ash |
Poem: untitledLingering in bed |
Poem: On Submitting Poetrybut the death threats take some getting used to |
Poem: First ImpressionI do not like my knees they. Offend my sense of aesthetics. |
Poem: The Stink of Zenwith nowhere else to go i sat, sipping her mercy and favor from a dirty chalice |
Poem: Don't Run!!Though it wore no cloak nor carried a scythe Me and Jim both…we knew it was him. |
Poem: Saving What Is Lost in TranslationI do not want to be another dumb American just here for the music, speaking Doner stand German |
Poem: Beanscoffee beans, cocoa beans, beantown, full of beans, spill the beans |
Horoscopes
Planet Waves: Growing UpEric Francis Coppolino uses the dioxin contamination at SUNY New Paltz as a catalyst to discuss growth issues involved in taking action on the environment. |
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June HoroscopesI don’t propose you concern yourself with what is new, what you want to create, or what you are seeking, but rather with the process of identifying and releasing, in that order. |
Music
Po Better Blues“I really believe that years from now we will look back on some of Joe McPhee’s records as some of the most important records ever made,” says jazz historian and Chicagoan John Corbett. |
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CD Review: Mark DonatoThe record’s tone, alternating between earnest and tongue-in-cheek, morbid, and wry, creates some interesting results. |
CD Review: Mighty GirlSomeone’s been studying the melodic chapters of the Velvet Underground songbook. |
CD Review: Scott Helland and the Traveling Band of Gypsy NomadsOn this, his seventh recording, the six-string minstrel works all acoustic guitars, bass, drums, and percussion in what sounds like a band of gypsies but is really just his royal self on 12 jubilant tracks. |
June Nightlife HighlightsDJ Wavy Davy’s picks for June! |
Composing Women“Notable Women: A Celebration of Women Composers,” a chamber festival at Dia:Beacon over the first three weekends in June, attempts to redress the undeserved anonymity of female composers. |
Jamming in the EtherThirty Deep Listening musicians from across the globe converge on the Hudson Valley for a series of concerts this month. |
Food & Drink
Sweet and Sharp: Hudson Valley OnionsThe illustrious history of onion farming in the Hudson Valley most certainly began in the famed black dirt of Orange County. |
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Community Notebook
Going With the FlowIt’s a rhythm and adventure that’s been repeated for the past six summers, as the Great Hudson River Paddle has become a signature summertime event. |
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Art of Business: Better BloomsA former pilot and flight instructor, Maggie Oyen is adamant about how flowers should be treated after traveling thousands of miles by air. |
Revival FeverClearwater’s Great Hudson River Revival, the oldest environmentally conscious outdoor fest of its kind in the country, returns this Father’s Day weekend to Croton Point Park in Westchester. |
Books
Desert BloomMorrow writes like an architect, using intricate mathematical structures to create three-dimensional worlds full of beauty and light. |
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Book Review: The FuturistOthmer has done a marvelous dissection of early 21st-century culture, tossed the pieces into a blender, and poured out a first-rate satirical novel in which tomorrow is to die for. |
Short Takes for JuneSummer reading in many flavors, including three books with upcoming launch parties, plus two more from some of our finest regional publishers. |
Book Review: Against the Grain: Memoirs of a Zimbabwean NewsmanYou may never have heard of Geoffrey Nyarota, but, a world away in Zimbabwe, many consider him a contemporary folk hero. |
Book Review: Tales of Three VeteransIt has taken these men decades to process their various experiences into art, and powerful art it is. |
Stances with WolvesScott Ian Barry’s photographs were once described by Ansel Adams as “striking and generous portraits.” |
On the Cover
On The CoverGreig will be exhibiting her photographs from the Representations series this month at Nicole Fiacco Gallery in Hudson. |
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Weddings & Celebrations
Weddings on the GreenBy taking fuller advantage of what the Hudson Valley can offer, the day after your big day can contribute to more than just the landfill. |
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Family Fun TimeHere are our (selective) suggestions on where to entertain visiting relatives in the Hudson Valley. |




