Arts & Culture

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The Evolving Revelation of Puff the Magic Dragon

By Robert Burke Warren

Peter Yarrow will perform and sign copies of Puff the Magic Dragon (book with CD) and Puff and & Other Family Classics (CD) on Saturday, January 19 at 2pm.

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Whoa Nellie

By Brian K. Mahoney

Nellie McKay will perform Friday, January 4 and Saturday, January 5 at 9pm at Club Helsinki in Great Barrington, Massachusetts.

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Love Like Candy

By Joseph Dalton

Untitled (Placebo) remains on view at the Williams College Museum of Art in Williamstown through March 23.

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Goofy Eloquence

By David Malachowski

John Prine will appear at the Troy Savings Bank Music Hall on January 6 at 7:30pm.

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The Limits of Language

By Sparrow

The artist K. Rakoll has created a phonetic alphabet that can express every human language. “K. Rakoll: The Secret Tongues of Babel” is at BeGallery in High Falls, through January 15.

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The Force of Poetry

By Beth E. Wilson

After seeing this show by Anselm Kiefer at MASS MoCA, I’m afraid I’ll have an even harder time settling for the more arid, intellectual charms offered by Dia’s minimalism.

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Portfolio: Itty Neuhaus

By Beth E. Wilson

An associate professor of art at SUNY New Paltz, she engages many different media in her own art, including sculpture, collage, video, performance, and installation work.

Food & Drink

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Taste of Thailand

By Kate Sonders

Sukhothai, one of the few Thai restaurants in region, fulfills Rabenda’s goal to bring Thai culture and “tasty, well presented” food to the area.

Books

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Long and Winding Road

By Nina Shengold

Imagine: A studio drummer who’s never written anything but letters decides to write the definitive book about the Beatles, subject of some 500 previous books.

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Book Review: Commodore: The Life of Cornelius Vanderbilt

By Pauline Uchmanowicz

One of only four Vanderbilt biographies to date, Renehan’s book prominently features the Hudson River and surrounding environs, from which Vanderbilt launched his remarkable career.

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Short Takes

By Nina Shengold

Six books to fulfill your New Year’s resolution to read more about mind and spirit.

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Book Review: Night Work

By Anne Pyburn

Ulster County Noir is serious fun for any lover of the genre, and Hamilton pulls it off with enormous panache.

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Book Review: The Unheard: A Memoir of Deafness and Africa

By Peter Lewis

You are Josh Swiller, a Peace Corps volunteer as far from peace as Mununga is from anywhere, and you may well be about to experience a really ugly death.

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