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Poetry

Poem: They Set Your Body On Fire

It went something like this: You are sitting there with a forkful of salad in your mouth Telling me about the guy you met at Artie’s The other night Over a plate of spaghetti.

Poem: The News Comes Every Morning

Another day in waiting rooms.

Poem: To JL, After The Death of His Brother

See him safely across.

Poem: My Inner Polonius’s Advice to My Inner Laertes at the Dawn of a New Romance

My blessing with thee!

Poem: Suicide Doors

on bridge. Occupants must remain.

Poem: A Room With Three Walls

The living room is covered in a cream shag carpet.

Poem: Don't Send

how was I to know they want your stuff

Music

Ramble On

Triumphing over many hardships, local legend Levon Helm continues to make great music.

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CD Review: Bar Scott

Award-winning Hudson Valley songwriter and chanteuse Bar Scott releases an album of standards that span the 1930s and 1960s.

CD Review: Mike & Ruthy

Michael and Ruth Ungar spent their Honeymoon in the recording studio making a beautiful album as a duo.

CD Review: Von Robinson & His Universe

Wappingers Falls’s Von Robinson & His Own Universe release a sugary Indie rock album.

American Masters

John Hiatt and Lyle Lovett will perform Sunday February 17 at UPAC in Kingston.

Weddings & Celebrations

To Love and To Cherish

Find the best wedding day jewelry that fits your personal style.

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The Words of a Wedding

Stories of couples who chose to write their own vows and how they decided upon the words to use.

Whole Living

Urgent Care Centers

Walk-in medical services also known as urgent care centers are convenient and popping up in more communities.

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The Pathwork

Dating back to the 1970s the spiritual guidance known as The Pathwork is being restored.

News & Politics

While You Were Sleeping

The gist of what you have missed.

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With Friends Like These

Facebook continues to draw more and more users in everyday, but is there really any benefit to having a Facebook account?

Beinhart's Body Politic

It’s official. Talk of recession. We might or might not be in one.

Parting Shot

Parting Shot

While in southern Lebanon during the Lebanon Conflict photographer Paolo Pellegrin shot many pictures of the country and it’s people.

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Arts & Culture

Portfolio: Ion Zupcu

Ion Zupcu discusses his unique style of photography.

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The Wooly Emancipator

Four portraits of Abraham Lincoln by Oscar Strodl will be shown at Incident Report in honor of Lincoln’s birthday.

Still Life With Torture

Daniel Heyman interviewed 25 detainees in Istanbul making transcript/portraits of them which will be at the Samuel Dorsky Museum this month.

Making Babies

Filmmaker Abby Epstein’s most recent documentary, The Business of Being Born, takes a look at women giving birth outside of hospitals.

The Power of Seeger

Musician-activist Pete Seeger is honored in the movie Pete Seeger: The Power of Song, playing at Upstate Films in Rhinebeck the second week of this month.

Lucid Dreaming

Drawn Together

The Garrison Art Center will be holding the exhibition “Drawing Revealed” showing many different drawing styles and techniques.

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Books

Origins

Poet Barbara Louise Ungar discusses her latest book, winning the Gival Press Poetry Award and being a mother.

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Book Review: Hats and Eyeglasses: A Family Love Affair With Gambling

Martha Frankel tells of her battle with a gambling addiction and her family’s help.

Book Review: Like You'd Understand, Anyway

A collection of 11 captivating short stories focusing on disaster and triumph.

Book Review: Shooting for the Moon: The Strange History of Human Spaceflight

Bob Berman highlights a century of space exploration.

Short Takes

Six more books worth reading this month.

View From the Top

Local Luminary Tricia Haggerty-Wenz

Executive director of Safe Harbors on the Hudson Tricia Haggerty-Wenz is helping to make Newburgh a better place.

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Esteemed Reader

The notion of embracing suffering might sound perverse, but if it follows the prior step of acceptance, it’s sublime.

Editor's Note

Losing the wiffle ball in the high grass on the summer solstice, a year-and-a-half ago on the back side of the Shawangunk Ridge in High Falls. Twelve of us drinking wine, having a picnic, saying any absurdity that entered our heads—meaningless things you believe you’ll always have time for on the longest night of the year.

Chronogram Seen: January

The events we sponsor, the people who make a difference, the Chronogram community.

On the Cover

On The Cover

Artist Joanne Klein continues to develop her style of painting becoming more and more abstract.

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Horoscopes

Horoscopes: February

Horoscopes for the month of February.

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The Sprint to 2012

The year 2012 has been seen as something special since the Harmonic Convergence in 1987 and the astrology for 2008 puts us into the final approach for 2012.

Food & Drink

Italy (via Brooklyn) in Newburgh Caffè Macchiato

With its outstanding menu and friendly atmosphere Caffè Macchiato in Newburgh is a hit.

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Community Notebook

Dot Com DJ

Mark Stutzman is bringing the mixtape into the 21st century through his website.

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