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View From the Top

First Impression: A Newer Stump Speech

Sparrow gives his stance on the country’s political issues.

Local Luminary: Carrie Haddad

Carrie Haddad is helping to preserve Historic Hudson.

Esteemed Reader

Tonight I am watching as the earth passes between the sun and the moon.

Editor's Journal: Good News

Though I was raised Catholic in the 1970s, I didn’t do much Bible reading as a child. This might seem odd for someone who spent 12 years taught by priests and nuns.

Chronogram Seen

Cafe Chronogram at the Kingston Muddy Cup 2/16.

Poetry

The Battle Hymn of Anton Chigurh

I was not born of woman but issued from a cloud of darkness, low on the horizon, from pungent nothingness, from dark and dense nowhere.

Only The Rocks Live Forever

The leaves, Hermanito, believe the leaves!

The Group from the Mental Home Goes to the Local Waffle House At 1am After Their Local Harvest Dance

The Group from the Mental Home Goes to the Local Waffle House at 1am after their Annual Harvest Dance

Hostage

I know what the inside of a toy box looks like with the lid down.

Double Exposure

At dusk we park on dead grass and cinders

The Interior of Melancholia

Pietro de Cortona sat at the back of a bus as it made its way to the Pallazzo Barbernini.

Rock of Ages

1 A wrecked airplane lies atop a Catskill peak sheltered in a sepulcher of pines.

Swing

Underneath the dock in midnight bath water our skin is slippery when we touch which is as often as possible.

Two Weeks After Christmas, Upstate New York, 2007

Santa has lost his hollow head.

Alive

This Chelsea rabbi had a brother who assembled hats or spun cloth or had his own yellow pages I forget.

My Hands

My hands smell like snow.

I Stay Forever

I stay forever before the water runs cold

Rhododendron leaves

Rhododendron leaves

Sand

Sand in my briefcase

Arts & Culture

Portfolio: Jared Handelsman

Beth E. Wilson profiles photographer Jared Handelsman.

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Itchy Trigger Finger

Yvonne Gunner discusses her love for shooting different subjects.

The Enigmatic East

The show “Eastern Standard” on display at MoCA attempts to show the many changes in China.

When Hermits Collide

A show of works on paper, “Kulan” will be at the Hermitage in Beacon.

Horoscopes

It's Not About Sex

Eric Francis Coppolino reveals its about you, not the screw.

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Horoscopes

Monthly Horoscopes by Eric Francis Coppolino.

News & Politics

Developing Health Care in Developing Nations

Dr. Ernest Mandu is bringing high quality health care to Jamaica with his Heart Institute of the Caribbean.

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Larry Beinhart's Body Politics

Larry Beinhart discusses the politics of evolution.

While You Were Sleeping

The gist of what you have missed.

Music

Child's Play

Jam-band Madeski, Martin and Wood are making music the whole family can enjoy.

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Baird Hersey & Prana with Krishna Das

Bair Hersey & Prana have collaborated with chant master Krishna Das on the album Gathering in the Light.

Kari Spieler

The debut album from Poughkeepsie singer/songwriter Kari Spieler.

Los Doggies

New Paltz based band Los Doggies release an intelligent catchy album.

Two Toned Tuvans

Musical group Huun-Huur-Tu are bringing Tuvan Throat singing around the world.

Variation on Variations

Simone Dinnerstein puts her own spin on Bach’s Goldberg Variations.

Breaking the Mold

The band Spottiswoode & His Enemies are a musical genre all their own.

Food & Drink

The Taste of Integrity

Karma Road in New Paltz is attracting customers with its fresh, locally grown, organic foods.

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Books

Global Villager

Nina Shengold profiles Nobel Prize winning author Chinua Achebe.

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Abraham’s Curse: The Roots of Violence in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam

Bruce Chilton’s writes about one of the more familiar stories from the Old Testament.

Mudbound

Anne Pyburn reviews Hillary Jordan’s Mudbound.

Short Takes

Hudson Valley children’s authors offer new treats for lions and lambs of all ages.

Upcoming Events for Things Fall Apart

Upcoming events in honor of Things Fall Apart’s 50th anniversary.

Lucid Dreaming

You Had to Be There

Beth E. Wilson discusses recent art shows at the KMOCA in Kingston and the R&F in Kingston.

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On the Cover

On the Cover

Artist Leigh Wen discusses tackling all four elements.

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Community Notebook

Fiction: Falling From the Garden Into Wonder

A Father struggles to adjust to his changing relationship with his growing son.

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Whole Living

Deep Wounds

War veterans are fighting silent battles against post-traumatic stress disorder when they get home and many of them are being denied the medical attention they need.

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Parting Shot

Parting Shot

Named for the tattoos on the points, Clowns is one in a series of three tall faces by Lou Patrou.

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