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Arts & Culture

Portfolio: John Dugdale

The photographs of John Dugdale.

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Bust or Boom?

Beth E. Wilson reviews shows at the Livingroom in Kingston, Kerhonkson General in Kerhonkson, and Spire Studios in Beacon.

Valley Kaleidoscope

A reception for the artists will be held on Saturday, June 21, from 5 to 9pm, at Gallery 384.

Tearjerker

Mary Gauthier performs at the Rosendale Cafe with Diana Jones on June 6 and solo at Club Helsinki in Great Barrington on June 14.

Best of the Season

Jay Blotcher highlights this summer’s music, theater, and art festivals.

Peyroux in Pouxkeepsie

Madeleine Peyroux will be performing with her band at the Bardavon, on Friday, June 27.

Family Affair

“Sketches and Paintings from Ladybug Girl” will be on display June 21 through July 10 with an opening reception June 21 from 2 to 5pm at the Mill Street Loft.

Clearwater: Down by the Riverside

The Clearwater Festival Great Hudson River Revival will held on Saturday, June 21 and Sunday, June 22 at Croton Point Park on the Hudson River in Westchester.

News & Politics

While You Were Sleeping

Corporations cash-in on organic trends, dogs drink vitamin-infused beverages, Congressmen drive around on taxpayers’ buck, and other stories.

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Old Myths/New Truths

Larry Beinhart addresses the myths of “The Great Republican Disaster.”

Coming to America

There is an environmental impact to our projected growth—a virtually taboo subject for many of the larger green groups, and for much of the media, too. It seems nearly impossible to have a sane and unbiased discussion of this hot-button issue, one that avoids racism and just looks at the numbers.

Community Notebook

A Curtain Call for the Hyde Park Playhouse

Hyde Park Playhouse alumnus Bob Sommer tells the story of the summer stock theater that ran from the 1950s through the 1980s, attracting top-notch talent.

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Whole Living

Relaxing with the Rays

This summer is another chance to take wise steps toward protecting your skin while enjoying the outdoors.

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Music

The Quiet Life

Peter Aaron profiles Woodstock-based quietists Ida.

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Nightlife Highlights

Mechanical Bull, Verdes, “Mojo” Myles Mancuso, and others perform locally this month.

The Barefoot Boys

For those who can’t get enough of sea chanteys, hornpipes, and ballads sung raw-whisky pure, the Barefoot Boys’ Sweetwater Passage is a 16-course banquet.

NCM

To bestow the moniker of power trio on New Paltz punk three-piece NCM, while entirely appropriate, doesn’t quite do justice to the band as it’s heard on its second full-length platter.

Pauline Oliveros/Miya Masaoka

In the music and sounds presented here one hears the suggestion of chaos begetting order, and order bringing chaos.

Horoscopes

The Shape of Time

Eric Francis Coppolino examines our cultural model of time, and how technology gives us a false sense of it.

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Horoscopes

Due to a layout error, the June horoscopes in the print version of Chronogram were reprinted from May. The web version is correct.

Books

Gilroy Was There

Scrapping prepared remarks, I tell them 90 percent of my career has been failure. “I’ve been dead broke six times and if I don’t sell something soon it’ll be seven.”

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Washington: The Making of the American Capital

Bordewich tells the seldom-told tale of the city’s ultimate birth on the banks of the Potomac.

Anybody Any Minute

It is deep without being onerous, a beautifully told tale of how lives that may appear on the surface to be falling apart are actually falling into place.

Short Takes

Summer pleasures of every sort: hiking, gardens, poetry, love, sex, and baseball.

Poetry

Abner's the Center of Nothing

A poem by Andrew Brenza.

Question

A poem by Donna Sherman.

Crush

A poem by Nicole Boisvert.

Canada

A poem by Alisha Bell.

The Moment

A poem by Lucas Gallo

Filler

A poem by Steven Wheat.

Quarry

A poem by Emma McCann.

At the Coffeehouse

A poem by Robert Milby.

Surprise

A poem by Roberta Allen

Drunken Husbands

A poem by Cathy Furlani.

Middle Age

A poem by Gary Bloom.

Joining the Church

A poem by Olga Kronmeyer.

Weapons

A poem by Sparrow.

View From the Top

Letters

Readers write in with comments and advice.

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The Writing on the Slanted Wall

Steve Lewis recalls his days as Uncle Steve the “professional writer.”

Chronogram Seen: June

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

Esteemed Reader

Jason Stern pens his letter on a chilly day in May.

Editor's Note

Brian K. Mahoney makes it from the antebellum south to the Brat Pack in four moves.

Parting Shot

Parting Shot

A tour of “Facebook,” led by curator Mary-Kay Lombino, will be held on Thursday, June 26, at 6pm in conjunction with the exhibition’s opening from 5 to 9pm.

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On the Cover

On the Cover: Blue in Utah

“The Best Medicine: Paintings and Sculptures by Edie Nadelhaft” will be exhibited at Pearldaddy on 183 Main Street in Beacon through July 6.

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Green Living

Seeing Green

And despite the misconception that living sustainably requires independent wealth, there are plenty of things anyone can do to make a real difference that will cost next to nothing. Here are ten ideas to navigate the sea of green.

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Food & Drink

The Good Terroirist

Brian K. Mahoney talks with wine importer Neal Rosenthal, author of Reflections of a Wine Merchant, about terroir at his home in the Shekomeko Valley.

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