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dear readers, 

c razy year, 2010. Sitting here gazing backward, it’s 

tempting to try to make one of those end-of-theyear 

Top Ten lists, sorting twelve months into ten 

moments, an ultimately unsatisfying enterprise for 

any who attempt it. So much crap this year: the oil 

spill, Haiti earthquake, the Tea Party phenomenon. And more to come: at 

this moment, Republican senators have unanimously signed a letter to the 

President, stating that they won’t consider anything—at all—until all folks 

are allowed to keep their Bush tax cuts. This while denying unemployment 

payouts and talking about raising the Social Security retirement age. The 

head-sized dent in my keyboard deepens… 

But, aha! There’s also been some good news. Thanks to the tenacity of 

informed New Yorkers working the phones, the moratorium (until May 

of next year) on hydrofracking passed the state Senate and Assembly with 

a solid majority. Regardless of your opinions about hydrofracking—where 

deep oil shale formations are fractured by explosion, and billions of gallons 

of chemically-laced water injected to harvest natural gas—it has become 

increasingly clear that research about its long-term effects require more 

independent study. It’s only a temporary stay, but the point is that if you’re 

loud enough, your representative might actually hear you. We’ll have 

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thing that hasn’t changed much in the last 50 years is how hard it is to be 

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milk is LESS than the cost of production. The farmers at Hudson Valley 

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marketing, production, and distribution. Turns out that folks don’t mind 

paying a little extra, the business is a success. See our Roll Community 

section this month for more. 

And we caught a lucky break this month, getting some personal face time 

with the irrepressible Wavy Gravy, who has a new documentary coming 

out, courtesy of Hudson Valley director/filmmaker Michelle Esrick. 

While many of his Merry Prankster/Woodstock 60s peers spun off into 

either the straight world or hippie oblivion, Wavy morphed into his nowfamous 

clown persona—he had found out early on that cops had a hard 

time bashing on a clown, or being seen doing so anyway—and continued 

doing good works for others, bringing “positivity” all around the world. 

He’ll be at Upstate Films in Woodstock for the screening (12/11, 4 PM). 

You want even more? You came to the right place. We’ve expanded our 

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lengths to include everyone and everything that’s happening in the area. 

And we have some plans for the new year…oh, we’re just getting started 

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by date. (Please note the listing deadline will be January 15.) 

We’d like to wish a Very Happy Holiday to you and yours, from all of 

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an improvement on 2010, which really shouldn’t be too hard—with your 

help, Dear Reader. See you February 1st! 

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8 roll on stage & screen— sacred fool, counterculture clown: Making Saint 

Misbehavin’: The Wavy Gravy Movie, by Jay Blotcher 

12 roll art & image— everyone’s favorite “little art” show: Woodstock 

Byrdcliffe Guild’s 5 X 7 Show, by M. R. Smith 

34 the secret life of plants: botanical artist Wendy Hollender, by Ross Rice 

15 roll the music— chiming in: percussionist and Woodstock Percussion 

founder Garry Kvistad, by Peter Aaron 

18 roll listings— art | music | theatre & cinema 

30 roll CD reviews— 

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32 roll dollars & sense— year end planning can lower tax bills, by Beth Jones 

42 roll community— the success of local dairy co-op Hudson Valley Fresh, 

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44 roll cuisine corner— heart’s delight: fun with dim sum, by Julie Goldstein 

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by Jay Blotcher

he guitar face of folk singer-activist 

Woody Guthrie bore a scribbled 

message: This machine kills fascists. 

The same slogan could be applied to 

the extensive arsenal belonging to Wavy Gravy, which 

includes a number of huge red noses, bowler hats, 

rainbow suspenders and a floating goldfish on the end 

of a leash. For more than a half-century, Wavy Gravy 

has played the bumbling but knowing fool, at the 1969 

Woodstock Music Festival concert, at anti-war protests, 

in humanitarian missions to Nepal and Bangladesh. This 

sly diversion has allowed him to win hearts and minds 

while stealthily spreading potent messages about peace, 

love and understanding. 

For the better part of a decade, 

Michelle Esrick has followed this 

psychedelic Pied Piper with a camera. 

The result is the documentary Saint 

Misbehavin’: The Wavy Gravy Movie, not only a celebration of this 

sacred clown and his good works, but also a mind-blowing civics 

lesson on the American counterculture. Dizzying in its scope 

and joyous in its execution, Saint offers a contact high for the 

uninitiated. Like the man himself, the film provides a message of selfempowerment 

that you’ll eventually discover tucked in between the 

unbridled insanity. As Wavy says in one of the countless aphorisms 

that tumble from his lips during the film: “Laughter is the safety valve 

on the pressure cooker. If you don’t laugh, you’re gonna have beans on 

the ceiling.” 

“Wavy is the fool of our time, he’s the great court jester of modern-day,” 

said director Esrick. “He’s just so brilliant. And a lot of people see him 

walking a fish walking by, or whatever outfit he’s in, and say, who’s that 

crazy guy? Or, who’s that fool? They don’t realize he’s a sacred fool. 

He uses it to draw people in, and if you wait a minute, you do get 

drawn in and he does transmit the most simple, beautiful messages of 

basic human needs.” 

On Saturday, December 11, Woodstock Film Festival presents the 

Hudson Valley premiere of the documentary Saint Misbehavin’: The Wavy 

Gravy Movie at Upstate Films on Tinker Street in Woodstock. The wise 

fool himself will be in attendance with director Michelle Esrick. Seltzer 

bottles and fright wigs are not mandatory but strongly suggested. 

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Esrick was a New York actress and a leftie activist when she first met 

Wavy in 1992; four years later, she launched an unlikely line of Grateful 

Dead neckties. The band members, still in shock over Jerry Garcia’s 

demise the year before, had no interest in promoting the merchandise. 

So Esrick and her business partner tapped Wavy for the job, since he had 

a long association with the band. “They love Wavy and he’s like Santa 

Claus to the Deadheads.” The newly recruited spokesperson was also 

motivated by the two percent of sales profits that would go to allowing 


lower-income children to attend Camp Winnarainbow, Wavy’s finishing 

school for clowns and free spirits in Northern California. In a tour that 

hit New York, Los Angeles and San Francisco, Wavy was in his element; 

knocking off 101 press interviews in 25 days with the same combination 

of loopy logic and Dadaist philosophy that had made him a fixture in the 

counterculture movement in the 1960s. 

“My mind was being blown every day,” Esrick said. “Like, I couldn’t 

believe that he was here, he was there, he was everywhere,” she 

said, referring to the many lives Wavy had led, appearing Zelig-like 

at cultural milestones throughout the last generation. He began as 

a Greenwich Village stand-up comedian and beatnik named Hugh 

Romney in the late 1950s, was the leader of a commune called The 

Hog Farm, became an icon for the ages as head of security and food 

commissaries at Woodstock 1969—famously announcing the plan to serve 

breakfast in bed for 400,000. (The origin of his career moniker, revealed 

in the film, involves a man with a guitar named Lucille.) Along the way, 

he crossed paths and mingled creative visions with the Beat poets, Tiny 

Tim, the Yippies and Bob Dylan, sharing a mixture of Eastern religion, 

bohemian freethinking and anarchic commedia dell’arte that Wavy calls 

“intense elevated shenanigans.” (The meaningful madness has not always 

been fun; Wavy was often tear-gassed and beaten at protests by cops, 

resulting in serious spinal injuries that still plague him.) 

Wavy, Esrick soon realized, was not some quaint tie-dyed 

caricature, still living on the fumes from his role in three days 

of peace, love and music. Building shrewdly on that watershed 

moment, he had commandeered Merry Prankster-like bus trips 

across Europe and Asia to help people in impoverished areas 

in the 70s and 80s. Esrick was fascinated by the mystical way the clown 

with calculated mania effortlessly buoyed people around him. “I just 

saw that everybody that got to hang out with him wanted to go hug 

somebody when they were done being with him.” 

“It sounds so silly, but I was completely transported,” she said. “And 

I said, I’ve got to make a movie about this guy. And it was more 

like, I have to share him.” 

Esrick began plans to do the film with her necktie business partner, 

who had already won an Emmy for his John Cougar Mellencamp 

documentary. But he had to fulfill a book contract and begged off, 

leaving novice Esrick to approach Wavy with her cinematic proposal. 

She had little previous experience, save for assisting Oscar-winning 

documentarian Barbara Kopple on the 1994 film My Generation, about 

the 25th anniversary Woodstock festival. While happy to play the fool, 

Wavy is far from gullible and considered the offer sceptically. 

“And I thought, Well, I’ll just see what happens,” Wavy said. 

“I often have people say that they’re going to do things for me and they’re 

promising me millions of dollars, and the next day I see them with their 

face painted blue and a balloon tied to their ear.” 

Esrick accepted Wavy’s wait-and-see stance and began lining up 

investors. The process was arduous: she would raise a bit of cash, race 

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out to shoot Wavy at Camp Winnarainbow or at a benefit concert 

for SEVA, the foundation he co-founded to restore the sight of poor 

people in India. Her determination, Esrick said, was powered by 

an almost spiritual force. “This film came out of a true calling from 

knowing one of the most amazing people I’ve ever met. It wasn’t like I 

said, you know, I want to be a documentary filmmaker.” 

Wavy found himself impressed by the first-time director. “The years 

went by and they just kept doing it. And doing it. And every time I 

was doing something, somehow they’d get someone in to catch the 

footage. And tenaciously.” When Esrick tapped documentary legend 

DA Pennebaker as executive producer of the project, Wavy chucked 

any final reservations and became a cheerleader for the project, 

encouraging friends like Jackson Browne, Bonnie Raitt, Bob Weir, 

spiritualist Ram Dass and Dr. Patch Adams to sit for interviews. Even 

when more established filmmakers came to him with proposals, Wavy 

swatted them away, in favor of Esrick. 

By the completion of principal photography, Esrick had an 

embarrassment of riches. More than 300 hours of footage was 

enhanced by the best of 100 hours of archival footage, a good portion 

of it home movies of the 1970 Hog Farm bus odyssey from London 

to the Himalayas and Eastern Europe to offer messages of selfempowerment 

and peace, as well as crucial 

medical care provided by longtime 

friend Dr. Larry Brilliant. Wavy 

had an epiphany on these caravan 

journeys: “We’re all the same 

people trying to shake hands with 

ourselves. But war is a complicated 

way of getting acquainted.” 

It would take Esrick and Emmy 

Award-winning PBS editor Karen 

K. H. Sim two years to shape the 

expansive material to a compact 

87 minutes. (The DVD release, Esrick 

said, will carry as many hours of bonus 

material as allowed.) Wavy praises the 

final product. “I think that my goosebumps 

got goosebumps when I saw it first. I 

had to pick my chin up off the floor.” 

But the man who describes himself as “a 

psychedelic relic” insists that he is simply 

a supporting player in the larger story. 

“It’s just not about me; it’s about hippiedom 

and peace, love and understanding. I am just a 

cog in the hog.” 

“It’s not just about that era, although that was an amazing era, and a lot 

of people have kind of written it off. But if you look at it and examine 

it, you’ll see what came out of that era is not only peace and love, but 

ecology, the women’s movement, fashion. The beat goes on and on and 

on. So many things. It was fertile soil and we actually began to work 

toward making a better world.” 

Saint Misbehavin’ celebrates, but does not canonize, Wavy Gravy. His 

wife Janahara provides the bedrock to his life, firmly but gently reeling 

in his excesses, much like Pete Seeger’s wife Toshi has been his guiding 

light. But neither does the film harp on Wavy's shortcomings. 


“At the end, his wife says,’ Look, he’s human, he has faults, he makes lots 

of mistakes,’” Esrick said. “Yeah, I see his humanness but I have to say, 

he’s the most selfless, guileless person I’ve ever known.” 

Asked whether his Day-Glo optimism and save-the-world energy ever 

flags, Wavy said no. He derives hope from seeing the best in others, even 

during the darkest days of social unrest during his 74 years on earth. 

“It’s much more satisfying to live that kind of life than the paranoid, 

don’t-trust-anybody corner that a lot of people have painted themselves 

into. And I think, what kind of life is that?” His belief in “kitchen sinkchronicity” 

remains undimmed; his mission is to stay on the path to find 

the next “cosmic custard pie.” 

Esrick’s film is a form of missionary work; it captures the Wavy’s life 

force and humanitarian brio—masquerading as his exuberant 

irreverence—and shares it with a new generation. Her quest has 

succeeded, she said, based on the number of people who approach her 

enthusiastically at screenings. After seeing what one balding, squinting, 

roly-poly man in a star-spangled clown suit, greasepaint and a red nose 

can accomplish, their own flagging self-esteem has been stoked. 

The director points to the reaction of a 15-year-old girl who had 

watched the film. In a letter to Esrick she explained, “My parents 

always show me films about saints and 

great people and I always feel like a loser 

after watching them. But when I watched 

your film, I realized that even though my 

dream is to build schools in Africa, that even 

if I don’t get to do that, it’s okay if I just 

get up every day and help somebody. When 

I left your movie I wanted to run and go find an 

old lady and help her cross the street with her 

groceries.” 

The correspondence moved Esrick to tears, she 

said, “because everyone struggles with ‘Am 

I enough?’ And this little 15-year-old girl 

says, I know that I am enough, as long as I’m 

helping somebody each day.” With or without 

a clown nose. 

The Woodstock Film Festival presents Saint 

Misbehavin’: The Wavy Gravy Movie by Ripple 

Films on Saturday, December 11 at 4PM at 

Upstate Films at Tinker Street in Woodstock. A 

Q&A with Wavy Gravy and film director 

Michelle Esrick follows the screening. Tickets are $15 atUpstate Films 

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It’s the week after Thanksgiving, December 

3. They start lining up before the doors are 

unlocked, standing for an hour or two on 

the sidewalk. Regardless of the temperature 

(usually cold) or weather, they’re out there, 

all bundled up, a mellow crowd—but coiled 

and ready to move quickly. Suddenly, the door 

opens and in they pour, some with particular 

locations in mind to find their bargains, some 

just wanting to be the first to choose something 

interesting, enjoying some mild chaos, elbows 

akimbo, light jostling… 

No, it’s not Wal-Mart or Target on Black 

Friday, this is Woodstock we’re talking about. 

And it’s not mindless consumerism driving 

those braving the cold, waiting to get inside 

the toasty Kleinert/James Arts Center, it’s 

an appreciation for fine art for an excellent 

price, as well as the revered Woodstock arts 

association for whom these funds are being 

raised. The “5 X 7 Show”—now in its eleventh 

year—is well worth the chilly queue and 

the Woodstock Byrdcliffe Guild, which for 

decades has been one of the region’s greatest 

artistic resources, makes sure everyone goes 

home a winner. 

Though most people associate Woodstock 

primarily with music and 60s pop culture, 

those in the know—and surely anyone who 

lives within 100 miles of it—are well aware of 

its deep history in the visual arts. Thanks to the 

area’s scenic beauty and relatively easy access 

to a major cultural city like New York, the 


Catskills have long attracted those looking for 

more bucolic surroundings to create in. In 1902, 

a wealthy English gentleman named Ralph 

Radcliffe Whitehead bought up seven farms on 

Mount Guardian, with the notion of creating 

a “utopian” arts and crafts community. When 

completed, Byrdcliffe—the name combining 

the middle names of Whitehead and his 

heiress wife Jane Byrd McCall—comprised 

30 buildings with shops for metalworking, 

pottery and woodworking, a large studio for 

Bolton Brown’s art classes, a dairy barn, guest 

houses, a dormitory for students, and White 

Pines, the Whitehead’s home. 

Though many artists, writers, musicians, 

social reformers, and intellectuals passed 

through Byrdcliffe, it was unable to sustain 

itself as a self-sufficient community, and after 

Whitehead’s death in 1929, Jane and son Peter 

struggled to keep it going, eventually selling 

much of the surrounding land to pay taxes 

and maintain the colony’s core, which was 

kept intact. When Peter died in 1975 (Jane 

had passed in 1955), he left Byrdcliffe to the 

Woodstock Guild of Craftsmen, which then 

merged with the Byrdcliffe Arts Colony to 

form the Woodstock Byrdcliffe Guild (WBG), 

and in 1979 the Byrdcliffe Historic District 

was listed on the National Register of Historic 

Places. The arts colony—still going strong—is 

the oldest continuing arts colony in the U.S. 

Since then, the Guild has expanded into a nonprofit 

arts and environmental organization 

with over 600 members, adding the

downtown-Woodstock Kleinert/James Arts 

Center, which houses the Byrdcliffe Shop as 

well as a gallery and performance space. The 

cabins at the art colony are available only to 

artists in all genres. Musical and theatrical 

performances occur year-round (though 

mostly in the summer and fall), and the Artistin-Residency 

program attracts applicants 

from around the world. But with grant money 

increasingly difficult to come by, the Guild has 

had to get creative to keep funding levels up. 

Good thing there’s a whole bunch of creative 

people around these parts. 

Ask anyone at the guild and they’ll tell you: 

the “5 X 7 Show” was the brainchild of Carla 

Smith, a longtime Guild Board of Directors 

member. It’s a simple concept that works 

beautifully. The Guild puts out the word to 

the greater artistic community, including, 

of course, their 600+ membership, to submit 

an unsigned small-scale work, exactly 5” by 

7”. Paint, drawing, watercolor, encaustics— 

anything goes. The pieces are arranged in the 

gallery, and the doors are opened. All pieces 

are priced at $100, first come, first choice. 

Since the pieces are anonymous, nobody 

knows the artist’s identity until the work is 

purchased. As some of the artists are actually 

quite famous, some patrons can walk away 

with pieces valued significantly higher than the 

C-note. And though the opening day attracts 

many sales, the works stay on display for the 

whole month. 

Artist and Guild Board of Director Nancy 

Azara laughs when I ask about the opening. 

“One of the things that always happens is that 

the people who are waiting at the beginning 

of the line have an idea of whose art they’re 

interested in, and they just rush through the 

door, and run right to where they think they 

will find the artist they’re interested in—and 

it’s not always right—they rush to the piece, 

get the number, and run back in line! Sometimes 

they elbow each other; sometimes people try 

to jockey with how much the piece is worth. 

I’ve heard of a woman trying to sell her piece 

that she paid $100 for to someone else, if they 

gave her a better deal!” 

This year they have even more entries, well 

over 200, which will require them to hang 

the show salon style, rather than as a ribbon 

through the gallery. But those who missed the 

opening night (this magazine hits the streets 

days after) should still drop by Kleinert/ 

James sometime in December; by no means 

are all pieces already sold . A participating 

artist herself, Nancy notes, “sometimes really 

important pieces of art are available after the 

first day. It’s funny how that works, there 

are so many (pieces) that people kind of miss 

the major artists sometimes. I got a really 

good piece a week and a half after it opened 

(last year).” 

And sometimes the artists play with 

expectations. Nancy: “I remember one year 

(one of the artists) was working on the idea 

of making pieces that didn’t look like her 

work. She was really having a good time with 

it! Artists will do that…some artists have 

fun with the fact that somebody mistook 

their work for another person’s. There’s a 

lot of playfulness that happens.” Later in the 

exhibition, some of the items are even reduced 

to $50, priced to move. 

As a result of the 5 X 7 Show, as well as the 

popular Winter Solstice Concert featuring 

Happy Traum and Friends (please see roll 

music highlights), the Guild starts with a bit 

more to budget for the coming year. There’s 

much to be done; having recently lost their 

executive director, the search continues, while 

the duties are covered by Board Operations 

Liaison Matthew Leaycraft, who resigned his 

Board of Director’s post to get more involved 

in the day-to-day operation. “I’m here to make 

sure everything’s going smoothly, we chart the 

path to the future, make sure we’re in a very 

solid, sound state so we can hire someone who 

can take this on for the longer term.” Matt’s 

roots are deep in the arts community; his 

grandmother Julia arrived in Woodstock with 

the Art Students League in 1908, later became 

friends with Jane Whitehead, and spent time 

at Byrdcliffe. 

And though endowed fellowships are still 

available—most recently the new Milton & 

Sally Avery Arts Foundation for a visual artist, 

awarded for a Byrdcliffe Artist-in-Residence— 

the extra funds have been a big help, as the 

Guild continues to function and even grow 

during these difficult times for the arts (is it 

ever not?). Matthew explains, “What we’re 

trying to do is expand our programs, on the 

basis of what we have available and the people 

who are willing to contribute. One of our 

fundamental goals for the coming season this 

summer would be to get more programming 

happening up at Byrdcliffe. We’re expanding 

the Artist-in-Residency program there so that 

it occupies an additional building, so we’ll 

have twenty more people. We’re improving 

our ceramics program, and we have tentative 

plans to resurrect our jewelry program.” 

Byrdcliffe’s future looks good to Nancy as 

well. “The Guild has a lot of new people on 

the B.O.D., (along with) some of the people 

who have been on it for awhile. We’ve just 

had a donation of a low-interest loan to 

help us through some of our struggles in our 


finances, which are always such a problem 

with non-profits. Actually, it’s surprising, 

we’re recovering from some of the obstacles 

we’ve set up! We’re working on staying in a 

positive and exciting place, and just bringing 

that further.” 

Sponsored in part by Ulster Savings Bank, 

The Woodstock Byrdcliffe Guild’s 

“5 X 7 Show” is at Kleinert/James Arts Center, 

34 Tinker St., Woodstock, 

www.woodstockguild.org, 845.679.2079. 

The show runs through 12/31, gallery hours 

Fr-Su 12-5 PM. 

CONTRIBUTING ARTISTS: 

Bruce Ackerman, Debbie Adelman, Chris Allieri, 

David Andrews, Nathalie van Mulken Andrews, 

Jeanette Aprile, J.H. Aronson, Daniel Atyim, Orli 

Auslander, Nancy Azara, Barbara Bachner, Alan 

Baer, Byron Bell, Ana Akama Bergen, Barbara 

Berlind, Suzanne Bevier, Kristy Bishop, Darla 

Bjork, Bobby Blitzer, Laurie Bloomfield, Katherine 

Bradford, Hope Brennan, Maria Britton, Jude 

Broughan, Matt Bua, Katherine Burger, Brent 

Bushnell, Donna Byars, Andrea Cabane, Marty 

Fusin Carey, Sofia Carmi, Claude Carone, 

Michael Cartuccio, Nancy Catandella, Stella 

Chasteen, Sasha Chermayeff, Lara Chkhetiani, 

Brian Chu, Nancy Chusid, Yolanda Cioffi, 

Tricia Cline, Anne Crowley, Peggy Cyphers, 

Frank D'Astolfo, Carol Davis, Leila Daw, Paul 

deLaura, Tasha Depp, Priscilla Derven, Ruth 

Drake, Sarah Draney, Lynn Dreese-Breslin, Marls 

Dudley, Richard Edelman, Donald Elder, Judith 

Emilie, Christopher Engel, Renee Englander, 

Konie Fatum, Sarah Faux, Carol Field, Manuela 

Filiaci, Stacy Fine, Howard Finkelson, Gene 

Fischer, Stacie Flint, Rei Fraas, Adah Frank, 

Martha Frankel, Pascal Frey, Betsy Friedman, 

Miriam Frischer, Bo Gehring, Jim George, 

Judith Gerrard, Joan Giordano, Judy Glasel, 

Milton Glaser, Bob Glassman, Amy Godes, 

MaryAnna Goetz, Kathy Goodell, Barbara 

Gordon, Elissa Gore, Calvin Grimm, Laura 

Gurton, Teri Hackett, Frances Halsband, Thea 

Hambright, Shelly Hamilton, Elaine Hammond, 

Jared Handelsman, Bernard Handzel, Ann 

Hanson, Susan Harrington, Jan Harrison, 

Catherine Hazard, David Hecht, Eileen Brand 

Hedley, Steve Heller, Elaine Hencke, Hera, Amy 

Hill, Vivienne Hodges, Sandy Hoffman, Janet 

Hofsted, Pat Horner, Roman Hrab, Thomas

Huber, Beth Humphrey, Heather Hutchison, 

Hatti Iles, Margaret Innerhofer, Charise Isis, Betty 

Jacobson, Kate Jacobson, Alice Jaffe, Annette 

Jaret, Georgette Kadgen, Mark Thomas Kanter, 

Gloria Kaplan-Mirsky, Laura Katz, Stephen 

Kerner, Jessica Kerr, Mark Kessler, SeoKyung 

Kim, Stuart Klein, John Kleinhaus, Lucinda 

Knaus, Katherine Koch, Harvey Konigsberg, 

Judith Koppersmith, Anthony Krauss, Mato 

Kroyen, Claire Lambe, Mike Lambert, James 

LaMontagne, Dakota Lane, Katerina Lanfranco, 

Gretchen Langheld, Barbara Laube, Ellen Leo, 

Gay Leonhardt, Leonard Levitan, Ellen Levy, Ivan 

Liberman, Mary Licause, Annette Lieberman, 

Shelli Lipton, Harriet Livathinos, Justin Love, 

Ellen Luzy, Delores Lynch, Henrietta Mantooth, 

Carol March, Grace Markman, Maralyn Master, 

Katharine McKenna, Paul McMahon, Maureen 

McQuillan, Sarah Mecklem, Elin Menzies, 

Chris Metze, Melissa Meyer, Allen Midgette, 

Jeffrey Milstein, Erica Minglis, Nick Minglis, Shiv 

Mirabito, Michelle Moran, Laura Moriarty, Ann 

Morris, Grey Ivor Morris, Portia Munson, Andrea 

Neher, Paula Nelson, Susan Nickerson, Howard 

Nisgor, Astrid Nordness, Lucy Nurkse, O, Robert 

Ohnigian, Alex O'Neal, Pia Oste-Alexander, 

Ann Pachner, Victoria Pacimeo, Lindsay Packer, 

Sandra Palmer-Shaw, Courtnay Elizabeth 

Papy, Suzanne Parker, Laura Pepitone, Paulette 

Petterino, Susan Phillips, Vincent Pidone, Marilyn 

Price, Courtney Puckett, George Quasha, 

Susan Quasha, Raquel Rabinovich, Lynda Ray, 

Bernice Reitmeyer, Carol Rice, Ron Richter, 

Jacquie Roland, Rachel Romero, Meredith Rosier, 

Nathania Rubin, Kathy Ruttenberg, Thomas 

Sarrantonio, Robert Schaad, Lisa Schaewe, Anne 

Liljedahl Schock, Linda Schultz, Istar Schwager, 

Robert Selkowitz, F. Green Shaughnessy, Kaete 

Brittin Shaw, Rita Sherry, Tim Smith, Lizz Smyth, 

Joan Snyder, Michelle Spark, Tibor Spitz, Ruth 

Sproul, Greg Stanton, Gary Stephan, Melissa 

Stern, Melinda Stickney-Gibson, Sandy Straus, 

Aurora Streger, Amy Talluto, David Tarsa, Abagail 

Thomas, Tohkal, Llyn Towner, Richard Treitner, 

Garrett James Uhlenbrock, Katharine Umsted, 

Michael Valenti, Lori Van Houten, Christina 

Varga, Barbara Velazquez, Les Walker, Karen 

Walker, Grace Bakst Wapner, April Warren, 

Chuck Williams, Elizabeth Winchester, Nancy 

Winternight, Myrah Wizé, Cate Woodruff, 

Peg Wright, Connie Zack, Adam Zaretsky, 

Merrie Zaretsky 


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gA r r y Kv i S tA d , p H o t o b y mAt t pe t r i C o n e 

roll the music 

isten to this one, it’ll just keep going 

and going,” says Woodstock Percussion 

founder and CEO Garry Kvistad, pinging the 

surface of a giant gong with his finger. Indeed, 

nearly 30 seconds later the instrument is still 

ringing strongly. 

The brightly lit room of the firm’s colossal 

headquarters feels more like a museum than 

the owner’s personal studio. If it can produce 

a musical sound by being struck, it’s in 

here. Of course, there are your standard 

Western drums 

and vibraphone, 

b u t m o s t o f t h e 

dozens of devices 

on hand tend toward 

the exotic. Filling the climatecontrolled 

chamber are items that are as 

CHIMING IN 

Garry Kvistad 


By Peter Aaron 

colorful visually as the tones they make. There are bulbous, bright red 

drums and gorgeously decorated, bowl-like bells used for Chinese operas, 

and enormous, ancient-looking tamtams and gongs of all sizes. Cymbals 

and tubular chimes hang like giant, glistening fruit above table-height 

xylophones and marimbas. And, taking up most of the far end of the 

space, are a massive, early 20th-century player machine that duplicates 

the force of a marching band and a deafening, arcane contraption that 

qualifies as the Godzilla of glockenspiels. Who knew this Tut’s tomb of 

tympanic treasures was hidden away in a Shokan warehouse? 

“Yeah, there’s definitely a lot of stuff in here,” says Kvistad. “I’ve been 

collecting instruments for over 40 years.” But not only is Kvistad a 

scholarly collector and the designer of many of the products made by his 

company, he’s also a member of NEXUS, the long-running quintet the 

New York Times calls “the high priests of the percussion world.” 

Born and raised in Chicago, Kvistad began his love of percussion in 

the fourth grade, when he became the drummer in the school band. He 

was further drawn to the flame by watching his older brother, Rick 


Kvistad, who is today the principal percussionist of the San Francisco 

Opera Orchestra. “He played drums in dance bands, and I noticed he 

was attracting a lot of girls by doing that,” says Kvistad with a grin. 

After attending Michigan’s Interlochen Arts Academy, the budding 

percussionist-composer earned a bachelor’s degree from Ohio’s 

Oberlin Conservatory of Music and a master’s from Northern 

Illinois University. The next big step came in the 1970s, when he met 

fellow percussionist Jan Williams, who introduced him to revered 

composer Lukas Foss. 

“Foss was co-leading the Center of the Creative Arts at SUNY 

Buffalo, which awarded fellowships to qualifying musicians, called 

Creative Associates,” Kvistad recalls. “Jan was one of them, along 

with [saxophonist] Anthony Braxton and [keyboardist] Richard 

Teitelbaum. I became one, which was great because I got to play with 

a symphony for the first time and I really learned a lot about composing 

and performing.” Kvistad would eventually go on to pass down the 

knowledge he acquired under Foss, when he became a faculty member 

at Northern Illinois University and, later on, at the University of 

Cincinnati’s College Conservatory of Music. 

In 1972, he and Rick started the Blackearth Percussion Group, which 

recorded and toured North America and Europe, performing works 

by John Cage, Lou Harrison, and others. One of Blackearth’s ardent 

admirers was minimalist maverick Steve Reich. So taken was the 

composer with the younger brother’s abilities that he recruited him 

for his own group, with whom the percussionist recorded such pivotal 

works as the Grammy-winning Music for 18 Musicians. “Garry took to 

my music like a duck to water,” raves Reich by phone. “He intuitively 

knows how to interpret it—when to lay off and when to play hard.” 


Blackearth frequently shared bills with NEXUS, which formed in Toronto 

in 1971 and also shared members with Reich’s ensemble. Blackearth 

eventually split, however, and when NEXUS co-founder John 

Wyre chose to leave his group in 2002, Kvistad was an obvious choice 

to take up his mallets. “We had played with Garry for years with Reich, 

so it was a natural progression,” says NEXUS’s Russell Hartenberger. 

“He has a similar background to the rest of us; we all know the same 

repertoire.” Like the rest of the fivesome—which has toured the world, 

worked with noted composer Toru Takemitsu, and recently focused on 

early 20th-century novelty and ragtime music—Kvistad flits easily 

among bells, marimba, glockenspiel, cymbals, drums, vibraphone, 

and other instruments. 

Then there’s Kvistad’s other hugely successful role with 

Woodstock Percussion, which he started when he moved to the area in 

1979 and has since grown to an award-winning, multi-national concern. 

The business, which grew out of Kvistad’s construction of a metallophone 

from cast-off aluminum lawn-chair tubing, boasts two subsidiaries: 

Woodstock Chimes, whose unique, handmade offerings include the 

firm’s debut item, the Chimes of Olympus (tuned to an ancient Greek 

pentatonic scale), and the meditative Awakening Bell (co-designed with 

legendary local drummer Jack DeJohnette); and the Woodstock Music 

Collection, a line of children’s instruments. 

In 1986, Kvistad and his wife, Diane, established the Woodstock 

Chimes Fund, which supports various local arts, food, and shelter 

efforts. “So far, we’ve given away over $2 million to the community,” 

says Kvistad, who also organized 2009’s Drum Boogie Festival 

in Kingston. “But it’s easy just to give money when you have it. 

We also give our time and experience; I was the chairman of [arts 

organization] the Woodstock Byrdcliffe Guild for a few years and 


Diane is on the board of [social aid group] Family of Woodstock.” 

This semester, Kvistad is the Larry Berk Artist in Residence 

at Ulster County Community College, where he has given free seminars 

and a concert with NEXUS. 

“Besides being a fantastic player Garry is a man of ideals,” says Reich. 

“He’s definitely someone with many talents.” 

Talents that assure, like the sounds of his beloved instruments, Kvistad’s 

legacy will resonate for quite some time. 

www.nexuspercussion.com; www.chimes.com 

Watch a video of Garry Kvistad demonstrating his amazing collection of 

instruments at www.rollmagazine.com 

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2005, A n A n n uA l F u n d r A i S e r F o r t H e wo o d S t o C K byr d C l i FFe gu i l d 

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be C K e r, gA r r y Kv i S tA d , bill CA H n A n d ru S S e l l HA r t en b erg er. 

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wo o d S t o C K CH i m eS iS A t o n e t u b e u S e d F o r m e d i tA t i o n A n d H e A l i n g, 

d e v e l o p e d in pA r t n e r S H i p w i tH j A z z g r e At jA C K dejo H n e t t e, w o r l d 

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12/16 t h r o u g h 1/16- snow whitE 


hudson— Co l u M B i a grEEnE Co M M u n i t y CollEgE, 4400 Route 23 

www.sunycgcc.edu, 518.828.4181 

hudson—hu d s o n op E r a ho u s E , 327 Warren Street 

www.hudsonoperahouse.org, 518.822.1438 

through 12/11- paintings and works on papEr 

By Cynthia Carlson 

12/18 t h r o u g h 12/23- hudson sistEr City pallisa, uganda 

a n d thE wildlifE of East afriCa 

hudson—Jo h n dav i s gallEry, 362 1/2 Warren Street, www.johndavisgallery.com 

518.828.5907, Th-Mo 10 AM-5:30 PM 

hudson—liM n E r gallEry, 123 Warren Street, www.limnergallery.com 

518.828.2343 

th r o u g h 12/30- BlakaZ pa s t E l w o r k s By EuphEMa roBinson 

hudson—th a d d E u s kw i at gallEry, 437 Warren Street, www.posiekviat.com 

518.653.5407 

hudson—th E or a n g E ho u s E , 416 Columbia Street, 518.822.8448 

katonah—th E kat o n a h Mu s E u M o f ar t, 134 Jay St., 914.232.9555 

www.katonahmuseum.org 

kingston—a.i.r. st u d i o gallEry, 71 O’Neil Street, www.airstudiogallery.com 

845.331.2662, We-Sa 9 AM-1 PM 

EvEry 2n d sa- aCoustiC artists Coalition & art party 8-11 PM 

kingston—agustsson gallEry, 176 Broadway, 845.331.1388, Tu-Su 10-6 PM 

kingston—ar t s so C i E t y of ki n g s t o n (ask), 97 Broadway, www.askforarts.org 

845.338.0331 

through 12/28- trinkEts M E M B E r s ' EXhiBit 

kingston—Bsp (Ba C k s ta g E st u d i o pr o d u C t i o n s), 323 Wall Street 

www.bspinfo.net, 845.338.8700, Weekdays 3-8 PM, Fr & Sa 3 PM-12 AM 

kingston—Bat t l E d o r E liMitEd (ar t gallEry dEvotEd to pr E s E n t i n g th E ar t of 

MauriCE sE n d a k), 600 Broadway, 845.339.4889 

kingston—CE l l a r st u d i o an d gallEriE, 69 Esopus Avenue, 845.331.6147 

kingston—Co r n E l l st. st u d i o s , 168 Cornell Street, 845.331.0191

art listings 

kingston—do n s k o J & Co M pa n y , 93 Broadway, www.donskoj.com 

845.388.8473, Th-Sa11-5 PM 

kingston—du C k po n d gallEry (at Es o p u s li B r a r y), 128 Canal Street, Port Ewan 

www.esopuslibrary.org, 845.338.5580, Mo, Tu, Th 10 AM-5:30 PM 

We 10-8 PM, Fr 10-7 PM, Sa 10-4 PM 

kingston—hillsidE Ma n o r, 240 Boulevard, 845.331.4386, www.hillsidemanor.com 

kingston—kEEgan alEs, 20 St James Street, www.keeganales.com 

845.331.2739 

kingston—th E fi r E ho u s E st u d i o , 35 Dunn Street 

www.thefirehousestudio.com, 845.331.6469 

kingston—fhk (fr i E n d s of historiC ki n g s t o n gallEry), corner of 

Main/Wall Street, www.fohk.org, 845.339.0720, Sa & Su 1-4 PM 

or by appointment 

kingston—gallEry at r&f ha n d M a d E pa i n t s , 84 Ten Broeck Ave. 

www.rfpaints.com, 1.800.206.8088 

kingston—hu d s o n vallEy lgBtQ Co M M u n i t y CEntEr, 300 Wall St. 

www.lgbtqcenter.org, 845.331.530 

kingston—hu d s o n vallEy su d B u r y sC h o o l, 84 Zena Road 

www.sudburyschool.org, 845.679.1002 

sa 12/11- annual wintEr gift salE h a n d M a d E l o C a l a r t 10 AM 

kingston—ki n g s t o n Mu s E u M of Co n t E M p o r a r y ar t, 103 Abeel St. 

www.kmoca.org 

th r o u g h 12/25- dangErous toys g r o u p s h o w; art garagE g r o u p s h o w 

kingston—Mi C h a E l la l i C k i st u d i o , 18 Hone St. 845.339.4280 

kingston—on E MilE gallEry, 475 Abeel St., www.onemilegallery.com 

845.338.2035 

MiddlEtown—suny or a n g E , Harriman Hall, 115 South Street 

www.sunyorange.edu, 845.341.4891 

th r o u g h 12/15- thE goulds f a M i ly a r t s h o w 

MillBrook—Mi l l B r o o k gallEry a n d an t i Q u E s , 3297 Franklin Ave 

www.millbrookgalleryandantiques.com, 914.769.5814 

Mount trEMpEr—Mo u n t trEMpEr ar t s, 647 South Plank Rd. 

www.mounttremperarts.org, 845.688.9893 

MountainvillE—st o r M ki n g ar t CEntEr, Old Pleasant Hill Rd. 

www.stormking.org, 845.534.3115 

on g o i n g- 5+5: nEw pErspECtivEs o n s i t E s C u l p t u r E EXhiBit; 

thE viEw froM hErE: storM king at fifty M u s E u M EXhiBit 

nEwBurgh—an n strEEt gallEry, 104 Ann Street, www.safe-harbors.org 

845.562.6940 Th-Sa 11 AM- 5 PM 

th r o u g h 12/18- Cut it up: C o n t E M p o r a r y pa p E r C u t t E r's EXhiBition 

w i t h w o r k s By JosEph BaglEy, JaQ BElChEr, laura CoopErMan, 

BEatriCE Coron, patriCk gannon, katErina lanfranCo, 

Eva MantEll, huntEr staBlEr, noah sakMoto, 

CathErinE winklEr, and Xinsong 

nEwBurgh—po p-up gallEry, 9 Chambers St., 845.304.3142 

on g o i n g- w o r k s By stEphaniE BursEsE, roBErt Brush, John dElk, 

david frEund a n d BarBara sMith gioia 

nEwBurgh—th E karpElEs Ma n u s C r i p t li B r a r y Mu s E u M 

94 Broadway, 845.569.4997 www.karpeles.com 

ongoing- slavEry M u s E u M EXhiBit 

ongoing- largEly landsCapEs By lois lippEr 

through 3/31- portraits in aMEriCan history 

By dona MCphillips CouCh 

nEw paltZ—CEntEr f o r sy M B o l iC st u d i E s, 310 River Rd. Ext. 

symbolicstudies.org, 845.658.8540 

nEw paltZ—go M E n ku d a s a i, 215 Main St., 845.255.8811 

through 12/31- group art show w/ arMand russilan, 

MiChaEl lokEnsgard, hElEnE BiglEy, stuart BiglEy, 

riChard liBriZZi, kaZuMa oshita, BrEnda Buffalino 

a n d JEBah BauM 

su 12/12- op E n i n g rECEption 4-6 PM 

nEw paltZ—Ma r k gr u B E r gallEry, New Paltz Plaza, www.markgrubergallery.com 

845.255.1901 

nEw paltZ—nEw pa lt Z Cu lt u r a l CollECtivE, 60 Main Street, www.60main.org 

845.255.1241 

EvEry tu- Craft night- B r i n g y o u r p r o J E C t t o w o r k o n in g o o d C o M pa n y 

EvEry th i r d sa- nEw paltZ third saturday: l i v E M u s iC a n d a r t s h o w 

nEw paltZ—sa M u E l do r k s y Mu s E u M of ar t at su n y nEw pa lt Z, 1 Hawk Dr. 

www.newpaltz.edu/museum, 845.257.3844 

(Museum closed 12/15 through 1/26) 

through 12/12- thE illustrious Mr. X M u s E u M C o l l E C t i o n a s 

C h a r a C t E r s t u d y 

th r o u g h 12/12- thoughts of hoME p h o t o g r a p h s f r o M t h E 

CEntEr f o r p h o t o g r a p h y at w o o d s t o C k p E r M a n E n t C o l l E C t i o n 


th r o u g h 12/14- Bfa/Mfa thEsis EXhiBition 

th r o u g h 3/18- Binary visions w o v E n CovErlEts f r o M t h E 

historiC h u g u E n o t strEEt C o l l E C t i o n 

nEw paltZ—un f r a M E d ar t i s t s gallEry, 173 Huguenot Street 

www.unframedartistsgallery.com, 845.255.5482 

th r o u g h 12/19- lEt it snow M iX E d M E d i a g r o u p s h o w 

nEw paltZ—un i s o n ar t s, Unison Theater, 68 Mountain Rest Road 

www.unisonarts.org, 845.255.1559 

Ev E r y th- lifE drawing sEssions 7:30 PM 

on g o i n g- outdoor sCulpturE EXhiBition 

th r o u g h 12/13- CapturEd light 

th r o u g h 12/31- thE artists of silvErMinE 

12/18 t h r o u g h 1/11- ropEs rEConfigurEd 


nEw paltZ—un i s o n gallEry at wat E r st. Ma r k E t, www.unisonarts.org 

845.255.1559 

th r o u g h 12/13- CapturEd light install ation By EiJa lindsEy 

nEw paltZ—wat E r strEEt Ma r k E t, 10 Main Street, www.waterstreetmarket.com 

845.255.1403 

nEw windsor—wallkill ri v E r gallEry (Works Of John Creagh And Pat Morgan) 

www.wallkillriverschool.com, 845.689.0613, Mo-Fr 9:30 AM- 6:30 PM 

Sa 10 AM- 5 PM 

th r o u g h 12/31- MEMBEr’s show 

pawling—gallEry on th E grEEn, 3 Memorial Avenue, www.gotgpawling.com 

845.855.3900 

pEEkskill—BE a n ru n n E r Ca f é, 201 S. Division Street, www.beanrunnercafe.com 

914.737.1701 

pEEkskill—fl at ir o n gallEry in C., 105 So Division Street, flatiron.qpg.com 

914.734.1894 

pEEkskill—pa r a M o u n t CEntEr fo r th E ar t s, up p E r ar t gallEry, 1008 Brown Street 

www.paramountcenter.org, 914.739.2333 

pEEkskill—th E hat fa C t o r y, ya M E t ar t s, in C., 1000 N. Division Street Suite 4 

www.yametonarts.com, 914-737-1646 

pEEkskill—hu d s o n vallEy CEntEr fo r Co n t E M p o r a r y ar t, 1701 Main Street 

www.hvcca.com, 914.788.0100 

on g o i n g- in.flEC.tion 

on g o i n g- Mount Maslow By folkErt dE Jong 

on g o i n g- laundrEttE By thoMas hirsChhorn 

on g o i n g- aftEr thE fall 

th r o u g h 12/19- lEonardo silaghi 

phoEniCia—ar t s up s ta i r s , 60 Main Street, 2nd Floor, www.artsupstairs.com 

845.688.2142 

phoEniCia—Ca B a n E st u d i o s fi n E ar t gallEry a n d ph o t o g r a p h y st u d i o 

38 Main Street, cabanestudios.wordpress.com 

pinE plains—th E Ch i s h o l M gallEry, 3 Factory Lane, www.chisholmgallery.com 

518.398.1246 

poughkEEpsiE—ar l i n g t o n ar t gallEry, 32 Raymond Avenue 

www.arlingtonartgallery.com, 845.702.6280 

poughkEEpsiE—Ba r r E t t ar t CEntEr/C l ay w o r k s /gallEry, 485 Main Street 

www.barrettartcenter.org, 845.471.2550 

poughkEEpsiE—Ca f é Bo C C a , 14 Mt. Carmel Place 

www.cafebocca.net, 845.483.7300 

on g o i n g- liQuid Earth By Craig pEyton 

th r o u g h 12/31- takE off o i l pa i n t i n g s By dala 

poughkEEpsiE—Cu n n E E n-ha C k E t t ar t s CEntEr, 9 Vassar St. 

www.cunneen-hackett.org, 845.486.4571 

poughkEEpsiE—du t C h E s s Co M M u n i t y CollEgE, Mildred Washington Art Gallery 

53 Pendell Road, www.sunydutchess.edu, 845.431.8916, Mo- Th: 10 AM- 9 

PM, Fr: 10 AM- 5 PM 

poughkEEpsiE—gallEry 45, 45 Pershing Ave., www.millstreetloft.org 

845.471.7477 

poughkEEpsiE—th E fr a n C E s lE h M a n lo E B ar t CEntEr at va ssar 

124 Raymond Avenue, fllac.vassar.edu, 845.437.7745 

(Gallery closed for repairs, re-opening 1/28) 

poughkEEpsiE—lo C u s t gr o v E , 2683 South Rd, www.lgny.org, 845.454.4500 

poughkEEpsiE—Ma r i s t CollEgE ar t gallEry, 3399 North Road 

www.marist.edu/commarts/art/gallery, 845.575.3000, Ext. 2308 

poughkEEpsiE—Mill strEEt lo f t , 455 Maple Street, www.millstreetloft.org 

845.471.7477 

th r o u g h Ja n ua ry- sMall works g r o u p s h o w By 15 l o C a l a r t i s t s 

Mo 12/13- MagiCal papEr arts f o r a g E s 7-10 

poughkEEpsiE—pa l M E r gallEry at va ssar CollEgE, 124 Raymond Ave. 

palmergallery.vassar.edu, 845.437.5370 

th r o u g h 12/17- MoniCa d. ChurCh p h o t o g r a p h y EXhiBit 

art listings

art listings art listings 

rEd hook— ta s t E Bu d d’s Ca f é 40 W Market St. www.tastebudds.com 

845.758.6500 

th r o u g h dECEMBEr- fEaturEd artist: andrEas san Millan 

th r o u g h Ja n ua ry- fEaturEd artist: tErEsa pEllEgrini 

rEd hook—th E ar t s CEntEr o f t h E grEatEr hu d s o n vallEy 

7392 S Broadway (Route 9), 845.758.8708 

rEd hook—BE t s y Ja C a r u s o st u d i o & gallEry, The Chocolate Factory 

98 Elizabeth Street, www.betsyjacarusostudio.com, 845.758.9244 

rhinEBECk—al B E r t sh a h i n i a n fi n E ar t - up s ta i r s gallEriEs, 22 East Market Street 

Suite 301, 845.876.7578 

th r o u g h 12/31- nEw and rECEnt work By david Eddy 

a n d ChristiE sChEElE 

rhinEBECk—gallEry lo d o E , 6400 Montgomery Street, www.gallerylodoe.com 

845.876.6331. Open 11-6 PM, except Tu 

rhinEBECk—ha M M E r t o w n rhinEBECk, 6420 Montgomery St. 

www.hammertown.com, 845.876.1450 

rhinEBECk—Mo n t g o M E r y ro w, 6423 Montgomery St. 

www.montgomeryrow.com, 845.943.0373 

th r o u g h 1/28- sMall ink a B s t r a C t pa i n t i n g s o l o EXhiBition By JEff roMano 

sa 12/18- ar t i s t rECEption 5-7 PM 

rhinEBECk—oM E g a rhinEBECk Ca M p u s , 150 Lake Dr, www.eomega.org 

877.944.2002 

rhinEBECk—wElls fa r g o ad v i s o r s , 6423 Montgomery St, 

www.riverwindsgallery.com, 800.477.2505 

th r o u g h 1/24- trEEs g r o u p EXhiBit 

rosEndalE—lifEBridgE sa n C t ua ry, 333 Mountain Rd., www.lifebridge.org 

845.338.6418 

rosEndalE—ro o s ar t s, 449 Main Street, www.roosarts.com, 718.755.4726 

th r o u g h 12/23- ornaMEntal h o l i d ay g r o u p s h o w 

rosEndalE—th E ro s E n d a l E Ca f é, 434 Main Street, www.rosendalecafe.com 

845.658.9048 

rosEndalE—wo M E n ’s st u d i o wo r k s h o p , 722 Binnewater Lane 

www.wsworkshop.org, 845.658.9133 

saugErtiEs—Ca f é ME Z Z a lu n a Bi s t r o lat i n o an d gallEry,626 Route 212 

845.246.5306 

saugErtiEs—Cat s k i l l gallEry, 106 Partition Street, 845.246.5554 

saugErtiEs—Cl o v E Ch u r C h st u d i o & gallEry, 209 Fishcreek Rd., 845.246.7504 

open noon- 4 PM 

saugErtiEs—du t C h alE ho u s E, 253 Ma i n st., www.dutchalehouse.com 

845.247.2337 

saugErtiEs—ha l f Mo o n st u d i o ,18 Market Street, 845.246.9114 

saugErtiEs—lo v E l a n d Mu s E u M/J u s t i n lo v E pa i n t i n g gallEry an d st u d i o 

4 Churchland Road, www.justinlove.com, 845.246.5520 

saugErtiEs—Mu d d y Cu p/inQuiring Mi n d CoffEEhousE & Bo o k s t o r E, 65 Partition St. 

845.246.5775 

saugErtiEs—th E do g h o u s E gallEry, 429 Phillips Rd., 845.246.0402 

stonE ridgE—CEntEr f o r Cr E at i v E Ed u C at i o n, 3588 Main Street 

www.cce-kingston.org, 845.687.8890 

stonE ridgE—th E dr a w i n g ro o M , 3743 Main St. 

www.thedrawingroomonline.com, 845.687.4466 

stonE ridgE—pE a r l ar t s gallEry, 3572 Main Street, www.pearlartsgallery.com 

845.687.0888 

stonE ridgE—suny ul s t E r, Muroff Kotler Gallery, Cottekill Road 

www.sunyulster.edu, 845.687.5113 


tivoli—ti v o l i ar t i s t s Co-o p an d gallEry, 60 Broadway 

www.tivoliartistsco-op.com, 845.757.2667, Fr 5-9, Sa 1-9, Su 1-5 

on g o i n g- roChEllE rEdfiEld s o l o s h o w 

th r o u g h 12/24- holiday show 

wassaiC—th E wa ssaiC pr o J E C t, The Maxon Mills, 37 Furnace Bank Rd., and 

The Luther Barn, 15 Furnace Bank Rd., www.wassaicproject.org 

wEst hurlEy—so h o wEst gallEry, Route 28 at Wall Street, 845.679.9944 

woodstoCk—ByrdClifflE ar t Co l o n y/thEatEr, 3 Upper Byrdcliffe Way 

www.woodstockguild.org, 845.679.2079 

woodstoCk—CEntEr fo r ph o t o g r a p h y at wo o d s t o C k , 59 Tinker Street 

www.cpw.org, 845.679.9957 

th r o u g h 12/23- piranEsi s o l o EXhiBition By lothar ostErBurg; 

thE frustration of EXprEssion g r o u p EXhiBition 

woodstoCk—Ea st vi l l a g E CollECtivE, 8 Old Forge Road, 845.679.2174 

woodstoCk—El E n a Za n g gallEry, 3671 Route 212, www.elenazang.com 

845.679.5432 

th r o u g h 1/5- nEw pottEry By ElEna & alan 

woodstoCk—flEtChEr gallEry, 40 Mill Hill Road, www.fletchergallery.com 

845.679.4411, Th-Su 12-6 PM 

woodstoCk—fo r s t E r gallEry an d st u d i o , 72 Rock City Road 

www.forsterstudio.com, 845.679.0676 

woodstoCk—ga l E r i E BM g /C o n t E M p o r a r y ph o t o g r a p h y 

12 Tannery Brook Road, www.galeriebmg.com, 845.679.0027 

(Open by appointment only through 4/8) 

th r o u g h 1/10- sElf By alyson BElChEr 

woodstoCk—ha w t h o r n gallEry, 34 Elwyn Lane, 845.679.2711 

woodstoCk—Ja M E s Co X gallEry at wo o d s t o C k , 4666 Route 212 

www.jamescoxgallery.com, 845.679.7608 

woodstoCk—kliEnErt/Ja M E s ar t s CEntEr, 34 Tinker Street 

www.woodstockguild.org, 845.679.2079, Fr-Su 12-5 PM 

sa 12/11- artist showCasE w/ riCh Conti C E r a M i C s 

sa 12/18- artist showCasE w/ katiE lovE C E r a M i C s 

th r o u g h 12/31- 5 X 7 show (see roll art & image) 

woodstoCk—li ly En t E st u d i o ,153 Tinker Street, 845.679.6064, 212.924.0784 

woodstoCk—lo t u s fi n E ar t, 33 Rock City Rd, www.lotuswoodstock.com 

845.679.2303 

woodstoCk—swEEthEart gallEry, 8 Tannery Brook Road 

www.sweetheartgallery.com, 845.679.2622 

woodstoCk—th E BEarsvillE thEatEr, 291 Tinker Street (Route 212) 

www.bearsvilletheater.com, 845.679.4406 

woodstoCk—th E Co l o n y Ca f é, 22 Rock City Road, www.colonycafe.com 

845.679.5342 

woodstoCk—va r g a gallEry, 130 Tinker Street 

www.vargagallery.com, 845.679.4005 

woodstoCk—wi l l o w ar t gallEry, 99 Tinker Street 

845.679.5319, Th-Mo 12:30-6 PM 

woodstoCk—wo o d s t o C k ar t i s t s as s o C i at i o n & Mu s E u M , 28 Tinker Street 

www.woodstockart.org, 845.679.2940 

woodstoCk—wo o d s t o C k sC h o o l of ar t, 2470 Rte. 212 

www.woodstockschoolofart.org, 845.679.2388

music listings 

annandalE-on-hudson—ri C h a r d B. fi s h E r CEntEr - Ba r d CollEgE, Route 9G, 

www.fishercenter.bard.edu, 845.758.7950, Box Office: 845.758.7900 

fr 12/10- Con saBor vEnEZolano 5 PM 

12/10 t h r o u g h 12/12- sEnior danCE ConCErt 8 PM 

BEaCon—Ch i l l wi n E Ba r, 173 Main St., 845.765.0885 

BEaCon—ho w l a n d Cu lt u r a l CEntEr, 477 Main Street 

www.howlandculturalcenter.org, 845.832.4988 

fr 12/17- wintEr solstiCE opEn MiC 8 PM 

BEaCon—op E n spa C E gallEry, 510 Main Street, www.local845.com, 845.838.0028 

BEaCon—th E pi g g y Ba n k, 448 Main Street, www.local845.com, 845.838.0028 

BEthEl—BEthEl wo o d s CEntEr fo r th E ar t s, 200 Hurd Road and Route 17B 

(at the site of the original 1969 Woodstock Festival) 


ChathaM—ps/21, 2980 Route 66, www.ps21chatham.org, 518.392.6121 

Cornwall-on-hudson—2 al i C E s CoffEE lo u n g E, 311 Hudson St. 

www.2alicescoffee.com 

EllEnvillE—ar o M a th y M E Bi s t r o, 165 Canal Street 

www.aromathymebistro.com, 845.647.3000 

All shows 8 PM unless otherwised noted 

Ev E r y th- John siMon a n d t h E grEatEr EllEnvillE JaZZ trio 7-10 PM 

Ev E r y 1st fr- opEn MiC night 10 PM 

sa 12/11- ClEoMa’s ghost 

sa 12/18- EriC EriCkson 

sa 1/1- Bryan gordon 

sa 1/8- lowry haMnEr 

fishkill—th E kE lt i C ho u s E, 1004 Main Street 

www.myspace.com/thekeltichouse, 845.896.1110 

garrison—Bo s C o B E l ho u s E & ga r d E n s, 1901 rt E. 9d, 845.265.7858 

fr/sa 12/10- 12/11- holiday party w/ thE fEZZiwigs Fr 6 PM, Sa 5 PM 

(See theatre highlight) 

garrison—philipstown dE p o t th E at r E , Garrison's Landing 

www.philipstowndepottheatre.org, 845.424.3900 

grEat Barrington, Ma—th E Ma h a i w E thEatEr, 14 Castle Street 

www.mahaiwe.org, 415.528.0100 

su 12/26- Jordan lodEr & friEnds rEunion ConCErt 7 PM 

fr 12/31- BaCh at nEw yEar’s: thE BrandEnBurg ConCErti 6 PM 

th 1/6- stEga nona M u s iC a l By toMiE dE paola 10 AM, 12 PM 

high falls—hi g h falls Ca f é, Route 213 and Mohonk Road 

www.highfallscafe.com, 845.687.2699 

(closed 10/10 from 3 to 7 PM) 

Ev E r y 1st & 3r d tu- BluEs party h o s t E d By Big JoE fitZ 7 PM 

Ev E r y th- aCoustiC thursdays h o s t E d By kurt hEnry 6 PM 

sa 12/11- Mr. ropEr 

fr 12/17- phElonious funk 

sa 12/18- thE sugarBEEs danCE party 

highland—Bo u g h t o n pl a C E thEatEr, 150 Kisor Rd., www.boughtonplace.org 

845.691.7578 

hudson—Cl u B hE l s i n k i hu d s o n, 405 Columbia St., www.helsinkihudson.com 

518.828.4800 

All shows 8PM unless otherwise noted. 

sa 12/11- thE Minivans, Chops & sauErkraut 

a n d Jd harris & thE tough ChoiCEs 9 PM 

hudson— Co l u M B i a grEEnE Co M M u n i t y CollEgE, 4400 Route 23 


hudson—hu d s o n op E r a ho u s E, 327 Warren Street 


su 11/14- BrEaking sound BarriErs w/ ContEMporanEous 3 PM 

hudson—tiM E a n d spa C E liMitEd, 434 Columbia St. 

www.timeandspacelimited.org, 518.822.8448 

hudson—sp o t t y do g Bo o k s & alE, 440 Warren Street, 518.671.6006 

fr 12/10- avondalE airforCE, suMMEr MuMMy, 

dJ lunar Moss 8 PM 

sa 12/18- CEntury plants, JErEMy kElly 8 PM 

hydE park—hy d E pa r k Br E w i n g Co M pa n y , 4076 Albany Post Road 

www.hydeparkbrewing.com, 845.229.8277 

Ev E r y wE- opEn MiC Bl u E s Ja M 8:30 PM 

kingston—a.i.r. st u d i o gallEry, 71 O’Neil Street, www.airstudiogallery.com 

845.331.2662 

Ev E r y 2n d sa- aCoustiC artists Coalition & art party 8-11 PM 

kingston—ar t s so C i E t y of ki n g s t o n (ask), 97 Broadway, www.askforarts.org 

845.338.0331 

fr 12/17- ask for MusiC w/ Mark Brown, kurt hEnry & 

ChEryl laMBErt a n d lisa lipkin 7:30 PM 

kingston—Ba C k s ta g E st u d i o pr o d u C t i o n s (Bsp), 323 Wall St., www.bspinfo.net 

845.338.8700 


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Cajun House Parties 

Cajun Music 

Dance Lesson 

Indoors/Outdoors 

Birthdays 

Reunions 

Barbeques 

...any or all events, 

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845.238.8663 or info@cleomasghost.com 

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kingston—th E Ba sEMEnt, 744 Broadway, www.myspace.com/thebasement744 

845.340.0744 

EvEry Mo- MEtal Mondays 9 PM 

sa 12/11- toMBstonE BrawlErs, CrEEpin CadavErs, aMy rosE & 

hEr trouBlEMakErs, Midnight saints 8:30 PM 

fr 12/17- CosMonaut, JoEy Eppard, thE fashionaBlE liars, 

hEadBoard JoCkEys 8:30 PM 

kingston—kEEgan alEs, 20 St James Street, www.keeganales.com 

845.331.2739 

EvEry wE- op E n MiC ni g h t 6:30 PM 

EvEry 2n d su- thE Big Bang JaZZ gang p l ay s t h E M u s iC o f Mingus, 

Monk dukE a n d M o r E 

fr 12/10- vaguE assuranCEs 9 PM 

sa 12/11- MoJo daddy 9 PM 

kingston—ki n g s t o n sh i r t fa C t o r y, 77 Cornell St. 

kingston—sk y t o p Br E w i n g Co M pa n y an d st E a k h o u s E, 237 Forest Hill Drive 

www.skytop.moonfruit.com, 845.340.4277 

EvEry 1st sa- thE upstart BluEs allstars 9 PM 

EvEry tu- stuMp trivia! 8 PM 

EvEry th opEn JaZZ sEssion 8-11 PM 

kingston—sn a p p E r MagEEs, 59 North Front Street 

www.myspace.com/snappermageeslivemusic, 845.339.3888 

All shows start at 10 PM and are 21+ 

kingston—st o C k a d E tav E r n, 313 Fair St., 845.514.2649 

kingston—ul s t E r pE r f o r M i n g ar t s CEntEr, 601 Broadway, www.upac.org 

845.473.5288 

tu 12/14- Cyndi laupEr 7:30 PM 

sa 1/8- grEgg allMan 8 PM 

kingston—wa l l s pa C E, 323 Wall St., www.323wallstreet.com, 845.338.8700 

kruMvillE—Co u n t r y in n, 1380 Co u n t y rd. 2, www.krumville.com, 845.657.8956 

EvEry wE- livE MusiC w/ triplE play 7 PM 

fr 12/10- ross riCE’s vEry sEXy trio 7:30 PM 

MarlBoro—th E fa l C o n, 1348 Rte. 9W, www.liveatthefalcon.com, 845.236.7970 

Music starts at 7 PM; Headliner at 8 PM 

fr 12/10- Ed palErMo Big Band p l ay i n g Z a p pa 

sa 12/11- luCky pEtErson w/ kathlEEn graCE 

th 12/16- EriC rEEd 

fr 12/17- al fostEr w/ Jason liEBMan 

sa 12/18- toM frEund & friEnds w/ origin BluE 

th 12/23- adaM falCon w/ CasEy ErdMann 

fr 12/31- nEw yEar’s EvE CElEBration w/ thE alEXis p. sutEr Band 

th 1/6- rEdCrEd 

fr 1/7- CarMEn souZa 

sa 1/8- adaM nussBauM QuartEt w/ Martin doMinguEs 

MiddlEtown—Co r n E r sta g E, 368 East Main Street 

www.myspace.com/cornerstage, 845.342.4804 

EvEry wE- aCoustiC opEn MiC night 

EvEry th, fr, & sa- opEn BluEs JaM w/ thE MikE QuiCk trio 9 PM 

MiddlEtown—pa r a M o u n t th E at r E , 17 South Street 

www.middletownparamount.com, 845.346.4195 

MiddlEtown—th E Ma n s i o n sEriEs, 14 Wilcox Ave., www.friendsofmusic.net 

845.343.3049 

MillBrook—la pu E r ta aZ u l, 2510 Route 44, www.lapuertaazul.com 

845.677.2985 

EvEry th- opEn MiC night 8:30 PM 

MillBrook—sE a n y B’s, 3264 Franklin Avenue, 845.677.2282 

MillErton—Ma n n a dEw, 54 Main Street, 518.789.3570 

EvEry th- opEn MiC night 10 PM 

EvEry fr- livE JaZZ, BluEs, and folk 10 PM 

Mount kisCo—aa r o n Co p l a n d ho u s E at MErEstEad, 455 Byram Lake Rd 

www.coplandhouse.org, 845.788.4659 

nEwBurgh—pa M E l a ’s on th E hu d s o n, 1 Park Place 

www.pamelastravelingfeast.com, 845.563.4505 

nEwBurgh—th E ri t Z thEatEr, 111 Broadway 

www.safeharborsofthehudson.org, 845.563.694 

nEwBurgh—tE r r a C E Ba r & lo u n g E, 81 Liberty Street, 845.561.9770 

EvEry tu- Ja Z Z Ja M sEssion wi t h Ma r v i n Bu g a l u sM i t h 7:30-10 PM 

nEw paltZ—go M E n ku d a s a i, 215 Main Street, 845.255.8811 

fr 12/17- Jay Clayton & CoMpany 7 PM 

fr 12/24- ZMas EvE spECial priX fiXE 


845.255.1901 

EvEry th- opEn MiC 8 PM si g n u p s at 7:30 PM 

EvEry su- JaZZ JaM 2 PM 

EvEry th i r d sa- nEw paltZ third saturday: l i v E M u s iC a n d a r t s h o w 



nEw paltZ—suny nEw pa lt Z, MC k E n n a th E at r E , 1 Hawk Drive 

www.newpaltz.edu/theatre, 845.257.3880 

nEw paltZ—un i s o n thEatEr, 68 Mountain Rest Road, www.unisonarts.org 

845.255.1559 

sa 12/12- fuZZy lollipop f a M i ly B a n d 3 PM 

fr 12/17- holiday ClassiCal ConCErt w/ JiM BaCon, 

shEila haMilton a n d sara williaMs 8 PM 

sa 12/18- 35t h annivErsary BEnEfit ConCErt 8 PM 

su 12/19- unpluggEd aCoustiC opEn MiC 3:30 PM sign-up, 4 PM show 

nEw paltZ—wat E r strEEt Ma r k E t, 10 Main Street, www.waterstreetmarket.com 

845.255.1403 

olivEBridgE—as h o k a n CEntEr, 477 Beaverkill Road 

www.ashokancenter.org, 845.255.1559 

12/31 t h r o u g h 1/3- nEw yEar’s MusiC & danCE party t h r E E n i g h t s o f 

s w i n g, C a J u n, B l u E s, a n d M o r E w/ Jay ungar & Molly Mason, 

MikE & ruthy, swingology, thE rEd stiCk CaJun Band, 

thE EMulsifiErs , will MEntor, John kruMM a n d CorEy proChE 

pawling—th E to w n E Cr i E r, 130 Route 22, www.townecrier.com, 845.855.1300 

Fr/Sa shows at 8:30 PM, Su 7:30 PM unless otherwise noted 

wE a n d th- op E n MiC ni g h t 7 PM 

sa 12/11- grahaM parkEr w/ nEal goMBErg 8:30 PM 

su 12/12- guitar stars r E C i ta l 1 PM 

su 12/12- ChErish thE ladiEs 7:30 PM 

fr 12/17- sEason of light w/ MagpiE 

a n d kiM & rEggiE harris 8:30 PM 

sa 12/18- JEffEry gainEs w/ JuliE CorBalis 8:30 PM 

su 12/19- ian huntEr & friEnds 7:30 PM 

fr 12/31- nEw yEar’s EvE CElEBration w/ lipBonE rEdding & 

thE lipBonE orChEstra a n d thE Chris o’lEary Band 9:30 PM 

sa 1/1- aZtEC two-stEp 40t h a n n i v E r s a r y t o u r 8:30 PM 

su 1/2- ElZa 7:30 PM 

fr 1/7- kEvin MCkrEll & train of fools 8:30 PM 

sa 1/8- Chris Barron & thE tiME Bandits w/ high irons 8:30 PM 

su 1/9- opEn MiC finals invitational r o u n d 7 PM 

pEEkskill—12 gr a p E s Mu s i C & wi n E Ba r, 12 North Division Street 

www.12grapes.com, 914.737.6624 

fr 12/10- livE soCiEty 9:30 PM 

sa 12/11- stonEfly 9:30 PM 

su 12/12- MarC von EM 6 PM 

Mo 12/13- grEg wEsthoff & thE wEstChEstEr swing Band 8 PM 

fr 12/17- thE Chris o’lEary Band 9:30 PM 

sa 12/18- Johnny fEdZ & da BluEs BoyZ 9:30 PM 

su 12/19- thE CallEn sistErs, aBBy paynE 

a n d Cassandra frakE 5:30 PM 

fr 12/31- nEw yEar’s EvE party w/ thE nEw york uproar 10 PM 

sa 1/1- nEw yEar’s day party w/ anrEa & 

thE arMEnian rug ridErs 9:30 PM 

pEEkskill— BE a nru n n E r Ca f é, 201 S. Division Street, www.beanrunnercafe.com 

914.737.1701 

Ev E r y 2n d & 4t h wE- latin JaZZ w/ skin against MEtal 7 PM 

fr 12/10- JoE gil & thE trio of tError 7:30 PM 

sa 12/11- ÄJ’s holiday show 7:30 PM 

fr 12/17- frEd gillEn Jr. & Matt turk 7:30 PM 

sa 12/18- frank laCy, Johnathan BlakE & kEvin ray 7:30 PM 

pEEkskill— th E division strEEt gr i l l, 26 North Division Street 

www.divisionstreetgrill.com, 914.739.6380 

pEEkskill—pa r a M o u n t CEntEr fo r th E ar t s, 1008 Brown Street 


fr 12/10- nanCi griffith 8 PM 

sa 12/11- doo wop CElEBration w/ CharliE thoMas’ driftErs, 

frEd parris & thE satins, thE lEgEndary tEEnagErs, 

Judy Mann & thE Chiffons a n d ClEvEland still & thE duBs 8 PM 

pEEkskill—pE E k s k i l l CoffEE ho u s E , 101 S. Division St., 914.739.1287 

fr 12/10- JoE duraEs 8 PM 

su 12/12- stEvEn ClairE 1 PM 

fr 12/17- stEvE kirkMan 8 PM 

sa 12/18- toM 8 PM 

su 12/19- ElainE roManElli 1 PM 

poughkEEpsiE—Ci B o n E y Ca f E, 189 Ch u r C h st., 845.486.4690 

poughkEEpsiE—Cu n n E E n-ha C k E t t ar t s CEntEr, 9 Vassar St. 

www.cunneen-hackett.org, 845.486.4571 

poughkEEpsiE—th E Ba r d av o n, 35 Market Street, www.bardavon.org 

845.473.2072 

su 12/19- hudson vallEy philharMoniC: sErkin’s sErEnadE 3 PM


poughkEEpsiE—Ca f E Bo C C a, 14 Mt Carmel Pl., www.cafebocca.net 

845.483.7300 

poughkEEpsiE—Ju n i o r s lo u n g E, 504 Salt Point Turnpike, 845.452.6963 

www.juniorsloungesaltpoint.com 

poughkEEpsiE—th E Ch a n C E, 6 Crannell St. www.thechancetheater.com 

845.486.0223 

fr 12/10- hindEr w/ saving aBEl, darkEst days and dEfault 7 PM 

sa 12/11- Misfits w/ thE ChaotiC, lEft in ruins 

a n d thE JukEBoX roMantiCs 8 PM 

tu 12/14- sparks thE rEsCuE w/ you ME and EvEryonE wE know, 

aMEly, that saME sunrisE a n d thE drivE 6 PM 

su 12/19- a vEry gk holiday w/ Just surrEndEr, hit thE lights, 

hawthornE hEights a n d o t h E r s 2 PM 

wE 12/29- hatEBrEEd stillBorn fEst 5 PM 

th 12/30- fallEn apart w/ last Call, 3 up 3 down 

a n d CosMiC aMEriCan dErEliCts 8 PM 

su 1/9- silvErstEin w/ piErCE thE vEil, Miss May i 

a n d a BullEt for prEtty Boy 5:30 PM 

poughkEEpsiE—th E lo f t, 6 Crannell St., www.thechancetheater.com 

845.486.0223 

sa 12/18- livE.lovE.diE! C d rElEa sE s h o w 6 PM 

su 12/19- a vEry gk holiday w/ Just surrEndEr, hit thE lights, 

hawthornE hEights a n d o t h E r s 2 PM 

poughkEEpsiE—pl at i n u M lo u n g E, 367 Main Street, www.thechancetheater.com 

poughkEEpsiE—sk i n n E r ha l l of Mu s i C, va ssar CollEgE, 124 Raymond Avenue 

music.vassar.edu, 845.437.7319 

rEd hook— ta s t E Bu d d’s Ca f é 40 W Market St. www.tastebudds.com 

845.758.6500 

Ev E r y sa & su- livE at tastE Budd’s l i v E M u s iC Sa 2 PM/Su 12 PM 

sa 12/11- rupErt watEs 

sa 12/18- thE Midnight soCiEty 12:30 PM 

sa 12/18- Martin rivas 

su 12/19- aCoustiC MEdiCinE show 

su 12/26- JEssiCa sMuCkEr 

rhinECliff—th E rhinECliff ho t E l, 4 Grinnell St., www.therhinecliff.com 

845.876.0590 

Ev E r y tu- loCal MusiCian showCasE w/ ka r l allwEiEr 9 PM 

Ev E r y sa- latE loungE at thE rhinECliff 9 PM 

Ev E r y 1st su- various artists 11:30 AM 

Ev E r y 2n d su- will sMith trio 11:30 AM 

Ev E r y 3r d su- BluE gardEnia 11:30 AM 

Ev E r y 4t h su- various artists w/ ElainE raChlin 11:30 AM 

su 12/12- CEltiC MusiC sEssion w/ fathEr CoEn 4-7 PM 

fr 12/17- JoE MEdwiCk’s farEwEll party 8:30 PM 

fr 12/31- nEw yEar’s EvE party 

rhinEBECk—CEntEr fo r th E pE r f o r M i n g ar t s, Route 308 

www.centerforperformingarts.org, 845.876.3080 

1/7 t h r o u g h 1/9- doo wop a luZ 

rhinEBECk—sta r r pl a C E rE s ta u r a n t s & lo u n g E , 6417 Mo n t g o M E r y st. 

www.starrplace.com, 845.876.2924 

Ev E r y 1st fr- opEn MiC 

Ev E r y th- karaokE w/ d.J. tEdEsh 

rosEndalE—Ma r k E t Ma r k E t, 1 Madeline Lane, www.jentrip.com, 845.658.3164 

fr 12/10- sEtting sun a n d QuitZow 9 PM 

th 12/16- JErEMy sunshinE 8 PM 

fr 12/17- 99 CEnt drEaMs w/ shana falana 

a n d it’s not night it’s spaCE 9-11 PM 

sa 12/18- triButon f E at u r i n g thE Clash 9 PM 

th 12/23- Erin hoBson CoMpaCt 9 PM 

wE 12/29- opEn MiC night w/ lara hopE 

fr 12/31- nEw yEar’s CElEBration w/ dJ ali gruBEr 9 PM 

rosEndalE—ro s E n d a l E th E at r E , 330 Main St., www.rosendaletheatre.org 

845.658.8989 

sa 12/11- dog on flEas B E s t o f t h E B E s t C d rElEa sE 

sa 12/18- wintEr solstiCE MusiCal CElEBration w/ alEah long & 

En full CirClE 7 PM 

rosEndalE—th E ro s E n d a l E Ca f é, 434 Main St., www.rosendalecafe.com 

845.658.9048 

tu 12/14- singEr-songwritEr tuEsday 8 PM 

fr 12/17- sarah undErhill & ian wan worpolE C d rElEa sE 8 PM 

tu 12/28- singEr-songwritEr tuEsday 8 PM 


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fr 12/17- fundraisEr ConCErt B E n E f i t i n g solidarity w i t h w o M E n in distrEss 

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saugErtiEs—Jo h n strEEt Ja M, 16 John Street, www.johnstjam.net, 845.943.6720 

saugErtiEs—Mu d d y Cu p/inQuiring Mi n d CoffEEhousE & Bo o k s t o r E, 65 Partition 

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saugErtiEs—saugErtiEs un i t E d ME t h o d i s t Ch u r C h, 59 Post St. 

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stonE ridgE—suny ul s t E r - Qu iM B y thEatEr, 491 Cottekill Road, 845.687.5262 

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fr 12/10- pEtEr rowan a n d tony riCE 8:30 PM 

sa 12/11- 5t h annual holiday train wrECk w/ pEtEr sChiCkElE, 

gillEs MalkinE a n d Mikhail horowitZ 8 PM 

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sa 12/18- thE Mighty diaMonds w/ thE yEllow wall duB sQuad 

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su 12/19- anna ChEEk Cd rElEa sE pa r t y 8 PM (see music highlights) 

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fr 12/10- thE dEadBEats 9 PM 

su 12/12- frEE folk night 8 PM 

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woodstoCk —Mav E r i C k Co n C E r t ha l l, Maverick Road 

www.maverickconcerts.org, 845.679.8217 

woodstoCk—wo o d s t o C k ar t i s t s as s o C i at i o n & Mu s E u M, 28 Tinker Street 

www.woodstockart.org, 845.679.2940 

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annandalE-on-hudson—ri C h a r d B. fi s h E r CEntEr, Route 9G 

www.fishercenter.bard.edu, 845.758.7950, Box Office: 845.758.7900 

fr 12/17- solas an laE: a MidwintEr night’s drEaM 8 PM 

annandalE-on-hudson—ot t a w a y filM CEntEr at Ba r d CollEgE 

www.bard.edu, 845.758.7900 

BEaCon—BE a C o n in s t i t u t E f o r ri v E r s a n d Es t u a r i E s , 199 Main Street 

www.riversandestuaries.org, 845.838.1600 

BEaCon—dia:BE a C o n, 3 BEEkMan strEEt, www.diabeacon.org 

845.440.0100, Th-Mo 11 AM- 6 PM 

BEaCon—ho w l a n d Cu lt u r a l CEntEr, 477 Main Street 

www.howlandculturalcenter.org, 845.832.4988 

su 12/12- no strings MarionEttEs 

fr 1/7- Calling all poEts: adrianna dElgado & JiM CottEr 8 PM 

BEaCon—ho w l a n d pu B l i C li B r a r y, 313 Main St., 845.831.1134 

howland.beacon.lib.ny.us 

BEthEl—BEthEl wo o d s CEntEr fo r th E ar t s, 200 Hurd Road and Route 17B 

(at the site of the original 1969 Woodstock Festival) 


ChathaM—ps/21, 2980 Route 66, www.ps21chatham.org, 518.392.6121 

ChathaM—Cr a n d E l l th E at r E , 46-48 Main Street, www.thechathamfilmclub.com 

518.392.3331 

EllEnvillE—sh a d o w l a n d th E at r E , 157 Canal Street 

www.shadowlandtheatre.org, 845.647.5511 

garrison—Bo s C o B E l ho u s E & ga r d E n s, 1901 rt E. 9d, 845.265.7858 

fr/sa 12/10- 12/11- holiday party w/ thE fEZZiwigs Fr 6 PM, Sa 5 PM 

(See theatre highlight) 

garrison—philipstown dE p o t th E at r E , Garrison's Landing 

www.philipstowndepottheatre.org, 845.424.3900 

grEat Barrington, Ma—th E Ma h a i w E thEatEr, 14 Castle Street 

www.mahaiwe.org, 415.528.0100 

fr 12/10- C i nE M a : thE polar EXprEss (2009) 6 PM 

sa 12/11- sCott EyErly p r E-o p E r a l E C t u r E 10:30 AM 

su 12/19- M E t o p E r a: don Carlo By giusEppE vErdi 12:30 PM 

Mo 12/20- C i nE M a : it's a wondErful lifE (1946) 7 PM 

wE 12/22- harry pottEr and thE sorCErErs stonE (2001) 6 PM 

th 12/23- C i nE M a : anniE (1982) 6 PM 

th 1/6- stEga nona M u s iC a l By toMiE dE paola 10 AM, 12 PM 

sa 1/8- M E t o p E r a: la fanCiulla dEl wEst By giaCoMo puCCini 1 PM 

highland—Bo u g h t o n pl a C E thEatEr, 150 Kisor Rd., www.boughtonplace.org 

845.691.7578 

hudson—Co l u M B i a grEEnE Co M M u n i t y CollEgE, 4400 Route 23 


hudson—hu d s o n op E r a ho u s E , 327 Warren Street 


fr/sa 12/10- 12/11- aunt lEaf By BarBara wiEChMann 8 PM 

hudson—spa C E 360, 360 Warren St., www.wtdtheater.org, 1.800.838.3006 

Shows are 8 PM, Su 2 PM 

hudson—sta g E w o r k s - th E Ma X a n d lillian kat Z M a n thEatEr 

41-A Cross Street, www.stageworkstheater.org, 518.822.9667 

through 10/10- play By play fEstival o f n E w o n E a C t p l ay s 

hudson—tiM E & spa C E liMitEd, 434 Columbia Street 

www.timeandspace.org, 518.822.8448, check website for times 

12/10 t h r o u g h 12/26- C i nE M a : thE lEgEnd of palE MalE 

12/23 t h r o u g h 1/2- C i nE M a : Bhutto 

12/23, t h r o u g h 12/30- C i nE M a : two in thE wavE 

su 12/12- C i nE M a : CliEnt 9 3:30 PM 

fr 12/17- l i v E in h d: haMlEt By williaM shakEspEarE 8 PM 

sa/su 12/18- 12/19- M E t o p E r a: don Carlo By giusEppE vErdi 12:30 PM 

sa 1/1, su 1/2- C i nE M a : Bloody town hall 


kingston—ar t s so C i E t y o f ki n g s t o n (ask) , 97 Broadway, www.askforarts.org 

845.338.0331 

EvEry tu- playwrights’ laB 6:30 PM 

kingston—Ba C k s ta g E st u d i o pr o d u C t i o n s (Bsp), 323 Wall St. 

www.bspinfo.net, 845.338.8700 

kingston—Co a C h ho u s E pl ay E r s , 12 Augusta Street 

www.coachhouseplayers.org, 845.331.2476 

kingston—ul s t E r pE r f o r M i n g ar t s CEntEr (upaC), 601 Broadway 

www.upac.org, 845.339.6088 

12/10 t h r o u g h 12/12- thE nutCraCkEr w i t h ulstEr BallEt CoMpany 

fr 12/17- C i nE M a : thE prinCEss BridE (1987) 7:30 PM 

sa 12/18-M E t o p E r a: don Carlo By giusEppE vErdi 12:30 PM


kingston—wh i t E Ea g l E ha l l, 487 Delaware Ave, www.hudsonvalleydance.org 

845.255.7061 

EvEry 3r d su - wEst Coast swing workshop and danCE 5:30-7 PM 

MiddlEtown—suny or a n g E , Harriman Hall, 115 South Street 

www.sunyorange.edu, 845.341.4891 

Mount trEMpEr—Mo u n t trEMpEr ar t s, 647 South Plank Rd. 

www.mounttremperarts.org, 845.688.9893 

nEwBurgh—th E do w n i n g filM CEntEr, 19 Front Street 

www.downingfilmcenter.com, 845.561.3686, check website for times 

EvEry su- filMs with frank 1 PM 

12/10 t h r o u g h 12/13- C i nE M a : last play at shEa 

12/18 t h r o u g h 12/20- C i nE M a : it's a wondErful lifE 

tu 12/28- C i nE M a : thE littlE prinCEss 1:30 PM 

nEw paltZ—go M E n ku d a s a i , 215 Main St., 845.255.8811 

su 12/12- ta p d a n C E r BrEnda Buffalino B o o k s i g n i n g 3-5 PM 


845.255.1901 

nEw paltZ—suny nEw pa lt Z, MC k E n n a th E at r E , 1 Hawk Drive 

www.newpaltz.edu/theatre, 845.257.3880 

nEw paltZ—un i s o n thEatEr, 68 Mountain Rest Road, www.unisonarts.org 

845.255.1559 

nEw windsor—nat i o n a l pu r p l E hE a r t ha l l o f ho n o r , 374 Temple Hill Road 

www.nysparks.com, 845-561-1765 

pEEkskill—BE a nru n n E r Ca f é, 201 S. Division Street, www.beanrunnercafe.com 

914.737.1701 

pEEkskill—pa r a M o u n t CEntEr fo r th E ar t s, 1008 Brown Street 


Sunday shows at 3 PM, all other shows at 8 PM unless otherwise noted 

fr/sa 12/17- 12/18- C i nE M a : irving BErlin's 

whitE ChristMas (1954) 8 PM 

sa 1/8- a n t o n i a a r t s prEsEnts anniE (M u s iC a l ) 7 PM (see theatre highlights) 

phoEniCia—sts pl ay h o u s E , 10 Church Street, www.stsplayhouse.com 

845.688.2279 

su 12/19- annual ChristMas show 12 PM 

poughkEEpsiE—ar l i n g t o n rEforMEd Ch u r C h, Rt. 44/55 and Main St. 

www.hudsonvalleydance.org, 845.475.0803, 845.473.7050 

poughkEEpsiE—Cu n n E E n-h a C k E t t ar t s CEntEr, 9 & 12 Vassar Street 

845.486.4571 

poughkEEpsiE—nE l ly go l E t t i th E at r E at Ma r i s t CollEgE, 3399 North Road 

www.rivervalleyrep.com, 845.575.3133 

poughkEEpsiE—poughkEEpsiE tE n n i s Cl u B, 135 S. Hamilton St. 

www.hudsonvalleydance.org, 845.454.2571 

fr 12/17- gordon wEBstEr 

poughkEEpsiE—st. Jo h n’s Eva n g E l i C a l lu t h E r a n Ch u r C h, 55 Wilbur Blvd. 

www.hudsonvalleydance.org 

poughkEEpsiE—th E Ba r d av o n , 35 Market Street, www.bardavon.org 

845.473.5288, Box Office: 845.473.2072 

12/10 t h r o u g h 12/12- thE nutCraCkEr p r E f o r M E d 

By nEw paltZ BallEt thEatrE (see theatre highlights) 


poughkEEpsiE—va ssar CollEgE, 124 Raymond Avenue 

www.vassar.edu, 845.437.7319 

poughkEEpsiE—Mid hu d s o n CiviC CEntEr, 14 Civic Center Plaza 

www.midhudsonciviccenter.com, 845.454.5800 

rhinEBECk—CEntEr fo r th E pE r f o r M i n g ar t s, Route 308 

www.centerforperformingarts.org, 845.876.3080 

Fr/Sa shows 8 PM, Su 3 PM 

12/10 t h r o u g h 12/12- sugar pluMs and nutCraCkErs 

12/15 t h r o u g h 12/19- a ChristMas Carol 

sa 12/14- pinoCChio By kids on stagE 11 AM 

sa 12/18- a ChristMas Carol p E r f o r M E d By thE puppEt pEoplE 11 AM 

(see theatre highlights) 

rhinEBECk—Co C o o n th E at r E , 6384 Mill Street (Route 9) 

www.cocoontheatre.org, 845.876.6470 

through Ja n ua ry- a rEasoning M o d E r n d a n C E 

through 12/19- fivE ChildrEn and it original a d a p tat i o n o f 

t h E B o o k By E. nEsBit Fr 7 PM, Su 3 PM 

Mo 1/3- d a n C E r/C h o r E o g r a p h E r Bill Evans in C o n C E r t 8 PM 

(see theatre highlights) 

rhinEBECk—oB l o n g Bo o k s & Mu s i C , 6422 Montgomery St. (Route 9) 

www.oblongbooks.com, 518.789.3797 



rhinEBECk—sta r r pl a C E, 6417 Montgomery St., starrplace.com, 845.876.2924 

rhinEBECk—up s tat E fi lM s , 6415 Montgomery Street (Route 9) 

www.upstatefilms.org, 845.876.2515. Call for dates and times. 

rosEndalE—ro s E n d a l E th E at r E , 330 Main St., www.rosendaletheatre.org 

845.658.8989 

sa 12/11- filM a n d disCussion o n y o u t h a n d w a r , f E at u r i n g s C r E E n i n g o f 

thE rECruitEr (2008) 5 PM 

saugErtiEs—Mu d d y Cu p/inQuiring Mi n d CoffEEhousE & Bo o k s t o r E 

65 Partition St., 845.246.5775 

stonE ridgE—suny ul s t E r - Qu iM B y th E at r E , Cottekill Road (Route 209) 

www.sunyulster.edu, 845.687.5000, 800.724.0833 

tivoli—ka atsBa an in t E r n at i o n a l da n C E CEntEr, 120 Broadway 

www.kaatsbaan.org, 845.757.5106 

tivoli—wat t s d E pEystEr ha l l, 1 Tivoli Commons, Tivoli, www.tangent-arts.org 

845.230.7020 

wappingErs falls—Co u n t y pl ay E r s , 2681 West Main Street 

www.countyplayers.org, 845.298.1491 

su 12/19- thE lEgEnd of thE snow MaidEn 4 PM, 7 PM 



woodstoCk—Co l o n y Ca f é, 22 ro C k Ci t y ro a d , www.colonycafe.com 

845.679.5342 

Ev E r y Mo- spokEn word o p E n M iC w i t h h o s t philip lEvinE 7:30 PM 

woodstoCk—klEinErt/Ja M E s ar t s CEntEr, 34 Tinker St. 


fr 12/10- g o l d E n n o t E B o o k prEsEnts s at u r d a y n i g h t l i v e’s toM davis 7 PM 

woodstoCk—ov E r l o o k un i t E d ME t h o d i s t Ch u r C h , 233 Tinker St, 845.246.7991 



woodstoCk—up s tat E fi lM s in wo o d s t o C k, 132 Tinker St., www.upstatefilms.org 

845.679.6608 

woodstoCk—wo o d s t o C k pl ay h o u s E , Route 212 and 375 

www.woodstockplayhouse.org, 845.679.4101 

woodstoCk—wo o d s t o C k to w n ha l l, 72 Tinker St. 

www.performingartsofwoodsock.org, 845.679.7900 

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december/music highlights 

Sa 12/11- THE MISFITS, w I T H CHaOTIC, LEFT 

IN RUINS, a N d THE JUKEBOX ROMaNTICS 

a T T H E CH a N C E TH E aT E R, PO U g H K E E P S I E— 

A punk band that has lasted thirty years is 

something to truly fear. That takes a powerful 

combination of toughness, ambition, and straightup 

dementia to pull off. New Jersey’s The Misfits 

fits the bill: formed in 1977 when punk was t H e mi S Fi t S 

flailing and screaming fresh from the womb, they took their name from 

Marilyn Monroe’s last movie and created their own twisted mythology, 

using black-and-white B-movie horror for a template, keeping the 

music suitably violent and primal. The result is a massive catalog, a 

multi-generational international cult following (“The Fiend Club”), 

and massive peer respect from groups as disparate as Guns ‘N Roses, 

Metallica, My Chemical Romance, and Hatebreed. A decade-long legal 

battle with original singer Glenn Danzig in the 80s seemed to sharpen 

their ferocity, and with the return of founding member Jerry Only (bass/ 

vocals) joining with former Black Flag guitarist Dez Cadena and original 

Misfits drummer Robo, the trio hasn’t looked back since, touring and 

recording relentlessly. With Chaotic, Left In Ruins, and the Jukebox 

Romantics opening. The Chance Theater, 6 Crannell St., Poughkeepsie, 

www.thechancetheater.com, 845.471.1966. 7:30 PM 

HA p p y tr A u m jo H n Se b A S t i A n 

FR 12/17- THE SOLSTICE CONCERT: HaPPY TRaUM & 

FRIENdS, w I T H JOHN SEBaSTIaN, LaRRY CaMPBELL, TERESa 

wILLIaMS, aMY HELM, STEVE EaRLE, aLLISON MOORER, 

a N d BYRON ISaaCS, a B E N E F I T F O R T H E wO O d S T O C K BYRdCLIFFE 

gU I L d (wBg) a T BEaRSVILLE TH E aT E R, wO O d S T O C K—Just as the 

Woodstock Byrdcliffe Guild digs deep into the fertile artistic community 

of Woodstock for its ever-popular “5 X 7 Show” (please see this month’s 

roll art & image), so do they also with the regional music community 

for their Annual Solstice Concert benefit. And what a community it is. 

Concert leader Happy Traum needs no introduction in these parts, but 

here’s a quick one for out-of-towners: 1963 with the New World Singers, 

cut first recording of Dylan’s “Blowing in the Wind,” wrote the influential 

Fingerpicking Styles for Guitar, multiple tours and recording with brother and 

guitar virtuoso Artie Traum, guest appearance on Dylan’s Greatest Hits, 

Vol. 2, with wife Jane founder of Homespun Tapes, a hugely valuable 

musical resource, where the masters of musical instruments and genres 

themselves teach the lessons. 

p H o t o o F HA p p y tr A u m b y di o n og u S t, p H o t o o F jo H n Se b A S t i A n b y CAt H e r i n g Se b A S t i A n

And then, the friends: the incomparable John Sebastian, whose soulful 

picking and warm smile of a voice just gets better every year, the 

multi-talented duo of Larry Campbell and Teresa Williams (Bob 

t o p, l-r; Am y Hel m, lA r ry CA m p b e l l & te r e S A wi l l iA m S , 

b o t t o m , l-r; br y o n iS A A C S, Al l i S o m moo r e r & St e v e eA r l e 

Dylan, Levon Helm Band), Amy Helm and Byron Isaacs from the 

gospel/folk/roots-music ensemble Ollabelle, and recent Ulster County 

transplants Steve Earle and Allison Moorer, bringing a taste of Texas 

and Tennessee to the party. If you haven’t yet, better get a ticket quick 

(www.woodstockguild.org), because these do tend to go fast. Bearsville 

Theater, 291 Tinker St. (Rte. 212), Woodstock/Bearsville, 

www.bearsvilletheater.com, 845.679.4406. 8 PM 

SU 12/19- aN aC O U S T I C EV E N I N g w I T H IaN HUNTER & 

FRIENdS a T TO w N E CR I E R, Pa w L I Ng —If you’ve never had a taste 

of the ass-kicking shot of moonshine that was Mott The Hoople, I 

feel sorry for you, I really do. ‘Cause that was a proper rock band 

there, swaggering through the Seventies riding a good-as-theoriginal 

cover of David Bowie’s “All The Young Dudes” into initial 

orbit, and staying there thanks to relentless touring and a string of 

wicked tunes by leader Ian Hunter: “Once Bitten, Twice Shy,” “All 

the Way from Memphis,” etc. Ex-Spider-From-Mars Mick Ronson got 

aboard just as that ship crashed out of the sky, and the Hunter/Ronson 

team was good for one killer “solo” record for Hunter—the criticallyacclaimed 

All American Alien Boy—and the Hunter/Ronson album and tour 

of 1988. Since then Hunter has resurfaced from time to time, but so far has 

resisted the clamor and howl to bring back Mott for one more go-round. 

He shouldn’t have to, his songwriting has the same hustle and bite it ever 

did, and he’s been putting a new release out every two years—the most 

recent being 2009’s Man Overboard. This particular show at the Towne Crier 

features Hunter in an acoustic setting with frequent collaborators Andy 

York and Steve Holley, and we recommend getting dinner reservations 

with this one the food is 

great, and reservers get first 

shot at seating. Towne Crier 

Café, 130 Rte. 22, Pawling, 

www.townecrier.com, 

845.855.1300. 7:30 PM 

iA n Hun t e r 


SU 12/19- aNNa CHEEK Cd RE L E a S E 

F O R wa T E R OV E R T H E BR I d g E, aT 

BEaRSVILLE THEaT E R, wO O d S T O C K—It’s 

been a trying year for pianist/songwriter/ 

chanteuse Anna Cheek, who has spent the 

better part of it on an unintended hiatus, 

battling illness that sapped her of energy, 

making performance all but impossible. 

An n A CH eeK 

But fine music won’t be denied, and 

though it was recorded last year, her Water Over the Bridge has patiently 

awaited its proper debut, and it’s well worth the wait (please see this 

month’s roll CD reviews). Originally from New Orleans, by way of 

Canada, Maine, and Puerto Rico, the classically-trained Cheek weaves 

threads from multiple musical sources into a highly individualistic sound 

that one reviewer has compared to “Eartha Kitt meets Rickie Lee Jones” 

(though I would add a dash of the Cranberries’ Dolores O’Riordan). With 

a strong backing unit including longtime collaborators Kyle Esposito 

(bass) and Manuel Quintana (drums,), plus guitar whiz Todd Nelson, 

percussionist Bob Resnick, and backing vocalists, this show should serve 

as a potent reintroduction for an important regional artist we at roll hope 

to see more of in the coming year. Welcome back, Anna! Bearsville 

Theater, 291 Tinker St. (Rte. 212), Woodstock/Bearsville, 

www.bearsvilletheater.com, 845.679.4406. 8 PM 

FR 12/31 T H R O U g H 1/3/11- 

NEw YEaR’S aT aSHOKaN, 

w I T H JaY UNgaR a N d 

MOLLY MaSON a N d 

O T H E R S, a T aSHOK a N CENTER, OLIVEBRIdgE—If you’re a lover 

of listening to, playing, singing, 

and/or dancing to Swing, Cajun, 

Blues, Waltzes, Contra and Square 

Dance music, this event might just 

be irresistible, especially since the 

party is being thrown by Ashokan Center’s Jay Ungar and Molly Mason. 

Music and dance lovers can sign on for the full 3-4 days (including Monday), 

where for a truly modest fee, you can stay onsite at the bunkhouse (or 

a local hotel if you prefer), get meals, snacks, and beverages, and enjoy 

daily classes, jam sessions, and singalongs, followed by dances in the 

evening. Participants include Swingology—featuring Jay & Molly with 

Mike & Ruthy, Peter Davis, Peter Ecklund, Dave Davies, and Harry 

Aceto, The Red Stick Cajun Band, The Emulsifiers (contra and square 

dances), dance callers Will Mentor and John Krumm, swing and blues 

dance instructors Cindy Overstreet and Steve Ryan, and Cajun/Creole 

dance instructor Corey Porche. If staying the weekend is a bit much, 

there’s a special New Year’s Eve Dinner & Dance deal, and that night 

promises to be a hot one in the barn. See the website for full details 

and options. Ashokan Center, 477 Beaverkill Rd., Olivebridge, 

www.ashokan.org, 845.246.2121. Fr 12/31, Dinner 5 PM, Dance 8 PM 

l; jAy un g A r & mo l ly mA S o n, r; mi K e & ru t H y

music reviews 

A VIBERATTO— A 

(King of Beasts Records) 

Instrumental albums often have a difficult time 

staking claim in a world so enamored of vocals. 

Thankfully, A Viberatto’s A is here to set the 

record straight. 

A is a thoroughly pleasing journey through the life of Pet Sounds as 

recorded by French down-tempo electronic duo Air. But while such a 

comparison draws worry over unfinished vocals, A is a complete work, 

one led by Jimmy Goodman’s vibraphone, synthesizers and piano. Over 

11 tracks with single word titles, Goodman’s vision is as clear as a walk 

across a frozen lake on a winter morning, or perhaps the fireside respite 

which immediately follows. There’s warmth here, but also a majestic 

distance that transcends. 

PERROTTA— TONIGHT 

(Perrotta Music) 

Tonight opens with its title track, a slo-fi crawl as perfectly sparse as 

anything from the first few albums by Low. But unlike that celebrated 

trio, Perrotta quickly takes the music in a different direction on the 

second song, “Someone Like You,” which is 

also a slower number, but one which sounds 

a bit like Smashing Pumpkins used to before 

Billy Corgan disappeared up his own ego. 

And so goes Tonight, a 12-track release which 

condenses everything you used to love about 

college radio into one splendidly emotional 

package. It all starts with Sarah Perrotta, 

who plays a variety of keyboard-based 

instruments, including Moog and Wurlitzer. 

But even more essential to the Perrotta sound 

is her voice, a thrillingly versatile instrument in its own right, 

equally comfortable delicately lilting and soaring through the 

skies. It does both on “Conquer Me.” 

Also absolutely integral is the work of Johnnie Wang, 

who strafes the landscape with incendiary guitar, and Will 

Olsen, whose complex rhythms aren’t just comfortable with 

legendary guest bassist Tony Levin, but also know when to say 

when, filling in space and driving the machine without ever 

taking it off the rails. 

“Falling to Pieces” is the love song you forgot you needed and “Want 

You Here” is the dirge for a love you didn’t know you lost. Song by 

captivating song, Tonight strikes the right chord from beginning to end. 

—Crispin Kott 

www.perrottamusic.com 


Goodman rolls out the superstars on the first two 

tracks—“Polar” and “Riiver”—whose contributions 

include those from Tony Levin and Garth Hudson (the 

latter also appears later, playing melodica on “Rooster”). But while those 

songs feature the greatest number of musicians in total, they blend in 

well with the rest of the album, a collection refreshingly free of anything 

jarring or brash. It’s a soundtrack to the most relaxing day of your life. 

If you like your mellow with an awful lot of depth, A Viberatto’s A is 

where it’s at. —Crispin Kott 

www.kingofbeastsrecords.com 

ANNA CHEEK— WATER OVER THE BRIDGE 

(Chestnut Records) 

Describing the sound of Anna Cheek’s voice is nearly impossible, so 

perhaps it makes more sense to talk about how it feels to listen to it. It’s 

unsettling, but so are a lot of things you actually love. It’s unique, not 

necessarily in what it sounds like, but what it does. She’s an artist in 

every sense of the concept, especially with her voice. 

Witness “Fountainhead,” on which Cheek directs the musical core 

with a vocal at once unwieldy and terrific. This is followed by the 

absolutely stellar “Midnight Blue Sky,” with a chorus that amps up 

the notion of arms aloft singalongs in splendid fashion. 

“Pretender” opens with the shimmering sound of something in reverse 

before one of the most intriguing drum tracks in recent memory joins 

Cheek’s piano and forlorn vocal. It’s perhaps the 

album’s standout track, though it’s difficult to pick 

just one with such a wealth of wonder at one’s 

disposal. 

Who this album is for is a mystery, because it’s 

really for anyone who longs for sophisticated 

music that resonates in the heart, which takes on 

contemporary notions like the backing vocalsas-strings 

on “In Another Minute” that recalls 

last year’s celebrated Dirty Projectors album, 

Bitte Orca. But there are also classic sounds here alongside the entirely 

original, which is perhaps the best way to describe Water Over the Bridge: 

A singular work of an original artist in a unique yet diverse musical 

world. —Crispin Kott 

www.annacheek.com

oll back 

John Lennon— Rare and Unseen 

(Wienerworld Presentations) 

Paul McCartney— Paul McCartney 

Really is Dead: The Last Testament 

of George Harrison 

(Highway 61 Films) 

The Rolling Stones— 

Rare and Unseen 

(Wienerworld Presentations) 

The Rolling Stones— 1969-1974: 

The Mick Taylor Years 

(Sexy Intellectual Productions) 

Eric Clapton— The 1960s Review 

(Sexy Intellectual Productions) 

The Kinks— You Really Got Me: 

The Story of the Kinks 

(ABC Entertainment) 

There may never be another period in rock to rival the British 

Invasion. From 1964 to 1966, it seemed like the UK could do nothing 

but launch one fantastic Beat band after another, delivering them 

all to our shores in rapid, head-spinning succession. Today even 

nonagenarians and kids know the wave was spearheaded by the 

Beatles, who were quickly followed by the Animals, the Dave Clark 

Five, the Searchers, Gerry and the Pacemakers, and dozens more, each 

one bringing its own idiosyncratic, swinging English concoction of 

American R&B, pop, and rock ’n’ roll. 

Fittingly, then, we’ll start this fab DVD round-up with two Beatlesrelated 

titles. The John Lennon Rare and Unseen disc mainly consists of 

television interviews and specials interspersed with commentary by 

Beatles press officer Tony Barrow, Len Goodman of the (pre-Beatles) 

Quarrymen, and “fan” Phil Collins. Pretty cool for Lennon lovers, 

but one wishes the source shows weren’t so cut up. It’s hard to decide 

whether Paul McCartney Really is Dead is more hilarious or painful. 

Building on the age-old myth that McCartney was killed in car crash 

and replaced by a doppelganger (“to prevent mass suicides of Beatle 

fans”), producer Joel Gilbert claims to have been mailed a deathbed tape 

of George Harrison confessing to all of this and insisting Lennon was 

murdered to keep the secret safe. The result: a Harrison impersonator 

with a laughably fake accent delivering a litany of “clues” hidden in songs 

and album covers. Something to fuel many a doob-infused dorm-room 

controversy hang. No surprise Gilbert was also behind the ridiculous 

Bob Dylan’s Jesus Years doc reviewed here previously. 

The Beatles’ biggest rivals were, of course, the Rolling Stones, whose 

likewise-unauthorized Rare and Unseen is more problematic than the 

above Lennon installment. With zero narrative, it strings together 

interviews and footage from all periods of the Stones’ career, and is 

haphazard but still worth a look—mostly for the scarce early ’60s 

segment filmed in Ireland. Concentrating on what was, arguably, the 

Stones’ greatest period, 1969-1974: The Mick Taylor Years chronicles the 

guitarist’s tenure and his contributions. Although Taylor himself is 

hardly interviewed, it’s gratifying to see the fame-eschewing ex-Stone 

get some well-deserved props. Commentators include Bluesbreakers 

leader John Mayall and author Alan Clayson. 


As far as Brit guitar heroes go, Eric Clapton is certainly much better 

known than Taylor. Per its title, The 1960s Review covers Slowhand’s 

peak years with the Yardbirds, the Bluesbreakers, Cream, and Blind 

Faith. Like the Taylor DVD, it features less talk from the subject himself 

and more from Mayall and Clayson, along with Yardbirds Chris Dreja 

and Top Topham, and Cream drummer Ginger Baker and producer Bill 

Halverson. The live footage is good evidence as to why, despite Clapton’s 

being a career maverick, his best music by far happened when he was 

embedded in the above great bands. 

The Kinks were perhaps the most underrated—and definitely the most 

quintessentially English—band of the era, and have been long overdue 

for a great film validating their place as a group that uniquely blended 

R&B, British music hall, folk, country, proto-punk/metal guitar, and 

poetic introspection. Unfortunately, You Really Got Me is not that film. 

With a stiff voiceover and maybe the worst editing of all time, it loosely 

cobbles performance clips (most great, admittedly) and chopped-off 

interviews with bandleader Ray Davies, eschewing any timeline as it 

thoughtlessly jumps around. Did anyone bother to watch this before 

it was released? For kool Kinks klips “YouTube Really Got Me” is still 

king.—Peter Aaron 

John Lennon and the Rolling Stones Rare and Unseen, Paul McCartney, the 

Kinks: www.mvdvisual.com. 

Eric Clapton, the Rolling Stones 1969-1974: The Mick Taylor Years: 

www.chromedreams.co.uk.

f 

YEar-End pLanning Can LowEr 

fUtUrE tax biLLs? By Beth Jones, RLP® 

As the 2010 year end approaches, we may be too preoccupied with 

holiday plans to think about our taxes. The Bush tax cuts are set to 

expire at the end of 2010, so 2011 taxes could rise to as high as 39.5 

percent on income and dividends and 20 percent on capital gains. 

op p o rt u n i t i e S f o r minimizing t a x l i a b i l i t i e S 

First, you’ll need your prior year’s tax return, as well as your current 

paystubs and account statements. Based on this information, you can 

make some rough projections regarding your tax bill. If you’re in 

a position similar to last year, you can expect a similar outcome; if 

your situation has changed dramatically, you may need to revise your 

potential tax liabilities up or down. 

Consider the following: 

are you withholding the right amount? 

•If you anticipate owing taxes, increase your federal income tax 

withholding to avoid owing a potential penalty. 

•If you anticipate a large refund, decrease your withholding so 

you can receive your money now rather than waiting for a refund 

check. 

subject to the alternative minimum tax (aMt)? The AMT 

attempts to ensure that high-income individuals pay a minimum tax 

amount. Following are possible triggers for the AMT: 

•Large numbers of personal exemptions 

•Itemized deductions for medical expenses 

•Deductions for state, local, personal property, and real estate 

taxes 

•Home equity loan interest where the financing isn’t used to buy, 

build, or improve your home 

•Exercising incentive stock options 

•Large miscellaneous itemized deduction amounts from items 

such as investment expenses and unreimbursed employee business 

expenses 

Calculate your regular income tax on Form 1040; then consider your 

potential AMT liability using Form 6251. If you are subject to AMT, 

you should consult a tax professional. 

should you change the timing of your income and deductions? 

Federal income tax rates are scheduled to increase in 2011, unless 

Congress acts before the end of the year. With the uncertainty around 

income tax rates for 2011, you may benefit from some last-minute 

moves to either accelerate or delay your income and/or deductions. 

If you expect to be in a higher tax bracket next year, you might want 

to accelerate income into this year so you will pay tax on it this year. 

If you are in the higher marginal tax brackets, you also may want to 

accelerate deductions in order to pay less tax this year. In 2010, there 

is no reduction for itemized deductions for higher-income taxpayers, 

but the phase-out of deductions returns in 2011. 

to a c c e l e r at e i n c o m e i n t o t h i s y e a r: 

•Consider selling capital gain property you anticipate 

selling in 2011. 

•Convert a traditional IRA to a Roth IRA. 

to a c c e l e r at e d e d u c t i o n s i n t o t h i s y e a r: 

•Consider paying medical expenses in December rather than 

January, if doing so will allow you to qualify for the medical 

expense deduction. 

•Prepay deductible interest. 

roll—dollars & sense 


•Pay real estate, state, and local taxes before year-end. 

•Take deductions and credits that are only available for 2010, such 

as the energy efficient home improvement credit. 

Consider non-charitable gifts in 2010 and 2011, you can give up to 

$13,000 ($26,000 for married couples) to as many individuals as you 

choose, without incurring any federal gift taxes. Transferring assets 

during life can save on future estate and gift tax bills. 

Maximize contributions to retirement saving. Depending on 

your personal financial situation, you may be eligible to make taxdeductible 

contributions to an IRA, or you can contribute after-tax 

dollars to a Roth IRA (qualified distributions will be tax-free). If 

you are contributing to an employer plan, you may want to make the 

maximum pretax contribution. 

Update your estate plan. Review and update your estate plan to 

account for any changes in your financial life, circumstances, or tax 

laws to ensure that your asset titling and beneficiary choices are still 

in line with your plans. 

Sp e c i a l c o n S i d e r at i o n S f o r b u S i n e S S o w n e r S 

Business owners have other tax considerations. Consult a professional 

for assistance with your situation. 

Expensing of business property. For 2010, small businesses are 

allowed up to 50 percent additional depreciation for qualifying 

property purchased and placed into service before December 31. 

Corporate employee-shareholders. If you are an owner of a 

corporation who also works in the business, you need to consider 

employment taxes in your salary structure. Medicare tax, in 

particular, is not capped and will be levied against all income received 

as salary. Look at your salary level and company income distribution 

for opportunities to reduce your taxes. The IRS expects you to take a 

reasonable salary, so you’ll want to consult a tax professional. 

Leverage your gift tax exclusion with your business. You may be 

able to gift ownership interests that are eligible for valuation discounts. 

Structures such as family limited partnerships (FLPs) and LLCs can 

also provide valuation discounts when interests are transferred. These 

discounted gifts can help transfer assets to save future estate or gift 

taxes and can be made a regular part of the year-end tax review 

routine. 

Stay tuned to breaking news coming from Congress at the end of this 

year, which may give you a last-minute opportunity to reduce taxes. 

With a bit of effort and some professional assistance, you can pave the 

way for happier tax years to come. 

This material has been provided for general informational purposes only and does 

not constitute either tax or legal advice. Investors should consult your tax or legal 

professionals regarding your individual situation. 

Beth Jones, RLP® is a Registered Life Planner and independent Financial 

Consultant with Third Eye Associates, Ltd, a Registered Investment Adviser 

located at 38 Spring Lake Road in Red Hook, NY. She can be reached at 

845-752-2216 or www.thirdeyeassociates.com . Securities offered through 

Commonwealth Financial Network, Member FINRA/SPIC.

december/theatre/cinema highlights 

TH R O U g H dE C E M B E R- SPOTLIgHT ON HOLIdaY 

PERFORMaNCES 

FR/Sa 12/10, 11- HOLIdaY PaRTY wITH THE 

FEZZIwIgS, a T BO S C O B E L HO U S E & ga R d E N S, ga R R I S O N— 

Fans of the Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival—featured 

every summer at Boscobel House & Gardens—know one 

thing for certain: those actors are some of the very best in 

the biz. Festival Players Richard Ercole, Eleanor Handley, 

Katie Hartke, and Stephen Paul Johnson will be on 

hand to perform a staged reading of excerpts from Dickens’ 

A Christmas Carol amongst the garlands and candles, with 

festive fare and drinks following. Proceeds benefit HVSF and 

Boscobel. Boscobel House & Gardens, 1601 Rte. 9D, Garrison, 

www.brownpapertickets.com/event/137782, 845.265.7858. Fr 12/10 6-8 

PM, Sa 12/11 5-7 PM 

12/10-12, 17-19- A CHRISTMAS CAROL (STa g E a N d P U P P E T S) a N d 

SUGAR PLUMS AND NUTCRACKERS aT THE CENTER F O R 

PE R F O R M I N g aRT S aT RHIN E B E C K, RH I N E B E C K—Let’s be 

honest here: everybody enjoys that moment when Scrooge 

wakes up on Christmas and gets all giddy with it; it’s one of 

those favorite feelgood moments, like Jimmy Stewart with 

Zuzu’s petals in It’s a Wonderful Life. The CENTER features 

two ways to Dickens’ classic: one is an all-new staged rendition (Fr-Su 

12/17-19)—with carols! The other is a special puppet version for the kids 

performed by The Puppet People (Sa 12/18, 11 AM). Loosely based on The 

Nutcracker, Sugar Plums and Nutcrackers (Fr 12/10-12) tell its story of a young 

girl who follows her dreams—with the audience—using the disciplines 

of classical ballet, jazz, rhythm tap, hip-hop and magic. The CENTER 

for Performing Arts at Rhinebeck, 661 Rte. 308, Rhinebeck, www. 

centerforperformingarts.org, 845.876.3080. Fr/Sa 8 PM, Su 3 PM 

12/10-12- THE NUTCRACKER, P E R F O R M E d B Y CaTS K I L L BaLLET 

TH E a T R E a T ULS T E R PER F O R M I N g aR T S CEN T E R (UPaC), KI N g S T O N; a N d 

B Y NEw PaLT Z BaLLET TH E aT R E aT THE Ba R d aV O N , PO U g H K E E P S I E — It’s 

time again for fun and games with winsome young Clara, a dashing young 

walnut-crushing Prince, a Fairy of the Sugar Plum variety, mice versus 

toy soldiers, and those nutty Von Stahlbaums. The Bardavon folks have 

both sides of the Hudson covered this particular weekend with the holiday 

favorite, with Catskill Ballet Theatre at UPAC (Fr 12/10 9:30 AM, 12 PM; 

Fr/Sa 12/10, 11 8 PM, Su 12/12 2 PM) and New Paltz Ballet Theatre at The 

Bardavon (Sa 12/11 2 & 7:30 PM, Su 12/12 3 PM) UPAC, 601 Broadway, 

Kingston, 845.339.6088; The Bardavon, 35 Market St., Poughkeepsie, 

845.473.2072, www.bardavon.org. 

MO 1/3- da N C E R/CH O R E O g R a P H E R BILL EVaNS IN C O N C E RT, aT CO C O O N 

TH E a T R E , RH I N E B E C K—It’s not every day that a world-class dancer/ 

choreographer/instructor—one who along with Savion Glover and 

Brenda Bufalino was voted one of the top three tap dancers in the US by 

Dance Magazine in 2004—comes to town for several days of workshops, 


bo S C o b e l 

and closes with a special concert. But that's exactly what's happening 

at downtown Rhinebeck’s Cocoon Theatre, which seems to be making 

something of a comeback recently, featuring its holiday show Five Children 

and It, adapted from the book by E. Nesbit (12/10 through 19, Fr/Sa 

7 PM, Su 3 PM). World-renowned dance expert Bill Evans will be 

hosting “unique movement” and master classes (1/2, 3, 4, see website 

for details), and will give a performance—with Don Halquist and 

Andrés & Marguerite San Millán—which will feature a brand new 

dance choreographed and performed by Cocoon, as well as a tap piece 

by the master. Cocoon Theatre, 6384 Mill St. (Rte. 9), Rhinebeck, 

www.cocoontheatre.org, 845.876.6470. 8 PM 

Sa/SU 1/8 & 9- aN T O N I a aRT S P R E S E N T S ANNIE, B Y CHa R L E S STR O U S E, 

Ma R T I N CHa R N I N, a N d THO M a S MEE H a N, a T PaR a M O U N T CEN T E R F O R 

T H E aRT S, PE E K S K I L L—Though Harold Gray’s long-running comic strip 

“Annie” certainly has racked up its share of funny-page fans over the 

years, it can be reasonably argued that the Broadway musical version 

of Annie—which set a record for its six-year run at the Alvin, now Neil 

Simon Theatre, while winning the coveted Tony Award—has taken the 

plucky orphan (and her little dog too) to a whole ‘nother level of cultural 

significance. What female kid under 16 hasn’t had a belt at “Tomorrow?” 

And show me a hip-hop fan who doesn’t know Jay-Z’s version of “It’s A 

Hard Knock Life.” Annie has appeal for all ages at all times, with ample 

comedy and drama, great tunes, and memorable characters: crusty but 

tender Daddy Warbucks, mean ol’ boozer Miss Hannigan, smart and sweet 

Miss Farrell, and that cute lil’ doggie. We all could use some Depressionera 

type entertainment right about now, eh? Paramount Center for the 

Arts, 1008 Brown St., Peekskill, www.paramountcenter.org, 914.739.2333. 

Sa 1/8 7 PM, Su 1/9 3 PM 

pA r A m o u n t Cen t er F o r t H e Ar t S

oll art & image 


the secret life of plants: 

b o ta n i c a l a r t i s t 

Wendy 

Hollender by Ross Rice


ome things can be easily taken for granted. For instance, the camera 

is a fairly recent development—no pun intended. Yet there are 

libraries full of books on zoology and botany, with detailed images 

of flora and fauna that have been pored over by students for 

centuries. Somebody had to draw or paint those images, which— 

though created solely for the purpose of reference and information— 

often have an aesthetic beauty and resonance that transcend the 

humble subject. 

Yet, in spite of the ever-improving technology of the camera, 

the field of botanical art is still viable and vibrant, as it becomes 

clear that the artist brings so much more to the image than 

a camera ever could. Hudson Valley-based botanical artist/ 

teacher Wendy Hollender is at the top of the field, with 

works in numerous publications and galleries, including 

a touring Smithsonian exhibit of endangered plant species. And 

with her new teaching studio/organic farm just outside of Accord, 

she’s teaching others to see inside the secret lives of plants, and present 

them to the world. 

It’s a rare person who in their youth decides: hey, I want to grow up to be 

a botanical artist. As a child growing up on Long Island, Wendy certainly 

wasn’t one of them, this whole lifepath blossomed out of….boredom. 

“My career actually began as a teenager. In high school I doodled on 

my notebook covers—I just liked to cover any available surface with 

design and pattern. And I actually used those notebooks to apply to 

RISD (Rhode Island School of Design)….and got in! I had no training, I 

couldn’t do anything realistic. But I was really good with splashy color 

and patterns, and I had no problem covering the paper with stuff.” Her 

fellow freshman students kept asking her if she was majoring in textile 

design, which she’d never even heard of, but after about the 20th time 

it got mentioned she decided to look into it. Turns out it was the right 

direction for her, her repetitive cover-the-page doodling style was, er, 

tailor-made for textile design, so she went for it. She graduated, moved 

to Manhattan, and went pro, soon racking up a solid client base: Laura 

Ashley, Ralph Lauren, Wedgewood China, among others. 

When she started out, splashy and contemporary were in vogue. But 

as the trend went towards traditional and floral patterns, Wendy found 

herself referring to older documents and drawings for inspiration. Then 

she decided to take it further. “I began looking for a place to study 

botanical illustration. I had gotten more and more fascinated with that 

old-time skill as it related to my textile design, because I used these old 

documents for reference. And I loved the way they looked, how realistic 

they were, and three-dimensional. I could copy old documents or I could 

work from photographs to do a kind of realistic floral textile design, but 

I couldn’t (yet) work from real flowers and plants.” Fortunately, she 

found the perfect place to study very close by: The New York Botanical 

Garden, in the Bronx, had one of the largest programs for botanical 

illustration in the world. 

Learning the necessary techniques there—one-light source, perspective, 

accurate realistic mixing of colors, plant structure and botany—brought 

an realistic enhancement to her decorative textile work, as she began 

getting her images directly from real plants instead of drawings and 

photographs. After a few years of study she made her public debut, 

producing a show of twelve large botanically-themed oil paintings. The 

show caught the eye of a California calendar company, who purchased 

the twelve, and Wendy had her first official botanical drawing job. 


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Meanwhile, the textile business was getting stale for her, as 

manufacturing was being outsourced, and product starting to lose 

quality. Having already done extensive plant drawing at Riverside 

Park—which Wendy lived nearby, a single mom raising two children: 

Abby and Jesse—she approached the Park Commission with her folio, 

and soon she had another client. This led to offers to travel workshops 

in Nantucket, Hawaii, Trinidad, and the New York Botanical 

Garden teaching colored pencil technique. Teaching was particularly 

“empowering” for Wendy, who enjoys the demonstration aspect 

immensely. Student demand for her personal step-by-step examples led 

her to self-publishing a book. Using a top-bound notebook format— 

with plenty of blank sheets to practice on—she takes the reader one 

lesson at a time to the finished product. Its success led to publisher 

Random House requesting a full-length book, Botanical Drawing in 

Color, which came out July 2009. 

Up until last February she was pretty happy operating from Manhattan, 

drawing, traveling, and teaching, as well as working as a coordinator 

at the Botanical Garden. “More and more I realized I didn’t want to 

just visit the plants, I wanted to live among them. I wanted to have 

my own place where I could do that and also teach it, because I 

was frustrated with always going to these places to teach. Often you’d 

go to a beautiful garden, and they’d have you stuck in a classroom 

teaching. Why?” 

Wendy had been making some trips upstate, visiting fellow botanical 

artist and Accord resident Carol Woodin. A strawberry picking 

session at Kelder’s (on Rte. 209, with the enormous gnome) started a 

love affair with the area. “I started getting this vision that summer that 

I needed my own farm where I could work, I could teach, I could have 

an organic farm, there could be other things going on other than what 

I did.” Pretty soon she was talking it up with friends and family, and 

her two kids—now in their 20’s—were interested too. More trips to 

Kelder’s, and a Rondout Valley Farm Tour sealed it; that day she fell in 

love with the very road she lives on today. 

But Wendy and her then-partner couldn’t agree on the concept—he 

wanted a backwoods getaway, she wanted nature but to be near 

town—and they split up over it. She went back to the real estate agent 

the couple had been using, telling her “don’t show me these weekend 

retreat places, that’s not what I’m looking for, I want to have a farm, 

be part of a community.” She found the farmhouse/horse barn/ 

acreage she was looking for, and over the next year Hollengold Farms 

came to full fruition, complete with fledgling organic mini-farm, and 

the barn renovated into a multi-purpose building: gift shop, farmer’s 

market, well-appointed kitchen, meeting place/lesson area, lodgings, 

and Wendy’s spacious skylit upstairs studio, with an almost panoramic 

view of the grounds. 

The studio: a pair of drying kohl-rabi still on her drawing table next to 

its rough sketch, straight from the late-season garden outside—which 

is still producing kale, Brussels sprouts, broccoli, various cabbages. 

Books of botanical photography, a large self-lit magnifying glass 

and microscope, a full spectrum of German colored pencils, stacks 

of durable Italian-made watercolor paper. Wendy shows me some 

recent works, and they’re fascinating to see close-up. Finely detailed 

line and charcoal drawing is seamlessly blended with the colored 

pencil, which Wendy is somehow able to manipulate in a manner 

similar to oil painting. And despite the need for precision and detail 

of reality involved, “there is definitely very much an artistic side to it. 

Composition is really important, which features you choose to show 

and highlight. I do love scientific details, whether it’s for scientific

purposes or not…I just like the style.” Often with Wendy’s drawings, 

the plant is presented in various stages of development, with exquisitely 

small details of the flowers seeds and reproductive mechanisms. The 

finished product represents a meeting point of science and art, both in 

equal measure. 

And botanical art is not above being capable of a little controversy. 

Wendy submitted two pieces for the Botanical Garden’s upcoming 

“Unusual Plants” exhibit: common burdock…and an opium poppy. 

“They really liked it, and they wanted to put it in the show, but 

because it’s an illegal plant, they were afraid they couldn’t show it.” 

It’s a beautiful drawing, with detailed close-ups of the honeycombed 

seeds—hard to believe this innocent-looking flower is responsible for 

so much destruction. 

Wendy has managed to make her vision a reality, 

working and teaching drawing workshops, and 

living among the growing plants (absolutely 

no opium poppies) that feed her inspiration, 

and sometime also feed the stomach. “I let 

the plant tell me what to do, it’s in charge. 

I don’t think I can really improve on nature, so 

I don’t really try to.” 

Some of Wendy Hollender’s works can be seen at 

Harney & Sons Teas, 1 Railroad Plaza, Millerton; 

and at www.whartdesign.com. More information 

about drawing workshops and the farmer’s market at 

Hollengold Farms (Accord) 

at www.hollengoldfarm.com. 

Watch a video of Wendy demonstrating her technique at www.rollmagazine.com 


A b o v e & l eF t; we n d y Hol l en d er, p H o t o S b y mAt t pe t r i C o n e

nighTly movies 

aT 7:15 

CloseD TuesDays 

aDmission: $6 

uPCoMiNg 

SPeCial 

eVeNTS a 

December 11, 11 am Dog on Fleas CD 

release show: The BesTesT oF The BesT 

$5 adults/Kids free 

December 11, 5 pm The reCruiTer (part of 

the Youth and War Series sponsored by The 

Rosendale Theatre and The Children’s Media 

Project, funded by a grant from the NY Council 

for the Humanities $7/ free for 18 & under 

December 18, 8 pm aleah long & en Full 

CirCle present a musical winter solstice 

celebration. This multi-cultural ensemble of 

musicians from the Hudson Valley uses 

vocalizations, songs, Tibetan singing bowls 

and drumming to create lush soundscapes. 

$12.50/$6 under 12 


© 2010 Nadine Robbins, Oil on Canvas, 48”x72” 

ImmortalIze yourself 

Or someone you love 

in a custom portrait painting. 

845-233-0082 

www.nadinerobbinsportraits.com 

WOODSTOCK BYRDCLIFFE GUILD 

KLEINERT/JAMES ARTS CENTER 

34 Tinker Street | Woodstock, NY 12498 USA 

p: (845) 679-2079 f: (845) 679-4529 

info@woodstockguild.org | www.woodstockguild.org 

ELEVENTH ANNUAL 5 BY 7 SHOW 

EVERYONE’S FAVORITE LITTLE SHOW 

DECEMBER 3 - DECEMBER 31, 2010 

PREVIEW PARTY: FRIDAY, DECEMBER 3, 5:00 - 7:00 PM 

kleinert/james arts center, 34 tinker street, woodstock, ny 

ADMISSION IS $10 (FREE FOR 5 BY 7 ARTISTS) 

CULINARY OFFERINGS BY TENZO MOUNTAINE 

The 5 by 7 Show is a major fundraising event for the 

Kleinert/James Arts Center and we hope that you will help us 

by purchasing a small work from us. The works are exhibited 

anonymously and each is sold for $100. 

sponsored by 

www. woodstockguild. org 


art 

galleries

december/art highlights 

TH R O U g H 12/23- “PIRaNESI,” P H O T O g R aV U R E S B Y LO T H a R OS T E R B U R g; 

a N d “THE FRUSTRaTION OF EXPRESSION” g R O U P S H O w a T 

TH E CE N T E R F O R PH O T O g R a P H Y aT wO O d S T O C K (CPw), wO O d S T O C K— 

Viewing stills from Lothar Osterberg’s “Piranesi”—in the Center for 

Photography at Woodstock’s Kodak Gallery—makes you feel like you’re 

watching a frame from a great early silent film like Nosferatu or The Golem, 

where the detailed black-and-white momentary scenes themselves give 

you pages of gothic narrative. Osterberg’s show is inspired by Italian 

printmaker Giovanni Batista Piranesi’s Carceri series—depicting imaginary 

prisons—using the process known as photogravure, which produces rich 

blacks and infinite grays. The densely crafted models are given a dreamlike 

quality, shot through a magnifying glass or macro lens to add limited depth 

of field, and enhanced by the camera’s placement within their miniature 

trappings. Accompanying will be a stop-action video on the construction 

of “Piranesi,” accompanied with music by award-winning composer 

Elizabeth Brown. In the rest of the gallery, it’s a collaboration among 

CPW, the iNDIE Media Program, and renowned Seattle-based video 

artist Gary Hill: “The Frustration of Expression.” The exhibition features 

Hill’s Wall Piece (2000): a complex multifaceted installation which features 

the artist hurling himself against a wall; with each impact a strobe flashes, 

both complicating and articulating the moment as Hill simultaneously hits 

the wall and utters a single word. Five selected alumni of the iNDIE Media 

Program—Marilla Abrahamsen, Will Lytle, Anthony Morelli, Kaela 

Smith, and Taima Smith—have created newly commissioned pieces both 

in response to Hill’s work and focused on addressing “the frustration of 

expression,” particularly in connection to having grown up in Woodstock. 

Their video installations, created specifically for this exhibition, explore 

the terrain of adolescent expression and the obstacles—both external and 

internal—to that expression. The Center for Photography at Woodstock, 

59 Tinker St., Woodstock, www.cpw.org, 845.679.9957. 

TH R O U g H Ja N Ua RY- SP O T L I g H T O N dIa: BEaCON, RIggIO gaLLERIES, 

BE a C O N—So here it is, the time of gift-giving holidays; if you’re ever 

going to find yourself in a mall-type environment somehow, chances are 

this will be the “season.” And really, one of the strong parts of the whole 

mall experience is the large scale of things, these humongous comfortably 

climate-controlled spaces divided up into individual compartments, each 

with their own special experiences in their designed spaces. Well, here’s a 

bold suggestion: skip the mall, and instead buy quality and meaningful giftage 

from local artists, vendors, and purveyors. Then, make a quick trip 

to Dia:Beacon, where enormous spaces devoted to contemporary largescale 

art offer a different—and frankly, more wholesome—sort of shared 

experience. The long-term collection of works shown at the skylight-lit 

former Nabisco box factory has been well covered by now: Andy Warhol, 

Imi Knoebel, Sol LeWitt, Joseph Beuys, Michael Heizer, Louise Bourgeois, 

etc. December starts with a Community Free Day (Sa 12/11), where 

residents of Columbia, Dutchess, Orange, Putnam, Rockland, Ulster, and 

dAv i d Ko n i g S b e r g, dA F FA d i l S 


lo t H A r oS t e r b u r g pi A n e S i, p H o t o g r A v u r e p r i n t S 

Westchester Counties can enjoy free admission. Queens Museum of Art 

curator, Larissa Harris, hosts a Gallery Talk on Andy Warhol (Sa 12/18, 2 

PM), and the Public Tours series happens on Saturday afternoons (12/11, 18, 

1/8, 15; 1 PM). Featured works include Zoe Leonard: You see I am here after 

all, Franz Erhard Walther: Work as Action, and Koo Jeong A’s three-gallery 

triptych Constellational Congress. Never been to Dia:Beacon? Trust us: along 

with the delightful café and bookstore, it’s worth the trip. Especially if 

it’s raining. Dia:Beacon, Riggio Galleries, 3 Beekman St., Beacon, www. 

diabeacon.org, 845.440.0100. Th-Mo 

11 AM-6 PM 

12/13 T H R O U g H 1/23/11- STILL 

LIFE gROUP SHOw a N d BRUCE 

SaRgEaNT (a N d H I S CI R C L E), aT 

CaRRIE Haddad gaLLERY, 

HU d S O N—Two contrasting shows at 

Hudson’s Carrie Haddad Gallery this 

holiday season. The first explores a 

time-honored artistic exploration, 

from the press release: “‘Still life’ 

developed as a separate category in 

the Netherlands in the last quarter of 

the 16th century. When 20th Century 

American artists became aware of 

European Modernism, they began 

to interpret still life subjects with a 

combination of American realism 

and Cubist-derived abstraction. This 

exhibit contains both, plus many more 

personal interpretations of the genre. 

Eileen Murphy uses heightened realism 

with her paintbrushes and worktable— 

the evening’s dinner of ‘lobsta’ and 

berry cobbler is seen in exaggerated 

close-up—while Margaret Crenson 

paints her breakfast of toast and eggs (poached or fried) in triptych form. 

Ann Getsinger paints the small and peculiar: a beautiful ripe orange sits 

in front of a winter landscape, a musical one-armed bunny is nostalgic 

and sadly comical. Carolou Kristofik has an extensive pottery collection, 

which she paints in exquisite detail, adding household objects for visual 

play. Dale Payson uses shots of bright color and thickly applied paint to 

represent massive arrangements of flowers, bowls of bright red berries and 

vivid green apples—a sense of armsful from the garden. Lionel Gilbert’s 

(1912–2002) distilled and elegant world of objects slightly tumbling from 

the linen covered table combine cubism and abstraction. Juan Garcia- 

Nunez created a series of paintings called ‘Convergences 00:00’ in an 

mA r K be A r d [A S br u C e SA r g e A n t, t H e Fe n C i n g le S S o n

ju d i t H wy er, bo w l o F mo n e y n o. 1 

CA r o l o u Kr i S t o F i K , ru b b e r du C K i e S v 

ei l een mu r p H y, go t H i C Co b b l e r 

attempt to link images and ideas: 

a controlled haphazardness of 

tossing fragments of magazine 

images into the air and letting 

them fall onto a table and 

painting the ‘stilled’ composition 

they create. Craig Johns still life 

paintings are about ‘the pure 

line’ and true color that 

is almost photographic, 

against the warm grey 

and ochre backgrounds. 

Judith Wyer’s small pieces 

are meant to sit on a shelf 

or desktop and can be 

turned around to expose 

a second still life work 

on the other side. One of 

Nick Patten’s paintings 

in the exhibit—Silver Still 

Life with Blue—is a serene 

composition of glassware, 

linens and stacked plates 

on a dining table with cool 

color to further define the 

mood of stillness. Showing 

concurrently is a return 

visit from painter Mark Beard and his invented persona of Bruce Sargeant 

and His Circle. All new paintings will be on display from several of “the 

Circle,” with many of the paintings as samples of the most popular of the 

five personalities, Bruce Sargeant: athletic young men rowing, climbing 

ropes, wrestling, and undressing, all seeming to be part of a more romantic 

era from long ago. Carrie Haddad Gallery, 622 Warren St., Hudson, 

www.carriehaddadgallery.com, 518.828.1915. Opening reception Sa 12/18 

6-8 PM. Th-Tu 11 AM-5 PM, closed W. 

TH R O U g H Ma R C H- “aLREadY 10? 10TH aNNIVERSaRY wITH 

a LaTIN ZEST” g R O U P S H O w aT PR I T Z K E R gaLLERY, Ca S a d E L aR T E, 

HI g H L a N d—It’s quite an impressive structure, the white organicallyrounded 

building complex situated in Lloyd. Built by inventor/designer 

Thad E. Matras, it has become a meeting place for people in the arts from 

around the world, as well as foreign dignitaries. But it’s also the home 

of Elisa Pritzker’s Pritzker Gallery, which is now celebrating its tenth 

anniversary. In case you haven’t noticed, the Hudson Valley area has 

experienced a definite growth in Latin population. It should stand to reason 

that there should be a resulting increase in fine Latin artists in the region, 

and with this early 2011 show, ten such professionals have been selected to 

celebrate ten years in business: Jose Acosta, Felix Angel, Alexandra Baer, 

Dina Bursztyn, Maria Cristina Brusca, Leslie Enrique Castellanos, Regina 

da Costa Val, Elisa Pritzker, Julia Santos Solomon, and Julio Valdez. Elisa 

Pritzker Gallery, Casa del Arte, 257 S. Riverside Rd., Highland, www. 

pritzkerstudio.com, 845.691.5506. 


it’s all good...again 

(make) Peace 

we’re making the Peace symbol 

even more visible with our reclaimed 

“go-green” clothing. because the 

Peace sign’s not just a symbol, it’s 

an attitude. show yours as you wear 

Peace on your sleeve, your back, next 

to your heart or wherever you find it 

on our clothing. and here’s hoping 

you not only make Peace, you 

always find it too. 

it’s all good...again 62a tinker st. woodstock, ny

oll community 

Hudson 

Valley 

fresh 

the story behind a local 

dairy co-op and its success 

What’s a gallon of milk worth to you? 


by Jamaine Bell 

Dr. Sam Simon has been milking cows for 50 years, and knows a thing 

or two about the cost and value of a gallon of milk. Born and raised on 

a dairy farm in Middletown, NY, Dr. Simon left to become a surgeon 

as a young man, working his way through college while simultaneously 

tending his family’s dairy business. He became a successful orthopedic 

surgeon and set up practice in the Hudson Valley, with an idea that one 

day, he might “retire” from medicine and take up dairy farming again. 

His retirement plans came to pass in the mid 90’s, when a patient, a dairy 

farmer in Dutchess County, offered to sell him his farm. But a lot had 

changed in dairy farming since his previous farming days—dairy farming 

had undergone the consolidation into the mass-produced, corporatized 

business model that most of the agricultural industry has undergone in 

the past 30 years. 

For the small dairy farmer, this has resulted in a price for milk that is 

lower than the cost of production; in other words, they are literally 

losing money for their work. Across the country, more and more small 

dairy farmers have been getting out of the business altogether, leaving 

mostly the larger industrial dairy farms in their place. Dr. Simon knew 

going back into the business that he would have to support his farm with 

his own savings, but after a year or so, he realized that the price that

he was getting for his milk was nowhere close to a break-even point. 

He would require a large subsidy to maintain that price, more than he 

was willing to put in himself. 

Meanwhile, his milk was winning top awards for quality. He discovered 

that there were other small dairy farmers nearby who were also winning 

awards for their products, and were also facing the same situation of 

losing money. As he explains, “We had to think outside the box.” Why, 

he wondered, did they have to put their superior milk in with lesser 

quality milk, and get a bottom rate price? Dr. Simon decided that the 

high-quality local farmers needed to band together and segregate 

their milk from the rest, process it separately, bottle it, and market it 

themselves under their own label. And so the Hudson Valley Fresh brand 

was conceived. 

Hudson Valley Fresh is a non-profit dairy co-op with a mission: to 

continue the small family farming tradition, preserve open space, and 

to provide a high-quality, sustainably produced product at a cost that is 

reasonable to the consumer, while also giving the farmers a fair price for 

their work. Getting the co-op off the ground took some effort and money 

on the part of the participating farms, but the non-profit status helped 

with securing grants to research and launch the project. 

They started at the ground level, using coolers to keep the milk cold in 

transit before they bought their first refrigerated truck. Finding a local 

plant that would process their milk separately and with high standards 

was a challenge, but they found Boice’s Dairy in Kingston, who handled 

their milk with the same care the farmers put into producing it. The 

price for their milk is generally a $1.00 more per gallon than the generic, 

and a $1.00 less than organic. The consumer response to their products 

has been fantastic. Dr. Simon tells me that the co-op’s revenue and sales 

have grown 50% a year since they started in 2005. 

Dr. Simon thinks the reasons for the popularity of their milk are because 

of the quality and taste, and because of the local public’s awareness and 

demand for locally and sustainably produced food. Hudson Valley Fresh 

cows are pastured and grass-fed, which, according to Dr. Simon, adds 

body and taste to the milk that the industrial farms can’t match, with 

their penned cows that have been fed a fermented diet. Also, because of 

the fact that the milk is produced locally—all the farms involved are 

within 20 miles of each other in Dutchess County—the milk is fresher 

than milk from Iowa or Ohio. Dr. Simon explains that generic, 

industrial-farmed milk can come from thousands of miles away and is 

all co-mingled into large batches for production. By keeping 

their production and products very local, they can have milk on 

the shelves within 36 hours from the milking of the cow. Also, 

the quality of their milk—based on the somatic 

cell count, tested and measured each day—is 

almost ten times better than the national average. 

(See www.hudsonvalleyfresh.com for milk quality details.) 

Dr. Simon and Hudson Valley Fresh do not negotiate on the 

price of their milk, even for wholesalers. Their price is what 

it is, and they believe it is a fair price. While a little higher 

than generic milk, they have found that in the right markets, 

people are willing to pay a little more for the quality and 

for the fact that they know they are keeping small farms 

viable. When asked about the value of their products to 

the local economy, Dr. Simon explains, “We represent 

1,000 milking cows. Each milking cow contributes to this 

economy $15,000 per year. So this co-op contributes $15 

million dollars to the local economy per year. How many jobs? 

Well the plant employs 43 people. Each farm has anywhere from 

3 to 10. Every farmer that started with us, except one or two that 

retired due to age, is still with us.” 


Competing with the other products on the market is the main challenge 

facing the co-op. Dr. Simon explains that demographics are important 

in marketing the milk. Educating the public about the food they buy and 

knowing how and where it is produced is crucial. He asks, “What is the 

value of knowing where your food is coming from? The carbon footprint 

here is 30 miles from the cow to the plant, and the longest distance we 

go is 100 miles; when the average gallon of milk in this country travels 

1,100 miles? This region, the Northeast, consumes 45% of all the dairy 

products produced in this country, but we only produce 15% of it. 

Where do you think the dairy is coming from? So why should we be 

bringing in stuff from west of the Mississippi, when we can get it right 

here. Granted, it will cost you a little bit more, but what are you getting 

in return: beautiful, open space, maintaining the local economy, and you 

know where your food is coming from, and it’s fresher. You can’t tell me 

that milk coming from Idaho is fresher than Pleasant Valley, NY.” 

Beyond the desire to provide high-quality, local, and sustainably 

produced milk, the Hudson Valley Fresh co-op also recognizes the value 

of keeping farmers on their farms, not only to preserve a way of life, 

but to keep people employed locally and to keep the economy vital. 

“There were 330 dairy farms in this county when I came here in the 70’s. 

There are now 32. What does that tell you?” Dr. Simon asks, “Where did 

they go? They didn’t go by choice. They were forced out because they 

couldn’t afford to do it. They could not survive; and the ones that are left 

who are tremendous managers and great caretakers are on the brink.” 

So, by forming their own co-op and refusing to compromise on either 

quality or price, the Hudson Valley Fresh co-op has created an important 

and growing niche in the local economy. Local co-ops between farmers 

were a common way to do business before the days of industrialized and 

corporatized agriculture. By collectively pooling their resources and 

their work, these farmers are showing the way back to a more sustainable 

way of working and living. And the milk is downright delicious, too. 

Hudson Valley Fresh milk can be found at Adam’s Fairacre Farms, 

Mother Earth’s Storehouse, and local grocery stores, delis and coffee shops 

throughout the Hudson Valley and in New York City. 

www.hudsonvalleyfresh.com

oll cuisine corner 

heart’s delight 

with dim sum 

By Julie Goldstein 

Women pass rolling carts to every table in the dining room and offer 

guests a selection of dishes. Every cart holds a different dish, each one 

equally unique and mouth-watering. Diners choose what dishes to 

accept, which allows everyone at the table to sample an assortment of 

delights. The process warrants a leisurely meal; in fact it is encouraged 

for diners to linger, relax, and enjoy. The diner has the power to choose 

as many plates of an item as he can eat, but he must be wary as the servers 

count the empty plates at the end of a meal to calculate the cost. Perhaps 

it is the pleasing aroma that drifts from the tiny indulgences in steamer 

baskets or maybe the joy one gets from selecting which dishes to taste 

that make dim sum an enchanting culinary tradition. 

Dim sum can be compared to French hors d’oeuvres, Spanish tapas or 

even to a buffet where diners get the privilege of opting for a variety of 

dishes. With dim sum every dish is an individual portion that evokes a 

sense of exclusivity to the diner. It is a fascinating Chinese custom as it 

enables one to taste a selection of morsels from the myriad of offerings of 

the beloved cuisine. Dim sum, literally meaning, “To touch the heart,” 

originated in the Canton region of China, and is closely related to the 

Chinese tradition of yum cha—drinking tea. Ancient travelers along 

the Silk Road would often need a place to rest so they would stop at tea 

houses and enjoy yum cha. Though it was once considered unbecoming 

to enjoy food with tea, it became known that tea aided digestion, so 

as teahouses started adding snacks to their menus, this custom steadily 

progressed into what we now know as the delightful dim sum. 

Dim sum was brought to North America in the 19th century with 

Chinese immigrants, many of whom were Cantonese, and has become 

a popular trend in the United States. Restaurants serving dim sum 

have arisen all over the country, particularly in Manhattan and other 

metropolitan areas. There is a little something for everyone to eat at 

dim sum, which makes it a versatile way to eat, especially for a group 

dining together. Both sweet and savory dishes are served at dim sum, the 

Chinese meal equivalent to the American brunch. It includes a plethora 

of fried wontons, dumplings, meatballs, steamed cakes, and puddings. 

On the table sits a selection of condiments typically including sesame oil, 

soy sauce, and fermented black bean sauce for dim sum dipping. 

Dim sum is often served in courses beginning with lighter steamed dishes 

such as har gow—delicate shrimp dumplings, carefully dipped in a bath 

of soy sauce to enhance the sweetness of the shrimp . Fried wontons, pot 

stickers , and spring rolls may be served in the next course—then striking 

delicacies of chicken feet, crab claws, and spareribs appear. Diners often 

find themselves in a whirlwind of culinary amazement as the carts roll by. 

What could the next cart hold? Possibly congee, a savory rice porridge, 

or char siu bao—steamed buns traditionally filled with sweet barbequed 

pork. Dessert consists of steamed cakes and mini buttery tart shells filled 

with smooth and sweet egg custard. 


s h u m a i : p o r k a n d s h r i m p d u m p l i n g s 

on e o f t h e m o s t p o p u l a r d i m s u m i t e m s is s h u m a i , s av o r y d u m p l i n g s 

o f t e n s e rv e d a l o n g w i t h h a r g o w , s t e a m e d d u m p l i n g s m a d e w i t h 

p o r k f a t , s c a l l i o n s , a n d b a m b o o s h o o t s . sh u m a i d u m p l i n g s a r e 

a c t u a l ly e a s y t o m a k e a t h o m e ; m o s t l a r g e g r o c e ry s t o r e s h av e 

t h e m o r e u n u s u a l i n g r e d i e n t s n o wa d ay s , a n d s t e a m e r s a r e r e a d i ly 

ava i l a b l e. th i s is a l a r g e r e c i p e, t o m a k e s u r e y o u h av e p l e n t y t o g o 

a r o u n d w h e n f r i e n d s visit. an d t h e y w i l l, w h e n t h e y s m e l l t h e s e 

b a b i e s c o o k i n g . ma k e s 72 o f t h e m . 

i n g r e d i e n t s - 

1 c u p s h i i ta k e m u s h r o o m s , s o a k e d 30 m i n. in h o t w a t e r 

2¼ l b s. g r o u n d p o r k 

¾ l b u n c o o k e d s h r i m p- p e e l e d, d e v e i n e d, a n d d i c e d 

2¼ t s p. k o s h e r s a lt 

6 t s p. g r a n u l at e d s u g a r 

3 t b s p. n at u r a l p e a n u t b u t t e r 

3 t b s p. c a n o l a o i l 

1½ t b s p. o y s t e r s a u c e 

6 t b s p. c o r n s ta r c h 

3 t s p. sesame o i l 

1 t s p. w h i t e p e p p e r 

72 g y o z a w o n t o n s k i n s 

72 p e a s 

d u m p l i n g s t e a m e r 

(o r w h at e v e r y o u h av e h a n d y f o r s t e a m i n g) 

Combine all but last two ingredients, mix well, and refrigerate 4 

hours, uncovered. Take wonton skin, and put 4 tsp. of mixture in 

center . Crimp dumpling wrapper up the sides while holding the filling, 

making a little basket shape. Pack down filling, smooth over the top, 

and lightly tap on surface to flatten bottom. Garnish with green pea. 

When ready to serve, steam dumplings 7 minutes. 

Bull and Buddha, 319 Main St., Poughkeepsie, features a Dim Sum 

Brunch every Sunday, 11 AM-8 PM. Visit www.bullandbuddha.com for 

more information.

CaViar, 

friend or faux 

Throughout history, people have tried to turn lead into gold, either in 

actuality or metaphorically. When we think of Welsh Rabbit (melted 

cheese), Bombay Duck (dried fish), or Scotch Woodcock (chopped 

hard-boiled eggs and cream on toast) , it’s usually a rare or expensive 

ingredient replaced ingeniously by something more plebian. Sometimes 

this is done with larcenous intent—but that’s outside the scope of 

this article, somewhat depressing, and hardly in the spirit of the 

holiday season. 

Instead, we’re going to look at some whimsical substitutions for one 

of the rarest and most expensive of comestibles: caviar. 

Real caviar is the roe of various fishes, the most precious of which is 

Beluga—the lightly salted eggs of mature sturgeon from the Caspian 

Sea. As only 100 of these antediluvian creatures are harvested each year, 

the price is understandably high. While most of us won’t be bellying up 

to big bowls of Beluga as part of this New Year’s Eve’s festivities, there 

are a number of alternative caviars to tempt us. 

“Kaviar” is a Russian surrogate made from soybeans, while a Japanese 

manufacturer (Hokuyu Company) makes “Cavianne.” The most 

convincing of these fakes is made in Canada: Kelp Caviar comes in 

several flavors (truffle, salmon, chile and wasabi). The tiny “eggs” 

are made from agar-agar-rich powdered kelp that has been flavored, 

cooked and stabilized as a thick gelatinous liquid. The liquid then drips 

into a solution of calcium chloride that causes it to form smooth firm 

“pearls”—a process that molecular gastronomers call “spherification.” 

Our own recipes are somewhat less high-tech, and don’t require any odd 

chemicals or weird-science lab equipment. 

a j va r 

in tur k i s h , h av ya r is “sa lt e d r o e ,” a n a m e c l e a r ly r e l at e d t o 

“c av i a r.” hav ya r is a l s o c o n n e c t e d , e t y m o l o g i c a l ly, t o aj va r —a 

b e a u t i f u l ly -c o l o r e d , a n d f r a g r a n t, pa s t e m a d e o f r o a s t e d r e d 

p e p p e r s a n d g a r l i c. 

s e rv e s 6 t o 8 a s a n a p p e t i z e r 

i n g r e d i e n t s 

6 l b s. r e d b e l l p e p p e r s 

1 l a r g e e g g p l a n t 

1/2 h e a d g a r l i c, p e e l e d a n d c h o p p e d 

o l i v e o i l 

v i n e g a r, t o ta s t e 

s a lt a n d p e p p e r, t o ta s t e 

h o t pa p r i k a o r c ay e n n e , t o ta s t e 

m e t h o d 

Roast each pepper, under broiler or over a flame, until skin is 

blackened. Place peppers in a bag or covered bowl to steam for a few 

minutes, then rub off blackened skin. Split eggplant lengthwise, score 

the cut surfaces lightly, then rub the cut surface with olive oil and a 

sprinkling of salt. 

Roast eggplant in a hot oven for about 20 minutes, or until soft. Scoop 

the cooked eggplant from the skin, which can then be discarded. 

Combine eggplant, garlic, and two tablespoons olive oil in a food 

processor. Pulse to chop only—the mixture should not be completely 

smooth. Set it aside in a large bowl. 

Remove stems and seeds from peppers, then pulse in a food processor 

until they are coarsely chopped. Combine eggplant and peppers, and 

adjust flavor with salt, pepper, vinegar, and hot paprika (or cayenne), 

to taste. Serve with toasted slices of baguette or pita. 

roll dining in 

w/gary allen, food maven 

historian & author 


a l m o s t c h i n e s e b e l u g a 

th i s c o u n t e r f e i t c av i a r l o o k s a l o t m o r e l i k e t h e r e a l t h i n g , a n d 

e v e n b e a r s a s l i g h t (a n d t o ta l ly u n e x p e c t e d ) r e s e m b l a n c e t o t h e 

b r i n y s e a-ta s t e o f c av i a r—b u t w i t h a n as i a n t w i s t. 

s e rv e s 6 t o 8 a s a n a p p e t i z e r 


½ c u p u n c o o k e d ta p i o c a p e a r l s (n o t i n s ta n t ) 

1/4 c u p d a r k s o y s a u c e 

1 t b s p. c h i n e s e b l a c k v i n e g a r 

1 t b s p. s u g a r 

1 t s p. d a r k sesame o i l 

1 s c a l l i o n, s l i c e d t h i n ly o n a d i a g o n a l , f o r g a r n i s h 

m e t h o d 

Cook the tapioca pearls in two quarts of boiling water until translucent, 

with just a tiny opaque spot in the middle. Drain and drop into cold 

water to stop cooking. Prepare marinade by combining remaining 

ingredients. 

Mix tapioca with marinade in covered container, and set aside in 

refrigerator for at least four hours, mixing gently from time to time. 

Serve in Chinese soupspoons, garnished with a few tiny pieces of 

scallion. 

t e x a s c av i a r 

th i s o f f e r i n g l o o k s n o t h i n g l i k e c av i a r, a n d h a s f l av o r s o n e w o u l d 

n e v e r e n c o u n t e r a r o u n d t h e ca s p i a n se a, b u t it is c a l l e d “c av i a r” 

b y t h e f o l k s w h o m a k e it in t h e i r h o m e k i t c h e n s . th e y ’v e b e e n m a k i n g 

it, in va r i o u s f o r m s , so o f t e n t h a t it’s b e c o m e a p a r t y s ta n d a r d . ho w 

it g o t i t s n a m e is a l i t t l e m y s t e r i o u s , b u t t h e n a t i v e s o f t h e r e g i o n 

d o h av e s o m e t h i n g o f a r e p u tat i o n f o r ta l l ta l e s , e x a g g e r at i o n, o r 

d o w n r i g h t m e n d a c i t y (a t l e a s t w h e n d e a l i n g w i t h t h o s e o f u s w h o 

c o m e f r o m p l a c e s n o rt h o f t h e re d ri v e r). 

s e rv e s 4-6 a s a n a p p e t i z e r 


½ l b. d r i e d b l a c k-e y e d p e a s, c o o k e d , c o o l e d a n d d r a i n e d 

2 m e d i u m t o m at o e s , s e e d e d a n d d i c e d 

2 j a l a p e ñ o o r s e r r a n o c h i l e s , s e e d e d a n d m i n c e d 

1 s m a l l o n i o n , d i c e d 

1/2 r e d b e l l p e p p e r, s e e d e d a n d d i c e d 

1/4 c u p c i l a n t r o, c h o p p e d 

6 t b s p. w i n e v i n e g a r 

6 t b s p. o l i v e o i l 

1 c l o v e g a r l i c, m i n c e d 

1 t s p. o r e g a n o 

1/2 t b s p. c u m i n, t o a s t e d a n d g r o u n d 

ta b a s c o, o p t i o n a l , t o ta s t e 

s a lt & b l a c k p e p p e r, t o ta s t e 

m e t h o d 

Combine all ingredients in a non-reactive bowl. Cover and place 

in refrigerator for at least 4 hours. Adjust seasonings to taste, with 

additional vinegar, Tabasco, salt and pepper, as needed. Serve with 

tortilla chips. 

You can find more of Gary Allen’s speculations about things he has been known 

to (but really shouldn’t) stick in his mouth—his own foot being a prime example 

of the latter—at his website www.onthetable.us.

ARIES (ma r c h 21-ap r i l 19): Physicist Stephen 

Hawking believes it would be dangerous to get in 

touch with extraterrestrial creatures. “If aliens visit 

us,” he says, “the outcome would be much as when 

Columbus landed in America, which didn’t turn 

out well for the Native Americans.” Those who’ve studied the teeming 

evidence for UFOs would say that Hawking’s warning is too late. Some 

mysterious non-human intelligence has been here for a long time, and 

the fact that we are still around proves they’re no Spanish conquistadors. 

Aside from that, though, let’s marvel at the stupidity of Hawking’s lame 

advice. As any mildly wise person knows, exploring the unknown is not 

only an aid to our mental and spiritual health—it’s a prerequisite. That’ll 

be especially true for you Aries in the coming weeks. 

TAURUS (ap r i l 20-may 20): “At times, although 

one is perfectly in the right, one’s legs tremble,” 

wrote philosopher V.V. Rozanov. “At other times, 

although one is completely in the wrong, birds sing 

in one’s soul.” That may have been the case for you 

last month, Taurus, but these days it’s the exact 

reverse. If your knees are wobbly, you’re off-center, 

missing the mark, or far from the heart of the matter. 

If, on the other, birds are singing in your soul, it’s because you’re united 

with the beautiful truth. There are a couple of caveats, though: The 

beautiful truth won’t be simple and bright; it’ll be dense, convoluted, and 

kaleidoscopic. And the birds’ songs will sound more like a philharmonic 

orchestra pounding out Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony than a single flute 

playing a quaint folk song. 

GEMINI (may 21-ju n e 20): Are there any actors 

who have impersonated as many different types of 

characters as Gemini chameleon Johnny Depp? From 

rogue agent to chocolatier, from psychotic barber to 

astronaut, he is a model of inconsistency—a master of 

not imitating himself. (to g l i m p s e 24 o f h i s va r i o u s 

p e r s o n a s , g o h e r e : http://bit.ly/GeminiActor.) According to my reading of 

the omens, you now have a poetic license to follow his lead. There have 

been few times in the last two years when you’ve had this much freedom 

and permission to be so multiple, mercurial, and mutant. 

CANCER (ju n e 21-ju ly 22): A tattoo now adorns 

the neck of pop star Rihanna. It says “rebelle fleur,” 

which is a French phrase meaning “rebel flower.” 

The grammar police protested her new body art. 

They wished she would have rendered it correctly 

—as “fleur rebelle”—since in French, adjectives are 

supposed to follow, not precede, the nouns they refer 

to. But I’m guessing Rihanna knew that. In reversing 

the order, she was double-asserting her right to commit breezy acts of 

insurrection. Let’s make “rebelle fleur” your keynote in the coming days, 

Cancerian. Break taboos, buck tradition, and overthrow conventional 

wisdom—always with blithe grace and jaunty charm. 


december/2010 

© Copyright 2010 Rob Brezsny 

LEO (ju ly 23-au g . 22): Research by German 

psychologists suggests that positive superstitions 

may be helpful. Reporting in the journal Psychological 

Science, they discovered that people who think they 

are in possession of good luck charms outperform 

people who don’t. “Superstition-induced confidence” 

seems to act in ways akin to how placebos work to 

heal sick people: It can provide a mysterious boost. (mo r e h e r e : tinyurl. 

com/LuckCharm.) Just for the fun of it, Leo—and in accordance with the 

astrological omens—put this finding to the test. Get yourself a magical 

object that stimulates your power to achieve success. 

VIRGO (au g . 23-se p t. 22): Psychologist Carl Jung 

said that we are all connected to each other via the 

collective unconscious. Your psyche and my psyche 

have taproots that sink deep into the memories and 

capacities of the entire human race. According to 

my reading of the omens, your taproots are now 

functioning more vigorously than they have in a long 

time. You’re in more intimate contact than usual with the primal pool 

of possibilities. And what good is that, you may ask? Well, it means you 

have the power to draw on mojo that transcends your personal abilities. 

Could you make use of some liquid lightning, ambrosial dreams, or 

healing balm from the beginning of time? 

LIBRA (se p t. 23-oc t. 22): If you want to get a gallon 

of milk directly from the source, you have to squeeze 

a cow’s udder over 300 times. I recommend you use 

that as a metaphor for your task in the days to come. 

It’s going to take a lot of squirts or tugs or tweaks 

to get the totality of what you want. Be patient and 

precise as you fill your cup little by little. There’s no way you can hurry 

the process by skipping some steps. 

SCORPIO (oc t. 23-no v . 21): “Blessed are the 

meek, for they shall inherit the earth,” says the 

Bible. That doesn’t mean what most people think 

it does. The word translated as “meek” is the Greek 

word praus, which in ancient times didn’t mean 

“weak-willed, passive, mild.” Rather, it referred 

to great power that was under rigorous control. 

For example, soldiers’ warhorses were considered praus. They heeded 

the commands of their riders, but were fierce warriors that fought with 

tireless fervor. In this spirit, Scorpio, I’m predicting you’re about to get 

very “meek”: offering your tremendous force of will and intelligence in 

disciplined service to a noble cause. (Thanks to Merlin Hawk for the info I 

used in this ’scope.) 

SAGITTARIUS (no v . 22-de c. 21): Philosopher 

Friedrich Nietzsche wrote a book called Ecce Homo: 

How One Becomes What One Is. I’d love it if in the 

next few weeks you would think a lot about how

you are on your way to becoming what you were born to be. Current 

astrological omens suggest you will have special insight into that theme. 

For inspiration, you might want to borrow some of Nietzsche’s chapter 

titles, including the following: “Why I Am So Wise,” “Why I Am So 

Clever,” and “Why I Am a Destiny.” 

CAPRICORN (de c. 22-ja n. 19): During some of 

her concerts, Capricorn singer Hayley Williams (lead 

vocalist of Paramore) has worn a tank top that bears 

the phrase “Brand New Eyes.” I encourage you to 

consider making that your own guiding principle 

for a while. By pointedly declaring your intention 

to view the world with refreshed vision, you will be able to tune in to 

sights that have been invisible to you. You will discover secrets hidden in 

plain view and maybe even carve out a window where before there had 

been a thick, blank wall. 

AQUARIUS (ja n. 20-fe b. 18): Much of my recent 

book, Pronoia Is the Antidote for Paranoia, is rated PG. 

Some is R. But there’s one story that’s X. Not in 

the same way that porn is. While it’s uninhibited 

in its rendering of ecstatic eroticism, it’s a feminist 

meditation on spiritual intimacy, not a heap of 

vulgar stereotypes. Still, when the book came out, I couldn’t bear the 

thought of sending copies to certain relatives of mine who are a bit 

prudish. So I came to an honorable compromise: Using a razor blade, I 

sliced out the nine pages in question and gave my loved ones the mostlyintact 

remainder. May I suggest you consider a comparable editing of 

your efforts, Aquarius? Your main object right now is to win friends and 

influence people. 

PISCES (fe b. 19-ma r c h 20): In the waters off the 

southwest coast of Africa, the small fish known as 

the bearded goby has always been preyed upon by 

jellyfish—until recently. Now this formerly mildmannered 

species, whose diet used to consist of 

phytoplankton, has overthrown the ancient status 

quo: It is feasting on the jellyfish that once feasted on it. Scientists aren’t 

sure why. I foresee a metaphorically comparable development in your 

life, Pisces. How it will play out exactly, I’m not sure. Maybe you’ll 

gain an advantage over someone or something that has always had an 

advantage over you. Maybe you will become the topdog in a place where 

you’ve been the underdog. Or maybe you’ll begin drawing energy from 

a source that has in the past sucked your energy. 

To check out my expanded 

audio forecast of your destiny 

go to RealAstrology.com. 


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