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Supposedly everything will be different this year, no wthat we have ne w governance in the stat e cap ita l and U.S . H ouse o f Re prese nta tives, who apparently hav e th ei mm ediate goal of re pealing las t year’s health car e bill with what’ s call ed “ Repealing the J ob- Killing H ealt h Care La w,” or s o me such . I’ mtr yingto get my hea d ar oundthis le vel of sl ogane ering: jus t ho w does not being t ur ned do wn fo r insura nce due t o a pre-existing cond ition kill a job ? Ho w does a progra mt hat the non -par tis a n Congression al Budget Of fic e sa ys wil l cut th e deficit by bi llio ns over the n ext ten years ki ll ajob? It take s so me t wist ed p rojecti ons to mak e the con nect ion here. Or m aybe th ey’re talki ng abou t jobs we c ou ld do wit hout, like t he ins ure rs who use con tract te chnica lities to r efuse a cl ai m, or d oubl e/tr iple pre m iu ms wh enever th ey feel like it. No wI co ul d get be hin d killing those jobs.

No, once again we are being tested. De mocracy truly does require an info r med citize nry to s urvive and flo urish, and de spite t he ab undance of infor mati on availa ble —thank s to c able and sate llite TV, the internet — the majority of us see mto be beco mi ngles s inf or med b y the da y. Rather than seeking n e w s f ro mr ep uta ble andjou rna listically b ala nce dsou rces we tend more t o ward s loo king for s ourc es that reinfor ce our alr eady de vel oped belief s, which divides us f urther. Ther e doesn’t s ee m to be a market for honest journal is mthes e d ays, as n e ws so urces be co me mo re d ependen t on corpor ations for their s urviv al. And corpora tions op erate for their o wn welfare, not for the be nefit of p rovid ing people wi th “the t ruth .”

This is where the i mportance of education really co mes into play. An unde rs tanding of h istory helps on e see the la rger p icture o f wh at’s g oing oninthe worl d n o w; und erstan ding ma th a ndscie nce has ne ver been more i m po rta nt as en ergy needs rise, and we s tead ily beco me more of a threat to the pla net that su stains us. E xpo sure to the arts gets right to t he true m eani ng of h u man ity ands oci ety: who w e are, wha t we want tos ay, what we all s har e. Withou t so me kind of e duc atio n to h elp proce ss it, a ll the inf or m ation available out th ere b eco mes noise tha t can then be fa shio ned into weapo ns, wedge s th at can easily be used to k eep us fe arf ul of each oth er, mistru stful.

We’re pretty big on education over here at Roll, co ming fro mfa milies of teache rs —on e of us was actua lly a teac her for many ye ars (h int: it’s n ot me). And we’ ve ha d qui te a vari et y of ex peri ences: prepa ratory sch ool, Nort hern and S outh ern p u blic sch ool s, teacher’s c ollege, univ ersities, Sudbury, BOC ES. We’v e been g rateful f or what w e got fro mall of the m: the educ ation, of course, but also self -dis ciplin e a nd motiv atio n, social skil ls by work ing with o thers , an d the ability to lear n even mor e. And mayb e w e’re craz y, but we thin kth e wo rld cou ld use so me mo re edu cated people out th ere, p ayin g a ttenti on t o curr ent ev ents , sifti ng th rough the data, m aki ng thei r voices heard. A nd voting.

So here’s our educationissue, just inti me for Spring! I’ve triedto maintain an educa tion al the me throug hou t t his is sue , and w e ar e tru ly fortunate th at we have s o me re ally wonde rful school s aro und the Hud son Valley to s hare with you. In ou r o wn way , we tr y to ma ke s ure ever y issue is an “e ducat ional iss ue.” We certa inly ho pe longti me r eaders have le arn ed a thing or t wo re adin g Roll. W e’ve d efinitely l earned a thing or t wo w riting it.

Happy 2011 to you, Dear Reader! We’re looking for ward to bringing you m ore in th e co m ing y ear, with more enhanced coverag e o nline, our pee rless e ve nts l istings, a nd ev en m ore of the great artists and happen ings in the a rea. An d re me mber : we no w co me o ut th e first of ev ery month; de adli ne for listi ngs is the 15 th.

Cheers,

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2 editor’s note—

8 roll art & image— Q&A with top illustrator Elwood Smith: “Elwood’s World” at the Norman Rockwell Museum, by Ross Rice

34 everybody is an artist: The Woodstock School of Art, by M. R. Smith

13 roll theatre & cinema— fearless: actor, screenwriter, director Nicole Quinn, by DB Leonard & Adele Jones

15 roll the music— life lessons: jazz pianist and educator Lee Shaw, by Peter Aaron

18 roll listings— art | music | theatre & cinema

30 roll CD reviews— roll back- old time country CD compilations

new releases from C.B. Smith, Love Eat Sleep, and The Erin Hobson Compact

32 roll dollars & sense— the Tax Relief Act of 2010, by Beth Jones

7 3 roll cuisine corner— for the love...of chocolate, by Julie Goldstein

42 roll community— getting more bang for the buck: Green Jobs/Green New York, by Sarah Charlop-Powers

44 roll wine & spirits—learning to taste, by Timothy Buzinski, Artisan Wine Shop, Beacon

46 Rob Brezsny’s freewill astrology—

48 roll portrait

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n the fiel d of ill ustrati on this S mith. More often than not great ill ustrators don’t g uy i s a r ock star, with his quite get th e publ icity tha t grea t cartoonis ts and wor k fe ature d reg ularl y i n co mi c art ists do. And t hose fol ks don’t get a heck , , , of a l ot a s it is. Time ,Newsweek Forbes New, YorkI Magazine The, Wall Street Journal , That could change for El wood starting this year, with a Sports Illustrated, Theand Newma nyYorkm oTimesre. H is special retrosp ectiv e sho win g at The Nor man R ock w ell Chicagosignatu reTribunestyle h as en hanced the ad vertis i ng Mu seu m, in ne arby Sto ck brid ge, Mas sachusetts. | Elwood H. Smith ca mpaigns of Sony, GE Cell ular One, Bl ue Shiel d/ “El wood’s World” —which opens February 19 2011 Blue Cross of Texas, Piz za Hut, C ornell Uni v ersity, and runs through May, bef ore goi ng on nati onal Carlsburg Be er, Bel l Atla ntic, AT&T, Mc Donal ds, tou r —of fers a rare gli mpse at t he 50-year Saturn, G M, Na bisco , Prudent ial and Quaker State; evolution of a m aster crafts man wit h a co rnucopia as well as nu merous ch il dren’s bo oks. He’s eve n play ed guitar, written of original dra wings and waterc ol o rs, co m plete with so me o f his recent so ngs, an d made re cords wit h l ocal guit ar he ro John Platan ia ( Van an i mations . His wor k — which marries conte mpo rary social ob ser vations Morri son). But y ou can b e forg i veni f you’ v e not heard of El wo od H. with 40s/50 s S unday co mic v isual st yle, infused w ith hu mor ranging

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8 | rollmagazine.com Elwood H. Smith by Matt Petricone ELWOOD H. SMITH: “Elwood’s World” at the Norman Rockwell Museum, by Ross Rice fro m wry to sly —should be instantly recognizable to all who vie wit. Though it is a retrospective, it’s not going to be all enco mpassing. I Ad m it it, you ’veseenthes efu nnylook inglittle guys bef ore , hav en’t y ou? wanted to ke e p the early par t of the thing s ho rt, and have the bulk of my wo rk fro m the ti me since I mov ed to the Hu dson Vall ey. I’ve h ad We at have hadthe pleasure of intervie wing El wood before, in 2007, so m e per sonal fine art sh o ws, a nd man y g roup sho ws, but nev er a one- and fo Rollund ours elve s so on beco m in g good friend s with h i mand his wife man sho wof my c o m mercial wor k. I’ll t urn 70 in May of t his yea r . And arti st/crea tive partn er M aggie Pick ard. S ince the n he’s grac ed o ur cover I tho ught: I’ d lik e to have so methin g a roun d m y 70th bir thd ay …ju st in annually with a specia l holiday the me (t hanks agai n, El wood!) . So when c ase I’ mn ot a roun d t oo m uchlonger. we heard abou t this sho wat the Rock well, we ll, wej ust hadto mak esure we helpe d get t he w ord o ut abo ut it. Unfo rtunat ely , we all g ot sno w edin Maggie and I really liked the people at the Nor man Rock well Museu m, on intervi e w day, so w e ha d to do th is one on the ph one … so I sen t a c ar efully co mp ose d e mail to ( N RMdepu ty director /curator) St e phan ie Plunkett, telling he r that of all the places I thought of where I would m ost like to have t his s ho w , t he Roc k well w a s my top c hoice. I k no wth ere’s a ce rta in a m oun t of ch utz pah in doi ng th at, but I though t This is a pretty big year for you coming up starting with this show at the that i f I didn’ t do it, it might n ot occur to t he mto as k me in! S he wrote Norman Rockwell Museum and subsequent tour. Can you tell us a bit about bac k q u ickly t o te ll me they wou ld be h ap py to do it. what the show covers, and how it came about? continued on pg 10... 9 | rollmagazine.com continued fro mpg9...

hi mself, al most al ways using “local yokels” instead of professional Though you have vastly different approaches, you definitely share with models. He was aninflu ence in quite a fe w way s. Rockwell the ability to tell a larger story with a single image. You’ve mentioned previously enjoying his work as a kid. Was he an influence on you as you developed your craft? OK, here’s a stupid question, but one that bears repeating anyhow. You’reKra zy He really was. I never thought of havingso mebody who would really be stylisticKat B aapproachrney Go clearlyogle comesPo gfromo “old-school” Sunday comics like a m entor, or “a r t hero ,” whate ve r ter mi s being use d. Th ere we re peo ple , , and . You studied cartooning at an art school in w ho influ en ced me ove r the years , peo pl e I ho nored and lo ved, b ut I’ve Chicago. Yet you are now considered an “illustrator.” So at what point does a sort of gone my o w n wa y. cartoonist become an illustrator?

Well, that’s not a stupid question. If fact, I’ m often referred to as As I look back, when I was a young kid I sorted out those early co mics a cartoonist, so meone even once said I was a “ cartoonist,” into a hierarchy, with Walt Kelly’s right at the top. I think any New Yorker Pogo and I had to say, “ well, I’ve dra wn for , not creative person does that —it didn’t take long before I started rating The New York Times AndI’ mreally not a cartoonist,” whichis whenthey got everything. I didn’t have anybody else giving me guidance, like when The New Yorker. really e mbarrassed! you read Shakespeare in high school, and (the teacher) tells you why so m ethin gis great. Nancy Boyer Feindt ( El wood’s ho meto wn high school art teacher,

When writing so me words about the upco ming sho w, I was recently Alpena, Michigan) was one whofoundthe Chicago Acade my of Fine Arts lookin g at so m e Roc k well c overs — . T here are so me cartoon progra mfor me, because at that ti meI wantedto be a cartoonist. really g re at illu strators w ho did thSaturdayose cove Eveningrs, but IPostwas right the n, and The instructor there had done a co mic strip, had minor success, but was

I feel right no w, that R ock w ell was th e top do g. I f youl ook c losely , the not a good teacher. Really nice guy, but he didn’t infuse us with any

way that h e co mpos ed, the w ay ea ch han d, ea ch ges ture … .one co uld energy; he’d give an assign ment, thenjust sit there and doze off. say he w as t oo particula r. B ut fo r a yo ung pe rson, I couldn’t have had a bet ter role mo del. He set a hig h st a ndard f or const r uction, co mpo sitio n, When I finished school there, I needed a job, and in those days the main beauti ful d ra wing . job pe o ple got ( co ming out of a rt schoo l) was wo rki ng for stud ios. They wo uld hir e ill ustrators, car to onis ts, airbr ush artists, an d t hat’s ho w you The other way he was great was —as you mentioned —his storytelling. started out , doing your cartoons in your spar e ti me. I we nt aro und f ro m It’s just a mazin g, his paintin g …he w orke d fro m photogr aphs he took place t o pl ace, in Chi cago, stil l worki ng at the s u per ma rket, g etting

10 | rollmagazine.com desperate. I landed ajob about an hour north west of Chicago, assistant to starting to be influenced by Push Pin, and then (the ani mated Beatles the assista n t art dir e ctor . Wor ke dther e for a yea r a nd a half, and was up movie) c a me out, those big splas hy co lors. for the draf t. I joined th e Nation al Gu ard, went thro u gh ba sic t rain ing Yellow Submarine and all that st u ff, and whe n I got ba ck, wor ked th ere a litt le mo re. It took me a long ti me to get the style you no w kno w as the El wood S mith s tyle . I mov ed to N e w Yor k City in 1 976. I woul d s ay i t was ‘77 But I wanted to be closer to the big city. By then I was getting the or ’78 when I just did n’t like t he sty le I h ad , whic h was m ore of a cr oss- (p er iod ical) fr o m Pu sh Pin St udi os, th e pre mier stu dio Pushwith ha tch ystyle . And thenI re-d isco vered t he ol d co mi cs, a ndstar te d buying PinMi lGraphicton Gla ser and Sey m our C h was t. It kinda ble w m ysocks o ff! The y did up ori ginals and old, sl ightly falling apa rt h ard cov ered co mics of the thesef unnyill ustr ations but there wa sn ’t mu chcar too n-styl estu ff. W hen 30 s and 40s. And stu died the m, even buyin g the kind of pens th ey had. I sa w this s tuff, I thoug ht: I gotta get in the se a, I gotta star t getti ng my I b eca m e a really intense fan of that stuff; in a w ay, t hat was full c ircle f eet wet. So I g o t a job in C hicag o at M ars hall Fi elds d epart ment st ore, b ecause t ha t was the stuff tha t I absor bed a s a ki d, but did not u tiliz e until and it wa s t he wo rs t si x m onths I e ve r spent at a job. ( El wood pr oceeds 1978, w hen I rea lly starte d to g et a hand le o n ho wt o do tha t. And then to d es crib e an al mo st D ickensi an cub icle h ell s cena rio, co mp lete with that s tyle m o rphed over th e y ears , ( starting w ith) t he big Barn ey G oogle lo wpay, ha rd deadlin es and sadist ic overs eers. ) feet , big shnozzes, then ove r ti me the hand s and f eet bec a me s ma ller.

After that, I worked at an advertising agency for a while, and then anoth er. B ut I kne wi f I did n’t ju mp int o illustr ation at that ti me , that We’ve listed above a sample of your many illustration clients since you I maybe wou l dn’t be a b le to d o it. S o it was at that po int t hat (th e ad made the New York City move, and it’s actually hard to find someone you a gency) let mesta y on and use th at s pac e, and do layou ts off and o n. T hen HAVEN’T drawn for. So tell me, how does a young swashbuckling illustrator I worke d f or a noth er stud io —an actual illus tra tion stu dio —f or a short take Manhattan, start the ball rolling the way you were able to? t i me befo re I started f reelancing. I’ve be en doing th at ever since . Well, I did it myself at first. But the first couple of years, well, I really hate — I’ m be ing ver bo se w ith y ou right no w— bu t I re ally h at e cold calling. I would have to write do w n exac tly what I w as goin g to say; I Was this the point where you developed your signature old-school comic style, would ge t so fri ghten ed , I wou ld get confuse d. So th ose first ye ars , the y with the deceptively simple line work, round eyeballs, little hands and feet? were a gon y when I had t o call. Finding a style is very natural to so me people, but I was the opposite. And I n e ver h ad, or n ever co uld find one, or didn ’t trus t my self. And The surprise for me was when I went out to see these people, the Ne w at th e ti me I ’ mta lki ng abo ut was whe n I fi rst started illus trating. I was Yor k people we re s weet hearts ! They cau tio ned me in Chicag o, s aying

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“those Ne w York art directors are gonna eat youfor breakfast.” But they were a ll —O K, th ere were a fe wn ot —b ut a l mos t al l of the m w ould look So—other than of course the Rockwell exhibit—how are things today in the at m y work. A nd w hen I fi rst went out there i n ’ 76 I didn ’t take any real “Elwood’s World?” of my publis hed work, be caus e I ha d m y ne w st yle. It was a ll str ictly I‘ m busy on a kid’s book assign ment I’ m working on. And before we or igin al art put in on e of tho se hea vy portf olios yo u car ry around, ca m e up wi th the “ El wo od’s World ” sho w at the Ro ck we ll Muse u m, each on e fr a med ca refu lly. And t hey wo uld look t hroug h it an d would Magg ie and I got together with an old fr ien d (a nd design er) Nancy give me work, o r they wer e oft en ve ry gen erous ….al mos t a l wa ys they Davis, and c re ated “El wood ’s Wo rld ” on line, a place people ca n co me, wou ld c rank t hei r Ro lodex, writ e do w n three or four pe ople, w ho m play g a me s, buy m erchandise. We rec ently si g ned w ith Kin g Fe atures, I’d the n go se e. who has the wor ld’s largest lic ensi ng divisio n. We’ ve be en fee ding the m ne w er o rigi nal wor k, plus Maggie’s been go ing int o the vaults; right And it took off. I would just be who I was, and people liked that, they no wth e cauldr onis bu bblin g, we’re s tirrin git. A ndit coul dtip ov er and wer e u sed t o rep s co min gin wit h a w h ole sa les p itch. burn ou r feet.

Recently, you’ve been getting more into computer animations using various As you said earlier, you turn 70 this year, and I swear you—and Maggie Flash programs, and collaborations with 3D animator Brian Hoard. Is this the too—look at least 15 years younger. Though I suspect your youthfulness is the next step in your development, the “animated illustration?” result of a relentless sense of humor, how about you let us in on your secret… I did my first ani mation in Photoshop, just taking a bunch of i mages I have to say first that I’ mverylucky that I don’t have any major health a nd mak e th e m work as a bunch of cell s, and br ought th e m into a il me nts —g onna kno ck o n the pencil woo d here. Thin gs a re goin g well i Mo vie, c onnect ing th e m . It was fai rly cr ude. I read a lot o nline no w, but on the turn of a d i me you c an hav e mis fortune . So first I have about an i mation, wh at mak es i t wor k, and thenI go t Toon Bo o m Studio’s tosa ytha t t he th ingt ha t’s reall y be en g reat is I’ve reache dth is ve r y ripe ani ma tion progra m. ag e, a nd g otte n to acco m plish a lot of wh at I w anted to . I h ave a full head of hair, an d i t’s dark. W hi ch m ak es a l ot of peop le t hi nk th at I’ m I love working with so mebody else (like Brian), because they get to do youn ge r. a ll th e hard w ork! I met Bria n wa s I w as wor king wit h To on B oo m. Th e p eople in Can a da w ho ma ke th a t pro gra m did n’t ha ve ve ry good I have mo ments of despair, but I would sayin the main that I try to keep tuto rials, so y ou woul d rel y on t he ch at roo m where you’ d talk with t he gl ass half fu ll, and I ha ve a real en thu sia s m for le arnin g , it ’s r eally (others u sin g the progra m), one of t he m was Br ian, an d he h elped me a fun . And one thin g I h a ve to s ay (i s i mportant) is having de ar f riends, lot. ( At one p oint ) hesaidto me, “y ou kno w, I don’t h ave tha t many idea s, who mak e yo urlife so muc h b ette r. I kno wit sou nd s kinda Ne w Age-y — and I l ove your w or k. I f y ou’d a nd I loath e Ne w Age -ystuff — be w illing to d o the wo rk, I’d but i t’s the idea o f co m munity. be willing tod oth ean i matio n.”I I fe el a re al af fec tion for my al ways ha ve a b ask etful of ideas , c lose an d mo re distant frie nds. so I sai d “ye a h!” It fee ls go od, ke eps you lively.

I think one of the things that’s k ept me you ng and s ort of That four and a half mile daily vibr ant in this busi ness i s a walk probably doesn’t hurt sense o f c uriosi ty, of “ w hat is either… this?” I love the co m puter. A Yeah, and I wouldn’t do it if it lot of p eople my age da mn the wasn’ t for Maggie! I do n’t li ke co mp uter, “i t do esn’ t have any exerci se a t all. Bu t you k no w soul.” I j ust made a ni mat ions you nee dit . beca us e i t s ee me d t o be interestin g. Maggie li kes me to make th e m beca use th ey're pr o mo t ools. B ut right no wif I Elwood H. Smith’s “Elwood’s couldr etire, I wo uld m aketh os e World” exhibition runs February 19 little fil ms a nd an i matio ns, I through May 15, at the Norman woul djust dothi ngs that tickl ed Rockwell Museum, 9 Rte. 183, my fan cy. Stockbridge MA, www.nrm.org, 413.298.4100. Opening reception with the artist Sa 2/19, 4-6 PM. Visit www.elwoodsmith.com for more information.

go to www.rollmagazine.com to see a video of Elwood in his studeo, talking about his work.

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FEARLESS: actor, screenwriter, director Nicole Quinn by DB Leonard & Adele Jones Nicole Quinn by Matt Petricone

icole Qui nn is unafrai d. Of taki ng on the difficult After graduatingfro m UC Berkeley, she worked at Berkeley Repertory topic s of ag e, gender, ra ce; of chall eng i ng t he status Theat er for thre e yea rs b efore mo ving —with h usband P aul, who m quo. N ic ole is not afra i d of any thi ng, it see ms. she’d m et at Berke ley —t o Ne w York City to pu rsue her t heater career, perfo r min g in regional t heate r, soa p op era s, fil m s an d Shak espeare “I’ mastorytelle r, that’s ho wI define myself,”says Quinn. “The mediu m productions . While wo rking in t he th eater w orld, t he co uple lived in Nal wa y s chan ges. A nd not inte n tionall y —I follo wth e wayt he sto ry arises Brooklyn, ra ising t wo childr en. and ho wit wan ts to rev eal itself.” Indee d. Her prol i fic t alen t is e vident in p lays, sh ort sto rie s and fi l m, as a n actor, scree n writer and di re ctor. In As a mother wanting to participate in her children’s lives, Quinn ev ery ar ena, Q uinn h as m ainta in ed a deep co mpassionfo r th e “great a rcs s w itc hed gea rs fro m acti ng and tou rin g to devoting herself to the that we shar e,” she say s. written word. F ro mt he citys he su b mitted a sc ript, , to R iver Arts —a Wood stock wr iter’ s wo rkshop co -t aught b They M Tormentichael C hri stofer Born in a Catholic adoption ho me in California, Quinn was welco med and loc ally pro min ent play wright, wr iter, and edi tor Nina Shengold. as a bab y into a fa mily in w hich b ot h education and ac tivis m played a Not only w ould the sc ript get her a ccepted into the wo rksho p, it would si gn i fican t role . Except for one ye ar at t he Mary m ount School in Mexic o, forg e a la sting c onn ection wit h Sh engold an d be co m e a bridge fo r her to Quinn spe nt he r for ma tiv e ye ars, f ro mt he ages of e ight to se venteen, the H u dson V alley, event ually leading he r fa mily to A ccord a s fu ll ti me in a C atholi c bo arding scho ol —an instit utio n she es sentia lly integrated. res idents in 1980. S hengold be ca me an ear ly advo ca te of Qu in n’s work, T hi s had its predictab le result: at one point, the parents of one of her passing h er scrip t onto her o wn ag ent , who eventual ly took Qu inn on frien ds h ad a teacher in for m Q ui nn s he was for bidden t o s peak to her as a cli ent. That conne ctio n led to wr iting assign ment s in H olly w ood friend. Qui nn called t he scho ol’s blu ff, t elling the mthat if that w ere the fo r HBO, S ho wt i me, net wor kte lev ision and Jodie Foster ’s E gg Pictures. case sh e —and her p aren t’s sizab le fina ncial su pport —w ou ld b e leav ing, and the schoo l rel ented. U n witti ngly, the y all had helped her develop While Holly wood provided opportunities for Quinnto hone her writing a l ifelo ng fier y deter m ination. “The y tau ght me to def end myself,” skills, she soon be ca me a w are that Holl y wo od wa nte d “ N icol e Lite,” s tates Qu inn. “ I al ways feel l ike I was rais ed on the raz or’s edge which m eant stereoty pical st ories and charac ters wi th little depth. of cul tural rea lit y.” Deter mined t o “not to be p art of th e pr oble m,” she strug gled t o create authentic c har acter s i n h er w rit ing , working aga inst the p rev alence Fro man early age, Quinn began challenging the ways in which society of ageis m and racis m . defin ed i tself. In th e late s i xties, at the age o f ele ven, s he was re turning fro m h er se m es ter in M exico, an d w hen fi lling ou t a n i m migration Finally breaking with Holly wood, Quinn found herself with an unique for m , she was requ ire d to identi fy h er race . She w rote “h u man.” Quinn opport unity to s ho w what she wa s capab le of, while k eepin g close to was deta ined for an h ou r and a hal f. “I’ m m i xed r ace,” she laughs. ho me. Her 200 7 deb ut feat ure fil m , — which s he wr ote “ Ar en’t we al l?” and di recte d —s tarred Hudson Valle Racingy resid Daylightent Meli ssa Leo ( , The Fighter

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) and David Strathairn ( ). A multi- more funda mental concept of free speech. But Quinn feels strongly that Frozenlayere dRiver, ma gical ly reali stic narrat ivGoode of tNightwo l o&v eGoodrs se pLuckarated b y ti me, such words should not be u sed friv olously. “Th ere is n o ex cuse for u sing the mov ie was shot onlocat ionin Acc or d. Th e fil mg enerated eno r mous expl etives as a sho rtcu t t o e m otion,” she s ays. “It’ s a bo ut mea ning ,” she sup port fr o mt he co m munity a nd has achie ved a wid e audience to date — adds. “It’s al w ays abou t m eaning, is n’t i t?” F ollo w ing a board mee ting as well as a coll ection of in dep end ent a war ds incl uding firs t p lace at wher e the co mmu nitysh o wedthe mune quiv ocal vocal su pport, the right th e Wo me n’ s Internati ona l Fil mFestiv al in Mia mi. “I al w ays t hink y ou to arti stic expression was gran ted. sho uld enligh ten as you ent ertain ,” says Qui nn. A proud proponent of the concept that school not be the only for m For ten years, Quinn has done both, for mally and infor mally, as she and of educa tion, Quinn h as de voted m uch of her t i me to her unrel enting Nin a S hengol d have bee n teac hing a play wri ting workshop a t Ron dout ac tivis m. “If you’re in a co mmun ity, ev er ybod y is y ou r res ponsibility,” Valle y High Sc hool, with a group c all ed Underage Thespian Ac tion. The she says. R ecently w h en Quinn n eeded a th ea trical run for heart of the progra mis de voted to the collabora tive natur e of the ater, , the o wner s of the Rosend ale The atr e volunteer ed t heir hiRacingstoric enco ura ging the stud en ts to de vel op t heir unique v oices — of ten deep Daylightspace fre e o f charge . L ate r when the y reques ted Quinn’s aid in helping ones. “So me ar e mining th eir o wn ho mo sexuali ty, their o wn fears, to ge nera te a co mm unity base t o pu rchase the theatre, the re was no their o wn pa ssio ns,” said Quin n. “ A nd we get the g ift of seein g what qu estion: w it h Actors an d Wr ite rs (please see this mo nth's Theat re/ they’ re str uggling w ith.” Cine ma highli ghts), s he be ca me on e of th e fo undin g me mb ers of the Rosenda le Theatre Coll ective, a ne w v olun teer organ ization th at no w Focusing on the practicality of production, each play has a li mit of five provides a lasting f oundation f or inde pendent fi l mand live th eate r and actors an d fi ve pages. There ar e no sets, all o win g the wo rd s the mse lves music in th e regio n. Presently , Q uinn serves o n the boa rd, a s well a s the to be t he v ehic le. For si x we eks the stud ents writ e w ith the instructors, childr en ’s p rogra m ming co m mittee, the f und rais ing co m mitte e, and th en cast and pro duce the ir wor k, e ngagingi n ever y det ail. Finallythere the hu mb le concession s tand. “It’s y easty here,” Qui nn said of U lster is th e ult i mat e test of the li ve per for mance. ( T his ye ar’s sp ring se m ester Co unty, wh ich proudly boasts one o f the co untry’s largest conc ent rations w ill f eature pe rfor ma nce s sta rting the first week of Apr il.) of artist s outs ide of N e w Y ork C ity —a co mm unity i n which she is fir mly en trenched . Shengold and Quinn pushed for deep truth fro mtheir students, and got it. Last y ear, the pro gra mra n in to so me re sistan ce fro mthe ne wsc hool Looking ahead, she has several irons inthe fire: “The Gold Stone Girl” —a su perin tende nt a nd school bo ard c oncer ning the u se of prof anity in one “dystopi c, futu risti c, f e minist fanta sy ” no vel, ne w fil m, [ ] student’s work . Th e ad m inistra tion was co nce rned t hat the la ng uage a co ming of age stor y basedi n the Dep ression era, and a cSlapo m eanddic Tickleaction would a ppear t o con done “bad lang uage .” It see me d i m port ant to all t hriller fi l m tit led “ Meani ng of Wife”, wi th K i m Wozencra ft. It’s concer ned tha t a distincti on bet ween beha vio r in eve ryday inter act ion hard to i ma gine N icole Quin n sl o wing h er fur ious p ace or her se arch and artisti c con t ent be made clear. “ Words are n ot the ene my,” Quinn for mea ning —ei ther in her o w n work o r in the sup port of o ther s —and dec lared e m phatica lly, “it’s t he wa y we use thos e w ords .” the resulting stories ex hibi t an honest y a nd rea lity ofte n missing in an inc reasingly superfic ial ente rtai n ment b usine ss. Fear less in deed. Believing there was a good reason for using the particular word in the play, Qui nn an d Sh en gold defende d th e stud ent ’s work al ong w ith the | http://www.racingdaylightthemovie.com go to www.rollmagazine.com to see a video of Nicole as she talks about life, theatre and more... l: lastl: year's student production at Rondout High Valley School by Anya Lindahl; r: Nicole Quinn relaxing at Jack & Luna's M. by Richardson D.

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l •i •f •e lessons: jazz pianist & educator

Lee Shaw

by Peter Aaron Lee Shaw by Dianer Reiner Dianer by Lee Shaw

eonard Cohen di dn’t release his first al bu m until he Although she’s had a glo wing reputation a mong her peers and with in- was 32 , ancie nt by p op mus ic s tanda rds. It took Al the-kno w jazz love rs for al mo st half a cen tury, S ha w didn’t full y e me rge Jarr eau until he w as 35 to do the sa me. C o mpo sers as a leade r and activ e re cording art is t until th e earl y 2000s , whi ch have César Franc k and Leo š Jan ácek di dn’ t get their se en a full -on renaiss ance for th e Alb any- area resid ent. W ith her top- breakthroughs until they we re i n their 50s, whil e Anto n Br uckner fligh t trio of S augerties ba ssis t Ri ch Syracuse a nd Shoka n dru m me r Jeff Ldidn’t even en ter t he fie l d unt il he wa s 40 . But when it co mes to “Sieg e” Si eg el, the pian ist has recen tly found a w elco min g second h o me being called a late bl o o mer , at 84 jaz z pia nist and educat or Lee Sh a w onthe E uropea n ci rcuit an d ha s release d a stri n g of acclai m ed albu ms. To has th e mall b eat. sa y Sh a wputs he rlargel yru t-tr eading, s ta y-put lo cal jazz co mpatriot s —

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even those half her age —to sha me would be obvious. So, then, to what 1976, to Florida, where Lee taught piano. There, she met a teenaged, does the pi ano styli st attribu te this later-i n-li fe resurg ence ? classi cal ly weane d play er w ho wou ld beco me her bes t-kno w n student: John Meds eki of M edeski, Mar tin & W ood. “ Well, the real reason it began to happen is because of [Syracuse and Siegel] ,” S ha w says wit h char act eristic mo desty, a lso crediting her “ As a musician I couldn’t have gotten a better foundation than the one record la bel an d pub licist. “Rich and Jeff worked o n us getting ov er to I go t fro m Lee ,” says M edesk i, a Wo o dstock resident. “ She’s a li ving Europ e and gett ing a label , and i t’s b een wonderf ul. W e’re like fa mi ly, musi cal en cyclop edia, she kno ws of tunes. A nd she’ s just as the thre e of us. I fee l soluck y.” hungry no wto gro wa ndle arn her shundredself as sh e’s ever be en.”

Sha w was born in the dust-blo wn to wn of Ada, Oklaho ma, in 1926. By the early ’80s the Sha ws were back in Albany, debuting with 1984’s Surpr ising ly cul tur ed f or its size a nd re m ot eness, Ada hosted co ncerts liv e-in - Okla ho m a ( Cad enc e Jazz R ecords) a nd w orking by visiting s y mphoni c or che stras and even a local oper a grou p, which, until the early ’90 sLee, w hShawen S tOKan b eca me ill and c ould no lo nger play. As alo ng with her school’ s excellent mus ic pro gr a m, i nspire d Sha w tolearn she c are d for S tan ( who would eventua lly pas s in 20 01) Lee re made the piano . Wit h th e help of lessons sh e was soon able to read music an d play trio to in clud e Hu dson Valley g uitarist Mi ke D e M icco and Syracuse for by ea r the Gre at A me rican S ong boo k sta ndar ds she was he arin g on 199 6’s ( Cadenc e Jazz). As Stan’ s heal th decline d th e unit bac ked th e rad io “ in the 1930s, whe n they wer e ne w.” Sh e le ft for Chicag o to a way fEssencero mre cording u ntil 20 02, when a ne wl ineup of Sha w, S yracuse, att end th e A mer ican C onserv atory of M usic w ith t he a i m of beco mi ng and S iegel cut ( Cade nc e Jaz z). Th e n e wfou nd, steady an acc o mp anist for c lassical singer s. B ut bef ore t hat could h appen, her stre a m of rele aAse sPlacepic kfored Jazzup a gain with t wo s elf-r eleased sets , 2006’s m usical life too k an unexpec ted turn . and 20 07’s , get ting t he tr io attention o vers eas and Littleleadi nFriendg to y earl y Euro pOriginalsean tour ing. “I had studied [cocktail pianist] Cy Walter and could play in that style, bu t I f elt that so methin g was st ill m issing,” Sha wsay s. “T he n my agent “[Playing with Sha w] is really inspirational,” says Siegel. “She’s too k me to he ar Count B asie , and I kne wI had to stud y jazz.” At first it incredibl y drive n, and s he l ives for every single no te. Sh e’s reall y taught was diffi cu lt to find aja zz-sy m pat he tictea c her a m ongth e cons erv atory ’s me a lot.” clas sical fac ult y, b ut soon she was pe rfor min g in a pian o/bass duo. In 1961 she talked a clu b o w ner into also hiring a y ou ng dru mme r just in 2008’s CD/ DVD ( Artists Recording Collective), which fro m Ne w York , Stan Sha w, w ho woul d marr y L ee onl ysi x mont hs af ter captu res Sha w a nLived ba nind Grazin G er many, introduced many to he r fleet, they met, re main ing with he r for the res t of his life . efferves cent, a nd al ways s ur prising mus ic; the studi o set ( ARC) follo wed soo n a fter. So well rece ived h as s he bee n t hBlossomsat in 2 009 Art After a yearin Puerto Rico and a brief returnto Chicago, thet wo headed Gallery Reutli ngen held the t wo-day Lee Sha w Jaz z Fe stiv al, w hich to Sta n ’s ho me to wn. Altho ugh it wou ld be d ec ades until it r ecor ded, the resulted in a live alb u mn a me d for the venu e and f eatur ing saxop honists Le e Sha w Trio, whic h at differ en t ti mes fea turedsu ch ba ss greats as S la m Johanne s E n ders and Mi chael L utz eier . Her n e we st release, the exquisite Ste wart, Richa rd Dav is, and Maj or Hol ley, beca me a hit at Man ha ttan’s (like , on ARC), jazz te m ples. By no wLe e wa s also making a na me fo r her sel f as a pianist, Togetherwhich fiAgain:nds h eLiver re atun theite dEggw ith M Liveedes atki Artons Gallerytage in ReutlingenAlbany, i s a master taki ng lesson s fr o mt he g reat Osc ar Pete rs on an d ev en bein g o ffered a class i n eleg ant i mprovisa tion. job by Lionel Ha mp ton (not wantin g to be a way fro m Stan, s he turn ed it do w n). U nfortunate ly fo r the Sh a w s, ho we ver, by thi s ti me the So what’s the best part about being a teacher- musician who’s finally l andscape was about to c hang e. ge tting he r du e? “L earni ng!” sa ys the 1 993 Oklaho ma Jazz Hall o f Fa me ind uctee with out missin g a beat. “ When the Beatles ca me along “But I most lo ok for w a rd to club o w ner s werele ssinte rested playi ng . It do esn’t matter if it ’s a in j azz,” recall s L ee. “ And club or a concert —I just w ann a th e [late ’60s] rac e riot s made play .” Ha rle m clubs unsa fe fo r us.” So in 19 71 the couple relo cated to th e C apit al Regi on, were JohnTog eMedeskither A gandain Lee: Li vShaw’se at th e Egg th ey beca me the roya lty of the l ocal scen e by booking and is out now through Artists Recording bac king i mpor ted horn pla yers Collective. The Lee Shaw Trio like De xter Gord on, A l Cohn, plays at 74 State Street in Albany Pep per Ada ms, Al G ray , Zoot on second and fourth Saturdays and Si ms, a nd Frank Fo ster. In order the Stockade Inn in Schenectady on to ta ke care o f Stan ’s ailing second Fridays; the Lee Shaw Duo pa rents, they m oved a gain in performs at One Caroline Street in Saratoga Springs on third Sundays; Shaw plays a solo jazz brunch at Justin’s in Albany on third Sundays. www.myspace.com/leeshawmusic.

Lee Shaw by Diane Reiner

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Through 2/6- ROUTE 28 OR THEREABOUTS460 Main Street, 7group27.244 .show5535 Through 2/26- NATHAN MELTZ with JENNY KEMP and DOUG HOLST BEACON—Marion Royael Gallery, www. marionroyaelgallery.co m mixed media exhibit , 416 Colu mbia Street, 518.822.8448 , 440 Main St., www. morphicis m.co m, 845.440.3092 HUDSON—The Orange House 434 Col u mbia S t. BEACON—Morphicism , 510 Main St., www.openspac ebeacon.co m HUDSON—Timewww.ti mea nanddsp aSpaceceli mi tLimited,ed.org, 518. 822.8448 BEACON—Open718.207.379 3Space Gallery , 172 Main St., www.river windsgallery.co m Through 3/1- DISPOSABLE LANDSCAPES an exhibition of cheap art BEACON—Riverwinds Gallery 845.838.2880 by JUSTIN LANDER 134 Jay St., 914.232.9555 , 460 Main Street, www.vanbruntgallery.co m KATONAH—Thewww.katon aKatonahh museu m Museum.org of Art, BEACON—V845.838an.29 Brunt95 Gallery , 71 O’ Neil Street, www.airstudiogallery.co m 200 Hurd Road and Route 17B KINGSTON—A.I.R845.331.2662, . WStudioe-Sa 9 GalleryAM-1 P M BETHEL—Bethelwww. bethe lWwoodood sCentercenter. oForrg, The845. 4Arts,54.33 88 , 176 Broad way, 845.331.1388, Tu-Su 10-6 P M , 3930 Route 28 KINGSTON—Agustsson Gallery , 9 7 Broad way, www. askfo rarts. org BOICEVILLE—Fabulouswww.fabul ousfurn iFurnituretureon28. cGalleryo m, 845 .&6 5Sculpture7.6317 Garden KINGSTON—Arts845.338.0331 Society Of Kingston (ASK) , 384 Main Stre et, 917.674.6823 CATSKILL—Gallery 384 2/5 through 2/26- CHRONOGRAM covers show Ongoing- REMOVE THE LANDMARK: works by cannon hersey and Sa 2/5 - Opening Reception 5-8 PM , 323 Wall Street aaron yassin , 42 Prospect Ave., 518.943.2642 KINGSTON—BSPwww.bspinf o(Backstage.net, 845.33 8Studio.8700, Productions)Weekdays 3-8 P M, Fr & Sa 3 P M-12 AM CATSKILL—Gallery 42 398 Main St. CATSKILL—Greene518.943.3400, w Countyww.gre Councilenearts. oonrg the Arts Gallery, KINGSTON—Battledore, 6 Limited00 Broa d(Artway ,Gallery845.339 Devoted.4889 To Presenting The Art Of (see highli ght) Maurice Sendak) , 69 Esopus Avenue, 845.331.6147 Through 3/5- CUT PAPER UNIVERSE by DIANA BRYAN KINGSTON—Cellar Studio And Gallerie, 168 Cor ne ll Stree t, 845.331 .0191 Through 3/5- PAPER, 350 ARTSMain Sgrouptreet, show518.9 4of3. 0folded,380, w wcastw. m andgall ecutry- opapernline.co m KINGSTON—Cornell St. Studios , 9 3 Broad way, w ww.donskoj.co m CATSKILL—MSa & Su 1 Gallery2-5 P M KINGSTON—Donskoj845.388.8473, Th- &Sa 1Company1-5 P M , 128 Canal Street, Port Ewan 2/26 through 3/15- AMERICAN TONALISM new works by KINGSTON—Duckwww.esopusli bPondrary. Galleryorg, 845 .(At338 .Esopus5580, M Library)o, Tu, Th 10 AM-5: 30 P M painter PATRICK MILBOURN3 and-8 P photographerM LEE ANNE MORGAN We 10-8 P M, Fr 10-7 P M , Sa 10-4 P M Sa 2/26- Opening Reception, 402 Mai n Street, www.potatospirit.co m , corner of CATSKILL—The518.943.953 Open1 Studio KINGSTON—FHKMain/ Wall St (Friendsreet, ww Ofw.f Historicohk.org, Kingston845.339.07 Gallery)20, Sa & S u 1-4 P M , 375 Main Street, 845.532.4404 or by appoi nt ment CATSKILL—Sawdust Dog Gallery, 46 2 M ain St reet, w ww.terenchin.co m CATSKILL—Terenchin518.943.5312, Mo -FineSa 1- Art6 P M , 218 Spring Street, 518.943.7465 CATSKILL—Thomaswww.tho masco Colele. or gNational Historic Site

18 | rollmagazine.com art listings art listings , 84 Ten Broeck Ave. , 10 Main Street, www. waterstreet market.co m NEW PALTZ—Water Street Market KINGSTON—Gallerywww.rfpai nts.c oAtm, R&F1.80 0Handmade.206.8088 Paints 845.255.1403 ( Works Of John Creagh And Pat Morgan) NEW WINDSOR—Wallkill River Gallery 2/5(see throughhi ghli gh t3/19-) WAXING GEOMETRIC by ASTRID FITZGERALD www. wallkillriverschool.co m, 845. 689.061 3, M o-Fr 9:30 A M- 6: 30 P M 5-7 P M Sa 10 AM- 5 P M Sa 2/5- Opening Reception20 St Ja m es Street, www.keeganales.co m Through 2/28- ROUGH AT HAND; CARRIE JACOBSON and SENIORS KINGSTON—Keegan845.331.2739 Ales, PAINT THE TOWN; emerging artist JUDITH MACCALLA 240 Boulevard 5-7 P M Sa 2/5- Opening Reception KINGSTON—Hillside Manor, , 300 Wall St. , 3 Me morial Avenue, www.gotgpa wli ng.co m PAWLING—Gallery On The Green KINGSTON—Hudsonwww.lgbtqcente rValley.org, 8LGBTQ45.331.5 Community30 Center 845.855.3900 , 103 Abeel St. 201 S. Division Street, www.beanrunnercafe.co m PEEKSKILL—Bean Runner Café, KINGSTON—Kingstonwww.k moca.org Museum Of Contemporary Art 914.737.1701

2/5 through 2/26- new works by ANITA WETZEL, BETH HUMPHREYS, Through 4/9- FATHER & SON: COLORS AND CONNECTIONS painted retrospective of works by PETER K. EAGLETON and PETER J. EAGLETON CASSANDRA QUACKENBUSH, and18 H MICHAELone St. 84 5CICCONE.339.4280 3-6 P M Sa 2/5- Opening Reception KINGSTON—Michael Lalicki Studio475 A be el St., w w w.one milegallery.co m 1 05 So Division Street, flatiron.qpg.co m PEEKSKILL—Flat Iron Gallery Inc., KINGSTON—One845.338.2035 Mile Gallery, 914.734.1894 , 35 Dunn Street 1008 Bro wn Street PEEKSKILL—Paramount Center For The Arts, Upper Art Gallery, KINGSTON—Thewww.thefire Firehous eHousestudio .Studioco m, 84 5.3 31.646 9 www.para mountcenter.org, 914.739.2333 280 Wall St., www.ulstersavings.co m , 1000 N. Division Street Suite 4 PEEKSKILL—The Hat Factory, Yamet Arts, Inc. KINGSTON—Ulster845.338.6060 Savings Bank, www.ya metonarts.co m, 914-737-1646 , 1701 Mai n Street PEEKSKILL—Hudson Valley Center For Contemporary Art 2/1 through 3/30- PASTEL ,JEWELSHarri m apaintingsn Hall, 11 5byS oMARIANNEuth Street R. HEIGEMEIR www.hvcca.co m, 914.788.0100 MIDDLETOWN—SUNYwww.sunyorange. eOrangedu, 845.3 41.4891 Ongoing- IN.FLEC.TION Through 2/13- CYNTHIA HALL mixed media; CYNTHIA HARRIS-PAGANO Ongoing- MOUNT MASLOW by FOLKERT DE JONG Ongoing- LAUNDRETTE by THOMAS HIRSCHHORN portraits, still lifes and landscapes , 3297 Franklin Ave Ongoing- AFTER THE FALL MILLBROOK—Millbrookwww. mill brookgall eGallerryandya nandtiqu eAntiquess.co m, 91 4.769 .5814 , 60 Main Street, 2nd Floor, www.artsupstairs.co m PHOENICIA—Arts Upstairs 6 47 South Plan k Rd. 845.688.2142 MOUNTww TREMPER—Mountw. mounttre mperart sT.remperorg, 845 .Arts,688.9 893 PHOENICIA—Cabane Studios Fine Art Gallery and Photography Studio , Old Pleasant Hill Rd. 38 Main Street, cabanestudios. wordpress.co m MOUNTwAINVILLE—Stormww.stor mking. org, 8King45.5 3Art4.3 1Center15 , 3 Factory Lane, www.chishol mgallery.co m PINE PL518AINS—The.398.1246 Chisholm Gallery Ongoing- 5+5: NEW PERSPECTIVES onsite sculpture exhibit; , 32 Ray mond Avenue POUGHKEEPSIE—Arlington Art Gallery THE VIEW FROM HERE: STORM, 104 AKINGnn St rAeTet ,FIFTYwww .museumannstreet exhibitgallery. org www.arlingtonartgallery.co m, 845.7 02. 6280 NEWBURGH—Ann845.562.6940 T Streeth-Sa 1 1GalleryAM- 5 P M , 485 Main Street POUGHKEEPSIE—Barrett Art Center/clayworks/gallery 9 Cha mbers St., 845.304.3142 www.barrettartcenter.org, 845.471.2550 NEWBURGH—Pop-Up Gallery, , 14 Mt. Car mel Place Ongoing- works by STEPHANIE BURSESE, ROBERT BRUSH, JOHN DELK, POUGHKEEPSIE—Caféwww.cafebocca.ne tBocca, 845.4 83. 7300 DAVID FREUND and BARBARA SMITH GIOIA Ongoing- LIQUID EARTH by CRAIG PEYTON NEWBURGH—The94 Broad way, Karpeles845.569.4 9Manuscript97 www.ka rLibrarypeles.co Museumm 9 Vassar St. POUGHKEEPSIE—Cunneen-Hackettwww.cunneen-hackett.org, 845. 4Arts86.4 5Center71 , Ongoing- SLAVERY museum exhibit , Mildred Washington Art Gallery Ongoing- LARGELY LANDSCAPES by LOIS LIPPER POUGHKEEPSIE—Dutchess53 Pendell Road, www .Communitysunydutches sCollege.edu, 845 .431.891 6, Mo- Th: 1 0 A M- 9 Through 3/31- PORTRAITS IN AMERICAN HISTORY P M , Fr: 10 AM- 5 P M

by DONA MCPHILLIPS COUCH 310 River Rd. Ext. 45 Pershing Ave., www. millstreetloft. org POUGHKEEPSIE—Gallery 45, NEW PsALTZ—Centery mbolicstudies. oforrg ,Symbolic845.658.8 5Studies,40 845.471.7477 , Ne w Paltz Plaza, www. markgrubergallery.co m POUGHKEEPSIE—The Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center At Vassar NEW P8ALTZ—Mark45.255.1901 Gruber Gallery 124 Ray mond Avenue, fllac.vassar.edu, 845.437.7745 , 60 Main Street, www.60 main.org Through 3/27- 150 YEARS LATER new photography by TINA BARNEY, NEW P8ALTZ—New45.255.1241 Paltz Cultural Collective (see highlight) TIM DAVIS and KATHERINE, 2 6NEWBEGIN83 South Rd , ww w.lgny.org, 845.454.4500 Every Tu- CRAFT NIGHT- bring your project to work on in good company POUGHKEEPSIE—Locust Grove Through 2/27- POINTS OF VIEW photographs of the hudson valley Every Third Sa- NEW PALTZ THIRD SATURDAY: live music ,and1 H arta w kshowDr. by FRANC PALAIA NEW PALTZ—Samuelwww. ne wpaltz.e Dorksydu/ mus eMuseumu m, 845. 2Of57. Art384 4At Suny New Paltz , 3399 North Road POUGHKEEPSIE—Maristwww. marist.edu/co mCollegemarts/ aArtrt/ gGalleryallery, 8 45.57 5.3000, Ext. 2308 Through 3/18- BINARY VISIONS woven coverlets from the , 455 Mapl e Street, www . mil lstreetl oft. org historic huguenot street collection POUGHKEEPSIE—Mill845.471.7477 Street Loft Every Su- FREE GALLERY TOUR of binary visions 2/19 through 3/16- ARTI INSTITUTE SENIOR PROJECT EXHIBIT 2/11 through 4/14- FROM HUGUENOT(see hi gTOhli gMICROWht) AVE new and 5:30 P M Sa 2/19- Opening Reception recent works by MARCO MAGGI5-7 P M , 124 Ray mond Ave. POUGHKEEPSIE—Palmer Gallery At Vassar College Fr 2/11- Opening Reception 4-5 P M pal mergallery.vassar.edu, 845.437.5370 Fr 2/11- CURATOR’S GALLERY TALK on huguenot3 P toM microwave Through 2/10- TEEN VISIONS ‘11 annual exhibit of work by students of Su 2/20- PANEL DISCUSSION on binary, 173 H visionsugueno t Street regional high schools NEW PALTZ—Unframedwww. unfra medarti sArtiststsgaller Galleryy.co m, 8 45.2 55.5482 40 W Market St. www.tastebudds.co m RED HOOK—845.758.6 T5aste00 Budd’s Café Through 12/19- LET ,ITU SNOWnison T hmixedeater, media68 Mo ugroupntain Rshowest Road Through December- FEATURED ARTIST: ANDREAS SAN MILLAN NEW PwALTZ—Unisonww. unisonarts .Artsorg, 845.255. 1559 Through January- FEATURED ARTIST: TERESA PELLEGRINI 7:30 P M Every Th- LIFE DRAWING SESSIONS RED HOOK—The7392 S Broad Artsway (CenterRoute 9of), 8the45. 7Greater58.8708 Hudson Valley Ongoing- OUTDOOR SCULPTURE EXHIBITION , The Chocolate Factory RED HOOK—Betsy Jacaruso Studio & Gallery 2/4 through 2/27- 8th ANNU5-AL7 P LIFEM DRAWING AT UNISON exhibition 98 Elizabeth Street, www.betsyjacarusostu dio.c o m, 845.75 8.9244 Fr 2/4- Opening Reception , www.unisonarts.org 22 East Market Street RHINEBECK—Albert Shahinian Fine Art - Upstairs Galleries, NEW PALTZ—Unison845.255.1559 Gallery at Water St. Market Suite 301, 845.876.7578

19 | rollmagazine.com art listings art listings , 6400 Montgo mery Street, www.gallerylodoe.co m , 40 Mill Hill Road, www.fletchergallery.co m RHINEBECK—Gallery845.876.6331. Op eLodoen 11-6 P M, e xcept Tu WOODSTOCK—Fletcher845.679.4411, Th-Su 1Gallery2-6 P M , 6420 Montgo mery St. , 72 Rock City Road RHINEBECK—Hammertownwww.ha mmerto wn.co m Rhinebeck, 845.876.14 50 WOODSTOCK—Fwww.forsterorsterstudio .Galleryco m, 84 5And.679 .Studio0676 6423 Montgo mery St. RHINEBECK—Montgomerwww. montgo meryroyw .Row,co m, 845. 943.0373 WOODSTOCK—Galerie12 Tannery Brook R Bmgoad, /contemporarwww.galeriebym Photographyg.co m, 845.679.0027 , 333 Mountain Rd., www.lifebridge.org ( O pen by a ppoint ment o nly through 4/8) ROSENDALE—Lifebridge845.338.6418 Sanctuary , 34 E l wyn Lane, 845.679.2711 , 449 Main Street, www.roosarts.co m, 718.755.4726 WOODSTOCK—Hawthorn Gallery , 4666 Route 212 ROSENDALE—Roos Arts WOODSTOCK—Jameswww.ja mescoxga lCoxlery .Galleryco m, 84 5At.6 7Woodstock9.7608 2/6 through 3/12- AIRING DIRTY LAUNDRY , 34 Tinker Street by ANGELA ROSE VOULGARELIS434 Main Street, www.rosendalecafe.co m WOODSTOCK—Klienert/Jameswww. woodstockguild.org, Arts845.6 Center79.2079, Fr -Su 12- 5 P M ROSENDALE—The845.658.9048 Rosendale Café, ,153 Tinker S treet, 845. 679.6064, 212.924.0784 , 722 Binne water Lane WOODSTOCK—Lily Ente Studio, 33 R ock Cit y Rd, w ww.lotus wo odstock.co m ROSENDALE—Wwww. ws woomen’srkshop. Studioorg, 84 5Workshop.658.9133 WOODSTOCK—Lotus845.679.2303 Fine Art 626 Route 212 , 8 Tannery Brook Road SAUGERTIES—Café845.246.5306 Mezzaluna Bistro Latino And Gallery, WOODSTOCK—Sweetheartwww.s weetheartgaller yGaller.co m, y84 5. 679.2622 , 106 Partition Street, 845.246.5554 , 291 Tinker Street ( Route 212) SAUGERTIES—Catskill Gallery , 209 Fishcreek Rd., 845.246.7504 WOODSTOCK—Thewww.bearsville tBearsvilleheater.co mTheater, 845.679 .440 6 SAUGERTIES—Cloveopen noon- 4 P M Church Studio & Gallery 22 Rock City Road, www.colonycafe.co m www.dutchalehouse.co m WOODSTOCK—The845.679.5342 Colony Café, SAUGERTIES—Dutch845.247.2337 Ale House, 253 Main St., , 130 Tinker Street ,18 Market Street, 845.246.9114 WOODSTOCK—Vwww.vargagargaaller yGallery.co m, 84 5.6 79.4005 SAUGERTIES—Half Moon Studio, 65 P artition St., 84 5.246.5775 , 99 Tinker Street SAUGERTIES—Inquiring Minds WOODSTOCK—Willow845.679.5319, Th- M Arto 1 2Galler:30-6 Py M Every Th through 3/24- SAUGERTIES ART 3LAB:30 P drop-inM art open to , 28 Tinker Street all interested, all ages, with EDITH BOLT WOODSTOCK—Wwww. woodstoodstockockart.or gArtists, 845.6 7Association9.2940 & Museum SAUGERTIES—Loveland4 Churchland Road, Museum/Justinwww.justinlove .Loveco m ,Painting845.246. 5Gallery520 And Studio 65 Partition St. 2/12 through 4/3- HARRIET 4T-ANNIN:6 P M A RETROSPECTIVE SAUGERTIES—Muddy845.246.5775 Cup/inquiring Mind Coffeehouse & Bookstore, Sa 2/12- opening reception , 2470 Rte. 212 429 Phillips Rd., 845.246.0402 WOODSTOCK—Wwww. woodstoodstockockschoo lSchoolofart.o rOfg, 8Art45.6 79.23 8818 SAUGERTIES—The Doghouse Gallery, , 35 88 M ain Street STONEw RIDGE—Centerww.cce-ki ngston .fororg Creative, 845.687. Education8890 , 3743 Main St. STONEw RIDGE—Theww.thedra wi nDrawinggroo mon lRinoome.co m, 84 5.687. 446 6 , 357 2 Main Street, www.pearlartsgallery.co m STONE84 RIDGE—P5.687.0888 earl Arts Gallery , Muroff Kotler Gallery, Cottekill Road STONEw RIDGE—SUNYww.sunyulster.e dUlsteru, 845. 687.511 3 , 60 Broad way TIVOLI—Tivoliwww.ti v oArtistsliartist sCoco-op-op .Andco m ,Gallery845.757. 266 7, Fr 5-9, Sa 1-9, Su 1-5

Ongoing- ROCHELLE REDFIELD solo show 2/4 through 2/27- ANNUAL EROTICA SHOW mixed media18 + exhibit with work of a sensual or suggestive but not 7pornographic-9 P M nature Sa 2/5- Fundraising ReceptionTh e M axon Mills, 37 Furnace Bank Rd., and WASSAIC—TheThe Luthe rWassaicBarn, 1 5Project,Furnace Ban k Rd., www. was saicproj ect.or g , R oute 28 at Wall Street, 845.679.9944 WEST HURLEY—Soho West Gallery 3 Up per Byr dcliffe Way WOODSTOCK—Byrdclifflewww. woodstockguild .Artorg ,Colony/Theater,845.679.2079 , 59 Tinker Street WOODSTOCK—Centerwww.cp w.org, 845 F.6or79 .Photography9957 At Woodstock

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Every Th- ACOUSTIC THURSDAY9 P M w/ KURT HENRY Barbeques Sa 2/5- THE TRAPPS 8 P M Sa 2/12- BREAKAWAY w/ ROBIN BAKER 12 P M *Barbeques Su 2/13- VALENTINE’S SINGER SHOWCASe w/ VINNY MARTUCCI7 P M Tu 2/15- VALENTINE’S BLUES & DANCE8 P PARTYM w/ BIG JOE FITZ ...any or all events, Sa 2/19- THE DYLAN EMMET BAND 9 P M Sa 2/26- DAVID KRAAI & THE SADDLETRAMPS 12 P M …any or all Su 2/27- THE REBECCA COUPE FRANKS, 150 Kiso TRIOr Rd., w ww.boughtonplace.org We’ll bring the Gumbo! HIGHLAND—Boughton845.691.7578 Place Theater 405 Colu mbia St., www.helsinkihudson.co m HUDSON—Club518.828.480 Helsinki0 Hudson, events ( All sho ws 8P Munless other wise noted) (see hig hlight) contact Cleoma’s ghost at Fr 2/4- TODD SNIDER Su 2/6- RORY BLOCK & CINDY(see h iCASHDOLLARghlight) 845.238.8663 or [email protected] Fr 2/11- CHRIS SMITHER We’ll Bring the Th 2/17- RASPUTINA Fr 2/18- SLAVIC SOUL PARTY 4400 Route 23 HUDSON—www. sColumbiaunycgcc.e dGreeneu, 518.8 Community28.4181 College, Gumbo 327 Warren Street Contact HUDSON—Hudsonwww. hudsono pOperaerahou House,se. org, 518. 822.1438 8 P M Sa 2/12- JENNY LIN piano performance434 Colu m bia St. HUDSON—Timewww.ti mea nanddsp aSpaceceli mi tLimited,ed.org, 518. 822.8448 Cleoma’s Ghost at (845)-238-8663 or 440 Warren Street, www.thespottydog.co m HUDSON—Spotty518.671.6006 Dog Books & Ale, 8 P M Sa 2/5- ALEXANDER TURNQUIST, GLENN ROTH8 P M Fr 2/11- MUFFIN MAN, LAST GOOD TOOTH8 P M [email protected] Sa 2/19- LAVENDER, JOHN MANNION 8 P M Su 2/20- LIV CARROW, JACKSON EMMER4076 Albany Post Road, HYDE wPARK—Hydeww. hydepar kParkbre w Brewinging.co m, Company,845.229.82 77

8:30 P M Every We- OPEN MIC Blues Jam71 O’ N eil Street, www.airstudiogallery.co m KINGSTON—A.I.R.845.331.2662 Studio Gallery, 8-11 P M Every 2nd Sa- ACOUSTIC ARTISTS COALITION & ART PARTY 21 | rollmagazine.com music listings music listings

, 97 Broad way, www.askforarts.org 7 P M Tu 2/8- VIRTUOSI-IN-PROGRESS recital KINGSTON—Arts845.338.0331 Society Of Kingston (ASK) 8 P M Th 2/17- GREG DRAPER classical 8guitarP M AT SHEPARD HALL Tu 2/22- CAROLE COWAN violin Fr 2/4- THE SHAUT, EARLY AND TREAT JAZZ3 2QUARTET3 Wall St., 7w PMww.bspinfo.net 68 Mount ain Rest Road, www.unisonarts. org NEW PALTZ—Unison Theater, KINGSTON—Backstage845.338.8700 Studio Productions (BSP), 845.255.1559 744 Broad way, www. myspace.co m/thebase ment744 , 10 Main Street, www. waterstreet market.co m NEW PALTZ—Water Street Market KINGSTON—The845.340.0744 Basement, 845.255.1403 9 P M 477 Beaverkill Road OLIVEBRIDGE—Ashokan Center, Every Mo- METAL MONDAYS20 St Ja me s Street, www.keeganales.co m www.ashokancenter.org, 845.255 .1559 KINGSTON—Keegan845.331.2739 Ales, 130 Route 22, www.to wnecrier.co m, 845.855.1300 PAWLING—The Towne Crier, 6:30 P M Fr/Sa sho ws at 8:30 P M, Su 7 :30 P M un less other wise noted Every We- Open Mic Night 7 P M Every 2nd Su- THE BIG BANG JAZZ GANG plays the music of MINGUS We and Th- Open Mic Night Fr 2/4- CHRIS SMITHER MONK DUKE and more 8 P M Sa 2/5- LUTHER “GUITAR JR” JOHNSON & THE MAGIC ROCKERS Fr 2/25- ERIN HOBSON COMPACT77 C cdor nreleaseell St. party 2 P M Su 2/6- CHRIS CASSONE BAND w/ DAN LAVOIE KINGSTON—Kingston Shirt Factory, 237 Forest Hill Drive Fr 2/11- STEPHANE WREMBLE & THE DJANGO EXPERIMENT KINGSTON—Skytopwww.skytop. m oBrewingonfruit.c Companyo m, 845.3 4And0.42 7Steakhouse,7 Sa 2/12- MARY FAHL 9 P M 4 P M Su 2/13- NATALIE AMENDOLA w/ DOUG SMITH Every 1st Sa- THE UPSTART8 PBLUESM ALLSTARS Fr 2/18- PETER CALO & ROB MORSBERGER w/ KATI MAC Every Tu- STUMP TRIVIA! 8-11 P M Sa 2/19- LARRY CORYELL w/ MARK EGAN and JOHN COLLIANI Every Th OPEN JAZZ SESSION59 No rth F ront Street 4 P M Su 2/20- TANNAHILL WEAVERS from scotland KINGSTON—Snapperwww. myspace.co Magees,m/snappe r m ageesl ive mu sic, 845.339.3888 Fr 2/25- RHETT TYLER BAND w/ RUBY HOGG All sho ws start at 10 P Mand are 21 + 4 P M Su 2/27- PATTI ROTHBERG w/ ZOE JOBE 3 13 F air St., 845.514.2649 12 No rth Division Street PEEKSKILL—12 Grapes Music & Wine Bar, KINGSTON—Stockade Tavern, 601 Broad way, www.upac.org www.12grapes.co m, 914.737.6624 KINGSTON—Ulster845.473.5288 Performing Arts Center, 7 P M We 2/2- FAMILY FUN NIGHT w/ kids’ open mic (see highlight) 7 P M 8 P M Mo 2/7- GREG WESTHOFF & THE WESTCHESTER WING BAND Su 2/27- TAJ MAHAL32 3 W all St., ww w .323 wallstreet.co m, 845.338.8700 8:30 P M Th 2/10- OPEN MIC NIGHT w/ petey hop KINGSTON—Wallspace, 1 380 C oun ty Rd. 2, www.kru mville .co m, 845.657.8956 8 P M Fr 2/11- THE RAHSAAN LANGELY PROJECT dinner & romance evening KRUMVILLE—Country Inn, 7 P M 9:30 P M Sa 2/12- DUTCHESS DI & THE DISTRACTIONS valentine’s special Every We- LIVE MUSIC w/ TRIPLE PLAY 9 P M 5:30 P M Su 2/13- THE RHONDA DENÉT PROJECT Fr 2/4- ROSS RICE’S VERY1348 RSEXYte. 9 W TRIO, ww w .liveatthefalcon.co m, 845.236.7970 7:30 P M Mo 2/14- THE CALLEN SISTERS MARLBORO—TheMusic starts a tFalcon,6 P M; Head liner at 7 P M Th 2/17- DREW BORDEA8:30 PUX,M TITO WILSON, RICH KELLY Th 2/3- BOB WISEMAN w/ THE LAST CAR and CHRIS BURKE 9:30 P M Fr 2/4- JOEL HARRISON STRING CHOIR music of paul motian Sa 2/19- KJ DENHERT 201 S. Division Street, www.beanrunnercafe.co m Sa 2/5- PROFESSOR LOUIE & THE CROWMATIX PEEKSKILL—914.737. 1BeanR701 unner Café, w/ DAVID KRAAI & AMY LABER 7 P M 7 P M Fr 2/11- THE DONNY MCCASLIN GROUP Every 2nd & 4th We- LATIN JAZZ w/7:3 SKIN0 P M AGAINST METAL Fr 2/4- MARY CRESCENZO TRIO Sa 2/12- GARLAND JEFFREYS w/ REED’S7 P M BASS DRUMS 7:30 P M Th 2/17- EDDIE DEIHL & FRIENDS Sa 2/5- RICHARD GOODS & NUCLEAR7:30 FUSIONP M Fr 2/11- ARMEN DONELIAN TRIO Fr 2/18- NOAH PREMINGER GROUP7 P w/M SETH DAVIS 7:30 P M Sa 2/19- CHRIS BERGSON BAND Sa 2/12- JAMAIKIT FUNKY 5 P M Fr 2/25- JONAH SMITH BAND w/ LARA HOPE & THE CHAMPTONES Su 2/13- LAWRENCE ANTHONY 7:30 P M Sa 2/26- THE MARCUS STRICKLAND QUARTET w/ THE YOUTH GROUP Fr 2/18- LIGHT RIDERS aka7:3 0premikP M and friends Sa 2/19- A2D QUARTET aka THE BOB MEYER PROJECT368 East Main Street 7:30 P M Fr 2/25- MIKE CLARK w/ TIM OUIMETTE and KATI MAC MIDDLETOWN—Cornerwww. myspace.co m Stage,/corne rstag e, 84 5.342. 4804 7:30 P M Sa 2/26- SKIN AGAINST METAL 26 North Division Street PEEKSKILL— The Division Street Grill, Every We- ACOUSTIC OPEN MIC NIGHT 9 P M www.divisionstreetgrill.co m, 914.73 9.6380 Every Th, Fr, & Sa- OPEN BLUES 1JAM7 So uw/th THEStree MIKEt, QUICK TRIO 1008 Bro wn Street PEEKSKILL—Paramount Center For The Arts, MIDDLETOWN—Paramountwww. mi ddleto wnpara m Theatre,ount.co m , 8 45.346. 4195 www.para mountcenter.org, 914.739.2333 14 Wilcox Ave., www.friendsof music.net 8 P M Fr 2/4- THE CAROLINA CHOCOLATE DROPS MIDDLETOWN—The845.343.3049 Mansion Series, 8 P M Th 2/17- DRIVE BY TRUCKERS 2510 Route 44, www.lapuertaazul.co m , 1 01 S. Division St., 914.739.1287 PEEKSKILL—Peekskill Coffee House MILLBROOK—La845.677.2985 Puerta Azul, POUGHKEEPSIE—Ciboney Cafe, 189 Church St., 845.486.4690 8:30 P M 9 Vassar St. POUGHKEEPSIE—Cunneen-Hackett Arts Center, Every Th- OPEN MIC3 NIGHT264 Fran klin Avenue, 845.677.2282 www.cunneen-hackett.org, 845.486.4571 MILLBROOK—Seany B’s, 54 Main Str eet, 518. 789.3570 35 Market Street, www.bardavon.org POUGHKEEPSIE—The Bardavon, MILLERTON—Manna Dew, 10 P M 845.473.2072 Every Th- OPEN MIC NIGHT 10 P M 14 Mt Car mel Pl., www.cafebocca.net POUGHKEEPSIE—Cafe Bocca, Every Fr- LIVE JAZZ, BLUES, AND FOLK 455 Byra m Lake Rd 845.483.7300 MOUNTww KISCO—Aaronw.coplandhouse .Coplandorg, 845. House788.465 9at Merestead, 7:30 P M Sa 2/5- RON RENNINGER 1 Park Place 5 04 Salt Point Turnpike, 845.452.6963 POUGHKEEPSIE—Juniors Lounge, NEWBURGH—Pamela’swww. pa melastrave lOning fTheeast .Hudson,co m, 845 .5 63.45 05 www.juniorsloungesaltpoint.co m 111 B road way, 6 Crannell St. www.thechancetheater.co m POUGHKEEPSIE—The Chance, NEWBURGH—Thewww.safehar bRitzorso Theater,fthehuds on.o rg, 845.563. 6 94 845.486.0223 8 P M We 2/2- WE CAME AS ROMANS w/ FOR TODAY, WOE IS ME, Sa 2/19- MINNEAPOLIS GUIT215 ARMai nQUARTETStreet, 84 5. 255.8811 5 P M TEXAS IN JULY and THE WORD ALIVE NEW PALTZ—Gomen Kudasai, 60 Main Street, www.60 main.org Th 2/3- LYNCH MOB w/ STARSTRUCK, FREAKSWITCH and NEW PALTZ—New845.255.1901 Paltz Cultural Collective, 7 P M MID LIFE CRISIS 8 P M 7:30 P M 8 P M Fr 2/4- THE MACHINE performs PINK FLOYD Every Th- OPEN MIC 2 P M Sign ups at 12 P M Every Su- JAZZ JAM Sa 2/5- THE BAMBOOZLE BREAK CONTEST 8 P M Fr 2/11- JOE LYNN TURNER w/ SHADOWS’ EDGE Every Third Sa- NEW PALTZ THIRD SATURDAY:1 H livea w kmusicDrive and art show We 2/16- ILL NIÑO w/ A NEW REVOLUTION, EKOTREN NEW PALTZ—SUNYwww. ne wpaltz .Newedu/ tPaltz,heatre Mckenna, 845.257.3 Theatre,880 7 P M and FASHION BOMB

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Fr 2/4- MOST PRECIOUS7 P M BLOOD w/ INCENDIARY, COLONY, LIVING LASER and AFTER HOURS 367 Main Street, www.thechancetheater.co m POUGHKEEPSIE—Platinum Lounge, 124 Ray mond Avenue POUGHKEEPSIE—Skinnermusic.vassar.edu, 845. 4Hall37.7 3Of19 Music, Vassar College, 8 P M Fr 2/4- MUSIC FACULTY CONCERT music of beethoven11 A andM schubert Sa 2/5- open rehearsal: MAHAGONNY ENSEMBLE Sa 2/12- senior recital: SAMUEL SCHRADER tenor w/ GREGG MICHALAK piano; music of purcell,1:3 schubert,0 P M mendelssohn, schumann, gounod, britten, bernstein and others Sa 2/19- senior recital: DOMINO GEHRED-O’CONNELL soprano & CHARLES O’MALLEY tenor w/ DAVID ALPHER1:30 P M piano; music of mozart, fauré, poulenc, gershwin, porter, and others Sa 2/19- senior recital: JONATHAN FULLER tenor w/ RICHARD4 P MMOGAVERO piano; music of handel, mozart beethoven, satie and others advertising design Su 2/20- MUSIC FACULTY CONCERT music of oswald von wolkenstein,3 P M hans sachs, neidhart von reuental and wolfram von eschenbach Sa 2/26- senior recital: TORU MOMII violin w/ THOMA4 P M S SAUER piano; branding music of bach, mozart, sarasate and toru momii8 P M Sa 2/26- VASSAR COLLEGE ORCHESTRA 3 P M brochures Su 2/27- VASSAR COLLEGE 4AND0 W COMMUNITYMarket St. www WIND.tasteb ENSEMBLEudds.co m RED HOOK—845.758.6 Taste500 Budd’s Café publication design Sa 2 P M/Su 12 P M Every Sa & Su- LIVE2 ATP M TASTE BUDD’S live music Sa 2/5- BUB LUSK 1 P M web site design/ Sa/Su 2/12- 2/13- ANNE MIRONCHIK1 P M Sa 2/19- GUNTHER BROWN 1 P M & optimization Su 2/20- ACOUSTIC MEDICINE2 P SHOWM Sa 2/26- C.B. SMITH MUSIC12 P M annual reports Su 2/27- KEVIN MASCH 4 Grinnell St., www.therhinecliff.co m RHINECLIFF—The845.876.0590 Rhinecliff Hotel, design + logo/identity 9 P M Every Tu- LOCAL MUSICIAN SHOWCASE w/ Karl9 PAllweierM Every Sa- LATE LOUNGE AT THE RHINECLIFF8:30 P M letterheads Fr 2/4- ICY MOONS OF JUPITER 11:30 AM Su 2/6- THE BERNSTEIN8: 3BARD0 P M TRIO business cards Fr 2/11- BIG JOE FITZ 11:30 AM Su 2/13- VALENTINE’S BRUNCH8: w/30 PELAINEM RACHLIN Fr 2/18- VAGUE ASSURANCES11:3 0 AM media kits Su 2/20- BLUE GARDENIA 8:30 P M Fr 2/25- JOHN J & JAY TRAPP1 1duo:30 AM Su 2/27- PERRY BREEKMAN Route 308 RHINEBECK—Centerwww.centerforp Forerfo Ther mi n Performinggarts.org, 8 4Arts,5.876 .3080 845.658.9330 11 AM Sa 2/19- UNCLE ROCK [email protected] RHINEBECK—Starrwww.starrplac Placee.co m ,R8estaurants45.876.2924 & Lounge , 6417 Montgomery St.

Every 1st Fr- OPEN MIC Every Th- KARAOKE w/ D.J.1 MTEDESHadeline Lane, www.jentrip.co m, 845.658.3164 dmc ROSENDALE—Market Market, 8 P M Th 2/3- FIRST THURSDA10 P M Y live music showcase Fr 2/4- BIG SKY 9 P M Sa 2/5- LULU’S ASCENT w/ 8LIANAP M & THE MICHAELS Th 2/10- SHANE MURPHY 9 P M privates and semi-privates are available by appoinment 7 days a week Fr 2/11- LARKIN GRIMM w/ NINA VIOLET 10 P M Sa 2/12- 80s PROM NIGHT w/ DJ ALI GRUBER 8 P M Th 2/17- ROSS RICE’S VERY SEXY TRIO, THE ANKLEBITERS9 P M Fr 2/18- BREAKFAST IN FUR w/ SETTING9 P M SUN Sa 2/19- TRIBUTON tribute concert8 P M Th 2/24- OPEN MIC NIGHT RosENdALE PiLAtEs Fr 2/25- THE SHELTERING SKY w/ DEAD EMPIRES and IT’S NOT NIGHT, 9 P M Gyrotonic® and Gyrokinesis® IT’S SPACE , 330 Main St., www.rosendaletheatre.org ROSENDALE—Rosendale845.658.8989 Theatre 434 Main St., www.rosendalecafe.co m ROSENDALE—The845.658.9048 Rosendale Café, studio 8 P M Sa 2/5- THE SAINTS OF SWING9 QU:30 ARTETP M [email protected] | www.rosendalepilates.com Fr 2/11- SALSA DANCE PARTY 8 P M Sa 2/12- AMY FRADON valentine’s concert 845.658.2239 – 845.430.8216 • 527 rt 213 rosendale. n.y. 12472

23 | rollmagazine.com ’ music listings 626 Route 212 SAUGERTIES—Café845.246.5306 Mezzaluna Bistro Latino And Gallery, DON T Every 1st & 3rd Th- OPEN MIC16 John Street, www.johnstja m.net, 845.943.6720 SAUGERTIES—John Street Jam, Sa 2/12- SARAH BOWMAN, CHRIS MERENDA, CB SMITH, FORGET! RON RENNINGER, BRENDAN7:30 P M, HOGAN10 P M and KEITH MONACCHIO 65 Partition SAUGERTIES—InquiringSt., 845.246.5775 All Mindsho w sCoffeehouse7 P Munless o&th Bookstore,er wise note d 12:30 P M Every Tu- AFTERNOON WITH BOB LUSK instrumental7 P M Every Tu- OPEN MIC w/ CHRISSY BUDZINSKI 59 Post St. SAUGERTIES—Saugertieswww.saugertiespro m uUnitedsica.or Methodistg, 845.246.5 Church,021 Roll Magazine hits the Su 2/13- SAUGERTIES PRO MUSICA 3 PM3588 Rte. 209, 845.687.4143 STONEw RIDGE—Centerww.cceconcerts. cforo m Creative Education, newsstands on the 1st www.rondoutvalleygro wers.org, 845.657.5701 STONE RIDGE—Historic Tralee Barn,392 8 Main Street, www.jackandluna. co m STONE84 RIDGE—Jack5.687.9794 And Luna’s, 491 Cottekill Road, 845.687.5262 of the month! STONE RIDGE—SUNY Ulster66 B- rQuimbyoad way, Theater845.757.,3 777 TIVOLI—The Black Swan, 3 Upper Byrdcliffe Way WOODSTOCK—Byrdclifflewww. woodstockguild .Artorg ,Colony/Theater,845.679.2079 52 Mill Hill Rd. WOODSTOCK—Harmonywww. woknrollcafe.c oCafém, 8 4at5. 6W7ok9.3 4‘n’84 Roll, We bring the best of the 291 Tinker Street ( Route 212) WOODSTOCK—Thewww.bearsville tBearsvilleheater.co mTheater, 845.67, 9.44 06 8 P M Hudson Valley’s Every Th- BLUEGRASS CLUBHOUSE 10 P M Every Th- MISS ANGIE’S KARAOKE 8 P M Tu 2/1- NEKO CASE w/ LOST IN THE TREES 8 P M art, culture, and creative Sa 2/5- 27th ANNUAL WOODSTOCK TRIBUTE TO BOB MARLEY 9 P M Fr 2/11- MAMALAMA (see highlight) 9 P M Sa 2/12- SYD STRAW’S HEARTWRECKED(see h SHOWighlight ) 8 P M living to you every month! Mo 2/14- DR. DOG lovers only night 8 P M Th 2/17- THE DON AND BUNK SHOW 9 P M Fr 2/18- JEFFREY GAINES w/ CAT COSENTINO Sa 2/19- THE BIG TAKEOVER8 P M cd release party w/ ROYAL KHAOS and PAPER PLANETS9 P M Fr 2/25- THREE 9 P M Sa 2/26- KANE BROS. 22 Rock City Road, www.colonycafe.co m WOODSTOCK—The845.679.5342 Colony Café, please remember to send your info to: [email protected] Every Mo- 9SPOKEN:30P M WORD: poetry, prose, and open mic with vinyl showcase 34 Tinker Street WOODSTOCK—Thewww. woodstoc Kleinert/Jameskguild.org, 845. 6Arts79.2 0Center,79 visit us on facebook 132 Tinker Street WOODSTOCK—Tinker St. Cinema, Mave rick Road WOODSTOCKwww. ma­—Maverickverickconce Concertrts.org, 8 Hall,45.67 9.8217 look for our next issue 28 Tinker Street WOODSTOCK—Woodstockwww. woodstockart.or gArtists, 845.6 7Association9.2940 & Museum, , Rock City Road, 845.246.2121 on MARCH 1! WOODSTOCK—Woodstock Community Center Sa 2/12- CONTRA DANCE with caller SARAH8 P M VANNORSTRAND music by deadlines for advertising and calendar ANDREW & NOAH VANNORSTRAND listings are now be the 13th of the month prior to publication. the deadline email your music, art, stage for the march, 2011 issue will & screen listings and creative be february 13. living events by the 15th to: call 845-658-8153 to find out why [email protected] roll magazine offers the best deal for advertising your business or event in the hudson valley! use your smartphone to scan this search by date qr code & go right to our web site www.rollmagazine.com

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ANNANDALE-www.barON-HUDSON—Ottawayd.edu, 845.758.7900 Film Center at Bard College , 199 Main Street BEACON—Beaconwww.riversa nInstitutedestuarie fors.or Riversg, 845. 8and38.1 Estuaries600 , www.diabeacon.org BEACON—Dia:Beacon,845.440.0100, Th- M 3o Beekman11 AM- 6 PStreetM , 477 Main Street BEACON—Howlandwww.ho wland cCulturalulturalce Centernter.org , 84 5.832. 4988 8 P M Fr 2/4- CALLING ALL POETS: JIM EVE & WALTER WORDEN 8 P M Sa 2/12- PASSING THE TORCH, 31 THROUGH3 Main St., 8 4ARTS5.831 .theatre1134 performance BEACON—Howlandho wland.beaco nPublic.lib.ny Library.us 200 Hurd Road and Route 17B BETHEL—Bethel(at the site oWf toodshe or Centeriginal 1 9For69 TheWoo dArts,stock Fes tival) w ww. beth el woo dscenter .org, 845.454.338 8 , 2980 Route 66, www.ps21chatha m.org, 518.392.6121 CHATHAM—PS/21 , 46- 48 Main Street, www.th echatha mfil mcl ub.co m CHATHAM—Crandell518.392.3331 Theatre , 157 Canal Street ELLENVILLE—Shadowlandwww.shado wlandthea tTheatrere.org, 8 45.6 47.551 1 , Garrison's Landing GARRISON—Philipstownwww.philipsto wnde pDepototthea Theatretre.org, 8 45.424.390 0 , 14 Castle Street GREATw BARRINGTON,ww. mahai we.or gMA—The, 415.528. 0Mahaiwe100 Theater 7 P M We 2/2- cinema: GROUNDHOG DAY 2 P M Th 2/3- nt live: KING LEAR by WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE 7 P M Sa 2/5- cinema: WHITE IRISH DRINKERS (2011) pre-release1 P M screening Sa 2/12- met live: NIXON IN CHINA by JOHN7 P M ADAMS Mo 2/14- cinema: CASABLANCA (1942) 3 P M Su 2/20- THALIA FOLLIES: DIVIDED WE STUMBLE political cabaret 1 P M Sa 2/26- met live: IPHIGENIE EN, T1AURIDE50 Kisor byRd .CHRISTOPH, www.bough tGLUCKonplace . o rg HIGHLAND—Boughton845.691.7578 Place Theater 4400 Route 23 HUDSON—Columbiawww.sunycgcc.e Greenedu, 518. 8Community28.4181 College, , 327 Warren Street HUDSON—Hudsonwww.hudsono pOperaerahou Housese.org, 518. 822.1438 10 AM, 12 P M Sa 2/19- PEKKA theatre360 W aforrre then St .toddler, www . wt dthea te r.org, 1.800.838.3006 HUDSON—SpaceSho ws are 8 P360,M, S u 2 P M

HUDSON—Stageworks41- A Cross Street, -w Theww .Maxstage andwor kLillianstheat eKatzmanr.org, 518 Theater.822.9667 8 P M Sa 2/5- HEDDA LETTUCE , 434 Colu mbia Street HUDSON—Timewww.ti mea n&d sSpacepace.o Limitedrg, 518.8 22.8 448, check website for ti mes 7 P M Th 2/3- nt live: KING LEAR by WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE 8 P M Th 2/11- nt live: KING LEAR by WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE1 P M Sa 2/12- met live: NIXON IN CHINA by JOHN ADAMS 1 P M Sa/Su 2/19- 2/20- NIXON IN CHINA by JOHN ADAMS 1 P M Sa 2/26- met live: IPHIGENIE EN TAURIDE, 97 byBr oCHRISTOPHad way, www .GLUCKaskforar ts . org KINGSTON—Arts845.338.0331 Society of Kingston (ASK) 6:30 P M Every Tu- PLAYWRIGHTS’ LAB 2/11 through 2/13- WITH AND WITHOUT by 3JEFFREY23 Wall S SWEETt., KINGSTON—Backstagewww.bspinfo.net, 8 Studio45.338. 8P7roductions00 (BSP), , 12 Augusta Street KINGSTON—Coachwww.coachhou Houseseplaye Playersrs.org, 8 45. 331.2476 , 601 Broad way KINGSTON—Ulsterwww.upac.org Performing, 845.339.60 8Arts8 Center (UPAC) 1 P M Sa 2/12- met live: NIXON IN CHINA by JOHN ADAMS7:30 P M Fr 2/25- cinema: BACK TO THE FUTURE (1985) 1 P M Sa 2/26- met live: IPHIGENIE487 ENDel TaAURIDEware Ave by, w CHRISTOPHww.hudsonva lGLUCKleydance . org KINGSTON—White845.255.7061 Eagle Hall, 5:30-7 P M Every 3rd Su- WEST COAST, HSWINGarri man WORKSHOPHall, 115 Sou tANDh Str eDANCEet MIDDLETOWN—SUNYwww.sunyorange. eOrangedu, 845.3 41.4891 1348 Rte. 9 W, www.liveatthefalcon.co m, 845.236.7970 MARLBORO—The Falcon, 5 P M Su 2/20- AMOR & PSYCHE opera

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647 South Plank Rd. MOUNT TREMPER—Mount Tremper Arts, www. mounttre mperarts. org, 845.688.9893 SAUGERTIES—Muddy Cup/inquiring Mind Coffeehouse & Bookstore , 19 Front Street 65 Partition St., 845.246.5775 NEWBURGH—The Downing Film Center , Cottekill Road ( Route 209) www.do wni ngfil mcenter.co m, 845.561.3686, check website for ti mes STONE RIDGE—SUNY Ulster - Quimby Theatre 1 P M www.sunyulster.edu, 845.687.5000, 800.724.0833 Every Su- FILMS WITH FRANK 120 Broad way , 215 Main St., 845.255.8811 TIVOLI—Kaatsbaan International Dance Center, NEW PALTZ—Gomen Kudasai 60 Main Street, www.60 main.org www.kaatsbaan.org, 845.757.5106 NEW PALTZ—New Paltz Cultural Collective, 1 Tivoli Co mmons, Tivoli, www.tangent-arts. org 845.255.1901 TIVOLI—Watts de Peyster Hall, , 1 Ha wk Drive 845.230.7020 NEW PALTZ—SUNY New Paltz, Mckenna Theatre , 2681 West Main Street www. ne wpaltz.edu/theatre, 845.257.3880 WAPPINGERS FALLS—County Players 68 Mountain Rest Road, www.unisonarts.org www.countyplayers.org, 845.298.1491 NEW PALTZ—Unison Theater, 845.255.1559 2/4 through 2/19- THE LION IN WINTER by JAMES GOLDMAN (see highlight) Fr/Sa 2/11- 2/12- MOHONK MOUNTAIN STAGE COMPANY presents 3 Upper Byrdcliffe Way 8 P M WOODSTOCK—Byrdcliffle Art Colony/Theater, UNDERNEATH THE LINTEL by GLEN BERGER www. woodstockguild.org, 845.679.2079 Fr/Sa 2/25- 2/26- ALFRED STIEGLITZ LOVES O’KEEFfE 34 Tinker St. 8 P M WOODSTOCK—Kleinert/James Arts Center, by LANI ROBERTSON , 374 Te mple Hill Road www. woodstockguild.org, 845.679.2940 NEW WINDSOR—National Purple Heart Hall of Honor www.nysparks.co m, 845-561-1765 Fr 2/4- an evening with DAVID BERKELEY reading/performance and 8 P M 201 S. Division Street, www.beanrunnercafe.co m book signing PEEKSKILL—BeanRunner Café, , 233 Tinker St, 845.246.7991 914.737.1701 WOODSTOCK—Overlook United Methodist Church , 291 Tinker S tree t ( Rout e 21 2) , 1008 Bro wn Street WOODSTOCK—The Bearsville Theater PEEKSKILL—Pwww.pararamounta mountce nCenterter.org ,For914 The.739 .Arts2333 www.bearsvilletheater.co m, 845.679.4406 132 Tinker St., www.upstatefil ms. org Sunday sho ws at 3 P M, all other sho ws at 8 P Munless other wise noted WOODSTOCK—Upstate Films in Woodstock, 3 P M 845.679.6608 Sa 2/12- STEP AFRIKA , Route 212 and 375 , 10 Church Street, www.stsplayhouse.co m WOODSTOCK—Woodstock Playhouse PHOENICIA—STS845.688.2279 Playhouse www. woodstockplayhouse.org, 845.679.4101 , 72 Tinker St. Rt. 44/55 and Main St. WOODSTOCK—Woodstock Town Hall POUGHKEEPSIE—Arlington Reformed Church, www.perfor mingartsof woodsock.o rg , 845.67 9.7900 www.hudsonvalleydance.org, 845.475.0803, 845.473.7050 , 9 &12 Vassar Street POUGHKEEPSIE—Cunneen-hackett845.486.4571 Arts Center 3399 North Road POUGHKEEPSIE—Nellywww.ri vervalleyre pGoletti.co m, 8 Theatre45.575.3 1at33 Marist College, 135 S. Ha milton St. POUGHKEEPSIE—Pwww. hudsonvaoughkeepsielleydance.or gTennis, 845.4 5Club,4.257 1 55 Wilbur Blvd. POUGHKEEPSIE—St.www.hudsonvall eJohnydan’sc eEvangelical.org Lutheran Church, , 35 Market Street, www.bardavon.org POUGHKEEPSIE—The845.473.5288, Box BardavonOffice: 845 .47 3.2072 have you missed the current Th 2/3- CLOWNS by WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE featuring looking for roll? SEAN PATRICK FAGAN7 andP M students from poughkeepsie's COLUMBUS SCHOOL 8 P M issue of ROLL magazine? Fr 2/4- PAULA POUNDSTONE 7:30 P M Fr 2/11- cinema: AN AFFAIR TO124 REMEMBERRay mond Av e(1957)nue POUGHKEEPSIE—Vassarwww. vassar.edu, 845 .College,437.7319 8 P M Every We- RUSSIAN FILM SERIES Tu 2/1- FOREIGN FILM SCREENING: NASTROISHCHIK/THE8 P M TUNER (2004) Fr 2/4- VRDT DANCE PERFORMANCE, 1 4 Civic Center Plaza POUGHKEEPSIE—Midwww. mi dhudsonc Hudsoni viccent eCivicr.co mCenter, 845.45 4.5 800 , Route 308 RHINEBECK—Centerwww.centerforp Forerfo Ther mi n Performinggarts.org, 84 Arts5.876 .3080 Fr/Sa sho ws 8 P M, Su 3 P M (see highlight) 2/4Fr/ Sthrougha 8 P M, 2/6-Su 3 PMAGUSM by CAREY HARRISON

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Fr 2/4, 2/11- TODD SNIDER (2/4) and CHRIS SMITHER (2/11) at Here’s Club Helsinki, Hudson— a killer double shot plucked fro m

Club Helsinki’s for midable February

line-up. Americana troubadour

deluxe Todd Snider has navigated a

singularly windy path, with count

‘e m t welve albu ms bouncing fro m

major to mediu mlabels —MCA, John

Prine’s Oh Boy —mean while touring

relentlessly. Each of those albu ms are

chockfull of high valuesong writing,

reaching fro m the deepest and

most personally resonant mo ment

possible, to the funniest da mn

thing you ever heard, often in the

sa me line. His latest, the Don Was-

produced ( Yep The Excitement Plan Roc) was cut live in t wo and a half

days —with just Todd, Was, steel/

dobro player Greg Leisz, and dru m

legend Ji m Keltner —but it sounds

like it took more like a lifeti me, it’s

that good. Jesse Rubens opens. Then

thefollo wing week, it’s areafavorite

Chris S mither passing through,

touring his most recent release. Though he usually perfor ms solo —s moky can't voice over deft fingerpicking blues —Chris recently had such a good ti me

playing with a pickup rhyth msection on a run to the Netherlands that he

find pulled the minto the studio, and with a handful of fresh tunes plus choice

tracks by Bob Dylan and Mark Knopfler, made (Signature Time Stands Still Sounds/ Mighty Albert). For all sho ws there we reco mmend making early

your reservations for dinner —great food, and it’s the best way to get the best

seats in the house. Club Helsinki Hudson, 405 Colu mbia St., Hudson,

www.helsinkihudson.co m, 518.828.4800. event

Fr/Sa 2/11 & 12- AMERICAN SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA listing? performs Beethoven, Sibelius, Handel, and Jolivet, at Richard B. It must have Fisher Center, Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson— been quite an evening, that concert on Dece mber 8 1813, in Vienna. Good

don't forget, we'll be out on ti mes: the French were on the run, thanks to the Duke of Wellington’s

the 1st of the month —our Spanish victory with the Battle of Vitoria, and Napoleon’s defeat in

Leipzig. But there was still very much the need for funds to be raised on

deadline is now the 13th behalf of Austro- Bavarian soldiers, mostly fro m the Battle of Hanau, of the previous month top; Todd Snider, photo by Todd Purifoy, bottom; Chris Smithers, photo by Jeff Fassano [email protected]

28 | rollmagazine.com where Napoleon’s ar my in retreat had left nu merous locals injured. This pop changes, making for one of the more interesting young bands on the

was no ordinary fundraiser though: Lud wig van Beethoven hi mself was national scene. Bearsville Theater, 291 Tinker St. ( Rte. 212), Woodstock/ conducting not only his ne w patriotic mini-sy mphony Bearsville, www.bearsvilletheater.co m, 845.679.4406. SYD STRAWSa Wellington’s Victory for the occasion, but also —way more i mportantly —the world pre miere 2/12 9 P M, DR. DOG Mo 2/14 8 P M of his , which many consider to be his penulti mate Symphony No. 7 in A major work, or certainly one of the m. The American Sy mphony Orchestra, Su 2/27- TAJ MAHAL at Ulster Performing Arts Center (UPAC), under director/conductor Leon Botstein, will bring that mo ment into I hear that so me where there’s a big ass palace —I’ mthinking Kingston— the present, contrasting again the decidedly martial —considered India —na med after this a mazing and inspiring musician. No? Well it Victory a major influence on Tchaikovsky’s —with the bold, ought to be, because as far as I’ m concerned, the musical cornucopia of 1812 Overture yet meditative po wer of the second move ment fro m the Seventh: the quality this artist has provided the world since the early 60s is every bit as transcendent . Plus, a previe w of the 2011 Bard Music Festival’s well-crafted and durable as that fa mous place. Though likely best kno wn Allegretto featured co mposer Jean Sibelius with his vocal work , George for his se minal blues, rock and R&B work over the years —finally netting Luonnotar Frideric Handel’s “Let the Bright Seraphi m” fro m , and André t wo Gra mmy Awards, in 1997 and 2000 —with over 30 releases, Taj Mahal Samson Jolivet’s , , featuring soloists Mary has played just every kind of music possible, dra wing fro msounds fro m Concertino for Trumpet Strings, and Piano Bonhag, soprano, and Ta más Pálfalvi, tru mpet. With a pre-concert talk (7 the Caribbean, India, and Africa, al ways with great results. Here are

P M) by Peter Laki. Richard B. Fisher Center, Bard College, Annandale- three personal Taj Mahal Polaroids for you. One: Ne w Ha mpshire kidsees

on- Hudson, www.bard.edu, 845.758.7900. Both sho ws 8 P M the movie with his folks, 1973, realizing that he had never really Sounder heard the blues before, feeling glad he finally was. Two: seeing Taj and

his band —with Jesse Ed Davis on guitar, set the bar high Sa 2/12, Mo 2/14- SYD STRAW’S for the other bands on The Rolling Stone’s “HEARTWRECKED” SHOW Rock and Roll . Only the Who cleared it. Three: Kno w-it-all pro (2/12) and DR. DOG’S “LOVERS Circus with his i mprovisational pseudo-hippy band opens for Taj ONLY NIGHT” (2/14) at in Me mphis, early 90s. The man co mes out with one guitar, Bearsville Theater, Woodstoc— Well whaddaya kno w, another t wo- casts a spell, and everybody ( mercifully) forgot everything fer this month. Maybe we’re just that had happened before he started singing and playing.

making up for lost ti me here, but We can’t endorse this sho w enough: make no other plans this February has a lot going for it this evening if you love great music. Ulster Perfor ming

musically in the Hudson Valley. And Art Center ( UPAC), 601 Broad way, Kingston,

here’s a nice double shot for V- Day, www.bardavon.org, 845.339.6088. 7 P M starting with Syd Stra w, whose Syd Straw

“ Heart wrecked Sho w” —featuring her trade mark expressive and s moky

vocal style, with appropriate tunes —is usually only caught annually in Ne w York City, but she’s bringing it up to the deep suburbs for one

night only. Stra w has been a Zelig-like vocalist; collaborators include the Golden Palo minos —which included, a mong others, Michael Stipe,

Matthe w S weet, and Anton Fier —as well as Richard Tho mpson, Peter

Blegvad, Rickie Lee Jones, Leo Kottke, and the Skeletons. Plus, she was

on , one of those Nickelodeon sho ws sentient The Adventures of Pete & Pete adults could actually enjoy withtheir kids inthe 90s. But I digress —botto m line, this will be a great sho w. Then on Valentine’s Day proper, WDST

Radio Woodstock 100.1 brings you Dr. Dog, with their special “Lovers

Only Night.” The good “doctor” has ties tothe area, havingrecordedtheir recent release last year at Drea mland Studio, in West Hurley. Shame Shame The Philadelphia-based quintet —“discovered” by My Morning Jacket’s

Ji mJa mes —has an easygoing organic approach, with fun songs that mi x skillfully sha mbolic NYC-style guitar with Nilsson/Rundgren piano Taj Mahal

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THE ERIN HOBSON — “ Water Signs” is a wash in light rhyth ms and guitars COMPACT and voc als tha t s ound li ke they were reco rde d on the fortune cookie Philosophy oth er side of a lake, whi le “E veryo ne’s a Cr itic ” is

(Choking Chicken Records) about the friendliest-sounding angst anyone’s heard this sid e of Carly Si mon’s “ You’ re So Vain.” Hobson and Co.’s last albu m, , evokes an era when alternative radio w as a ll the rag e, when TalkJe w Radioel and Alanis an d S arah MacLachlan is a collective work, thoughit’s reallyasho wcase led a mild revolutioninto the poetic folkhouse of the soul. Fortune Cookie Philosophy Fortune Cookie for Hobson’s s mooth voice and guitar and her musical and song writing picks up where its predecessor left off, at least over the first Philosophy partnership with Steven Ross. In the latter, fans of plaintive, soulful t wo tracks (“Fortune Cookie Philosophy”, “ Material Things”). But sounds will find a wealth of pleasure to behold. that’s where cru mbles, though rather than —Crispin Kott fallin g apart alFortunetogeth eCookier, it hi tsPhilosophythe roots and the dir t.

Erin Hobson Compact has their CD release party for Fortune Cookie Philosophy “Purple Crayon” is where the albu m goes off the plan, shuffling along at Keegan Ales, 20 St. James St., Kingston, Friday February 25, at 8 PM. a loose Stones-y tr ail tha t op ens up the r e m aind er of the set t o ne w w orlds . “ Not a L ove S ong” is abou t as far a wayfro m the shri ll p ost- punk cacoph ony of t he si m ilarly n a med d ec ade s-old nu mb er b y Pub lic I mage, www.erinhobsoncompact.com Ltd., and unless shrill post-punk cacophonyis your thing, that’s probably a gre at r elief.

LOVE EAT SLEEP—love eat sleep C.B. SMITH — Flesh & Bone (Bernsteini Music) (C.B. Smith Music) There’s so little available to let the world kno w who is — Guitarist, song writer, and vocalist C. B. S mith isn’t an ano maly, though if you hap pen t o not be fa mil iar with b andlea der/s Loveong w Eatrit eSleepr Jer e my heis an original. The Catskills are rife withrootsy Americana music, and

B ernst ein’s w ork wit h W oodstoc k favo rite, Stoney Clove Lane —we’re S mith —host of along-runningsong writers night at Woodstock’s Colony left to rel y al m ost s olely on th e music. Café —certainly falls into that broad category. But he also approaches

Tha t’s not necessar ily the wo rst t hing in his music fro m an angle that’s absolutely genuine, and that’s al ways the w orld, unless the la st th ing yo u want to worth a listen regardless of the genre. hea r is cr unchy guit ars, vocal s th at ble nd the r ou gh with the s moo th, and mid- te mpo Make no mistake, though: is authentic, alright, so muchso Flesh & Bone roc k ‘n’ r oll th at g oes al mo st an y where but that you can hear the picks and fingertips onthe metal of guitar strings. up. B ut if th at ide asou nds goo dto you, j u mp The production is spare enough that it’s like you’re right there in the rig ht in , beca use m ay b e one roo m, feeling the electricity flash.

of th e gr eat unhe rLovealde dEatal bSleepu ms of lat e 2 010. Though the albu m bears his na me alone, S mith is

Bernstein has a pretty terri fic beard, if generous with his fello w musicians, including Matt

his Faceb ook pro file is t o be beli eved. Y ou might think that Bo we ( mandolin), Andy Bing (dobro) and Chuck do esn’t much matte r, bu t w hen you think of all the i ronic Jacob (upright bass). They not only get plenty of indie b eards roa ming the street s of Broo kly n, i t’s nice to faceti me onthe CDart work, but they’re alsoright see s o me fa cial hair give n an ai r o f authentic ity by so me there in the mi x, an integral part of the music as ser iously earthy mu sic. W itne ss “ Gl o w,” which a mb les in it’s heardjust as they clearly were inits inception. like a co herent Devendr a Banhar t backed by a kic k-ass ba nd. Dig t he countr y-fried har monies a nd unas ha m ed positi vity of “Li melight ( Three Kings)” is a jaunty acoustic

“Le t Go ,” or the back woods Spar kleh orse fuzz of “Ruby Do g” shuffle al most tailor- made for inti mate stages,

(incl uding a refe rence not lo st on anyone who’ s se en .) while “So mething ‘ Bout a Train” does in three The Wiz minutes what most fil ms c an’t acco mpl ish in t w o hours in ev oki ng the

is a curious and odd ani mal, but one you’re going to want ro mance of rail travel. Love Eat Sleep tolet stay a while if it co mes through the front door. —Crispin Kott Though the group’s sound is as tightly knit as a wool s weater, a fe w guest ap pea rances b lend se a m les sly into the ove ra ll aes thetic, inc lu ding

Love Eat Sleep will be performing at Levonww Helm’sw.lev oMidnightnhel m.c Ramble,o m Woodstock, the so mber heartbreak of “Blue Sky Girl,” a duet with Leslie Ritter. Saturday February 26. Please visit for ticket info. —Crispin Kott www.loveeatsleep.com. www.cbsmithmusic.com

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Various Artists— Gastonia Gallop: Cotton Mill Songs & Hillbilly Blues (Old Hat Records) Various Artists— Bloody War: Songs 1924-1930 (Tompkins Square Records) When it co mes to old-ti me country, the music captured at the da wn of the re co rding age is truly where th e ru bber — or perha ps the wood en wa gon wheel —m ee ts the road. The rural musici ans one hea rs on the crackl y 78s waxedint he p re- Wo rld War II period we re bo rnjus t be fore or after th e turn o f the last century , an d w ere th e fin al sur vi vors of a n era of o ral tradi tion whe re songs w er e s till l ea rned firsthand ; as pho nogra phs b eca me more affordabl e people began to lear n and copy song s fro m recor ds instea d of only each other, steadily so wing the seed s of sa meness . Thus, i t can be said that re cord- maki ng te ch nolo gy has bee n both a blessing and a curse: While it’s provi d ed the inva lu able service of preserving tho usands of a mazing pe rfor mances and i mm ortalizing al most as man y of th e actual songs, it’s also so m e what ta ken a hatc het to the ver y untutored innoc en ce that de fines the folk proces s. All of which means tha t ra w , do wn- ho m e s ounds l ike the ones on these t wo fi ne co m pilat ions Another of the topics of the day was onethat, qu itet ragical ly, also cont inues represent the last burning e mbers of a rapidly di mm ing epoch. to be all too ti mely no w: war. The 15 -tra ck Bloody War: Songs 1924-1930 In addition to variations on the rustic Anglo-folk ballads passed do wn explores this tragic subject with pieces that were written in reaction to World W ar I , such as “ Uncl e Sa m andt he Ka iser” by Ernes t V . Stone m an fro mtheir elders, topical songs were central to the repertoires of many early coun try art ists. Flo ods, t rain w recks, the Gr eat Depres sio n, and and “The Rainbo w Division” by To m Darby and Ji mmie Tarlton. But, e m phasiz ing the he ritage of wh at w ere eve n th en bein g market ed as mariti me disasters are staple subjects on the “hillbilly” records of the 1920s and ’30s. An d of course so is w orki ng l ife and all that oft en goes “old-ti me Southern tunes,” the set also holds ite ms harkening back to the Civil and Spani sh- Ame rica n w ars ( respec tively , “The Fad ed C oat withit: hardlabor, tough conditions, poverty, and, shall we say, theless- than -fa ir co nduct of man y e mployer s. Coveri ng t he ye ars 1927 to 1931, of Blue” by Buell Kazee and “ Not a Word of That Be Said” by Wade M ainer, wh o is s till aliv e at 103; a nd “Th e Battle shi p of Mai ne” by focuses mostly on the Gastonialatter vi Gallop:a musi cCottonfro m MillGast Songsonia C&o uHillbillynty in BluesNort h Caroli na’s Pi ed m ont Red Patterson’s Pied mont Log Rollers). Fans of early country should alre ady kno w “ white blue s” ki ng Frank Hutc his on, as well as Fiddlin’ region. The area was ho me to so me incredible players, rough-’n’-ready types w ho p erfor med at we ek end d ances but, c o me Mo nday, were once John Carson and the duo of G. B. Grayson and Henry Whitter; cutting acro ss the ra cial bar rier ar e offe rings by Afri can- Am erican bl ues acts again back in the textile mills, toiling alongside their audiences. The 24 cuts h ere, a ll hea vy on h ar mon ica, ban jo, fiddle, and g uitar, inclu de o des Coley Jones and Willia m and Versey S mith. Appropriately, proceeds fro mt he alb u m will bene fit Ir aq and A fghani stan Veterans of America. to workaday concerns ( David Mc Carn’s “ Cotton Mill Colic,” Wil mer W atts and th e Lonely Eagles’ “Been on t he Job To o Lo ng” and “ Cotton —Peter Aaron Mill Blue s”), as well as clog -hopp ing dan ce tune s (the title tract by Mc C arn, the Th ree ’ B ac cer Tags’ “ Get Your Headi n Her e,” F letche r & Gastonia Gallop: . www.oldhatrecords.com Foster’s “ Cha rlotte Hot Step ”). A beaut ifully asse m bl ed book let includ es Bloody War: www.tompkinssquare.com. an intro duction by the Carolin a Chocolate D rops’ Justi n Rober tson and th e fascinating ac cou nt of assa ssinated pr otest si nger-s ong writer and lab or leader El la May W ig gins.

31 | rollmagazine.com ? By Beth Jones, RLP® tax relief act of 2011 presented f The Tax Relief, Une mploy ment Insurance Reauthorization, and Job 2012. State andlocal sales tax, higher education tuition, and teacher’s Cre ation Act o f 2010 was signe d into la w on Dece mber 1 7, 2 010. classr oo m exp ense dedu ction s were extended only t hro ugh 2011. Without this co mpro mise legisla tion, inco me and estate tax rates Alth ough it is n ot a d eduction, you c an still e xclude for most Am ericans woul d have incre ased. Bu t thi s reprie ve i s only Pleasefro min note:co me upto $5,25 0 o f e mpl oy er-provided edu catio nal a ssistance te m pora ry, as most o f the n e wta x provision s exp ire a t the end of 2012. for h igher ed uc ati on. Here’s a qu ic k guid e t o th e ke y pr ovisions. Tax credits directly reduce your tax liability and Rates will re main at the 2010 levels Otherare po tcredits:entially more valuabl e than de duction s. The ref undable C hild Ifndividualor 2011 an dincome2012 f otaxr al lrates:taxp ayers, inclu ding co upl es w ith i nco me Tax Credit, th e expa nded Ch ild an d Dependen t Ca re Credit, a nd the ov er $25 0,00 0 and sin gle taxpayers with inco m e over $200,0 00. The Am erican O pp ortunity T ax Cre dit (for merly th e Ho pe Cred it) h ave lo we st margin al ta x brac ket will re main at 10 per cent and the hi ghest been exte nded through 2012 . will st ay at 35 p erce nt. Several business-related tax provisions Long-ter m capital gains Businessschedule dtaxto eextenders:xpire in 2 010 were extended. If yo u ar e a business Canapitald qua ligainsfied d iandvide nqualifiedd rates w ildividends:l re main at a maxi mu m tax rat e of 15 o wner, co nta ct your ta x advi sor as to provisio ns t hat may aff ect you. per cent for 2 011 and 2 012. T axpa yers int he 1 0-percent a nd 1 5-pe rc ent bracket s qu alify for a 0-pe rcent taxr at e on all or so me of t heir capital Based on the expiration of previous gain inc o me. T his pr ovision is goo d ne ws to ta xpaye rs who rely on Elestategisla tiandon, thgiftere wtaxes:as no estate t ax f or ta xpayers who die d in 2010. divi dend inc o me; without C ongres sional a ction, divi dend s wo uld There was also n o aut o m atic “s tep- up i n basis” tha t bro ught an heir’s have bee n subject to tax rat es as high as 39. 60 perce nt in 2011. basis i n his or h er i nheritance uptofair m arket v alue . So, in 2 010 , so me bene fic iari es real ized a high er i nc o me taxi m pact w hen th ey so ld the Taxpayers will use inherited ass ets than th ey wo uld have pai d in est ate ta xes. Cong ress Ittemizedheir ite m deductionsized deducti andons apersonalnd perso nexemptions:al exe mption s regardless of t heir atte mpte d to fi x this ineq uity by givi ng ex ec utors t he cho ice of tax

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32 | rollmagazine.com february/theatre/cinema highlights

perfor mances can be produced Fr-Su 2/4, 5, 6- Woodstock Players and CENTERstage present year-round instead of just in the MAGUS, by CAREY HARRISON, at The Center for Performing Fans of the late Rex Harrison — su mmer (there was no heat at their Arts at Rhinebeck, Rhinebeck— My , , , etc. —should be glad to kno w that previous ho me at the Olivebridge Fair Lady Doctor Doolittle Cleopatra in the case of son Carey Harrison, the apple didn’t fall far fro mthe tree. Od d Fel l o ws Hal l ). Thi s

An acclai med actor, director, and play wright in his o wn right, the junior enor mously gifted group of writers

Harrison’s plays have been seen in over 30 countries, and broadcast and perfor mers —which includes

on Masterpiece Theatre in the U.S. His ne w play, , celebrates Ac a de my A war d n o mi ne es Magus the po wer of magic, bringing together Willia m Shakespeare, Franz Melissa Leo and Ron Nys waner,

Kafka, and Miguel de Cervantes in the drea ms of one man: the fa mous S NL al u mna Denny Dill on,

Elizabethan mathe matician and sorcerer Sir John Dee, perfor med by the and stage and fil m l u mi nari es

author/director hi mself. And speaking of magic, CPAR has more in store Mary Louise Wilson and Ada m

later in the month for young people, with an ele mentary school-age LeFevre, a mong others —tends

perfor mance of Shakespeare’s by Shakespeare more to ward the staged reading, A Midsummer Night’s Dream Theatre of Ne w Jersey ( We 2/16, 9:30 & 11:30 AM), and often working out ne wscripts by Magic & , featuring illusionist David Garrity (Sa 2/26, 11 AM). The co mpany me mbers. But they also Beyond Center for Perfor ming Arts in Rhinebeck, 661 Rte. 308, Rhinebeck, host cabarets, short play festivals,

www.centerforperfor mingarts.org, 845.876.3080. Fr/Sa 2/4 & 5 8 P M, and even productions in caves,

Su 2/6 3 P M with only one guiding artistic

policy: “ Nothi ng by Andre w

Ll oyd Webber.” They celebrate 2/5 through 2/19- County their 20th year in 2011, so they’re Players present THE LION IN kicking it off with an evening of WINTER, by James Goldman, A & W photos by Jennifer May “vintage ge ms” fro m their annual Shorts Festivals, featuring pieces by at the County Players Theater, If you think co mpany writers Katherine Burger, Mark Ch miel, Sarah Chodoff, Mary Wappingers Falls— your fa mily Christ mas gatherings Gallagher, Mikhail Horo witz, Ada m LeFevre, Nicole Quinn, Laura

are dysfunctional, you should Shaine, Nina Shengold and David S milo w. Rosendale Theatre, 408 Main

check out this bunch. It’s 1183, St., Rosendale, www.rosendaletheatre.org, 845.658.8989. 8 P M

and King Henry II is having his

wife Eleanor of Aquitaine —who, by the way, he has had i mprisoned for Su 2/13- Rosendale Theatre Dance Film Sunday presents a tribute ten years —visit his French château. Three sons vie for succession to the to dancer José Limón: a screening of LIMÓN: A LIFE BEYOND throne: he favors the youngest, she favors the oldest, while the one in the As part of their WORDS, at the Rosendale Theatre, Rosendale— middle plays one off the other. Ja mes Gold man’s plays ongoing Dance Fil mSunday series, the Rosendale Theatre Collective will The Lion in Winter out the inevitable royal fa mily conflicts with wit and intelligence, and have a special screening of (2001), an a ward- Limón: A Life Beyond Words the Broad way play (1966) has spa wned an Oscar- winning fil m starring winning docu mentary about José Li món, the revolutionary modern

Peter O’ Toole and Katherine Hepburn (1968), a made-for-television dancer and choreographer (1908-1972) described by The Ne w York Ti mes

version with Patrick Ste wart and Glenn Close (2003), and a 1999 revival as the “greatest male dancer

on Broad way with Laurence Fishburne and Stockard Channing. One of of his o wn or any other ti me.”

the pre mier co mmunity theatres in the region —The County Players — Directed by Malachi Roth

takes on the no w-classic work, with CP first ti mers Jeff DeRocker and narrated by Uta Hagen

and Erle Bjornstad in the lead roles. Directed by Bill Peckha m. and Isaiah Sheffer, the fil m

County Players Theatre, 2681 W. Main St., Wappingers Falls, details ho w the tu multuous

www.countyplayers.org, 845.298.1491. Perfor mances are Fr/Sa 2/4, 5, 11, events of Li món's childhood

12, 18, 19 8 P M, Su 2/13 2 P M and youth directed his

artistic life. Deborah Jo witt

of the wrote Sa 2/5- Actors & Writers presents “CREAM OF SHORTS,” a Village Voice about , “This fil m is i mportant to the retrospective of short theatrical works by the company, at the Limón: A Life Beyond Words Theatregoersinthe Hudson Valleyare entire dance world, and to those every where who value artists.” Rosendale Theatre, Rosendale— inluck: Actors & Writers —a 26- me mber ense mble of theater, TVand fil m With a post- movie discussion led by Sarah Stackhouse, who worked

professionals who all live in the region —have made their ne wresidence closely with Li món. Rosendale Theatre, 408 Main St., Rosendale,

at the ne wly purchased and refurbished Rosendale Theatre. No w A& W www.rosendaletheatre.org, 845.658.8989. 2 P M

33 | rollmagazine.com roll art & image everybody is an artist: The Woodstock S •c •h •o •o •l of Art

by M. R. Smith

WSA office/gallery building, photo by John Kleinhans

estled i n the crook of a turn on Rte. 212 j ust a fe w instructors at WSA. To say it’s the pre mier private art school in the miles eas t of Wood sto ck , the sch ool c o mp ound c oul d region wo uld not at a ll b e an ove rsta te ment. S o this be ing our ed uca tion be ea sy to m iss, were it n ot fo r the s cul pture: a cl utch issue, ho wco uld we no t c hec kit out? of ove rsi zed multi- co l ore d s tra ws positio n ed out front. But we ma ke the turn i nto the dri ve w ay, the neutral whi te of “ You’ve gotta be nuts,” WSA Executive Director Nancy Ca mpbell Nthe ne wsn o w thro w i ng i nto stark rel ief the si x bl ue stone an d ti mb er tells me . No, s he’ s not g iving m e a person al rebuke for an i mpertinent str uctur es tha t co mpris e the Woo dstock Sc hoo l of Art, a ll of which ques tion , she’ s mat ter- of-factl yte lli ng methe acade m ic r equ ire ments for are hu mm i ng w ith artist ic ac ti vity on a c ol d Jan uar y aft ern oo n. enroll me nt at the school. Artis t/instru cto r/” WSAlife r” Eric Angel och nods agree me nt. “I’ve go t high school students w ho rea lly d on’t kno w “ Art School,” so me sniff, like it’s so me luxury, hardly useful in this muc h of anythin g, and in the sa me cla ss I’ve g ot a g uy wh o has been a blink -and- mis s digit al era . Bu t if there is one thing t he WS A folks profe ssio nal illustr ator an d d esigne r for perh aps 30 so m e-od d y ears, he kno w, is that t here is a n art ist in sid e each o f us — for so me, co wer ing in can dra wlik e crazy, he ’s gr eat. But h e n eeds a dif fer ent enviro n ment for a psyc hi c cor ner — th at c ould u se so m e bre at hing ti m e. The school off ers the more pain terly t hing s he w ants to do. W e get every body.” a unique blend of freed o man d se rious ness, wher e artis ts at all lev els can fi nd top -flight in struction , eq uip ment an d resou rces, alt ern ate m odes Thelack of pedagogical canon makes it easyfor students to dipintotheir of e xpression, with a natur ally beautif ul ar tist-friendl y environ ment to disc iplin e o f choice, be it dra w ing, p ai nting , la ndscape a nd fig ure s tudy, cr eate in. abstract, wa tercolor s, g ra phic desig n, lithogr aphy, prin t ma king, c ollage, portraitu re, whatever . Week ly class es with facul ty are enhanc ed with Since started in 2007, we’ve often relied on word-of- mouth monthly da ylong work shops in a wide rang e of disc ipli nes; Wood stock and reRollput ation w hen selec ting fea tured artists, wh ich have so far is and al ways ha s been a ho tb ed of a rtistica lly talented fo lks, willing incl uded Robe rt Ang eloch, Er ic Angel och, Ma riella Bisson , Je nny to sha re. Stud ents are p re do mina ntl y regional, though th e scho ol has a Nelson, Lois Wo olley, and Hongn ian Zhang. All are — or have been — (u nheate d) dor mit ory /barn available for lodgin gin the su m mer.

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by M. R. Smith

Andinspite of thetepidecono my, student count has been of establishing the to wn as an art mecca, having a successful run there up r ec ently , th e m ost si nce 2007. Internat ionall y kn o wn un til its last cla ss in 1926, w hen th ey pulle d backt o their Ne w Yor k City art ists Hon gnia n Zh ang, Eric Angeloch, and Staats base. B ut a s the po st- wa r art scene was s tartin g to fla g in Wood stock Fasold t have inc reasingly pop ular paintin g, dr a wing, in th e lat e 40s, several ar tist s —par ticul arly pai nte r Ar no ld Blanch — and w aterc ol or classe s respec ti vel y, and Kate w ante d to re-es tablish t he League at the old craft sch ool, and with their Mc Gl oughli n’s g raphic d esi gn progra m s —co veri ng help le ase d the buildi ngs and pr op erty fro m th en-o wn er,t he Ci ty of pri nt maki ng, c ollagrap h, mon otype, carborundu m Kin gston W ate r Depart m ent. pri nti ng, etc. —have been taki ng off l atel y. It’s all a fitting e xtension to the history of the b lues ton e The revived school opened in 1947 and was a hit, thanks to estee med buildi ngs, built r ight afte r the G reat De pression by facu ltyinclu ding Bl anch, Fl etc her M arti n, Ya su o Ku niyoshi , P aul Burlin, an offsho ot of the Work Pro gress Ad ministrat ion, and sc ulptor Pa ul Fiene , even p roviding a set ting for th ree national to help you ths 18 to 24 learn so m e sort of viable arts conferen ces i n the fi rst ye ars, sponso re d in part by the W oodstock WSA office/gallery building, photo by John Kleinhans trade. In fact, Fi rst La dy Elea nor R oose velt p ersona lly a tten ded its Art ists Associati on . Bu t as a ttenda nce began dec linin gin the late 60s, the dedic atio n, in 1 939. Kingst on Water De part m ent still ref used to sell the l an d to the Leag ue, which ne eded to build dor mi tori es on th e p rop erty to a ttr act and keep non-lo cal stud en ts. Th e school cou ldn ’t af ford to ke ep losing mon ey, so n the late Thirties, The Nati onal Youth Ad mi nistration was a the Leagu e left wh en th e lease ran out i n 1979. O nce a gain th e buildi ngs N e w Dea l agency char ged with the mis si on of hel pi ng you ng sto od vaca nt. peop le ret rai n for ne w e m pl oy m ent , and fo r t heir Ne w York I progra m the Woodstock area was chosen —“the center for a rts and crafts f or A meric a,” accordi ng to dir ecto r Ric hard S. Wa llach —for a cr afts school, te aching sk ills such as metal and w oo d wor k, stone quarryin g and carv i ng , black s mit hi ng, weavi n g, and wool proc essi n g. In 193 9 l ocal scul ptor To mas Pen ni ng was tapped to d esi gn t he co mpound of bui l di ngs at the old far m o ff Rte. 212, and the stu den ts the msel ves qua rrie d the bl u eston e, us i ng i t to buil d th e structures under th e su pervisi on o f Pen ni n g and re gi on al artisans and in stru ctors. The p ro gra m wa s a s uccess, bu t thanks to World War I I, en roll ment vapo ri zed, and the school cl osed d o wn i n 1942, as most of A meri ca’s youth sudde nly foun d i tself ot her wise e mpl oyed overse as.

Five years later, the buildings still stood dor mant. Ente r the Art St uden ts League of N e w Yo rk, which thoug h or igina lly establ ished in th e city in 19 06, had a satel lite school in Woodsto ck that play ed a big part Painting Class, photo by Eric Angeloch

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Staats Fasoldt's watercolor class, photo by Eric Angeloch Jenny Nelson's abstract painting class, photo by John Kleinhans

Flashback to 1968, where five young artists —Robert Angeloch, Franklin wherestudents and artists can bringsa mples of their workto be critiqued Alexande r, Lon Clark, Wal lace G . “Jerry” Jero m inek, and Ed ward with a “blend of h onesty and co mp assion,” gi ving i nsigh t t o h elp artists Chavez —d ecide d to fo r m their o w n school on the seco nd fl oor of a unde rs tandth eir individu al st ylistic directio n. Eve ry Satur da y aft ernoon one-ti me stagecoa ch stop a ndtav ern, o verloo king the creekin the c ent er all artists h ave a ccess to a g roup nu de model session (no instr uction) for of Wood stock. Thou gh t he t o wn wa s hopping w ith the hi p, mu sic and a s mall fe e. An dstart ing i n Febr uary fi gurati ve paint er K eith Gunder son ar t were in fu ll blosso min the r un-u p year t o the se m inal conce rt at w ill be offe ring a class i n E corche: a n intensiv e hu man figur e study that Ya sgur’s Far min 1969, th e br and ne w W oodst ock Sch ool of A rt pro mi sed invo lve s using an ar m atu re —prov ide d by the instruct or —to cons truct in their catalo g an en viro n men t for those not n eeding “s ti mu lation by a sculpt ure of an entire hu man body, fro m b ones, to muscl e, to skin. bo mbar d ment.” Th eschool event uall y had tole avethe v illagelocatio n — G underson al so teache s a co m panio n Art istic A nat o my fo und ation the ne wlandlor d w anted t o capitalize on th e boo mto wn —m anaging to course for all ar tists inter es tedin worki ng with t he hu man f or m, using a sur vive intact thr ough th e p artnership and art ists’ individual studios. live m odel . O utside of NYC, i t’s the only access an artist h as toth is lev el of anato m ical stud y. But when the bluestones were vacated in ‘79, Robert Angeloch —who had been a st udent instr uctor there du ri ng it s heyda y —sa w a unique But it’s not all so serious here. Nancy points out: “People are afraid of opp ortun it y, rallyin gtogether theloc al citize ns i nto an ad hoc c o mmittee art and art sch ool s. So m any pe ople ha ve said to m e, well, I do n’t kn o w with the pur pose of preservin g th e sch ool site for t he us e in the service if I can go there, I ’ m not an artist. But then as soo n as y o u get in you of ar t, k eepingit saf e fro mco m me rcial de velo p m ent, and in the process re a lize thi s is jus t fu n, it ’s non-ch allen ging, n on-co nfr onta tion al, not se cure d a five- ye ar le ase on the propert y. In 1980 the Woo ds tock School co mpe titiv e. Peop le do n’t s ee if they can do b etter than the others. One of Art i n corporate d as a n ot-f or-profit, an d mo ved in to find th ey had big message we nee d to g et o ut is: th is is for every body . Yo u don’t have a lot o f work to do, “ w h ich I did!” says Eric Angel och . When the ASL to be able to dr a wa str aigh t lin e, most o f th e ti me, we d on’t .” “I h ave a l eft, “t hey to ok ev erything out o f her e. T he building s had not been ru ler ,” Er ic chi me s in helpfu lly. mai ntained tosp eak of; the g roun ds were a mes s.” During that tran sition everybody wa s pitc hin gin with the refur b ishing, often b et we en classes. And an art education tends to elevate the students’ quality of life, The greate r W oodstock ar ts co mm unity stepped up, fu nds were raised, whe rev er th ey end up. Eric — w ho for m any years has b een tea chin g his don ations o f money, ti m e, a nd needed e quip me nt m ade. Withi n a fe w dra wing/ paint ing/ co m position cla ss “ Thurs day af tern oons , 1 to 4 … for years of o pe ning in 1981, they had do ubled their studen t body, an d in the rest of my life!” —kno ws i ts rea l value. “I’ ve actually go tte n quite 1985, th ey had w int erized enou gh t o offer cl asses y ear-rou nd. a f e w e ma ils f ro mfor mer stu de nts, who w ere gr ateful to have st udied h ere, and ho wit’s affected their pro fessio nal liv es. High sc hool k ids too, Finally, in 1993, the Kingston Water Depart ment indicated a willingness who end ed up go ing off t o coll ege, (so me) ended up a s flo we r ar tists, to sell the prop ert y and bui ldings. That sa me y ear, the co mplex was desi gn prof essi onals, wh ate ver. The y all see mto re ally c redit th e school ac cred ited by state and federal of ficials with a listi ng i n the Reg ister with h elping the m.” of Histori c P laces, insu ring th at the c haract er of th e s ite would be pr eserved; no wthe city cou ldn’t sell it to co mm erc ial d evel opers e ven Indeed, the bluestone buildings —cheerily lit by abundant north light if it wante d to. The pric e was set at $ 25 0,0 00, a pretty stout price f or an through sky lights and wide windo ws —see m al ive with a posi tive pu rpose o rg anizatio n pr etty happ y toj ust br eak even an nually. Tho ugh ei ght een not too far distan t fro mth e buildings’ origi nal N e w D e al intent so me 70 months of he avyfun draisin g nette d $50, 000, t hings wer elooking gri mfor yea rs a go —with a (tha nkfu lly) much s maller Depr ession prece ding. As the bal anc e, unt il an anony mous d onor ca m e for ward with an inter est- Eric says, “I al w a ys tell peopl e, if y ou’re ev er in a class where you ’re fre e loan of the r e m aining $200, 000 —t o be r epaid ove r five ye ars —and not havin g f un, you sho uld prob ab ly try e lse wh er e. And very ra rely do the sale was co mpleted. T he loan was ev en tually r epaid on ti me, thanks peo ple leav e.” cer tainl y to the ongoin g ge nero sity of regional art pa tro ns, an d with full o wn ers hip a nd contr ol of the pr ope rty, the s cho ol has sur vive d and thri ved ever si nce. Please visit www.woodstockschoolofart.org for more information about the Woodstock School of Art, 2470 Rte. 212, Woodstock, 845.679.2388 Ne wprojects abound in the ne wyear, starting with a monthly critique sessio nled by school i nst ruct ors ti tled “ Wednesd ay A ft ernoons With …”, Special thanks to Polly Klein for additional historical information.

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Fast for ward five centuries: recently trendy artisan chocolate makers hav e e merge d. T hese real-li fe Wonk as creat e spect acular conf ections, for the love... focu sing on sus tainab ly gro wn and har vested c acao as wel l as pure and interesti ng ingredients paired with the chocol ates. M o st tak e s crupu lous steps to ex peri ment w ith di fferen t p rocedures a nd co mbin ations that of chocolate make their s weets unique. Seattle-based Theo Chocolate produces speci alty F air Trad e chocol ate with pairi ngs su ch as sea sa lts, herbs,

by Julie Goldstein and spices. Brooklyn’s Mast Brothers Chocolate was created by t wo bro thers, w ho conduct the e ntire choc olate- maki ng pr ocess ap art fro m gro wing the beans the mse lves, e ven making the d ecorativ e wra ppers fro mrec ycle d pape r.

The ulti mate indulgences at Bull and Buddha

Ah, chocolate: exhilarating to find in eggs on Easter, exciting are our chocolate and banana wontons. We to g a mble for on Chanuka h, and thr illing to collect on take rich dark chocolate and minced bananas,

H allo wee n. A nd, of course, the most sen sua l wrap the mi xture in wontons and fry the m holiday fo r cho col ate is Vale ntine’ s until they are crispy. They make a perfect

Day: th ose who celebr ate the day may dessert to share this Valentine’s Day at our

find the ms elves in a dash on Feb ruary Poughkeepsie location, or you can try to make

14th to pursue the m ost r o ma ntic gift — the mat ho me. cha mpa gne an d ro ses ar e nice, but you can al most nev er g o wr ong with cho cola te. So where did th is d ecadent and a ddictive in dulg ence co me fro m and ho wdid it tra nsfor min to one of the most adore d fo ods o f al l t i me?

Many ter ms are used when it co mes to chocolate, and it can b e a bit mys tifyin g to un d erstand w hich ter mis atta ch ed to wh ic h p roduct. “ C ac ao” refers t o the tree o r its bean before any pr ocessin gtakes pl ace. “ Cho colate” is what is ac tua lly produ cedfro mthe beans, and “coc oa” is t he po wdered f or mo f chocolat e, most c o mmo nly used f or b aking. C ho cola te is often descr ib ed as heave nly; p erhaps this ste m s fr o m May an literatu re wher e cacao is re ferred to a s god’s food Chocolate Banana Wontons [makes 25] (the L atin n a me fo r the cacao tree is , ba se d o n the Greek 25 wonton wrappers wor ds for “food of the gods”) . Ca ca otheobromaoriginat cacaoed in the A maz on at least 2 bananas, peeled and chopped into small chunks 4000 y ear s ago, an d ac cording to ant hropologic al evi dence, th e s weet 4 ounces bittersweet chocolate, chopped caca o frui t was fer mented an d c onsu med as an a lcoholic b ever age in 1 egg, beaten (for egg wash) Hond uras a s far back as 140 0 B. C. E. Vegetable oil for deep-frying Ganache for dipping (see below) No w found in cakes, cookies, mousses, and mud pies, chocolate was In a fryer or large pot, heat oil until about 375ºF, or until it origi nally c ons u med as a beve rage. Not as t he w ar m, rich, s weet cup fizzles when a spare wonton is dropped in.I n a bowl, mix the of co mfor t we are a cc us to med to t oday , b ut a cold bi tter d rink c alled bananas and chocolate together. Place the wonton wrappers , or , fro mthe Ma ya nter mf or “ bi tter w ater.” Both Mayan under a damp towel to prevent them from drying out and, xocoatland A zte chocolatic cultur es uti lize d coco a bea ns as the foundati on fo r their taking only a few at a time, place a tablespoon of filling into sti m ulating beverag e laced with s pices a nd chili peppers. T he Aztecs the center of each wonton. Brush each side of the wonton with believed th at consu m ption of t he bea ns o f the cacao tr ee e nhanced the egg wash, and fold over the filling diagonally, making a wisdo m and po wer, that it bo th n ourish ed and forti fie d the body and triangle, gently pressing out as much air as possible. Carefully soul. Th eir i nstincts must ha ve be entrue as r ecen t studies sho w that a bit place into the hot oil and fry until golden brown. of da rk cho colate ca n be good for th e hea rt and blo od circ ulatio n. A zt ecs al so bel ieved cho cola te t o be a n a phr odisia c, w hich y ears later ma nystill Dipping Ganache con sider to b e true. ( W ell , at le ast on Februa ry 14.) 1 cup bittersweet chocolate, finely chopped Sugar was not part of the for mula until Spanish explorer Hernando 1/3 cup heavy cream Corte z pr opos ed th at the addition of c ane suga r to would ¼ cup chopped toasted hazelnuts chocolati enhance the char mand allure of the beverage, which he despised when Slowly heat the cream in a small saucepot. When it begins the Azte c K ing Mo ntez u ma fi rst pre sentedit t o hi m. Litt le did he kno w to steam remove from heat—be sure not to boil the cream. that his addition of sugar would change the way the world vie wed and Slowly stir the warm cream over the chopped chocolate until it tast ed c hocolate , es pecial ly once it made it b ack t o E urope. is homogenized and silky smooth. Sprinkle hazelnuts on top.

37 | rollmagazine.com February 5 | 8pm Actors & Writers’ creAm of shorts: A shorts retrospective by donation February 11 through 17 the fighter 7:15pm nightly (closed Tuesday) $6/$5 members February 13 | 2pm Limon: A Life Beyond Words nightLy movies At 7:15 $6/$5 members cLosed most tuesdAys February 15 | 7pm speAking in tongues Admission: $6 $10 suggested donation February 18 through 24 true grit upcoming 7:15pm nightly (closed Tuesday) Films & $6/$5 members special evenTs a February 25 | 8pm A gospel play by michael www.rosendaletheatre.org monasterial: sAm cook Where hAve you Been BABy? $20

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© 2011 Nadine Robbins, The Bright Lights of Broadway, Oil on Canvas, 48”x72” Oil on Canvas, Bright Lights of Broadway, The Nadine Robbins, © 2011 art in a custom portrait painting by Nadine Robbins 845-233-0082 www.nadinerobbinsportraits.com galleries c r e ART a t e woodstockschoolofart.org 39 | rollmagazine.com february/art highlights

Gallery, through 3/18). 2/5 through 3/19- “WAXING GEOMETRIC” solo exhibition by ASTRID FITZGERALD, at Through 3/5- DIANA BRYAN’S “CUT PAPER For artists all The Gallery at R&F, Kingston— UNIVERSE” at Greene County Council on the over the world, the R&F Hand made Paints factory Though she Arts (GCCA) Gallery, Catskill— in Kingston is an enor mously valuable resource in passed a way recently in 2010, artist/environ mental the field of encaustic painting, which is basically activist Diana Bryan left behind a lasting i mage the use of pig ment-infused hot waxto paint/sculpt in the art world, very much like the stark back- on wood or prepared canvas, resulting in color lit silhouettes she is kno wn best for. As a respected co mbinations and textural possibilities difficult — educator and lecturer, Bryan taught illustration if not i mpossible —to achieve with traditional at Parson’s School of Design for 20 years, while oil-based paints. The in-house Gallery at R&F teaching workshops on professional develop ment and is an ideal place to see work in this mediu m, advising artists on portfolio presentation. She also and through mid- March they are featuring was a tireless researcher for the Arts, Crafts, Theater,

Astrid Fitzgerald’s “ Waxing Geo metric,” which Safet y ( A. C. T. S.) Organi zati on i nvesti gati ng docu ments her exploration into “philosophical environ mental and occupational safety hazards for geo metry, including the Fibonacci sequence, the artists. But the casual observer will see fa miliar work;

Pythagorean Theore m and —most i mportantly — her detailed paper cutouts have graced Rolling Stone the Golden Mean proportion, a unique ratio and , andshe was co mmissioned The Wall Street Journal preferred by nature as the most advantageous to create 13 massive paper cutout murals for the Ne w

geo metry for gro wth and energy conservation.” The S wiss-born NYC- York Public Library’s Books of the Century exhibit, later translatingthose trained Fitzgerald has sho wn internationally for 25 years, was selected to works tolaser-cut steel. Most recent works include asteel silhouette of the represent the US at the Art Canal Expositionin Le Landeron, S witzerland Mid- Hudson Bridge at the Ulster County Transportation Building, and in 2002, andis also an educator and author, presentlylivingin Kerhonkson. the Dutchess County Touris m mural that includes Banner man’s Castle,

The Gallery at R&F, R&F Hand made Paints, 84 Ten Broeck Ave., Pete Seeger, and early Dutch settlers. The silhouette for mat suits her

Kingston, www.rfpaints.co m, 845.331.3112. Gallery open Mo-Sa 10 AM-5 storytelling style, infusing her hu mor with a tinge of darkness and magic.

P M. Opening reception Sa 2/5 5-7 P M This sho wis in tande m with the GCCA Paper Arts Exhibit, see website

for more. The GCCA Catskill Gallery, 398 Main St., Catskill, www.

greenearts.org, 518.943.3400. Mo-Sa 10 AM-5 P M, Second Saturdays 12-8

2/12 through 4/14- P M “FROM HUGUENOT TO MICROWAVE”: new and recent works by MARCO MAGGI, at Through 3/27- “MADE IN WOODSTOCK V” group show by recent participants of WOODSTOCK A-I-R, at The Center for the Samuel Dorsky Museum, As an educational and SUNY New Paltz, New Paltz— Photography at Woodstock, Woodstock— The art works of Uruguayan-born Marco technological resource for the modern photographic artist, The Center

Maggi often tend to be subtle studies in for Photography at Woodstock has no peer in the region, making it a

extre mes, blending the everyday and useful digital counterpoint to the more classic and analog art instruction

mundane with i mages of extre me detail at the Woodstock School of Art (see Roll art &i mage). Since 1999, CP W and attention, often with an odd hu mor that al ways makes you wonder: has sponsored an outreach progra mto artists of color called Woodstock do I get it? This exhibition at the Dorsky (in the Chandler and North A-I- R, an artist in residency progra m that provides students with t wo

Galleries) includes recent Plexiglas-and-paper objects, altered rulers and to four weeks at Byrdcliffe, co mbining quiet and solitude with artistic straight edges, alu minu m-foil dra wings, dropped-paper works, a video co mmunity. The progra m encourages the pursuit of creative risk-taking projection, and a ne w, large-scale installation work that intervenes in the in an inspiring and supportive environ ment where, working without gallery space itself. Though he lives and works in Ne w Paltz, Maggi is

well-kno wn internationally, with extensive exhibits sho wn throughout the U.S., Europe, and Latin America since 1998. ( Also one of Roll’s first art feature subjects, in 2007.) Also at the Dorsky: “Binary Visions: 19th-

Century Woven Coverlets fro m the Collection of Historic Huguenot

Street” ( Bedrick Gallery, through 3/18), Part Two of “The Illustrious

Mr. X: Museu m Collection as Character Study” ( Anderson and Corridor

Galleries, through 7/17), and “Thoughts of Ho me: Photographs fro mthe

Center for Photography at Woodstock Per manent Collection”( Greenberg

this pg., clockwise top-bottom, Astrid Fitzgerald; Diana Bryan; Daniel Handel; Morales Hernandez; Marco Maggi. next pg., top; Tarrah Krajnak & Wilka Roig, bottom; Tim Davis

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intensely ontheir o wn work, continue works in

progress, lay out their goals for the future and

break ne wcreative ground. All this plus critical

and technical support, and access to CP W’s

Digital Kitchen. Partici pants fro m 2007-

2009 are featured in “ Made In Woodstock

V,” revealing the intensely diverse, dyna mic interests of the artists as a group, and addresses each i mage- maker’s o wn

particular story and voice. Artists i ncl ude Willia m Cordova, La Toya

Ruby Frazier, Tia-Si mone Gardner, La wrence Getubig, Daniel Handel,

Wayne Hodge, Jeanette Louie, Hee Jin Kang, Tarrah Krajnak & Wilka

Roig, Emily Hanako Mo mohara, Ricardo Morales- Hernández, Da wit L.

Petros, Ti mPortlock, Justine Reyes, KanakoSasaki, Lupita Murillo Tinnen, and Donna J. Wan. If you are interested in the progra m, applications for the 2011 progra m are due February 28. The Center for Photography at

Woodstock, 59 Tinker St., Woodstock, www.cp w.org, 845.679.6337.

We-Su 12-5 P M

Through 3/27- “150 YEARS LATER: NEW PHOTOGRAPHY BY TINA BARNEY, TIM DAVIS, AND KATHRINE NEWBEGIN” at the Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center, Vassar College, As Vassar College celebrates its sesquicentennial Poughkeepsie— anniversary this year, the Frances Leh man Loeb Art Center continues the school’s strong legacy of capturing the unique architecture and lifestyle

of the ca mpus in photography. Three professional photographers were co mmissioned —none Vassar alu mni,interestingly —tocreateanexhibition that uncovered a side to the school rarely seen by the average visitor. “150

Years Later: Ne wPhotography by Tina Barney, Ti m Davis, and Katherine

Ne wbegin” is curated by Mary- Kay Lo mbino, who allo ws the trio to “Catch the Spirit of the Mountain” roa m wildly around ca mpus with widely varied results. Barney opts for the more direct approach, with inti mate close-ups of people in the school Indian Mountain School environ ment, while Davis docu ments the bitters weet chaos of “ Move Out I Rigorous academic curriculum Day,” and Ne wbegin explores the hidden and forlornly aging base ments I 4:1 studentteacher ratio I and attics. Co mpli menting the exhibition will be original photographs 600 acre campus I Adventure education fro m previously co mmissioned collections, including architectural shots I Film, fine arts and music by Paul Strand in 1915, and a series on ca mpus life by Albert Eisenstadt, I Strong athletic program for the February 1937issue of LIFE. The Frances Leh man Loeb Art Center,

Vassar College, 124 Ray mond Ave., Poughkeepsie, www. fllac.vassar.edu,

845.437.5632. Tu/ We/Fr/Sa 10 AM-5 P M, Th 10 AM-9 P M, Su 1-5 P M

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GETTING MORE B • A • N • G FOR THE BUCK: GREEN JOBS/GREEN NEW YORK

By Sarah Charlop-Powers

SEavevery Money,winter, Soaveur Enanergytional dependence on foreig n energ y so urces bec o mes glarin gly obvious to fa mi lies acro ss the cou ntry. Tied to the fluc tuating cost of oil, ho me h eating ca n be one of ou r gre ates t ex pendit ures. Th e safe ty net f or f a mil ies facing high energy c osts is often insuffi cie nt a nd man y hous ehold s strug gle t o make ends meet. Des pite t he availabili ty of inf or mation abou t i mpr ovingres iden tial efficienc y, r elativelyfe w indivi duals take proactive st eps to redu ce energy use.

Last year, Ne w York State passed legislation to sti m ulatej ob gro wth wh ilered ucingre sidential en ergy costs. Th e G reen Jo bs/ Gr een Ne w York ( G J GNY) Progr a mp rovides Ne w Yorke rs with acces s to energy audits, i nstallatio n ser vices, lo w-co st fina nci ng and trainin g for green -collar c areers. T he progra m is endo we d wi th $112 milli on fro m the sa le of car bon e mission credit s and is intend edto c reat e 14, 000 fa mily- sustainin gjobs, whil es igni fican tly reduci ngene rgycostsfor an esti ma ted 1 millio n ho mes and business es. The Ho me Perfor mance with Energy Star progra m is a residential ener gy aud it service that allo ws ho me o wne rs to hire a n i ndependent HThomee av eErafficiencyge ho me loses nearly half of its heat. This is an undue tax contra ctor w ho prov ides a co mp rehensive asse ss m ent o f t he ho me, and on t he env iron m ent, wasti n g li mi ted res o urce s and e mit ti ng withthe ad ditio n of Gree n Jobs/ Green Ne w Yorkfund s, m ost househ olds gr eenh ouse gases withou t providin g a hu ma n benefit. In contr ast, energy quali fy f or free en ergy au dits of thei r ho m es u nder th e pro gra m. The efficient h o mes use far less energ y , mini m izing b ot h econo m ic and auditor s, w ho a re certi fi ed by the Build ing Per for ma nce Institute, a ssess environ mental i mpa cts. the heati ng a nd c ooling sy ste ms of the ho me, as well a s the buil ding’s ins ulation and windo w s. Using d iagn ostic tes ts wh ic h m easure air Most people have very little concept of the inefficiencies in their leakage, h eat l oss and appl iance ef ficiency, co ntrac tors can identify c ost- ho me s. For e xa mpl e, mo re tha n 30 %of hea t los s co mes fro m wal ls and effective ene rgy savi ng i mprov e ments suc h as adding insu lation, se aling ceiling s, w hereas wi ndo ws only acc oun t for 10 % . Une xpect ed sou rces vents an d ducts, repair ing and replac ing h ea ting an d cooling s yste ms, such as poorly se aled pipe s and fireplac es a re res ponsible for another wate r hea ter up grades, wi ndo w s, applian ces, ligh t bul bs and h ealth and 25 % . T he good ne ws is that insu lation and seal ing tend to be r elatively safety i mpro ve ments. The audit or provides a de tailed rep ort, w hich inex pensi ve, gi ving ho meo wners a b ig b ang for thei r b uc k. Though outlin es suggested re trofit s. The r eport inc lu des a cos t esti m ate and the sale of h igh-effi ciency ne w ho m es is stead ily i ncrea sing, n e w ho me approxi mate payb ack period for e achi m prove men t. con stru cti on currently rep rese nts a s m a ll portio n of the ho me m arket. I mproving e xisting ho mes is a m ust and i s best ac co mpl ished when the characteris tics of e ach bui ld in g is c onsi de red. To acco mplish this g oal, HAowppli ctoan tPs articipatefor this progra m must o wn a one-to-four fa mily residential the Ne w Yor k State Energy R esearch and R esearch De velo p ment building, m eet the inco me quali fi catio ns and may n ot have previously Au thority ( NYS ERD A) has inc entivized ho me -speci fic r etrofits. received a free or reduced cost audit. By sub mitti ng a si mpl e one-page

42 | rollmagazine.com application and providinginfor mation about the previous year’s utilities, BPI training is appropriate for existing contractors and for individuals a ho meo wn eris eligible. T he audit is fr eefor hou seholds e arning less than inte restedin a c areer chang e. N YSERD Aprovides a 50 % rei mburse ment t wice the area m edianin co m e and ar e su bsid izedfor fa m ilies wi th hi gher for BPI tr ain in g cour ses and a 25 %rei mbu rse ment fo r ho me perfor mance inco m es. 92 % of hou seholds are elig ible for fr ee audits. Appli cations equ ip m ent. Con tractor s are rei m bursed $250 for eac h aud it perfor med. and prog ra m inf or mation a re a vailable at www .getene rgys mart.org. All ho me r etrofits must be d one with a c erti fi ed c ontra ctor i n order to be The applican t receives a r eser vation nu mbe r that can be used with any elig ible f or rebate s and fin anci ng. Pa r ticipatin g contracto rs also b en efit con tractor in the NYS E RDAnet wor k. fro mfu ndi ng for a dver tising and fro m project referrals fro m o ther in- net w ork cont ract ors. After the audit is co mplete, the custo mer can decide whether to pursue the su gge sted r etr ofits. Parti cipa ting custo mer s recei ve a 10 % reb ate and are eligible to finance u pto $13,000 a t rates of b et ween 3. 49 % and 3.9 9 %. WhyWith Awictnt eNr ow?well under way, there’s no better ti me to explore energy Ret rofits ar e e xpecte dto sa ve bet w ee n 30 t o 4 0 %of en ergy us e, re sulting effici ency up grad es to your ho me w hen you c an ge t a co mpre hensive in saving s th at are gr eat er th an the as so cia ted l oa n. Infor mati on about audit —w hich will pro vide y ou wi th valu able info r ma ti on and help you E nergy St ar Fi nanc ingis av ailab le at www.ene rgyfin ancesolutions .co m/ to prioritize f uture retrofit s —a t no c ost. You’l l benefit fro m an incre ased main/h o me o wnersnyf o ur. un derstandi ng of h o wyour ho m e w orks and a s ense ho w mu ch individual upgrades will co st. I f you deci de to i nves t in re trofi ts, yo u can take advantag e of l o w-in ter est fi nancing an drebat es. It is unusu al to bein vited JobIndi vTidraininguals inter Oestpportunitiesedin beco ming participating contractors can receive totake ad va ntage of so me thing wit h a h igh valu e at no cost. G ree nJobs/ training th rough the C lean Ener gy Technolog y Consortiu m ( CETT) G reen Ne w York off ers a rare o ppor tu nity —con sid er s ignin g up to day. at Ulst er, Dutc hess , Sulli van, O range and Rockland co mmunity co lleges. CETT also offers co urses in phot ovoltaics, wind energy, For more infor mation about Green Jobs Green Ne w York, please solar th er mal a nd geother mal. M ore infor mation i s ava ilable at visi t Get energys mart.o rg, an d cont act Mid- Hu dson Energy $ mart ww w.sustainh v.org /cetc- who Co mmunities at 845.331.22 38.

Sarah Charlop-Powers lives in Rosendale, NY, where she serves as the chair of the Town’s Climate Task Force.

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What better occasion than Roll’s Education Issue to ponder or not and if I can discern a direction the wine is going: my o wn ed ucation in win e. In my early t o mid -t wenties, e arth y, re d fr uit, citrus, sp ice, floral , oa ky, et c. , I find bef ore e nrolling at the Culin ary Inst itute o f A merica, I had this su ffici ent fo r my p urposes . Fro m there I can delve alread y started ex plor ing wine with kee n i nterest. B y the mo re deeply, but wit h moresi m plistic wine s, so m eti mes ti me I arrived at Hyde P ark, I was f a mili ar with m any of I don ’t need to i n ord er to enjoy the m. If a nd when I the m ajor gra pe varieti es and s o me basic gro wing areas or a m rea dy to e xa mine a ro mas fu rther, I then have a app ellatio ns. Ye t, I lacke d the abilit y to d ifferentia te wi nes refe rence poi nt fro m w hich to b egin. in any meani ngfu l way . Of course, tasting the wine was next and hePALATEre again, th:e te mptation to na m e ea ch nu ance creep s up on you. As a culin ary student , t his wa s eve n more intense , as HOTheWtur TOning TASTEpoint ca me when I was taught “ho wto taste” during if trying to d ecipher t he subtle ing redie nts in a Pu njabi cur ry. the wines po rtion of our t wo-y e ar cu linary arts pr ogr a m. O ur first Takin g a si milar ta ct as with a ro ma, I try to na rro wthe focus. in- class w ine tas tin g: c ould this have bee n th e most e xciti ng Addi ti onally, I pay p articu lar atte n tion to the inte gra tion of mo men t of my culin ary ed ucat ion? A sub ject I ha d been oak(if pres en t) a ndthe a mo unt of tan nin s. O ne of the m ost dabbling in for y ears, but without for ma l instruc tio n. A fter su rp rising re velat ion s of that fir st tastin g wa s h o w much much dis cu ssio n and dire ction on precis ely ho wto o pen a focus can be placed on the finish of the win e, i.e . ho w bottle of wine a nd a n involve d p ouring pro cess ens uring t hat long a fter s w allo wi ng one can ta ste th e wine . I f ound eachs tud ent re ceiv ed the corre ct winein the cor rect glass , we finally this practic e was never innat e an d I o ccasi onal ly still n eed to set a bout to taste. re mind myse lf to con sider this, as it ca n be t he difference bet ween an averag e and a ver y good b ottle of wi ne. First step, evaluate the color and clarity of the wine even CbeOLOfore tR:aki ng a sniff. I quickly lift ed my first glass, a w hit e, aga inst a light f ro m th e ceilin g . This i mmed iatel y dr e w th e attenti on of o ur THEWell, RnoEw’Sth Mat OweRtEas tTedOt hITe wine, one would think we were done. Yet instr uctor, Mic hael We iss, w ho warned ag ainst t his s ince vario us l ights I soon fou nd o ut t hat thi s is where the real w ork b egin s. As our o ther and surrou nding w alls co uld i nfluence the pe rceiv ed co lor. Th e best i nstru ctor, St eve n Ko lpan, fr equent ly ch alle nged u s over th e w eek s, no w pra ctice was to use a p lain w hite backg rou nd placed o n the t able, such was the ti me to c onsider t he overall merits of t he wine . W as the wine as the w hite pa per th e glas ses had been conve niently set upo n. Thi s was in b alan ce, w as there too mu ch alco hol or t oo mu ch acid ity o r pe rhaps ob vio usly th e bett er c hoice as it sh o we d off the diffe renc e in sh ade f ro m no t enough frui t? Wa s thi s wine ready t o d rink or did it need ti me in the the wine’ s co re to i ts ri m. If I h adn’t be en in s uch a hurr y t o s me ll and cell ar? Wh at typ e of f ood woul d be a ppr opriat e f or t hi s win e? So m any tast e the wine, I mig ht ha ve realized ho w m uch in for mat io n coul d be questio ns to consi der at th is poin t a nd on that in itial tast ing da y, I could gain ed f ro m th is si mpl e glan ce. I no w kn o w th at color reve als m uch barely re me mber the w ine fro m the t w o sip s I had taken (and s pit, by about the sty le a nd age of the w in e. A darker whit e mig ht indica te age the w ay). or per hap s so m e gr ape s ki n co ntact, or si mply a more robus t wine th an a lig hter-col ored versio n. Al l useful t idb its whe n atte m ptingt o unlo ckth e No w, after much practice, the technique I touched on that day has mysteries of a g iven win e. beco m e a c onsiste nt metho dolo gy. On th at day, I c o m pletel y mi ssed the fact th at I was be ing given a me asur ing s tick, a way to eval uate the Next ca me the nosing of the wine, a process that uses the wi nes I taste d and just as i mpo rt antly, a wa y to c o m pare an d discuss the NOSEmost sen: sitive t aste o rgan to disc ern aro mas & fl avors in a win e. W hen merit s of vari ous wine s. I still use this ba sic fo r m ula for ta stin g eacht i me our c lass was given the g o-a head to s mell t he wine, we were t old not I taste a wine. I’v e mad e the p roc ess my o w n over t he years, si mpli fying to be ba shful . So me we re si mply w aving the glass u nde r thei r nos e as c ertai n parts b ut h olding tru e to the for mat. This allo ws m e to identify if sa m pling th e lates t offe ring fro m Chan el (b y the way, perfu mes a nd me mor able c har acteristi cs of the nu merous wines we car ry; I c an group c olognes a re d iscour aged). B etter to plac e yo ur nose d irectly in the wines toget her and thus re cal l th e more nua nced poin ts: whi c h w ine has glass to iden tify any aro m as captu red there in. If you read so m e wine more tannin an d str uctu re, wh ich has m ore for w ard frui t. mag azi nes, you’ ll oft en enco unter wh at see ms a l aund ry lis t of a ro mas and flavors taster s perc eive in the wine . Quit e i nti midat ing w hen as a While this technique is ulti mately the basis for any wine education, stud ent I st uck my noseinth e g lass of whi te win e andthought , citru s a nd it is m erel y one porti on . One must con sider the histo rical aspects, the maybe s o me f aint gras sin ess. Ove r ti me, I’ ve lea rne d it’s not i mpor tant g eo graphy of w here and the t raditi on of wha t gr apes were planted, the for me to tr y to describe ev ery a ro mat ic no te. So m e w oul d disagree, overall ph ilo sophy of t he e state, the w ine m aker, a nd th e li mitat ions but as lon g as I a m able t o dete r mine if t he wi ne is p otential ly fla wed or la w s of the reg ion or appellat ion. Only with t his k no w ledge can a

44 | rollmagazine.com co mplete picture of the wine be for med; ho wever, critical tasting will al ways b e a legit i m ate measu re of a give n wine and thus a value to any wine l ove r. No was a professio nal , tasting wine on a reg u lar ba sis, this techn ique is well ing r ained, yet the re is al w ays r oo m for i mpr ove m ent.

AB eLIforFe Em-yLONGwife M eSTi YUDing ENTand I opened our wine shop in 2006, I had worke din wine for a l most 10 y ea rs. Since the n, I’ve cont inu ed to ta ste a conside rab le nu mbe r of wi nes , so me as the wine buy er, but oth ers si mp ly to explore ce rtainty pes andst yles. I n a ddi tiont otastin g, I read w ine and fo od maga zines, b ooks, arti cles an d b logs. Wh en ever po ss ible, I pick the brai ns of wine m akers, i mporter s an d colle agues to be tter unde rs tand the wines I t aste and ho w they co mp are with those “b ench m ark wines” I’ve been u n able tota ste. I t is a never-end ings trea m of infor mati on, cove ring ever ythingf ro mgeo gr ap h ical minutiae to philo so phical debate s onstyle. Indeed, thi s is p art of what makes wi ne so engaging, and ma kes me a life-lon g stu de nt.

As much as I enjoy learning on my o wn, the classes I’ve taken since gr aduatin g fr o m th e CI A ha ve exp edited the learni ng p rocess. Each has sho wn the v alue a str uctur ed course o ffer s. A grea ter meas ure of dis cipline is re quired a nd I find m y preco nceptio ns and mis concepti ons challenge d in the cla ssroo m . So I’ m considering ta king another class to polish, refi ne and hone my sk ills this winter, a qu iet and inviting ti me of year to spend ind oors thin king abou t wine. P erhap s yo u too wo uld li ke to br us h up o n your w ine educ ation, i n whi ch case, grab a no tebook and pr actice yo ur o wn r enditi on of critic al tasting ; it’s a plea su reinitself and gives yo u the basis to enjoy the world of wine a bi t more full y.

Roll’s longtime wine & spirits contributor Timothy Buzinski is the owner with wife Mei Ying So of Artisan Wine Shop, 180 Main St., Beacon, www.artisanwineshop.com, 845.440.6923. Open Mo-Sa 12-7 PM, Su 12-5 PM

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ARI ES ( March 21- April 19): No w and then, doctor. Unlike hi m, ho wever, you should carry out the assign ment with me mbe rs of oth er astrolo gical signs c o mpla in that consu m mate g race. It’ll pay off f or you in th e lo ng r un —probab ly in I see mto fa vor yo u Aries abo ve the m. If that ’s tru e, ways you ca n’t i ma gine right no w. I ’ m ce rta inly n ot a w are o f it. As far as I kno w, I lov e all the signs equ ally. I will say th is, ho w ev e r: Due t o the idi osyncrasies of VI RGO( Aug. 23-Sept. 22): In Leonard Cohen’s song my o wn personal h oros cope , I ha ve been w orki ng for years to get m ore “ Anthe m,” he sings “T her e is a crack in every thing skil led a t express ing qualiti es that your tribe ten ds to exc el at: being / That’s ho wt helig ht gets i n. ” Fro m wh at I cantell, direct, a cting fearle ss, kno w ing e xactl y wh at you w ant, c ulti vating Vi rgo, th e we eks ahead wil l be one o f the b est t i mes a willi ngness to chang e, and lea ding by exa m ple. All thes e assets are all year for welco ming the l igh t tha t c o m es th rough e specially ne ede d by the peop le in yo ur li fe right no w. the crac ks. I n fact, I urg e yo u to c onsid er wid ening the cracks a little —ma ybe eve n s plitti n g ope n a fe w ne w cr acks —so that TAURUS ( April 20- May 20): I’ve found that even the wi ld ly healinglight can p our do w n on y ou in p rofus ion. when peop le are s uccessful in de aling with a long -ter m, intracta ble pro ble m, they ra rel y zap it out o f existence in LI BRA (Sept. 23- Oct. 22): When was the last ti me you one epic s wo op. Gener ally t hey ch ip a wa y at it, dis mantli ng created a ma sterpiece , Li bra? I’ m n ot n eces sarily it litt le by little; t hey gradua lly br eaki ts hold w ith incre mental talking ab out a work o f art; it mig ht h ave been an bur sts of un spect acula r herois m . Judg ing fro m the astrological exquisi te din ne r you pre pare d f or peo ple y ou lov e . . . or a te mporary o mens, thoug h, I’d say that yo u Taurus es are rip e for a la rge surge of alliance y ou for ged t hat allo w ed you to a cco mplis h t h e i mp ossible . . . dis man tling. A n ob stac le yo u’ve been ha mme ring a w ay at fo r mon ths or a sca ry-f un adve nture you risk ed t hat turned you int o a riper hu m a n or even year s ma y be pri med to c ru mb le dra matica lly. be in g with a more auth orita tive st andi ng. Wh ethe r yo ur last tour de force happ en ed sev en weeks ago or seven months ag o, my sens e is t hat GE MI NI ( May 21-June 20): My brother To m and I you’r e due for a nothe r one. The cos mic rh yth ms a re co nspi ring t o make used to b e on a softball tea min Santa C ruz. I pla ye d yo u ac t lik e an artf ul ge nius. third b ase an d he was the pit cher. For on e ga me he sho w ed up wit h a ne w glo ve that st ill h ad th e pric e SCORPI O ( Oct. 23- Nov. 21): Why is everything so tag dan glin g. I a sk ed h i mif h e w as go ing to sn ip it eerily quie scent r ight no w ? Sho uld yo u b e worried? Has off. “ Nope,” h e said. “It’l l s ubt ly di stract the batt ers the m o mentu m been sucke d out of you r l ife? Have you and give me an adva ntage. ” That day he pitc hed one of his best ga mes lost your way? P erson ally, I th ink yo u’re d oing better than eve r. Hi s pi tch es see med to have ext ra mojo tha t ke pt the hitte rs off- you reali ze. Th e dor mancy is a te mporar yillus ion. To help balan ce. Were th ey even a w are t hey w ere b eing messe d w ith? I d on’t give you the pers pective you need, I off er y ou this hai ku-like p oe m by thinkso. Infac t, my theor yis tha t bec ause T o m’s t rick was soinn o cuous, I mm a vo n B od mershof, t rans lated by Petr a En gelb ert: “The g reat ri ver no on e o nt he op posi ngtea mr egis teredthe fact t hat it was aff ectingtheir is sile nt / only so meti me s it sounds qu ietly / deep unde r the i ce.” co ncen tra tio n. I sugge st you try a si mil ar s trat egy, G e min i SAGI TTARI US ( Nov. 22- Dec. 21): I sa w ex-Poet Laureate CANCER (June 21-July 22): A fa mous atheist na med Robert Hass re ad and discuss his p o e m “ Ety molog y.” Ed win Ka gin has incorpo rate d p erfor ma nce art into his He sai d that whil e m any of the fluids of the hu man crusade agains t rel igious believe rs. Wielding a ha irdry er, bo dy ar e na m ed wi th Eng lish wo rds, at le ast o ne isn’t: he “de- baptize s” ex-chu rch-goers who wan t to reverse the mois ture of a wo man w ho is se xu ally a rous ed. th e effects of the baptis mthey ex perie nced a s c hildren. Th e Anglo-S ax on s did hav e a w or d for it, he noted: The strea m of ho t air th at K agin blo ws a ga inst their , which also re ferr ed to th e look of mo onl ight on the water. “Poor foreheads is meant t o e xorc ise the h oly wat er dau bed ther e way silmlang uage,” Hass conclude d, be m oani ng a vocabular yth at i gnores s uch an back when. Co ul d you ben efit fro m a si milar ritual, Cancer ian? I f you i mportant part of hu man ex perience. Y o ur assign me nt, S agittari us, is to have any in clinati ons t o free y ourse lf fro m e arly i m prints, relig io us or correct fo r any pr oble ms caused by po or la nguagein yo ur o wnsphe re . If othe r wis e, you’re in a fa vora ble phase to do so. you’ve bee n la zy about a rticula tin g you r meanin g o r nee ds, t hen plea se activat e you r dee per in telligence. If ther e’s a situa tio nin yo ur lif e that’s LEO(July 23- Aug. 22): In an old Star Trek episode, a wo man sufferin g fro ma slop py use of wo rd s, refra m e its con tou rs wi th c risper visits the starship’ s m edi cal fac ility seek ing che m i cals she speech. Y ou co ul d even coin so me ne w words o r b orro wgo od on es fro m needs to start a h ydroponi c garde n. The chief doct or, foreign ton gues. who has a hig h sense of self - worth and a gruff bedside man ner, sc o wls at her. W hyis she bo theri ng hi m withsuch CAPRI CORN ( Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Stand-up co median a trivial reques t? “ No wI k no w ho w Hipp ocrat es fe lt,” h e Arj Barker sa ys that when h e wri tes each o f his jokes, c o mplai ns, “ whe n the K i ng nee ded h i mto tri m a hang nai l.” ( Ancient he’s thi nking t hat al l he needs t o d o is ma ke it f un ny e nough Greek phy sician H ipp ocrate s is refe rred to as th e “ Father of Medicine” to get at le ast t hre e p eople in the a udienc e to lau gh at it. becaus e of his s e minal influe nc e on the he ali ng professio ns .) I suspect M ore th an thr ee is gravy, a nd he hopes he do es get mo re. that so met i me soon, L eo, you w ill b e in a positi on si milar to t he ship’s But if he ca njust ge t those thre e, h e belie ves , he will al ways

46 | rollmagazine.com get a lot of work in his chosen profession. In accordance with the ast rol ogi cal rhyth m s, Cap ricorn, I urge youto ad opt a si milar appro ach. To be succe ssful in th e co ming d a ys, yo u d on’ t need a n appro val rating of 80 percent.

AQUARI US (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): The renegade spiritual sect kno wn as th e Churc h o f the Subgeni us values one treasur e abov e all ot he rs: n ot salvatio n, not enlig hten ment , not h olin ess, but rat her Slack. And what is Slack? It is a sta te of bei ng i n whic h every thing flo ws s m oot hly —a fra me o f min d s o unfet ter ed and at ease that the entire universe just natur ally coop era tes with yo u. Wh en y ou’ve got abund ant reser ves o f Slack, y ou don’t str ain a nd str uggle t o make des ired event s unfold, an d you d on’t crave things you don’t rea lly need. You’re surren dered to the grea ter in tellige nce th at gu ides y our lif e, and it prov ides you wit h a kna ck for a ttracting on ly w hat’s tr uly sa tisfy ing. H appy Sla ck Month , Aquar ius! I suspect you will ha ve lo ads of that good s tuff, w hich me ans your fr ee do mto be y our a uthen tic self w ill be at a peak.

PISCES (Feb. 19- March 20): “Everybody gets so much infor ma tion al l daylong t hat t heylose their co mm on sense,” said w rite r Ge rtrud e St ein many decades ago. Is n’t th at abou t a thousan d ti me s truer in 2011? It ta kes ri goro us con ce ntration to b einun da ted wi th d ata. B ut that’s exactly your anotssi gn me nt, Pisces. It’s a bsolutely crucial for y ou t o be a beacon of co mmon sense in the co m ing days. To meet yo ur da tes wi th destiny , y ou will h ave to be ear thy, unc lutter ed, well- grou nded, andi n close to uch with your bo dy ’s intuiti on. If that re quires you to cut bac k d ra ma tically on t he vo lu me of infor mat io n you take in, so b e i t. Authorized Dr. Hauschka Premier Dealer Gluten-Free Products

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