Soft Return
Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival
Maya Horowitz previews the longest-running dance festival in the US, The Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival, which runs through August 24, in Becket, Massachusetts.
Horoscopes
In Canada, They Call it TherapyEric Francis Coppolino reflects upon his first experience teaching the Chiron process to astrology students at the Omega Institute. |
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HoroscopesWhat do the planets have in store for you this month? Check it out in your horoscope. |
News & Politics
While You Were SleepingIncreasing premature birth rates due to unnecessary C-sections, proposed organic ingredients, and decreased shark populations in the Mediterranean Sea are just a few things you may have missed. |
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Deadly Harvest“How they will explode or if they will explode is questionable. I don’t know how long they have been in the ground.” Lorna Tychostup, reporting from Iraq, speaks with members of the Mines Advisory Group about the details of ensuring the safety of Iraqi citizens from explosions. |
Body PoliticLarry Beinhart examines how Dennis Kucinich’s 35 articles of impeachment against George W. Bush were barely covered by the major news outlets in June and why they should have been. |
Music
Gravity's Rainbow“To play [music] correctly, you really have to leave your ego out of it.” Peter Aaron profiles self-taught Cottekill-based saxophonist Joe Giardullo about how music has shaped his life since his discovery of R&B in the early ‘50s. |
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Nightlife HighlightsA list of notable musicians and bands coming to the Hudson Valley in July including Kelleigh McKenzie, Inner Visions, Brion Snyder, Alpha Male Gorillas, The Virginia Wolves, and Blueberry. |
Bill Brovold & LarvalLiving through five heart attacks within 18 months, and Bill Brovold was still able to produce the suitably titled double CD Surviving Death/Alive Why? with his Detroit-born avant/progressive rock ensemble Larval. |
The Gypsy NomadsFrench pop tunes are sung in cabaret fashion in the The Gypsy Nomads latest album, Eternal Summer. |
The Chief SmilesMusical genres including Indie, progressive, mental, classical, sweater, and sugar rock are combined in the new album from The Chief Smiles, Great for Terrible Times. |
What's Newer Than New?A cello, piano, and voice blend together to perform “Songs of Songs of Innocence and of Experience: A Musical Illumination of the Poems of William Blake.” Sparrow profiles the Post-Neo Trio, to perform July 25 at Belleayre Mountain. |
Community Notebook
A Passion for Piano“There was never a conscious decision to be a concert pianist. I had thought might want to study something in addition to the piano—criminal pathology or archeology—but I can’t even recall when I went from ‘child prodigy’ to professional pianist.” Dorothy Noe interviews freelance concert pianist Babette Hierholzer about her childhood in Berlin, her home in Red Hook, and the development of her craft. |
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Arts & Culture
A Mop, an American Flag, a Sex Doll, and a Bedbug Robot“Actually, theater has changed considerably, but most of the theater audience doesn’t know it yet. Actors are writing their own shows, combining music, and chanting with traditional acting.” Sparrow previews the fourth annual Berkshire Fringe Festival, to occur July 16 through August 4 at Simon’s Rock College in Great Barrington, Massachusetts. |
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A Tale of Two BrothersJay Blotcher talks with Thomas Kail, recent Tony Award winner for his hit musical “In the Heights” and director of “Broke-ology,” which will be at the Williamstown Theater Festival in Massachusetts, July 9 through July 20. |
A Different Type of Pole DanceBandits and ballet: Polish composer Karol Szymanoski’s two largest works for the stage, “King Roger” and “Harnasie,” will be performed at the Bard College’s SummerScape starting July 25. |
Tidal SurgeFifty works from 20 sculptors will appear in the exhibition “Current,” sponsored by the Garrison Art Center. The exhibit will be held at five different landmark sites along the Hudson River through August 10. |
Soft ReturnMaya Horowitz previews the longest-running dance festival in the US, The Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival, which runs through August 24, in Becket, Massachusetts. |
A Life in LaughsBrian K. Mahoney’s Q&A with legendary comedy writer Alan Zweibel, who will perform his latest project, the “History of Me” at the Powerhouse Theater at Vassar July 18 through July 20. |
Portfolio: Tatana KellnerCo-director of the Women’s Studio Workshop in Rosendale, Czechoslovakian-born artist Tatana Kellner speaks about her own work in printmaking, photography, and her current installation that examines the history of women’s domestic labor on the back of white button-down shirts, Iron. |
Books
Summer Reading Roundup For Kids and TeensWhen “School’s out!” gives way to “There’s nothing to doooo,” check out our summer reading list of recently published books for kids, teens, and young writers by Hudson Valley authors and illustrators. |
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Book ReviewsAnne Pyburn reviews Do My Story, Sing My Song, and Maiden USA, two books that touch on key current issues: the Texas polygamist cult scandal and our comprehension of females in America. |
Paperback WriterNina Shengold profiles Newbery Honor winner and The Baby-Sitters Club series author Ann M. Martin about her life in prolific publishing. |





