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Two Guys Who Never Met July 28, 2010
“Picasso Looks at Degas” will continue at the Clark Art Institute, 225 South Street in Williamstown, Massachusetts, until September 12.
The Avant-Garde Invades Mount Tremper June 28, 2010
The Mount Tremper Arts Festival kicks off on July 10.
The New Word May 12, 2010
All the Ladies in the House Say "Landscape!" April 27, 2010
The “Remember the Ladies” exhibit opens at the Thomas Cole Historic Site May 2.
Luck Of The Irish March 29, 2010
Tom Molloy’s work will be featured at the Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum until June 13.
Selected Shorts at the Bardavon February 25, 2010
Saturday, March 13, 8pm, “Selected Shorts,” will appear for the first time at the Bardavon in Poughkeepsie. Interview with David Strathairn.
Art of the Carbon Footprint January 27, 2010
Dr. John P. Eckblad’s “At the Heart of Progress: Coal, Iron, and Steam Since 1750” is now on exhibit through March 21 at the Loeb Art Center in Vassar College.
The Top 10 Films of 2009 January 14, 2010
“Sherlock Holmes” is last, because it was released on Christmas (which struck me as hubristic) and was therefore the last movie of 2009 that I saw. Also, it should cling to the very bottom of a Top 10 list.
If It's Tuesday, I Must Be Modern December 28, 2009
Modfest 2010 will take place on the Vassar College campus in Poughkeepsie from January 21 to February 7.
Puff: Still Not a Drug Song November 30, 2009
Peter Yarrow reads and plays at Oblong Books and Music in Rhinebeck.
Woodstock Film Festival 2009: "Against the Current" November 10, 2009
My biggest unasked question: Did Callahan get product placement money from Coca-Cola? (Paul is addicted to Coke, and drinks it throughout the movie. When they stay at Mary Tyler Moore’s house, where only Pepsi is available, he’s visibly annoyed!)
Woodstock Film Festival 2009: "Mighty Uke" October 09, 2009
Tiny Tim was highly talented. Hearing “Tiptoe through the Tulips” again after many decades, one is struck by the daring and grace in Tiny’s voice.
News from Nowhere September 28, 2009
Wallaceana is part of the “Great Pretenders” exhibit at Carrie Haddad in Hudson.
My E-Mail Rewritten by the Major Poet Mikhail Horowitz July 30, 2009
“May I quote you in my blog?” I asked Mr. Horowitz, by e-mail.
“You may quote me, but only if you do so scoggishly,” the bard enigmatically replied.
Mirror, Mirror, on the Wall June 30, 2009
The Putnam County Historical Society hosts an exhibition on George Pope Morris.
Hanging by a Thread May 27, 2009
Sparrow previews the upcoming performance by Dzul Dance in Millbrook.
Damsel in Distress April 30, 2009
Photographer Laurence Demaison’s first American exhibition, at Galerie BMG.
Ridiculous Rhymer April 30, 2009
Poet Jeffrey McDaniel kicks off the Sunset Reading series in Cold Spring.
Such Sweet Thunder March 30, 2009
The Hudson Valley Philharmonic, in collaboration with a coalition of local choral groups, will perform Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony on April 18 at UPAC.
Whatever Floats Your Art February 25, 2009
“Maggie Sherwood and the Floating Foundation of Photography” will appear at the Samuel Dorsky Museum at SUNY New Paltz until April 8. A Tribute to one of the first photo galleries in Manhattan, a bright purple, two-story houseboat.
Sparrow's Yearly List of the Best Films February 25, 2009
Avid blog-watchers wait each February for the 10 Best Films of the Year in “Quarter to Three” (this blog). As you probably know, I only see about 10 movies per year, so I’m happy to compile them into a list.
Woodstock Film Festival Part Three: An Interview with Tom Gustafson February 24, 2009
Sparrow: Best Music in Nashville! Jesus!
Gustafson: Yeah.
Sparrow: That’s a coup!
Outsiders Are In January 27, 2009
Outside art show at Vassar College, Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center.
We Are The Mods December 30, 2008
Celebrated minimalist composer Steve Reich comes to Vassar’s annual Modfest.
Masters Revealed November 25, 2008
“Revealed Anew,” a show consisting of various paintings, portraits, and drawings too fragile to leave the vaults for extended periods of time, will be on display at the Frances Lehman Loeb Arts Center at Vassar College through January 4.
Scores Without Films October 28, 2008
The St. Luke’s Chamber Ensemble will perform “Reel Music,” works by composers who have written film scores, at Dia:Beacon on November 22 at 2 pm.
First Impression: A Palindroming President October 27, 2008
Sparrow discusses the palindromic pronouncements of his fourth presidential campaign.
The Woodstock Film Festival (2008) October 22, 2008
Tao on a Tightwire September 29, 2008
Presenting the 29th North American tour of the world record-holding Shangri-La Chinese Acrobats.
Homeland Hipster August 26, 2008
Laurie Anderson brings her latest show, Homeland, to the Egg on September 21.
My Conversation with Laurie Anderson August 21, 2008
Sparrow: At the Gator Growl, the pep rally. He would begin a song, then he’d stop himself and tell one of the dumb jokes his writers handed him. He was great.
Anderson: I wish I had writers.
Deep Listening in the Big Tent July 29, 2008
Sparrow talks with Foster Reed, the founder of New Albion Records, a label to be celebrated at Bard College’s SummerScape series in the Spiegeltent, August 1 through August 10.
Bo Diddley In History July 06, 2008
Tombstone hand and a graveyard mind;
Just 22 and I don’t mind dying.
What's Newer Than New? June 26, 2008
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.
A Mop, an American Flag, a Sex Doll, and a Bedbug Robot June 26, 2008
“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.
Valley Kaleidoscope May 28, 2008
A reception for the artists will be held on Saturday, June 21, from 5 to 9pm, at Gallery 384.
Flo Rida May 23, 2008
“Flo Rida,” incidentally, is a brilliant name-invention. Rap is about “flow”: the organic movement of words.
Aluminum Pipes, Amplified Cactus April 29, 2008
Mixing jazz, chamber music, cabaret, spoken word, the Chamber Arts Festival of Marbletown will be held at SUNY Ulster.
The Dance Within The Play March 27, 2008
The Catskill Ballet Theater Company will be presenting an all new ballet story at the Ulster Performing Arts Center.
When Hermits Collide March 05, 2008
A show of works on paper, “Kulan” will be at the Hermitage in Beacon.
First Impression: A Newer Stump Speech February 25, 2008
Sparrow gives his stance on the country’s political issues.
The Wooly Emancipator January 28, 2008
Four portraits of Abraham Lincoln by Oscar Strodl will be shown at Incident Report in honor of Lincoln’s birthday.
The 10 Best Films of 2007 January 21, 2008
Perhaps here is a good place to reveal my palindrome about the Coen brothers:
No Coen’s neocon.
The Limits of Language December 21, 2007
The artist K. Rakoll has created a phonetic alphabet that can express every human language. “K. Rakoll: The Secret Tongues of Babel” is at BeGallery in High Falls, through January 15.
John Ashbery's 80th Birthday December 20, 2007
Yes, they are alive and can have those colors,
But I, in my soul, am alive too.
Concerto Against the Violin November 27, 2007
Arnaud Sussmann plays the impossible with the Hudson Valley Philharmonic.
Laura Bush Visits Abu Dhabi November 20, 2007
First Lady Laura Bush meets with breast cancer survivors in pink tent…
Hidden View October 29, 2007
In Edmund C. Coates’s Lighthouse, near Caldwell’s Landing, gentle hills rise like green breasts above two full-bellied sailboats. The Victorians had an erotic love of landscape.
First Impression: Bumper Sticker Report October 29, 2007
Sparrow gives an update on his bumper sticker slogans.
First Impressions: November October 25, 2007
Sparrow reviews the highlights of the Woodstock Film Festival and which films caused geriatric riots.
Woodstock Film Festival: The Second Day October 12, 2007
(I know one doesn’t typically speak of movies having authors, but believe it or not, someone wrote each one of them.)
Woodstock Film Festival: The First Day October 11, 2007
And so once again
Oh, America my friend
And so once again
You are fighting us all
Vintage Violence September 27, 2007
Cathy Wilkerson joined Weatherman, the leftist revolutionary group, when it was founded in 1969, and was soon chanting slogans like “Kick the Ass of the Ruling Class” and “Bring the War Home!”
Waxing Poetic August 27, 2007
The encaustic boom is going strong. “Encaustic Works 2007,” R&F Encaustic’s biannual juried exhibition, was chosen from approximately 3,000 entries, by the artist Joan Snyder.
Shared Enchantment August 03, 2007
On August 24 and 25 from 7 to 11pm (raindate August 26), Arm-of-the-Sea will present its seventh annual “Esopus Creek Puppet Suite” at Tina Chorvas Waterfront Park in Saugerties.
The Writing on the Wall August 02, 2007
As a postwar phenomenon, graffiti parallels the rise of street toughs and gangs. Its present form began in the late sixties, and became known as part of hip hop culture by the mid ’70s.
Bob Dylan's 115th Opus June 27, 2007
Lundy represents a new generation of opera singers, unlike the classic rotund performers who would “park and bark” (stand in one spot and sing).
First Impression:July June 27, 2007
One day I realized I was writing bumper stickers. I began keeping a list: WARNING: ANARCHIST ON BOARD DON’T BLAME ME—I VOTED FOR BRITNEY SPEARS IF THOUGHT IS OUTLAWED, ONLY OUTLAWS WILL HAVE THOUGHTS
Alex Katz June 20, 2007
“I don’t like the portrait of Denby,” my friend Tom said, as we walked through the show. “He looks so angry!”
Composing Women May 31, 2007
“Notable Women: A Celebration of Women Composers,” a chamber festival at Dia:Beacon over the first three weekends in June, attempts to redress the undeserved anonymity of female composers.
Animal Esperanto May 31, 2007
Jan Harrison has invented her own language, literally. It’s called “Animal Tongues,” and she began speaking it in 1979. Though she doesn’t consider herself a performance artist, Harrison sometimes publicly sings—and speaks—in Animal Tongues.
Loaded Chamber April 30, 2007
Famed songwriter and pianist Dave Frishberg is probably best known for 1973’s “I’m Just a Bill,” the first song he wrote for the TV show “Schoolhouse Rock.”
The Almighty Dollar March 29, 2007
Quotation
“I wear a cross around my neck because I love right angles.”
- Lana Turner
Paint-By-Letters March 09, 2007
Have you heard this new expression: “Sometimes I feel like a Marxist at Wal-Mart”?
Continuous Classics February 26, 2007
Top chamber group CONTINUUM performs at Beacon’s Howland Cultural Center.
The L is for Laughter January 26, 2007
Generally, one does not think of comedy as a service industry—but Kate Clinton does.
Wavy Gravy December 29, 2006
Sparrow meets countercultural icon Wavy Gravy at the Woodstock Film Festival.
Horses to Water December 27, 2006
Mark Doerrier’s documentary about the goings-on in an Orange County town, In the Land of Goshen, will screen at Yellow Bird Gallery on January 26 and Cafe Chronogram on January 6.
Farming the Sun December 27, 2006
Architect and visionary Daniela Bertol’s Sun Farm is not only a sprawling show ground for her sacred geometry-inspired creations, but also a work in progress itself. By Sparrow.