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News & Politics

While You Were Sleeping

The Mexican government cracks down on drug cartels, Americans suffer from chronic diseases, fewer casualties in Iraq, courts rule against Yale Law School, and more.

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SECRETS

The final installment of Larry Beinhart’s series on the perils of government secrecy.

From Forced Evacuation to Liberal Education

Lorna Tychostup travels to Kurdistan, reporting on the conditions of an illegal displaced persons camp and the work being done toward the founding of a liberal arts university.

Horoscopes

The Road to Nowhere

Eric Francis Coppolino examines the intersection of the personal and the global in his past.

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Horoscopes: November

Eric Francis Coppolino’s astrological outlook on November.

Holiday Gift Guide

The Gifts that Keeps Giving

Why give Uncle Charlie another snowflake sweater? Francis Cruz offers alternatives to gift giving that put charity before consumption.

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View From the Top

Esteemed Reader: November

The habit of giving only enhances the desire to give. —Walt Whitman

November's Featured Contributors

Jim de Seve, Tracy Frisch, Amy Halloran, and Michael Oatman contribute to November’s issue.

First Impression: Bumper Sticker Report

Sparrow gives an update on his bumper sticker slogans.

Editor's Journal: The Daily Practice of November

It’s November, the waiting season. The changeover. The interregnum between the kingdom of plenty and the kingdom of ice.

Local Luminary: Ed Tick

Timothy Cahill speaks to psychologist and author Ed Tick.

On the Cover

9 Lives

Charles Bremer’s images are on exhibit through November 25 at Amrose Sable Gallery, 306 Hudson Avenue, Albany.

Whole Living

Power of the Group

Jeffrey Schneider explains the healing potential of group therapy.

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The Healthy Brain

You exercise your body, feed it well, and look for ways to keep it at optimal performance—but what about your brain?

Community Notebook

Have Pig, Will Travel

In 2004, a small group of upper Hudson Valley farmers and New York City chefs launched a unique kind of service that is repairing the chasm that separates their businesses.

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Under the Bridge

Halloran and de Sève present a comic book history of Troy and a building project that vanished “under the bridge.”

Arts & Culture

Begin Morning Civil Twilight

Finch’s art takes a variety of forms, from works on paper to sculptural objects to set design, but his main medium is installation.

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Forever Young

“Rumi Embodied: An Ecstatic Celebration” will be held at the Kripalu Center for Yoga and Health, November 15-18.

Reinventing History

The gala is being described as the Dudley Observatory’s 150th anniversary bash, despite the fact that the facility was chartered in 1852 and dedicated in 1856.

World of Shadows

“Chinese Shadow Figures from the Collection of Dr. Fan Pen Chen” is on exhibit from November 2 through January 6, 2008.

Digital Daguerrotypist

“Photosemasia: Meaning in Light, Digital Translations of Lost Photographic Processes, Selected Works by Wil Lindsay,” runs from November 19 though January 20 at The Photography Center of the Capital District.

Cool Moves

The Iceland Dance Company will perform at The Egg on November 2 at 8pm.

The Tao of Roald

When the Nobel committee awarded the 1981 prize in chemistry to Roald Hoffmann, they couldn’t have known they were encouraging a poet, playwright, and art critic.

Food & Drink

The Sophisticated Crepe

At Ravenous, diners can choose from 13 savory and 13 sweet crepes, plus daily specials. “We’ve always been interested in concentrating on just a few items and doing them really, really well,” co-owner Lauren Wickizer says.

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Music

Washboard Charisma

The Ramblin Jug Stompers—Wild Bill, Bowtie, Cousin Clyde, and Mr. Eck—dispense timeless old-timey songs with a remarkably fresh approach.

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November's Nightlife Highlights

Roger Houston’s nightlife picks.

CD Review: Alta Mira

Birthed in Clifton Park, New York, barely legal quartet Alta Mira is out to impress with their first CD Fables and Fabrications.

CD Review: Carol R. Daggs

The songs are given enough air to breathe, and they bubble with life. Daggs’s raw imperfection is the perfection of this album, a foot deep in the ground while traveling the heavens.

CD Review: Sarah Pedinotti

With Sarah Pedinotti’s impeccable back phrasing, clever production, and amazing arrangements, this release surely raises the bar for regional recordings.

Books

Short Takes: November

Five books for November reading.

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Book Review: The Air We Breathe

Here, once again, Barrett has woven science and story into a seamless narrative. By the end of the novel, readers have become an intimate part of Tamarack society.

Book Review: What You Call Winter

Nalini Jones’s debut collection suggests James Joyce’s The Dubliners. All of Joyce’s choice themes are here: lost innocence, alienation, dislocation, and a struggle with Catholic identity.

Perennial Voyager

The late Jim Ryan, curator of nearby Olana, once told Kermani, “Someday this house is going to be seen as a major work by John Ashbery.”

Parting Shot

Parting Shot: Kip Fulbeck

“The Hapa Project: Portraits by Kip Fulbeck” is on view at the Mandeville Gallery, located in the Nott Memorial building on the Union College campus in Schenectady, through February 3, 2008.

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Poetry

Nancy Klepsch

Five works by poet and teacher Nancy Klepsch.