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Poetry

Poetry: Steve Dew

Five pieces by poet Steve Dew.

View From the Top

Esteemed Reader

One of Woody Allen’s most oft-repeated quotes is, “Eighty percent of success is showing up.” Which begs the question: Even if I am showing up bodily, how much of me is truly showing up?

Editor's Journal

I had already figured out that the course of events there was being charted by men no honorable person could emulate: men with names like Westmoreland, Calley, and Nixon.

Featured Contributors

September’s featured contributors.

Local Luminary: Philip Morris

Everyone who’s lived in the Capital Region over the past five years has noticed the wave of rapid changes here, but it’s unlikely anyone has observed them more intimately than Philip Morris, the burly CEO of Proctors Theatre in Schenectady.

Arts & Culture

La Vie En Rose

The Real Food Film Series takes a turn from the political to the sublime on September 7 with Garlic is as Good as Ten Mothers, director Les Blank’s 57-minute-long ode to garlic, the “stinking rose.”

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The House Strained Peas Built

The centerpiece of the collection is a first-rate group of Winslow Homer paintings and watercolors, followed by a strong collection of works from the “Ash Can School,” urban realists working in the early 20th century.

Irish Symphony

n 1607, a pair of powerful Irish noblemen fled Ireland to seek help against the tightening grip of English domination. Robinson McClellan used the earls’ travels and travails to structure his piece.

Joshing Around

Today the Great Josh Billings RunAground draws more than 400 teams made up of one, two, three, or four people, most of them wearing spandex and sporting state-of-the-art shoes, bikes, canoes, and kayaks.

River Keeper

Annea Lockwood has created an “aural journey” from the river’s source—the beautifully named Lake Tear of the Clouds, in the high peaks of the Adirondacks—to its terminus in New York harbor.

It's an Ed Thing

The first thing to know about the band Eddie from Ohio, is that, yes, there is an Eddie but, no, he’s not from Ohio.

Portfolio: Judith Linhares

From a distance, Judith Linhares’s paintings are pure candy-coated fantasies. The colors strike you first, pinks and purples, phosphorous greens, aqua- and ultramarines.

Art Review: Idyll Rich

To think that a rich, young American couple could have inspired great art in a variety of media on two continents through the sheer force of their personalities and lifestyle is almost beyond imagination.

Food & Drink

Sometimes You Want to Go

The Blue Plate Restaurant is one of those rarities that possess a definitive but indescribable essence—what’s known in Latin as genius loci, or “spirit of place.”

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Locally Grown

The Time is Ripe

While the coming of fall heralds changes in schedules and climates, it also provides a wonderful opportunity to experience locally grown melons.

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The Cream of the Crop

Make like the black bear (who can feed up to 20 hours per day preparing for winter) and take advantage of the smorgasbord provided by one of this year’s many food and drink festivals.

Horoscopes

Hold the Bread on that Sandwich, Please

Gluten is the probable main culprit in celiac, an autoimmune disease that can damage the small intestines and makes it difficult for people with the illness to absorb nutrients from other food.

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Horoscopes

Eric Francis Coppolino’s astrological outlook for September.

Music

CD Review: The Tequila Mockingbirds

The Tequila Mockingbirds take a rather quirky approach to the songs they cover, and their sound is energetic, sometimes even catchy.

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"Everything is Okay, We're in the Song"

One is a venerated Capital Region jazz legend, while the other is one of the most compelling young artists to come out of upstate New York in years.

Nightlife Highlights

Roger Houston’s nightlife picks for September.

CD Review: Los Straitjackets

Yet the existential question remains: Is this contextual reframing a creative fusion of cultural flavors, or just a generous helping of Mexican pizza?

CD Review: Lee Shaw Trio

Venerable jazz pianist Lee Shaw simply shines with her nine-song CD of self-penned compositions Originals, the first release of her own tunes in a lengthy career.

News & Politics

Stories of the Displaced

Approximately 50,000 to 60,000 Iraqis are fleeing their homes per month, according to Rana Sweis, spokesperson for the Jordanian office of the UNHCR.

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While You Were Sleeping

The gist of what you may have missed.

Beinhart's Body Politic: Secrets

Common sense, certain events, and most of the great theoreticians make it seem self-evident that secrets are crucial in war.

Community Notebook

Cannes Do

Since it was launched in 2000, the Edwood Film Festival has become the Capital Region’s preeminent annual film event.

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Never Look Down

Instead of taking the role of armchair critic, sitting back and celebrating his own good taste, Harith Abdullah decided to get out and put his experience to use and start a record label.

Whole Living

Creating From Your Center

Jeff Davis is running the first longterm study of yoga’s effects on students’ creative productivity, with students from the Masters of Fine Arts program at Western Connecticut State University.

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Classical Homeopathy: Alive and Well

When David Kramer’s chronic allergies were eliminated by homeopathic treatment, he knew there was something remarkable afoot in this approach.

Books

Writing His Way Home

Like the disadvantaged tooth fairy in his latest novel, hatched parentless in an old tin can, author Gregory Maguire had a rough start.

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Short Takes

Reviews of books by Dr. Lewis Marola, Naton Leslie, Jon Katz, Paul Grondahl, and Bruce Piasecki.

Book Reviews: The Family Diamond

Schwarzschild’s new short story collection provides real emotional, intellectual, and aesthetic nourishment, never offering simplistic resolutions to complex situations.

Book Reviews: When Madeline Was Young

When Madeline Was Young is conceptually imaginative and potentially haunting, yet Madeline’s unique world failed to materialize in that ethereal transit zone between page and heart.

Parting Shot

Parting Shot: Daisy Chung

Chung is a food service worker in Albany who took part in a nationwide project that provides cameras to union workers as an opportunity to document their lives.

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Weddings & Celebrations

Getaway from Cliche

Take your honeymoon down the road less traveled: Get inspired to forge a journey that reflects who you are as a couple by considering these suggestions.

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Dream a Little Theme

Celebrity weddings, along with a barrage of magazines, television shows, and websites geared toward brides-to-be, have accelerated a growing trend in the industry—the theme wedding.

On the Cover

Drive On

Chris Stain’s art is a way of coming to terms with a life he is no longer part of. As an adolescent, he says, he knew he wanted to escape a blue-collar existence.

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