Making Babies
Filmmaker Abby Epstein’s most recent documentary, The Business of Being Born, takes a look at women giving birth outside of hospitals.
Music
CD Review: Mike & RuthyMichael and Ruth Ungar spent their Honeymoon in the recording studio making a beautiful album as a duo. |
CD Review: Bar ScottAward-winning Hudson Valley songwriter and chanteuse Bar Scott releases an album of standards that span the 1930s and 1960s. |
CD Review: Von Robinson & His UniverseWappingers Falls’s Von Robinson & His Own Universe release a sugary Indie rock album. |
American MastersJohn Hiatt and Lyle Lovett will perform Sunday February 17 at UPAC in Kingston. |
Ramble OnTriumphing over many hardships, local legend Levon Helm continues to make great music. |
Whole Living
The PathworkDating back to the 1970s the spiritual guidance known as The Pathwork is being restored. |
Arts & Culture
Making BabiesFilmmaker Abby Epstein’s most recent documentary, The Business of Being Born, takes a look at women giving birth outside of hospitals. |
Still Life With TortureDaniel Heyman interviewed 25 detainees in Istanbul making transcript/portraits of them which will be at the Samuel Dorsky Museum this month. |
The Wooly EmancipatorFour portraits of Abraham Lincoln by Oscar Strodl will be shown at Incident Report in honor of Lincoln’s birthday. |
Portfolio: Ion ZupcuIon Zupcu discusses his unique style of photography. |
The Power of SeegerMusician-activist Pete Seeger is honored in the movie Pete Seeger: The Power of Song, playing at Upstate Films in Rhinebeck the second week of this month. |
Books
Book Review: Shooting for the Moon: The Strange History of Human SpaceflightBob Berman highlights a century of space exploration. |
Book Review: Like You'd Understand, AnywayA collection of 11 captivating short stories focusing on disaster and triumph. |
OriginsPoet Barbara Louise Ungar discusses her latest book, winning the Gival Press Poetry Award and being a mother. |
Book Review: Hats and Eyeglasses: A Family Love Affair With GamblingMartha Frankel tells of her battle with a gambling addiction and her family’s help. |
Short TakesSix more books worth reading this month. |
Horoscopes
Horoscopes: FebruaryHoroscopes for the month of February. |
The Sprint to 2012The year 2012 has been seen as something special since the Harmonic Convergence in 1987 and the astrology for 2008 puts us into the final approach for 2012. |





