Arts & Culture

Valley Kaleidoscope

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A reception for the artists will be held on Saturday, June 21, from 5 to 9pm, at Gallery 384.

Tearjerker

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Mary Gauthier performs at the Rosendale Cafe with Diana Jones on June 6 and solo at Club Helsinki in Great Barrington on June 14.

Peyroux in Pouxkeepsie

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Madeleine Peyroux will be performing with her band at the Bardavon, on Friday, June 27.

Family Affair

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“Sketches and Paintings from Ladybug Girl” will be on display June 21 through July 10 with an opening reception June 21 from 2 to 5pm at the Mill Street Loft.

Best of the Season

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Jay Blotcher highlights this summer’s music, theater, and art festivals.

Portfolio: John Dugdale

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The photographs of John Dugdale.

Bust or Boom?

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Beth E. Wilson reviews shows at the Livingroom in Kingston, Kerhonkson General in Kerhonkson, and Spire Studios in Beacon.

Food & Drink

The Good Terroirist

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Brian K. Mahoney talks with wine importer Neal Rosenthal, author of Reflections of a Wine Merchant, about terroir at his home in the Shekomeko Valley.

Books

Anybody Any Minute

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It is deep without being onerous, a beautifully told tale of how lives that may appear on the surface to be falling apart are actually falling into place.

Washington: The Making of the American Capital

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Bordewich tells the seldom-told tale of the city’s ultimate birth on the banks of the Potomac.

Short Takes

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Summer pleasures of every sort: hiking, gardens, poetry, love, sex, and baseball.

Gilroy Was There

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Scrapping prepared remarks, I tell them 90 percent of my career has been failure. “I’ve been dead broke six times and if I don’t sell something soon it’ll be seven.”