creative living in the hudson valley
Chris Bergson: Singer/Songwriter, Guitarist, Husband, Father Is Living His Dream
On Chris Bergson’s tenth birthday, his parents gave the young guitar prodigy a pile of record albums. They included Muddy Waters and Howlin’ Wolf’s Muddy and the Wolf, the Waters, Mike Bloomfield, Paul Butterfield and Otis Spann collaboration, Fathers and Sons, … Continue reading
Duke of Masterson and Duchess of Whitmore Harmonize on Stages from Austin to London
Onstage, they are a striking couple, her flaming red hair mesmerizing as she dips and bends, playing exquisite fiddle while he blazes on guitar with Buddy Holly-like cool with his glasses, stovepipe trousers and hipster hat. But when they sing together, … Continue reading
New Genesis Productions Youth Theater and Macbeth
I recently caught up with, and button-holed, Lesley Sawhill and Ron Aja about their upcoming production of Macbeth in Woodstock. Lesley and Ron, partners in life as well as in theater, are co-founders of New Genesis Productions (NGP), a not-for-profit youth theater company in the … Continue reading
May 2012: Free Will Astrology
ARIES (March 21-April 19): On the one hand, you’re facing a sticky dilemma that you may never be able to change no matter how hard you try. On the other hand, you are engaged with an interesting challenge that may very … Continue reading
The Pied Fiddler of Peekskill
Internationally Acclaimed Classical Rock Violinist Daisy Jopling Returns to the Paramount Center for the Arts An audience of teens is entranced by the musical concert of a visiting artist. At the finale, they leap from their seats in applause and shout for … Continue reading
A Sad Day…
Levon Helm, 1940 – 2012 April 19 2012 — We are very sad to hear that Levon Helm passed earlier today. Our deepest sympathy to Levon’s family and friends. The picture above was taken at one of Levon’s “Kids Rambles” by Catherine … Continue reading
An Early Spring: will it be roses, radishes, or both?
My garden is precocious this year and I’m certain, if you are a fellow gardener here in the North East, that yours is too. Given an extremely mild winter and early spring, my internal clock is spinning and skipping and the … Continue reading
A Forgotten American Fantasist Showcased at the Dorsky
Eugene Ludins was a Woodstock-based artist who painted enigmatic, politically charged imaginary landscapes, which achieved some recognition in the 1930s and 1940s. He died in 1996 at age 92, having long fallen into obscurity; Abstract Expressionism had hit New York like … Continue reading
