Saturday, July 1: Touring in support of her ten-CD career retrospective The Natalie Merchant Collection, Natalie Merchant’s June 30 stop at the Bardavon is sold out; but some imaginative folks have figured out a way to include more fans in the festivities.
Saturday, July 1: Twenty-one disappearing and reappearing poems will be stenciled on sidewalks with water-repellent spray. When wetted down, the biodegradable, invisible “ink” emerges in verse.
Hollywood has a dreadful track record of trying to render hippies realistically, without condescension. This film is a welcome exception.
Friday, June 30: Meet the author noted by the New York Times for being “a forensically skillful examiner of her characters’ motives, thoughts and behavior.”
They talk about the ups and downs of the economy, the hurricane that blew through and slowed everything down for a while and the bouts of cancer that each of them dealt with. Through it all, and with the support of the community, they managed to transform what was once a modest little Italian joint into a cozy spot with white tablecloths and a well-stocked bar.
A reluctant veteran looks back…and shudders.
The way he grows his trees, gathers his apples and makes his cider recalls the vital role that the apple once played in American life, when it was known as “the drink of patriots.”
Saturday & Sunday, June 24-25: It’s a celebration of all things handmade, featuring 200 independent artists and craftspeople from all over the U.S.
Did you know deer are actually not the key host for the ticks that cause Lyme? And that most infections come from ticks in the nymph stage, when they’re no larger than a poppy seed?
This Solstice conjunction will be the most spectacular meeting of planets in our lives.