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Homeless, student voters challenged
Disputes involving voting by homeless people and college students may have been addressed by judges Tuesday, but the same issues are bound to come up in the future, Dutchess County elections officials said.
For Steely Dan, it's 'Aja' vu all over again
For nearly 40 years, Walter Becker and Donald Fagen have been the mad scientists of rock.
Bard trio will play at Saugerties concert
SAUGERTIES - Bard Conservatory of Music Piano Trio will perform in a Saugerties Pro Musica Concert 3 p.m. Nov.
Bard professor nominated for book award
ANNANDALE - The National Book Foundation recently announced that Bard College faculty member Ann Lauterbach is among the 20 finalists for the 2009 National Book Awards.
Forever and ever: 'Messiah' enthusiasts flock to sing-alongs in beloved December tradition
Carl Drews still remembers the first time he heard the "Hallelujah" chorus. His parents had taken him to see "The Greatest Story Ever Told," the movie about the life of Jesus with a soundtrack including the famous chorus from Handel's "Messiah." It made the little boy feel that heaven was a place "where you sing the 'Hallelujah' chorus forever and ...
Crisis caused by a money manager capitalism,a Levy paper says
"Money manager capitalism" is the root cause of the current global financial crisis, according to a paper from the Levy Economics Institute of Bard College.
This is how Reptet dresses for a regular show. There's no telling what the attire might be on Halloween night at the Divided Sky in Meyers.
Struggling To Be Taken Seriously, And Prepared If Fortune Smiles
Struggling To Be Taken Seriously, And Prepared If Fortune Smiles Rangel challenger Vince Morgan bats back criticism and raises funds Three days into his campaign against Rep.
'Community' spirit catching on
The punch lines are flowing on the set of NBC's freshman sitcom 'Community,' about an oddball collection of community college students.
ISHMAEL WADADA LEO SMITH trumpet-player, multi-instrumentalist, composer and improviser has been active in the creative contemporary world music for over thirty years.
Mark Danner's new book, Stripping Bare the Body , is damning in its assessment of American foreign policy failures in Haiti, Bosnia, and now Iraq, says Chris Lehmann.
Author Mary Caponegro lives in the Hudson Valley, where she is the Richard B. Fisher Family Professor of Writing and Literature at Bard College in Annandale.
Daniel Gordon, Flying Pictures
Leo Koenig Inc. Projekte Chelsea 541 West 23rd Street, 1 212 334 9255 October 23 - November 13, 2009 Opening: Friday, October 23, 6 - 8 PM Web Site Leo Koenig Inc.
Middletown Times Herald Record
Bard professor's book a finalist for Book Awards
Bard College faculty member Ann Lauterbach is a finalist for the 2009 National Book Awards.
Chevy Chase is back in college with 'Community'
Wednesday, October 21, 2009 at 9:22 a.m. LOS ANGELES a ' The punch lines are flowing on the set of "Community," and that's between scenes for NBC's freshman sitcom about an oddball collection of community college students.
Imperialism, Goldman Sachs Style
Sooner or later, the Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission, created by Congress to investigate the causes of the recent and ongoing financial crisis, will no doubt examine the technical aspect of the financial collapse - low interest rates, credit default swaps, derivatives, cheap mortgages that ballooned and other factors that almost wrecked the ...
Second novel earns Hunt the Bard Fiction Prize
ANNANDALE - Novelist Samantha Hunt has received the annual Bard Fiction Prize for 2010.
A local couple is pursuing the elusive concept of "wellness" with the creation of a new nonprofit health organization.
Back in 1956, Chuck Berry's hit song "Roll over, Beethoven" told the composer to get out of the way.
Quick and easy hair twist: Steal Taylor Schilling's tousled...
Taylor Schilling portrays nurse Veronica Callahan in the medical drama "Mercy." The beautiful blonde is an emotionally and spiritually damaged veteran who recently returned to the hospital from a tour of duty in Iraq.
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