This issue features a mighty cover from photographer Rachael Talibart's seductive Siren series. This month we check in with the ever-bustling New Paltz and visit the Stone Ridge home of Helen Toomer and Stoneleaf Retreat artists' residency There's plenty happening in the local arts world in this issue—the new David Rockefeller Creative Arts Center opens; "Deep Listening: The Story of Pauline Oliveros" screens at Rosendale Theater; a new exhibit of animal paintings by Caroline Clowes, and more.