D & H CANVAS April 2014

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Covering Orange, Pike and Sullivan Counties, Beacon, Marlboro, Cragsmoor & Ellenville

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Publisher’s Column

by Barry Plaxen April is a great month for seeing the magic created in the area. This month we have stories to celebrate Earth Day and National Poetry Month.

I’d like to call your attention to the Orange County Arts Council’s 3rd Annual Dance Celebration. Having seen both previous events in 2012 and 2013, I want to stress that if you attend, you will see one of the great creative attributes Orange County has to offer: imaginative choreography that will knock your socks off!

Our dance schools are truly blessed to have these superb creative artists teaching our youngsters and exposing them to a high level

of artistry. KUDOS to the choreographers and also to the other instructors for their quality involvement with our children.

More KUDOS. This year two of the five recipients of the Leadership Orange Hall of Fame Awards are deeply involved in the Arts Community.

Congratulations to Orange County Arts Council President Tiombe Tallie Carter (left in photo) and Orange County Citizens Foundation and Seligmann Center for the Arts’ President Nancy Proyect. They will be honored on April 24.

Letters to the Editor Dear Editor, You never know what you’re going to find in CANVAS, or for that matter in New York State.

This month it was Newburgh’s Karpeles Manuscript Museum, whose collection includes Jefferson Davis’s decidedly negative response to the Emancipation Proclamation. I never knew that such a thing existed, and as a Civil War buff I find this fascinating. So much for the notion that the Confederacy was fighting for states’ rights!

CANVAS is a priceless source of information, as well as interesting places to visit. Keep those issues coming!

Judith Wink New York City Dear Editor, Have we artists told you lately how much we love CANVAS? Informative, reliable, creative and supportive of us, Barry, Sophia and Marc make our month and keep us “arting.”

Here’s to our friends at CANVAS! A grateful Kate Hyden and many friends, Livingston Manor

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Writer’s Corner You can find opera, theatre and classical music reviews by J.A. Di Bello and Barry Plaxen at www.CatskillChronicle.com - Sullivan’s online newspaper. Barry will also appear on the Ferry Godmother’s radio talk show, May 5, 7:30pm8:30pm. You have to register to tune-in, so it is suggested that you access at www.BlogTalkRadio. com/FerryGodmother at 7:20pm.

Besides the various Hudson Valley poetry reading events that are hosted and co-hosted by Robert Milby, in April, Robert is the featured poet for Poetry in the Gallery at the Wurtsboro Art Alliance, April 6 at 7:00pm.

Note: For the poetry calendar listings on page 15: Some of the poetry events that are not listed as free have requested donations for only $2, $3 or $5.

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Fiddlin’ Fest (& Food!) at the Firehouse

Rosin up your bow for the 20th annual Old Time Fiddler’s Gathering on April 6 at 2:00pm at the Neversink Firehouse.

CANVAS spoke with Paul Lounsbury, cocreator of the Fiddler’s Gathering. “This is the 20th year of our gathering! Come and join us with your fiddle and accompanists! If you don’t have someone to accompany you, don’t worry. There are plenty of willing and experienced players on hand. Other instruments are welcome as long as your music fits within the primary focus of fiddle music,” said Paul.

Paul Lounsbury is a singer, songwriter, and multiinstrumentalist and performs original and traditional folk music on his guitar, fiddle, and hammered dulcimer.

Born and raised in Hurleyville, he was influenced by the values of a large farm oriented family.

Lounsbury received acclaim for A Catskill Mountain Trilogy which tells the story of the rise and fall of the O & W Railway and the Catskill resort industry that depended on it, from the perspective of his ancestors who farmed the hilltop in Hurleyville for generations.

After producing and selling a DVD of the song, he posted this work on YouTube, which has received over 15,000 hits (quite a bit for a song about local history!). Lounsbury recorded and released his first CD, From My Perspective in 2010.

When asked how the Gathering came about 20 years ago...“A well known fiddler, Steve Jacobi of Equinunk, PA, and his fiddlers’ club hold a similar gathering in Beach Lake, PA in October, which I always attended with my group. The public has

Lt to rt: Larry Kitzmiller, guitar; Paul Lounsbury, fiddle; Bill Engle, dulcimer

The Rock Hill Ramblers: Ken, Steve & Antoine

always filled the hall, showing their love for this wonderful music.

“In a conversation with Jacobi, I recall saying, ‘What a shame that we have to wait a whole year to do this again,’ and realized that we don’t really have to! So, my friend Keith Edwards and I put together our version of the gathering in Sullivan County. We’ve had ‘packed houses’ nearly every year. We had to relocate our event three times over the years due to increasing attendance, and the need for proper logistics. Now we meet in the Neversink Firehouse, where there is a stage, modern facilities, a commercial kitchen. People sit and listen, and can enjoy food and desserts at their seats ,” said Paul.

Keith Edwards has been playing his brand of rhythm guitar since he was twelve years old. Raised in the company of Bluegrass musicians on a farm in the Catskill Mountains, it was natural for Keith to spend countless hours “parkin’ lot pickin’” at Bluegrass festivals where he honed his style of playing.

The Kurpil Family: Cindy, Sam, Rudy & Christina

Keith has played with several groups including South Wind, Steve Toth & Rippling River, Horse Country & the Dick Smith-Mike O’Reilly Band, Straight Drive and The Feinberg Brothers. He has been featured on several recording projects alongside musicians David Grisman, Jon Sholle, Andy Statman and Kenny Kosek. He has played with Bluegrass greats Byron Berline and Michael Cleveland.

Fiddler’s Gathering performers include: The Rock Hill Ramblers: Steve Schwartz, (see ad below), Antoine Magliano, & Ken Windheim with a special vocal performance by Sylvia Schwartz who will sing Patsy Cline’s Crazy.

The Kurpil Family Fiddlers featuring “Pop” Sam Kurpil (83 years young) on guitar, daughters Cindy Gieger and Christina Jones on fiddles and vocals, and grandson Rudy Gieger on fiddle; Little Sparrow (see page 32) featuring Carol Smith, Aldo Troiani, and Lynn Reno on fiddle; Accomplished harper from Monticello, Jan

Hirsch, will soothe the audience with melodious music while Paul accompanies on fiddle; Fiddler’s Gathering creators Edwards and Lounsbury make up the duo Chestnut Creek, and they will also perform.

“Most of the musicians are local folks who love to play and appreciate this opportunity to get together and share their music with the community. We also have folks who are not fiddlers per se...but play other instruments: auto harps, Celtic harps, hammered dulcimer, dobros, guitars, banjos, singers, and clog dancers,” added Paul.

The proceeds from this event will support the Sullivan County Pregnancy Support Center, a non-profit for women with crisis pregnancies.

“Our community is really looking forward to this event, and we hope you and/or your group can come and share your music! It has always been a great day for all involved,” concluded Paul.

Find your way to the fiddlin’and the food on April 6 at 2:00pm at the Neversink Fire Department, 7486 State Route 55, Neversink.

For more information, call Paul: 845-649-8963.

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Music Therapy & All That Jazz at SUNY Orange, Middletown & Newburgh Sills and Barbara Walters.

For 29 years Terry and Mark have worked together in a successful partnership which took them around the world and back again, playing to packed houses everywhere. “Mark is the greatest and most wonderful accompanist that any singer could have. He inspires me and believes in me which helps me to shine. We are really looking forward to the show,” said Blaine.

Swingtime Duet, with Terry Blaine and Mark

by Naomi Kennedy

Terry Blaine works as a Music Therapy Program Leader at Hudson Valley Hospice serving patients in Ulster and Dutchess Counties.

She provides music services to terminally ill patients in their homes, in nursing homes, and at the hospital.

The rhythm of the music helps patients calm down, which can improve their breathing as moods are lifted and they are distracted from their pain. “This has been tremendously rewarding sacred work and wonderful for me personally, including work with our gifted music therapy interns,” said Blaine.

As a music therapist and jazz vocalist, Terry recognizes the healing effect of music. There is an overlap between a live performance and an intimate music therapy setting. “It was a very natural, organic move for me to branch into helping people through music,” said Blaine.

Woodstock resident Blaine gained international recognition as one of today’s finest interpreters of hot small-band swing from the 1930s. She has enjoyed a multi-faceted career which has included live performance, TV/radio, recordings, studio work, songwriting, and production. She has also created original music with her husband, composer/producer Tom Desisto for their company, Two Pie Are Music.

Master Class On April 4 at 10:00am, a Master Class in Music Therapy will be offered by Terry for

Potluck’s Fantasy

TheApril theme for Potluck Concerts is European Fantasy. Included in the program will be Debussy’s Violin Sonata in G minor performed by Emily Faxon, violin, and Ruthanne Schempf, piano.

Although Debussy named the work sonata, it does not strictly follow the formal sense of a sonata form, but perhaps rather reflects the archaic meaning “to sound,” and adheres more to Baroque sonata’s simper traits. Because of the irregularity of the sonata’s style and structure, critics suggest that the work can be categorized as a ‘fantasia’ rather than a sonata, French chamber music finding its perfect counterpart to Monet’s paintings.

Debussy’s late works contained influences from other cultures than French and parts of the Violin Sonata exhibit Spanish flare with the precarious, capricious, and passionate traits of gypsy idioms, especially in the finale. The work is notable for its brevity; a typical performance lasts about 13 minutes.

Hear other chamber performers and other works on April 25 at the Cornwall Presbyterian Church, 222 Hudson Street, Cornwall-on-Hudson.

For more information, see ad on page 24.

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Mark Shane & Terry Blaine

students and the public at the SUNY Orange Middletown Campus, Orange Hall, Room 23. She will share her experiences as a music therapist, the education process, and afterwards conduct a Q & A session.

Concert Walden resident Mark Shane has played for Presidential Inaugural Balls in Washington, D.C.; the Mayor of New York City at Gracie Mansion; and at private parties for Mikhail Gorbachev, Henry Kissinger, and Arnold Schwarzenegger.

Mark is one of the few pianists in the world that play “stride” jazz piano, a technique created by several jazz greats including “Fats” Waller.

He has worked with Benny Goodman and many all-star alumni from the great bands of Louis Armstrong, Count Basie, Duke Ellington, Tommy Dorsey, and Glenn Miller, and served as musical director for Jazz at Lincoln Center’s Ladies Sing the Blues.

During the Carnegie Hall 100th Anniversary Celebration, Mark accompanied hosts Beverly

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Shane pays homage to the marvelous treasure trove of music from “America’s Golden Age of Swing” and features many of the songs from their new CD My Blue Heaven, such as Honeysuckle Rose, The Nearness of You, and Skylark, all from the Great American Songbook.

See them on April 4 at 8:00pm at SUNY Orange’s Newburgh Campus, Kaplan Hall corner of First and Grand Streets. For information, call Cultural Affairs at 845-341-4891.

Wit!...Wisdom!...Women! at SUNY Sullivan

Jane Condon was named one of Along with Ms. Condon’s Backstage Magazine’s “10 Comedy address, there will be a full day’s Best Bets” in 2001, and has since schedule of fun, engaging, and appeared on such hit television informative workshops. In the past shows as The View, Girls’ Night these workshops have ranged from Out, the series finale of 24, and Last jewelry making to de-cluttering; Comic Standing, on which she was crafting to cooking; meditation to named the “New York Audience working out; even vegan baking to Favorite.” mixing cocktails, and more!

An alumnus of Wellesley College, The day will include a continental Ms. Condon was invited to give breakfast during morning check-in, a SUNY Sullivan’s commencement full sit-down luncheon, and a raffle address in 2011. In 2012, she to round out the day. delivered the commencement Pre-registration for this event is address at the University of New required. The tickets cover the entire Haven. This month, The Women’s Condon performing on day, including all workshop sessions Conference and SUNY Sullivan are “Last Comic Standing” and meals. Check-in on April 12 will welcoming Ms. Condon, a performer whose be at 8:30am. The schedule of events will wrap insights are as sharp as the wit with which they up at 4:00pm. are delivered, to deliver a keynote address for the SUNY Sullivan, 112 College Road, Loch 18th Annual Women’s Conference on April Sheldrake.

12. This year’s theme: Wisdom...Wit...Women.

For tickets: 845-434-5750, ext. 4377.

Parksville Music Festival New Season Comedy in Walden

After an exciting inaugural season, the Parksville USA Music Festival is returning for its second year.

“We have different people this year,” says producer/ performer Tom Caltabellotta.

“This year I auditioned singers in NYC. It took me two months Jenny Ribeiro, Julie Ziavras, Keira Weyant & Tom Caltabellotta to organize. New to Sullivan County audiences and concerts, including for the Sullivan County will be soprano Jenny Ribeiro. She’ll be joining Community Chorus. soprano Julie Ziavras, who is a favorite of Jenny Ribeiro’s most recent appearance was Sullivan audiences, but new to our series.The with Brooklyn’s Regina Opera in Figaro. She has three of us and the wonderful Keira Weyant trained with Marni Nixon and Diana Soviero and will be our “Lyric Quartet” for this first concert performs regularly with the Bard Summerscape of 2014 titled, A Mediterranean Tour.

Festival. Recently, she made her Carnegie Hall “We’re presenting a concert of songs and arias solo debut in Song of Norway. from Spain, Italy, France and Greece. Keira, our Ziavras will sing works by Ravel, who wrote accompanist, will “divide” each section with a music to Greek folk songs and translated them piano solo, and we’ll have Neopolitan songs, and into French. She will sing them with the original duos and trios from Mozart’s Cosi and Figaro. Greek texts. “And I will be singing music by And because audiences enjoy a little intrigue, Mompou, Theodorakis and, believe it or not, we’ll have a special unannounced guest!”

Lorca,” she said. “Most people do not know that Caltabellotta has been singing since his teen he was a concert pianist and traveled around Spain years. His first singing lessons were a revelation. collecting folk songs to preserve the nationalistic He knew he was entering a strange world when spirit. He made them into a song cycle.” his teacher kept her window closed during lessons The concert, on April 6 at 3:00pm in the so no one would “steal” her vocal exercises.

Dead End Cafe, 6 Main Street in Parksville, will Weyant has accompanied at various schools, be followed by a food reception. festivals, musicals, NYSSMA competitions, For tickets and info., call 845-747-4247.

From stints at Jester’s Comedy Club, Bananas Comedy Club to Levity Live, comedian Anthony Terribile is now fifteen years old and a freshman at Valley Central High School.

Not only is Anthony still performing his stand up routine, he is promoting shows today, too. He is working with Mayhem and Madness Comedy where he performs and also promotes fundraisers.

“The first show that he worked on was a fundraiser for the Valley Central All Night Grad Class of 2014.

That was exciting for him because it’s the school he attends. He helped put together a comedy fundraiser to raise money for their grad party,” said manager and father, John Terribile.

“The second show he has put together with Mayhem & Madness Comedy is on May 3 at 8:00pm at the Colonel Bradley Hose Company #2, 230 Orange Avenue in Walden.

“For that event, he will be the featured act along with Rich Shultis (101.5 WPDH Radio), and headliner Kevin Downey Jr. (runner up on TV show America’s Got Talent). Jimmy Q, who was featured on MNN-TV’s Laughing Matters and coproduced Causes to Laugh, will host the event.”

Ticket cost includes buffet and show.

For more information, phone: 845-820-3029.

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Sunday with Friends & Sunday with Shandelee

Sundays With Friends, the 2013 Bethel Woods Chamber Music Series, returns to Bethel Woods Center for theArt. Curated

by Eileen Moon, Associate Principal Cello of the New York Philharmonic and Warwick resident, the new 2014 series features five Eileen Moon eclectic recital and small ensemble performances by world-renowned classical musicians.

“Sundays with Friends represents our commitment to provide chamber music of the highest quality and artistry, “ explains Darlene Fedun, Chief Executive Officer at Bethel Woods. “We are very excited to be working with Ms. Moon once again. She has selected a roster of prolific and inspirational musicians.”

For the first segment of the 2014 season on April 6 at 2:00pm, Carmit Zori, violin; Robert Rinehart, viola; and Peter Stumpf, cello will perform Bohislav Martinu’s Madrigals, Benjamin Britten’s Suite for Solo Cello #1, and Mozart’s Divertimento in E Flat Major.

Four additional concerts take place in May, June, September and October. Two subscription packages are available featuring savings and convenience and guaranteeing the same seat for each performance. There is a subscription for all five Sunday with Friends performances, and a “you pick three” ticket subscription. Single tickets are also available.

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The Shandelee Music Festival begins celebrating its 21st season with Frederic Chopin-The Poet of the Piano, a concert featuring Italian pianist/ composer Cristiana Pegoraro performing Chopin masterworks.

Pegoraro has brought Cristiana Pegoraro her deep passion and enthusiasm for classical music to audiences around the world. With this program she takes the audience inside the artistry of this romantic master in a refreshing format that combines live piano performances and a stimulating look at the composer’s life and impact.

An important characteristic of Pegoraro’s performances is her personal approach that is quite innovative in piano recitals: a way to interact with the listener by describing the life of the composer, explaining the pieces, emphasizing the innovations and stylistic differences of each composition. Through her eloquence, the rapport with the audience comes alive in an environment of unusual anticipation and participation.

The concert is on April 13 at 2:00pm in the Event Gallery at Bethel Woods, 200 Hurd Road in Bethel.

For 2014 information and tickets visit www.

BethelWoodsCenter.org or by phone at 845583-2060. Tickets can also be purchased via Ticketmaster.

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Dell at Delaware

Award winning artist Jane Dell studied at the Art Students League, the School of Visual Arts and received her BFA from Pratt Institute.

She studied textile and fabric arts at Parsons School of Design, created a hand-painted silk business, and “It’s Different Now”

by Jane Dell exclusively sold work in New York City. For the last 20 years her artwork has been focused on painting, collage and mixed media.

“I’m interested in creating abstracted worlds that reflect my emotional responses to a number of topics. The impetus can be the growing effects of global warming in nature to the belief of angels. I do not limit myself to one theme or style,” said Jane.

Dell exhibits her work at the Delaware Valley Arts Alliance’s (DVAA) Alliance Gallery from April 25-May 17.

The opening reception will be held on April 25 from 7:00pm-9:00pm.

DVAA’s Art Center is located at 37 Main Street in Narrowsburg.

For more information, call 845-252-7576.

Return to Primitive

“My artwork is a by-product of a unique, introspective meditation process.

Inspired by aboriginal methods of visually conveying thoughts and cultural phenomena, fascinated in particular by social interaction and structures, I explore relationships “Prayer” of the individual to

by Amanda J. Light oneself, society, and it’s environment. I explore modern concepts and concerns with symbolic language,” explained artist Amanda J. Light.

Amanda lives and works in the Hudson Valley. Her art education consists of “instruction by a few invaluable teachers, brief stints at SUNY Orange and the Art Institute of Pittsburgh, and most importantly, the plethora of inspiration and information existing in a vibrant and diverse local community.”

Amanda has participated in such events as the Newburgh Light Bulb Project, the Newburgh Open Studio Tour, and Beacon’s Big Draw charity event.

View her art in an exhibit titled, Return to Primitive at Healing Arts Studio, 75 Broadway, Newburgh, April 11-May 25.

The opening reception is on April 11 from 7:00pm-9:00pm. Call 520-609-1866.

Newburgh Chamber Ensemble Adds Flute

Newburgh Chamber Music (NCM) is the proud recipient of the 2013-2014 Orange County Arts Council award for outstanding contribution to the cultural environment of the community.

Presenting a rich repertoire in the heart of historic Newburgh, NCM is adding a special concert to its Ode to Beethoven series in April (for which the American String Quartet has been performing all of the Master’s quartets) and presenting Beethoven and his Contemporaries, a musical potpourri of works by Beethoven, Mozart, Haydn & Gluck performed by the Newburgh Chamber Ensemble and guest artist Marcia Gates, principal flutist with the Hudson Valley Philharmonic.

“The aim of the concert is to show influences on Beethoven’s composing,” said NCM violist Valentina Charlap-Evans, “and end the concert with that wonderful Serenade of his,” added cellist Susan Seligman.

“Beethoven knew the music of all of the composers featured in this program,” writes Carole Cowan, violinist and NCMArtistic Director. “Although he was undoubtedly influenced in some ways by all of them, it is hard to measure the influence composers have on one another. They were not always in the same location and records of the intertwining of their lives are sparse.

Although Beethoven lived in Vienna in 1787 for a short time when Mozart was still living, there exists no proof that Mozart and Beethoven ever met, although there are some apochryphal stories, including one that has Mozart giving Beethoven a few lessons.

“Whetherornotthatstoryistrue,thereisnodoubtthat Mozart was the largest influence in Beethoven’s early creative life. Mozart’s music was heard everywhere and Beethoven’s sketchbooks contain references to Mozart works and written out melodies of Mozart’s that Beethoven clearly admired and studied. Marcia will join us for Mozart’s Flute Quartet in D Major, K. 285.

“Beethoven was very influenced by the operas of Handel and Gluck, and he especially admired the beauty and simplicity of Gluck’s melodies. Gluck died in 1787, the same year that Beethoven was in Vienna in his early life. Marcia will be featured in his Melodie from the opera Orfeo ed Euridice, a/k/a Dance of the Blessed Spirits.

“Beethoven was a piano prodigy and composing actively when he went, at the age of twenty-two, to study with Haydn, whose Divertimento for String

Carole Cowan, Susan Seligman, Valentina Charlap-Evans

Trio in A Major will be performed. The Beethoven Flute Serenade, opus 25 belongs to the “early” period of his creative output.

“A Serenade is much like a Divertimento, a form Haydn and Mozart both used extensively, and originates from the tradition of Marcia Gates serenading one’s love beneath an open window with a light, beautiful, entertaining collection of pieces.

“Beethoven’s work is more substantial, nearly thirty minutes long, with seven movements, but it is generally light-hearted. Beethoven seems inspired by the beauty of the treble instruments and the colors the flute, violin, and viola can produce together without the traditional bass line. He also exhibits a sense of humor, following in “Papa” Haydn’s tradition, with a few sudden chordal punctuations from the strings, offbeats, playful themes, and contrasts among the instruments.”

The concert is on April 6 at 3:00pm in St. George’s Church, 105 Grand Street in Newburgh. Parking is available opposite the church.

For tickets: www.NewburghChamberMusic.org or purchase them at the door.

Cragsmoor’s Creative Convergence

“I’m a self-taught painter living in Cragsmoor and believe that my discipline is accomplished by ten percent technique and ninety percent the desire to record the subject on canvas,” says Tom Bolger.

“That ten percent comes from studying at the Art Student League of New York, the National Academy of Arts, the New School, Parsons School of Design, Salmagundi Club and the Wallkill River School.”

Creative Convergence, an art exhibit by “Rockcut Road, Cragsmoor” by Tom Bolger Cragsmoor artists Tom Bolger and Jeff Kraft, Hospital, Route 209, Ellenville.

The show displays varied styles and mediums joined by former residents Richard Arnold and John Patrick Hart, runs through April 25 at in paintings, sketches, photography, and pen & the Healing Arts Gallery of Ellenville Regional ink drawings. Call 845-210-3043.

The Thursday 4tet: “Spring Concert”

The Thursday 4tet is a woodwind quartet that plays everything from Renaissance to classical, Broadway, jazz, and polka, with some arrangements by members.

They are (left-right in photo) Rick Davis on French horn; Eric Goldberg, bassoon; Jake Lentz, clarinet, and Dale DeMarco, flute, piccolo & clarinet.

Eric and Jake were employed at Kutsher’s Country Club and would play with other musicians during breaks.When Eric and Jake began rehearsing at Eric’s home, Dale and Rick joined in. They have been playing together for

well over 10 years.

They perform at the Ellenville Public Library, 40 Center Street on April 13 at 2:00pm. See you there!

For further information call: 845-647-5530.

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Come Celebrate the New Cultural Center

By J. A. Di Bello

What is a “Westerner”? In a frame of reference, a “Westerner” is one whose cultural identity and experience are anchored in the art, literature, music and social norms of the Western Hemisphere. Minus specifics, that identity is linked to Judeo-Christian foundations, stemming to a greater or lesser degree from the European Continent and the lands west of Istanbul.

Recognizing the existence of cultures and beliefs that exist beyond the confines of one’s own sphere requires a minimum of consciousness. Recognition is insufficient, of course, for the creation of an appealing, harmonic, multicultural atmosphere.

Required are firsthand, sensual experiences of a variety not often achieved with practicality.

The opportunity to gain knowledge, especially firsthand knowledge, of a culture and its people is not to be squandered, especially since it is about to become an integral part of the Wallkill Valley.

“On the 19th and 20th of April, an opening and dedication celebration of the Tibetan and Himalayan Cultural Center will take place on the grounds of Tsechen Kunchab Ling Buddhist Temple at 12 Edmunds Lane, Walden. Each day of the celebration and dedication will feature free performances and demonstrations of traditional arts,

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food, music and dance from seven different cultural and linguistic regions of Tibet and the Himalayas.”

The purpose of the event, in addition to the formal dedication of the Cultural Center, is three pronged. The culture, language, and religion of the Tibetan and Himalayan people lie in a perilous state.

History buffs may wish to explore the circumstances surrounding the annexation of Tibet by the People’s Republic of China. Venerable Khenpo Gyaltsen, the abbot of Tsechen Kunchab Ling who will be in charge of the center, explained, “In 1959, countless lamas and ordinary Tibetan people fled the invasion of our homeland by the Communist Chinese army, and those who could not escape suffered greatly

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from the destruction of our religious and cultural heritage over the past half century. Now, many Tibetans have come to the U.S.A. and we are very grateful to the American people, and also to the Village of Walden, for the opportunity to practice our religion and culture in freedom here.”

The preservation of a rich and valuable heritage is a noble cause. The Rev. Dr. Chodrung-ma Kunga Chodron, the capable and articulate manager of the event, compares the purposes and motivations of the Tibetan and Himalayan project conceptually to the museums and centers dedicated to the preservation of the cultures and languages of the American Indian.

“The Tibetan and Himalayan Cultural Center is a project of Tsechen Kunchab Ling Buddhist Temple working with community groups from the Tibetan diaspora and with regional arts organizations. His Holiness the Sakya Trizin, (see photo top right) who is the head of the Sakya order of Tibetan Buddhism, will come from India to perform a traditional dedication ceremony on April 19.”

For information: www.sakyatemple.org or phone 301-906-3378.

“But there is neither East nor West, Border, nor Breed, nor Birth, When two strong men stand face to face, though they come from the ends of the earth!” - Rudyard Kipling

Africa-Inspired

Warwick artist Roslyn Fassett will have an exhibit of her artworks that are based on and inspired by African tapestries and weavings, for African Code: A Secret Language.

Drawn by a particular interest in the symbols and patterns found on the fabrics, Fassett “Leopard Spirit” by R. Fassett has used that fascination as a springboard from which to transform the concept into large oil paintings. Also included in this exhibit are glowing oil pastel landscapes based on the theme of reflection, and a series of vibrant, dark figure drawings.

The exhibit runs from April 1-June 25 in the Mindy Ross Gallery and Foyer, in SUNY Orange’s Kaplan Hall, located at the corner of Grand and First Streets in Newburgh. The artist reception, is on April 5 from 5:00pm to 7:00pm during which music will be provided

by Joy Kissane, pianist. Both the exhibit and reception are free and open to the public.

The free parking garage is on First Street.

Entrances to the building are on First Street and Grand Street.

For information: 845-341-9386.

April Art at Wallkill River School

The Farm/Art Trail is coming to Orange County!

Once again, artists are teaming up with farmers to bring cultural tourism to Orange County. The Farm/Art Trail pairs one artist with one farm stand and links the participating farm stands with a map developed by Orange County Tourism. Each stop on the Trail will feature a beautifully-picturesque farm and an artist who loves it, and a geo cache for viewers to offer their own comments. The Farm/Art Trail will open on September 13 with all participating artists demonstrating live at the farms from Noon-6:00pm. Save the date.

Meanwhile, 15 Artists have been painting at 15 farms for the past year. Each of these artists will be featured in month-long solo shows at the Wallkill River School (WRS). Fresh produce from these farms will be served at the receptions, and the artist’s work will also be displayed at the farm stand for the rest of the year.

This unique partnership of artist and farmer is part of a larger effort by the WRS, in conjunction with Orange County Tourism and the Orange County Arts Council, to develop agricultural tourism, and create more local economic impact through the arts.

The exhibits begin with George Hayes (Scheuermann’s Farm) and Gene Bové (Soons Orchards) for April.

Upon retirement as an executive art director at BBDO in Manhattan, and chasing one of

“Scheuermann’s Farm” by George Hayes

“Soons Orchards” by Gene Bové

his dreams, Gene Bové moved to a farm in Montgomery to fulfill his most serious passion oil painting en plein air. He studied with Frank Ferrante, an instructor from New Jersey, whom he met on his very first paint-out in Middletown.

Next, Gene joined a weekly plein air workshop led by Shawn Dell Joyce, and now he is one of the demonstrators of that group!

Artist George Hayes is active in his community of Warwick. He was involved in the design of the Orange County Citizens Foundation’s 100 Years of Music and Early To Rise exhibits, which featured the musical talents and agricultural heritage of Orange County.

Once Hayes met the painters of the WRS, he found an instant connection to its mission: to preserve the dwindling open spaces and promote local small-scale farms and agricultural heritage within the community. Hayes then began his lifelong dream of plein-air painting. His love of the outdoors, rural Orange County, and the study of light and color are reflected in his oil and pastel paintings.

Mary McLaughlin is the featured “Emerging Artist” at the WRS for April.

From the time she was a little girl, Mary felt a yearning to express herself through paint and color. During her years of working as a human service professional, she took up art at various times only to lay it down again, judging it as beyond her ability. When she turned 60 she gave herself an ultimatum to either fully commit to herself as an artist, or donate her art supplies.

“Shelter” by Mary McLaughlin

Despite the challenges and risks inherent in watercolor, its near magical, light-filled possibilities awakened her passion and a newfound capacity for perseverance. “In my life’s search for authentic belonging, I have found an inner homeland through painting,” says Mary.

The exhibits run from April 1-30. The opening reception is on April 5, from 5:00pm-7:00pm.

The second floor Student Gallery features works

by Shawn Dell Joyce’s Pastel Studio Class.

The Hallway members’ group exhibit Spring runs through April 14. Floral opens April 15.

The School is located at 232 Ward Street, Montgomery. Call 845-457-ARTS.

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“Sukkah City” at Downing

A sukkah (Hebrew, often Bennett (Reboot co-founder) translated as “booth”) is a that explored the creative temporary hut constructed potential of the ancient for use during the week-long Jewish sukkah and created a Jewish festival of Sukkot. It temporary exhibition of 12 is topped with branches and radically designed sukkahs in often well decorated with the heart of New York City. autumnal, harvest or Judaic The film goes behind themes. the scenes of the jury day, The Book of Vayikra the construction, and the “Gathering” (Leviticus) describes it as a by Dale Suttle, So Sugita, Ginna Nguyen exhibition to provide an symbolic wilderness shelter, commemorating entertaining and inspiring portrait of the project’s the time God provided for the Israelites in visionary architects, planners and structures and the wilderness they inhabited after they were celebrates an exciting, singular moment in the freed from slavery in Egypt. It is common for American Jewish experience. observing Jews to eat, sleep and otherwise spend See it at Downing Film Center, 19 Front time in the sukkah. It is said that the sukkah itself Street, Newburgh on April 26 at 11:30am. symbolizes the frailty and transience of life and For those interested, the screening of the film its dependence on God. will be followed by an informative session by Sukkah City chronicles the architecture Rabbi Larry Freedman of Temple Beth Jacob competition created by bestselling author Joshua of Newburgh.

Foer (Moonwalking With Einstein) and Roger For information: 845-561-3686.

“Fearless and Peerless” Jazz in Milford

Chris McNulty has appeared at major jazz venues like Dizzy’s Coca Cola Club of Lincoln Center, The Jazz Standard, Joe’s Pub, Smoke Jazz Club and BAM. Her music not only encompasses standards and re-harmonized pop tunes; she’s also a composer about whom the Jazz Times said, “If McNulty’s vocalizing is fearless, then her writing is peerless.

Her explorations seem to transcend to

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a free zone between jazz and modern symphonic music.”

Kindred Spirits Arts Programs will present Chris McNulty on April 25. The concert begins at 7:30pm at the Milford Theatre, 114 E. Catharine Street.

For tickets visit www. kindredspiritsarts.org or buy tickets at Books and Prints at Pear Alley, 220 Broad Street, Milford.

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Tri-State Exhibit

Several local historical groups clothing, World War II posters and have joined together to present a the artist biographies, antique tools, Tri-States Historical Exhibition, D&H Canal history, Neversink bringing together the rich history Valley Grange, and a Port Jervis of the Tri-State area, as follows: and Deerpark photo collection; The Montague Association for Pike County Historical the Restoration of Community Society (PCHS): baseball, fishing, History: Indian relics, World War I and Milford history, along with uniforms and memorabilia, historic displaying Stagecoach “Hiawatha” photos and covered bridge; on April 13; Antique quilt Matamoras Westfall Historical Walpack Historical Society: Society: photos about early historic photos; Matamoras to the present; the Delaware River Shohola Railroad & Historical Society: and bridges; Shohola history and railroads.

Minisink Valley Historical Society: Port The exhibition is at the Riverview Inn, 400 Jervis theatres, antique quilts, fire-fighting Shay Lane, Matamoras, April 12, from 10:00am equipment and a Swartwout wedding dress; to 5:00pm and April 13, Noon to 6:00pm.

Town of Deerpark Museum: vintage For tickets and information: 570-491-2271.

An Artistic Journey with Joan Polishook

Joan Polishook paints impressions of what she sees and feels. A new look...hinting of abstraction is apparent in some of Polishook’s more recent paintings; an interesting comparison to her more conventional style.

Step into Polishook’s world of art as you wander through an exhibit of her work from April 1-29, and as an added bonus, Sketches Around the World, Volume Two, a book of selected drawings from Polishook’s many journals accompanied by original poetry

and prose, will be available for purchase at the opening reception for her exhibit on April 12 from 5:00pm-7:00pm at the Gallery at Chant Realtors, 631 Route 739, Lords Valley, PA. Information: 570-775-7337.

You can also get information from Joan about Pike County’s plein air Come Paint With Me series which begins this spring.

Painting sites include various Pike locations, and the chance to paint the magnificent edifice at Grey Towers.

Fred McCurdy: “Life Would Be Empty Without Music”

Messages from Greater Newburgh Symphony Orchestra Board Members: “Presently, the orchestra’s driving force has been our President Fred McCurdy. He and Betsy have been with the GNSO since its inception and Fred is now in his 10th year as President. They have worked in many local non-profits like The Rotary Club, Meals on Wheels and Mount Saint Mary College, and their contributions to us are invaluable.”

Kiki Hayden.

“Having been raised in a family where my sister, mother, father and I all “played” music together, all kinds of music are appealing to me!,” said Betsy McCurdy.

“It’s been so nice getting to know some of the musicians in the GNSO and watching the rapport among them which has made for some really special concerts. Fred has spent much time and effort on behalf of the GNSO, but I know that he has enjoyed it all! We hope that the GNSO will thrive in the years ahead!”

“Fred McCurdy is one of the most caring and generous people I have ever had the pleasure to know. I met Fred when I moved back to Newburgh 11 years ago, at which time I became involved in the GNSO because of my life-long love of music. I quickly realized that Fred is totally dedicated and committed to the success of the GNSO, and I know the orchestra would not have survived this long without Fred’s involvement. He truly goes

above and beyond to keep the music alive.”

Pat Williams “Music has always been part of my life,” writes Fred. “All kinds of music bluegrass, jazz, classical, etc. I believe my interest was sparked at a young age when I learned to play the clarinet and was forced to take 5 or 6 years of piano lessons, from ages 7 to13.

“I sang in a church choir. At ages 14 to16 I was able to listen to a concert pianist (Jorge Bolet specialized in Liszt) practice 4 Thank you, Betsy or 5 days a week for an hour or two at a boys camp next to the kitchen where I washed dishes. I subsequently attended two of his concert performances at Carnegie Hall and with the Hudson Valley Philharmonic (HVP).

“My interest in classical music was further stimulated while I was a board member of the HVP and then its President for 2 years. My oldest son, Rick took bass lessons from the orchestra manager Ken Fricker and went on to major in music. He is a music teacher, plays in the GNSO and

is the orchestra’s stage manager.

“My involvement with the GNSO began in 1996 with some initial resistance on my part. The resistance was due to the difficulty of the HVP getting a sizable audience for Newburgh performances. It was the wild idea of a symphony orchestra born and bred in Newburgh that changed my mind. After 10 years on the board I became President.”

“I think Fred and Betsy are the most generous people I have ever met.

They give so much & Fred McCurdy! to GNSO and to the community. Aside from funding so many projects, they freely share their office and home, their expertise, their love and encouragement, their time and patience - and they do it all with a smile.” Ann Whipple.

“Ditto to everything Ann said. Fred and Betsy are two of the most terrific people I know. They are fantastic.” Martha Mackey Kiki Hayden went on to say, “Very few cities have a full symphony orchestra. You can imagine how important the Greater Newburgh Symphony is, not just to the City

of Newburgh and the Town of Newburgh and their citizens, but also to the entire area.

Our audiences and musicians come from Marlboro to Kerhonkson, from Cornwall to Milford, from Tuxedo to Roscoe, from Highland to Cold Spring.

“Besides our regular programming, we have family concerts, free summer concerts in beautiful Downing Park, and once a year our musicians perform side by side with local ELHI music students. The symphony is one of the most important things in this city and we want it to stay here and be successful,” Hayden concluded.

A Fundraising Dinner honoring these two generous and unassuming assets to the community will be held on May 4, from Noon to 2:30pm at The Powelton Club, 29 Balmville Road in Newburgh. Proceeds from the fundraising dinner honoring Betsy and Fred will enable the GNSO to expand the scope and frequency of its programming.

“With all the listening to classical music in my car and home,” said Fred, “there is no experience like being in the audience and listening to a live symphony orchestra.

This is what reinvigorates me to help see that the orchestra continues to be part of our future.

“Life would be empty without music.”

For more information on the fundraising event, or to reserve a space, call Janine or Linda at 845-562-7066.

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WAA: New President & New Season

“Well it’s been a fun ride, an School. Her works have been honor and a pleasure serving as exhibited in group shows throughout president of the Wurtsboro Art the tri-state region.

Alliance (WAA) these past three Nelson Pantoja, known locally as years (has it been that long!?), but the “Toothpick Artist,” was born in now it’s time to step aside and let The Bronx on April 1. No fooling! someone else have a go at it,” said Happy Birthday Nel! David Munford.

As a child, Nelson played “I’m grateful for having had the hooky from school for a week and opportunity to be able to help the suddenly found himself with a lot of organization continue to grow and David Munford en plein air time on his hands: he was grounded serve artists, and the community. for a whole summer. “Bored out of Sandy Spitzer will be taking over as my mind, I got some toothpicks and the new president, Nelson Pantoja glue and voila! my first sculpture will be vice president. They both was born,” said Nelson. have a lot of enthusiasm and creative Today, among the 7,476 projects energy. I’m sure they’ll do a great that he is working on, he is in the job!” concluded David. middle of creating a 9/11 Memorial CANVAS wishes to thank David aluminum sculpture that he will be for his support and all of his hard permanently installed in front of the work over the years. We wish him WAA Gallery this May. WAA President, Sandy Spitzer the best and look forward to seeing He has exhibited and his new paintings in area galleries! demonstrated his innovative Sandy Spitzer grew up in toothpick art locally and throughout Brooklyn. Her artistic ability was the U.S. noticed at an early age when she The WAA heralds the long was asked to paint backdrops for awaited return of warmer weather performances in Brooklyn’s Bay with their annual Spring member Ridge High School. group show running April 5-May She studied painting in Europe, 4. The reception is on April 5 from capturing the Norwegian landscape 2:00pm-4:00pm.

Vice President, Nelson Pantoja for many years. She also studied 73 Sullivan Street, Wurtsboro. with notable workshop artists at the Wallkill River Email info@waagallery.org for information.

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“Monsters & Freaks” in Middletown

Student productions of Death Comes To Us All, Mary Agnes and Freakshow billed as Monsters & Freaks, will enjoy a five-show run at Orange Hall Theatre this April as the SUNY Orange Apprentice Players have slated their spring performances for the weekends of April 11-13 and April 18-19.

“Freakshow”

Written by Carson Kreitzer and directed by Cabot Parsons, this play tells the story of a 20th century traveling Freakshow.

Things are changing. The anger of being stared at, trapped and caged is at war with the comfort of knowing your place in the universe. But the growing defiance of the freaks is no act. Will the Dog Faced Woman break her bonds from the show, collapsing the fragile bubble of sustaining interdependence? Can the jaded Ringmaster, a profoundly broken man, find redemption through his love for the Woman With No Arms and No Legs?

The cast includes Marshall Ulger, Alan Moss, Michelle Conklin, (in photo L to R) Shelly

Kornher, Spencer Lincoln, Sandy Aulet, and Joseph Polichetti.

“Death Comes To Us All, Mary Agnes”

A comical farce written by Christopher Durang and directed by David H. Cohen, this early Durang one act play has a Twilight Zone twist. Although the story is dramatic, it is really a framework for an irreverently comedic take on the relations between the family and the household.

The cast: Joanna Dykeman, Ray Otte, Joseph Colon (in photo L-R) Anwar George, Nancy Talarico, Andrea Wynn, Emily Dykeman, Dakota Cohen, Billy Rittenhouse, Victoria Cottone, Pratik Bhurwad, Jeremiah Dorsey and Matt Lange.

Orange Hall Theatre, located in Orange Hall, is universally accessible. Parking is available in the College parking lot at the intersection of Wawayanda and Grandview avenues.

Monsters & Freaks contains strong language and adult themes. It is not suitable for children.

Visit www.sunyorange.edu for tickets and show times.

For more information, call 845-341-4789.

Meet James Phillips: Actor, Director, Teacher “Out-Of-the-Ordinary” is supposed to occur on a vibrant college campus. Consider language for a moment and the word “Almost” in particular. It is frequently and creatively experienced as either an adjective or adverb. Remember fondly John Denver’s popular, pastoral lyrics, Almost heaven, West Virginia? But what is not so ordinary is to present the word “Almost” as a proper noun designed to be or represent a person, place or thing! This is the state of a living language, this is the state of responsive theatre, and, thankfully, this is the state of the not-so-ordinary campus of Mount Saint Mary College, (MSMC), Newburgh.

James Phillips, Assistant Professor of Theatre at MSMC is a noted individual who causes things to happen. He has selected, quite deliberately, John Cariani’s Almost Maine as the spring production. It is a series of vignettes depicting socially frustrated and frequently confused citizens of a fictional town known as Almost, Maine. This out-of-the-ordinary play is fresh from its off-Broadway revival and is known as “one of the world’s favorite plays.”

Phillips is a graduate of the prominent Emerson College with a Master’s degree in

Theatre Education. He also has earned Madness of Isabella. The production a Master’s of Fine Arts Degree in was promoted as an original commedia Directing from Catholic University of dell’ arte, a theatrical form by and for America, in addition to a Bachelor of everyday people. There are stock Arts in Theatre, with a concentration in characters, e.g., “foolish old men, Radio and television from Morehead devious servants, or military officers State. In addition to his responsibilities full of false bravado.” The Commedia as an Assistant Professor at the Mount, was further identified by its reliance he is active as a freelance director and on “all’improvvis”, theatrical improv.

James Phillips sound designer.

With closer inspection it all starts to For those who didn’t notice, the twenty-first sound very contemporary. century is all about theatre. The evening news is Also, last Spring saw The Clean House theatre, press releases are theatre, commercials by Sarah Ruhl on the stage of MSMC. This are theatre, even family dinner table is loaded is contemporary theatre, a play that has been with theatrics. Everything appears scripted, even produced to widespread acclaim at various “sudden discoveries.” At a college that does not regional theaters over the last couple of years offer Theatre as a major area of concentration, and was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in the Theatre Department at the Mount sits in a 2005. “Cleaning is good for the soul - and so is potentially penetrating position with carefully laughter.” chosen presentations that are a mix of tragedy And as for the classics, Molière’s Le Malade and comedy, the contemporary and the classic.

Imaginaire, this story of “a man so blindly To evaluate, a hasty glance at recent and current obsessed with his perceived illness that he loses play selection will provide cause to even the most sight of what truly matters.” casual of observers. Each will note the merit of To be an important part of the developmental the situations and experiential circumstances for process, the selection process utilized must, by those on stage and those attempting to penetrate necessity, consider multiple expectations. James the proverbial fourth wall. Last fall, for example Phillips offered the following when asked to James Phillips’ selection for presentation was The comment on the process. “I’m looking at a lot of

things when I pick plays. Over a four year span, I want a mix of tragedy and comedy, a mix of contemporary and classic, plays that speak to me, and plays that focus on the actor/audience relationship. This [Almost, Maine] will be a different challenge to our student actors than what they did last semester. Last semester they worked on a very specific physical style of comedy and this semester the task is to take quirky characters and make them honest and believable.”

Phillips’ acute insight into the value of theatre, its universality, and the role it plays with students and frankly all members of the MSMC community is clearly evidenced. Active theatre at MSMC promotes a culture of collaboration as well as individual strengths. Phillips’ mission clearly reflects reality and a penetrating recognition of the world beyond a cloistered college campus.

There is a larger stage: “A stage where every man must play a part”.

MSMC Theatre will present Almost, Maine, a play written by John Cariani and directed by the Mount’s associate professor of theater, James Phillips. The play will be run for three nights: April 10, 11, and 12 at 7:30pm in the Aquinas Hall Theatre. Tickets are free with a Mount ID. Call the box office at 845-569-3179 with any questions. Five Yankee Dollars? Almost free!

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Lectures / demos / master classes / seminars

Music - blues / country/ folk / pop / rock/ Latin

GLL ���������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������Greenwood Lake Library HHNM �������������������������� Hudson Highlands Nature Museum, Outdoor Discovery Center, Cornwall MSM-DC �����������������������������������������������������Mount St. Mary College, Desmond Campus, Newburgh NVM �������������������������������������������������������������������������������� Neversink Valley Museum, Cuddebackville PEEC ����������������������������������������������������Pocono Environmental Education Center, Dingmans Ferry SUNYO-GCL �������������������������������������������������������SUNY Orange Middletown, Gilman Center Library SUNYO-KH ����������������������������������������������������������������������������� SUNY Orange Newburgh, Kaplan Hall SUNYO-OH �������������������������������������������������������������������������� SUNY Orange Middletown, Orange Hall Listings below are not included in our centerspread calendar.

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lectures

“The Effect of the Holocaust on Jewish-Catholic Relations” Peggy Murphy �������������������������������� MSM-DC Mar 31, 10am “Seven Shoes: The Inside Story of the NYPD Raid on a Terrorist Cell that aborted a suicide bombing in the subway” Jennifer Hunt SUNYO-OH Mar 31, 7pm “Tom Daley’s Tour of the Hudson Valley” ����������������������������������������������� MSM-DC Apr 1, 10am “Your Carbon Footprint: Climate-Smart Planning” Carol Roig & Stephen Stuart ���������������������� Narrowsburg Library, Apr 4, 6:30pm FORUM: “Nuclear Disarmament Now! A Call to Action!” Larry Wittner & Guy Quinlan �������� Unitarian Universalist Meeting House, Rock Tavern, Apr 4, 7pm “Sustainable Butterflies” Kim Dolson ��������������������������������������������������������������HHNM Apr 5, 10am “At Play in the Fields of Poetry” Lynn Hoins �������������� Seligmann Center, Sugar Loaf, Apr 5, 1pm ”Reduce, Reuse, Recycle” Bill Cutler ������������������������������������������������Callicoon Library, Apr 5, 1pm “Martha Washington: An American Life” Patricia Brady ����� Ritz Lobby, Newburgh, Apr 6, 2pm “Let Food Be Your Medicine & Medicine Be Your Food” ���������������������������MSM-DC Apr 8, 1pm “The Esoteric History of the Hudson Valley” Nathan Rosenblum �������� MSM-DC Apr 8, 6:30pm “War Trauma, Suicide, and the Confederate Army” Diane Miller Sommerville �������������������������� SUNYO Tower Cafe, Tower Building, Newburgh, Apr 10, 7pm “O&W Middletown Branch: Then & Now” Ray Kelly Josephine-Louise Lib., Walden, Apr 10, 7pm “Adventures of a History Researcher” F. Kennon Moody ������������������������ MSM-DC Apr 11, 10am “Salamanders, Frogs and More!” �������������������������������������������������������PEEC Apr 12 & Apr 27, 1pm “Spring Peeper Search” ��������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� PEEC Apr 12, 8pm “The Hudson River School” Laura Nicholls ����������������������������������������������MSM-DC Apr 14, 10am “In The Night Sky:Hudson Valley UFO Sightings” Linda Zimmermann MSM-DC Apr 17, 6:30pm SCIENCE CAFE........“Current Environmental and Medical Hazards from Fracking to Hip Replacements” Max Costa Diana’s Restaurant, New Windsor, Apr 23, 7pm “The Geology of the Catskill” Robert & Johanna Tutus ������������������������ MSM-DC Apr 24, 1pm “Create Your Own Sanctuary” George Toth & Diana Underwood ����������MSM-DC Apr 25, 10am “Age Like it Matters: Knowing, Being & Doing” Lawrence T. Force �����MSM-DC Apr 25, 10am ”Financial Strategies for Women-Dispelling the Myths” B. Roseboro & J. McCarthy ���������������� MSM-DC Apr 26 , 10am “Composting” Nancy Schunk & Denise Fragipane ���������������Jeffersonville Library, Apr 26, Noon “Haumana:-Rebirth & Renewal the Hawaiian Way” Toth, Underwood ����� MSM-DC May 2, 10am

demos

Glass Blowing Demos & Factory Tours ��� Gillinder Glass Factory, Port Jervis, Apr 12, 10am-3pm

master classes

“A Window into the World of Children’s Literature” Linda Patterson Kujawski ������������������������� SUNYO-KH Apr 3, 12:30pm “Music Therapy..A Path With Heart” Terry Blaine ������������������������������� SUNYO-OH Apr 4, 11am “At Play in the Fields of Poetry - Introduction to Portrait and Landscape Poems” �������������������� Lynn Hoins Seligmann Canter, Sugar Loaf, Apr 5, 1pm “African Code: A Secret Language” Rosalyn Fassett, artist ����������� SUNYO-KH Apr 16, 10:15am “Forensic Document Examination/Handwriting Analysis Bob Baier �������������������������������������������� SUNYO Tower Cafe, Tower Building, Newburgh, Apr 17, 2pm “Poetry for the People” Richard Bianco ����������������������������������������������� SUNYO-GCL Apr 22, 8am

Seminars

18th Annual Women’s Conference “Wisdom, Wit, Women” SUNY Sullivan, Apr 12, 8:30am-4pm “Using Technology to Advance Your Career and Your Business” �������������������������������������������������� Callicoon Library, Wednesdays, Apr 16-May 28, 10am-Noon

books - Discussions/Readings /siGNings

Book Lover’s Club ������������������������������������������������������� Greenwood Lake Library, 4th Tuesday, 7pm Book Discussion Group ��������������������������������������������������� Narrowsburg Library, 3rd Friday, 4:00pm “The Rebellion of Miss Lucy Ann Lobdell” by/w William Klaber ��������������������������������������������������� CAS Arts Center, Livingston Manor, Apr 5, 3pm “Red Square” by Martin Cruz Smith ����������������������������������������������� Cornwall Library, Apr 16, 7pm “People of the Book” by Geraldine Brooks Newburgh Branch Library, Newburgh Mall, Apr 22, 2pm Novel Reads Book Discussion ������������������������������Josephine-Louise Library, Walden, Apr 24, 6:30pm “The Light Between” by M. L. Stedman ����������������������������������������������Cornwall Library, Apr 24, 7pm Great Books Discussion ������������������������������������������������������������Newburgh Library, Apr 25, 11:30am “A Tale of Terezin: Legacies, Lies and Lullabies, The World of a Second Generation Holocaust Survivor” Esther Levy Florida Library, Apr 27, 1pm Millennial Book Discussion: “Gone Girl” by Gillian Flynn Crawford Lib., Monticello, Apr 27, 6:15pm

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Concerts

Sullivan County Songwriter’s Circle ����� Catskill Distilling Company, Bethel, Saturdays, 3pm-5pm Chris O’Leary Band blues, rockabilly �����������������������������������������The Falcon, Marlboro, Apr 3, 7pm David Bromberg Band blues, country, jazz, folk ������������������������������������� Bethel Woods, Apr 3, 8pm Cyro Baptista’s Banquet of the Spirits Brazilian �����������������������The Falcon, Marlboro, Apr 4, 7pm Richard Marx pop, rock ���������������������������������������������������������������������������� Bethel Woods, Apr 4, 8pm David Johansen w/Brian Koonin blues, punk �����������������������������The Falcon, Marlboro, Apr 5, 7pm WJFF’s “Pete Seeger Song Celebration” bluegrass, folk, pizza, baked goods, sing-along ������������� Sullivan County Museum, Hurleyville, Apr 5, 7pm-10pm Willa McCarthy Band blues, funk, r&b ��������������������������� The Falcon, Marlboro, Apr 6, 10am-2pm ”Fiddle Fest” Rock Hill Ramblers ��������������������������������������������������Neversink Firehouse, Apr 6, 2pm John Flynn folk, Sugar Loaf Music Series ��Seligmann Center for the Arts, Sugar Loaf, Apr 6, 3pm Rhett Miller, Ryan Dieringer bluegrass, r&r ������������������������������The Falcon, Marlboro, Apr 9, 7pm Larry Coryell & Gil Parris Benefit for Ben Ehrsam, Bobby DiBlasio ���The Falcon, Apr 10, 7pm CKS, Dylan Doyle Trio blues, soul, rock �����������������������������������The Falcon, Marlboro, Apr 11, 7pm Stuart Kabak Hudson Valley Folk Guild � Unitarian Universalist Cong., Rock Tavern, Apr 12, 7pm Ed Palermo Big Band presents ZODD ZUNDGREN Zappa/Rundgren �The Falcon, Apr 12, 7pm The Fellas doo-wop ������������������������������������������������������� Ritz Theater Lobby, Newburgh, Apr 12, 8pm Kate Baker and Vic Juris Duo pop ��������������������������������� The Falcon, Marlboro, Apr 13, 10am-2pm The Guthrie Brothers music of Simon & Garfunkel ���������� Newburgh Library, Apr 13, 3pm FREE Pierre Bensusan Celtic, folk, world, new age, jazz ���������������������The Falcon, Marlboro, Apr 17, 7pm Fred Gillen, Jr. ������������������������ Seven Freedoms Music Center, Salisbury Mills, Apr 19, 2pm FREE The Holmes Brothers blues, soul, r&b ���������������������������������������The Falcon, Marlboro, Apr 19, 7pm Charlie Mars folk, rock, soul ��������������������������������������� Ritz Theater Lobby, Newburgh, Apr 19, 8pm The Saints of Swing dixie, r&b, motown, Latin, Klezmer ������Falcon, Marlboro, Apr 20, 10am-2pm Jonah Smith Band, Lost Leaders ���������������������������������������������The Falcon, Marlboro, Apr 25, 7pm New Riders of The Purple Sage & Stir Fried ���������������������������The Falcon, Marlboro, Apr 26, 7pm 2014 Oldies Show doo-wop, pop - Fundraiser ����������Paramount Theatre, Middletown, Apr 26, 7pm Bob Stump & the Roadside Attraction roots, blues, jazz ������Falcon, Marlboro, Apr 27, 10am-2pm Benefit for Ed Frinfrock The Trapps, Twist & Shout, Bob Stump & The Roadside Attraction �Falcon, Apr 27, 7pm Toby Foyeh & Orchestra Africa ������������Alumni Green, SUNY Orange, Middletown, May 1, 11am HorFlash & The Hormones ����������������������������������Tuxedo Ridge, May 3, dinner 6:30pm, show 8pm Aztec Two-Step “Classic Duos” ��������������������������������������Tusten Theatre, Narrowsburg, May 3, 8pm

Open Mic & in-house music

Some listings below are not included in our centerspread calendar.

Open Mic w/Steve Schwartz & Antoine Maglione �����Dutch’s Tavern, Rock Hill, Mondays, 7:30pm Open Mic w/Bryan & Erin Keegan ������������Brian’s Backyard Barbecue, Middletown, Tues & Weds Open Mic w/Joe Frazita or Steve Wells �������������������������Blarney Stone, Warwick, Wednesdays, 8pm Open Mic w/Bob Keegan ���������������������������� Brothers Barbecue, New Windsor, Wednesdays, 8:30pm Open Mic w/Eric Callari ��������������������������������������������������Eddie’s Restaurant, Warwick, Wednesdays Open Mic ����������������������������������������������������������������������������������� Mountaindale Inn, Wednesdays, 8pm Open Mic �������������������������������������������������������������������������������Tuscan Cafe, Warwick, Thursdays, 7pm Open Mic w/Jack Higgins �������������������������������� Palaia Vineyards, Highland Mills, Apr 3, 7pm-11pm Open Mic ����������������������������������������������������������� Noble Coffee Roasters, Campbell Hall, Apr 17, 6pm Open Mic “Out Loud Performance Party” poetry & music �Port Jervis Community Ctr, Mar 22, 7pm Karaoke w/live band �������������������������������������� Brothers Barbecue, New Windsor, Thursdays, 8:30pm Karaoke w/Bill Braine ����������������������������������������� 2Alices, Cornwall-on-Hudson, 3rd Saturday, 8pm Marilyn Kennedy vocal & Jake Lentz piano ������� La Piazzetta, Wurtsboro, Wednesdays, 6pm-9pm Musician’s Gathering w/Stacy Cohen ������������������ Dancing Cat Saloon, Bethel, Thursdays, 7:30pm The Parting Glass Band Celtic ������������������Loughran’s Pub, Salisbury Mills, Thursdays, 7pm-10pm Feast of Friends “Doors” Tribute ������������������Palaia Vineyards, Highland Mills, Mar 29, 8pm-11pm Jack Higgins ����������������������������������������� Palaia Vineyards, Highland Mills, Mar 30, 2:30pm-5:30pm 2014 Oldies Show doo-wop ����������������������������������������Paramount Theater, Middletown, Apr 26, 7pm

Folk Artist John Flynn in Sugar Loaf

Dynamic folk/activist artist, John Flynn, whose acclaimed performances include original compositions reflecting his compassion and convictions around a myriad of social and political issues, is an activist and protege of folk icon, Phil Ochs.

In 2005, Flynn was invited by Arlo Guthrie to participate in the pilgrimage, Train to New Orleans, following the devastation of Hurricane Katrina. The event included Guthrie, Willie Nelson, Ramblin’ Jack Elliot and a host of other respected recording artists.

“Every song I write always feels like my first. It’s almost like the Buddhist concept of the beginner’s mind,” says Flynn.

Mr. Flynn makes a rare concert appearance for the Sugarloaf Music Series on April 6 at 3:00pm at the Seligmann Center for the Performing Arts, 23 White Oak Drive, Sugar Loaf.

Sugarloaf Music dedicates this concert to the memory of Pete Seeger. Radio host Sonny Ochs will be the Master of Ceremony.

Seating is limited.

For tickets: 845-986-6463.

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cinema

Midday Movie �����������������������������������������������Fallsburg Library, Tuesdays & Thursdays, Noon FREE Reel Eclectic Movie �������������������������������������������������� Thrall Library, Middletown, Mar 6, 7pm FREE Afternoon Movie ���������������������������������������������������� Thrall Library, Middletown, Mar 19, 2pm FREE Monday Night at the Movies �������������������������������������������Newburgh Library, Mar 31, 6:30pm FREE “My Life as a Turkey” documentary ������������� Morgan Outdoors, Livingston Manor, Apr 1, 6:30pm “Delivery Man” ����������������������������������������������������������������������� Newburgh Library, Apr 5, 1pm FREE “Out of Africa” w/intro by Paul Basinkski ���������SUNYO Gilman Center, Middletown, Apr 7, 6pm “Tammy & the Bachelor” Debbie Reynolds, Leslie Nielsen ��Cornwall Library, Apr 9, Noon FREE “The Anatomy of Hate” documentary, panel discussion ������SUNY Sullivan, Apr 9, 6:30pm FREE “Our Town” & selected short subjects ������������������������ Shadowland Theatre, Ellenville, Apr 12, 2pm “UP!: Just Let Go and See What Happens!” animated ��������������������������MSM-DC Apr 15, 9:30am “Romantics Anonymous” �������������������������������������������������� Cornwall Library, Apr 17, 5:30pm FREE “Race to Execution” �������������������������������� Downing Film, Center, Newburgh, Apr 21, 7:30pm FREE “Sukkah City” w/talk by Rabbi Larry Friedman ���Downing Film Ctr, Newburgh, Apr 26, 11:30am ”Grudge Match” Stallone, DeNiro ���������������������������������� Newburgh Library, Apr 28, 6:30pm FREE “Dark Victory” Bette Davis ��������������� Mount St. Mary College, Desmond Campus, Apr 30, 9:30am

comedy

Open Mic �������������������������������������������������������������������������� Jester’s Comedy Club, Chester. 2nd Friday Colin Quinn ��������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� Bethel Woods, Apr 18, 8pm Hamfest Orange County Amateur Radio Club ��������Town of Wallkill Comm. Ctr, Apr 27, 8am-2pm “A Night of Comedy” �������������������������������������������������������������������������Walden Firehouse, May 3, 8pm

dance

“Alice in Wonderland” choreog. Dee Tabitha Wright ��������� New Rose Theatre, Walden, Mar 21-30

fairs - Festivals

Earth Day Festival..Pocono Environmental Education Center, Dingmans Ferry, Apr 13, 10am-4pm Cultural Center Dedication �������Tsechen Kunchab Ling Buddhist Temple, Walden, Apr 19-20, 1pm-5pm “Earth Day” ��������������������������������� HHNM Outdoor Discovery Center, Cornwall, Apr 26, 10am-3pm Community Connections EXPO music, exhibits, contests, ��������������������������������������������������������������� Monroe-Woodbury HS, Apr 27, 11am-3pm “Feast of the Arts - Fine Art Auction” Historical Society of Newburgh Fundraiser ����������������������� Newburgh Heritage Center, Apr 27, 2pm Craft Fair ����������������������������������������� Mulberry House Senior Center, Middletown, May 3, 9am-3pm 24th Annual Kite Festival music, food, crafts, kids activities ��� SUNY Sullivan, May 3, 10am-4pm

holistic events

Drumming Circle �������������������������������������������� Crystal Connection, Wurtsboro, Mar 7 & 21, 6:30pm EFT Tapping w/Dawn Whitney Gillespie �������������������������The Bodhi Tree, Sugar Loaf, Apr 19, 6pm ”A Day with Your Angels” George Koury ���������� Healing Arts Studio, Newburgh, Apr 27, 9am-5pm

museums

Terwilliger House Museum ���������������������������������������������������������������������������������� Ellenville, ongoing Sculpture Exhibit ����������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������Dia: Beacon, ongoing Sullivan County History Exhibits �������������������������� Sullivan County Museum, Hurleyville, ongoing 19th Century Rural Living ����������������������������������������������������������Museum Village, Monroe, ongoing “The Final Days of the Civil War” ������������� Karpeles Manuscript Museum, Newburgh, thru Apr 27 Trout Weekend ���Hudson Highlands Nature Museum, Cornwall-on-Hudson, Apr 5 & 6, Noon-4pm “America Meets the Beatles!” ������������������������������������������ Museum at Bethel Woods , Apr 5-Aug 17 Tri-State Historical Exhibition 9 Historical Societies, Orange, Pike & Sussex ������������������������������� Riverview Inn, Matamoras, Apr 12, 10am-5pm & Apr 13, Noon-6pm “Then and Now around the D&H Canal” ���������Neversink Area Museum, Cuddebackville, Apr-Oct “The Adams Family” ������������������������������ Karpeles Manuscript Museum, Newburgh, May 1-Aug 31

music - Broadway - tin pan alley - cabaret

Broadway Concerts Direct ������������������������ United Church of Christ, Blooming Grove, Apr 19, 6pm The Ten Tenors Broadway ����������������������������������������������������� Eisenhower Hall Theater, Apr 27, 3pm

music - Classical

The Amaranthus Trio Grand Montgomery Chamber Music Series �������������������������������������������������� Montgomery Senior Center, Mar 30, 3pm FREE Jody Weatherstone soprano, Susan Martula clarinet, Janice Nimetz piano ����������������������������������� Music in Central Valley Central Valley United Methodist Church, Mar 30, 3pm FREE SUNY Orange Brass Ensemble ����������������������� Grace Episcopal Church, Middletown, Mar 30, 3pm Ensemble Calmus Leipzig Kindred Spirits Arts ������������������������������ Milford Theater, Apr 5, 7:30pm Carmit Zori violin, Robert Rinehart viola, Peter Stumpf cello ������������ Bethel Woods, Apr 6, 2pm Newburgh Chamber Ensemble flute quartet ����� St. George’s Epis. Church, Newburgh, Apr 6, 3pm “A Mediterranean Tour” Parksville USA Music Festival �� Dead End Cafe, Parksville, Apr 6, 3pm Thursday 4 wind quartet ��������������������������������������������������������Ellenville, Library, Apr 13, 2pm FREE Cristiana Pegoraro piano, Shandelee Music Festival ��������������������������� Bethel Woods, Apr 13, 3pm West Point Band & Young Artists �������������������������� Eisenhower Hall Ballroom, Apr 13, 3pm FREE Istanpitta: Medieval Dance Band �������������������������� Howland Cultural Center, Beacon, Apr 13, 4pm Potluck Concerts ”European Fantasy” � Cornwall Presby.Ch., Cornwall-on-Hudson, Apr 25, 7:30pm

Chamber Music at St. Andrew’s ������St. Andrew’s Episopal Ch., South Fallsburg, Apr 26, 8pm FREE Christopher Jennings organ,“Storm King Symphony” � West Point Cadet Chapel, Apr 27, 3pm FREE “TITANIC Revisited” Hudson Opera Theatre �United Presbyterian Ch., Middletown, Apr 27, 3pm & First Presbyterian Ch., Monroe, May 4, 3pm Community Orchestra ������������������������������������������ Paramount Theater, Middletown, May 3, 7:30pm Juilliard Trombone Choir �������������������������������������������West Point Cadet Chapel, May 4, 3pm FREE

music - jazz

Brunch with the Jazz Cats ���������������������������������� Dancing Cat Saloon, Bethel, Sundays, 10am-1pm Larry Newcombe guitar ����������������������������������������������������������������Florida Library, Apr 3, 7pm FREE Mark Shane piano & Terry Blaine vocals, “Swingtime Duet” ������������������SUNYO-KH Apr 4, 8pm Michael T Band’s B3 Birthday Bash! ����������������������������������������� The Falcon, Marlboro, Apr 6, 7pm Bobby Avey Group w/ Miguel Zenon ��������������������������������������� The Falcon, Marlboro, Apr 13, 7pm Purchase Jazz Orchestra w/ Todd Coolman ��������������������������� The Falcon, Marlboro, Apr 16, 7pm The Cookers w/ B.Harper, E.Henderson, B.Hart, D.Weiss, D.Harrison, G.Cables, C.McBee ���� Falcon, Apr 18, 7pm bigBANG “Mostly Mingus!” ����������������������������������������������������� The Falcon, Marlboro, Apr 23, 7pm Ali Ryerson Quartet ������������������������������������������������������������������ The Falcon, Marlboro, Apr 24, 7pm Chris McNulty and her band Kindred Spirits Arts ���������������������������� Milford Theater, Apr 25, 8pm

opera - Operetta

“La Boheme” Puccini, Live from the Met in HD ����������������������������������SUNY Sullivan, Apr 5, 1pm “Orfeo Ed Euridice” Gluck, video ���������������������������������������������������� Cornwall Library, Apr 13, 1pm “Cosi Fan Tutte” Mozart, Live from the Met in HD ����������������������������SUNY Sullivan, Apr 26, 1pm

poetry & prose readings

EXHIBIT: Joel Solonche & Joan Siegel “Celebrate Poetry” ������������������������������������������������������������ SUNYO Kaplan Hall, Newburgh, Apr 3-May 15 Poetry Night Davis Messineo ���������������������������������Noble Coffee Roasters, Campbell Hall, Apr 3, 7pm Hudson River Poets ����������������������������������������������������������������� Newburgh Library, Apr 3, 7pm FREE First Fridays Contemporary Writers ��������������������������������������Narrowsburg Library, Apr 4, 7:30pm Janet Hamill & Rebecca Schumejda ����������������������� Howland Cultural Center, Beacon, Apr 4, 8pm Francine d’Alessandro Poetry on the Loose �� Seligmann Center, Sugar Loaf, Apr 5, 3:30pm FREE Robert Milby Poetry in the Gallery ������������������������������������������� Wurtsboro Art Alliance, Apr 6, 7pm National Poetry Month Open Mic ���������������������������������������������Fallsburg Library, Apr 11, 7pm FREE Natasha Trethewey US Poet Laureate ���������������� Storm King Art Center, Mountainville, Apr 12, 2pm “Spring Awakenings” Hudson River Poets & jazz improv w/ Neil Alexander ������������������������������������� Unitarian Universalist Congregation, Rock Tavern, Apr 13, 1pm Michael Sean Collins poetry w/ Hudson Valley Jazz improv � Seligmann Ctr, Sugar Loaf, Apr 13, 3pm Open Poetry Books Reading & Discussion ������������������������������Fallsburg Library, Apr 17, 7pm FREE Poetry Cafe Jean LeBlanc, Tony Pena, Robert Milby ������������������ Florida Library, Apr 18. 7pm FREE Richard Blanco poet ������������������������������SUNYO Gilman Center Library, Middletown, Apr 21, 7pm Francine D’Alessandro, Robert Milby ���������������������������������Pine Bush Library, Apr 24, 7pm FREE “OUT LOUD Performance Party” poetry, music, etc ��������� UpFront, Port Jervis, Apr 25, 7pm FREE David J. Phillips IV ����������������������������������������������������������������� Fallsburg Library, Apr 30, 7pm FREE Hudson River Poets ���������������������������������������������������������������� Newburgh Library, May 1, 7pm FREE Patricia Kett Poetry on the Loose ������������������ Seligmann Center, Sugar Loaf, May 3, 3:30pm FREE Poetry at the Church host: Ted Gill ����������������������������������� Goshen Methodist Church, Apr 28, 7pm Altya Adams Poetry in the Gallery ������������������������������������������� Wurtsboro Art Alliance, May 4, 7pm

recreation & Dancing

Line Dancing ������������������������������������������������������������Jester’s Restaurant, Chester, Thursdays 7:30pm Swing Dancing w/Swing Shift Orchestra ���������������������� Newburgh Brewery, 1st Thursdays, 7:30pm Discovery Quests Hudson Highlands Nature Museum, Cornwall, Saturdays & Sundays, 10am-1pm GLBT “Mad Hatter Prom” dinner & dance �����������������������Best Western, Matamoras, Apr 12, 7pm

storytelling

Yarnslingers Memoirs �����������������������������������������CAS Arts Center, Livingston Manor, Apr 19, 7pm, Black Dirt Storytelling Guild Tall Tales, Lies & Whoppers �����Florida Library, Apr 10, 7pm FREE

theatre

“Grease” Just Off Broadway, Inc. ����������������Theatre at West Shore Station, Newburgh, thru Apr 13 “Silverstein” by Bill Donnelly, play reading �Delaware Valley Arts Alliance, Narrowsburg, Apr 6, 2pm “Every Price has Its Man” Air Pirates Live Radio Theater ��������������������������������������������������������������� Brother’s BBQ, New Windsor, Apr 12, 8pm “Two By Tennessee” 2 one-act plays byT. Williams, Cornerstone Theatre Arts �������������������������������� Goshen Music Hall, Apr 26-May 11 FREE “Holy, Holy, Holy” Sullivan County Dramatic Workshop ���Rivoli Theatre, So. Fallsburg, May 2-4 “And Then There Were None” Agatha Christie ������������� Playhouse at Museum Village, May 2-18

schools & Conservatories

“Afternoon of Choral Music” England’s Langley Park, Sullivan County ELHI music students ��� and Nesin Children’s Chorus Nesin Theatre, Monticello, Apr 6, 3pm “Monsters & Freaks” Two One-Act Plays, The Apprentice Players ���������� SUNYO-OH Apr 11-19 Orange County Arts Council All-County Dance Celebration ��������������������������������������������������������� Paramount Theatre. Middletown, Apr 27, 3pm Timothy Mumford Memorial Poetry Competition ������������������������� Cornwall Library, Apr 27, 3pm SUNY Orange Chamber Ensemble �������� Morrison Hall Mansion, Middletown, May 4, 3pm FREE

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April BW ���������������������������������������������Bethel Woods Center for the Arts, Bethel CAS ����������������CAS Arts Center, Catskill Arts Society, Livingston Manor CTMW.Creative Theatre Muddy Water Players, Museum Village, Monroe DCAT ������������������������������Dancing Cat Saloon & Catskill Distillery, Bethel DEC ��������������������������������������������������������������������Dead End Cafe, Parksville DOWN �����������������������������������������������������Downing Film Center, Newburgh

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DVAA �������������������������������������������������������������������Delaware Valley Arts Alliance, Narrowsburg EHT ���������������������������������������������������������������������������������Eisenhower Hall Theater, West Point FAL ������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������The Falcon, Marlboro HCC �������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� Howland Cultural Center, Beacon HHNM ���������������� Hudson Highlands Nature Museum, Outdoor Discovery Center, Cornwall JCC ������������������������������ Jester’s Restaurant and Comedy Club, Castle Fun Center, Chester

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WEDNESDAY

Cinema “My Life is a Turkey” Morgan Outdoors, Livingston Manor, 6:30pm

Please check the schedule for Gallery Art & Photography Opening Receptions see page 18

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Cinema “UP!: Just Let Go and See What Happens!”

MSM-DC, 9:30am

“Blue Hawaii” by Joan Kehlennbeck on view at Deerpark Town Hall for River Valley Artists Guild show, thru May 19.

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Poetry Richard Blanco SUNYO-GCL 7pm

Cinema Afternoon Movie Fallsburg Library, Noon

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Cinema “Race to Execution” DOWN 7:30pm

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Cinema “Grudge Match” NFL, 6:30pm

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Poetry Poetry at the Church Goshen Methodist Church, 7pm

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Cinema Afternoon Movie Fallsburg Library, Noon

April 2014

Music-Brazil......Cyro Baptista’s B

Prose......First Friday Contemporary

Theatre - Musical................. “Grea Music-Jazz...Mark Shane piano & T Music - Pop-Rock............. Richard Poetry.............. Janet Hamill, Reb

Music................David Bromberg Band............. BW 8pm

Cinema “Tammy & the Bachelor” Cornwall Library, Noon Cinema & Discussion “The Anatomy of Hate” SCCC, 6:30pm Music Rhett Miller, Ryan Dieringer FAL 7pm

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Open Mic....Musician’s Gathering.......Dancing Cat, Bethel, 7:30pm

9 Cinema Afternoon Movie Fallsburg Library, Noon

Cinema “Out of Africa” SUNYO-GCL, 6pm

THURSDAY

Cinema....Midday Movie........Fallsburg Library, Noon Recreation..Swing Dancing...Newburgh Brewery. 6:30pm Music-Jazz.......Larry Newcombe guitar.Florida Lib. 7pm Poetry.................... David Messineo................. NCL 7pm Poetry................ Hudson River Poets............. NFL 7pm Recreation............... Line Dancing................... JCC 7pm Music-Blues-Rockabilly..Chris O’Leary Band ..FAL 7pm Theatre - Musical.........“Grease”...............TWSS 7:30pm

“Burden” by sculptor Barbara Bonham on view in Kaplan Hall, SUNY Orange, Newburgh from April 2 - June 25 in “Artists of Excellence”, Mindy Ross Gallery Foyer

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MSM-AQ �����������������������������Aquinas Hall, Mount St. Mary College, Newbur NCM ����������������� Newburgh Chamber Music, St.George’s Church, Newbur NCR �������������������������������������������������������Noble Coffee Roasters, Campbell H NFL ���������������������������������������������������������������������������������Newburgh Free Libra PEEC ������������������Pocono Environmental Education Center, Dingmans Fe PT ��������������������������������������������������������������������Paramount Theater, Middleto

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Cinema.........Midday Movie........Fallsburg Library, Noon Cinema.........Reel Eclectic Film........Thrall Library, 7pm Poetry..........National Poetry Mon Recreation............... Line Dancing................... JCC 7pm Music-Blues-Soul-Rock..CKS, Dyl Storytelling.....Black Dirt Storytelling Cafe..Florida Lib. 7pm Theatre - Musical................. “Grea Music...Larry Coryell & Gil Parris, Booby Di Blasio..FAL 7pm Comedy............................... Open Theatre - Musical.........“Grease”...............TWSS 7:30pm Theatre - Play...........“Monsters an Open Mic....Musician’s Gathering........Dancing Cat, Bethel,7:30pm

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Cinema.........Midday Movie........Fallsburg Library, Noon Cinema..“Romantics Anonymous”.. Cornwall Lib. 5:30pm Open Mic............... Open Mic Night........ NCR 6pm-9pm Poetry Cafe. Jean LeBlanc, Tony P Music - Celtic....Brian Conway & John Walsh.......GLL 6:30pm Music- Jazz....................... The Co Storytelling.....Black Dirt Storytelling Cafe..Florida Lib. 7pm Comedy............................. Colin Q Recreation............... Line Dancing................... JCC 7pm Theatre - Play........... “Monsters a Music.................... Pierre Bensusan.................FAL 7pm Open Mic....Musician’s Gathering.......Dancing Cat, Bethel, 7:30pm

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Cinema Afternoon Movie Thrall Library, Middletown, 2pm Music bigBANG plays Mingus FAL 7pm

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Cinema “Dark Victory” MSM-DC, 9:30am

Poetry David J. Phillips IV Fallsburg Library, 7pm

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Cinema.........Midday Movie........Fallsburg Library, Noon Recreation............... Line Dancing................... JCC 7pm Music............... Jonah Smith Ban Music - Jazz........Ali Ryerson Quartet...............FAL 7pm Music - Classical...Potluck Concerts.

Poetry..Francine D’Alessandro, Robert Milby.Pine Bush Lib. 7pm Open Mic....Musician’s Gathering.......Dancing Cat, Bethel, 7:30pm

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Poetry & Music.”OUT LOUD Perform

Music-Jazz................ Chris McNu

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Music....Toby Foyeh & Orch.Africa..SUNYO-MM 11am Cinema.........Midday Movie........Fallsburg Library, Noon Poetry.......................Poetry Night.................... NCL 7pm Theatre - Play..........“One-Act Ma Poetry................ Hudson River Poets............. NFL 7pm Theatre - Play....................“Holy, H Recreation............... Line Dancing................... JCC 7pm Theatre - Play..... “And Then Ther

Open Mic....Musician’s Gathering.......Dancing Cat, Bethel, 7:30pm

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PV ������������������������������������������������������������������������������������Palaia Vineyards, Highland Mills RITZ ����������������������������������������������������������������������������������� Ritz Theater Lobby, Newburgh, ROSE ���������������������������������������������������������������������������������������New Rose Theatre, Walden SCCC �����������������������������������������������Seelig Auditorium, SUNY Sullivan, Loch Sheldrake SCDW ��������������� Sullivan County Dramatic Workshop, Rivoli Theatre, South Fallsburg SCM ������������������������������������������������������������������������Sullivan County Museum,. Hurleyville

IDAY

Banquet of the Spirits......FAL 7pm

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ase”...........................TWSS 7:30pm Terry Blaine vocal...SUNYO-KH 8pm d Marx................................ BW 8pm becca Schumjda.............. HCC 8pm

nth Open Mic..... Fallsburg Lib. 7pm lan Doyle Trio...................FAL 7pm ase”...........................TWSS 7:30pm n Mic...................................JCC 8pm nd Freaks”...........SUNYO-OH 8pm

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SLGMN ����������������������������Seligmann Center for the Arts, Sugar Loaf ST �������������������������������������������������������Shadowland Theatre, Ellenville SUNYO-GCL ������Gilman Center Library, SUNY Orange, Middletown SUNYO-KH ����������������������������Kaplan Hall, SUNY Orange, Newburgh SUNYO-MM � College Green behind Morrison Mansion, Middletown SUNYO-OH �������������������������Orange Hall, SUNY Orange, Middletown

SATURDAY

Cinema........................................... “Delivery Man”.....................................NFL 1pm Opera........................................“La Boheme” Puccini............................ SCCC 1pm Theatre - Musical................................. “Grease”......................TWSS 2pm & 7:30pm Open Mic...................... Sullivan County Songwriter’s Circle.................DCAT 3pm Poetry.......................................Francine d’Alessandro....................SLGMN 3:30pm Music-Punk-Blues............ David Johnsen w/Brian Koonin . ..................... FAL 7pm Music - Folk..................... WJFF’s Pete Seeger Celebration........... SCM 7pm-10pm Music-Classical......................Ensemble Calmus Leipzig .... Milford Theatre 7:30pm

THRALL ������������������������������������������������������������������������ Thrall Library, Middletown TT �����������������������������������������������������������������������������Tusten Theatre, Narrowsburg TWSS �������� Just Off Broadway, Inc., Theatre at West Shore Station, Newburgh UUC ������������ Unitarian Universalist Congregation Meeting House, Rock Tavern WAA ������������������������������������������������������������������������������������Wurtsboro Art Alliance WPCC ������������������������������������������������������������������������������ West Point Cadet Chapel

SUNDAY

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Music - Jazz................. Jazz Cat Brunch............DCAT 10am-1pm Music-Blues-Funk-Jazz.....Willa McCarthy Band........FAL 10am-2pm Music - Classical...................... String Trio...............................BW 2pm Play Reading......................... “Silverstein”......................... DVAA 2pm Music..............................Fiddle Fest.......... Neversink Firehouse, 2pm Music - Classical..... Newburgh Chamber Ensemble........... NCM 3pm Music - Folk.............................John Flynn.......................SLGMN 3pm Music..”Afternoon of Choral Music”.Nesin Theatre, Monticello, 3pm Music-Classical & Greek..Parksville USA Music Festival...DEC 3pm Music - Jazz........ Michael T Band’s B3 Birthday Bash......... FAL 7pm Poetry.................................... Robert Milby.......................... WAA 7pm

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Music - Jazz........... Jazz Cat Brunch............DCAT 10am-1pm Music - Pop.. Kate Baker & Vic Juris Duo......FAL 10am-2pm Cinema........... “Our Town” & Selected Short Subjects...................ST 2pm Festival..............................Earth Day Festival......... PEEC 10am-4pm Poetry....................Natasha Trethewey...Storm King Art Center, Mountainville, 2pm Opera-Video...........“Orfeo Ed Euridice” Gluck......Cornwall Lib. 1pm Theatre - Musical................................. “Grease”......................TWSS 2pm & 7:30pm Theatre - Musical........................”Grease”.......................... TWSS 2pm Open Mic...................... Sullivan County Songwriter’s Circle.................DCAT 3pm Music - Classical................... Thursday 4tet............ Ellenville Lib. 2pm Recreation...............GLBT “Mad Hatter Prom”........Best Western, Matamoras 7pm Music - Classical..........Cristiana Pegoraro piano...................BW 3pm Music - Zappa/Rundgren...........Ed Palermo Big Band................................ FAL 7pm Music - Pop.......Guthrie Brothers “Simon & Garfunkel”.....NFL 3pm Music - Folk......................................Stuart Kabak......................................UUC 7pm Theatre - Play..............”Monsters and Freaks”........ SUNYO-OH 3pm Theatre..............Air Pirates Radio Theatre......... Brother’s BBQ New Windsor, 8pm Poetry & Jazz..Michael Sean Collins & Hudson Valley Jazz.SLGMN 3pm Theatre - Play.......................... “Monsters and Freaks”................. SUNYO-OH 8pm Music - Classical.West Point Band & Young Artists.EHT Ballroom 3pm Music - DooWop................................. The Fellas....................................... RITZ 8pm Music - Classical... Istanpitta: Medieval Dance Band..........HCC 4pm Music - Jazz.........Bobby Avery Group w/Miguel Zenon....... FAL 7pm

Festival.Himalayan Cultural Center Dedication..Buddhist Temple, Walden, 1pm-5pm Music................................. ...Saints of Swing..............FAL 10am-2pm Pena, Robert Milby F . lorida Lib. 7pm Music............Fred Gillen, Jr.....Seven Freedoms Music Center, Salisbury Mills 2pm Festival...Cultural Center Dedication..Walden Buddhist Temple, 1pm-5pm ookers.................................FAL 7pm Open Mic...................... Sullivan County Songwriter’s Circle.................DCAT 3pm “Feast of the Arts” Quinn.................................. BW 8pm Music-Bway-Cabaret..Broadway Concerts Direct..United Ch. of Christ, Blooming Grove 6pm Fine Art Auction Fundraiser and Freaks............SUNYO-OH 8pm Storytelling................................ Yarnslingers Memoirs..............................CAS 7pm Historical Society of Newburgh Music - Blues-Soul-R&B............The Holmes Brothers................................ FAL 7pm Newburgh Heritage Center, Theatre - Play.......................... “Monsters and Freaks”................. SUNYO-OH 8pm 123 Grand Street, April 27, 2pm.

Music - Folk-Rock-Soul.................... Charlie Mars..................................... RITZ 8pm On right: “Andrew Downing Villa”

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Festival........................................ Earth Day Festival.................... HHNM 10am-3pm Cinema & Talk.................................“Sukkah City”.......................... DOWN 11:30am nd, Lost Leaders................FAL 7pm Opera - Live in HD.................. “Cosi Fan Tutte” Mozart.......................... SCCC 1pm ....Cornwall Presbyterian Church, 7:30pm Open Mic...................... Sullivan County Songwriter’s Circle.................DCAT 3pm mance Party”.UpFront, Port Jervis, 7pm Theatre - Play..............................“One-Act Masters”......... Goshen Music Hall, 7pm ulty & Band.......Milford Theatre 8pm Music - DooWop - Pop....... 2014 Oldies Show fundraiser............................PT 7pm Music..........................New Riders of the Purple Sage, Stir Fried............FAL 7pm

asters”.......Goshen Music Hall, 7pm Holy, Holy”................... SCDW 8pm re Were None”.............CTMW 8pm

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Festival.....Ham Fest....Town of Wallkill Comm. Ctr. 8am-2pm

Holistic...“A Day with Your Angels”..Healing Arts Studio, Newburgh 9am-5pm

Music - Jazz........................ Jazz Cat Brunch............DCAT 10am-1pm Music.......Bob Stump & the Roadside Attraction.....FAL 10am-2pm

Festival..Community Connections EXPO...MonroeWoodbury HS, 11am-3pm

Fine Art Auction.....Feast of the Arts.......Newburgh Heritage Ctr. 2pm Theatre - Play.........”One-Act Masters”........Goshen Music Hall, 2pm Music-Classical....“TITANIC Revisited”...United Presby. Ch. Middletown 3pm

Music - Broadway................ The Ten Tenors......................... EHT 3pm

Music-Classical..Chamber Music at St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church..S. Fallsburg 8pm Dance..OC Arts Council All County Dance Celebration......PT 3pm

Music - Rock-Pop-Americana...Benefit for Ed Frinfrock.......FAL7pm

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Fair...........................Craft Fair...............Mulberry House, Middletown 9am-3pm Festival............................................. Kite Festival..........................SCCC 10am-4pm Open Mic...................... Sullivan County Songwriter’s Circle.................DCAT 3pm Poetry............................................... Patricia Kett.............................SLGMN 3:30pm Music & Dinner...................HotFlash & The Hormones......Tuxedo Ridge, 6:30pm Theatre - Play..............................“One-Act Masters”......... Goshen Music Hall, 7pm Music-Classical......................... Community Orchestra............................PT 7:30pm Music..................................Aztec Two-Step Classic Duos .......................... TT 8pm Comedy..................................... “A Night of Comedy” ........ Walden Firehouse 8pm Theatre - Play...............................“Holy, Holy, Holy” ............................. SCDW 8pm Theatre - Play.....................“And Then There Were None” . ................. CTMW 8pm

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Music - Jazz........................ Jazz Cat Brunch............DCAT 10am-1pm Music-Classical.....“TITANIC Revisited”.....First Presby. Ch. Monroe 3pm Theatre - Play..........”One-Act Masters”.......Goshen Music Hall, 2pm Theatre - Play....................“Holy, Holy, Holy”................... SCDW 2pm Music-Classical............Juilliard Trombone Choir............. WPCC 3pm Theatre - Play...........“And Then There Were None......... CTMW 3pm Poetry.................................... Altya Adams.......................... WAA 7pm

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canvas category calendar sponsored by Wurtsboro Art Alliance & Wallkill River School

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Art exhibits

CAS �����������������������������������������Catskill Art Society, CAS Arts Center, Livingston Manor DVAA �����������������������������������������������������������Delaware Valley Arts Alliance, Narrowsburg MSM-DC ����������������������������������� Mount St. Mary College, Desmond Campus, Newburgh SUNYO-KH ����������������������������������������������������������� SUNY Orange Newburgh, Kaplan Hall SUNYO-OH �������������������������������������������������������� SUNY Orange Middletown, Orange Hall WRS ��������������������������������������������������������������������������� Wallkill River School, Montgomery Group Show ���������������������������������������������������������������������������� Back Room Gallery, Beacon, ongoing Carolyn Duke Pottery ����������������������������������������������Duke Pottery, Tennanah Lake, Roscoe, ongoing Lisa & John Strazza paintings & photography ������������������������� Strazza Gallery, Warwick, ongoing David & Joanne Wells Greenbaum pottery, paintings ������������ BlueStone Studio, Milford, ongoing T.A. Clearwater paintings, pastels, prints ���� Clearwater Gallery at Jones Farm, Cornwall, ongoing Jules Medwin outdoor sculpture ���������������������� Seligmann Center for the Arts, Sugar Loaf, ongoing Quilt Exhibit ��������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� Liberty Library, thru Apr 2 Gayle Clark Fedigan “A Show of Ireland: Pastel Impressions” ���� RiverWinds, Beacon, thru Apr 6 Susan Hope Fogel “Warwick Inspirations” �������������������������� Caffe a la Mode, Warwick, thru Apr 6 Bucky Pizzarelli ���������������������������������������������������������������Ritz Theater Lobby, Newburgh, thru Apr 7 “Welcome Spring!” Crawford Arts Association ����������� Crawford Town Hall, Pine Bush, thru Apr 6 “The Colorful Art of Nestor Madalengolitia” ���������Orange Regional Medical Center, thru Apr 11 “Materiality” group fiber artists ������������������������������������Ann Street Gallery, Newburgh, thru Apr 12 “Spring” members group show �������������������������������������������������������������������������������WRS thru Apr 14 Sally Rowe “Vintage Pain”, installation ��������������������������������������������������������������DVAA thru Apr 19 Cragsmoor Artists “Contemporary Realism” ��������������������������������� Ellenville Hospital, thru Apr 25 Sandy Spitzer luminist ������������������������������������������������Aroma Thyme Bistro, Ellenville, thru Apr 29 “Wonder & Mystery” group show ����� Unitarian Universalist Gallery, Rock Tavern, thru Aug 2014

NEW ART EXHIBITS

“Primavera ‘14 A Taste of Pine Bush” Pine Bush Area Arts Council Fundraiser, food and art ��� Catholic War Veterans, Pine Bush, Mar 29, 5pm-8pm Community Art Show ��������������������������������������������������������������������������� Newburgh Library, Apr 1-25 Joan Polishook “An Artistic Journey” ����������������Gallery at Chant Realtors, Lords Valley, Apr 1-29 Gene Bove “Soon’s Orchard”& George Hayes “Schuermann’s Farm”, Mary McLaughlin �������� WRS Apr 1-30 Susan Miiller “Botanicals” ����������������������������������������������������������� Chase Bank, Port Jervis, Air 1-30 River Valley Artists Guild Small Works Show ������Deerpark Town Hall, Huguenot, Apr 1-May 19 “Flower Power” Artists in the Park ���������������������������������������������Bear Mountain Inn, Apr 1-May 31 Roslyn Fassett “African Code: A Secret Language” paintings �������������� SUNYO-KH Apr 1-Jun 25 Barbara Bonham, Stuart Sachs “Artists of Excellence” sculptures ��� SUNYO-KH Apr 2-Jun 25 Gloria Detore-Mackey ����������������������������������������������������������������������������� Elant At Goshen, Apr 7-21 Amanda J. Light Return to Primitive” ������������������Healing Art Studios, Newburgh, Apr 11-May 25 Gayle Clarke Fedigan Spring Inspired” pastels ���������������������������������������� MSM-DC Apr 13-May 5 “Floral” members’ group show �����������������������������������������������������������������������WRS Apr 15-May 14 William Gould ���������������������������������������������������������������������������������Elant at Goshen, Apr 21-May 13 “Art in the Wild: Naturally Inspired Trailside Creations” Dan Mack, curator ���������������������������� Hudson Highlands Nature Museum, Outdoor Discovery Center, Cornwall, Apr 26-Aug 2014 Jane Dell “Scrambled Realities” mixed media paintings �������������������������������DVAA Apr 25-May 17 Mike Jaroszko “Hoeffner’s Farms” & Mitchell Saler “Pierson’s Farm”, Kristin Roberts ���������� WRS May 1-30 River Valley Artists Guild Spring Show ��������������� The Barn at Elm Lake, Middletown, May 3 & 4

Photography exhibits

Jason Houston “Conservation Journal” ������������������������������ Fovea Exhibitions, Beacon, thru Apr 6

NEW photography EXHIBITS

Christopher Vernale “Child’s Play” and “Wherever You Go” ��������������������������������CAS thru Apr 6 St. James Camera Club “In Focus With Us” ������Noble Coffee Roasters, Campbell Hall, Apr 1-30 Russel Scheirer nature photography ����������������������������������������Creative Impulse, Liberty, Apr 1-30

Quintet Photographers “Hudson Valley Explored” �� Brotherhood Winery, Washingtonville, Apr 8-May 21

“Spring Ahead” members group show ������������������� Highlands Photographic Guild, April 12-May 4 Craig Wettstein ���������������������������������������������������������������� Caffe ala Mode, Warwick, Apr 13-late Jun Judy Winter ����������������������������������������������������������� Artology Gallery, New Windsor, Apr 27-May 10

ART & Photography receptions

“Primavera ‘14 A Taste of Pine Bush” PBAAC ������������ Catholic War Veterans, Mar 29, 5pm-8pm Orange County Arts Council Members Show ������Jolly Onion Inn, Pine Island, Mar 30, 2pm-5pm Russel Scheirer nature photography ��������������������������� Creative Impulse, Liberty, Apr 4, 6pm-8pm St. James Camera Club “In Focus With Us” � Noble Coffee Roasters, Campbell Hall, Apr 5, 3pm-6pm Roslyn Fassett “African Code: A Secret language” ��������������������������SUNYO-KH Apr 5, 5pm-7pm Gene Bove “Soon’s Orchard”& George Hayes “Schuermann’s Farm”, Mary McLaughlin �������� WRS Apr 5. 5pm-7pm Susan Hope Fogel “Warwick Inspirations” ���������������� Caffe a la Mode, Warwick, Apr 6, 5pm-7pm “Celebrate Art - the 10th annual student art exhibit” & “Systems and Space III” student architecture exhibit SUNYO-OH Apr 8, 2pm-4pm Amanda J. Light Return to Primitive” �������������� Healing Art Studios, Newburgh, Apr 11, 7pm-9pm Sullivan County High School Art Show ����CAS Arts Center, Livingston Manor, Apr 12, 1pm-4pm Joan Polishook “An Artistic Journey” � Gallery at Chant Realtors, Lords Valley, Apr 12, 5pm-7pm “Spring Ahead” ������������������������������������������������� Highlands Photographic Guild, April 12, 6pm-9pm

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Community Art Show ����������������������������������������������������������������������Newburgh Library, Apr 13, 2pm Gayle Clarke Fedigan Spring Inspired” pastels ���������������������������������� MSM-DC Apr 13, 2pm-5pm Craig Wettstein �������������������������������������������������������������Caffe ala Mode, Warwick, Apr 13, 5pm-7pm “Art in the Wild: Naturally Inspired Trailside Creations” Dan Mack, curator ���������������������������� Hudson Highlands Nature Museum, Outdoor Discovery Center, Cornwall, Apr 19, 2pm Jane Dell “Scrambled Realities” mixed media paintings ����������������������������DVAA Apr 25 7pm-9pm Quintet Photographers “Hudson Valley Explored” ���Brotherhood Winery, Washingtonville, Apr 26, 2pm-5pm

Judy Winter ��������������������������������������������������������Artology Gallery, New Windsor, Apr 27, 1pm-5pm Mike Jaroszko “Hoeffner’s Farms” & Mitchell Saler “Pierson’s Farm”, Kristin Roberts ���������� WRS May 3, 5pm-7pmt River Valley Artists Spring Show ��������������� The Barn at Elm Lake, Middletown, May 3, 2pm-7pm Port Jervis HS Art Exhibit ���������������������� UpFront Exhibition Space, Port Jervis, May 3, 6pm-9pm

schools & Conservatories

Delaware Valley HS Photography Exhibit ������ Highlands Photographic Guild, Milford, thru Apr 6 Delaware Valley HS Art Exhibit �������������������������������������������������������������ARTery, Milford, the Apr 6 Newburgh South Middle School Exhibit �������������������Artology Gallery, New Windsor, thru Apr 12 Shawn Dell Joyce’s Pastel Studio Class ����������������������������������������� WRS Student Gallery, Apr 1-30 TBA Student Art Gallery �������������������������������������������������������������Greenwood Lake Library, Apr 1-30 “Celebrate Art - the 10th annual student art exhibit” ���������������������������SUNYO-OH Apr 4-May 5 “Systems and Space III” student architecture exhibit ���������������������������SUNYO-OH Apr 4-May 5 Sullivan County High School Art Show ����������CAS Arts Center, Livingston Manor, Apr 12-May 4 Janet Campbell’s Watercolor Classes ������������������������������������������� WRS Student Gallery, May 1-31 Port Jervis HS Art Exhibit �����������������������������������UpFront Exhibition Space, Port Jervis, May 3-10

clubs

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Newburgh Library Camera Club ������������������������������������ Newburgh Library, 3rd Wednesday, 6pm St. James Camera Club ���������������������������������������������St. James Church, Goshen, 2nd Tuesday, 7pm Chess Club �������������������������������������������������������������������������������� Ellenville Library, Wednesdays, 4pm Chess Club �������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� Cornwall Library, Apr 2, 4;30pm Friday Night Chess �������������������������������������������������������������������� Narrowsburg Library, Fridays, 6pm Knit and Stitch ������������������������������������������������������������������������ Narrowsburg Library, Mondays, 6pm Knitting & Crocheting “Crochety Knitters” ������������������������������Liberty Library, Tuesdays 10:15am Knitting Group ���������������������������������������������� Josephine-Louise Library, Walden, Tuesdays, 6:30pm Knitting & Crocheting “Knitwitz” ��������������������Jeffersonville Library, 1st & 3rd Tuesdays, 6:30pm Knitting “Chain Gang Knitting Club” ������������� Mamakating Town Hall, Wurtsboro, Tuesdays 9pm Knitting Club ������������������������������������ Noble Coffee Roasters, Campbell Hall, Wednesdays, 2:30pm Knitting “Stitch and Bitch” ���������������������������� Palaia Vineyards, Highland Mills, Wednesdays, 7pm Knit/Crochet Club ��������������������������������������������������������������������Wallkill Library, Thursdays, 6:30pm Knimble Knitters ����������������������������������������������������������������������� Ellenville Library, Saturdays, 10am Knitting Club ���������������������������������������������������������������������������� Newburgh Library, Apr 8 & 22, 7pm Knitting Circle ���������������������������������������������������������������������������������������Florida Library, Apr 21, 6pm Laurel & Hardy Sons of the Desert Int’l Org. ����� First Sunday, Ellenville, ray@themtharhills,org The Music Lovers Group classical �����������������3rd Thursdays, 7:30pm Montgomery, 845-457-9867 Electronic Music Meetup w/Neil Alexander �����������������������Newburgh Library, 3rd Thursdays, 7pm Ladies Night Painting Social ��������������������� Wallkill River School, Montgomery, Thursdays 6:30pm Hudson Highlands Photo Workshop �� St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, Chester, 2nd Monday, 7:30pm Calico Geese Quilters Guild �������������� Cornwall Cooperative Extension, Liberty, 2nd Monday, 7pm The Country Scrappers cardmaking, scrapbooking Walker Valley Schoolhouse, Tuesdays, all day Scrabble Mania �����������������������������������������������������������������������������Ellenville Library, Tuesdays, 6pm Trivia Night w/Sam Hill ������������������������������������ Two Alices, Cornwall-on-Hudson, Thursdays, 8pm Trivia Night �����������������������������������������������������������Penning’s Pub & Grill, Warwick, Thursdays, 8pm Woodcarving Guild ������������������������ Museum Village, Monroe, Wednesdays beginning Apr 16, 7pm

children & Teens Calendar

HHNM ����������������������������������Hudson Highlands Nature Museum, Outdoor Discovery Center, Cornwall HHNM-CoH ������������������� Hudson Highlands Nature Museum, Education Center, Cornwall-on-Hudson PEEC ������������������������������������������������������������Pocono Environmental Education Center, Dingmans Ferry

Museums

“Mastodons: Ice Age to Discovery” & Brook trout Exhibit & Meet the Animal of the Week ����� HHNM-CoH Saturdays & Sundays, Noon-4pm Grasshopper Grove Gateway to Nature Play ������������������ HHNM Saturdays & Sundays, 10am-4pm Eco-Zone �������������������� Pocono Environmental Education Center, Dingmans Ferry, Apr 6, 1pm-4pm

music - Theatre - Dance

Simple Gifts folk, ethnic ��������������������������������������������������������������� Bethel Woods, Apr 27, 2pm FREE “Much Ado About Nothing” Hudson Valley Shakespeare Fest Bethel Woods, May 2, 11am FREE Aztec Dance with Ati-Tiachinolli ��������������������������������������������������Bethel Woods, May 4, 2pm FREE

puppets

Magical Forest Puppet Show ��������������������������������������������������������������� Florida Library, Apr 3, 10am

recreation & Lectures

Painting Social for Children, Teens & Adults � Wallkill River School, Montgomery, Saturdays, 3:30pm “Toads” ������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� HHNM Apr 13, 10am “Bunnies” ����������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� HHNM Apr 19, 9:30am & 11am 24th Annual Kite Festival music, food, crafts, kids activities �� SUNY Sullivan, May 3, 10am-4pm “Lovely Ladybugs” �������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������HHNM May 4, 10am “Frogs” w/HHNM �����������������������������������������������������������������Museum Village, Monroe, May 4, 2pm

Meet the audiobook - AWave of the Future?

As this issue goes to print, there remains a forecast of additional cold and precipitation in the form of a dreaded four letter word. It is of course the beginning of April and it must be a foolish prank or some other form of base humor used to cheer the mere mortals with an April Fool’s Day proclamation.

In addition to the jollies and frivolities associated with the first day of April, the 14th through 20th is recognized as National Library Week. And for those who don’t get out much anymore, it will prove informative as well as stimulating to visit the local library. The library environment has changed over the last decade or two and a treasured few will have difficulty recognizing the opportunities and services available at local library sites.

To begin, the library has long shed its shroud. It is no longer the exclusive home for bound books.

Today’s library will have available periodicals, newspapers, manuscripts, films, maps, prints, documents, microfilm, CD’s, cassettes, videotapes, DVD’s, Blu-ray Discs, e-books, audiobooks, databases. In many locations it is the multi-media focal point or nerve center of the community it is designed to serve. “Designed

to serve” is a key to determining the nature of offerings found at local libraries in and around the Hudson Valley, as they generally reflect the media most closely associated with the desires and necessities of their constituents.

It is an appropriate time to examine the emergence of the audiobook, its popularity and its position as a medium. T. M. Luhrmann, professor of anthropology at Stanford stated, “The sale of audiobooks has skyrocketed in recent years.”

He states further that in the year 2012 the sale of hardcover books fell by 1%, while the sale of downloadable audiobooks rose by over 20%.

The data cited reflect not only a change in how the general public “reads” but several interesting questions become the topics of conversations among those who remain concerned about literary trends or trends that demonstrate a change in the manner information is distributed.

For a significant number, the audiobook is the wave of the future. There is discussion and debate concerning the “intellectual level” of the process. Is hearing and understanding the spoken word intellectually inferior to visually reading and understanding a series of written words?

This is not a chicken or the egg debate, for the point is obvious.

In the beginning the spoken word reigned superior. For the greater part of human history the comprehension of aural communications were measured by life and/or death.

The divergent opinions or processes seemed to have been clearly brought to the surface in a letter to the editor of the New York Times from reader James F. McManus III, of Phoenix: “My wife is reading Anna Karenina for her book club and said that it was a good book but that she couldn’t understand why I liked it so much. All I could offer was that I hadn’t read it; I had listened to a glorious performance by the narrator, Davina Porter.

“Perhaps spoken stories, which have been an integral part of our human experience since before the days of Homer and his Odyssey, can tap into ancient human emotions in a way that reading alone never can.”

A number of individuals were asked to comment in general on the place of audiobooks, including Betsy Comizio of the Montgomery Free Library and Ginny Neidermier of the

Josephine-Louise Public Library in Walden.

Others expressed a possible issue with the delivery. How effective is the narrator? Quality oral interpretation of written material is sine qua non. Congruently and to a greater degree, publishers seem to be paying more attention to their production. When Simon and Schuster published Colm Toibin’s Testament of Mary last autumn, the narrator was Meryl Streep.

Put aside the imagined level of highbrowness and consider the process. What does it mean “to read”? Webster lists the etymology of the infinitive as “to inform” or “to advise.” But, what is the point? The issue is sensual stimulation and the result: to see and understand or to hear and understand.

In the end it remains a question of learning styles. With restrained and tempered optimism, it’s refreshing to believe all are students. A number are able to comprehend and demonstrate to a greater degree as the result of reading an assigned text, while others achieve the same level of learning by attending a required lecture. Many do both quite well. And while a number wish to compare, contrast, and inspect the sensual processes rather than results, where does Braille fit into the discussion?

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Was Thornton Wilder a Prophet?

by Derek Leet What makes a masterpiece a masterpiece is that it can be experienced on many levels.

Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony is respected by musicologists, loved by the savvy music-lover and appreciated by the average person. Ditto for art by Rembrandt, DaVinci, Van Gogh, et al. And I say ditto for Thornton Wilder’s Our Town.

One of the few plays from the 1930s that is still in the standard theatre repertoire, it has had also a number of incarnations on Broadway. Many articles have been written about its universality and that people of other cultures relate very strongly to the play. Being set in a specific time and a specific place somehow contributes to its universality, rather than detract. Those very-specifics and the harmony between the form, content and material seem to be what makes Our Town alwayscontemporary.

“Not all that is contemporary is eternal.

All that is eternal, however, is contemporary.”

Yevgeny Vakhtangov, Russian avant-garde artist.

In a recent viewing of the 1940 film, I noticed something else attesting to the play’s universality and contemporary-ness. Though written in 1938, it aligns with 21st century New Age philosophies in three specific ways that were not as widely accepted or proselytized as part of the common awareness in 1938 as they are today. Wilder was

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prophetically ahead of his time in this respect.

1. We are Source Energy, One within the Universe. There is no separation: The reading of an address on a postcard, 2. Living in the Now, be in the Present: Emily’s reliving of her 16th birthday and her passionate request, “Mama, look at me.”

3. There is no such thing as Death, only a change in Energy: Emily’s remark to her neighbor about her husband, “They don’t understand.”

With a score by Aaron Copland and great performances by original Broadway cast members and Oscar nominees Frank Craven and Martha Scott (at left), the film boasts an incredible roster of Hollywood greats, from William Holden (at left) to Fay Bainter, Beulah Bondi. Thomas Mitchell and the hopefully never-to-beforgotten Doro Merande (photo right).

Adapted by Harry Chandlee, Craven and Wilder, and directed

by Sam Wood, producer Sol Lesser worked with Wilder in creating a new ending, which is easily ignored, if you so choose.

The prophetic film and “selected short subjects” are on view April 2 at 2:00pm in Shadowland Theatre, 157 Canal Street, Ellenville.

Call 845-647-5511 for tickets.

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“Cosi Fan Tutte” at SUNY Sullivan

“Remember what it was like to be a teenager in love? How it seemed like it could never possibly end? How you and your ‘steady’were so right together that you couldn’t even imagine being apart?

“Now think back to what it was like when the object of that love, your perfect soulmate, threw you over for someone else. Painful, right? Almost too painful to bear - or at least that’s how it seemed at the time.

“When we get older, it’s easy to look back on our lovesick youth with amusement. We wonder at how losing that long-ago boyfriend or girlfriend could have seemed so important, and how the loss could have been so devastating. But we still remember how it felt, and age and experience tell us that when grown-up relationships break down, the pain can be even worse. Maybe that’s why Mozart’s outwardly comical masterpiece, Cosi Fan Tutte, often leaves audiences feeling more than a little uneasy.

“Over time, the mixed emotions Cosi evokes have led to criticism of the opera. Some say the music and the libretto simply don’t match - that sentiments the libretto states routinely are heard in music so deeply stirring that the words and the score seem at odds with each other. Maybe, though, that emotional disparity is Mozart’s way of making sure this unlikely story hits its mark.

“Deep down, Cosi provides a sharp reminder of how often the true depth of our feelings is sadly contradicted by clumsy statements and predictable

Cosi Fan Tutte...Live at the MET

actions. Mozart’s opera also does something even more profound: It bluntly reminds us that our most cherished relationships can often be fragile and tenuous, and in doing so it shines a harsh light on the barest of our vulnerabilities.” - The James Levine World of Opera.

Cosi Fan Tutte, the last of the three masterful collaborations between Mozart and librettist Lorenzo da Ponte, can be seen in SUNY Sullivan’s Seelig Theatre Live from the MET in HD on April 26 at 1:00pm.

Maestro James Levine returns to the Met podium to conduct the magnificent singing-actors for some of the most beautiful, and dramatic, music ever written (with a trio to die for!)

For information: 845-434-5750, ext. 4377.

Port Jervis HS & UpFront; Sullivan Schools & CAS Collaborate

In our March issue, we featured an article about the importance of art in the schools, and how the arts help children’s growth and development. Last month, the focus was on Delaware Valley High School collaborating with Milford’s The ARTery gallery and the Highlands Photographic Guild for students’ art and photography exhibits.

For April’s issue, we will talk about Port Jervis High School teaming up with UpFront Exhibition Space for their annual student show (May 3-May 10), and Sullivan County schools working with the Work by Port Jervis HS students, 2012 show Catskill Art Society (April 12-May 4). to create their best work. The Port Jervis Council Port Jervis High School & UpFront Gallery for the Arts are very supportive of our program, CANVAS spoke with Port Jervis High School and sponsoring our annual art shows is one of the Art Coordinator Ashley Kaufmann. When asked ways they demonstrate this,” said Ashley. what mediums will be displayed at the exhibit, With all the budget cuts being aimed directly Ashley told us that “multiple mediums will be at the arts curriculums in schools, we wanted to displayed. Paintings and drawings, mixed media know what kind of art programs were offered at pieces, sculptures, stained glass, and photography.” Port Jervis HS. “The high school art department Without the help of local businesses and a is currently down a person from last year. One supportive community, art collaborations between of our veteran teachers retired and she was not schools and galleries would not exist. Last month, replaced. We currently have two teachers at this we established that allowing students the opportunity level of instruction, which diminishes the amount to exhibit in a gallery setting does wonders for their of classes being offered. Fortunately, we still have a confidence and self-esteem. big ceramics program, which a lot of [other] schools “Port Jervis high school has been fortunate have cut because of the expenses that comes with enough to be able to have their annual art show at ceramic arts.

UpFront for quite some time now, and it is always “Of course, being passionate about the arts, we spectacular; there is a lot of excitement from the wish our program was bigger, but Eleanor Horst students, their parents and the community.

(Ashley’s colleague) and I are working on growing “Allowing the students to display their work the program. We would love to see more advanced alongside working artists in a gallery gives them a art classes being offered,” concluded Ashley. sense of accomplishment and motivates the students Port Jervis HS students will provide live

entertainment at the opening reception on May 3, from 6:00pm-9:00pm at UpFront, 31 Jersey Avenue, Port Jervis. Phone: 845-856-2727.

Sullivan County & Catskill Art Society When CANVAS spoke with Bradley Duiguid, executive director of the Catskill Art Society (CAS), we realized that some collaborations are done on a wider scope. “All the Sullivan districts are on board to participate in the show this year: Eldred, Fallsburg, Liberty, Livingston Manor, Monticello, Roscoe, Sullivan West, Tri-Valley; plus students from Sullivan County BOCES. “We’ve been very fortunate to have 100% participation in the last few years, which helps it truly represent the vast hubs of talent across our beautiful county. Being a part of the exhibition unites us all as a unique region and celebrates our cultural heritage through this generation’s artistic talents. By participating, schools not only represent themselves, but Sullivan County as a whole in all its diversity,” stated Bradley.

Whenaskedwhatmediumswouldberepresented, “The show has nearly 300 artworks included in all media categories. The ten categories are: Ceramics/ Glass, Digital Art, Design, Black & White Drawing, Color Drawing, Mixed Media/Printmaking, Painting, Black & White Photography, Color Photography, and Sculpture. However, recent advances in editing software, and the widespread availability of sophisticated digital cameras may be partly responsible for the growth of the Photography & Digital Art categories,” said Bradley.

When we asked Bradley how he felt the arts

“Moon” by Farrah Mills Grade 12, Livingston Manor Central School

helped children develop, “Besides the ability to express themselves in healthy, creative ways and exercise empathy, there are many tangible benefits developed through the arts that we know are important, but are often overlooked. Businesses say that innovation, creative problem-solving, and critical thinking are the most important traits they seek in new employees, and these are exactly what student artists develop as they discover ways to communicate and produce work that is unique to the context they choose to grapple with,” concluded Bradley.

The opening reception will be held on April 12 from 1:00pm - 4:00pm.

Now, dear readers, we urge you to take your family and friends to these exhibits and view the art created by our local students. And please, be sure to take the time out and encourage a student - or three - that they should stay on their path of creativity and continue to express themselves through their art!

CAS Arts Center, 48 Main Street, Livingston Manor. Phone: 845-436-4227.

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The Unsinkable Hudson Opera Theatre

Jina Choi

Donna Grey Kushner

Ron De Fesi

“Believe it or not! Our computers were struck by lightning (surge protectors not withstanding), and our website has have to be rebuilt from scratch. Thank you in advance for your patience and understanding. We are doing our best to get it up and running again as quickly as possible.”

That message can be read on Hudson Opera Theatre’s (HOT) website. Its rise from those ashes-from-the-crashes is indicative of HOT Director Ron de Fesi’s gumption, spunk. and his spirited initiative and resourcefulness, evident also in his inspired programming.

“In 2012 we commemorated the 100th anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic by presenting a special concert of music as it would have been heard in its salons and dining rooms on its last night afloat,” writes de Fesi. “On the heels of that delightful concert, and spurred on by its success, we present a second installment.

“The program for this concert has everything from Bach to Joplin, maybe some Offenbach and Irving Berlin, Ponchielli, Danny Boy and other Irish and pop songs, J. Strauss, Grenada, Dvorak and a couple of Puccini arias, stuff like that. For sure there will be a merry measure of dance music (dancing in the aisles is encouraged), perhaps some classical favorites that include a chance for would-be conductors to try their hand at leading the ensemble, and lyrical standards (hummers will be tolerated). In short, a fun evening of music to be experienced and

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Piotr Kargul

Rich Simons

enjoyed. And, of course, a deliciously titanic gustatory treat to round out the evening!”

De Fesi’s opera performances and concerts are known for superb musicians culled from Hudson Valley instrumentalists, and this concert will be no different. In this “exciting and toe-tappingly delicious concert,” Maestro De Fesi recreates the original arrangements so that you can glimpse, for a moment, the grandeur, the fun and the excitement that held sway aboard the great liner.

Those now-legendary musicians may be gone from this world, but the echo of their music lives on in De Fesi’s Les Six: Jina Choi and Donna Gray Kushner, violins; Piotr Kargul, viola; Jeanne Fox, cello, Rich Simons (yes, Simons is also a conductor, but in De Fesi’s Les Six he plays the double bass), and his esteemed self on piano and on baton - whoops, with baton. (Fox had an exquisite, lengthy solo in HOT’s production of Faust in 2013.)

There is are matinées on April 27 at 3:00pm at the United Presbyterian Church, 25 Orchard Street in Middletown, and on May 4 at 3:00pm at the First Presbyterian Church, 142 Stage Road, Monroe.

And you won’t have to be Dressed In Your Pyjamas in the Grand Salon (song title from the Broadway production of Titanic) for the fabulous Titanic-inspired receptions that follow the concerts!

Tickets will be sold at the door but you can reserve yours by calling 845-661-0544.

For further information, visit HOT’s refurbished website: www.hotopera.com

April 2014

Free Concert in Salisbury Mills: Fred Gillen Jr.

Since his first The new record dips solo concert in a big, colorful bucket 1996, Fred Gillen, into the wellspring Jr. has traveled all of American music, over the U.S. and touching on folk, Europe singing his Americana, rock, songs of hope and roots, and funk. This struggle at all types Old Car, a song of venues, (pubs, off the album, was farmer’s markets, featured on the NPR coffeehouses, syndicated show union rallies) “Car Talk.”

Fred Gillen, Jr. building a devoted The Seven photo by Walter Romero following. Gillen’s Freedoms Music work has received its share of critical record label was founded in 2004 and has acclaim and commercial exposure. He has been providing quality CD recordings to the had his songs featured on All My Children public ever since. Seven Freedoms offers live and NYC Soundtracks, and he was awarded sound and event recording services, as well a NYFA grant to help cover expenses for his as a ‘brick and mortar’ Music Center (with a first European tour. mix of new/used and collectable vinyl!)

Gillen is a songwriter, recording artist, and They also feature Live at Seven Freedoms producer. He has released eight independent which are monthly in-store musical studio solo albums, one live album, two performances by local indie artists. Open albums with Hope Machine, and one as half to all ages and FREE for the Hudson Valley of the duo Gillen & Turk. His music has also community! been played on independent, commercial, See Fred Gillen, Jr. perform at Seven public, and college radio all over the world. Freedoms Music Center, 2136 Route 94, Gillen’s latest album, Silence Of The Night Salisbury Mills, on April 19, at 2:00pm brings him “back to my rock roots, while for Seven Freedoms’ Record Store Day also retaining a folky message and delivery. Celebration.

Sixteen tracks long, it features my first For further information, see ad on page spoken-word piece on record in ten years 29, visit www.SevenFreedoms.com, or call and my first instrumental in sixteen years.” the Music Center at 845-497-7005.

Spotlight On: Sugar Loaf Guild

“Spring Inspired”

Katwalk Konsignment on Kings

Kate: “My shop has a lot of one This month, for our Spotlight of a kind designed items. I have a On: Sugar Loaf Guild column, sewing studio within the shop, so we spoke with Kate Rienecker, I carry a lot of upcycled clothing, designer and owner of Katwalk and on top of designing / upcyling Clothing. clothing, I do alterations, too. I will CANVAS: Tell us a little about also be offering sewing classes in yourself.

April.

Kate: “I am originally from CANVAS: How would you Massachusetts. My husband of explain “upcycled” clothing? eight years and our three sons Kate: It’s taking recycled or moved to Goshen three years ago. I went to school for Fashion Design A smiling Kate Rienecker used clothing, or any kind of thrift with a minor in Art at Framingham inside Katwalk Clothing item and adding extra material/ State College in Massachusetts. My husband got embroidery or designs to it...appliqués or transferred to northern New Jersey for work and patches...re-creating an old piece into a new piece. my parents are in Chester so it made sense to For instance, I sewed a ruffle onto the bottom of a shirt, and voila! it is now a dress.” move here.”

CANVAS: Any particular items of interest that CANVAS: What led you to opening the you would like readers to know about? shop?

Kate: My very own designed creations. I Kate: “I have always been into sewing and fashion. I worked in corporate fashion before I have upcycled denim with interesting patches moved here. I also love thrift shopping. I kept and lace...a lot of unique items. I also have quite finding great clothing in different shops that a large collection of vintage items - hats, gloves, did not fit me, but I wanted to share them with tons of dresses that are from the 1950s to 70s.

CANVAS: Prices range from...? other people. I decided to open the store so that Kate: All in all, prices range from $5 to $50.

I could share my fantastic finds with everyone!

Looking for one of a kind finds? Get on down We opened in October, 2013. I also create one of to Katwalk Clothing, 1371 Kings Highway, a kind items that are for sale in my shop, too.”

CANVAS: What would you say makes your Romer’s Alley, Building 1, Sugar Loaf.

Visit Kate’s Katwalk Clothing Facebook page shop different or unique from other consignment at: www.facebook.com/KatwalkclothingNY shops?

Gayle Clark Fedigan’s paintings hang in collections throughout the United States and abroad. She teaches pastel painting at Mount St. Mary College in Newburgh, Ireland and Italy.

An exhibit of Gayle’s work that will include pastel paintings of florals, landscapes, stilllifes and Ireland will be on display in a show titled Spring Inspired from April 13-May 5 at the Desmond Campus of Mount. St. Mary College, 6 Albany Road, Newburgh.

An opening reception will be held on April 13 from 2:00pm-5:00pm. You can visit www. gaylefedigan.com and you can call 845-5652076 to schedule a viewing.

(Don’t miss Gayle’s other exhibit at RiverWinds Gallery in Beacon, thru April 6.)

Comedy & Magic

If ever there was a comedian/magician to be seen, it is Kevin Lee. Kevin’s unique combination of comedy, magic and juggling leaves audiences both in awe and in stitches.

He has appeared on Showtime at the Apollo, HBO’s Def Comedy Jam, and Jamie Foxx’s Uptown Comedy Club, to name a few. Lee has also been seen on five seasons of BET’s Comic View.

Kevin’s stage career began at The Comedy Cafe in Washington, DC where he placed first in the very first comedy competition he ever entered. After a quick stint as a street entertainer in DC, Lee moved to Venice Beach, California, a/k/a the Mecca of street performers. It was there that Kevin honed his craft, building his repertoire of comedy, magic and juggling to audiences of all ages and walks of life.

He performed for the troops in Saudi Arabia during Desert Storm and continues to entertain military bases around the world including Korea, Germany, Italy and Japan.

Lee is a high-energy, one-of-a-kind performer and has brought audiences to their feet worldwide.

See him perform at Jester’s Comedy Club, 109 Brookside Avenue, Chester, on April 5 at 8:00pm where he will perform his juggling, fire and sword-swallowing comedy.

For tickets: 845-345-1039.

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Community Building Through the Arts with Susan Handler

Hudson Highlands Nature Museum Celebrates Earth Day, 2014!

On April 22, the international movement known as Earth Day is celebrating its’ 44th year. It’s hard to believe that less than half a century ago there was no EPA, no Clean Air Act, and no legal Susan Handler or regulatory mechanisms to protect our environment.

Today the movement to protect the environment has evolved into educating the public on the environmental dangers that are affecting every person, animal, community, and nation on this planet. These life-changing issues are addressed in the media, schools, governments, and businesses.

It’s like the bully in the classroom. Science is paying an enormous amount of attention to the problems, as it should. However, for a new generation of children who understand the dangers surrounding them, nature’s environment is more an abstraction than a reality. Never in history have humans spent so little time in physical contact with animals and plants.

Remember when we were children? We spent most of our playing time outdoors, building forts in the woods, exploring every nook and cranny of our yards, and participating in activities that centered in child-organized outdoor fun. Well, the statistics are in: the children of today are being described as having nature-deficit disorder. The average American child spends 44 hours per week (more

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than 6 hours a day!)

Education Center in staring at some kind Cornwall-on-Hudson of electronic screen. understands that nature After reading fifteen offers children an research studies on the opportunity to think, affects of this shift from dream, touch, and play outdoor to indoor play, out fantasies about how it is understandable he or she imagines the why children are out world. They provide of shape, tuned out and nature opportunities for stressed out. They’re missing families to learn together and from the children. something essential to their Recently, HHNM worked health and development: with a team of artists, connection to the natural parents, teachers, community world. members, and board members In our own Hudson to build a new nature play Valley backyard, there is an area at the Outdoor Discovery organization whose mission is to focus on creating “Egg Laying Insect” by Najim Chechen Center called Grasshopper Grove. Local artist, responsible caretakers Dan Mack, built the of the environment bridges, gazebo, and through its special focus on environmental rustic entry gate that welcome the children education.

The andtheirparentsintothe Hudson Highlands half-acre playground.

Nature Museum’s Surrounding the play (HHNM) Outdoor area are 6 miles of Discovery Center in Cornwall and the Nature Museums Wildlife easy (and handicapped accessible) to moderate

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trails on HHNM’s 177 acres off of Route 9W, with easy access from Angola Road. These include four designated Discovery Quest Trails, each of which focuses on a different ecological niche: Pond Quest Trail, Field Quest Trail, Woodland Quest Trail, and Highlands Quest Trail. The trails link with Blackrock Forest’s extensive hiking trails.

In honor of the 2014 Earth Day celebration, HHNM will be hosting the exhibit Art in the Wild, Naturally Inspired Trailside Creations. Eleven artists are installing playful installations and sculptures along HHNM’s Pond Trail. Curator Dan Mack shared that “showing art in such an environment returns the art-making process to where it began: nature. Humans recognize, respond and respect the awesome forces of nature.” The exhibiting artists are Tim Gallagher from Greenwood Lake, Philip Monteleoni from Olivebridge, Najim Chechen from Otisville, Amy Lewis from Cornwall, Julius Medwin from Warwick, Cary Baker from Newburgh, Friends of Dirt from Pine Island, Hildreth Potts from Garrison, T. Charnan Lewis and Jean-Marc Superville-Sovak from Beacon, and Jim Caufield of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.

Art In The Wild opens April 26 and runs through mid-August. The Earth Day Celebration is on April 26 from 10:00am-3:00pm. Rain date: April 27.

(HHNM’s Hike-a-Thon begins at 9:00am).

For information call HHNM at 845-534-5506.

The 2014 Orange County Dance Celebration

The Orange County Arts Council (OCAC) will hold its 3rd Orange County Dance Celebration on April 27 to coincide with National Dance Week.

The Dance Celebration gives dancers an opportunity to perform that will increase visibility to the general public and provide an opportunity for self-expression.

All pieces presented are choreographed and performed by artists living or working in Orange County. By bringing together dancers from all areas New York Dance Center, left to right: Sarah Madnick, Melissa Clayton, Camryn Pokorny, Sarah of the County, to dance to these Kunis, Jackie Episcopio, Alyssa Balarezo, Alexis Hasbrouck, Darien Pitt, and Kyra Goldfarb. year and has attracted a wide array of diverse professional choreographers’ Participants that will be performing include: Kerry Dance NY, Warwick; imaginative work, they will demonstrate forms of dance. Each year I am more and Mas Salsa Que Tu Dance Company, Goshen; the beauty and artistic merits of dance and more amazed at the talent Orange County M’Lanie Hunter Dance, Chester; encourage the community to see local dance holds.”

Northeast Dance Movement, Florida; The OCAC invites all supporters and as a true art form.

Valley Contemporary Dance Company, Walden; Volute Dance, Campbell Hall; Highlights of this year’s performance will dance appreciators to attend this event, High Definition Dance, New Windsor; include Step it Up Dance Production’s celebrate dance as an art form and raise Marya Kennett Dance Center, Goshen; performance of Intention which will also public awareness of the artistic beauty, local Step It Up Dance Productions, Cornwall-on-Hudson; be performed in Edinburgh, Scotland at availability and fundamental benefits of American Youth Ballet, Salisbury Mills; Joanne’s Dance Studio, Blooming Grove & Warwick; the Fringe Festival in August of 2014. dance!

Full Circle Studio, Westtown; The performance will be held at the Volute Dance will be premiering works, Orange County School of Dance, Monroe & Highland Mills Back to Black and All of Me at this year’s Paramount Theatre, 17 South Street in Black Dirt Dance, Pine Island; Middletown on April 27 at 3:00pm. performance.

Orange County Ballet Theatre, Newburgh; For tickets, call 845-346-4195. For The Dance Center, Port Jervis OCAC arts administrator Jen D’Andrea New York Dance Center, Goshen. believes, “The performance has grown each information, visit www.ocartscouncil.org

Winter at Artology

“Bannerman’s Castle” by J. Winter

“My passion is photography. I’ve been taking pictures since I was 17, giving me many years of practice. I’ve always paid attention to all that is around me: cloud formations, breathtaking sunsets, bugs, bees, flowers...and I am drawn to water. In whatever way it presents itself. All of my friends know full well that when I am driving, I will stop on a dime to capture a photo.

“Now at 60, I believe I am ready for this next phase in photography. I’ve been told by friends and family, even strangers, that I should start selling my work. A few years ago, a dear friend and accomplished photographer himself, said the same thing to me. So, I took his word and went forward,” says Poughkeepsie photographer Judy Winter.

Winter’s work be on display at Artology Gallery, 318 Blooming Grove Turnpike, New Windsor, from April 27 - May 10.

Come and meet Judy on April 27 from 1:00pm-4:00pm at the opening reception.

For more information: 845-391-8686.

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“You Can’t Wait For Inspiration, You Have to Go After It With A Club” CAMERA CLUB

The St. James Camera Club was started in 1996 by a member of the St. James Church Congregation who also taught Photography at SUNY Orange. “The club has relaxed meetings where guest lecturers enthrall and teach many aspects of photography,” writes Events Coordinator Kathleen C. Downey. “Members encompass the Beginner to the Professional.

“The club has outings every weekend, sometimes for both Saturday and Sunday, which allows the members to choose what will interest them on any particular day. Also scheduled are late afternoon and evening shoots along with early morning shoots to capture the light at its finest.

“Our outings sometimes include an extremely talented professional photographer who offers suggestions on how to shoot at the chosen venue.

We shoot locally and in various surrounding counties.

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level they are shooting. Our club is a great place to meet new people and to learn much about the craft we love.

“The Club meets every second Tuesday of the month at 7:00pm in St. James’ Church, St. James Place and Church Street, Goshen.”

In Focus With Us is the title of the Club’s exhibit at Noble Coffee Roasters, 3020 Route 207, Campbell Hall from April 1-30. “View our work and relax in a very comfortable atmosphere while drinking in the art and talent of our group, as well as an amazing cup of coffee from Noble Roasters. Our reception is on April 5, 3:00pm6:00pm. (Photo: “Balloons” by Kathleen Downey.)

“Join us! You won’t be sorry you did!,” concluded Kathleen.

For information call 845-346-6616.

“These funds were raised at a very successful Hudson Division Awards Banquet in Newburgh, attended by hams and friends from New York City, Long Island, Northern New Jersey, Hudson Valley and Albany/Schenectady, last November.” said Gordon Shacklett, OCARC member.

Join them at the Annual Hamfest, April 27 from 8:00am-2:00pm at the Town of Wallkill Community Center, 2 Wes Warren Road, Middletown. You won’t be sorry you did!

For information visit www.ocarc-ny.org or leave a message at 845-391-3620.

WOODCARVERS GUILD

RADIO CLUB

The Orange County Amateur Radio Club (OCARC) presented a check for $4,800 to the American Radio Relay League Spectrum Defense Fund on February 11.

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The purpose of the Woodcarver’s Guild is to encourage and advance the interest, knowledge, and performance of woodcarving and its closely allied forms of artistic expression with wood. It is the Guild’s purpose to serve the beginner as well as the advanced woodcarver. The Guild gives people the opportunity to meet other carvers and mutually share knowledge and experience.

The Guild holds regular monthly meetings on Wednesdays at Museum Village in Monroe.

While the formal meeting starts at 7:30pm, informal gathering usually begins about 7:00pm, with light refreshments. The meeting normally consists of a short business agenda, a display of members carving efforts (in progress or finished), and a program on some aspect of woodcarving or related subject. Most importantly, members get to meet socially with other carvers to discuss their mutual interests.

The Wednesday evenings between the monthly business meetings are utilized for workshop sessions. These are attended by members who enjoy carving in a group where they can socialize as they work, exchanging carving tips and experiences. This is particularly helpful for beginners and intermediates who are learning to carve or who wish to try a technique that they have not previously conquered. Advanced carvers work with these individuals by request.

Workshop sessions are normally very informal; the doors are usually open by 7:00pm and they last until about 9:00pm.

Museum Village’s spring opening will be on April 12 and that will lead into the opening of the Woodcarvers House right along with it. The first Wednesday evening Woodcarvers business meeting will take place on April 16 at 7:00pm.

See the Woodcarvers’ house on the Museum’s homepage. www.museumvillage.org Join them. You won’t be sorry you did.

Howland Cultural Center’s “Calling All Poets” Series

by Robert Milby Howland Cultural Center, (HCC) at 477 Main Street in Beacon, has an intriguing history. While not the oldest building in Beacon, it is certainly one of the most original structures. It served as Beacon’s original library from the 1870’s until the 1970’s, and remains well known in the region as a home for various art shows, chamber music, folk, jazz, gospel, rock, open mics, plays, clubs, political and social organizations.

Retired Civil War General, Joseph Howland, hired his brother-in-law, architect Richard Morris Hunt to construct the grand building which opened as a subscription library in 1872, and remained so, until 1929, when Howland Library became Beacon’s free public library. The construction of the building, according to the 2009 HCC catalogue, is based on a Norwegian architectural style, featuring a 6-gabled roof, covered in Delaware slate shingles. Its height is 33 feet, 9 inches from the floor to dome, supported by hand-wrought Georgia pine columns. HCC’s interior is breathtaking, much of which has been preserved.

The building was originally lit by natural light and gas lighting, which includes the chandelier in the entrance foyer. That chandelier was rewired when electricity replaced gaslights in the early 20th century.

HCC features two grand staircases, one

of which ascends to offices which were once a librarian’s apartment decades ago.

The other to a second floor balcony, still housing many antique volumes left when the library moved to a larger space on Main Street in the mid1970s.

HCC is now Geothermally heated and cooled. Its floors are composed of English cane felt, covering Hemlock pine boards, to prevent dampness or sound. The third layer/top floor is strips of Georgia pine, allowing the main room to be ideal for public speaking, chamber music, and poetry readings.

Our Hudson Valley folk hero Pete Seeger played many times over the years at HCC. He was a sponsor and great friend to the center, as Beacon was his home. What is not widely known is that HCC has had a successful poetry reading series, Calling All Poets, or CAPs as it is commonly called amongst the poets, every first Friday at 8:00pm since March, 1999. Area poets celebrated the 15th anniversary on March 7 with a full house.

CAPs is not only one of the most dynamic and exciting of poetry series in the Mid to Lower Hudson Valley, but also one of the

most popular and longlived. Beacon poet, Jim Eve, created the first Friday poetry series to be a home for the novice to professional and academic poets in early 1999. There is a $5 donation requested, by which the two featured poets are paid and refreshments are purchased. After introductions and the featured poets have read for 30 minutes each, there is a break and then the open mic, where audience members can sign up and share poems. The open mic session is limited to two poems per person.

This writer attended the first event in 1999 and regularly participates each month as a third host, reader and supporter. In the early 2000’s, area poet Mike Jurkovic, host of the now defunct Voices of the Valley poetry series, began assisting as 2nd host and recording most of the featured poets. Host Eve often states his pride “watching younger poets grow up” at his series.

Each year on the first Saturday in August is the annual CAPs Marathon: 12 hours of featured poets and open mics throughout the day and night! Since 2009, this special event has also achieved immense popularity, as poets from all over the region gather for half

a day of poetry. Local notable poets such as Janet Hamill, Bill Seaton, Donald Lev, Glenn Werner, Christopher Wheeling, Marina Mati, Ken Holland, retired English Professor Barbara Adams, Irene O’Garden, Mt. Saint Mary College’s English Professor, Jim Cotter, Beacon’s first Poet Laureate Larry Sansone, and dozens of some of the finest area poets have read at Howland’s CAPs. Beacon area poet Roger Aplon is now publishing an anthology of CAPs poets called Waymark, and SKYPE is being used to stream poets from outside of the region, to share their works on the longstanding first Fridays Poetry Nights at HCC. The next CAPs reading is on April 4 at 8:00pm. Featured poets are Janet Hamill and Rebecca Schumejda with streaming guest Shotsie Gorman (see photos) plus the two poem open mic. $5 suggested donation.

Visit www.callingallpoets.net and www. howlandculturalcenter.org for information or call 845-831-4988 or Jim at 845-831-0077.

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Celebrating National Poetry Month with an Exhibit, Jazz, and “Plein Air”

SUNYO Poetry Exhibit in Newburgh An exhibit of poems by Joel Solonche and Joan Siegel titled, Celebrate Poetry, are on view at SUNY Orange, Kaplan Hall, Joel & Joan Newburgh from April 3 through May 15.

Professor Emeritus Siegel recently retired from full-time teaching after serving in SUNY Orange’s English and Foreign Languages Department for more than 25 years. Solonche was recently granted Professor Emeritus status for his 21 years of dedicated service to the college and students.

SUNYO Poetry Reading in Middletown Inaugural Poet Richard Blanco will read his poem One Today which he read at the second Inauguration of Barack Obama in 2013, along with original works on April 21 at 7:00pm in the SUNY Orange Gilman Center Library. (See ad page 31 for his master class information.)

Youth Poetry in Cornwall Hear the creative works of young poets ages 5-18 at the 10th Anniversary Timothy Mumford Memorial Poetry Competition Awards Ceremony where prizes will be awarded in each of 5 age categories as well as for best overall poem. Want someone you know to participate? Entries must be turned in or emailed no later than April 6 at 4:00pm.

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refreshments will be served.

Call Beth Texter at 845-534-8282, ext. 212.

Adult & Teen Poetry in South Fallsburg In celebration of National Poetry Month, Fallsburg Library has adult and teen events.

Bring your own works to read or some of your favorite poems, or just come to listen at the Teen & Adult Open Mic on April 11, 7:00pm-9:00pm.

This event will NOT be censored.

For an Adult Open Book Discussion Group, bring any collection of poetry, whether it be by one poet, or a collection of poetry. Not sure what to pick? Come into the library and browse the collection prior to the April 17, 7:00pm adult program.

Local Poet and Library Director, David J. Phillips IV will be reading and discussing selections of his poetry on April 30 at 7:00pm.

Free admission, registration required. Fallsburg Library, 12 Railroad Plaza, South Fallsburg.

For information: 845-436-6067.

Poetry and Jazz Improv in Sugar Loaf The Seligmann Center at the Orange County Citizens Foundation (OCCF) and The Hudson Valley Jazz Festival have announced The Hudson Valley Jazz and Art Collaborative, a new monthly series at the Seligmann Center blending modern and traditional jazz in improvisation with other genres. It gives musicians, artists and the public a chance to create and enjoy those unexpected moments created in improvisation.

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the musical and cross-disciplinary talents as jazz mixes with theatrical improv, dance, classical music, visual art, dance and spoken word. Each event is an experiment and challenge in creativity. There will be opportunities for all attending to participate.

It starts April 13 at 3:00pm, featuring spoken word and jazz improv with Michael Sean Collins (see photo) and the Hudson Valley Musicians Ensemble.

Collins is an actor, poet, performance artist, magician and photographer. His work can be found in many magazines and anthologies. He has appeared on stage, television, film and performed in night clubs, circuses, theaters, parks, and experimental theater venues across the U.S. and Canada.

Seligmann Center, 23 White Oak Drive, Sugar Loaf. For tickets, call the OCCF: 845-469-9459.

Poetry and Jazz Piano in Rock Tavern The Unitarian Universalist Congregation at Rock Tavern presents the Hudson River Poets featuring Keyboardist Neil Alexander in Spring Awakenings, a program that brings improvisational piano and poetry together to celebrate the arrival of spring. The performance is at 1:00pm on April 13, at 9 Vance Lane, Rock Tavern.

For information: 845-527-9816 US Poet Laureate in Mountainville “Natasha Trethewey (see photo) is our current US poet laureate. I heard her at the Geraldine Dodge Poetry Festival. She was marvelous,” said Highland

Falls poet Lynn Hoins.

Trethewey reads her poetry at Storm King Arts Center in Mountainville, April 12 at 2:00pm.

FREE Plein Air Poetry in Sugar Loaf Lynn Hoins is offering a workshop titled, At Play in the Fields of Poetry - An Introduction to Portrait and Landscape Poems.

“I wanted to use the way artists go about making their paintings in much the same way a poet goes about making a poem. A poet and an artist both have to frame what they are doing and choose the right colors (words). There’s a common thing that happens in all creativity that we can teach each other about making art by understanding each other’s process.

“We’ll be looking at poems in terms of color, texture, tone, detail and point of view, and focusing and framing to make “landscape” and “portrait” poems more “painterly”.

The April 5, 1:00pm program at the Northeast Poetry Center’s College of Poetry at the Seligmann Center for the Arts in Sugar Loaf is free and open to all. No preregistration is required.

“Come prepared to play with a painters palette using words. Smocks unnecessary.”

After the workshop, Poetry on the Loose will present a free-admission reading by Francine d’Alessandro at 3:30pm in the same space.

Air Pirates Go Global!

The Air Pirates Radio Theater is best he solves crimes from his unique perspective described as a combination of live experimental on the world. Fashioned after the hard-boiled theater and old time radio. detectives of the 1940s, “Herb Past performances have been Marks continually saves his broadcast live on local radio own skin by solving crimes stations. in which he had no intention This season, the Air Pirates of being involved. Herb’s are moving from radio to live sarcastic manner and irreverent video streaming. Each episode demeanor make him a will be captured on video and character to be reckoned with. streamed live in real time via As always the audience will U-Stream to Facebook and the supply all of the sound effects Air Pirate’s own website. This for the shows and the Air will enable the shows to reach Pirates will continue to include a much larger audience. our famous real commercials Taking the next step to in the performances.” webcasting makes an Air Voted Best Theater Troupe Pirate show a live history Emma Delia joins the Air Pirates in the Hudson Valley of performance and cast on April 8 in “Herb Marks: by the Times Herald Every Price Has It’s Man.” broadcasting. The audience Record Readers’ Poll an can see the way radio was performed while unprecedented six years in a row, the 2014 participating in a theatrical experiment that is series opens with Every Price Has Its Man in being recorded on video and broadcast over which Herb gets an offer that drags him into the Internet. the underground world of espionage. Mistaken “All of these Webcasts are syndicated through for the gunman, Herb not only saves the day other outlets,” explained creator-director Paul but saves his skin in the process.

Ellis. “All episodes will be archived on the Air See Orange County’s only repertory Pirate website and will be able to be viewed at company, and participate in the sound effects, a later date as well. The opportunities with new at their new location, Brothers BBQ in New technologies are endless and may actually be Windsor, 2402 NY Route 32 on April 12 at considered time travel,” Ellis added.

8:00pm. Brothers BBQ: 845-534-4227.

This season the company continues the For information and tickets visit www. adventures of a four-foot six-inch detective as airpirateradio.com or call 845-469-7563.

May I Have A Word With You ~ “Language and its Oddities” with Carol Pozefsky

At one time or another haven’t we all misspoken, wishing we could press the delete button and make our mistakes disappear?

We’re not alone:

Huh? Singer Christina Aguilera: “So where’s the Cannes Film Festival being held this year?”

Actress Brooke Shields, being interviewed for an anti-smoking campaign: “Smoking kills.

If you’re killed, you’ve lost a very important part of your life.”

Former Vice President Dan Quayle: “If we don’t succeed, we run the risk of failure.”

Singer Britney Spears: “I get to go to lots of overseas places, like Canada.”

Just For Fun Are you an agelast? (pronounced aj-uh-last) We hope not. An agelast is someone who never laughs.

Are you a steapygian? That’s someone with a big backside.

Sometimes I’m a neologist; One who makes up new words.

There’s even a word for the stretching that accompanies yawning. The word is pandiculation.

Palindromes We’re all familiar with “Madam I’m Adam” but enjoy a few of these lesser known palindromes: “Devil Never Even Lived.”

“Evil I did dwell, Lewd did I live” “Ma is as selfless as I am” “Was it a car or a cat I saw?”

“Drab as a fool, aloof as a bard.”

“Dennis and Edna sinned” Did I Hear What I Think I Heard?

Songwriter wrote: The answer my friend is blowin’ in the wind. Listeners heard: The ants are my friends...they’re blowin’ in the wind.

Songwriter wrote: The girl with kaleidoscope eyes. Listeners heard: The girl with colitis goes by.

Songwriter wrote: There’s a bad moon on the rise. Listeners heard: There’s a bathroom on the right.

Let’s Play Scramble Scramble the letters in the word DIPLOMACY and you get MAD POLICY. Scramble the letters in ASTRONOMERS and, voila! MOON STARERS. Mix up ENGLAND’S QUEEN VICTORIA and you’ve created GOVERNS A NICE QUIET LAND. Be playful and inventive with language!

It’s fun!

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Whispering Pines

Springtime Asparagus

The earliest records of asparagus cultivation are traced back to Greece some 2,500 years ago. The Greeks believed that asparagus possessed medicinal properties and recommended it as a cure for toothaches. It was prized by the Romans who grew it in courtyards. Asparagus has been grown in England since the sixteenth century and during the nineteenth century it caught on in North America and China.

When shopping for fresh asparagus, look for crisp, straight, bright green stalks with compact tips usually purple in color. One pound of fresh asparagus will feed about 3-4 people as a side dish.

Store fresh asparagus by wrapping the bottom of the stalks in a damp paper towel, covering them with a plastic bag and refrigerate. Use within 2 days. Prepare fresh asparagus by first breaking off the heavy end of each spear where it snaps easily then cut off and use in your favorite recipe.

Enjoy!

Asparagus Omelet 1/2 lb asparagus, trimmed 2 tablespoons butter 1 clove garlic, minced 1/2 lb mushrooms, sliced 3/4 t 4 eggs, lightly beaten 2 tablespoons milk Salt to taste

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with Chef Douglas Frey

3/4 teaspoon minced fresh dill Freshly ground black pepper Cut asparagus in 1 inch pieces; cook in boiling salted water until tender, about 2 to 4 minutes.

Drain thoroughly.

Melt 1 tablespoon butter in an eight inch skillet.

Sauté garlic and mushrooms until done, and moisture has evaporated.

Remove from pan; keep warm.

In a small bowl, combine eggs, milk, salt, basil and pepper.

Melt remaining butter in skillet until foamy, swirling it around pan to coat evenly. When hot enough, pour in egg mixture.

Tip pan so eggs coat skillet evenly.

As eggs cook, periodically lift up cooked edges, tilt pan and let uncooked egg run underneath.

Serves 2.

Scallop, Asparagus & Mushroom Stir-Fry 1 lb fresh asparagus 1 cup chicken broth 1 tablespoon cornstarch 1 teaspoon soy sauce 1 tablespoon sesame oil 1 teaspoon hot sesame oil (optional) 1 pound sea scallops 1/4 pound crimini mushrooms, sliced 1 garlic clove, sliced

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1 cup cherry tomatoes, halved 2- 3 scallions, sliced on the diagonal Break ends off asparagus spears. The asparagus will assist the cook by snapping off where they are inedible. Throw away inedible pieces.

Peel the spears halfway up to the tips. Only the lower part of the asparagus needs peeling.

Cut diagonally into 2-inch pieces.

Steam asparagus about 3 to 5 minutes. (Do not allow the asparagus to get too soft).

Rinse under cold water to stop the cooking and set aside. Whisk together chicken broth, cornstarch and soy sauce. Set aside.

Heat pan until very hot and pour in oil. Quickly stir in scallions, scallops and mushrooms.

Stir-fry until scallops are just cooked through, about 4 minutes.

Stir in cornstarch mixture. Continuing to stir, cook until sauce thickens.

Stir in asparagus and tomatoes. Cook for two minutes, just enough to heat asparagus through.

Serves 4.

For all your culinary questions, catering needs or personal chef services, I may be reached at Whispering Pines Caterers, 845-647-1428 or by email: whisperingpinescaterers@gmail.com.

“The Fellas”

The Fellas perform classic soul inspired by such acts as The Temptations, The O’Jays, The Manhattans, The Spinners, Rachelle Farrell, Marvin Gaye, Will Downing and Phil Perry, to name a few. But more than an “oldies” group, The Fellas are also armed with original material catered to the adult audience.

Formed in the summer of 1991, The Fellas have a style much like The Temptations - step out front and sing lead without compromising the harmony, and incorporate smooth choreography.

They Members include founders Ricardo Wright and Joe Rivera III along with JoQuae DeVonish, and newest member Roman Barksdale.

Safe Harbors of the Hudson will present The Fellas in the Lobby at the Ritz Theater on April 12 at 8:00pm.

The Ritz Theater is located at 107 Broadway, Newburgh.

For information, call 784-1199.

Masterworks Return to South Fallsburg

Chamber Music at St. Andrew’s, for Strings was completed just two now in its 13th year, is presenting months before his death. Schubert Sublime Spring Music for Clarinet selected the key of C major and may and Strings with music by Mozart, have been gesturing to two composers Schubert and Béla Kovács for the first he greatly admired, Mozart and of its 2014 free concert series.

Beethoven, both of whom wrote string Béla Kovács (b. 1937) is a quintets in that key. According to composer, performer, and professor of Charles Rosen, the opening theme of Béla Kovács music in Hungary. Since Schubert’s work emulates 1956 until recently he was many characteristics of the principal clarinetist with Mozart quintet’s opening the Hungarian State Opera theme, such as decorative Orchestra and the Budapest turns, irregular phrase Philharmonic Orchestra. lengths, and rising staccato His Hommage à J. S. Bach arpeggios. for Solo Clarinet will be But whereas the string Claire Chan quintets of Mozart and performed by Steven D. Steven Hartman Hartman, Principal Clarinet of the Beethoven are composed for a string New York City Ballet Orchestra and a quartet augmented by a second member of the Mostly Mozart Festival viola, Schubert adopts a somewhat Orchestra, frequent guest artist with unconventional instrumentation, the New York Philharmonic, the employing two cellos instead of two Metropolitan Opera and St. Luke’s violas, creating richness in the lower Chamber Ensemble.

Richard Rood register. Before Schubert, Luigi Schubert and Mozart need no Boccherini had replaced the second introduction. Suffice it to say that viola with a second cello; however, their works being performed are two Schubert’s use of the second cello giants of the chamber music category: is very different from Boccherini’s, the world’s most beloved chamber who uses the additional cello to create work for clarinet and, arguably, the an additional viola line. Schubert’s world’s greatest chamber music piece choice of a second cello adds a deep Jessica Troy and bottomless pathos, to say the ever written.

The popularity of least.

Mozart’s Quintet in A It will be performed Major for Clarinet and by violinists Richard Strings is evident in this Rood and Claire Chan, area, thrilling Sullivan violist Jessica Troy, and audiences in Shandalee cellists Eugene Moye and South Fallsburg in and Elizabeth Anderson.

Elizabeth Anderson Hartman and Moye have the last few years. Trivia: Eugene Moye The Quintet was famously used in Goodbye, been frequent performers for this series in the Farewell and Amen, the final episode of the past. television series M*A*S*H. A subplot of the The concert is on April 26 at 8:00pm. St. episode has one of the main characters, Major Andrew’s Episcopal Church is located at 5277 Charles Winchester, teaching the piece to a State Route 42 in South Fallsburg. group of Chinese prisoners of war.

Reservations are required. Call 845-292Schubert’s sublime Quintet in C Major 8967 or email pcfriedman27@gmail.com

British Invasion in Monticello!

Music is alive and thriving in Sullivan County thanks to parents, teachers, schools and communities who believe that the arts are a necessary part of a child’s education.

Performing Afternoon of Choral Music are: The Nesin Children’s Chorus directed by Amy Phillips, Eldred Central School District’s Key Elements directed by Justin Glodich, Roscoe Central School District’s Roscapella’s directed by Rachel Kleinman, and the Monticello High School Chamber Singers directed by Peter Frost.

But that’s not all. Hold on to your hats!

Invited guests for this very special Nesin Cultural Arts program are students coming from the Langley Park School, Beckenham, Kent, England!

Monticello Central School District Students

These students will perform on April 6 at 3:00pm in the Eugene D. Nesin Theatre, 22 St. John Street, Monticello. Proceeds will support arts-based programming for our local students and surrounding communities. The suggested donation is $10 for adults. Students are free with an ID. Seats are limited. Tickets can be purchased online at www.NesinCulturalArts.org or by calling 845-794-6013.

Your donation is tax deductible.

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WJFF’s Pete Seeger Celebration

WJFF Radio is hosting Finally, RJ Storm and The Pete Seeger Celebration, the Old School Bluegrass a fundraiser at the Sullivan Band will close out the show County Museum that will with their mix of traditional include three live bands, a bluegrass and folk music. RJ chance to sing-along, pizza, is also an old friend of Pete’s and fresh baked goods! and they performed together Little Sparrow The show will open with a on many occasions. performance by Little Sparrow, Come out for an evening of covering some of the well known bluegrass, folk, and Americana Seeger songs, and a fewAmericana music in celebration of the life classics as well. The band features of Pete Seeger, April 5 from three and four part harmonies, and 7:00pm-10:00pm at the Sullivan lively fiddle, mandolin and guitar The Dirty Stay Out Skifflers County Museum, 265 Main Street picking solos. in Hurleyville.

Next up will be The Dirty Stay Admission is a $10 donation to Out Skifflers, a folk trio featuring the benefit WJFF. sea shanty song writing talents of Rick Call 845-434-8044 / 845-482-4141.

Editor’s Note: The magnificent painting Nestler. A long time friend of Pete’s, that graces our April 2014 cover is called Rick is most well known for writing “Beacon of Hope” by Michael D’Antuono The River that Flows Both Ways, a song Ric Palieri of Beacon. It hangs as the centerpiece of that Pete recorded. (Rick and his band Beacon’s Towne Crier Cafe, where have been a staple of Seeger’s Seeger has played many times.

Clearwater Festival for many Seeger worked on a poster years.) version of the painting with A special guest performing D’Antuono. The 18” x 24” poster with the Skifflers will be features some lyrics to Pete’s song songwriter Ric Palieri, who has “Sailing Up My Dirty Stream.” performed at the Philadelphia Folk Festival, the Vancouver RJ Storm & The Old Bluegrass Band 30% of the proceeds from the Folk Festival in Canada, Boston’s Bread and poster sales will go to the Clearwater Organization.

Roses Festival and many other large music Shirts are also available.

See www.ArtandResponse.com for information. gatherings around the U.S. and Europe.

Serving Two Masters at Cornerstone “Everything in his life is in being alive.” Armed with his plays, and everything in poetry, seeds for wild roses, his plays is in his life.” Elia and a business card from Kazan.’

“LIFE, INCORPORATED,” Did You Know... the Young Man endeavors to In his first meeting with convince her of the tremendous Theatre Guild co-founder inspiration that lies beyond Lawrence Langner, Tennessee what one can buy or sell in a Williams remembered seeing shop with four walls.

Langner’s desk covered In the Shadow of the Glen with more manuscripts than Synge’s play about an Williams thought could ever unfaithful wife was attacked possibly exist. In one grand in print as “a slur on Irish gesture, Langner swept all womanhood”. His first play, it the scripts off his desk before was part of the 1904 opening saying to Williams, “I have no for Dublin’s Abbey Theatre. interest in anything but genius, “Tennessee Williams & Music” It is based on a story that 2012 by Bill Evaul so please sit down.”

Synge collected in the Aran www.evaul.com Williams’ writing graces Islands. Synge relied on props the Cornerstone Theatre Arts stage with from the Aran Islands to help set the stage for The Case of the Crushed Petunias along with each of them. He also relied on Hiberno-English, Irish genius J.M.Synge’s In the Shadow of the the English dialect of Ireland, to reinforce its Glen. usefulness as a literary language, partly because “The Case of the Crushed Petunias” he believed that the Irish language could not Dorothy Simple has barricaded her house and survive. heart behind a double row of petunias. Today, The plays run from April 26 thru May 11 however, she has woken up to find every single at the Goshen Music Hall, 385 Main Street petunia crushed by the footprints of a size- (not handicapped accessible). Admission is eleven-D shoe. When a Young Man, arrives FREE thanks to the Goshen Public Library & to confess his crime, he comes on a mission to Historical Society. Reservations are required. alert Dorothy to the “miraculous accident of Call 845-294-4188 for tickets.

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