D & H CANVAS April 2016 by Delaware & Hudson CANVAS

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April 2016

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Publisher’s Column by Barry Plaxen Errata If you are reading this before April 1, please note that the open house for the Birch School is on March 30 at the UUC of Rock Tavern, 5:00pm-7:00pm. (We had the wrong date in one of our March calendars.) Also, see page 6 for an April open house run by Birch Schoolers, for their summer nature camp in Westtown. Placemaking Award Received from Newburgh Last Saturdays organizer Lisa Gervais: “Hello! I wanted to share the great news that was just announced! Newburgh Last Saturdays won a Placemaking Award through the Orange County Citizens Foundation! “Thanks to all of you for your continued support and the contributions that each of you have made to making this all happen. We could not have done this without the monthly support of CANVAS and the anchor of Space Create! “Looking forward to another year and taking it to the next level! There is also a money award which we can use for future marketing and art sponsorships.!” Congratulations, Lisa et al. See page 29.

New CANVAS “Business Directory” When you place your listing in our Business Directory, you are, in actuality, making a generous donation to all the Arts non-profits in the area in one fell swoop. For $8.33 per month ($100 per year) your payment helps keep CANVAS alive, and we in turn help keep non-profits alive and well, giving them the exposure necessary for their health and wellness by promoting their events to the general public, not to mention the archival history that CANVAS affords them. See page 19, and then email your 5-line listing to us at ads@dhcanvas.com and we will bill you $100 for 12 months. In This Issue: The Lectures Calendar on page 14 is enormous, chock full of fascinating subject matter. Save some time to peruse it, as you may find something that catches your fancy, affording you something to do mid-week (and weekends, too). Page 3 contains April 3 events that were written about in-depth in our March issue, which can now be read online if you google: D&H CANVAS March 2016 issuu

Letters to the Editor Dear Editor, I am always glad to get the new issue of CANVAS, and check out the many important artistic and literary events. CANVAS is a wonderful venue for writers and artists, and a way for all of us to keep in touch with the arts and artists in our area. A CANVAS supporter and friend, Barbara Adams, Newburgh Dear Barry, I am now such a fan of CANVAS! I sat down with my issue and my calendar and

American Youth Ballet, Salisbury Mills

I’m going to be quite busy this month. You should be so proud of this wonderful resource. Elizabeth Leigh Patton, Florida

Orange County Art Council’s “All County Dance Celebration”, see page 7

Hi Barry and Sophie, Thank you for including the article about the Goshen Art League in the March issue of CANVAS. It is greatly appreciated that our growing group is receiving this publicity. I thank you for all your excellent work to promote the arts in our area.

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My Favorite Headlines Van Gogh “Forgery” Found in Goshen. Page 23 No Generation Gap Found in Eldred. Page 30 - - - & cut from the issue, not used: Get Yours Hands Dirty at the Goshen EXPO (meaning, try your hand working with clay!). Go out and Celebrate! HEY! It’s National Poetry Month: page 25. HEY! It’s National Dance Week: page 7. HEY! It’s National Library Week: pages 13, 18, 25, 30 & 32

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Community Arts: News, Views And Schedules Managing Editor, Barry Plaxen barry@dhcanvas.com Editor, Sophia Krcic editor@dhcanvas.com ads@dhcanvas.com Delaware & Hudson CANVAS 297 Stone Schoolhouse Road Bloomingburg, NY 12721 www.dhcanvas.com 845.926.4646 phone 845.926.4002 fax Please email calendar submissions by the 15th of the prior month to calendar@dhcanvas.com Please email submissions for classifieds to classified@dhcanvas.com Nothing in this publication may be reproduced without written permission of the publisher. Gallery Eva, Callicoon �� 12 Goshen Art League �� 23 Goshen Chamber of Commerce Expo �� 23 Goshen Methodist Church �� 25 Grand Montgomery Chamber Music �� 3, 8 Greater Newburgh Symphony Orchestra �9 Jeffersonville Library �� 13 Kindred Spirits Arts, Milford ��30 Montgomery Book Exchange ��25 Mt. St. Mary College, Newburgh ��25 Mt. St. Mary College Desmond Campus � 11,30 Museum Village, Monroe ��3 Music in Central Valley �� 31 National Purple Heart Hall of Honor ��3 New Rose Theatre, Walden �� 21 Newburgh Free Library �� 25, 32 Noble Coffee Roasters, Campbell Hall ��25 OCAC’s All County Dance Celebration ��7 Phillipsport Community Center ��5 Pine Bush Library �� 13, 25 Port Jervis Council for the Arts �� 26 Ritz Theatre Lobby, Newburgh ��9 Seligmann Center, Sugar Loaf �� 3, 25 Shadowland Stages, Ellenville ��3 Space Create, Newburgh �� 29 Sugar Loaf Performing Arts Center �� 3, 5 Sullivan County Museum, Hurleyville �� 30 SUNY Orange, Middletown �� 4,7,10,13,22 SUNY Orange, Newburgh �� 9,25,28,29 SUNY Sullivan, Loch Sheldrake �� 3, 32 Thrall Library, Middletown �� 3, 18 Trestle, Inc., Newburgh �� 29 Unitarian Univ. Cong., Rock Tavern �� 32 UpFront Exhibition Space, Port Jervis �� 26 Wallkill River School, Montgomery �� 28 Weekend of Chamber Music ��5 Wisner Library, Warwick �� 25 Wurtsboro Art Alliance �� 22

APRIL 3: TAKE YOUR PICK!

APRIL 1 & 2: MAKE YOUR CHOICES! April 1 - Sugar Loaf - Cabaret A Fool’s Cabaret offers an evening of tomfoolery and surprises, featuring experimental works including soundscapes, live video projection, visual multimedia, music, spoken word, dance, and theatrical performances, at 8:00pm at the Seligmann Center, 12 White Oak Drive, Sugar Loaf. Contact David Horton at 845-986-8228. April 2 - Ellenville - Cinema Matinee at the Shadowland, 257 Canal Street, with these five great tragedians...

Feature Film: “A Chump at Oxford” Selected Short: “Violent is the Word for Curly”

...plus an MGM cartoon: The Bookworm, and Chapter Three of The Adventures of Captain Marvel. April 2 at 2:00pm. 845-647-5511. April 2: Monroe & New Windsor-Museums At the World War I Commemoration, Museum Village in Monroe pays tribute to the many men who fought in this “Great War” with demonstrations of military life and equipment, 11:00am-3:00pm. Afterwards,

visit the National Purple Heart Hall of Honor in New Windsor to see heroes from all the wars. 845-782-8248, www.museumvillage.org 845-561-1765, www.thepurpleheart.com April 2 - West Point - Theatre

Live From Nashville is a fully costumed and choreographed theatrical production in the tradition that gave “Music City” its name. 8:00pm. For tickets: 845-938-4159. April 2 - Loch Sheldrake - Opera Kristine Opolais is Madama Butterfly at SUNY Sullivan in Loch Sheldrake at 1:00pm. April 2 - Livingston Manor - Music Tory Dean will perform for the Catskill Art Society at the Laundry King. Ages 16+. Doors open at 6:00pm. For info: 845-436-4227.

Montgomery - Voice & Piano The Grand Montgomery Chamber Music Series concert is titled The Complete Julie Ziavras because she is well known for her versatility and proficiency in operatic & S. Margoshes & J. Ziavras Broadway artistry, folk songs, Greek songs, and classical art songs sung in many languages. Julie will be joined by pianists/composers Steve & Ada Margoshes and guitarist Ken De Angelis at 3:00pm in the Montgomery Senior Center, 36 Bridge Street. Free admission! Port Jervis - Chorale & Brass

John Charles Thomas, trumpet

Sara Della Posta, horn

Lee Falco, drums

Lip Service is a brass (and drum) ensemble of six diverse and accomplished professional musicians, who can’t get over that you can make a living by blowing into plumbing. The Four Seasons Chorale of First Presbyterian Church is a Port Jervis community ensemble led by Kathy Brink who also arranged for the brass ensemble to join the chorale for American Treasures.

The chorale sings American classics, folk and patriotic music. LipService highlights music inspired, composed, and/or made famous by jazz musicians. It’s all at the First Presbyterian Church, 60 Sussex Street, Port Jervis, on April 3 at 3:00pm. Tickets are available at the door. For handicapped or mobility issues, call the church office: 845-856-1231.

This project is made possible with funds from the Decentralization Program, a regrant program of the NY State Council on the Arts administered by Arts Mid-Hudson.

Sugar Loaf - Winds, Cello & Choir The New York Wind Symphony’s guests for April are cellist Eileen Moon (see photo) and conductor John de Meij, performing Meij’s cello concerto, Casanova. Music by Puccini will be performed by the Wind Symphony and the Honors Youth Chorus joins them for Randall Thompson’s The Testament of Freedom at Sugar Loaf Performing Arts Center, 1351 Kings Highway, April 3 at 3:00pm. Box Office: 845-610-5900. Brooklyn in Middletown Brooklyn Baroque (Theresa Salomon, violin & Sarah Davol, oboe) feature two centuries of Spanish chamber music at Thrall Library, 11-19 Depot Street, Middletown, on April 3 at 2:00pm. Free admission.

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Rogoff & Mozgala in Middletown

As choreographer Tamar Rogoff trains Gregg Mozgala, a young actor with cerebral palsy, to become a dancer, they discover that her lack of formal medical training and his fears and physical limitations are not obstacles, but the impetus for their unprecedented discoveries and astonishing proof that each and every body is capable of miraculous transformation. Rogoff explores the outer limits of how people negotiate extreme circumstances. Her work has been presented at numerous venues, including Kennedy Center, Lincoln Center, La Mama Theater, and the Estonian National Opera in Tallinn. Rogoff’s Angle of Ascent was performed on a tower rising 25 feet above Lincoln Center Plaza, while huge water tanks were built there for In Deep (1990). The Ivye Project (1994) took place in a forest in Belarus, at the mass graves of Rogoff’s relatives and 2,400 others killed in the Holocaust. Gregg Mozgala is the Artistic Director of The Apothetae, a theater company dedicated to the production of works that explore and illuminate the “Disabled Experience.” In 2008 he studied with Rogoff and was a member of her dance company for two years, notably dancing the role of the Faun in Diagnosis of a Faun. When it became startlingly apparent that

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Gregg’s prognosis, to be in a wheelchair at age 40, was morphing into a far different reality, she began filming. Enter The Faun is their story of a joyous, obsessed journey towards opening night. It challenges the boundaries of medicine and art, as well as the limitations associated with disability. It will be shown in the Gilman Library at SUNY Orange, corner of South Street and East Conkling Avenue, Middletown on April 20 at 6:45pm. Rogoff and Mozgala will lead a master class on Bodyscripting in the Edward A. Diana Physical Education Building, 9 East Conkling Avenue, Middletown on April 21 at 10:30am. The 1.5 hour long movement workshop will demonstrate the experimental methods they used to transform Gregg’s body. Sitting on chairs or standing and moving through the room, participants are guided into experiencing new and surprising places in their body from which to move. Whether it’s the feel of the cheek bones or being led to the sternum, or tailbone, the participants’ explorations take them far from their habitual patterns to discover a freedom that they might not have known they had. Music is an integral part of the workshop. The screening and master class are free and open to the public. For information: 845-341-4891.

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Lauryn de Leeuw Show: Lords Valley, PA

Artist Lauryn de Leeuw has traveled the world studying ancient cultures and artifacts. Her sensuous and colorful paintings show how she has been influenced by the Orient, by her worldly studies, and by favorite artists like Titian, Matisse, Cezanne and de Koonig. “I believe that art and creativity, in general, is the core to living healthier, happier, and better. I also believe that creativity is what you find in yourself and not something that is forced onto you - just like

love it cannot be confined. “I was able to find my latent talents painting at the Art Students League in New York with Knox Martin and socializing with other creatives at the Chelsea Arts Club in London.” The Gallery at Chant Realtors is featuring the art of Ms. de Leeuw through April 28. A reception will be held on April 9, from 5:00pm-7:00pm at the Gallery, 631 Route 739, Lords Valley. For information, call 570-775-7337.

Small Works at Large Show: Milford, PA

gallery in the historic Forest Small Works at Large is a Hall. The gallery has exhibited group show in a variety of the work of top regional artists media including oil painting, for fifteen years and continually printmaking, watercolor, reviews the work of new artists. mixed media, sculpture, glass, Stop in to see some of the and wood turning. These highest quality of fine art in the mini-masterpieces make a Delaware Valley for their April perfect addition to growing art show, Small Works at Large. collections. Each work begs The exhibit will run from to be examined closely as tiny April 5-May 9 with a reception details pack a large punch. Call it fad or call it economical, small Artwork by June Ponte on April 9, from 6:00pmworks are not only unique and interesting, 9:00pm at the ARTery Gallery, 210 Broad Street, Milford. Parking in rear of building. they are also affordable and sure to fit! For information: 570-409-1234. The ARTery Gallery is a cooperative

The New Bel Canto Trio at SLPAC

Taking their inspiration from the original Bel Canto Trio of 1948 comprised of tenor, Mario Lanza; soprano, Frances Yeend; and bass-baritone, George London, The New Bel Canto Trio offers arias, duets and trios from the opera world, but also melodies from the Broadway stage, American Spirituals and treasured arts songs. Music for Humanity exists to help spread more music throughout the world. “We believe more music means a better world for everyone.” Music for Humanity scholarships are designed to help students with a passion for music who need financial assistance to continue their musical education at an accredited school. The New Bel Canto Trio, tenor, Paul Spencer Adkins, soprano, Lisa Daltirus and baritone, John Cimino join forces with pianist,

Ron Wasserman Miho Hazama Paul Spencer Adkins, Lisa Daltirus & John Cimino

Jon Klibonoff, in performance of masterworks by Verdi, Puccini, Bizet, Mascagni, Rossini, and Leoncavallo for a fundraiser for Music for Humanity on April 23 at 8:00pm at the Sugar Loaf Performing Arts Center, 1351 Kings Highway. For tickets: call the box office 845-610-5900, charge by phone 1-800-745-3000 or online at Ticketmaster.com.

WCM “Informance”

A sure sign that summer will be icumen in, is the pre-season Weekend of Chamber Music (WCM) “Informances” during the spring. The first Informance We’ll Always Have Paris is an overview of WCM’s July 16-31 Franco-American Summer Festival, looking at French history and music in the culture, and includes music of Couperin, Debussy, Dutilleux, Zad Moultaka, Saint-Saëns, plus works of WCM’s 2016 Composer-in-Residence, Anna Weesner, with performance, multi-media, and discussion by WCM’s Andrew Waggoner (photo) focusing on Weesner, to get to know her language and her relationship to the rest of the programming. “I’ll be presenting and ‘choreographing’ the sessions,” explained Waggoner. “I’m basically

Please: No Dancing in the Aisles!

lecturing with violin in hand, so I’ll be talking, playing violin, and operating various media. I’m Bert from Mary Poppins!” Names of other participants were not available at press time. Iowa-born Anna Weesner is the recipient of a 2009 Guggenheim Fellowship and a 2008 award from the American Academy of Arts and Letters. She has studied with, among others, John Harbison, WCM’s 2013 composer-in-residence, and Hudson Valley composer George Tsontakis. The overview is on April 16 at 3:00pm in the CAS Arts Center, 48 Main Street, Livingston Manor. This event is free and open to the public. For reservations, call 845-887-5803.

Corey Wallace H. Conerway III

Jay Rattman

Michael Davis

Nimoy Symphony Space and has Bethena, A Concert Waltz was appeared at the Washington Square the first Scott Joplin work since his Music Festival. His smaller group wife’s death in 1904 of pneumonia, performs semi-regularly at the Bar ten weeks after their wedding. The Thalia at Symphony Space, and at work did not sell successfully at the various music festivals. time of publication (1905) and was Wasserman and Miho Hazama, soon forgotten. It was rediscovered keyboard; Corey A. Wallace, as a result of the Joplin revival in the trombone; Henry Conerway III, 70s and has received acclaim from Scott Joplin drums; Jay Rattman, clarinet/ Joplin’s biographers and other critics. The piece combines two different styles of saxophone and Michael Davis, trumpet, will music, the classical waltz and the rag, and has perform Bethena and music by James Reese been seen as demonstrating Joplin’s excellence (rags), Louis Armstrong (blues), Jelly Roll as a classical composer. The work has been Morton (stomp), Edward K. Ellington (Mood described as “an enchantingly beautiful piece Indigo), Benny Goodman (selections), and the that is among the greatest of ragtime waltzes,” Original Dixieland Jazz Band (Tiger Rag) for Chamber Music at St. Andrew’s 15th season a “masterpiece”, and “Joplin’s finest waltz”. The New York Jazzharmonic is directed of free concerts on April 9 at 8:00pm. Be prepared for toe-tapping, rhythmic by Ron Wasserman, a bassist, conductor, and composer, equally at home in classical music clapping, and unexpected smiling, but please, (he is the principal bassist of the New York no dancing in the aisles! St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church is at 5277 City Ballet Orchestra), world music (he is a member of the JP Jofre Hard Tango Chamber State Route 42, South Fallsburg. Reservations Band), and jazz. His big band presents a four- are required. E-mail pcfriedman27@gmail. concert series annually in NYC at the Leonard com or call 845-292-8967.

The 2nd informance, Mystery, Melodrama, & Pierrot Lunaire is on May 28. See May CANVAS.

Rock Hill Ramblers in Phillipsport

The Phillipsport Community Center’s 2016 season begins with a Music Night showcasing the roots, blues and Americana music of the Rock Hill Ramblers and guest Laura Garone with her saucy Southern-fried soul singing. Acoustic guitarist and singer Alan Sorenson is also on

the program. See them on April 16 at 7:00pm, 657 Red Hill Road, Phillipsport. Suggested donation: $2. Food available for purchase: dinner plate $5, dessert and non-alcoholic beverages $1; homemade by the members. phillipsportcommunitycenter.weebly.com

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Community Building Through the Arts w i t h S u s a n Ha n d l e r

How The Arts Shape Our Destiny: Free Spirit Nature Camp, Westtown “Man did not weave the web of life; he is merely a strand in it. Whatever he does to the web, he does to himself...” - Chief Seattle, 19th Century Dkhw’Duw’Absh tribe. Due to the 21st century’s environmental challenges, the human race is in the midst of a sea of change in thinking about our natural and humanmade environment. Change is required change in the way we live our lives and view the world around us. The Arts are essential in this change. They provide tools that develop our creative and critical thinking skills. Skills that are necessary in controlling our lives and shaping our destinies. Rock Tavern painter and travel agent Natalie Karl believes that The Arts sensitize us, and bring us closer to nature and reality, while the mission of Florida’s spoken word artists, The Black Dirt Storytelling Guild, is to develop our abilities to preserve, inquire, wonder and think about our history and connection to Mother Earth. Major institutions such as the John Hopkins School of Education, have research that clearly demonstrates that without The Arts, we are

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blocking our children’s abilities to learn. Once again let’s turn to the words of Chief Seattle: “You must teach your children that the ground beneath their feet are the ashes of our grandfathers. So that they will respect the land, tell your children that the earth is rich with the children with a deep awareness lives of our kin. Teach your of their connection to nature. children what we have taught Through hands-on experiences our children - that the earth is using the indigenous arts, our mother. Whatever befalls children ages 4 through 15 the earth, befalls the sons of are encouraged to explore the the earth. If men spit upon earth and all her treasures. The the ground, they spit upon young environmentalists learn themselves.” outdoor skills through the use Recently I read about the of Arts & Crafts, Music, Nature Free Spirit Nature Camp Study, the Folklore of World located on the Kezialain Farm Cultures, Green Lifestyles, in Westtown. The camp offers Kate Fox, Director and Primitive Technology. an independent progressive Former campers and camp staff have program for students with individualized learning programs and nature-based gone on to earn Masters degrees in Outdoor educational alternatives. The focus is to Education. One former camper and staffer nurture balanced, confident, sensitive has become a Science Museum Educator,

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another is currently studying in Antarctica, pursuing her Ph.D. in Ecology. Another former Free Spirit staffer now works at YWCA of the USA in Washington, DC. Women at camp are leaders, and set examples for others, inspiring them to pursue their goals without limits. The strong network of the camp community supports them as they move out into the world. Free Spirit Nature Camp’s Director, Kate Fox, was recently nominated for the 2016 Orange County Women Achievement Awards. In addition to the school’s Camp, she works with Watershed Learning Center and is an Environmental Education consultant to communities, civic groups, schools and government. An Open House for Free Spirit Nature Camp, where visitors, adults and children, can tour the camp and farm, meet staff and check out sample camp activities, takes place on April 30 from 1:00pm-4:00pm at the Kezialain Farm, Westtown. For directions: 845-361-2267. For additional information about Free Spirit Nature Camp, contact Kate Fox by emailing camp@freespiritnaturecamp.com or by calling 845-645-7772. You can also find them on Facebook!

Parksville 2016 Music Festival!

Kathryn Wieckhorst Michael Celentano Tom Caltabellotta

All Aboard! The Grand Tour (Part Two) opens the Parksville USA 2016 Concert Series! Join The Lyric Quartet: (soprano Kathryn Wieckhorst, tenor Michael Celentano, bass Tom Caltabellotta, pianist Ü Lee) and guest tenor Mariano Vidal as they take you to Broadway, Vienna, Naples, London and Paris, offering a variety of solos, duets and trios from My Fair Lady & The Woman in White, Mozart’s Abduction From The Seraglio, Verdi’s La Forza del Destino and Donizetti’s Daughter Of The Regiment. Take a detour through Hollywood (Titanic,

Ü Lee

Mariano Vidal

“Be My Love”) and then some French, Italian and Spanish Art Songs, a very special Cat Duet (by Rossini) with female and male singers instead of the usual two females - you’re in for a surprise, but we won’t ruin the fun! - and finally, the delightfully delicious, delectable, duet Dunque, io son? from The Barber of Seville, sure to put a smile on your face! Your ticket price includes a free delicious and delectable dinner after the de-lovely show. All at the Dead End Café, 6 Main Street, Parksville April 10 at 3:00pm. Reserve NOW: 845-292-0400.

The 5th Annual All County Dance Celebration! of Dance. This event Goshen, Chester, has always been about Cornwall-on-Hudson, elevating the art of dance Monroe, Salisbury Mills, and highlighting the New Windsor, Pine Island, creativityofchoreography, Westtown, Port Jervis, as well as the grace and Warwick, Highland Mills, talent of the dancers. It Blooming Grove, Walden, offers the community a Florida and Newburgh: wonderful opportunity Reading like a superto see a wide variety of impressive dance-Who’s dance performed with Where in Orange County, American Youth Ballet, Salisbury Mills excellence and offers these are the many local performers a chance hamlets from which to demonstrate their skill. Orange County dancers, “The OCAC invites choreographers, dance all supporters and dance companies and dance appreciators to be aware studios will share their of the artistic beauty, talent with the community local availability and for the Orange County fundamental benefits Arts Council’s (OCAC) 5th All-County Dance Northeast Dance Movement, Florida of dance. All pieces Celebration on April 24 at 3:00pm at the presented are choreographed and performed Paramount Theatre, 17 South Street in by artists living or working in Orange County.” Middletown for National Dance Week. Tickets may be purchased by calling the OCAC executive director Dawn Ansbro states, “The Arts Council is thrilled to once Historic Middletown Paramount Theatre at again host this county-wide Celebration 845-346-4195.

“El Marido and Money” in Middletown The cast in both Food For The Dead one-act plays includes is a satirical comedy Tyler Farnell, by Josefina Lopez that Marcella Martinez, explores the Mexican Jason Garfinkel, Ray “Day of the Dead” Aponte, Tavia Dean, tradition of putting Sandy Aulet, Cassie up an altar with food Corallo and Andrew for the deceased. The Spotts. story centers around a Mexican-American Marcella Martinez, Joe Colon & Andrew Spotts The two one-act under the family’s reunion on in “Food for the Dead,” by Josefina Lopez plays, billing of El Marido Halloween night. and Money, comprise Candela has been the annual spring mourning her husband performances of for nine years and is the SUNY Orange finally going to say Apprentice Players goodbye to him and under the direction hello to her new life. As of David Cohen, the reunion progresses, April 8-17 in Orange her son reveals to his Theatre, family that he is gay Cassie Corallo, Tyler Farnell & Marcella Martinez Hall in “Lux in Tenebris,” by Bertolt Brecht Middletown. and his party guest is There will be a “talk back” with actors and his lover. The deceased dad rises from the dead to straighten out the son, but all hell directors immediately following the April 9 performance. breaks loose - literally! SUNY Orange’s Orange Hall Theatre, Lux in Tenebris by Bertolt Brecht, is a short one-act farce performed in prose located in Orange Hall, is universally about prostitution, morality and hypocrisy. accessible. Parking is available in the College The opening of an exhibit on the horrors of parking lot at the intersection of Wawayanda sexual disease right across the street from a and Grandview Avenues. For GPS: 24 GrandviewAvenue. local brothel is the catalyst for many twists For information, call 845-341-4790. and turns.

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Meet the Music of Ferdinand Ries on May 1 in Montgomery

Ferdinand Ries (1784-1838) was a friend, pupil and secretary of Beethoven. He composed eight symphonies, a violin concerto, eight piano concertos and numerous other works in many genres, including twenty-six string quartets. In 1838 he copublished a collection of reminiscences of his teacher, Beethoven. In 1803 the penniless Ries managed to reach Vienna with a letter of introduction to Beethoven, who had received some early instruction at Bonn from Ries’s father, Franz Anton Ries. Beethoven took great care of the young man, teaching him piano and securing for him positions as piano tutor in aristocratic households. Ries made his public debut as a pianist in July 1804, playing Beethoven’s C minor concerto, Op. 37 with his own cadenza, to glowing reviews. Ries worked for Beethoven as secretary and copyist, winning Beethoven’s confidence in negotiations with publishers and becoming a fast friend. One of the most famous stories told about Ries is connected with the first rehearsal of the Eroica Symphony, when Ries, during the performance, mistakenly believed that the horn player had come in too early and said so, aloud - infuriating Beethoven! In an attempt to define Beethoven’s

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genius, Leonard Bernstein maintained that the composer had an “inexplicable ability to know what the next note had to be.” Beethoven’s Sonata in F Major, Op. 24 (“Spring”) is full of joy, and its refreshing, hopeful quality makes the subtitle, ‘Spring,’ most appropriate. Throughout, the melodies are immediate, simple, and elegant. There are also humorous moments, reminding listeners that Beethoven was a master of fun and games as well. The initial impression of Franz Schubert’s Sonatina No. 1 in D Major, D. 384 (Op. post.137, No. 1) is one of spontaneous lyricism and natural melody, of simplicity, sweetness, and elegance. Throughout the work, memorable themes, flow from one section to the next. Susan Kagan is a concert pianist and musicologist, recently retired from Hunter

College, where she taught music history. A Beethoven expert, her doctoral dissertation explored Archduke Rudolph (Beethoven’s patron, pupil and friend). She is founder and past president of the New York Chapter of the American Beethoven Society. Kagan has recorded many CDs, among them, six solo CDs dedicated to Ries’ piano sonatas for the Naxos label. Praised in The New York Times as a “brilliant soloist,” violinist Eric Grossman is a graduate of Juilliard, where he studied with Dorothy DeLay. He has given highly acclaimed recitals and solo performances with orchestras in the United States, Europe, Korea, Japan, and Cuba under renowned conductors including Zubin Mehta, Stanislaw Skrowaczewki, and Michael Gielen. Kagan and Grossman will perform music by Ries, Schubert, Dvorak (if time permits) and Beethoven for the Grand Montgomery Chamber Music Series in the Montgomery Senior Center, 36 Bridge Street, on May 1 at 3:00pm. Admission is free. May we suggest picking up lunch at Mike’s Deli, Noble Coffee Roasters or Blazing Bagels, or a snack from Eat This Bakery, and dine alfresco in the park adjacent to the Senior Center? Or dine at Ward’s Bridge Inn or Garrison’s Tavern for lunch or gourmet dinner before or after the concert! See ads below.

“Shape Shifters”

Artist Dale Emmart’s current work includes oil paintings on panel and drawings in ink and gouache to depict cloud masses. “The man-made emission giants or naturally occurring plumes contain a broad vocabulary of painterly choices that rely on informed notational ‘plein air’ skills. I frequently paint outdoors for direct observation to support studio-based work. The paintings and drawings primarily depict transition, and also brood about environments at risk.” Shape Shifter, an exhibit of works by Dale Emmart opens with a reception on April 1 from 7:00pm-9:00pm at the Delaware Arts Center’s Alliance Gallery, 27 Main Street in Narrowsburg. The exhibit will be on view through April 30. For info: 845-252-7576.

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Vignola & Vinny Jazz It Up at The Ritz

Frank Vignola is one 14 countries on 3 continents, of the most extraordinary and he has performed in some guitarists performing before of the world’s most illustrious the public today. His stunning venues, including the Sydney virtuosity has made him the Opera House in Australia, guitarist of choice for many the Palace of Fine Arts in of the world’s top musicians, San Francisco, New York’s including Ringo Starr, Lincoln Center and Teatro Madonna, Donald Fagen, Olimpico in Vicenza, Italy. Vinny Raniolo & Frank Vignola Wynton Marsalis, Tommy Emmanuel, the Safe Harbors Lobby at the Ritz Theatre, Boston Pops, the New York Pops, and guitar 109 Broadway, Newburgh, welcomes Frank legend Les Paul. Vignola and Vinny Raniolo for a jazz concert Vinny Raniolo is a very high demand on April 16 at 8:00pm. rhythm guitarist. His playing has taken him to For tickets, call 845-784-1199.

Two Newburgh-Related Lectures

With the advent of the forthcoming community garden in Downing Park, a lecture by David Llewellyn titled Community Based Agriculture on April 4 at 7:00pm in SUNY Orange’s Kaplan Hall is of interest to city dwellers. Llewellyn is the Director of Farmer Training, Glynwood, and will speak about farming within the domain of the city. In collaboration with the Historical Society of Newburgh Bay and the Highlands, SUNY Orange Cultural Affairs has arranged for research historian Bob Gilbert (see photo) to bring his presentation about the ingenious Newburgh-born General Albert Myer, Renaissance Man: General Albert Myer,

Founder of the International Weather Service and the U.S. Signal Corps, to Kaplan Hall. Albert Myer went to USMA at West Point and knew Jefferson Davis well. Myer realized the importance of a signal system and went about inventing one. Then, when Davis turned Confederate he knew the secret codes of the signal system. This necessitated Myer’s having to reinvent the code. Out of this came an international weather service! Gilbert is bringing square signal flags to display during the lecture. Bob Gilbert’s enthusiasm is contagious. Catch it on April 11 at 7:00pm. Admission is free. For information: 845-341-4891/9386.

GNSO Fundraiser Honors David Rider

The Greater Newburgh Symphony Orchestra (GNSO) will honor attorney David Rider (see photo) at its 3rd annual Benefit Brunch at the Powelton Club in Newburgh on April 17 from Noon to 2:15pm. David Rider is a founding partner of the law firm of Rider, Weiner & Frankel. A graduate of Cornell University and Yale University Law School, he served in the U.S. Army and began the practice of law with his father, Meyer Rider, on Grand Street in Newburgh in 1966. Since that time he has represented numerous businesses and non-profit organizations in Orange County and beyond. “David’s commitment to the legal profession is complemented by his love of music,” said Sue Bliss, co-chair of the event with her husband, John Bliss, and Justin Rider. “He has sung with and supported many Hudson Valley choral groups. As a Cornell student, he even sang with its Glee Club in Moscow and London.” He has also been a long-time supporter of the GNSO and co-chaired the 2015 Benefit. David summed up his musical relationships as follows: “As a native of Newburgh, I was fortunate to have been exposed to a wonderful public school music department, which began my love of vocal and choral music. Elaine Simpson is a terrific recent example

of the level of talent teaching and mentoring our students. We in the mid-Hudson are also quite privileged to have wonderful choruses such as the Orange County Classic Choral Society, led by Janiece Kohler, and our own Symphony Chorale under Peter Sipple.” Reflecting David’s contributions, the Brunch will feature both live instrumental and choral music, as well as the first showing of a GNSO video developed by students at Mount Saint Mary College, filmed live at the GNSO concerts in November and January. The GNSO is one of the leading cultural institutions of the Hudson River Valley. It was founded in 1995 by Dr. Woomyung Choe and its first president, George Handler, who was followed as president after 10 years by the late Fred McCurdy. In addition to its regular concerts, the Orchestra annually visits a local high school where its professional musicians - who come from throughout the Valley - play “Side-by-Side” in a formal concert with student musicians. Tickets are available for the Brunch starting at $100/per person. For more information, visit www.newburghsymphony.org. Hit the “Donate” button or send checks to GNSO, P.O. Box 10002, Newburgh, NY 12552. For information call Sue at 845-561-1618.

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SUNY Orange to Honor Dorothy Szefc

Dorothy Szefc, Cultural Affairs coordinator at SUNY Orange and a longtime advocate for the arts, was chosen for the 2016 SUNY Orange Foundation’s Leadership in Education Award. A lifelong resident of Orange County and a SUNY Orange alumna, Szefc has championed the development of arts and cultural events for decades. She is wellknown within the arts community and has used her knowledge and appreciation of the arts to build a vibrant, to say the least, Cultural Affairs program at SUNY Orange. Szefc is responsible for bringing to the College a broad schedule of lectures; master classes; concerts; presentations of dance performances, poetry, theatre, children’s theatre and films, and exhibits with receptions providing diverse cultural opportunities for the community-at-large. “We are fortunate to have Dorothy as one of our own. She is one of the hardestworking people at the College, and her passion for the arts and commitment to the College are evident in all that she does,” said Dr. William Richards, former SUNY Orange president, about Szefc in 2008. “Dorothy is not only an advocate for the arts, she is a fan of the arts. She brings all sorts of interesting, exciting, engaging and stimulating events to SUNY Orange, and has helped develop a loyal following of folks who attend our

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concerts, join us for lectures and stroll through our Orange Hall Gallery.” In addition to Szefc, the SUNY Orange Foundation‘s 10th Anniversary of the Annual Leadership Awards Ceremony award recipients are: •Focus Media - Leadership in Business, •Storm King Art Center - Leadership in Community Service, •Matthew Dorcase and Tony Meola Edward A. Diana Alumni Leadership Award. The Awards Ceremony is on April 14 at 5:30pm in Orange Hall, SUNY Orange, Middletown. All are invited to attend this fundraiser for the Foundation. The program includes a cocktail reception with heavy hors d’oeuvres, the awards presentation, and a dessert reception. RSVP by April 7! Tickets are $100 per person. Register at www.sunyorange.edu/leadershipawards/ or call Alumni Relations at 845-341-4179.

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Pine Bush: “Looking in - Looking Out” “Everything at a distance treasured by the artists: turns into poetry: distant The view through an open mountains, distant people, window. German, French, distant events: all become Danish, and Russian artists Romantic.” Novalis, 1798 first took up the theme Room with a View in the second decade of exhibition overview: The the nineteenth century. windows are open and the Juxtaposing near and far, room is empty. Light is the window is a metaphor shining in from another for unfulfilled longing. “Early View” by Sal Aiello window on the side. These “Painters distilled this paintings will awaken your feeling in pictures of hushed, curiosity as to what’s going on. spare rooms with contemplative Who’s room are we looking at, figures, studios with artists at where did the occupant go? Are work, and open windows as the we outside looking in, fascinated sole motif. As the exhibition by what we see? Who lives reveals, these pictures may shift there? markedly in tone, yet they share Notes from the Met. Museum, a distinct absence of the anecdote Room with a View, their exhibit and narrative that characterized in (2011): earlier genre painting.” “Rooms with Figures - can be Room with a View is a seen reading, writing, sewing, etc. Artwork by Tom Bolger Crawford Gallery of Fine Art The interior helps set the mood with coziness. group show featuring many Hudson Valley “The Artist Studio - Are you looking at the artists, and interior and exterior subjects as painting in the room, the artist at the easel or well as still life that are in a setting. The exhibit are you in the studio looking at a garden? will run from April 2-May 7 with a reception “Drawings: are you inside drawing a on April 9, from 5:30pm-7:30pm at the perspective of urban environment or are you Crawford Gallery of Fine Art, 65 Main Street standing just outside the window looking in at in Pine Bush. the room’s perspective? For more information: 845-744-8634. “This exhibition focuses on a subject See ad below for new art classes.

Opera as Drama in Cornwall by Derek Leet Werther is a “Lyric Drama” by Jules Massenet to a libretto by Édouard Blau, Paul Milliet and Georges Hartmann, loosely based on the German epistolary novel The Sorrows of Young Werther by Goethe, which was based both on fact and on Goethe’s own early life. Musically, Werther does not follow other Massenet operas, such as Manon. It does not have many outstanding arias, or sumptuous duets or thrilling choruses. Werther is its own category: a chamber opera, not grand opera, BUT with a full orchestra playing as a chamber ensemble. To my knowledge, there is no other opera, at least from the romantic era, that has those two elements at the same time, chamber opera with full orchestra playing subdued chamber music. I do know of a Strauss chamber opera, but orchestra-wise it is also a chamber ensemble. Mozart’s Figaro and Cosi can be considered chamber operas, but they have grand-opera-scale orchestrations. As mentioned, the music is not like other Massenet operas, or even Verdi, with pleasurable melodies and exciting orchestrations. Still, dramatically it is a tour-de-force thanks to Massenet’s scoring to the excellent libretto. It is totally necessary to watch it with subtitles to appreciate Massenet’s “accompaniment” to the dialogue that enhances the story of two people, one doomed to obsession due to a promise made to her mother to marry someone she does not love and ergo cannot “be true to her feelings”, and one

doomed to obsession because of his inability to function with, and to adjust to, unrequited love. In Act II Werther sings an aria, addressed to God, contemplating suicide. It is one of the most powerful AND beautiful expressions I have ever “read,” validating or justifying suicide, with good reason for God’s subsequent forgiveness. It is incredibly performed by Jonas Kaufmann (photo). I cannot imagine anyone else doing anything more to convey the profound feelings of the anti-church message. Opera as a theatrical expression must be believable and dramatically cohesive. It is a pleasure to experience an opera with a carefully constructed libretto containing all the necessary elements for “good” drama. Celebrate a special memorial opera afternoon in honor of Lorraine Weinberg, a library patron and opera aficionado who passed away in November 2011. The opera screening, brought to life in a dramatically truthful period production by celebrated film director, Benoit Jacquot, is sponsored by Lorraine’s family, at the Cornwall Library, 395 Hudson Street, on April 17 at 1:00pm. English subtitles. Phone: 845-534-8282.

“Painting in North Light”

Artist Cynthia Harrisincluding her present Pagano specializes in drawing classes at portraits, still-life and Desmond Campus and landscapes in oil and the Fine Art Atelier in pastel. She works out of her North Light Studio. her North Light Studio in “I specialize in Otisville. oil and pastel,” she Her works are in public explained, “in a style and private collections which might be called in the USA, Canada and Classic Impressionism. Europe, and she has won I have studied Artist’s many awards, including Anatomy and have drawn the Connecticut Pastel extensively from the Society Award at the live figure model before National Arts Club, NYC specializing in figure and 2006, and the Arthur portrait work. L. Maynard Memorial “Father Sonny” by C. Harris-Pagano “My effort is to paint Award at Ridgewood NY Art Institute in what I see as it is reflected in light and shade, 2002. all the while looking for the most telling or In 2013 she showed her Genesis, Creation expressive harmony or composition which and Flood Series at the Palmer Gallery, may be obvious or hidden.” Vassar College. Her studies include Vassar Cynthia Harris-Pagano will present a College, MA Institute of Fine Arts, NYU, and one-artist exhibit Painting in North Light studies with John Osborne at the Ridgewood at Mount Saint Mary College’s Desmond Art Institute. Campus for Adult Enrichment, 6 Albany Two of her portraits have appeared on the Post Road, in the Balmville section of covers of recent CANVAS issues, and she Newburgh. was awarded (in 2004, 2005, 2011 and again The artist’s reception will be on May 1, in 2012) “Best in Show” at the Middletown from 1:00pm-3:00pm and the show will Art Group Juried Show, Orange County run through June 3. Community College, Middletown. All are welcome to attend. Ms. Harris-Pagano has taught extensively, Call 845-565-2076 for gallery hours.

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CAS: High School Art & A Book Reading

Sullivan County High School Art Show The Catskill Art Society (CAS) will host a free opening reception for the Sullivan County High School Art Show, cosponsored by Sullivan County BOCES, on April 23 from 11:00am-2:00pm. All are welcome and light refreshments will be served. This year’s exhibition will present the work of High School Students from Sullivan County’s component school districts and Sullivan County BOCES. CAS is anticipating 300 Digital art by Cameron Conklin, Eldred Central School. Winner of the 2015 Postcard Contest. pieces of artwork in the ten media categories largest public school system in the U.S. of ceramics & glass, digital art, design, black “Edu-tainer” and author Elizabeth Rose, & white drawing, color drawing, mixed media, who has created music and comedy for stage, painting, black & white photography, color film and TV, swore she would never photography, and sculpture. follow the advice of her parents, both An outside jury panel of artists teachers, and become a teacher. But and experts will award a first and she took a gig teaching songwriting in second place ribbon in each category. a NYC public high school. When the Students will be invited to come to the job was cut, she was asked to sub in CAS Arts Center to see the exhibition a new school each week, a temptation and vote on their favorite works to no storyteller could resist. Rose was select a Student Prize award in each Elizabeth Rose winner of the Nonfiction Authors category. Association Bronze Award for excellence. The show runs from April 23-May 15. Want a front row seat in class? Join in for an afternoon reading of Yo Miz! and conversation Book Reading: Yo Miz! with Elizabeth Rose, on April 30, from Yo Miz! is a seriously funny memoir of an 2:00pm-3:00pm. unconventional “edu-tainer,” ejected from Both the exhibition and reading are free and her home school and assigned to teach at 25 open to the public at the CAS Arts Center, 48 Manhattan public high schools in one wacky Main Street, Livingston Manor. year. It is a remarkable odyssey through the For information: 845-436-4227.

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Welcome to Gallery EVA, Callicoon

Eva Drizhal is not the sort of imagery with a sense of chaos. artist to get pigeonholed into one Elise Freda’s paintings and medium. She likes to experiment, drawings are based in nature and expressing herself by different begin with observation. She finds means, whether it’s tapestries, her shapes, colors, spaces, textures pen and ink drawings, sculpture and lines in the trees, plants, fields, or painting. Eva’s current work is mountains and skies that surround larger than life 3-D wall objects her studio in Callicoon. inspired by, and evoking the feel Hana Marritz makes sculptures and touch of seeds and pollen in of animals and angels in chicken nature. She constructs her works wire that can hang outside or inside. using paper clay, and other “Capsule of Life” by E. Drizhal She also works with small bits organic materials, completing of paper from magazines to create special visual effects with acrylic collages of nature. paint. She has also worked in fiber Naomi Teppich carves clay and art, painting, and illustration. creates ceramic 3-D sculptures Eva is the owner of the new and wall reliefs inspired by fossils, Gallery EVA in Callicoon, which and varied natural forms in the will open its doors on April 2 landscape such as mushrooms and with its first ever group show titled bark fragments. She fires her work Primavera. with a anagama kiln, often adding Armand Agresti has been mixed media effects. photographing hand held 4x5 color “Gas” by Z. Shavrick Nancy Wells will exhibit her photographs, many of the Upper Delaware digital drawings, drawn on the Wacom tablet. since the 70’s. He is in various collections in Wells has worked in painting, watercolor, museums, galleries, private collections, and printmaking, collage, sculpture, and drawing. publications. The prints in this show are part of The show, featuring the above seven gallery a railroad collection. artists, runs through April 30, and will have its Zac Shavrick is an expert in steel fabrication opening reception on April 2 from 5:00pmand a master metal sculptor. At only the age of 8:00pm when visitors can meet the artists. 27, he has conquered the unyielding medium The new gallery is located at 35 Lower Main of metal fabrication, conjuring up darkly satiric Street. For information, call 845-887-5807.

Gail Godwin Comes to Gilman Library Award-winning author Gail Godwin has published fourteen critically acclaimed novels, two story collections, one non-fiction Heart, A History of It’s Myths and Meanings (2000), two volumes of journals, The Making of a Writer, 1961-1963 (2007); The Making of a Writer, 1964-1969 (2010), plus 10 musical librettos with composer Robert Starer. Three of her novels, The Odd Woman, Violet Clay, and A Mother and Two Daughters, were National Book Award finalists and five of them (A Mother and Two Daughters, The Finishing School, A Southern Family, Father Melancholy’s Daughter, and Evensong) were New York Times best sellers. A longtime resident of Woodstock, NY during her many years of writing she has received a Guggenheim Fellowship, and National Endowment of the Arts grants for both fiction and librettos. She is indeed one of the preeminent literary artists of our time. At a Master Class entitled Inspiration, Godwin will focus part of the time on her well-known short story Dream Children as a major example. In addition, she will explain the kinds of inspiration and mention examples of other writers. She will also talk about “doing this [writing] for a living.” Attendees will be

able to question Godwin as she shares her fine-tuned techniques. Those attendees who wish to participate may “write some idea that worked for them and what idea they wish would make itself clear,” suggests Godwin. The class takes place in SUNY Orange’s Gilman Center for International Education in the Library, Room 130, on April 6, at 6:30pm. Following the class and still within the comfortable confines of the Gilman Center, Godwin will give a reading of selections from her new book Publishing: A Writer’s Memoir (2015) and her soon-to-be published novel Grief Cottage. In this new book, “is a ghost who is a full-fledged character,” says Godwin. “I’ve put ghosts in my fiction for years, such as in Dream Children, but this raises the identity of the ghost.” Gilman Library is at the corner of South Street and East Conkling Avenue (near GPS 115 South Street), Middletown. Free parking is available in the college’s parking garage on East Conkling Avenue or the parking lots in back of the Shepard Center across South Street from the Library. The Master Class and Reading are free and open to the public. Questions may be directed to Cultural Affairs at 845-341-4891.

National Library Week “plus” in Pine Bush

On April 17, for National Library Week, take A Step Back in Time and learn about the 16 historic homes in the Hamlet of Pine Bush with Town of Crawford Historian, Joanne Keillor. Meet at the Library at 1:00pm for a photo and lecture presentation of the homes. Immediately afterwards, you’ll get the “Map of the Home Locations” and be free to start your own self-guided tour. “We ‘Step Back in Time to 1899’ for our ribbon-cutting ceremony to open our “new” library during our old-fashioned picnic at 2:30pm,” writes Karen Fox, Special Events/ Adult Program Coordinator for the Pine Bush Area Library. Also in April, you can meet author, Sheila Pearl (see photo) on April 5 at 12:30pm, and learn how to be “Ageless and Sexy”. You can meet lecturer, Joseph Britto, on April 5, 12

and 19 at 6:30pm and learn about global revolutions that impacted the world. Or for National Poetry Month, head to the Library for an open mic poetry reading evening with poet Francine D’Alessandro, on April 27 at 7:00pm. “There’s so much to do and learn and the best part...it’s all free! We open the doors of our Community Center to people who come weekly to play games such as pinochle, scrabble, and bridge. Then there are those who stop in on Wednesdays to “color” - the new craze that has taken over by storm! It’s the new activity for relaxing, de-stressing, and detoxing from all those techy gadgets everyone is connected to!,” Fox concluded. The Pine Bush Area Library is at 227 Maple Avenue. Phone: 845-744-3375.

“Friends Cafe” in Jeffersonville Library

Come and relax Parisian style with coffee, tea, croissants, and French music provided by the Friends of the Western Sullivan Public Library and celebrate the Grand Opening of the Friends’ Café at the Western Sullivan Public Library. The café space, and many other improvements at all three branches, were made possible due to funding from the Friends group. The café will be open year

round and will be a place where everyone is welcome to come and enjoy a cup of coffee or tea while visiting the library. The Grand Opening event will take place April 6 from 5:00pm-7:00pm in the community room at the Jeffersonville Branch located at 19 Center Street, Jeffersonville. Call the library at 845-482-4350 for more information about the café or about joining the Friends group. April 2016

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sponsored by SUNY Orange & Mount St. Mary College’s Desmond Campus GWL �� Greenwood Lake Library HHNM ��Hudson Highlands Nature Museum, Outdoor Discovery Center, Cornwall MSM-DC �� Mount St. Mary College, Desmond Campus, Newburgh PEEC �� Pocono Environmental Education Center, Dingmans Ferry SUNYO-GL �� SUNY Orange, Gilman Center Library, Middletown Campus SUNYO-KH ��SUNY Orange, Kaplan Hall, Newburgh Campus SUNYO-OH �� SUNY Orange, Orange Hall, Middletown Campus SUNYO-RCSE ��SUNY Orange, Rowley Center for Science & Engineering, Middletown Campus All Lectures are Free - except those for HHNM, MSM-DC & PEEC unless otherwise noted

“Creative Conversations” arts related �� Artists’ Market, Shohola, 2nd Saturday, 2pm “Climate Change: Adam Kalkstein �� MSM-DC Mar 30, 10am OPEN HOUSE The Birch School ��Unitarian Universalist Cong., Rock Tavern, Mar 30, 5pm-7pm “Boon Lot’s Elephant Sanctuary in Thailand” Richard Chiger ��Florida Library, Mar 30, 6:30pm “Harry S. Truman: Out from the Shadow of a Giant” George Burke including: �� Film: “Give’ Em Hell Harry!” w/James Whitmore MSM-DC, Mar 31, 9:30am “Are LGBTs the worst Homophobes of all?” Michael Musto �� SUNYO-GL Mar 31, 11am “Comic Art: Fantasy and Imagination” Arlen Schumer Ann Street Gallery, Newburgh, Apr 2, 2pm Barbara Villet, Stephen Crowley & Todd Heisler photojournalists ��Bethel Woods, Apr 2, 4pm “Frog Frenzy” �� Fuller Mountain Preserve, Warwick, Apr 4, 10am “Community Based Agriculture~farming within the domain of the city” David Llewellyn �� SUNYO-KH Apr 4, 7pm “Learn how to be ‘Ageless and Sexy’” Sheila Pearl �� Pine Bush Library, Apr 5, 12:30pm “Global revolutions that impacted the world” Joseph Britto �� Pine Bush Library, April 5 & 12 & 19, 6:30pm “The Spiritual Power of Plants” Nathan Rosenblum �� MSM-DC Apr 5, 6:30pm “Learning Chinese may be Easier than You Think! Michael Helme ��Florida Lib., Apr 6, 6:30pm “The Three Strikes Law” Jonna Spilbor �� SUNYO-KH Apr 7, 11am “A Plague on all Their Houses: The Black Death” David Topps ��MSM-DC, Apr 8, 10am SEMINAR “20th Annual Celebration of Being a Woman” �� SUNY Sullivan, Loch Sheldrake, Apr 9, 9am Fish Stories on the Hudson Tom Lake, Chris Letts, and John Mylod ��Ft. Montgomery, Apr 9, 1pm “Bridge the Gap: Edible & Medicinal Plant Walk” �� PEEC Apr 10, 10am Fallsburg History Bus Tour John Conway �� Fallsburg Library, So. Fallsburg, Apr 10, 10am& 1pm Geology Hike �� PEEC Apr 10, 1pm “Expeditions Across Africa: The Journey Continues” Barry Kass ��GWL Apr 10, 1pm “Track your Truth: How to Live an Authentic & Healthy Life” �� Puja A. J. Thomson MSM-DC Apr 11, 1:30pm “Renaissance Man: General Albert Myer, Founder of the International Weather Service and the U.S. Signal Corps” Bob Gilbert SUNYO-KH Apr 11, 7pm Safe Harbors of the Hudson TOUR �� Safe Harbors/Ritz Theater, Newburgh, Apr 12, 9am “Nature’s New Deal: The Great Depression & Franklin Roosevelt in New York’s Hudson Valley” Neil M. Maher MSM-DC Apr 12, 6:30pm FREE “Regional Invasive Species: Programs, Regulations, Species, Actions” Linda Rohleder �� SUNYO-GL Apr 12, 7pm “Tap into Your Creative Potential” �� Newburgh Library, Apr 12, 7pm “Detoxification” Richard Huntoon ��MSM-DC Apr 13, 1pm FREE DISCUSSION “International Migration” �� Cornwall Library, Apr 13, 7pm “Hamilton and Jefferson: Competing Visions “ Thomas Oller Ft.Montgomery Historic Site, Apr 14, 7pm “The Taming of the Shrew” Mary Warrener ��Florida Library, Apr 14. 7:30pm “On the Origin of Birds: from Dinosaurs to Ducks” Douglas Robinson �� MSM-DC Apr 15, 11am FREE “Lights in the Sky-Hudson Valley UFOs” Bill & Sue Wiand ��MSM-DC Apr 15, 10am “Natural Vision Improvement” Marc Grossman ��MSM-DC Apr 15, 1pm “Protecting the Righteous Qi: Complementary Prevention and Support of Chronic Illness” �� Lorraine Hughes MSM-DC Apr 16, 9am “Have a Chemical-Free Home” Barbara Mains ��MSM-DC Apr 16, 10am “A Step Back in Time” Joanne Keillor, walking tour & picnic �� Pine Bush Library, Apr 17, 1pm Pond Explorers outdoors �� PEEC Apr 17, 1pm “Cornelia Pinchot’s political activism and her role as wife of Gov. Gifford Pinchot” �� Lunch & Learn series Grey Towers, Milford, Apr 18, 11:30am FEE “The Joys of Hiking” Peter Reiner ��Thrall Library, Apr 18, 6:30pm “Centering Black Women: Race in the Woman Suffrage Movement” Susan Goodier �� SUNYO-KH Apr 18, 7pm “Chinese Americans: Cultural Transplant and Identity Search” & Film: “The Joy Luck Club” �� Cornwall Library, Apr 20, 5:30pm “How to Get Started Kayaking” D. Urmston ��MSM-DC Apr 21, 6pm FREE “Special Fun, Quick, and Easy Ways to Play with Your Grandchildren” �� George Toth & Diana Underwood MSM-DC Apr 22, 10am “Are You Now or Have You Ever Been? Revisiting the Red Scare in Hollywood” �� Ernest Giglio MSM-DC Apr 22, 1pm “Salamanders, Frogs and More” outdoors �� PEEC Apr 23, 10am “International Development Assistance in Public Health” Bill Goldman ��MSM-DC Apr 25, 1pm “Fukushima: health effects update” Fred Burns �� Hudson Valley Science Cafe, La Casa Vicina, New Windsor, Apr 27, 7:15pm “Johannes Gutenberg: What Did He Really Do?” Bruce Coehn ��MSM-DC Apr 29, 10am Open House �� The Birch School Nature Camp, Westtown, Apr 30, 1pm-4pm 14

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Music - pop, Folk, Country, Blues, rock

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Thunderhead Organ Trio jazz-fusion �� The Wherehouse, Newburgh, 3rd Thursdays, 8pm FREE Music for Humanity �� Noble Coffee Roasters, Campbell Hall, 3rd Saturdays, 8pm The Funk Junkies ��The Falcon, Marlboro, Apr 1, 7pm Tory Dean pop, rock, hip-hop ��CAS Laundry King, Livingston Manor, Apr 2, 7pm Lucky Peterson Delta blues ��The Falcon, Marlboro, Apr 2, 7pm Dead on the Tracks Grateful Dead �� The Falcon Underground, Marlboro, Apr 2, 7pm Big Joe Fitz & the Lo-Fis swing, blues ��The Falcon, Marlboro, Apr 3, 10am-2pm Popa Chubby rock, blues ��The Falcon, Marlboro, Apr 3, 7pm Mr. Gone Jazz Fusion, Sweet Clementines Victorian rock ��The Falcon, Marlboro, Apr 7, 7pm Ike Willis & Don Preston Project/Object: Zappa ��The Falcon, Marlboro, Apr 8, 7pm “Carol Smith and Friends: Songs in the Making” � Delaware Arts Center, Narrowsburg, Apr 9, 3pm Keith Jordan and Jim Sheehan Hudson Valley Folk Guild �� Unitarian Universalist Congregation, Rock Tavern, Apr 9, 7:30pm Alexis P. Suter & The Ministers of Sound GosBlues ��The Falcon, Marlboro, Apr 10, 10am-2pm “Choral Sunday” Gospel Choirs �� SUNYO Orange, Kaplan Hall, Newburgh, Apr 10, 3pm Breackneck Annie “Old Timey” �� Newburgh Library, Apr 10, 3pm FREE Slam Allen’s Spring Celebration blues ��The Falcon, Marlboro, Apr 14, 7pm Steve Agostini guitar �� Seven Freedoms Music Center, Montgomery, Apr 16, 2pm FREE The Rock Hill Ramblers roots, blues, soul ��Phillipsport Community Center, Apr 16, 7pm Jim Weider’s PRoJECT PERCoLATOR rock ��The Falcon, Marlboro, Apr 16, 7pm Annie and the Hedonists blues, vintage jazz, swing ��Tusten Theatre, Narrowsburg, Apr 16, 8pm The Blues Farm blues ��The Falcon, Marlboro, Apr 17, 10am-2pm Hit the Roof Band ��Greenwood Lake Library, Apr 17, 1pm FREE Marc Berger Americana, roots �� Thrall Library, Apr 17, 1pm FREE Ed Palermo Big Band Does James Bond! orchestral rock ��The Falcon, Marlboro, Apr 17, 7pm Roots & Blues Sessions �� The Falcon Underground, Marlboro, Apr 20, 7pm Connor Kennedy & Minstrel roots, rock ��The Falcon, Marlboro, Apr 21, 7pm Cuboricua Latin ��The Falcon, Marlboro, Apr 22, 7pm Terrance Simien & The Zydeco Experience �� Bethel Woods, Apr 23, 7pm Acoustic Masters Concert Woodsongs Coffeehouse, bluegrass, Americana �� Sullivan County Museum, Hurleyville, Apr 23, 7pm Terry Reid & the Cosmic American Derelicts, Johnny Society The Falcon, Marlboro, Apr 23, 7pm The Saints of Swing swing, r&b, Dixieland, klezmer, etc. ��The Falcon, Marlboro, Apr 24, 10am-2pm Mazzstock Allstars rock ��The Falcon, Marlboro, Apr 24, 7pm Chrissi Poland blues, soul, rock ��The Falcon, Marlboro, Apr 28, 7pm David Drivers LuxRd. ‘Welcome to My Haus” .......................................Tusten Theatre, Apr 30, 8pm Rev Tor Band “Last Waltz Live” �� Bethel Woods, Apr 30, 7pm Bernard “Pretty” Purdie & Friends funk, rock ��The Falcon, Marlboro, Apr 30, 7pm

Open Mic & in-house music Some listings below are not included in our centerspread calendar.

Open Mic w/Steve Schwartz & Antoine Magliano ��Dutch’s Tavern, Rock Hill, Mondays, 7:30pm The Parting Glass Band Celtic ��Loughran’s Pub, Salisbury Mills, Thursdays, 7pm-10pm Jake Lentz piano & Marilyn Kennedy vocals � Giovanni’s Inn, Wurtsboro, Fridays & Saturdays, 6pm-9pm Marc Von Em soul, blues, funk ��WaterWheel Cafe, Milford, Last Fridays, 8pm-11pm Songwriter’s Anonymous open mic �� Artists Market, Shohola, 3rd Saturday, 2pm The Last 25 Years of Broadway & Open Mic Karaoke �SUNY Sullivan Student Union, Apr 1, 9pm Jim & Michelle Ianucci �� Palaia Winery, Highland Mills, Apr 1, 7:30pm-10:30pm Joe Duras and the Skills �� Palaia Winery, Highland Mills, Apr 2, 7:30pm-10:30pm Paul Davis �� Palaia Winery, Highland Mills, Apr 3, 2pm-5pm Whitney Road CD release �� Palaia Winery, Highland Mills, Apr 8, 7:30pm-10:30pm Jason Casterline Band �� Palaia Winery, Highland Mills, Apr 9, 7:30pm-10:30pm Ed Packer �� Palaia Winery, Highland Mills, Apr 10, 2pm-5pm Erol Ogut �� Palaia Winery, Highland Mills, Apr 15, 7:30pm-10:30pm Brice Dice Duo �� Palaia Winery, Highland Mills, Apr 16, 7:30pm-10:30pm Gayle Donnolly �� Palaia Winery, Highland Mills, Apr 17, 2pm-5pm Sarah Potenza ��Catskill Distillery, Bethel, Apr 18, 7:30pm Will Hoppey �� Palaia Winery, Highland Mills, Apr 22, 7:30pm-10:30pm Hurley Mountain Highway �� Palaia Winery, Highland Mills, Apr 23, 7:30pm-10:30pm David Kraai & Amy �� Palaia Winery, Highland Mills, Apr 24, 2pm-5pm Jack Higgins & Friends �� Palaia Winery, Highland Mills, Apr 29, 7:30pm-10:30pm Back To the Garden 1969! �� Palaia Winery, Highland Mills, Apr 30, 7:30pm-10:30pm FREE Master Classes - Demos

cont.

master classes “The Joy of Wood-turning” Andy Komonchak, demo w/Q&A �� SUNYO-KH Mar 29, 7pm “Inspiration” a writing master class and reading by Gail Godwin ��SUNYO-GL Apr 6, 6:30pm “Bodyscripting” w/Tamar Rogoff, choreographer and Gregg Mozgala, dancer �� SUNYO Edward A. Diana Physical Education Bldg., Middletown, Apr 21, 10:30am “Boundary Conditions: Drawing in a Digital World” John F. Simon, Jr. �� SUNYO-KH Apr 26, 12:15pm DEMOS Glass Blowing ��Gillinder Glass, Port Jervis, Apr 9, 10am-2:30pm Goshen Art League Drawing, Clay ��CJ Hooker School, Goshen Apr 9,10am-3pm Fiber Crafts Demos Fiber Arts Fair �� Florida Library, Apr 13, 6pm-7:30pm Woodcarving Woodcarving Guild ��Thrall Library, Apr 20, 6pm “Creole Cooking” Terrance Simien ��Bethel Woods, Apr 21, 5:30pm

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Arts & CraftS open Tours

Second Saturday ��Sugar Loaf, Apr 9, 5pm-8pm Last Saturday ��Newburgh, Apr 30, 4pm-8pm

cabaret

Surreal Cabaret “A Fool’s Cabaret” �� Seligmann Center, Sugar Loaf, Apr 1, 8pm The Lyric Quartet ��Dead End Cafe, Parksville, Apr 10, 3pm

cinema

A Chump at Oxford” Laurel & Hardy �� Shadowland Theatre, Ellenville, Apr 2, 2pm “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” �� Newburgh Library, Apr 11, 6pm FREE “An America in Paris” Gene Kelly, Leslie Caron ��Cornwall Library, Apr 13, Noon FREE “To Kill a Mockingbird” w/discussion MountSt.Mary-DesmondCampus, Balmville, Apr 14, 9:30am “Of Mice & Men” Burgess Meredith, Lon Chaney, Jr. ��Shadowland Theatre, Apr 16, 2pm “Beyond Silence” German w/titles �� Cornwall Library, Apr 19, 6pm FREE “The Sunshine Boys” George Burns, Walter Matthau Thrall Library, Middletown, Apr 20, 3pm FREE “The Joy Luck Club”& Lecture �� Cornwall Library, Apr 20, 5:30pm FREE “Enter the Faun” documentary, discussion w/Tamar Rogoff & Gregg Mozgala �� SUNY Orange, Gilman Library, Middletown, Apr 20, 6:45pm Saturday Matinee at the Library �� Newburgh Library, Apr 23, 2pm FREE “Gaswork” documentary ��Tusten Theatre, Apr 23, 8pm

comedy

Richie Byrne, Jordan Ferber ��Joker’s Comedy Club, Chester, Apr 2, 9pm Joseph Anthony, Peter Bales ��Joker’s Comedy Club, Chester, Apr 9, 9pm Buddy Fitzpatrick, Tim Gage ��Joker’s Comedy Club, Chester, Apr 16, 9pm Rob Ryan, Keith Anthony ��Joker’s Comedy Club, Chester, Apr 23, 9pm Jerrold Benford, Joe Moffa ��Joker’s Comedy Club, Chester, Apr 30, 9pm

dance

“Harry Potter, a Contemporary Ballet” Hudson Valley Conservatory �� New Rose Theatre, Walden, Apr 1-10 All County Dance Celebration Orange County Arts Council �� Paramount Theater, Middletown, Apr 24, 3pm

festivals

Earth Day Festival ��Pocono Environmental Education Center, Dingmans Ferry, Apr 16, 10am-4pm Earth Day Celebration and Annual Hike-A-Thon �� Hudson Highlands Nature Museum Outdoor Discovery Center, Cornwall, Apr 30, 10am-3pm UUCRT Spiritual Arts & Consciousness Fair �� Unitarian Universalist Congregation, Rock Tavern, Apr 30, 10am-4pm

fundraisers

Delaware Valley Arts Alliance “Savor the Arts” Pancake Breakfast Damascus PA, Apr 9, 8am-Noon SUNY Orange Foundation ��SUNY Orange Hall, Middletown, Apr 14, 5:30pm Mulberry House Senior Center Cupcake&Painting Party Mulberry House, Middletown, Apr 16, 1pm Greater Newburgh Symphony Orchestra Champagne Brunch honoring David Rider �� Powelton Club, Newburgh, Apr 17, Noon Grey Towers 8K Run/Walk ��Grey Towers, Milford, Apr 23, 9am-11am

holistic - intuitive - psychic

Lisa Ann “Meeting Your Guides and Angels” �� Thrall Library, Apr 28, 6pm Spiritual Arts &Consciousness Fair Universalist Unitarian Cong., Rock Tavern, Apr 30, 10am-4pm

museums Museum listings are not included in our centerspread calendar.

Terwilliger House Museum ��Ellenville, ongoing Celebrating Catskill Waters Past & Present ��Time & The Valleys Museum, Grahamsville, ongoing “Wildlife”, “Woodstock”, “Frederick A. Cook” ��Sullivan County Museum, Hurleyville ongoing Pinchot Mansion Tours ��Grey Towers, Milford, ongoing “The Atom Bomb” �� Karpeles Manuscript Museum, Newburgh, thru Apr 30 FREE WWI Commemoration �� Museum Village, Monroe, Apr 2, 11am-3pm & Purple Heart Hall of Honor, New Windsor, Apr 2, 1pm-5pm Museum Village Opening Day �� Museum Village, Monroe, Apr 9, 11am-4pm

Music - Classical

Brooklyn Baroque violin & oboe ��Thrall Library, Middletown, Apr 3, 2pm NY Wind Symphony, w/NY Philharmonic’s Eileen Moon �� Sugar Loaf PAC, Apr 3, 3pm Julie Ziavras opera, Greek, classical, folk, B’way, Grand Montgomery Chamber Music Series �� Montgomery Senior Center, Apr 3, 3pm FREE Four Seasons Chorale, Lip Service Brass Sextet �First Presbyterian Church, Port Jervis, Apr 3, 3pm Potluck Concerts “WanderingAbroad” � Cornwall Presby. Ch., Cornwall-on-Hudson, Apr 8, 7:30pm Weekend of Chamber Music “We’ll Always Have Paris” �� CAS Arts Center, Livingston Manor, Apr 16, 3pm The New Bel Canto Trio opera, songs, spirituals, B’way �� Sugar Loaf PAC, Apr 23, 8pm Rachel Crozier violin, Nancy Torrente cello, Janice Nimetz, piano, Music in Central Valley ��

Central Valley United Methodist Church, Apr 24, 3pm FREE Eric Grossman violin, Susan Kagan piano, Grand Montgomery Chamber Music Series �� Montgomery Senior Center, May 1, 3pm FREE Classic Choral Society Janiece Kohler, cond. �� United Church of Christ, Blooming Grove, May 1, 4pm FREE

music - jazz

Live Jazz Brunch with The Jazz Cats ��Dancing Cat Saloon, Bethel, Sundays, Noon Thunderhead Organ Trio jazz-fusion �� The Wherehouse, Newburgh, 3rd Thursdays, 8pm FREE The Cookers ��The Falcon, Marlboro, Apr 9, 7pm NY Jazzharmonic Chamber Music at St. Andrew’s, jazz, rags, stomps, blues �� St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church, So. Fallsburg, Apr 9, 8pm Jazz Sessions Host: Doug Weiss �� The Falcon Underground, Marlboro, Apr 13, 7pm Frank Vignola & Vinny Raniolo ��Ritz Lobby, Newburgh, Apr 16, 8pm Joseph Boga Octet & DVHS Jazz Band “HAPPY BIRTHDAY, DUKE!” �� Delaware Valley High School, Milford, Apr 29, 7:30pm

Opera

“Madama Butterfly” Puccini, Live from the Met �� SUNY Sullivan, Loch Sheldrake, Apr 2, 1pm “Roberto Devereux” Donizetti, Live from the Met �� SUNY Sullivan, Loch Sheldrake, Apr 16, 1pm “Werther” Massenet, w/Jonas Kaufmann ��Cornwall Library, Apr 17, 1pm FREE “Elektra” Strauss, Live from the Met �� SUNY Sullivan, Loch Sheldrake, Apr 30, 1pm poetry & prose readings Poet Gold Poelodies: poetry, spoken word, melodies ��The Falcon, Marlboro, Apr 4, 11, 18, 25, 7pm Eamon Grennan �� Mount St. Mary College, Kaplan Library, Newburgh, Apr 7, 4pm Ernie Sherman ��Noble Coffee Roasters, Campbell Hall, Apr 7, 7pm Hudson River Poets �� Newburgh Library, Apr 7, 7pm FREE “In/filtration” �� Seligmann Studio, Sugar Loaf, Apr 10, 2pm John Dullaghan �� Bears & Cubs Bagel Den, Wurtsboro, Apr 10, 6pm FREE Barbara Adams ��Montgomery Book Exchange, Montgomery, Apr 12, 7pm FREE James Finn Cotter �� Mount St. Mary College, Kaplan Library, Newburgh, Apr 14, 4pm Donna Spector, Mary Makofske, Donna Reis, Howard Horowitz, Fred Buell �� Wisner Library, Warwick, Apr 14, 6:30pm FREE Ladies Night: “Shorts & Sweets for April Fools” w/Carol Montana, humorous prose �� Fallsburg Library, So.Fallsburg, Apr 14, 7pm Hudson River Poets in Performance �� Newburgh Library, Apr 14, 7pm FREE Poetry Cafe:Christie Shannon Kline, David Messineo, Robert Milby Florida Library, Apr 15, 7pm Alyta Adams, Jennifer Circosta, Ariana Den Blyker, Walter Worden, Glenn Werner, Robert Milby Chester Library, Apr 23, 2pm Christopher P. Gazeent Poetry at the Church ��Goshen Methodist Church, Apr 25, 7pm FREE Francine D’Alessandro �� Pine Bush Library, Apr 27, 7pm Calling All Poets ��Space Create, Apr 29, 7pm Karen Herceg �� Clearwater Gallery, Jones Farm, Cornwall, Apr 29, 7pm FREE Donna Spector ��SUNY Orange, Kaplan Hall, Apr 30, 5:30pm

recreation, Dancing

Swing Dancing w/Swing Shift Orchestra ��Newburgh Brewery, 1st Thursdays, 7:30pm Dancing (Ballroom) �� MISU Ellenville, 1st Saturdays, Lesson 7:30pm, Dance 8pm

storytelling

“Ladies Night Out: The Joke’s On You” Carol Montana, jokes & stories �� Fallsburg Library, So. Fallsburg, Apr 7, 7:30pm FREE

theatre - musicals - revues

“Live From Nashville” �� Eisenhower Hall, West Point, Apr 2, 8pm “Mamma Mia” �� Eisenhower Hall, West Point, Apr 17, 3pm

theatre - plays

“Inventing Van Gogh” Cornerstone Theatre Arts �� Goshen Music Hall, Apr 16-May 1 “The Honeymoon Murders!” mystery dinner-theatre �� West Point Club, Apr 29, 8pm

Schools & Conservatories “The Last 25 Years of Broadway” & Karaoke �� SUNY Sullivan Student Union, Apr 1, 9pm “Harry Potter, a Contemporary Ballet” Hudson Valley Conservatory �� New Rose Theatre, Walden, Apr 1-10 S.S. Seward Select Choir & local musicians �� Florida Library, Apr 7, 6pm Improv Night �� SUNY Sullivan Student Union, Loch Sheldrake, Apr 8, 9pm “Hairspray the Musical “ Pine Bush HS students ��Pine Bush HS, Apr 8, 8pm, Apr 9, 2pm&8pm “Beauty and the Beast” Monticello HS Performing Arts ��Monticello HS, Apr 8-10 “El Marido and Money” SUNY Orange Apprentice Players �� SUNY Orange Hall, Middletown, Apr 8-17 “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” Mount St. Mary theatre students �� Aquinas Hall, Newburgh, Apr 14-16 “Ragtime” SUNY Sullivan theatre students ��Seelig Auditorium, Loch Sheldrake, Apr 14-24 Hip-Hop Recital �� Town of Mamakating Park, Bloomingburg, Apr 19, TBA April 2016

Delaware & Hudson CANVAS

april 7FREE �� Seven Freedoms Music Center, Montgomery BGRV �� United Church of Christ, Blooming Grove BW �� Bethel Woods Center for the Arts, Bethel CAS Catskill Art Society ��CAS Arts Center, Livingston Manor CAS-LK �� CAS Laundry King, Livingston Manor DCAT �� Dancing Cat Saloon & Catskill Distillery, Bethel

MONDAY

Open Mic Night Chester Library, 6pm

Poetry Karen Herceg Goshen Methodist Church,7pm Music Corey Dandridge’s World of Gospel Residency FAL 7pm

TUESDAY

DEAD �� Dead End Cafe, Parksville DVAA �� Delaware Valley Arts Alliance, Narrowsburg FAL �� The Falcon, Marlboro FAL-U ��The Falcon Undergound. Marlboro GMCM Grand Montgomery Chamber Music Series......Montgomery Senior Center GOSH Cornerstone Theatre Arts �� Goshen Music Hall

WEDNESDAY

THURSDAY

“Apple Trees in Spring” by outgoing Wurtsboro Art Alliance President, David Music.................... Munford. Dance........“Harry See page 22. Cabaret.......... Sur

Open House The Birch School UUC 5pm-7pm

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

HHNM........Hudson Highlands Nature Museum, Outdoor Discovery Center, Cor IKE �� Eisenhower Hall, West JOKER �� Joker’s Comedy Club, C MICV Music in Central Valley �� Central Valley United Methodist C MONTBK ��Montgomery Book Exc MSM-AQ �� Mount St. Mary College, Aquinas Hall, New

Poetry-Music-Spoken Word Poet Gold “Poelodies” FAL 7pm

Cinema “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” Newburgh Library, 6:30pm

Poetry-Music-Spoken Word Poet Gold “Poelodies” FAL 7pm

Cinema Adult Independent Film Night Greenwood Lake Library, 7pm

Poetry Barbara Adams Montgomery Book Exchange, 7pm

Poetry-Music-Spoken Word Poet Gold “Poelodies” FAL 7pm

Cinema “Beyond Silence” Cornwall Library, 6pm

Music Sarah Potenza DCAT 7:30pm

Poetry Christopher P. Gazeent Goshen Methodist Church, 7pm

Cinema “The Sunshine Boys” THRALL 3pm

Cinema & Lecture “The Joy Luck Club” Cornwall Library, 5:30pm

Cinema.................... “To Kill a Mockingbird”.......... MSM-DC 9:30am Fundraiser............. SUNY Orange Foundation....SUNYO-OH 5:30pm Poetry..............................5 Poets......Wisner Library, Warwick,. 6:30pm Humor.....Ladies Night: “Shorts & Sweets”.....Fallsburg Library, 7pm Poetry...........................James Finn Cotter.................... MSM-KL 4pm Poetry............Hudson River Poets in Performance............ NFL 7pm Music - Blues.... Slam Allen’s Spring Celebration.................FAL 7pm Theatre - Play.... “A Midsummer Night’s Dream”... MSM-AQ 7:30pm Theatre - Musical................ “Ragtime”...............................SCCC 8pm

21 Music - Roots-Rock........Connor Kennedy & Minstrel...........FAL 7pm

Music-Jazz, Fusion..Thunderhead Organ Trio. Wherehouse,Newburgh,8pm

Theatre - Musical................ “Ragtime”...............................SCCC 8pm

Dance........“Harry Music - Zappa....... Music - Classical..P Theatre - Play.......

Poetry................... Theatre - Play....... Theatre - Play.... “A Theatre - Musical..

Music - Latin......... Theatre - Play....... Theatre - Musical..

Music Roots & Blues Sessions FAL-U 7pm

Poetry-Music-Spoken Word Poet Gold “Poelodies” FAL 7pm

Crafts Fiber Arts Fair Florida Library, 6pm-7:30pm Music - Jazz Jazz Sessions w/Doug Weiss FAL-U 7pm

Cinema “An American in Paris” Cornwall Library, Noon

Cinema................... Reel Eclectic Film Series............... THRALL 2pm Poetry.............................Eamen Grennan...................... MSM-KL 4pm Music...................... Florida Music Showcase..... Florida Library, 6pm Poetry..............................Ernie Sherman........................... NOBL 7pm Poetry......................... Hudson River Poets.......................... NFL 7pm Storytelling-Jokes...........Carol Montana...........Fallsburg Library, 7pm Music - Fusion-Rock.......Mr. Gone, Sweet Clementines...... NFL 7pm

Delaware & Hudson CANVAS

Poetry Karen Herceg Clearwater Gallery, Jones Farm, Cornwall, 7pm

April 2016

27 Poetry Francine D’Alessandro Pine Bush Library, 7pm

28 Intuitive.... Lisa Ann “Meeting Your Guides & Angels...THRALL 6pm Music - Blue-Soul-Rock........Chrissi Poland...........................FAL 7pm

Poetry...Karen Her Theatre - Play....... Poetry................C Music-Jazz Joseph Dinner-Theatre...“T

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MSM-DC �� Mount St. Mary College, Desmond Campus, Balmville MSM-KL �� Mount St. Mary College, Kaplan Library, Newburgh NFL �� Newburgh Free Library NOBL �� Noble Coffee Roasters, Campbell Hall PEEC �� Pocono Environmental Education Center, Dingmans Ferry PHILL �� Phillipsport Community Center

FRIDAY

PT �� Paramount Theater, Middletown ROSE ��New Rose Theatre, Walden SCCC �� SUNY Sullivan County Community College, Loch Sheldrake SCM ��Sullivan County Museum, Hurleyville SLGMN �� Seligmann Center for the Arts, Sugar Loaf SLPAC �� Sugar Loaf Performing Arts Center

SATURDAY

Opera - Live from the Met.“Madama Butterfuly”Puccini..SCCC 1pm Cinema.........“A Chump at Oxford” Laurel & Hardy............. ST 2pm Dance...“Harry Potter, a Contemporary Ballet”...ROSE 3pm & 7pm ......... The Funk Junkies.............................FAL 7pm Music - pop-rock-hip-hop............Tory Dean.................... CAS-LK 7pm y Potter, a Contemporary Ballet”..........ROSE 7pm Music - Blues-Soul......... Lucky Peterson..............................FAL 7pm rreal Cabaret “A Fool’s Cabaret”....... SLGMN 8pm Music - Grateful Dead...........Dead on the Tracks..............FAL-U 7pm Theatre - Musical....... “Live from Nashville”......................... IKE 8pm Comedy............... Richie Byrne, Jordan Ferber.............. JOKER 9pm

..... Cuboricua Salsa Band.........................FAL 7pm ......“Inventing Van Gogh”.................... GOSH 7pm . .............. “Ragtime”...............................SCCC 8pm

Music - Classical.Four Seasons Chorale.FirstPresby.Ch. Port Jervis 3pm

Dance........“Harry Potter, a Contemporary Ballet”..........ROSE 3pm Music - Rock-Blues..........Popa Chubby................................FAL 7pm

Festival.........................Earth Day Festival.............. PEEC 10am-4pm Fundraiser.GreaterNewburghSym.Orch.PoweltonClub,Newburgh,Noon Fundraiser.Cupcake&Painting Party.MulberryHouse, Middletown, 1pm Opera - Live from the Met.......“Roberto Devereux”..........SCCC 1pm Music......................... Steve Agostini guitar.................... 7FREE 2pm Cinema................“Of Mice & Men” Hemingway.................... ST 2pm Music - Classical.............Weekend of Chamber Music.........CAS 3pm Music -Roots-Blues..... Rock Hill Ramblers....................... PHILL 7pm Music - Rock......Jim Weider’s PRoJECT PERCoLATOR......FAL 7pm Theatre - Play............“Inventing Van Gogh”.................... GOSH 7pm Theatre - Play...........“El Marido and Money”......SUNYO-OH 7:30pm Theatre - Play.... “A Midsummer Night’s Dream”... MSM-AQ 7:30pm Music...........................Music for Humanity.................. NOBL 7:30pm Music - Blues,Jazz....,.Annie and the Hedonists................TUST 8pm Music - Jazz....... Frank Vignola & Vinny Raniolo................ RITZ 8pm Theatre - Musical................ “Ragtime”...............................SCCC 8pm Comedy............... Buddy Fitzpatrick, Tim Gage............. JOKER 9pm

Cinema..............Saturday Matinee at the Library................ NFL 2pm Poetry.................................... 6 Poets.................. Chester Library 2pm Theatre - Play............“Inventing Van Gogh”.................... GOSH 7pm Music - .... Terrance Simien & The Zydeco Experience....... BW 7pm Music - Americana-Blues.....Acoustic Masters Concert...... SCM 7pm

Music.Terry Reid & Cosmic American Derelicts, Johnny Society.FAL 7pm

Music - Opera-B’way, etc......The New Bel Canto Trio..... SLPAC 8pm Theatre - Musical................ “Ragtime”...............................SCCC 8pm Cinema................... “Gaswork” documentary....................TUST 8pm Comedy..................Rob Ryan, Keith Anthony................ JOKER 9pm

Festival......................Earth Day Celebration.......... HHNM 10am-3pm rceg....Clearwater Gallery-Jones Farm, Cornwall, 7pm Festival........ Spiritual Arts & Consciousness Fair...UUC 10am-4pm ......“Inventing Van Gogh”.................... GOSH 7pm Opera - Live from the Met........“Elektra ” Strauss.............SCCC 1pm Calling All Poets.......Space Create, Newburgh, 7pm Poetry..............................Donna Spector............. SUNYO-KH 5:30pm h Boga Octet & DVHS Band .DVHS, Milford, 7:30pm Theatre - Play............“Inventing Van Gogh”.................... GOSH 7pm The Honeymoon Murders!”..West Point Club, 8pm Music - Funk-Soul......Bernard “Pretty” Purdie & Friends....FAL 7pm Music......................... David Driver’s LuxRd.......................TUST 8pm Comedy................ Jerrold Benford, Joe Moffa............... JOKER 9pm

SUNDAY

Music - Swing-Blues.......Big Joe Fitz & The Lo-Fis.... FAL 10am-2pm Music - Jazz.......... Jazz Cats Live Jazz Brunch...............DCAT 11am Music......Songwriter’s Anonymous...... Artists’ Market, Shohola 2pm Music - Classical...........Brooklyn Baroque.................... THRALL 2pm Music - Classical...NY Wind Symph., Eileen Moon cello.SLPAC 3pm Music - ArtSongs-Greek-Folk.... “The Art of Julie Ziavras”......GMCM 3pm

Fundraiser.....DVAA Pancake Breakfast.....Damascus PA, 8am-Noon Music........................ Carol Smith & Friends......................DVAA 3pm y Potter, a Contemporary Ballet”..........ROSE 7pm Dance...“Harry Potter, a Contemporary Ballet”...ROSE 3pm & 7pm ....Ike Willis & Don Preston.......................FAL 7pm Music - Jazz...................... The Cookers.................................FAL 7pm Potluck Concerts,Cornwall Presbyterian Ch. 7:30pm Theatre - Play...........“El Marido and Money”......SUNYO-OH 7:30pm .....“El Marido and Money”......SUNYO-OH 7:30pm Music - Folk......... Keith Jordan & Jim Sheehan............ UUC 7:30pm Music.NY Jazzharmonic..St. Andrew’s Episcopal Ch., So Fallsburg 8pm Comedy...............Joseph Anthony, Peter Bales............. JOKER 9pm

.............. Poetry Cafe................. Florida Library 7pm .....“El Marido and Money”......SUNYO-OH 7:30pm A Midsummer Night’s Dream”... MSM-AQ 7:30pm . .............. “Ragtime”...............................SCCC 8pm

SUNYO-KH �� SUNY Orange, Kaplan Hall, Newburgh SUNYO-OH �� SUNY Orange, Orange Hall, Middletown SS �� Shadowland Stages, Ellenville THRALL �� Thrall Library, Middletown TUST ��Tusten Theatre, Narrowsburg UUC �� Unitarian Universalist Congregation, Rock Tavern

Music - GosBlues..Alexis P. Suter&Ministers of Sound.FAL 10am-2pm Music - Jazz.......... Jazz Cats Live Jazz Brunch...............DCAT 11am Poetry ............................. “In/filtration”.......................... SLGMN 2pm Music...........................Breakneck Annie...............................NFL 3pm Music-Gospel ................Choral Sunday.................. SUNYO-KH 3pm Cabaret ....................... The Lyric Quartet......................... DEAD 3pm Dance.........“Harry Potter, a Contemporary Ballet”........ROSE 3pm Theatre - Play...........“El Marido and Money”...........SUNYO-OH 3pm Poetry....John Dullaghan..Bears & Cubs Bagel Den, Wurtsboro, 6pm

Music - Blues..................The Blues Farm................... FAL 10am-2pm Music - Jazz.......... Jazz Cats Live Jazz Brunch...............DCAT Noon

Fundraiser.Greater Newburgh Sym.Orch..Powelton Club, Newburgh, Noon Music.......................Hit the Roof Band.. .....Greenwood Lake Library 1pm

Music - Americana-Roots..........Marc Berger.................. THRALL 1pm

Opera - Film................... “Werther” Massenet.........Cornwall Library, 1pm

Theatre - Play............“Inventing Van Gogh”.................... GOSH 2pm Theatre - Musical................ “Ragtime”...............................SCCC 2pm

Theatre - Musical................ “Mamma Mia”....................................IKE 3pm

Theatre - Play...........“El Marido and Money”...........SUNYO-OH 3pm

Music - James Bond........Ed Palermo Big Band......................... FAL 7pm

24 Music - Variety............ The Saints of Swing............... FAL 10am-2pm Music - Jazz.......... Jazz Cats Live Jazz Brunch...............DCAT Noon Theatre - Play............“Inventing Van Gogh”.................... GOSH 2pm Theatre - Musical................ “Ragtime”...............................SCCC 2pm Music - Classical....Piano Trio Crozier, Torrente, Nimetz... MICV 3pm Dance................. All County Dance Celebration................... PT 3pm Music - Rock..... Mazzstock All Stars and Friends................FAL 7pm

1 Music - Jazz.......... Jazz Cats Live Jazz Brunch...............DCAT Noon Theatre - Play............“Inventing Van Gogh”.................... GOSH 2pm Music - Classical....Eric Grossman & Susan Kagan........GMCM 3pm Music - Classical...... Classic Choral Society....................BGRV 4pm

April 2016

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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 �� Stray Cat Gallery, Bethel, ongoing T.A. Clearwater paintings, pastels, prints ��Clearwater Gallery at Jones Farm, Cornwall, ongoing Ron Lusker paintings, drawings ��Left Bank Gallery, Liberty, ongoing Karen E. Gersch, Gabrielle Dearborn, Josiah Dearborn drawings, paintings, silverwork �� Gersch Home Gallery, Montgomery, by appt, ongoing Lana Privitera paintings ��Blazing Bagels Cafe, Montgomery, ongoing Sara Baloga photography, John Gould & Anthony Spano paintings �� Mount St. Mary College, Aquinas Hall, Newburgh, ongoing Carolyn Duke Pottery ��Duke Pottery, Tennanah Lake, Roscoe, ongoing Jules Medwin outdoor sculpture ��Seligmann Center, Sugar Loaf, ongoing Inscribed Tibetan Prayer Stones ��Tibetan and Himalayan Cultural Center, Walden, ongoing Lisa & John Strazza paintings & photography �� Strazza Gallery, Warwick, ongoing Paul Gould “Majestic Art of Ireland” �� Elant at Goshen, thru Apr 4 “Still Life” group show �� WRS thru Apr 14 Patrick Duffy, Hannah Brenner-Leonard, Jayoung Yoon “Intricate Realities” �� CAS thru Apr 17 Goshen Art League New Members Show ��Goshen Music Hall, thru Apr 26 Philip Jacobi “Light in the Forest” wood sculptures �� CAS thru Apr 28 Laura deLeeuw �� Gallery at Chant Realtors, Lords Valley, thru Apr 28 Lynne Friedman “Selected Paintings” �� Healing Arts Gallery, Ellenville Hospital, thru Apr 29 Yaron Rosner paintings ��Gallery at J. Hengen Design, Sugar Loaf, thru May 1 “Spring Splurge” group show �� Rolling River Cafe & Gallery, Parksville, thru May 1 “Comic Art: Fantasy and Imagination” ��Ann Street Gallery, Newburgh, thru May 7 John F. Simon, Jr. “Well Planned Improvisations” ��SUNYO-KH thru May 10 Andy Komonchak “What Wood You Make?” Artists of Excellence ��SUNYO-KH thru Jun 15 Zimbabwe Artists Project �� Unitarian Universalist Congregation, Rock Tavern, thru Sep 2016

NEW ART EXHIBITS

Marilyn Vanderpool & Elizabeth Ocskay, Chuck Tudor �� WRS Apr 1-30 Dale Emmart “Shape Shifter” paintings ��DVAA Apr 1-30 Valerie Camillone paintings �� Monroe Library, Apr 1-30 Galen Pittman “Figurative Pastels” ��CAS Apr 1-May 30 “Surely You Jest!” group show, Barryville Area Arts Assn. �� Artists’ Market, Shohola, Apr 2-24 “Primavera” group show �� Gallery Eva, Callicoon, Apr 2-30 “Room with a View” group show �� Crawford Gallery of Fine Art, Pine Bush, Apr 2-May 7 SUNY Orange Art Faculty Exhibition “unchARTed” �� SUNYO-OH Apr 4-30 Debbe Cushman Femiak �� Elant at Goshen, Apr 4-May 2 Elisa Pritzker “Spirit of the Selknams” ��Space Create, Newburgh, Apr 5-May 7 “Small Works at Large” group show ��The ARTery Gallery, Milford, Apr 5-May 9 “Spring Fling!” group show, Port Jervis Council for the Arts �� Bon Secours Hospital Cafeteria, Port Jervis, & Port Jervis City Hall (Wednesdays), & Deerpark Town Hall, Apr 6-30 Goshen Art League at the Goshen Expo ��C. J. Hooker Middle School, Goshen, Apr 9, 10am-3pm “Spring is in the Air” group show ��Wurtsboro Art Alliance, Apr 9-May 1 Spring Exhibit group show �� UpFront Gallery, Port Jervis, Apr 9-May 22 “Drawn to the Nude” group show ��The Studio Gallery, New Windsor, Apr 9-June 30 “Rainy Day” WRS members group show �� WRS Apr 15-May 14 Pottery Show & Spring Sale �� East Ridge Pottery, Warwick, Apr 30-May 1 “Never Stop Learning” seniors & Eldred HS students �� Town of Highland Senior Center, Eldred, Apr 30-May 1 Diane Kominick-Ouzoonian ��Wisner Library, Warwick, May 1-31 Cynthia Harris-Pagano “Painting in North Light” �� MSM-DC, May 1-Jun 3

Photography exhibits

Catharine Bale �� Green Light Gallery, Cornwall-on-Hudson, ongoing “Meditation and Exploration: a family album” ��Karpeles Museum, Newburgh, thru Apr 30 Keith Marsiglia �� Caffe ala Mode, Warwick thru May

NEW photography EXHIBITS

Dee Dundas photographs and paper cuttings �� Greenwood Lake Library, Apr 1-30 Grey Villet “Rights, Race & Revolutions” ��Museum at Bethel Woods, Apr 2-Dec 31 Quintet Photographers “Artistic Selections” �� Greenwood Lake Library, May 1-31

ART & Photography receptions

Galen Pittman “Figurative Pastels” �� CAS Apr 1, 4pm-6pm Dale Emmart “Shape Shifter” paintings �� DVAA Apr 1, 7pm-9pm “Surely You Jest!” Barryville Area Arts Association �� Artists’ Market, Shohola, Apr 2, 4pm-6pm Marilyn Vanderpool & Elizabeth Ocskay, Chuck Tudor �� WRS Apr 2, 5pm-7pm “Primavera” group show �� Gallery Eva, Callicoon, Apr 2, 5pm-8pm SUNY Orange Art Faculty & Student Exhibitions “unchARTed” ��SUNYO-OH Apr 5, 2pm-4pm 18

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“Spring is in the air” group show �� Wurtsboro Art Alliance, Apr 9, 5pm-7pm Laura deLeeuw �� Gallery at Chant Realtors, Lords Valley, Apr 9, 5pm-7pm “Room with a View” group show ��Crawford Gallery of Fine Art, Pine Bush, Apr 9, 5:30pm-7:30pm “Drawn to the Nude” group show �� The Studio Gallery, New Windsor, Apr 9, 6pm-8pm Spring Exhibit group show ��UpFront Gallery, Port Jervis, Apr 9, 6pm-9pm “Small Works at Large” group show �� The ARTery Gallery, Milford, Apr 9, 6pm-9pm Sullivan County High School Art Show �� CAS April 23, 11am-2pm “Never Stop Learning” seniors & Eldred HS student �� Town of Highland Senior Center, Eldred, Apr 30, 1pm-3pm John F. Simon, Jr. “Well Planned Improvisations” �� SUNYO-KH Apr 30, 4pm-7pm Pottery Show & Spring Sale �� East Ridge Pottery, Warwick, Apr 30 & May 1, 10:30am-5:30pm Elisa Pritzker “Spirit of the Selknams” �� Space Create, Newburgh, Apr 30, 5pm-8pm Cynthia Harris-Pagano “Painting in North Light” ��MSM-DC, May 1, 1pm-3pm

Schools & Conservatories Budding Artists �� Greenwood Lake Library, ongoing Delaware Valley High School Art Students ��The ARTery Gallery, Milford, thru Apr 4 Student Exhibit ��WRS Apr 1-30 “Never Stop Learning” seniors & Eldred HS student �� Town of Highland Senior Center, Eldred, Apr 30, 1pm-3pm SUNY Orange Student Exhibition “unchARTed” ��SUNYO-OH Apr 4-30 Sullivan County High School Art Show �� CAS April 23-May 15

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

Books

“Angels in the Sky” by/w/Debbie Burton, 3-8yrs ��Port Jervis Library, Apr 9, 11am Authors and Illustrators Showcase ��Thrall Library, Apr 30, kids & teens:11am-1pm Cinema

Teen Movie Night 11-17yrs �� Greenwood Lake Library, Wednesdays, 6pm FREE Saturday Movie �� Crawford Library, Monticello, Saturdays, 1pm FREE “Toy Story” 5 yrs & up �� Ellenville Library, Apr 1, 6pm FREE “Ratatouille” 5 yrs & up �� Ellenville Library, Apr 15, 6pm FREE “A Bug’s Life” 5 yrs & up �� Ellenville Library, Apr 29, 6pm FREE entertainment

Florida Music Showcase kids & adults �� Florida Library, Apr 7, 6pm Museums

“Marvelous Moths” �� HHNM-CoH Fridays, Saturdays & Sundays, Noon-4pm Meet the Animal of the Week ��HHNM-CoH Saturdays & Sundays, 1pm & 2:30pm Eco-Zone �� PEEC Apr 3 & Apr 24, 1pm-4pm Trout Weekend ��HHNM-CoH Apr 2 & Apr 3, Noon-4pm recreation & Lectures

Teen Painting Drop-in �� Wallkill River School, Montgomery, Saturdays, 1pm “Saturdays at the Woods” family arts exploring ��Bethel Woods, Saturdays thru May 21, 10am “Project: Identity” teens ��Bethel Woods, Saturdays 1pm,Wednedays, thru May 25, 6pm “Boon Lot’s Elephant Sanctuary in Thailand” Richard Chiger ��Florida Library, Mar 30, 6:30pm “Dragons & Dreams with the Science Tellers” �� Florida Library, Apr 7, 11am “Gardening for Butterflies and their Caterpillars” ��HHNM Apr 16, 10am Earth Day Festival hikes, exhibits, crafts, food, music ��PEEC Apr 16, 10am-4pm Naturalist Walk and Talk ��HHNM Apr 17, 10am Open House �� The Birch School Nature Camp, Westtown, Apr 30, 1pm-4pm

Authors & Illustrators to EnThrall Readers!

Hudson Valley authors and illustrators will be at Middletown Thrall Library for its third Local Authors and Illustrators Showcase. The event is a wonderful opportunity for readers and writers to meet local authors and artists, to learn about the publishing process, and to view and purchase books directly from the people who create them. “This is Thrall Library’s signature event,” says executive director Matt Pfisterer. “We are pleased to provide an opportunity to connect a diverse group of talented, local illustrators and authors with those who come to our library in search of great reads and unique literary perspectives.” The list of participants to date includes Sandra Bischoff, Frances Brown, Kevin Christofora, Terri Del Negro, MJ Hanley-

Goff, Tom Ingrassia, Charles Isaacs, Tracey Lyons, Phil Murphy, Steve Ostrow, Marianne Sciucco, and ML Stainer. They represent a variety of genres including nonfiction, memoir, general fiction, romance, paranormal, fantasy, thriller, horror, crime, children’s, and young adult. The free Showcase is on April 30, with the first session, 11:00am-1:00pm, featuring children’s and young adult authors and illustrators. The second session, 1:30pm4:00pm features authors writing for adults. Refreshments will be served and authordonated books will be raffled off. The library is at 11-19 Depot Street. For info contact Gail Myker, Adult Program Director, or Theresa Zacek, Children’s Librarian at 845- 341-5454.

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Books: Discussions / readings / Signings Book Lover’s Club �� Greenwood Lake Library, 4th Tuesday, 7pm Mystery Thriller & Crime Book Group ��Jeffersonville Library, 2nd Wednesday, 6:30pm Book Discussion Group �� Narrowsburg Library, 3rd Friday, 4:00pm “Last Bus To Wisdom” by Ivan Doig w/Patty Sussman ��Newburgh Library, Mar 29, 2pm Joseph Bruchac children’s books author �� Josephine-Louise Library, Walden, Mar 30, 11am “Designing Gardens with Flora of the American East” by/wCarolyn Summers �� Time & the Valleys Museum, Grahamsville, Apr 2, 2pm\ “The Suspicions of Mr. Whicher” by Kate Summerscale �� Cornwall Library, Apr 6, 7pm “The Hatching Cat” by/w/Peggy Gavan �� Thrall Library, Apr 10, 2pm “Spirals in Time: The Secret Life and Curious Afterlife of Seashells” by Helen Scales ” �� w/Mary Roth SUNYO Morrison Hall, Middletown, Apr 13, Noon “Pride and Produce” by/w/Cheetah Haysom ��Florida Library, Apr 16, 1pm “The Catcher in the Rye” by J.D. Salinger, w/Jess Gerson �� Newburgh Library, Apr 20, 7pm “The Crossing Places” by Elly Griffiths �� Cornwall Library, Apr 20, 7pm Great Books Discussion �� Newburgh Library, Apr 22, 11:30am “The Things We Keep” by Sally Hepworth �� Newburgh Library, Apr 26, 2pm “Secrets of Eden” by Chris Bohjalian �� Cornwall Library, Apr 28, 7pm Authors and Illustrators Showcase �� Thrall Library, Apr 30, adults:1:30pm-4pm (kids:11am-1pm) “Yo Miz!” by/w/Elizabeth Rose ��CAS Arts Center, Livingston Manor, Apr 30, 2pm

Clubs Bridge Club �� Ellenville Library, Wednesdays, 6pm 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 Time �� Cornwall Library, 3rd Thursday, 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 Knit & Stitch Club ��Newburgh Library Town Branch, 1st & 3rd Tuesdays, 6;30pm Newburgh Knitting Club ��Newburgh Library, 2nd & 4th Tuesdays, 6pm 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, Crocheting, Crafts “Stitch and Bitch” ��Palaia Vineyards, Highland Mills, Sundays, 1pm Knit/Crochet Club ��Wallkill Library, Thursdays, 6:30pm Knimble Knitters ��Ellenville Library, Saturdays, 10am Knitting Circle �� Florida Library, 3rd Thursdays, 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 Wednesdays (exc. Apr 20), 7pm Ladies Night Painting Social ��Wallkill River School, Montgomery, Thursdays 6:30pm Painting Social ��Wallkill River School, Montgomery, Saturdays, 3:30pm 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 UFO Support Group �� Walker Valley Schoolhouse, 1st Wednesday, 7:30pm Woodcarvers Guild �� Museum Village, Monroe, 1st Wednesday, 7pm

Emily Faxon

Patricia Callahan

R. Schempf

Margaret Small

Joel Evans

L. Cunningham

was not an embarkation point, Multi-faceted artist Madeleine but ships were engaging in fleet Dring (1923-1977) was an exercises. The composer later told English actress, mime, cartoonist, the story that the tune came into violinist, pianist, singer, and his head as he walked the cliff, at composer. She earned a violin which point he jotted down the scholarship to the Royal College notes. A young scout then made a of Music, and she continued citizen’s arrest, assuming he was her studies with Ralph Vaughan scribbling details of the coastline Williams and Gordon Jacob. In for the enemy. addition to composing concert Despite or because of its bucolic pieces, Dring sustained her love Madeleine Dring of the theater by acting, singing, playing associations, in 2011 Lark Ascending ranked No. 2 in a radio poll which asked New piano, and composing incidental music. Dring composed several of her chamber Yorkers which music they wanted to hear to works, including the Trio for flute, oboe, and commemorate the 10th anniversary of 9/11. Along with the above and Cesar Franck’s piano (1968), for her husband Roger Lord, a professional oboist who played with the exquisite Violin and Piano Sonata in A London Symphony Orchestra. He, along Major, one of the finest sonatas ever written, with Flutist Peter Lloyd and André Previn, with rich harmonic language in the Classical premiered the Trio in the U.S. Dring admired tradition, and music by Rachmaninoff and Francis Poulenc, and her works often Mozart, Potluck Concerts’ April offering exhibit similarities in melodic structure and Wandering Abroad will feature violinists rhythmic wit. Poulenc’s influence is clearly Emily Faxon and Patricia Callahan, pianists Ruthanne Schempf and Margaret heard in her Trio. Dring’s mentor Ralph Vaughan Williams Small, oboist Joel Evans and flutist Lynn wrote his violin masterwork Lark Ascending Cunningham on April 8 at 7:30pm in to a backdrop of military maneuvers. He was the Cornwall Presbyterian Church, 222 holidaying on the coast in Kent on the day Hudson Street, Cornwall-on-Hudson. Tickets at the door. Britain entered the first world war. The resort

Mulberry House Fundraiser Mulberry House Senior Center invites you to “come and meet other people with the same interest and have fun!!” The Mulberry Senior House Center will have their very own Cupcake and Painting Party! where participants can create their own masterpiece while raising funds for the Center’s many activities. Middletown artist (see photo) Jennifer

Ferdinandsen will supply step by step instructions for the painting party. Paint, canvas and supplies are provided for the $35 donation, which also includes cupcakes and punch! Be sure to register at the Mulberry House Senior Center, 62-70 West Main Street in Middletown - but it must be prior to the April 16, 1:00pm-3:30pm. You can also call 845-346-4071 weekdays!

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Meet: Leslie Haskin - Author, Survivor September is a month that lingers. Its approaching equinox discreetly signals the finale of summer’s warmth and unveiling light. Glorious, glimmering mornings are crisp and clear, marking this distinguished day with but faint signs of prophesy. Such was the scenario on a day in September, when Leslie Haskin greeted a brisk and clean rising sun from her home in Orange County. With air so refreshing, the sky so blue, it was bound to be a day to remember. Leslie, the Director of Operations at Kemper Insurance, was a take-charge, get-’er-done executive and as a commuter, began her daily journey at the Salisbury Mills-Cornwall station on Metro North’s Port Jervis Line. On these special days, a particularly scenic journey is awarded special notation: the view from the commuter coach as the Metro North train crosses the historic Moodna Viaduct is one of the most glorious, breathtaking, and most photographed vistas in Orange County. Leslie’s early morning jaunt included a brief ride in her car, an hour or so on Metro-North to the Hoboken Terminal, combined with a short ride on the PATH train, which for Leslie

was most convenient. It delivered her directly to her destination: The World Trade Center. Leslie settled into her work routine, greeting colleagues on the 36th floor of Tower One, organizing, and no doubt exchanging exclamations of the beauty of the crisp and clear September morning. It was approximately 8:43am, September 11, 2001. “Try to remember the kind of September” Unimaginable, and horrendous are but feeble attempts to describe the remaining events of Leslie’s day. Her description of those initial moments remain chilling to this reader: “...suddenly and without warning, the building shook violently and thunder came from within. It swayed back and forth slowly for a few seconds, as if riding a calm wave...” The floor tilted and leaned, as though replicating the popular Tilt-A-Whirl carnival ride; majestic windows that once provided a privileged scene of lower Manhattan shattered explosively. With but slight notice, papers, desks, chairs and people were explicitly airborne; out they flew into the deep blue beauty of a crisp and clear September morning.

Leslie’s life as she knew it came to a screaming, abrupt halt. Stripped were her executive prowess, hubris, “self-righteousness.” She escaped the collapsing building, while during her descent from the 36th floor she was surrounded floor by hideous floor with the horror of victims and the valor of heroes. Screams of individuals trapped, behind broken doors, collapsed stairs or obstructed passage ways filled her mind to capacity. “For some there were no stairs and no exit at all.” On the chaotic concourse below she found herself up close and personal with police carrying bloodied and mangled bodies, while watching firefighters with expressions of dread on their faces rush into the burning building. “I believe the rescuers knew what was waiting for them up those stairs. Their eyes said so. I believe they knew they wouldn’t return.” On the concourse it was: Run! Run! Run! Clear the area. Seek safety; Get away from the bodies, glass, steel. Run through small lakes of water, blood, and fuel, speckled with human waste, body parts. In her mind she recalls the horror with thoughts of the 23rd Psalm echoing,

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“Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death...” Once safe in her Orange County home, the pieces of Leslie’s life began rapidly to disintegrate, engaging in a torturous cacophony of palpable fear, primeval screams, and frightful nightmares. She imagined Taliban warriors attacking from the yard that surrounded her house. She boarded up her windows and was unable to organize her thoughts and actions in a manner that would allow her to conduct her professional life in the fashion expected of a high-ranking insurance executive. She lost her job, her car, her house. She lost her dignity! This is the reality and consequence of a four letter word: FEAR. Leslie was the personification of that psychological condition and it would not go away; it did not go away; it lingered. Leslie was diagnosed with severe Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), more commonly associated with military personnel following HD deployment, and placed under the care of a physician. Leslie Haskin is from Chicago where during her youth religious observance was a crucial portion of family life. However, as an adult Leslie considered herself to be the picture of

Library continued... success. “I was Miss Corporate America,” Leslie touts but hastily adds, “I had no love for the Lord.” Leslie’s story tells the story of a woman with true grit. She fights the darkness and despair of her illness with courage and the fearless endurance that no doubt contributed to the position she held in corporate America. But as the reader of Between Heaven and Ground Zero will discover, the consequences of PTSD are far stronger than the hurdles of cooperate climbing in America. To survive, she needed help. Leslie shared her plight with Pastor John Torres of the Goodwill Presbyterian Church of Montgomery. Here she formed an alliance, and discovered her faith. Along the path of her journey she has authored four books describing her battle with PTSD. Between Heaven and Ground Zero became a best seller on the New York Times list, followed by God Has Not Forgotten About You, When Life Doesn’t Make Sense and Held. The ultimate achievement appears to this writer to be the formation of her ministry, designed to provide “rehabilitation and healing to women and children who are the victims of domestic violence. “Try to remember when no one wept except the willow”.

Wizardry on The Wallkill Rumor is rampant in Walden, an Orange County village bisected by a meandering Wallkill that strangely flows north from Jersey to Rondout and the historic docks of Kingston. And when whispers are combined with hearsay, an element of credence is mysteriously produced. Belief by repetition is not newly invented, and throughout history it has recruited many followers. Walden, as many know, is no exception. The scuttlebutt is centered around Dee Wright, actor, writer, and choreographer of fame, and her recent activities at the New Rose Theatre in Walden. It all began on a particular day, during an abnormal winter. It was cold and rather blustery, as the village school was canceled in anticipation of hazardous travel conditions: snow/ice. All well and good, but on this day in particular, a notably strange day, nothing happened, nothing materialized. There was no snow, no ice! A significant number of the naive school children were accused by authorities of wearing their pajamas inside out. A method long proven to be the spark, the catalyst, needed to secure a cherished day off from school: the snow day. With a flood

K. Rowling. She, Dee, freely employs dance, pantomime and puppetry along with narration to motivate and stimulate the fast paced sequence of events. Harry Potter, a Contemporary Ballet is an original ballet created by Dee and employs a cast of over forty. A charming Allison Feller is featured in the title role Draco Malfoy! of Harry Potter. Holding the stage by her Ron, Harry & Hermione! side is Sheridan Florio portraying of wailing denials, eyes turned to the the pure-blood Ron Weasley, and New Rose Theatre and the all too an equally impressive Sophia likely possibility of wizardry. Baker portraying the “upright and Dee Wright has established herself good” Hermione Granger. Other a knowledgeable and compelling cast members include the talented teacher of dance (ballet, jazz), at the Keely Wright as the wise Professor Hudson Valley Conservatory of Fine Dumbledore, Loren O’Connell as Arts and director, choreographer at the reliable Hagrid and Karly Gomez the New Rose Theatre. Her creativity Dee Wright as Harry’s foil, Draco Malfoy. With and unyielding work ethic permits and brisk movements and sentimental moments fosters productions surpassing the ordinary. this new production will create an additional During this recent and most abnormal viewpoint of this epic and beloved story. winter, Dee used her personal and magical Harry Potter, a Contemporary Ballet will skills to create the New Rose Theatre’s run April 1-3 at the New Rose Theatre, 35 production of Harry Potter, a Contemporary East Main Street in Walden, with additional Ballet. The presentation is a multi media production that mysteriously transports its performances the weekend of April 8-10. For reservations: 845-778-2478. viewers to the magical world created by J.

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Welcome to Wonderful Wurtsboro CANVAS is happy to The WAA will kick off the introduce the Wurtsboro 2016 season on the weekend of Art Alliance’s (WAA) new April 9-10 with their Spring Is president, Brent Lyons, who In The Air opening exhibit. The welcomes you to both the WAA show continues on weekends Gallery and the village. “We until May 1. cordially invite all art lovers The exhibit includes Springand those who will become is-in-the-Art (sic) paintings, art lovers to enjoy the displays watercolors, drawings, at our Gallery, and to take photographs, jewelry, ceramics, advantage of all that Wurtsboro note cards and more by local and the Town of Mamakating artists and WAA members have to offer. including Patti Anderson, “Take a stroll along the “Garden Path” by M. Piotrowski Melissa Arnott, Paula historic D&H Canal Baldinger, Patricia Blanco, towpath which passes Vladimir Bukovskiy, Janet through the lovely art park Campbell, Peter Davidson, adjacent to our Gallery. Lynn Garrett, Cynthia Enjoy hiking and birding Hall, Thomas Hansen, along the Bashakill Richard Hirschman, Linda wetland area. Shop our Holmes, Elly Knieriemen, craft boutiques and enjoy Rick Loggia, Kitty a meal at one of our local Mitchell, Midge Monat, “Rhodies” by Janet Campbell restaurants to complete the David Munford, Alethea trip. Pape, Michael Piotrowski, Irene Pirell, Roberta “The Alliance would like to dedicate their Rosenthal, Mitchell Saler, Peter Sison, Sandy Spring is in the air opening show to outgoing Spitzer, Gene Weinstein and others. Artist/Officers President David Munford, Vice The opening reception is on April 9, from President Michael Piotrowski and Treasurer 5:00pm-7:00pm at 73 Sullivan Street. Janet Campbell, thanking them for a job well New members are always welcome. Email done, knowing that they will continue to be an info@waagallery.org or visit www.waagallery. important part of the WAA in the future.” org or contact: Brent Lyons, 845-888-0184.

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SUNY Orange Student & Faculty Art

Work by Mary Mugele Sealfon, Newburgh Faculty

With Spring 2016 comes SUNY Orange’s 12th Annual Student Art Show of creative Work by Susan Miiller, works produced by students. Middletown Faculty Titled unchARTed, the for the college community show expresses the diverse and the community at large “voices” of the visual arts to celebrate, with the student through paintings in oil, artists, their talents expressed acrylic, pen and ink, charcoal, through the artworks on photography, new media, display. video and visual graphic Running concurrently in arts, a combined effort of Orange Hall Gallery Loft the professors and staff of Oil by Alanna Breitenfeld, student will be the SUNY Orange the Arts and Communication Department in Faculty Exhibit with over a dozen teachercooperation with Cultural Affairs. artists participating. The exhibition will run in Orange Hall Orange Hall is located at the corner of Gallery from April 4-30. At the opening Wawayanda and Grandview Avenues on the reception on April 5, from 2:00pm-4:00pm, Middletown campus of SUNY Orange. music will be provided by talented student GPS: 24 Grandview Avenue. musicians. The event offers the opportunity For information, call 845-341-4891.

Try Your Hand at Goshen Chamber EXPO Goshen Art League chairperson, will work (GAL) is participating alongside Saltzberg at the in the Goshen Business still life station, and will and Community Expo also provide instructional 2016 (see ad this page for books posted on easels, EXPO details). which may help beginning The Goshen Chamber and developing artists of Commerce has offered with various aspects of the GAL the opportunity rendering a 3-dimensional to showcase its artists in look from the simple an Arts and Culture Tent, materials at hand. Stein where GAL members will works in various media exhibit their works for with an emphasis on fineLinda Stein shows her pasta / clay viewing and sale, and also art fabric pieces. machine to Chloe Saltzberg conduct demonstrations of their techniques. In addition to the drawing station, Linda Additionally, GAL will offer members of the Stein will also be doing demonstrations with public the opportunity to participate in hands clay. She will show how she works with a pasta on drawing and clay working workshops. making machine, through which she extrudes Julie Saltzberg of Campbell Hall, GAL the clay in order to prepare it for various president and mixed media artist and muralist, projects. The public will be welcome to try will assist interested visitors with pencil their hand at working with clay. sketches from still life objects which will be In the Spring, Stein will lead workshops on display for that purpose. In her work with to design and build large-scale parade-style seniors, Julie has observed elders, who never puppets. Visitors are welcome to discuss this before attempted to work on a piece of visual and other future GAL projects with Linda art, blossom and thrive in the discovery of such during their visit to the Expo. a form of self-expression. Long-time GAL member Mitchell Saler “There really is nothing quite like seeing the of Middletown, a well known local painter joy in someone when they create something and teacher with considerable experience in they thought was not possible. I’ve watched conducting public demos, will be at work at his seniors who were reluctant to even touch a easel and have his classical representational oil paint brush, complete a painting and then beam paintings on display and for sale. with pride. I’ve had children get up from their Other GAL artists on display will include seats and dance around the table during their Marylyn Vanderpool of Monroe, Chris creative play. Art does that. And it’s not just the VanVooren of Warwick, Magdalen Radovich end result, but also the creative process along of Goshen, and Laura Bollé of Goshen. the way. And, it can lead to new-found interests Additionally, Gloria Bonelli, cabinet and hobbies” member of GAL will be on hand to explain and Simple objects for the still-life drawings, as discuss some of the upcoming League projects well as paper and pencils will be provided by including the Noah Webster Weekend Art Show GAL. Budding artists may choose to keep their in May. works or hang them at the art tent for display. Join the GAL and the Goshen Chamber for Various other GAL artists whose work will the EXPO: “One Day, One Place, Endless be on view may wander over and offer bits Opportunities” with over 80 local and area of advice and instruction on these drawings. businesses, not-for-profits and Farmer’s Market Guests of all ages are welcome to stay and Vendors. This event is FREE to the public. draw as long as they like. For EXPO information, contact Terry Linda Stein of Goshen, GAL’s Workshop Smallin at the Chamber at 845-294-7741 or and Educational Outreach Committee e-mail at info@goshennychamber.com

Van Gogh Forgery “Found” in Goshen

Lisa DiBlasi

Peter Tomczak

Bruce Gluckman

Mark Von Oesen

Tom LiTrenta

Steven Dietz is an American Dietz’ play Inventing Van Gogh playwright whose thirty-plus plays is the story of the final Van Gogh have been widely produced in self-portrait, painted just before the the U.S. and internationally. With artist’s death, which has never been the notable exception of Fiction, seen...until now! Patrick Stone, a produced Off-Broadway by the contemporary painter, is hired to Roundabout Theatre Company in forge this final masterpiece, and 2004, the vast majority of Dietz’s finds himself squaring off, across the Steven Dietz plays are produced in American years, with Van Gogh himself. regional theaters. The cast includes Tom LiTrenta In 2010, Dietz was once again as Patrick Stone, Peter Tomczak as named one of the most produced Vincent Van Gogh, Lisa DiBlasi, playwrights in America (excluding Bruce Gluckman and Mark Von Shakespeare), placing eighth on the Oesen. list of the Top Ten Most Produced Cornerstone Theatre Arts is Playwrights in America, tied with producing the play, directed by Ken Tennessee Williams and Edward Tschan with light and sound by Ken Tschan Albee for number of productions. Jaqueline Dion. Rebecca Robbins Dietz was also awarded the 2011-12 is the Assistant Director. Ingram New Works Fellowship (following Performances are at the Goshen Music previous winners David Auburn and John Hall, 223 Main Street, (on the 2nd floor, not Patrick Shanley) by the Tennessee Repertory handicapped accessible) April 16-May 1. Theatre. Reservations required. Call 845-294-4188.

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W h i s p e r i n g P i n e s ~ Cooking

Arbor Day The first Arbor Day took place on April 10, 1872 in Nebraska. It was the brainchild of Julius Sterling Morton (1832-1902), a Nebraska journalist and politician originally from Michigan. Throughout his career, Morton worked to improve agricultural techniques in his adopted state and throughout the U.S. when he served as President Grover Cleveland’s Secretary of Agriculture. But his most important legacy is Arbor Day. Morton felt that Nebraska’s landscape and economy would benefit from the wide-scale planting of trees. He set an example himself, planting orchards, shade trees and wind breaks on his own farm while urging his neighbors to follow suit. Morton’s real opportunity arrived when he became a member of Nebraska’s state board of agriculture. He proposed that a special day be set aside dedicated to tree planting and increasing awareness of the importance of trees. Nebraska’s first Arbor Day was a success. More than one million trees were planted! A second Arbor Day took place in 1884 and the young state made it an annual legal holiday in 1885, using April 22 to coincide with Morton’s birthday. For the homeowner, Arbor Day is an excellent opportunity to take stock of the trees on your property and plan for the future. Inspect your trees. Note any broken branches or evidence of

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disease or insect infestation. Think about how planting trees might improve the look of your property or provide wind or heat protection. And, oh yes, plant a tree or make an Arbor Day meal! Here are a few of my favorites. As always, for any of your culinary needs, email me: doubledfarms128@gmail.com. Enjoy! Apple Pancakes w/ Spicy Yogurt & Cider Syrup 6 cups apple cider 1 cup plain yogurt 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon 1/4 teaspoon nutmeg 6 tablespoons chunky applesauce 2 cup whole-wheat pancake mix 2 cup skim milk 2 egg, slightly beaten (or 1 egg + one egg white) Canola oil Extra cinnamon for Garnish

Instructions for the syrup: pour cider in pot that is large enough to be no more than half filled. Place over high heat, bring to boil. Reduce heat, very slow boil, cook about 30 min. Cook until cider is reduced to one cup. Set aside. (Syrup can be made in advance. Keeps for about 1 week in refrigerator. Warm or bring to room temp. before serving.) Next, in small bowl combine yogurt, cinnamon, nutmeg, 6 tablespoons applesauce. Refrigerate until ready to serve. In large bowl, combine milk, eggs, and 6 tablespoons applesauce. Stir in pancake mix. Mix well enough to moisten, do not over mix. Batter too thick? add a little water.

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Chef Douglas Frey Heat large non-stick skillet over medium heat. Lightly grease. Add batter, about 1/2 cup batter per pancake. Cook until bubbles form on top, flip when pancake is golden brown; continue to cook. Place on platter and keep pancakes & 4 serving plates warm in heated oven. To serve; fan (slightly overlap) 5 pancakes on warm plate. Drizzle cider syrup over pancakes and top with dollop of spiced yogurt, garnish with sprinkle of cinnamon. Plum-Glazed Chicken 1 can (16.5 ounce) Oregon Purple Plums 2 tablespoons margarine 1 onion, finely chopped 1/3 cup brown sugar 1/4 cup prepared tomato-based chili sauce 2 tablespoons soy sauce 1 teaspoon ginger 2 teaspoons lemon juice 2 lbs skinless, boneless chicken

Preheat oven to 350. Drain plums, reserve syrup. Remove pits from plums. In blender/food processor, whirl plums & syrup until pureed. Melt margarine in wide skillet over medium heat. Add onion; cook until soft. Stir in plum puree, brown sugar, chili & soy sauces, ginger, lemon juice. Cook uncovered, stirring until slightly thickened. About 15 min. Sprinkle chicken w/ salt & pepper. Arrange chicken in greased pan. Bake, uncovered, for 30 min., basting w/ plum sauce every 15 min. Turn chicken over and bake, basting occasionally, for 30 more min. Heat remaining sauce and pass it at the table.

Potent Potenza!

After spending seven years with her band Sarah & The Tall Boys, Sarah Potenza relocated to Nashville, Tennessee with not much more than her husband and her monster vocals. That, coupled with her honest reflective songwriting, she quickly garnered the attention of the city’s thriving music scene and she became a staple at the world renowned Bluebird Café and the globally broadcast Music City Roots program. One of her performances on Music City Roots resulted in a phone call from the NBC TV show, The Voice. Potenza took the challenge. Out of 50,000 contestants, she made it to the top twenty! Her passion for performing and undeniable voice resonated with America and made her a fan favorite across the country. Nashville welcomed her home with pride and celebrated her authentic, heart-felt songwriting with a sold out show at the Bluebird Café and her debut on the Grand Old Opry. Sarah Potenza performs at the Catskill Distilling Company, 2037 State Route 17B on April 18, at 8:00pm. For tix: 845-583-3141.

National Poetry Month: Alive & Well in Orange County & Neighbors Poetry as an art form may predate literacy. The oldest surviving epic poem is the Epic of Gilgamesh from the 3rd millennium BC in Sumer, written in cunefor script. This April marks the 20th anniversary of National Poetry Month, which was inaugurated by the Academy of American Poets in 1996. Over the years, National Poetry Month has become the largest literary celebration in the world with schools, publishers, libraries, booksellers, and poets celebrating poetry’s vital place in our culture. Alive and well in Orange County, poetry continues to excite, edify, and entertain with alliteration, assonance, consonance, rhyme, prosody, rhythm, meter, and metrical patterns from iambic pentameter (Shakespeare’s sonnets and Paradise Lost), dactylic hexameter (Homer Iliad, Virgil Aeneid), iambic tetrameter (Pushkin Eugene Onegin, Robert Frost Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening), alexandrine (Racine Phèdre) and trochaic octameter (Poe The Raven) to the anapestic tetrameter used in many nursery rhymes. WHEW! Alive and well in Orange County, poetry readings are the least expensive entertainment form, available (mostly) for three varying entry fees: $2, donations accepted, and free.

Sugar Loaf Christopher Funkhouser, Anne Gorrick, Nancy O. Graham, Janet Hamill, Jim Handlin, Steve Hirsch, Timothy Liu, George Quasha, David Rothenberg, Charles Stein, Sam Truitt, and Ron Whiteurs are infiltrating Sugar Loaf at the Seligmann Studio at 21 White Oak Drive, celebrating the recent publication of In|Filtration: An Anthology of Innovative Poetry from the Hudson River Valley with innovative poetry that goes into uncharted territories, on April 10 at 2:00pm. Newburgh Mount Saint Mary College’s April Poetry Series presents Eamon Grennan on April 7, and then the distinguished James Finn Cotter reads his words on April 14, both readings at 4:00pm in the college’s Kaplan Family Library, 330 Powell Avenue. Space Create on Broadway is partnering with Beacon’s Calling All Poets to be part of their Anthology Launch, presenting a poetry event on April 29, from 7:00pm-9:00pm. During an art reception in SUNY Orange’s Kaplan Hall (see page 29) Donna Spector will read from her two new books of poetry, April 30 at 5:30pm (Newburgh Last Saturday). In addition to their usual First Thursday readings, the Hudson River Poets will give

another “performance” at the Newburgh Library on April 14 at 7:00pm. Pine Bush Francine D’Alessandro returns once again to the Pine Bush Library to read on April 27, at 7:00pm followed by an open mic. Marlboro Combining poetry, spoken word, melodies and song into Poeldies, Poet Gold has the only “poetry residency” at The Falcon in Marlboro (Ulster) Mondays in April at 7:00pm. Warwick The Wisner Library is joining in with readings by Donna Spector, Mary Makofske, Donna Reis, Howard Horowitz and Fred Beull on April 14 at 6:30pm. Ongoing Series Alive and well in Orange County are the regular poetry series that take place in Campbell Hall, Montgomery, Goshen, Cornwall, Chester and Sullivan County’s Wurtsboro, many of them hosted or co-hosted by Robert Milby who also curates the Poetry Cafe at the Florida Library, this time around with poets Christe Shannon Kline, David Messineo and Robert himself, on April 15 at 7:00pm. All the series readings welcome poets to their open mics that follow the featured readers. See calendar page 15.

Ernie Sherman, Noble Coffee Roasters Campbell Hall April 7, 7pm

Robert Milby is Guest Host at Bears & Cubs Bagel Den, Wurtsboro, April 10 at 6pm

Barbara Adams, Montgomery Book Exchange, Montgomery, April 12, 7pm

Alyta Adams joins Jennifer Circosta, Ariana Den Blyker, Glenn Werner, Walter Worden & Robert Milby at the Chester Library, April 23 at 2pm.

Christopher P. Gazeent at Ted Gill’s “Poetry at the Church”, Goshen Methodist Church, April 25 at 7pm.

Karen Herceg, Clearwater Gallery at Jones Farm, Cornwall on April 29 at 7pm

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Weiss Series Continues at Elant, Goshen

A bequest of $25,000 to performances, both open to the Elant Foundation from the public. Elias and Nettie P. Weiss The April exhibit features was specifically earmarked to art by Debbe Cushman establish an art series at Elant Femiak, a multi-media artist, at Goshen in memory of their who enjoys working with only child, Jeffrey, who had a pastels, watercolor, acrylics, passion for the arts throughout and drawing, and, for a long his youth and into his adult time, has knitted and crocheted life before passing from utile, colorful and imaginative Hodgkin’s lymphoma. creations. Elant residents who Debbe’s art is at Elant from participate have twiceApril 4-May 2, at 46 Harriman monthly performances Art by Debbe Cushman-Femiak Drive, Goshen. Drive to the and presentations, along with instruction in second building at the top of the hill. numerous art forms. Art exhibits enhance the For information on the Jeffrey A. Weiss residents’ experience, as do a series of musical Memorial Art Series, call 845-360-1261.

“Sping Fling!”, Huguenot & Port Jervis

On April 6, Art and About, sponsored by the Port Jervis Council for the Arts will present Spring Fling!, a Spring themed exhibit that will run throughout the month of April. This group show celebrates Spring flora and fauna and the visual beauty of plant life found in Orange County. Paintings, pastels, and mixed media works will be displayed by featured artists Debbie

“Magenta Clematis” by D. Gioello

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Gioello, Joan Kehlenbeck and Susan Miiller, as well as several artists from the River Valley Artists Guild of Port Jervis. The art can be seen at Bon Secours Hospital, Port Jervis; Deerpark Town Hall, Huguenot; and the Mayor’s Office in City Hall (Wednesdays), Port Jervis. For information, locations and viewing hours, visit portjerviscouncilforthearts.org

“Surely, You Jest!” in Shohola

The art of clowning has different era.” existed for thousands of years. The Barryville Area Arts A pygmy clown performed as Association (BAAA) is coming a jester in the court of Pharaoh to their rescue! The proud Dadkeri-Assi during Egypt’s tradition of this profession will Fifth Dynasty about 2500 B.C. be on display during the month Court jesters have performed in of April in the Surely You Jest! China since 1818 B.C. exhibit sponsored by the BAAA But somehow, fools, jesters, - and just in time for April and clowns are the one group of Fool’s Day. people that political correctness There will be a free reception has left behind. Much maligned on April 2, from 4:00pmand often feared, even their 6:00pm with music and number one constituency: “Laughing Jester” (c. 1500) complimentary refreshments at children, seem to have abandoned them. the Artists’ Market Community Center, “Very few children like clowns,” reports the 114 Richardson Avenue, Shohola. BBC. “They are unfamiliar and come from a For more information: 845-557-8713.

Elephants in Port Jervis!

“Elephants are so connected to humans in their behavior, in so many ways...the way they look after each other, their compassion, loyalty and love is just beautiful, we can learn a lot from them. I want to raise as much awareness as I can for them, to make sure elephant and human conflict is resolved. My wish is that my art helps others get the chance to connect,” says New Zealand artist Heather Sarin, who will be exhibiting her Elephant Series art for UpFront Exhibition Space’s (31 Jersey Ave., Port Jervis) opening spring

exhibit. Heather exhibited a collection of elephant-inspired pieces in New York for the Sri Lanka Mission to the United Nations to raise funds for the Sri Lanka Wildlife Conservation Society. UpFront will exhibit some of the remaining elephant paintings along with a variety of art by four dozen other artists. The reception, on April 9 from 6:00pm9:00pm, will feature live music by Kevin McComb. The show is up through May 22. For information: 845-856-2727.

Spotlight On: The Sugar Loaf Guild New Gallery Space at J. Hengen Design by Jessica Cohen A bird sculpted from sand by a fellow on a beach was the first art piece that impressed Yaron Rosner, a Sugar Loaf artist with an April exhibit at J. Hengen Design in Sugar Loaf. “He worked on it for hours, and the next day it was gone,” said Rosner. The sea took it. He just needed to do it. I feel the same.” Located in the former Hallock House, the oldest dwelling in the hamlet of Sugar Loaf, the new J. Hengen Gallery gives an audience to diverse artists whose work is not often represented in larger galleries. When asked about the new gallery space, owner Jessica Pritchard told CANVAS... “The gallery idea came about because as an artist, I tend to work very solitarily. I began offering workshops for wax carving jewelry in my previous location. My classes expanded to 3 days a week and I outgrew my space. I purchased this place because I realized how important it had become for me to connect with people over a shared passion and be able to help foster a reconnection with the creative side to ourselves. “I renovated the second floor to add a gallery in order to assist people who may not be ‘established’ to give voice to their creative explorations. Yaron has been a friend and

neighbor for many years. need to “change the scenery” Several years ago he joined drew his attention to art. He me in a clay workshop and studied photography at the I witnessed firsthand that Neri Bloomfield College of reconnection I spoke of. He Design in Haifa and spent became insatiable and filled five years in Paris working as my kiln many times over a commercial photographer. with strange cactus-like “My first solo exhibition was shapes. This led back to twoin Paris,” Rosner recalls, a dimensional art in the form of collection of human size painting and drawing which photos that resembled he has been spending every silhouettes of the human spare moment pursuing. body. “Just before people This show is in celebration came in I was by myself for of reconnection, how a few minutes, and I looked important it is to nurture that at the walls with my works. Artwork by Yaron Rosner side of ourselves and our curiosity about what I felt happy but also puzzled. Is it really my has been produced from Yaron’s experience,” exhibition? I’m still having problems calling concluded Jessica. myself an artist.” While growing up in Haifa, Israel, no one But his interest in photography diminished. in Yaron’s family called themselves an artist, “It was too cold as a form of expression for he says. But his mother was an accomplished me. I needed to touch the material,” he says. cook and knitter, and his father had mechanical “For years I painted only in notebooks and skills. “That is a very strong base to become sketchbooks for fun. I never showed them an artist,” says Rosner, although art was not to anybody except my wife, who for years an early preoccupation for him. “I made an thought I should start painting more seriously.” ashtray from clay when I was eight. Then I Three years ago, a friend encouraged Rosner to took a break for 15 years,” he says. “I lived paint outside his notebook, and he was ready to by the sea and was more interested in surfing listen. He discovered that the best way to work and soccer.” was on large canvases. “It was like a volcano At 22, after three years of army service, a waiting to erupt,” he says.

Some paintings take him hours, some weeks. “The longest was a painting I made for my wife for our 25th anniversary,” he says. “It contains 9,125 flowers that represent every day since we got married.” Rosner and his wife moved to Sugar Loaf in 1999 seeking new ventures. Today they own Rosner Soap where they sell natural soaps and other body products that they create. Along with soaps, Yaron creates art, spending a few hours every day “not always painting...a lot of time thinking,” he says. His current exhibit at J. Hengen Design includes many faces. “I use my imagination for the faces, but I use photos for details. I can build a face using eyes from one person, a nose from another and the mouth from just looking in the mirror,” said Yaron. Yaron’s exhibit runs through May 1 at J. Hengen Gallery, 1382 Kings Highway, Sugar Loaf. For more information: 845-610-5656. Rosner Soap was voted Best Soap in The Hudson Valley, by Hudson Valley Magazine “Even though it is commonly thought that the French don’t wash, (serious misconception), they taught us how to make excellent soap. For over 15 years we have been manufacturing and selling handmade soap and body care products in the artisan village of Sugar Loaf.” Rosner Soap is at 1373 Kings Highway, Sugar Loaf. Phone: 845-469-5931

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WRS Plein Air Trails: From Farms to Museums

After bringing the is based on the already community the Farm/Art established Farm/Art Trail. Trail, for which artists from The Art/History Trail the Wallkill River School GeoTour will be officially (WRS) teamed up with installed this summer. farmers by painting their From an early age, Monroe farms and then showcasing native Marylyn Vanderpool the works in monthly has had a passion for art and gallery & farm exhibits in dreamed of being an artist. “Along the Green” by M. Vanderpool the last few years, the WRS After years of studying will have an April exhibit watercolor, she began focused on local museums working with oils which as the introduction to the is currently her medium of newly created Art/History choice. She spends as much Trail, a partnership between time as possible living her artists and heritage history passion, painting in her sites in Orange County. studio, or en plein air. Artists from the WRS will “Knox’s Headquarters, 18th Century” by E. Ocskay Vienna-born Elizabeth be painting live, and demonstrating every week Ocskay has had several careers: travel industry on Sunday mornings from May-September at and personnel, and is now a Social Worker at a different historical site each month. These a drug rehab. Because she no longer has to demonstrations are open to the public, free to commute to New York she has more time for watch and (for artists) participate once, with a art! A yogi for many years, she finds spiritual small tuition for multiple classes. strength in nature, meditation and the zen of All year long, the demonstrating artists will creating art. be featured in solo shows in the galleries of In an exhibit that runs from April 1-30, WRS. These artists are working together to Vanderpool will show her paintings of create a GeoTour linking all of the historic Museum Village in Monroe and Ocskay will sites with a series of beautifully hand-painted show her works of Knox’s Headquarters geocaches for tourists to find. This GeoTour in New Windsor. Emerging Artist Chuck

Tudor will have a solo show in the Workshop Room. As a young boy, Chuck Tudor pursued art by watching John Gnagy in the mid-1950s. Tudor followed along, drawing with charcoal. Artwork by Chuck Tudor In 2005 Tudor began taking watercolor and drawing classes at Mount Saint Mary College’s Desmond Campus. He moved on to the WRS and began studying life drawing. For the past four years he has perfected his style in pastel. Today, he takes weekly watercolor classes at the WRS, and is now being featured in his first ever solo exhibit! Meet the artists at the opening reception on April 2, from 5:00pm-7:00pm., at the WRS, 232 Ward Street (Route 17k), Montgomery. Refreshments will be served. Note: There is also a WRS student works exhibit on the second floor. WRS members’ Still Life group show runs thru April 14, and then Rainy Day runs from April 15-May 14 in the Hallway Gallery. Call 845-457-ARTS.

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Choral Sunday

The first published use of the term “Gospel Song” probably appeared in 1874. The advent of radio in the 1920s greatly increased the audience for gospel music. Following World War II, gospel music moved into major auditoriums, and gospel music concerts became quite elaborate. SUNY Orange Newburgh’s yearly Choral Sunday brings together numerous groups for joyful noisemaking. At press time, included this month are Amazing Grace Music Ministry, The Cathedral at the House Mass Choir, and SUNY Orange neighbors Ebenezer Baptist Church Sanctuary Choir and the Voices of Hope Community Choir, a community children’s choir from St. George’s Church (see photo). The concert takes place in Kaplan Hall Grand and First Streets, on April 10 at 3:00pm. Free and secure parking is available in the Kaplan Hall garage accessible at 73 First Street. Students and children admitted free. For information, call 845-341-4891/9386.

Improvisations & The Selknam for Newburgh Last Saturdays

SUNY Orange, Kaplan Hall Biophilia, the first app album ever created. A highly modern and creative solo exhibit His artworks can be found in the collections by John F. Simon, Jr., Well Planned of the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, Improvisations, is on display in the Mindy the Museum of Modern Art, Collezione Ross Gallery, Kaplan Hall through May 10. Maramotti, the Brooklyn Museum, the Los Simon’s eclectic body of work from 2008 to Angeles County Museum of Art, the San the present includes Software Art, CAD/CAM Francisco Museum of Modern Art, and the paintings, and non-digital drawings. Every Whitney Museum of American Art where his day, Simon creates a drawing using pencil, seminal work Every Icon was included in the watercolor, or gouache. 2000 Biennial. His creative process for In cooperation these drawings is intuitive with Newburgh Last and improvisational. From Saturdays, a reception will these, he finds source be held on April 30, from material that inspires his 4:00pm-7:00pm. larger works that he creates At 5:30pm, Donna with technological means. Spector will read from With non-digital and her new books, Lessons, a technological processes chapbook of poems, and blending together, Two Worlds, a full-length he explores a relevant “10.14.2015 from www.iclock.com” collection of recent work. dichotomy in the contemporary world. In the gallery on April 26 at 12:15pm, Simon is one of the pioneers in the Simon will give a master class titled, Boundary development of Software Art and is renowned Conditions: Drawing in a Digital World. in this area for articulating the use of code in Kaplan Hall is located at the corner of Grand digital and multimedia works since the mid- and First Streets. Free and secure parking is 80s. This early community of artists created the available in the Kaplan Hall garage accessible first wave of software applications, web-based at 73 First Street. projects and digital approaches to art, which For information, call 845-341-4891/9386. continue to expand in new directions every Space Create: The Selknam year. In 2011, he collaborated with Icelandic The Selknam were indigenous people in singer Björk to write an app for her album,

Honoring Pets

Work by Elisa Pritzker

the Patagonia region of Southern Argentina and Chile, including the Tierra del Fuego islands. Artist Elisa Pritzker’s current series of work is an investigation, research and visual homage to a rich and deep civilization that is now totally extinct. “I have always questioned humanity’s ancestral and ongoing violence towards other cultures. Honoring the Selknam is a reminder that there are still many in-human acts everywhere. In spite of this, I keep a true hope for a better world,” said Elisa. Elisa will be featured in a solo exhibition titled Spirit of the Selknams from April 5-May 7 at Space Create, 115 Broadway, Newburgh. An opening reception takes place during Newburgh Last Saturdays on April 30 from 5:00pm-8:00pm. For additional information, call 845-5901931. Visit www.elisapritzker.com for more information about Elisa.

Yo-Yo and Lu-Lu look forward to seeing their names amongst those already placed in the 2015 established Pet Section of Trestle Inc’s Historic Brick Walkway at the Newburgh Waterfront. Why not honor, memorialize, or give a shout out to your favorite beloved pet? Trestle, Inc. was founded by Reverend William Scafidi in 2003 to promote the arts and artists, heritage and culture in Newburgh. Operated by volunteers, its mission is to enhance the community through art, inspire appreciation for the arts, and increase tourism, stimulating economic development. In front of Trestle’s “Archways” Mural on Front Street lies Trestle’s commemorative Brick Walkway. Engraved in bricks are the names of loved ones memorialized and/or honored by family members, friends, spouses and significant others, and now pets! For brick order forms, contact Trestle, Inc. at www.trestle.org or call 845-565-1052.

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No Generation Gap Found in Eldred

“Seniors and students already get along well together,” says Margie Granese, member of Highland Seniors. “I think one of the reasons grandkids were invented was so seniors would “Rage” by John Tomlinson be able to use computers!” EldredCentralSchoolDistrictSuperintendent of Schools Robert M. Dufour observes, “both groups get somewhat marginalized by our society, and what members of each group deserve is to be taken seriously as individuals with something unique and special to offer.” The Barryville Area Arts Association is bridging the generation gap with an exhibit April 30 & May 1, Never Stop Learning, at

“Hello” by Cameron Conklin, Grade 12

the Town of Highland Town Hall, including artwork from students K-12, as well as the creations of some of Highland’s most seasoned professional artists. There will also be surprise performances by both groups at the reception, 4 Proctor Road, Eldred, on April 30, 1:00pm3:00pm. For information, call 845-557-8713.

“Shorts & Sweets” in So. Fallsburg

The Fallsburg Library in South Fallsburg will hold their monthly Ladies Night Out on April 14 from 7:00pm-9:00pm with Big Sky Productions’ Artistic Director, Carol Montana performing a Shorts and Sweets program. An April Fool’s theme will highlight the evening with silly jokes, humorous stories and tall tales

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from Big Sky Production’s vast collection. The event is open to ladies only, 18 and over, and admission is free. Attendees are asked to bring a dessert or snack to share. The Fallsburg Library is located at 12 Railroad Plaza in South Fallsburg. For information, call Rena at 845-436-6067.

Bluegrass & Americana in Hurleyville

Mandolinist Wayne Fugate is one of New York’s most versatile acoustic musicians. Making his musical home in the American roots styles of bluegrass, blues, and jazz, he can swing gracefully Wayne Fugate from these styles to any of his other musical loves in the worlds of classical, Gypsy jazz and Brazilian choro music. Van Manakas is a critically acclaimed artist, recognized as one of the most versatile and respected guitarists in the country. Van is known for his expertise in indigenous guitar

styles, and has toured 50 states and five continents. Listen to the fiddle, dobro, guitar and mandolin when the Woodsongs Coffeehouse presents an Acoustic Master Concert and guitar workshop with Van Manakas on April Van Manakas 23. The workshop takes place from 4:00pm5:30pm and the concert begins at 7:00pm. The evening will also feature a performance by local Americana band, Little Sparrow at the Sullivan County Museum, 265 Main Street, Hurleyville. For more info: 845 434-8044. Workshop registration: 845-671-9548.

“Acting the Scene” with Joanne Zipay Acting the Scene, a six-week acting class taught by Joanne Zipay (see photo) for both beginners and those with some acting experience, will give you the chance to explore in detail a scene from a contemporary or a classical play. Hone your abilities to make the most dynamic choices for bringing the scene to life physically, vocally, and emotionally. Each scene will be individually coached by the instructor, and each class will include a physical and vocal warmup, along with a variety of acting exercises. Zipay is an actor, director, producer, 30

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dramaturg, and educator who has spent over 35 years working professionally in theatre across the country. She has studied acting with Stella Adler, and has taught at the Stella Adler Conservatory, Pace University, City College of New York, and SUNY Orange, and was the founding Artistic Director of Judith Shakespeare Company NYC for 20 years. The six Saturday 10:00am sessions, April 9-May 14 are held at Mount Saint Mary College’s Desmond Campus for Adult Enrichment in Newburgh. For info and to register: 845-565-2076.

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May I Have A Word With You ... Quips, Quotes & Quiddities with Carol Pozefsky SPRING! “When the first fine spring days come, and the earth awakes and assumes its garment of verdure, when the perfumed warmth of the air blows on our faces and fills our lungs, and even appears to penetrate to our heart, we feel the vague longings for undefined happiness, a wish to run, to walk at random, to inhale the spring.” - Guy de Maupassant MIND YOUR BUSINESS For 32 years, readers of New York Magazine raced to its back pages to devour the dazzlingly clever results of Mary Ann Madden’s competitions. One week, contestants were asked to create fanciful business listings. SURELOCK HOMES Alarm Systems MARQUIS DE SOD Landscaping CLOTHES BUT NO CIGAR Antismokers Boutique STAR TRICK Celebrity Escort Service Another contest asked competitors to define a name or catch phrase altered by a one-letter omission. MATTHEW, MARK, UKE AND JOHN: Bible Belt Folk Singers.

THE VOLGA BATMAN: Russian Comic Strip. THE LADY IS A TRAM: A Streetcar Named Desire. FRANKLY, MY EAR, I DON’T GIVE A DAMN: Last words of Rhett Van Gogh. SHENANIGANS There are certain English words with rarely used singular forms or no singular form at all: ALMS, JITTERS, CLOTHES, GOGGLES, PANTS, PLIERS, RICHES, SHORTS, SUDS, ANNALS, REMAINS AND IDES. NECROPOLIS is a singular word ending in S that becomes plural when the S is removed. SHORT MOVIE REVIEWS

James Agee: (You Were Meant For Me) “That’s what you think”. Kenneth Tynan: (I Am a Camera) “Me no Leica”. Leonard Maltin: (Isn’t it Romantic) “No”

Happy Birthday, Edward K. Joseph Boga, a 2014 graduate of The Juilliard School, is equally comfortable performing in both classical and jazz genres. His trumpet teachers have included Wynton Marsalis, Mark Ellington & Strayhorn Gould, Chris Gekker, Joe Magnarelli, and Chris Jaudes. He has performed in a diverse array of venues, both in the U.S. and abroad, and has performed with an impressive array of both established and emerging artists. A very special pre-season event for Milford’s Kindred Spirits Arts programs is

a concert on the birth date of the prodigious Duke Ellington that will also feature music of his incredibly talented associate, Billy Strayhorn, performed by trumpeter Boga, and Joseph Boga his Joseph Boga Octet and the Delaware Valley High School Jazz Band under the direction of Lance Rauh in the DVHS auditorium on Routes 6 and 209 in Milford on April 29 at 7:30pm. www.kindredspiritsarts.org “HAPPY BIRTHDAY, DUKE!”

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Brahms & Beethoven - Duos & a Trio

Beethoven transformed chamber music, raising it to a new plane, both in terms of content and in terms of the technical demands on performers and audiences. His works were the models against which nineteenth-century romanticism measured its achievements and failures. Upon Beethoven’s death, Franz Rachel Crozier N. Hambleton-Torrente Janice Nimetz Schubert asked, “Who can do anything after HVP and the Taconic Opera. In addition to her him?” No one was more expected to answer classical music performances, she has recorded that question than Johannes Brahms, who music from Latin to rock, and jazz duets with was widely regarded as the obvious heir to David Liebman. Director of Music at Central Valley United Beethoven’s legacy. Brahms carried the torch of Romantic music toward the 20th century, a Methodist Church (CVUMC), pianist Janice forger of “new paths”, said Robert Schumann, Nimetz has performed as soloist and chamber and his music is the bridge from the classical to musician throughout the Hudson Valley, in the Capital District, in New York City at Weill the modern. Performer, teacher and Juilliard-trained Recital Hall, and in New England. She has been violinist Rachel Crozier has performed with a performing participant in master classes given many East Coast symphony orchestras including by Menahem Pressler and by John O’Conor. the Hudson Valley Philharmonic (HVP). She Currently she is on the piano faculty of Rockland also served as concertmaster of the Delaware Conservatory. The next Music in Central Valley program Valley Opera and has played with the Taconic Opera, and often as concertmaster for Hudson features Sonata in d Minor for Violin & Piano Opera Theatre. She has participated in chamber and Sonata in e Minor for Cello & Piano by music concerts locally as part of the violin-viola- Brahms, and Beethoven’s Trio in E-flat Major, Op. 70, No. 2, and is on April 24 at 3:00pm in piano trio, Amaranthus Ensemble. Music educator and cellist Nancy the handicapped accessible CVUMC, 12 Smith Hambleton-Torrente has performed in Europe, Clove Road, Central Valley. Admission is free South America, and with NYC’s Philharmonia with a suggested donation at the door. For information phone 845-928-6570. Virtuosi. Locally, she has played with the

Callicoon + Cochecton = LuxRd.

Whether you are a fan of jazz or electronica, acoustic blues or chamber music, the Tusten Theatre in Narrowsburg is featuring a broad-based lineup in its Musical Progressions spring concert series. “Stay tuned” to upcoming issues of CANVAS for future concerts. Sullivan County’s own musical duo LuxRd. presents the world premiere of its theatrical song cycle, Welcome to My Haus. In keeping with the name of the project (taken from two different Lux Roads: one in Cochecton, the other in Callicoon), the band is collaborating with local artists to create a multi-media journey through musical idioms, experiences, and eras, toward a jubilant, uplifting conclusion. LuxRd.’s music utilizes both acoustic elements (horns, strings, percussion) and electronica (ambient tones, beats, samples) to create a sound entirely its own. Members, David Driver and Peter Kiesewalter, share a rich history of both music and theater. Driver was a member of the original cast of Broadway’s Rent, and has since worked with luminaries like Debbie Harry, Elvis Costello, Laurie Anderson, and They Might Be Giants. Kiesewalter founded The East Village Opera Company, whose genre-bending albums reimagine classic operatic arias in new and

entirely unexpected ways. The material in Welcome to My Haus ranges from Rodgers & Hart to Brian Wilson and William “Smokey” Robinson, from Annie Lennox & Dave Stewart of Eurythmics to the band’s own compositions, which explore ideas like the power of scent memory and the challenge of growing and evolving in a fast paced, sometimes confusing culture. Local collaborators include Brian Caiazza (video projections) whose Callicoon-based company Goodlookin’ has created visual content for clients as diverse as MayerWasner, Lisa B and Microsoft; Karen Flood (costume design), a veteran of countless indie films also known for her work with NACL Theatre; and Isaac Green Diebboll (videography), whose unconventional work documenting our local political correctness has received acclaim. Other collaborators include James Daniel (director), recently of The Good Swimmer at NYC’s Prototype Festival and the Minnesota Opera’s production of The Manchurian Candidate. They are pulling out the stops at Tusten Theatre on April 30 at 8:00pm. See ad page 4 for more details and location. Note: Welcome to My Haus contains some brief graphic language.

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Breakneck Annie at Newburgh Free Library “Like all great marriages, we started out as friends and then became bandmates. With roots as a kitchen and back porch band, playing at our own parties, Breakneck Annie tries to keep and present that feeling of friends who really like to make music together. Whether playing at festivals, farmer’s markets, open mics, private parties or Irish wakes, we try to bring fun as well as traditional-style music to all our events,” says Anne Baglione, accordionist and singer for Breakneck Annie. Breakneck Annie is a 5-piece band performing Americana, folk / traditional music. Or, as their Facebook page says, “Good time music - not quite bluegrass, not quite old time, not quite folk. Rarely serious and always fun!” Breakneck Annie is made up of banjo player Gene Mueller, mandolinist Graham

Breakneck Annie, photo by Mary Buskey

Vest, guitarist Terry Seeley, accordionist Anne Baglione, and “washboard-ist” Bill Buskey. The band also has “an expanding array of instruments and other implements of destruction.” They perform for the Newburgh Free Library, 124 Grand Street, on April 10 at 3:00pm for some FREE “good ole’ time fun!” For information: 845-563-3600.

Radvanovsky is Elizabeth I at SCCC

This year, soprano Sondra Radvanovsky tookontheextraordinary challenge of singing all three of Donizetti’s Tudor queen operas in the course of a single season, a rare feat made famous by Beverly Sills in 1970, who has said that Elizabeth I was the role that took 10 years off her career, and indeed, it is a fearsome undertaking. In Roberto Devereux, the climactic opera of the trilogy, Radvanovsky plays Queen Elizabeth I, forced to sign the death warrant of the nobleman she loves. The role is very long, encompassing a slightly larger than twooctave span, and there are many forte passages in ensembles and alone, and the sheer number of notes the character has to get out is aweinspiring. Emotionally, too, the part is ripping: The elderly Elizabeth, in love with the young Earl of Essex who in turn loves Sara, the Duchess of Nottingham (forget real English history), is

a ferocious monarch, comfortable and powerful only when ruling, and, in private, a shattered woman filled with vulnerabilities and doubts. It’s a truly tragic figure Donizetti and librettist Salvadore Cammarano have given us. The Met’s presentation of Donizetti’s three Tudor Queen operas this season is made possible through a grant from Beverly Sills, gifted prior to her passing. Roberto Devereux, Live from the Met in HD, will be shown on April 16 at 1:00pm in the Seelig Auditorium at SUNY Sullivan in Loch Sheldrake. Tenor Matthew Polenzani is Devereux, and the versatile mezzo-soprano Elīna Garanča and baritone Mariusz Kwiecien complete the principal quartet in the bel canto masterpiece, conducted by Donizetti specialist Maurizio Benini. Tickets available at the door. Pre-talk begins approximately 12:30pm in the lobby.

Spiritual Arts and Consciousness Fair

Experience some of the best health practitioners, inspirational workshop presenters, and intuitive teachers at the Spiritual Arts and Consciousness Fair. According to fair organizers Jackie and Keith Jordan, “People are shifting their awareness toward natural health and more meaningful spiritual lives and the fair will include a variety of psychic readers, healers, workshop presenters, green living and organic products, and informational tables and tents.” This will take place both indoors and outdoors at the unique hilltop setting of the Unitarian Universalist Congregation at Rock Tavern. Admission to the fair, a fundraiser for the 32

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congregation, will be $5. Workshops and special activities are included in the price of admission, and vendors will be offering their products and services, such as psychic readings, for a fee. The fair will also include a selection of food. The lineup includes crystals and stones for healing, spiritual jewelry, therapeutic oils, plant-based face and body creams, Tai Chi/ QiGong, dance and movement presentations (photo), on-site labyrinth tours, an introduction to the sacred geometry of Goddess Dance, and guided imagery with music and meditation. April 30 from 10:00am-4:00pm at 9 Vance Road in Rock Tavern. For information call Keith Jordan at 845-978-5620.

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