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Publisher’s Column by Barry Plaxen Within this issue: For National Poetry Month, there is an Art & Poetry exhibit in Shohola where artists created paintings based on poems they’ve read - and poets wrote poems inspired by paintings, and another exhibit in Livingston Manor where an exhibiting artist is both a painter and a poet... Then there is a visual, floral and horticultural art exhibit in Milford... A new word for me: “grisaille” - a method of painting in gray monochrome, typically to imitate sculpture... A new word for me: “sevdah” - Bosniak folk music in Newburgh...

No less than two world class string quartets coming to Newburgh and Bethel... No less than two art exhibits with works by artists who are intellectually and developmentally challenged in Narrowsburg and Livingston Manor... The start of the spring chorale concert season in Newburgh and Blooming Grove (NY) that will balloon in May... The start of the Sullivan spring concert season in Phillipsport and So. Fallsburg... A neglected British composer to be heard in Cornwall-on-Hudson... Performances in Middletown (a play) and Greenwood Lake (film songs), postponed from the February 12 snow and ice storm... Dance performances in Walden,

Letters to the Editor Thank you very much for such a great write up for the Sherlock Holmes series. We appreciate it...a lot. CANVAS is a popular publication here, our patrons love it. Thank you for making it available. - Irene Dunn, Chester Library Last night, at the Wallkill River School of Art, I saw Lana Privitera’s exquisite big cat painting that graces your March 2017 cover. As enchanting and beautiful as it is in print, one simply has to experience the original painting to appreciate her ability to create fur, whiskers, a sense of sunlit light and the richness of background hues. The painting simply BREATHES…so much so, your hand goes out instinctively to stroke the fine fellow. I always admire Lana’s work, but this portrait of her big orange is a watercolor masterpiece. Every artist and cat lover should see it in the flesh! We had a rare, quiet breakfast today, my husband and I were both ensconced in

reading the rest of CANVAS! He read aloud the origins of April Fools - which we did not know, and I made note of the upcoming Robert Trondsen exhibit in Newburgh. Trondsen is another newly-discovered painter, whose work I readily admire. So, CANVAS is batting 1000 in terms of educating, delighting and getting the good art word out! - Karen E. Gersch It’s about time!!! Your March issue has finally presented a proper Cover Cat, the first feline so honored since 2011. In between, you’ve shown us five dogs...plus a passel of turkeys, a cow, and even a fish, on top of the usual range of humans. But nary a cat ‘til now. Much of your arts coverage does involve the “Cat”-skills, though, so you’ve clearly been overlooking that name’s significance until (finally) your March edition. For cat people like us, it’s an event long awaited, and we thank you enormously. Oh, yeah, so does our cat. - Bob & Ursula Garrett

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Middletown and Newburgh... Announcements of upcoming theatre seasons in Monroe and Forestburgh... The first ever Hudson Valley Writers Fest in Goshen... DooWop returning to Parksville... Live from the Met in Loch Sheldrake... ...and a new collaboration between the Mamakating Library in Wurtsboro and Rondout Valley Organics. Now you can pick up your pre-ordered organic produce and meats in Ellenville, Cragsmoor AND Wurtsboro - much more convenient for Orange, Pike and most Sullivan residents. As always, CANVAS gives heartfelt thanks to all of our loyal advertisers that make this newspaper free for all to enjoy!

ARTery Gallery, Milford ��19 Artists’ Market, Shohola ��8, 19 Barryville Area Arts Association ��19 Bethel Woods �� 11 Catskill Art Society, Livingston Manor ��9,18 Chamber Music at St. Andrew’s, So. Fallsburg � 24 Chester Library ��6 Classic Choral Society ��5 Cornerstone Theatre Arts, Goshen ��17 Cynthia Harris-Pagano, artist ��14 Dead End Cafe, Parksville ��8 Delaware Arts Center, Narrowsburg ��18 Dream Ketch, Sugar Loaf ��10 Florida Public Library ��6 Four Seasons Chorale, Port Jervis ��3 Goshen Art League �� 11 Greater Newburgh Symphony Orch. ��14 Greenwood Lake Library ��6, 26 Hudson Valley Folk Guild ��8 Hudson Valley Writer Fest, Goshen ��27 In Memoriam: Diane R. Brown ��4

Innervision Wellness, Rock Tavern �� 22 Josephine-Louise Library, Walden �� 26 Mamakating Library, Wurtsboro �� 23 Maxwell Kofi Donkor & Sankofa ��3 Mitchell Saler, artist �� 14 Mt. St. Mary College, Desmond Campus ��21 Munich Philharmonic Quartet �� 21 Music in Central Valley ��3 New Hope Community ��9 New Rose Theatre ��3 Newburgh Chamber Music �� 21 Newburgh Symphonic Chorale ��5 Newburgh Free Library �� 4, 6 Opera Live from The Met in HD �� 25 Orange County Arts Council �� 20 Otisville-Mt. Hope Art Exhibit �� 14 Phillipsport Community Center �� 17 Port Jervis Council for the Arts �� 19 Potluck Concerts, Cornwall-on-Hudson � 26 Queen of the Hudson Series �� 17 Rondout Valley Organics �� 23 Seligmann Center, Sugar Loaf ��6 Seven Freedoms Music Ctr., Montgomery �� 23 Shadowland Stages, Ellenville ��7 Shandalee Music Festival ��11 SullivanArc �� 18 SUNY Orange Apprentice Players �� 22 SUNY Orange, Middletown �� 7, 16 SUNY Orange, Newburgh �� 10, 14 SUNY Sullivan, Loch Sheldrake �� 25 Sustainable Warwick �� 23 Terry Murray, sculptor �� 14 Thrall Library, Middletown ��6 Unitarian Universalist Cong., Rock Tavern � 8, 23 Urban Farming Fair, Newburgh �� 25 Wallkill River School, Montgomery ��9 Wickham Works, Warwick �� 20 Wisner Library, Warwick ��6 Wurtsboro Art Alliance ��4

April 2: Port Jervis

MEET CINDERELLA! Cinderella, Cinderella. It’s not such a common name, and it is not often heard in and around the schoolyard. But it is widely recognizable in the world of folk tales, myth and theatre. Feminine in gender, singular in number, the name thrives in various languages: Cenerentola, Italian a la Rossini’s prevalent opera, Cendrillon for the wildly popular French version by Charles Perrault, and Cinderella in the classic Disney 1950 animation of the same name. And not to be forgotten there is too, the compelling Cinderella found in the collection of fairy tales and legends compiled by the Brothers Grimm. All converge to represent the classic model, the prototype of the oppressed, the down trodden who surge from oblivion to fame, success, and notoriety. Dating back to ancient Egypt and the enslavement of the Greeks, recorded history reflects variations in this iconic quest for identity. Throughout the planet this captivating story has repeatedly inspired the imaginations of creative individuals and in particular those whose vision allows them to

Allison Feller as “Cinderella”

see beyond the footlights. In the Village of Walden is the New Rose Theatre. It, one will easily discover, is no exception to this literary and dramatic inclination. Dee Wright is one who is blessed with the ability to see and imagine theatre as a creative and relevant experience. In that capacity she will direct and choreograph Cinderella, a contemporary ballet, at the New Rose Theatre. Competent and talented choreographers are not hidden in the wings or found easily behind poles at every street corner. As a matter of fact, they are rather hard to come by. But at the New Rose

Theatre, the superior competencies of a well known Dee Wright are on display. The story of Cinderella, Dee has imagined, will slide comfortably into the glamor and glitz of the Hollywood era, found during the early part of the 20th Century. With the creative assistance of Zak Kiernan, Dee has crafted a different but still lovable Cinderella, with a Fairy Godmother accompanied and assisted by extra fairies. There was much more for fairies to do in those raucous days. As noted above, this interpretation of the Cinderella story is presented as a ballet. It is that condition that proves the worth and talent of Ms. Wright. In ballet, the plot characters, and the remaining elements of a story must be conveyed to the audience without the assistance of dialogue, monologue or even a narrator. Every little move or stance conveys meaning related to or directly reflecting the elements of the story’s plot as it progresses. Cinderella, a contemporary ballet will be presented at the New Rose Theatre, 33 East Main Street, Walden through April 2. Call 845-778-2478 for additional information. See also ad on pg. 26.

The Four Seasons Chorale, under the direction of Kathy Brink, will present Music Crossing the Atlantic, music from Africa, the Caribbean, and the U.S. The concert features Emish, a group with ties to Port Jervis who have forged their own Americana folk rock sound by colliding a background of Irish, rock, and folk influences, African drumming by Maxwell Kofi Donkor with members of his group Sankofa, and the local drumming youth ensemble Joyful Noise, in addition to the Chorale. The April 2, 3:00pm concert is in the First Presbyterian Church, 60 Sussex Street, Port Jervis.

April 2: Central Valley The composers featured in the next Music in Central Valley program show the evolution of the classical style into romanticism. Pianists Victoria von Arx and Janice Nimetz will perform music by Haydn, Mozart and Beethoven. The program takes place at Central Valley United Methodist Church, 12 Smith Clove Road, Central Valley, on April 2 at 3:00pm. No tickets are required but there is a suggested donation at the door. The church is handicapped accessible. For information, phone 845-928-6570.

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Wurtsboro: April Fool’s Day Fun, Part II From the “Top 100 April Fool’s would appear as if the image was in Day Hoaxes of All Time.” color. He proceeded to demonstrate www.hoaxes.org the process. Thousands of people The Eruption of Mt. Edgecumbe were taken in. Many Swedes today April 1, 1974: Residents of report remembering their fathers Sitka, Alaska woke to clouds of rushing through the house to find black smoke rising from the crater stockings to place over the tv! of Mount Edgecumbe, the longThe Swiss Spaghetti Harvest dormant volcano neighboring them. April 1, 1957: BBC news show People spilled out of their homes to Panorama announced that thanks to gaze up at the volcano, terrified that a mild winter and the elimination of it was active again. Practical joker the dreaded spaghetti weevil, Swiss Porky Bickar had flown hundreds of farmers were enjoying a bumper old tires into the volcano’s crater and spaghetti crop. It accompanied lit them on fire, all in an attempt to the announcement with footage of fool residents into believing that the Swiss peasants pulling strands of volcano was erupting. When Mount spaghetti down from trees. St. Helens erupted six years later, a Many called the BBC wanting Sitka resident wrote to Bickar to tell to know how they could grow their him, “This time you’ve gone too own spaghetti tree. To this the BBC far!” replied, “place a sprig of spaghetti Three views of mini in a tin of tomato sauce and hope for Instant Color TV sculpture of April 1, 1962: Sweden’s Sveriges the best.” Even the director-general WAA President Television brought their technical Brent Lyons by of the BBC later admitted that after expert, Kjell Stensson, onto the Jessica deStefano seeing the show he checked in an news to inform the public that viewers could encyclopedia to find out if that was how convert their existing sets to display color. spaghetti grew! At the time, there was only one tv channel in The Wurtsboro Art Alliance opens their Sweden, and it broadcast in black and white, season with an exhibit titled, April Fool in the so this was big news. Stensson explained John Nielson Gallery, 73 Sullivan Street. that all viewers had to do was pull a nylon The opening reception is on April 1, from stocking over their tv, and the mesh would 2:00pm-4:00pm. The show runs through cause the light to bend in such a way that it April 29. Visit www.WAAgallery.org

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In Memoriam ~ Diane R. Brown May 15, 1932 - February 6, 2017 Ronnie, as Diane R. Brown liked to be called by her friends and family, was a true renaissance woman. She was proud to be a member of Mensa for over 50 years, was a registered nurse, a computer programmer and a teacher. A resident of Newburgh for over 50 years, Ronnie was a volunteer for a number of different organizations: Friends of the Newburgh Library, Downing Park Steering Committee (DPSC), SPARC, Desmond Lifetime Learning and the Local Sierra Club Chapter. I Recollect... In my mind’s eye I see Ronnie pulling into the parking lot at Stewart State Forest. It’s early spring, young green leaves just starting to adorn the trees. We emerge from separate cars to meet. When we open our back doors, the dogs jump out. Ronnie has her feisty, mixed-breed smooth-coated barky girl, Dingo, who dashes growling and snarling over to Sonny, my English setter. Sunny stands unfazed, gazing down at her. Ronnie yells at Dingo to behave. Sunny just turns and trots down Ridge Road. Ronnie and I embrace and start down the rutted road together, talking and catching up on everything. Oh, what a sweet-smelling,

sun-drenched memory. Ronnie was my friend and a deeply engaged member of SPARC. She came to our meetings, she helped with our newsletter mailings, she worked on updating our bylaws, she joked with us, shared her tribulations with her eyesight, invited all of us to joyful laughing parties at her old farmhouse on a hill in Fostertown. She was rooted in everything we did to save the Stewart lands. She had strong views about politics, about the environment, and she told me about her family, her childhood. I went to the exhibit at Karpeles where her fabric art was displayed, and her daughter’s as well. She was part of the fabric of our community, a big ‘C’ and a small ‘c’. How very sad that she is gone. Her thread has been pulled from the fabric of our lives and there is a tattered hole. Mending it will take a long time. - Sandra Kissam, President, Stewart Park & Reserve Coalition In addition to her involvement with DPSC’s various committees including The Shelter House, Ronnie curated art shows for the Newburgh Free Library. The 2017 installation of that show is dedicated to Ronnie’s memory. See page 6.

Brahms “Requiem” in Blooming Grove and Tuxedo Park by Philip Ehrensaft Until the free thinking Johannes Brahms premiered Ein Deutsches Requiem in 1868, his career had been a struggle. After the performance of his German Requiem, Brahms was propelled on his path to being counted among the great three Bs: Bach, Beethoven and now Brahms. The popularity of Ein Deutsches Requiem shows no signs of abating in our time. There are 107 different recordings of Brahms’ Requiem available in the U.S. J. Weatherstone Market. Verdi’s Requiem comes a close second with 97 recordings, with third place going to Beethoven’s Missa Solemnis, at 72. Most accounts of the requiem point to how remarkable it is that a young man could produce such a masterwork of imagination and precision. One answer is that Brahms, within the context of mid-nineteenth century lifespans, was not at all a young man. For most people, being thirty-five meant that more than half of your time on earth had passed. Curious is the first word that comes to mind when we think about Herr Brahms, making his breakthrough with a grand liturgical work. Brahms was a famously private man, but it is quite clear that he was a scientific rationalist,

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and had little use for religion. So was it sheer opportunism that led him to take on this requiem? One clue can be provided by looking across the French-German border to Brahms’contemporary, Camille Saint-Saëns, “the French Beethoven.” Brahms was born in 1833, Saint-Saëns in 1835. Like Brahms, he appeared to have little use for organized religion. While cool to religion himself, SaintSaëns was a nationalist who saw religion as a social glue that could help build a modern French nation. Brahms likely had the same perspective as a German nationalist. His requiem would be in German, not Latin, and based on Luther’s translation of the Bible.

“Celebrating Earth”

But there was more to Brahms’ breakthrough liturgical composition than social utility and nationalism. Ron De Fesi, the conductor for Hudson Opera Theater, is eloquent on Brahms’ humanist intentions: “The traditional Roman Catholic liturgical text for the requiem mass is a prayer for the dead, filled with images of the horrors of the Last Judgment. Brahms’ text, on the other hand, which he compiled from Martin Luther’s German vernacular translation of the Bible, seeks to comfort the S. Buccelli living who must deal with and accept death.” With soloists soprano Jody Weatherstone and baritone Jeremy J. Moore, and pianists Ruthanne Schempf and Sylvia Buccelli accompanying on two pianos, the Classic Choral Society will perform Brahms’ breakthrough composition for its 58th Annual Spring Concert under the direction of Maestra Janiece Kohler at the United Church of Christ, 2 Old Dominion Road, Blooming Grove on April 30 at 4:00pm, ...and at St. Mary’s-in-Tuxedo Episcopal Church, 10 Fox Hill Road, Tuxedo Park, on May 6 at 7:30pm. No tickets are required. Donations welcomed. For information: 845-713-4543.

Created by the Greater Newburgh Symphony Orchestra fifteen years ago, the Newburgh Symphonic Chorale, presently under the direction of Peter Sipple, starts off the spring chorale season in Orange, Pike and Sullivan Counties with Celebrating Earth, choral music celebrating Earth Day. Compositions will include Haydn’s The Heavens are Telling the Glory of God (from The Creation); For the Beauty of the Earth (a Christian hymn by Folliott S. Pierpoint) in a setting by John Rutter; Ernst Toch’s The Geographical Fugue; a setting of The Twenty-third Psalm by Ralph Vaughan Williams; Shenandoah as arranged by Marshall Bartholomew; and Fenno Heath’s arrangement of He’s Got the Whole World in His Hands. “Performances will be both a cappella and accompanied by piano,” announced Sipple. The April 23, 4:00pm concert is in St. George’s Church, 105 Grand Street, Newburgh. Plenty of parking across the street. A good will offering will be taken.

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CELEBRATE NATIONAL LIBRARY WEEK & NATIONAL POETRY MONTH! National Library Week is being observed April 9-15. April is also National Poetry Month! CANVAS celebrates both with this page featuring some of our local library events. Middletown - Creating Your Reality A psychic, medium, intuitive healer, holistic life coach, past life regression facilitator, and teacher with over 20 years of experience, Lisa Ann is returning to Thrall Library for a presentation. Most people sit back and wait for “signs” and “guidance” while others are actively creating their life each and every day. Join Lisa Ann for this pre-library week event on April 5 at 6:00pm at Thrall Library, 11 Depot Street, Middletown. Throughout the evening she will guide you through several quick and effective exercises. Learn how to quiet your mind, connect with your intuition, use dreams and synchronicity to guide you, create a sense of peace, and create/manifest the life you deserve. Limited to only 50 people. You MUST call to register at 845-341-5483 or 845-341-5461. Newburgh - Community Art Show The Newburgh Free Library (NFL) will have their annual Community Art Show April 3-21. This non-juried art show will feature

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artists in the greater Newburgh area and will run in the NFL Lobby Gallery, 124 Grand Street. The reception will be held on April 9 from 2:00pm-4:00pm to kick off National Library Week. The public is invited to attend; refreshments will be served courtesy of the Friends of the NFL. The Community Art Show is dedicated to the memory of Ronnie Brown (see pg. 4), a supporter of the Friends of the Library who curated the art show for many years. For information: 845-563-3600. Florida - Play Reading & Poetry Cafe SUNY Orange professor Mary Warrener returns to the Florida Public Library (FPL) for a presentation on Shakespeare’s Hamlet on April 13 at 7:30pm for the Black Dirt Storytelling Guild Readers Theatre: To Be or Not to Be ~ Understanding Hamlet. Learn about this famous play through discussion of the text and video clips of famous performances. Copies of the play are available for check out. For adults and teens age 16 & up. The FPL will host its 45th Poetry Café for adults age 16 and up on April 21 at 7:00pm. Local poet Robert Milby will emcee the evening with readings by guest poets Michelle Johnson of Dutchess County and Ariana

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Den Blyker of Orange County. Johnson, a Jamaican-born poet, has been published in the Calling All Poets 2015 Anthology. Washgintonville resident Den Blyker is the author of several books and chapbooks and is a small press publisher. Both poets are known in the Hudson Valley poetry scene, but making their debut in Florida. The evening will also feature an open mic session for anyone who wants to read or recite their own original or favorite poetry. The doors open at 6:45pm and the open mic begins at 7:00pm followed by the featured poets and Milby’s reading of his own work. More open mic will round out the evening plus a story from Madelyn Folino, library director and co-founder of the Black Dirt Storytelling Guild which meets monthly at FPL. Greenwood Lake & Chester Poetry Readings Robert Milby will host an afternoon of individual recitations. Area poets will be on hand to share their works and you are invited to come by and read your own verse at the Greenwood Lake Library, 79 Waterstone Road, April 23 at Noon. Light refreshments will be served. Call 845-477-8377. On April 29 at 2:00pm, Milby is the featured poet at the Chester Library, 1784 Kings Highway, along with special guest Karen Corinne Herceg, who has been out

and about for the last few months reading from her new book, Out From Calaboose. Call 845-469-4252 for information. MEGAPHONE Series in Sugar Loaf MEGAPHONE is a continuing monthly program of poetry readings, designed in accord with the Seligmann Center’s mission to honor the legacy of Surrealist artist Kurt Seligmann by providing a venue for contemporary art which employs experimental techniques and tests conceptual boundaries. Anne Gorrick and Robert Kelly are the featured poets on April 9 at 2:00pm at 23 White Oak Drive, Sugar Loaf (Chester). Call 845-469-9459 for information. Wisner Library in Warwick Poets Donna Reis, Sarah White, Joan Siegel and J.R. Solanche will read selections from their works at the Wisner Library, 1 McFarland Drive, Warwick on April 8 at 11:00am. Siegel and Solanche are known for their book Peach Girl: Poems for a Chinese Daughter which tells their story of becoming a family by adopting an orphaned two yearold girl from China. Call 845-986-1047, ext. 3 for info. Note: Area library poetry readings have free admission.

Shadowland Movie Matinees: April 1 & 15 Wayne, Betty Field and Harry Matinees at Shadowland, Carey, with an outstanding according to Brendan supporting cast including Burke, Artistic Director of Beulah Bondi and Samuel S. Shadowland Stages, “gives Hinds (of 1941 fame as Ma & us a chance to keep the theater Pa Bailey in It’s A Wonderful open prior to our Main Stage Life), James Barton, Ward season, and it continues to Bond, John Qualen and the offer young and old alike a beloved Marjorie Main. chance to enjoy the type of “Perennial movie tough movie-going experience that has long since disappeared “The Shephard of the Hills” 1941 guy Marc Lawrence was offered two roles by director Hathaway - the from the mainstream.” “We’ve got a very eclectic collection of villain or a mute simpleton. Lawrence broke films this year,” says series coordinator Ray out of typecasting and chose the latter, giving a Faiola. “In addition to the outstanding feature truly beautiful performance,” says Faiola. “The films, our accompanying shorts are, for the Matthews family is headed by a superstitious most part, ones that have not been shown in matriach. Into this closed community comes decades. And, of course, we continue to present Daniel Howitt, a stranger who buys a cursed our events entirely on celluloid rather than use piece of land known as Moanin’ Meadow. The strange relationships that evolve and reveal digital projection.” Following the April 1 showing of Chaplin’s themselves are the core of the narrative.” Shepherd was director Henry Hathaway’s The Gold Rush, the series concludes on April 15 with a Popeye cartoon, Paramount Sports follow-up to his hugely successful drama, The I.Q., a Technicolor George Pal Puppetoon and Trail of the Lonesome Pine, which was the first a chapter of Adventures of Captain Marvel. outdoor feature photographed in three-strip The feature presentation is The Shepherd of the Technicolor. The picture was Wayne’s first Hills. Taken from a book written in 1907 by film in Technicolor. Hathaway directed several author Harold Bell Wright, it depicts a mostly other Wayne films including True Grit almost three decades later. fictional story of mountain folklore. The matinees begin at 2:00pm at Shadowland The story was filmed in the silent era by author Wright himself in 1919. It was filmed Stages, 157 Canal Street, Ellenville. Box Office: 845-647-5511. again in 1928, and then in 1941 starring John

Enlightening, Inspiring, and Uplifting! “Some plays teach, others celebrate, and a few simply entertain. Black Angels Over Tuskegee manages to do all three and one thing more: It inspires.” - Clifford Lee Johnson III, Backstage. An historical docudrama, Black Angels Over Tuskegee is a narrative of six men embarking upon a journey to become the first African-American aviators in the U.S. ArmyAir Forces during a tumultuous era of racial segregation and Jim Crow idealism in 20th century America. Their group eventually included pilots, navigators, bombardiers, maintenance, instructors and support staff personnel and came to be known as the 99th Pursuit Squadron. Winner of the 2009 NAACP Award, 2009 ADA Award, and 2010 NYC Audelco Special Achievement Award, the play is vibrantly energetic and emotionally captivating and illustrates how the men unite in brotherhood to achieve a communal vision. “Powerful...well-staged and the characters so realistic that the audience can’t help but be thoroughly moved.” - Associated Press. Playwright Layon Gray has spent more than two decades writing, directing and developing stage plays and films that reflect a wide array of African-American cultural movements, creating new paradigms for the stage and motion picture industry. Since founding Layon Gray Enterprises, he has guided the company’s

The cast of “Black Angels Over Tuskegee” (Layon Gray pictured bottom left)

growth from a privately held theatre company to one of the entertainment industry’s leading independent companies and a theatre box office force. Focusing on creating conversational dialogue, Layon continues to make his mark in traditional African-American theater. See Black Angels Over Tuskegee in Orange Hall Theatre on April 23 at 3:00pm. Written, directed, and choreographed by Gray, he will act in the performance playing the part of Quentin Dorsey. Orange Hall is located at the corner of Wawayanda and Grandview Avenues, Middletown. (GPS: 24 Grandview Ave.). Visit www.sunyorange.edu/arts_comm/ ticketing.shtml to purchase tickets. SUNY Orange students with ID are free. Call Cultural Affairs at 845-341-4891 for more information.

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“Creative Conversation” in Shohola Recent interactions by Western photographers and indigenous tribes have raised several questions - including questions about whether they should even visit in the first place. The Barryville Area Arts Association is sponsoring a panel discussion on these interactions in places like Ethiopia, India, and the Irian Jaya. Two women deeply involved in this work have been chosen as panelists for a Creative Conversation. Wendy Stuart Kaplan (pictured with Masai warriors) is an actress, comedian, model, and star of the video series, Model With A Mission. Her recent documentary, Fragile Beauty, showcases the natives of Omo Valley in Southern Ethiopia, and explores when and how they may be forced to change. Tamara Singer is also fascinated by people in remote villages. She is a photographer who has published nationwide and internationally. Her images have interpreted and recorded some of the world’s fastest-disappearing native cultures, and appeared in the video, Tribal Encounters. Possible discussion points include: Is it exploitative to “showcase” indigenous

tribes? How does it affect those on display? Should nudity be handled differently than it is in Western cultures? Should indigenous tribes be encouraged or discouraged from moving toward Western values and technology? And, finally, are we really that different? The public is invited to listen to the presentations, participate in the discussion, and enjoy light refreshments at this free event on April 8, from 2:00pm-3:30pm at the Artists’ Market Community Center, 113 Richardson Avenue, Shohola, PA. For information: 845-557-8713.

Honoring Joe Greco in Parksville Since 1983, Joe “DooWop” Greco appeared on WVOS Radio every Sunday on John Manzi’s The Bop Show as Manzi’s sidekick. The opening concert of the Parksville USA 2017 Music Festival will be dedicated to Greco who recently passed. For the Festival opener, the Brooklyn Time Machine, a band made up of baby boomers recreating the music of the 1950s and 1960s, will honor Greco. “We plan to have fun, fun, fun until our

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hair!” They perform for the Parksville USA 2017 Music Festival at the Dead End Café, 6 Main Street, on April 2 at 3:00pm. Tickets include a full dinner buffet after the show. For reservations, call 845-292-0400.

Jon Stein Performs in Rock Tavern

Jon Stein has been writing songs for many years. He is no stranger to the stage as a singer songwriter or more recently, as an actor. He has been acting since 2005 and has recently been cast in Ghost Train, to be performed at Museum Village in May. He has also been host of The Hootenanny Cafe radio show for the last 21 years. The show is still going strong and airs Sunday nights at 9pm on local radio

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daddy takes our T-Bird away, so come on Coney Island baby, see us under the boardwalk, or up on the roof, and get your ticket to ride the time machine back to the days of drive-in movies, egg creams, beehives and ducktail

93.5fm, WTBQ. Although he doesn’t perform as a singer songwriter as much as he used to, he still loves performing when opportunity arises. The Rock Tavern Chapter of the Hudson Valley Folk Guild, at the Unitarian Universalist Congregation, 9 Vance Road in Rock Tavern, will be featuring Jon Stein on April 8 at 7:30pm. Open mic performances will be available to all. For information call 845-978-5620.

Wallkill River School: Group, Solo, and Raffle Shows!

New Hope at CAS

As colorful spring blossoms begin to poke their way through the black dirt of the Hudson Valley, the Wallkill River School (WRS) is getting ready for a new season! WRS artists are getting out their brushes and dusting off their paint bags from the creative dredges of winter for the WRS’s first ever Juried Portrait & Figure Themed Group Exhibit. “The goal of this exhibit is to showcase the wide range of approaches that can be used to capture the human form. Seen as the most Artwork by Alan Lewis complicated subject an artist can choose, the Self portrait by J. Sundwall Figure painting by W. Noonan human portrait/figure is a true test of artistic Noonan from 6:00pm-6:30pm showing his Patchett Gallery from April 1-22 with a reception on April 15 from 5:00pm-7:00pm. ability, and it is our hope that this exhibit will approach to capturing the figure in charcoal. The exhibit runs from April 1-22, with a And don’t forget to mark your calendars: show off the incredible technical skill and talent of our artists, while highlighting some reception on April 8 from 5:00pm-7:00pm, the 7th annual 100/$100 raffle preview runs of the diverse and unique approaches that our and features a variety of styles, mediums, and April 23-28 with an April 29, 5:00pm7:00pm reception. This fundraiser allows the artists use,” says Liam Vogel, WRS Assistant approaches to the human subject. The WRS will also feature a solo show of WRS to offer scholarships for summer camps, Gallery Director. Figurative painter William Noonan, and watercolors by Alan Lewis, a longtime student and their free “Senior Drop-In” on Tuesdays. portrait painter Joseph Sundwall will act as and artist at the WRS, who has quickly risen Remember, 50% of the school’s programs jurors for the show. Both Noonan and Sundwall to notability amongst the WRS represented are free and open to the public because of this are established figurative painters. In addition artists. His work can be described as loose, fundraiser! While browsing the many artworks at the to their service as jurors, both artists will be painterly, and expressionistic with a delicate demonstrating their personal approaches to the treatment of light, and bold approach to color WRS, check out the works in the Hallway, selection. From his plein air landscapes, to his which feature a theme of Spring and portray human subject. During the reception on April 8, from wildlife illustrations, his work has a level of seasonal local scenes, while the Fine Craft 5:30pm-6:00pm, Sundwall will be consistency that unifies his pieces, despite the Gallery’s theme revolves around Flowers. The WRS is located at 232 Ward Street, demonstrating his style of professional diversity of his subject matter. Alan’s work will be on display in the Montgomery. For info: 845-457-2787. portraiture in oil, followed by a demo by

The New Hope Community helps enhance the lives of those with intellectual and developmental disabilities. The New Hope Community artists continue to explore creative expression through painting, drawing and printmaking. Their new artworks will be exhibited amongst over 100 works at the Catskill Art Society’s (CAS) 7th Annual Art Exhibit. The opening reception will be held on April 13 from 6:00pm-8:00pm. Meet the artists while enjoying the unique sounds of New Hope Community’s own Indie rock band, Bright Woods, while sampling hors d’oeuvres provided by the Community Bistro. The show runs from April 13-23. The CAS Arts Center is located at 48 Main Street in Livingston Manor. Phone: 845-436-4227.

Artwork by Laurie Chase

MONTGO ME RY B U S IN E S S S E RV I C ES

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“The Hudson Valley From Pen to Brush” a balanced monochromatic Patience is essential composition which is in the creation of Judith easily corrected since color Beringer Hraniotis’ has not yet been used. artworks. Long known for This is quick drying and her pen & inks of historic the colors are gradually buildings and rural scenes, worked in as glazes. her process is slow as she This process renders an works with India ink and a opalescent effect which crow quill pen. Likewise, creates a beautiful moody she painstakingly uses atmosphere. several glazes, each A solo show of art by needing dry time when Judith is on view in the she works in oils. Mindy Ross Gallery in “Living in the historic Kaplan Hall at SUNY mid-Hudson Valley in Orange through May New York State provides 25. Entitled The Hudson [me with] ample subject Valley From Pen to Brush, matter for plein air and pen the works depict historic & ink drawings. Whether sites, wildlife, farms, out in the fields or on the “Fullerton Mansion” shores of the Hudson, nature inspires me with landscapes, and waterscapes. A reception will her beauty affecting all my senses. Capturing take place in the gallery as part of Newburgh this feeling in a painting or drawing is a rich Last Saturdays on April 29, from 4:00pm to 6:30pm. Pianist Judith Hosmer Garrett and wonderful reward,” declares Hraniotis. “With pen & ink, I layer the applications. will play classical, contemporary, and show This “doodling” takes several weeks into music at the event which is free and open to months, avoiding straight lines and rendering the public. Kaplan Hall is located at the corner of Grand a more artistic effect. I do not use a mechanical pen for they do not offer this option, although & First Streets, Newburgh where free, secure parking is available in the garage accessible the process would go much more quickly.” “When painting in plein air, I start with a via 73 First Street. Questions may be directed grisaille of raw sienna and burnt umber to create to Cultural Affairs at 845-341-4891/9386.

Spotlight On: The Sugar Loaf Guild Ketch A Little Dream!

by Sharon McKane

Inside Pisces Passions in Sugar Loaf with all its lovely wares is Dream Ketch; a clever name for Camille DeAngellis’ beautifully handcrafted, modern fantasy dream catchers. Each “Dreamer” is one of a kind, and Camille states that they capture the inner fantasy spirit using a modern twist on Native American dream catchers. Dream Ketch creations are cruelty-free...no animal feathers whatsoever. Rest assured no birds have been sacrificed or plucked for Camille’s Dreamers. I imagine that vegans and those with bird allergies would also benefit from her special designs. Custom orders do not upset Camille; she loves to get them. She has created Dreamers for people who have requested special color themes, sports teams, belief themes, baby mobiles, etc. If you have dreamt of a Dreamer with crystals or beads in certain colors she is more than happy to accommodate your wishes. All you have to do is contact her through her Facebook page or DreamKetch on Instagram and she will get back to you to discuss your vision. I was surprised to learn that Camille has created all-metal dreamers. Have you ever

seen a dream catcher crafted in metal? I guess whatever you can imagine she can create! Want your Dream Ketch over-sized? Camille can make your dream come true with a custom order for an extra-large Dreamer. I’m an extra-large dreamer, but I’m not for sale nor can I catch your dreams! On a serious note, Camille is a talented artisan who prices her unique dream catchers reasonably and such can be found on her Facebook page along with sizes and colors that are currently available. “I stay small to ensure handmade quality,” says Camille. Follow your dreams and visit Dream Ketch, located inside Pisces Passions, 1381 Kings Hwy, Sugar Loaf. I suggest you “Ketch a Little Dream” of your own! www.facebook.com/dreamketchny/

Enjoy a delicious meal, and then take an artwork home! Leo’s Cornwall location presents: “Oils by Paul Gould & Photographs by William Gould,” through the end of April!

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by Derek Leet

Aeolus Blows Back into Bethel

Praised by the Baltimore Sun for combining “smoothly meshed technique with a sense of spontaneity and discovery,” the Aeolus Quartet was formed in 2008 at the Cleveland Institute of Music. Since its inception, the allAmerican quartet has been awarded prizes at nearly every major competition in the U.S. and performed across the globe. Aeolus Quartet was the 2013-2015 Graduate Resident String Quartet at the Juilliard School. In August 2015 they performed for the Shandelee Music Festival, thrilling the audience with music by Haydn, Bartok and Beethoven. Shandelee’s Artistic Director Lana Ivanov found another remarkable ensemble (an understatement) for world class concerts, the Aeolus Quartet: one “single spirit”, said the program notes, “uniting four individual forces,” i.e. the four winds that the Greek god Aeolus governed. These four exuberant youthful performers, who have won scores (no pun intended) of awards, offered a glorious concert from start to finish; every moment was a shining example of great musicmaking with their total involvement in the music and inspired phrasing. The meticulous players were also a joy to watch, as one could easily see their total involvement and their “animated oneness”, seemingly expressed with delight, elation and glee. Now this young world class quartet returns

Aeolus Quartet: Alan Richardson, cello; Nicholas Tavani & Rachel Shapiro, violins; Gregory Luce, viola

to Sullivan County with music by Barber, Schubert and Schumann. Samuel Barber’s String Quartet in B Minor, Op 11 contains what can be considered one of the ultimate wonders of the 20th Century, the “Adagio” movement. Words cannot describe its perfection and beauty, nor its wondrous ability to reach into the depths of the soul in a way unlike any music that has preceded or followed it. Quartettsatz (Quartet Movement) in C minor, D 703 was composed by Franz Schubert in December 1820. It is the first movement of a string quartet that Schubert never completed. It was listed as his String Quartet no. 12 on publication. The unfinished quartet is regarded as one of the first products of Schubert’s mature phase of composition. As with the later “Unfinished” Symphony,

there has been much speculation on why Schubert left the composition incomplete. One view presented by Bernard Shore is that Schubert put it aside to follow up another musical idea and never got back to it. Javier Arrebola speculates that the work (like several others written during the same period) was put aside because it “...did not yet represent the great leap forward he was striving for.” It has also been speculated that the work was abandoned because Schubert, having written a powerful first movement, was unable to come up with an effective following movement. Following Schubert’s death the manuscript score eventually found its way into the ownership of Johannes Brahms. “1842 was the year of chamber music for Robert Schumann (as 1840 and 1841 were the years of song and of orchestral music, respectively), and he commenced his remarkable instrumental explorations with three string quartets, with their total lack of dependence on the dry clichés of the mid-nineteenth century and their intensely expressive musical poetry.” - Blair Johnston Schumann’s A Major Quartet Op. 41, No. 3 will be performed with the Schubert and Barber works as the fourth program in the Shandelee Music Festival series: PLAY the Classics (“Peace, Love, Arts, You!”) in the Event Gallery at Bethel Woods on April 23, 3:00pm. For tickets: 1-800-745-3000.

GAL’s New Members

“A Color Sliced” by Sal Russo

The Goshen Music Hall, 223 Main Street, will hold the Goshen Art League’s (GAL) New Members Show, March 29 - May 24. Membership chair and curator Mitchell Saler states, “It is exciting to welcome these talented artists as new members of the league and to see the number of members more than triple in the last three years I have been a member.” Acrylics, pastels, watercolors, jewelry, and more showcase the artists’ creativity and skills. “I recently retired and had the opportunity to join the Goshen Art League. I found the members to be very friendly and helpful,” says Doreen Cosgrove, PsyD, who will be one of eighteen of GAL’s new members displaying. The reception will be held on April 23 from 3:30pm-5:30pm. GAL is sponsoring three additional exhibits in Goshen at the Emergency Services Center, Berkshire Bank, and Goshen Town Hall. See page 16 for calendar listings. Visit www.goshenartleague.com

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Lectures - demos - masterClasses

Music - pop, Folk, Country, Blues, rock

sponsored by SUNY Orange & Mount St. Mary College’s Desmond Campus

sponsored by Steve’s Music Center, Rock Hill and Al’s Music Center, Port Jervis

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

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Lectures & Demos & Master Classes are FREE unless otherwise noted: (FEE)

Maple Sugar Tours ��HHNM Saturdays & Sundays, hourly Sugar Bush Tours Hike ��HHNM Saturdays & Sundays, 11am, 1pm, 2pm “Liberation of Dachau Concentration Camp” Reverend E.T. Holland �� SUNYO-GL Mar 30, 7pm New Bethel Woods Exhibit Michael Stern & Jill Silos-Rooney ��Bethel Woods, Apr 1, 4pm “In the Realm of the Goddess” Hana Marritz ��CAS Arts Center, Livingston Manor, Apr 1, 2pm Geology Hike Paul Kovalski, aka, Dr. Dinosaur �� PEEC Apr 2, 1pm FEE “Heritage of Wool & Its Connection to Local History” Marylin Jones �� Time & the Valleys Museum, Grahamsville, Apr 2, 2pm FEE “How to foster and save regional seeds for home gardens and farms” Ken Greene �� Ellenville Library, Apr 3, 7pm “Use Your Energy to Welcome Change” Puja Thomson ��MSM-DC Apr 4, 1pm FEE “Inside the Spirit World” Nathan Rosenblum ��MSM-DC Apr 4, 6:30pm FEE “Fake News” Steve Israel, Barry Lewis �� SUNYO-RCSE Apr 4, 7pm “Let’s talk Dementia: The 10 signs” Andres Standard �� Newburgh Library, Apr 4, 7pm “Homeopathic Remedies for Comfort” Ann Marie Silvani �� MSM-DC Apr 5, 10am FEE “Creating Your Reality” Lisa Ann �� Thrall Library, Middletown, Apr 5, 6pm “Hell Cannot Be So Terrible” David Topps �� MSM-DC Apr 6, 10am FEE “Estate Planning with a Heart-The Family Love Letter” J. McCarthy �� MSM-DC Apr 8, 10am “Western Photographers & Indigenous Tribes” DISCUSSION ��Artists’ Market, Shohola, Apr 8, 2pm DISCUSSION “The End: An Apocalypse Anthology” follows performance of one-act plays �� SUNYO-OH Apr 8, 7:30pm “Salamanders, Frogs and More!” ��PEEC Apr 9, 10am FEE “Creating Your Own Barn Quilt” Dave Moore & Barbara Purcell �� Time & the Valleys Museum, Grahamsville, Apr 9, 2pm “Of Ice and Men” Davud & Cynthia Topps �� MSM-DC Apr 10, 10:30am FEE Safe Harbors of the Hudson TOUR ��Safe Harbors, Newburgh, Apr 11, 9am “Fall Prevention” Lori Schneider �� MSM-DC Apr 11, 10am FEE “Our Food System from Producer to Consumer: What You Need to Know - What You Can Do” Kathy Lawrence SUNYO-KH Apr 11, 7pm “The Lincoln Funeral Train & the Transformation of Abraham Lincoln” Richard Heppner �� MSM-DC: Apr 12, 10am FEE “Detoxification: We Live in a Toxic World” Richard Huntoon ��MSM-DC Apr 12, 1pm FEE “Exploring the How & Why of Antibiotic Drug Resistance” John Albarino MSM-DC Apr 13, 6pm Fee “To Be or Not To Be: Understanding Hamlet” play reading & discussion ��Florida Library, Apr 13, 7pm “Bridge the Gap: Pond Explorers” ��PEEC Apr 15, 10am “The Sky’s Most Amazing Spectacles” Bob Berman �� SUNYO-RCSE Apr 17, 7pm “Birds of Prey” Bill Streeter �� Cornwall Library, Apr 18, 6:30pm “History of the Town of Woodbury” Sheila Conroy �� MSM-DC Apr 19, 10am FEE “A Tool for Healthier Eating: What Your Food Journal Reveals” Fran Sussman �� MSM-DC Apr 19 & 26, 6:30pm FEE “Dream Talk” Poet Gold ��The Dream Center, Newburgh, Apr 19, 7:30pm “Where Have all the Germans Gone?” Jeffrey Dosik ��MSM-DC Apr 21, 1pm FEE “Spring Peeper Search” ��PEEC Apr 22, 8pm “Edible & Medicinal Plant Walk” ��PEEC Apr 23, 10am “The Newburgh Shipyards” Glenn T. Marshall ��MSM-DC Apr 24, 1pm FEE “Zoonotic diseases: When Animal Diseases Spill Over to Humans” John Albarino �� MSM-DC Apr 24 & May 1, 6pm FEE “James Madison’s Role in the Establishment of the US Constitution” Greg Geddes �� MSM-DC Apr 25, 3pm FEE “Optimum Wellness with Herbal Medicine” Ashley Sapir Lathrop �� Newburgh Library, Apr 25, 6:30pm “Saudi Arabia in Transition” DISCUSSION �� Cornwall Library, Apr 26, 7pm “Carbon Fossilization: The Solution to the Global Warming Problem” David Mendenhall �� Science Cafe La Casa Vicina, New Windsor, Apr 26, 7:15pm “America Enters WWI: A Centennial Reflection” George Burke �� MSM-DC Apr 28, 9:30am FEE “Permaculture for Your Backyard & Garden Workshop” Peter Lai... MSM-DC Apr 29, 9am FEE “Financial Strategies” J. McCarthy �� MSM-DC Apr 29, 10am “Tweets and Sweets Hike” ��PEEC Apr 30, 9am FEE “Wildflower Walk” ��PEEC Apr 30, 1pm Demos “What Makes It Jazz?” Larry Newcomb & Joe Tranchina Wisner Library, Warwick, Mar 31, 7pm Glass Blowing �� Gillinder Glass Factory, Port Jervis, Apr 8, 10am-2:30pm FEE Portrait Painting Joseph Sundwall �� Wallkill River School, Montgomery, Apr 8, 5:30pm “Capturing the Figure in Charcoal” William Noonan �� Wallkill River School, Apr 8, 6pm MasterClassES “Conversations about Complexity and Contradiction: Creatively Exploring the Human Condition” Terry Murray SUNYO-KH Apr 3, 2pm “Hip-Hop Shakespeare: Sonnets # 18 & 30” Devon Glover, The Sonnet Man �� SUNYO-GL Apr 6, 12:30pm & SUNYO-KH Apr 6, 4pm 12

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Thunderhead Organ Trio jazz-fusion ��The Wherehouse, Newburgh, 3rd Thursdays, 8pm FREE Music for Humanity folk ��Noble Coffee Roasters, Campbell Hall, 3rd Saturdays, 8pm Ed Palermo Big Band “Cosmic Debris” �� The Falcon, Marlboro, Apr 1, 7pm All Too Real rock �� The Falcon Underground, Marlboro, Apr 1, 7pm Big Joe Fitz & The Lo-Fis blues ��The Falcon, Marlboro, Apr 2, 10am Brooklyn Time Machine Parksville USA 2017 Music Festival �� Dead End Cafe, Parksville, Apr 2, 3pm “Music Crossing the Atlantic” Four Seasons Chorale, Emish, Kofi & Sankofa, Joyful Noise drummers � First Presbyterian Church, Port Jervis, Apr 2, 3pm Nick Moss Band w/Dennis Gruenling blues, rock �� The Falcon, Marlboro, Apr 3, 7pm Mike Keneally Zappa & Beer For Dolphins “Later Show” art rock ��The Falcon, Marlboro, Apr 5, 9pm Andy Stack’s American Soup jazz, country �� The Falcon Undergound, Marlboro , Apr 6, 7pm “Tribute to Phil Ochs” John Flynn, Brother Sun, Sharon Katz �� Unitarian Universalist Congregation, Rock Tavern, Apr 7, 7pm Chris O’Leary Band blues �� The Falcon, Marlboro, Apr 7, 7pm Colorway indie, roots, rock �� The Falcon Underground, Marlboro, Apr 7, 7pm Cuboricua Salsa Band! �� The Falcon, Marlboro, Apr 8, 7pm Jon Stein Hudson Valley Folk Guild ��Unitarian Universalist Congregation, Rock Tavern, Apr 8, 7:30pm Danielle Ponder and the Tomorrow People R&B, groove, gospel, soul. �� Tusten Theatre, Narrowsburg, Apr 8, 8pm Dave Keyes Leon Russell �� The Falcon Main Stage, Marlboro, Apr 9, 10am Arlen & Lexie Roth rock guitar �� The Falcon, Marlboro, Apr 10, 7pm Pierre Bensusan world, guitar �� The Falcon, Marlboro, Apr 12, 7pm Ginkgoa electro swing �� The Falcon, Marlboro, Apr 14, 7pm Dahlia Dumont’s ‘Blue Dahlia’ world ��The Falcon Underground, Marlboro, Apr 14, 7pm Joanna Gass & the Search and Rescue Orchestra pop, jazz, disco �� Phillipsport Community Center, Apr 15, 7pm Larry Coryell Tribute & Celebration jazz fusion �� The Falcon, Marlboro, Apr 15, 7pm D Major Project ��The Falcon, Marlboro, Apr 16, 10am Willa Vincitore “Better Days” CD Release, soul/r&b �� The Falcon, Marlboro, Apr 20, 7pm Larry Campbell & Teresa Williams roots, rock �� The Falcon, Marlboro, Apr 21, 7pm Mamma’s Marmalade progressive bluegrass ��The Falcon Underground, Marlboro, Apr 21, 7pm Damir Imamovic sevdah (Bosnian folk) �� Atlas Studios, Newburgh, Apr 22, 7pm Vito Picone & The Elegants, Johnny Kuse & The Excellents Paramount Theatre, Middletown, Apr 22, 7pm Carolyn Wonderland blues, Nalani & Sarina �� The Falcon, Marlboro, Apr 22, 7pm Nalani & Sarina soul, pop �� The Falcon Underground, Marlboro, Apr 22, 8pm The Moonlights: Rachel Loshak & Dean Jones pop ��The Falcon, Marlboro, Apr 23, 10am Barynya Balalaika Duo Ukrainian, Gypsy, Jewish, Russian �Newburgh Library, Apr 23, 3pm FREE Amy Laber �� Seven Freedoms Music & Records, Montgomery, Apr 23, 3pm FREE Scott Petito’s “io” jazz rock mash-up �� The Falcon, Marlboro, Apr 23, 7pm Poet Gold’s POELODIES spoken word, hip-hop. new music ��The Falcon Underground, Apr 26, 7pm Charlie Lang songs & improvisation �� Thrall Library, Middletown, Apr 27, 6pm FREE Jay Collins & The Kings County Band roots, rock �� The Falcon, Marlboro, Apr 28, 7pm Everything Turned to Color folk, jazz....................The Falcon Underground, Marlboro, Apr 28, 7pm Francine Evans and Joel Zelnick “A Love Affair with the Movies” �� Greenwood Lake Library, Apr 29, 2pm FREE Matuto Brazil, bluegrass �� Tusten Theatre, Narrowsburg, Apr 29, 4pm Geoff Muldaur roots, blues �� The Falcon, Marlboro, Apr 29, 7pm Saints of Swing swing & dixie ��The Falcon, Marlboro, Apr 30, 10am Kurpil Family Fiddlers music, talk �� Time & the Valleys Museum, Grahamsville, Apr 30, 2pm , OPEN Mic & IN-HOUSE MUSIC Listings below are not included in our centerspread calendar.

Open Mic w/Steve Schwartz & Antoine Magliano �� Dutch’s Tavern, Rock Hill, Mondays, 7:30pm Robert Kopec & Solo Bajo jazz ��Dos Amigos, Fair Oaks, Wednesdays, 7pm 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 Open Mic New Hope Community ��Frankie & Johnny’s, Hurleyville, Apr TBA, 6pm Bluegrass Express ��Palaia Winery, Highland Mills, Apr 1. 7:30pm-10:30pm Jack Higgins & Friends �� Palaia Winery, Highland Mills, Apr 2, 2pm-5pm Americana Music Sessions open mic ��The Falcon Underground, Marlboro, Apr 2, 7pm Songwriter Sessions open mic �� The Falcon Underground, Marlboro, Apr 5, 7pm Whitney Road ��Palaia Winery, Highland Mills, Apr 7, 7:30pm-10:30pm Stone Flower - Santana tribute band ��Palaia Winery, Highland Mills, Apr 8, 7:30pm-10:30pm Gary Adamson �� Palaia Winery, Highland Mills, Apr 9. 2pm-5pm Paul Davis ��Palaia Winery, Highland Mills, Apr 14, 7:30pm-10:30pm Songwriters Anonymous open mic ��Artists’ Market, Shohola, Apr 15, 2pm Somerville ��Palaia Winery, Highland Mills, Apr 15, 7:30pm-10:30pm Mojo Foot - Americana, blues ��Palaia Winery, Highland Mills, Apr 21, 7:30pm-10:30pm Petey Hop Hosts Roots & Blues Sessions open mic �� Falcon Underground, Marlboro, Apr 19, 7pm Hurley Mountain Highway ��Palaia Winery, Highland Mills, Apr 22, 7:30pm-10:30pm Evan Teatum & Alan Battiato ��Palaia Winery, Highland Mills, Apr 23, 2pm-5pm Rob Schiff ��Palaia Winery, Highland Mills, Apr 28, 7:30pm-10:30pm Feast of Friends - Doors tribute & more ��Palaia Winery, Highland Mills, Apr 29. 7:30pm-10:30pm Artie Tobia �� Palaia Winery, Highland Mills, Apr 30, 2pm-5pm

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Arts & CraftS open Tours Listings not included in our centerspread calendar.

Second Saturday �� Sugar Loaf, Apr 8, 5pm-8pm Newburgh Last Saturday �� Newburgh, Apr 29, 4pm-8pm

Cinema

Saturday Matinee Movie ��Newburgh Library, Apr 8, 2:15pm FREE “Black America since MLK – and Still I Rise” ��Crawford Library, Monticello, Mar 3-, 5:30pm & Apr 6, 6pm “I’ll Knock A Homer For You” documentary & discussion � Greenwood Lake Library, Apr 1, 1pm FREE “The Gold Rush” Charlie Chaplin + selected shorts ��Shadowland Stages, Ellenville, Apr 1, 2pm “How to Change the World” ��Cornwall Library, Apr 2, 1pm Monday Night Movie ��Newburgh Library, Apr 3, 6:30pm FREE “Women of Maidan” documentary & discussion w/Olha Onyshko & Michael Strmiska �� SUNY Orange, Harriman 111 Film Theatre, Middletown, Apr 7, 7pm FREE Independent Film Night �� Greenwood Lake Library, Apr 11, 7p, FREE “Where the Boys Are” �� Cornwall Library, Apr 12, Noon FREE “Lost Rondout: A Story of Urban Renewal” ��Newburgh Library, Apr 13, 7pm FREE “The Shepherd of the Hills” John Wayne, Betty Field + selected shorts �� Shadowland Stages, Ellenville, Apr 15, 2pm “The Scarlet and The Black” Gregory Peck, Christopher Plummer, John Gielgud �� discussion w/George Burke Mount St. Mary Desmond Campus, Newburgh, Apr 18, 9:30am “Easter Parade” Judy Garland, Fred Astaire �� Thrall Library, Middletown, Apr 19, 3pm FREE

Comedy

Cory Kahaney �� Joker’s Comedy Club, Chester, Apr 1, 9pm Buddy Fitzpatrick �� Joker’s Comedy Club, Chester, Apr 8, 9pm Gemini ventriloquist �� Joker’s Comedy Club, Chester, Apr 15, 9pm Kevin Downey, Jr. �� Joker’s Comedy Club, Chester, Apr 22, 9pm Wali Collins �� Joker’s Comedy Club, Chester, Apr 29, 9pm

Dance

“Cinderella” choreography by Dee Tabitha Wright �� New Rose Theatre, Walden, Mar 24-Apr 2 Small Plates Choreography Festival ��Ritz Theatre Lobby, Newburgh, Mar 31 & Apr 1, 8pm All-County Dance Celebration Orange County Arts Council �� Paramount Theatre, Middletown, Apr 23, 3pm

Fairs

Brian Kastan & Friends �� Exposures Gallery, Sugar Loaf, Apr 8, 7:30pm FREE Tom Dempsey/Tim Ferguson Quartet “Waltz New” ��The Falcon, Marlboro, Apr 9, 7pm Jazz Jam �� The Falcon Underground, Marlboro, Apr 12, 7pm “Recurring Dream” McGuiness, Lande & Swallow ��The Falcon, Marlboro, Apr 13, 7pm bigBANG �� The Falcon Underground, Marlboro, Apr 20, 7pm Joe McPhee saxophone, Michael Bisio bass, Joe Giardullo saxophone, Billy Stein guitar �� w/Nancy Ostrovsky live performance painting The Falcon, Marlboro, Apr 27, 7pm Noah Haidu Quartet �� The Falcon Main Stage, Marlboro, Apr 30, 7pm

Opera

“Eugene Onegin” Tchaikovksy, Live from the Met in HD ��SUNY Sullivan, Loch Sheldrake, Apr 22, 1pm “From Bocelli to Barton: Richard Tucker Opera Gala” �� Cornwall Library, Apr 23, 1pm FREE

Poetry Readings

Milkweed Poetry ��Milkweed, Sugar Loaf, Wednesdays, 6:30pm Hudson River Poets ��Karpeles Museum, Newburgh, Apr 1, 1pm FREE Open Mic Poetry Slam �� Cornwall Library, Apr 6, 6:30pm FREE David Messineo & Gloria Winter ��Noble Coffee Roasters, Campbell Hall, Apr 6, 7pm “Hip-Hop Shakespeare Fusion” Devon Glover, The Sonnet Man �� SUNY Orange, Kaplan Hall, Apr 6, 7:15pm Donna Reis, Joan I. Siegel, J.R. Solonche, & Sarah White Wisner Library, Warwick, Apr 8, 11am FREE Walter Worden, Bonnie Law, Margaret Fox, Alyta Adams, Robert Milby �� Phillipsport Community Center, Apr 8, 2pm FREE MEGAPHONE: Anne Gorrick & Robert Kelly �� Seligmann Center, Sugar Loaf, Apr 9, 2pm Bill Fellenberg �� Danny’s Restaurant, Wurtsboro, Apr 9, 6pm Lee Squires, Anya Rogers Calling All Poets ��Empowering Ellenville, Apr 14, 7pm “Dream Talk” Poet Gold �� The Dream Center, Newburgh, Apr 19, 7:30pm 45th Poetry Cafe Ariana Den Bleyker, Michelle Johnson, R. Milby ��Florida Library, Apr 21, 7pm FREE Open reading host: Robert Milby ��Greenwood Lake Library, Apr 23, Noon FREE Eva Strasser Poetry at the Church ��Goshen Methodist Church, Apr 24, 7pm FREE Hudson River Poets �� Newburgh Library, Apr 27, 7pm FREE Ingeborg �� Stillwater Gallery, Jones Farm, Cornwall, Apr 28, 7pm Karen Corinne Herceg ��Chester Library, Apr 29, 2pm FREE

Recreation, Dancing

Wickham Works Makers Market Wickham Woodlands Manor, Warwick, Apr 29 & 30, 10am-3pm Newburgh Urban Farming Fair ��Broadway & Grand Street, Newburgh, Apr 29, Noon-4pm

Swing Dancing w/Swing Shift Orchestra ��Newburgh Brewery, 1st Thursdays, 7:30pm Dancing (Ballroom) �� MISU Ellenville, 1st Saturdays, Lesson 7:30pm, Dance 8pm Polka Dance Hudson Valley Polonaise Society’s ��PLAV, Pine Island, Apr 30, 2pm

Festivals

Theatre - mUSICAL

Earth Day Celebration ��Hudson Highlands Nature Museum, Cornwall, Apr 22, 9:30am-3pm Earth Day Festival ��Pocono Environmental Education Center, Dingmans Ferry, Apr 29, 10am-4pm

FundrAIsers

Bethel Woods fashion, art, music & community. �� Bethel Woods Event Gallery, Apr 29, 7pm Greater Newburgh Symphony Orchestra brunch, silent auction �� Powelton Club, Newburgh, Apr 30, Noon Wallkill River School “100 for $100” �� Wallkill River School, Montgomery, Apr 30, 5pm-7pm

Holistic -Intuitive

Sound Healing with Joy ��The Dream Center, Newburgh, Apr 11, 6pm

Music - Classical & Band/Bagpipes

“Lots of Songs about Animals” Delaware Valley Opera ��Delaware Arts Center, Apr 1, 4pm The Scottish International Tattoo band, bagpipes, dance � Eisenhower Hall, West Point, Apr 1, 8pm Victoria von Arx & Janice Nimetz, pianists, Music in Central Valley �� Central Valley United Methodist Church, Apr 2, 3pm FREE Munich Philharmonic String Quartet Newburgh Chamber Music �� St. George’s Church, Newburgh, Apr 9, 3pm Potluck Concerts “European Fantasy” �� Cornwall Presbyterian Church, Cornwall-on-Hudson, Apr 21, 7:30pm Aeolus Quartet Shandelee Music Festival ��Bethel Woods, Apr 23, 3pm Newburgh Symphonic Chorale “Celebrating Earth” �St. George’s Church, Newburgh, Apr 23, 4pm “Music for Harp & Strings” ��St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church, So. Fallsburg, Apr 29, 8pm FREE Brahms “Ein Deutsche Requiem” Classic Choral Society, cond. Janiece Kohler �� United Church of Christ, Blooming Grove, Apr 30, 4pm FREE & St. Mary’s-in-Tuxedo Episcopal Church, May 6, 7:30pm FREE

Music - IRISH - African

“Music Crossing the Atlantic” Four Seasons Chorale, Emish, Kofi & Sankofa, Joyful Noise drummers � First Presbyterian Church, Port Jervis, Apr 2, 3pm

Music - jazz

Live Jazz Brunch with The Jazz Cats ��Dancing Cat Saloon, Bethel, Sundays, 11am Thunderhead Organ Trio jazz-fusion ��The Wherehouse, Newburgh, 3rd Thursdays, 8pm FREE Eric Person Band ��The Wherehouse, Newburgh, 3rd Saturdays, 8pm David Weiss & Point of Departure �� The Falcon, Marlboro, Apr 2, 7pm The Microscopic Septet jazz, pop �� The Falcon, Marlboro, Apr 6, 7pm

“Marshall County Line” by Gabe Rikard �� SUNY Sullivan, Loch Sheldrake, Apr 13-23 “Broadway Babes 2” revue, Presby Players ��Marsh Hall, Port Jervis, Apr 28-30 “Annie” �� Eishenhower Theatre, West Point, Apr 30, 5pm

Theatre - plays

“The Sonnet Man: Hip-Hop Shakespeare Fusion” Devon Glover �� SUNY Orange, Kaplan Hall, Apr 6, 7:15pm “Hamlet” play reading & discussion �� Florida Library, Apr 13, 7:30pm “The Christians” by Lucas Hnath, Cornerstone Theatre Arts �� Goshen Music Hall, Apr 22-May 7 “Black Angels Over Tuskegee” ��SUNY Orange Hall, Middletown, Apr 23, 3pm

Schools & Conservatories “The End: An Apocalypse Anthology” 8 one-act plays, Apprentice Players �� SUNY Orange Hall, Middletown, Apr 7-15 All-County Dance Celebration Orange County Arts Council �� Paramount Theatre, Middletown, Apr 23, 3pm Kindred Spirits Jazz Program Joseph Boga, DVHS & DNMS jazz bands �� Delaware Valley High School, Milford, Apr 30, 7:30pm

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 Fiction & Foodies ��Mamakating Library, 2nd Thursday, 7pm Book Discussion Group ��Narrowsburg Library, 3rd Friday, 4:00pm Kate: The Woman who was Katharine Hepburn by William Mann ��Cornwall Library, Apr 5, 7pm “The Pioneer Woman Cooks: Holidays” by Ree Drummond �� Mamakating Library, Apr 13, 6pm “The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah” �� Mamakating Library, Wurtsboro, Apr 19, 4pm Women’s Book Discussion ��Port Jervis Library, Apr 19, 7pm “The Little Red Chairs” by Edna O’Brien w/Jessica Gerson ��Newburgh Library, Apr 19, 7pm “Thunderstruck” ��Cornwall Library, Apr 19, 7pm “The Poet’s Dog” by Patricia MacLachlan ��Cornwall Library, Apr 25, 4:30pm “The Expatriate” by Janice Y.K. Lee ��Cornwall Library, Apr 27, 7pm Great Books Discussion ��Newburgh Library, Apr 28, 11:30am 2017 Local Authors Showcase �� Thrall Library, Middletown, Apr 29, 11am-2pm April 2017

Delaware & Hudson CANVAS

april 7FREE ��Seven Freedoms Record Store & Music Cafe, Montgomery ATLAS Queen of the Hudson Chamber Music Series ��Atlas Studios, Newburgh BGROVE ��United Church of Christ, Blooming Grove NY BW �� Bethel Woods CAS Catskill Art Society ��CAS Art Center, Livingston Manor CRAW ��Ethelbert B. Crawford Library, Monticello

MONDAY

DCAT �� Dancing Cat Saloon & Catskill Distillery, Bethel DEAD �� Dead End Cafe, Parksville DVAA �� Delaware Arts Center, Narrowsburg FAL �� The Falcon, Marlboro FAL-U �� The Falcon Underground, Marlboro GOSH Cornerstone Theatre Arts �� Goshen Music Hall

TUESDAY

Cinema Monday Night Movie Newburgh Library 6:30pm

Music - Blues-Rock Nick Moss Band FAL-7pm

Music-Rock Guitar Arlen & Lexie Roth FAL-7pm

Poetry Milkweed Sugar Loaf, 6:30pm

Please check the schedule for Art & Photography Receptions, pg. 16

WEDNESDAY

Music-Blues Harmonica Mark Hummel’s Golden State Lone Star Revue FAL-U 7pm

Greater Newburgh Symphony Orchestra’s fundraiser: “Spring Champagne Brunch Honoring Alan Marks” April 30, Noon – 2:15pm The Powelton Club 29 Balmville Road For tickets, visit www.newburghsymphony.org or call 845-561-1618

Cinema Independent Film Night Greenwood Lake Library, 7pm

Poetry Milkweed, Sugar Loaf, 6:30pm

Music - Zappa-Rock Mike Keneally, Beer For Dolphins FAL-7pm

Poetry Milkweed, Sugar Loaf, 6:30pm Music - World Pierre Bensusan FAL 7pm Music-Jazz Jazz Jam FAL-U 7pm

Cinema “The Scarlet and the Black” MSM-DC 9:30am

19 Cinema “Easter Parade” THRALL 3pm Poetry Milkweed, Sugar Loaf, 6:30pm

“Simply Human” by Terry Murray. Assemblage sculptor Terry Murray will give a masterclass at SUNYO-KH on April 3 at 2:00pm.

Poetry Eva Strasser Goshen Methodist Church, 7pm

Top: “Papillon” by Mitchell Saler & “Elias” by Cynthia Harris-Pagano.

Poetry Milkweed, Sugar Loaf, 6:30pm

On view at the Otisville-Mt. Hope Presbyterian Church’s “Spring Art Exhibition” April 28 ~ 6pm-8pm April 29 ~ 10am-3pm April 30 ~ 9am-1pm

Delaware & Hudson CANVAS

Spoken Word-Music POELODIES FAL-U 7pm

April 2017

GWL ��Greenwood Lake Library HHNM �� Outdoor Discovery Center, Hudson Highlands Nature Museum, Cornwall HOT Hudson Opera Theatre Orchestra ��First Presbyterian Church, Monroe HURL �� Hurleyville Arts Centre IKE ��Eisenhower Hall, West Point JOKER ��Joker’s Comedy Club, Chester

THURSDAY

Music - Blues-Rock.......Dylan Doyle Band ..........................FAL 7pm Music - Rock................Stephen Clair & Co. .....................FAL-U 7pm

JONES �� KARP �� MICV Music in C MONTBK �� MSM-DC ��M NFL ��

Poetry........ Annie C Music..................... Music - Rock.......... Dance.................... Music - Classical...P Dance............Smal

Cinema... Black America since MLK – and Still I Riser.. CRAW 6pm Poetry................................ Poetry Slam....... Cornwall Library, 6:30pm Poetry............... David Messineo & Gloria Winter............. NOBL 7pm Music - Jazz-Pop.........The Microscopic Septet ..................FAL 7pm Poetry - Hip Hop.....Devon Glover: The Sonnet Man.SUNYO-KH, 7:15pm Music - Country-Jazz.........Andy Stack’s American Soup F . AL-U 8pm

Cinema & Discussi Music - Folk........... Music - Blues......... Music - Roots-Rock Theatre - Play...“The E

Poetry......Lee Squ Music - Electric Sw Music - World.......D Music-Jazz, Fusion..Thunderhead Organ Trio.Wherehouse,Newburgh,8pm Theatre - Play...“The E Theatre - Musical..... “Marshall County Line”....................SCCC 8pm Theatre - Musical...

Cinema.........“Lost Rondout: A Story of Urban Renewal” .... NFL 7pm Music - Jazz.........McGuiness, Lande & Swallow ................FAL 7pm

Music - Soul-R&B............ Willa Vincitore .............................FAL 7pm Music - Jazz......................... bigBANG................................FAL-U 8pm Theatre - Musical..... “Marshall County Line”....................SCCC 8pm

27 Music................................ Charlie Lang......................... THRALL 6pm Poetry......................... Hudson River Poets ........................ NFL 7pm Music - Jazz.........World Class Jazz & Live Painting ...........FAL 7pm

Poetry.................... Music - Roots-Rock Music - Bluegrass.. Music - Classical...P Theatre - Musical...

Theatre - Play........ Poetry.................... Music -Roots-Rock Music - Folk-Jazz.. Theatre - Musical.“

l 2017

��Stillwater Gallery, Jones Farm, Cornwall ��Karpeles Museum, Newburgh Central Valley �� Central Valley United Methodist Church �� Montgomery Book Exchange Mount St. Mary College, Desmond Campus, Balmville ��Newburgh Free Library

NOBL ��Noble Coffee Roasters, Campbell Hall PEEC ��Pocono Environmental Education Center, Dingmans Ferry PHILL ��Phillipsport Community Center PT �� Paramount Theatre, Middletown RITZ �� Ritz Theater Lobby, Newburgh ROSE �� New Rose Theatre, Walden

FRIDAY

Christain and Magdalen Radovich .JONES 7pm ........ The Funk Junkies ..........................FAL 7pm .............Fred Zepplin ..........................FAL-U 7pm .............“Cinderella” .....................ROSE 7:30pm Potluck Concerts..Cornwall Presby. Church 7:30pm ll Plates Choreography Festival .......... RITZ 8pm

ion.......“Women of Maidan .......SUNYO-HH 7pm ...... Tribute to Phil Ochs ................... UUC 7pm .......Chris O’Leary Band .....................FAL 7pm k............. Colorway ..........................FAL-U 7pm End: An Apocalypse Anthology”...SUNYO-OH 7:30pm

uires & Anya Rogers...Empowering Ellenville, 7pm wing.......... Ginkgoa ....................................FAL 7pm Dahlia Dumont’s ‘Blue Dahlia’ ............FAL-U 7pm End: An Apocalypse Anthology”...SUNYO-OH 7:30pm ... “Marshall County Line”....................SCCC 8pm

......... 45th Poetry Cafe ............ Florida Library 7pm k.......Larry Campbell & Teresa Williams ....FAL 7pm ......Mamma’s Marmalade ....................FAL-U 7pm Potluck Concerts..Cornwall Presby. Church 7:30pm ... “Marshall County Line”....................SCCC 8pm

......... “The Christians”........................ GOSH 7pm ................Ingeborg ............................ JONES 7pm k.......Jay Collins & The Kings .................FAL 7pm ......Everything Turned to Color ..........FAL-U 7pm “Broadway Babies 2”.Marsh Hall, Port Jervis, 7pm

SCCC �� SUNY Sullivan, Loch Sheldrake SHAD �� Shadowland Stages, Ellenville SLGMN �� Seligmann Center for the Arts, Sugar Loaf SUNYO-HH �� SUNY Orange, Harriman Hall, Middletown SUNYO-KH �� SUNY Orange, Kaplan Hall, Newburgh SUNYO-OH �� SUNY Orange, Orange Hall, Middletown

SATURDAY

Cinema - Documentary....“I’ll Knock A Homer For You”.....GWL 1pm Poetry......................... Hudson River Poets ..................... KARP 1pm Cinema.................. “The Gold Rush” + shorts.................. SHAD 2pm Dance................................“Cinderella” .......... ROSE 3pm& 7:30pm Music -Classical........“Lots of Songs about Animals”.......DVAA 4pm Music ........................ Ed Palermo Big Band .......................FAL 7pm Music - Rock...................... All Too Real ............................FAL-U 8pm Music - Dance. The Scottish International Tattoo................ IKE 8pm Dance............Small Plates Choreography Festival .......... RITZ 8pm Comedy........................... Cory Kahaney.......................... JOKER 9pm

Poetry.. D. Reis, J.I. Siegel, J.R. Solonche, S. White..Wisner Library, Warwick, 11am

Poetry......... W. Worden, B. Law, M. Fox, A., R. Milby ... PHILL 2pm Music - Salsa............ Cuboricua Salsa Band ......................FAL 7pm Music - Folk......................... Jon Stein .......................... UUC 7:30pm Theatre - Play...“The End: An Apocalypse Anthology”...SUNYO-OH 7:30pm Music - Jazz.Brian Kastan Trio.Exposures Gallery, Sugar Loaf, 7:30pm Music - R&B-Gospel.Danielle Ponder & the Tomorrow People.TUST 8pm Comedy........................ Buddy Fitzpatrick....................... JOKER 9pm

T&V �� Time and the Valleys Museum, Grahamsville THRALL �� Thrall Library, Middletown TUST �� Tusten Theatre, Narrowsburg UUC �� Unitarian Universalist Congregation, Rock Tavern WRS �� Wallkill River School, Montgomery

SUNDAY

Music - Blues............Big Joe Fitz & The Lo-Fis ..... FAL10am-2pm Music - Jazz.......... Jazz Cats Live Jazz Brunch...............DCAT 11am Cinema......“How to Change the World”.......... Cornwall Library, 1pm Dance................................“Cinderella” ..........................ROSE 2pm Music - DooWop.......Brooklyn Time Machine ................. DEAD 3pm Music - Classical...Victoria von Arx, Janice Nimetz pianos...MICV 3pm Music - International.FourSeasons Chorale,etc.FirstPresby.Ch.PortJervis, 3pm Music - Jazz.....David Weiss & Point of Departure ..........FAL 7pm

Music - Leon Russell....... ....Dave Keyes ................. FAL10am-2pm Music - Jazz.......... Jazz Cats Live Jazz Brunch...............DCAT 11am Poetry......................... MEGAPHONE Poets.................... SLGMN 2pm

Music - Classical.. Munich Philharmonic String Quartet...St. George’s Ch., Newburgh, 3pm

Theatre - Play...“The End: An Apocalypse Anthology”...SUNYO-OH 3pm Music - Jazz.. Tom Dempsey/Tim Ferguson Quartet ...........FAL 7pm

Cinema. “The Shepherd of the Hills” + shorts... SHAD 2pm Music - Cabaret..Joanna Gass & Search & Rescue Orch.PHILL 7pm Music............................ ....D Major Project ............... FAL10am-2pm Music - Jazz Fusion....Larry Coryell Tribute ......................FAL 7pm Music - Jazz.......... Jazz Cats Live Jazz Brunch...............DCAT 11am Theatre - Play...“The End: An Apocalypse Anthology”...SUNYO-OH 7:30pm Theatre - Musical..... “Marshall County Line”....................SCCC 2pm Music - Folk.................Music for Humanity.................. NOBL 7:30pm Theatre - Musical..... “Marshall County Line”....................SCCC 8pm Music - Jazz..Eric Person Quartet .The Wherehouse, Newburgh,9pm Comedy...................... Gemini ventriloquist.................... JOKER 9pm

Recreation.................Earth Day Celebration....... HHNM 9:30am-3pm Opera - Live from the Met.......“Eugene Onegin”...............SCCC 1pm Theatre - Play................ “The Christians”........................ GOSH 7pm Music - Sevdah.............. Damir Imamovic.........................ATLAS 7pm Music - Pop...Vito Picone & Elegants, Johnny Kuse & Excellents.PT 7pm Music............Carolyn Wonderland, Nalani & Sarina ..........FAL 7pm Music - Soul-Pop............ Nalani & Sarina .........................FAL-U 7pm Theatre - Musical..... “Marshall County Line”....................SCCC 8pm Comedy........................ Kevin Downey, Jr....................... JOKER 9pm

Fair.Wickham Work Markers Market.Wickham Woodlands, Warwick, 10am-3pm

Festival.........................Earth Day Festival.............. PEEC 10am-4pm Fair.Newburgh Urban Farming Fair .Broadway & Grand Street, Noon-4pm Poetry....................... Karen Corinne Herceg......Chester Library, 2pm Music - Hollywood......Francine Evans and Joel Zelnick.....GWL 2pm Music -Brazil-bluegrass......... Matuto...................................TUST 4pm Theatre - Play................ “The Christians”........................ GOSH 7pm Theatre - Musical.“Broadway Babies 2”.Marsh Hall, Port Jervis, 7pm Music - Roots-Blues........ Geoff Muldaur ..............................FAL 7pm Music - Jazz...........Kindred Spirits Arts.... .Delaware Valley HS, 7:30pm Music - Classical..Chamber Music at St. Andrew’s.St. Andrew’s Epis. Ch., So Fallsburg, 8pm

Comedy............................. Wali Collins............................JOKER 9pm

Music -Pop.........................The Moonlights ....................FAL 10am-2pm Music - Jazz.......... Jazz Cats Live Jazz Brunch...............DCAT 11am Poetry..................................Open Reading ............................GWL Noon Opera - Live in HD...Richard Tucker Opera Gala C . ornwall Library, 1pm Theatre - Play................ “The Christians”........................ GOSH 2pm Theatre - Musical..... “Marshall County Line”....................SCCC 2pm Theatre - Play.... “Black Angels Over Tuskegee”....SUNYO-OH 3pm Dance.................... All County Dance Celebration...................... PT 3pm Music......................................Amy Laber .............................7FREE 3pm Music........................... Barynya Balalaika Duo .......................... NFL 3pm Music - Classical................ Aeolus Quartet ...............................BW 3pm Music - Classical.Newburgh Symphonic Chorale.St. George’s Ch., Newburgh, 4pm Music - Jazz-Rock........ Scott Petito’s “io” ..........................FAL 7pm

Music -Swing-Dixieland.....Saints of Swing ...................FAL 10am-2pm Music - Jazz.......... Jazz Cats Live Jazz Brunch...............DCAT 11am

Fundraiser.Greater Newburgh Sym. Orch..Powelton Club, Newburgh, Noon Fair.Wickham Work Markers Market.Wickham Woodlands, Warwick, 10am-3pm

Theatre - Play................ “The Christians”........................ GOSH 2pm Music........................ Kurpil Family Fiddlers ................... T&V 2pm Recreation - Dancing.........Polka Dance.........PLAV Pine Island, 2pm Theatre - Musical.“Broadway Babies 2”.Marsh Hall, Port Jervis, 3pm Music - Classical....... Classic Choral Society...............BGROVE 4pm Fundraiser....................... “100 for $100”..............................WRS 5pm Theatre -Musical....................“Annie”..................................... IKE 5pm Music - Jazz................ Noah Haidu Quartet ..........................FAL 7pm

April 2017

Delaware & Hudson CANVAS

Canvas category calendar

sponsored by Catskill Art Society, Wallkill River School & Wurtsboro Art Alliance

NEW photography EXHIBITS

CANVAS cannot be responsible for errors & omissions. Please verify dates and times.

Art exhibits CAS ��Catskill Art Society, CAS Arts Center, Livingston Manor DVAA �� Delaware Valley Arts Alliance, Narrowsburg SUNYO-GL ��SUNY Orange, Gilman Center Library, Middletown Campus 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 Georgia Chambers etchings, paintings ��Georgia Chambers Art Gallery, Callicoon, ongoing T.A. Clearwater paintings, pastels, prints �� Clearwater Gallery at Jones Farm, Cornwall, ongoing Karen E. Gersch, Gabrielle Dearborn, Josiah Dearborn drawings, paintings, silverwork �� Gersch Home Gallery, Montgomery, by appt, ongoing Carolyn Duke pottery ��Duke Pottery, Tennanah Lake, Roscoe, ongoing Inscribed Tibetan Prayer Stones ��Tibetan & Himalayan Cultural Center, Walden, ongoing Lisa Strazza paintings, John Strazza photographs �� Strazza Gallery, Warwick, ongoing Wurtsboro Art Alliance group show �� Mamakating Town Hall, Wurtsboro, ongoing “Winter Solstice” Port Jervis Council for the Arts: Art & About series “Kindred Spirits” �� Judith Weiss Bon Secours Hospital Cafeteria & Lauryn de Leeuw Mayor’s Office & Joan Kehlenbeck and RVAG members Deerpark Town Hall, Huguenot, thru Mar 31 “Language of Our Youth” Delaware Valley HS Students ��ARTery Gallery, Milford, thru Apr 3 Kirill Leshiner, Mitchell Saler, Frank Shuback, Marylyn Vanderpool ��Silvio’s Villa, Warwick, thru Apr 4 Judy Thomas “Mapping” �� Space Create, Newburgh, thru Apr 8 MaryKate Maher, Sui Park, and Elizabeth Riggle “Three Dimensions” �� CAS thru Apr 9 Albert Kresch “The Dog of Art” paintings �� CAS thru Apr 9 Amanda Light “Keep Dreaming” ��The Dream Center, Newburgh, Apr 29 Robert Trondsen “Valleyscapes” �� Mount St. Mary Desmond Campus, Balmville, thru Apr 13 Jim Lee “Mr. Pleasant”, paintings �� Vicki Gallery, Newburgh, thru Apr 15 Terry Murray “Simply Human” sculptures �� SUNYO-KH thru Apr 21 “Heroes, Muses and Inspirations” Goshen Art League � Emergency Services Center, Goshen, thru Apr 20 Spring Group Show �� UpFront Exhibition Space, Port Jervis, thru Apr 23 Ron Demuth paintings ��Gallery @ Chant Realtors, Lords Valley, thru Apr 27 Yaron Rosner “Late Bloomers” �� Seligmann Center, Sugar Loaf, thru May 7 Shelly Marks pastels ��Berkshire Bank, Goshen, thru May 8 Judith Beringer Hraniotis “The Hudson Valley From Pen To Brush” �� SUNYO-KH thru May 25 Frances Nankin assemblage, Oluwafiropo Margaret Ibitoye paintings Goshen Town Hall thru Jun 9 Leslie Shaw Zadoian “Spring Fever” mixed media paintings ��Rolling River Cafe, Parksville, thru Jun 11 “Spring” group show �� WRS thru Jun 14

NEW ART EXHIBITS

New Members Show Goshen Art League �� Goshen Music Hall, Mar 29-May 24 “Expressions 2017” SullivanArc �� DVAA Mar 31-Apr 22 Eileen Silberlict mixed media ceramics �� DVAA Mar 31-Apr 29 Sculpture Only ��Chris Davison Gallery, Newburgh, Apr 1 Z’Ka “A Diva Is...” artwork & poetry ��CAS Laundry King, Livingston Manor, Apr 1-15 Portrait and Figure Exhibit, group show. ��WRS Apr 1-22 Alan Lewis painterly watercolors, “Flowers” fine craft exhibit ��WRS Apr 1-22 “April Fool” group show �� Wurtsboro Art Alliance, Apr 1-29 Group Show ��Gallery Eva, Callicoon, Apr 1-30 Paul Gould paintings, William Gould photography ��Leo’s Pizzeria & Restaurant, Cornwall, Apr 1-30 Mary McDonald & Elena �� Gallery222, Hurleyville, Apr 1-30 “Painting and Poems” Exhibit ��Artists’ Market, Shohola, Apr 1-30 Community Art Show �� Newburgh Library, Apr 3-21 “Art you kidding me?” ~ 13th Annual Student and Faculty Art show �� SUNYO-OH Apr 3-May 1 “Spring into Art” Crawford Art Association �� Crawford Gov’t Center, Pine Bush, Apr 5-May 3 “Spring Fling” Port Jervis Council for the Arts: Art & About series ��Apr 7-May 26: Debbie Gioello “Art on Art Assemblage Collage” Bon Secours Hospital Cafeteria & Mayor’s Office Joan Kehlenbeck “Spring Tryptichs & Florals” & Peter Koenig 18th and 19th century trade & inn signs Deerpark Town Hall, Huguenot Group Show ��Ann Street Gallery, Newburgh, Apr 8-May 6 “Art in Bloom” visual, floral & horticultural art �� ARTery Gallery, Milford, Apr 8-May 8 The Artists of New Hope Community ��CAS Apr 13-23 P.J. Gilman “Save This Too” �� CAS Apr 13-May 21 Preview of 100/$100 Raffle Event group show ��WRS Apr 23-28 Spring Art Exhibition group show �� Otisville-Mt. Hope Presbyterian Church, Otisville, Apr 28-30 CAS Sullivan County High School Art Show �� CAS Apr 28-May 21 TreeCycle & Spring Makers Market �� Wickham Woodlands, Warwick, Apr 29 & 30

Photography exhibits

Catharine Bale �� Green Light Gallery, Cornwall-on-Hudson, ongoing Angelo Marcialis “Hudson Valley-State Parks 0f New York-National Parks 0f Utah” �� Caffe ala Mode, Warwick, thru Apr 14 Peter Kopher digital photography �� Goshen Town Hall thru Jun 9 16

Delaware & Hudson CANVAS

April 2017

“The Holocaust -Reflections on War and Remembering the Atrocities: photographs and letters, precious items and newspapers” SUNYO-GL Mar 30-Apr 28 William Gould photography ��Leo’s Pizzeria & Restaurant, Cornwall, Apr 1-30 Margaret Stahl “The Myth” ��The Falcon Marlboro, Apr 1-30

ART & Photography receptions

“The Holocaust -Reflections on War and Remembering the Atrocities: photographs and letters, precious items and newspapers” SUNYO-GL Mar 30, 7pm Eileen Silberlict mixed media ceramics ��DVAA Mar 31, 7pm-9pm “April Fool” group show ��Wurtsboro Art Alliance, Apr 1, 2pm-4pm Z’Ka “A Diva Is...” artwork & poetry �� CAS Laundry King, Livingston Manor, Apr 1, 3pm-5pm “Painting and Poems” Exhibit ��Artists’ Market, Shohola, Apr 1, 4pm-6pm “Art you kidding me?” ~ 13th Annual Student and Faculty Art show ��SUNYO-OH Apr 4, 2pm-4pm Margaret Stahl “The Myth” photography ��The Falcon Marlboro, Apr 7, 7pm Portrait and Figure Exhibit, group show. ��WRS Apr 8, 5pm-7pm “Art in Bloom” visual, floral & horticultural art �� ARTery Gallery, Milford, Apr 8, 6pm-9pm Community Art Show ��Newburgh Library, Apr 9, 2pm-4pm The Artists of New Hope Community, P.J. Gilman “Save This Too” ��CAS Apr 13, 6pm-8pm Alan Lewis painterly watercolors ��WRS Apr 15, 5pm-7pm New Members Show Goshen Art League �� Goshen Music Hall, Apr 23, 3:30pm-5:30pm CAS Sullivan County High School Art Show ��CAS Apr 28, 5pm-7pm Spring Art Exhibition group show �� Otisville-Mt. Hope Presbyterian Church, Apr 28, 6pm-8pm Judith Beringer Hraniotis “Hudson Valley From Pen To Brush” �� SUNYO-KH Apr 29, 4pm-6:30pm 100/$100 Reception group show fundraiser ��WRS Apr 29, 5pm-7pm Amanda Light “Keep Dreaming” closing reception ��The Dream Center, Newburgh, Apr 29, 5pm-9pm

Schools & Conservatories

Budding Artists ��Greenwood Lake Library, ongoing “Language of Our Youth” Delaware Valley HS Students �� ARTery Gallery, Milford, thru Apr 3 “Art you kidding me?” ~ 13th Annual Student and Faculty Art show ��SUNYO-OH Apr 3-May 1

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 Listings not included in our centerspread calendar.

Books

“Lost in the Woods: A Photographic Fantasy” by Carl R. Sams & Jean Stoick, 5-7yrs �� Cornwall Library, Apr 6, 4:15pm “Booked” by Kwame Alexander, w/Martha LaVallee, grades 5-8 �� Cornwall Library, Apr 25, 7pm Cinema

Teen Movie Night 11-17yrs ��Greenwood Lake Library, Wednesdays, 6pm FREE Teen Movie Matinee ��Crawford Library, Monticello, 1st Saturday, 1pm FREE Saturday Family Movie �� Crawford Library, Monticello, 2nd-5th Saturdays, 1pm FREE “Kiki’s Delivery Service” �� Hurleyville Arts Centre, Apr 1, 12:30pm “Trolls” ��Florida Library, Apr 1, 2pm FREE “Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone” ��Florida Library, Apr 11, 2pm FREE Museums

Meet the Animal of the Week �� HHNM-CoH Saturdays & Sundays, 1pm & 2:30pm “Birds On The Wing” interactive exhibit �� HHNM-CoH Fridays, Saturdays & Sundays, Noon-4pm “Meet the Trout” Trout Weekend ��HHNM-CoH Apr 1 & 2, Noon-4pm Eco-Zone Discovery Room ��PEEC Apr 9 & 22, 1pm-4pm Poetry

Teen Poetry & Spoken Word Showcase ��Mamakating Library, Wurtsboro, Apr 6, 6:30pm Recreation & Lectures

“A Sugaring Off Celebration” tour, special crafts, games, storytelling �� HHNM Mar 4, 11am-3pm Maple Lane Tours ��HHNM Saturdays & Sundays Noon & 3pm “Rascally Rabbits” ��HHNM Apr 15, 9:30am & 11am

Olha Onyshko: Film & Discussion

Olha Onyshko began her career in Ukraine as a broadcast journalist prior to becoming a filmmaker in the U.S. She produced, wrote and directed Women of Maidan, which tells the story of the women’s life-supporting force, unity, courage and sacrifice during the 2013-2014 Ukrainian Revolution. Onyshko will introduce the film

and discuss it during a post-screening Q&A moderated by Global Studies professor Michael Strmiska, presented in collaboration with Global Studies, on April 7 at 7:00pm in SUNY Orange Harriman 111 Film Theatre, Wawayanda and East Conkling Avenues, Middletown. Admission is free. 845-341-4891.

“The Christians” at Cornerstone

The Christians by Lucas Hnath is both epic and unexpectedly intimate, an unflinching look at faith in America - and its power to unite or divide. This New York Times 2015 critics’ pick is “a terrific new play...from one of the freshest playwrighting voices to emerge Peter Tomczak Lisa Diblasi Marianne Ciuffetelli in the past five years.” The play is an intimate look at the Directed by Ken Tschan with Evelyn moments that define who we are and what Albino assisting, the cast includes Drew we believe. Pastor Paul inspires faith in Nardone, Peter Tomczak, James Langlois, the members of his growing congregation Lisa Diblasi and Marianne Ciuffetelli. The through his preaching. But when he brings play runs April 22-May 7 on the 2nd floor up unexpected questions during a sermon, of Goshen Music Hall, 223 Main Street. his changing perspective may ask too much Reservations are required. Call the Box of his followers. Office at 845-294-4188.

“Sevdah” - From Bosnia to Newburgh

Sevdah or Sevdalinka is a traditional genre of folk music from Bosnia & Herzegovina (B-H). Sevdah is an integral part of the Bosniak culture but is also spread across the ex-Yugoslavia region, including Croatia, Macedonia, Montenegro and Serbia. In a musical sense, Sevdah is characterized by a slow or moderate tempo and intense, emotional melodies. The songs are very elaborate, emotionally charged and are traditionally sung with passion and fervor. The combination of Oriental, European and Sephardic elements make this type of music stand out among other types of Balkan folk music. Sevdah features very somber, minor-sounding modes, but unlike other types of Balkan folklore music it more intensely features minor second intervals, thus hinting at Oriental makams and

the Phrygian mode. As a result, the melodies are noted for leaving a strong melancholic feeling with the listener. Damir Imamović was born in 1978 in Sarajevo, B-H. Although he showed interest in music since childhood, he devoted himself to it only after studying philosophy. Imamović’s Sevdah is based on a passionate research of the traditional music of B-H. While meeting Sevdah masters, musicians, singers and authors, he constantly expands his repertory and creates a special style of contemporary Sevdah. Hear Damir and Sevdah music on April 22 at 7:00pm at Atlas Studios, 11 Spring Street, Newburgh, for the Queen of the Hudson Series. For tickets: queenofthehudsonseries@gmail. com or purchase at the door.

“I like to refer to myself as the last diva standing in what was formerly known as the Borscht Belt. During my tenure as the resident “girl singer” at the Nevele Hotel, Kutshers, and now the Villa Roma, I’d been blessed to share the stage with some of the greatest entertainers in show business history. Names such as Shecky Greene, Rita Moreno, Red Buttons, Tony Martin, Steve and Eydie, Robert Klein, and Alan King just to name (drop) a few. Working with, and worshiping at the feet of the show biz heroes I grew up watching on The Tonight Show, I paid attention and learned my craft,” says Joanna M. Gass (the artist formally known as Joanna Morton Gary). “Gass was my legal married name and after my husband Arthur Gass, Jr. passed in March 2015, I wanted to do good things in his name, so I changed my name,” she explained. Joanna is Sullivan County’s source of song and silliness. Hear her sing an eclectic mix from jazz to pop to disco when Joanna Gass and The Search and Rescue Orchestra

(Steve Schwartz, guitar; Kenny Windheim, bass; Bobby C, drums; and Eric Nies, keyboard) perform at the Phillipsport Community Center. “I met Steve and his musicians at a Dutchess open mic, and we hooked up and started doing things together. I have a tendency to drift from what we rehearse and there is a point in the evening where someone points to a page and says ‘that’s where she is’. So the name Search and Rescue Orchestra is a reference to their musicianship and ability to find where I am. I’m the one that needs searching and rescuing and these guys do it brilliantly. “I live in Spring Glen, so it’s great to sing in adjacent Phillipsport. The band better be there, too. I know where they all live!” The concert is at 657 Red Hill Road, Phillipsport on April 15, at 7:00pm. Homemade food and desserts are available for purchase at 6:30pm. Suggested $2 donation at the door. For information: 845-313-1772.

Phillipsport: Jazz to Pop to Disco

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SullivanArc Artists: “Expressions 2017”

“A Diva Is” & FREE Art Classes for Kids

Jeannie Bartolo, disabled exhibit and has sold several of since birth and in a wheelchair, her paintings. has a bedroom at SullivanArc Ivory Jenkins grew up in that is painted pink and full Manhattan. He later lived in a of girly, glittery items. Even group home for about ten years though Jeannie is non-verbal, until his older sister, Precious, nothing can dampen her invited him to live with her spirit - she is a happy person and her husband in Sullivan who can communicate in County. Ivory and his sister different ways with those are very close and she has around her. been looking after him for Jeannie discovered many years, ever since their painting through mother passed away when SullivanArc’s creative arts Ivory was 19. specialist, Vince Sanborn. Ivory has always loved He saw a spark in Jeannie to paint, and his skills when she watched others have been strengthened by paint, so through trial and attending SullivanArc’s day Artwork by Jeannie Bartolo error, he devised an elaborate program and taking part in set-up so she could give it a art classes. He loves bold try. He attached a paintbrush colors and his artistic style to a section of fishing pole stands out. Ivory also loves that was attached to headgear music and dancing! that Jeannie could wear. SullivanArc’s annual art With just a little movement show, Expressions, features from her neck, she was able paintings by SullivanArc to paint. He then placed a residents and will take place canvas on a rotating board at the Delaware Valley Art Artwork by Ivory Jenkins so that she could reach the Alliance’s Loft Gallery, 37 entire canvas. With Jeannie’s choice of vivid Main Street in Narrowsburg, from March 31colors, she has created a style that is truly her April 22. own. She has exhibited in every SullivanArc For information, call 845-252-7576.

Kohloa (a.k.a. she calls A Diva Is. Z’Ka) began drawing Z’Ka’s words and art and writing as a prehave been known to teen, journaling her “take you up, bring daily experiences. you back down, just In high school, to take you back up she explored her again.” artistic skills even The Catskill Art more, exploring Society (CAS) will other mediums present A Diva Is, an and writing for the exhibition of paintings “Ghost Diva” by Z’Ka school newspaper. and poetry by Z’Ka When she received a two-year degree in at the Laundry King, 65 Main Street, Communications and Media Arts, it seemed Livingston Manor from April 1-15. Viewers as if words flooded her entire being. She will see selections from the A Diva Is series began writing commercials, short stories, and other inspiring poems accompanied on plays, monologues, poetry, children’s books, paintings, created to empower young girls and romance novels. However, Z’Ka is best and women. known as a poet. The April 1, 3:00pm-5:00pm opening In her series A Diva Is, Z’Ka utilizes acrylic reception will include light refreshments. on canvas, ceramic molds, and Yupo paper, manipulating her flair for color to heighten FREE ART CLASSES FOR KIDS! the visual appeal of her art. She combines her CAS will host a Spring Break Art Camp paintings with her poetry, giving the two a where children ages 4 and up can enjoy joint union. FREE art classes April 10-14. Join a variety In 2002, she produced and directed her of master teaching artists for painting, own show, which was based on her writings clay, printmaking, theater and more. Bring from her first self-published poetry book lunch, snacks are provided! This class is called Words I Have Inside. She later began made possible through CAS Kids. Visit to combine her poetry with her art on T-shirts www.catskillartsociety.org to support these and ceramic molds. In 2015, she started the programs with a charitable gift! series of acrylic empowerment paintings To register, call 845-436-4227.

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Art is in Full Bloom in Milford

Unique in it’s structure, Milford Rose. longevity and location at the These two institutions historic Forest Hall building, come together for an exhibit the ARTery Gallery, opened April 8-May 8. The show since 1999, presents the art features work by gallery of regional artists and its ever members and the floral and changing membership lends horticultural interpretations to its dynamic and important of the art by the garden club role for area artists. members, displayed side by The Milford Garden side. Club has been beautifying “Milford Rose” by Marie Liu An opening reception Milford for 23 years. Its programs include takes place on April 8 from 6:00pm-9:00pm the annual flower show, beautification and at the ARTery, 210 Broad Street, Milford. For information: 570-409-1234. scholarship programs, and preserving the

“Painting & Poems” in Shohola

“Poets and painters the Painting and Poems constitute a special class exhibit, on display April of their own, like the 1-30. circus people”. This quote, “Whoever said artists and spoken by writer Gerald poets are difficult to work Brenan, inspired a local with never met any of our Celebration of Kindred local talent”, said curator, Spirits for National Poetry Nick Roes. “Working Month. The project, with these prima donnas Poem by Celena London, inspired sponsored by the Barryville is almost impossible! Of by the artwork of Ari Mir-Pontier Area Arts Association, includes the work of course, that’s a joke. Each participant rose more than 20 local artists and poets. to the challenge to create something truly For several months, artists have been hard magnificent, with almost no fuss at all.” at work creating works inspired by the poetry Many of the poets and artists will be in of local poets; at the same time, poets have attendance for the April 1, 4:00pm-6:00pm been hard at work creating poetry inspired reception at the Artists’ Market Community by the creations of local artists. The result is Center, 114 Richardson Avenue, Shohola.

Port Jervis Council for the Arts’ Spring Fling!

Award winning artist Debbie important local, historic Gioello’s Art on Art series are buildings and scenes in her truly one of a kind works. She drawings and paintings. incorporates the juxtaposition A founding member of the of realism and impressionism ARTery Gallery in Milford, in her dimensional paintings Peter Koenig’s creative presented as Assemblage interest began at an early age. Collage. Realistic photographs In addition to his wall art, of flowers are imposed on Koenig creates period painted her impressionistic Vision of signs by using his very own a Flower Garden works of special aging technique. His infused watercolor paint and artistic ability and attention dyes on paper. The watercolor to detail allows him to create “Magenta Clematis” background is inspired by the a finished product appearing by Debbie Gioello image of the flower and painted to be an original period piece. in abstract form, while From April 7-May the original photograph 26, Art and About, of the flower is enlarged sponsored by the Port and applied to the Jervis Council for watercolor background. the Arts, will present The finished work Spring Fling!, an exhibit combines two mediums celebrating Spring flora to present one dynamic and fauna. visual impact. Visit View Debbie’s www.debbiegioello.com assemblage collage at President of the River Bon Secours Hospital Valley Artists Guild, & the Mayor’s Office, Joan Kehlenbeck City Hall, Port Jervis. works in oils, pastels, See Joan’s triptychs and Work by Peter Koenig charcoal and pencil. She has shown her work florals and Peter’s museum quality 18th & regionally and is well-known in the area for 19th century trade and inn signs at Deerpark her demonstrations and workshops. Working Town Hall in Huguenot. mainly from observation, she includes www.PortJervisCouncilForTheArts.org

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Warwick’s Wickham Works = Creative Opportunity!

by Sharon McKane

What can a Township do with a former prison site, 400 acres, plus a picturesque lake nestled in beautiful Warwick? They can create a park with public access and lease buildings to a not-for-profit organization known as Wickham Works; whose mission statement reflects a “Desire to enrich their community by providing a workspace and materials exchange where new and experienced makers can learn, collaborate, offer workshops, and spark new business opportunities.” In the spirit of the maker’s movement, this organization would like to encourage young tech entrepreneurs to establish a business in the movement. They can partner with organizations for physical space, and with various other art groups. At the heart of this project, along with other buildings, Wickham Works would like to develop an 11,000 sq. ft. barn, which you can view on their website. Members can buy in at different tier levels. Maybe you’re not an artisan, but you’d like to contribute to their community venture; there are many ways you can support Wickham Works. If you desire to increase your knowledge or learn a skill, you can participate in one of their community wide workshops or attend classes in technology, fabrication, farming, arts, crafts, ecology, and more. Do you have a garage, shed or basement filled with serviceable objects and/or materials

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that can be repurposed? Be a part of the Materials Exchange where serviceable objects and materials can be made available for reuse, repurposing or resale. I’m prepared to donate some unpainted bird houses that my father created for me to paint and sell; that’s one way I can support Wickham Works. I’m confident that I will find more items to donate to this magnificent venture! I met Melissa Shaw-Smith and Janet Howard-Fatta, at the Tuscan Café - a lovely venue in Warwick with great coffee and a delectable menu. Both Melissa and Janet are excited to put out a call for artisans, techies, entrepreneurs, and musicians. All ages are welcome to participate. If you have a special vintage or a sustainable craft you can rent space to sell your creations, and/or share your knowledge by providing a workshop. Why not take advantage of this grass roots opportunity to exhibit and sell your handcrafted wares in your own space? Membership access to a studio or workshop area is available for rent on an hourly, daily, monthly or yearly basis. You can grow your business, and/or share a workspace. Wickham Works would like to partner with community groups, not only from Orange County but other counties as well, including those in New York City. Wickham Works is delighted to have been awarded a Community Arts Grant from the

April 2017

All County Dance!

Port Jervis’ The Dance Center

Treecycle 2016, photo by Melissa Shaw-Smith

Orange County Arts Council to support their 2nd annual Treecycle and Spring Makers Market on April 29 & 30 from 10:00am3:00pm. The Spring Makers Market will be held alongside the Treecycle event. A community wide art project, Treecycle features seven artists and nine local groups facilitating the creation of this year’s tree sculptures from upcycled material. The Spring Makers Market presents local and Hudson Valley area artisans. Carefully juried examples of exceptional handcraft, skilled artistry, innovative uses of ordinary materials and local agriculture along with live music, maker demonstrations, handson activities and baked goods make this the perfect family-friendly and interactive event! For information, visit www.wickhamworks. org or call 917-922-0943. See ad on pg. 21.

Cornwall, Highland Mills, Goshen, Middletown, Monroe, New Windsor, Newburgh, Port Jervis, Salisbury Mills, Warwick, and Westtown. Reading like a super-impressive danceWho’s Where in Orange County, these are some of the hamlets from which dance companies and studios will showcase their talent for the Orange County Arts Council’s (OCAC) 6th All-County Dance Celebration. OCAC executive director Dawn Ansbro states, “The Council is thrilled to once again host our county-wide celebration of dance. This event highlights the creativity of choreography, as well as the grace and talent of the dancers. All pieces presented are choreographed and performed by artists living or working here.” Let the imaginative and high quality choreography entertain you on April 23 at 3:00pm at the Paramount Theatre, 17 South Street in Middletown. For tickets, call 845-346-4195.

Munich Philharmonic Quartet Comes to Newburgh - April 9

The Munich Philharmonic predate Op. 41 and Schumann String Quartet has was without a doubt familiar distinguished itself since with them as well as quartets its founding in 2007. The of lesser composers. Indeed, four musicians are winners Schumann dedicated Op. 41 to of prestigious international his friend and contemporary, competitions and are longFelix Mendelssohn.” www. time members of the Munich earsense.org Philharmonic Orchestra. They “The string quartet according have worked with many worldto Haydn was a place for Iason Keramidis, violin; Clement Courtin, violin; Konstantin Sellheim, viola; Manuel von der Nahmer, cello class conductors such as Zubin experimentation, discovery, and Mehta, James Levine, Lorin Maazel, Christian to witness his Five Pieces opening, a highly ultimately, artistic splendor. Like the piano infectious waltz, to become an admirer of his sonata in Beethoven’s career, the quartet Thielemann and Valery Gergiev. Erwin Schulhoff (1894-1942) was a Czech talent.” - Derek Leet. for Haydn became a laboratory where new Five Pieces will be performed with Haydn’s ideas and methods could be tested and the composer and pianist. He was one of the figures in the generation of European musicians whose Quartet Op. 74, No. 3 “The Rider” and glorious tools of his trade be honed. Again like successful careers were prematurely terminated Schumann’s Quartet No. 3 for Newburgh Beethoven’s sonatas, Haydn’s quartets became Chamber Music’s last concert of the 2016- the proving ground for his symphonies and the by the rise of the nazi (sic) regime. Dvořák encouraged Schulhoff’s earliest 2017 Season, other large forms which were to receive the Robert Schumann tended to compose in benefits of his ever-growing mastery. musical studies, which began at the Prague Conservatory when he was ten years old. He short, concentrated bursts, intensively focused “The most famous among Haydn’s six studied composition and piano there and later on one genre at a time. 1842 became his “year quartets of 1793 is the last, in G minor, whose in Vienna, Leipzig, and Cologne, where his of chamber music” where he miraculously ‘bouncing’ finale theme has given rise to its teachers included Claude Debussy and Max produced three string quartets, the piano nickname of The Rider. Haydn’s string quartet Reger. He won the Mendelssohn Prize twice, quintet and the superb piano quartet. is complicated in some respects because of its “Schumann wrote his three string quartets use of chromaticism and odd phrase lengths.” for piano in 1913 and for composition in 1918. He was one of the first generation of classical Op. 41 in a space of five weeks, with the third - L.A.Philharmonic program notes. composers to find inspiration in the rhythms of dashed off in only a few days. His letters and The Munich Philharmonic String Quartet journals demonstrate his methodical preparation performs the three works on April 9 at 3:00pm jazz music. Schulhoff’s Five Pieces for String Quartet, by studying the quartets of Haydn, Mozart and in St. George’s Church, 105 Grand Street, integrates modernist vocabulary, neoclassical Beethoven including the latter’s “late quartets” Newburgh. Plenty of parking across the street. elements, jazz, and dance rhythms from a with which Schumann was particularly Tickets are available online at www. variety of sources and cultures. “One has only enthralled. The bulk of Mendelssohn’s quartets newburghchambermusic.org and at the door.

Desmond Film

The Scarlet and the Black is a 1983 television film starring Gregory Peck, Christopher Plummer and John Gielgud. Based on J. P. Gallagher’s 1967 book The Scarlet Pimpernel of the Vatican, the film tells the story of an Irish-born Roman Catholic priest, played by Peck, who saved thousands of Jews and escaped Allied POWs in Rome during WWII. The film will be shown at Desmond Campus, 6 Albany Post Road in Balmville on April 18 at 9:30am. Discussion with George Burke follows. Interestingly, after the war Plummer’s character, Gestapo chief Herbert Kappler, was sentenced to life imprisonment. He converted to Roman Catholicism in 1959, partly under the influence of his war-time opponent (Peck’s character) who visited Kappler in prison every month, discussing religion and literature with him. Eventually, he escaped from a prison hospital by being smuggled out in a suitcase by his wife. Kappler weighed less than 105 pounds at the time. He lived in West Germany, where he eventually died at age 70 in 1978. To register: 845-565-2076.

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Wellness Modalities: CHAKRA BALANCING by Derek Leet “Even though the body appears to be a material object, in reality it’s a field of energy, transformation and intelligence. When we look beyond the molecules that make up the matter of the body, we see fields of energy. New and novel technology is being developed that can detect these subtle energy vibrations and give us insight into the health of the energetic body. “AncientVedicknowledge tells us that this vital energy moves in discretely defined channels, and there exist concentrations of energy in the midline of the body. These centers or wheels of energy are called chakras, and each of these centers identifies a core human need. When a center is open, the energy that flows through that chakra allows needs to be met more effortlessly. If there is a blockage in one area, energy becomes stagnant and intentions are more difficult to actualize. “You can benefit from Chakra Balancing if you wish to:

•Release emotional pain from past experiences that gets stored at subtle levels of the body, •Experience more vitality, •Shift the energy around deeply rooted behaviors, helping you break free of old conditioned patterns, •Nourish and develop specific positive traits, •Experience greater ease and clarity during a transition of any sort, •Deeply cleanse and nourish your energetic channels, •Supplement and support your spiritual, meditation, and yoga practice, •Enliven your inner intelligence, allowing you to bloom into your full potential.” - The Chopra Center “This modality is a system of healing that we work with to resolve, release, and balance the human energy field - creating whole health that benefits the body, heart, mind, and spirit,” explains Rock Tavern wellness practitioner Debra Sheafe. See ad page 11.

“The End: An Apocalypse Anthology” Some say the world will Under the direction of end in fire, some say in ice. David Cohen, the student Others have their money productions will showcase on a zombie apocalypse. This is How It Ends by The eight plays in The A. Rey Pamatmat, La End: An Apocalypse Reina de Los Angeles by Anthology tackle these and Jennifer Haley, Apocalypse other questions with all Apartments by Allison sorts of answers and some Playwrights A. Rey Pamatmat Moore and Promageddon and Allison Moore questions of their own. by Dan Dietz. The remaining The theme of The End: An Apocalypse four pieces, The One About The Asteroid, Anthology is a little bit Book of Revelations, The One That Ends Itself, La Muerte and a little bit sexy punkishness, a little bit The One They Call The Bloop are written by existential crisis, and a whole lot of fun. Marco Ramirez. It runs the gamut from beautifully-crafted The plays will enjoy a five-show run personal dramas to meta-zombie flicks, during the weekends of April 7-9 and 14from mystical beings awakened and angry 15. There will be a “talk back” with the to nuclear prom night shenanigans. The actors and director immediately following evening will take you from a zombie-infested the April 8 performance. Los Angeles, to a basement bunker beneath Visit www.sunyorange.edu for tickets. a John Hughes-style high school, to the very Content may not be suitable for young edge of existence, and back again. children. Tickets are also available at the door. The SUNY Orange Apprentice Players Free for active duty military personnel. will perform The End: An Apocalypse Orange Hall Theatre, is universally Anthology in Orange Hall Theatre. The cast accessible. Parking is available in the College includes Jeremy Rudick, Shane Keller, parking lot at the intersection of Wawayanda Tavia Dean, Christina Polichetti, Jessica and Grandview Avenues, Middletown. Rifflard, Jewel Sanchez, Olivia Cohen, For information, call the Arts and Luke Rodriguez, Darren Blot, Felipe Communication Department at 845-341Gonzalez-Rocha and Anwar George. 4790. See ad page 11.

MONTGO ME RY B U S IN E S S S E RV I C ES

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LIVE at Seven Freedoms, Montgomery “We all have the capacity to grow and evolve,” says guitarist, banjoist, singer and songsmith Amy Laber. A Connecticut native, Amy moved to New York State to study Music Therapy at SUNY New Paltz. She felt an immediate spiritual bond with the Hudson Valley, which inspired her journey of songwriting and performing. Amy has performed in many venues throughout the region, including the Colony Café in Woodstock, Bodles Opera House in Chester, and the Towne Crier Cafe in Pawling. Amy’s music has received airplay on WELV,

WKZE and WVKR where she has appeared as a featured artist on radio shows Regional Frequency and Thin Air. Weaving a musical tapestry of personal struggle, loss, love, and ultimately of redemption, her music has “an intoxicating, underlying darkness,” says Chronogram magazine. Bring a few friends and head over to Seven Freedoms Music Center, 22 Railroad Avenue, Montgomery, to hear Amy perform in an intimate record store setting on April 23 at 3:00pm. Admission is free. See ad pg. 10. For information: 845-457-1463.

MEET OUR ADVERTISERS Rondout Valley Organics: More Products & A New Location! Did you know that you can enjoy flavorful, fresh products grown and raised right here in the Rondout Valley region, even in the midst of the still chilly, snowy weather? Rondout Valley Organics (RVO), an online marketplace for local foods, offers its members year-round access to produce, meats, cheeses, eggs, seedlings and more from a number of area producers. With the start of their second decade of service, they’re excited to add more farmers, a new pickup location, and snappy, fresh technologies. RVO is a convenient online emporium where members use a prepaid account to order the foods and other items they want; and the products are all packaged for pickup. It’s like a shop-at-home grocery store, but everything is produced locally! New this year, RVO welcomes Tongore Brook Farm out of Stone Ridge, with their

incredible pea shoots. There’s grass-fed beef from Sophie’s Farm in Kerhonkson and Twin Spruce Farm in Accord. You can even order duck, raised at Bonticou Ducks in High Falls. Our region is blessed with an incredibly rich variety of growers and RVO makes it really easy to enjoy the fruits of their labors! RVO has announced a new Sullivan County pickup location: Mamakating Library in Wurtsboro. One-stop downtown for your weekly reading materials and your local farm products! Pickups are also available in Ellenville, Wawarsing, Cragsmoor, Kerhonkson, Stone Ridge, Kingston and Olive. In addition, RVO is also using a brand new version of www.farmtocity.org - the platform that so seamlessly facilitates RVO’s connection between the region’s producers and their neighbors. Visit www.rondoutvalleyorganics.com for more information. See also ad on pg. 4.

Orange County’s Tribute to Phil Ochs Phil Ochs (19401976) was the quintessential social andpoliticalfolkmusic activist. Wikipedia characterizes his unique style as having “sharp wit, sardonic Brother Sun humor, earnest humanism, and political activism...” As a prolific composer/lyricist, he recorded eight albums for such major labels as Elektra and A&M. Citing Woody Guthrie, Pete Seeger, and Merle Haggard as his major influences, Ochs was one of the most versatile and iconic figures on the American folk music scene in the 1960s and 70s. Phil Ochs will be remembered in a gala performance by some of our country’s preeminent contemporary folk musicians - Orange County’s first ever tribute to this icon - on April 7 at 7:00pm at the Unitarian Universalist Congregation, 9 Vance Avenue, Rock Tavern.

Sharon Katz

John Flynn

Sponsored by Sustainable Warwick, featured performers for the concert include John Flynn, Brother Sun, and Sharon Katz. The event will be hosted by Phil’s sister, Sonny Ochs of WIOX-Radio, formerly with WRPI and WFDU. Sustainable Warwick is a local non-profit organization dedicated to increasing public understanding of sustainability by providing information and encouraging individuals, community organizations, businesses, schools, and government to cooperate in protecting environmental quality and reducing carbon emissions. Seating is limited. For reservations call Russ at 845-325-1615. April 2017

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Rare Dvorak & Well-Done Harp

May I Have A Word With You ... Quips, Quotes & Quiddities with Carol Pozefsky I♥U Word detective Richard Lederer seems to have found the shortest correspondence ever. In 1862, French author Victor Hugo was eager to know how his new novel Les Miserables was selling. Hugo wrote his New York publisher: ? The reply came back: ! Lederer says the longest English words in common use are: counterrevolutionaries and deinstitutionalization, both twenty-two letters. LIKE LIKE? NO LIKE LIKE! You may obsess about the state of politics or climate change, Mr. Lederer regards certain youthful speech patterns as grating as chalk across the blackboard. One such thorn in his side, the sprinkling of the word “like” throughout sentences, like you know what I’m saying? Like has been used in that way for decades but many older folks still cringe at the sound of it. Former New York Times restaurant critic, Mimi Sheraton describes the dessert, Tiramisu: “delectable squishes of spongy ladyfingers or eggy genoise layered with

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chocolate, coffee, and cloudlets of creamy mascarpone cheese all heady with the scent of rum, brandy, or bittersweet Marsala wine.” Tiramisu means “draw me close” in Italian. The dessert originated in Naples. IT’S NO SECRET A celebrity diary often becomes an open book once the famous person dies. July 25, 1945: President Harry Truman tells his diary: “We have discovered the most terrible bomb in the history of the world.” Writer Jack Kerouac’s 1950’s On The Road gave voice to the Beat Generation. At the age of 26, before any of Kerouac’s writing was published, his diary revealed his disdain for American consumerism: “In Russia they slave for the State, here they...run off to meaningless jobs day after day...dreadful (sic) tickled they can buy baubles and doodads in stores.”

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M. Genin

E. Silberger

U. Tone

Chamber Music at St. Andrew’s welcomes internationally known harpist, Mélanie Genin, violinists Eric Silberger and Una Tone, violist Surai Balbeisi, cellist Lutz Rath, and bassist Ron Wasserman, performing a program to celebrate spring. Most string quintets include a second viola or cello, enhancing the music with a morelush sound. Taking a tip from some baroque composers who often used a double bass instead of a cello in quartets, Dvořák chose to use a double bass as his fifth instrument. The addition of the double bass to the standard quartet adds sonority and a sense of space, which greatly contributes to the open-air quality of his String Quintet in G Major, op 77. Harpist Genin will join the string musicians and perform Danse sacrée et danse profane by Debussy, Handel’s Concerto for harp, and strings, and Intermezzo for harp and cello from Goyescas by Enrique Granados. Goyescas, Op. 11, subtitled Los majos

S. Balbeisi

L. Rath

R. Wasserman

enamorados (The Gallants in Love), is a piano suite written in 1911, usually considered to be Granados’ crowning creation and was inspired by the paintings of Francisco Goya. Goyescas is also an opera with melodies taken from the 1911 piano suite. (The opera was first performed at the Metropolitan Opera in New York City on January 28, 1916.) In Handel’s Opus 4 publication, a Harp Concerto was issued as a work for organ and orchestra (making it congruous with the other five organ concerti in the volume), and it is on the organ that the work is most often played today. But a quick glance at the pared-down orchestra parts and streamlined textures reveals immediately that it was originally conceived for the quieter and gentler harp. St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church is located at 5277 Route 42 in South Fallsburg. Reservations are required for the free concert on April 29 at 8:00pm. Email pcfriedman27@gmail.com or call 845-292-8967.

Newburgh’s “Urban Farming Fair” 2017

“Eugene Onegin” in Loch Sheldrake by Philip Ehrensaft

Children get a glimpse of Arm-of-the-Sea puppets up close! Photo by Joshua Brown.

The 2nd annual Newburgh Urban Farming Fair will be held on April 29 from Noon to 4:00pm at the corner of Grand Street and Broadway. Newburgh Urban Farming Fair’s mission is to “Nourish a healthy Newburgh through access to fresh food and urban gardening education.” The free outdoor event celebrates urban farming with exhibits, demonstrations, children’s activities, vendors, food and raffles with the goal to increase city residents’ access to healthy food while revitalizing the community’s economic and social vitality. A highlight of the Fair is a free performance

Arm-of-the-Sea performing to the crowds in Newburgh, 2016. Photo by Joshua Brown.

of Dirt; The Secret Life of Soil by Arm-ofthe-Sea Puppet and Mask Theater. The Fair also includes attractions for all ages including crafts and seed planting projects, farm-related story time by the Bija project, expert advice on gardening, bee and chicken demonstrations, and practical tips on how to build / install container gardens in your yard. Attendees can also bring several samples of soil from their own yards and soilSHOP staff will be available to screen the soil for toxins and provide same-day results! Visit the Fair’s Facebook page: www. facebook.com/newburghurbanfarmingfair

reasons, partly because Tchaikovsky was not adept at navigating the Byzantine politics of When the imposing Russian ballet dancer the Russian musical scene. Mikhail Baryshnikov introduced the Met Live Music historian Richard Taruskin broadcast of the 2007 production of the best explains: “Pushkin’s novel was loved for known and most beloved of Tchaikovsky’s the telling, not the tale. The plot as such eleven operas, he used Onegin’s rightful first was slender and banal...the book was loved name, Yevgeny. for its divine details: the verbal dazzle, Back some decades, Anglo-American the wry social commentary, the perfectly opera houses decided that exact descriptions, the Yevgeny was too difficult for endlessly subtle and nuanced their audience’s synapses, so characterizations, the ironized the central male protagonist of interrelationship of literary this most Russian of Russian and social conventions - all operas was re-baptized that comes under the heading Eugene. Now that we live in of narrative quality.” a globalized culture, maybe On the count of transforming Onegin will get his rightful that verbal dazzle, and subtle name back. and nuanced characterizations, For the 37 year-old Pyotr Tchaikovsky, the endless Ilyich Tchaikovsky, starting inventor of great melody and work in 1867 to transform supporting tonal coloration, Alexander Pushkin’s more Anna Netrebko as “Tatiana” was exactly the right man than iconic narrative-in-verse into an opera for the job. To quote Matthew Boyden: was chutzpah personified. Published in serial “Tchaikovsky’s operas are the distillation of form between 1825 and 1832, Pushkin’s what he termed his “lyrical idea,” the notion Yevgeny Onegin established itself as a pillar that everything can be characterized or made of Russian literature, and culture in general. real through melody.” Opera was the most prestigious musical See the Met’s Live videocast of Eugene art form in mid-19th century Russia, and Onegin on April 22 at 1:00pm at Sullivan Tchaikovsky’s four operas to date had County Community College in Loch not done terribly well - partly for musical Sheldrake. Tickets at the door.

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Film Songs in Greenwood Lake Meet Brian Floca: Award-Winning Writer & Illustrator The Josephine-Louise Public Library in Walden remains the focal point of this river-side village’s special appeal. It is here that the Library’s attentive Director, Ginny Neidermier guides and carries out the mission of the Library as it serves the needs of the public. To that end, Ms. Neidermier has secured a visit from Brian Floca, a noted, award winning author and illustrator of children’s books. Brian’s reputation i.e., his rapport with school aged-children and interested adults, precedes him, facilitating his ability to demonstrate his skills and techniques as a writer and illustrator. One of the leading points in Brian’s presentation is passion. He shows how he always loved to draw as a young boy and how he took that passion with him as he attended college. Then it was just one particular class that pointed Brian in a direction and allowed him to make a career out of drawing. A particular point of interest to this writer is Brian’s emphasis on the creation of non-

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fiction literature. He demonstrates that writers do not just write about subjects or people they already know. But a writer possesses a passion for the creative process. It engages an author in subjects and areas he or she may want to learn about and explore. He points out the different kinds of research involved in collecting information, i.e., facts that will combine and place the details of a story in the appropriate place. An author must read books, articles and visit museums as a part of the research necessary to produce a book. Stepping into Orange County and the Town of Montgomery may be a unique experience for Brian Floca. But for the informed residents of this portion of the Hudson Valley, the area is widely known as the home of another award winning children’s author and illustrator, Kate Seredy. Brian Floca will be the guest of the Josephine-Louise Public Library, 5 Scofield Street, Walden on April 21, at 11:30am. Additional information and/or questions can be found and answered at 845-778-7621. See Library ad below.

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Francine Evans, an accomplished singing actress and Joel Zelnik, world class jazz pianist, will be bringing their presentation: A Love Affair with the Movies, performing songs from

Hollywood’s most memorable movies, to the Greenwood Lake Library, 79 Waterstone Road, on April 29 at 2:00pm. Light refreshments will be served. Admission is free. For info: 845-477-8377.

Potluck’s “European Fantasy” At press time, Potluck Sonatensatz for violin and Concerts announced that, piano, (from the F-A-E for European Fantasy, they Sonata) and there will will introduce the music of also be something with a York Bowen to local concerteuphonium.” goers. The F-A-E Sonata is a Edwin York Bowen collaborative musical work (1884-1961) was an English Bonnie Ham Tricia Callahan by three composers: Robert composer and pianist. Bowen’s musical career Schumann, the young Johannes Brahms, and spanned more than fifty years. As well as being Schumann’s pupil Albert Dietrich. The sonata a pianist and composer, Bowen was a talented was Schumann’s idea as a gift and tribute to conductor, organist, violist and horn player. violinist Joseph Joachim, whom the three Despite achieving considerable success during composers had recently befriended. Joachim his lifetime, many of the composer’s works had adopted the Romantic German phrase “Frei remained unpublished and unperformed until aber einsam” (“free but lonely”) as his personal after his death in 1961. Bowen’s compositional motto. The composition’s movements are all style is widely considered as ‘Romantic’ and based on the musical notes F-A-E, the motto’s his works are often characterized by their rich initials, as a musical cryptogram. The Brahms harmonic language. work is the sonata’s Scherzo movement. “Some of his pieces for flute will be The concert is on April 21 at 7:30pm in the performed by Bonnie Ham,” said pianist/ Cornwall Presbyterian Church, 222 Hudson co-producer Ruthanne Schempf. “Violinist Street, Cornwall-on-Hudson. Tricia Callahan and I will perform Brahms’ Tickets at the door.

Hudson Valley Writer Fest, Goshen Jacquelyn Mitchard is a New York Times bestselling author of twelve novels, including The Deep End of the Ocean, which was the inaugural selection of the Oprah Winfrey Book Club and also made into a major feature film. Mitchard is also the author of seven novels for young adults. Her work has won the Bram Stoker and Shirley Jackson awards, as well as the UK’s Walkabout Prize. She is a professor of Creative Writing at Vermont College of Fine Arts and a contributing editor for More magazine. . Charlene Giannetti is the editor of Woman Around Town, and is the recipient of seven awards from the New York Press Club. Giannetti began her career working for a newspaper in Pennsylvania, then wrote for several publications in Washington covering environment and energy policy. In New York, she was an editor at Business Week. She is the author of 12 non-fiction books, eight for parents of young adults written with Margaret Sagarese. Mitchard & Giannetti will be keynote speakers at the Hudson Valley Writer

Fest on April 22 from 9:30am-4:30pm at the Harness Racing Museum, 240 Main Street, Goshen. The day includes a writers’ workshop by Mitchard, as well as additional workshops on what writers need to know, and how to use social media to boost book sales. Guests will enjoy breakfast, a catered lunch, and giveaways. “This event will provide the writer with valuable knowledge and inspiration,” says creator and writer, MJ Hanley-Goff. “Both Jackie Mitchard and Charlene Giannetti have decades of writing and publishing experience...how lucky are we that both are available to provide their tips and wisdom. Writers will leave with professional writing tips that will surely fire them up to finish or start their book, plus we’ll also cover the publishing process since that’s a topic that tends to slow down a writer’s momentum. That, along with a catered lunch and lots of coffee, should make it a truly perfect day.” Of course, a writer fest isn’t a writer fest without book signings and “meet and greets” with Mitchard and Giannetti. Those who purchase the VIP ticket will receive signed books and the opportunity to chat with them about the writing world. This event is for adults, although high school students who are serious about writing are welcome. Visit www.hudsonvalleywriterfest.com or call 845-590-4449 for tickets and info.

Whispering Pines ~ Cooking with Chef Douglas Frey PASSOVER Passover is the Jewish holiday that memorializes the freedom of the Hebrews or Israelites from slavery in Egypt and takes place near the end of March or beginning of April. During the first two nights, there are readings from the Haggadah, with prayers, singing, and blessings, which occur in a specific order or sequence. The meaning of ‘order’ in Hebrew is coincidentally, Seder. No food containing yeast is allowed in the house during Passover. This symbolizes the unleavened bread that the Israelites made in haste as they were fleeing Egypt. Here’s a few Passover recipes you can share with your family! For any of your culinary needs or questions, call me at 845-647-1428. *** BRISKET *** 1 beef brisket 1 C ketchup 1 pkg. onion soup mix 4 medium onions - sliced 1 10-oz bottle ginger ale 1/2 C (Kosher for Passover) Red Wine In the bottom of a Dutch oven, slice onions. Place brisket on top. Add ketchup, onion soup mix, ginger ale and wine. Cook for 2 to 2.5 hrs. until tender. Cool & slice. May be frozen. Brisket may also be simmered on top of stove or placed in 350 degree oven for the

same time. If you want more gravy, add more ginger ale or water. *** PASSOVER KUGEL *** 3 c farfel 1 tsp. cinnamon 5 eggs, separated 4 tbsp. sugar 1 stick oleo (melted) 2 C applesauce 1 tsp. salt 1 cup crushed pineapple Pour hot water over farfel, soak & drain. Use fruit juice if desired. Beat egg yolks and seasonings; add margarine to farfel and fold in all ingredients, egg whites last. Sprinkle with cinnamon & sugar; put into greased 9x13 pan. Bake at 350 for 45 min. *** EASY POTATO LATKES *** 2 1/2 lbs. white potatoes (6 medium) 1 c raw onion 1/2 C carrots 1/4 C matzo meal 1 ½ tsp. salt 1/4 tsp. pepper 4 egg whites pan spray Peel and grate potatoes and veggies. Add to large bowl, and add remaining ingredients. Put 1/4 cup of mixture to muffin tins that have been sprayed with pan spray. Bake in the oven at 375 for 45 min. Flip them onto cookie sheet. Cook for 10 more minutes or until crisp.

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