D&H CANVAS April 2023

by Barry Plaxen

Welcome back from the Pandemic: Soprano Julie Ziavras and composer/ pianist Steve Margoshes.

Vocabulary Lesson:

Amygdala: a roughly almondshaped mass of gray matter inside each cerebral hemisphere, involved with the experiencing of emotions.

Highlights of the Month:

The Chris Farlekas Legacy Fund’s inaugural event and the Wallkill River Center for the Arts’ first music event in

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The String Trio of NY performing with poet Paul Kane in Newburgh.

Kudos to:

Tamara Rafkin, NBNY Art Seen CoCreator and Facilitator. We thank her for her hard work and co-creation, and wish her much love, happiness and health on her relocation to the Southwest.

In This Issue: Earth Day Celebrations in Cornwall, Dingmans Ferry and Wurtsboro.

A children’s poetry festival in Bethel and a children’s art contest in Milford.

Letters to the Editor

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SUNY Orange art students’ exhibit in Middletown.

The 2023 theatre season opening with shows in Cornwall and Goshen.

Three “Grand Dames” entertaining in Sugar Loaf and the return to the stage of baritone David Trombley in Monticello.

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Dialogues of Black Artists, Newburgh

Ann Street Gallery will host an extended multi-media exhibit conceived by curators Jonette O’Kelley Miller and Karen E. Gersch Cause We Be

Complicated: Dialogues of Black Artists honors Black History and features sixteen artists. Originally installed at Art Design Spirits Gallery in Newburgh for February; it has seen a stellar draw of visitors and received glowing articles in many publications. The works of new artists have been added to the show making it an entirely new installation!

Participating artists are:

Lillian Alberti, Carol

Bash, Vernon M Byron,

Khalidah Carrington,

Gerardo Castro, Melissa

Small Cooper, Ted

Dixon, Stevenson Estime,

Collette V. Fournier,

Oluwafiropo Margaret Ibitoye, F.

Geoffrey Johnson, Cheryl D. Holmes

Miller, Emmanuel Ofori, Ransome,

Yvonne P Lamar Rogers and Auguster

D Williams, Jr

These artists hail from Rockland, Orange, Dutchess and Ulster Counties, from Brooklyn, Manhattan and Atlanta,

Georgia. Their art is riveting, poetic and thought-provoking; ranging from watercolors to acrylic and oil paintings, photographs and mixed media collages, sculptures, assemblages, archival ink, digital art, books and a documentary.

Each artist, with a history of longevity in the arts, provides a unique perspective, exploring the reality that members of the African Diaspora are not monolithic. Similar to all human beings, the dreams, tastes, languages and lives of Black people are birthed in a variety of social and ethnocultural nuances.

An opening reception on March 25 from 4:30pm7:30pm will launch the show; it is free and open to the public at Ann Street Gallery, 104 Ann Street, Newburgh. The show is then on view every Saturday and Sunday (Noon-5:00pm) through April 29.

The curators will offer (by appointment only), free weekday tours for schools, cultural centers, libraries, youth and arts organizations. If interested, contact Jonette at jom.writes@gmail.com or Karen at keg37@frontier.com.

May I Have A Word With You

Quips, Quotes & Quiddities by Carol Pozefsky

OUCH

There are maxims, axioms, call them what you will, that never made sense and still don’t. Sticks and stones may break our bones but words can never hurt us. Were they serious? Words can never hurt us? What else induces divorce, feuds, riots, and wars if not words?

A critic’s cutting words were aimed at British actor John Cleese. “He emits an air of overwhelming vanity combined with...nastiness, like a black widow spider in heat.” +Another critic described writer Aldous Huxley as the “stupid person’s idea of a clever person.” Winston Churchill was a master of invective and said of British politician Stanley Baldwin, “He’s a man of the utmost insignificance. Occasionally he stumbles over the truth but hastily picks himself up and hurries on as if nothing has happened.”

But likely the most damning exchange ever uttered in the British Parliament took place when Lord Sandwich said to John Wilkes, “You will either die on the gallows or of the pox.” Wilkes responded,

“That must depend, Sir, on whether I embrace your Lordship’s principles or your mistress.”

HOGWASH

Did you ever return home with a lame excuse for your parent (or spouse) for the late hour? “Well, Josh said he left his credit card back at the restaurant so we had to turn around and...” “HOGWASH!” shouted your parent (or spouse).

For centuries, hogwash was the common term for the swill fed to pigs. We trace its playful use to the 1546 book, All The Proverbes in the English Tongue. “They in the kitchen for jest poured hogwash on her head.” Equally old and from the same book, “Make hay while the sun shines.”

VINTAGE CARLIN

“I went to a bookstore and asked the saleswoman, ‘Where’s the self-help section?’ She said if she told me, it would defeat the purpose.”

“Have you ever noticed that anybody driving slower than you is an idiot, and anyone going faster than you is a maniac?”

“The Bledsoe Sisters” sculpture by Lillian Alberti.

Catskill Art Space: Trio of Solo Exhibits - Paintings, Film Installation, Paper

Catskill Art Space (CAS) has announced three solo exhibitions with work from Carter Hodgkin, Nene Humphrey and Jon Kline. The exhibitions will be on view in the ground floor galleries of CAS, 48 Main Street, Livingston Manor from March 25 through May 6. An artist’s talk will be held on March 25 from 3:00pm-4:00pm followed by the opening reception from 4:00pm-5:00pm

The three artists pull from interdisciplinary pursuits grounded in science to explore their respective artistic practices:

Hodgkin draws on particle physics and forms in nature, creating code generated particle collisions to inform her painting.

Humphrey’s installation, inspired by dreams, goes as far as to offer video of the amygdala filmed through a highpowered microscope at the LeDoux lab at New York University, where she is the artist-in-residence.

Kline uses light sensitive paper to capture the sky at different times, closely

attuned to place and shifts in light. Carter Hodgkin, Visual Fields, connects digital technology and painting, utilizing conceptual and chance-based themes to create her mesmerizing work. In this series, the artist modifies code attune to gravity, exploring particulates’ descent and reverberations upwards. Hodgkin extracts a digital file of the collision, transforming the image into a mosaic, applying hand-painted paper squares onto painted canvas. The painting becomes a mediation between defining and dissolving the pictorial plane, evoking microscopic landscapes from outer space or the ocean depths. What emerges are paintings which

reflect a tension between technology and handcraft, exploring a relationship between algorithmic data and the pictorial.

Nene Humphrey will present This Like a Dream Keeps Other Time, a series of video, sonic and performative works created in collaboration with jazz musicians Matana Roberts and Staar Busby, along with video designer Simon Harding. Together, the works create a tangible space that mirrors the ephemeral part of the brain where complex emotions are born. These works were inspired by a dream the artist had in which she was learning to sing from “choir ladies” at Plainview Baptist, her late husband’s family church in rural Georgia. The works investigate both the overlooked importance of dreaming to our psychological health and scientific research demonstrating that feelings of well-being and mood elevation are programmed biologically to surface with communal singing.

Jon Kline’s work explores the subtle language of natural light and time,

working with both cameras and light sensitive paper. Each piece involves observing, measuring, recording, and comparing the color and intensity of the overhead sky at specific moments in time from one place and from multiple places on the globe. Employing both alternative and digital means, Kline’s photographic and film projects explore the primacy of light and temporality. Kline’s presentation at CAS will include two murals that record the sequential shift in the color and intensity of light at a specific moment in time at this latitude. For more information and to schedule a visit at CAS, visit catskillartspace.org

NBNY Art Seen Art Initiative Year Two

NBNY Art Seen is an initiative by Newburgh’s community of galleries and art spaces, on the Last Saturday of each month April to October (1:00pm-5:00pm) the venues participating are open to the public.

“We are pleased to present our second season of NBNY Art Seen inviting the public to experience the growing art scene in Newburgh, giving viewers a chance to walk from art space to art space while taking in the historic architecture and blossoming restaurant and shopping area found overlooking the vistas of the Hudson Valley,” stated NBNY outgoing Facilitator, Tamara Rafkin and new NBNY Facilitator, James Jackson

Participating venues include: Visitor Center, 233 Liberty Street: Provenance, see page 25 for more about the show.

Grit Works Gallery, 115 Broadway: Figures - Burden - Loneliness. See page 20 for more information.

ADS Gallery, 105 Ann Street: Hearts and Minds, work by James Savage Ann Street Gallery, 104 Ann

Street: Cause We Be Complicated: Dialogues of Black Artists. See page 3 for more info.

Mindy Ross Gallery, SUNY Orange, First and Grand Streets: Introspective, a solo art exhibition by Rachel Williams. See page 20 for more info.

CMA Gallery at Mount Saint Mary College, 330 Powell Avenue: A Place to Connect, works by Romina Gonzales and Jason Bauer

Elijah Wheat Showroom, 195 Front Street: Amplifier by Marton Nemes. NBNY Art Seen participants will be open to the public free of charge unless otherwise noted on their websites. Covid 19 rules are determined by spacesplease be respectful of their requests.

The Newburgh Arts and Cultural Commission supports this event by hosting online information about the monthly event, participants, and a downloadable walking map of locations: www.newburghart.org/nbny-artseen Free city parking is available on Ann Street off of Liberty Street.

Shown above: “Every Day at Six” paper by Jon Kline, 2010/2022

“Dream Scroll” by Nene Humphrey, 2021

“Particle Horizon” by Carter Hodgkin, 2022

“Amplifier” by Marton Nemes

Wurtsboro Art Alliance: Spring Exhibit

Award winning artist Jeffrey Wiener was born in Miami, Florida in 1961, and graduated from Florida State University with a Bachelor of Arts in 1983. A pioneer in using new drawing tools and technologies, Jeffrey taught iPad drawing at the Art Students League of New York, as well as numerous Catskills locations. He has exhibited his surrealistic drawings and paintings in galleries nationally.

A member of the Wurtsboro Art Alliance (WAA), see his work in the WAA’s annual Spring exhibit from April 1-30. An opening reception will be held on April 1, from 2:00pm-4:00pm

Jeffrey is the also the publisher of TheGreatNude.tv, a web/video magazine for the Figurative Arts with content featuring artists dedicated to the nude. For more information about the artist, visit https:jeffreywiener.gallery

Salon Series Ends with Music & Video

Delaware Valley Arts Alliance (DVAA) once again opened the doors of Krause Recital Hall for another enriching Salon Series. In the grand tradition of the “Salon,” DVAA invites the community to experience, learn, participate, and exchange ideas with artists, musicians, and storytellers.

The 2023 Salon Series culminates with a kaleidoscopic performance of music & video by Andrea Wittgens. The singersongwriter and visual artist will perform on the baby grand piano in Krause Hall, debuting an original video installation accompaniment to her music.

Wittgens, whose style pulls from pop

and jazz to early punk, offers references to Joni Mitchell, Tori Amos, and even Patti Smith, all the while creating a sound all her own.

DVAA is grateful to be a part of Wittgens’ debut of this multi-media performance. The synthesis of sound, lyrics and visual art creates an exclamation point to the end of the 2023 Salon Series season.

The presentation is on April 8 at 2:00pm in Krause Recital Hall, on the 2nd floor of DVAA, 37 Main Street, Narrowsburg. Free admission. For information, call 845-252-7576 or visit delawarevalleyartsalliance.org.

Easter Jazz in Greenwood Lake

Mike Jackson is a legend among jazz guitarists. Jackson backed up artists such as Solomon Burke, Baby Washington, Clyde McPhatter, The Marvelettes, The Four Tops, Marvin Gay and many others. “If you haven’t heard Mike Jackson play jazz guitar, you’re in for a treat. He may be the best jazz guitar player you never heard.” Certifie.

Rave Tesar is a veteran of the New York jazz scene and a prolific composer for film and television. He began his career working in the jazz scene in and around New York with numerous groups and leaders. His reputation soon led to national and international tours as a side man with Frankie Randal, The Shirelles and the minimalist pop group Tirez Tirez, led by Mikel Rouse. Rave is, perhaps, best

Tony Jefferson

ARTery Gallery: Multi-Media Solo

Spring is the theme of the new April exhibit at the ARTery Gallery in Milford. This show features the colorful work of Pocono resident Rena Hottinger, who originates from Brooklyn.

Hottinger is a master of free-style multiple media. She allows her natural artistic impulses to manifest in each piece, intuitively arranging colors and shapes on the canvas to her own unique specifications. Her materials are varied and extensive: acrylics, oils, impasto, cold wax, glitter paint with sand, chipped rocks, soft pastel, charcoal, ink, marker; crayon, collage, clay, floral design, and photography.

Since 2016, Hottinger has also been reinterpreting the work of Old Masters and other more current well-known artists. By reading and studying about the artist first, she channels the energy and emotions expressed in the original artwork to take the artist’s work in a new direction. In

this manner, Hottinger recently honored female artists Joan Mitchell and Georgia O’Keeffe as part of a group exhibit celebrating “Women’s History Month” at the Smithfield Community & Cultural Center in East Stroudsburg, PA.

Meet Rena Hottinger at the opening reception on April 8 from 6:00pm-9:00pm, which includes refreshments. The public is welcome to attend this free cultural event.

The ARTery Gallery is a cooperatively owned and operated fine art gallery, serving regional artists and art lovers since 1996. The gallery features a wide array of artistic talent ranging from traditional oil, watercolor, and photography to sculpture, jewelry, textiles, pottery, and collage.

Hottinger’s exhibit will be on display from April 6 to May 8 at the ARTery Gallery, 210 Broad Street, Milford.

Visit www.arterygallerymilford.com

known for his long-standing collaboration with singer Annie Haslam and her band Renaissance.

Tony Jefferson has been a fixture on the New York jazz scene for many years. He has toured around the globe playing both festivals and clubs with world class musicians. As a drummer, Tony has performed and recorded with many jazz artists and groups including Eddie Harris, Kenny Drew Jr., Lonnie Smith, Eddie Henderson, Lou Donaldson, Frank Wess, Don Byron, John Abercrombie, Joey Calderazzo, and many others.

The Mike Jackson Trio performs during the Easter Jazz Brunch at The Cove, 13 Castle Court, Greenwood Lake on April 9 at 12:30pm and 2:00pm

For information, call 845-477-5599.

“Less is More” by Rena Hottinger (12”x12”)

Mike Jackson

Rave Tesar

“The Class of 1972” by Jeffrey Wiener, pencil on paper, 1989. OpEd commissioned by the New York Times illustrating the financial future of a maturing generation.

Let us honor the Women and the Men who Inspire & Nurture our Creativity all year long!

Goshen Art League: “Greens of Spring”

Goshen Art League (GAL) invites the public to see a variety of art in four exhibits The League has kicked off their exhibit season with a new year-long theme entitled, Color Wheel of Seasons Greens of Spring is part one of the series. The artists’ work on display in this show was inspired by the season of Spring - with a lot of the color green on display.

“GAL has diversity in the style and medium of work created by its members and strives to come up with different themes that leave the interpretation open to the artists; this yearlong exhibit in four parts continues that intent,” explained GAL Vice President, Michele Meek

League Treasurer Pat MacDonald added, “I’m looking forward to this new idea. We are hoping

to bring more people into our community art exhibits.”

View the exhibition weekdays at the Goshen Music Hall, 223 Main Street, Goshen, through April 26. The reception is on March 29, 6:30pm-8:00pm, along with a reception across the street at Griffth Olivera Realty for another exhibit featuring art by Ciro Attardo, Nancy Reed Jones and Ginirose Sivili.

Hang ‘Em High Quintet in Port Jervis

A fiery group of musicians will be playing original music and celebrating Charles Mingus, Wayne Shorter, and Jeff Beck for the groove port music series.

Charles Mingus, Jr. (19221979) was a bassist, pianist, composer, bandleader, and author. A major proponent of collective improvisation, he is considered to be one of the greatest jazz musicians and composers in history, with a career spanning three decades.

Wayne Shorter (19332023) was an American jazz saxophonist and composer. Shorter came to prominence in the late 1950s as a member of, and eventually primary composer for, Art Blakey’s Jazz Messengers. In the 1960s, he joined Miles Davis’s Second Great Quintet.

While Jeff Beck (1944-2023) pioneered the jazz-fusion guitar sound, his releases

spanned genres and styles ranging from blues rock, hard rock, jazz fusion, a blend of guitar-rock and electronica. Beck was ranked in the top five of Rolling Stone and other magazines’ lists rankings of the greatest guitarists. He was often called a “guitarist’s guitarist.”

The Hang Em High Quintet, featuring Wayne Tice (reeds), Mark Dziuba (guitar), Neil Alexander (keyboards), Bryan Kopchak (drums), Robert Kopec (basses and tune guitar), perform for the groove port music series at UpFront Exhibition Space, 31 Jersey Avenue, Port Jervis, on April 22 at 7:00pm

The gallery opens at 1:00pm for viewing the current art show and will be open through to the concert. Tickets at the door. BYOB! Info: 845-754-1808.

Charles Mingus Wayne Shorter Jeff Beck

Wayne Tice

N. Alexander, R. Kopec, & B. Kopchak

Mark Dziuba

“Willow at Kershaw Park” by Mitchell Saler

“House on a Hill” by Karen Schoen

Let’s Talk Sam’s Point Park Preserve

Rebecca Howe Parisio, Interpretive Ranger, Sam’s Point Area of Minnewaska State Park Preserve (pictured) will explain Sam’s Point: what a Park Preserve is, and how to protect it. She will also discuss how the Shawangunk

Mountains were formed and natural and historical events that happened there on April 29 at 1:00pm at the Cragsmoor Library, 355 Cragsmoor Road. To register: call 845-647-4611 or nancy@cragsmoorfreelibrary.info

Cornwall Arts Collective Spring Show

The Cornwall Arts Collective’s Spring Exhibition is on display at Leo’s Restaurant, 23 Quaker Avenue, Cornwall, through May 23.

The Cornwall Arts Collective is a small but growing group of local

artists. In 2022, they exhibited at Leo’s, as well as 2 Alices in Cornwall and the Cornwall Public Library. For more info about the Collective and upcoming exhibits, visit: CornwallArtsCollective. org.

The Beatles to Bartok in Warwick

The New World Ramblers are three of the Hudson Valley’s finest acoustic musicians: guitarist Mike Kobetitsch, mandolinist Wayne Fugate and doublebassist Vin Warner. The three have been performing together for years with synergy and with thoughtful arrangements that reimagine tunes in exciting ways. Their musical landscape includes The

Beatles to Bartok to Bill Monroe, with excursions into OldTime, Jazz, Celtic and Scandinavian music. The music is fun and inviting and always directly involves the audience in the thrill of musical discovery. Enjoy an evening of genre-bending, foot-tapping acoustic music on April 15 at 7:00pm at the Amity Gallery, 110 Newport Bridge Road, Warwick.

UUC: Ceramic, Paintings, Collage

The wide-ranging works of Richard Weber will enhance the sanctuary of the Unitarian Universalist Congregation (UUC) in Rock Tavern this April.

Hailing from Saratoga Springs, Weber has spent the last 37 years in Orange County working at his craft and, until his retirement, teaching art in the Warwick school system. His studio is

in Florida, where he works in ceramics, photography, collage, painting and mixed media sculptures. He will be showing ceramic masks, wall pieces, collages and paintings at the UUC. An artist’s reception, open to the public, will be held on April 8 from 3:00pm-5:00pm at the UUC, 9 Vance Road, Rock Tavern.

Amity Gallery Solo Show: “Traffic”

Lou Fatta works in steel using a variety of welding and cutting techniques to cut silhouetted shapes of cars, crows, ravens, songbirds, ants and city skylines along with images of vines and weeds.

Amity Gallery will open their 2023 season with Traffic, an exhibit of works by Fatta from April 1-30 Traffic involves the automobile and the impact it has had on nature as well as on our individual and

collective lives. Fatta works to represent these shapes as archetypes and in reference to totems and stories that work to atone themselves with nature through their own deterioration.

The opening reception is on April 1, from 5:00pm-7:00pm at Amity Gallery, 110 Newport Bridge Road, Warwick. View the work on Saturdays & Sundays, 1:00pm-4:00pm.

For info: www.amitygallery.org.

“Floating Flowers” by Judi Silvano

Wayne Fugate & Mike Kobetitsch

“Fractured Idea” collage by Richard Weber

Rejuvenating an Historic Music Venue

The musical energy lives on in the walls of historic Nutshell Hall on the shores of Lake Huntington. More than a century after its beginnings, Nutshell Hall is now the forever home of the Delaware Valley Opera (celebrating its 37th season) and part of their Delaware Valley Opera Center. The DVOC has welcomed new ‘roommates’ with old friends: Collabonation Productions

Collabonation has undertaken a spirited revitalization of Nutshell Hall, working to ensure that music, history, and inclusion are integrated into the future evolution of the venue. Collabonation’s principal partners are Joe Murray and Zoot Damnit, veterans of the music industry with a penchant for world-class sound and lighting production. What sets this duo apart is their dedication to treating the visiting artists as guests in their house, to inspire amazing musical performances for the audience.

Zoot offers his vision. “Our focus is to develop Nutshell Hall as a premier venue of live musical performance by offering our audiences high-caliber productions

HV Folk Guild’s Open Mic & Concert

of all genres, what I like to call Opera to Opry, Jams to Jazz.”

Collabonation’s intent is to carry forward the musical legacy of Nutshell Hall by booking both national artists and local talent to help ensure the Hall’s former psychedelic rock reputation gets the respect it deserves while opening doors to new generations of fans and different stylistic tastes.

Joe adds, “We are confident that between an invigorated concert schedule and improved patron experience, Nutshell Hall can harken back to the days as a club where bands want to perform.

On the heels of a very successful Fall season, Collabonation has launched their Spring series of weekly concerts, Saturdays Live from Nutshell Hall

You can follow Collabonation on Instagram, Facebook, or visit www. collabonationproductions.com for details and tickets for weekly Saturday shows.

Nutshell Hall is at 6692 Route 52, Lake Huntington. Doors open at 7:00pm. Entertainment continues until 11:00pm. See calendar page 13 for April concerts.

“We have returned to in-person and open mic performances on the second Saturday of every month, weather and pandemic permitting,” announced Maureen Black, president of the Rock Tavern chapter of the Hudson Valley Folk Guild. “Open mic performances are available to all. Signup begins at 7:00pm and open mic begins at 7:30pm.”

Music has always been a part of Andy Shapiro’s life. Born into the folk world, he studied classical, rock, blues, country,

jazz...he’s all mixed up, and his music reflects that. He loves weaving all of what he’s taken in into his music. His songs have received honorable mention at the Post Music Awards, and he is working on his second album. Shapiro will perform his songs for you as part of his pre-CD release tour at the Unitarian Universalist Congregation at Rock Tavern, 9 Vance Road, Rock Tavern, on April 8. The performance is expected to begin at 8:30pm For information call 845-464-2526.

Meet Dr. Cook in Grahamsville

Born in Hortonville, Frederick Albert Cook (1865-1940) was an American explorer, physician, and ethnographer who claimed to have reached the North Pole on April 21, 1908. That was nearly a year before Robert Peary, who similarly claimed to have reached the North Pole on April 6, 1909. Both men’s accounts have been disputed ever since.

Focusing on preserving the legacy of Dr. Cook’s outstanding accomplishments, Carol Smith, Director of the Frederick

Cook Society, will give an illustrated talk on photographs taken by Dr. Cook on his expeditions between 1897 and 1908. The collection includes Arctic and Antarctic wilderness, exploration ships and portraits of the native Inuit. Frederick Cook, Arctic Explorer will be presented on April 30 at 2:00pm in the Time and the Valleys Museum, 332 Main Street, Grahamsville. For information, call 845-985-7700 or visit: www.timeandthevalleysmuseum.org.

City Winery: Chris Knight/Chris Berardo

For the past 20 years, Chris Knight has only made music his own way. He’s released eight albums, played thousands of electrifying live shows and built generations of fervent fans from Texas honkytonks to Manhattan rock clubs. He’s been hailed as “the last of a dying breed...a taciturn loner with an acoustic guitar and a college degree,” - New York Times and “a storyteller in the best traditions of Mellencamp and Springsteen.” - USA

Today

“It’s hard to know how people are gonna react,” Chris Knight says of Almost Daylight, his ninth album and first new recording in over seven years. “I’ve written songs about a lot of different things going all the way back to my first record, and some folks still think ‘somebody kills somebody’ is all I write about. Maybe that’s why I was bound and determined to get these particular songs on this album. If people like them, then we’ll be fine. But I wasn’t gonna do it any other way.”

Chris Berardo’s quarter-century of music making has been a pure, emotional outpouringa triumph of authentic songcraft and storytelling over careerism, fashion and hype. “I never really was the type to chase fame,” he says. “It was that I wanted to do this stuff. It was more I want these opportunities to sing these songs for people.”

Over the course of three albums and countless roadhouses, honkytonks, close calls and lost weekends, Berardo and his longtime band The DesBerardos have earned a loyal fanbase and peer respect for the sheer quality and sincerity of their rootsy Americana rock. It’s a nuanced, genre-straddling sound that resonates widely through both pop sensibilities and outlaw attitude.

City Winery Hudson Valley, 23 Factory Street, Montgomery, is presenting Chris Knight featuring Chris Berardo on April 7 at 8:00pm See ad page 9.

Chris Knight

Chris Berardo

Dysfunktone performs April 1

Carol Smith Dr. F. A. Cook

DVAA: Duo Exhibition

Joni Wehrli’s sculptures reference the landscape of our internal anatomy and biomorphic forms in nature.

Desmond Beach is influenced by the African storytelling tradition. His work symbolizes one’s sense of duality: Black, American; two thoughts, two souls, two feelings, unresolved strivings, and contradictory beliefs in one’s dark skin, which is held intact solely through its purposeful power.

The Delaware Valley Arts Alliance will feature Wehrli and Beach in an

exhibition running from April 1 to May 7. The opening reception is on April 1, from 4:00pm-6:00pm at DVAA, 37 Main Street, Narrowsburg.

www.DelawareValleyArtsAlliance.org

SUNY Orange Students: “Expressions”

The 19th annual SUNY Orange Student Art Show is here again with paintings, drawings, photography, graphics and theatre art.

Expressions runs

April 3-28, with an opening reception on April 4, from 2:00pm4:00pm. Music will be provided by the Spring Jazz Quartet: Megumi Kinoshita, piano; Leo Betcher, alto sax; John Parodi, electric bass, & Kim Peralta, drums.

Presented by the Arts and Communication Department and SUNY

Poetry to Honor Prof.

The SUNY Orange English Department Poetry Committee will be holding a Memorial Reading celebrating the work and life of SUNY Orange English Professor Emeritus Sandy Graff in the Great Room on the Newburgh Campus Professor Graff loved.

Sandy earned a Bachelor’s degree from SUNY Albany and a Master’s degree in English Education from Fairleigh Dickinson University. She served as a Jesuit Volunteer before working at alternative high schools in Newark, New Jersey. She also taught at St. Peter’s University, Sussex County College, and finished the last 23 years of her teaching career at Orange County Community College, retiring as a Professor Emeritus in May of 2021.

The committee will be reading from her chapbooks This Big Dress and Girl

Orange Cultural Affairs, the remarkable works can be seen

Monday-Thursday from 8:00am-8:00pm; Friday from 8:00am-5:00pm, and during performances in the theatre and gallery in Orange Hall

Free parking is at the corner of Wawayanda & Grandview Avenues, (GPS: 24 Grandview Ave.) on the Middletown campus of SUNY Orange. For info, call the Arts & Communication Department at 845-3414787 or Cultural Affairs at 845-341-4891.

Sandy Graff

in Garden as well as other published works. All are welcome to read her works, your own related work, or speak in honor of her during the open mic period. Bringing small gardening tools, pots, and seeds to decorate and then donate to the SUNY Orange Horticulture program is encouraged.

You are also invited to donate to the newly created scholarship: Professors Stephen Meagher and Sandy Graff Environmental Advocate Award.

Celebrating Poet Sandy Graff, a memorial reading, is on April 23 at 2:00pm in the Great Room (101), Kaplan Hall, SUNY Orange, 73 First Street, Newburgh. Free parking in the garage on First Street.

For additional information, contact Amanda Crowell-Broadleaf at AmandaCrowell@sunyorange.edu

“Garden Variety” by J. Wehrli

“Time is filled with Swift Transition” by D. Beach

Sandra Graff (2/16/1951 ~ 3/4/2023)

Still Life by Ilona Velasquez, oil on canvas

Still Life by Guytano Carillo Lockwood, color pastel

Let’s Celebrate Farm Arts Collective!

Farm Arts

Collective (FAC), a farm-based cultural organization on Willow Wisp Organic Farm in Damascus, PA, will host its second annual April Fool’s Fête on April 1 at the Catskill Provisions Distillery, 16 Upper Main Street, Callicoon.

This major fundraising event of the FAC season supports the 2023 line-up of farming workshops for adults and children, the creation and presentation of play #4 of Dream on the Farm (an annual climate-change themed performance that the FAC actors, farmers, writers and musicians are making from 2020-2030), special agri-cultural events, and FAC’s work to provide a place for creative community engagement in agriculture, environmentalism, and the arts.

Doors open at 6:30pm and the evening

Chorale & Drumming in Port Jervis

The Four Seasons Chorale will be presenting a concert, One World: A Concert of Musical Connections. The chorale, under the direction of Kathy Brink and accompanied by Seth Riehl, will include music from Africa along with popular selections such as Let There Be Peace on Earth, We Shall Overcome, and What a Wonderful World

will include a Mexican food cantina buffet, signature cocktails by the host distillery, local wine, live music with a sneak peek of a scene from the 2023 Dream on the Farm and an incredible silent auction featuring art, photography, hand-crafted furniture, and pottery by local makers and artists.

The 2023 Gala is sponsored by Toad Hollow Farm, Wayne County Community Foundation, Leo Schmidt and Melissa Bell, Sue Currier and Ace Thomas

Tickets are $100 and can be purchased online at www.farmartscollective.org.

Yarnslingers Gather in Callicoon

Dedicated to the art and craft of story, Yarnslingers was founded in 2012 by writer/musician Ramona Jan. She believes “Everyone has a story...or two,” and encourages people from all walks of life to spin their spellbinding tales.

Yarnslingers have presented their stories in the villages extending from Narrowsburg to Long Eddy. Venues which have hosted Yarnslingers include the Catskill Art Space, Wayne County Arts Alliance, Delaware Valley Arts Alliance, NaCl Theatre, Rock Valley Schoolhouse, Bethel Woods Center for the Performing Arts, and the public libraries of Callicoon, Tusten, and Cochecton, as well as cafes and taverns in the Upper Delaware River region.

Although participants in Yarnslingers change periodically, the focus remains consistent and steadfast: to create

opportunities for experienced and novice memoirists to write and present true, firstperson stories that engage and inspire audiences and foster self-expression while strengthening the empathic power of communities.

The Yarnslingers will sling their yarns at Seminary Hill Cidery, 43 Wagner Lane, Callicoon, April 2 at 11:30am For information: 845-887-4056.

The chorale’s special guest for this concert is Maxwell Kofi and Sankofa (meaning ‘going back to the roots’ in the Twi language from Ghana).

Kofi is the leader and artistic director of Kofi & Sankofa Drum and Dance Ensemble. “The ensemble is very symbolic in promoting personal and community awareness of the positive role of the arts in the villages in West Africa demonstrated through our rich cultural values passed on to us by our great ancestors ‘Nananom’,” said Kofi. Sankofa is made of four drummers and three dancers led by Kofi (an Asante prince from Ghana) and Yacin (a Wollof princess from Senegal). Sankofa’s performance is electrifying in terms of

the spiritual release in their drum, dance and songs (chants). The performances generate the same community spirit of sharing, oneness, joy, and love where everyone gets involved, both audience and performers. Join the celebration of connectedness on April 2 at 3:00pm at First Presbyterian Church, 60 Sussex Street, Port Jervis. The concert is in the handicapped accessible church sanctuary. Admission is free; donations gratefully accepted to help defray the concert costs. For information, call 570-430-1755.

This program is made possible with funds from the Decentralization Program, a regrant program of the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Kathy Hochul and the New York State Legislature and administered by Arts Mid-Hudson

Re-Imagined in Cornwall

In the 1990’s, the grunge music scene was instrumental in changing culture and pushed boundaries of gender equality and cultural norms. This “third wave” of feminism was spearheaded by the women born to the “second wave” of feminists who grew up in the 1960’s and early 1970’s.

Godspell was conceived and performed in 1971, at a time when peace and love became paramount in the face of the Vietnam war, when civil rights and the birth of rock and roll were driving culture and hippies were vogue. Twenty years later we experience the 1990’s, with the first war to hit the Gen Xers and our culture experiencing a new wave of change. Within it, an awareness of fighting to protect our freedoms, leadership by women coming of age in this era, and the advent of a new music scene which spoke of anger, sadness, depression. It was a time before modern technology drove us all into the smaller world of our phones and social media.

In contrast to the original story of Jesus and Judas, the new production envisions God sending his daughter, Jess, to spread a new message of hope, forgiveness, love and community to people gathered in a famous Seattle bar in the early 90’s. Her closest friend and follower, Judy, betrays her and completes the story of

crucifixion, and inevitably the death of humanity’s ability to stay united and on the path of love and forgiveness.

This ancient story is re-told in a more contemporary setting, in an immersive theatrical space which by its nature engenders a feeling of community, to inspire audiences to push the boundaries of their own imaginations of this message, gender leadership possibilities, and their personal participation in leading their own small communities to choose acceptance, forgiveness, love and hope.

The cast and crew are: Michael E. Boyle, Jr., Chelsea Camp Castro, Ryan Danahy, Jessica Jaber, Sara Johnson, Montana Nogrady, Benedict Hudson and Angela Pepe. Directed by Jaber, the stage manager is Meghan Farrell with music direction by Andrew Stein, and choreography by Montana Nogrady.

The show is produced by Theatre on Main Street, 45 Quaker Avenue, Suite 100, Cornwall, through April 2

Tix: www.theatreonmainstreet.com

“Godspell”

Members of FAC and happy attendees at a FAC flower workshop

The Four Seasons Chorale

Rehearsal, “Godspell”

“Come As You Are” to Narrowsburg

Welcome to Come as You Are, an exhibition featuring artists from diverse backgrounds. This show celebrates the power of self-expression through color, composition, palette, and unique vision.

Each artist has created a distinct body of work, showcasing their individual approach to composition, color, and form. Through their pieces, the artists convey their personal experiences and emotions, inviting the viewer to experience their unique perspectives.

“I am honored to present this exhibition, which celebrates the unique voices of each artist and the power of selfexpression,” said curator Jodi Sibilia. “I invite you to join us and experience the beauty of individuality through the art of these talented creators.”

The exhibition showcases a range of palettes, from vibrant and bold to soft and muted tones. The artists use color to convey meaning and create atmosphere, evoking feelings of joy, hope, and reflection. Through their use of composition, the artists create dynamic visual narratives that draw the viewer

Greenwood Lake: Mysticism & Whimsy

Every month the Works of Art Gallery at the Greenwood Lake Public Library showcases the work of a new local artist. April will feature Jennifer Charton

Originally from the Bronx, Jennifer is a professional artist and teacher residing in Middletown. She was inspired at an early age to be creative with drawing and painting and has been an artist since she was a child.

into their unique worlds.

Come as You Are highlights the importance of honoring and celebrating diverse perspectives, inviting viewers to explore new ways of seeing the world.

Artists include Ari Mir-Pontier, Richard E. Bos, Barbara Carpenito, Daniela Cooney, Jonathan Charles Fox, William Landau, Glenn Lieberman, Mx Ruby Mizrahi, Amy Potter, Melissa Riling, Lucy Sardonia and Gail Tuchman. The exhibit will be held at Narrowsburg Union, 7 Erie Avenue, through April 29.

Photo Salon: Copyright Your Photos!

Digital imagery copyright laws have recently changed! Learn how to protect your work. Making a copyright brush and a watermark in Photoshop will enable you to prove that the work is your own. This technique can be used for any number of creative brushes to add to your library as well.

The Highlands Arts Alliance Photographers Salon will meet on April 1 at 11:00am with a topic-

led discussion on Digital Signature and Copyright Brush, a special presentation by Eva Whorley, followed by a share and critique of photos at the American Legion Hall, 134 Old State Road, Highland Falls. Overview, contact and fee info can be found at: www. highlandsartsalliance.org/ photographersalon.

The photo shown is by Karen Parashkevov, program moderator.

Outdoor Exhibition at Bethel Woods

As a quarryman, Wayne Holbert knows bluestone intimately: how it was formed, how it is cut from the earth, and how it is shaped as a physical material.

As an artist, however, he sees the potential of the bluestone as a living, timeless representation of a primitive form, the human condition set in stone.

Local artist Wayne Holbert, and his series of sculpture/statues paying homage to the Woodstock Festival, feature Catskills bluestone, a beautiful material which can only be found in eastern Pennsylvania and southern New York, and is the bedrock that Bethel Woods is built upon.

The Museum at Bethel Woods is hosting a special outdoor exhibit entitled, Rockin’ the Woods through October.

For more information about the exhibit, visit www.bethelwoods.org.

Jennifer received her bachelor’s degree in Fine Art from Purchase College in 2020. She paints images of people and animals using rich, vibrant paint and collage materials on canvas. Each piece is like a splash of energy; she uses a touch of whimsy and a hint of mysticism to draw and hold the viewer’s interest.

Deep, resonating blues call to mind the mysteries of the infinite - the depth of the sea, the vastness of the skyas well as providing a lush counterpoint to the warmer colors that Jennifer often uses to render her subjects. She is a fitness and yoga instructor as well as an artist, and connects with people in a meaningful way through art.

“My art has become a very ‘spiritual’

practice for me and I view the images I create as catalysts for healing and transformation,” explained Jennifer. Her work is created to invite the viewer to not only connect with the piece, but to be challenged and transformed.

Jennifer has expressed herself through her art for as long as she can remember and has been showing her work in Orange County for the past fourteen years.

Jennifer’s work will be on display at the Greenwood Lake Public Library, 79 Waterstone Road, throughout the month of April.

For more information about the artist, visit www.goddessrockstararts.com

“After Glow” acrylic by Daniela Cooney

“Peace, Love & Happiness: Located at the Peace Overlook, this sculpture is inspired by Nick and Bobbi Ercoline - the blanketed couple who appeared on the cover of the Woodstock album and are currently volunteers at Bethel Woods.”

“Goddess Hawk” by Jennifer Charton

Jennifer Charton

Opportunity Playwrights

The Sullivan County Dramatic Workshop (SCDW) is calling for original plays to be presented at the Rivoli Theatre from September 8-17

Running time must be no longer than 10 minutes from curtain to curtain (strictly enforced).

All plays have a cast size limited to a maximum of 4 speaking characters. (More characters can be present but in non-speaking roles.)

Plays will be presented in a black box format with minimal set and props. The Producer reserves the right to determine if the chosen plays meet this requirement.

Vulgar language and topics will not be accepted for submission.

Play submissions must be in an electronic format and submitted to the Producer no later than April 15. Plays submitted after that date may not be given consideration.

Two copies of each play must be submitted in PDF format - one identifying the playwright and the file name containing the name of the play and playwright (example: My Play by Harold Tighe.pdf) and one blind copy with no identification as to the author in the script and with blind at the end of the file name (My Play blind.pdf).

Authors will be notified of their play being selected for performance no later than June 30. No more than 2 plays may be submitted by a playwright.

SCDW reserves the right to present the selected plays without payment of a royalty to the author. 16 plays will be selected at the discretion of the Producer and Reading Committee. Each selected play will be performed three times on one weekend.

For more information, contact Harold Tighe at haroldtighe50@gmail.com

Art & Music Lectures at Desmond

April 3, 10:30am

In a period of increasing nationalism, historicized garden buildings brought a range of European architectural styles to America. By imprinting the land with symbols of European culture, landscape gardeners brought the idea of civilization to the American wilderness and helped define gentility in the young nation. These eccentric and playful structures were built throughout the Hudson Valley in the 19th century, with Andrew Jackson Downing playing a key role in the proliferation of the building type.

In Follies in America: A History of Garden and Park Architecture, Kerry Dean Carso, Professor of Art History at SUNY New Paltz, examines historicized garden buildings known as “follies” from the nation’s founding to its centennial celebration in 1876.

April 4, 10:00am

A highly prolific comedian and comedy actor, Peter Sellers left a legacy of great movies and film performances of the mid-decades of the last century. Learn how this talented actor created

many of his wonderful and entertaining film roles at a lecture given by Leon DiMartino: The Wonderful World & Career of Peter Sellers

April 11 at 10:00am

John Williams has created some of the most popular and well-loved film music scores in his career that has been over 50 years in the making. A composer, conductor, and pianist, his career spans over seven decades. With 53 Academy Award nominations, he is the second mostnominated individual, after Walt Disney (64 Oscar nominations).

For The Life & Times of John Williams & His Film Music Scores, DiMartino will explain why Williams’ compositions are considered the epitome of film music, and why he is considered among the greatest composers in the history of cinema.

The Alice Desmond Center for Community Enrichment is located at 6 Albany Post Road, Newburgh.

To register, call 845-565-1326.

Remember Jones Remembers Joe

Remember Jones is a one-of-a-kind soul/ pop singer, storyteller and bandleader with a throwback vibe and authentic energy. His original music and creative, theatrical events

have played to countless packed and sold-out clubs and theaters throughout the United States.

Celebrate the 50th+ Anniversary of Joe Cocker’s groundbreaking live album and tour,

Children

Toddler Time JLPL Tuesdays, 10:30am

Babytime infants up to 18 months Newburgh Library, Tuesdays, 10am

Books & Babies Story Time w/Miss Sophie Milford Library, Tuesdays, 10:30am

Storytime 1-5yrs Chester Library, Tuesdays & Wednesdays, 10:30am

Family Storytime 8yrs & under Wallkill Library, Tuesdays & Thursdays, 10:30am

Shake, Rattle & Read 1-5yrs Newburgh Library, Tuesdays, 1pm

Toddler Time 18-36 months Newburgh Library, Wednesdays, 10am

Storytime ��������������������������������������������������������������������� Goshen Library, Wednesdays 10:30am

Baby Storytime Crawford Library, Monticello, Wednesdays, 10:30am

Storytime in the Park outdoors Mamakating Library, Wurtsboro, Wednesdays, 10:30am

Stories & More 3-5yrs Crawford Library, Monticello, Wednesdays, 11am

Preschool Storytime 3-5yrs Newburgh Library, Thursdays, 10am

Read and Play Newburgh Library, Fridays, 10am

Books & Babies Story Time w/Miss Sophie Dingman Branch Library, Fridays, 10:30am

PJ Storytime ��������������������������������������������������������������� Cornwall Library, Apr 5 & 19, 6:30pm

“The Giving Tree by Shel Silverstein, grades K-2 Cornwall Library, Apr 12, 4:30pm

“The Magician’s Elephant” by Kate DiCamillo, grades 3 & 4 Cornwall Library, Apr 20, 4:30pm

Rants & Raves Teen Book Club Moffat Library, Washingtonville, Apr 20, 6:30pm

YA Book Discussion teens Port Jervis Library, Apr 21, 4:30pm

“In Your Shoes” by Donna Gephart grades 5-8 Cornwall Library, Apr 27, 4:30pm

Book Wizards Middle Grade Book Club grades 5-8 Moffat Library, Apr 27, 4:30pm

EntertainmenT & Recreation

Music with Mr. Matt multiple dates, Wisner Library, Warwick, 10:15am & 11:15am, FREE

“Disney’s The Aristocats KIDS” Warwick Center for the Performing Arts

Sugar Loaf Performing Arts Center, Mar 25, 11am

Ecozone Discovery Room! PEEC Apr 2 & 23, 1pm-4pm

Tail Waggin Tutor “Charlie” JLPL Apr 3, 5:30pm FREE

Poetry for Kids with Miss Beth JLPL Apr 5, 4:30pm

Dungeons & Dragons teens JLPL Apr 7 & 21, 5pm FREE

“Magic! The Gathering Club” teens JLPL Apr 8 & 22, 2pm FREE

Drop In Lego Club JLPL Apr 11 & 25, 3:30pm FREE

Hudson Valley Reptile Meet the Reptiles Florida Library, Apr 13, 4pm FREE

Second Annual Sullivan Youth Poetry Festival Bethel Woods, Apr 15, 2pm

“Jr. Field Biologist: Teriffic Toads” MEEC Apr 16, 1pm

Earth Day Celebration HHNM Apr 22, 9am-3pm

Earth Day Festival MEEC Apr 22, 1pm-4pm

The Rock & Roll Playhouse “Music of Bob Marley for Kids”

City Winery, Montgomery, Apr 23, Noon

Earth Day Festival PEEC Apr 29, 11am-4pm

Family Movie Matinee Mamakating Library, Wurtsboro, Apr 22, 1pm FREE

Books: Discussions / readings / Signings sponsored by Josephine-Louise Public Library, Walden

“The Doctors Blackwell” by Janice P. Nimura ������������������ Newburgh Library, Mar 28, 2pm Book Club Meeting Josephine-Louise Library, Walden, Mar 30, 6:30pm

“The Marriage of Opposites” by Alice Hoffman Goshen Library, Apr 1, 10am

“Under a White Sky” by Elizabeth Kolbert Cornwall Library, Apr 5, 4pm

“Heaven, My Home” by Attica Locke Florida Library, Apr 7, 1pm Chester Library Book Group Chester Library, Apr 10, 2:30pm

“The Four Winds” by Kristin Hannah Thrall Library, Middletown, Apr 13, 3pm

“A Woman of No Importance” by Sonia Purnell ������������������� Milford Library, Apr 13, 4pm

“Eating Together, Being Together” by/wJulian and Caroline Clauss-Ehlers Wisner Library, Warwick, Apr 16, 2pm

Dingman Branch Book Club Pike Library, Dingman, Apr 19, 3:30pm

“The Fiancée” by Kate White Cornwall Library, Apr 20, 2pm Book Discussion Port Jervis Library, Apr 20, 2pm

“Horse” by Geraldine Brooks Crawford Library, Monticello, Apr 24, 1:30pm

“Down the Hatch” by M.C. Beaton ������������������������������������� Goshen Library, Apr 24, 3;30pm

“The Most Fun We Ever Had” by Claire Lombardo Cornwall Library, Apr 27, 7pm

Mad Dogs & Englishmen. Serving as a dedication to Joe Cocker and Leon Russell, the show/tour will be recreated with a 20-piece band.

This event will feature The Horn Section, guests and full choir, with large interpretations of songs by rock and soul greats. The 8-person choir will comprise

touring artists crossing many genres including international rock acts, soul tours, Broadway, and more.

Catch the madness on April 22 at 8:00pm at Bethel Woods, 200 Hurd Road, Bethel.

For tickets and more information, visit: www.bethelwoodscenter.org

Kerry Dean Carso

Peter Sellers (1925-1980)

John Williams (b. 1932)

Canvas category calendar

sponsored by Matthews Pharmacy, Ellenville; Endico Watercolors, Sugar Loaf; High Withers, Goshen; and Peggi’s Place, Cornwall

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Art Walk

NBNY Art Seen Various Galleries, Newburgh, Apr 29, 1pm-5pm

Cinema Classics & Documentaries

“Gaslight” Ingrid Bergman, intro + Q&A w/John DiLeo Milford Theatre, Mar 26, 4pm

“Operation Mincemeat” Colin Firth Wisner Library, Warwick, Mar 27, 1pm FREE

“Sing Street” Ferdia Walsh-Peelo Cornwall Library, Mar 27, 6pm FREE

“The Searchers” John Wayne, Natalie Wood Milford Theatre, Apr 2, 4pm

“Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery” Daniel Craig Wisner Library, Apr 3, 1pm FREE

“The Fabelmans” Cornwall Library, Apr 4, Noon FREE

“Musical Chairs” Leah Pipes, E. J. Bonilla Hurleyville Arts Centre, Apr 6, 5:30pm

“Sudden Fear” Joan Crawford, Jack Palance Wisner Library, Apr 10, 1pm FREE

“Harold and Maude” Ruth Gordon, Bud Cort Cornwall Library, Apr 10, 6pm FREE

“The Manchurian Candidate” F. Sinatra, A. Lansbury Milford Theatre, Apr 16, 4pm

“The Mortal Storm” J. Stewart, M. Sullavan Wisner Library, Apr 17, 1pm FREE

Movies on the Mountain series Cragmsoor Library, Apr 21, 8pm FREE

“Radio Bikini: Testing of an Atomic Bomb” documentary Mamakating Environmental Education Center, Wurtsboro, Apr 23, 1pm

“My Octopus Teacher” documentary Wisner Library, Apr 24, 1pm FREE

“Gilda” Rita Hayworth, Glenn Ford Milford Theatre, Apr 30, 4pm

FestiVALS

Earth Day Celebration Hudson Highlands Nature Museum, Cornwall, Apr 22, 9am-3pm

Earth Day Festival Mamakating Environmental Education Ctr , Wurtsboro, Apr 22, 1pm-4pm

Earth Day Festival Pocono Environmental Education Ctr , Dingmans Ferry, Apr 29, 11am-4pm

FUndraisers

Farm Arts Collective April Fool’s Fête ���� Catskill Provisions Distillery, Callicoon, Apr 1, 6:30pm

Newburgh Free Library Back Door Books (sale) Newburgh Library, Montgomery Street Entrance, Apr 22, 10am-2pm

Delaware Highlands Conservancy Dinner The Inn at Woodloch, Hawley, Apr 29, 5:30pm

Wallkill River Center for the Arts & The Chris Farlekas Legacy Fund

Julie Ziavras soprano, Steve Margoshes piano Montgomery Senior Center, Apr 30, 3pm

Music - Celtic

Brian Conway fiddle

Music - Classical & CHorale

Albert Wisner Library, Mar 26, 2pm

Sullivan County Chamber Orchestra “Ladies Weekend: Everlasting Impressions”

Hurleyville Performing Arts Centre, Mar 25, 6pm & DVAA Gloria Krause Recital Hall, Narrowsburg, Mar 26, 2pm FREE

Four Seasons Chorale & Sankofa Drum & Dance Ensemble �����������������������������������������������

First Presbyterian Church, Port Jervis, Apr 2, 3pm FREE

Birdsongs concert & talk, Kemyndable flute ensemble, Kenneth Korn Alice Desmond Center, Newburgh, Apr 14, 10:30am

Brooklyn Baroque Thrall Library, Middletown, Apr 16, 2pm FREE

Sullivan County Chamber Orchestra “Bach’s Coffee Cantata”

Hurleyville Performing Arts Centre, Apr 22, 6pm & Jeffersonville Bake Shop, Apr 23, 3pm

Julie Ziavras soprano, Steve Margoshes piano Montgomery Senior Center, Apr 30, 3pm

Music - jazz (see also in-house Music next column)

Hal Galper Trio Rafters Tavern, Callicoon, Saturdays, 3pm

Rick Savage & SOARTET “groove port” series

UpFront Exhibition Space, Port Jervis, Mar 25, 7pm

Martin Pizzarelli Trio & Friends The Falcon, Marlboro, Mar 26, 7pm

Hang “em High Quintet music of Mingus, Shorter & Beck “groove port” series

UpFront Exhibition Space, Port Jervis, Apr 22, 7pm

String Trio of NY w/Paul Kane poet SUNY Orange, Kaplan Hall, Newburgh, Apr 29, 7:30pm

Opera

“Akhnaten” by Philip Glass, video Cornwall Library, Apr 23, 1pm FREE

Poetry Readings

Black Poet Exhibition Ritz Lobby, Newburgh, Mar 25, 7:30pm

William Seaton Noble Coffee Roasters, Campbell Hall, Apr 6, 7pm

Second Annual Sullivan Youth Poetry Festival Bethel Woods, Apr 15, 2pm

Recreation

Line Dancing “Kickin’ w/Kathy and Billy” ��� City Winery, Montgomery, Sundays, 2pm-5pm

Drum Circle Ritz Theatre Lobby, Newburgh, Tuesdays, 6:30pm

Adult Coloring Goshen Library, Apr 24, 10am FREE

Storytelling

Yarnslingers Seminary Hill Cidery, Callicoon, Apr 2, 11:30am

Theatre - Musical & Variety

“Curtains” Warwick Center for the Performing Arts Sugar Loaf Performing Arts Center, Mar 24-25

“Godspell: Revival Edition” Theatre on Main Street, Cornwall, Mar 24-Apr 2

“Cranky Seniors” Catskill Reader’s Theatre

Theatre - Play

Time and the Valleys Museum, Grahamsville, Apr 16, 2pm

“A Streetcar Named Desire” Greenwood Lake Theater

The Warwick Institute of Culture, Warwick, thru Mar 26

“The Mystery Unfolds” dinner-theatre Eldred Preserve, Mar 25, 7pm

“Two Across” Cornerstone Theatre Arts Goshen Music Hall, Apr 29-May 14

Music - pop, Folk, Country, Blues, rock, etc.

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

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SLPAC Sugar Loaf Performing Arts Center, Chester Reelin’ In The Years Steely Dan The Falcon, Marlboro, Mar 24, 7pm

Peak w/Lee Ross Nutshell Hall, DVOC, Lake Huntington, Mar 25, 7pm

Quinn Sullivan & Veronica Lewis blues, r&r The Falcon, Mar 25, 7pm

Kofi Baker Ginger Baker, Cream, Blind Faith The Falcon, Marlboro, Mar 30, 7pm

Popa Chubby Band blues The Falcon, Marlboro, Mar 31, 7pm

Ryan Adams Sugar Loaf Performing Arts Center, Mar 31, 8pm

Jelly w/Dysfunktone ������������������������������ Nutshell Hall, DVOC, Lake Huntington, Apr 1, 7pm

Popa Chubby blues City Winery, Montgomery, Apr 2, 8pm

The Magnetic Fields w/Lomelda City Winery, Montgomery, Apr 3, 6pm

Chris Knight w/Chris Berardo City Winery, Montgomery, Apr 7, 8pm

Andrea Wittgens music & video DVAA Krause Recital Hall, Narrowsburg, Apr 8, 2pm

Andy Shapiro folk Unitarian Universalist Cong , Rock Tavern, Apr 8, 8:30pm

Mad Cats w/Mike Smith Group funk Nutshell Hall, DVOC, Lake Huntington, Apr 8, 7pm

Mike Jackson Trio jazz ������������������������ The Cove, Greenwood Lake, Apr 9, 12:30pm & 2pm

“The Monkees Celebrated by Micky Dolenz” SLPAC Apr 10, 8pm

Melvin Seals & JGB SLPAC Apr 12, 8pm

“Almost Queen: A Tribute to Queen” SLPAC Apr 14, 8pm

Annie in the Water w/P(x3) Nutshell Hall, DVOC, Lake Huntington, Apr 15, 7pm

The New World Ramblers pop, jazz, Celtic, etc Amity Gallery, Warwick, Apr 15, 7pm

Music for Humanity, folk Noble Coffee Roasters, Campbell Hall, Apr 15, 7:30pm

Joan Osborne ������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� SLPAC Apr 15, 8pm

Judy Collins & Madeleine Peyroux SLPAC Apr 21, 8pm

THE ORCHESTRA: Members of the Electric Light Orchestra

Paramount Theatre, Middletown, Apr 22, 8pm

“Remember Jones” Joe Cocker’s “Mad Dogs and Englishmen” + Bethel Woods, Apr 22, 8pm

Suzanne Vega “An Intimate Evening of Songs and Stories” SLPAC Apr 22, 8pm

The Soul Cruisers “Soultown to Motown” SLPAC Apr 29, 8pm

Jimmy Sturr & his Orchestra polka ����������������������� City Winery, Montgomery, Apr 30, 2pm

OPEN Mic & IN-HOUSE MUSIC

sponsored by Neil Alexander & NAIL, Newburgh

Listings not included in our centerspread calendar

The Parting Glass Band Celtic Loughran’s Pub, Salisbury Mills, Thursdays, 6pm-8pm

Open Mic Rafter’s Tavern, Callicoon, Sundays, 3pm

Sahana Rao (duo) City Winery, Montgomery, Mar 29, 5pm

Mario Rincon City Winery, Montgomery, Apr 5, 5pm

Open Mic Unitarian Universalist Cong , Rock Tavern, Apr 8, 7pm

Mike Jackson Trio Easter Jazz Brunch The Cove, Greenwood Lake, Apr 9, 12:30pm & 2pm

Nate Liebert City Winery, Montgomery, Apr 12, 5pm

Strawberry Fields Ultimate Beatles Brunch City Winery, Montgomery, Apr 15, Noon

Oxford Station Band Ducktown Restaurant, New Windsor, Apr 15, 8pm

Mario Rincon City Winery, Montgomery, Apr 19, 5pm

Andrew Jordan City Winery, Montgomery, Apr 26, 5pm

Oxford Station Duo Pizza E Birra, Middletown, Apr 28, 6pm

Roberta Gould

���������������������������������� Java Blue Coffee & Market, Montgomery, Apr 18, 6pm Spring Poetry Cafe Jane Ebihara & Elaine Koplow, Robert Milby Florida Library, Apr 23, 1pm FREE

Celebrating Poet Sandy Graff SUNY Orange, Kaplan Hall, Newburgh,Apr 23, 2pm

Ariana Den Bleyker Poetry at the Church Goshen Methodist Church, Apr 24, 7pm

Annie Christain Soulshine Market, Pine Bush, Apr 29, 3pm

Paul Kane & String Trio of NY SUNY Orange, Kaplan Hall, Newburgh, Apr 29, 7:30pm

Musicians: Expose Yourselves!

The Town of Minisink Heritage Commission would like to hear from musicians who might be willing to come and play gratis at events for exposure.

Entertain at their events in Westtown,

spend a few hours advertising yourselves, and get a free lunch and refreshments.

Contact: Teresa Weeden Gurdineer, Town of Minisink Historian at: visitcarolscabin@gmail.com

Station Band performs folk rock, classic country & Americana at Ducktown Restaurant, New Windsor, on April 15 at 8:00pm & Oxford Station Duo performs at Pizza E Birra, Middletown, on April 28 at 6:00pm

Art work by Douglass Wilkins on exhibit until April 26 at the Office/Gallery at Chant Realtors, 631 Route 739, Lords Valley, PA

Attendees at the Orange County Art Council’s reception at the Greater Newburgh Symphony Orchestra concert on March 18.

Collage by Karen “Fusion & Farrago: Tangos with Paper E. Gersch” is on view April 30 at the River Center for Montgomery. (Collage pictured is not in show)

Come enjoy a climb on the Prehistoric Stairway with each step marching you through the evolution of life and geologic history with Walter Jahn, PhD, Professor of Biology, for “Climbing the Steps of the Evolution of Life & History of the Earth” on Tuesday, April 11, at 6:00pm at SUNY Orange, RCSE 010 Gerry Forum, (GPS: 10 East Conkling Avenue, Middletown)

FRIDAY SATURDAY SUNDAY

Almost Queen: A Tribute to Queen SLPAC 8pm

Poetry...............Sullivan Youth Poetry Festival BW 2pm

Music - Jazz...Hal Galper Trio Rafter’s Tavern, Callicoon, 3pm

Music - Pop-Jazz-Celtic...The New World Ramblers AMITY 7pm

Music - Funk.......Annie in the Water w/P(x3) DVOC 7pm

Music - Folk.............Music for Humanity NOBLE 7:30pm

Music...........................Joan Osborne SLPAC 8pm

Theatre - Variety.........“Cranky Seniors” T&V 2pm

Music - Classical Brooklyn Baroque THRALL 2pm

Recreation.................Line Dancing CITY 2pm-5pm

Cinema.....“The Manchurian Candidate” Milford Theatre, 4pm

Judy Collins & Madeleine Peyroux SLPAC 8pm on the Mountain series���Cragsmoor Library, 8pm

Festival........................Earth Day Festival HHNM 9am-3pm

Fundraiser........Newburgh Library Book Sale NFL-MONT 10am-2pm

Festival.........................Earth Day Festival MEEC 1pm-4pm

Music - Jazz...Hal Galper Trio Rafter’s Tavern, Callicoon, 3pm

Music - Classical.....Sullivan County Chamber Orch. HPAC 6pm

Music - Jazz............Hang ‘Em High Quintet UpF 7pm

Music - Joe Cocker.......Remember Jones BW 8pm

Music...........................Suzanne Vega SLPAC 8pm

Music...Members of The Electric Light Orchestra PARA 8pm

Opera - Video............“Akhnaten” Cornwall Library, 1pm

Poetry.................Spring Poetry Cafe Florida Library, 1pm

Cinema....“Radio Bikini: Testing of an Atomic Bomb” MEEC 1pm

Poetry......Celebrating Poet Sandy Graff�����SUNYO-KH 2pm

Recreation.................Line Dancing CITY 2pm-5pm

Music - Classical.......Sullivan Cty. Chamber Orch. JEFFBAKE 3pm

Festival......................Earth Day Festival PEEC 11am-4pm

Art Walk..................... NBNY Art Seen Newburgh, 1pm-5pm

Music - Jazz...Hal Galper Trio Rafter’s Tavern, Callicoon, 3pm

Poetry......Annie Christain Soulshine Market, Pine Bush, 3pm

Fundraiser....Delaware Highlands Conservancy dinner WOOD 5:30pm

Theatre - Play.................“Two Across” GOSH 7pm Jazz - Poetry....String Trio of NY, Paul Kane SUNYO-KH 7:30pm Music.......................“Soultown to Motown” SLPAC 8pm

Theatre - Play.................“Two Across”.................GOSH 2pm

Music - Polka......Jimmy Sturr & his Orchestra CITY 2pm

Recreation.................Line Dancing CITY 2pm-5pm

Music - Classical.....Julie Ziavras & Steve Margoshes MSC 3pm

Cinema............................“Gilda” Milford Theatre, 4pm

Canvas category calendar

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

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Art exhibits

CAS Catskill Art Space, Livingston Manor

DVAA................................................................ Delaware Valley Arts Alliance, Narrowsburg

SUNYO-MR SUNY Orange, Mindy Ross Gallery, Newburgh

SUNYO-OH SUNY Orange, Orange Hall, Middletown

WRCA Wallkill River Center for the Arts, Montgomery

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

James Turrell “Avaar”, Sol LeWitt “Wall Drawings”, Ellen Brooks, & Francis Cape “A Gathering of Utopian Benches” CAS ongoing

Robyn Almquist “The Space Between You and Me” painting, collage, printmaking & Allison Maletz “Abundance” watercolors DVAA thru Mar 26

“A Study in Black & White” Community Art Show Wisner Library, Warwick, thru Mar 31

Ciro Attardo, Nancy Reed Jones, Ginirose Sivili Griffith Olivero Realty, Goshen, thru Mar 31

Jennifer Leonard “Artist by the Lake” Greenwood Lake Library, thru Mar 31

“Portrait” group show WRCA thru Apr 16

“The Collaborative Works of DiMiceli, DiMiceli & Carver” Cornwall Library, thru Apr 25

“Greens of Spring” group show, Color Wheel of Seasons series #1

Goshen Art League Goshen Music Hall, thru Apr 26

Douglass Wilkins paintings Gallery at Chant Realtors, Lords Valley, thru Apr 26

“Reawakening” group show UpFront Exhibition Space, Port Jervis, thru Apr 28

“Come As You Are” group show Narrowsburg Union, thru Apr 29

Mixed Media & Collage group show, Spider Graham “Paper Cuts” & Karen E. Gersch “Fusion & Farrago; Painted Tangos with Paper” WRCA thru Apr 30

“Figures - Burden - Loneliness” photography, sculpture, paintings

Grit Gallery, Newburgh, thru Apr 30

River Valley Artists Guild Art About Town: “Spring Fling”

RVAG members group show, Gio’s Gelato Cafe, Port Jervis & Susan Miiller oils & pastels, Bon Secours Hospital Cafeteria, Port Jervis, & Joe Petrosi color pencil drawings, Mayor’s Office, Port Jervis City Hall, & Joan Kehlenbeck oils & pastels Deerpark Town Hall, Huguenot thru May 31

Highland Arts Alliance Members Show Two Alices, Cornwall-on-Hudson, thru Jun 13

Wayne Holbert “Rockin The Woods” outdoor sculpture Bethel Woods, thru Oct

NEW ART EXHIBITS

Cornwall Arts Collective group show Leo’s Restaurant & Pizzeria, Cornwall, Mar 21-May 23

“‘Cause We Be Complicated: Dialogues of Black Artists” paintings, sculptures Ann Street Gallery, Newburgh, Mar 25-Apr 29

Rick Weber multi-media Unitarian Universalist Cong , Rock Tavern, Mar 25-Apr 30

Carter Hodgkin, Nene Humphrey, Jon Kline CAS Mar 25-May 6

Wurtsboro Art Alliance group show John Neilson Gallery, Wurtsboro, Apr 1-30

Lou Fatta “Traffic” steel works ���������������������������������������� Amity Gallery, Warwick, Apr 1-30

Ellen Joyce Trayer paintings Leo’s Restaurant & Pizzeria, Newburgh, Apr 1-30

Jennifer Charton paintings Greenwood Lake Library, Apr 1-30

Joni Wehrli sculptures, Desmond Beach fiber arts DVAA Apr 1-May 7

Rachel Williams “Introspective” SUNYO-MR Apr 1-Jun 3

“ Expressions” 19th Annual Student Art Show SUNYO-OH Apr 3-28

Rena Hottinger multiple media paintings ARTery Gallery, Milford, Apr 6-May 8

“Provenance” group show ��������������������������������������� Visitor Center, Newburgh, Apr 15-Jun 3

“Nature’s Canvas” multi-media Wisner Library, Warwick, Apr 17-Jun 30

“Animals” group show WRCA Apr 21-May 21 Spring Art Fling Highlands Arts Alliance American Legion Hall, Highland Falls, Apr 22, 11am-3pm

Photography exhibits

“Along the Towpath: The D&H Canal in Mamakating, 1828-1898” Wurtsboro Library

Suzanne L. Andrews “Nature Girl Artist” Wurtsboro Art Alliance, Apr 1-30

Walter Jahn “Native Beauties of the Region” SUNYO-MR Foyer, Apr 3-Aug 10

ART & Photography receptions

Carter Hodgkin, Nene Humphrey, Jon Kline

CAS Mar 25, 4pm-5pm

“‘Cause We Be Complicated” Ann Street Gallery, Newburgh, Mar 25, 4:30pm-7:30pm

Ciro Attardo, Nancy Reed Jones, Ginirose Sivili Griffith Olivero Realty, Goshen, Mar 29, 6:30pm-8pm

“Greens of Spring” group show, Color Wheel of Seasons series #1 Goshen Art League Goshen Music Hall, Mar 29, 6:30pm-8pm

Wurtsboro Art Alliance group show John Neilson Gallery, Wurtsboro, Apr 1, 2pm-4pm

Suzanne L. Andrews “Nature Girl Artist” ������������ Wurtsboro Art Alliance, Apr 1, 2pm-4pm

Joni Wehrli, Desmond Beach

DVAA Apr 1, 4pm-6pm

Lou Fatta “Traffic” steel works Amity Gallery, Warwick, Apr 1, 5pm-7pm

“ Expressions” 19th Annual Student Art Show SUNYO-OH Apr 4, 2pm-4pm

Rick Weber multi-media Unitarian Universalist Cong , Rock Tavern, Apr 8, 3pm-5pm

Rena Hottinger multiple media paintings ARTery Gallery, Milford, Apr 8, 6pm-9pm

Rachel Williams “Introspective” SUNYO-MR Apr 14, 5pm-7pm

“Provenance” group show Visitor Center, Newburgh, Apr 15, 4pm-7pm Spring Art Fling Highlands Arts Alliance American Legion Hall, Highland Falls, Apr 22, 11am-3pm

Lectures, talks, master classes & demos

sponsored by SUNY Orange and Town of Newburgh Desmond Center

DESM Alice Desmond Center, Newburgh

MEEC ........................................ Mamakating Environmental Education Center, Wurtsboro

PEEC Pocono Environmental Education Center, Dingmans Ferry

SUNYO-RCSE.................................................... SUNY Orange, Rowley Center, Middletown

Lectures, Demos, Talks & Master Classes are FREE unless otherwise noted: (FEE) (Events Not lncluded in Centerspread Calendar)

lectures, Tours & Discussions

Salamanders, Frogs, and More! Walk PEEC Mar 26, 10am FEE

“The Five: Jack the Ripper and his Victims” Cynthia Topps DESM Mar 27, 10am FEE

“Healthy Coping Strategies for Stress & Anxiety” Diane Lang DESM Mar 29, 10:30am FEE

“Colonel Tusten and the Battle of Minisink” Andy Mills DESM Mar 29, 10:30am FEE

“Follies in America: A History of Garden and Park Architecture” Kerry Dean Carso DESM Apr 3, 10:30amFEE

“The Wonderful World & Career of Peter Sellers” Leon DiMartino DESM Apr 4, 10am FEE

“The Incredible Life and Legacy of Sybil Ludington” Vin Dacquino DESM Apr 5, 10:30am FEE

“Medieval Flowers & Their Symbolism” Laura Nichols Moffat Library, Washingtonville, Apr 5, 6:30pm

“Why Orange County?” Robert McCue DESM Apr 10, 12:30pm FEE

“The Life & Times of John Williams & His Film Music Scores” Leon DiMartino DESM Apr 11, 10am FEE

“Climbing the Steps of the Evolution of Life & History of the Earth” Walter Jahn SUNYO-RCSE Apr 11, 6pm

Conference “Hudson Valley Cannabis Industry: Erasing the Stigma Through Education” SUNY Orange, Kaplan Hall, Newburgh, Apr 13, 9am-4:45pm

“Every Man (And Woman) His Own Doctor” Carolyn Ivanoff Goshen Library, Apr 13, 6pm

“Guerrilla Girls: The Art of Behaving Badly” Janet Mandel Cornwall Library, Apr 13, 6:15pm

“The Truth About Protein” ToniJean Kulpinski���������������������DESM Apr 14, 10:30am FEE

“Salamanders, Frogs, and More!” PEEC Apr 15, 1pm FEE

“Growing A Pollinator Garden” Kristin Webber Chester Library, Apr 15, 1pm

“Jr. Field Biologist: Teriffic Toads” MEEC Apr 16, 1pm FEE

“Franklin and Eleanor: Public Admiration; Personal Strife” Anthony Musso DESM Apr 17, 10:30am FEE

“The Company Town (I Sold My Soul to the Company Store)-Sparrows Point, MD” Rick Feingold DESM Apr 18, 9:30am FEE

“Freedomland U.S.A.: The Definitive History”, The Tale of America’s History-Themed Park in The Bronx” Michael R. Virgintino DESM Apr 18, 1pm FEE

“Declutter Your Life and Reduce Stress” Diane Lang DESM Apr 20, 10:30am FEE

“The Keys to Vitality” Mary Conway DESM Apr 21, 11am FEE

Bridge the Gap “Spring Peeper Search” PEEC Apr 23, 7:30pm

“The Worst in Air Corps History” Horrific crashes from Mitchell Field on Long Island: 1940-1942” Paul Martin III DESM Apr 25, 10:30am FEE

“Congressman Moses Stivers” Andy Mills DESM Apr 26, 10:30am FEE

Science Cafe: “Quantum Computing at IBM - A Brief Introduction” David Abraha for Vails Gate restaurant location, email: tobyrossman@yahoo com Apr 26, 7:30pm

“Healthy Living - Healthy Options” Josephine-Louise Library, Walden, Apr 27, 6:30pm

“What is Sam’s Point?” Rebecca Howe-Parisio Cragmsoor Library, Apr 29, 1pm

“Frederick Cook: Arctic Explorer” Carol Smith

Time and the Valleys Museum, Grahamsville, Apr 30, 2pm FEE

ARTIST/Author Talks & Salons

Carter Hodgkin, Nene Humphrey, Jon Kline Artist Talks CAS Mar 25, 3pm-4pm Highlands Arts Alliance Photographers’ Salon “Digital Signature and Copyright Brush” American Legion Hall, Highland Falls, Apr 1, 11am FEE

Opportunity for Everyone

The Liberty Museum & Arts Center invites artists, musicians and others to participate in a June 2023 exhibition entitled Reflections on Father

What does FATHER mean to you?

Does it immediately bring up a favorite song? Do you picture a fond memory of being together? A place that he loved? A painful relationship? A sense of loss? What does it mean to you, personally? Fun you had growing up? Did he take you fishing? To the ball game?

The artwork will be on display at the Museum in June as well as a concert of

father-themed songs and a roundtable panel where people can share their memories about their fathers. Fathersto-be are welcome.

Artists in all media, writers, musicians and anyone with memories to share can submit their work and ideas. Artists, makers, writers, musicians and the public may apply. Indicate what your medium is and the nature of the proposal.

Send your ideas and photos if appropriate to the show curator, Naomi Frumess at nfrumessfnp396@gmail. com or call her at 845-807-6656.

Children’s Poetry Festival in Bethel

The 2nd annual Sullivan Youth Poetry Festival, organized by Sullivan County Poet Laureate Sharon Kennedy-Nolle, takes place on April 15 at 2:00pm at Bethel Woods.

Participants at last year’s Fest

Students in grades 7 to 12 from schools all around the county have submitted poems and will be reading them. Cash awards will be given in three

Jimmy Sturr to Perform at City Winery

age categories.

The festival is funded through donations. Those wishing to donate can do so through the Sullivan Public Library Alliance on PayPal, or by sending a check made out to SUPLA - with ‘Youth Poetry Festival’ in the check memo, to: SUPLA, c/o Sunshine Hall Free Library, P.O. Box 157, Eldred, NY 12732.

Children’s Art Contest in Milford

The Pike County Tick Borne Diseases Task Force is holding its second Safe Steps Art Competition. Submissions must illustrate “Where ticks live” or “How to protect yourself from tick bites.”

Help educate your child and their peers about where ticks are found and how to prevent encountering ticks by encouraging your child to participate in this year’s competition.

The art contest is open to children in grades K-6, broken into four groups: grades K, 1-2, 3-4, 5-6. One winner from each group will be chosen.

Entries must be received by April 5 at 4:30pm. Bring entries to the Pike County Commissioners Office or mail to: Pike County Commissioners Office

Attn: Pike County TBD Task Force, 506 Broad Street, Milford, PA 18337.

Contest winners will be invited to attend the May 3 Pike County Commissioners meeting to accept his or her award. All winners will receive a certificate of participation. Contest guidelines can be found at: www.pikepa.org/tick.

Joan, Judy & Suzanne in Sugar Loaf

It’s the Ladies entertaning in Sugar Loaf, and everyone is invited!

April 15, 8:00pm

Joan Osborne is an 8-time Grammy nominee and multiplatinum selling recording artist. A native of Kentucky, she moved to NYC to attend NYU Film School, but dropped out after becoming involved in New York’s downtown music scene. Raised a Roman Catholic, Osborne distanced herself from that institution after childhood, particularly influenced by telling her parents that she wished to become a priest only to learn that tradition forbade it.

April 21, 8:00pm

Judy Collins is taking a rare moment to look back on her landmark 1967 album, Wildflowers, accompanied by singer-songwriter

Madeleine Peyroux and a 35-piece

symphony orchestra!

Collins’ is an Academy Awardnominated documentary director and a Grammy Award-winning recording artist, known for her eclectic tastes in the material she records (which has included folk, country, show tunes, pop, rock & roll and standards).

Madeleine Peyroux began her career as a teenager on the streets of Paris. She sang vintage jazz and blues songs before finding mainstream success in 2004 when her album Careless Love sold half a million copies.

April 22, 8:00pm

Suzanne Vega emerged as a leading figure of the folkmusic revival of the early 1980s when, accompanying herself on acoustic guitar, she sang what has been called contemporary folk or neo-folk songs of her own creation in Greenwich Village clubs. She’s bringing An Intimate Evening of Songs and Stories to Chester.

The Sugar Loaf Performing Arts Center is at 231 Creamery Pond Road, Chester. Tix: www.sugarloafpacny.com.

American polka musician, trumpeter, clarinetist, saxophonist and leader of Jimmy Sturr & His Orchestra, Sturr’s recordings have won 18 out of the 24 Grammy Awards given for Best Polka Album. The Orchestra is on the Top Ten List of the All-Time Grammy Awards, and has acquired more Grammy nominations than anyone in the history of musical polka awards.

Although the group has toured internationally in Italy, Ireland, Poland, Austria, Switzerland and Germany, they currently tour the USA in their 45-foot tour bus. The band has just returned from touring South Florida where they performed at the famed Strawberry Festival in Plant City. They drew nearly 5,000 people. Sturr’s annual concert in Texas this past year broke the attendance record of 34,000 people.

Jimmy and the band toured with Bobby Vinton for fifteen years, eighteen years

with the legendary Boots Randolph (Mr. Yakety Sax), and for a whopping twentyone years, they toured with Myron Floren, the accordionist featured on the Lawrence Welk television show.

The group released five CDs featuring Willie Nelson, and several other entertainers have recorded with the group such as the Oak Ridge Boys, Alison Krauss, Charlie Daniels, Mel Tillis, and many more.

Jimmy Sturr & His Orchestra have performed to sold out crowds at Carnegie Hall in New York City to four performances at the Lincoln Center. They have headlined in Atlantic City, NJ and Las Vegas, NV casinos such as the Stardust, Aladdin, Sam’s Town and the Orleans.

Jimmy Sturr & His Orchestra perform at City Winery Hudson Valley, 23 Factory Street, Montgomery, on April 30 at 2:00pm. See ad page 9.

William Seaton Reads at Noble Coffee

“William Seaton possesses a poetic voice whose sage and steady delivery comforts yet challenges us simultaneously,” writes Karen Corinne of Compulsive Reader

“Formally trained and accomplished in translating Greek, Latin, German, and French, Seaton has a formidable background firmly entrenched in the history of poetry. It’s an art he not only practices but has taught, and a craft he takes quite seriously in the tradition of such heady influences as Ezra Pound and poets who worked laboriously upon each word and phrase as being integral to the integrity of an entire piece. Nothing is viewed as superfluous.

“And in spite of this studied and precise attention to the importance of each word, he avoids a didactic, uninspired mindset and transforms that precision into music. The result is a lovely song to enjoy in its entirety without the obvious dissection of each note in its composition. We might be interested in the ingredients of a great meal, but it is the colors, textures, and tastes we appreciate in the final presentation.”

Active in poetry performance since

sixties happenings, Seaton was a member of the San Francisco Cloud House group in the seventies and produced the Words in the Air television show in the eighties and the Poetry on the Loose series in the Hudson Valley for twentyone years. He was director of the Northeast Poetry Center for five years and worked on programs of the Seligmann Center for the Arts for seven years, including producing evenings of performance art.

Seaton has taught in rural Nigeria, in New York prisons, and in BedfordStuyvesant as well as in universities. He has won nine NYSCA Decentralization grants, two Orange County Tourism Arts grants, Ada Louise Ballard Fellowship in the Humanities, Helen Fairall Scholarship Award in Comparative Literature, Pushcart nominations in both poetry and essay, and the Orange County Arts Council “Champion of the Arts” Award.

Seaton reads at Noble Coffee Roasters’ Poetry Night, 3020 Route 207, Campbell Hall, on April 6 at 7:00pm, followed by an open reading. Host: Robert Milby Phone: 845-294-8090. $2 donation.

The “Other” Frank Sinatra

by Derek Leet

Though Frank Sinatra is hailed as one of the greatest, if not THE greatest, singers of all time, please, let us not forget his remarkable/great/moving unparalleled screen portrayals, mostly always overlooked when it came time for the Oscars. I consider his acting skill far superior to his singing skill, which did lack some technical perfection.

In his early musical films, he does show excellent acting skills, and thanks to his charisma, holds his own with MGM’s other major musical super-stars.

But after winning the Oscar, thanks to Ava Gardner’s dedicated efforts to get him the role of Private Angelo Maggio in From Here to Eternity, he went on to perform brilliantly in many films, notably Suddenly (1954) as a loathsome, psychopathic assassin, The Man with The Golden Arm (1955) as a struggling musician/addict, and Some Came Running (1958), giving “a top performance, sardonic and compassionate, full of

touches both instinctive and technical,” wrote Variety, with his right-on characterization of a wouldbe writer.

These films were followed by his wonderful acting in many movies such as, to name just a few, The Detective (1968), Von Ryan’s Express (1965) and The Devil at 4 O’Clock (1961), in which, for my money, he out-acts and steals the film from, ironically, his acting-idol, Spencer Tracy.

But perhaps his “deepest” acting is in The Manchurian Candidate (1962) in which his sensitivity in a train scene, underplaying falling in love with Janet Leigh, and his heartfelt compassion for Laurence Harvey’s turmoil are two examples of his superior ability to wrench the viewer’s heartstrings.

Noted film historian John DiLeo will be hosting a showing of The Manchurian Candidate on April 16 at 4:00pm in the Milford Theatre, 14 E Catharine Street. DiLeo’s usual Q&A follows the screening.

William Seaton

Francis Albert Sinatra (1915-1998)

Sinatra & Janet Leigh in “The Manchurian Candidate” (1962)

17th Annual Spring Poetry Cafe, Florida

Jane Ebihara is the author of two poetry chapbooks; A Little Piece of Mourning (2014) and A Reminder of Hunger and Wings (2019), and one full length book, This Edge of Rain (2021).

Her work has also been published in several literary journals and anthologies and she has been a volunteer author for New Jersey Norwescap’s Senior Life Stories Project, received a Geraldine Dodge Fellowship to the Fine Arts Workshop in Provincetown, MA and has been a Pushcart Prize nominee. She is currently Associate Editor of The Stillwater Review and Poetry Contest Editor of Tiferet Journal

Elaine Koplow is a member of the Writers’ Roundtable, Director of the Sussex County Writers’ Roundtable, Associate Editor of The Stillwater Review, Associate Editor of The Paulinskill Poetry Project, and a three-time Pushcart Prize nominee. Writers who have influenced her include

Talk & Edible Craft

Every Man (And Woman) His Own Doctor, a lecture by Carolyn Ivanoff (pictured), examines healthcare in Victorian America. What was it like to need and experience medical care in 19th century? How did people handle and treat inevitable illnesses that come with the human condition? Find out on April 13 at 6:00pm at the Goshen Public Library, 366 Main Street.

An edible book is a creative food project that takes inspiration from books. It can take the physical form of a book, refer to a scene or character, be a pun on the title, or otherwise be inspired by a book or author. Entries can be sweet or savory. While they must be edible, entries do not have to be baked goods, made from scratch or even taste good (unless you hope to win best tasting).

Celebrate books, literature and food at the Edible Book Fest on April 26 at 6:00pm at the Goshen Public Library. Create an edible book to enter, vote on your favorites, and join in the tasting!

Registration required for both events at Reference Desk or call 845-294-6066.

Dylan Thomas, Sharon Olds, and Linda Pasten.

Elaine says of her writing, “Often what inspires me begins as an ordinary, even mundane occurrence, that then becomes a defining moment in our lives.”

The Florida Public Library will host its Annual Spring Poetry Café. Orange County Poet Laureate Emeritus Robert Milby will emcee the afternoon, which will feature poets Ebihara, Koplow and Milby, on April 23 at 1:00pm.

“The Library’s first Spring Poetry Cafe was in April, 2006, so this April will mark 17 years,” remarked Milby. “It’s been an unusual reading series. I think this April will be the 65th reading since the start in 2006.”

Open readings will begin and end the Café. Seating is limited so register by visiting www.floridapubliclibrary.org.

If the weather permits, the Café will be held on the back deck at 4 Cohen Circle, Florida. For more info: 845-651-7659.

Cornerstone’s 2023 Season Begins

Cornerstone Theatre Arts (CTA) has announced the opening play of its 2023 season: 2 Across by Jerry Mayer

Two strangers, a man and a woman, board a San Francisco BART train at 4:30am. They’re alone in the car, each is married, and both are doing The New York Times crossword. She’s an organized, sensible psychologist. He’s a free-spirited, unemployed ad-exec. This starts an 80-minute ride with intriguing and entertaining results.

At age 83, Jerry Mayer, a highly successful television writer and producer for hit television shows such as M*A*S*H, All in the Family, The Bob Newhart Show and The Mary Tyler Moore Show is still going strong.

Since 1986, he has been writing plays, most of them comedies, which have been staged in Los Angeles, offBroadway, and around the country and abroad. “You know, it’s always nice when you have opposites meeting in a romantic comedy,” Mayer said. “As I

wrote the play, I drew from stuff in my life.”

Mayer’s career as a comedy writer for television was launched in 1966, when he met TV comedian Jerry Lester, known for having hosted the first late-night comedy and variety program, Broadway Open House, in the early 1950s. He took the initial step toward a career as a playwright in the mid1980s, while working as executive producer of the hit TV series, The Facts of Life

Directed by Sara Johnson, with Tech Design by Victoria Cottone, CTA is featuring two of its stalwart thespians in the leading roles, Evelyn Albino and Mark Von Oeson

The production is sponsored by The Goshen Public Library & Historical Society, and will be performed at CTA’s home base, the Goshen Music Hall, 223 Main Street, a 2nd floor walk-up theatre. Show dates are April 29 to May 14 Admission is FREE. Reservations are required by calling 845-294-4188.

www.cornerstonetheatrearts.org

Jane Ebihara

Elaine Koplow

Robert Milby

Jerry Mayer

Evelyn Albino Mark Von Oeson

Sullivan County Chamber Orchestra: All Baroque in Hurleyville, Jeffersonville

The Sullivan County Chamber Orchestra (SCCO) will perform an all Baroque program featuring JS Bach’s Coffee Cantata this month in Hurleyville and Jeffersonville. Grab your favorite beverage and snack and mingle while listening to the SCCO house band!

The group will perform a variety of Baroque favorites including: Bach’s Violin Concerto in A Minor performed by Akiko Hosoi, Telemann’s Sonata # 4, in g minor, TWV 43:g1, and Vivaldi’s Cello Sonata No. 6 in Bb, with performers to be announced.

The event will culminate with a performance of Bach’s comic Coffee Cantata. The narrator tells the story of a distraught father (sung by David Trombley) desperately trying to marry off his young daughter to a proper suitor. But she prefers to spend time drinking her favorite beverage, COFFEE!

Bach composed it probably between 1732 and 1735. He regularly directed a musical ensemble based at Zimmermann’s coffee house called Collegium Musicum, which was founded by composer Georg Philipp Telemann in 1702 (as a law

student). The libretto suggests that some people in 18th century Germany viewed coffee drinking as a bad habit.

In 1723, the year Bach moved to Leipzig, Zimmermann’s was the largest and bestappointed kaffeehaus in Leipzig and a centre for middle class gentlemen. While women were forbidden from frequenting coffeehouses, they could attend public concerts at Zimmermann’s.

The coffeehouse was located at 14 Katharinenstrasse, then the most elegant street of Leipzig, The name of the street had been taken from the old St. Catherine’s Chapel which had been demolished in 1544. In Telemann’s and Bach’s day, only the name of the street remained.

The performances are on April 22, at 6:00pm at the Hurleyville Performing Arts Centre, 219 Main Street, Hurleyville, and April 23, at 3:00pm at the Jeffersonville Bake Shop, 4906 Route 52, Jeffersonville.

For tickets, see ad page 19 and you can also purchase them up at the door at each location.

For further information, email

marina@nesinculturalarts.org or call 845-798-9006.

SCCO is a Nesin Cultural Arts supported project. This program is made possible in part by funding from the NYS Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Kathleen Courtney Hochul and the NYS Legislature, Episcopal Charities, Cornelia T. Bailey Foundation, Laura Jane Musser Fund, Sullivan County Legislature, M&T Charitable Foundation, Delaware Valley Arts Alliance, NY Life Foundation, Walmart Community Foundation and Stewart’s Shoppes.

SUNY Orange, Newburgh Solo Show

Rachel Williams is a full-time art teacher. She studied at The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, The School of Art and Design at Alfred University, SUNY New Paltz, and SUNY Orange. A restrained color palette on a variety of surfaces such as canvas, burlap, wood, paper doilies, library cards, sheet music, and vintage paper lends a soothing aspect to her subjects and offers her viewers the opportunity of capturing calm, introspective moments of daily life.

Introspective, a solo art exhibit by Rachel Williams will run from April 1 to June 3 in the Mindy Ross Gallery, Kaplan Hall. The free opening reception, which will include live music provided by pianist Darius Beckford, will be held on April 14 from 5:00pm-7:00pm

Kaplan Hall is located at the corner of Grand & First Streets, Newburgh where free parking is available in the college’s garage on First Street.

www.sunyorange.edu/culturalaffairs

Grit Gallery in Newburgh, Trio Exhibition: “Figures - Burden - Loneliness”

Figures - Burden - Loneliness is a remarkable show at Grit Gallery in Newburgh featuring three artists working in three different disciplines: sculpture, painting, and photography. Explore the gallery and feel the impact of these combined works, inspired by wild beasts, a lifetime of experience, and the lonely, beautiful places of our lives.

Geo/Physical Abstraction

“My new sculptures reflect my varied life experiences. No longer predominantly abstract in design, they show my fascination with words and color, as well as the human figure. Moreover, my experience as a builder informs

each piece with an intimate awareness of how material and form interact in mysterious and sometimes astounding ways.” -

Morris Shuman

Beasts of Burden

David Lionheart has continued his pursuit of creating larger than life subjects through mixed media and rugged textures, carefully sculpting impressions made by the wild nature appreciated in

his life. To see them and to touch them is to understand them.

Liminal Spaces

David Patiño is a photographer specializing in portraiture and prosaic scenes. Patiño creates images that are accessible for all, images that examine the irony of loneliness in a densely populated world. While his work can be enjoyed simply

as color and composition, it also explores the desire to be recognized in modern society.

Patiño’s work finds beauty in the mundane; it demands reverie. Most importantly, it triggers pause, if only for just a moment.

The show runs weekends through April 30 at Grit Gallery, 115 Broadway, Newburgh. For info: 845-565-0700.

Morris Shuman David Patiño David Lionheart

Akiko Hosoi, violin David Trombley

“Spring Art Fling” in Highland Falls

Highlands Arts Alliance (HAA) is pleased to invite the community to the second annual Spring Art Fling. This artists and makers market is a great way to spend a spring afternoon immersed in creativity! Enjoy painting, photography, home decor, arts activities and more from talented Hudson Valley creators.

In 2016, HAA member Marie PerryEdwards attended an acrylic painting course at the Alice Desmond CenterforCommunity Enrichment and decided to pursue painting further. She continued taking classes in drawing and acrylics learning various techniques, and studied acrylics with Rebecca Cornell and oils with Mitchell Saler A member of the Middletown Art Group, Marie enjoys being involved in the arts community. She recently became the ticket coodinator for the Greater Newburgh Symphony Orchestra

“Art to me is an expression of myself which is done through my feelings, interpretations, impressions, expectations, desires and a quest to portray my innermost thoughts through movement of paint on canvas. Art allows me to step outside of the box and get messy and creative. It is like I am being guided and shown where to place the tree for peace, the sky for love and all the other details are added for a harmonic balance. Aristotle said, “The aim of art is not to represent the outward appearance of things, but their inward significance.” I could not agree more. The feeling of accomplishment upon completion is vastly exhilarating and satisfying.”

Spring Art Fling is on April 22, from 11:00am-3:00pm at the American Legion Hall, 134 Old State Road, Highland Falls. Light refreshments will also be available. See ad page 8.

VINYL! VINYL! VINYL!

Watercolor Demo Workshop, Balmville

Riverside Art Workshops offers small, intimate, and intensive workshops where you can get to know artists personally and participate in their demos from only a few feet away. “We are happy to offer you art workshops in the comfort of our private studio, which has breathtaking, panoramic views of the Hudson River, with plein air instruction, daily demonstrations, a generous lunch menu to order, free wi-fi, and a welcome gift,” said director Marguerite Meyerson

Michael Solovyev is often called a “sunny watercolorist” - his airy, transparent artworks look as though they emit the sunlight. His traditional academic art education, extensive experience as a theater stage designer, and oil painter career now inform his priority as a watercolor artist - light.

Solovyev considers adrenaline, novelty, and experimentation the necessities of the creative process. He is always challenging himself with new techniques, ideas, stories, and materials. A signature member of four prestigious

art societies: National Watercolor Society, Society of Canadian Artists, North East Watercolor Society, and International Watercolor Society, he is also the brand ambassador of Daniel Smith, one of the world’s leading manufacturers of art and watercolor materials.

Solovyev will demonstrate and teach at Riverside from April 11-14. “Because we keep the number of student to teacher ratio smaller, allowing for a better oneon-one experience, our workshops fill up quickly,” said Marguerite.

For info and to register, call 845-7874167 or email mkmeyerson@gmail.com. Visit www.riversideartworkshops.com and check out the ad on page 26.

Isbell and Amanda Shires

“Record stores are gathering places. They’re rooms full of carefully curated art and entertainment. In your local record store you find common ground and the excitement of discovery. Record stores make it possible for recording artists to find their audience and their voice.” Jason

Callicoon

Vinyl has gotten its groove back at Time Warp Records located at 28 Upper Main Street. Voted as “Best Music Store” by River Reporter readers, owner, Lillyan Peditto brings her extensive personal vinyl library from her radio show days in the 70’s as a DJ at NYC’s rock station WQIV-FM to Callicoon.

Time Warp is a visually stunning store, small in size but giant in well edited, well stocked music history including rock, rap, Motown, soul, reggae, punk, blues, country, r&b and lots of jazz. Other musical oddities for sale include vintage rock magazines, tapes, cd’s & 45’s, posters, guitars, sheet music, t-shirts, and much more.

Time Warp is constantly buying small and large private collections. It’s a great place for browsers and collectors. Phone: 845-887-3032 or 845-796-8170.

Pine Bush

Marc Giammarco has “curated’ vinyl stores in Salisbury Mills and Montgomery. Now he is bringing his expertise and music on Vinyl Celebration Day April 22 from 10:00am-6:00pm to Soulshine Market, 96 Main Street, Pine Bush. See ad page 10. Phone: 845-744-6006.

Warwick

Join Original Vinyl Records for Record Store Day, an annual event inaugurated in 2007, and held every April and Black Friday of November to “celebrate the culture of the independently owned record store.”

Look for exclusive albums from Taylor Swift, U2, Madonna, Miles Davis, Charlie Parker, Allman Brothers, Ramones, Keith Richards, Grateful Dead, Jerry Garcia, Max Roach, Archie Shepp, Jason Isbell, Amanda Shires, Pearl Jam, Paul & Ringo, and more on April 22, from 9:00am-6:00pm at Original Vinyl Records, ‘Side A’ (unit #7), 314 Route 94 South, Warwick.

Enjoy free refreshments and some vinyl surprises, too! For info: 845-9873131 or www.originalvinylrecords.com. Check out the ad on the right.

“Spring Art Fling 2022” was a success!

“High Summer” by Marie Perry-Edwards

“Game of Thrones” (detail) by Michael Solovyev

Celebrate Earth Day with a Hike!

Celebrate Earth Day 2023 with the Hudson Highlands Nature Museum on April 22! This special day kicks off with Hike the Highlands at 9:00am, followed by the Earth Day Celebration from 11:00am-3:00pm. This exciting event has something for people of all ages and interests and will take place at the Nature Museum’s Outdoor Discovery Center

For Hike the Highlands, participants will be able to choose from three different hikes:

Hike & Play: A Nature Educator will lead this family friendly hike that is perfect for the little ones! As you walk through the woods, you’ll make stops at some of the Young Naturalist Preschooler’s favorite Nature Play spots and enjoy fun activities.

Field & Forest Ramble: A Nature Museum Naturalist will lead an interpretive hike that focuses on what you’ll see on the trail that day, get you better acquainted with the world around you, and learn what plants and animals are active in April in the Hudson Valley.

Hearty Hike: This is a guided 2.2 mile hike on the McKeon Loop Trail. The hike connects the Outdoor Discovery Center to HHNM neighbors at Black Rock Forest. This moderately strenuous hike will

take you through a beautiful deciduous forest and includes two wonderful views of the Hudson River (1.5 to 2 hours to complete). Check-in begins at 8:30am. Pre-registration required.

The Earth Day Celebration will immediately follow Hike the Highlands with activities beginning at 11:00am. Join in for lots of family fun with Nature Museum Educators who will lead interactive activities. Meet live animals and enjoy Grasshopper Grove, hay rides (fee), storytelling by Jonathan Kruk, and live music by Jackie & John Gioia. There will also be vendors selling wonderful hand crafted and locally made items and snacks, and more!

Visit hhnm.org for more details and to purchase tickets.

Flute Music & Talk at Desmond Center

The Alice Desmond Center for Community Enrichment is a beautiful setting with wooded paths, scenic views of the Hudson, and, luckily, home to many song birds. While many works of Classical music have been inspired by nature, there is a particular affinity between the flute and the songs of birds. Many composers have written works inspired by birdsong specifically for Flute Ensemble.

Among them are these selections which Kemyndable Trio (a mash-up of Amy-Deb-Ken) will perform:

Trio in D - F.A. Hoffmeister:

Franz Anton Hoffmeister (1754-1812) was an Austrian composer and music publisher. By the 1780s he had become one of Vienna’s most popular composers, with an extensive and varied catalogue of works to his credit.

The Bird Fancyer’s Delight: John Walsh (1665-1736), arrangement by Stephanie Proulx (Deb’s daughter):

John Walsh (1665-1736) was an English music publisher possibly of Irish descent. He was appointed musical instrument-maker-in-ordinary to the king in 1692. Walsh secured the rights to Handel’s Rinaldo. Handel is reputed to have commented that Walsh should write

the next opera, while Handel published it.

Birds: Herman Beeftink:

“In the late 1990’s, I was lucky enough to write music for over 100 films and TV series. I am currently pursuing my other passion for composing performance pieces, such as Birds,” said Beeftink.

The concert also includes Dance of the Hummingbirds by Halpner; The Cuckoo in the Forest (from Carnival of the Animals) by Saint-Saens; and On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring by Frederick Delius.

As with previous Kemyndable concert/ lectures, a PowerPoint presentation with biographical and historical background on the composers and works presented will be given on April 14 at 10:30am, at 6 Albany Post Road, Newburgh.

To register: 845-565-1326.

The Kemyndable Trio is: Deborah Proulx, Amy Klein & Kenneth Korn

Art Exhibit at Leo’s, Cornwall: Cornwall Arts Collective: “Spring Exhibition” runs through May 23

Photo Contest: You Be the Judge

Orange County Land Trust (OCLT) has helped to protect nearly 6,500 acres of land through the negotiation of conservation agreements with private landowners, property donations and the acquisition of private property. To preserve iconic Sugar Loaf Mountain, OCLT has developed a photo contest to illustrate the beauty of this landmark and hopefully spur donations, and the public is invited to be the judge!

Sugar Loaf Mountain has been photographed from many angles over the years and stands as a stunning natural backdrop for many nature shots in the area. Now, OCLT is shining a light on a project that will permanently protect water resources, forest, and wildlife habitat while securing the firstever public access to the mountain for outdoor recreation. OCLT has entered into an agreement with the landowner to purchase over 300 acres that comprises Sugar Loaf Mountain.

For the Sugar Loaf Mountain Photo Contest, avid and hobby photographers alike have competed for the chance to win prizes. “Whether you’re new to the area or you’ve lived here all of your

life, Sugar Loaf Mountain has always stood as a natural landmark that changes only with the seasons,” says OCLT Executive Director Jim Delaune. “Photo submissions highlighting the beauty of the mountain underscore the importance of protecting it for future generations.”

All entries were reviewed by the editor at Strauss News, who selected the top 10. These ten photos are situated on the OCLT Facebook page, and all community members can vote by hitting “like” on their favorite photo now through April 14. The photo that receives the greatest number of likes, wins. The winner will be announced on April 15.

To donate to the Save the Mountain campaign, visit www.oclt.org.

Paramount Theatre: THE ORCHESTRA

During Electric Light Orchestra’s (ELO) original 13-year period of active recording and touring, they sold over 50 million records worldwide, making them one of the best-selling music groups of all time. THE ORCHESTRA is a band that features members of the ELO.

Mik Kaminski is the original violin wild man, shattering traditional notions of stage propriety with a classical instrument. You have to sort through his Yorkshire accent to get to his jokes.

Eric Troyer’s distinctive voice and keyboards have been a staple of the band for more than 30 years. Troyer has managed to survive years of exposure to the highest levels of rock and roll insanity with his good humor intact.

Parthenon Huxley was with ELO Part II from November 1998 to 2000. “Hux” composed four songs for THE ORCHESTRA’s first studio album.

Gordon Townsend was the first choice to replace ELO founding member Bev Bevan on drums, playing down an unshakable back beat beneath the band’s often complex musical arrangements.

Glen Burtnik’s extensive showbiz career includes a stint on Broadway as Paul McCartney in Beatlemania, a Billboard #2 smash hit, Sometimes Love Just Ain’t Enough, ten years as frontman for rock legend Styx, and several short runs as bassist for ELO Part II.

Louis Clark enjoys letting loose on his electric cello especially during the “rockier” songs. He can also be seen and heard on acoustic and electric guitar at each show and occasionally performing 2nd violin alongside Mik Kaminski. Since the passing of his father in early 2021, Louis is now the group’s sole arranger and orchestral conductor.

The former ELO members perform on April 22 at 8:00pm in the Paramount Theatre, 17 South Street, Middletown. Tickets: www.MiddletownParamount. com or call 845-346-6145.

“Summer Sunrise Over Sugar Loaf Mountain” by Nick Zungoli

Earth Day Festivals at MEEC & PEEC Award-Winning Documentary at MEEC

The first Earth Day was April 22, 1970.

Earth Day is an annual celebration that honors the achievements of the environmental movement and raises awareness of the need to protect Earth’s natural resources for future generations.

Enjoy fun activities at the Mamakating Environmental Education Center (MEEC) that celerate our beautiful Earth and learn what you can do to keep her healthy. Programming is in conjunction with Mamakating Library. Drop in anytime on April 22, from 1:00pm4:00pm, 762 South Road, Wurtsboro.

Join MEEC before hand in helping

The Sensational Soul Cruisers are an 11-man horn group fronted by four soulful vocalists who pay homage to the very best of the 60’s, 70’s and 80’s old school, classic soul, r&b, motown and disco, emulating the distinctive style, skill and choreography of a classic show band working together to deliver the ultimate Soul Cruisers dance party!

While it is still sometimes possible to find a band featuring a similar line up of instruments, it is unlikely that you will ever find another that performs with as much energy, passion, and talent as these gentlemen. From their humble beginnings rehearsing at the chicken coops on Route 33 to the basement of the Cycle Shop on Throckmorton Street, this band has come a long way from its “Eddie and the Cruisers” days to become one of New Jersey’s best kept secrets.

Over the past 25 years the Soul Cruisers have been fortunate enough to

the Bashakill Area Association clean up the Bashakill, from 10:00am-Noon. Wear sturdy shoes and bring gloves. Meet at Haven Road parking lot.

Phone: 845-6445014.

Help Pocono

Environmental Education Center (PEEC) celebrate Earth! PEEC will have hands-on learning stations, interpretive hikes, conservation exhibits, crafts, food, music, and much more! Pre-registration is NOT required for the April 29, 11:00am-4:00pm event at 538 Emery Road, Dingmans Ferry. For more info: 570-828-2319 or visit www.peec.org.

See pg. 22 for Earth Day in Cornwall.

The Mamakating Environmental Education Center (MEEC) is excited about the return of Gene Weinstein, who presented MEEC’s first ever program on Eagles in November 2019. His is a life of service and MEEC is honored to have him back again.

Join MEEC for the Academy Award nominated documentary, Radio Bikini, which won first place awards at the Sundance Film Festival and the San Francisco Film Festival. This provocative film uses archival footage and “live” radio broadcasts from 1946 to cover testing of the Atomic Bomb on Bikini Island and its aftermath.

Gene is a local retired high school science teacher (Monticello) who is passionate about eagles, teaching, and his time in the Navy. He has the dubious

honor of having witnessed the bomb firsthand as a young radioman aboard the flagship, USS Mt. McKinley. He will give commentary throughout the one-hour film as well as answer questions. Find out about the moment of detonation, widespread exposure, decontamination efforts, and the response to claims by the US Dept. of Veteran’s Affairs.

Radio Bikini: Testing of an Atomic Bomb will be shown April 23 at 1:00pm at MEEC, 762 South Road, Wurtsboro. Disturbing content, not appropriate for children. Call to register: 845-644-5014.

For the Kids: Rock & Roll Playhouse

The Rock and Roll Playhouse is the largest national kid-friendly live concert series having performed to hundreds of thousands of kids and their families.

grace the stage with many great artists from Bruce Springsteen, Little Anthony and The Imperials, Gloria Gaynor, Gary US Bonds, John Cafferty, Southside Johnny, The Emotions, Bon Jovi, Smokey Robinson and Stevie Wonder, as well as being the long time favorite house band at New York City’s famed Copacabana.

See them perform in Soultown To Motown on April 29 at 8:00pm at Sugar Loaf Performing Arts Center, 231 Creamery Pond Road, Chester. Tickets: www.sugarloafpacny.com

Founded in 2014 by independent concert promoter Peter Shapiro and educator Amy Striem, the Rock and Roll Playhouse have hosted over 1,000 shows in more than 35 leading live music venues across the United States, filling the void for shared musical experiences between parents and children across the country.

Performing songs created by the most iconic musicians in rock history, they offer their core audience of

families with children aged 1-7, games, movement, stories and most importantly, an opportunity to rock out! The shows allow parents to enjoy the music they love while little fans are encouraged to explore their creativity and have fun!

On Earth Day, come sing and dance with The Rock and Roll Playhouse as they salute the greatest songs from their show, Bob Marley for KIDS featuring reggae band from Brooklyn, Sundub!

Kids 1 and under are Free at City Winery Hudson Valley, 23 Factory Street, Montgomery, on April 23 at Noon. See ad page 9.

“Soultown to Motown” in Sugar Loaf

Rock & Roll Playhouse

Reggae band, SunDub

Robert “Bob” Marley (1945-1981)

Visitor Center: “Provenance”

Visitor Center in Newburgh will host Provenance, a group show curated by Marissa Passi with works by Sophia De Jesus-Sabella, Soull Ogun, Patricia Orpilla, Sagarika Sundaram, and Mia Wright-Ross.

The exhibit presents contemporary artists who engage craft materials and traditions to consider intertwining notions of materiality, lineage, and identity. The opening reception will be held on April 15 from 4:00pm-7:00pm. The ownership history of an art object, or provenance, is often recorded by cultural institutions in an effort to qualify an object’s authenticity or value. This practice frequently treats an object as its own entity from its completion to the present, separate from its creator, as it travels between places and amongst collectors. Recontextualizing the idea of provenance, this exhibition will encourage a broader application that centers and celebrates the layered histories and influences inherent to an

object by re-engaging the agency of both the artist and the viewer.

The contemporary artists represented employ traditions, materials, and techniques associated with craft. This commonality is not coincidental, as craft media - including the weaving, metalsmithing, felting, and leather artisanship on vieware intrinsically rich with memory.

To observe any artwork is to activate it with one’s own interpretation; with craft media, the artwork is distinctly loaded with tactile connotations, historical applications, generational techniques, and material associations. Provenance thus presents works that are bolstered by their pasts, the identities of their creators, and the associations unearthed in the viewer.

Provenance is on view April 15 to June 3 at Visitor Center, 233 Liberty Street, Newburgh. For information, call 212-228-8965.

Ward’s Workshop in Warwick

Award-winning artist Ward Lamb, who has been painting for forty years, was the chairman of the Art Department at Minisink Valley High School (MVHS).

Ward and his MVHS colleague Adrienne Butvinik were, to CANVAS’ knowledge, the first local HS art teachers to arrange for an art exhibit of their students’ works in a local professional gallery, the former Country House Arts Center in Bloomingburg, owned and operated by Roanne Patterson in the early 2000s. Since then, student shows in local professional galleries have blossomed into becoming a popular event in many galleries.

Throughout the years, Ward has been active in exhibiting his work in the Hudson Valley. He is proud to have done portrait work for actresssinger Cher, among other interesting individuals.

Ward’s works range from realism, impressionist, landscape to

expressionistic figures, and now he will host a portrait painting workshop for which he will be offering a demo/ workshop on the art of portraiture for the Warwick Art League (WAL) on April 22, from 10:30am12:30pm at the Warwick Senior Center, 132 Kings Highway, Warwick.

The workshop is free for League members who may also invite a guest. Non-members are also welcome for a minimal fee of $10. Participants should bring their own materials.

To register, call 845-987-8748.

“Slip Through” by Soull Ogun, 2020. Brass, 24k dip, clear quartz, agate.

“Warhol” by Lamb (2011)

“Botanical Self-Portrait” by Ward Lamb, on view through April 30 at the Wallkill River Center for the Arts, Montgomery.

Music &

Poetry Overlooking the Hudson at SUNY Newburgh

Music and Poetry complement each other naturally. So, when two friends who are award winners in their fields of music and poetry, respectfully, work together, a beautifully thoughtful performance emerges. Such is the event when musician/composer James Emery and poet Paul Kane present their collaborative program, One Art: A Music & Poetry Performance.

Ah! And the dynamics of sound will be much larger than Emery’s Jimmy D’Aquisto-hand-built, archtop, acoustic guitar and Kane’s soft, yet distinctive speaking voice. Emery will be playing with his fellow members of the String Trio of New York: Rob Thomas on five-string violin, and Tony Marino on acoustic bass. In addition, veteran jazz drummer/percussionist Thurman Barker will join them to further enlarge the sound.

In 1977, Emery formed the String Trio of New York which brought the genre-busting sounds of chamber jazz to the forefront. By definition, chamber jazz “combines jazz, western classical, world-music, and experimental forms into a cohesive palette of sonic textures and adventurous energy.” JazzTimes observed, “No individual or ensemble

has done more to demystify chamber jazz, and to realize its potential for warmth, sensuousness, and beauty...than the String Trio of New York.”

Virtuoso guitarist and composer Emery has received international recognition for his distinctive and highly original approach to both improvisation and composition.

Emery leads his own trio, quartet, sextet, and septet, and performs solo concerts. A composer of great scope and depth, he has composed for chamber groups, jazz ensembles, solo guitar, chamber orchestra, and symphony orchestra.

Rob Thomas is a highly regarded multi-instrumentalist, fluent on violin, bass, and cello. JazzTimes calls him “a violinist of exceptional creative resources...riveting as a solo voice with a rich complex tone that can sing or shriek.” He is known locally as a member of the Chris Parker bands and

is currently a professor at Berklee College of Music, Boston.

Tony Marino is also known for his concerts with the Chris Parker bands. His versatility and wide range of musicality has afforded him opportunities to accompany and record with numerous artists from folk to pop. He has performed regularly with Broadway star Betty Buckley and jazz pianist Kenny Werner as well as performing, recording, and touring internationally with the Dave Liebman Band.

Thurman Barker’s career has spanned decades, and his talent encompasses many musical genres. From jazz and blues to contemporary, classical, and beyond, his sound blurs traditionally rigid lines to the delight of his audiences. He has played behind Bette Midler, Marvin Gaye, Billy Eckstein, Vicky Carr, and Mighty Joe Young. He was a founding member of the Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians, and is a professor of

music at Bard College.

Paul Kane is a poet, critic and scholar. Awards for his work include Fellowships from the National Endowment for the Humanities, the Guggenheim Foundation, the Bogliasco Foundation, and a Fulbright Award. He is also considered an Australian poet and has an honorary doctorate from La Trobe University in Australia. In November 2022, he was awarded the Order of Australia by the Australian government for “significant service to literature, particularly through the promotion of Australian arts, poetry, and emerging talent.” His poems are cerebral and emotional in equal measure. Kane is a professor of English and Environmental Studies at Vassar College.

Come to Kaplan Hall, Grand & First Streets, Newburgh, on April 29 at 7:30pm for a sure-to-be memorable evening of music and poetry. Kaplan Hall is situated on a bluff overlooking the Hudson River and the Great Room has two walls of glass offering full view of the river.

Admission is $5, cash or check only. Parking is free in the garage at 73 First Street. For questions, email Cultural Affairs: cultural@sunyorange.edu.

String Trio of New York

Paul Kane photo by V. Manzi

Thurman Barker

Chris Farlekas Fund Premiere Event Benefits

Since the recent renaming and reimagining of the organization, the staff and board of Wallkill River Center for the Arts (WRCA) have been expanding and creating programs beyond the already established and successful visual arts classes, exhibits and festivals.

In 2008, WRCA, formally the Wallkill River School, incorporated as a notfor-profit and moved to the historic Patchett House in Montgomery. Since then, the organization has enjoyed the support and generous donations from Patchett family patriarchs, Arthur and his brother, Joseph and their families. Although the family no longer owns the property, members enjoyed visiting when in the area. After his recent death, WRCA received word that Arthur Patchett included the organization in his will and bequeathed a generous sum to the nonprofit. Honoring his gift, WRCA has named the new music series after Arthur Patchett.

Under the extraordinary creative energy and talents of Music Program Director, Judi Silvano, WRCA has formed the Arthur Patchett Memorial Music Series. The plan is to offer several concerts a year in various genres in select venues throughout Orange County.

WRCA Executive Director Sarah Pierson explains, “Arthur was a lover of music, notably opera and classical. We found it fitting to honor the memory of this generous man, who supported

Wallkill River Center for the Arts

awards and an Honorary PhD from Mount St. Mary College

our mission and graciously thought to include us as part of his legacy.”

A recent addition to the board of directors, Silvano added, “The concert series will not only serve as a fundraiser for WRCA, but also as a form of outreach and introduction to our organization for those who may not be familiar with our vibrant and varied offerings.”

A series of this nature could not be offered without further support. In this case, the inaugural sponsor and kickstarter of the first concert on April 30 is the Chris Farlekas Legacy Fund. “We are grateful for the generous support and enormous inspiration provided by the Farlekas Fund!,” exclaimed Silvano.

The Fund will distribute grants to various charitable projects in memory of Chris Spero Farlekas (1929-2015), longtime Times Herald-Record arts reporter and columnist, and Port Jervis native. Through his writing and his fundraising efforts he raised, throughout the tri-state area, over $4.5 million dollars for charitable causes including hunger, domestic violence, homelessness and others. His work in the community earned him numerous “Man of the Year”

Cranky Seniors in Grahamsville

Cranky Seniors is a performance sure to have seniors (and audience members of all ages!) chuckling. Only seniors know what it’s like to have SENIORITIS!

Let Catskill Reader’s Theatre members Albee Arctic, Jean Eifert,

Sally Gladden, Peter Natasi and Paul Preuschner entertain you on April 16, at 2:00pm in the Time and Valleys Museum, 332 Main Street, Grahamsville. Phone: 845-985-7700.

Decorate your own Umbrella w/ Miss Beth

What makes a leisurely walk in the rain even more enjoyable? Why, using your own customized umbrella of course! Paint, paint markers and stencils to get creative with, and if you are not sure to get started, we’ll have ideas to get you going!

April 20 at 6:00pm

Mahjong Club meets every Monday, 9:00am-1:00pm.

April 12 at 4:30pm:

Kids’ Art Club

April 13 at 4:30pm:

Kids’ Book Club

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“We’ve been raising money for a few years via the Community Foundation of Orange & Sullivan, and the Fund Board is so happy that its inaugural donation is going to our dear friends at WRCA,” said Barry Plaxen, Fund Chair. “And speaking of dear friends, who better to perform for the Chris Farlekas Legacy Fund’s first event than Farlekas’ dear friend and colleague, another Orange County treasure, soprano Julie Ziavras.” Julie is sharing the spotlight with Orange County composer Steve Margoshes, the composer of FameThe Musical and other theatrical and classical works.

“There seems to be a general theme of spring, and pieces we love,” Julie told Barry. “We are considering songs by Faure, Duparc, Mompou, Grieg’s Våren, your favorite lied (“spring” in Norwegian), Mahler, R. Strauss, Montsalvage, Gershwin,

Kern and Margoshes; (French, Catalan, German, Norwegian, English). I am opening with a ditty Steve wrote for me to the words of “Will” Shakespeare.”

Steve will also solo works of his own, two of which are “in the style of Faure & Satie,” he stated. “And Julie will sing at least two pieces, including a premiere I just wrote for her, In-Just spring, from a poem by E.E.Cummings.”

The April 30, 3:00pm concert will take place on the Howard Garrett (1931-2020) Stage, (named for a dear friend of Chris’, Julie’s & Barry’s), in the Montgomery Senior Center, 36 Bridge Street. Suggested donation is $20. For tickets: www.wallkillriverschool. com (click on “Events and Music”), and at the door. Proceeds benefit the WRCA and The Chris Farlekas Legacy Fund.

Chris Farlekas and Julie Ziavras

Barry Plaxen and Chris Farlekas

Steve Margoshes

Arthur Patchett (1929-2022)

Julie Ziavras