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Publisher’s Column by Barry Plaxen Vocabulary Lesson: Catharsis: the process of releasing, strong or repressed emotions, thereby providing relief. Steampunk: a style of design and fashion that combines historical elements with anachronistic technological features inspired by science fiction. In Media Res: into the middle of a narrative; without preamble. Reliquary: a container for holy relics Detritus: waste or debris of any kind Synchronicities of the Month: An art exhibit with detritus in Wurtsboro, and a film about detritus in Parksville. Two painters showing in two different libraries both give a bow to their instructor. Cathe Linton (at the Wisner Library) and Ellen Joyce Trayer (at the Cornwall Library) both acknowledged one of our area’s many marvels, artist/mentor Susan Hope Fogel. Also in this issue: War in Middletown and New Windsor. Storytelling in Hurleyville and Florida. Writing workshops in Sugar Loaf (concrete poetry) and Bethel (stand-up comedy). Live from the Met in Loch Sheldrake and Live from London’s National Theatre in Newburgh... ...and a Miracle in Goshen. On first glance at this issue, you may think it is not a monthly publication but a weekly. But yes, we do cover the entire month even though our stories about the weekend events November 3, 4 and 5 take up just about half of this issue! READ ON! You’ve got plenty of choices to make for that weekend! Don’t forget to support our advertisers who are responsible for keeping our publication both alive and free in support of the arts.

An arts icon retired last month, and those of us who regularly listened to his program (Monday Afternoon Classics with Gandalf), though suffering a great loss to our musical ears and hearts, will always be grateful for his introducing us to a fantastic universe of music that most people are not lucky enough to witness. WJFF DJ Gandalf, a.k.a. Robert Rosengard, an erudite educator in the Monticello school district, at SUNY Sullivan, and the Woodbourne prison system, aired 20th and 21st century music and interviewed a gazillion people involved with that music. He is a marvel and a treasure who also, without his knowing it, made me realize that what I term as ‘cerebral music’ uses another

valid path to the emotions. I shall always think of his weekly program when I hear newly composed music. Thanks, Gandalf, for opening my ears! Let’s have lunch.

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INSIDE Calendars

Art & Photography ��16 Books ��13 Category ��13 Children & Teen’s ��16 Demos & Lectures ��12 Music - Pop, Folk, Rock, etc., ��12 November 2017 Calendar ��14-15

Columns

May I Have A Word With You ��20 Meet Me in The Greenroom ��21 Meet Me in The Library ��27 Wellness Modalities ��19

Stories

American String Quartet ��3 Amity Gallery, Warwick ��6 Artery, Milford ��24 Artists’ Market, Shohola ��5 Barryville Area Arts Association, Shohola �� 5 Beaverkill Studio, Parksville ��16 Bethel Woods ��9, 19 Black Dirt Storytelling Guild ��19 Catskill Art Society, Livingston Manor ��5 Downing Film Center, Newburgh ��7 East Ridge Pottery, Warwick ��22 Edmonston House, New Windsor ��12 Ellenville Library ��8 Falcon, Marlboro ��26 Florida Library ��19 Forestburgh Playhouse ��22 Gallery 222, Hurleyville ��6 Gallery at Chant Realtors, Lords Valley ��23 Gandalf, WJFF DJ ��2 Goshen Art League ��25 Grand Montgomery Chamber Music Series 10 Greenwood Lake Library ��7, 26

Goshen Music Hall ��9 Holiday Shopping Gift Ideas �� 22 Hudson Highlands Nature Museum �� 22 Hudson Valley Jazz Trio �� 17 Hurleyville Arts Centre ��6 John Gould, artist �� 22 Kairos: A Consort of Singers �� 25 Kindred Spirits Arts, Milford ��11 Live from the Met in HD ��11 M. Piotrowski & D. Munford, artists ��4 MEGAPHONE, Sugar Loaf �� 18, 20 Milford Theatre, Milford ��11 Mt. St. Mary College Desmond Campus �� 25 Mulberry House, Middletown �� 22 Music for Humanity �� 17 Music Institute of Sullivan & Ulster �� 18 Neversink Museum, Cuddebackville �� 22 New Rose Theatre, Walden �� 21 Newburgh Free Library �� 10 Noble Coffee Roasters, Campbell Hall �� 17 Orange County Arts Council �� 23 Orange Regional Medical Ctr., Middletown �8 Paramount Theatre, Middletown �� 18 Pine Bush Library �� 17 Playhouse at Museum Village, Monroe ��5 Ritz Theatre Lobby, Newburgh �� 22 Seligmann Center, Sugar Loaf �� 18, 20 Seven Freedoms Music Ctr., Montgomery �21 SUNY Orange Apprentice Players �� 24 SUNY Orange Community Orchestra �� 18 SUNY Orange, Middletown �� 3, 24 SUNY Orange, Newburgh �� 18 SUNY Sullivan, Loch Sheldrake ��11 Tusten Theatre, Narrowsburg �� 9, 12 Wallkill River School, Montgomery �� 7, 14 Wickham Works, Warwick �� 22 Wisner Library, Warwick ��8 Workshops �� 9, 19, 20 Wurtsboro Art Alliance ��4

Art - Photography - Film - Music - Poetry - Prose at SUNY Orange, Middletown November 3, 6:00pm Art in the Face of War (Young artists sent to fight): A screening of the documentary film with a talk by director David E. Baugnon, will take place in Orange Hall. Free admission. Eight WWII artist/veterans recount their service experience and use of art in journalism, as a tactical tool and a means of their preserving their own sanity. The event includes riveting stories, late-life interviews and their art. “The Scream” by Todd Kale

Bamboo sculpture by Harry Chaim Tabak

During the month of November in Orange Hall Gallery, an exhibit curated by Montgomery artist Karen E. Gersch will be on view, representing a timely, yet seemingly constant topic. Titled War in the Arts: Redeeming Spirits, this diverse body of artworks expresses the effect of war on the human spirit, communities, families and ethnic groups around the world, through history to present day. Not intended as a political overview, the artists have used paintings, drawings, sculptures, assemblages, photography, embroidery and fabric, animation, film and poetry to reflect and relate their personal reactions to war. Several artists are war veterans themselves. From the collected thoughts of schoolchildren to an 87 year old Korean War fighter, the reflections are poignant and powerful. The

artists here depict the Civil War, WWII, Vietnam, Korea, Central America, 9/11, the Nigerian Civil War, Israel/Palestine, misplaced Migrant Workers, Afghanistan, and Iraq. Other voices in the exhibit are poets, including Vassar Professor of Writing Judith Nichols whose focus is on Central American life and culture, specifically the conflicts in Nicaragua. Jeffrey Pflaum has a beautiful set of poems that his students wrote several years ago and which he has coupled with 9/11 shots he took that fateful day. “I believe the youngsters’ level of creativity, inner-sight, honesty, sensitivity, and compassion - as well as the quality of the poetry itself - will amaze you,” said Jeffrey. The combined student Persian Gulf War poems and his cloud photography titled, Afterlife: Spirits in the Clouds, are part of the War in the Arts show, which runs November 2- 20.

November 4, 1:00pm-3:30pm The opening reception for War in the Arts: Redeeming Spirits will be held in Orange Hall Gallery, with music provided by Geoff Hamburg, pianist. All are welcome. November 5, 3:00pm The renown American String Quartet’s Lyric in Time of War combines the music of Bach, Shostakovich, Bartók, Robert Sirota, Beethoven, and Barber with readings by author Phil Klay and poet Tom Sleigh, and a booksigning following the 3:00pm concert in the William and Helen Richards Theatre in Orange Hall. (GPS: 24 Grandview Avenue, Middletown). Phil Klay, a former Marine officer who served a 13-month tour in Iraq, reads from his first published collection, Redeployment, which won the National Book Award and the National Book Critics’ Circle Leonard Award,

American String Quartet - photo by Peter Schaaf

among others. Tom Sleigh, a distinguished poet, dramatist and essayist directs Hunter College’s MFA program in Creative Writing. The author of Phil Klay more than nine volumes of poetry, he reads from his recent collection, Station Zed. For tickets, visit www. sunyorange.edu/arts_ comm/ticketing.shtml or at the box office before Tom Sleigh the performance starting at 2:00pm. Free admission to all veterans, active duty military and students. For information visit www.sunyorange.edu/ culturalaffairs/ or call 845-341-4891.

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Wurtsboro Art Alliance: “Off Kilter”

“Pressing Matters” - A Printmaking Exhibit

Wurtsboro Art muse strikes me. It’s Alliance (WAA) not through formal member Billie Robson training, but from is a mixed media artist the greatest desire specializing in found to express myself object art as evidenced through art. in her assemblages “For as long as I and jewelry design, can remember I’ve many times portraying been fascinated a vintage or industrial with old things, Steampunk style. She tarnished things, rusty gives everyday cast “Fun at the Park” by Billie Robson will be shown things, things with a in “Off Kilter” - running November 4-19. off and collected items history. I’ve collected a new life in her work by joining unrelated everything from rusty springs to dragonfly vintage items and ephemera into a cohesive wings. They are products of our environment, work of art that tells a story. the detritus of our world and a treasure in “It was one of those times when I was little their own right. My greatest joy is to create and was expected to sit quietly that I was something with those treasures, to give them given a pencil and a piece of paper to draw new life and interpretation as reliquaries, on and hopefully keep still,” says Robson. collections of memories and perhaps allude “I didn’t draw the pretty little house with to something we seek without knowing.” the smiling sun. I drew my hand holding a The WAA will be offering their annual pencil, drawing on a piece of paper. I think salute to the alternative segments of the world that may have been my first recollection of of visual arts at the John Neilson Gallery art and doing things differently than other with their exhibit, Off Kilter. The opening children. reception takes place on November 4 from “My greatest achievement years later at 2:00pm-4:00pm. The exhibit runs through the age of eight, was winning a shiny silver November 19 at the Neilson Gallery, 73 dollar for the best ‘Fire Prevention’ poster. Sullivan Street, Wurtsboro. I still have that silver dollar, and I still love The WAA’s annual Holiday Show runs to create, whether it’s painting, collage, November 25 - December 16. Stay tuned to assemblage, graphic art - it’s whatever the December 2017 issue of CANVAS!

Artist David Munford’s [one-of-a-kind images] or work deals primarily with editions [a limited number the landscape. A renewed of exact duplicate images]. interest in printmaking I have combined these two led him to the Woodstock methods, printing a primary School of Art (WSA) woodblock image over where he began working an individual, sometimes with linoleum cut prints similar, color monotype, and monotypes. resulting in a series “My art has always been edition [same primary “Enter the Rondout” by D. Munford about the landscape, whether image with a variety of in painting or printmaking. With color backgrounds],” says printmaking, I’m interested in Piotrowski. pushing the boundaries even Their printmaking exhibit, more. The medium allows me to titled Pressing Matters, runs explore a theme or idea through November 4-19 with an opening a series of iterations, which reception on November 4, from allows for more possibilities to 2:00pm - 4:00pm at the John emerge,” explains Munford. Neilson Gallery, 73 Sullivan Artist Michael Piotrowski Street, Wurtsboro. has been a Dance Lighting “With Pressing Matters, Designer for many regional Michael and I wanted to display dance companies across the U.S. our work as printmakers. As for 40+ years. He actively started it happened, our work has landscape oil painting in 2003 “Looking Across” by M. Piotrowski taken similar trajectories. We and has shown extensively in group and solo were both plein air landscape painters, both exhibitions. His current path of study has members of the Wallkill River School, and included workshops at Garrison Art Center, later board members and presidents of the the WSA, and the Center for Contemporary Wurtsboro Art Alliance. Now we are both Printmaking in Norwalk, CT. interested in expanding our visual dialogue “Printmakers traditionally make two and exploring new possibilities through primary types of prints, either monotypes printmaking,” says Munford.

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The Annual CAS “Winter Members’ Show” Founded by Charles F. Beck in 1971, the Catskill Art Society (CAS) had humble beginnings in his Cooks Falls home as an increasingly popular gathering of artists and art lovers dedicated to developing and sharing their common interests. CAS incorporated as a nonprofit organization in 1972 and moved to Hurleyville shortly afterward to share the newly dedicated Sullivan County Museum building with the Sullivan County Historical Society. In 2007, CAS renovated a historic building in Livingston Manor, built as the Manor Theater cinema in 1929 and showing movies through the 1970’s before seeing various uses as a general store and auction house. 2007 saw the grand opening of the CAS Arts Center, and since then, CAS purchased the building with the generous support of its enthusiastic membership. In 2012, one of the main galleries was named in memory of Cecily Fortescue, a longtime board member and beloved arts advocate. Now CAS looks forward to a new era as it seeks to renovate the upper floor into dedicated performance and exhibition spaces. The CAS will present its annual CAS Winter Members’ Show, an exhibition of works by CAS member artists November

“The Corner Store” by Valerie Taggart

25-December 31. Just in time for the holiday season, the Winter Members Show provides an opportunity to acquire work by local artists with a diverse body of work in all styles and mediums. All artwork is available for sale, with proceeds benefiting the artists and the nonprofit CAS Arts Center. The CAS will host a free opening reception at the CAS Arts Center, 48 Main Street, Livingston Manor, on November 25 from 4:00pm-6:00pm. All are welcome and light refreshments will be served. Visit www.catskillartsociety.org ARTIST OPPORTUNITY If you are an artist, but not a CAS member, you are welcome to join or renew to participate in the exhibition. 845-436-4227.

37 Plays in 97 Minutes! Creative Theatre-Muddy their wicked way through all Water Players’ 2017 Fall of Shakespeare’s comedies, Finale features performances of histories and tragedies in one The Complete Works of William wild ride that will leave you Shakespeare (abridged), an breathless and helpless with irreverent, fast-paced romp laughter. through the Bard’s plays that Laden with physical comedy, features non-stop laughs! fast and furious entrances The play, written by Adam and exits, popular and local Long, Daniel Singer, and Jess references, and the actors Winfield, parodies the plays of changing costumes, characters, William Shakespeare with all and plays at a hilarious pace, this of them being performed (in is a wild and fun introduction comically shortened or merged Nicole Bader, Al Snyder and to Shakespeare’s canon which form) by only three actors. The is accessible to all! Gerald Weiss. fourth wall is nonexistent in the performance Directed by Terri Weiss, the play runs with the actors speaking directly to the November 4-12 at the Playhouse at Museum audience during much of the play, and some Village, Route 17M, Monroe. scenes involve audience participation. Reservations are suggested. Call the Box Join these audacious actors as they weave Office at 845-294-9465.

“Sculpture in the Garden” in Shohola

Somewhere between the ages of 3 and 6, just about all children are sculptors. It’s a rite of passage. Sculpture in the Garden is an event and exhibit that celebrates grown-ups that never fully grew out of that Play-Doh phase of their lives.

Participating are sculptors Lisa Anne Cammet, Gordon Graff, Ed Hicks, John Morrissey Griffin, MARS and Harvey Citron who was Faculty Chair at the New York Academy of Art. This entire collection has been curated by Joan Standora and arranged to maximize appreciation of the artists’ work, by presenting it outdoors. Sponsored by the Barryville Area Arts Association, live music and complimentary refreshments will be available at the free reception. The show includes art (indoors) by Eloy Argueso, Debbie Gioello, Mef Gannon, Stephanie McClure, Susan Miiller, Dixie Rich, Nick Roes, Joan Standora, and Elva Zingaro. The reception is on November 4 from 4:00pm-6:00pm at the Artists’ Market Community Center, 114 Richardson Avenue, Shohola. Call 845-557-8713. Photo: “Apples” by MARS.

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Three Moth Radio Stars in Hurleyville

Ophira Eisenberg, Adam Wade and Peter Aguero, three of the nation’s best storytellers, have been featured on NPR’s The Moth Radio Hour, and have toured North America. The Moth Main Stage are coming to Hurleyville Arts Centre for a Ophira Eisenberg Adam Wade Peter Aguero night of hilarious and heartfelt stories wrapped Find Funny, and featured in the New York Times around the theme, Stories of Resilience. as a skilled comedian and storyteller with a Adam Wade is a 20-time Moth champion. “bleakly stylish” sense of humor, Ophira’s He’s been featured on The Moth Radio Hour debut memoir, Screw Everyone: Sleeping My and NPR’s All Things Considered. He’s Way to Monogamy was recently optioned for a appeared on RISK!, Hot Tub, and Night feature film with Zucker Productions. She has Train with Wyatt Cenac, among many other appeared as a panelist on Wait Wait Don’t Tell live shows. His monthly solo show, The Me and is also a regular host and teller with Adam Wade From New Hampshire Show, The Moth and has appeared on their awardhas been featured in Time Out New York and winning podcast, radio show, and Audience the New York Times. He gave a talk at TEDx Favorites compilation. She recently recorded PennQuarter on reinventing storytelling, and her second comedy album, BANGS! he most recently appeared in an episode of Peter Aguero is a regular host and instructor Inside Amy Schumer. for The Moth. His newest show, Daddy Ophira Eisenberg is a comedian, writer, Issues, has played across the country and was and host of NPR’s hit trivia comedy show, a part of The 2015 Winnipeg Fringe Festival. Ask Me Another where she has interviewed Peter is a writer for Double Take Comics and played silly games with the likes of John and his books based on the world of Night of Turturro, Justin Long, Elizabeth Gilbert, The Living Dead have been published. For Cristin Milioti, Doug Limon, Dr. Ruth, Lewis outdated information, go to peteraguero.com Black, Hannibal Buress and more. She has Rated PG-13, tickets include a ‘meet and appeared on The Late Late Show with Craig greet’ with the artists after the November Ferguson, The Today Show, Comedy Central, 4, 7:00pm showing at the Hurleyville Arts and VH-1. Selected as one of New York Centre, 12 Railroad Avenue, Hurleyville. Magazine’s Top 10 Comics that Funny People Phone: 845-707-8047. See ad pg. 17.

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Ehrsam’s Sculptures in Hurleyville Gallery 222 presents an exhibition of sculpture, paintings and custom furniture by New York City-based artist and designer Bradley J Ehrsam. The exhibition showcases Ehrsam’s signature tricycle sculptures, 2D work on wood panels, and unique custom furniture thru November 18 at the gallery, 222 Main Street, Hurleyville. www.hurleyvilleartscentre.org

Nicholson’s Photos in Amity

graphic designer, George “What has drawn me to has expanded upon White’s photograph the Taos Valley methods, emphasizing the of New Mexico is the psychological and spiritual same thing that has lured dimensions inherent in the heiresses, writers, artists medium, and using the and other non-indigenous camera as an inner-work people to the region for over tool. a century: the spirit radiating Many of his projects from its land, its skies and its are triggered by dreams or people,” says photographer by following the slender George Nicholson. threads of synchronicity. Nicholson studied photographic science at “Rain Shower” by © George J Nicholson His work centers around the Massachusetts Institute of Technology themes of personal transformation and the while majoring in visual design. A chance cycle of the seasons, taking the form of books, encounter with the mystic photographer Minor exhibitions and short films. See Nicholson’s work in Taos Journey, White, then in residence at the Institute and teaching unorthodox, creative approaches to an exhibit at Amity Gallery, 110 Newport the medium, sent a charge into Nicholson’s Bridge Road, Warwick, weekends through being that would not bear fruit for another 40 November. An opening reception will be held years. Returning to the discipline of creative on November 4, from 5:00pm-7:00pm. photography after a career as a corporate For information: 845-258-0277.

The Wallkill River School in November As the holiday season begins the next several years training to approach, the Wallkill him in pastel techniques. Liam River School (WRS) will went on to study Renaissance be holding a regional juried portraiture and Figure drawing exhibit of artworks that are 6 at the Fashion Institute of inches or smaller. In addition, Technology, and then later WRS represented artist Liam Orange County Community Vogel will have a solo show of College. his expressionistic figurative Liam loosely defines his paintings and woodcut prints. artwork as expressionistic With the season for gift realism defined by a figurative giving approaching, it’s the approach to his subjects with perfect time to share some an emphasis on the relationship of our local artists’ miniature between color and light. masterpieces. Some of the In addition to his work as WRS awardwinning artists an artist, Liam is the Assistant Artwork by Liam Vogel will be participating such as Janet Campbell, Gallery Director at the WRS, and one of the Shawn Dell Joyce, Mike Jaroszko, and primary instructors teaching illustration, Lana Privitera. All of the works are 6 inches cartooning, and animation for children as well or smaller, including the frame, making them as classical painting/drawing for young adults. easy to fit into any home décor. The art is priced He is also the primary painting instructor at affordably to accommodate holiday shoppers Zylofone, a creative and performing arts center looking for a unique locally crafted gift. for people with special needs. Liam Vogel works in a wide variety of Both exhibits will be on display from mediums from acrylic, pastel, and oil to November 1-30 with a reception on woodcut and silverpoint. Born and raised in November 4, from 5:00pm-7:00pm. During Montgomery, Liam started his art education the reception, Vogel will offer a demo of his as a teenager taking beginner level classes at Japanese woodblock printing techniques. the WRS in 2010. WRS founder Shawn Dell The WRS is located at 232 Ward Street, Joyce took Liam on as her protege, and spent Montgomery. For info: 845-457-ARTS.

Salomé: Live From London The story has been told before, but never like this. An occupied desert nation. A radical from the wilderness on a hunger strike. A girl whose mysterious dance will change the course of the world. This charged retelling turns the infamous biblical tale on its head, placing the girl we call Salomé at the centre of a revolution!

Internationally acclaimed theatre director/ writer Yaël Farber draws on multiple accounts to create her urgent, hypnotic production on the stage of London’s National Theatre. See it Live in HD at Downing Film Center, 19 Front Street, Newburgh, November 6 at 7:15pm. Tickets: 845-561-3686.

Photography in Greenwood Lake

Warwick resident Peter Bright Angel Trail, which Kopher embarked on a career shows a view partway down in television production for from the trail along the south the last 30+ years. Starting rim of the Grand Canyon out as a lighting director and (June, 1986), Bushkill Falls, working for years with 35mm considered the “Niagara of film, he eventually evolved Pennsylvania”, (May 1987) into digital photography. and Nebulous Leaves, a “Photography is defined recent look at autumnal as drawing with light. My leaves resting on top of a tent “Homage to Esther Kopher” preference as a photographer is to recognize at the Callicoon Art Walk (October 2017). He these pre-existing drawings, and render them has shown his work at many local exhibitions. as aesthetically pleasing images.” Peter is the featured artist for the month of Peter has travelled and captured many November at the Greenwood Lake Public beautiful images from around the U.S. Library, 79 Waterstone Road. Photographs in his collection include From For information: 845-477-8377 (ext. 104)

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Wisner Library: Cathe Linton I gave it up to devote my “I was painting when I full time (almost) to art. was 10 or 11...did all the This was encouraged artwork for my 6th grade by workshops with the programs on music, art brilliant Susan Hope and countries. I drew Fogel which led to an musical instruments, a 12actual SALE of my first foot mural of the Chinese watercolor! Wall for the country my “As I run across work 6th grade was studying, I never finished because Rodin’s The Thinker for there was a store to run, or the art class, and ratio “Yummions” by Cathe Linton graphs for math classes,” says artist Cathe new jewelry designs to create for the holidays, I am compelled to finish them. I feel the window Linton. “A career in modeling led to an interest in of time closing and this is my legacy. A friend accessories and particularly, jewelry. I attended complemented me on all the things I do well. I classes at F.I.T in jewelry, both making and told her it was a curse! I want to do it all!” Cathe Linton is the featured artist November rendering. I won two awards from De Beers for designs. Ultimately this led to having a store in 3-30 at the Wisner Library, 1 McFarland Warwick. It gave me a chance to explore and Drive, Warwick. A reception will be held on test designs. But there was less and less time November 3, from 5:00pm-6:45pm. For information: 845-986-1047. to evolve as a designer - to grow. After 7 years

Ellenville Library: Lana Privatera Orange Regional Medical Originally from Spain, Center, 707 East Main Lana Privitera graduated Street, Middletown thru from the Fine Arts School of November 21. “It’s going to Zaragoza, where she majored be a huge exhibit with all of in Fashion Design and Art my best pieces, old and new, History. After working in in it,” said Lana. advertising for a few years, Privitera is also having a she moved to the USA in the solo exhibit at the Ellenville early 1990s. Public Library & Museum, An art educator for well 40 Center Street, from over 15 years, she is a November 2-December 28. signature member of the A reception will be held on North East Watercolor November 4, from NoonSociety, an elected member 2:00pm. “Twenty of my of the American Artist recent watercolors of the Professional League and a Hudson Valley and Ellenville former elected member of the “Silk” by Lana Privitera will be on display at the Ellenville Library,” New Jersey Watercolor Society. Privitera is having a solo exhibit at the said Lana. Visit www.watercolorsbylana.com

Cornwall Library: Ellen Joyce Trayer approach uses watercolor Artist Ellen Joyce and gouache to build a Trayer was once jealous of highly textured surface in her children’s artwork so in the deconstructionist style. her mid-thirties she decided Artists build the painting to try her hand at painting with layers of splatters, and immediately fell in love drips, pulling and spraying, with oils! creating a work that gets A self taught artist, deconstructed with the Ellen received awards aforementioned techniques. from the South Shore Art Ellen has developed Association, the Winter her own style of highly Arts Festival and the East splattered paintings of Islip Art Council. vibrant colors shimmering Retiring to the Hudson on the surface in her own Valley, she pursued her art impressionist style. education at the Wallkill Artwork by Ellen Joyce Trayer River School (see pg 7). Her watercolors will She has studied pastels with Dennis Fanton be on display at the Cornwall Public and oils with William Noonan and Susan Library, 395 Hudson Street, Cornwall, from Hope Fogel. November 1-30 with an opening reception Two years ago Ellen began exploring on November 4, from 1:00pm-3:00pm. experimental watercolor. The contemporary Visit www.ellenjoycetrayer.net 8

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WoodsTalk: Live - Art & Knowledge In the 1960’s, airwaves swam with powerful and poignant comedic voices. From the Smothers Brothers to Lenny Bruce to George Carlin to Flip Wilson to Laugh-in, comedy provided a vehicle through which people came to understand each other and their difficult - and often volatile - times. Still today, humor provides a platform where we can learn to listen to each other. On day one of the next WoodsTalk Live, mentor, NYC stand-up comedian, and improv guru Louie Pearlman (see photo) and participants will dive into comedy history, venture into the 60’s via the Museum

at Bethel Woods’ special exhibits, look for points of reference and inspirational source material, explore basic improv and comedy writing techniques, and apply them to personal material. On day two, participants, with the guidance of Louie, will gather and review material, share rough drafts, hone writing and performance techniques, and host an intimate friends and family show. The November 4-5 weekend workshop fee covers all materials and includes 2 continental breakfasts, 2 lunches, all day beverages, as well as the reception at the sharing out event. To register: www.BethelWoodsCenter.org

Dalí Quartet: Narrowsburg & Hurleyville fiftieth birthday. He was The Dalí Quartet nicknamed “the Spanish brings its signature mix of Mozart” after he died, Latin American, classical because, like Mozart, he and romantic repertoire was both a child prodigy to stages and audiences and an accomplished of all kinds. The quartet’s composer who died passionate energy is young. poured into everything Ginastera is considered they do, generating critical one of the most important and audience acclaim for 20th-century classical their classical roots, and composers of the Latin soul. Jesús Morales, cello, Domenic Salerni, violin, Recent engagements Carlos Rubio, violin, & Adriana Linares, viola Americas. The Delaware Valley Arts Alliance include concerts in New York, Philadelphia, Portland, Park City, San Jose, Tulsa, Toronto will present the Dalí Quartet at the Tusten and beyond, and now to Narrowsburg where Theatre, 210 Bridge Street, Narrowsburg, on they will perform strong quartets by Debussy November 11 at 7:00pm. Box office: 845-252-7272. (1862-1918), Juan Crisóstomo Arriaga (1806See ad on pg. 17 for a Dalí Quartet concert 1826) and Alberto Ginastera (1916-1983). Arriaga was a Spanish Basque composer, featuring dancer Edgar Osorio in Hurleyville born on what would have been Mozart’s on November 10 at 7:30pm.

“Miracle” on Goshen’s Main Street

Tom Dudzick is one of the few playwrights who makes a living at it. A memorial plaque has been imbedded in front of Dudzick’s boyhood home in Buffalo, commemorating his father’s tavern and the play it inspired, Over the Tavern. Ben Hudson Susan Mormile R. Robbins C. Von Oesen witnessed and sorely missed at plays Perhaps an even greater honor: these days - catharsis. “Tom Dudzick” was once a question “Throuch character driven dialogue, on Jeopardy! the play brilliantly addresses the In Miracle on South Division Street validity of a possibly inane, limiting, by Tom Dudzick, Buffalo’s East Side pointless, controlling, disempowering is home to Clara, who happily nurtures and detrimental religious concept.” her family, runs a soup kitchen and - Barry Plaxen. tends to the family heirloom: a shrine to Director, The Cornerstone Theatre Arts the Blessed Virgin Mary for a miracle Evelyn Albino performed at her father’s barbershop. As the production is directed by Evelyn Albino play progresses, the family’s faith is shaken with featured performers Ben Hudson, to the very core when a deathbed confession Susan Mormile, Rebecca Robbins, and Crystal Von Oesen, and runs November causes the family legend to unravel. “Miracle on South Division Street is a 4-19 at the Goshen Music Hall, 223 Main straightforward dramatic comedy (albeit with Street. Reservations are required, payable at the sitcom humor) with the necessary elements of a well-made play, including what is rarely door. Call 845-294-4188. November 2017

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Grand Montgomery Chamber Music Series: Cello + Piano The first three notes of Brahms’ Sonata #2 in F are very similar in both melody and harmony to the first three notes of Walther’s Prize Song from Wagner’s opera Die Meistersinger. Although they were musical rivals, Brahms was a great admirer of Wagner’s music, but whether this was a deliberate quotation on Brahms’ part is open to speculation. Nevertheless, the sonata has often been subtitled the “Meistersinger” Sonata. Schumann’s Five Pieces in Popular Style were designed primarily for amateur musicians of good caliber. All the various pieces are tuneful and almost completely devoid of any conflict. “Stravinsky’s Suite Italienne for violin and piano is an arrangement of several movements from his ballet Pulcinella. In Pulcinella, Stravinsky had taken works by the early 18th century Italian composer Giovanni Battista Pergolesi and effectively rewritten them by cutting, altering, and transforming the music into his own style. The result was, in Stravinsky’s words, “the epiphany through which the whole of my late work became possible. “The charm of Pergolesi’s melodies and the piquant flavor of Stravinsky’s rewriting makes his Suite Italienne one of his most enjoyable

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works and certainly the most popular of his works for violin and piano.” James Leonard - www.allmusic.com The music of Brahms, Schumann and Stravinsky will be performed, along with other works, by Jesse Levy and Gerald Robbins for the Grand Montgomery Chamber Music Series. Cellist Jesse Levy has received numerous awards from some of the country’s most prestigious organizations. He recorded the chamber version of Appalachian Spring under the baton of Aaron Copland for CBS Records, and was solo cellist for Andre Kostelanetz. Mr. Levy may be seen and heard performing solo Bach in Woody Allenʼs Small Time Crooks. France Amerique reviewed Levyʼs recital at the Cello Society of NY: “...he possesses all of the attributes which place a musician in the stratosphere: a true virtuoso technique,

a warm and expressive sound, a musical instinct that eloquently fills each phrase, a palette of nuances of vast richness. In short, an artist in the most complete sense.” Levy has played in many of Americaʼs most prestigious concert halls and performs on either of two magnificent Venetian celli dating from the early 1700ʼs. Pianist Gerald Robbins has distinguished himself internationally as a soloist, having appeared with the London Philharmonic, Royal Philharmonic, BBC Symphony, Los Angeles Philharmonic, Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Moscow Philharmonic, and New York Virtuosi Chamber Orchestra, among many others. He received his Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees from the University of Southern California, where he assisted in the string master classes of Jascha Heifetz, William Primrose and Gregor Piatigorsky, and is presently a member of the chamber music faculty of Manhattan School of Music. Levy and Robbins perform on November 5 at 3:00pm in the Montgomery Senior Center, 36 Bridge Street. Admission is free. MEET OUR ADVERTISERS See dining ads below for pre-concert lunch or post-concert dinner.

Sonny & Perley

The exciting duo of Sonny Daye and Perley Rousseau a.k.a. Sonny & Perley achieves a rare musical symbiosis. The husband and wife team have spent the last several years developing and perfecting their unique blend of Jazz, Bossa Nova, American Songbook Standards, and International Cabaret which has become their musical signature. Their 4 CD releases Love Dance (1996), East of the Sun (1998), Let it Happen (2004), Sonny and Perley Live! Love is Here to Stay (2009) have generated international air play and received critical acclaim. It is in live performance, however, where Sonny and Perley truly shine. Throughout New York, New England and in Europe, the duo has captivated audiences with their spontaneity, warmth, musical honesty and broad repertoire. The free performance is at the Newburgh Free Library, 124 Grand Street on November 19 at 3:00pm. Call 845-563-3600.

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Ilya Yakushev: “Tempest of the Heart” “Ilya Yakushev is a gifted, versatile, classical pianist whose repertoire ranges from Bach to Gershwin. He has the stage presence, flare, and aggressive playing style learned well from fellow Russian Vladimir Feltsman with whom he studied as a graduate student. And like Feltsman, he handles the intricacies of Bach and the demands of Mussorgsky, Beethoven, and Gershwin. “As a soloist, Yakushev plays authoritatively. He commands his place beautifully with orchestras as well as chamber ensembles and even tours occasionally with his father, electric violinist Alexander Yakushev and the Accordion Virtuosi of Russia. He is a learned musician who engages his concert as well as master class audiences with his knowledge of the works he plays explained in a relaxed delivery, often with humor and smiles.” - Dorothy Szefc, Director, SUNY Orange Cultural Affairs. Beethoven’s Piano Sonata No. 17 in D minor, op. 31, No. 2, “Tempest” can be considered the towering work in the history of the sonata form. This unique and ingenious creation also indicates the beginning of the so called “middle period” of Beethoven’s life,

which lasted until about 1813. During this period, Beethoven attained the highest order of productivity and creativity. Rachmaninoff disliked calling his Op. 19 sonata a cello sonata because he thought the cello and piano were equal. Because of this, the official title is in fact Sonata in G minor for Piano and Cello. Most of the themes are introduced by the piano, while they are embellished and expanded in the cello’s part, which will be played by noted concert cellist and Kindred Spirits Arts’ music director, Yosif Feigelson. Tchaikovsky’s title for Dumka for piano, Op. 59 originally comes from a Ukranian word which literally means “thought”. It is the diminutive form of the Polish term Duma, “a Slavic epic ballad”, generally thoughtful or melancholic in character”. Tempest of the Heart, the above works and Liszt’s passionate Mephisto Waltz, No. 1, will be performed on November 4 at 7:30pm in the Milford Theater, 114 E. Catherine Street. For tickets: www.kindredspiritsarts.org or by phone 570-409-1269, and at the door. Children under 15 admitted free. Meet Our Advertisers For pre-concert dining, see ads below.

From Film to Opera, From Buñuel to Adès by Philip Ehrensaft Over three hundred operas based on Shakespeare’s plays have been composed since opera was invented in early 17th century Italy. Only ten or so have been successful until a new kid on the block premiered his widely praised operatic version of The Tempest at Covent Garden in 2004. Thomas Adès was only thirty-three at the time, and this was his second venture into opera. The young Adès was hailed as Britain’s new Benjamin Britten. Which made sense. Like Britten, Adès is simultaneously a composer, conductor, and virtuoso pianist. Britten himself chose Adès to succeed him as the principal conductor at the landmark Aldeburgh Festival. Adès was also appointed the Britten Professor at London’s Royal Academy of Music. Thanks to a Met Live in HD broadcast, audiences across the world can watch Adès conduct his third opera, The Exterminating Angel. The opera premiered with great success at Austria’s Salzburg Festival last year, then moved to London’s Covent Garden, and now the Met. Adès’ new opera is based on director Luis Buñuel’s classic 1962 surrealist film El ángel exterminador. Conveying the meaning of El ángel via opera is a steep hill to climb. For starters, Buñuel insisted that the film’s surrealism had no intrinsic meaning beyond

that which each viewer attributed to it on his own. Then, if one follows the structure of the film, and Adès does, there are over a dozen principal roles. That’s a tough call for the opera stage. The eery plot follows high bourgeois attendees at a dinner party in a grand mansion. They are strangely locked in the mansion, with no further input of food or water. It’s Sartre’s No Exit on steroids. Things turn steadily Darwinian. Adès employs his characteristic violent musical contrasts to propel the creepy plot. Adès topped off his degrees at elite British institutions with mentoring by one of Europe’s great musical minds, György Kurtág. For Kurtág, a composer’s decision about every single note is a matter of life and death. As it is for Adès. If you’re going to do it, do it three hundred percent. Adès’ new opera will be shown at SUNY Sullivan in Loch Sheldrake on November 18 at 1:00pm. Tickets at the door. For information: 845-434-5750, ext. 4472.

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Lectures & demos

sponsored by SUNY Orange & Mount St. Mary College’s Desmond Campus CAS ��Catskill Art Society, Livingston Manor HHNM ��Hudson Highlands Museum Outdoor Discovery Center, Cornwall MSM-DC �� Mount St. Mary College, Desmond Campus, Newburgh PEEC ��Pocono Environmental Education Center, Dingmans Ferry SUNYO-KH �� SUNY Orange, Kaplan Hall, Newburgh SUNYO-OH �� SUNY Orange, Orange Hall, Middletown SUNYO-RCSE ��SUNY Orange, Rowley Center for Science & Engineering, Middletown Lectures, Demos, Talks & Master Classes are FREE unless otherwise noted: (FEE)

lectures Hurleyville Maker’s Lab TOUR ��Hurleyville Makers Lab, Tuesdays, 6pm “Backyard Birds” Lynn Barber �� Thrall Library, Middletown, Nov, 1, 6:30pm “Staying Healthy and Maintaining Independence” J. Scott Teresi ��Cornwall Library, Nov 2, 6pm “Women’s Suffrage in Sullivan County” John Conway �Crawford Library, Monticello, Nov 2, 6pm “Shakespeare Series: The Tempest” Mary Warrener ��Florida Library, Nov 2, 6:30pm “Lenape of the Eastern Woodlands” Mike Dennis ��PEEC Nov 4, 10am FEE Full Moon Hike �� HHNM Nov 4, 6:30pm FEE “Landscape Design” Beatrix Farrand ��Cornwall Presby. Ch., Cornwall-on-Hudson, Nov 6, 7:30pm FEE “DNA for Genealogists” Christine Crawford-Oppenheimer �� MSM-DC Nov 8, 1pm FEE Senior Independence Project Medicare, energy initiatives, depression, cooking, refreshments �� Montgomery Town Hall, Nov 8. 2pm “Initiation and the Spiritual Quest” Nathan Rosenblum �� MSM-DC Nov 8, 6:30pm FEE DISCUSSION “Great Decisions: Nuclear Security” ��Cornwall Library, Nov 8, 7pm “The Roosevelt Presidential Library:Treasure Trove in Our Own Back Yard” lecture, film, pizza � Jeff Urbin & George Burke MSM-DC Nov 9, 10:30am FEE “The Autistic Brain: All Kinds of Minds Can Succeed” Temple Grandin �� Paramount Theatre, Middletown, Nov 9, 7pm FEE “History of the Trolley: Newburgh - Walden” Ray Kelly ��Newburgh Library, Nov 9, 7pm “Natural Eye Exercises” Dr. Marc Grossman ��MSM-DC Nov 10, 10am FEE “The Basics: Memory Loss, Dementia, & Alzheimer’s Disease” Janet Syvertsen ��MSM-DC Nov 10, Noon “Behavioral Principles and Reducing Stress in Animal Handling” Temple Grandin �� SUNYO-RCSE Nov 10, 1pm “Tuning Into Your Inner Compass” Kathy Morley ��MSM-DC Nov 11, 10am FEE “What to Know About Parental Controls and Keeping Your Kids Safe Online” �� Wisner Library, Warwick, Nov 11, 10am “Coyotes in our Area” Frank Vincenti ��MSM DC Nov 12, 11am FEE “How to Heal Your Thyroid & Balance Your Hormones Naturally” Toni-Jean Kulpinski �� MSM-DC Nov 13, 1pm FEE Safe Harbors of the Hudson TOUR ��Safe Harbors, Newburgh, Nov 14, 9am “Emotional Detox: Dealing with Negative People” Diane Lang �� MSM-DC Nov 14, 10:30am FEE “The Lost Art of the Thank You Note” Joan Monk ��MSM-DC Nov 14, 11am FEE “Henry Knox and His Noble Train of Artillery” Bob Ulrich �� MSM-DC Nov 14, 6:30pm FEE “Craving Sugar” Dr. Richard Huntoon �� MSM-DC Nov 15, 1pm “Medicare 101” ��Crawford Library, Monticello, Nov 5, 6pm “Myths & Realities of U.S. Immigration” Stephanie Hinnershitz �� Cornwall Lib., Nov 15, 6:30pm “Fortress West Point & the Hudson River Valley:General George Washington’s “Key of America” �� James M. Johnson SUNYO-KH Nov 15, 7pm “My Career in Journalism: From Newsletters to Magazines to Books” Anthony Musso �� MSM-DC Nov 16, 11am FEE “Disney Through the Decades” Joan Monk �� MSM-DC Nov 16, 1pm FEE “Breathe Deep” Ophra Wolf ��MSM-DC Nov 17, 10am FEE “Pray as You Can, not as You Can’t!” Sr. Virginia Wilkinson �� MSM-DC Nov 20, 1pm FEE “Thomas Jefferson” Richard Barkow �� MSM-DC Nov 20, 1pm FEE “Golden Eagles of New York & the Appalachian Eagle Project” Peg DiBenedetto �� Narrowsburg Union, Nov 25, 1pm FORUM DISCUSSION “Spirit of the Community” ��Cornwall Library, Nov 27, 6:30pm “Raising Kind and Generous (Grand) Children” Joan Monk ��MSM-DC Nov 28, 11am FEE “The Detoxing of Caregivers-Key Tips for Survival, Strength, & Patience” Lawrence T. Force �� MSM-DC Nov 29, 10am FEE “Invasion of Normandy” Major Gregory Hope ��Cornwall Library, Nov 29, 6:30pm SCIENCE CAFE “Evolution, Altruism, and the Advent of Positive Evolutionary Psychology” �� Glen Geher La Casa Vicina, New Windsor, Nov 29, 7:15pm FEE Demos & ARTIST TALKS Ann Kalmbach & Tatana Kellner Artist Salon Series �� Pine Bush Library, Nov 10, 7pm Talk Back Director & Cast of “The Grown Up” �� Orange Hall, Middletown, Nov 11, after the 7:30pm performance Holiday Market Maker Demos ��Wickham Works, Warwick, Nov 24, 4pm-8pm & Nov 25, 10am-6pm

EVA Performs at the Tusten, Narrowsburg

With breathtaking voices rooted in Ireland, the UK and the U.S., EVA: Liz Simmons and Nicole Zuraitis perform a seamless mix of traditional and contemporary original folk music. EVA’s powerful vocal harmonies are bedded on the textured landscape of guitar, 12

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Thunderhead Organ Trio jazz-fusion ��The Wherehouse, Newburgh, 3rd Thursdays, 8pm FREE Music for Humanity folk ��Noble Coffee Roasters, Campbell Hall, 3rd Saturdays, 8pm Music Night Americana ��Neversink Valley Museum, Cuddebackville, Oct 28, 7pm Fleurine! w/Boys from Brazil folk-pop-Brazilian jazz ��The Falcon, Marlboro, Nov 1, 8pm, Andy Stack’s American Soup country, jazz �� The Falcon Underground, Marlboro, Nov 2, 7pm Charlie Hunter & Friends soul, jazz fusion ��The Falcon, Marlboro, Nov 2, 8pm Soñando! Latin dance ��The Falcon, Marlboro, Nov 3, 8pm Gratefully Yours The Dead �� The Falcon Underground , Marlboro, Nov 3, 8pm Eva Trio folk ��Tusten Theatre, Narrowsburg, Nov 4, 7pm Béla Fleck & Abigail Washburn folk �� Bethel Woods, Nov 4, 8pm Jay Collins & The Northern Resistance roots, rock ��The Falcon, Marlboro, Nov 4, 8pm The Trapps Americana, roots, rock �� The Falcon Underground, Marlboro, Nov 4, 8pm Big Joe Fitz & The Lo-Fis swing, blues ��The Falcon, Marlboro, Nov 5, 11am Los Lonely Boys �� Bethel Woods, Nov 5, 8pm Robt Sarazin Blake Residency, The Package ��The Falcon, Marlboro, Nov 6, 8pm LADAMA! Latinx Afro-Caribbean, South American ��The Falcon, Marlboro, Nov 8, 8pm Jim Kweskin ��The Falcon, Marlboro, Nov 9, 8pm DeadGrass Jerry Garcia + �� The Falcon Underground, Marlboro, Nov 10, 8pm Wolf Critton & Mike Colonna rock, blues �� Greenwood Lake Library, Nov 11, 1pm FREE Family members of Allman, Betts & Vaughn ��The Falcon, Marlboro, Nov 11, 8pm Robt Sarazin Blake Residency, David Amram ��The Falcon, Marlboro, Nov 13, 8pm Jimmy Thackery & The Drivers electric blues ��The Falcon, Marlboro, Nov 15, 8pm Jeff Wilkinson & the Shutterdogs Americana ��The Falcon, Marlboro, Nov 16, 8pm Scott Petito’s All Star Ensemble Joni Mitchell Tribute ��The Falcon, Marlboro, Nov 17, 8pm Arlen Roth Band ��The Falcon, Marlboro, Nov 18, 8pm Sons of Pitches cowboy jazz �� The Falcon Underground , Marlboro, Nov, 18, 8pm Ken McNally folk �� Seven Freedoms Music & Records, Montgomery, Nov 19, 3pm FREE Robt Sarazin Blake Residency, Mike + Ruthy ��The Falcon, Marlboro, Nov 20, 8pm Alpha Male Gorillas, Jason Gisser Band, Mazzstock AllStars classic rock ��Falcon, Nov 22, 8pm Jeremy Baum: Go-Go Boogaloo Dance Party, R&B Organ ensemble ��The Falcon, Nov 24, 8pm Soul Sacrifice �� The Falcon Underground , Marlboro, Nov 24, 8pm Chris O’Leary Band blues, rock ��The Falcon, Marlboro, Nov 25, 8pm Soul Purpose �� The Falcon Underground, Marlboro, Nov 25, 8pm Saints of Swing swing + ��The Falcon, Marlboro, Nov 26, 11am Common Tongue’s Pastorius Tribute ��The Falcon, Marlboro, Nov 29, 8pm OPEN Mic & IN-HOUSE MUSIC

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Open Mic w/Steve Schwartz & Antoine Magliano �� Dutch’s Tavern, Rock Hill, Mondays, 7:30pm Robert Kopec & Solo Bajo jazz ��Dos Amigos, Fair Oaks, Wednesdays, 7pm The Parting Glass Band Celtic �� Loughran’s Pub, Salisbury Mills, Thursdays, 7pm-10pm Open Mic poetry, music, spoken word, etc. Calabash Restaurant, Newburgh, 2nd Thursdays, 6:30pm Jake Lentz piano & Marilyn Kennedy vocals �Giovanni’s Inn, Wurtsboro, Fridays & Saturdays, 6pm-9pm Marc Von Em soul, blues, funk �� WaterWheel Cafe, Milford, Last Fridays, 8pm-11pm Joanna Gass and the Search & Rescue Orchestra ��Brew, Rock Hill, Tuesdays, 6:30pm-8:30pm Songwriter Sessions Host: Jason Gisser �� The Falcon Underground, Marlboro, Nov 1, 8pm Run for Cover 80’s ��Palaia Winery, Highland Mills, Nov 3, 7:30pm Hudson Valley Jazz Trio ��Warwick Wine Garden & Piano Bar, Nov 4, Dec 2, 7pm-10pm Peach Project ��Palaia Winery, Highland Mills, Nov 4, 7:30pm In Transit Trio ��Palaia Winery, Highland Mills, Nov 5, 2pm The Americana Music Sessions �� The Falcon Underground, Marlboro, Nov 5 & 11, 8pm Rob Schiff ��Palaia Winery, Highland Mills, Nov 10, 7:30pm Hurley Mountain Highway ��Palaia Winery, Highland Mills, Nov 11, 7:30pm Jack Higgins & Friends ��Palaia Winery, Highland Mills, Nov 12, 7:30pm Ferry Godmother Open Mic Night poetry, prose, comedy, music, dance, spoken word �� Calabash Restaurant, Newburgh, Nov 16, 6:30pm Roots & Blues Sessions Host: Petey Hop �� The Falcon Underground, Marlboro, Nov 15 & 29, 8pm Jim & Michelle Iannucci ��Palaia Winery, Highland Mills, Nov 17, 7:30pm Songwriters Anonymous open mic �� Artists’ Market, Shohola, Nov 18, 2pm Stone Flower Santana Tribute ��Palaia Winery, Highland Mills, Nov 18, 7:30pm Bruce Perone & the Gobble Song ��Palaia Winery, Highland Mills, Nov 22, 7:30pm Twisted Corks ��Palaia Winery, Highland Mills, Nov 24, 7:30pm TWD band ��Palaia Winery, Highland Mills, Nov 25, 7:30pm Ray Longchamp ��Palaia Winery, Highland Mills, Nov 26, 2pm

The Edmonston House, New Windsor

“Your Excellency’s Dog kennel at Mount Vernon, is as good a Quarter as that I am now in.” - General Horatio Gates. On November 11, from 5:00-7:00pm visit Revolutionary War headquarters and meet General Horatio Gates, who was none too happy to be billeted in the Edmonston House.

This is a cooperative program of the National Temple Hill Association and the New Windsor Cantonment State Historic Site. Free admission. The Edmonston House is located at 1042 Route 94 in New Windsor. For further information, phone: 845-5611765 ext. 22.

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ArtS Walks - Open Tours

Art After Dark �� Milford, Nov 11, 5pm-9pm Newburgh Last Saturday ��Newburgh, Nov 25, 4pm-8pm

Cabaret

Sonny & Perley Great American Songbook �� Newburgh Library, Nov 19, 3pm FREE

Cinema

“Art in the Face of War” documentary w/discussion SUNY Orange Hall, Middletown, Nov 3, 6pm FREE “Warcraft” Travis Fimmel, Paula Patton �� Newburgh Library, Nov 4, 2:15pm FREE “Dreamgirls” �� Cornwall Library, Nov 8, Noon FREE “Bicycle Thieves” dir. Vittorio DeSica �� SUNY Orange Kaplan Hall, Newburgh, Nov 10, 7pm FREE “Their Finest” Gemma Arterton, Sam Claflin. �� Greenwood Lake Library, Nov 14, 6:30pm FREE “City Slickers” (1991) ��Thrall Library, Middletown, Nov 15, 3pm FREE “Chuck - Lost Object Found”, ��Beaverkill Studio, Parksville, Nov 18, 7:30pm Monday Night Movie �� Newburgh Library, Nov 20, 6:15pm FREE “Titanic” w/discussion by George Burke ��Mount St. Mary, Desmond Campus, Balmville, Nov 21, 9:30am “Home Alone” ��Bethel Woods, Dec 2, 4pm

Comedy

Steve Shaffer �� Jokers Comedy Club, Chester, Nov 4. 9pm Comics at The Underground �� The Falcon Underground, Marlboro, Nov 9, 8pm Chris Roach �� Jokers Comedy Club, Chester, Nov 11, 9pm Joey Callahan �� Jokers Comedy Club, Chester, Nov 18, 9pm NY Kings “Black Friday Show” Talent, Capone, Drew Fraser, Rob Stapleton �� The MEV, Middletown, Nov 24, 7:30pm & 10:30pm Mike Gaffney �� Jokers Comedy Club, Chester, Nov 25, 9pm Kevin Downey Jr ��Jokers Comedy Club, Chester, Dec 2, 9pm

Dance

“Nutcracker Act II” Warwick Dance Collective & Students, performance & tea party �� Warwick Center for the Performing Arts, Dec 2 & 3

Fairs & Festivals

Halloweenfest �� Sullivan Street, Wurtsboro, Oct 28, Noon-3pm Holiday Craft Fair ��Mulberry House Senior Center, Middletown, Nov 4, 9am-2pm Bells on Broadway: Holiday Market and Children’s Festival �� Ritz Theatre Lobby, Newburgh, Nov 18, 11am-4:00pm Crafts & Gifts Fair ��Palaia Winery, Highland Mills, Nov 19, Noon-5pm Holiday Market �� Wickham Works, Warwick, Nov 24, 4pm-8pm & Nov 25, 10am-6pm Holiday Craft Fair �� Neversink Valley Museum, Cuddebackville, Nov 26, 10am-3pm

FundrAIsers

Warwick Humane Society benefit concert �� Milkweed, Sugar Loaf, Nov 3, 7pm-10pm Music For Humanity Jason Miles, keyboard ��Noble Coffee Roasters, Campbell Hall, Nov 4, 8pm NACLTheatre NACL “Pie Social” �� Western Hotel, Callicoon, Nov 11, 7:30pm Orange County Arts Council Arts Awards Dinner ��Motorcyclepedia Museum, Newburgh, Nov 17, 5:30pm

HoliDAY EVENTS

Pine Bush Community Band Holiday Concert ��St. Paul’s Church, Bullville, Nov 27, 7pm FREE Holiday Show �� Shadowland Stages. Ellenville, Dec 1-17

Holistic - Spiritual

Morning Meditation �� Milkweed, Sugar Loaf, Sundays, 10:30am Movement & Meditation +, Debra Sheafe �� Innervision Wellness, Rock Tavern, Nov 13 & 27, 7pm

Museums

Railroad Museum Annual Train Show ��Port Jervis High School, Oct 28, 10am-3pm “Your Excellency’s Dog kennel at Mount Vernon, is as good a Quarter as that I am now in” �� w/General Horatio Gates Edmonston House, New Windsor, Nov 11, 5pm-7pm

Music - Classical

“Sounds of Russia” Sullivan County Chamber Orchestra - Chamber Music Series �� St. John’s Episcopal Church, Monticello, Oct 28, 7pm, & Liberty Museum & Arts Center, Oct 29, 3pm Ilya Yakushev piano, Kindred Spirits Arts ��Milford Theatre, Nov 4, 7:30pm SUNY Orange Symphonic Band ��Paramount Theatre, Middletown, Nov 4, 7:30pm American String Quartet “Lyric in a Time of War” ��SUNY Orange Hall, Middletown, Nov 5, 3pm Jesse Levy cello, Gerald Robbins piano, Grand Montgomery Chamber Music Series �� Senior Center, Montgomery, Nov 5, 3pm FREE Dali Quartet w/Edgar Osorio ballroom dancer ��Hurleyvlle Arts Centre, Nov 10, 7:30pm Dali Quartet �� Tusten Theatre, Narrowsburg, Nov 11, 7pm Kairos: A Consort of Singers �� Grace Episcopal Church, Middletown, Nov 11, 7:30pm SIREN Baroque �� St. John’s Episcopal Church, Ellenville, Nov 16, 7:30pm Classical Conversations Paramount Chamber Players ��Milkweed, Sugar Loaf, Dec 2, 7pm

Music - jazz

Jazz Cats ��Dancing Cat Saloon, Bethel, Sundays, 1pm Thunderhead Organ Trio jazz-fusion �� The Wherehouse, Newburgh, 3rd Thursdays, 8pm FREE Eric Person Band ��The Wherehouse, Newburgh, 3rd Saturdays, 8pm Hudson Valley Jazz Trio ��Warwick Wine Garden & Piano Bar, Nov 4 & Dec 2, 7pm-10pm Sertso/Berger Group improv ��The Falcon, Marlboro, Nov 5, 7:30pm Jason Miles keyboard �� Noble Coffee Roasters, Campbell Hall, Nov 4, 8pm Jazz Sessions Host: Doug Weiss ��The Falcon Underground, Marlboro, Nov 8, 8pm Hudson Valley Jazz Trio �� Iron Forge Inn, Warwick, Nov 12, Noon-3pm Bucky Pizzarelli & Ed Laub Trio swing guitar virtuosos ��The Falcon, Marlboro, Nov 12, 8pm bigBANG ��The Falcon Underground, Marlboro, Nov 16, 8pm The SHEroes! �� The Falcon, Marlboro, Nov 19, 8pm Crispell Fonda Sorgen Trio �� The Falcon, Marlboro, Nov 26, 8pm Manuel Valera Trio “The Planets”, chamber jazz ��The Falcon, Marlboro, Nov 30, 8pm

OPERa

“The Exterminating Angel” Ades, Live from the Met ��SUNY Sullivan, Nov 18, 1pm

Poetry Readings

Milkweed Poetry ��Milkweed, Sugar Loaf, Wednesdays, 6:30pm Roberta Gould & Robert Phelps �� Noble Coffee Roasters, Campbell Hall, Nov 2, 7pm Hudson River Poets �� Karpeles Museum, Newburgh, Nov 4, 1pm FREE MEGAPHONE: Kirpal Gordon ��Seligmann Center, Sugar Loaf, Nov 5, 2pm Christopher P. Gazeent �� Elsie’s Luncheonette, Goshen, Nov 9, 7pm Poetry/Spoken Word Open Mic Calling All Poets ��Empowering Ellenville, Nov 10, 7pm Awakening Creative Voices Open Mic ��Frisky Goat Coffeehouse, Milford, Nov 14, 7pm Eva Strasser �� Montgomery Book Exchange, Nov 14, 7pm FREE Milkweed Poetry Slam host: Bryan Roessel ��Milkweed, Sugar Loaf, Nov 24, 6:30pm Margaret Fox Poetry at the Church �� Goshen Methodist Church, Nov 27, 7pm FREE Hudson River Poets ��Newburgh Library, Nov 30, 7pm FREE

recreation

Dance Party w/DJRPBEATS ��Milkweed, Sugar Loaf, Nov 18, 7pm-10pm Hudson Valley Polonaise Society Polka Dance �� PLAV, Pine Island, Nov 19, 2pm-6pm Latin Night Dance Party w/Cuboricua Salsa Band �� Holiday Inn, Middletown, Nov 22. 9pm

Storytelling

“Stories of Resilience” Ophira Eisenberg, Adam Wade, Peter Aguero �� Hurleyville Arts Centre, Nov 4, 7pm Tellabration! “Stories We Remember” w/potluck dinner ��Florida Library, Nov 18, 2pm FREE

Theatre - plays

“Fahrenheit 451” adapted by Samuel E. Wright ��New Rose Theatre, Walden, Nov 3-12 “The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (abridged)”” �� Creative Theatre-Muddy Water Players Playhouse at Museum Village, Monroe, Nov 4-12 “Miracle on South Division Street” Cornerstone Theatre Arts ��Goshen Music Hall, Nov 4-19 “Salome” Live from London in HD �� Downing Film Center, Newburgh, Nov 6, 7:15pm

Schools & Conservatories

“Working” Theatre-Musical ��SUNY Sullivan, Loch Sheldrake, Nov 11-19 RitzKids: Newburgh’s Got Talent �� Ritz Lobby, Newburgh, Nov 12, 4pm “The Grown-Up” SUNY Orange Apprentice Players ��Orange Hall, Middletown, Nov 10-19

Books: discussions / readings / Signings Peace Lab “Nonviolent Communication: A Language of Life” by Marshall Rosenberg �� Milkweed, Sugar Loaf, Tuesdays 7pm Book Lover’s Club ��Greenwood Lake Library, 4th Tuesday, 7pm Mystery Thriller & Crime Book Group ��Jeffersonville Library, 2nd Wednesday, 6:30pm Urban Book Club �� Mulberry House Senior Center, Middletown, 4th Wednesday, 7pm Book Discussion Group ��1st Friday, Daniel Pierce Library, Grahamsville, 1pm Book Discussion Group �� Narrowsburg Library, 3rd Friday, 4pm “The Paris Wife” by Paula McLain, w/Matt Pfisterer ��Thrall Library, Middletown, Nov 1, 3pm “Option B” by Sheryl Sandberg �� Cornwall Library, Nov 1, 7pm Author Talk on the Crew and Battles of the USS Haynsworth �� by/w/Martin Irons Newburgh Library, Nov 5, 3pm Five National Book Award Fiction Finalists �� Cornwall Library, Nov 6, 7pm “Five Days in November” by Clint Hill & Lisa McCubbin Morrison Hall, Middletown, Nov 8, Noon “A Sense of an Ending” by Julian Barnes, w/Jessica Gerson �� Newburgh Library, Nov 15, 7pm “Victoria Vanishes” by Christopher Fowler �� Cornwall Library, Nov 15, 7pm “Packing for Mars: The Curious Science of Life in the Void” by Mary Roach �� Wisner Library, Warwick, Nov 20.11am “The Good Luck of Right Now” by Matthew Quick, w/Patty Sussmann �� Newburgh Library Town Branch, Nov 28, 2pm “The Girl You Left Behind” by Jo Jo Moyes �� Cornwall Library, Nov 30, 7pm November 2017

Delaware & Hudson CANVAS

7FREE �� Seven Freedoms Record Store & Music Cafe, Montgomery BW �� Bethel Woods CAS Catskill Art Society �� CAS Arts Center, Livingston Manor CAS-LK �� CAS Laundry King, Livingston Manor CTMW Creative Theatre Muddy Water Players ��Playhouse at Museum Village, Monroe DCAT ��Dancing Cat Saloon & Catskill Distillery, Bethel DEAD ��Dead End Cafe, Parksville

MONDAY

TUESDAY

FAL �� The Falcon, Marlboro FAL-U �� The Falcon Underground, Marlboro FT ��Forestburgh Tavern GMCM Grand Montgomery Chamber Music Montgomery Senior Center GOSH Cornerstone Theatre Arts �� Goshen Music Hall GWL �� Greenwood Lake Library HAC ��Hurleyville Arts Centre

WEDNESDAY

Poetry Milkweed, Sugar Loaf, 6:30pm Music - Brazilian Jazz Fleurine! w/Boys from Brazil FAL 8pm

Holistic “Movement & Meditation” Innervision Wellness, Rock Tavern, 7pm

“Autumn Harvest” by Catherine DeMaio is on view at the Rustic Wheelhouse Restaurant, 39 Main Street, Chester

Theatre Live in HD “Salome” Downing Film Center, Newburgh 7:15pm Music Robt Sarazin Blake Residency + The Package FAL 8pm

Poetry Awakening Creative Voices Frisky Goat, Milford, 7pm

Music Robt Sarazin Blake Residency + David Amram FAL 8pm

Poetry Eva Strasser MONTBK, 7pm Cinema’ “Their Finest” GWL 7pm

Cinema Monday Night Movie NFL 6:15pm

Holistic “Movement & Meditation” Innervision Wellness, Rock Tavern, 7pm Music Robt Sarazin Blake Residency + Mike & Ruthy FAL 8pm

Poetry Margaret Fox Goshen Methodist Church, 7pm

Cinema & Discussion “Titanic” Abridged MSM-DC 9:30am

Music - Holiday Pine Bush Community Band St. Paul’s Church, Bullville, 7pm

Delaware & Hudson CANVAS

Cinema “Dreamgirls” Cornwall Library, Noon Poetry Milkweed, Sugar Loaf, 6:30pm Music - Latin-Afro-Carribean LADAMA! FAL 8pm

THURSDAY

“Onion Fragrance in the Air” by Janet HowardFatta on view at The Grange, 1 Ryerson Road, Warwick, thru November 27

Cinema “City Slickers” THRALL 3pm

Poetry Milkweed, Sugar Loaf, 6:30pm Music - Electric Blues Jimmy Thackery & The Drivers FAL 8pm

Theatre - Play.“Comp

Poetry..............Ope Music - Garcia +.....

Fundraiser..Orange Cty

Music - Classical....SIREN Baroque..St. John’s Epis. Ch., Ellenville, 7:30pm Theatre - Play.........“ Music - Americana.........Jeff Wilkinson & the Shutterdogs .FAL 8pm Theatre - Play.......... Music - Jazz......................... bigBANG ............................FAL-U 8pm Music - Joni Mitchel Music-Jazz, Fusion..Thunderhead Organ Trio.Wherehouse,Newburgh,8pm Theatre -Musical..... Theatre -Musical................. “Working” .............................SCCC 8pm Comedy...................

Poetry Milkweed, Sugar Loaf, 6:30pm

Artwork by Kate Hyden

CANVAS wishes all a Happy Thanksgiving!

Recreation Latin Night Dance Party w/Cuboricua Salsa Band Holiday Inn, Middletown, 9pm

Eat your cranberries!

Poetry Milkweed, Sugar Loaf, 6:30pm

The NY Kings o Rob Stapleton & D 7:30pm & 10:30pm

Theatre - Play.........“ Poetry - Spoken Wo Cinema.................... Poetry..Christopher P. Gazeent..Elsie’s Luncheonette, Goshen, 7pm Music - Classical..... Storytelling.........Black Dirt Storytelling Guild.....Florida Library, 7:30pm Theatre - Play.......... Music................................ Jim Kweskin ................................FAL 8pm Theatre - Play.......... Comedy........................Stand-Up Comedy ......................FAL-U 8pm

Classic Rock Alpha Male Gorillas, Jason Gisser Band, Mazzstock AllStars FAL 8pm

Music - Jazz Jam Host: Doug Weiss FAL-U 8pm

Music - Jaco Pastorius Common Tongue FAL 8pm

November 2017

HHNM ��Hudson Highlands Nature Museum, Co IKE ��Eisenhower Hall Theater, West JOKERS ��Jokers Comedy Club, Ch KARP �� Karpeles Museum, New LM&AC �� Liberty Museum & Arts C MAMA ��Mamakating Library, Wurt MICV Music in Central Valley �� United Methodist Church, Central

Cinema w/discus Fundraiser....Warwick Poetry.................Roberta Gould, Robert Phelps.............. NOBL 7pm Theatre - Play.......... Music - Soul-Jazz-Fusion.......Charlie Hunter & Friends ......FAL 8pm Music - Latin Dance Music - Country-Jazz.......Andy Stack’s American Soup..FAL-U 8pm Music - The Dead...

Please check the schedule for Art & Photography Receptions, pg. 16 Japanese woodblock print: “Oriental Crane” by Liam Vogel See page 7

Novemb

Poetry......................... Hudson River Poets.......................... NFL 7pm Music - Jazz............... .....Manuel Valera Trio ........................FAL 8pm

Fair.....Holiday Mar Poetry..................... Comedy.....NY Kings Music..............JB’s Music - Soul.............

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ornwall t Point hester wburgh Center tsboro Valley

MISU �� St. John’s Episcopal Church, Ellenville MONTBK �� Montgomery Book Exchange MSM-DC ��Mount St. Mary College, Desmond Campus, Balmville NACL �� NACL Theatre, Highland Lake NESIN ��Eugene D. Nesin Theatre, Monticello NFL �� Newburgh Free Library NOBL �� Noble Coffee Roasters, Campbell Hall

FRIDAY

ssion.....“Art in the Face of War”.SUNYO-OH 8pm k Humane Society..Milkweed, Sugar Loaf, 7pm-10pm .......“Fahrenheit 451”....................ROSE 7:30pm e............. Soñando!...................................FAL 8pm ........ Gratefully Yours..........................FAL-U 8pm

NVM �� Neversink Valley Museum, Cuddebackville PARA �� Paramount Theatre, Middletown RITZ �� Ritz Theatre Lobby, Newburgh ROSE �� New Rose Theatre, Walden SCCC ��SUNY Sullivan Community College, Loch Sheldrake SLGMN �� Seligmann Center for the Arts, Sugar Loaf SUNYO-KH �� SUNY Orange, Kaplan Hall, Newburgh

SATURDAY

Fair......Holiday Craft Fair..Mulberry House, Middletown, 9am-2pm Poetry.......Hudson River Poets...Karpeles Museum, Newburgh, 1pm Cinema.............................. ..“Warcraft” .......................... NFL 2:15pm Theatre - Play................“Fahrenheit 451”.........................ROSE 6pm Storytelling.................”Stories of Resilience” ................... HAC 7pm Theatre - Play.........“Miracle on South Division Street”.......GOSH 7pm Music - Folk......................... ..Eva Trio ...............................TUST 7pm Music - Jazz............. Hudson Valley Jazz Trio......... WWG 7pm-10pm Music - Classical......... Ilya Yakushev piano .Milford Theatre, 7:30pm Music - Classical.......SUNY Orange Symphonic Band .PARA 7:30pm

Theatre - Play.“Complete Works of W. Shakespeare(abridged)”.CTMW 8pm

Music - Jazz...............Jason Miles keyboard..................... NOBL 8pm Music - Roots-Rock........Jay Collins & The Northern Resistance .FAL 8pm Music - Americana-Roots-Rock........The Trapps............................FAL-U 8pm Music - Folk.......... Béla Fleck & Abigail Washburn ...................BW 8pm

of Comedy Tour featuring Talent, Capone, Theatre - Play...“Complete Works of W. Shakespeare: Abridged”...CTMW 8pm Drew Fraser takes place on November 24 at Comedy............................Steve Shaffer........................JOKERS 9pm m at The MEV, 360 Rte 211 East, Middletown

“Miracle on South Division Street”.......GOSH 7pm ord......Open Mic.........Empowering Ellenville, 7pm ..... “Bicycle Thieves” ............... SUNYO-KH 7pm ...Dali Quartet w/Edgar Osorio........ HAC 7:30pm .......“Fahrenheit 451”....................ROSE 7:30pm .......“The Grown Up”............SUNYO-OH 7:30pm

plete Works of W. Shakespeare(abridged)”.CTMW 8pm

en Mic.........Two Alice’s, Cornwall-on-Hudson, 8pm ............DeadGrass ..............................FAL-U 8pm

y. Arts Awards..Motorcyclepedia Museum, Newburgh, 5:30pm

“Miracle on South Division Street”.......GOSH 7pm .......“The Grown Up”............SUNYO-OH 7:30pm ll.......Scott Petito’s All Star Ensemble....FAL 8pm ............. “Working” .............................SCCC 8pm .......Anjaleh Johnson ........................... IKE 8pm

rket & Demos..Wickham Works,Warwick 4pm-8pm ..Poetry Slam... ..... Milkweed, Sugar Loaf, 6:30pm s Comedy...The “MEV” Middletown, 7:30pm & 10:30pm Go-Go Boogaloo Dance Party..............FAL 8pm ........ ..Soul Sacrifice .........................FAL-U 8pm

CANVAS Congratulates Shawn Dell Joyce, Kari Ganoung Ruiz, & Chrissy Pahucki, winners of the Hudson Valley Plein Air Festival’s Quickdraw!

Music - Rock-Blues.......Wolf Critton & Mike Colonna ........GWL 1pm Theatre - Play................“Fahrenheit 451”.........................ROSE 6pm Theatre - Play.........“Miracle on South Division Street”.......GOSH 7pm Music - Classical................ Dali Quartet .............................TUST 7pm Theatre - Play................“The Grown Up”............SUNYO-OH 7:30pm Music -Classical.Kairos.Grace Episcopal Church, Middletown, 7:30pm Fundraiser.....NACL Theatre Pie Social.....Western Hotel, Callicoon, 7:30pm Theatre - Play.“Complete Works of W. Shakespeare(abridged)”.CTMW 8pm

Theatre -Musical................. “Working” .............................SCCC 8pm Music................. Pitchell. Allman. Betts. Vaughn.................FAL 8pm Comedy.............................Chris Roach ........................JOKERS 9pm

Music - Classical.Jesse Levy cello, Gerald Robbins piano... GMCM 3pm

Music - Poetry.......American String Quartet, Tom Sleigh, Phil Klay S . UNYO-OH 3pm

Theatre - Play................“Fahrenheit 451”.........................ROSE 3pm

Theatre - Play...“Complete Works of W. Shakespeare: Abridged”...CTMW 3pm

Music - Jazz Improv....Sertso/Berger Group ....................FAL 7:30pm Music............................. Los Lonely Boys............................. BW 8pm

12 Music - Jazz......................... Jazz Cats................................ DCAT 1pm Music - Jazz........HV Jazz Trio....Iron Forge Inn, Warwick, Noon-3pm Theatre - Play.........“Miracle on South Division Street”.......GOSH 2pm Theatre -Musical................. “Working” .............................SCCC 2pm Theatre - Play................“Fahrenheit 451”.........................ROSE 3pm Theatre - Play................“The Grown Up”.................SUNYO-OH 3pm

Theatre - Play.“Complete Works of W. Shakespeare(abridged)”.CTMW 3pm

Music - Jazz...........Bucky Pizzarelli & Ed Laub Trio ............FAL 8pm

Fair..Holiday Market & Demos...Wickham Works,Warwick 10am-6pm Music - Blues-Rock.. .....Chris O’Leary Band .......................FAL 8pm Music -Soul-R&B...............Soul Purpose ..........................FAL-U 8pm Comedy............................ Mike Gaffney ........................JOKERS 9pm

Dance & Tea Party.......“Nutcracker Act II”....WCPA Noon & 2pm & 4pm Cinema........................... ..“Home Alone”.............................. BW 4pm Music - Classical.Paramount Chamber Players.Milkweed, Sugar Loaf, 7pm Music - Jazz............. Hudson Valley Jazz Trio......... WWG 7pm-10pm Comedy........................ Kevin Downey, Jr ....................JOKERS 9pm

SUNDAY

Music -Swing-Blues.....Joe Fitz & The Lo-Fis ....................FAL11am Music - Jazz......................... Jazz Cats................................ DCAT 1pm Poetry................. MEGAPHONE: Kirpal Gordon............ SLGMN 2pm Theatre - Play......“Miracle on South Division Street”..........GOSH 2pm

Festival............ Bells on Broadway .............. RITZ 11am-4pm Opera......“The Exterminating Angel” Ades..........SCCC 1pm Storytelling & Dinner..........Tellabration!............... Florida Library, 2pm Theatre - Play.........“Miracle on South Division Street”.......GOSH 7pm Recreation.Dance Party w/DJRPBEATS.Milkweed, Sugar Loaf, 7pm-10pm Theatre - Play................“The Grown Up”............SUNYO-OH 7:30pm Music - Folk.................Music for Humanity....................... NOBL 8pm Music.................................Arlen Roth Band ............................FAL 8pm Music - Cowboy Jazz.......Sons of Pitches.........................FAL-U 8pm Music - Jazz...........Eric Person Band....Wherehouse,Newburgh,8pm Theatre -Musical................. “Working” .............................SCCC 8pm Comedy........................... Joey Callahan .......................JOKERS 9pm

SUNYO-OH ��Orange Hall, Middletown THRALL �� Thrall Library, Middletown TUST ��Tusten Theatre, Narrowsburg UUC ��Unitarian Universalist Congregation, Rock Tavern WCPA �� Warwick Center for the Performing Arts WICK �� Wickham Works, Warwick WWG �� Warwick Wine Garden & Piano Bar, Warwick

Music - Jazz......................... Jazz Cats................................ DCAT 1pm Fair.....Crafts & Gifts Fair....Palaia Winery, Highland Mills..Noon-5pm Theatre - Play.........“Miracle on South Division Street”.......GOSH 2pm Theatre -Musical................. “Working” .............................SCCC 2pm Recreation.Polonaise Society Polka Dance..PLAV Pine Island, 2pm Theatre - Play................“The Grown Up”.................SUNYO-OH 3pm Cabaret......Sonny & Perley Great American Songbook ... NFL 3pm Music - Folk.... ..................Ken McNally........................... 7FREE 3pm Music - Jazz.... ................ The SHEroes.................................FAL 8pm

Fair..................................Holiday Craft Fair..............NVM 10am-3pm Music -Swing +............. ....Saints of Swing..........................FAL 11am Music - Jazz......................... Jazz Cats................................ DCAT 1pm Music - Jazz.............Crispell Fonda Sorgen Trio .................FAL 8pm

Dance & Tea Party...... ..“Nutcracker Act II”..........WCPA Noon & 2pm Music - Jazz......................... Jazz Cats................................ DCAT 1pm Cinema.......... ..“Home Alone 2: Lost in New York”............. BW 4pm Music - Jazz.......... Jazz Cats Live Jazz Brunch...............DCAT 11am

November 2017

Delaware & Hudson CANVAS

Canvas category calendar

sponsored by Catskill Art Society, Wallkill River School & Wurtsboro Art Alliance CANVAS cannot be responsible for errors & omissions. Please verify dates and times.

Art exhibits CAS ��Catskill Art Society, CAS Arts Center, Livingston Manor DVAA ��Delaware Valley Arts Alliance, Delaware Arts Center, Narrowsburg SUNYO-KH �� SUNY Orange Newburgh, Kaplan Hall SUNYO-OH ��SUNY Orange Middletown, Orange Hall WRS �� Wallkill River School, Montgomery

Group Show �� Stray Cat Gallery, Bethel, ongoing Georgia Chambers etchings, paintings ��Georgia Chambers Art Gallery, Callicoon, ongoing Catharine De Maio paintings ��Rustic Wheelhouse, Chester, ongoing T.A. Clearwater paintings, pastels, prints �� Clearwater Gallery at Jones Farm, Cornwall, ongoing Karen E. Gersch, Gabrielle Dearborn, Josiah Dearborn drawings, paintings, silverwork �� Gersch Home Gallery, Montgomery, by appt, ongoing Carolyn Duke pottery ��Duke Pottery, Tennanah Lake, Roscoe, ongoing Inscribed Tibetan Prayer Stones ��Tibetan & Himalayan Cultural Center, Walden, ongoing Lisa Strazza paintings, John Strazza photographs �� Strazza Gallery, Warwick, ongoing Wurtsboro Art Alliance group show �� Mamakating Town Hall, Wurtsboro, ongoing Art Educators Show �� Liberty Museum & Arts Center, thru Nov 4 Greg Slick “Opened Ground” ��Seligmann Center, Sugar Loaf, thru Nov 5 Marie Liu, Randall FitzGerald paintings & photography ��ARTery Gallery, Milford, thru Nov 6 Bradley Ehrsam sculpture, paintings, custom furniture �� Gallery 222, Hurleyville, thru Nov 18 Lavern Kelley Farmer / Artist ��CAS thru Nov 19 Elise P. Church “Low Tide”, Barbara Friedman “Strange Bedfellows” ��CAS thru Nov 19 Mary Ann Lomonaco “Crocheted Vessels and Reconstructed Art” �� Celebrating New York Foundation for the Arts Fellowships SUNYO-KH thru Nov 20 Laura Von Rosk “Translating the Mind’s Eye” paintings �� Celebrating New York Foundation for the Arts Fellowships SUNYO-KH thru Nov 21 Lana Privatera watercolors ��Orange Regional Medical Center, Middletown, thru Nov 21 ARTrageous: Humor, Fun and the Unexpected!” Goshen Art League ��Goshen Music Hall, thru Nov 27 Janet Howard-Fatta “Onion Fragrance in the Air” ��The Grange, Warwick, thru Nov 27 Autumn Exhibit group show ��UpFront Exhibition Space, Port Jervis, thru Nov 27 Mitchell Saler paintings �� Griffith-Olivero Realtors, Goshen, thru Nov 29 “Autumn Spectacular!” River Valley Artists Guild “Art About Town” ��thru Nov 30 RVAG Members & Guests Bon Secours Hospital Cafeteria & Port Jervis City Hall, Mayor’s Office Joan Kehlenbeck “Fall themed works” & RVAG members Deerpark Town Hall, Huguenot Paula Arwen Owen ��Berkshire Bank, Goshen, thru Dec 1 Goshen Art League group show ��Goshen Town Hall, thru Dec 7 “A Gathering of Artwork” Goshen Art League ��911 Emergency Services Center, Goshen, thru Dec 7 “Fall” group show �� WRS thru Dec 15 “Studio Monday Art Group” ��Daniel Pierce Library, Grahamsville, thru Dec Debbie Gioello Butterfly art, “Art About Town” ��Milford Healthcare & Rehab Center, thru Dec 31 Patty Koch “My Expressions”, paintings, “Art About Town” ��Port Jervis Library, thru Dec 31

NEW ART EXHIBITS

“Celebrations II” Come Paint With Me Artists �Gallery at Chant Realtors, Lords Valley, Nov 1-Dec 27 Ron English “POPaganda” ��The Falcon, Marlboro, Nov 1-Dec 31 “Miniatures” group show, Liam Vogel expressive realism ��WRS Nov 1-30 Ellen Joyce Trayer “Color My World” ��Cornwall Library, Nov 1-30 “War in the Arts: Redeeming Spirits” ��SUNYO-OH Nov 2-20 Lana Privatera watercolors ��Ellenville Library Gallery, Nov 2-Dec 28 Cathe Linton paintings �� Wisner Library, Warwick, Nov 3-30 Michael Piotrowski & David Munford “Pressing Matters” printmaking �� Wurtsboro Art Alliance John Neilson Gallery, Wurtsboro, Nov 4-19 “Off Kilter” group show, Wurtsboro Art Alliance ��John Neilson Gallery, Wurtsboro, Nov 4-19 “Sculpture in the Garden” group show, Barryville Area Arts Assn. Artists’ Market, Shohola, Nov 4-26 Veterans Art Show ��Newburgh Library, Nov 4-30 Ann Street Gallery, Nov 4-Dec 30 June Ponte “The Amaranthine Aspect” paintings, Bill Rabsey “Lost and Found” assemblages �� ARTery Gallery, Milford, Nov 9-Dec 4 “6 x 6 4 $60” group show ��ARTery Gallery, Milford, Nov 9-Dec 31 “Art in Sixes” & Valley Artists Holiday Sale ��DVAA Nov 18-Dec 23 Wurtsboro Art Alliance Holiday Show �� John Neilson Gallery, Wurtsboro, Nov 25-Dec 16 Winter Members Show �� CAS Nov 25-Dec 31

Photography exhibits

Catharine Bale �� Green Light Gallery, Cornwall-on-Hudson, ongoing Frederick Buell “Memory’s Door” ��Caffe ala Mode, Warwick, thru mid-Dec Nick Zungoli “Wonderland: Joshua Tree National Park” �� Exposures Gallery, Sugar Loaf thru Dec

NEW Photography exhibits

Peter Kopher ��Greenwood Lake Library, Nov 1-30 George J Nicholson “Taos Journey” ��Amity Gallery, Warwick, Nov 4-26

ART & Photography receptions

Cathe Linton �� Wisner Library, Warwick, Nov 3, 5pm-6:45pm Lana Privatera watercolors �� Ellenville Library Gallery, Nov 4, Noon-2pm 16

Delaware & Hudson CANVAS

November 2017

“War in the Arts: Redeeming Spirits” �� SUNYO-OH Nov 4, 1pm-3:30pm Ellen Joyce Trayer “Color My World” ��Cornwall Library, Nov 4, 1pm-3pm Michael Piotrowski & David Munford “Pressing Matters” printmaking, “Off Kilter” group show Wurtsboro Art Alliance John Neilson Gallery, Wurtsboro, Nov 4, 2pm-4pm “Miniatures” group show, Liam Vogel expressive realism ��WRS Nov 4, 5pm-7pm George J Nicholson ��Amity Gallery, Warwick, Nov 4, 5pm-7pm “Celebrations II” Come Paint With Me Artists � Gallery at Chant Realtors, Lords Valley, Nov 4, 5pm-7pm “Sculpture in the Garden” Barryville Area Arts Assn. ��Artists’ Market, Shohola, Nov 4, 4pm-6pm Veterans Art Show ��Newburgh Library, Nov 5, 2pm-4pm June Ponte, Bill Rabsey, “6 x 6 4 $60” group show �� ARTery Gallery, Milford, Nov 11, 6pm-9pm “Art in Sixes” & Valley Artists Holiday Sale ��DVAA Nov 18, 7pm-9pm Wurtsboro Art Alliance Holiday Show �� John Neilson Gallery, Wurtsboro, Nov 25, 2pm-4pm Winter Members Show ��CAS Nov 25, 4pm-6pm

Schools & Conservatories Budding Artists art exhibit �� Greenwood Lake Library, ongoing New Hope Community art exhibit ��Liberty Library, thru Nov 26

Children & Teens Calendar

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

Books

Listings not included in our centerspread calendar.

Teen Book Club �� Wisner Library, Warwick, Fridays, 3:30pm “I’m New Here” by Anne Sibley O’Brien, kindergarten-2nd grade �� Cornwall Library, Nov 16, 4:15pm “Some Writer!: The Story of E.B. White” by Melissa Sweet, grades 3-4 �Cornwall Library, Nov 20, 4:30pm “Life As We Knew It” by Susan Beth Pffefer, grades 5-8 ��Cornwall Library, Nov 20, 6:30pm Cinema

Teen Movie Night 11-17yrs �� Greenwood Lake Library, Wednesdays, 6pm FREE Teen Movie Matinee �� Crawford Library, Monticello, 1st Saturday, 1pm FREE Saturday Family Movie �� Crawford Library, Monticello, Saturdays, 1pm FREE “Everything, Everything” w/discussion, teens 13-18 �� Newburgh Library, Nov 21, 6pm FREE “Home Alone” ��Bethel Woods, Dec 2, 4pm Entertainment, Recreation & Lectures

Storytime 3-5yrs �� Crawford Library, Monticello, Mondays 10am FREE Nature Strollers families w/ babies, toddlers, & young children ��HHNM Mondays thru Nov 6, 9am Birds of Prey Delaware Valley Raptor Center ��Wisner Library, Warwick, Nov 5, 1:30pm RitzKids: Newburgh’s Got Talent ��Ritz Lobby, Newburgh, Nov 12, 4pm Bells on Broadway: Holiday Market & Children’s Festival ��Ritz Lobby, Newburgh, Nov 18, 11am-4pm “Turkey Tales” �� HHNM CoH Nov 18, 10am HHNM Live Animal Presentation ��Barnes & Noble, Newburgh, Nov 19, 10am-4pm Little Eco Explorers: Bears �� PEEC Nov 19, 1pm Museums

Meet the Animals “Birds on the Wing” ��HHNM-CoH Saturdays & Sundays, 1pm & 2:30pm Meet the Animals “Animals’ Thanksgiving Dinners” ��HHNM CoH Nov 24, 25, and 26,, 1pm & 2:30pm Eco-Zone Discovery Room ��PEEC Nov 18, 1pm-4pm

Premiere: Film Shot in Livingston Manor See the premiere of a film shot entirely on location in and around Livingston Manor: Chuck - Lost Object Found, co-created by Claire Coleman, Catherine Skalda, and Joanna Hartell. In an abandoned house, an abandoned past: a chance discovery leads three women in a tiny community in upstate New York on a quest to piece together the story of a mysterious man that had lived there in 1985. Using the vast amount of ephemera that was found strewn around the house they tell us the poignant life of a remarkable person who struggled to find happiness in an unforgiving world. The film blossomed from a multimedia art show at Livingston Manor’s Plunk Shop in the summer of 2013. Chuck was

an installation featuring the detritus of a family’s life, found years after the fact. Many local artists participated in both the art show and the movie. Through the prism of found objects the film unravels the life of an artist and father to discover the depths he travels in the journey of his life. From Brooklyn to Livingston Manor, from speech pathologist to photographer, from son/brother/husband to lover, Chuck’s story is touching and affective. Movie Night at Beaverkill Studio is on November 18 at 7:30pm at 36 Main Street, Parksville. Call 212-951-0439 for info. $10 suggested donation, refreshments served. Not appropriate for children under 16.

HV Jazz Trio Grooves in Warwick Led by Hudson Valley Jazz Festival producer/ drummer Steve Rubin, each Hudson Valley Jazz Trio gig “features different musicians that have performed in the Hudson Valley Jazz Festival these past eight years,” Steve Rubin explains Rubin. The HV Jazz Trio will perform on November 4, 7:00pm-10:00pm, Rubin and a bassist TBA will be joined by composer,

arranger and world renown jazz pianist Richard Kimball at the Warwick Wine Garden & Piano Bar, 22 McEwen Street. For info: 845-544-7754. On November 12, Noon3:00pm, Rubin performs Richard Kimball with Dave Smith keyboard and Jeremy Goldberg bass at the Iron Forge Inn, 38 Iron Forge Road, Warwick. For info: 845-986-3411.

Artist Salon Lecture Series, Pine Bush Executive Director and coTana oversees the artistic founder of the Woman’s Studio quality of all WSW programs Workshop in Rosendale, and organizes all juries for (WSW) Ann Kalmbach is a competitive programs. major printmaker, handmade The Pine Bush Library paper and book artist. She has welcomes Ann and Tatana produced many books with for the third installment of its her long-time collaborator, Artist Salon Lecture Series A. Kalmbach & T. Kellner Tatana Kellner. Ann has on November 10 at 7:00pm. helped hundreds of artists produce handmade Ann and Tatana will show their work and talk about their lives and careers as artists. The paper and print portfolio editions. Artistic Director and WSW co-founder informal presentation will be salon style, after Tatana has an international reputation for her the famous 1930’s Coffee House Salons of innovative ideas. She has received numerous Paris. Coffee and refreshments will be served. The library is located at 233 Maple Ave. awards for her work including two NY For information, phone: 845-744-3375. Foundation for the Arts individual artist grants.

Jason Miles Plays & Tells All for Humanity Composer, keyboardist, producer and arranger Jason Miles is a fourtime Grammy nominee and Grammy winner with a rich and colorful career. “Jason Miles has raised the level of excellence for the musicians who have had the good fortune of working with him, myself included. He has enriched the lives of the millions of people who have listened to the music he plays, the recordings he produces and the countless musicians he mentors and inspires. The work he did with my friends, Miles Davis and Marcus Miller have helped to define the modern face of jazz music.” - Roberta Flack. As an independent artist, Miles has contributed to recordings by Whitney Houston,

Michael Jackson, Aretha Franklin, Chaka Khan, Michael Brecker, The Crusaders, George Benson, Vanessa Williams and many others. “He is donating a one man concert to Music For Humanity,” said MFH producer Barry Adelman. “He lives in Washingtonville and that is what makes the event possible. He will play keyboards, but also tell stories about his life/history with some of the most famous musicians in the world.” Miles will perform for Music for Humanity on November 4 at 8:00pm at Noble Coffee Roasters, 3020 NY-207, Campbell Hall. Suggested donation $10-$50. For information: 845-469-0900

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MEGAPHONE: Meet Kirpal Gordon KirpalGordonhasbeencollaborating with musicians and performers since 1966 when he wrote and directed the grammar school Christmas play starring a rock band as Santa Claus, the first time the devil’s music was played in the church basement. He has continued that collaborative spirit and has become one of the leading exponents of jazz with poetry. Gordon’s words are themselves jazz; whether he is accompanied by musicians or not, his shows are swinging and sublime. He

is the author of many books of poetry and prose, among them New York At Twilight: Selected Tales of Gotham’s Weird & Eerie, Go Ride the Music, Round Earth, Open Sky, Eros in Sanskrit: Lyrics & Meditations, 20071977. Kirpal Gordon will present his work at a reading in the MEGAPHONE Series at the Seligmann Center, 23 White Oak Drive, Sugar Loaf, on November 5 at 2:00pm. For information: 845-469-9459.

“Ladri di Biciclette” at Kaplan Hall Hailed as one of the the creation of the greatest movies ever yearly “Best Foreign made, Ladri di biciclette Language Film” Oscar (Bicycle Thieves), category in 1956. directed by Vittorio Presented as De Sica, defined an originally created in era in cinema. Simple black and white with in construction and English subtitles, and profoundly rich in with introduction and human insight, the Q&A by Dr. Jean Enzo Staiola & Lamberto Maggiorani ‘masterfilm’ embodies Carlos Cowan, it will the greatest strengths of Italian neorealism: be shown on November 10 at 7:00pm in emotional clarity, social rectitude, and brutal Kaplan Hall, SUNY Orange, Newburgh. honesty. Admission is free. Formerly known in the U.S. as The Bicycle Kaplan Hall is located at the corner of Thief, in 1950 it was voted by the Academy Grand and First Streets with free and secure Awards’ Board of Governors as the most parking in the garage at 73 First Street. outstanding foreign film, helping to inspire For information call 845-341-9386.

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SIREN Tempts in Ellenville SIREN Baroque is New York City’s only all-female early music ensemble, dedicated to luring audiences to the irresistible music of the Baroque. “Like Odysseus, you should lash yourself to the mast before listening to SIREN Baroque; it is irresistible.” Gotham Early Music Scene. SIREN concerts enthrall audiences with a unique blend of historically informed music-making and lively narrative histories of the composers who inspire it. Their program Übergang: the passage from Baroque to Classical includes Pachelbel’s famous Canon & Gigue, Telemann’s La Bizarre orchestral

suite, vocal works by Johann Christian Bach and Marianna Martines, an early string quartet by Haydn, and the “passage from the Underworld” scene from Gluck’s opera Orfeo ed Euridice. Marianna Martines (1744-1812), was an Austrian singer, pianist and composer. Her first piano teacher was Haydn - they resided in the same building! Let SIREN tempt you in St. John’s Episcopal Church, 40 Market Street, Ellenville, on November 16 at 7:30pm as they perform for Music Institute of Sullivan & Ulster. Tickets at the door.

SUNY Orange Community Orchestra The SUNY Orange Community Orchestra will hold its annual Fall Concert, featuring the debut of new conductor Richard Milan. The orchestra will perform Samuel Barber’s Adagio for Strings, Robert W. Smith’s The Great Locomotive Chase, Calvin Custer’s arrangement of Star Trek Through the Years

and Dvořák’s Symphony No.9 in E Minor, “From the New World” at the Paramount Theatre, 17 South Street, Middletown, November 4 at 7:30pm. Tickets: MiddletownParamount.com and at the box office: 845-346-4195. For more information, call SUNY Orange at 845-341-4787.

Wellness Modalities - 2 Energies Science is now starting to realize that the fundamental blocks that make up reality are not atoms but vibrational patterns. These vibrations have motions that create life; that is what we call energy. There is basically only one energy, but many different ways to heal someone energetically. Well-known ways include hands-on healing, massage, Reiki, etc. Two additional ways are accessing Shamanic energy and Angelic energy. Ancient, Shamanic teachings and practices exist throughout the world and in many different traditions. Shamanism is based, in part, on the ancient knowledge that life is energy and that much of what exists in the world is not actually visible to most people. Because we live in a physical world in which energies often take a physical form, most people are not aware of the energetic realm, often referred to as the Spirit World. A Shaman is someone who gains the capacity to travel between the physical realm and the spiritual realm. The process of moving between the worlds of earth and spirit is called journeying. In most cases, the purpose of a Shamanic Journey is to gain information on another’s behalf...to assist

with their healing process. When a Shaman travels to the spirit world, she or he will return with information regarding that person’s physical, emotional or spiritual health and well-being. With this information, the Shaman is able to guide the healing process using various practices and/or ceremonies. Angels are made of unconditional love and shining white light energy. So Angels are literally made of the healing component of energy medicine: light energy. They have the ability to restore your mind, body, and soul back to health. Angelic healing can add a special spiritual dimension to the other healing techniques. In Angelic Healing, the Angels guide the therapist while s/he works with the client. The therapist is a vessel to let the healing of the Angels pass into the client. The therapist is open to this energy and fully guided by the Angels. The higher energy of the Angels is cleansing, clearing, and recharging. At Innervision Wellness, 1661 Little Britain Road, Rock Tavern, therapist/ practitioner Debra Sheafe can access these light energies for your general restoration and healing benefit. See ad on page 25.

“King & Queen of The Banjo” in Bethel Béla Fleck is a 16-time Grammy winner who has taken the banjo across multiple genres, and AbigailWashburn is a clawhammer banjo player who re-radicalized it by combining it with Far East culture and sounds. Over the years, they played together most visibly in the Sparrow Quartet and informally at a pickin’ party here, a benefit there, or occasionally popping up in each other’s solo shows. Whether at home, on stage or on record, their deep bond,

on top of the way their distinct musical personalities and banjo styles interact, makes theirs a picking partnership unlike any other! Béla Fleck & Abigail Washburn will debut in the Event Gallery at Bethel Woods on November 4 at 8:00pm, performing music from their self-titled debut for which they took home the 2016 Grammy Award for Best Folk Album. For tickets: www.BethelWoodsCenter.org or by phone at 1-800-745-3000.

Florida Public Library: Storytellers Unite! The Black Dirt Storytelling Guild (BDSG) welcomes master storyteller Ken Karnas (see photo) as he presents Tell Your Story - A Memoir Workshop on November 9 at 7:30pm at the Florida Public Library, 4 Cohen Circle. Come and listen to samples of memoir and learn how to tell your own. Topics will include: Why Tell; Why NOT to Tell; Truth in Memoir; Mining for Story Ideas; How to Tell. Notes will be provided and at-home activities will be suggested. The workshop is designed for oral storytelling, but memoir writers will also find the activities inspiring and useful!

A retired elementary and middle school teacher, Ken is a member of the New Jersey Storytelling Network. On November 18 at 2:00pm, celebrate the 18th annual Tellabration! Adults, teens and families with attentive listeners over age 5 are invited to join the BDSG and special guest tellers on the theme of Stories We Remember. A potluck supper will follow. Admission: a non-perishable or canned item for donation to the Florida Community Food Pantry. Register online at www.floridapubliclibrary. org or call 845-651-7659.

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MEGAPHONE Mingles Verbal & Visual What is Concrete Poetry? of 17th century poet George The dictionary defines it as Herbert’s famous Easter Wings “poetry in which the meaning (perhaps the first concrete or effect is conveyed partly or poem in English, as the lines wholly by visual means, using depict a pair of wings), the patterns or words and letters and Calligrammes of Guillaume other typographical devices.” Apollinaire, visual experiments Bear in mind that the key word of e.e. cummings. Ezra Pound in this mode of expression is experiments with the logograms “poetry,” for whatever visual of written Chinese characters, means, simple or elaborate, the the Brazilian Noigendres This calligramme is engraved poet may incorporate to convey on Guillaume Apollinaire’s movement of the 1950’s her/his idea, she/he is foremost lead by Augusto de Campos grave in Père Lachaise Cemetery in Paris. The a poet. and Scotsman Ian Hamilton French text is: Mon Coeur A program and generative pareil à une flame renversée. Finlay’s ground-breaking workshop, presented by The translation reads: My concrete conceptions of the MEGAPHONE co-directors Heart is like an inverted flame. 1960’s. Janet Hamill and Bill Seaton, will At the end of the presentation, serve as a timeline exploring visual participants will have time to poetry from its first appearances as create their own visual poems with palm prints on cave walls, prior to materials provided. Those wishing the advent of alphabetic symbols, to bring drawing pads, writing to contemporary word artists implements, stencils, magazine George Huth and Barbara Krueger, cutouts and laptops are encouraged who fragment words in order to do so. to shift their meaning or make The program, open to all people use of the stark, bold lettering of of all ages with a desire to mingle advertising and flashy visuals to the verbal and visual, is on “You Kill Time” make a statement. December 3, at 2:00pm in the Barbara Krueger Between the era of dark cave walls and the Seligmann Center, 23 White Oak Drive, era of bright white gallery spaces, Concrete Sugar Loaf. $5 donation at the door. Poetry will discuss and illustrate the work For information: 845-469-9459.

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May I Have A Word With You ... Quips, Quotes & Quiddities with Carol Pozefsky CLASSICAL MUSIC PUN-DITS My Uber’s here? TELEMANN I’ll be right down. The guy at the BARTOK my drink. Bring me another and just BORODIN. MEYERBEER is getting warm. Would you like me to get you another GLASS? Can’t find it? It must be HAYDN. VERDI you think it is? Don’t go to the supermarket without your CHOPIN LISZT. I’ll be BACH at two...although I’m OFFENBACH by three. HER AND HISTRIONICS Histrion is the Latin word for actor and from it we get our word histrionic meaning overly dramatic, theatrical. ‘My roommate is having another of his histrionic fits.’ Actors are sometimes given extraordinary risk pay, also called hazard pay. They earn it if their roles involve unusual risk. Perhaps they have to participate in a sword fight or swing from the rafters if they’re playing Peter Pan. UH, OH...ANOTHER TOP TEN The longest run Broadway musicals, some

still going strong, are: (the envelope please) Phantom of the Opera: 12,308. Chicago: 8,643. The Lion King: 8,278. Cats: 7,485. Les Miserables: 6,680. A Chorus Line: 6,137. Oh, Calcutta: 5,959. Wicked: 5,779. Mamma Mia!: 5,773. Beauty and the Beast: 5,461.

Posters for “Abie’s Irish Rose” & Original “Hello Dolly” touring company

The 1920’s were Broadway’s busiest decade. Some 50 new musicals came to town along with the hugely successful comedy, Abie’s Irish Rose, which told the story of a Jewish boy and a Catholic girl who marry despite their families’ objections. The show’s touring company lasted for nearly 40 years, a record, until broken by Hello Dolly in the 1960’s.

Meet: Samuel E. Wright Actor, Director, Playwright Samuel E. Wright’s association with his New Rose Theatre in Walden is most recently best known for his dramatic adaptations of American literature. That success is exemplified by recent productions of Ken Kesey’s One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, Mark Twain’s Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, and a memorable production of John Steinbeck’s novella Of Mice and Men. As a veteran of the Broadway stage, two time Tony Award nominee Sam Wright has developed or refined an acute sense of dramatic appeal, i.e. an awareness of character development and empathy. Continuing, his current undertaking is a contemporary adaptation for stage: the novel of another well-known American writer, Ray Bradbury. Wright’s adaptation of Ray Bradbury’s novel Fahrenheit 451 reflects a keen awareness of Bradbury’s respect for the printed word in general and libraries in particular. Bradbury was often noted to have said, “Libraries raised me. I don’t believe in colleges and universities. I believe in libraries

because most students don’t have any money. When I graduated from high school, it was during the Depression and we had no money. I couldn’t go to college, so I went to the library three days a week for ten years.” As most are aware, Sam’s New Rose Theatre Samuel E. Wright in Walden is strictly speaking a community theatre. Fortunately, the area of Orange County that is home to the New Rose is blessed with theatre devotees and actors willing to work the arduous hours required to produce and present a valuable stage production. Immediately noteworthy is to learn of Charles D’Andrea Jr.’s return to the New Rose. He is most memorably remembered for his stunning presentation of Lennie in the adaptation of Steinbeck’s Of Mice and Men. Also complementing and returning to the stage in Walden is a memorable Chris Kelly. Joining Chris on

a growing list are Laura and Mary Tighe and the memorable Leonard Pitts from the Cuckoo’s Nest. In addition to widespread yet simple notoriety, Ray Bradbury is perhaps one of the most interesting and prolific of American Chris Kelly writers. It is no wonder that Sam Wright, for his current theatrical expression, is probing into the multiple concepts and ideas of a writer with an extraordinary imagination. As a writer, Bradbury wrote for the unusual: The Alfred Hitchcock Show and The Twilight Zone. Looking through the eyes of a combined role, adaptor and director, the ideas presented in Wright’s production are bound to be challenging. Start with the literary genre of science fiction. When do the fictional events of a narrative such as Fahrenheit 451 become an integral part of reality? Is there a designated period of time between a fictional event and the

day it becomes reality? The examples are numerous. One of the most interesting was written by Hans Christian Anderson in 1838. He envisioned a watchman who traveled to the moon. When there the traveler encounters moon men who wonder if Earth is inhabited! And as this play unfolds thematically how does its impact benefit from the literary technique of “in media res”? Though the Anderson example may be frivolous, the concepts of this gripping presentation of Wright’s 451 at the New Rose Theatre are contemporary. Events important to the well being of the general public occur continuously. How? Why? When? And under what circumstances do events truly become “public knowledge”? This production is designed to promote discussion and contemplation. One can not simply “walk away.” Starting with fact, no speculation here, Sam Wright’s adaptation of the Ray Bradbury classic and thought provoking novel Fahrenheit 451 runs November 3-12 at the New Rose Theatre, 35 Main Street, Walden. Tickets and information are available by calling 845-778-2478.

MONTGO ME RY B U S IN E S S S E RV I C ES Free Folk Concert! Ken McNally’s connection to music has included leading weekly sing-alongs with his patients in his career as a mental health recreation therapist. Ken’s songwriting is based mainly on inspiration and creativity, striving to come up with a musically appealing hook. He has written over fifty songs over the years. Folk pop singer and guitarist Ken McNally will perform a free concert at Seven Freedoms Music & Records, 22 Railroad Ave., Montgomery, on November 19 at 3:00pm.

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Holiday Shopping Gift Ideas JOHN GOULD PRINT The Moodna ViaductinSalisbury Mills is the setting of a beautiful John Gould(1906-1996) painting of the Erie Lackawanna freight. The historic Schunnemunk Mountain in Cornwall can be seen in the background. The fall colors are especially brilliant as the artist captures the season with breathtaking beauty. This John Gould print will be a collector item for railroad enthusiasts throughout the region! The artwork is available in giclee print on paper and canvas by visiting www. bethlehemartgallery.com or by calling 845341-8482. It is also available at Hudson Valley Gallery, 246 Hudson St., Cornwall-onHudson, framed and unframed and as a canvas print. Call 845-401-5443. See ad pg 23. EAST RIDGE POTTERY Sharon Galbraith of East Ridge Pottery blends form and function in her work. Inspired by nature and its beauty, Sharon incorporates natural textures in many of her pieces. Her nature carvings compliment the form in a harmonious fashion. Sharon began dabbling with clay in 1992. Early on she concentrated on technique

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and decorative artistry. In recent years, she has experimented with glaze combinations to create wonderful hues and bright contrasts. Most of Sharon’s pottery is high fired in an oxidation atmosphere in her electric kiln. Whether she is working on a functional piece or an artistic form, you will appreciate both the tactile and visual beauty of her work. Perfect for holiday gifts! East Ridge Pottery, 16 East Ridge Road, Warwick. See ad below. Call for an appointment: 201-410-0373. WICKHAM HOLIDAY MARKET Wickham Works is excited to offer the 2nd annual Made Local Holiday Market with live maker demonstrations, music, and food on November 24, from 4:00pm-8:00pm and November 25, from 10:00am-6:00pm. The market will reflect a variety of quality artisanal, locally made products. The opening reception on Friday will be a launch party for a month-long Made Local initiative,

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encouraging holiday shoppers to buy local. The event will be co-hosted with Penning’s Cidery. Wickham Woodlands Manor, 255 State School Road, Warwick. Call 917-922-0943. MULBERRY HOUSE SENIOR CENTER Join the Mulberry House Senior Center for their annual Craft Fair/Bazaar on November 4 from 9:00am-2:00pm at the Senior Center, 62-70 West Main Street, Middletown. Raffle Prizes, 50/50 tickets, refreshments & snacks will be available for purchase. Contact Donna at 845-346-4073 for info. NEVERSINK VALLEY MUSEUM The Neversink Valley Museum will hold a Holiday Craft Fair on November 26, from 10:00am-3:00pm at the Museum, 58 Hoag Road, Cuddebackville. For information: 845-754-8870. BARNES & NOBLE & HHNM Shop any Barnes & Noble in-store or online and benefit the Hudson Highlands Nature Museum by using Museum book fair voucher code 12231916 from November 19-24. Special bonus: Join Museum Educators for live animal presentations throughout the day on November 19 from 10:00am-4:00pm at Barnes & Noble, 1245 Route 300, Newburgh.

KIDS: SANTA & FROSTY Enjoy live music, crafts, storytelling and photos with Santa and Frosty while getting a jump on holiday shopping! Safe Harbors of the Hudson’s Bells on Broadway-Holiday Market & Children’s Festival features local artisans offering a selection of jewelry, scarves, handbags, pottery, candles, soaps and more! November 18 from 11:00am-4:00pm in the Lobby at the Ritz and the Green Room, 107 Broadway, Newburgh. Admission is free with a nominal charge for holiday snacks and photos with Santa and Frosty. Phone 845-784-1199 for info. LOCAL ARTS Would you like to help you and yours, when the sun will come out tomorrow, to brush up your Shakespeare, from sunrise to sunset? Forestburgh Playhouse is now offering Holiday Gift Certificates and 2018 Gift Subscriptions. Check out the ad below! Most of our local art galleries are featuring small (and large!) works for affordable holiday shopping! Keep your holiday shopping dollars local!

The Orange County Art Council’s Art Awards 2017 This year’s recipients of the Orange County Arts Council (OCAC) Art Awards are all professionals in their fields and represent the incredible diversity of creative talent here in Orange County. Robert Whitman: Performance Art Whitman has been a pioneer and central protagonist of New York’s 1960s new art movements. Today, his work, ideas and methodology can be seen to have a farreaching impact on contemporary practice in the New York and broader international art scene. Barbara DeFina: Film Producer Among her well-known films are GoodFellas, Casino, The Color of Money, Kundun, The Last Temptation of Christ, Cape Fear and The Grifters. DeFina also produced Michael Jackson’s music video Bad with Quincy Jones. Her film Lyme Life, starring Jill Hennessey, Alec Baldwin and Timothy Hutton, was awarded a top prize by international critics at the October 2017 Toronto Film Festival. Jimmy Sturr: 18-time Grammy AwardWinning Musician & Orange County Icon Sturr’s world renown Polka orchestra has over 106 recordings, and has received more consecutive Grammy nominations that anyone in the history of musical awards. BMI has awarded them its most valued award, the Commendation of Excellence. The band

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constantly attracts crowds of screaming, adoring fans wherever their travels take them. “We are thrilled to recognize and honor these exceptional 2017 recipients, Jimmy Sturr Angela Prictoe especially during the Robert Whitman Barbara DeFina 10th anniversary year of the arts council,” dinner, beer and wine along with the awards says OCAC Executive Director Dawn ceremony. Adding to the allure of the evening, Ansbro. “These honorees are at the top of there will be a signature drink, raffle prizes, their respective fields and quietly living right and DUSKLittle, a new mini interactive here in Orange County. We are excited to art bazaar, curated by Cody Rounds and be able to introduce them to the community Olivia Baldwin, with five experiential art and look forward to a wonderful evening of installations created for viewer participation and interaction. celebration at the gala.” Proceeds from the event will be used Also being honored as Youth with Exceptional Promise is Angela Prictoe, a to support the OCAC’s many programs senior honors student at Monroe-Woodbury which include the annual student art show, High School who has sat as principal workshops for artists, exhibits, local artist trombone in numerous school and community grants and the Orange County Film Office. Artist Aurora Robson was invited to ensembles. Having performed as soloist with the Orange County Community Orchestra design the awards, fabricated in Robson’s and the New York Wind Symphony, she is signature welded plastic design. The gala will be held in the Motorcyclepedia the principal trombonist with the Hudson Valley Honors Youth Wind Ensemble. Museum, 250 Lake Street, Newburgh, on Angela attends the Juilliard pre-college November 17 from 5:30pm-9:00pm. Tickets are $75 for OCAC members, $110 for nonprogram, an honor in itself. Gala attendees will enjoy a red carpet members, and are available by visiting: www. reception with music, hors d’oeuvres, ocartscouncil.org. For info: 845-469-9168.

While shades of autumn color our world, the newest show of plein air works grace the walls of the Gallery at Chant Realtors. Celebrations II marks the end of the 20th year of the Come Paint “Sunflowers at Lukans” With Me program by Joan Polishook facilitated by artist Joan Polishook. Fifteen artists have come together following an inspiring season of painting outdoors. Encouraged to explore new areas, many have taken their brushes beyond the scope of the program. Therefore much of the art in the show will introduce the viewer to some new - and perhaps less familiar - landscapes. The Come Paint With Me artists thank Associate Broker George Schmitt and the professional staff at Chant Realtors for their interest in and support of the arts along with the opportunity for showcasing the creative endeavors of so many talented area artists. The show runs from November 1December 27 with an opening reception on November 4 from 5:00pm-7:00pm at Chant Realtors, 631 Route 739, Lords Valley. For information: 570-775-7337.

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Mystical Mystery & More in Milford An eerie sense of mystery sculptures and assemblages. pervades June Ponte’s art. Throughout his travels, Through detailed brushwork he scrounges every yard and vibrant colors, she creates sale and antique shop he portraits of iconic historical passes, collecting interesting and cultural figures, often objects. One can see old laced with mystic symbolism. plumbing parts, gauges, Her exhibit, The Amaranthine crushed copper from the Aspect expresses her “love of Hudson River, old knobs, the immortal countenance.” even a baseball or doll head Amaranthine refers to the in his work. His goal is not everlasting souls whose work so much to make beautiful lives on, such as icons Kahlo, pieces, but to present Poe, Houdini, Lincoln, unexpected combinations Twain, and Hemingway. of found objects we might “Frida, Diego y Bonito” by J. Ponte The artist also creates overlook into works of art. Gothic style stained glass Displayed along with the luminaries, painted stained works of ARTery’s featured glass windows, and jewelry artists will be a gigantic with a vintage twist. exhibit of tiny works titled “I’m creating a dramatic 6x6 4 $60 running through Victorian window at the December. Members ARTery Gallery for this have created miniature show; it involves a manikin paintings, collages and of Poe sitting at an antique photography to sell for Assemblage work by Bill Rabsey writer’s desk,” said June. only $60. This is a golden opportunity to find The air of mystery continues in the work the perfect, one of a kind holiday gift. of Bill Rabsey’s Lost and Found exhibit, in Meet the artists at a wine and cheese which old objects find new life and meaning reception on November 11, from 6:00pmas art. In his old barn-turned-studio, he uses 9:00pm. The show runs from November unusual objects as his medium to create 9-December 4 at The ARTery, 210 Broad witty, otherworldly and thought-provoking Street, Milford. Call 570-409-6754.

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“The Grown-Up” in Middletown The Grown-Up by Jordan Harrison is a magical ride through time and space that serves as a stealthy extended metaphor for the power of imagination and storytelling. Harrison is a 2015 Pulitzer Prize finalist, and a writer and producer for the Netflix original series Orange is the New Black. The Grown-Up asks the fundamental questions of adulthood: is it possible to balance our earlier innocence with earned experience? Can we ever find the way back to the children we once were? The child is Kai, a dreamy 10-yearold boy charmed by a crystal doorknob his grandfather has fashioned into a magic talisman recovered from a pirate ship by a long gone sailor. When Kai abandons his sister during a game of hide-and-seek to try his hand at the magic doorknob instead, he finds himself transported into an older version of himself. It’s a fast-paced yarn executed flawlessly. Both poignantly sad and zany, Harrison expands on the notion that life is too short to miss any moment. The SUNY Orange Apprentice Players will perform The Grown-Up this November in the William and Helen Richards Theatre at Orange Hall (formerly Orange Hall Theatre) on the College’s Middletown campus. Under the direction of David Cohen, the play will be performed November 10-19.

There will be a “talk back” with the actors and director immediately following the November 11 performance. The cast includes Carter Cohen, Luis Vargas, Jewel Sanchez, Joe Fox, Ian Miller, Frederick Simoni and Christian Williams. The audience will be seated on-stage in a unique “3/4 round staging” performance. Seating is limited. This play is not recommended for children. The William and Helen Richards Theatre at Orange Hall is universally accessible. Parking is available in the College parking lot at the intersection of Wawayanda and Grandview avenues. Tickets may be purchased online at www.sunyorange.edu. Tickets purchased online may be printed at home or picked up at the box office. Free for active duty military personnel. For information, contact the Arts and Communication Department: 845-341-4790.

A Gathering of Artwork in Goshen

Kairos’ Six Centuries of Music

The Goshen Art opportunity to display League (GAL) the beauty of the showcases the high Hudson Valley in my quality and creativity two fall photographs, of members’ works one showing the in A Gathering of view of the valley Artwork: Members’ from Bellvale Farms Exhibit. More than Creamery in Warwick 20 members are and the other presenting nearly 40 presenting the Bear works. The subject Mountain Bridge from matter includes above. I am pleased to landscapes, still lifes “Bear Mountain Bridge in Autumn” by Margie Saler be participating in this and much more. Works are created with oils, excellent show of local creative artists.” acrylics, watercolors, pastels, photography, The show is on display thru December 7 and mixed media. at the 911 Emergency Services Center, 22 Exhibiting artist and GAL Treasurer Wells Farm Road, Goshen. Visit www.goshenartleague.com for info. Margie Saler states, “It is a wonderful

Under the by P.D.Q. Bach, direction of Edward the twenty-first of Lundergan, Kairos: J.S. Bach’s twenty A Consort of Singers children, who was opens its 2017-2018 discovered (or, as season with a program some would have it, titled Now and Then, a invented) in the mid concert of a cappella 20th century by the (unaccompanied) mind of Professor choral music based on Peter Schickele, and a old and new settings festive contemporary Kairos: A Consort of Singers of the same texts. motet by Jonathan Dr. Lundergan’s program selections Dobin (an early-music specialist and explore the many different means by performing member of Kairos). which composers have interpreted the “Kairos is doing my antiphonal same texts in unique and fascinating setting of O Sing to the Lord A New ways. Song that was commissioned by the The texts and the settings represent Stonewall Chorale of NY, who, along every century from the 16th to the 21st, Jonathan Dobin with the Park Avenue Synagogue, and are in English, Latin, and Old Church premiered it in 1998,” explained Dobin. “The Slavonic - the liturgical language used in the text is a free adaptation from various psalms. Eastern Orthodox church. It will be the Hudson Valley premiere.” There are settings of treasured texts by Kairos performs this appealing program on Bruckner, Verdi, and Rachmaninoff, madrigals November 11 at 7:30pm, at the beautiful and and motets from Renaissance Spain, music historic Grace Episcopal Church, 58 North by the beloved 20th-century Spanish cellist Street, Middletown. (And on November 12 Pablo Casals, from contemporary Norway at 3:00pm, at Holy Cross Monastery, 1615 and from Romantic Norway by Grieg. Kairos Route 9W, West Park.) will also sing music from Tudor England, To secure seating, attendees should arrive from Victorian England, and from present-day at the venue at least 20 minutes before the Finland. performance. For tickets and information, visit The program includes both a madrigal www.kairosconsort.org or call 845-256-9114.

Abridged “Titanic” & Discussion

Nominated for 14 Academy Awards, Titanic tied All About Eve for the most Oscar nominations, and won 11, tying Ben Hur for the most Oscars won by a single film. With an initial worldwide gross of over $1.84 billion, Titanic was the first film to reach the billion-dollar mark. It remained the highest-grossing film of all time until Avatar surpassed it. A 3D version earned Titanic an

additional $343.6 million worldwide, pushing the film’s total to $2.18 billion. Enjoy an abridged version, 90 minutes of romance, villainy, heroism, terror and survival, plus history and discussion by host George Burke at Mount St. Mary College’s Desmond Campus, 6 Albany Post Road, Newburgh, on November 21, 9:30am1:00pm. To register: 845-565-2076.

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All Star Jazz Sextet and Special Guest at The Falcon, Marlboro

Critton & Colonna

by Philip Ehrensaft The Falcon in Marlboro will outdo itself via the Sertso-Berger Group, an all-star improvisors sextet led by the vibraharpist/ pianist Karl Berger and the vocalist/poet Ingrid Sertso. Berger and Sertso are two of the three co-founders of Woodstock’s Creative Music Studio (CMS), an organization-slashmovement seminal in the creation of jazz as we know it today. The third is the iconic Ornette Coleman. The musicians who have collaborated and taught at CMS since its founding in 1971 are a who’s who of jazz innovation. A special guest will join the sextet, vocalist and composer Judi Silvano. Berger and Silvano share musical wave lengths: they’re adept and at home in classical music as well as both straight ahead and avant-garde jazz. And don’t even like those labels. Silvano, like Sertso, is a smashing vocalist in either mainstream or out-there jazz. Silvano also shares a parallel timeline with Sertso: jazz musicians and serious aficionados knew and lauded their work for some time, but it was only during the 1990’s when they were both in mid-career that the wider jazz public caught on. Why it took so long for the obvious to be heard is curious indeed. Sertso and Berger were early adopters of learning new things from, for lack of a better

Karl Berger Ingrid Sertso Judi Silvano Kenny Wessel Tani Tabbal P. Apfelbaum Ira Coleman

term, world music. Both hailed from Germany and had burgeoning European jazz careers. In 1966, the free jazz pioneer Don Cherry, who played pocket trumpet on the 1950’s/1960’s Ornette Coleman recordings that changed jazz forever, collaborated with them in Paris. Cherry was mightily impressed and invited them to come to New York for gigs and recordings. One result was Berger’s participation in Cherry’s iconic 1966 recording, Symphony for Improvisors. A second result was Berger and Sertso becoming musical friends and friends period with Ornette. They eventually decided to settle long term in America, in Woodstock in particular, and co-found CMS. Berger is simultaneously an eminent vibraphonist/pianist/composer/conductor and Ph.D. musicologist/maestro-project-creator. He’s still going strong, commuting to the Big Apple for gigs and conducting the CMS Improvisers Orchestra via his new system of signaling individual musicians or sections of the orchestra when and around what musical structures they should join the group effort. Or performing at important Hudson Valley music

venues. Or running CMS teaching workshops for musicians of varying levels, workshops which are the heart and soul of CMS. And then finding time for the collaborative work with Columbia University to digitalize and remaster tapes from CMS performances of the 70s and 80s, an important part of the evolution of American jazz. Ingrid Sertso is a poet as well as a topnotch jazz vocalist, and a pioneer on the world music scene to boot. You can hear all three of those accomplishments commingling in her 1996 breakthrough album, Dance With It. Sertso is also a person of remarkable courage and determination. In 2014, she became an unwilling poster child for the risk of catching deadly antibiotic-resistant infections in, of all places, hospitals. After nearly losing her life to Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, Sertso had to literally learn to walk again. In 2017, we’ll see her onstage with Berger and Silvano along with Kenny Wessel (guitar), Tani Tabbal (drums) Peter Apfelbaum (tenor sax/flute) Ira Coleman (bass) at The Falcon, 1348 Rte 9W, Marlboro on November 5 at 7:30pm. Phone: 845-236-7970.

U.S. Army Veteran Wolf Critton has received no formal musical training; he was serving in Iraq when he first picked up a guitar. Growing up in Harlem, his mom was a choir singer while his dad was a rock & roll fan. Wolf’s collaborator Mike Colonna starts the beginning of every day by playing his drums, sharing a commitment with Wolf for practicing and honing their skills. Mike grew up in Carmel and is the owner of Mike Colonna Design. Wolf & Mike have been endorsed by Luna Guitars, Icon Motorsports and Shure & D’Addario Strings, and have been featured on Magisto, Steve Harvey in the Morning and iHeart Radio. Their album Wolves Amongst Men was released this year. Greenwood Lake Library, 79 Waterstone Road, will present Wolf and Mike in a very specialperformancecommemoratingVeteran’s Day with rock & blues on November 11 at 1:00pm. Advanced registration is required. Call 845-477-8377 (ext. 104).

While enjoying a scrumptious meal, enjoy viewing artwork by Nita Klein at Leo’s Cornwall location throughout the month of November!

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Meet: The Books that Match Matchmaker, Matchmaker, Make me a match. Books in the old house were friends. There was a match there. Sure, some good, some not as good, but all fond acquaintances. Each one invited to take up residency on these now dusty, abandoned shelves. There are books to give away. Fortunately, there are those who will accept whole boxes of orphaned libraries, or used books at a yard sale. There are histories, serious and frivolous, romance, mystery and even some summer time atthe-beach chick lit. The activities director at the assisted living home will be ecstatic to expand the facility’s selection of intelligent reading material. Brilliant idea. Right? They have to go! Clear the shelves! But wait. There are books that bind (no pun intended). Each owning a special relationship, the perfect match. Gifts that clung, narratives with special chronological or event association. They must come along, as travel companions with the towels, blankets. They’re all indispensable. It is for that reason they remain in the library, true friends after all these years, a perfect match. On top of the pile of books to be retained is the awakening story of Rogers’ Rangers. It

once forced a wide-eyed pubescent to utilize a cherished boy scout flash light, providing the means for after-hours, “under-cover” late night reading to discover between the covers, long after the call for “lights out.” In true conformity to the nature of young boys, the appeal of Kenneth Roberts’ classic Northwest Passage was found in the stark adventure, blatant gore, and topped with the inconceivable concept of a “forced march.” Further, those husky and rowdy soldiers warmed themselves on frigid nights with a sensuously described Colonial beverage: Hot Buttered Rum. Not personally explored at that time, but know in fact on a bitter, cold winter’s night, it’s a great warm-me-up! Also on that list of friends to keep close is one of Leon Uris’s most popular historical novels: Exodus. No one at that time could miss the importance of this historical piece of literature. Its purpose was so obvious and yet so appealing. In those pages is an angry teenager, Dov Landau. His harrowing experiences and his romantic pursuits aimed at an appealing young girl, Karen, were not passed over lightly. Adolescence is a critical time and to experience what happened on those pages: unadulterated heroism, personal ambitions and the introduction to religious persecution.

“En de Tar-Baby she keep on sayin’nuthin’.” Who can forget those immortal lines from the tales of Uncle Remus? And, too, recall the adventures and misadventures of Brer Rabbit and Brer Fox? Apparently or more appropriately the answer is not many, for the stories and literature of Joel Chandler Harris have been all but banned from the ears and minds of contemporary youngsters. His work is a written record of black folklore, the dialect of antebellum Georgia slaves and accounts of the snobbery found in the “ol’ South” establishment. Contemporary academics have dismissed the legacy of Harris for a variety of reasons. And so accompanying this group of misfitting friends is a treasure few have known. The Complete Tales of Uncle Remus by Joel Chandler Harris is a classic and prized piece of American literature “...born and bred in the briar patch.” Admittedly, the best of friends are made early and with that thought in mind, know for sure the inclusion of Norman Mailer and his shattering The Naked and the Dead is assured. Though hardly a recent publication at the time, this reader encountered its blistering pages, another literary description of military conflict and its harsh realities occupied the same daily book bag. It began appropriately with its frequently quoted phrase, “Gallia est

omnis divisa in partes tres.” The distinctions, lack of similarities, were intriguing. And what prevented Caesar from the use of euphemisms. Not one “fug” in the whole Gallia campaign! Though Mailer’s language is frequently vulgar and offensive, the novel’s greater importance is its unique use of chorus sections, of play-like dialogue and flash backs to illuminate character development. Finally, there’s the treasured Sex and the Single Child. Short, sweet and written by a beloved alumnus of the Brooklyn streets, Sam Levenson. A Spanish teacher at a Brooklyn high school, he became a noted author, columnist, TV host and a treasured individual, familiar to all who cherished Sunday nights watching Toast of the Town, or better known as The Ed Sullivan Show. Brief and bound as a hardback it is signed by Levenson, who as an educator and humorous commentator offered his wit and wisdom on the growing trend of sex education in public schools. Levenson’s tidbits remain a refreshing comfort, a lookback at what was then. The year was 1969 and this little classic was reprinted with a new, (and perhaps prophetic) title in 1977: A Time for Innocence. Friends are to be treasured. And for those with a short list, there’s a matchmaker at the public library: The Librarian.

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