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October 2016

art • cinema • dance • festivals • holistic living • music • opera • poetry • theatre

Publisher’s Column by Barry Plaxen Apologies: For our September story on Newburgh’s newest gallery and ownersculptor Daniel Giordano, we inadvertently omitted his website where you can view his creations. Visit www.danielgiordano.xyz Once again, we are inundated with so much to see, hear and do in our tri-county area. I marvel at the scope of the entries contained in our calendars: There are Fall Festivals galore from outdoor ‘hamlet-created’ ones (see calendar pg. 15) to an indoor Latin-Caribbean one (pg. 24). World class pianist Allen Yueh is advancing up in the world. In 2015 he performed Mozart’s Sonata K.331 and this year in Bethel Woods he is performing Mozart’s Sonata K.332. Next year K.333 perhaps? See pg. 28. April is National Poetry Month, but around here our community poets also love October. See pages 13, 19, 20, 24 and 30. Halloween events include some of the poetry readings (pg. 13), a street fair (pg. 8),

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and two theatrical enterprises: a visit from Edgar Allan Poe in Milford (pg. 26), and mystery-dinner theatre in Liberty (pg. 13). Ghosts will also be in Newburgh, Halloween weekend, but not the scary kind (pg. 30). Without any communication or preplanning, different venues have created similar events: There is an old (historic) Plein Air Celebration in PA (pg. 3) and a new Plein Air Festival in NY (pg. 10), and a new way to view the autumn-colored Plein Air paintings of the greatest master painter ever (pg. 9)... ...an outgoing Arts president in Goshen (pg. 21) and an incoming Arts Executive Director in Newburgh (pg. 6)... ...and there are Award Ceremonies in Sullivan (pg. 7) and in Orange (pg. 32). CANVAS congratulates the award recipients, for their well-earned honors. My thanks to the many - and I do mean many - uncredited Arts community members who helped us prepare this October issue with their writings and emails, helping to ease our job filling 32 pages. Happy Autumn!

CANVAS, Thank you for all of your hard work and commitment to community! Aquanetta “Ferry Godmother” Wright

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On The Cover

Neil Alexander

at Newburgh Illuminated, June, 2016.

Photo by Ignacio Orellana http://www.ignacioorellana.com/

Calendars Art & Photography ��18 Books ��18 Category ��15 Children & Teen’s ��18 Demos, Lectures, Master Classes ��14 Music - Pop, Folk, etc., ��14 October 2016 Calendar ��16-17

Columns Community Building Through The Arts ��10 May I Have A Word With You ��7 Meet Me in The Greenroom ��20 Meet Me in The Library ��31 Meet Our Advertisers ��9, 25 Spotlight On The Sugar Loaf Guild ��4

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“Jazz Meets Chamber Music in Newburgh”

In your September issue, columnist Carol Pozefsky pointed out that a painting by the street artist Banksy sold for more than ten times the average salary of a cancer researcher. Good for Carol. I’m all in favor of artists making a living, but that sort of discrepancy should make America hang its head in shame. Judith Wink, New York City

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A COURSE IN MIRACLES A non-traditional ACIM study group is now forming in Sullivan County. If you wish to participate, please call: 845-456-0150.

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Letters to the Editor Dear Editor, The newspapers and magazines I read have plenty of ads for art sales, invariably describing them as a unique opportunity to acquire masterpieces. The description of the art sale at the Old Stone House at Hasbrouck in your August issue was a refreshing change, especially the last line about unsuspecting or visually challenged purchasers. Thank you for putting a new spin on an old theme. Reading about these artistic atrocities gave me a lot of pleasure, so may they all find good and loving homes.

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Alternative Counseling, Cornwall ��25 Amity Gallery, Warwick ��29 ARTery Gallery, Milford ��3 Artists’ Market, Shohola ��3 Bethel Woods Center for the Arts ��19, 28 Big Sky Productions, Liberty ��13 Callicoon Artwalk 2016 �� 11 Catskill Art Society, Livingston Manor ��23 Chamber Music at St. Andrew’s ��9 Chester Library ��13 Crawford Arts Association, Pine Bush ��23 Crawford Library, Monticello ��27 Dead End Cafe, Parksville ��28 Delaware Arts Center, Narrowsburg ��12 Downing Film Center, Newburgh ��30 Ellenville Chamber Players ��10 Florida Library ��13 Gallery Eva, Callicoon �� 11

Community Arts: News, Views And Schedules Managing Editor, Barry Plaxen barry@dhcanvas.com Editor, Sophia Krcic editor@dhcanvas.com ads@dhcanvas.com Delaware & Hudson CANVAS 297 Stone Schoolhouse Road Bloomingburg, NY 12721 www.dhcanvas.com 845.926.4646 phone 845.926.4002 fax Please email calendar submissions by the 15th of the prior month to calendar@dhcanvas.com Please email submissions for classifieds to classified@dhcanvas.com Nothing in this publication may be reproduced without written permission of the publisher. Goshen Art League �� 21 Grand Montgomery Chamber Music Series �26 Greenwood Lake Library �� 27 Grey Towers, Milford �� 27 Hudson Valley Plein Air Festival �� 10, 30 Karpeles Museum, Newburgh �� 30 Kindred Spirits Arts, Milford �� 19 Liberty Museum & Arts Center �� 10 Milkweed, Sugar Loaf �� 21 Mt. St. Mary College, Desmond Campus ��25 Mt. St. Mary College, Kaplan Library �� 20 NACL Theatre, Highland Lake �� 26 Neil Alexander Quartet & Friends �� 24 New York Wind Symphony ��5 Newburgh Free Library �� 13 Newburgh Historical Society ��6 Newburgh Last Saturday �� 30 Orange County Arts Council Awards �� 32 Painter’s Tavern, Cornwall-on-Hudson �� 25 Phillipsport Community Center ��9 Pine Bush Library �� 13 Poetry �� 13, 19, 20, 24, 30 Potluck Concerts, Cornwall-on-Hudson � 25 Queen of the Hudson, Newburgh ��6 Ritz Theatre, Newburgh �� 24 Seligmann Center, Sugar Loaf �� 24 Seven Freedoms Music, Montgomery �� 20 Shadowland Stages, Ellenville ��5 Shandelee Music Festival �� 28 Sugar Loaf Fall Festival ��4 SUNY Orange, Middletown �� 23, 29 SUNY Orange, Newburgh �� 24, 30 Sullivan County Historical Society ��7 Thrall Library, Middletown �� 20 Trestle, Inc., Newburgh �� 10, 30 Tusten Theatre, Narrowsburg �� 19 Wallkill River School, Montgomery �� 10, 12 Wurtsboro Art Alliance �� 8, 9 Wurtsboro Halloweenfest ��8

En Plein Air in Shohola

Painting & Photography in Milford

Photograph by Randall FitzGerald

“Artists Sketching in the White Mountains” by Winslow Homer (1868)

“Falls” by Susan Miiller

In the 1800s, Western art was dominated by a few salons and academies, and painting was taught according to tried and true formulas. English painter John Constable had a radical idea: forget formulas, find the truth in nature, and trust your own vision. At about the same time, a group of painters outside Paris had a similar idea, and painting “en plein air” became all the rage. Although people had been painting outdoors since the caveman days, nobody had called it painting “en plein air” before. Recently, plein air painting has become so popular, it’s been referred to as “the new golf”. An en plein air event is being sponsored by the Barryville Area Arts Association and free to attend. It includes a standing exhibit that

traces the history of plein air painting through a series of spectacular prints. Throughout the month of October, the show includes classic plein air scenes, as well as examples from the Impressionist, Barbizon, and Hudson River Schools. Also on display are the works of several local artists including Linda Cobb, Rebecca Esposito, Laura Gagliardi, Mef Gannon, Edna Gonzales-Rothenberg, Nancy Kaericher, Judy Kirtley, Alexis Brianna Kramer, Adrienne Markowitz, Stephanie McClure, Susan Miiller, Nick Roes, Kelly Ryan, Joan Standora, Brianna Woods, and Elva Zingaro. It all takes place at the Artists Market Community Center (AMCC) 144 Richardson Avenue, Shohola, with a brief presentation by a local expert focusing on the Hudson River School and Northeast Pennsylvania painters on October 1, from 4:00pm-6:00pm. Complimentary refreshments courtesy of the AMCC. For information, call 845-557-8713.

Painting by Marie Liu

After completing a year as resident artist for the Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area, Marie Liu will be exhibiting the works she created. “I’ve been completely captivated by the area. My creative pursuits continue to be centered on this region. I keep finding such interesting subject matter,” said Marie. Such as her newest painting of the Milford Rose, which describes it’s unique history. The Milford Rose is not shown in catalogs or grown by professionals for sale. The tradition is that it must come as a gift from someone that has it. Originally, it came from Grasse, France and was a favorite of Empress Josephine Bonaparte. After the conquering of Bonaparte, many families fled France and relocated to the U.S. Some brought with them cuttings of this rose. The Pinchot family was among them, eventually settling in Milford.

Eliza Pinchot was sent a gift of this rose in 1838. She planted them on her property and went on to gift them to locals. It is believed that the rose can only be found in Milford, as WWII devastated that part of the French Riviera where it was found, and that Milford is the only town in the U.S. which bears its name by a particular rose. Randall FitzGerald is a biologist and an artist currently residing in Hampton, NJ, where he teaches classes in both art and science. Randall works with a variety of media, but his recent work has exploited the tools available to the digital artist community. Using programs such as Illustrator, Photoshop and Painter, he creates one-of-a-kind works that express his connection with the world. The ARTery Gallery, 210 Broad Street, will feature photography by Randall FitzGerald and paintings by Marie Liu from October 6-November 7, with a wine and cheese opening reception on October 8, from 6:00pm-9:00pm. Call 570-409-1234.

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Spotlight On: The Sugar Loaf Guild by Sharon McKane I couldn’t wait to get to Sugar Loaf to visit Ava’s Hope Chest, an antique and collectible’s shop that opened last November. I was excited; one never knows what you will find in a one-of-a-kind shop like Ava’s Hope Chest. My hopes were high and I must say, I was not disappointed, as a matter of fact, I was quite ecstatic. Once I passed over the threshold a cheery voice greeted me, “If you need help, let me know.” I waved my writing pad and introduced myself to owner, Kristina Baumann. She could sense I wanted to browse. And browse I did! A clean and inviting shop, everything is displayed beautifully for easy access and viewing. The price tags are not only easy to read, but reasonable, too. I brought my friend along as she needed something special for her husband for their 25th wedding anniversary. While she browsed I asked Kristina some questions: how she came up with the name for her store and what brought her to Sugar Loaf? “My daughter’s name is Ava and I love hope chests. I came to Sugar Loaf from Queens in 2000. I’ve worked in retail most of my life and needed a change. I started part-time seasonal at Victoria’s Secret and worked my way up to store manager. Corporate life was not for me. “Because of my love for animals I decided

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that I belonged in the country. So I bought a farm and moved. I believe in animal rescue so I have twenty-five chickens, three goats, two horses, a pony and a cow named Charlotte. Charlotte loves me; she comes running when I call her name. “I opened this antique store with my mother’s help; she’s been selling antiques in the city for over forty years. My mom, Valerie Palacios, specializes in girlie stuff: antique dolls, jewelry, depression glass, vintage purses/gloves/hats/linens, Victorian baby clothes/prints, sewing collectibles, etc. In reference to the antique dolls my mother always says, ‘someone used to love me.’” That is so true and I would have to say the same about the other items in Kristina’s store. Neither Kristina nor her mother alter anything. They don’t remove any patina (age), as most antique and collectible buyers want to purchase items in their original condition. Removing the patina on certain items can reduce the value considerably. Kristina specializes in rustic, primitive, farm tools; anything to do with old barns. She also offers antique medicine and seltzer bottles, military jackets, lighters, knives, scales, cigar

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boxes/tins/humidors, steamer trunks, pie safes, crocks, clocks, etc. And of course, a beautiful selection of hope chests. The shop also has a large selection of antique children’s toys, kitchen goodies, wood shipping crates, books, hardware, ephemera/postcards from 1800’s-1900s, cameras, radios, lanterns, typewriters, and one Edison phonograph! I fell in love with a pair of Gone With The Wind lamps. It’s rare to find such a pair and they are gorgeous! My friend was delighted when she found the perfect gift for her hubby. You’ll love Kristina’s mantra, “I strive for fair pricing.” She doesn’t like when antique and collectible stores over-charge. Every item is checked on the internet to insure that her pricing is lower. Visit soon and bring your Christmas list. If Kristina doesn’t have what you are looking for, ask to have the item you are looking for placed on her “want” list. If online shopping is your preference, Ava’s Hope Chest can be found on ETSY, FB and Instagram. Ava’s Hope Chest is located at 1365 Kings Highway, Sugar Loaf. Call 845-551-1048. Happy hunting!

SL’s Fall Festival

The Sugar Loaf Chamber of Commerce’s Sugar Loaf Fall Festival is about to celebrate its 44th year. Spend the weekend watching the leaves turn colors, getting a breath of fresh cool air, and enjoying the festival filled with dozens of visiting crafters from the tri-state region. “In Sugar Loaf, you’ll find one of a kind craftsmanship in pieces which will add beauty to your life and will be treasured for many years to come,” states the promo. There is a whole line-up of live music in a variety of genres playing in the Bertoni Sculpture Garden all three days, and you can have a taste of some of the best local talent in the Hudson Valley. Surrounded by apple orchards and horse farms, Sugar Loaf has had a distinguished reputation as a crafts community for over 250 years. Today, Sugar Loaf remains true to its heritage as the year round home of many independent business men and women. Many of these artisans live and work in the original barns and buildings - many of which date back as early as the 1700’s. The festival takes place on October 8, 9, & 10 from 10:00am-6:00pm. Visit www. sugarloafnewyork.com for more information.

Shadowland Stages: “The Night Alive”

Ellen Bajou

Bernie Sheredy

Chet Carlin

In 2006, Conor McPherson’s The Seafarer, a play about an Irishman playing the devil in a game of cards with his soul as the stakes, became McPherson’s most successful work since his breakout with The Weir (1997), and was seen at Shadowland Stages in 2011. The Night Alive, a 2013 stage play by McPherson which won the New York Drama Critics Circle Award for Best Play, comes to Shadowland October 7-23. Tommy’s down and out. Living in debt, avoiding his ex-wife and kids, occupying a dump of a Dublin room rented from his uncle, and trying to get by through one get-rich-quick scheme after another. Then one day, he comes to the rescue of Aimee, who’s just getting by herself. Together this unusual pairing will try to get beyond their pasts and make something of their lives, struggling to find a glimmer of hope in the most unlikely of circumstances. While, on the surface, the play seems to avoid supernatural subject matter which McPherson is famed for, critics attributed much of the play’s power to an underlying spiritual dimension.

Justin Pietropaolo

Sean Marrinan

“As writer and director, Mr. McPherson has planted in our minds a subliminal awareness of more things in heaven and earth than are dreamt of in any philosophy. By its end the play pulses with the possibility of redemption, if I may use a much-abused word. I do mean only the possibility; but even that nebulous hope kindles a glow, both warming and chilling, you rarely experience at the theatre.” Ben Brantley “The beauty of McPherson’s writing is that peripheral, shimmery weirdness, the tug at your sleeve of something so otherworldly and luminous, you can’t bear to turn around and look. What’s going on? A spellbinding and absolutely gorgeous new play by one of the true poets of the theater, that’s what.” - David Cote. Directed by Mêlisa Annis, the cast includes Estelle Bajou (Drama Desk nominee) as Aimee, Bernie Sheredy as Tommy, Chet Carlin as Maurice, Justin Pietropaolo as Kenneth, and Sean Marrinan as Doc. Shadowland Stages is located at 157 Canal Street, Ellenville. For tickets: 845-647-5511.

New York Wind Symphony: October 2

Ferdinand David (1810“looked it over”). The 1873) was a German virtuoso piece was premiered at the violinist and composer. His Gewandhaus with Queisser Concertino for Trombone playing the solo part and and Orchestra, Op. 4, was Mendelssohn conducting. composed in 1837. It was Dutch composer and dedicated to Karl Traugott conductor Johan de Queisser, who was a good Johan De Meij Meij (b. 1953) received Richard Regan friend of David, and also his musical training at the played in the Gewandhaus Orchestra, Royal Conservatory of Music in The where David was concertmeister. Hague, where he studied trombone David was born in the same house and conducting. His award-winning in Hamburg where Mendelssohn had oeuvre of original compositions, been born the previous year. He worked symphonic transcriptions and film closely with Mendelssohn, providing Joseph Alessi score arrangements has garnered technical advice during the preparation of the him international acclaim and have become latter’s famous Violin Concerto in E minor. He permanent fixtures in the repertoire of renowned was also the soloist in the premiere of the work ensembles throughout the world. His Symphony in 1845. No. 1 The Lord of the Rings has been recorded There are many myths about how David’s by myriad ensembles. concertino came about, but one of the most Along with a special performance by probable versions is that David rewrote one of the Hudson Valley Honors Youth Wind his already mostly finished violin-pieces into Ensemble, David’s Concertino, with world this trombone concertino. Queisser initially famus trombonist Joseph Alessi soloing and asked Felix Mendelssohn to write him a Richard Regan conducting, and De Meij’s Trombone Concerto, but as he did not have Symphony No. 2: The Big Apple - A New York the time for it, David might have suggested Symphony will be performed by The New York Mendelssohn to use his composition for this Wind Symphony. De Meij will guest-conduct purpose. (If one compares the composition his own work. to David’s surrounding works e.g. Op. 3 & The performance is at the Monroe5, there are clearly some parts that are much Woodbury High School on October 2 at better composed than otherwise, which leads 3:00pm. Tickets online at www.nyws.org and to a suggestion that Mendelssohn might have by phone: 845-464-8723.

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Csárdás, Verbunkos, Lassú & Friss

It has been said of both Kodály and Bartók that they seldom used actual folk music in their own compositions, but rather had thoroughly assimilated the folk idiom to the extent that their personal Jing Li, cello vocabulary became a spontaneously stylized expression of the same musical impulse. Rarely performed live, Kodály’s Epigrams and Sonata for cello and piano Op. 4 share the method Kodály developed, and represent his originality and talent in constructing some of the first modern art music of the time that continues to inform composers today. “The Epigrams were composed in 1954 along with several other educational works designed to exemplify Kodály’s method of musical education. They were originally conceived as vocalises, for a wordless voice and piano accompaniment, but the voice part can be adapted to almost any instrument. In these little pieces, grave, gay or lyrical, with their discreet polyphonic imitations between melody and accompaniment, the Hungarian accent is so perfectly absorbed into Kodály’s habit of discourse that there is hardly a hint of the exotic about them; they simply testify to

a rare serenity of spirit and delight in musicmaking.” - Calum MacDonald © 2010. Bartok’s Rhapsodies employ a two-part form, the first part slow (lassú), the second fast (friss, meaning brisk or fresh), a tradition V. Schwartzman, piano in Hungarian dance music that features sectional contrasts of tempo and mood, the typical examples being the csárdás and its ancestor, the 18th century army recruiting dance, the verbunkos. The rhapsodies have folk origins but show the manipulation and development of Bartók, the sophisticated art music composer. Cellist Jing Li and pianist Victoria Schwartzman have performed around the world as soloists, recitalists, and chamber musicians. In addition to Epigrams and Bartok’s Rhapsody No.1, they will perform Bartok’s Romanian Folk Dances and Kodaly’s Sonata for Cello and Piano Op. 4 for the Queen of the Hudson series on October 8 at 7:00pm at Atlas Studios, 11 Spring Street, Newburgh. Parking is available in the Atlas lot and on Spring and Liberty Streets. Visit www.queenofthehudson.org for additional information.

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New Director at Helm of Ferry Exhibit

The Historical Society of Newburgh Bay and the Highlands has announced a new Executive Director, Candace Schuster (see photo) who will oversee the administrative functions of the organization. Ms. Schuster has worked for 10 years in administrative roles at Vassar College, and previously was director of Vintage Village in Highland. She is also a former Trustee and long-term volunteer at the Town of Lloyd Historical Preservation Society. Ms. Schuster has considerable experience in organizing exhibitions and events; maintaining collections and archives; and creating and maintaining websites and social media services. She is a long-standing member of several historyrelated professional associations, including the Museum Association of New York and the Greater Hudson Heritage Network. She will be available in person at the Crawford House on Mondays and Fridays, 2:00pm-5:00pm, and on Sunday afternoons 1:00pm-4:00pm during the house’s open season (through October). The Newburgh-Beacon Ferry was established with a charter from King George II to Alexander Colden to begin and maintain a ferry system. Ownership of this charter was passed down through several owners until, in 1850, it came under the control of Homer Ramsdell and his family, who ran the ferry

until 1956. The ferry helped both Newburgh and Beacon to become industrial hubs in the mid-Hudson Valley. The Society’s new exhibit in its Stone Floor Gallery at the Crawford House Historical Museum, This Way to the Ferry, traces the history of the Newburgh-Beacon Ferry from its inception in 1743 to its closing upon the completion of the Newburgh-Beacon Bridge in 1963. The exhibit features photographs, paintings, documents, a video of the ferry crossing, and memorabilia from private collections and both the Beacon and Newburgh historical societies. Captions, quoting from local papers, relate the experiences and memories of people who used to ride the ferries. The house and exhibit are open Sundays 1:00pm-4:00pm. Admission is free to members of the Beacon or Newburgh historical societies; a $5 donation is suggested for the general public. The exhibit will continue at the Crawford House, 189 Montgomery Street, Newburgh, through December. For information call 845-561-2585.

May I Have A Word With You ... Quips, Quotes & Quiddities with Carol Pozefsky LOVE YOU MEDLEY A musical medley is a performance of portions of melodies played one after the other. Largo is a very slow tempo... Presto, a very fast tempo...Ritardando... gradually slowing the tempo...Schleppend... to perform in a dragging manner...Lamentoso, in a mournful manner, and Inquieto, in an agitated manner. R-CYNIC “The first half of our life is spoiled by our parents and the second half by our children.” - Clarence Darrow. “If you pick up a starving dog and make him prosperous, he will not bite you. This is the principal difference between a dog and a man.” - Mark Twain. “Life is a gamble at terrible odds; if it was a bet you wouldn’t take it.” - Tom Stoppard. “If you ever forget you’re a Jew, a Gentile will remind you.” - Bernard Malamud. “If you wish in this world to advance, your merits you’re bound to enhance; You must stir it and stump it and blow your own Bernard Malamud trumpet;

Or, trust me, you haven’t a chance.” - W.S. Gilbert. RELATIVITY It’s widely known that Charlie Sheen and Emilio Estevez are brothers; Goldie Hawn and Kate Hudson, mother and daughter. Less well known, Mission Impossible star Tom Cruise is the first cousin of TV actor William Mapother (Lost, The Mentalist). Cruise was born Thomas Cruise Tom Cruise & William Mapother Mapother IV. Godfather director Francis Ford Coppola is the uncle of actor Nicholas Cage who was born Nicholas Coppola. Sissy Spacek and Rip Torn; both actors and cousins. Did you see Bryce Dallas Howard as Ivy in the movie The Village? Her dad is actor/ director Ron Howard who played Sheriff Taylor’s little Ron Howard & daughter, Bryce son, Opie on The Andy Griffith Show.

Sullivan County History Maker & Preserver Awards The Sullivan County Historical Society (SCHS) has announced the 2016 History Maker and History Preserver Awards. 2016 History Maker Award: SUNY Professor Thomas Lambert (see photo). Since the formal opening of Sullivan County Community College (SCCC) at the Loch Sheldrake campus in 1973, Mr. Lambert has held court as educator, counselor and friend, to over fifteen thousand students by way of the classroom. Lambert’s dedication to his profession, his students, his peers, SCCC and his community is reflected by the high admiration returned by both his students and fellow educators. SCCC Vice-President Bob Schultz remarked, when reflecting upon Thomas Lambert’s recent retirement after forty-three years teaching at SCCC, as the sociology professor being “perhaps the most extraordinary teacher in the history of the college.” 2016 History Preserver Award: Callicoon Center Band. For over 170 years, local community bands have made a unique contribution to the history of Sullivan County. The origins of the Callicoon

Center Band date back to 1873, when a German immigrant by the name of Casper Gilbert, assembled a group of novice musicians, composed mainly of family and neighbors, and began playing as a brass band, their style distinctly German in flavor. During the 19th and early decades of the 20th centuries, bands based in communities throughout Sullivan County were the main source of live entertainment, such as Monticello’s Waverly and Citizen Bands, Liberty’s Cornet Band and, of course, Callicoon Center’s own Gilbert Band. Today, the current rendition of the Callicoon Center Band, organized in 1935, may be considered the last community band standing in the County. Still performing weekly summer concerts at their bandstand, the Callicoon Center Band, historic in its own right, continues on with the old time community band tradition set forth by the pioneer Sullivan County bands The Awards will be presented at the 2016 SCHS Annual Meeting and Awards Dinner on October 16. Social Hour 4:00pm; dinner at 5:00pm at Mr. Willy’s Restaurant, Route 42 South, Monticello. For information: 845-434-8044. October 2016

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Wurtsboro Halloweenfest 2016 and October Events! Wurtsboro Renaissance has been recognized by Sullivan Renaissance and the village is all gussied up to welcome you to Halloweenfest on October 29 from Noon-3:00pm! This exciting family event includes a HowlO-Ween Pet Parade. It’s always fun to see Man’s Best Friends and others - and some of them will be gussied up too. Pre-registration is available at Pet Parade sponsor Sudsy Paws or register at the event from Noon-1:00pm and you and your furry (or non-furry) friend can win a prize for Scariest, Prettiest, Funniest, Best Superhero, Best Owner/Pet Combo! And there are prizes by sponsor Flowers by Lynn for the Scariest, Prettiest, Funniest, and Best Overall at the Children’s Costume Contest,

with registration at the event from Noon1:00pm. Register early so the kids don’t miss out on getting airbrushed tattoos, checking out the petting zoo, or any of the many kids’ crafts and games! Food offerings include hot dogs, chips and drinks for sale by Boy Scouts Troop 92, and a Bake Sale, too! People’s Choice Window Art Window Art is a result of the combined

efforts of the Wurtsboro Board of Trade (WBOT), the Wurtsboro Art Alliance (WAA), and Wurtsboro Renaissance. It is a companion project to both the WBOT sponsored Halloweenfest and the WAA’s month long art exhibit Reflections (see story below). All are encouraged to view the Halloween and harvest themed artworks on the Sullivan Street storefront windows October 29-November 7 showcasing the talents of WAA members and

What better time than autumn to reflect on the beauty around us and what better place than Wurtsboro to enjoy that beauty? Whether hiking the myriad trails in our area, birding, or kayaking the Bashakill,

enjoying the spectacular scenery of the Shawangunk Ridge, visiting a local winery or just enjoying the fireworks of color that maple and other native trees display at this time of year, we are blessed to be in this place at this time! The John Neilson Gallery and Wurtsboro Art Alliance (WAA) celebrate the fall season with a new show running October 8-30 titled Reflections. An opening reception takes place on October 8, from 4:00pm-6:00pm. Refreshments will be served. WAA’s co-founder and artist-member

Roberta Rosenthal is displaying her works at the Gallery Link in Ellenville Regional Hospital through October 31. And, be sure to check out November’s CANVAS for: Wheels of Color, an exhibit that begins with an opening “Little Dam Lake” by Rick Loggia reception on November 5, from 2:00pmThe WAA was organized at the initiative 6:00pm and will feature WAA artist member of John Neilson in the spring of 2005 and Michael Piotrowski’s printmaking and other has grown from their original six members to works. over fifty! See WAA on this page for info.

other local artists, and cast a ballot for your favorite! Judges include the Public’s Ballots, Wurtsboro design consultant Charlotte Strohsahl, Wallkill River School Board Chairperson Penny Thelman, and CANVAS publisher Barry Plaxen. Maps of the participating “canvases” will be created and made available online so that you can enjoy the art at your leisure and be sure not to miss a thing. Monetary prizes will be offered by the WBOT ($100 for first, $75 for second, and $50 for third). A People’s Choice prize ($25 in Wurtsboro dollars) will be part of the October 29 festivities.

The Wurtsboro Art Alliance’s “Reflections” Exhibition, October 8 - October 30

Artwork by Mimi Werner

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“Baroque & Beyond” in So. Fallsburg

Wurtsboro Photo Walk: October 9 Explore Wurtsboro and Wurtsboro. its history with your camera! Bronx native Patricio Enjoy a guided photo is a photographer whose walk that will allow you portrait and editorial to practice taking photos, photography have been while also challenging and featured in publications developing your creative such as La Voz, The Queens skills in a fun and informal Courier, The Manhattan environment. There are no Times, and The Bronx restrictions to the type of “2014 Dominican Parade” by P. Robayo Times. camera (phones, too!) or experience you have! The $40 event is open to adults ages 18+. Patricio Robayo will host the photo walk on After the walk, a review of the results will be October 9, 10:00am-Noon starting and ending held at the gallery. at the John Neilson Gallery, 73 Sullivan Street, E-mail pr@patriciorobayo.com for info.

Meet Our Advertisers: Plein Air by Air! Our local Plein air artists are offering views of autumn colors in oil, acrylic and watercolor in many of the area galleries. One world renown artist, Grandma Nature is, arguably, the finest and most beloved painter of autumn colors. And now you can see the wondrous color-miracles she manifests in one magnificent overall view of the Wurtsboro Valley and Shawangunk Ridge.

Wurtsboro Flight offers two ways to view the views: by glider and by airplane. You can go further, see more, and share the ride and cost with others in an airplane. Or you can solo in a glider (with the pilot) enabling you to see and “hear” the colors and quiet landscape with no motor noise, possibly a more natural way to view fall foliage. See ad below for more information.

Margaret Woolums, soprano & Talin Nalbandian, mezzo-sop.

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Harpsichordist, pianist, musicologist, and conductor Kenneth Cooper is one of the world’s leading specialists in the music of the 18th century and one of America’s most versatile performers. Renowned for his improvisations and his expertise in ornamentation, he has revived countless musical works, lending them extraordinary authenticity as well as great vitality. For Baroque and Beyond he has, once again, assembled an outstanding roster of NYC musicians for Chamber Music at St. Andrew’s who will perform the premiere of Cooper’s arrangement of Handel’s Posthumous Trios for violin, viola and cello and a scene from his opera Alcina, along with a Bach Flute Sonata, a Bach Violin Sonata, and some “beyond” delectables: Rossini’s oftperformed joyful Cat Duet, Die Schwestern and - here comes some exciting ornamentation - Rossini and Donizetti arias! “We are also including a Schumann Romance and The Flight of the Bumblebee, both for flute, and an Armenian Song,” announced Cooper, “and a rarely performed

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duet-lied by Brahms from a poem by Eduard Mörike: We are two lovely sisters who look alike like two identical eggs, two identical stars. We both have auburn hair, and if you braid our two strands together, you can’t tell the difference. We wear the same outfits to stroll in the meadow, singing hand in hand. We spin equally well, sitting on the same bench, and we sleep in the same bed. Oh, you two lovely sisters, how the page has turned! You love the same sweetheart now the song has an ending! Reservations are required for the FREE concert, produced by Peggy and Robert Friedman, on October 22 at 8:00pm in St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church, 5277 NY State Route 42, So. Fallsburg. Contact: pcfriedman27@gmail.com or 845-292-8967. This series is made possible in part with funds from the Decentralization Program, a regrant program of the NYS Council on the Arts, administered in Sullivan County by the Delaware Valley Arts Alliance through the Town of Fallsburg as well as by the generosity of local businesses and individuals, and St. Andrew’s Episcopal Mission.

Sara and Shlomo Perform in Phillipsport Coming from a classical background, singer-songwriter and ukulele player Sara Hulse has used her life experience and literary knowledge to develop a sound truly all her own that “will draw you into her world with her haunting voice and flowing chords. Her lyrics are profound, thought provoking, melancholy and hilarious all at once.” She is influenced by traditional, folk, bluegrass, rock, indie and reggae. Sara performs often with other local singer/ songwriters, and in October she will share the bill with another area favorite, guitarist Shlomo

Franklin who grew up on a farm milking cows in Bethel. Inspired by the neighboring grounds of Woodstock, he soon developed his own musical style. Influences include Neil Young, Bob Dylan, Nirvana and Johnny

Cash. They will perform at the Phillipsport Community Center, 657 Red Hill Road, just off of NY Route 209 on October 15 at 7:00pm. Homemade food and desserts are available for purchase at 6:30pm. For info: chrisnapdragon@frontiernet.net

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Community Building Through the Arts Plein Air Painting During the 19th Century, the Hudson River symbolized the beauty and economic viability of the America landscape. Artists traveling on this waterway documented the rolling mountains and dramatic vistas in their open air sketches, paintings and writings, and thus was born Plein Air Painting. Their visuals and words expressed the hope and pride of this young country. The movement became known as the Hudson River School of Painting. The Father of this movement was Thomas Cole. Early painters associated the mysterious mist-covered Storm King Mountain as the transitional point from busy NYC life to the spiritual wilderness region of New York State. Samuel Colman’s 1866 painting Storm King on the Hudson and Thomas Doughty’s 1835 painting View of Highlands from Newburgh, New York captured the unique lush landscape and the river that defines Orange County. The mid-1800’s artists were very aware that the landscape would change as the population grew. Artist Thomas Cole understood that “such is the road society has to travel”. Although New York State implemented the Forest Preservation Act in 1885, revised in

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“3rd Street” oil, by Richard Abraham

2009 to the Open Space Conservation Plan to protect our state forests, do you think these artists would have envisioned 80% of the worlds original forests would have disappeared by the 21st century (National Geographic: Eye in the Sky - Deforestation) or that 200 miles of the Hudson River would be classified by the EPA as a Superfund site - one of the largest in the country? So today, Plein Air Painters, and their art, serves a dual purpose as they paint nature. They document the awesomeness of nature for us to appreciate in our homes, while their work also documents the changes in nature and nature’s health. For this reason, it is important to support events such as the Hudson Valley Plein Air Festival. From October 6-10, artists from around

Liberty Educators’ Art & Harvest Festival

“Stand of Pines” by Valerie Taggart

“Liberty Middle School” by Ryan Cormier

Combine your visit The Liberty to the exhibit with the Museum and Arts Museum’s Harvest Center is presenting Festival AND Chili the Art Educators of Cook-Off on October Sullivan County Show, 8! a new endeavor that The festival begins will hopefully be an at 10:00am and annual event. goes on all day until For this first 4:00pm. There are exhibition, retired always crafts, foods, art educators Valerie Taggart, Ann Higgins kids’ stuff and more. “Cool Cliff” by Ann Higgins (In 2014 and 2015 and Lee Parks team up with still-working Liberty art educators Ryan there were fun applesauce eating contests; Cormier and Kathy Johansen with works maybe it will be repeated!). And there’s always lots of live music, a sidewalk sale, craft ranging from laser printing to watercolor. Higgins and Taggart exhibit regularly with vendors and more! The 23rd Annual Chili the Catskill Art Society and the North East Cook-Off happens from 2:00pm-4:00pm. Go and enjoy! It’s at 46 South Main Street, Watercolor Society, among others. Liberty. Admission is free. 845-292-2394. The art show runs through October 10. 10

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the country will be flocking to the region to compete in the festival on Columbus Weekend. Participating artists include Richard Abraham, Elizabeth Barnett, Gene Bové, Daisy de Puthod, Gloria Detore-Mackie, Steve Duprey, Robert Eckes, Douglas Flackman, Ed Froelich, Tarryl Gabel, Naomi Genen, Nancy Reed Jones, Jim Laurino, Alan Lewis, Carlton J. Manzano, Barbara Masterson, John McNally, Rick Parenti, Stacey Pope, Kari Ganoung-Ruiz, Vaune Sherin, Jinsheng Song, Sandy Spitzer, Joseph Sundwall, Bruce Thorne, Lita Thorne, Marilyn Vanderpool and Karl Volk, who is additionally establishing an Art Repository. Visitors are welcome to watch the awardwinning artists painting in plein air on October 6-8, by tracking their locations through an easily downloadable Google app, and picking up raffle tickets that can be turned in for prizes at the final exhibit, and at a “Quick Draw” event on Newburgh Waterfront on October 8 from 4:00pm-6:00pm sponsored by Trestle Inc. On October 9 from 5:00pm-7:00pm there will be a reception and awards ceremony at Angry Orchard, 2241 Albany Post Road, Walden, where $2,000 in awards from sponsors will awarded by Plein Air Magazine writer, artist, and judge Bob Bahr. On October 10 from 10am-Noon there

“Reflection On A Time Gone By” oil, by Beth Bathe

will be a last chance sale and closing reception of the festival at the Wallkill River School (WRS) 232 Ward Street, Montgomery. Free and open to the public, refreshments will be served. The event is organized by the WRS in conjunction with the Orange County Arts Council. Sponsors include Plein Air Magazine, Angry Orchard, U-Art Sanded Paper, Hudson Valley Credit Union, Gamblin Oil, Guerilla Painter, Artists in the Parks, Palisades Park Conservancy, Hamptonburgh Grange, and Trestle Inc. Visit www.wallkillriverschool.com or call 845-457-ARTS for more information. See pg 12 for more about the WRS.

Joining Forces for Fortescue Scholarship

VIOIent PERseCution (Anastasia Solberg, viola and Christopher Earley, marimba and percussion) are joining forces with violinist David Fidel and the Ellenville Chamber Players to provide an exciting program for the Annual Cecily Fortescue Memorial Concert. Donations will go to the Cecily Fortescue Scholarship Fund to help a needy string player continue their private instruction. The marimba was developed in Central America by African slaves, and descended Christopher Earley from its ancestral balafon instrument, which was also built by African slaves. Marimba is now the national instrument of Guatemala. Xylophones are widely used in music of west and central Africa. The name marimba stems from Bantu ‘marimba’ or ‘malimba’, meaning ‘xylophone’. The word ‘marimba’ is formed from ma ‘many’ and rimba ‘singlebar xylophone’ Modern uses of the marimba include solo performances, woodwind and brass

ensembles, marimba concertos, jazz ensembles, marching band (front ensembles), drum and bugle corps, and orchestral compositions. Contemporary composers have used the unique sound of the marimba more and more in recent years. “We will be performing a mixed array of exciting music by Bach, VillaLobos, Sammut and Schirpa,” announced Solberg. Besides his well-known works for orchestra and chamber ensembles, Brazil’s great composer Anastasia Solberg Heitor Villa-Lobos wrote music for the marimba. Eric Sammut, one of the world’s leading composers and performers for the marimba, found a new musical and technical approach to the instrument. Prolific composer Marco Schirpa’s compositions have been performed throughout the United States. The benefit concert takes place on October 27 at 7:30pm at St John’s Episcopal Church, 40 Market Street, Ellenville. Tickets are available at the door.

Feel The “Vibrations” at Gallery EVA

Artist Madelon Jones: construction materials. The “Art has been part of my life subject matter reflects the since childhood. Painting, natural and human world of drawing and later after college, the Upper Delaware. printmaking, specifically Surrealist painter Rich etching. Now I combine all Rethorn began drawing at the of the above in mixed media age of 3. Favoring dinosaurs abstract paintings. I always use and imaginary creatures paper, beautiful paper to begin over cartoon characters, his with. My work feels sometimes “Winter Deer” by Xeth Feinberg work featured nightmarish like landscape and sometimes it and fantastic images from the is more like space, almost like very start. Horror films and a dream. Color, and texture and fan magazines like Famous form make my work whole.” Monsters with the dark and Artist Alan Wood paints oil colorful art of film promo landscapes on canvas or board. posters were of great influence A refugee from California via as well as the cover art on rock NYC, his purpose: interpretive albums of the 60’s & 70’s. atmospheric silhouettes, The work of modern day horizons, waterfalls, nature’s Fantasy and Surrealism masters icons, gorgeous color (or lack such as Frank Frazetta and of it!). Salvador Dali intertwined Xeth Feinberg is a cartoonist, with punk rock style and antianimator and musician. Since “Anxiety & Depression” by R. Rethorn establishment beliefs form so much of his output has tended to be digitally- the ideological and stylistic base from which created and dependent on pixels, computers and Rethorn began painting in oils in 1984. electronics, Xeth started building 3-D wood art The above artists are featured in a group wall hangings to reconnect with physical work show titled Vibrations at Gallery EVA, 35 that takes up space in the real world. Lower Main Street, Callicoon (see ad below) Xeth’s paintings have a purposefully raw, from October 1-31, with a Meet the Artists ‘wood shop’ feel to them. The imagery is reception on October 1 from 5:00pmtelegraphed with iconographic shapes, rough 9:00pm. paint and the natural texture of off-the-shelf For information: 845-887-3202.

Callicoon Artwalk 2016: Over 70 Artists!

guess the artist or work of CallicoonArtwalk 2016, art. Makeup by Dorothy showcasing vibrant local Hartz and James artists in the picturesque Sullivan. hamlet of Callicoon, will Plein Air painting: Kit present work throughout Sailer will paint in the the town October 8 park on Saturday and will (Noon-8:00pm) and 9 then have the finished (Noon-5:00pm). Along work on display on with video projections and Sunday at the new B&B outdoor art installations, in town, 9 River Road. Main Street merchants Landscape by Kit Sailer Interactive Callicoon community collage for will also stay open into the evening. Maps are available highlighting all exhibits and children led by Raina Bowers. Sculptor Paul Stark demonstrating. events featured in local shops, restaurants, and Dan Brinkerhoff displaying his new galleries. Since its 2014 inception, the Callicoon furniture creations. What makes a Village - interactive build a Artwalk has provided a major outlet for dozens of artists. This event has created welcome village project by ENGN. exposure for exhibitors as well as helping Art Around Town - October 8 & 9 develop cultural initiatives in both Callicoon Video and film projections! and greater Sullivan County. Art blocks created by local artists will be Art Making in the Park - October 8 Thrown pottery demonstration by potters exhibited throughout town for silent auction to Ellany Gable and Franco LoPinto. Make a fund future Artwalk art supplies. Scott Klee Clark opening his studio to the pinch pot to take home the same day! Custom boat artisans Joe Freda and Zeke public. Gallery EVA exhibits seven local artists. Boyle will showcase their craft. Pop-up galleries featuring group exhibitions Henna body painting in the Henna tent by of contemporary local artists. Elizabeth Ennis Linda Bastian and Nancy Mace. Face painting featuring mustaches of will have a curated show at Lazy Fox New famous art and artists: all mustached faces York. The new bed & breakfast in town, 9 River will be photographed. After the event, photos will be posted on Facebook where people can Road, will display art in their public spaces.

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The Wallkill River School of Art in October

Kit Jones at DVAA

Photo by Kit Jones

Artwork by Nancy Reed Jones

Fall brings fresh color to the Wallkill River School (WRS) with three solo shows by regional fine artists from October 1-30. Originally from Long Island, Nancy ReedJones studied at the Huntington Art League and became a well-established oil and acrylic painter. Nancy owned a mural business for many years before devoting all her time to teaching her skills at the WRS. She holds an ongoing acrylic workshop and teaches the absolute beginner to the advanced painter. Nancy has used art therapy to help people in recovery from addiction. Relaxation techniques and soothing music are used in her workshops to help with stress reduction. William Noonan is originally from Monroe. After a career in graphics and publishing at the Village Voice in New York City, William

“Little Red Tractor” by William Noonan

returned full-time to his first love: fine art, and to the Hudson Valley where he has been deeply involved in the local art scene. Co-creator of the Newburgh Art Salon, William teaches at the WRS, Barrett Art Center, Mill Street Loft and out of his home studio. William’s work is figurative and has a broad range that includes plein-air landscape, still life, figures, portraits and animal paintings. Primarily working in oils, he also includes watercolor, drawing and printmaking techniques in his repertoire. An inclination for the figure, a deep love of Italian art and the investigation of his own Italian heritage, through travel and study, inform his work. Born in the beautiful Caribbean island of Puerto Rico, emerging artist Emilio Escalera Jr., and his wife recently relocated to the

Artwork by Emilio Escalera

Hudson Valley from NYC. Emilio enjoys hiking and taking pictures of the Valley’s beautiful landscapes. As a member of the WRS since 2014, Escalera enjoys the expert instruction and critique in acrylic landscape painting from Nancy Reed Jones. Meet the artists while enjoying refreshments at the opening reception, October 8, from 5:00pm-7:00pm. The Hallway themes are Water through October 14, and Fall/Harvest October 15-November 14. And don’t forget, there is still time to buy your tickets for the WRS Haunted Sleepover Halloween! on October 31. Ticket price includes a bottle of wine and a candle! The WRS is located at 232 Ward Street, Montgomery. For info: 845-457-ARTS. See also page 10 for the Plein Air Festival.

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Shadows and the Other Side of Color is an exhibit of photographs by Kit Jones, a published poet, playwright and short story writer. “I take pictures of everything - people, grass, insects, toadstools, leaves, trees, mist, crystals, shadows, reflections,” says Jones. “A few years back, the desire to have a greater roll in the creative process led to the exploration of tools to enhance existing photos. These enhancements resulted in The Other Side of Color series in which certain photos are transformed through the alteration of color, hue, saturation, filters and the like into something other than the original photo.” Alliance Gallery is located at 37 Main Street, Narrowsburg. Jones’ show runs from October 1-29, with a reception on October 1 from 2:00pm-4:00pm. For information, call 845-252-7576.

Enjoy Poetry at the Library! As the spur is to the jade, As the scabbard for the blade, As for digging is the spade, As for liquor is the can, So poetry is for the library made,

be entertained. Seasonally, spooky-themed poems are highly encouraged!

Read (if you choose), listen and snack on October 21 at the Fall Poetry Cafe, Florida Library, 4 Cohen Circle. Admission is free. 845-651-7659.

(amended from Peter Anthony Motteux, 1663-1718)

As the chimney is for the smoke, As the laughin’ is for the joke, As the shelter is for the storm, As the fire is for the warm, As the fiddle is for the bow, As the tappin is for the toe, As the bucket in the well and the dinner and the bell, As the candle is for the glow, So poetry is for the library made. (amended from Whitney-Kramer-Kapp 1954)

Yes, poetry is read monthly in other venues too, book stores and galleries, churches and eateries (see page 15), but this month there are “specials” at local libraries. Pine Bush The Pine Bush Library holds four seasonal poetry readings annually: Winter, Spring, Summer and Fall, hosted by Francine D’Alessandro, local poet and writer. The Fall Poetry Reading is scheduled for October 19 at 7:00pm at the library’s Community Center. It’s an open mic and all are welcome to come and read or just

“Polter-Heist”

Karen Corinne Herceg

“Summer Poetry Reading” Left to right: Eva Strasser, Sherri Maxwell, David Messineo, Ted Gill, Robert Milby, Francine D’Alessandro, and Kleber DeFrietas.

In addition to the poetry readings, Francine facilitates a monthly memoir writing workshop to help people develop tools and strategies to be able to collect and record their stories and memories. Call the library to find out the date for the 6:30pm, October workshop. The library is at 227 Maple Avenue. Phone: 845-744-3375. Free admission. Florida Robert Milby emcees the popular FPL Poetry Cafe and will read classic and his own original poetry along with featured guest poets Karen Corinne Herceg and Terence Chiesa. Karen Corinne Herceg is a recipient of several New York State grants. Her first volume of poetry, Inner Sanctions, and

Terence Chiesa

her second volume, Out From Calaboose, will be published in Fall 2016 by Nirala Publications. She publishes poetry, prose and essays in a variety of magazines and literary journals, and is currently working on several book projects. “Terence Chiesa is a published short story writer and poet and a carpenter bent toward the whimsical and contraptions of dubious utility, who believes wholeheartedly in the irrational and the corrupt ability of man, and therefore aside from minor exceptions does not trust what he is told or what he reads.” Glasschord Revolution. An open mic will kick off the evening. Doors open at 6:45pm to sign up. Readings start promptly at 7:00pm! Freshly-brewed coffee and desserts will be provided. FREE! For adults and teens over age 16. This event was funded in part by Poets & Writers, Inc. with public funds from New York State Council on the Arts, a state agency, and the Friends of the Florida Public Library.

Chester Milby, who has been reading his poetry throughout the Hudson Valley and beyond since 1995, is also the host and featured poet for the Chester Library’s Poetry for Halloween on October 29 at 2:00pm. Milby has hosted 26 poetry series in New York State since 1995, and has read onstage over 1,000 times in 6 states. He was the invited poet at SUNY Oneonta, in March 2003 and SUNY Oswego in April 2009,and is a listed poet with Poets and Writers, Inc. The Chester Library is located at 1784 Kings Highway. Admission is free. Call 845-469-4215. Newburgh The Newburgh Library features the Hudson River Poets once a month. Hayden Wayne hosts the next session on October 27 at 7:00pm at 124 Grand Hayden Wayne Street, Newburgh. Admission is free. Call 845-563-3601.

Take a walk on the spooky side when the Greater Liberty Chamber of Commerce presents Polter-Heist, an audience participation murder mystery by Tony Schwartz and Marylou Ambrose on October 30 at 5:00pm at the Liberty Diner, 30 Sullivan Avenue. Polter-Heist is directed by Big Sky Productions’ Artistic Director Carol Montana. Polter-Heist takes place at The Mouldering Pines Inn, where the Bogeyman Outreach Organization (BOO), a support group for ghosts, is holding its annual convention. As BOO members, you’ll observe a séance, meet the Inn’s ghoul-in-residence, and learn dark secrets. Besides Madam Zelda and the Professor, you’ll also meet Phyllis and Jim Lodge, the Inn’s squabbling owners, Dana Skullery and Fox Smolder, from BOO’s Washington, D.C., chapter (or are they?), and Janet from Another Planet, a DJ with a past. Will Madam Zelda help the ghost relocate? Will the Lodges stop arguing long enough to get their hands on the treasure map? Is the Professor who he claims to be? And who committed the murder!? Enjoy a delicious salad bar, the start of the show, a sit-down dinner, more of the mystery, and then dessert, as the mystery is solved. Prizes will be awarded to the people who come up with the most creative motive. For tickets: 845-292-9797. October 2016

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

Readers & Writers Festival �� Milford, Sep 30-Oct 2 FEE “Moveable Feast” Walking Tour of Milford ��Grey Towers, Milford, Oct 1, 10am-Noon “What Exactly Are We Supposed to Eat?” Toni-Jean Kulpinksi ��MSM-DC Oct 3, 1pm FEE “Cremonese Violins, a History and Continued Tradition” Andrew Trombley & Akiko Hosoi �� documentary & performance Crawford Library, Monticello, Oct 3, 6:30pm “Kingston’s Buried Treasure” Shawangunk Garden Club, Paul O’Neill �� Ellenville Library, Oct 3, 7pm “Caring for Body, Mind & Soul: For Caregivers” Donna Davies ��MSM-DC Oct 4, 10am “The Secret to Healthy Houseplants” master gardener ��Thrall Library, Middletown, Oct 4, 6pm “Leadership the Eleanor Roosevelt Way” Joan Monk ��MSM-DC Oct 5, 12, 19, 16, 11am FEE “When the Garden Was Eden, the New York Knicks of the 1970’s” J. Temple �� MSM-DC Oct 5, 1pm FEE “Why I Write Poetry” James Finn Cotter ��Kaplan Library, Mt. St. Mary College, Newburgh, Oct 6, 4pm “Woodrow Wilson: Love, Neutrality, War and Peace!” George Burke MSM-DC Oct 6, 9:30am FEE “P.O.P. (Procrastination, Overwhelm, & Perfectionism)” Jamie Gutierrez �MSM-DC Oct 6, 10am FEE “Fall Back in Love with Your Home” Claudia Jacobs ��MSM-DC Oct 6, 1pm FEE “Birth, Beginnings, and First Steps: Silent Cinema” Chuck Dorman �� Crawford Library, Monticello, Oct 6, 6pm “Preservation of Old & Historic Buildings” Erin Tobin ��Thrall Library, Middletown, Oct 6, 6pm “The Effects of Climate and Land-use Change on Bird Populations” Terryanne Maenza-Gmelch � SUNYO-KH Oct 6, 7pm “How to Change the Way You Think, Feel, and Behave with Hypnosis” �� George Toth & Diana Underwood MSM-DC, Oct 7, 10am FEE “Star Wars, The Force, & You” Cary Bayer ��MSM-DC Oct 7, 1pm FEE Low Lily Americana �� Tusten Theatre, Narrowsburg, Oct 7, 7:30pm “Indie Author 2016 Day” ��Newburgh Library, Oct 8, 12:30pm Creative Conversations DISCUSSION �� Artists’ Market, Shohola, Oct 8, 2pm “Classical Music of the Romantic Era” Mary Lawrence ��MSM-DC Oct 11, 10am FEE “Happy Birthday Eleanor Roosevelt!” Joan Monk ��MSM-DC Oct 11, 1pm FEE “English Poets of the Romantic Era” Mary Lawrence ��MSM-SC Oct 12, 10am FEE “Respiratory Concerns” Richard Huntoon ��MSM-DC Oct 12, 1pm “Free Home Energy Seminar” Pat Fayo ��MSM-DC Oct 12, 3pm DISCUSSION “Cuba and the United States” �� Cornwall Library, Oct 12, 7pm “The Statue of Liberty” Kevin Wayne ��MSM-DC Oct 13, 10am FEE “Prudence Crandall: A Teacher Ahead of Her Time” Bruce Crandall MSM-DC Oct 13, 1pm FEE “Cuba - Birds - Cars - People ~Bird Conservation in the Caribbean” Richard Guthrie �� SUNYO-KH Oct 13, 7pm “Women in Iran” Susan & Paul Sprachman ��MSM-DC Oct 14, 1pm FEE “Evolution of the Grey Towers Landscape: Autumn in Cornelia’s Gardens” WALK �� Elizabeth Hawke Grey Towers, Milford, Oct 15, 10am “Signs of Fall” HIKE �� PEEC Oct 15, Noon “Hoots & Hard Cider” live owl presentation ��HHNM Oct 15, 5pm “Artist’sTalk” Jesse Branford “Nomina Magica” �� Seligmann Center, Sugar Loaf, Oct 15, 6pm “Sharing Memories of the Delaware Water System” �� Time and the Valleys Museum, Grahamsville, Oct 16, 1pm FEE “Grandma Married Whom?!? Evaluating Online Genealogical Information” �� Christine Crawford-Oppenheimer MSM-DC Oct 17, 1pm FEE “Tenants’ Rights and Responsibilities” Jaime Samarel ��Thrall Library, Middletown, Oct 17, 6pm “The Labor of Culture: Creating Twentieth-Century American Consumerism” �� Shannan Clark SUNYO-KH Oct 18, 7pm “You, Too, Can Sell Your Artwork Online” Susan Horstmann ��MSM-DC Oct 19, 6pm FEE “Ellis Island: Gateway to America” Jeffrey Dosik �� Florida Library, Oct 19, 6pm “The Battle of Minisink: Differing Perspectives” Richard Hull �� Neversink Valley Museum, Cuddebackville, Oct 19, 7pm FEE “Caring for Succulents & Cacti” ��Port Jervis Library, Oct 20, 6:30pm “Dino-Birds? How Modern Evolutionary Biology has changed our Understanding of Bird Diversity” Jacob Berv SUNYO-KH Oct 20, 7pm Laurel Hill cemetery Guided Walk ��Grey Towers, Milford, Oct 22, 11am “Long Range Weather Forecasting & Global Warming” J. Witt ��MSM-DC Oct 24, 10am FEE “The E. H. Harriman Incline Railroad” Alex Prizgintas, dinner-lecture �� Harness Racing Museum, Goshen, Oct 25, 6pm FEE “How Film & TV Shaped Images of WWII” ��Cornwall Library, Oct 25, 6:30pm “James Madison’s Role in the Establishment of The United States Constitution” �� Gregory Geddes SUNYO-KH Oct 26, 7pm SCIENCE CAFE “Warm Bugs and Arthropod Disease Transmission” John McLaughlin �� La Casa Vicina, New Windsor, Oct 26, 7:15pm FEE “Shakespeare & the Supernatural” w/Joanna Zipay �� Crawford Library, Monticello, Oct 27, 6pm “Cold & Flu Season Preparation Using Homeopathy” Ann Marie Silvani � MSM-DC Oct 31, 10am FEE

“When Enough is Enough or Too Much” Gwen Wright ��SUNYO-KH Nov 1, 7pm “Kaplan Hall and the Rowley Center: The Greening of SUNY Orange’s Latest New Buildings” � Tenée R. Casaccio & Kristin Schmitt SUNYO-RCSE, Nov 2, 7pm 14

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Music - pop, Folk, Country, Blues, rock

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Thunderhead Organ Trio jazz-fusion �� The Wherehouse, Newburgh, 3rd Thursdays, 8pm FREE Music for Humanity �� Noble Coffee Roasters, Campbell Hall, 3rd Saturdays, 8pm Toshi Reagon & BIGLovely gospel blues �� The Falcon, Marlboro, Oct 1, 7pm “The McCartney Years” �� Eisenhower Hall, West Point, Oct 1, 8pm Big Joe Fitz & The Lo-Fis blues �� The Falcon, Marlboro, Oct 2, 10am-2pm Reuben Wilson Combo r&b �� The Falcon, Marlboro, Oct 6, 7pm Low Lily Americana �� Tusten Theatre, Narrowsburg, Oct 7, 7:30pm Cuboricua Salsa Band �� The Falcon, Marlboro, Oct 7, 7pm Saints of Swing �� The Falcon, Marlboro, Oct 9 & Oct 30, 10am-2pm The Americas Quintet “Fiesta Mundial” ��SUNY Orange Kaplan Hall, Newburgh, Oct 12, 6pm FREE Red Dog Run, Dupont Brothers neo-folk-rock �� The Falcon, Marlboro, Oct 13, 7pm Scott Sharrard & The Brickyard Band roots-rock �� The Falcon, Marlboro, Oct 14, 7pm Amy Laber �� Seven Freedoms Acoustic Cafe, Montgomery, Oct 15, 2pm FREE Sara Hulse, Shlomo Franklin �� Phillpsport Community Center, Oct 15, 7pm Slam Allen ��Forestburgh Tavern, Oct 15, 7pm Music Appreciation Night........................... Neversink Valley Museum, Cuddebackville, Oct 15, 7pm Chris O’Leary Band blues �� The Falcon, Marlboro, Oct 15, 7pm Dead on the Tracks Grateful Dead ��The Falcon Underground, Marlboro, Oct 15, 7pm Times Square’s Classic A Cappella Doo Wop �� The Falcon, Marlboro, Oct 16, 10am-2pm Frankie Avalon �� Eisenhower Hall, West Point, Oct 16, 3pm Wolff & Clark Expedition with John Abercrombie jazz �� The Falcon, Marlboro, Oct 16, 7pm Connor Kennedy & Minstrel, Dante DeFelice roots-rock �� The Falcon, Marlboro, Oct 20, 7pm Andy Timmons with The Travis Larson Band rock �� The Falcon, Marlboro, Oct 21, 7pm The Reverend Jefferson Band Jefferson Airplane �� The Falcon Underground, Oct 21, 7pm Cathy Paty ��Forestburgh Tavern, Oct 22, 7pm Banshiri Concert Indian Classical Music, Pandit Rakesh Chaurasia, flute �� Shanti Mandir, Walden, Oct 22, 7pm FREE Matt Flinner Trio w/Darol Anger folk fiddles �� The Falcon Underground, Oct 22, 7pm Fleurine w/the Boys from Brazil, Attila Vural Brazilian jazz �� The Falcon, Marlboro, Oct 22, 7pm Larry Newcomb Jazz & Blues Duo �� Thrall Library, Middletown, Oct 23. 2pm FREE Lost Radio Rounders’ “Politics and Pathos” presidential campaign songs and stories �� Newburgh Library, Oct 23. 3pm FREE Adam Levy & The Mint Imperials indie-rock �� The Falcon, Marlboro, Oct 23, 7pm Durham County Poets neo-folk �� The Falcon Underground, Oct 23, 7pm Poet Gold’s POELODIES spoken word & new music �� The Falcon Underground , Oct 26, 7pm Ed Palermo Big Band rock �� The Falcon, Marlboro, Oct 28, 7pm Gratefully Yours Grateful Dead �� The Falcon Underground, Oct 28, 7pm Blues Festival ��Bethel Woods, Oct 29, 6:30pm The Drifters ��Bethel Woods, Nov 5, 7pm “More Country Music” Parksville USA Music Festival ��Dead End Cafe, Parksville, Nov 6, 3pm OPEN Mic & IN-HOUSE MUSIC

Listings below are not included in our centerspread calendar.

Corey Dandridge’s World of Gospel Residency gospel �� The Falcon, Marlboro, Mondays 7pm Open Mic w/Steve Schwartz & Antoine Magliano ��Dutch’s Tavern, Rock Hill, Mondays, 7:30pm The Parting Glass Band Celtic ��Loughran’s Pub, Salisbury Mills, Thursdays, 7pm-10pm Albi Beluli ��Catskill Distillery, Bethel, Thursdays, 9pm 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 Whitney Road Band �� Palaia Winery, Highland Mills, Sep 30, 7:30pm-10:30pm The Jim Hayes Band funk,blues,rock �� Palaia Winery, Highland Mills, Oct 1, 7:30pm Leo B. classic rock �� Palaia Winery, Highland Mills, Oct 2, 2pm The Falcon Underground Songwriter Sessions ��The Falcon Underground, Marlboro, Oct 5, 7pm Somerville classic rock ��Forestburgh Tavern, Oct 8,7pm Don Lewis classic rock �� Palaia Winery, Highland Mills, Oct 7, 7:30pm Feast of Friends Doors tribute band �� Palaia Winery, Highland Mills, Oct 8, 7:30pm Don Lowe �� Palaia Winery, Highland Mills, Oct 9, 2pm Jack Higgins & Friends �� Palaia Winery, Highland Mills, Oct 14, 7:30pm Songwriters Anonymous Open Mic ��Artists’ Market, Shohola, Oct 15, 2pm Pinkish Floyd Band Breast Cancer Fundraiser �� Palaia Winery, Highland Mills, Oct 15, 7:30pm Ray Longchamp classic rock �� Palaia Winery, Highland Mills, Oct 16, 2pm Petey Hop Hosts Roots & Blues Sessions �� The Falcon Underground , Oct 19, 7pm Artie Tobia classic rock �� Palaia Winery, Highland Mills, Oct 21, 7:30pm Hurley Mountain Highway classic rock �� Palaia Winery, Highland Mills, Oct 22 7:30pm Hidden Rivers Duo classic rock �� Palaia Winery, Highland Mills, Oct 23, 2pm New Hope Community Open Mic ��Frankie & Johnnie’s, Hurleyville, Oct 24, 6pm Alice Leon & Ed classic rock �� Palaia Winery, Highland Mills, Oct 28, 7:30pm Devin Deversa classic rock & alternative �� Palaia Winery, Highland Mills, Oct 30, 2pm Master Classes “Music as my Life’s Work” Andrew Ranaudo, pianist ��SUNYO-OH Oct 3, 10am “Inspired by the Goddess: A life in art and writing” Cristina Biaggi � SUNYO-KH Oct 5, 5:15pm Edmar Castaneda virtuoso jazz harpist ��SUNYO-OH Oct 14, 11am demos “Drone - Photography From The Air” Kevin Ferguson ��Bethel Woods, Oct 25, 6pm

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

Callicoon Art Walk �� Callicoon, Oct 8, Noon-8pm & Oct 9, Noon-5pm Second Saturday �� Sugar Loaf, Oct 8, 5pm-8pm Goshen Art Walk ��Goshen, Oct 15, 2pm-6pm Newburgh Last Saturday �� Newburgh, Oct 29, 4pm-8pm Art/History Trail Geocaching Tour ��12 Orange County Heritage Tourism Sites, Nov 5 Annual Craft Fair �� Mulberry House Senior Center, Middletown, Nov 5, 9am-2pm

cabaret

The Lyric Quartet Parksville USA Music Festival ��Dead End Cafe, Parksville, Oct 9, 3pm Jarrod Spector Bradstan Cabaret Series ��Bethel Woods, Oct 15, 8pm

cinema

Saturday Matinee ��Crawford Library, Monticello, Saturdays, 1pm FREE “Chimes at Midnight” dir. Orson Welles.............. CAS Laundry King, Livingston Manor, Oct 1, 7:30pm “Back to Las Villas” documentary �� The Falcon, Marlboro, Oct 7, 7pm “Our Idiot Brother” Paul Rudd �� Phillipsport Community Center, Oct 8, 7pm FREE “Elvis & Nixon” ��Greenwood Lake Library, Oct 11, 6:30pm FREE “Before Midnight” Ethan Hawke, Julie Delpy ��Cornwall Library, Oct 16,1pm FREE Monday Night Movie ��Newburgh Library, Oct 17, 6:30pm FREE “Deliver Us From Evil” Eric Bana ��Thrall Library, Oct 19, 3pm FREE “All the King’s Men” B.Crawford ��Mount St. Mary College, Desmond Campus, Oct 20, 9:30am’ Saturday Matinee Movie ��Newburgh Library, Oct 22, 2pm FREE ”The Silence of the Lambs” Jodie Foster, Anthony Hopkins ��Bethel Woods, Oct 28, 6pm “Rocky Horror Picture Show” �� Palaia Winery, Highland Mills, Oct 29, TBA “The Ghosts We Live With” documentary by Eileen Avery MacKane �� Downing Film Center, Newburgh, Oct 29 & Oct 30, 11am & 12:15pm FREE “A Walk on the Moon” Diane Lane �� Phillipsport Community Center, Nov 5, 7pm FREE

comedy - Burlesque

Teddy Smith �� Joker’s Comedy Club, Chester, Oct 1, 9pm Jon Rineman, Jourdain Fisher �� Joker’s Comedy Club, Chester, Oct 8, 9pm Andrew Kennedy, Mike Motts Pelazza �� Joker’s Comedy Club, Chester, Oct 15, 9pm Talent the Comedian & Nicki Carr ��Holiday Inn, Middletown, Oct 21, 10:30pm Gina Yashere �� Joker’s Comedy Club, Chester, Oct 22, 9pm Billy Gardell ��Eisenhower Hall, West Point, Oct 29, 8pm

festivals & Fairs

Milford Readers & Writers Festival ��Milford, Sep 30-Oct 2 Homegrown Arts & Crafts Fair Milford Farmers Market �W. Harford & 8th Sts., Oct 1, 10am-4pm Harvest Festival �� Pocono Environmental Education Center, Dingmans Ferry, Oct 1, 10am-4pm Harvest Festival �� Mill Street Park, Ellenville, Oct 1, 11am-4pm Applefest ��Warwick, Oct 2 Hudson Valley Plein Air Festival ��Newburgh, Montgomery, Walden, Oct 7-10 Liberty Harvest Festival ��Liberty Museum & Arts Center, Oct 8, 10am-4pm Fall Festival ��Sugar Loaf, Oct 8-10, 10am-6pm Pumpkinfest ��Pine Island Park, Oct 10, 11am-3pm Fiesta Mundial “Americas” food & music ��SUNY Orange Kaplan Hall, Newburgh, Oct 12, 6pm FREE Wurtsboro Halloweenfest �� Sullivan Street, Wurtsboro, Oct. 29, Noon-3pm Spiritual Arts and Consciousness Fair Taft Elementary School, Washingtonville, Nov 5, 10am-5pm

fundraisers Fundraiser listings are not included in our centerspread calendar

“Unpacked & Rediscovered “ ��Washington’s Headquarters, Newburgh, ongoing “Borscht Belt”, “Early Sullivan County” ��Sullivan County Museum, Hurleyville, thru Dec The Adams Family ��Karpeles Manuscript Museum, Newburgh, thru Dec 30 “This Way to the Ferry” ��Crawford House Museum, Newburgh, thru Dec 31

Music - Classical

“Embrace” Cristiana Pegoraro classical piano & Danilo Rea jazz piano �� Bethel Woods, Sep 29, 8pm David Podles violin, “Autumn Leaves” ��Greenwood Lake Library, Oct 1, 2pm FREE Andrew Ranaudo piano “Music of Three Centuries” ��SUNY Orange, Orange Hall, Oct 1, 8pm New York Wind Symphony ��Monroe-Woodbury High School, Central Valley, Oct 2, 3pm Akiko Hosoi violin & Andrew Trombley bass, film and music Crawford Library, Monticello, Oct 3, 6:30pm FREE Jing Li cello, Victoria Schwartzman piano, Queen of the Hudson Series Atlas Studios, Newburgh, Oct 8, 7pm Zodiac Trio & Bob Sherman Kindred Spirits Arts Program �� Milford Theatre, Oct 8, 7:30pm Alan Yueh piano, Shandelee Music Festival �� Bethel Woods, Oct 9, 3pm Neil Alexander Quartet & Friends jazz & classical ��Ritz Theater Lobby, Newburgh, Oct 15, 8pm “Baroque & Beyond” �� St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church, So. Fallsburg, Oct 22, 8pm Ellenville Chamber Players and VIOlent PERseCution St. John’s Episcopal Church, Ellenville, Oct 27, 7:30pm Potluck Ccncerts “Fall Colors” ��Cornwall Presby. Church, Cornwall-on-Hudson, Oct 28, 7:30pm Ruthanne Schempf piano, Emily Faxon, violin, Joel Evans oboe �� Grand Montgomery Chamber Music Series Senior Center, Montgomery, Oct 30, 3pm FREE Verona String Quartet Kindred Spirits Arts Program �� Milford Theatre, Nov 5, 5:30pm

music - jazz

Live Jazz Brunch with The Jazz Cats ��Dancing Cat Saloon, Bethel, Sundays, Noon Thunderhead Organ Trio jazz-fusion �� The Wherehouse, Newburgh, 3rd Thursdays, 8pm FREE Jean-Michel Pilc Solo Piano jazz �� The Falcon, Marlboro, Oct 2, 7pm Brian Kasten & Friends ��Exposures Gallery, Sugar Loaf, Oct 8, 7:30pm FREE Sheila Jordan & Cameron Brown Duo jazz ��The Falcon, Marlboro, Oct 9, 7pm Jazz Jam ��The Falcon Underground, Marlboro, Oct 12, 7pm Edmar Castaneda Quartet Latin jazz �� SUNYO Orange Hall, Middletown, Oct 14, 8pm Robert Kopec Trio �� Village Green, Goshen, Oct 15, 2pm Neil Alexander Quartet & Friends jazz & classical ��Ritz Theater Lobby, Newburgh, Oct 15, 8pm String Trio of New York �� Amity Gallery, Warwick, Oct 16, 4pm Larry Coryell Trio �� SUNYO, Orange Hall, Middletown, Oct 22, 8pm John Simon & The Jazz ��The Falcon, Marlboro, Oct 23, 10am-2pm

opera - concert

“Eugene Onegin” Tchaikovsky, Hudson Opera Theatre �� First Presby. Church, Monroe, Nov 5 & 6

poetry

Milkweed Poetry ��Milkweed, Sugar Loaf, Wednesdays, 6:30pm Bill Fellenberg �� Noble Coffee Roasters, Campbell Hall, Oct 6, 7pm “great weather for MEDIA” poetry & storytelling ��Seligman Center, Sugar Loaf, Oct 9, 2pm Mikell Zacharia �� New Era Dining, Wurtsboro, Oct 9, 6pm FREE Alyta Adams �� Montgomery Book Exchange, Montgomery, Oct 11, 7pm FREE Elana Bell “Poetry and Power” �� Bethel Woods, Oct 14, 6pm Fall Poetry Reading & Open Mic spooky themed �� Pine Bush Library, Oct 19, 7pm FREE Fall Poetry Cafe Karen Corinne Herceg, Terence Chiesa, R. Milby �� Florida Library, Oct 21, 7pm FREE “Knock” by Janet Hamill, et al ��Seligmann Center, Sugar Loaf, Oct 23, 2pm Poetry at the Church Host: Ted Gill �� Goshen Methodist Church, Oct 24, 7pm FREE Hudson River Poets ��Newburgh Library, Oct 27, 7pm FREE Ken Holland �� Clearwater Gallery, Jones Farm, Cornwall, Oct 28, 7pm Poetry for Halloween Robert Milby �� Chester Library, Oct 29, 2pm FREE Autumn in the Hudson Valley ~ “In words: Poems on Works of Art” ��SUNYO Orange Hall, Nov 6, 3:15pm

Orange County Cancer Services Program YWCA’s BRAzaar brazART Newburgh Brewery, Sep 29, 5:30pm Nesin Cultural Arts Scholarship Dinner ��Eagle’s Nest, Bloomingburg, Oct 16, 3pm Sullivan County Historical Society History Maker and History Preserver Awards �� Mr. Willy’s, Monticello, Oct 16, 4pm Young Survivor’s Coalition Pinkish Floyd band �� Palaia Winery, Highland Mills, Oct 15, 7:30pm Cecily Fortescue Scholarship Fund Ellenville Chamber Players and VIOlent PERseCution �� St. John’s Episcopal Church, Ellenville, Oct 27, 7:30pm Greater Liberty Chamber of Commerce dinner-theatre ��Liberty Diner, Oct 30, 5pm Orange County Arts Council Annual Arts Awards & Dinner �� Motorcycle Museum, Newburgh, Nov 4, 5:30pm

Swing Dancing w/Swing Shift Orchestra ��Newburgh Brewery, 1st Thursdays, 7:30pm Dancing (Ballroom) �� MISU Ellenville, 1st Saturdays, Lesson 7:30pm, Dance 8pm Catskill Chili Cook-Off �� Liberty Museum & Arts Center, Oct 8, 2pm-4pm

holisitic - Metaphysical

“Rocky Horror Picture Show” �� Forestburgh Tavern, Oct 28 & 29, 7pm

“Mindfulness Meditation” Debra M. Hollinrake �� Thrall Library, Middletown, Oct 5, 6pm FREE “Meditation & the Chakrahs” ��Crawford Library, Monticello, Oct 17, 6pm FREE

museums Museum listings are not included in our centerspread calendar.

Woodstock Festival History ��Museum at Bethel Woods, ongoing “Black Diamonds and the D&H Canal” ��Neversink Valley Museum, Cuddebackville, ongoing “History of the Lenape Native Americans” ��Neversink Valley Museum, Cuddebackville, ongoing Terwilliger House Museum ��Ellenville, ongoing “Tunnels, Toil and Trouble: New York City’s Quest for Water” and “Rondout-Neversink Story & Water and the Valleys” Time & The Valleys Museum, Grahamsville, ongoing Pinchot Mansion Tours ��Grey Towers, Milford, ongoing Knife Making History ��Wawarsing Knife Museum, Napanoch

recreation, Dancing

storytelling

Black Dirt Storytelling Guild “Witches Brew” ��Florida Library, Oct 13, 7:30pm FREE

theatre - MusicalS theatre - plays

“God of Carnage” by Yasmina Reza �� Shadowland Stages, Ellenville, thru Oct 2 “Talley’s Folly” by Lanford Wilson, Cornerstone Theatre Arts ��Goshen Music Hall, thru Oct 2 “The Night Alive” by Conor McPherson �� Shadowland Stages, Ellenville, Oct 7-23 “Spirits of Lakewood House” ��NACL Theatre, Highland Lake, Oct 8 & 9, 7pm, 8pm & 9pm “Shakespeare’s Will” play, dinner, lecture �� NACL Theatre, Highland Lake, Oct 22, 6pm “Forevermore: A Tribute to Edgar Allan Poe” dramatic reading Grey Towers, Milford, Oct 29, 6pm & 8pm “Polter-Heist” dinner theatre, Big Sky Productions �� Liberty Diner, Oct 30, 5pm “Richard III” Shakespeare, reading CAS Laundry King, Livingston Manor, Nov 5, 7:30pm & Nov 6, 2pm “Five Women Wearing the Same Dress” Creative Theatre-Muddy Water Players �� Playhouse at Museum Village, Nov 5-13 “The Foreigner” by Larry Shue, Cornerstone Theatre Arts ��Goshen Music Hall, Nov 5-20 October 2016

Delaware & Hudson CANVAS

octobe 7FREE ��Seven Freedoms Record Store & Music Cafe, Montgomery ATLAS ��Atlas Studios, Newburgh BW ��Bethel Woods Center for the Arts, Bethel CAS CAS Arts Center �� Catskill Art Society, Livingston Manor CAS-LK ��CAS Laundry King, Livingston Manor CTMW Creative Theatre-Muddy Water Players �� Playhouse at Museum Village, Monroe

MONDAY

TUESDAY

Mezzo-soprano Janice Meyerson will perform with pianist Armen Boyajian to dedicate the DVAA’s new piano, October 15 at 7:30pm at Delaware Arts Center, Narrowsburg. Please check the schedule for “Keuka Lake” by Mitchell Saler Art & Photography Receptions, on view at his solo show of page 18

Film & Music Akiki Hosoi violin & Andrew Trombley bass Crawford Library, Monticello, 6:30pm

Festival Fall Festival Sugar Loaf, 10am-6pm

Festival Pumpkinfest Pine Island Park, 11am-3pm

20 paintings at Clearview Vineyard thru October 23. 35 Clearview Lane Warwick, New York www.mitchellsaler.com

Cinema “Elvis and Nixon” Greenwood Lake Library, 7pm

Andrew Ranaudo: Solo Piano Recital, SUNY Orange, Orange Hall Theatre, Oct. 1, 8pm.

Cinema Monday Night Movie Newburgh Library 6:30pm

Music Corey Dandridge’s World of Gospel Residency FAL 7pm

Holistic Mindfulness Meditation THRALL 6pm Poetry Milkweed, Sugar Loaf, 6:30pm

Food & Music Fiesta Mundial The Americas Quintet SUNY-KH 6pm

Poetry Milkweed, Sugar Loaf, 6:30pm

Cinema “Deliver Us From Evil” THRALL 3pm

Poetry Milkweed, Sugar Loaf, 6:30pm

Delaware & Hudson CANVAS

October 2016

THURSDAY

“The River House” by Richard Price. On view in the “Autumn in The Hudson Valley” exhibit, Oct. 25 through Nov. 20 at SUNY Orange’s Orange Hall, Middletown. Opening Reception: Nov. 6, 1pm-3pm

Music - R&B..............Reuben Wilson Combo .......................FAL 7pm Poetry.............................. Bill Fellenberg........................... NOBL 8pm Music...................................Albi Beluli............................... DCAT 9pm

Music - Folk-Rock........Red Dog Run, Dupont Brothers ......FAL 7pm Storytelling.....Black Dirt Storytelling Guild...Florida Library, 7:30pm Theatre - Play............... “The Night Alive”......................... SHAD 8pm Music...................................Albi Beluli............................... DCAT 9pm

Cinema........... “Ba Music..................... Music - Americana. Theatre - Play........

Poetry.................... Music - Roots-Rock Music -Latin Jazz... Theatre - Play........

Poetry Milkweed, Sugar Loaf, 6:30pm

Music......Connor Kennedy & Minstrel, Dante DeFelice .....FAL 7pm Theatre - Play............... “The Night Alive”......................... SHAD 8pm

Poetry.................... Music - Rock. A . ndy Music-Jazz, Fusion..Thunderhead Organ Trio.Wherehouse,Newburgh,8pm Music.- Jefferson A Music...................................Albi Beluli............................... DCAT 9pm Theatre - Play........

Comedy..Talent the C

Poetry Fall Poetry Reading Pine Bush Library, 7pm

Music & Spoken Word Poet Gold’s POELODIES FAL 7pm

“At the Delaware” by Elva Zingaro “Autumn Artists Show” at UpFront Exhibition Space, 31 Jersey Avenue, Port Jervis, thru Nov. 24. Opening Reception: Oct. 8, from 6pm-9pm.

FT �� Forestburgh T GMCM Grand Montgomery Chamber Music Series �� Senior Center, Montg GOSH Cornerstone Theatre Arts ��Goshen Mus GREY ��Grey Towers, M GWL ��Greenwood Lake L IKE ��Eisenhower Hall, West

Music - Jazz Jazz Jam FAL 7pm

Poetry Milkweed, Sugar Loaf, 6:30pm

Music Corey Dandridge’s World of Gospel Residency FAL 7pm

The Robert Kopec Trio will perform at the Goshen Art Walk, Village Green, Goshen, on Oct. 15 at 2pm

Poetry Poetry at the Church Goshen Methodist Church, 7pm

WEDNESDAY

Poetry Alyta Adams MONTBK 7pm

Music Corey Dandridge’s World of Gospel Residency FAL 7pm

DCAT ��Dancing Cat Saloon & Catskill Distillery, Bethel DEAD ��Dead End Cafe, Parksville DOWN �� Downing Film Center, Newburgh DVAA �� Delaware Arts Center, Narrowsburg FAL �� The Falcon, Marlboro FAL-U ��The Falcon Underground, Marlboro

Poetry......................... Hudson River Poets.......................... NFL 7pm Music - Classical.EllenvilleChamberPlayers & VIOIent PERseCution.MISU 7:30pm

Music...................................Albi Beluli............................... DCAT 9pm

3 Music...................................Albi Beluli............................... DCAT 9pm

Cinema.................“ Theatre -Musical.... Poetry.....Ken Holla Music - Rock.......... Music - Grateful De Music - Classical...P

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JOKER �� Joker’s Comedy Club, Chester LMAC ��Liberty Museum & Arts Center LUMB ��Lumberland Town Hall, Glen Spey MISU �� St. John’s Episcopal Church, Ellenville MONTBK ��Montgomery Book Exchange NACL ��NACL Theatre, Highland Lake

FRIDAY

Liberty Museum & Arts Center president Robert Dadras (right) presented the 4th Annual Catskills Preservation Award to former president Gene Barbanti at the 15th Annual Catskills Preservation and History Conference on Sunday, August 28.

ack to Las Villas” documentary...............FAL 7pm ....Cuboricua Salsa Band! .......................FAL 7pm . .............. Low Lily.............................TUST 7:30pm ........ “The Night Alive”......................... SHAD 8pm

...............Elana Bell................................... BW 6pm k.Scott Sharrard & The Brickyard Band .FAL 7pm . Edmar Castaneda Quartet.........SUNYO-OH 8pm ........ “The Night Alive”......................... SHAD 8pm

NFL �� Newburgh Free Library NOBL �� Noble Coffee Roasters, Campbell Hall NVM �� Neversink Valley Museum, Cuddebackville PEEC �� Pocono Environmental Education Center, Dingmans Ferry PHILL ��Phillipsport Community Center PW �� Palaia Winery, Highland Mills

SATURDAY

Fair............Arts & Crafts Fair...Milford Farmers Market, 10am-2pm Festival........................Harvest Festival................ PEEC 10am-4pm Festival..Harvest Festival....Mill St. Park, Ellenville, PEEC 11am-4pm Cinema................Movie Matinee....Crawford Library, Monticello, 1pm Music - Classical..........David Podles violin.........................GWL 2pm Theatre - Play................. “Talley’s Folly”.......................... GOSH 7pm Music - Gospel-Blues........Toshi Reagon & BIGLovely ........FAL 7pm Cinema..................... “Chimes at Midnight”..............CAS-LK 7:30pm Theatre - Play............... “God of Carnage”........................ SHAD 8pm Music - Classical...... Andrew Ranaudo piano..........SUNYO-OH 8pm Music....................... “The McCartney Years”........................ IKE 8pm Comedy.............................Teddy Smith...........................JOKER 9pm

RITZ ��Ritz Theater Lobby, Newburgh SHAD ��Shadowland Stages, Ellenville SLGMN ��Seligmann Center for the Arts, Sugar Loaf THRALL �� Thrall Library, Middletown TUST ��Tusten Theatre, Narrowsburg UUC ��Unitarian Universalist Congregation, Rock Tavern

SUNDAY

Music - Blues..........Big Joe Fitz & The Lo-Fis .......... FAL 10am-2pm Festival................................ Applefest.................................... Warwick Music - Jazz.......... Jazz Cats Live Jazz Brunch...............DCAT 11am Theatre - Play................. “Talley’s Folly”.......................... GOSH 2pm Theatre - Play............... “God of Carnage”........................ SHAD 2pm Music - Classical...NY Wind Symphony..Monroe-Woodbury HS, 3pm Music -Jazz............... Jean-Michel Pilc piano .......................FAL 7pm _______________________________________________________

Festival......................... Fall Festival........... Sugar Loaf 10am-6pm Festival............... Liberty Harvest Festival.........LMAC 10am-4pm Music......................... Saints of Swing ................... FAL10am-2pm Cinema...............Movie Matinee......Crawford Library, Monticello, 1pm Festival.............................. Fall Festival........... Sugar Loaf 10am-6pm Festival..................... Catskill Chili Cook-Off.............LMAC 2pm-4pm Music - Jazz.......... Jazz Cats Live Jazz Brunch...............DCAT 11am Theatre - Play............... “The Night Alive”..............SHAD 2pm & 8pm Theatre - Play............... “The Night Alive”......................... SHAD 2pm Music - Classical.Jing Li cello & Victoria Schwartzman piano.ATLAS 7pm Poetry & Storytelling......“great weather for MEDIA”.....SLGMN 2pm Cinema........................ “Our Idiot Brother”....................... PHILL 7pm Music - Classical............ Alan Yueh piano.............................. BW 3pm Theatre -Play..“Spirits of Lakewood House”...NACL 7pm, 8pm, 9pm Cabaret......................... The Lyric Quartet......................... DEAD 3pm Music - Classical...Zodiac Trio & Bob Sherman.Milford Theatre, 7:30pm Poetry..................Mikell Zacharia..... New Era Dining Wurtsboro, 6pm Music - Jazz..Brian Kastan Trio..Exposures Gallery, Sugar Loaf, 7:30pm Music -Jazz........Sheila Jordan & Cameron Brown Duo ......FAL 7pm Comedy..............Jon Rineman, Jourdain Fisher............ JOKER 9pm Theatre -Play..“Spirits of Lakewood House”...NACL 7pm, 8pm, 9pm

Cinema....Movie Matinee....Crawford Library, Monticello, 1pm Music....................... Amy Laber............................ 7FREE 2pm Music.................................. Slam Allen.....................................FT 7pm Music................... Sara Hulse, Shlomo Franklin............... PHILL 7pm Music -Folk.............Music Appreciation Night.................... NVM 7pm Music - Blues...............Chris O’Leary Band ..........................FAL 7pm Music - Grateful Dead...........Dead on the Tracks .............FAL-U 7pm Music - Jazz-Classical..Neil AlexanderQuartet&Friends.... RITZ 8pm Cabaret............................Jarrod Spector............................... BW 8pm Theatre - Play............... “The Night Alive”......................... SHAD 8pm Comedy....... Andrew Kennedy, Mike Motts Pelazza ..... JOKER 9pm

Cinema......Movie Matinee....Crawford Library, Monticello, 1pm Cinema.........Saturday Movie Matinee...................... NFL 2pm Theatre - Dinner-Lecture.........“Shakespeare’s Will”......... NACL 6pm Music.................................. Cathy Paty....................................FT 7pm ......... Fall Poetry Cafe............Florida Library, 7pm Music - Indian Classical.Bansuri Concert.Shanti Mandir, Walden,7pm y Timmons w/The Travis Larson Band....FAL 7pm Music - Jazz......Fleurine w/Boys from Brazil, Attila Vural ..FAL 7pm Airplane.. .The Reverend Jefferson Band ..FAL 7pm Music - Folk Fiddles..Matt Flinner Trio with Darol Anger F . AL-U 7pm ........ “The Night Alive”......................... SHAD 8pm Music - Folk.................Music for Humanity.................. NOBL 7:30pm Comedian&Nicki Carr.Holiday Inn, Middletown,10:30pm Music - Jazz.................. Larry Coryell Trio................SUNYO-OH 8pm Music - Classical”Baroque & Beyond”.St.Andrew’sEpisCh.So.Fallsburg, 8pm

Theatre - Play............... “The Night Alive”......................... SHAD 8pm Comedy............................ Gina Yashere ......................... JOKER 9pm

Music - DooWop.Times Square’s Classic A CappellaFAL 10am-2pm Music - Jazz.......... Jazz Cats Live Jazz Brunch...............DCAT 11am Cinema.........................“Before Midnight”....... Cornwall Library, 1pm Theatre - Play............... “The Night Alive”......................... SHAD 2pm Music...............................Frankie Avalon............................... IKE 3pm Fundraiser....Nesin Cultural Arts... Eagles, Nest, Bloomingburg, 3pm Fundraiser.Sullivan Cty. Historical Society.Mr.Willy’s, Monticello, 4pm Music -Jazz....String Trio of New York....Amity Gallery, Warwick 4pm Music -Jazz............. Wolff & Clark Expedition ......................FAL 7pm

Music - Jazz............. John Simon & The Jazz .......... FAL 10am-2pm Music - Jazz.......... Jazz Cats Live Jazz Brunch...............DCAT 11am Music - Blues..Larry Newcomb Jazz & Blues Duo ..... THRALL 2pm Theatre - Play............... “The Night Alive”......................... SHAD 2pm Poetry.................“Knock” by Janet Hamill, et al........... SLGMN 2pm Music.......Lost Radio Rounders: “Politics & Patriots” ... NFL 3pm Music - Indie Rock.......Adam Levy & The Mint Imperials ....FAL 7pm Music - Neo-Folk...... Durham County Poets ....................FAL-U 7pm

Cinema.“The Ghosts We Live With”.DOWN 11am & 12:15pm Festival....Wurtsboro Halloweenfest....Sullivan St., Noon-3pm “The Silence of the Lambs”.................... BW 6pm Cinema.................Movie Matinee....Crawford Library, Monticello, 1pm Music.............................. Saints of Swing .................. FAL 10am-2pm ......“Rocky Horror Picture Show”.............FT 7pm Poetry.“Poetry for Halloween” w/Robert Milby.Chester Library, 2pm Music - Jazz.......... Jazz Cats Live Jazz Brunch...............DCAT 11am and ...Clearwater Gallery-Jones Farm, Cornwall, 7pm Dramatic Reading.“Forevermore: A Tribute to E.A.Poe”.GREY 6pm & 8pm Cinema.........“The Ghosts We Live With”.. DOWN 11am & 12:15pm ..... Ed Palermo Big Band.........................FAL 7pm Music - Blues................... Blues Festival........................... BW 6:30pm Music - Classical... Schempf-Faxon-Evans Trio................GMCM 3pm ead..........Gratefully Yours ....................FAL-U 7pm Theatre -Musical.........“Rocky Horror Picture Show”.............FT 7pm Fundraiser.......”Polter-Heist” Dinner-Theatre........Liberty Diner, 5pm Potluck Concerts..Cornwall Presby. Church 7:30pm Cinema............... “Rocky Horror Picture Show”................... PW TBA Comedy.............................Billy Gardell................................. IKE 8pm Tannis Kowalchuck & Joanne Zipay performance and lecture:

Fair.Spiritual Arts & Consciousness Fair..Taft School,Wshngtnvlle.10am-5pm

Cinema...........Movie Matinee.....Crawford Library, Monticello, 1pm Music - Classical.......Verona String Quartet..Milford Theatre, 5:30pm Music................................. The Drifters................................. .BW 7pm “Shakespeare’s Will” Cinema..................... “A Walk on the Moon”.................... .PHILL 7pm NACL Theatre, Highland Lake. Theatre - Play.................“The Foreigner”....................... ..GOSH 7pm October 22, 6pm. Opera - Concert. “Eugene Onegin”....First Presby. Ch., Monroe 7pm Includes a meal of stew and mead! Theatre - Play Reading.....“Richard III”.....................CAS-LK 7:30pm Theatre - Play..“Five Women Wearing the Same Dress”..CTMW 8pm

Music - Jazz...... Jazz Cats Live Jazz Brunch...............DCAT 11am Theatre - Play.................“The Foreigner”......................... GOSH 2pm Theatre - Play..“Five Women Wearing the Same Dress”.CTMW 3pm Poetry.....“In words: Poems on Works of Art”...SUNYO-OH 3:15pm Opera - Concert....“Eugene Onegin”...First Presby. Ch., Monroe 4pm Theatre - Play Reading.....“Richard III”.......................... CAS-LK 4pm

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Art exhibits

CAS �� Catskill Art Society, CAS Arts Center, Livingston Manor DVAA �� Delaware Valley Arts Alliance, 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 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 “Colleagues: Hidden Talents 2016” ��SUNYO-OH thru Oct 1 “Outside/Inside the Box” group show ��Wurtsboro Art Alliance, thru Oct 2 John Capanna, Al Rosser, Carol Margreither �� ARTery Gallery, Milford, thru Oct 3 Art Educators of Sullivan County group show ��Liberty Museum & Art Center, thru Oct 10 Mike Osterhout & Marianna Rothen, “Adrenaline Honey” ��CAS thru Oct 10 “Birds at Home” group show �� Morgan Outdoors, Livingston Manor, thru Oct 10 Cristina Biaggi sculptor, “Artists of Excellence” series ��SUNYO-KH thru Oct 14 “Water” group show �� WRS thru Oct 14 “BIRDS: Enduring Feathered Creatures” ��SUNYO-OH thru Oct 22 Joseph Sundwall “Friends of a Feather” ��SUNYO-OH thru Oct 22 Mitchell Saler paintings ��Clearview Vineyard, Warwick, thru Oct 23 Susan Minier fabric & collages � Mount St. Mary College, Desmond Campus, Balmville, thru Oct 29 “New Member’s Exhibit 2016-II” Goshen Art League ��Goshen Music Hall, thru Oct 31 “The Create Peace Project” art, poetry ��Karpeles Museum, Newburgh, thru Oct 31 Pat Foxx �� Elant at Goshen, thru Oct 31 Charles Lang, Alice Sipple “Dialogs” �� Unitarian Universalist Cong., Rock Tavern, thru Dec 30 “Newburgh-Beacon Ferry” photographs, paintings, documents, video, memorabilia �� Crawford House Museum, Newburgh thru Dec Jesse Bransford “Nomina Magica” �� Seligmann Center, Sugar Loaf, thru Jan 9

NEW ART EXHIBITS

Nancy Reed Jones & William Noonan, Emilio Escalera �� WRS Oct 1-30 “En Plein Air” historical & group show �� Artists’ Market, Shohola, Oct 1-30 Chardavogne Group Show ��Amity Gallery, Warwick, Oct 1-30 “Vibrations” group show �� Gallery Eva, Callicoon, Oct 1-31 Dan Nusinov Paintings �� Greenwood Lake Library, Oct 1-31 Randall FitzGerald photography, Marie Liu paintings �� ARTery Gallery, Milford, Oct 6-Nov 7 Plein Air Festival ��Newburgh, Montgomery, Walden, Oct 7-10 Jeannette McGee “My Journey As An Artist” �� SUNYO-OH Oct 7-Nov 20 “Reflections” group show ��Wurtsboro Art Alliance, Oct 8-30 Cody Rounds “Snake Bite” ��Milkweed, Sugar Loaf, Oct 8-Nov 6 Scott Michael Ackerman �� Painter’s Tavern, Cornwall-on-Hudson, Oct 9-thru early Dec “Autumn” Port Jervis Council for the Arts, “Art and About” �� Judith A. Cramer paintings City Hall; & Marlaina Donato multi-media, Barbara Leimer weavings & Susan Miiller paintings Bon Secours Cafeteria; & Joan Kehlenbeck paintings Deerpark Town Hall, Huguenot, Oct 10-Nov 30 Crawford Arts Association Members Art Show � Crawford Gov’t Center, Pine Bush Oct 11-Nov 10 “Fall/Harvest” group show �� WRS Oct 15-Nov 14 Tal Gluck “Design Poetics”, Melinda Wallach “Walls of Viet Nam” �� CAS Oct 15-Nov 20 Leslie Pelino “Skunk Cabbage Bog” �� CAS Oct 15-Nov 20 Barbara Graff “Faces & Phases” paintings and mannequins ��SUNYO-KH Oct 17-Nov 18 Jacqui Doyle Schneider “Then and Now: Thrown Pottery over 35 Years” �� Artists of Excellence series SUNYO-KH Oct 18-Jan 31 “Autumn in the Hudson Valley” paintings, photographs, sculptures ��SUNYO-OH Oct 25-Nov 20 “Plein Air by the Delaware” Barryville Area Arts Assn. �� Highland Town Hall, Eldred, Oct 29 Michael Piotrowksi “Wheels of Color” ��Wurtsboro Art Alliance, Nov 5-20

Photography exhibits

Catharine Bale �� Green Light Gallery, Cornwall-on-Hudson, ongoing Nich Hance McElroy “Float Copper” ��Milkweed, Sugar Loaf, thru Oct 2 Margaret McCarthy “A Vision and a Verse” photography & poetry ��SUNYO-KH thru Oct 6 Hudson Highlands Photo Workshop Camera Club �� Tuxedo Library, thru Oct 7 “Images of the Catskills” & “The Great Resort Hotels” photos & artifacts �� LMAC thru Oct 8 Nancy Hopping nature photography ��Gallery at Chant Realtors, Lords Valley, thru Oct 27 “Newburgh’s Ole Faithful” Tony Moorer, Pedro Bonilla and Kathy Roche �� Ritz Theater Lobby, Newburgh, thru Oct Grey Villet “Rights, Race & Revolutions” �� Museum at Bethel Woods, thru Dec 31

NEW photography EXHIBITS

Kit Jones �� DVAA Oct 1-29 Randall FitzGerald photography �� ARTery Gallery, Milford, Oct 6-Nov 7 18

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Kit Jones photography �� DVAA Oct 1, 2pm-4pm “En Plein Air” historical & group show ��Artists’ Market, Shohola, Oct 1, 4pm-6pm Chardavogne Group Show ��Amity Gallery, Warwick, Oct 1, 5pm-7pm “Vibrations” group show ��Gallery Eva, Callicoon, Oct 1, 5pm-9pm “Reflections” group show ��Wurtsboro Art Alliance, Oct 8, 4pm-6pm Nancy Reed Jones & William Noonan, Emilio Escalera ��WRS Oct 8, 5pm-7pm Randall FitzGerald photography, Marie Liu paintings �� ARTery Gallery, Milford, Oct 8, 6pm-9pm Cody Rounds “Snake Bite” ��Milkweed, Sugar Loaf, Oct 8, 6pm-9pm Scott Michael Ackerman �� Painter’s Tavern, Cornwall-on-Hudson, Oct 9, 2pm-5pm Jeannette McGee “My Journey As An Artist” ��SUNYO-OH Oct 14, 5:30pm-7:45pm Jeff Bank 2017 Calendar photography ��CAS Oct 14, 6pm-8pm Tal Gluck, Melinda Wallach, Leslie Pelino ��CAS Oct 15, talk:3pm, reception:4pm-6pm Barbara Graff “Faces & Phases” paintings and mannequins, poetry & music ��SUNYO-KH Oct 27, 7pm “Plein Air by the Delaware” Barryville Area Arts Assn. �� Highland Town Hall, Eldred, Oct 29, Michael Piotrowksi “Wheels of Color” ��Wurtsboro Art Alliance, Nov 5, 2pm-6pm “Autumn in the Hudson Valley” paintings, photographs, sculptures ��SUNYO-OH Nov 6, 1pm-3pm

Schools & Conservatories

Budding Artists �� Greenwood Lake Library, ongoing

children & Teens Calendar

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

books

Listings not included in our centerspread calendar.

“Funny Bones: Posada and His Day of the Dead Calaveras” by Duncan Tonatiuh, grades 4-6 �� Port Jervis Library, Oct 7, 4pm “Pax” by Sara Pennypacker, w/Martha LaVallee, grades 3 & 4 �� Cornwall Library, Oct 11, 4:30pm “Liar & Spy” by Rebecca Stead, grades 5-8 �� Cornwall Library, Oct 11, 6pm “Rodrick Rules” by Jeff Kinney, ages 8-12 �� Newburgh Library, Oct 15, 3pm Cinema

Teen Movie Night 11-17yrs �� Greenwood Lake Library, Wednesdays, 6pm FREE Saturday Movie �� Crawford Library, Monticello, Saturdays, 1pm FREE “The Jungle Book” ��Florida Library, Oct 1, 2pm FREE “Toy Story” �� Bethel Woods, Oct 7, 7:30pm “Harry Potter & the Sorcerer’s Stone film & discussion �� Newburgh Library, Oct 22, 1pm FREE “The Witches” �� Bethel Woods, Oct 29, 2pm entertainment

Kenny Warren ventriloquism, 2-11yrs ��Greenwood Lake Library, Oct 8, 10:30am FREE Museums

Discovery Quests ��HHNM Saturdays & Sundays,10am-4pm “Marvelous Moths” �� HHNM-CoH Fridays, Saturdays & Sundays, Noon-4pm Meet the Animal of the Week ��HHNM-CoH Saturdays & Sundays, 1pm & 2:30pm Storywalk “Butterfly Eyes and Other Secrets of the Meadow” by Joyce Sidman ��HHNM ongoing Eco-Zone Discovery Room ��PEEC Oct 16 & Oct 30, 1pm-4pm recreation & Lectures

Teen Creativity Sessions ��Downtown Barn, Liberty, Tues & Thurs thru Nov, 4pm-7pm FREE “Woolly Bear Caterpillars” �� HHNM Oct 1, 10am “River Otters & the Weasel Family” �� HHNM Oct 9, 10am “Land Art” �� HHNM Oct 22, 10am “Little Eco Explorers: Bats” ��PEEC Oct 29, 10am “I Spy” Halloween Trail ��HHNM Oct 29 & 30, Noon-4pm

Books: discussions / readings / signings Book Lover’s Club �� Greenwood Lake Library, 4th Tuesday, 7pm Mystery Thriller & Crime Book Group �� Jeffersonville Library, 2nd Wednesday, 6:30pm Fiction & Foodies �� Mamakating Library, 2nd Thursday, 7pm Book Discussion Group ��Narrowsburg Library, 3rd Friday, 4:00pm “The Railwayman’s Wife” by Ashley Hay w/Patty Sussman �� Newburgh Town Branch Library, Sep 27, 2pm “The Heroic Age of Diving” by/w/Jerry Kuntz ��Newburgh, Library, Sep 28, 7pm “A Birding Guide to Sullivan County, New York” by/w/John Haas �� Morgan Outdoors, Livingston Manor, Oct 1, 3pm “Gone Missing in New York” by/w/ Marianna Boncek �� Time and the Valleys Museum, Grahamsville, Oct 3, 2pm FEE “The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn” w/Jess Gerson �� Newburgh Library, Oct 5, 7pm “Notorious RGB: The Life & Times of Ruth Bader Ginsburg” by Irin Carmon & Shana Knizhnik � Cornwall Library, Oct 5, 7pm “Las Villas of Plattekill & Ulster County” �� The Falcon Underground, Marlboro, Oct 7, 7pm “A Simple Murder” by Eleanor Kuhn �� Newburgh Library, Oct 17, 6:30pm “The Reversal” by Michael Connelly �� Cornwall Library, Oct 19, 7pm “Tales of a Catskill Plumber” by/w/Allen J. Frishman �Crawford Library, Monticello, Oct 24, 6:30pm “Wait Till Next Year” by Doris K. Goodwin ��Mamakating Library, Oct. 26, 4pm “Confounding Father: Thomas Jefferson’s Image in His Own Time,” by/wRobert McDonald �� Thrall Library, Middletown, Oct 26, 6pm “Vinegar Girl” by Anne Tyler �� Florida Library, Oct 27, 6:30pm Great Books Discussion �� Newburgh Library, Oct 28, 11:30am

WoodsTalk: Live Presents Poetry & Power

WoodsTalk: Live invites dynamic and engaging speakers to Bethel Woods Center for the Arts to lead explorations into the power and possibilities of arts and humanities, inspiring us to think critically. Whether through Elana Bell’s soul-stirring poetry, her dynamic performances on the stage, or through her inspiring talks and workshops, she creates a space where all people’s voices and stories are heard and deeply valued. Elana’s debut collection of poetry, Eyes, Stones (LSU Press 2012), was selected as the winner of the 2011 Walt Whitman Award from

the Academy of American Poets, and brings her complex heritage as the granddaughter of Holocaust survivors to consider the difficult question of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Elana will also read work inspired by the Bethel Woods Museum’s Special Exhibit RIGHTS, RACE & REVOLUTIONS: A Portrait of LIFE in 1960s America by Grey Villet on October 14 at 6:00pm. For tickets: visit www.bethelwoodscenter. org or via Ticketmaster or phone the box office at 845-583-2050

Come to the Jarrod Spector Cabaret!

Bethel Woods’ Bradstan Cabaret Series features performances curated by Scott Samuelson, Bradstan Country Hotel (in White Lake) co-owner and founder of Inn Cabaret. Jarrod Spector, longtime Frankie Valli in Broadway’s Jersey Boys and 2014 Tony Nominee for originating the role of Barry Mann in Beautiful: The Carole King Musical, lends his criticallyacclaimed voice to some of his favorite songs from childhood on up through his professional career.

This night of fantastic and timehonored music is woven together by intimate stories from Jarrod’s time on Ed MacMahon’s Star Search, as a 9-year-old in the original production of Les Miserables, and on through some of the ups and (plenty of) downs on his journey back to Broadway. Spector performs at Bethel Woods on October 15 at 8:00pm. For tickets: visit www.bethelwoodscenter. org or via Ticketmaster or phone the box office at 845-583-2050.

The Zodiac Trio is recognized by many to be one of the foremost clarinetviolin-piano ensembles performing today. Award-winning broadcaster and writer, Robert Sherman, recently celebrated his 56th anniversary with WQXR. He continues to produce and host The McGrawHill Companies’ Young Artists Showcase, now in its 34th year on the station. Joining forces, Sherman and the Trio will

perform Prokofiev’s Peter and the Wolf and Stravinsky’s lesser known Soldier’s Tale (L’Histoire du soldat) which relates the parable of a soldier who trades his fiddle to the devil in return for unlimited economic gain. Music by Schumann and Piazzolla are also included in this Kindred Spirits Arts program on October 8 at 7:30pm in the Milford Theatre, 114 E Catherine Street. Phone 570296-2600 for more information.

The Zodiac Trio in Milford

Low Lily Folk Trio Comes to Narrowsburg The string and vocal trio Low Lily (formerly Annalivia) explores the roots and branches of American folk music with traditional influences and modern inspiration that weaves together a unique brand of acoustic music. Liz Simmons (vocals and guitar) Flynn Cohen (vocals, guitar, and mandolin) and Lissa Schneckenburger (vocals and fiddle) are masterful players with deep relationships to traditional music styles ranging from bluegrass to Irish, Scottish, New England, and Old Time Appalachian sounds. When you combine this with stellar composition skills and inventive arrangements you get music that

is rooted yet contemporary. Low Lily’s new self-titled album brings their influences together in a collection of six songs which includes original and traditional material on three voices, guitars, mandolin, fiddle, double bass, and trombones. Additional musicians include Corey DiMario (double bass) and Fred Simmons (trombones). The album’s first track, House Carpenter, debuted at #1 on the Folk DJ charts, Low Lily’s second #1 song. Hear them perform on October 7 at 7:30pm at the Tusten Theatre, 210 Bridge Street, Narrowsburg. For information: 845-252-7272. October 2016

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Nothin’ But The Blues I am confused by life, and I feel safe within the confines of the theatre. - Helen Hayes “What’s in a name?” is a perpetual, universal question once asked so true by a defiant teenager. She was simply an adolescent, whose troubled steps to maturity remain scarred by tragedy. In dramatic literature and when considering the art of onstage performance, challenging and arduous intellectual and emotional questions arise and linger. They remain today, as theatre in particular and the performing arts in general, and endure as major contributors to an enlightened and civilized society. In a rather existential sense, live theatre serves a thinking, feeling, purpose in society. In the mid-Hudson Valley, primarily in the counties of Orange, Ulster and Sullivan, as well as contiguous fringes, theatre is abundant and accessible. As a direct result of factors detailed here, there is a website, a publication titled Meetmeinthegreenroom.com (see also advertisement page 21). It is a related growth factor of the column in which this article appears, but more importantly it’s designed to serve a defined portion of New York State:

The Mid-Hudson Valley. Greenroom is a name. It is in reference to theatre and is usually associated with a designated space for actors or performers to gather, relax or prepare emotionally for a performance. This Greenroom is designed for the audience, in anticipation of its interaction with live theatre. There is, to this writer’s knowledge, a negligible amount of easily accessible reviews and criticism of live theatre in the Mid-Hudson Valley. What does exist locally is scattered in print and frequently offers a preview or sometimes even a “spoiler” in place of a legitimate criticism. Promotion of dramatic pieces is known to contain excerpts from theatre reviews in Los Angeles or some other remote location. What matters: How did it play here? How did the performers in Ellenville, Museum Village or Forestburgh interpret and promote the character and the play’s purpose? Then there’s the set, direction, choreography and all the miniscule particulars that unify and hold together the finely woven fabric of good theatre. Not in Los Angeles, but here! To that point, a coarsely weathered veteran

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

Frequency and Thin Air. Weaving a musical tapestry of personal struggle, loss, love, and ultimately of redemption, her music has “an intoxicating, underlying darkness,” says Chronogram magazine. In early 2008, Amy released her debut studio recording Cold, Cold Year. The self-released CD includes 7 original songs and 2 cover songs, one of which is a haunting version of Bruce Springsteen’s Matamoros Banks. Bring a few friends and head over to Seven Freedoms Music Center, 22 Railroad Avenue, Montgomery, to hear Amy perform in an intimate record store setting on October 15 at 2:00pm. For information: 845-457-1463.

James Finn Cotter: “Why I Write Poetry” Covering topics ranging from critic, music critic, theatre critic, a family and friends to nature and the Gerald Manley Hopkins aficionado, circle of life, James Finn Cotter, the and a celebrated translator of Dante’s longest serving professor at Mount Commedia. In 2013 the MSMC Villa Saint Mary College (MSMC), will Library was renamed the James Finn reveal “Why I Write Poetry”. Cotter Library in his honor. Cotter will read passages from his The talk, sponsored by college’s book, A New Life: Learning the Way division of Arts and Letters, is on of Omega, and speak about how his experience October 6 at 4:00pm in the Kaplan Family as a writer has enhanced his personal and Library and Learning Center, room 218, professional life. “Writing poetry naturally on the MSMC Campus, 330 Powell Ave., enhances awareness of the senses, of other Newburgh. people, and of ourselves,” he says. The public is invited to this free talk and In addition to A New Life, Cotter is a light refreshments will be served. seasoned and widely published, author, literary For more information, visit www.msmc.edu 20 Delaware & Hudson CANVAS October 2016

of the footlights commented, “All the best performers bring to their role something more, something different than what the author put on paper. That’s what makes theatre live. That’s why it persists.” - Stephen Sondheim On this website the browser will find Reviews, Previews and Commentary on the art of theatre, as well as performance, in an easily accessible and common location. Individual theatres and venues are not sponsors of the publication. Integrity demands Reviews and Commentary to contain intelligent and educated criticism. Previews and Commentary sections are under development. Each is self explanatory to a point. The previews segment will accept press releases from various venues and theatres reflecting performance schedules for the near future, including any exceptional points of clarification. The Commentary section will be just that, a place for invited commentary dealing with specific topics related to theatre and the performance of various works. The treasures and reviews of the Greenroom site are available at meetmeinthegreenroom. com. For easy access, make The Greenroom one of your favorites.

Jazz guitarist Larry Newcomb performs classic and original jazz and blues with his own solo, duo, trio and quartet ensembles. Larry has also contributed a wealth of electric and acoustic guitar stylings as a soloist and on gigs with Bucky Pizzarelli, Jack Wilkins, his own Larry Newcomb Trio and Quartet, his duo Jonaitis & Newcomb, the band Wolfgang’s Revenge and with the Ray Blue + Larry Newcomb Project. He studied with guitar masters Bucky Pizzarelli, Pat Martino, Howard Roberts and Mark Elf. Newcomb’s affable performing style is informed by a PhD in music and a seasoned master’s understanding of the jazz idiom and its history. A Nothing But the Blues concert by the Larry Newcomb Jazz & Blues Duo takes place on October 23, at 2:00pm at Thrall Library, 11-19 Depot Street in Middletown. For more information, call 845-341-5454.

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Goshen Art League: “Thank You Julissie”

GAL will feature artists, artisans, Both the season’s Goshen Art and writers exhibiting and selling Walk and the artist who put the their works, pumpkin carving for Art Walk on the map are going all ages (1:00pm), a pie baking out with a flourish on October contest and an afternoon concert 15! by the Robert Kopec Trio, all at “When I agreed to take on the Village Green, October 15, the presidency of the Goshen 2:00pm-6:00pm. Art League (GAL) two years Klein’s special contributions ago, little did I realize what that include artistic scarecrows for the meant,” said Julissie Saltzberg. family photo station, and her very “Mayor Roddey’s idea of a special, personal offering of giant Main Street Art Walk soon took Frida Kahlo puppet puppet replicas of well-known front and center to become a Giant (work in progress) artists, which will be paraded demanding central focus of the by Linda Stein throughout the event by organization. Art Walk, along volunteer puppeteers. Some of with Keys of Goshen, has been the represented artists include: our most public and successful Frida Kahlo, Vincent van Gogh project during my busy tenure. and the lesser-known 20th I am tremendously proud of century Goshen artist, Horace the work my team and I have accomplished.” Linda Stein & Julissie Saltzberg. Pippin. photo by Gloria Bonelli. “There are too many activities Incoming president, Linda to mention here,” says Stein. “But Stein, a cabinet member throughout all the details, including that of the Saltzberg’s tenure, begins her October 1 scarecrow workshop term by co-producing, along with can be found on the GAL Facebook Saltzberg and Roddey, the biggest page and www.GoshenArtLeague. most ambitious Art Walk event yet! weebly.com.” The Fall Art Festival & Concert Email goshenartleague@gmail. sponsored by the Village, Illuminate Julissie lights a pumpkin. Goshen, Goshen Chamber and the photo by Gloria Bonelli. com for additional information.

“Snake Bite” in Sugar Loaf

The serpent proves to be one of the oldest and most prevalent images in mythological history. From ritual snake dances to symbols used in modern medicine, the snake holds a space in almost every culture. One of the most widely known appearances is the reverence for the snake in shamanic cultures. A bite from a snake is a sacred initiation to ancient wisdom and mystical practice. Snake Bite arises from Cody Rounds’ studies on ritual and art. After a number of encounters with snakes, Rounds took interest in symbolic anthropology. Beginning as a performative act, Rounds follows creative constraints provided by ritual processes from Celtic, Peruvian and other shamanic traditions. This work requires full execution while in deep meditation. Entering and maintaining this theta brainwave state, a mental state associated with dreams and waking trance, has produced a series unique to Rounds’ existing work. Snake Bite is on view October 8-November 6 at Milkweed, an interdisciplinary art gallery dedicated to collaboration and

community-building. Fifteen percent of sales will be donated by the artist towards Milkweed’s generous community programming. Rounds, of Cody Rounds Studio, has studied art in the United States and France, and is currently based out of Warwick. Her works, performances, and installations have been featured in exhibitions coast to coast, including a prominent feature by the Blue Man Group in Chicago, Illinois. Since moving to Orange County in 2014, Rounds has been involved in the regional arts culture through explorations in video and media-based work. Her most recent activities include showing with Chris Davison Gallery, receiving the Keys of Goshen grant, being published in Identity & Anonymity: An Artful Anthology, and cocurating DUSKLIT: Interactive Art Bazaar with fellow artist Olivia Baldwin. An opening reception for Snake Bite will take place on October 8, from 6:00pm9:00pm at Milkweed, 2 Romer’s Alley, Sugar Loaf. E-mail milkweedsugarloaf@ gmail.com for more information.

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unique compositions, and these Design Poetics, an exhibition photographs then inspired a of artwork by Tal Gluck, and series of paintings with found Walls of Viet Nam, an exhibition objects. of artwork by Melinda Wallach, Skunk Cabbage Bog is a will be on display October 15fiber art assemblage installation November 20, as will Skunk from reclaimed clothing and Cabbage Bog, an exhibition of household and garden materials, artwork in the Elevator Gallery brilliantly conceived by by Leslie Pelino. At the root of the 3D sculptural “Aristotelian War Hymnal” by T. Gluck Pelino as a transformation of place. Created with large, objects by Tal Gluck is a abstractly representational desire to manipulate the LED lit sculptures, vinyl viewer into an unresolvable wall decals of actual plants, state of creativity and and a digital photo slideshow problem solving. By of skunk cabbages and other producing objects from marshland foliage taken materials that often fall into over the course of a year, the realm of technical and including recordings of the functional craft, but are clearly non-functional in and “Weeping Characters” by M. Wallach location’s nature sounds, Skunk Cabbage Bog will of themselves, Gluck leaves totally immerse the viewer in the viewer caught with one foot in sound, color and curiosity. the world of craft and one foot in CAS will hold an Artist Talk the world of fine art. on October 15 at 3:00pm, The Walls of Viet Nam series followed by a reception with came from Melinda Wallach’s light refreshments from 4:00pmtravels in Southeast Asia and her 6:00pm, free and open to the amazementatthevastaccumulation public. Donations will be accepted of paint, graffiti, stickers, paper, at the door. mold, and lichen on the surfaces of CAS is located at 48 Main Street, walls she encountered. The walls Livingston Manor. Call 845-436struck her as art pieces themselves. “Grouse” by L. Pelino 4227 for more information. She used her camera to create

“My Journey As An Artist”

Jeannette McGee has freshness of a landscape.” painted for twenty years The artist is able to capture in oil and pastel. She light on objects through specializes in portraits, observation skills as well landscape and still life in as painting skills. an early impressionistic Jeannette will have style developed from a solo show titled, My the Barbizon School in Journey As An Artist ~ France and continued in Paintings by Jeannette the United States through J. McGee with one of her portraits, “Juliette” McGee at SUNY Orange’s the Ridgewood Art Institute in New Jersey. Orange Hall Gallery Loft from October 7She has been working at the studio of Cynthia November 20. An opening reception will be Harris-Pagano in her North Light Atelier. held on October 14, from 5:30pm-7:45pm. Orange Hall is located at the corner of “I enjoy working from life when painting a portrait. I prefer painting en plein air when Wawayanda and Grandview Avenues, painting a landscape. This direct style of Middletown. (GPS: 24 Grandview Avenue). Call 845-341-4891 for information. painting contributes to the spontaneity and

Crawford Arts Association Show, Pine Bush

“Our Crawford Arts Association (CAA) Membership Art Show is always well represented by our most talented artists, young and old alike,” says CAA Vice President Sal Aiello. “Once again we “Calm at Sunset” will be featuring oils, by Sal Aiello watercolors, photography, drawings and some new and innovative spray can art. Our gallery chairperson, Bob Scully, assures us that we

can, once again, expect a magnificent display.” The CAA is “very pleased” to announce their 3rd annual Membership Art Show, October 11-November 10. The show can be “Mohonk Gate House” seen weekdays in the by Mickie MacMillan 2nd floor gallery of the Town of Crawford Government Center, Route 302, Pine Bush. For questions: salaiello93@gmail.com

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Jazz Meets Chamber Music in Newburgh

Pianist, composer and electronic in its original orchestral form until music wizard Neil Alexander, 1967. the proud winner of the Orange “This is not the first time Neil will County Arts Council’s 2015 perform his own jazz arrangements Individual Artist Award, is a of classical music,” writes Derek well known performer in and Leet, “which can be considered to around the Hudson Valley region, be more a fusion I would term as The Neil Alexander Quartet: Peter Furlan: sax, Peter Brendler: bass, Nadav Zelniker: drums, Neil Alexander: piano & synthesizer playing with many different “jazz-enhanced” classical music. ensembles plus his own I heard him perform his projects: Mr. Gone, Neil own 2-hand adaptation Alexander & NAIL, and (not a jazz enhancement) The Thunderhead Organ of Stravinsky’s Rite of Trio which performs Spring at The Falcon in at The Wherehouse in Marlboro in 2011, and Newburgh every Third Fung Chern Hwei: violin, Rachel Evans: violin & viola, Mark Frankel: percussion & marimba, in 2010 I heard his jazz Tom Reese: flute & penny whistle, and Mona Toscano, spoken word Thursday at 8:00pm. arrangement of arias from In addition to his constant touring schedule “Jazz Chamber Orchestra” format for An Porgy and Bess, enhancing the originals and and the more than two decades as a musician Evening of Jazz and Chamber Music. stunning the audience (and maybe Gershwin, The pieces to be performed are two world too) with an inventive, inspired and emotionally for the State University of New York Purchase College Dance Conservatory, Neil is also premieres: Gravity Well for violin and piano, powerful new (to me) musical language that known widely for his work with many different and The Inner Journey (originally composed for “spoke” to lovers of both genres. I can’t wait to ensembles and artists including Decora, Corey a choreographer), plus a special performance hear Gershwin’s beautiful Lullaby in this new Glover’s Soul Project, Cloudburst, George of Neil’s 2002 4-movement Jazz Suite titled language, and, get this: also the 2nd movement Brandon/Blue Unity Orchestra, The Funk Newburgh: An Urban Romance, along with of Beethoven’s Piano Concerto #5!” Junkies, Blue Food, Ras T, Premik Russell Cumberland Spring, and an arrangement of “I am honored to be included in a now Tubbs, and with tribute ensembles The Gershwin’s Lullaby for Strings. celebrated Newburgh tradition, the Safe After Gershwin’s passing, the manuscript Harbors Lobby at the Ritz concert series,” Mahavishnu Project and The Machine. Neil has a substantial catalogue of original for Lullaby sat on brother (and genius-lyricist) writes Neil. compositions ranging from chamber music and Ira Gershwin’s shelf for decades until it was It happens on October 15 at 8:00pm at the progressive jazz to numerous commissions for shown to harmonica virtuoso Larry Adler Ritz Theater, 107 Broadway, Newburgh. choreographed works. The Neil Alexander who transcribed it for harmonica and string For tickets: visit www.safe-harbors.org or Quartet and five guest artists will perform quartet and presented it at the Edinburgh phone 845-784-1199. many of these works for the first time in a Festival in 1963. The work was not premiered For more on Neil: www.nailmusic.com

Hamill at Seligmann

Janet Hamill is the author of seven volumes of poetry and short fiction. Her poetry has been nominated for the Pushcart Prize and the William Carlos Williams Prize. Her most recent release, Tales from the Eternal Café (Three Rooms Press), Janet’s first full collection, was named one of the “Best Books of 2014” by Publishers Weekly. A reading by Hamill entitled Knock takes place on October 23, from 2:00pm-4:00pm at Seligmann Studio, 23-26 White Oak Drive, Sugar Loaf. Joining Janet will be poets Andy Field, Teresa Costa, Glenn Werner, William Seaton, Vincent Tavani and Donna Reis. For information: 845-469-9459.

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Fiesta Mundial!

SUNY Orange’s Fiesta Mundial, presented in collaboration with the English as a Second Language program, is a concert-party event, free and open to the public. The band members and the music hail from North, Central, and South America. In addition, an interval of solo classical music will take place during which Joy Zelada (see photo) will explain the music so that this evening is an educational experience as well. The foods represent the favorites of the families who come and share, most of them originally from Central and South America. Take part in a joyous gathering with The Americas Quintet (Lynette Jerez, lead vocals; Joshua Viera, piano and back up vocals; Joy Zelada, classical and electric guitar; Matt Barnes, upright and bass guitar, and Edwin Fuentes, drums/percussion) in Kaplan Hall, Newburgh, on October 12 at 6:00pm. Free parking is available in the garage via the 73 First Street entrance. For contact information: see ad page 19.

“Fall Colors” for Potluck Concerts

Cornwall-on-Hudson’s treasure, Potluck Concerts, opens its 20162017 season with Fall Colors, music by Ernö Dohnányi, Robert Muczynski, Ravel, Chopin, Mozart and the ever-popular Anonymous. Performers include Ruthanne Schempf & Margaret Small, pianos; Sarah Tusch & Emily Faxon, violins; Lynn Cunningham, flute; Jöel Evans, oboe; and Chet Goscicki, clarinet, flute and saxophone. Dohnányi Ernő (1877-1960) was a Hungarian composer, pianist and conductor. He used a German form of his name, Ernst von Dohnányi, on most of his published compositions. The “von” implies nobility, and, according to the biography by his third wife, his family was ennobled in 1697 and given a family crest. Small and Schempf will ‘four-hand’ one of his Waltzes on the piano. Robert Muczynski (1929-2010) was an American pianist, teacher, and composer, a student of Walter Knupfer (piano) and Alexander Tcherepnin (composition). As a pianist, he made his Carnegie Hall debut in 1958 with a program of his own works. As a composer, his music for flute, alto saxophone

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Lynn Cunningham

Chet Goscicki

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and clarinet have all become a part of the standard repertoire. The hallmarks of his compositional style are accented, rhythmicallydriven fast movements, often in irregular meters, and slow movements with unpretentious lyricism. His Duos, Op. 24 for two flutes, six short pieces, are the epitome of his style. When Chet Goscicki was drafted, he auditioned for the West Point Band, and was accepted into The Hell Cats, where he played for a year and 3 months. In 1972, he took over the newly formed Jazz Knights. When he retired from the Band in 1982, he worked for Cadet Activities for 18 years. Sarah Tusch is one of the success stories of the MonroeWoodbury School District’s music department. From student to orchestra member to soloist, Sarah has been concertmaster for various Hudson Valley orchestras. She will perform Chopin’s Nocturne in C-sharp minor on the violin. The concert is on October 28 at 7:30pm in the Cornwall Presbyterian Church, 222 Hudson Street. Tickets are available at the door.

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Alternative Counseling’s (AC) goal is to demystify the mystery around hypnosis. Viewed as an art form and healing practice, hypnosis can be experienced as a pleasant, dreamlike state of mind. AC expresses powerful and useful approaches of hypnosis, with individual goals of wellness and health. Hypnosis may be melded with the arts, which engage body, mind and spirit, and it often helps us connect to the natural balance and rhythms of life on earth and the universe. AC holds a variety of events for the community at large: How to Change the Way

You Think, Feel and Behave with Hypnosis, October 7, 10:00am-11:30am. Learn what hypnosis can do for you and dispel common myths. Mt. Saint Mary College, Desmond Campus, 6 Albany Post Road, Newburgh. Open House at AC, 246 Main Street, #9, Cornwall, on October 15, 11:00am-1:00pm. Meet and greet hosts, demonstrations, questions and answers about hypnosis and what AC does. For reservations and information: George Toth and Diana Underwood: 845-534-2980. See ad below for more information.

“Bright Demons & Playful Poetry” Scott Michael Ackerman is a selftaught artist living and working in Kingston. He has shown his artwork internationally, in addition to numerous shows across the country. Bright demons, playful poetry, and the wild nature of humankind are frankly expressed on Ackerman’s canvases of old wood, glass windows, and large found doors. His paintings are celebrated for being honest and relatable, as well as colorful and

aesthetically pleasing. Although he continues to develop as an artist, he still delivers the spiritual and emotional impact his early work is known and loved for. An opening reception for an exhibit of work by Ackerman is set for October 9 from 2:00pm-5:00pm at Painter’s Tavern, 266 Hudson Street, Cornwall-On-Hudson. The show runs through early December. For information: 845-863-3310.

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Bach, Franck, Ravel by Evans, Faxon, Schempf

The Lakewood House Trilogy: Part 3

The Grand Montgomery to the memory of a friend of the Chamber Music Series composer (or in one case, two continues its 2016-2017 season brothers) who had died fighting with Joel Evans (oboe), Emily in World War I. Ravel later Faxon (violin) and Ruthanne produced an orchestral version Schempf (piano). of the work which features the Evans writes about the oboe in a predominant role. program: “All three of these Our version is a chamber music works are remarkable and hybrid of both of Ravel’s settings. demanding in their expression We’re tremendously excited and depth. The JS Bach Double Joel Evans, Emily Faxon about presenting this “collage” Concerto for Violin and Oboe & Ruthanne Schempf of important works!” BWV 1066 places the violin and oboe on The three musicians are well known in equal footing in a wonderfully contrapuntal the Hudson Valley: Faxon and Schempf cotumble of melodic activity. producers and (with Evans) performers at “Cesar Franck’s Sonata for Violin and Cornwall’s Potluck Concerts, Faxon and Piano is one of the most important works Evans with the Hudson Valley Philharmonic for violin and is an amalgam of rich native and Newburgh Chamber Music, Evans as harmonic language coupled with classical principal oboe with the West Point Band form traditions that Franck valued highly. and the Greater Newburgh Symphony The work is held together in a cyclic type Orchestra, Schempf as a popular recitalist of framework.” (Franck was noted for his and orchestral soloist, Evans and Schempf use of the cyclic form of construction, and music professors at SUNY, New Paltz, and this exquisite sonata is, arguably, the most all three for the Poné Ensemble for New popular Romantic violin/piano sonata in the Music, among numerous other regional repertoire. Not to be missed. - Derek Leet). colleges and ensembles. “Ravel’s Le Tombeau de Couperin, See and hear them at the Montgomery originally composed for solo piano, is in six Senior Center, 36 Bridge Street, on October movements based on those of a traditional 30 at 3:00pm. Free admission. baroque suite. Each movement is dedicated For information: 845-457-9867.

from home for countless The third installment alternative theatre creators. of The Lakewood House As director and teacher, he Trilogy (following The has toured across the U.S. Mystery of Lakewood and to Canada, England, House, 2005-06 and The Italy, Serbia, Bulgaria, and Lost Book of Lakewood Romania. He has worked House, 2009), all sitein the field of ensemble specific performances, experimental theatre since takes place at the NACL 1991. artists’ residence (next NACL Artistic Directors, Brad Krumholz & Tannis Kowalchuk Brad is a PhD Candidate door to NACL Theatre), an historic summer boarding house opened in the in Theatre at the Graduate Center of CUNY, early 1900s in the era of the Catskills vacation has taught acting at City College, and is currently Production Manager and Lecturer at heyday. Favorite NACL actors from across North Hunter College and Macaulay Honors College. America will each inhabit a bedroom in His article, The Problem of Movement Theatre Lakewood House, invoking the spirits and is published in the Allworth Press book stories of the people who had once vacationed Movement for Actors, and his chapter Locating or lived at the summer inn. The audience will the Ensemble: NACL Theatre and the Ethics be given a one-hour pass to visit each of the of Collaboration appears in the Methuen Press twelve bedrooms and enjoy the stories and book Encountering Ensemble. Directed by Brad Krumholz, Spirits of surprises that the spirits will transmit to those Lakewood House can be viewed at the NACL who dare to enter. Brad Krumholz is co-founder and co-artistic Theatre, 110 Highland Lake Road, Highland director of NACL Theatre. Since founding the Lake on October 8 & 9 at 7:00pm, 8:00pm, company in 1997, he has created and directed and 9:00pm both evenings. In the theatre next door, a speakeasy will be ten company performances, co-directed the NACL Catskill Festival of New Theatre for open to Lakewood House visitors - with the ten seasons, and co-established the company’s right password, of course! Visit www.nacl.org or call 845-557-0694. theatre center in the Catskills as a home away

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Ventriloquism Kids Show & Teens Workshop Throwing one’s voice for entertainment is an art that emerged in the eighteenth century. While its popularity waned for a time, it has regained a degree of popularity in recent years. In keeping with this trend, the Greenwood Lake Public Library welcomes ventriloquist Kenny Warren and his puppet Leroy Cool. Warren is a veteran professional ventriloquist with over thirty years experience. He has been seen nationally on every major television network as well as being one of the best known opening acts for many of America’s

leading headline performers such as Jerry Seinfeld, Rosie O’Donnell, Bette Midler, David Brenner, Richard Lewis, Robert Klein and the late Rodney Dangerfield, Richard Pryor and Andy Kaufman. On October 8, Warren will be presenting a comedy show for children ages 2-11 years at 10:30am, and an instructional workshop in learning ventriloquism for kids and teens in grades 5-12 at 1:00pm at the library, 79 Waterstone Road. Advance registration is required. For information, call 845-477-8377. Greenwood Lake patrons receive priority.

Cremona Comes to Crawford Orchestra introduced itself Beginning in the with concerts in Monticello 16th century, Cremona, and Liberty. Now, these Italy became renowned two members of the as a centre of musical orchestra will introduce instrument manufacture, THEMselves. with the violins of the Artistic Director and Amati family, and later the bassist, Trombley, and products of the Guarneri Akiko Hosoi and Andrew Trombley and Stradivari shops. To the present day, their Orchestra Manager and violinist, Hosoi, will work is widely considered to be the summit be showing a short documentary, Cremonese of achievement in string instrument making. Violins, a History and Continued Tradition, Cremona is still renowned for producing high- followed by a musical performance. “The documentary will be followed by quality instruments. In 2013, Akiko Hosoi and Andrew a performance of select movements from Trombley took a trip to Cremona, the birthplace Gliere’s 8 duets for violin and cello. Op. 39, of string instruments as we know them. They said Trombley. “And I don’t play cello! I play interviewed the former mayor of Cremona and them on bass!” View the film and hear some beautiful music current president of the Friends of Stradivari foundation as well as an award winning violin played by these two fine musicians on October maker, and created a 23 minute documentary 3 at 6:30pm in the Ethelbert B. Crawford Public Library, 479 Broadway in Monticello. on the history of violin making. Last month, the Sullivan County Chamber Phone: 845-794-4660.

American Readers Theatre, Milford The American Readers Theatre (ART) is a nonprofit performing arts organization dedicated to promoting literacy through the art of dramatic readings. Dramatic readings were a common form of entertainment for 19th century families and the ART keeps the art form alive with pure traditional readers theatre format as performed in the days before radio, television, and motion pictures: no props, costumes or illustrated assistance. Actors read with scripts inhand and leave much to the audiences’ imagination. Jeffrey Stocker The US Forest Service re-creates this form of entertainment at Grey Towers, ancestral home of the Pinchot family, as part of its Conservation and the Arts program. Selected works of Edgar Allan Poe were included in the Pinchots’ personal library collection.

The annual seasonal dramatic reading, Forevermore: A Tribute to Edgar Allan Poe, sponsored by the US Forest Service with support from the Grey Towers Heritage Association, features Darren Fouse, Michael Gillespie, and Gregory Giblin, directed by Jeffrey Stocker and adaptation by Giblin, in the Great Hall of Grey Towers, 122 Old Owego Turnpike, Milford, on October 29 at 6:00pm and 8:00pm. “I am one of the readers,” said Giblin, “and the piece was written by me nine years ago. It was adapted for a readers theatre but people Gregory Giblin always comment that the amount of acting surprises them.” The program is appropriate for high school ages and older. Tickets can be purchased online at www.greytowers.org. For more information, call 570-296-9625. October 2016

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Alan Yueh Returns to Sullivan by Barry Plaxen

PLAY: The Classics: is a world-class classical concert series presented in collaboration by Bethel Woods Center for the Performing Arts and Shandelee Music Festival. Each concert is preceded by an enjoyable introduction to the music being performed, and followed by a specialty dessert reception where you will have the opportunity to relax, see friends and make new acquaintances. I first saw a twenty-one year old Allen Yueh (pronounced You-ay), who had performed at Shandelee at the age of twelve, perform there in August 2012, and I was very much taken with his ability as he maturely performed music by Schumann, Schubert, Beethoven and Liszt. So, it came as no surprise in July and September of 2013 when once again I marveled at his playing, with his skillful technique and expressive phrasing, “transporting” us all to another place, when this prolific - and may I say brilliant - pianist offered thoroughly satisfying performances of his own twohand arrangements of a Schubert four-hand Fantasie, and a Beethoven four hand Sonata, and then Mozart’s two-hand Piano Sonata in A Major, K.331, which just about every music student has played: the ‘theme and variation’

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sonata that ends with the famous Rondo Alla Turca. With what I can only describe as magic, Yueh phrased each and every line as you would WANT to hear it. At one point the audience interrupted his Chopin section with wellearned, vociferous applause after a profound Nocturne because he needed to be told that each and everyone in attendance was aware of and appreciated what he was doing, and aware of every single expressive nuance that came out of his fingers and his soul. World class technique: with artists like Yueh, it comes from deep within, is fully communicated to all within hearing, and can be defined in one word: Talent. Born in 1991, Allen Yueh has won numerous competitions and performed concerts around the world Since 1996, Yueh has been under the guidance of Ms. Yelena Ivanov, former professor at the Gnesinsky Academy of Music in Moscow, Russia. In June of 2008, he won First Prize in The New York International Piano Competition under the Stecher and Horowitz Foundation. Yueh will perform Mozart’s Sonata in F major, K. 332, Ravel’s Gaspard de la nuit and Robert Schumann’s Kreisleriana, Op. 16 at Bethel Woods on October 9 at 3:00pm. For tickets, visit www.bethelwoodscenter. org or via Ticketmaster or 845-583-2050.

October 2016

Familar and New Faces in Parksville

T. Caltabellotta Mariano Vidal Leslie Swanson M. Celentano

For the next installment of the Parksville USA 2016 Music Festival, producer Tom Caltabellotta has invited two guest artists to embellish The Lyric Quartet’s multi-varied performance-genre of opera, folk, Neapolitan and other International songs, operetta and Broadway tunes. A frequent Parksville guest, tenor Mariano Vidal made his debut with the Delaware Valley Opera in Don Pasquale, and followed with roles in The Merry Widow and in The Student Prince. The Cuban-born tenor rediscovered his own roots after singing the tenor lead in Ernesto Lecuona’s Maria La O at NYC’s Town Hall. This led to an association and friendship with fellow Cuban and sax and clarinet legend Paquito D’Rivera, who invited Mariano to sing at the multi-Grammy awardwinning artist’s World Festival Orchestra at the New Jersey Performing Arts Center. The Bronx Opera was once a frequent visitor to Sullivan County with numerous dinner-concerts held at the Dead End Café, and one of the Company’s mezzo-sopranos Leslie Swanson, with her commanding

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presence and powerful voice, often graced the audience with her vocal prowess. She was last heard as a guest in Parksville in 2013, and one year prior to that event, offered an exquisitely moving Addio del Passato from La Traviata for Chamber Music at St. Andrew’s in So. Fallsburg. Repeating their “roles” as tenor and basso for the Quartet are Michael Celentano and host Caltabellotta. Soprano Erin Schwab is making her first appearance with the Quartet, as is pianist John Isenberg. Schwab has sung with the Bronx opera, appearing in such roles as Alexandra in Marc Blitzstein’s Regina and Nanetta in Verdi’s Falstaff. Isenberg performs many different musical genres, ranging from traditional Scottish and various styles of sacred music to Opera, Musical Theater and Chamber Music. They will perform their always-fun, alwaystuneful, multigenred “cabaret” at the Dead End Café, 6 Main Street in Parksville, on October 9 at 3:00pm. Admission includes a full dinner buffet after the show! For reservations: 845-292-0400.

The Edmar Castaneda Quartet

Edmar Castaneda

Henry Cole

Marshall Gilkes

Andrea Tierra

“Edmar is...an enormous talent, he has the versatility and the enchanting charisma of a musician who has taken his harp out of the shadow to become one of the most original musicians from the Big Apple.” - Paquito D’Rivera. Colombian harpist Edmar Castaneda, a master at realizing beautiful complexities of time, while skillfully drawing out lush colors and dynamic spirit, was born in 1978, in Bogotá. Since his move to the United States in 1994, Edmar has quite literally taken New York and the world stage by storm with the sheer force of his virtuosic command of the harp - revolutionizing the way audiences and critics alike consider an instrument commonly relegated to the “unusual category”. “The Colombian plays the harp like hardly anyone else on earth. His hands, seemingly powered by two different people, produce a totally unique, symphonic fullness of sound, a rapid-fire of chords, balance of melodic figures

and drive, served with euphoric Latin American rhythms, and the improvisatory freedom of a trained jazz musician...captivating virtuosity, but in no way only virtuosity for its own sake.” - Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung. The Edmar Castaneda Quartet (Edmar Castaneda, harp; Henry Cole drums; Marshall Gilkes trombone; Andrea Tierra vocals) comes to Middletown for a jazz concert in SUNY Orange’s Orange Hall Theatre, located at the corner of Wawayanda & Grandview Avenues (GPS: 24 Grandview Avenue), on October 14 at 8:00pm. See Coryell story below for ticket info. Admission is free for all students. Master Class In addition to the concert, Castaneda will hold a master class on October 14 at 11:00am in Orange Hall Room 23, free and open to the public. For additional information, call Cultural Affairs at 845-341-4891.

Larry Coryell has recorded more than 70 albums as a leader, and played on 40 more as a sideman (and is still recording). He has performed with Miles Davis, Paco Delucia, John McLaughlin, Stefan Grappelli, Dave Brubeck, Tal Farlow, Jimi Hendrix and hundreds of others. Coryell is in many Jazz history books and is credited as one of Jazz fusion pioneers. He has graced the front page of Rolling Stone, published many books of his own including an autobiography, and is still touring the world! Musician magazine included him in their 100 greatest guitarists alive today, and during the

last 50 years, Larry’s definitely earned that honor. Exploring the sound of the six-string in an extraordinary number of settings, he has done straight-ahead jazz, classical-influenced solo guitar, funk-rock fusion, light pop and guitar duos and trios with some of the top names in jazz. The Larry Coryell Trio (Larry Coryell, guitar; Steve Johns, drums, and Daryl Johns, bass) comes to SUNY Orange’s Orange Hall Theatre on October 22 at 8:00pm. Tickets in advance: www.sunyorange.edu/ culturalaffairs or at the box office one hour before performances. See above for address.

Larry Coryell Trio Comes to Middletown

Chardavogne Art at Amity

George Ivanovitch Gurdjieff the teachings of Willem taught that human beings are Nyland, who was a student of only partially developed and Gurdjieff. that consciousness, conscience The Amity Gallery and will are not given to us is presenting the annual freely, but must be acquired by Chardavogne Group Show, intentional efforts. His system which will include paintings, of self-development calls prints, photographs, collages, for the application in daily fine crafts and sculpture. life of a specific method of The show runs weekends “Work on oneself.” Gurdjieff from October 1-30, with emphasized the need for an opening reception on undertaking this work with October 1, from 5:00pmothers who share a common 7:00pm at the Amity Gallery, “Got a Glow On” aim. 110 Newport Bridge Road, by Patricia Foxx The Chardavogne Group has been in Warwick. Everyone is welcome! the area since 1968. Its members follow For information: 845-258-0277. October 2016

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Newburgh Last Saturday: Faces & Phases

Masks and textures play which will be showing in the their part in much of Barbara Mindy Ross Gallery from Graff’s work. Along October 17-November 18. with creating masterful The Last Saturday reception works in fine art, she has includes poetry and music at continuously kept brush 7:00pm on October 27. in hand to produce lifelike Located at the corner of makeup on mannequins for Grand and First Streets, major department stores in Kaplan Hall offers free, New York City. secure parking in its garage Visiting SUNY Orange’s via the entrance at 73 First Kaplan Hall on the Mannequin work by Barbara Graff Street. Newburgh campus affords The exhibits are presented the opportunity to view Faces & Phases: by Cultural Affairs. For information, phone paintings and mannequins by Barbara Graff 845-341-4891/9386.

Newburgh Second Saturday

October 8 is a busy day for Trestle Inc. In the morning, twenty-eight new bricks will be unveiled as they join thousands of others in the Historic Brick Walkway on the waterfront. Mr. Joseph Catania will be honored during Trestle’s annual bricklaying event, as his heartfelt letter about the importance of the engraved bricks in the Historic Brick Walkway is read. To be part of next year’s bricklaying event, order a brick anytime this year. They make great gifts to honor weddings and anniversaries, new births and birthdays, and significant milestones, as well as memorializing loved ones. There are three sections to choose from: Hero, Regular, or Pet. Write your own

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engraving; choose your own symbols to make a unique brick. Brick order forms can be downloaded from http://www.trestle.org The Quick Drawing competition, part of the Hudson Valley Plein Air Festival is two hours, from 4:00pm-6:00pm. The public may take place in judging the art and choosing their favorite piece. Judging, monetary awards and sales will take place at UNICO Park from 6:15pm-7:00pm. The three winning pieces and nine others will also be chosen for a Trestle, Inc. 2017 Plein Air calendar. Calendar pre-orders will begin on October 8. Visit www.trestleinc.org Proceeds will be used to prepare the Trestle for new mural art. (See page 10)

In 2014, the Karpeles Museum presented an extraordinary collection of letters and documents from the family of John Adams, the second President of the United States, and his son John Quincy Adams, the sixth. This second exhibit of material running through December 30, includes even more remarkable papers. John Adams writes eloquently as Minister to Great Britain of his country’s newly-won independence, and in an 1810 letter speaks about the independence of South America, still a part of Spain’s colonial empire. John Quincy Adams’ writings on display include a letter written as Minister to Prussia discussing the complex and controversial alliances between his new nation and France and Great Britain. The exhibit also includes a rare letter of Louise Catherine Adams, wife of John Quincy Adams, and one from George Washington, announcing the inauguration of his successor, John Adams, as President. Karpeles Museum is located at 94 Broadway, Newburgh. For information: 845-569-4997. 30 Delaware & Hudson CANVAS October 2016

Personal “Ghosts” at Downing

“The Ghosts We Live With is a short documentary film featuring members of the community sharing their ghost stories, and asking viewers to consider their own,” writes filmmaker Eileen Avery MacKane. “The film was conceived over two years ago and was inspired by my own fascination with ghosts. Not the spooky kind, the ones that visit at night in the dark. Or the ones that make candles blow out, knock on ceilings, or give other “signs.” The ghosts I’m interested in are the ones that are with us at the random and innocuous moments that fill every day. “Be present, free of past and future, be mindful and enjoy this moment,” is a mantra I try to live by. But my present moments are formed by the past, and my present moments are often filled with ghosts. I wanted to find out if it’s the same for others. I was interested in the ones that stick around, long after the physical manifestation of the person or relationship has vanished. “I decided to interview people about their ghosts and videotape the interviews. Through the process of interviewing and editing, it was my hope that I would learn more about this topic, as well as share the experience with others, both the process and the results. In this way, people might learn more about themselves and the influences in their lives, along with how we interact with ghosts as a community.

“The end result is a 36 minute film featuring interviews with participants who discuss ghosts of family members who have died (including one who never met their ghost), former selves that departed due to a traumatic event, cultural ghosts, and more. “It is my hope that it prompts everyone who sees the film to think about their ghosts, and perhaps pay them the homage that is due.” The Ghosts We Live With premieres at the Downing Film Center, 19 Front Street in Newburgh. There will be four showings: 11:00am & 12:15pm on October 29 & 30. It will be shown again at the Monroe Arts and Civic Center in Monroe on November 11. Each showing will be followed by a Q&A. Admission is free. The film was made possible through partnership with the Downing Film Center and with funds from the Decentralization Program, a regrant program of the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew Cuomo and the New York State Legislature and administered by Arts Mid-Hudson.

Meet Sam Phelps Jr., as told through Deborah Phelps The Mighty Wallkill River is a circumstance of its own being. Living there and on those muddy banks is legend, episodic and memorable. And as lore, it is shared by few and savored by many. Geologically it is old; it meanders through villages and pastures while few bare to notice its direction. Understand from the get-go, this river flows north and perhaps in that fact lies a causal relationship to its peculiar influence on those who touch it, feel it, and know its allure. To that end, Deborah Phelps has brilliantly and fastidiously captured the legend of her father, Samuel Phelps, Jr. a noted dairy farmer, and his relationship with The Mighty River, the Village of Walden and Town of Montgomery. Her voice and style as a writer are compelling to the point of wonder. Words flow, pages turn and the events described are experienced naturally, with unwavering credibility. The Legacy of “Mad Sammie” is Debbie’s tribute to an unusual man, her father. Her subtitle for this endearing treasure is The Life & Stories of Sam Phelps, Jr. He’s a man with a nickname and a tale for generations.

Known to many, rivers and authors maintain a healthy and prolific relationship, and in that context, Deborah and her father, Samuel B. Phelps, are cast from the same mold. Deborah, formally trained as a music teacher, knew the melody she was hearing from her father, a tune inherent in his writing. Sam wrote prolifically beginning in 1962 a weekly column, Feathers and Fur, for the Citizen Herald, a local paper with offices in Walden. At its inception, the literary adventure was a letter to the editor with detailed instructions on how to construct a bird house for the Bluebird, designated as the official state bird of New York in 1970. As time passed Sam also wrote his nature and agriculture column for the Wallkill Valley Times, with lectures and additional copy promoting conservation, wildlife and, especially, controversial environmental issues. But contained in his writing were stories, stories about the simple goin’s on down at the farm. The humanistic appeal

was overwhelming and well received, as demonstrated by several awards and recognition through various media. In 1986 a documentary movie by Aaron Weisblatt on the life of Sam Phelps, Sam, was nominated for an Oscar. The influence of Sam Phelps extended far beyond the milkhouse and past that Mighty Wallkill. As a Cornell educated dairyman with forty-some registered Holsteins, he became a fierce advocate of conservation issues and fought at town and village board meetings to inform the public of the dangers inherent in overdevelopment and poor planning. An activist for recognizing and preserving swamp land as nature’s own water filtration system, his comments echoed through meeting halls as he referred to developers as “carpet baggers,” and with biting sarcasm the “omniscient” council members became “Great White Fathers.” His tenacity and willfulness brought middle of the night phone

calls to his peaceful little Riverside Farm on the banks of the Mighty Wallkill. Two enthusiastic schools of thought were behind the promotion of Sam Phelps the columnist: The “nature lovers” and the “conflict lovers” each had the weekly newspaper deep in the middle of a bubblin’ cauldron. Letters to the editor became, as this writer recalls, more sought after than page one news and even the sports page. However, when Sammie’s sight began to wane and his ability to drive was following the same fading path, he ended his crusades at the village and town board meetings and returned to his stories about nature, birds and goin’s on down on the farm. The legend of Sam Phelps is priceless and to have known this man first hand is to realize his determination and strong resolve, coupled with the ability to stand up for what he believed and to fight all adversaries. Mad Sammie Phelps will stand the test of time as a hero, truly a man for all seasons! Information regarding the purchase of this book and anthologies with additional writings and columns of Sam Phelps are available at www.madsammie.com

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“The Art Awards are my favorite event of the year,” said Orange County Arts Council (OCAC) Executive Director Dawn Ansbro. “It is such a joy to honor these incredible people who demonstrate unequivocally how necessary the arts are in our communities and in our lives. The Arts Council hosts this event every year and I am constantly humbled by our honorees’ passion, their talent and their dedication. OCAC is pleased and proud to be able to highlight the incredible work they do and we are looking forward to celebrating their achievements with the community. “This year’s amazing OCAC Art Awards honorees are:” Champion of the Arts: Dorothy Szefc, SUNY Orange Cultural Affairs. A lifelong resident of Orange County and a SUNY Orange alumna, Szefc has championed the development of arts and cultural events for decades. She is well-known within the arts community and has used her knowledge and appreciation of the arts to build a vibrant Cultural Affairs program at SUNY Orange, a broad schedule of lectures, master classes, concerts, dance performances, poetry, theatre, children’s theatre, films and exhibits that provide diverse cultural opportunities for the community-at-large. She has served on numerous arts-related Boards throughout the

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Hudson Valley. Individual Artist: Joan Kehlenbeck. “I have known Cuddebackville artist and noted art demonstrator Joan Kehlenbeck forever (well, at least 10 years),” writes Kehlenbeck colleague and fellow artist Susan Miiller. “Joan is the President of the River Valley Artists Guild, and includes important local scenes in her work. Unforgettable, the title of her historic design for the life-sized fiberglass deer forms that Orange County Tourism granted me for the Deerest Deepark exhibit, are outstanding!” Arts Organization: Downing Film Center. The Downing Film Center is dedicated to presenting quality films and providing cinematic programming from around the world in collaboration with and for the benefit of the Hudson Valley’s diverse communities. Owners Sharon and Brian Burke often present special film screenings in conjunction with Orange County community non-profit organizations. Recently, they introduced live theatre into Downing with Live in HD screenings from London’s National Theatre. Arts in Healthcare Champions: Zylofone.

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Zylofone brings joy and creativity through all aspects of the arts to the special needs community and to people with disabilities. “Our objective is to demonstrate their independence in all practical and social situations in their lives using music and performing arts,” says Founder / CEO Debbie Major. Arts in Education: Gail Begle, Minisink Valley Elementary School. Gail Begle has been an art teacher for Minisink since 2014. She uses the largest online student art museum to showcase her students’ work. To date, Minisink Valley Elementary School has over 46,580 pieces of art on the site and 246,705 people have viewed them. In 2014, she received the Artsonia Leadership Award honoring teachers who go beyond the classroom to encourage family and community involvement in arts education. Youth with Exceptional Promise: Daniel McQuade, Warwick Valley High School. Daniel McQuade is considered a “Renaissance Artist” as his commitment and devotion for the arts includes painting, sculpture, set design, special effect makeup, and

photography. Last year, he designed and constructed a 16 foot dragon for the high school’s musical, Shrek. He also built the frame, and created the puppet mechanism to allow the dragon to talk, and smoke! Lifetime Achievement: Richard Kimball. Noted Steinway artist Richard Kimball has had a long and varied career in jazz and classical music as a performer, composer, accompanist, teacher and collaborator. For over 35 years, he has been co-house pianist under the Brooklyn Bridge at The River Cafe. In 1986 he conducted volunteer flights for humanitarian organizations which delivered dental/medical visits to indigenous settlements along Brazil’s Amazon River System. He has composed for numerous PBS documentaries and released dozens of CDs. The 2016 Orange County Art Awards’ dinner-celebration is being held at the Motorcyclepedia Museum, 250 Lake Street, Newburgh, on November 4 at 5:00pm. For info and reservations, contact OCAC at www.ocartscouncil.org or call 845-469-9168 or also email: CRounds@ocartscouncil.org “Come to the Art Awards and help us honor these wonderful people!,” said Ansbro. CANVAS congratulates the honorees and thanks them all for their artistic contributions to our community!