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

Publisher’s Column by Barry Plaxen Synchronicity of the month: Two Newburgh galleries offering different aspects of Women’s Suffrage: artistic expressions in Ann Street Gallery, and historical documents and photos at the Crawford House. Vocabulary Lesson: Foley: (named after sound-effects artist Jack Foley) is the reproduction of everyday sound effects that are added to film, video, and other media. These reproduced sounds can be anything from the swishing of clothing and footsteps to squeaky doors and breaking glass. Pochade: A pochade (from French poche,

pocket) is a type of sketch used in painting. As opposed to a croquis, which is line art, a pochade captures the colors and atmosphere of a scene. Generally, pochades use a small, portable format. In this issue: I am bowled over by what is available in this small regional area in the way of Holiday Recreation and Entertainment. Besides the incredible number of seasonal chorale concerts, Nutcrackers and other holiday music events including Handel’s Messiah, there’s a play about Scrooge’s business partner in Ellenville, a colonial era concert in Cornwall, animals & insects in lights in Montgomery, Bach jig-ified in Bethel, house tours in Newburgh and

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Letters to the Editor Bravo / Brava! I was (as Jo says) “gobsmacked” to see that handsome layout and write-up for “War in the Arts: Redeeming Spirits.” Thank you both for the care and time you took in creating it. CANVAS traveled across the region and the country with this issue, to New Paltz and to Arizona; to those artists whose work you used for the article. - Karen E. Gersch Thank you so much for including the piece about my students’ war poems and my cloud photography in “Art - Photography - Film - Music - Poetry - Prose at SUNY Orange, Middletown.” We greatly appreciate it. I will be posting the article and photographs of the exhibit on Facebook so my former students can see it and inspire them to come to the SUNY ORANGE Middletown campus. The exhibit was amazing. The diverse

nature of the artwork and writing, and the exhibit’s set-up, were so well done. I thought the poetry was powerful. It is difficult combining long free-verse poetry/ text with artwork/photographs/images. The writing, at times, overpowers the art/ paintings. Credit goes to Dorothy Szefc, her assistants, and all others to make this event such a success. - Jeffrey Pflaum

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Goshen, college events in Newburgh and Middletown, cookie walks in Pine Bush and Wallkill, a circus in West Point, karaoke and cocoa in Wurtsboro, stories and jokes in Callicoon, and alpacas in Hurleyville! Congratulations to the students in the Minisink Valley, Pine Bush, Washingtonville, Warwick Valley, Monroe-Woodbury, Port Jervis, Newburgh Free Academy, Highland Falls, Cornwall Central and Storm King high schools for their participation in a Human Rights themed art and poetry exhibit in Newburgh and Middletown. These young, budding artists are the future creatives of our very special arts community. Thank you and Happy Holidays to all of our readers and advertisers!

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On The Cover Ryann from Buck Brook Alpacas, Roscoe.

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

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3D Rhythm of Life, Warwick ��12 American Youth Ballet ��25 Amity Arts Pottery, Florida ��21 Ann Street Gallery, Newburgh ��28 Artery, Milford ��22 Artists’ Market, Shohola ��23 Bethel Woods ��20 Big Sky Productions, Callicoon ��3 Bloomingburg Cultural Center ��3 Candlelight Tour 2017, Newburgh ��14, 20 Catskill Art Society, Livingston Manor ��12, 23 Classic Choral Society ��6 Columns Museum, Milford ��3, 14 Cornwall Library ��18, 28 Cragsmoor Historical Society ��17 Delaware Valley Arts Alliance ��28 Delaware Valley Choral Society ��6 East Ridge Pottery, Warwick ��5 Eisenhower Hall Theatre, West Point ��14, 24 Florida Library ��17, 26 Forestburgh Playhouse ��4 Goshen Art League �� 11 Goshen House Tour �� 11 Greater Newburgh Symphony Orchestra ��9 Greenwood Lake Library ��21 Happy Herbs Soap ��5 Harness Racing Museum, Goshen ��20 Highland Mills Library ��24 Hudson Opera Theatre Orchestra ��8 Hudson Valley Conservatory, Walden ��25 Hudson Valley Dance Theatre ��25

Hudson Valley Jazz Ensemble �� 27 Hudson Valley Performing Arts Foundation �� 21 Hurleyville Arts Centre �� 4 Kindred Spirits Arts, Milford �� 24 Knox’s Headquarters, Vails Gate �� 26 Kurtis Brand, artist �� 5 Landmark Collectibles, Newburgh �� 5 Mamakating Library, Wurtsboro �� 26 Maybrook Wind Ensemble �� 18 Middletown Concert Chorale �� 7 Milford Theatre, Milford �� 24 Milkweed, Sugar Loaf �� 16 Morgan Outdoors, Livingston Manor �� 23 Mt. St. Mary College Desmond Campus �� 8 Music Institute of Sullivan & Ulster �� 3 Nesin Cultural Arts, Monticello �� 20 Neversink Museum, Cuddebackville �� 5, 17 Newburgh Free Academy �� 26 Newburgh Symphonic Chorale �� 7 New Rose Theatre, Walden �� 25 Nita Klein, artist �� 10 Noble Coffee Roasters, Campbell Hall �� 21 Nutcracker Ballets �� 25 Orange County Arboretum �� 18 Paramount Chamber Players �� 16 Paramount Theatre, Middletown �� 24, 26 Pine Bush Community Band �� 18 Pine Bush Library �� 17, 20 Queen of the Hudson Chamber Music �� 9 River Valley Artists Guild �� 5, 22 Seven Freedoms Music Ctr., Montgomery �� 14 Shadowland Stages, Ellenville �� 10 Sullivan County Community Chorus �� 6 Sullivan County Museum �� 17 SUNY Attain Lab, Monticello �� 4 SUNY Orange Symphonic Band �� 26 SUNY Orange, Middletown �� 14, 17, 19 SUNY Orange, Newburgh �� 19 Unitarian Universalist Cong., Rock Tavern �� 17 Wallkill River School, Montgomery �� 19 Warwick Center for the Performing Arts �� 25, 27 Warwick Valley Chorale �� 7 Washington’s Headquarters, Newburgh �� 24 Wurtsboro Art Alliance ��11

Holiday Shorts & Sweets in Callicoon Break out your holiday sweaters and jingle bells, and join Delaware Young at Heart as they present Big Sky Productions in Shorts & Sweets for the Holidays. The entertaining program features short stories, jokes and poems about Christmas and Chanukah. Actress Sharlene Hartman (photo left) joins Big Sky’s Artistic Director Carol Montana (photo right) to bring you stories that will

make you smile, laugh and, may even bring a happy tear to your eye. The program will be followed by sweet treats and holiday goodies for your consumption. The performance is at the Delaware Youth Center, 8 Creamery Road in Callicoon, on December 10 at 3:00pm. Suggested donation is $10 per person or $20 per family. Call 887-5901 for additional information.

MISU’s Concert in Architectural Wonder!

Co-presenting the Music Institute of Sullivan & Ulster Counties (MISU) Annual Holiday Concert is St. John’s Memorial Episcopal Church - which is a landmark not to be missed! Constructed by a ship builder, the inside of the church gives the impression of an upside down ark. And the acoustics are perfect for music! MISU is a community music school for strings, piano, voice, etc., with ensemble groups that perform for the public, in addition to its chamber music concerts with a wide range of professional musicians. Made up of community members, MISU’s home group’s music speaks to everyone’s heart and soul, from young to mature listeners. MISU is very proud to present this

MISU students in rehearsal hall

concert, a gift to the community, with an exciting repertoire from children’s pieces to the Corelli Christmas Concerto to the grand finale by Albinoni performed by MISU’s esteemed orchestra members. The MISU concert takes place at St. John’s, 40 Market Street, Ellenville, and is on December 21, at 7:30pm. Donations accepted at the door.

A “Winter Celebration” in Bloomingburg flutist Michael Essig, and others! A speaker will also discuss the meanings of Christmas and Chanukah. The celebration is FREE, and takes place at the BRF Museum / Cultural Center, (Old Dutch Reformed Church, see photo) on High Street in Bloomingburg. For info: 845-733-2755.

Egg nog, Italian cookies, and hot chocolate...have you been enticed yet? Join the Bloomingburg Restoration Foundation for their Winter Celebration on December 17 at 2:00pm. This “open-house” event will feature raffles and a 50/50, refreshments, and live music by guitarist Paul Brower, mandolinist and

Frank E. Schoonover’s “Breaker Boys”

coal mining family; and One of the greatest when asked to provide illustrators of all time, the illustrations inspired Frank E. Schoonover’s by his photographs of work spans over 60 the boys, he opted to years and encompasses do them in charcoal as approximately 2,200 a poignant tribute to illustrations for over 130 the oppressed life in books and many of the the mines which these periodicals of his day. boys, and their families, The focus of the Breaker Boys, Scranton, 1902 experienced. Columns Museum by Frank E. Schoonover The exhibit will be up through exhibit is the photographs he took between 1900-1912 of the Breaker Boys who labored January, with a grand opening reception in the Scranton coal mines, girls who worked at the Columns Museum, 608 Broad Street, in the silk mills, and a mix of other photos Milford, on December 1 at 7:00pm. John Schoonover will be the guest of honor depicting scenes in and around the area. Schoonover was known for submerging and he will be bringing along a few of his himself into the environment which he was grandfather’s rare paintings. See page 14. For more information: 570-296-8126. photographing. He spent time living with a

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“Holiday in Hurleyville” December 2 for kids’ crafts, a photo booth and Christmas Support local businesses during Holiday in train displays! Hurleyville, a festive day of shopping, arts, Handmade and local gifts will be for live music and familysale, and food and friendly activities! drink specials will be Activities begin at available. Live music by 11:00am along Main a variety of popular local Street. The Sullivan artists will be put on in County Historical the center of town. Society will host its The Center for holiday open house Discovery will host a and a theme tree community tree lighting Lion Zen & Debbie Fisher-Palmerini will exhibit at the Sullivan perform along with many other local musicians at 4:30pm with hot County Museum. Fiber on Main is hosting apple cider produced from the Center’s apple a pop-up shop for Buck Brook Alpacas. The orchards. HAC is offering a $5 showing of It’s fuzzy animals will be visiting Hurleyville a Wonderful Life with popcorn at 7:30pm. as well, set up for children’s visits. Visit the All activities at Holiday in Hurleyville are Delaware Valley Arts Alliance’s Radius handicap accessible. See ad on page 25 for the Hurleyville show in Gallery 222, where full schedule, times and other details. members of the Hurleyville Makers Lab December 9, 7:30pm (HML) will be selling their creations. The HAC and the Forestburgh Playhouse The Hurleyville Arts Centre (HAC) will co-present the first annual Holiday Cabaret will host two free performances by Main at the state of the art HAC. Past Playhouse Street Dance, and offer a free yoga sampler performers and talented local children will be and essential oils classes in the afternoon. performing favorite holiday tunes - ranging Sullivan County Historian John Conway from traditional music to popular tunes! will give visitors a taste of Hurleyville’s December 21, 4:00pm fascinating cultural and natural history in a The Center for Discovery will have a Winter guided walk along the paved Hurleyville rail Solstice Celebration on the rail trail December trail at 1:00pm. Families can visit the HML 21. For information: 845-701-1562.

SUNY ATTAIN: Valuable Community Resource SUNY ATTAIN (Advanced Technology Training & Information Networking) is a community based center offering an array of academic, occupational, and employability courses. These free courses introduce students to educational and vocational skills through advanced technology training. Sullivan County author, playwright and performance artist Leora Cassells found the SUNY ATTAIN Lab’s disciplined setting to be the perfect environment to work without distraction on the creation and editing of her latest book, Musings and Amusings. “I’ve been using the lab for about 4 years now. I had an idea for a one-woman show, so I was jotting down notes by hand and keeping them in a file. Once I found the lab, I was able to sit down, uninterrupted, and type up all of my notes,” said Leora. “I’ve used the lab to type up my play, my book, and even flyers and invitations to my shows. “The Lab Technology Coordinators, Lori Boyd and Yoly Avella, have been so patient and kind with me. If I am having any trouble at all I just raise my hand and they come along and help me. I could not have done all this without the lab. I cannot tell you how wonderful this program is!” Operating under the auspices of the SUNY Research Foundation and the University

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Yoly Avella & Lori Boyd, Lab Technology Coordinators, SUNY ATTAIN Lab.

Center for Academic & Workforce Development, this grant-funded computer lab is a valuable cost-free resource for the Hudson Valley community. Free computer instruction and remedial coursework offerings are ongoing. In addition, participants who complete any or all approximate 3-4 week long Microsoft Office classes in Excel, Word, Access, PowerPoint, Outlook and OneNote are awarded the opportunity to earn vouchers (valued at $100 each) to take Microsoft Office Specialist certification exams. The SUNY ATTAIN Lab is located at Sullivan County BOCES, 22 St. John St., Monticello (1st floor, rear entrance). For further information: 845-295-4908.

Holiday Shopping Gift Ideas EAST RIDGE POTTERY Upon entering Sharon Galbraith’s East Ridge Pottery, you are bowled over (pun intended) by a ‘glaze-blaze’ of Pottery by S. Galbraith colors from lime greens and eggplant purples to berry blues and deep maroons. From scramble bowls with a molded lip for pouring, cute trays that can be used for either propping up a cupcake or candle, earring trays and a variety of jewelry dishes, yarn bowls created with a slot to pull yarn string through, berry bowls, colanders, creamers and pitchers to exquisite jars - you will find that unique, special, handmade gift at East Ridge Pottery! “I’ve finally settled on the dates for my Holiday Open House & Pottery Sale,” said Sharon. “It takes place December 9 & 10 from 10:30am to 5:30pm.” East Ridge Pottery is located at 16 East Ridge Road, Warwick. Check out Sharon’s ad below. KURTIS BRAND This holiday, why not invest in original art? Contemporary artist Kurtis Brand’s work follows the ebb and flow of his travels over the years, living in an RV and practicing in Zen centers across America. Brand’s strongest

influence is his meditation practice and its associated rituals. In much of his portfolio, you see the torture of human suffering working its way to the surface, seeking answers to find clarity and realization. Each piece illuminates a part of an experience brought into view. Bid on originals from $25 and up by visiting: kurtisbrand/auction LANDMARK COLLECTIBLES Many of the early glass ornaments that hung on American Christmas trees were imported from Europe. No 1940’s X-mas ornaments further ornaments were imported until after World War II due to the British Blockade. The Corning Glass Company stepped in and, by converting a light bulb making machine to one that made ornaments, began producing them for Christmas of ‘39. The first wartime ornaments were made from glass, but were not silvered on the inside. That made them appear very dull, so they were decorated with a sprig of tinsel on the inside to make them sparkle. Landmark Collectibles, a gift shop offering Newburgh memorabilia, novelties, vintage clothing and much more, has a collection of

1940’s Christmas ornaments at great prices. Give the gift of an original 40’s ornament or buy a few to decorate your own tree! Landmark Collectibles is located at 103 Liberty Street, Newburgh. Call 845-561-6596. RIVER VALLEY ARTISTS GUILD

“Sundown” by RVAG’s Al Champy

The River Valley Artists Guild (RVAG) will have its Holiday Arts & Crafts Fair on December 9 & 10 from 1:00pm-4:00pm. Come and see an assortment of paintings, pastels, weavings and holiday crafts created by talented local artists who have created fine art at an affordable price at the Deerpark Museum, 25 Grange Road, Huguenot. 845-856-2702. NEVERSINK VALLEY MUSEUM Enjoy a festive day of shopping in a cheerful environment as you browse through gifts

made by local artisans: candles, soaps, jewelry, primitive and folk art, and more! There are plenty of thoughtful gifts for all of your friends and family - even pets - at the Artisan Holiday Craft Boutique December 3, from 10:00am-3:00pm at the D&H Canal Visitor’s Center, 58 Hoag Road in Cuddebackville. Proceeds benefit the Museum. Phone: 845-754-8870. HAPPY HERBS SOAP Happy Herbs Soap, of Two Crow Cottage in Burlingham, participates in many area events where people seek out owner Anita (a.k.a. Nina) Happy Herbs Soap Casamento’s fragrant, herbal, hand-made soaps and incense. Perfect for gift-giving! Meet Nina and check out her herbal soaps and magickal incense on the following days: December 9: Cragsmoor Library, December 16: Pine Bush Library, and December 23, from 9:00am-2:00pm at Hermann’s Erie Hotel, 88 Depot Street, Pine Bush. Visit www.etsy.com/shop/happyherbssoap for more about Nina. See ad page 23.

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Chorale Concerts PORT JERVIS & MILFORD

Jervis, and December 3 at 2:00pm at Milford United Methodist Church, 206 East Ann St., Milford. For tickets in advance: Helen at 845856-5696, Diane at 570-296-5333, or Jeffrey at 570-267-8773. Tickets also available at door. BLOOMING GROVE & GOSHEN

D. Buxtehude

Eric Whitacre

Karl Jenkins

The Delaware Valley Choral Society will be performing a Christmas Cantata titled Do You Hear What I Hear? containing new and familiar carols. This cantata tells the Christmas story with dramatic narration and music scored for adult and children’s choirs. The Dingman Delaware Children’s Choir directed by Brian Krauss will be joining the Society directed by Jeffrey Fornoff for the cantata, making this concert a true family event. Also included in the program will be music that spans the era of time from the baroque to contemporary, from Dieterich Buxtehude to Eric Whitacre and Karl Jenkins. Grammy-winning composer and conductor Eric Whitacre’s music has been performed throughout the world by millions of amateur and professional musicians alike, while his ground-breaking Virtual Choirs have united singers from over 110 different countries. December 2 at 2:00pm at Drew United Methodist Church, 49-51 Sussex St., Port

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F. Mendelssohn Randol A. Bass R. R. Bennett

A document was recently found among the papers at the Blooming Grove United Church of Christ that were saved from the Hurricane Sandy flood of the church’s basement. Dated March 16, 1820 and signed by Samuel Moffatt, Isaac Still, and John Jaques, it outlines a Choral Society’s formation in the Town of Blooming Grove (Washingtonville). “We the Subscribers have Thought proper to Form A Singing Society for the purpose of practiseing in Singing...” Almost 200 years later: “I am amazed and humbled, but very proud. The rest is history - and we’re part of it!,” announced Classic Choral Society director Janiece Kohler. “This year, our Blooming Grove ‘Singing

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Society’ will be accompanied by full orchestra - it’s going to be a very exciting, joyful musical experience,” said Kohler. The featured work will be Carol Cantata Suites by Robert Russell Bennett (a composer/ arranger who orchestrated many well-known Broadway and Hollywood musicals). “We performed this work almost two decades ago, and it was very well received,” said Kohler. “Each suite features exquisite settings of beloved carols that showcase the chorus’ skills, and are enhanced further by the orchestral accompaniment.” The other selections to be performed include Vom Himmel Hoch by Felix Mendelssohn, and Sing We Now of Christmas, a contemporary work by Randol Alan Bass that incorporates audience participation, so guests get to sing along with the Society and Orchestra in a grand finale. The Christmas cantata Vom Himmel Hoch is based on the eponymous Christmas song by Martin Luther. The choral piece played a major role in Mendelssohn’s oeuvre, not least because of his preoccupation with Bach’s work. It includes a five-part mixed choir (SSATB), soloists and an orchestra. Classic Choral Society maintains a distinctive, sonorous quality of sound, attributed in no small part to Maestra Kohler’s unfailing

ear and devotion to authenticity. She has been Artistic Director and Principal Conductor for the Classic Choral Society since 1991. Concerts are scheduled for December 10 at 4:00pm at United Church of Christ, 2 Old Dominion Road, Blooming Grove, and on December 17 at 4:00pm at First Presbyterian Church, 33 Park Place, Goshen. For info: 845-713-4543. WOODBOURNE

Franz Biebl

John Rutter

André Thomas

Just as no two snowflakes are alike, no two singers or compositions are the same. Snowflakes gathered together can produce some mighty storms, or mighty performances! Conductor Kevin Giroux’s theme for the Sullivan County Community Chorus’ 41st annual winter concert is Choral Snowflakes. The Chorus consists of members from Sullivan County, whose ages range from 16 to over 80. The concert selections include energetic and rousing African Noels, the powerful 20th century classic Ave Maria

Chorale Concerts by Franz Biebl, arrangements of seasonal classics by John Rutter and André Thomas, as well as the majestic baroque glory of Bach’s Magnificat in D accompanied by Chamber Orchestra. The performance will also feature guest performers, and the Sullivan Chamber Singers, selected by audition from the chorus. In appreciation of the 41 years of support from the community, there will be no admission charged; however, free will donations will be graciously accepted. Immediately following the December 10, 2:30pm performance at the Immaculate Conception Catholic Church, 6317 Route 42, Woodbourne, there will be a reception open to all attending. Snow date: December 17 at 2:30pm. For information: 845-439-4458. NEWBURGH: 3 CHOIRS & A TENOR HAIL! HAIL! The gang’s all here! It’s the Newburgh Symphonic Chorale, (NSC) and guests: the SUNY New Paltz Chamber Singers, Jubilate, tenor Brother B. Britten Josep Martinez-Cubero, and harpist Anna Belliveau. Jubilate (pronounced yoo-bih-LAH-tay) is

a vibrant, co-ed choir of musically talented, dedicated youth in grades 5-12. The choir members hail from communities throughout the lower Hudson Valley Writing specifically for the resources available to him at Lancing College, Benjamin Britten scored Saint Nicolas for mixed choir, tenor soloist, three or four boys, strings, piano duet, organ and percussion. Saint Nicolas marks Britten’s first professional work intended primarily for performance by amateur musicians. The text of Saint Nicolas was written by Eric Crozier after extensive research into the legendary life of Saint Nicholas, Bishop of Myra, Lycia (270-343). Crozier’s libretto paints a dramatically bold portrait of the saint’s character, exaggerating the legends and glory that have accumulated over the centuries around Nicholas’ story. Originally conceived as a series of unrelated songs, Ceremony of Carols was later unified into one piece with the framing processional and recessional chant in unison based on the Gregorian antiphon Hodie Christus natus est, heard at the beginning and the end. A harp solo based on the chant, along with a few other motifs from Wolcum Yole, also serves to unify the composition. In addition, the movements This Little Babe and

Deo Gracias have the choir reflecting harplike effects by employing a canon. Many of the movements are written as rounds or calland-response pieces - lyrically simple for the sake of the children performing. Under the baton of NSC Director Peter Sipple, they will perform Britten’s Saint Nicolas and his Ceremony of Carols in St. George’s Church, 105 Grand Street, Newburgh on December 10 at 4:00pm. A free will offering will be taken. MIDDLETOWN The Middletown Concert Chorale in its 21st year, under the direction of Danielle Cornacchio and accompanied by Boyd Herforth, announces its 2017 concert series Deck A. Vivaldi The Halls. The concert highlights Vivaldi’s Gloria. Vivaldi wrote at least three settings of the hymn Gloria in excelsis Deo. Two survive: RV 588 and RV 589. A third, RV 590, is presumed lost. The Glorias remained in a relatively unknown status, until RV 589’s revival by Alfredo Casella during “Vivaldi Week” in Siena (1939). RV 589 enjoys wellfounded popularity and has been recorded

on almost one hundred CDs. In addition to the Gloria, there will be many familiar holiday favorites along with members of the Chorale performing a cabaret segment. December 9 at 7:00pm at St. Paul’s Methodist Church, 58 West Main St. Middletown; and December 17 at 3:00pm at North Congregational Church, 96 North Beacon St., Middletown. Reception with light fare to follow. For info: 845-386-4398 or 845-391-7524. MIDDLETOWN, GOSHEN & WARWICK “Directed by Stanley Curtis and accompanied by Gail Johnson, the Warwick Valley Chorale concerts will feature Baroque cantatas, traditional carols, and Christmas classics accompanied by a stringed ensemble, with more than 80 voices performing musical treasures from the 17th21st centuries, plus many more favorite songs and carols of the season. At the Grace Episcopal Church, 58 North St., Middletown on December 8 at 7:00pm; Goshen United Methodist Church, 111 Main St., on December 15 at 7:00pm, and St. Stephen’s RC Church, 75 Sanfordville Road, Warwick, on December 17 at 4:00pm. Free admission.

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Hallelujah! Let Hudson Opera Theater Orchestra Comfort Ye! “Dazzling solos, instrumental fireworks, and glorious choral writing.” NY Times. Ron De Fesi expounds (coincidentally without seeing the above NY Times quote): “Before writing Messiah, Handel had written some 42 operas. He understood, all too well, how to imbue the music with character and drama. He was, in fact, a lot like Verdi who, having written 26 operas, set to work on the great Requiem. It was criticized for being a ‘opera in ecclesiastical garb’, and interestingly, Handel’s Messiah endured the same criticism. “But how was Handel to have written it any differently? He was a master of converting human emotion into music! Let me speak about the choruses first. Handel’s operas have pitifully few choruses, and these were most often sung by the principals from backstage. They were generally simple in form and harmony. But with the oratorios, Handel was able to use his not unsubstantial command of harmony, counterpoint and word-painting to create some of the most addicting musical and choral moments in history. “If George II never actually was at a performance of Messiah, and never actually stood to express his wonder at hearing the voices of the angels singing ‘Hallelujah’, he should have! ...because we, some 270-odd years later, are still moved by the music and we stand, not because the king stood (or didn’t), but because we must acknowledge the genius, the inspiration, the skill to have composed

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Handel (sans wig) by Philip Mercier

Maestro Ron De Fesi (sans wig)

such music that transcends time and style and musical tastes. Almost without exception, the Messiah choruses are wonderful! The sheer joy of For Unto Us a Child Is Born; the tragedy of Behold the Lamb of God; the spell-binding power of Worthy Is the Lamb that Was Slain; and the utter ecstasy of the Hallelujah. “The writing for the soloists, full of exquisite word-painting and lush melodies, gives us a huge variety of characterizations: from the profoundly tender and caring tenor of Comfort Ye, My People and the slightly ashamed Thy Rebuke Hath Broken His Heart, to the bass’s fiery Old-Testament-prophet-like ravings of ‘... and I will shake the Heav’ns and the Earth...’ and Why Do the Nations So Furiously Rage Together? And from the deeply despairing alto of He Was Despisèd, and the simple and graceful How Beautiful Are the Feet, to the soprano’s angelic sequences always delivering the best news, Rejoice Greatly, I Know That My Redeemer Liveth and If God Be for Us,

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Who Can Be against Us? “The entire work (all 3+ hours of it) never ceases to show us a kaleidoscope of images, emotions and concepts, and all with the most elegant and stylish musical expression, always unfolding like the petals of a flower to shower more and more light on us!” Laurence Cummings, director of the London Handel Orchestra writes: “In most of Handel’s oratorios, the soloists dominate and the choir sings only brief choruses. But in Messiah, the chorus propels the work forward with great emotional impact and uplifting messages. “Amassing a fortune through his music and shrewd investments in London’s burgeoning stock market, Handel donated munificently to orphans, retired musicians and the ill. (He gave his portion of his Messiah debut proceeds to a debtors’ prison and hospital in Dublin.) A sense of humanity imbues his music as well - a point often made by conductors who compare Handel with Bach. But where Bach’s oratorios exalted God, Handel was more concerned with the feelings of mortals. “In 1759, when he was blind and in failing health, Handel insisted on attending an April 6 performance of Messiah at the Theatre Royal in Covent Garden. Eight days later, Handel died at home. “Handel knows better than any of us what will make an effect. When he chooses, he strikes like a thunderbolt.” - W.A. Mozart. See ad below for location, dates and times.

MSMC: Small Works

Still Life w/ Checkered Cloth by C. Harris-Pagano

Mount Saint Mary College’s Desmond Campus art instructors will be hosting their annual Small Works Art Show. Enjoy viewing work by art class instructors and while you’re at it, marvel at the gorgeous Desmond House all decked out for the holidays! The artist’s reception will be held on December 3, from 1:00pm-3:00pm. The show is a great way to support local artists and purchase unique gifts for the holidays. Art instructors include: Len DeVirgilio, Jodie Yeaple King, Gayle Clark Fedigan, Cynthia Harris-Pagano, Esther McHenry, Susan Minier, Judy Thomas, Roberta Rosenthal, Michele Dixler, and Bob Breur. On view through Feb. 2018 at Desmond Campus, 6 Albany Post Road, Newburgh. For information: 845-565-2076.

GNSO’s First-Ever “First Noel” The Greater Newburgh Symphony Orchestra (GNSO) will perform its first-ever holiday concert, The First Noel, under the direction of Maestro Russell Ger. The concert will feature Tchaikovsky’s Nutcracker Suite and an array of beloved seasonal classics, including O Holy Night, Away in a Manger, and Deck the Halls, as well as Hannukah favorites. “I have always loved holiday music,” says Mr. Ger. “It clearly appeals to a broad audience, cutting across age and religious lines. The opportunity for the GNSO to bring it to our expanding Hudson River Valley audience is one that I cherish. This will be fun for the family, particularly because we will introduce some exciting young soloists,” he noted. Soprano Erica Spyres grew up singing, acting, and playing the violin. She has served as the concert master of several orchestras, performed for Daniel O’Donnell’s PBS special, and has been a studio musician for many recording artists. Bass baritone Adrian Rosas has performed with the Seattle Opera, Opera Theatre of St. Louis,

Erica Spyres

Adrian Rosas

Patrice Eaton

John Kawa

Houston’s Opera in the Heights, and Michigan Opera Theatre among others. Mezzo-Soprano Patrice Eaton’s opera career began Maestro as member of the Russell Ger children’s chorus of both the Met and NYC Operas. In the 2016-2017 season, Eaton made her Carnegie Hall debut honoring the late renowned vocal coach Sylvia Olden Lee, followed by her debut with the National Philharmonic performing as a soloist. Tenor John Kawa is an active performer both as a soloist and ensemble member. He is principal tenor soloist at Bach Vespers Church in NYC. The First Noel will be presented December 16 at 4:00pm at Mount Saint Mary College’s Aquinas Hall, 330 Powell Avenue, Newburgh. Arrive at 3:00pm for the concert preview-talk by Gordon Shacklett. Tickets at newburghsymphony. org and at the door. Students free. Snow date: December 17, 1:00pm. For information: 845-913-7157.

Manhattan Comes to Newburgh As concertgoers in Warwick, Bethel and Livingston Manor/ Shandelee know, the Manhattan Chamber Players (MCP) is a chamber music collective of outstanding Grace Park A. Casarrubios Mika Sasaki New York City Luke Fleming musicians who Fleming told CANVAS. share the common aim of performing the In 1877, after wooing her for five years, greatest works in the chamber repertoire at Fauré became engaged to Marianne Viardot, the highest level. Formed in 2015 by Artistic daughter of the well-known singer Pauline Director Luke Fleming, MCP is comprised Viardot. The engagement lasted for less of an impressive roster of professional than four months, and Marianne broke it off musicians who all come from the tradition (later marrying composer Victor Alphonse of great music making. Duvernoy) to Fauré’s considerable distress. Violist Fleming returns to Newburgh’s Despite his Piano Quartet #1 in C minor, Queen of the Hudson concerts after his 2015 Op. 15 (1879) being in a minor key it is appearance for the series. He is bringing along predominantly positive in tone, though with Grace Park (violin), Andrea Casarrubios some hints in the slow movement of the (cello) and Mika Sasaki (piano) for A Year emotional turmoil of Fauré’s life at the time in the Life of Gabriel Fauré: A Love Story. of the composition. The players will perform some of Fauré’s His Sonata for Violin and Piano No. 1 in finest works, including his charming A major, Op. 13 (1877) was dedicated to miniature Berceuse, Op. 16 (1878) and Après Pauline’s son, violinist and composer Paul un rêve, Op. 7 no. 1 (1877), one of Fauré’s Viardot. most popular vocal pieces, sometimes MCP perform at Atlas Studios, 11 Spring performed on cello and piano. “Our version Street, Newburgh, on December 9 at is actually a rather unique arrangement 7:00pm. Tickets at www.queenofthehudson. I have done for viola, cello, and piano,” org and at the door.

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Leo’s Restaurant, Cornwall: Nita Klein A resident of Cornwall-onHudson since 1970, artist Nita Klein says she used to “work with acrylic, but I now prefer watercolors. I like being loose with the way I create. Watercolors allow you to get your paws right in there and move the painting around.” Nita’s work has been exhibited in both local and national venues including Palisades Interstate Park, Hudson River Valley Association, Museum of the Hudson Highlands, and Marymount College, among others. “One of my greatest achievements in the art world was being chosen to exhibit at the Sibley Gallery in Nantucket. They would have art collectors come in by shuttlebus from NYC to Nantucket. I sold every single one of my paintings! An added bonus: the daughter of one of my favorite artists, Milton Avery, was there as well, exhibiting her father’s work.” Nita loves painting nature - directly from her kitchen window. “It starts with me making a sketch, and then eventually painting in watercolors. I live in a very pretty area right now as I speak to you leaves are falling down in glorious colors. I like to grow plants, and even sunflowers in season and then bring them inside my home and paint them.” Nita has won several awards, among

Watercolor works by Nita Klein

them the 2006 Orange County Arts Grant, and her painting of a pear appeared on the cover of Valley Table magazine. In 2013 Nita was awarded the “Best Watercolor Artist of 2012” by the Times Herald-Record. Her work is included in institutional and private collections in the U.S, South America and Australia. Her artworks have just traveled from her most recent exhibit at the Newburgh Free Library to Leo’s Restaurant & Pizzeria, 22 Quaker Avenue, Cornwall, where they will be displayed throughout the month of December. “I am showing my nature works...flowers, a barn, a little bit of everything,” said Nita. Any advice for budding artists? “Keep going! Believe in yourself. Go after those colors and shapes, sketch them and continue on. Head where your hands take you!” For more about Nita: www.nitaklein.com

Holiday Classic with a Shadowland Twist “Scrooge? I have to redeem old Scrooge? The one man I knew who was worse than I was? Impossible!” So begins the real story behind Dickens’ A Christmas Carol - the Sean Cullen story of Jacob Marley’s heroic behind-the-scenes efforts to save old Scrooge’s soul - and in the process, save his own. Dickens’ classic tale of greed redeemed into hope, kindness, and love is now told in a new holiday play by Tom Mula from a very unusual point-of-view in Jacob Marley’s Christmas Carol, a charming seasonal classic with a signature Shadowland twist! “Marley was dead, to begin with...” And what happens to Ebenezer Scrooge’s mean, sour, pruney old business partner after that? Chained and shackled, Marley is condemned to a hellish eternity. He’s even given his own private tormentor: a malicious little hellsprite who thoroughly enjoys his work. Desperate, Marley accepts his one chance to free himself: To escape his own chains, he must first redeem Scrooge. So begins a journey of laughter and terror, redemption and renewal, during which Scrooge’s heart, indeed, is opened; but not before Marley in this irreverent, funny and deeply moving

story - discovers his own. Brought to life with a soundscape of music and foley live on stage, this immortal tale stands out from the crowd as an epic journey that the whole family can enjoy. Find Julia Register out just what happened to Scrooge’s wicked business partner as he takes his own theatrical voyage, with an imaginative cast of actors creating a wintery, magical world. “Nothing less than an anthem to human nature, to imagination, and to the wonder of a compelling story...an inspired and moving story that makes all that old stuff about ghosts and graves seem both immediate and revelatory...a splendid and invigorating evening!” - Chicago Tribune. Jacob Marley’s Christmas Carol is directed by Brendan Burke, Shadowland Stages’ producing artistic director. The scenic designer is Josh Christensen, with lighting design by Parker Conzone, and sound design by Jeff Knapp. The technical director is Josh Christensen. The cast includes Sean Cullen, Paul Murphy, Julia Register and David Stallings. See it at Shadowland Stages, 157 Canal Street, Ellenville, from December 1-17. For tickets: 845-647-5511.

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

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Celebrating Wintry Works in Goshen

Wurtsboro Art Alliance: Holiday Show

Vooren will serve as Goshen Art League installation technician. will collaborate with The decorations Gerry Hluchan of will accentuate GAL’s Goshen Music Hall annual winter season to decorate its home show, which is the gallery space for the largest show in the holidays and participate “The Full Moon” by Helen Tighe space to date, featuring in the Catholic Charities’ approximately 60 works 2017 Goshen Christmas by artist members. Various House Tour on December media are represented, 2, 1:00pm-5:00pm. including: oils, pastels, In order to compliment mixed media, pen and ink, the theme of the League’s “Snow Day” by Laura j Bolle and works on wood panels. art exhibit, WHITE OUT: Snow, Ice, and All Things Wintry White, the A sizeable complement of photographs will Music Hall will be decorated in a glistening, also be featured. Exhibit hours (November 28-March 7) are all white, winter theme. The tree will feature traditional paper origami cranes and will be weekdays and by appointment in the Music accompanied by a large-scale model train. Hall at 223 Main Street, Goshen, located Decorations are being designed and supervised directly across from the Harness Racing by League member Andi Sustrin Filonow of Museum. Tuxedo, assisted by Paloma Hekl. Chris Van For info: goshenartleague@gmail.com

Treat yourself to a hand $5-$65. Don’t get “malled” thrown pottery platter to serve this year - support your local appetizers to your holiday artists! guests, or whimsical sticks for The show and sale runs the gardener in your family! from December 1-17 in the Why not a bird feeder? or John Neilson Gallery, 73 a ceramic mug? Earrings, Sullivan Street, Wurtsboro. necklaces, all one-of-a-kind The WAA will be closing during the Wurtsboro Art for the season on December Alliance’s (WAA) annual 17 and will re-open in Holiday Show & Sale. April. The WAA thanks Blank greeting cards with their members, patrons and a reproduction of original visitors for their support this art on the front, suitable for year! framing, will be available “Holiday Tree” by Paula Baldinger Visit www.waagallery.org for $5 and up! Gift item prices range from for information and announcements.

Goshen House Tour

Kick-off the holiday season with Catholic Charities Community Services of Orange & Sullivan at the Goshen Christmas House Tour on December 2, from 1:00pm-5:00pm. The self-guided tour provides an inside look at the beautiful Christmas decorations and festive finery of eight private homes. All proceeds go directly toward Catholic Charities’ anti-poverty programs which

provide assistance to the neediest residents of Orange and Sullivan Counties. Check-in begins at 11:30am at the Harness Racing Museum, 240 Main Street. The Goshen Art League will sponsor a series of music events throughout the day and offer warm mulled cider and hot cocoa. To reserve tickets: 845-294-5124, ext. 308. Snow date: December 3.

Wurtsboro Art Alliance: Thank You, Brent!

It is with regret that His monthly press the Wurtsboro Art releases helped Alliance (WAA) has create an interest in announced that Brent the gallery that went Lyons is resigning as beyond an ad or flyer. President. And his hot cider, Throughout his brownies and other years as member and culinary delights President, Brent has always made the been an invaluable gallery openings a bit part of the Alliance. more festive! Although he has never Two views of a mini-sculpture of Brent Lyons The WAA thanks considered himself an Brent for his support, made by Jessica deStefano “artist”, he has been proven wrong this year guidance and hard work! by his innovative window displays! CANVAS wishes you the best, Brent!

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Lectures & demos

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

lectures Hurleyville Maker’s Lab TOUR �� Hurleyville Makers Lab, Tuesdays, 6pm & Thursdays, 9am Winter Ecology Hike �� PEEC Dec 2, 10am FEE “Woodstock-Evolution of an Art Colony” Richard Heppner ��MSM-DC Dec 4, 10am FEE “For the Love of Eleanor” Joan Monk ��MSM-DC Dec 4 & 11, 1pm FEE “The Borscht Belt” Marisa Scheinfeld, photographer ��MSM-DC Dec 6 , 11am FEE “Backyard Birds” Orange County Audubon Society, slide show �� Newburgh Library, Dec 6, 6:30pm “Chinese Houses-The Architectural Heritage of a Nation” Ron Knapp � MSM-DC Dec 7, 10am FEE “The Importance of Positive Emotions” Diane Lang ��MSM-DC Dec 11, 10:30am FEE “How the French Saved America” Tom Shachtman ��MSM-DC Dec 11, 1pm FEE Safe Harbors of the Hudson TOUR �� Safe Harbors, Newburgh, Dec 12, 9am “Las Villas of Plattekill and Ulster County” Ismael Martinez, Jr ��MSM-DC Dec. 12, 10am FEE “Historic Castles in Sullivan County” John Conway �� Crawford Library, Monticello, Dec 14, 6pm “Learn the Truth Behind Food Labeling and Marketing Strategies” Toni-Jean Kulpinksi �� MSM-DC Dec. 18, 1pm FEE Demos & ARTIST TALKS Craig & Pam Booth Artist Salon Series ��Pine Bush Library, Dec 8, 7pm Painting Techniques Melissa Ochs ��Bertoni Gallery, Warwick, Dec 3, Noon Nora Scarlett “Exploring the Shawangunks – a visual odyssey” �� Morgan Outdoors, Livingston Manor, Dec 3, 1pm Glass Blowing �� Gillinder Glass, Port Jervis, Dec 9, 10am-2pm FEE Recycling Jewelry Suzanne O’Brien ��Bertoni Gallery, Warwick, Dec 10, Noon Key Chains, Necklaces Diane Woznicki ��Bertoni Gallery, Warwick, Dec 17, Noon

Museums “Suffragettes in Newburgh” �� Crawford House, Newburgh, thru Dec “Love For Sale: The Commercialization of the Counterculture” �� Bethel Woods thru Dec 31 Open House �� Sullivan County Musuem, Hurleyville, Dec 3, 2pm-4pm Christmas with the Ellisons ��Knox’s Headquarters, Vails Gate, Dec 9, 5pm-8pm Warm Up at the Washingtons ��Washington’s Headquarters, Newburgh, Dec 10, Noon-4pm Winter Celebration Bloomingburg Restoration �� Bloomingburg Cultural Center, Dec 17, 2pm Open House �� Knox’s Headquarters, Vails Gate, Dec 28 & 29

Elizabeth Ennis’ Lost History “After moving only interact with these my parents into an artifacts of their lives, independent living an act of recovery facility, I discovered a through art. large storage container “My Lost History with hundreds of old is an installation that family photographs, combines the photos some from the late and a film based on 1800’s. None of them them, incorporating were labeled, except for sounds and images of some that had the name America’s railroads, of the photography which my forebears studio and the city helped build, fresh off where they were taken. the boat from Ireland.” “Over the last three Elizabeth Ennis, “My Lost History”, an installation by years I’ve tried to ask Elizabeth Ennis, will run through December photographer, illustrator, at the CAS Arts Center my parents about them, painter, multimedia to no avail. They couldn’t recognize anyone, artist, and curator, is on the Advisory all lost to dementia. All my father knew was Board of the Catskill Art Society. She also that they were from the Ennis side of the works closely with Rocky’s Refuge, an family, which had come over from Ireland animal sanctuary for neglected, abused, or to work on the railroads. I got the distinct abandoned domestic and farm animals My Lost History, an installation by feeling that he didn’t want to discuss the family history; my mother implied that my Elizabeth Ennis, is at the CAS Arts Center, 48 Main Street, Livingston Manor, running dad’s father had drunk himself to death. “The men, women, and children in these concurrently with the CAS member show photographs, some certainly my not-so- through December 31. See page 23. distant relatives, are lost to history. I can 12

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Music - pop, Folk, Country, Blues, rock, etc. sponsored by Steve’s Music Center, Rock Hill and Al’s Music Center, Port Jervis CANVAS cannot be responsible for errors & omissions. Please verify dates and times

Thunderhead Organ Trio jazz-fusion ��The Wherehouse, Newburgh, 3rd Thursdays, 8pm FREE Music for Humanity folk ��Noble Coffee Roasters, Campbell Hall, 3rd Saturdays, 8pm Cuboricua Salsa, Latin dance ��The Falcon Underground, Marlboro, Dec 1, 8pm Tom Freund & Friends, Lorkin O’Reilly �� The Falcon, Marlboro, Dec 2, 8pm The Tall Pines swamp folk, rock ��The Falcon Underground, Marlboro, Dec 2, 8pm Big Joe Fitz & The Lo-Fis swing, blues �� The Falcon, Marlboro, Dec 3, 11am David Amram’s 87th Birthday Celebration �� The Falcon, Marlboro, Dec 3, 8pm Roland Vazquez Quintet Latin, funk jazz �� The Falcon, Marlboro, Dec 6, 8pm The Sidetracked Blues Bash Reunion �� The Falcon, Marlboro, Dec 7, 8pm Andy Stack’s American Soup ��The Falcon Underground, Marlboro, Dec 7, 8pm Jonny Rosch & Friends soul, jazz, blues, r&b �� The Falcon, Marlboro, Dec 8, 8pm Decora! Poet! hip hop, spoken word, nu-music ��The Falcon Underground, Marlboro, Dec 8, 8pm Spook Handy Hudson Valley Folk Guild Unitarian Universalist Cong., Rock Tavern, Dec 9, 7:30pm Robbie Dupree & Friends r&b �� The Falcon, Marlboro, Dec 9, 8pm Deadgrass Jerry Garcia �� The Falcon Underground, Marlboro, Dec 9 & Dec 31, 8pm Dave Keyes Band gospel blues ��The Falcon, Marlboro, 11am Latin Jazz Express Puente �� The Falcon, Marlboro, Dec 14, 8pm Chris Pureka w/The Harmaleighs indie Americana The Falcon Underground, Marlboro, Dec 15, 8pm Chris Merwin steel guitars, blues, country, bluegrass Greenwood Lake Library, Dec 16, 2pm FREE Slam Allen’s Holiday Soul-a-bration! blues �� The Falcon, Marlboro, Dec 16, 8pm Times Square a cappella doo wop �� The Falcon, Marlboro, Dec 17, 11am Joe Planck folksinger & storyteller ��Seven Freedoms Music & Records, Dec 17, 3pm FREE Vito Petroccitto & Little Rock swamp rock ��The Falcon Underground, Marlboro, Dec 22, 8pm Ed Palermo Big Band Christmas Spectacular! rock ��The Falcon Marlboro, Dec 23, & Dec 31 8pm Poet Gold’s POELODIES spoken word, hip hop ��The Falcon Underground, Marlboro, Dec 27, 8pm Charlie Hunter & Friends jazz rock fusion �� The Falcon, Marlboro, Dec 29, 8pm Miss Rene Bailey “The Old Songs” CD Release! gospel �� The Falcon Marlboro, Dec 29, 8pm Alexis P. Suter Band’s “Hat Trick” gospel blues �� The Falcon Marlboro, Dec 30, 8pm Ras T Asheber Posse reggae, rock, dance �� The Falcon Marlboro, Dec 30 8pm Saints of Swing swing + �� The Falcon, Marlboro, Dec 31, 11am OPEN Mic & IN-HOUSE MUSIC

Listings below are not included in our centerspread calendar.

Open Mic w/Steve Schwartz & Antoine Magliano �� Dutch’s Tavern, Rock Hill, Mondays, 7:30pm Joanna Gass and the Search & Rescue Orchestra ��Brew, Rock Hill, Tuesdays, 6:30pm-8:30pm Robert Kopec & Solo Bajo jazz + ��Dos Amigos, Fair Oaks, Wednesdays, 7pm The Parting Glass Band Celtic �� Loughran’s Pub, Salisbury Mills, Thursdays, 7pm-10pm Open Mic poetry, music, spoken word, etc. Calabash Restaurant, Newburgh, 2nd Thursdays, 6:30pm Marc Von Em soul, blues, funk �� WaterWheel Cafe, Milford, Last Fridays, 8pm-11pm Jake Lentz piano & Marilyn Kennedy vocals �Giovanni’s Inn, Wurtsboro, Fridays & Saturdays, 6pm-9pm Dan Orlando �� Palaia Winery, Highland Mills, Dec 1, 7:30pm Hudson Valley Jazz Trio ��Warwick Wine Garden & Piano Bar, Dec 2, 7pm-10pm The Floyd Pink Band �� Palaia Winery, Highland Mills, Dec 2, 7:30pm The Americana Music Sessions ��The Falcon Underground, Marlboro, Dec 3, 8pm Songwriter Sessions Host: Jason Gisser ��The Falcon Underground, Marlboro, Dec 6, 8pm Bruce, Jim & Rob and Friends �� Palaia Winery, Highland Mills, Dec 8, 7:30pm Feast of Friends Doors Tribute �� Palaia Winery, Highland Mills, Dec 9, 7:30pm Songwriters Anonymous open mic ��Artists’ Market, Shohola, Dec 16, 2pm Hurley Mountain Highway �� Palaia Winery, Highland Mills, Dec 16, 7:30pm In Transit Trio �� Palaia Winery, Highland Mills, Dec 17, 2pm Roots & Blues Sessions Host: Petey Hop ��The Falcon Underground, Marlboro, Dec 20, 7pm Ferry Godmother Open Mic Night poetry, prose, comedy, music, dance, spoken word �� Calabash Restaurant, Newburgh, Dec 21, 6:30pm Kevin Finnan �� Palaia Winery, Highland Mills, Dec 22, 7:30pm Stone Flower Santana Tribute �� Palaia Winery, Highland Mills, Dec 23, 7:30pm Rob Schiff �� Palaia Winery, Highland Mills, Dec 29, 7:30pm The Twisted Corks �� Palaia Winery, Highland Mills, Dec 30, 7:30pm New Years Party w/the TWD band ��Palaia Winery, Highland Mills, Dec 31, 8:30pm-12:30am

Warwick Benefit Band for Kids Meals 3D Rhythm of Life is a bilingual dance band led by drummer Michael Tate. Their music has been featured on Dancing with the Stars and other TV and radio presentations. The band returns for its 6th annual performance, a community benefit concert of seasonal and pop music for the Warwick area’s Backpack Snack Attack, an outreach program of the Warwick

Reformed Church that feeds nearly 300 school children in Warwick Township. The December 3, 5:00pm concert at the Church, 16 Maple Avenue, features a collection of uplifting rhythmic tunes just right to start your holiday season! For information, call 845-986-4517 or visit backpacksnackattack.org

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ArtS Walks - Open Tours

Newburgh Last Saturday �� Newburgh, Dec 30, 4pm-8pm

Cinema

“Home Alone” ��Bethel Woods, Dec 2, 4pm “It’s A Wonderful Life” James Stewart �� Hurleyville Arts Centre, Dec 2, 7:30pm “Home Alone 2:Lost in New York” ��Bethel Woods, Dec 3, 4pm Monday Night Movie ��Newburgh Library, Dec 11, 6:15pm FREE “The Trip” Steve Coogan, Rob Brydon. ��Greenwood Lake Library, Dec 12, 6:30pm FREE “Beauty and the Beast” ��Cornwall Library, Dec 13, Noon FREE “Miracle on 34th Street” + Holiday Traditions & Decor w/George Burke �� Mount St. Mary, Desmond Campus, Balmville, Dec. 19, 9:30am “Xanadu” ��Thrall Library, Dec 20, 3pm FREE

Comedy

Kevin Downey Jr ��Jokers Comedy Club, Chester, Dec 2, 9pm Brad Lowery ��Jokers Comedy Club, Chester, Dec 9, 9pm Joe Devito ��Jokers Comedy Club, Chester, Dec 16, 9pm

FundrAIsers

Cragsmoor Library Cookie Walk & Holiday Sale �� Cragsmoor Library, Dec 9, 9am-3pm YMCA Music & Arts “Holiday Extravaganza” �� Paramount Theatre, Middletown, Dec 10, 4pm Puerto Rico Hurricane Relief Neo Soul R&B Review �� The Falcon, Marlboro, , Dec 15, 8pm

HoliDAY & DANCE EVENTs

“The Nutcracker” NYC Ballet principles, American Youth Ballet ��Middletown HS, Dec 1, 7:30pm Holiday Market �� Bethel Woods, Dec 2 & 3, 11am-4pm Goshen Christmas House Self-Tour 1pm-5pm ��Harness Racing Museum, Dec 2, after 11:30am Main Street Dance �� Hurleyville Arts Centre, Dec 2, 3:30pm & 5:30pm FREE Milford Annual Tree Lighting �� Milford Community House, Dec 2, 4:30pm “Nutcracker Act II” Warwick Dance Collective & Students, performance & tea party �� Warwick Center for the Performing Arts, Dec 2 & 3 Holiday Open House �� Sullivan County Historical Society & Museum, Hurleyville, Dec 2, 11am-4pm Holiday Craft Boutique ��Neversink Valley Museum, Cuddebackville, Dec 3, 10am-3pm Guided Holiday Tours �� Grey Towers, Milford, Dec 4-20, 1pm & 3pm Karaoke and Cocoa ��Mamakating Library, Wurtsboro, Dec 8, 6:30pm Holiday Show Sullivan County Dramatic Workshop ��Sullivan County Museum, Hurleyville, Dec 8-10 “Old Fashioned Holiday Weekend” �� Downtown Montgomery, Dec 9, 11am-3pm Holiday Open House & Pottery Sale �� East Ridge Pottery, Warwick, Dec 9 & 10, 10:30am-5:30pm SUNY Orange Holiday Open House ��Morrison Hall, Middletown, Dec 9, 10, 16, 17, 1pm-5pm River Valley Artists Guild Members Holiday Arts & Crafts Fair �� Deerpark Museum, Huguenot, Dec 9 & 10, 1pm-4pm Candlelight House Tour Historical Society of Newburgh Bay & The Highlands �� Begins at Capt. David Crawford House, Newburgh, Dec 10, Noon-5pm “Christmas Traditions” Trish Chambers Productions ��Cragsmoor Stone Church, Dec 10, 2pm “Shorts & Sweets for the Holidays” Carol Montana & Sharlene Hartman, jokes, stories, poems �� Delaware Youth Center, Callicoon, Dec 10, 3pm “Cirque Dreams Holidaze” circus ��Eisenhower Hall Theatre, West Point, Dec 10, 5pm “A Christmas Carol” dramatic reading w/ Jonathan Kruk ��Harness Racing Museum, Goshen, Dec 13, 7pm “The Nutcracker” Hudson Valley Conservatory ��New Rose Theatre, Walden, Dec 14-17 Winter Celebration Bloomingburg Restoration �� Bloomingburg Cultural Center, Dec 17, 2pm Solstice Celebration: Luminary Walk on the Rail Trail ��Hurleyville Arts Centre, Dec 21, 4pm

Holistic - Spiritual

Morning Meditation �� Milkweed, Sugar Loaf, Sundays, 10:30am

Music - Chorales

Delaware Valley Choral Society ��Drew United Methodist Church, Port Jervis, Dec 2, 2pm & United Methodist Church, Milford, Dec 3, 2pm Warwick Valley Chorale ��Grace Episcopal Church, Middletown, Dec 8, 7pm FREE & Goshen United Methodist Church, Dec 15, 7pm FREE & St. Stephen’s RC Church, Warwick, Dec 17, 4pm FREE Middletown Concert Chorale �� St. Paul’s Methodist Church, Middletown, Dec 9, 7pm & North Congregational Church, Middletown, Dec 17, 3pm Sullivan County Community Chorus ��Immaculate Conception Church, Woodbourne, Dec 10, 2:30pm FREE Newburgh Symphonic Chorale ��St. George’s Church, Newburgh, Dec 10, 4pm FREE Classic Chorale Society&Orchestra �United Church of Christ, Blooming Grove, Dec 10, 4pm FREE & First Presbyterian Church, Goshen, Dec 17, 4pm FREE

Music - Classical

Classical Conversations Paramount Chamber Players �� Milkweed, Sugar Loaf, Dec 2, 7pm Handel’s “Messiah” Hudson Opera Theatre Orchestra & Chorus �� First Presbyterian Church, Monroe, Dec 9, 7pm & Dec 10, 4pm Manhattan Chamber Players “A Year in the Life of Gabriel Fauré: A Love Story” �� Queen of the Hudson Chamber Music Series Atlas Studios, Newburgh, Dec 9, 7pm SUNY Orange Symphonic Band �� Paramount Theatre, Middletown, Dec 9, 7:30pm

SUNY Orange Chamber Ensembles �� Morrison Hall, Dec 16, 6pm FREE

Music - Holiday

Maybrook Wind Ensemble �� Grace Episcopal Church, Middletown, Dec 1, 8pm FREE & United Methodist Church, Cornwall, Dec 10, 3pm FREE & Maybrook Senior Center, Dec 15, 7:30pm FREE West Point Band Holiday Show ��Eisenhower Hall Theatre, West Point, Dec 2 & 3, 1:30pm FREE Jimmy Sturr Christmas Show 2017 ��Paramount Theatre, Middletown, Dec 2, 3pm 3D Rhythm of Life Band �� Warwick Reformed Church, Dec 3, 5pm FREE Pine Bush Community Band ��Graham’s Presbyterian, Church, Pine Bush, Dec 4, 7pm FREE & Senior Center, Montgomery, Dec 10, 3pm FREE & Leptondale Church, Newburgh, Dec 11, 7pm FREE Ministers of Apollo Colonial Holiday Concert ��Cornwall Library, Dec 7, 6:30pm SUNY Orange Madrigal Singers ��Morrison Hall, Middletown, Dec 9, 3pm FREE Handel’s “Messiah” Hudson Opera Theatre Orchestra & Chorus �� First Presbyterian Church, Monroe, Dec 9, 7pm & Dec 10, 4pm Holiday Cabaret Forestburgh Playhouse singers ��Hurleyville Arts Centre, Dec 9, 7:30pm SUNY Orange Choir & Madrigal Singers ��Orange Hall, Middletown, Dec 10, 3pm FREE “Christmas Sing-a-Long” ��Neversink Valley Museum, D&H Canal Park, Cuddebackville, Dec 10, 3pm Joseph Alessi trombone, Lee Musiker & ensemble �� Hudson Valley Performing Arts Fondation Mulder Chapel, Warwick, Dec 10, 7pm Key of Q Choral a cappella chorus, winter songs & sing-alongs. The Falcon, Marlboro, Dec 13, 8pm Eileen Ivers’ “A Joyful Christmas” Celtic/American/Holiday ��Bethel Woods, Dec 15, 8pm Greater Newburgh Symphony Orchestra “The First Noel” ��Aquinas Hall, Newburgh, Dec 16, 4pm Operetta Holiday Concert Kindred Spirits Arts ��Milford Theatre, Dec 16, 5:30pm MISU Annual Holiday Concert ��St. John’s Episcopal Church, Ellenville, Dec 21, 7:30pm

Music - jazz

Thunderhead Organ Trio jazz-fusion �� The Wherehouse, Newburgh, 3rd Thursdays, 8pm FREE Hudson Valley Jazz Trio �� Warwick Wine Garden & Piano Bar, Dec 2, 7pm-10pm Hudson Valley Jazz Ensemble ��Warwick Center for the Performing Arts, Dec 10, 4pm Sexmob’s ‘Cultural Capital’ deconstructed pop jazz �� The Falcon, Marlboro, Dec 10, 8pm Jazz Sessions Host: Doug Weiss �� The Falcon Underground, Marlboro, Dec 13, 8pm Eliot Zigmund Quartet modern jazz �� The Falcon, Marlboro, Dec 17, 8pm bigBANG �� The Falcon Underground, Marlboro, Dec 21, 8pm Jeremy Baum’s “Charlie Brown Christmas” tribute to Vince Guaraldi �� Falcon Underground, Dec 23, 8pm

Poetry Readings

Milkweed Poetry ��Milkweed, Sugar Loaf, Wednesdays, 6:30pm Hudson River Poets ��Karpeles Museum, Newburgh, Dec 2, 1pm FREE Poetry Share w/Stephen & Susan Erny �� Mamakating Library, Wurtsboro, Dec 7, 4:30pm FREE Gloria Winter ��Noble Coffee Roasters, Campbell Hall, Dec 7, 7pm Poetry/Spoken Word Open Mic Calling All Poets �� Empowering Ellenville, Dec 8, 7pm Oliver Grech ��Montgomery Book Exchange, Dec 12, 7pm FREE Ariana Den Bleyker ��Elsie’s Luncheonette, Goshen, Dec 14, 7pm Milkweed Poetry Slam host: Bryan Roessel �� Milkweed, Sugar Loaf, Dec 15, 6:30pm Poetry at the Church Host: Ted Gill ��Goshen Methodist Church, Dec 18, 7pm FREE Hudson River Poets �� Newburgh Library, Dec 28, 7pm FREE

Storytelling

Black Dirt Storytelling Guild “Doorways and Thresholds” .Florida Library, Dec 14, 7:30pm FREE

Theatre (See also holiday events)

“Jacob Marley’s Christmas Carol” ��Shadowland Stages. Ellenville, Dec 1-17

Schools & Conservatories

“The Wizard of Oz” NFA Dance Department �� Newburgh Free Academy, Dec 1, 7pm & 2, 2pm “The Nutcracker” NYC Ballet principles, American Youth Ballet ��Middletown HS, Dec 1, 7:30pm “The Nutcracker” Hudson Valley Dance Theatre �� Cornwall High School, Dec 2, 2pm & 6pm & Goshen Middle School, Dec 16, 2pm & 6pm “A Christmas Carol” & “Peace on Earth” Sullivan County Dramatic Workshop students �� Radio Play & Children’s Theatre Sullivan County Museum, So. Fallsburg, Dec 8-10 Delaware Valley School District students ��Grey Towers, Milford, Dec 16, FREE NCA Winter Solstice Revels music, dance, visual arts �� Nesin Theatre, Monticello, Dec 16, 3:30pm

Books: discussions / readings / Signings Peace Lab “Nonviolent Communication: A Language of Life” by Marshall Rosenberg �� Milkweed, Sugar Loaf, Sundays, 3:30pm “Saving the Shawangunks” by Carleton Mabee, w/Nora Scarlett photos �� & “Trunks of the Gunks” by/w/Nora Scarlett Morgan Outdoors, Livingston Manor, Dec 3, 1pm “The Storied Life of A. J. Fikry” by Gabrielle Zevin, w/Matt Pfisterer �� Thrall Library, Middletown, Dec 5, 3pm “438 Days” by Jonathan Franklin �� Cornwall Library, Dec 6, 7pm “A Christmas Memory / One Christmas / & the Thanksgiving Visitor” by Truman Capote �� Morrison Hall, Middletown, Dec 13, Noon “The Secret Place” by Tana French �� Cornwall Library, Dec 20, 7pm December 2017

Delaware & Hudson CANVAS

7FREE �� Seven Freedoms Record Store & Music Cafe, Montgomery ATLAS �� Atlas Studios, Newburgh BRF ��Bloomingburg Restoration Foundation BW �� Bethel Woods Center for the Arts CAS Catskill Art Society �� CAS Arts Center, Livingston Manor EAST ��East Ridge Pottery, Warwick FAL ��The Falcon, Marlboro

MONDAY

TUESDAY

FAL-U ��The Falcon Underground, Marlboro GMCM Grand Montgomery Chamber Music ��Montgomery Senior Center GOSH Cornerstone Theatre Arts ��Goshen Music Hall GWL ��Greenwood Lake Library HAC �� Hurleyville Arts Centre HOT Hudson Opera Theatre Orchestra ��First Presbyterian Church, Monroe IKE ��Eisenhower Hall Theater, West Point

WEDNESDAY

Decemb

JOKERS �� Jokers Comedy Club, Ch KARP �� Karpeles Museum, New MAMA ��Mamakating Library, Wurt MISU �� St. John’s Episcopal Church, Elle MONTBK �� Montgomery Book Exch MSM-AQ ��Mount St.Mary College, Aquinas Hall, New MSM-DC �� Mount St. Mary College, Desmond Campus, Bal

THURSDAY

Holiday - Bazaar..... Dance...................... Holiday......................

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

Music - Holiday...Maybro

Theatre - Play......“J Music - Latin Dance

“Marching Through Charleston” by Frank E. Schoonover. December 1 at 7:00pm Columns Museum, Milford, pg 3.

Susan B. Anthony & Elizabeth Cady Stanton: “Women’s Suffrage” exhibit at Captain David Crawford House, Newburgh, pg 20.

Poetry Milkweed, Sugar Loaf, 6:30pm Music - Latin Funk Jazz Roland Vazquez Quintet FAL 8pm

“Assimilation Through Alabaster” by John Uhelsky. Human Rights Exhibit, SUNY Orange, Middletown, see pg 19.

Cinema Monday Night Movie NFL 6:15pm

Storyteller & folk singer Joe Planck performs a free concert at Seven Freedoms Music Center, Montgomery, December 17 at 3:00pm

Music - Holiday Pine Bush Community Band Leptondale Church, Newburgh, 7pm

Poetry Poetry at the Church Goshen Methodist Church, 7pm

Poetry Oliver Grech MONTBK, 7pm Cinema’ “The Trip” GWL 6:30pm

Poetry Milkweed, Sugar Loaf, 6:30pm Dramatic Reading “A Christmas Carol” Harness Racing Museum 7pm

Cinema “Miracle on 34th Street” MSM-DC 9:30am

December 2017

The West Point Band will present “A West Point Holiday” on December 2 & 3 at 1:30pm at Eisenhower Hall Theatre. Santa Claus will be in the lobby after the concert to pose for photos with your kids and their jolliest smiles!

Poetry..................... Stephen and Susan Erny .......... MAMA 4:30pm Music - Holiday............ Ministers of Apollo .Cornwall Library, 6:30pm Poetry............................... Gloria Winter............................ NOBL 7pm Theatre - Play......“Jacob Marley’s Christmas Carol”....... SHAD 8pm Music........... The Sidetracked Blues Bash Reunion............FAL 8pm Music.................. Andy Stack’s American Soup...............FAL-U 8pm

14 Holiday.............................“The Nutcracker”........................... ROSE 7pm Poetry........Ariana Den Bleyker..Elsie’s Luncheonette, Goshen, 7pm Storytelling.........Black Dirt Storytelling Guild.....Florida Library, 7:30pm Theatre - Play......“Jacob Marley’s Christmas Carol”....... SHAD 8pm Music - Puente................Latin Jazz Express...............................FAL 8pm

Music - A Cappella Chorus Key of Q Choral FAL 8pm Music - Jazz Jam FAL-U 8pm

Delaware & Hudson CANVAS

Cinema “Beauty & the Beast” Cornwall Library, Noon

Joyeux Noel! Feliz Navidad! Boas Festas! Schöne Ferien! Glada Helgdagar! Hyvää Joulua!

Cinema “Xanadu” THRALL 3pm Poetry Milkweed, Sugar Loaf, 6:30pm

Poetry Milkweed, Sugar Loaf, 6:30pm

Spoken Word Hip Hop POELODIES FAL 8pm

Holiday.....................

Music - Holiday..Warwic

Radio Play............... Poetry - Spoken Wo Theatre - Play......“J Music - Soul-Jazz-B HipHop-Spoken Wo

Poetry.....................

Music - Holiday......Warw

Holiday...................... Music - Holiday......Mayb Theatre - Play......“J Holiday............ Eilee Music - Soul-R&B .. Music - Americana..

Holiday.......... Solstice Celebration: Luminary Walk........... HAC 4pm Music - Swamp Roc Music - Holiday.......MISU Annual Holiday Concert......MISU 7:30pm Music-Jazz, Fusion..Thunderhead Organ Trio.Wherehouse,Newburgh,8pm

Music - Jazz......................... bigBANG................................FAL-U 8pm

Holiday.“Christmas with the Ellisons”.Knox’s Headquarters, Vails Gate, 10am-3pm

Poetry......................... Hudson River Poets.......................... NFL 7pm Music - Jazz-Rock......Charlie Hunter & Friends....................FAL 8pm

Music -Gospel.........

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MULDER �� Mulder Chapel, Warwick NESIN ��Eugene D. Nesin Theatre, Monticello NFA ��Newburgh Free Academy NFL �� Newburgh Free Library NOBL �� Noble Coffee Roasters, Campbell Hall NVM ��Neversink Valley Museum, D&H Canal Park, Cuddebackville PARA �� Paramount Theatre, Middletown

FRIDAY

...“Handmade for the Holidays”... WRS 5pm-9pm ..... “The Wizard of Oz”.......................... NFA 7pm .......“The Nutcracker”.........Middletown HS, 7:3opm

ook Wind Ensemble..Grace Espicopal Ch., Middletown, 8pm

Jacob Marley’s Christmas Carol”....... SHAD 8pm e............ Cuboricua...............................FAL-U 8pm

....“Karaoke & Cocoa” ................. MAMA 6:30pm

ck Valley Chorale..Grace Episcopal Church, Middletown, 7pm

...“A Christmas Carol” ........................ SCM 7pm ord......Open Mic.........Empowering Ellenville, 7pm Jacob Marley’s Christmas Carol”....... SHAD 8pm Blues-R&B ...Jonny Rosch & Friends.....FAL 8pm ord.......... Decora ..................................FAL-U 8pm

..Poetry Slam......... Milkweed, Sugar Loaf, 6:30pm

wick Valley Chorale....Goshen United Methodist Church, 7pm

........“The Nutcracker”........................... ROSE 7pm brook Wind Ensemble.....Maybrook Senior Center, 7:30pm Jacob Marley’s Christmas Carol”....... SHAD 8pm en Ivers’ “A Joyful Christmas” .............. BW 8pm ......Christmas@TheFalcon Benefit.........FAL 8pm ......Chris Pureka w/The Harmaleighs.FAL-U 8pm

RITZ �� Ritz Theatre Lobby, Newburgh ROSE �� New Rose Theatre, Walden SCCC ��SUNY Sullivan Community College, Loch Sheldrake SCM ��Sullivan County Museum, Hurleyville SHAD �� Shadowland Stages, Ellenville SUNYO-KH �� SUNY Orange, Kaplan Hall, Newburgh SUNYO-MH ��SUNY Orange Morrison Hall, Middletown

SATURDAY

Holiday - Bazaar.......“Handmade for the Holidays”........ WRS 10am-6pm Holiday............................ Holiday Market ........................... BW 11am-4pm Holiday..................................... Open House ............................SCM 11am-4pm Poetry.....................Hudson River Poets...Karpeles Museum, Newburgh, 1pm Holiday......................Goshen Christmas House Tour .......................1pm-5pm Music - Holiday.............................West Point Band........................................IKE 1:30pm Music - Holiday.....Delaware Valley Choral Society..... Drew United Meth. Ch, Port Jervis, 2pm Dance.................................“The Wizard of Oz”..................................NFA 2pm Dance & Tea Party.......“Nutcracker Act II”.......... ...WCPA Noon & 2pm & 4pm Dance.....................”The Nutcracker”....... Cornwall High School, 2pm & 6pm Theatre - Play........... “Jacob Marley’s Christmas Carol”.........SHAD 2pm & 8pm Music - Holiday......Jimmy Sturr Christmas Show 2017 ................. PARA 3pm Dance......................................Main Street Dance.......HAC 3:30pm & 5:30pm Cinema....................................“Home Alone”......................................BW 4pm Cinema.............................“It’s A Wonderful Life”........................HAC 7:30pm Music - Classical.............Paramount Chamber Players....Milkweed, Sugar Loaf, 7pm Music - Jazz....................Hudson Valley Jazz Trio................. WWG 7pm-10pm Music........................Tom Freund & Friends, Lorkin O’Reilly ........................FAL 8pm Music - Swamp-Folk-Rock...........The Tall Pines...........................................FAL-U 8pm Comedy............................... Kevin Downey, Jr .......................... JOKERS 9pm

Fundraiser...Cookie Walk & Holiday Sale... .Cragsmoor Library, 9am-3pm

Holiday......Open House & Pottery Sale .........EAST 10:30am-5:30pm Holiday...Old Fashioned Holiday Weekend...Montgomery, 11am-3pm Fair.....RVAG Holiday Arts & Crafts Fair....Deerpark Museum, Huguenot 1pm-4pm Dance............”The Nutcracker”.. Goshen Middle School, 2pm & 6pm Music - Holiday.......SUNY Orange Madrigal Singers S . UNYO-MH 3pm Music - Holiday.....Middletown Concert Chorale.... St. Paul’s Methodist Ch., Middletown, 7pm

Music - Holiday................“The Messiah” ........................... HOT 7pm Music - Classical......Manhattan Chamber Players ..........ATLAS 7pm Radio Play.................“A Christmas Carol” ........................ SCM 7pm Comedy............................ Brad Lowery .......................JOKERS 9pm Music - Holiday...............Holiday Cabaret ..................... HAC 7:30pm Music - Folk......................Spook Handy ........................ UUC 7:30pm Theatre - Play......“Jacob Marley’s Christmas Carol”....... SHAD 8pm Music - R&B............Robbie Dupree & Friends......................FAL 8pm Music - Garcia.................... Deadgrass...............................FAL-U 8pm Comedy............................ Brad Lowery .......................JOKERS 9pm

Holiday................“The Nutcracker”................ROSE 2pm & 7pm Music - Blues-Country.......Chris Merwin steel guitars ........GWL 2pm Dance..........”The Nutcracker”.....Goshen Middle School, 2pm & 6pm Holiday..................NCA Winter Solstice Revels ......... NESIN 3:30pm Music - Holiday.......Greater Newburgh Symph. Orch. ..MSM-AQ 4pm Music...............Operetta Holiday Concert.......... Milford Theatre, 5:30pm Music - Classical.SUNY Orange Chamber Ensembles.SUNYO-MH 6pm Theatre - Play......“Jacob Marley’s Christmas Carol”....... SHAD 8pm Music - Folk.................Music for Humanity....................... NOBL 8pm Music - Blues......Slam Allen’s Holiday Soul-a-bration ..........FAL 8pm Music - Jazz...........Eric Person Band....Wherehouse,Newburgh,8pm Comedy.............................. Joe Devito ..........................JOKERS 9pm

ck.......Vito Petroccitto & Little Rock.......FAL 8pm

.......Miss Rene Bailey ............................FAL 8pm

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

SUNDAY

Holiday.......................Holiday Craft Boutique ............NVM 10-3pm Music -Swing-Blues.....Big Joe Fitz & The Lo-Fis ..............FAL11am Holiday.............................Holiday Market .................... BW 11am-4pm Dance & Tea Party...... ..“Nutcracker Act II”..........WCPA Noon & 2pm Music - Holiday.....................West Point Band...............................IKE 1:30pm

Music - Holiday...Delaware Valley Choral Society..United Meth. Ch, Milford, 2pm

Theatre - Play......“Jacob Marley’s Christmas Carol”....... SHAD 2pm Cinema.......... ..“Home Alone 2: Lost in New York”............. BW 4pm Music - Holiday..3D Rhythm of Life”.Warwick Reformed Church, 5pm Music - Jazz..David Amram’s 87th Birthday Celebration.FAL 7:30pm

Music - Gospel-Blues............Dave Keyes Band................................FAL 11am Holiday...............Open House & Pottery Sale ... ........EAST 10:30am-5:30pm Holiday.Candlelight House Tour.begins Crawford House, Newburgh, Noon-5pm Radio Play....................... “A Christmas Carol” ................................SCM 1pm Fair.......RVAG Holiday Arts & Crafts Fair....Deerpark Museum, Huguenot 1pm-4pm Theatre - Play........“Jacob Marley’s Christmas Carol”..................SHAD 2pm Holiday.................................“Christmas Traditions”....Cragsmoor Stone Church, 2pm Music - Holiday...Sullivan County Community Chorus...Immacualte Conception Ch. 2:30pm Storytelling .“Shorts & Sweets for the Holidays”.Delaware Youth Center, Callicoon, 3pm Music - Holiday.......Maybrook Wind Ensemble...United Methodist Ch. Cornwall, 3pm Music - Holiday...........Pine Bush Community Band..................... GMCM 3pm Music - Holiday............... Christmas Sing-a-Long ............................NVM 3pm Music..........SUNY Orange Choir and Madrigal Singers......SUNYO-OH 3pm Music - Holiday...................... “The Messiah” ................................... HOT 4pm Music - Holiday....Classic Choral Society...United Church of Christ, Blooming Grove, 4pm Music - Holiday...Newburgh Symphonic Chorale...St. George’s Church, Newburgh, 4pm Fundraiser..................YMCA Holiday Extravaganza ...................... PARA 4pm Music - Jazz.............. Hudson Valley Jazz Ensemble ................... WCPA 4pm Theatre - Circus...........“Cirque Dreams Holidaze” ............................IKE 5pm Music - Holiday..Joseph Alessi trombone, Lee Musiker piano...........MULDER 7pm Music - Jazz.................Sexmob’s ‘Cultural Capital’ .......................... FAL 8pm

Music - A Cappella Doo Wop.....Times Square..................... FAL 11am Theatre - Play......“Jacob Marley’s Christmas Carol”....... SHAD 2pm Holiday... . ................... Winter Celebration...........................BRF 2pm Music - Folk-Storytelling.... .Joe Planck............................ 7FREE 3pm

Music - Holiday....Middletown Concert Chorale...North Congregational Ch., Middletown, 3pm Music - Holiday......Classic Choral Society..First Presbyterian Ch., Goshen, 4pm

Holiday.............................“The Nutcracker”........................... ROSE 4pm

Music - Holiday...Warwick Valley Chorale....St. Stephen’s RC Church, Warwick, 4pm

Music - Jazz.... ........ Eliot Zigmund Quartet.........................FAL 8pm

Music - Rock....Ed Palermo Big Band Christmas Spectacular F . AL 8pm Music...... ..Jeremy Baum’s “Charlie Brown Christmas...FAL-U 8pm

Music - Gospel-Blues......Alexis P. Suter Band ......................FAL 8pm Music -Regga-Rock-Dance....Ras T Asheber Posse .........FAL-U 8pm

Music -Swing +.....Saints of Swing..........................FAL 11am Music - Rock.................Ed Palermo Big Band .....................FAL 8pm Music - Garcia................. .....DeadGrass............................FAL-U 8pm

December 2017

Delaware & Hudson CANVAS

Canvas category calendar

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

Art exhibits CAS ��Catskill Art Society, CAS Arts Center, Livingston Manor DVAA ��Delaware Valley Arts Alliance, Delaware Arts Center, Narrowsburg MSM-DC �� Mount St. Mary College, Desmond Campus, Balmville SUNYO-KH �� SUNY Orange Newburgh, Kaplan Hall SUNYO-OH ��SUNY Orange Middletown, Orange Hall WRS �� Wallkill River School, Montgomery

Group Show �� Stray Cat Gallery, Bethel, ongoing Georgia Chambers etchings, paintings ��Georgia Chambers Art Gallery, Callicoon, ongoing Catharine De Maio paintings ��Rustic Wheelhouse, Chester, ongoing T.A. Clearwater paintings, pastels, prints �� Clearwater Gallery at Jones Farm, Cornwall, ongoing Karen E. Gersch, Gabrielle Dearborn, Josiah Dearborn drawings, paintings, silverwork �� Gersch Home Gallery, Montgomery, by appt, ongoing Carolyn Duke pottery ��Duke Pottery, Tennanah Lake, Roscoe, ongoing Inscribed Tibetan Prayer Stones ��Tibetan & Himalayan Cultural Center, Walden, ongoing Wurtsboro Art Alliance group show �� Mamakating Town Hall, Wurtsboro, ongoing Paula Arwen Owen ��Berkshire Bank, Goshen, thru Dec 1 Goshen Art League group show ��Goshen Town Hall, thru Dec 7 “A Gathering of Artwork” Goshen Art League ��911 Emergency Services Center, Goshen, thru Dec 7 “Fall” group show �� WRS thru Dec 15 Donna Mikkelsen “Spontaneous Symmetry” ��Milkweed, Sugar Loaf, thru Dec 15 Wurtsboro Art Alliance Holiday Show ��John Neilson Gallery, Wurtsboro, thru Dec 16 “Art in Sixes” & Valley Artists Holiday Sale �� DVAA thru Dec 23 “Celebrations II” Come Paint With Me Artists ��Gallery at Chant Realtors, Lords Valley, thru Dec 27 Lana Privatera watercolors �� Ellenville Library Gallery, thru Dec 28 Nita Klein paintings ��Leo’s Restaurant & Pizzeria, Cornwall, thru Dec 20 Group Show ��UpFront Exhibition Space, Port Jervis, thru Dec 30 Debbie Gioello Butterfly art, “Art About Town” ��Milford Healthcare & Rehab Center, thru Dec 31 Patty Koch “My Expressions”, paintings, “Art About Town” ��Port Jervis Library, thru Dec 31 Ron English “POPaganda” ��The Falcon, Marlboro, thru Dec 31 “6 x 6 4 $60” group show �� ARTery Gallery, Milford, thru Dec 31 “Studio Monday Art Group” ��Daniel Pierce Library, Grahamsville, thru Dec “Silent Sentinels” group show ��Ann Street Gallery, Newburgh, thru Jan 20

NEW ART EXHIBITS

Winter Members Show �� CAS Nov 25-Dec 31 “WHITEOUT:Snow, Ice, and All Things Wintry White” Goshen Art League �� Goshen Music Hall, Nov 28-Mar 7 Amity Arts Pottery Holiday Show and Sale �� Amity Arts, Florida, Dec 1-2 “Handmade for the Holidays” fine crafts �� WRS Dec 1-2 “An Artist’s Response to Human Rights” �� SUNYO-KH & SUNYO-OH Dec 1-14 Third Annual Holiday Show Wurtsboro Art Alliance ��John Neilson Gallery, Wurtsboro Dec 1-17 “Miniature Masterpieces” & “Pochade Paintings” group shows �� WRS Dec 1-30 Judy Byrne, Cathy Cahill, Lily Norton, Cathy Prager “4 pastelists”, still lifes, local landscapes �� Cornwall Library, Dec 1-30 Mitchell Saler paintings �� Greenwood Lake Library, Dec 1-30 & Noble Coffee Roasters, Campbell Hall, Dec 1-30 Judith Askinazi floral themed acrylics ��Woodbury Library, Highland Mills, Dec 1-30 Art Instructors’ Small Works Art Show & Sale group show ��MSM-DC Dec 1-Feb “DVAA Radius Hurleyville” POP-UP exhibition ��Gallery 222, Hurleyville, Dec 2-10 Holiday Market & Show ��Artists’ Market, Shohola, Dec 2-31 “Kindred Spirits” River Valley Artists Guild’s “Art About Town” �� Dec 11-Feb 12 Lindsay Brown & Lauryn de Leeuw: Port Jervis City Hall, Mayor’s Office & Bon Secours Hospital Cafeteria Joan Kehlenbeck “Winter themed works”, & RVAG members Deerpark Town Hall, Huguenot “Winter - Local Scenes” WRS members group show ��WRS Dec 15-Mar 15

Photography exhibits

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

NEW Photography exhibits

Elizabeth Ennis “My Lost History” �� CAS Nov 24-Dec 31 Frank E. Schoonover “Breaker Boys” + paintings �� Columns Museum, Milford, thru Jan

ART & Photography receptions

Winter Members Show & Elizabeth Ennis “My Lost History” ��CAS Nov 25, 4pm-6pm Judy Byrne, Cathy Cahill, Lily Norton, Cathy Prager “4 pastelists” ��Cornwall Library, Dec 1, 3:30pm-5:30pm Amity Arts Pottery Holiday Show and Sale �� Amity Arts, Florida, Dec 1, 6pm-9pm Frank E. Schoonover “Breaker Boys” �� Columns Museum, Milford, Dec 1. 7pm Judith Askinazi floral themed acrylics ��Woodbury Library, Highland Mills, Dec 2, Noon-2pm Holiday Market & Show �� Artists’ Market, Shohola, Dec 2, 4pm-6pm Art Instructors’ Small Works Art Show & Sale group show ��MSM-DC Dec 3, 1pm-3pm “An Artist’s Response to Human Rights” ��SUNYO-OH Dec 3, 1pm-3pm & SUNYO-KH Dec 7, 6pm-8pm 16

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December 2017

“6 x 6 4 $60” group show �� ARTery Gallery, Milford, Dec 9, 6pm-9pm “WHITE OUT:Snow, Ice, & All Things Wintry White” Goshen Art League �� Goshen Music Hall, Jan 11, 6pm-8pm

Schools & Conservatories Budding Artists art exhibit �� Greenwood Lake Library, ongoing “An Artist’s Response to Human Rights” Orange County HS students �� SUNYO-KH & SUNYO-OH Dec 1-14

Children & Teens Calendar

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

Books

Listings not included in our centerspread calendar.

Teen Book Club �� Wisner Library, Warwick, Fridays, 3:30pm Cinema

Teen Movie Night 11-17yrs �� Greenwood Lake Library, Wednesdays, 6pm FREE Teen Movie Matinee �� Crawford Library, Monticello, 1st Saturday, 1pm FREE Saturday Family Movie �� Crawford Library, Monticello, Saturdays, 1pm FREE “Home Alone” ��Bethel Woods, Dec 2, 4pm “Home Alone 2:Lost in New York” ��Bethel Woods, Dec 3, 4pm “Star Wars: The Force Awakens ” ages 11-18 ��Newburgh Library, Dec 27, 6pm FREE Entertainment & Lectures - See also Holiday events page 14

Storytime 3-5yrs �� Crawford Library, Monticello, Mondays 10am FREE Nutcracker Act II & Tea w/the Sugar Plum Fairy �� Warwick Center for the Performing Arts, Dec 2 & 3 “A Christmas Carol” & “Peace on Earth” Sullivan County Dramatic Workshop students �� Sullivan County Museum, So. Fallsburg, Dec 8-10 Holiday Read Aloud families, grades k-and up ��Florida Library, Dec 9, 2pm FREE “A West Point Holiday” West Point Band, music & stories Eisenhower Hall, West Point, Dec 2 & 3 Karaoke and Cocoa under 18 FREE ��Mamakating Library, Wurtsboro, Dec 8, 6:30pm Museums

Meet the Animals “Birds on the Wing” ��HHNM-CoH Saturdays & Sundays, 1pm & 2:30pm Eco-Zone Discovery Room �� PEEC Dec 2, 1pm-4pm

String Quartet & Woodwind Quintet Chamber Music is meant to be an intimate experience for the listeners as well as the musicians, and is often performed in relatively small places. Hence, the chamber music series title Classical Conversations adapted by the Paramount Chamber Players, an ensemble formed from members of the SUNY Orange Community Orchestra. For their next concert at Milkweed, they will present a string quartet, a flute quartet and a woodwind quintet in Milkweed’s informal and friendly setting. There will be some introductory discussions about chamber group formation and about the pieces to be played. Flute quartets normally consist of flute, violin, viola and cello, the configuration used by most composers. Often, however, band ensembles will sometimes perform music for four different sized flutes, and that configuration is also called a flute quartet. The impressive list of musicians includes Michael Aiese (bass),

Michael Aiese

Tasa Faronii-Butler

David Hultgren

Donna Lavins

Valerie Bynum (1st violin), Tasa Faronii-Butler (viola), Caroline Tippin (violin, flute, MC), David Hultgren (French horn), Donna Lavins (flute and organizer), Lara Patel (bassoon), Debbie Simon (clarinet) and Joanna Simon (oboe). The equally impressive program listings include a string quartet version of Mozart’s beloved Eine Kleine Nachtmusik, Luigi Boccherini’s String Quartet Op. 8 No.5, Haydn’s Op. 5 No.1 Flute Quartet, and four works composed or arranged for Woodwind Quintet: Bedřich Smetana’s Jiřinková Polka, Haydn’s Presto, Haydn’s Adagio and Allegro Moderato for Woodwind Quintet and Tchaikovsky’s Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy. The concert is on December 2 at 7:00pm. Milkweed Gallery is located in Romer’s Alley, Sugar Loaf, directly across from the Barnsider parking lot. Suggested donation: $15. www.facebook.com/milkweed. sugarloaf.1

SUNY Orange Holiday Events

SUNY Orange will host its Holiday Open House from 1:00pm-5:00pm on December 9-10 & 16-17. The Middletown Garden Lovers will decorate the College’s Morrison Hall Mansion, 115 South Street, under the theme of The Holidays Over the Decades. The SUNY Orange Madrigal Singers will perform madrigals, spirituals and many popular songs and carols on December 9 at 3:00pm

and the SUNY Orange Chamber Ensemble will play music by Schubert, Mozart, Gehot, Pachelbel and others on December 16 at 6:00pm. Santa Claus will make a special visit from 1:00pm-5:00pm on December 17! Admission is free, but donations will be accepted for the Peter Alberghini Inspirational Scholarship fund. For info: 845-341-4179.

Spook Handy Featured in Rock Tavern

Holiday Read Aloud in Florida

Reading aloud is the foundation for literacy development. Children can listen on a higher language level than they can read, so reading aloud makes complex ideas more accessible and exposes children to vocabulary and language patterns that are not part of everyday speech. It exposes less able readers to the same books that fluent readers read on their own, and entices them to become better readers.

Join the Florida Library for a special community Holiday Read Aloud of classic stories. Bring the whole family to share in these holiday favorites on December 9 at 2:00pm at 4 Cohen Circle, Florida. Light refreshments will be served. Register online at www.floridapubliclibrary.org or call 845-651-7659. Best for grades K and up.

Cookie Walks: Pine Bush & Wallkill

With a simple Martin D-35 guitar, banjo, harmonica, his own voice and the voices of the audience, Spook Handy presents acoustic songs that are true to the spirit, passion and purpose of American folk music. Spook shares the pearls of everyday life through songs that sing of humanity, culture, history, landscape

and values. The Rock Tavern Chapter of the Hudson Valley Folk Guild, at the Unitarian Universalist Congregation, 9 Vance Rd., Rock Tavern, will be featuring Spook Handy on December 9 at 7:30pm. Open mic performances available to all. For ticket information: 845-978-5620.

Part of the fun of a Cookie Walk is to see how many cookies you can pack in your container! The trick is to put the heaviest, most hearty cookies on the bottom and then build up from there! Put thin cookies along the sides and fill in spaces with the petite, light cookies. Be sure to save the most beautiful cookies for the top!

On December 6 beginning at 9:00am, start to fill your container up with delicious cookies during the Cookie Walks at the Pine Bush Library, 227 Maple Avenue, Pine Bush, the Mountain View Methodist Church, 91 Maple Avenue, Pine Bush, and the Reformed Church of Shawanagunk, 1166 Hoagerburgh Road, Wallkill. Be sure to share!

The Sullivan County Historical Society 2017 Holiday Open House is on December 2, from 11:00am-4:00pm at the Sullivan County Museum, 265 Main Street, Hurleyville. Visit The Military Room with uniforms from the Civil War through Desert Storm, A History of Sullivan County Farms with farm artifacts, barn siding and creamery pictures, including “Early Horsepower” which shows the role horses played back in the day. And the popular Borscht Belt exhibit. For info: 845-434-8044.

A presentation entitled Christmas Traditions by Trish Chambers Productions will feature the origins of modern customs blended with ancient rituals, the significance of symbols, inspirations for cherished stories and songs, and celebrations in different countries on December 10 at 2:00pm at the Old Stone Church, 280 Henry Road, Cragsmoor. Proceeds benefit the Cragsmoor Historical Society. Refreshments will be served. For info: 845-647-6487.

Group vocalizing is known from several animal species. For example, a lion pride and a pack of wolves are known to vocalize together (supposedly to defend their territory), although scholars do not characterize their vocalizations as singing. Gibbons sing in family groups (couples sing together, sometimes with their offspring). Singing in groups is one of the universal features of human musical cultures, and group singing has often been suggested as the primary

form of early human musical activity. It has been suggested that human group singing was primarily promoting the cohesiveness within human groups, and was possibly used to defend human groups from predators. The Neversink Valley Museum’s Christmas Holiday Concert and Sing-a-Long is on December 10, from 3:00pm-5:00pm at the D&H Canal Park Visitor’s Center, 58 Hoag Road, Cuddebackville. For information, call 845-754-8870.

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Holiday Sing-a-Long in Cuddebackville

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Colonial Holiday Concert in Cornwall

In the spirit of 18th century culture, Ministers of Apollo seek to replicate every detail in their dress. Upon closer examination, every seam is hand-stitched according to proper proportions, and the textiles are historically manufactured; some on original looms and dyed in researched colors. The buckles, buttons, and cufflinks are either original or replicas, and even the unseen garments are done in proper custom. Hair is styled according to original treatises, occasionally with hair starch, pomatum, and pins. “We feel these

steps necessary (and enjoyable) to recreating the music and atmosphere of the late 18th century,” they say. Ministers of Apollo will perform a Colonial Holiday Concert of harpsichord, flute and vocal music, in period costume. Join them for an entertaining and informative evening, December 7 at 6:30pm in the Cornwall Library, 395 Hudson Street. Phone: 845-534-8282. Visit: http://earlyamericanmusicandarts. com/3601.html for more information about Ministers of Apollo.

There may be a chill in the air but the Orange County Arboretum in Montgomery will be in “full bloom!” Beautiful garden themed light displays in the forms of flowers, animals and insects delight visitors every year. Children and adults alike will be charmed as they stroll down paths of lit glittering trees, walk through gardens filled with flowers and “critters”, visit the 9/11 Memorial Garden

decorated in patriotic splendor and stop at the water’s edge of a pond created in lights! The Holiday Lights in Bloom display takes place every weekend throughout the month of December from dusk-8:00pm. Free and open to the public.

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Pine Bush Community Band: 3 Concerts

In 1982, a small Series on December 10 group of local musicians at 3:00pm at the Senior performed free public Center, 36 Bridge concerts locally and Street, Montgomery. called themselves the In addition, they Pine Bush Community will perform holiday Band. The small group, concerts at Graham’s now under the direction Members of the Pine Bush Community Band Presbyterian Church, of Robert G. Groth, has grown to a full 29 New St., Pine Bush, on December 4 at concert band. 7:00pm and at Leptondale Church, 1771 Rte. The Band will perform a holiday concert for 300, Newburgh, on December 11 at 7:00pm. the Grand Montgomery Chamber Music Free admission to all concerts.

Maybrook Wind Ensemble: 3 Concerts but Gounod also The Maybrook included a single flute Wind Ensemble, part for Paul Taffanel. an intergenerational The resulting fourcommunity wind band movement work under the direction exhibits a Classical of Kevin Scott, will clarity of form and present three Winter phrase structure with Concerts. Maybrook Wind Ensemble The Ensemble’s fourth annual holiday shades of Romantic harmony and expressivity.” concert will be bigger and better than ever! Wordpress.com Concerts are on December 1 at 8:00pm Along with a traditional sing-along, surprise audience participation chances, and several at Grace Episcopal Church, 58 North St., Christmas and Hanukkah selections, Maybrook Middletown; December 10 at 3:00pm at Wind Ensemble will be premiering My United Methodist Church, 198 Main St., Christmas Dream by Hylkali and presenting Cornwall, and December 15 at 7:30pm at the Maybrook Senior Center, 2 Senior Way (111 Gounod’s Petite Symphonie for Winds. “Gounod’s work calls for the standard Schipps Lane), Maybrook. Admission is free, with a goodwill offering. Mozart serenade instrumentation of two oboes, For more information: 845-978-0617. two clarinets, two bassoons, and two horns,

Crafts Bazaar, Baked Goods, Art Exhibits! Human Rights at SUNY Orange Campuses DECEMBER 1 & 2 priced $25-$100 for the holidays!) Why buy from China The WRS will also be when you can choose onedisplaying a collection of-a-kind hand crafted of “pochade” paintings. gifts made by your creative These paintings are 12x16 friends and neighbors!? inches or smaller, and are Handmade for the quick landscape studies Holidays is an artisan’s done “en plein air” or gift bazaar of handmade as outdoor studies. All Ceramic Art by Lisa O’Gormann goods from local artisans pochade works will be living within 100 miles of priced at $100. the Wallkill River School In addition to these of Art (WRS). colorful exhibits, there Fine artists, artisans, will also be a wide and crafters will be set collection of very tiny up around the building decorative holiday displaying their unique paintings decorating the handmade wares. Visitors WRS Christmas tree. can sample crisp apple These miniature paintings cider while strolling and easels are all priced through a marketplace Decorative painted boxes by Jeanie Bears at $12.50, tax included; of local craftspeople with all the money raised displaying everything from going to WRS’ nonprofit’s handmade clothing, soaps, free senior classes and household items, unique children’s summer art jewelry, hand-thrown pots, programs. and gift-priced paintings. For additional info: There will also be a wallkillriverschool.com bake sale throughout the or call the WRS at 845duration of the Handmade Handmade Jewelry by Patricia Blanco 457-ARTS. for the Holidays event. Shoppers will be able to purchase a wide range of seasonal baked goods to support the nonprofit WRS. Free and open to the public, the Bazaar hours are December 1, 5:00pm-9:00pm, and December 2, 10:00am-6:00pm at the WRS, 232 Ward Street (Route 17K), Montgomery.

10, 1948, that all human Each year since beings have fundamental 2012, the Orange rights and freedoms,” states County Human Rights Orange County Human Commission collaborates Rights Commission with the Orange County Chairman Fred Cook. Arts Council and SUNY The exhibits can be Orange Cultural Affairs viewed from December to present An Artist’s 1-14 at Orange Hall Response to Human Gallery, SUNY Orange Rights. Middletown campus and at This exhibit offers “Acceptance” by Fiona Shackleton the Mindy Ross Gallery, juniors and seniors in Newburgh Free Academy SUNY Orange Newburgh Orange County high campus. schools the opportunity to RECEPTIONS express their feelings about Orange Hall the importance of human Gallery: December 3, rights in today’s world by 1:00-3:00pm: corner depicting artworks and of Wawayanda & writing poems or essays Grandview Avenues about topics related to the (GPS: 24 Grandview Ave., 30 Articles of the Universal Middletown). Declaration of Human Mindy Ross Gallery, Rights. “Security Right” by Yumen Song Kaplan Hall: December “This year’s Human Storm King School Rights exhibit again reflects the understanding 7, 6:00pm-8:00pm. Corner of Grand & First and commitment of many of our Orange Streets, Newburgh. Free, secure parking County high school students to the principles available in Kaplan Hall underground parking of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights garage accessible via 73 First St. The exhibits established by the General Assembly of the and receptions are free and open to the public. For info: 845-341-4891/9386. United Nations 69 years ago on December

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DECEMBER 1-30 This year, in an effort to display the diversity and craftsmanship of the WRS artisans, the WRS will be displaying two exhibits of artisanal products and high quality crafts from December 1-30. An exhibit of reasonably priced miniatures (paintings six inches or smaller) will remain on display throughout December for any holiday shoppers looking for a beautiful painting for the gift giving season (all miniature works

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Pine Bush Salon Series: Meet The Booths

For the fourth and last program of the Pine Bush Library’s Artist Salon Series, husband and wife team Craig & Pam Booth will present their work and discuss their lives and careers as sculptors. Craig and Pam are the owners of Car-toons by Booth, a gallery in Gardiner. The program, coordinated by Meadow, a

mixed media artist, and Doris Callan, Director of the Pine Bush Library, is salon style, after the famous 1930’s Coffee House Salons of Paris. Coffee and refreshments will be served at the event on December 8 at 7:00pm in the Pine Bush Library Community Room, 233 Maple Avenue. For info: 845-744-3375.

Bach “Jig-ified” in Bethel World renowned violinist Eileen Ivers and her band capture the spirit and magic of the season in her heartwarming Christmas show. Nine-time All-Ireland Fiddle Champion and music star of Riverdance, Ivers will change the way you think about the violin. Hailed as one of the great innovators and pioneers in the Celtic and World Music genres, Ivers has established herself as the pre-eminent exponent of the Irish fiddle in the world today. Eileen and the band joyfully perform diverse

music from gospel-style Go Tell It On the Mountain, to the Gaelic classic Don Oiche Ud i mBeithil (One Night in Bethlehem), to a jig-ified version of Bach’s ‘Jesu Joy,’ to the hornpipe that evolved into today’s Deck the Halls...’ to a very unique The Little Drummer Boy performed on the traditional bodhran goat skinned drum. For tickets to the Bethel Woods, (200 Hurd Road, Bethel) concert on December 15 at 8:00pm, visit www.BethelWoodsCenter.org

Newburgh’s Candlelight Tour 2017 For more than three natural greens and decades, the Historical fruit. Wreaths adorn Society of Newburgh the large mirrors and Bay and the Highlands mantel decorations has hosted a Candlelight go from classic to the Tour of homes in the whimsical. Visitors greater Newburgh taking the tour are area. The object is to invited to explore celebrate the varied and enjoy the historic architectural styles in décor. historical context. This Captain Crawford House photo by Tom Knieser A Women’s Suffrage year’s houses are in Balmville and New exhibit is featured in the Stone Floor Windsor as well as the City of Newburgh. Gallery. Home owners open their houses with The tour is scheduled for December 10, seasonal decorations and collections, and from Noon-5:00pm starting at the Crawford share the history of the house. House, 189 Montgomery Street, Newburgh. The Captain David Crawford House For tickets, call 845-561-2585. Tickets are is also decorated for the season using discounted if purchased in advance.

NCA Winter Revels

Nesin Cultural Arts (NCA) provides comprehensive educational lifelong learning opportunities to students and the community through integrated arts based partnerships and programming. Now, NCA invites you to witness the happy results of its varied student arts programs on December 16 at 3:30pm in the Eugene D. Nesin Theatre, 22 St. John Street, Monticello. $5 suggested donation. See ad page 24. 20

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A Christmas Carol: 30 people, 1 voice Come to the Harness Racing Museum & Hall of Fame to listen to a dramatic retelling of Charles Dickens’ holiday classic, A Christmas Carol. Master Storyteller, Jonathan Kruk, in top hat and frock coat, gives an energetic performance giving voice to thirty different characters on December 13 at 7:00pm. Refreshments will be served. Seating is limited; reservations suggested. For tickets: 845-294-6330.

HVPAF Chamber Music Series

Joseph Alessi

Lee Musiker

Gianna Alessi

The Hudson Valley Performing Arts Foundation’s Chamber Music Series kicks off the 2017/2018 season of world class music on December 10 at 7:00pm featuring principal trombone Joseph Alessi of the New York Philharmonic along with world renowned pianist Lee Musiker, Gianna Alessi vocals, Jay Leonhart bass, Rick Cutler drums and Ralph Alessi trumpet. Joseph Alessi is renowned throughout the world as one of the preeminent orchestral musicians of our time. What is less wellknown, however, is that his (and brother Ralph’s) parents first met when they were both performers at the Metropolitan Opera his father, Joseph, Sr., a trumpet player; and his mother, Maria Leone Alessi, a soprano. Quite an impressive family history for Joseph, Jr’s, vocalist daughter, Gianna. Musiker, a pianist, conductor, music director, arranger, and orchestrator, is known

Jay Leonhart

Rick Cutler

Ralph Alessi

for his wealth of experience working with a most impressive roster of premier artists in the jazz, classical, Broadway and pop genres, including Mel Tormé, Barbara Cook, Maureen McGovern, Audra McDonald, Kristin Chenoweth, Brian Stokes Mitchell, Joel Grey, James Taylor, Renée Fleming, Marilyn Horne, Dawn Upshaw, Deborah Voigt, Kathleen Battle, Denyce Graves, Nathan Gunn, Sylvia McNair, Julia Migenes, Joshua Bell, Buddy Rich, Doc Severinson, Wynton Marsalis, Chris Botti, and John Pizzarelli. The program includes both classical and jazz inspired favorites along with a wonderful selection of holiday classics, in the scenically spectacular Mulder Chapel at the Warwick Conference Center, 62 Warwick Center Road, Warwick. For tickets, visit www.hvpaf.org or call 844-464-8723.

Amity Arts Pottery Invites YOU! Last year during the Amity Arts Pottery Holiday Show & Sale, visitors were introduced to Jim Neujahr and his luminaries. His work was very well received and he will be showing again this year during the 15th Annual Holiday Show & Sale. Works by Judy Duboff, Diane Arcieri, Heather Botjer, Mickey Haglund, Elyse Hanna, and Melissa Peterson will also be featured.

Talk to the artists while enjoying refreshments during the reception on December 1 from 6:00pm-9:00pm. The event continues on December 2 from 10:00am-4:00pm. As in the past, a percentage of proceeds will be donated. This year, funds will go to Unidos, a fund for hurricane Maria victims. Amity Arts Pottery is located at 1711 Route 17A, Florida. For information: 845-651-1170.

Grand and Simple Art in Greenwood Lake Mitchell Saler throughout the Hudson paints landscapes Valley. that are grand and He is the featured simple, emphasizing artist for the month vastness, lighting and of December at the atmospheric effects. Greenwood Lake His works include Public Library, 79 scenes both in the Waterstone Road. Hudson Valley as well The show will have a “Greenwood Lake” by Mitchell Saler as places he has traveled to, with paintings that theme of water, with two paintings in the show depict a single piece of nature sprinkled in. illustrating Greenwood Lake. A member of the Goshen Art League, For info: 845-477-8377 (ext. 104). Wallkill River School, Orange County Arts Mitchell’s work will also be featured at Council, Middletown Art Group, and the Noble Coffee Roasters, 3020 Route 207, Lower Hudson Valley Plein Air Painters, Campbell Hall from December 1-30. Mitchell has exhibited in various venues Visit www.mitchellsaler.com for more info.

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River Valley Artists Guild: Art About Town love, cannot be defined, ArtAbout Town sponsored it comes from a passion by the River Valley Artists within; it cannot come Guild (RVAG) will present from a formula or a set of Kindred Spirits: Lindsay predefined conditions.” Brown & Lauryn de Leeuw. Lauryn is often referred to The show features work by as an abstract expressionist. two local artists that share Her sensuous designs a similar acrylic style. are bold in composition, Mayor’s Office, “Grid 3” by Lindsey Brown always a little different, and City Hall, Port Jervis vibrant in color. She has Lindsay Brown’s exhibited in Amsterdam, acrylics revolve or evolve London and New York and around a central theme. her art is owned worldwide. “There is an irreconcilable Brown’s work will be on opposition of visual view as well. elements that results in Deerpark Town Hall, perpetual movement on Huguenot the picture surface,” says In 2016 RVAG President Lindsay. She employs “Women 3” (detail) by L. de Leeuw Joan Kehlenbeck was distinct elements that result awarded the Individual in a linear gestural style as Artist Award from the well as a rectangular grid Orange County Arts style of painting. Though Council. She has shown her non-representational, oils and pastels regionally. the element of artistic She will be showing her transformation in these winter themed works for works propel the viewer into a sense of deep space “Manza Farm Xmas” by J. Kehlenbeck this exhibit, which also alternating with the recognizable. Lauryn de includes work by various RVAG artists. All three shows run from December 11, Leeuw’s work will be on view as well. 2017 to February 12, 2018. Bon Secours Cafeteria, Port Jervis For info: susanmiiller@yahoo.com Lauryn de Leeuw believes “Art, like

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December at the ARTery Gallery, Milford In a special December holiday exhibit, the ARTery Gallery in Milford presents numerous opportunities to shop with double local impact: local artists in a local gallery. Miniature paintings, handmade tree ornaments, jewelry, stained glass candle holders, quilted handbags and journals, batik scarves, cards, books, calendars, earth crystals and the stunning array of art created by the member artists await the visitor! 6”x6”4$60 is a brand new chance for the public to purchase mini-masterpieces by the gallery’s member-artists for the amazing price of sixty dollars. The exhibit includes collage/mixed media by Claude Larson, figurative paintings by Kate Horan, intricate 3-D pieces by Chris Hobbs’, regional scenes by Marie Liu and imaginative landscapes by Roz Hodgkins. You’ll also find abstract and landscape watercolors by Madeline Tully, tasteful and ever popular photographic mixed media by Randall FitzGerald, mystical Victorian inspired works by June

Ponte and sky and water dominated landscape paintings by Liza Simpson. The ARTery is pleased to announce the return of one of it’s original and very popular artists Chris Hobbs. His work, still sought after years of absence, is back. His unique, layered, three dimensional colorful graphic and architectural images always amaze viewers. From wearable pins, small pieces to large, his complex works of art are truly one of a kind. Want to find a unique and tasteful gift for yourself or a loved one? This is your golden opportunity. The public is invited to the free monthly wine and cheese reception on December 9, from 6:00pm-9:00pm. This is a nice way to shop for the holidays while enjoying refreshments in a friendly, relaxed atmosphere in the beautiful, historic borough of Milford. The ARTery is located at 210 Broad Street. For information, visit www.arterygallery. com or phone 570-409-1234.

Explore the Shawangunks Sitting Down Nora Scarlett received numerous awards during her career as a commercial photographer in New York City. Upon moving to the Shawangunks in 1998, she was able to spend more time pursuing her love of the outdoors and visually documenting its wonders in her unique style. Looking for wacky formations, humorous characteristics, improbable locations, and surprising shapes, Nora created her Trunks of the Gunks series which was published last year. During the project she became awed at scene after scene displaying how life adapts to adversity and how it succeeds in astonishing ways. On December 3 at 1:00pm, the public is invited to Exploring the Shawangunks - a visual odyssey. Her stunning images will inspire and delight nature lovers, photographers, hikers and anyone who appreciates our remarkable landscape. From Minnewaska to Sam’s Point, and back to Mohonk, with many stops in between, join Nora on her visual odyssey through the Shawangunk Mountains in search of the unexpected. She will show images from some of her favorite places, including Lake Awosting, the Peterskill, Spruce Glen, Lost City and Gertrude’s Nose. Also she will share a few vignettes of her favorite species, including the red eft, the pink lady slipper, and the box turtle.

Catskill Art Society: Winter Members Show Just in time for the holiday process and have taken more season, the CAS Winter Members and more studio visits meeting Show provides an opportunity with artists as we think ahead to acquire work by local artists for programming for coming with a diverse body of work years,” says new CAS Executive in all styles and mediums. All Director, Sally Wright. artwork is available for sale, with The show runs thru December proceeds benefiting the artists and 31 at the CAS Arts Center, 48 the nonprofit CAS Arts Center. Untitled by Bobbie Oliver Main St., Livingston Manor. “I am really committed to the curatorial See page 12 for another CAS exhibit.

Rock ledges above Lake Minnewaska with Catskill Mountains in the background, photo by Nora Scarlett

In the recently released book Saving the Shawangunks by Carleton Mabee, Nora created a portfolio of images to compliment the text, depicting familiar locations seen with a different eye, many from areas that would have been impacted by the development documented in the book. These evocative images result from over 10 years of hiking the region, all made possible because of the persistent and tenacious efforts of so many to preserve this land. Nora hopes that viewing these photographs will inspire people to get out and appreciate the wonders that abound. To reserve a seat, call Morgan Outdoors, located at 46 Main Street in Livingston Manor, at 845-439-5507. Both books will be available for sale, with a book signing immediately following the presentation. Visit www.morgan-outdoors.com

Holiday Reception in Shohola to you! The public is Individually invited to share created items include the joy of the many different types holiday season at of hand-crafted a reception at the jewelry, framed Artists’ Market photographs, Community Center “For the Birds!” collection by Nick Roes pottery, hand-painted (AMCC). rocks, polymer clay sculptures, “Our holiday reception is hand-painted wooden fish, and a chance to say thank-you to ceramic pieces, plus vintage art everyone who visited us during and original art in almost every the year,” says AMCC Director price range and medium. Nick Roes. The complimentary It’s also chance to pick up refreshments, holiday music, something special for those who and good cheer are scheduled are special to you. Local artists for December 2, from 4:00pmhave been hard at work all year 6:00pm at the AMCC, 114 creating one-of-a-kind pieces, so Richardson Ave., Shohola, PA. you can pick up something special “Mermaids” by for all the people who are special Sarah & Frank Gagliardi For info: 845-557-8713.

Happy Herbs Soap “herbal & art-ful gifts”

Cragsmoor Library: Dec. 9 Pine Bush Library: Dec. 16 “Shop the Coffee House!” at Hermann’s Erie Hotel, 88 Depot St., Pine Bush, Dec. 23, from 9am-2pm happy.herbs@yahoo.com

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Judith Askinazi at Highland Mills Library

Judith Askinazi has her paintings. been involved in all types Askinazi is Artist @ of artwork since she was the Library during the a young girl. As an adult, month of December. she had her own business Judith will attend a creating, manufacturing reception in her honor and selling her acrylic at the Highland Mills florals, with two factories Library, 16 County Rte in Rockland County.After 105, Highland Mills, retiring, along with other from Noon-2:00pm on artists at the Woodbury December 2 at which Artwork by Judith Askinazi Senior Center every Monday afternoon, she there will be light refreshments. learned to really express her love of flowers in For more information: 845-928-9225.

Operetta for Christmas in Milford

Soprano Jessica Fishenfeld, raved about Scott Joiner’s tenor Scott Joiner and pianist “bright, arching tenor,” and Eric Sedgwick will take you the young singer has already on an exciting journey through sung key roles with the San popular and less known music Francisco Opera, St. Petersburg by Puccini, Offenbach, Lehar, Opera, Asheville Lyric Strauss, Rogers & Hammerstein Opera, American Symphony and Bernstein, as well as Orchestra, and other top opera traditional holiday songs in companies and orchestras. Operetta Holiday Concert. The Kindred Spirits J. Fishenfeld & S. Joiner A graduate of NYU Steinhardt, Jessica Arts concert takes place at the Milford Fishenfeld has impressed audiences with Theatre, 114 E. Catharine Street, Milford, on her principle roles in traditional operas - December 16 at 5:30pm. For tickets: www.kindredspiritsarts.org La Traviata, Carmen, Don Pasquale, and La Boheme - and contemporary works. (discounted when purchased in advance!) Fishenfeld has also performed in light operas or in person at Holy Crepes, 224 Broad St., Milford. Children under 15 free. such as The Pirates of Penzance. Call 570-409-1269. The San Francisco Examiner recently

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Polka + For Christmas in Middletown

Following his being honored in November by the Orange County Arts Council for his polka band’s all-time record as an 18-time Grammy-winner, the Jimmy Sturr Christmas Show 2017 takes place on December 2 at 3:00pm with special guest

singer/songwriter Jermaine Paul, winner of NBC’s The Voice. The Jimmy Sturr Singers, Matt & Elaine, and others will also be performing at the Paramount Theatre, 21 South St., Middletown. For tickets: 845-346-4195.

Music, Cookies, Cider & Tour in Newburgh Get into the holiday spirit and go to Washington’s HeadquartersStateHistoricSite to Warm Up at the Washingtons! Historic interpreters in each seasonally decorated room will greet visitors and share what took place when the Washingtons occupied the Hasbrouck farmhouse during the last winter

of the Revolutionary War. The Salmagundi Consort (see photo) will perform periodappropriate music by an indoor Dutch jambless fireplace, while cookies and warm cider are served near an outdoor fire. Admission is free, December 10, Noon-4:00pm at 84 Liberty Street, Newburgh. Call 845-562-1195.

Circus at Eisenhower Hall Theatre

Cirque Dreams Holidaze lights up the 2017 season with its 10th Anniversary National Tour created by Cirque Dreams Founder and Broadway Director Neil Goldberg. See soaring acrobatics, gravity defying feats, elaborate production numbers and illusions

that will leave you mesmerized! Experience this two-hour theatrical phenomenon at Eisenhower Hall Theatre, West Point, on December 10 at 5:00pm. Visit www.ikehall.com or phone the Box Office at 845-938-4159.

Nutcracker + Narration! Hudson Valley Dance Theatre’s The Nutcracker, Short and Sweet offers the timeless music of Tchaikovsky, favorite dances performed by a company of ballet students, and engaging narration written by Anastasia

Edson and spoken by Beth Maurer at Cornwall High School on December 2 and December 16 at Goshen Middle School, with performances at 2:00pm & 6:00pm. Tickets: 845-534-9671, or at the door.

Nutcracker + Sweets! This year the Hudson Valley Conservatory is reviving its original Nutcracker which was created in 2004. This Nutcracker takes Clara from classroom to Club Sweets! Set in New York City, this contemporary ballet directed and choreographed by Dee Tabitha Wright (see photo) takes you on sparkling journey

sprinkled with delicious dancing treats! Travel back to New York City and back to Club Sweets! Humor is always plentiful in Wright’s choreography, so come and laugh with the dancers at the New Rose Theatre, 35 Main Street, Walden, December 14-17. See ad page 4 for times. For tickets: 845-778-2478.

Nutcracker + Tea + Make-Up Session! The Nutcracker Tea with the Sugar Plum Fairy will be presented at the Warwick Center for the Performing Arts (WCPA) on December 2 at Noon, 2:00pm & 4:00pm, and December 3 at Noon & 2:00pm. Guests are taken on a journey through the Land of Sweets in Act 2 of the Nutcracker Ballet featuring the Warwick Dance Collective and students from the WCPA performing as Clara, Prince, Sugar Plum Fairy and supporting character dancers. The performance will be

followed by a tea party and meet & greet with the Fairy and member dancers. Guests ages 14 and under can choose to begin their interactive Nutcracker experience with a hair & make-up session. The session is by appointment only (845-986-2466) and is meant to transform the guest into the glimmering and enchanting world of the Nutcracker with makeup complete with glitter and a ballerina bun including a keepsake hairpiece! www.warwickperformingarts.eventbrite.com

Nutcracker + N.J. Principal Dancers For more than half a century, the New Jersey Ballet Company has thrilled audiences with top quality professional ballet dancers who have given hundreds of thousands of adults and children their first introduction to ballet and inspired in many a lifelong love of the art. The Nutcracker will be presented by Salisbury Mills’ American Youth Ballet

at Middletown High School. The performance features guest principle dancers from the New Jersey Ballet Company who “bring their unique magic and a wonderful breath of fresh air to this classical ballet on December 1 at 7:30pm.” Tickets: www.AmericanYouthBallet.com and at the door.

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SUNY Orange Symphonic Band The SUNYOrange Symphonic Band, under the direction of Joe Martellaro, is comprised of students, teachers, and members of the community. The Band winter concert will include The March from 1941 by John Williams, music from West Side Story by Leonard Bernstein, Johan de Meji’s The Lord of the Rings, and selections by Leroy Anderson and Frank Tichelli. The band will also premiere American Pomp and Regalia written by alto saxophonist Paul Holderbaum.

The concert is at the Paramount Theatre, 17 South Street, Middletown, on December 9 at 7:30pm, free for active duty military, SUNY Orange students with ID and all children under 12. For info, call the Arts & Communication Department at 845-341-4787.

NFA: 200 Students Dance in Oz Over 200 students will cohesively in one ballet,” perform in the Newburgh said Barry Plaxen after Free Academy (NFA) viewing Clifford’s Dance Department’s allproduction of Romeo & dance production of The Juliet. “It is amazing to Wizard of Oz, directed watch the teens perform and choreographed by as Clifford blends all the Mandy Clifford. styles and levels into “Mandy Clifford does a grand show with her NFA’s “Romeo & Juliet” 2012 remarkable work creating creative wizardry!” Catch them at NFA, 201 Fullerton Ave., choreography for scores of students, whose abilities range from simply-moving-well Newburgh, on December 1 at 7:00pm and to student-level-dancers to extremely- December 2 at 2:00pm. Phone: 845-563-5400. well trained-dancers, all moving together

Christmas with The Ellisons For two Christmases, John and Catherine Ellison shared their home with the officers and soldiers of the Continental Army. Over the winter of 1780-81, General Henry Knox, his wife Lucy and their children Henry and Lucy were there, while two years later it was General Horatio Gates and his military family of aides de camp who shared in the season’s festivities. On December 9 from 5:00pm-8:00pm, tour the elegantly appointed 1754 Ellison house decorated for Christmas and staffed

by Revolutionary War era costumed interpreters. Knox’s Headquarters is located at 289 Forge Hill Road, in Vails Gate, just one half-mile south of the New Windsor Cantonment State Historic Site. For information call 845561-1765 ext. 22. Enjoy an open house at Knox’s Headquarters on December 28 & 29. The Ellison mansion is open for tours at 10:00am, 11:00am, 1:00pm, 2:00pm & 3:00pm. Tour the elegant 1754 historic house decorated for the season in 18th century fashion.

Florida Story Swap

Karaoke & Cocoa

Story lovers are invited to the Black Dirt Storytelling Guild’s monthly meeting and story swap! This month’s theme is Doorways and Thresholds. Join the Guild for stories for the turn of the year about boundaries, limits, rites of passage, hellos and goodbyes. For adults & teens over 16, at the Florida Library, 2 Cohen Circle, on December 14 at 7:30pm. Admission is free. Register online at www.floridapubliclibrary.org or call the Library at 845-651-7659.

Sing and drink hot cocoa with the Mamakating Library Teens on December 8 from 6:30pm8:00pm as they host Karaoke and Cocoa, a holiday season event with fun, singing and hot cocoa! For ages 18 and up. Under 18 are free. $3 suggested donation at the Library, 128 Sullivan Street,Wurtsboro. To register: 845-888-8004.

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Hudson Valley Jazz Festival All-Stars by Philip Ehrensaft

The lineup of six festival stalwarts for December’s concert in Warwick is: music The exceptionally fine jazz sextet that producer Rick Savage trumpet and flugelhorn, will perform at Warwick Center for the Joe Vincent Tranchina keyboards, Robert Performing Arts (WCPA) on December Kopec bass, music educator Bob Rosen 10 does not call itself saxophone, Gabriele the Hudson Valley Jazz Tranchina vocals, and Festival All-Stars. I do. Rubin on drums. Expect The six musicians who some guests. will be on stage are core All six are based in the members of the network Hudson Valley. They are of jazz talents who have six among the throng of driven the success of the jazz musicians who call Hudson Valley Jazz the Hudson Valley home. Festival, which enters Jazz musicians often its ninth year in August refer to the Valley as the B. Rosen, G. Tranchina, S. Rubin, 2018. Steve Rubin, the R. Kopec, J. V. Tranchina & R. Savage Big Apple’s sixth jazz jazz drummer who founded and borough. There is no other small nurtures the Festival, chooses the town/exurban region in America name Hudson Valley Jazz Festival which supports this concentration of Ensemble. fine jazz musicians. Rubin’s strategy in choosing The performance brings together a the Hudson Valley Jazz Ensemble mix of art forms into a 3-part show: name is to have a flexible format for M. Padham-Maass a jazz performance, a brief dance assembling ensembles of differing numbers presentation by Melissa Padham-Maass, and instruments that are suitable to specific director of the WCPA, and a dance/music occasions and locales. The ensemble can improv collaborative. be anything from a duet to a big band. For The unique jazz/dance collaboration begins December 10, a sextet is the chosen format. at 4:00pm at the WCPA, 63 Wheeler Street, Rubin intends the concert to be first of multiple Warwick. $15 suggested donation. concerts presented during the months leading Contact hudsonvalleyjazzfest@gmail or up to the big August event. 917-903-4380 for additional information.

May I Have A Word With You ... Quips, Quotes & Quiddities with Carol Pozefsky INDEPENDENT CLAWS Returning to the Guinness Book of Poisonous Quotes is not like returning to an old friend, but more like returning to an angry enemy. An anonymous art reviewer wrote, “They couldn’t find the artist so they hung the picture.” Time Out reviewer Nick Coleman’s take on the Michael Jackson movie Moonwalker: “Altogether a ghastly experience, which even a rabid 11 year old might well find patronizing and unimaginative.” Sylvester Stallone: “The only way to be a success here [Hollywood] is to be as obnoxious as the other guy.” Syndicated columnist Walter Winchell: “Hollywood, a town that has to be seen to be disbelieved.” Walter Winchell WHADDYA MEAN BY THAT? A Google search for National Lampoon co-founder Henry Beard will yield the words “genius, odd, reclusive, enigmatic, satirist, parodist...” We would add ‘interpreter’ based on Beard’s book, spin-glish, co-authored with Christopher Cerf. The book interprets

the true intention of the intentionally deceptive language we hear every day: “We value your call. Thank you for your patience.” = “We have Henry Beard better things to do than talk to you.” The real estate term “well-loved” = “previously owned and used a lot.” “While supplies last” = “We’re advertising this item at a ridiculously low price to get you into the store but we’re not likely to have any left when you get here but that’s okay we’ll just sell you something else.” WHO DOZEN KNOW THAT! A baker’s dozen is 13 rather than 12. In his book, Eating Well, author/chef Burt Wolf writes that the phrase dates back to the time when butlers ordered all the food for a household. When a butler chose a particular supplier for baked goods, for every twelve items he ordered for the family, he received a thirteenth free for himself as a reward, a baker’s dozen. APROPOS OF NOTHING An anagram of “Bill Nye the Science Guy”, is: “Intensely Huge Bicycle”.

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The 13th Annual “Art in Sixes” The Delaware Valley Arts Alliance will host the 13th annual Art in Sixes small works exhibition. The first Art in Sixes launched in 2005 with 98 artworks. In 2016, it had grown to 528 pieces hung on seven walls, and the front window! In what has become a signature yearend event for the DVAA, the show features over 500 miniature artworks by local artists. “Thanks to all these artists, the exhibition is full of exciting, high quality artwork at affordable prices,” says gallery director Rocky Pinciotti. The 2017 art, which may not exceed six inches in any direction, covers a wide range

of studio mediums including painting, drawing, sculpture, fiber, ceramics, and photography. Although the work does not have to be exactly 6x6 inches, more and more artists each year are going with the 6-inch square format. Having many square works of the same size allows Pinciotti to create walls with a gridwork pattern that can feature up to 100 works of art evenly displayed in rows and columns. Art in Sixes at the DVAA’s Alliance Gallery, 37 Main Street, Narrowsburg, is on view through December 23. For information: 845-252-7576.

100 Years Ago in Washington is honoring the achievements On November 10, 1917, of these suffragists who Alice Paul organized the fought courageously to gain Silent Sentinels, militant the most fundamental right members of the National of citizenship, with an allWomen’s Party, and initiated female exhibition titled Silent a non-violent silent vigil with Sentinels. picketing in front of the White The exhibition highlights House. The focus of the protest gender equality in the arts with was President Wilson and his selected works of seventeen administration for their lack of artists that includes: fiber arts, support for a women’s suffrage textiles, sculpture, paintings, amendment. As a result of and a sound installation, the picketing, Paul and the exploring subject matter that suffragists were harassed, reflects their personal practice arrested and sent to prison. and unique techniques. While imprisoned, Paul led a hunger strike; beatings and “Modern Soldier” by Beth Scher The exhibition was curated by Virginia Walsh and will be on view force-feeding by authorities ensued. To celebrate this pivotal moment on its through January 20 at the Gallery, 104 Ann centennial anniversary, Ann Street Gallery Street, Newburgh. Call 845-784-1146.

“4 Pastelists” Exhibit at Cornwall Library

Artists Cathy Cahill, Lily Norton, Judy Byrne, and Cathy Prager are all from the Newburgh area and have been painting together for several years and exhibiting their works separately - often winning individual honors and awards at various area art shows and together under the title 4 Pastelists. The primary focus of each of the artists is the landscape of the beautiful Hudson River Valley. “I like putting my hands directly in the Art by Cathy Prager colors, it’s the most direct expression I can think of. You can literally see the fingerprint of the artist in the work,” says Art by Cathy Cahill Cathy Prager. Cathy Cahill finds painting pastels to 28

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be “tactile, luminous, vivid, and forgiving.” Judy Byrne loves “the tactile feel of applying pastel to paper and board and Art by Lily Norton then watching the colors build and the forms take shape.” Lily Norton says, “We live in a beautiful world and I want Art by Judy Byrne to paint it. I love the colors, the textures and the forms of the trees, the flowers, the streams and the birds.” See their work at the Cornwall Library, 395 Hudson Street, and meet and greet the 4 Pastelists who will be on hand for the reception, December 1, from 3:30pm5:30pm. The show is on view through December. For information: 845-534-8282.

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