D&H CANVAS December 2021

Your Free Arts, Entertainment & Buy Local Guide

Orange, Pike & Sullivan Counties, Ellenville & Marlboro

December 2021

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

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by Barry Plaxen Once again, we thank the wonderful friends, volunteers, advertisers and press/information submitters for helping to create this issue.

Vocabulary Lesson: Mark tree (also known as a nail tree, chime tree, or set of bar chimes) is a percussion instrument used primarily for musical color.

Welcome Back from the Pandemic: Delaware Valley Choral Society, Shadowland Stages Main Stage, Young People’s Chorus of New York City.

Kudos to: Shadowland Stages’ Staff and Board of Directors on the Grand Opening of their second performance stage: an inviting and satisfying new Black Box Theatre in Ellenville.

Delaware Valley Opera’s Staff and Board of Directors on the Grand Opening of their new home: the Delaware Valley

Opera Center in Lake Huntington.

CANVAS friend Karen E. Gersch for her well-earned new position in Beacon.

Henceforth, she will be Chief Curator and head of the Gallery Committee for the Howland Cultural Center.

Highlight of the Month: Holiday Music with a myriad of genres: Carols, Celtic, Classical, Jazz, Klezmer and Polka, in Bethel, Cornwall, Ellenville, Hurleyville, Middletown, Milford, Montgomery, Monticello, Newburgh, Pine Bush, Port Jervis, Warwick and West Point.

In this issue: Holiday Events in Bethel, Goshen, Liberty, Montgomery, Newburgh, Sugar Loaf, Vails Gate and Walden.

Poetry and prose in Campbell Hall, Montgomery and Newburgh.

Storytelling in Florida.

Opera in Lake Huntington.

Aromatherapy in Newburgh, Eagles in Beach Lake, Bach & Happiness in

Monticello.

Jazz in Callicoon, Greenwood Lake, Marlboro and Port Jervis.

Artisan Markets in Ellenville, Highland Falls, Hurleyville, Livingston Manor, Pine Bush, Sugar Loaf, Warwick and Wurtsboro.

Live theatre in Ellenville and South Fallsburgh, Sculpture in Rock Tavern and Drumming in Sugar Loaf and Dyeing in Goshen.

Exciting upcoming 2022 opportunities in Forestburgh and Newburgh.

Visual art in Campbell Hall, Chester, Cornwall, Greenwood Lake, Goshen, Huguenot, Livingston Manor, Lords Valley, Middletown, Milford, Montgomery, Narrowsburg, Newburgh, Port Jervis and Wurtsboro.

Please be sure to take/follow proper precautions when in the company of others at the wonderful events in our area. Wishing everyone a safe and Happy Holiday season, Joy, Peace and Love.

Letters To The Editor MANY thanks for the shoutout in your Holiday gift guide. I was very surprised and touched - you have always been so incredibly supportive. You have my eternal gratitude.

- Neil “Nail” Alexander, Newburgh

We really appreciate your support and all your help in getting the word out on our events.

Thank you!

- Gina Babbage, Safe Harbors of the Hudson

Thank you so much for the coverage of Newburgh Literary Festival as well as the recent coverage of the upcoming History Matters event in DH Canvas.

The Newburgh Literary Festival, last weekend, was a great event and attendees really enjoyed it.

You guys do the nicest work. Thanks for it all.

- Deborah Dresser, Newburgh Chamber Music Thank you so much for writing about The Longue Durée at Holland Tunnel

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- Judy Thomas Holland Tunnel Gallery I am beyond grateful for all the wonderful publicity you provided for the Woodbury Art @ Your Library program.

I do hope that art will again be a part of the live programs that take place.

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- Anita Baumann Woodbury Public Library CALENDARS Art & Photography ������������������������������������� 14 Books ���������������������������������������������������������11 Category �����������������������������������������������11, 14 Children & Teen’s �������������������������������������� 14 Lectures ����������������������������������������������������� 14 Music - Pop, Folk, Rock, etc., ���������������������11 COLUMNS Business Directory �������������������������������������� 9 Opportunity �������������������������������������������������� 9 May I Have a Word with You ��������������������� 21 STORIES 4 Pastelists �������������������������������������������������� 9 Bethel Woods ���������������������������������������������� 6 Continuum Gallery, Greenwood Lake ��� 5, 19 Cornwall Library ������������������������������������������ 6 Crawford Library, Monticello ������������������ 3, 20 Delaware Highlands Conservancy �������������� 9 Delaware Valley Arts Alliance, Narrowsburg �� 5 Delaware Valley Choral Society ������������������ 6 Desmond Center, Newburgh ����������������� 5, 23 Ellenville Regional Hospital ������������������������� 4 Forestburgh Playhouse ������������������������������� 4 Florida Library ������������������������������������������� 17 Goshen Art League ����������������������������������� 10 Goshen Green Farm ��������������������������������� 24 Greater Newburgh Symphony Orchestra ��� 4, 7 Highlands Falls Events �������������������������������� 4 Holistic Healing Studio, Sugar Loaf ����������� 23 Hurleyville Performing Arts Centre ���� 4, 7, 12 In Memoriam: Tony Falco �������������������������� 15

“Winter Getaway” (detail)

by Ginirose Sivilli watercolor 16 x 20

Goshen Art League See page 10

Josephine-Louise Public Library, Walden �� 12 Karpeles Museum, Newburgh ������������������� 19 Kindred Spirits Arts, Milford ������������������������� 6 Knox’s Headquarters, Vails Gate ����������������� 9 Liberty Museum & Arts Center ������������������ 17 Mamakating Environmental Education Ctr. �� 16 Milford Theater ������������������������������������������ 12 MISU Community Orchestra ����������������������� 7 Mount St. Mary College, Newburgh ���������� 20 Nesin Cultural Arts ��������������������������������������� 7 Newburgh Library ���������������������������������������� 3 Noble Coffee Roasters, Campbell Hall �������� 9 North East Watercolor Society ������������������ 24 Paramount Theater, Middletown ����������������� 6 Pat MacDonald, artist ���������������������������������� 9 Pine Bush Area Library ������������������������������ 16 Pine Bush Community Band ����������������������� 7 Pine Bush First Fridays ������������������������������� 4 Shadowland Stages, Ellenville ������������������ 18 Shandelee Music Festival ��������������������������� 7 Sugar Loaf Chamber of Commerce ���������� 23 Sullivan County Chamber Orchestra ����������� 7 Sullivan County Dramatic Workshop ��� 16, 20 Unitarian Universalist Cong., Rock Tavern ����21 Upfront Exhibition Space, Port Jervis �� 3, 6, 19 Wallkill River School ������������������������������ 5, 22 Weekend of Chamber Music ��������������������� 16 West Point Band ���������������������������������������� 17 Wisner Library, Warwick ������������������������������ 6 Wurtsboro Art Alliance ������������������������������� 24

Cultivate Happiness

Groove in Port

We all want to be happy, but what truly makes us happy?

What are the myths of happiness? Can we be happy? Is it in our control? What changes can we make in our life to be happier and healthier?

Learn new ways of thinking and behaving that will make your life happier such as expressing gratitude, setting life goals, random acts of kindness, etc. Make small changes now that will help you live a more positive and resilient life. Learn the steps that you can take that will make a HUGE difference in your life.

Diane Lang (see photo) is an acclaimed therapist, author and lecturer.

She has written three books, and has been featured in various publications, on TV and Internet shows.

Cultivating Happiness will be presented virtually by Diane Lang on December 16 at 6:00pm. Provided by the E.B. Crawford Public Library, the program will take place via zoom as well as on YouTube Live.

Registration is required and is limited.

Visit ebcpl.org, hover over ‘Events’ then click Adult Calendar to register.

Vibraphonist Matt Hoffman hails from North East, PA. He attended Purchase College SUNY earning a Master of Music in Jazz Studies. He currently works at the Center for Discovery near Monticello and performs regularly.

Tyler Dempsey is a drummer from Clarks Summit, PA. He teaches percussion at Keystone College and at Dallas High School where he serves as Director for both the Percussion Ensemble and Jazz Band.

Nate Zaur is a pianist and organist from North East, PA. He is a member of several bands in the tri-state area, spanning genres of jazz, fusion, and funk.

This trio performs as Vibe! for the groove port music series at UpFront Exhibition Space, 31 Jersey Ave., Port Jervis on December 4 at 7:00pm. Tickets at the door. BYOB! UpFront’s art gallery opens at 1:00pm the day of the concert.

Check out the current art show!

Aromatherapy on Route 300 New York Project Hope is a statewide crisis counseling program designed to help New Yorkers navigate the changes caused by Covid-19.

The program helps New Yorkers Debbie Lewis-Vann understand their reactions and emotions during COVID19. Through an emotional support helpline, educational materials, and trusted referrals, NY Project Hope helps people manage and cope with changes brought on by Covid-19.

Independent Living, Inc. is a local provider agency of NY Project Hope, a program of the Office of Mental Health, and is funded by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). Since 1987, Independent Living, Inc. has served as a common voice for persons with disabilities living in our community.

“I work for Independent Living as a Crisis Counselor,” Debbie LewisVann told CANVAS. “There are several emotional support works we do within the community - as an example the upcoming Aromatherapy workshop at the Newburgh Library. Topics vary

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and are conducted virtual and in person, with different agencies. We also worked with Orange County during the onset of Covid19 vaccination sites providing psychoeducation to

individuals.”

Aromatherapy is the practice of using essential oils for therapeutic benefit, and has been used for centuries. When inhaled, the scent molecules in essential oils travel from the olfactory nerves directly to the brain and especially impact the amygdala, the emotional center of the brain. Essential oils can also be absorbed by the skin.

Aromatherapy uses aromatic essential oils medicinally to improve the health of the body, mind, and spirit. It enhances both physical and emotional health.

Debbie will be joined by Katherine Hendrickson to present Aromatherapy with NY Project Hope on December 2 at 11:00am in the Newburgh Library Town Branch, 1401 Route 300.

Admission is free. To register, call 845-566-0460.

“Holiday Train Display” December 11 at 10:00AM w/ Bob & Diane Sandbothe For the kids! Antique trains, hot chocolate, cookies, and a “Grab Bag” gift!

“Gingerbread House Fun” December 14 at 6PM Build a Gingerbread House 3 & 4 year olds: 10:30AM 5 & up: 4:30PM

www.waldenpubliclibrary.org

(register in advance)

“Classic Movie Night” December 17 at 6PM White Christmas (1954) Bing Crosby, Danny Kaye, Vera-Ellen, Rosemary Clooney & the charming Mary Wickes

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HOLIDAY SHOPPING Pine Bush First Fridays Pine Bush First Fridays will be having a Festive First Fridays event on December 3 from 4:00pm-7:00pm. Get some holiday shopping done with the many vendors, enjoy hot chocolate and cookies, listen to holiday music and even bring the kids to see Santa!

Bundle up and come on out with your families and friends for a little wholesome holiday fun!

Ellenville Regional Hospital Auxiliary Take advantage of a 30% to 50% discount at the Ellenville Regional Hospital Auxiliary’s Holiday SaleFundraiser on December 4, from 9:00am-3:00pm at United Methodist Church, Canal Street, Ellenville.

For information: 845-210-7120.

Highland Falls Craft Fair The Highland Falls Fire Department Auxiliary will host a Holiday Craft Fair on December 4 from 10:00am4:00pm at the Highland Falls Firehouse on Mountain Avenue. Over a dozen vendors and crafters, food, raffles and

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door prizes. Stop by and do your holiday shopping while supporting local artists and makers!

Highland Falls Holiday Market Highland Falls American Legion Auxiliary Post #633, in conjunction with Highlands Arts Alliance, will be hosting a Holiday Artisan Market on December 4 from 11:00am-3:00pm, at the American Legion Hall, 134 Old State Road, Highland Falls.

This artists’ and makers’ market is a great opportunity to find unique holiday gifts while supporting Hudson Valley creators and the American Legion Auxiliary. $5 admission includes light refreshments. Face masks encouraged, as this is an indoor event.

Hurleyville Performing Arts Centre The Gallery222 thrift shop started as a temporary pop-up shop to raise money for the Hurleyville Performing Arts Centre’s movie theater and arts programs during closures due to Covid. The store is so popular that it is expanding into Gallery222’s main space from now to

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February, 2022. Expect to find cozy sweaters, elegant attire and plenty of choices for that perfect holiday outfit.

The HPAC building was closed for most of 2020 and 2021 running free online and inperson outdoor programs for the community. Shop at Gallery 222’s Thrift Luckily, the Shop and support HPAC! thrift shop was so popular that it is here to stay! All of the funds raised support HPAC programs and the HPAC cinema; your local movie theatre. See ad pg. 4.

The Forestburgh Playhouse The Forestburgh Playhouse is thrilled to announce the 2022 Mainstage Season with an entertaining lineup that is sure to delight!

A classic Season Pass provides a ticket to all seven shows: same day of the week/ same seat! For more flexibility, a Flex Six Pack provides 6 vouchers that can be used for any show in any combination throughout the season.

The season kicks off with comedy: Fully Committed, followed by Forbidden Broadway’s Greatest Hits! Next up, a heap of glitz, glamour and Abba with Pageant the Musical and Mamma Mia!

The blockbusters continue with the hilarious musical comedy Something Rotten (dancing galore!) and the longawaited Broadway hit, Kinky Boots!

The season wraps up with Constellations, a moving and heartwarming play. See ad on pg. 17.

Become a subscriber to enjoy discounted tickets, preferred seating and a summer of live theatre! To purchase a subscription as a gift, visit www. fbplayhouse.org or call 845-794-1194.

Happy Herbs Soap “Vegetable oils, infused with my own herbs are the heart of my cold process soap. These herbs, along with exotic roots and resins are mixed for my incense,” says Happy Herbs Soap owner Anita “Nina” Casamento. Nina’s unique “herbal alchemy of soap and incense craft” is a fabulous holiday gift idea!

Visit her etsy shop: www.etsy.com/shop/ happyherbssoap or call 845-733-4577.

Newburgh Symphony Orchestra The Greater Newburgh Symphony Orchestra is offering both individual tickets for the Holiday Concert (see page 7) and season passes for 2021-2022.

Season tickets are a great holiday gift!

Visit www.newburghsymphony.org or phone 845-913-7157 for more info.

Great Gift Idea: Small Works!

Delaware Valley Arts Alliance The Delaware Valley Arts Alliance (DVAA) will host the 17th annual Art in Sixes small works exhibition through December 23 in what has become one of the most anticipated small works group exhibitions in the region. This year’s exhibit features hundreds of small-scale artworks by more than 140 local DVAA’s “Art in Sixes” runs until December 23 and regional artists.

Art in Sixes, as the title implies, is Due to continued concerns around a small works exhibition. It provides Covid-19 and public safety, the exhibition something unique for everyone in a size will once again be extended into the Loft that fits anywhere. Whether you’re an art Gallery, 37 Main Street, Narrowsburg, connoisseur, a browser, a collector, or allowing for social distancing. Viewers someone in need of that perfect gift, this are welcome with masks. event is not to be missed. Exhibitors are For information call 845-252-7576 or both new and established artists from the visit delawarevalleyartsalliance.org. region and beyond.

The work featured includes painting, Continuum Fine Art & Photography photography, collage, sculpture, fiber Continuum Fine Art & Photography art, and intimate drawings. All are one will hold a Winter Small Works Show of a kind and every work of art is six- displaying paintings, sculpture, drawings, inches or less in any direction. Prices photography, cards and much more. generally range from $60 to $600. This The show runs through January 9 year will include the first ever video at Continuum Fine Art & Photography entry, featuring six vignettes running six Gallery, 97 Windermere Avenue, minutes in total and purchasable as an Greenwood Lake.

NFT (non-fungible token).

For information, call 917-480-6983.

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DESMOND CENTER The Desmond Center Art Gallery, a part of the Town of Newburgh Recreation Department, is presenting their annual Small Works Show and Reception on December 12 from 1:00pm-3:00pm at the Desmond Center for Community Enrichment, 6 Albany Post Road, Newburgh.

On view through January 14, participating artists include Instructors from the Visual Arts roster and Still Life by Donna Prizzi represent a diverse scope of special holiday gift! talents from throughout the Be sure to call 845-565Hudson Valley.

1326 for the Desmond The artists featured in Center Art Gallery’s hours the show are as follows: of operation.

Gayle Clark Fedigan, Len DeVirgilio, Jodi Yeaple Wallkill River School King, Donna Prizzi, See pg. 22 for information Michelle Dixler, Paul about the Wallkill River Martin III, and Robert School of Art’s Small Trondsen.

Works exhibition, running This show provides the through January 2. perfect way to support local Frederick Douglass

by Paul R. Martin III artists while also finding that Please shop local! ☺

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Enchanting Carols - December 5

Celebrate this holiday season with an enchanting program of 17th and 18th century carols from England, Ireland, France, Germany and the American Colonies sung in English, French Carol Beaugard and German - with narrative explaining the origins of the holiday’s traditions and décor.

Carol Beaugard has earned acclaim in the world of bluegrass and country music. As lead singer and rhythm guitarist, she fronted her own band and played festivals and concerts throughout the tri-state region.

Mandolinist Wayne Fugate is one of the New York area’s most versatile acoustic musicians. He can move gracefully in, around and between the American roots styles of bluegrass, blues, jazz, old-time music, and in the worlds of classical, Scandinavian and

Wayne Fugate

Mike Kobetitsch

Quebecois music.

Mike Kobetitsch first hit the bluegrass scene with Grammy-winning fiddler Lisa Gutkin, and also performed with New York City’s premier Irish ballad band, the Hudson River Boys.

Enjoy an afternoon of holiday cheer on December 5 at 2:00pm at the Albert Wisner Public Library, One McFarland Drive, Warwick.

Free admission. Seating is limited to 35; masks required. Register by phoning 845-986-1047 or visiting www. albertwisnerlibrary.org This program is made possible by generous funding from Glenn P. and Susan D. Dickes to the AWPL Foundation.

Delaware Valley Choral Society

Dingman-Delaware Children’s Choir

United Methodist Church, 206 East Ann Street, Milford.

Free admission. Donations are welcome. For more information, email Jeffrey.marc.fornoff@gmail.com.

Original Jazz - December 18 Leading his own quartet, Robert Kopec brings a power house group to the groove port music series in Port Jervis.

Kopec’s groovy group will be playing his compositions and even sneak in a few holiday tunes on December 18 at 7:00pm at UpFront Exhibition Space, 31 Jersey 6

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Eileen Ivers has established herself as the pre-eminent exponent of the Irish fiddle in the world today. She is hailed as one of the great innovators in the Celtic and World music genres.

“No one puts forth Irish music with more passion, virtuosity, and care than Eileen Ivers and her superb band. Her

latest project powerfully attests to the influence of traditional Irish music in America. Ivers is a national treasure.”

- George Holt.

Ivers will fiddle her way onto the stage in A Joyful Christmas at Bethel Woods on December 2 at 8:00pm. www.bethelwoodscenter.org

Polka - December 4

Nine Lessons & Carols - December 12 Come and celebrate with the Delaware Valley Choral Society for its’ first live performance since the Covid lockdown!

Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols is a service of Christian worship.

The story of the fall of humanity, the promise of the Messiah, and the birth of Jesus is told in nine Craig Williams short Bible readings or lessons from Genesis, the prophetic books and the Gospels, interspersed with the singing of carols, hymns and choir anthems.

Renowned organist Craig Williams and the Dingman-Delaware Children’s Choir directed by Brian Krauss will join the chorale for the Festival on December 12 at 3:00pm at the Milford

Celtic - December 2

Avenue, Port Jervis.

Tickets at the door.

BYOB. For info: 845-754-1808.

Check out some local art: the Gallery at UpFront Exhibition Space opens at 1:00pm for viewing the current art show and will be open until the concert at 7:00pm.

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BMI has awarded local music icon Jimmy Sturr and his Orchestra its most valued award, the Commendation of Excellence. The only one ever awarded in the polka music field.

Jimmy brings The Magic of Christmas to us which includes, not just his honored orchestra, but also special guests Jay Siegel’s Tokens. “The multitalented Siegel is best known for his soaring falsetto on the classic megahit, The Lion Sleeps Tonight.

Also featured are the Jimmy Sturr Singers, dancers Matt & Elaine and The Pokolenie Dancers (pictured, formed in 2011, the group ranges in age from 7-38, and perform traditional folk and modern polka), and much more on December 4 at 3:00pm at the Paramount Theatre, 17 South Street, Middletown.

For tickets, call 845-346-4195. Proof of vaccination / negative Covid test and masks are required for entry.

Classical a la Rock - December 11 Piano trio TAKE3 brings the refinement of a rigorous classical music background and infuses it with rock-star charisma.

Lindsay Deutsch (violin), Jason Stoll (piano) and Mikala Schmitz (cello) make it their mission to impart their love, passion and joy in music making to

all who hear them.

Hear a cheerful selection of holiday favorites performed in their own unique way, along with some intriguing inside stories, streamed live December 11 at 5:30pm at www.KindredSpiritsArts.org (facebook & youtube, too!)

For information, call 570-409-1269.

Local Jazz - December 17 The Cornwall Public Library, in connection with the Town of Cornwall Recreation Department, presents an afternoon of live holiday music: Sounds of the Season with the Beacon Jazz Lab. Enjoy live classic jazz standards at this guaranteed festive fun afternoon on tap with Rich Dambra (sax), Rich Gugumuck (guitar), Gary

Torres (drums), Carl Traina (keyboard) and Hank Greenblatt (electric bass).

They perform on December 17 at 3:00pm in Munger Cottage, 183 Main Street, Cornwall.

Light refreshments.

Space is limited.

Admission is by pre-registration only by visiting: www. cornwallpubliclibrary.org. Covid safety protocols will be in place.

Klezmer - December 19 Since their emergence 30 plus years ago, The Klezmatics have raised the bar for Eastern European Jewish music, made aesthetically, politically and musically interesting recordings, inspired future generations, created a large body of work that is enduring, and helped to change the face of contemporary Yiddish culture.

The Klezmatics’ music is rooted in but is not a strictly traditional variety of the klezmer genre. Rather it is a comfortable hybrid that appeals equally to those with no previous exposure to the music and those already familiar with it.

Enjoy A Happy Joyous Hannukah at Bethel Woods, December 19, 8:00pm.

Visit www.bethelwoodscenter.org

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Diverse Composers - December 5 Alexa Green

Kristin Gornstein

Sean Doherty Andrew Hubacher

Join the Greater Newburgh Symphony Orchestra (GNSO) for their holiday concert, All is Bright.

“All is Bright revisits our old favorites while being wholly unlike anything we have done in the past. The first half features our string section in a sumptuous assembly of Christmas music from across the centuries. Many of these pieces will be new to our audience and will have people running home to update their Holiday playlists. The second half will see the return of some familiar faces in the singers (pictured above) who will send us into the Holiday season with the appropriate jollity and cheer,” said Russell Ger, Music Director of the GNSO. All is Bright will be presented December 11 at 4:00pm at Newburgh

Russell Ger

Free Academy, 201 Fullerton Avenue, Newburgh.

Individual tickets and season passes are available for purchase. Tickets are also a great gift for the holiday season.

Online ticket sales will not be available after 9:00pm the evening prior to the concert. Tickets can be purchased at the NFA Box Office the afternoon of the performance.

Children under the age of 5 are not permitted in the balcony. Free admission for students with valid ID and youth aged 18 and under in open seating area only.

All other sections require a paid ticket.

Proof of vaccination required for entry.

In addition, the school board requires that everyone wears masks.

For information, call 845-913-7157 or visit www.newburghsymphony.org.

Community Orchestra - December 16 The MISU Community Orchestra has continued to meet throughout covid and is very excited to perform again.

Featuring the MISU Youth Group together with the community orchestra will be a famous pop song, arranged specifically for MISU. Topping off the celebration will be Corelli’s Christmas Concerto featuring David Fiedler (violin), Anastasia Solberg (viola) and a cellist TBA, with James Fitzwilliam (continuo/organ).

The evening ends with Albinoni’s

Adagio with Fiedler, Fitzwilliam and the ensemble.

This concert will be both streamed (for those who wish to conveniently and safely view the performance from the comfort of their own home) and live at St. John’s Episcopal Church, 40 Market Street, Ellenville, on December 16 at 7:30pm. Advance pre-registration is necessary on Eventbrite for both since the in-house audience is limited.

For info: 845-377-3727. Leave a message. See photos on page 12.

The Young People’s Chorus of New York City (YPC) is a multicultural youth chorus internationally renowned for its superb virtuosity, brilliant showmanship, and innovative model of diversity. Among YPC’s many awards is America’s highest honor for youth programs, a National Arts and Humanities Youth Program Award, which was presented to members of YPC at the White House.

Last heard locally in April 2018, the Shandelee Music Festival is once again bringing these very special youngsters to Sullivan County. Reflecting their own all-encompassing diversity, they will perform diverse music by Samuel Adler,

Leroy Anderson, Jerry Bock, Thomas Cabaniss, Leonard Cohen, Dan Forrest, Debbie Friedman, Michael Gordon, Ricky Ian Gordon, Luis Kalaff & Bienvenido Brens, Francisco J. Núñez (Artistic Director/ Founder of the Chorus), Paola Prestini, Paul Simon and John Rutter, with lyrics

by Langston Hughes, Daniel Ladinsky, Mitchell Parish, F.S. Pierpoint and Walt Whitman, in addition to traditional holiday songs and spirituals.

Under the direction of Núñez, the Young People’s Chorus will sing at Bethel Woods on December 5 at 3:00pm. See ad on page 23 for details.

Visit www.bethelwoodscenter.org

Community Band - December 6, 13 & 20 The Pine Bush Community Band is a notfor-profit full concert band performing (in a typical year) up to 14 free public concerts.

In existence for 39 years, the band consists of 45+ musicians of all ages. Its mission is the education and enrichment of amateur, student, and professional musicians and the public; and the preservation of the tradition of band music in community gatherings. The Band performs many

styles of music including patriotic, classic, show, contemporary, and holiday.

The Band’s 2021 Holiday Concerts are on December 6 at the Leptondale Church, 1771 Rout e 300, Newburgh, December 13 at Montgomery Senior Center, 36 Bridge Street, and December 20 at Pine Bush Community/Senior Center, 115 Route 302. Concerts are at 7:00pm with free admission. www.pinebushcommunityband.com

Chamber Orchestra & NCA Youth - December 4 & 5 “This will be our first return to large ensembles in two years and we will be celebrating with holiday staples from the 17th century to 20th century classic tunes,” explained Sullivan County Chamber Orchestra’s Artistic Director Andrew Trombley. “You will hear music by Corelli, Vivaldi, and songs including Silver Bells, and Sleigh Ride but not only the one you think!”

Besides popular holiday favorites such as Corelli’s Christmas Concerto, selections from Tchaikovksy’s Nutcracker, Jay Livingston & Ray Evans’ Silver Bells, and Leroy Anderson’s Sleigh Ride, audiences will be introduced to A Musical Sleigh Ride, by Leopold Mozart, and: The Toy Symphony is a musical work dating from the 1760s with parts for toy instruments, including toy trumpet,

a newly found ratchet, bird manuscript calls (cookoo, suggests the nightingale and Austrian quail), Mark Benedictine tree, triangle, monk Edmund drum and Angerer (1740Glockenspiel.

1794) to be the It was long composer. reputed to Emma be the work Tattenbaum-Fine is SCCO’s of Joseph Haydn, but later host, and guest artists will scholarship suggested that be Nesin Cultural Arts’ it was actually written by (NCA) Honor’s Chorus, Leopold Mozart. Its authorship Amy Phillips, Director, plus is still disputed, however, and the Side-by-Side performance other composers have been proposed as the symphony’s E. Angerer (1740-1794) with NCA’s Aspiring Young true author, including Haydn’s younger Musicians for the Holiday Concert on brother Michael Haydn, who purportedly December 4 at 6:00pm at Hurleyville Performing Arts Centre, and December contributed movements to the work.

Recent research (published in 1996) on 5 at 3:00pm at St. John’s Episcopal

Church, 15 St. John Street, Monticello.

Tickets for the HPAC performance can be purchased at hurleyvilleartscentre.org and at the door. Info: 845-985-4722.

Tickets for the St. John’s Episcopal Church performance can be purchased at nesinculturalarts.eventbrite.com or at the door. Info: 845-798-9006.

Capacity will remain limited and safety protocols will be followed as per CDC guidelines at both venues. Masks are required for all upcoming SCCO and NCA events. Advance ticket purchases are encouraged, however tickets are available at door until capacity is met.

For info: 845-798-9006. See ad pg. 10.

SCCO is a Nesin Cultural Arts supported project. This program is made possible in part by funds from the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Kathleen Courtney Hochul and the NY State Legislature. Additional funding from M&T Bank Charitable Foundation.

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Delaware Valley Opera’s New Home: A Gift for Sullivan County Audiences!

On September 13, 2021, the Delaware Valley Opera (DVO) closed on the former Nutshell bar, restaurant, art gallery, theater and nightclub in Huntington Lake, and the Delaware Valley Opera Center was officially born. Renovations and upgrades will be done to transform the space into a welcoming hub of musical activity in Sullivan County.

“THANK YOU so much to those who participated in DVO’s Match Challenge this summer,” said Artistic Director Carol Castel. “We couldn’t have done it without your generosity. Although the Match Challenge has ended, donations toward our ongoing goal of comprehensive, multifaceted access to the arts for all, right here in Sullivan County, are always gratefully appreciated. We are feverishly planning for the future... from the Center’s inaugural production of David Conte’s The Gift of the Magi to workshops for children and adults in the coming year and more.”

David Conte (b. 1955) is an American composer who has written over 150 works published by E.C. Schirmer (a division of ECS Publishing), including six operas, a musical, works for chorus, solo voice, orchestra, chamber music,

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organ, piano, guitar, and harp.

One of his best-known works is the opera, The Gift of the Magi which has received over 30 productions in the U.S., Canada, Europe, and Russia. It premiered in 1997.

Soprano Marcelle McGuirkFletcher and baritone Mark Hosseini star as the impoverished David Conte M. McGuirk-Fletcher Mark Hosseini R. Pearson Thomas N. Wehrmann young couple, Della and Jim, who set and Semiramide.

Chautauqua Opera and Portland Opera. out against all odds to buy Christmas Mark Hosseini is currently finishing his His songs have been sung in Carnegie gifts for each other and learn, instead, Master’s Degree in Voice Performance Hall, Lincoln Center, Kennedy Center, the true meaning of selflessness, love, and Literature at the Eastman School Merkin Concert Hall and before the and the spirit of the holidays. of Music. He was a winner of the U.S. Congress by artists such as Audra Join DVO for this timeless O. Henry Oakland Symphony Orchestra Concerto McDonald, Sanford Sylvan, Lauren classic, transformed into opera by Competition in 2015, and a finalist in Flanigan, John Muriello and Kurt modern composer David Conte, with many competitions including Opera Ollmann. He is a frequent collaborator with The Mirror Visions Ensemble which libretto by Nicholas Giardini. The very Ithaca’s Competition of Voice. first production at the Delaware Valley Nicholas Wuehrmann is an actor, performs his commissioned works in the Opera Center, The Gift of the Magi will singer and director. He has directed and U.S. and Europe.

The Gift of the Magi opens on be directed by Nicholas Wuehrmann performed in musical theatre, operetta (Stage Director) and Richard Pearson and opera productions. He is considered December 4 at 7:00pm. Tickets include Thomas (Music Director). a Gilbert & Sullivan expert and has a festive holiday reception with drinks Originally from Scranton, Marcelle directed international tours in Germany, plus sweet and savory delights. A second McGuirk recorded her first solo album Switzerland and Austria as well as in the performance will be held on December at the age of 18 - Echoes of Ireland - a U.S. 5 at 2:00pm, at the Delaware Valley collection of her favorite Irish folk tunes Pianist Richard Pearson Thomas, Opera Center, 6692 Route 52, Lake and sacred pieces. Beginning in 2015, DVO’s new Musical Director, has had Huntington. Children 14 years old and she has sung with the DVO in Le Nozze his works performed by the Boston under are always FREE! For tickets call 845-887-3083 or visit di Figaro, L’elisir d’amore, The Mikado, Pops, Covent Garden, Houston Grand A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Falstaff Opera, Manhattan Chamber Orchestra, www.delawarevalleyopera.org.

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Enjoy a World of Pastels in Newburgh Artists Cathy Cahill, Judy Byrne, Cathy Prager, and Lily Norton, all from the Newburgh area, have watched each other develop new techniques and approaches by painting and taking classes together, providing support, confidence, and, most of all, fun!

“Constitution Marsh, Spring” by Cathy Prager Known as the 4 Pastelists, they have shown their work together and separately at many local venues, often winning individual honors and awards at various area art shows.

Studying art history and film and working in the theater, Cathy Prager observed how many different artists harnessed chaos. She says pastels are “solid and ephemeral at the same time, like nature”, leading to an ever-evolving “Rocky Stream” by Lily Norton quest for a unique vision.

Master gardner and floral designer Lily Norton looks to the natural world for her subjects. The joy of being outdoors inspires her to paint a scene and allow the viewer to experience that same joy.

Cathy Cahill learned to see nature through an artist’s eye as the daughter of photographer Ralph Aiello. She taught math for 35 years, and was introduced to pastels in retirement.

Judy Byrne taught art and elementary education in the Newburgh School District for 25 years. She has now “Brittany Path” by Cathy Cahill returned to her love of painting and drawing both landscape and still life.

A selection of landscapes, still lifes and other subjects by this local “school” of artists are available for viewing (and purchase - the holidays are upon us!) at 2Alices Coffee Lounge, 117 Broadway, Newburgh, through February 6.

Take a friend and head to the lounge for a cup of Joe and some local art!

For info: Events@2alicescoffee.com

Meet The Ellisons in Vails Gate

For two Christmases, John and Catherine Ellison shared their home with the officers and soldiers of the Continental Army.

The Ellisons will be present most days December 8-22 at various times. Visit them for an hour and see their house decorated for the season in the 18th century manner.

Overrun by too many besotted louts demanding food and drink, for the past few Christmases, the Ellisons demand notice of your arrival. Call 845-562-7141 ext. 22 to reserve your time. Uninvited

revelers will be immediately thrown off Knox’s Headquarters State Historic Site at 289 Forge Hill Road, Vails Gate.

Covid-19 guidelines in effect..

The Delaware Highlands Conservancy announced winter 2022 Eagle Watch volunteer training days on December 4 and 11. Take advantage of a great opportunity to learn more about this magnificent bird, help protect eagles in their habitat, and assist in educating the public about sharing our region with eagles.

New and returning volunteers are invited to attend a virtual training via Zoom on December 4 from 10:30am12:30pm. New volunteers are invited to attend on December 11 from 10:00amNoon at the Conservancy’s Van Scott Nature Reserve in Beach Lake, PA for

a training and an opportunity to pick up manuals and other materials. Following the gathering, volunteers are invited to visit the Eagle Observation Areas.

Advance registration is required. Visit www.delawarehighlands.org / email sara@delawarehighlands.org or call 570226-3164 ext. 8 or 845-583-1010 ext. 8.

Attention All Eagle Watch Volunteers!

“Flying Eagle in Snow” by Dave Soete

“Bashakill” by Judy Byrne

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The Goshen Art League: Group & Solo Shows Group Show: Goshen Music Hall Goshen Art League (GAL) presents Winter Escape, its final art show of the season. The exhibit will feature seasonal works by GAL members and will have a special showing on December 4, as part of the Goshen Holiday Experience.

The December 4 festival will be celebrated throughout the Village of Goshen, with additional participating venues, organizations, and times to be announced. There will surely be carolers, crafts for the youngsters, and some hot cocoa along the way.

“It’s always a pleasure to welcome visitors to view our members’ works at the Music Hall,” said Robb Gomulka, the exhibit’s curator. “But it’s especially fun and festive during the holiday season.”

Winter Escape can be seen at the GAL home gallery, Goshen Music Hall, 223 Main Street, December 3 to February 25. “Most works on view will be available for sale. Local art makes for a unique and very special holiday gift,” Gomulka reminds us.

Solo Shows: Berkshire Bank & Noble Coffee Roasters GAL artist-member Pat MacDonald

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Opportunity Juried by Richard Taddei, this Wallkill River School show will feature works of the artist, by the artist.

Due December 1: Self Portrait.

For restrictions and additional information, email info@wallkill.art

Business Directory “Winter on the River” by Maureen Hart

“Winter Getaway” by Ginirose Sivilli

The show is ending the is on view at 2021 exhibiting the Berkshire year in a flurry Bank, 2 South of activity. Pat’s Church Street, works in oil, Goshen, through pastel, and January 26. colored pencil In addition, Pat can be seen in a will be exhibiting solo show titled, in another solo Local Treasures. exhibit titled, This particular Visible Lines at body of work “Winter Walks” by Pat MacDonald Noble Coffee depicts the beauty Roasters, 3020 NY-207, Campbell Hall. of local places and landscapes.

MacDonald says of her work, “I see The exhibit runs from December 1-30.

For further information about my challenge as that of capturing the landscape during that fleeting, magical the Goshen Art League, email moment that can only be found once and goshenartleague@gmail.com or visit www.goshenartleague.com then results in an echo of reality.”

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Classic Cinema

“Meet Me in St. Louis” Judy Garland, intro by John DiLeo � Milford Theater, Nov 28, 4pm “Keep the Change” J. Walter, S. James �������Wisner Library, Warwick, Nov 29, 1pm FREE “Nomadland” Frances McDormand ��������������� Wisner Library, Warwick, Dec 6, 1pm FREE “The Bishop’s Wife” C. Grant, D. Niven ��Hurleyville Performing Arts Centre, Dec 10 & 11, 6pm “It’s a Wonderful Like” James Stewart, intro by John DiLeo ��������Milford Theatre, Dec 12, 4pm “Little Women” S. Ronan, E. Watson, L. Dern �����Wisner Library, Warwick, Dec 13, 1pm FREE “White Christmas” B. Crosby, D. Kaye ��� Josephine-Louise Library, Walden, Dec 17, 6pm FREE “Knives Out” Jamie Lee Curtis ���������������������� Wisner Library, Warwick, Dec 20 1pm FREE “My Salinger Year” Sigourney Weaver ��������� Wisner Library, Warwick, Dec 27 1pm FREE

FAIRS & Festivals

Love Local Maker Market ��������������������������Lewis Park, Warwick, Nov 26 & 27, 10am-4pm First Fridays.................. �������������������������������Main Street, Pine Bush, Dec 3, 4pm-7pm FREE Holiday Craft Fair ��������������������������������������������Firehouse, Highland Falls, Dec 4, 10am-4pm Holiday Artisan Market �������������� American Legion Hall, Highland Falls, Dec 4, 11am-3pm Holiday Artisan Fair ������ Mamakating Environmental Education Center, Dec 11, 10am-3pm Farmhouse Project Holiday Maker’s Market ��The Arnold, Livingston Manor, Dec 11 & 12

Fundraisers

Pine Bush Area Library raffle baskets �����������������������Pine Bush Library, thru Dec 18, 11am Community Foundation of Orange and Sullivan “Hope in Bloom” ������������������������������������ Orange County Arboretum, Montgomery, Dec 2, 5pm & 6:30pm Ellenville Regional Hospital Holiday Sale ������������������������������������������������������������������������������� United Methodist Church, Ellenville, Dec 4, 9am-3pm American Legion Auxiliary Post #633 Holiday Artisan Market �������������������������������������������� American Legion Hall, Highland Falls, Dec 4, 11am-3pm Cragsmoor Library cookie walk, fancy flea �������������� Cragsmoor Library, Dec 11, 9am-3pm

Holiday Events

Goshen Holiday Experience ���������������������������������������������������������� Downtown Goshen, Dec 4 Visit the Ellison House ����������Knox’s Headquarters State Historic Site, Vails Gate, Dec 8-22 Old Fashioned Holiday �������������������������������������� Downtown Montgomery, Dec 11, 9am-9pm Gingerbread Experience �����������������������Liberty Museum & Arts Center, Dec 11, Noon-4pm Annual Sugar Loaf Holiday Festival ���������������������������������Sugar Loaf, Dec 11, 1pm-4:30pm Sugar Loaf Tree Lighting & Caroling ������� Methodist Church, Sugar Loaf, Dec 11, 4:30pm 25th Annual Holiday Party �����������������������������Liberty Museum & Arts Center, Dec 11, 5pm “Peace, Love & Lights” a drive-though holiday light show ���������� Bethel Woods, thru Jan 2

Holistic living

Breath & Sound Meditation ���������������������Wisner Library, Warwick, Tuesdays, 11am FREE Crystal Skull Attunement Meditation & Sacred Healing Gong Bath w/Su Walenta ���������� Holistic Healing Studio, Sugar Loaf, Nov 28, 6pm Monthly Drum Circle w/Su Walenta �������Holistic Healing Studio. Sugar Loaf, Dec 12, 6pm

Music - Holiday (see also Falcon holiday events NExt Column)

Eileen Ivers “ A Joyful Christmas” Celtic fiddle �������������������������������Bethel Woods, Dec 2, 8pm West Point Band “A West Point Holiday” ������������������������������������������������������������������������������� Eisenhower Hall Theatre, West Point, Dec 4 & 5, 2pm FREE Jimmy Sturr Presents “The Magic of Christmas” Paramount Theatre, Middletown, Dec 4, 3pm Sullivan County Chamber Orchestra “Holiday Family Concert” ���������������������������������������� Hurleyville Performing Arts Centre, Dec 4, 6pm & St. John’s Episcopal Church, Monticello, Dec 5, 3pm Christmas Carol Jubilee 17th & 18th century carols ��������Wisner Library, Warwick, Dec 5, 2pm FREE Young People’s Chorus of New York City Shandelee Music Festival ���������������������������������� Bethel Woods, Dec 5, 3pm Pine Bush Community Band Holiday Concert ���������Leptondale Church, Newburgh, Dec 6, 7pm FREE & Montgomery Senior Center, Dec 13, 7pm FREE & Pine Bush Community/Senior Center, Dec 20, 7pm FREE Greater Newburgh Symphony Orch. “All is Bright” �����Newburgh Free Academy, Dec 11, 4pm Take3 “Holiday Cheer” rock, classical ����virtual-Kindred Spirits, Milford, Dec 11, 5:30pm FREE Delaware Valley Choral Society “Festival of Nine Lessons & Carols” ��������������������������������� w/Delaware-Dingmans Children’s Choir Dec 12, 3pm FREE MISU Community Orchestra, Youth Group & soloists Holiday Concert ��������������������������� virtual & St. John’s Episcopal Church, Ellenville, Dec 16, 7:30pm The Beacon Jazz Lab ���������������������������������������������� Munger Cottage, Cornwall, Dec 17, 3pm Robert Kopec Jazz Quartet Holiday Concert “groove port“ music series ��������������������������� UpFront Exhibition Center, Port Jervis, Dec 18, 7pm The Klezmatics “A Happy Joyous Hanukkah” ��������������������������Bethel Woods, Dec 19, 8pm

Music - jazz

Hal Galper Trio �����������������������������������������������������Rafters Tavern, Callicoon, Saturdays, 3pm The Don Byron Quartet �������������������������������������������������The Falcon, Marlboro, Nov 28, 7pm VIBE! “groove port “ music series �������� UpFront Exhibition Center, Port Jervis, Dec 4, 7pm

Brian Kastan Trio ������������������������������������Continuum Gallery, Greenwood Lake, Dec 5, 8pm Lindsey Webster ������������������������������������������������������������� The Falcon, Marlboro, Dec 11, 7pm Common Tongue “The Music of Jaco Pastorius” �������� The Falcon, Marlboro, Dec 19, 7pm

Opera

“The Gift of the Magi” ������������Delaware Valley Opera Center, Lake Huntington, Dec 4 & 5

Poetry Readings w/open mic

Robert Milby ������������������������������������������ Noble Coffee Roasters, Campbell Hall, Dec 2, 7pm Poetry at the Karpeles host:Hayden Wayne �����Karpeles Museum, Newburgh, Dec 4, 1pm FREE Jim Hart poetry & prose (no open mic) ���� Karpeles Museum, Newburgh, Dec 4, 4pm FREE Poetry Night host:Hayden Wayne ������ The Giving Tree Cafe, Newburgh, Dec 9, 7pm FREE Margaret Fox ���������������������������������������������������Java Blue Coffee, Montgomery, Dec 21, 6pm

Storytelling

Holiday Storytelling Program Black Dirt Storytelling Guild Florida Library, Dec 12, 2pm FREE

Theatre

“Handle With Care” ����������������������������������������������� Shadowland Stages, Ellenville, Dec 3-19 “Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus” & “A Christmas Carol” ����������������������������������������� Sullivan County Dramatic Workshop South Fallsburg Senior Center, Dec 10-12

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

Scott Sharrard guitar ����������������������������������������������������� The Falcon, Marlboro, Nov 27, 7pm Deadgrass & Friends Jerry Garcia ����������������������������������The Falcon, Marlboro, Dec 2, 7pm Popa Chubby Band blues �������������������������������������������������The Falcon, Marlboro, Dec 3, 7pm Oz Noy Trio w/Will Lee & Anton Fig blues, rock ����������The Falcon, Marlboro, Dec 4, 7pm Jimmy Vivino & The Upstate Upstarts ���������������������������The Falcon, Marlboro, Dec 5, 7pm Jeremy Baum Trio: Charlie “Baum” Christmas ������������The Falcon, Marlboro, Dec 9, 7pm Joe Ferry & The Big Ska Band ”The BEST Christmas Ever” �����The Falcon, Dec 10, 7pm Blue Oyster Cult rock, heavy metal ���������������Paramount Theatre, Middletown, Dec 11, 8pm Gordon Lightfoot folk, rock, country �������������������������������� Bethel Woods, Dec 11 & 12, 8pm The Trapps roots, rock ����������������������������������������������������The Falcon, Marlboro, Dec 12, 7pm Ninth Annual Christmas@TheFalcon Benefit �������������The Falcon, Marlboro, Dec 17, 7pm Hollis Brown Residency r&r ������������������������������������������The Falcon, Marlboro, Dec 18, 7pm Music for Humanity folk �������������������������������Noble Coffee Roasters, Dec 18, 7:30pm FREE Marshall Tucker Band rock, blues, country �Paramount Theatre, Middletown, Dec 18, 8pm Ed Palermo Big Band presents “THE EDDYS” ����������The Falcon, Marlboro, Dec 30, 7pm The Big Takeover reggae, ska ����������������������������������������The Falcon, Marlboro, Dec 31, 7pm OPEN Mic & IN-HOUSE MUSIC Listings below are not included in our centerspread calendar

Open Mic ����������������������������������������� Heartbeat Music Hall, Grahamsville, Wednesdays, 7pm Open Mic ���������������������������������������������������������������� Rafter’s Tavern, Callicoon, Sundays 3pm The Parting Glass Band Celtic �����Loughran’s Pub, Salisbury Mills, Thursdays, 5:30pm-6:30pm

Books: discussions / readings / Signings “Tattooist of Auschwitz” by Heather Morris �������������� Zoom-Cornwall Library, Dec 1, 4pm “Such a Fun Age” by Kiley Reid ����������������������������������� Zoom-Cornwall Library, Dec 2, 7pm Jim Hart, author, prose & poetry readings ������������������Karpeles Museum, Newburgh, Dec 4, 4pm “My Name Is Selma” by Selma Van de Perre ��������������������Chester Library, Dec 13, 6:30pm Livingston Manor Book Club �������������������� Zoom-Livingston Manor Library, Dec 14, Noon Books & Tea Discussion Group ���������������Mamakating Library, Wurtsboro, Dec 16, 2:30pm “The Sun Also Rises” by E. Hemingway ��� virtual-Western Sullivan Libraries, Dec 16, 6pm Novel Reads book discussion ����������������Josephine-Louise Library, Walden, Dec 16, 6:30pm

How do YOU see Washington’s Headquarters?

Washington’s Headquarters State Historic Site recently embarked on an innovative virtual photo gallery project to celebrate the newly improved 7-acre grounds. Running for the next 12 months, Washington’s Headquarters will be asking for visitors to submit photos of the refreshed grounds. Each month, favorite images will be added to the virtual gallery for all to enjoy.

Come see the refreshed grounds and take the time to reflect on your favorite aspect

of the site...and take some photos! Did you find a favorite view? An interesting historic feature? A bird perched in a precarious spot? Does the site change its colors or shadows at a different time of day? A different time of year?

Send your picture to the site. Google: WHQ Framing History: A Year in Pictures - submit. To see the images grow throughout the year, google: WHQ Framing History: A Year in Pictures gallery!

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Decemb ALHF ��������������������������������������������������������� American Legion Hall, Highland Falls ARBOR ������������������������������������������������Orange County Arboretum, Montgomery ARNOLD ����������������������������������������������������The Arnold House, Livingston Manor CON ������������������ Continuum Fine Art & Photography Gallery, Greenwood Lake DVCS Delaware Valley Choral Society ����������Milford United Methodist Church

DVO ������������ Delaware Valley Opera Center, Lake Huntington BW ���������������������������������������Bethel Woods Center for the Arts FAL ���������������������������������������������������������� The Falcon, Marlboro FL ����������������������������������������������������������������������� Florida Library HFFIRE ����������������������������������������������Highland Falls Firehouse

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Donna Reed, James Stewart & Karolyn Grimes, “It’s a Wonderful Life”, Milford Theatre, December 12 at 4pm with intro by Film Historian John DiLeo Vera-Ellen, Danny Kaye, Bing Crosby, Rosemary Clooney, “White Christmas”, Josephine-Louise Public Library, Walden, December 17 at 6pm

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“Small Farm Reservoir” by Richard Price First Prize Winner (above): “Catch and Release”

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Cinema “My Salinger Year” WISNER 1pm “Sylvia” by Caroline Harrow.

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Cinema “Little Women” WISNER 1pm

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��������������������������������������������������� Liberty Museum & Arts Center ating Environmental Education Center, Wurtsboro ������������������������Cornwall Library-Munger Cottage, Cornwall ���������������������������������������������������������������Newburgh Free Academy ���������������������������������������Noble Coffee Roasters, Campbell Hall

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PT ������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������ Paramount Theatre, Middletown RAFT ������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������Rafter’s Tavern, Callicoon SCCO Sullivan County Chamber Orchestra ������� St. John’s Episcopal Church, Monticello SCDW Sullivan County Dramatic Workshop �����������������������South Fallsburg Senior Center SHAD ������������������������������������������������������������������ Shadowland Stages, Main Stage, Ellenville

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Holiday..............Goshen Holiday Experience.....Downtown Goshen Fair..................................Holiday Craft Fair........HFFIRE 10am-4pm Fair.............................Holiday Artisan Market........ALHF 11am-3pm Poetry......Poetry at the Karpeles....Karpeles Museum, Newburgh, 1pm Music - Holiday.................West Point Band..........................IKE 2pm s.......Main Street, Pine Bush, 4pm-7pm Theatre - Play...............“Handle With Care”.........SHAD 2pm & 7pm dle With Care”....................SHAD 7pm Music - Jazz........................Hal Galper Trio......................RAFT 3pm Chubby Band........................FAL 7pm Music - Holiday...Jimmy Sturr & The Magic of Christmas...PT 3pm Prose - Poetry.................Jim Hart....Karpeles Museum, Newburgh, 4pm Music - Holiday...Sullivan County Chamber Orchestra...HPAC 6pm Music - Jazz.............................VIBE!....................................UpF 7pm Music - Blues-Rock...Oz Noy Trio w/ Will Lee & Anton Fig.....FAL 7pm Opera...........................“The Gift of the Magi”...................DVO 7pm

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Fundraiser....Cookie Walk, Fancy Flea....Cragsmoor Library, 9am-3pm Holiday..Old Fashioned Holiday..Downtown Montgomery, 9am-9pm Fair..............................Holiday Artisan Fair..........MEEC 10am-3pm Holiday.....................Holiday Maker’s Market...ARNOLD 11am-6pm Holiday.........................Gingerbread Experience...LMAC Noon-4pm Holiday.......Sugar Loaf Holiday Festival....Sugar Loaf, 1pm-4:30pm Bishop’s Wife”....................HPAC 6pm Theatre - Play...............“Handle With Care”.........SHAD 2pm & 7pm dle With Care”....................SHAD 7pm Music - Holiday.......Greater Newburgh Sym. Orch............NFA 4pm istmas One-Act Plays......SCDW 7pm Holiday.......................25th Annual Holiday Party............LMAC 5pm y & The Big Ska Band ..........FAL 7pm Music - Holiday-Rock-Classical......Take3......................KSAV 5:30pm Music - Jazz........................Hal Galper Trio......................RAFT 3pm Cinema........................“The Bishop’s Wife”....................HPAC 6pm Theatre - Play..........Two Christmas One-Act Plays......SCDW 7pm Music - Jazz......................Lindsey Webster........................FAL 7pm Music - Folk-Rock-Country.......Gordon Lightfoot.................BW 8pm Music - Rock-Heavy Metal........Blue Oyster Cult...................PT 8pm

eacon Jazz Lab...........MUNGER, 3pm te Christmas”......................JLPL 6pm dle With Care”....................SHAD 7pm tmas@TheFalcon Benefit....FAL 7pm

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StJ �������������������������������������������������������� St. John’s Episcopal Church, Ellenville UMC ����������������������������������������������������������� United Methodist Church, Ellenville UpF “groove port” Music Series ���������UpFront Exhibition Space, Port Jervis WISNER �������������������������������������������������������������Albert Wisner Library, Warwick

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Theatre - Play...............“Handle With Care”....................SHAD 2pm Opera..........................“The Gift of the Magi”....................DVO 2pm Music - Holiday.........Christmas Carol Jubilee............WISNER 2pm Music - Holiday................West Point Band..........................IKE 2pm Music - Holiday..Sullivan County Chamber Orchestra..SCCO 3pm Music - Holiday.......Young People’s Chorus of NYC..........BW 3pm Music...............Jimmy Vivino & The Upstate Upstarts......FAL 7pm Music - Jazz....................Brian Kastan Trio.......................CON 8pm

12 Holiday.....................Holiday Maker’s Market...ARNOLD 11am-6pm Theatre - Play..........Two Christmas One-Act Plays......SCDW 1pm Theatre - Play...............“Handle With Care”....................SHAD 2pm Storytelling....Black Dirt Storytelling Guild Holiday Program..FL 2pm Music - Holiday......Delaware Valley Choral Society.......DVCS 3pm Cinema..................“It’s a Wonderful Life”.......Milford Theatre, 4pm Holistic.........................Monthly Drum Circle.....................HHS 6pm Music - Roots-Rock............The Trapps................................FAL 7pm Music - Folk-Rock-Country.......Gordon Lightfoot................BW 8pm

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Theatre - Play...............“Handle With Care”.........SHAD 2pm & 7pm Music - Jazz......................Hal Galper Trio........................RAFT 3pm Music - Jazz......Robert Kopec Quartet Holiday Concert...UpF 7pm Theatre - Play...............“Handle With Care”....................SHAD 2pm Music - R&R..............Hollis Brown Residency....................FAL 7pm Music - Jazz...Common Tongue Music of Jaco Pastorius....FAL 7pm Music - Folk...................Music for Humanity...............NOBL 7:30pm Music - Holiday.....................The Klezmatics.............................BW 8pm Music - Rock-Blues-Country-Soul...Marshall Tucker Band....PT 8pm

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by Elise Hornbeck.

See N.E.W.S. story, page 24

he Big Takeover.....................FAL 7pm

Merry Christmas

Happy New Year

“February Light” by Valerie Taggart See North East Watercolor Society story on page 24

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Art exhibits

CAS-LK ���������������������������������������������Catskill Art Society-Laundry King, Livingston Manor DVAA ����������������������������������������������������������������Delaware Valley Arts Alliance, Narrowsburg UUC ������������������������������������������������������� Unitarian Universalist Congregation, Rock Tavern WRS ��������������������������������������������������������������������������������Wallkill River School, Montgomery

Group Show �����������������������������������������������������������������������Stray Cat Gallery, Bethel, ongoing Georgia Chambers paintings ������������������������� Georgia Chambers Studio, Callicoon, ongoing T.A. Clearwater paintings, pastels, prints ���Clearwater Gallery at Jones Farm, Cornwall, ongoing Karen E. Gersch, Gabrielle Dearborn, Josiah Dearborn drawings, paintings, silverwork Gersch Home Gallery, Montgomery, by appt, ongoing Carolyn Duke pottery �����������������������������������Duke Pottery, Lake Tennanah, Roscoe, ongoing Inscribed Tibetan Prayer Stones �� Tibetan & Himalayan Cultural Center, Walden, ongoing Late Fall Art Show group show ��������������UpFront Exhibition Center, Port Jervis, thru Nov 28 River Valley Artists Guild Art About Town: “Autumn Spectacular!” ��������������������������������� Group Show Gio’s Gelato Café, Port Jervis, & Joan Kehlenbeck oils & pastels Deerpark Town Hall, Huguenot, & Joe Petrosi color pencil drawings Mayor’s Office, Port Jervis City Hall, & Susan Miiller oils & prints Bon Secours Hospital Cafeteria, Port Jervis, thru Nov 30 “People” group show ������������������������������������������������������������������������������������WRS thru Dec 12 Mary Mugele Sealfon “Painting Locally” ������������������������������������������������������������������������������ SUNY Orange, Mindy Ross Gallery, Newburgh, thru Dec 13 Hudson Valley Plein Air Festival group show ������ Garnet Health, Middletown, thru Dec 15 Catskill Art Society Members’ Annual Exhibit ���������������������������������� CAS-LK thru Dec 18 Holiday Group Show �����������������������������������������������������Wurtsboro Art Alliance, thru Dec 19 “Art in Sixes” group show ������������������������������������������������������������������������ DVAA thru Dec 23 Joan Polishook “Collections” ��������������Gallery at Chant Realtors, Lords Valley, thru Dec 27 “Lights, Color, Fashion: Psychedelic Posters and Patterns of 1960s San Francisco” ������� Museum at Bethel Woods, thru Dec 31 Catharine De Maio “Fall” paintings �������������������� Rustic Wheelhouse, Chester, thru Dec 31 Holly Rostkowski “Intuitive Abstracts” �������������Griffith Olivero Realtors, Goshen, thru Dec Small Works & Group Show ������������������������������������������ARTery Gallery, Milford, thru Dec “Small Works” group show ���������������������������������������������������������������������������� WRS thru Jan 2 Paola Bari “Painting Porcelain” ������������������������������������������������������������������� WRS thru Jan 2 Keith Gunderson “On The Town” ����������������������������������������������������������������� WRS thru Jan 2 “The Tiny House Project” ������������������������������������������������������������������������ CAS-LK thru Jan 2 “a nouveau en plein air” group show ����������������������������� Grit Gallery, Newburgh, thru Jan 8 Pat MacDonald “Local Treasures” ������������������������������ Berkshire Bank, Goshen, thru Jan 26 4 Pastelists: Judy Byrne, Cathy Cahill, Lily Norton, Cathy Prager ����������������������������������� 2Alices Coffee Lounge, Newburgh, thru Feb 6 Naomi Kennedy “Black & White vs Color” ��������Leo’s Restaurant & Pizzeria, Cornwall, thru Feb “Winter Escape” Goshen Art League, group show ������������������Goshen Music Hall, thru Feb

NEW ART EXHIBITS

Holiday Art Market/Show ������������������������������������������������Narrowsburg Union, Nov 27-Jan 8 Small Works Group Show Continuum Fine Art & Photography, Greenwood Lake, Nov 27-Jan 9 Pat MacDonald “Visible Lines” ����������������Noble Coffee Roasters, Campbell Hall, Dec 1-30 “Winter Holiday Show” �����������������������������UpFront Exhibition Center, Port Jervis, Dec 3-31 “Winter Escape” Goshen Art League ���������������������������������Goshen Music Hall, Dec 3-Feb 25 Eric Stein sculptor ������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������ UUC Dec 11-31 Small Works Art Show group show ����������������� Desmond Center, Newburgh, Dec 12-Jan 14 “Winter” group show ���������������������������������������������������������������������������������� WRS Dec 17-Jan 16

Photography exhibits

Woodstock Memorabilia & Photos ������������������������Stray Cat White House, Bethel, ongoing “Along the Towpath: The D&H Canal in Mamakating, 1828-1898” ��� Wurtsboro Library Sandy Long “Impermanence” digital images, videos, poetry �����Narrowsburg Union, thru Nov 28 “Confluence: Land, Water, Wildlife” & J. Alfred Myer “No Dull Days in Milford” ����������������� ARTery, Milford, through Dec 6

ART & Photography receptions

Holiday Group Show ���������������������������������������� Wurtsboro Art Alliance, Nov 27, Noon-4pm Eric Stein sculptor �����������������������������������������������������������������������������UUC Dec 11-Noon-3pm Small Works Art Show ��������������������������������Desmond Center, Newburgh, Dec 12, 1pm-3pm “Winter Holiday Show” ���������������UpFront Exhibition Center, Port Jervis, Dec 12, 1pm-6pm

Children & Teens Calendar

JLPL ���������������������������������������������������������������������������������Josephine-Louise Library, Walden PEEC ��������������������������������������������� Pocono Environmental Education Center, Dingmans Ferry

Books

Listings not included in our centerspread calendar.

Storytime with Miss Beth 2&1/2-5yrs ���������������������������������������������JLPL Tuesdays, 10:30am Toddler Time 18-36months ��Wisner Library, Warwick, Tuesdays & Wednesdays, 10:15am Toddler Time 1-3yrs ����������������������������������������������������� Chester Library, Wednesdays 9:30am Storytime in the Park ��������������������Mamakating Library, Wurtsboro, Wednesdays, 10:30am 14

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Mother Goose 10-18months ������������������������� Wisner Library, Warwick, Thursdays, 11;15am When Grandma Gives You a Lemon Tree” grades K-2 ���Florida Library, Nov 30, 4:15pm Author Visit & Book Signing w/Diana Murray, all ages ����������Tuxedo Library, Dec 4, 2pm Winter Wonderland Story Time toddlers-8yrs �����������������������Tuxedo Library, Dec 15, 4pm EntertainmenT & Recreation

“Santa Will Be Here!” ��������������������������������������Hurleyville Performing Arts Centre, Dec 3-5 Ecozone Discovery Room ��������������������������������������������������������� PEEC Dec 4 & 18, 1pm-4pm Annual Holiday Train Display w/Bob & Diane Sandbothe ����������JLPL Dec 11, 10am-2pm

Lectures

sponsored by SUNY Orange and Town of Newburgh Desmond Center JLPL ��������������������������������������������������������������������� Josephine-Louise Public Library, Walden PEEC ���������������������������������������Pocono Environmental Education Center, Dingmans Ferry Lectures, Discussions, Talks & Walks are FREE unless otherwise noted: (FEE) (Events Not lncluded in Centerspread Calendar)

lectures - Discussions “Aromatherapy” with NY Project Hope Debbie Lewis-Vann & Katie Hendrickson ����������� Newburgh Library Town Branch, Dec 2, 11am “Back to Bach” Barry Wiesenfeld ������������ Zoom-Crawford Library, Monticello, Dec 6, 6pm Winter Ecology Hike ���������������������������������������������������������������������� PEEC Dec 11, 10am FEE “Sparkling Wines for the Holidays” JoAnn DeGaglia ��������������������������� JLPL Dec 16, 6pm “Bubbles and Brie” champagne introductory session ��� virtual-Goshen Library, Dec 16, 6pm “Cultivating Happiness” Diane Lang ��� Zoom-Crawford Library., Monticello, Dec 16, 6pm

Washington’s X-mas

Looking for something to do and some place to go with your family during the holiday season? Check out Washington’s Headquarters State Historic Site in Newburgh at 84 Liberty Street.

Tour Washington’s Headquarters and browse through the Museum. The grounds and “Around the Grounds,” a self-guided tour of the outdoor features of the site, will also be available. And a take-home craft will be given while supplies last.

The Christmas holiday schedule’s additional days include: December 24, 29, 30 and 31.

To comply with COVID-19 guidelines for social distancing and capacity reductions, reservations will be required in order to visit inside the buildings.

Additional appointments may be available other days.

Call 845-562-1195 for information.

Walden’s Toy Trains

Bob & Diane Sandbothe will display antique running trains on December 11. 10:00am-2:00pm at the JosephineLouise Library’s Annual Holiday Train Display. Bring the kids for hot chocolate, cookies, and a “Grab Bag” gift!

CALL FOR ARTISTS! Juried ‘Open’ Exhibit, March, 2022.

Details to be announced January 1, 2022. www.arterygallerymilford.com FB: arterygallerymilfordpa Stay tuned to the January, 2022 issue of CANVAS!

In Memoriam: “The arts make us better people, and having a place to commune and enjoy the arts together with others is almost a spiritual experience.”

- Tony Falco / The Falcon Tony Falco died on October 28, 2021, after a six-month battle with complications from Covid-19.

A man with many passions and skills, a loving husband and father, and an engaged community leader, Tony is perhaps best known as the owner of The Falcon, the innovative music venue he founded in the early 2000s in Marlboro.

The Falcon became a mecca for jazz musicians and one of the Hudson Valley’s most prominent and diverse music clubs as well as its most beautiful.

Tony imagined the Falcon as a community-focused, multi-art, and musician-centric institution. At its prepandemic peak, the Falcon featured music on two stages nightly, rotating art exhibits, the Avalon Archives Museum of Rock & Roll, two restaurants, and a network of trails and decks overlooking Marlboro Falls.

Tony graduated from New Paltz with a degree in Environmental Science.

Over his scientific career, he owned and operated several water treatment facilities throughout the Hudson Valley as well as Environmental Labworks, a water testing facility located in the same building as The Falcon.

Tony was a renaissance man: artist, entrepreneur, scientist, engineer, architect, pilot, and environmental conservationist.

He was generous and adventurous, and he loved to travel the world. In 2020, during the pandemic, he designed and built the Marlboro Nature Trail. He recently took up horseback riding and owned two horses, Houdini and Cinch.

Donations may be made in memory of Tony Falco to Amnesty International.

If Tony had special powers, at all, it was foresight. He knew that urban dwellers would relocate, and support the need for quality music performances and visual art. Just as importantly, his water testing and analysis lab under The Falcon Underground (The pub-beneath-theclub), Environmental Labworks, remains one of the most reliable labs of its kind in the region, for numerous municipalities and homeowners. His son, Julian Falco is now part of the operation after graduating with a degree in Environmental Science.

The Lab’s success allowed Tony

Tony Falco

to expand upon his ideas concerning many environments, to include the quality and accessibility of our green spaces, arts and culture. One of his greatest gifts was the construction of the Marlboro Nature Trail, built during the pandemic lockdown, with his sons Lee and Julian, among others.

Tony never wavered from his personal standard of kindness and generosity.

Staff members were told, “It’s all about The Vibe”, and instructed to treat patrons and performers with kindness, respect, and generosity. Tony’s place at the club was, more often than not, in the sound booth at work, and often receiving visitors, as well. He made himself available for musicians’ loadin, set-up, and soundcheck.

Family vacations were important to him, and he was away when he traveled with his wife, Julie, their children, and later, the children’s partners. Where food was concerned, in the early days he experienced a kind of global fame for not only providing lodgings in the family home for visiting musicians, but for serving up giant paellas to them before each show. Later at the current location, he was happy when the chefs created innovative new entrees for the menu.

Sadly, short staffing and short performance weeks have changed The Falcon’s menus since.

Tony’s words: “Booking is a bear.”

Following tour schedules and finding dates for performances always led us down a path of question marks, changes to agreements, and perpetual email searches to find the last and definitive correspondence.

Tony had beaten cancer but was left

(1956 - 2021)

without an immune system.

(Vaccines work with immune systems). He had been struggling with pneumonia since April.

- Fern Franke, Falcon Promotions I’m honored to write you something about Tony. I have a plethora of stories and anecdotes.

Tony’s passing has hit a lot of us very hard. I myself am finding it to be a profound loss.

We’ve known the Falcos for 21+ years; our kids played together.

The things I most remember about Tony Falco and his wonderful family were the house concerts in what came to be known as “the Building”, behind their family home in Marlboro, and their extraordinary hospitality. As one of - if not THE, as some people assure me - first acts to perform there (a jazz trio comprised of bassist Robert Kopec, drummer Marvin Bu-ga-lu Smith and myself), my wife Nita and I went to concert after wonderful concert - always potluck affairs with food overflowing, kids running about and so many wonderful people.

I performed there many times, with a wide variety of groups including my group NAIL. When NAIL played in 2005, a young Lee Falco, age 8, sat in with us on drums. Before every performance Julie Falco would make a meal for the performers and the family, and we’d all sit in the house and swap stories.

At some point Tony acquired his first piano, and soon after I performed my arrangement of the “Rite Of Spring”.

During the performance a bat flew out of the rafters and circled the stage! With my head buried in the piano keys I didn’t

notice it but after the show Tony said excitedly “Did you see the bat?” He had a gleam in his eye and was genuinely excited by the whole thing, reminiscing about it for years afterwards.

Eventually concerts in the building got to be “standing room only” at every show.

We could no longer attend regularly and we didn’t need to. It was out of this scene that Tony got the idea to create a real full size working venue, and that’s The Falcon as we know it today.

At the heart of it all is the “Magic Blue Box” - the donation box, still in use today at the Falcon. Tony never charged a cover - everything was donation based. It didn’t matter if you didn’t have a dime to your name - you could still come enjoy the music. No one was turned away. Every time I performed there I made more money than expected - EVERY time and so did everyone else I talked to.

The Falcon is a living testament to Tony Falco’s unrelenting vision and support for living artists.

- Neil “Nail” Alexander I met Tony Falco years ago when he started an art center in his barn behind the family home, motivated by his young son Lee’s love of playing drums with his friends. He transformed the upper floor into a space that exhibited artwork, presented a “kids band” and then an “adult musicians” group where he welcomed all kinds of music, nurturing creative ideas and audiences alike. (I brought a music & dance ensemble there with an African drummer).

Tony’s vision for the present Falcon was realized with re-purposed lumber from a town building set to be demolished and he created a space there to continue developing his warm sense of community in the Hudson Valley. His palpable Love of Life radiated from his gentle smile. I will miss him, as will so many others!

- Judi Silvano Tony Falco was a friend, a visionary, an architect and an entrepreneur with a passion to contribute to the well-being of others in his family, community and beyond. If everyone would follow his example of giving, this world would be a better place. The opportunities he gave all of us to express ourselves in the creative arts was always with love and desire. He was inspired and his inspiration will live on in what he created at The Falcon for generations. I will miss him dearly.

- Joe Lovano

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HOLIDAY GIVING

Mamakating Environ. Education Ctr. The mission of the Mamakating Environmental Education Center (MEEC) is to support environmental education and stewardship and an appreciation of local history.

In an effort to inspire current and future generations, MEEC fosters environmental awareness and responsible action through hands-on exploration and adventure.

Celebrate the holidays like our ancestors did. Spend a quiet afternoon using your imagination to make the perfect natural wreath on December 4 from 1:00pm-3:00pm. All supplies provided, unless you’d like to bring something special to add. Cost: $30/ person - includes supplies, refreshments and a chance to unwind.

South Road, Wurtsboro.

For information, call 845-644-5014.

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Sullivan County Dramatic Workshop “It’s that time of year again as our thoughts turn to colder weather, and of course the holidays. Here at the Sullivan County Dramatic Workshop (SCDW) our thoughts also turn to our favorite place: the Rivoli Theatre. The SCDW owns and operates the Rivoli, which is on the National Register of Historic Places.

With parts of the theatre built in the 1920’s, this nearly century old building needs lots of work.

“Help us get the money needed to make repairs and upgrades and get some of your holiday shopping done at the same time. The annual NYS Lottery Raffle is back! For $10 you get a raffle ticket with a three-digit number on it. If that number is chosen as the NYS Evening Lottery Pick during January, 2022, you win cash! You get 31 chances to win.

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“But what if your number never comes up? YOU WIN ANYWAY! You already won when you bought the ticket! Your ticket, whether it wins cash or not, is a free admission to any 2022 production (or $10 off the cost of a ticket for our annual musical: The Little Mermaid).

“Email haroldtighe50@gmail.com with your name, address and phone number and Harold will send you a ticket and a pre-stamped envelope to send back your check (checks must be postmarked no later than December 31, 2021 for your ticket to be eligible to win starting January 1. If it is postmarked later than Dec. 31, 2021, we will make your ticket eligible from the date of the postmark.)

If you have a lucky number, let Harold know and he’ll get it for you! (Numbers must be between 000 and 999). If not, he will pick a random number and send it along. Questions? 845-807-7212.”

Weekend of Chamber Music “In an arts funding utopia we’d never come to you with hat in hand. But, things being what they are, our hat is well-worn from getting passed around year after year. The good news is that our audience always steps up, always shows their love for chamber music and for the Weekend of Chamber Music community, and

helps us make each festival better than the last.

“So, here we are again, ready to blow your minds with next summer’s program.

Last year we went Into the Light, and in 2022 we bypass the “new normal” and head straight to The New FANTASTIC! With early works from Bach, Brahms, Sibelius, Stravinsky, and Composer-inResidence Hannah Kendall (pictured), 2022 will be fantastic in every way.

Help us keep the music playing with a taxdeductible gift.

Visit www.wcmconcerts.org Friends of Pine Bush Area Library The Friends of the Pine Bush Area Library made the decision not to have the bake sale this year for their annual fundraiser. Instead they have created (15 and counting) raffle baskets for a drawing on December 18 at 11:00am.

Stop by the Library Community Center, 223-227 Maple Avenue, Pine Bush, to see the baskets and get your lucky tickets! For info: 845-744-3375.

Gingerbread Celebration in Liberty The Liberty Museum & Arts Center building was first constructed as a hotel in 1894. The hotel closed in 1936.

After the closing of the hotel, the property was a large hardware store.

Katz’s Bake shop was the next business to take over the building until 1989.

The building was acquired by the Liberty Chamber of Commerce in 1995 as part of the redevelopment plan for Main Street, and as a home for a museum and arts center.

The Center has been collecting and exhibiting items of historical interest, as well as promoting educational activities such as art classes, lectures, cultural programs, and programs designed for children.

Gingerbread refers to a broad category of baked goods, typically flavored with ginger, cloves, nutmeg and cinnamon and sweetened with honey, sugar or molasses. Gingerbread foods vary, ranging from a soft, moist loaf cake to something close to a ginger snap.

Gingerbread is claimed to have been brought to Europe in 992 CE by the

Armenian monk Gregory of Nicopolis.

Since the 13th century, Toruń gingerbread was made in Poland. It gained fame when it was brought to Sweden by German immigrants. Early references show that Swedish nuns baked gingerbread to ease indigestion in 1444.

It was the custom to bake white biscuits and paint them as window decorations. In England, gingerbread was also thought to have medicinal properties.

Gingerbread came to the Americas with settlers from Europe.

Molasses, which was less expensive than sugar, soon became a common ingredient and produced a softer cake.

The Museum will celebrate the holiday season with a bake sale, gingerbread house exhibit, and more with Gingerbread Experience on December 11, from Noon-4:00pm, followed by the Museum’s 25th annual Holiday Party at 5:00pm at 46 S. Main Street, Liberty.

Call 845-292-2394 for more info.

COVID protocols remain in effect.

See ad on page 16.

Village of Florida: Storytelling Legacy

Black Dirt Storytelling Guild Founders: Eileen Stelljes, Madelyn Folino, Anne Hanson, & Debra Weber

The Black Dirt Storytelling Guild was founded in 2001. Under the leadership of Florida Library Director Madelyn Folino, an experienced storyteller, the Library had offered storytelling programs for several years. Folino’s legacy is to preserve and promote the art of storytelling and story listening.

“Through the programs offered to the

community, we “grow” interest in stories and cultures from around the world, not to mention, attention spans in young (and older!) participants”, states the Guild’s website.

The Holiday Storytelling Program will be held at the Florida Public Library, 4 Cohen Circle, December 12 at 2:00pm.

Admission is free.

The West Point Holiday Show features a variety of seasonal hits from classic carols to contemporary jingle-bell-rock n’ roll.

The West Point Band will celebrate Christmas, Hanukkah, and the magic of the winter season, and include West Point holiday classics that you won’t hear anywhere else!

Shows are on December 4 and 5 at 2:00pm at Eisenhower Hall Theatre, 655 Pitcher Road, West Point.

Proof of vaccination is required for all patrons aged 12 and over; masks must be worn while indoors. To reserve free tickets, visit www.westpointband.com.

For information, call 845-938-2617.

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Shadowland Stages: Romantic Holiday Comedy

Playwright Jason Odell Williams has been called “a postmodern Clifford Odets” (LA Times). He is an award-winning playwright and Emmy-nominated television producer. Eight of his plays have been performed OffBroadway at New World Stages and the Westside Theatre as well as in theatres across the country.

Jason was also a winner of the 2012 Hudson Valley Writers Workshop contest.

Jason’s first play Handle With Care was a New York Times Critics’ Pick when it ran Off-Broadway starring Carol Lawrence. “A hilarious and heartwarming romantic comedy...which exudes gobs of comic energy and insight. Mr. Williams has achieved something special: He has written a Jewish Christmas story.” (NY Times). The play has been produced over 30 times since 2014 in the U.S. and Canada, and won three Theatre Bay Area Awards including Outstanding Production.

Ayelet, a young Israeli woman is on holiday in the U.S. with her grandmother when tragedy strikes on Christmas Eve. Ayelet, speaking no English, finds herself having to make her way through

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Lori Wilner

Anat Cogan

it with Josh, a young American handicapped in both Hebrew and romance in this heartwarming holiday romantic comedy.

This season marks Artistic Jason Odell Williams Director Brendan Burke’s 17th year with Shadowland Stages, where he has directed and/or produced over 80 productions. He will direct Handle With Care.

Lori Wilner, a prolific national and regional actor who has thrice appeared at Shadowland in The Foreigner (2017), Bill W and Dr. Bob (2013), and Farragut North (2012), will co-star with Israeli actor Anat Cogan.

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theatrical training and career in Israel and then decided to move to NYC. A year later, I opened my own theater company in Manhattan.”

Jordan Kaplan is excited to be working with Shadowland Stages for the first time! He has performed with many NYC companies and regionally with Jordan Kaplan Justin Pietropaolo American Conservatory Theater, Anat Cogan was born in Shakespeare Santa Cruz, Tennessee Tel Aviv. “I’m Shakespeare Company, Trinity Repertory half Israeli, half Company, Greenbrier Valley Theatre, Egyptian, and at and Stanford Summer Theater.

Justin Pietropaolo is always happy the age of 3, my family moved to be back at Shadowland. He has to Los Angeles previously been seen in K2 (2018), The where we spent Night Alive (2016), Greetings! (2015), Brendan Burke almost 5 years The Whipping Man (2015), Moon Over Buffalo (2015), Shipwrecked (2015! and before returning to Israel.

“Ever since I can remember, I loved the the last show before the pandemic, It’s a theater. I was born to a family of artists Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play.

Handle With Care runs from - actors, musicians, and producers. I remember walking around backstage and December 3 (preview performance) watching the actors as they transform[ed] to December 19. An opening night from themselves to the character on celebration follows the December 4 stage. That moment off stage, just before performance at Shadowland Stages, entering a scene: MAGIC! That’s when 157 Canal Street, Ellenville. Proof of I fell in love with acting, and it’s been a vaccination required. For tickets: 845love story ever since. I had most of my 647-5511. www.ShadowlandStages.org.

Jazz at Continuum

Brian Kastan is a guitarist, electric/ fretless bass player, composer, author, and digital landscape photographer, best known for his original sounding improvisations and composing style, self-developed hybrid finger picking technique on guitar, and laying down big fat bass grooves and electric bass improvisations. Brian is also a jazz concert host and entrepreneur, inviting other jazz artists to perform with him in the gallery he co-owns with his wife, visual artist Maria Kastan.

Federico Balducci studied jazz and classical guitar in Puerto Rico with Juan Sorroce, Javier de la torre and Gustavo Bastista among others. He also studied composition with Alberto Rodriguez-Oritz, and at Berklee School of Music.

Brian and Federico will be joined by the infamous drummer “TBA” on December 5 at 8:00pm at Continuum Fine Art & Photography, 97 Windermere Avenue, Greenwood Lake.

Author, Jim Hart

Jim Hart has published three poetry collections and two noir detective novels.

His poems have been published worldwide in over 70 journals and reviews. One of his novels was the winner of The Poison Cup Award and a Finalist of the Golden Book Award.

A featured poet at Barnes & Noble, Hart has also been the featured reader at the Brooklyn Public Library, BookMark Bards, Boulevard Bards and at the Inspired Word Poetry Series.

After the December 4, 4:00pm reading of Hart’s works at the Karpeles Manuscript Library Museum, 94 Broadway, Newburgh, attendees can meet him at his book signing. All of his books will be available for purchase.

Arrive a tad earlier - at 1:00pm - and enjoy the monthly poetry reading series and open mic, Poetry at the Karpeles, hosted by Hayden Wayne.

“Winter Holiday Show” in Port Jervis

“Backlight” by Rosalind Hodgkins

There will be over twenty artists exhibiting in the Winter Holiday Show at UpFront Exhibition Space in Port “The Neighbor’s Fence”

by Gordon Graff Jervis. The art in this show represents a wide range of styles from abstraction to realism in multiple mediums.

The curious and intriguing reassembled objects of Gordon Graff and Michael Marcino offer a fascinating look at things out of their usual place.

The highly colorful intricate compositions of Mark Wright and Daniella Lehtinen pull the viewer into provocative spaces of color and tonal contrasts.

“Untouched” by Daniella Cooney

Daniella Cooney, Roz Hodgkins and Judi Weiss represent widely varied perceptions of imagery using realistic painting skills in individual “Banyan” by Judi Weiss ways.

Winter Holiday Show is on view from December 3 to December 31, weekends, from 1:00pm-6:00pm.

Meet the artists at a free reception on December 12 from 1:00pm-6:00pm at UpFront Exhibition Space, 31 Jersey Avenue, Port Jervis.

For more information: 845-754-1808.

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The Mount: Art Faculty Exhibition Mount Saint Mary College’s (MSMC) CMA Gallery is displaying the Communication, Art, and Digital Media 2021 Faculty Exhibition. This dynamic show of photography, painting, ceramics, and mixed media showcases the work of MSMC visual arts faculty.

Exhibiting faculty members include: Dean Goldberg, professor of Digital Media and Film Studies, and Director of the Communication, Art, and Digital Media (CADM) program; Chris Neyen, associate professor of Art and Graphic Design, and CMA Gallery Coordinator; Sascha Mallon, adjunct professor of Ceramics and Painting; Nicole Mischo, adjunct professor of Art History; Maxine Leu, adjunct professor of Art, and Stephen Mallon, adjunct professor of Photography.

The Mount’s CADM programs encompass the study of advertising and public relations, digital media production, graphic design, and journalism. CADM also offers minors in each of these disciplines, as well as in art and film studies.

CADM recently added a major in Visual Communication-Graphic Design, spearheaded by Neyen. Students in this program study visual communication

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“About Happiness/ Vom Glück”

by Sascha Mallon

with an emphasis on conceptual problemsolving and technical proficiency.

The show runs through February 24, 2022 at The Mount’s CMA gallery, first floor of Aquinas Hall, 330 Powell Avenue, Newburgh. All guests must fill out the MSMC health screener (www. msmc.edu/screening). Guests must show proof of having completed this screener (a green screen) by either showing their results at the front gate on a phone or as a print-out. Do not come to campus if you get a red screener result. Masks required.

The CMA Gallery is open MondayFriday during normal business hours, or by appointment. For more information, email cma-gallery@msmc.edu.

For more information about MSMC, visit www.msmc.edu

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SCDW: Radio Play & Youth Theatre The Sullivan County Dramatic Workshop (SCDW) Youth Group will present Dicken’s A Christmas Carol, adapted by Andy Pavey and directed by Sally Gladden & Bunny Woloszczak (pictured). The SCDW adult ensemble will follow with a presentation of Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus, a 1940 Radio Play written by Andrew J. Fenady

and directed by Ellie J and Heather Strauss.

SCDW’s Holiday Show will be performed December 10-12 at the South Fallsburg Youth & Senior Center, 12 Laurel Ave., (right next to the Rivoli Theatre) Dessert will be served. Seating is limited so get your tickets early!

Parking is available both at the Senior Center and in the Rivoli parking lot.

“Back to Bach” via Zoom Back to Bach is an exploration of the master of modern music. Even though he lived hundreds of years ago, Bach wrote the book, both literally and figuratively, on what makes music ‘tick’. The forms, harmonies and progressions we use today were outlined by him more than 300 years ago. His influence is everywhere.

Barry Wiesenfeld makes Bach’s amazing complexity understandable with an ear-opening lecture exploring his musical world, his style, some of his great works, and his legacy.

Wiesenfeld is an internationally

recognized musician (mostly jazz), lecturer, and teacher at Ramapo College and SUNY. He has performed with Grammy winners, toured on three continents, and appeared on radio and TV. His prolific lecture series is a labor of love and his passion for his topics is contagious, be they classical, jazz or the Beatles.

This free program on December 6 at 6:00pm will be presented by the E. B. Crawford Public Library on Zoom.

Registration is required and is limited.

Visit ebcpl.org, hover over ‘Events’ and click Adult Calendar to register.

Master Sculptor Exhibits in Rock Tavern You probably know what goes into creating a sculpture - carving, modeling, castings, construction. But what life forces help create a sculptor?

A decades long journey through engineering and art schools, travel and study through Italy, teaching at the college level, painting, designing, sculpting and creating an art handling business in an old pickle factory in Brooklyn were some of the building blocks of internationally renowned sculptor Eric Stein’s career.

You can find his works - both monumental and small - in galleries, shows and parks throughout the U.S. And, in December, you can view some of his creations at the Unitarian Universalist Congregation at Rock Tavern.

Stein’s journeys through the worlds of art, academia and business have taken him to Europe, Chicago, Ohio, Buffalo, New York City and other locales. He eventually settled in the Orange County hamlet of Huguenot where he now works

predominantly on large, fabricated steel pieces in his spacious studio.

“My work is about and derived from energy,” Stein writes. “An expected or present explosion or an interpretation of an idea and occasionally a historic event.

My sculpture generally grows from a specific point of interest and pushes me to expand upon first reactions and dig deeper into getting the viewer to stop and rethink either their position or understanding. Being in the moment to allow for one’s own explorations and reactions to happen. My sculpture may take a single idea, sometimes referenced in the title and freeze it for further consideration.”

The public is invited to the opening reception on December 11 from noon3:00pm. After that, the gallery will be open by appointment on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays by calling Mike Landrum at 845-851-6024. The UUCRT is located at 9 Vance Road in the New Windsor hamlet of Rock Tavern.

May I Have A Word With You...

Quips, Quotes & Quiddities with Carol Pozefsky First Inaugural April 30, 1789 was a Thursday. George Washington stood on the second floor balcony of Federal Hall in New York City and, according to Pennsylvania Senator William Maclay, Washington trembled, as he spoke.

“I do solemnly swear that I will faithfully execute the Office of President of the United States, and will, to the best of my ability, preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States.”

Clearly, the new president was overcome by the significance of the event. Maclay observed, “This great man was agitated and embarrassed more than he ever was by the leveled Cannon or pointed Musket.”

Lipograms If you can form sentences omitting a particular letter, you’ve created a lipogram. For instance, can you omit the letter ‘e’? I doubt that you can. Omitting

it is like making muffins without corn starch, dozing without a pillow, riding on a train without tracks or sailing to Lithuania without a boat. I have another!

His coat was dirty but his shirt was not!

Glory August Saint Gaudens was the sculptor of the Robert Gould Shaw monument (pictured) that stands on the Boston Common. Shaw was the white Civil War commander of the 54th Massachusetts, the first all black infantry regiment in the northeast.

The inscription, by Harvard President Charles W. Eliot, reads in part: “The black rank and file volunteered when disaster clouded the Union cause, served without pay for 18 months...faced threatened enslavement if captured, were brave in action, patient under heavy and dangerous labors and cheerful under hardships and privations.”

On July 18, 1863, Colonel Shaw and 272 of his troops were killed in the Second Battle of Fort Wagner near Charleston, South Carolina. Shaw was 25 years old.

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What’s New at Montgomery’s Wallkill River School of Art? WRS at GARNET HEALTH

“The Barn at Goshen Green Farm”, an oil

by Alex Bigatti, is on view at Garnet

Approximately 50 artists who took part in the recent 2021 Hudson Valley Plein Air Festival (HVPAF,) are pleased to see their works travel to be exhibited at Garnet Health Medical Center in Middletown. The exhibit, which runs through December 15 (with a possible extension until the first week in January) was welcomed to the hospital by Evelyn Gennodie, Manager of Healing Environments.

Gennodie commented, “Since the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic our galleries have been put on hold. It’s now very exciting to be able to display art once again. The artwork in this exhibit is amazing and is being very well received by our staff and visitors.”

Access to the exhibit is via the main entrance of the hospital, where viewers will be screened and administered a pass for access to the cafeteria level gallery.

Visitors must present a photo ID and proof of vaccination. Face coverings must be worn at all times. Viewing are Mondays to Fridays, 11:00am-7:00pm or by appointment.

For an appointment, call or email Evelyn Gennodie at 845-597-6584 / egennodie@garnethealth.org.

Sarah Fortner Pierson, executive director of Wallkill River School of Art (WRS), where the HVPAF originated, explained, “I’m always excited to have an

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opportunity to show our artists outside of our home gallery. It gives us a chance to get our local artist’s work in front of new audiences and possible art patrons, who otherwise may not have known about the exhibition.”

All of the HVPAF works can be viewed online at www.Wallkill.Art and requests for viewing individual works in person can be addressed by emailing spierson@ wallkill.art.

CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

“Saugerties Vista”, oil by Keith Gunderson

For the month of December, the WRS exhibits include People, a group show (thru December 12), On The Town, paintings by Keith Gunderson (thru January 2), Painting Porcelain, artworks by Paola Bari (thru January 2), Winter, a group show (December 17 to January 16), and Small Works, a juried group show (thru January 2).

PORCELAIN WORKSHOP

Painted porcelain by Paola Bari

Paola Bari will conduct a workshop at the WRS gallery. The available spots for this unique event are limited and filling

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quickly! Interested artists are encouraged to sign up very soon. All materials will be supplied for the three-day workshop, January 24, 26 and 28.

“This is an introduction to the world of porcelain painting, materials, tools, and techniques. During the three lessons, you will learn the basic techniques of fine porcelain painting. Together we will learn to prepare the colors, the basic brush stroke, and we will complete a colorful plate,” explained the artist.

Sign up at: https://wallkillriverschool. com/event/in-person-a-new-experienceporcelain-painting-with-paola-bari/ SMALL WORKS WINNERS! Out of 39 works, there can only be one best of show. But to juror Paola Bari, there needed to be three honorable mentions!

Best of Show: Autumn Wreath by Susan Wilson (scratchboard).

“The medium is very interesting and well executed. I love the colors, the details and how the patterns are merging together to form the final piece of art.”

Honorable Mention: Smiling Young Woman by Cynthia Harris-Pagano (oil).

“The portrait is an amazing execution and it is able to convey the likeness, personality, and even the mood of the person.”

Honorable Mention: Cranes by Janet Howard Campbell (watercolor).

“Outstanding execution. The simplicity and the elegance of the composition make this piece an amazing artwork.”

Honorable Mention: Tomato Harvest by Vaune Sherin (pastel). “The vivid colors of the veggies are bringing back the summer days just gone. It is a beautiful piece of art.”

VOLUNTEERS NEEDED The WRS needs volunteers. They are forming Helping Hands - a group of interested parties to supplement the staff and board with their duties. Take part in building a vigorous WRS now and into 2022! This team will help the School move forward more vigorously as they grow and expand their programs.

Email Wallkillvolunteers@gmail.com with the subject line “Helping Hands” with any questions. The WRS is located at 232 Ward Street, Montgomery.

For information, call 845-457-2787.

Sugar Loaf: Chamber of Commerce & The Holiday Festival The Sugar Loaf Chamber of Commerce has elected a new president and officers. Gary Hunsberger has taken the leadership role as President alongside newly elected chamber officers, Jessica Hengen, Treasurer; Stephanie Miranda, Assistant Treasurer; and Sharon Soons, Secretary. The new team is energized and eager to serve the communities and businesses of Sugar Loaf and Chester as the connective liaison tying together the members to resources and opportunities.

Plans are underway to reveal opportunities available to chamber members, bring attention to economic development, and provide small businesses with a voice.

With true holiday Treble Choir, and spirit, the new team Warwick Valley High has committed to begin School Meistersingers working towardsbringing for festive caroling. the community together Share your list with with the annual Sugar Santa, capture a keepsake Loaf Holiday Festival photo and take a holiday (1:00pm-4:30pm). The horse-drawn carriage Front Row: Gary Hunsberger, Tree Lighting will take ride through the Village Jessica Hengen, Treasurer place on December &President; of Sugar Loaf (weather Sharon Soons, Secretary. Rear row: 11 at 4:30pm at the Melissa Somma (Lightclub Curiosity dependent) from Liz Hunsberger (White Rabbit Methodist Church, Shoppe); 1:00pm-4:30pm.

Restorations), Kat Parrella (Merrily 1387 Kings Highway. Paper & Rosner Soap); Denise Griggs Stop in at White Magick); Stephanie Miranda, Sip on cider provided by (Practical Rabbit Restorations, 62 Assistant Treasurer (Prezzies); Joann Sugar Loaf Community Mannino (Sundog Stained Glass). Wood Road, to pick up a Foundation and join Warwick Valley ticket for shopping discounts and other Chorale, Warwick Valley High School freebies throughout the Village.

Drumming for Wellness: Holistic Healing Studio, Sugar Loaf Did you know that drum circles boost energy, uplift spirits, bring spiritual and physical healing, and release negativity?

A drum circle is a gathering of people in a circle playing drums and percussion instruments. Many kinds of hand drums and percussion instruments are used such as congas, bongos, and doumbeks being among the most popular.

Holistic practitioner Su Walenta has studied sekere, djembe and conga with many wonderful and gifted teachers. She

enjoys finding ways to weave traditional percussive instruments into varied genres, and has played in blues, rock, goth, folk, jazz, as well as traditional African ensembles and spiritual gatherings.

The next monthly Drum Circle is on December 12 at 6:00pm, suggested donation: $20. Children with guardian are free, (sliding scale - no one turned away for lack of funds), at the Holistic Healing Studio, 1371 Kings Highway, Sugar Loaf. www.quantumcrystalskull.com

Among Su’s instruments: Conga, Sekere, Djembe, Udu, Frame Drum, Jaw Harp, Breath Percussion, Spoons, Drum Kit, Berimbau

Desmond in 2022

The Desmond Center will be offering more than sixty courses/lectures/classes beginning in January, 2022. Registration will begin on December 13.

The listing and descriptions of the courses will be available when the brochure is posted on the website in early December under “Information & Forms.” To view courses, set up an account, or register for classes, visit: www.townofnewburgh.recdesk.com/ Community/Home The exciting offerings cover a widerange of topics including Local History, Music History, Visual Arts, Foreign Language, Biography, Art History, Poetry, Environmental Studies, Personal Wellness, Finance, and more.

Hours are 9:00am-2:00pm, Monday to Friday.

For further information, phone 845565-1326 or email desmond-info@ townofnewburgh.org

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Wurtsboro Art Alliance: Holiday Show The Wurtsboro cards, and affordable Art Alliance (WAA) acrylic, oil and is a community arts watercolor paintings. organization formed Don’t waste your to encourage and money at the big promote art and artists chain stores - do from the regional area. yourself and local A diverse and prolific artists a favor by group, they consist purchasing unique of visual artists and works of art this holiday season! sculptors, jewelers, Art by the WAA’s Rick Loggia The Holiday Show photographers, weavers, textile specialists, and many runs Saturdays & Sundays to December others. This year, the WAA’s Holiday 19 at the WAA’s John Neilson Gallery, Show features jewelry, carved wood, 73 Sullivan Street, Wurtsboro.

Visit www.waagallery.org ceramics, pottery, crochet/knitted items,

Dye Your Own Gift in Goshen Spend an afternoon with colorist Audrey Louise Reynolds at Goshen Green Farm to create a unique gift with natural eco-friendly paints and dyes.

Dubbed the fashion worlds artisanal dyer by the NY Times, Reynolds uses right and left-brained instincts to create her dyes.

“All-natural ingredients, foraged and sourced from daily life, travels, and unexpected encounters.” Everything from minerals, seaweed, squid ink, coral, shells, plankton, flowers, earth, can find its way into her boiling pot.

It’s a science-based hypothesis that leads to trial and error experimentation,

give and take, adding and extracting, cooking, recording and sweating, to make these dyes and perfect these techniques.

You are also invited to give new life to an old natural fiber garment i.e. dingy cotton t-shirt, stained white silk blouse, by overdyeing for an additional fee.

The workshop will be held on December 11 from Noon-4:00pm at the Goshen Green Farm Holiday Bazaar, 3317 Route 207, and will include materials, lunch, hot tea, and gift making by the fire. Space is limited. To register: www.goshengreenfarm.com.

NEWS: 2021 International Tour Online

from his home in Woodstock.

The North East Watercolor Today, NEWS has attracted Society (NEWS) was formed entrants from as far as as the Orange County Canada, Singapore, Greece, Watercolor Society in the and Malaysia.

1970’s by Babette Roy of View the NEWS’s 2021 Warwick and Don Selchow of International Exhibition via Monroe, under the inspiration a 15-minute virtual tour by of internationally famous visiting www.northeastws.

Illustrator, teacher and fine com. It is recommended you artist, John Pike, N. A., A. W. S. watch with the full screen The first meeting at Roy’s home setting enabled. Turn up the included the fifteen charter “Golden Light” sound for some soothing members who expressed the

by Ann Higgins music! aim of the organization, Kudos to our local “the promotion and artists that were included preservation of Watercolor in the show: Kate Hyden, painting.”

Ann Higgins, Caroline Membership expanded Harrow, Elise Hornbeck, and in 1976 the Orange Janet Howard Campbell, County Watercolor and Valerie Taggart.

Society sponsored its If the current situation first juried exhibition improves, NEWS will at the Trotting Horse “Sandhill Cranes in Snow”

by Kate Hyden hopefully once again hold Museum in Goshen, with an invitational show that was attended by a public exhibit at SUNY Orange in John Pike, himself, who made a rare trip Middletown in early 2022.

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