D & H CANVAS February 2011

Monthly Arts, Entertainment & Buying Local Guide

February 2011 Covering Orange and Sullivan Counties and the neighboring towns of Beacon, Marlboro, Walker Valley, Ellenville, Milford and Dingmans Ferry

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

Classic Films in Milford

Publisher’s Column

by Barry Plaxen KUDOS Forestburgh Kudos to all involved with Forestburgh Theatre Arts Center (FTAC). Their recent production of Romeo & Juliet went to Ireland last month in conjunction with Bottom Dog Theatre of Limerick City to tour at five different venues in Ireland.

The collaboration stemmed from the success of FTAC's production in October.

Producer Liam O'Brien of Bottom Dog contacted FTAC Associate Managing Director Sarah Norris about bringing the show overseas. Norris was "thrilled to present Romeo and Juliet to an international audience, especially one so close to the Bard's birthplace. FTAC is continually striving to build an audience, so taking a show to a European one proves how far we will go to grow."

Greenwood Lake Kudos to Melanie Gold and the people of Greenwood Lake, home to “Greenwood Lake Greetings” an outdoor art exhibit featuring works by local artists, Louis Delsarte and Gad Nusinov.

This project was conceived, directed and produced by area resident Gold with the mission of providing a warm and inviting welcome to those entering Greenwood Lake from New Jersey. The installation features digitally printed, oversized reproductions of Delsarte’s Greenwood Lake and Nusinov’s Fall as well as a dedication panel.

The chosen works were selected by a committee from community submissions.

“This project has truly been a labor of love,” says Gold. “We reviewed many wonderful pieces of art and are thrilled that the works of Delsarte and Nusinov will represent the beauty of Greenwood Lake.”

“I spent my childhood in Greenwood Lake and have wonderful memories of that time,” said Delsarte. “In my piece I wanted to capture the beauty of those simple times of the summer around the lake.” The original work, Greenwood Lake, is mixed media collage and acrylic.

Nusinov’s Fall captures the tranquility of the lake at the height of fall foliage season.

“I was inspired by the crimson leaves of Sterling Forest on the east bank of the lake that are an annual festival of color which

should not be missed,” said this resident artist. The original work is oil.

In addition to celebrating the lake, the project celebrates a beloved community member and supporter of the arts, Village Trustee Agnes T. Kilduff, who passed away in November. “Now her spirit is embodied in this community art exhibit,” said Gold.

This project is made possible, in part, with funds from Orange County Tourism, the County of Orange, and countless contributions from local businesses and supporters. Special thanks to Community 2000 Warwick and the Orange County Arts Council for being catalysts in the success of this project.

Creative visionary and project director, Gold has directed, choreographed and produced theatrical productions for nearly twenty years. She is very proud to present her first publicly funded arts enterprise.

The panels will be hung on the exterior of a local wall paper factory at 673 Jersey Avenue. A reception will be held on February 5 from 3:00pm-5:00pm at the Breezy Point Inn, 620 Jersey Avenue.

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Dining Out

Located at the ground floor level of the Hotel Fauchere, 403 Broad Street, Milford, Bar Louis is a stylish, ultra-modern environment for casual and late-night Port Jervis dining, live entertainment and cocktails.

The sleek space was designed by architect William Reue to be “subtle, timeless and elegant.” An enormous Christopher Makos photograph of Andy Warhol kissing John Lennon sits behind the bar.

Much of the “artful cuisine” comes straight from the Hotel Fauchere Organic Kudos to Milford author John DiLeo Garden to your table. who has been invited to present his For directions: 570-409-1212. film/lecture on Tennessee Williams as the main feature of the New Orleans Tennessee Williams Festival, marking the centenary of Williams' birth.

His recently published book, Tennessee Williams and Company: His Essential Screen Actors is the catalyst for many new lectures and book signings.

DiLeo, will preview the New Orleans program at the Port Jervis Free Library, 138 Pike St., at 6:30pm on February 10.

Sponsored by the Friends of the Port Jervis Free Library, the program is free.

Seating is limited, so sign up at the library.

Light refreshments will be served. DiLeo will sign copies of his Williams book.

(See adjacent Milford film story).

For more information, call 845-856-7313.

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The Black Bear Film Festival, in conjunction with the Hotel Fauchere, is sponsoring a winter classic-film series hosted by film historian John DiLeo, author of four books about classic movies and familiar face to Black Bear audiences for his onstage interviews of Golden Age movie stars Farley Granger, Arlene Dahl, and Marge Champion.

The films will be screened from February 2 to March 2 at 6:00pm upstairs at the Emerson House, 403 Broad Street, above the Patisserie and next door to the Hotel Fauchere. No charge, but donations are requested. After the movies DiLeo will lead a Q&A and discussion in the hotel’s Bar Louis at 7:30 with food available.

The series kicks off on Feburary 2 with Ginger Rogers and David Niven in Bachelor Mother. Check the CANVAS Cinema calendar (page 9) for subsequent titles and dates.

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World Class Chamber Music

by Derek Leet Many people are now aware that Chamber Music is THE performing arts genre that Orange and Sullivan Counties (and Beacon) offer on a world class level.

Of course we have major Broadway touring and ballet companies, and our wonderful jazz artisans, many who can be considered world class, but perhaps not as consistently as classical chamber music, and in such glorious profusion. February and early March 2011 are no exception.

MIDDLETOWN

world's foremost quartets, ASQ is celebrating its 37th anniversary. Formed in 1974 when its original members were students at The Juilliard School, ASQ has been in residence for 26 of those years at the Manhattan School of Music. Many of today's leading artists and composers seek out the Quartet for collaborations.

Present members of the quartet are Daniel Avshalomov, viola; Wolfram Koesel, cello; Peter Winograd, violin; and Laurie Carney, violin. (see photo page 2) Free admission for all students. A presentation of Cultural Affairs. (see ad page 2 for tickets.)

For more information: 845-341-4891.

BEACON St. Luke’s Orch. Chamber Ensemble

Violist, Daniel Avshalomov of the American String Quartet will present a master class, The Central Clef, explaining and playing his 1568 Amati, on Wednesday, February 2 at 10:00am in Orange Hall, Room 23, SUNY Orange County Community College.

The lecture is free & open to the public.

Questions and discussion are welcome. photo: Don Hunstein Nicolò Amati (1596–1684) was the most eminent of a family of violin makers. Of his pupils, the most famous were Antonio Stradivari and Andrea Guarneri.

American String Quartet One of the most exciting chamber music concerts of the 2009-2010 season took place at Newburgh Chamber Music on May 9, 2010. Playing quartets by Haydn, Prokofiev and Brahms, the American String Quartet (ASQ) overwhelmed the audience with exquisite phrasing, dynamic technique and charismatic presentation.

Now they are back for the 2010-2011 season in Orange Hall at Orange County Community College on February 13 at 3:00pm and will perform quartets by Mozart, Beethoven, and Ravel’s one and only quartet, another “masterpiece”, with its famous and unique pizzicato movement, his first “mature” work, composed when he was only twenty-seven years.

Internationally recognized as one of the

“Culled” from one of the world’s leading orchestras, Orchestra of St. Luke’s (OSL) Chamber Ensemble, concertizes three times a year at Dia: Beacon. The ensemble comprises some of the orchestra’s leading players, including bassist John Feeney and violinist Krista Bennion-Feeney of Highland Mills. Krista is the coconcertmaster of both OSL and the Lincoln Center’s Mostly Mozart concerts.

The ensemble has revamped, refracted, rediscovered and revived flute, oboe and ensemble music by Bach, Albinoni and A. Scarlatti, and they will also perform the world premier of Phil Kline’s (see photo) Gabrieliinspired Cazona for Two Hearts.

The concert is on February 27 at 2:00pm. Tickets include admission to the museum and a 10% dinner discount (present your ticket) at Cafe Amacord on Main Street after the performance. 845-440-0100.

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NEWBURGH Newburgh Chamber Music After the vocal consort Kairos sings Bach at the Newburgh Chamber Music (NCM) concert at 3:00pm on February 6, NCM is bringing another world class ensemble to Orange County one month later on March 6 at 3:00pm when the Radiance

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Woodwind Quintet will take us Around the World in 80 Minutes with composers Ravel, Piazzolla, Hindemith, Judith Weir and Lee Hoiby.

“Radiance”- the quality of being bright and sending out rays of light…the attractive combination of good health and happiness….these are just two descriptions of many for this unique ensemble. Founded in 2006 by five musicians dedicated to performing the woodwind repertoire with perfection and a little “sass”, this up-andcoming group has performed in recital to many audiences since it’s inception series, and as guest artists at the University of Rhode Island.

Members include Elizabeth Jackson (flute), Carla Parodi (oboe), Stevi Rehncy (bassoon), Bryce Nakaoka (horn) and Newburgh’s own Kelli O'Connor (clarinet). O’Connor states, "I graduated from NFA in 1988 and had the opportunity to work with Mr. Sickinger, Mary Dietrich, Cal Parent, Grace Bowles, Mrs. Giles, Darryl Winslow, Lou Aulogia, Frank Maraday, and Elaine Simpson."

Joining the quintet for this concert are guest artists bassist Bob Weirath, percussionist Kuljit Rehney, pianist Laura Hibbard and Gary Chapman, the pianist for Lee Hoiby’s (see photo) Sextet for Winds.

Hoiby, a resident of Long Eddy, wrote his sextet in 1975 and it was this world renown composer’s first instrumental commission.

Recently, thanks to Sullivan County’s Weekend of Chamber Music concerts, music lovers have thrilled to Hoiby’s

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masterpiece Last Letter Home, which can be seen and heard online in its original bartione solo version and its two masterful choral adaptations, with orchestra and a capella.

Hoiby’s innovative What Is the Light? for narrator and harpsichord was performed at the Catskill Art Society in Livington Manor in 2010. Based on Virginia Woolf’s extensive correspondence and life-long diary from which passages are integrated with a suite of interludes for harpsichord, Hoiby’s music was dramatically pyrotechnical in its structure. The work had been commissioned in 1994 for Claire Bloom and Brian Zeger.

Now local audiences can witness his wind sextet LIVE! at the NCM concert.

Both the February 6 and March 6 concerts are at St. George’s Church, 105 Grand St., across from the Newburgh Library parking lot. For more information: 845-562-1861.

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Destination.....................................

“If You Got to Ask, You Ain’t Got It!” Stride Piano

by J. A. Di Bello If you want to know whose got it, ask Ginny Neidermier, Director of Walden's Josephine-Louise Public Library on Scofield St. and attend the Library's Tickling The Ivories piano series. Concerts are held at the St. Andrew's Episcopal Church, conveniently located across the street from the Library.

Following each concert a meet-the-artist reception is held at the library. This spring's lineup begins February 13, at 3:00pm with the presentation of Love 'dem Blues; A Valentine in Swing Time, featuring Alice Nielsen-Shane and Mark Shane.

"If You Got to Ask..." is a phrase lifted from the title of a vinyl album of the famous jazz pianist Fats Waller. Waller was one of several jazz pianists responsible for combining and transforming the basics of ragtime piano with a Tin-Pan-Alley style of jazz. The result remains “a cunning conversion,” according to Nick Morrison of NPR Music, that was initially prompted by the growing popularity of blues music in the 20's. The movement was forged by the greats of the Harlem pianists, James P. Johnson, Goshen’s own Willie "The

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Goshen’s Willie “The Lion” Smith 1893-1973

Mark Shane and Alice Nielsen-Shane

St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church

Lion" Smith and Fats Waller, and is known to this day as Stride Piano.

Unfortunately, the originators and early masters, the fathers of this movement, have been consumed by time and leave only vinyl, remastered CD's, and MP3's, etc.

Our fortune today and in February is the scheduled appearance of Mark Shane at the Josephine-Louise Public Library's Tickling the Ivories piano series. There may be no better way to begin, and as stated by a legitimate aficionado of the genre piano jazz: "Mark may well be the world's greatest living stride pianist, so it (the Walden concert) is a major, [gotta-be-there] concert."

Mark Shane will perform with Alice Nielsen-Shane, a native of Alaska and an accomplished pianist and vocalist. Her repertoire includes blues, rags and eternally popular torch songs. In this capacity her range of professional performances covers the metropolitan area and the tidewater region of North Carolina, including Wilmington. Currently, Alice is the organist and choir director at St. Thomas Episcopal Church in New Windsor.

As mentioned above, Mark Shane performs in the classic jazz piano style, a style popularized by the famous stride pianists. He has been featured on radio and television broadcasts and has appeared as a soloist at major jazz festivals worldwide.

Shane has also played jazz piano for the Twyla Tharp Dance Company as well as for the Grammy Award winning soundtrack for the film, The Cotton Club. Other film work includes the soundtracks for: Brighton Beach Memoirs, Biloxi Blues, and films made for television. His experience, skill and passion allowed him to grow and develop his own style where he easily fit in with alumni from the great bands of Tommy Dorsey, Glenn Miller, Benny Goodman, Count Basie and Duke Ellington.

As gently hinted earlier, this concert is a got-to-be-there-concert! Save the date!

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How to “Go Get It” Though the NY School of Music does not offer instruction in stride piano playing (YET), there are other ways to “get it”, such as master drum classes with Jason Bittner of Shadow Falls on February 11 & 12 and monthly classes in Rock Strings for Violin, Viola and Cello, and Rock Band Classes.

And you can also begin to “get it” at Hudson Valley Conservatory’s music classes which include private and group voice, piano, woodwinds, percussion and guitar. Call for details NY School of Music: 845-778-7594.

Hudson Valley Conservatory: 845-7782478.

Fats Waller 1904-1943

James P. Johnson 1894-1955

Mark Shane

Stride piano, as a technique, emphasizes the function of the left hand, the base portion and rhythm section of a piano composition. Melody remains with the right hand playing an octave or two above the left. As rhythms and meter become more complex the requirements of the left hand increase to a point where the pianist is required to stretch the left hand and in doing so strides a greater number of keys. Thus, the descriptor "stride" is quite literal.

Stride has come in generations that have nothing to do with birth dates, but with a pianist taking what came before and embellishing new inspiration into it.

Here's Mark Shane’s take on the 3 generations of stride “and these are only the major players,” he stated: 1) James P. Johnson 2) Fats Waller 3) Count Basie “I don't include Earl Hines here because his style, while including elements of stride, was more unique. The three above had closer related elements.

“One could mention Willie ‘The Lion’ Smith and Mary Lou Williams and others but the three above are, to me, the cornerstones of the style. If anything, I follow as a later generation,” he concludes.

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Didsbury Opera House

by J.A. Di Bello Once a pulsating mill town on the banks of the Wallkill River, Walden's marquee beckons in a starry sky and designates a location worthy of a traveler's attention. As the largest of the three villages in the Town of Montgomery, it is located at the base of the Shawangunks (SHON-GUMS). Walden is known to many as a center of the performing arts. The influence and notoriety of Walden's down-stage right position is accentuated by vibrant businesses and parties interested in promoting the performing arts as Walden's welcoming beacon, boasting and embellishing the village's profile.

Walden as a community is no stranger to involvement in the arts. Main Street was

Hudson Valley Conservatory’s Annual “Cracked Up Nutcracker” at New Rose Theater

once blessed with the Didsbury Opera House, a vibrant theatre of 650 plus seats.

Referenced by the Walden Historical Society, it was the venue of choice for community performers such as Randles Ladies Band in the early part of the last century, and the Walden Fife, Drum and Bugle Corps Band, led by Walden's most prominent man of music, J.A.A. Sohns, during Walden's own version of the roaring twenties.

Walden and the Didsbury were proud to have hosted concert performances by the great tenor Enrico Caruso and John Philip Sousa and his Marching Band. Although only a distant memory to this writer, the theatre's design with its towering

proscenium and a seriously raked balcony caused one to imagine and marvel at the intimacy of performances once hosted by the Didsbury Opera House.

Emerging in a village with such a rich and vibrant theatrical history is the New Rose Theatre, a black-box theatre established in 2000, with a comfortable seating capacity (200). The arrangement is technically a breakaway from traditional proscenium staging and allows for an intimacy and theatrical creativity not ordinarily found in traditional theatres. This inviting and comfortable arrangement is the performance area of the Hudson Valley Conservatory, competently and enthusiastically led by artistic directors Samuel E. Wright, Pamela A. Murphy and Amanda A. Wright.

Also in Walden is the Smalling School of the Arts, specializing in dance instruction. And there's the presence of the New York School of Music, where "Everyone Plays."

Included on a growing list of organizations in Walden specializing in performance as an art is the Big Apple Circus, specializing in classical, traditional circus. YES! Walden is home to the Big

Music - Jazz - Swing - Blues Mark & Alice Shane “Love ‘dem Blues: A Valentine in Swing Time” St. Andrew’s Episcopal Ch., Feb 13, 3pm Coffee House Feb 11, 7:30pm & Feb 12, 7pm Student Coffee House: Feb 12, 3pm New Rose Theatre Open Mic , 7pm-8pm A Hudson Valley Band, 8pm-10pm NY School of Music Den Series, Feb 25 Recreation Chess Club Mondays 6pm, Saturdays 10am Scrabble Club Thursdays, 6pm Josephine-Louise Library

Apple Circus.

With its history firmly cemented in the performing arts, it is only appropriate that the village of Walden continue its fruitful quest and retain its down-stage right position as a village whose artistic awareness and achievement are glowing and growing throughout the Wallkill Valley, Orange County and the Hudson Valley.

It is the roar of the crowds. And it is the smell of the greasepaint. It's that glowing beacon that recognizes and appreciates live (music and) theatre!

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Destination Wurtsboro

WinterFest in Wurtsboro

“Pears on a Plate” David Munford, Wurtsboro Art Alliance

The 2011 Winterfest in Historic Downtown Wurtsboro on February 12th. will take place up and down Sullivan Street. from 11:00am to 4:00pm.

This year’s sponsor, the Wurtsboro Board of Trade (BOT), will be bringing back the much-missed beautiful single block Ice Carving Competition, as well as several family fun activities.

The single block Ice Carving competition occurs throughout the entire village until 2:00pm. Judging will follow immediately and an award ceremony will take place at 3:00pm.

The competition will be open to up to 8 individuals. Prizes for the competition run from $200 to $500. Each competitor receives: 1 block of ice (300 lbs.).

Carving area, approximately 10X10 ft, with electricity. $50 for each participating team [included in the winners’ prize].

Carving starting time: 11:00am and finish by 2:00pm.

In addition to the Ice Carving Contest, several family fun activities including face painting will take place.

A Chili Cook-Off Contest will be held at the firehouse, and a mini indoor street fair with several vendors and kettle corn will be organized. And........

Basha Kill Area Association presentation at the Mamakating Library in Wurtsboro.

Friends of The Mamakating Library book reading and kid's craft workshop 11am, 12pm and 1pm at the Mamakating Library.

Community Church Fellowship Hall, magician, face painting, and Jennifer Walker, student fundraiser.

Wurtsboro Art Alliance Valentine Show, with BashaKill Vineyards.

Art Demonstrations at Red Eft Gallery, Hot cider available.

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Mamakating Parks and Recreation Little League Registration.

At Veterans Park, refreshments available thanks to the Mamakating Rotary.

Wurtsboro Board of Trade information table at Veterans Park.

Sullivan County SPCA adopt-a-thon at Sudsy Paws.

Crystals & Well Being Center, readings and Drum Circle events. ( Feb. 12 & 13) Various Indoor vendors at locations to be announced. More information and the registration forms are available on the BOT website.

(Events listed as of January 26. Go to www.wurtsboro.org for updates.)

Phone: 845-741-3451.

Wurtsboro Calendar Festival WinterFest Sullivan Street, Feb 12, 11am-4pm Art & Photography Exhibits WinterFest Exhibit Wurtsboro Art Alliance - Feb 12 “Art Is A Gift” Red Eft Gallery - thru winter season Music Keith Newman, Feb 5 Larry Hayden Band, Feb 12, Mar 5 Dennis Newberg, Feb 19 Ellen Kaye, Feb 26th BashaKill Vineyards, 2pm-6pm

Chili Contest Music-Broadway-Opera-Operetta Broadway Concerts Direct “Songs to Keep Our Love Alive” Wurtsboro Community Church, Feb 12, 8pm

Badge Designed by Brian Stanton

Bryan Stanton passed away unexpectedly in December. He was a member of the Wurtsboro Board of Trade and webmaster of the website. Bryan was also proudly involved with Wurtsboro Fire Company as a member of the Fire Police.

The Bryan Stanton Memorial Chili Contest will be held at the Wurtsboro Firehouse.

Music-Broadway-Pop Marilyn Kennedy & Jake Lentz, Feb 11 Marilyn Kennedy, Feb 12 Giovanni’s Inn, 6pm-9pm

..and the night before......

..and in the evening.........

Wurtsboro’s entertainment gift to the Hudson Valley, Broadway Concerts Direct, has scheduled its monthly concert to coincide with the WinterFest.

Producer John Hiller has assembled a large roster of Broadway and local performers for Songs to Keep Our Love Alive: John Babcock, Celia Berk, Emily Buttner, Rich Flanders, Janice Hall, Sue Matsuki, and Sarah Rice, (photo at right) with Eric Sedgwick at the piano.

Held at 8:00pm in the Wurtsboro Community Church on Sullivan Street, the church elders always provide delicious home baked goodies at intermission.

For reservations: 845-888-2798.

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photo: C. Montana

Marilyn Kennedy and Jake Lentz perform Tin Pan Alley songs on most Friday evenings at Giovanni’s Inn on Route 209 beginning at 6:00pm.

The Art of Recycling: Buttons

by Sharon McKane

There are a myriad of things you can do with old buttons to create a new look and this month's Art of Recycling project is one that will have you searching for some pretty ones.

Most everyone has buttons tucked away somewhere, if you don't, ask relatives or friends if they can part with their button box (that may be difficult). If that doesn't work for you, visit your local thrift shop and look for inexpensive garments with great buttons. Check your closet as well for clothing that no longer fits you, but the buttons are great.

Next, search your drawers and closets for an old vest, tee, or shirt that you absolutely loved, but can no longer wear because of a stain or you're just bored with it. Arrange the buttons in a heart, or peace sign over the problem area, then attach with thread.

Voila, it doesn't get any easier than that.

Well actually, it does get easier.

Upgrade a boring blouse or blazer by snipping off the old buttons and replacing them with unique ones that you've found at craft and thrift stores. You can make that

old blouse or blazer look trendy by using vintage buttons, or choosing different styles and textures for an artsy look. Make sure the button size fits the hole or you will have to adjust by re-sizing with scissors and/or thread.

Valentine's Day and St. Patrick's Day are coming. Greeting cards that you design on your computer, handcraft, or purchase from the dollar store look special when they are embellished with colorful or theme shaped buttons (hearts/shamrocks). You can mix shapes and colors, or go all red, green or whatever color you have a lot of and glue them on the card. Let your creative juices flow.

A button magnet is another easy recycling art project: Make sure you clean your button in rubbing alcohol, mixed with water, so the glue will adhere. Create your button design and glue together. Next, cut a small strip of magnet, and glue that to one or two of the buttons.

If you have old refrigerator magnets, you can recycle the little round magnet. Just remove old glue and clean with alcohol/water mixture. Add a small amount of glue to the back of the button and attach magnet.

The Art of Recycling is a creative energy that saves money and helps the environment. What ideas do you have?

Visit www.consignium.com to submit your ideas.

The Circus is Coming! The Circus is Coming!

What do spaghetti, a wheelbarrow, the compass, paper, gunpowder, silk cloth, porcelain and acrobatics have in common?

They were all invented in China.

China, one of the world's oldest civilizations, has a written history which goes back 3,500 years. China is the world's largest nation in population, and is the third largest in area. Only Russia and Canada have more territory.

The Chinese take great pride in what is known as "the four inventions," the compass, gunpowder, paper and printing.

These inventions transformed sea transport, warfare and literacy, not just in China but all over the world.

What about spaghetti? If you think spaghetti is Italian, think again. Spaghetti originated in China. (But you knew that.)

Acrobatics is another example of Chinese inventiveness. Ancient stone carvings, earthen pottery and early written works trace the ancestry of today's spectacular acts to an era long since vanished. Even Confucius's father was an acrobat and a strongman of unrivaled strength who, it is claimed, lifted 1,000 pound city gates to let an army storm through.

It was during the Han Dynasty, more than two thousand years ago, that the Chinese saw the first acrobats, magicians, and jugglers. Acrobatics, with amazing skill of strength and impossible balance, developed out of the annual village harvest celebrations. Chinese farmers and village craftsmen, with relatively little to do over the long winter decided to spend their time

improving their societal positions by becoming acrobats.

They practiced the art form with just about anything they could find around the house and farm. . . cups, saucers, tables, chairs, plates . . . Even their own bodies, with which they formed human walls and pyramids. Every year in the fall the village's peasants would join in the village to share in a celebration of a bountiful harvest . . .a sort of Chinese Thanksgiving. It was at this time that the common people would show off their skills by performing fun and exciting feats of daring and strength using household tools and common items found around the farm and workshop. Building on the traditional performances, today's artists have added new techniques and spectacular stunts thrilling audiences around the globe.

Highly skilled, rigorously trained, and superbly talented, these performers follow an unbroken tradition since 700 BC. Astonishing athletes defy gravity and execute breathtaking feats as they stretch the limits of human ability in this spellbinding show. Fearless performers with boundless energy bring you more than two thousand years of Chinese circus traditions.

If it's humanly possible - and even if it's not!

- Shanghai's acrobats, jugglers and contortionists do it with spectacular flair!

On Saturday, March 5th at 8:00 pm, direct from China, New Shangahi Circus, an amazing troupe which has been wowing audiences for 16 years, comes to Lycian Centre in Sugar Loaf.

Call for tickets. 845-469-2287.

The Teens are Coming! The Teens are Coming! “Like a welcome summer rain, humor may suddenly cleanse and cool the earth, the air and you.

Langston Hughes

The Teen Theatre Ensemble of Newburgh Performing Arts Academy will present A Tribute to Langston Hughes which creatively stages eleven of Langston Hughes' most famous poems using mime, movement, and scenarios in order to enhance the emotional impact of the poetry.

The Ensemble will also present Martin Luther King Jr: An Historical Tribute from Montgomery to Memphis which uses narration, mime, and the speeches of Dr. King to tell the story of the Civil Rights Movement and the impact he had upon American life. In addition, authentic, traditional dances of Guinea will be performed.

This program is presented by talented, enthusiastic young people under the

Beauty for some provides escape, who gain a happiness in eyeing the gorgeous buttocks of the ape or Autumn sunsets exquisitely dying.

Langston Hughes

direction of Paul Kwame Johnson.

Alexandria Zan Meyers is the African dance instructor for the NPAA African Dance Workshop.

The performance will take place at 3:00pm on February 27 in ADA compliant Orange Hall, Waywayanda and Grandview Aveues in Middletown. Free admission for all students.

A SUNY Orange Cultural Affairs event, questions may be directed to 845-341-4891.

Artist, Performer, & Writer workshps & Opportunities

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Sullivan Music News sponsored by Steve’s Music Center, Rock Hill Opera: The Reformation: Christoph Willibald Gluck Sam Cooke at SCCC

by Derek Leet Baroque Operas were not performed much until the revival the began after WWII. Up until that time, Gluck's (17141787) were the earliest operas to be found in major opera houses.

Prior to Gluck, operas were overstylized. Gluck both reformed the overstylization of opera and then created what we know today as “opera”, This was due to what was going on culturally in Europe at the time, a move away from the baroque "forms" in all aspects of life into the "advocacy of classical antiquity”, encompassing Voltaire's humanist philosophy, Rousseau's return to nature and the Enlightenment philosophers.

Reforms were also happening to French opera and in the German Mannheim school, and these carried over to Italian operas. It is not know if any of these “foreign” reforms influenced Gluck whose operas are written in more than one language.

There were a number of successful composers of Baroque Opera, the most famous being Alessandro Scarlatti, Vivaldi & Handel. But Johann Adolph Hasse might have been the most successful - and is forgotten today. I assume it is because the music does not reach the high level of Vivaldi and Handel and the libretti, mostly

by Matastasio, are more declamatory-poetic

Susan Graham and Placido Domingo in Gluck’s “Iphigenie En Tauride

than psychological-dramatic.

Gluck wanted to change what he called “the mistaken vanity of the singers” and “the too great complaisance of composers” which resulted in splendid and beautiful spectacles that to him were ridiculous and wearisome.

So - Gluck wanted opera to be "drama" first, with music serving the drama, unlike Baroque opera where a librettist like Metastasio could authorize 30 different composers to use his libretto for an opera, thereby relegating music to a decorative function.

There were composers at that time other than Gluck who began reforms, but Gluck eclipsed them, most likely because his music is "better".

What does this mean to us, a 21st Centruy audience? If you've seen Handel's operas and compare them to Mozart's, you'll note that Mozart's have abrupt changes of moods, tempos and dynamics. This all started with the reforms of Gluck. Handel may have those changes incorporated into segments of an aria, but not "abruptly". For instance one of his arias may be written in an ABA form, with the B section a different tempo and mood, but then it goes back to the A mood.

Treat yourself to Iphegenie En Tauride at Sullivan County Community College, Live frojm the Met in HD on February 26 at 1:00pm. 845-434-5750, ext. 4472.

Bethel Masquerade Ball

Bethel’s Dancing Cat Saloon will feature Riff Kings for its first Valentine’s Day Masquerade Ball, February 12 at 7:00pm.

Phone: 845-583-3141.

Passing the Torch Through the Arts, a Westchester-based theater company, is bringing Sam Cooke: Where You Been Baby? to Sullivan County Community College’s beautiful Seelig Auditorum.

This original historical musical play by Michael Monasterial illuminates the life and musical genius of a true original, the legendary pop singer who wrote, performed and produced 24 Billboard hits over his 8 years at the top of the charts. Cooke was also a pioneer in the Civil Rights movement and an inventor of musical styles that are still incorporated in pop and gospel music 50 years later.

Sam Cooke's early years in Mississippi, his rise to fame and his demons that ultimately lead to his untimely demise are explored in this drama, but it is well seasoned with humor, pathos and most of all great, great music.

Sam Cooke is directed by Esther Taylor Evans, with music by Bruce Berky and choreography by Abby Lappen. It will be performed by Sabrina Kershaw, Lucinda Carr, Stephen M. Jones, Evelyn Clarke, Dennis Washington and Monasterial as Sam Cooke .It will be performed on February 24 at 7:00pm.

Call 845-434-5750, ext. 4472 for tickets.

MUSIC - blues / COUNTRY / FOLK / pop/ rock /etc.

EHT HVC PT PV

= Eisenhower Hall Theater, West Point = Hudson Valley Conservatory, Walden, New Rose Theatre 845-778-2478 = Paramount Theater, Middletown = Palaia Vineyards, Highland Mills

Bob Wiseman folk, rock, jazz ..................................................The Falcon, Marlboro, Feb 3, 7pm The Mighty Paul Brothers ..........................The Wherehouse, Newburgh, Feb 3, 8pm-11pm Vuvuzela w/Mamalama & Horrah! A bolt of light..2Alice’s, Cornwall-on-Hudson, Feb 4, 7pm Al Westphal ......................................................................................................PV Feb 4, 7pm Yasgar ..............................................................................Dancing Cat Saloon, Bethel, Feb 4, 8pm David Krai & Amy Laber country, Professor Louie & The Crowmatix rock and roll ..............

The Falcon, Marlboro, Feb 5, 7pm “The Roost” ....................................................................................................PV Feb 5, 7pm Connor Kennedy & his Band roots/blues ..The Wherehouse, Newburgh, Feb 5, 8pm-11pm Jim Brickman Valentine’s Concert ......................................................................EHT Feb 5, 8pm Bobby Messano & Steve Geller ................................................................PV Feb 6, 2:30pm Robert Schiff ..................................................................................................PV Feb 11, 7pm Groovy Tuesday Valentine’s Day ..................................................................PV Feb 12, 7pm Bobby Z ....................................................................................................PV Feb 13, 2:30pm Mickey Barnett Band country................................Carriage House, Barryville, Feb 13, 8pm Gregg Van Gelder & Friends........................................................................PV Feb 18, 7pm Chris Bergson Band blues, soul ............................................The Falcon, Marlboro, Feb 19, 7pm Lesley Bowe & Party of 4..............................................................................PV Feb 19, 7pm Paul Binotto ..............................................................................................PV Feb 20, 2:30pm Bruce Perone ..................................................................................................PV Feb 25, 7pm Jonah Smith Band blues, soul, country, folk, Laura Hope & the Camptones rock -n-roll ........

The Falcon, Marlboro, Feb 25, 7pm Henderson & Osinski ..................................................................................PV Feb 26, 7pm Steve Wells ................................................................................................PV Feb 27, 2:30pm “Back to the Paramount” A Timeless Tribute pop ........................................PT, Mar 5, 7:30pm Andy Cooney “Echoes of Ireland” ........................................................................PT Mar 6, 3pm Open Mic w/ Eric Callari ....................................Logan’s Well, Florida, Wednesdays, 9pm Open Mic Musicians Gathering ..........................The Dancing Cat, Bethel, Thursdays, 8pm Open Mic/Coffee House Hudson Valley Folk Guild Second Saturdays, ..............................

Frank Tetler, Feb 12 Unitarian Universalist Congregation, Rock Tavern, 7:30pm Open Mic Acoustic Jam ..........................................The Dancing Cat, Bethel, Sundays, 3pm Open Mic ........................................................................................................PV Feb 10, 7pm Open Mic Audition Night ..............................................................................PV Feb 17, 7pm Heritage Coffee House........Hopewell Presbyterian Church, Thompson Ridge, Feb 19, 7pm Open Mic Comedy Night................................................................................PV Feb 24, 7pm Open Mic..........................................................................................................PV Mar 3, 7pm Coffee House vocalists, dance,, skits, bands ....................HVC Feb 11. 7:30 & Feb 12, 7pm

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CATEGORY CALENDAR EHT HHNM KMM LC NFL PEEC SCCC SUNYO TL

= Eisenhower Hall Theater, West Point = Hudson Highlands Nature Museum-Wildlife Education Ctr, Cornwall-on-Hudson = Karpeles Manuscript Museum, Newburgh = Lycian Centre for the Performing Arts, Sugar Loaf 845-469-2287 = Newburgh Free Library, 124 Grand Street 845-563-3619 = Pocono Environmental Education Center, Dingmans Ferry = Sullivan County Community College - Seelig Theatre, Loch Sheldrake = Orange Hall , Orange County Community College, Middletown 845-341-4891 = Thrall Library, Middletown

Donny McCaslin Group........................................................The Falcon, Marlboro, Feb 11, 7pm Garland Jeffreys, Reed’s Bass Drums ................................The Falcon, Marlboro, Feb 12, 7pm Eddie Diehl & Friends ..........................................................The Falcon, Marlboro, Feb 17, 7pm Joseph Mantia & His Jazz Quintet................................................................SCCC Feb 17, 7pm Skye Jazz Quartet w/Gabriele Tranchiona, voice................ The Dautaj, Warwick, Feb 18, 8pm Noah Preminger Group, Seth Davis (folk) ..........................The Falcon, Marlboro, Feb 19, 7pm Marcus Strickland Quartet, Youth Group aka Bob Meyer Project..........Falcon, Feb 26, 7pm

music - religious “The Joy of Music” & Variety Show ......St. Peter’s Lutheran Church, Port Jervis, Feb 13, 2pm

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ART TOURS / walks

OPera - cinema

Second Saturday in Beacon ..........................................................................Feb 12, all day Art After Dark Milford Galleries..............................................................Feb 12, 6pm-9pm

OPera - concert

CINEMA “Bachelor Mother” Ginger Rogers, David Niven..Emerson House, Milford, Feb 2, 6pm FREE “Two Angry Moms” ..................................................2Alices, Cornwall-on-Hudson, Feb 2, 7pm Reel Eclectic Film Series ............................................................................TL Feb 3, 7pm FREE “The Tall Target” Dick Powell ..............................Emerson House, Milford, Feb 9, 6pm FREE Afternoon Movies for Grownups w/Jessica Tandy & Morgan Freeman........TL Feb 16, 2pm “One Way Passage” Wm. Powell, Kay Francis ..Emerson House, Milford, Feb 23, 6pm FREE “Devil’s Doorway” Robert Taylor ..........................Emerson House, Milford, Mar 2, 6pm FREE Hot Movies for a Cold Day w/Crhis Rock & Martin Lawrence ..........NFL Feb 19, 2pm FREE

circus & Ice Skating Ice Theatre of New York w/Jordan Hartey, DVHS ChorusAnn Street Pk, Milford, Feb 5, 2pm New Shanghai Circus............................................................................................LC Mar 5, 8pm

dance - Theatre “Lord of the Dance” Celtic ................................................................................EHT Mar 5, 8pm

festivalS WinterFest ....................................................................................Downtown Wurtsboro, Feb 12 Gerorge Washington’s Birthday ....Washington’s Headqrts, Newburgh, Feb 19-21, Noon-4pm

holistic living Drumming Circle ........................................The Nurtured Spirit, Pine Island, Feb 14 & 28, 7pm

lectureS, DEmos & SymposiumS / Forums HHNM-L

= Cornwall Presbyterian Church, Cornwall-on-Hudson

Lighthouses Along the Hudson w/Scott Craven..........................HHNM-L, Feb 8, 7:30pm Glassblowing Demo ......................Gillander Glass Factory, Port Jervis, Feb 12 10am-3pm “You Say You Want A Revolution: John Lennon, The Beatles, and the Politics of the 1960's and 1970's” multimedia w//Terry Hamblin, PhD SUNYO Feb 15, 7pm An 18th Century Family in Orange County w/Joe Devine ....HHNM-L, Feb 15, 7:30pm “The Greenwood Lake Rocket Mail (1936-2011): A 75th Anniversary Celebration” .. w/Stephen M. Gross Greenwood Lake Library, Feb 20, 12;30pm FREE Our Fight Against Global Climate Change w/Sacha Spector..HHNM-L, Feb 22, 7:30pm Garry Carrion-Murayari on Walter De Maria ..........................Dia: Beacon, Feb 26, 2pm Watercolor Demo Debi Watson, North East Watercolor Society..SUNYO Feb 26, 2:30pm

museum exhibits

“Nixon in China” by John Adams - Live from the Met in HD ......................SCCC Feb 12, 1pm “Iphigenie En Tauride” Gluck, Live From the Met in HD ..........................SCCC Feb 26, 1pm

(Museum hours vary. Call first. Some museums have FREE admission)

Meet the Animals ..............................................................HHNM Saturdays & Sundays 2:30pm The Sturgeon Swims through Time ..............................................................HHNM Noon-4pm Grey Towers House Tours........................................................Weekends, Grey Towers, Milford Preservation of 19th Century Life, Village Tours..............................Museum Village, Monroe Montgomery Bicentennial Exhibit ..............................................Montgomery Village Museum “Summer Camps of the early 1900’s in Pike County”............The Columns, Milford, ongoing Sculpture Exhibits Imi Knoebel, Walter De Maria ....................................Dia:Beacon, ongoing Sullivan County Museum Historical Museum & Archives ......................................Hurleyville The History of Medicine ................................................................................KMM thru Mar 31

“Always Love” operatic love duets - Opera Company of the Highlands ....................................

Calvary Presbyterian Church, Newburgh, Feb 13, 3pm

OPera - theatre “Amor & Psyche” 13 Baroque composers incl. Handel & Dowland ..........................................

The Falcon, Marlboro, Feb 20, 7pm

POETRY & PROSE READING (Open mic session usually included) Hudson River Poets ......................................................................NFL Feb 3, Mar 3, 7pm FREE Ted Gill ..........................................................Noble Coffee Roasters, Campbell Hall, Feb 3, 7pm Christopher Wheeling, Dennis Bressack, Robert Milby Poetry Cafe ........................................

Florida Library, Feb 4, 7pm FREE Walter Worden, Jim Eve Calling All Poets ........Howland Cultural Center, Beacon, Feb 4, 8pm David B. Austell Poetry on the Loose ............................7 West St., Warwick, Feb 5, 4pm FREE Bob McNeil & King Aswad prose honoring ML King, Jr, CS King, Malcolm X etc. ................

NFL Feb 13, 3pm FREE William Seaton Poetry Night ..............................................Tuscan Cafe, Warwick, Feb 22, 7pm Poetry at the Church Ted Gill, host ..............................Goshen Methodist Church, Feb 28, 7pm Poetry on the Loose ........................................................7 West St., Warwick, Mar 5, 4pm FREE

recreation adults & children Eagle Watch I....................................................................................PEEC Jan 30, 9am-3pm Eagle Watch II ..................................................................................PEEC Feb 5, 9am-3pm Eagle Watch II single adults............................................................PEEC Feb 13, 9am-3pm Moonrise Walk ..............................................................................PEEC Feb 18, 5pm FREE Winter Waterfalls ....................................................................................PEEC Feb 26, 1pm

storyelling Black Dirt Storytelling Guild “Rabbits and Hats” ......Florida Library, Feb 10, 7:30pm FREE

theatre - musical “I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change” ......................................................LC Feb 13, 3pm “Sam Cooke: Where You Been Baby?” by Michael Monasterial ................SCCC Feb 24. 7pm

theatre - Play “Rendezvous with Treason” w/Benedict Arnold & Major John Andre - LIVE! ................

TL Feb 22, 7pm FREE

Atsin Art and Film at Downing Film Center Multi-talented Barthelemy Atsin will be on hand for a Q&A after a showing of his short film Afterschool Chronicles on February 13 at 1:00pm in Downing Film Center, 19 Front St., Newburgh.

His artwork will be on display beginning at 12:30pm in the lobby.

D o n a t i o n s requested Seating is limited: 845-561-3686 & 800974-8592.

MUSIC - blues / COUNTRY / FOLK / pop/ rock /etc. See page 8

Music - Broadway - classic pop - Opera Patrick Carfizzi & Mary Kay Messenger Trestle, Inc. Newburgh Free Academy, Feb 11, 7pm Broadway Concerts Direct ..................................Wurtsboro Community Church, Feb 12, 8pm

music - classical Highlands Brass Quintet ..........................................Egner Hall, West Point, Feb 5, 3pm FREE Lindsay Perricone “Heart of Sound”, pedal harp & lever harp..................................................

Radiant Yoga, Mountaindale, Feb 6, 1:30pm Kairos & Newburgh Chamber Ensemble Newburgh Chamber Music......................................

Pre-concert talk w/Dr. Joel Evans, 2pm St. George’s Church, Newburgh, Feb 6, 3pm American String Quartet Mozart, Beethoven, Ravel ................................SUNYO Feb 13, 3pm Minneapolis Guitar Quartet ..............................................Ritz Lobby, Newburgh, Feb 19, 8pm Potluck Concerts “Valentines”..........................Cornwall Presbyterian Church, Feb 25, 7:30pm Orchestra of St. Luke’s Chamber Ensemble “Baroque Reworked” Dia:Beacon, Feb 27, 2pm Radiance Woodwind Quintet Newburgh Chamber Music..........................................................

“Around the World in 80 Minutes” St. George’s Church, Newburgh, Mar 6, 3pm

music - jazz (plus...)

Jazz Trio................................................Aroma Thyme Bistro, Ellenville, Thursdays, 8pm-11pm Joel Harrison’s String Choir music of Paul Motian....................Falcon, Marlboro, Feb 4, 8pm Joe Vincent Tranchina piano............................Breezy Point Inn, Greenwood Lake, Feb 5, 3pm

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Please check out the schedule for Gallery Art and Photography Opening Receptions see page 10

LC NCR NFL

Cinema “Bachelor Mother” Emerson House, Milford 6pm

Cinema “Two Angry Moms” 2Alices, Cornwall-on-Hudson 7pm Open Mic Logans Well, Florida 9pm

= Lycian Centre for the Performing Arts, Sugar Loaf 845-469-2287 = Noble Coffee Roasters, Campbell Hall = Newburgh Free Library 845-563-3619

PEEC PV PT

= Pocono Environmental Educa = Palaia Vineywards, Highland = Paramount Theater, Middletow

THURSDAY

3 Open Mic.....Musician’s Gathering ....The Dancing Cat, Bethel, 7pm Poetry Reading ................Hudson River Poets ..................NFL 7pm Poetry Reading ..........................Ted Gill ............................NCR 7pm Cinema ........................Reel Eclectic Film Series ................TL 7pm Music - Jazz...Jazz Trio ..Aroma Thyme Bistro, Ellenville, 8pm-11pm

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MusicVuvuzela w/Mamalama & Horrah! A

Music ........................................Al Westphal

Poetry Reading..C.Wheeling, D. Bressack

Poetry Reading ............Walter Worden, Ji

Music - Jazz.......Joel Harrison’s String C

Music.......................Bob Wiseman ................Falcon, Marlboro, 8pm Music - Rock.Talking Machine..Wherehouse, Newburgh, 8pm-11pm

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10 Cinema “The Tall Target” Emerson House Milford, 6pm

Please check out the schedule for Gallery Art and Photography Opening Receptions

Open Mic...Musician’s Gathering ......The Dancing Cat, Bethel, 7pm Open Mic ............................Palaia Vineyards ......................PV 7pm Storytelling.....Black Dirt Storytelling Guild ..Florida Library, 7:30pm

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Open Mic Logans Well, Florida 9pm

Music - Jazz...Jazz Trio ..Aroma Thyme Bistro, Ellenville, 8pm-11pm

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Music ......................................Robert Schif Music - Cabaret.....Patrick

Carfizzi & Mary Kay

Music - Jazz.........Donny McCaslin Group

Music-Dance-Skits ................Coffee Hous

“Dr. Jones” Mary Sealfon

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Holistic Living Drumming Circle The Nurtured Spirit, Pine Island, 7pm

Open Mic Logans Well, Florida 9pm

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Open Mic...Musician’s Gathering ......The Dancing Cat, Bethel, 7pm Open Mic ..............................Audition Night ........................PV 7pm Music - Jazz............Joseph Mantia & His Quintet ..........SCCC 7pm Music - Jazz......Eddie Diehl & Friends ..The Falcon, Marlboro, 7pm Music - Jazz...Jazz Trio ..Aroma Thyme Bistro, Ellenville, 8pm-11pm

Recreation ............................Moonrise Wa

Music ........................Gregg Van Gelder & Music - Jazz - Folk...Noah Preminger Gro

Music - Jazz.Skye Jazz Trio & Gabriele Tr

“Motor Jockey” William Noonan

21 Festival Washington’s Birthday Party Washington’s Headquarters, Newburgh, Noon-4pm

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Poetry Reading Poetry at Church Goshen Meth. Ch., 7pm Holistic Living Drumming Circle The Nurtured Spirit, Pine Island, 7pm

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Theatre - Play “Rendezvous with Treason” TL 7pm

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Open Mic. ..............................Comedy Night ........................PV 7pm Theatre - Musical..”Sam Cooke: Where You Been Baby?”..SCCC 7pm

Open Mic...Musician’s Gathering ......The Dancing Cat, Bethel, 7pm Music......................................Bruce Peron

Music - Jazz...Jazz Trio ..Aroma Thyme Bistro, Ellenville, 8pm-11pm Music - Classical..,,.Potluck Concerts .Co Poetry Reading William Seaton Tuscan Cafe 7pm

“Frog Daddy in the Tulips”

Open Mic Logans Well, Florida 9pm

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Poetry Reading ................Hudson River Poets ..................NFL 7pm Open Mic...Musician’s Gathering ......The Dancing Cat, Bethel, 7pm

Open Mic Logans Well, Florida 9pm William Noonan

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k, R. Milby ....Florida Lib., 7pm

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Choir ......Falcon, Marlboro, 8pm

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Recreation ............................Eagle Watch II ......................................PEEC 9am-3pm Ice Skating ....................Ice Theatre of New York ........Ann Street Park, Milford, 2pm Music ......................Bobby Messano & Steve Geller ............PV 2:30pm Music - Classical ..........Highlands Brass Quintet ..........Egner Hall, West Point, 3pm Music - Classical.....Newburgh Chamber Music ..St. George’s Ch., 3pm Poetry Reading ....................David B. Austell ................7 West Street, Warwick, 4pm Music - Irish..........Andy Cooney “Echoes of Ireland” ................PT 3pm Music - Rock & Roll....Professor Louie & The Crowmatix ......Falcon, Marlboro, 7pm Open Mic...................Acoustic Jam ................Dancing Cat, Bethel, 3pm Music ......................................“The Roost” ....................................................PV 7pm Music - Pop ............................Jim Brickman..................................................EHT 8pm Music ..........................................Yasgar..............................Dancing Cat, Bethel, 8pm Music - Roots/Blues....Connor Kennedy Band ..Wherehouse, Newburgh, 8pm-11pm

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Art Walk ....................Second Saturday in Beacon ..........Downtown Beacon, all day Festival ..........................Wurtsboro WinterFest........................Downtown Wurtsboro

ff ..................................PV 7pm Messenger ..Nwbgh Free Acad. 7pm

p ......The Falcon, Marlboro, 7pm

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alk ............................PEEC 5pm

& Friends ......................PV 7pm

up, Seth Davis......Falcon, 7pm

ranchina Dautaj, Warwick, 8pm

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ornwall Presbyterian Ch 7:30pm

Opera - Cinema...........”Nixon in China” Live from the Met in HD ..........SCCC 1pm Art Walk ................................Art After Dark ..................Downtown Milford, 6pm-9pm Music......................Groovy Tuesday Valentine’s Day ....................................PV 7pm Music-Dance-Skits ................Coffee House ................................................HVC 7pm Music - Jazz, etc....Garland Jeffreys, Reed’s Bass Drums ....Falcon, Marlboro, 7pm Open Mic ..........Hudson Valley Folk Guild, Frank Tetler ........................UUC 7:3pm

13 Music - Religious..“The Joy of Music”...St. Peter’s Lutheran Ch., Port Jervis 2pm Music ........................................Bobby Z ................................PV 2:30pm Recreation......................Singles “EagleWatch” ............PEEC 9am-3pm Theatre - Musical..”I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change” ..LC 3pm Music - Classical ..........American String Quartet ................SUNYO 3pm Opera - Concert...Opera Co. of the Highlands ..Union Presby Ch., Balmville 3pm

Open Mic...................Acoustic Jam ................Dancing Cat, Bethel, 3pm Prose Performance .......Bob McNeil & King Aswad ................NFL 3pm

Music - Bway-Opera-Pop-Operetta...Broadway Concerts Direct....Wurtsboro Comm. Ch., 8pm

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Festival.....Washington’s Birthday Party ......Washington’s Headquarters, Noon-4pm Cinema ........................Hot Movies for a Cold Day ............................NFL 2pm FREE Festival.....Washington’s Birthday Party ......Wash. Headqrts, Noon-4pm Music ............................Lesley Bowe & Party of 4 ..........................................PV 7pm Music ......................................Paul Binotto ..............................PV 2:30pm Open Mic...............Heritage Coffee House ........Hopewell Presbyterian Church, 7pm Open Mic...................Acoustic Jam ................Dancing Cat, Bethel, 3pm Music - Blues - Soul..............Chris Bergson Band............The Falcon, Marlboro, 7pm Opera - Theatre.............Amor & Psyche........The Falcon, Marlboro, 7pm Music - Classical ........Minneapolis Guitar Quartet......................................RITZ 8pm

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Recreation ..........................W inter Waterfalls ............................................P E E C 1pm Opera - Cinema......... Iphigenie En Tauride Live From the Met in HD .SCCC 1pm Theatre Musical - Kids .....“Pippi Longstocking” ..........LC 10am & 1pm Music - Jazz..Marcus Strickland Quartet, Youth Group w/Bob Meyer .Falcon, 7pm Music ......................................Steve Wells ..............................PV 2;30pm Music ..............................Henderson & Osinski..............................................PV 7pm Open Mic...................Acoustic Jam ................Dancing Cat, Bethel, 3pm Open Mic......................Hudson Valley Folk Guild ....................................UUC 7:3pm

5 Poetry Reading ................Poetry on the Loose ............7 West Street, Warwick, 4pm Music - Pop............“Back to the Paramount” A Timeless Tribute............PT 7:30pm Circus - Theatre ..............New Shanghai Circus..............................................LC 8pm

6 Music - Classical.Radiance Woodwind Quintet.St. George’s Ch., Nwbgh, 3pm Open Mic...................Acoustic Jam ................Dancing Cat, Bethel, 3pm

Dance - Theatre................“Lord of the Dance” ............................................EHT 8pm

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EXHIBITS BAU................................................................................................................................Beacon Artists Union CAG..............................................................Catskill Artists Gallery 38 S. Main St., Liberty 845-292-0310 CAS ..................................................................................................Catskill Art Society, Livingston Manor KMM ..........................................................................................Karpeles Manuscript Museum, Newburgh SUNYO ..SUNY Orange (Orange Cty. Community College) Orange Hall Gallery & Loft 845-341-4891

art EXHIBITS Robert Score pen & ink, Marilyn Richter acrylics, Catherine Hagerty oils ................................

Di Bello Gallery, Montgomery Mikey Teutul “Unleashed” ............................................WolfGang Gallery, Montgomery, ongoing Carolyn Duke pottery............................................Duke Pottery, Tennanah Lake, Roscoe, ongoing Area Arts and Crafts art, photogrpahy, crafts, sculpture, etc.....................CAG Liberty, ongoing “Come Paint With Me” Artists Group Show ..........................Grey Towers, Milford, thru Jan 31 Antonio Perez Melero “Art Evolution” 3 dimensional works ........Ellenville Library, thru Feb 2 Thom Joyce “Joy” - flower sculpture ......................Rhinebeck Savings Bank, Beacon, thru Feb 4 Beacon Teen Reflections Beacon HS Students ..............RiverWinds Gallery, Beacon, thru Feb 6 “Route 28 or thereabouts” 7 artists..............................Hudson Beach Glass, Beacon, thru Feb 8 Franz Erhard Walther “Work as Action” ..............................................Dia: Beacon, thru Feb 13 Cyntha Harris-Pagano portriats, still life, landscapes ..................................SUNYO thru Feb 13 Cynthia Hall paintings, drawings, prints, sculptures ....................................SUNYO thru Feb 13 Richard J. Kreznar GG Stankiewicz Richard Brachman “Figure / Ground” ........................

CAS thru Feb 27 “dada diy” The Outsider’s Studio Collective ......The Plunk Shop, Livingston Manor, thru Feb 27 Kris Jaroka and Monica Ostrow “Strings and Things” ................................................................

Executive Suite, Government Center, Goshen, thru March 3 Edward Lundquist ............................................................Livingston Manor Library, thru Mar 31 Dona McPhillips Couch “Portraits in American History”................................KMM thru Mar 31 “Art Is A Gift” 28 artists ..................................................Red Eft Gallery, Wurtsboro, thru winter Koo Jeong “A Constellation Congress”....................................................Dia: Beacon, thru Jun 26

NEW art EXHIBITS ”Cream of the Crop” art & photos ....Rolling River Cafe Gallery, Parksville, Feb 1 thru May 31 Carrie Jacobson ”Rough at Hand” & Group “Seniors” Show ..Wallkill River School, Feb 1-28 Judith MacCalla emerging artist ..................................................Wallkill River School, Feb 1-28 “Better By The Dozen” 12 artists ............................................................................BAU Feb 6-27 “Water - Sustainer of Life” art, photography, sculpture ......The ARTery, Milford, Feb 11-Mar 6 “WinterFest” Exhibit ..................................................Wurtsboro Art Alliance, Feb 12, 11am-4pm North East Watercolor Society Members’ 2001 Show ............................SUNYO Feb 18-Mar 24 “Abstract Expressions” paper, canvas, fabric ..................Chant Realtors, Lords Valley, Mar 1-29

PHOTOGRAPHY EXHIBITS DVAC ........................................................................................Delaware Valley Arts Center, Narrowsburg HPG ................................................................................................Highlands Photographic Guild, Milford

Scrabble Players ........................................................................Ellenville Library, Tuesdays, 6pm Trivia Night ........................................................2 Alices, Cornwall-on-Hudson, Thursdays, 8pm

school & conservatory Delaware Valley HS Jazz Quartet ........................................Patisserie, Milford, Feb 5, 12:30pm Delaware Valley HS Orhestra Quintet....................................Patisserie, Milford, Feb 5, 3:30pm “A Celebration of Youth” Newburgh Performing Arts Academy Teen Theater Ensemble..........

Greenwood Lake Library, Feb 12, 10:30am FREE Wisner Library, Warwick, Feb 12, 2pm FREE Coffee House vocals, dance, skits and bands ....................................................HVC Feb 12, 3pm “The Joy of Music” & Variety Show adults and children ............................................................

St. Peter’s Lutheran Church, Port Jervis, Feb 13, 2pm FREE “Little Women” Shadowland’s advanced acting class ............................ST Feb 19, 2pm & 7pm

Children and teens calendar H H N M..................................Hudson Highlands Nature Museum, Outdoor Discovery Center, Cornwall HHNM-CoH ......................Hudson Highlands Nature Museum, Education Center, Cornwall-on-Hudson LC ....................................................................................Lycian Centre for the Performing Arts, Sugar Loaf PEEC................................................................Pocono Environmental Education Center, Dingmans Ferry

festivalS George Washington’s Birthday ........Washington’s Headqrts, Newburgh, Feb 19-21, Noon-4pm

lectures Discovering Animals Together 2-4yrs........................................HHNM, Feb 1, 8, 15, 22, 10am Discovering Animals Together 2-4yrs ........................................HHNM, Feb 2, 9, 16, 23, 10am Discover the Fox ..........................................................................................HHNM, Feb 5, 10am Get ready for Spring, Build a Nest Box ....................................................HHNM, Feb 6, 10am “Lovey-Dovey” doves ............................................................HHNM , Feb 12, 10am & 11:30am The Awesome Opossum ....................................................................HHNM-CoH, Feb 19, 10am Owl Prowl ............................................................................................HHNM CoH, Feb 19, 7pm

Museum Meet the Animals ........................................................HHNM-CoH, Sat & Sun, 1pm & 2:30pm Meet the Animals..........................................................HHNM-CoH, Feb 21-25, 1pm & 2:30pm “The Sturgeon Swims Through Time” exhibit ..........................HHNM-CoH, daily, Noon-4pm

Recreation - holiday Eagle Watch I ..................................................................................PEEC Jan 30, 9am-3pm Eagle Watch II ....................................................................................PEEC Feb 5, 9am-3pm Eagle Watch II single adults ............................................................PEEC Feb 13, 9am-3pm Moonrise Walk ..............................................................................PEEC Feb 18, 5pm FREE Winter Waterfalls......................................................................................PEEC Feb 26, 1pm

theatre - Musical “Pippi Longstocking” American Family Theatre..................................LC Feb 27, 10am & 1pm

“Early to Rise: Working Farms in Orange County”........................................................ongoing Cornell Cooperative Extension, Middletown Nick Zungoli “Trifecta”....................................................Exposures Gallery, Sugar Loaf, ongoing “Celebrating the Season” members show ............................................................HPG thru Feb 6 “Be Mine Also” photography, poetry, poetry objects ........................................DVAC thru Feb 19

HPG Member - Thom O’Connor

NEW photography EXHIBITs “You’ve Got to Love It: Images of What We Love” multiple artists ............HPG Feb 11-Mar 6 Jackie Dienst ......................................................................Chant Realtors, Lords Valley, Feb 1-27 ”Cream of the Crop” art & photos ....Rolling River Cafe Gallery, Parksville, Feb 1 thru May 31

Art & Photography receptions “Greenwood Lake Greetings” Mural Project preview ............Breezy Point Inn, Feb 5, 3pm-5pm Carrie Jacobson, Judith MacCalla ..................................Wallkill River School, Feb 5, 5pm-7pm Jackie Dienstin photography..................................Chant Realtors, Lords Valley, Feb 5, 5pm-7pm “Better By The Dozen” 12 artists ................................................................BAU Feb 6, 6pm-9pm “You’ve Got to Love It: Images of What We Love”................................HPG Feb 12, 6pm-9pm “Water - Sustainer of Life” arto, photography, sculpture ....ARTery, Milford, Feb 12, 6pm-9pm North East Watercolor Society Members’ 2001 Show ..................SUNYO Feb 26, 1pm-4:15pm “Abstract Expressions” paper, canvas, fabric......Chant Realtors, Lords Valley, Mar 5, 5pm-7pm

Books & Clubs NFL

= Newburgh Free Library, 124 Grand Street 845-563-3619

A Lillian Jackson Braun Book Club ........................................Jeffersonville Library, Dec 8, 6pm Audubon Society First Sunday Field Trip ............................845-744-6047 Goshen, 8am or 9am Book Signing Keith Stewart & Flavia Baccarella “It’s A Long Road to a Tomato”......................

Wallkill River School, Feb 13, 3pm-5pm Book Discussion Great Books Discussion, Shared Inquiry Method........NFL Feb 23, 7pm FREE Book Discussion Great Books Discussion, Shared Inq. Method ......NFL Feb 25, 11:30am FREE Walden Chess Club all ages, all level ................Walden Library, Saturdays 10am, Mondays 6pm Friday Night Chess....................................................................Narrowsburg Library, Fridays 6pm Knit and Stitch ......................................................................Narrowsburg Library, Mondays, 6pm Knimble Knitters ....................................................................Ellenville Library, Saturdays, 10am Laurel & Hardy Sons of the Desert Int’l Org.....................Last Sundays, ray@themtharhills.org The Music Lovers Guild............................3rd Thurs, 7:30pm FREE, Montgomery 845-457-9867 Listen to recorded classical music, open informal discussion follows.

Photography Club ..................................................................Walden Library, 2nd Mondays. 7pm Photography Club Hudson Highlands Photo Workshop..............................2nd Monday, 7:30pm St. Paul’s Epsicopal Church, Chester Scrabble Players ..........................................................................Walden Library, Thursdays, 6pm

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“Allegiance” by Thom O’Connor The Highlands Photographic Guild, a photographic gallery in Milford, boasts Thom O'Connor (photographer of cover photo, Mother & Child) as one of its dozen members.

Thom is the proprietor of The TableTop Studio in New York City. His images have been exhibited in galleries in New York, Maine, Colorado, Pennsylvania, and Russia.

As a working editorial photographer for more than thirty years, Thom has produced images for national magazines including Business Week, New York Magazine, Popular Photography, Parade, and Prevention. Thom has also done news photography for The Associated Press, United Press International, The Chicago Tribune, The New York Times, and The Philadelphia Inquirer.

Thom has been working on In A Blur, a personal project making use of very slow camera shutter speeds to create dynamic, flowing, and colorful images of public events.

Thom teaches digital photography at Long Island University/C.W. Post Campus, and at The College of New Rochelle. See more of Thom's work at www.thomoconnor.com“ The opening reception for You’ve Got to Love It: Images of What We Love will be February 12 from 6:00pm to 9:00pm n the Wachovia building, 224 Broad Street. For more info: 570-296-2440.

East Orange Music News sponsored by Hudson Street Cafe

The “B”s - Two out of Three Ain’t Bad For their February Valentine, Potluck Concerts is continuing its presentation of the complete Beethoven violin sonatas. Emily Faxon (violin) and Ruthanne Schempf (piano) will perform the three Opus 30 sonatas, composed in 1801-02 when he was struggling with depression over his encroaching deafness.

West Point clarientists John Parrette and Jennifer Tibbs will follow with the other “B”. Schempf will accompany them for the

two Brahms clarinet sonatas. Op. 120, Nos. 1 and 2, which were written in 1894.

The concert is held at the Cornwall Presbyterian Chruch, 222 Hudson Street, Cornwall-on-Hudson, 2 blocks from the Hudson Street Cafe on February 25 at 7:30pm.

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Dining Out

How Retro Can You Go?

by J. A. Di Bello Scattered through the hills and dales of Sullivan and Orange Counties are several diners, cafés and luncheonettes, each with its cherished brand of "blue-plate specials," local menu favorites and loyal patrons.

Atmosphere for many is simply happenstance, but not all.

The Montgomery Village Luncheonette on Clinton Street in Montgomery is convenient and as close to the center of the Village as one can get. At an earlier time it was simply called Howard's and extended into what is now the Old Fashioned Deli.

Once simply a local BB&B, (bear, bread & bullets), it snuggles conveniently into a nostalgic, memorable time period when Montgomery Airport, now Orange County Airport, hosted Sunday afternoon drag races and sports car road races (the late 50's).

The Montgomery Village Luncheonette with its home-style, 1950's esthetic appeal is a masterful creation envisioned by coowner- proprietor Caren Johnson, with the able assistance and encouragement of Brian Johnson. With table and counter service available, the luncheonette's interior is decorated with historic photos and drawings of Montgomery. There's even a poster celebrating the 1955 World Series and the

Brooklyn Dodgers and another advertising stock car racing at Victory Speedway in Middletown.

And at the next level, the menu accentuates those qualities so reminiscent of the fabulous fifties, e.g., a half sandwich with a bowl of homemade soup or specials like Caren's French toast and meat loaf sandwiches.

An unintended but welcomed consequence of this artistic endeavor is the luncheonette's patrons. Characters abound and fit seamlessly into the ranks of the loyalists and with only a slight twinkle of the eye, one can easily imagine each to be a character mysteriously extracted from a Richard Russo novel or a memorable episode of Cheers.

In reality the Luncheonette's regulars accurately reflect the composite character of the Village's residents, shopkeepers and neighbors. From firefighter to clergy they are the cognoscenti of Historic Montgomery. Here historical events are recalled and related with wide variations of good natured accuracy. To bring this pot to a tasteful simmer, humorous and nostalgic narratives designed to rehash past and recent events are offered for those who will bite.

Some may sing and write, while others draw and paint. But the creation of an attractive potpourri of this caliber representing a time and place gone from the memory of many and unknown to others is an accomplishment of a high artistic order.

For the Montgomery Village Luncheonette, it is easier, simpler and remains so appealing.

How retro can you go?

Since When is Campbell Hall in Montgomery?

by Derek Leet Campbell Hall??? Hamptonburgh???

Neelytown??? Where are they?

They’re in the area of Routes 207 and 416, near Thomas Bull Memorial Park.

And if you have a Hagstrom map, you will see that one of Orange County’s gems is NOT in Campbell Hall (the gem’s actual mailing address), or Neelytown, nor is it in beautiful downtown Hamptonburgh, wherever that is - well, it’s at the junction of

County Routes 9 and 77 and 51 - everyone knows that!

No, thanks to Hagstrom and maybe the Town of Hamptonburgh historian, the gem, Noble Coffee Roasters, is located in “La Grange”, not to be confused with Dutchess County’s LaGrangeville. It is here, south of Montgomery on Route 207 at Stony Ford Rd., that you can be fed, ingest some poetry (on Feb. 3 with Ted Gill) or folk music, digest local art and take home coffee beans.

Take Your Pick and then Pick Up Your Take

montgomery calendar Sponsored by Montgomery Business Association

Art Exhibits Mike Jaroszko luminist James Douglas Gallery - ongoing Mikey Teutul “Unleashed” WolfGang Gallery, ongoing Carrie Jacobson, Group “Seniors” Show, Judith MacCalla Emerging Artist Wallkill River School, Feb 1-28

“Winter Solace” by Gene Bové

Those creative artists at the nonprofit Wallkill River School (WRS) have come up with another ingenious way to squeeze blood from turnips!

This year, WRS is hosting “100/$100” which is an exhibit of 100 paintings donated by regional artists, with 100 tickets for sale at $100 each. The ticket allows the purchaser to pick one of the 100 paintings.

Each ticket is good for one artwork.

The paintings will be on display at WRS from March 1-5, and ticketholders may choose their prize when their ticket number is randomly drawn at the reception on March 5th from 5:00-7:00pm.

This fundraiser allows the Wallkill River School to offer free programs for the local community. More than half the WRS programs WRS are free and help generate economic impact in the local community.

Seniors enjoy free weekly workshops every Tuesday. Teens are offered free art classes in the summer months. Some of these teens have gone on to pursue careers in the arts and currently work with the Wallkill River School.

Artwork offered ranges in value from $100 to $800 from such notable regional artists as Newburgh watercolorist Mary Evelyn Whitehill, Montgomery oil painters Joseph Carroll, and luminist Mike Jaroszko, pastelist Shawn Dell Joyce and many others.

Photographs, original oil paintings, watercolors, acrylics and sculpture all by local artists. The event is at the Wallkill River School, 232 Ward St. (same as 17K) in Montgomery, and is free and open to the public. Tickets are available online; www.WallkillRiverSchool.com, or at the gallery 845-457-ARTS.

February 2011

Book Signing Keith Stewart & Flavia Baccarella “It’s a Long Road to a Tomato: Tales of an Organic Farmer Who Quit the Big Citry for the (Not So) Simple Life”, Feb 13 Barbara Adams “The Stone Man and the Poet: Marriage, Madness and Love”, Mar 13 Wallkill River School, 3pm-5pm Recreation Valentine’s Pancake Breakfast Firehouse, Feb 13 Music - Classical Grand Montgomery Chamber Music Series Nagano Makoto, Marimba, Mar 13 Coleman Piano Trio, May 1 Senior Center, 3pm Theatre - Play Women in Arts Senior Center, Apr 8-10

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Wallkill River School: Three Exhibits Rough at Hand

Dog (left) and Cow (above)

by Carrie Jacobson

Rough at Hand, Carrie Jacobson’s upcoming exhibit at the Wallkill River School Gallery, showcases her paletteknife painting style in animal portraits and landscapes from the mid-Hudson Valley to the Connecticut shore, to the Atlantic provinces of Canada.

Jacobson’s love of paint itself shows in the deep, nearly sculptural surfaces of her work. Her style, with its three-dimensional textures, its brilliant colors and its loose approach, puts a rich and contemporary slant on traditional landscape and plein-air painting.

Jacobson began painting in 2007, when she was 50. Untaught, and never having wanted to paint, she had the urge to make a portrait of her dogs, to give to her husband for a Christmas present. That first painting seemed to catch flame from a fire already burning inside her; she loved it, she excelled at it, and she found in it a means of expression she’d never known she had.

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Artwork by Judith MacCalla

for Shelter Animals Project. Artists from around the world make paintings of animals in their local shelters or with local rescue groups, and then donate the paintings to the shelter or rescue group. Though the blog and the project are in a bit of a lull now, you can find them at artforshelteranimals.blogspot.com. Art for Shelter Animals painters from around the world participated last summer in a show in Port Jervis, to benefit the Port JervisDeerpark shelter.

Rough at Hand shows Jacobson’s love of the natural world and all its creatures. From Canadian cows to New York state dogs, from the mountains of Arizona to the wild seacoast of Cape Breton Island, nature and its creatures live on Jacobson’s canvases, where the wind blows and the snow swirls, and the animals look out at you with their souls showing.

February 2011

Tuesday Drop In Senior Artists Louise McCutcheon’s “Tuesday Drop In” is free to seniors over 60 and veterans of any age. Louise is a professional watercolor artist and a represented artist in the Wallkill River School and Art Gallery.

She lends a helpful hand to seniors who are wishing to learn to paint, or “brush up” rusty painting skills. There is no need to reserve a spot, just “drop in” the Wallkill River School from 10:00am-Noon every Tuesday.

And now, for the first time, an exhibit culled from the work of various Tuesday “Drop In-ers”. Stop by and get another perspective about what really happens in Montgomery on Tuesdays!

Emerging Artist Showcase Judith MacCalla began drawing cartoons at the tender age of eight, and had a remarkable eye for detail. Her friends and family often remarked on the exactness and would ask her to draw characters for them.

MacCalla’s professional life took her through a long career in Corrections, and away from her passion for art.

Years later, in a chance encounter, MacCalla was encouraged to pursue her art through classes at the Wallkill River School.

At 65 years, she rekindled her passion for art and began attending weekly classes exploring a variety of techniques and materials.

MacCalla feels blessed to have the gift of art in her life and says; “Drawing and painting has provided me with a great deal of inner peace. I am just so grateful.”

All three exhibits will be on view from February 1 thru 28, with a reception for all three exhibits on February 5, from 5:00pm7:00pm. Free and open to the public. The Wallkill River School and Gallery is located at 232 Ward Street (Route 17K) in the beautiful Patchett House.

For information call: 845-457-2787.

......................................Montgomery The Art of Farming. It’s a Long Road to a Tomato

by Roanne Patterson Folly they said. You’re crazy to leave the city and your nice dependable job.

Phooey said the project manager for a New York City consulting firm. I want to live on and work with the land. I will grow organic food and sell it in New York City at the Union Square Greenmarket.

I will keep my full-time job at Lehman College said the project manager’s artist/teacher then-girlfriend soon-to-bewife, and we will move to the country.

So began the long road from farming to include authorship. Keith Stewart is the author of It’s a Long Road to a Tomato: Tales of an Organic Farmer who Quit the Big City for the (Not So) Simple Life.

Published by Marlowe and Company the 2006 release is elegantly enhanced by the illustrations of Flavia Bacarella, an artist who started as an English teacher, and now teaches painting and drawing at Lehman College of the City University of New York.

In 1986 they were married on their farm and have lived happily ever after. But what a journey from 1986 to 2006!

In interlocking complementary essays (most originating from Stewart’s monthly contributions to Valley Table magazine) Stewart runs the gamut from growing the organic goodies to stories about the domestic and wild farm animals to insights into the political, social and environmental

Flavia Baccarella and Keith Stewart

Heirloom Tomato Woodcut by Flavia Bacarella

The Farmer Woodcut by Flavia Bacarella

issues critical to agrarian life today.

Starting as a one-man operation the farm has grown to be a fine business using up to eight helpers a season who live on the land while farming it with Stewart. His wife, Flavia, has been a stalwart supporter, who kept her job in the city to enable the growth of the farm. But she is clever. She kept her favorite work close at hand. Not only teaching drawing and painting, but doing it herself in her sun filled art studio attached to the house. Here she creates woodcuts and paintings that sell themselves as well as provide a wonderful backdrop for Stewart’s book.

Flavia uses the knife a lot in her work. “It is satisfying doing the wood cuts. I like the tactile feel when you dig into the wood and the finished cuts are great to hold in your

hands and you get to keep them too,” said Bacarella. “I used to be more of a teacher and then I was an artist too. Now it is more equal. The artist and the teacher are one person in full,” she said. Bacarella’s drawings, paintings, etching, printmaking and woodcuts are testament to an experienced and enthusiastic worker of her tools.

Bacarella has made her life art while Stewart has realized his dream of living on the land using body and brain to perfect the art of organic farming. They are proud guardians of the land. Anxious to prevent a future of no fruits and vegetables able to grow in overused and under protected soil they are a shining example of how the plowshares and the paint brush still preserve our precious world.

Second Edition Signing Keith Stewart and Flavia Bacarella will be signing copies of the second edition of It’s A Long Road to a Tomato.....: Also featured for this second edition is a new foreword by Deborah Madison, author of Ve g e t a r i a n Cooking for Everyone, and new woodcut illustrations from Flavia.

The book signing will be held at Wallkill River School in the Patchett House on Route 17K, Sunday, February 13 from 3:00pm to 5:00pm.

For more information: 845-457-2787.

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Lunch Before Love at Lycian

You've seen the musicals about felines, cross-dressing nuns, teapots and candlesticks, old French flags, helicopters, flying pigs, singing murderesses, falling chandeliers, and lousy navigation through an ice field. Now, I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change scores a triumph for that long-neglected special-interest group: Hopeful Heterosexuals.

Everything you've secretly thought about dating, romance, marriage, lovers, husbands, wives, and in-laws, but were afraid to admit, is celebrated in this musical joyride through the jungle of the modernday mating game. With four actors playing over forty roles in a collection of scenes and songs scaling the dizzying spectrum of male/female relationships, I Love You,

You're Perfect, Now Change reveals the difficulties and joys of connecting with another person, no matter what age.

I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change opened at the Westside Theatre in New York in 1996. Critics and audiences cheered the New York debut of this new musical revue, which, according to the Star-Ledger, is "a great first date show. A perfect mating dance! It's 'Seinfeld' set to music!"

To complete this Valentine's date, Kings Theatre Company is hosting a pre-show luncheon in the Lycian Pavilion from 1:00 pm to 2:30pm. The scrumptious luncheon buffet will be catered by Country Courtesy Caterers. The luncheon cost is only $18.00 per person.

Just in time for a Valentine's treat, I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change will be performed on February 13th at 3:00pm.

Tickets for the show and reservations for the luncheon may be made by calling the Lycian Centre Box Office at 845-469-2287, Tuesday through Saturday between 11:00am and 4:00pm or on-line at www.LycianCentre.com.

“Shorts and Sweets” Sweeping into Liberty The Catskill Artists Gallery is expanding with a spoken word “exhibit”.

Carol Montana of Big Sky Productions will read short stories and the Gallery will offer homemade desserts on February 6 at 2:00 p.m.

Selections will feature the stories of Robert Fulghum, the author of All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten, which dominated the New York Times Bestseller List for all of 1989 and much of 1990.

Fulghum also wrote It Was On Fire When I Lay Down On It, Maybe (Maybe Not), and several other best-selling books. For 22 years Fulghum served as a Unitarian parish minister in the Pacific Northwest. During that time he also taught drawing, painting and philosophy at the Lakeside School in Seattle.

During intermission, while you’re enjoying a delectable selection of handmade sweets, you can browse the Gallery’s wide selection of art, (always handmade with

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love), and select something for your Valentine: wall art, wearable art and usable art, sculptures by Robert Friedman; glass and jewelry by Cate Gundlah; pottery and jewelry by Kathy Jeffers; fiber art, jewelry and note cards by Buff McAllister; paintings, jewelry, books and note cards by Helena Clare Pittman; and photography, wood sculpture and postcards by Hank Schneider.

The Gallery also houses artwork by over 30 consignors. “When you give your sweetheart a handmade piece of art from the Catskill Artists Gallery, you also support the local economy with a gift that can’t be found at the local warehouse club or mall,” Montana says.

The event will be held at The Catskill Artists Gallery, 38 S. Main Street in Liberty.

There is an admission charge for the prose reading and desserts which helps support the Gallery.

For additional information, call Big Sky Productions at 845-985-7783, or visit The Catskill Artists Gallery’s Facebook page or www.catskillartistsgallery.com.

“And we’ll get you home in time for the Super Bowl, too,” they all chimed in.

February 2011

Love (and Treason) are Sweeping the Libraries Greenwood Forest Farms joins with NPAA

Lundquist in Livingston Manor

The Greenwood Forest Farms Association, Inc. is led by 3rd generation residents of that Warwick Community and holds several events throughout the year.

A Celebration of Youth, the 2011 kick-off event, will be a Black History Month Celebration at the Greenwood Lake Public Library and the Albert Wisner Public Library in Warwick.

This year's Black History headliners are: Kitt Potter- Featured Speaker- AfricanAmerican Historian/Vocal stylist/Actress and College administrator. Potter has a huge musical following in Orange County and will display her vocals, her acting and her knowledge of history with a powerful presentation, a very clever and dramatic historical performance, - and The second featured act will be the Newburgh Performing Arts Academy's (NPAA) "Teen Theatre Ensemble"

The Livingston Manor Free Library is exhibiting works by local artist Edward Lundquist. Lundquist works in a variety of mediums from pen and ink to watercolor and oil paints, and creates his images with painstaking detail while special attention is paid to subtle variations of light and shadow, giving particular depth and life to his work. Many of the animal portraits on display are created in a technique called Silverpoint, an exacting process favored by some of the great masters, including Raphael and Durer.

As an accomplished flyfisher and instructor, Lundquist’s familiarity with Catskill woodlands, waterways, and wildlife are evident in his paintings. He received his Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in painting from the Minneapolis College of Art and Design and has exhibited his work in museums and galleries in New York, Minnesota and California. His work will be on display at the library through March.

The Library is located at 92 Main Street across from the firehouse. For more information, call 845-439-5440.

Traitors To Thrill at Thrall "Arnold has betrayed me. Whom can we trust now?" - George Washington.

presenting their Civil Rights Play Dr. Martin Luther King Jr: A Historical Tribute from Montgomery to Memphis.

Founded in 2004 by Kim Turner and overseen by Executive Director, Kevin White, the Academy offers Dance, Drama, Music, and Visual Arts to underserved children ages 8-18 in the Hudson Valley and has over 1300 students. Under the direction of Paul Kwame Johnson, the NPAA Teen Theatre Ensemble was recently featured at the "Harlem Renaissance Writers Festival" for two weekends in January in New York City and the Ensemble tours throughout the state and nation.

A Celebration of Youth will be held February 12 at Greenwood Lake Library (10:30am, 845-477-8377) and Warwick’s Spend the REAL Washington's birthday Wisner Library (2:00pm, 845-986-1047) with the two men who tried to bring down Seating is limited. the cause for American Independence.

Meet this country's most-intriguing antihero! Chat with our nation's most notorious traitor, Benedict Arnold. Learn about the motivation behind Arnold's eventual treason and Major John Andre’s aspirations to rise through the ranks in the King's Army.

Dressed in period costumes, actors, Gary Petagine and Sean Grady bring arnold and Andre to life in an entertaining, interactive and dramatic play. Photo opportunities, question and answers, and refreshments will follow this free program, made possible by the Friends of Middletown Thrall Library, Inc., which all ages should enjoy!

Rendezvous With Treason: Bringing the Arnold-Andre Conspiracy to Life will be held on the REAL Washington’s Birthday, February 22 at 7:00pm.

Thrall Library is located at 11-19 Depot Street in downtown Middletown.

For information: 845-341-5454 ext. 5479.

Opera in Marlboro, February 20

Jazz enthusiasts from all over the Metropolitan area have been reveling in the world class entertainment at The Falcon, a music & food establishment in Marlboro.

Recently, a mix of even more music genres has been occurring there, and now there’s opera.

Amor & Psyche, “Opera Feroce’s staged with wit, mixed pathos and bathos production, mixing elements of vaudeville, opera seria, slapstick and tableau vivant, makes a subtle and witty parody of Baroque opera, using 28 solo and ensemble pieces by

English, German and Italian composers to illustrate the myth of the mortal Psyche’s romance with Cupid.” Vivien Schweitzer, The NY Times.

Schweitzer is describing a 90 minute (with intermission) opera with music by Handel, Dowland and 11 other baroque composers.

This fully-staged and costumed pasticcio opera is sung by three singers playing seven roles, accompanied on period instruments: harpsichord, viola da gamba, and violin, Live at The Falcon in Marlboro, 1348 Route 9W, February 20 at 5:00pm.

Dinner service will begin at 4:00pm.

Parking is located in the rear of the building on Dock Road.

For wheelchair equipped individuals, pull to the front of the building on 9W and have the valet park your vehicle.

For more info:845-236-7970.

Music and Yoga in Mountaindale, Feb. 6 Yoga habitues are invited to, breathe and the Heart of Sound concert by harpist stretch, to relax fully and prepare the body Lindsay Perricone on February 6 at 1:30pm following a and mind to listen to music in a expanded 12:30pm brunch. way, either sitting or lying down on the Come even earleir radiant-heat yoga studio floor. Leave it to and energuze your Janet Gula of Radiant Yoga, a most neck, shoulders, hips, innovative entrepreneur, to arrange for and lower back. people to “enjoy harp music throughout the Radiant Yoga is ages” in a Yoga setting. located at 63 Main Participants will have an opportunity to "play", pluck and stroke both the pedal and Street (CR-55) in Mountaindale.

For reservations: 845-866-7822. lever harps and enjoy snacks and tea after

Little Women In Ellenville, Feb. 20

Arts Job Opportunity

Louisa May Alcott’s classic novel, Little Women, adapted for the stage, will be performed at Shadowland Theatre.

The cast is drawn from members of Shadowland’s advanced acting classes for children under the direction of Andy Walter, head of the children’s theater program.

Directed by Walter, the cast includes: Cassidy and Cheyenne Corbine; Marisol Acevedo; Leanna Lechnowski; Bronte Hough; Jack Walter; Lucas Augustine; Erin Brown; Hannah Eckert; and Tim Van Etten.

Tickets for the 2:00pm and 7:00pm performances on February 19 can be reserved by calling the theater at 845-6475511 or purchased at the box office at 157 Canal Street in Ellenville.

Orange County Arts Council

Rocket Mail is 75 Years Old, Feb. 20

February 23rd marks the 75th Anniversary of the Rocket Mail Flight, an event that focused national attention on Greenwood Lake: a 1936 experiment to see if rockets could carry mail.

What impact did it have on history?

Come see actual photos and newsreel footage of this historical event presented by local historian Stephen M. Gross at the Greenwood Lake Library on February 20th at 12:30pm, part of the.Learn @ Your Library lecture series arranged by Kelly Corrado, Coordinator of Adult Services, Special Programs, Publicity, and Promotions at the Library.

Registration is required for this ADULT program either in person or by telephone at 845-477-8377, ext. 10. Young adults (Grades 7 & up) are invited to attend.

Seating is limited; early registration highly suggested as Mr. Gross' lectures have been known to be standing-room only.

The Library is located at 79 Waterstone Road in Greenwood Lake.

Sullivan County Foodraiser, Feb. 5 Three Times the Bands! Three Times the Fun! February 5, 6:00pm thru whenever!

Stacy and Friends and Community Unity will present three separate locations for the Great Sullivan County Foodraiser.

Mr. Willy's Restaurant (Monticello), The Dancing Cat Saloon (Bethel) and Dutch's Tavern (Rock Hill) will all feature the Foodraiser!

Community Unity will be raising funds to support the County’s twenty one food pantries Help the hungry in our own hometowns and have a great time, too.

For more information call Steve White at 583-4808 or Claire Sullivan at 557-3642.

seeks f/t Executive Director with Arts nonprofit administrative experience and knowledge of Orange County.

Salary Range $40k- $50K.

More info @ ocartscouncil.org.

Requirements and how to apply.

Application deadline: 2/18/11

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Quartet at Guitar Series

The Minneapolis Guitar Quartet, balances a dizzying array of repertoire, from Renaissance and Baroque to Spanish, Latin American and Romantic, to contemporary works.

They will peform in the Ritz Lobby, 107 Broadway, on February 19 at 8:00pm as part of the Tom Humphrey Guitar Series.

For tickets: 845-784-1199.

Kairos at St. George’s

For its February 6 concert, Newburgh Chamber Music is bringing Hudson Valley’s favorite vocal consort, Kairos, back to Newburgh.

Prior to the performance, Dr. Joel Evans, oboist-extroadinaire, is offering a preconcert talk at 2:00pm on Bach’s choral and chamber music, the focus of the concert, which will be performed by both Kairos and the Newburgh Chamber Music Ensemble.

The concert begins at 3:00pm in St. George’s Church, 105 Grand St., across from the Newburgh Free Library parking lot. Snow date is February 13.

For info: 845-562-1861.

Celebrating Arts and Saluting Heroes in Newburgh with Trestle, Inc. When Trestle, Inc. was founded in 2003

by Reverend William Scafidi (Father Bill), it was to address the neglected and vandalized railroad trestle along Newburgh waterfront. This public art project is one of the most unique projects in the Hudson Valley.

It is a tromp l'oeil mural that celebrates the past, present and future of Newburgh.

This beautiful mural is a symbol of the and Trestle, Inc. Castle Point Veterans transformative effect that arts can have in a Hospital supports the needs of former and community, and has helped to pave the way returning veterans and their families; Arts to revitalization of culture and community LEAF foundation is a non-profit formed by in this waterfront city.

Patrick Carfizzi to mentor young artists.

Trestle's second project was equally Other events are also planned throughout impressive, and celebrated Newburgh's the year, building on the celebration of Quadra-centennial with the creation of 20 Community Heroes, according to Board banners. Banner designs came from Vice President, Kiki Hayden. "Our children of the Newburgh School District intention is to focus on all community who competed for the honor of becoming heroes that fulfill a variety of roles in our one of the designers on the banners. These communities and make them a better place banners are on display on Colden Street to live and work, as well as the roles of our leading to the waterfront. Trestle also has soldiers, firemen, and police " Future an ongoing brick project in front of the events will be announced at a later date on mural that commemorates events and the Trestle website, www.trestle.org, and in citizens of Newburgh. the Delaware and Hudson CANVAS. Today's board consists of members from The concert will take place at 7:00pm. at a wide variety of lifestyles in Newburgh, the Newburgh Free Academy, 201 lead by Board President Father Bill, who is Fullerton Avenue. In the event of school active in a variety of organizations that help closings due to inclement weather, the to create a better life for citizens of concert will be held at Sacred Heart Newburgh and beyond.

Church, 25 S. Robinson Avenue in Since its founding in 2003, Trestle has Newburgh. expanded its artistic mission to focus on Tickets are available 845-565-0844. bringing together the community through artistic endeavors as expressed in a variety of media. Its first event this year, "A Salute At 16, multi-instrumentalist Connor to Our Heroes" is one of many events Kennedy and his Band are already planned this year under the same theme. performing with On Friday, February 11th, a musical with world class tribute, starring Newburghian Patrick blues, soul, R&B, Carfizzi, an international Opera Singer and Jam Band and Rock local West Point favorite Mary Kay & Roll musicians.

Messenger, will be an evening of Cabaret Daniel Brown, music. owner of The The performance will also include Wherehouse, 119 performances and art of the Newburgh Liberty Street, is Enlarged City School District. For more showcasing them on information about this event go to February 5 from www.trestle.org. Proceeds from this 8:00pm to performance will benefit the Castle Point 11:00pm.

For info: 845-561 7240.

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Love is Sweeping the Opera

Vira Skywotsky

Brian Ernstes

by Derek Leet “Let us celebrate Valentine's Day, love between lovers of all kinds and shapes and backgrounds. It is love that makes the world go around and operatic singers who define the very best of vocal history written for the very best artists who talk incessantly about love,” says Claudia Cummings’, artistic director of Opera Company of the Highlands (OCH). The company is holding hold another in its series of benefit concerts, Always Love.

Love also transcends opera styles, be they solos or duets. There are the “romatic” duets

by Verdi, most especially La Traviata, Un Ballo In Maschera, Otello, and that other guy - Puccini - who, like Verdi, wrote “verismo” love duets for just about every opera he composed, with La Boheme being most people’s favorite.

Love duets thrill. There is no doubt about that. The scale-climbing tension of a tenor and soprano singing together excites us as they soar ever higher and higher as in Madama Butterfly.

It make sense. High vibrations, spirualists say, bring us closer to “the source of life”.

And that’s what operatic love duets do for us. They raise our emotions to a level of

vibration we don’t seem to attain on our own, and is much more exciting and thrilling than meditation!

Soprano Vira Skywotsky, and tenor, Brian Ernstes are the OCH performers for the February 13 benefit. These are two of the artists who make up the future of opera in America. Their talents are especially discovered, carefully trained and all supported by people like Cummings, who says, "when I see them and hear them I realize why I am staying in the business of opera for younger people. Our future is made of such people whom we regularly bring to the Hudson Valley. Now in the Winter of 2011 we are busy in seeking the very best to let them share with us the highest reaches of their talents and vocal secrets.

“Besides Brian and Vira we are lucky to have the specially talented young Ryan Kennedy, pianist and composer and conductor, here to learn about the world of the professional operatic artists, who are climbing their way to the top of our profession. It is time to celebrate the great talents we have in our area.

“These are three great young artists that OCH has invited to share the special place they hold in our community. We love, but they put it to music. We will also be blessed by the presence of Cori Ellison, long-time dramaturg at New York City Opera,” Cummings continued. Ellision was talking

A 3-D Day Birthday Party Usually birthday parties last for a few hours. However, at Washington's Headquarters George Washington's birthday will last for three days, starting Saturday, February 19th and continuing until Monday, February 21st, Noon to 4:30pm.

A unique part of the celebration will be daily military demonstrations. Thad MacGregor, 18th and 19th Century songster, will provide music all three days at the headquarters. Special guest, John Koopman, will offer up a most impressive portrayal of General Washington.

Start each afternoon singing "Happy Birthday" to George Washington for one day, or all three, and share a piece of the General's birthday cake, too!

Admission is by donation. Call 845-5621195 for further details or directions.

about operas when Cummings was singing vocal art forms.

“Do come and share our day,” February with that company at Lincoln Center. They shared the world of opera there and now so 13th at 3:00pm at the Union Presbyterian many years later they are sharing again in Church, 44 Balmville Rd. in Newburgh, For reservations: 845-496-9626. the OCH performance spaces of the passion (Snow day is Feb. 20 @ 3pm). and ephemeral nature of this greatest of all

NFL’s Words & Music As part of the Newburgh Free Library’s writer, I still hope to express and address the celebration of Black History Month, spoken needs of the human mosaic," said McNeil. word artist Bob McNeil and accompanist He recalls that, at the age of six, A Child’s Garden of Verses planted a seed of inspiration.

Accompanying McNeil is King Aswad, a multi-talented singer-songwriter. He recently participated in the fourth national tour of the musical Rent and has appeared at The Nuyorican Poets Cafe, The Blue Note, King Aswad will perform classic and and the world famous Apollo Theater. His original works in honor of Martin Luther film credits include The Siege starring King, Coretta Scott King, Malcolm X, Betty Denzel Washington and various music Shabazz and Nelson Mandela on February videos.

13 at 3:00pm. An open mic follows.

Besides writing professionally, Bob Bob McNeil has served as Poetry Editor McNeil is an orator of some renown and has for BLACFAX and has published two been the featured poet at numerous libraries books, Secular Sacraments, as well as The throughout the tri-state area.

Snow date is February. 27.

Free Nubian Gallery, a poetry anthology. McNeil said he is influenced by Whitmanesque admission. exuberance, the Imagists and the Negritude No registration is required. For more Movement. "Even after all of these years of information, call the Newburgh Free being a professional illustrator, actor and Library, 845-563-3614 or 563-3600. newburgh calendar Sponsored by Kiki Hayden, Roseann Cozzupoli & John J. Lease Realtors Art & Photography Exhibits Dona McPhillips Couch: "Portraits in American History" Karpeles Manuscript Museum, thru Mar 31

Music - Classical Kairos & Newburgh Chamber Ensemble Newburgh Chamber Music St. George’s Church, Feb 6, 3pm

Cinema Specials “Afterschool Chronicles” Downing Film Center, Feb 13, 1pm

Minneapoli Guitar Quartet Tom Humphrey Guitar Series Ritz Lobby, Feb 19, 8pm

Festival Birthday Party for George Washington Feb 19-21, Noon-4pm Washington’s Headquarters

Radiance Woodwind Quintet & Guests Newburgh Chamber Music St. George’s Church, Mar 6, 3pm

Museum Exhibit “The History of Medicine” Karpeles Manuscript Museum, thru Mar 31

Opera - Concert “Always Love” Opera Company of the Highlands Union Presbyterian Ch, Balmville, Feb 13, 3pm

Music The Mighty Paul Brothers Feb 3 Connor Kennedy Band Roots/Blues Feb 5 The Wherehouse, 8pm-11pm

Poetry Reading Hudson River Poets, Feb 3, Mar 3, 7pm Newburgh Free Library

Music - Cabaret Patrick Carfizzi & Mary Kay Messenger Trestle, Inc. Salutes Heroes Newburgh Free Academy, Feb 11, 7pm

Prose Performance Bob McNiel & King Aswad Black History Month Tributes Newburgh Free Library, Feb 13, 3pm

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Pippi Longstocking Comes to Lycian in Sugar Loaf

Astrid Lindgren is best known as the creator of Pippi Longstocking (Pippi Långstrump in her native Swedish), but she has been a very prolific child fiction writer of the past century selling close to 150 million copies of her books.

Born in 1907 in Vimmerby in Småland, Sweden, her fondness for literature goes back to her early childhood, where she was a voracious reader and especially relished reading books where girls were the heroines. Her first book was in 1944, a little-known book that was not received well in her time.

She had two children, a son named Lars and a daughter named Karin. It was during Karin's illness that she thought to cheer her up and created Pippi, her most popular series character.

In addition to her series characters, Lindgren also wrote some very memorable fairytales. The Brothers Lionheart was especially condemned for its dark theme of suicide and death, but commercially it became one of her bestselling titles.

On January 28th, 2002, this great author of children's and youth literature died peacefully in her sleep in Stockholm. She was a ripe 94 years old when she passed on.

The American Family Theatre (AFT), the nation’s premier producer of musicals for families and young audiences, performs in over 300 venues each year. AFT’s award winning productions reflect a critically acclaimed commitment to full-scale presentations that involve the skills, talent and creativity of outstanding directors, designers, composers, performers and technical personnel.

All AFT musicals capture the spirit of timeless classics that provide the excitement and magic found only in the live-on-stage experience.

King’s Theatre Company is presenting two performances of the AFT production of Pippi Longstocking on Februrary 27 at 10:00am and at 1:00pm in Lycian Centre.

Call 845-469-2287 for tickets.

North East Watercolor Society at OCCC

“The Kiss” Debi Watson

The North East Watercolor Society Members' 2011 Show is coming to SUNY Orange (Orange County Community College) in Middletown from February 18 thru March 24. This highly popular annual exhibit always includes some of the finest watercolor works that can be seen north of the Mason-Dixon line.

Geoff Hamburg will provide piano music for the February 26 reception, from 1:00pm to 4:15pm. At 2:30pm, Debi Watson is offering a watercolor demo, followed by an Awards presentation: at 3:50pm.

“I am a self-taught artist. I loved art from childhood, and always sandwiched it into my life, even while working full time as a

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nurse and raising a family. Now I'm working full time as an artist and enjoying every minute. My work has been accepted into juried exhibitions across the nation and is often featured in the national art magazines. My paintings show the unseen beauty of everyday life in small town America, real life from the working class that I'm so proud to be a part of. I'm known for my watercolors, but currently trying oil painting, which I'm liking a lot.

Dorothy Szefc, Cultural Affairs director at OCCC has reserved two floors of exhibit space for the Society so that they can show a large number of works.

For more information: 845-341-4891.

Alix H. Travis -Pear, Avacado, Banannas on Green Plate, no. 1. “Best of Show” at the North East Watercolor Society Members Exhibition, 2010.

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Brahms: From Alto & Viola to Trombone

For his February 13 trombone concert in West Point, Staff Sgt. Philip Stehly has created an innovative program.

Along with Staff Sgt. Yalin Chi on piano, he will begin with Paul Creston’s Fantasy for Trombone, a single-movement virtuosic work showcasing the instrument’s technical

and lyrical capabilities.

Staff Sgt. Josh Phillips, horn, will join the performers for Brahms’ Sacred Lullaby, Op. 91, No. 1, adapted from the well known masterpiece originally written for alto, viola, and piano.

Saint-Saens’ student work Cavatine, follows and Mission Red by Michael Davis, a contemporary piece for trombone and CD accompaniment concludes the recital.

The free concert in Egner Hall will be at 3:00pm. Due to changing security requirements at West Point, call the Academy Band’s hotline at 845-938-2617, before leaving for the concert.