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Orange, Pike & Sullivan Counties, Beacon, Marlboro & Ellenville

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Publisher’s Column by Barry Plaxen Many Orange and Sullivan County school districts are models for the country, nay, for the world, offering remarkable arts programs to public school students. Kudos and thanks to the venues that showcase the talents of our children, enabling us to witness those talents in a “professional” setting. I am sure you, dear readers, already know what that kind of exposure does for each student’s self-worth. Students were out and about with public exhibits and performances in December in Newburgh, Middletown and Monticello for our viewing and listening pleasures, and in January there was elementary school art in New Windsor (continuing into February, see page 22) and music in Central Valley, a too-short concert by Monroe-Woodbury high school students which featured not only a dozen excellent performers, but a remarkable piece, Elara, For Eternity for woodwind quintet, composed by the talented M-W student-bassoonist, Zachary Proulx. Kudos and thanks to the parents and taxpayers of Monroe-Woodbury for their support of the superb music program in the district’s seven schools and its two dozen music instructors.

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In February, the Liberty High School photography students are exhibiting their work at the Liberty Library and on February 28 Orange County High School students will display their art and their musical theatre skills at the Galleria Mall from 10:00am to 4:00pm, thanks to the Orange County Arts Council’s Education Committee Volunteers and the schools’ art, music and theatre instructors. The richness in both skill and content of any HS art exhibit in this area is legion, and if you have never attended a local HS Musical, be sure to stop in at the Galleria to see what amazing talents lurk in the schools of the County. See page 32. Sullivan’s HS art exhibit will happen in Livingston Manor at the Catskill Art Society on March 28. Win Free Home Delivery of CANVAS In our December 2014 issue we offered a free CANVAS subscription to the first person to correctly identify the most misspelled word we encounter in press releases we receive and in online information we copy and paste. No one has guessed the correct answer yet. The word begins with “J”. Email editor@dhcanvas.com with your guess. Put “the J word” in the subject line.

Dear Editor, I just wanted to say thank you for the wonderful coverage you gave the “Art And About” show at City Hall in Port Jervis. I was so glad to see artist George Centamore’s excellent American Indian portrait and the colorful work by Matilde Grech in CANVAS’ January, 2015 issue. Thanks again for the wonderful support Sincerely, for these terrific area artists! Susan Miiller, River Valley Artists Guild Christa Damaris

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Writer’s Corner You can find opera, theatre and classical music reviews by J.A. Di Bello and Barry Plaxen at www.CatskillChronicle.com Sullivan County’s online newspaper.

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Third Thursday Thunderhead Trio

The name Thunderhead Organ Trio symbolizes two meanings for the band. Thunderhead connotes power, and Organ Trio was derived from the instrumentation of their group, which is in the format of a traditional jazz organ trio consisting of drums, organ, and guitar or saxophone; in their case, the use of a trombone. Neil Alexander, (organ, keyboards, synthesizers) has been playing for 40 years. He has performed with artists such as Gunther Hampel, Virgil Donati, Alphonse Mouzon, Jesse Gress, the Mahavishnu Project, and The Machine; leads his own group, NA3, performs solo as NAILgun, and co-leads (with Peter Furlan) Mr. Gone, which explores the psychedelic side of early jazz fusion. Physics has always been Neil’s passion. His philosophy is simple: Life = Music. As proven by physics, “All of creation is some form of vibration. There’s a lot of math that naturally occurs in music,” said Neil. Joe Gil, (trombone and processing), has performed with artists such as David Murray, Craig Harris, Sonny Fortune, Cecil Bridgewater, Jimmy Owens, Willie Colon, and Yomo Toro, in addition to leading his own groups, Trio of Terror, and Bean Runner Project. Joe has many years of experience and a very unique style. He has spent a lot of time trying to emulate the energy of the guitar on

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the trombone. To create jazz and rock fusion, he augments his horn with electronic sound processing equipment. Jason Furman, (drummer, percussionist), new to the band and the Hudson Valley, teaches Pop-Rock History, Intro to Music, Music & The Brain, and The 1960's & The Beatles at Mount St. Mary College in Newburgh. Since grad school, he’s been fascinated by how music affects the brain, and has researched and learned about the subject. At the New York Military Academy in Cornwall, he runs the music program as Bandmaster, which includes Marching band, Jazz Band, Military parade band, Concert Band, and the Jazz & Pop Ensemble. He also teaches privately. Jason spent years perfecting his craft at the University Of Miami School Of Music where he later became a drum set faculty member. His music interests run the gamut from Broadway to Rock Fusion. He has performed with Arturo Sandoval, Diane Reeves, Joe Williams and

Martin Bejerano (from the Roy Haynes band). In addition to playing the traditional drum set, he augments his instrument with various electronic devices, which allows him to control pre-recorded bits of audio, called samples, or full blown looping bass lines which gives a fuller sound. Sometimes during a performance the group will begin to improvise and with no preconceived song structure, the music becomes a conversation. “Jason and Joe are highly skilled and well-rounded players. They constantly surprise me with their depth of knowledge,” said Neil. Together they perform diverse music by artists such as John Coltrane, John Scofield, John McLaughlin, King Crimson, and Jaco Pastorius, and their own original compositions of jazz, funk, rock, and progressive music. The group draws on many different influences and styles, exploring the “grittier, rockier side” of the genre. “Jason and Joe have a particular kind of insight that comes when you don't limit yourself to only one style of music, and it makes for very exciting performances. It’s a real pleasure to work with them,” said Neil. On February 19, the Thunderhead Organ Trio will perform at The Wherehouse, 119 Liberty Street in Newburgh (845-561-7240) where they play every third Thursday of each month at 8:00pm. No cover charge.

Constitution Island

The Warner Sisters held Sunday school classes for the West Point Cadets.

Located near the deepest section of the Hudson River across from West Point, Constitution Island is an important site of the American Revolution. Later in history it served as the home of two female writers, sisters Susan and Anna Warner. Hear the remarkable story of their writings, their triumph over adversity, their legacy and how the island became their unlikely home. The Hudson Highlands Nature Museum in partnership with the Cornwall Presbyterian Church presents Winter Evening Speakers Series: Constitution Island. Ronnie Coffey, former Executive Director of the Constitution Island Association, will present an illustrated talk based on her book, Constitution Island on February 10 at 7:30pm at the Cornwall Presbyterian Fellowship Hall, 222 Hudson Street, Cornwall-on-Hudson. Tickets available at the door. Refreshments served. Snow date: March 3. For snow date information after 5pm on February 10 call 845534-5506, ext. 204. For information: hhnm.org.

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Can We Talk? About Theatre, Film, Music!

The Delaware Valley Arts Alliance’s (DVAA) third annual winter series of salonstyle gatherings with “Intimate Performances and Talks”, Creative Conversations, opens with a reading of John Backe’s one-act play, A Good Stiff One, on February 8 at 3:00pm. Set in a bar and grill somewhere in New York, the play features three people with different motives who try to solve a “problem” that exists in the restroom. After the reading, Backe, director Wendy Merritt, and the actors will discuss their roles in bringing the play to life. Snow date is February 15. The feature-length documentary film Divide in Concord follows the events leading up to a vote on whether to ban the sale of plastic water bottles in a town known for being the birthplace of the revolutionary war: Concord, Massachusetts. Discussion

follows the February 22, 2:00pm showing. Music is next, with members of the Delaware Valley Chamber Orchestra performing, followed by a panel of composers and musicians on March 1 at 2:00pm. There is a suggested donation of $10 for these events, which take place at the Delaware Arts Center, Krause Recital Hall, 37 Main Street in Narrowsburg. Seating is limited. Visit www.DelawareValleyArtsAlliance.org or call 845-252-7576.

‘Fun Raiser’ for Goshen Concert Venue

Goshen’s First Presbyterian Church, like many churches in the area, is often the site for free music concerts, such as for the Classic Choral Society. It also offers the Maney-Hawkins Meditation Garden, open to all, every day and every evening, where with the lighting on, you can experience a soulful, spiritual, meditative moment at night. Help support this community landmark at its Fun Raiser to benefit its Home-Building

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Mission on February 21 from Noon4:00pm at Maureen Mullany’s Pub, 148 West Main Street, Goshen. The “Pot Luck” style food is donated by the Friends of the Mission Committee, and trivia games are available throughout the event. There is a ca$h bar and “Free Food Available While Supplies Last.” Donations welcome and encouraged. For information, call 347-729-9997.

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Valentine’s Night at The Dead End

After a brief hiatus, the Dead End Cafè is re-opening in time for Valentine’s Day. Owner / basso / chef Tom Caltabellotta (see photo) has obtained the services of master jazz saxophonist Larry Ravdin and vocalist Terri Hall for a Holiday Love-In. Terri will sing popular love sings from the ‘40s and’50s and Tom will sing Broadway and International love songs, “and some of those operetta pleasantries you want on Valentine’s Larry Ravdin Day.” Pianist Barry Stickney accompanies. Larry Ravdin has worked at the illustrious Catskills resorts including The Concord and Grossingers, and has worked with bands and stage shows for the Holland America Cruise Lines. He’s traveled the world on the strength of his music. He’s also done special performances with poets - including Walter Keller and Barry Wallenstein. Other artists

he’s accompanied include Sammy Davis Jr., various Motown groups and such Broadway performers as Rita Moreno and Chita Rivera, and he has often played for the Liberty Jazz Fest’s Friday Night Jazz on Main Street, at the Liberty Museum & Arts Center. Tom has sung with Delaware Valley Opera and Forestburgh Playhouse. Join the music and dinner love-in on February 14 at 5:00pm. The Dead End Café begins its weekly Friday and Saturday music and dinner events at 5:00pm on February 20. Tom and Barry will perform every Friday, Guitar and Banjo duo Paul & Jeff will perform Modern Terri Hall Mountain Music on Saturdays. “Paul and Jeff sing together in harmonies,” Tom said, “and their harmonies are very pleasant to listen to.” Sunday brunch begins on February 22, 10:00am-2:00pm, and keep an eye (and ear) out for the Parksville USA 2015 Music Festival, beginning in April. The Café is at 6 Main Street in Parksville. For information: 845-292-0400.

Courtney Hall Speaks in Greenwood Lake

At 16 years of age, Courtney Hall matriculated at Rice University. He graduated in 1990 with a dual degree in Economics and Managerial Studies. Former center and guard for the San Diego Chargers, Hall retired from the NFL in 1999, and in 2003 he graduated with a joint J.D./M.B.A. degree from the University of Chicago Law School and the University of Chicago Booth School of Business. Hall will discuss The Dreams and Realities of a Career in the NFL sponsored by Greenwood Forest Farms, New York State’s first African-

American resort community founded in 1919 in Warwick by prominent African American families as a retreat for the Black intelligentsia from Harlem and Brooklyn. In addition to Hall’s talk, winning essays by Greenwood Lake Middle School students will also be read on February 28 at 11:00am. Contact Paul Kwame Johnson at 845544-7264 to register for the Greenwood Lake Library’s family oriented event at 79 Waterstone Road. For Library info, call the Front Desk at 845477-8377 Ext. 101.

OPPORTUNITY: ACTORS, SINGERS & DANCERS! “We have a huge number of opportunities this summer for local performers of all ages here at Forestburgh Playhouse,” says producer Franklin Trapp. “This summer in particular, we are looking for a lot of kids to act and sing in Oliver! and The Music Man. Working at the Playhouse is an amazing opportunity for young performers to learn from professional actors in a professional environment. “There are some great adult roles in The Music Man, Damn Yankees, 42nd Street and The Fantasticks available for local character actors too! For adults that enjoy acting, the Playhouse is a great place to get those

creative juices flowing. “Adults, high school and college students over the age of 16 who sing and move well can also audition for possible ensemble roles in our 2015 season productions.” Auditions are on February 21 from 1:00pm to 6:00pm at Nesin Theatre, 22 St. John Street, Monticello. All performers should prepare a musical selection. An accompanist will be provided. Additional information about the Forestburgh Playhouse auditions, including the specific roles available for Equity and local performers, can be found online at www.fbplayhouse.org

The Public Reads Out Loud in Florida

“When the poet Hal Sirowitz asked me what I sought to convey in poetry, I answered that I was trying to capture and interpret moments. Whether from my own memory, or incidents outside myself, or from the gauze of official recollection we call history. “In one such moment my daughter, then seven years old, had remarked to me (divorced dad that I’d recently become) that while her mother was like a mother, I was like both a father and a mother to her. “The poem that’s published here deals with all such moments of intimacy, but also those moments when that same intimacy cannot be shared.” EMILY ON TUESDAY by Ken Holland

Saturday night my daughter told me how much parmesan to mix in the Alfredo. She prefers her fettuccine al dente.

She is smug and confident and in-my-face. If we haven’t rented a movie she’ll watch commercials

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and point out which models I should date. Emily, I want to ask her, how is it you know so much? I mean, what did I know at seven? I want to ask her but that’s not something I can do on a Tuesday.

For the next edition of Poetry Cafe, which Robert Milby created in 2006, Ken Holland joins other featured poets Mary Makofske host Milby. They will read their own poems and then, for the open mic session, the public is invited to read original work and/or favorites by masters and unknowns, on February 20 Robert Milby at 7:00pm. Admission is free. The Library is located at 4 Cohen Circle. Phone 845-651-7659.

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Feminist “Treasure Island” LIVE at Downing

scary, gothic, feminist It’s a dark, stormy coming-of-age panto, night. The stars are out. anchored by stupendous Jim, the inn-keeper’s special effects, and granddaughter, opens a plucky hero who’s the door to a terrifying actually a heroine. stranger. At the old “The ensemble is sailor’s feet sits a huge superb, especially when sea-chest, full of secrets. “Treasure Island” photo by Johan Persson the women wear the Jim invites him in, and breeches. Patsy Ferran is the brave, emotive girl, her dangerous voyage begins. This winter, Robert Louis Stevenson’s story Jim. Helena Lymbery brings solidity and moral of murder, money and mutiny is brought to life courage as the ship’s doctor, and Claire-Louise on London’s Olivier stage in a thrilling new Cordwell as Joan the Goat manages to be even more brutish and funny than her male pirate adaptation by Bryony Lavery. Those salty buccaneers Polly Findlay and companions.” Caroline McGinn, Time Out. See Treasure Island at Downing Film Center, Bryony Lavery have taken Stevenson’s classic story by force, and given it quite the refit. The 19 Front Street, Newburgh, on February 15 or imaginative director/writer team has turned the 16 at 7:00pm. For reservations: 845-561-3686. classic boy’s-own adventure story into a big mad,

Dancer Frances Cott’s 91st Birthday!

Born in Manhattan, raised in Brooklyn, Hamlet of Wallkill resident Frances Cott began dancing at the age of 3½. At 18, she started dancing in Madame D. Duvall’s Ballet Theatre School where she was “retrained” and became a classical ballet dancer. Frances began to help dancers who were experiencing pain because of dancing incorrectly. The realization that she could heal and rescue dancers grew over a period of years. She claimed to be the only

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Technical Dance Analyst in the world because she had created the title herself! “I was very fortunate to follow this path and be able to give dancers whom I’ve rescued, that part of their lives back.” In 2008 she performed an interpretive dance to a hymn during a worship service at the Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Rock Tavern where are 91st birthday will be held on February 15 after the 10:30am meeting. All are welcome. Happy Birthday, Frances!

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A “Slice of Life” in Newburgh

Richard Hirschman’s powerful images represent a wide range of subject matter, including natural landscapes, human and animal figures, and dramatic urban images, often incorporating poignant emotional subtexts in his composition. His work has been presented extensively in the Hudson Valley and beyond, receiving exhibitions in numerous venues in Ellenville, Pine Bush, Liberty, and Newburgh as well as in Greenwich Village. He is a graduate of New York University and the Germain School of Photography. Slice of Life, his photographic exhibit of reality captured in black & white and color, will be on view when this well-known regional photographer returns to Karpeles Manuscript

photo by R. Hirschman

Museum from February 5-March 29 after a highly praised exhibition of his work there in 2006. The Karpeles Manuscript Library Museum is located at 94 Broadway, Newburgh. Admission is always free. For information call 845-569-4997.

Have Some Cake and Eat it Too

How often do you have the opportunity to wish an historical figure “Happy Birthday?” Now’s your chance during the annual George Washington Birthday Celebration at Washington’s Headquarters State Historic Site in Newburgh. The celebration will be held February 14, 15, and 16 from 12:00pm to 4:00pm, with a George Washington re-enactor, kicking off each day by cutting into his own birthday cake. There also will be music, military demonstrations, crafts, and historical

presentations, with something for every family member. Admission for all three days will be free, though donations are requested. Join the merry-making and sing “Happy Birthday” to The General, eat a piece of his birthday cake, and enjoy what the day has to offer. Sponsorship for this program is provided by the Friends of the State Historic Sites of the Hudson Highlands, Palisades Interstate Park Commission and the Palisades Parks Conservancy. Call 845-562-1195 for further details.

Meet Natalie Karl: Teacher, Historian, Adjunct Faculty, SUNY, New Paltz Legend and myth, as each pertains to historical events of Colonial America, the War for Independence and the Hudson Valley in general, are occasionally found to be a tad bit short on the human aspects or a wee bit long on barren objectivity. What’s the personalized account of Sam and his perilous leap to “safety” along the Shawangunk Ridge? Or consider the hanging of the notorious Tory, Claudius Smith, “Cowboy of the Ramapos” at the Goshen Court House, his head then packed with mortar and included in material for the Court House wall. Oh, and a subsequent ghost, too? There’s a local legend in the Ellenville area that places a silver mine cave somewhere near Sam’s Point, less than 3 miles southeast of the Village. However, what can be told about the subject and individuals that populated Colonial America is the material that is at the heart of Natalie Karl’s (see photo) historical expertise. Although well versed in numerous aspects of historical interest, Natalie is frequently called upon to share her wealth as it pertains to the legends, myths and facts of George and Martha Washington, the first President and the First Lady, respectively of a fledgling United States

of America. The circumstances surrounding the courtship and subsequent marriage of George and Martha could easily be fodder for a stimulating prime-time romance. They reportedly met at a dance in Williamsburg. George, then a young, handsome, ambitious commissioned officer in the Virginia militia was also a veteran of the French and Indian Wars. Martha was young, attractive, articulate and an educated widow with two children, and 17,000 acres of prime Virginia farm land (a.k.a. a plantation). It was not the custom of the time or in the Colonies for young women to be educated. Fortunately Martha’s father saw to it that Martha had a solid background in reading, writing and mathematics. Two years after the death of her husband, Martha married George. George Washington, prior to his marriage, was a conventional farmer and surveyor. With his vows he became an immediate father figure and a wealthy landowner in a time of considerable unrest. In the Colonies, there were serious objections to the imposition of increasing taxes dictated by the Crown.

War came to the Washington family as it has for generations of American families. Here is where the facts obstruct the truth and the humanistic realities of a family: a father absent from the home for extended periods of time, children under the care of mothers and grandmothers, and under anticipated tragedies that claim the lives of children and grandchildren. There are numerous questions and unique circumstances that surround George and Martha Washington and their participation in life, not to mention the distraction of the American Revolution. Each reading and search generates additional topics for exploratory debate and interesting discussion. Since “Learning Is Forever Enriching” (LIFE), knowledge becomes never ending, thus, the possibilities of mystery and intrigue surrounding the personal world of Martha and George increase with each inspection. And the confluence of legend, myth and fact come center stage. Fortunately, and to this end, Lisa Hewel, Head of Circulation and Technology at the Josephine Louise Public Library in Walden has arranged for Natalie Karl to deliver a

power-point presentation entitled The Private Lives of George and Martha Washington on February 5 from 6:00pm to 8:00pm. Ms. Karl has earned a duel Bachelor of Arts degree in Elementary Education and Social Studies at Mount Saint Mary College (MSMC) and has earned a Master of Science Degree in Education from SUNY, New Paltz. As an historian Natalie has also served as a presenter for the LIFE program at the Desmond Campus of MSMC for the last 6 years. Her purpose here is to “humanize” the subject of Martha and George by “...beginning with their ancestors throughout the various stages of their life focusing on their joys, failures, tragedies, accomplishments in both their public and private life. The presentation will touch on many aspects of their private life (love, marriage, family, their military life, their public life as the Head of State, retirement, death). Hopefully, the audience will come away knowing the “real” Martha and George and are able to separate fact from fiction regarding stories they have heard about the amazing Washingtons.” The Josephine Louise Public Library is located at 5 Scofield Street in Walden. For information call 845-778-7621 ex 1512.

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FREE Winter Classic Films in Milford

John DiLeo is a nationally in a wonderful comedy about a renown film author. We are professional matchmaker. (Zero fortunate in that he resides in Mostel and Frank Fontaine are in Milford and can present his it, too.) February 19. entertaining talks, booksignings Ritter was nominated for an and film-clip programs for our Oscar six times, one of the three viewing and listening pleasures. actresses (tied with Deborah His Winter Film Series began Kerr and Glenn Close) most in January and will run through nominated for the award in an Thelma Ritter in “The Model and the March 5. It includes “sparkling acting category without a win. Marriage Broker” romantic comedies and films In 1954, Ritter co-hosted from the 30s and 40s with the Oscar ceremony, trading unmistakable gay subtexts.” wisecracks with Bob Hope. The latter genre includes, She won a Tony for the as he says, “Desert Fury, the 1957 musical version of most blatantly gay movie to Anna Christie, in the Marie come out of old Hollywood, Dressler role, and an Emmy a fiery Technicolor drama for the original TV version in which Lizabeth Scott and of The Catered Affair, in the Ronald Colman & Rex Ingram Wendell Corey fight over “The Talk of the Town” February 26 Bette Davis role. John Hodiak for 96 minutes. (Cary Grant & Jean Arthur are in it, too.) Second, a trio of great Hunky Burt Lancaster and performances by Kay Kendall, hardboiled Mary Astor are in it Angela Lansbury and British too, and add to the juicy fun.” actor Peter Myers (who?) in February 5. The Reluctant Debutante, DiLeo may call the directed by Vincente Minnelli. comedies “sparkling”, but (Rex Harrison is in it, too.) they also abound with brilliant March 5. performances by master The films are shown at comedic actors. 7:30pm in the UDGLBT First, director George Cukor Center, 201 West Harford. gave the one and only Thelma Use the separate entrance Ritter the role of a lifetime Peter Myers & Rex Harrison down the stairs to the left.

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WaterWheel Café is in its 25th Year!

Through the glass walls of the WaterWheel Café and its bar, view a restored 19th century waterpowered grist mill with its 24’ working waterwheel, listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Originally built in the early 1800’s, this lively example of American history is now in action. Water rushes over the threestory high waterwheel, driving a series of shafts, gears, pulleys and belts that power the stones and grain milling equipment. Since 1989, WaterWheel has been a favorite neighborhood haunt for locals, tourists and visitors alike, enjoying live music in the Bar’s intimate venue. “Every Thursday night we feature our Blues Jam hosted by a variety of talented musicians. Our weekend schedule varies,” says WaterWheel’s Darren Fouse, who can sometimes be seen acting in plays with the Sullivan County Dramatic Workshop.

Join them For a FunFilled First Friday on February 6, featuring In Spite of Ourselves, a fun, laid back acoustic rock trio playing a wide variety of music including: Janis Joplin, Melissa Etheridge, Smokey, Adele, Blues Traveler, 4 non-Blondes, Waterwheel Café & Bar REM, Train, Old Crow Medicine Show, Amy Winehouse, Bill Withers, and more, sponsored by Milford’s Upper Delaware GLBT. And for Folk/Light Rock/Irish Ballads, Songs that Entertain listen to Walt Edwards on February 14 from 7:00pm-10:00pm. In Spite Of Ourselves Join Marc Von Em every last Friday as he brings his own brand of soulful, bluesy, funky, groovy original and cover music to the WaterWheel Bar from 8:00pm-11:00pm. Dinner reservations are available. The WaterWheel Café is at 150 Water Street, Milford. For further information call Walt Edwards WaterWheel at 570-296-2383.

Bolgerized Crawfordisms & Sealfonized Por traitisms

“Isms is the theme for the Crawford Gallery of Fine Art’s upcoming March exhibit,” curator Tom Bolger has whimsically announced, with tongue-in-cheekism. “In doing research I found so many classifications of art, so many categories. There are two Isms books in which I found 234 isms. “Calder’s mobiles are Mobilism! “A urinal on its side is Dadaism! “The minute an idea is thought of, even before it is finished, it becomes an ism.” Bolger’s idea is to get all art-loving people interested in the Crawford Gallery. Right now, for February’s Brush with History show, “mostly” realism, impressionism, and romanticism genres are shown, which people might think would not mix when hung with other genres, other isms, at the same time. “I want to bring a new perspective, expose the gallery to art lovers of many styles. Constructionism, Modernism, Abstractism, there is even a Kitchensinkism. The craziness of Isms as the title of the exhibit will allow the mix.” Bolger feels, if it’s a mix, they will come! Bolger is a self-taught painter and resides in Cragsmoor. He studied at the Art Student League of New York, the National Academy of Arts, the New School, Parsons School of Design, Salmagundi Club and the Wallkill River School. “I’m always searching for new techniques,

a portrait from a photograph of someone else or a pet. The cost for work done from photographs will vary. A portion of the proceeds will go to the Food Bank. Gift certificates will be available, just in time for Valentine’s Day! For the Kid in you and the Kids with you

“Crawford Gallery of Fine Art” by Lana Privatera

as a constant student waiting to record the next image. Art is an adventure that takes me on the constant journey of direct observation, and this, I believe, is the tool needed to be a painter, and to accomplish the task of being a recorder of important events painted as documents and preserved as part of our history.” “Isms begins March 7 and will run through April 1.” No foolingism! Brush with History See the ads on pages 12 and 29 for information on the Gallery’s February Brush with History exhibit, Valentine’s Day gift ideas, AND a longer list of Isms! Portraits for a Benefit and for Gifts Entranced by the Hudson Valley, Mary Mugele Sealfon enjoys plein air painting,

Mary is also doing a Pastel Portrait Demo for the Warwick Art League, February 1, from 1:30pm-3:30pm (snow date February 15) at the Warwick Senior Center, 132 Kings Highway. Call to confirm: 845-986-5218.

portraiture and still life in pastel and oil. Mary has taught at Star Gallery in Middletown, the Northern Lights Academy in Warwick, Pike County Arts & Crafts in Milford, and presently at SUNY Orange in Newburgh. In New York City she pursued a career as Art Director and designer for various publications and companies. Her paintings and prints have been exhibited nationally and internationally and won numerous awards. Mary will be doing one hour pastel portraits on February 6 and February 8, from 11:00am to 4:00pm. If you would like to sit for a portrait sketch, contact the gallery to reserve a time. You can also sign-up for

A great gift idea - for you or anyone with the heart of a child. Be sure Tom shows you DC Super Heroes, the Ultimate PopUp Book. It is a work of art in itself, in which critically acclaimed pop-up engineer Matthew Reinhart celebrates the history, heroes, and villains of the DC Universe in an ultimate 3-D masterpiece, bursting with over 25 impressive pop-ups! The Crawford Gallery of Fine Art is located at 65 Main Street, Pine Bush. For more information visit the website: www.CrawfordGalleryOfFineArt.com or call the gallery at 845-744-8634.

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North East Watercolor Society’s Sweetheart of a Show

“Goshen Trotter” by Janet Campbell

The North East Watercolor Society (NEWS) is an internationally recognized association of some of today’s finest and most renowned watercolorists. The Annual International Exhibition in Kent, CT attracts entrants from as far as Singapore, Greece, and Malaysia, and as close as Canada. The (NEWS) 2015 Annual Members Exhibition runs from February 9 through March 25 in Orange Hall at SUNY Orange, Middletown, located on Grandview and Wawayanda Avenues. The show’s reception will be February 14, from 1:00pm to 4:15pm (snow date February 15); with a watercolor demonstration at 2:30pm by Dorrie Rifkin, whose Scapes from New York will hang in the Gallery Fringe on the second floor. For information, call Cultural Affairs: 845-341-4891.

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“Yellow Apple” by Lana Privitera

“About Dorrie” by Kate Hyden The Valentine’s Day reception will feature NEWS’ sweetheart, Dorrie Rifkin. Dorrie’s thirty years as an award-winning art director and celebrated art teacher conducting watercolor workshops makes her the perfect judge (and demonstrator) for the 100+ piece member show. Also, being an Englewood, NJ resident gives Dorrie close access to one of her favorite subjects: New York City. Dorrie’s cityscapes, brimming with life and vibrancy, are splashed with stained-glass colors that spill onto buildings and figures alike. It’s easy to see why she holds signature memberships not only in NEWS, but in the Baltimore, Pennsylvania and Transparent Watercolor Societies. Her paintings have appeared in many watercolor publications like Splash and, most recently, as the February cover of

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“Leaving the Highlands” by Dorrie Rifkin

Watercolor Artist, where she was previously profiled as their December, 2010 “One To Watch” artist. Her mastery of city landmarks has led to her prints adorning the sets of NBC’s Prime Suspect and Fox’s Brooklyn Nine Nine series as well as on the cover of Grand Central Station’s Connections, celebrating the terminal’s Winter 2011 Centennial. Dorrie’s vivid personal and passionate approach to painting, joined with an array of NEWS members’ colorful offerings will brighten the dreariest February day. So, snag your sweetie and come in out of the cold to the hottest show in town! To take a peek at Dorrie Rifkin’s work and last year’s show: www.northeastws.com/events.htm info@northeastws.com NEWS Phone: 607-637-3412

Harlem Remembered

Harlem Remembered features music, poems and 3 one-act plays that serve as a reminder of the love, sophistication and creativity of the Harlem Renaissance in the 1920s and ‘30s. The show gives a real sense of a community bound together by culture. Musically directed by Clark Baxtresser, it is performed by Manhattan based nonprofit, Xoregos Performing Company and directed by Shela Xoregos. Shela Xoregos has discovered and premiered plays by F. Scott Fitzgerald, Oscar Wilde, Sarah Bernardt, Rene Magritte and others. She is Artistic Director of Xoregos Performing Company as well as a free-lance director and choreographer. Xoregos Performing Company explores the classical theatre repertoire as well as new playwrights’ works, old dances, poetry and arcane musical choices in its programs. Harlem Remembered will be joyously performed on February 22 at 2:00pm at the Newburgh Free Library, 124 Grand Street, Newburgh. Free admission. 845-563-3600.

Mission: Improv-able, “Uncle Tom’s Art Show” & More for Last Saturday

NYC Mission: Improv-able Led by David H. Cohen, an acting instructor in the Hudson Valley, NYC Mission: Improvable (M.I.) is well skilled in the world of improv, a challenging environment for spontaneity and required quick thinking. You never know what you’re getting yourself into. M.I. creates scenes and songs based on audience suggestion and participation. “High-flying death-defying comedy without a net!”

For Newburgh Last Saturday, seasoned improvisers are joined by a group of new, young talent ready to prove their comedy grit and entertain you for one hour on February 28 at 6:00pm in the Foyer of Mindy Ross Gallery in SUNY Orange’s Kaplan Hall, corner of Grand and First Streets, where from 5:00pm-8:00pm you can view the new Artists of Excellence exhibit, sculptures by Brenda Scott Harburger and Margaret Duke (February 17-May 27), and then step inside the gallery for Daniel Giordano’s Garden of Metamorphosis. Grab a bite nearby, then hop on over to 188 Liberty Street for the monthly Cozy-Chill House Party, a dance party, at 9:00pm.

Book in the household Illustrations at of military Space Create hero Thomas “We have a very “Stonewall” interesting show Jackson after their coming up for Last mother dies in Saturday,” said Lisa childbirth. Gervais, owner “Jim Lewis was of Newburgh’s an historical Black Healing Arts Confederate who Studio. “We will was a loyal servant to have original art General Jackson and by Newburgh artist other Confederate Gregory Newson, officers after and a Q&A session Jackson’s death,” and artist talk. He explains Newson. illustrated a comic “Jim served with “The Promotion” by Gregory Newson book so he uses distinction, valor, and comic illustration techniques in his with so much dignity and intelligence paintings.” that he was treasured as an adviser by The show exhibits Newson’s art the General. illustrations from his young adult “His brother Tyler is a fictional Civil War book, Uncle T and the character. Tyler becomes a Union spy. Uppity Spy, a work of fiction. It is A mixture of his own bad attitude and intended to be an exploration of the the “crime” of walking-while-black, concept of “field slaves” and “house brings him a less dignified fate than Artist and writer, his brother.” slaves”, first articulated in the speech Message to the Grass Roots by Gregory Newson The reception for Uncle Tom’s Art Malcolm X in Detroit, Michigan on November Show is on February 28 from 6:00pm-9:00pm 10, 1963. at Space Create, 115 Broadway, Newburgh. The leading characters of the story are Parking is available on Broadway and around black twin boys. Jim and Tyler Lewis are the corner in the Ann Street lot. For information: slaves in the antebellum South who are raised www.facebook.com/NewburghLastSaturdays

Classy Camera Clicks

“Serenity” by Kathleen C. Downey ©

Kathleen C. Downey has enjoyed photography ever since she was handed her first Brownie Camera as a small child. She has been clicking away ever since. She finds it relaxing and a great way to capture the moments that inspire her creatively. She enjoys most subjects and has captured a lot of her work in the Hudson Valley. Kathleen’s work, which has been shown in different venues in Orange County with other groups whose shows she has also choreographed (curated), will be hanging in February and March at the Newburgh Brewing Company. This is her second solo show. An opening reception, with refreshments catered in house, will be held on February 7, from 3:00pm-6:00pm at the Brewing Company, 88 Colden Street, Newburgh. Join her for an afternoon of creativity and enjoy some craft beer brewed on the premises. Wine and soft drinks are also available. For more information, call 845-346-6616.

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“Uncovering Secrets” & “Uxoricide” in SUNY Sullivan’s Unique Seelig Space

Uxoricide (from Latin uxor meaning as the ‘blood’ motif, for it is used whenever the wife notices blood in the castle. “wife”) is murder of one’s wife. Overall the music is not atonal, although Bluebeard (French: La Barbe bleue) is a French folktale, the most famous surviving it is often polytonal, with more than one key version of which was written by Charles center operating simultaneously (e.g. the Perrault and first published in 1659. The leadup to the climactic opening of the 5th tale tells the story of a violent nobleman in door). However, there are some passages (for the habit of murdering his wives and the example, door 3) where the music is tonal attempts of one wife to avoid the fate of her and mostly consonant. Libretto-wise, the most salient characteristic predecessors. Bluebeard’s Castle is a one-act opera of the music from Bluebeard’s Castle is the fact that Hungarian, by Béla Bartók. The unlike Indo-European libretto was written by languages, has the first Béla Balázs, a poet and syllable of every word friend of the composer. strongly stressed. This Balázs originally creates problems in conceived the libretto for translating the opera into his roommate, composer other languages - and it Zoltán Kodály. It was also creates difficulty first published serially in translating standard in 1910 with a joint operas into Hungarian dedication to Kodály for performances in and Bartók. There are Nadja Michael, “Judith” uncovers Bluebeard’s secrets. Budapest, etc. Bartók’s various stories as to why Kodály did not write the opera and why opera was the first to express a homogeneous and pure Hungarian language for opera, as Bartók did. Musically, the most salient characteristic previous Hungarian composers corrupted of the music from Bluebeard’s Castle is the language to fix their musical stressing, the importance of the minor second, an and the language was imperfectly used for interval whose dissonance is used repeatedly translations of foreign operas. The opera is allegorical, with the intent to in both slow and fast passages to evoke aching sadness/disquiet or danger/shock show that the tragedy is Bluebeard’s, not his respectively. The minor second is referred to wife Judith’s.

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Tchaikovsky wrote 11 operas. Only Eugene passionate music echoes that of Pique Dame. Onegin remains in the standard repertoire. As with Onegin, Tchaikovsky contributed to The Maid of Orleans and Pique Dame are the libretto by his brother Modest. sometimes performed. “The opera premiered in 1892 as the first “By his early 50s Tchaikovsky already act of a festive Christmas holiday double bill had serious health issues; nonetheless he with Nutcracker. It was an amazing year for experienced an amazing opera, with premieres period of creativity of such classics as when, in addition to Pagliacci and Werther. Nutcracker and his The public reception Sixth Symphony, he was quite favorable, penned his final opera though Tchaikovsky Iolanta in 1891. He was disappointed and was exhausted after felt he was repeating spending two years on himself, especially Pique Dame; yet, with when compared to a mere sixteen months his earlier work, The to live, he poured heart Enchantress. He had Anna Netrebko, “Iolanta” 16 years old and secretly blind. and soul into Iolanta, great support from the the tale of a father’s unconditional love for pit, with Gustav Mahler conducting the first his blind daughter. Perhaps Tchaikovsky had non-Russian premiere in Hamburg in 1893 presentiments that his time was running out, and the Vienna premiere in 1900.” Former and chose this story to express his belief in Metropolitan Opera violinist Erica Miner the transformative power of love. For the Live from the Met in HD series, “Iolanta is based on the Danish verseplay directed by Mariusz Trelinski, who was Kong Renés Datter (King René’s Daughter) inspired by classic noir films of the 1940s, by Henrik Hertz, a fictional account of the the livecast of the two one-act operas is on early life of Yolande of Lorraine, daughter February 14 at 12:30pm at SUNY Sullivan of René of Anjou, in which she is depicted in Loch Sheldrake, with a pre-talk at Noon as a beautiful blind sixteen-year-old princess by CANVAS editor, Barry Plaxen. who lives in a protected garden paradise. The For additional information, phone 845opera is set in fifteenth century Provence, 434-5700, ext. 4377. giving it a very French atmosphere, but its Tickets are available at the door.

Wallkill River School: Gaggle of Artists 2015

Forty artists from the nonprofit artist’s cooperative, the Wallkill River School (WRS) are inviting the public to a live demonstration on February 21 from 5:00pm-7:00pm (snow date February 28). They will be creating art using art techniques varying from traditional oil, pastel, acrylic, and watercolor painting, to palette knife painting and portraiture. The public is welcome to enjoy free drinks and hors d’oeuvres and mingle with the artists. The demonstrations will cover mediums such as pastels, scratchboard, watercolors, oils, palette knife, acrylics, pen and ink, mixed media assemblage, traditional figurative sculpture, wood carving and watercolor pouring. Upstairs, at the same time, will be an exhibit of Senior artists from the Tuesday

Drop In led by Louise McCutcheon, and the WRS represented and emerging artists have group shows in the main gallery and the hall gallery. This year, the WRS is proud to introduce eleven new emerging artists; Judy Byrne, Vicki Botta, Lynn Saunders, Jesus Pech, Laianna Ferruggia, Alan Lewis, Laura Kohlmann, Jim Muhlhan, James VanGelder, Vicki Barone, and Linda Storminger. All exhibits run from February 8-28. The WRS is located at 232 Ward Street in Montgomery. The 100/$100 fundraising exhibit is from February 1-7. Buy a ticket and you WIN a painting. Drawing is at 5:00pm on the 7th. Visit www.wallkillriverschool.com or call 845-457-ARTS.

Downing Park Commemorative Year

2015 is a special year of celebration for Newburgh’s Downing Park and the Downing Park Planning Committee. The committee, which advocates and works for the restoration of this Olmstead-Vaux park, will celebrate its 30th anniversary and 2015 will also mark the bicentennial birth of the park’s namesake, Andrew Jackson Downing, the founder of landscape architecture and design in the United States. Special activities are being planned to mark these significant milestones. On February 13, the Planning Committee will host a potluck dinner in the beautiful park’s Shelter House from 6:00pm to 9:00pm, and all interested parties are invited to attend. Fittingly, outdoor activities kick off on the first day of spring, March 21, with a clean-up. March 28 will feature the annual Easter Egg Hunt. This joyous event features the appearance of the Easter Bunny with her entourage and generally attracts hundreds of eager, happy children.

On April 18, the park committee will mark both Arbor Day and Earth Day by creating a butterfly garden at the park’s summit which commands a magnificent view of the Hudson River and adjoining highlands. Many other activities are planned throughout the spring and summer. All are invited to join the celebration and contribute ideas for projects by calling 845-565-5559 or 845-591-4977.

Moths are as interesting as butterflies. Some moths are masters of camouflage while others are decked out in dazzling patterns and colors. Explore a fascinating world in Marvelous Moths at the Hudson Highlands Nature Museum’s Wildlife Education Center. View gorgeous moth photos from Jim des

Rivieres and learn about the moth life cycle, anatomy and how moths differ from butterflies, at 25 Boulevard, Cornwallon-Hudson. For information, call 845-534-5506, ext. 204.

Downing Park’s annual Easter Egg Hunt

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The Cecropia Moth

SHOP & DI NE M O NTGO M E RY & CA M P BE L L H A L L !

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Now Look What They’ve Done! 50 Years!

The International Laurel and Hardy Organization Sons of the Desert is celebrating its 50th year of honoring the magic and memories of Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy. Among the more than 300 chapters worldwide, Ellenville’s Them Thar Hills Tent is joining the anniversary festivities by dedicating its 2015 season to Sons milestones. The Sons of the Desert was founded in 1965 by Professor John McCabe, a Shakespearean scholar and Drama/Theater Arts department head at Lake Superior State University, along with comic artist Al Kilgore, actor Orson Bean and comedian Chuck McCann. With Stan’s blessing, the merry band of enthusiasts endeavored to create a group with “scholarly overtones and heavily social undertones” that would meet for the sole purpose of sharing good company and enjoying the on-screen antics of “the Boys”. Over time, other comedians’ work has been screened at Sons meetings all over the world, including Charley Chase, Thelma Todd, Charlie Chaplin, Buster Keaton and Harold Lloyd. Countries besides the U.S. that have active “tents” include England, Luxembourg, Belgium, Norway, Netherlands, Germany, France, Italy and Switzerland. Each chapter or “tent” is named after a Laurel and Hardy film. At various periods over the past 50 years there have been Pardon Us Tents and Second Hundred Years Tents in state and federal penal institutions! The Ellenville Tent was chartered in 2009 and is home to members from Ulster, Sullivan and Orange County, as well as a few transients from the Garden State. Meeting on a monthly basis for the sobering purpose of preserving and perpetuating the love and laughter of Laurel

and Hardy, cinema classics continue to be shown at the group’s meeting place on Briggs Highway. The Tent boasts a virtually complete collection of prints of the films of Stan and Ollie. “We’re one of the traditional tents,” says Grand Sheik Ray Faiola, “in that we screen everything in original 16mm prints. Only once a year do we defer to digital when we enjoy one of the Boys’ foreign-language versions of their films, which were never struck in 16mm. In addition to the film screenings, we conduct official business, enjoy refreshments,” (when consulted about the organization, Stan Laurel insisted that the annual banquet conclude with members ‘parking their camels and having one for the desert’), “and, more importantly, enjoy the camaraderie of each others’ company. “After meetings and screenings we dine at local eateries in an effort to support area businesses. Once a year we have our own Oliver Hardy Golf Challenge (Hardy was an insatiable duffer) and we march in the Ellenville July 4th Parade. As a theatrically-oriented group, we also bestow an annual scholarship for a worthy youngster to attend the Shadowland Theatre’s Acting Academy.” Faiola has been with the Sons since 1972 and is a former Grand Sheik of the New York Founding Tent. The first meeting of the Ellenville Sons’ 2015 season will take place March 1 at 3:00pm. As part of celebrating 50 years of the club, members will receive reprints of Sons Journals from years past. Those interested in joining can visit www. themtharhills.org where they will find an online membership application, meeting dates, and an email link for information.

Shadowland Theatre begins its 2015 Matinee at the Shadowland film series on February 28 with The Pearl of Death. Once again they are leading off with a Sherlock Holmes adventure starring Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce as the famous detective and his companion Dr. Watson. Universal’s “scream queen” Evelyn Ankers co-stars in a rare villainous role as Naomi Drake, associate of master criminal

Giles Connover. And lurking in the shadows is the brutish Hoxton Creeper, played by Rondo Hatton. The SSS, “selected short subjects”, include: The Great Piggy Bank Robbery with Looney Tunes’ Daffy Duck; The Three Stooges in Gents Without Cents and Chapter Eleven of Flash Gordon. Matinees begin at 2:00pm at 157 Canal Street in Ellenville. Call 845-647-5511.

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February 7: Take Your Child to The Library Day!

Come to the Ethelbert B. Crawford Public Library, 393 Broadway in Monticello on February 7 for Take Your Child to the Library Day. Sign up your child for a library card, and pick up a few books to read while at it! Craft supplies will be out all day for you and your child to make your own creations, and there will be a movie shown at 2:30pm. 14

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In addition to having crafts out, all children’s materials can be returned fines-free. If you have any overdue books or movies, February 7 is the day to return them! Take Your Child to the Library Day is a great opportunity to introduce your child to everything the library has to offer. For info: 845-794-4660.

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LectureS & Master Classes

sponsored by SUNY Orange & Mount St. Mary College GWL �� Greenwood Lake Library MSM-DC �� Mount St. Mary College, Desmond Campus, Newburgh PEEC ��Pocono Environmental Education Center, Dingmans Ferry SUNYO-KH �� SUNY Orange, Kaplan Hall, Newburgh SUNYO-OH ��SUNY Orange, Orange Hall, Middletown SUNYO-RCSE �� SUNY Orange, Rowley Center for Science & Engineering, Middletown

“Whitman, Longfellow, Dickinson and the Civil War” ��MSM-DC Feb 2, 1pm “Nature Education in Harriman: A Rich History” MaryLynne Malone �� Cornwall Presbyterian Church, Feb 3, 7:30pm “The Private Lives of George & Martha Washington” Lisa Hewel �� Josepine-Louise Library, Walden, Feb 5, 6pm “Backyard Maple Sugaring” Cornell Cooperative Master Gardeners ��GWL Feb 5, 6:30pm “At Home on Earth:An Array of Eco-FriendlyArchitecture with an Emphasis on Super-Adobe” Laura Smith SUNYO-RCSE Feb 5, 7pm “Animal Tracking” �� PEEC Feb 7, 10am “‘Sugar’ an Alter-Ego” James Campistrous �� UDGLBT Center, Milford, Feb 8, 2pm “Seeing Stars: Viewing Constellations through History, Across Cultures, and under Light Polluted Skies” Irene Pease & Tom Blon SUNYO-RCSE Feb 9, 7:30pm “The National Purple Heart Hall of Honor” ��MSM-DC Feb 10, 1pm “The 4 Causes of All Health Concerns” ��MSM-DC Feb 11, 1pm “Privacy in the Digital Age” Great Decisions Discussion Group ��Cornwall Library, Feb 11, 7pm “Art and Hypnosis – Draw it Out” ��MSM-DC Feb 13, 10am “Regaining Your Memory” ��MSM-DC Feb 16,1pm “Paper Angels: The History of Chinese Immigration” Jeffrey S. Dosik ��GWL Feb 17, 6:30pm “Nature: From Howling Wilderness to Vacation Destination: the Hudson Valley” �� Charles Mitchell SUNYO-KH Feb 17, 7pm “The Honey Bee” Colin Coyne ��Cornwall Presbyterian Church, Feb 18, 7:30pm “Living with a Star” ��MSM-DC Feb 19, 1pm “Sectarianism in the Middle East” Great Decisions Discussion Group Cornwall Library, Feb 25, 7pm “Sectarianism in the Middle East ” Great Decisions Discussion ��Cornwall Library, Feb 25, 7pm “Anti-intellectualism in American Society” Greg Geddes ��SUNYO-KH Feb 25, 7pm “The Ice Harvesting Industry” Timothy Englert ��Cornwall Presbyterian Church, Feb 25, 7:30pm “The Dreams and Realities of a Career in the NFL” Courtney Hall ��GWL Feb 28, 11am “Old Technology,New Technology: The Cathedral of Notre-Dame of Paris in the 21st Century” Andrew Tallon SUNYO-RCSE Mar 3, 7pm Katarina Reising “Gallery Talk” �� Seligmann Center, Sugar Loaf, Mar 8, 3pm\

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“Formulating Your Abstract Machine: A Method to Making” Daniel Giordano �� SUNYO-KH Feb 4, 10:30am “Devising New Plays with the Lecoq Technique” Megan Campisi, Gold No Trade Theater Co. �� SUNYO-OH Feb 4, 1pm “Women in Professional Jazz” Ada Rovatti, saxophonist �� SUNYO-OH Feb 13, 11am “Starting a Professional Piano Trio” Trio + musicians �� SUNYO-OH Mar 2, 10:30am “The Journey from Class Clown to VP” Rick Zolzer �� SUNYO-KH Mar 5, 7pm clubs sponsored by Steve’s Music Center, Rock Hill

Newburgh Library Camera Club �� Newburgh Library, 3rd Wednesday, 6pm St. James Camera Club �� St. James Church, Goshen, 2nd Tuesday, 7pm Chess Club �� Ellenville Library, Wednesdays, 4pm Friday Night Chess ��Narrowsburg Library, Fridays, 6pm Knit and Stitch ��Narrowsburg Library, Mondays, 6pm Knitting & Crocheting “Crochety Knitters” �� Liberty Library, Tuesdays, 10:15am Knit & Stitch Club ��Newburgh Library Town Branch, 1st & 3rd Tuesdays, 6;30pm Newburgh Knitting Club ��Newburgh Library, 2nd & 4th Tuesdays, 6pm Knitting Group �� Josephine-Louise Library, Walden, Tuesdays, 6:30pm Knitting & Crocheting “Knitwitz” ��Jeffersonville Library, 1st & 3rd Tuesdays, 6:30pm Knitting “Chain Gang Knitting Club” �� Mamakating Town Hall, Wurtsboro, Tuesdays 9pm Knitting Club ��Noble Coffee Roasters, Campbell Hall, Wednesdays, 2:30pm Knitting, Crocheting, Crafts “Stitch and Bitch” ��Palaia Vineyards, Highland Mills, Sundays, 1pm Knit/Crochet Club �� Wallkill Library, Thursdays, 6:30pm Knimble Knitters ��Ellenville Library, Saturdays, 10am Knitting Circle ��Florida Library, Nov 17, 6pm Laurel & Hardy Sons of the Desert Int’l Org. ��First Sunday, Ellenville, ray@themtharhills.org The Music Lovers Group classical �� 3rd Thursdays, 7:30pm Montgomery, 845-457-9867 Electronic Music Meetup w/Neil Alexander �� Newburgh Library, 3rd Thursdays, 7pm Ladies Night Painting Social �� Wallkill River School, Montgomery, Thursdays 6:30pm Hudson Highlands Photo Workshop �� St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, Chester, 2nd Monday, 7:30pm Calico Geese Quilters Guild �� Cornwall Cooperative Extension, Liberty, 2nd Monday, 7pm The Country Scrappers cardmaking, scrapbooking �� Walker Valley Schoolhouse, Tuesdays, all day Scrabble Mania �� Ellenville Library, Tuesdays, 6pm Trivia Night w/Sam Hill ��Two Alices, Cornwall-on-Hudson, Thursdays, 8pm Trivia Night ��Penning’s Pub & Grill, Warwick, Thursdays, 8pm UFO Support Group ��Walker Valley Schoolhouse, 1st Wednesday, 7:30pm Woodcarvers Guild �� Museum Village, Monroe, various Thursdays, 7pm

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Adult Independent Film Night �� Greenwood Lake Library, 2nd Tuesday, 7pm FREE “Get On Up” �� Newburgh Library, Feb 2, 6:15pm FREE Reel Eclectic Film Series �� Thrall Library, Middletown, Feb 5, 7pm FREE “Desert Fury” Lizabeth Scott, B.Lancaster, M.Astor � UDGLBT Center, Milford, Feb 5, 7:30pm FREE “The Awful Truth” Irene Dunne, Cary Grant �� Mount St. Mary Desmond Campus, Feb 12, 9:30am “Dear White People” ��Newburgh Library, Feb 14, 2pm FREE “Treasure Island” Live from National Theatre Downing Film Center, Newburgh, Feb 15 & 16, 7pm “Bye Bye Birdie” �� Thrall Library, Middletown, Feb 18, 3pm FREE “Smile Pinki” documentary w/discussion � SUNYO Gilman Center, Middletown, Feb 19, 7pm FREE “Sissi: Die Junge Kaiserin” ��Cornwall Library, Feb 19, 6pm FREE “The Model & The Marriage Broker” Thelma Ritter UDGLBT Ctr. Milford, Feb 19, 7:30pm FREE “Divide in Concord” documentary ��Delaware Valley Arts Alliance, Narowsburg, Feb 22, 3pm “Atonement” intro by Jean Cowan �� SUNYO, Gilman Center, Middletown, Feb 23, 6:15pm FREE “The Philadelphia Story” K. Hepburn, C. Grant Mount St. Mary Desmond Campus, Feb 24, 9:30am “The Talk of the Town” JeanArthur, CaryGrant �UDGLBT Center, Milford, Feb 26, 7:30pm FREE “The Pearl of Death” and selected short subjects ��Shadowland Theatre, Ellenville, Feb 28, 2pm “The Reluctant Debutante” Rex Harrison, Kay Kendall ��UDGLBT Center, Mar 5, 7:30pm FREE

comedy

Jimmy Failla ��Jester’s Comedy Club, Chester, Feb 7, 8pm The Valentine Dinner & Show ��Jester’s Comedy Club, Chester, Feb 14, 8pm Teddy Smith, Emma Willmann ��Jester’s Comedy Club, Chester, Feb 21, 8pm Erin Jackson, JoeLarson ��Jester’s Comedy Club, Chester, Feb 28, 8pm

dance

Nureyev’s “Romeo & Juliet” video ��Cornwall Library, Feb 15, 1pm FREE “Rhythm of the Dance” Celtic ��Sugar Loaf PAC, Mar 4, 7:30pm

fundraisers

100/$100 Fundraiser �� Wallkill River School, Montgomery, Exhibit Feb 1-7, Drawing Feb 7, 5pm Downing Park Planning Committee Potluck Dinner ��Shelter House, Newburgh, Feb 13, 6pm Valentine’s Day Chocolate Dessert Social �� Neversink Museum, Cuddebackville, Feb 14, 1pm-4pm First Presbyterian Mission, Goshen “Fun Raiser” �� Mullany’s Pub, Goshen, Feb 21, Noon-4pm Boys and Girls Clubs of Wallkill ��Villa Roma Resort, Callicoon, Mar 6, 6pm

museums

Terwilliger House Museum ��Ellenville, ongoing Sullivan County History Exhibits ��Sullivan County Museum, Hurleyville, ongoing 19th Century Rural Living ��Museum Village, Monroe, ongoing Washington’s Birthday Celebration �� New Windsor Cantonment, Feb 14 & 16, 10am-4pm FREE Washington’s Birthday Celeb. ��Washington’s Hdqrtrs, Newburgh, Feb 14,15,16, Noon-4pm FREE Washington’s Birthday Celebration �Knox’s Headquarters, New Windsor, Feb 15 10am-4pm FREE

Music - Classical

Cuboricua! Salsa Band! ��The Falcon, Marlboro, Feb 8, 7pm Anne McCue blues, folk ��The Falcon, Marlboro, Feb 9, 7pm Chris O’Leary Band blues, New Orleans ��The Falcon, Marlboro, Feb 12, 7pm Chris Bergson Band, Dylan Doyle Band rock, funk ��The Falcon, Marlboro, Feb 13, 7pm Robbie Dupree Trio, Gabrielle Sterbenz ��The Falcon, Marlboro, Feb 14, 7pm Lydia Adams Davis Hudson Valley Folk Guild �� Unitarian Universalist Meeting House, Rock Tavern, Feb 14, 7:30pm Leon Russell �� Sugar Loaf PAC, Feb 14, 8pm Big Joe Fitz & The Lo-Fis blues, jazz, funk, soul �� The Falcon, Marlboro, Feb 15, 10am-2pm Jeffery Broussard & The Creole Cowboys Creole ��The Falcon, Marlboro, Feb 15, 7pm Koko Jones & Soul Spirit Latin, soul, world, jazz ��The Falcon, Marlboro, Feb 19, 7pm Kirsten Thien, Holly & Evan Band blues, r&b ��The Falcon, Marlboro, Feb 21, 7pm Tisziji Munoz Quartet with John Medeski spatial ��The Falcon, Marlboro, Feb 22, 7pm Gary Mullen and The Works Theater “One Night of Queen” �� Sugar Loaf PAC, Feb 25, 7:30pm Steve Riley & The Mamou Playboys, Pirate’s Canoe Cajun, Americana �The Falcon, Feb 26, 7pm Oz Noy Trio, Ife & Danny bluegrass, blues ��The Falcon, Marlboro, Feb 27, 7pm Melissa Ferrick Indie, Alt-Rock ��The Falcon, Marlboro, Feb 28, 7pm “1964 The Tribute” ��Paramount Theater, Middletown, Feb 28, 7:30pm Midge Ure: Breathe Again Tour �� Sugar Loaf PAC, Feb 28, 8pm Saints of Swing multiple genres ��The Falcon, Marlboro, Mar 1, 10am-2pm Paul Cataldo �� Catskill Distillery, Bethel, Mar 5, 7:30pm “Choral Sunday” Gospel ��SUNY Kaplan Hall, Newburgh, Mar 8, 3pm

Open Mic & in-house music

Some listings are not included in our centerspread calendar.

Open Mic w/Steve Schwartz & Antoine Maglione �� Dutch’s Tavern, Rock Hill, Mondays, 7:30pm Marc Von Em Soul, blues, funk ��WaterWheel Cafe, Milford, last Fridays, 8pm-11pm Dose Acoustic Sundays ��Cafe Devine, Callicoon, 1st & 2nd Sundays, Noon-2pm Doug Rogers ��Cafe Devine, Callicoon, 3rd & 4th Sundays, Noon-2pm “Sing along with Evan” ��Palaia Vineyards, Highland Mills, Feb 6, 7:30pm-10:30pm In Spite of Ourselves acoustic rock ��WaterWheel Cafe, Milford, Feb 6, 8pm Remedy Band ��Palaia Vineyards, Highland Mills, Feb 7, 7:30pm-10:30pm Bruce Perone & Friends ��Palaia Vineyards, Highland Mills, Feb 8, 2:30pm-5:30pm Hurley Mountain Highway ��Palaia Vineyards, Highland Mills, Feb 14, 7:30pm-10:30pm Walt Edwards folk, rock, Irish �� WaterWheel Cafe, Milford, Feb 14, 7pm-10pm Whitney Rose ��Palaia Vineyards, Highland Mills, Feb 15, 2:30pm-5:30pm Rob Schiff ��Palaia Vineyards, Highland Mills, Feb 20, 7:30pm-10:30pm Feast of Friends (Doors Tribute band) ��Palaia Vineyards, Highland Mills, Feb 21, 7:30pm-10:30pm Gregg Van Gelder ��Palaia Vineyards, Highland Mills, Feb 28, 7:30pm-10:30pm Ray Longchamp ��Palaia Vineyards, Highland Mills, Mar 1, 2:30pm-5:30pm

opera

“Les Contes d’Hoffmann” Offenbach, Live from the Met in HD �� SUNY Sullivan, Jan 31, 1pm “Iolanta” Tchaikovsky & “Bluebeard’s Castle” Bartok, Live from the Met in HD �� SUNY Sullivan, Feb 14, 12:30pm

poetry & prose readings

Potluck Concerts “Happy Birthday, Herr Mozart” �� Cornwall Presbyterian Church, Jan 30, 7:30pm Music for a Winter Afternoon trumpet &organ, solo piano, Tuxedo Performing Arts Group �� St. Mary’s Church, Tuxedo, Jan 31, 4pm FREE Newburgh Chamber Ensemble ��Ellenville Library, Feb 15, 2pm FREE SUNY Orange Community Orchestra �� Paramount Theatre,Middletown, Feb 22, 3pm Potluck Concerts “Romance” �� Cornwall Presbyterian Church, Feb 27, 7:30pm Trio +, Piano Trio & Poet “The Romantics: Robert & Clara Schumann +” �� SUNY Orange Hall, Middletown, Mar 1, 3pm Delaware Valley Chamber Orchestra Creative Conversation Series �� Delaware Arts Center, Narrowsburg, Mar 1, 2:00pm.

Robert Milby, Christi Shannon Kline guest host Noble Coffee Roasters, Campbell Hall, Feb 5, 7pm Hudson River Poets �� Newburgh Library, Feb 5, 7pm FREE Bertha Rogers, Linda Lerner, Paul Pines Calling All Poets �� Center for Creative Education, Beacon, Feb 6, 8pm Mary Makofske, Ken Holland, Robert Milby Poetry Cafe ��Florida Library, Feb 20, 7pm FREE Poetry at the Church ��Goshen United Methodist Church, Feb 23, 7pm

Thunderhead OrganTrio jazz-fusion �� The Wherehouse, Newburgh, 3rd Thursdays, 8pm FREE Brunch with the Jazz Cats ��Dancing Cat Saloon, Bethel, Sundays, 10am-1pm The Nanga World Trio w/Latin flare �� Cilantro Tapas & Bar, New Windsor, Wednesdays, 7pm Nicki Parrott, Frank Vignola & Vinny Raniolo ��The Falcon, Marlboro, Feb 1, 10am-2pm Organ Grinders Jazz Trio ��The Falcon, Marlboro, Feb 8, 10am-2pm Skye Jazz Trio �� Iron Forge Inn, Bellvale, Feb 8, Noon-3pm Ada Rovatti Quintet jazz-fusion-Latin �� SUNY Orange Hall, Middletown, Feb 13, 8pm Hudson Valley Jazz Improv Players �� Seligmann Center, Sugar Loaf, Feb 15, 2pm Dave Stryker’s Eight Track ��The Falcon, Marlboro, Feb 20, 7pm Hudson Valley Jazz Ensemble ��The Dautaj, Warwick, Feb 20, 8pm Pete Levin Quartet ��The Falcon, Marlboro, Feb 22, 10am-2pm Erik Deutsch & The Jazz Outlaws �� The Falcon, Marlboro, Mar 5, 7pm Randy Brecker Band �� SUNY Orange Hall, Middletown, Mar 7, 8pm

storytelling

music - jazz

Music - pop, Folk, Country, Blues, Gospel

Music for Humanity �� Noble Coffee Roasters, Campbell Hall, 3rd Saturdays, 7:30pm FREE Joe Driscoll & Sekou Kouyate “Faya!”, Decora ��The Falcon, Marlboro, Feb 2, 7pm Jay Collins & The Kings County Band soul,funk,blues,r&r ��The Falcon, Marlboro, Feb 6, 7pm Chris Smithers ��The Towne Crier, Beacon, Feb 6, 8:30pm Ed Palermo Big Band “Rundgren/Zappa nod to Valentine’s Day!” �� The Falcon, Feb 7, 7pm

recreation - Dancing

Swing Dancing w/Swing Shift Orchestra ��Newburgh Brewery, 1st Thursdays, 7:30pm Dancing (Ballroom) ��MISU Ellenville, 1st Saturdays, Lesson 7:30pm, Dancing 8pm UDGLBT Valentine’s Dance ��Best Western, Matamoras, Feb 14, Dinner: 7pm, Dance: 8:30pm Black Dirt Storytelling Guild “Favorite Family Classics” �� Florida Library, Jan 31, 2pm FREE

theatre - musical

“Flashdance: The Musical” �� Eisenhower Hall, West Point, Feb 28, 8pm “Sister Act: The Musical” ��Eisenhower Hall, West Point, Mar 8, 3pm

theatre - play

“The Subtle Body“ Gold No Trade Theater Co. ��SUNY Orange Hall, Middletown, Feb 6, 8pm “A Good Stiff One” Creative Conversation Salon series �� DVAA Narrowsburg, Feb 8, 3pm Reader’s Theater short plays �� Florida Library, Feb 12, 7:30pm FREE “Harlem Remembered” music, poems, 3 one-act plays �� Newburgh Library, Feb 22, 2pm FREE NYC’s Mission Improv-able & SUNY Orange Improv classes Newburgh Last Saturdays �� SUNYO Kaplan Hall, Newburgh, Feb 28, 6pm FREE

Schools & Conservatories

Excerpts from Broadway Musicals Orange County HS Students � Galleria Mall, Feb 28, 10am-5pm February 2015

Delaware & Hudson CANVAS

Februar BW �� Event Gallery/Museum, Bethel Woods Center for the Arts, Bethel CALL Calling All Poets �� Center for Creative Education, Beacon CAS Catskill Arts Society �� CAS Arts Center, Livingston Manor DCAT ��Dancing Cat Saloon & Catskill Distillery, Bethel DOWN ��Downing Film Center, Newburgh

MONDAY

DVAA ��Delaware Valley Arts Alliance, Narowsburg FAL �� The Falcon, Marlboro GLBT �� Upper Delaware GLBT Center, Milford GMCM Grand Montgomery Chamber Music ��Senior Center, Montgomery GWL �� Greenwood Lake Library

TUESDAY

WEDNESDAY

Cinema “Get On Up” NFL 6:15pm

THURSDAY

Cinema................... Reel Eclectic Film Series............... THRALL 7pm Poetry............Robert Milby, Christi Shannon Kline......... NOBL 7pm Poetry......................... Hudson River Poets.......................... NFL 7pm Open Mic......................Musician’s Gathering...............DCAT 7:30pm Cinema... “Desert Fury” B.Lancaster, M.Astor, L.Scott....GLBT 8pm

Music-Poetry Joe Driscoll & Sekou Kouyate “Faya!”, Decora FAL 7pm

9 Please check the schedule for Gallery Art & Photography Opening Receptions, page 18 Music - Blues-Folk Anne McCue FAL 7pm

“Isn’t It So Sweet” by G. Newson

“Don’t you know sugar is brown first? White folks couldn’t stand the fact that something so sweet shared the same color as the people who cut the cane, slopped the hogs

Museum Washington’s Birthday Celebration New Windsor Cantonment 10am-4pm

and picked the cotton. So they bleached it to ressemble them, and now they done gone and fooled everybody. You included.” Bernice L. McFadden

Cinema “Bye Bye Birdie” THRALL 3pm

CinemaLive From Nat’l Theatre ”Treasure Island” DOWN 7pm

Poetry Poetry at the Church Goshen Methodist Church, 7pm

Circus Zip-Zap Circus RITZ 5:30pm Courtesy of Mid Hudson Woodcarvers Guild, Museum Village

Cinema “The Philadelphia Story” MSM-DC 9:30am

“The Fall” by Lynn Seeney from “Obstructed Memories”, an exhibit of mixed media works on paper thru March 1 at Howland Public Library, 313 Main Street, Beacon. Artist Reception: February 14, 5:00pm- 7:00pm. Also showing photography by Markie Baylash thru March 8.

IKE �� Eisenhower Hall, West Point JEST ��Jester’s Comedy Club, Chester MICV Music in Central Valley �� Central Valley United Methodist Church MSM-AQ ��Aquinas Hall, Mount St. Mary College, Newburgh MSM-DC ��Desmond Campus, Mount St. Mary College, Balmville

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February 2015

Music Gary Mullen & The Works Theater ”One Night of Queen” SLPAC 7:30pm

Dance - Celtic “Rhythm of the Dance” SLPAC 7:30pm

NFL �� NOBL �� NVM �� PT �� PV ��

Music..............Jay

Poetry...Upper Dela

Music......................... Theatre-Play................ Poetry........ Bertha Music - Rock.In Spi Music.........................

Cinema......... “The Awful Truth” I.Dunne, C.Grant...MSM-DC 9:30am Music - Blues, New Orleans ......Chris O’Leary Band............FAL 7pm Music - Rock,Funk... Open Mic......................Musician’s Gathering................DCAT 7:30pm Music - Jazz,Fusion Play Readings................... Short Plays........... Florida Library, 7:30pm

19 Cinema...........“Sissi: Die Junge Kaiserin”...... Cornwall Library 6pm Music - Latin,Soul,Jazz......Koko Jones and Soul Spirit........FAL 7pm Open Mic.......................Musician’s Gathering...............DCAT 7:30pm

Music-Jazz,Fusion..Thunderhead Organ Trio.. Wherehouse,Newburgh,8pm

Cinema... “The Model & The Marriage Broker” T.Ritter....GLBT 8pm

26 Music......Steve Riley & Mamou Playboys, Pirates Canoe...FAL 7pm Open Mic.......................Musician’s Gathering...............DCAT 7:30pm Cinema......“The Talk of the Town” C.Grant, J.Arthur......GLBT 8pm

Open Mic.......................Musician’s Gathering...............DCAT 7:30pm Cinema........“The Reluctant Debutante” R.Harrison........GLBT 8pm Music................................ Paul Cataldo........................ DCAT 7:30pm

Poetry................................ Music - Jazz.........D Music - Jazz..Huds

Music - Cajun-Blue

Music - Classical..Po Music - Soul-Bues..M

Fundraiser..Boys an

ry 2015

��Newburgh Free Library ��Noble Coffee Roasters, Campbell Hall ��Neversink Valley Museum, Cuddebackville ��Paramount Theatre, Middletown �� Palaia Vineyards, Highland Mills

FRIDAY Collins & The Kings County Band.........FAL 7pm

RITZ �� Lobby at the Ritz Theater, Newburgh ROSE �� New Rose Theatre, Walden SCCC ��SUNY Sullivan County Community College, Loch Sheldrake SLGMN ��Seligmann Center for the Arts, Sugar Loaf SLPAC ��Sugar Loaf Performing Arts Center

SATURDAY

aware Writers Collective....Narrowsburg Lib., 7:30pm

.........................Chris Smithers...Towne Crier, Beacon, 8:30pm Music - Rundgren/Zappa.........Ed Palermo Big Band............FAL 7pm ................ “The Subtle Body”...............SUNYO-OH 8pm Comedy.............................Jimmy Failla.............................. JEST 8pm Rogers, Linda Lerner, Paul Pines...... CALL 8pm ite of Ourselves.WaterWheel Cafe, Milford, 8:30pm .........................Chris Smithers...Towne Crier, Beacon, 8:30pm

...Chris Bergson Band, Dylan Doyle Band..FAL 7pm n,Latin.....Ada Rovatti Quintet.....SUNYO-OH 8pm

................................ Poetry Cafe................ Florida Library, 7pm Dave Stryker’s “Eight Track”...................FAL 7pm son Valley Jazz Ensemble..Dautaj, Warwick, 8pm

es..........Oz Noy Trio, Ife & Danny.............FAL 7pm

otluck Concerts..Cornwall Presbyterian Ch., 7:30pm Marc Von Em..WaterWheel Cafe, Milford, 8pm-11pm

nd Girls Clubs of Wallkill..Villa Roma, Callicoon,6pm

Museum..Washington’s B’day Celebration.New Windsor Cantonment 10am-4pm

Opera.............. “Iolanta” & “Bluebeard’s Castle” ....SCCC 12:30pm Fundraiser.....Valentine’s Day Chocolate Dessert Social... NVM 1pm Cinema.......................“Dear White People”......................... NFL 2pm Music.......... Robbie Dupree Trio, Gabrielle Sterbenz..........FAL 7pm Dinner-Dance..UDGLBT Valentine’s.Best Western, Matamoras, 7pm Music - Folk-Irish.Walt Edwards.WaterWheel Cafe, Milford, 7pm-10pm Music - Folk................. Lydia Adams Davis.................... UUC 7:30pm Music................................ Leon Russell........................... SLPAC 8pm Comedy.............. The Valentine Dinner & Show................ JEST 8pm

ST ��Shadowland Theatre, Ellenville SUNYO-KH ��SUNY Orange, Kaplan Hall, Newburgh SUNYO-OH �� SUNY Orange, Orange Hall, Middletown THRALL �� Thrall Library, Middletown UUC �� Unitarian Universalist Congregation Meeting House, Rock Tavern

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SUNDAY

Music - Jazz............... Jazz Cat Brunch................ DCAT 10am-1pm

Music - Jazz..Nicki Parrott, Frank Vignola & Vinny Raniolo.. FAL 10am-2pm

Music.......Dose Acoustic Sunday..Cafe Devine, Callicoon.Noon-2pm

Music - Jazz.........Skye Jazz Trio..Iron Forge Inn, Bellvale, Noon-3pm Music - Jazz.......... ...Organ Grinders Jazz Trio.......... FAL 10am-2pm Music.......Dose Acoustic Sunday..Cafe Devine, Callicoon.Noon-2pm Music - Gospel.............. ...Choral Sunday................. SUNYO-KH 3pm Play Reading Salon.......”A Good Stiff One”.......................DVAA 3pm Music........................ Cuboricua Salsa Band.........................FAL 7pm

Music - Jazz................... Jazz Cat Brunch................ DCAT 10am-1pm Music - Blues,Funk....Big Joe Fitz & The Lo-Fis......... FAL 10am-2pm

Museum..Washington’s B’day Celebration.Knox’ Hdqrts, New Windsor 10am-4pm

Music..................Doug Rogers......Cafe Devine, Callicoon.Noon-2pm Dance - Video...“Nureyev’s Romeo & Juliet”... Cornwall Library,1pm Music - Classical.Newburgh Chamber Ensemble..Ellenville Library 2pm Music - Jazz.....Hudson Valley Jazz Improv Players.. SLGMN 2 7pm Cinema... ...”Treasure Island” Live From Nat’l Theatre..DOWN 7pm Music - Jazz....Jeffery Broussard & The Creole Cowboys........... FAL 7pm

Music - Blues-R&B.....Kirsten Thien, Holly & Evan Band.....FAL 7pm Music...........................Music for Humanity.................. NOBL 7:30pm Comedy..............Teddy Smith, Emma Willmann............... JEST 8pm

Music - Jazz................... Jazz Cat Brunch................ DCAT 10am-1pm Music - Jazz................ ...Pete Levin Quartet............... FAL 10am-2pm Music..................Doug Rogers......Cafe Devine, Callicoon.Noon-2pm Theatre-Music-Poetry....”Harlem Remembered”.................. NFL 2pm Cinema Salon...............”Divide in Concord”......................DVAA 3pm Music - Classical...SUNY Orange Community Orchestra......PT 3pm Music - Spatial....Tisziji Munoz Quartet with John Medeski.FAL 7pm

Fundraiser..First Presbyterian Mission..Mullany’s Pub,Goshen, Noon-4pm

Cinema....... “The Pearl of Death” & selected shorts............ ST 2pm Theatre...Mission Improv-able & SUNY Students.. SUNYO-KH 6pm Music - Indie-AltRock... ....Melissa Ferrick.............................FAL 7pm Music........................... “1964 The Tribute”........................ PT 7:30pm Music................. Midge Ure: Breathe Again Tour........... SLPAC 8pm Theatre -Musical... “Flashdance: The Musical”..................... IKE 8pm Comedy..................Erin Jackson, Joe Larson................... JEST 8pm

Music - Jazz................Randy Brecker Band.............SUNYO-OH 8pm

Music - Jazz................... Jazz Cat Brunch................ DCAT 10am-1pm Music............................ ...Saints of Swing.................. FAL 10am-2pm Music.......Dose Acoustic Sunday..Cafe Devine, Callicoon.Noon-2pm Music Salon....Delaware Valley Chamber Orchestra........DVAA 2pm Music - Classical & Poetry..Trio + “The Romantics” .SUNYO-OH 3pm

Music - Jazz................... Jazz Cat Brunch................ DCAT 10am-1pm Music........... ...Alexis P. Suter & Ministers of Sound.FAL 10am-2pm Music.......Dose Acoustic Sunday..Cafe Devine, Callicoon.Noon-2pm Music - Gospel............ ...”Choral Sunday”............... SUNYO-KH 3pm Theatre - Musical....“Sister Act: The Musical”...................... IKE 3pm

February 2015

Delaware & Hudson CANVAS

canvas category calendar sponsored by Wurtsboro Art Alliance & Wallkill River School

CANVAS cannot be responsible for errors & omissions. Please verify dates and times.

Art exhibits

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

Group Show ��Back Room Gallery, Beacon, ongoing Inscribed Tibetan Prayer Stones ��Tibetan and Himalayan Cultural Center, Walden, ongoing Carolyn Duke Pottery ��Duke Pottery, Tennanah Lake, Roscoe, ongoing Lisa & John Strazza paintings & photography �� Strazza Gallery, Warwick, ongoing David & Joanne Wells Greenbaum pottery, paintings ��BlueStone Studio, Milford, ongoing T.A. Clearwater paintings, pastels, prints ��Clearwater Gallery at Jones Farm, Cornwall, ongoing Jules Medwin outdoor sculpture ��Seligmann Center, Sugar Loaf, ongoing Lana Privitera paintings ��Blazing Bagels Cafe, Montgomery, ongoing Furniture, sculpture, ceramics, woodburnings ��Once A Tree, Cornwall-on-Hudson, ongoing David Nolan “Artist of Excellence” sculptures �� SUNYO-KH thru Feb 5 “Using ‘Water-Sightings’ as the stimulus, what is the process of Conceptualizing & Creating? �� Polly Giorgosian, Jacqueline O’Malley-Satz, Mary Mugele Sealfon SUNYO-OH thru Feb 5 Orange County Arts Council Members art & photography & sculpture �� SUNYO-OH thru Feb 7 4th Annual Pike County Arts and Crafts Exhibit ��ARTery Gallery, Milford, thru Feb 8 Daniel Giordano “Garden of Metamorphosis”, sculptures & wall works �� SUNYO-KH thru Feb 8 Janet Howard-Fatta paintings ��Elant at Goshen, thru Feb 8 Basha Maryanska “City Dreams” paintings ��RiverWinds Gallery, Beacon thru Feb 8 “Decade - BAU10th Anniversary” & Matt Frieburghaus ��BAU Gallery, Beacon thru Feb 8 “An Aberrant View” sculptures, group show �� Ann Street Gallery, Newburgh, thru Feb 14 “Black and White”members group show ��WRS Hallway Gallery, thru Feb 14 Claire Breidenbach, Christopher Manning, Cathleen Parra “Flux” �� CAS thru Feb 15 “Brush with History” group show �� Crawford Gallery of Fine Arts, Pine Bush, thru Feb 18 Angela Basile, Erica Hauser, David Levy, Scott Nelson Foster “American Dream” �� Orange Regional Medical Center, thru Feb 27 Daniel Giordano “Garden of Metamorphosis” sculptures & wall works �� SUNYO-KH thru Feb 28 Chris Kroup paintings on aluminum panel �� Gallery at Chant Realtors, Lords Valley, thru Feb 28 Barbara Zweig “Splurge” ��Cafe Devine, Callicoon, thru Feb 28 Lynn Seeney “Obstructed Memories” mixed media ��Howland Library, Beacon, thru Mar 1 Art and About “Celebration of the Arts Show” River Valley Artists Guild �� Mayor’s Office, Port Jervis City Hall, Wednesdays thru Mar 3 Katarina Riesing “Laws of Sympathy” ��Seligmann Center, Sugar Loaf, thru Mar 14 Joan Standora, Elva Zingaro “Kindred Spirits” Art & About series �� Bon Secours Hospital Cafeteria, Port Jervis, thru Mar 16 Ashlie Blake mixed media �� Caffe ala Mode, Warwick, thru Apr 3 Always Searching” (art rotates throughout the year) Michael Byro, Janet Howard-Fatta, & �� Billie Robson, Craig Wettstein Unitarian Universalist Gallery, Rock Tavern thru Aug 2015 NEW ART EXHIBITS

100/$100 preview ��WRS Feb 1-7 Jerry Michalak �� The Falcon, Marlboro, Feb 7-28 Represented Artists’ Exhibit & Emerging Artists Group Show ��WRS Feb 8-28 Senior Drop-In Group Show ��WRS Feb 8-28 “Figuratively Speaking” 12 artists �� DVAA Feb 7-Mar 14 North East Watercolor Society group show ��SUNYO-OH Feb 9-Mar 25 Dorrie Rifkin “Scapes from New York” ��SUNYO-OH Feb 11-Mar 25 Mitchell Saler paintings �� Elant at Goshen, Feb 9-Mar 2 Denise & Ed Burkhart “Imagine Alpacas” Rolling River Cafe & Gallery, Parksville, Feb 13-Apr 26 Ted Walsh “Paintings”, Lori Adams “FromSmall to Large” ��Beacon Artists Union, Feb 14-Mar 8 “Night” WRS members group show ��WRS Feb 15-Mar 14 Brenda Scott Harburger, Margaret Drake, “Artists of Excellence” sculptures �� SUNYO-KH Feb 17-May 27 “Scholastic Art & Writing Awards” visual & literary arts ��CAS Feb 21-Mar 22 Uncle Tom’s Art Show �� Space Create, Newburgh, Feb 28, 6pm-9pm Esther McHenry “Spring Forward” �� MSM-DC Mar 1-31 Martha Zola “The Newburgh Paintings” �� SUNYO-KH Mar 6-May 21 “ISMS” group show �� Crawford Gallery of Fine Arts, Pine Bush, Mar 7-Apr 1 Ted Walsh “Paintings”, Lori Adams “FromSmall to Large” ��Beacon Artists Union, Feb 14-Mar 8

Photography exhibits

Nick Zungoli “Cuba Exhibit” �� Exposures Gallery, Sugar Loaf, thru Jan 31 Daniel Berehulak “Braving Ebola” ��Fovea Exhibitions, Beacon, thru Feb 8 Markie Baylash “My Heroes Have Always Been Strong Women” �� Howland Library, Beacon, thru Mar 8 NEW photography EXHIBITS

Kathleen Downey “Classy Camera Clicks” �� Newburgh Brewing Company, Feb 1-Mar 31 Richard Hirschman “Slice of Life” ��Karpeles Museum, Newburgh, Feb 5-Mar 29 18

Delaware & Hudson CANVAS

February 2015

ART & Photography receptions

Daniel Giordano “Garden of Metamorphosis”, sculptures & wall works �� SUNYO-KH Jan 31, 4pm-8pm Jonathan Beer ”Hero Tales” �� Space Create, Newburgh, Jan 31, 6pm-10pm “Figuratively Speaking” 12 artists ��DVAA Feb 7, 2pm-4pm Orange County Arts Council Members closing reception �� SUNYO-OH Feb 7, 4pm-7pm Kathleen Downey “Classy Camera Clicks” �� Newburgh Brewing Company, Feb 7, 3pm-6pm Jerry Michalak ��The Falcon, Marlboro, Feb 7, 4pm $100/$100 preview ��WRS Feb 7, 5pm-7pm North East Watercolor Society group show, Dorrie Rifkin “Scapes from New York” �� SUNYO-OH Feb 14, 1pm-4:15pm. demo at 2:30pm Lynn Seeney mixed media, Markie Baylash photos ��Howland Library, Beacon, Feb 14, 5pm-7pm Ted Walsh “Paintings”, Lori Adams “FromSmall to Large” Beacon Artists Union, Feb 14, 6pm-9pm “Scholastic Art & Writing Awards” visual & literary arts ��CAS Feb 21, 3pm-5pm Represented Artists’ Exhibit ��WRS Feb. 21, 5pm-7pm Uncle Tom’s Art Show �� Space Create, Newburgh, Feb 28, 6pm-9pm Esther McHenry “Spring Forward” �� MSM-DC Mar 1, 1pm-3pm Martha Zola “The Newburgh Paintings” ��SUNYO-KH Mar 6, 5pm-7pm “ISMS” group show ��Crawford Gallery of Fine Arts, Pine Bush, Mar 7, 5pm-7pm

Schools & Conservatories

New Windsor School (NECSD), Grades K-5 ��Artology Gallery, New Windsor, thru Feb 21 “My Point of View” Liberty HS Students, photography ��Liberty Library, thru Feb 28 Orange County HS Students Annual Art Show ��Galleria Mall, Middletown, Feb 28, 10am-5pm

DEMOS

Mary Mugele Sealfon Pastel Portraits ��Warwick Senior Center, Feb 1, 1:30pm Glass Blowing Demos �� Gillinder Glass, Port Jervis, Feb 7, 10am-2:30pm Dorrie Rifkin “Psiont theTownRed (ior Raspberry or Rose ro Ruby): Compose, Draw & Paint �� SUNYO-OH Feb 14, 2:30pm “Gaggle of Artists” a gaggle of art mediums �� WRS Feb 21, 5pm

books - Discussions/Readings /siGNings

Book Lover’s Club �� Greenwood Lake Library, 4th Tuesday, 7pm Mystery Thriller & Crime Book Group �� Jeffersonville Library, 2nd Wednesday, 6:30pm Book Discussion Group ��Narrowsburg Library, 3rd Friday, 4:00pm “The Other Story” by Tatiana de Rosnay ��Cornwall Library, Feb 4, 7pm Maria Blon “Living Passionately” ��Orange County Choppers Cafe, Newburgh, Feb 7, 1pm-4pm Ronnie Coffey “Constitution Island” ��Cornwall Presbyterian Church, Feb 10, 7:30pm “The Secret Wisdom of the Earth” by Chris Scotten ��Newburgh Library, Feb 24, 2pm “How To Be an American Housewife” by Margaret Dilloway ��Cornwall Library, Feb 26, 7pm Great Books Discussion �� Newburgh Library, Feb 27, 11:30am Gregory Newson “Uncle T and the Uppity Spy” �� Space Create, Newburgh, Feb 28, 6pm-9pm

children & Teens Calendar

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

Cinema

Teen Movie Night grades 5-12 �� Greenwood Lake Library, Tuesdays, 6pm FREE Family Matinee �� Jeffersonville Library, Feb 7, 10:30am FREE Family Movie for Library Day ��Crawford Library, Monticello, Feb 7, 2:30pm FREE entertainment

Storytelling: Black Dirt Guild “Favorite Family Classics” �� Florida Library, Jan 31, 2pm FREE ZipZap Circus �� Ritz Theatre, Newburgh, Feb 18, 5:30pm FREE Museums

Meet the Animal of the Week ��HHNM-CoH Saturdays & Sundays, 1pm & 2:30pm Washington’s Birthday Celebration ��New Windsor Cantonment, Feb 14 & 16, 10am-4pm FREE Washington’s Birthday Celeb. �� Washington’s Hdqrtrs, Newburgh, Feb 14,15,16, Noon-4pm FREE Eco-Zone ��PEEC Feb 21, 1pm-4pm recreation & Lectures - see also lectures on page 18

Teen Painting Drop-in ��Wallkill River School, Montgomery, Saturdays, 1pm “Marvelous Moths” ��HHNM-CoH Saturdays & Sundays, 10am-4pm “Owl Prowl” �� HHNM-CoH Feb 6, 7pm & HHNM Feb 7, 7pm “Snow Flakes and Ice: Nature’s Work of Art” Megan Hoffman ��HHNM Feb 7, 10am Winter Festival ��United Methodist Church, Dingmans Ferry, Feb 8, Noon-3pm FREE “Lovey-Dovey” Doves ��HHNM Feb 14, 10am & 11:30am “Secret Lives of Venomous Snakes” ��HHNM-CoH Feb 21, 10am Maple Sugar Tours �� HHNM Feb 28, 10:30am-3pm

High School Musicians Guest with Community Orchestra

Flashdance: The Musical

Local high school play Morceau de Concert musicians Olivia por Cor, Op. 94, by Camille McCartney and Brianna Saint-Saëns. Reed will perform with Orchestra conductor the SUNY Orange Dr. Hilarie Clark Moore Community Orchestra for freelances on the French its annual winter concert. horn with the Hudson A senior at Newburgh Opera Theatre, the Greater Free Academy, McCartney Newburgh Symphony, has been playing the oboe Classic Choral Society, and since fourth grade and at other venues. She teaches studies with Dr. Joel French horn, piano and music Olivia McCartney, Dr. Hilarie Clark Moore, & Brianna Reed Evans. She plays in NFA’s theory privately. wind ensemble as well as In addition to the Mozart and This past summer, Reed had the SUNY New Paltz’s Youth Orchestra and opportunity to work with musicians from Saint-Saëns concerti, the afternoon program SUNY Ulster’s Wind Ensemble. the Philadelphia Symphony Orchestra in the will also feature Enescu’s Romanian McCartney has participated in multiple New York State Summer School of the Arts’ Rhapsody, No. 1, Debussy’s Nocturnes and All-County music festivals since elementary School of the Orchestral Studies program. Rimsky-Korsakov’s Capriccio Espagnol. school and recently played principal oboe Since 2011, she has played in the horn The concert takes place in the Paramount in both the Area All-State and All-State section of the SUNY Orange Community Theatre, 17 South Street in Middletown symphony orchestra festivals. In April, she Orchestra, and has been a member of the on February 22 at 3:00pm. Active duty will have the honor of being first oboe in SUNY Orange Chamber Ensemble since military personnel and SUNY Orange the All-Eastern band. students admitted free. 2012. Reed, a senior at Valley Central High Snow date for the concert is March 1 at The two talented young musicians earned School, has been playing French horn since the chance to solo by virtue of winning 3:00pm. she was 8 years old. Currently, she studies the orchestra’s 13th annual Concerto/Aria For additional information on the concert with Drew Mangus of the West Point Contest, which is designed to provide a or the orchestra, contact the SUNY Orange Band. Reed has attended several music featured musical performance opportunity Arts and Communication Department at festivals including the All-State Conference for outstanding young instrumentalists and 845-341-4787. of 2014 in Rochester. She has played in All- vocalists from within Orange County. The Paramount Theatre is universally County music festivals and was first chair McCartney will perform the second accessible. Parking is available across the in the Area All-State Wind Ensemble in movement of Mozart’s Concerto in C street and in the Municipal parking lot, off each of the past two years. Major for Oboe, K-314 while Reed will of Main Street.

The pop culture phenomenon of Flashdance is now live on stage! With electrifying dance at its core, Flashdance - The Musical tells the inspiring and unforgettable story of Alex Owens, a Pittsburgh steel mill welder by day and a bar dancer by night with dreams of one day becoming a professional performer. When romance with her steel mill boss threatens to complicate her ambitions, Alex learns the meaning of love and its power to fuel the pursuit of her dream. Flashdance - The Musical features a score that includes the biggest hit songs from the movie, including the Academy Award®winning title song Flashdance - What A Feeling, Maniac, Gloria, Manhunt and I Love Rock & Roll. In addition to these hits, 16 brand new songs have been written for the musical with music by Robbie Roth and lyrics by Robert Cary and Roth. See Flashdance - The Musical at Eisenhower Hall, West Point on February 28 at 8:00pm. For tickets, visit www.ikehall.com or call the Box Office at 845-938-4159.

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Effervescent, Energetic, Rollicking, Sophisticated, Complex, Confident, Exuberant, Passionate, Rousing, Sparkling: Jazz Saxophonist Ada Rovatti at SUNY-Orange by Philip Ehrensaft

Effervescent, energetic, rollicking, sophisticated, complex, confident, exuberant, passionate, rousing and sparkling are tags that AllMusic.com assigns to the rising-star jazz saxophonist Ada Rovatti. After the young Italian classical pianist turned her energies towards jazz, she won a scholarship to Boston’s topnotch Berklee College of Music in 1992. After Berklee, Rovatti headed to Europe’s jazz capital, Paris, but decided to take the ultimate Darwinian challenge: testing her mettle in the Big Apple. Rovatti passed that test with more than flying colors. Mid-Hudson jazz fans will hear why at 8:00pm on February 13, when she brings her Ada Rovatti Band to SUNY’s Orange Hall in Middletown. Her first albums as a leader were both released in 2003: the “post-bop” Under The Hat, and her jazz fusion band Elephunk’s For Rent. Under The Hat received high praise from the jazz press. If, like me, you dig Miles Davis’ fusion of jazz and rock, Elephunk is just your cup of tea. 2003 was also a very good year for Rovatti as the saxophonist on trumpeter Randy Brecker’s 34th n’ Lex album, which won the Grammy award for best contemporary jazz album. Brecker is on most everybody’s short list of top living jazz trumpeters. Rovatti

and Brecker were married merger of Celtic music and in 2001, and are one of jazz. And what could be NYC’s unofficial royal jazz more natural than a nice couples. Italian girl composing jazz But make no mistake tunes using Celtic music? in thinking that Rovatti is Disguise, Rovatti’s on stage with Brecker out newestalbum,demonstrates of mere family loyalty: in how and why younger jazz September, 2011, Randy musicians in the Big Apple brought The Brecker are driving an unexpected Brothers Reunion Band to but most welcome jazz the iconic Blue Note jazz Ada Rovatti’s “Disguise” album cover renaissance. Opportunities club, with one change in personnel: Rovatti to perform jazz, “America’s classical music,” replaced his brother, the late sax virtuoso were drying up. Younger musicians streaming Michael Brecker. Jazz Times journalist Russ out of jazz departments are determined not to Davis’ review of the gig stated unequivocally let this happen. Most avoid the culture wars that “Ada Rovatti was certainly more than between hard boppers and avant-gardists holding her own on stage, her album The Green that raged from the 60’s through the 80’s. Factor was one of my personal top ten of that Mostly they’re playing bop that’s learned a year and with more work on that level she’ll lot from the avant garde, and world music as be considered one of the great, innovative well. Many are enthusiastic about playing a saxophonists and composers around.” wide spectrum of jazz styles, from straightIn one bio-statement, Rovatti good- ahead through way-out. It all depends on the naturedly declares herself to be a sax player, project. mom, composer, wife and baker, in no If you want to hear a prime example of this particular order. I suspect that this statement jazz renaissance, catch Rosatti’s gig at Orange is literally true: Rovatti strikes me as the kind Hall on February 13. She will also conduct an of person who does everything well and with master class, Women in Professional Jazz, in great care. Orange Hall on the same day at 11:00am. Rovatti’s energy, dedication and joie de vivre SUNY Orange Hall is located on the corner shine in her two most recent albums. Rovatti’s of Grandview and Wawayanda Avenues 2007 Green Factory album title refers to her For information, call 845-341-4891.

Make Adobe, Not Wood

Laura standing tall and proud in front of a super-adobe structure under construction

Learn about the growing field of green, alternative architecture at a lecture entitled, At Home in Our Earth: An Array of Eco-Friendly Architecture with an Emphasis on Super-Adobe. Laura Smith, a certified builder of Dome and Vault Super-Adobe, will explain the process and construction of super-adobe as well as several green alternatives during the program. Adobe structures are desirable for numerous reasons from their green advantages to their beautiful designs. Especially in arid climates, creating an earth house is less expensive than building a post and beam house of the same dimensions, and the thick walls and high thermal mass of adobe keep the homes cool in the summer. “They can be lived in all year round for hundreds of years, be made from materials easily available on site, and require less technical knowledge to be constructed,” according to Smith. 20

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Green, alternative architecture: A completed super-adobe structure

In addition to the explanation about adobe and super-adobe, Smith will give an overview of other types of alternative, green architecture presently available, including earthships, cob, rammed earth, tiny houses, straw bale, low impact homes, yurts, log and timber frame. Originally from Warwick, Laura Smith is a graduate of Cal-Earth Institute of Art and Architecture and Alfred University. Slated to start at 7:00pm on February 5 in the Rowley Center for Science & Engineering at SUNY Orange in Middletown near the corner of East Conkling and Wawayanda Avenues in Middletown, the presentation is geared at fostering a greater awareness of green architecture practices. The lecture is free and open to the public. For information, visit www.sunyorange.edu/ culturalaffairs or call 845-341-4891.

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ZZ Circus in Newburgh

Safe Harbors of the Hudson is proud to partner with Zip Zap Circus as they work together to bring transformative change to the community through the performing arts. Since its founding in 1992 in Cape Town, South Africa, the Zip Zap School of Circus Arts for Social Change has used the magic of circus to inspire young people and help build a new culture of peaceful coexistence in South Africa. In 2006, friends and supporters of Zip Zap in the U.S. created Zip Zap Circus USA, Inc., a charitable organization run entirely by volunteers dedicated to supporting and conducting training in circus arts and performance as a powerful tool for social transformation, youth empowerment, team building and community uplift. Since then, Zip Zap has worked extensively with middle school students in underserved communities in Washington, DC and the New York area. On February 18, Zip Zap Circus will be conducting a workshop with students at Newburgh Preparatory Charter School during the day and later performing in the Lobby at the Ritz (107 Broadway, Newburgh) at 5:30pm. Free admission. Donations are welcome.

Make Fleece, Not Wool

Imagine Alpacas! is a small farm in Jeffersonville. They develop high end, quality alpacas, mostly in the darker color ranges of brown, black and grey, and create quality alpaca products. How did owners, Denise and Ed Burkart, a registered nurse and electrician, who were born and bred in New York City become alpaca farmers? After visiting an alpaca farm during a weekend getaway at a B&B in Sullivan County, Ed spoke to the owner, while Denise shopped their products store. “We learned that these curious animals get sheared once a year and produce better than cashmere fiber. Spinners and knitters as well as designers like Eileen Fisher have experienced this wonderful fleece and have found a myriad of ways to utilize it.” Fleece that is hypoallergenic, warmer than wool and softer than cashmere; fiber with eco-friendly products that are combined with other natural fibers such as vegetable, bamboo, seed, leaf,

fruit and stalk fibers for clothing, rugs, etc. “Felting has been done for thousands of years. There are many ways to felt fiber. The two styles we are showing in the exhibit are needle felting and wet felting. “Needle felting is a way of felting fabric by repeatedly stabbing dry carded fleece into a base fabric using a very sharp barbed needle, thereby interlocking the fibers until they bond together.” Wet felting: warm soapy water is applied to layers of animal hairs placed at 90 degree angles to one another. Repeated agitation and compression causes the fibres to hook together into a single piece of fabric. Ed and Denise will exhibit many of their alpaca products at Rolling River Café Gallery, 25 Cooley Road, Parksville, from February 13-April 26. “Alpacas are gentle animals... bred with labors of love and they return to us a lifestyle of opportunities.” For info: 845-747-4123.

DVAA: “Figuratively Speaking”

The human figure is one of Sellenraad’s oil painting of a the most enduring themes in reclining nude, as well as nonthe visual arts. It has been a traditional works, such as Art principal subject of Western art Murphy’s photographic pairing since the Renaissance, as artists of a 400-million-year-old fossil look outward at others, or back and a glove display hand. at themselves for self-portraits. There are beautifully drawn Contemporary artists continue portraits, as well as referential to draw inspiration from the photographs, collages, and human body as a way to explore sculptures. human emotions, physicality, “Scale is also an important relationships, and indeed the element in this show,” explained human soul. Figural art is an Pinciotti. There is a small integral part of mankind’s sketchbook titled Riders on ongoing reflection on who we “Walled Garden Memory” the A Train by Dale Emmart, by Matt Nolen are. as well as a 32” x 32” x 80” tall Alliance Gallery kicks off the 2015 gallery sculpture titled Three Buddhas by Nancy season with a group exhibition of 13 artworks Lew Lee. depicting the individual human form titled The exhibition, which Pinciotti curates Figuratively Speaking. The exhibit opens on from applicants for solo exhibitions, February 7, with a reception from 2:00pm- showcases many artists new to the Alliance 4:00pm, and will be on view thru March 14. Gallery, including Barbara Listenik, Hanna “This show covers an eclectic use of the Marritz, June Moss, Art Murphy, Matt Nolen, figure as its subject matter, as well as an and Paul Plumadore. Other artists in the assortment of mediums to create the work,” exhibition include Theresa DeSalvo, Dale states gallery director Rocky Pinciotti, who Emmart, David Lenthall, Nancy Lew Lee, also curated the show. “The thread running Allan Rubin, Carmine Santaniello, and Johan through the show is the human body, but it is Sellenraad. a very loose thread.” Alliance Gallery is located at the Delaware The exhibit is comprised of traditional Arts Center, 37 Main Street, Narrowsburg. representations of the body, such as Johan For more information call 845-252-7576.

Chocolate SALE!

All of your chocolate wishes can come true at the Neversink Valley Museum’s Valentine’s Day Chocolate Dessert Social on February 14, 1:00pm-4:00pm. Many delicious varieties of chocolate and other desserts will be offered. Choose three irresistible desserts for $5; beverages are free. Takeout available. The Museum, at 26 Hoag Road off route 209 in Cuddebackville, will offer fresh chocolate candies and other sweet treats bundled in festive Valentine’s Day packages for sale. And because every holiday deserves chocolate, they’ll have a 26-inch, 7-pound chocolate Easter bunny to raffle off (to be delivered in time for Easter). Raffle tickets are $5 each, 3 tickets for $10. Selections of reasonably priced gift items are also for sale for all of your favorite sweethearts! This event is to raise funds for the Museum and its education programs, which include outreach programs for schools, lecture series, film screenings and more. For more information call 845-754-8870.

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Artology & Community Involvement

Every Lunar New Year’s Day, tiger paintings are placed on Korean homes so they have a good year and happiness is brought to the family. Artology Studio is having a Chinese/Lunar New Year’s Celebration in the form of Tiger Painting Workshops led by artist Sunwha Gil. Adults and children (age 8 and up) will learn how to use a bamboo brush to paint a tiger and the Chinese characters used to greet the New Year. “Workshops are at 12:30pm and 2:30pm on February 22,” announced Artology owner Jamie Taylor. “And I am still coordinating the Artology/Adams Fundraising Campaign for breast cancer. Adams Fairacre Farms in Newburgh has invited us to work with them to raise money for breast cancer research. Beginning with November 2014 the work of a different local artist is featured at Adams. The artwork is displayed on the left wall just

Student artwork photos courtesy of Rachel Weidkam

inside the front entrance (near produce!). “All participating artists have agreed to donate 50% of the selling price of each artwork sold in this campaign to breast cancer research which includes the Susan G. Komen foundation,” concluded Jamie. Some of the participating artists for the Artology/Adams Breast Cancer Research Fundraising Campaign, include Rachel Weidkam, Sunwha Gil, Judy Winter, Colleen McGowan, Linda Fay, Enid Herrmann, Kat Strickland, and Jamie, herself. Weidkam’s art students in grades K-5 from the New Windsor School in the Newburgh Enlarged City School District have their artwork displayed in the Artology Gallery until February 21. Artology Studio is located at 318 Blooming Grove Turnpike in New Windsor. For information, visit www. artologystudio.org or call Jamie at 845-391-8686.

“Kindred Spirits” in Port Jervis

messages to the eye and heart. Art and About, sponsored by She finds inspiration from the Port Jervis Council for the storms she sees on I-84. Pulling Arts, will present Kindred Spirits, off at the mountain-top rest (text) an exhibit of works by Joan area, she takes pictures and then Standora and Elva Zingaro creates paintings of gray skies at Bon Secours Community and gathering clouds. Currently, Hospital’s cafeteria. This is a she is a student of painter Jerry two-person show with artworks Weiss at the Art Students League these two members of the River in New York City. Valley Artists Guild (RVAG), Elva Zingaro is a retired an accomplished professional teacher turned full time artist. group of more than fifty artists When asked why she paints, who show throughout the region “Because I must! Art brings joy of Port Jervis and beyond. This is the second Art and “Wind Stream” by J. Standora to my life and fills my heart and soul with peace!” Elva About show at Bon looks at a scene and tries Secours. Included in to capture the beauty of the exhibit are works realism together with the created by the two pure emotion of nature’s talented local artists handiwork. Her thickly who have mastered the painted, impressionistic art of creating art based seascapes and on local scenes! landscapes express the Joan Standora is a power of nature. Ph.D. psychologist who Kindred Spirits can has worked for many “Winter Landscape” by E. Zingaro be seen through March years originally as an art therapist in an addiction treatment center. 16 in the hospital’s first floor cafeteria, 160 She holds a Masters degree in Art Education. East Main Street, Port Jervis. For information, call Amy Moore at 845Now, she has returned to oil painting, enjoying the expression of non-verbal but meaningful 858-7162 or Susan Miiller at 845-856-3764.

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The Irish Step Into Sugar Loaf !

A history that has become a wellchronicled story: A country reared on hardship, famine, oppression, and the misty gloom of struggle. But today’s Ireland has a lively buzz about it. Gaelic appears on every road sign. And music is once more in the air. The Irish have risen up, dusted themselves off, and have come back home to themselves. Rhythm of the Dance celebrates this renewed vigor in Irish culture, embracing the traditional and the current. The National Dance Company of Ireland’s performers are not only an assemblage of beautiful Irish lassies, and handsome Irish lads, sporting colorful Celtic-themed costumes, tapping and stomping out century-old beats - they are also a special collection of incredible young Irish dancers, singers, and musicians. A crowd favorite, one of the company dancers, a star in her own right, specializes in the ancient Sean Nos Dance style. And along with powerful and moving songs of celebration and hope, performed by The Young Irish Tenors (soon to have their own American Public Television special), all the music in the live show, as well as in

the special, is performed live on stage by musicians, who play on rare and haunting musical instruments throughout the show, like the Celtic Bouzouki, the Cittern, the Octave mandolin, the melodeon (Irish accordion), Tea whistle and Pennywhistle flutes, century-old harps, banjos, fiddles, guitars and various hand drums. To date, The National Dance Company, along with The Young Irish Tenors, have performed Rhythm of the Dance to standing ovations in front of over 4.8 million people in 59 countries. They perform at the Sugar Loaf Performing Arts Center, 1351 Kings Highway, Sugar Loaf, on March 4 at 7:30pm. This show will feature a live band, three tenors and some 22 dancers! Tickets are on sale at the box office, by phone 1-800-745-3000 or online at Ticketmaster.com

DVAA’s New Online Exhibition Space

Delaware Valley Arts the artist directly. There is Alliance (DVAA) is no entry fee. launching a new online “The artwork will be gallery space for 2015 exhibited electronically named the Bgallery. and will also have a “Building upon our physical presence at the established physical DVAA in the form of a spaces, Alliance & Loft computer monitor that Galleries,” says Gallery will always be on view Phyllis Bilick, curator of B Gallery Director Rocky Pinciotti, with a slide show of the “the Bgallery is an electronic web based gallery selected works. The Bgallery exhibitions will which will host curated exhibitions, themed change a number of times throughout the year. exhibitions, and invitational exhibitions. It will “Overseen by site director Phyllis Bilick, also be a forum to feature single bodies of work, the first themed Bgallery exhibition with works as well as challenging concepts and ideas. where color is an essential factor, is titled The “The purpose of the Bgallery is to have a Impact of Color, and opens February 7, 2:00pmcuratorial dialog where artists worldwide submit 4:00pm, coinciding with opening receptions for purely to be part of the selected discussion by the Alliance and Loft Galleries.” using their images/artwork. Artists’ contact Free and open to the public, the DVAA is at 37 information will be included on the site and Main Street, Narrowsburg. people interested in the art or the artist can contact For more information call 845-252-7576.

“Swing The Dautaj” for Steve’s Birthday

Swing the Dautaj is the theme for Hudson Valley Jazz Festival producer Steve Rubin’s (upper left photo) birthday celebration. (Joe Tranchina lower left). Steve’s “New Original” Hudson Valley Jazz Ensemble will groove in for his milestone and for your listening pleasure on February 20 at 8:00pm at the old original Dautaj, 36 Oakland Avenue in Warwick. Phone 845-986-3666 for more information.

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The Hudson Valley Jazz Ensemble

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Look Ma, No Amps! Get a Devine Dose of Music in Callicoon

CANVAS readers know Renaissance woman Ramona Jan from her many accomplishments such as her marionette performances and the Yarnslingers’ monthly storytelling events. A suburban teenager from Livingston, NJ, Ramona would sneak into Manhattan, unbeknownst to her parents, to play guitar and sing on the streets. She became a seasoned street busker when she toured Europe with Venus Flytrap. She is also an actress: The Kook (2011) and HGTV Design Star (2006) among others, a recycling artist, a recording engineer, a songwriter and past performer for 80s bands including Dizzy And The Romilars, Nasty Facts and the all-girl group Venus Fly Trap. She has released a CD as Jan-Turan with her husband Andre Turan. Andre Turan has been recognized by Guinness World Records, The Book of Alternative Records and Record Setter for his accomplishments in fitness by setting over a dozen world records. His amazing skill and triumphs along with his innovations in internet training have dubbed him The Workout Wizard. Andre is currently a personal and group trainer and diet counsellor locally, and globally online, and “if you, or someone you know, have ever been interested in learning how to sing with ease and power, please visit my website and click on VOCAL

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FITNESS. This program is fantastic for beginner to advanced singers and is great for boosting fitness and self-esteem in teenagers,” he says. www.workoutwizard.net In 1992, Andre Turan, moved from New York to Budapest, Hungary where he joined the band Ladybird’s Bite. The trio developed a new electro/ techno hard rock sound with their inventive Andre Turan & Ramona Jan will leave their amps at home for their new Callicoon series. Photo by Jonathan Charles Fox guitar style, powerful and diverse vocals and visionary electronic Acoustic Sundays mixing. completely “Our group is called Dose,” said Ramona. unplugged music “Besides the obvious double meaning (no - no PA system, pun intended) of Dose, (Spanish for the on the first and number 2 and English for a dose of medicine second Sundays of or music), Andre’s lucky number was always the month,” said 222. Plus we are a married couple and we Ramona. “And try to make our band sound full with just the Doug Rogers two of us. (soloist and “Dose recently performed at the Folk accordion player) Doug Rogers Fest For Felines & Dogs at the Catskill will perform on the Distilling Company in December 2014 (see third and fourth Sundays.” photo) and now Café Devine owner Patti The Acoustic Sunday series starts at Noon Devine has asked us to do performances on and goes until 2:00pm at Café Devine, 33 Sundays in the RiverSpace room. Lower Main Street in Callicoon. “We are starting something called For more information: 845-887-3076.

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Art by McHenry

“D.I.Y Tools” by Esther McHenry

“Teaching new painters refreshes my passion for painting.” So says Esther McHenry who graduated from Pratt with a degree in art teacher education, and has continued studies with master painters in New York and New Jersey. She taught in New York City schools and in New Jersey, and now teaches at Mount Saint Mary College’s Desmond Campus. Her paintings are in private, institutional and corporate collections in the U.S. and Canada. Spring Forward is an exhibit of McHenry’s work being shown at the campus March 1-31. The reception is on March 1 from 1:00pm3:00pm, at 6 Albany Post Road in Newburgh. Esther will begin teaching her spring oil painting class at Desmond beginning April 13, from 6:30pm-8:30pm. Call 845-565-2076 for viewing hours. And be sure to pick up a brochure of the college’s Adult Enrichment programs.

Oscar Losers at Desmond Campus

Dunne & Grant in “The Awful Truth”

Validating that most times Oscars are NOT awarded for great comedic performances, i.e., (Jack Lemmon: Some Like it Hot, Marie Dressler: Dinner at Eight, Martha Raye: Monsieur Verdoux, or Cary Grant in any film, each of the following contains four dramatic roles and one comedy performance. The 1937 nominees for Best Actress were: Luise Rainer – The Good Earth Irene Dunne – The Awful Truth Greta Garbo – Camille Janet Gaynor – A Star Is Born Barbara Stanwyck – Stella Dallas

The 1941 nominees for Best Actress were: Ginger Rogers – Kitty Foyle Bette Davis – The Letter Joan Fontaine – Rebecca Katharine Hepburn – The Philadelphia Story Martha Scott – Our Town

Grant & Hepburn in “The Philadelphia Story”

...and the losers were: Two fantastic comedic performances that have become classics in film history. Revel in great acting as Irene Dunne brilliantly and sleazingly performs the song My Dreams are Gone With the Wind while Cary Grant looks askance, and re-view Katharine Hepburn looking bewildered after Cary Grant face-palms her and pushes her to the floor in a film that includes other great comedic performances by James Stewart, Ruth Hussey and Mary Nash. Early birds catch the laughs at 9:30am on February 12 and 24 respectively, at Desmond Campus of Mount St. Mary College, 6 Albany Post Road in Newburgh. For information, call 845-565-2076. Be sure to pick up a seasonal brochure!

Is Your Epidermis Showing?

by J. A. Di Bello The skin lives, grows and breaths, and thus qualifies as the largest organ of the human body. Also, quite conveniently, it is the first to provide an external signal if there is an internal issue or developing illness. As an early warning system, the skin functions well, and in that capacity, the epidermis deserves the finest of care, maintenance and attention. A familiar fairytale couplet assumes a not so rhetorical question: “Mirror, Mirror on the wall, who is the fairest one of all?” To continue the allusion, waiting for Prince Charming to arrive with a tender kiss, is not a reasonable option. In the fall of the year just passed, Linda Johnson joined the prestigious group of Montgomery businesses with the opening of her skin care practice, Facescapes. As a licensed and certified Esthetician, Ms. Johnson is also certified in Oncology Esthetics. Through her practice in Montgomery, she offers customized facials, waxing, individualized makeup and natural holistic skincare. Educated at the Capri Cosmetology Learning Center, Linda learned the process of skin analysis and the procedures utilized to identify and treat various skin conditions i.e., oily, dry, wrinkles, rosacea, sun damage, eczema, dermatitis and more. Experience and training has demonstrated to Linda that only pure, organic products used in a holistic customized approach to an individual’s

skin condition have “produced unsurpassable results...” Further, Ms. Johnson’s selection of naturally prepared products utilizes whole, raw ingredients that focus on “delivering maximum results.” Aside from the fact that skin care is an effective function of an adequate health care plan, it serves well as a process to improve or maintain an attractive image. Innumerable studies and observations have demonstrated repeatedly the causal relationship between attractiveness and self-confidence as reflected by achievement productivity and aspiration. “See the pretty girl in that mirror there.” Who didn’t understand those lyrics and the extent of the young lady’s amorous aspirations? It is timely to consider the celebration of St. Valentine and the modest yet current romantic expectations of those with partners, spouses and significant others. In that light, and considering Johnson’s objectives at Facescapes, she will be offering a complementary makeup application with a customized facial, during the fervent, frenzied and somehow amorous month of February. It’s a short one, so promptness matters. And if you’re to be one of the fairytale’s fabled seven, you know who not to be. Your Epidermis is Showing. Facescapes is located at 2-4 Union Street, Montgomery, 845-629-9698.

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The History of Chinese Immigration

Hey Kids, It’s FREE!

the famous architect, The Learn at Your and Ah Wang, famous Library lecture series inventor of the memory at the Greenwood chip for computers and Lake Public Library the founder of Wang presents Paper Angels: Corporation. The History of Chinese Also discussed will Immigration with be the rise of antiJeffrey S. Dosik, Chinese laborers Asian sentiment in the Librarian and National Park Service Ranger for the Statute of Liberty nineteenth century American West, based on Monument and Ellis Island, on February 17 racist and economic factors, which led to the passage of the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882 from 6:30pm-8:30pm. The program explores the history and - the first anti-immigration law to be passed in contributions of the Chinese in America American history. The Library is located at 79 Waterstone Road from the mid-nineteenth century California Gold Rush to the early twenty-first century, in Greenwood Lake. Registration is required in the fields of mining, railroad building, the for this free ADULT program either in person Chinese hand laundry, the Chinese restaurant, or by telephone at 845-477-8377 ext. 101. Seating is limited; early registration and their work as domestic servants, as well as the work of the Chinese immigrants, IM Pei, suggested.

Climb into a bald eagle’s nest, crawl into a bat cave, and dig in a fossil pit! Pocono Environmental Education Center’s (PEEC) EcoZone Exploration & Discovery Room offers the opportunity to explore nature’s inaccessible places on a life-sized scale. Explore an indoor discovery room and enjoy hands-on exhibits on natural history, sustainability and the local environment. The PEEC is located within the 77,000 acre Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area, along the Delaware River at 538 Emery Road in Dingmans Ferry, PA. Admission is FREE on February 21 from 1:00pm-4:00pm and no registration is required. For information, visit www.peec.org, or call the PEEC at 570-828-2319.

and folklore of the world’s many cultures.” For the new 2014-2015 series, Folino, has started Readers Theater programs to read plays aloud. On February 12 at 7:30pm the program is short plays. “The general public is invited to listen and to participate in the reading if they would like,” said Principal Library Clerk Martha Sullivan. Admission is free at 4 Cohen Circle. Phone 845-651-7659.

The Palisades Interstate Park Commission’s Washington’s Birthday Celebration includes blacksmithing and medical demonstrations and other aspects of daily life, musket and cannon firing, and a fun opportunity for kids to enlist in the Continental Army, drill with wooden muskets and get paid in Continental currency at the New Windsor Cantonment,

Free Fun for February in Florida

Florida Public Library (FPL) provides many programs throughout the year to enjoy different kinds of Spoken Word performances and events. “All programs offer opportunities for celebrating the spoken word,” says Library Director Madelyn Folino, “whether in original work, that of great authors, or from the unsung, unknown poets and storytellers whose work forms the bedrock myths, epics

SHO P W A L D E N!

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Hey Teens, It’s FREE!

Are you in 7th grade or older and love to read and enjoy competition? Consider joining a Battle of the Books team! Battle of the Books is a reading competition for teens entering grades 7-12. Participants in the Ramapo Catskill Library System (RCLS) program read 8 pre-selected books, and then participate in trivia competitions at the regional battle, which is usually in September. Not sure you’re ready for a regional competition against other libraries in RCLS? Join the Sullivan County wide battle which will be held on April 11. It is based on five pre-selected books, and is great for first time participants. Join the team and help defend the title as Sullivan County Champions! The Crawford Public Library is located at 393 Broadway, Monticello. 845-794-4660.

Hey Families, It’s FREE!

on February 14 and 16. Everyone is also invited to tour Knox’s Headquarters in Vails Gate on February 15, with cannon firings throughout the day. Take advantage of the free admission to both of these historic sites which are open 10:00am-4:00pm. For information: 845-561-1765, ext. 22.

Meet and Remember: A Pink Carnation and a Pickup Truck As a compact, condensed notch on the calendar, February delivers a variety of events and commemorations, each diverse and memorable. The month is blunt; it’s abbreviated; it comes and goes as a day barely born. Under the sign of Aquarius, audiences consisting of incurable romantics, nostalgic musicologists, military and presidential historians, as well as those who plainly seek ceaseless thrill and grand spectacle, sit tight with anticipation as February magically, meticulously unfurls. Revealed are commemorative holidays celebrating the birthdays of two remarkable Presidents: Washington and Lincoln. But also find a Super Bowl, the big Daytona, the raising of the Stars and Stripes at Iwo and the “Day the Music Died.” And of course what would February observances be without Mardi Gras and Carnival? But there remains, all know, one more biggy: Saint Valentine’s Day on the 14th. Recently, Tess Gerritsen, crime novelist and author of 25 novels, spoke with music critic Marc Myers. Her memories bring to the surface the February celebration of a proclaimed Saint, Saint Valentine, a martyr known to most as the patron saint of love and marriage.

Her memory was of a compelling romance and a love that consumed her youth. Unfortunately (or fortunately when the results are considered) the love was one-sided, a dead-end affair. Through the ages, unrequited love remains an inspiration for bold creativity in the form of poetry, music and the visual arts, causing as in the case of Tess Gerritsen, an emotional identification with the subject and lyrics of Don McLean’s Vincent. She states emphatically, “My boyfriend had told me he had no interest in getting married. I was in love with him and felt thoroughly rejected. The lines that touched me most were: ‘Now I understand / What you tried to say to me / And how you suffered for your sanity...’ I had suffered for my sanity.” Those sorrowful words extracted from Vincent were penned by Hudson River advocate, Don McLean, of New Rochelle. He initially wrote the lyrics for Vincent, also known as Starry, Starry Night, as a poem in the fall of 1970, while he was working for the Berkshire School District.

As many recall the subject of Starry, Starry Night was Vincent Willem van Gogh, a significant yet tormented, Post-Impressionist Dutch painter, whose work is noted as coarse and boldly emotional. Starry, Starry Night is considered McLean’s signature song, while his American Pie is more widely known as McLean’s magnum opus. McLean studied at Villanova University where he developed an association with vocalist/ songwriter (Time in a Bottle) Jim Croce. McLean left the university in 1962 before graduating to perform in various folk festivals and noted venues e.g., the Bitter End and the Gaslight Cafe in New York, the Newport Folk Festival. While giggin’ around, McLean attended night school at Iona College and earned a bachelor’s degree in 1968. Also in 1968 and with the extraordinary help from a New York State Council on the Arts, he broadened his musical horizons and audience by teaming up with Pete Seeger of Hudson River fame. Seeger became his mentor. In 1969 Seeger took McLean on his boat the Clearwater

up the Hudson to stimulate recognition about the river’s pollution. During the venture Seeger and McLean sang together, while McLean coedited the book Songs and Sketches of the First Clearwater Crew. The recording American Pie was released in 1971 and is over eight minutes long; certainly not a bench mark for the record book, but the attention devoted to those plaintive lyrics and the innumerable attempts to interpret those melancholy words may qualify. “Forty-four years later it remains one of the most discussed, dissected and debated songs that popular music has ever produced.” Aside from marking the death of rock & roll icon Buddy Holly, “The Day the Music Died,” the poignant, frequently absorbing phrases and word choice are considered by many to be a funeral oration for the decade known as the Fabulous Fifties. Don McLean was a product of the fifties, a time of great optimism, security and clear expectations. As legend, it all ended on a snowy night, February 3, 1959, when three prominent performers Buddy Holly, Richie Valens and the Big Bopper were killed in an airplane crash near Clear Lake, Iowa. For a generation that came of age during those times, Feb. 3, 1959 became “the day the music died.”

SHO P & D I NE M O NTGO M ER Y!

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Erin Jackson Headlines Jester’s

Armed with a megawatt smile and a pocket full of dreams, Erin Jackson is poised to conquer the world of stand-up. In fact, she’d probably be a superstar by now if her friends and family hadn’t spent so many years stealing her joy. Since first making a name for herself at colleges and east coast comedy clubs, Erin’s conversational style and relatable humor have helped to propel her onto the national stage. Erin was a semifinalist on the 2014 reboot of NBC’s Last Comic Standing, and co-hosts Exhale, a provocative and candid talk series, now in its third season on Earvin “Magic” Johnson’s ASPiRE television network. Erin has performed stand-up on The Ellen

DeGeneres Show, Wanda Sykes Presents Herlarious, Live at Gotham, Gotham Comedy Live and Standup in Stilettos. She has appeared on VH-1 and TV Guide Network as a panelist on popculture countdown shows such as 40 Greatest Hip Hop Songs of the 90’s and Best Movie Kisses, and her writing has been featured in The Washington Post and on NYTimes.com. A proud alumna of Howard University, Erin is obsessed with the Philadelphia Eagles. See her perform her act at Jester’s Comedy Club, 109 Brookside Avenue, in Chester on February 28. Doors open at 8:00pm, and showtime is at 9:00pm. For tickets call 845-345-1039.

Americana / Roots / Folk musician Paul Cataldo can be heard singing songs and telling stories about everything from alcoholism, war, poverty and jealousy all the way down the road to songs of peace and love. You can usually find him on tour somewhere between Maine and Georgia. His first full length LP Rivers, Roads & Mountains (2009) received steady airplay on college

stations in the East. Some of Nashville’s best known session players appear throughout the album as well as long time music companions Tony Montalbano and Eben Pariser of Roosevelt Dime. Paul brings his guitar and voice back to The Dancing Cat Distillery & Saloon, 2037 State Route 17B in Bethel on March 5 at 7:30pm. For more information, call 845-583-3141.

On the occasion of 50 years of songwriting and performing, Chris Smither’s newest folk recording, Still on the Levee, provides a sweeping showcase of Smither’s music, from his very earliest songs to his most recent. Here, on his 16th album, he reconnects with his New Orleans roots, recording at The Music Shed where guests like Allen Toussaint could stop by with longtime right-hand-man David Goodrich at the helm. Other visitors adding their talents to the twenty five tracks include Loudon

Wainwright III, Kris Delmhorst, Rusty Belle, and members of renowned rock band Morphine. Some family join in, with sister Catherine Norr adding a back up vocals and daughter Robin contributing with fiddle. Bonnie Raitt, who made her reworking of Smither’s Love You Like A Man a staple of her repertoire, has called Smither “my Eric Clapton.” Listen to Chris and his guitar on February 6, 8:30pm at the Towne Crier, 379 Main Street, Beacon. For tickets, call 845-855-1300.

Since the early eighties, 1964...The Tribute has been thrilling audiences all over the globe with what Rolling Stone Magazine has called “the best Beatles tribute on earth.” 1964...The Tribute takes their audiences on a musical journey to an era in rock history that will live in all of our hearts forever. They are hailed by critics and fans alike as the most authentic and endearing Beatles tribute in the world. Choosing songs from the pre-Sgt. Pepper

era, 1964 astonishingly recreates an early 60’s live Beatles concert, with period instruments, clothing, hairstyles, and onstage banter. Over 25 years of researching and performing have made 1964 masters of their craft. Come see why 1964...The Tribute is the definitive Beatle show when they perform at the Paramount Theatre, 17 South Street, Middletown on February 28 at 7:30pm. For information, call 845-346-4195.

Paul Cataldo Back at The Cat

Chris Smither Comes to Beacon

“1964” Coming to a Theatre Near Us!

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Music Honors Ellenville’s Nadia Shepard

Nadia Shepard of Nadia worked tirelessly Ellenville passed away to bring music into in April 2014 at the age people’s lives and better of 104. Along with her serve her community, late husband, Max, she and was almost always in was a great supporter of attendance at the Library’s performing arts programs concerts. As a Juilliardat SUNY New Paltz and trained musician, she elsewhere around the taught piano for more than region after coming to six decades and concluded Nadia Shepard 1910-2014 Ellenville in the 1960s her lessons only in 2013! when Max was recruited The Newburgh to work for Channel Chamber Ensemble, Master. A 125-seat recital annual “Friends of the hall is named in Nadia Ellenville Library”, will and Max’s honor, in perform a concert in College Hall at the New Nadia’s honor: Chamber Carole Cowan, violin Marcia Gates, flute Music for an Afternoon, Paltz campus. She was the first woman with music for flute to join the Board of and strings by Mozart, Trustees of the Ellenville Haydn, Beethoven, and Library, where she Trevor Weston. would often hold Weston’s music has concerts, and was later been performed in the on the board for Music USA, Netherlands, Rachel Evans, viola Susan Seligman, cello in the Mountains, the France, Canada, and predecessor of SUNY New Paltz’s Hungary, and he has received many widely successful PianoSummer awards and honors. Institute/Festival, where she and The performance is on February her husband developed a close 15 at 2:00pm, 40 Center Street, friendship with the noted pianist Ellenville. Admission is free. Vladimir Feltsman, Artistic Director For further information, phone for PianoSummer. 845-647-1497. Trevor Weston

An Intimate Evening with Midge Ure

One of Huffington Post’s 10 best albums of 2014: Midge Ure / Fragile: Yes, the lead singer of new wave band Ultravox (and co-conspirator of Band Aid and Live Aid) released an album in 2014 that sounded fresh and relevant to the current musical landscape. And it’s no wonder: Ure practically invented the electronic indie genre when he wrote brooding, sweeping songs such as Dancing with Tears in My Eyes and Vienna. Fragile is introspective and moody but never manipulative or retro. An artist who has received Ivor Novello, Grammy, and BASCAP awards along with a flotilla of gold and platinum records, needs very little introduction. Musical success is seldom measured in time spans of more than a few years, if not Andy Warhol’s often quoted “fifteen minutes”, so the fact that by the time Midge’s single If I Was went to Number 1 in 1985, he had already crammed several musical lifetimes into a 10 year professional career. His group Ultravox was a major influence on the new romantic and electro-pop movements of the early ‘80s. Their successful trademark was combining Midge’s powerful guitar riffs with sweeping synthesizer motifs, enigmatic imagery and state-of-theart visuals. Then came November 25, 1984, an historic day for Midge and all of pop music, as 36

artists by the collective name Band Aid gathered at SARM Studios in west London under Ure’s production. They recorded Do They Know It’s Christmas?, a song he had just written with Bob Geldof as the industry’s heartfelt and eloquent contribution to Ethiopian famine relief. 600,000 copies sold in its first week in the UK - that was only the beginning: 800,000 more were bought in the second week, more than three million world-wide, and the unstoppable emotion engendered by the project led to Live Aid, the summer 1985 global concert that, all exaggeration aside, spoke for a generation. Sugar Loaf Performing Arts Center (SLPAC) presents Midge Ure in an intimate show in the indoor pavilion on February 28 at 8:00pm. SLPAC is located at 1351 Kings Highway. For tickets, call 845-610-5900

Rock Tavern Folk

Whispering Pines President’s Day The original version of the holiday was in commemoration of George Washington’s birthday in 1796. Washington, according to the calendar that has been used since at least the mid-18th century, was born on February 22, 1732. According to the old style calendar in use back then, however, he was born on February 11. At least in 1796, many Americans celebrated his birthday on the 22nd while others marked the occasion on the 11th instead. By the early 19th century, Washington’s Birthday had taken firm root in the American experience as a bona fide national holiday. Its traditions included birth night balls in various regions, speeches and receptions given by prominent public figures, and a lot of revelry in taverns throughout the land. Then along came Abraham Lincoln, another revered president and fellow February baby who was born on the 12th of the month. The first formal observance of his birthday took place in 1865, the year after his assassination, when both houses of Congress gathered for a memorial address. While Lincoln’s birthday did not become a federal holiday like Washington’s, it did become a legal holiday

Cooking with Chef Douglas Frey in several states. In 1968, legislation was enacted that affected several federal holidays. One of these was Washington’s birthday, the observation of which was shifted to the third Monday in February each year whether or not it fell on the 22nd. This act, which took effect in 1971, was designed to simplify the yearly calendar of holidays and give federal employees some standard three-day weekends in the process. While the holiday in February is still officially known as Washington’s Birthday, it has become known as President’s Day. This has made the 3rd Monday in February a day for honoring Washington and Lincoln, as well as all the others who have served. Here are some recipes that celebrate President’s Day. Enjoy! Martha Washington’s Crab Soup 1 tablespoon butter 5 teaspoons flour 3 eggs, hard-boiled; sieved 1 lemon, grated rind 1 pinch salt; 1 pinch pepper 4 cups milk 1/2 lb crabmeat 1/2 c heavy cream 1/2-cup dry sherry 1 dash worcestershire sauce

In 2 qt saucepan, combine butter, flour, sieved eggs, lemon rind, salt and pepper. In separate saucepan, bring milk to a boil, remove from heat. Gradually pour hot milk into egg mixture, stirring with whisk. Add crabmeat, cook over low heat for 5 minutes; do not boil. Add cream; remove from heat. Stir in sherry and worcestershire sauce. Maple Pork Chops 4 pork loin chops 1 T olive oil 2 cloves garlic, minced 1/4 c bourbon 1/2 c chicken broth 1/4 c maple syrup 1/4 t fresh thyme Salt & pepper Cook pork chops in heavy skillet, 8 minutes, do not over cook. Remove; keep warm. Add to skillet oil, garlic, bourbon and cover. Cook over high heat 1 minute. Add broth, maple syrup, salt and pepper; cooking until slightly thickened; about 5 minutes Stir in thyme and cook 1 minute. Serve with sauce poured over the chops. For any of your culinary questions or needs, give me a ring at Whispering Pines Caterers: 845-647-1428.

Singer/songwriter/recording artist Lydia Adams Davis has performed in festivals and coffeehouses throughout the United States and Canada. She has shared the stage with Pete Seeger, Tom Paxton, Loudon Wainwright III, and David Amram. Lydia’s repertoire includes original country/folk songs, traditional American folk music and historical ballads. She accompanies herself on guitar, piano and ukulele. Her humorous improvisation with the audience makes music of the moment her trademark. Lydia has produced five CD’s of original compositions for adults and children. Her clear expressive voice appeals to all ages. The Rock Tavern Chapter of the Hudson Valley Folk Guild, at the Unitarian Universalist Congregation (UUC), is featuring Lydia on February 14 at 7:30pm. The UUC at Rock Tavern is located at 9 Vance Road, Rock Tavern, off Route 207. For more information call Keith Jordan at 845-978-5620.

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“Trio +” Celebrates The Romantics for Women’s Histor y Month - Music & Poetr y

Meet the Schumanns - brilliant, gifted, troubled, and unique in the history of music: Robert Schumann and his wife Clara Wieck Schumann. After a dramatic, intrigue-filled courtship that included smuggled letters, secret meetings, and a lawsuit brought by Clara against her outraged father, the couple would marry when Robert was 30 and Clara was a day short of her 21st birthday. The main ideas in early music were to either glorify God (Renaissance) or to have an easy, luxury listening (Classicism). Only in the first half of the 19th century did the expressive power of music come to be acknowledged for conveying human feelings and desires, showing emotions, passions, strangeness and expressiveness. Robert Schumann was one of the main composers that intensively worked on the connection between music and words. He took this idea to the extreme and therefore became a major influence on musical romanticism. The world class American String Quartet (ASQ) has been entertaining Orange audiences since they were first invited here by Newburgh Chamber Music in 2010, and have since also thrilled audiences yearly in Middletown, and now and then in Tuxedo. In addition to the annual ASQ concerts at SUNY Orange, ASQ second violinist Laurie Carney came to Middletown in February

composer credit 2014 to perform as “Handel/ as a part of a duo Halvorsen”. (violin-piano). Johan Halvorsen Now ASQ cellist (1864-1935) was Wolfram Koessel a Norwegian is bringing Trio + composer, to Middletown for conductor and The Romantics: violinist. His two Robert & Clara Schumann +, “an best known works expedition through are adaptations for the ardor and violin and viola or Trio + : Wolfram Koessel, drama of Robert cello of Handel Yosuke Kawasaki, Vadim Serebryani and Clara and works, one based their contemporaries, celebrating on a Passacaglia and one on a the opening of Women’s History Sarabande. Month and International Women’s Trio + will perform Handel/ Day.” Halvorsen’s Passacaglia, Koessel is a founding member Brahms’ Scherzo from the F.A.E. of Trio+ together with violinist Sonata, Clara Schumann’s 3 Yosuke Kawasaki and pianist Romances for violin and piano, Robert Schumann’s Folk Tone Vadim Serebryani and prizepieces for cello and piano and winning poet and cultural critic J. Schubert’s Piano Trio # 2. Mae Barizo, a classically-trained The F-A-E Sonata is a fourmusician and a champion of crossJ. Mae Barizo movement work for violin and genre work. This unique Tetrad expands the idea of piano, a collaborative musical work by three a piano trio, with creative programming composers: Robert Schumann, Brahms, and distinctive performance atmospheres. and Schumann’s pupil Albert Dietrich. The The Trio will make music and Barizo will sonata was Schumann’s idea as a gift and tribute to violinist Joseph Joachim, whom the enhance and augment with her poetry. Recent concert programs in Middletown, three composers had recently befriended. Joachim had adopted the Romantic Montgomery and Cornwall have listed a

German phrase “Frei aber einsam” (“free but lonely”) as his personal motto. The composition’s movements are all based on the musical notes F-A-E, the motto’s initials, as a musical cryptogram. Dietrich wrote the first movement, Schumann followed with a Romanze as the second movement. The Scherzo was composed by Brahms and Schumann provided the finale. Schubert wrote two piano trios. Of his #2 in Eb Major, D.929, Opus 100, Matthew Shorter of the BBC writes: “In language which would probably have him expelled from a number of university faculties today, Robert Schumann described Schubert’s E flat Piano Trio as “spirited, masculine and dramatic” in contrast to his other more “passive, lyrical and feminine” work in the piano, violin and cello genre, the B flat”. Trio + performs music and poetry on March 1 at 3:00pm in Orange Hall Theatre, corner of Grandview and Wawayanda Avenues in Middletown. Tickets are available online www. sunyorange.edu/arts_comm/ticketing.shtml or call Cultural Affairs at 845-341-4891. Tickets are also available at the box office. Free admission for students with ID. In addition, there will be a Master Class, Starting a Professional Piano Trio, with Kawasaki, Koessel and Serebryani, in Room 23 Orange Hall, on March 2 at 10:30am, free and open to the public.

with Susan Handler achievements of students Supporters included the in grades 7-12. Alliance for Young Artists Over the past five & Writers, the Institute years alone, students have of Museum & Library submitted more than one Services, the President’s million works of art and Committee on the Arts writing with more than & the Humanities, The $40 million in scholarships New York Times, The and awards to top winning National Endowment for participants attending the Arts, and the New public, private and home York City Department schools throughout the of Cultural Affairs, with U.S. and its territories, additional contributions as well as Americanfrom numerous other run schools abroad and individual, foundation and students who make art corporate funders, and and writing through exhibits at Parsons The “Mints” by Nicholas Olivares community organizations. New School for Design’s This is an impressive legacy of acknowledging Sheila C. Johnson Design Center and the Pratt creative talent and it is today’s largest source Manhattan Gallery. At Times Square two giant of scholarships for creative teens. Past winners screens promoted the SAWA, and the Empire include Andy Warhol, Richard Avedon, Sylvia State Building shined its tower lights in gold to Plath, Stephen King, Zac Posen, Joyce Carol honor the talent of all National Award winners. Oates, Robert Redford, Alan Arkin, John Five years ago SAWAorganized the nationwide Lithgow, Ken Burns, and Lena Dunham. Art.Write.Now.Tour exhibiting the artwork of For the 2014/2015 arts competition there were America’s emerging teen artists, writers, and over 255,000 submissions in 28 categories. Last filmmakers. The curator and guest speaker for the summer 800 young artists were selected to travel 2014/2015 tour is Kay WalkingStick. In 1948 to New York City to attend the SAWA National at the age of 13, WalkingStick, an artist of Native Celebration. Throughout NYC, special events American descent, won a Scholastic Award. were held to honor the country’s talented youth. Her art is now in public and private collections,

including the Metropolitan Museum of Art. She is currently preparing for a 2015 retrospective at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian in Washington D.C. At the NYC celebration SAWA honored Kay WalkingStick at Carnegie Hall with an Alumni Achievement Award. She shared her words of wisdom with the young people. “We humans of all races are more alike than different, and it is this shared heritage, as well as my personal heritage I wish to express. I want all people to hold onto their cultures - they are precious - but I also want to encourage a mutual recognition of shared being.” On February 21 at 2:00pm, Kay will present an Artist Talk at CAS, 48 Main Street Livingston Manor. I would especially like to encourage the youth of our region, teachers, mentors, and parents to attend this free presentation. The opening reception is from 3:00pm-5:00pm, same day. For information about the schedule for the Art.Write.Now.Tour, visit www.artandwriting. org. For information on the host site and exhibit, visit www.catskillartsociety.org/exhibits Dining Options CANVAS recommends Madison’s in Livingston Manor, next door to CAS, for lunch and dinner, and for dinners nearby in Parksville: Dead End Café and Rolling River Café & Gallery on weekends only. See ads page 12.

Community Building Through the Arts

Catskill Art Society Celebrates Talented & Creative Teens On March 31, 1994 the Goals 2000: Educate America Act was signed into law. The Act provides resources to states to ensure that all students reach their full potential by providing funding to develop standards for the arts, civics and government, English language arts, foreign languages, geography, history, and science. These standards identify what all students should know and be able to do to live and work in the 21st century. In regards to the arts component, as a nation we are close to reaching a collective understanding that all students benefit from the opportunity to learn about and experience the arts. However, as the general public is beginning to understand the arts for the value they add to learning and to life, study of the arts is quietly disappearing from our schools. Fortunately, local and national organizations are partnering to provide quality out-of-school programs that reach out to students. From February 21-March 22, the Catskill Art Society (CAS) in Livingston Manor will be a host site for the Scholastic Art and Writing Awards (SAWA). Founded in 1923, SAWA are the nation’s longest-running, most prestigious educational initiative supporting visual and literary arts 30

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May I Have A Word With You...Language and its Oddities with Carol P ozef s k y Arpa Marks Arpeggiate is a word we rarely encounter. The clue to its meaning lies in its prefix. Arpa is the Italian word for harp. Arpeggiate means to play a chord on the piano the way you’d play it on a harp or guitar, breaking up the chord one note at a time.

known to us as the Pledge of Allegiance: Do, re, mi, fa, sol, la, ti, do. Back in medieval times, the lowest tone ‘do’ was called ‘ut’. Gamma is the 3rd letter of the Greek alphabet. Gamma + ut was contracted to gamut and the meaning expanded to denote all the notes of the scale. Now we use gamut to mean the complete range of something, for example: “The film contains footage of the full gamut of Royal Navy ships of the time.”

Do You Love Me? Yes, Sardou A hand-written letter is a rarity in the 21st century but was not in the 19th when legendary actress Sarah Bernhardt wrote these passionate words to Victorien Sardou: “Wonderful boy, where are you tonight? Paris is a morgue without you...I cannot live apart from you. Your words dispel all the cares of the world. Your words are my food, your breath my wine. You are everything to me.” Bernhardt had starred in Sardou’s stage play La Tosca on which the Puccini opera was based.

Busker in the Chops A busker is a musician who entertains in public places. In his novel, Homesickness, Ray Bail describes a busker who simultaneously plays the drums, cymbals, bells and a mouth organ. No one is certain, but it’s believed that busker may come from the Spanish verb ‘buscar’ meaning to seek.

Ut-ter Nonsense The notes of the musical scale are as well

A Thoreau Going Over You are likely familiar with the quote that follows but might not know that its author was Henry David Thoreau. “If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer. Let him step to the music which he hears, however measured or far away.”

More Schumann - More Romance!

Pianist Janice Nimetz has two Nimetz has appeared as soloist passions: music and history. What at Weill Recital Hall in NYC, in the could be better than that for Potluck Cornwall Bach Festival, the Troy Concert’s February chamber music Concert Hall Music at Noon Series concert themed Romance? and on the Columbia Faculty House Kreisleriana, Op. 16, a romantic era Noon Concert Series. She is director composition in eight movements by of music for Central Valley United Robert Schumann, is a very dramatic Methodist Church and the energy work. Schumann himself often called and magic behind it’s chamber music Janice Nimetz it his favorite work. The work was dedicated to series, Music in Central Valley. Chopin, but when a copy was sent to him, he Along with Ruthanne Schempf, Emily commented favorably only on the design of the Faxon, Margaret Small and othert semititle page. ubiquitous Potluck TBA musicians, hear Nimetz The work’s title was inspired by the fictional play Kreisleriana on February 27 at 7:30pm character of Johannes Kreisler from three works in the Cornwall Presbyterian Church, 222 of E. T. A. Hoffmann. Like the kaleidoscopic Hudson Street, Cornwall-on Hudson. Kreisler, each number has multiple contrasting Dining Option sections, resembling the imaginary musician’s Leo’s Restaurant and Pizzeria in Cornwall manic-depression, and recalling imaginary is a 5 minute drive. Get a quick slice, or a characters of Schumann’s inner vision, complete dinner in the dining room where you representing his impulsive and dreamy sides. can view the February art exhibit.

Inspiring Talk. At Orange County Choppers!

Author and speaker Maria Blon is Several of the contributing authors will the founder of SPARKS, an organization be present to inspire participants to live that focuses on empowerment through passionately. Print and audiobooks will motivational speaking, books and be available and signed by the authors. inspirational products. Twenty five books and a one hour Blon is launching her book Living Speaking Engagement with Blon Passionately: 21 People Who Found will be raffled off to a local charity. Their Purpose And How You Can The more people that attend from the Too! on February 7 from 1:00pm to giving organization, the higher their Maria Blon 4:00pm at Orange County Choppers Café, chance to win this incredible gift for their clients, 14 Crossroads Court, Newburgh, home of the staff and donors. nationally known Orange County Choppers. For more information: 845-313-2853 February 2015

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All photos from 2014 Orange County High School exhibit / performances.

Arts Build Confidence

Decades of research show strong and consistent links between quality arts education and a wide range of impressive educational and personal outcomes. The National Educational Longitudinal Survey compiled twelve years of data that looks at the effects that arts education has on the achievement and values of children. The study found that it did not matter what art is studied nor whether it is studied in a studio, classroom or playground, art is critical to building a child’s self-esteem and self-confidence. In Mary Stone Hanley and George W. Noblit’s book, Culturally Relevant Arts Education for Social Justice, the authors state “ When students are actively engaged in creatively thinking, they focus on ways that call for flexibility in thought and integration of emotionality, rationality, and meaning that is necessary for success in academic settings and elsewhere.” To achieve this success the focus must be on student identity. In other words, are the students developing the confidence they need to become confident, independent learners, aware of their future possibilities? Former Chairman of the National Endowment for the Arts, Rocco 32

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Landesman, clearly stated that what is lost if there is no art is: Potential. On February 28 the Orange County Arts Council and its Education Committee in partnership with the Middletown Galleria Mall will sponsor “Arts Builds Confidence.” The program was created to provide middle school and high school students with a vehicle to showcase their visual and performance arts in a safe and supportive environment. Along with the display of visual art, selections from musical productions to be performed will be excerpts from Legally Blonde by Cornwall High School, Peter Pan by Port Jervis High School, No No Nanette by John S. Burke High School, Mary Poppins by Valley Central High School and Newburgh Free Academy, Footloose by Middletown High School and Shrek by Warwick High School. Organizer of the event, Mike Pacer, a retired teacher of 35 years, knows first hand “the passion that our students have for their craft, be it art or music.” Come to the Galleria Mall, witness that passion and vote for your favorite. At 5:00pm on the day of this free event, a People’s Choice Award will be given to the top three visual art pieces. For information contact Executive Director of the OCAC, Dawn Ansbro at 845-4699168 or email info@ocartscouncil.org

February 2015