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Publisher’s Column by Barry Plaxen Synchronicities of the month: Laundry (dirty) in Narrowsburg and Laundry (clean) in Greenwood Lake. 4-hand Piano in Central Valley and Narrowsburg. Vocabulary Lesson: Sonetto: Little Song/ Tolle, Lege: Take up and read. Mise en scène (in film): everything that appears before the camera and its arrangement, i.e., composition, sets, props, actors, costumes, and lighting. Batterie: A brilliant display of virtuosity in which the dancer’s legs open and close

rapidly while in the air, with the illusion of striking together and rebounding. All around the Counties: Eagles (art) in Milford and Eagles (photography and viewing) in Mongaup. Dark male stories in Narrowsburg and Strong female stories in Florida. Cabin Fever in Pine Bush and Milford. Celebrating Black History Month in Hurleyville, Loch Sheldrake, Shohola and Wurtsboro. Harp Soloist in Newburgh and Cello Soloist in Middletown. Literature becomes drama in Goshen. Matisse inspired collage and Mirot inspired line experimentation with watercolors by 5

Wonderful issue, [January 2018] Sophia and Barry! I love the cover photo - very dynamic. Thank you for a great year of arts coverage and for your continued support of Goshen Art League. - Gloria Bonelli You provide a valuable service for the Catskill / Hudson Valley community! Bravo! Brava! - Carol Pozefsky That cover photo [January 2018] is a knock-out! - Fern Franke

Thanks so much for including our Eagle Watch in the January 2018 issue! We really appreciate your support. - Pocono Environmental Education Ctr. Thank you for making our first year a success! In 2017 we launched the Hurleyville Art Centre Cinema, The Yoga and Movement Space, Gallery 222 and a Dance & Performance Series! We are grateful for many successful events and community collaborations. We will continue to work hard to bring you exceptional programs in 2018. Thank you for your support! - Hurleyville Arts Centre It is truly amazing how diverse and prolific the art making is in the Delaware & Hudson CANVAS distribution area. I also love reading about the people that I know! Thank you for the CANVAS! - Susan Handler

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Happy Birthday Greetings Very special birthday wishes to Hudson Valley Jazz Festival producer/drummer Steve Rubin for his 65th Birthday! See page 13.

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Letters to the Editor Thank you all, for your dedication to promoting the Arts in our region. You have been especially helpful to our area poets. CANVAS has been a valuable resource for many years. - Robert Milby

and 6 year olds in Highland Mills. WOW! The New World’s first female playwright in Loch Sheldrake. Piano Trio and Organ Trio in Newburgh. Jazz Quintet and Jazz Violin in Newburgh. Celtic music in Ellenville. A deluge of demos in Montgomery. Maple Sugar in Cornwall, ...and Spice Cobra Samples in Livingston Manor.

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Calendars Art & Photography ��14 Books �� 11 Category �� 11 Children & Teen’s ��14 Demos, Lectures & Masterclasses ��10 Music - Pop, Folk, Rock, etc., ��10 February 2018 Calendar ��12-13 Columns Healing Modalities: Feng Shui ��22 May I Have A Word With You ��15 Meet Me in The Greenroom ��23 Stories 2Sqaured Piano Duo, Narrowsburg ��22 Art of Balance, Montgomery ��7 Artery Gallery, Milford ��17 Artists’ Market, Shohola ��16 Barryville Area Arts Association ��16 Benny Havens Band, West Point ��12 Bent Duo ��8 Bethel Woods / Dream Tank ��14 Big Sky Productions ��9 Bob Wylde Quartet, Greenwood Lake ��4 Catholic Charities Poster Contest ��14 Catskill Art Society, Livingston Manor ��8 Chocolate Tour, Newburgh ��6 Chris Van Vooren, artist ��24 Concrete Temple Theatre ��18 Cornerstone Theatre Arts, Goshen ��5 Cynthia Harris-Pagano, artist ��12 Delaware Highlands Conservancy ��3, 10 Delaware Valley Arts Alliance ��22 E’lissa Jones Trio, Newburgh ��24 Edmar Castaneda, harp ��18 Eric Banger & The Mashers, Ellenville ��20 Florida Library ��5 G. Oliver King as Frederick Douglass ��6

Community Arts: News, Views And Schedules Managing Editor, Barry Plaxen barry@dhcanvas.com Editor, Sophia Krcic editor@dhcanvas.com ads@dhcanvas.com Delaware & Hudson CANVAS 297 Stone Schoolhouse Road Bloomingburg, NY 12721 www.dhcanvas.com 845.926.4646 / 4647 Facebook: D&H CANVAS Please email calendar submissions by the 15th of the prior month to calendar@dhcanvas.com Please email submissions for classifieds to classified@dhcanvas.com Nothing in this publication may be reproduced without written permission of the publisher. Gabriele Tranchina CD Release ��4 Goshen Music Hall ��5 Greenwood Lake Library �� 4, 24 Gypsy Lane Cabaret ��9 Highland Mills Library ��8 Hudson Highlands Nature Museum, Cornwall 16 Hurleyville Arts Centre �� 6, 9 Jonathan Fox, storyteller �� 22 Karen Gersch, acrobatics ��7 Live from The Met in HD �� 19 Madelyn Folino, storyteller ��5 Mamakating Library, Wurtsboro ��9 Mark Cannariato, artist ��8 Mt. St. Mary College Desmond Campus 20 Music for Humanity �� 13 Music in Central Valley ��4 Music Institute of Sullivan & Ulster �� 20 Natalie Davidson, cellist ��5 Newburgh Chamber Music ��3 Newburgh Free Library �� 6, 24 North East Watercolor Society �� 24 Opportunities for Children �� 14 Opportunities for Teenagers �� 14 Opportunities for Photographers �� 10 Paramount Theatre, Middletown ��5 Queen of the Hudson Chamber Music �� 21 River Valley Artists Guild �� 17 Sky Jazz Trio & Friends �� 13 Sullivan County Community Chorus �� 13 SUNY Orange Community Orchestra ��5 SUNY Orange, Middletown �� 8, 12, 24 SUNY Orange, Newburgh �� 18 SUNY Sullivan, Loch Sheldrake 6, 7, 19, 20 Thunderhead Organ Trio �� 21 Triversity Center, Milford �� 15 Upper Delaware Visitor Ctr., Lackawaxen ��3 Vinnie Martucci & Friends, Newburgh ��3 Wallkill River School, Montgomery �� 16 Warwick Center for the Performing Arts ��4

Is it “Jazz”? Is it “Pop”? It’s Newburgh Chamber Music!

“As far as this season’s concerts,” explains Newburgh Chamber Music (NCM) president Carole Cowan, “my idea was to feature larger and mixed ensembles.” Following along those lines after NCM’s autumn, string octet concert, Cowan and the NCM Board of Carole Cowan Peter Sipple Vinnie Martucci Mark Dziuba Rich Syracuse Katie Martucci Jeff Siegel Directors have invited jazz pianist Vinnie life. He has performed with a who’s who of Miller of Quickstep, or touring with The Martucci and Friends to play favorites Jazz, Blues, Rock and Bluegrass musicians Ladles. from the Great American Songbook, and internationally and has taught and performed Also featuring Jeff Siegel on percussion they in turn have invited violinist Cowan and at workshops for almost 40 years. Mark and guests Carole Cowan, violin, and Peter Newburgh Symphonic Chorale director/ is currently a tenured professor at SUNY Sipple, clarinet. clarinettist Peter Sipple to join them on a few New Paltz where he directs the Jazz Studies Carole Cowan has been studying jazz pieces for the NCM winter program. program. violin and jazz theory for a few years with Vinnie Martucci has had an exciting and Rich Syracuse has been a mainstay in her mentor Vinnie Martucci. She is most diverse career as a performer, composer, the New York area scene for more than comfortable and interested in swing jazz, arranger, producer, and educator. He has three decades. In his early years he was the rather than bebop or progressive jazz. Her toured extensively on the international stage winner of the prestigious Congress of Strings mother was a classical musician, but always as co-leader of the Jazz Fusion Quartet The award. Rich is the Professor for String and played popular music by ear, so Carole grew Dolphins with Dan Brubeck, as arranger, Electric Bass Studies at Skidmore College, up hearing everything from Benny Goodman accompanist for Laurel Masse (Manhattan Hotchkiss School in Lakeville, Connecticut, and Joe Venuti to Debussy and Stravinsky. Transfer), arranger and performer for Blues and the Millbrook School in Millbrook. He Although recently retired from SUNY New artist Rory Block. Along with touring he has is an Individual member of the International Paltz, Carole is still performing actively with also given clinics in Jazz and improvisation in Association Schools of Jazz. Hudson Valley Philharmonic and chamber Europe, South America, as well as the Central Hailing from the rich musical history of the music ensembles throughout the region. Conservatory in Beijing, China. Catskill Mountains, Katie Martucci grew NCM’s jazz concert of pop standards Currently, Vinnie is the chair of the music up singing and playing fiddle and guitar. She takes place on February 4 at 3:00pm at St. department at SUNY New Paltz, where began performing with her father at a young George’s Episcopal Church, 105 Grand he also teaches jazz studies and recording age, and currently resides in New Orleans, Street, Newburgh. Snow date: February 11. technology courses. Meet his Friends: but you’re more likely to find her out on For tickets: www.newburghchambermusic Mark Dziuba has been a guitarist, the road, playing with Brooklyn-based band and at the door. For additional information, improviser and composer for most of his Goldfeather, sitting in with John Kirk & Trish email: newburghchambermusic@gmail.com

Eagle Watching

“Snow Eagle” by Stephen Davis

The Upper Delaware Visitor Center (UDVC) 176 Scenic Drive, Lackawaxen, is a center of information for visitors looking to learn more about viewing and protecting eagles. Visitors can pick up information, get maps to viewing locations, watch a short film, and view new interpretative exhibits. The UDVC is staffed weekends in February from 10:00am-4:00pm. The Delaware Highlands Conservancy has maintained well-marked eagle observation areas open to the public. These viewing blinds are also staffed by Conservancy volunteers on weekends through the winter season, and visitors can look through binoculars and spotting scopes to see bald eagles in the wild. Visit www.DelawareHighlands.org/Eagles Join the Conservancy on a guided eagleviewing bus trip February 10 or 17 from 10:00am-1:00pm. Take a scenic drive on a heated bus to look for and learn about bald eagles and their habitat! Reservations required. Call 570-226-3164.

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Romantic Music in Central Valley Music in Central Valley is presenting a program of solo and duo works for piano. The afternoon is decidedly a romantic one, offering works by composers of the 19th century who shared for each other much respect if Victoria von Arx not always agreement, and showing how the piano grew to flourish both as an instrument in the intimate setting of one’s home for duo playing and in public spaces for solo concert performance. For piano, four-hands, it will feature the Allegro in A Minor, known as Lebensstürme, one of Schubert’s most exciting and dramatic works in an extended single movement. In addition will be the Variations on a Theme of Robert Schumann by Brahms. Among the most poetic masterpieces of the four-hand literature, the theme is based on a theme Schumann imagined had been dictated to him by Schubert and Mendelssohn. The work was Brahms’ tribute to his deeply meaningful friendship with Schumann. The programmed solo works include a group of Fantasy Pieces by Schumann, and an Etude and Sonetto by Liszt. Pianist Victoria von Arx is a member

of the music faculty at the University at Albany, where she is a frequent piano soloist and chamber musician. She is the author of several scholarly articles and a book, Piano Lessons with Claudio Arrau: A Guide to His Janice Nimetz Techniques and Philosophy, which draws on her extensive studies with two protégés of Claudio Arrau and is available from Oxford University Press. Pianist Janice Nimetz performs as soloist and chamber musician in the Hudson Valley. She has also appeared in the Capital District in both capacities, and as soloist at Weill Recital Hall and in venues throughout New England. She is also on the piano faculty of Rockland Conservatory in Pearl River, and maintains a private piano studio in Harriman. The concert is on February 25 at 3:00pm in the Central Valley United Methodist Church, 12 Smith Clove Road. Admission is free, with a suggested donation at the door. The church is handicapped accessible. All are welcome. Snow date: March 11. For information 845-928-6570.

Jazz in Warwick “[Gabriele] Tranchina can swing with the vivacity of Anita O’Day and echo the fragility of Astrud Gilberto on ballads, but there is nothing derivative in her kaleidoscopic flourishes, embracing chants, rap, spoken passages and vocalise.” Christopher Loudon, JazzTimes. Jazz vocalist Gabriele Tranchina will appear at the Warwick Center for the Performing Arts (WCPA) on February 4 at 1:30pm to hold a CD release party for her latest recording: Of Sailing Ships

Jazz in Greenwood Lake The Bob Wylde Quartet consists of guitarist Wylde (see photo) joined by Jed Levy (sax), Thomson Kneeland (bass), and Eliot Zigmund (drums). Bob has collaborated with many diverse artists from Marty Elkins to bassist Mike Richmond. Jed Levy has appeared at several international jazz festivals as well as leading bands at several New York venues such as Blue Note and Birdland. Bassist Kneeland has performed internationally and was commissioned to write pieces for the Longy School of Music’s Jazz Ensemble and the

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and the Stars in Your Eyes. Tranchina will be backed by some of New York’s top musicians, lead by husband Joe Vincent Tranchina on piano and featuring Andy Eulau on bass and Scott Neumann on drums. Dancers Claire Beebe and Shawn Rawls of the Warwick Dance Collective will dance to O Morrow Não Tem Vez. The WCPA is located at 63 Wheeler Avenue, Warwick. For reservations/tickets: 845-986-2466. Sherman Chamber Ensemble. Zigmund has worked as a session player for Neil Sedaka, Dionne Warwick, and the Pointer Sisters. The Quartet will perform at the Greenwood Lake Library for an afternoon of jazz on February 18 at 1:00pm. The concert will feature mainstream jazz, compositions from the 40s, 50s and 60s, with music by composers such as Cole Porter, Duke Ellington, and Antonio Carlos Jobim. Advanced registration in person at the Library, 79 Waterstone Road, or by phone is required: 845-477-8377 ext. 104.

Florida Library: Nevertheless, She Persisted “Stories of strong women in my maternal line: an immigrant English storyteller, an impoverished grass widow, a dreamy artist and a headstrong nurse, all born with more grit than they knew. True tales sprung loose from the intersection of memory, myth and DNA,” says storyteller Madelyn Folino. Folino will preview her fringe performance for Sharing the Fire: The Northeast Storytelling Conference in Plymouth, MA, March 23-25 with some handpicked tales, silly, shocking and sweet that highlight the women in her

family who handled whatever life threw at them in Nevertheless, She Persisted at the Florida Library on February 18 at 1:00pm. A native of Cornwall and a lifelong resident of Orange County where she reads, writes, gardens and runs the Florida Public Library, Madelyn has been a storyteller for over thirty years and is a founder of the Black Dirt Storytelling Guild. The Library is located at 4 Cohen Circle, Florida. To register: www.floridapubliclibrary. org or call the Library at 845-651-7659.

Bringing Literature to the Stage, Goshen By addressing human nature and the conditions which affect all people, Literature reflects humanity itself, running heavily through our cultural consciousness and expanding our horizons. After highlighting important historical figures such as Shakespeare and the Civil War in recent past Alive productions, the first show of the 2018 Cornerstone Theatre Arts season will bring Literature to the foreground. In this production performers will bring to life monologues and scenes curated directly from the original texts. This production will include an eclectic group of authors such as the Brontë sisters,

Frank McCourt, Sylvia Plath, Mark Haddon, Aldous Huxley and JD Salinger, and will be tied together with informative narration. Conceived and created by Jacqueline Dion, directed by BJ Boothe and Jacqueline Dion (see photos) featuring Cornerstone Ensemble Players and sponsored by the Goshen Public Library and Historical Society, Literature Alive: Tolle, Lege runs February 17-March 4 at the Goshen Music Hall, 223 Main Street, Goshen (2nd floor walk-up). Reservations are required by phoning 845294-4188. Suggested donation $12.

SUNY Orange Community Orchestra Winner The SUNY Orange Community Orchestra Concerto/Aria Competition, provides a solo opportunity for talented young local instrumentalists and vocalists from within Orange County. Eligibility is open to SUNY Orange students and local high school students, as well as residents of Orange County who will be no older than age 23. Entrants audition for the opportunity to perform a solo with the orchestra. A panel comprised of music faculty from SUNY Orange, as well as professional musicians from the Hudson Valley, judge auditions for the instrumentalists and vocalists. This year Natalie Davidson, (see photo) a senior at Monroe-Woodbury High School and a resident of Tuxedo, has been selected as the winner of the 2018 SUNY Orange Community Orchestra’s Concerto/Aria Competition. Ms. Davidson performed in December with the 2017 NYS School Music Association All-State Orchestra at the Kodak Hall at Eastman Theatre in Rochester, and was principal cellist at the Area All-State Music

Festival in November. She has been cello section leader in the Monroe-Woodbury Chamber Orchestra since sophomore year, and mentors 5th graders at Central Valley Elementary School. Sir Edward Elgar’s last notable work, his Cello Concerto in E Minor is a cornerstone of the solo cello repertoire. He composed it in the aftermath of the First World War. In contrast with Elgar’s earlier Violin Concerto, which is lyrical and passionate, the Cello Concerto is for the most part contemplative and elegiac. A cellist who studies under the tutelage of Greg Phillips, Natalie Davidson will perform the cello solo from Elgar’s concerto when the orchestra, comprised of SUNY Orange students and members of the community under the direction of Richard Milan Simons, hosts its upcoming concert February 25 at 3:00pm in the Paramount Theatre, 17 South Street, Middletown. Snow date: March 4 at 3:00pm. For information, call the SUNY Orange Arts & Communication Dept. at 845-341-4787. February 2018

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Celebrating Frederick Douglass’ 200th Birthday Douglass in Hurleyville, Feb. 8 In 2017 G. Oliver King was seen on stage in Walden, Monticello and Hurleyville portraying Frederick Douglass in Shohola resident Gregory Giblin’s play LION OF ANACOSTIA: The Final Interview of Frederick Douglass. Now he is back again for Black History Month in Hurleyville and Loch Sheldrake, but this time in G. Oliver King his own theatre presentations based on Frederick A. Douglass (1818-1895) Douglass’ writings. which was presented at the Apple Pond Farm “For years I’ve done excerpts of Douglass’ in Callicoon Center and on Governor’s Island. works for the Sullivan County Chapter of the In 1992 he gained great notoriety as he was the Association for the Study of African-American first to produce and direct Sullivan County’s Life and History during Black History Month,” first all African-American production by said King, “and have always been honored staging his “upgraded” version of A Raisin in - yet humbled - to portray a person of such the Sun. enormous human and historical dimensions. A “As a teenager I had the unique pleasure more complex luminary, inextricably seething of working with Geraldine Fitzgerald and with pure, innocent, instinctual primal rage Marketa Kimbrell, both of who insisted I and compassion has rarely graced the pages study with Lee Strasberg. I did so and the of American History. He was truly unique, man literally not only changed my life, but my a veritable pioneer in the efforts toward entire outlook on the art of being an actor,” abolition. Portraying him with honesty leaves King writes. He has portrayed Ebenezer me breathless and often choking back tears.” Scrooge in A Christmas Carol, Kris Kringle in Artistically versatile, King has performed in Miracle on 34th Street and several characters and choreographed several productions with in It’s A Wonderful Life with the Sullivan the Delaware Valley Opera and staged his own County Dramatic Workshop. “I have also done versions for Shakespeare in the Park at LaPolt MLK’s I Have A Dream speech several times Park in Liberty with at-risk youth and their for our local schools. It really hits home with families. Most recently he has played Captain our beautiful ethnically blended families...and Gilroy in NACL’s production of Courage I share his name!”

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On February 8 at 6:00pm, at the Hurleyville Arts Centre, King will bring to life, with great insight, tremendous passion and incredible thoughtfulness, the insightful writings of Douglass during a Bicentennial tribute to the great abolitionist and statesman. The words the audience will hear are direct quotes from Douglass’ infamous oration What to the American Slave is your 4th of July, first presented at Corinthian Hall in Rochester in 1852. The Hurleyville Art Centre is located at 12 Railroad Avenue. Suggested donation $10. College Students with ID free. For info: 845-707-8047. See ad pg 22. Douglass in Loch Sheldrake, Feb. 14 In continuation of this remarkable celebration honoring the Frederick A. Douglass’ bicentennial (1818-2018), NACL Theatre will present King in An Irresolute Redemption, a spoken retrospective of the life of Douglass, with quotes from Douglass’ autobiography Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, An American Slave published in 1845, at SUNY Sullivan’s Seelig Theatre, 112 College Road, Loch Sheldrake, for Douglass’ 200th birthday, February 14 at Noon. This Black History Month presentation is free and open to the public. High and middle school classes are encouraged to attend. For information: 845-434-5750, ext. 4377.

Chocolate. (Period!)

If you love chocolate (or even like it a little!) this is the program for you! Chef and author Kim Hendrickson will take you on a chocolate tasting tour that will include fifteen different chocolates at the Newburgh Free Library on February 5 at 7:00pm. Kim will explain how chocolate is made, then give you a flight of chocolate to “train your tongue” to differentiate flavors. Moving on to the trivia of chocolate, past and present, another flight of chocolates will be offered. The tour will end with a conversation about the healthy aspects of chocolate, and the last flight. Although Kim cannot guarantee that you will change your mind about your favorite chocolate, she does guarantee that you will never eat chocolate the same way again! The Library is located at 124 Grand Street, Newburgh. Snow date: February 8. For information: 845-563-3600.

Acrobatics (for Kids!) in Montgomery Montgomery resident Karen School for the past three years Gersch has traveled and have proven popular. She is now performed with philharmonic starting local year-round classes orchestras, circuses and theatre in and around Montgomery. festivals across the country and The Main St. Music and abroad for the past thirty years. Dance Studio, a new arts venue She has trained and directed in the old Walden Bank at 99 Broadway actors, choreographed Clinton Street in Montgomery, for stage, symphonies and is adding Karen’s program to corporate shows, but her favorite its roster in their spacious dance realm of teaching lies in her studio. All ages are welcome, work with children and youth. although a minimum of 7 and Karen teaches The Art of up is preferred. In February, an Pyramids with Karen! Balance through partnering, eight-week course begins, from pyramids, spatial awareness February 2 thru March 30, on and object manipulation. It is a Fridays from 5:00pm-6:30pm. specialty program she created Karen provides all equipment and culled from her longtime including: mats, rolling globe, acrobatic and theatrical career. rola bolas, devil sticks, spinning Through the work, children plates, juggling and balancing not only develop physical props. Every session culminates awareness, strength and mobility, in a performance with costumes they learn how to work together and music, which family and cooperatively. In doing so, they friends are invited to attend. discover grace and confidence in To register or for information, themselves and in others. contact Phyllis Nardella via Balancing Act! Before relocating to Orange County in email at: mainmusic270@gmail.com or visit 2013, Karen was Director of Acrobatics for the www.mainstreetmusicny.com Amazing Grace Circus! of Nyack and Circus More about Karen’s performance and Arts Director for the Williamsburg Movement teaching history can be found by visiting: & Arts Center in Brooklyn. www.acrobrats.org or by writing her at: Her summer classes at the Wallkill River keg37@frontier.com

The New World’s First Female Playwright Juana Ramírez de Asbaje (1651-95) was born near Mexico City. Her mother was of Spanish descent born in New Spain, as Mexico was then known, and her father Basque. That they were not legally married, and that her father quickly disappeared, cast a shadow over certain aspects of Juana’s life, not least the creation of a stable place in society. At the age of six or seven, on learning that there existed schools and universities in Mexico City, she tried to persuade her mother to allow her to disguise herself as a boy so that she could attend; and not being able to do so, she read from her grandfather’s library, learning so much that people were amazed by her knowledge ‘at an age when many have not even learned to speak well’. The fame of her learning was such that in 1664 the viceroy put her to the test against forty learned men of the city, whose questions, he later said, she demolished ‘like a royal galleon defending itself against a few rowing boats’. Of her decision to become a nun, Sor Juana said that ‘although I knew that this life had many things that were repugnant to my

nature...it was less than the abhorrence I felt for marriage’. From behind the convent grille she held what might best be described as ‘salons’, where she discoursed with the most learned men of the period. It was in this setting that she delivered a brilliant challenge to a famous sermon on the greatest acts of love by Jesus Christ which was published in 1690 without her consent. Her play, House of Desires involves a brother and sister entangled in a web of love with four others. With everyone under one roof, mayhem ensues as all six characters struggle to be alone with their lover and we try to work out who really loves whom. Directed by Jessica López-Barkl, currently Associate Professor of Theater and Speech at SUNY Sullivan and a freelance actor, director, dramaturg, and designer, House of Desires, translated by Dr. Catherine Boyle (Department of Spanish, Portuguese & Latin American Studies King’s College, London), will be performed at SUNY Sullivan in Loch Sheldrake, February 22-March 4. Tickets at the door.

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Bent Duo: Performance & Masterclass Bent Duo is the name of a two-man ensemble that explores chamber music for piano and percussion. Performers Bill Solomon and David Friend join forces to present contemporary classics for this instrumentation, to work with emerging composers Bill Solomon on new works, and to investigate new ways of presenting chamber music. They enjoy playing together and their knowledge and enthusiasm for their instruments in relation to the repertoire makes the performance both enjoyable and educational. Composers featured on this program include legends of the 20th century, including Steve Reich, Henry Cowell, and Arvo Pärt; up-and-coming young composers from the U.S. and abroad Hannah Lash, Ted Hearne, Mayke Nas, and Scott Wollschleger, as well as a new arrangement of piano music by SUNY Orange’s music professor, Chris Parker. Based in New York City, Solomon and Friend are especially well-known for their performances of contemporary repertoire. They are also an interesting reflection of each other. Bill Solomon is a professional percussionist who seriously studied the piano, while David Friend is a professional pianist who seriously

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studied percussion. The interesting overlap of their training and the natural commonalities between keyboard instruments and the percussion batterie serve as a jumpingoff point for Bent Duo to not only champion the existing repertoire David Friend for the underserved instrumentation of the piano-percussion duo, but also to reexamine the conventions of writing and performing chamber music for these instruments. Friend has played at SUNY Orange on three other occasions. Come to the William and Helen Richards Theatre at Orange Hall, corner of Wawayanda & Grandview Avenues (GPS: 24 Grandview Ave.) Middletown, for a Bent Duo concert on February 11 at 3:00pm. Tickets can be purchased at the box office one hour before the performance or online at www. sunyorange.edu/arts_comm/ticketing.shtml Free student admission is available only at the box office. In addition, Solomon and Friend will give a masterclass on February 9 at 11:00am in Orange Hall Room 23 entitled Bent Duo: Music Outside the Box. The class is free and open to the public. For further information, call Cultural Affairs at 845-341-4891.

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Sculpture & Paintings in Livingston Manor

Born and raised in Louisiana, Mark Cannariato developed his process-based practice while living along the Gulf of Mexico. The artist stitches together painted canvases, sculpture and forms to produce ambiguous and seductive narratives on makeshift dioramas. Allured by the rawness of old western movies, West Indies Caribbean history, and sci-fi comics, the artist uses these tropes to open the imagination of viewers. Working with a variety of motifs and genres, Cannariato depicts a crude cast of characters and mythical deities. His sculpture and

paintings create indefinite depictions of events, inviting audiences to impart their own ingenuity and thoughts to his art. The Catskill Art Society (CAS) will present Spice Cobra Scrambles, a show by Mark Cannariato at the CAS Art Center, 48 Main Street, Livingston Manor. CAS will host an Artist Talk at 1:00pm, followed immediately by an opening reception on February 3, from 2:00pm-4:00pm. On view February 3-March 17. For information: 845-436-4227.

Art by Kindergarten & 1st Grade Students

The Highland Mills and Mondrian inspired Library will feature 30 geometric and color mixing artworks by the kindergarten patterns. and first grade students of These ambitious works Smith Clove Elementary are conducted under the School throughout February. guidance of Smith Clove’s If you are expecting art teacher, Rebecca finger painting, you Sample artwork courtesy of Ms. Walker Walker. The variety of have a delightful surprise in store! The art mediums, emulating great techniques, and encompasses four projects which pay homage learning how to “think like an artist” are all to major artists and cultures. The kindergarten part of the wonderful art instruction provided projects are Matisse inspired collage and Mirot by Ms. Walker. A reception takes place at the inspired line experimentation with watercolors. Highland Mills Library, 16 Route 105, on The first grade projects are Native American February 8 from 7:00pm-8:00pm. For more information: 845-928-6162. Bandolier bags in fabric, feathers, and applique

Slither, Shimmy & Shake in Hurleyville! Gypsy Layne Cabaret & Company (GLCC) is back in Hurleyville, and better than ever making February red-hot with their return to the Hurleyville Arts Centre! The Berkshires’ own homegrown cabaret and burlesque troupe has been conquering stages and stealing spotlights all across the nation. GLCC has been a hit on the festival circuit, with appearances at the Vermont Burlesque Festival, New York Burlesque Festival, New York Boylesque Festival, and the Seattle Boylesque Festival. The Gypsies are thrilled to be able to share their vivacious artistry, unabashed bodypositivity, and outrageous charms with our community! See this fabulous burlesque troupe perform their fun, funny, body-positive, sexy burlesque show on February 16 & 17, from 8:00pm-9:30pm. Beginners Guide: Art of Belly Dance Join in for a belly dance workshop titled Heart-Shaped Box with GLCC members Opal Raven and Rosebud Red on February 17, from 4:00pm-5:15pm. Opal and Rosebud share over ten years of traditional and fusion belly dance experience

as well as training in jazz, modern, hip hop, and burlesque. They strive to push the envelope on fusion dance while maintaining the beauty, grace, and integrity of belly dance. They have performed extensively throughout New England dancing with Klezmer Punk bands and burlesque troupes, in bars, casinos, and theaters. During the workshop, learn the core movements of the exciting and ancient art of belly dance. Students will be taught how to undulate like a snake, isolate the hips, and of course, the signature belly dance move: the shimmy! The class will start with a standing warm up that will prepare the body for isolation and layering. Students will focus on executing movements with precision and strength with a focus on a healthy posture. This workshop is an introduction to belly dance, so no prior dance experience is necessary. Tickets: No refunds or exchanges. Should the Theatre close due to extreme weather conditions your tickets will be honored when the Gypsies can be rescheduled. Tentative snow dates: February 18 at 2:00pm and March 3 at 8:00pm. For tickets: www.hurleyvilleartscentre.org or by phone: 866-811-4111.

“Pretty Fire” at Mamakating Library Pretty Fire is an entertaining and captivating one-woman show. In five vignettes, playwright Charlayne Woodard traces her life from premature birth to 11 years old. With lyrical, lifting words, Woodard weaves stories of two young sisters in Albany, and of three generations of family love, struggle and triumph. The stage is filled with the authentic, mesmerizing experience of contemporary African-American life. In honor of and in celebration of February as Black History Month, the Friends of the Mamakating Library will present Pretty Fire. The play will be staged by Big Sky Productions of Grahamsville, and performed on February 23 at 7:00pm. Pretty Fire features DeLois House (see photo) of Ellenville as Charlayne Woodard. Ms. House has been in several shows for Big Sky Productions including Jake’s Women, An American Daughter, Having Our Say: The Delaney Sisters’ First Hundred Years and The Exonerated. Her first performance of Pretty Fire was at Sullivan County Community College. She has since performed the play at the Bloomingburgh Restoration Foundation, the Grand Montgomery Chamber Music Series, and the Newburgh, New City and Gardiner libraries. In Pretty Fire, Ms. House portrays an astounding 25

characters. The play is directed by Carol Montana of Grahamsville. Her directing credits, which number over 50, include On Golden Pond, Driving Miss Daisy, Having Our Say, Arsenic and Old Lace, The Sunshine Boys, and The Exonerated. Barry Plaxen, publisher of CANVAS, said Pretty Fire is “A brilliant tour de force...highly dramatic and very moving...well-constructed, well-written...real theatre drama, much humor. A universal story really, full of love.” The New York Times said Pretty Fire is “Exhilarating and unflaggingly entertaining... One of the most positive pictures of the Black-American experience I’ve ever seen on stage...” Newsday called it “Inspiring, illuminating and engrossing,” and the L.A. Times called it “A remarkable feat of writing and performing - a rare autobiographical tour de force so lustrous it seems to reinvent the whole solo-acting genre.” Due to certain subject matter, Pretty Fire is recommended for 13 years of age and above. Parental guidance is suggested. The Mamakating Library is located at 128 Sullivan Street, Wurtsboro. Admission is free, and reservations are suggested by calling the Library at 845-888-8004. Snow date: March 2 at 7:00pm.

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Lectures - Demos - Talks - MasterClasses

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

lectures Hurleyville Maker’s Lab TOUR �� Hurleyville Makers Lab, Tuesdays, 6pm & Thursdays, 9am Safe Harbors of the Hudson TOUR ��Safe Harbors, Newburgh, Jan 9, 9am “The History of Sing-Sing Prison” Dana White �� MSM-DC Feb 1, 10am FEE “Eagle Watch” TOUR ��from: PEEC Feb 3, 9am-3pm “The Dangers of Modern Dentistry” Toni-Jean Kulpinski �� MSM-DC Feb 5, 1pm FEE “Chocolate 101” Kim Hendrickson ��Newburgh Library, Feb 5, 7pm “Lyme Disease is a Crippling Health Concern Here in the Hudson Valley” Richard Huntoon �� MSM-DC Feb 7, 1pm Guided Eagle-Watching TRIPS Delaware Highlands Conservancy �� from: Upper Delaware Visitor Center, Lackawaxen, Feb 10 & 17, 10am Winter Ecology HIKE �� PEEC Feb 11, 10am “Finding Your Passion” Diane Lang �� MSM-DC Feb 12, 10:30am FEE “Fall Back in Love with Your Home” Claudia Jacobs �� MSM-DC Feb 13, 1pm FEE “The Desmond Book Update” Frank Kieck �� MSM-DC Feb 13, 1pm FEE “Paintings of the Dutch Golden Age” Mike Norris ��Newburgh Library, Feb 13, 6:30pm “David Hockney” Laura Nicholls �� MSM-DC Feb 14, 1pm FEE “Food Preservation” Cornell Cooperative Extension ��Greenwood Lake Library, Feb 15, 6:30pm “Preparing and Recovering from Surgery with Ease” Ophra Wolf �� MSM-DC Feb 19, 10am FEE “Women in Hudson Valley History” Vernon Benjamin �� MSM-DC Feb 19, 1pm FEE “Top 10 Essential Homeopathic Remedies” Ann Marie Silvani �� MSM-DC Feb 20, 10am FEE “Technology as Responsibility: Failure, Food Animals, and Laboratory Grown Meat” �� Wyatt Galusky SUNYO-KH Feb 21, 7pm “Don’t Get Caught in a Scam!” Johnna Touma �� MSM-DC Feb 22, 10am FEE “Feathers: So Much More Than a Down Covering” Douglas Robinson �� MSM-DC Feb 22, 1pm “The Spirited, Shrewd, and Scandalous Women of Wiltwyck” Marilou Abranshe �� MSM-DC Feb 23, 1pm FEE “A Sugaring Off Celebration” �� HHNM Feb 24, 11am-3pm “Animal Tracking” �� PEEC Feb 25, 10am “Orange Country Historian” Johanna Yaun �� MSM-DC Feb 26, 1pm FEE “Staging Tips for Selling Your Home” Claudia Jacobs �� MSM-DC Feb 27, 1pm FEE Maple Sugar Tours ��HHNM Feb 25, Mar 3 & 4, 11am, 1pm, 2pm DEMOS William Noonan figure & portrait drawing ��WRS Feb 10, 5pm Leslie Bender perspective & watercolor ��WRS Feb 10, 5:30pm George Hayes palette knife/painting knife & perspective drawing ��WRS Feb 17, 5pm Dennis Fanton American impressionism in pastel and oil ��WRS Feb 24, 5pm Lana Matich Privitera detailed watercolor ��WRS Feb 24, 5:30pm Mike Jaroszko beginning oil painting ��WRS Feb 24, 6pm Nancy Reed Jones romantic acrylics for beginners & advanced ��WRS Feb 24, 6:30pm Judith Hummer Let Your Creativity Flow with Watercolor on Yupo Paper” SUNYO-OH Mar 3, 2:30pm Artist Talks Mark Cannariato spice cobra scrambles ��CAS Feb 3, 1pm MasterClasses “Music Outside the Box” David Friend, piano&Bill Solomon, percussion SUNYO-OH Feb 9, 11am “The Dynamic Interplay of Chaos and Order” Mary Cathryn Roth, artist �� SUNYO-KH Feb 28, Noon

Opportunity: PHOTOGRAPHERS! The Delaware Highlands Conservancy is pleased to announce a new juried photo contest for the Upper Delaware River region, open to professional and amateur photographers. Sharing Place: Eagles and Their Environs invites photographers to capture striking eagle-inspired photos in four categories: eagles; healthy eagle habitat; factors important to eagle welfare; and a wild card to feature insights gained in the process of photographing eagles and their habitat. Photos will be judged on creativity, originality, composition, clarity and quality, 10

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and impact. The Conservancy is also offering a guided Photo Workshop Bus Tour on February 3 with instruction from local photographer Sandy Long, but participation in the bus tour is not required to enter the contest. Photographers are invited to submit no more than two photos during the entry period which ends February 15, and must print and mail the Acknowledgement Form included in the Official Rules to be eligible for entry: www.DelawareHighlands.org/ photo-contest/ Photographers must follow Eagle

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

Thunderhead Organ Trio jazz-fusion ��The Wherehouse, Newburgh, 3rd Thursdays, 8pm FREE Music for Humanity folk ��Noble Coffee Roasters, Campbell Hall, 3rd Saturdays, 8pm FREE Latin Jazz Express “Tito Puente” ��The Falcon, Marlboro, Feb 1, 8pm Andy Stack’s American Soup �� The Falcon Underground, Marlboro, Feb 1, 8pm Decora! Hip Hop �� The Falcon Underground, Marlboro, Feb 2, 8pm Chris O’Leary Band blues ��The Falcon, Marlboro, Feb 2, 8pm Jeff Pitchell & Texas Flood southern blues ��The Falcon, Marlboro, Feb 3, 8pm Bendy Effect blues, rock �� The Falcon Underground, Marlboro, Feb 3, 8pm Big Joe Fitz & The Lo-Fis swing, blues ��The Falcon, Marlboro, Feb 4, 11am Common Tongue’s First Wednesdays Jeff Beck ��The Falcon, Marlboro, Feb 7, 8pm Bernard Purdie drums & Friends funk, soul ��The Falcon, Marlboro, Feb 9, 8pm Ceesar: Classic R&R Show �� The Falcon Underground, Marlboro, Feb 9, 8pm Ed Palermo Big Band rock ��The Falcon, Marlboro, Feb 10, 8pm Deadgrass Jerry Garcia �� The Falcon Underground, Marlboro, Feb 10, 8pm Uncommon Ground American roots ��The Falcon, Marlboro, Feb 11, 11am E’lissa Jones Trio folk, rock, classical �� Newburgh Library, Feb 11, 3pm FREE Joe Louis Walker’s keyboard blues w/Eric Finland ��The Falcon, Marlboro, Feb 12, 8pm Alexis P. Suter Band’s “Valentine” gospel blues ��The Falcon, Marlboro, Feb 14, 8pm Poppa K & The Coasters country, blues, folk ��The Falcon, Marlboro, Feb 15, 8pm Fred Zepplin classic rock �� The Falcon Underground, Marlboro, Feb 16, 8pm The Music of Traffic Allstar Ensemble Tribute ��The Falcon, Marlboro, Feb 17, 8pm Somerville contemporary country �� The Falcon Underground, Marlboro, Feb 17, 8pm Joe Louis Walker’s keyboard blues w/Jeremy Baum ��The Falcon, Marlboro, Feb 19, 8pm Tal National, Common Tongue Afrobeat dance ��The Falcon, Marlboro, Feb 22, 7pm Eric Banger & the Mashers Celtic �� MISU Ellenville, Feb 22, 7:30pm The Funk Junkies ��The Falcon, Marlboro, Feb 23, 8pm Dylan Doyle Band blues rock �� The Falcon Underground, Marlboro, Feb 23, 8pm Professor Louie & The Crowmatix: “Music of THE BAND” ��The Falcon, Marlboro, Feb 24, 8pm Vito Petroccitto & Little Rock swamp rock & blues �� Falcon Underground, Marlboro, Feb 24, 8pm Joe Louis Walker’s keyboard blues w/guest artist ��The Falcon, Marlboro, Feb 26, 8pm Poet Gold’s POELODIES spoken word, hip hop �� The Falcon Underground, Marlboro, Feb 28, 8pm OPEN Mic & IN-HOUSE MUSIC

Listings below are not included in our centerspread calendar.

Open Mic w/Steve Schwartz & Antoine Magliano �� Dutch’s Tavern, Rock Hill, Mondays, 7:30pm Open Mic music, poetry, storytelling ��Gallery 222, Feb 12 & 26, 7pm Joanna Gass and the Search & Rescue Orchestra ��Brew, Rock Hill, Tuesdays, 6:30pm-8:30pm Robert Kopec & Solo Bajo jazz + ��Dos Amigos, Fair Oaks, Wednesdays, 7pm The Parting Glass Band Celtic �� Loughran’s Pub, Salisbury Mills, Thursdays, 7pm-10pm Open Mic poetry, music, spoken word, etc. Calabash Restaurant, Newburgh, 2nd Thursdays, 6:30pm Marc Von Em soul, blues, funk �� WaterWheel Cafe, Milford, Last Fridays, 8pm-11pm Jake Lentz piano & Marilyn Kennedy vocals �Giovanni’s Inn, Wurtsboro, Fridays & Saturdays, 6pm-9pm Ken Nicastro & Gregg VanGelder ��Palaia Winery, Highland Mills, Feb 2, 7:30pm The Connected ��Palaia Winery, Highland Mills, Feb 3, 7:30pm Evan Teatum & Alan Battiatto ��Palaia Winery, Highland Mills, Feb 4, 2:00pm Bunkhouse Boys Cajun �� Cornwall Library, Feb 4, 2pm FREE Songwriter Sessions Host: Jason Gisser �� The Falcon Underground, Marlboro, Feb 7, 7pm Run For Cover 80’s band ��Palaia Winery, Highland Mills, Feb 9, 7:30pm Floyd Pink tribute band ��Palaia Winery, Highland Mills, Feb 10, 7:30pm Chris Brown ��Palaia Winery, Highland Mills, Feb 11, 2:00pm Ferry Godmother Open Mic Night poetry, prose, comedy, music, dance, spoken word �� Calabash Restaurant, Newburgh, Feb 15, 6:30pm Bruce Unplugged & Mike from Mighty Spectrum ��Palaia Winery, Highland Mills, Feb 16 ,7:30pm Songwriters Anonymous open mic �� Artists’ Market, Shohola, Feb 17, 2pm Twisted Corks ��Palaia Winery, Highland Mills, Feb 17, 7:30pm Rene Avila ��Palaia Winery, Highland Mills, Feb 18, 2:00pm Roots & Blues Sessions Host: Petey Hop �� The Falcon Underground, Marlboro, Feb 21, 7pm Kevin Finnan ��Palaia Winery, Highland Mills, Feb 23, 7:30pm Tangent ��Palaia Winery, Highland Mills, Feb 24, 7:30pm Gary Adamson ��Palaia Winery, Highland Mills, Feb 25, 2:00pm

Etiquette when photographing eagles and avoid disturbing or disrupting the birds or their habitat. For questions about the photo contest, contact Jason Zarnowski at 570-226-3164 ext. 6.The winning fifteen photos will be chosen by a panel of judges, along with one People’s Choice, and will be hung at the ARTery Gallery in Milford, with a reception on April 21 from 6:00pm-9:00pm and on display until May 7. The winning photos will be exhibited

with the ARTery member artists’ own interpretations of eagles, raptors, and other species of birds. During the opening reception, members of the Conservancy will present a short background on the organization and eagles in the region. The Delaware Highlands Conservancy works with landowners and communities to protect the natural heritage and quality of life of the Upper Delaware River region. For additional information, call 570-2263164 or 845-583-1010.

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sponsored by Hudson Valley Planning & Preservation, Monroe; Matthews Pharmacy, Ellenville and Jeffersonville Hardware CANVAS cannot be responsible for errors & omissions. Please verify dates and times.

ArtS Walks - Open Studio Tours

Art After Dark ��Milford, Feb 10, 5pm-9pm Newburgh Last Saturday ��Newburgh, FEb 24, 4pm-8pm

Cabaret

Valentine Cabaret: “Love Songs” Sullivan County Dramatic Workshop �� Sullivan County Museum, Hurleyville, Feb 9-11 Gypsy Lane Burlesque Cabaret ��Hurleyville, Arts Centre, Feb 16 & 17, 8pm

Cinema

Independent Film Night ��Greenwood Lake Library, 2nd Tuesday, 6:30pm FREE “Harmonium” Japanese with English subtitles. ��Thrall Library, Middletown, Feb 1, 2pm FREE “Dunkirk”” Kenneth Brannagh ��Wisner Library, Warwick, Feb 5, 1pm FREE “The Ghost and Mrs. Muir” Gene Tierney & Rex Harrison Triversity Center, Milford, Feb 8, 7pm FREE “Akeelah and the Bee” Angela Bassett ��Wisner Library, Warwick, Feb 12, 1pm FREE “The Snowman” Michael Fassbender, Rebecca Ferguson ��Newburgh Library, Feb 12, 6:15pm FREE “Bringing Up Baby” Cary Grant, Katharine Hepburn, w/intro by George Burke �� Mount St. Mary College, Desmond Campus, Balmville, Feb 13, 9:30am “Notorious” Cary Grant, Ingrid Bergman & Claude Rains �Triversity Center, Milford, Feb 15, 7pm FREE “Genius” ��Thrall Library, Middletown, Feb 21, 3pm FREE “A Letter to Three Wives” Ann Sothern, Linda Darnell ��Triversity Center, Milford, Feb 22, 7pm FREE “The Glass Castle” Brie Larson, Naomi Watts ��Wisner Library, Warwick, Feb 26, 1pm FREE

Comedy

Chris Monty �� Jokers Comedy Club, Chester, Feb 3, 9pm Comics at The Underground �� The Falcon Underground, Marlboro, Feb 8 & Feb 22, 8pm Joey Callahan �� Jokers Comedy Club, Chester, Feb 10, 9pm Mike Cannon �� Jokers Comedy Club, Chester, Feb 17, 9pm Wali Collins �� Jokers Comedy Club, Chester, Feb 24, 9pm Buddy Fitzpatrick �� Jokers Comedy Club, Chester, Mar 3, 9pm

Dance

“Peter Pan” �� New Rose Theatre, Mar 2-10

Fundraiser

Milford Triversity Center “Share Your Heart” dance �� Best Western, Matamoras, Feb 17, 8pm

Holistic - Spiritual

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

Museums

Bloomingburg Restoration Foundation ��Bloomingburg Cultural Center, Sundays, 2pm-4pm Woodstock Festival History �� Museum at Bethel Woods, ongoing Terwilliger House Museum �� Ellenville, ongoing “Tunnels, Toil and Trouble: New York City’s Quest for Water” and “Rondout-Neversink Story & Water and the Valleys” Time & The Valleys Museum, Grahamsville, ongoing Multiple Sullivan County Exhibits �� Sullivan County Museum, Hurleyville, ongoing Pinchot Mansion Tours �� Grey Towers, Milford, ongoing Knife-Making History................................................Wawarsing Knife Museum, Napanoch, ongoing “Unpacked & Rediscovered “ �� Washington’s Headquarters, Newburgh, ongoing Railroad Museum �� Port Jervis Community Center Washington’s Birthday Celebration ��Washington’s Headquarters, Newburgh, Feb 17-19, 10am-4pm FREE Washington’s Birthday Celebration ��New Windsor Cantonment, Feb 17 & 19, Noon-4pm Washington’s Birthday Celebration �� Knox’s Headquarters, Vails Gate, Feb 18, 10am-4pm

Music - Classical

Sullivan County Chamber Orchestra �� Nesin Theatre, Monticello, Jan 27, 7pm & St. James Episcopal Church, Callicoon, Jan 28, 3pm “Bent Duo” David Friend, piano & Bill Solomon, percussion �� SUNY Orange Hall, William and Helen Richards Theatre, Middletown, Feb 11, 3pm Edmar Castañeda electric harp, classical, Colombian, folk, jazz ��SUNYO-KH Feb 16, 8pm Potluck Concerts “Romance” Cornwall Presbyterian Church, Cornwall-on-Hudson, Feb 23, 7:30pm West Point Band “On the Waterfront” ��Eisenhower Hall, West Point, Feb 24, 2pm FREE Andrew Ranaudo & Nicole Brancato 4-hand piano, DVAA Salon Series �� Delaware Arts Center, Narrowsburg, Feb 24, 2pm FREE Longleash Piano Trio Queen of the Hudson Series �� Atlas Studios, Newburgh, Feb 24, 7pm Music in Central Valley Janice Nimetz & Victoria Von Arx, solo & 4 hand piano �� Central Valley United Methodist Church, Feb 25, 3pm FREE SUNY Orange Community Orchestra ��Paramount Theatre, Middletown, Feb 25, 3pm

Music - jazz

Thunderhead Organ Trio jazz-fusion ��The Wherehouse, Newburgh, 3rd Thursdays, 8pm FREE Eric Person Band ��The Wherehouse, Newburgh, 3rd Saturdays, 9pm “Swing & the Great American Songbook” Newburgh Chamber Music �� St. George’s Church, Newburgh, Feb 4, 3pm

Gabriele Tranchina CD release party ��Warwick Center for the Performing Arts, Feb 4, 1:30pm Brad Shepik Organ Trio guitar-led jazz ��The Falcon, Marlboro, Feb 11, 8pm Jazz Sessions Host: Doug Weiss ��The Falcon Underground, Marlboro, Feb 14, 7pm bigBANG band improv ��The Falcon Underground, Marlboro, Feb 15, 8pm Club d’Elf with John Medeski psychedelic new jazz ��The Falcon, Marlboro, Feb 16, 8pm Skye Jazz Trio ��Iron Forge Inn, Warwick, Feb 18, Noon-3pm Bob Wylde Quartet ��Greenwood Lake Library, Feb 18, 1pm FREE Dave Stryker “Strykin’ Ahead” guitar ��The Falcon, Marlboro, Feb 18, 8pm Saints of Swing swing + �� The Falcon, Marlboro, Feb 25, 11am HD Quintet ��The Falcon Underground, Marlboro, Feb 26, 8pm Benny Havens Band “Diaspora” w/Etienne Charles, trumpet �� Eisenhower Hall, West Point, Feb 27, 8pm FREE

Opera

“L’Elisir d’Amore” Donizetti, Live from the Met ��SUNY Sullivan, Loch Sheldrake, Feb 10, 1pm “La Bohème” Puccini, Live from the Met ��SUNY Sullivan, Loch Sheldrake, Feb 24, 12:30pm

Poetry Readings

Milkweed Poetry ��Milkweed, Sugar Loaf, Wednesdays, 7pm Open Mic music, poetry �� Gallery 222, Hurleyville, Mondays 7pm Ted Gill �� Noble Coffee Roasters, Campbell Hall, Feb 1, 7pm Hudson River Poets host: Hayden Wayne �� Karpeles Museum, Newburgh, Feb 3, 1pm FREE Poetry Night host: Magdalen Radovich �� Elsie’s Luncheonette, Goshen, Feb 8, 7pm Poetry/Spoken Word Open Mic Calling All Poets ��Empowering Ellenville, Feb 9, 7pm Oliver Olive-Eyes Grech ��Montgomery Book Exchange, Feb 13, 7pm FREE Milkweed Poetry Slam host: Bryan Roessel ��Milkweed, Sugar Loaf, Feb 16, 6:30pm Robert Milby, Hayden Wayne , Terence Chiesa Poetry Cafe ��Florida Library, Feb 16, 6:45pm FREE Hudson River Poets host: Hayden Wayne �� Newburgh Library, Feb 22, 7pm FREE Elena Botts ��Country Store, Jones Farm, Cornwall, Feb 23, 7pm FREE Ted Gill guest host: Robert Milby �� Goshen Methodist Church, Feb 26, 7pm FREE

recreation

Salsa Dancing �� Hurleyville Arts Centre, Fridays, 7:30pm

Storytelling

Black Dirt Storytelling Guild “Amazing Pet Stories” ��Florida Library, Feb 8, 7:30pm FREE “Dirty Laundry: It All Comes Out in the Wash” w/Jonathan Charles Fox, DVAA Salon Series �� Delaware Arts Center, Narrowsburg, Feb 17 & 18, 2pm FREE Madelyn Folino “Nevertheless, She Persisted” ��Florida Library, Feb 18, 1pm FREE

Theatre - Dramatic TEXTS

“What to the American Slave is your 4th of July” w/G.Oliver King as Frederick Douglass �� Hurleyville Arts Centre, Feb 8, 6pm Quotes from “Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave” �� w/G.Oliver King as Frederick Douglass SUNY Sullivan Feb 14, Noon FREE “Literature Alive: Tolle, Lege” Cornerstone Theatre Arts �� Goshen Music Hall, Feb 17-Mar 4

Theatre - Musical

“Cinderella” Rodgers & Hammerstein ��Eisenhower Hall, West Point. Feb 11, 5pm

Theatre - Play

“The Vagina Monologues” ��SUNY Sullivan, Loch Sheldrake, Feb 8 & 9, 8pm “House of Desires” by Sor Juana Inez de la Cruz ��SUNY Sullivan, Loch Sheldrake, Feb 22-Mar 4 “Pretty Fire” by Charlayne Woodard, w/DeLois House, Big Sky Productions �� Mamakating Library, Wurtsboro, Feb 23, 7pm FREE “Geppetto: Extraordinary Extremities” Concrete Temple Theatre �� SUNY Orange, Kaplan Hall, Newburgh, Feb 24, 12:30pm:Spanish, 3:30pm:English

Books: discussions / readings / Signings Peace Lab “Nonviolent Communication: A Language of Life” by Marshall Rosenberg �� Milkweed, Sugar Loaf, Alternate Tuesdays, 11:30am, & Sundays 3:30pm Book Lover’s Club �� Greenwood Lake Library, 4th Tuesday, 7pm Mystery Thriller & Crime Book Group ��Jeffersonville Library, 2nd Wednesday, 6:30pm Urban Book Club ��Mulberry House Senior Center, Middletown, 4th Wednesday, 7pm Book Discussion Group �� 1st Friday, Daniel Pierce Library, Grahamsville, 1pm Book Discussion Group ��Narrowsburg Library, 3rd Friday, 4pm “The Great Reckoning” by Louise Penny, w/Matt Pfisterer Thrall Library, Middletown, Jan 31, 3pm Book Discussion Group �� Crawford Library, Monticello, Feb 12, 1:30pm “Pride and Prejudice” by Jane Austen �� Morrison Hall, Middletown, Feb 14, Noon “Hidden Treasures of the Hudson Valley” by/w Anthony Musso Newburgh Library, Feb 15, 6:30pm “Tales of a Silver-Haired Volunteer, Going Far and Giving Back” by/w Carole Howard �� Chester Library, Feb 17, 1pm Women’s Book Discussion �� Port Jervis Library, Feb 21, 7pm Great Books Discussion ��Newburgh Library, Feb 23, 11:30am “I Capture the Castle” by Dodie Smith, w/Patty Sussman ��Newburgh Library, Feb 27, 2pm February 2018

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ATLAS ��Atlas Studios, Newburgh BESTWEST ��Best Western Hotel Ballroom, Matamoras CAS Catskill Art Society �� CAS Arts Center, Livingston Manor DVAA Delaware Valley Arts Alliance ��Delaware Arts Center, Narrowsburg FAL ��The Falcon, Marlboro FAL-U �� The Falcon Underground, Marlboro GMCM Grand Montgomery Chamber Music �� Montgomery Senior Center

MONDAY

TUESDAY

Happy Birthday Mr. Lincoln! (Feb. 12)

februar

GOSH Cornerstone Theatre Arts ��Goshen Music Hall GWL ��Greenwood Lake Library HAC �� Hurleyville Arts Centre IKE �� Eisenhower Hall, West Point JOKERS ��Jokers Comedy Club, Chester MAMA ��Mamakating Library, Wurtsboro MICV Music in Central Valley �� Central Valley United Methodist Church

WEDNESDAY

Cinema “Dunkirk” Wisner Library, Warwick, 1pm

Cinema “The Snowman” NFL 6:15pm

Poetry Milkweed, Sugar Loaf, 7pm Music - Jeff Beck Common Tongue’s First Wednesdays FAL 8pm

Lincoln by Cynthia Harris-Pagano

Cinema “Bringing Up Baby” MSM-DC 9:30am

Cinema “Akeelah and the Bee” Wisner Library, Warwick, 1pm

Cinema Independent Film Night GWL 6:30pm

Music - Keyboard Blues Joe Louis Walker w/Eric Finland FAL 8pm

Poetry Oliver Olive-Eyes Grech MONTBK, 7pm

Dramtic Reading G. Oliver King as Frederick Douglass HAC Noon

Poetry Milkweed, Sugar Loaf, 7pm Music - Jazz Alexis P. Suter Band FAL 8pm

Cinema ““The Glass Castle”” Wisner Library, Warwick, 1pm

Poetry Ted Gill Goshen Methodist Church, 7pm Music - Keyboard Blues Joe Louis Walker FAL 8pm

Poetry Milkweed, Sugar Loaf, 7pm

“Reflections” by C. Brandenburg. North East Watercolor Society’s 2018 Members’ Show at SUNY Orange, Middletown. See pg. 24.

Music - Jazz & Talk Benny Havens Band “Diaspora” IKE 7pm

Music - Jazz HD Quintet FAL 8pm

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February 2018

Dramatic Reading..G. Oliver King as Frederick Douglass.HAC 6pm Cinema................. “The Ghost and Mrs. Muir”..................TRI-V 7pm Poetry....Host:Magdalen Radovich..Elsie’s Luncheonette, Goshen, 7pm Storytelling.........Black Dirt Storytelling Guild.....Florida Library, 7:30pm Theatre - Play........ “The Vagina Monologues” ................SCCC 8pm Comedy.........................Stand-up Comics.........................FAL-U 8pm

Poetry - Spoken Wo Cabaret................... Theatre - Play........ “ Music - Funk-Soul . Music - Soul............

Poetry....................P Poetry....................P Cinema.............................. “Notorious”..............................TRI-V 7pm Cabaret................... Music - Jazz-Fusion.Thunderhead Organ Trio.Wherehouse,Newburgh,8pm Music................Edm Music - Country-Blues-Folk.......Poppa K & The Coasters ....FAL 8pm Music - Rock........... Music - Jazz......................... bigBANG................................FAL-U 8pm Music - Jazz .......C Music - Rock...........

22 Cinema “Genius” THRALL 3pm

Music - Keyboard Blues Joe Louis Walker w/Jeremy Baum FAL 8pm

Music - Gospel-Blues Jazz Jam FAL-U 8pm

Museum G.Washington Birthday Celebration WASHQ Noon-4pm

Cinema.............................“Harmonium”........................ THRALL 2pm Music - Blues.......... Poetry....................................Ted Gill................................. NOBL 7pm Music - Hip Hop..... Music - Puente............ Latin Jazz Express ..........................FAL 8pm Music.................. Andy Stack’s American Soup...............FAL-U 8pm

Please check the schedule for Art & Photography Exhibit Receptions, pg. 14

THURSDAY

MISU �� MONTBK �� MSM-AQ �� MSM-DC ��M NCM Newburgh Chamber Music �� NFL �� NOBL ��

Cinema...................“A Letter to Three Wives”...................TRI-V 7pm Poetry......................... Hudson River Poets.......................... NFL 7pm Music - Celtic........ Eric Banger & the Mashers............. MISU 7:30pm Theatre - Play..............“House of Desires”.......................SCCC 8pm Music - World.......Tal National, Common Tongue ................FAL 8pm Comedy.........................Stand-up Comics.........................FAL-U 8pm

Theatre - Play..............“House of Desires”.......................SCCC 8pm

Poetry Milkweed Sugar Loaf, 7pm Spoken Word Hip Hop POELODIES FAL-U 8pm

In recognition of African American History Month, the Benny Havens Band presents “Diaspora,” a performance and lecture highlighting the experiences of African Americans in the New World, featuring jazz trumpeter Etienne Charles, on February 27, at 7:00pm in the Eisenhower Hall Ballroom, West Point. Snow date: Feb. 28, 7pm.

Theatre -Play.......... Poetry........Elena B Music - Classical.... Theatre - Play......... Music - Blues-Rock Music......................

Dance..................... Theatre - Play.........

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��St. John’s Episcopal Church, Ellenville �� Montgomery Book Exchange �� Mount St.Mary College, Aquinas Hall, Newburgh Mount St. Mary College, Desmond Campus, Balmville ��St. George’s Church, Newburgh ��Newburgh Free Library ��Noble Coffee Roasters, Campbell Hall

FRIDAY

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

SATURDAY

SUNYO-OH �� SUNY Orange, Orange Hall, Middletown THRALL �� Thrall Library, Middletown TRI-V ��Triversity Center, Milford TUST ��Tusten Theatre, Narrowsburg UUC �� Unitarian Universalist Congregation, Rock Tavern WASHQ ��Washington’s Headquarters, Newburgh WCPA �� Warwick Center for the Performing Arts

Poetry.......Hudson River Poets...Karpeles Museum, Newburgh, 1pm ......Chris O’Leary Band...........................FAL 8pm Music - Blues.........Jeff Pitchell & Texas Flood ....................FAL 8pm ................. Decora..................................FAL-U 8pm Music - Blues-Rock.......... Bendy Effect.............................FAL-U 8pm Comedy............................. Chris Monty ........................JOKERS 9pm

ord......Open Mic.........Empowering Ellenville, 7pm .......... “Love Songs”.............................. SCM TBA “The Vagina Monologues” ................SCCC 8pm .......Bernard Purdie & Friends.................FAL 8pm ...... Classic R&R Show........................FAL-U 8pm

Poetry Slam ......... Milkweed, Sugar Loaf, 6:30pm Poetry Cafe....................... Florida Library, 6:45pm ...Gypsy Lane Burlesque...................... HAC 8pm mar Castañeda electric harp.....SUNYO-KH 8pm ............Fred Zepplin.............................FAL-U 8pm Club d’Elf with John Medeski...................FAL 8pm ............Fred Zepplin.............................FAL-U 8pm

Music - Swing-Blues.....Big Joe Fitz & The Lo-Fis................FAL11am Music - Jazz.....Gabriele Tranchina CD release party .WCPA 1:30pm Music - Cajun................Bunkhouse Boys........ Cornwall Library, 2pm Music - Jazz-Pop..“Swing & Great American Songbook”..NCM 3pm

Opera...................“L’Elisir d’Amore” Donizetti................SCCC 1pm Cabaret............................ “Love Songs”.............................. SCM TBA Music - Rock.............. Ed Palermo Big Band.........................FAL 8pm Music - Jerry Garcia........... Deadgrass ..............................FAL-U 8pm Comedy........................... Joey Callahan ......................JOKERS 9pm

Museum......G. Washington B’day Celebration...WASHQ Noon-4pm Storytelling.................Jonathan Charles Fox......................DVAA 2pm Theatre - Musical...............“Cinderella”................................. IKE 5pm Theatre............... “Literature Alive: Tolle, Lege”.............. GOSH 7pm Music - Folk....................Music for Humanity......................NOBL 7:30pm Fundraiser...Triversity “Share Your Heart Dance”...BESTWEST 8pm Cabaret.....................Gypsy Lane Burlesque...................... HAC 8pm Music - Traffic................... Allstar Ensemble ................................FAL 8pm Music - Country................... Somerville...............................FAL-U 8pm Music - Jazz...........Eric Person Band....Wherehouse,Newburgh,9pm Comedy........................... Joey Callahan........................JOKERS 9pm

Theatre - in Spanish..“Geppetto: Extraordinary Extremities”.SUNYO-KH 12:30pm

............“Pretty Fire”............................ MAMA 7pm Botts....Country Store, Jones Farm, Cornwall, 7pm ...Potluck Concerts..Cornwall Presby. Ch.7:30pm ......“House of Desires”.......................SCCC 8pm k .......Dylan Doyle Band............................FAL 8pm ....... The Funk Junkies.........................FAL-U 8pm

SUNDAY

Music - Roots............. Uncommon Ground......................... FAL 11am Cabaret............................ “Love Songs”.............................. SCM TBA Music - Folk-Rock-Classical..........E’lissa Jones Trio........... NFL 3pm Music - Classical.“Bent Duo”piano & percussion...SUNYO-OH 3pm Music - Jazz............. Brad Shepik Organ Trio........................FAL 8pm

Museum......G. Washington B’day Celebration...WASHQ Noon-4pm Music - Jazz.... ........... Bob Wylde Quartet .........................GWL 1pm Storytelling...................... Madelyn Folino............. Florida Library, 1pm Storytelling.................Jonathan Charles Fox......................DVAA 2pm Theatre............... “Literature Alive: Tolle, Lege”.............. GOSH 2pm Music - Jazz... Skye Jazz Trio.....Iron Forge Inn, Warwick, Noon-3pm Music - Jazz.... ...........Dave Stryker guitar...........................FAL 8pm

Opera........................ “La Bohème” Puccini..............SCCC 12:30pm Music......................West Point Concert Band ..................... IKE 2pm Music - Swing +............ ....Saints of Swing..........................FAL 11am Music - Classical.Andrew Ranaudo & Nicole Brancato piano.DVAA 2pm Theatre - Play..............“House of Desires”.......................SCCC 2pm Theatre - in English....“Geppetto: Extraordinary Extremities”...SUNYO-KH 3:30pm Theatre............... “Literature Alive: Tolle, Lege”.............. GOSH 2pm Music - Classical........ Longleash Piano Trio ....................ATLAS 7pm Music - Classical.Janice Nimetz & Victoria Von Arx pianos.MICV 3pm Theatre............... “Literature Alive: Tolle, Lege”.............. GOSH 7pm Music - Classical...SUNY Orange Community Orchestra..PARA 3pm Theatre - Play..............“House of Desires”.......................SCCC 8pm Music - THE BAND....Professor Louie & The Crowmatix ........FAL 8pm Music - Rock-Blues....Vito Petroccitto & Little Rock ........FAL-U 8pm Comedy............................. Wali Collins .........................JOKERS 9pm

............ “Peter Pan”..............................SCCC 7pm Dance................................ “Peter Pan”.................. SCCC 3pm & 7pm Theatre - Play..............“House of Desires”.......................SCCC 2pm ......“House of Desires”.......................SCCC 8pm Theatre............... “Literature Alive: Tolle, Lege”.............. GOSH 7pm Theatre............... “Literature Alive: Tolle, Lege”.............. GOSH 2pm Theatre - Play..............“House of Desires”.......................SCCC 8pm Dance................................ “Peter Pan”..............................SCCC 3pm Happy Birthday, Comedy........................ Buddy Fitzpatrick ....................JOKERS 9pm

Mr. Rubin!

The Skye Jazz Trio and Friends will celebrate Steve Rubin’s 65th Birthday Gig at the Iron Forge Inn, 38 Iron Forge Road, Warwick, on February 18 from Noon - 3:00pm

The Sullivan County Community Chorus, under the direction of Kevin J. Giroux, will resume rehearsals on February 8 at 6:30pm in the Chorus Room at the Liberty Middle School, 145 Buckley Street, Liberty. The Chorus welcomes all interested singers to attend their rehearsals. For info: 845-439-4458.

Music For Humanity’s 93rd “Free Performance Night” will feature Katy Mantyk (pictured), Brad Scribner and Los Huevos at Noble Coffee Roasters, 3020 Route 207, Campbell Hall, on February 17, at 7:30pm

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

Group Show �� Stray Cat Gallery, Bethel, ongoing Georgia Chambers etchings, paintings ��Georgia Chambers Art Gallery, Callicoon, ongoing Catharine De Maio paintings ��Rustic Wheelhouse, Chester, ongoing T.A. Clearwater paintings, pastels, prints �� Clearwater Gallery at Jones Farm, Cornwall, ongoing Karen E. Gersch, Gabrielle Dearborn, Josiah Dearborn drawings, paintings, silverwork �� Gersch Home Gallery, Montgomery, by appt, ongoing Carolyn Duke pottery ��Duke Pottery, Tennanah Lake, Roscoe, ongoing Inscribed Tibetan Prayer Stones ��Tibetan & Himalayan Cultural Center, Walden, ongoing Wurtsboro Art Alliance group show �� Mamakating Town Hall, Wurtsboro, ongoing Nita Klein paintings ��Leo’s Italian Restaurant & Pizzeria, Cornwall, thru Jan 31 Orange County Arts Council Members Show ��SUNYO-OH thru Feb 2 River Valley Artists Guild Winter Show ��SUNYO-OH thru Feb 2 “Kindred Spirits” River Valley Artists Guild’s “Art About Town” �� Joan Kehlenbeck: “Winter themed works”, & RVAG members Deerpark Town Hall, Huguenot Lindsay Brown & Lauryn de Leeuw Port Jervis City Hall, Mayor’s Office, & Bon Secours Hospital Cafeteria, Port Jervis, thru Feb 12 Tropical/Beach paintings WRS members group show ��WRS thru Feb 14 Daniela Cooney animal & landscape paintings �� Griffith Olivero Realtors, Goshen, thru Feb 28 Art Instructors’ Small Works Art Show & Sale group show �� MSM-DC thru Feb Cabin Fever Art Show Crawford Arts Association �� Crawford Gov’t Center, Pine Bush, thru Mar 7 “WHITEOUT: Snow, Ice, and All Things Wintry White” Goshen Art League �� Goshen Music Hall, thru Mar 8 “On Time” Paintings & Photographs by Mary Cathryn Roth ��SUNYO-KH thru Mar 9 Linda Mason, Anne Dimock, Joanne Balfour, Charlie Gruman, Mary C. Roth “The Past Comes Alive” Early American Decoration Art, Artists of Excellence Series SUNYO-KH thru Mar 9 Marjorie Morrow, Naomi Teppich, Gail Tuchman “Ask the Old Trees”, art & photography �� River Family Wellness, Callicoon, thru Mar 20 Chris VanVooren, Elliot Belokostolsky, Kirill Leshiner ��Berkshire Bank, Goshen, thru Mar 20

NEW ART EXHIBITS

“Triggered” �� Milkweed, Sugar Loaf, Jan 20-Feb TBA Chris Van Vooren paintings ��Greenwood Lake Library, Feb 1-28 WRS Teaching Artists’ Exhibit. Emerging Artist Group Exhibit ��WRS Feb 1-28 “Avalon Archives’ Museum of Rock & Roll: Black History Month” �The Falcon, Marlboro, Feb 1-28 “Black History Month” Barryville Area Arts Assn, + group show �� Artists’ Market, Shohola, Feb 3-25 Mark Cannariato spice cobra scrambles �� CAS Feb 3-Mar 17 North East Watercolor Society 2018 member Show ��SUNYO-OH Feb 5-Mar 20 “Is It Love or Cabin Fever?” group show �� ARTery Gallery, Milford, Feb 9-Mar 4 “People, Planet, Politics” group show �� DVAA Feb 10-Mar 31 “Winter-Themed Works” River Valley Artists Guild, “Art About Town” �� Susan Miiller & Joan Kehlenbeck Port Jervis City Hall, & Bon Secours Hospital Cafeteria, Port Jervis & Milford Senior Healthcare, & Joan Kehlenbeck & RVAG members Deerpark Town Hall, Huguenot & Patty O’Donnell Koch “Winter Expressions” Port Jervis Library, Feb 12-Apr 1 Still Life Drawings/Paintings WRS members group show �� WRS Feb 15-Mar 14 Judy Byrne, Cathy Cahill, Lily Norton, Cathy Prager 4 Pastelists �� Leo’s Pizzera & Restaurant, Cornwall, Mar 1-31

Photography exhibits

Catharine Bale �� Green Light Gallery, Cornwall-on-Hudson, ongoing Frank E. Schoonover “Breaker Boys” + paintings �� Columns Museum, Milford, thru Jan Greg Rhein ��The Grange, Warwick, thru Feb 26 Nick Zungoli “Up Close” ��Exposures Gallery, Sugar Loaf, thru May 20

NEW Photography exhibits

Nancy Hopping ��Gallery At Chant Realtors, Lords Valley, Feb 3-Feb 26

ART & Photography receptions

“On Time” Paintings & Photographs by Mary Cathryn Roth ��SUNYO-KH Jan 27, 3pm-5:30pm Mark Cannariato spice cobra scrambles �� CAS Feb 3, talk:1pm, reception 2pm-4pm “Black History Month” Barryville Area Arts Assn. + group show ��Artists’ Market, Shohola, Feb 3, 4pm-6pm Nancy Hopping ��Gallery At Chant Realtors, Lords Valley, Feb 3, 5pm Smith Clove Elementary Students Art Exhibit ��Highland Mills Library, Feb 8, 7pm-8pm “People, Planet, Politics” group show ��DVAA Feb 10, 2pm-4pm “Is It Love or Cabin Fever?” group show ��ARTery Gallery, Milford, Feb 10, 6pm-9pm North East Watercolor Society 2018 member Show ��SUNYO-OH Mar 3, 1pm-4:15pm 14

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Schools & Conservatories Budding Artists art exhibit �� Greenwood Lake Library, ongoing Smith Clove Elementary Students Art Exhibit �� Highland Mills Library, Feb 1-28

Children & Teens Calendar

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

Books

Listings not included in our centerspread calendar.

Teen Book Club �� Wisner Library, Warwick, Fridays, 3:30pm “The Adventures of Pumpkin Jackson” by/w Glenda Faison-Crawford, ages 8-13 �� Newburgh Library, Jan 27, 2pm Cinema

Teen Movie Night 11-17yrs �� Greenwood Lake Library, Wednesdays, 6pm FREE Teen Movie Matinee �� Crawford Library, Monticello, 1st Saturday, 1pm FREE Saturday Family Movie �� Crawford Library, Monticello, Saturdays, 1pm FREE “Ferdinand” animated ��Hurleyville Arts Center, Jan Entertainment

Storytime 3-5yrs �� Crawford Library, Monticello, Mondays 10am FREE Winter Fun Day families, stories, crafts �� Crawford Library, Monticello, Feb 3, Noon Lectures & ART DEMOS

Ms. Nicole Winter/Spring art classes for children demo �� WRS Feb 3, 5pm Ayanna Cartooning and Anime demo �� WRS Feb 3, 6pm Liam Vogel portfolio prep demo �� WRS Feb 3, 6:30pm Little Eco Explorers: Eagles �� PEEC Feb 4, 10am “Owl Prowl” ages 7-17 & adults �� HHNM CoH Feb 17, 7pm & HHNM Feb 18, 7pm “Maple Lane Tours” ��HHNM Feb 24, Noon & 3pm Maple Sugar Tours ��HHNM Feb 25, Mar 3, 4, 11am-3pm Museums

Meet the Animals “Birds on the Wing” ��HHNM-CoH Saturdays & Sundays, 1pm & 2:30pm Ecozone Discovery Room ��PEEC Feb 10, 1pm-4pm

Opportunity: KIDS & TEENS! Catholic Charities Community Services of Orange & Sullivan announced the launch of the 2018 Alcohol, Tobacco, Gambling, and Drug Abuse Poster Contest. The 24th annual contest celebrates the creative talent of Sullivan County students while promoting an important message of prevention. The theme is: I’m the Real Me When Choosing to be: Alcohol, Tobacco, Gambling, and Drug Free. Sullivan County students from grades 1-12 are invited to submit posters that illustrate the theme and incorporate the exact theme wording. The contest will have three grade categories: Elementary (grades 1-4), Middle School (grades 5-8), and High School (grades 9-12), and a Grand Prize winner will

be selected for both English and Spanish. Poster submissions may be dropped off at Catholic Charities’ Office, 396 Broadway, Monticello between 9am-3pm, February 19-23. For complete contest submission guidelines, contact 845.794.8080, ext. 117. The 2018 Awards & Recognition Ceremony will be held on April 20. Family and community members are invited to attend. Prizes will be presented for winners in the various grade categories, and two grand prize winners will be selected in the English and Spanish language categories. The posters created by the Grand Prize winners will be professionally printed and distributed throughout Sullivan County.

Opportunity: TEENAGERS! All Sullivan County high school students are invited to audition for the inaugural I Have A Dream talent show in Liberty. The event, which is presented by teen organization Dream Tank and hosted by Bethel Woods Center for the Performing Arts, will feature performers competing for cash prizes up to $1,000 on February 17 from 11:00am-5:00pm. Each Sullivan County School District will audition during a different time slot.

Acts can include individuals, groups, singing, rapping, dancing, magic, comedy anything goes! They must be no longer than four minutes and cannot contain profanity or explicit content. Teens must audition for a spot in the main event (March 10 - see March CANVAS for details) and participants must reserve an audition time slot by visiting BethelWoodsCenter.org/TalentShow

Mankiewicz in Milford Very few artists can claim and directed twenty-two success in the Golden Age of films, “that explored his Hollywood as a triple- threat: favorite themes: the clash of writer-director-producer. aristocrat with commoner, Joseph L. Mankiewicz is life as performance and the one of them. Mankiewicz had clash between people’s urge a long Hollywood career, and to control their fate and the he twice (and consecutively) contingencies of real life.” won the Academy Award for Wikipedia. He also produced both Best Director and Best Gene Tierney & Rex Harrison in twenty-three “other” films. “The Ghost and Mrs. Muir” Screenplay for A Letter John DiLeo is a to Three Wives (1949) nationally renown film and for All About Eve author. We are fortunate (1950), the latter giving in that he resides in him the triple crown Milford and can present adding Best Picture to his entertaining talks, his honors. No other booksignings and filmtriple-threater can make clip programs for our that claim! Not Preston viewing and listening Ann Sothern, Linda Darnell, & Jeanne Crain Sturges, Orson Welles pleasures. in “A Letter to Three Wives” or Ingmar Bergman. For February, his Winter Film Series of Comfortable in a variety of genres and three films includes two films directed by able to elicit career performances from Mankiewicz, The Ghost and Mrs. Muir actors and actresses alike, Mankiewicz (screenplay by Philip Dunne) and A Letter combined ironic, sophisticated scripts to Three Wives (screenplay by Mankiewicz with a precise, sometimes stylized mise en and Vera Caspary), on February 8 and 22 scène. Mankiewicz worked for 17 years respectively (see pg. 12 for February 15). as a screenwriter for Paramount and as a The films are shown at 7:00pm in the producer for MGM before getting a chance Triversity Center, 201 West Harford, to direct at Twentieth Century-Fox. Milford. Admission is free. Use the separate During his long career in Hollywood, entrance down the stairs to the left. Mankiewicz wrote forty-eight screenplays For information: 570-832-4955.

May I Have A Word With You ... Quips, Quotes & Quiddities with Carol Pozefsky Mom Called Our Basement “The Playroom” Ahhh, euphemism... Where would we be without it? Our ‘compulsive self medicators’ would still be drug addicts. The bouncer doesn’t kick you out of the concert, now he ‘escorts you from the premises.’ A stripper’s business card now reads ‘Exotic Dancer’, tax evasion has become ‘income protection’, women ask to be directed to the ‘Powder room or Ladies Lounge’ when not too many years ago and still in other countries, they simply ask for directions to the toilet. There are so many euphemisms for ‘fat’ that a word website chose to alphabetize them: Here’s a sampling: Ample, big-boned, buxom, chunky, colossal, cuddly, curvy, full-figured, generously proportioned, grand, heroically proportioned, juicy, plentiful, plush, queensized, rubenesque, and voluptuous. More Than You Know You never had a class in music but you know more about music than you realize. Maestro, calypso, unison, staccato, anthem all familiar musical terms. The following may be less familiar.

Barcarole: a song of Venetian gondoliers. Tutti: performed by all voices or instruments together. Basso profundo: exceptionally deep, bass voice. Pasticcio: An opera medley made up of portions taken from various operas. Buffo: Male opera singer who specializes in comic parts. Tacet: Be silent. ‘Tis the Season to be Jolie The name Angelina Jolie rarely elicits a shrug. We love or hate her parenting, medical decisions, acting and directing skills and her opinions. Here are some of the latter: “Wherever I am, I always find myself looking out the window wishing I was somewhere else.” “When other little girls wanted to be ballet dancers I kind of wanted to be a vampire.” “When I get logical, and I don’t trust my instincts - that’s when I get in trouble.” “Oh, God, I struggle with low self-esteem all the time! I think everyone does. I have so much wrong with me, it’s unbelievable!”

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WRS: Teaching Artists Exhibition 2018

Teaching artists from the nonprofit artist’s cooperative the Wallkill River School (WRS) are inviting the public to live demonstrations. These artists will be giving you a taste of what they teach using art techniques varying Self Portrait from Cartooning by William Noonan and Anime, Figure and Portrait Drawing, Perspective and Watercolor, Palette Knife Painting, American Impressionism in Pastel and Oil, Detailed Watercolor, Classical Oil Painting, Acrylic Painting, and even Portfolio Prepping for teens. The public is welcome to enjoy free drinks and hors d’oeuvres while mingling with working artists. If you’re curious about the creative process, considering an art class, or just want to meet artists in your community, come to the WRS any Saturday in February! The Teachers’ demonstrations offer a rare glimpse into the creative process used by WRS instructors, while showcasing the diversity of the classes that are offered at the school. The WRS is a nonprofit artist’s cooperative

that runs a gallery and an art school in Montgomery. The School promotes local artists and integrates art into the people’s daily lives. Part of the organization’s mission is to preserve dwindling open spaces and promote “Old Red” by Dennis Fanton small scale farms and our agricultural heritage. The artists often partner with historic sites such as Sugar Loaf Village, organic farms like Phillies Bridge Farm, and nonprofits like Black Rock Forest Consortium to build benefit art auctions, giving participants a chance to sell their work, and help raise money for nonprofits that preserve open spaces. The WRS offers plein air workshops on location throughout Orange County from May-October, and year-round art classes. Committed to buying local, all WRS events are zero waste, handicapped-accessible, and carbon neutral! The WRS is located at 232 Ward Street, Montgomery. For additional information, visit www.wallkillriverschool.com or call 845-457-ARTS.

Maple Sugar Tours in Cornwall Celebrate the beginning of & 2:00pm, take a one mile Maple Sugar season at the moderate hike through field Hudson Highlands Nature and forest to the Museum’s Museum’s Outdoor Discovery new Sugar Shack for a Sugar Center. Join Museum educators Bush tour (terrain and weather for a Maple Sugar tour, Native conditions dependent). American storytelling around photo by George Potanovic Jr. And then on the same day, a camp fire, and special crafts and games. at Noon and 3:00pm, enjoy the Maple Lane Enjoy treats of the sweet season and learn tour - perfect for little legs, it’s a short walk! some fun recipes for Maple Syrup! Pre-paid registration required. Call 845On February 24 at 11:00am, 1:00pm, 534-5506 for further information.

Black-American Art in Shohola The Barryville Area the Oaks. Justice was only Arts Association is served because his fellow sponsoring an exhibit artists - the ones he beat in for Black History Month the competition - stood up that includes the work of for him, and the prize was contemporary artists, as reinstated. well as an exhibit of prints The contemporary work tracing the history of black features artist Malinda American art through Ware, as well as Shanita slavery into the civil rights “Yaa Asantewaa” by Malinda Ware Artson, Amber Doherty, movement. Ed Hicks, Teddy Wilson, and Jennifer For example, the historical exhibit includes Doherty. This exhibit is being curated and the work of Edward Mitchell Bannister. coordinated by Ari Mir-Pontier. When the judges in the 1876 Philadelphia The free February 3, 4:00pm-6:00pm Centennial Exposition found out that he reception will also include refreshments, was black, they tried to take back the prize live music, and a group show by local artists they awarded him for his painting, Under at the Artists’ Market Community Center, 114 Richardson Avenue, Shohola, PA. For information: 845-557-8713.

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River Valley Artists Guild: Winter Works

“Is It Love or Cabin Fever?”

ongoing exhibit at Deerpark Art About Town, sponsored Town Hall, 420 Route 209, by the River Valley Artists Huguenot. Guild (RVAG), will present RVAG’s Patty O’Donnell winter-themed works in Koch will showcase her several locations. expressive oil paintings in an Winter works by Susan exhibit at the Port Jervis Free Miiller and Joan Kehlenbeck Library, 138 Pike Street, will be shown in City Hall entitled Winter Expressions! and Bon Secours Hospital “Snow Shadows” by S. Miiller from February 12-April 1. (1st floor cafeteria) in Port Patty’s work is often Jervis, and Milford Senior referred to as expressionistic Healthcare, February 12because of the influence April 1. of Van Gogh’s texture in Miiller received Artist her paintings. Her subjects Fellowship Awards in 2016 include birds, animals, winterand 2017, and Orange Arts themed holiday subjects and Grants in 2016, 2014 and still lifes. She is self-taught 2009. A teacher at SUNY “Horses on a Farm” by J. Kehlenbeck with nearly 50 years of art since 1999, Susan’s works are experience. A member of the included in many public and Pike County Arts Council, private collections. she has participated in many The winner of the Orange local art shows. County Art Council’s 2016 Bon Secours Hospital is Individual Artist Award located at 160 E Main St., Port and president of the RVAG, Jervis. City Hall is located at Kehlenbeck has shown her 20 Hammond St., Port Jervis, oils and pastels regionally and Milford Senior Healthcare and includes pleasant winter is located at 264 Route 6 & scenes in her work for these 209, Milford. exhibits. Along with other Susanmiiller@yahoo.com RVAG artists, her work is also being shown in an “Golden Eagle” by P. O’Donnell Koch for more information.

Is winter’s long and a sampling of some of the seemingly endless period works on display. of cold and darkness taking The exhibit, entitled Is a toll on your psyche? Are It Love or Cabin Fever? you beginning to feel a little will include a Cabin Fever locked in and antsy? Party opening reception The ARTery Gallery’s on February 10, from artists will have some 6:00pm-9:00pm. fun with this seasonal An antidote to the phenomenon drawing February blues? Bring your on themes of cabin fever home bound self and friends craziness: love (Valentine’s to the ARTery’s Cabin Fever Day is approaching!), Party, a chance to have some emotional confusion, and fun with all the craziness how a cozy home can begin the season promotes. The to feel like a prison. The “Wolf at the Door” by Katie Moran Gallery encourages showing exhibit, with its wild, your wild side by inquisitive, humorous, wearing wacky, creative, introspective creations, mismatched outfits, hats, will provide a fun and etc. Fun music, decadent unusual visual response treats and beverages will to this mass seasonal be provided. disorder. You just bring your In ARTery artistcabin feverishness! member Kate Horan’s The event is free mixed media piece Wolf and open to the public, “Olympia” by Al Rosser at the Door, fierce wolves hosted by the member approach the open door of a frightened artists of the cooperative ARTery Gallery. family’s home. Al Rosser’s Can Can Dancer The exhibit will be on display from and his humorous interpretation of Manet’s February 9 to March 4 at the gallery, 210 famous Olympia, plus assemblages by Bill Broad Street, Milford. Rabsey that play with objects d’art, are just For information: 570-409-1234.

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Harpist Edmar Castañeda in Newburgh A native of Bogotá, jazz musician... Colombia, harpist captivating virtuosity, Edmar Castañeda, but in no way only is a master at virtuosity for its skillfully drawing own sake.” He and out lush colors and his harp become one dynamic spirit from and his joy makes the his blue harp. It is, music he produces indeed, a Columbian even more engaging. harp which is based Edmar Castañeda on the diatonic scale ~ Electric Harp will of seven rather than be in solo concert Harpist Edmar Castañeda Photo by Diana Bejarano the chromatic twelve on February 16 at notes. 8:00pm in the Orange Bank & Trust Co Great Since his move to the U.S. in 1994, he Room 101, Kaplan Hall which is located at has quite literally taken New York and the the corner of Grand and First Streets on the world stage by storm with the sheer force Newburgh campus of SUNY Orange. of his virtuosic command of the harp, Free, secure parking is available in the revolutionizing the way audiences and critics Kaplan Hall parking garage entered at 73 alike consider an instrument commonly First Street. Tickets can be purchased online: relegated to the “unusual category.” www.sunyorange.edu/arts_comm/ticketing. States the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung shtml (newspaper): “The Colombian plays the Free student admission is available only harp like hardly anyone else on earth. His at the door. The box office opens at 7:00pm hands, seemingly powered by two different before the performance. people, produce a totally unique, symphonic Questions may be directed to Cultural fullness of sound, a rapid-fire of chords, Affairs at 845-341-4891/9386 or by emailing balance of melodic figures and drive, served cultural@sunyorange.edu with euphoric Latin American rhythms, Information is also available by visiting: and the improvisatory freedom of a trained www.sunyorange.edu/culturalaffairs

“Geppetto” in Spanish & English The New York Times exclaims, “‘Geppetto: Extraordinary Extremities’ celebrates human ingenuity.’” Indeed, it is a “tale of resilience and adaptation that tells the story of recently widowed puppet-maker Geppetto, who is attempting to perform - all by himself for the first time ever - the grand mythical love story of Perseus, who slays a sea monster to save his beloved Andromeda. During the show things begin to go haywire, and Geppetto finds himself desperately improvising to overcome the challenges of performing solo while at the same time scrambling to devise new story lines, new characters, and even new limbs.” Puppeteer/actor Carlo Adinolfi brings his puppets to life and engages his audience in so doing. Original music is played by cellist Jeanette Stenson. Adinolfi and writer/director Renee Philippi comprise the Concrete Temple Theatre, committed to the creation of compelling new theatrical works, incorporating drama, dance, puppetry, music, and the visual arts. After each presentation of the play, time is allotted for audience members to “Meet the Puppets.” In order to engage a greater audience, Geppetto: Extraordinary Extremities will be presented twice on February 24: the first

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Carlo Adinolfi & Jenny the puppet

performance starts at 12:30pm and will be performed entirely in Spanish. Then the 3:30pm performance in English. Also, the Future Teachers Club of the Education Department at SUNY Orange is offering free to families new children’s books which will be on display. The play will take place in Kaplan Hall. (See adjacent story for location, parking, contact and online ticketing). Tickets are very reasonably priced at $2 for children and students; $5 for adults. Free for SUNY Orange students with ID. Tickets will be available at the box office table starting one hour before the performances. This event is offered by Cultural Affairs at SUNY Orange in cooperation with Safe Harbors of the Hudson.

Smiles, Tears and New Sopranos: February’s Live From The MET in HD by Philip Ehrensaft There’s no mystery why opera warhorses are warhorses. Each warhorse is simply better than damned excellent. A warhorse epitomizes the operatic art of its time, a marriage of music and text that surpasses the sum of its parts. Like all great art, an opera warhorse reaches out beyond time and place. Makes us laugh, makes us cry, makes us marvel at what a composer can demand from the human voice, and makes us marvel that a singer can meet those demands. This month the Met Live in HD offers broadcasts of not one but two prize warhorses to movie theater audiences across the planet, and two contrasting warhorses at that. First, a February 10 at 1:00pm broadcast of Gaetano Donizetti’s L’elisir d’amore (The Elixir of Love). L’elisir, which premiered in 1832, is one of the most good-natured comic operas ever to grace the stage. L’elisir’s smashingly good music is a pinnacle of the Bel canto (beautiful song) stage of Italian opera. This early 19th century way of creating opera concentrated on beauty of tone and virtuosic agility. By the 1930’s, Bel canto had fallen out of relative favor in most major opera houses. Then the genre rebounded like a rocket from the late 1940’s onward, with special thanks to Maria Callas.

Sonya Yoncheva as “Mimi” in “La Boheme”

On February 24 at 12:30pm, we get a revival of the justly iconic, lush Franco Zefferelli production of the pinnacle of the post-romantic, late 19th century opera verismo (realism opera) genre, Giacomo Puccini’s La Bohème. Bohème premiered in 1896 and is still the most popular opera in the repertoire. To paraphrase Samuel Johnson: if you are tired of La Bohème, you are tired of opera. Tragic opera doesn’t conclude more tragically than La Bohème. Rating tragic operas on a one to four handkerchief scale, Bohème gets a six. Even the Godfather gets to cry when the curtain goes down on the last act. If you want to get your teenaged kids hooked on opera, take them to see La Bohème. That’s been my experience. Zefferelli’s Bohème premiered at the Met in 1981. This is a straight, no chaser Bohème production, as is Bartlett Sher’s L’elisir,

Pretty Yende as “Adina” in “L’elisir d’amore”

which premiered in 2012. Both productions create contemporary audience perceptions that they’re watching the staging they would have seen when the operas premiered during the 19th century. Rather an illusion for audiences sitting in a mammoth hall with all the high tech staging infrastructure that money can buy, but an illusion which fits the music. While Sher’s L’elisir is wine worthy of a meal in a classy Italian restaurant, Zefferelli’s Bohème is a rare single malt scotch. You want to be transported to the Bohemian quarter of Paris in 1830? You got it. Horses and a military marching band included. Now a final point as to why both of February’s Met Live broadcasts are mustsee’s. Both feature rising star sopranos proving themselves worthy of roles that have showcased landmark divas. For L’elisir, the spicy role of Adina is performed

by a South African soprano, Pretty Yende. Chancing upon Lakmé’s Flower Duet as the background to a TV advertisement, a 16 year-old Yende decided then and there to become an opera singer. In 2016 she sang the very demanding lead role in Lucia de Lammermoor at the Opéra de Paris. If you want to hear the treat that awaits us, catch her debut CD, A Journey. Sonya Yoncheva’s arrival as a Mimi for our times is pure Hollywood, except that the story is true. The Bulgarian soprano’s first performance as Mimi at a major opera house, the Met, had all the hallmarks of a disaster. She gave birth five weeks before her debut as Mimi in 2014 and had not entirely recovered. The scheduled tenor canceled at the last minute and Bryan Hymel flew in from Chicago just in time. The audience had muted expectations. Expectations which were surpassed quite spectacularly. Yoncheva carried the whole performance onward and upward. A new star Mimi was born. Yoncheva went on to sing Mimi in Berlin, Paris, and La Scala. We are in for something very special on February 24 when Yoncheva gives us her Mimi. Live from the Met in HD is shown at SUNY Sullivan in Loch Sheldrake. Tickets at the door. For additional information, call 845-4345750, ext. 4472.

Attention Art (& Food!) Lovers: Enjoy viewing artwork by the “4 Pastelists” who will exhibit their work at Leo’s Cornwall location throughout the month of March!

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Screwball Hepburn & Grant Bringing Up Baby is a 1938 screwball comedy film directed by Howard Hawks, starring Katharine Hepburn and Cary Grant. The screenplay was adapted by Dudley Nichols and Hagar Wilde from a short story by Wilde which originally appeared in Collier’s Weekly in 1937. The script was written specifically for Hepburn, and was tailored to her personality. Production was frequently delayed due to uncontrollable laughing fits between Hepburn and Grant. Hepburn & Grant in “Bringing Up Baby” (1938) Hepburn struggled with her comedic performance and was coached by her co-star, timing, completely screwball cast, series vaudeville veteran Walter Catlett, who made of lunatic and hare-brained misadventures, a career of playing excitable, meddlesome, disasters, light-hearted surprises and temperamental, and officious blowhards. romantic comedy. Baby was a commercial flop upon its In 1990 Bringing Up Baby was selected for release, although it eventually made a small preservation in the National Film Registry profit after its re-release in the early 1940s. of the Library of Congress as “culturally, Shortly after the film’s premiere, Hepburn historically, or aesthetically significant”, and was infamously labeled box-office poison by it has appeared on a number of greatest-films the Independent Theatre Owners of America lists, ranking at 88th on the American Film and would not regain her success until The Institute’s 100 greatest American films of all Philadelphia Story two years later. The time list. film’s reputation began to grow during the Start your morning off with rollicking 1950s, when it was shown on television. laughter on February 13 at 9:30am at Since then, the film has received acclaim Mount Saint Mary College’s Desmond from both critics and audience for its zany Campus, 6 Albany Post Road, Newburgh. antics and pratfalls, absurd situations and Discussion with George Burke follows. misunderstandings, perfect sense of comic Reservations required. 845-565-2076.

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Eric Banger & The Mashers, Ellenville Influenced by Irish folk bands such as the Clancy Brothers, the Dubliners and the Pogues, and drawing upon the monumental print collections of 19th century Irish traditional music, Eric Banger and the Mashers play a combination of raucous drinking songs, touching folk ballads and energetic jigs and reels. The band consists of vocalist Jeff Doolittle

on guitar, fiddler Anastasia Solberg, singer Liza Doolittle and Zach Brandman on mandolin. Break the winter blues and enjoy a concert in a warm intimate setting with coffee, tea and cookies when Eric Banger and the Mashers perform at MISU, 40 Market Street, Ellenville, on February 22 at 7:30pm. For info & tickets: 917-399-8354.

Vagina Monologues in Loch Sheldrake “It’s time for another exciting V-Day season at SUNY Sullivan! For the past 6 years, we have participated in this global movement to help stop violence against women. As the 20th Anniversary of The Vagina Monologues, this year promises to be special and you will want to be part of it.” Cindy Linden, Ph.D. Professor, Division of Liberal Arts & Humanities. An Obie award-winning whirlwind tour of a forbidden zone, The Vagina Monologues by Eve Ensler introduces a wildly divergent gathering of female voices, including a sixyear-old girl, a septuagenarian New Yorker, a vagina workshop participant, a woman who witnesses the birth of her granddaughter, a Bosnian survivor of rape, and a feminist happy to have found a man who “liked to look at it.” The play delves into consensual and

nonconsensual sexual experiences, body image, genital mutilation, direct and indirect encounters with reproduction, sex work, and several other topics through the eyes of women with various ages, races, sexualities, and other differences. In 1998, Ensler and others, including Willa Shalit, a producer of the Westside Theatre production, launched V-Day, a global nonprofit movement that has raised over $100 million for groups working to end violence against women and girls through benefits of The Vagina Monologues. See it at Sullivan County Community College’s Seelig Theatre, 110 College Road, Loch Sheldrake, February 8 & 9 at 8:00pm. Tickets at the door. For info: 845-434-5750, ext. 4472.

Queen of the Hudson: Piano Trio

Thunderhead Organ Trio, Newburgh

Austrian painter Egon Schiele (1890-1918) is known for his assertive, character-driven depictions of the human form. He produced over 600 works, ranging from delicate pencil drawings to elaborate, bold-stroke oil portraiture and landscapes. A student of Gustav Pala Garcia, violin, John Popham, cello & Renate Rohlfing, piano Klimt, he and Oskar Kokoschka epitomized Rachel Grimes is heralded as “one of the Austrian Expressionist movement. American independent music’s few truly The suite Music for Egon Schiele was inspired technicians” by WIRE magazine. written by Rachel Grimes to accompany a A pianist, composer, and arranger based in dance and theater production by Stephan Kentucky, she has toured worldwide as a solo Mazurek. The show, entitled Egon Schiele, pianist. was presented in May 1995 by the Itinerant Queen of the Hudson chamber music Theater Guild at the University of Illinois, series is presenting her work with Longleash Chicago. The twelve pieces abstractly depict (a piano trio - see photo). the chronological phases of Schiele’s personal Paula Garcia is on the faculty of The and artistic life - one of struggle and discovery, Juilliard School’s Music Advancement inspired by love, loss, and the desperate need Program, an initiative designed to serve for expression. For example......... talented young students from backgrounds Family Portrait portrays Schiele’s turbulent underrepresented in the American performing childhood, in which his father and one of his arts. John Popham has recorded for Tzadik, three sisters died of syphilis. The opening is a Carrier, New Focus, Albany, and Arte Nova still life of the family, then moves into a waltz records. Equally comfortable in instrumental recalling the grand but faded Viennese style. A and vocal music, Renate Rohlfing recently duet for violin and cello, Egon & Gertie is an accompanied soprano Anna Netrebko in a intimate look at the affectionate relationship gala performance. between Egon and his youngest sister Gertie. They perform, along with selections from First Self-Portrait Series is the first of Grimes’ albums The Clearing and Book of three self-portrait pieces; which show Schiele Leaves, at Atlas Studios, 11 Spring Street, developing his techniques and style, which Newburgh on February 24 at 7:00pm. ranges from introspective and erotic to Tickets: www.queenofthehudson.org and at masochistic and death-infused. the door.

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 sax; in their case, trombone. Thunderhead Organ Trio: Nadav, Neil, and Joe, jam out at NeilAlexander, (organ, keyboards, The Wherehouse in Newburgh every 3rd Thursday at 8pm. synthesizers) has been playing for electronic sound processing equipment. 40 years. He has performed with artists such Born in Israel, Nadav Snir-Zelniker started as Gunther Hampel, Virgil Donati, Alphonse playing drums at the age of 16. Soon after his Mouzon, Jesse Gress, the Mahavishnu Project, arrival in New York, he became involved with and The Machine; leads his own group, NA3, the local music scene. His versatility enabled performs solo as NAILgun, and co-leads (with him to perform and record with artists from Peter Furlan) Mr. Gone, which explores the many different genres. He has performed at psychedelic side of early jazz fusion. major venues such as: Carnegie Hall - Zenkel Physics has always been Neil’s passion. His Hall, Symphony Space, Lincoln Center, Blue philosophy is simple: Life=Music. As proven Note, Birdland, Iridium and many more. by physics, “All of creation is some form of Together, Thunderhead Organ Trio perform vibration. There’s a lot of math that naturally diverse music by artists such as John Coltrane, occurs in music,” said Neil. John Scofield, John McLaughlin, King Joe Gil, (trombone and processing), has Crimson, and Jaco Pastorius, and their own performed with artists such as David Murray, original compositions of jazz, funk, rock, and Craig Harris, Sonny Fortune, Cecil Bridgewater, progressive music. The group draws on many Jimmy Owens, Willie Colon, and Yomo Toro, different influences and styles, exploring the in addition to leading his own groups, Trio of “grittier, rockier side” of the genre. Terror, and Bean Runner Project. He has The Thunderhead Organ Trio performs spent a lot of time trying to emulate the energy at The Wherehouse, 119 Liberty Street, of the guitar on the trombone. To create jazz Newburgh every third Thursday at 8:00pm. and rock fusion, he augments his horn with For info: 845-561-7240.

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2 Squares, 4 Hands, 88 Keys, 1 Film For the first time on DVAA’s new grand piano: Four Hands! 2Squared pianists Nicole Brancato and Cochecton native Andrew Ranaudo together craft imaginative, intellectual, and memorable concert experiences fit for the 21st century. This forwardlooking piano duo project integrates multimedia elements and unique outside-the-box perspective into performance. They each are active instrumentalists, having performed as recitalists and soloists across the U.S. and Europe. Hear 4-hand works by Schubert,

Mendelssohn, Alfredo Casella and Erik Satie. Their Satie performance is accompanied by the 1924 dadaist film directed by René Clair Entr’acte, with cameos by French avant-garde painter, poet Francis Picabia, Dada and surrealist artists Man Ray, painter-sculptorwriter Marcel Duchamp and

Satie himself. 2Squared will perform as part of the Salon Series at the Delaware Arts Center, 37 Main Street, Narrowsburg, on February 24 at 2:00pm. Free admission. Seating is limited. For information: 845-252-7576.

Airing Out Dirty Laundry in Narrowsburg Author, photographer, and River Reporter columnist Jonathan Charles Fox will regale audiences with true stories culled from the dark recesses of his bedroom closet - from adventures in Las Vegas to alien abductions, all with Dharma the Wonder Dog at his side - in Dirty Laundry: It All Comes Out in the Wash. “You will not be bored,” Fox promised of his triumphant return to the mic as part of the Delaware Valley Art Alliance’s winter Salon Series. “I’ve been inundated with requests for more stories ever since my last one-man

show. Now that I think about it, I think they just wanted to meet the dog.” The one-man show will be held on February 17 & 18 at 2:00pm at the Delaware Arts Center’s Krause Recital Hall, 37 Main Street, Narrowsburg. “Think of it as a conversation where I do most of the talking...and everyone gets to help me fold my laundry,” said Fox. Speaking of laundry, audience members are invited to a post-show gathering at the Laundrette Restaurant, 20 5th Street, Narrowsburg. Free admission, donations appreciated. Seating is limited. For info: 845-252-7576.

Wellness Modalities - Feng Shui Feng shui is a Chinese philosophical system of harmonizing everyone with the surrounding environment. It is closely linked to Taoism. The term feng shui literally translates as “wind-water” in English. Feng shui is one of the Five Arts of Chinese Metaphysics, classified as physiognomy (observation of appearances through formulas and calculations). The feng shui practice discusses architecture in metaphoric terms of “invisible forces” that bind the universe, earth, and humanity together, known as qi. Feng shui has numerous tips to help improve your health and well-being. After all, the saying “health is wealth” most probably came from ancient feng shui masters! The importance of vibrant health cannot be overestimated because without good health few things really matter. In feng shui, there is a direct relationship between your health and the quality of energy in your home and office. Numerous home and businesses suffer from low and stagnant feng shui energy. Studies show that most homes and businesses are below the basic energy level necessary to maintain the good health of people who live 22

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or work there. The quality of natural light, along with color are both vital nutrients for your health and well-being. It is not just the amount of natural light you enjoy during the day, but also the presence of vibrant, beautiful colors to nourish your energy. Few people are aware that the indoor air pollution is actually much worse than the outdoor one. Unless you live and/or work in a truly green, environmentally friendly building, you have to constantly work on the quality of air in your space. The easiest way to take care of the air quality of your home or office - while also greatly improving its feng shui energy - is with top air purifying plants. Rock Tavern Wellness Practitioner Debra Sheafe, LMT says, “incorporating feng shui into any room allows for a more conducive flow of energy which is beneficial to our energy field in any room, but especially in the bedroom where we rejuvenate and heal. “It can help you get a better night’s sleep when your energy is in a more balanced flow with your surroundings. You will wake up more rested with a clearer mind.” See ad page 6.

Once upon a time A girl with moonlight in her eyes Put her hand in mine And said she loved me so The show-tune lyrics quoted here are from the 1962 Broadway production, All American, music and lyrics by Charles Strouse and Lee Adams, book by Mel Brooks. It, as one might surmise, reflects a frequent, nearly hackneyed lyrical theme of returning to a simpler time and place. And to extract just one small tidbit from the archives of down-town Broadway: Once Upon a Time is frequently referred to as the most beautiful and yet the saddest of all songs. It is said, “...everyone should be so lucky to have lived the kind of life that makes them cry when they listen to this song. Ironic, but true.” Original cast recording, Ray Bolger and Eileen Herlie - the best. And yes, there’s always performance and song to reach back with and grasp. There Used to Be a Ballpark by Joe Raposo, of Sesame Street fame, commemorates of all things a ballpark in Brooklyn! And if you weren’t there or don’t remember, it was in Flatbush, an oft’ noted section of Brooklyn.

But it was home of the Brooklyn Dodgers, a lovablebutscragglycollectionofyoungbaseball players, men, collectively called “Bums,” who beyond the belief and imaginations of many, actually became the World Champions of 1955! This nearly miraculous feat was accomplished by overcoming the dominant New York Yankees, pin stripes and all, in their own spotless ball park, “The House That Ruth Built,” they say, way far away uptown in the Bronx. No passport required! And just as an aside, Robinson was safe at home. Berra fibbed, and Ford lied. But it was clear to this unbiased writer, from a seat in the upper deck of Yankee Stadium’s right field who saw the steal and immediately cried, “Safe!” But, it was Frank Sinatra, the Hoboken crooner, as well as others, who rekindled some of those memories with Joe Raposo’s melancholy tribute to an American legend Ebbets Field:

And there used to be a ballpark Where the field was warm and green. And the people played their crazy game With a joy I’d never seen. But memories of those special times, the 50s, are not reserved exclusively to the arena of sports and the glory of victory. To set a different scene: the month is February, the day an ordinary Tuesday, the third day of that month. Shortly after take off, on a frigid and snowy night, a chartered plane crashed into a cornfield somewhere in the middle of Iowa, somewhere near Mason City, Iowa. That crash snuffed away the lives of three rising American performers: Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and J. P. “The Big Bopper” Richardson. The event’s far reaching and chilling tragedy is widely referenced as “The Day the Music Died.” All my love, all my kisses... La Bamba - Yo no soy marinero That wiggle in the walk and giggle in the talk

Those times, the 50s, are memorialized in numerous ways, but most pointedly through the music of writer, performer, Don McLean. Portions of the iconic lyrics were written in Philadelphia and the remainder in the Hudson Valley, specifically Cold Spring, (1971): I can still remember how that music used to make me smile. With every paper I’d deliver Bad news on the doorstep, I couldn’t take one more step I met a girl who sang the blues and I asked her for some happy news, but she just smiled and turned away. Though questioned innumerable times regarding the allusions and their social and/ or political significance, McLean artistically withheld comment. Recently, though, he commented, though reluctantly, “Basically in American Pie things are heading in the wrong direction...It [life] is becoming less idyllic. I don’t know whether you consider that wrong or right but it is a morality song in a sense.” Hawksley Rupert (April 7, 2017), The Daily Telegraph. “But somehow, [that] ‘once upon a time’ never comes again.”

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Newburgh Free Library: E’lissa Jones Trio Born into a musically gifted family, E’lissa Jones began singing and playing piano at the age of five. “At a very early age, my mother trained her girls to sing harmony and play the piano. I remember my mother keeping us up late singing in thirds with one another.” E’lissa wrote her first song at the age of seven and began studying violin at the age of ten. By eleven, she was writing love songs and short classical

works for violin and piano. While classically trained as a violinist, E’lissa is largely self-taught as a vocalist and guitarist. The E’lissa Jones Trio will perform selections that range from folk, rock, and classical from her catalogue of over 250 original songs at the Newburgh Free Library auditorium, 124 Grand Street, on February 11 at 3:00pm. Snow date: Feb. 25. For information: 845-563-3600.

Greenwood Lake Library Artist of the Month Greenwood Lake Vice chairman self-taught artist of the Goshen Art Chris Van Vooren’s League, Chris is the medium of choice is featured artist at the acrylic, but he has Greenwood Lake been known to dabble Library for the in other mediums such month of February. as pastels and mixed He is also bringing media. two children’s art The head volunteer programs to the coordinator at the Library. On February “Laundry & Flowers” by C. Van Vooren Greenwood Lake Coalition Teen Center, 24, Chris will host Creating a Picture on some of Chris’ other Village of Greenwood Canvas (11:00am-12:00pm), ages 9 and Lake projects include the Greenwood Lake under; and Self Portraits (12:30pm-1:30pm) mural at Sunshine Park, and the Greenwood ages 10-17. The Library is located at 79 Waterstone Lake Film Strip Project, which helped raise money for the Teen Center during the Road, Greenwood Lake. For info: 845-477-8377, ext. 104. Hoboken International Film Festival.

2018 NEWS Annual Members’ Exhibition The North East 5-March 20, displays 108 Watercolor Society paintings by 58 artists. (NEWS) has an annual The reception at which international, juried show awards will be presented in the fall and an annual, will take place on March 3 juried members’ show in from 1:00pm to 4:15pm. the winter. One might think Pianist Geoff Hamburg that in order to stage these will start off the afternoon exhibits year-in and yearevent at 1:00pm by out, the artworks would playing classical pieces “Red Hat Ladies Share a Secret” by Alexis Lavine become routine and and jazz standards. of lesser quality. Not so, This year’s judge, with the NEWS! Quality Judith Hummer, will is indeed a trademark of demonstrate painting the organization and its watercolor / watermedia member artists. on Yupo paper starting at Each year, 90 to 2:30pm. “This is another 120 works hang in example of innovation the members’ show in in the diversity of Orange Hall Gallery techniques and materials and Loft. People far and “Gardener’s Shed” by Karen Fitzgerald in watercolor,” states wide as well as local community people join NEWS president Richard Price. the college community in enjoying the beauty The reception and demonstration plus the and creativity of the works and in learning exhibit are free and open to the public. from viewing the various techniques the Orange Hall is located at the corner of watercolor medium allows. The versatility of Wawayanda & Grandview Avenues, (GPS: 24 this transparent and semi-transparent medium Grandview Ave.) on the Middletown campus is captivating as it is demonstrated in various of SUNY Orange. Call Cultural Affairs at 845styles of still lifes, land and seascapes, 341-4891 or email cultural@sunyorange.edu portraits, genre paintings, and semi-abstracts. for information. Stay tuned to CANVAS in The 2018 exhibit, running from February March for more about the NEWS exhibition. 24

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