The Kaminskys At Desmond

History proves that the world’s most famous borough is not only famous for the unique “Tree” that grew there, and the beloved “Bums” that baseballed there, but also for a “forest” of world class comics!

Alice Desmond Center will be presenting the gifts of two of them: Danny Kaye and Mel Brooks, each sharing the same surname, “Kaminsky”, but not related! Their films will be viewed accompanied with a discussion on the history: Yiddish Theater culture: The Borsch Belt and the uniqueness of Jewish humor!

“Watch these films...Please!”: The Court Jester February 3 (see page 6) and To Be or Not to Be February 17

To Be or Not to Be is a 1983 American war comedy film directed by Alan Johnson, produced by Mel Brooks, and starring Brooks, Anne Bancroft, Tim Matheson, Charles Durning, Christopher Lloyd, and José Ferrer. The screenplay was written by Ronny Graham and Thomas Meehan, based on the original bring a drink!

It takes place on February 11 at 2:00pm at the Goshen Public Library. ART!

De-stress with some adult coloring. Coloring books, colored pencils, music and snacks will be provided on February 17 at 3:00pm

The Goshen Public Library & Historical Society is located at 366 Main Street. Phone: 845-294-6606.

Harlem Renaissance via Zoom

In 2003 Janet Mandel was named runner-up for the New Jersey Council for the Humanities Teacher of the Year award. In 2004 she was the recipient of the “Innovations in Special Education Award” from the New Jersey School Boards Association and the Association of Schools and Agencies for the Handicapped.

Now retired, Mandel presents illustrated talks on a variety of art history topics at schools, libraries, museums, senior and community centers, and similar venues.

Janet Mandel, retired art history/ world languages & culture instructor looks at many of the inspired artists who produced astonishing and ground-breaking works that transformed African American identity and history, as well as American culture with The Harlem Renaissance: Courage, Grace and Vision on February 20 at 6:15pm via Zoom. Register by visiting Cornwall and Warwick Libraries: www.cornwallpubliclibrary.org or www. albertwisnerlibrary.org story by Melchior Lengyel, Ernst Lubitsch and Edwin Justus Mayer.

This remake is mostly faithful to the 1942 film on which it is based, In many cases, dialogue is taken verbatim from the earlier film. The characters of Bronski and Joseph Tura are, however, combined into a single character (played by Brooks). His dresser, Anna, has been replaced with Sasha, allowing them to address the plight of gay people under the Nazis, as well as the Jews.

Newsweek stated, “To those who know and love the Jack Benny-Carole Lombard original, this may seem like sacrilege. But because the copy is so entertaining in its own right, it seems more a tribute than a rip-off.

So, start 2023 with a good laugh and “Take this course...Please!”

Desmond’s film-lecture presentations run from 10:00am-1:00pm. The Town of Newburgh-Recreation Department’s Alice Desmond Center is located at 6 Albany Post Road, Newburgh. To register, phone 845-565-1326.

Catskill Art Space, Livingston Manor: Let’s Talk Sculpture!

Judith Henry is a multimedia artist, born and raised in Cleveland, Ohio. Henry’s Casting Call is a series of almost 300 small abstract sculptures of reclaimed materials, utilizing adhesive tape, paint tubes, cotton balls sponges, etc. These figures create anthropomorphic forms that represent complex personas and the diversity of shapes. The work examines the friction between interior life and the public self.

Samuelle Green was born and raised in rural Pennsylvania. Green’s work features an immersive installation of paper forms, utilizing discarded books to create an encompassing architectural environment. Each square foot of work uses nearly 140 individual pieces of paper to construct a transformative space for audiences. Green’s organic and geometric work explores the interaction of the human-made and non-human visual world languages.

Lizzie Wright is an artist who lives and works in New York City and Livingston Manor. Wright’s Frankenstein-like constructions are brought to life by flowing electricity. Her use of glowing and reflective light is an effective conduit for mood, tone, and emotion. Wright’s innovative use of light is paired with scrap or found materials, challenging audience’s concept of what is damaged. The often transparent forms take on a sense of spirituality, evoking an other-worldly presence.

Catskill Art Space (CAS) will feature the sculptural work of Judith Henry, Samuelle Green and Lizzie Wright for its first exhibitions of 2023.

The series explores personal identity with surrogates which take the form of masks, drawings and papier-mâché sculptures. The artists’ works explore the intersection and divergence of contemporary sculptural practices utilizing found objects.

Through playful and sardonic humanoid shapes, Judith Henry employs detritus to examine the myriad identities of the self.

Samuelle Green, meanwhile, invites contemplation on our ontological relationship to her architectural forms rendered in found paper.

Lizzie Wright carries viewers up, her apparitions taking shape through discarded materials, illuminated with glowing light.

Together, the presentation reflects disparate perspectives on what it is to be human, from human forms and experiences to visions of an afterlife.

On view on the ground floor galleries of CAS, 48 Main Street, Livingston Manor, the show runs from February 4 to March 18

An Artists Talk will take place on February 4, from 3:00pm-4:00pm and the opening reception will immediately follow from 4:00pm-5:00pm.

For further information, visit catskillartspace.org.

Steven Schwartz:

My Mom was truly one of a kind. She could write with both hands (and at the same time if it was requested), was a business-woman, a performer, a singer, and an artist. She instilled in me a love for music and a love for reading and word games, and showed me how to be an organized hoarder...(I never said she was perfect...). Early on she was a part of the “More Guts than Talent” troupe comprised of her and three friends that did fundraisers for the Temple Sholom in Monticello.

She really came into her own when she got involved in the local music scene and the various open mics. She was informally dubbed ‘The Sullivan County Songbird’. Every Monday night, faithfully, she would be the second or third one, doing songs like Crazy, or I Fall to Pieces or Tennessee Waltz or a standard like The Shadow of Your Smile...and God bless you if you were talking when she was singing because she would let you know she wasn’t going to continue unless you paid attention.

I was always happiest when my band backed her up and we got a ‘that was

In Memoriam: Sylvia Berger Schwartz

(April 1, 1933 - January 13, 2023)

nice’ from her at the end...otherwise, to paraphrase an old joke...I would whisper, “Was anything alright?”

She was called Mom by so many others in the musical community. Some were performers and others were in the audience. I have such incredible memories of her being asked to sing a tune with a band that she was watching...and, mostly, all of the times we got to play together... and those are some of my most cherished memories that will carry me through the tough times. She was and will always be a great soul that lived life on her own terms. When things didn’t go the way she had hoped, she would say...ahhh...next time it will be better...and that was how she lived.

I will miss her deeply, but she will have a lot of family waiting for her who have missed her for a lot longer than I have.

Love you Mom.

Andy Weil & Christine Saward:

We had the honor at one of the Phillipsport Community Center’s Music Nights to have Sylvia come up from the audience and sing a song. We were so thrilled at how she lit up the room that we gave her a pie to take home. She enjoyed the pie so much that the next month she came the morning of Music Night to our “make pie not war” session to help, kibitz, and learn to make pie.

Sylvia, you were as sweet as our pie and a real class act. You will be fondly remembered and sorely missed. Our condolences.

Barry Plaxen: I used to sit with Sylvia during the intermissions of the Met Opera “Live in HD” transmissions at Sullivan County Community College. I found her to be a remarkable woman who exuded intelligence, kindness and awareness. A truly advanced soul. I feel blessed to

Orange County Arts Council: “Student Arts Showcase”

The Orange County Arts Council will host its 12th Annual Arts Build Confidence Student Arts Showcase on February 11 at the Middletown Galleria Mall from 10:00am-5:00pm. A preview of high school musicals will also take place from Noon-5:00pm in the center court (in front of JC Penney). Admission is free.

Orange County high schools will display their students’ artwork on panels. These works include oils, watercolors, mixed media, digital art and photography. Visitors to the show will be invited to participate in a “People’s Choice” competition to select a favorite work. Those pieces receiving the top three votes will be recognized for this achievement at 4:00pm.

Student artwork from Orange County elementary and middle schools

(Grades K-8) will be on display in a media slideshow throughout the day. Two video monitors will present the works near the staircase in the center court, adjacent to the high school pieces.

“The talent pool in Orange County continues to grow stronger,” says Todd Hulet, Orange County Arts Council’s Executive Director. “We are excited to provide the opportunity for the public to come see a small sampling of the young Arts talent in our own community, which comes with the opportunity to say, ‘I saw them when.’ These are the artists of our future and the Arts Build Confidence Showcase is an exciting step at the beginning of many incredible careers.”

The following high schools will present previews of their musicals (as of January 10 - times and participants may be subject to change).

Valley Central HS: Curtains: School Edition, 12:15pm-1:00pm.

Newburgh Free Academy: Bring It On, 1:00-1:45pm.

Washingtonville HS: The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, 1:45pm-2:30pm

Pine Bush HS: Rent, 2:30pm3:15pm

James I O’Neill HS: The Drowsy Chaperone, 3:15pm-4:00pm

Middletown HS: The Music Man, 4:15pm-5:00pm.

Fifteen High Schools and eight Middle & Elementary Schools are participating in the Student Arts Showcase

For the latest information regarding the Student Arts Showcase, visit: www.ocartscouncil.org have known her.

Carol Pozefsky:

Goodbye, Dearest, trusted friend Sylvia and thanks for the shared laughter and the tears and for your incredible strength.

Thanks for calling every day for as long as you were able and for the deeply significant connection.

Thanks for the American standard duets in the car; between us we knew every word of every song.

Thanks for calling me the great wordsmith even though with shameless pomposity I snarled, “No, I can’t play Scrabble with you, Sylvia. That’s my game and it wouldn’t be fair.”

We finally played a match, you whipped my tail and never spoke of it again.

Sylvia, who’ll be there to tell the real stuff to? What gentle, accepting model do I follow? Whose moral compass?

Happy trails, Dear friend.

I’ll catch up with you and we’ll ride the trails together. But not on horseback, in my red chariot and we’ll be harmonizing “Vaya con dios”, “Always”, and of course, “I’ll Be Seeing You”...

WRCA: Members & Teachers Exhibit

The annual Members and Teachers Exhibit is a time for the visual artists of Wallkill River Center for the Arts (WRCA) to celebrate and show their works as a community. This first exhibit of 2023 kicks off the exhibiting year with approximately 60 works by members and 15 works by teachers. Each artist is free to exhibit a piece representative of their recent work.

“This is the annual event where we get to celebrate the breadth and scope of the work of our membership and faculty,” says Sarah Fortner Pierson, WRCA executive director. “We gather to enjoy the works and each other’s company and kick off the exhibiting season.”

All who attend the reception are invited to vote to award “Audience Choice” prizes to one member work and one teacher work.

WRCA staff and board members will be on hand on February 11 to welcome all visitors and answer questions about membership, classes, gallery events, and school programs and classes for adults and children. The exhibition runs from January 27 to February 26

A free reception will be held on February 11, from 3:00pm-5:00pm with complimentary light refreshments at 232 Ward Street, Montgomery. For info, call 845-457-ARTS.

Music and History in Hurleyville

Several years ago, singer Mickey Barnett told an incredible story to some folks from the Sullivan County Museum, about how one of America’s most famous and iconic soul songs came to be written in Bethel. That song, recorded in 1970 by Marvin Gaye, was Let’s Get It On. It became the biggest Motown hit of the time, selling over two million copies within the first six weeks of its release.

Now, the Frederick Cook Society will present a concert by Mickey Barnett, performing classic renditions of the music of Roy Orbison, Jerry Lee Lewis, Johnny Cash, Elvis Presley, Carl Perkins and others. Following his performance, Mickey will share the story of how songwriter Ed Townsend wrote Let’s Get It On at Mickey’s Little Giant recording studio in Bethel.

Along with the concert, in celebration of Black History Month, the Society will present an exhibition highlighting the accomplishments of two of the greatest explorers in America’s history: Matthew Henson and Barbara Hillary.

Matthew Henson (1866-1955), was the descendant of African American slaves. He traveled with Admiral Robert Peary as a member of an expedition to the North Pole in 1909. Henson’s doghandling skills, fluent Inuit and allround resourcefulness were key to the expedition’s success. Of the Inuits he wrote: “I have come to love these people. They are my friends and regard me as theirs.”

Barbara Hillary (19312019) was an American nurse, publisher, adventurer, Arctic explorer, and inspirational speaker. In 2007 at the age of 75, Hillary became the first known black woman to reach the North Pole. She reached the South Pole in January 2011 at the age of 79, becoming the first African American woman on record to reach both poles. She was also a friend of the Frederick Cook Society, and in 2009 came to Hurleyville and presented a talk about her arctic adventures.

The February 11, 2:00pm afternoon will conclude with a 3:00pm performance by Little Sparrow, featuring special guest musicians, Cecil Allen and Van Manakas at the Sullivan County Museum, 265 Main Street, Hurleyville. For information, call 845-434-8044.

Children & TEenS Calendar

sponsored by Music on Market, Ellenville and Nesin Cultural Arts, Monticello

JLPL Josephine-Louise Library, Walden

MEEC ....................................... Mamakating Environmental Education Center, Wurtsboro

PEEC Pocono Environmental Education Center, Dingmans Ferry

Listings not included in our centerspread calendar

Arts & Crafts (Free events only)

Kids Art Club JLPL Feb 8, 4:30pm

Valentine Messy Art 2-5yrs Chester Library, Feb 9, 10:30am

Books

Baby & Me infants-2 yrs Rushmore Library, Highland Mills, Mondays, 11am

Baby Rhyme Time infants-3yrs JLPL Feb 2, 9, 16, & 23, 10:30am

Babytime infants up to 18 months Newburgh Library, Tuesdays, 10am

Books & Babies Story Time w/Miss Sophie Milford Library, Tuesdays, 10:30am

Books & Babies Story Time w/Miss Sophie Dingman Branch Library, Fridays, 10:30am

Rhymetime 12-35 months Florida Library, Feb 8 & 15, 10:30am

Toddler Time 18-36 months Newburgh Library, Wednesdays, 10am

Toddletime Goshen Library, Wednesdays 10:30am

Toddler Time Wisner Library, Warwick, many multiple dates, 10:15am, Shake, Rattle & Read 1-5yrs Newburgh Library, Tuesdays, 1pm

Storytime 1-5yrs Chester Library, Tuesdays & Wednesdays, 10:30am

Storytime preschool Liberty Library, Wednesdays, 11am

Preschool Storytime 3-5yrs Newburgh Library, Thursdays, 10am

Preschool Storytime 3-5yrs Wisner Library, Warwick, Feb 1, 8, 13, & 14, 11:15am

Preschool Winter Storytimes Rushmore Library, Highland Mills, Fridays, 10am

Storytime 3-5yrs Florida Library, Feb 2, 9 & 16, 10:30am

Winter Story Time 3-5yrs JLPL Feb 7, 14 & 21, 10:30am

Chatterbooks Book Group grades K-2 Cornwall Library, Feb 2, 4:30pm

Family Storytime 8yrs & under Wallkill Library, Tuesdays & Thursdays, 10:30am

Book Break Book Group grades 3 & 4 Cornwall Library, Feb 9, 4:30pm

Readzza Readzza Book Group grades 5-8 Cornwall Library, Feb 16, 4:30pm

PJ Storytime ��������������������������������������������������������������� Cornwall Library, Feb 1 & 15, 6:30pm

Family Storytime Cornwall Library, Feb 7, 14, 21, 9:30am & 10:30am

Storytime in the Park outdoors Mamakating Library, Wurtsboro, Wednesdays, 10:30am

Read and Play Newburgh Library, Fridays, 10am

Love My Library Storytime Goshen Library, Fridays, 11:00am

Pajama-time Storytime Wisner Library, Warwick, Feb 6 & 13, 5:30pm

“Keep This to Yourself” by Tom Ryan teens Cornwall Library Feb 13, 6:30pm

EntertainmenT & Recreation

Music with Mr. Matt multiple dates, Wisner Library, Warwick, 10:15am & 11:15am, FREE

Knee-High Naturalists 2-5yrs Newburgh Library, Feb 2, 9 & 16, 1pm

Dungeons & Dragons teens JLPL Feb 3 & 17, 5pm FREE

“Magic! The Gathering Club” teens JLPL Feb 4 & 18, 2pm FREE

Paper Bag Players “Big Bag of Laughs” SUNY Orange, Orange Hall, Feb 5, 2pm

Anime (Dragon Ball) Club teens & adults Goshen Library, Feb 8 & 22, 5:30pm

Lego Club �������������������������������������������������������� Dingman Branch Library, Feb 9 & 23, 4:30pm

Saturday Matinee Drop-in Movie kids Wisner Library, Warwick, Feb 11, 2pm FREE

Wacky Science Adventures: Physics Edition PEEC Feb 12, 1pm

Celebration of Love & Laughter 3-5yrs Thrall Library, Middletown, Feb 14, 10:30am FREE

Drop In Lego Club JLPL Feb 14 & 28, 3:30pm FREE

Dungeons & Dragons tweens & teens Florida Library, Feb 16, 2:30pm

Ecozone Discovery Room! PEEC Feb 25, 1pm-4pm

Clubs Calendar

sponsored by Alternative Counseling, Cornwall & Broadway Tailors, Newburgh

Anime (Dragon Ball) Club Goshen Library, Feb 8 & 22, 5:30pm St. James Camera Club St James Church, Goshen, 2nd Tuesday, 7pm

Chess Club ��������������������������������������������������������� Wisner Library, Warwick, Wednesdays, 5pm

Chess Club Every other Wednesday, Rushmore Library, Highland Mills, 4:30pm

Chess Club Livingston Manor Library, 3rd Thursday, 3pm

Crochet Club Milford Library, Feb 15, 1pm

Knit and Stitch Narrowsburg Library, Mondays, 6pm

Knit & Stitch Club Newburgh Library Town Branch, 1st & 3rd Tuesdays, 6;30pm

Knitting & Crocheting “Knitwitz” Jeffersonville Library, 1st & 3rd Tuesdays, 6:30pm

Knitting & Crocheting “Crochety Knitters” ��������������������������Liberty Library, Mondays, 1pm

Knitting Group Pine Bush Library, Feb 6, 1:30pm

Laurel & Hardy Sons of the Desert Int’l Org. www themtharhills org

MahJong Club Wisner Library, Warwick, Tuesdays 10am

MahJong Club Liberty Library, Tuesdays, 10:15am

MahJong Club Highland Falls Library, Tuesdays, 1;30pm

MahJong Club Wallkill Library, Thursdays, 6pm

Narrowsburg Knitters ��������������������������������������������������� Narrowsburg Library, Mondays 6pm

Scrabble Club Ellenville Library, Tuesday, 6pm

Scrabble Club Wisner Library, Warwick, Thursdays, 1pm

UFO Support Group Walker Valley Schoolhouse, 1st Wednesday, 7pm

Canvas category calendar

sponsored by Matthews Pharmacy, Ellenville; Endico Watercolors, Sugar Loaf; High Withers, Goshen; and Peggi’s Place, Cornwall

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cABARET

Valentine’s Cabaret Sullivan County Dramatic Workshop ����� Feb 10-12, TBD, So� Fallsburg

Cinema Classics & Documentaries

“The Birds” Hitchcock, intro by John DiLeo Milford Theatre, Jan 29, 4pm

“Elvis” Tom Hanks, Austin Butler Wisner Library, Warwick, Jan 30, 1pm FREE

“Blow Out” John Travolta Cornwall Library, Jan 30, 6pm FREE

“The Court Jester” Danny Kaye Alice Desmond Center, Newburgh, Feb 3, 10am

“Cabaret” L. Minnelli, J. Grey, intro by John DiLeo Milford Theatre, Feb 5, 4pm

“Passing” Tessa Thompson, Ruth Negga Wisner Library, Warwick, Feb 6, 1pm FREE

“Top Gun Maverick” ���������������������������������������������������� Cornwall Library, Feb 7, Noon FREE

“The Band Wagon” F. Astaire, C. Charisse, intro by John DiLeo Milford Theatre, Feb 12, 4pm

“Imitation of Life” Lana Turner, Juanita Moore Wisner Library, Warwick, Feb 13, 1pm FREE

“Desperately Seeking Susan” Cornwall Library, Feb 13, 6pm FREE

“To Be or Not To Be” M. Brooks, A. Bancroft Alice Desmond Center, Newburgh, Feb 17, 10am

“An Affair to Remember” C. Grant, D. Kerr, intro by John DiLeo Milford Theatre, Feb 19, 4pm

“I Am Not Your Negro” film & discussion Wisner Library, Warwick, Feb 21, 5pm FREE

“An American in Paris” Gene Kelly, intro by John DiLeo Milford Theatre, Feb 26, 4pm

“Mudbound” C. Mulligan, G. Hedlund Wisner Library, Warwick, Feb 27, 1pm FREE

Comedy

Anthony Rodia: Totally Relatable Tour Sugar Loaf Performing Arts Center, Feb 18, 8pm

FUndraisers

Delaware Valley Opera Valentine’s Disco Dance DVOC, Lake Huntington, Feb 11, 7pm-11pm Newburgh Free Library Back Door Books (sale)

Newburgh Library, Montgomery Street Entrance, Feb 18, 10am-2pm

Museums (not listed in centerspread)

“African American soldiers & Revolutionary War” New Windsor Cantonment, Feb 18, 2pm FREE House Tours Knox’s Headquarters, Vails Gate, Feb 19, 10am-3pm FREE Drills & Demos New Windsor Cantonment, Feb 20, 110am-4pm FREE

Music - Classical

West Point Band “American Influences” Eisenhower Hall, West Point, Jan 28, 2pm FREE

Victoria von Arx & Janice Nimetz, pianos, Music in Central Valley series Central Valley United Methodist Church, Jan 29, 3pm FREE

American String Quartet w/Nancy Allen harp, Newburgh Chamber Music series St George’s Church, Newburgh, Feb 12, 3pm

Greater Newburgh Symphony Orchestra “Concert of Concertos” Moxart series Aquinas Hall, Newburgh, Feb 18, 4pm

Hudson Valley Ebony Strings classical, etc. Wisner Library, Warwick, Feb 26, 2pm

Music - jazz (see also In-House Music, next column on right)

Hal Galper Trio Rafters Tavern, Callicoon, Saturdays, 3pm

Joe Farnsworth The Falcon, Marlboro, Feb 26, 7pm

Poetry Readings

Margaret Fox

Soulshine Market, Pine Bush, Jan 28, 3pm

Carl Welden Noble Coffee Roasters, Campbell Hall, Feb 2, 7pm

“English Romantic Poets: The Big Six” Laurie Byro & Circle of Voices Poetry Group Wisner Library, Warwick, Feb 8, 5:30pm FREE

Winter Poetry Café w/Margaret Fox, Ted Gill, Robert Milby �� Florida Library, Feb 12, 1pm

Carl Welden Java Blue Coffee & Market, Montgomery, Feb 21, 6pm

Terence Chiesa Soulshine Market, Pine Bush, Feb 25, 3pm

Ted Gill Poetry at the Church Goshen Methodist Church, Feb 27, 7pm

Recreation

Line Dancing “Kickin’ w/Kathy and Billy” City Winery, Montgomery, Sundays, 2pm-5pm

Drum Circle ���������������������������������������������� Ritz Theatre Lobby, Newburgh, Tuesdays, 6:30pm

Valentine’s Disco Dance DVOC Lake Huntington, Feb 11, 7pm-11pm

Storytelling

Yarnslingers “Rings” Seminary Hill Cidery, Callicoon, Feb 5, 11:30am FREE

Theatre - Musical & Variety

Paper Bag Players “Big Bag of Laughs” ���������������� SUNY Orange, Orange Hall, Feb 5, 2pm

“Arts Build Confidence” HS Musical Previews, Orange County Arts Council JC Penney Square, Crystal Run Mall, Middletown, Feb 11, 12:15pm-5pm

Theatre - Play

“All Things Equal, The Life & Trials of Ruth Bader Ginsburg” by Rupert Holmes Sugar Loaf Performing Arts Center, Chester, Mar 5, 6pm

Music - pop, Folk, Country, Blues, rock, etc.

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Anders Osborne Solo Acoustic w/Johnathan Sloane City Winery, Montgomery, Feb 2, 8pm

“The Sixties Show” Sugar Loaf Performing Arts Center, Feb 3, 8pm

Alex Prizgintas “From Bach to Rock” Ellenville Library, Feb 4, Noon FREE

“A Night on Broadway” Sugar Loaf Performing Arts Center, Feb 4, 8pm

Denny Laine Acoustic Songs and Stories ����������������� City Winery� Montgomery, Feb 8, 8pm

Frontiers Journey Sugar Loaf Performing Arts Center, Feb 10, 8pm

Mickey Barnett, Little Sparrow & Guests Sullivan County Museum, Hurleyville, Feb 11, 2pm

Bailen The Falcon, Marlboro, Feb 17, 7pm

Strawberry Fields Beatles Brunch City Winery Montgomery, Feb 18, Noon

Alexis P. Suter Band blues, soul, roots, rock The Falcon, Marlboro, Feb 18, 7pm

Frank Critelli, Randie O’Neill, Neil Okeson. folk, Music for Humanity series Noble Coffee Roasters, Campbell Hall, Feb 18, 7:30pm FREE

Don Byron Quartet salsa, hip-hop, funk, r&b, klezmer, jazz The Falcon, Marlboro, Feb 19, 7pm

Simple Gifts Duo world folk Good Shepherd Episcopal Church, Milford, Feb 23, 7pm

Latin Jazz Express

The Falcon, Marlboro, Feb 23, 7pm

Arleigh Rose of Sister Sparrow soul The Falcon Main Stage, Feb 24, 7pm

“1964 - The Tribute” Beatles Paramount Theatre, Middletown, Feb 24, 8pm

Marc Von Em folk Noble Coffee Roasters, Campbell Hall, Feb 25, 7:30pm FREE

Ed Palermo Big Band jazz, rock, psychedelis, comedy ��� The Falcon, Marlboro, Feb 25, 7pm

Croce Plays Croce Sugar Loaf Performing Arts Center, Feb 25, 8pm

Matt Nathanson Bethel Woods, Mar 2, 8pm

An Evening With Jorma Kaukonen Sugar Loaf Performing Arts Center, Mar 3, 8pm sponsored by Steve’s Music Center, Rock Hill and Al’s Music Center, Port Jervis OPEN sponsored by Neil Alexander & NAIL, Newburgh Listings

Open

The Parting Glass Band Celtic Loughran’s Pub, Salisbury Mills, Thursdays, 5:30pm-6:30pm

William Pearson City Winery, Montgomery, Feb 1, 5pm

Mitch Schecter Trio w/John Arbo & Steve Rubin jazz The Cove, Greenwood Lake, Feb 5, 1pm

Vito Petrocito City Winery, Montgomery, Feb 8, 5pm

Gabriele Tranchina Group w/Tim Regusis, Lew Scott, Steve Rubin jazz

Callie Mackenzie

The Cove, Greenwood Lake, Feb 12, 1pm

City Winery, Montgomery, Feb 15, 5pm

Oxford Station Duo folk, rock, country Duck Town Restaurant, New Windsor, Feb 18, 8pm

Mike Jackson Trio w/Tony Jefferson & Rave Tesar jazz The Cove, Greenwood Lake, Feb 19, 1pm

Ethan Klee City Winery, Montgomery, Feb 22, 5pm

Robert Kopec Trio jazz

The Cove, Greenwood Lake, Feb 26, 1pm

Books: Discussions / readings / Signings sponsored by Josephine-Louise Public Library, Walden

“Empires of the Sky” by Alexander Rose Cornwall Library, Feb 1, 4pm

Non-Fiction Book Group Wisner Library, Warwick, Feb 2 & Mar 2, 2pm

“The Lost Man” by Jane Harper Florida Library, Feb 3, 1pm

“The Personal Librarian” by Marie Benedict Goshen Library, Feb 4, 10am

“Searching for Home” by Joe Gosler Wisner Library, Warwick, Feb 4, 11am

“Neversink Chronicles” by/w/John Wayne � zoom/Time & Valleys Museum, Grahamsville, Feb 5, 2pm

Tuesday Evening Book Group Wisner Library, Warwick, Feb 7, 5:30pm

Novel Bunch Book Club Milford Library, Feb 9, 4pm

“The Lincoln Highway” by Amor Towles Chester Library, Feb 13, 6:30pm

“The 7 1/2 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle” by Stuart Turton Cornwall Library, Feb 16, 2pm

“American Nightingale” by/w/Debra Scacciaferro Wisner Library, Warwick, Feb 18,11am

“The Lost Boys of Montauk” by Amanda Fairbanks

Josephine-Louise Library, Walden Feb 21, 6:30pm

“Surviving Savannah” by/w/Patti Calahan Liberty Library, Feb 23, 1pm

“Harlem Shuffle” by Colson Whitehead Florida Library, Feb 23, 6:30pm

“The Librarian Spy” by Madeline Martin Cornwall Library, Feb 23, 7pm

“The Long Call” by Ann Cleeves Goshen Library, Feb 27, 3;30pm

“Seven Days in June” by Tia Williams Newburgh, Library, Feb 28, 2pm Booklovers Club Greenwood Lake Library, Feb 28, 6:15pm

Washingtonville Writers’ Circle

Join the Washingtonville Writers’ Circle where writers are encouraged to share their work in a friendly environment. Discuss and critique all that is and surrounds writing as a hobby and craft.

Meetings are held on weekends at the

Washingtonville (Moffat) Library

Details are posted at moffatlibrary.org under Washingtonville Writers’ Circle Stop in during a meeting whether you write or are just interested! Email Bob Pierson jazz4464@hotmail.com.

“We are always looking for writers!”

CITY City Winery Hudson Valley, Montgomery

DESMOND Alice Desmond Center, Newburgh

DVOC Delaware Valley Opera Center, Lake Huntington

ELL-LIB Ellenville Library

FAL The Falcon, Marlboro

KINDRED Kindred Spirits Arts Good Shepherd Episcopal Church, Milford

JCP JCP Penny Square, Galleria Mall, Middletown

MSM-AQ Aquinas Hall, Mount St. Mary College, Newburgh

NCM Newburgh Chamber Music NFL-MONT Newburgh NOBLE PARA

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday

Cinema “Mudbound” Wisner Library, Warwick, 1pm

Poetry Ted Gill Goshen United Methodist Church, 7pm

The Oxford Station Duo perform their folk rock, classic country & Americana music live at Duck Town Restaurant in New Windsor on February 18 at 8:00pm

The Mike Jackson Trio w/Tony Jefferson & Rave Tesar perform for the weekly Sunday Jazz Brunch at The Cove, 13 Castle Court, Greenwood Lake, on February 19 at 1:00pm. See InHouse Music calendar on pg. 11 for the other Sunday Jazz artists at The Cove.

Kindred Spirits Arts Programs presents: Simple Gifts Duo in “From Celtic to Klezmer - World Folk Music” on Feb. 23 at 7pm, Good Shepherd Episcopal Church, 110 W. Catharine Street, Milford.

Recreation Drum Circle RITZ 6:30pm Music.............................Matt Nathanson Bethel Woods, 8pm Music - Roots-Blues.....An Evening