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January 2017

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In the past few years, I have noted that January events are heavily Two days before we went to attended, cold temperatures press our dear friend Roanne notwithstanding - probably Patterson passed on. because people to want to get out Roanne was one of CANVAS’ of the house and counteract the most devoted followers. “Winter Blues”. CANVAS began publishing in And there is much to view and 2004 and we shared space in hear in this first month of the the same building that housed New Year of 2017. Roanne’s Country House Arts The newly formed (September Center overlooking the majestic 2016) Sullivan County Shawangunk Ridge. Chamber Orchestra will For about 10 years, Roanne present its second concert in both Roanne Patterson wrote many stories for CANVAS. Monticello and Callicoon! 1948-2016 She was a talented writer. One work The return of the heavily comes immediately to mind - a very dramatic attended Greater Newburgh Symphony and “suspenseful” story about the Greater Orchestra’s Family Concert! Newburgh Symphony Orchestra’s (GNSO) New art and photography exhibits in first concert in Sugar Loaf which involved a Cornwall, Shohola, Milford, Montgomery, blow by blow descriptive outline of how risers Goshen, Middletown, Livingston Manor, were obtained and installed for the chorus (the Narrowsburg and Newburgh! GNSO was performing Beethoven’s Ninth A book signing at the new Hurleyville Arts Symphony with a chorus combined of singers Centre! from all the County choruses). What she wrote Two new poetry series in Ellenville and was so informative, vivid and entertaining, Newburgh! (calendar pg. 13) that at the concert, GNSO president Fred NY Philharmonic musicians performing McCurdy acknowledged the article and in Warwick! asked Roanne to take a bow. And for the kids there’s a circus in West I shall never forget that. Point and children’s theatre in Middletown! We will honor Roanne and her contributions A series of informative lectures on art, to the Arts Community in our February issue. movies, Islam, mysterious stone sculptures, This month we are honoring and hypnosis, science and history in Balmville! remembering artist Mickie MacMillan who Live in HD performances of operas by Verdi recently passed after a long illness that did not and Gounod in Loch Sheldrake, and plays by deter her from painting or exhibiting. I will Shakespeare and Pinter in Livingston Manor always recall one of her paintings of a house and Newburgh! and its landscaping, and how just viewing the A new avenue for artists to obtain their Arts exquisite beauty and detailed craft behind her Ph.D in Sugar Loaf! creation of the property’s picket fence brought A Mozart oboe work that requires a high tears to my eyes. “F” in Cornwall-on-Hudson! Mickie is remembered by a few of her And many, many more events. many artist-colleagues on page 19. New advertisements in this issue include

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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 phone 845.926.4002 fax 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. Hurleyville Arts Centre �� 17 In Memoriam: Mickie MacMillan �� 19 Janet Howard-Fatta, artist ��4 Joe Vincent Tranchina, Jazz Piano �� 26 Linda Zimmerman, author �� 27 Live from Globe Theatre ��6 Live from National Theatre �� 12 Live from The Met ��3 Louisa Waber, artist �� 24 Matthew Bliss, artist ��6 Mikhail Kopleman, violin �� 25 Miriam Horn, author �� 17 Mr. Gone: Electric Jazz Fusion �� 24 Mt. St. Mary Desmond Campus �� 4, 11, 12, 27 Neil Alexander �� 24 New York Philharmonic Members �� 23 Newburgh Library ��11 Orange County Arts Council ��5 Out In The Night, documentary ��9 Paper Bag Players �� 20 Paul Rubino, artist �� 10 Paula Elliott, artist ��6 Pike County Arts & Crafts, Milford ��8 Potluck Concerts, Cornwall-on-Hudson �� 26 Queen of The Hudson �� 25 Seligmann Centre, Sugar Loaf �� 24 Space Create, Newburgh �� 25 Sugar Loaf University �� 10 Sullivan County Chamber Orchestra �� 21 SUNY Orange, Middletown �� 4, 5, 20 SUNY Orange, Newburgh ��9 SUNY Sullivan, Loch Sheldrake ��3 The Falcon, Marlboro �� 24 Tiffany Smith, photographer �� 25 Trestle, Inc., ��9 Twelfth Night, Shakespeare ��6 Wallkill River School, Montgomery ��7 Ward Lamb, artist ��9 Weekend of Chamber Music �� 21

Live from the Met at SUNY Sullivan in Loch Sheldrake by Philip Ehrensaft Nabucco Giuseppe Verdi’s breakthrough opera, Nabucco, was, to my mind, the most dramatic breakthrough in the history of opera. After a successful first opera, Oberto, conte di San Boniface, premiered in 1839, the young Verdi was awarded a contract for three more operas. The first in this series, Un giorno di régno (1840), was such a spectacular flop that Verdi decided to quit composing operas altogether. Fortunately for opera as an art form, La Scala’s great impresario of the time, Bartolommeo Medellin, convinced Verdi to look at an initial libretto inspired by the prophet Jeremiah’s recounting of the Babylonian conquest of ancient Israel plus a whole lot of imagination. The insomniac Verdi not only went through the manuscript twice during a sleepless night, but had memorized it entirely. Eighteen months later, Nabucco premiered on March 9, 1842. A premiere like no other! The 29 year-old Verdi had turned the Babylonian conquest into a metaphor for the Austrian occupation of Italy, and the Italian Risorgimento (renewal) movement to take back their country. Musically, Verdi had created the Verdian chorus as a principal protagonist in the drama. The audience immediately recognized the political implications of the chorus by the

Plácido Domingo in “Nabucco”

exiled and enslaved Hebrews, va pensiero, many opera devotees’ nomination for the greatest chorus in the history of the genre. After this first performance of Nabucco ended, the audience hoisted the 29 year-old Verdi onto the shoulders of several stalwarts and marched through the streets of Milan singing va pensiero (and possibly shouting “V-E-R-D-I: Victor Emmanual re d’Italia!”). The chorus became the unofficial anthem of the Italian nationalist movement. When Verdi died in 1901, a young Toscanini conducted va pensiero throughout Italy. The Met’s broadcast of Nabucco is a reprise of the 2001 production created by the eminent Elijah Moshinsky. The New York Times’ Anthony Tomassini made this cogent comment in reviewing the 2001 premiere of Moshinsky’s take on Nabucco: “Elijah Moshinsky, whose new production of Nabucco for the Metropolitan Opera opened

on Thursday night, decided early on that he wanted to present Verdi’s opera, not a spin on it, not an ironic reconsideration, but a forthright staging that depicted characters caught in the sweep of historical events.” In other words, no gimmicks, no look at me the clever director. Just the opera, ma’am: the composer, the conductor, the singers and a director that puts them first. Nabucco will be livecast January 7 at 1:00pm. The legendary Plácido Domingo brings another new baritone role to the Met under the baton of his longtime collaborator James Levine. Romeo et Juliette Shakespeare’s sixteenth and seventeenth century plays have inspired opera composers and librettists since the invention of opera as an art form in seventeenth century Italy. Music historians have identified 200+ operas based on Shakespeare’s dramas. And that’s likely a significant undercount, given the fact that the notion of standard operatic repertoire is largely a late nineteenth century invention. Before that, operas were mainly new productions with short runs, albeit with lots of borrowings by composers and librettists from their previous operas performed elsewhere. Given highly localized transportation and communication networks, who was going to know. Only a handful of these Shakespearean

opera’s have both endured the test of time, both aesthetically and in popular appeal, and are also based on close readings of Shakespeare’s texts. Gounod takes more liberties with Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet, but the root sense of the play is respected and the liberties produced a smashing good opera. The lead singers, German soprano Diana Damrau and Italian tenor Vittorio Grigolo, have already heated up the Met’s stage via their starring roles in Jules Massenet’s Manon. We can expect no less this time around from one of the most exciting pairings on the contemporary opera stage. The production, by director Bartlett Sher, transposes the setting from fourteenth century Renaissance Italy to the eighteenth century. Gianandrea Noseda conducts the sumptuous score, and the star-crossed lovers sing out on January 21 at 1:00pm. Tickets are available at the door.

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“Love, Color and a Love of Nature” at SUNY Orange According to artist Janet Howard-Fatta, the title of her solo art show: Light, Color and a Love of Nature reflects “the driving forces behind my work.” Howard-Fatta strives to create visual representations of what she experiences through her senses. She has a deep relationship with her artworks as they reflect a relationship between the world around her and the painted images she creates. Surrounded by the beauty of a rural landscape that includes farms, mountains, and state parks, a great deal of her works depict these scenes which she paints both in her studio as well as en plein air. She paints other localities mostly in oil, and figurative works in wet and dry media. Her works can be found in many venues in the Hudson Valley including a large triptych and another large single work in the reception lounge of Orange Regional Medical Center’s new outpatient building. She has developed a unique type of art, Live Event Painting, whereby she sets up her easel and paints scenes as they happen at wedding receptions and other events. She even makes pancake portraits. In addition, she facilitates the Warwick Life Drawing Group. Howard-Fatta received a BFA in painting at Pratt Institute where she was most influenced by two of her professors, color theorist Mary Buckley and painter Al Blaustein. She is a fervent member of the board of directors of

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Gallery Fringe where the artist will give an overview of the evening. Then up to Orange Hall Gallery Loft as she will lead a tour of her exhibit, sharing insights and ideas along the way. She will also share her experiences of being a full time artist. After the tour, participants should find a place within OHG Fringe to settle in for a full class. Howard-Fatta will cover the basic set up of materials with oil painting, such as Considered a ‘second generation’ Hudson getting comfortable, palette, value and color. River School painter, George Inness developed She will use still life as the subject matter as a landscape painting style that focused on the “these ideas can be applied to all subjects and subtle effects of light and therefore mood Janet painting LIVE at an event genres,” she contends. Then, with materials as well as his own personal philosophy that the Orange County Arts in hand, participants will earthly and heavenly realms are united. In Council and additionally put into practice the basic 1878, he settled in a very rural Montclair, serves on the board practices and produce a NJ, and continued to travel and paint misty, of Wickham Works small observational still poetic, and evocative landscapes. Makerspace. life painting with which to Explore Orange County’s native son, The exhibit is on view take home. Supplies will be inveterate traveler, and luminous landscape January 4-February 4 provided, but it is always a painter on February 1, from 1:00pm-3:00pm in Orange Hall Gallery good idea to bring along a when Laura Nicholls, a retired art educator, Loft, SUNY Orange. A paintbrush. who has taught all aspects of the visual arts reception at which the The exhibit, reception, and art history to all levels of students for the artist will be present takes and master class are free past forty years, will give a lecture entitled, place on January 6 from and open to the public. George Inness: From Newburgh to New 6:00pm-8:00pm. Orange Hall is located at Jersey & Places In-Between! Howard-Fatta will “Assateague Ponies” by J. Howard-Fatta the corner of Wawayanda It will be held at Mount St. Mary College’s share her knowledge and expertise during and Grandview Avenues, Middletown. (GPS: Desmond Campus, 6 Albany Post Road, in a Master Class she calls Notes on Oil 24 Grandview Avenue). the Balmville section of Newburgh. Painting on February 1 at 6:00pm where For information, call 845-341-4891. To register: 845-565-2076. she will explain the two different meanings of the title. The class meets in Orange Hall ARTIS T OPPORTUNIT Y: GRANT S

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The Orange County Art Council’s Members’ Exhibit, 2017

“Fresh from the Rain” by Tom Hedderich

The Orange County Arts Council (OCAC) is once again partnering with SUNY Orange Cultural Affairs in Middletown to host its annual Members Art Exhibit. “We are so excited to be able to host this exhibit again in Orange Hall Gallery at SUNY Orange. It is a venue that is known for its rich and diverse cultural events and we are happy to be a part of their creative calendar,” stated Dawn Ansbro, Executive Director of OCAC. Ansbro believes, “These events support the strong, thriving arts community in Orange County and that is at the heart of what the Arts Council does every day.” At press time, participating artists include: Linda Barboni, Adrienne Butvinik, Josiah Dearborn, Roslyn Fassett, Patricia Foxx, Karen E. Gersch, Thomas Gorman, Tom Hedderich, Joan Labrie, Eileen MacAvery Kane, Angelo Marcialis, Patrick Mullins,

“Novaran Crest” by Karen E. Gersch

“Homage to Mothra” by page 4) reception on January 6, from Adrienne Butvinik “A-glow” by Patricia Foxx

Frances Nankin, Patricia McCoy, Patricio Robayo, Robert Scully, Karen Segboer, 6:00pm-8:00pm, music will be provided by Jennifer Woolcock-Schwartz, Renelle pianist Richard R. Wiggins. Lorray, Monica Ostrow, Mitchell Saler, A graduate of Greenwich High School, Judi Silvano, and Ellen Joyce CT in 1952 and from the RCA Trayer. Institute in 1960, Wiggins was employed by CBS News in 1964 The show runs weekdays as a sound tech for CBS Reports, January 6-February 4. Gallery and in 1968 for 60 Minutes with hours are Monday through Harry Reasoner & Mike Wallace, Thursday from 9:00am to 8:00pm retiring from CBS in 1989. and Fridays from 9:00am to He is remembered for 6:00pm. The Gallery is closed on Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Richard R. Wiggins performing at the former Folderol in Westtown, and at the January 16. Photo courtesy For the Orange County Arts Warwick Valley Living West Point Club. Employed at Council and Janet Howard-Fatta (see New York’s famous River Café from 1996-

“Karmic Cry” by Eileen MacAvery Kane

2001, he can presently be heard tickling the ivories with songs from the Great American Songbook and Broadway (with a New York nightclub-jazz feel) at Orange Regional Medical Center’s new out-patient building cafe. The mission of the Orange County Arts Council is to champion the arts, connect artists with audiences and foster the growth of the county’s creative resources. For more information about the Orange County Arts Council, visit them at www. ocartscouncil.org, like them on Facebook, follow them on Twitter and Instagram, or call 845-469-9168.

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Three New Artists Kick Off CAS 2017 Season All-Male “Twelfth Night” in Livingston Manor Matthew Bliss creates journeys. The works are small sculptures that created using oil paint and give an impression of the wax in a series of layers monumental. The work with each successive layer brings to mind an urban responding to previously artifact, not something applied wax or paint. Her randomly discarded and residual marks, lines, stumbled upon but rather shapes and colors become an artifact that has been the subject of the work. carefully considered and Some layers obscure earlier “A Box in Which to Hold the Night” crafted with devotion to marks, some layers enhance by Matthew Bliss detail, like a little industrial those marks, thereby taking jewel. His own description of her on a journey with no his work is cryptic: he makes preconceived ending. “small things of unknowable The Catskill Art Society value.” (CAS) presents three Paula Elliott’s works on exhibitions: Small Things paper are derived from the of Unknowable Value by question of: what exactly Matthew Bliss, The Thing constitutes a container? Is and Objet D’Art by Paula By shaping the form with Elliott, and Encaustics by successive layers of charcoal, “The Thing Is 1.5” by Paula Elliot Donise English from January a density of surface evolves 7 through February 12. creating an impression of CAS, located at 48 Main material solidity. The ephemeral Street in Livingston Manor, will effects of the charcoal medium host an Artist Talk on January combined with allusion to a three 7 at 2:00pm, followed by a free dimensional object create an opening reception from 3:00pm enigmatic quality that challenges to 5:00pm. All are welcome the viewer’s perception. and light refreshments will be Donise English describes her served. encaustic paintings as visual “Red Quilt” by Donise English www.catskillartsociety.org

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Filled with a cast of unforgettable characters, William Shakespeare’s beloved comedy Twelfth Night combines the pangs of unrequited love with some of the subtlest poetry and most exquisite songs Shakespeare ever wrote. In the household of Olivia, two campaigns are being quietly waged - one by the lovesick lord Orsino against the heart of the indifferent Olivia; the other by an alliance of servants and hangerson against the high-handedness of her steward, the pompous Malvolio. When Orsino engages the cross-dressed Viola to plead with Olivia on his behalf, a bittersweet chain of events follows. Mounted by the Globe Theatre in England for a production that went on to storm Broadway and the Tony Awards, this allmale Original Practices production explores clothing, music, dance and settings possible in the Globe of around 1601. Mark Rylance (Academy Award-winner for Bridge of Spies, Tony Award-winner for Jerusalem and Boeing Boeing) is masterful as Olivia, earning the highest accolades of his storied career, while comedian Stephen Fry brings belly laughs as Malvolio. The Catskill Art Society (CAS) will present a screening of the Globe’s filmed

stage production of Twelfth Night (2015), featuring a talkback with programmer Bradley Diuguid, at 7:30pm on January 14. Part of the CAS Film Club series of screenings, this event will take place at the Laundry King, 65 Main Street, Livingston Manor. This event is presented as part of CAS’ “Year of Shakespeare”, a festival celebrating the 400th anniversary of William Shakespeare’s life with a year-long slate of live performances, films, and discussions. Runtime: 175 minutes. This film is not rated. Contains some adult situations and innuendo. This event is free and open to the public, and donations will be accepted at the door. For more information: 845-436-4227.

The 7th Annual Wallkill River School Members’ Exhibit

“Trees of Light” by Janet Campbell

As we welcome 2017, what better way to wrap up 2016 then with the Wallkill River School’s (WRS) 7th annual Members’ Exhibit, featuring works by 200 regional artists who are members of the WRS! WRS membership includes farmers, business owners, teachers, teens, children, seniors, and veterans. Come see an original work of art from all the members who wished to show! Works include encaustic, paintings, sculpture, landscapes, portraits, figurative, abstracts, collages, local scenes, and many, many more done by your very own talented friends and neighbors. The members’ exhibit fills the entire exhibition space of the WRS from January 1-31. An exhibit of small winter/holiday themed pieces, each priced at $100, will be on display

“Twilight Flight” by Liam Vogel

in the hallway gallery. The reception will be held on January 7 from 5:00pm-7:00pm. Refreshments will be served. Receptions are free and open to the public! Besides holding exhibits in the WRS galleries, this community arts organization is noted for its workshops, demos and classes, children, teen and senior programs, its collaborative creations of the farm/art trail & geo-tour, and the art/history trail, its Orange County Bounty Cookbook, and recent Coloring with the Artists adult coloring book, its art auctions, ghost tours, paint & sip parties, art leasing to businesses (the opportunity to have seasonal artwork of recognizable images and landmarks from the Hudson Valley), and in 2016 the introduction of the Hudson Valley Plein Air Festival.

“Schooner on the Bay” by Mike Jaroszko

“This organization has worked very hard to meld together (arts and agriculture) resulting in a greater awareness for both arts and farming in our communities.” - Susan Hawvermale, Director of Tourism, Orange County Tourism Office. “We enthusiastically support this innovative project of integrating the artists and farmers to create agri/cultural tourism in Orange County.” - David Church, Commissioner, Orange County Planning Office [The WRS] has been and continues to be an economic driver for the county, as well as a strong advocate for the important role the arts play in our communities.” - Dawn Ansbro, Executive Director of Orange County NY Arts Council.

“Winter Twilight” by Nancy Reed Jones

“WRS is the perfect fusion of artistic expression, community education, agricultural sustainability, youth development and promotion of our local economy, fostering good stewardship packaged in a fun format!” Andrea Nilon, Patron of Wallkill River School. The WRS is hosting a membership drive and has changed its model of business in 2017 from a cooperative gallery to a nonprofit commercial gallery, and is also accepting new members as represented artists in 2017. The WRS is located at 232 Ward Street, Montgomery. For information, visit www. wallkillriverschool.com or call 845-457-2727.

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Pike County Arts & Crafts Members’ Show

Over 65 years ago spirit of brotherhood artists of Milford that exists between the formed Pike County organizations. Arts and Crafts “The ARTery offers (PCAC). The group was a wonderful venue started in 1950 by artists to exhibit work. The Georgiana Kiger, space is inviting, the Harriet Cotterill, location is accessible Matilda Grech, Ada and community and Gaetano Cecere involvement and others who wanted encourages support of to find like minded the arts. A wide array Artwork by Linda Barboni people and exhibit their of 2D and 3D work work together, starting at the Old School attracts people whose interest I admire and am building, then the Presbyterian Church. stimulated by,” says exhibiting PCAC artist Then, for over 30 years, their annual exhibit Linda Barboni. was held at the Milford Borough Hall. They The ARTery itself is a bit of a success story. eventually secured the Borough building for Started in 1999 by Jennifer Bauser, the classes, demonstrations and other activities, cooperative gallery is owned and operated by through the efforts of then Director Susan its artist-members. For over 17 years it has seen Pissari. Under the directorship of Elizabeth hundreds of artists participate in its operation Murphy, PCAC was awarded the 2007 and form what has become a staple in Milford Pennsylvania Creative Community Award by at the historic and beautiful Forest Hall Governor Ed Rendell. The Georgiana Kiger Building. It has a dynamic energy that changes Scholarship is still awarded annually to a to reflect its ever changing membership. promising young artist, in honor of Georgiana ARTery Gallery curator Marie Liu says, who started the program. For over a decade “Milford doesn’t throw away it’s history. We PCAC called the Borough Hall it’s home. honor the efforts and memory of those who Sadly, a few years ago the group lost the use have made this place great. We are aware of of the Hall but the group remains active with being part of a continuum. Whatever we can classes and events throughout the town. do to promote the arts and the artists among The ARTery Gallery has always had a us, we are happy to do. The work of the PCAC close relationship with PCAC, as many of the members is always stunning. The variety gallery’s members are also active in PCAC. and quality of the workmanship by serious The gallery has offered its space to PCAC for amateurs and professional artists are definitely its annual Members’Exhibit for three years now worth checking out.” and hosts some of its classes there also. One of The ARTery Gallery is hosting the PCAC PCAC’s founding members, Harriet Cotterill Members’Exhibit from January 13-February (whose daughter Libby is the director of the 6. The Art After Dark reception takes place on ARTery Gallery and used to serve lemonade January 14 from 4:00pm-8:00pm. at PCAC’s exhibits as a child!) continues to Visit www.pikecountyartsandcrafts.org for show her paintings at the age of 98. information about becoming a member or to The ARTery is thrilled to help this unbroken discover the different memberships available. 66 year tradition, the annual PCAC Member’s The ARTery Gallery is located at 210 Broad Exhibit, to continue recognizing the importance Street, Milford. For info: 570-409-1234. of a such an organization to the quality of Parking also available in rear of Gallery. life in Milford, attractiveness to visitors, and Dine out in Milford! Check out ads below!

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“Climate Collection” in Shohola

Everybody complains about the weather, but artists are finally doing something about it with the Climate Collection exhibit sponsored by the Barryville Area Arts Association! Most artists agree that drawing winter scenes is much more difficult than drawing scenes of summer. Included in Climate Collection is a print of Hunters in the Snow by Pieter Bruegel the Elder that was “Hunters in the Snow” by Pieter Bruegel painted in the year 1565. artists. Bruegel’s recreation of Among the local artists the scene looks like fun participating in the show: for the skaters and hockey Ray Corriher, Rebecca players, but not for the Esposito, Laura hunters - even their dogs Gagliardi, Mef Gannon, look exhausted and two Debbie Gioello, Susan out of the three hunters Miiller, John Morrissey are coming home emptyGriffin, Adrienne handed. Markowitz, Stephanie This particular painting McClure, Warren is important because it “Winter Passage” by Susan Miiller Pardi, Nick Roes, Kelly foreshadowed the move in Renaissance Ryan, Joan Standora, Brianna Woods, art from symbolic representation to more and Elva Zingaro. detailed drawings. Take shelter from the cold, and enjoy the A “delightful dozen” prints will be on hot cocoa, coffee, and other complimentary display through January 29 at the Artists’ refreshments at the free reception on Market Community Center for the Climate January 7 from 4:00pm-6:00pm. Collection exhibit, and the show combines The Artists’ Market Community Center is winter weather creations by classic artists located at 114 Richardson Avenue, Shohola. such as Claude Monet and Edvard Munch, Visit www.barryvilleareaarts.org for more with the work of more than a dozen local information.

“Out in the Night” in Narrowsburg Out in the Night is a documentary that tells the story of a group of young friends, African American lesbians, one hot August night in 2006 in the gay friendly Greenwich Village. They are all in their late teens and early twenties and come from Newark, NJ. Two of the women are the focus: gender non-conforming Renata Hill, a single mother with a soft heart and keen sense of humor, and petite femme Patreese Johnson, a shy and tender poet. As they and their friends walk under the hot neon lights of tattoo parlors in the West Village, an older man confronts them with a sexual proposal. When told that they are gay, the man becomes violent and threatens them. A fight begins, captured by security cameras nearby. Strangers jump in to defend the women and the fight escalates. As the fight comes to an end, all get up and walk away. 911 has been called and the man involved has a puncture wound from a knife stab. Police swarm to the scene as their radios blast out warning of a gang attack. The women are rounded up and charged with gang assault and attempted murder. Out in the Night reveals how their race, gender identity and sexuality became

criminalized in the mainstream news media and criminal legal system. They are called a “Gang of Killer Lesbians” by the media. In activist circles they become known as The

New Jersey 4 (NJ4). Out in the Night has screened in 100 film festivals and universities, winning over a dozen festival jury and audience awards since its world premiere at the Los Angeles Film Festival in June 2014. It has been recognized by Alternet as one of the 12 best and most powerful documentaries of 2014, was #6 on film critic Steven Boone’s top 10 list at RogerEbert.com, and was called one of the 10 best LGBT documentaries by the Advocate. Canada’s oldest literary journal by and about women called Out in the Night one of the 14 top feminist films of 2014. The documentary will be screened followed by a talk-back with WJFF’s Janus Adams on January 14 at 2:00pm at Krause Recital Hall at the Delaware Arts Center, 37 Main Street, Narrowsburg, as part of the Delaware Valley Art Alliance’s Salon Series. Admission is free. Visit www.delawareartsalliance.org or call 845-252-7576 for more information.

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Area Artists Chosen for Trestle Calendar

Trestle Inc. is a 501C3 tax deductible not-for-profit corporation run solely by volunteers, whose mission is to support the arts and artists, providing beauty and economic development through tourism and increasing an appreciation for the arts. Trestle Inc. has designed their second annual limited edition calendar for 2017, comprised with artwork from twelve different artists who painted various scenes of the Hudson River, during the 2016 Hudson Valley Plein Air Festival in collaboration with the Wallkill River School. Most of “Morning on the Wallkill” by Nancy Reed Jones the calendar artwork Jones, Gene Bove, was painted at the and Kari Ganoung Newburgh Waterfront Ruiz. during a Quick Draw Information about sponsored by Trestle the artists is included Inc., where thirtyin the back of the six artists convened calendar. with easels, canvases, Calendars can be brushes and paints to yours for a donation capture a slice of a of $20 each. They Hudson River Valley make great New Mural by Garin Baker on Front Street, Newburgh scene. Year’s gifts. Call 845-565-1052, or go to Proceeds are being used to prepare the www.trestle.org and fill out the order form. Trestle mural walls on Front Street for new Mail the order form with your check to art, supporting local arts and artists. Calendar artists include Jinsheng Song, Trestle Inc. (address is included on the order Bruce Thorne, Alan Lewis, Chrissy form). Your calendar will be mailed to you free Pahucki, Keith Gunderson, Carlton J. of charge. They are also available at the Manzano, Rick Parenti, Janet HowardWallkill River School. (see page 7). Fatta, Marylyn Vanderpool, Nancy Reed

Art is central in Ward BFA from SUNY Stony Lamb’s life. Brook and his MFA from “From an early age I found Brooklyn College. In drawing and painting to be addition, he attended The a vehicle for expression and New York Studio School a comfort of solitude and of Drawing, Painting and self-examination,” explains Sculpture on a scholarship. Ward. During the ups and His works are in public and downs of his life, he has private collections in the turned to art to connect United States and abroad. with his observations From January 3 to and feelings. His varied March 9, Lamb’s artworks works in oil, acrylic, “Self Portrait” by Ward Lamb will be displayed in a solo watercolor, and charcoal exhibit entitled, Figurative pencil include portraits, Works ~ recent drawings still lifes, and landscapes and paintings. The venue in sizes from small to is the Mindy Ross Gallery very large. Depending on in Kaplan Hall, SUNY the subject, his works are Orange. drawn or painted in styles During the January that originate from realism, 7, 4:00pm-7:00pm impressionism, and/or opening reception, pianist expressionism. Manny Carrasquillo For many years, Ward “Monhegan Island” by Ward Lamb and saxophonist Andrew Lamb taught art at Minisink Valley High Garrison will provide music. The exhibit and School. At the time of his retirement last year, reception are free and open to the public. he was chair of the art department. Prior to Kaplan Hall is located at the corner of teaching at MVHS, he taught for a year on Grand & First Streets, Newburgh. Free, secure a Fulbright Scholarship at Hinchingbrooke parking is available in Kaplan Hall parking School in Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom. garage accessible via 73 First Street. In the 70’s and 80’s, he studied at Maine For more information, call Cultural Affairs College of Art and went on to receive his at 845-341-4891/9386. January 2017

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Goshen Art League’s RR Art Exhibit

The Goshen Art League model railroad display, created (GAL) has curated its first by local hobbyist Richard art exhibition inspired by the Walker, who worked over 15 local towns’ and the Lower years to create a layout set in the Hudson Valley’s historical link 1950-1960 period. It features to the Erie RR Main Line. On replicas of the Hoboken, NJ the Rails: Works Inspired by railroad station, Poughkeepsie Trains, Tracks and Depots are railroad bridge, a roundhouse, on display through February 6 railroad yards, an oil refinery at the Goshen Music Hall. and amusement park, as well as Railroad and train aficionados, an elevated subway line that runs “Hobo on the Run” model train hobbyists, and through local neighborhoods set by Linda Stein memorabilia collectors against the New York City from all over the region now skyline. have a great opportunity to Refreshments will be demonstrate and share their served. connection to railroads and The GAL was founded train travel. in 1961 with a mission Make this exhibit a must “To provide members post-Holiday visit for the opportunities to exhibit their entire family to learn how work, to allow members important the railroad “Across The Tracks” by Bruce Young to offer workshops and was to the history of the demonstrations, and to Hudson Valley. Today, the provide public awareness Heritage Rail Trail paved of the artists in our portion terminates right in community.” Goshen. The Goshen Music A video at the Tuesday, Hall is at 223 Main Street, January 24, 7:00pmopen on weekdays. 9:00pm reception, will www.goshenartleague. feature a highly detailed com “Vintage Gears” by Karen E. Gersch

Gallery at Chant Realtors, Lords Valley

Spotlight On: The Sugar Loaf Guild Those who believe art is not a science do not know art. Those who believe science is not an art do not know science. Bob Fugett says his truisms quoted above articulate two of his long standing personal observations which helped prompt him to develop a Ph.D. Program in Studio Arts. More recently he found that an MFA in Studio Arts is considered a terminal degree, that is to say there is no higher formal degree for a working artist. “Totally unacceptable,” said Bob, taking steps to establish his studio arts doctoral program. This offering of an advanced art degree comes as he finalizes the process to have Sugar Loaf University licensed at the state level with the New York State Department of Education and accredited nationally by the Accrediting Council for Independent Colleges and Schools. Licensing and accreditation will allow Sugar Loaf University to provide college credit directly - instead of going through outreach

programs from other institutions. Bob believes the lack of Ph.D. programs for working artists is in part due to an odd cultural double prejudice that states firstly “Artists cannot be smart,” and secondly, “Smart people cannot be artists.” He also points to an intrinsic sexism inherent in those prejudices because over his lifetime his experience reveals that most artists are women, so one direction of the smart versus artist bias might be stated, “Women cannot be smart.” Inflammatory talk, but Bob is no stranger to defending a dissertation and welcomes the conversation. Artists who make it through the rigorous Sugar Loaf University Doctoral studies will also be prepared to embrace such conversations and in the process improve their local communities with culturally significant art...while making a solid living as an artist. More information about the program and accreditation status is available online by visiting: www.SugarLoafUniversity.org

drawings from an early age, “In my paintings and greatly influenced by the sights drawings, I’m mostly concerned and sounds of the city. “When with the surface, and effects of I lived in the city in small medium and color, trying to apartments, my canvases were create a picture which changes with the light as well as with also small, of necessity. Since I the line of sight of the viewer. moved here, they have become Medium, available light, and larger and more expansive.” point of view combine to View Paul’s work from create an image that moves and January 1-February 26 changes,” says Paul Rubino. at the Gallery at Chant Rubino, whose subjects Realtors, 631 Route 739 in include landscapes, portraits Lords Valley, PA. A reception and still lifes, describes himself Self Portrait by Paul Rubino (weather permitting) will be as an expressionist. Born in Astoria in 1951, held on January 7, from 5:00pm-7:00pm. he was an enthusiastic creator of paintings and For more information: 570-775-6896.

* Take home some good food and maybe a painting, too! View pastel paintings by a variety of artists at Leo’s Cornwall location! *

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January 2017

“Welcome” to Jennifer Campbell The Board of the Cragsmoor Free Library is pleased to announce that Jennifer (Jen) Campbell has accepted the position of Library Director. Jen comes to the library with an enthusiasm and a commitment to achieving the goals of the library. As the Associate Pastor for the United Church of Christ in Fairfield, CT., Jen accumulated a great deal of experience, perspective and skill at working with people both as patrons and as staff. Also, having served on the boards of other not-for-profits and having been a denizen of libraries all of her life, she understands the

challenges she faces in her role and has already avidly begun to give advice and share observations that will be useful to the Board and benefit the community. “Jen will assume her position on January 17. I invite you to come into the library to meet her, and to join us at the library’s Thank You Party on January 28 (time: TBA) where she will be formerly introduced,” said Richard Hartz, president, on behalf of the Board of Directors of the Library. The library is located at 355 Cragsmoor Road. Phone: 845-647-4611.

Islam in America: The Immigrant Experience Like most immigrants, Muslims are immigrating to America in pursuit of a better life, better economic opportunities, and better education for their children. What Islamic practices were easiest to transplant to America and which the most difficult? What aspects of their culture have contributed to American life? What is the history of these movements and what might this mean for America’s future? Learn more about the Muslim American experience, when Dr. Rasheed Hosein gives a lecture entitled, Islam in America: The Immigrant Experience on January 24 from 1:00pm-2:30pm at Mount St. Mary’s Desmond Campus, as part of the college’s Speaker Series. Professor Hosein has been teaching Western Civilization and Middle Eastern

history at the U.S. Military Academy since 2011. He received his PhD in the department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations at the University of Chicago in preIslamic and early Islamic history in 2010. During his time in Chicago, he also served as Director of Public Education for the Center for Middle Eastern Studies at the University of Chicago. He earned a Master’s Degree in Near and Middle Eastern Civilizations from the University of Toronto, and attained an Honours degree in Medieval European history and civilizations from the University of Manitoba. Desmond Campus is located at 6 Albany Post Road in the Balmville section of Newburgh. To register: 845-565-2076.

Newburgh Free Library Hits the Roof! Hit The Roof reinvigorates old songs with a new twist. Keyboardist Matt Fishteyn and his brother, drummer Albert, play a bit of ragtime-stride, swing and boogie-woogie. They sample rock ‘n roll and New Orleans-style piano, which has roots steeped in boogie-woogie, gospel, classical, and funk. Pianist and keyboardist Matt writes the melodies, lyrics, and produces. Born into a family with rich musical traditions, Matt learned to appreciate quality music. A graduate of the NYC Special Music School of America, Matt started taking piano lessons at around the age of six and began writing his own music to bring all of the best elements of yesterday’s music styles together. In essence, he has created a unique style - a spectrum of sound. Coming from a classical background, Matt felt that classical music with strict rules limited his train of thought. So he began exploring Americana, finding himself in the world of blues, funk, soul, and country. However, Matt

can never fully escape his classical roots. He always manages to write a contemporary classical piece here and there, or garnish a blues piece with classical influence. This combination of classical music with the blues opened the door into the progressive rock genre. Drummer Albert also has broad musical abilities. He loves transitioning from one rhythmic style to another, all within the same piece. He has been featured in a number of national television commercials, including a spot for J.C. Penney, in which he displayed his rudimentary drumming skills. Under the study of well-known drum educator and clinician, Jim Toscano, Albert has been exposed to an array of rhythmic patterns, which he uses to accommodate Matt’s melodies and songs. Hit the Roof will perform a free concert on January 29, at 3:00pm at the Newburgh Free Library, 124 Grand Street. The snow date is February 5 at 3:00pm. For information: 845-563-3600. January 2017

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Lectures - demos - museums

Music - pop, Folk, Country, Blues, rock

sponsored by SUNY Orange & Mount St. Mary College’s Desmond Campus

sponsored by Steve’s Music Center, Rock Hill and Al’s Music Center, Port Jervis

HHNM �� Hudson Highlands Nature Museum, Outdoor Discovery Center, Cornwall MSM-DC �� Mount St. Mary College, Desmond Campus, Newburgh PEEC ��Pocono Environmental Education Center, Dingmans Ferry SUNYO-KH ��SUNY Orange, Kaplan Hall, Newburgh Campus SUNYO-OH ��SUNY Orange, Orange Hall, Middletown Campus SUNYO-RCSE �� SUNY Orange, Rowley Center for Science & Engineering, Middletown Campus

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Lectures & Demos & Master Classes are FREE unless otherwise noted: (FEE)

“Newburgh’s Loyalists During the American Revolution” Kieran O’Keefe ��MSM-DC Jan 3, 10am FEE “The Mount Beacon Incline Railway” Frank DiLorenzo ��MSM-DC Jan 5, 1pm Creative Conversations DISCUSSION ��Artists’ Market, Shohola, Jan 8, 2pm “Don’t Go Against the Grain” Toni-Jean Kulpinski ��MSM-DC Jan 9, 1pm FEE Safe Harbors of the Hudson TOUR �� Safe Harbors’ Ritz Theatre, Newburgh, Jan 10, 9am “The Health of Your Kidneys” Dr. Richard Huntoon ��MSM-DC Jan 11, 1pm “Future of Europe” DISCUSSION �� Cornwall Library, Jan 11, 7pm “How to Quit Smoking and Lose Weight with Hypnosis” George Toth & Diana Underwood �� MSM-DC Jan 13, 10am FEE “Forcing Bulbs & Branches” Cornell Cooperative Master Gardener �� MSM-DC Jan 13, 10am FEE MEGAPHONE: Presentation on Arthur Rimbaud ��Seligmann Center, Sugar Loaf, Jan 15, 2pm FEE “Is It Worth Doing? - Restoration of Paintings and Frames” Paul & William Gould �� Hudson Valley Gallery, Cornwall-on-Hudson, Jan 15, 2:30pm “The Top 10 Most Controversial Things about Benjamin Franklin’s Science” Christina Frei �� MSM-DC Jan 17, 10am FEE “Hollywood & The Air Force in WWII” ��Cornwall Library, Jan 17, 6:30pm “Conspiracy Theories” Bill & Sue Wiand ��MSM-DC Jan 20, 10am FEE “Losing Weight for the Healthy Lifestyle” Kathy K. Woods �� MSM-DC Jan 23, 1pm FEE “8 Essential Homeopathic Remedies for Kids & Adults” Ann Marie Silvani MSM-DC Jan 24, 10am FEE “Islam in America II — The Immigrant Experience” R. Hosein ��MSM-DC Jan 24, 1pm FEE “The Salem Witch Trials” Paul Upham ��MSM-DC Jan 26, 1pm FEE “Kurt Seligmann” Grazina Subelyte �� Seligmann Center, Sugar Loaf, Jan 27, 7pm FEE Animal Tracking Walk �� PEEC Jan 28, 1pm FEE “Foods of New York” �� Newburgh Library, Jan 28, 1pm Eagle Watch Bus Tour ��Upper Delaware Visitor Center, Lackawaxen, Jan 28, & Feb 4, 10am-1pm Active Adventures: Winter Ecology Hike ��PEEC Jan 29, 10am “Choosing Photographic Subjects & Creating Paintings” William &Paul Gould �� Hudson Valley Gallery, Cornwall-on-Hudson, Jan 29, 2:30pm “The Cholesterol Myth” Toni-Jean Kulpinski ��MSM-DC Jan 30, 1pm FEE “George Inness: From Newburgh to New Jersey & Places In-Between!” Laura Nicholls �� MSM-DC Feb 1, 1pm FEE Demos Janet Howard-Fatta ��SUNYO-OH Feb 1, 6pm Master Class Jacqui Doyle Schneider “Steps from a Lump of Clay into a Carved and Pierced Vessel” �� SUNYO-KH Jan 24, 4:45pm Janet Howard-Fatta “Notes on Oil Painting” ��SUNYO-OH Feb 1, 6pm

Museums

Woodstock Festival History ��Museum at Bethel Woods, ongoing “Black Diamonds and the D&H Canal” �� Neversink Valley Museum, Cuddebackville, ongoing “History of the Lenape Native Americans” �� Neversink Valley Museum, Cuddebackville, 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 “Unpacked & Rediscovered “ �� Washington’s Headquarters, Newburgh, ongoing “Cozy Memories - Wovens, Woolens, and Warmers” ��Museum Village, Monroe, Jan 14-15

“The Slap Heard Around The World”

Over the next few months and discuss In the Heat of the Desmond Campus will Night: “The Slap Heard Around present The Films of 1967: A the World”. This Oscar Winner Cinematic Turning Point, a Best Picture of 1967 set the tone few of the films that, fifty years of what would now be allowed ago, proved to be a cinematic on screen. It presented to watershed by “pushing the audiences the sweltering racism envelope”. In fact, these films coined the term, and conditions found in the south at the time. for the film industry, “redeeming social value” It will be shown on January 26 at 9:30am. thus allowing more controversial material to be George Burke leads the discussion at Desmond presented on screen. Campus, 6 Albany Post Road, Newburgh. For the first selection of the series, come To register: 845-565-2076. 12 Delaware & Hudson CANVAS January 2017

Thunderhead Organ Trio jazz-fusion ��The Wherehouse, Newburgh, 3rd Thursdays, 8pm FREE Music for Humanity folk ��Noble Coffee Roasters, Campbell Hall, 3rd Saturdays, 8pm Daby Touré Afropean ��The Falcon Underground, Marlboro, Dec 30, 7pm The Chris Bergson Band w/Ellis Hooks blues, soul �� The Falcon, Marlboro, Dec 31, 9pm Alexis P. Suter & The Ministers of Sound Gospel Blues �� The Falcon, Marlboro, Jan 1, 10am Dylan Doyle Band blues, rock ��The Falcon Underground, Marlboro, Jan 6, 7pm The Funk Junkies w/Corey Glover funk �� The Falcon, Marlboro, Jan 6, 7pm George Boone Blues Band blues ��The Falcon Underground, Marlboro, Jan 7, 7pm Peter Prince & Moon Boot Lover rock �� The Falcon, Marlboro, Jan 7, 7pm Times Square: Classic A Cappella Doo Wop �� The Falcon, Marlboro, Jan 8, 10am DeadGrass Jerry Garcia ��The Falcon Underground, Marlboro, Jan 8, 7pm Island Head Reggae �� The Falcon, Marlboro, Jan 13, 7pm Murali Coryell blues, rock ��The Falcon Underground, Marlboro, Jan 13, 7pm Roseann Fino Americana ��The Falcon Underground, Marlboro, Jan 14, 7pm Soñando! Latin dance �� The Falcon, Marlboro, Jan 14, 7pm Big Joe Fitz & The Lo-Fis blues �� The Falcon, Marlboro, Jan 15, 10am Rapid River Boys neo-Americana ��The Falcon Underground, Marlboro, Jan 15, 7pm Arlen Roth w/Cindy Cashdollar slide guitar summit �� The Falcon, Marlboro, Jan 21, 7pm Dave Keyes Leon Russell piano-rock �� The Falcon, Marlboro, Jan 22, 10am Poet Gold’s POELODIES spoken word/new music �� Falcon Underground, Marlboro, Jan 25, 7pm Caitlin Caporale soul, pop �� The Falcon, Marlboro, Jan 26, 7pm Frank Rochetti Memorial Service & Concert ��The Falcon Underground, Marlboro, Jan 27, 4pm Slam Allen w/Mark Marshall blues, rock �� The Falcon, Marlboro, Jan 27, 7pm Los Thujones & Vic Ruggiero of the Slackers neo-ska Falcon Underground, Marlboro, Jan 28, 7pm The Big Takeover neo-reggae �� The Falcon, Marlboro, Jan 28, 7pm Back to the Garden 1969 �� Palaia Winery, Highland Mills, Jan 28, 7:30pm Hit the Roof Band ��Newburgh Library, Jan 29, 3pm FREE 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 Robert Kopec & Solo Bajo jazz ��Dos Amigos, Fair Oaks, Wednesdays, 7pm The Parting Glass Band Celtic �� Loughran’s Pub, Salisbury Mills, Thursdays, 7pm-10pm Albi Beluli ��Dancing Cat Saloon, Fridays, exc. Jan 27, 7pm Jake Lentz piano & Marilyn Kennedy vocals �Giovanni’s Inn, Wurtsboro, Fridays & Saturdays, 6pm-9pm Marc Von Em soul, blues, funk �� WaterWheel Cafe, Milford, Last Fridays, 8pm-11pm Jeff Krolick piano and vocals ��Marbella Tratorria, Ellenville, Saturdays, 7pm Open Mic New Hope Community �� Frankie & Johnny’s, Hurleyville, Dec TBA, 6pm David Krai & Amy �� Palaia Winery, Highland Mills, Dec 30, 7:30pm New Year’s Eve with the TWD band �� Palaia Winery, Highland Mills, Dec 31, 8:30pm The Falcon Underground Songwriter Showcase ��The Falcon Underground, Marlboro, Jan 4, 7pm Jack Higgins & Friends �� Palaia Winery, Highland Mills, Jan 6, 7:30pm Hurley Mountain Highway �� Palaia Winery, Highland Mills, Jan 7, 7:30pm Gary Adamson (from Back to the Garden 1969) �� Palaia Winery, Highland Mills. Jan 8. 2pm Dan Zlotnick �� Palaia Winery, Highland Mills, Jan 13, 7:30pm Little Tower �� Palaia Winery, Highland Mills, Jan 14, 7:30pm Evan & Alan �� Palaia Winery, Highland Mills, Jan 15, 2pm Petey Hop Hosts Roots & Blues Sessions blues/Americana ��The Falcon Underground, Jan 18, 7pm Songwriter’s Anonymous ��Artists’ Market, Shohola, Jan 21, 2pm California Dreaming a “Back to the Garden” event � Palaia Winery, Highland Mills, Jan 21, 7:30pm Erol Ogut �� Palaia Winery, Highland Mills, Jan 22, 2pm Don Lowe �� Palaia Winery, Highland Mills, Jan 27, 7:30pm Artie Tobias �� Palaia Winery, Highland Mills, Jan 29, 2pm

Downing Film Center: Live from London

One summer’s evening, two ageing writers, Hirst and Spooner, meet. As the pair become increasingly inebriated, and their stories increasingly unbelievable, the lively conversation soon turns into a revealing power game, further complicated by the return home of two sinister younger men. “Sinister” is the hint - YES, it is a play by Harold Pinter. Ian McKellen and Patrick Stewart return to the West End stage in this revival of Pinter’s classic, shown Live in HD from London’s National Theatre Company. In reviewing the London première in 1975, Michael Billington of The Guardian observes that the play is “about precisely what its title

suggests: the sense of being caught in some mysterious limbo between life and death, between a world of brute reality and one of fluid uncertainty. The play is a masterly summation of all the themes that have long obsessed Pinter: the fallibility of memory, the co-existence in one man of brute strength and sensitivity, the ultimate unknowability of women, the notion that all human contact is a battle between who and whom.” No Man’s Land is coming to Downing Film Center, 19 Front Street, Newburgh. Check www.downingfilmcenter.com for details or call 845-561-3686 for the date and time.

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Arts & CraftS open Tours Listings not included in our centerspread calendar.

Second Saturday �� Sugar Loaf, Jan 14, 5pm-8pm Newburgh Last Saturday �� Newburgh, Jan 28, 4pm-8pm

Cinema

“Neither Heaven Nor Earth”” French w/subtitles �� Thrall Library, Middletown, Jan 5, 2pm FREE “Russian Woodpecker” ��Cornwall Library, Jan 8, 1pm FREE Independent Film Night ��Greenwood Lake Library, Jan 10, 6:30pm FREE “Out in the Night” documentary & discussion Delaware Arts Center, Narrowsburg, Jan 14, 2pm FREE “Bugsy” Warren Beatty, Annette Bening ��Thrall Library, Middletown, Jan 20, 3pm FREE “Austenland” Keri Russell, JJ Field �� Cornwall Library, Jan 22, 1pm FREE “Deepwater Horizon” Mark Wahlberg, Kurt Russell” ��Newburgh Library, Jan 23, 6:30pm FREE “In the Heat of the Night” Rod Steiger, Sidney Poiter ��Mt. St. Mary, Desmond Campus, Jan 26, 9:30am

Circus

“Cirque Dreams - Jungle Fantasy” ��Eisenhower Hall, West Point, Jan 29, 5pm

Comedy

Frank DelPizzo �� Joker’s Comedy Club, Chester, Jan 7, 9pm Stand Up at The Underground ��The Falcon Underground, Jan 12, & 26, 8pm John Pizzi ventriloquist �� Joker’s Comedy Club, Chester, Jan 14, 9pm Mark Riccadonna, Kevin Downey, Jr., Tom Briscoe �� Joker’s Comedy Club, Chester, Jan 20, 9pm Mike Gaffney �� Joker’s Comedy Club, Chester, Jan 21, 9pm Paul Venier �� Joker’s Comedy Club, Chester, Jan 28, 9pm Jimmy Schubert ��Joker’s Comedy Club, Chester, Feb 4, 9pm

Festivals & Fairs

Trains on Main Exhibit �� CAS Arts Center & CAS Laundry King, Livingston Manor, thru Dec 31

Music - Classical

All Season Chamber Players Grand Montgomery Chamber Music Series �� Montgomery Senior Center, Jan 8, 3pm FREE Mikhail Kopelman violin, Queen of the Hudson Chamber Music Series �� Atlas Studios, Newburgh, Jan 14, 7pm HVPAF Chamber Music Series NY Phil. piano quartet ��Mulder Chapel, Warwick, Jan 15, 3pm Greater Newburgh Symphony Orchestra Family Concert “Into the Woods” �� Mount St. Mary College, Aquinas Hall, Newburgh, Jan 21, 4pm (Shacklett preview: 3pm) Potluck Concerts “Happy Birthday Herr Mozart” �� Cornwall Presbyterian Church, Cornwall-on-Hudson, Jan 27, 7:30pm Sullivan County Chamber Orchestra “Baroque to the Future” �� Nesin Theatre, Monticello, Jan 28, 7pm & St. James Episcopal Church, Callicoon, Jan 29, 3pm Newburgh Chamber Music Rebel “Baroque Treasures” St. George’s Church, Newburgh, Feb 5, 3pm

Music - jazz

Live Jazz Brunch with The Jazz Cats ��Dancing Cat Saloon, Bethel, Sundays, 11am Thunderhead Organ Trio jazz-fusion ��The Wherehouse, Newburgh, 3rd Thursdays, 8pm FREE Eric Person Band ��The Wherehouse, Newburgh, 3rd Saturdays, 8pm Brian Kastan & Friends ��Exposures Gallery, Sugar Loaf, Jan 14, 7:30pm FREE Tisziji Muñoz Quartet w/John Medeski �� The Falcon, Marlboro, Jan 8, 7pm Jazz Jam ��The Falcon Underground, Marlboro, Jan 11, 7pm Mr. Gone Weather Report/ Head Hunters, Jazz-Fusion �� The Falcon, Marlboro, Jan 15, 7pm bigBANG ��The Falcon Underground, Marlboro, Jan 19, 7pm Skye Jazz Trio �� Iron Forge Inn, Warwick, Jan 22, Noon-3pm Kenny Werner Piano Trio �� The Falcon, Marlboro, Jan 22, 7pm Joe Vincent Tranchina piano ��Delaware Arts Center, Jan 28, 2pm FREE

Opera

“Nabucco” Verdi, Live from the Met in HD ��SUNY Sullivan, Loch Sheldrake, Jan 7, 1pm “Romeo et Juliette” Gounod, Live from the Met in HD ��SUNY Sullivan, Loch Sheldrake, Jan 21, 1pm

Poetry

Open Mic Poetry ��Marbella Trattoria, Ellenville, Tuesdays, 7pm FREE Milkweed Poetry �� Milkweed, Sugar Loaf, Wednesdays, 6:30pm Robert Milby ��Noble Coffee Roasters, Campbell Hall, Jan 5, 7pm Host: Hayden Wayne ��Karpeles Museum, Newburgh, Jan 7, 1pm FREE Oliver Grech �� Montgomery Book Exchange, Montgomery, Jan 10, 7pm FREE Hudson River Poets ��Newburgh Library, Jan 26, 7pm FREE Karen Corinne Herceg ��Stillwater Gallery, Jones Farm, Cornwall, Jan 27, 7pm Robert Milby Poetry at the Church �� Goshen Methodist Church, Jan 30, 7pm FREE

Recreation, Dancing

Swing Dancing w/Swing Shift Orchestra ��Newburgh Brewery, 1st Thursdays, 7:30pm Dancing (Ballroom) ��MISU Ellenville, 1st Saturdays, Lesson 7:30pm, Dance 8pm

Storytelling

Black Dirt Storytelling Guild �� Florida Library, Jan 12, 7:30pm FREE

“Year of the Fire Roosters” Storytelling �� Florida Library, Jan 28, 2pm FREE

Theatre - plays

“Twelfth Night” Shakespeare, Live from the Globe Theatre �� CAS Laundry King, Livingston Manor, Jan 14, 7:30pm FREE “No Man’s Land” Pinter, Live From National Theatre �� Downing Film Center, Newburgh TBA

Books: discussions / readings / Signings Book Lover’s Club ��Greenwood Lake Library, 4th Tuesday, 7pm Mystery Thriller & Crime Book Group �� Jeffersonville Library, 2nd Wednesday, 6:30pm Fiction & Foodies ��Mamakating Library, 2nd Thursday, 7pm Book Discussion Group ��Narrowsburg Library, 3rd Friday, 4:00pm “In Such Good Company” by Carol Burnett ��Cornwall Library, Jan 4, 7pm “RANCHER, FARMER, FISHERMAN: Conservation Heroes of the Heartland” �� by/w/Miriam Horn Hurleyville Arts Centre, Jan 7, 4.30pm “Mysterious Stone Sites in the Hudson Valley and Northern New Jersey” Linda Zimmermann �� Mount St. Mary College, Desmond Campus, Jan 10, 1pm FEE Women’s Book Discussion : “The Love Song of Miss Queenie Hennessy” & “The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry” by Rachel Joyce Port Jervis Library, Jan 18, 7pm “The Perfect Suspect” by Margate Coel ��Cornwall Library, Jan 18, 7pm “Gone Missing in New York” by/w/Marianna Boncek ��Crawford Library, Monticello, Jan 22, 6:30pm “Fates and Furies” by Lauren Groff, w/Matt Pfisterer �� Thrall Library, Middletown, Jan 25, 3pm “Orphan Train” by Christina Baker Kline ��Florida Library, Jan 26, 6:30pm “Gone With the Wind” by Margaret Mitchell ��Cornwall Library, Jan 26, 7pm Great Books Discussion ��Newburgh Library, Jan 27, 11:30am Tuesday at Two Book Discussion ��Newburgh Library, Jan 31, 2pm

Get Your Hands Dirty in Newburgh Do you mind getting she describes, “is going to get your hands dirty? Or do you messy.” appreciate the feel of clay in your On nearby tables, Doyle hands knowing that something Schneider intends on having beautiful will evolve? Try this: examples set up of each step, A master class presented by whereby attendees can more artist Jacqui Doyle Schneider easily understand all that goes will give a step-by-step view of into throwing pottery. throwing pottery and using the The table arrangements will tools to create ceramic vessels, consist of four wheel thrown each uniquely different. Steps vessels in various stages of from a lump of clay into a carved work: the vessel thrown on and pierced vessel will show the wheel; the vessel with the attendees up-close and personal how it is done design drawn out on to the vessel with a needle and offer the opportunity to participate and tool; the vessel with parts carved and cut out touch. “Doyle Schneider is a very engaging design pieces; and the last vessel completed person who will get her audience involved,” and in the bisque state. Reference pictures writes SUNY Orange Cultural Affairs and sketches will give a clearer picture of the Coordinator, Dorothy Szefc. whole process. The class, which starts at 4:45pm on The master class and exhibit are free and open January 24 in the OCTC Great Room 101 in to the public. Appropriate attire is suggested to Kaplan Hall, gives an overview of the process. anyone desiring to be a participant. This class Attendees will be able to view the finished is intended for those sixteen and older. products as this class complements the Then After graduating from SUNY Oswego, she and Now: Thrown Pottery over 35 years by received an apprenticeship at Earthworks in Jacqui Doyle Schneider exhibit nearby in the NYC where she produced production pottery glass vitrine cases in the Foyer of the Mindy and taught classes in throwing on the wheel. Ross Gallery. The exhibit will have a closing Then, after a hiatus when she moved to Orange reception during Newburgh Last Saturdays, County and had a family, she got her teaching January 28, from 4:00pm-6:30pm. certification and an MA in Art at SUNY New The pottery wheel will be set up and while Paltz, whereupon she secured a position at Doyle Schneider demonstrates throwing the Valley Central High School. For the past vessel, she will be explaining why and how she 20 years, she has taught art, specializing in chooses that particular shape. The artist will advanced ceramics. discuss the steps she goes through to throw and Kaplan Hall is located at the corner of Grand then invite attendees to try. Those choosing to and First Streets (GPS: 73 First St.) on the take advantage of this hands-on opportunity Newburgh campus of SUNY Orange. must put on an apron because the process as For information 845-341-4891/9386. January 2017 Delaware & Hudson CANVAS 13

Januar 7FREE ��Seven Freedoms Record Store & Music Cafe, Montgomery ATLAS Queen of the Hudson Chamber Music Series ��Atlas Studios, Newburgh BW ��Bethel Woods Center for the Arts, Bethel CAS CAS Arts Center �� Catskill Art Society, Livingston Manor CAS-LK ��CAS Laundry King, Livingston Manor DCAT �� Dancing Cat Saloon & Catskill Distillery, Bethel

MONDAY

TUESDAY

DOWN �� Downing Film Center, Newburgh DVAA �� Delaware Arts Center, Narrowsburg FAL �� The Falcon, Marlboro FAL-U ��The Falcon Underground, Marlboro GOSH Cornerstone Theatre Arts ��Goshen Music Hall GMCM Grand Montgomery Chamber Music Series ��Montgomery Senior Center

WEDNESDAY

Please check the schedule for Art & Photography Receptions, pg 16

Poetry Milkweed Sugar Loaf, 6:30pm

Albi Beluli at the Dancing Cat Saloon in Bethel: Jan. 6, 13, 20, & Feb. 3 at 7:00pm

Cinema Independent Film Night Greenwood Lake Library, 7pm Poetry Oliver Grech MONTBK 7pm

Cinema “9 to 5” Cornwall Library, Noon

Poetry Milkweed, Sugar Loaf, 6:30pm

Spoken Word & Music POELODIES FAL-U 7pm

Poetry Robert Milby Goshen Methodist Church, 7pm

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Poetry Milkweed, Sugar Loaf, 6:30pm

Cinema “Deepwater Horizon Newburgh Library 6:30pm

Second Place Winner of the Wurtsboro Halloweenfest’s store window art contest: Kitty Mitchell at Crystal Connection

January 2017

THURSDAY

Cinema.................“Neither Heaven Nor Earth”............ THRALL 2pm Poetry............................... Robert Milby............................. NOBL 7pm

Music..................... Music.............. The Music - Blues-Rock

Storytelling.....Black Dirt Storytelling Guild...Florida Library, 7:30pm Comedy..............Stand Up at The Underground ............FAL-U 8pm

Music..................... Music..................... Music - Blues-Rock

Music-Jazz Jazz Jam FAL-U 7pm

First Place Winner of the Wurtsboro Halloweenfest’s store window art contest: Vicki Carlisi at The Green Earth

GWL �� G IKE �� Eisen JOKER �� Joker’s JONES �� Stillwater Gallery KARP �� Karpel MISU Music Institute of Sullivan & Ulster �� St. John’s Episc

Poetry Milkweed, Sugar Loaf, 6:30pm

Music - Jazz......................... bigBANG ...............................FAL-U 7pm

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

Cinema....................“In the Heat of the Night ....... MSM-DC 9:30am Poetry......................... Hudson River Poets ........................ NFL 7pm Music Soul-Pop..............Caitlin Caporale ...........................FAL 7pm Comedy..............Stand Up at The Underground ............FAL-U 8pm

“Cozy Memories Wovens, Woolens, and Warmers” exhibit at Museum Village, Monroe, Jan. 14-15. Coverlet in photo by James Alexander

Cinema.................. Music..................... Comedy....Mark Ricc

Poetry.................... Music - Blues-Rock Music - Classical...P

Music.....................

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Greenwood Lake Library nhower Hall, West Point s Comedy Club, Chester y, Jones Farm, Cornwall les Museum, Newburgh copal Church, Ellenville

MONTBK ��Montgomery Book Exchange MSM-AQ �� Mount St. Mary College, Aquinas Hall, Newburgh MSM-DC �� Mount St. Mary College, Desmond Campus NACL ��NACL Theatre, Highland Lake NESIN �� Eugene D. Nesin Theatre, Monticello NFL �� Newburgh Free Library

FRIDAY

NOBL �� Noble Coffee Roasters, Campbell Hall PARA ��Paramount Theater, Middletown PW ��Palaia Winery, Highland Mills RITZ ��Ritz Theater Lobby, Newburgh ROSE �� New Rose Theatre, Walden SCCC �� Sullivan County Community College, Loch Sheldrake

SATURDAY

...............Albi Beluli ............................. DCAT 7pm Opera.......“Nabucco” Verdi, Live from the Met in HD....SCCC 1pm e Funk Junkies w/Corey Glover ............FAL 7pm Poetry.........................Hayden Wayne, host...................... KARP 1pm k...... Dylan Doyle Band ......................FAL-U 7pm Music - Rock.....Peter Prince & Moon Boot Lover ...............FAL 7pm Music.....................George Boone Blues Band ..............FAL-U 7pm Comedy...........................Frank DelPizzo.........................JOKER 9pm

Cinema............. “Out in the Night” documentary..............DVAA 2pm Music - Classical......Mikhail Kopelman violin..................ATLAS 7pm ...............Albi Beluli ............................. DCAT 7pm Music Latin Dance............... Soñando! .................................FAL 7pm ...... Island Head Reggae .......................FAL 7pm Music - Urban Americana.........Roseann Fino .................FAL-U 7pm k......... Murali Coryell ........................FAL-U 7pm Theatre - Live from the Globe....“Twelfth Night” ...... CAS-LK 7:30pm Music - Jazz.Brian Kastan Trio.Exposures Gallery, Sugar Loaf, 7:30pm Comedy................... John Pizzi ventriloquist.................. JOKER 9pm

Opera... “Romeo et Juliette” Gounod, Live from the Met.SCCC 1pm Music - Classical...Greater Newburgh Symphony Orch..MSM-AQ 4pm ................ “Bugsy” .......................... THRALL 3pm Music - Slide Guitar.....Arlen Roth w/Cindy Cashdollar .....FAL 7pm ...............Albi Beluli ............................. DCAT 7pm Music - Folk.................Music for Humanity.................. NOBL 7:30pm cadonna, Kevin Downey, Jr., Tom Briscoe..JOKER 9pm Music - Jazz.......Eric Person Trio .The Wherehouse, Newburgh,9pm Comedy............................ Mike Gaffney...........................JOKER 9pm

Music - Jazz......... Joe Vincent Tranchina piano................DVAA 2pm Music - Classical.Sullivan County Chamber Orchestra..NESIN 7pm .... Karen Corinne Herceg ................. JONES 7pm Music - Neo Reggae..... The Big Takeover ..........................FAL 7pm k.......Slam Allen w/Mark Marshall ...........FAL 7pm Music - Neo Ska...... Los Thujones & Vic Ruggiero ...................FAL-U 7pm Potluck Concerts..Cornwall Presby. Church 7:30pm Music...................... Back to the Garden 1969.................. PW 7:30pm Comedy..............................Paul Venier............................ JOKER 9pm

...............Albi Beluli ............................. DCAT 7pm Comedy......................... Jimmy Schubert........................ JOKER 9pm

SCDW Sullivan County Dramatic Workshop ��Sullivan County Museum, Hurleyville SLGMN �� Seligmann Center for the Arts, Sugar Loaf SUNYO-KH �� SUNY Orange, Kaplan Hall, Newburgh SUNYO-OH �� SUNY Orange, Orange Hall, Middletown THRALL �� Thrall Library, Middletown UUC �� Unitarian Universalist Congregation, Rock Tavern

SUNDAY

Music - Gospel-Blues.Alexis P. Suter & The Ministers of Sound FAL10am-2pm

Music - Jazz.......... Jazz Cats Live Jazz Brunch...............DCAT 11am

Music...Times Square: Classic A Cappella Doo Wop .FAL10am-2pm Music - Jazz.......... Jazz Cats Live Jazz Brunch...............DCAT 11am Cinema.................... “Russian Woodpecker” .Cornwall Library, 1pm Music - Classical.......All Seasons Chamber Players ......GMCM 3pm Music - Jazz.....Tisziji Muñoz Quartet w/John Medeski .....FAL 7pm Music - Jerry Garcia...........DeadGrass ............................FAL-U 7pm

15 Music - Classic Blues.....Big Joe Fitz & The Lo-Fis ... FAL10am-2pm Music - Jazz.......... Jazz Cats Live Jazz Brunch...............DCAT 11am Cinema.............................“Austenland” ......... Cornwall Library, 1pm Music - Classical.HVPAF Chamber Music.Muldar Chapel, Warwick, 3pm Music - Neo Americana...........Rapid River Boys ............FAL-U 7pm Music - Jazz Fusion..............Mr. Gone ................................FAL 7pm

22 Music - Leon Russell...... Dave Keyes piano ...................FAL 10am-2pm Music - Jazz.......... Jazz Cats Live Jazz Brunch...............DCAT 11am Music - Jazz....Skye Jazz Trio.....Iron Forge Inn, Warwick, Noon-3pm Music - Jazz................. Kenny Werner Trio .........................FAL 7pm

Music - Jazz.......... Jazz Cats Live Jazz Brunch...............DCAT 11am

Music - Classical.Sullivan Cty Chamber Orch.St. James Epis. Ch. Callicoon 3pm

Music........................... Hit The Road Band ......................... NFL 3pm Circus............. “Cirque Dreams - Jungle Fantasy” ............ IKE 5pm

Music - Jazz.......... Jazz Cats Live Jazz Brunch...............DCAT 11am Music - Classical..Newburgh Chamber Music..St. George’s Ch. 3pm

January 2017

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Art exhibits

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

Group Show �� Stray Cat Gallery, Bethel, ongoing Georgia Chambers etchings, paintings ��Georgia Chambers Art Gallery, Callicoon, ongoing T.A. Clearwater paintings, pastels, prints �� Clearwater Gallery at Jones Farm, Cornwall, ongoing Karen E. Gersch, Gabrielle Dearborn, Josiah Dearborn drawings, paintings, silverwork �� Gersch Home Gallery, Montgomery, by appt, ongoing Carolyn Duke pottery ��Duke Pottery, Tennanah Lake, Roscoe, ongoing Inscribed Tibetan Prayer Stones ��Tibetan & Himalayan Cultural Center, Walden, ongoing Lisa Strazza paintings, John Strazza photographs �� Strazza Gallery, Warwick, ongoing Wurtsboro Art Alliance group show �� Mamakating Town Hall, Wurtsboro, ongoing CAS Winter Members Show & Craft Show �� CAS thru Dec 31 Linda Eklund, Rob Rayevsky, Pietro Spica, Les Stone ��Rolling Rover Cafe, Parksville, thru Dec 31 “Shimmering” group show �� Gallery Eva, Callicoon, thru Jan 1 “Come Paint With Me” artists, and others ��Grey Towers, Milford, thru Jan 1 Crawford Arts Association Toys For Tots/Winter Art Show ��Crawford Gov’t Center, Pine Bush, thru Jan 5 Jesse Bransford “Nomina Magica” �� Seligmann Center, Sugar Loaf, thru Jan 9 “Small Paintings” �� WRS thru Jan 14 Hurleyville Maker’s Lab Members’ group show ��222 Gallery, Hurleyville, thru Jan 14 Jacqui Doyle Schneider “Then and Now: Thrown Pottery over 35 Years” �� Artists of Excellence series SUNYO-KH thru Jan 28 Paul Gould paintings and William Gould photography �� Hudson Valley Gallery, Cornwall-on-Hudson, thru Jan 29 Small Works Instructors’ Art Show paintings, sculpture, jewelry, photography �� Mount St. Mary College, Desmond Campus, Balmville, thru Feb 3 Goshen Art League “On the Rails” �� Goshen Music Hall, thru Feb 6 “Winter Solstice” Port Jervis Council for the Arts’ Art & About series �� Demetre Bove & Susan Miiller Bon Secours Hospital Cafeteria & Marlaina Donato Port Jervis City Hall Council Chambers & Joan Kehlenbeck and RVAG members Deerpark Town Hall, thru Feb 8 “Movement in Nature” Orange County Arts Council. �� Storm King Golf Club, Cornwall, thru mid-Feb

NEW ART EXHIBITS

WRS Members Exhibit ��WRS Jan 1-31 Group Show pastels �� Leo’s Pizzeria & Restaurant, Cornwall, Jan 1-31 Paul Rubino paintings ��Gallery @ Chant Realtors, Lords Valley, Jan 1-Feb 26 Gina Monego ��Greenwood Lake Library, Jan 2-31 Ward Lamb “Figurative Works” ~ recent drawings and paintings ��SUNYO-KH Jan 3-Mar 9 Janet Howard-Fatta “Light, Color and a Love of Nature” �� SUNYO-OH Jan 4-Feb 4 Orange County Arts Council Members group show �� SUNYO-OH Jan 6-Feb 4 “Four Generations” Grace Epstein, Elizabeth Duboff, Judy Duboff, RyyA. Bread �� Amity Gallery, Warwick, Jan 7-14 Group Show �� Gallery Eva, Callicoon, Jan 7-29 “Climate Collection Event” Barryville Area Arts Association ��Artists’ Market, Shohola, Jan 7-29 Matthew Bliss, Paula Elliott, Donise English............................................................. CAS Jan 7-Feb 12 Pike County Arts & Crafts Members ��ARTery Gallery, Milford, Jan 13-Feb 6 “Winter” ��WRS Jan 15-Mar 14 Louisa Waber: New Painting and Drawing �� Seligmann Center, Sugar Loaf, Feb 4-Mar 19 “Visual Duets” curated by Nancy Lew Lee �� DVAA Feb 4-Mar 25

Photography exhibits

Catharine Bale �� Green Light Gallery, Cornwall-on-Hudson, ongoing Pike Imaging Council group show ��Grey Towers, Milford, thru Jan 1 William Gould photography ��Hudson Valley Gallery, Cornwall-on-Hudson, thru Jan 29 Susie Schmieder ��Caffe ala Mode, Warwick, thru Jan 25

NEW photography EXHIBITS

Tiffany Smith “Plant Life” ��Space Create, Jan 28-Mar 10

ART & Photography receptions

Orange County Arts Council Members group show �� SUNYO-OH Jan 6, 6pm-8pm Janet Howard-Fatta “Light, Color and a Love of Nature” �� SUNYO-OH Jan 6, 6pm-8pm Matthew Bliss, Paula Elliott, Donise English ��CAS Jan 7, talk:2pm, reception:3pm-5pm “Climate Collection Event” Barryville Area Arts Association ��Artists’ Market, Shohola, Jan 7, 4pm-6pm Ward Lamb “Figurative Works” ~ recent drawings and paintings �� SUNYO-KH Jan 7, 4pm-7pm WRS Members Exhibit �� WRS Jan 7, 5pm-7pm Paul Rubino paintings �� Gallery @ Chant Realtors, Lords Valley, Jan 7, 5pm-7pm Pike County Arts & Crafts Members �� ARTery Gallery, Milford, Jan 14, 4pm-8pm Goshen Art League “On the Rails” ��Goshen Music Hall, Jan 24, 7pm-9pm Jacqui Doyle Schneider “Then and Now: Thrown Pottery over 35 Years” �SUNYO-KH Jan 28, 4pm-6:30pm 16

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Tiffany Smith “Plant Life” ��Space Create, Newburgh, Jan 28, 6pm-9pm Paul Gould paintings & William Gould photography - closing reception �� Hudson Valley Gallery, Cornwall-on-Hudson, Jan 29, 2:30pm “Visual Duets” curated by Nancy Lew Lee �� DVAA Feb 4, 2pm-4pm Louisa Waber: New Painting and Drawing �� Seligmann Center, Sugar Loaf, Feb 4, 5pm-7pm

Schools & Conservatories

Budding Artists ��Greenwood Lake Library, ongoing

Children & Teens Calendar

HHNM �� Hudson Highlands Nature Museum, Outdoor Discovery Center, Cornwall HHNM-CoH ��Hudson Highlands Nature Museum, Education Center, Cornwall-on-Hudson PEEC �� Pocono Environmental Education Center, Dingmans Ferry Listings not included in our centerspread calendar.

Books

“The Ugly Truth” by Jeff Kinney, ages 8-12 �� Newburgh Library, Jan 14, 3pm “The Seven Chinese Sisters” by Kathy Tucker grades 1 & 2 ��Cornwall Library, Jan 19, 4:30pm Cinema

Teen Movie Night 11-17yrs ��Greenwood Lake Library, Wednesdays, 6pm FREE Saturday Family Movie ��Crawford Library, Monticello, Saturdays, 1pm FREE Entertainment

“Year of the Fire Roosters” Storytelling ��Florida Library, Jan 28, 2pm FREE Paper Bag Players “Trip to the Moon” �� SUNYO-OH Jan 15, 2pm “The Secret Life of Pets” (2016), 3D computer-animated ��Liberty Library, Jan 30, 2:45pm FREE & Florida Library, Feb 4, 2pm FREE Museums

Discovery Quests �� HHNM Saturdays & Sundays thru Nov 13,10am-4pm “Marvelous Moths” �� HHNM-CoH Fridays, Saturdays & Sundays, Noon-4pm Meet the Animal of the Week �� HHNM-CoH Saturdays & Sundays, 1pm & 2:30pm Eco-Zone Discovery Room ��PEEC Jan 21, 1pm-4pm Birds on the Wing Hike �� HHNM-CoH Jan 28 & 29, Noon-4pm Recreation & Lectures

Animal Tracks & Traces ��HHNM Jan 8, 10am Starlab: Indoor Planetarium 4yrs & up ��HHNM Jan 14, 10am & 11:30am & 1pm Nature Myths and Stories ��HHNM Jan 22, 10am

Clubs calendar Bridge Club �� Ellenville Library, Wednesdays, 6pm Newburgh Library Camera Club ��Newburgh Library, 3rd Wednesday, 6pm St. James Camera Club �� St. James Church, Goshen, 2nd Tuesday, 7pm Chess Club �� Ellenville Library, Wednesdays, 4pm Chess Club ��Mamakating Library, Wurtsboro, 3rd Saturday, 10:30am & 4th Tuesday, 5:30pm Chess Time �� Cornwall Library, 3rd Thursday, 4:30pm Friday Night Chess ��Narrowsburg Library, Fridays, 6pm Cooking the Books cook book discussion �Josephine-Louise Library, Walden, 3rd Thursday, 6:30pm Knit and Stitch ��Narrowsburg Library, Mondays, 6pm Knitting & Crocheting “Crochety Knitters” �� Liberty Library, Tuesdays, 10:15am Knit & Stitch Club ��Newburgh Library Town Branch, 1st & 3rd Tuesdays, 6;30pm Knitting Group �� Josephine-Louise Library, Walden, Tuesdays, 6:30pm Knitting & Crocheting “Knitwitz” ��Jeffersonville Library, 1st & 3rd Tuesdays, 6:30pm Knit & Crochet Circle ��Florida Library, 3rd Tuesdays, 6pm Knitting “Chain Gang Knitting Club” �� Mamakating Town Hall, Wurtsboro, Tuesdays 9pm Knitting Club ��Noble Coffee Roasters, Campbell Hall, Wednesdays, 2:30pm Knitting, Crocheting, Crafts “Stitch and Bitch” ��Palaia Vineyards, Highland Mills, Sundays, 1pm Knit/Crochet Club ��Wallkill Library, Thursdays, 6:30pm Knimble Knitters ��Ellenville Library, Saturdays, 10am Laurel & Hardy Sons of the Desert Int’l Org. ��First Sunday, Ellenville, ray@themtharhills.org The Music Lovers Group classical �� 3rd Thursdays, 7:30pm Montgomery, 845-457-9867 Electronic Music Meetup w/Neil Alexander “Wired Wednesdays” ��Newburgh Library, 3rd Wednesdays, 7pm Needlework Club ��Mamakating Library, Wurtsboro, Saturdays, 1pm Ladies Night Painting Social ��Wallkill River School, Montgomery, Thursdays 6:30pm Painting Social ��Wallkill River School, Montgomery, Saturdays, 3:30pm Hudson Highlands Photo Workshop �� St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, Chester, 2nd Monday, 7:30pm Creative Photographers of the Hudson Valley �� Newburgh Library, 1st Thursday, 6pm Calico Geese Quilters Guild �� Cornwall Cooperative Extension, Liberty, 2nd Monday, 7pm The Country Scrappers cardmaking, scrapbooking �� Walker Valley Schoolhouse, Tuesdays, all day Scrabble Mania �� Ellenville Library, Tuesdays, 6pm Trivia Night w/Sam Hill ��Two Alices, Cornwall-on-Hudson, Thursdays, 8pm Trivia Night ��Penning’s Pub & Grill, Warwick, Thursdays, 8pm UFO Support Group �� Walker Valley Schoolhouse, 1st Wednesday, 7:30pm Woodcarvers Guild �� Museum Village, Monroe, 1st Wednesday, 7pm

May I Have A Word With You ... Quips, Quotes & Quiddities with Carol Pozefsky THE VOICE OF GENIUS MENSA (Next month: Womensa!) Albert Einstein, German-born Nobel Laureate, father of modern physics, discovered the unlimited source of energy: “Learn from yesterday, live for today, hope for tomorrow. The important thing is not to stop questioning.” “As a human being, one has been endowed with just enough intelligence to be able to see clearly how utterly inadequate that intelligence is when confronted with what exists.” “I have no special talents. I am only passionately curious.” Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Austrian composer, musical visionary whose work influenced many composers who followed, perhaps most notably Beethoven: “Music, even in situations of the greatest horror, should never be painful to the ear but should flatter and charm it, and thereby always remain music.” “When I am completely alone...or during

the night...my ideas flow best and most abundantly. Whence and how these ideas come I know not nor can I force them.” Charles Darwin, biologist, scientist, best known for developing the theory of evolution to explain biological change: “I have called this principle, by which each slight variation, if useful, is preserved, the term of Natural Selection.” “Ignorance more frequently begets confidence than does knowledge. It is those who know little and not those who know much who so positively assert that this or that problem will never be solved by science.” “An American monkey after getting drunk on brandy, would never touch it again, and thus is much wiser than most men.” Nikola Tesla, engineer, inventor, contributed to the development of the alternating-current electrical system widely used today: “I do not think there is any thrill that can go through the human heart like that felt by the inventor as he sees some creation of the brain unfolding to success...such emotions make a man forget food, sleep, friends, love, everything.”

Author Miriam Horn in Hurleyville Many of the men and women doing today’s most consequential environmental work - restoring America’s grasslands, wildlife, soil, rivers, wetlands, and oceans - would not call themselves environmentalists; they would be too uneasy with the connotations of that word. What drives them is their deep love of the land: the iconic terrain where explorers and cowboys, pioneers and riverboat captains forged the American identity. They feel a moral responsibility to preserve this heritage and natural wealth, to ensure that their families and communities will continue to thrive. Author Miriam Horn will read from her book Rancher, Farmer, Fisherman: Conservation Heroes of the American Heartland and show a sneak preview of the forthcoming Discovery documentary based on the book on January 7 from 4:30pm6:00pm at the Hurleyville Arts Centre followed by a discussion and Q&A. Farmers, environmentalists, homesteaders, and anyone interested in the common ground we still share will find this discussion informative,

lively and hopeful. Unfolding as a journey down the Mississippi River, Rancher, Farmer, Fisherman tells the stories of five representatives of this stewardship movement: a Montana rancher, a Kansas farmer, a Mississippi riverman, a Louisiana shrimper, and a Gulf fisherman. In exploring their work and family histories and the essential geographies they protect, Environmental Defense Fund veteran Miriam Horn challenges pervasive and powerful myths about American and environmental values. Join Miriam as she paints a powerful picture of the hidden stewards of America’s natural legacy. Horn is the author of two previous books, including the New York Times bestselling Earth: The Sequel. She works at the Environmental Defense Fund and lives in New York City. The Hurleyville Arts Centre is located at 216 Main Street, Hurleyville. Suggested Donation $5. For further information: info@hacny.org

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Beethoven, Bruch...And All That Jazz! Now in its 36th season, All Seasons Chamber Players is a leading chamber music ensemble in the New York/New Jersey metropolitan area. It has performed over 774 concerts since 1981. The ensemble performs music from the baroque to contemporary periods in mixed ensembles using flute, violin, cello, harpsichord and piano. The All Seasons Chamber Players’ repertoire includes new and unusual works as well as those from the standard chamber music repertoire of duets, trios, quartets and four-hand piano works. In addition to its regional concerts, the ensemble provides free, public community concerts in Bergen County public libraries, churches, art centers and colleges. The community concerts are designed to make chamber music accessible, and to develop new audiences for chamber music. In addition, thousands of people have heard the ensemble on Cablevision’s MetroArts/13 programs, COMCAST, and other local cable TV stations. Winner of the Award for Artistic Excellence from the Bergen County Division of Cultural and Historic Affairs, the ensemble has received grants from several corporate and private sources. Returning to Montgomery after its successful March 2015 concert for the Grand

Montgomery Chamber Music Series, in which they introduced many in the audience to outstanding music by Doppler, Kuhlau and Chaminade, their new program, entitled Beethoven, Bruch...And All That Jazz will feature varied works for piano, flute and strings including Beethoven’s Piano Trio, Op. 11, Prokofiev’s lively Sonata for Flute and Piano, Max Bruch’s Pieces for Flute, Cello and Piano, Op. 83, and Paul Schoenfield’s jazzy Café Music. Lisa Hansen, flutist; Jean Strickholm, pianist; Beethoven’s Trio, Op. 11 is scored Robert Lawrence, violinist; for piano, clarinet (or violin), and Jaqueline Schiller-Audi, pianist & harpsichordist; and E. Zoe Hassman, cellist cello (sometimes substituted by bassoon). The violin will be heard in this Piano was premiered at Lincoln Center. His song cycle Camp Songs was commissioned concert. Bruch’s Pieces Op. 83 were originally by Seattle’s Music of Remembrance. It was scored for clarinet, viola and piano. A version a Pulitzer Prize finalist in 2003. Combining ingredients of classical for flute, cello and piano will be performed. Prokofiev’s flute sonata was first performed music, jazz, klezmer and whimsy, Café in 1943, and was later transcribed for violin Music is instantly accessible despite its rich in 1944 by the composer, with the help of complexities. Irresistible and full of energy, violinist David Oistrakh. For this concert, this is caffeine-fueled music at its most entertaining. the original version for flute will be played. “Café Music written after the composer had Paul Schoenfield is a Professor of Composition at the University of Michigan. the opportunity to sit in as a cocktail pianist In 2010 Schoenfield’s Sonata for Violin and is a case in point. Bouncy rhythms, and

terrifically challenging string writing shows Schoenfield’s style at it’s most accessible. Listeners familiar with Schoenfield’s Four Parables will recognize a number of the melodic licks as Ragtime, Yiddish song, Broadway melodies and Gypsy scales form a delightful musical goulash.” - Sue Leigh Waugh. Robert Lawrence, All Seasons’ CoDirector for Programs, will introduce each piece to the audience with entertaining spoken program notes. Performers will include violinist Robert Lawrence; cellist E. Zoe Hassman; pianist and Co-Director Jean Strickholm, pianist Jacqueline Schiller-Audi and flutist Lisa Hansen. All Seasons Chamber Players will perform in the Montgomery Senior Center, 36 Bridge Street, on January 8, at 3:00pm. Admission to the concert is free. For information call 845-457-9867. For further information about the ensemble’s programs, players and supporters visit www.allseasonschamberplayers.org or call 201-768-1331 for a printed schedule. MEET OUR ADVERTISERS See ads below for pre and/or post concert dining (exc. Noble Coffee Roasters).

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In Memoriam ~ Michaline Anna Veronica “Mickie” MacMillan August 27, 1938 ~ December 1, 2016

“I enjoy the journey into a watercolor painting, looking for the great idea, the right choice of color, knowing what to add, what to leave out, and waiting for the water to pull it all together. My inspiration since moving to Pine Bush 16 years ago is the beautiful farms of the Hudson Valley and the lighting of the Hudson Valley at certain times especially morning and evenings. It is truly a showcase for the artist.” - Mickie MacMillan, artist Awardwinning artist Mickie MacMillan was a signature member of the North East Watercolor Society, Middletown Art Group, and a represented artist with the Wallkill River School. “There are artists who are really good, and know it, and there are artists who are truly good, and goodness emanates from them in everything they do. Mickie was one of the best watercolorists I ever met. No matter how many paintings she sold, or how many people clamored for lessons, Mickie was sweet, humble, and selfless. She was quick with a kind word and a compliment, and the last to complain. “Some people leave a mark on the world, some leave a mark on your heart. I’m honored to have had her as a friend, colleague, and mentor.” Shawn Dell Joyce, Wallkill River School

“Mickie MacMillan was a wonderful woman and artist. Her exceptional watercolors of barns, landscapes, and more, depicted with amazingly realistic detail, express the beauty and character of the local Hudson Valley area. Her passion for painting is inspirational and evident in all her art. I enjoyed viewing her paintings in her excellent solo exhibitions and in numerous group shows. Extremely friendly and caring, she was highly supportive and widely admired in the art community. Her talent and warm personality will be remembered. Mitchell Saler, artist “Mickie was a very lovely and gracious lady. It was a joy to see the way she so beautifully captured the essence of rural landscapes and in

particular our beloved Hudson Valley. I had the pleasure of having Mickie in some of my watercolor workshops, and I would enjoy teasing her as she did a beautiful piece in class: “Mickie, this is gorgeous - why don’t you teach the class next time?!” We had some very nice times together and I know she will be missed.” Pat Morgan, artist “I first met Mickie on Main Street in Pine Bush where she was showing her paintings, which were wonderful. Over the years I found that her list of qualities extended far beyond her art. Art-wise, she showed an amazing knowledge of the subject. Her paintings were readily recognizable for her style. For as long as I have known her, Mickie’s public persona was a quiet dignity, forever modest of her ability. I will miss her she was a class act!” Bob Scully, artist

“Mickie was a signature member of the North East Watercolor Society and much loved artist whose paintings of local barns and landmarks were sought out by collectors. “She loved realism and once told me, when one of our NEWS workshop instructors delved too deeply into abstraction, “I didn’t sign up for all this crazy stuff.” She knew what she liked and her success through constant perseverance in seeking an ever-higher level of excellence is something we should all strive for.” Richard Price, President, NEWS “I first came to know Mickie after my wife and I moved up here from Long Island in 2006. It was at the first Art In The Park held in Walker Valley. She was seated on a lawn chair, her watercolors and brushes at her side, working on a painting. I stopped to watch her work admiring her technique with each carefully placed brushstroke. I recognized the house she was painting as one near, as it turned out, where we both live. I sat and we began talking. “From that moment Mickie and I became “art buddies” and friends. My friend Mickie was a singular talent and one of the bravest people I’ve known. I will miss her steadying influence, her passion for painting and, of course, our talks.” Sal Aiello, artist

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Drop Your Jaws at West Point!

Butterfly ballet, flipping monkeys, hopping frogs, and stretching lizards make up a worldclass explosion of imagination, athleticism, and Broadway theatrics in Cirque Dreams - Jungle Fantasy, brought to life by an international cast of soaring aerialists, spine-bending contortionists, acrobats, jugglers and musicians! Created and directed by renown theatrical and circus impresario Neil Goldberg, Cirque Dreams - Jungle Fantasy is an exotic encounter inspired by nature’s unpredictable creations and will exhilarate and entertain audiences of all ages - the L.A. Times calls it “Jaw dropping! A whiz-bang family friendly spectacle!” The astounding feats performed in this action-packed show come to life in a fantastical jungle setting ignited by striking visual effects and are enhanced with spectacular costumes that were nominated for the American Theater Wing - most coveted - Henry Hewes Award for Best Costume Design.

Proclaimed “The grandest circus spectacle east of Vegas!” by New York Magazine, the show has been performed over 2,000 times since 2007 to an approximate audience of 3.5 million paid attendees in more than 170 cities throughout North America including a limited Broadway engagement at the Broadway Theatre. This theatrical, acrobatic and musical adventure was a Broadway must-see sensation and the first show of its kind to ever appear on the Great White Way. It debuted at the Broadway Theatre in 2008 and is to date, the first and only show of its kind to ever perform on Broadway. Visit the jungle and its inhabitants when they climb, hop, fly, and leap into West Point’s Eisenhower Hall Theatre, 655 Pitcher Road, West Point, on January 29 at 5:00pm. For tickets, visit www.ikehall.com/tickets. htm or call the Box Office at: 845-938-4159.

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Interested in Taking A Trip to The Moon?

The Paper Bag Players are coming back once again to Middletown to take the audience on a Trip to the Moon. This adventure, filled with whimsical stories, lovable characters, and singing and dancing to live music, is their celebration of their 58th year of performing great theater for children. Three mini-plays focus on the theme of Space. In the title piece, meet the fantastic Dr. Phinneas Fizzleby and his assistant Calliope. Climb aboard as they build a rocket ship that blasts off to the moon. In The Girl and the Star, Abby longs to meet a distant star; imagine her surprise when the star pays her a visit. Then, follow the sun in Rise and Shine as it wakes up and prepares for work, punching in as the moon punches out. The fun continues with Charlie the whistling bear. See what happens when Charley’s whistle is stolen. Squeaky Shoes tells the story of a robber with unfortunate footwear, a madcap tale told completely through sound effects. In Maximisillius, a wizard magically moves a mountain with the help of the audience. The show is rounded out with The Tommy-185 about a charming robot that loves to dance, and Crazy Face, in which the entire cast assembles a whacky face that sings a song straight out of Vaudeville.

Children ages 3 to 8 will delight in the fun of live theatre as the Paper Bag Players blend cardboard and paper sets, and wear colorful costumes all of which cleverly transform an empty stage and ordinary people into a world of delightful imagination. The award-winning Paper Bag Players keep it simple - and simply hilarious with children not only on the edge of their seats but with this funny, fast-paced show, lots of opportunities allow them to get in on the action and play along! The performance takes place on January 15 at 2:00pm in Orange Hall Theatre, SUNY Orange, located at the corner of Wawayanda and Grandview Avenues, Middletown, (GPS: 24 Grandview Ave, Middletown) where free parking is available in the adjacent lot. For tickets: www.sunyorange.edu/arts_ comm/ticketing.shtml SUNY Orange students with ID admitted free. For information, call Cultural Affairs at 845-341-4891.

Sullivan County Chamber Orchestra: Concert # 2 “Baroque to the Future”

The Sullivan County Chamber Orchestra (SCCO) gave its inaugural set of concerts in September 2016 in Monticello and Liberty. (See CANVAS Managing Editor Barry Plaxen’s review at: www.meetmeinthegreenroom.com and search for “Trombley”.) A history of the creation of the orchestra is included in the above mentioned review. However, what is NOT mentioned in the review is the collaboration between Sullivan County High Schools and Weekend of Chamber Music (WCM), Sullivan’s annual world class July WCM Music Festival. BACK TO THE PAST Thoughts on the SCCO and the January Concert from WCM Founder, Judith Pearce: “In August I read about the SCCO and its first season: Andrew Trombley’s and Akiko Hosoi’s new project, under the umbrella of Nesin Cultural Arts (NCA). I was delighted for it seemed entirely “right”: a logical step within NCA’s mission. “At the time I wasn’t thinking about the long history behind this event and I think that started to enter my thoughts as my husband and I drove to Liberty for the September 11 concert at Liberty Museum and Arts Center. I was definitely excited for I knew it would be a good performance; after all Andrew and Akiko are professional musicians with high standards. “However at the first zinging note of the violins in the opening Mozart Divertimento I was thrilled - and moved to tears - by their

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ensemble and the palpable pleasure in working together to produce fine performances with genuine expressive range. “Later I realized that my tears were the inchoate response to my own history leading up to this concert. WCM’s first event in Monticello was in March 1997: a workshop with Monticello and Liberty music students, followed the next afternoon by a WCM concert with a cellist and pianist and myself in what is now the Eugene D. Nesin Theatre. “At the reception after, we met the entire Trombley family with the youngest member Andrew, a talkative 9 year-old. It was several years later when WCM’s collaboration with the Monticello High School (MHS) Music Department was well established and Andrew was getting serious about the double bass that we brought Kurt Muroki [of the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center] to work with him...and as the saying goes: “the rest is (also)

history.” “Back to the present: we’ve already had a rehearsal of Bach’s 5th Brandenburg Concerto for SCCO’s January concerts and it was everything that chamber music can be. With harpsichordist Kenneth Hamrick - a crucial member of the WCM/MHS collaboration - as our host and baroque mentor, we explored this marvelous piece and I know that the January performances will be an exuberant celebration of these 20 years. “A WCM colleague with close experience of our MHS collaboration has called this event a closing of the circle: I like the sense of that and I also like the idea of a SPIRAL: “winding in a continuous and gradually widening curve”. BAROQUE TO THE FUTURE SCCO’s Baroque to the Future concerts include music by Bach, Albinoni, Britten and Gorecki. The featured soloists, Kenneth Hamrick

(harpsichord) and Judith Pearce (flute), were invited by Orchestra Director Andrew Trombley to celebrate a 20 year collaboration. Pearce, Ann Trombley (piano) and Nancy Wegrzyn (viola) and others, including nonperforming Nesin founding member/present member of the Monticello School Board/former MHS music educator Lori Orestano-James, are celebrating their 20 year collaboration in educating youth. Andrew was mentored by Pearce when a student; Wegrzyn, who performed with SCCO last September, was Trombley’s first bass teacher. Coming full circle, he will perform with his mentors in the January concert. Also performing will be Akiko Hosoi (solo violin). As part of the SCCO’s dedication to education, the Select Students in the NCA Children’s Choirs and the Aspiring Young Musicians programs will be joining the orchestra for one short piece. The students will also participate in workshops by visiting artist Hamrick on the history, style and culture of baroque music. The first performance is January 28 at 7:00pm at the Eugene D. Nesin Theatre, 22 St. John Street, Monticello. The second performance is January 29 at 3:00pm at St. James Episcopal Church, 7 Mountain View Drive, Callicoon. Tickets may be purchased online or at the door. Students with an ID are free. Visit www.nesinculturalarts.org

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“Into The Woods” With The GNSO

The Greater Newburgh Symphony Orchestra (GNSO) will start the New Year with a Family Concert on January 21 that is “designed to appeal to the child in us all,” according to new Music Director Russell Ger. Mr. Ger’s leadership of the orchestra and empathy with the audience has drawn The Greater Newburgh Symphony Orchestra. Photo by Mimi Estes increasingly large and enthusiastic and above the gazillions of concert crowds, and for the January concert performances worldwide: he has conceived a brand new Walt Disney produced an multimedia experience in which animated version of the work in a narrator “will take us through a 1946, with Sterling Holloway retelling of the well-known tale of providing the voice of the narrator. Rapunzel (the fairy-tale that was It was released theatrically as a the basis for the movie Tangled), segment of Make Mine Music, accompanied by the music of then reissued the next year, Beethoven, Brahms, Tchaikovsky, accompanying a reissue of Vivaldi and others. We will then Fantasia. This version makes wind our way through Prokofiev’s several changes to the original Russell Ger Disney’s “Peter & The Wolf” adored Peter and the Wolf. It will Photo by Mimi Estes story. The pets are given names: interrupted by sustained periods of silence. send your imagination soaring,” Mr. “Sasha” the bird, “Sonia” the duck, Many script changes were made, including Ger concluded. and “Ivan” the cat. The hunters get names “Historically, the Family Concert has drawn too, “Misha”, “Yasha”, and “Vladimir”. And the hunters becoming teenage bullies, and Peter’s grandfather becoming greedy as he the largest GNSO audiences of the year,” said it gets a “happy ending”. tries to sell the captured wolf. (What will GNSO board president John Bliss, “It’s a A Russian animation studio produced a they think of next?) wonderful opportunity to share the experience puppet stop motion animation version of the The Russian pianist Tatiana Nikolayeva of a live performance of classical music in an work in 1958, also with script changes. transcribed seven excerpts as a virtuoso innovative setting. And, as is the case with all In 2006, a British stop-motion animated concert suite GNSO performances, students of all ages are adaptation was produced. It is unusual in its In 1958, a videotaped television special admitted without charge.” lack of any dialogue or narration, the story entitled Art Carney Meets Peter and the Written by Sergei Prokofiev in 1936, Peter being told only in images and sound and Wolf, with Art Carney as main entertainer, and the Wolf has seen many incarnations over

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along with the Bil Baird Marionettes, was presented by the American Broadcasting Company. After an original first half with music from Prokofiev’s Lieutenant Kijé Suite, the program then segued into a complete performance of Peter and the Wolf, played exactly as written by the composer, and “mimed” by both “human” and “animal” marionettes. The conclusion of the program again featured Carney interacting with the animal marionettes. The show was nominated for three Emmy Awards. The list of narrators who have recorded the tale since its first recording in 1939 with Alan Hale, includes: Alice Cooper, Antonio Banderas, Sophia Loren, Dame Edna Everage, Sir John Gielgud, Eleanor Roosevelt, Alec Guinness, Arthur Godfrey, Beatrice Lillie, Sean Connery, Mia Farrow, Carol Channing, Lina Prokofiev (Prokofiev’s widow), Oleg and Gabriel Prokofiev (son and grandson), Peter Ustinov (twice), George Raft, David Bowie, Tom Seaver, William F. Buckley, Jr., and Captain Kangaroo. Ger will conduct a multimedia version on January 21, 4:00pm concert at Mount Saint Mary College’s Aquinas Hall. Arrive at 3:00pm for the concert preview by Gordon Shacklett. (snow date: January 22 at 3:00pm. Shacklett preview at 2:00pm.) Call 845-913-7157 or visit www. newburghsymphony.org for tickets (and at the door). Students are admitted free.

Hudson Valley Performing Arts Foundation: Brahms’ Great C Minor Piano Quartet The second program for the 20162017 Hudson Valley Performing Arts Foundation’s (HVPAF) chamber music series features NY Philharmonic Concertmaster Frank Huang, violist Robert Rinehart, cellist Peter Wiley and pianist John Novacek. Frank Huang was born in Beijing, China. Since performing with the Houston Symphony in a nationally broadcast concert at the age of 11, he has appeared with orchestras throughout the world including the Cleveland Orchestra and Los Angeles Philharmonic. In addition to his solo career, Huang is deeply committed to chamber music. A member of the NY Philharmonic, Robert Rinehart is a familiar figure on the New York chamber music scene and has collaborated with Benny Goodman, Rudolf Firkusny, and the Guarneri String Quartet, among many others. His chamber music recordings have received a Grammy Award, and two Grammy nominations. Cellist, Peter Wiley enjoys a prolific career as a performer and teacher. He is a member of the piano quartet, Opus One, a group he co-founded in 1998 with pianist Anne-Marie McDermott, violinist Ida Kavafian and violist Steven Tenenbom. From 1987 through 1998, Mr. Wiley was cellist of the Beaux Arts Trio. In 2001 he succeeded his mentor, David Soyer, as cellist of the Guarneri Quartet. Pianist John Novacek regularly tours the Americas, Europe and Asia as solo recitalist,

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chamber musician and concerto soloist. His major American performances have been heard in Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts’ Avery Fisher Hall and Alice Tully Hall, among many others. He has appeared on NPR’s Performance Today, and Prairie Home Companion with Garrison Keillor. The HVPAF program will include Brahms’ Piano Quartet in C minor, No. 3, Op. 60 (sometimes called the “Werther” Quartet), completed in 1875. Musicologist Russell Steinberg notes: “The great C minor Piano Quartet, op. 60 shows the art of a lion tamer and is easily one of Brahms’ finest achievements. He began the piece while living with Clara Schumann and helping run the Schumann household while husband Robert was in the mental asylum. “Brahms was candid that the brooding quality of the piece was a direct reference to Werther, Goethe’s romantic hero of unrequited love who eventually commits suicide. To his publisher he wrote, “On the cover you must

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have a picture, namely a head with a pistol to it. Now you can form some conception of the music! I’ll send you my photograph for the purpose. Since you seem to like color printing, you can use blue coat, yellow breeches, and top-boots.” That was the exact description of Werther and 20 years later Brahms was able to joke about his hyper-passionate feelings. “The piece was originally in C# minor, the key used by E.T.A. Hoffman’s famous character, the hypersensitive composer Kreisler (on whom Schumann wrote his famous piano suite Kreisleriana). So it is transparent that Brahms was embroiled working out his growing feelings for Clara amid the tragedy of Robert. “This may seem overly technical, but there is a poetic idea behind it. C# minor was the key that represented for Brahms the suicidal unrequited lover. C minor was the key of Beethoven that represents heroic struggle. Brahms used the fusion of these two harmonic centers as a device to represent the powerful music drama of this piano quartet.

“The name of Clara appears immediately in the musical notes, based on Schumann’s own musical motto for Clara: C#-B-A-G#-A, which Brahms in his revisions transposed in C minor to: Eb-D-C-B-C. A discerning ear will hear this motto and variations of it throughout the piece. “But for us this is significant mostly in that it took Brahms 20 years to sort this all out in a piece of such ambitious Beethovenian grandeur. Changing the key of the piece to C minor itself is a Beethovenian move, and the quartet certainly recalls the drama and fate motives of Beethoven’s C minor pieces. “The finale deliberately recalls Beethoven’s stormier piano sonatas (op. 2, #1 last movement particularly) as well as quotes of the 5th symphony motto. And placing the slow movement after the Scherzo can’t help but recall Beethoven’s similar decision in the Ninth Symphony.” The HVPAF January 15, 3:00pm concert will be held at the Mulder Chapel at the Warwick Center, 62 Warwick Center Road, the perfect intimate setting to experience this exquisite music performed by world renowned musicians. Meet and greet the artists at the Post Concert Gala Reception Fundraiser. $50 donation includes cocktails & hors d’oeuvres. For concert and fundraiser tickets, visit www.hvpaf.org or call the HVPAF box office at 844-464-8723.

Two Goulds are Better than One! Cornwall-on-Hudson’s Appointments are Hudson Valley Gallery recommended. is extending the current January 22 at 2:30pm: show, Double Vision Plein Air Pushups - Indoor paintings by Paul Gould Painting and Drawing and photographs by his Exercises to prepare you brother, William Gould, for a successful outdoor until January 29. painting experience with Paul and William’s Paul. His popular outdoor Brothers William & Paul Gould Sunday Salon Series will painting workshops have include talks, demos and benefitted hundreds of artists critiques. Refreshments will in the U.S. and Europe. be served. Now you can improve your January 8 at 2:30pm: plein air paintings with his Constructive critique of simple and fun indoor art your art with Paul. Find out exercises. what to do to improve your January 29 at 2:30pm: paintings & drawings. Bring “Low Tide, Annisquam Lighthouse” by P. Gould Closing Party for Double your artwork to this event. Vision. William will share January 15 at 2:30pm: special insights about Is It Worth Doing? the subjects he chose to Restoration of Paintings & photograph and Paul will Frames with art conservators comment on his paintings Paul & William. Learn how and the process of creating cleaning and restoration them from initial on-site of your dark or damaged experience to completed paintings and frames can “Island in the Mist” by William Gould work. add value and enjoyment previously hidden Hudson Valley Gallery is located at 246 from view. Bring one or more paintings or Hudson Street, Cornwall-on-Hudson. frames for a free estimate of your investment Visit www.hudsonvalleygallery.com or call to rejuvenate your special treasures. 845-401-5443. January 2017

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Mr. Gone: Groove to Electric Jazz / Fusion in Marlboro Mr. Gone is an ensemble exploring the groove based music of early electric jazz (fusion), focusing on the music of Weather Report and Herbie Hancock’s Headhunters and Mwandishi bands. Referencing the origins of the jam band movement, they connect the past with the future, embracing modern styles like drum ‘n bass, trance and jungle. Performing in concert venues, educational institutions and festivals, this electric jazz ensemble opens a window on the historical significance and influence of this exciting music. Mr. Gone features four extraordinary composers, improvisers and performers, with a combined musical experience of 200 + years: Neil Alexander/keys, Peter Furlan/saxes, Ratzo Harris/bass, Terry Silverlight/drums. Keyboardist and composer Neil Alexander remains passionately involved in production, live sound, musical theater, modern dance and film. He recently released his first solo piano CD, Darn That Dream: Solo Piano Vol. 1 to critical acclaim. He has worked with a variety of artists and has held the keyboard chair in Gregg Bendian’s Mahavishnu Project, and in the successful Pink Floyd Tribute, The Machine, where he

Neil Alexander & Peter Furlan

was a driving force in the group’s sound and subsequent success. Neil recently completed a two year solo piano tour performing his own transcription of Stravinsky’s Rite Of Spring for its 100th anniversary. Saxophonist, composer, arranger and educator Peter Furlan has performed and recorded with Dizzy Gillespie, Thomas Chapin, Don Alias, Frank Foster, Steven Bernstein, Mahavishnu Project, The Temptations, and 10,000 Maniacs, among others. He leads The Peter Furlan Project, Peter Furlan Trio & Quintet, and with Neil Alexander, Le Jazz Electronique and Mr. Gone. Bassist and composer Ratzo Harris has

been a major force on the international jazz scene since 1974, having played with the Denny Zeitlin Trio, Janet Lawson Quintet, Kenny Werner Trio, Jane Ira Bloom, Mose Allison, Mike Nock, Joe Lovano, Judi Silvano, and many others. Terry Silverlight has contributed his talents as a leader, composer, producer, arranger, drummer, author and educator to projects in nearly every music genre. He began his recording career at 14 years old when he played drums on his brother Barry Miles’ album, White Heat, an innovative harbinger of the fusion movement. Since then, he has performed worldwide, recorded four solo CDs, played drums on recordings for George Benson, Natalie Merchant, Freddie Jackson, Tom Jones, Laura Nyro, Phil Woods, and toured extensively with Roberta Flack and the award-winning, all-star, Manhattan Jazz Orchestra. Terry has written, produced and arranged numerous pieces for network TV, including a song in an Emmy award-winning episode of The Sopranos. Take a few friends and go and enjoy the sounds of Mr. Gone on January 15 at 7:00pm when they perform at The Falcon, 1348 Route 9w in Marlboro. Phone: 845-236-7970.

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Depth & Vitality

Louisa Waber mentions Cezanne, Hofmann, de Kooning, and Guston, as a context of inspirers. But her current working mentality is also moved by Byzantine mosaics, and by geometry and architecture, a quality of airiness, and the moody industrial landscape seen from her studio window: old factories, the sky at a certain hour. Whether a painting is finished or not is often unclear to her - some paintings always want more. Others are more definitive, they practically shout, “done.” Sometimes she’ll leave a painting alone for weeks or months, and then revisit it once new possibilities reveal themselves. Resolute with both depth and vitality, examples of Waber’s abstract art have been noted for many years in exhibitions in New York, and can now be seen on their own together. The Seligmann Center, 23 White Oak Drive, Sugar Loaf, presents Louisa Waber: Recent Painting & Drawing. The show opens with a reception on February 4 from 5:00pm7:00pm, and runs through March 19. For information: 845-469-9459.

Mikhail Kopelman at Atlas Studios

Former concertmaster of the Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra, Mikhail Kopelman was appointed first violin of the Borodin String Quartet in 1976, and played with the ensemble for two decades. Winner of many international awards, Mikhail Kopelman Kopelman emigrated with his family to the United States in 1993. He joined the Tokyo String Quartet as first violinist in 1996 and from 1996-2002 he was a professor at the Yale School of Music, coaching chamber music. In 2002, with the purpose of continuing the rich traditions of the Russian school of quartet playing, he founded the Kopelman Quartet together with some of his contemporaries from the Moscow Conservatoire. That same year he was appointed Professor of Violin at the Eastman School of Music in Rochester, his current “residence”. For over 15 years he was closely associated with Sviatoslav Richter in numerous performances and recordings, both in the USSR and abroad. His long and distinguished career as a chamber musician has also brought him together with artists including Mstislav Rostropovich, Gidon Kremer,

Alicia de Larrocha, Christoph Eschenbach, Emanuel Ax and many other distinguished artists. He has made many recordings for the Melodiya, EMI, Virgin Classics, Teldec, Philips, Nimbus and Wigmore Live labels. For Newburgh’s Anna Gurfinkel Queen of the Hudson chamber music series, “I will perform with my wife, pianist Anna Gurfinkel,” he told CANVAS. Gurfinkel graduated from the Moscow Conservatory and has appeared with members of the Borodin Quartet in Shostakovich Festivals in England, Italy and Moscow. She has also recorded on the Melodiya label. Her New York appearances include Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall, Merkin Hall, and SUNY Purchase Recital Hall. “Here is the program: Bach’s’s Sonata #4 for Piano and Violin in c minor, Mozart’s Sonata in G Major, Smetana’s Two Pieces for violin and piano, Brahms’ Sonata #2 in A Major and Three Hungarian Dances by Brahms, arranged by Josef Joachim.” The concert is on January 14 at 7:00pm in Atlas Studios, 11 Spring Street, Newburgh. Visit www.queenofthehudson.org for further information.

Tiffany Smith’s Phenomenal Women

Utilizing photography, installation and video, Plant Life, an exhibit of works by Tiffany Smith, explores migrations of people and transplanted lives while creating a visual record of experience. As part of her exhibit, Tiffany constructs an interactive photo booth encouraging viewers to photograph themselves within the lush settings she creates. A visual artist from the Caribbean diaspora, Tiffany creates conceptually based work focused on identity, cultural ambiguity and representation, particularly within minority communities. Her work examines individual narratives pulled from an array of multi-cultural influences derived from her upbringing between Miami, Bahamas, and Jamaica, and molded by her current home of Brooklyn. Smith’s practice searches for new perspectives on dominant historical narratives and

aims to provide insight into issues surrounding communities and how they are formed, defined, and identified. Smith received a BA in Photography from Savannah College of Art and Design and an MFA in Photo, Video and Related Media from New York’s School of Visual Arts. Her work has been exhibited internationally “Haitian Woman from Miami with and throughout the United Machete” by Tiffany Smith States. Space Create, 115 Broadway in Newburgh, is pleased to present the vibrant work of Tiffany Smith from January 28March 10. An opening reception will be held during Newburgh Last Saturday on January 28 from 6:00pm-9:00pm. A closing reception will also be held during Newburgh Last Saturday on February 25 from 6:00pm-9:00pm. For more information, “Woman from the Philippines by way of Wayne, New Jersey” by T. Smith call 845-590-1931.

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Tranchina Jazz in Narrowsburg *Voted Hudson Valley 2010 Tranchina has performed Jazz Musician of the Year in in most of the major jazz and Times Herald-Record’s annual club venues throughout New Best Of Readers Poll; York City and the surrounding *For 18 consecutive years, area, including Jazz at Lincoln 1997-2014: ASCAP Popular Center, Birdland, and the Blue Music Award (Jazz Category) Note. He has also performed for original compositions, in the concert venues of Alice performances and creative Tully Hall at Lincoln Center, contributions to American Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Music; Hall, and Jazz Mobile, among *Honored twice consecutively Joe Vincent Tranchina many others, and has toured photo by Lena Adasheva by the Lehman Center for the abroad in Germany, Switzerland, Performing Arts “Best of the Bronx” series Greece, and Japan. He composed the original with concert presentations of his original scores for Barbara Reiter’s documentary work. Significance, an interesting look at the The above are but a few of the many International Declaration of Human Rights, accolades heaped upon Warwick’s Joe and Ryoya Terao’s documentary Go Achilles, Vincent Tranchina, an established pianist, the PBS aired program concerning the annual composer, arranger, and accompanist. marathon for the disabled held in NYC. Tranchina began his musical studies at Composer, and occasional lyricist, of the age of nine on accordion; his parents over 1,000 compositions, Tranchina’s work asked him to choose between joining the ranges from straight-ahead, fusion, and Boy Scouts and lessons peddled door to Brazilian jazz to new age, world beat, pop door by the local music school. His future and classical. The breadth speaks to his held few campfires, but many musical merit incredible versatility as a musician. badges. At the age of 16, he had an epiphany Tranchina will perform for the Salon Series experience, “discovering” Ella Fitzgerald’s at the Delaware Arts Center, 37 Main Street, swinging voice, and John Coltrane’s tenor Narrowsburg on January 28 at 2:00pm. saxophone cosmic explorations. Admission is free. Call 845-252-7576.

Solely Mozart in Cornwall-on-Hudson Every January Potluck Concerts celebrates the awesome genius Mozart’s life with its Happy Birthday Herr Mozart themed concert. This year is no exception. A variety of chamber music Joel Evans will be performed, i.e. 4-hand piano music, a violin/piano sonata, an aria from one of his operatic masterpieces, and an Oboe Quartet. Joining the monthly Potluck regulars Margaret Small and Ruthanne Schempf (piano), and Emily Faxon (violin) will be Joel Evans (oboe) and SUNY New Paltz student, baritone Daniel Chiu. While in Munich in 1780, Mozart renewed an acquaintance with Friedrich Ramm, a virtuoso oboist. It was for Ramm that Mozart composed the Oboe Quartet in F major, K. 370/368b in order to show off his virtuosity and the improvements that had been made to the oboe at that time. One way that this piece showed off the instrument was the use of the “high F” above the staff, a note rarely played in any repertoire previously written for the oboe. This piece is a work of chamber music, but it has elements that harken to other musical genres, and requires a fair amount of virtuosity.

Because of its large amount of virtuosic playing on the part of the oboe and the large degree to which the strings simply accompany the oboist, it almost resembles a concerto. Since the strings “simply accompany” the Daniel Chiu oboe, Schempf will tackle the three string parts on the piano with her virtuosic playing. (No, she will not pluck the piano’s strings, but will use the ivories.) The work requires “duet” playing for the famous 13-bar passage in the finale in which the oboe plays in common time (four beats per measure) against the 6/8 accompaniment. Pretty “advanced” for Mozart’s time. Daniel Chiu won a first place prize at the New York State Music Teachers Association Competition this fall. He will sing Hai già vinta la causa!, the Count’s aria from Le Nozze di Figaro, one powerful example of an aria, not only because of the superb music, but also because of the actual content of its lyric which (with purpose) depicts the class consciousness of the 18th century. The January 27, 7:30pm concert is at the Cornwall Presbyterian Church, 222 Hudson Street, Cornwall-on-Hudson. Tickets at the door.

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Whispering Pines: Cooking with Chef Frey HAPPY NEW YEAR! Many parts of the U.S. celebrate the new year by consuming black-eyed peas. These legumes are typically accompanied by either hog jowls or ham. Black-eyed peas and other legumes have been considered good luck in many cultures. Other “good luck” foods eaten on New Year’s Day are hog, cabbage and rice. Popular resolutions might include the promise to lose weight or quit smoking. I sure packed on some pounds, so here are some of my...shall we say light?...cooking recipes to shed some unwanted pounds for your resolutions! Enjoy! Chef Frey’s Black Eyed Cavatappi

2 c water 1 c black-eyed peas 1 t fresh thyme 2 bay leaves ½ c chopped sun-dried tomatoes 2 T hot pepper sauce 4 c cooked cavatappi ½ c scallions, sliced ½ c parsley 3 oz prosciutto, chopped 1 T olive oil ½ t dry mustard 2 T chopped chili 3 garlic cloves

Combine first 4 ingredients in large saucepan; bring to boil. Cover, reduce heat, simmer

15 min. Add tomatoes and 2T pepper sauce; simmer 5 min. Drain pea mixture; reserve 2T cooking liquid. Discard bay leaves. Combine pea mixture, pasta, onions, parsley, prosciutto in bowl. Combine liquid, 1/4 c pepper sauce, and remaining ingredients in bowl; stir well. Pour chili mix over pasta mix, toss well. Porcini-Crusted Beef Tenderloin w/ Wild-Mushroom Sauce 1 ½ c dried porcini mushrooms, divided 1-3 ½ lb. center-cut beef tenderloin 3/4 t salt and 1/4 t white pepper 2t vegetable oil and cooking spray 2 c boiling water and 2 T chilled butter

Preheat oven 400. Place ½ cup mushrooms in blender and finely ground. Sprinkle beef w/ mushrooms, ½ t salt, 1/8 t pepper. Heat oil in skillet over medium-high heat. Add beef; cook 1 min. on all sides until browned. Place tenderloin on broiler pan coated with cooking spray. Insert meat thermometer into thickest portion of tenderloin. Bake at 400 for 30 min. or until meat thermometer reaches 145 (medium-rare) to 160 (medium). Place tenderloin on platter; cover w/ foil for 10 min. Combine boiled water, 1 cup mushrooms in bowl; cover for 30 min. Drain mushrooms thru cheesecloth into pan, reserve liquid; chop mushrooms. Bring liquid to boil. Reduce heat; simmer until reduced to 1 cup. Add 1/4 t salt, 1/8 t pepper, butter, stirring with whisk until butter melts. For culinary needs and questions, reach me at Whispering Pines Caterers: 845-647-1428.

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What is hypnosis anyway? Does it work, help with weight loss and smoking? How long does it take? What about selfhypnosis? How long will it last? George Toth, LCSW-R is a psychotherapist and hypnotist. He is an award-winning author of three selfhelp books: Marble Mindfulness, How to Hypnotize your Grandchildren, and Seashell Therapy. Diana Underwood, LMSW is a psychotherapist and hypnotist. Her specialized training includes the Mandala Assessment Research Instrument (MARI),

Reiki, and Hawaiian Healing Arts. Co-founders of Alternative Counseling in Cornwall, George and Diana have taught many adult enrichment classes at Mount St. Mary College’s Desmond Campus and globally. On January 13 from 10:00am-Noon, they will present a lecture with demonstrations and discussion, followed by questions and answers. Learn about hypnosis myths! To register, phone 845-565-2076. Desmond Campus is located at 6 Albany Post Road in the Balmville section of Newburgh. To register: 845-565-2076.

Author Linda Zimmermann (see photo) is a noted investigator of the paranormal. A former research scientist with a master’s degree in English, she has written about U.S. history, astronomy, and is the author of two novels as well as her Ghost Investigator book series. Mysterious stone structures are throughout the Hudson Valley and Zimmermann thinks they may be the ruins of sacred sculptures built by early natives. Many of the structures are boulders balanced precariously on smaller rocks, massive stone walls, and stone chambers whose origins have been attributed to the work

of colonial farmers or the random result of erosion. Zimmermann points out that some of these sites have unusual characteristics which have been overlooked and feels that many of them show signs of being astronomical calendars belonging to early civilizations. A January 10, 1:00pm book signing and sale of Linda’s Mysterious Stone Sites in the Hudson Valley & Northern New Jersey will follow a presentation at Desmond Campus, 6 Albany Post Road in the Balmville section of Newburgh. (Snow date: January 12). To register: 845-565-2076.

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Benji in Balmville

Benjamin Franklin flew his kite in a thunderstorm, but did you know that his scientific discoveries have been likened to the discovery of the atom bomb and the birth of Christ combined? Learn 10 things that you don’t know about this brilliant, curious Founding Father’s scientific life and how it relates to the birth of our nation on January 17, from 10:00am11:30am (snow date: January 18) when Christina Frei, author of 5 Rockstars of the American Revolution, gives a lecture entitled, The Top 10 Most Controversial Things about Benjamin Franklin’s Science at Mount St. Mary College’s Desmond Campus, 6 Albany Post Road, in the Balmville section of Newbugh. Christina has been featured on the History Channel and the Today Show and will teach attendees things about Benjamin Franklin that they won’t want to miss! To register: 845-565-2076. January 2017 Delaware & Hudson CANVAS 27

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