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Acting at its finest: Shadowland Theatre
Paula Prentiss
Noel Coward Orson Bean and Alley Mills
by Barry Plaxen This month is CANVAS’ eighth birthday. In the last eight years I have witnessed hundreds of events. When asked what stands out in my mind, I usually respond with a list of many world class music concerts. When asked what theatre event stands out above all others, I answer - three performances at Shadowland Theatre. One was Miché Braden as Bessie Smith in 2005. The two others are a pair of the most memorable acting performances of my life, both of which occurred at Shadowland in 2005 and 2009 when Paula Prentiss and Orson Bean performed in Arthur Miller’s All My Sons and The Price, respectively. For me, their two characterizations and their brilliant communication skills were on a par with the legendary Broadway performances I saw by Geraldine Page in Sweet Bird of Youth and Paul Muni in Inherit the Wind. In 2009 I was thrilled to interview Bean, and after seeing his performance, wrote in this column “Kudos to the powers at and the business sponsors of Shadowland Theatre in Ellenville for bringing Orson Bean to the Hudson Valley, and thanks to Mr. Bean for coming here and giving us an example of what
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great acting is all about. From the moment this charismatic actor entered the stage in Arthur Miller’s The Price, the audience witnessed craft and technique of the highest possible caliber.” On the other hand, Prentiss, known for her now-legendary comedic film performances, verified for me the long-held belief that comic actors often make the finest tragedians. Once again, I am sure, we will be blessed with acting greatness when the two of them return to Shadowland “together for the first time”. They’ll be joined on the Shadowland stage by Bean’s wife, Alley Mills - best known for her role as Norma Arnold, the mother in the coming-of-age series The Wonder Years - to bring to life the final full-length play by the great Noël Coward, A Song at Twilight, which I was lucky enough to see in 1974 on Broadway with Jessica Tandy and Hume Cronyn (BUT unfortunately also with Anne Baxter). Directed by James Glossman, the play will run from July 20 thru August 5. And so, on behalf of my co-publisher, Marc Gerson, and my “aorta”, Sophia Krcic, I would like to thank our distributor, Bob, our readers, our advertisers and the hundreds of wonderful, fantastic, inventive, beautiful, divine and creative souls in the Delaware and Hudson Valleys that make my life a complete joy.
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Artsin Agriculture ............................................43 BachFest 2012 ................................................27 Community Building...Arts with Susan Handler .14 Cornerstone Arts Alliance ................................28 Delaware Valley Opera......................................4 Forestburgh Playhouse ............................25, 44 Greater Newburgh Symphony Orchestra ..........9 Holistic Living ..................................................26 Illustrious Theatre Company............................10 Meet Me in the Green Room w/ J.A. Di Bello ......38 Meet Me in the Library w/ J.A. Di Bello............37 Milford Arts Alliance ........................................17 NACL Theatre ..........................................3 & 42 Newburgh Jazz Gospel Doo Wop Series ........14 Noble Coffee Roasters ....................................12 Opera Company of the Highlands ....................8 Robert Milby ....................................................19 Shandelee Music Festival................................30 Shadowland Theatre ........................................2 The CANVAS Beat with Tina Piaquadio ..........42 W allkill River School................................12 & 15 W eekend of Chamber Music ............................6 W est Point Band..............................................18 Yarnslingers ......................................................5
“Patch-em Up” Terrace
The opening benefit concert at Pacem In Terris in June was a remarkable success in that money was rasied to “patch” the terrace that was partially washed away during last year’s storms (see photo), and because the dozen or so musicians wowed the audience with stormrelated music, including an outstanding performance of Summer from Vivaldi’s The Seasons by world-class violinist Krista Bennion-Feeney.
photos) flutist Albert Brouwer, oboist Karen Hosmer and Gregory Hayes on harpsichord. Come early and visit artists Frederick Franck’s meditation and sculpture garden. Pacem in Terris is at 96 Covered Bridge Road The popular concert season continues on July in Warwick. 29 at 5:00pm with trio music performed by (see For information: 845-986-4329.
SUNY Middletown Band in Newburgh
The SUNY Orange Symphonic Band has an exciting series of concerts for the 2012 summer season, with a July event in Pine Bush in addition to an August 2 concert on the Alumni Oval at the SUNY Orange Newburgh campus (rain location is in Kaplan Hall's Great Room) “tentatively scheduled for around 6:30pm,” announced conductor Kevin Scott (see photo). Check the August CANVAS for any time update. Their concerts conclude on August 4 on the Alumni Green at SUNY Orange's Middletown campus at 5:00pm. The repertoire for these concerts will
include Suppe's Light Cavalry Overture, Brahms' Hungarian Dance No. 1, Warren & Dubin's 42nd Street Overture, Acton Ostling's Swing Low, Sweet Sax, an Eric Clapton medley, excerpts from Mussorgsky's Pictures at an Exhibition and the world premiere of Michael Lewis' Del Arco Iris, in addition to selected marches by Kenneth Alford, Brad Carroll, Edwin Frank Goldman, Jamie Texidor and John Philip Sousa.
Independence Day at New Windsor Cantonment
The New Windsor Cantonment and Knox's Headquarters are presenting a day of Revolutionary War activities on Independence Day, July 4, when you can see a military drill and cannon firing at 2:00pm at the Cantonment, as well as blacksmithing and children's activities throughout the day! At Knox's Headquarters, the 1754 Ellison House, the military command post for three generals, will be open for tours, and at Noon and 4pm you can observe the firing of a small cannon. Admission is free! A Day of Revolutionary activities on July 4! For information 845-561-1765, ext. 22.
Grahamsville’s Old Time Fair Invites You!
Held all day, rain or shine, the Grahamsville Old Time Fair & BBQ is back again. All funds raised support the local Time and the Valley Museum's educational programming. This year's fair includes old fashioned activities such as horseshoe pitching, corn shucking and lady's skillet throwing, children's old fashioned games, ice cream making demonstration and tasting, Chestnut Creek ball race, pie auction, local history exhibits, spinning and quilting demonstrations. Dinners will be available to take out. The Fair is held at the Grahamsville Fairgrounds on Route 55, on July 28, 11:00am to 5:00pm. Admission and parking are FREE, with only a nominal fee for some games and the lunch BBQ and dinner, which is available for take out. For information call 845-985-7700 or visit A spinning wheel demonstrationat the Old www.timeandthevalleysmuseum.org. Time Fair on the Grahamsville Fairgrounds.
Genet’s “The Maids” at NACL
In this dark 1947 play written by French playwright Jean Genet (see photo), two maids, resentful of their low social status “play” at destroying their employer. Genet loosely based his play on the infamous Papin sisters, Lea and Christine, who brutally murdered their employer and her daughter in France, in 1933, although the play is not the story of the Papin sisters as such. It was Genet’s wish to have the three female characters of The Maids (Les Bonnes) performed by men, to inspire multiple dimenions of the story: male actors play the role of maids who play at being their mistress or each other. Inspired by Genet’s multiple incarcerations, director Francine Roussel has set the play in a prison environment, and cast men in the roles of
the three women characters. Every night, the two sisters Solange and Claire attempt to murder Madame, their mistress. The game is never accomplished, as the transgression of roles is more important than the objective to kill. An NACL presentaiton of the play features Will Porter, Danny Ryan, Jim Ludlum, and is translated by Martin Crimp. This performance is on July 21, 7:00pm at NACL Theatre, 110 Highland Lake Road in Highland Lake. For information call 845-557-0694.
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Destination....................................................................... From “Venice to Cremona to Mantua to Padua” to Narrowsburg by Derek Leet
Brush Up on Your Broadway Musicals What do these Golden Age musicals, My Fair Lady, The Music Man, Finian’s Rainbow, Lost in the Stars, She Loves Me, The King and I, Wonderful Town, Guys and Dolls and Gypsy (among others), have in common? Well, you are probably about to say “great scores”. True, but so do Candide, Mack and Mabel, House of Flowers and Tenderloin (among others). No, the first group mentioned have a second very necessary ingredient that the second group lacks. “A great book”. Yes, it is really both great music AND GREAT BOOK that make a musical superior. Ensconced in between the lyric “another opening, another show” to the lyric “we open in Venice, then on to Cremona....from Mantua to Padua...” to the final dialogue “now there’s a wench, come on and kiss me Kate” is one of Broadway’s greatest books, a product of Sam & Bella Spewack (see photo) and the Bard of Stratford-on-Avon. The Spewacks married in 1922 and eventually collaborated on several plays and screenplays throughout the 1930s, earning an Oscar nomination for Best Original Story for My Favorite Wife (Cary Grant & Irene Dunne) in 1940. They also penned a 1945 remake of Grand Hotel, entitled Week-End at the Waldorf. Bella was a successful publicist for the Camp Fire Girls and Girl Scouts and claimed to have introduced the idea of selling cookies for the latter as a means of raising revenue for the organization. Why Can’t They Behave? In 1935 Alfred Lunt and Lynn Fontanne turned Broadway upside-down with their volatile revival of The Taming of the Shrew. Arnold Saint-Subber viewed a fascinating phenomenon from the wings: Lunt and Fontanne quarreling mercilessly backstage, walking on stage and continuing their bantering (albeit now using Shakespeare's language), then
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walk off, taking up the battle again without missing a beat! These theatrical giants amazed the young man as he saw that the “curtain” between their stage personae and their "real" lives was never closed. This image of husband and wife actors, always on the verge of either passion or homicide (sometimes both in the same moment), stuck with Saint-Subber as he grew to become a Broadway producer. In 1947, he asked the Spewacks to create a musical around a famous acting couple about to mount a musical version of Shrew. Saint-Subber envisioned a show with many dimensions: an affectionate valentine to the theatre, a farce with bungling gangsters and mixed-up gambling debts, but especially a tribute to the romantic fire he had seen in Lunt and Fontanne in 1935 and he approached the Spewacks with his vision. So In Hate? Coincidentally, the Spewacks, always known as a turbulent couple, were in the midst of their own marital woes. Sam had moved out, so Bella began the project on her own. Her first job was to find a songwriter. She knew of only one man who could create the romantic tension and witty musical banter this show would require: Cole Porter. The Spewacks had worked with Porter in 1938 on the musical Leave It To Me, in which Mary Martin told everyone who her heart belonged to (sic). Theatrical necessity forced Bella to
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collaborate with Sam. Bella worked on melding the on-stage, off-stage worlds, while Sam concentrated on the low-brow humor of the two gangsters who invade “Fred/Petruchio and Lilli/Katharine's” world. The combination of Porter's music and the Spewacks proved unbeatable. Kiss Me, Kate opened in 1948 to rave reviews and a war began between Broadway-musical lovers, one side stating Kate was the “best” musical of the time, and the other faction claiming the same for South Pacific, which had a much less sophisticated book but more “beloved” songs. Kate retains Shrew’s “happy ending” and paralleling that, after the Kate opening the Spewacks remained together permanently, at home and on the printed page. The Kate book yielded them two Tony Awards, one they shared with Porter for Best Musical, the other for Best Author of a Musical.
They Come to Perform it Humorously As part of the 2012 season Shakespeare Sings!, the Delaware Valley Opera is performing Kiss Me Kate from July 20-29 in Narrowsburg, Lake Huntington and Hawley. Visit www.delawarevalletyopera.org for dates and details. Phone: 845-252-3136.
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No Fishnets For Ciliberto’s F’burgh Fundraiser
“Interpretations in Fiber” at Alliance
"Fiber art is oftentimes considered the stepchild of the fine art world," says Youngsville-based curator and fiber artist Katharina Litchman. "With this exhibit I hope to open people's eyes to this art form, to the complexities of the designs, techniques and materials that elevate these quilts far beyond traditional quilting and to the level of paintings that are recognized by museums around the world." Although the work in this exhibit is constructed from fabric, it is not meant to lie at the foot of the bed. These artists use fiber as their medium - dying, cutting, stamping, fusing, and embellishing it. The final step, stitching through the layers of fabric either by hand or machine, brings a unique dimensional depth to the artwork that sets it apart from painting and photography. Interpretations in Fiber showcases the breath, imagination, and variety of the award-winning and nationally recognized fiber artists who are members of a group known collectively as Fiber Revolution. This group exhibition, curated by Litchman, opens with a reception on July 13 from 7:00pm to 9:00pm in the Loft Gallery at the Delaware Arts Center. Kevan Lunney, winner of the Surface Design Award
Tony Cellini, Michelle Semerano and Paul Ciliberto at a Sullivan Fundraiser
“Lost in the Amazon” by Katherina Litchman
2012, will lead a gallery talk from 6:15pm to7:00pm. Free and open to the public, Interpretations in Fiber will be on view through August 4. Alliance Gallery and the Loft Gallery are located at the Delaware Arts Center at 37 Main Street. For information call 845-252-7576 or visit www.ArtsAllianceSite.org.
Paul Ciliberto & Thunder 102’s Mike Sakell
Paul Ciliberto, host of Sullivan County's most popular local morning radio show Ciliberto & Friends, is bringing his own brand of wild and crazy theatrical magic to the stage of the Forestburgh Playhouse in The Rocky Horror Show. Can he do it? With a sword of Damocles hanging over Ciliberto’s head, hopefully, he can take advantage of a time warp, because the musical will be over around 11:00pm and he has to be to work at five in the morning!!! Although fans of the classic rock musical about a sweet transvestite from Transsexual, Transylvania may be disappointed to learn that Mr. Ciliberto will not be appearing in heels and fishnets, in his role as the Narrator he will get to introduce the signature dance number in the show, Time Warp.
"I've always enjoyed listening to Paul in the morning, and I always thought it might be fun to get him involved with the Playhouse in some way," said Playhouse producer Norman Duttweiler. The Rocky Horror Show is a perfect vehicle for a wild and crazy guy like Paul: a crazy, sexy rock musical that audiences love so much it has become almost a cult. I know he will add a lot to what already promises to be the must-see event of the season." As fans of Ciliberto & Friends know, Thunder 102 is strongly supportive of both local and national charities. For this production, 10% of all single ticket sales will be donated to seven local charities. The Rocky Horror Show starring Paul Ciliberto runs from July 10 thru 22. Tickets are on sale online at www.FBplayhouse.org or call the box office at 845-794-1194.
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Yarnslingers Prove Pen is Mightier than the Sword by Anna Lillian Moser The oral tradition is alive and well in Sullivan County. That's because it's home to Yarnslingers, a storytelling collective which performs monthly at different live venues throughout the County. Yarnslingers came into creation about two years ago when visual artist Ramona Jan began participating in an unnamed storytelling group, performing as well as acting as the group's sound engineer. "I think like a lot of people: I never considered myself a writer, or a good writer, but I wrote a lot. I even wrote professionally for a while, but I just never fancied myself a writer," Jan said. "It was the storytelling part that really motivated me." Jan eventually took over the reigns as the group's director, naming it Yarnslingers, an oldtimey term for writers. "I really liked that because it sounded like gunslingers, and I really believe the pen is mightier than the sword," Jan said. "There's something tough about it and I don't think writers usually see themselves as tough." Each month Jan picks a theme. Some past themes have included the kitchen table, body parts, the nature of youth, baggage and the lofty and open-ended theme of love. The stories must
also prescribe to a word count. They have to be written in first person and they have to be true. Within these simple guidelines, writers are free to express themselves to their creative limits. "Some people are working on their memoirs through this process. They don't care what the theme is. They're like, ‘What's the theme? I'm writing about my relationship with my mother, whatever theme you've got I can write around that.’ It's very loose, like you can say, ‘I walked past the kitchen table and there was my mother.’ It doesn't have to be about a kitchen table," said Jan. "It's kind of fun to say, ‘how can I throw the theme in?’" Yarnslingers has quickly gained a reputation and a following. Events are usually standing room only and there tend to be more submissions than performance slots each month. Performances last about an hour, so there is only room for about 10 writers to perform each month. Jonathan Fox, a local reporter and columnist, volunteers as the Yarnslingers' writers' liaison, coaching writers and proofreading their work, making sure pieces have the correct 500 word count and fit into the chosen theme. "We are at the point that we're getting more submissions than we can handle, but we're constantly soliciting new writers and
Jeffersoville - Youngsville calendar Festival Jeffersonville Jamboree Lion’s Field, Aug 4, 10am-4pm
Music - Classical Weekend of Chamber Music Jeffersonnville Presbyterian Church, Jul 15, 3pm Eddie Adams Barn, Jul 21, 8pm (talk 7pm) Open Rehearsal Eddie Adams Barn, Jul 27, 7pm Eddie Adams Barn, Jul 28, 8pm (talk 7pm)
Storytelling Yarnslingers “The Kitchen Table” Domesticities, Jul 21, 7pm
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photo by Lucille Jan-Turan
(left to right) Jonathan Fox (Writers Liaison), Maura Stone, Marc Switko, Stacy Rogers, Ramona Jan (Director), Patti Zins, Ann Finneran, Trebbe Johnson, Kazzrie Jaxen, Marion Kaselle and Mary Handler.
fresh faces to the group," said Fox. "We have a variety of writers, professional writers, amateur writers, first time writers and that's part of the magic, that we're open to anybody." Fox, stresses that, "It's who gets their reservation in to participate first, and then who makes sure to get their pieces in by deadline. If they don't then we can't help them," Fox said. Fox became acquainted with Yarnslingers after watching a performance for his River Reporter column In My Humble Opinion, after which he instantly wanted to participate. "As a writer I find stimulation in being around other writers," said Fox. "I find inspiration, creativity gets sparked, all of those things, and what I liked most about the concept of Yarnslingers was that the writers are assigned a theme and they can
kind of run with that. That excited me, that the writer can just run with the theme and you can get so many different, individual, personal stories within that theme." And with so many different, individualized and personal stories, Fox says, the audience is guaranteed to "experience a gambit of emotions." "You just never know how people are going to react and that's really part of the fun," Fox said, adding, "It's all about community and community involvement. The fact that we can not only share what we do with the community, but invite them to join us, that's what community is all about." The next performance is July 21 at 7:00pm at Domesticities on Route 52 in Youngsville. email: Yarnslingers@yahoo.com.
................................................................................jeffersonville-youngsville Terror, Memory, Improvisations: Weekend of Chamber Music, 2012 Edition by Philip Ehrensaft
The lead track on the composer/violinist's Andrew Waggoner's critically acclaimed new CD, Terror and Memory, is called Improvisations. ‘Improvisations’ is not a catchy title for a contemporary piece of innovative composed music. It is what the title promises: an ‘improvisatio’. Something we associate these days with jazz. Or, for lack of a better term, the "Indian classical music" of a master like Ravi Shankar. In this nineteenth edition of the Weekend of Chamber Music, Waggoner and kindred spirits will punctuate composed standard classical repertoire and modern pieces with improvisations. They are part of a growing movement to restore improvisation to its former and rightful place in classical music. "Weekend of Chamber Music" is a happy misnomer for a concert series that is spread out from July 15 through 28. A signature of this festival is its equally happy mixture of standard repertoire warhorses - deservedly warhorses because they are such magnificent musical creations - with newer ventures. That's often a better vehicle for introducing New Music than specialized festivals where one preaches to the converted. That musical signature reflects the eminent career of its artistic director, Judith Pearce. Her performance career as a flutist spans both sides of the Atlantic, working with top ensembles and conductors. Her repertoire spans both deservedly standard fare and active involvement in New York City's New Music scene. Stir in a career teaching at Princeton and performing with the University's resident Richardson Chamber Ensemble. Pearce utilizes her extensive contacts to get kindred souls to come out to Sullivan County and create a world class act chamber music festival. A festival with music that stretches from Bach through improv to a festival concluding night featuring a standout work by one of the world's great living composer's:
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George Crumb's Voice of the Whale. Back, or Bach, to this improv thing. Bach, Mozart, Beethoven and Liszt were master improvisors. Improvisation was an expected element in a solo concert, a musical challenge that separated the men from the boys. From the mid-nineteenth century through the 1940's, classical music adopted predominant practices of playing, or thinking you were playing, exactly what's written in the score. Organ virtuosos, exemplified by the towering composer Olivier Messiaen, were the principal musicians keeping classical improvisation alive. Strictly speaking, that term "classical" is a misnomer. Classical denotes a genre of European art music that runs from Haydn in the
Caroline Stimson and Andrew Waggoner 2012 WCM Co-Directors
Introducing Max Mandel, viola; Melia Watras, viola; & Michael Jinsoo Lim, violin
mid-eighteenth century to young Beethoven in the early nineteenth, before mighty Ludwig unleashed his revolution. Improvisation is also a misnomer. The term suggests something hurried and cobbled together. Not the years of intensive practice necessary to wed deep knowledge of musical principles, tight integration of mind and
extraordinarily nimble fingers, and an ability to compose complex music in the moment, in the right-now. All these misnomers, however, go towards producong an exceptionally fine chamber music festival. Just keep in mind Duke Ellington's iconic definition of musical genres: “There are two kinds of music. Good music, and the other kind.” The nineteenth installation of the Weekend of Chamber Music is going to be very, very good. Information: WeekendofChamberMusic.org. or call 845-887-5803.
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Catch the “Show Boat” to Bannerman’s Island
The Opera Company of the Highlands (OCH) has been away for a short while restructuring, and is now ready to come back in full force. "The little opera company that can, Claudia Cummings has!,” stated OCH Board member Terri Vargas. OCH was asked by the Bannerman Castle Trust to do a production number on the Island. And so OCH Artistic Director Emerita Elizabeth Hastings Claudia Cummings has announced a collaboration with the Trust to produce a concert version of Jerome Kern and Oscar Hammerstein’s Show Boat. “Our conductor and John Moultrie music director for this production is the acclaimed artistic director of the Liederkranz Opera, Maestra Elizabeth Hastings,” continued Vargas. “Our cast includes
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Opera Company of the Highlands will perform “Show Boat” on Bannerman’s Island
sopranos Shira Renee Thomas and Vira Slywotzky, baritone Matthew Singer, and mezzo soprano Chantelle Grant, among others. “Returning as our narrator is local radio Ryan Kennedy personality (and master chef) John Moultrie. Our soloists will be joined by the OCH Chorus, with musical assistance by Ryan Kennedy.” The schedule for Show Boat is July 7 & 8
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at 5:00pm, which includes a cruise and guided tour of the Island. (Rain location is the Ritz Theatre). The vessel "Pollepel" departs from Torches Dock in Newburgh at 3:00pm and 4:00pm. There is limited seating, so reservations are advised. For ticket information and reservations contact: Neil Caplan at 845-831-6346 or email NeilCaplan@aol.com,.or the opera company at 845-565-6366. There will also be a performance on July 15 at 3:00pm in the Ritz Theater, 107 Broadway. For information: 845-565-6366.
Meet Janet Campbell Bannerman
Jane Campbell Bannerman, the granddaughter-in-law of the builder of Bannerman Island, celebrated her 102nd Birthday on March 15, 2012. She is an accomplished artist with a degree from Parsons School of Design. She recalls the first time she painted the castle: “It was sometime in the early 1930s, I had painted a picture of a small tower on the island with a cart in front of it. I was so excited that I finished my little gem, I ran to show it to my fiancée, Charlie. I said to him, so Charlie, what do you think of my painting? and he burst out laughing. I asked him what’s so funny about my painting? and he replied, “You painted the men’s latrine!” “I was so upset, I would not paint the castle again until 1993, when I helped Neil Caplan form the Bannerman Castle Trust!” The Trust is running tours, workshops and other music events in addition to Show Boat in 2012. For information, visit the website: www.bannermancastle.org.
Destination............................................................................Newburgh Kids Konduct at GNSO Summer Pops
Once again the Greater Newburgh Symphony Orchestra will call conductor Richard F. Regan to the podium for its annual Free Summer Pops concert on July 21 at 3:00pm in Newburgh's picturesque Downing Park. Continuing his tradition of featuring American composers, Regan will lead the orchestra through Aaron Copland's Rodeo, as well as music from George Gershwin's masterpiece, Porgy and Bess. Also on the program will be local composer Steve Margoshes' American Parade plus some Sousa Newburgh composer favorites. And, of Steve Margoshes’ course, all the Mini “American Parade” will be Maestros in the featured at the GNSO Pops concert on park will be invited Summer July 21. to the stage for the thrill of a lifetime as they take their turn conducting the orchestra. Richard F. Regan is the Artistic Director of the Greater New York Wind Symphony. He also maintains conducting positions with the
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Orange County Youth Symphony and the Hudson Valley Honors Youth Wind Ensemble. Additionally, he is in demand as a guest conductor of bands and orchestras throughout the east coast and has served on the brass and conducting faculty of various summer youth music institutes in New York State. Regan is employed by the MonroeWoodbury Central School District in Central Valley, where Regan teaches brass and percussion and conducts their award winning High School Wind Ensemble. Bring blankets or chairs, take a chance on one of the baskets brimming with goodies, and enjoy an afternoon of wonderful, lighthearted music. In case of rain or extreme heat, the concert will be at Aquinas Hall, Mount Saint Mary College. Call 845-913-7157 or visit www.newburghsymphony.org.
Justin James The Wherehouse, Jul 22, 4pm
Diane Churchill “Blue” thru Aug 26 Karpeles Museum
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Greater Newburgh Symphony Orchestra “Summer Pops” Downing Park, Jul 21, 3pm
Book Discussions
SUNYO Symphonic Band Kaplan Hall, Aug 2, 6:30pm
Great Books Discussion Jul 23, 6:30pm & Jul 27, 11:35am “Oblivion” Jul 30, 7pm Newburgh Free Library
Poetry Reading Hudson River Poets Jul 5, 7pm Newburgh Free Library
Cinema “Pirates of the Caribbean: Curse of Black Pearl” Jun 2, 3
Theatre NYC’s Mission: Improv-able Railroad Playhouse, Jul 7 & 28, 8pm
Museum Exhibit Sigmund Freud manuscripts Karpeles Manuscript Museum, thru Aug 31
Death Defying Acts on the Railroad
Five seasoned improvisors from NYC’s Mission: Improv-able were demanded by local audiences to return to the Railroad Playhouse with their audience-participationsuggestion-based scenes, songs, poetry and puppetry and their death defying acts of
hilarity! Summer performances begin on July 7 and 28 at 8:00pm in the Railroad Playhouse, 27 South Water Street. Tickets at www.rrplayhouse.org. or by phone at: 845-565-3791.
Kiki Hayden, measuring the brick walkway created by Trestle, Inc. in 2003.
“The Trestle, Inc. brick walkway on the waterfront is presently 160 feet long. It has become an important tourist attraction - many tour buses stop here to let passengers read the bricks - as it tells a story about our area and its citizens. The messages on the bricks are diversified and most interesting,” stated Trestle, Inc. vice-president Kiki Hayden. "If you would like to be a part of this story we have extended the date for ordering bricks until August 1," Hayden continued. "You can receive a form by calling 845-565-1052 or visiting www.trestle.org. New bricks will be laid in October." The bricks are in front of the murals on Front Street. “Take a look !” July 2012
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Destination...................................................................................................... The Illustrious Theatre Moves into Lycian Centre by Naomi Kennedy The Illustrious Theatre Company is bringing its annual outdoor summer Shakespeare production to the outdoor theatre at the Lycian Centre for the Performing Arts, where they will be taking up permanent residence. The Company, named after the Illustre Théâtre created by Molière, the French playwright and actor known as one of the greatest masters of comedy in Western literature, was Mary Clifford's long-time dream. "I had wanted to form my own company for many years to provide an opportunity for actors, playwrights, directors, designers and tech people, to hopefully be involved in high quality theatre," said Clifford. Mary is the founder and artistic director of her 9 year old theatre company. The logo for the theatre is "Like a Sun." "Illustrious means to me, the shining of lights on artists," said Clifford. From the Warwick Valley Winery in Pine Island, the company then made their way to Highland Lake, NJ, and now to the renowned Lycian Centre. The company is best known for its summer outdoor productions of Shakespeare's works, but has performed in both indoor and outdoor productions.
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Mary received her MFA in acting from Brandeis University and is a Theatre and Speech Professor at Bergen Community College since 1990. She is an actress, Mary Clifford director, and produced playwright. Her production of A Midsummer Night's Dream, set in the early 1800's, is a magical, romantic comedy in which four plots are interwoven, exploring the madness that love can inspire in us all. Royalty, two pairs of young lovers, six bumbling tradesmen, and even spirits of the fairy kingdom, are all bewitched beneath the moon by Cupid's swift arrow. The cast is comprised of Mary's very talented students, from Orange County and Northern New Jersey, and sometimes an occasional staff member. "It's a leap for us to actually be in residence in a real theatre. It's every theatre company's dream to find a home where there are dressing rooms and all the amenities," said Clifford. Paul Ellis, managing director at the Lycian Centre, offered the opportunity to Mary and the theatre company. "Paul Ellis has been very gracious," said Clifford.
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Exhibits Last summer's production of The Winter's Tale. The actress in "Hermione" is Jessica Rupert who is on the new Board of the Kings Theater Company.
A Midsummer Night's Dream will be presented under the stars on the lawn of the Lycian Centre July 20 thru 29. In case of rain, there will be an indoor performance in the Pavilion Theatre. Bring a chair or a blanket. For information, call 973-764-4936 or visit www.theillustrioustheatre.org.
Chaim Gross drawings & watercolors Seligmann Center for Surrealism, Jul
Poetry Readings Carol Graser Jul 7, 3:30pm Donald Lev Jul 21 Carolee Sherwood Aug 4, 3:30pm Seligmann Gallery
Theatre - Play “Midsummer Night’s Dream” Illustrious Theatre Company Lycian Amphitheater, Jul 20-29
................................................................................................Sugar Loaf Donald Lev: “A Very Funny Fellow” (Editor’s note: This is an abridged “report” on Donald Lev’s new book, submitted by William Seaton of the Northeast Poetry Center.)
Donald Lev's new book A Very Funny Fellow derives its title from a friend whom Lev quotes as telling him forty years ago, “You're a very funny fellow, but you are no poet.” The first part of this proposition at any rate is proved abundantly in this new collection. Lev's humor will appeal to readers who have a taste for mordant existential joshing in the vein of Stephen Crane's Black Riders (and, in fact, Crane's Sullivan County haunts are not far distant from the contemporary poet's Ulster digs). Even the Muse and the God of Israel “dissolve in laughter” when the poet apologetically addresses them in Sacrifice. In Chalk Stalin is the guy who couldn't get a joke. Apart from the funny business, Lev is a poet of thought and theme, though he would doubtless pooh-pooh such a notion. With an unassuming lightness reminiscent of Piet Hein's Grooks, Lev spins out little dialectical webs that define an ironic persona, self-reflective to a fault, confused and weak in the tangle of every day's
human predicament, yet whose neuroses rest on a broader foundation of affirmation and for whom poetry provides the redemptive charms necessary to get through the day. May Donald Lev )see photo) continue recording his dodgy encounters with everyday life and with Ultimate Reality, what he calls his "fleeting thoughts" (One Slip) for our amusement and instruction. Horace would have patted him on the head (receiving doubtless a quizzical grimace in return). As a writer and as an editor (his Home Planet News remains one of the most consistently provocative and classy little journals in America) Lev is a long distance runner. He apologizes for being unable to write as his "Titanic" sinks, and chaos surrounds him, yet here - fortunately - are the words before us on the page. Lev will be reading his poetry as the “Distinguished Visiting Poet for the Northeast Poetry Center” at Seligmann Gallery, 23 White Oak Drive, on July 21 at 3:30pm. For information call 845-469-9459.
Music On the Lawn! New Location!
The "On the Lawn" free summer concert series is having it's 8th year at a brand new location in Sugar Loaf. The popular series will be on the grounds of Sugar Loaf Crossing near the post office on the edge of town. Only the location has changed. There will be the same huge stage, great sound system and impressive musical talent. The FREE concerts are on Thursdays from 6:30pm- 8:30pm, July 12 thru August 16. The series will kick off on July 12 with the Hudson Valley band, Emish! (see ad below for full listing.)
Concert-goers are welcome to bring lawn chairs, blankets, picnic baskets, family and friends. Refreshments will also be available on site. For information: 845-469-2713 or email concertsonthelawn@gmail.com.
The 8th Annual Sundays-in-July Free Concerts
Bertoni Gallery presents its 8th Annual Sundays in July free Music Festival, Sundays from 1:00pm-5:00pm in the Bertoni Gallery Sculpture Garden, 1392 Kings Highway. There will be poetry readings at music intervals as well. July 29th marks the 5th Annual Bill Perry Day dedicated to his music and legacy.
For the full schedule, visit the website (events section) at: www.bertonigallery.com. For more information, to volunteer during Bill Perry Day, or to make a tax-deductible donation to the Music For Humanity Bill Perry Scholarship Fund, call Bertoni Gallery at 845469-0993.
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The Work of Sculptor Chaim Gross
The Renee and Chaim Gross Foundation was founded by American sculptor Chaim Gross (1904-1991) (see photo) and his wife Renee. Located in the couple's historic Greenwich Village townhouse and the artist's studio space nearby, the Foundation houses an extensive collection of Gross's sculptures and drawings, a fascinating archive of letters, catalogues, clippings, and photographs, as well as Gross's large personal collection of African, Oceanic, Pre-Columbian, American, and European art. The Foundation's mission is to encourage artists, students, and the community to
actively engage with these artworks and archive and to learn about Gross, his contemporaries, and the history of American art. Gross was born in the then AustroHungarian village of Kolomyia (since 1991, in the Ukraine) and immigrated to the United States in 1921. He began exhibiting both his sculpture and graphic art in 1935. The Seligmann Center for the Arts is exhibiting Gross’ 1944-1950 surreal artworks as part of the celebration and exploration of the history of Surrealism. The Gallery is located at 23 White Oak Drive in Sugar loaf. For information, call 845-469-9459. July 2012
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Destination...................................................................................................... The Photography of Edward W. Curtis
The vintage photography of Edward W. Curtis (1868-1952) will be on display and for sale at the Noble Coffee Roasters' Café in Campbell Hall beginning July 2 and continuing through July 30. The giclée prints are offered by the Di Bello Gallery, Montgomery, 845-4572773. All of the images are from Curtis's collection, The North American Indian. Curtis spent more than 20 years of his life photographing Native American people who lived west of the Mississippi River. For a period of that time, Curtis was financed by J. P. Morgan, but the vast majority of his time was self-financed at great personal cost. The resulting work dwarfs all other attempts to record images of Native America and resulted in many iconic images today. What distinguishes Curtis's work is the beauty of the images. Curtis was a pictorialist pictorialism was an aesthetic movement in photography at the beginning of the Twentieth Century that placed the beauty of the image before the reality of the subject. Curtis would ask his subjects to pose to create his imagery. He had been criticized by ethnologists for creating images that did not necessarily reflect the reality of the moment. Yet more than the images of any other photographer of Native
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Tsahizn Tseh, Apache by Edward W. Curtis
America, Curtis's work has captured the American imagination and become the way the past is remembered. Curtis was a printer of stunning technical virtuosity. He published his images as Photogravures, silver prints, platinum prints and goldtones. Curtis’ information gathered from the John Molloy Gallery. Noble Coffee Roasters: 845-294-8090.
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Local Author Book Signing at WRS
Iza Trapani is a best-selling children’s book author and illustrator known for her extensions of nursery rhymes, such as Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star and Baa Baa Black Sheep. Her award-winning books are widely used in schools in the U.S. and abroad. When she’s not in her studio, Iza likes to spend time outdoors and, like the bear in her new book, she has gone over many a mountain to see what she can see, hear, smell, touch and taste. In 1961, at age seven, Iza Trapani came to America with her mother. Under Communist rule, entire families were prohibited from traveling abroad so her father, sister, brother and paternal grandmother all stayed behind in an apartment in Warsaw, Poland. Tragically, her mother died before fulfilling her dream of bringing the rest of the family over. After spending time in a Catholic children’s home and then completing High School, she moved to the Hudson River Valley. In the ensuing years Iza worked as a nanny, shortorder cook and waitress while studying Art at the State University in New Paltz and then, after graduation, as a rock climbing guide, real estate broker, caterer and freelance illustrator. But all along she held onto one childhood dream: to make picture books. Iza says, “I have always loved children’s
literature - from the wacky brilliance of Dr. Seuss to the timeless classics of Margaret Wise Brown. As a child I spent hours immersed in the magical world of picture books. As an adult I try to re-create some of that magic for others to enjoy.” You can spend an afternoon with Trapani on July 21 from 2:00pm -4:00pm, when the Wallkill River School (WRS) presents this local author who will read, discuss and show how she wrote and illustrated her latest book, The Bear Went Over The Mountain. The event is free and open to the public as part of the WRS Writers Series. Trapani’s books are available at Inquiring Minds, the New Paltz bookstore that is cosponsoring this book signing and providing books for sale at the WRS signing, as well as on line at Barnes and Noble, Amazon, Alibris and Booksense. For a complete list of her books and music visit her website at www.izatrapani.com. The WRS is located in the Patchett House at 232 Ward Street (Route 17K). For information, call 845-457-ARTS.
..........................................................Montgomery Meet Our Advertisers The Hardware Store and the Pot Belly Stove by J. A. Di Bello There's no dominating pot belly stove standing on a slab of bluestone. There are no seat-worn wooden crates surrounding that timehonored centerpiece. They've passed. But there is a customer service orientation at the Scotts Corners Paint & Hardware Store in Montgomery that's straight out of the last century: A work ethic by employees who take the time to understand potential customers and the intricacies of the products they sell. Employees with on-location experience are ready to greet customers by name and remain eager to assist all from the professional contractor to the weekend handyman with information and direction. It's important to understand this is no fluke. The quality is a designed work environment carefully cultivated by owner, Tim Sullivan. Tim is a graduate of Michigan State University, holding a Bachelor's degree in Hotel Restaurant Management. As with many who have traveled the road of higher education, important lessons are not necessarily learned in a classroom. While attending university full time, Tim was employed forty hours a week in in an East
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Lansing restaurant with 250 employees, where the management-employee relationship was a tad on the primitive side. "It was at that point I was determined that when I got out of school I was going to work for myself. I was going to start a catering business when I got out," remarked Tim. In June of '82, Tim was asked to manage and run a paint and hardware store in Rockland County. Tim's unfailing approach to an unfamiliar challenge: "Improvise, Adapt and Overcome." Does it work? Sure. After 2 years, Tim bought into the store and inaugerated his
successful association with the wonderful world of retail. Tim Sullivan has been the hands on owner/manager of Scotts Corners Hardware for 24 years. "If you want to succeed in business, treat people the way you want to be treated," commented Tim. It produces repeat customers. By good fortune and training Scotts Corners Hardware boosts two knowledgeable and gregarious employees: Shawn Dolan (10 yrs) and Sean Solan (20 yrs). (Yes, that’s their names.) However, to achieve the success provided by repeat customers, a space shackled hardware store needs to have available and accessible a significant inventory. The Scotts Corners Paint and Hardware Store is associated with Do It Best, a national cooperative, that acts as a buyer for its members. Since the regional distribution center for Do It Best is situated in Montgomery, Scotts Corners Hardware has immediate access to a 450,000 square ft. warehouse with in excess of 97,000 items. It is literally down the road and around the corner on Neelytown Road. Oh, and the pot belly stove? As said it's not in the store, but it'll come through the warehouse in 5 to 7 days. Just enough time to gather kindlin'!
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Destination...................................................................................................... Community Building through The Arts with Susan Handler
Newburgh Jazz, Gospel, Doo Wop: Developing Arts Revenue Opportunities
New York State recognizes that the arts industry is an integral contributor to the economy in both the commercial and non-profit sectors. Every part of this industry plays a role in attracting businesses and visitors, "making arts-motivated visitors one of the strongest components of New York's growing tourism market." Robert Lynch, President and CEO of American for the Arts, states it best when he wrote, " In understanding and acknowledging the incredible economic impact of arts and culture, we must always remember their fundamental value. The arts foster beauty, creativity, originality, and vitality, as well as inspire us, sooth us, involve us, and connect us. But, the arts also create jobs and contribute to our economy." Edward Diana, Executive Director of Orange County, understands well the connection between the arts industry and county revenues, as well as how the arts enhance quality of life for the residents. Under the direction of Mr. Diana, and
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Chiku Awali Dancers: July 3
Commissioner Richard Rose, the Director of Orange County Parks, a new phase of support for the arts will be introduced this summer. The Arboretum has been designated the home for the well-known and highly attended Newburgh Jazz Series founded by Aquanetta Wright of Ferry Godmother Productions. Wright is thrilled to be presenting world-class performances at the new site. Relocating from Newburgh to the 35-acre Arboretum, located at the Thomas Bull Memorial Park, attendees will be inspired by the natural beauty of this site. Concert goers will enjoy walking along the many tranquil pathways that connect the magnificent raised gardens and cascading water
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free..There will also be the opportunity to hear the repertoire of Colonial and Federal-Period compositions by the early music chamber ensemble, MUSE, under the direction of Artistic Director Jonathan Dobin, and the Valley Central HS Jazz Band on July 5. Commissioner Rose believes this partnership will be a "win win opportunity for the county". Matt Jordan: July 25 The Arboretum entrance is on Grove Street, off of Route 416 in Hamptonburg. Joe Heider: Aug 1 For scheduling information visit the website features. With plenty of parking, vendors, picnic at: www.ferrygodmother.com. facilities, boating, a golf course, tennis courts, playgrounds, horse riding rings, and fabulous WolfGang in July restaurants, concert attendees will want to The WolfGang Gallery’s July exhibit: A schedule a full day in this Orange County Midsummer Night's Dream will be on view from community. Last year 15,000 attended the Jazz July 2 thru August 4 with an opening Series. 90% of those attending were tourists. reception on July 14 from 6:00pm-9:00pm. The financial impact to local businesses was The featured artist is Bernard Carver, who is tremendous. visiting the country from France. Partnering with Orange County, this July and CANVAS favorite, Nelson “Toothpick Art” August Wright will once again be offering Pantoja is displaying a new piece in the back residents and tourists the opportunity to hear of the gallery as well! Check it out! live music from the Jazz Series, the Pop Rock The gallery is located at 40 Railroad Avenue & Doo Wop Series and the Newburgh Gospel in Montgomery. Series. All concerts other than fundraisers are For information call 845-769-7446.
..........................................................................................Montgomery “A Toast to Life” at Wallkill River School
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Art & Photography Exhibits
Music
Mike Jaroszko luminist James Hiller photography James Douglas Gallery, ongoing Ellen Trayer & Janet Campbell, Namoi Genen, Jul 2-29 Reception: Jul 16, 5pm-7pm “Cityscapes” Jul 16-Aug 14 Wallkill River School
Looking Over the Hudson by Naomi Genen
You can toast the beauty of life at the Wallkill River School (WRS) at a reception for Janet Campbell and Ellen Trayer on July 14, from 5-7pm. The event is free and open to the public, featuring hot appetizers from Wildfire Grill and local wines and beverages. The exhibit runs from July 1-31. The WRS is also introducing emerging artist Naomi Genen in her first solo exhibit in the workshop room. Janet Campbell’s studies in the Botanical Illustration program at the Bronx Botanical Garden led to an interest in and passion for watercolor. Using this medium, she attempts to capture the essence of a subject while freeing the pigment to create on its own whenever possible. Her primary interests are in landscape and figure work and in the pouring of watercolor
Newburgh Gospel-Doo Wop-Rock Series Tuesdays, 6:30pm (begins Jul 3) Newburgh Jazz Series Wednesdays & Thursdays, 6:30pm (begins Jul 5) Arboretum, Thomas Bull Memorial Park Breakneck Annie folk Jul 7 Midnight Image Aug 4 Downtown, 6pm-10pm
“Midsummer Night’s Dream” Wolfgang Gallery, Jul 2-Aug 4 Reception: July 14, 6-9pm
Rock Bottom” guest, Asmar A Veteran’s Park, Jul 20, 6pm-9pm
Poetry Reading
Book Signing & Discussion
Florence Lenhard Jul 5, 7pm Noble Coffee Roasters, Campbell Hall
Iza Trapani “The Bear Went Over The Mountain” Wallkill River School, Jul 21, 2pm Art work by Janet Campbell
pigments. She is a represented artist at the WRS. Ellen Trayer was jealous of her children’s art work so she tried her hand at painting in her mid thirties. She immediately fell in love with oils and taught herself how to paint. In 1997 she received a third place award from the South Shore Art Association, an honorable
mention in the Winter Arts Festival run by the NYS Park Commission and the East Islip Art Council’s Juried show. After retiring to the Hudson Valley, she continued her art education at the WRS. For the past six years, Naomi Genen has been inspired to paint the beauty of the Hudson Valley and the Inter-costal region of Miami, Florida. Genen taught junior high school art for
twelve years in Brooklyn, and ten years at Round Hill Elementary School in Washingtonville. Now retired, Genen spends all her time painting. Most of her paintings are acrylic, and a few are oils. The Wallkill River School is located at 232 Ward Street (same as 17K). For more information call 845-457-ARTS.
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Grammy Winning Parker Quartet Come to Milford!
The Parker Quartet has distinguished itself as one of the preeminent ensembles of its generation. Since they began touring in 2002, these four graduates of the New England Conservatory of Music have won the Concert Artists Guild Competition, the Grand Prix and Mozart Prize in Bordeaux, and the Cleveland Quartet Award. They were the firstever Artists in Residence with Minnesota Public Radio, and last year the group's Ligeti: String Quartets Nos. 1 & 2 album won a Grammy for Best Chamber Music Recording of the Year. Hailed by The New York Times as "something extraordinary," the Grammy Award-winning Parker Quartet will present two concerts in the northeast Poconos Mountains: On July 20, they'll perform at 6:30pm at PaPA Gallery in White Mills, PA, and on July 21, they'll perform at 5:30pm at
Art & Photography Exhibits David Greenbaum pottery Joann Wells Greenbaum paintings BlueStone Studio, ongoing Phil Rachelson “Recent Work” thru Jul 8 The Forge
Grey Towers National Historic Site in Milford. For more on the Parker Quartet visit www.parkerquartet.com. To purchase tickets, visit www.kindredspiritsprograms.org, or go to Books & Prints at Pear Alley (570-2964777) in Milford. Children under 15 are admitted free.
Pike County Arts & Crafts Inc. 62nd Annual Exhibit
Each year the artists of Pike County Arts & Crafts (PCAC) transform Milford Borough Hall at 109 W. Catherine Street into an exhibition space for a variety of fine arts and fine crafts. The show has developed a large following over the last 62 years, both artists and the public eagerly anticipate it's yearly arrival. PCAC will have it’s annual exhibit from July 11 - July 22. The reception is July 13 from 7:00pm - 10:00pm. For information: 570-409-6754.
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George Haas “The Drop” thru Jul 8 Thom O’Connor Jul 14-Aug 5 Highlands Photographic Guild Hemlock Farms Artists & Friends “Signs of Nature” Chant Realtors, Lords Valley, thru Aug 29 Reception Jul 6, 5pm-8pm PCAC 62nd Annual Exhibition Pike County Arts & Crafts, Jul 11-22 Reception: Jul 13, 7pm-10pm
Milford Arts Alliance Open Studio Tour Milford Studios & Galleries, Jul 21 & 22
The ARTery Gallery’s New July Exhibit
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“It’s All About the Hats” thru Jul 9 Rosalind Hodgkins & Debbie Gioello “Mythic Allegories” Jul 12-Aug 6 The ARTery
Milford Arts Alliance Pop-Up Art Show Jen Murphy’s Fitness, Jul 14, 6pm-9pm
Watercolor by Madeline Tully
The ARTery Gallery has a new exhibit of work by two of it’s members, Rosalind Hodgkins and Debbie Gioello. Through their vivid visual expressions, explore our connections with cultural icons of antiquity and the sensations of living in the present. Mythic Allegories is the title of a new series of paintings by Hodgkins. Her paintings are influenced by Greek and Roman mythology and the allegorical effect these myths have on western civilization which pervades our culture. Hodgkins’ interest is in their influence on the imagination and how the spirits of these stories speak to the ancient part of our brain: “My paintings are references to the allegories and are inspired by the visual possibilities of these tales. The myths have a rich symbolism referring to the functions of nature - the naming of botanicals, insects, constellations, etc. as well as the mystery of the plant growth process.” Debbie Gioello’s art is not limited to any one style or technique, evident from her changing monthly installations at the ARTery. Her new body of work encompasses metamorphosing controlled movement with
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“Minerva” by Rosalind Hodgkins
figurative undertones. Subtle figurative images emerge from the composition of textured colors. These paintings are executed using acrylic paint on paper; matted and framed under glass. Gioello will also be showing three large textured acrylic paintings which capture the essence of form, harmony and balance in nature. The exhibit runs from July 12 - August 6. The reception will be held on July 14 from 6:00pm - 9:00pm. The ARTery Gallery is located at 210 Broad Street. For further information call 570-409-1234.
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Art After Dark Receptions Jul 14 The ARTery, 6pm-9pm Highlands Photographic Guild, 6pm-9pm The Forge, 6pm-8pm
“Empty City” at HPG
Broad Street Coffee House, 7pm-9pm
Lectures Dragonfly Walk Jul 7, 1pm Frog Frenzy I & II Jul 14 & 15, 10am Drumming Circle Maxwell Kofi Donkor Jul 14, 7pm
Nature at Night Jul 21, 8pm Pocono Environmental Education Center “Lincoln, Law & Politics” Jul 4 “The Mind of Abraham Lincoln” Jul 18 “Lincoln & Slavery” Aug 1 Pike County Historical Society, 7pm
Museum “Witness to History” Forestry exhibit ongoing Pinchot Artifact Tour Jul 22, 1:30pm Grey Towers
Music Parker Quartet classical Grey Towers, Jul 21, 5:30pm 84West classic rock Silver Lake Tavern, Dingmans Ferry, Jul 27, 9pm
Poetry Reading Milford Arts Alliance Pop-Up Poetry Jen Murphy’s Fitness, Jul 14, 6pm-9pm
Recreation Garden Club Tour Jul 14, 10am-4pm Festival of Wood Grey Towers, Aug 4 & 5
During July, the Highlands Photographic Guild (HPG) will present a series of new color photographs by member Thom O'Connor. Entitled Empty City, the exhibition features photographs of Manhattan facades, minus the usual throngs of people. The exhibition runs from July 14 thru August 10. An opening reception will be held on July 14, from 6pm - 9pm, as part of “Empty City” by Thom O'Connor Milford's Art After Dark. HPG is at 224 Broad Street in the Wells Fargo Bank Building. Phone: 570-296-2440.
........................................................................................................milford Open Studio Tour Introduces Selected Artists and their Environments by Dawn McElligott On Saturday, May 12th, Milford’s monthly Art After Dark event got a shot in the arm. During the day, a veteran dance instructor, Marsi Burns, led an improvisational dance performance on the West Harford Street sidewalk. Cars slowed down and when people inquired about it, they were told about Art After Dark and a new stop along the way, a “pop-up” art exhibit at the Jen Murphy Fitness Studio at 113 W. Harford Street. The newly formed Milford Arts Alliance had sponsored both the improvisational dance performance and the “pop-up” art exhibit where the work of Alliance members sprang up at the fitness studio for an informal, onenight show. It was timed to coincide with the Art After Dark habit of keeping galleries open from 6 pm-9pm where food and beverages are often served fostering a sense of community and providing increased shopping opportunities.
Joyce Weinstein, Co-Chair of the Milford Arts Alliance, estimated the pop-up art exhibit attracted about 150 people to the fitness studio and helped to sell ten pieces. The street dancing and the fitness studio suited the alliance’s theme of “motion.” Energizing Milford area artists and the community was part of the discussion several months ago between Joyce Weinstein, Dixie Rich and Audrey Lanham that led to the formation of the Milford Arts Alliance. Currently, the burgeoning group meets at Chant Realtors on the second Wednesday of the month. Eventually, Weinstein envisions a separate building for the Alliance. In a separate publication, Weinstein said, “We want to see this grow into a viable arts group with its own building, like the Catskill Art Society and Delaware Valley Arts Alliance. Serious arts groups have buildings for exhibits and performances to be on the map.” Currently, the Milford Arts Alliance is mapping out an Open Studio Tour for the
weekend of July 21 and 22. While membership in the Alliance is open to everyone, “participation in the Open Studio Tour is an event where not everyone who wishes to be involved, is involved, but we’ve established a jurying process and those artists who have work of substance and a viable studio are opening their working environments for the weekend and the organization is putting out a map and a program guide so that visitors can access these studios, see the artists at work in some cases and tour their environments.” Milford Arts Alliance member and potter David Greenbaum said, “Hopefully it will be a really terrific experience both for the artists involved and the public.” (Read more about David, his wife Joann, and their new gallery in Milford in August CANVAS). More information about the Open Studio Tour and the Milford Arts Alliance is available by visiting the website at: www.milfordartsalliance.org.
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In front of the Jen Murphy Fitness Studio
Milford Garden Club’s 20th Annual Secret Garden Tour
The Milford Garden Club's 20th Annual Secret Garden Tour will take place on July 14, from 10:00am to 4:00pm. Cochairs Karen Cowern and Kathy Vannatta are excited about the eight magnificent gardens for viewing this year. The gardens differ in style and concept and offer a diversity of gardening approaches. The featured gardens are located within the Borough of Milford or within a very short driving distance. Locations of the gardens are "secret" until the day of the tour. Gardeners and non-gardeners alike eagerly await this self-guided tour each summer which is held rain or shine! Pre-event tickets are available at JillDeal, 101 W. Harford Street. On the day of the tour, tickets may be purchased from 9:00am to 2:00pm at the Milford Community House and Library located at the traffic light in Milford or at Remembrance Place
proceeds from this event will be used for the Come see these eight "secret" gardens many plantings along the streets, in the entry and then take a stroll around picturesque triangles and in the various parks within the Milford. For info: Karen: 570-296-6345 or borough. Kathy: 570-296-3833.
on the corner of West Ann Street and Elderberry Alley where you will be given a tour guide, directions, and a brief description of each garden. Children under 12 are welcomed free. Treats, freshly baked by Garden Club members, and beverages will be provided at Remembrance Place throughout the day for attendees. The mission of the club is the beautification of Milford. The Secret Garden Tour is their main fundraiser and
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RiverFest in Narrowsburg Presented by the Delaware Valley Arts Alliance and sponsored by Catskill Regional Medical Center, Riverfest is a family-friendly street fair where residents and visitors can talk with artists and artisans, enjoy the River Dogs on Parade, sample an array of street foods, celebrate the ecology of the pristine Delaware River, and encourage children to create art at Kids Korner. Celebrating its 22nd annual event with local music, original art, and information about the ecosystem, the festivities begin at 9:45am on July 22 on Main Street with the River Dogs on Parade. Pooches and their owners parade from the former Narrowsburg Central School on Erie Street to the Main Street Bandstand.
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The centerpiece of the event is a live auction of 60 original works of art created on Riverfest posterboards. At 12:30pm, auctioneer Jerry Malek will auction off the posters, which are created by local artists. For information, call 845-252-7576.
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Enjoy an Independence Day Concert & Fireworks! The West Point Band will present its annual Independence Day concert on July 7 at 8:00pm at the Trophy Point Amphitheatre. In the event of inclement weather, the concert will be held on July 8 at 8:00pm. The performance will feature the Hellcats, the Concert Band, and the Benny Havens Band. The evening will conclude with a spectacular fireworks display set to the music of the West Point Band. The West Point Band is proud to welcome the 58th Superintendent of the United States Military Academy, Lieutenant General David H. Huntoon, to present the concert’s opening remarks. The West Point Band’s commander, Lieutenant Colonel Jim Keene, will conduct the performance. Following a performance of Army Strong, 50 West Point Cadets will participate in the Salute to the States presentation. Each cadet will represent his or her home state until every state of our Union is recognized. Following the opening ceremonies, the Concert Band will perform a number of selections, including the official West Point March, Stars and Stripes Forever, and the Armed Forces Medley. The West Point Band’s rock band, The Benny Havens
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Band, will take over, performing The Beatles’ Hey Jude, along with other audience favorites. The performance will conclude with an a cappella vocal rendition of America the Beautiful, to be sung by West Point Cadets and active-duty vocalists. For information call 845-938-2617 or visit www.westpointband.com.
Arts To The Rescue: Read For Robert by Lynn Hoins On a sunny Sunday afternoon, June 12, 2012, 50 to 60 poets, musicians and friends from the Hudson Valley and northern New Jersey crowded into Cafeteria Coffee Shop in New Paltz to raise money for one of their own. Robert Milby, performance poet and longtime host of readings at Noble Coffee Roasters, Campbell Hall, Mudd Puddle Cafe, New Paltz, Florida Library's Poetry Cafe, Florida, and co-host with Jim Eve and Mike Jurkovic of Calling All Poets, Howland Center, Beacon, has been diagnosed with severe Lyme disease and heavy metal poisoning. Since he has no health insurance, fellow poets, Adrianna Delgado, Eve, Mike Jurkovic, Marina Mati, Glenn Werner, and Christopher Wheeling, organized Arts to the Rescue: Read for Robert to help Milby receive the medical treatment he needs. The benefit, which became a celebration of Milby's love of poetry and his gift of time, energy and enthusiasm to the poetry community, lasted five hours. Featured readers included Barbara Adams, Terrence Chiesa, Leslie Gerber, Roberta Gould, Jim Kenny and Ingrid King, as well as the organizers. Others signed up for open mic slots. Rather than reading their original poetry, the poets read either poems by Milby or poems by some of his
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listen to each other and to thank Milby for all he has done for poetry in the Hudson Valley. Camaraderie, laughter and appreciation echoed in the room. Although poets and musicians are not high on the economic ladder, they came in droves and gave what they could. Donations can be sent to: Robert Milby, 11 Maple Avenue, Florida, NY 10921.
“How Suite It Is” Says CTMW in Monroe
favorite poets including Baudelaire in French with English translation, Crosby, Millay, Plath, Poe, Roethke, Shelley, Spender, Tennyson, Thomas, Whitman and Wordsworth. Musicians - Jim Coyle, Bonnie Law, John Martucci and Mike Jurkovic, JMJ, Judith Tulloch and Steve Franchino, and Shrubs (Rob Tak, Jay Bird LoRubbio, & Bob Torsello) entertained and donated all monies from sale of their CDs. Under the copper colored tin ceilings of Cafeteria Coffee Shop, surrounded by its warm brick walls, the poets and musicians gathered on the eclectic collection of chairs and sofas to
One of Neil Simon's most popular and celebrated plays, Plaza Suite, details the misadventures of three very different couples facing crucial moments in their lives - all set in the same hotel room in New York's worldfamous Plaza Hotel. Creative Theatre-Muddy Water Players, Inc. (CTMW) is an incorporated, non-profit organization that has been performing in the mid-Hudson since 1978. CTMW continues its 2012 season with a production of the comedy under the direction of Donna Polichetti. Performances run from July 13 thru 23 in The Playhouse at Museum Village on Route 17M. CTMW’s intermissions include dessert consisting of apple pie, ice cream, iced tea and coffee. Reservations are suggested. For information call 845-294-9465 or visit the website: www.ctmwp.org.
The Kitty Power Kat Klub 2012 show takes place on July 14 & 15 from 10am to 5pm at the Riverview Inn on Shay Lane in Matamoras. Country Band 90 Proof will perform for the Show’s Fundraiser on July 14 from 4pm to 8pm. Phone: 973-335-3335.
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Music - blues / country/ folk / pop / rock sponsored by Steve’s Music Center, Rock Hill
Open Mic & In-house music PV.......................................................................................................................Palaia Vineyards, Highland Mills SA......................................................................................................................Sounds Asylum, Middletown
Open Mic w/ Eric Callari ......................................Eddie’s Roadhouse, Warwick, Wednesdays Open Mic ........................................................................Mountaindale Inn, Wednesdays, 8pm Stacy & Friends Musicians Gathering ....................The Dancing Cat, Bethel, Thursdays, 8pm Leo B ..........................................................................................................PV Jul 1, 2:30pm-5:30pm Tanager w/Rosie Rion rock, country ..................................Quarter Note Cafe, Walden, Jul 3, 6pm Prez Christian ......................................................................Quarter Note Cafe, Walden, Jul 5, 6pm Open Mic w/Jack Higgins of Mudbelly ............................................................PV Jul 5, 7pm-11pm Wilderlands ..........................................................................Dancing Cat Saloon, Bethel, Jul 6, 8pm Evan Teatum ........................................................................................................PV Jul 7, 2pm-4pm The Levins ..................................................................................................PV Jul 8, 2:30pm-5:30pm Marji Zintz folk....................................................................Quarter Note Cafe, Walden, Jul 10, 6pm John Beacher ....................................................................Dancing Cat Saloon, Bethel, Jul 13, 8pm The New Kings ..................................................................Dancing Cat Saloon, Bethel, Jul 14, 8pm Kyle Miller & Friends Dylanesque ....................................Quarter Note Cafe, Walden, Jul17, 6pm Nailed Shutt ......................................................................Dancing Cat Saloon, Bethel, Jul 20, 8pm Jack Higgins ......................................................................................................PV Jul 21, 2pm-4pm Ann Shatto & Joanne Ledger from McMule ......................................PV Jul 22, 2:30pm-5:30pm Open Mic acoustic..............................................................Quarter Note Cafe, Walden, Jul 26, 6pm Chris Cernak ....................................................................Dancing Cat Saloon, Bethel, Jul 27, 8pm 84West ..................................................................Silver Lake Tavern, Dingmans Ferry, Jul 27, 9pm Somerville ..........................................................................Dancing Cat Saloon, Bethel, Jul 28, 8pm Ryan Townsend ......................................................................................PV Jul 29, 2:30pm-5:30pm John Beacher, Cabinet......................................................Dancing Cat Saloon, Bethel, Aug 3, 7pm
lectureS / DEmos / SymposiumS / Forums /Master Classes sponsored by Hannah Brooks, MD, FACS NVM ..........................................................Neversink Valley Museum of History & Innovation, Cuddebackville PEEC ...................................................................... Pocono Environmental Education Center, Dingmans Ferry
150th Anniversary of “Taps” ................National Purple Heart Hall of Honor, New Windsor, Jul 1, 2pm “Lincoln, Law & Politics” Allen C. Guelzo ............Pike County Historical Society, Milford, Jul 4, 7pm Dragonfly Walk................................................................................................................PEEC Jul 7, 1pm Frog Frenzy I & II ..............................................................................................PEEC Jul 14 & 15, 10am Moonlit Drumming Maxwell Kofi Donkor ..................................................................PEEC Jul 14, 7pm “The Mind of Abraham Lincoln” A.C. Guelzo......Pike County Historical Society, Milford, Jul18, 7pm Nature at Night ..............................................................................................................PEEC Jul 21, 8pm At Work & Play Behind the Notes Weekend of Chamber Music ............................................................ Eddie Adams Barn, Jeffersonville, Jul 27, 7pm “Lincoln & Slavery” Allen C. Guelzo....................Pike County Historical Society, Milford, Aug 1, 7pm
books Book Lover’s Club ..........................................Greenwood Lake Library, Fourth Tuesday, 7pm Book Discussion “Cutting for Stone” ....................................Cornwall Public Library, Jul 11, 7pm Book Discussion “A is for Alibi” ........................................Cornwall Public Library, Jul 18, 7pm Book Discussion & Signing “The Bear Went Over The Mountain”, Iza Trapani .......................... Wallkill River School, Montgomery, Jul 21, 2pm Book Discussion “The Scent of Rain & Lightning” ........Cornwall Public Library, Jul 26, 7pm Book Discussion Great Books Discussion..............Newburgh Free Library, Jul 23, 6:30pm, Jul 27, 11:35am Book Discussion “Oblivion” ....................................................Newburgh Free Library, Jul 30, 7pm
Museums Sculpture Exhibits Imi Knoebel, Walter De Maria..........................................Dia:Beacon, ongoing Sullivan County Museum Historical Museum & Archives ............................Hurleyville. ongoing Civil War Artifacts......................................................................Museum Village, Monroe, ongoing “Byrd/Skolnick: A Tale of Two Posters” ..............................Museum at Bethel Woods, thru Jul 22 Sigmund Freud ..............................................................Karpeles Manuscript Museum, thru Aug 31 Frederick Franck Sculpture Garden and Galleries ................Pacem In Terris, Warwick, thru Oct Rondout & Neversink watershed areas ........Time & the Valley Museum, Grahamsville, thru Oct Forestry Exhibit ................................................................................Grey Towers, Milford, thru Oct Storm King Sculpture Park ............................Storm King Arts Center, Mountaindale, thru Nov 25 “Light and Landscape” ..................................Storm King Arts Center, Mountaindale, thru Nov 11 “Portrait of a Family: Papers from the Westbrook Family from the 1700 and 1800s” .............. Neversink Valley Museum, thru Nov 25
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Concerts FAL........................................................................................................................................The Falcon, Marlboro PVT.............................................................................................Palaia Vineyards Outdoor Tent, Highland Mills
JB/s Soul Jazz Trio ..................................................................................................FAL 10am-2pm Chiku Awali African drumming & dance ............Arboretum, Montgomery, Jul 3, 6:30pm FREE Akie B. & The Falcons soul, jazz ............................................................................FAL Jul5, 7pm Some Kinda Fun 50s & 60s rock............................Festival Square Middletown, Jul 6, 7pm FREE Marc Black Band folk, rock, Amy Fradon ............................................................FAL Jul 6, 7pm Breakneck Annie folk ........................................Downtown Montgomery, Jul 7, 6pm-10pm FREE Six Stories Told..........................................................Wooster Grove, Walden, Jul 7, 6:30pm FREE Gregg Van Gelder and Friends classical rock ..................................PVT, Jul 7, 6:30pm-9:30pm Sketchy Black Dog classic rock ................................................................................FAL jul 7, 7pm Knox Sisters, Flaming Meatballs, Olsen Court Arboretum, Montgomery, Jul 10, 6:30pm FREE The Chris O’Leary Band blues, rockabilly ..........................................................FAL Jul 12, 7pm Harrison Street Band classic rock, blues ............Festival Square Middletown, Jul 13, 7pm FREE Ed Palermo Big Band swing, blues........................................................................FAL Jul 13, 7pm 90 Proof country ........................................................Riverview Inn, Matamoras, Jul 14, 4pm-8pm NY Doo Wop Extravaganza III ............................................................Bethel Woods, Jul 14, 7pm Gene Ess & Nicki Parrott jazz, Marc Von Em blues, rock, folk, reggae ............FAL Jul 14, 7pm Mike Baglione, Anne Loeb & Friends folk ....D&H Canal Park, Cuddebackville, Jul 14, 7:30pm FarmFest 2012 Warwick Summer Arts Festival..Scheuermann Farms, Pine Island, Jul 13, 7:30pm Stanley Deming Park, Warwick, Jul 14, 7:30pm FURTHUR w/Phil Lesh &Bob Weir ....................................................Bethel Woods, Jul 15, 7pm Corner Shot Band ................................................Arboretum, Montgomery, Jul 17, 6:30pm FREE Maria Muldaur & Her Red Hot Bluesiana Band, Electric Rubyfish folk ........FAL Jul 19, 7pm Rock Bottom & guest, Asmar A......................................Veteran’s Park, Montgomery, Jul 20, 6pm Jeremy Langdale Band rock, blues, r&b ............Festival Square Middletown, Jul 20, 7pm FREE Big Joe Fitz & the Lo-Fi’s jazz, funk, soul............................................................FAL Jul 20, 7pm Summerland Tour 2012 ....................................................................Bethel Woods, Jul 20, 7:30pm The Magic Touch a capella doo wop ......Greenwood Lake Waterfront Park, Jul 20, 7:30pm FREE The Feds ..................................................................Wooster Grove, Walden, Jul 21, 6:30pm FREE Studabaker Brown alternative & classic rock....................................PVT Jul 21, 6:30pm-9:30pm Alex P. Suter Band roots, blues, soul, Tim Hutchinson ......................................FAL Jul 21, 7pm Justin James ....................................................................The Wherehouse, Newburgh, Jul 22, 4pm The Belly Warmers ..............................................Arboretum, Montgomery, Jul 24, 6:30pm FREE 84West ....................................................................Riverside Park, Port Jervis, Jul 25, 7pm FREE Jim Campilongo Electric Tri blues, country, jazz, rock, Danuel Goodman ......FAL Jul 26, 7pm The Saints 50s, r&b, latin, swing..........................Festival Square Middletown, Jul 27, 7pm FREE Chris Cubeta & The Liars Club rock ..................................................................FAL Jul 27, 7pm Tracy DeLucia & Band country ............Greenwood Lake Waterfront Park, Jul 27, 7:30pm FREE Beatles Tribute Benefit BBQ, Twist & Shout Tribute Band..................PVT Jul 28, Noon-10pm Richard Reiter Swing Band ..................Greenwood Lake Waterfront Park, Jul 28, 7:30pm FREE Shallows Band ......................................................Arboretum, Montgomery, Jul 31, 6:30pm FREE MazFest Music Festival 2012....................................MazMyth, Roscoe, Aug 3-5, Noon-Midnight Bob Martinson Band ..................................................................Pine Bush Bandstand, Aug 3, 7pm Route 66, 60s, 70s, 80s ..........................................Festival Square Middletown, Aug 3, 7pm FREE Midnight Image................................................Downtown Montgomery, Aug 4, 6pm-10pm FREE Sarah D. ..................................................................Wooster Grove, Walden, Aug 4, 6:30pm FREE Joe Cocker & Huey Lewis and the News ........................................Bethel Woods, Aug 5, 7:30pm
CANvas category calendar sponsored by Hudson Valley Planning and Preservation, Monroe ART TOURS / walks Second Saturday in Beacon Beacon Galleries ......Downtown Beacon, Jul 14, all day to 9pm Art After Dark Milford Galleries ..................................Downtown Milford, Jul 14, 6pm-9pm “American Idyll” ArtWalk ..........................Downtown, Livingston Manor, Jul 7, 10am-4pm Open Studio Tour......................................................Milford Studios & Galleries, Jul 21 & 22
cabaret Pre-Show Dinner & Cabaret ..................................Forestburgh Playhouse, Tues, Wed, Thu, 6pm Post-Show Cabaret ......................................................Forestburgh Playhouse, Fri & Sat, 10:30pm
cinema Reel Eclectic Film Series ..........................................Thrall Library, Middletown, Jul 5, 7pm FREE Afternoon Movies ..................................................Thrall Library, Middletown, Jun 10, 2pm FREE “The Avenging Conscience” DW Griffth silent ..Paramount Theater, Middletown, Jul 11, 7:30pm “True Grit” ..............................................................................Bethel Woods Museum, Aug 2, 7pm “Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid” ................................Bethel Woods Museum, Aug 4, 7pm “Battle for Brooklyn” documentary ..............................................Catskill Art Society, Aug 4, 7pm
dance FarmFest 2012 Warwick Summer Arts Festival Stanley Deming Park, Warwick, Jul 14, 7:30pm Scheuerman Farms Pine Island, Jul 15, 7pm Nego Gato Afro Brazilian Music & Dance Ensemble....Sullivan Cty Comm Coll, Jul 19, 8pm Maya De Silva y Flamenco Revolucion ........Sullivan County Community College, Jul 26, 8pm
Festival Great American Weekend ................................................Village Square, Goshen, Jun 30, & Jul 1 Wurtsboro Founder’s Day Street Fair................................................Wurtsboro, Jul 7, 11am-5pm Cragsmoor Renaissance: Art & Music 1975-1985 ..........Cragsmoor Historical Society, Jul 13-15 RiverFest ....................................................................Main Street, Narrowsburg, Jul 22, 10am-4pm Jeffersonville Jamboree ..........................................Lion’s Field, Jeffersonville, Aug 4, 10am-4pm Festival of Wood ..........................................................................Grey Towers, Milford, Aug 4 & 5
Music - Broadway - Tin pan alley - Light Classics West Point Band “The Magic of Broadway”......Trophy Point Amphitheatre, Jul 1, 7:30pm FREE “Show Boat” Opera Company of the Highlands ..................Bannerman’s Island, July 7 & 8, 5pm ..................................................................................................Ritz Theatre, Newburgh, Jul 15, 3pm Pine Bush Community Band ....................................Wooster Grove, Walden, Jul 9, 6:30pm FREE “A Grand Night For Singing” Rodgers&Hammerstein Pine Bush Bandstand, Jul 13, 7pm FREE Pine Bush Community Band ..........................................Pine Bush Bandstand, Jul 20, 7pm FREE Broadway Concerts Direct “Summer Lovin’” ..........Wurtsboro Community Church, Jul 21, 8pm SUNY Orange Symphonic Band ....................................Pine Bush Bandstand, Jul 27, 7pm FREE Pine Bush Community Band ................Budd Memorial Pavilion, Otisville, Jul 29, 1:30pm FREE Callicoon Center Band ......................................................Callicoon Bandstand, Aug 1, 8pm FREE SUNY Orange Symphonic Band..............................................SUNYO Newburgh, Aug 2, 6:30pm
music - classical NY Philharmonic w/Tracy Dahl, soprano ................................................Bethel Woods, Jul 7, 8pm Weekend of Chamber Music Opening Day ..........Jeffersonville Presbyterian Church, Jul 15, 3pm West Point Band alumni concert..................................Trophy Point Amphitheatre, Jul 15, 7:30pm “MusicTalks!” Weekend of Chamber Music ..Beekman House, Kauneonga Lake, Jul 19, 7:30pm BachFest 2012................................Cornwall Presbyterian Church, Cornwall-on-Hudson, Jul 20-22 Greater Newburgh Symphony Orchestra “Summer Pops” ....Downing Park, Jul 21, 3pm FREE Parker String Quartet ..........................................................Grey Towers, Milford, Jul 21, 5:30pm Weekend of Chamber Music........Eddie Adams Barn, Jeffersonville, Jul 21 & 28, 8pm (talk 7pm) “Market Music” Weekend of Chamber Music Farmers Market, Callicoon, Jul 22, 11:30am FREE “MusicTalks!” Weekend of Chamber Music ..............................North Branch Inn, Jul 26, 7:30pm Albert Brouwer flute, Karen Hosmer oboe, Gregory Hayes harpsichord ..................Jul 29, 5pm ......................................................................................................................Pacem in Terris,Warwick Deborah Lifton, soprano art songs & arias......Sullivan County Community College, Aug 2, 8pm Arman Alpyspaev viola ........................Shandelee Music Festival, Livingston Manor, Aug 4, 8pm
music - jazz Jonathan Dobin & Valley Central HS Jazz Band Newburgh Jazz Series ...................................... Arboretum, Montgomery, Jul 5, 6:30pm FREE Mark Raisch Trio Newburgh Jazz Series ............Arboretum, Montgomery, Jul 11, 6:30pm FREE Lindsey Webster Band Newburgh Jazz Series ....Arboretum, Montgomery, Jul 12, 6:30pm FREE Matt Finck Group ........................................................................................FAL Jul 15, 10am-2pm Jazz Pioneers............................................................Wooster Grove, Walden, Jul 16, 6:30pm FREE Newbern & Co. Newburgh Jazz Series ................Arboretum, Montgomery, Jul 18, 6:30pm FREE
Swing Shift Orchestra Newburgh Jazz Series ......Arboretum, Montgomery, Jul 19, 6:30pm FREE The Saints of Swing........................................................................................FAL Jul 22, 10am-2pm The Harvest Duo Newburgh Jazz Series ..............Arboretum, Montgomery, Jul 25, 6:30pm FREE Mike Dopazo Quartet Newburgh Jazz Series ......Arboretum, Montgomery, Jul 26, 6:30pm FREE Sean Nowell ....................................................................................................FAL Jul 29, 10am-2pm The Saints of Swing Swing Dance Night w/dance instructors ..............................FAL Jul 29, 7pm West Point Jazz Knights Dancing Under the Stars .......................................................................... Trophy Pt. Amphitheatre, Jul 29, 7:30pm FREE Joe Heider’s Lite Fuse Newburgh Jazz Series ......Arboretum, Montgomery, Aug 1, 6:30pm FREE The Belly Warmers Newburgh Jazz Series ..........Arboretum, Montgomery, Aug 2, 6:30pm FREE
opera - Livecast & Video “Les Contes d’Hoffman” Offenbach ..........Sullivan County Community College, Jul 11, 6:30pm “Lucia De Lammermoor” Donizetti ..........Sullivan County Community College, Jul 18, 6:30pm “Der Rosenkavalier” Strauss ......................Sullivan County Community College, Jul 25, 6:30pm
poetry & Prose readings Florence Lenhard ..............................................Wurtsboro Art Alliance Gallery, Jul 1, 8pm FREE Florence Lenhard................................................Noble Coffee Roasters, Campbell Hall, Jul 5, 7pm Hudson River Poets..........................................................Newburgh Free Library, Jul 5, 7pm FREE First Friday Contemporary Writers prose..................Narrowsburg Library, Jul 6, 7:30pm FREE Calling All Poets ........................................................Howland Cultural Center, Beacon, Jul 6, 8pm Carol Graser Poetry on the Loose ......................Seligmann Gallery, Sugar Loaf, Jul 7, 4pm FREE New Poetry Series ..................................................Ruthie’s Restaurant, New Windsor, Jul 11, 7pm “Pop-Up Poetry” Milford Arts Alliance................Jen Murphy’s Fitness, Milford, Jul 14, 6pm-9pm Glenn Werner& Adrianna Delgado hosts ............Bank Square Coffeehouse, Beacon, Jul 18, 7pm Donal Lev ......................................................Seligmann Gallery, Sugar Loaf, Jul 21, 3:30pm FREE Poetry Cafe ......................................................................................Florida Library, Jul 20, 7:30pm, Third Saturday Poetry Series ....................................Wisner Library, Warwick, Jul 21, 3pm FREE Poetry at the Church ................................................Goshen Methodist Church, Jul 30, 7pm FREE Poetry Night ....................................................Liberty Green, Bldg. 3, Warwick, Jul 31, 7pm FREE Carolee Sherwood Poetry on the Loose ......Seligmann Gallery, Sugar Loaf, Aug 4, 3:30pm FREE Poetry Potluck............................................Catskill Art Society, Livingston Manor, Aug 5, 11:30am
Recreation (adults, Teens & Children - see also kid’s recreation page 18) Old Time Fair & BBQ..........................................................Grahamsville Fairgrounds, Jul 28
storytelling 14th Annual Campfires Black Dirt Storytelling Guild ..........................Florida Library, Jul 7 & 21, Yarnslingers “The Kitchen Table” ......................................Domesticities, Youngsville, Jul 21, 7pm
theatre - musical “A Grand Night For Singing” Revue - Rodgers & Hammerstein, SummerStar Theatre .............. Orange Hall Theatre, SUNY Middletown, thru Jul 1 “Legally Blonde: The Musical” ..................................................Forestburgh Playhouse, thru Jul 8 “The Buddy Holly Story” ....................................................Forestburgh Playhouse, Jul 1, 7:30pm “The Rocky Horror Show” ........................................................Forestburgh Playhouse, Jul 10-22 The USO Liberty Bells ......................................Sullivan County Community College, Jul 12, 7pm “Kiss Me Kate” Delaware Valley Opera ............................Tusten Theatre, Narrowsburg, Jul 20-29 Sullivan West HS, Lake Huntington, Jul 21, 8pm “West Side Story” ....................................................................Forestburgh Playhouse, Jul 24-Aug 5
theatre - Physical “Instant Misunderstandings” ..................................NACL Theatre, Highland Lake, Jul 14, 7pm “The Little Farm Show” NACL Theatre ........................Barryville Farmers Market, Jul 28, Noon Callicoon Farmers Market, Jul 29, Noon
theatre - Play “Fully Committed” ......................................................Shadowland Theatre, Ellenville, thru Jul 15 “The Odd Couple” by Neil Simon ..................................Palaia Vineyards Outdoor Tent, Jul 12-15 “Plaza Suite” by Neil Simon ..............................Playhouse at Museum Village, Monroe, Jul 13-29 “Much Ado About Nothing” Shakespeare ..................................Salesian Park, Goshen, Jul 14-22 “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” Shakespeare ..............................Lycian Amphitheater, Jul 20-29 “A Song at Twilight” by Noel Coward ....................Shadowland Theatre, Ellenville, Jul 20-Aug 5 “Accomplice” Sullivan County Dramatic Workshop ......Rivoli Theatre, South Fallsburg, Jul 6-15 “The Maids” by Jean Genet ......................................NACL Theatre, Highland Lake, Jul 21, 7pm
theatre - Play reading “The Harvey White Chronicles” ..............Liberty Museum & Arts Center, Jul 6 & 7, 7pm FREE
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= Creative Theatre Muddy Water Players, Playhouse at Museum Village, Monroe = Downing FIlm Center, Newburgh, 845-561-3686 = Eisenhower Hall Theatre, West Point = The Falcon, Marlboro = Forestburgh Playhouse 845-794-1194 = Festival Square, Middletown
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Cabaret & Dinner FP 6pm
Music Tanager w/Rosie Rion QNC 6pm
Newburgh Gospel-Doo Wop-Rock Series Arboretum, Montgomery, 6:30pm
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Music Pine Bush Community Band Wooster Grove, Walden, 6:30pm
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Music Kyle Miller & Friends QNC 6pm
Poetry Reading Poetry at the Church Goshen Methodist Church, 7pm
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Theatre-Musical “The Rocky Horror Show” FP 2pm & 8pm
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Music - Christian ..........................Prez ......................................QNC 6pm Cabaret......................Pre-Show Dinner & Cabaret......................FP 6pm Music - Jazz..........Newburgh Jazz Series....Arboretum, Montgomery, 6:30pm Music......................................Akie B. & The Falcons ........................FAL 7pm Poetry Reading ........................Hudson River Poets ..........................NFL 7pm Cinema.................Reel Eclectic Film Series ..Thrall Library, Middletown, 7pm Open Mic ..........................w/Jack Higgins of Mudbelly............PV 7pm-11pm Theatre - Musical ............“Legally Blonde: The Musical” ..................FP 8pm Theatre - Play............................“Fully Committed” ............................ST 8pm Open Mic.................Musicians Gathering ..Dancing Cat Saloon, Bethel, 8pm Music - Jazz.....Jazz Trio ................Aroma Thyme Bistro, Ellenville, 8pm-11pm
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Music - Jazz...Newburgh Jazz Series....Arboretum, Montgomery, 6:30pm
Music ..............Marc Black Band, Amy
Prose Reading........First Friday Contemporary Wr
Theatre - Play ....................“Fully Committe Theatre - Play ........................“Accomplice Theatre - Musical ....“Legally Blonde: The
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Music...........FarmFest 2012 ......Scheuerma
Music ............................The Chris O’Leary Band ................FAL 7pm Newburgh Jazz Series Theatre - Play ....................“Fully Committe Arboretum, Montgomery, 6:30pm Theatre - Musical ..........“The USO Liberty Bells” ............SCCC 8pm Opera-Livecast “Les Contes d’Hoffmann” SCCC 6:30pm Cinema “The Avenging Conscience” PT 7:30pm
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Theatre - Musical ........“The Rocky Horror Show” ................FP 8pm Theatre - Play ....................“Fully Committed” ......................ST 8pm Theatre - Play ....................“The Odd Couple” ....................PVT 8pm Open Mic...Musicians Gathering....Dancing Cat Saloon, Bethel, 8pm Music - Jazz.....Jazz Trio ..Aroma Thyme Bistro, Ellenville, 8pm-11pm
Theatre - Play ........................“Accomplice Theatre - Play ........................“Plaza Suite” Theatre - Play ....................“The Odd Coup Theatre - Musical ........“The Rocky Horror Music..................John Beacher ..............D Cabaret ............................Post Show Caba
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Music - Jazz...Newburgh Jazz Series ..Arboretum, Montgomery, 6:30pm
Music ....................Maria Muldaur, Electric Rubyfish ........FAL 7pm Music - Classical..Weekend Chamber Music Beekman House, Kauneonga Lake, 7:30pm
Storytelling......Black Dirt Storytelling Guild ..Florida Library 7:30pm
Newburgh Jazz Series Arboretum, Montgomery, 6:30pm Theatre - Musical ........“The Rocky Horror Show” ................FP 8pm Opera-Livecast “Lucia Di Lammermoor” SCCC 6:30pm
Dance......Nego Gato Afro Brazilian Dance & Music ......SCCC 8pm Open Mic...Musicians Gathering ..Dancing Cat Saloon, Bethel, 8pm
Poetry Reading Glenn Werner & Music - Jazz.....Jazz Trio ..Aroma Thyme Bistro, Ellenville, 8pm-11pm Adriana Delgado Bank Square Coffeehouse, Beacon, 7pm
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Music..,,Rock Bottom & Asmar A ......... Music ....Pine Bush Community Band . Music ..................................Big Joe FItz & the L Poetry Reading ..............................Poetry Cafe . Music - Classical.BachFest Keyboard Marathon Music ....................................Summerland Tour Music - Doo Wop......The Magic Touch ....Greenw Music...............................Nailed Shutt ................ Theatre - Play ................“A Midsummer Night’s Theatre - Play ............“A Song at Twilight” by N Theatre - Play ................................“Plaza Suite” Theatre - Musical.......”Kiss Me Kate” Delaware Theatre - Musical ................“The Rocky Horror S Cabaret ....................................Post Show Caba
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Music...Jim Campilongo Electric Trio, Daniel Goodman....FAL 7pm Music..................Chris Cernak ................D Music - Classical....Weekend of Chamber Music ....North Branch Inn, 7:30pm Theatre - Play ..........“A Midsummer Night’s Newburgh Jazz Series Theatre - Musical ..............“West Side Story” ......................FP 8pm Theatre - Play ....“A Song at Twilight” by N Arboretum, Montgomery, 6:30pm Theatre - Play ........................“Plaza Suite” ....................CTMW 8pm Theatre - Play ........................“Plaza Suite” Opera-Livecast Theatre - Play ....“A Song at Twilight” by Noel Coward ......ST 8pm Theatre - Musical.......”Kiss Me Kate” Dela “Der Rosenkavalier” Dance..........Maya De Silva y Flamenco Revolucion ......SCCC 8pm Theatre - Musical ..............“West Side Sto SCCC 6:30pm Open Mic...Musicians Gathering ..Dancing Cat Saloon, Bethel, 8pm Cabaret ............................Post Show Caba Music 84West Music - Jazz.....Jazz Trio ..Aroma Thyme Bistro, Ellenville, 8pm-11pm Music...................84West ............Silver Lak Riverside Park, Port Jervis 7pm
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Recreation ................Old Time Fair & BBQ ............................Grahamsville Fairgrounds Theatre - Physical.“The Little Farm Show” NACL Theatre..Barryville Farmers Market Music ....Beatles Tribute Benefit w/Twist & Shout Tribute Band & BBQ ........PVT Noon-10pm Music..........Richard Reiter Swing Band ....................Greenwood Lake Waterfront Park, 7:30pm Music - Classical..Weekend of Chamber Music ........Adams Barn, Jeffersonville, (7pm talk) 8pm Theatre - Play ................“A Midsummer Night’s Dream” ......................................LC Lawn, 8pm Theatre - Play ............“A Song at Twilight” by Noel Coward............................................ST 8pm Theatre - Play ................................“Plaza Suite” ........................................................CTMW 8pm Theatre - Musical.......”Kiss Me Kate” Delaware Valley Opera..........................................TT 8pm Theatre - Musical ......................“West Side Story”............................................................FP 8pm Cabaret ....................................Post Show Cabaret....................................................FP 10:30pm
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Festival..........................Jeffersonville Jamboree ......Lion’s Field, Jeffersonville, 10am-4pm Festival ..............................Festival of Wood ................................Grey Towers, Milford TBA Music......................................MazFest Music Festival ............................Roscoe, Noon-Midnight Poetry Reading ......... Carolee Sherwood ......................Seligmann Gallery, Sugar Loaf, 3:30pm Cinema.............................“Battle for Brooklyn” ........Catskill Art Society, Livingston Manor, 7pm Cinema ......................“Butch Cassidy & the Sundance Kid”..........Bethel Woods Museum, 7pm Music - Classical ..................Arman Alpyspaev viola ..................Shandelee Music Festival, 8pm Theatre - Play ............“A Song at Twilight” by Noel Coward............................................ST 8pm Theatre - Musical ......................“West Side Story”............................................................FP 8pm Cabaret ....................................Post Show Cabaret....................................................FP 10:30pm
= Shadowland Theatre, Ellenville = Kaplan Hall, SUNYO Orange, Newburgh = Orange Hall, OCCC, SUNY Orange, Middletown = Thrall Library, Middletown = Tusten Theater, Narrowsburg = Wurtsboro Art Alliance
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Festival..............Warwick Summer Arts Festival............................Warwick Music ..........................................Matt Finck Group............................FAL 10am-2pm Theatre - Play............................“Fully Committed” ......................................ST 2pm Theatre - Play................................“Accomplice” ....................................SCDW 2pm Theatre - Play............................“The Odd Couple” ....................................PVT 3pm Theatre - Play...........“Much Ado About Nothing” ........Salesian Park, Goshen 3pm Theatre - Musical ................“The Rocky Horror Show” ................................FP 3pm Music - Classical ..Tenor, Harp, Piano Trio ........Cragsmoor Historical Society, 3pm Music- Classical.Weekend of Chamber Music ........Jeffersonville Presby. Ch., 3pm Music..............FURTHUR w/Phil Lesh & Bob Weir ....................Bethel Woods, 7pm Music.....West Point Concert Band ” Alumni Concert” ..........Trophy Pt. Amphitheatre, 7:30pm
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Music ....................The Saints of Swing ..................FAL 10am-2pm Festival...................RiverFest ..........Main Street, Narrowsburg, 10am-4pm Music - Classical..Weekend of Chamber MusicCallicoon Farmers Market, 11:30am
Theatre - Play ....“A Song at Twilight” by Noel Coward................ST 2pm Theatre - Play ..........“A Midsummer Night’s Dream” ..........LC Lawn, 3pm Theatre - Play..“Much Ado About Nothing” ..Salesian Park, Goshen 3pm Theatre - Musical ........“The Rocky Horror Show” ........................FP 3pm Music - Classical.............BachFest ......Cornwall Presbyterian Church 3pm Music........................Justin James........The Wherehouse, Newburgh, 4pm Theatre - Play ........................“Plaza Suite” ............................CTMW 7pm
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Music - Jazz ..........................Sean Nowell ....................................FAL 10am-2pm Holistic...Psychic & Wellness Connection Fair ..Crystal Connection, Wurtsboro, 10am-4pm Theatre - Physical..“The Little Farm Show” NACL Theatre ....Callicoon Farmers Market
Music.....Pine Bush Community Band ....................Budd Pavilion, Otisville, 1:30pm Theatre - Play ............“A Song at Twilight” by Noel Coward ......................ST 2pm Music ..........................................Ryan Townsend ......................PV 2:30pm-5:30pm Theatre - Musical ......................“West Side Story” ......................................FP 3pm Theatre - Musical.......”Kiss Me Kate” Delaware Valley Opera ....................TT 3pm Theatre - Play ................“A Midsummer Night’s Dream” ..................LC Lawn, 3pm Theatre - Play ................................“Plaza Suite” ....................................CTMW 3pm Music - Classical.......Flute & Oboe Trio ....................Pacem In Terris, Warwick, 5pm Music & Dancing ..........The Saints of Swing & Instructors ........................FAL 7pm Music - Jazz.........West Point Jazz Knights ..........Trophy Pt. Amphitheatre, 7:30pm
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Festival ..............................Festival of Wood............Grey Towers, Milford TBA
Poetry Reading......Poetry Potluck ....Catskill Art Society, Livingston Manor, 11:30am
Music................MazFest Music Festival ..............................Roscoe, Noon-Midnight Theatre - Play ............“A Song at Twilight” by Noel Coward ......................ST 2pm Theatre - Musical ......................“West Side Story” ......................................FP 3pm Music.............Joe Cocker & Huey Lewis and the News ......Bethel Woods, 7:30pm Music - jazz.....West Point Jazz Knights ..................................Trophy Pt. Amphitheatre, 7:30pm
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CANvas category calendar sponsored by Mary Evelyn Whitehill
Art & photography receptions
ART exhibits CAS ................................................................................Catskill Art Society Arts Center, Livingston Manor DAC ..................................................Alliance Gallery & Loft Gallery, Delaware Arts Center, Narrowsburg GLL ............................................................................................................................Greenwood Lake Library KMM..............................................................................................Karpeles Manuscript Museum, Newburgh NFL ................................................................................................................................Newburgh Free Library OSH..........................................................................................Old Stone House, Hasbrouck (Woodbourne) SUNYO ..........................................SUNY Orange Middletown, Orange Hall Gallery & Loft 845-341-4891 SUNYO-KH..........................................................................................SUNY Orange Newburgh, Kaplan Hall WAA ..............................................................................................................................Wurtsboro Art Alliance WRS ..................................................................................Wallkill River School, Montgomery 845-457-2787
Carolyn Duke pottery ..............................................Duke Pottery, Tennanah Lake, Roscoe, ongoing Mike Jarozsko luminist paintings ............................James Douglas Gallery, Montgomery, ongoing Lisa Strazza ............................................................................Strazza Art Gallery, Warwick, ongoing David & Joann Wells Greenbaum potter, paintings ..............BlueStone Studio, Milford, ongoing Kelly Patton ............................................................................................Caffe Macchiato, Newburgh Eileen MacAvery Kane “Teacup Secrets” ..............................................Elant at Goshen, thru Jul 2 Donald Alter Chromatic Tales – Part 2 ..............................Hudson Beach Glass, Beacon, thru Jul 5 Leslie Shaw Zadoian “Assemblage Paintings” ........................................................DAC thru Jul 7 Daria Dorosh “Chairs 1982-2010” ............................................................................DAC thru Jul 7 Phil Rachelson “Recent Work”............................................................The Forge, Milford, thru Jul 8 Catskill Artists Gallery “Patterns” ................................Liberty Museum & Arts Center, thru Jul 8 Paul Abrams Hudson Valley Light” oils ..............................RiverWinds Gallery, Beacon, thru Jul 9 Catskill Art Society Members Show ........................................................................CAS thru Jul 15 Donna Greenthal watercolors 2012 ......................Willow & Brown, Livingston Manor, thru Jul 15 Ronni Oxley “Appetite for Art” ......................................................SUNYO Middletown, thru Jul19 “In Motion” group show ..........................................................WVFA Gallery, Warwick, thru Jul 27 Bill Winters “A Moment in Time” ........................The Gallery Link, Ellenville Library, thru Aug 2 Diane Churchill “Blue and Other Thoughts” ................Karpeles Museum, Newburgh thru Aug 26 Ron Lusker “Six Decades” ....................................Drawing Room Gallery, De Bruce, thru Summer “Sculpture for a New Century” eight sculptors..................................SUNYO Newburgh, thru Sep “Light and Landscape” sculpture ....................Storm King Art Center, Mountainville, thru Nov 25
New art Exhibits Hemlock Farms Artists & Friends “Signs of Nature”....Chant Gallery, Lords Valley Jul 1-Aug 29 Chaim Gross drawings & watercolors ............................Seligmann Center for Surrealism, Jul 1-31 Patricia Morgan & Janet Campbell, Naomi Genen ..................................................WRS Jul 2-29 Shawn Dell Joyce ........................................................................................Elant at Goshen, Jul 2-30 “A Midsummer Might’s Dream” 14 artists................Wolfgang Gallery, Montgomery, Jul 2-Aug 4 “DigitFest” convergent art forms ........................................NACL Theatre, Highland Lake, Jul 6-8 62nd Annual Exhibition ............................................Pike County Arts & Crafts, Milford, Jul 11-22 Rosalind Hodgkins, Debbie Gioello “Mythic Allegories” The ARTery, Milford, Jul 12-Aug 6 “The Cragsmoor Renaissance Decade: Art & Music, 1975-1985” ................................................ Cragsmoor Historical Society, Jul 13-15 “Nature Interpreted in Fiber” Fiber Art ............................................................DAC Jul 13-Aug 4 Fran Cox collage....................................................................................................DAC Jul 13-Aug 4 Milford Arts Alliance “Pop-Up Show ..................Jen Murphy's Fitness, Milford, Jul 14, 6pm-9pm “Cityscapes” WRS members ..............................................................................WRS Jul 16-Aug 14 Eric Baylin & Kathleen Hayek ..........................................................................CAS Jul 21-Aug 26 Catskill Artists Gallery “Patterns” ..............................RiverFest, Narrowsburg, Jul 22, 10am-4pm River Valley Artists Guild 2012 Summer Show ....................SUNYO Middletown, Jul 31-Aug 23 “The SUNY Orange - SUNY New Paltz Connection” ..........SUNYO Middletown, Jul 31-Aug 23
photography exhibits FOV ........................................................................................................................Fovea Exhibitions, Beacon HPG....................................................................................................Highlands Photographic Guild, Milford
“Early to Rise: Working Farms in Orange County” Cornell Cooperative Extension, Middletown James Hiller ..............................................................James Douglas Gallery, Montgomery, ongoing John Strazza ..........................................................................Strazza Art Gallery, Warwick, ongoing LaVerne Black “Manescapes”................................Morgan Outdoors, Livingston Manor, thru Jul 8 George Haas “The Drop” ............................................................................................HPG thru Jul 9 “Liberty & Justice (for All)” 68 photographers ......................................................FOV thru Aug 5
New Photography Exhibits Thom O’Connor “Empty City” ............................................................................HPG Jul 14-Aug 5 Jackie Horner ”Grossingers” ......................................Liberty Museum & Art Center, Jul 27-Sep 8
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Hemlock Farms Artists & Friends “Signs of Nature”........Chant Gallery, Lords Valley Jul 6, 5pm-8pm Ronni Oxley “Appetite for Art” ..........................................................................SUNYO Jul 8, 2pm-4pm “Nature Interpreted in Fiber” Fiber Art, Fran Cox collage ................................DAC Jul 13, 7pm-9pm 62nd Annual Exhibition ......................................Pike County Arts & Crafts, Milford, Jul 13, 7pm-10pm “The Renaissance Decade: Art & Music, 1975-1985” ........Cragsmoor Historical Society, Jul 13, 8pm Thom O’Connor “Empty City” ..............................................................................HPG Jul 14, 6pm-9pm Rosalind Hodgkins, Debbie Gioello “Mythic Allegories” ..The ARTery, Milford, Jul 14, 6pm-9pm “A Midsummer Might’s Dream” 14 artists................Wolfgang Gallery, Montgomery, Jul 14, 6pm-9pm Patricia Morgan & Janet Campbell, Naomi Genen, “Cityscapes” ....................WRS Jul 16, 5pm-7pm Eric Baylin & Kathleen Hayek ..............................................................................CAS Jul 21, 6pm-8pm River Valley Artists Guild 2012 Summer Show ........................SUNYO Middletown, Aug 5, 1pm-4pm “The SUNY Orange - SUNY New Paltz Connection” ..................SUNYO Middletown, Jul 31-Aug 23
clubs Audubon Society First Sunday Field Trip................................845-744-6047 Goshen, 8am or 9am Walden Chess Club all ages, all levels Josephine-Louise Library, Saturdays 10am, Mondays, 6pm Friday Night Chess ....................................................................Narrowsburg Library, Fridays, 6pm Knit and Stitch ........................................................................Narrowsburg Library, Mondays, 6pm Knitters & Crocheters Crochety Knitters ......................................Liberty Library, Tuesdays, 10am Knimble Knitters ..................................................................Ellenville Library, Saturdays, 10:15am Knitting Club....................................................................Newburgh Free Library, Jul 10 & 24, 7pm Knitting Group ............................................Josephine-Louise Library, Walden, Thursdays, 6:30pm Laurel & Hardy Sons of the Desert Int’l Org......Last Sundays, Ellenville, ray@themtharhills.org The Music Lovers Guild ..............................3rd Thurs, 7:30pm FREE, Montgomery 845-457-9867 Photography Club Hudson Highlands Photo Workshop........St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, Chester 2nd Monday, 7:30pm Country Quilters Guild............................................Mondays, all day, Walker Valley School House Science Cafe “Environmental Influences on Pulmonary Hypertension”, Gabriele Grunig............ Diana’s Restaurant, New Windsor, Jul 25, 7pm Scrabble Players................................................Josephine-Louise Library, Walden, Thursdays, 6pm Scrabble Players ............................................................................Ellenville Library, Tuesdays, 6pm Trivia Night ............................................................2 Alices, Cornwall-on-Hudson, Thursdays, 8pm Women’s Support Dinner Diva Night ......................................Fauchere Patisserrie, Milford, TBA Woodcarving Guild....................................................Valley Cabinets, Harriman, Wednesdays, 7pm
School and Conservatory Vocal Student Showcase..............................................Quarter Note Cafe, Walden, Jul 19, 6pm Be Dif Rent rap & spoken word TEENS............................ArtsWAVE, Ellenville, Aug 2, TBA
Children and teens calendar Festivals, Lectures & Recreation - adults & children, see page 20 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
museums Meet the Animals .. ........................................................HHNM CoH Saturdays & Sundays 2:30pm World of Bees and Brook Trout Exhibits ........................HHNM-CoH, Fri, Sat & Sun, Noon-4pm
music West Point Quintette 7 Interactive Kids Night ..................Trophy Point Amphitheatre, Jul 22, 6pm Puppetry “The City That Drinks the Mountain Sky” Arm of the Sea Theater .............................................. Center & Market Streets, Ellenville, Jul 12, 7pm, FREE
Recreation Nature Strollers..........................................................................................HHNM Tuesdays, 9:30am
Theatre The Little Mermaid musical ......................................Forestburgh Playhouse, Jul 5 & 7, 11am “Tarzan and the Ruby of Ropar” musical....Forestburgh Playhouse, Jul 12, 14, 19, 21, 11am “Sleeping Beauty” musical ............................Forestburgh Playhouse, Jul 26 & 28, Aug 2 & 4
Musical Theatre - Breaking Rules
by J. A. Di Bello All but a lonely few are intimately familiar with the term Musical Theatre. And the term The American Musical Theatre is especially significant as the season of summer stock and revivals reminds the enchanted of how memorable and significant theatre and music are to an individual's spirituality. To define the subject or describe its varied colors, hues and intensities is a task that has and will continue to consume volumes. Three classics that altered the tone and direction of the American musical stage are currently in production or about to be revived. Each played a critical role in the development of Musical Theatre as it has come to be accepted. Each broke the rules. In New York City the heirs of George and Ira Gershwin have apparently weathered the controversy surrounding the new, remolded production of Porgy and Bess. The original inconcert “Folk Opera” (1935) lasted 4 hours with two intermissions and featured an entire cast of African-American actors. With its new title, The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess, this classic American opera was nominated for ten and the recipient of two Tony Awards, Best Revival of a Musical and Best
Actress in a is currently in an Musical. Much has extended run at the been written about Dicapo Opera the "radical" Theatre, NYC. changes: goat cart Interestingly, this to crutches and musical has often especially the been called an character of Bess, opera, as it has not to mention the many of the title change. characteristics of a Leading a frontal B r o a d w a y assault, was Original 1957 Cast; Chita Rivera (upper left), Larry Kert & production as well Carol Lawrence (kneeling), by Al Hirschfeld Stephen Sondheim. as traditional opera. This reigning composer and lyricist - prince of It has been called a show that comes as close to the musical stage, and someone who grew up being opera as one can get without breaking the with Gershwins' music, denounced the new "Rules of Broadway." Porgy in a letter to the New York Times (August Of greater interest and for many is the fact 9, 2011) "In the interest of truth in advertising, that the revival was reviewed in the New York let it not be called The Gershwins' Porgy and Times under the title A Love Story Naturally, Bess, nor even The Gershwin-Heyward Porgy Without Microphones. Amplification in theatre and Bess. Advertise it honestly as Diane unfortunately is frequently distracting and adds Paulus's Porgy and Bess. And the hell with the an unwelcomed quality to an otherwise fine real one." (Diane Paulus is the Director.) production. Anthony Tommasini's New York The Gershwins stand with the masters of the Times concluding comment reflects that Musical stage. An accompanying master and no sentiment. As he exclaims, "But any little less prestigious is Frank Loesser, a multi- shortcoming is nothing in comparison with the talented artist who wrote the book, lyrics and joy of hearing this Loesser masterpiece in an music for the Broadway musical the Most intimate, acoustically natural setting. Take that, Happy Fella (1956). This best of Loesser show Broadway."
The final player of the innovative Broadway triumvirate West Side Story comes to life again this summer at the Forestburgh Playhouse, July 24 thru August 6. Its impact on the world of musical theatre is legend. It's about kids, dirty kids with foul mouths and prejudices. Despite these facts, it has remained prestigious, holding the enviable position of the most revived show in the musical theatre repertoire. It will remain personally as the most notable. For in the fall of 1957, this writer, an unsuspecting, unsophisticated, theatrically naive youth was privileged to be in the audience of the Winder Garden Theatre only two short weeks after the production's clamorous, celebrated September opening. The unconventional subject gang warfare is ugly. It's repugnant and repulsive, even on stage. The story, already known for its tragic cloak, wraps around the shoulders of star-crossed lovers. Written by Arthur Laurents it is one surrounded by the inspiring dance of directorchoreographer Jerome Robbins with the intense, emotional score of another master, Leonard Bernstein, and a twenty-seven year old lyricist, Stephen Sondheim. The production captures and projects the essence of love, a love that is grimy, soft and immature and indestructible. Carol Lawrence, I love you. <3
Destination....................................................................................Liberty Liberty Theatre at Liberty Museum
In addition to its Rent Money Readings events, the Liberty Free Theatre is also beginning what is hoped will be a long-term collaboration with the Liberty Museum and Arts Center, by presenting a world premiere reading of Paul Austin's (see photo) own full-length play, The Harvey White Chronicles, a series of five inter-related oneact comedies that explore living, loving and working - when possible - in today's America. Chronicles will be presented at the Liberty Museum and Arts Center as a prologue to the Museum's (LMAC) 15th Anniversary Celebration The LMAC Building was first constructed as a hotel in 1894. The Poellman House, as the hotel was known, contained 30 rooms with baths, steam heat, all "sanitary
arrangements" and a first class Café and Bowling Alley. The hotel closed in 1936. The property was then acquired by Sidney Pierson who, with his brother, conducted a large hardware store in the building. Katz's Bake shop was the next business to take over the building which was converted into a first class bakery,.and remained there until 1989. The building was acquired by The Liberty Chamber of Commerce in 1995 as part of the redevelopment plan for Main Street, and as a home for a museum and arts center. The LMAC has been collecting and
The Liberty Chamber of Commerce is presenting the 19th Annual Liberty Festival on the 4th of July from 11am to 5pm with a street fair and entertainment with Carl Richards Band, Nashville’s Tanya Lynn Hall, a classic car and tractor show, poet laureate Walter Keller, (see photo) duck race, watermelon eating contest, and a dunking booth! The annual Parade begins at 12 noon.
Husband and wife team, Roger Bruno and Ellen Schwartz will perform popular American songs in a musical performance tititled, Too Human at the Liberty Public Library on July 26th at 6:30pm. The Library is located at 189 North Main Street. For information, call 845-292-6070.
July 4 Festival
exhibiting items of historical interest, as well as promoting educational activities such as art classes, lectures, cultural programs, and programs designed for children. Playwright/Director Austin’s acting troupe will read The Harvey White Chronicles on July 6 and 7 at 7:00pm. Phone for reservations: 845-292-2394. There will also be a benefit for the Museum’s 15th anniversary celebration on July 28. Participants at this event will also be able to view the Grossingers Photo Exhibit which runs in the Museum’s Gallery from July 27 thru September 9. The LMAC is located at 46 S. Main Street.
Music at the Library
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Holistic Living sponsored by Linda Richichi
The Art of Combining Tarot & Fine Art
Wurtsboro’s Labyrinth
came up with the overall concept. Both Nitti and Montana are experienced “channelers,” individuals who have a knack for communicating with the spiritual realm. “I told Bernadette, “‘I've never done tarot, but maybe we can channel together and get a vision,’” Nitti says. Nitti says that her Bernadette Montana interpretations really hit home with the duo's first clients, as she was able to intuitively feel that they were avid gardeners, even picking up on some of the details of their garden at home. “I think everyone has intuitive feelings inside them,” Nitti says. “And I'm really into nature, so I tend to think people have become kind of distracted from this.” Montana says that she has a great deal of experience as a tarot reader - she has been doing readings for more than 25 years now - so clients can be assured that she knows what she's doing. She stresses, however, that the readings should not be seen as “fortune-telling,” rather as something more like a kind of therapy.
The Village of Wurtsboro, which is holding its Founder’s Day on July 7 (see story page 33), is becoming a haven for holistic events. The event sponsor, the Wurtsboro Board of Trade, have wisely welcomed both the Crystal Connection and Rifka’s Curiosity Shop (see story on page 32) into the mainstream of the village, bringing tourists weekly from other areas to shop and eat on Sullivan Street. In addition to the July 7 Founder’s Day events, there will be a Guided Labyrinth walk during the July 29 Psychic and Wellness Connection Fair at 116 Sullivan Street. For information call 845-888-2547
by Tod Westlake
Tarot and fine art is a natural combination, with most tarot decks featuring unique and interesting artistic interpretations on each card - some of which date back to the Middle Ages. Two local residents have taken this concept to a new level. While spiritualist Bernadette Montana conducts a tarot reading for a particular client, artist Ann Marie Nitti draws and paints an artistic interpretation of the reading. The result is an image based upon each client's unique experience. “I do intuitive tarot readings,” Montana says. “And while I do this [Ann Marie] listens in on what is being said, and her intuition tells her what she should put on canvas.” Montana says that while the idea is a new one, she feels that it offers people a way to connect their reading with something tangible, in this case a visual metaphor of the experience that is suitable for framing. “It's almost like an extension of what is being said,” Montana says. Nitti, who says that she is a practitioner of Native American spiritualism, particularly that which involves animals,
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“I'm a strong Jungian, so I see the readings more as a way of offering advice to people,” Montana says. “It's not what I would call fortune-telling.” The readings are done by appointment, so call Ann Marie Nitti 845-458-8726 if you are interested. You can also stop by Brid's Closet at 296 Main Street in Cornwall to make an appointment.
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Holistic Calendar UUC ................................................................................................................ Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Rock Tavern
Psychic Experience Group w/Athen Drewes ......................................................UUC 1st Tuesdays, 7pm Message Circle ............................................................Spiritquest Healing Center, Slate Hill, Jul 13, 7pm Dinner and Reading w/Lisa Ann..............................The Trestle, Cornwall-on-Hudson, Jul 15, 2pm-5pm Psychic & Wellness Connection Fair............................................Crystal Connection, Jul 29, 10am-4pm
Destination.............................................................................Cornwall Hudson Valley Society for Music: Bachfest 2012
by Derek Leet The Hudson Valley BachFest, sponsored by Hudson Valley Society for Music, is an annual weekend marathon of four concerts and multiple church services celebrating (mostly) the music of Johann Sebastian Bach. Part of the festival takes place in Poughkeepsie at the Christ Episcopal Church and part in Cornwall-onHudson. This year, in addition to the yearly Keyboard Marathon Concert on July 20 at 7:30pm, and the Young People’s Concert on July 21 at 2:00pm, flutist Marcia Gates will perform Carl Philip Emmanuel (CPE) Bach’s (1714-1788) Flute Concerto in d. Principal flutist with the Hudson Valley Philharmonic since 1986, Gates received her music education at the Eastman School of Music and Ithaca College. An active chamber
musician in the Hudson Valley, she has appeared frequently as soloist with the Hudson Valley Philharmonic and with the Music in the Mountains Festival Orchestra throughout its existence Edward Lundergan from 1982-1998. Gates was selected by the renowned flutist Julius Baker as a soloist and prize winner in his master classes. In addition to her active role as a performer Marcia Gates in the Hudson Valley, Gates is an instrumental music teacher in the Hyde Park Central School District. CPE Bach was an influential composer working at a time of transition between his
father's baroque style and the classical and romantic styles that followed it. His personal approach, an expressive and often turbulent one, applied the principles of rhetoric and drama to musical structures. CPE’s dynamism stands in deliberate contrast to the more mannered rococo style also then in vogue after the baroque period. The d minor flute concerto is deservedly a mainstay in the flute repertoire. It is an extremely virtuostic work, beautiful, difficult, innovative and highly exciting. Edward Lundergan is the distinguished
conductor of the Hudson Valley’s outstanding a cappella chorale, Kairos, which performs often in Newburgh, Montgomery and Middletown, in addition to regular concerts in Ulster and Dutchess Counties. Lundergan will lead the BachFest orchestra in JS Bach’s Brandenburg Concerto # 1. Both works are part of the July 22, 3:30pm concert at the at the Cornwall Presbyterian Church, 222 Hudson Street. (For Poughkeepsie events visit the website listed in the ad below.)
cornwall / woodbury calendar sponsored by Hudson Valley Society for Music, Potluck Concerts, & Peggi’s Place
All events are in Cornwall or Cornwall-on-Hudson unless otherwise noted
Art & Photography Exhibits
Museum
Paul Gould Hudson Valley Gallery, ongoing
World of Bees & Brook Trout Exhibit Sat & Sun, Noon-4pm
Emily Waterfield photography Gary Hoff & Terri Clearwater paintings Clearwater Gallery, ongoing
Meet the Animal of the Week Sat & Sun, 2:30pm
Book Discussion “Cutting for Stone” Jul 11, 7pm “A is for Alibi” Jul 18, 7pm “The Scent of Rain & Lightning” Jul 26, 7pm Cornwall Public Library
Holistic Living Psychic Lisa Ann Private Readings The Trestle, Jul 15, 2pm-5pm
Lectures Wiggly Worms Jul 7, 10am Dazzling Dragonflies Jul 14, 9am & 11am Bats Jul 21, 10am Snapping Turtles Jul 28, 10am HHNM Outdoor Discovery Center
HHNM Wildlife Education Center
Music BachFest Keyboard Marathon Jul 20, 7:30pm Young Performers’ Concert Jul 21, 2pm BachFest Chamber Concert Jul 22, 3:30pm Cornwall Presbyterian Church Palaia Vineyards Highland Mills see page 20
Recreation Discovery Quests Saturdays & Sundays, 9am-1pm HHNM Outdoor Discovery Center
Theatre - Play “The Odd Couple” Jul 12-15 Palaia Vineyards Outdoor Tent, Highland Mills
Children’s Activities Nature Strollers Tuesdays, 9:30am HHNM Outdoor Discovery Center
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Destination.....................................................................................................Goshen Shakespeare in Salesian Park
Salesian Park Grounds
The Salesian Park in Goshen was first owned by a couple in 1791 and was then passed on to descendants. One descendant, Mary Ellen Haight, and her husband are laid to rest in a mausoleum on the property. The property was sold and re-sold numerous times mostly out of financial difficulties. In 1925, when the Haight mansion had fallen into disrepair, the Salesian Fathers bought the estate and turned it into a resident school for boys. For decades the school operated but enrollment eventually declined and in 1985 the school closed for good. In 1998, the Village of Goshen bought the property. For nearly ten years, it was closed off due to undergrowth, overgrowth, poison ivy, and other safety issues. In 2007, Salesian Park finally opened to the public. The Salesian Park has had a varied history. From being passed on to descendants, changing hands through sales, at least two foreclosures, being turned into a school, and finally being bought by the village to the consternation of some villagers who thought the price was too steep. Goshen calendar Art Exhibits Eileen MacAvery Kane “Teacup Secrets” thru Jul 2
Shawn Dell Joyce Jul 2-30 Elant at Goshen
Cornerstone Arts Alliance Thespians
But what stands out in its history is the story of 9-year old boy who in 1964 fell to his death from the Salesian school’s roof. It was deemed an accident at the time, but attempts to re-open the case in 2003 because the distance from the ground on which the boy fell to the wall of the building suggested the boy was pushed from the roof, failed to reach a conclusion. To this day, in large part because of records lost in a 1971 fire, the case remains unsolved. Since the “accident”, it is said that the boy haunts the place and numerous trespassers, mostly teens, have been caught by police. The Goshen Public Library and Historical Society has partnered with Cornerstone Arts Alliance to bring you Shakespeare in Salesian Park: “Much Ado About Nothing”. The play is one of the Bard’s where the majority of the text is written in prose. Stories of lovers deceived into believing each other false were common in the sixteenth century. Directed by Ken Tschan, Much Ado will be performed on July 14, 15, 21 & 22 at 3:00pm. The park is located on Route 207 between Craigville Road and Sarah Wells Trail. For information: 845-294-4188.
Festival Great American Weekend Jun 30 & Jul 1
Music Rob Carlson & Benefit Street Cornerstone Arts Alliance Goshen Music Hall, Jul 14, 7pm
Poetry Reading Poetry at the Church Goshen Methodist Church, Jul 30, 7pm
Theatre - Play “Much Ado About Nothing” Cornerstone Arts Alliance Salesian Park, Jul 14-22, 3pm
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Upstage Folk/Pop Music Concert Series
Every month, the Cornerstone Arts Alliance’s (CAA) Upstage Folk/Pop Music Series will feature various singersongwriters performing their original and sometimes familiar tunes. The performances take place in the newly constructed Cornerstone Theater at 223 Main Street, where the acoustics are perfectly sound for such performances. These concerts are hosted by WBTQFM’s radio personality Jon Stein, of the Hootenanny Café. During the performance Jon does on-camera interviews with the artist(s), which are videotaped by videographer Myles Corrigan of CAA for cable and internet viewing to perpetuate continual artistic entertainment programming. Christopher Dean Sullivan, Director of Music for CAA, stated, “We as artists have to do our business as we see it to be here in this Mid-Hudson Valley Region. Now that the business is completely in our hands, rather than wash our hands from it, my partner and friend Ken Tschan, along with our board of members, are keeping them within the order of bringing the best we have to entertain, bringing artistic awareness and continuing a level of
Dell Joyce at Elant
Brown Felton Farm by Shawn Dell Joyce
Shawn Dell Joyce is the exhibiting artist for July in Elant's Jeffrey Weiss Art Series. She will also be leading a pastel workshop for the residents and staff. Joyce is the director of the Wallkill River School of Art in Montgomery.
Rob Carlson & Benefit Street, from left: drummer Sam Carlson, vocalist Rob Carlson, multi-instrumentalist Vincent Pasternak & keyboardist Paul Payton
professional and cultural enrichment in all we present out of this theater. By the fall we are working towards presenting poetry forums with live music backgrounds. I look forward to collaborating with more fellow artists and forming an alliance consortium that all will benefit from.” With the advent of a new Story & Clark Piano, CAA will start its American World Music Genre Jazz Series in the next four to six weeks, from July 1. The series will feature piano duos, trios and orchestra performances with vocalists in some settings. On July 14 at 7:00pm, the featured musicians are Rob Carlson & Benefit Street. For information on the Music Concerts visit www.cornerstoneartsalliance.com.
Destination.......................................................Livingston Manor “American Idyll”: Livingston Manor’s First ArtWalk - Part I
by Tod Westlake Art lovers of all ages will find an edifying event at Livingston Manor's First Annual Art Walk, which is set to take place on Saturday, July 7, from 10:00am to 4:00pm. The streets of the hamlet will be turned into a virtual art gallery, with more than 20 artists displaying works in a variety of media, including watercolors, acrylics, oils, mixed media, and photography. The event is the brainchild of Kate Hyden, a local artist who, through her travels, realized that there were dozens of artists living in the area. It seemed a natural idea to create an entirely new event to help promote these artists. "I retired in '08, and my background is in oil
painting at Florida State in Tallahassee and also in Florence, Italy," Hyden says. Like many artists, Hyden had to shelve her artistic career for a couple of decades in order to put food on the table. Now with a bit more time on her hands, Hyden has returned to what she loves to do. "Twenty-five, twenty-six years go by, and I decided that I want to go back to painting," she says. Hyden then became involved with the Catskill Arts Society (CAS) and began attending exhibits in the area. "I began to think 'This is neat. Look at all the artists we have around here!'" Hyden says. "This area is chocka-block with artists." According to Hyden, the Art Walk is also part of a larger series of events that include this
year's Cinco de Mayo Plant Swap & Sale, and Covered Bridge Day which will take place in “the Manor” on August 4. "So, there are these three events, and mine kept on getting bigger and bigger," Hyden says about the overwhelming response from the community. "Instead of just a few people, now we have them up and down Main Street, all the way from WaterWheel Junction up to the library, down to Pearl Street. We have stores that will be hosting exhibits. And now we have close to 30 artists who are participating." Mia Koerner, who is the events coordinator with the Livingston Manor Chamber of Commerce, echoes Hyden's sentiment regarding the large number of artists in the community. She is also quick to praise the hard
Artwalk Round the Manor - Part II
Details on the Artwalk Ann Higgins, Elise Hornbeck, Gary Tempel, Caroline Harrow, Linda Hare, Una Evers, Kate Hyden and Scott Woods will be at WaterWheel Junction with art on display inside of Wildlife Gift. Jeff Bank will entertain some of the Jeff Bank calendar photographers: Stephen Davis, Virginia Sanborn and James Carney. Donna Greenthal will represent Willow + Brown. “Roundtop From Meadow” by Kate Hyden Susan Pascale will be at Lazy Beagle's Outdoor Cafe next to Moose Be Morning. Claire Coleman, owner of The Plunk Shop will have her own art exhibit in the store, and will have the work of James Karpowicz, Gloria Wagenknecht, Raphael Wittenstein & Nada Clyne with Ginger Smith giving a demonstration of Encaustic work. The Livingston Manor Library hosts Rob Rayevsky's exhibit while they hold a book sale outside of the old Hamish and Henry building. Laverne Black has a black & white “Stewarts Garage” by Caroline Harrow “Sunlit Wall” by Ann Higgins photography exhibit at Morgan Outdoors while The Outsider's Studio Collective is Abstract/Karl Bressler. And don't forget to famous Members Show with participating artists visit Ed Lundquist in his open studio on Main included! hosted by RM Farm. Maps will be available at many locations. Photographer Lance Verderame will display and Pleasant! For events visit www.livingstonmanor.org. The Catskill Art Society is running it's his wildlife photos on the porch at Catskill
work Hyden has put into the event. "I can't say enough about Kate. She's really an inspiration to many of us," Koerner says. "She comes with a smile, you smile back, and then dig in your heels and do what you have to do." The event is family-friendly and will feature something for the kids, which has been dubbed the Chalk Walk. Kids will have designated areas in which to ply their artistic talents on the local sidewalks. And Livingston Manor's restaurants and delis will be in full swing, so there will be plenty to nosh on. For information visit www.livingstonmanor.org. A rain date is also set for July 8 should there be inclement weather. Madison's Main Street Stand regrets it is unable to participate in the outdoor Artwalk so that everyone can easily access Madison’s Main Street Stand window-on-thestreet without having to climb over any art on display or pushing aside any easels enabling them to order without any difficulty Madison's “Famous Fruity Sundae” (curator Kate Hyden’s favorite)!
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Destination...................................................................................................... Shandelee Music Festival Begins August 4
The Republic of Kazakhstan in Central Asia is the ninth largest country in the world. It is also the world's largest landlocked country. For most of its history, the territory was inhabited by nomadic tribes. By the 16th century, the Kazakhs emerged as a distinct group. The Russians began advancing into the Kazakh steppe in the 18th century, and by the mid-19th century all of Kazakhstan was part of the Russian Empire. Following the 1917 Russian Revolution and subsequent civil war, the territory of Kazakhstan was reorganized several times before becoming the Kazakh Soviet
Socialist Republic maintaining a in 1936, a part of positive relationship the USSR. between the Kazakhstan Kazakhstan and declared itself an American people, independent s p o n s o r i n g country in 1991, the activities in the last Soviet republic areas of education, to do so. arts, athletics and In upper science, which will Manhattan, the lead to increased Cullen Bryant Cultural Center of Arman Alpyspaev understanding, Kazakhstan, Inc., cooperation, and friendship. enriches the cultural life of both nations One of the Cultural Center’s major artists Kazakhstan and the United States - is Arman Alpyspaev, a virtuoso master of the viola, who studied at the Moscow Conservatory and is a graduate of The Juilliard School and Manhattan School of Music. Alpyspaev has toured the world appearing at Weill Hall and Alice Tully Hall in New York, in Italy, as well as major venues in Germany and Sweden, and he regularly performs with the Pittsburgh Symphony, Philadelphia Orchestra, the New York Philharmonic, and the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra. On Saturday, August 4 at 8:00pm, the “A Time to Rest” by Donna Greenthal Shandelee Music Festival’s
“Watercolors 2012” at Willow & Brown
Watercolors 2012, works by Donna Greenthal, will be shown at Willow and Brown, 2 Pearl Street through July 15. Since becoming a permanent resident of Sullivan County, Greenthal has shown her work at La Shed Du Fred in Callicoon, at Willow and Brown and the CAS Arts Center, in the H2O show by The Outsider’s Studio Collective and a narrative show at Flour Power Bakery / Gallery, all in Livingston Manor. For information call 845-439-5677.
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“collaborative” pianist, Cullen Bryant, will join with Alpyspaev for the first in the 2012 series An Evening of Chamber Music. which runs through early August along with solo concerts by the Festival’s pianists. Bryant has appeared in recitals with members of the New York Philharmonic, Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, the Orchestra of St. Luke's, New York City Ballet Orchestra, New Jersey Symphony and the Boston Symphony in such venues as the Weill and Merkin Recital Halls, Alice Tully Hall and the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Bryant made his Carnegie Hall debut in 1992. His festival appearances have included the Long Island Beethoven Festival where he performed 16 Beethoven piano sonatas in a 2-day marathon. Enjoy world class performances in the beautiful Sunset Concert Pavilion which are followed by specialty dessert and "meet the artist" receptions where you have the opportunity to relax, see friends and make new acquaintances. The Festival runs thru August 11. Seating is limited and you can reserve tickets online at www.shandelee.org or call 845-439-3277.
.............................................................................livingston manor By Music Lovers for Music Lovers: MazFest
In it’s 3rd year, the MazFest Music Festival is back again! This year, 40+ bands will grace the stage playing a variety of genres including Rock, Rap, Folk, Funk, Fusion, Metal and more on two stages for three days. This year's festival headliners will be: Dopapod who exist at the crossroads of full throttle intensity, deep pocket groove, intricate technicality, and limitless experimentation; O'Death an international sensation combining elements of bluegrass, punk, and Americana; and Consider the Source, the musical virtuosos whose sound is a melting pot of Middle Eastern scales, psychedelic jams, and a hard rocking rhythm section. Other artists include: Livingston Manor’s DadzMyth and Metronomics, Echo (Parksville) and Alpha Faktion (Middletown), Avente Gorz (Callicoon), Bergkamp Bros Band (West Hurley), Caught Up in A Dream (Roscoe), Deep Chemistry (Newburgh), DJ Finner Fresh (Liberty), DJ Tanner (Youngsville), Ecco3 (Cornwall), , In the Jungle (New Windsor), Jazzmosis (Woodbourne), Made Memberz (Monticello), Odin The King
Livingston Manor , Parksville, Roscoe area Calendar All events are in Livingston Manor unless otherwise noted.
Cinema “Battle for Brooklyn” documentary Catskill Art Society, Aug 4, 7pm
Music - Classical
Exhibits
Arman Alpyspaev viola Cullen Bryant piano Shandelee Music Festival, Aug 4, 8pm
Ron Lusker “Six Decades” Drawing Room Gallery, DeBruce 40+ bands perform for MazFest Music Festival 2012!
(Middletown), One Last Breath (Port Jervis), Richard and the Secular Sextet (Callicoon), Second Floor Love Story (Mountainville), Tell a Tall Tale (Washingtonville), The Great Danes (Callicoon), and bands from Brooklyn, New York City, New Jersey, and Washington DC will also perform. The final lineup will be posted on the website: www.mazmyth.com. Tickets are available on the website and at Steve's Music Center in Rock Hill, and Madison's on Main Street in Livingston Manor. This huge jam fest takes place on August 3, 4 & 5 at 297 Gulf Road in Roscoe. For information: www.mazmyth.com.
Music MazFest Music Festival Roscoe, Aug 3-5, Noon-Midnight
Poetry Reading
Donna Greenthal “Watercolors 2012” Willow & Brown, thru Jul 15 Members Show thru Jul 15 Eric Baylin & Kathleen Hayek Jul 21-Aug 26 Reception: Jul 21, 6pm-8pm CAS Arts Center
Poetry Potluck Catskill Art Society, Aug 5, 11:30am
Pati Airey “Sidewalkers & Storytellers Rolling River Cafe, Parksville, thru Jul 8 Rob Rayevsky illustrations Livingston Manor Library, thru Jul 31 LaVerne Black “Manescapes” Morgan Outdoors, thru Jul 7
Festival Art Walk Jul 7, 10am-4pm Covered Bridge Day Aug 4
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Satisfy Your Curiosity at Rifka's Curiosity Shop
Wurtsboro calendar
by Anna Lillian Moser
sponsored by Consignium
The first thing most people say when they walk into Rifka's Curiosity Shop is, "I was just curious." What they come away with, however, is a better understanding of themselves. The tiny Wurtsboro shop is owned by Rifka, a medium and psychic blessed with the ability to see her clients' pasts and futures, and to commune with those who have passed on to the other side. According to Rifka, her abilities started at infancy. "When I was a baby my first memories were dreams of a past life," she said. "Also, I would have premonitions of what was to come the next day. I'd know where we were going, who was going to be there, what was around the next bend. It would drive my mother crazy." While it may have driven her up a wall, Rifka's mother understood her daughter, the family having a long history of psychic abilities. The rest of her neighborhood wasn't so understanding. Growing up, Rifka's abilities made her an oddity and the target of ridicule by her peers, who called her names and taunted her. "I would come out with things and say things to them that would leave them scratching their heads and walking away
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Music - B’way-Opera-Pop
“Sullivan County” thru Jul 22 Reception Jul 7, 11am-5pm
Broadway Concerts Direct Wurtsboro Community Church, Jul 21, 8pm
Festival Founder’s Day Street Fair Sullivan Street, Jul 7, 11am-5pm
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from me," Rifka said. As a consequence, Rifka learned to keep her mouth shut, keeping any visions or premonitions she had to herself, and ignoring the "little voices." "They obviously weren't telling me anything terrible, they were just telling me things my friends should know," Rifka said. "I stopped telling because I didn't want to be the outcast. I did a lot of being the loner." It wasn't until years later, as an adult, that Rifka began to meet and befriend people similar to herself, and was finally able to understand, accept and hone her psychic abilities. "Every time I had a question there was somebody there who either had an
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Poetry Reading Florence Lenhard Jul 1, 8pm Poetry in the Gallery Wurtsboro Art Alliance
Recreation
Psychic & Wellness Connection Fair Crystal Connection, Jul 29 10am-5pm
Big Breakfast Benefit American Legion, Jul 28, 8am-11am
answer or told me what to read," Rifka explained. "I was able to finally understand that my mood swings and feelings - feeling good, feeling bad, and feeling like I was having a heart attack - weren't mine. I was feeling other people's pain, happiness, joy, sadness, broken bones, cancer - I was feeling all of it." For several years Rifka traveled, participating in several psychic fairs across the country and generally going any place where she felt someone needed her help. "I pay attention to the signs, and I never know where life is going to take me," she said. Her mother always worried about Rifka's safety, however, and after she passed away, Rifka says she was led to the little storefront
in Wurtsboro, which she feels was a gift from her mother; a permanent place for her to do her readings. The store, which Rifka opened this past winter, is not just a place for her to see clients, but also carries a variety of unique items for sale, including a number of handpicked vintage items, glassware, miniature gargoyles, as well as new and gently loved books. "It is a smattering of things from the 1930s to the present," Rifka said. "Everything just kind of came about in a curious way." Rifka's Curiosity Shop is located at 120 Sullivan Street. For information, or to make an appointment, call 845-418-9951.
...............................................................................................wurtsboro Founder’s Day Street Fair July 7!
The Wurtsboro Board of Trade has announced the return of the Founder's Day Street Fair on July 7 from 11:00am to 5:00pm, rain or shine. Veteran's Park will be highlighted with live entertainment featuring Obsidian, Variety Inc., Keith Newman, Carl Richards Band, Donna Singer & the Doug Richards Trio and Third Degree. Exciting activities are to include many vendors with arts and crafts, rides, and events for the children on Sullivan Street. There will be a car show and a concert
featuring RiversEdgeBand at Jerry's Collision. Bill the Wizard will be doing readings and other holistic activities can be found at The Crystal Connection on Sullivan Street. They will also have Rifka from Rifka’s Curiosity Shop (see story on page 32) doing readings - her own special way - in her shop. Foods of many kinds along with soft drinks will be offered. Come to Wurtsboro to enjoy this fun-filled family day! For information, visit www.waagallery.org.
Jerry’s Collision Car Show & RiversEdge Band
It is always heartening when a business community member collaborates with an arts community member. Jerry’s Collision Center is on a “maiden voyage” with a car show that features a music concert. “We wanted to give something to our customers, who invest so much in their cars, and thank them by providing a bit of a party day for everyone coming to Founder’s Day,” said corporate secretary (and Jerry’s wife!) Carol Gillen. “So we have arranged for the RiversEdge Band to entertain with a four hour ‘concert’”. RiversEdge is a country band that plays original and covers, old and new country music. The band consists of drums, bass, lead, rhythm
guitar, and steel guitar. The musicians have been together for almost twenty years. They have opened for Stephanie Bently, Ray Price and has been with Lonestar, Trace Adkins and Ray Price, and have also played along with Merle Haggard, Willie Nelson and Ray Price, The Best of the Breed at Bethel Woods. They are also performing at the 2012 Grahamsville Fair. (see story on page 3.) The car show’s display highlights the restoration efforts of Jerry’s and shows the results of the restoration processes. Jerry’s Collision Center is located at 61 Sullivan Street. For more information, call Jerry’s Collision Center at 845-888-0200.
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Destination.........................................................................wurtsboro “Sullivan County” - An Art Exhibit by the Wurtsboro Arts Alliance
Sullivan County, with its rolling hills, mountains, lakes and rivers, combined with scenic rural hamlets and farmland, is a place rich in natural beauty as well as rustic charm. It is also home to an incredible variety of wildlife. This area's natural beauty, charm and wildlife provide inspiration to a group of local artists whose works can be seen at the Wurtsboro Art Alliance (WAA) Gallery through July 22. Gene Weinstein is a member of the WAA whose magnificent photographs of bald eagles are on display. Following his retirement from teaching, Gene continued his interest in outdoor photography, particularly bald eagle behavior. For 22 years he was a volunteer bald eagle monitor for the D.E.C. in the NYS Bald Eagle Restoration Project. His articles and photos have been published in the AAA Car & Travel Magazine; Nature Photographer Magazine; Book of Lists Magazine (Westchester and Fairfield Counties); The New York Times; Sullivan County Tourism Guide; Kaatskill Life Magazine; and on National Park Delaware River Road signs. His photographs of bald eagles have been exhibited at the Museum of the Hudson Highlands; National Park Service Center
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“Catskill Retreat” by Linda Lou Bartle
“Beauty in Flight” by Gene Weinstein
(Narrowsburg); Sullivan County Community College (SCCC); The Times Herald Record Offices (Warwick); Marywood University (Scranton, PA); The Catskill Center for Conservation & Development (Arkville); Mount St. Mary's College; and Orange County Community College. Six of Gene's eagle photos were presented on behalf of SCCC’s Student Exchange Program to South Korean authorities, as uniquely representative of this region of New York State,
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USA. In 1999 he published a calendar titled, Bald Eagles in New York State. Most recently, over $2,000 worth of local bald eagle framed photos were donated to the Delaware Highlands Conservancy to support their efforts in preserving the environment. Another local artist whose work is featured at the WAA is Linda Lou Bartle, a resident of Yankee Lake. Linda Lou, who is also a member of the Wallkill River School, works from sketches and her own photography "using the
beauty of the Basha Kill area and Sullivan County Catskills." Linda is emotionally inspired by what she chooses to paint and hopes to convey that in her compositions of birds, landscapes and nature, using oil pastels, watercolor and soft body acrylics as her mediums of choice. The gallery will be open all day during Wurtsboro's Founders Day Celebration on July 7 and will be serving refreshments. There will also be demonstrations by member artists, and an artwork raffle. The Gallery is located at 73 Sullivan Street. For further information, email: info@waagallery.org, or visit the website at: www.waagallery.org.
Destination.........................................................................middletown D.W. Griffith: “Thou Shalt Not Kill”
D.W. Griffith’s first artistic ambitions had been literary in nature. While trying to establish himself as a playwright, he found employment as a stage actor and spent more than a decade touring America with D.W. Griffith various stock companies. It was not until 1907 that Griffith finally succeeded in having a play produced, and then it was a comprehensive flop. Still dreaming of finding fame as a writer, Griffith turned to the burgeoning motion picture industry, which was hungry for new talent. The Avenging Conscience, or Thou Shalt Not Kill (1914) is a film directed by Griffith. It is based on the Edgar Allan Poe short story The Tell-Tale Heart and E.A. Poe the poem Annabel Lee. The plot: Thwarted by his despotic uncle from continuing his love affair, a young man turns to thoughts of murder. Experiencing a series of visions, he sees murder as a normal
course of events in life and kills his uncle. Tortured by his conscience, his future sanity is uncertain as he is assailed by nightmarish visions of what he has done. The film stars famous silent players culled from Griffith’s actual film-repertory actors such as Henry B. Walthall, Blanche Sweet and Mae Marsh. The Avenging Conscience is being presented as one in a series of a collaboration between Cuddebackville’s Neversink Museum of History & Innovation and the Paramount Theatre. The Museum supplies the silent films and world-renowned (and favorite of Lillian Gish) film accompanist NYC’s and MOMA’s Ben Model, and the Paramount provides the grand-palace-style venue and THE MIGHTY WURLIZTER ORGAN for Model’s score. Model started playing piano for silents while attending NYU's film school, scoring films for 3 classes a week. While playing for these classes, he sought out and learned silent film accompaniment technique Model has been creating and performing musical scores for silent movies for 30 years. He plays piano, theatre organ and has written orchestral scores as well. He has been a resident silent film accompanist at the Museum of
Middletown calendar Cinema Reel Eclectic Film Series Jul 5, 7pm Afternoon Movie Jul 18, 2pm Thrall Library “The Avenging Conscience” D.W. Griffith w/Ben Model on the Mighty Wurlitzer Paramount Theatre, Jul 11, 7:30pm
Exhibits Ben Model often says of his work as a silent film accompanist that, “for a field that’s been dead more than 80 years, he’s doing pretty well”
Ronni Oxley “Appetite for Art” thru Jul 19 Reception: Jul 8, 2pm-4pm River Valley Artists Guild & SUNY OrangeSUNY New Paltz Connection Jul 31-Aug 23 Reception: Aug 5, 1pm-4pm Orange Hall Gallery,
Modern Art for nearly a quarter of a century. Model composes all his own scores, and performs in a style that is both evocative of the Music silent era and also aware of a contemporary (and Some Kinda Fun Festival Square, Jul 6, 7pm younger) audience's awareness of music and Harrison Street Band Festival Square, Jul 13, 7pm expectations of film scoring. Jeremy Langdale Band Festival Square, Jul 20, 7pm The Avenging Conscience is being shown The Saints Festival Square, Jul 27, 7pm at the Paramount Theatre on July 11 at Route 66 Festival Square, Aug 3, 7pm 7:30pm. Tickets can be obtained at the door. Plenty of parking is available across the Theatre - Musical Revue street from the Paramount. (Note: For pre-movie dining, see ad on bottom left for Mix N Mac and on page 43 for Carbonella’s Italian Restaurant)
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Destination...................................................................................................... To Market, To Market: Walden Farmers Market!
by J. A. Di Bello "To market, to market, to buy a fat pig." So goes opening of this traditional English nursery rhyme. Its enthusiasm may reflect the spirit of the new and improved Walden Farmers' Market, but there will be no livestock sale at the new Wooster's Grove location. The event, scheduled for Friday afternoons from 1:00pm5:30pm through October 14, is guided by the courageous and creative hand of Stephanie Faso, who states quite frankly that a major advantage of the Wooster's' Grove site is the availability of an immediate indoor facility, should a feisty, frequent and sometimes refreshing summer storm descend from the Shawangunk Ridge Prior to the advent of the industrial age, farmers' markets were simply a way of life. In the absence of the "supermarket" these village gatherings provided the opportunity for farmers/producers to interact directly with customers, eliminating the need for an expensive middleman. Consumers were also able to enjoy locally grown produce, produce grown in close proximity to their homes and offered by farmers known by their first names. The present-day farmers' market is an attempt
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to recreate the indisputable benefits of those markets. And, to emphasize the potential of fresh-picked, local veggies, a demonstration of related cooking techniques will be presented by the ever popular, crowd-pleasing Chef John Moultrie, Friday, July 27, at 1:00pm. There's a delicious, delectable atmosphere, waiting to be shared on Friday afternoons in Walden. For a taste, begin with a visit to the NY Pickleman, where a wide variety of pickled nuts and vegetables coexist alongside the notorious, prestigious, Pennsylvania "pickled
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egg," a bar food of notable taste and celebrated consequence. Featured, also, at Wooster's Grove is Wrights Orchard, Market and Bakery of Gardiner. A 500 acre five generation family farm boasting its jams, jellies, berries and as fall approaches look for some to-die-for apple cider donuts! Pressing for clarity and well deserved attention is the Adair Vineyard, a small familyowned winery and vineyard located in the scenic and historic Hudson Valley. From Washingtonville, and tastefully welcomed to the Walden Farmers' Market is Cornucopia Concept, a custom caterer known for its beef and bean empanada. Included in the Walden gathering is Phillies Bridge Farm, located on 65 scenic acres in New Paltz. It's a working farm that connects people to their food and the land by running educational programs, growing food for the community, and sharing part of the harvest with people in need. Rounding out the produce farms is Froelich Farm of Montgomery, a multigenerational, produce family farm whose reputation stretches throughout the Wallkill Valley. To sweeten the offering a tad is Honey
Alice Shane and Anne Loeb of band, Breakneckannie, have performed at Walden’s Farmers’ Market
Brook Farm of Pine Bush, bee-keepers in the Hudson Valley since 1968, who offer 100% all natural honey and honey bee products. Its honey is 100% pure, raw, unprocessed, uncooked, strained only-local honey. And just to keep things warm The Little Bake Shop of Rockland County’s Valley Cottage is expected to complement the market with fresh baked croissants, soft baked cookies, brownies, and scones. Enjoy the fruits and veggies of the summer. "Home again, home again, market is done!"
........................................................................................................Walden Ray Bradbury: Author & Lover (August 22, 1920 - June 5, 2012) Few noticed his name in the obits the first week of June. Those who did, no doubt stopped and searched their minds, wondering how or why they recognized that name, Bradbury. For Ginny Neidermier, Director of the Josephine-Louise Public Library in Walden, it understandably caught her attention. Her most memorable experience with Bradbury remains the allegorical collection of short episodes, contained in the novel Dandelion Wine, a rather successful attempt to take the pleasures and joys of a twelve year old boy and preserve them in a tightly sealed bottle. In addition to Bradbury's literary prowess as a writer of multiple genres, including mystery fantasy and science fiction, Ray Bradbury was a passionate, unyielding lover, a lover of libraries. Jennifer Steinhauer, New York Times (6/09) wrote of Bradbury's efforts to rescue a library in an article titled A Literary Legend Fights for a Local Library. She quoted Bradbury: "Libraries raised me. I don't believe in colleges and universities. I believe in libraries because most students
don't have any money. When I graduated from high school, it was during the Depression and we had no money. I couldn't go to college, so I went to the library three days a week for 10 years." Everyone seems to love the days of summer, especially when you're twelve years old, but the real impact of Bradbury's work lies in the publication and various interpretations of his classic Fahrenheit 451, where the firemen are employed not to extinguish fires but to collect and burn books. The circumstances under which this work came into existence are a story worth telling and relates emphatically to Bradbury's passion for libraries. As was the case during a significant portion of his young life, Bradbury needed things for which he could not pay. During the early part of the 1950's he desperately needed a cost prohibitive office. In a letter to the Fayetteville Public Library, which was
celebrating the publication of Fahrenheit 451, he described his regrettable circumstances. As he walked through the corridors of the UCLA Library, he heard the sound of typewriters, many typewriters, singing a beckoning call. The library, as was a custom at that time, had a room full of coin operated typewriters, 10 cents a half hour was the rate. Collecting all his gear he moved into the library's basement typing room with a bag of dimes ($9.80) to be exact and wrote a 25,000 word version of Fahrenheit 451, initially published in Gourmet magazine as a short story. All of his favorite writers Frost, Shakespeare, Steinbeck, Hemingway, and Thomas Wolfe were on the shelves above him, cheering and summoning his creativity. Although Bradbury took full advantage of the universityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s library, he never attended college, initially due to the lack of funds but latter he commented, "You can't learn to write
in college. It's a very bad place for writers because the teachers always think they know more than you do - and they don't." Known universally for informing the world of the kindling point of paper, the novel has been subjected to wide and varied interpretations. The most accurate has to be the known purpose of the author who emphatically stated it has nothing to do with McCarthyism or government censorship and was not by any stretch remotely connected to George Orwellâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 1984. He lamented on what he saw as the destination of society, an existence where individuals with short attention spans lack basic analytical skills and with a disinterest in reading the printed word are thus oblivious to reality, and forced to rely solely on a mesmerizing media. The poor man, he saw it coming!
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Destination...................................................................................................... Meet Marji Zintz - Guitarist and Vocalist by J.A. Di Bello For this writer, there's legitimate cause for pause when great expectations precede a musical performance, especially solo. And such was the experience on the second Tuesday of June, when guitarist, vocalist Marji Zintz performed at the Quarter Note Café in downtown Walden. Anxiety trashed; expectations were more than achieved, as a brief evening of frequently nostalgic melodies filtered through a warm, cappuccino scented atmosphere. As prophetic as Dylan's lyrics may seem, few are more appropriate to the recent events in downtown Walden than "...times they are a-changin'." A spark among many to ignite that "changin" is Zintz, a multitalented musician. Her performances are booked from 6:00pm to 8:00pm, second Tuesday of each month at the Quarter Note Café, a cozy, comfy rendezvous on Orchard Street. Marji's talent enables her to recreate and expand a musical atmosphere so reminiscent of the sixties and seventies. A
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time of fear, hope, disappointment and tragedies of legendary proportions. A time branded on memory. But that was then and this is now and to a significant degree the cliché stands, for Marji Zintz brings to the stage of this snug hideaway the expertise of a legitimate musician. A remarkably clear, high soprano, she represents the candor and poetry that was so much a part of those turbulent times. Her ability to apply melodic narratives to traditional folk music and the genre of the protest ballad recreates a memorable place in musicology and a voice that remains germane in the current storm. Observers, audiences, et al tend to display a common curiosity when exposed to talent of the magnitude displayed by Marji. How did she get here? Why does one claim performance as a vocation? As with many who take to the lights, the grease paint and appreciative audiences, it all began during those formative years. Parents have an obligation to teach directly and perhaps even a greater obligation to expose.
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Exposure, frequently overlooked as an integral part of the formative years, is not always by design. Frequently it "just happens!" Marji's dad, a member of Tom Brokaw's "Greatest Generation" was, if not an accomplished vocalist, certainly prolific and knowledgeable musicologist. It was the lyrics and melodies of the Big-Band era that filled the family's automobile as they motored through North Jersey. And it was in that confined studio that Marji, her dad and sister toyed, experimented and perfected the limitations and complexities of three-part harmony. Marji's training in the field of music was via her participation in the school groups, chorus, a capella and stage productions. She is a self-taught guitarist. Self-taught that is, with the assistance of a Peter, Paul and Mary song book, containing those neat little diagrams, illustrating the finger-fret placement for each cord used. As Marji presents herself in concert she has a neat little CD for sale, Lullabies for
Big Babies. Contained here is a sensitively presented, ever appropriate lament by Australian folk song artist Eric Bogle, My Youngest Son Came Home Today. Also find here the ever Marji Zintz popular soft rock Desperado, originally presented by the Eagles in the 70s. When Marji asks for requests, stand and suggest one of these two classics. Also request, especially if you're at the Quarter Note Café, the three part medley Marji's developing to compensate for the sweetened swooooosh of the cappuccino machine. Enjoy! The Quarter Note Café is located at 42 Orchard Street. For information, call 845-778-7594. For more information on Marji, visit her website: wwwmarjizintz.com.
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Walden calendar sponsored by Walden Business Association
Vocal Students Quarter Note Cafe, Jul 19, 6pm The Feds Jul 21,Wooster Grove, 6:30pm Open Mic Quarter Note Cafe, Jul 26, 6pm Sarah D. Aug 4, Wooster Grove, 6:30pm
Demo “Cooking with John Moultrie” Jul 27, 1pm
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Chess Club Mondays, 6pm-8pm Chess Club Saturdays, 10am-2pm Scrabble Club Thursdays 6pm-8pm Knitting Group Thursdays, 6:30pm Josephine-Louise Library
Six Stories Told Jul 7, Wooster Grove, 6:30pm Pine Bush Community Band Jul 9, Wooster Grove, 6:30pm
Marji Zintz Quarter Note Cafe, Jul 10, 6pm Jazz Pioneers Jul 16, Wooster Grove, 6:30pm Kyle Miller & Friends Quarter Note Cafe, Jul 17, 6pm
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by Derek Leet Threat # 1 - Mainstream Tim Porco, Jimmy Reber, and Rosie Rion have had the pleasure of making music together for a few years. By reaching into the genres of classic country, blues, and rock 'n' roll, Tanager hope to be a part of the Americana movement, which steps away from the over-produced music of our day and seeks to bring organized, homegrown music to the spotlight. Featuring original material, as well as fun and familiar covers, this band just wants everybody to have a good time listening to their set! The threat? Rosie on
bass! Tanager perform every first Tuesday at the Quarter Note Cafe. Threat # 2 - Jazz Betty MacDonald, a well-known jazz violinist who passed in 2010, used to invite Rosie to sit in with her jazz trios when they performed locally. The teenager and jazz great had known each other and had been playing together on bass and violin since Rosie was in grade school. Threat # 3 - Classical "When I speak of the gifted listener, I am speaking of the non-musician, primarily. Of the listener who intends to maintain his
amateur status. It is the thought of just such a listener that excites the composer in me." - Aaron Copland Many people are not aware that Rosie Rion is not only a cellist, but is also a gifted classical composer. One only needs to listen to the swatches of Duet for Piano & Cello in c minor, Duet for Electric Cello and Symphony in g minor on www.roserion.com to know that Rosie’s music is mostly a combination of classical and romantic melodic styles, making the pieces, some written when she was in high school and college, highly accessible to the untrained ear. I only wish Copland was more in tune (pun intended) to his quote. Rosie has the quote on
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her website, and to my ear, adheres to it more successfully than Copland did. All her selections have a wonderfully innocent quality, and the major link between the music is that all the works have an almost painful, haunting quality. The shortness of the snippets left me yearning to hear the entire pieces.
Samuel E. Wright: Another Triple Threat! Editor’s note: As the July 2012 CANVAS was about to go to press, we received a last minute notification about three plays to be performed at the New Rose Theatre, all of them murder mystery whodunits by Playwright, Director and Actor, Samuel E. Wright (see photo) of the Hudson Valley Conservatory. The Murder Mystery Comedy Series begins on July 20 and ends on August 17. See the ad on page 37 for titles and dates.
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Destination...................................................................................................... The Healing Art Gallery: Nancy Copley
An exhibition of work by Accord resident and renowned architect Nancy Copley will be shown at the Healing Art Gallery in Ellenville Regional Hospital thru August 10. Her home has been featured as one of the top 20 houses in Architectural Digest (2007); and Taschen Books 100 Contemporary Houses (2011). The exhibition includes original drawings and blueprints of the house, progress shots of the construction process, architectural models, and Ellenville Hospital is located at 10 Healthy a selection of watercolor paintings. Way. For information call 845-210-3043.
A Moment in Time at The Gallery Link
Artist Bill Winters returns to the Gallery Link with an exhibit of local landscapes, a favorite of community members and art lovers alike. The exhibition, called A Moment in Time, will be on display thru August 2. The Gallery Link is located in Ellenville Public Library & Museum, 40 Center Street. For information: 845-647-5530. For more about Bill Winters, visit: www.billwintersart.com.
Destination...............................................pine bush Free Friday Music!
The Pine Bush Area Arts Council brings performers from all over the Hudson Valley to the free Memorial Bandstand Concerts Friday nights at 7:00pm. On July 13, SummerStar Theatre’s Rodgers & Hammerstein extravaganza, A Grand Night for Singing, will be performed by outstanding singers. Subsequent concerts include the SUNY Orange Symphonic Band, conducted by Kevin Scott, and the Pine Bush Community Band. The Bandstand is behind 65 Main Street. Bring chairs or blankets!
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Pine Bush Community Band Keeps Busy!
In 1982, a small group of local musicians formed the Pine Bush Community Band. The band performed free public concerts in the Pine Bush area. Today, under the direction of Robert G. Groth, the tradition continues, and the small group has grown to a full concert band. The Band has a busy summer season ahead as it travels from a July 9 Walden concert back home for its Pine Bush Bandstand event on July 20 at 7:00pm. Pine Bush Community Band Fron there, the local group travels to Budd All concerts are free. You can visit the band Memorial Park in Otisville for a July 29 gig. at: www.PineBushCommunityBand.com.
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“Old Napanoch Bridge” by Bill Winters
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The Revival of Cragsmoor's Renaissance Decade: Music & Art, 1975-1985 by Naomi Kennedy
Influenced by the 1976 Bicentennial, the Cragsmoor Free Library sponsored the A giant amongst art communities, Cragsmoor Cragsmoor's Renaissance Decade: Music and is a small hamlet of approximately 500 people Art, 1975-1985 exhibitions. Paintings were which sits atop the Shawangunk Ridge in Ulster borrowed from museums and private collections County. As early as 1870, artists discovered the all over the country. Over the course of 10 years, natural beauty of this ridge. By 1880, in the these exhibits traveled to 25 different museums midst of the Industrial Revolution, an art colony throughout the country from Niagara Falls to was established. Louisiana. "It was a very exciting time," says Many artists were inspired by the rocky Maureen Radl, one of the organizers. outcroppings, jagged cliffs, waterfalls, unique In 1974, Bob Rogers, the director of the vegetation, and magnificent views of the Cragsmoor concerts and an orchestra conductor Catskill Mountains and the Rondout, Wallkill for Broadway theater and dance companies, and Hudson Valleys. The hamlet of Cragsmoor produced professional concerts on his lawn in is considered one of the earliest art colonies in Cragsmoor. In 1976, the annual exhibition was the Country. coordinated with the annual concert. These Early painters of the area include Edward exhibitions and concerts were put together with Lamson Henry and his wife Frances a tremendous amount of support from the Livingston Wells, and artist/explorer Frederick community. S. Dellenbaugh. With the arrival of landscape Sparked by Rogers, with the sponsorship of painters such as George Inness Jr., son of the Cragsmoor Historical Society, the historic George Inness, the colony began to grow. art colony on the Shawangunk Ridge now Inness's 42 room mansion is the largest on the revisits the artistic revival that flourished on the mountain. More than a century later, Cragsmoor mountain more than thirty years ago. "This is a continues to thrive and is listed on the National celebration of not just the artists, but also all the Register of Historic Places for the architectural people who worked together to make this integrity of its buildings. happen," said Radl. ellenville / Cragsmoor calendar Exhibits
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Bill Winters “A Moment in Time” The Gallery Link, thru Aug 2 Small Works Auction ArtsWAVE, Jul 28, 5pm-5:30pm (Preview 2pm-4pm) “The Revival of Cragsmoor’s Renaissance Decade: Music and Art, 1975-1985” Cragsmoor Historical Society, Jul 13-15
Music - Classical “A Little Summer Muisic” Tenor, Harp & Piano Trio Cragsmoor Historical Society, Jul 15, 3pm
Music - Jazz Aroma Thyme Bistro, Thusdays, 8pm-11pm
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Cragsmoor talent in 1974: Bach’s Brandenburg Concerto #2. (photo courtesy Bob Rogers)
Maureen has lived in Cragsmoor for over 40 years and has seen her neighbors struggle to maintain the uniqueness of their hamlet. "The residents of Cragsmoor have a tremendous amount of pride in this rural and unique hamlet. It's a place that has attracted seekers of beauty for a long time and is still a very active artist colony," said Radl. The current exhibit will include memorabilia, photographs, recorded music, and one painting from each of the eleven earlier exhibitions. The revival of Cragsmoor's Renaissance Decade: Music and Art, 1975-1985 will be held on July 13-15 at the Cragsmoor Historical Society, 349 Cragsmoor Road. On July 13 at 8:00pm there is a Champagne
Opening and Introduction to the Exhibition by Robert Rogers, Director of Cragsmoor Concerts and Maureen Radl, one of the organizers of art exhibitions for the Cragsmoor Free Library during the Renaissance Decade. The exhibition is open to the public from 10:00am on July 14 and 15. Suggested donation is $5. At 3:00pm on July 15, A Little Summer Music will be performed, directed by Robert Rogers with Jon Garrison, tenor; Victoria Drake, harpist; and introducing pianist, Kevin Garcia. A suggested donation of $20 will benefit the CHS Building Restoration Fund. For more information call: 845-647-6487 or 845-647-6384.
“Fully Committed” thru Jul 15 “A Song at Twilight” Jul 20-Aug 5 Shadowland Theatre
Poetry Reading (Teens) “Be Dif Rent” ArtsWAVE, Aug 2 TBA
Puppetry “The City that Drinks the Mountain Sky” Arms of the Sea Theater Center & Market Streets, Jul 12, 7pm
Recreation Chalk Night ages 3 & up Ellenville Library, Jul 2, 6:30pm
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Digital / Dig It / DIGit 2012: An Exhibition of Convergant Art Forms by Philip Ehrensaft Experimental theater gives way to experimental digital visual art over the July 1315 weekend at NACL in Highland Lake. The upper case/lower case combination of letters in the name of the annual exhibition, DIGit, conveys a double message. First, DIGit founder Pat Carullo wants us to understand that visual art is the last remaining arts sector where creating with bits and bytes has only taken first tentative steps. Second, in the spirit of Woodstock, Carullo wants us to rejoice in the new horizons of digital visual art, to Dig It! Have fun getting our brain waves and aesthetic sensibilities edified. Rejoice in an exhibit where digital art will join forces with fourteen performers of music, poetry, and theater. Hence the Convergent Art Forms sub-title for the event. Celebrating the natural glories of the Delaware River and its surrounding watershed will be front and center in this high tech multiarts exhibit. Plus the need to protect the region's ecology both for its beauty and for its role in providing water supplies for New York City. Art made with iPads, iPods and iMacs may seem like a supremely big city activity, rather out of place in a small Catskill town. But it's actually very characteristic of high tech sensibilities. A “major fraction” of America's high tech talent has relocated to places like the Hudson Valley and the Delaware River regions. There's a tight bond between the world of digital invention and the very analogue world of field, forests and rivers. The time lag between the visual arts and other art forms in embracing digital technology is indeed curious. In music, a network of daring composers were not only early adopters of new computer technologies, but often innovators in computer science. The seminar ColumbiaPrinceton Electronic Music Center was established back in 1959. Computers both rewrote the book on recording music and also democratized recording, via drastically lowering the costs of capturing high quality sound. When we enter a new concert hall to hear an ensemble playing purely acoustical instruments, what we hear are mediated via computer-aided designs by acoustical architects.
As to the "film industry", when was the last time that you or I saw a movie that was actually shot on film? Files from digital movie cameras are processed by a phalanx of MacPro computers so we can see them via digital projectors on the big screen, or a digital TV at home. Live theater increasingly makes use of digital technology in the performance itself, not just digital wizardly driving infrastructure like lighting or sound. For books, we moved in short order to a market where more electronic books are now sold than tomes produced via Gutenburg's older revolution of mass mechanical printing on paper. And, as Carullo points out, we ain't seen nothin' yet. We're changing every conception of a book. Right now, it's mainly saving a lot of backs by making it possible to carry dozens and dozens of books in a Kindle or iPad. A book on say, opera, should be more than just an electronic image of the print version: it's inherent in digital technology to imbed sound and video files at appropriate points in the text. Or to having animated graphs in a book on calculus, the mathematics of change. But wait until we have works of fiction where sounds, images, and even physical vibrations and bumps are an integral part of telling the story. In the visual arts, Carullo maintains, digital technology is at a point parallel to the Renaissance moment when the new technology of oil paints on canvas appeared, to ultimately replace egg tempura paint on boards. Except, contrasting with a rapid embrace oil and canvas by Renaissance artists, most of today's visual artists have slowly seized, if at all, the aesthetic potential of digital technologies. I observed and wondered about this reticence with my daughter and her cohort while she jointly pursued a Ph.D. in psychology and a visual arts degree. Esther aced her advanced statistics courses, so mastering computer technology was no barrier. But her edgy art was made with oil and canvas, or found objects. Material objects, no bits or bytes. In his second successive career, Carullo is out to change that reflex. His first career involved working with Adobe to upend publishing, graphics and photography via Adobe's gamechanger software. In 2002, Carullo joined the
high tech emigration to bucolic exurbia. Specifically, to the Pennsylvania side of the Delaware River, near Damascus. In time for energy companies to propose local shale gas drilling. Carullo employed his computer expertise to leverage the Damascus Citizens organization's ultimately successful opposition to the drilling. Now the road is clear for Carullo to focus more of his efforts on creating digital art. Not having been to art school, Carullo had to train himself. That sort of situation doesn't daunt high
tech entrepreneurs. As one such entrepreneur stated to me: “Thank God I didn't go to business school. I would have learned that what I do is impossible.” You get a preview of Carillo's digital art in the accompanying photo of a sculpture constructed of translucent variably colored LP's topped by animated art programmed on an iPad. It's a wry comment of the fleeting nature of the world as we know it. This nifty iPad shall also come to pass. Quicker than we think. The DIGit exhibition hours are 7pm-10pm on July 6; 12pm-9pm on July 7 and 12pm-4pm on July 8. The NACL Theater is at 110 Highland Lake Road in Highland Lake. For information call: 845-557-0694.
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Debra Winger to Host Barnfest 2012!
Catskill Mountainkeeper is a grassroots advocacy organization dedicated to protecting and preserving the irreplaceable Catskill Region. They are equally committed to fighting threats to our region and pursuing opportunities for sustainable growth. They are also focused on maintaining our region’s capacity to provide pure unfiltered water to over 17 million people, the continuation of our important foodshed, providing local healthy food to the entire NY metro area and protecting our authentic wilderness so that it can be enjoyed by all. They represent the citizens of seven counties - Albany, Delaware, Greene, Otsego, Schoharie, Sullivan and Ulster as well as both the Upper Delaware and Susquehanna River basins which reach from Cooperstown well into Pennsylvania and include the vast forest preserve of the Catskill Park. Three time Academy Award nominated actress, fracking activist and public health advocate, Debra Winger will host Barnfest 2012 for the organization at The Hills Country Resort in Callicoon Center on July 14 from 3:00pm to 7:00pm Local food will be available for purchase and there will be an art auction, penny social and other fun activities for the entire family with live
performances including (tentatively) the world famous father-daughter duo Bethany and Peter Yarrow (of Peter, Paul and Mary). Last year, in torrential downpours, more than Debra Winger 500 people celebrated at BarnFest. As always entry into, and drinks including beer, at Barnfest are FREE and it’s also rain or shine! Donate to Catskill Mountainkeeper so that they can continue to fight! Visit the website, www.catskillmountainkeeper.com or mail a check to: Catskill Mountainkeeper, Box 381, Youngsville, NY 12791. For information: 845-482-5400. CANVAS FARM DIRECTORY
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NACL Farm Show in Barryville & Callicoon
NACL Theatre is swooping in for two local stops on a "barnstorming" tour of The Little Farm Show, the critically acclaimed, all-ages musical extravaganza about farming and food justice. Created and performed by Tannis Kowalchuk and Brett Keyser, who star as “The Magnificent MacDonald Twins,” The Little Farm Show is performed FREE due to generous sponsorships from local businesses and organizations. Bring the family to the Barryville Farmers' Market on July 28 at noon, or to the Callicoon Farmers' Market on July 29 at noon. For more information call: 845-557-0694
Warwick Summer Arts Festival “FARM FEST” The Warwick Summer Arts Festival is in it’s 13th year. “It isn’t summer without the Arts Festival,” said resident Gabrielle Wilbur. This summer’s performances include three internationally known bands from NYC, a sitespecific dance work created for the Festival by Isis Movement Company, and the premiere of Warwick Dances, a short film featuring many local citizens. The line-up also includes Georgian and Brazilian music and the 12-piece Afro-beatmeets-jazz orchestra Zongo Junction. The
group blends West African rhythms with funk, jazz and soul, guaranteed to bring audiences to their feet. The Festival is set for the weekend of July 13, 14 & 15 with concerts at Scheuermann Farm & Greenhouses in Pine Island and Stanley Deming Park in the Village of Warwick. Bring a picnic dinner and enjoy some of the show! The full summer line up will be announced in the coming weeks. For up to date information, visit the Festival website at www.warwickarts.org.
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Destination..........................................................................Port Jervis The 14th Annual Port Jervis ArtsWalk
The CANVAS Beat with Tina Piaquadio
84West Leads Straight to a Good Time
The Port Jervis ArtsWalk is a free outdoor festival with over 100 participating artists lining the streets of historic Port Jervis. The ArtsWalk features many aspects of the arts: the sounds of musical entertainers fill the air and dance troupes entertain the crowds. Food vendors offer a wide variety of delicious treats. And after a day of enjoying the premier art work in Artist’s Alley (an exclusive area reserved for select artists chosen by the Port Jervis Council for the Arts) and the superb hand crafted offerings of Crafters Corners, stop into one of the local eateries for dinner or a snack and head back out into the street for a block party! There will be exciting local musicians lined up to play their hearts out
from 6:00pm to 9:00pm. Bring a chair or a blanket, your friends and neighbors and your children because that’s not the end…at dark (approximately 9:20pm) for the first time ever, they will be showing a FREE outdoor movie on the big screen, thanks to Majestic Cinemas 7. It is the 30th anniversary of ET and it will be shown right on Front Street! Presented by the Tri-State Chamber of Commerce and the City of Port Jervis,the 14th Annual Arts Walk takes place in downtown Port Jervis on July 21, from 11:00am - 5:00pm. The rain date is July 22. Special thanks to Arts Benefactor Event Sponsor: Orange & Rockland Utilities! For information call 845-856-6694.
UpFront Gallery is featuring the Art of Charlie Lang.thru July 29. UpFront currently has over 30 artists of all mediums included in this exhibit. They include: Alyta Adams, Shaunty Artandtattoo, Adrienne Butvinik, Donna Jeanne Carver, Rusty Coelho, Georgina Copanzzi, Lisa Cullen, Nancy Davis-Kessler, Debbie Gioello, Gordon Graff, James Gwynne, Julia Healy, Karen Hinnrichs, Don Hutchison, Teresa Idelowitz,
Alan Kaplan, Jane Brennan Koeck, Peter Koenig, Tyler Allen Kolvenbach, Diane Kominick-Ouzoonian, Charlie Lang, Gary Martin, Josh Mayfield, Geoff Morse, Stephen P. O'Donnell Sr., Joe Petrosi, Nick Roes, Anna Ruzsan, Gabor Ruzsan, Frank Shuback, Howard Steiman, Kea Tawana, Wendell M. Upchurch, and Greg Zukowski. UpFront is located at 31 Jersey Avenue. For information 845-856-2727.
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Until 2008, 84West was simply a few friends jamming together for fun - literally, a "garage band." Eventually, friends of the musicians requested the band for their parties, which led to some bar gigs, fundraisers, and other paid performances. Named for their current home in Milford, the guys all live on the west side of I84. The members of 84West range in age from early 40's to early 50's. Guitarist and New Jersey native Bob Redden played guitar as a teenager, stopped after college, picked it up again in 2001, and hasn't put it down since. Bassist Bill Becker from central Pennsylvania started playing guitar at age 10, but picked up the bass in 2007. His father is an accomplished jazz guitarist out of Harrisburg, PA. Ernie Sandonato, also originally from New Jersey, is on vocals and guitar. He has been playing since he was in his teens. Ireland-born drummer Mike McManus sat in on his father's band sessions as a boy, and has played in a variety of bands in Ireland as well as here in the United States. They started without a drummer, playing acoustic versions of classic rock songs, but felt there was a significant void in the music. A drum machine was added to the mix, but as Redden said, "…that turned into a Spinal Tap moment - a total train wreck." Ernie brought in his neighbor, Mike to sit in on drums and the void was filled. They added him to the band
graciously and have played together as a foursome ever since. Considering themselves a classic rock cover band, 84West guarantees a good time with songs from the 60's, 70's and 80's - and they throw in a few modern songs too. They are sure to include plenty of party music to get people up and dancing. "We try not to take ourselves too seriously...we like to have a good time and look to make sure people who come out to see us have a good time," says guitarist Redden. 84West will be performing on July 25 at 7:00pm at the Riverside Park Concert Series in Port Jervis, and July 27 at 9:00pm at the Silver Lake Tavern in Dingmans Ferry. Their website for gig updates and contact for hire is www.84westrock.com.