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

June 2021

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From The Publisher... by Barry Plaxen Well, it’s about time, don’t you think? We’re back and you’ve got us! And lucky you and us - we’ve got all this “stuff” right in our own backyards: Live theatre is back with short plays in Monroe and South Fallsburg. Also back is the Goshen Art Walk, a Psychic Fair and an art gallery in Wurtsboro, and... A new 60s museum exhibit in Bethel and a new LP/vinyl fair in Warwick, live concerts in Chester, Milford, Phillipsport and Port Jervis, Broadway stars in Forestburgh and jazz stars in Marlboro, discussions in Shohola and on Zoom, poetry in Campbell Hall, dance in Walden, Pride and “queer” events in Damascus, Hurleyville, Livingston Manor and Warwick... Art Exhibits in Callicoon, Goshen, Hurleyville, Lords Valley, Livingston Manor, Montgomery, Narrowsburg, Newburgh, Port Jervis, Tuxedo and Wurtsboro...

An outdoor chalk event in Ellenville, an indoor climb in Dingmans Ferry, a 1930s farm in Grahamsville, and farm animals in Otisville for kids, Synchronicities of the month: (well almost). Mobster Dutch Schultz mentioned in stories for Hurleyville and two libraries, Kurt Rohde in Jeffersonville and Kristina Rode in Lords Valley. Quote of the month: “Rondieaoux: Allegretto grazioso, ma non troppo presto, però non troppo adagio. Così-così - con molto garbo ed espressione.” Highlights of the Month: A new venue in Pine Bush: (UFO and Paranormal Museum), and sculptures (odd wads) made by an artist with broken wrists using only his mouth, teeth, palate, and tongue in Narrowsburg. Thanks to all the creatives in our area, to our readers, and, of course, to our advertisers who make the paper happen! It’s good to be back!

Farewell, Friend Community Arts: News, Views And Schedules Publisher, Barry Plaxen barry@dhcanvas.com Editor, Sophia Krcic editor@dhcanvas.com

photo by Mary Endico

We all loved stopping by Endico Watercolors in Sugar Loaf and being greeted by your gorgeous eyes and wagging tail, Brattie Girl. Our Bob is heart-broken and does not know whom else to give biscuits to when he makes his monthly delivery rounds. Hugs to Mary Endico & Bob Fugett. - Barry, Bob & Sophie

Letters To The Editor Just happy to have heard that CANVAS is still breathing and not out to pasture permanently! So pleased to see signs of you around town, Barry and hear from you! Thinking of you both. - Karen Gersch, artist, Montgomery Many thanks for all that you do for all of us in the arts, Barry. Fern Franke, The Falcon, Marlboro I’m hoping to hear that the beloved publication, The CANVAS, is almost

back in print. Best wishes to you, Barry and families as we struggle through the pandemic. - Kevin Owen, author, Wurtsboro Welcome Back! We have missed you! I am so happy you all are up and running again. CANVAS has been on hiatus during the pandemic and is coming back! YAY! I always loved the free Art papers. - Erin Dudley, Hurleyville Performing Arts Centre

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In Memoriam

Samuel E. Wright November 20, 1946 - May 24, 2021 Sam was THE perfect example of the myriad of Orange County artists who are professional - in his case, world renown - and yet share their art locally and also pass it on to our local youth. Thank you, Sam. We are blessed to have known you. Good night, sweet King. Cover photo by Joan Marcus©

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Artists’ Market, Shohola ��12 Bethel Woods Museum ��5 Catskill Art Society, Livingston Manor ��7, 20 Delaware Valley Arts Alliance ��17 Desmond Center, Newburgh ��12 Ellenville Library & Museum ��12, 19 Falcon, Marlboro ��15, 20 Farm Arts Collective, Damascus ��4 Forestburgh Playhouse ��16 Four Seasons Chorale, Port Jervis ��4 Frank Shuback, sculptor ��19 Gallery222, Hurleyville ��12 Gallery at Chant Realtors, Lords Valley ��12 Goshen Art League ��18

Goshen Art Walk ��14 Hudson Valley Science Cafe ��12 Hurleyville Performing Arts Centre ��4, 15 Illuminate Goshen ��14 Illuminate Pride, Warwick ��12 Kindred Spirits Arts, Milford ��18 Mamakating Farmer’s Market ��12 Music for Humanity ��20 Music Institute of Sullivan & Ulster ��3, 12 Music on Market, Ellenville ��3, 12 Naomi Teppich, sculptor ��7 New Rose Theatre, Walden ��5 Noble Coffee Roasters, Campbell Hall ��12 Original Vinyl, Warwick ��17 Phillipsport Community Center ��3 Pine Bush First Fridays ��3 Playhouse at Museum Village, Monroe ��12 Pocono Environmental Education Ctr., ��12 Port Jervis Library ��19 Rivoli Theater, South Fallsburg ��16 Time & The Valleys Museum, Grahamsville 12 Tuxedo Arts & Music ��12 UFO & Paranormal Museum, Pine Bush ��3 Village of Otisville ��12 Wallkill River School, Montgomery ��6 Weekend of Chamber Music ��14 Wurtsboro Art Alliance ��5

Guest Artists Join with Ellenville’s Trio Soli-Tude Marianne Osiel is a consummate multi-instrumentalist, singer-songwriter and arranger, with her music rooted in classical, blues, folk, and other genres. Osiel will be guest oboist with Trio Soli-tude along with guest artist flutist Stefani Starin for the June 17 Zoom concert sponsored by Ellenville’s Music on Market series. Trio Soli-tude is David Fiedler (violin), Anastasia Solberg (viola) and Anik Oulianine (cello). They have been performing monthly during the

pandemic on both Zoom and Facebook. The five artists will perform two classical warhorses, Mozart’s Oboe Quartet and his Flute Quartet plus Adolphe Blanc’s String Trio #3. Adolphe Blanc (1828-1885) was a French composer of chamber music. His refined music lies in the Romantic Viennese tradition of ‘hausmusik’ for private performance, music that was essentially peripheral to the public musical life of his contemporary Paris, which was centered on opera, and as a

Crowd Pleasers in Phillipsport The Phillipsport Community Center Monthly Music Night is now an outside event following CDC guidelines. The season’s opening concert features music by the Search & Rescue Orchestra, featuring the amazing guitarist Steve Schwartz, Borscht Belt Belter Joanna Gass with her awesome vocals and her crowd-pleasing schtick, and their top drawer musician-friends. The community center is located at 657 Red Hill Road, Phillipsport. The concert is on June 19 at 7:00pm. Admission

includes a piece of Andy’s famous pie and a non-alcoholic drink. Masks required when entering the building. Rain date: June 26. For info: 845-313-1772.

result Blanc has been largely overlooked. He was conductor at the Théâtre Lyrique in Paris from 1855-1860. Because of its large S. Starin amount of virtuosic D. Fiedler A. Solberg A. Oulianine M. Osiel playing on the part of the oboe and the indication in existence: “Rondieaoux: large degree to which the strings simply Allegretto grazioso, ma non troppo accompany the oboist, Mozart’s Oboe presto, però non troppo adagio. Cosìcosì - con molto garbo ed espressione.” Quartet almost resembles a concerto. The virtual ZOOM concert is on June Trivia: Mozart’s Flute Quartet No. 4 in A major, K. 298 has the longest tempo 17 at 7:30pm. See ad page 15.

Pine Bush UFO Museum Opens June 4 After a number of heavily attended Pine Bush UFO Festivals in recent years, the Town of Crawford’s hopes for a UFO Museum, following in the footsteps of the highly successful tourist attraction/museum in Roswell, NM, have finally come to fruition. The Pine Bush UFO & Paranormal Museum will be housed in the Small Business, Tourism and Events Center at 86 Main Street. A ribbon-cutting ceremony will take

place outside, June 4 at 6:00pm during Pine Bush’s First Fridays, a monthly family-fun happening from 4:00pm-7:00pm, with local artists, Photo by Sue Wiand artisans, makers and musicians showcased along the Main Street sidewalk and the Gazebo area, and with many stores and restaurants offering specials. See ad on page 15 for more. The Museum will be open to the public on June 5.

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FREE Four Freedoms in Port Jervis The Four Seasons Chorale is pleased to announce their rescheduled concert entitled, Freedom of Worship on June 6 at 3:00pm. The concert, deriving its title from the famous Kathy Brink Norman Rockwell paintings The Four Freedoms, will reflect some of the diversity of religious traditions within the United States. The Chorale has been busy recording two songs to present at the concert. Mark Laubach Because of pandemic protocol, the group will be presenting the songs virtually. “We will also present a video of the Backyard Brass Trumpet Quintet performing a piece by Amy Beach along with some small vocal group videos,” said Maestra Kathy Brink. The chorale will share the concert with Mark Laubach, who has served as Organist and Choirmaster of St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church in WilkesBarre, the Pro-Cathedral of the Diocese of Bethlehem, where he administers an active liturgical and choral music program, concert series, and Music from

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St. Stephen’s, a radio broadcast heard weekly on WVIA 89.9 FM Public Radio. Mark will perform on First Presbyterian’s A.M. Romme & Son organ, featuring works by J.S. Bach, Mendelssohn, Handel and others. There is no admission fee; donations will be accepted. The concert will take place in the handicapped accessible First Presbyterian Church’s Sanctuary, 60 Sussex Street, Port Jervis. CDC guidelines will be followed and they ask that audience members wear masks and socially distance. There is ample room in the church sanctuary for everyone to attend safely. For more information, call Kathy Brink at 570-430-1755. This program is made possible with funds from the Decentralization Program, a regrant program of the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew Cuomo and the New York State Legislature and administered by Arts Mid-Hudson

“Queer Gardening” at HPAC & FAC Is there such a thing as a (FAC) at Willow Wisp farm queer plant? A queer garden? in Damascus, 1 mile across Well what does queer the river from Callicoon, for mean anyway? A 40-minute a magical midsummer night presentation by theater scholar of flora and conversation with and local landscape gardener McGurl, a walkabout and a Mimi McGurl, a freelance short performance. director and dramaturg in “We will begin with a walk the Catskills, will answer through the Willow Wisp these questions and more. flower field, and then enjoy Mimi & a friend ☺ Beginning with refreshments and some basic science a conversation about the mating with Farm habits of flowers, Arts Collective the talk will then ensemble member consider the (and gardener), range of flowers Mimi McGurl, in historically her presentation associated with entitled Queer gay and lesbian Plants and identity, and will Gardens”, said Jess & Tannis in “Flower to Power” end with a re-imagining of the biblical FAC director Tannis Kowalchuk. Garden of Eden. The evening will conclude with a The “In-Person Outdoors” event is botanical performance art piece entitled at the Hurleyville Performing Arts Flower to the Power, performed live by Centre, 219 Main Street, on June 13 at FAC “perfarmers” (sic), Jess Beveridge 2:00pm. For tickets: 845-693-4119. and Kowalchuk. Each attendee will receive seeds to For tickets to the June 26, 7:30pm plant in their home gardens. performance, phone: 570-798-9530. After her stint in Hurleyville, McGurl For more information, email: info@ moves on to the Farm Arts Collective farmartscollective.org

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Wurtsboro Art Alliance Opens Gallery The Wurtsboro dedicated work of Art Alliance (WAA) Town Supervisor will open their John Janet Lybolt and Neilson Gallery her team. With doors at 73 Sullivan approximately 1600 Street for a reception square feet of space, on June 5 from the group is elated to Noon-4:00pm. fill the Gallery again The WAA has for with art and present “Flying Turtle” by Elly Knierieman many years consisted it to the public. of a group of local artists During this summer dedicated to showcasing of re-building, the WAA their work to Sullivan hopes to offer classes County, and like so many again such as jewelry other endeavors, this making and children’s effort came to a standstill art as soon as possible. during Covid-19.Through New members who great assistance from the wish to display their Town of Mamakating, work for sale, and the Gallery will again volunteer time to upkeep provide local artists the the Gallery are always opportunity to share welcome! and sell their paintings, Visit waagallery.org jewelry, pottery, and for more information. more, with all proceeds Better yet, stop by the “Dazzling Dahlia” by Midge Monat going directly to the Gallery at 73 Sullivan artists themselves and the ongoing work Street on any June Saturday between of running the Gallery. the hours of Noon-4:00pm, see some There have been lovely renovations to beautiful works of art, and ask one of the the space, forced by a water line break Wurtsboro Art Alliance members about this past winter, made possible by the participating.

1960s San Francisco at Bethel Woods “For me, the posters were emblematic of an exciting new style of poster-making that was ‘outside the box’ of traditional poster forms... the posters were (and they remain) graphically and visually stunning.” - Gary Westford, Collector. The exhibit Lights, Color, Fashion: Psychedelic Posters and Patterns of 1960s San Francisco showcases a phenomenal ensemble of San Francisco rock posters and fashion gathered by Gary Westford. Originally slated to open in spring of 2020, the exhibit truly signifies a light at the end of a tunnel for Bethel Woods programming. The collection highlights the kaleidoscopic years of 1964 to 1972, and features rock posters by all of the “Big Five” poster artists: Victor Moscoso, Rick Griffin, Wes Wilson, Stanley Mouse, and Alton Kelley. Clothing ranging from designer to street fashion will illustrate the style and sense of self-expression from West Coast scene during the time. Lights, Color, Fashion also features a

‘60s-style black light room for visitors to experience a dozen posters plus an Op art dress that has been printed using high-intensity color and fluorescing inks that appear to glow under black light. The designs of these posters cover all genres, from a Jimi Hendrix concert to Native American, African American, and Mexican American heroes to creative, complex geometric prints. Complementing the exhibit, experience a light show by renowned San Francisco light artist Bill Ham. The fantastic backdrops created by Ham were frequently found at rock concerts during the era. The light show, set amid the exhibition and projecting on the wall, is sure to immerse the senses. Additional works by a variety of other artists round out the collection and add unique styles not often seen. Bethel Woods is located at 200 Hurd Road. Visit www.bethelwoodscenter. org/museum/special-exhibit for more.

“Sleeping Beauty” Awakens in Walden Experience the magic was conceived by Ivan and power of true love in Vsevolozhsky and the New Rose Theatre’s is based on Charles Sleeping Beauty, a Perrault’s La Belle au contemporary ballet bois dorman. bringing a new life to the You can be sure Dee, classic fairy tale. Directed one of the Hudson Valley and choreographed by Conservatory’s (HVC) Dee Tabitha Wright, instructors, will entertain this new take will carry you with her clever you from the pages of adaptation from the HVC Brothers Grimm to the “dance floor and beyond” dance floor and beyond. June 18-20. “As a choreographer Started by Samuel E. HVC dancer as Dorothy. (and a brilliantly Wright, Amanda A. “The Wizard of Oz” (2018) inventive one), Wright Wright and Pamela A. is no stranger to bringing classic tales Murphy in 1994, HVC has become a to the stage with a bit of variations place for children to learn and grow in the from the originals, sometimes in the arts. They pride themselves on offering a setting, sometimes in the characters, well-rounded arts education and helping sometimes in the music, sometimes in children develop not just as artists, but the dance movements, and sometimes confident, competent young adults. in the ‘atmosphere’, i.e. her recently HVC offers classes to ages 3 to adult. conceived interpretations of The Wizard Whether you are looking for a fun after of Oz (2018), Cinderella (2017), Alice in school activity or a pre-professional Wonderland (2014) and her Thanksgiving training program, they are there to perennial, The Cracked-up Nutcracker.” accommodate your training needs. - Barry Plaxen. The HVC’s New Rose Theatre is at 35 This time she has chosen another E Main Street, Walden. For tickets, or ballet war horse famed for Tchaikovsky’s more information, call 845-778-2478 or exquisite music. The original scenario hudsonvalleyconservatory@gmail.com June 2021

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Wallkill River School: “100 for $100” and “Art in Bloom”

100/$100 Fundraiser Offering: Watercolor by Pat Morgan

100 for $100 100 for $100 is the Wallkill River School’s (WRS) most important fundraiser of the year. Proceeds from the event fund free public art exhibits, senior drop-in classes, and free classes for veterans, among other events and activities. A main focus of the event is a scholarship program for local children to attend a week at the WRS Kid’s Summer Art Program at no cost. “So many families have suffered economic and emotional losses this year. I hope we can offer more scholarships to kids than in previous years because the need for social connection, creativity, and joy is so great. That need can best be met if we can raise the funds,” said Sarah Fortner Pierson, WRS executive director. How does this work? •Artists and businesses have donated over 100 original artworks or items to WRS. •All of the artwork or gifts are worth over $100. •WRS sells 100 numbered tickets for $100 each. •Each ticket holder submits a Wish List from the exhibit of donated items. •June 12 at 6:00pm, the live drawing

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100/$100 Fundraiser Offering: Pastel by Sarah Fortner Pierson

will be held via Zoom. •Every single ticket holder will receive a piece of original artwork or a gift to take home when their ticket is drawn. Everyone is a winner! Normally a rather elegant and festive in-person event, for obvious reasons 2020’s fundraiser was a mad scramble to figure out how to hold the event virtually. “But I’m really looking forward to this year’s 100 for $100. We’ll be using Zoom meetings this time and I think it will go a lot smoother for our audience and for our Board of Directors, the event’s hosts. At this point, nearly everyone has had some experience with video conferencing,” comments Pierson. Call, email, or go to the WRS website to purchase your ticket to support this important initiative. Photographs of the donated works - all original pieces - are available on the website. Additional viewing times have been added to accommodate social distancing as follows: June 4, 10:00am-5:00pm June 5, Noon-5:00pm June 6, Noon-5:00pm June 7, 10:00am-2:00pm June 9, 10:00am-2:00pm June 11, 10:00am-5:00pm

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Viewings are also available by appointment. Art in Bloom Anyone familiar with the gallery exhibits and receptions at WRS has experienced the delight of the floral arrangements that can be enjoyed throughout the gallery. They are the contribution of the Cornell Cooperative Master Gardeners of Orange County. The group donates flowers from their own gardens as well as the finished arrangements, which they create on site the first weekend of every month. “The mood, confluence of colors, juxtaposition of objects and sense of symmetry in each work of art will influence the floral design,” said Coordinator Lily Norton, herself a fine pastelist. “We’re really excited about this event and are very much looking forward to it!” While flowers are very often traditional subjects of artworks, in this case the roles have been reversed. Artists have been invited to submit works for the master gardeners to interpret in floral arrangements. Ten floral designers will interpret about 20-25 works in this most ephemeral of exhibits. “I have been waiting for this show for

100/$100 Fundraiser Offering: Watercolor by Janet Campbell

almost two years and I am thrilled that it is finally coming up. It was one of the first exhibits to be rescheduled when the curating committee sat down to figure out the 2021 calendar,” reported Sarah. The impermanent nature of the exhibit reminds us, poignantly, to appreciate the beauty of the moment. While the works will be photographed for virtual viewing, the public is encouraged to visit this exhibit in person and enjoy the full spectrum of this richly sensory - if brief - experience. “I’m sure even excellent photographs won’t do these works justice,” concluded Pierson. “We welcome you to an artists’ (and floral designers!) reception on June 19, from 5:00pm-7:00pm. Art in Bloom - A collaboration with the Cornell Cooperative Master Gardeners of OC runs June 19 to July 4, Fridays through Sundays, Noon to 5:00pm at The Wallkill River School, 232 Ward Street, Montgomery. Visit www.wallkillriverschool.com or phone 845-457-ARTS.

Teppich’s “Earthly” in Callicoon

Sculpture & Poetry at CAS

Naomi Teppich Originally from creates ceramic Brooklyn, Teppich wall sculptures and is a graduate of the three-dimensional Pratt Institute MFA pieces which are program and taught inspired by many art and ceramics organic forms: bark, in Manhattan for lichen, fungi, and sea many years. She shells. Sculptures are lives in Damascus, modeled with hand as PA, where she has well as electric tools, “Exotic Bark 1 & 2” by Naomi Teppich. a sculpture and and works are fired in ceramics studio. Her several different kilns. work has been widely “I chose the title exhibited in Sullivan for my next exhibit County, the Hudson Earthly,” she says, Valley, Manhattan, PA “because of my deep and NJ. Recently she connection and concern exhibited a ceramic for our environment. piece at the Clay Studio’s My intention is to lend Small Favors show and a feeling of preciousness an outdoor sculpture in to these natural objects The Exquisite Copse, that I find and sculpt.” both in Philadelphia. She also builds large Earthly is in Rafter’s outdoor ferro-cement Tavern, 28 Upper Main sculptures, one of which Street, Callicoon, June is displayed in The Nest, 1-30 with an opening the backyard space at “Bark Poles” by Naomi Teppich. reception on June 4, Rafter’s Tavern in 5:00pm-7:00pm. Callicoon. Visit www.naomiteppich.com

Inspired by a true violence death, and story of Colonial of other senseless American judgement killings. They took on and repentance, a feeling of collective Brooklyn based artist mourning for all that Nancy Bowen creates a has been lost during visual interpretation of these difficult times. guilt and remorse in her The figure sculpture sculptural installation inspired by Samuel “John Proctor” by Nancy Bowen. Sewall himself depicts Spectral Evidence. Bowen’s ancestor Samuel Sewall was a rambunctious version of a hair shirt a judge in the Salem witch trials who standing atop a scaffolding covered with later publicly recanted and confessed his gallows. More tiny gallows hang from sins in church. The installation visually shanks of hair in the shirt and cascade interprets his penitence and gives space onto the scaffolding. The figure offers for the people killed as witches as a a bowl to the heavens in hopes of better result of the trials. times. This representation of guilt and Twenty gravestones face off their shame is a vibrant and slightly humorous accuser while he bears the burden of apparition, a visual cautionary tale. their deaths. Riffing off Early American Along with the sculptural installation, gravestone imagery Bowen deconstructs Bowen is showing a suite of collages that the “death head” image to create accompany the 46 stanzas of Elizabeth winged creatures with feet stuck in the Willis’ poem, The Witch. Willis, herself amorphously shaped stones. The dead a descendant of one of the alleged could rise again - at least in spirit. witches, has written a luminous poem While these sculptures were originally that combines folklore and observation conceived as gravestones honoring the into a celebration of women. wrongfully killed, they took on layers Thru June 19 at CAS Laundry King, of meaning during their making. They 65 Main Street, Livingston Manor. became markers of Covid death, of gun www.catskillartsociety.org

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Art exhibits

CAS-LK �� Catskill Art Society Laundry King, Livingston Manor DVAA �� Delaware Valley Arts Alliance, Elaine Giguere Arts Center, Narrowsburg WRS ��Wallkill River School, Montgomery

Group Show ��Stray Cat Gallery, Bethel, ongoing Catharine De Maio paintings �� Rustic Wheelhouse, Chester, ongoing Georgia Chambers etchings, paintings � Georgia Chambers Art Gallery, Callicoon, ongoing T.A. Clearwater paintings, pastels, prints.Clearwater Gallery at Jones Farm, Cornwall, ongoing Group Show paintings, drawings, etc. ��ARTery Gallery, Milford, ongoing June Ponte paintings, stained & painted glass ��Poe & Raven Gallery, Milford, ongoing Karen E. Gersch, Gabrielle Dearborn, Josiah Dearborn drawings, paintings, silverwork Gersch Home Gallery, Montgomery, by appt, ongoing Carolyn Duke pottery ��Duke Pottery, Tennanah Lake, Roscoe, ongoing Inscribed Tibetan Prayer Stones �� Tibetan & Himalayan Cultural Center, Walden, ongoing Milford Garden Club “Art in Bloom” ��ARTery Gallery, Milford, thru Jun 7 “Square” group show ��WRS thru Jun 13 Nancy Bowen “Spectral Evidence” sculptural installation ��CAS-LK, thru Jun 19 Nathaniel Lieb ”Wad You Say?” chewing gum sculptures ��DVAA thru Jun 20 “Tactile” group show curated by John Back ��DVAA thru Jun 20 Kristina Rode nature inspired works ��Gallery at Chant Realtors, Lords Valley, thru Jun 26 17th Annual Student Art Show ~ 2021 “Lights at the End of the Tunnel” �� Virtual: www.sunyorange.edu/culturalaffairs/ thru Jul 9 “Ex Libris: Artists Explore Literature” Goshen Art League, group show �� Goshen Music Hall, thru Jul 30 Frank Shuback “From Past to Present” found object wall sculptures and collages �� Griffith Olivero Realty, Goshen, thru late Aug TBD “Lights, Color, Fashion: Psychedelic Posters and Patterns of 1960s San Francisco” �� Museum at Bethel Woods, thru Dec 31

NEW ART EXHIBITS

Naomi Teppich “Earthly” organic sculptures ��Rafter’s Tavern, Callicoon, Jun 1-30 100 for $100 Fundraiser Preview Exhibit ��WRS Jun 4-12 Group Show + Keith Helwig large works �� Upfront Exhibition Space, Milford, Jun 4-Jul 31 Member Group Show art, crafts, jewelry ��Wurtsboro Art Alliance, Jun 5-26 Mark McNamara “Given Dynamics” �� Gallery 222, Hurleyville, Jun 5-27 Alejandro Dron & Johan Wahlstrom ��Holland Tunnel Gallery, Newburgh, Jun 5-Jul 18 Tuxedo Plein Air Art Festival �� Tuxedo Train Station, Jun 18-20 “Birds, Bees and Butterflies” group show �� WRS Jun 18-Jul 11 “Art in Bloom” group floral exhibit, �� Cornell Cooperative Master Gardeners of Orange County WRS Jun 19-Jul 4 Troy Anthony McConico “Finding More” ��Woodbury Public Library Virtual Gallery Jul 1-30 Robb Gomulka “The Boy in the Bubble” ��WRS Jul 2-Aug 29 Paula Arwen Owen “Paper Tales” ��WRS Jul 2-Aug 29 “Fantasy & Mythology” group exhibit ��WRS Jul 2-Aug 29 Donna Kallesser oils & pastels ��Gallery at Chant Realtors, Lords Valley, Jul 2-Aug 31

Photography exhibits

Woodstock Memorabilia & Photos ��Stray Cat White House, Bethel, ongoing “Along the Towpath: The D&H Canal in Mamakating, 1828-1898” �� Wurtsboro Library

ART & Photography receptions

Naomi Teppich “Earthly” organic sculptures ��Rafter’s Tavern, Callicoon, Jun 4, 5pm-7pm Member Group Show art, crafts, jewelry ��Wurtsboro Art Alliance, Jun 5, Noon-4pm Alejandro Dron & Johan Wahlstrom Holland Tunnel Gallery, Newburgh, Jun 5, 3pm-6pm Mark McNamara “Given Dynamics” ��Gallery 222, Hurleyville, Jun 5, 6pm 100 for $100 Live Drawing �� Zoom, Jun 12, 6pm Tuxedo Art Festival �� Tuxedo Train Station, Jun 18, 7pm-9pm “Art in Bloom” group floral exhibit, Cornell Cooperative Master Gardeners ��WRS Jun 19, 5pm-7pm Group Show + Keith Helwig large works �� Upfront Exhibition Space, Milford, Jun 20, 1pm-6pm Donna Kallesser oils & pastels �� Gallery at Chant Realtors, Lords Valley, Jul 2, 5pm-7pm Robb Gomulka, Paula Arwen Owen, “Fantasy & Mythology” ��WRS Jul 10, 5pm-7pm

Children & Teens Calendar

PEEC �� Pocono Environmental Education Center, Dingmans Ferry Listings not included in our centerspread calendar.

Books

Miss Lucy’s Toddler Story Time �� Pine Bush Library Outdoors. Mondays 10am Storytime in the Park ��Mamakating Library, Veteran’s Park, Wurtsboro, Wednesdays, 10:30am Miss Chrissy’s Pre-K Story Time �� Pine Bush Library Outdoors, Wednesdays, Noon Stories & More 2-5yrs, bring blanket �� Crawford Library Outdoors, Monticello, Wednesdays & Fridays, Noon 8

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Storytime with Miss Sophie �� ZOOM Milford Library, Fridays, 10am Mother Goose Time �� Virtual - Daniel Pierce Library, Grahamsville, Jun 2, 10am Storytime ��ZOOM Liberty Library, Jun 2 & 9, 11am Battle of the Books 11-12yrs & teens ��ZOOM Ellenville Library, Jun 2 & 16 & 30, 2:45pm “Shake, Rattle & Read” ages 1-5yrs �� Newburgh Library Outdoors, Jun 8, 1pm “Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire” 7yrs-teens � Virtual - Newburgh Library, Jun 9, 7pm Page Turners Adventures ��Virtual -Wisner Library, Jun 28 & Jul 5, 9:30am-9pm Storytime at the Library �� Liberty Library, Jun 30, 11am. EntertainmenT & Lectures See also Fairs & Festivals page 9

HHNM Knee High Naturalist Program 2-4yrs �� Newburgh Library, Jun 1 & 8, 10am Fun at the Lost Catskill Farm ��Time and the Valleys Museum, Grahamsville, Jun 6, 2pm-4pm Family Fun Day ��Old School Community Center, Otisville, Jun 12, 9am-3pm Chalk Night grades K-5 �� Ellenville Library Outdoors, Jun 29, 6pm Museums

Eco-Zone Discovery Room ��PEEC Jun 27, 1pm-4pm

Lectures - Master Classes - Demos - Talks sponsored by SUNY Orange and Desmond Campus

CAS-LK ��Catskill Art Society-Laundry King, Livingston Manor FAC Farm Arts Collective ��Willow Wisp Farm, Damascus HPAC �� Hurleyville Performing Arts Centre, Hurleyville PEEC �� Pocono Environmental Education Center, Dingmans Ferry Lectures, Master Classes, Demos & Talks are FREE unless otherwise noted: (FEE) (Events Not lncluded in Centerspread Calendar)

lectures ““Get Started Kayaking” Donald Urmston ��(ZOOM) Wisner Library, Warwick, Jun 3, 6pm “Save Those Scraps” Chicken Librarian ��ZOOM Port Jervis Library, Jun 3, 6pm “Plant Natives! Gardening for Birds with Orange County Audubon” �� Virtual - Newburgh Library, Jun 3, 6:30pm Edible & Medicinal Plant Walk ��PEEC Jun 5, 10am FEE Bridge the Gap: National Trails Day ��PEEC Jun 5, 1pm “A Sunrise Scimitar” Joe Rao �� ZOOM Ellenville, Library, Jun 5, 7pm Frog Frolic �� PEEC Jun 6, & Jun 26, 10am FEE Bridge the Gap: Pond Paddle �� PEEC Jun 6, 1pm & Jun 27, 10am “How To Start A Vegetable Garden” Carlie Cambria & Abigail Ferraro �� Chester Library Outdoors, Jun 6, 3:30pm “The Mystique of Bannerman Island” Wes & Barbara Gottlock �� ZOOM Cornwall Library, Jun 8, 6:30pm “A Sunrise Scimitar” Joe Rao ��ZOOM Port Jervis Library, Jun 8, 6:30pm “Battle of Midway: Turning the Tide” Matt Soltis Cornwall Library Outdoors, Jun 9, 1pm “Redistricting and the Census” Jeffrey M. Wice �� ZOOM Narrowsburg Library, ZOOM Callicoon Library, Jun 10, 10:30am “Sullivan County’s (Not So) Secret Civil War” John Conway �� Crawford Library Outdoors & Virtual, Monticello, Jun 10, 6pm “Herbal Infusions” Chicken Librarian �� ZOOM Ellenville Library, Jun 11, 11am Nature Walk ��PEEC Jun 12, 1pm Nature at Night ��PEEC Jun 12, 8pm FEE “Queer Plants & Gardens” Mimi McGurl ��HPAC Jun 13, 2pm FEE “Public spaces and natural places of Sullivan County” TOUR Denise Frangipane �� Virtual-Crawford Library, Monticello, Jun 17, 6pm “Sam’s Point: Turtles and Mountain Laurel” �� ZOOM Ellenville Library, Jun 18, 2pm Geology Hike w/Paul Kovalski (aka Dr. Dinosaur) ��PEEC Jun 19, 1pm FEE Bridge the Gap: River Paddle �� PEEC Jun 20, 9am-3pm FEE “Medicare 101” �� ZOOM Ellenville Library, Jun 22, 6pm “Illustration’s Influence on American Culture in the Golden Age” Elaine Cardella-Tedesco �� ZOOM Port Jervis Library, Jun 22, 6:30pm Science Cafe: “Cancer from 2 points of view” Dr. Sue Tannenbaum, Dr. Toby Rossman � tobyrossman@yahoo.com (ZOOM), Jun 23, 7:30pm “From Barns to the Bard: A Brief History of Theatre in Sullivan County” �� John Conway HPAC Jun 24, 6pm FEE “Sports in the Borscht Belt” Marvin Rappaport �� Virtual-Crawford Library, Monticello, Jun 24, 6pm Bridge the Gap: Evening Pond Paddle ��PEEC Jun 25, 6pm “Queer Bodies in Dance”: Talk Back w/Neil Greenberg ��CAS-LK Jun 26, 3pm FEE “Queer Plants & Gardens” Mimi McGurl + Performance Art Piece ��FAC Jun 26, 7:30pm FEE Discussions “Historically Speaking: In Remembrance of Greenwood” panel discussion �� ZOOM Woodbury Library, Highland Mills, Jun 2, 7pm “Who is more qualified to judge a work of art, an artist or an art critic?” �� Artists’ Market Community Center, Shohola, Jun 6, 2pm

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Dance

“Sleeping Beauty” Hudson Valley Conservatory ��New Rose Theatre, Walden, Jun 18-20 Dance Gallery Festival - Immersive Performance Catskill Art Society, �� Main Street Outdoors, Livingston Manor, Jun 26, 11am, 12pm, 1pm Dance Gallery Festival - Films �� CAS Laundry King, Jun 26, 11am-3pm

FAIRS & Festivals & Art Walks

First Fridays.................. �� Main Street, Pine Bush, Jun 4, 4pm-7pm Illuminate Goshen Goshen Art Walk ��Webster Park, Goshen, Jun 4, 6pm-9pm Day of Acceptance: Illuminate Pride Stanley Deming Park, Warwick, Jun 5, 5:30pm-8:30pm Family Fun Day ��Old School Community Center, Jun 12, 9am-3pm Record Store Day ��Original Vinyl, Warwick, Jun 12, 9am-6pm Spring Psychic Fair �� Crystal Connection, Wurtsboro, Jun 12 & 13, 11am-5:30pm Tuxedo Art Festival �� Tuxedo Train Station, Jun 18, 7pm-9pm -

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Wallkill River School ”100 For 100” ��Wallkill River School, online, Jun 4-12 Forestburgh Playhouse “75 and Thrive” w/Elizabeth Stanley �� Forestburgh Playhouse Outdoors, Jun 11, 7:30pm Catskill Art Society & Catskill Fly Fishing Museum Schubert’s “Trout” Quintet �� Fly Fishing Museum Outdoors, Livingston Manor, Jun 19, 7pm: cocktails - 8pm: concert

Museums Not listed in Centerspread

“Lights, Color, Fashion: Psychedelic Posters and Patterns of 1960s San Francisco” �� thru Dec 31, Bethel Woods

Music - Broadway, etc.

Morgan James �� Forestburgh Playhouse Outdoors, Jun 4, 7:30pm Alysha Umphress �� Forestburgh Playhouse Outdoors, Jun 5, 7:30pm A Benefit Concert w/Elizabeth Stanley �� Forestburgh Playhouse Outdoors, Jun 11, 7:30pm Karen Mason �� Forestburgh Playhouse Outdoors, Jun 12, 7:30pm The Skivvies w/guest Tamika Lawrence �� Forestburgh Playhouse Outdoors, Jun 18 7:30pm Kyle Taylor Parker �� Forestburgh Playhouse Outdoors, Jun 19, 7:30pm Kate Baldwin & Graham Rowat �� Forestburgh Playhouse Outdoors, Jun 25, 7:30pm Nicholas Rodriguez: “All is Fair in Love” � Forestburgh Playhouse Outdoors, Jul 2, 7:30pm Kathryn Allison �� Forestburgh Playhouse Outdoors, Jul 3, 7:30pm

Music - Classical

Four Seasons Chorale “Freedom of Worship” + Marc Laubach solo organ �� First Presbyterian Church, Port Jervis, Jun 6, 3pm FREE Trio Soli-tude Music on Market & MISU ��Facebook Jun 10, 3pm FREE Trio Soli-tude & Guests Music on Market & MISU �� Facebook & ZOOM Jun 17, 7:30pm FREE Gillespie/Morton Duo Baroque-Folk-Modern Songs, Kindred Spirits Arts �� bring chairs, Milford Park Gazebo, Jun 19, 7pm FREE Trio Soli-tude & Guests Music on Market & MISU ��Facebook Jun 24, 3pm FREE

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

Music for Humanity folk ��Noble Coffee Roasters, Campbell Hall, 3rd Saturday, 7:30pm FREE Deadgrass & Friends Jerry Garcia �� The Falcon Outdoors, Marlboro, Jun 3, 7pm Club d’Elf & guests John Medeski & David Fiuczynski rock The Falcon Outdoors, Jun 4, 7pm Ed Palermo’s Chemistry Set big band, zany, rock �� The Falcon Outdoors, Marlboro, Jun 5, 7pm TBA Music on Market Coffeehouse �� Music on Market Facebook Jun 5, 7:30pm Jimmy Vivino & The Jimmy V3 rock & roll, jazz, r&b ��The Falcon Outdoors, Marlboro, Jun 6, 7pm Dayna Kurtz & Robert Maché jazz, rock, folk �� The Falcon Outdoors, Marlboro, Jun 10, 7pm Scott Sharrard guitar �� The Falcon Outdoors, Marlboro, Jun 11, 7pm Chris Bergson Solo & Trio pop rock, blues, soul, jazz ��The Falcon Outdoors, Marlboro, Jun 12, 7pm Paper Sun: The Music of Traffic �� The Falcon, Marlboro, Jun 12, 7pm John Sheehan & Tony DePaolo Music for Humanity “Masters of the Guitar” series �� bring chairs and blankets, Outdoors, Chester, Jun 13, 3pm FREE Don Byron Quartet Hank Williams, Bach, r&b, jazz �� The Falcon, Marlboro, Jun 13, 7pm The Restless Age multiple genres �� The Falcon, Marlboro, Jun 17, 7pm Corey Glover & Friends rock �� The Falcon Outdoors, Marlboro, Jun 18, 7pm Search & Rescue Orchestra, Steve Schwartz & Joanna Gass pop, rock, jazz, �� Phillipsport Community Center, Outdoors, Jun 19, 7pm Aaron Latos Trio Brazil �� Holland Tunnel Gallery, Newburgh, Jun 19, 3pm JUNETEENTH in WORDS, PRAISE & MUSIC The Falcon Outdoors, Marlboro, Jun 19, 7pm Marty Kupersmith, Michelle Palmer & Paul Lamey Music for Humanity, mostly folk �� Noble Coffee Roasters, Campbell Hall, Jun 19, 7:30pm Paa Kow & his Afro-Fusion Orchestra �� The Falcon Outdoors, Marlboro, Jun 20, 7pm Jonah Smith & Band �� The Falcon Outdoors, Marlboro, Jun 25, 7pm Bernard Purdie & Friends �� The Falcon Outdoors, Marlboro, Jun 26, 7pm KJ Denhert & The New York Unit urban-folk, jazz ��The Falcon Outdoors, Marlboro, Jun 27, 7pm Johnny Nicholas Trio w/Cindy Cashdollar roots �� The Falcon Outdoors, Marlboro, Jul 2, 7pm Buffalo Stack blues, roots, rock �� The Falcon Outdoors, Marlboro, Jul 4, 7pm OPEN Mic & IN-HOUSE MUSIC Listings below are not included in our centerspread calendar

Open Mic �� Heartbeat Music Hall, Grahamsville, Wednesdays, 7pm The Parting Glass Band Celtic �� Loughran’s Pub, Salisbury Mills, Thursdays, 7pm-10pm Glenn Heller Jazz Trio More Than A Meal dining series �� Bethel Woods, Jun 3, 5pm Bones Krew ��Mamakating Farmer’s Market, Town Hall, Wurtsboro, Jun 4, 4pm-7pm Pony Express ��Mamakating Farmer’s Market, Town Hall, Wurtsboro, Jun 11 4pm-7pm Saints of Swing pop, jazz, rock, big band, gospel �� Bruderhof’s Coleman Corners Farmer’s Market, Montgomery, Jun 12, 2pm-4pm Alyssa Goldstein � Mamakating Farmer’s Market, Town Hall, Wurtsboro, Jun 18, 4pm-7pm Ayanna Martine �Mamakating Farmer’s Market, Town Hall, Wurtsboro, Jun 25, 4pm-7pm Keith Newman �� Mamakating Farmer’s Market, Wurtsboro, Jul 2, 4pm-7pm

Music - jazz in restAURANTs/BarS “FREE” Means “No Cover ChaRGE”

Gabriele Tranchina vocals ��Stonegate Farm, Newburgh, Jun 5, 2pm The David Amram Quintet ��The Falcon, Marlboro, Jun 6, 7pm The Levin Brothers ��The Falcon Outdoors, Marlboro, Jun 9, 7pm Jeff ‘Tain’ Watts Travel Band ��The Falcon, Marlboro, Jun 20, 7pm Matt Slocum Trio w/Taylor Eigsti & Larry Grenadier �� The Falcon, Marlboro, Jun 26, 7pm

Poetry Readings

Steve Grogan, Robert Milby, host �� Noble Coffee Roasters, Campbell Hall, Jun 3, 7pm Douglas A. Martin & Jimin Seo queer poetry ��CAS Laundry King, Livingston Manor, Jun 12, 4pm

Recreation

D&H Canal Trail Walks ��Mamakating Library, Wurtsboro, Jun 5, 10am Song Exchange & Potluck Farm Arts Collective �� Willow Wisp Farm, Damascus, Jun 12, 3pm FREE

Theatre - Musical & Variety

“Queer Plants and Gardens” Lecture w/Mimi McGurl and “Flower to the Power” Botanical Performance Art Piece, Farm Arts Collective, Willow Wisp Farm, Jun 26, 7:30pm

Theatre - Play

“Curtains Up” 8 short comedies, Creative Theatre-Muddy Water Players �� Playhouse at Museum Village, Jun 4-20 10 Minute Play Festival Sullivan County Dramatic Workshop �� Rivoli Theatre, South Fallsburg Jun 11-20

Books: discussions / readings / Signings Books and Tea Discussion Group �� Mamakating Library, Wurtsboro, 3rd Thursdays, 3pm “The Song of Achilles” by Madeline Miller ��Highland Falls Library Outdoors, Jun 1, 5pm “Lincoln” by David Donald �� ZOOM Cornwall Library, Jun 2, 2pm “Eight Perfect Murders” by Peter Swanson � ZOOM Sunshine Library, Eldred, Jun 2, 6pm “This Side of Murder” by Anna Lee Huber ��ZOOM Florida Library, Jun 4, 1pm Authors in Conversation: Danielle Trussoni & Julie Metz �� Newburgh Town Branch Library Outdoors, Jun 5, 2:30pm “When the Stars Go Dark” by Paula McLean �� Newburgh Town Branch Library Outdoors, Jun 9, 5:30pm “The Valley of Amazement” by Amy Tan �� ZOOM Milford & Dingman Libraries, Jun 10, 4pm Carl Watson reads from “Only Descend” & Poetry �� Holland Tunnel Gallery, Newburgh, Jun 12, 3pm Virtual Short Story Discussion ��Mamakating Library, Wurtsboro, Jun 14, & 28, 4pm Author Visit with Brittney Morris �� ZOOM Port Jervis Library, Jun 14, 5pm “Nomadland:Surviving America In The Twenty-First Century” by Jessica Bruder �� Chester Library, Jun 14, 6:30pm The Tea Girl of Hummingbird Lane” by Lisa See �� ZOOM Western Sullivan Libraries, Jun 24, 6pm “The Lions of Fifth Avenue” by Fiona Davis �� ZOOM Cornwall Library, Jun 24, 6:30pm June 2021

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June CAS �� Catskill Art Society, Livingston Manor CTMW Creative Theatre Muddy Water Players �� Playhouse at Museum Village, Monroe CAS-LK ��Catskill Art Society’s Laundry King, Livingston Manor DEMPK �� Stanley Deming Park, Warwick CFFM �� Catskill Fly Fishing Musum, Livingston Manor FAC Farm Arts Collective ��Willow Wisp Farm, Damascus FAL & FAL-O �� The Falcon & The Falcon Outdoors, Marlboro

MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY Please see the schedule for Art & Photography Exhibit Receptions, pg. 8

Music - Jazz The Levin Brothers FAL-O 7pm

“French Curve” by Keith Helwig Featured in the Summer Exhibit at UpFront Exhibition Space, Port Jervis, Jun 4-Jul 31. Reception: Jun 20, 1pm-6pm

THURSDAY

FB �� F HOLL ��H MAMA �� MoM Music Institute of Sullivan & Ulster ��

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Festival......................First Fridays.... Art Walk............Goshen Art Walk....... Poetry........Steve Grogan, Robert Milby, host......NOBL 7pm Theatre - 8 Short Plays............“Curtai Music - Jerry Garcia......Deadgrass & Friends.......FAL-O 7pm Music - Rock..............................Club Music - Broadway...................Morgan

Music - Classical...Lite-Bites w/Trio Soli-tude....MoM-F 7:30pm

Music -Jazz-Rock-Folk...Dayna Kurtz & Robert Maché...FAL-O 7pm

Theatre - 8 Short Plays................“Cur Music - Guitar.............................Scott Music.....A Benefit Concert starring Theatre - Plays...................10 Minute

Theatre - 8 Short Plays.............“Curta Music - Multiple Genres.......The Restless Age..........FAL 7pm Music - Rock......................Corey Glo Music - Classical..Trio Soli-tude & Guests..MoM-ZOOM 7:30pm Music - Broadway......The Skivvies w Dance.....................................”Sleepi Theatre - Plays...................10 Minute

CANVAS announces the re-opening of the Desmond Campus, renamed Desmond Center. See story page 12.

24 Music - Classical...Lite-Bites w/Trio Soli-tude....MoM-F 7:30pm

Robert Kopec and his Quartet will provide music during the Goshen Art Walk on June 4. See ad on page 3 and story on page 14. Photo by Curtis J. Quinn, 2013

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Poetry.”Pride & Poetry” Douglas A.M Music................................Jonah Smit Music - Broadway....Kate Baldwin & G

Music - Broadway......Nicholas Rodriguez

Music...........Johnny Nicholas Trio w/

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Forestburgh Playhouse, Outdoors Holland Tunnel Gallery, Newburgh �� Mamakating Library, Wurtsboro �� Music on Market, Ellenville

MoM-F Music Institute of Sullivan & Ulster ��Music on Market Facebook Page PJPRESBY ��First Presbyterian Church, Port Jervis MoM-ZOOM Music Institute of Sullivan & Ulster ��Music on Market ZOOM RIV Sullivan County Dramatic Workshop �� Rivoli Theater, South Fallsburg NOBL �� Noble Coffee Roasters, Campbell Hall ROSE ��New Rose Theatre, Walden PHILL ��Phillipsport Community Center

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....Main Street, Pine Bush, 4pm-7pm .......Webster Park, Goshen, 6pm-9pm ins Up”.......................CTMW 7pm d’Elf............................FAL-O 7pm James.........................FB 7:30pm

SATURDAY

Recreation.....................D&H Canal Trail Walks.................MAMA 10am Music - Jazz...Gabriele Tranchina vocals...Stonegate Farm, Newburgh, 2pm Festival....Day of Acceptance: Illuminate Pride..DEMPK 5:30pm-8:30pm Theatre - 8 Short Plays............“Curtains Up”.......................CTMW 7pm Music - Rock..............Ed Palermo’s Chemistry Set..............FAL-O 7pm Music......................................TBA.....................MoM Facebook, 7:30pm Music - Broadway.........Alysha Umphress.............................FB 7:30pm

Festival...Family Fun Day....Old School Comm.Ctr, Otisville...9am-3pm Fair...................Record Store Day......Original Vinyl, Warwick, 9am-6pm Fair.........Psychic Fair.....Crystal Connection, Wurtsboro, 11am-5:30pm rtains Up.....................CTMW 7pm Recreation-Music & Potluck............Song Exchange...............FAC 3pm t Sharrard....................FAL-O 7pm Poetry.....................Douglas A. Martin & Jimin Seo..........CAS-LK 4pm Elizabeth Stanley........FB 7:30pm Theatre - 8 Short Plays...........“Curtains Up”.......................CTMW 7pm e Play Festival..................RIV 8pm Music - Traffic...........................Paper Sun................................FAL 7pm Music-Pop-Rock-Jazz-Blues..Chris Bergson Solo & Trio....FAL-O 7pm Music - Broadway.......................Karen Mason.......................FB 7:30pm Theatre - Plays...................10 Minute Play Festival.................RIV 8pm

Music - Brazil.......................Aaron Latos Trio.......................HOLL 3pm Fundraiser - Music-Classical....Schubert “Ttout” Quintet...CFFM 7pm Theatre - 8 Short Plays...........“Curtains Up”......................CTMW 7pm ains Up”......................CTMW 7pm Music - Baroque-Folk-Modern..Gillespie/Morton Duo.....Milford Gazebo, 7pm over & Friends.............FAL-O 7pm Music..Search & Rescue Orch., Steve Schwartz, Joanna Gass PHILL 7pm w/ Tamika Lawrence.....FB 7:30pm ing Beauty”.............ROSE 7:30pm Music - +.....................................Juneteenth!.......................FAL-O 7pm e Play Festival..................RIV 8pm Dance....................................”Sleeping Beauty”.............ROSE 7:30pm Music....Marty Kupersmith, Michelle Palmer & Paul Lamey...NOBL 7:30pm Music - Broadway..................Kyle Taylor Parker..................FB 7:30pm Theatre - Plays...................10 Minute Play Festival.................RIV 8pm

Martin & Jimin Seo..CAS-LK 7pm th & Band...................FAL-O 7pm Graham Rowan...........FB 7:30pm

“All is Fair in Love”..........FB 7:30pm

/ Cindy Cashdollar.....FAL-O 7pm

SUNDAY

Music - Classical....4 Seasons Chorale, Mark Laubach organ....PJPRESBY 3pm Theatre - 8 Short Plays........“Curtains Up”.......................CTMW 7pm Music - Jazz............The David Amram Quintet...................FAL 7pm Music - Rock, r&b...Jimmy Vivino & The Jimmy V3........FAL-O 7pm

13 Fair.....Psychic Fair.....Crystal Connection, Wurtsboro, 11am-5:30pm Theatre - Plays..............10 Minute Play Festival..................RIV 2pm Music-Guitar..John Sheehan & Tony DePaolo Howland St., Chester, 3pm Theatre - 8 Short Plays......“Curtains Up”.........................CTMW 7pm Music - H.Willians-Bach-Jazz-R&B....Don Byron Quartet....FAL 7pm

20 Theatre - Plays..............10 Minute Play Festival..................RIV 2pm Dance.....................................”Sleeping Beauty”........ROSE 3:30pm Theatre - 8 Short Plays............“Curtains Up”..................CTMW 7pm Music - Jazz .............Jeff ‘Tain’ Watts Travel Band.............FAL 7pm Music..........Paa Kow and his Afro-Fusion Orchestra....FAL-O 7pm

Dance......Immersive Performances....CAS Outdoors 11am,12pm,1pm Dance Festival............................Films......................CAS-LK 11am-3pm Music - Urban-Folk-Jazz.KJ Denhert & The New York Unit.FAL-O 7pm Music - Folk......................Music for Humanity................NOBL 7:30pm Music - Jazz .Matt Slocum Trio w/Taylor Eigsti & Larry Grenadier...FAL 7pm

Theatre & Lecture...“Queer Plants & Gardens”, “Flower to the Power”..FAC 7:30pm

Music............................Bernard Purdie & Friends..............FAL-O 7pm

3 Music - Broadway....................Kathryn Allison.....................FB 7:30pm

4 Music -Roots-Folk-Blues......Buffalo Stack.......................FAL-O 7pm

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Tidbits from Around the CANVAS Area Newburgh - Balmville Spring brings forth new beginnings! Prepare to open your calendars, Desmond will open soon. The Town of Newburgh Recreation Department’s Desmond Center for Community Enrichment will be opening in the next few weeks for classes. As much as Alice and Tom Desmond loved to travel the world, they loved most to come home to their house on the hill. The best is yet to come for Desmond! Stay tuned to July CANVAS. Dingmans Ferry -For Kids Hey Kids! Climb into a bald eagle’s nest, crawl into a bat cave, explore a beaver lodge, and dig in a fossil pit! Explore the indoor discovery room and enjoy hands-on exhibits on natural history, sustainability and the local environment. The Ecozone Discovery Room at the Pocono Environmental Education Center, 538 Emery Road, Dingmans Ferry is open June 27 from 1:00pm4:00pm. No registration required. Limited to 15 people at a time. Campbell Hall - Poetry Orange County Poet Laureate Emeritus Robert Milby will be hosting an open mic poetry reading with special guest Steve Brogan at Noble Coffee Roasters in Campbell Hall on June 3 at 7:00pm. Milby is also the author of a new book, Corona d’état: The Pandemic Poems (2020). Email robertjmilby@gmail.com to purchase your copy. Ellenville - Virtual Music Virtual Music online continues with three Music on Market (MoM) and MISU virtual series (see ad page 15). The performers for the MISU Coffee House 1st Saturdays can be viewed on MISU’s Facebook page. The June 5 program is TBA at press time. For Music on Market’s 3rd Thursdays at St. John’s Episcopal Church, the June 17 performers are Trio Soli-tude and a guest. This concert can be viewed on ZOOM. Pre-registration is required. Trio Soli-tude (David Fiedler, violin, Anasatsia Solberg, viola and Anik Oulianine, cello), also host Lite Bites on 2nd & 4th Thursdays, viewable on MISU’s Facebook page. All performances are at 7:30pm. Otisville - For Kids The Village of Otisville, in conjunction with Cornell Cooperative Extension, is holding Centennial Celebration Family Fun Day on June 12, 9:00am12

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3:00pm. Fun activities for kids include farm animals and touch-a-truck, with refreshments available for purchase at the Old School Community Center on School Street in Otisville. Tuxedo - Art Tuxedo Arts and Music’s premiere event, the 2021 Tuxedo Plein Air Event, takes place June 16-20. Artists will have the opportunity to capture inspiring vistas and landmarks that have long defined this iconic region. Some of the many scenic opportunities awaiting artistic interpretation include beautiful hidden landscapes in Sterling Forest, Harriman Park and historic architectural landmarks. Guided by a virtual map, artists, residents and art and nature lovers, can create their own adventure throughout the Town and discover and explore. Painting will take place June 16-18, culminating in a Meet The Artist Exhibit and Reception at the Tuxedo Train Station on June 18, 7:00pm-9:00pm. Work will remain on display and for sale during the Farmer’s Market and thru June 19-20. For event info: Deirdre Murphy, 845-712-5559. This project is made possible with funds from the Decentralization Program, a regrant program of the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew M. Cuomo and the New York State Legislature and administered by Arts Mid-Hudson.

Monroe - Theater Creative Theatre-Muddy Water Players resumes its operations with an evening of eight short, delightful comedies. Performances are scheduled for 7:00pm from June 4-20. All performances are at the Playhouse at Museum Village, Route 17M, Monroe. The production is under the direction of Steve Davis. Reservations are required: www.AtThePlayhouse.org. For tickets, call the Box Office at 845-294-9465. This is suggested for mature audiences as it contains adult language. Seating is socially distanced and limited to 40 seats per performance. Masks are required. Shohola - Art Discussion “There was much discussion at our latest meeting on the future of our Creative Differences discussion group,” states Barryville Area Artists Association (BAAA) member Nick Roes. The consensus of those in attendance at the BAAA meeting was to gauge interest in reviving their Creative Differences discussion group by scheduling one, and also include a discussion on how to

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proceed with this activity. It’s scheduled for June 6 at 2:00pm at the Artists’ Market Community Center, 114 Richardson Ave, Shohola, and proof of vaccination to attend is requested. If you’d rather not attend in person, feel free to sound off about the topic at hand (see below) or how to proceed with future talks. The topic for June 6 is: Who is more qualified to judge a work of art, an artist or an art critic? Is an understanding of process required to appreciate the results of an artistic effort? RSVP: barryvilleareaarts@gmail.com Ellenville - For Kids “Build a Better World” with the Summer Reading Kickoff on the sidewalks outside the Ellenville Library & Museum with a socially distanced Chalk Night. Kids grades K-5 can decorate the sidewalks and then develop some contraption building skills on June 29 at 6:00pm. All children must wear face coverings and observe social distancing guidelines on library grounds. These programs are free. Registration is required. For additional information or to register for a program, call the Library at 845-647-5530, emailepl@rcls.org, or visit eplm.org. Ellenville for Teens Calling all teens! Do you like to read books? Would you like to make some friends and compete in an awesome virtual competition? Would you like to earn community service? Join Ellenville Public Library and Museum’s Battle of the Books team! Read eight books from assorted genres and meet June 2, 16, & 30 at 2:45pm on Zoom to discuss the books and work on your teamwork skills. Interested? Call 845-647-5530 or email epl@rcls.org. Grahamsville - for the Family A fun filled afternoon for the whole family, Fun at the Lost Catskill Farm will be held on June 6 from 2:00pm-4:00pm at the Time and the Valleys Museum on 332 Main Street in Grahamsville. This unique 1930s Lost Catskill Farm includes a reconstructed early barn, outhouse, farm house, milk house, electric plant and shop with working waterwheel, all with digital interactives, games, puzzles and activities for all ages. Held rain or shine, activities include guided tours, quilting demonstration, old fashioned games LIVE ANIMALS! and more. Visitors will go back in time to dairy farming in the 1930s, and see how

different life was, not so long ago. For information, call 845985-7700, or email info@ timeandthevalleysmuseum.org, or go to www.timeandthevalleysmuseum.org. Wurtsboro - Farmer’s Market 18 vendors will be waiting for you at the Mamakating Farmer’s Market every Friday through September 3, 4:00pm-7:00pm on the lawn in front of Town Hall on Route 209 just north of Route 17’s exit #13. And there is live music by different local bands/singers/duos to add to your pleasure while you check out the organic produce, honey, flowers, mushrooms, pickles, baked good, spirits, soaps (yes, Happy Herb Soaps will be there), lotions, jewelry, tie dye and pet goods. See the CANVAS in-house calendar on page 9 for the list of music performers. Masks required. Family Friendly. Hurleyville - June Exhibit Initially displayed on instagram, Given Dynamics by Mark McNamara is now enlarged and fabricated for off screen in Gallery222, Main Street, Hurleyville. McNamara shares a year of atmospheric images and sculptural designs created as “a daily practice in order to maintain a certain inner mental peace” during Covid 19. The show runs June 5-27. Reception: June 5 at 6:00pm. Lords Valley - June Exhibit Kristina Rode of Hemlock Farms is the featured artist at the Office/Gallery at Chant Realtors, 631 PA-739, Lords Valley. A self taught artist, her colorful and textural works are nature inspired. The show runs through June 26. Warwick - Illuminate Pride Celebrate LGBTQ Pride month, with a Day of Acceptance, including speakers, performers, an art display, craft tents, music, and refreshments. Day Of Acceptance: Illuminate Pride will be held at Deming Park, South Street and Park Way, Warwick on June 5, from 5:30pm to 8:30pm. Masks are required. All welcome. Youth and family-friendly. Science Cafe - ZOOM Hudson Valley Science Cafe presents a ZOOM discussion Cancer from 2 Points of View with Sue Tannenbaum, MD, Pathologist and Toby Rossman, Ph.D., Bio-Medical Scientist. No reservations are needed. June 23 at 7:30pm. tobyrossman@yahoo.com

Opportunities Olive Free Library Art Exhibit The Olive Free Library Association will be presenting its annual summer group show juried by well-known regional artist Tom Sarrantonio. The exhibition will run July 24September 11. All artists aged 16 and over are invited, and all genres of art are considered but work must be wallhung. Image files must be submitted by June 7, 2021. For submission guidelines: https:// www.olivefreelibrary.org/call-for-art/ Catskill Art Society Artist Educator Catskill Art Society is seeking an artist educator to conceptualize curriculum, lead and execute classes for children ages 4-teens over this summer’s CAS Kids session. Sessions are Monday through Thursday, 9:00am-9:45am (ages 4-7)

and 10:00am-10:45am (ages 8-teen) at the Laundry King, 65 Main Street, Livingston Manor. Sessions will run July 6-August 19. Artist educator will be required to teach art classes in person while adhering to all COVID guidelines. This is a contracted, temporary and part-time position reporting to and working closely with the Executive Director. Pay is hourly and competitive. Plein Air: Florida & Goshen Seeking painters for a Plein Air Event in the Goshen/Florida area July 17 and 18 organized and curated by Karen E. Gersch. Paintings will be auctioned late Saturday afternoon in a giant exhibition tent on the grounds. Those paintings not sold will be stored in a secure indoor facility overnight and on Sunday, artists

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Illuminate Goshen: The Art Walk

On the evening of June 4, after a year’s hiatus, for obvious reasons the Goshen Art Walk, presented by Illuminate Goshen, returns to kick-off the Village of Goshen’s dynamic outdoor cultural season. “This year promises to be an especially extraordinary Art Walk,” enthused event director and Illuminate Goshen president, Carly Glasse. Painting, sculpture, pottery, paper, leather and fabric works, among others, Pastel by Vaune Sherin will be exhibited and of earning badges. As sold by approximately always, Goshen Art 35 artist/vendors along a League (see story pg. 18) pedestrian promenade in will be on hand to assist the heart of the Village. with the proceedings and Carly continues, “Not only various League members are the scheduled artists will participate. over-the-top talented, “Community is such an but the evening’s music important part of Goshen offerings by the always Illuminate’s mission. fantastic Robert Kopec We so appreciate this Quartet will undoubtedly opportunity to celebrate be on point.” Hand Crafted Leather Goods the arts together with by Iron Angel Leather Additionally, a fresh cut friends and neighbors flower vendor will be on hand in a vintage and also to welcome visitors from far style pick-up truck. And as is traditional, and near,” concluded Glasse. a Goshen not-for-profit organization has The Goshen Art Walk takes place on been invited to take part in the evening’s June 4 from 6:00pm-9:00pm, Webster offerings. Goshen Girl Scouts will Park, Main Street and Webster Avenue, showcase their arts and crafts in support Goshen. (GPS 15 Main Street).

Woodbury Public Library announces the return of Art @ Your Library Virtual Gallery July 2021

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Weekend of Chamber Music

Weekend Of Chamber Fund is a commission Music (WCM) will be project supporting live this summer, with composers at the early two weeks of concerts in stage of their professional July that will be both live creative lives, affording and virtual! Kurt Rohde them an opportunity to is the 2021 Composer-increate a new ensemble Kurt Rohde Residence. work alongside the Rohde plays viola, teaches and players in the Left Coast Chamber composes. He has received the Rome Ensemble through workshops, public Prize, Berlin Prize, fellowships from the rehearsals and subsequent revisions, and Radcliffe-Harvard Institute for Advanced numerous performances. The goal of Study and Guggenheim Foundation, and this project is to facilitate an enduring awards from American Academy of Arts relationship between the composer and and Letters, Barlow, Fromm, Hanson, the performers that continues after the and Koussevitzky Foundations. commission project is completed. As a creative artist, Kurt is fascinated Rohde’s Farewell Tour Project is with the codification of failure in current another commission project that targets culture, and is trying to find ways to underappreciated creative voices in incorporate non-binary notions of failure the new music community to compose and catastrophe into the way he makes his works for solo viola, viola and piano, work. The result is a musical style that is or viola and electronics. Rohde seeks unpredictable, but with the intention for to expand the viola repertoire with new creating a phenomenon that possesses work from an extremely varied range disarming immediacy and intimacy. of composers, while addressing (and He is Artistic Advisor with the Left perhaps redefining) the possibilities of Coast Chamber Ensemble, Artistic what the viola is capable of in the 21st Director of the Composers Conference, a century. curator at the Center for New Music, and Visit www.kurtrohde.com. teaches music composition at UC Davis. See July CANVAS and visit www. The Kurt Rohde Emerging Composers wcmconcerts.org for the July schedule.

Sullivan Theatre History Sullivan County Historian since 1993, John Conway is a founder and president of The Delaware Company, a not-for-profit organization whose mission is to promote and support the history and historic landmarks of the Upper Delaware River Valley and beyond. He is the author of nine books, dozens of magazine articles, and has written nearly 1,700 weekly newspaper columns on local history since 1987. Mr. Conway has discussed the history of the Catskills in a number of documentary films. He appeared on an episode of the Fox Television Network series, Million Dollar Mysteries in 2000, discussing bootlegger Dutch Schultz’s lost Catskills treasure, and recently appeared on the Travel Channel series Code of the Wild, helping the show’s stars, the Keefer brothers, in their quest to find the Schultz treasure. Other television appearances include two shows on BBC. John is regularly asked to provide a historical context for Sullivan County news events by the New York Times, among others. He is currently Editor-inChief of the recently revived Hurleyville Sentinel newspaper. From the earliest minstrel and

“From Barns to the Bard: A Brief History of Theatre in Sullivan County” takes place 6/24

vaudeville shows through the world class entertainment offered by the big hotels to the Catskill Mountain Shakespeare Festival and 75 years of summer stock, Sullivan County has long been a training ground for aspiring performers. Here’s a brief look at the history of theatre (minus the Borscht Belt comedians) in the area. A lecture by Conway, From Barns to the Bard: A Brief History of Theatre in Sullivan County, will be held in the Hurleyville Performing Arts Centre Cinema, 219 Main Street, Hurleyville, on June 24 at 6:00pm. Call 845-693-4119. *In an effort to maintain Covid-19 safety standards advanced tickets are required. Limited seating is available and masks required. For tickets: www. hurleyvilleartscentre.org/barns-to-bard/ This event is also available virtually.

90 Year-Old Cheese Inspirer Jams Now in his 90th year, award- and Orchestra at Carnegie Hall. winning composer-conductor-multi“The Falcon reminds me of my favorite instrumentalist, author places in the 50s when I and cheese inspirer David played in Greenwich Village Amram is receiving awards with the bands of Charles and honors worldwide (he Mingus, Dizzy Gillespie and recently composed two new Oscar Pettiford...” he stated, commissioned symphonic “...when Jack Kerouac and I works), performing at major gave the first-ever jazz-poetry folk, jazz, classical, spoken readings in NYC, when word and film festivals, I played with Rambling’ working on his fourth book, Jack Elliot, Odette and Pete David Amram: Notes from a Seeger in the 60s, and was Promising Young Composer, composing for the Lincoln Composer, multiand is the subject of a second Center Theater’s production instrumentalist, and documentary feature film by author David Amram. of Arthur Miller’s After the filmmaker Lawrence Kraman Credit Leora Zeitlin. Fall and Joe Papp’s NY entitled, Amram@90: Still a Promising Shakespeare Festival, as well as creating Young Composer. film scores for Splendor in the Grass and Amram cheese is a full-flavored round The Manchurian Candidate. of grassy sweetness. It was developed in “I played with the great singer2003, after Amram, neighbor to a cheese songwriters of the time, with Middle making couple, began supplying them Eastern and Native American musicians, with unpasteurized milk from his farm. and in the 70s, for many of the great His father had been a farmer before Latin-jazz events.” becoming a lawyer, and to this day Amram jams on June 6 at 7:00pm Amram continues to farm in addition to with Kevin Twigg (drums, glockenspiel) his professional pursuits. Rene Hart (upright bass) and Adam He was The New York Philharmonic’s Amram (conga) on The Falcon Main first composer-in-residence in 1966, and Stage, 156 Highland Avenue, Marlboro. recently conducted his Elegy for Violin For information, call 845-236-7970.

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Broadway at Forestburgh!

June 4: Morgan James

June 5: Alysha Umphress

June 12: Karen Mason

by J. A. Di Bello

June 19: Kyle Taylor Parker

June 18: The Skivvies with special guest Tamika Lawrence

performance throughout the region and adjoining area was left in disarray, in If you go down to the woods today, the wake of the devastating COVID-19 you’re sure to discover...a Pandemic. Miracle: The Miracle of the Thanking appropriately Forest. our lucky footlights, Franklin To kick off the 75th Trapp, and no doubt his hardy Anniversary Season of the mates at the Playhouse, were legendary Forestburgh able to improvise, adapt and Playhouse, Producing Artistic overcome adversity. Their Director Franklin Trapp has efforts: a gracious outdoor Franklin Trapp harnessed simmering brilliance performance area at the from the vacant stages of Broadway. Playhouse grounds, completely enclosed Forestburgh Under the Stars - The Best in the award-winning garden including a of Broadway will present its collective, picnic and a seated area sheltered by a awesome talents on the outdoor stage performance tent. Note, the “Playhouse of the Forestburgh Playhouse June 4 and Tavern have created safety guidelines through July 3. and protocols as dictated by the New As this writer prefers not to recall, live York State Department of Health.”

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10 Minute Plays

June 25: Kate Baldwin & Graham Rowat

July 2: Nicholas Rodriguez

The performance June 11 has been designated a 75th Anniversary Fund Raiser; it will feature Grammy Award Winner, Tony Nominee and star of Broadway’s Jagged Little Pill, Elizabeth Stanley, Live in Concert!, on June 11 at 8:00pm at the Forestburgh Playhouse Gardens. Forestburgh Playhouse is located at 39 Forestburgh Road. For the June 4 to July 3 artists, check calendar pg. 9 or you can also... ...investigate the Forestburgh website: www.fbplayhouse.org/fbph-under-thestars-2021 for details and a preview of the on-stage schedule, including the ResCo. That’s when Teddy Bears have their picnic.

The Sullivan County Dramatic Workshop is so excited to finally open its doors for its 2021 Season. Produced by Jenny Silverman and directed by Harold Tighe, The Harold Tighe 10 Minute Play Festival brings you two weekends of fabulous original plays written by playwrights local and beyond. Each weekend will feature a different set of plays, none longer than 10 minutes! Playwrights include John Bavaso, Bill Duncan, Sally Gladden, David Guaspari, Carlos Holden, Pamela Morgan, Marj O’Neill-Butler, Rich Orloff, Marc Paykuss, Lynne Porter, Keith Prince, Arianna Rose, and Teri Schwartz. For a full list of directors and cast members, visit SCDW’s Facebook or website. The show will hit the boards at the historic art-deco Rivoli Theatre in South Fallsburg on June 11 and run for six performances through June 20 at the Rivoli Theatre, 5243 Route 42, South Fallsburg. Appropriate COVID19 protocols will be followed. For additional information, visit www. SCDW.net or call 845-436-5336.

Original Vinyl Hosts “RSD Drops 2021” Music lovers can score brand new, Original Vinyl Records is a one-ofhot-off-the-vinyl-presses - exclusive a-kind store for browsing every format albums and hard-to-find vintage music from 78s to 8-tracks to new and vintage & collectibles when three-year-old vinyl, along with music-related books, record store Original Vinyl Records memorabilia and more. What makes the hosts RSD (Record Store Day) Drops store so unique is its in-house owner 2021 - presented by the same folks who and music expert, veteran record man, produce Record Store Day. For this raconteur, super publicist and Hudson special event, limited copies of more Valley retailer Jim Eigo. The founder than 450 new releases in every musical of Jazz Promo Services, Jim has been style will be available. prominent in just about every aspect Look for albums from St. Vincent, of the music business for almost half a Joni Mitchell, Al Green, the Notorious century, working with internationally B.I.G., Tom Petty, Ariana recognized artists, musicians, Grande, Lady Gaga and labels and venues. others. Among the jazz The store, with its constantly artists represented are Miles updated inventory, is an ideal Davis, Charles Lloyd, Roy destination for crate digging, Hargrove, Bill Evans, Kenny featuring multiple genres of Dorham, Harold Land, Vince music graded according to Guaraldi, Ella Fitzgerald and the Goldmine system, and Miles Davis (1926-1991) materials from the personal Thelonious Monk. For a link to the albums set to drop collections of renowned musicians and for RSD Drops 2021, visit the store’s collectors, is a natural extension of website: www.originalvinylrecords. Eigo’s lifelong love of music. com/rsd or the official Record Store Day Show some love to your local music website: https://recordstoreday.com/ retailer during RSD Drops 2021 on June PromotionalEvent/580. Only a strictly 12 from 9:00am-6:00pm. The store limited number of each will be available, is located at 314 Route 94 South, #7, on a first come, first serve basis. Warwick. Call 845-987-3131.

DVAA Hosts Gum & Group Shows “WAD YOU SAY?”

“Green Washer” by Nathaniel Lieb

In the past 5 years, artist and videomaker Nathaniel Lieb created over 150 chewing gum sculptures while recovering his dexterity after breaking both of his wrists. The gum sculptures were made using only his mouth, teeth, palate, and tongue. “After the gum has lost flavor, I free sculpt it in my mouth. I try to avoid running themes. These wads reveal how my mind plays. I have realized any odd wad is as valid as more carefully sculpted forms. Making the glass vitrines gives me something to do while I use up the flavor.” Lieb resides in Eldred and Brooklyn. And he doesn’t particularly like chewing gum.

“TACTILE” “During a year when our opportunities for contact with others has been so dramatically reduced, and we have even become hyperconscious about touching objects due “Tactile” by Glen Goldberg to the pandemic, the importance of tactile sensations has become even more potent,” says photographer John Back who curated the exhibition. Back is interested in exploring work that invokes tactile sensations, moving beyond texture to include temperature, pressure, malleability, sharpness, vibration - the full range of tactile possibility - whether or not the viewer is allowed to touch the work. The show includes 26 works by 12 artists working in a variety of media. Both shows are on view through June 20 at DVAA, 37 Main Street, Narrowsburg. For information, call 845-252-7576.

Saints of Swing in Montgomery Announcing an outdoor concert of swing/jump, big band, gospel, and dixieland with some R&B, motown, and jazz, with David Winograd’s The Saints of Swing 7-piece band and vocalist Miss Rene Bailey. The group is a collective of some of the tri-state area’s finest performers. Bailey has sung with Louis Armstrong and Sam Cooke, among many others! Other members of the ensemble include

Dale Demarco (sax/ clarinet/vocals), Barry Bryson, (trumpet/ vocals), Ken Foy (trombone/vocals), Peter Tomlinson (piano/accordion) and Larry Balestra, (drums). The concert takes place on June 12, 2:00pm-4:00pm at the Coleman Corners Farmstand, 10 Coleman Road, Montgomery. The farmstand is run by the wonderful folks from the Bruderhof, and so the baked goods are amazing!

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Goshen Art League: “Ex Libris: Artists Explore Literature” Free Music, Milford The Goshen Art League (GAL) continues to celebrate sixty years of highlighting and exhibiting local art with a new show at the Goshen Music Hall. The art exhibit, Ex Libris: Artists Explore Literature will be on display through July 30. The public is invited to view over 50 works in various media created by 29 member artists. The exhibit can also be viewed virtually on the League’s website at www. “Serenade to Solitude” by Karen E. Gersch. Inspired by: “One Hundred Years of Solitude” by GoshenArtLeague.com Gabriel Garcia Marquez. Curator Gloria Bonelli worked side by side with fellow artists by Poe, always a favorite, and Gabriel and League members Rick Weber and Garcia Marquez, as well as lesser known Vaune Sherin and associate curator literary inspirations.” Due to COVID restrictions, viewing Michele Meek to install the diverse will be limited to two guests in the exhibit. The theme of the show, Ex Libris: gallery at a time. Masks are required. Artists Explore Literature, invited artists However, as with the previous show the to submit works inspired by a work of exhibit may also be viewed virtually on literature, a literary character, an author, GAL’s website, goshenartleague.com. Admission to these gallery events is and/or a literary genre. “This is always my favorite exhibit of the year,” enthused always free. The generosity of Goshen Music Bonelli. “The members’ interpretations of the theme are widely diverse and Hall owner Gerry Hluchan provides creative. We have works influenced GAL with a home venue and allows for

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“A Discordant Hum of Human Voices” by Jennifer Charton. Inspired by: Edgar Allan Poe.

the creative license to mount several uniquely themed exhibits year-round. There is always a League art show on view at the Music Hall, which is home to the only art gallery in Goshen. Interested parties may also make by-appointment requests to view the exhibit during off-hours by emailing goshenartleague@gmail.com. COVID restrictions apply.

Kindred Spirits Arts is hosting monthly free summer presentations at the Milford Park Gazebo, W. Catharine & 5th Streets, Milford. Disordering The Attic with the Gillespie/Morton Duo will take place June 19 at 7:00pm. Singer Fiona Gillespie and multi-instrumentalist Paul Holmes Morton perform songs that explore human desire. With a program grounded in the Baroque era, the two musicians also showcase their love for folk and modern music. Admission is free. Bring along your folding chairs and enjoy! And don’t forget to visit either the WaterWheel Cafe or Apple Valley Restaurant for your culinary needs. See ads page 16.

Frank Shuback: “From Past to Present”

“I want the objects to still be what they are, but seen in a new context, “ explains Frank Shuback, the multi-dimensional artist whose found object wall sculptures and collages are on display at Griffith Olivero Realty in Goshen. Shuback, a long-time, very active member of Goshen Art League (GAL,) is pleased to present a solo show featuring more than 30 pieces, as the League celebrates its 60th anniversary. “A realty office may seem an unusual venue for an art show,” posits GAL president, Robb Gomulka. “But we’ve been mounting exhibits here for several years and it has come to be a second home to our artists. John Olivero and his staff are happy to host these rotating solo exhibits and are warmly welcoming to all visitors who come to take in the shows.”

Vaune Sherin, supervising curator of GAL’s Master Artists Solo Show Series, enthuses, “Frank Shuback has gone on a treasure hunt and shares his finds with us by way of collages and wall sculptures. His collages are peeks at pieces of fine art juxtaposed with patterns and color. And his sculptures are created from found objects - pieces of wood, metal, and plastic. This exhibit is an adventure!” From Past to Present - A Solo Show curated by Vaune Sherin is on view at Griffith Olivero Realtors, 226 Main Street, Goshen through late August (TBD). See the work Monday thru Friday, 9:00am-5:00pm, weekends, 9:00am-3:00pm and by appointment. See the show virtually by visiting GAL’s website: www.goshenartleague.com Info: goshenartleague@gmail.com

Two June 10 Solar Eclipse Previews Early risers in the Northeast U.S. on Thursday morning, June 10, will - weather conditions permitting - be treated to the most unusual sunrise of their lives, for we will not see a yelloworange circle of light, but a large solar eclipse which will transform the Sun into a fiery scimitar! From the Tri-State Area, sunrise on June 10 is at 5:24am and maximum eclipse comes nine minutes later. Eighty percent of the Sun’s diameter will be obscured. Such a circumstance is very rare, having occurred only twice in the past 150 years (September 1875 and October 1959). Eclipses of the Sun and Moon are dramatic natural events which have been described in records going back for centuries in many civilizations. Ancient astronomers discovered certain cycles of occurrence of eclipses, which then allowed prediction. Accurate prediction could command power and prestige. A Sunrise Scimitar with Joe Rao is a discussion on Zoom. “In this presentation we’ll examine the mechanics of what causes eclipses as well as look at events coming our way in the future, including the total solar eclipse that will be visible from upstate New York and New England

“A Sunrise Scimitar with Joe Rao” takes place June 5 & 8 at local libraries.

on April 8, 2024,” Rao explained. Joe Rao, not Joseph “Tough Joey” Rao also known as Joey Rao, a New York mobster who was both a rival and an associate of mobster Dutch Schultz (see page 15) but Joe Rao, the Hudson Valley weatherman who lives in Putnam County and has been working as a meteorologist since 1978, first on the radio and then TV. He’s been nominated for eight Emmys. You can join in on the excitement via the Ellenville Library on June 5 at 7:00pm, or via the Port Jervis Library on June 8 at 6:30pm, giving you a preview of the forthcoming June 10 solar eclipse. The presentation is open to teens and adults. Registration is required. Visit either library’s website to register.

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“Masters of Guitar” in Chester John Sheehan is a finger-style guitarist/singer/ songwriter and composer from Ringwood, NJ. He John Sheehan gives credit to J.S. Bach and Americana great John Fahey (1939-2001) as well as many more for his success. Sheehan will be joined by well-known local guitarist Tony DePaolo - voted “Best in the Hudson Valley” by Guitar Player Magazine - on June 13 at 3:00pm

for Masters of the Guitar. This is a FREE Music for Humanity event and will be in Tony DePaolo front of Outdoors, 6 Howland Street, Chester. Please bring chairs and blankets! Music for Humanity gives special thanks to ArtsMidHudson for the grant and to the Village of Chester for closing the street to traffic.

KJ Denhert Returns to Marlboro Multiple award-winning “urban folkjazz” artist, KJ Denhert’s powerful voice, intelligent lyrics, and impeccable musicianship are brimming with honesty. Arriving with her extraordinary “New York Unit” after many worldwide, whirlwind spins around the globe, Denhert makes a joyous return to The Falcon with Mark McIntyre (guitar) Etienne Stadwijk (keys), Mamadou Ba (bass) and Ray Levier (drums). Denhert defines herself as an “urban folk and jazz” artist, often stepping outside of that box to explore other influences. Her fine songwriting stands

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out in front at every performance, along with her smoky rich alto and stellar guitar playing. KJ has performed in Italy, Egypt, St. Barthélemy, Nepal, Turkey, Germany, Switzerland and Alaska. Catch these A-1 musicians on June 27 at 7:00pm on the The Falcon Outdoor Stage, 1348 Route 9W, Marlboro. For information: 845-236-7970.

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Dance Gallery Festival: June 26 In 2018, the Dance Gallery began a residency program in collaboration with Catskill Arts Society for artists to develop works for the NYC Season. On June 26, Dance Gallery Festival choreographers and dancers will present an immersive performance of Peter Cheng K. Mathebula Teddy Tedholm three vignettes amidst Main Street in Livingston Manor at 11:00am, back with the Dance 12:00pm, and 1:00pm. On each hour, Gallery Festival the performers will move to a new choreographers and location in town - exact locations to be dancers around the shared at a later date. politics and poetics of Peter Cheng is a Taiwanese-American queer bodies in dance. dance artist hailing from San Francisco. Recipient of a Neil Greenberg Khensani Mathebula founded Guggenheim Fellowship and a “Bessie” Matheta Dance in 2017, with aspirations Award, Neil has been creating dances to build its presence in both the States since 1979. He has created over 25 works and South Africa. for his company, as well as commissions In addition to a nomination for a World for Mikhail Baryshnikov’s White Oak Dance Award in the Best Choreography Dance Project and Ricochet Dance Concert/Live Performance category, Company of London. Teddy Tedholm has been a finalist in In addition to the day’s events, dance the McCallum Theater Choreography films will be on view at the Laundry Festival. King, 65 Main Street, Livingston Manor, Queer Bodies in Dance: A Talk Back from 11:00am-3:00pm. For more information about CAS, see with Neil Greenberg will take place on June 26 at 3:00pm. Neil will lead a talk ad page 7.