D & H CANVAS March 2014 by Delaware & Hudson CANVAS

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Publisher’s Column by Barry Plaxen After a much publicized unhappy decision for the Valley Central School District, where not only have arts been deleted from the elementary curricula, but librarians have also been let go (DOH), this month’s issue of CANVAS validates that, though that one district’s Board of Education might be unvisionary, reactionary and retrogressive when it comes to giving students a well-rounded education, we can celebrate the arts in our schools thanks to many other school districts. Read about music in Cornwall, Goshen, Monroe-Woodbury on page 27, Art & Photography from Delaware Valley on page 26, (read about Port Jervis in April) and Newburgh Central School District on page 7. A performance by The Chamber Singers of Monticello High School is on page 3, another example of respect for arts in the schools and students in general: one entire floor of Monticello HS is dedicated to music, not just for future performers or future music educators, but also for preparing students for careers in the lucrative, global music business. On page 3 is an ”extra” curricular activity that

Letters to the Editor Dear Barry & Sophia, I should let you know that the Salem Award Foundation has requested that I bring my CANVAS column on Empathy to their next board meeting. The organization’s focus is on human rights and social justice. A member heard that I wrote for an arts newspaper and asked to read one of the columns, so I emailed her the January 2014 column. CANVAS is now impacting the Boston and North Shore region! Susan Handler Salem, MA

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most area districts do support in High Schools, being shown courtesy of Middletown’s Galleria Mall and produced by the Orange County Arts Council in conjunction with the schools. See page 18 calendar listing for Primavera ‘14: A Taste of Pine Bush which hopefully will include att by Pine Bush HS students. All these districts are dependent on parents and business communities for supporting arts programs, if not monetarily, then certainly vocally. KUDOS to all. Libraries and galleries celebrate students and their arts. Greenwood Lake Library exhibits a student’s art every month. The Wallkill River School in Montgomery recently created a student gallery, shared by youth and adult students. In March, galleries are collaborating with local adult community groups for exhibits in Liberty and Narrowsburg. See page 5. And speaking of librarians, our friend Laura J. Moran’s ten years at Western Sullivan Public Library are over. Laura has recently resigned her position as Adult Programmer and is headed for a new career assisting community groups, businesses and schools with her expertise on arts-integration into the general community. CANVAS wishes Laura joy and magic on her new journey. Lastly, we welcome our new “language” columnist Carol Pozefsky, known locally for her Thursday 10:00am program on WJFF Radio. See page 30 for her entertaining, linguistic tidbits.

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by Richard Price President of the North East Watercolor Society On view through March 21 in Orange Hall Gallery, Middletown. See page 32.

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Saturday, March 1: HS Musicals

The Orange County Arts Council is hosting its first High School Musical Theatre Showcase in the Lower Level Center Court at the Galleria at Crystal Run in Middletown on March 1 from 3:00pm to 6:30pm. Seven schools’ students will be singing, dancing and strutting their stuff as they share samples of their upcoming high school musicals with each other and the general public. Dawn Ansbro, Executive Director for the Council, said “The county-wide student art show sponsored by the Arts Council was such a huge success last year that we decided we needed to add an event for the performing arts this year. We sent out some inquiries to see if the schools were interested and were thrilled to get such an enthusiastic response. These students are so talented - I’m really looking forward to seeing so many of them performing in one place.” Middletown High School teens will be performing selections from the contemporary musical In the Heights. The story involves characters in a largely Dominican-American neighborhood. The complete show can be seen at Middletown HS on April 4 at 2:00pm and April 5 at 2:00pm and 8:00pm. Warwick Valley High School teens will be performing selections from the whodunit musical Curtains, by Kander & Ebb. The musical, a spoof of backstage murder mystery plots, is set in 1959 Boston and follows the fallout when the supremely untalented star of “Robbin’ Hood of the Old West” is murdered during the opening night curtain call. The complete show can be seen at Warwick Valley HS on March 7 at 7:30pm and March 8 at 2:00pm and 7:30pm. Valley Central High School teens will perform selections from Crazy For You by Ira & George Gershwin. The show follows

the story of Bobby Child, a well-to-do 1930’s playboy, whose dream in life is to dance. It’s a high energy comedy which includes mistaken identity, plot twists, and fabulous dance numbers. The full musical can be seen at Valley Central HS on April 4 & 5 at 7:00pm, and April 6 at 2:00pm. Washingtonville High School teens will perform selections from Bye Bye Birdie. The story was inspired by the phenomenon of Elvis Presley and his draft notice into the Army in 1957. The show can be seen at Washingtonville HS on March 6, 7 and 8 at 7:00pm. Newburgh Free Academy teens will be performing selections from West Side Story, by Leonard Bernstein and Stephen Sondheim. The entire musical can be seen at Newburgh Free Academy on March 21 & 22 at 7:30pm, and March 23 at 2:30pm. Goshen’s John S. Burke Catholic High School teens will be performing selections from Godspell. The show is composed of various musical parables from The Gospel According to Matthew and uses contemporary music and dance to tell the story of Jesus Christ. The musical can be seen in its entirety at Burke Catholic HS on April 11 & 12 at 7:30pm and April 13 at 2:00pm. Port Jervis High School will be performing selections from the hit movie-inspired musical Footloose. The story features classic 80’s anthems and revolves around a rebellious teenager who moves to a small middleAmerican town where dance is forbidden, and encourages his classmates to defy the local pastor and call for a rock ‘n ‘roll prom. Call Port Jervis HS for dates and times. For information about the March 1 event or to find out how to become more involved with the Arts Council, call 845-469-9168 or email dawn@ocartscouncil.org

Sunday, March 2 in Middletown

ERRATUM The world class American String Quartet and guest violist Cynthia Phelps perform Mozart, Brahms and Shostakovich masterpieces in Orange Hall Theatre SUNDAY, MARCH 2, at 3:00pm. Though correct in our calendar listings last month, it was incorrect in the story. Apologies to Cultural Affairs at SUNY Orange. For information: 845-341-4891.

Monday, March 3 in Monticello

Nesin Cultural Arts is pleased to Nesin Scholarship is awarded to a announce Monticello High School’s graduating senior who is pursuing select choir known as The Chamber studies in the performing arts. It Singers and their counterpart The also provides tuition assistance for Minor Details will perform a recital educational programs presented by to benefit the Eugene D. Nesin Nesin Cultural Arts. Memorial Scholarship on March The choirs are under the direction 3 at 7:00pm at the Nesin Theatre of Mr. Peter Frost. for the Performing Arts, 22 St. John Tickets for this performance are The Chamber Singers suggested donation $10 for adults, Street, Monticello. Enjoy an evening of classical, jazz, folk and free for students with ID. All are welcome. pop music while supporting local students. The For tickets call 845-794-8840. March 2014

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“Vintage Pain” Featured at DVAA

In 1998 Sally Rowe left her job and life in New York City, moved to Sullivan County, and never looked back. Since then, she has been engaged in a variety of artistic pursuits which have included non-fiction writing, re-purposing vintage objects, and fiber (textiles and knits). Sally is also co-founder of the Barryville Area Arts Association, established in 2006. Her most recent body of work, entitled Vintage Pain, uses nostalgia and words as expression. The story is personal, but its themes are universal. “I am extremely drawn to old objects: their aesthetics, emotional resonance, and sense of mystery. I am also captivated by the charm and detail of tiny objects. This is why I have chosen to create a small theatre of emotion and memory by staging vintage childhood play objects in a series

“My parents taught me to be very well behaved”

of scenes. The words are integral to each scene, and elucidate what is happening “on stage,” explained Sally. Rowe’s installation, Vintage Pain, is on display at the Delaware Valley Arts Alliance’s (DVAA) Alliance Gallery from March 22-April 14, located at 37 Main Street, Narrowsburg. For more information the DVAA and membership, phone: 845-252-7576.

New ORMC Mural & Exhibit

Orange Regional Medical Center (ORMC) commissioned artist Nestor Madalengoitia to paint a mural for the family waiting room on the first floor of the hospital. The colorful painting highlights familiar, comforting scenes inspired by Orange County farmland, with animals and hot air balloons, to create a child-friendly environment and “Orange County Farmland” by Nestor Madalengoitia experience. with the subjects of my community, whether that A related exhibit in ORMC’s ground floor community is my family, my neighborhood, or the gallery, just outside the cafeteria, features a selection community of the world,” says Madalengoitia. of Madalengoitia’s artwork. In a series of large The ground floor exhibit runs through April 11. paintings, the artist paints his family in moments of ORMC is located at 707 East Main Street, domestic tranquility. “Painting allows me to interact Middletown. For information: 845-333-2385.

Catskill Art Society: “Wherever You Go” and “Child’s Play”

The Catskill Art Society is presenting Child’s Play and Wherever You Go, a solo exhibition featuring the photography of Christopher Vernale. Wherever You Go is an abstract series started when Vernale moved to Brooklyn. As someone who has never lived in one place for more than five years, the idea of feeling disconnected and in a strange place permeates his series. Shots from the road capture those moments we feel while floating around in our own minds, while walking in new and foreign places, opening the heart to new feelings and the mind to new perspectives. A sense of humor, and an open perception of the

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“Wanderlust” by Christopher Vernale

ridiculous, color the artist’s perspective as he sees the world around him. Child’s Play is a series created in 2012,

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representing the balance between truths we found as children playing with toy soldiers and other forms of playing war, as opposed to the truths we learn later in life. As we grow older, we realize our own mortality and the fragile nature of the human mind and body. The games of fighting, shooting, and warfare are more serious from this new mature perspective than before, when the consequences were not as easily understood. What was once an acceptable form of play and expression becomes an acceptable form of horror, representing deeper connotations as to why we are trained at a young age to play with the idea of war, death, and violence.

Vernale has been an active photographer and cinematographer for over ten years. Storytelling and the visual arts have always been a large part of his goals in expression. His work focuses mostly on perception and the psychological states of human nature. Vernale’s exhibit is at the CAS Arts Center, 48 Main Street, Livingston Manor from March 1-April 6. CAS will host a free Artist Talk on March 1 at 2:00pm, followed immediately by a reception from 3:00pm-5:00pm. All are welcome and light refreshments will be served. The CAS Arts Center is wheelchair accessible. Visit www.catskillartsociety.org for information.

New Hope Brings Art to Liberty

New Hope Community is a facility in Loch Sheldrake that helps people with intellectual and other developmental disabilities. The Community’s arts program is showing Explorations1, an exhibit of the work of over 20 artists, including paintings in watercolor and acrylic as well as textured pieces. These recent works are on display at Creative Impulse’s Gallery March 6-29. An opening reception will be held on March 6 from 6:00pm8:00pm. ARTIST OPPORTUNITY Creative Impulse, at 126 Main Street, Liberty (see ad on page 31) is now open to artists who wish to exhibit their work. Potential exhibitors should call Susan Petry at 845-292-7027.

Angel Inspired Art: Simpson Originals

Linda Moore painting a watercolor

Visit www.newhopecommunity.org for more information about New Hope Community.

SullivanArc Brings Art to Narrowsburg

SullivanArc is a not-for-profit agency dedicated to providing support and services to over 800 individuals with intellectual and/or developmental disabilities. The agency hopes to help draw attention to National Developmental Disabilities Awareness Month with their 7th annual exhibit, Expressions 2014, featuring paintings by people with developmental disabilities. Many of the artists have limited mobility or are unable to speak or articulate words, yet they create paintings that are expressive and richly colored. Some of these artists are only able to paint because adaptive devices have been custom built for them, which enable them to accomplish their art.

Spotlight On: Sugar Loaf Guild

Artwork by Kim Nash

The exhibit is at the Delaware Valley Art Center (DVAC) from March 1-29. The opening reception is on March 1 from 2:00pm-4:00pm. The DVAC is located at 37 Main Street, Narrowsburg. For information: 845-252-7576.

“The name of my business says, ‘awakened by angels’ and is a result of just that. Since I’ve become more aware of God’s messengers and my own special light, my life has taken a new direction. Since 2001, I went from being a lab technician for a prominent paper company for 27 years, to becoming the owner of a business called Simpson Originals. The business is totally devoted to angels, fairies and things I love, like painting and photography,” said Cheryl Simpson. Cheryl Simpson was born in Saratoga Springs and the Adirondacks were her inspiration for many years. After a 27 year career in the paper industry and raising four children, she now devotes her time to taking Cheryl Simpson endless photographs and creating her artwork, both at home and in her shop in Sugar Loaf. As she has shared with many, she was awakened by angels who

literally led her to open Simpson Originals. Her artwork, done in a variety of mediums, is inspired by channeled visions and the magic and beauty that continually define nature. Photographs, art prints, as well as original pieces are available in a variety of sizes. Pet portraits are available, not restricted to dogs and cats, and can be done with wings if desired. Channeled messages from your angels and guides, Akashic readings, books, cards, stained glass, crystals and many gift items are also available. Simpson Originals is located at 1379 Kings Highway, Sugar Loaf. Call 845-469-1222.

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New Work at the Wursboro Art Alliance World War I in Monroe

Lee Scribner is a poet and visual artist who has been a member of the Wurtsboro Art Alliance (WAA) since 2012. “My artwork really began up in Eastport, Maine about three years ago. I suppose I always had the talent, but not the time to pursue it. I was surrounded by artists and as I began, they supported me in my artistic ventures. I sold some of my work, but creating it was really what kept me sane and helped overcome my loneliness. “I am inspired by what is around me. Like my poetry, my heart and soul are in all of my work. I always hope it pleases the people who really see my efforts. I love to create real and unreal pieces by using my imagination. “The mediums I use are pencil for the control, acrylics for the bold color effect and oil pastels because of the pure freedom of expression. Through my art I hope to achieve acceptance of who I am and just...maybe inspire others to try their hands as an extension of who they are.” New Work is an art exhibit featuring works by the WAAmembers and guests. Represented artists include: Patti Anderson, Melissa Arnott, Paula Baldinger, Carol Bronte, Janet Campbell, James Carney, Cynthia Hall, Midge Monat, David Munford, Nelson Pantoja, David Pendergast, Susan Pendergast, Michael Piotrowski, Roberta Rosenthal, Eda SanchezPersampieri, Lee Scribner, Sandy Spitzer,

“Wolf” by Lee Scribner

Gene Weinstein, Linda Wilkinson, Katie Wong and others. New Work runs from March 8-March 30. There will be an artists’ reception, free and open to the public, on March 8, from 2:00pm4:00pm (snow date: March 15). The Wurtsboro Art Alliance Gallery is located at 73 Sullivan Street in Wurtsboro. For information, email: info@waagallery.org, or visit www.waagallery.org

To pay tribute to the men who fought in “The Great War” and the lives lost, Museum Village will host a commemoration to the 100th anniversary of the beginning of World War I. The Museum will have various demonstrations of military life and equipment on their green. Visitors will witness several re-enactors representing this very noteworthy time period in history. There will also be a presentation on food preservation and rationing by Sarah Wassberg at 1:00pm and a talk on the British involvement in Mesopotamia by William Lemanski at 3:00pm. Several exhibits including an original uniform and several posters will be on display. The Gift Shop and Snack bar will also be open. Time travel on March 22, from Noon-4:00pm at Museum Village, 1010 Route 17M, Monroe. Children under 4 and Veterans FREE. Every visitor will also receive a free pass to the Museum’s Opening Day on April 12, 2014! For more information call 845-782-8248.

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Ireland in Beacon

Gayle Clark Fedigan, pastel instructor at Mount St. Mary College, Desmond Campus, has taught workshops in Ireland and Europe for the past 20 years. “I always take the time after my workshops to have my own painting holiday. This past August, I was at the Burren Art Center in Lisdoonvarna (see painting Lisdoonvarna by Gayle above) for the Irish celebration, The Gathering of the Clan, and did a demonstration for instructors and students alike. Then my friend Sandy Brandman and I rented a West Ireland coastal cottage and painted our hearts out,” said Gayle. Gayle will be the featured artist for March at RiverWinds Gallery, 172 Main Street in Beacon. A Show of Ireland: Pastel Impressions will run from March 8-April 6. Also included are Hudson River Valley and still life paintings. The opening reception is on March 8 from 5:00pm-8:00pm. Information: 845-838-2880.

A Rewarding Art Experience at Artology in New Windsor by Naomi Kennedy Wallkill resident Jamie Taylor always envisioned opening her own gallery. She started teaching art in her thirties and just recently retired in June. In November 2013, her dream came true when she opened Artology at 318 Blooming Grove Turnpike in New Windsor. Artology, a gallery and studio featuring the work of local artists and artisans, with unusual gift items in the shop, is a very special place for art students of all levels. After graduating with a MA in Art Studio, Printmaking, and a Magna cum Laude, BS in Art Education, both at SUNY New Paltz, Jamie taught at several schools including Gardnertown Fundamental Magnet School, Bishop Dunn Memorial School in Newburgh, and Beacon High School. Throughout the years she also worked as an art director and graphic designer. Jamie has exhibited her work in many solo and group shows in venues such as the Newburgh Free Academy Art Gallery, Mount St. Mary College in Newburgh, and Elting Memorial Library in New Paltz. She has had several honorable mentions; and has won awards from locales such as the Newburgh Free Library Community Art Show, Mount St. Mary College, and the Barrett House. Her work is included in the

“Permanent Student Collection/Printmaking Department” at SUNY New Paltz. Some of her studio’s very extensive list of courses include: Abstract Art, Art with a Global Perspective, Charcoal Drawing, Chinese Brush, Digital Photography, Drawing from Life, Mixed Media, (for children ages 3-16); and Healing Art, Landscapes, Parent & Me, and Printmaking, (for adults). “I try to promote a really high quality of art education. It is not just about doing the art, but also about art history and Mural on Newburgh´s waterfront. Both Sunwha and Rachel, along with different cultures,” explained Taylor. “My Artology instructors are not only several other artists, are represented by educators, but they are artists who believe in Jamie whose hope is to provide a venue for local artists. “I welcome what they do,” said Taylor. all diversified artists to Sunwha Gil, Rachel exhibit a solo or group Weidkam, and Jamie are show, including sculptors,” all certified art instructors said Taylor. Walk-ins are at the studio. welcome! Sunwha, originally from Photography, original art, Korea, has a BFA in Oriental prints, and unusual items Painting, a Magna Cum such as jewelry, gemstones, Laude BS in Art Education, and paperweights are and a MA in Humanistic/ all for sale in the gift Multicultural Education. shop. The paperweights She has exhibited in Seoul, contain insects with actual South Korea, as well as in scorpions inside lucite, Jamie Taylor the United States. Rachel earned her BFA and creates which appeal to the kids. Jamie encourages her students to utilize commissioned portraits and murals. She is one of the artists who worked on the Trestle Artsonia, a free and safe kid-friendly website

that publishes and promotes student art. Children have a sense of accomplishment when people view their artwork. “They get so excited and really love seeing their work online,” said Taylor. Recently she started working with local schools to exhibit their students’ artwork. The South Middle School in Newburgh will have a student show from March 23-April 12, with the opening reception on March 23, from 2:00pm-4:00pm. “It’s really gratifying to work with kids; they are so willing to take a risk, use their imagination and try something different,” said Taylor. Jamie feels it’s important for art to be about the experience and not so much the results. “Any art is good art, as long as the kids are enjoying it,” concluded Taylor. For more information, call 845-391-8686; visit www.ArtologyStudio.org, or www. facebook.com/ArtologyStudio.

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SAINT PADDY’S DAY FESTIVITIES!

Sligo in Greenwood Lake

Celtic Crossroads at Eisenhower Hall

place of birth in 2002, during the annual O’Carolan Harp Festival, the first of which was held in Nobber in 1988. County Sligo is a county in Ireland. Sligo has a strong musical tradition dating back over many generations, as well as an idiomatic style of traditional music. Brian Conway is well known in the Irish/Celtic community, has won numerous all-Ireland fiddling competitions, and has been called one of the best fiddlers of his generation. John Walsh was born in The Bronx. At the tender age of 10, his family moved to Kilkenny, where great hurlers are born by the minute. Not being very skilled at the ancient art of hurling, he took up guitar and was lucky enough to be surrounded by a rich musical heritage in Kilkenny. O’Carolan, Sligo, Conway and Walsh all blend together at the GreenwoodLakeLibrary,onMarch 13 at 6:30pm. Free Admission. The library is located at 79 Waterstone Road, Greenwood Lake. For more information, call the library at 845-477-8377.

The name “Celtic Crossroads” originates from a time in Ireland when neighboring communities met at the crossroads between towns and villages to socialize - long before the pub tradition began. A fresh new show from Ireland claims to take the art form to an entirely new level. With a focus on keeping the tradition of Irish music alive, each performer nurtures the bygone Crossroads concept, and by virtue of their raw talent, they high-kick this tradition into the 21st Century.

The Parting Glass is an Irish, Scottish and in many forms and cultures. In Europe such Newfoundland traditional song, often sung at instruments have a long and distinguished history the end of a gathering of friends. It was allegedly and take various forms; most widely known of these are the recorder. the most popular song in Almost all primitive Newfoundland, Scotland cultures had a type of and Ireland before Robert fipple flute. A possible Burns wrote Auld Lang Neanderthal fipple flute Syne. from Slovenia dates from The Parting Glass Band 81,000-53,000 B.C., a is an Irish trio that presents German flute from 35,000 a musical tour of melodies, years ago, and a flute made familiar to the Irish in the “Old Country” and their immigrant sons and from sheep’s bone in West Yorkshire dating to the daughters, here in the Hudson and Delaware Iron Age. The multi-faceted musicians’ St. Paddy’s Day Valleys. Al Gessner, who plays flute and accordion, month has an impressive list of gigs. March 2: Irish Day at the American Legion, played in Green Velvet, The Bearded Lady and has done many sessions with Jim & Mary Greenwood Lake from 12:00pm-6:00pm. March 4: In Concert, Port Jervis Library, Port Coogen. He is the owner of Al’s Music Shop in Jervis from 6:30pm-8:00pm. Port Jervis. (See ad page 25). March 9: The Captain’s Table, Monroe, from Kevin McComb plays guitar, uke, banjo, and sings. He is a brass and string repairman, with 4:00pm-8:00pm. March 11: In Concert, Thrall Library, roots in Gospel. He has played in the Irish rock Middletown from 6:30pm-8:00pm. band Emish. March 15:Annarella’s on the Green, Cornwall, Patti Gessner, flute, vocals, tin whistle and percussion: “My roots are from Cork. I am a 4:00pm-8:00pm. (See adjacent Warwick story.) AND they perform Thursday nights from teacher, shopkeeper, pianist, mother of 4, and wife (of Al). I have sung Irish music my whole 7:00pm-10:00pm at CANVAS’ main distribution life. This is my first official band outside of the drop in Salisbury Mills: Loughran’s Irish Pub, 10 Schoolhouse Road. A local favorite for lunch, band I raised.” Patti’s tin whistle in its modern form is from dinner and also for catering. For information: 845-496-3615. a family of fipple flutes which have been seen 8 Delaware & Hudson CANVAS March 2014

Monroe The Ancient Order of Hibernians Division 1 and AOH Ladies Division 5 are presenting Irish Heritage Day. Everyone is welcome to listen to Irish music and dance, learn about Irish heritage, eat some yummy authentic Irish food, and even learn about Irish athletics! At the Monroe Irish Center, 8-10 North Main

Turlough O’Carolan (1670-1738) was a blind Irish harper, composer and singer whose great fame is due to his gift for melodic composition. He is considered by many to be Ireland’s national composer. For almost fifty years, O’Carolan journeyed from one end of Ireland to the other, composing and performing his tunes. O’Carolan composed both songs and instrumental harp music, reflecting various styles of composition. As he did not speak English very well, he composed only one song in English. In light of the obvious language differences, Carolan’s lyrics are rarely performed today, whereas many of his tunes are widely performed. Many of his songs are designated as “planxties”, a word that O’Carolan apparently invented or popularized to signify a tribute to a merry host. In return for writing songs in honor of wealthy patrons, he was often welcomed as an honored guest to stay on their estates. It is said that weddings and funerals were sometimes delayed until he could arrive to perform. A statue was erected to him at his

Turlough O’Carolan

Brian Conway fiddles around by himself: March 2 at 3:00pm; Newburgh Library, & March 30 at 2:00pm; Cornwall Library

John Walsh

Parting Glass Band Brings Ireland to You

Celtic Crossroads presents Irish music like never before, expecting to do for Irish music what Riverdance has done for Irish dance. Traditional Irish music, bluegrass, gypsy and even some jazz are all combined while pulsating with the rhythms of exciting Irish dance percussion. True high-kicking from some of Ireland’s most respected Irish dancers also intensifies the show! Revel in the excitement on March 8 at 8:00pm when they come to Eisenhower Hall Theatre, West Point. For tickets call the box office: 845-938-4159.

Foley Brings Ireland to Ellenville

A 3-time All-Ireland Fiddle Champion, Dylan Foley was a student of the great Rose Flanagan (the original fiddler in Cherish the Ladies) and counts Joanie Madden, Brian Conway, Mike McHale, and Monsignor Charlie Coen are among his primary influences. Dylan has played on Jay Unger’s Dancing On the Air show on WAMC four times and has

also performed with many artists including Conway. Now, at the age of 20, Foley plays concerts, sessions and “celli’s” around the greater New York area. Listen to fiddlin’ Foley and Friends when they perform at the Ellenville Public Library, 40 Center Street, Ellenville, on March 23 at 2:00pm. For information: 845-647-5530.

Ireland in Monroe & Goshen

Street, Monroe on March 8 from 7:00pm-8:30pm. For info.: 845-783-0205. Goshen The 38th annual MidHudson St. Patrick’s Day Parade will be held on March 16 in Goshen! Lineup at 1:00pm and step-off at 2:00pm. Email: goshenparade2014@aol.com for more information and updates!

Emerald Isle in Warwick Kids’ Ireland in Florida The Blarney Station is an Irish bar and restaurant in Warwick owned by John O’Connell. John was born and raised in Ireland and brings traditional Irish fare and American favorites to his restaurant. Everything from shepard’s pie, corned beef & cabbage and fish n’ chips to burgers, steaks, sandwiches and salads. Kids? Check out their “Little Tikes” menu. After a warm, delicious meal at The Blarney Station, (10 Railroad Avenue, Warwick) end your St. Paddy’s Day festivities by listening to The Parting Glass Band on March 15 from 9:30pm11:30pm. Safe Home! Don’t miss the “Irish Session” March 16 at 2:30pm, Irish music (provided by Rich Nostrum) and Irish dancers! For info: 845-986-1509.

“Foggy Dew” is the name of several Irish ballads, and of an Irish lament. The Florida Library is celebrating Irish heritage with Mr. Sloat of the Foggy Dew Irish Band on banjo while Kindergarten teacher Mrs. Sloat entertains with her marionettes on March 8 at 2:00pm. A free, fun, family event! The library is located at 4 Cohen Circle, Florida. Register by calling the library: 845-651-7659.

Dramatic “Revue” In Goshen memories and anecdotes of people History Alive! is a theatrical who saw him play from his debut afternoon, a 90-minute, fully designed in the Negro Leagues in 1915 to his play with a series of scenes and retirement in 1941.” vignettes, presented by Cornerstone Charleston will be portrayed by Jeff Theatre Arts with superstars Albert Starr, who also portrays Robeson in Einstein, Ty Cobb, Paul Robeson, Jane this “revue” of some of Cornerstone’s Austen, Vincent and Theo Van Gogh, Orson Welles, Amelia Earhart, Daniel Jeff Starr past historical productions. Narrated by Jennifer Cullen, additional cast Webster, Edwin Booth and several members include Rebecca Robbins, others including Oscar Charleston. Marianne Ciuffetili, Crystal Who was Oscar Charleston? “Oscar Gilbert, Les Ferguson, Evelyn Charleston might be the greatest Albino, BJ Boothe, Jon Stein, ballplayer who ever lived,” says Mark Von Oesen, Joe Barra, Myles Cornerstone Director Ken Tschan. Corrigan, Justin Pietropaolo, Ken “Buck O’Neil, a former Negro Leagues player, major league coach and Boothe as Booth Tschan and Bettina Skye, reprising her superb characterization as “Crazy scout, once described Charleston as Bet” from Cornerstone’s November Ty Cobb, Babe Ruth and Tris Speaker 2013 play, Sisters Under the Skin. rolled into one. Like Ruth, Charleston “History Alive! is an in-depth warmhad a big barrel chest and spindly up to Cornerstone Theatre Arts’ 2014 legs, and he hit left-handed with big season. You get 90 minutes of history power. But he ran the bases like Cobb, on stage with narration, images, and full of speed, ferocity and spikes, and he played center field like Speaker, WTBQ DJ Jon Stein HUGE personalities,” says Tschan. Adapted and directed by Tschan playing shallow behind second base and designed by Jacqueline Dion, the but with the instinct to make plays dramatic “revue” runs March 1, 2, 8, over his head. 9 at 2:00pm, at Goshen Music Hall, “We don’t have the image of him 223 Main Street. (Not handicapped running down a deep fly at the Polo accessible.) Grounds, making a spectacular catch Reservations are required. Call 845with his back to home plate and his hat flying off. We must rely on the Bettina Skye 294-4188.

Symphonic Winds at Kaplan Hall

Kevin Scott

Cecil Adderly

Ayatey Shabazz

SUNY Orange Symphonic Band conductor, Dr. Kevin Scott, has arranged for a very unique concert for the band’s spring season, titled From the South - A Fusion of Folk and Spiritual Sounds. Scott’s exciting ensemble includes local musicians and SUNY Orange students. Along with music by one of America’s major 20th Century composers, William Grant Still, Scott will introduce music by Cecil Adderley, Ayatey Shabazz and William Owens, and will perform the New York State premiere of Harriet by O’Neal Douglas, Jr. Adderly is the Music Education Chair at the prestigious Berkelee College of Music. He often stresses the importance of having music programs available to all students. “When I was in public school in Columbia, SC, we had music every day. If I had my way, students would have the opportunity to pursue all subjects every day, to have a balance every day.” Mississippi native Shabazz is an arranger/ composer for many idioms of music such as

William Owens

O’Neal Douglas, Jr.

Louis Hilfstein

drum corps, jazz, film and television projects. He also travels extensively conducting clinics, adjudicating concert festivals and marching band contests. Indiana native William Owens is a composer, clinician and conductor. Since 1993, he has written over 150 commissioned and published works for concert band, string orchestra and small ensemble. His music has been performed at Carnegie Hall. O’Neal Douglas, Jr. composes for wind band, orchestra, choir, and chamber ensembles. Harriet was inspired by Harriet Tubman’s work with the Underground Railroad. Guest soloist Leon Hilfstein, will perform Still’s Kaintuck, an impressionist poem for piano and orchestra. Hilfstein is well known for his performances in Sullivan County. The concert is on March 21 at 7:00pm in Kaplan Hall on Grand and First Streets, Newburgh. Additional parking is available underground. All students admitted free. For further information, call Arts and Communication at 845-341-4787.

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Whispering Pines Mardi Gras is French for “Fat Tuesday”. Just as Easter changes dates from year to year, so does Mardi Gras. We’re talking about “Mardi Gras Day.” The history of Mardi Gras began long before Europeans set foot in the New World. The ancient Romans celebrated Lupercalia, a circus-like festival not entirely unlike the Mardi Gras we are familiar with today. Mardi Gras came to America in 1699 with the French explorer Iberville. It had been celebrated in Paris since the Middle Ages, where it was a major holiday. Iberville sailed into the Gulf of Mexico, from where he launched an expedition up the Mississippi River. On March 3, 1699, he set up a camp on the west bank of the river about 60 miles south of where New Orleans is today. This was the day Mardi Gras was being celebrated in France. In honor of this important day, Iberville named the site Point du Mardi Gras. During the late 1700’s, masked balls were common in New Orleans while it was under French rule. However, when New Orleans came under Spanish rule, the custom was banned. In 1803, New Orleans came under the U.S. flag. The prohibition against masked festivals continued until 1823 when the Creole populace convinced the governor to permit masked balls. In 1827 street masking was again legalized. Then in the 1800’s public celebrations of Mardi Gras centered around maskers on foot, in carriages and on horseback. I don’t know how many times I’ve been to Mardi

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Gras but I do know it’s a blast! The following are different dishes that I sampled while in New Orleans, pronounced “Na-Ahlans”!

Mardi Gras Madness Punch

1 ice ring 1 (40 ounce) bottle grape juice 1 (48 ounce) can unsweetened pineapple juice 1 (2 liter) bottle sprite 1 fifth vodka (750ml) or more if you’re nuts! 2 oranges 2 lemons 2 limes Place ice ring in bottom of punch bowl. Add liquids in order given. Float slices of oranges, lemons and limes on top. Makes about 65 one half cup servings.

Chicken & Sausage Gumbo

1 c vegetable oil 1 c flour 1 ½ c chopped onion 1 c chopped celery 1c chopped bell peppers 1 lb. andouille 1 ½ t salt ½ t cayenne pepper 3 whole bay leaves 6 c water 1 whole chicken (cut into bite size pieces) 2t chopped parsley ½ c chopped green onions 1t file’ powder Combine oil and flour in large cast iron or enameled cast iron Dutch oven over medium heat. Stirring slowly

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with Chef Doug Frey and constantly for 20 to 25 minutes, make a dark brown roux. Add onions, celery, bell peppers and continue to stir for 4 to 5 minutes or until the vegetables are wilted. Add sausage, chicken, salt, cayenne pepper, and bay leaves. Continue to stir for 3 to 4 minutes. Add water. Stir roux mixture and water well. Bring to a boil, then reduce heat to medium low. Cook, uncovered, stirring occasionally, for 1 hour.

King Cake

4 pk. active dry yeast 4 c flour 1c lukewarm scalded milk ¾ c sugar 1t salt 5 eggs 1 t vanilla extract ¾ c salted butter 1 dried bean or 1 tiny china baby doll 1 c sugar 3 bottles food coloring (purple, green, yellow) After mixing dough (add in bean or doll now, if desired) and letting it rise, shape into oval ring, (2 1/2” thick and about 3” high at the highest point). Sprinkle top of cake with sugar (mix sugar with the purple, green and yellow food coloring) with swirl of one color slightly overlapping the next. Set cake on baking sheet and bake. The finished cake should be lightly browned wherever dough shows through. Parts covered with colored sugar should appear slightly crust. Decoration should be as colorful as possible in order to make the cake look like a jeweled crown. Enjoy!

As always, I may be reached at Whispering Pines Caterers, whisperingpinescaterers@gmail.com or by calling 845-647-1428.

Learn the basics about hypnosis, what it is and what it is not and the different techniques of self-hypnosis. George Toth is a psychotherapist and clinical hypnotherapist with extensive experience in behavioral health settings. He is an adjunct professor at Long Island University, director of Army Community Service, Unites States Military Academy, and author of the book, Marble Mindfulness: Unlock Your Family’s Hidden Messages. He is the featured therapist on the TV show Orange County Choppers. Diana Underwood has extensive experience in the behavioral health field. She is a psychotherapist trained in alternative approaches including MARI, Reiki and Lomilomi, is co-founder of Alternative Counseling, and has taught enrichment classes at Mount St. Mary College’ Their presentation Clearing the Myths about Hypnosis is on March 28 at 10:00am at Desmond Campus, 6 Albany Post Road, Newburgh. To register: 845-565-2076.

By J. A. Di Bello

“When Erin First Rose...”

In the middle of March, a traveler might believe Montgomery Village to be but no more than a glimmering Irish hamlet, resting with ease on the banks of a meandering kill. And what, one might reasonably ask, might be a stranger’s first clue? Perhaps it’s a preconceived notion, a thought based on generalized ethnic characterizations. For all who walk these shores know for sure the first love of the Irish, those whose roots grew strong in the hardscrabble soil of the Emerald Isle. They love, as do the folks of this bonny village, a big and grand parade! Montgomery has what some have called the grandest parades of the valley: In September there’s the General Montgomery Day Parade, in May this village pays tribute to its veterans and the fallen with the Memorial Day Parade, and a bigger and greater than ever Tractor Parade, in the fall. And so, is there a more symbolic way to anticipate the resurgence of the green than a Saint Patrick’s Day Parade? “Me thinks not!” shouted a not-so-well disguised leipreachán. Many are inclined to name the traditional Saint Patrick’s Day parade as the most popular parade inAmerica; it embraces history, tradition, and custom and consequently deserves all of the notoriety and embellishments it receives each March. Most interesting and noted by Mike Cronin and Daryl Adair’s publication The Wearing of the Green: A History of St. Patrick’s

Day, the first recorded New York City St. Patrick’s Day Parade was by Irish soldiers in the British Army in 1766. As tradition calls, the Village of Montgomery will pay tribute to Saint Patrick and “The Green Isle of Erin” on March 22 with its second annual St. Patrick’s Day Parade. In keeping with the spirit and dignity of the tradition, Ed Devitt has been selected to be this year’s Grand Marshall. The Grand Marshall is by custom a noted and cherished citizen of the community and one who, most importantly, exhibits unflinching loyalty and benevolence to the Village of Montgomery. Ed Devitt, a native of Montgomery, is one who walks this path and fills these shoes; he will forever call this village “home.” He is a father, businessman and one whose actions and deeds support the restoration and continuance of Montgomery as a location with substantial historical significance. His activities have promoted this village to its present level of attractiveness and ambiance. Ed Devitt remains a constant, contributing force, providing Montgomery with a certain, and undeniable je ne sais quoi. Montgomery’s second annual St. Patrick’s Day Parade is scheduled for March 22. Participation is limited to traditional marching

groups and bands, as floats and motor vehicles will be prohibited. Marching families and/or business groups will be identified by banners and participating groups must register with the village by March 7. The number to call is 845-457-9666. Additional March 22 activities are an 8:00am Grand Marshall Mass at the Holy Name of Mary Church on Union Street. The St. Pat’s Run for the Gold 5K: 10:00am. Proceeds will go to support the Valley Central ADAM Fund. Register online at www.villageofmontgomery. org. And as an item of common interest there will be a Trip-to-Ireland raffle. In holding with the tradition of fine Irish lore, the Grand Marshall, Ed Devitt will be installed as Grand Marshal of the 2014 St. Patrick’s Parade on March 13, beginning at 6:00pm. The event, a cocktail reception / installation ceremony will be held at the Montgomery Village Senior Center, and will be Catered by Ward’s Bridge Inn. Tickets are $30 each (beer and wine included). Call Brian Fitzpatrick 845-457-9666, for additional information, i.e., tickets, sponsorships, parade registration. “When Erin first rose from the dark swelling flood, God bless’d the green island and saw it was good”

William Drennan

Ann Street Art

Safe Harbors of the Hudson Ann Street Gallery presents Materiality March 15-April 15. Featuring more than forty works by twenty-two fiber artists who employ traditional and non-tradition techniques, the exhibition provides an opportunity to “Map” mixed media experience fiber by Ruben Marroquin art that focuses on the creative potential of incorporating diverse materials and alternative technologies into the medium. Whether fiber structuring through the use of fabric, paper or human hair, these artists employ a wide range of techniques that include hand-woven and computer-assisted weaving, mixed-media collage, casting, combining sewing with painting and sculpture to express their ideas. The artist reception and will be held on March 15 from 6:30pm-8:30pm. The Ann Street Gallery is located at 104 Ann Street in Newburgh. For more information: 845-784-1109.

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Visual Art, Fiber Art, Jewlery & More at the Wallkill River School The Devitt Wing at the Wallkill River School (WRS) will feature Mixed Media Creative Expressions, a group exhibit organized by Denise Aumick. This show features artists whose mediums include art quilts, assemblages, jewelry plus digital and cut/paste collages. Besides Aumick the showcased artists are Billie Robson, Denise Giardullo, Elizabeth Jane, Janet Baskerville, and Laura Tringali Holmes. Art columnist Laura Tringali Holmes makes collages using layers of remnant imagery to explore issues of society and family life overlaid with themes of hope, courage, and the healing power of memory. She re-contextualizes discarded material; much of it from between the late 1800s and 1960s, and from it brings forth works that amalgamate the old and new, the provocative and proverbial. Billie Robson is an award winning mixed media artist with a focus on found object art. She gives everyday cast-off items new life by joining unrelated vintage items and ephemera into a cohesive work of art. Denise Giardullo is a quilt maker, collage artist and art doll maker. Her original art quilts are influenced by her collage background. They incorporate hand and machine quilting, felting, embroidery, beads and unique embellishments. Primarily a digital artist, Elizabeth Jane uses collage and her own photography to explore

“83 Washington Square Park” by Katrie Bonnano

“Crossroads” by Denise Aumick

societal beliefs and challenge traditional norms. Jewelry is Janet Baskerville’s passion. She finds her ethnic heritage and experiences to be her greatest influences. She likes the tactile nature of combining various methods of construction, such as: forging metal, coppersmithing, beading, resin casting and the inclusion of relic-like found objects and artifacts. Denise Aumick works in many mediums including textiles, paint, assemblage and collage. Her work typically embraces organic and primitive sensibilities. She creates art quilts featuring hand stitched markings, fiber art assemblages plus paint and paper collage abstracts. Also in the Devitt Wing, painter and sculptor

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Rick Parenti is being featured in a solo show. Rick began drawing as a young child and attended the Maryland Institute College of Art. With his three dimensional art background, furniture and designing interiors was a natural fit for him. His love of working with wood grew into a successful business of 33 years, Wood Join Company. Rick collaborates with many artists, craftsmen and business people in order to fulfill each client’s project. Rick has studied with Najim Checham, an international sculptor and Mount Hope resident. He currently studies pastels with Shawn Dell Joyce. “In art, everything is permissible as long as it’s beautiful and fantastic!” says Rick.

Emerging Artist Katrie Bonanno will have a show in the Workshop Room Gallery. Katrie was born in Seoul, South Korea. She was adopted by an American family and was raised in New York. Katrie has worked in the creative field from assisting in the restoration of paintings to building props for shows on Broadway. After working in the prosthetic industry for 9 years painting realistic skins and custom tattoo designs for amputees, she is now focusing full time on producing her own art. She currently exhibits her paintings on her website www.katrie.com. The exhibits run from March 2-31 with an opening reception on March 15 from 5:00pm7:00pm. The WRS is located at 232 Ward Street, Montgomery. For information: 845-457-ARTS.

Orange County Executive Steve Neuhaus and Parks Department Commissioner Richard Rose have announced that the Friends of the Arboretum will be offering a program for children and two gardening classes for adults this March at the Orange County Arboretum, located within Thomas Bull Memorial Park. On March 13 Orange County Parks Department Arborist, Peter Patel, will offer Woody Shrubs for Your Landscape from 10:00am-Noon in the Kosuga Classroom. Peter will cover shrub selection, site planning, proper planting and general maintenance, as well as discuss pruning techniques, deer resistance, and winter protection for your shrubs. As part of a series of children’s classes, the Friends will present Seed Starting on March 22 from 1:00pm-2:30pm in the Kasuga Classroom

for kids ages 7 to 10. Children will make their own seed pots by recycling old news print and make seed strips to plant at home. They will learn about germination, soil, water, and light requirements for the seeds they are planting. Instructions on how to care for their plants will also be provided. On March 28 the Friends will give a class on Plant Propagation from 10:00am-Noon in the Kosuga Classroom. Master Gardener Bob Pioselli will discuss the various methods you can use to propagate house plants, as well as outdoor plants including annuals, perennials, and shrubs. Bob will do hands-on demonstrations and provide written materials. Pre-registration is required for all classes. To reserve seats for any of the above, call 845615-3828.

Sculpture by Rick Parenti

March Programs at OC Arboretum

Amaranthus in Montgomery for GMCM

No, Amaranthus was not written by Ghys, (who sold apples twenty cents apiece). Amaranthus is a genus of an annual or shortlived perennial plant with catkin-like cymes of densely packed flowers that grow in summer or autumn. Although several species are often considered weeds, people around the world value amaranths as leaf vegetables, cereals, and ornamental plants. “Amaranth” derives from the Greek (amarantos), “unfading,” with the Greek word for “flower,” (anthos). Amaranthus is also an ensemble of three musicians who perform “music that never fades. To us, this represents the unwilting music we perform, and our devotion to it,” explains the new website AmarnathusEnsemble.com Since 2012, they have concertized in Middletown, Monroe, Walden and Montgomery, performing small scale chamber music works with unfading melodies from the classical and romantic eras, from lesser known works to the familiar classics, and contemporary works in the same style. Violinist Rachel Crozier Lever, a product of The Juilliard School, performs for the Hudson Opera Theater, the Taconic Opera, and the Hudson Valley Philharmonic. With respect to sharing the stage with Piotr Kargul’s viola, she “appreciates the opportunity their instruments

Rachel Crozier Lever, Piotr Kargul & Ron De Fesi

offer to work together, side by side.” Kargul, a native of Poland, began his study of the viola at the age of eight and earned a Master of Arts degree at the Music Academy in Poznan, Poland. Ron De Fesi is a well-known conductor, singer and personality in the Hudson Valley. He has directed over 250 productions of opera, musicals, and classical theatre with companies around the country. (See his Hudson Opera Theatre ad page 5). These three accomplished artists will demonstrate the sounds of their three instruments in a program that includes Mozart’s masterpiece Sinfonia Concertante for Violin

& Viola, K.423, with its suspenseful, stirring, extended crescendo followed by a dualsoloists entrance “to die for,” and selections by classical and romantic composers Fritz Kreisler, Glazunov and Beethoven. At a November 2012 concert, they introduced Kargul’s own beautiful and melodic composition Valse Lointaine, and for this Grand Montgomery Chamber Music Series (GMCM) concert they will introduce his new work, Enchantment for Viola and Piano. Beautiful melodies abound in all their offerings, but especially in an exquisite adaptation for violin and viola of a Handel Passacaglia by Norwegian composer, conductor and violinist Johan Halvorsen (1864-1935). (Halvorsen married Grieg’s niece, and orchestrated some of Grieg’s piano works, such as a funeral march which was played at Grieg’s funeral.) The luscious Handel/Halverson piece alone is worth the price of admission, about which GMCM producer Howard Garrett states, “Where else can you see and hear great music for the modest price of free? Thanks to the support of the Village of Montgomery, Town of Montgomery and many local businesses.” The concert is in the Montgomery Senior Center, 36 Bridge Street on March 30 at 3:00pm. For information: 845-457-9867.

Laughs at OCCC

Much Ado About Nothing is generally considered one of Shakespeare’s best comedies, because it combines elements of robust hilarity with more serious meditations on honor, shame, and court politics. Though interspersed with darker concerns, it is a joyful comedy that ends with multiple marriages and no deaths. Judith Shakespeare Company is committed to bringing Shakespeare’s language to life with clarity and vitality, while expanding the presence of women in classical theatre. They will bring Much Ado to life in a play reading on March 7 at 7:30pm in Kaplan Hall, SUNY Orange Newburgh. See ad page 3. Always on the lookout for a bargain, Kelly Kinsella (see photo) is taking the slow, cheap, and complicated path to success, which includes performing in hallways, fringe festivals, the woods, colleges, and in closets. Her style has been described as “terrific and zany,” “slinky and smart,” and “she thrums with the aggressive humor of many male comics but underneath is the neurotic charm of a still unmarried woman.” Kinsella’s When Thoughts Attack is in Orange Hall Theatre, March 14 at 8:00pm. See ad page 3.

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Lectures / demos / master classes GLL ��Greenwood Lake Library MSM-DC ��Mount St. Mary College, Desmond Campus, Newburgh PEEC ��Pocono Environmental Education Center, Dingmans Ferry SUNYO-GCL ��SUNY Orange Middletown, Gilman Center Library SUNYO-KH �� SUNY Orange Newburgh, Kaplan Hall SUNYO-OH �� SUNY Orange Middletown, Orange Hall Listings below are not included in our centerspread calendar.

lectures

“Motown & the Civil Rights Movement” Tom Ingrassia ��Thrall Lib., Middletown, Feb 27, 6pm “Hudson River Lighthouses” Kevin Woyce ��GLL Mar 2, 1pm “Joy Of Hiking” Mid-Hudson Adirondacks Mountain Club Thrall Library, Middletown, Mar 4, 6:30pm

“The Autistic Brain: Helping Different Kinds of Minds to be Successful” �� Temple Grandin, w/book signing Paramount Theater, Middletown, Mar 4, 7pm “Newburgh’s Birds of Spring” Douglas Robinson ��MSM-DC Mar 5, 1pm “Amphibian Search” outdoors �� PEEC Mar 9, 1pm “Understanding Past Native American Culture in the Hudson Valley Through Archaeology” �� Eugene J. Boesch SUNYO-KH Mar 12, 7pm “The Murder of Richard Jennings” Michael J. Worden ��GLL Mar 16, 1pm “Hidden Treasures of the Hudson Valley (Northern Sector)” Anthony Musso �MSM-DC Mar 18, 10am

“Liver Health & Arthritis” Dr. Richard Hudson ��MSM-DC Mar 19, 1pm “The Architecture of Vaux, Withers & Downing” Tom Daley �� MSM-DC Mar 20, 10am “Ladies & Gentlemen, The Bronx is Burning: 1977 Baseball, Politics & the Battle for the Soul of a City” by Jonathan Mahler, group discussion, pre-regist. req’d Fallsburg Library, Mar 20, 7pm CAS Arts Center Exhibit Tour Bradley Diuguid �� CAS Mar 22, 2pm “Food Preservation and Rationing during WWI” Sarah Wassberg, 100th Anniversary of WWI � Museum Village, Monroe, Mar 22, 1pm “British Involvement in Mesopotamia” William Lemanski, 100th Anniversary of WWI �� Museum Village, Monroe, Mar 22, 3pm SCIENCE CAFE: “Land Development and Lyme Disease: A Challenge for Environmental Policy and Public Health”. Irwin Sperber Diana’s Restaurant, New Windsor, Mar 26, 7pm “Clearing the Myths about Hypnosis” George Toth, Diana Underwood MSM-DC Mar 28, 10am “The Effect of the Holocaust on Jewish-Catholic Relations” Peggy Murphy ��MSM-DC Mar 31, 10am

“Seven Shoes: The Inside Story of the NYPD Raid on a Terrorist Cell that aborted a suicide bombing in the subway” Jennifer Hunt SUNYO-OH Mar 31, 7pm

T h e C A N VA S B e a t !

with Tina Piaquadio

Far Beyond Gone, but at a Venue Close to You

Far Beyond Gone is a Hudson Valley-based band playing original and cover tunes that span half a century, attracting a loyal audience of all generations. The initial plan back in 2006, was not to do cover tunes, when three Sullivan County friends with a history of sharing the stage decided to seek out a front man for a new original music project. A new-to-the-area vocalist answered the ad, completing the group. Together they formed Far Beyond Gone, started playing their originals at open mic nights, and eventually found themselves playing larger venues. In 2008 the original bassist was replaced and the new lineup felt complete. The band sought to tighten their original tunes and put their own unique spin on covers. Lead guitarist John Bruning has been playing guitar for over twenty years. Back in high school he was heavily influenced by The Beatles, Metallica, Guns n’ Roses and Alice in Chains. The original band he played in, prior to forming Far Beyond Gone, was called Dropp’d. Self-taught drummer Vinny Iannacone has been playing since 1989. His influences include the Beatles, The Who, and Frank 14

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Zappa. Vinny graduated from the Culinary Institute of America and is a US Navy Veteran having served in the Persian Gulf. Bass player Tom Volpe has also been playing for over twenty years. He received his BA in Music Studies and Music Management from William Paterson University. In the years to follow, he wrote songs and played with various rock, blues, and country musicians, which led to the connection with Far Beyond Gone. Tom is also a member of the fusion instrumental group Jazzmosis, credited to co-writing many of their songs. Tom’s influences include Pink Floyd, Metallica, Phish, Dave Matthews Band, and many more, and he teaches guitar and bass at Steve’s Music Center in Rock Hill (see ad page 10). Originally from Cincinnati, Ohio, Brad Rutledge has been singing in front of audiences for most of his life. His influences span many decades and musical genres and include Jim

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Concerts

See page 15 for CELTIC and St. Patrick’s Day concerts.

Sullivan County Songwriter’s Circle �� Catskill Distilling Company, Bethel, Saturdays, 3pm-5pm Larry Campbell Quartet w/ Teresa Williams country, folk, blues �Falcon, Marlboro, Feb 28, 7pm Ken McNalley folk �� Unitarian Universalist Congregation, Rock Tavern, Mar 8, 7:30pm Henry Gross Tom Humphrey Music Series �� Ritz Lobby, Newburgh, Mar 15, 8pm Chris O’Leary Band Habitat for Humanity Luncheon Concert ��The Falcon, Mar 1, 1pm-4pm Willa McCarthy Band blues, funk R&B ��The Falcon, Marlboro, Mar 2, 10am-2pm Simi Stone & Band �� The Falcon, Marlboro, Mondays, Mar 3-31, 7pm-10pm Banda Magda world �� The Falcon, Marlboro, Mar 7, 7pm-10pm Chris Bergson Band, Good Night Brother rock, soul, blues ��Falcon, Marlboro, Mar 8, 7pm-10pm Bernstein Bard Quartet Latin, swing, reggae, world ��The Falcon, Marlboro, Mar 9, 10am-2pm Meg Hutchinson �� The Falcon, Marlboro, Mar 9, 7pm-10pm Matt Schofield Trio blues �� The Falcon, Marlboro, Mar 12, 7pm-10pm The Trapps Americana, R&R �� The Falcon, Marlboro, Mar 13, 7pm-10pm Dan Bern & Grant Lee Philips �� The Falcon, Marlboro, Mar 14, 7pm-10pm Marco Benevento indie, rock, jazz �� The Falcon, Marlboro, Mar 15, 7pm-10pm Marc Douglas Berardo folk �� The Towne Crier, Beacon, Mar 15, 8pm Rob Paparozzi/Pete Levin Quartet blues, rock, jazz ��The Falcon, Marlboro, Mar 16, 10am-2pm Popa Chubby blues �� The Falcon, Marlboro, Mar 16, 7pm-10pm Poundcake, RoseAnn Fino roots, rock �� The Falcon, Marlboro, Mar 22, 7pm-10pm Gustafer Yellowgold ��The Falcon, Marlboro, Mar 23, 10am-2pm Gabriel Butterfield Band �� The Falcon, Marlboro, Mar 27, 7pm-10pm Carmen Souza jazz, soul, Creole �� The Falcon, Marlboro, Mar 28, 7pm-10pm Jay Ungar & Molly Mason Family Band �� The Falcon, Marlboro, Mar 29, 7pm-10pm Big Joe Fitz & The Lo Fis jazz, funk, soul ��The Falcon, Marlboro, Mar 30, 10am-2pm Sonando �� The Falcon, Marlboro, Mar 30, 6pm-9pm

Open Mic & in-house music

Some listings below are not included in our centerspread calendar.

Open Mic w/Bryan & Erin Keegan ��Brian’s Backyard Barbecue, Middletown, Tues & Weds Open Mic w/Joe Frazita or Steve Wells ��Blarney Stone, Warwick, Wednesdays, 8pm Open Mic w/Bob Keegan �� Brothers Barbecue, New Windsor, Wednesdays, 8:30pm Open Mic w/Eric Callari ��Eddie’s Restaurant, Warwick, Wednesdays Open Mic �� Mountaindale Inn, Wednesdays, 8pm Open Mic ��Tuscan Cafe, Warwick, Thursdays, 7pm Open Mic w/Jack Higgins ��Palaia Vineyards, Highland Mills, Mar 6, 7pm-11pm Open Mic �� Noble Coffee Roasters, Campbell Hall, Feb 20, 6pm Open Mic “Out Loud Performance Party” poetry & music �Port Jervis Community Ctr, Mar 22, 7pm Karaoke w/live band �� Brothers Barbecue, New Windsor, Thursdays, 8:30pm Karaoke w/Bill Braine �� 2Alices, Cornwall-on-Hudson, 3rd Saturday, 8pm Marilyn Kennedy vocal & Jake Lentz piano �� La Piazzetta, Wurtsboro, Wednesdays, 6pm-9pm Musician’s Gathering w/Stacy Cohen �� Dancing Cat Saloon, Bethel, Thursdays, 7:30pm The Parting Glass Band Celtic ��Loughran’s Pub, Salisbury Mills, Thursdays, 7pm-10pm John Sheehan �� Palaia Vineyards, Highland Mills, Mar 2, 2:30pm-5:30pm Evan Teatum ��Palaia Vineyards, Highland Mills, Mar 7, 8pm-11pm T.W.D. w/Ken Nicastro ��Palaia Vineyards, Highland Mills, Mar 8, 8pm-11pm Robert Schiff �� Palaia Vineyards, Highland Mills, Mar 9, 2:30pm-5:30pm The Parting Glass Band Celtic ��The Captain’s Table, Monroe, Mar 9, 4pm-8pm Bruce Perone Celebration Night ��Palaia Vineyards, Highland Mills, Mar 14, 8pm-11pm Far Beyond Gone �� Bourbon Street Bar & Grill, Monroe, Mar 14, 10pm-2am The Parting Glass Band Celtic ��Annarella’s on the Green Cornwall, Mar 15, 4pm-8pm H.I.K.E. Band w/Jack Higgins, Jim Ianucci, Ken Nicastro & Ed Hurley �� Palaia Vineyards, Highland Mills, Mar 15, 8pm-11pm The Parting Glass Band Celtic �� Blarney Station, Warwick, Mar 15, 9:30pm-11:30pm Far Beyond Gone ��Roark’s Tavern, Monticello, Mar 15, 10am-2pm Ray Longchamp �� Palaia Vineyards, Highland Mills, Mar 16, 2:30pm-5:30pm Gregg VanGelder Band ��Palaia Vineyards, Highland Mills, Mar 21, 8pm-11pm Groovy Tuesday ��Palaia Vineyards, Highland Mills, Mar 22, 8pm-11pm Far Beyond Gone ��Monticello Casino & Raceway, Mar 22, 9pm-1am Leo B. �� Palaia Vineyards, Highland Mills, Mar 23, 2:30pm-5:30pm Longchamp & Manzo ��Palaia Vineyards, Highland Mills, Mar 28, 8pm-11pm Feast of Friends “Doors” Tribute ��Palaia Vineyards, Highland Mills, Mar 29, 8pm-11pm Jack Higgins �� Palaia Vineyards, Highland Mills, Mar 30, 2:30pm-5:30pm

Morrison, David Gilmour, and Eddie Vedder, to name a few. Throughout his singing career he has led numerous cover bands and original rock bands. When he moved to New York in 2005, he knew that he needed to find a group of like-minded musicians, and Far Beyond Gone would be the match he was in search of. Check out Far Beyond Gone’s gigs for the month of March:

March 14: Bourbon Street Bar & Grill, 78 Millpond Pkwy, Monroe, from 10:00pm2:00am. On March 15: Their Annual St. Patty’s gig at Roark’s Tavern, 14 Landfield Avenue, Monticello, from 10:00pm-2:00am. And last but not least, March 22: Monticello Casino & Raceway, 204 Route 17B, Monticello from 9:00pm-1:00am. Plan on dancing the night away!

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cinema

Midday Movie ��Fallsburg Library, Tuesdays & Thursdays, Noon FREE “Bastards of Young” w/director Josiah Signor Q&A ��The Falcon, Marlboro, Mar 5, 7:30pm Reel Eclectic Movie �� Thrall Library, Middletown, Mar 6, 7pm FREE “Gulliver’s Travels” animated, selected shorts ��Shadowland Theatre, Ellenville, Mar 8, 2pm “All is Lost” Robert Redford ��Newburgh Library, Mar 8, 2pm FREE “Borderline” documentary ��Downing Film Center, Newburgh, Mar 9, Noon FREE “The Battle of Algiers” ��Kaplan Hall, SUNY Orange, Newburgh, Mar 11, 11am “Miss Representation” w/panel discussion �� SUNY Sullivan, Loch Sheldrake, Mar 12, 6:30pm FREE “Summer Stock” JUDY! (and Gene) �� UDGLBT Center, Milford, Mar 12, 7:30pm FREE “The Long Gray Line” �� Mount St. Mary Desmond Campus, Newburgh, Mar 13, 9:30am Afternoon Movie �� Thrall Library, Middletown, Mar 19, 2pm FREE “Way Out West” Laurel & Hardy, selected shorts ��Shadowland Theatre, Ellenville, Mar 22, 2pm “Slavery by Another Name, Part II” ��Newburgh Library, Mar 22. 1pm FREE “STRONG!” documentary �� Downing Film Center, Newburgh, Mar 24, 7:30pm “Goodbye Mr. Chips” �� Mount St. Mary Desmond Campus, Newburgh, Mar 25, 9:30am “Queen of the Sun” documentary ��Newburgh Library, Mar 26, 7pm FREE Monday Night at the Movies ��Newburgh Library, Mar 31, 6:30pm FREE

comedy

Open Mic �� Jester’s Comedy Club, Chester. 2nd Friday Chris Monty, Tina Giorgi ��Jester’s Comedy Club, Chester, Mar 1, 8pm The Not Too Far From Home Comedy Tour ��Palaia Vineyards, Highland Mills, Mar 1, 8pm Richie Byrne, Brian Cichoki ��Jester’s Comedy Club,. Chester, Mar 8, 8pm “An Evening with Paul Reiser Comedy Show” �� Paramount Theater, Middletown, Mar 14, 8pm Rich Vos, Tommy Gooch ��Jester’s Comedy Club, Chester, Mar 15, 8pm Joe Statt, Chipps Cooney ��Jester’s Comedy Club, Chester, Mar 22, 8pm Teddy Smith ��Jester’s Comedy Club, Chester, Mar 29, 8pm Anthony Terribile, Rich Shultis, Jimmy Q, Chris Monty �� Otterkill Golf Course, Mar 29, TBA

dance

“Celtic Crossroads” ��Eisenhower Hall Theatre, West Point, Mar 8, 8pm “Alice in Wonderland” choreog. Dee Tabitha Wright �� New Rose Theatre, Walden, Mar 21-30

Festival - celtic

“Irish Day” �� Greenwood Lake American Legion, Mar 2, Noon-6pm “Irish Heritage Day” ��Monroe Irish Center, Mar 8, 7pm FREE

holistic events

Concert: “An Odyssey into the Heart Via the Power of Collective Voice” �� Kaplan Hall, SUNY Orange, Newburgh, Feb 28,7pm Women’s Circle �� Crystal Connection, Wurtsboro, Mar 2, 3pm Drumming Circle �� Crystal Connection, Wurtsboro Mar 7 & 21, 6:30pm Holistic-Hudson-Valley Networking Circle �� The Workplace Club, Middletown, Mar 26, 6pm

magic

“Magic Outside the Box Cabaret Show” � Seligmann Center, Sugar Loaf, Mar 14, 8pm & Mar 15, 7pm

museums

Sculpture Exhibit ��Dia: Beacon, ongoing Terwilliger House Museum �� Ellenville, ongoing Sullivan County History Exhibits �� Sullivan County Museum, Hurleyville, ongoing 19th Century Rural Living ��Museum Village, Monroe, ongoing “The Final Days of the Civil War” �� Karpeles Manuscript Museum, Newburgh, thru Apr 27

music - Broadway - tin pan alley - cabaret

Broadway Concerts Direct �� United Church of Christ, Blooming Grove, Mar 15, 6pm

music - celtic see also page 14

The Parting Glass Band ��Loughran’s Pub, Salisbury Mills, Thursdays, 7pm-10pm Brian Conway Irish fiddle ��Newburgh Library, Mar 2, 3pm FREE The Parting Glass Band �� Port Jervis Library, Mar 4, 6:30pm FREE The Parting Glass Band �� Thrall Library, Middletown, Mar 11, 6:30pm FREE The Gravikord Duo ��Florida Library, Mar 12, 6:30pm FREE Brian Conway Irish fiddle & John Walsh guitar Greenwood Lake Library, Mar 13, 6:30pm FREE The Parting Glass Band ��Blarney Station, Warwick, Mar 15, 9:30pm “Irish Session” Rich Nostrum music, & dancers �� Blarney Station, Mar 16, 2:30pm-5:30pm Dylan Foley & Friends �� Ellenville Library, Mar 23, 2pm FREE Brian Conway Irish fiddle ��Cornwall Library, Mar 30, 2pm FREE

music - Classical

American String Quartet w/Cynthia Phelps viola �� SUNY Orange Hall, Middletown, Mar 2, 3pm Kairos “A Few of Our Favorite Things” �� St. George’s Episcopal Church, Newburgh, Mar 16, 3pm Narek Hakhnazaryan cello, Noreen Polera piano �� Howland Cultural Center, Beacon, Mar 16, 4pm

Nyack Chorale, West Point Community Choir, Jama Sirikoki cond.. Craig Williams organ �� West Point Cadet Chapel, Mar 16, 3pm FREE SUNY Orange Symphonic Band “From the South - A Fusion of Folk and Spiritual Sounds” �� SUNY Orange Kaplan Hall, Newburgh, Mar 21, 7pm Potluck Concerts ”Classics” �� Cornwall Presbyterian Ch., Cornwall-on-Hudson, Mar 28, 7:30pm The Amaranthus Trio Grand Montgomery Chamber Music Series �� Montgomery Senior Center, Mar 30, 3pm FREE Jody Weatherstone soprano, Susan Martula clarinet, Janice Nimetz piano �� Music in Central Valley Central Valley United Methodist Church, Mar 30, 3pm FREE SUNY Orange Brass Ensemble �� Grace Episcopal Church, Middletown, Mar 30, 3pm Voxare String Quartet ��Howland Cultural Center, Beacon, Mar 30, 4pm

music - jazz

Bruch with the Jazz Cats �� Dancing Cat Saloon, Bethel, Sundays, 10am-1pm Thurman Barker Quartet, Little Sparrow ��Sullivan County Museum, Hurleyville, Mar 1, 6pm Bucky Pizzarelli & Ed Laub guitars/vocals ��The Falcon, Marlboro, Mar 20, 8pm Bob Wylde guitar, Mike Richmond bass ��Florida Library, Mar 23, 2pm

opera

“Prince Igor” Borodin, Live from the Met in HD ��Sullivan Cty Community College, Mar 1, Noon “Werther” Massenet, Live from the Met in HD �� Sullivan Cty Community College, Mar 15, 1pm “Rigoletto” Verdi, video �� Cornwall Library, Mar 16, 1pm

poetry & prose readings

Sonia Lynch Poetry on the Loose ��Seligmann Center for the Arts, Sugar Loaf, Mar 1, 3:30pm FREE Poetry Night Ernie Sherman, host:Robert Milby Noble Coffee Roasters, Campbell Hall, Mar 6, 7pm Hudson River Poets ��Newburgh Library, Mar 6, 7pm FREE Roger Aplon & Mark Blackford Calling All Poets �Howland Cultural Center, Beacon, Mar 7, 8pm “OUT LOUD Performance Party” poetry, music ��Port Jervis Community Ctr, Mar 22, 7pm FREE Patricia Eakins prose Bertha Rogers poetry, “Animal Avatars: Real and Imaged Beasts,” �� CAS Arts Center, Livingston Manor, Mar 29, 3pm FREE Poetry at the Church host: Ted Gill ��Goshen Methodist Church, Mar 31, 7pm

recreation

Line Dancing ��Jester’s Restaurant, Chester, Thursdays 7:30pm Swing Dancing w/Swing Shift Orchestra �� Newburgh Brewery, 1st Thursdays, 7:30pm 100th Anniversary of WWI re-enactment, exhibits �Museum Village, Monroe, Mar 22, Noon-4pm Hike Storm King Mountain ��Trailhead off Route 218, Cornwall-on-Hudson, Mar 29, 3pm

storytelling

Yarnslingers Memoirs �� CAS Arts Center, Livingston Manor, Mar 1 & 15, 7pm, Black Dirt Storytelling Guild & Spring Storytelling Cafe ��Florida Library, Mar 13, 7pm FREE

theatre - musical

“Beauty and the Beast” �� Eisenhower Hall Theater, West Point, Mar 2, 3pm “Grease” Just Off Broadway, Inc. �� Theatre at West Shore Station, Newburgh, Mar 27-Apr 13

theatre - PLay

“History Alive!” Cornerstone Theatre Arts ��Goshen Music Hall, Mar 1-9 “Much Ado About Nothing” Judith Shakespeare Company, play reading �� Kaplan Hall, SUNY Orange Newburgh, Mar 7, 7:30pm “When Thoughts Attack” Kelly Kinsella..Orange Hall, SUNY Orange Middletown, Mar 14, 8pm

books - Demos - master classes

Book Lover’s Club �� Greenwood Lake Library, 4th Tuesday, 7pm Book Discussion Group �� Narrowsburg Library, 3rd Friday, 4:00pm “City of Women” by David R. Gillham �� Cornwall Library, Mar 5, 7pm

“The Book Thief” by Marcus Zusak, w/Eileen Stelljes Josephine Louise Library, Walden, Mar 6, 6:30pm

“A Splendid Friend, Indeed” Suzanne Bloom ��Callicoon Library, Mar 8, 3pm Trish Nelson “It Was No Accident: One Family’s Life Interrupted by Suicide” �� w/Suicide Prevention Officer Sean Gerow Kaplan Hall, SUNYO-KH Mar 18, 10am Scholar’s Book Discussion �� Newburgh Library, Mar 19, 7pm “The Bronx is Burning” by Jonathan Mahler, pre-regist. req’d �� Fallsburg Library, Mar 20, 7pm “Blue Hydrangeas” w/Marianne Sciucco ��Thrall Library, Middletown, Mar 22, 2pm Tuesday at Two Book Discussion �� Newburgh Library, Mar 25, 2pm Great Books Discussion ��Newburgh Library, Mar 28, 11:30am

demos

Glass Blowing Demos & Factory Tours �� Gillinder Glass Factory, Port Jervis, Mar 8, 10am-3pm WWI Food Preservation & Rationing Sarah Wassberg, 100th Anniversary of WWI �� Museum Village, Monroe, Mar 22, 2pm Louisiana “Caldo” Cooking with John Moultrie �� Newburgh Library, Mar 29, 1pm Asian-Inspired Foods Louise Kolaja �� GLL Mar 29, 2pm

master classes

Peter Winograd “A Career in Music” �� SUNYO-OH Rm 23, Feb 28, 10am Kelly Kinsella “The Art of Solo Performance” w/participation �� SUNYO-OH Mar 5, 1pm

March 2014

Delaware & Hudson CANVAS

March BW ��Bethel Woods Center for the Arts, Bethel CAS ��CAS Arts Center, Catskill Arts Society, Livingston Manor DAC ��Delaware Arts Center, Narrowsburg DCAT ��Dancing Cat Saloon & Catskill Distillery, Bethel DOWN ��Downing Film Center, Newburgh EHT �� Eisenhower Hall Theater, West Point

MONDAY

FAL ��The Falcon, Marlboro GMCM �� Grand Montgomery Chamber Music Series, Senior Center, Montgomery GLL ��Greenwood Lake Library HCC �� Howland Cultural Center, Beacon JCC �� Jester’s Restaurant and Comedy Club, Castle Fun Center, Chester MSM-AQ ��Aquinas Hall, Mount St. Mary College, Newburgh

TUESDAY

WEDNESDAY

see page 18

4 Music Simi Stone + Band FAL 7pm-10pm

Cinema Afternoon Movie Fallsburg Library, Noon

Music - Celtic The Parting Glass Band Port Jervis Library, 6:30pm

Cinema Afternoon Movie Fallsburg Library, Noon

Music Simi Stone + Band FAL 7pm-10pm

Music - Celtic The Parting Glass Band THRALL, 6:30pm Cinema “The Battle of Algiers” SUNYO-KH 7:30pm

Cinema Afternoon Movie Fallsburg Library, Noon

Music Simi Stone + Band FAL 7pm-10pm

5 Cinema - Q&A “Bastards of Young” FAL 7:30pm

FRI

Holistic-Music.......Interactive Mus Music - Country-Folk-Blues..Larry Cinema...........................”Numen”

Music - Classical...Potluck Concerts.

Music - Jazz..Hudson Valley Jazz E

Cinema.........Midday Movie........Fallsburg Library, Noon Poetry................ Hudson River Poets............. NFL 7pm Recreation............... Line Dancing................... JCC 7pm Music - World.......................Band Cinema.........Reel Eclectic Film........Thrall Library, 7pm Theatre - Reading..”Much Ado Ab Poetry.....................Ernie Sherman................. NCR 7pm Poetry.................Roger Aplon & M Open Mic....Musician’s Gathering........Dancing Cat, Bethel,7:30pm

Recreation..Swing Dancing...Newburgh Brewery. 6:30pm

Music - Celtic The Gravikord Duo Florida Library, 6:30pm

Cinema......“The Long Gray Line”...... MSM-DC 9:30am Cinema.........Midday Movie........Fallsburg Library, Noon

Recreation............... Line Dancing................... JCC 7pm Music-Americana....... The Trapps............FAL 7pm-10pm

Music......................Dan Bern & G Theatre - Play............”When Thou Magic.......”Magic Outside the Bo Comedy.....”An Evening with Pau

Cinema Afternoon Movie Thrall Library, Middletown, 2pm

Cinema.........Midday Movie........Fallsburg Library, Noon Open Mic............... Open Mic Night........ NCR 6pm-9pm Recreation............... Line Dancing................... JCC 7pm Music - Classical..SUNY Orange S Music - Jazz.Bucky Pizzarelli & Ed Laub.FAL 8pm-10pm Dance......................”Alice in Won

Cinema “Summer Stock” UDGLBT Center, Milford 7:30pm Cinema “Miss Representation” SCCC 7:30pm

Music - Celtic....Brian Conway & John Walsh.......GLL 6:30pm Storytelling.....Black Dirt Storytelling Cafe..Florida Lib. 7pm

Open Mic....Musician’s Gathering.......Dancing Cat, Bethel, 7:30pm

Cinema “STRONG! Downing Film Center, Newburgh, 7:30pm

Cinema Monday Night at the Movies NFL 6:30pm

Poetry Poetry at the Church Goshen Methodist Church, 7pm

THURSDAY

Left: “Beaverkill Valley” by Kate Hyden Right: “Patiently Waiting” by Janet Campbell both on view at Orange Hall Gallery, SUNY Orange for the North East Watercolor Society’s 2014 Exhibit thru March 21

Please check the schedule for Gallery Art & Photography Opening Receptions

NCR ��Noble Coffee Roasters, Campbell Ha NFL ��Newburgh Free Librar NVM ��Neversink Valley Museum, Cuddebackvil PEEC ��Pocono Environmental Education Center, Dingmans Ferr PT ��Paramount Theater, Middletow PV �� Palaia Vineyards, Highland Mil

Delaware & Hudson CANVAS

Cinema “Goodbye Mr. Chips” MSM-DC, 9:30am

Cinema Afternoon Movie Fallsburg Library, Noon

March 2014

26 Cinema “Queen of the Sun” NFL, 7pm

Cinema.........Midday Movie........Fallsburg Library, Noon Recreation............... Line Dancing................... JCC 7pm Music - Jazz-Soul-Creole..........Ca Music-Blues....Gabriel Butterfield Band.FAL 7pm-10pm Theatre - Musical........................”G

Open Mic....Musician’s Gathering.......Dancing Cat, Bethel, 7:30pm

Theatre - Musical.........“Grease”...............TWSS 7:30pm

Music - Classical...Potluck Concerts.

Dance......................”Alice in Won

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RITZ �� Ritz Theater Lobby, Newburgh, ROSE ��New Rose Theatre, Walden SCCC ��Seelig Auditorium, SUNY Sullivan, Loch Sheldrake SCDW ��Sullivan County Dramatic Workshop, Sullivan County Museum, Hurleyville SCM ��Sullivan County Museum,. Hurleyville SLGMN �� Seligmann Center for the Arts, Sugar Loaf

IDAY

ST �� Shadowland Theatre, Ellenville SUNYO-KH �� Kaplan Hall, SUNY Orange, Newburgh UUC ��Unitarian Universalist Congregation, Rock Tavern SUNYO-OH �� Orange Hall, SUNY Orange, Middletown WAA ��Wurtsboro Art Alliance THRALL �� Thrall Library, Middletown WPCC ��West Point Cadet Chapel TT �� Tusten Theatre, Narrowsburg TWSS �� Just Off Broadway, Inc., Theatre at West Shore Station, Newburgh

SATURDAY

Opera.................. “Prince Igor” Borodin, Live from the Met in HD.....SCCC Noon sical Journey........SUNYO-KH 7pm Music & Lunch - Blues...Chris O’Leary Band Habitat for Humanity..FAL 1pm-4pm y Campbell Quartet..FAL 7pm-10pm Theatre - Play.................................“History Alive!”............ Goshen Music Hall, 2pm ”.........................................UUC 7pm Open Mic...................... Sullivan County Songwriter’s Circle.................DCAT 3pm ....Cornwall Presbyterian Church, 7:30pm Poetry............................................... Sonia Lynch............................SLGMN 3:30pm Ensemble..The Dautaj, Warwick, 8pm Music - Jazz............... Thurman Barker Quartet, Little Sparrow.............. SCM 6pm Storytelling................................ Yarnslingers Memoirs..............................CAS 7pm Comedy...................The Not Too Far From Home Comedy Tour................PV 8pm Comedy.................................. Chris Monty, Tina Giorgi............................ JCC 8pm

Music - Jazz........................ Jazz Cat Brunch............DCAT 10am-1pm Music - Blues, Funk........ Willa McCarthy Band...........FAL 10am-2pm Festival......Irish Day...Greenwood Lake American Legion, Noon-6pm Theatre - Play..............“History Alive!”........ Goshen Music Hall, 2pm Music - Classical.American String Quartet&violist.SUNYO-OH 3pm Theatre - Musical............ “Beauty & the Beast”.................... EHT 3pm Music - Celtic........................ Brian Conway...........................NFL 3pm

Cinema...............“Gulliver’s Travels” animated, & selected shorts...........ST 2pm Cinema................................“All is Lost” Robert Redford..........................NFL 2pm Theatre - Play.................................“History Alive!”............ Goshen Music Hall, 2pm da Magda...................FAL 7pm-10pm Open Mic...................... Sullivan County Songwriter’s Circle.................DCAT 3pm bout Nothing”..SYNYO-KH 7:30pm Festival.........................................Irish Heritage Day.........Monroe Irish Center, 7pm Mark Blackford.................HCC 8pm Music-Rock-Soul-BluesChris Bergson Band, Good Night Brother.FAL 7pm-10pm Music - Folk...................................... Ken McNally.................................UUC 7:30pm Dance.........................................“Celtic Crossroads”................................ EHT 8pm Comedy............................... Richie Byrne, Brian Cichoki.......................... JCC 8pm

Opera....................“Werther” Massenet, Live from the Met in HD........ SCCC 1pm Open Mic...................... Sullivan County Songwriter’s Circle.................DCAT 3pm

SUNDAY

Music - Jazz........................ Jazz Cat Brunch............DCAT 10am-1pm Music - Latin-World...... Bernstein Bard Quartet.........FAL 10am-2pm Cinema.................................. “Borderline”..................... DOWN Noon Theatre - Play..............“History Alive!”........ Goshen Music Hall, 2pm Music.................................. Meg Hutchinson...............FAL 7pm-10pm

Music - Jazz..........................Jazz Cat Brunch..........DCAT 10am-1pm Music - Rock-Jazz...Rob Paparozzi, Pete Levin Qt....FAL 10am-2pm Grant Lee Phillips....FAL 7pm-10pm Music-Bway-Cabaret..Broadway Concerts Direct..United Ch. of Christ, Blooming Grove 6pm Music - Classical.Kairos.St. George’s Episcopal Ch., Newburgh, 3pm ughts Attack”.......SUNYO-OH 8pm Magic......................... “Magic Outside the Box Cabaret Show”..........SLGMN 7pm Music - Classical.....................Choir Concert.................... WPCC 3pm ox Cabaret Show”.......SLGMN 8pm Storytelling................................ Yarnslingers Memoirs..............................CAS 7pm Music - Classical.Narek Hakhnazaryan cello, Noreen Polera.HCC4pm ul Reiser Comedy Show”...PT 8pm Music - Indie-Rock-Jazz............... Marco Benevento.........................FAL 7pm-10pm Music - Blues.........................Popa Chubby.................FAL 7pm-10pm Music - Pop-Rock....................... Henry Gross Guitar................................ RITZ 8pm Comedy..................................Rich Vos, Tommy Gooch............................ JCC 8pm Music - Folk.......................Marc Douglas Berardo.......... Towne Crier, Beacon, 8pm

Recreation.......................100th Anniversary of WWI....Museum Village, Noon-4pm Cinema.......................... “Slavery by Another Name, Part II”.....................NFL 1pm Music - Jazz........................ Jazz Cat Brunch............DCAT 10am-1pm Cinema.............“Way Out West” Laurel & Hardy, & selected shorts.........ST 2pm Music...............................Gustafer Yellowgold............FAL 10am-2pm Symphonic Band..SUNYO-KH 7pm Open Mic...................... Sullivan County Songwriter’s Circle.................DCAT 3pm Music - Celtic........Dylan Foley & Friends........ Ellenville Library, 2pm nderland”..................ROSE 7:30pm Dance.......................................“Alice in Wonderland”................ROSE 3pm & 7pm Music - Jazz......Bob Wylde & Mike Richmond...Florida Library, 2pm Poetry & Music...”OUT LOUD Performance Party”...Port Jervis Community Center, 7pm Dance............................ “Alice in Wonderland”................ ROSE 2pm Music - Roots-Rock.............. Poundcake, RoseAnn Fino.................FAL 7pm-10pm Comedy................................. Joe Statt, Chipps Cooney........................... JCC 8pm

Theatre - Musical.................................. “Grease.......................TWSS 2pm & 7:30pm armen Souza............FAL 7pm-10pm Poetry & Prose................ Patricia Eakins & Bertha Rogers......................CAS 3pm Grease”.....................TWSS 7:30pm Dance.......................................“Alice in Wonderland”................ROSE 3pm & 7pm ....Cornwall Presbyterian Church, 7:30pm Music - Americana...... Jay Ungar & Molly Mason Family Band.......FAL 7pm-10pm nderland”..................ROSE 7:30pm Comedy............................................ Teddy Smith...................................... JCC 8pm Comedy..,,,..Valley Central Fundraiser....Otterkill Golf Course, Campbell Hall, TBA

Music - Jazz........... Jazz Cat Brunch............DCAT 10am-1pm Music - Jazz-Funk.......Big Joe Fitz & The Lo Fis........FAL 10am-2pm Music - Celtic..........Brian Conway fiddle..........Cornwall Library, 2pm Theatre - Musical.....................”Grease”............................TWSS 2pm Dance............................ “Alice in Wonderland”................ ROSE 2pm Music - Classical.................Amaranthus Trio.................... GMCM 3pm Music - Classical...Music in Central Valley...United Methodist Ch., 3pm Music - Classical...SUNY Orange Brass......Grace Epis. Ch. Mldtwn, 3pm

Music - Classical.............Voxare String Quartet...................HCC 4pm Music - Latin............................. Sonando.......................FAL 6pm-9pm

March 2014

Delaware & Hudson CANVAS

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Art exhibits

CAS ��Catskill Art Society, CAS Arts Center, Livingston Manor DAC ��Delaware Arts Center, Narrowsburg MSM-DC �� Mount St. Mary College, Desmond Campus, Newburgh SUNYO-KH �� SUNY Orange Newburgh, Kaplan Hall SUNYO-OH �� SUNY Orange Middletown, Orange Hall WRS �� Wallkill River School, Montgomery Group Show �� Back Room Gallery, Beacon, ongoing Carolyn Duke Pottery ��Duke Pottery, Tennanah Lake, Roscoe, ongoing Lisa & John Strazza paintings & photography �� Strazza Gallery, Warwick, ongoing David & Joanne Wells Greenbaum pottery, paintings �� BlueStone Studio, Milford, ongoing T.A. Clearwater paintings, pastels, prints �� Clearwater Gallery at Jones Farm, Cornwall, ongoing Jules Medwin outdoor sculpture �� Seligmann Center for the Arts, Sugar Loaf, ongoing Becky Cornell ��ARTBOXstudio, Pine Bush, ongoing WRS Fundraiser �� WRS thru Mar 1 Crowd” Outsider’s Studio Collective, group show ��Green Door Magazine, Liberty, thru Mar 1 “Artist’s Choice” Winterfest Exhibit group show ��Wurtsboro Art Alliance thru Mar 2 Beth Haber “Ripe Figs & Rich Pomegranates” �� RiverWinds Gallery, Beacon, thru Mar 2 “Night” group show �� WRS thru Mar 14 Helena Clare Pittman “You Say Tomato and I Say Sfumato: Quotations” �� DAC thru Mar 15 Linda Rahl Nadas ceramics & Bill Graziano sculptures �� “Artists of Excellence series” SUNYO-KH thru Mar 20 North East Watercolor Society �� SUNYO-OH thru Mar 21 “What I Love About the Parks” Artists in the Park ��Bear Mountain Inn Gallery, thru Mar 30 Susan Hope Fogel “Warwick Inspirations” �� Caffe a la Mode, Warwick, thru Apr 6 Bucky Pizzarelli ��Ritz Theater Lobby, Newburgh, thru Apr 7 “The Colorful Art of Nestor Madalengolitia” ��Orange Regional Medical Center, thru Apri 11 “Wonder & Mystery” group show �� Unitarian Universalist Gallery, Rock Tavern, thru Aug 2014

NEW ART EXHIBITS

Joe Splendora “Splendorascapes” �� UpFront Exhibition Space, Port Jervis, Mar 1-22 Sullivan ARC “Expressions 2014” ��DAC Mar 1-29 Mike Caggiano �� Gallery At Chant Realtors, Lords Valley, Mar 1-31 Jennifer Kelly ��Greenwood Lake Library, Mar 1-31 “Arthur Secunda: Forty Years of Art Posters” �� Karpeles Museum, Newburgh, Mar 1-31 “Welcome Spring!” Crawford Arts Association �� Crawford Town Hall, Pine Bush, Mar 1-Apr 6 Denise Aumick & Friends fiber arts, Rick Parenti sculptor, Katrie Bonnano �� WRS Mar 2-31 Cragsmoor Artists “Contemporary Realism” ��Ellenville Hospital, Mar 3-Apr 25 Sandy Spitzer luminist �� Aroma Thyme Bistro, Ellenville, Mar 5-Apr 29 New Hope Community Artists “Explorations1” �� Creative Impulse Gallery, Liberty, Mar 6-29 Washingtonville Art Society ��Weathervane Clubhouse, Washingtonville, Mar 7, 5pm-8pm “New Works” members group show ��Wurtsboro Art Alliance, Mar 8-30 Gayle Clark Fedigan “A Show of Ireland: Pastel Impressions” RiverWinds, Beacon, Mar 8-Apr 6 “Spring” members group show �� WRS Mar 15-Apr 14 “Materiality” group fiber artists �� Ann Street Gallery, Newburgh, Mar 15-Apr 12 Sally Rowe “Vintage Pain”, installation �� DAC Mar 22-Apr 19 Orange County Arts Council Members Show �� Jolly Onion Inn, Pine Island, Mar 27-30 “Primavera ‘14 A Taste of Pine Bush” Pine Bush Area Arts Council Fundraiser, food and art �� Catholic War Veterans, Pine Bush, Mar 29, 5pm-8pm

photography exhibits

“You’ve Gotta Love It” group show ��Highlands Photographic Guild, Milford, thru Mar 2 Colin Greenly “Sixty Years of Seeing” digital images, sculpture, drawings � SUNYO-KH thru Mar 14 Chet Gordon “A Photographer’s Life” �� SUNYO-OH thru Mar 19 Jason Houston “Conservation Journal” �� Fovea Exhibitions, Beacon, thru Apr 6

NEW photography EXHIBITS

Christopher Vernale “Child’s Play” and “Wherever You Go” �� CAS Mar 1-Apr 6

ART & Photography receptions

Christopher Vernale “Child’s Play” and “Wherever You Go” �� CAS Mar 1, (talk:2pm) 3pm-5pm Sullivan ARC “Expressions 2014” �� DAC Mar 1, 2pm-4pm Joe Splendora “Splendorascapes” ��UpFront Exhibition Space, Port Jervis, Mar 1, 3pm-8pm WRS Fundraiser �� WRS Mar 1, 4pm-7pm Mike Caggiano ��Gallery At Chant Realtors, Lords Valley, Mar 1, 5pm-7pm “Welcome Spring!” Crawford Arts Association Crawford Town Hall, Pine Bush, Mar 1, 5pm-7pm New Hope Community Artists “Explorations1” Creative Impulse Gallery, Liberty, Mar 6, 6pm-8pm Washingtonville Art Society ��Weathervane Clubhouse, Washingtonville, Mar 7, 5pm-8pm “New Works” member’s group show �� Wurtsboro Art Alliance, Mar 8, 2pm-4pm Gayle Clark Fedigan “A Show of Ireland: Pastel Impressions” � RiverWinds, Beacon, Mar 8, 5pm-8pm Delaware Valley HS Photography Exhibit � Highlands Photographic Guild, Milford, Mar 8, 6pm-9pm

Delaware Valley HS Art Exhibit �� ARTery, Milford, Mar 8, 6pm-9pm Sandy Spitzer luminist �� Aroma Thyme Bistro, Ellenville, Mar 9, 1pm-3pm Denise Aumick & Friends fiber arts, Rick Parenti, Katrie Bonnano �� WRS Mar 15, 5pm-7pm “Materiality” group fiber artists ��Ann Street Gallery, Newburgh, Mar 15, 6:30mp-8:30pm

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Sally Rowe “Vintage Pain”, installation �� DAC Mar 22, TBA Newburgh South Middle School ��Artology Gallery, New Windsor, Mar 23, 2pm-4pm Orange County Arts Council Members Show �� Jolly Onion Inn, Pine Island, Mar 27, 5pm-8pm “Primavera ‘14 A Taste of Pine Bush” PBAAC �� . Catholic War Veterans, Mar 29, 5pm-8pm Orange County Arts Council Members Show �� Jolly Onion Inn, Pine Island, Mar 30, 2pm-5pm

clubs

Chess Club �� Ellenville Library, Wednesdays, 4pm Chess Club ��Cornwall Library, Wednesdays. 4:30pm Friday Night Chess ��Narrowsburg Library, Friday 6pm Knit and Stitch �� Narrowsburg Library, Mondays, 6pm Knitting & Crocheting “Crochety Knitters” ��Liberty Library, Tuesdays 10:15am Knitting Group �� Josephine-Louise Library, Walden, Tuesdays, 6:30pm Knitting & Crocheting “Knitwitz” ��Jeffersonville Library, 1st & 3rd Tuesdays, 6:30pm Knitting “Chain Gang Knitting Club” �� Mamakating Town Hall, Wurtsboro, Tuesdays 9pm Knitting Club �� Noble Coffee Roasters, Campbell Hall, Wednesdays, 2:30pm Knitting “Stitch and Bitch” �� Palaia Vineyards, Highland Mills, Wednesdays, 7pm Knit/Crochet Club ��Wallkill Library, Thursdays, 6:30pm Knimble Knitters �� Ellenville Library, Saturdays, 10am Knitting Club �� Newburgh Library, Mar 11 & 25, 7pm Knitting Circle �� Florida Library, Mar 17, 6pm Laurel & Hardy Sons of the Desert Int’l Org. ��Last Sunday, Ellenville, ray@themtharhills,org The Music Lovers Group classical ��3rd Thursdays, 7:30pm Montgomery, 845-457-9867 Electronic Music Meetup w/Neil Alexander ��Newburgh Library, 3rd Thursdays, 7pm Ladies Night Painting Social �� Wallkill River School, Montgomery, Thursdays 6:30pm Hudson Highlands Photo Workshop �� St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, Chester, 2nd Monday, 7:30pm Calico Geese Quilters Guild �� Cornwall Cooperative Extension, Liberty, 2nd Monday, 7pm The Country Scrappers cardmaking, scrapbooking Walker Valley Schoolhouse, Tuesdays, all day Scrabble Mania ��Ellenville Library, Tuesdays, 6pm Trivia Night w/Sam Hill �� Two Alices, Cornwall-on-Hudson, Thursdays, 8pm Trivia Night ��Penning’s Pub & Grill, Warwick, Thursdays, 8pm Woodcarving Guild �� Museum Village, Monroe, Wednesdays, 7pm

schools & Conservatories

TBA Student Art Gallery ��Greenwood Lake Library, Mar 1-31 Orange County High School Musicals excerpts � Galleria Mall, Middletown, Mar 1, 3pm-6:30pm Dennis Fanton’s Impressionist Class Exhibit ��WRS Mar 2-31 Monticello HS Chamber Singers �� Nesin Theatre, Monticello, Mar 3, 7pm Delaware Valley HS Photography Exhibit ��Highlands Photographic Guild, Milford, Mar 8-Apr 6 Delaware Valley HS Art Exhibit �� ARTery, Milford, Mar 8-Apr 6 Newburgh South Middle School Exhibit ��Artology Gallery, New Windsor, Mar 23-Apr 12

children & Teens Calendar

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

Books

Mother-Daughter Book Discussion grades 5-TEENS, adults ��Newburgh Library, Mar 6, 7pm

cinema

TEEN Movie Night grades 5-12 ��Greenwood Lake Library, Tuesdays thru Mar 25, 6pm “Gulliver’s Travel’s” animated, all ages �� Shadowland Theatre, Ellenville, Mar 8, 2pm “Miss Representation” w/panel discussion, Teens & Adults �� SUNY Sullivan, Mar 12, 6:30pm FREE

magic

TEENS ages 15 and up, see page 29 �� Seligmann Center, Sugar Loaf, Mar 14, 8pm & Mar 15, 7pm “The Adventure to the Imagi Nation” ages 5-11 �� Seligmann Center, Mar 15, 2pm FREE

Museums

“Mastodons: Ice Age to Discovery” & Meet the Animal of the Week �� HHNM-CoH Saturdays & Sundays, Noon-4pm Eco-Zone ��Pocono Environmental Education Center, Dingmans Ferry, Mar 1 & 23, 1pm-4pm Maple Sugar Tours �� HHNM Saturdays & Sundays, Mar 2-23, 10:30am-3pm

puppets & music

Mrs. Sloat’s Marionettes & Mr. Sloat banjo, all ages �� Florida Library, Mar 8, 2pm FREE

recreation & Lectures

Painting Social for Children, Teens & Adults � Wallkill River School, Montgomery, Saturdays, 3:30pm “Awesome Oposum” ages 5+ ��HHNM-CoH Mar 8, 10am “Woodcock Walk” ages 10+ ��PEEC Mar 15, 6:30pm “Snakes Alive!” ��HHNM-CoH Mar 22, 10am “Math in Nature: Oh Deer!” 7th-12th grades, TEENS ��PEEC Mar 29, 1pm “Spring Salamanders” �� HHNM Mar 30, 10am “Little Eco Explorers: Chipmunks” 3-6yrs ��PEEC Mar 30, 1pm

Meet John Maxwell - Playwright, Actor Thecraftofdidactictheatrewasondisplayrecentlyat Mount Saint Mary College (MSMC) in Newburgh. On a frigid, icy February evening the Department of Arts and Letters under the direction of Assistant Professor James Phillips, in conjunction with the Campus Ministry, the Catholic and Dominican Institute and StudentActivities invited John Maxwell to deliver a sample of his Religious Monologues to a diverse audience, huddled in the stark and barren Founders’ Chapel. The monologues are one-man presentations designed to expose and teach by adding credence and vitality to the lives of familiar Biblical characters. On this evening, the presentation was The Fish Tale, the Story of Peter, by John Maxwell. To encounter the theatrical portrayals of Maxwell’s larger-than-life characters is to confront the forces and potential impact of didacticism as theatre. Theatre as a didactic art form, designed to teach and inform, is as old as dirt and John Maxwell has perfected the practice to deliver a product of fertile soil, designed to grow deep and provocative roots. He delivers characters with a contagious conviction, allowing him to hold the stage and deliver his message with unprecedented force. Maxwell is no travelling salesman. He’s more than “a smile and a shoeshine.” He’s a finely trained and carefully tuned, award-winning thespian with knowledge and entertainment to bestow on those groundlings fortunate enough to gather ‘round his stage.

Essentially he’s an on-tour actor and is delivered in a manner not easily forgotten. best known for his one man presentation, First know there are no props, save for Oh, Mr. Faulkner, Do You Write. The a chair and a whip. Maxwell as Peter Atlanta Film Festival, an Academy approaches the stage as the fisherman, Award qualifying venue, awarded John complete with tattered jeans, work Maxwell the Best Actor award for the boots and a sun-bleached baseball cap. film version of Mr. Faulkner in 2006. With an affectionate down-home-style “The one man show based on the life of Mississippi drawl, Peter commences William Faulkner has become a Southern to complain about the difficulties of storytelling classic.” working with the local rabbi, Jesus: “At Duringapostpresentationconversation first I had to make myself put up with with John Maxwell, it became apparent Jesus,” says Peter in his monologue. to this writer that his literary and theatrical “All that talking, and always right.” And John Maxwell attachment to William Faulkner did not materialize of course, there’s Peter’s wife too, who is unwilling to by happenstance or whim. The South, as many calmly accept the fact that Peter is leaving her and their unsuspecting Yanks have noticed, is an area of this home to wander about the country side with a rabbi. nation that holds with close affection the concepts And now the stage is set, and with a delivery of less of honor and unwavering loyalty. Mr. Maxwell was than fifty words, Maxwell has molded and kindled the born and raised in Jackson, Mississippi, Mr. Faulkner anticipations of the audience. Nobody but nobody has in Oxford, Mississippi. Both William Faulkner and his attention anywhere outside this bare and diminutive John Maxwell were students at Ol’ Miss (University theatre. Maxwell now has his class in the palm of his of Mississippi). John Maxwell earned his Bachelor’s hand, as he continues to vividly relate the stories of and Master’s; Mr. Faulkner dropped out after earning Jesus from Cana to the Garden of Gethsemane. a grade of D in English. As mentioned earlier, Maxwell has the opportunity It is not inconceivable to comprehend John after the show to share his development as an actor and Maxwell’s affection, if not the adoption, of the social, to relate the origin of his venture into theatre ministries. literary and philosophical concepts espoused and held It was in Seattle, Washington at an Episcopal church, by Faulkner and so eloquently delivered in his Nobel that he began. The pastor there planned to present his Prize acceptance speech. Sunday liturgy with references to John the Baptist and The Fish Tale is the story of Saint Peter, the Apostle, wanted someone to enter the church from the back,

in character as a homeless man, as John the Baptist, interrupting and disrupting the service. Pastor wanted the individual to act and talk as though he sincerely believed he was in fact John the Baptist. The service went as planned and the next day the pastor was quick to report the Sunday collection was five times the offering normally collected. “I felt so invigorated at that church. This is what I want to do...this is what God’s calling me to do.” The level of theatre presented at the Founders Chapel at MSMC is the product of foresight and collaboration. Initiative on the part of James Phillips in union with various campus groups is a powerful force on this prestigious, academically oriented campus. Some are known to comment that today’s world of higher education is quickly assuming the stance of vocational education. As valid a necessity as that situation may seem for some, it is the liberal arts that will function as a binder on an academically fertile campus. Professor Phillips is one with a true understanding and advocacy of the benefits of MSMC’s theatre program. His approach and philosophy is conveyed with biting accuracy in the poster he’s distributed throughout the campus. It simply asks a question: “Why should I be a part of MSMC Theatre? Because you can tell an employer: I work collaboratively. I think creatively. I speak well in public. I understand deadlines like no one else.” Many who frequent this campus anticipate with enthusiasm the course Professor Phillips has charted for MSMC Theatre and the students of the Mount.

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Meet Alice Conner Selfridge: Nurse, Author & Mom Writing for a predetermined audience is a technique fraught with the possibility of unintended consequences. This fact of life is evident in the case of Alice ConnerSelfridge whose initial and primary targeted audience was her grandchildren. Each held a special spot in Alice’s heart and mind and each relished listening to her stories of the “ol’days.” She wanted them to know and be aware of who they were, who their parents were and where they all came from. She wanted them to know family. What was it like to grow up during the Great Depression? And what about the Second World War? To this end Alice embarked on a journey to record her memories in print, for her intended audience and for posterity, too. High Shoes and Bloomers, subtitled Remnants From the Attic of My Mind by Alice C. Selfridge is a vivid, flowing collection of family life in a small - very, very small Massachusetts mill town during the thirties and forties of the last century. In that sense it’s a memoir, from the youngest of eleven children, and is in fact a collection of nearly independent short stories, each capable of standing on its own merits. High Shoes and Bloomers is reminiscent of William Saroyan’s The Human Comedy. This writer believes that Alice never realized that her collection would prove to be a valuable source of knowledge and entertainment to countless readers young and old, reaching beyond the confines of her own grandchildren and

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immediate family. To learn and broaden one’s horizons via the words of a short story is a learning tool dating to the time of hunters and gatherers. Modern pedagogy aside, its value persists for the simple reason that it works. Think for a moment. What was December 7, 1941 like to an innocent 8 year old girl whose 19 year brother was in the Navy? The fear and anger of that infamous event is described in detail. As an aside, ponder for a moment of the individuals who fail to even grasp the significance of that question. And know why anecdotes of this genre remain significant. Further, think of the sex education curriculum in the rural schools and small villages of that time. Simple. There weren’t any. But it was the world they lived in that provided the essentials, teaching the basics one segment at a time. The not-so-uncommon spectacle of a bull mounting a cow in a neighbor’s field or barnyard was an activity known to the eight year olds as a cow trying to give a bull a piggyback ride. The rest is history. Written words are the fodder for those whose desire is to inform and in the case of Alice preserve. Her intention while composing the anecdotes and recalling her youth was believed limited to the impact they would have on her grandchildren. The result is a highly entertaining, informative publication appropriate for all children, grandchildren and adults

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who wish or in many cases need to know about the “ol’ days.” It’s an especially valuable read for those who never knew a two-holler, or flattened pennies on the railroad tracks or swam at a less-thansterile swimmin’ hole without parental supervision. A common statement worth repeating follows. “Never forget where you came from; you might have to go back.” Intended or not, a consequence of this book is that many will now know who Lil’ Nana was and why her past remains so rich. The cover picture accompanying this column is the creation of one fortunate grandchild, Fred Junior. For him, it is the likeness of Lil’ Nana, as a child from the stories, complete with high shoes and bloomers. So many of the characters in this valuable segment of local history are gone. Alice Selfridge’s composition is a gesture aimed at the past, the present and the future, providing solace, perhaps, with respect to those who once were well known. To liberally paraphrase the opinion of critic Saul Austerlitz, writers are taught to recognize that words are a pale imitation, running a distant second to actions, deeds. But the passing of loved ones is cause to ponder what endures and what doesn’t. High Shoes and Bloomers is available through Amazon. However, keep tuned to this publication for a soon to be announced signing and sale.

Happy 20th Birthday, Kairos!

Kairos, A Consort of Singers, has been an established arts organization in the Hudson Valley for 20 years. Their Bach Cantata Series and other concerts and events have become an integral part of the cultural life of our region. Dedicated to the performance of unaccompanied choral literature from the Medieval to the present, the group is Artist-inResidence at Holy Cross Monastery in West Park (Ulster), and performs in the Hudson Valley and beyond. Last year they released a second CD, The Valley Sings, featuring choral music by Hudson Valley composers. The CD is currently available at www.kairosconsort.org, as well as at a variety of online vendors, including Amazon and iTunes. Under the direction of Artistic Director Edward Lundergan, they will present a program entitled A Few of Our Favorite

Things in celebration of their 20th anniversary year. Kairos performs “mostly” a capella, but for this concert Gary Palmieri will be joining Kairos as guest accompanist for Mid-Winter Songs for piano and chorus (from poems by Robert Graves) by contemporary American composer Morton Lauridsen. “Luscious accompanied part-songs by Franz Schubert, including the sublime Psalm 23 for women’s chorus and the Shepherds’ Chorus from Rosamunde will be sung along with Palestrina’s glorious Missa Papae Marcellae, Six Chansons by Paul Hindemith and a set of surprising and unexpected treats including some vocal jazz favorites!,” Lundergan said. The concert will be held on March 16 at 3:00pm at St. George’s Episcopal Church, 105, Grand Street, Newburgh. To order tickets online, visit www. kairosconsort.org or call 845-256-9114.

Animated Musical Film at Shadowland

Lyricist Leo Robin’s first ambition was to be a playwright and in the 1920’s he moved to New York City to achieve this goal. While there, Robin began writing lyrics and soon turned his attention to the Broadway stage. With composers like Vincent Youmans, he produced Just Fancy, Alley Oop and Hit the Deck, with their many hit songs. In 1930, Robin had another hit song featured in the Broadway revue Tattle Tales, composed by Ralph Rainger. This was the beginning of a great Robin and Rainger team. Under contract with Paramount Studios, Robin and Rainger moved to Hollywood and produced some of the most memorable songs from the era including Please, Beyond the Blue Horizon, June in January, With Every Breath I Take, and Blue Hawaii. In 1938, the pair received the Academy Award for Best Song for Thanks For the Memory. The following year they wrote the songs for the animated film Gulliver’s Travels and received an Oscar nomination for Best Song for Faithful Forever (losing out to some song about flying with happy little bluebirds up where troubles melt like lemon drops).

After Rainger’s death in 1942, Robin worked with many other composers including Jerome Kern, Arthur Schwartz, Harry Warren and Harold Arlen. In 1949 he collaborated with Jule Styne for Broadway’s Gentlemen Prefer Blondes. In the mid-1950’s, he collaborated with Sigmund Romberg for Broadway’s The Girl in Pink Tights. Robin’s final collaboration came in 1955 with Jule Styne for the film musical, My Sister Eileen, starring Jack Lemmon, Janet Leigh and Betty Garrett. After the score was completed, Robin entered retirement. Gulliver’s Travels was Paramount’s first feature-length animated film, an answer to the success of Disney’s boxoffice hit Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. It was the second cel-animated feature film ever released, and the first produced by an American studio other than Disney. For another Matinee at the Shadowland with selected shorts including chapter eight of Flash Gordon, Gulliver’s Travels will be shown at the theatre on March 8 at 2:00pm, 157 Canal Street, Ellenville. To reserve seats, call: 845-647-5511.

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March 1 - 13 - 15 Storytelling

The premiere of Yarnslingers: Memoirs Storytelling Series has been rescheduled on March 1 at 7:00pm for the debut of the Yarnslingers/Catskill Art Society partnership series. The original date was snowed out. The second performance follows as scheduled on March 15 at 7:00pm. For this collaboration, storytellers Isabel Braverman, Lillian Browne, Rebekah Creshkoff, Bill Fellenberg, Ann Finneran, Jonathan Charles Fox, Ramona Jan, Marion Kaselle and Stacy Rogers will share pieces of their biographies each month over the course of this yearlong project. From the surprising and weird to the charmingly everyday, the tales of this diverse group reveal their individual idiosyncrasies, while uniting us in their common experiences. The program is an interactive workshop between its writers and audience members, and all are invited to share their responses to the chapters after the show. Advance reservations are highly recommended as seating is limited. For reservations, contact the CAS Arts Center, 48 Main Street, Livingston Manor, by email: info@catskillartsociety.org or by calling 845-436-4227.

And in Florida...

World Storytelling Day is celebrated throughout the northern hemisphere on March 20, the spring equinox. The Florida Public Library (FPL) will host

its Spring Storytelling Café on March 13 at 7:00pm, blending the Black Dirt Storytelling Guild’s March meeting theme of Amazons with this year’s World Storytelling Day theme of Monsters and Dragons. The program offers a compelling selection of folktales, myths and personal stories for adult listeners. Teens over the age of 16 who listen like adults are also welcome to attend the program which will feature adult material. The café will showcase special guest teller Ruediger Guhl (see photo right) of White Plains who was an audience favorite at his last appearance at FPL. Guhl, a German-born international banker turned storyteller, lived for many years in Dusseldorf near the site of Siegfried’s castle at Xanten on the Rhine River. He will entertain with his retelling of the story of the hero Siegfried’s battle with the terrible dragon, Fafnir. He will also share a tale of his personal journey to Siberia, Russia. Homemade desserts, brewed coffees and specialty teas are served at the café. Register online by visiting www.floridapubliclibrary.org or call the library: 845-651-7659. What’s your story? Go and tell or “just listen!” Members of the Guild are always interested in mentoring beginning storytellers and offering coaching tips. Call Madelyn Folino at 845-6517659 if you would like to tell a story that evening.

Paul Reiser Comes to Middletown

Stand-up comedian, actor, and writer Paul Reiser was voted Number 77 of the 100 Greatest Stand-ups of All Time. “Two or three times a week I drive by the houses of numbers 78-100 just to rub it in,” he quips. As a seasoned actor, writer and stand-up comedian, Reiser continues to add to his list of accomplishments. NBC’s Mad About You, which co-starred Helen Hunt, garnered Reiser an Emmy, Golden Globe, American Comedy Award and Screen Actors Guild nominations for Best Actor in a Comedy Series. His book, Couplehood, sold over two million copies and reached the number one spot on The New York Times bestseller list, as did his follow-up book, Babyhood, which featured his trademark humorous take on the adventures of being a firsttime father. Most recently Reiser appeared alongside Michael Douglas and Matt Damon in the HBO movie Behind the Candelabra based on the life of Liberace. Some of Reiser’s other film roles include Aliens, Beverly Hills Cop (I and II), Diner, Bye, Bye Love, The Marrying Man, and The Thing About My Folks - which Reiser also wrote and produced. Perhaps lesser known are Reiser’s musical talents. Paul co-wrote the Mad About You theme song The Final Frontier which has the distinction 22

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Downing Does Documentaries The Downing Film Center is a 501 (c) (3) not-for-profit corporation with the mission of showing world-quality films while providing other important cinematic programming for members of the community. Continuing its commitment to collaborate with community organizations, the folks at Downing Film Center are aligning with various non-profits to present a series of documentaries this month. Along with the Orange County Developmental Disabilities Education and Training Consortium, Downing has Cheryl Haworth a free showing of Borderline on March 9 at STRONG! will be shown at Downing on Mar. 24 Noon as part of “A Film Festival That Pays the systemic inequalities from racism and/or Tribute to March as National Developmental sexism. Disabilities Awareness Month.” Cheryl Haworth struggles to defend her Borderline explores the complexities involved champion status as her lifetime weightlifting when an intellectually disabled woman is accused career inches towards its inevitable end. Her of the murder of a child while babysitting. By journey as an elite athlete presents physical and delving into her troubled background, this film personal challenges, including popular notions of explores the complexities leading up to that tragic power, strength, beauty, and health. night. STRONG! is about a formidable figure standing This compelling documentary raises serious at 5’8” and weighing more than 300 pounds. The questions about whether our legal system is able documentary will be shown on March 24 at to protect the rights of people with intellectual 7:30pm. disabilities. Call YWCA at 845-561-8050, ext 17 for Borderline won for Best Documentary on the reservations and leave a message. Theme on a Disability by the International Film Admission is free for both documentaries. Festival in Calgary, Canada . Donations are welcomed. Seating is limited. Call Joyce Schmit at 845Downing Film Center is at 19 Front Street, 291-2622 for reservations. Newburgh, in the Yellow Bird building. YWCA Orange County is once again joining For more information, call 845-561-3686. with Downing for a documentary that addresses

Forum Discussion in Rock Tavern

Larry Wittner is an American historian who has written extensively on peace movements and foreign policy and has been an activist in peace and social justice movements. Guy Quinlan is the President of the Lawyers Committee on Nuclear Policy, a non-profit educational association of lawyers and legal scholars that researches and advocates in support of the global elimination of nuclear weapons.

Both men will speak at Nuclear Disarmament Now! A Call to Action! - a forum open for discussion on April 4 at 7:00pm at the Unitarian Universalist Meeting House, 9 Vance Road, Rock Tavern. There will also be a brief service in the memory of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. prior to the forum discussion. For information call 845-2972792.

Simi Stone Soothes at The Falcon

Paul Reiser - Illustration by Drew Friedman

of having been broadcast on Mars. (It was chosen by NASA mission directors as the “wake up call” for the Sojourner Rover there.) Over the course of his diverse and successful career, Reiser has shown his passion and talent for entertaining, and always returns to what he does best - making people laugh. An Evening with Paul Reiser Comedy Show is presented by Downstage Entertainment on March 14, 8:00pm at the Paramount Theater, 17 South Street, Middletown. Call 845-346-4195.

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Woodstock singer-songwriter Simi Stone’s “Mountain Motown” can’t be contained in a single word or sentence. She plays violin, guitar and percussion and boasts a huge, versatile voice. She writes catchy pop tunes, dance numbers, and compelling, introspective folk songs. The multitalented multi-instrumentalist tours with Simone Felice’s band, Duke and the King, and has performed with Denis Leary’s band on The Conan O’Brien Show. Simi’s alluring presence has been engaged in the services of videos and album art for Metallica and Cornershop, and she’s a dynamic

performer both in the recording studio and onstage, no doubt owing in some part to her early experience in musical theater and off-Broadway. Stone has led a variety of bands, including Slithy Toves and Suffrajet, and shared stages with The Roots, Erykah Badu, Conor Oberst, Natalie Merchant, Cheap Trick, Urge Overkill, and Joan Jett. She brings her sultry voice to The Falcon, 1348 Rte 9w, Marlboro every Monday in March for The Falcon’s Artist in Residence series. First up: March 1 at 7:00pm. For more information call 845-236-7970

Music in Central Valley

March at Jester’s

Musical Potluck

Music in Central Valley the orchestral rehearsal mark. presents clarinetist Susan His output occupies a pivotal Martula, soprano Jody position between Classicism Weatherstone and pianist and Romanticism, but fell into Janice Nimetz in a program of obscurity following his death., works for clarinet, voice, and The late 20th century saw a piano. revival of his ouevre, especially The program includes the in Europe. first of two clarinet sonatas by In addition to a group of solo Clarinetist Susan Martula, Brahms, late works written for songs for soprano by Schubert the composer’s own pleasure. principal chair, Albany Symphony and Grieg, the trio will perform The sonatas stem from a six German Songs for Voice, period in Brahms’ life where Clarinet, and Piano, Op. 103, he discovered the beauty of the by Spohr and also Schubert’s sound and color of the clarinet. exquisite masterpiece, Shepherd The form of the clarinet sonata on the Rock. was largely undeveloped The whimsical Six Little until after the completion of Piano Pieces, Op. 19, by his sonatas, after which the Arnold Schoenberg will give combination of clarinet and a brief glimpse into the new Jody Weatherstone piano was more readily used in tonal language of the twentieth Soprano composers’ new works century. Louis (Ludwig) Spohr (1784The concert is at Central 1859), was a German composer, Valley United Methodist violinist and conductor. Church, 12 Smith Clove Road, Highly regarded during his on March 30, at 3:00pm and is lifetime, Spohr composed ten free of charge with a suggested symphonies, ten operas, eighteen donation at the door. The church violin concerti, four clarinet is handicapped accessible. concerti, four oratorios, chamber For further information music and art songs. He was the phone the church office at 845Janice Nimetz inventor of the violin chin rest and 928-6570. piano

Growing up small around a lot of bigger guys in Trenton, NJ (a town he describes as Good Times meets The Sopranos), Brian Cichocki developed a sharp wit to deal with the fact that his dancing skills didn’t match their fighting skills. After a six-month career managing a deli in the Kingsbury Projects, Brian realized education might be important. While working on his Bachelors and Masters degrees, he began appearing in musicals (not helpful in a fight), independent films and commercials, as well as the Comedy Pilot Crash Life and the Web Series Celebrities. He has performed all over New York City and around the country. For over twenty years Richie Byrne has worked the top comedy venues in the Unites States and abroad. Richie is also an accomplished actor and singer with a long resume of theatrical and television credits including Sex & the City, The Sopranos and Law & Order: Criminal Intent. He writes, produces and stars in his own musical variety series The Richie Byrne Show, which can be seen at Gotham Comedy Club in New York City. Laugh in your seat while they stand up at Jester’s Comedy Club, 109 Brookside Avenue in Chester, on March 8 at 8:00pm. For tickets and information: 845-345-1039.

by Derek Leet One never knows what will be heard at the mostly-monthly Potluck Concerts until one picks up the program at the door. Their theme for March is Classical, and producers/musicians Emily Faxon and Ruthanne Schempf have served up some delicious classical music entrees, appetizers and desserts in the past. My first tasting of the Potluck Classical Concerts was on March 28, 2008 and now exactly six years later I will be going back for more classical music sustenance. I remember in 2008, a Rebecca Clarke Viola Sonata, the main course, brilliantly performed by Noriko Futagami Herndon, and, for dessert, soprano Julie Ziavras singing music by Delibes & Orange County composer Ada Margoshes. In March 2009 Bonnie Ham (sic) flavored a Mozart Flute Quartet. In March 2010 I was on a diet. In March 2011 music by Amy Beach was performed and for the salad, a wonderful “dressing” of music from Carmen by Frank Proto, played on bass by Philip Helm. For the entree Daniel Parrette wowed the audience with his clarinet playing of music by Miklós Rosza. Daniel is the son of West Point clarinetist John Parrette, who performs often at Potluck, sometimes with Daniel. The 2012 concert was a great feast for me, with a 4-hand version of Samuel Barber’s Souvenirs, Milhaud’s Suite for Clarinet with Père Parrette, Faxon and Schempf, and Chopin’s Scherzo in c#, beautifully played by Cynthia Peterson, followed by a Khachaturian trio for dessert. Last year, March 2013, Schempf and Dr. Margaret Small shone in their delicious 4 hand performance of a Schubert Fantasia, followed by Parrette Fils on clarinet for the entrée, beautifully phrasing a Divertimento on themes from The Magic Flute. And for 2014, who? what? You will need to go to the March 28, 7:30pm concert at the Cornwall Presbyterian Church, 222 Hudson Street, for your tasting of the Classical in music.

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In Memoriam : Peter “Pete” Seeger ~ May 3, 1919 – January 27, 2014 by Barry Plaxen The memorials to Pete Seeger that I have seen in many publications, especially the Hudson Valley Press, have been beautifully written, very thorough paeans to this country’s great folk musician and activist, and to his many accomplishments, his persona and his legacy to the world, including the Hudson River Sloop Clearwater. There is no need for me to iterate what all the press coverage of his passing has garnered. What was not covered in what I read was his contribution to music during the period of his career that he was not happy with because he and his colleagues, The Weavers, had to set aside their beliefs and record solely for entertainment purposes. He spent his last year (1958) with the Weavers honoring his commitments, but described himself as feeling like a prisoner. The Weavers were formed in November 1948 by Ronnie Gilbert, Lee Hays, Fred Hellerman, and Seeger. After a period of being unable to find much work, they landed a steady and successful engagement at the Village Vanguard, a New York City jazz club. This led to their discovery by arrangerbandleader Gordon Jenkins and their subsequent signing with Decca Records. In keeping with the audience expectations of the

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time, the early Weavers’ releases had violins, lush orchestrations and often a heavenly chorus added behind the group’s own stringband instruments, arranged mostly by the very popular and successful Jenkins. The group had a big hit in 1950 with Lead Belly’s Goodnight, Irene, backed with the 1941 song Tzena, Tzena, Tzena, which in turn became a best seller due to the recent creation of the state of Israel. Irene stayed at number one on the charts for a lengthy 13 weeks, followed by other blockbuster hits including, The Roving Kind, adapted from an English folk song and chart-shared with 1950s’ vocalist Guy Mitchell with an arrangement by Mitch Miller, who was Columbia Records’ answer

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The Weavers then followed with Woody Guthrie’s 1940 Dust Bowl song So Long (It’s Been Good to Know Ya), Wimoweh, the first of a few SouthAfrican hits in the U.S. in the early 50s, the American folk classic On Top of Old Smoky, and lastly Kisses Sweeter than Wine, written by The Weavers themselves. With these recordings, Seeger and his ensemble made folk songs palatable for middle class listeners, many of whom knew “folk song” only as anything recorded by the legendary Burl Ives. But Seeger and his colleagues, though unhappy with their “sellout” to watered-down and gussied-up folk music, never talked much about the positive

side of their sell-out to Jenkins’ and other Decca arrangers’ lush orchestrations. Some folk song fans at that time criticized them for setting aside their beliefs, and for watering down and commercializing by gussie-ing up their singing style. But The Weavers felt it was worth it to get their songs before the public, a great gift to that public, millions of Americans who were not listening to country music or rhythm and blues. People who were still ensconced with Your Hit Parade, which offered the songs of Tin Pan Alley, Broadway, and the transition from the big band era hit records to those of the super-star vocalists, many of who came from singing with the big bands. The Weavers’ collaboration and the popularized renditions of folk music gave these middle class listeners more of an appreciation of folk music and prepared them for the onslaught of the 60s folk revolution. Jenkins and his “pleasant” arrangements paved the way for the easy acceptance of the “pleasant” musicality of Peter, Paul and Mary, who in turn paved the way for all the other folk genres that are still extent today. So if Seeger and his friends had not “sold out” to Decca, the course of popular music, or at least folk music, might have taken a different turn. The rest is history.

If you don’t get to Rogowski Farm for a Sunday breakfast or the Pine Island Farmer’s Market, or don’t take yoga and dance classes at Black Dirt Dance, chances are you have not been to “downtown” Pine Island in a few years. Well, now’s your chance to return once again, or make your first visit! The Jolly Onion Inn was once a favorite eatery for New York and New Jersey residents. Closed for a couple-3-years, it is now owned by Andrew Field and Will Brown who have graciously offered to open its doors for the Orange County Arts Council (OCAC) 3-day 2014 Members’ exhibit. OCAC Board member and artist Janet Howard-Fatta found the location for the exhibit, “because the Members’ Exhibit was one of things that I wanted to do, a reason for my joining the Board. So I felt it was my responsibility because if I wanted it to happen, I had to make it happen. And I felt spring was a good time because we do the Council’s Arts Awards in the Fall. “I am on a committee that runs an art fundraiser in Warwick and Jenna Field is also on the committee, so I knew about Jolly Onion. I felt it was a big enough space. There are 200 members, so we need a space for 70 or more. “I looked for other places, but I loved the idea of Pine Island. It is the main agricultural part of the County, and this brings art to Pine Island so that it now contains what I consider to be the richness of the County, the County’s two strongest points, Art & Farms.”

Welcome Back to Jolly Pine Island!

Art by Diane Kominick Ouzoonian

“This Members’ Exhibit is more than visual art, too. We plan on having visuals from film members on view, and audio, music playing from music members’ CDs.” The hamlet of Pine Island is known for its famous Black Dirt, onions and abundant farms. The fertile region, consists of thousands of very flat acres of deep and richly organic soil. This unique valley formed from the decay of plants and the remains of a great shallow swamp as a result of glaciers melting away over 10,000 years ago. These “drowned lands”, as they were once called, were recognized by early Polish settlers to the region to be the same soil that had been commissioned for farming in their homeland. To this day, this region is home to hundreds of farms large and small, which serve local produce stands, city green markets, or wholesale supermarket accounts across the continent. The area is well known for its onion production, but also grows varieties of lettuce greens, sweet corn,

“Skyline” by Leslie Fandrich

soybeans, potatoes, carrots, pumpkins, squashes, amongst others. The soils and landscape have also become home to turfgrass sod producers. “My partner and I acquired the Jolly three years ago,” said Andrew Field. We bought it because of it’s prominent location and importance in the Pine Island community. “We are looking for the right fit for our property and are confident that the right operator will make this location into a premier spot. With the current local interest in craft beers, we envision a beer-centric operation, perhaps even a brewery, serving a quality menu. “We would like to welcome the Orange County Arts Council. We are thrilled to have you,” he concluded. “The Arts Council’s membership has grown significantly over the last year or so and we are always looking for ways to provide value to our members,” said OCAC Executive Director Dawn Ansbro. “A group show not only demonstrates

“Waiting Canoes” by Linda Barboni

our members’ diversity of talent and artistic expression, but it gives them a chance to get to know each other better too. “This Members’ Exhibit provides one more opportunity to help build a strong, thriving arts community in Orange County and that is really what the Arts Council is all about.” The exhibit dates are March 27-30. Opening reception is March 27, 5:00pm-8:00pm and closing reception is March 30, 2:00pm-5:00pm. Open to the public for both receptions and Friday March 28 from 3:00pm-7:00pm; Saturday and Sunday March 28 and 29 from Noon-5:00pm. The Jolly is located at the junction of County Routes 1, 6 and 26. Call 845-469-9168 or visit www.ocartscouncil. org for more information about OCAC. Thanks to everyone involved for bringing art to Pine Island for this happy occasion. Not only are these visionaries assets to the community, but they sure know their onions! (Groan!)

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Art in the Schools: Delaware Valley High School Exhibit(s)

Motor skills. Decision Making. Visual jewelry.” Learning. Language Development. Cultural When asked what the art program at Delaware Awareness. Inventiveness. Improved Academic Valley offers, “We are fortunate here at Delaware Performance. Valley to have the support of the school board These are all the different ways the arts help and administration who understand the vital role children develop. A 2005 report by the Rand that the arts have in a quality education. Corporation about the visual arts argues that “Delaware Valley offers a full art program to the intrinsic pleasures and stimulation of the art students in grades K -12. At the high school, we experience do more than sweeten offer a wide array of art electives an individual’s life - according to serve both the serious art to the report, they “can connect student and the wider population people more deeply to the world looking for a creative outlet. and open them to new ways of Courses currently offered are seeing,” creating the foundation General Art, Foundations in Art, to forge social bonds and Drawing 1 & 2, Ceramics 1 & 2, community cohesion. Painting Media 1 & 2, Computer Need we say more? Art 1 & 2, Graphic Design 1 & So, this month, CANVAS is 2, Jewelry Design, 3-D Design, celebrating the school districts and the newly added Digital that agree, and think that the Photography,” said Christine. arts are not only necessary, Since a lot of the arts programs but crucial in helping the all have been cut back in the schools, around development of future we asked Christine whether she Art by Chloe King generations. thought the art curriculum offered Delaware Valley High School will have a at Delaware Valley was comprehensive and student art exhibit at The ARTery gallery while whether they had any future plans for improving the photography students will have their exhibit or adding to the current program. at the Highlands Photographic Guild (HPG). “Although our program has variety and depth, CANVAS spoke with Christine Sweeney, we are always looking for ways to improve and Delaware Valley Art Teacher, who told us that to offer courses that will allow students to explore “the art show will include a wide variety of two other ways to make art; we would love to be able and three dimensional work including ceramics, to offer printmaking, mixed media and possibly sculpture, painting, drawing, computer art and an AP (Advance Placement) Studio Art.

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“Bay Reflection” by Joanna Kutchma

“High on our wishlist is to upgrade our facilities which would allow each of the four instructors to teach near each other, sharing resources, possibly team teaching and most importantly to have the physical space and equipment to carry out more ambitious, challenging projects and teaching methods,” concluded Christine. CANVAS wishes to thank Christine, her colleagues, The ARTery, HPG, art teachers everywhere - and all the powers that be that make shows like this happen! Giving student’s the opportunity to exhibit in a gallery setting is sure-enough to give them a great sense of accomplishment and self-worth. The exhibits will be on view March 8-April 6 at both locations. The receptions will both be held on March 8, from 6:00pm-9:00pm. The ARTery, 210 Broad Street, Milford. Phone: 570-409-1234. Highlands Photographic Guild, 224 Broad Street, Milford. Phone: 570-296-2440.

March at Chant

“When I was very young, two of my favorite things were drawing and trains. As time passed, I wanted to work in the field of art, so I decided to become a commercial artist and majored in art at Hunter College in New York City. “Let It Be” “My direction by Mike Caggiano changed and I became employed by a printing company as a silkscreen printer and also a cameraman and layout person. Never forgetting my second favorite thing, trains, I was fortunate enough to land a job with the New York City Transit (NYCT). “Early in my career with the NYCT, I won awards in watercolor painting and portraits in their judged competition: Art in the Subway. I retired from the NYCT after almost 30 years and now find myself fortunate enough to have the opportunity to fully explore my passion for art,” says self-taught artist Mike Caggiano, who will be the featured artist for March at The Gallery at Chant Realtors, Lords Valley, Meet the artist at the opening reception on March 1 from 5:00pm - 7:00pm. For information call: 570-775-7337.

Side by Side: GNSO and Monroe-Woodbury Music Students

by Derek Leet

On March 3, 2012 a very exciting event took place in the Cornwall High School. Titled Side by Side, it was the first of an annual “jubilation” with the Cornwall School Orchestras performing alongside Greater Newburgh Symphony Orchestra (GNSO) members. On January 26, 2014 another exciting event took place at the Music in Central Valley chamber music series: the 14th annual Young Artists of MonroeWoodbury High School concert, coordinated by Monroe-Woodbury (M-W) Music Department Head Nicole Regan and her teaching colleagues. Attendingbothconcertswereexcitingexperiences for me. Suffice it to say, watching ELHI students perform alongside professional musicians emits an inspiring and exhilarating vibration unlike anything else and must be experienced for its own sake, just as with the impelling and stirring sensation seeing teens perform solo and in ensembles. At Central Valley this year, the scope of the M-W students’ abilities was most moving because not all of them were musical stars of tomorrow. There is something wonderful about seeing young adults perform and knowing that they now have an avocation...something to enjoy as they pursue a career in any field. A career in which, though possibly technical or scientific or health related, they will know how to create. The scope of music I heard was impressive. There was a Wind Quintet, a Brass Quintet and a Saxophone Quintet, and various instrumental and

“Side by Side” 2013 - GNSO members with Goshen School District Students

vocal artists. And then there were a few promising future professional artists, some of whom really stirred the audience. Along with the joy of hearing a teenage tenor, Conor Shatto, and his arousing and electrifying, ringing tones and right-on high notes, there was Olivia Rainoff, a highly promising professional-artist-to-be to be sure, breathtakingly performing a solo cello work with mature expression, and the rip-roaring, sensational pyrotechnics of John Weber who also played what seemed to be atonal music on his marimba, tenderly and thoughtfully, making it sound like Mozart! The M-W music program is a wonderful example of what can be offered to students, be they hopers for a career in music or not. And it is important to point out that the program exists because of the ongoing support of parents over the years AND the much needed support of local businesses. The concentration on music is not unique in this district. Other districts in our area also have

arts programs that give students a much more rounded creative education. (See page 26 for the arts programs in the Delaware Valley schools and page 3 for music in Monticello.) Sadly, there are districts adjacent to, adjoining and surrounding these forward focused districts and one cannot help but wonder why - why does a district cut the arts programs, staff, and even librarians from the curriculum? What are they thinking? Yes, we know about stifling government mandates, but even so... In March Regan and her “string staff”, Peter Giorgio, Alexis Koutrouvelis, and Lauren Buono, music directors of the school orchestras, grades 6 though 12, are joining forces with the GNSO for its 3rd Annual Side by Side performance. The second Side by Side offering in 2013 was with the Goshen District orchestras. Kudos to all three school districts and to parents and business communities for their support. Side by Side Coordinator is GNSO cellist and Orchestra Manager, retired Cornwall District music

educator Greg Phillips. “I believe it was 2001,” Phillips recalled when asked when he birthed the string program in the Cornwall schools, which later led to creating the Side by Side concerts with GNSO director Dr. Woomyung Choe. Eleven years in the making! “For this year’s performance, rehearsals will start at 9:00am with guest conductor Emily Schaad working first with the 6th grade orchestra followed by the 7th and 8th grade orchestras and finally the High School orchestra. Dr. Choe will then take over and rehearse the GNSO for music to be performed after the school orchestras have performed along with the GNSO musicians. “We have been getting remarkable support from M-W parents and businesses. For example, Jay’s Deli will contribute their famous heros for the Symphony’s lunch. Jay’s Deli is located directly on Route 32, between Rutledge Avenue and Tracie Lane in Highland Mills. “The concert program includes Offenbach’s Finale from Orpheus in the Underworld, The Dance of Iscariot by Kirt N. Mosier, Rimsky-Korsakov’s Scheherazade and Rossini’s William Tell Overture. There’s very likely to be at least one more selection by the GNSO,” Phillips concluded. Side by Side will be held on March 22 at 3:00pm in the Monroe-Woodbury Middle School Auditorium, 199 Dunderberg Road, Central Valley. Tickets may be purchased at the door or reserved at 845-913-7157 or www.newburghsymphony.org All students/children are free.

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Forty Years of Art Posters at Karpeles

The Karpeles signature expressions of Manuscript Library nature in striated bands Museum is exhibiting of color. Elegance of a selection of original design, mastery of posters by Arthur execution, enlightened Secunda. social consciousness, Featuring Secunda’s and distinctive wit own work and characterize Secunda’s that of some of his posters. most distinguished The artist’s colleagues worldwide, international reputation the collection spans in painting, sculpture, the past forty years assemblage, and every and includes examples technique of graphic by such innovative art is firmly established creative artists as the by his representation in noted modernist painter such major museums Reginald Pollack, the as the National muralist and sculptor Gallery of Art and the Rico LeBrun, the Smithsonian Museum, pioneer “alternative in Washington, DC, the cartoonist” who worked Museum of Modern as Futzie Nutzle, Art in New York, the and the legendary Bibliothèque Nationale Uruguayan woodcut in Paris, and the Artist Arthur Secunda artist Antonio Frasconi. National Museum in Now eighty-six years of age, Secunda is Stockholm, Sweden. among the best-known graphic artists of The exhibit is on view through May 31. modern times. A master of diverse styles The Karpeles Manuscript Library Museum and media, his posters employ a wide range is located at 94 Broadway, Newburgh. of abstract and representational techniques Admission is free. to express the artist’s unique inner vision, For information visit www.karpeles.com including - in this exhibition - examples of his or call 845-569-4997.

Art in Ellenville

Henry Gross at Ritz

Sandy Spitzer was born in Brooklyn and today she is a happy resident of the Hudson Valley and a luminist oil painter capturing the beauty of the Hudson Valley landscape. Sandy’s heart always gravitated to open spaces and the country landscape. Her paintings capture natural beauty along with horses, cows, farm animals, sunsets that capture beautiful pink tones and the beautiful mountains that surround us. “Art is food for the soul...it takes us to a good place.” Sandy is a represented artist at the Wallkill River School in Montgomery and her paintings have been shown all over the TriState area. Her newest exhibit is at Aroma Thyme Bistro, 165 Canal Street, Ellenville, from March 9-April 15. An opening reception will be held on March 9 from 1:00pm-3:00pm. For more information: 845-647-3000.

Singer, songwriter, guitarist and pianist Henry Gross was born in Brooklyn. His mother’s love for music encouraged his pursuit of a performing career. By age 14, he was playing regularly in local clubs in the New York area, and spending his summers playing at Catskill resort hotels. While a student at Brooklyn College, Gross became a founding member of the rock and roll revival group Sha Na Na, playing guitar and wearing the same greaser clothes he wore when he was a student at Midwood High School. Gross is also known for his charttopping song Shannon. FACT: Gross was the youngest person, at age 18, to play on the main stage at the Woodstock Festival in Bethel in 1969. See him perform for another in the longrunning Tom Humphrey Guitar Series at the Ritz Theater Lobby, 107 Broadway, Newburgh, at 8:00pm on March 15. For tickets, call 845-784-1199.

Safe Harbors’ Art

Bruno Krauchthaler was born in Switzerland in 1957 and moved to the United States in 1977. He has been painting since childhood and sold his first paintings at the age of 17. Safe Harbors of the Hudson is exhibiting more than twenty-five works by Newburghbased artist Bruno Krauchthaler in its Main Lobby from March 8, 2014 thru March, 2015. An opening reception will take place on March 8 from 6:30pm-8:30pm. Light refreshments will be served. The reception and exhibition are free and open to the public. Safe Harbors of the Hudson is located at 111 Broadway in Newburgh. For information call 845-562-6940. 28

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Surreal 3-Day Magic at Seligmann

Baltimore Magician David London discovered that he was a magician at the age of seven, and has since spent over 20 years trying to figure out just what that means. London combines magic with storytelling, comedy, puppetry, philosophy, surrealism, and that which cannot be explained, to create shows of magic unlike anything you have experienced before. He has created four original theatrical magic productions, and authored eight manuscripts related to magic and illusion. London regularly performs his unique style of magic at theaters, museums, galleries, festivals, and private events, and has presented his shows, workshops and lectures throughout the United States. David London’s Weekend of Magic full-length Cabaret show, Magic Outside the Box, (March 14 at 8:00pm & March 15 at 7:00pm) offers a journey to someplace else. Featuring highlights from all of his previous productions, this full-length interactive show will take you on a hilarious ride into the depths of the human imagination. For ages 15+. The Adventure to the Imagi Nation family

show (March 15 at 2:00pm, FREE admission) utilizes magic, storytelling, and interactive play to take children of all ages on a journey to the Imagi Nation - a far away place found within each one of us. Meet the mayor, take a ride in a hot air balloon, behold the phantasmata flower, and that’s just the first 10 minutes! For ages 5-11. Fun for all! And for a Magic and Surrealism Workshop (March 16 at 1:00pm): In London’s mind, Magic and Magic Tricks, are two very different things. This workshop will explore both. Through a crash course in illusion, he examines how we interact with reality. A discussion will be held about the intersection of magic and surrealism, as well as learning to play surrealist games. Participants will go home with many more questions than they came in with, as well as several tricks and surrealist games to amuse, amaze and engage friends and family. For ages 13+. The Weekend of Magic is at the Seligmann Center, 23 White Oak Drive, Sugar Loaf. Phone: 845-469-9459. Visit www.MagicOutsideTheBox.com for more on David.

Films and More on Desmond Campus

“Goodbye Mr. Chips”

“Long Grey Line”

Maureen O’Hara and Tyrone Power

Mount Saint Mary’s Desmond Campus for Adult Enrichment is a gem of an oasis located just north of Balmville in the town of Newburgh. Programs includes full-length and short courses in games, nature, exercise, healing, languages, finances, visual, culinary and literary arts. The new 2014 Spring Catalogue, a wonderfully explicit and enticing 58 page booklet, lists all the information you’ll need. There is a small fee for most lectures and presentations. Some are free. Of particular interest this spring is an Art History series, including Romanesque and Gothic Architecture, Impressionism and PostImpressionism, and Learning to Look during which participants will be introduced to ways of looking at and understanding paintings by observing several art historical periods. Call for Catalogue: 845-565-2076. Film Enthusiast George Burke hosts films, making them even more enjoyable. The Desmond spring film series begins on March 13 at 9:30am with a classic Orange County story,

Greer Garson and Robert Donat

The Long Gray Line, a perennial St. Patrick’s Day favorite. Tyrone Power stars as the scrappy Irish immigrant Marty Maher whose 50-year career at West Point took him from a dishwasher to a non-commissioned officer and athletic instructor. Maureen O’Hara plays Maher’s wife. The film costars Ward Bond as Herman Koehler, Army’s head football coach (18971900), and Harry Carey, Jr., who makes a brief appearance as the young cadet Dwight D. Eisenhower. Many of the scenes in the film were shot on location at West Point, including the “million dollar view” of the Hudson River near the parade grounds. Goodbye Mr. Chips kicks off Desmond’s 1939: The Golden Year of Classic Films on March 25 at 9:30am. The series runs through June 30, ending with Stagecoach for which Scarlett O’Hara’s father, Thomas Mitchell, won his 1939 Oscar. Desmond Campus is at 6 Albany Post Road in Newburgh. For information: 845-565-2076.

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Laurel & Hardy Club’s 6th Season

The Ellenville chapter of International Laurel & Hardy Organization Sons of the Desert, will reconvene for its sixth season on March 2 at 2:00pm. Chartered in 2009, Oasis 281, Them Thar Hills has been holding monthly meetings ever since. Members enjoy a lively cocktail hour, followed by a two-hour film program. Sons of the Desert was founded in 1965 by Orson Bean, Chuck McCann, John McCabe and a few other professional fans of Laurel & Hardy. Stan Laurel, then living in Santa Monica, gave his blessing to the idea of the group but with one proviso - that the organization, at all times, retain a half-assed dignity. 49 years later, the many thousands of members worldwide continue to strive toward satisfying Stan’s sage desire. Each chapter is named after a Laurel & Hardy film. Them Thar Hills was a two-reeler (twenty minute comedy) in which Stan took Ollie up to the mountains for his health. The Ellenville Sons meets at Chelsea Rialto Acres, which includes a 40-seat capacity movie theater. All films are presented in 16mm and are often augmented with classics featuring other comedians (Chaplin, Keaton, Charley Chase, W. C. Fields, et al) as well as a vintage cartoon. The film program at the March 2nd conclave will include a very rare screening of the first film in

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which both Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy appeared - The Lucky Dog, a 1921 silent short. Also on the bill will be a 1932 Krazy Kat cartoon Seein’Stars, which features Laurel & Hardy in cartoon form, plus Their First Mistake, one of Laurel and Hardy’s funniest talkie shorts, followed by A Chump at Oxford. The members of Them Thar Hills laugh up a Hardy appetite and, after the meeting and movies, head to one of the many choice restaurants in the Ellenville area for a rowdy meal. The Sons are also a community-minded organization and, in addition to marching each year in the Ellenville 4th of July Parade, (yes, even Grand Sheik Ray Faiola gets his fez out of mothballs for the patriotic trek), they provide scholarships to the Shadowland Theatre’s Acting Academy for young people. Membership is open to guys and gals ages 12 to 120. Members receive the Intra Tent Journal published by the Sons’ worldwide organization, and all members will be eligible to participate in the 2nd Annual Oliver Hardy Golf Challenge, held, we can assure you, with the appropriate amount of halfassed dignity and aplomb. Visit www.themtharhills.org for information on the Ellenville chapter of the Sons of the Desert. Email Faiola directly at ray@themtharhills.org.

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Miss Representation

Miss Representation is a documentary that examines the negative portrayal of women in mainstream media, uncovering the tactics and techniques that create and perpetuate them. Since the film’s premier at the Sundance Film Festival in 2011, it has riveted audiences nationwide with its honest, often disturbing, look at the type of gender biases that bombard us daily. Oprah Winfrey acquired the broadcast rights to the film, which interweaves stories from teenage girls with provocative interviews from the likes of Dr. Condoleezza Rice (see photo), Lisa Ling, Nancy Pelosi, Katie Couric, Dr. Jackson Katz, Dr. Jean Kilbourne, and Gloria Steinem to give us an inside look at the media and its message. SUNY Sullivan is partnering with Cadette Troop 731, a Girl Scout troop based in Liberty, in bringing the film to Sullivan County. Girl Scouts (12 and older) are encouraged to come see the film, and the local troop will provide patches to the first 50 girl scouts in attendance. The free screening of the documentary is on March 12 at 6:30pm in the SUNY Sullivan’s Seelig Theatre in Loch Sheldrake. A panel discussion will follow. For information: 845-434-5750, ext. 4377.

May I Have A Word With You “Language and its Oddities” with Carol Pozefsky

DEFINITIONS Nyctalopia is the fancy word for night blindness. A dringle is someone who likes to waste time. HUMOR Insurance companies ask drivers to explain their car accidents in the fewest words possible. Examples: “In an attempt to kill a fly, I drove into a telephone pole.” “I had been driving for about 40 years and I fell asleep at the wheel.” ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT Back in the 1800s, to save money, poor actors used ham fat to remove their thick make-up. The actors were derisively called hamfatters. Somewhere along the line the word was shortened to ham and is still the name we give an actor or anyone else who overdoes the theatrics. ODDITIES The Balinese word ‘njepi’ has no English equivalent. Njepi is the name of a national holiday during which everyone is silent. Contact Carol at Northeast Broadcasting, capready@aol.com

by Derek Leet Who is Romantic Italian opera? Verdi. Who is Romantic German opera? Wagner. Who is Romantic French Opera? ????????. Lully 1632-1687. Rameau 1683-1764. Baroque French opera began at the court of Louis XIV with Jean-Baptiste Lully’s Cadmus et Hermione (1673), although there had been various experiments with the form before that. Lully and his librettist created ‘tragédie en musique’, a form in which dance music and choral writing were particularly prominent. Lully’s most important successor, 2 generations later, was Rameau. After Rameau’s death, a foreign invasion into French opera began with German born Gluck (1714-1787) who produced six operas for the Parisian stage in the 1770s. They show the influence of Rameau, but with greater focus on the drama, and with “Classical” music. With the exception of Mozart, can you name a famous non-Italian Italian opera composer? Can you name a famous German opera composer born in another country? (Austria does not count.) I can’t. Mozart’s German singspiels are rooted in German music. His Italian operas are clearly Italianate classical music. But he disregarded composing French music even though he often resided in Paris, albeit temporarily, during concert tours. His 31st symphony is subtitled “Paris”. But he wrote no opera in French or, to my knowledge, any French

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music. Carmen. But the music for Carmen Another 2 generation jump from is, arguably, Spanish, and most of Gluck to Salieri (Italian) 1750-1825, their operas and those of Auber, Cherubini (Italian) 1760-1842, both Thomas and Delibes have fallen into of whom have no French operas in oblivion. the current repertory. Cherubini’s Entrez: Jules Émile Frédéric musically-Italianate opera Médée, Massenet 1842-1912 whose originally written in French, is compositions were very popular in performed almost exclusively in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Italian today as Medea. Soon after his death, Massenet’s Enfin: a third 2 generation gap style went out of fashion. Apart from to operas in French BUT still by Manon and Werther, his works were foreign-born composers: rarely performed. However, since the Meyerbeer (German) 1791mid-1970s, many of his operas, such 1864, Rossini (Italian) 1792-1868, as Thaïs, have undergone periodic Jonas Kaufman as Donizetti (Italian) 1797-1848, Verdi revivals. “Werther” (Italian) 1813-1901. From the 1960s to the 1990s By the 1820s, Gluckian influence in France recordings of his operas with major stars appeared, had given way to a taste for the operas of Rossini. including Don Quichotte with Montserrat Caballe, Rossini’s Guillaume Tell helped found the new Esclarmonde with Joan Sutherland, Le Cid genre of serious Grand opera, a form whose most with Grace Bumbry and Placido Domingo, La famous exponent was Meyerbeer. Navaraisse with Marilyn Horne, Cendrillon with Attempts by French composers to define Frederica von Stade and Herodiade with Domingo Romantic French opera followed. Auber 1782- and Renee Fleming. Along with the continued -1871, Berlioz 1803-1869, Thomas 1811-1896, success of Manon and Werther, these successful Gounod 1818-1893, Saint-Saens 1835-1921 - yes, recordings are, to me, testaments to the fact that the he was born before - Delibes 1836-1891 and Bizet answer to the headline’s question is clearly: Jules 1838-1875. Massenet. In the climate following the 1820s, the operas Massenet composed just over two dozen operas. of Berlioz struggled to gain a hearing. Musicians Other operas of his still in the European repertory found them too difficult. In the second half of are Le Roi de Lahore, Sapho, Le Jongleur de the 19th century, Gounod scored successes with Notre-Dame, and Chérubin. That oeuvre alone Faust and Romeo and Juliet, and Bizet composed overpowers Bizet’s Spanish, and his and Delibes’

“Oriental” operas (their other French operas are rarely performed), and Gounod’s two, Thomas’ two and Saint-Saens’ one that are “standards” today. Massenet did compose non-operatic music. Ironically, his most popular non-vocal works are from his operas, Méditation (from Thaïs), a violin solo with orchestra, and Aragonaise (from Le Cid), which just about every piano student knows. Like Verdi, drama was as important to Massenet as beautiful melody and dramatic orchestration. Oddly, Massenet collaborated with a score (no pun intended) of librettists, often using multiple librettists for one opera. Entrez: the librettists for Werther - Édouard Blau (Le Cid also), Paul Milliet and Georges Hartmann (and Herodiade). Based on the German epistolary novel The Sorrows of Young Werther by Goethe, it was his first major success, turning him from an unknown into a celebrated author practically overnight. Napoleon thought so highly of it that he wrote a soliloquy in Goethe’s style in his youth and carried Werther with him on his campaigning to Egypt. It also started the phenomenon known as the Werther-Fieber (“Werther Fever”) which caused young men throughout Europe to dress in the clothing style described in the novel. It reputedly also led to some of the first known examples of “copycat suicide.” Werther can be seen Live from the Met in HD at SUNY Sullivan in Loch Sheldrake on March 15 at 1:00pm. For information: 845-434-5750, ext. 4472.

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Matilda Grech Forges Artistic Path

In 1981 the United States Congress passed Public Law 9728 proclaiming the week of March 8 as National Women’s History Week. It is unfortunate that the economic, political, and social discriminatory issues that were the motivators behind this law are still firmly in place today. A prime example is the 2013 Forbes article stating, “full-time employed women currently earn roughly 77 cents on the dollar when stacked against the paychecks of white men.” In the art world we would like to believe that the arts level the playing field, however gender inequality is alive and well in all disciplines of the arts. Since 2011 Los Angeles artist Micol Hebron has spearheaded a collaborative social engagement art project in which 180+ artists from around the world havejoinedtheefforttocollectandvisualizestatistical data regarding ratios of male and female artists in top contemporary art galleries and museums. The results are alarming similar to the art perspective portrayed in the Guerrilla Girls’ famous poster from 1989, “Do women have to be naked to get into the Met Museum? Less than 5 percent of the artists in the modern art sections are women, but 85 percent of the nudes are female.” The National Museum of Women in the Arts confirms this number and states that 52% of visual artists today are women. This information can have a double-edged effect

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on women artists, however, the arts are School in Woodstock, she studied with driven by a passion that is impossible John Pike and Ed Whitey. Excelling to define or control by statistics. in multiple artistic media, including Recently I spoke to Matilda Grech pastel, charcoal, and pencil, it is the and she shared her story of marching to “wet-into-wet” method of watercolor the beat of creativity beginning during that provides her with a fluidity that The Depression. Forging her own leads to unpredictable results and lends artistic path for 86 years, she was raised an excitement and mystery to a process in the Italian immigrant working class that she has found irresistible. community of Clifton, NJ. In a period As an independent young woman, Matilda Grech when women were discouraged Matilda would travel with from pursuing the arts, Grech’s her girlfriends by train to the father and mother, sisters Mary resort location of Edy Farm and Antonette, and high school in Sparrowbush spending her art teacher Miss Dangramond, time painting, dancing, and supported and provided fuel for meeting new people. On one her motivation to visually express of the trips she met her future herself. When she graduated husband Russell Grech, a long from high school, she received time resident of Port Jervis. Matilda with Port Jervis Mayor James E. partial funding to pursue art Cole (1952-1955) from an article, that was Supporting his wife’s passion classes. She was accepted into featured in the Union Gazette in 1954 or as a practicing artist, teacher, the Art Students League of New 1955, on the very first outdoor art show and mentor, Matilda’s quiet in the tri-state area, thanks to Matilda! professional driven manner has York City where she has been a photo by Weale moved the arts forward in the Life Member for 67 years. At the age of nineteen she began her working Tri-State region for over 60 years. Dorothy Szefc, career at Metropolitan Insurance in Rutherford, Cultural Affairs Coordinator at SUNY Orange, NJ. After work and on weekends she commuted describes Matilda as “a generous artist who has built to the Art Students League attending classes bridges for people to appreciate art and appreciate with international artists, and receiving painting their neighbors.” Matilda’s resume is beyond impressive. She is instruction from Bernard Klonis and Mario Cooper. Attending classes at the John Pike Watercolor an elected member of the Salmagundi Art Club,

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Pen and Brush Club, Knickerbocker Arts, andCatherineLorillard Wolfe Art Club. She is an exhibiting associate member of the Hudson ValleyArtAssociation, Audubon Artists, the NewJerseyWatercolor Society, and a charter member of the Orange County Watercolor Society. She belongs Art by Matilda Grech courtesy of Kate Hyden to the Middletown Art Group and Delaware Valley Art League. She is a Pike County Arts & Crafts (PCAC) member, and a charter member of the North East Watercolor Society (NEWS). Her paintings are in numerous private and corporate collections. She continues to generously share her skills as a teacher and mentor at PCAC in Milford. Port Jervis Mayor R. Michael Worden signed a Proclamation on October 4, 1998 as Matilda Grech Day. He urged “the citizens of the community to recognize the merits of this individual and enjoy her many excellent qualities.” Grech’s most recent work can be seen at the NEWS’ annual Orange County Community College (corner of Grandview and Wawayanda Avenues in Middletown) exhibit thru March 21. Call 845-341-4891 for more information.