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March 2015

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Publisher’s Column by Barry Plaxen Congratulations to WJFF on its 25th Anniversary. Sorry I missed the cake! Was it frozen? Thanks to Tuxedo Performing Arts Group and Newburgh Chamber Music Ensemble for introducing two 2011 and 2014 modern, tonal music compositions by Karén Hakobyan and Trevor Weston. It’s always a pleasure when new music is pleasing to those of us who prefer “undifficult” music. Once again, our pages are chock full of wonderful things to do, many places to go and exciting people to see. AND we’ve got kids making music with pros on page 3, two High School County art shows on pages 9 & 21 (not counting Orange’s on February 28 in the Galleria

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Mall), and one school district’s sixth grade class show (page 28) in New Windsor. Thanks to all the arts educators for their time and dedication to their students. Hudson & Delaware Valleys’ arts icon, Chris Farlekas, is ailing. If you’d like to send a get well card, or especially a letter of remembrance of a shared experience, or visit him, he is at: Chris Farlekas Park Manor Rehab Center 121 Dunning Road Middletown, NY 10940. Corrected Time - MASTER CLASS Please note the correct time for the March 2 Master Class Working as Professional Classical Musicians on the International Scene by the Trio + musicians in Room 23, Orange Hall at SUNY Orange in Middletown is 10:00am.

Letters to the Editor River Valley Artists Guild and Art And About, sponsored by Port Jervis Council on the Arts, thank you so much! Your recognition means so much to kindred spirits: Joan Standora and Elva Zingaro! As a bonus, your wonderful article featured beautiful images of their work! You have been and continue to be such a great supporter of our local art scene. We can’t thank you enough. Sincerely, Joan Kehlenbeck & Susan Miiller

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Natalie Karl’s presentation, “The Private Lives of George and Martha Washington,” sounded really interesting. I’m sorry I missed it. I wonder if Ms. Karl mentioned that Washington pioneered dental implants. He would pay a slave to have a tooth extracted and then try to fit the tooth into a hole in his own gum. Needless to say, it didn’t work, but it probably seemed worth a shot. To me the most interesting thing about this story is that Washington compensated his slaves for Dear CANVAS, pain, suffering and loss of teeth. Sounds like he regarded them as people rather than property Thank you for all of your hard work - not the usual attitude of a slaveholder. Judith Wink, New York City throughout the year creating your wonderful publication. I wish more people could be as dedicated to the arts as you all are. Dear Barry and all at CANVAS, Sincerely, Christina Kaufman On behalf of “Kindred Spirits” exhibitors,

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Blowin’ Out the Wind for 25 Years!

“Vincent Persichetti frequently composed while driving in his car, sometimes taping staff paper to the steering wheel.” Wikipedia. Persichetti is one of the major figures in American music both as a teacher and Joseph Alessi Bramwell Tovey a composer. His numerous Richard P. Regan compositions for wind ensemble are often harmonies, led by the solo trombone playing introductions to contemporary music for fractured phrases and bursts of brilliant passage work. When the traffic comes to high school and college students. Perhaps that is what drew New York a halt, the trombone calms the crowd with Wind Symphony conductor and Monroe- mellow jazz and beguiling dance music. A solo cadenza takes the trombone from Woodbury educator Richard P. Regan to choose Persichetti’s Celebrations, a cantata bleating lows to ethereal highs, dispatched for chorus and winds based on the poetry of with virtuosity and playfulness by Mr. Walt Whitman, to celebrate the ensemble’s Alessi. The music suddenly disperses, much the way traffic jams often clear up “for no 25th year concert. And there will be Lincoln Tunnel Cabaret apparent reason,” as Mr. Tovey puts it in his by Bramwell Tovey. “He wrote this 12-minute program note. “The Symphony is thrilled to call back work for Joseph Alessi, principal trombone of the NY Philharmonic, imagining it as a to the stage, Mr. Joseph Alessi, as we fantastical depiction of Mr. Alessi, who lives accompany him,” stated Regan. “We will in New Jersey, driving his car to Lincoln open this exciting and eclectic concert by Center and getting stuck in traffic midway revisiting the music of Gustav Holst with a through the Lincoln Tunnel. He later learned unique performance of his Second Suite for that Mr. Alessi commutes over the George Military Band.” Join Regan and the Symphony and its Washington Bridge, but preferred his original, if inaccurate, scenario.” NY Times. Honors Chorus on March 8 at 3:00pm at The opening depicts lurching cars through Sugar Loaf PAC, 1351 Kings Highway. For tickets, call 845-610-5900. music full of bumpy rhythms and grinding

Stringing Along for 20 Years with GNSO by Derek Leet

speaking, is our area students. For the past few years, Dr. Choe and the GNSO have Dr. Woomyung Choe, Music Director collaborated with various school districts of the Greater Newburgh Symphony for Side by Side concerts at which our youth Orchestra, (GNSO) is retiring after this perform alongside the GNSO professionals. season’s June concert, celebrating 20 years I’ve seen miraculous concerts (I am not of his bringing joy to the overstating) with students community. from the remarkable Goshen, Under Choe’s direction Cornwall and Monroethe GNSO has staged more Woodbury music programs. than 100 concerts. When Now I am looking forward Choe floated the idea for to this year’s collaboration creating an orchestra in with 120 students from Newburgh, many thought the exemplary Newburgh Dr. Woomyung Choe the region could not support Enlarged City Schools a symphony, that there was Strings Program, under the no cultural base. direction of guest conductor, “That didn’t discourage music educator and GNSO me,” Choe (who had earlier cellist John Bjorkman. founded the Young People’s Rick McCurdy of NFA Orchestra in the Bronx, hosts this year’s Side-by-Side organized the Berkshire event. The entire family will Youth Sinfonietta, and led enjoy the experience of three the Pittsfield Symphony orchestras from elementary, “Side by Side” 2012 Orchestra in Massachusetts) said. middle and high schools performing sideHe persevered, helped birth an orchestra, by-side with 45 GNSO musicians. worked to build its audience and forged Following the combined performance, Dr. alliances with chorales (i.e. a past and Choe and the GNSO will close the concert, also a forthcoming April performance of which is sponsored in part by the Orange Beethoven’s 9th Symphony with combined County Music Educators Association. local community chorales) and other music Come to the Newburgh Free Academy, and cultural groups in the area. 201 Fullerton Avenue, on March 28 at Not the least of these groups, collectively 3:00pm. Admission is free to all.

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Milford: Getting To Know Their Neighbors The Upper Delaware “This is just the tip of the GLBT Center (UDGLBT) iceberg - wait till you hear is presenting its Getting this amazing man’s story,” To Know Your Neighbors said UDGLBT founder Speaker Series throughout and Executive Director, the coming months. Patty Tomaszewski. Next up “on stage” is Editor’s note: Hopefully Director/Choreographer that will include his more Larry Fuller whose recent terpsichorean Broadway choreographic endeavors for special Larry Fuller & Marge Champion credits include Evita, events with Dance Legend Sweeney Todd, On the Twentieth Century, Marge Champion. Merrily We Roll Along and A Doll’s Life. All are welcome on March 22 at 2:00pm, He has twice staged the Tony and Emmy and the series is presented FREE of charge! Awards, a summer spectacular at Radio City Refreshments are available for purchase. Music Hall, Gotta Get Away, and directed the UDGLBT Center is located at 201 W. European premieres of Leonard Bernstein’s Harford Street in Milford. A non-profit Candide and On the Town. association, contributions are welcome.

Hear About It Before You See It

The world premiere of the movie Price For Freedom, (which was partially filmed in Middletown) will take place at the 2015 Hoboken Film Festival on May 29 at the Paramount Theatre in Middletown. Based on the life of Dr. Victor Daniels, an Iranian Jew and dentist to the Shah of Iran during the 1970’s who helped his family and many others escape the murdering rampage of the Ayatollah Khomeini, the author of the book and movie, Dr. Marc N. Benhuri,

(see photo) will speak about his book and how Daniels helped the Reagan administration negotiate the release of several American hostages from Iran. Sponsored by the Men’s Club of Temple Sinai, it is a free program and open to the public at the Temple, 75 Highland Avenue, Middletown, on March 22 at 2:00pm. A book signing will take place after the presentation. Refreshments will be available. Call for reservations: 845-343-1861.

“From the beginning of time, people have sat around telling stories as a way to explain, teach, celebrate or entertain. With stories we connect, learning about each other and about ourselves. When we tell tales or listen to them, we Robin Brady put ourselves in the flow of life, accepting our own special part in the world,” says storyteller Robin Brady. Brady, who draws upon world folklore, fairy tales, oral traditions, ghost stories and

literature for fun storytelling performances that educate as well as entertain, will be joined by Florida Library Director and veteran storyteller Madelyn Folino, a founder of the Black Dirt Storytelling Guild, for Two Madelyn Folino Chairs Telling. They will trade tales in an off the cuff improv style session at the Florida Public Library, 4 Cohen Circle, Florida on March 13 at 7:00pm. For more information: 845-651-7659.

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Debbie Brings Rolling Roots to Bethel Deborah Anne Fisher has Terra Blues in New York City. been writing songs since she She also donates time and talent was seven years old. In 1998 doing ministries at prisons and she put together the Dallas Drug Rehabilitation Centers, Fisher Band. As singer and while continuing to work as an band leader, Deborah and her aide in a Catholic School, and band toured for the next 10 as a mom. years throughout the Northeast. The Rolling Roots Band Debbie, who accompanies with Debbie Fisher Palmarini herself on guitar and ukulele, perform on March 13 at has been a regular performer 8:00pm for a CD release party at wineries, farmers markets, at the Catskill Distillery, 203 Debbie Fisher Palmarini taverns and coffee houses and State Route 17B in Bethel. sings monthly with the T Blues Band at For information, call 845-583-3141. 4

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Matilda. Say it loud and there’s music playing. Say it soft and there’s people dancing. And dance is what is happening at the New Rose Theatre in Walden. Matilda, A Contemporary Ballet is in rehearsal. Quite cleverly and not unexpectedly, Dee Wright, actor, dancer and choreographer of note, has focused her multitalented theatrical repertoire on choreographing the acclaimed children’s novel, Matilda, written by the bestselling author Ronald Dahl. Dahl is not uncommonly labeled “one of the greatest storytellers for children of the 20th century.” Two of his better known works are Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and Matilda. In theatre, the process of selecting a play for production is on many occasions the most arduous and difficult process of the production. In the case of the New Rose Theatre’s current creation, Matilda... there’s the novel, the movie and a popular Broadway rendition, Matilda the Musical. The concept for Matilda, A Contemporary Ballet grew from seeds of inspiration discreetly sown by Dee’s father Samuel Wright, himself an acclaimed Broadway actor-playwright who witnessed the musical rendition on Broadway last summer. Originally the thought was to also produce the play as a musical after the Broadway

run had concluded and the rights to the production were available. But, as is frequently the case with creativity, once the candle is afire, the flame continues to consume with increasing intensity. “This can be accomplished as a ballet!” Karly Gomez was the result of supportive and collaborative mental stimulation. Dee read the episodic novel, absorbed it, sat through the film and became increasingly stimulated by the character, Matilda. “Matilda is bright, articulate and mischievous,” Dee stated as she recalled the beginning moments of the show’s creation. Dee Wright is not the choreographer that composes and imposes. And from that point of view, the choreography for a given show is not “set” or carved in stone. She provides considerable consideration to the talent available, the individual strengths and preferences of dancers which allow segments to expand and grow using basic ballet as ingredients. Further, this is no “done deal” it’s only the beginning. Actors, dancers, musicians and others must above all have a complete and thorough understanding of the characters in a show, without ever having stopped to consider whether

or not the audience will absorb even the foggiest of clues. And therein lies the rub. How in theatre does the actor bring characterization and plot to the audience? In contemporary Dee & Keely Wright ballet the task is surmountable but greater than conventional theatre, since the verbal aspect is missing and the actor must rely on movement, pantomime, music, and dance. In the book Matilda, there is the title role of a bright, young girl, functioning well within a totally dysfunctional family and the cantankerous headmistress continuously thwarting and pressuring. Presenting nefarious characters and contrasting them with the delightful is a challenge at any level of theatre. It is here that the brilliance and insight of choreographer, Dee Wright, is on exhibit for all to observe. And since delightful is a significant portion of Matilda, A Contemporary Ballet, attention is appropriately drawn to the title character, Matilda. She is coy, bright, intelligent and will be impressively brought to life on stage by an equally delightful dancer/actor Karly Gomez of Pine

Bush. Further, as the story of Matilda unfolds, her father, Mr. Wormwood, is convincingly portrayed on stage by the reliable, veteran dancer and actor Zak Kiernan, no stranger to the stage at the New Rose Theatre. And there’s the impressive Keely Wright too, a performer best remembered for her brilliant interpretation of the Wicked Witch in a recent New Rose production of The Wizard of Oz. In this production of Matilda, Keely presents a brilliant and credible representation of Miss Trunchbull the cantankerous, loathsome headmistress. Additionally, and to add spice to an already anticipatory climate, Matilda in the novel and musical displays the rather unique ability to move objects without actually establishing physical contact. This “mind movement” or psychic ability is frequently referred to as psychokinesis and there is no conclusive evidence that this alleged psychic ability even exists. But remember, this the New Rose Theatre and in theatre there is music playing, people dancing and the complete integration of fantasy as it blends most conveniently with reality. Matilda, A Contemporary Ballet will open at the New Rose Theatre, 35 East Main Street, Route 52, Walden, and run March 13-22. See ad page 25. For information call: 845-778-2478.

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Women and A Man for All Seasons

The All Seasons Chamber Players, one of New Jersey’s most popular and active chamber music ensembles, is coming to Grand Montgomery Chamber Music with one of their namesakes, a Spring Mix. Now in its 34th season, they have performed over 725 live concerts in the metropolitan area. In addition, thousands of people have heard the ensemble on Cablevision’s MetroArts/13 programs, COMCAST, WTT-35 and other local cable TV stations. Pieces ranging from classical to jazz including the dramatic Trio No. 2 by the renowned French composer Cecile Chaminade, the tuneful Trio in G by Friedrich Kuhlau and a short, lovely Nocturne for Flute, Violin, Cello and Piano by Albert Franz Doppler, will be performed by violinist/Co-Director Robert Lawrence, who will introduce each piece to the audience with entertaining and informative spoken program notes; Curtis and Juilliard Schools graduate, cellist E. Zoe Hassman; pianists Jean Strickholm (All Seasons’ Co-Director and Manager) and Jacqueline Schiller-Audi of the Alacorde Piano Trio; and Guest Artist flutist and Juilliard graduate, flutist Lisa Hansen (see photo right). Cecile Chaminade’s first experiments in

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composition took place in very early days, and in her eighth year she played some of her sacred music to Georges Bizet, who was much impressed with her talents. She gave her first concert when she was eighteen, and from that time on her work as a composer gained steadily in favor. She wrote mostly character pieces for piano, and salon songs, almost all of which were published. German-born composer Friedrich Kuhlau fled to Copenhagen to avoid conscription in the Napoleonic Army, which overwhelmed the many small principalities and

duchies of northern Germany, and in 1813 he became a Danish citizen. He is immortalized in Danish cultural history through his incidental music for the play Elves’ Hill, the first true work of Danish National Romanticism and a concealed tribute to the absolute monarchy. Albert Franz Doppler was a composer best known for his flute music. He also wrote one German and several Hungarian operas for Budapest, all produced with great success. His ballet music was popular during his lifetime. He received flute lessons from his father, Joseph Doppler, who was an oboist, and made his debut as a flutist at the age of 13. He formed a flute duo with his younger brother Karl, who mainly wrote songs and incidental music, and as a duo they caused quite a sensation throughout Europe. The concert of chamber music is on March 15 at 3:00pm at the Montgomery Senior Center, 36 Bridge Street. Admission is free, thanks to the Village of Montgomery, the Town of Montgomery, numerous associations, businesses and individuals, and Orange County Tourism and the County of Orange. For further information call series producer Howard Garrett at 845-457-9867. Visit www.allseasonschamberplayers.org or call 201-768-1331 for more information.

Spook in Rock Tavern

Spook Handy has toured throughout North America playing over 3000 concerts in 47 U.S. states and 2 Canadian provinces, has facilitated scores of workshops, and presented lecture/ concerts on the power of song at colleges and universities. He performed dozens of times with Pete Seeger and has shared the stage with the likes of Peter Yarrow and Donovan. Spook will share the story of America over the past 85 years through the songs of Woody Guthrie, Pete Seeger, Peter Paul & Mary and his own works. Songs inspired by the Dust Bowl, Great Depression, Civil Rights Movement and the 60’s and 70’s are interwoven with new songs about the world we live in today. The concert, entitled, America’s Story through Folk Songs, will be held on March 28 at 7:30pm, at the Unitarian Universalist Congregation at Rock Tavern (UUC). The UUC is located at 9 Vance Road, Rock Tavern, off Route 207. Tickets are available at the door or by visiting www.uucrt.org. For more information call: 845-978-5620.

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Spotlight On The Sugar Loaf Guild Nothing’s Impossible for Sugar Loaf Woodcarver by Anna Lillian Moser

passed down for generations. Clay says that no project is too outlandish, Clay Boone has never not been a or impossible. If a client can think it, he can woodcarver. “I didn’t have much of an make it. This has led to some interesting option,” the artist said recently. “By the time pieces, everything from three dimensional I could pick a tool up and hold it in my hand statues to family portraits, hobby horses and I was a woodcarver.” coat of arms. Boone’s woodcarving business was “My job is to create in wood for them, originally started by his father, Jarvis, in their ideas,” Clay said. Patterson, New York when Clay was just a Some of the pieces Clay is most proud of baby. Clay remembers as a child his father are ones he’s been able to do for many of arranging the firehouses to have the throughout school bus New York drop him off City, including in front of the several shop every banquet tables afternoon so wherein Clay could Clay actually help him out carved into One of the many amazing gold leaf eagles created by Clay the table top, in the shop. But in all that time, (the business moved stained it and covered it in expoy, making the to Sugar Loaf in 1967, and Clay has been furniture as functional as it is meaningful. running the shop by himself since 1984) “That’s their table that they eat off of. Of Clay has never gotten bored or tired of the course, them being a little bit on the barbaric work he does because it’s simply never side, sometimes they put hot stuff on the boring. What he loves about woodcarving plastic and I have to fix it or whatever.” is the limitless variety of projects it affords, Clay says the challenge depends on the the challenges it presents and the fact that subject matter, especially if he’s tasked he’s creating pieces of artwork that will be with carving an action scene as he was

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when a client in Wyoming commissioned Clay to carve a sign depicting a cowboy being chased by a stampede of steers. “It varies, and it goes from one end of the spectrum to the other,” said Clay. Clay has been getting commissions from the cowboy state since 1975, when a 15-yearold Clay and his father were hired to build a plaque for the Buffalo Bill Museum in Cody, Wyoming. Ever since then, Clay has been getting steady work out west, and this summer he plans to take a trip out to work on several projects, including a three dimensional bighorn ram, an elk head and carving a trout stream into a bar top of a hotel’s lounge. “You don’t have a woodcarver in your community that often,” Clay said. “It’s not like an auto body guy around the corner, so when I come into an area I’m fairly unique...I have a website, but I still believe in talking with people, and meeting with people faceto-face.” In addition to his own work, since the late 1980s Clay has been teaching small woodcarving classes (he only takes about 20 students at a time), and has taught - he

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estimates - some 400 people. Many of his students start out knowing nothing about woodcarving. Through two mandatory projects Clay teaches his students different woodcarving techniques, how to use the various tools, and how to apply stain to the carved wood among other things. For their third project, students are allowed to explore their creative sides, choosing what they’d like to carve. Past projects, Clay said, have run the gambit, from duck decoys for hunting to Grateful Dead album covers. Clay’s studio is located at 1367 Kings Highway, in Sugar Loaf. For information about Clay, or to see his work, visit www.boonewoodcarving.com or give him a call at 845-469-2095.

Shooters, a group of friends Eisenhower Hall at West formed for photography Point. shows, has announced that they Join Shooters for their are staging a show throughout opening reception on March the month of March at Noble 7 from 3:00pm-6:00pm to Coffee Roasters Cafè, 3020 view Vaillancourt’s work Route 207, Campbell Hall. along with works by Noel Shooters member Thomas Arnold, Kasha Bialas, Vaillancourt is a portrait, “Sunshine on the Water” by K. Downey Oliver Downes, Gary V. wildlife, and landscape photographer residing Smith, Jean Thelander, Judith Vaillancourt, in Goshen. Former president of the Hudson and Kathleen C. Downey. Soak up some Highland Photo Workshop, he has exhibited creativity while enjoying a hot cup of coffee at some of his work through that organization at Noble Coffee Roasters! the Brotherhood Winery in Washingtonville, For further information, call 845-346-6616. the (former) Lycian Centre in Sugar Loaf, and Visit www.nobleroasters.com

Color & Comfort in Middletown

As bedcovers, quilts are Oneofthequiltersexplains, functional objects and sources “Quilts are more than just a of warmth and comfort. For means of keeping someone those who stitch and sew, warm or decorating a wall. quilting is also relaxing, a They tell stories, whether the form of creative expression, story is actually stitched right a way to socialize and build into the fabric or into the community, and a method of meaning of a gift.” carrying on family traditions. The opening reception is Quilt by Susan Zuniga Comfort & Color: Orange on March 13 from 4:00pmCounty Quilts is an exhibit from members of the 6:00pm at Orange Regional Medical Center, Country Quilters Guild of Pine Bush and the 707 East Main Street, Middletown on the ground Warwick Quilters Guild. The exhibit includes floor gallery adjacent to the conference center. a wide variety of styles, such as art quilts, small Refreshments will be served. The exhibit will quilts, wall hangings, applique, pieced and remain on view until April 30. patchwork pieces, and traditional patterns. For more information, call 845-333-2385. March 2015

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The Crawford Gallery of Fine Art Century, with Romanticism,” (CGFA) is presenting a most unusual exhibit. says curator Tom Bolger. Titled ISMS, it will include works of art from “Following this period, we many genres. have Impressionism, which is Further explanation of the suffix “ism” are probably the best known “ism” distinctive doctrines, systems, or theories, and readily self explanatory.” and in the art world they typically signify art Continuing to present day with movements or styles. Sensationalism, with 33 periods To quote Thomas Hoving, former Director in between. However, it’s been of the Metropolitan Museum of Art on reported that there are over 234. Contemporary Art and its isms (not always Many of these known styles so nice, but ever exciting). “Art will be included in the exhibit. happens when anyone in the Several of the title periods are world takes any kind of material easily understood, such as those and fashions it into a deliberated mentioned. However not to be statement. To define all of the excluded, and well known, are contemporary art would be like Cubism, Minimalism, Op Art, giving individual names to all Pop Art, Street Art, Performance the stars in the Milky Way, but Art and Video Art. there are some schools, styles, “Many artists who feel they trends and tendencies that are don’t fit into any of the given more important than others.” categories, have established A brief chronology of isms their own “ism.” starts with the Renaissance “A suggestion from one of 1300 and continues through the curators at the Metropolitan many periods such as Baroque, Museum is, when you look at “Constructionism” by Rocco, and Neo-Classicism in your art, take a moment and Riley Broderson the early 1800’s, with some 22 ism periods in look again. Some artists want to convey between. Since the mid 1800’s to the present different feelings other than realistic or the day, there are approximately 60 categories obvious.” with recognized titles. The Crawford Gallery of Fine Art is located “The CGFA exhibit includes present at 65 Main Street in Pine Bush. day paintings, in the style of the 19th For information: 845-744-8634.

Flinging Fine Art Flora And Fauna

The Port Jervis Council for com or drop over on weekdays the Arts series Art and About to Bon Secours Hospital’s first is flinging flora and fauna floor cafeteria at 160 East Main (and other) fine art at three Street to see her Spring Fling-Art public venues on its side of the on Art, mixed media assemblage mountain. paintings. Spring Fling celebrates the Joan Kehlenbeck seems to visual beauty of plant life and its feel fine things come in threes. diversity found in Orange County She is well-known for her with paintings and mixed media 3-part oil paintings (see page works celebrating the coming ??). Kehlenbeck is the president Spring season by artists Debbie of RVAG, and is known for her Gioello, Joan Kehlenbeck and “Hybrid Poppy” by Debbie Gioello demonstrations and workshops. Susan Miiller, as Her Spring Triptychs well as several other are on view weekdays artists from the River at Deerpark Town Valley Artists Guild Hall, 420 Route 209, (RVAG). Huguenot. “As an artist and “My work has fashion designer, I am always been about influenced by shape, an expression of “Floral Tryptych” by Joan Kehlenbeck form, harmony and the embodiment of color so evident a duality between in nature and our technique and living surroundings,” imagery,” says explains Debbie Susan Miiller. On Gioello. “Utilizing Wednesdays, her “Geraniums” by Susan Miiller various mediums Spring Florals oil and techniques, I express myself in different and pastels can be seen in the Mayor’s office at styles from realism to expressionism and from City Hall, 20 Hammond Street in Port Jervis and contemporary to cutting-edge modern.” 24/7 at www.susanmiiler.com To see Debbie’s work visit www.debbiegioello. Spring Fling! runs March 17-May 19. 8

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“Impressionism” by Tom Bolger

Artist Opportunities Bolger is instituting an Open Studio on Sunday afternoons from 1:30pm-4:30pm where you can paint in a Gallery setting. There is no instructor, but friendly help is “Babelism” always available. by Frederic Spione Watch for “lectures, demonstrations and workshops with regard to abstractISM.” And if ladies can have their own social painting sessions at some other area galleries, why can’t the “Spear” side (opposite of distaff) have theirs? Ergo CGFA’s new Guys that Paint at Night. Email cgfa@hvc.rr.com to sign up and get the schedule.

NACL’s Dirt Show

The Little Farm Show is an original musical theatre performance for all ages created and performed by Tannis Kowalchuk and Brett Keyser of NACL Theatre fame. The actors play a brother and sister team of barnstorming performers who tour from town to town. From the inception of the solar system, to sunset on Millicent’s dream farm, the Magnificent MacDonald Twins give audiences a whirlwind tour of “The Greatest Show on Dirt!” The play navigates through the history of agriculture from 10,000 BCE to today, exploring sustainability, local food systems, and organic farming. “Using shadow-puppet dinosaurs, a clothesline, flamboyant hats, hip-hop beats, banners, songs and instruments - including guitar, kazoo, accordion and spoons - Ms. Kowalchuk and Mr. Keyser present a brief history of the universe and farming, or “the greatest show on dirt.” - The New York Times. Join the fun at SUNY Orange’s Kaplan Hall, Grand and First Streets in Newburgh, on March 15 at 2:00pm. Underground parking available, entrance on First Street. For information: 845-341-9386.

Wallkill River School: Teaching Artists Exhibit

Teaching artists from the nonprofit artist’s cooperative the Wallkill River School (WRS) are inviting the public to live demonstrations. These artists will be giving you a taste of what they teach using art techniques varying from traditional realism in oil, mixing pastel and watercolor, acrylic pet portraits, landscape and impressionism, watercolor paint pouring, to palette knife painting, portraiture, and fiber art knitting and crocheting. Demonstrating artists include Gene Bové, Janet Campbell, Bruce Cohen, Jeannie Beers, William Noonan, George Hayes, Dennis Fanton, Julissie Saltzberg, Shawn Dell Joyce, Loman Eng, Laura Bolle, Emmet McLaughlin, Nancy Reed Jones, Mike Jaroszco, and Debra Femiak. The public is welcome to enjoy free drinks and hors d’oeuvres while mingling with working artists. If you’re curious about the creative process, considering an art class, or just want to meet artists in your community, come to the WRS any Saturday in March from 5:00pm-7:00pm. Port Chester native Judy Byrne (see photo) graduated from SUNY New Paltz doing

undergraduate and graduate work in Art Education and Elementary Education. After a long career teaching in the Newburgh School District for over 25 years, she has returned to her love of drawing and painting. Byrne has become a successful pastel artist, showing her work at the WRS, the Library and Karpeles Museum in Newburgh, and the Orange County Ofﬁce of the Aging. Deeply involved in the community and very passionate about her work with Habitat for Humanity in Newburgh, she often divides her time between creating paintings and creating houses. She loves the tactile feel of applying the pastel to paper or board and then watching the colors build and the forms take shape. “It is my passion!” says Byrne, “there is nothing else like it!” A reception will be held for emerging artist Judy Byrne on March 7 from 5:00pm7:00pm. Take a peek in the School’s hallway - it will be adorned with artworks celebrating Spring. The WRS is located at 232 Ward Street, Montgomery. For info: 845-457-ARTS.

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“Here Comes The Arm” by Aaron Torres

The ARTery Gallery presents its 4th Annual “Negative Landscape” by Maryanne Larrea exhibit in a professional gallery for Young Artists Exhibit featuring the an entire month, host a reception creations of the art students from and sell their work. the Delaware Valley High School Applauding the school and art (DVHS). department for their efforts to The annual show is a favorite in stress the importance of art to their the community, bringing out family students, the professional gallery and friends to enjoy and support artist-members are happy for this the creative efforts of our young yearly collaboration and are always artists and their teachers. Their thrilled to see what the artistphotography, paintings, drawings, students have been working on. sculpture, jewelry and pottery are Work by Rhi Vesely Join the ARTery members and always lively and imaginative, meet the students for their ‘Art After Dark’ making for an exciting show. The Art Department at (DVHS) is very reception: March 14 from 6:00pm-9:00pm. The entire community is urged to shake off active in providing opportunities for the students to gain experience in the art world the snow and come out to enjoy this event. The show runs from March 13-April 7 at by entering competitions, winning awards and having an annual “real gallery” experience. 210 Broad Street, Milford. Call 570-409-1234 for more information. The young artists enjoy the opportunity to

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Fashion for Life on the Roof of the World: A Tibetan Costume Exhibit Anything But Winter! by Naomi Kennedy

key rings or needle “The show invites us cases for needles and to think about how “There are over 20,000 Tibetans and thread, will also be fashion, beauty, and Himalayans who have recently immigrated to exhibited. practicality can coNew York and New Jersey,” states Reverend Most of the exist with warmth Dr. Chodrungma Kunga Chodron, a Buddhist costumes on display and the need to use nun and the temple manager of the Tibetan and are contemporary, locally available Himalayan Cultural Center. Ani Kunga, from the Tibetan and materials, even under as she prefers to be called, is the organizer of Himalayan people the extreme weather Tibetan men in Kham-style Chupa the Fashion for Life on the Roof of the World who are living in New photo from Flickr, courtesy of Better World 2010 conditions on the roof exhibition. York and New Jersey. The ones borrowed from of the world.” Historically, Tibetans made their clothing at the Jacques Marches Museum of Tibetan Art The Tibetan and Himalayan Cultural home, in the same way that American families in Staten Island are older and go back not more Center at Tsechen Kunchab Ling, established did on the frontier 300 than 100 years. in Walden in 2001, is the only venue of its years ago, by weaving “The goal of the kind in the country which offers the practice and sewing.Animal furs, exhibit is to encourage and preservation of this endangered culture. leather, felt, sheepskin, Tibetan and Himalayan It is dedicated to His Holiness Dalai Lama’s, and wool were used by people to have pride in and His Holiness Sakya Trizin’s in the U.S., Tibetans. For fashion, their ethnic costume, to and their vision of preserving the unique they decorated their understand their history, religion and culture of Tibet and neighboring clothing with little bits and introduce the Himalayan regions. The Cultural Center is an of brocade. costumes to westerners active member of the Orange County Arts Tibetan women in Amdo-style Chupa The exhibition and help them appreciate Council. photo from Flickr, courtesy of Reurinkjan showcases chupa, the traditional costume of the beauty and versatility of the Tibetan and The exhibit at the Himalayan Cultural Center Tibetan and Himalayan people. It explores how Himalayan life style,” said Ani Kunga. at Tsechen Kunchab Ling Tibetan Buddhist it has changed over time, how it relates to other Tibetans who live in the U.S. wear the Temple, 12 Edmunds Lane in Walden, is traditional East Asian costumes, how it differs same things that Americans wear every day. through April 30. by region within Tibet, and the textiles from The costumes are traditional formal wear and There is no charge for the exhibit. which it is made. Jewelry and large scale items are very special. Visitors will be able to try For information, visit www.sakyatemple.org hanging from belts, such as exaggeratingly large on costumes displayed in the exhibit for fun. or call 301-906-3378.

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“Summer Fun” by Mickie MacMillan

The Crawford Arts Association (CAA) has announced their first 2015 show: Anything But Winter! running through March 18, with a reception on March 14, 5:00pm-7:00pm. Exhibiting artist and CAA member (Middletown Art Group, North East Watercolor Society, and Wallkill River School member, too) Mickie MacMillan said, “I enjoy the journey into a watercolor painting, looking for the great idea, the right choice of color, knowing what to add, what to leave out, and waiting for the water to pull it all together!” The show and reception will be held on the 2nd floor of the Town of Crawford Gov’t Center, 121 State Route 302, Pine Bush. Visitors are asked to vote for the People’s Choice Awards. A ballot box, along with ballots, will be located on the table in the gallery.

Community Building Through the Arts with Susan Handler

Building Community One Casserole at a Time

In a time where Twitter, Facebook, Skype, and webinars are proliferating, and social networks are often interpreted to mean solely our online connections, opportunities to experience the power of face to face informal gatherings, such as The Potluck, have become a rare community experience. The simplicity of the potluck is compelling - coming together regularly and connecting over food and conversation. Last month the Orange County Citizens Foundation, Orange County Land Trust (OCLT), and Orange County Arts Council joyously opened their doors to monthly potluck gatherings. You and your family are invited - encouraged - to attend these suppers at the Seligmann Center for the Arts the first Wednesday of each month. Their goal is simple: Building Community One Casserole at a Time. Lisa Weisbrod, Development Director of the OCLT, shared that their monthly community potlucks are modeled after Pete Seeger’s Beacon Sloop Club monthly gatherings. She remembers these community potlucks as a place for meeting new and old friends, sharing conversation, good food, and lots of wonderful improvisational music where children and adults encouraged each other to participate. I too attended the Beacon Sloop Club monthly suppers and felt an honest

connection that is a rarity in this disconnecting technological age. Many community projects evolve in the potluck atmosphere. Olivia Baldwin, Director of the Seligmann Center, believes it is important to create space for interactions to happen. “A lot can be gained from sitting down and having dinner with a person.” She invites you to visit the center, which is housed in a renovated early 18th century barn. Walk the grounds of the 55-acre campus. Enjoy the landscape, outdoor art sculptures, and gallery exhibits. At the monthly community potluck, meet new friends, listen and play music, and taste the multi-cultural food specialties of your neighbors. Please bring a dish to share and your own place setting, and instruments. The next Seligmann Center potluck is on March 6 at 6:00pm. The center is located at 2326 White Oak Drive in Sugar Loaf. For further information call Olivia Baldwin at 781-3075990 or Lisa Weisbrod at 845-469-0951 ext 14. Visit www.beaconsloopclub.org for more information about the Beacon Sloop Club.

400 Artworks on View in Port Jervis

Come out and see a him sleep-deprived for many collection of approximately years. He painted demons, 400 paintings by artists freaks, wild animals and Joseph Splendora (1916people in shadows. Those 1996) and Wendell M. observing the paintings Upchurch (1946-2000). may notice that most of the These mid-century paintings demons are the artist himself. range from landscapes, He left behind a huge series seascapes, and portraits to of self-portraits that he pieces that are a bit bizarre, created throughout his years as they both had dark periods of painting. in their lives. His other works include A fine artist, Joseph nudes, still-life, portraits and Splendora was known to paintings with a southwestern work in oils on canvas and flair. He studied music and Work by J. Splendora mixed media on paper. His played the trumpet, which usual subjects were historical, is why various musical nautical, landscape, and instruments can be found in village scenes painted in his paintings, too. neutralized earthy colors. View these works in an After the death of his son exhibits: Through The Eyes in 1977, he entered a dark of Wendell M. Upchurch and period in his life in which The Art of Joe Splendora his works became solemn, currently hanging at UpFront painted in desaturated shades Exhibition Space, 31 Jersey with little contrast. Avenue in Port Jervis. His works nearly always The opening reception is included a distant bird-inon March 7 from 5:00pmWork by W. Upchurch flight symbol, painted into 8:00pm with refreshments the image somewhere, an example of which and live music by Walt Edwards. is seen on his son’s grave marker. The art can also be viewed by appointment Wendell M. Upchurch died in 2000 at the prior to the reception by calling 845-754age of 53. His obsession with painting kept 5000.

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LectureS & Master Classes

Music - pop, Folk, Country, Blues, Gospel

GWL �� Greenwood Lake Library MSM-DC �� Mount St. Mary College, Desmond Campus, Newburgh PEEC ��Pocono Environmental Education Center, Dingmans Ferry SYNYO-GC ��SUNY Orange, Gilman Center Library, Middletown SUNYO-KH �� SUNY Orange, Kaplan Hall, Newburgh SUNYO-OH ��SUNY Orange, Orange Hall, Middletown SUNYO-RCSE �� SUNY Orange, Rowley Center for Science & Engineering, Middletown All Lectures are free - except those for MSM-DC that are not marked FREE

Music for Humanity ��Noble Coffee Roasters, Campbell Hall, 3rd Saturdays, 7:30pm FREE Corey Dandridge’s World of Gospel Residency ��The Falcon, Marlboro, Mondays, 7pm Saints of Swing multiple genres ��The Falcon, Marlboro, Mar 1, 10am-2pm Paul Cataldo �� Catskill Distilling Co., Bethel, Mar 5, 7:30pm John Tropea, e’lissa jones ��The Falcon, Marlboro, Mar 6, 7pm Pat McGee Band, The Acquaintances ��The Falcon, Marlboro, Mar 7, 7pm Alexis P. Suter & The Ministers of Sound ��The Falcon, Marlboro, Mar 8, 10am-2pm “Choral Sunday” Gospel ��SUNY Kaplan Hall, Newburgh, Mar 8, 3pm Lindsey Webster Band ��The Falcon, Marlboro, Mar 12, 7pm Oz Noy Trio, The Compact jazz, funk, rock, blues ��The Falcon, Marlboro, Mar 13, 7pm The Pine Hill Project w/Richard Shindell & Lucy Kaplansky �� Sugar Loaf PAC, Mar 13, 8pm Bernard Purdie & Friends, Jake LaBotz blues, soul ��The Falcon, Marlboro, Mar 14, 7pm Brewster & the Band �� Catskill Distilling Co., Bethel, Mar 14, 8pm The Parting Glass Band ��B.V.H. Sports Bar, Barryville, Mar 15, 5:30pm-till.... “AbbaMania” �� Sugar Loaf PAC, Mar 15, 6pm Sonando! Latin ��The Falcon, Marlboro, Mar 15, 7pm County Hell. The Stacks Irish, rock, Americana ��The Falcon, Marlboro, Mar 17, 7pm Aruán Ortiz Trio with Eric Revis & Gerald Cleaver ��The Falcon, Marlboro, Mar 18, 7pm Big Mean Sound Machine, Ife & Danny Caribbean, funk, jazz The Falcon, Marlboro, Mar 19, 7pm Cory Henry Band r&b ��The Falcon, Marlboro, Mar 20, 7pm Paul Kantner’s Jefferson Starship �� Sugar Loaf PAC, Mar 20, 8pm The THE BAND Band THE BAND r&r Tribute ��The Falcon, Marlboro, Mar 21, 7pm Ralph Williams & Jermaine Paul �� Ritz Theater, Newburgh, Mar 21, 8pm The Willa McCarthy Band blues, funk, r&b ��The Falcon, Marlboro, Mar 22, 10am-2pm Indigo Moon Brass Band, Four Seasons Chorale “Laudate: A Celebration” �� First Presbyterian Church, Port Jervis, Mar 22, 3pm The Rockabilly Kings “All About Elvis”, & Film 200 Cadillacs The Falcon, Marlboro, Mar 22, 7pm Donna Lewis “Brand New Day” pop-jazz ��The Falcon, Marlboro, Mar 26, 7pm Alexis P. Suter Band w/ Aerial Allure, The Howland Wolves ��The Falcon, Marlboro, Mar 27, 7pm Chris Collins and Boulder Canyon John Denver Tribute � Paramount Th. Middletown, Mar 27, 8pm EJ Strickland Quintet “The Undying Spirit” CD Release ��The Falcon, Marlboro, Mar 28, 7pm Spook Handy ��Universalist Unitarian Congregation, Rock Tavern, Mar 28, 7:30pm Jazzmosis jazz & Yasgur blues, roots, rock ��Tusten Theatre, Narrowsburg, Mar 28, 7:30pm Carolyn Wonderland, Shelley King blues ��The Falcon, Marlboro, Mar 31, 7pm

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“The Art Of Becoming—How I Got From There To Here” Kevin Bents �� Creative Conversation Series Delaware Arts Center, Narrowsburg, Mar 1, 2:00pm. “Middle East Realities Forum #1” Leonard Grob, Mark C. Johnson �� Wallkill Town Hall, Middletown, Mar. 2, 7pm “Old Technology, New Technology: The Cathedral of Notre-Dame of Paris in the 21st Century” Andrew Tallon SUNYO-RCSE Mar 3, 7pm “A Brief Overview of Honey Bee Keeping” �� MSM-DC Mar 5, 1pm FREE “Hard Knox Life Talk” �� New Windsor Cantonment, Mar 7, 2pm Katarina Reising “Gallery Talk” �� Seligmann Center, Sugar Loaf, Mar 8, 3pm “The Science beneath the Surface” Warren Allmon ��SUNYO-RCSE Mar 9. 7:15pm “Your Cholesterol and Your Liver” ��MSM-DC Mar 11, 1pm “The Golden Age of Hudson River Steamboats” Allynne Lange �� Newburgh Library, Mar 11, 7pm “Living With Black Bears” Russell Brust ��GWL Mar 12, 6:30pm “Wall Street Secrets” ��MSM-DC Mar 17, 2pm “Who Are We?” �� MSM-DC Mar 17, 6:30-8:30pm “Spectators of Life: The “Ashcan” Painters & the World They Knew” Valerie Ann Leeds �� SUNYO-GL Mar 18, 7pm “After Yorktown: The Path to Newburgh” �� MSM-DC Mar 19, 10am “Garden Salvage Art” Cornell Cooperative Extension ��GWL Mar 19, 6:30pm “How to Get Started Kayaking” ��MSM-DC Mar 19, 6:30pm FREE “Myths, Maggots, Minie Balls, Gangrene and Glory” Carolyn Invanoff �� S.S.Seward Institute, Florida, Mar 19, 7pm “How to Look Younger, Think Younger, and Be Younger” �� MSM-DC Mar 20, 10am Larry Fuller Broadway Choreographer ��UDGLBT Center, Milford, Mar 22, 2pm “Curious About Mars” �� MSM-DC Mar 23,10am “How to Drastically Cut Costs” ��MSM-DC Mar 24, 2pm “The New York Ontario & Western Railway Middletown Branch, Then and Now” �� MSM-DC Mar 25, 10am “Are You Having a Gut Feeling?” ��MSM-DC Mar 30, 1pm “Kayaking: How to Get Started” Don Urmston ��Thrall Library, Middletown, Mar 31, 6:30pm “Fresh Flower Arranging for a ‘Hoppy’ Easter” Donna Garley �� GWL Mar 31, 6:30pm “Real Estate Deals” ��MSM-DC Mar 31, 2pm “John Roebling’s Delaware Aqueduct” Susie Kaspar ��SUNYO-RCSE Mar 31, 7pm “Sustainable Agriculture on the Hudson River through Hydroponics” Jennifer Sloan �� SUNY Orange, Tower Building Cafe, Newburgh, Apr 1, 7pm

master classes

“Working as Professional Classical Musicians on the International Scene” Trio + musicians �� SUNYO-OH Mar 2, 10am “The Journey from Class Clown to VP” Rick Zolzer �� SUNYO-KH Mar 5, 7pm “Blogging and Online Presentation for Creative Endeavors: How to Market Yourself as a Working Artist” Samantha Seeley SUNYO-RCSE Mar 30, 6pm

A Brass Band & Brink’s Chorale!

The Indigo Moon Brass Band is inspired by the music of New Orleans. Its three founding members spent a few formative years in the culturally rich ‘Big Easy’ – this group of three, then four, then five, and finally six came together as they busked on the streets of Wilkes-Barre and Scranton. Laudate: A Celebration is a concert with celebratory music featuring the band with its New Orleans music and also Port Jervis’ Four Seasons Chorale under the direction of Kathy Brink, music director of St. Peter’s Lutheran Church in Port Jervis. “The big piece the chorale is doing is a Te Deum by Gustav Holst,” said Brink. “We’re also doing an arrangement of Down in the River to Pray and a piece by Donald Marsh, 12

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the former music director at 1st Presby, (see photo right), called All Manner of Instruments with saxophone solo.” Marsh has arranged and produced over 200 choral collections, anthems and musicals for both adults and children, many of which are a collaboration with his wife Lorie, and is the recipient of two Emmy Awards for Outstanding Achievement Composer/Arranger. The two groups will perform on March 22, 3:00pm in the First Presbyterian Church, 60 Sussex Street. For tickets, call 845-856-1231. For more information, call 570-430-1755.

March 2015

Sponsored by Steve’s Music Center, Rock Hill

Open Mic & in-house music

Some listings are not included in our centerspread calendar.

Open Mic w/Steve Schwartz & Antoine Maglione �� Dutch’s Tavern, Rock Hill, Mondays, 7:30pm The Parting Glass Band Celtic �� Loughran’s Pub, Salisbury Mills, Thursdays, 7pm-10pm Marc Von Em Soul, blues, funk ��WaterWheel Cafe, Milford, last Fridays, 8pm-11pm Dose Acoustic Sundays ��Cafe Devine, Callicoon, 1st & 2nd Sundays, Noon-2pm Doug Rogers ��Cafe Devine, Callicoon, 3rd & 4th Sundays, Noon-2pm Ray Longchamp ��Palaia Vineyards, Highland Mills, Mar 1, 2:30pm-5:30pm

Jefferson Starship Soars into Sugar Loaf Jefferson Starship is an American rock band formed in the early 1970s by several members of the former psychedelic rock group Jefferson Airplane. The band has undergone several major changes in personnel and genres through the years while retaining the same Jefferson Starship name. The current Jefferson Starship, led by cofounder Paul Kantner, more closely resembles its original mix of psychedelic and electric folk music than the pop-driven tunes it was widely known for in the early to mid-1980s. Jefferson Starship features a stellar cast of old and new players, including songwriter/guitarist/ vocalist Paul Kantner, vocalist Marty Balin, both of whom founded Jefferson Airplane and were crucial in developing the renowned “San Francisco sound” that changed the course of pop music forever. Born of the decade marked by civil rights activism, the war in Vietnam and the counterculture Mecca of San Francisco’s HaightAshbury, Kantner’s group defined the psychedelic nation with their appearances at the Monterey

Pop, Woodstock and Altamont music festivals. Jefferson Starship’s initial release, Dragonfly, spawned the rock radio staples Ride the Tiger and Caroline, both penned by Kantner. The band’s breakthrough album came a year later with Red Octopus, which featured the hit single Miracles and catapulted the group to the top of Billboard’s album chart four separate times in 1975. Balin left the group in 1979 to pursue a solo career. In 1983, Kantner released his second solo album, Planet Earth Rock & Roll Orchestra, featuring guitarist Ronnie Montrose, Slick and China Kantner, the daughter of Kantner and Slick. Since reforming in 1992, Jefferson Starship has performed almost 800 concerts in 18 countries. They not only perform all of their timeless hits, but also perform the entire repertoire of Jefferson Airplane! The group celebrated 40 years in space in 2014! See them on March 20 at 8:00pm at the Sugar Loaf Performing Arts Center, 1351 Kings Highway, Sugar Loaf. For tickets: 845-610-5900

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cinema

Adult Independent Film Night �� Greenwood Lake Library, 2nd Tuesday, 7pm FREE Reel Eclectic Film Series �� Thrall Library, Middletown, 1st Thursday, 7pm FREE “Guantanamera” intro/Dr. Jean Cowan �� SUNY Orange, Tower Building Cafe, Newburgh, Mar 2, Noon FREE “The Horseman” Tommy Lee Jones ��Newburgh Library, Mar 2, 6:30pm FREE “The Reluctant Debutante” Rex Harrison, Kay Kendall ��UDGLBT Center, Mar 5, 7:30pm FREE “Hudson Valley Honor Flight: Generation Bridge” �� Paramount Theatre, Middletown, Mar 7, 5pm “The Blackboard Jungle” talk Lawrence Budner � Laundry King, Livingston Manor, Mar 7, 7pm FREE “She’s Beautiful When She’s Angry” Q&A w/YWCA, Mar 9 � Downing Film Center, Newburgh, Mar 8-10 “Everything is Illuminated” discussion w/Anne Sanor & Andrea Laurencell Sheridan �� SUNY Orange, Harriman Hall, Middletown, Mar 10, 7:15pm FREE “Mrs. Doubtfire” Robin Williams, Sally Field �� Cornwall Library, Mar 11, Noon, FREE “Horrible Bosses 2” Jennifer Aniston ��Newburgh Library, Mar 14, 1:30pm, FREE “Losing Ground” Q&A w/Nina Lorez Collins �� Downing Film Center, Newburgh, Mar 15 & 16 “Becoming Jane” Anne Hathaway, Maggie Smith �� Thrall Library, Middletown, Mar 18, 3pm FREE “Days and Clouds” in Italian ��Cornwall Library, Mar 19, 5:30pm FREE “Beyond Iconic” Q&A w/Hanna Sawker �� Downing Film Center, Newburgh, Mar 29, 1pm “The Theory of Everything” ��Newburgh Library, Mar 30, 6:30pm FREE “Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close” discussion w/Andrea Laurencell Sheridan �� SUNY Orange, Harriman Hall, Middletown, Apr 2, 6:15pm FREE “The Informer” Victor McLaglen, dir. John Ford �� MSM-DC Mar 12, 9:30am “Jane Eyre” Joan Fontaine, Orson Welles �� MSM-DC, Mar 24 ,9:30am

Comedy

Keith Anthony, Mark DeMayo ��Jester’s Comedy Club, Chester, Mar 7, 8pm Mitchell Walters, Joe Currie ��Jester’s Comedy Club, Chester, Mar 14, 8pm Mike Burton, Brian Chichocki ��Jester’s Comedy Club, Chester, Mar 21, 8pm Talent the Comedian, Purnell Holloway �� Soho Bar & Grill, Middletown, Mar 27, 10:30pm Joey Callahan, Joe Larson ��Jester’s Comedy Club, Chester, Mar 28, 8pm John Iavarone �� Jester’s Comedy Club, Chester, Apr 4, 8pm

music - jazz

Lunch with the Jazz Cats ��Dancing Cat Saloon, Bethel, Sundays, Noon The Nanga World Trio w/Latin flare ��Cilantro Tapas & Bar, New Windsor, Wednesdays, 7pm Thunderhead Organ Trio jazz-fusion ��The Wherehouse, Newburgh, 3rd Thursdays, 8pm FREE Erik Deutsch & The Jazz Outlaws ��The Falcon, Marlboro, Mar 5, 7pm Randy Brecker Band �� SUNY Orange, Orange Hall, Middletown, Mar 7, 8pm The Organ Grinders Jazz Trio ��The Falcon, Marlboro, Mar 15, 10am-2pm Catherine Russell w/Matt Munister, Mark Shane, Tal Ronen ��The Falcon, Marlboro, Mar 28, 7pm Pete Levin Quartet ��The Falcon, Marlboro, Mar 29, 10am-2pm

opera

“La Donna del Lago” Rossini, Live from the Met in HD ��SUNY Sullivan, Mar 14, 1pm “Love of Three Oranges” Prokofiev, video ��Cornwall Library, Mar 15, 1pm FREE

poetry & prose readings

J. Mae Barizo poetry, Trio + music �� SUNY Orange, Orange Hall, Middletown, Mar 1, 3pm Hayden Wayne, Robert Milby-host �� Noble Coffee Roasters, Campbell Hall, Mar 5, 7pm Hudson River Poets ��Newburgh Library, Mar 5, 7pm FREE Matthew J. Spireng, Dan Wilcox Calling All Poets Center for Creative Education, Beacon, Mar 6, 8pm Franklin Schneider Poetry at the Church �� Goshen United Methodist Church, Mar 30, 7pm David Messineo, MaryMakofske Calling All Poets Center for Creative Education, Beacon, Apr 3, 8pm recreation - Dancing Swing Dancing w/Swing Shift Orchestra ��Newburgh Brewery, 1st Thursdays, 7:30pm Dancing (Ballroom) ��MISU Ellenville, 1st Saturdays, Lesson 7:30pm, Dancing 8pm

storytelling

“Two Chairs Telling” improv style ��Florida Library, Mar 13, 7pm FREE Eileen Stelljes “Stories from the Emerald Isle” ��Josephine Louise Library, Walden Mar 12, 6:30pm free

theatre - musical

dance

“Sister Act: The Musical” ��Eisenhower Hall, West Point, Mar 8, 3pm

fundraisers

NYC’s Mission Improv-able & SUNY Orange Improv classes Newburgh Last Saturdays �� SUNYO Kaplan Hall, Newburgh, Feb 28, 6pm FREE “Shakespeare Alive!” Cornerstone Theatre Arts ��Goshen Music Hall, Feb 28, 7pm & Mar 1, 2pm

“Rhythm of the Dance” Celtic ��Sugar Loaf PAC, Mar 4, 7:30pm “Matilda” ballet �� New Rose Theatre, Walden, Mar 13-22 Boys and Girls Clubs of Wallkill ��Villa Roma Resort, Callicoon, Mar 6, 6pm Seward/Mapes Homestead Restoration �� S.S.Seward Institute, Florida, Mar 19, 7pm

holistic

Drumming Circle �� The Bodhi Tree, Sugar Loaf, Mar 19, 6:30pm Holistic Hudson Valley Networking Event �� Healing Arts Studios, Newburgh, Mar 25, 6pm

museums

Terwilliger House Museum ��Ellenville, ongoing Sullivan County History Exhibits ��Sullivan County Museum, Hurleyville, ongoing 19th Century Rural Living ��Museum Village, Monroe, ongoing “Tibetan Costume: Fashion for Life on the Roof of the World” �� Tibetan & Himalayan Cultural Center, Walden, thru Apr 30

Music - celtic - Some listings are not included in our centerspread calendar

The Parting Glass Band ��Loughran’s Pub, Salisbury Mills, Thursdays, 7pm-10pm The Parting Glass Band �� Ancient Order of Hibernians, Greenville, Mar 1, 1pm-5pm Brian Conway & John Walsh “Our Musical Heritage” ��Cornwall Library, Mar 8, 2pm FREE The Parting Glass Band ��Newburgh Library, Mar 8, 3pm FREE The Parting Glass Band �� Thrall Library, Middletown Mar 10, 6:30pm FREE The Dublin City Ramblers & Emish ��Sugar Loaf PAC, Mar 14, 8pm The Parting Glass Band pre-parade concert ��Goshen Bandstand, Mar 15, 1pm FREE The Parting Glass Band ��B.V.H. Sports Bar, Barryville, Mar 15, 5:30pm-till.... Andy Cooney & His Band w/Girsa ��Bethel Woods. Mar 21, 7pm Tommy Gardner & The Hooley Shooters �� Greenwood Lake Library, Mar 22, 1pm FREE Dylan Foley & Friends �� Ellenville Library, Mar 22, 2pm FREE Celtic Woman �� Eisenhower Hall, West Point, Mar 29, 5pm

Music - Classical & Indian

Trio +, Piano Trio & J. Mae Barizo Poet, “The Romantics: Robert & Clara Schumann +” �� SUNY Orange, Orange Hall, Middletown, Mar 1, 3pm SUNY Orange Community Orchestra �� Paramount Theatre, Middletown Mar 1, 3pm Ellenville Chamber Players �� MISU & St. John’s Epsicopal Church, Ellenville, Mar 5, 7:30pm NY Wind Symphony ��Sugar Loaf PAC, Mar 8, 3pm All Seasons Chamber Players Grand Montgomery Chamber Music Series �� Montgomery Senior Center, Mar 15, 3pm FREE Potluck Concerts “Classics” ��Cornwall Presbyterian Church, Mar 20, 7:30pm Indradeep Ghosh violin & Shri Gourishankar tabla �� Shanti Mandir, Walden Mar 28, 7pm Music in Central Valley Soprano, Clarinet, Piano Trio �� Central Valley United Methodist Church, Mar 29, 3pm FREE

theatre - play

Schools & Conservatories

Excerpts from Broadway Musicals Orange County HS Students � Galleria Mall, Feb 28, 10am-5pm “Singers R’US” Delaware Valley Students �� United Methodist Church, Milford, Mar 20, 7pm FREE “Mary Poppins” musical ��Newburgh Free Academy, Mar 20 & 21, 7:30pm, Mar 22, 2:30pm “Side By Side” Greater Newburgh Sym Orch & Newburgh Enlarged City Schools String Program Newburgh Free Academy, Mar 28, 3pm

clubs Newburgh Library Camera Club ��Newburgh Library, 3rd Wednesday, 6pm St. James Camera Club �� St. James Church, Goshen, 2nd Tuesday, 7pm Chess Club �� Ellenville Library, Wednesdays, 4pm Friday Night Chess ��Narrowsburg Library, Fridays, 6pm Knit and Stitch ��Narrowsburg Library, Mondays, 6pm Knitting & Crocheting “Crochety Knitters” �� Liberty Library, Tuesdays, 10:15am Knit & Stitch Club ��Newburgh Library Town Branch, 1st & 3rd Tuesdays, 6;30pm Newburgh Knitting Club ��Newburgh Library, 2nd & 4th Tuesdays, 6pm 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, Crocheting, Crafts “Stitch and Bitch” ��Palaia Vineyards, Highland Mills, Sundays, 1pm Knit/Crochet Club �� Wallkill Library, Thursdays, 6:30pm Knimble Knitters ��Ellenville Library, Saturdays, 10am Knitting Circle �� Florida Library, Nov 17, 6pm Laurel & Hardy Sons of the Desert Int’l Org. ��First Sunday, Ellenville, ray@themtharhills.org The Music Lovers Group classical �� 3rd Thursdays, 7:30pm Montgomery, 845-457-9867 Electronic Music Meetup w/Neil Alexander ��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 UFO Support Group ��Walker Valley Schoolhouse, 1st Wednesday, 7:30pm Woodcarvers Guild ��Museum Village, Monroe, various Thursdays, 7pm March 2015

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MARCH BW �� Event Gallery/Museum, Bethel Woods Center for the Arts, Bethel CALL Calling All Poets �� Center for Creative Education, Beacon CAS Catskill Arts Society �� CAS Arts Center, Livingston Manor DCAT ��Dancing Cat Saloon & Catskill Distillery, Bethel DOWN ��Downing Film Center, Newburgh DVAA �� Delaware Valley Arts Alliance, Narrowsburg

MONDAY

Please check the schedule for Gallery Art & Photography Opening Receptions, page 16

FAL �� The Falcon, Marlboro GLBT �� Upper Delaware GLBT Center, Milford GOSH Cornerstone Theatre Arts �� Goshen Music Hall GMCM Grand Montgomery Chamber Music ��Senior Center, Montgomery GWL �� Greenwood Lake Library IKE �� Eisenhower Hall, West Point

TUESDAY

WEDNESDAY

Dance - Celtic “Rhythm of the Dance” SLPAC 7:30pm

Music-Gospel SALT & guests FAL 7pm Cinema “Guantanamera” SUNYO Newburgh Tower Building Cafe, 7:30pm

Music-Gospel SALT & guests FAL 7pm Cinema “She’s Beautiful When She’s Angry” DOWN 7:30pm

Music-Gospel SALT & guests FAL 7pm

Cinema “Losing Ground” DOWN 2pm & 7:15pm

Music-Gospel SALT & guests FAL 7pm

Cinema “The Theory of Everything” NFL 6:30pm

NFL �� NOBL �� PT �� RITZ �� ROSE �� SCCC ��

Fundraiser..Boys an

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Above: “Ocean Triptych” by Joan Kehlenbeck

“Art and About” sponsored by the Port Jervis Council for the Arts presents “Spring Fling!” at Port Jervis City Hall, Bon Secours Cafeteria, & Deerpark Town Hall, March 17 - May 19, 2015

Cinema “She’s Beautiful When She’s Angry” DOWN 2pm

Music - Celtic The Parting Glass Band THRALL 6:30pm Cinema Adult Independent Film Night GWL 7pm Cinema “Everything is Illuminated” SUNYO-HH 7:30pm

Music - Irish-rock-Americana County Hell, The Stacks FAL 7pm

Cinema “Jane Eyre” MSM-DC 9:30am

Cinema “Mrs. Doubtfire” Cornwall Library, Noon

Cinema “Becoming Jane” THRALL 3pm Music - Jazz Aruan Ortiz Trio FAL7pm

Holistic Networking Event Healing Art Studios, Newburgh, 6pm

Poetry Franklin Schneider Goshen Methodist Church, 7pm

Music - Blues Carolyn Wonderland, Shelley King FAL 7pm

Music-Gospel SALT & guests FAL 7pm

THURSDAY

Cinema................... Reel Eclectic Film Series............... THRALL 7pm Poetry..............................Hayden Wayne........................... NOBL 7pm Poetry......................... Hudson River Poets.......................... NFL 7pm Cinema......“The Reluctant Debutante” Rex Harrison......GLBT 7pm Music - Jazz.Erik Deutsch & Jazz Outlaws, Greg Humphries F . AL 7pm Music................................ Paul Cataldo........................ DCAT 7:30pm Music - Classical... Ellenville Chamber Players............. MISU 7:30pm

Cinema “The Horseman” NFL 6:30pm

JEST ��Jester’s Comedy Club, Chester LK �� CAS’ Laundry King, Livingston Manor MICV Music in Central Valley �� Central Valley United Methodist Church MISU Music Institute of Sullivan & Ulster �� St. John’s Episcopal Ch, Ellenville MSM-DC ��Desmond Campus, Mount St. Mary College, Balmville NFA ��Newburgh Free Academy

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Cinema............................“The Informer”................. MSM-DC 9:30am Storytelling............Eileen Stelljes...Josephine-Louise Library, 6:30pm Music........................ Lindsey Webster Band........................FAL 7pm Open Mic......................Musician’s Gathering................DCAT 7:30pm

19 Cinema............................”Days & Clouds”..Cornwall Library, 5:30pm Fundraiser.....Seward Mapes Homestead..Seward Inst., Florida, 7pm Music - Caribbean-Jazz.BigMeanSoundMachine, Ife&Danny.FAL7pm Open Mic.......................Musician’s Gathering...............DCAT 7:30pm

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

Storytelling - Impro Music - Jazz-FunkDance - Ballet...................... Music..........................

Music - R&B...................

Music - Classical..Po

Dance - Ballet...................... Music.............. Pau

Music - Pop-Jazz........Donna Lewis Brand New Day............FAL 7pm Open Mic.......................Musician’s Gathering...............DCAT 7:30pm

Open Mic.......................Musician’s Gathering...............DCAT 7:30pm

“Woomyung von Beethoven” Happy April Fools’ Day!

March 2015

Music....... Alexis P Music. Chris Collin Comedy.Talent, Pur

Poetry...............Dav

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��Newburgh Free Library ��Noble Coffee Roasters, Campbell Hall ��Paramount Theatre, Middletown ��Lobby at the Ritz Theater, Newburgh �� New Rose Theatre, Walden ��SUNY Sullivan County Community College, Loch Sheldrake

FRIDAY

nd Girls Clubs of Wallkill..Villa Roma, Callicoon,6pm

..................... John Tropea, e’lissa jones.....................FAL 7pm

aware Writers Collective....Narrowsburg Lib., 7:30pm

atthew J. Spireng, Dan Wilcox.............. CALL 8pm

ov...“Two Chairs Telling”........ Florida Library, 7pm -Rock O . z Noy Trio, The Compact...........FAL 7pm ...................... “Matilda”...........................ROSE 7:30pm .......................... The Pine Hill Project.................... SLPAC 8pm

...................Cory Henry Band.............................FAL 7pm

otluck Concerts..Cornwall Presbyterian Ch., 7:30pm

...................... “Matilda”...........................ROSE 7:30pm ul Kantner’s Jefferson Starship......... SLPAC 8pm

SLGMN ��Seligmann Center for the Arts, Sugar Loaf SLPAC ��Sugar Loaf Performing Arts Center THRALL �� Thrall Library, Middletown ST ��Shadowland Theatre, Ellenville TUST ��Tusten Theatre, Narrowsburg SUNYO-HH ��SUNY Orange, Harriman Hall, Middletown UUC �� Unitarian Universalist Congregation Meeting House, Rock Tavern SUNYO-KH ��SUNY Orange, Kaplan Hall, Newburgh SUNYO-OH ��SUNY Orange, Orange Hall, Middletown

SATURDAY

Music........................ ...Saints of Swing.................. FAL 10am-2pm Music - Jazz.................... Jazz Cat Lunch..........................DCAT Noon Music.......Dose Acoustic Sunday..Cafe Devine, Callicoon.Noon-2pm Theatre -Play...............”Shakespeare Alive!”................... GOSH 2pm Music - Classical & Poetry..Trio + “The Romantics” S . UNYO-OH 3pm Music - Classical.....SUNY Orange Community Orchestra....PT 3pm

Cinema..“Hudson Valley Honor Flight:Generation Bridge”.PT 5pm Cinema...................“The Blackboard Jungle”........................LK 7pm Music............Pat McGee Band, The Acquaintances............FAL 7pm Music - Jazz................Randy Brecker Band.............SUNYO-OH 8pm Comedy...............Keith Anthony, Mark DeMayo................ JEST 8pm

Cinema....................... “Horrible Bosses 2”..................... NFL 1:30pm Dance - Ballet...................... “Matilda”................... ROSE 3pm & 7pm Music - Blues-Soul..Bernard Purdie&Friends, Jake LaBotz.FAL 7pm Music -Celtic...... Dublin City Ramblers & Emish............ SLPAC 8pm Music..........................Brewster & the Band...................... DCAT 8pm Comedy................Mitchell Walters, Joe Currie................. JEST 8pm

Music........... ...Alexis P. Suter & Ministers of Sound.FAL 10am-2pm Music - Jazz.................... Jazz Cat Lunch..........................DCAT Noon Music.......Dose Acoustic Sunday..Cafe Devine, Callicoon.Noon-2pm Music - Celtic.......Brian Conway & John Walsh...Cornwall Lib. Noon Music - Gospel............ ...”Choral Sunday”............... SUNYO-KH 3pm Music - Classical......... NY Wind Symphony..................... SLPAC 3pm. Music - Celtic........... The Parting Glass Band...................... NFL 3pm Theatre - Musical....“Sister Act: The Musical”...................... IKE 3pm Cinema.......”She’s Beautiful When She’s Angry”.....DOWN 7:15pm

Music - Jazz..........The Organ Grinders Jazz Trio...... FAL 10am-2pm Music - Jazz.................... Jazz Cat Lunch..........................DCAT Noon Music..................Doug Rogers......Cafe Devine, Callicoon.Noon-2pm Cinema........................ ...”Losing Ground”.......................DOWN 1pm Music - Celtic....The Parting Glass Band..... Goshen Bandstand 1pm Opera-Video.”Love of Three Oranges” Prokofiev.Cornwall Lib. 1pm Music - Classical.......All Seasons Chamber Players........GMCM 3pm Dance - Ballet...................... “Matilda”................................ROSE 3pm Music................................ “AbbaMania”.......................... SLPAC 6pm Music - Latin.........................Sonando....................................FAL 7pm

Dance - Ballet...................... “Matilda”................... ROSE 3pm & 7pm Music - Celtic...Andy Cooney & His Band w/Girsa............... BW 7pm Music - rock&roll..The THE BAND Band Tribute...................FAL 7pm Music...........................Music for Humanity.................. NOBL 7:30pm Music................ Ralph Williams & Jermaine Paul.............. RITZ 8pm Comedy............... Mike Burton, Brian Cichocki................. JEST 8pm

Music-Classical..Greater Newburgh SymOrch & HS students.NFA 3pm P. Suter Band, the Howland Wolves........FAL 7pm Music - Indian..............Violin & Tabla........Shanti Mandir, Walden 7pm ns & Boulder Canyon J.Denver Tribute... PT 8pm Music - Jazz.................. Catharine Russell.............................FAL 7pm rnell Holloway.Soho Bar&Grill, Middletown, 10:30pm Music - Jazz-Blues-Rock......Jazzmosis & Yasgur.........TUST 7:30pm Music - Folk......................Spook Handy......................... UUC 7:30pm Comedy.................Joey Callahan, Joe Larson.................. JEST 8pm

vid Messineo, Mary Makofske............. CALL 8pm

Comedy........................... John Iavarone............................. JEST 8pm

SUNDAY

Music - Blues-Funk-R&B....Willa McCarthy Band....... FAL 10am-2pm Music - Jazz.................... Jazz Cat Lunch..........................DCAT Noon Music..................Doug Rogers......Cafe Devine, Callicoon.Noon-2pm Music - Celtic.......Tommy Gardner & Hooley Shooters......GWL 1pm Music - Celtic.........Dylan Foley & Friends.......Ellenville Library, 2pm Dance - Ballet...................... “Matilda”................................ROSE 3pm Music...”Laudate:A Celebration”...First Presby. Ch., Port Jervis 3pm Music & Film..The Rockabilly Kings, 200 Cadillacs.............FAL 7pm

Music - Jazz............... ...Pete Levin Quartet . ............ FAL 10am-2pm Music - Jazz.................... Jazz Cat Lunch..........................DCAT Noon Cinema............................”Beyond Iconic”.......................DOWN 1pm Music - Classical....Soprano, Clarinet, Piano Trio.............. MICV 3pm Music - Celtic................... Celtic Woman................................ IKE 5pm Music - Jazz-World-HipHop.EJ Strickland Quintet.CDparty.FAL 7pm

Music - Jazz..........The Organ Grinders Jazz Trio...... FAL 10am-2pm Music - Jazz.................... Jazz Cat Lunch..........................DCAT Noon Music.......Dose Acoustic Sunday..Cafe Devine, Callicoon.Noon-2pm

March 2015

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canvas category calendar sponsored by Wurtsboro Art Alliance & Wallkill River School

CANVAS cannot be responsible for errors & omissions. Please verify dates and times.

Art exhibits

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

Group Show ��Back Room Gallery, Beacon, ongoing Inscribed Tibetan Prayer Stones ��Tibetan and Himalayan Cultural Center, Walden, 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, Sugar Loaf, ongoing Lana Privitera paintings ��Blazing Bagels Cafe, Montgomery, ongoing Furniture, sculpture, ceramics, woodburnings ��Once A Tree, Cornwall-on-Hudson, ongoing Daniel Giordano “Garden of Metamorphosis” sculptures & wall works �� SUNYO-KH thru Feb 28 Chris Kroup paintings on aluminum panel �� Gallery at Chant Realtors, Lords Valley, thru Feb 28 Barbara Zweig “Splurge” ��Cafe Devine, Callicoon, thru Feb 28 Goshen Art League ��Park Manor, Middletown, thru Mar Lynn Seeney “Obstructed Memories” mixed media ��Howland Library, Beacon, thru Mar 1 Mitchell Saler paintings ��Elant at Goshen, thru Mar 2 Art and About “Celebration of the Arts Show” River Valley Artists Guild �� Mayor’s Office, Port Jervis City Hall, Wednesdays thru Mar 3 Ted Walsh “Paintings”, Lori Adams “From Small to Large” ��Beacon Artists Union, thru Mar 8 Linda Puiatti “Color of Light” oil paintings �� RiverWinds Gallery, Beacon thru Mar 8 “Night” WRS members group show ��WRS thru Mar 14 “Figuratively Speaking” 12 artists ��DVAA thru Mar 14 Katarina Riesing “Laws of Sympathy” ��Seligmann Center, Sugar Loaf, thru Mar 14 Barbara Zweig ��Cafe Devine, Callicoon, thru Mar 16 Joan Standora, Elva Zingaro “Kindred Spirits” Art & About series �� Bon Secours Hospital Cafeteria, Port Jervis, thru Mar 16 Crawford Art Association “Anything But Winter” �Crawford Gov’t Center, Pine Bush, thru Mar 18 “Scholastic Art & Writing Awards” visual & literary arts ��CAS thru Mar 22 North East Watercolor Society group show ��SUNYO-OH thru Mar 25 Dorrie Rifkin “Scapes from New York” ��SUNYO-OH thru Mar 25 Cynthia Strunsky McLean “Piece Together Peace” ��CAS thru Mar 29 David Munford ��Livingston Manor Library, thru Mar 31 Ashlie Blake mixed media �� Caffe ala Mode, Warwick, thru Apr 3 Denise & Ed Burkhart “Imagine Alpacas” �� Rolling River Cafe & Gallery, Parksville, thru Apr 26 Brenda Scott Harburger, Margaret Drake, “Artists of Excellence” sculptures �� SUNYO-KH thru May 27 Always Searching” (art rotates throughout the year) Michael Byro, Janet Howard-Fatta, & �� Billie Robson, Craig Wettstein Unitarian Universalist Gallery, Rock Tavern thru Aug 2015

ART & Photography receptions

Uncle Tom’s Art Show �� Space Create, Newburgh, Feb 28, 6pm-9pm Esther McHenry “Spring Forward” �� MSM-DC Mar 1, 1pm-3pm Represented Artists Exhibit �� WRS Mar 1, 5pm-7pm Temple Hill Academy Students ��Artology Gallery, New Windsor, Mar 5, 4pm-6pm Nancy Hopping “Wildlife” ��Gallery at Chant Realtors, Lords Valley, Mar 5, 5pm-7pm Martha Zola “The Newburgh Paintings” ��SUNYO-KH Mar 6, 5pm-7pm “Forever Focused” group photo exhibit ��Noble Coffee Roasters, Campbell Hall, Mar 7, 3pm-6pm “ISMS” group show ��Crawford Gallery of Fine Arts, Pine Bush, Mar 7, 5pm-7pm Judy Byrne �� WRS Mar 7, 5pm-7pm Joe Splendora & Wendell M. Upchurch ��UpFront Exhibition Space, Port Jervis, Mar 7, 5pm-8pm “Comfort and Color: Orange County Quilts” �� ORMC, Middletown, Mar 13, 4pm-6pm Crawford Art Association “Anything But Winter” � Crawford Gov’t Center, Pine Bush, Mar 14, 5pm-7pm Group Show ��Back Room Gallery, Beacon, Mar 14, 5pm-8pm Photobook Show and Book Signing �� RiverWinds Gallery, Beacon, Mar 14, 5pm-8pm CMFY-Creatives,Mamas,Friends&Yahoos group show �� Howland Library, Beacon, Mar 14, 5pm-8pm Sullivan ARC Expressions �� DVAA Mar 20, 6pm-8pm Olivia Baldwin “Exotic, Fur, etc.” ��Seligmann Center, Sugar Loaf, Mar 20, 7pm-10pm Sullivan County High School Show ��CAS Mar 28-11am-2pm Corey Pane “Brief Encounters” ��Space Create, Newburgh, Mar 28, 6pm-9pm

Schools & Conservatories

“My Point of View” Liberty HS Students, photography ��Liberty Library, thru Feb 28 Orange County HS Students Annual Art Show ��Galleria Mall, Middletown, Feb 28, 10am-5pm Temple Hill Academy Students �� Artology Gallery, New Windsor, Mar 5-28 Sullivan County High School Show ��CAS Mar 28-Apr. 19 SUNY Orange Student Exhibition �� SUNYO-OH Apr 3-May 4

DEMOS

Wallkill River School Teaching Artists ��WRS Mar 7, 14, 21, 28, 5pm-7pm Glass Blowing Demos ��Gillinder Glass, Port Jervis, Mar 14, 10am-3pm “Cooking With John” John Moultrie, National Noodle Month �� Newburgh Library, Mar 28, 1pm

books - Discussions/Readings /siGNings

Book Lover’s Club �� Greenwood Lake Library, 4th Tuesday, 7pm Mystery Thriller & Crime Book Group �� Jeffersonville Library, 2nd Wednesday, 6:30pm Book Discussion Group ��Narrowsburg Library, 3rd Friday, 4:00pm Gregory Newson “Uncle T and the Uppity Spy” �� Space Create, Newburgh, Feb 28, 6pm-9pm “Mornings on Horseback” by David McCullough �� Cornwall Library, Mar 4, 7pm Maura Stone “eDating the Old School Way” ��Sullivan County Museum, Hurleyville, Mar 8, 2pm Scholar’s Book Discussion “Nemesis” by P.Roth, w/Jess Gerson �� Newburgh Library, Mar 18, 7pm Dr. Marc N. Benhuri “Price for Freedom” �� Temple Sinai, Middletown, Mar 22, 2pm “The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry” by Gabrielle Zevin Newburgh Library Town Branch, Mar 24, 2pm “The Language of Flowers” by Vanessa Diffenbaugh �� Cornwall Library, Mar 26, 7pm

NEW ART EXHIBITS

“Uncle Tom’s Art Show” �� Space Create, Newburgh, Feb 28, 6pm-9pm Esther McHenry “Spring Forward” �� MSM-DC Mar 1-31 Wallkill River School Teaching Artists, Judy Byrne ��WRS Mar 1-31 Martha Zola “The Newburgh Paintings” �� SUNYO-KH Mar 6-May 21 “ISMS” group show �� Crawford Gallery of Fine Arts, Pine Bush, Mar 7-Apr 1 Joe Splendora & Wendell Upchurch paintings ��UpFront Exhibition Space, Port Jervis, Mar 7-TBD “Comfort and Color: Orange County Quilts” �� ORMC, Middletown, Mar 13-Apr 30 Photobook Show and Book Signing �� RiverWinds Gallery, Beacon, Mar 14-Apr 6 CMFY-Creatives, Mamas, Friends & Yahoos group show Howland Library, Beacon, Mar 14-Apr 25 “Spring” WRS members group show ��WRS Mar 15-Apr 14 Debbie Gioello ”Art on Art” ��Bon Secours Hospital Cafeteria, Port Jervis, Mar 17-May 19 Joan Kehlenbeck “Spring Triptychs” �� Deerpark Town Hall, Huguenot, Mar 17-May 19 Susan Miiler “Spring Florals” ��Mayor’s Office, Port Jervis City Hall, Wednesdays, Mar 17-May 19 Olivia Baldwin “Exotic, Fur, etc.” ��Seligmann Center, Sugar Loaf, Mar 20-Apr 6 Sullivan ARC Expressions ��DVAA Mar 20-Apr 18 Corey Pane “Brief Encounters” ��Space Create, Newburgh, Mar 28, 6pm-9pm J

Photography exhibits

Markie Baylash “My Heroes Have Always Been Strong Women” Howland Library, Beacon, thru Mar 8 Richard Hirschman “Slice of Life” �� Karpeles Museum, Newburgh, thru Mar 29 Kathleen Downey “Classy Camera Clicks” �� Newburgh Brewing Company, thru Mar 31 NEW photography EXHIBITS

“Forever Focused” group show ��Noble Coffee Roasters, Campbell Hall, Mar 1-31 Nancy Hopping ��Gallery at Chant Realtors, Lords Valley, Mar 1-Apr 28 16

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March 2015

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

Cinema

Teen Movie Night grades 5-12 �� Greenwood Lake Library, Tuesdays, 6pm FREE Family Matinee �� Jeffersonville Library, Feb 7, 10:30am FREE Family Movie for Library Day ��Crawford Library, Monticello, Feb 7, 2:30pm FREE entertainment

“The Little Farm Show” NACL Theatre Co. � SUNY Orange, Kaplan Hall, Newburgh, Mar 15, 2pm “Phantom of the Opera” dir. Joyce Presutti �� Sugar Loaf PAC, Mar 27-29 Museums

Meet the Animal of the Week ��HHNM-CoH Saturdays & Sundays, 1pm & 2:30pm Maple Sugar Tours ��HHNM March 1, 7, 8, 14, 15, 21, 22, 10:30am-3pm Eco-Zone ��PEEC Mar 14, 1pm-4pm recreation & Lectures - see also lectures on page 12

Teen Painting Drop-in ��Wallkill River School, Montgomery, Saturdays, 1pm “Marvelous Moths” ��HHNM-CoH Saturdays & Sundays, 10am-4pm Maple Sugar Tours �� HHNM Feb 28, 10:30am-3pm “Awesome Opposum” Pam Golben �� HHNM-CoH Mar 7, 10am Woodcock Walk ages 10+ �� PEEC Mar 14, 6:30pm

Listening skills are not as fine-tuned and precise as most would prefer. Recently, this writer was attending a social gathering that included a number of playwrights, a poet and several authors of young adult literature. Conversation from an adjacent group drifted. Distorted and muffled by errant chit-chat and the clatter of ice cubes on glass, the spoken words had the sound of “gang green and glory.” Recently the words “gang green” were used in a derogatory manner to describe the collective athletic skills and performance of a neighboring professional sports team that makes its home in the swamps of New Jersey. That this collection of athletes could in any way, shape, manner or form be associated with the word “glory” defied even the most imaginative, not to mention forgiving fiber in this writer’s body. Frivolity aside, the subject of the discussion did not contain a sports theme, subject or even an analogy. The words so grievously misunderstood were, “Gangrene and Glory.” Thankfully, the subject of the discussion was, a recent book by Civil War historian and lecturer Carolyn Ivanoff (see photo) Myths, Maggots, Minie Balls, Gangrene and Glory. As in current discussions and literature, the government’s interest in medicine and the

health of the public remains a topic of concern. The history of involvement began early. A scarcely known fact is the Continental Army in 1776 was decimated by smallpox, resulting in an order by Commander and Chief General Washington requiring all military personnel to be vaccinated! The price of battle and the cost of victory in the field of medicine progressed through history, and currently a topic for presentation by noted historian Carolyn Invanoff as she examines the wounded of the American Civil War, a.k.a. The War of Rebellion. Carolyn Ivanoff has over twenty years of experience in a variety of educational settings in public schools: teacher, administrator, departmental chair, teacher leader, adult educator and software trainer. Captain William E. Mapes was a wounded Civil War veteran from the Village of Florida, NY. As a solider, in May of 1864, Mapes served under Lt. General Ulysses S. Grant in the Battle of Spotsylvania Court House, Virginia. A result of that battle for Captain Mapes was the loss of an eye. During that summer Mapes was an active participant in Grant’s Petersburg Campaign which included the Battle of Deep

Bottom. There in the summer’s heat, Mapes’ severe wounds necessitated the amputation of his leg. It is the conditions that existed in the military field hospital of the time, both Union and Confederate, that need to be brought to the surface. Ms. Ivanoff’s efforts are designed to dispel myth and clarify the role and importance of these precursors to the more familiar MASH units of TV fame. By current standards the practice of medicine and surgery, in particular, were primitive. Shattered bones and infections such as gangrene, staphylococcus, et al. were serious conditions to be addressed using the available facilities and medicines, plus the fact that military doctors and medics were not prepared to treat the overwhelming volume of horrific wounds and devastating injuries. In battle situations these numbers do not seem unreasonable, as reports show 75% of all field hospital surgeries resulted in the amputation of hands, toes, fingers and limbs. Both ether and chloroform had been in use for several years as methods of surgical anesthesia and each was available to Union as well as Confederate surgeons.

There were criticisms that amputation was performed too frequently and that medical care was inadequate. In retrospect, Dr. William W. Keen of Jefferson Medical College in Philadelphia stated “but taking the army as a whole, I have no hesitation in saying that far more lives were lost from refusal to amputate than by amputating.” He added, “Conservative surgery was practiced too much and the knife not used enough.” On March 19 at 7:00pm at the S. S. Seward Institute, 53 North Main Street, Florida, Ms. Ivanoff will demonstrate how William Mapes received the best treatment available. She will, no doubt, show also why the medical conditions were at best brutal and that the medics and surgeons were not the butchers they are frequently depicted to be by media. In Myths, Maggots, Minie Balls, Gangrene and Glory, Ms. Ivanoff will divide fact from fiction. As a respected authority on Civil War medicine, Ms. Ivanoff will address the sacrifices of Capt. Mapes and thousands like him. The event is a fundraiser for the Seward/ Mapes Committee, leading to the creation of a monument/statue for Captain William Mapes. Visit www.sewardhomestead.org or call 845294-3839 for reservations. Tickets held at door.

SHO P & D I NE M O NTGO M ER Y

March 2015

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ST. PADDY’S DAY MUSIC & CELEBRATIONS

Traditional Celtic in Cornwall

Premier Irish-American fiddler, Brian Conway has won numerous All-Ireland fiddling competitions, and has been called one of the best fiddlers of his generation. He performs with a skill, grace and force that are steeped in tradition but distinctively his Brian Conway own. Well known in the Irish/Celtic community, Bronx-born John Walsh moved to Kilkenny, Ireland at the age of 10. He took up guitar and was lucky enough to be surrounded by a rich musical heritage where he learned music of all sorts and kinds. Years later he moved back to New York, met up with more musicians, and is presently performing and recording in a variety of venues.

A concert of traditional Irish Music featuring Brian Conway on fiddle and John Walsh on guitar and vocals will be held on March 8 at 2:00pm at the Cornwall Public Library, 395 Hudson Street, Cornwall. John Walsh Following the concert, those in attendance will have the opportunity to serve as judges for the 2nd annual Irish Soda Bread Bake-Off. This free program is part of the Our Musical Heritage series, which is funded, in part, by Orange County Tourism and the County of Orange. The series is also supported by generous donations from the Friends of Cornwall Library and the Cornwall Public Library Foundation. For more information, call 845-534-8282

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

On the Air on WAMC, and has taught and performed at Catskills Irish Arts Week, and Elkins Irish Week. The Ellenville Public Library, 40 Center Street, will celebrate St. Paddy’s Day with a free concert by Dylan Foley & Friends on March 22 at 2:00pm. For more information:845-647-5530.

Ireland’s Fiddlin’ Champ Back in Ellenville

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March 2015

Lads & Lassies Sing at Bethel Woods

Bethel Woods announces the first installment of its 2015 Event Gallery Concert Series with a performance by Andy Cooney & His Band and special guest Girsa on March 21 at 7:00pm.ASt. Patrick’s Day celebration, the evening will feature both traditional Irish music and fare. Andy Cooney comes to Bethel direct from three soldout appearances at Carnegie Hall. Christened “Irish America’s Favorite Son” by the New York Times, he has become one of the greatest singing sensations in the Irish Music

scene today. He has recorded 18 albums to date including his latest release, Bright Brand New Day. Special guest Girsa, from Pearl River in Rockland County, has captured the hearts of audiences everywhere. Their performances of traditional Irish music, song, and dance have been met with outstanding acclaim. Maeve, Deirdre, Blaithin, Bernadette, Pamela and Emily bring a creative mix of fiddle, accordion, banjo, tin whistle, bodhran, guitar and piano to their shows. For tickets call 1-866-781-2922.

The National Dance Company of Ireland’s performers are not only an assemblage of beautiful Irish lassies, and handsome Irish lads, sporting colorful Celtic-themed costumes, tapping and stomping out century old beats, they are also a special collection of incredible young Irish dancers,

singers, and musicians. Take the family and go see Rhythm of the Dance, featuring a live band, three tenors and some 22 dancers when they come to the Sugar Loaf Performing Arts Center, 1351 Kings Highway, on March 4 at 7:30pm. For tickets: 1-800-745-3000.

Lassies & Lads Dance & Sing in Sugar Loaf

ST. PADDY’S DAY MUSIC & CELEBRATIONS

St. Patrick’s Day Ramblin’ in Sugar Loaf

The Dublin City Ramblers have thrilled audiences worldwide with their unique blend of ballads, folk and toetapping music. Their career has spanned more than 35 years, with over 30 albums, top ten hits, several awards for best ballad/folk group, and 8 gold albums. New York natives Emish have forged their own Americana folk rock sound by colliding a background of Irish, rock, and folk influences. Supported by their local and dedicated fan base, Emish has repeatedly been

voted the Best Band of the Hudson Valley, including the 2012 title. See The Ramblers and Emish collide for The SugarLoaf Performing Art Center’s St. Patrick’s Celebration on March 14 at 8:00pm. The concert, titled Hands Across the Pond, is an Irish andIrish-Americancrossroads concert - a performance that tells the story of the evolution of Irish music from its roots in Ireland to where it has evolved in America today. For tickets: 1-800-745-3000.

Irish Celebration in Greenwood Lake

Tommy Gardner & The Hooley Shooters perform a mix of Irish standards and singalongs.AxelBelohoubek on keyboards and Barry Wiesenfeld on bass round out this lively trio. Gardner, a singer-songwriter, has been performing for several decades, winning multiple parenting awards for his work as a family performer with The Uncle Brothers, with whom he performed alongside the late Danny Quinn. Axel Belohoubek’s keyboard versatility ranges from mainstream pop, rock, R&B, gospel, theater and the like, to such diverse specialties

as jazz, EDM, ballet, Klezmer, and Irish. Barry Wiesenfeld’s career has spanned everything from classical orchestral repertoire to musicals and Celtic folk music. He plays bass guitar, upright bass, flute, sings, and is a respected kazoo virtuoso. Greenwood Lake Public Library’s Music Makers Concert Series presents Irish & American Pub Classics featuring Tommy Gardner & The Hooley Shooters on March 22 at 1:00pm. Registration is required for this free FAMILY program either in person or by telephone: 845477-8377, ext. 101. Seating is limited.

The Parting Glass Band: From Greenville to Barryville & Salisbury Mills The Parting Glass is an Irish, Scottish and Newfoundland traditional song, often sung at the end of a gathering of friends. It was allegedly the most popular song sung in Newfoundland, Scotland and Ireland before Robert Burns wrote Auld Lang Syne. The Parting Glass Band is an Irish trio who present a musical tour of melodies, familiar to the Irish in the “Old Country” and their immigrant sons and daughters, here in the Hudson and Delaware Valleys.

Al Gessner, who plays flute and accordion, played in Green Velvet, The Bearded Lady and has done many sessions with Jim and Mary Coogen. He is the owner of Al’s Music Shop in Port Jervis. Kevin McComb plays guitar, uke, banjo, and sings! He is a brass and string repairman, with roots in Gospel. He has played with Emish.

Versatile Patti Gessner: flute, vocals, tin whistle and percussion: “My roots are from Cork. I am a teacher, shopkeeper, pianist, mother of 4, and wife (of Al). I have sung Irish music my whole life. This is my first official band outside of the band I raised.” The multi-faceted musicians’ Saint Patrick’s Day month has an impressive list of gigs.

• March 1, 1:00pm: Ancient Order of Hibernians, Greenville. • March 7, 3:00pm: Newburgh Library. • March 10, 6:30pm: Thrall Library, Middletown. • March 15, 1:00pm: Pre-parade concert, Goshen Bandstand, and then 5:30pm: B.V.H. Sports Bar, Barryville. AND they perform Thursday nights at 7:00pm at Loughran’s Irish Pub, 10 Schoolhouse Road in Salisbury Mills. For info: 845-496-3615.

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20s! 30s! 40s! 50s! “Pop” Goes The Falcon by Derek Leet

Pop. Blues. Jazz. R&B. Swing. Country. Labels, Schmabels. If you know pop music from the 20s-50s, and that means prior to the rise of rock&roll in the mid-50s, you know: 1.There was no labeling. It was all “pop”. 2.1940 and Lil Green’s Romance in the Dark, arguably the forerunner all the way to 1954 and Kay Starr’s If You Love Me, and the entire span in between those years, (from Connee Boswell to Jaye P. Morgan, from Patty Andrews to Sarah Vaughan, from Gertrude Niesen to June Valli, from Ivie Anderson to Kitty Kallen, from Lee Wiley to June Christy, from Helen Forrest to Lena Horne, from Ella to Doris, and from Jo Stafford to Jo Stafford (sic), not only “The Ladies Who Sang with the Bands,” but the ladies who held their notes, if not as long as Frances Gumm and Barbara Cook did, at least still long enough to not need the label “stylist” to compensate for lack of breath. Vocalist Catherine Russell is a native New Yorker, born into musical royalty. Her father, Luis Russell, was a legendary pianist/composer/bandleader, and Louis Armstrong’s long-time musical director. Her mother, Carline Ray, was a pioneering vocalist/guitarist/bassist who performed with International Sweethearts of Rhythm, Mary Lou Williams, and Ruth Brown.

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Catherine Russell

Catherine’s professional life began early. After graduating with honors from the American Academy of Dramatic Arts, she embarked upon musical adventures and has since likely had to buy a trophy case or two. Over her career she has won critics awards from German Record Critics, Living Blues magazine, from the French Jazz Academy, and even a Grammy. With her repertoire featuring gems from the 1920s through the present, interpretations bursting with soul and humor, sparkling acoustic swing, and a stunning vocal approach including softly held notes, she has joined the ranks of the great interpreters and performers of American Popular Song. Hear those older-oldies when Russell brings guitarist Matt Munisteri, bassist Tal Ronen and Walden’s own world-class stride pianist (and accompanist) Mark Shane to The Falcon, 1348 Route 9w in Marlboro, on March 28 at 7:00pm. Call 845-236-7970. http://www.catherinerussell.net

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Broadway’s Back in Blooming Grove

In the relatively short time that Broadway Concerts Direct (BCD) has been performing its monthly Broadway Comes to Blooming Grove concerts, it has developed a loyal and enthusiastic audience, raised money for Graze on Faith, a free farmers’ market, and hosted the Middletown H.S. Chamber Singers for an inspiring collaboration of song. Sarah Rice, producer and director of BCD, believes in melding the performances with the communities around them. “We are extremely pleased to be performing out of the landmark Blooming Grove United Church of Christ, whose Pastor Rev. Lise Worthington, appreciates the power of song to bring people together. “We plan to work with a number of surrounding high school choral groups over the coming season, offering a master class for them with Broadway veterans and the chance to perform several group numbers with our cast members,” elaborated Ms. Rice. Ms. Rice has assembled a formidable cast of Broadway singers that includes Carol Demas, the original Sandy in Grease, Rich Flanders of Shenandoah fame, Mark Planner, original member of the New York cast of Godspell and Jesus Christ Superstar, and Sarah Rice, herself, the original Johanna in Sweeney Todd on Broadway. The performers choose their own songs, resulting in an eclectic mix of styles from traditional Broadway to opera, pop and, on occasion, a world premiere of a new piece.

“The kind of material I look for,” explains cast member Celia Berk - 2014 Bistro Award winner, vocalist - “are songs that I might not try anywhere else either because it’s not my type of song in a traditional sense, or it needs someone very specific as a partner.” Joanna Morton Gary, finalist in the 2014 MetroStar Competition adds, “I look at the season and the theme, where I feel the magic lies with the person at the piano and what the overall esthetic of the concert will most likely be.” “If I love it, I’ll sing it,” quips Mark Planner. BCD will be starting another 9 month season of Broadway Comes to Blooming Grove on March 21 from 6:00pm-8:00pm, with a jam packed evening of Broadway, Celtic, popular and international favorites at the United Church of Christ, 2 Old Dominion Road. A gourmet dinner prepared by master chef Worthington is available pre-show by donation. To learn more, look them up on Facebook under Broadway Concerts Direct or log on to www.BwayDirect.com

David Munford Kills

Munford, who prefers to Seventeen oil paintings paint his landscapes on depicting the Catskills, location, ‘en plein air,’ Beaverkill and Bashakill working directly from regions along with a nature as much as possible. selection of landscape “My aim in painting these paintings collectively scenes is to convey a sense titled Mountain Vistas, by of place that others can GrahamsvillepainterDavid relate to and enjoy.” Munford, are currently on David is a represented exhibit at the Livingston artist with the Wallkill Manor Library. “Kelly Farm” by David Munford “I love the Catskills. I grew up in Colorado River School, and is a member of the Wurtsboro and Wyoming and have always felt at home Art Alliance and the Delaware Valley Arts near the mountains. They may not be as tall as Alliance. The exhibit will run through March at the the Rocky Mountains, but the Catskills are very rugged and beautiful. I feel blessed to live in Livingston Manor Library, 92 Main Street. For more information, call 439-5440. an area of such amazing natural beauty,” says

CAS Sullivan County High School Art Show

A month after Orange with some local Gold Medal County and Pike County winners from the Hudson high school students had their Valley. I hope those who take art exhibits, the Catskill Art in both of these exhibits see Society (CAS) will host the the artwork Sullivan County Sullivan County High School students create can stand up Art Show, co-sponsored by with the very best across the Sullivan County BOCES, United States, and that those from March 28-April 19. students will be inspired to “Portrait” by Cameron Conklin, “CAS is thrilled to present compete by sharing their Eldred Central School this show in collaboration with SC BOCES. artwork on the national stage,” said Bradley We’re looking at the exhibition with fresh Diuguid, Executive Director of CAS. eyes this year as we come off of the national A free opening reception will be held on Art.Write.Now.Tour 14/15, seeing so many of March 28 from 11:00am to 2:00pm. this country’s highest-achieving student-artists For more information, see ad below!

New Elevator Gallery in L. Manor

The Elevator Gallery NYC include the MTA is an experimental and Port Authority, the exhibition space at the Museum of Natural Catskill Art Society History, one story-high (CAS) that will mural Unity Through feature small works, the Arts, adorns the front installations, short art of the Actor’s Fund films, and other visual building, The Aurora. curiosities in six shows Experience a handseach year. At about 6’ on, interactive exhibit by 13’, the space will where you “remix eventually make way for artwork that must evolve “Hotshot Brush Holder” an elevator to the second and mutate to reflect our by Cynthia Strunsky McLean floor when renovations rapidly changing world. are finished to create even more room for arts The universal surge invites all viewers to and culture at CAS - hence the name. participate as curators of this painted puzzle of On another level (pun intended?), the gallery the human condition,” states the press release seeks to elevate the profile of alternative artists for the work of Cynthia Strunsky McLean in and styles not frequently seen in the CAS Piece Together Peace, an exhibition in the exhibition season. new Elevator Gallery. Cynthia Strunsky McLean is a professional The show runs through March 29 at the painter and art curator uses techniques from CAS Arts Center, 48 Main Street in Livingston all of art history in her unique application of Manor. craft. Her exhibits, many in public spaces in For more information, call 845-436-4227

New Laundry Gallery in L. Manor

7:00pm at CAS’ Laundry King, 65 Main Street in Livingston Manor. Budner is currently writing a book on Blackboard Jungle. This event is free and open to the public, and donations will be accepted at the door.

A special screening of Blackboard Jungle (1955) featuring a talkback with professor of Film Studies at Rhode Island College (and part time Bethel resident) Lawrence Budner, will take place on March 7 at

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“Brief Encounters” for Last Saturdays

Art at Space Create from. That is what I try “Like any artist, it is to do in my work...I just something inside like to tell stories. It me that I need to get could be a world issue out, no matter what kind or a more personal of creative form that story, and maybe those evolves, whether it be stories can change or visual art, music, film, be seen different by poetry, etc.,” explains different people...I Corey Pane. try to get at least one Corey “has always main point across, that been interested in art hopefully everyone can and the creative side of recognize.” life.” He was always A reception for Brief drawing as a kid, and as Encounters, the exhibit “The Hero” by Corey Pane he grew older, he stopped of work by Corey Pane, for a while to dive into other things will be held on March 28 from like music, playing guitar or drums. 6:00pm-9:00pm at Space Create, Always keeping visual arts on the 115 Broadway, Newburgh. back burner, he eventually moved For more: www.coreypane.com back to drawing again. Corey views his work as being New for Newburgh Last Saturdays “more abstract and expressive in its Lisa Gervais of Healing Arts Corey Pane technique, even though it may not Studio says about Newburgh Last always look that way.” His main focus is not to Saturdays (NBLS), “April will be one full achieve photo-realism, but to show expression year. We are starting a monthly newsletter, and to tell a story that evokes a certain emotion too which folks can sign up for right on the or feeling. Facebook page, yippee! The Wherehouse is He gets “inspiration from all over the really getting involved and Dan Brown has place, but most of it comes from film. I love posted lots of music events for future NBLS. film as an art form and to see different stories Check out the Facebook page! And Will unfold. The same goes for music and books, Teran is planning something for every NBLS I just love stories no matter where they come at Teran Studio till October.”

Zola’s “Newburgh” Mar 5-May 21

Life! Liberty! Martha which she and anyone can Zola nearly lost both be grateful. Her painterly last February and upon style, love of color, her return to Newburgh, brushwork, and regard was so grateful to be for the alchemy that life home that her painting events has on perception turned to an expression are available in these of that gratitude. Her paintings. The Newburgh Paintings Zola’s exhibit runs show includes images of from March 5-May 21 in ordinary, transcendental, SUNY Orange’s Mindy beautiful life lived in Ross Gallery in Kaplan Newburgh every day. Hall, First and Grand Streets. The opening Zola has taken a detour from her recent abstractions reception is on March 5 to bring in people, places, from 5:00pm-7:00pm. For further information, and activities that anyone “Broadway & Dubois” by Martha Zola in Newburgh can regard as familiar and for phone Cultural Affairs, 845-341-9386.

GNSO Benefit Honors Choe & Handler

“The existence of the Greater Newburgh Symphony Orchestra (GNSO), can be attributed to two dedicated men with exceptional vision,” remarked Gordon Shacklett, cellist with the orchestra since its beginning. “George Handler and Dr. Woomyung Choe saw the opportunity, and were successful in bringing together the musicians, board, and volunteers.” Handler and Choe will be

honored at the GNSO’s second annual Spring Brunch, featuring music, a silent auction, and sumptuous food. “This benefit will help the GNSO continue their growth in outreach and in special programs,” said Shacklett. (see page 3) The special brunch is on April 12 at the Powelton Club in Newburgh. Information and tickets will be available on the website: www.newburghsymphony.org

Donate Now to Raptor Fire Fund!

On January 8, a fire broke out in the Delaware Valley Raptor Center and Bill Streeter’s personal residence at 416 Cummins Hill Road near Milford. The Streeters were able to get out along with their dog and the birds being treated at the clinic. Fire damage was limited to three rooms, but smoke damage has made the home and clinic unlivable for at least three months while they rebuild. They are currently conducting business from a hotel room. They are not taking birds in for rehabilitation yet. Despite insurance, they expect there will still be losses that they cannot recoup including lost program revenue. Any donations to help them get back up and running as soon as possible will be greatly appreciated. Write “Fire Fund” on your check made out to DVRC and mail it to: 416 Cummins Hill Road, Milford, PA 18337. Thank you! 22

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Three Newburgh “Gospel Sunday” Choirs

The creation, performance, significance, and even the definition of gospel music varies according to culture and social context. Gospel music is composed and performed for many purposes, including aesthetic pleasure, religious or ceremonial purposes, and as an entertainment product for the marketplace. Progressive Southern gospel is an American music genre that has grown out of Southern gospel over the past couple of decades. Bluegrass gospel music is rooted in American mountain music. Celtic gospel music infuses gospel music with a Celtic flair. British Black gospel refers to Gospel music of the African diaspora. American Gospel music can be traced to the early 17th century, with roots in the black oral tradition. Hymns and sacred songs were

repeated in a call and response fashion. Most of the churches relied on hand clapping and foot stomping as rhythmic accompaniment. Most of the singing was done a cappella. The first published use of the term “Gospel Song” probably appeared in 1874. Urban contemporary gospel (sometimes still marketed as “Black Gospel” to help distinguish it from other forms of Christian music) is a subgenre of contemporary gospel music. A concert featuring The Bishop Joseph P. Thompson Anthem Choir, Ebenezer Baptist Church Sanctuary Choir and New Beginners Church of Christ Youth Choir begins at 3:00pm on March 8 in Kaplan Hall on SUNY Orange’s Newburgh campus. Tickets are free for students and children. For information phone: 845-341-9386.

Q&A is not uncommon for special features at Downing Film Center for films of social significance, as exampled in the Downing/ YWCA story on this page. In addition to talks about social issues, Downing also often offers Q&As with filmmakers of both regular features and documentaries, and in March there are two. Q&A follows the March 15, 1:00pm showing of the comedy Losing Ground with Nina Lorez Collins, daughter of the film’s late Director, Kathleen Collins, and film

composer Michael Minard. Documenting world renown photographer Dennis Stock before his death in 2010, Beyond Iconic takes us through his career and reveals how he captured such iconic pictures as James Dean walking through Times Square in the rain. Viewers are also brought into one of his photography workshops just prior to his recent death. The March 29, 1:00pm showing is followed by a Q&A with Director, Hanna Sawka. For reservations: 845-561-3686.

Downing Film Center Features Q&A

NOW at Downing Film Center

Mary Dore’s film She’s Beautiful When She’s Angry resurrects the buried history of the outrageous, often brilliant women who founded the modern women’s movement from 1966 to 1971. The film takes us from the founding of NOW, when ladies wore hats and gloves, to the emergence of more radical factions of women’s liberation; from intellectuals like Kate Millett to the street theatrics of WITCH (Women’s International Conspiracy from Hell!). Artfully combining dramatizations, performance and archival imagery, the film recounts the stories of women who fought for their own equality, and in the process created a world-wide revolution. The film does not

try to romanticize the early movement, but dramatizes it in its exhilarating, quarrelsome, sometimes heart-wrenching glory. Nor does it shy away from the controversies over race, sexual preference and leadership that arose in the women’s movement. It captures the spirit of the time - thrilling, scandalous, and often hilarious. Co-sponsored by the YWCA Orange County, the Downing Film Center at 19 Front Street, Newburgh, commemorates Women’s History Month with She’s Beautiful When She’s Angry, March 8-10. The Monday screening will be followed by a discussion led by the YWCA. For reservations: 845-561-3686.

Ralph Williams is an innovative and unprecedented artist. He is an anointed musician, three-octave singer, songwriter, and dancer. He is currently a musician at his church in Newburgh, and is also a sought after Ralph Williams Independent Artist. Ralph has most recently released his second mixtape entitled Born Again Volume 2, for which Devon Renell, Bryan Perry, his mother Althea Williams, Divine Inspiration and S.4.G. were featured artists. Jermaine Paul, also from the Hudson Valley area, is an American R&B/soul artist,

songwriter and multiinstrumentalist. He was the winner of the second season of The Voice. Prior to The Voice, he was co-nominated at the 48th Grammy Awards for Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Jermaine Paul Vocals, in a collaborative work with Alicia Keys as the featured artist. Safe Harbors of the Hudson is welcoming the two artists to the Lobby at the Ritz Theater, 107 Broadway in Newburgh on March 21 at 8:00pm. Tickets can be purchased by calling the box office at 845-784-1199.

Soon at The Ritz

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Jazzmosis Rocks in Narrowsburg

“For readers who are less familiar with both the terms and the music of jazz rock, also called jazz fusion, this new way of playing jazz originated in the same 1960’s London that created the rock British Invasion by the Beatles and company. To quote jazz historian Alyn Shipton: “When jazz rock began, it was an attempt to escape the conventions of the jazz rhythm section, but by taking a different direction than free jazz. It went in the opposite direction, abandoning the loose interaction of jazz rhythm playing for the taught, tightly controlled, on-the-beat sounds of rock.” “Jazz rock went worldwide when the American likes of Miles Davis, in his electric phase, or the all-star Weather Report band picked up the British baton. This new jazz genre was hot as hot could be during the seventies and eighties, then unexpectedly cooled off when the jazz of Wynton Marsalis and company pushed things in the direction of acoustic “hard bop” again. Elements of jazz rock persisted in another new, syncretic jazz stream, Bethel blues-roots-rock band Yasgur (bottom photo)” which has never seen an

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inspiring musical form of any genre, from anywhere in the world, that it will not stir into its heady jazz brew. “Jazzmosis is an egalitarian quartet, which either has no leader or four leaders, depending upon how you look at things: guitarist Steve Schwartz, drummer Mike Cervone, Gregg Fiske plays both acoustic sax and an electronic wind controller, and Tom Wolpe, bass. Their music leans more towards improvised rock music that’s strongly inspired by jazz, especially the jazz rock fusion that emerged in the late sixties. One factor in that inclination is that the quartet feels kind of hemmed in by the harmonic rules of mainstream jazz improvisation, and likes to venture into musical structures. The main thing though, is that these guys simply prefer the kind of extended, improvised solos and band interaction that made its way from blues and R&B into rock.” Philip Ehrensaft Jazzmosis and Bethel blues-roots-rock band Yasgur (bottom photo) appear at the Tusten Theatre, 210 Bridge Street, Narrowsburg, on March 28 at 7:30pm. For tickets, phone 845-252-7272.

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May I Have A Word With You...Language and its Oddities with Carol Pozefsky WHERE IS THY STING? There was a time when celebrities known by one name were rare and original. Then came the one name epidemic; a copy-cat fever: Prince, Seal, Madonna, Cher, Sinbad, Shakira, Sting, Rihanna, Kesha, Bono, Coolio, Divine, Eminem, Pink, Fabio, Adele, Ashanti...Try counting the onenamers when you’re sleepless instead of counting sheep; Liberace, Mozart, Napoleon, Jay ZZZZZZZZ MUSICAL NOTES A pastorale is a piece of music suggesting simple, rural life. An intermezzo is a movement between main sections of a longer work such as an opera. A requiem is a composition written for a funeral mass. A nonet is a composition for nine instruments or voices. A basso profundo is an exceptionally deep bass voice. CULTCHA AND LOININ’ A culture vulture can never get enough theater, concerts, museums, lectures, opera and the like. Conversely, a misosophist is a culture revulture; a person who can’t stand learning

John Barrymore “Svengali” (1931)

Donald Wolfit “Svengali” (1954)

and the arts, hates school, studying, books and teachers of every kind. A Svengali is an evil manipulator, one using a strong personal influence if not satanic powers to compel another to do his or her bidding. The original Svengali was an evil hypnotist in George DuMaurier’s novel Trilby. RELATIVITY Colorization is the addition of color to films originally shot in black and white. In the year 2001, controversy raged over Ted Turner’s decision to colorize certain black and white films shown on TCM, his classic movie channel. No one was neutral on the issue: “It’s a desecration of an art form!” “No! It’s more realistic and more entertaining to see green trees and pink cheeks!” Editorials, op-ed pieces, talk shows...white hot opinions! No way of escaping them...and then the Towers fell and we never heard about colorization again. End of story.

Four-Time Grammy Winner Randy Brecker at Orange Hall by Philip Ehrensaft Crème-de-la-crème venues across North America and Europe have hosted the jazz trumpet virtuoso and noted jazz composer Randy Brecker. That’s not surprising for a musician who has put out not one, or two, or three, but four albums that won a coveted Grammy Award. So SUNY Orange Cultural Affairs’ presentation of a March 7, 8:00pm concert by the Randy Brecker Quintet is a considerable coup both for the college and for the Hudson Valley scene. Brecker wears three successful musical hats: a master trumpeter, composer, and band leader in the dominant acoustic Hard Bop jazz genre; a pioneer and continuing force in Jazz Rock; and pop music. At Orange Hall, he’ll wear his Hard Bop hat. We’ll compare Hard Bop to other jazz genres in a moment. Jazz Rock as practiced by Brecker and other kindred spirits is not a watered-down hybrid between jazz and pop music. From the 1960’s onward, a hardy network of jazz musicians brought Rock’s innovative use of electronic instruments and electronic processing of acoustic instruments, and the driving back beat of Rhythm and Blues, into jazz in order to enrich it, not water it down. When Brecker does pop, he does pop. Evidently the man likes

to party. Brecker’s band on March 7 will be the venerable acoustic bop quintet format: Brecker on trumpet and flugelhorn; Ada Rovati, saxes; Jill McCarron, piano; Steve Laspina, bass; and Steve Johns, drums. On that flugelhorn: its mellow, rounder sound is half-way between a trumpet and French Horn. In jazz, the instrument is most notably associated with some of Miles Davis’ great reflective solos. Which is ironic, since flugel means flank in German, and its distinctive sound was used by the nineteenth century Prussian army to deliver signals to the infantry’s flanks. When Brecker was born in 1945, a jazz revolution was under way. Younger musicians like Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie, Thelonius Monk, and Gil Evans started in swing but envisaged a next, inherently logical stage of development.

Over the next decade, their new Bebop became the dominant jazz genre. Where swing was driven by insistent four-beat rhythms, bebop created complex rhythms; vastly enriched the jazz harmonic vocabulary and complexity of melodic lines; and involved constant improvised interplay between soloists and the rhythm section, often at breakneck speed placing great demands on physical and mental dexterity. Then, in the late 1950’s, Bop masters like the drummer Art Blakey and the pianist Horace Silver decided to move blues and AfricanAmerican gospel roots into the center of Bebop’s heady brew. Their Bebop stage 2 became known as Hard Bop. A young Randy Brecker left his University of Indiana music studies to learn directly-by-doing in the Big Apple. In short order, Brecker joined both the iconic Blakey and Silver bands - very tough schools indeed. Hard Bop, often labeled as Neo-Bop in more recent manifestations, became the mainstream jazz genre - though hardly the only stream of this diverse, ever-evolving music. On March 7, we’ll have the privilege of hearing a master of this very demanding but foot-tapping art. Orange Hall is located on the corner of Wawayanda and Grandview Avenues, Middletown. For information: see ad page 4. Tickets are available at the door, or by visiting www.sunyorange.edu/culturalaffairs

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MICV: Unique Trio in Central Valley

Verifying the fact that “distinctive, Joseph Horovitz (b. 1926) is an divergent and diverse” are common Austrian-born British composer and adjectives describing our local conductor. Ferdinando Paer (1771chamber music programming, 1839), known for his operas and Music in Central Valley’s (MICV) oratorios, was an Italian composer of next program features a unique trio: Austrian descent. clarinetist Susan Martula, soprano Barber’s Hermit Songs, composed Jody Weatherstone and pianist in 1953, is a cycle for voice and Janice Nimetz. piano. It takes as its basis a collection Susan Martula is the principal Susan Martula of anonymous poems written by Irish clarinetist of the Berkshire Symphony monks and scholars from the 8th to and the Albany Symphony. She has the 13th centuries. extensive experience in performance “[These songs] are small poems, and teaching of clarinet literature. thoughts or observations, some very Jody Weatherstone is an area short, and speak in straightforward, favorite, having appeared often with witty, and often surprisingly modern Classic Choral Society, Greater terms of the simple life they led - close Newburgh Symphony Orchestra, to nature, their animals and to God.” Tuxedo Performing Arts Group, Robin Flower, The Irish Tradition Delaware Valley Opera, and in Jody Weatherstone The Hermit Songs received their many Warwick concerts. premiere in 1953 at the Library of Fresh from her February stint Congress, with soprano Leontyne playing music by Robert Schumann Price and Barber himself as pianist. for Potluck Concerts, MICV Weatherstone will sing six of the producer and educator Janice Nimetz cycle’s ten songs, with English and her associates will include the translations by W.H. Auden, Howard Sonatina for Clarinet and Piano Mumford Jones, Chester Kallman, (1981) by Joseph Horovitz, Beatus and Seán Ó Faoláin. Vir for Clarinet, Soprano, and Piano The free concert is on March 29 at by Ferdinando Paer, four songs by Janice Nimetz 3:00pm in the Central Valley United Aaron Copland and selections from Methodist Church, 12 Smith Clove Samuel Barber’s masterwork Hermit Songs in Road. the program. Donations are appreciated.

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MISU: Unique Trio in Ellenville

Marcia Gates, flute Bruce Jackson, bass Susan Seligman, cello Anastasia Solberg, viola Marka Young, violin

Included in the Ellenville Chamber Players A Mixed Bag, Chamber Music for Flute and Strings. is Ulster resident Eric Goldberg’s unique trio Kaddish for Mingus. “Although it’s title might make you think that Kaddish for Mingus comprises elements of jazz,” explained Goldberg, “the influence of Charles Mingus is more of purpose than practice. “In works such as Black Saint and the Sinner Lady Mingus had expressed universal emotions through the prism of his AfricanAmerican ethos. I had already written the first two movements of my then untitled trio, which attempted to express some of my own Jewish identity, and was pondering the final movement when I heard of Mingus’ death. Since the work had been commissioned by the bassist, Sue Hall Powell, it seemed evident that a bass solo, pizzicato, would be appropriate as a gesture of respect to the great, departed master.” Also on the program is a serenade by Erno Dohnányi, Laszlo Weiner’s Duo for Violin and

Viola, and Mozart’s Flute Quartet in C. Dohnányi composed the Serenade in C for String Trio, an homage to classical structure but with a distinct Hungarian flavor. In it, Dohnányi felt he achieved a personal, balanced language of his own through its Hungarian melodies and harmonies, introducing modal inflections that were later explored by Bartók and Kodály. László Weiner, a Hungarian composer,, perished in the Holocaust. He was a composition student of Zoltán Kodály who attempted to save Weiner and colleague Jenő Deutsch, to no avail. No bio info on Mozart is available at this time! The March 5, 7:30pm concert is presented by The Music Institute of Sullivan and Ulster Counties (MISU) and St. John’s Episcopal Church, both at 40 Market Street in Ellenville. Admission is by donation. Call 845-647-5087 or 845-399-1293 for more information.

Tannis is Anne

Whispering Pines Vegetarian Dreams If you are making the switch to a vegetarian diet for its health benefits, you’ll be pleased to find that there is a wonderful additional benefit to vegetarian eating: it’s delicious and fun to explore new foods. A vegetarian meal can be as familiar as spaghetti with marinara sauce, as comforting as a bowl of rich, creamy carrot soup, or as exotic as Caribbean black beans with marinated tomatoes. The switch to a vegetarian diet is easier than you might think. Most people, whether vegetarians or meat eaters, typically use a limited variety of recipes; the average family eats only eight or nine different dinners repeatedly. You can use a simple, three step method to come up with nine vegetarian dinner menus that you enjoy and can prepare easily. First, think of three vegetarian meals that you already enjoy. Common ones are vegetable stir fry, vegetable soup, or pasta primavera. Second, think of three recipes that you prepare regularly that can easily be adapted to a vegetarian menu. For example, a favorite chili recipe can be made with all of the same ingredients; just replace the meat with beans or texturized vegetable protein. Substitute bean burritos by using canned

Cooking with Chef Douglas Frey vegetarian refried beans instead of beef burritos. Many soups, stews, and casseroles also can be made into vegetarian dishes with a few simple changes. Finally, check out some vegetarian cookbooks from the library and experiment with the recipes for a week or so until you find three that are delicious and easy to make. Just like that, with minimal changes to your menus, you will have nine vegetarian dinners. After that, coming up with vegetarian options for breakfast and lunch is easy. Try muffins with fruit spread, cholesterol free French toast, or cereal for breakfasts. Sandwiches, with spreads like hummus or white bean pate, with lemon and garlic, pasta salads, or even dinner leftovers make great lunches. Enjoy the following recipes! Yam Spice Muffins Makes 10 to 12 muffins 2 c whole wheat or whole wheat pastry flour ½ c sugar 1 t baking powder ½ T baking soda ½ t salt ½ t cinnamon 1/4 t nutmeg 1 ½ c cooked, mashed yams ½ c water ½ c raisins vegetable oil spray, for muffin pan

Preheat oven to 375 F. In large bowl mix whole wheat flour, sugar, baking powder, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, nutmeg. Add yams, water, raisins. Stir until just mixed. Lightly coat muffin pan with vegetable oil spray. Fill cups to top. Bake for 25-30 minutes, or until top of muffin bounces back when pressed lightly. Let stand for 1 to 2 minutes before removing from pan. When cool, store in airtight container. Spinach Salad w/ Orange Sesame Dressing Toasted sesame seeds add wonderful flavor to this salad! 1 bunch spinach, about 6 cups of leaves 1 red or yellow bell pepper, cut into strips ½ c thinly sliced red onion 1 orange, peeled; sliced into thin rounds 1 T sesame seeds 2 T seasoned rice vinegar 1 T orange juice concentrate 1 T water Trim spinach stems and carefully wash leaves. Dry, tear large leaves into bite size pieces. Place in salad bowl along with pepper, onion, orange slices. Toast sesame seeds in a 400 F toaster oven or regular oven for 10 minutes. Transfer to blender and grind into powder. Add vinegar, orange juice concentrate, water. Blend to mix. Pour over salad and toss just before serving. For questions or personal catering, contact me at Whispering Pines Caterers, 845-647-1428.

photo by Doni Hoffman

In Shakespeare’s Will, Tannis Kowalchuk performs the role of Anne Hathaway in a lively song-filled solo performance. Basing the narrative upon the little information known about the Bard’s wife, award-winning Canadian playwright, Vern Thiessen has written a sensitive and humorous text in verse, taking great delight imagining and inventing the robust, earthy, and intelligent character of Anne Hathaway. “Tannis Kowalchuk breathes rich, layered life into the character, who is funny, wise and burdened, as she regales the audience with her experience being married to the world’s most famous playwright. Mimi McGurl’s direction is flawless, and music and sound designer Kurt Knuth’s contribution more than noteworthy.” Jonathan Fox, The River Reporter. SUNY Sullivan presents NACL Theatre’s production on March 5 at 2:00pm and 8:00pm in the Seelig Theatre. For tickets: 845-434-5750 or 800-577-5243. Students Free.

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SuperStar Soprano at SUNY Sullivan

Scottish historical by 1840 (barely 20 years novelist, playwright, and after it was composed), poet, Sir Walter Scott was there were 25 Italian the first English-language operas based on his author to have a truly works, the most famous international career in being Donizetti’s Lucia di his lifetime, with many Lammermoor. contemporary readers La Donna had many in Europe, Australia, performances throughout and North America. His major European novels and poetry are venues until about still read, and many of 1860, after which the his works remain classics opera disappeared until of both English-language 1958. In modern times, literature and of Scottish performances have been literature. Famous titles given fairly frequently include Ivanhoe, Rob Roy, due to the second half of Joyce Di Donato & Juan Diego Florez The Bride of Lammermoor the 20th Century giving in La donna del lago and The Lady of the Lake, the last two being rise to great “Rossini” singers, a happy the sources of Donizetti and Rossini operas, phenomenon still occurring thanks to the respectively. (Yes, “Lucia”.) likes of mezzo Joyce Di Donato and tenor La donna del lago (The Lady of the Lake) Juan Diego Flórez. with a libretto by Andrea Leone Tottola They join forces for this Rossini showcase was based on the French translation of a of bel canto virtuosity, set in the medieval narrative poem written in 1810 by Scott. Scottish highlands. Di Donato is the “lady of Scott’s basic story has been noted as coming the lake” in the title, and Flórez is the king from “the hint of an incident stemming from who relentlessly pursues her, with their vocal the frequent custom of James V, the King of fireworks embellishing the tragic plot. Scotland, of walking through the kingdom in SUNY Sullivan in Loch Sheldrake hosts disguise.” the Live from the Met in HD presentation of La Donna was the first of the Italian operas the opera on March 14 at 1:00pm, with a to be based on Scott’s romantic works, and pre-talk at 12:30pm. it was deeply influential in the development Tickets available at the door. Call SUNY of Italian romantic opera to the extent that Sullivan at 845-434-5700, ext. 4377.

It’s All Greek To Temple Hill Kids

Because of its relative durability, pottery comprises a large part of the archaeological record of Ancient Greece, and since there is so much of it, it has exerted a disproportionately large influence on our understanding of Greek society. Little survives, for example, of ancient Greek painting except for what is found on the earthenware in everyday use, so we must trace the development of Greek art through its vestiges on a derivative art form. For their second student show at Artology, Temple Hill School art educators Liza Mills and Nancy Bleadow are celebrating Youth Art Month with an exhibit of their 6th grade

Handmade coil pots by 6th graders!

students’ hand built coil pots painted in the “Ancient Greek Style” and some works on paper about ancient Greek pottery. The opening reception is March 5, 4:00pm-6:00pm. Artology is located at 318 Blooming Grove Turnpike in New Windsor. For more information, call 845-391-8686.

Somerville Brothers Return to Bethel

Catskill Distilling The music of the Company, where Somerville Brothers owner Stacy Cohen blends together says, “We are all contemporary about community, country with rock music, art, fun and and roots, spanning a getting great people spectrum of influence together!” from Vince Gill and For earlier dinner Restless Heart to the reservations in Eagles and Jackson Stacy jamming with The Somerville Brothers the Dancing Cat Browne. The Somerville Brothers’ rock/country Saloon or the Distillery’s Cat Stills Cafe, music returns for the umpteenth time (they are phone 845-583-3141. They are located at very popular) on March 21 at 8:00pm to the 2037 Route 17B in Bethel. 28

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