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Orange, Pike & Sullivan Counties, Ellenville & Marlboro

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Publisher’s Column by Barry Plaxen Synchronicity of the month: Art exhibitions stressing our relationship in 2018 to the Earth and the environment in Narrowsburg and Newburgh. Vocabulary Lesson: Yupo Paper: 100% recyclable, waterproof, tree-free synthetic paper. Sligo: a coastal seaport and county in Ireland and fiddling style. Qulling: paper filigree that involves the use of strips of paper that are rolled, shaped, and glued together to create decorative designs. Shmata: (Yiddish) rags. Echt: authentic and typical. Spelling Lesson: “What the H?” YES: Newburgh, Forestburgh, Hamptonburgh.

NO: Fallsburg, Narrowsburg. MAYBE: Bloomingburgh (for historical reference only), Bloomingburg (for the Sullivan village and the postal area in Orange and Sullivan Counties). In this issue: Yupo paper as a canvas in Middletown. World Premiere in Livingston Manor. Neverneverland in Walden. Music celebrating St. Patrick in Warwick, Florida, Barryville, Milford, Port Jervis, Newburgh, Greenwood Lake, Salisbury Mills and Shohola. Pechakucha in Amity. Hedy Lamarr, Bette Davis and Barbara Stanwyck in Narrowsburg, Balmville, and Ellenville. High School Students in Milford (Art) and in Washingtonville (Music).

The truth about Maria von Trapp. Quilling in Highland Mills. Eagles in Grahamsville. A string quartet that plays from memory in Montgomery. Opportunities to perform and create for teens and adults in Bethel, Ellenville and Callicoon. Free meatloaf dinners for Moms in Cochecton Center. Poetry, Holistic Arts and Acting in Sugar Loaf. Please support our advertisers. They help keep CANVAS free. CANVAS wishes a Happy 1st Birthday to Hurleyville Arts Centre... ...and congratulations to Jim Eigo of Jazz Promo Services in Warwick for his two Grammy winners!

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The Actors Workshop is offering a one evening free trial workshop on March 15 from 6:00pm-8:00pm. The program is held at the Seligmann Center, 25 White Oak Drive, Sugar Loaf. The workshop is open to anyone and is designed for students between 13-22 years of age seeking a serious career in theater. Paul Ellis, director of the Actors Workshop Ensemble and the Air Pirates Radio Theater is directing the workshop. Ellis’s past students have been accepted to some of the finest conservatories. Many have been seen on Broadway, in major films, & TV. The free workshop is an introduction to the program and techniques taught in the program. The ten-week workshop is designed to emphasize the group process in the development of theatrical performance. Actors will be asked to explore written material in light of their own emotional recall, personal experience, and group relationships. For information call 845-978-1776.

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INSIDE Calendars Art & Photography ��16 Books ��13 Category ��13 Children & Teen’s ��16 Demos, Lectures & Masterclasses ��12 Music - Pop, Folk, Rock, etc., ��12 March 2018 Calendar ��14-15 Columns May I Have A Word With You ��4 Meet Me in The Greenroom ��21 Stories 4 Pastelists, Cornwall �� 11 Amity Gallery, Warwick �� 11, 25 Ann Street Gallery, Newburgh ��7 Artery, Milford ��23 Artists’ Market, Shohola ��28 Barryville Area Arts Association ��28 Bethel Woods ��13 Big Joe Fitz & The Lo-Fi’s ��17 Bob Holman, poet ��25 Cannon Hersey, artist ��27 Catskill Art Society, Livingston Manor ��18 Chester Library ��12 Chiara String Quartet ��3 Cornerstone Theatre Arts, Goshen ��21 Crawford Arts Association, Pine Bush ��10 Delaware Valley Arts Alliance ��18, 24 Eisenhower Hall Theatre, West Point ��14 Ellie Stover, photographer ��23 Evelyn Albino, thespian ��21 Florida Library ��26, 28 Gallery at Chant Realtors, Lords Valley ��23 Goshen Art League ��22 Grand Montgomery Chamber Music ��3

Community Arts: News, Views And Schedules Managing Editor, Barry Plaxen barry@dhcanvas.com Editor, Sophia Krcic editor@dhcanvas.com ads@dhcanvas.com Delaware & Hudson CANVAS 297 Stone Schoolhouse Road Bloomingburg, NY 12721 www.dhcanvas.com 845.926.4646 / 4647 Facebook: D&H CANVAS Please email calendar submissions by the 15th of the prior month to calendar@dhcanvas.com Please email submissions for classifieds to classified@dhcanvas.com Nothing in this publication may be reproduced without written permission of the publisher. Greenwood Lake Library �� 19, 25, 28 Hannah Johnson, artist �� 18 Henning’s Local, Cochecton Center �� 26 Highland Mills Library �� 18 Hudson Highlands Nature Museum � 14, 20 Hurleyville Arts Centre ��8 Hurleyville Makers Lab �� 27 Jazz Promo Services, Warwick �� 16 Jodi Yeaple-King, artist �� 10 Judith Hummer, artist ��7 Leo’s Italian Restaurant, Cornwall ��11 Liberty Museum & Arts Center �� 10 Live from The Met in HD ��9 Margo Claster, artist �� 22 Merle Louise, interview ��5 Milkweed, Sugar Loaf �� 26 Mt. St. Mary College Desmond Campus ��10, 24 Music Institute of Sullivan & Ulster �� 26 NACL Theatre �� 26 New Rose Theatre, Walden ��6 North East Watercolor Society ��7 Orange Regional Medical Center �� 23 Paramount Theater, Middletown �� 15 Parting Glass Band �� 28 Ritz Theatre, Newburgh �� 17 Roger Dowd, artist �� 10 Seligmann Center, Sugar Loaf �� 2, 25 Shadowland Stages, Ellenville ��4 Shannon Almanzar, artist �� 23 Sullivan High School Students �� 13 SUNY Orange, Middletown �� 5, 7, 8, 17 SUNY Orange, Newburgh ��3 SUNY Sullivan, Loch Sheldrake ��9 Time & the Valleys Museum, Grahamsville ��20 Wallkill River School, Montgomery �� 19 Washingtonville High School Band �� 12, 14 Weekend of Chamber Music �� 27 Wisner Library, Warwick �� 10, 28 Wurtsboro Art Alliance �� 20

Radio Talk: March 1

Grand Montgomery Chamber Music Series: Chiara Quartet

On March 1 at 7:00pm, radio personality Kacey Morabito Grean will present a master classlecture, Making a Life in Radio in the Orange Bank & Trust Co. Great Room 101 in SUNY Orange’s Kaplan Hall. Come and learn the “rules of radio” and what it takes to create a winning program. Hear “behind the scenes” stories that reveal the secret ingredient to having a great career, along with “celebrity audio clips and bloopers you will never forget!” An awardwinning radio broadcaster, Grean has helped to wake up the Hudson Valley with music, news, sports, weather, traffic, and trivia on 100.7 WHUD’s Mike & Kacey in the Morning for 18 years. She hosts podcast Shine On: the Health & Happiness Show, where guests have included authors, healers, and Ted Talk-ers. She is also a Reiki master, inspirational speaker, and leads women’s forums throughout the Hudson Valley. The program is free and open to the public. Kaplan Hall is located at the corner of Grand & First Streets, Newburgh. Free and secure parking is available in the Kaplan Hall garage accessible at 73 First Street. For information, call Cultural Affairs at 845-341-9386.

In the last few years, Shostakovich has throughout a work, combined with a joined Haydn, Mozart and Beethoven as light-handed variation technique that one of the most often performed string carried his motto theme through subtle quartet composers in Orange, Pike and ongoing transformations. Sullivan. (Dvorak’s 12th “American”, The Chiara String Quartet has been Ravel’s and Debussy’s quartets are the playing string quartets and asking most “singular” performed quartets.) probing questions since 2000. Always In 2016 and 2017 alone, local concertinterested in engaging with the music at goers heard Shostakovich’s 7th (Verona its core as well as reaching audiences, String Quartet in Livingston Manor & the quartet has dedicated itself to finding Milford), Shostakovich’s 3rd (Sullivan ways to make the musical experience County Chamber Orchestra Quartet meaningful for all involved. In this in Liberty), his 6th (Hudson Valley pursuit, the quartet has performed in String Quartet in Warwick), and, again, Chiara Quartet: Rebecca Fischer & Hyeyung Julie Yoon, venues from major concert halls to violins; Jonah Sirota, viola; Gregory Beaver, cello. the 7th (American String Quartet in clubs, created interactive programs Newburgh). himself, and that the published dedication for all ages, and most recently taken to The Chiara String Quartet, last heard was imposed by the Russian authorities. performing and recording from memory, or locally in Montgomery in 2013, is bringing us Shostakovich’s friend, Lev Lebedinsky, said “by heart.” Described by an audience member Shostakovich’s Quartet # 8. “The piece was that Shostakovich thought of the work as his as “a 3-D experience for the listener,” playing written shortly after two traumatic events in epitaph and that he planned to commit suicide by heart is deeply rewarding for the Chiara the life of the composer: the first presentation around this time.” Wikipedia as well; memorizing the score helps them to of debilitating muscular weakness that would On a happier note, (no pun intended) closely relate to the composer’s compositional eventually be diagnosed as amyotrophic Debussy wrote his quartet when he was 31 process. The Quartet has announced that lateral sclerosis, and his reluctant joining of years old. He planned to write two string 2017-2018 will be its final concert season. the Communist Party. quartets, only one of which materialized. On March 18 at 3:00pm the Chiara String “According to the score, it is dedicated Debussy created an audaciously ultra- Quartet will perform Shostakovich and ‘to the victims of fascism and the war’. His modernquartetwithstartlinglybeautifuleffects. Debussy without printed music, or “by heart,” son Maxim interprets this as a reference to He utilized the “cyclical” method advocated for the Grand Montgomery Chamber Music the victims of all totalitarianism, while his by Franz Liszt, a method characterized by Series at the Montgomery Senior Center, 36 daughter Galina says that he dedicated it to the recurrence of certain themes or motifs Bridge Street. Admission is free.

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Laugh with Buster, Cry with Barbara Shadowland Stages is On March 10, Buster offering its 7th series of Keaton stars with Ernest Matinees at Shadowland Torrence and Marion classic movie programs Byron in Steamboat Bill as a prelude to its 2018 Jr. This classic silent Main Stage season. comedy is an infectious Return to those golden combination of satire and days of yesteryear sight gags that climaxes for a series of vintage with one of the most feature films as well Edward Arnold, Barbara Stanwyck, Gary hilarious typhoons to hit as cartoons, shorts and Cooper & Walter Brennan in “Meet John Doe” the screen. Also with an serial chapters. early Popeye cartoon and a rare early musical “Matinees at Shadowland,” according fantasy featuring Paul Dukas’ Sorcerer’s to Brendan Burke, Shadowland’s Artistic Apprentice ten years before Mickey Mouse Director, “continues to give us a chance to met those magical brooms, and, as usual, an keep the theater open while we prepare our Adventures of Captain Marvel chapter. Main Stage season, and it continues to offer “On March 24 we will present Frank young and old alike a chance to experience the Capra’s classic socio-political comedy Meet type of movie-going experience that has long John Doe,” said Faiola. “It’s the story of a since disappeared from the mainstream.” drifter who is talked into being the front man “Our series this year features something for for a populist movement that is, in reality, a everyone - young and old alike,” says series scheme by a fascist mogul in his quest for the coordinator Ray Faiola. “And, of course, we White House.” “One of America’s greatest continue to present our events on celluloid films, brilliantly written, directed and acted. rather than use digital projection. Even our Not to be missed,” says CANVAS writer annual Sponsor Salute Short is presented Derek Leet. on film. And we are having a ‘Count the See it along with Captain Marvel, Bugs Magic Beans’ contest throughout the series, Bunny in Tex Avery’s A Wild Hare and a the winner of which will be announced at Vitaphone Variety short Rhythm on Ice. the April 7 screening. The winner will be All matinees at Shadowland Stages, 157 awarded two tickets to any Shadowland Canal Street, Ellenville, begin at 2:00pm. Stages 2018 Main Stage production.” For information: 845-647-5511.

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May I Have A Word With You ... Quips, Quotes & Quiddities with Carol Pozefsky OPERA WIND-FREE Opera plots are often long and convoluted. Author Sterling Fuller-Lewis simplifies them for us in his little book, The Plot Thins. La Bohème by Giacomo Puccini: The tenor and the soprano fall in love and she moves in, but then they fall out of love and she moves out. Eventually she gets very ill and moves back in but it’s too late and she dies. The tenor is very sad. Curtain. Body count: one. Madama Butterfly by Giacomo Puccini: The soprano is in love with the tenor, but he’s a cad and leaves after having his way with her. She bears his child and pines for him to return which he eventually does dragging along a mezzo-soprano wife. Now he decides he wants his kid so the soprano stabs herself and dies. Curtain. Body count: one. Elektra by Richard Strauss: The soprano is very disturbed since, a very long time ago, her mezzo mom and her tenor stepdad got together and killed her birthdad. So she’s wanted retribution for lo these many years. At long last, her baritone brother shows up. They schmooze a little to catch up, then he enters the palace and offs the mezzo mom and the tenor stepdad. The soprano is very

happy and dances herself to death. Curtain. Body count: three. IS THIS A TRAPP? Artistic license allows scriptwriters to bend the truth for dramatic effect. But, it’s nice, too, to know the real story. A theater historian writes that contrary to Hollywood’s The Sound of Music, the singing von Trapp family did not cross the Alps into Switzerland to escape the Nazis. They had only to cross the railroad tracks behind their Austrian villa and board a train to Italy where Georg von Trapp had citizenship. After seeing the film, Maria von Trapp (see photo) snapped, “Don’t they know geography in Hollywood? Salzburg does not border on Switzerland!” Maria wrote this about the children’s father, Georg von Trapp: “I really and truly was not in love...I loved the children, so in a way I really married the children.” Three von Trapp children were entirely omitted from the film and all the names of the children were changed so there never even was a little Liesl!

Lead Belly’s Blues Through a Jazz Lens Huddie William Ledbetter became Nussbaum is interpreting old Lead the iconic figure, Lead Belly, in the Belly tunes which inspired him as music world during the first half of a child, through a jazz lens.” And, the twentieth century. Although he Nussbaum describes his three played piano, mandolin, harmonica, cohorts in the Project as “very violin, and diatonic accordion gifted, forward thinking musicians known as a windjammer, he was with a firm grasp of the tradition Adam Nussbaum best known for his virtuosity on the photo: who know how to listen, react and Neil Swanson twelve-string guitar. respond.” According to Dan McClenaghan So, come to the William and of allthatjazz.com, “Lead Belly was Helen Richards Theatre at Orange one of the more polished of the delta Hall, SUNY Orange, on March 2 blues artists, relatively speaking. An at 8:00pm for a memorable evening inspirational artist, Lead Belly has of The Music of Lead Belly & found its way into jazz explorations more: Goodnight Irene, Bring Me often.” A Little Water, Sylvie, Black Betty, Ohad Talmor The music of Lead Belly was Grey Goose, and Green Corn to one of Adam Nussbaum’s parents’ name a few, played by drummer favorites. Consequently, he grew Adam Nussbaum, saxophonist up listening to the music as they Ohad Talmor, and the electric often played Lead Belly records. guitar tandem of Steve Cardenas Nussbaum has carried the love of this and Nate Radley. music throughout his music career, All tickets can be purchased and now finally decided to create the Steve Cardenas at the box office beginning one Lead Belly Project so that he can hour before the concert, or online “use this music as a springboard to anytime at www.sunyorange.edu/ play. It is simple and clear.” arts_comm/ticketing.shtml plus a Nussbaum is considered to be $2.50 service charge for each online one of the finest jazz drummers. ticket. Free tickets for all students So, as jazz pianist/composer and are available only at the box office. SUNY Orange music professor See adjacent story for address Nate Radley Chris Parker states, “Adam photo: Peter Gannushkin and additional information.

Merle Louise Interviewed in Middletown Getting “up close and personal” with anything Broadway always has a glitz about it. But, the practical aspect offers a learning opportunity on how one achieves the goal of acting on the Broadway stage and sustains that hard-earned status, making it a career. Merle Louise is a Broadway legend! She has spent her life on the Great White Way, beginning her career as a young adult, performing with Ethel Merman in the original Broadway production of Gypsy in 1959. She went on to become one of the most frequent interpreters of the musicals of Stephen Sondheim and Harold Prince, as an original cast member of Company (1970), Sweeney Todd (1979), and Into the Woods (1987). For her creation of the role of the Beggar Woman in Sweeney Todd, she won the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical in 1979. She also performed in the original casts of Jerry Herman’s La Cage aux Folles (1983), John Kander and Fred Ebb’s Kiss of the Spider Woman (1993), and Elton John’s Billy Elliot (2008). She appears on the cast albums for the Broadway shows in which she appeared. In her regional theatre roles in classical theatre, she is an acclaimed actress in works by Shakespeare, Chekhov, Molière, Pinter, Ibsen, and Shaw. Originally from Bethlehem, PA, Louise’s

working class family saw to her getting singing and acting lessons in New York as a child. Then, she began to perform while still in high school, moving to the city soon after. Throughout her life, she raised a family, traveled the world, completed a college degree in her 70’s, and overcame challenges of many kinds. Joanne Zipay is founder and former artistic director of NYC’s Judith Shakespeare Company. Presently, she is the assistant SUNY Orange Cultural Affairs coordinator and an adjunct instructor of speech and screenwriting in the Arts and Communication Department. In an exclusive event, Zipay will interview Merle Louise about her life and experiences onstage and off, including the famous individuals with whom she has worked. Louise will also give advice for up-and-coming performers. A Q&A session will follow. Come to the William and Helen Richards Theatre at Orange Hall on March 7 at 7:00pm for Merle Louise: Life on Broadway - an interview. This Cultural Affairs program is free and open to the public. For information, email cultural@sunyorange.edu or call 845-3414891. Orange Hall is located at the corner of Wawayanda & Grandview Avenues (GPS: 24 Grandview Avenue), Middletown.

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Walden’s New Rose Theatre: Dee Wright’s “Peter Pan Ballet” Opening March 2 On March 2, the New Rose Theatre in Walden will present Peter Pan Ballet under the disciplined and proficient hand of Dee Tabitha Wright. The well known narrative, of course, is the brain child of J.M. Barrie. His 1904 play is a classic that thrives on interpretations across and around the planet. For thematically, who in that audience can resist the temptation to remain forever a child and live in place called ‘Neverneverland’? As a lost boy with the ability to fly, play with fairies and escape the deadly grasp of a onehanded, treacherous pirate, appropriately named Hook, the appeal is unparalleled. The influence and natural appeal of such a life has had the effect of creating a psychological disorder interestingly called the Peter Pan Syndrome (PPS). It should be noted that PPS is not a medically accepted term. But, the term was coined by pop psychology author Dan Kiley in his book Peter Pan Syndrome: Men Who Have Never Grown Up. To provide equal time and avoid legitimate critics, there exists another publication by the same author: The Wendy Dilemma: When Women Stop Mothering Their Men. Growing up in the world of dance and theatre is a reality encountered by teacher, choreographer and director Dee Wright. She’s confronted and knows the truth: There really

is no Neverneverland! for a period of only three As a confident, wellmonths. trained dancer, filled with Beginning to feel seeds of enthusiasm and discouraged, Dee recalls a work ethic designed to saying to her mom, nurture those seeds with “Maybe I don’t want to do arduous tasks and ol’ this anymore.” Although fashioned perspiration, now sensing the shadows Dee left her home and of dampened enthusiasm, family in Walden and set Dee’s auditions were her compass for the bright beginning to attract lights and theatre of New attention and she received York City. Although her eight call backs for mom, Amanda, sternly Disney’s First National warned, “You’re not Tour of Aida. ready!” While teaching at Audition followed the Hudson Valley audition followed by Conservatory of Fine Keely Wright as “Captain Hook” practice and more practice, Arts she received her classes at the Broadway Dance Center plus eighth call back. It was in December of 2001, work as a restaurant hostess. After two years a mere three months following that tragic of work and call backs, Dee conceded, “Mom day. She recalls a member of the production’s was right. I am not ready.” Following a period creative team’s telephone call, “You don’t just shy of three years and a month after her have to dance; all you have to do is sing.” Dee twenty-first birthday, Dee was finally selected recalls exclaiming to mom, “I am a dancer for a part in the show Play On. At the conclusion first! I am not a singer. I can sing enough to of the show’s short run, Dee returned to the do musical theatre, but I am not a singer.” world of auditions, short commercials and a At the theatre, the production’s musical bit on Saturday Night Live, and finally landed director called her aside and asked, “Do you a part in the musical The Wiz, which lasted want this job? Then sing like you want it!”

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She sang one more time and left the eighth audition with a bowed head, took the subway to Grand Central and as she approached her gate her cell rang. While standing on the platform she was told by her agent that she landed the part in Aida and had to leave in the morning to catch the seventeen-truck road show. Dee toured with Aida for two and one-half years. It was here she learned the ropes, the reality and complexities of musical theatre. Since this time Dee has been a teacher of dance (ballet, jazz), at the Hudson Valley Conservatory of Fine Arts and director and choreographer at the New Rose Theatre in Walden. Her current project is a revised adaptation of the classic Peter Pan. A production “that celebrates the joy of storytelling and the power of imagination through dance.” A true delight in this production is Regan Gordon in the feisty role of Peter with Sophia Baker portraying the ever-kind Wendy. But of course, and returning to the stage in the dominating role of Captain Hook, is the all-time New Rose Theatre favorite Keely Wright. Opening night is March 2, and it runs through March 10 at the New Rose Theatre, 35 East Main Street, Walden. Check out the ad on page 17 for additional information.

SUNYO Demo: Yupo, Hake & Saran Wrap by Kate Hyden

Last year a bevy of North East Watercolor Society (NEWS) members surrounded artist Judith Hummer, peppering her with questions on her prize winning painting titled Windy Marsh. Queries such as “What kind of paper is that?”, “What kinds of brushes?”, “How are you getting that effect?”, “Was that done before or after?” and many others, I am convinced, led the NEWS committee to select Judith as this year’s watercolor demonstration artist. Judith’s presentation, which she will perform during the opening reception for the NEWS 2018 Members Show on March 3, will take place at 2:30pm in Orange Hall, and will be a “showall” demonstration entitled Let Your Creativity Flow with Watercolor on Yupo Paper. Everyone attending can watch her masterful manipulation of the extremely tricky art of working with Yupo paper. As she describes it, “[Yupo] has a lot of elements and techniques to it that are exciting to watch (if I do it well!). There will be stamping and Saran wrap, and I also use the hake brush. “I love to experiment and play with various techniques and surfaces to see what type of marks I can produce. I seem to always

“Windy Marsh” by Judith Hummer

be looking for something around the house that can help me achieve the look I am going for. When I first tried Yupo paper I loved the textures I was able to create with it. I also liked the fact that you could wipe the whole thing down and try it

again.” Both NEWS and a separate exhibit by Hummer run through March 20 at SUNY Orange’s Orange Hall Gallery, 24 Grandview Avenue, Middletown. The March 3 reception will run from 1:00pm-4:15pm and will feature refreshments, music and over 100 paintings on exhibit. Whatever the elements are doing on March 3, snow, rain, or the famous March winds, join us for Judith Hummer’s full-of-surprises demonstration! For more information: 845-341-4891.

“Spring Into Art!” with CAA in Pine Bush

The dark frigid days of winter of the Mid-Hudson Valley and have had their last words as the it’s environs. warm breezes of spring take Along with this art show, the over the landscape! The hope CAA has announced their 5th of tulips and daffodils reaching challenge: painting or drawing for the sun from the thawing soil (in a wide variety of media) the has finally arrived, and with that Tarrytown Light House by the the Crawford Arts Association Tappen Zee Bridge. A $25 prize is celebrating with their Spring will be awarded to the most Into Art exhibit opening March interesting, outstanding artwork 14 and running through May 9. created! Artists were asked to create For rules, visit the CAA Artwork by Sal Aiello the arrival of the season with FaceBook page. For info about colorful renditions that depict the awakening the CAA, email salaiello93@gmail.com

“Anthropocene” - Climate Change Art

The human influence The works in the exhibit on the planet is presently are the response of 24 so profound, scientists artists working in a variety have coined our period in of disciplines. Hopefully, the Earth’s timeline as the within this gallery setting, Anthropocene - the age visitors will take the of humans. It is a crisis of opportunity to contemplate unimaginable consequences some of these urgent issues; and the effect on global humanity’s collective ecosystems is arguably one impact on the planet and to think differently about of our greatest collective their own behaviors and challenges. “Aves” by Eloisa Guanlao TheAnn Street Gallery’s newest exhibition, relationship to the environment. The exhibition was curated by Virginia Anthropocene, will explore climate change and its devastating results on our environment, Walsh and will be on view through April 7. The Ann Street Gallery is located at 104 while acknowledging that humans are the Ann Street, Newburgh. Call 845-784-1146. dominant force of this global catastrophe.

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SUNY Orange’s “History of the Violin Part 2” in Two Parts! by Derek Leet Back by popular demand: History of the Violin! But this time it is History of the Violin 2, a concert with Peter Winograd, violinist of the world class American String Quartet; Caterina Szepes, violinist with the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra; and Jon Klibonoff, pianist, who will perform “favorite hits from the baroque through the 20th century.” “The total music with intermission is a little less than 90 minutes but I will be speaking before each piece to present any information about how this work influenced the evolution of the violin - or just why I think it is important in the history,” explained Winograd. “We’ll also have a Q&A immediately following the performance.” The History of the Violin 2: “Sturm and Drang” The first half of the afternoon will include movements from important Violin/Piano Sonatas by Mozart, Beethoven, Greig and Brahms. The History of the Violin 2: “The Ecstatic Voice” The second half will include movements from major Sonatas by Beethoven, Franck,

and Ravel, along with two works by Elgar and Sarasate, and the last movement from Moszkowski’s Suite for Two Violins. Sir Edward Elgar’s Salut d’amour was originally composed for violin and piano. But because the melody is so outstanding (read: “exquisite”), other instrumentalists wanted to perform it, and so it has been adapted for cello, violin & cello, oboe and organ. It was even arranged as a song, Woo thou, Sweet Music with words by A. C. Bunten. Elgar finished the piece in July 1888, when he was romantically involved with his future wife. The first public performance was of an orchestral version, not (to me) as thrilling as the solo versions. Unlike the above, Martín Melitón Pablo de Sarasate y Navascués’ Navarra was composed for two violins and orchestra and later arranged for violins and piano. YES!, though it is in essence a waltz (it’s in 3/4 time) it has all the elements we expect from Sarasate: flair, virtuosity and pizzicato. Sarasate fans’ pleasure(s) will be doubled! “Moritz Moszkowski was known the world over as the “Sunshine Composer.” When he died in April 1925, a prominent musical journal reported, “Moszkowski dead! So painful an announcement has not stricken the entire musical word since the deaths of Chopin, Rubinstein, and Liszt, of whom he was a worthy successor.”

“Today it seems rather curious that Moszkowski’s name should be included into such an illustrious list of legacy composers. However, at the turn of the twentieth century he was considered Peter Winograd the “most photo by Peter Schaaf successful salon composer of the present day, and a natural heir to Chopin.” “Critics immediately hailed his Suite for 2 Violins and Piano as a spectacular and brilliant work.” Quotes from www.interlude.hk. Peter Winograd joined the American String Quartet in 1990. He gave his first solo public performance at the age of 11, and at age 17 he was accepted as a scholarship student at The Juilliard School. His mother was a professional pianist, and his father, Arthur Winograd, was the founding cellist of the Juilliard Quartet and a conductor of the Hartford Symphony in Hartford, CT, where Winograd grew up. Caterina Szepes was born in Berlin, Germany, into a musical family. Her father was an opera singer and her mother a violinist. She has collaborated with many

Caterina Szepes

Jon Klibonoff

photo by Nan Melville

artists, including members of the Juilliard and American String Quartets. Jon Klibonoff has established a versatile career as orchestra soloist, recitalist and chamber musician throughout the U.S. and abroad. He is a graduate of The Juilliard School and Manhattan School of Music. Tickets are available online at www. sunyorange.edu/arts_comm/ticketing.shtml for the March 11 at 3:00pm concert in the William and Helen Richards Theatre in Orange Hall, Wawayanda & Grandview Avenues (GPS: 24 Grandview Avenue). The box office opens at 2:00pm the day of the performance for at-the-door purchase and for free student tickets. Call Cultural Affairs at 845-341-4891 or email cultural@sunyorange.edu for additional information. See ad page 27.

Happy Birthday Hurleyville Arts Centre! “You did it! One year ago the Hurleyville Arts Centre opened the box office and entertained with our first live show. It has been a wonderful ride. We are excited to continue learning, relaxing, dancing, singing, crying and laughing; celebrating life through art, with you. “Hold on to your seats it’s going to be a fantastic season! This year we will bring you

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more great movies, theater, music, dance and storytelling!” The Arts Centre Cinema & Stage will be closed through March 16 - but - open mic at Gallery 222, Friday night salsa, yoga and other classes continue! Movies resume March 16. Check the website for classes: https://hurleyvilleartscentre.org See page 27 for the Hurleyville Makers Lab artist-in-residence (through May).

“Semiramide” is Back and SUNY Sullivan’s Got It!

The Most Famous Opera by the Most Famous Composer of the First Half of the 19th Century Dominates, Disappears & Reappears by Philip Ehrensaft

“No composer in the first half of the 19th century enjoyed the measure of prestige, wealth, popular acclaim or artistic influence that belonged to...” - Philip Gossett, Grove Music Online. The composer in question is Giachomo Rossini (1792-1868), the opera is Semiramide, which the Met Opera Live in HD will broadcast across the world on March 10. Today we know Rossini mostly by his splendidly melodic “opera buffa” (comic operas). In his own time, Rossini was equally famous for his “opera seria,” (serious opera) based on great figures of history or major European myths. But, quoting Gossett once more: “Superb as the buffo operas are, Rossini is historically more important as a composer of opera seria. He threw off 18th-century formulae and codified new conventions that dominated Italian opera for half a century.” Rossini penned his first of thirty-two operas at the ripe old age of fourteen. In 1829, his last opera, Guillaume Tell, premiered in Paris, where Rossini was the leading composer in a city that was central for European opera. Rossini retired from composing operas when he was thirty-seven, sensing that his phase of leading innovations was ending. Rossini lived another four decades and lived very well indeed on the basis of wealth accumulated during his opera career. But, due to ill health, his excellent composing in a diversity of classical music genres was sparse and scattered compared to his past paces. The gems that are there, especially his songs, are exactly that, gems. So it’s curiouser and curiouser that Semiramide basically disappeared except as a performance rarity between the mid-19th and late 20th centuries. Really curious because: 1.) Semiramide is the pinnacle of Rossini’s opera seria; 2.) Semiramide enjoyed enormous success as it was performed all across Europe;

3.) It is magnificent Rossini’s departure musical drama. from Italian opera of And curious yet: the time. Prevailing Rossini didn’t pull practice was ample out any old story as space for singers to the inspiration for interject their own his peak opera seria. elaborations of the He chose Europe’s score. Rossini was a fascination with the pioneer in specifying original Tiger Mom, every single note, Samu-Ramit, Queen often elaborate and of the vast Assyrian difficult notes, for Empire, the most his singers. Rossini powerful woman composed fast but in the history of the Ildar Abdrazakov & Angela Meade in “Semiramide” he composed tight. ancient world. We’re talking about an empire After the mid-19th century, Samu-Ramit’s that stretched from Turkey east to Iran, and prominence in Western culture dwindled. south down to today’s Iraq. When Samu- One might have expected a revival of her Ramit’s husband died in 811 B.C., his son was prominence as the feminist movement gained too young to assume the crown. The Queen ground from the 1960’s onward, but, so far, effectively became the Empire’s regent. Five not so much. years later, her son assumed his majority and Opera from the 1960’s onward however, is the kingship. . another matter. Semiramide was performed When Greece later enforced its turn in sporadically but could not claim major ruling the ancient Middle East, they re- visibility. In 1962, Joan Sutherland starred imagined Samu-Ramit as the astoundingly in a revival at La Scala. But the La Scala beautiful Semiramis, daughter of a goddess initiative did not succeed in catalyzing a wave who mated with a mere mortal. During the of rebirths in major opera houses. Late Middle Ages, Semiramis became the That rebirth began changing in 1990, when symbol of erotic overkill in Aligheri Dante’s a brand new Met Opera production with Divine Comedy, and inspired a play written by June Anderson, Marilyn Horne and Samuel the ultimate philosopher of the 18th century Ramey was based on deep scholarship that Enlightenment, Voltaire. reconstructed the original 1829 version of So Rossini chose a subject that definitely had major legs in European culture. SamuRamit became Semiramide, a scheming queen who conspired with the evil general Assam to kill her husband and assume power. The spirit of Oedipus presents itself with the queen marrying a man who she doesn’t know is her long-lost son. And on: if you’re into Game of Thrones, you’ll get into Semiramide. As to the music: Rossini once said that if you gave him a grocery list, he could turn it into a beautiful melody. I was first drawn into Semiramide’s melodic splendor by Ishor Elias’ performance of a transcription of the opera’s score for period solo guitar. When that skeleton is fleshed out on stage, we get

the opera which had somehow been lost in the wave of what would today be called unauthorized revisions as Semiramide swept its way across Europe. Unauthorized because there was no such thing as copyright outside of local jurisdictions in early 19th century Europe. The Met Live broadcast will be a revival of the 1990 production, the first time that it’s been revived since that pivotal performance. The production style is “echt Met”: creating a perception in the mind’s eyes and ears of seeing the opera as Rossini presented it in 1829. With costumes that look like the Met bought out every high end shmata shop in New York City. And scenery to match. No early 19th century opera production could match the Met’s lavish resources, but an early19th century opera lover transported by time machine to 1990 would feel right at home. Semiramide is being shown at SUNY Sullivan in Loch Sheldrake on March 10 at 1:00pm. The all-star bel canto cast features Angela Meade in the title role of the murderous Queen of Babylon, who squares off in breathtaking duets with Arsace, a trouser role sung by Elizabeth DeShong, with Maurizio Benini on the podium. Javier Camarena, Ildar Abdrazakov, and Ryan Speedo Green complete the stellar cast. Tickets at the door. For additional information, call 845-4345750, ext. 4472.

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A “Thank You” to Sullivan’s Firefighters Local photographer Rich Klein will be displaying a series of limited edition photographs depicting some of the brave firefighters of the Sullivan Catskills region in the windows of the Liberty Museum & Arts Center (LMAC) through April 7. Owner of Rich Klein New York Photography in Jeffersonville and a freelance photographer/reporter for the Sullivan County Democrat, Klein has covered a few fires for the newspaper during 2017 and that led to his idea of this theme for the window exhibit.

“These photographs communicate the sacrifices of our many volunteer firefighters and the camaraderie and teamwork among the many fire departments in the county,” said Klein. “I’ve watched these folks brave frigid temperatures for hours on end and think everyone owes them a debt of gratitude. This is my little way of saying ‘thank you’ for all you do.” The photographs are displayed in the large picture windows of the Museum, which reopens in the spring. The LMAC is located at 56 South Main Street, Liberty. For information: 845-482-2404.

“Hurt of the Antarctic” in Warwick As a graphic and web designer with a long professional career behind him in advertising and journal publishing, Goshen resident Roger Dowd likes to indulge his passions for American History and adventure in his fine art. A graduate of Pratt Institute, he enjoys the challenge of storytelling that combines writing with the use of traditional and new media. His art combines model-making, inks, acrylics and watercolor with digital imaging to create fanciful images that often parody 19th century artistic styles. Dowd’s Hurt of the Antarctic will be on display at the Albert Wisner Library from March 2-31. The exhibit is Part One of a

work of historical fiction and fantasy presented in graphic form. It tells the story of Edward Aaron Hurt, a 19th century explorer who led an adventure-filled expedition to the Antarctic Circle in 1883. Twenty fabricated “artifacts” comprised of drawings, paintings, constructions and photographs of dioramas form the body of the work on display. Captions and text associated with each piece provide the narrative thread of the exhibit. Meet the artist during the reception at the Wisner Library, 1 McFarland Drive, Warwick, on March 10 from 2:00pm-4:00pm. For information: 845-986-1047.

“Art From The Heart & Kidney” at MSMC Jodi Yeaple-King has been an art instructor at Mount Saint Mary College (MSMC) Desmond Campus for nearly eight years, but she has considered herself an artist her entire life. “My mother said I was born with a paint brush in my hand,” said Yeaple-King, who works with a variety of art forms including oil and acrylics, illustrations, tole painting, fiber arts, metal sculpting, and jewelry. Her mother, who was also an artist, encouraged Jodi by taking her for private lessons with local artist James Boujikian when she was seven. “I took lessons every Saturday morning until I was about 15 years old.” After receiving a small art scholarship from Beacon High School, Yeaple-King began studying oils in college. Following a stint in the service, motherhood, and her work in maintenance for the City of Beacon, she has now retired 10

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from that position after 30 years, and is able to devote time to her craft. “Now I’m doing it full-time, and I love it,” she said. “I love the Desmond. I think it’s a wonderful place, with all the things they’re doing and all the programs they have.” Jodi’s classes are geared toward any experience level, beginners to professionals. “I’m there to instruct on whatever the student wants to do. I don’t have a regimented class,” she said. Her Oil and Acrylics class is held on Wednesdays from 10:00am-1:00pm. “I like anything with flowers or bird houses, things of nature!” MSMC Desmond Campus will present an exhibit of work by Jodi Yeaple-King titled Art from the Heart & Kidney through April 18. Meet the artist at the reception on March 11 (snow date March 18) from 1:00pm-3:00pm at MSMC’s Desmond Campus, 6 Albany Post Road, Newburgh. Phone: 845-565-2076.

“4 Pastelists” Exhibit at Leo’s Italian Restaurant, Cornwall

“Prickly Pears” by Lily Norton

Newburgh area artists Cathy Cahill, Lily Norton, Judy Byrne, and Cathy Prager have been painting together for several years and exhibiting their works separately, often winning individual honors and awards at various shows, as well as together as a group known as the 4 Pastelists. These four artists share a true passion for pastels. “I like putting my hands directly in the colors; it’s the most direct expression I can think of. You can literally see the fingerprint of the artist in the work,” says Cathy Prager. Cathy Cahill finds pastels to be “tactile, luminous, vivid, and forgiving.” She enjoys “the play between light and shadow, the subtle and vivid reflections of color in water, sunrises and sunsets.” Judy Byrne says that she “loves the tactile feel of applying pastel to paper and board and then watching the colors build and the

“Red Kuri” by Cathy Prager

Whimsy at Amity

“Quiet Afternoon” by Cathy Cahill

forms take shape. It is my all four of these fine artists, passion!” “It is always my hope that The primary focus of someone will connect with the artists is the Hudson one of my paintings and River Valley. “We live in a experience the same joy beautiful world and I want of the scene that made me to paint it. I love the colors, want to paint it.” textures and forms of the The 4 Pastelists, who trees, flowers, streams and most recently had a show birds,” says Lily Norton. at the Cornwall Library, The four artists pursued will have an exhibit at different careers before their Leo’s Restaurant, 23 fascination with pastels. Quaker Avenue, Cornwall, Cahill was a high school throughout March & math teacher, Prager “Wine & Fresh Flowers” by Judy Byrne April. Come to the wine & worked back stage on Broadway, Norton cheese reception on March 3, from 1:00pmwas a VA Nurse, and Byrne taught art in the 3:00pm, or have a delicious meal at Leo’s and Newburgh schools. All four artists have now while you’re at it, enjoy viewing a wonderful focused on perfecting their artistic talents. world of pastels created by the 4 Pastelists! As Lily Norton says, perhaps speaking for For further info: cmprager@gmail.com

Artwork by Laura Pinter

“Oils had been my primary medium until I became pregnant with my first son, who is now two and a half. At that time I began doing illustrative work in watercolors because of safety and practicality, but I also have always had an interest in children’s book illustration. “I went to school for art with a concentration in painting, double majoring in psychology and subsequently earned my Masters in Social Work. I now work part-time as a therapist in a private practice and am working on creative projects in all the spare time I can muster with two young boys (2 and a 1/2 and 9 months!). “Most currently, I am working on a series of smaller (around 10 x 10 inches) somewhat abstracted landscapes that focus on my interest in negative space, light, and subtle voyeurism.” The Amity Gallery is kicking off its 2018 season with the artwork of Warwick resident Laura Pinter. Her work, which has a whimsical quality, will be exhibited on weekends during the month of March. The gallery is located at 110 Newport Bridge Road, Warwick. An artist’s reception will be held on March 3 from 5:00pm7:00pm. For more information, contact Phyllis: 845258-4563 or Diane: 845-258-0277. Attention Art (& Food!) Lovers: Enjoy viewing artworks by the “4 Pastelists” who will exhibit their work at Leo’s Cornwall location during March & April!

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Lectures - Demos - Talks - MasterClasses

sponsored by SUNY Orange and Mount St. Mary College’s Desmond Campus MSM-DC �� Mount St. Mary College, Desmond Campus, Newburgh PEEC ��Pocono Environmental Education Center, Dingmans Ferry SUNYO-KH �� SUNY Orange, Kaplan Hall, Newburgh SUNYO-OH �� SUNY Orange, Orange Hall, Middletown SUNYO-RCSE �� SUNY Orange, Rowley Center for Science and Engineering, Middletown Lectures, Demos, Talks & Masterclasses are FREE unless otherwise noted: (FEE)

lectures Hurleyville Maker’s Lab TOUR �� Hurleyville Makers Lab, Tuesdays, 6pm & Thursdays, 9am “How to Care for Orchids” Margaret Bridge ��Wisner Library, Warwick, Mar 1, 6:30pm “Making a Life in Radio” Kacey Morabito Grean ��SUNYO-KH Mar 1, 7pm “A Rare Glimpse of Indian Enslavement in Orange County” �� Clifton Patrick & Ginny Privitar Wisner Library, Warwick, Mar 4, 1pm “Urban Renewal: How it Changed Newburgh” Mary McTamaney Newburgh Library, Mar 4, 2pm “Return of the Eagle” Tom Riley ��Time and the Valleys Museum, Grahamsville, Mar 4, 2pm FEE “100 Years of Troopers on Patrol: The Story of the NY State Police” �� Lieutenant Colonel Robin Benziger MSM-DC Mar 6, 1:30pm FEE “New York State’s Community Solar Energy program” Susannah Bradley �� Thrall Library, Middletown, Mar 6, 6pm “Civic Engagement: Critical Thinking” Kathleen Hulley Wisner Library, Warwick, Mar 6, 6:30pm “Liver Health & Cholesterol” w/Dr. Richard Huntoon ��MSM-DC Mar 7, 1pm “Restoring the American Kestrel in New York State” James & Garret Van Gelder �� Newburgh Library, Mar 7, 6:30pm “Warwick Working Together - Panel Discussion on the Opioid Crisis” ��Wisner Library, Mar 4, 6:30pm Introduction to Orienteering �� PEEC Mar 11, 1pm FEE “Colonial Man” Sam Ladley �� Thrall Library, Mar 11, 2pm “Celtic Spirituality” Sister Peggy Murphy ��MSM-DC Mar 12, 11am FEE Safe Harbors of the Hudson TOUR �� Safe Harbors, Newburgh, Mar 13, 9am “Fire on the Ridge” Hank Alicandri ��MSM-DC Mar 13, 10am FEE “Medicare 101” ��Chester Library, Mar 13, 5:30pm “The Middletown Branch of the O&W Railway” Ray Kelly ��Cornwall Library, Mar 13, 6pm “An Overview of the Art of Ancient Egypt” Mary Lawrence ��MSM-DC Mar 14 & 21, 10am FEE “Grant Wood, An American Icon” Laura Nicholls ��MSM-DC Mar 14, 1pm FEE “My Aching Bones!” Dr. Katherine Seibert ��Crawford Library, Monticello, Mar 14, 5:15pm Dave Kurdyla blacksmith, Agrisculpture Lecture Series ��Pennings Farm, Warwick, Mar 14, 6pm FEE Great Decisions DISCUSSION “Russia’s Foreign Policy” ��Cornwall Library, Mar 14, 7pm “Washington Irving: American Dreams & The Legend of Sleepy Hollow” Jim Ormond �� MSM-DC Mar 15, 1pm FEE “Irish Gaelic Language Overview” Robert McDonald ��MSM-DC Mar 15, 4pm FEE “Essential Oils As The Seasons Are Changing” Janice Vincenzo Newburgh Library, Mar 15, 7pm Fire Building �� PEEC Mar 17, 1pm FEE Woodcock Walk �� PEEC Mar 17, 6:30pm “In Defiance: Women Who Escaped Slavery in the Hudson Valley” Susan Stessin-Cohn �� Washington’s Headquarters, Newburgh, Mar 18, 2pm “Silent Heart Attack: Symptoms, Risks” Tara Longo ��MSM-DC Mar 19, 11am “Native American People of the Hudson River” Evan T. Pritchard MSM-DC Mar 19, 6:30pm FEE “Beatrix Farrand: Landscape Designer” Karen S. Smythe ��MSM-DC Mar 20, 10am FEE “The Quest for the Holy Grail” Nathan Rosenblum ��MSM-DC Mar 20, 1pm FEE “The Great American Musicals-The Golden Years of Rodgers & Hart/Hammerstein” �� Cynthia Topps MSM-DC Mar 21, 10am FEE “Finding the Lost Dutchman” David Allen ��MSM-DC Mar 21, 1pm FEE “Mental Wellness” Jennifer Candela ��Crawford Library, Monticello, Mar 21, 5:15pm “Suffrage for All! Women on a Mission” George Burke ��MSM-DC Mar 22, 9:30am FEE Salamanders, Frogs, and More! HIKE �� PEEC Mar 24, 1pm FEE Bridge the Gap: Edible & Medicinal Plant WALK �� PEEC Mar 25, 10am “From Garden Plot to Kitchen Pot” Diana K. Weiner �� Time and the Valleys Museum, Grahamsville, Mar 25, 2pm FEE “WWII-Things We Don’t See in the Documentaries” Jim Gorman ��MSM-DC Mar 26, 10am FEE “Keepers of the Light: Women Lighthouse Keepers of the Hudson River” �� Sarah Wassberg Johnson MSM-DC Mar 27, 10am FEE “Social Media Marketing Made Simple” Andrew Ciccone ��MSM-DC Mar 27, 6pm FEE “Landscape as Destiny: The Hudson River School of Art and the Rise of the American Spirit” �� Vernon Benjamin MSM-DC Mar 28, 1pm FEE “The Importance of Proper Foot Wear” Lori Schneider �� MSM-DC Mar 29, 12:15pm FEE “The Schuyler Sisters and the Hamilton Musical” Rich Feingold ��Cornwall Library, Mar 29, 6pm “Cooking with Essential Oils” Janice Vincenzo ��Newburgh Library, Mar 29, 7pm “The Neurobiology of Opiate Addiction” Donald Francis Slish ��SUNYO-RCSE Mar 29, 7:30pm DEMOS & Artist Talks Judith Hummer Let Your Creativity Flow with Watercolor on Yupo Paper” SUNYO-OH Mar 3, 2:30pm “People, Planet, Politics” Artists Talks and Panel Discussion �� DVAA Mar 10, 2pm Chrissy Pahucki nocturne artist ��Wallkill River School, Montgomery, Mar 10, 5pm Holly Shelowitz “Creating a Rhythm in your Kitchen~ Culinary Nutrition” �� SUNYO-KH Mar 13, 7pm MasterClasses “The Dynamic Interplay of Chaos and Order” Mary Cathryn Roth, artist �� SUNYO-KH Feb 28, Noon “Making a Life in Radio” Kacey Morabito Grean ��SUNYO-KH Mar 1, 7pm “Accenting the Personal~ by Ward Lamb” charcoals in portraiture ��SUNYO-OH, Mar 8, 4pm 12

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

Thunderhead Organ Trio jazz-fusion ��The Wherehouse, Newburgh, 3rd Thursdays, 8pm FREE Music for Humanity folk ��Noble Coffee Roasters, Campbell Hall, 3rd Saturdays, 8pm FREE Andy Stack’s American Soup ��The Falcon Underground, Marlboro, Mar 1, 7pm Shannon McNally country, rock ��The Falcon, Marlboro, Mar 1, 8pm The Big Takeover neo-reggae ��The Falcon, Marlboro, Mar 2, 8pm Chris Vitarello & Matt Raymond Duo roots, blues, jazz ��The Falcon Underground, Mar 2, 8pm Ken Lelen & his “Tin Pan Alley Cats” ��Greenwood Lake Library, Mar 3, 1:30pm FREE Lucky Peterson w/Tamara Tramell delta blues ��The Falcon, Marlboro, Mar 3, 8pm Fred Zepplin classic rock ��The Falcon Underground, Marlboro, Mar 3, 8pm Big Joe Fitz & The Lo-Fis swing, blues �� The Falcon, Marlboro, Mar 4, 11am Corey Dandridge’s World of Gospel Residency ��The Falcon, Marlboro, Mar 5, 12, 19, 26, 7pm Common Tongue’s First Wednesdays Jeff Beck ��The Falcon, Marlboro, Mar 7, 8pm Lorkin O’Reilly Scottish indie, folk ��The Falcon, Marlboro, Mar 8, 8pm Cuboricua Salsa Band! Latin dance ��The Falcon, Marlboro, Mar 9, 8pm Johnny Nicholas & Hellbent Texas blues ��The Falcon Underground, Marlboro, Mar 9, 8pm Deadgrass Jerry Garcia ��The Falcon Underground, Marlboro, Mar 10, 8pm Dave Keyes Solo gospel, blues ��The Falcon Main Stage, Mar 11, 11am Stu Hamm bassist, “Songs & Stories” ��The Falcon, Marlboro, Mar 15, 8pm Scott Sharrard & The Brickyard Band roots & blues-rock ��The Falcon, Marlboro, Mar 16, 8pm Michael Golden & The Outsiders 60’s rock ��The Falcon Underground, Marlboro, Mar 16, 8pm Upstate Rubdown, The Ladles Americana ��The Falcon, Marlboro, Mar 17, 8pm Sarah Potenza Nashville blues ��The Falcon Underground, Marlboro, Mar 17, 8pm Big Joe Fitz & The Lo-Fis swing, blues �� The Falcon, Marlboro, Mar 18, 11am Daisycutter roots, rock ��The Falcon, Marlboro, Mar 21, 7pm Big Joe Fitz & The Lo-Fis Blues on Broadway series ��Ritz Theatre Lobby, Newburgh, Mar 23, 7pm The Oak Ridge Boys gospel, country, patriotic ��Paramount Theatre, Middletown, Mar 23, 8pm Willie Nile, Ali Handal ��The Falcon, Marlboro, Mar 23, 8pm Jesse Harris (Nora Jones’ Secret Weapon) ��The Falcon Underground, Marlboro, Mar 23, 8pm Joey Eppard & Friends w/Still Alive rock guitar ��The Falcon, Marlboro, Mar 24, 8pm Jeremy Baum’s Go Go Boogaloo Dance Party r&b � The Falcon Underground, Marlboro, Mar 24, 8pm Trace Adkins country ��Eisenhower Hall, West Point, Mar 24, 8pm Stephen Friedland’s Brute Force & Daughter of Force ��The Falcon, Marlboro, Mar 28, 8pm Poet Gold’s POELODIES spoken word, hip hop ��The Falcon Underground, Marlboro, Mar 28, 7pm Aubrey Haddard & Not My Sister neo r&b ��The Falcon, Marlboro, Mar 29, 8pm Letterii indie rock ��The Falcon Underground, Mar 29, 8pm Lindsey Webster neo r&b ��The Falcon, Marlboro, Mar 31, 8pm Blues and Beyond w/Frenchie Davis ��The Falcon Underground, Marlboro, Mar 31, 8pm OPEN Mic & IN-HOUSE MUSIC

Listings below are not included in our centerspread calendar.

Open Mic w/Steve Schwartz & Antoine Magliano �� Dutch’s Tavern, Rock Hill, Mondays, 7:30pm Joanna Gass and the Search & Rescue Orchestra ��Brew, Rock Hill, Tuesdays, 6:30pm-8:30pm Robert Kopec & Solo Bajo jazz + ��Dos Amigos, Fair Oaks, Wednesdays, 7pm The Parting Glass Band Celtic �� Loughran’s Pub, Salisbury Mills, Thursdays, 7pm-10pm Open Mic poetry, music, spoken word, etc. Calabash Restaurant, Newburgh, 2nd Thursdays, 6:30pm Marc Von Em soul, blues, funk �� WaterWheel Cafe, Milford, Last Fridays, 8pm-11pm Jake Lentz piano & Marilyn Kennedy vocals �Giovanni’s Inn, Wurtsboro, Fridays & Saturdays, 6pm-9pm Gregg Vangelder Band ��Palaia Winery, Highland Mills, Mar 2, 7:30pm Stone Flower Santana + ��Palaia Winery, Highland Mills, Mar 3, 7:30pm Evan Teatum & Alan Battiatto ��Palaia Winery, Highland Mills, Mar 4, 2pm Songwriter Sessions Host: Jason Gisser ��The Falcon Underground, Marlboro, Mar 7, 7pm Swamp Fox ��Palaia Winery, Highland Mills, Mar 9, 7:30pm Fred Zepplin ��Palaia Winery, Highland Mills, Mar 10, 7:30pm Paul Davis �� Palaia Winery, Highland Mills, Mar 11, 2pm Open Mic music, poetry, storytelling ��Gallery 222, Hurleyville, Mar 12 & 26, 7pm David Draai & Chris Mahia ��Palaia Winery, Highland Mills, Mar 16, 7:30pm Songwriters Anonymous open mic �� Artists’ Market, Shohola, Mar 17, 2pm The McGuinnies ��Palaia Winery, Highland Mills, Mar 17, 7:30pm In Transit Trio �� Palaia Winery, Highland Mills, Mar 18, 2pm Roots & Blues Sessions Host: Petey Hop ��The Falcon Underground, Marlboro, Mar 21, 7pm Kevin Finnan ��Palaia Winery, Highland Mills, Mar 23, 7:30pm Hurley Mountain Highway ��Palaia Winery, Highland Mills, Mar 24, 7:30pm Chris Brown �� Palaia Winery, Highland Mills, Mar 25, 2pm Jack Higgins & Friends ��Palaia Winery, Highland Mills, Mar 30, 7:30pm Floyd Pink Pink Floyd tribute ��Palaia Winery, Highland Mills, Mar 31, 7:30pm

Washingtonville

Chester: Medicare

March 20, 7:00pm, Washingtonville High School Auditorium, Washingtonville: West Point’s Quintette 7 shares the stage with the Washingtonville H.S. Band in a special side-by-side performance.

“Medicare 101”: get the basics at a lecture on March 13 at 5:30pm at the Chester Public Library, 1784 King’s Highway. Registration required: 845-469-4252. Free admission.

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ArtS Walks - Open Studio Tours

Art After Dark �� Milford, Mar 10, 5pm-9pm Newburgh Last Saturday ��Newburgh, Mar 31, 4pm-8pm

Cinema

Independent Film Night ��Greenwood Lake Library, 2nd Tuesday, 6:30pm FREE “Me Before You” Emilia Clarke, Sam Claflin ��Liberty Library, Mar 5, 10:30am FREE “Testament of Youth” Alicia Vikander, Kit Harrington Wisner Library, Warwick, Mar 5, 1pm FREE “Serial Mom”Kathleen Turner ��Henning’s Local, Cochecton Center, Mar 5, 7pm FREE “Steamboat Bill, Jr.” Buster Keaton + cartoon, shorts & Captain Marvel �� Shadowland Stages, Ellenville, Mar 10, 2pm “Rory O’Shea Was Here” James McAvoy, Romola Garai ��Wisner Library, Warwick, Mar 12, 1pm FREE “Joy Luck Club” ��Henning’s Local, Cochecton Center, Mar 12, 7pm FREE “Jezebel” Bette Davis, film and discussion w/George Burke �� Mount St. Mary College, Desmond Campus, Balmville, Mar 14, 9:30am “Going In Style” ��Cornwall Library, Mar 14, Noon FREE “Smile” dental health film-Cleft Palate & Lip �� Gilman Center, Middletown, March 15, 6pm FREE “Churchill” Brian Cox, Miranda Richardson �� Wisner Library, Warwick, Mar 19, 1pm FREE “Grey Gardens” documentary ��Henning’s Local, Cochecton Center, Mar 19, 7pm FREE “BOMBSHELL: The Hedy Lamarr Story” �Delaware Arts Center, Narrowsburg, Mar 24, 2pm FREE “Meet John Doe” Gary Cooper & Barbara Stanwyck + cartoon, shorts & Captain Marvel �� Shadowland Stages, Ellenville, Mar 24, 2pm “Beauty and the Beast” Emma Watson, Kevin Kline � Wisner Library, Warwick, Mar 26, 1pm FREE “Terms of Endearment” Shriley MacLaine �Henning’s Local, Cochecton Center, Mar 26, 7pm FREE

Comedy

Mark Viera �� Jokers Comedy Club, Chester, Mar 3, 9pm Comics at The Underground ��The Falcon Underground, Marlboro, Mar 8 & Mar 22, 8pm Buddy Fitzpatrick �� Jokers Comedy Club, Chester, Mar 10, 9pm Brad Lowery �� Jokers Comedy Club, Chester, Mar 24, 9pm Billy Garan �� Jokers Comedy Club, Chester, Mar 31, 9pm

Dance

“Peter Pan” Dee Tabitha Wright, choreog. �� New Rose Theatre, Mar 2-10

Festival

International Women’s Day Celebration music, word, dance ��MISU Ellenville, Mar 8, 6pm-9pm Farm Flea and Sweet Festival ��Motorcyclepedia Museum, Newburgh, Mar 24 & 25, 10am-5pm

Holistic - Spiritual

Guided Meditation all levels & ages ��Milkweed, Sugar Loaf, Tuesdays, 7pm Journey Into Self-Awareness “Uncorking Freedom” �� Milkweed, Sugar Loaf, Sundays, 10:30am

Music - Classical

Nurit Pacht violin, Caroline Stinson cello, Weekend of Chamber Music, “Folie à Deux” �� CAS Arts Center, Livingston Manor, Mar 11, 3pm “History of Violin 2” Peter Winograd: violin, Catarina Szepes: piano, Jon Klibonoff: piano �� SUNY Orange, Orange Hall, Middletown, Mar 11, 3pm Chiara Quartet Grand Montgomery Chamber Music Series �� Montgomery Senior Center, Mar 18, 3pm FREE

Music - jazz

Thunderhead Organ Trio jazz-fusion ��The Wherehouse, Newburgh, 3rd Thursdays, 8pm FREE Eric Person Band ��The Wherehouse, Newburgh, 3rd Saturdays, 9pm Hudson Valley Jazz Trio �� Grappa Restaurant, Warwick, Mar 1, 6:30pm-9:30pm FREE “The Music of Lead Belly & more” The Lead Belly Project, blues, jazz, folk �� SUNY Orange Hall, Middletown, Mar 2, 8pm Alan Broadbent Trio ��The Falcon, Marlboro, Mar 4, 8pm Michael Feinberg Quartet ��The Falcon, Marlboro, Mar 11, 8pm Jazz Sessions Host: Doug Weiss ��The Falcon Underground, Marlboro, Mar 14, 7pm bigBANG band improv ��The Falcon Underground, Marlboro, Mar 15, 8pm Andy Milne & Unison w/John Hébert & Clarence Penn ��The Falcon, Marlboro, Mar 18, 8pm Saints of Swing swing + �� The Falcon, Marlboro, Mar 25, 11am Tisziji Munoz Quartet w/Marilyn Crispell piano ��The Falcon, Marlboro, Mar 25, 8pm

Music - St. Patrick’s Day

“Forty Shades of Green” art, poetry, music �� Artists’ Market, Shohola, Mar 3, 4pm-6pm FREE Parting Glass Band “Irish Party” ��BVH Sports Bar, Barryville, Mar 11, 5pm-8:30pm Parting Glass Band �� Pike County Library, Milford, Mar 13, 6pm FREE “Irish Night with the Gravikord Duo” ��Florida Library, Mar 14, 6:30pm FREE Brian Conway fiddle, John Walsh guitar ��Greenwood Lake Library, Mar 15, 7pm FREE Parting Glass Band “St. Patty’s Day Party” �Fox & Hare Brewery, Port Jervis, Mar 17, 5pm-9:30pm The Young Irelanders ��Paramount Theatre, Middletown, Mar 17, 7:30pm Parting Glass Band �� Newburgh Library, Mar 25, 3pm FREE

Opera

“Semiramide” Rossini, Live from the Met ��SUNY Sullivan, Loch Sheldrake, Mar 10, 1pm “Cosi Fan Tutte” Mozart, Live from the Met ��SUNY Sullivan, Loch Sheldrake, Mar 31, 1pm

Poetry Readings

Milkweed Poetry ��Milkweed, Sugar Loaf, Wednesdays, 7pm Phil Talbot ��Noble Coffee Roasters, Campbell Hall, Mar 1, 7pm Hudson River Poets ��Karpeles Museum, Newburgh, Mar 3, 1pm FREE Alyta Adams ��Elsie’s Luncheonette, Goshen, Mar 8, 7pm Poetry/Spoken Word Open Mic Calling All Poets �� Empowering Ellenville, Mar 9, 7pm MEGAPHONE: Bob Holman ��Seligmann Center, Sugar Loaf, Mar 11, 2pm Open Mic music & poetry �� Gallery 222, Hurleyville, Mar 12 & 26, 7pm Bill Greenfield �� Montgomery Book Exchange, Mar 13, 7pm FREE Hudson River Poets ��Newburgh Library, Mar 22, 7pm FREE Oliver Olive Eyes Grech �� Goshen Methodist Church, Mar 26, 7pm FREE Ariana Den Bleyker ��Country Store, Jones Farm, Cornwall, Mar 30, 7pm FREE

recreation

Salsa Dancing �� Hurleyville Arts Centre, Fridays, 7:30pm Irish Ceili Dancing �� Wisner Library, Warwick, Mar 8, 6:30pm FREE

Storytelling & Interviews

Merle Louise interview ��SUNY Orange, Orange Hall, Middletown, March 7, 7pm FREE Black Dirt Storytelling Guild “Amazing Pet Stories” ��Florida Library, Mar 8, 7:30pm FREE PechaKucha # 5 ��Amity Gallery, Warwick, Mar 10, 8pm David Kurdyla blacksmith, Agrisculpture DYLWYD series �Pennings Farm, Warwick, Mar 14, 6pm

Theatre - Dramatic TEXTS

“Literature Alive: Tolle, Lege” Cornerstone Theatre Arts ��Goshen Music Hall, thru Mar 4

Theatre - Play

“House of Desires” by Sor Juana Inez de la Cruz ��SUNY Sullivan, Loch Sheldrake, thru Mar 4 “Boeing-Boeing” ��Clove Creek Dinner Theatre, Fishkill, Mar 1-18 “Meet John Adams” w/George Baker �� Wisner Library, Warwick, Mar 23, 7pm FREE

Schools & Conservatories Sullivan County HS Students “I Have a Dream” talent show ��Bethel Woods, Mar 10, 5pm West Point Quintette 7 & Washingtonville HS Band �� Washingtonville HS, Mar 20, 7pm FREE

Books: discussions / readings / Signings Peace Lab “Nonviolent Communication: A Language of Life” by Marshall Rosenberg �� Milkweed, Sugar Loaf, Alternate Tuesdays, 11:30am, & Sundays 3:30pm Book Lover’s Club �� Greenwood Lake Library, 4th Tuesday, 7pm Mystery Thriller & Crime Book Group ��Jeffersonville Library, 2nd Wednesday, 6:30pm Urban Book Club ��Mulberry House Senior Center, Middletown, 4th Wednesday, 7pm Book Discussion Group �� 1st Friday, Daniel Pierce Library, Grahamsville, 1pm Book Discussion Group ��Narrowsburg Library, 3rd Friday, 4pm “Code Girls” by Liza Mundy ��Cornwall Library, Mar 7, 7pm “Sarah, An American Pioneer” by/w Julie Boyd Cole & Sarah Brownell ��Glen Arden, Goshen, Mar 9, 2pm “When Everything Changes, Change Everything” by Neale Donald Walsch �� Wisner Library, Warwick, Mar 13, 6:30pm & Mar 21, 6pm “The Little Paris Bookshop” by Nina George ��Morrison Hall, Middletown, Mar 14, Noon “To Dwell in Darkness” by Deborah Crombie ��Cornwall Library, Mar 21, 7pm Women’s Book Discussion ��Port Jervis Library, Mar 21, 7pm “To the Bright Edge of the World” by Eowyn Ivey �� Liberty Library Mar 22, 1pm “The Corrections” by Jonathan Franzen ��Cornwall Library, Mar 22, 7pm Great Books Discussion �� Newburgh Library, Mar 23, 11:30am “The Keeper of Lost Things” by Ruth Hogan w/Patty Sussman ��Newburgh Library, Mar 27, 2pm

Sullivan H.S. Students at Bethel Woods Hosted by Bethel Woods Center for the Arts, teen organization Dream Tank presents the I Have a Dream talent show. This talent show showcases Sullivan County’s Youth and includes cash prizes (up to $1,000) and this performance opportunity. Acts include individuals, groups, singing, rapping, dancing, magic, comedy - anything goes! They are no

longer than four minutes each and don’t contain profanity or explicit content, so you can bring the entire family. All are welcome to enjoy the show on March 10. Doors open at 4:30pm, with the show starting at 5:00pm. Free admission. For information, call 888-234-6972. For tickets: www.bethelwoodscenter.org

March 2018

Delaware & Hudson CANVAS

ATLAS ��Atlas Studios, Newburgh BW ��Bethel Woods Center for the Arts BAAA Barryville Area Arts Association �� Artists’ Market Community Center, Shohola CAS Catskill Art Society �� CAS Arts Center, Livingston Manor CLOVE ��Clove Creek Dinner Theatre, Fishkill DVAA Delaware Valley Arts Alliance ��Delaware Arts Center, Narrowsburg FAL ��The Falcon, Marlboro

MONDAY

TUESDAY

FAL-U ��The Falcon Underground, Marlboro GMCM Grand Montgomery Chamber Music ��Montgomery Senior Center GOSH Cornerstone Theatre Arts ��Goshen Music Hall GWL ��Greenwood Lake Library HAC �� Hurleyville Arts Centre HENN �� Henning’s Local, Cochecton Center IKE �� Eisenhower Hall, West Point

WEDNESDAY

“St. Patrick’s Day Snakes!” Hudson Highland Nature Museum’s Wildlife Education Center, Cornwall March 17 at 10:00am

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

Cinema “Testament of Youth” Wisner Library, Warwick, 1pm Cinema “Serial Mom” HENN, 7pm Music - Gospel Corey Dandridge & Guests FAL 8pm

12 Cinema “Rory O’Shea Was Here” Wisner Library, Warwick, 1pm

Interview Merle Louise SUNYO-OH 7pm Poetry Milkweed, Sugar Loaf, 7pm

Trace Adkins performs at Eisenhower Hall Theatre, West Point, on March 24 at 8:00pm!

Music - Irish Parting Glass Band Milford Library, 6pm

Cinema “Joy Luck Club” HENN, 7pm

Cinema Independent Film Night GWL 6:30pm

Music - Gospel Corey Dandridge & Guests FAL 8pm

Poetry Bill Greenfield MONTBK, 7pm

Music - Jeff Beck Common Tongue’s First Wednesdays FAL 8pm

Cinema “Jezebel” MSM-DC 9:30am

Cinema “Churchill” Wisner Library, Warwick, 1pm

Cinema “Grey Gardens” HENN, 7pm

Storytelling David Kurdyla blacksmith Pennings Farm, Warwick 6pm Music - Celtic Gravikord Duo Florida Library, 6:30pm

Music - Gospel Corey Dandridge & Guests FAL 8pm

Music Stephen Friedland’s Brute Force & Daughter of Force FAL 8pm Quintette 7

Music - Gospel Corey Dandridge & Guests FAL 8pm

Delaware & Hudson CANVAS

Music - Roots-Rock Daisycutter FAL 8pm

Poetry Milkweed Sugar Loaf, 7pm

Poetry Oliver Grech Goshen Methodist Church, 7pm Cinema “Terms of Endearment” HENN, 7pm

Poetry Milkweed, Sugar Loaf, 7pm

Cinema “Beauty and the Beast” Wisner Library, Warwick, 1pm

March 2018

Dinner Theatre - Play....“Boeing-Boeing”.......................CLOVE 6pm Music - Jazz....Hudson Valley Jazz Trio..Grappa, Warwick, 6:30pm-9:30pm Poetry................................. Phil Talbot............................... NOBL 7pm Music.................. Andy Stack’s American Soup...............FAL-U 7pm Theatre - Play..............“House of Desires”.......................SCCC 8pm Music - Country-Rock.......Shannon McNally ........................FAL 8pm

Dinner Theatre - Play....“Boeing-Boeing”.......................CLOVE 6pm Music-Word-Dance.Int’l Women’s Day Celebration.MISU 6pm-9pm Recreation-Dance..Ceili Dancing....Wisner Library, Warwick, 6:30pm Poetry....................Alyta Adams.........Elsie’s Luncheonette, Goshen, 7pm Storytelling.........Black Dirt Storytelling Guild.....Florida Library, 7:30pm Music - Scottish Folk.......Lorkin O’Reilly...............................FAL 8pm Comedy.........................Stand-up Comics.........................FAL-U 8pm

Dinner Theatre - Pl Dance..................... Theatre - Play......... Music - Blues-JazzMusic - Neo-Regga

Music - Roots-Blues-J

Dinner Theatre - Pl Dance..................... Poetry - Spoken Wo Music - Latin-Salsa Music - Texas Blues

Dinner Theatre - Play....“Boeing-Boeing”.......................CLOVE 6pm Dental Health Film.................“Smile”......................SUNYO-GCL 6pm Dinner Theatre - Pl Music - Irish.......Brian Conway fiddle John Walsh guitar..GWL 7pm Poetry....................P Music - Jazz-Fusion.Thunderhead Organ Trio.Wherehouse,Newburgh,8pm Music - Blues-Rock. Music ...........Stu Hamm bassist “Songs & Stories”............FAL 8pm Music - 60s Rock... Music - Jazz......................... bigBANG................................FAL-U 8pm

Poetry Milkweed, Sugar Loaf, 7pm

Music West Point Quintette 7 & Washingtonville HS Band Washingtonville HS 7pm

THURSDAY

JOKERS �� MISU Music Institute of Sullivan and Ulster �� MONTBK �� MOTOR �� MSM-DC ��M NFL �� NOBL ��

Cinema “Going in Style” Cornwall Library, Noon

Music - Jazz Jazz Sessions FAL 8pm

March

Spoken Word Hip Hop POELODIES FAL-U 8pm

Theatre - Play....“M Music - Blues.......... Poetry......................... Hudson River Poets.......................... NFL 7pm Music - Gospel-Cou Comedy.........................Stand-up Comics.........................FAL-U 8pm Music - Folk ........... Music......................

Music - Neo R&B .......Aubrey Haddard & Not My Sister......FAL 8pm Poetry...................A Music - Rock.......................... Letterii..................................FAL-U 8pm

h 2018

��Jokers Comedy Club, Chester ��St. John’s Episcopal Church, Ellenville �� Montgomery Book Exchange �� Motorcyclepedia Museum, Newburgh Mount St. Mary College, Desmond Campus, Balmville ��Newburgh Free Library ��Noble Coffee Roasters, Campbell Hall

FRIDAY

PARA �� Paramount Theatre, Middletown RITZ �� Ritz Theatre Lobby, Newburgh ROSE �� New Rose Theatre, Walden SCCC ��SUNY Sullivan Community College, Loch Sheldrake SHAD �� Shadowland Stages, Ellenville SLGMN �� The Seligmann Center, Sugar Loaf SUNYO-GCL �� SUNY Orange, Gilman Center Library, Middletown

lay....“Boeing-Boeing”.......................CLOVE 6pm ............ “Peter Pan”..............................ROSE 7pm ......“House of Desires”.......................SCCC 8pm -Folk......The Lead Belly Project..SUNYO-OH 8pm ae.......The Big Takeover............................FAL 8pm

Jazz...Chris Vitarello & Matt Raymond Duo..FAL-U 8pm

lay....“Boeing-Boeing”.......................CLOVE 6pm ............ “Peter Pan”..............................ROSE 7pm ord......Open Mic.........Empowering Ellenville, 7pm a Dance .......Cuboricua..............................FAL 8pm s......Johnny Nicholas & Hellbent........FAL-U 8pm

lay....“Boeing-Boeing”.......................CLOVE 6pm Poetry Slam ......... Milkweed, Sugar Loaf, 6:30pm ......Scott Sharrard & The Brickyard Band.FAL 8pm .....Michael Golden & The Outsiders...FAL-U 8pm

Meet John Adams”...Wisner Library, Warwick, 7pm .Big Joe Fitz & The Lo-Fis.................... RITZ 7pm untry.......The Oak Ridge Boys ..............PARA 8pm .... Willie Nile, Ali Handal.........................FAL 8pm ............Jesse Harris.............................FAL-U 8pm

Ariana Den Bleyker....Jones Farm, Cornwall, 7pm

SATURDAY

SUNYO-KH �� SUNY Orange, Kaplan Hall, Newburgh SUNYO-OH �� SUNY Orange, Orange Hall, Middletown THRALL �� Thrall Library, Middletown TRI-V ��Triversity Center, Milford TUST ��Tusten Theatre, Narrowsburg UUC �� Unitarian Universalist Congregation, Rock Tavern WCPA �� Warwick Center for the Performing Arts

Poetry.......Hudson River Poets...Karpeles Museum, Newburgh, 1pm Music - Pop.......Ken Lelen & “Tin Pan Alley Cats” ......GWL 1:30pm Dance................................ “Peter Pan”.................. ROSE 3pm & 7pm Art, Music, Poetry.......“Forty Shades of Green” ....... BAAA 4pm-6pm Dinner Theatre - Play....“Boeing-Boeing”.......................CLOVE 6pm Theatre............... “Literature Alive: Tolle, Lege”.............. GOSH 7pm Theatre - Play..............“House of Desires”.......................SCCC 8pm Music - Blues.....Lucky Peterson w/Tamara Tramell ............FAL 8pm Music - Classic Rock.........Fred Zepplin.............................FAL-U 8pm Comedy.............................. Mark Viera .........................JOKERS 9pm

SUNDAY

Music - Swing-Blues.....Big Joe Fitz & The Lo-Fis................FAL11am Dinner Theatre - Play....“Boeing-Boeing”.......................CLOVE 1pm Theatre - Play..............“House of Desires”.......................SCCC 2pm Theatre............... “Literature Alive: Tolle, Lege”.............. GOSH 2pm Dance................................ “Peter Pan”..............................ROSE 3pm Music - Jazz................ Alan Broadbent Trio...........................FAL 8pm

Opera....................... “Semiramide” Rossini.....................SCCC 1pm Cinema............... “Steamboat Bill, Jr.” + shorts ............. SHAD 2pm Dance................................ “Peter Pan”.................. ROSE 3pm & 7pm Talent Show.......Dream Tank’s “I Have a Dream”................. BW 5pm Theatre - Play................“Boeing-Boeing”.......................CLOVE 6pm Storytelling.............PechaKucha # 5......Amity Gallery, Warwick, 8pm Music - Jerry Garcia........... Deadgrass ..............................FAL-U 8pm Comedy........................ Buddy Fitzpatrick ....................JOKERS 9pm

Music - Gospel-Blues...........Dave Keyes Solo..................... FAL 11am Dinner Theatre - Play....“Boeing-Boeing”.......................CLOVE 1pm Poetry...................MEGAPHONE: Bob Holman............. SLGMN 2pm Music - Classical.........“History of the Violin 2”.......SUNYO-OH 3pm Music - Classical...........Weekend of Chamber Music...........CAS 3pm Music - Irish...Parting Glass Band..BVH Sports Bar, Barryville, 5pm-8:30pm Music - Jazz............ Michael Feinberg Quartet .....................FAL 8pm

Music - Irish.Parting Glass Band.Fox & Hare Brewery, Port Jervis, 5pm-9:30pm

Theatre - Play................“Boeing-Boeing”.......................CLOVE 6pm Music - Folk.................Music for Humanity......................NOBL 7:30pm Dinner Theatre - Play....“Boeing-Boeing”.......................CLOVE 1pm Music - Celtic............. The Young Irelanders.................PARA 7:30pm Music - Classical.... ........Chiara Quartet..........................GMCM 3pm Music - Americana.....Upstate Rubdown, The Ladles ................FAL 8pm Music - Jazz.Andy Milne & Unison w/John Hébert & Clarence Penn.FAL 8pm Music - Nashville Blues.......Sarah Potenza........................FAL-U 8pm Music - Jazz...........Eric Person Band....Wherehouse,Newburgh,9pm

Festival............... Farm Flea and Sweet Festival .MOTOR Noon-5pm Cinema.................. “Meet John Doe” + shorts ................ SHAD 2pm Cinema.......“BOMBSHELL: The Hedy Lamarr Story” .....DVAA 2pm Music - Rock......Joey Eppard & Friends w/Still Alive...............FAL 8pm Music..Jeremy Baum’s Go Go Boogaloo Dance Party ..FAL-U 8pm Music - Country................. Trace Adkins ................................ IKE 8pm Comedy............................ Brad Lowery ........................JOKERS 9pm

Music - Swing +............ ....Saints of Swing..........................FAL 11am Festival............... Farm Flea and Sweet Festival .MOTOR Noon-5pm Music - Irish.... ............Parting Glass Band.......................... NFL 3pm Music - Jazz....Tisziji Munoz Quartet w/Marilyn Crispell ....FAL 8pm

31 Opera......................“Cosi Fan Tutte” Mozart...................SCCC 1pm Music - Neo R&B .......... Lindsey Webster.............................FAL 8pm Music..............Frenchie Davis! “Blues & Beyond”..........FAL-U 8pm Comedy..............................Billy Garan .........................JOKERS 9pm The Young Irelanders perform at the Paramount Theatre, 17 South Street, Middletown, on March 17 at 7:30pm

March 2018

Delaware & Hudson CANVAS

Canvas category calendar

sponsored by Catskill Art Society, Wallkill River School & Wurtsboro Art Alliance 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, Delaware Arts Center, Narrowsburg MSM-DC �� Mount St. Mary College, Desmond Campus, Balmville SUNYO-KH �� SUNY Orange Newburgh, Kaplan Hall SUNYO-OH ��SUNY Orange Middletown, Orange Hall WRS �� Wallkill River School, Montgomery

Group Show �� Stray Cat Gallery, Bethel, ongoing Georgia Chambers etchings, paintings ��Georgia Chambers Art Gallery, Callicoon, ongoing Catharine De Maio paintings ��Rustic Wheelhouse, Chester, ongoing T.A. Clearwater paintings, pastels, prints �� Clearwater Gallery at Jones Farm, Cornwall, ongoing Karen E. Gersch, Gabrielle Dearborn, Josiah Dearborn drawings, paintings, silverwork �� Gersch Home Gallery, Montgomery, by appt, ongoing Carolyn Duke pottery ��Duke Pottery, Tennanah Lake, Roscoe, ongoing Inscribed Tibetan Prayer Stones ��Tibetan & Himalayan Cultural Center, Walden, ongoing Wurtsboro Art Alliance group show �� Mamakating Town Hall, Wurtsboro, ongoing “Is It Love or Cabin Fever?” group show �� ARTery Gallery, Milford, thru Mar 4 Cabin Fever Art Show Crawford Arts Association �� Crawford Gov’t Center, Pine Bush, thru Mar 7 “WHITEOUT: Snow, Ice, and All Things Wintry White” Goshen Art League �� Goshen Music Hall, thru Mar 8 Mary Cathryn Roth “On Time”, paintings & photographs ��SUNYO-KH thru Mar 9 Linda Mason, Anne Dimock, Joanne Balfour, Charlie Gruman, Mary C. Roth “The Past Comes Alive” Early American Decoration Art, Artists of Excellence Series SUNYO-KH thru Mar 9 Still Life Drawings/Paintings WRS members group show �� WRS thru Mar 14 Mark Cannariato spice cobra scrambles ��CAS thru Mar 17 North East Watercolor Society 2018 member Show ��SUNYO-OH thru Mar 20 Judith Hummer “An Unexpected View” paintings ��SUNYO-OH thru Mar 20 Marjorie Morrow, Naomi Teppich, Gail Tuchman “Ask the Old Trees”, art & photography �� River Family Wellness, Callicoon, thru Mar 20 Chris VanVooren, Elliot Belokostolsky, Kirill Leshiner ��Berkshire Bank, Goshen, thru Mar 20 “People, Planet, Politics” group show �� DVAA thru Mar 31 “Winter-Themed Works” River Valley Artists Guild, “Art About Town” �� Susan Miiller & Joan Kehlenbeck Port Jervis City Hall, & Bon Secours Hospital Cafeteria, Port Jervis & Milford Senior Healthcare, & Joan Kehlenbeck & RVAG members Deerpark Town Hall, Huguenot & Patty O’Donnell Koch “Winter Expressions” Port Jervis Library, thru Apr 1 “Anthropocene” group show �� Ann Street Gallery, Newburgh, thru Apr 7 2018 Newburgh Volunteer Fair Poster Winners Washington’s Headquarters, Newburgh, thru Apr 28 “Windows and Mirrors” community art show �� Wisner Library, Warwick, thru Apr 30

NEW ART EXHIBITS

James Riley �� Greenwood Lake Library, Mar 1-28 “Nocturnes” group show, Robert Scheffler nautical still life paintings �� WRS Mar 1-31 Hannah Johnson various mediums ��Highland Mills Library, Mar 1-31 Shannon Almanzar paintings ��Gallery At Chant Realtors, Lords Valley, Mar 1-Apr 27 Judy Byrne, Cathy Cahill, Lily Norton, Cathy Prager “4 Pastelists” �� Leo’s Pizzeria & Restaurant, Cornwall, Mar 1-Apr 30 Susan Lisbin paintings �� The Falcon, Marlboro, Mar 1-Apr 30 Margo Claster absract paintings �� Griffith Olivero Realtors, Goshen, Mar 1-May 30 Roger Dowd “Hurt of the Antarctic-Part One” graphic arts ��Wisner Library, Warwick, Mar 2-31 “Shades of Green” group show �� Artists’ Market, Shohola, Mar 3-14 Laura Pinter paintings ��Amity Gallery, Warwick, Mar 3-25 Goshen Art League New Members Exhibition �� Goshen Music Hall, Mar 9-May 24 Delaware Valley HS Students “Unplugged - The Timeless Joy of Making Art” �� ARTery Gallery, Milford, Mar 9-Apr 9 Jodi King “Art from the Heart & Kidney” �� Desmond Campus, Newburgh, Mar 11-Apr 18 Spring Into Art Show Crawford Arts Association Crawford Gov’t Center, Pine Bush, Mar 14-May 9 Paintings with Dramatic Lighting ��WRS Mar 15-Apr 14 Doug Milne “Botanical Portraits” ��SUNYO-KH Mar 15-May 30 CAS 2018 Members Show �� CAS Mar 24-Apr 4

Photography exhibits

Catharine Bale �� Green Light Gallery, Cornwall-on-Hudson, ongoing Nick Zungoli “Up Close” ��Exposures Gallery, Sugar Loaf, thru May 20

NEW Photography exhibits

Ellie Stover �� Orange Regional Medical Center Gallery, Middletown, thru Mar 30 Rich Klein local firefighters, equipment �� Liberty Museum & Arts Center Windows, thru Apr 7. St. James Camera Club ��Wisner Library, Warwick, Mar 1-31

ART & Photography receptions

“4 Pastelists” ��Leo’s Pizzeria & Restaurant, Cornwall, Mar 3, 1pm-3pm North East Watercolor Society 2018 member Show ��SUNYO-OH Mar 3, 1pm-4:15pm “Shades of Green” group show ��Artists’ Market, Shohola, Mar 3, 4pm-6pm Shannon Almanzar paintings ��Gallery At Chant Realtors, Lords Valley, Mar 3, 5pm-7pm Laura Pinter paintings ��Amity Gallery, Warwick, Mar 3, 5pm-7pm 16

Delaware & Hudson CANVAS

March 2018

Hannah Johnson various mediums ��Highland Mills Library, Mar 10, Noon-2pm Roger Dowd “Hurt of the Antarctic-Part One” �� Wisner Library, Warwick, Mar 10, 2pm-4pm “Nocturnes” group show, Richard Scheffler nautical still life paintings ��WRS Mar 10, 5pm-7pm Delaware Valley High School Students �� ARTery Gallery, Milford, Mar 10, 6pm-9pm Jodi King “Art from the Heart & Kidney” �� Desmond Campus, Newburgh, Mar 11, 1pm-3pm St. James Camera Club �� Wisner Library, Warwick, Mar 11, 1pm-3pm Goshen Art League New Members Exhibition ��Goshen Music Hall, Mar 15, 6pm-8pm “Windows and Mirrors” community art show �� Wisner Library, Warwick, Mar 16, 5:30pm-7:45pm CAS 2018 Members Show ��CAS Mar 24, 2pm-4pm

Schools & Conservatories Budding Artists art exhibit �� Greenwood Lake Library, ongoing

Children & Teens Calendar

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

Books

Book Hipsters Book Club teens �� Wisner Library, Warwick, Fridays, 3:30pm “You Forgot Your Skirt, Amelia Bloomer” by Shana Corey, K thru 2nd grade �� Cornwall Library, Mar 15, 4:14pm “Bartholomew and the Oobleck” by Dr. Seuss, 3rd & 4th grades Cornwall Library, Mar 19, 4:30pm “A Wrinkle in Time” by Madeleine L’Engle, 5th thru 8th grades �� Cornwall Library, Mar 19, 6:30pm Cinema

Teen Movie Night 11-17yrs �� Greenwood Lake Library, Wednesdays, 6pm FREE Teen Movie Matinee �� Crawford Library, Monticello, 1st Saturday, 1pm FREE Saturday Family Movie �� Crawford Library, Monticello, Saturdays, 1pm FREE “Charlotte’s Web” all ages �� Newburgh Library, Mar 26, 2pm FREE Entertainment

Storytime 3-5yrs �� Crawford Library, Monticello, Mondays 10am FREE “I Have A Dream” Talent Show �� Bethel Woods, Mar 10, 4:30pm FREE Lectures

“Maple Lane Tours” young children �� HHNM Saturdays & Sundays, Mar 3-18, Noon & 3pm Maple Sugar Tours ��HHNM Saturdays & Sundays, Mar 3-18, 11am-3pm Project: Identity Sessions teens “Arts & Activism” �� 59 North Main Street, Liberty, Mar 5 & 7, 4pm St. Patrick’s Day Snakes ��HHNM CoH Mar 17, 10am Fireside Fun! ��HHNM Mar 24, 7pm “Butterflies Over Break” all ages �� Newburgh Library, Mar 28, 1pm Funny Bunnies! �� HHNM Mar 31, 10am & 11:30am Museums

Meet the Animals “Birds on the Wing” ��HHNM-CoH Saturdays & Sundays, 1pm & 2:30pm Ecozone Discovery Room ��PEEC Mar 3 & 18, 1pm-4pm Little Eco Explorers: Frogs ��PEEC Mar 24, 10am

Jazz Promo’s Grammy Winners

President of Jazz Promo Services, James Eigo (see photo) is an enthusiastic lifelong jazz listener and an avid supporter of the arts. He’s a visible presence at artist’s gigs, festivals and industry conferences. At an age when some kids had paper routes or mowed lawns to earn a few bucks, Jim worked for a jukebox distributor in his native Brooklyn. His salary? Used records. “I thought I’d stumbled into a pot of gold,” he recalls with a laugh. Jazz Promo Services has been based in Warwick for the past 17 years. The company provides press, radio, live music promotion and email marketing, specializing in Media Campaigns for the music community, artists, labels, venues and events. With patience, dedication, a sense of humor and a good ear for music and stories, Eigo spreads the word on jazz, one email blast at a time. Eigo has happily announced that two artists

they represent took home Grammys at the 2018 60th Annual Grammy Awards. Best Latin Jazz Album: Pablo Ziegler Jazz Tango

Pablo Ziegler piano, compositions, arrangements; Hector Del Curto bandoneon, Claudio Ragazzi guitar. Producers Kabir Sehgal & Jochen Becker. Zoho Music.

Best Surround Sound Album: Jane Ira Bloom, Early Americans

Jane Ira Bloom soprano saxophone, Mark Helias bass, Bobby Previte drums, Jim Anderson, surround mix engineer; Darcy Proper, surround mastering engineer; Jim Anderson & Jane Ira Bloom, surround producers. Label: Sono Luminus.

“We’re thrilled and excited for both Pablo Ziegler and Jane Ira Bloom on their Grammy wins! This is the 5th Grammy win for Jazz Promo Services artists!,” exclaimed Eigo. Congratulations, Jim! Phone: 845-986-1677 www.jazzpromoservices.com

“The Blues on Broadway” Joe Mack is a native “Newburghian”, born and bred. He worked with Safe Harbors of the Hudson back in 2016-2017 on a photography project. Recently retired, Joe decided he wanted to do something for Newburgh, the local music community (especially the Blues community!) and Safe Harbors of the Hudson. He had a vision. Joe’s vision was to bring live Blues music back to Broadway, create some buzz and get some foot traffic going again in lower Newburgh. Reaching out to the best Blues bands in the Hudson Valley, Joe got six individuals to help out by performing in the Safe Harbors Lobby at the Ritz Theatre. A fundraiser for Safe Harbors and a friendraiser for the Blues! Big Joe Fitz is one of the leading personalities on the vibrant music scene in the Hudson Valley who jumped at the chance to help, needing little persuasion. Since 1985 he has hosted the Sunday Night Blues Break at legendary independent radio station WDST in Woodstock. The show was recently cited by Hudson Valley Magazine in their annual ‘Best of The Valley’ issue. Big Joe is also a singer, musician, and

Big Joe Fitz and The Lo-Fi’s

bandleader. He and his band, The Lo-Fi’s, delight in bringing ‘soulful swinging Blues’ to all sorts of venues in the Hudson Valley and beyond. And one sort is the Lobby at the Ritz, 111 Broadway, Newburgh, on March 23 at 7:00pm to open the series! The shows will run from March through August, lasting for 90 minutes with no opening act and no intermission. Box office and theater doors open one hour before show time. Check the website for additional info on dates and to buy discounted tickets in advance: www.safe-harbors.org Secure and convenient free parking is available on Broadway directly in front of the Lobby at the Ritz, street parking on both Liberty & Ann Street and directly behind the theater in the Ann St. municipal parking lot.

Charcoal Drawing Master Class at SUNYO Time will be allotted at the Ward Lamb chose visual end for quick review and art as a career because to him feedback. it parallels his love of music. Various levels of experience Keeping that in mind, during are fine. However, participants the upcoming program, should be no younger than Accenting the Personal 15 years old. If attendees ~ a Charcoal Drawing have charcoal pencils/ebony Master Class in Portraiture, pencils, they should bring classical music will play in them although materials for the background to create class participation will be ambience and enhance the supplied. No registration is mood for drawing. Indeed, required. Attendees will be this hands-on art workshop, able to take home their piece which is free and open to the public, will be held on Charcoal drawing by Ward Lamb of artwork. Ward Lamb holds a BFA from SUNY Stony March 8 from 4:00pm-6:00pm in Orange Brook and an MFA from Brooklyn College. In Hall Gallery. Using a character model, participants will addition, he studied at Maine College of Art use vine charcoal and charcoal pencil to lay in (MECA) and attended The New York Studio gestural form of head and posture to empathize School of Drawing, Painting and Sculpture. and interpret the model at hand. Part one of He taught on a Fulbright Scholarship in the the session will emphasize different ways UK and worked at Minisink Valley High to combine form and line, emphasizing the School retiring as longtime chair of its art posture and nature of the subject. This will be department. He loves to paint and draw. Orange Hall is located at the corner of done in a series of shorter sketches focusing Wawayanda & Grandview Avenues, (GPS: on gesture and proportions. Part two will consist of two poses of longer 24 Grandview Ave.) on the Middletown duration, integrating areas of tone and line to campus of SUNY Orange. Call Cultural Affairs at 845-341-4891. describe the expression of the unique sitter.

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“People, Planet, Politics” Art & Discussion The first show of the Delaware Valley Art Alliance’s 2018 season: People, Planet, Politics, includes 14 artists working in painting, sculpture, photography, and digital mixed media. “People, planet, and politics all have a significant impact on each other,” says DVAA’s gallery director Rocky Pinciotti, who curated the show. “Many of “Because of Them” photograph by Jonathan Hyman the works in the exhibit overlap these three Politics artist talk and panel discussion on categories. Some of the works are directly March 10 at 2:00pm. Artists will speak about political with photographs of political rallies. their work, along with local politicians and Other works address nature’s impact on us, as environmental advocates who will join in to well as the struggle to survive in urban and discuss big questions about the world around polluted environments. And there are images us - and how art can make an impact. On view at the DVAA’s Alliance Gallery, of people who are struggling to survive as a 37 Main Street, Narrowsburg, through March result of both natural and political fury.” The DVAA will host a People, Planet, 31. For more information, call 845-252-7576.

Hannah Johnson at the Woodbury Library Library, 16 Route 105, Artist Hannah Johnson is Highland Mills. Her exhibit 20 years old, and is studying will include several types of Sociology at Rockland mediums, including paper Community College. She quilling. Quilling or paper graduated from Monroefiligree is an art form that Woodbury H.S. in 2016 with a involves the use of strips NYS diploma with Distinction of paper that are rolled, in the Arts. shaped, and glued together Hannah enjoys working with to create decorative designs. new and different mediums, The paper is manipulated to but some of her favorite things create shapes which make up to create are ceramics, dot designs to decorate greetings mandala paintings, and paper Art by Hannah Johnson quilling pieces. She became interested in art cards, pictures, boxes, eggs, and to make through the ancient art of henna tattooing. models, jewelry, mobiles, etc. There are Through her art, she hopes to communicate advanced techniques and different sized messages of religious and cultural acceptance, paper that are used to create 3D miniatures, the empowerment of women and girls, and abstract art, flowers and other designs. A reception, open to the public, will be the ultimate goal of peace. Hannah is the featured artist for the held on March 10 from 12:00pm-2:00pm. For information: 845-928-6162. month of March at the Woodbury Public

Catskill Art Society Member Show 2018 Founded by Charles F. Beck in 1971, the Catskill Art Society (CAS) had humble beginnings in his Cooks Falls home as an increasingly popular gathering of artists and art lovers dedicated to developing and sharing their common interests. In 2007, CAS renovated a historic building in Livingston Manor, built as the Manor Theater cinema in 1929 and showing movies through the 1970’s before seeing various uses as a general store and auction house. 2007 saw the grand opening of the CAS 18

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Arts Center, and since then, CAS purchased the building located at 48 Main Street, Livingston Manor, with the generous support of its enthusiastic membership. Today, CAS looks forward to a new era as it seeks to renovate the upper floor into dedicated performance and exhibition spaces. The annual CAS Members’ Show opens with a reception on March 24 from 2:00pm4:00pm, and is on view through April 4. For information, call 845-436-4227.

March at The Wallkill River School of Art: “Nocturne Paintings” Spring brings paintings have a fresh color and new distinctive feel that artworks to the is unmatched in Wallkill RiverSchool any other style of of Art (WRS) with a painting. group exhibition of This show will nocturne paintings include works from March 1-31. In in all the major addition, there will fine art painting be a solo exhibit of mediums, which watercolor still lifes will showcase the by emerging artist different approaches Robert Scheffler. used to paint Nocturne painting by Cathy Cahill In addition to the normal reception, the subjects without direct lighting. Despite WRS will be hosting a live nocturne painting their challenging nature, these nocturnes can demonstration by award winning plein air be some of the most dramatic and satisfying artist and long-time WRS represented artist, paintings. Chrissy Pahucki. Chrissy will showcase Emerging artist Robert Scheffler is a techniques used by plein air painters that newcomer to the WRS, and will be displaying quickly capture the essence of night in their his watercolor works throughout the month paintings. of March. Robert is a local watercolorist “Nocturne Painting” is a term coined by from Campbell hall, who focuses on painting James Abbott McNeill Whistler to describe nautical themed still life, particularly fishing a painting style that depicts scenes evocative related works. Robert always had a passion of the night or subjects as they appear in a for both fishing and art, but it wasn’t until veil of light, in twilight, or in the absence his recent retirement that he combined both of direct light. In a broader usage, the term of these lifelong interests, and really dived has come to refer to any painting of a night headfirst into his passion for art. scene. Sensitivity to color and light, dramatic In terms of subject, Robert prefers to contrasts, and deep yet bold colors, nocturne paint the intricate and delicate details of fish

and fishing lures. As a result of being self taught, Robert’s work has a distinctive sense of color and light. This will be his very first exhibit, despite years of painting. The opening reception will take place on March 10 from 5:00pm-7:00pm.

The Wallkill River School is located at 232 Ward Street in Montgomery. For more information about these exhibits or the School, visit www.wallkillriverschool.com or call 845-457-2727. Admission is always free.

GWL Library’s Artist of the Month The Greenwood Lake Public Library has a close connection with artist James Riley. He volunteered at the Library in his youth and his grandmother Ann Langan was a well respected employee and member of the Greenwood Lake community. James prefers traditional art, his main medium being colored pencils. In 2007, he won the county-wide annual Drug & Alcohol Abuse Poster Contest. He has been a resident of Greenwood Lake for over twenty-five years, graduating from George F. Baker High School in 2008. James went on to graduate from Rockland Community College in 2014 with a degree in Fine Arts. He had an exhibition of his work at the College, too. His main inspirations are Walt Disney, Hayao Miyazaki, Tim Burton, Charles M. Schulz, Bill Watterson, Maurice Sendak, J.K. Rowling, C.S. Lewis and Rev. Wilbert

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Awdry. Besides drawing, he enjoys hobbies such as hiking, camping, and model railroading. James is the featured artist for the month of March at the Greenwood Lake Public Library, 79 Waterstone Road. For information: 845-477-8377, ext 107

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News from The Wurtsboro Art Alliance is currently working The Wurtsboro on a copper octopus Art Alliance (WAA) wind vane for his was organized at the home. initiative of John After weeks of Neilson in 2005. The gloom, cold, and group has grown grey skies, the WAA from their original will reopen and six members to over begin their 2018 fifty with diverse season on April 7. and prolific media, The WAA artists from sculpture to will be presenting photography, textiles to wood carvings. “The John Neilson Gallery” oil by Colin McCluney multi-media works, Each month, CANVAS will feature one of rich in color and texture, based on the theme the WAA artist-members in this column. The All Creatures Great and Small until April 29. featured artist for March is Colin McCluney, A formal reception will take place on April and his oil painting of the Alliance’s John 14. The public is invited to attend, meet the artists and join them for free refreshments. Neilson Gallery, at 73 Sullivan Street. “We have a very busy and exciting year After graduating from the High School of Industrial Arts in Manhattan, mixed-media planned,” says new WAA President, Kitty artist Colin McCluney’s life took a sharp turn. Mitchell. “Every month we will showcase In need of funding to further his education, he artworks based on a new theme that will fill took to the river. After ten years working on our three room gallery. The first community the tug boats of the Hudson River, he joined event we will be a partner of is Wurtsboro’s the Hudson River Pilots, a small group of Spring Fling event on April 28, sponsored state and federally licensed pilots who take by the Wurtsboro Board of Trade. The foreign ships up the Hudson. The process is Alliance will be offering free craft projects called “conning”, or chartering the course up for all ages from Noon-3:00pm.” (Stay tuned to CANVAS in April for more the river. Much like these pilots, artists, “with about Spring Fling!) care have charted their course”. New members are always welcome! Visit After thirty-six years as a pilot, McCluney retired and now lives in Mongaup Valley. He www.waagallery.org for more information.

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Funny Bunnies in Cornwall! Why do rabbits have so many babies? How do they protect themselves from predators? Learn about the native Eastern Cottontail and then take a walk to search for signs of wild rabbits! Meet a live rabbit and make a bunny

craft to take home, too, on March 31 at 10:00am or 11:30am at the Hudson Highland Nature Museum’s Outdoor Discovery Center, 100 Muser Drive, Cornwall. Visit www.hhnm.org to pre-register.

Majestic Eagles in Grahamsville! Return of the Eagle is a power point presentation by local historian Tom Riley. The program traces the history of the American Eagle and other raptors from their near extinction in the 1960s as a result of the devastating effects of DDT and other chemicals, to today when eagles can be found in almost every state. The program includes light refreshments and includes admission to the museum’s current exhibitions: •Water and the Valleys, an exhibit on the history of the Rondout and Neversink watershed area from early geological times to the 20th century. This newly renovated exhibit includes interactives such as a Native American artifact guessing game, grinding corn with a mortar and pestle, videos and

more! •Tunnels, Toil and Trouble: New York City’s Quest for Water and the Rondout-Neversink Story, an interactive exhibit on the NYC water supply system and the towns that were removed to build the system, which includes computer interactives, games, puzzles, videos and building a dam and tunnel! •Picture Yourself(ie) in the 1930s, a completely hands-on and immersive exhibition about life in the 1930s! The Time & The Valleys Museum: “Connecting Water, People and the Catskills”, is on State Route 55 in Grahamsville. Riley’s talk is on March 4 at 2:00pm. For information call 845-985-7700, or visit www.timeandthevalleysmuseum.org

Meet Evelyn Albino: Actor, Director & Theatrical Enthusiast In the mysterious world of magic, live theatre carries with it an unequaled and rarely understood appeal. Frequently, it simply happens: sorta like pixie dust floating about, landing and affecting people for life. In the case of Evelyn Albino, a dedicated, focused entertainer, the sprinkling happened early with shades and glimmers of a Broadway fantasy. Evelyn spent her formative years as one of 7 children, in the modest, river town of Middleton, Massachusetts. Fortunately, that compact community was one that provided a host of summer activities aimed specifically at its youth. One bright and summery day there happened along a smooth talkin’, travelin’ man, a charismatic chap with sheet music, instruments, and a flair for improvising drama and musical entertainment: this for sure was a music man. The pixie dust landed and Evelyn’s initiation was secure. But all the elements had yet to be connected. A winding, undefined road was before her as she had high school and college in her sights.

Completing high school, it was off to the University of Massachusetts, Amherst with the idea of radio communications somehow tickling the synapses of her mind. Then as happenstance would have it, Evelyn was required to complete her academic schedule with electives! Her instincts drew her to an interesting elective offered by the Theatre Department: Acting 101! The dust that lingered, pixie dust, took effect. Those formative theatrical experiences, a la Middleton’s Music Man were ignited. In Evelyn’s own words, “I crashed. This is it!” Quite courageous as an individual, charting her own academic path, Evelyn was unencumbered in her decision making. It was her dime. She was the product of a family with 7 children and understandably, there were a lot of hands in the cookie jar. Can’t say if it was the legendary rumble or the rattle, but a determined, and ballsy Evelyn Albino was unmistakably drawn by that oft’ repeated lullaby to theatre, New York City Theatre and New York University’s famed

Tisch School of the Arts. NYU’s Tisch is frequently noted as one of the best Drama schools in the world and immediately, it is clearly evident that Evelyn is all, and then some, of the promotional descriptions used to describe Tisch graduates: “At Tisch Drama we train thinking artists who have the skills to ask questions, find answers, tell stories and engage - creatively, intellectually, and professionally.” Aside from professional growth in NYC (BFA from NYU) there’s Evelyn’s encounter with the Fire Department of New York (FDNY). An episode that fortunately resulted in her marriage to one of its most awesome members, Rob Albino. Who it should be noted was referred to 5 times during this interview as “awesome.” He is responsible for the family’s relocation to Orange County in 1988. Retired from FDNY, Rob is the proud owner of Eagle Autobody, Fulton Street, Middletown. To further describe Evelyn’s resolve she became a licensed Associate Real Estate Broker in Manhattan with the well established

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Brown Harris Stevens. Her proximity to Middletown, resulted in a close association with the Creative Theatre Group, at that time, working out of Middletown’s famed Paramount Theatre. Her first audition landed her a demanding understudy role in March Norman’s disturbing Night Mother. Her next audition - Bingo she was selected to play a riveting Stella in A Streetcar Named Desire. Then it was to Sullivan County’s Rivoli Theatre for a stint with Willy Russell’s Educating Rita, which 5 years later she resurrected with Bruce Roman’s Creative Theatre-Muddy Water Players at the Playhouse at Museum Village in Monroe. As the new plays and playwrights ignite the eastern sky, Evelyn’s new and robust theatre season is also about to begin. She has auditioned for the quickly emerging and ambitious Side of the Road Theatre Company in Milford and has just been cast as Amanda in Tennessee Williams’ immortal, The Glass Menagerie. Scheduled performances are July 20-21 and 27-29 at a location TBA. In addition to exceptional acting, it is the directorial work of Evelyn that this writer found to be most revealing. To this end and most recently, she directed Tom Dudzick’s bitter-sweet Miracle on South Division Street with Cornerstone Theatre Arts at Goshen Music Hall (where she is currently acting in Literature Alive: Tolle, Lege through March 4). Her diligent efficiency credibly placed the Nowaks of Buffalo right smack dab centerstage in downtown Goshen. And those in attendance found they’d been given a seat in the middle of a kitchen they’d been to in a past, not so distant. Somehow, they knew it. A neighbor? A friend? It doesn’t matter. Ms. Albino’s perception of what is needed to make this family’s journey convincing is there. She’s a talented director, not to mention stage designer, actor who knows, touches and feels the bumps in the road. Evelyn Albino’s an Entertainer!

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New Works by Goshen Art League Members Usher in Spring The Goshen Art League (GAL) welcomed 50 new members in the month of January. Approximately half of them will show their work in the 2018 edition of the annual New Members Exhibit at the organization’s home gallery space in the Goshen Music Hall. The show’s curator and GAL membership chair Mitchell Saler states, “This annual exhibit is an exciting opportunity to view our newest members’ art and celebrate the league’s growth. Additionally, with this show we celebrate a newfound partnership with two other major arts organizations in our region.” GAL welcomed this influx of new members aided by a program whereby artists were invited to join three premiere arts organizations of the region for one combined reduced annual fee. The umbrella membership fee covered annual dues for the League as well as Wallkill River School (WRS) of Montgomery, and the Orange County Arts Council. Those choosing joint membership will be afforded privileges in each of the three organizations. “Shawn Dell Joyce, founder/director of WRS, proposed this partnership among our three sister art organizations and we immediately agreed that it was a logical and beneficial structure for our members, some of whom already belonged to all three,” said Julie Saltzberg, GAL president. One of the new GAL members displaying her work, WRS’s Dell Joyce states, “I’m grateful for having new opportunities and

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places to exhibit, and reach new arts audiences, thanks to the Goshen Art League.” Saler states, “This exhibit presents the artistic expertise, ingenuity, and diversity of our growing membership. Works on display by our new artist members include still lifes, landscapes, portraits, and more. A variety of mediums, such as acrylic, pastel, oil, photography, and woodcut were employed in creating the works.” “As a new member of the League, I am honored to be surrounded by so many talented and inspirational artists,” participating new member William Powe says. “It’s terrific to be part of a group of people who share my passion for the arts. Thank you GAL for welcoming me to your team.” The New Members Exhibition runs from March 9-May 24, at 223 Main Street, Goshen. A reception is scheduled for Thursday, March 15 from 6:00pm-8:00pm. Complimentary

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beverages and finger foods will be served. The public is invited to meet the artists. Visit www.goshenartleague.com for info. Long Time Goshen Artist in First Time Solo Show In a continuing collaboration to exhibit the work of local artists, GAL and Griffith Olivero Realtors present a solo show of Goshen artist, Margo Claster. Claster’s large-scale acrylic abstract paintings explore the relationship between the intentional and the accidental. Her work is life inspired - free and spontaneous, rich in color and texture. Margo’s late and “oh, so great” father always said she was sui generis (one of a kind.) She has chosen to make that true with her art. Her process is internally driven and emotionally charged as she constantly explores new techniques. “We have long wanted to feature Margo’s

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unique paintings,” added Saltzberg. “The Griffith Olivero Realtors office affords us that opportunity. John Olivero is a warm and most welcoming host. Prior to this, Margo took part in the Goshen Art Walk and as a result showed some pieces at the Goshen Music Hall, directly across the street from Griffith Olivero. But this is a more in-depth showing, where viewers can take in more of her large abstracts and get a better feel for the breadth and scope of her work.” The Claster show is the 4th in an ongoing series of exhibits curated by GAL for the realty office. Olivero explains, “We welcome the very gifted and varied artists of the League and are pleased to provide exhibit space on our office walls. The community is always welcome to stop in and take in the latest art show.” Claster’s exhibit runs from March 1-May 30 at 226 Main Street. A reception date will be announced in the near future.

Delaware Valley High School Art Show The ARTery Gallery provide extra incentive for will hold it’s 5th annual their young artists to show exhibit of the Delaware their work and compete in Valley High School competitions and have this (DVHS) art students’ experience of showing in a creations. Unplugged - The professional gallery setting Timeless Joy of Making with the opportunity to sell Art will be on display from their work. March 9-April 9. The works presented in With concern about the past years have spanned the youth of today spending spectrum of mediums to Work by Alexis Frye too much time on digital include printmaking, paintings, devices, these exhibits prove drawings, photography, digital that making things is still images, sculpture, hand built an endeavor that fulfills our pottery, jewelry and textiles. need to produce things of Their work can express social beauty and self expression. In commentary, personal insights, a landscape of manufactured the beauty of nature, dramatic, and mass produced goods, the fun and beautiful renditions of soul longs to make and possess their world. Gallery visitors unique objects that speak to a always enjoy it and take higher purpose than just sheer advantage of the opportunity consumerism. to meet and purchase works by The exhibit has proven to be these emerging young artists, one of ARTery’s most satisfying many of which go on to higher in terms of community Work by Georgana Williams education in the arts. appreciation and engagement, with family Meet the student-artists, teachers and gallery and friends of the students coming out to show artists at the reception on March 10, 6:00pmtheir support. 9:00pm, where refreshments will be served or DVHS, known for it’s strong art program, come throughout the month to view the show. turns out some very promising young artists The ARTery is located at 210 Broad Street, as a result. The teachers go the extra mile to Milford. Call 570-409-6754.

Graffiti & Mixed Media Art in Lords Valley Self taught artist Shannon Almanzar’s technique, color and style are expressive of the inspiring years that she lived in Mexico. She was also influenced by Colorado’s celebrated graffiti art. Shannon puts to good use a varied menu of materials resulting in bold, vivid and somewhat unruly mixed media compositions. By teaching from her Shannon Almanzar Paint Lounge & Art

“Suzan Love” from Almanazar’s “Suzan Series”

Gallery in Bangor, PA, she fulfills her life’s ambitions as an artist and her desire to share her love of art with others. See her work at the opening reception for her show at the Gallery at Chant Realtors, 631 Route 739, Lords Valley, on March 3 from 5:00pm7:00pm. The show runs from March 1 -April 27. For info: 570-775-7337.

Diverse Landscapes in Middletown Born and raised in Middletown, Ellie Stover started her photography career at an early age in high school and went on to complete a degree in Biomedical Photographic Communications at Rochester Institute of Technology. In addition to her work as a Camera and Display Engineer for Microsoft, Ellie travels the country extensively exploring the ever-changing ecosystem of our diverse landscapes.

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See an exceptional collection of photographs that portray natural beauty and how Ellie has brought her traveling experiences to life through the lens at the Gallery at Orange Regional Medical Center, 707 East Main Street, Middletown. The gallery, located on the ground floor, will feature Ellie’s photography through March 30. For further information, contact the ORMC gallery art curator, Nina Favata, at 845-333-1000, ext. 2385.

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Thanks for the WiFi, Hedy! “Any girl can be glamorous,” Hollywood siren Hedy Lamarr once said. “All you have to do is stand still and look stupid.” Butstupidshewasn’t.The new film BOMBSHELL: The Hedy Lamarr Story explores the complex journey of a woman who was much more than her beauty. A genius inventor, Lamarr is now credited with discovering the technology that makes modern WiFi possible. The film, directed by Alexandra Dean, will be screened on March 24 at 2:00pm at Delaware Valley Arts Center, 37 Main Street,

Narrowsburg, as part of the Delaware Valley Art Alliance’s Winter Salon Series. Fun facts: Lamarr’s inventing talents didn’t stop there. She also came up with “bouillon” cubes to turn water into a Coke-like drink, and a “skintautening technique based on the principles of the accordion”! The 2018 Winter Salon Series is free for audiences thanks to the generous support of Larry & Shain Fishman. Donations are appreciated. Seating is limited. For information: 845-252-7576.

Artist and entrepreneur Amy Lewis Sweetman, founder of AGRISCULPTURE, has announced the 2018-2019 season lineup for her monthly series in Warwick entitled, Do You Love What You Do? The Agrisculpture Community Lecture Series. “I enjoy creating space where people can share the passions they’re actively engaged in, exercise their freedom of speech, and tell their stories to a group of friends and neighbors, face to face...eye to eye,” writes Sweetman. “By gathering masters of creative fields together into a speaker series, storytelling becomes the vehicle for understanding what these visionaries love about what they do every day...along with moments of significance along their life’s journey. DYLWYD?

provides an architecture that engages both speakers and guests, nurturing passion, expansion and community.” Evenings typically begin with about a half hour of mingling and enjoying beverages Pennings Market offers on tap, the middle hour is storytelling and presentation by the speaker, and the last half hour has Q&A and conversation amongst the speaker and guests. Join blacksmith David Kurdyla (see photo) on March 14 from 6:00-8:00pm in Pennings Market, 61 Route 94 South, Warwick. Advanced discounted tickets may be purchased online at Eventbrite/Facebook by searching “do you love what you do?” Tickets are also available at the door. Visit www.AGRISCULPTURE.com for more information.

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“Jezebel” Sins in Balmville Jezebel, the 9th century Queen of Israel, has, for thousands of years, been the source to describe cunning, ruthless and reprehensible women. In some Biblical interpretations, her dressing in finery and putting on makeup led to the association of the use of cosmetics with “painted women” or prostitutes. Not common knowledge: Jezebel is originally a French song, recorded in 1940 by Edith Piaf eleven years prior to Frankie Laine’s smash hit American version. Jezebel is a 1938 American romantic drama directed by William Wyler. It stars Bette Davis and Henry Fonda, supported by George Brent, Margaret Lindsay, Donald Crisp, Richard Cromwell, and Fay Bainter. The film was adapted by Clements Ripley, Abem Finkel, John Huston, and Robert Buckner, from the 1933 stage play by Owen Davis, Sr. (Tallulah Bankhead was originally slated for the stage role, but fell severely ill during rehearsals and was replaced by 24

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Miriam Hopkins.) The Turner Classic Movies Database states that the film was offered as compensation for Bette Davis after she failed to win the part of Scarlett O’Hara in Gone with the Wind.Despite a radio poll showing Bette Davis as the audience favorite for the role, Selznick never seriously considered her for it. (Paulette Goddard was his first choice until his brother recommended Vivian Leigh.) Jezebel was Davis’ second Best Actress Oscar win after winning for Dangerous three years earlier. This win established her as a major star from this point on. The film tells the story of a headstrong young Southern woman during the antebellum period whose actions cost her the man she loves. Her sin? Well, you’ll have to see the film to find out. With discussion by George Burke, it will be shown at Desmond Campus, 6 Albany Post Road, Newburgh, on March 14 at 9:30am. Phone 845-565-2076 to register.

Bowery Bob Wants YOU! Bowery Bob, a.k.a. Bob Holman, will be making a rare Hudson Valley appearance as part of the Megaphone Language Arts series at the Seligmann Center. For those who have yet to experience Holman LIVE, his reading and performance will be a chance to recharge Winter poetry batteries with high-voltage New York energy! A mid-westerner by birth, Holman arrived in New York in the early 70’s to study poetry with Kenneth Koch at Columbia. He’s been a downtown resident for decades, publishing, teaching, performing and engaging in inspired poetry entrepreneurship. His passion for the “roots of orality” has taken him all over the

world to capture “endangered languages” - an endeavor that culminated in the PBS series, Language Matters. In keeping with his continued interest in the oral tradition, Holman with be showing his “poem film” Khonsay: Poem of Many Voices and reading from the “script.” The author of over fifteen books of poetry, Bob will also be reading from his latest chapbook, The Cutouts (Matisse). In addition to the film and reading, surprises of a musical nature are likely! Megaphone takes place on March 11 at 2:00pm at the Seligmann Center, 23-26 White Oak Drive, Sugar Loaf. A $5 donation at the door is appreciated. For info: 845-469-9459.

PechaKucha Wants YOU! PechaKucha, now in over 900 cities, is happening at the Amity Gallery in Warwick! This is their 5th evening of storytelling in this simple presentation format. Twenty images are shown for 20 seconds each advancing automatically while the presenter talks along with the images. Presentations last six and a half minutes. Elizabeth Knight, (see photo) known for her introduction of the Repair Café and Too Good To Toss events, will be sharing her experiences as a Certified Tea Master. Elizabeth created and presented programs in the U.S., U.K. and Japan at trade shows, national retailers including Bloomingdale’s and Marshall Fields, cultural institutions including the British National Trust,

historical and botanical societies including the Missouri Botanical Garden, and schools including NYU, among others. She traveled the world learning about tea, even hosting tea-themed tours in the U.K. and NYC. Other exciting presenters include Barbara Felton of Lowland Farms talking about loveable cows, Emmy award winner Robert Agnello, Karen Martis introducing us to the uses of porcupine quills, and other Warwick personalities. A delightful evening of storytelling awaits those who attend on March 10 at 8:00pm. Amity Gallery is located at 110 Newport Bridge Road, Warwick. Call 845-258-0818. $5 suggested donation. Visit www.pechakucha.org for more info.

American Songbook on Guitar with Cats When he was 4 years old, Ken Lelen was introduced to vintage hit songs by listening to his mother’s collection of 78 rpm records on a portable record player. He played folk music in his teens, becoming interested in the classics of the early 20th century. Over the years, Ken has collected dozens of vintage guitars produced between 1908 and 1952. His guitar collection includes a 1933 Martin that was once owned by the poet Carl Sandburg. Previously a reporter for The Washington Post, Ken left his job in 1999 to pursue his passion of becoming a professional musician. He came up with an act, singing hits from the 1920s to 1940s and playing guitars from the same period. The response was quite positive and, over the years, Ken has continued to

perform throughout the East Coast. His steel-stringed concerts produce music that is striking for its character, tone and sustenance, and every song has a story to tell. The Greenwood Lake Public Library welcomes back Lelen and his Tin Pan Alley Cats. Ken’s program will include the songs, and tell the stories behind the music of Harold Arlen, George Gershwin, Jimmy McHugh, Cole Porter, Lorenz Hart, Frank Loesser, Richard Rodgers, Johnny Mercer, and Jules Styne. Ken plays these classics on his vintage acoustic guitars in a free concert at the Library on March 3, at 1:30pm. The Library is located at 79 Waterstone Road. Advanced registration at the front desk or by phone, 845-477-8377, ext. 101, is required to guarantee admission. March 2018

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“Amazing Pets” in Florida The Black Dirt Storytelling Guild (BDSG) was founded in 2001 by Florida Public Library patrons, staff, and other interested individuals. Under the leadership of Library Director Madelyn Folino, an experienced storyteller, the library had offered storytelling programs for several years. With the move to a new library in 2000, story lovers in Florida found a home for the traditional art of storytelling! The library became a member of the National Storytelling Network and joined Tellabration!, an annual worldwide storytelling event. Florida’s Tellabration!

was a success - all who attended the evening expressed interest in forming a group to explore the world of storytelling. Monthly meetings followed quickly! The theme for March? Amazing Pet Stories. Storytellers (and story-listeners!) are invited to swap a tale about a favorite pet or amazing animal companion on March 8 at 7:30pm. Refreshments will be served at the Florida Public Library, 4 Cohen Circle. Open to adults & teens 16+, registration is required. Visit www.floridapubliclibrary.org or call 845-651-7659.

MISU Celebrates Int’l Womens Day “Come and celebrate this special day with us at Music Institute of Sullivan and Ulster Counties (MISU). We’ll have different types of instrumental music, world singers and various speakers presenting at this international event, International Womens Day: a celebration of femininity with music, word and dance,” writes MISU Artistic Director Anastasia Solberg. “This is also a chance for you

to show your talent! Whether you are a poet, a writer, a singer, play an instrument or do any other art and would like to perform, reserve your spot at this concert: misuinthecatskills@gmail.com It all takes place on March 8 from 6:00pm-9:00pm at MISU, 40 Market Street, Ellenville. Suggested donation $5. Light refreshments will be provided. Call 845-377-3727.

Mom’s Meatloaf Monday Movies thru May Bring mom, and her The movies begins at dinner is on Henning’s! 7:00pm every Monday Each week Henning’s through the month of May. Local will be screening Dinner is served before, favorite films about during and after the film at mothers, from the Hennings’ on the second unforgettable evil villains floor above Heinle’s to classic characters who General Store, 6 Old stole our hearts. In addition County Road, (intersection to the regular menu, they The Bouvier-Beales in “Grey Gardens” of State Route 52 and Tyler will be offering a prix fixe meatloaf dinner, Road) Cochecton Center. Free admission. Phone: 845-252-3008. See pg 13 for films. and blue-plate specials at the bar.

Uncorking Freedom at Milkweed Theo Meth had an awakening when he was a teenager that led him to the practice of Zen meditation, many years of retreats, private practice and subsequent awakenings...desiring to share now! Join Theo Meth, a fellow explorer on this Journey into Self Awareness, for a morning filled with music, humor, divine celebration and laughter, howling, dancing, shaking, gibberish, chanting, guided self inquiry and silent meditation. A weekly series of unique inner discovery workshops, presenting spiritual insight, active meditation skillsets and exercises to relate to our emotions in a new way. This allows us

NACL Opportunity for Teens & Adults STREETS, the street theatre ensemble of NACL Theatre, is welcoming new participants (age 13+) to join free rehearsals and trainings in Callicoon. Directed by Tannis Kowalchuk, the community ensemble is creating a series of short outdoor plays entitled Small Miracles to tour to a variety of events, parades and festivals in the region. The weekly trainings include activities such as group theatre exercises, song, stilt walking for those who want to try, performance composition, set and prop construction,

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to uncork and dissolve decades of fear, sadness and anger based suffering, veiling us from our natural truth and freedom. Each session juxtaposes inspired spiritual pointing, presence meditation and guided self-inquiry with a combination of divine celebration meditations such as uncontrollable laughter, wild dancing, shaking, chanting, grunting and grumbling, and much more. Discover the ways in which we can let go of the past and find the inner freedom and happiness of who we are now. Sundays at 10:30am in Milkweed, Romer’s Alley, Sugar Loaf. Email: milkweedsugarloaf@gmail.com

writing and design. The project encourages people to connect with others, build a team, challenge themselves, and together create beautiful performance art that is designed to spark ideas, entertain, and bring forth change for a better world. Taking place Thursdays from 6:00pm8:30pm at the Western Hotel, 22 Upper Main Street, Callicoon, participants should wear clothes to move in, and bring paper and pen. The training is FREE. Contact tannis@nacl. org for more info., or just show up ready!

World Premiere: Weekend Of Chamber Music’s Pre-Season Concert Weekend of Chamber Music (WCM) artists Nurit Pacht violin, and Caroline Stinson cello, will give a pre-season concert in advance of WCM’s 25th summer season. On the program titled Folie à Deux will be the brilliant and imaginative Duo for violin and cello of Erwin Schulhoff; 2-part Inventions of J.S. Bach; and a new duo, ...il ne reste plus que vous..., written specially for the occasion by festival Co-Artistic Director Andrew Waggoner. “I first encountered the music of Erwin (Ervin) Schulhoff when a former high school colleague of mine presented me with the gift of a CD she produced in 2000 that contained music by victims of the holocaust. His Sonata for Violin and Piano was one of the major works on the CD. “Since then I’ve heard his Concertino for Flute, Viola & Double Bass in Cornwall-onHudson, his Duo for Violin and Cello in So. Fallsburg, and his Viennese Waltz from Five Pieces in Newburgh.” - Barry Plaxen Schulhoff was one of the first generation of classical composers to find inspiration in the rhythms of jazz music. He also embraced the avant-garde influence of Dadaism in his performances and compositions after World War I. In general, Schulhoff’s music remains connected to Western tonality. The Duo for Violin and Cello was inspired by Ravel’s Sonata for Violin and Cello,

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dedicated to Janáček, and blends folk and contemporary elements employing a range of sonorities and effects like dramatic pizzicatos, while vivacious Hungarian fiddle playing enlivens the Zingaresca (Gypsystyle) movement. Waggoner writes: “The Schulhoff Duo gives listeners a unique and intimate experience of this brilliant composer whose career was ruined and life cut short by the nazis. Born in Prague in 1894, Schulhoff was encouraged by Dvorak and Alban Berg, among others, before being banned as “degenerate” and then deported to the Wülzburg concentration camp where he died in 1942. “Inspired by the work of Nobel Prizewinning writer Patrick Modiano, il ne reste plus que vous (there’s no one left but you) explores loneliness, memory, and connection, employing the almost limitless range of colors possible between violin and cello, from brilliant to deeply mysterious.” In 2009 Waggoner received an Academy Award from the American Academy of Arts

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and Letters. Called “the gifted practitioner of a complex but dramatic and vividly colored style” by the New Yorker, his music has been commissioned and performed by major ensembles and instrumentalists. He is currently Professor of Composition at Syracuse University. Violinist Nurit Pacht was selected as one of the “Stars of the Year 2000” by Le Monde de la Musique and since then her career has blossomed with appearances in London, Vienna, Moscow, Beijing, Kennedy Center, Carnegie’s Weill Hall and at Ravinia’s Rising Stars series. She is now in her third season serving as the Artistic Director of the Alliance Players, a group of musicians who perform innovative programs in New York City. Pacht grew up in Texas and made her first solo public appearance on national television at the age of 12. In 1990, at age seventeen, she made her U.S. solo debut with the Houston Symphony Orchestra and has since won top prizes in international competitions

in Europe and the U.S. In the spring of 1996, immediately following the cease-fire, she concertized in six of the worst war-devastated cities of Bosnia to enthusiastic audiences of the three ethnic minorities, with the sponsorship of the UN and the European Mozart Foundation. She plays on a violin made by P. Guarneri in 1750. WCM Co-Artistic Director Caroline Stinson performs widely as a soloist, recitalist and chamber musician in the U.S. and abroad. In recent seasons she appeared in recital in Brussels, Belgium, in Strasbourg France, in New York sponsored by the Finnish Consulate, and as a soloist with the Stamford Symphony in Connecticut under Eckart Stier, where she also serves as Principal Cellist. Born in Edmonton, Stinson has given masterclasses in Canada, the U.S., Mexico and Europe, and teaches cello and chamber music at The Juilliard School. The pre-season concert is on March 11 at 3:00pm, at the Catskill Art Society, 48 Main Street, Livingston Manor. Tickets are available at the door; free admission for students! For information on this concert and the whole WCM 2018 season visit www.wcmconcerts.org Be in the know! NEW early-bird season passes for WCM Summer Festival July 1429 go on sale April 1 for $100!

Hurleyville Makers Lab: Cannon Hersey by Ellyane Hutchinson During his residency at The Hurleyville Makers the Hurleyville Makers Lab Artist in Residency Lab, Hersey will continue program is a one to three to develop pieces for the month residency where Hiroshima Nagasaki ZERO artists, inventors, innovators, Project, where artists and educators and makers can community hope to build a utilize our wide range of better future together through tools and equipment to create conversation and art. Using and expand their work as a variety of media, including well as share their skills and textiles, 3D printing, wood and knowledge with our local metal working, Hersey will community. This March, the engage the local community Hurleyville Makers Lab is in a discussion about how we happy to welcome Cannon can create positive change. Hersey as our next artist in There will also be an “Hiroshima Survivor Tree” by C. Hersey exhibition at the end of residence. Hersey is an artist and organizer of large- his residency, in May, at Gallery 222 on Main scale cultural efforts. Hersey believes that as an Street in Hurleyville. (See ad page 24). artist, he has a role beyond the studio, working Understanding that every tradition started as an educator and organizer to address social off as an innovation, The Hurleyville Makers change through art, media and education. He Lab, 1Future, Disruptor Awards and The has exhibited at numerous institutions and Hurleyville Arts Centre are collaborating galleries including Lincoln Center’s Frieda with artists like Cannon Hersey to explore and Roy Furman Gallery, the opening event global issues like nuclear weapons, nuclear of the 2008 Sao Paulo Bienale at the private power, and survivors through the arts. collection of Kim Esteve, the Museum of The Hurleyville Makers Lab Artist in Contemporary African Diasporic Arts, the Residency program has a rolling submission New York Open Center, the Johannesburg and is open to artists, makers, inventors Art Foundation, and the presidential award of all levels. Apply online at: https:// ceremony for Nelson Mandela at NYU. hurleyvillemakerslab.org/artist-residency/ March 2018

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A Few St. Patty’s Day Celebrations & Shenanigans! Irish Ceili Dancing: Warwick Ceili dances are a popular form of folk dancing in Ireland. The dances are based on heys (“hedges”, pairs of lines facing), round dances, long dances, and quadrilles, generally revived during the Gaelic revival in the first quarter of the 20th century. The style of dance employed for ceili dance differs greatly from that used for set dance, and has more the appearance associated with the style of step dance. In particular, it emphasizes height and extension, with dancers generally dancing on their toes (but not “en pointe” as in ballet). A movement called “side-step” or “sevens and threes” with

which dancers travel sideways to the direction they are facing is common, as are jig-step movements called the “rising step” or “grinding step”. Ceili dances may be divided into figures, but a single type of tune is generally used for all of the figures and the dancing does not pause between the figures. Join instructor Unateresa of the Sheahan Gormley School of Irish Dance for an evening of traditional folk dances (including Ceili!) on March 8 at 6:30pm at the Albert Wisner Library, 1 McFarland Dr., Warwick. To register: 845-986-1047, ext. 3.

Irish Music with Gravikord: Florida

On September 15, 2016, Florida resident Bob Grawi officially transferred ownership of a Gravikord, one of his original instruments, to the NY Metropolitan Museum of Art. The new American harp, invented by Grawi, was featured in the museum’s musical instrument gallery in early 2017. Motivated by his deep love of polyrhythmic music, Grawi spent many years developing the Gravikord, which is based on the West African Kora, a traditional acoustic folk instrument. Together with his wife Pip Klein on flute

and percussion, The Gravikord Duo has performed at venues worldwide. Come and celebrate Irish Night with the Gravikord Duo - an evening of Irish music and Irish soda bread at the Florida Public Library. The Gravikord Duo will perform a mix of original and traditional Irish songs on March 14 at 6:30pm. Tea and homemade Irish soda bread served! The Library is located at 4 Cohen Circle. The program is open to adults. Register at www.floridapubliclibrary.org or call the Library at 845-651-7659.

Irish Trio: The Parting Glass Band

Since 2008, the Parting Glass band has played the songs we all know - love songs, hate songs, whiskey songs, death songs, life songs, boat songs, songs about adultery, songs about garbage men, songs about Dutch men, songs about suffering and green places across the ocean! The Band’s influences range from The Clancy Brothers and The Dubliners, to Cherish The Ladies and The Wolfe Tones. The Parting Glass: Patti, Al & Tom Gessner The family-band, which is an Irish folk March 11, 5:00pm-8:30pm: BVH Sports trio (and sometimes quartet), consists of Al Gessner, vocals, flute, peg-leg and button Bar, 45 Barryville-Yulan Road, Barryville. March 13, 6:00pm: Pike County Library, accordion (and proud owner of Al’s Music Shop in Port Jervis, see ad page 9), his wife, 119 E. Harford Street, Milford. March 17, 5:00pm-9:30pm: Fox & Hare Patti Gessner serving up vocals, whistle, harmonica (along with some miscellaneous Brewery, 46 Front Street, Port Jervis. March 25, 3:00pm: Newburgh Free objects here and there!) and their son, Tom Gessner, who plays guitar and sings, too. Library, 124 Grand Street, Newburgh. If you cannot see them perform this March, Friends of the band, who sometimes perform along with them, are vocalists/guitarists no worries - Parting Glass performs every Thursday night from 7:00pm-10:00pm at Dylan Little & Kevin McComb. CANVAS might as well have created a Loughran’s Irish Pub, Route 94 in Salisbury calendar just for the band’s St. Patty’s Day Mills, so you can get your Irish on! Visit www.thepartingglassband.com gigs / celebrations as there are quite a few: 28 Delaware & Hudson CANVAS March 2018

Irish Fiddlin’ & Guitarin’: Greenwood Lake Sligo style fiddler Brian Conway was the winner of two All-Ireland junior titles and the All-Ireland senior championship. His early studies were with his father Jim, and with fiddler/teacher Martin Mulvihill. However, it was legendary fiddler Martin Wynne who taught him the real secrets of Sligo. The distinctness of his tone, the lift of his playing, and the deft ornamentation he brings to the tunes have placed him among the finest Irish fiddlers. He has performed all over the U.S. and Europe, and hosts fiddling sessions in White Plains. Guitarist and composer John Walsh was

influenced by Kilkenny’s musical heritage. He was invited to perform in the National Concert Hall Dublin and the Millennium Theatre Limerick, and composed music for the National Ballet of Ireland. He is featured on many Irish albums, and currently runs Noreside Music, a music centre in Yonkers. Hear some fiddlin’ and guitarin’ when Brian and John perform Irish tunes at the Greenwood Lake Library, 79 Waterstone Road, on March 15 at 7:00pm. Advanced registration at the library or by phone 845-477-8377, ext. 101, is required.

Irish Art: Ireland Comes to Shohola

For such a small island, Ireland has made a huge contribution to the arts. For example, Dublin is the birthplace of more Nobel Prize winners in Literature than any other city (if you’re counting, that’s William Butler Yeats, George Bernard Shaw, and Samuel Beckett!). The world’s oldest vernacular poetry (not in Latin) is in Irish, and the traditions of Irish folk music and dance are widely known. The Barryville Area Arts Association is celebrating all things Irish at their Forty Shades of Green event. The celebratory event will include a historical exhibit that traces the history of Irish art from its origins such as stone carvings a.k.a. petroglyphs circa 3200 BC.

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“Feel free to join us in traditional Irish garb, or even dressed as a Leprechaun,” chuckles Event Coordinator Nick Roes. “You won’t have to close your eyes to picture the Emerald of the Sea. We’ll have Irish art on the walls and Irish music in the air!” The live music is courtesy of “Irish Songbird” Mef Gannon. In addition, a group exhibit where more than a dozen local artists will be showing off their shades of green runs through March 14. The reception takes place from 4:00pm-6:00pm on March 3 at the Artists’ Market Community Center, 114 Richardson Avenue, Shohola. Call 845-557-8713 for further information.