D & H CANVAS May 2013

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Covering Orange, Pike & Sullivan Counties, Beacon, Marlboro, Ellenville, Cragsmoor & Walker Valley

May 2013

art • cinema • dance • festivals • holistic living • music • opera • poetry • theatre

Publisher’s Column

by Barry Plaxen A paean to the Month of May by Alan Jay Lerner can be found on page 3.

However, the joyous lyrics do not reflect CANVAS’ May dilemma.

We have, for your perusal, edification and entertainment, 36 pages of events relating to what has, is and will be happening locally. But, as I am sure you can believe, we have had to disappoint scores of people, venues and organizations because we cannot fit in the incredibly enormous tapestry?, canvas? scope?, etc., of what can occur in just three counties and neighboring towns into one issue.

The calendars cover much of what is happening, but we wish we could augment?, enlarge?, elaborate? on each and every listing. It is great fun to receive all the emails announcing events, but I wish we could include stories about them all in the paper. They deserve it.

In addition to the “usual”, the calendar includes categories titled Circus and Puppets.

Many museums, closed for the winter, are now open for the spring-summer.

Street Fairs and Festivals begin with the advent?, onset?, approach? of warm weather.

The schools open their doors to the public with art and music events by our talented youth.

Local professional musicians are concertizing with world class guest artists.

Registration begins for kids’ Summer Arts Camps.

Art teachers announce overseas painting and photography excursions.

Artists are ready to paint portraits of you,

your pets, your home, your loved ones.

Professional and community theatres are offering subscription packages.

CSA - Community supported agriculture.

CSA - Community supported art.

How to cook turkeys and “ramps”.

The paper is chock full of services. Use them. Take advantage of them.

Browse the many consignment shops and save money. Some are expanding and offering clothes and accessories for guys and kids.

Holistic practitioners offer advice, communication, fun and uplifting energies.

One whole hamlet is a craft village.

Classical music concerts that include music by Billy Joel and Bobby McFerrin.

An arts center dedicated to surreal art, poetry and film.

Musical /ministry events.

We’ve got legal, realty and financial advisors waiting to assist you.

It’s tune-up time for lawn mowers.

Auto mechanics will un-dent your dents.

Magic paraphernalia, flowers, flooring, and an opportunity for a new lakeside home within minutes from Bethel Woods and Bethel’s only distillery.

“Those are a few of our favorite things.”

Oh, one more: Note our home delivery form under this column. Be the first kid on your block to get each issue the day after it is published.

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CALENDARS ART & PHOTOGRAPHY CALENDAR ..............20 CATEGORY CALENDAR ................................17 CHILDREN & TEEN’S CALENDAR ..................16 LECTURE, DEMO, MASTER CLASS, FORUM ..25 MAY 2013 CALENDAR........................18 & 19 MUSIC ......................................................16

COLUMNS COMMUNITY BUILDING THROUGH THE ARTS ..23 HOLISTIC HAPPENINGS ................................36 MEET ME IN THE GREEN ROOM ..................11 MEET ME IN THE LIBRARY ..........................10 SPOTLIGHT: SUGAR LOAF GUILD ................28 THE CANVAS BEAT W/ TINA PIAQUADIO ....16 WHISPERING PINES CORNER W/ D. FREY ....12

STORIES ALAN GLOVER, CHRIS SULLIVAN, ET AL. ......32 ANN STREET GALLERY ................................8 ARTERY GALLERY ......................................31 ARTISTS ON CAMPUS/TASTE OF NEWBURGH 32 ARTSWAVE ................................................13 BEACON CENTENNIAL ..................................3 BOSTREE GALLERY ....................................28 BROADWAY CONCERTS DIRECT ....................3 CAFFE A LA MODE ......................................32 CASTLE FUN CENTER ................................28 CATSKILL ART SOCIETY ................................9 COMMUNITY CHORALES ........................26, 27 CORNWALL ON HUDSON RIVERFEST ............30

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CRAGSMOOR HISTORICAL SOCIETY ..............27 CREATIVE THEATRE / MUSEUM VILLAGE ......25 DOWNING FILM CENTER ..............................5 GRAND MONTGOMERY CHAMBER MUSIC ......35 GREATER NEWBURGH SYMPHONY ORCH. ......8 HIGHLANDS PHOTOGRAPHIC GUILD..............31 JEAN WATSON, MUSIC & MINISTRY ............31 JESTER’S COMEDY CLUB............................28 JUST OFF BROADWAY, INC., ......................22 KARPELES MANUSCRIPT MUSEUM ................6 LIVINGSTON MANOR LIBRARY........................9 NACL THEATRE ..........................................5 NEWBURGH CHAMBER MUSIC ....................21 NEWBURGH FREE LIBRARY ........................14 OLD STONE HOUSE ..................................14 ORANGE REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER ........14 PALAIA VINEYARD ......................................30 PARKSVILLE USA MUSIC FESTIVAL ............15 PIKE COUNTY ARTS & CRAFTS ..................31 POTLUCK CONCERTS..................................30 RAMP FESTIVAL ........................................36 RIVER ROCKS POETRY JAMBOREE ..............24 RIVER VALLEY ARTISTS GUILD ......................6 SELIGMANN CENTER FOR THE ARTS ............29 SHADOWLAND THEATRE ............................13 STRAY CAT GALLERY ..................................4 SUGAR LOAF PERFORMING ARTS CENTER ..29 TUSTEN THEATRE CONCERT SERIES ............24 UPFRONT GALLERY ..................................27 WALLKILL RIVER SCHOOL ..........................33 WEEKEND OF CHAMBER MUSIC ..................12 WFVA GALLERY: SARAH MCHUGH ..............32 WOLFGANG GALLERY ................................34 WULFF GALLERY ........................................9 WURTSBORO ART ALLIANCE ........................7

The Lusty Month of May

After rock ‘n roll and folk became our popular music in the 50s and 60s, the fine art of lyric writing could still be found on Broadway.

Here’s an example from Camelot.

Tra la! It's May!The lusty month of May! That lovely month when ev'ryone goes Blissfully astray.

Tra la! It's here! That shocking time of year When tons of wicked little thoughts Merrily appear!

It's May! It's May! That gorgeous holiday When ev'ry maiden prays that her lad Will be a cad!

It's mad! It's gay! A libelous display!

Those dreary vows that ev'ryone takes, Ev'ryone breaks. Ev'ryone makes divine mistakes The lusty month of May! Whence this fragrance wafting through the air?

What sweet feelings does its scent transmute?

Whence this perfume floating ev'rywhere?

Don't you know it's that dear forbidden fruit!

Tra la! It's May! The lusty month of May! That darling month when ev'ryone throws Selfcontrol away.

It's time to do A wretched thing or two, And try to make each precious day One you'll always rue!

It's May! It's May! The month of "yes you may," The time for ev'ry frivolous whim, Proper or "im."

It's wild! It's gay! A blot in ev'ry way.

The birds and bees with all of their vast Amorous past, Gaze at the human race aghast,

Julie Andrews sings of May in “Camelot”

Happy 100th Birthday Beacon!

Sarah Rice sings of May in Wurtsboro

The lusty month of May. Tra la! It's May! The lusty month of May! That lovely month when ev'ryone goes Blissfully astray.

Tra la! It's here! That shocking time of year When tons of wicked little thoughts Merrily appear.

It's May! It's May!, The month of great dismay.

When all the world is brimming with fun, Wholesome or "un."

It's mad! It's gay! A libelous display!

Those dreary vows that ev'ryone takes, Ev'ryone breaks. Ev'ryone makes divine mistakes The lusty month of May!

Thank you, Alan Jay Lerner, for your facility, adroitness, dexterity, skill and fluency with the English language.

Broadway Concerts Direct’s (BCD) May Song Madness will include lyrics such as these, performed by award-winning cabaret singers from Broadway, Orange and Sullivan Counties at the Wurtsboro Community Church, 134 Sullivan Street, May 18 at 8:00pm.

For reservations: 845-888-5567.

Photo courtesy of bau Gallery, celebrating its 100th consecutive exhibit “bau 100+1” (100 artists, 100 works of art) AND the 100th anniversary of Beacon, with an opening reception, May 18, 6:00pm-10:00pm, at its new location, 506 Main Street.

With a mix of history, commerce, arts, attractions, and diversity, the City of Beacon will be celebrating its 100th year with planned events running throughout 2013.

Leading the year-long celebration will be Beacon Turns 100: Centennial Kick-Off Celebration which includes a variety of events running from May 15 thru May 18 and ending the week with a Music Festival in the park with fireworks.

Kick-Off events include: May 15: Church

Bells, Time Capsule Ceremony & Celebration Dinner, May 16: Roast Mayor Casale: Comedy Jam, May 17: Beacon Birthday Bash (Adults only!), May 18: Centennial Celebration Parade & Music Festival headlined by Southside Johnny and the Asbury Jukes, with performances by Pete Seeger and several local musicians.

Visit www.beaconcentennial.org for updates.

For information on bau and its four galleries, phone 845-265-3093.

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Catskill Distilling Company Opens The Stray Cat Gallery, May 3

by Tod Westlake If you’re already familiar with the Catskill Distilling Company, and its ancillary music venue The Dancing Cat Saloon, you know that it’s a hopping fun place to enjoy an evening out.

And you should be pleased to know that the complex has added a fine arts component to its eclectic mix of entertainment. Dubbed The Stray Cat Gallery, the facility, now in its second year, highlights works of local artists.

“We’re going to have, I think, sixteen shows between now and December,” says Nancy Sadler, the new curator of the Stray Cat. “We’ll be having an opening reception every second Friday.”

Sadler says that the gallery will highlight about 25 artists this year, with most of the shows consisting of the works of two individuals.

Throughout the upcoming year visitors will experience a full range of fine arts, including sculpture, photography, painting, and other media.

One of the first shows will feature the works of artistic couple Candy Spilner and Allan Rubin. Spilner’s work consists of colorful three-dimensional wall hangings, while Rubin creates one-of-a-kind anthropomorphic sculptures using found objects and natural materials such as branches and twigs. Later in the month the works of Nancy Wells, who is a

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“Reflection of the Mountain”

by Nancy Wells

doll maker and printmaker, will be highlighted.

“She (Wells) has these really phenomenal prints that she layers, and almost paints, with the computer,” Sadler says. “They are the best digital images I have ever seen.”

The project also has two artists-in-residence: Jerry Cohen, whose photography you can see on display regularly and Paul Stark, who does incredibly detailed woodcarvings that seem to defy the media from which they are produced.

Sadler says that a visit to the complex is something you can do as a stand-alone trip, but you can also use it as a jumping-off point for an evening at Bethel Woods, which is less than a mile from the complex.

The project as a whole is a fairly recent addition to the destination to the Sullivan County landscape.

“What we wanted to do when we bought the

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Ramona Jan has re-strung some of her marionettes and built some new ones over the winter. She will offer a free marionette show on May 3 for the Stray Cat Gallery Art Opening at 4:00pm

property is to open up a farm distillery,” says coowner Stacy Cohen, who founded the original business with her husband, Monte Sachs, in 2009. “It supports New York State farmers, and is a result of a new law (that allows microdistilleries to operate here) in New York.”

After the distillery was up and running, Cohen and Sachs turned their attention to the Victorian farmhouse on the property. This has since been fully renovated and now houses the saloon - where you can, of course, enjoy the libations being distilled next door.

Cohen was also known in the area for her

Woodcarver Paul Stark next to one of his enormous “masterpieces”

abilities as a musician - she had been hosting the “Stacy & Friends” open mic gatherings for some years - so live music became another integral part of the project.

“I figured we’d do the music thing here, and serve some local food, and turn this beautiful old house into a music café,” Cohen says.

The results of which can be enjoyed by locals and visitors alike. The new gallery will be hosting a grand opening on May 3 at 4:00pm.

Visit www.dancingcatsaloon.com or call 845583-3141 for more information.

NACL Theatre Presents: “Struck”, a “3D Mushroom Trip”

Since opening its doors in 2000, NACL Theatre has become a hub for contemporary original theatre, live music, community gatherings, and cultural events for the Upper Delaware/Catskills region.

NACL’s innovative CSArts (Community Supported Arts) program will once again be available for purchase at the beginning of the season. CSArts invites individuals and families to invest in the NACL mission to build a culture of creativity, and then enjoy local cultural produce all year. CSArts members are part of the NACL family and enjoy free entrance to all the productions, meals, and events at NACL year-round. This year, as an added benefit, NACL is pleased to offer child-care during performances.

NACL opens its 2013 season with its newest

original play, Struck, a multi-media journey into the mind, soul, and altered dimensions of a woman’s brain as she experiences a cerebral vascular accident (stroke).

Struck features NACL actors Brett Keyser and Tannis Kowalchuk (see photo) with neuroscientist Allison Waters; directed by Ker Wells, with video, sound, and light installations by an international team of artists and designers.

“If theater can be truly immersive, employing light, sound and movement in continually surprising ways, then struck is the perfect example. And just like the fuzzy basal ganglia that floats above the set, activating and pulsing in different colors, your synapses are going to light up in new and different ways when experiencing this amazing event.” - Christine Howie, Scene Magazine.

NACL Artistic Director, Tannis Kowalchuk, who has fully recovered from a recent stroke, explains. “It is based on my experience - we go off in every direction, trying to give the audience the experience of how crazy it is when you have a brain tumor or concussion or injury.

Weird stuff happens, and we allow ourselves to play with that through the music, sound, lights and all, acting out a three dimensional multimedia mushroom trip on having a stroke, abstract at times the way the experience was.”

Struck runs from May 24 thru June 2, 110 Highland Lake Road in Highland Lake.

Single tickets are always available (NACL will never turn anyone away for lack of funds).

For reservations and more information, visit NACL’s website at www.NACL.org or call the theatre, 845-557-0694.

for women’s equality, dignity, freedom, and safety, Downing is showing Very Young Girls, a documentary film that chronicles the journey of young women through the underground world

of sexual exploitation in New York City.

Admission is free for this May 20, 7:30pm showing. Donations are welcomed! For those interested, the screening will be followed by a talk-back. For reservations cxall Danielle Marse-Kapr, at 845-561-8050, ext 17.

Very Young Girls is proceeded May 4 at noon and May 6 at 7:00pm. by the uplifting film dreams, their voices and their remarkable lives.

For tickets:http://bit.ly/17dv6b7 for May 4, Girls Rising which spotlights the stories of nine girls born into unforgiving circumstances in and http://gathr.us/screening/2979 for May 6.

Downing is at 19 Front Street, Newburgh. nine different countries and captures their

Newburgh’s Downing Film Center: Negative & Positive

Dedicated to collaborating with the local community, Downing Film Center’s Social Justice Film Series continues with a film addressing the systemic inequalities from racism and/or sexism.

Hosted by 4 Women’s Justice, a multiagency collaboration of Planned Parenthood Mid-Hudson Valley, the Rape Crisis Program at Mental Health Association in Orange County Inc., Safe Homes of Orange County, and YWCA Orange County standing united

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River Valley Artists Guild 2013 Spring Show at SUNY Orange

“Elena” by Matilda Grech

“Frog in Saw Creek” by Daniela Cooney

“First Cast!” by Al Champy

The River Valley Artists Guild (RVAG) is celebrating its ninth year as an artists’ organization during the month of May with the River Valley Artists Guild 2013 Spring Show. Orange Hall Gallery at SUNY Orange is the venue May 7 through May 29 for the exhibit of works in oil, acrylic, pastel, watercolor, pencil, graphics, mixed media, and airbrush. Works are representational as well as abstract.

The president of the organization, Joan

Kehlenbeck, a pastelist who resides in Cuddebackville, is also chairwoman of the show.

Although, most of its members come from communities bordering the Delaware River, some come from Middletown, Poughkeepsie, and Monroe as well as Milford and Branchville, NJ. A reception will be held on May 19 from 1:00pm to 4:00pm during which classical guitarist, Joy Zelada of Newburgh, will play from 1:00pm to 2:30pm. Zelada is a graduate of SUNY Orange

and Hunter College.

Immediately following, a demonstration entitled Watercolor & the Magic of Morning Light will be given by Al Champy of Shohola, PA. Champy was the founder/owner of Brookwood Studio formerly located in North Jersey where he worked as a commercial artist/ illustrator for clients Avon, Sears, Westinghouse, Sandvik Steel, Chemplast, and Frost King. Now his favorite subjects are wildlife and outdoor scenes especially in early morning.

Examples of Writing in the Master’s Hand

Mark Twain, “the true father of American literature, the first genuinely great American artist of royal blood” (H. L. Mencken), established a towering reputation with his novels.

The Karpeles Manuscript Museum is presenting examples of writing in his hand, including a personal letter in which the author acknowledges a detail of Tom Sawyer that he neglected to incorporate in the original manuscript, and a page from the original manuscript of his dramatization of that novel, with his own comments at the bottom.

Other material includes his plans to dramatize The Prince and the Pauper and a comment on an illustration for A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court. A page from the manuscript of The Gilded Age recounts how Samuel Clemens came up with the pseudonym Mark Twain.

“Mark Twain & Friend” by Susan Durkee Illustrations are also included in the www.susandurkee.com exhibition. A picture of Huckleberry Finn by E. Karpeles is located at 94 Broadway in W. Kemble and a pencil drawing of Tom Sawyer Newburgh. Admission is always free.

by Norman Rockwell.

Phone: 845-569-4997.

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“New Beginnings” by Joan Kehlenbeck

The exhibit and reception are free and open to the public. Orange Hall is located at the corner of Wawayanda and Grandview Avenues, Middletown.

Questions may be directed by email to cultural@sunyorange.edu or by calling 845-341-4891.

Joy Zelada

Botanicals: Celebrating Flora & Fauna an exhibit entitled Botanicals. The show highlights artists who celebrate the visual beauty of plant life found in the Town of Deerpark.

Botanicals runs from May 6 -September 6 at the Deerpark Town Hall, 420 Route 209, Huguenot. For info call 845-856-2210 ext 1.

Red Geraniums by Susan Miiller

Does it have roots, shoots, flowers and leaves? Spikes, thorns, poisons or splinters? Is it waxy, fragile, sturdy or brittle? Terrestrial or aquatic? Plant life provides a banquet of diversity, from the exquisite and rare to common weeds.

Jurors Susan Miiller and Joan Kehlenbeck, and RVAG (see above story) have coordinated

Sculpture Installations Greet Gallery Visitors at the Wurtsboro Art Alliance

Works by two area sculptors have been installed near the entrance to the Wurtsboro Art Alliance Gallery (WAA) as part of a “make over” project by WAA members in an effort to increase the gallery’s visibility.

The WAA Gallery is located at 73 Sullivan Street, in the same building as the Town of Mamakating Parks and Recreation office, but because the gallery entrance is located around the side towards the back of the building it’s not very visible from the street. To get to the gallery visitors walk through a wooden trellis and down a narrow stone path leading to the front door.

Many people - even those who live in the village - are surprised to learn that there is an art gallery hidden back there. So WAA members recently decided to make the gallery more visible to passersby on Sullivan Street by sprucing up the

existing signs and adding some colorful sculptures near the entrance.

WAA member Nelson Pantoja organized the project.

To the left of the trellis - newly painted in bright, day-glow colors and mounted on a concrete pier - is The new and improved WAA entrance a welded steel sculpture by Cynthia Simon Berson. Another Berson sculpture is Hall (see photo far mounted on the outside wall of the building. right). On the right, Both Cynthia and Simon are local sculptors

by S. Berson mounted on another and have donated their work to the WAA. concrete pier, is a painted wire sculpture by For more information: info@waagallery.org.

The Wurtsboro Art Alliance will present an exhibit themed: Togetherness & Family from May 4 - 26. There will be an opening reception on May 4 from 2:00pm - 4:00pm. The event is free and open to the public and refreshments will be served. The Gallery is located at 73 Sullivan Street.

(The WAA is a non-profit arts group founded in 2006 to encourage and promote art and artists from the regional area. New members are always welcome. Visit www.waagallery.org

Ariana D. Den Bleyker is a Pittsburgh native currently residing in a small town in New York where she is a wife and mother of two. When she’s not writing, she’s spending time with her family and every once in a while sleeps.

Ariana is the author of the chapbooks, Forgetting Aesop (Bandini Books, LLC, 2011), Naked Animal (Flutter Press, 2012) and My Father Had a Daughter (Alabaster Leaves Publishing,

“Togetherness & Family” at the WAA

right: photograph by Gene Weinstein

Poetry in the Wurtsboro Art Alliance Gallery

forthcoming 2013), as well as the full-length collections, The Trees are on Fire (ALL CAPS PUBLISHING, 2012) and Geometry of Broken Parts (Sweatshoppe Publications, forthcoming 2013). She is the founder and editor of Emerge Literary Journal.

Ariana brings her poetry to the Wurtsboro Art Alliance, 73 Sullivan Street, on May 5 at 7:00pm.

Email info@waagallery.org for info.

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Old World and New World Meet in Newburgh

Sir Edward Elgar (1857-1934) was largely a self-taught composer, and the violin was his own instrument. His grand and opulent Concerto for Violin in B minor, Opus 61 is an expression of deep, personal intimacy.

Elgar admitted it was “awfully emotional,” adding that he loved it nonetheless. Alice Stuart-Wortley, daughter of the preRaphaelite painter John Everett Millais, was its inspiration, while his own wife, also named Alice, was not. There is no mistaking the mood of passionate regret for “what might have been” or even more likely “what had been.” Although a major work firmly established in the classical repertoire, the difficult piece is not often performed in the concert hall. The solo part is one of the most exhausting in the repertoire - a veritable compendium of bravura violin techniques.

Artur Kaganovskiy (see photo) is definitely up for Elgar’s challenge. In 1993, with the help of legendary violinist Isaac Stern, seven-year-old Artur and the Kaganovskiy family emigrated from Moscow to the U.S., where he was enrolled in the Manhattan School of Music. Among many accomplishments since, he has racked up innumerable awards and scholarships, earned a B.M. and a M.M. from the Juilliard School, appeared on the Russian television network, and toured the U.S, Europe, and Asia.

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The Shacklett Preview at 6:30pm is a preconcert introduction to the evening’s music with musicologist Gordon Shacklett.

Gordon has become the new Music Director of the Reformed Church of New Paltz. “Music in worship has always Kaganovskiy performs on a rare Joseph held a special place in my life,” explained Guarneri Del Gesu violin.

Antonín Dvorák (1841-1904) set sail for Shacklett.

Congrats Gordon!

America on September 10, 1892, capturing the essence of America in his Symphony No. 9 in E minor, Opus 95, From the New World in the first year of his stay. When Dvorák returned home three years later, he left behind a great legacy - the very first piece of serious music that, regardless of its traditional form and disputed sources, somehow managed to embody and convey the American spirit.

Wildly popular, the New World Symphony served as an ambassador to legitimize American music to the rest of a dubious world In addition to a basket raffle, there will be and paved the way to acceptance of our 20th an art show hosted by Robert Gould of Century cultural exports.

Woomyung Choe and the Greater Bethlehem Art Gallery with floral paintings Newburgh Symphony Orchestra end their by John Gould. (see “Tulips & Daffodils” above.)

Tickets may be purchased at the door, by 18th season for a Grand Finale with these two big, bold works on May 11 at 7:30pm, at visiting www.newburghsymphony.org or Aquinas Hall, Mount Saint Mary College. reserved by calling 845-913-7157.

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“Ole!”

to May

“Mai” by Tlisza Jaurique

The Ann Street Gallery presents, Ole!, an exhibit with works by Mexican American artists in recognition of Cinco de Mayo.

On view are works that reference reclaimed traditional crafts and symbols, folk art, popular culture and a plethora of contemporary practices.

Artists featured in the exhibition include Rolando Briseno, Priscilla Dobler, Tina Fuetnes, Juan Granados Benito Huerta, Tlisza Jaurique, Paola Nunez, Linda Vallejo, Marela Zacarias, and Marcus Zilliox.

The exhibition is on view at the Gallery, 104 Ann Street, Newburgh through June 8, and was curated by Virginia Walsh.

The reception is May 4, 6:30pm - 8:30pm.

For more information call 845-784-1146.

Audubon in New Wulff Gallery

Red Wing Blackbird

by David Kiehm

In conjunction with the Catskill Fly Fishing Center and Museum, the Audubon and Friends Too art show opens in the new Wulff Gallery on May 4. This year the Sullivan County Audubon Society artists and friends have branched out to include not only local artists but those from around the region.

“Twenty-eight plus one” is how curator Kate Hyden describes an exciting show that encompasses not only birds and butterflies but wildlife, fish and even fungus! “We have members that can tell you what kind of slugs, bugs and other critters of the wild can be found on your local petunias or your rare wildflowers!,” said Hyden.

There is a range of artistry from the dreamlike paintings of Scott Woolsey and the impressionistic works of Claire Coleman and

Jane Biron to the old master quality of Phillip Gabrielli. Photographers Lance Verderame, James Carney and Gloria Wagenknecht have a painterly quality while everyone knows the upclose nature of Stephen Davis. This year they add to the mix the dynamic works of the awardwinning wildlife artists Susan Bankey Yoder and Ron Orlando. Their last minute “plus-one” is artist David Kiehm who has a painting in the show that may be there for only a short time as a notice was just received that the International Wildlife Art Show (by the BBC) considers it a finalist in their contest! Be sure you come early!

The show is from May 4 - June 16.

The Wulff Gallery is located at 1031 Old Route 17, Livinston Manor. 845-439-4810.

Visit www.catskillflyfishing.org for more information and directions.

Auctions: 500 B.C. to 2013 A.D.

Auctions have been recorded as early as 500 B.C. In Babylon, auctions of women for marriage were held annually.

During the Roman Empire, following military victory, the spoils of war were auctioned off.

Later, slaves, often captured as the “spoils of war”, were auctioned in the forum with the proceeds of sale going towards the war effort.

In 193 A.D. the entire Roman Empire was put on the auction block by the Praetorian Guard.

After killing emperor Pertinax, they offered the empire to the highest bidder. Didius Julianus outbid everyone else for the price of 6,250 drachmas per guard, an act that initiated a brief civil war.

In England during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries auctions began by lighting a candle, after which, bids were offered until the candle spluttered out.

CAS’ Silent Auction, June 2012

During the end of the 18th century, soon after the French Revolution, auctions came to be held in taverns and coffeehouses to sell art.

And that brings us to 2013 and the Catskill Art Society’s silent auction, where the selling of art will benefit the Society, May 11-26.

Reception on May 11, 4:00pm-6:00pm.and the Grand Finale on May 26, 4:00pm-7:00pm.

For information call 845-436-4227.

Quilts on Exhibit at Manor Library

Four hand-pieced quilts by library trustee Virginia Sanborn are on display at the Livingston Manor Library.

Says Sanborn, “Twice every year I join quilt get-away weekends with cheery individuals who love to sew and laugh. The quilts on display here are from some of those enjoyable times and each carries with it wonderful memories!”

The Livingston Manor Library is located at 92 Main Street. Phone: 845-439-5440.

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Slumbering securely on the shelves of the Josephine Louise Public Library in Walden lie legendary heroes, repulsive braggarts and notorious villains and yes, bindlestiffs too! A brief search will reveal an American novella once known to all conscious eighth grade students, a play revered by theatre buffs and a script worthy of several cinematic adaptations.

Each is the same yet each is different.

Since the year of 1937, John Steinbeck’s Of Mice and Men remains fruitful ground for intellectually curious historians, imaginative thespians and inspired teachers of literature.

And what plowman’s share is equipped to till this fertile soil? Enter, stage right, Samuel E. Wright, Artistic Director of Walden’s New Rose Theatre.

Sam Wright’s involvement with theatre is legendary and his conversations with Steinbeck questionable, but combined they will quickly reveal Wright’s three pronged approach to the concept of community theatre. A land-based Poseidon he is, handy with a trident of inspiration, intelligence and imagination. He is the driving force behind the New Rose’s emergence as a community theatre of note. Each tine represents Sam’s commitment to the community of Walden and the historic concept of community theatre as a binding force.

Samuel Wright’s intellectual curiosity fueled

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his research and provides an invaluable service to his audience by adapting the action and dialogue from the novella and transposing it to the stage of the New Rose with a sharp slap of realism, Samuel E. Wright frequently absent from local productions.

Accordingly, critics and timid school censors have pushed this piece of American literature to the shadows because of so called “racial overtones.” There are no overtones or racial suggestions in the novella or in Mr. Wright’s production. Language referencing race is frank, coarse and exactly what one would expect from working men in a 1930’s bunk house.

“Overtones” are suggestions with implied meanings. The dialogue of Steinbeck’s characters doesn’t suggest. It says it loud and clear! Anything less would be historically dishonest and a serious distraction from the production’s impact and Steinbeck’s purpose.

He remains a valid, valuable representative of his time, in deed and in thought.

The ability to imagine and create a whole that is greater than the sum of its parts is apparent on the stage of the New Rose Theatre, as it also represents a collection of community talent and dedication. This composition’s purpose is not an

intentional review of the production Of Mice and Men. But it would be negligence not to point out the use of exceptional local talent.

Iconic representatives of the Great Depression, Adam L. Troy George and Lennie were vividly presented by Adam L. Troy and Charles D’Andrea Jr., respectively. Adam’s oft repeated and brief narrative describing the everyman dream of property and the luxury: “An’ live off the fatta the lan’” remains classic and unforgettable.

D’Andrea’s Lennie, with well-deserved applause, is a dimension beyond, since his highly emotional, confrontational scene with Aunt Clara is a powerful and emotional dramatic presentation. One can only hope D’Andrea remains an integral part of New Rose productions. Supporting the lovable but pathetic duo is Jim Kiernan as Candy. Singlehandedly, (yes, intended) he holds the two together and becomes a part of their American Dream.

Whether in a darkened theatre, on stage or a one-night stand with a dog-eared novella, Steinbeck’s ability to vividly portray the fragility of the human condition is without equal.

Each is the same yet each is different.

My First True Love Today is Monday, April 8 and it really caught me by short hairs. An intimate experience with spring was just beginning when I heard the news. My first true love died today.

It lingers still at this late hour in my mind as the day and my spirit darken. My thoughts, mostly innocent desires, rumble through the cracks and crevasses of an ever contracting mind. It was the radio that told me.

It caught me by surprise, reporting as a matter of fact her death. Twelve years old she was when I first knew her. Her charm and appeal surpassed all others. She was a passion, a desire imagined and glorified by time and circumstance. It was sixth grade or so, maybe even junior high. It was a period of black and white TV and egg creams; it was somewhere lost in the fifties. The time they say may have been no better and no worse than the present, but it sure as hell was different! You see, we were just little kids then, "merely players" about to enter the world's stage. It was the radio that told me.

I walked to school, carried a baseball glove, a spauldine and my own books with her name scribbled across the home made, paper grocerybag cover. A crudely drawn heart enclosed my prayer. My true love's school was too far away

and she was far too pretty and talented to attend our neighborhood school.

The guys had crew cuts, flat tops and on the way to school took advantage of shortcuts that traversed active rail yards with an abandoned turntable and a towering water tank that brave men and dumb boys could peer into after ascending a rickety, perilous ladder. Place a penny on the track in the morning and find a mangled, distorted Abe in the afternoon. After all, there were no helmets, no play dates and no helicopters, God forbid!

"Be-home-for-supper" was the unbreakable rule that guaranteed freedom. It was the radio that told me.

She was not one to launch a thousand ships, but her passing brings to mind the circumstances that molded our being. There was our school, our teachers and I later learned our school nurse too, who had only a few years past returned from personal encounters with the atrocities of European barbarians and marched on the black sands of exotic, deflowered islands below the equator, crushing the fiercest evils on this planet. And with the noise and stink of war still echoing in their ears and clinging to their nostrils, they didn't take no guff from no snottyass kids. Yeah, that was the fifties, all right.

Different, for sure. It was a place where most

had an "I Like Ike" button and father really did know best. But there were those kids, too, whose fathers existed only on a plaque in the high school's lobby. Their dads didn't return; they didn't sail the troop ships home or ride the trains from San Diego to New York, where it was standing room only to Chicago. They, heroes all, lie buried under foreign soil. That was our world. I heard it on the radio.

It was my love, now lost, that conjured these memories and thoughts. She may have been on the fickle side and I know she paid a lot of attention to Paul and especially Frankie. She sang about Paul and Frankie had a car, you know. He took her to beach parties. We had no beach parties in our neighborhood. We didn't even have a beach. To be honest, the memories drew tears to the side of a weathered, wrinkled cheek. It was the radio that announced my love was dead. “Dead� it said! And it wasn't satisfied with saying it once but twice and then again with the evening news. Complications from MS, a hideous disease, it repeated. So pretty, she had valiantly battled her plight for twenty-five years.

But in the end, I heard it on the radio.

Originally she was from Upstate New York, an irrelevant circumstance that seriously contributed to my belief that I actually knew her.

She made her way to the West Coast and though she insisted she was not a vocalist, she recorded eighteen albums and over thirty singles. As an actor she made nineteen movies. Incredibly, my life and unyielding love progressed without her by my side and when my devotion was exposed, others mockingly drew attention to my dearest's face. She had a mustache. So what, she was beautiful and wholesome! And besides most of the girls in my sixth grade homeroom had a mustache. But here's the rub. My love once stated it was the Mickey Mouse ears and Mr. Disney's direction that made her appealing.

Wrong! It was that white sweater, with her name printed in bold, red caps across the front. That sweater for a twelve year old was just beginning to reveal the signs of a stunning, splendid young woman. The sweater had bumps. All the guys take notice of sweaters at that age. It's a comingof-age benchmark, a guy thing. I'll tell you true, the girls in my sixth grade homeroom didn't have sweaters with bumps. As said, sweaters like this were a sign, a sign that adolescence was the growing, glowing glimmer approaching with break-neck speed from the other end of a darkened tunnel.

Annette Funicello died today.

"M I C" See you real soon.

"K E Y" Why? Because I loved you.

I heard it on the radio.

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Whispering Pines Corner

Dinner Benefits Students & WCM

Cooking with Douglas P. Frey, Executive Chef Gobble this: in the late 1700s Benjamin Franklin suggested the wild turkey be made our national symbol. It would have been a fitting choice. Native only to North America, the tom turkey, with its colorful head, red, white and blue, it’s as patriotic as apple pie and baseball. In the pre-settlement days, some 10 million turkeys roamed the eastern region of what is now the United States.

All those birds played a key role in the physical and spiritual well-being of our country’s early inhabitants.

Turkeys were a major food source of many American Indians, though some tribes, including the Cheyenne and Apache, reportedly would not eat the fowl. Many tribes used turkey feathers to make robes, blankets and fletching for hunting arrows. Native American hunters sometimes tipped their arrows with the sharp spurs of old gobblers.

Well, enough history...in my many years of hunting wild turkey, I’ve seen many turkey hunters save the breast to eat and throw away the rest of the bird saying it was too tough. Here is one of my favorite recipes for that discarded wing, thigh and leg meat. Use a slow cooker -

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it’s the best way to cook it! Start it the night before and when you come in from the morning hunt it will be ready. Serve with a loaf of Italian crusty bread to sop up all the juices.

Chef Frey's Wild Turkey Chili 2 wings • 2 thighs • 2 legs (any scraped carcass meat available) • 1/4 c olive oil • 1 onion chopped • 4 cloves garlic minced • 1 stalk of celery thinly sliced • 1t thyme • 1 t cayenne pepper (or to taste) • 1T Chef Frey's Essence • 1 green pepper ½" dice • 1 T chili powder • 1t oregano • 1t basil • S&P to taste • 1 -15oz can of Cannellini beans • 1- 15 oz can of Red Kidney beans • 1- 15 oz of Garbanzo beans • 1- 32oz can of crushed tomatoes.

In a Dutch oven or any other heavy pot, add 2 T olive oil and brown meat on all sides approximately 8 minutes.

Add onion, garlic, green pepper and celery; sauté until translucent.

Add thyme, oregano, cayenne, basil, chili powder and Chef Frey’s Essence tossing to coat.

Transfer to slow cooker and add the beans, tomatoes and season with salt and pepper.

Cover and cook till tender.

Enjoy!

For all your catering needs or questions, email whisperingpinescaterers@gmail.com.

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Judith Pearce, Nurit Pacht, Tawnya Popoff, Caroline Stinson The Art Mill in Jeffersonville; was once a the Art Mill provides a perfect setting for dining real mill. It sits in the bend of the Callicoon al fresco on the veranda. A light gourmet supper Creek. Built in 1841, the mill had two sets of prepared with local foods, wine and dessert stones for flour and an all-metal feed grinder. In follows the concert. Guests enjoy the idyllic 1900, it served as a storehouse for Italian cheese setting of the past in a relaxing atmosphere awaiting them creek side. made at a local creamery.

The evening is an important benefit for WCM After the mill closed, the millstones were bought by Irving Berlin, the famous tunesmith, and its concert and school residency work in who took them to his country estate in Lew Sullivan County. Proceeds help bring worldBeach to be used as card table tops on his lawn. class artists to the area to continue the Summer In 1912, a fire destroyed the mill. It was rebuilt Festival and the Artist Coaching Project work out of concrete by Theodore Bollenbach. At with children in the schools.

Music by Bach, Beethoven, Harbison, Biber present, the mill has been renovated and is used as an Art Gallery on the “Island,” full of and improv is the musical bill of fare for the event at the Art Mill, May 25, 4:00pm-8:00pm. unusual, colorful and often startling artwork.

A concert, Art Crawl to the Art Mill, is a Pre- Seating is limited and reservations are required.

A minimum donation of $75 is requested.

Season Benefit Soirée featuring Weekend of For reservations, RSVP by email Chamber Music’s (WCM) world-class Summer Festival musicians. Generously hosted weekendofchambermusic@gmail.com or by by owners John Wenk and Daniel Castellanos, calling 845-887-5803

The Secret Language of Flowers

The language of flowers, sometimes called floriography, was a Victorian-era means of communication in which various flowers and floral arrangements were used to send coded messages, allowing individuals to express feelings which otherwise could not be spoken.

The notion of plants having meanings is traditional, as seen for example in Hamlet, “There’s rosemary, that’s for remembrance.”

The 19th century interest in a language of flowers finds its roots in Ottoman Turkey, specifically the court in Constantinople and an obsession it held with tulips during the first half of the 18th century.

The craze was then introduced to England in 1717, and to the Swedish court in 1727. and was teventually popularized in various European countries. In France, it was popular about 18101850, while in Britain it was popular during the Victorian age (roughly 1820-1880), in the US about 1830-1850.

The nuances of the language are now mostly forgotten, but red roses still imply passionate, romantic love and pink roses a lesser affection; white roses suggest virtue and chastity; yellow roses still stand for friendship or devotion.

Sunflowers: either haughtiness or adoration.

Aloe: grief; Bellflower: disappointment; Bells of Ireland: luck; Red Carnation: deep romantic love, passion; Dandelion: coquetry; Honeysuckle: devoted affection.

Yew, Andremeda & Cranberry

by Kelly Merchant

Kelly Merchant moved to High Falls in 1999 and began studying Tibetan Buddhist teachings.

These teachings have taught her, amongst other things, to look beyond what her eyes “see”.

On May 25 at 2:00pm at ArtsWAVE, 12 Market Street in Ellenville, Merchant will talk about her photography portrait project inspired by the long-neglected 19th Century fad, the Language of Flowers. Each of her photographs contains a secret message.

For more information call 845-443-5319.

The New and Improved Shadowland

The Outgoing Tide, by Bruce Graham, is about the moral, ethical and emotional issues concerning the right to choose death over unendurably diminished life. The original production was performed by Michael Learned (The Waltons) and Peter Strauss (Rich Man, Poor Man).

Shadowland’s 2013 season premiere production will star Tom Teti (see photo below). At press time, additional casting was still in progress. “We have had over 3,000 Equity submissions for auditions,” Artistic Director Brendan Burke proudly exclaimed.

Shadowland’s “other” director, James Glossman, will do the honors once again while Burke and the theatre’s Board of Directors oversee the completion of Shadowland’s facelift.

The renovations began early last year with the rejuvenation of the art deco lobby, the building facade and the marquee. Since last season’s closing, the seats were shipped off to Michigan where they are being refurbished for the new, slightly enlarged auditorium that now features a larger stage, better sight lines, “esthetically more attractive house lights, and a new sound system - not larger - but multiple

speakers throughout the theatre to enhance the musical presentations with a more natural sound,” Burke explained. “We are maintaining the intimacy of a small theatre even with our adding a few more seats and a new stage with more wing space.and we laid a new floor to even out the old two level one.”

The formerly leaky building has been restored with a new roof and two new chorus style dressing rooms for the actors. “No longer will they have to go outside from the house to get back inside to a sole “split” dressing room,” Burke concluded.

The Outgoing Tide runs from May 31-June 16 at the Theatre, 157 Canal Street in Ellenville.

Visit www.shadowlandtheatre.org or call 845-647-5511 for season subscriptions, individual tickets or more information.

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Pine Bush Artist Exhibits in The Old Stone House of Hasbrouck

Pine Bush resident Tatiana Bogdanovich, spent most of her working career embedded deeply within the world of business. She grew up in Yugoslavia and earned her college degree in Business Management. While on a working trip to the U.S. in 1991, war broke out in her home country, so she entered the corporate world here, and built a whole new life in the field of investment banking.

But “art was my first love and passion since elementary school,” says Bogdanovich, adding, “I was fortunate to have as an art teacher Natalija Karic-Slijepcevic,” one of the top artists to emerge from Belgrade in recent decades, “who inspired and encouraged me

tremendously, as she does even today, since we are still very much in contact.”

After two decades in business, Bogdanovich let her creative side emerge. “People in banking always said that ‘time is money.’ But I realized that time is not money. Time is life.”

Now, with a brand new career underway, “I don’t want to limit myself to any particular style,” she says. “I love realism, impressionism, contemporary concepts, but I like to experiment with abstract art as well.”

In short, she says, “I love to wake up and surprise myself. I love both strong and muted colors, depending on my mood. I might paint a horse, a stylized flower, a still life, a dancer, a

Children’s Illustrators Exhibition

Orange Regional’s Healing includes paintings, drawings, Arts Program includes a prints and digitally created permanent collection of over images showcasing seven 900 works of art in diverse artists in this genre from the media.

Hudson Valley region: An exhibition titled, Art of Michael Garland, Robin the Imagination: Hudson Guiney, Peter McCarty, Valley Children’s Illustrators Steven James Petruccio, will be on display at Orange James Ransome, Elaine Regional Medical Center Thompson and Iza Trapani. through June 17. The exhibit Orange Regional is located features fine art illustrations at 707 East Main Street, for children’s books.

Middletown.

This display of work The Beast & The Boon by Elaine Thompson For info: 845-333-2385.

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landscape, a little bit of this or a little bit of that.

“I am a happy and positive person. I love beauty, and I find beauty in everything surrounding us. Sometimes I find inspiration in something I see. Sometimes my mind takes me on an unexpected wonderful voyage. Part of my soul that was missing for such a long time is found, and now I feel content and fulfilled. Art has helped me to feel whole, and for that I am so grateful.”

Eclectic Reflections, the Art of Tatiana Bogdanovich is on display at The Old Stone House, 282 Hasbrouck Road, from May 5-31.

The Opening Reception is on May 5 from 2:00pm-4:00pm.

Warwick Painter Exhibits in Newburgh

Diane Ouzoonian, a resident of Warwick, was born in Portland, Maine. She studied at the University of California at Santa Cruz, then went east to study at the New York Studio School.

For a number of years, Ouzoonian has been teaching beginning and advanced drawing at Mount Saint Mary College at the Desmond Campus in Newburgh.

She is exhibiting her pastels, watercolors and oils at the Newburgh Free Library from 124 Grand Street. Parking available.

For information, visit her website: May 7-June 2. Most of the work will be for www.kominick-ouzoonian.com or call the sale.

The Newburgh Free Library is located at Library at 845-563-3600.

The Minerva String Quartet: American Premiere & “American” Masterpiece After the highly auspicious opening concert of the Parksville USA Music Festival 2013 in April, the Festival’s second concert offers a fascinating American premiere and two masterpieces.

We know that composer Carl Nielsen (18651931) wrote four string quartets, all of them in his identifiable style, and, part of the popular quartet repertoire. His early music was inspired

by Brahms and Grieg before he began to develop his own style. Fresh and joyous, a melodic fifteen minute long String Quartet in d minor, written circa 1883, was given to a publisher in 1958 along with another early one in F Major. It is a fascinating meshing of those two composers’ styles, and, according to the Danish publisher, it will receive its American premiere in Parksville.

According to Nielsen’s memoirs, the quartet was composed while still a young student.

“Here I got to know quartets by Haydn, Mozart, Pleyel and Onslow, and I was so enthusiastic that I set about composing a quartet of my own.

In a month or so it was finished. I still have this work, and I actually can’t understand how I was able without the slightest theoretical skills to set it on its feet.”

Beethoven’s String Quartet Op.18 No.6 in Bb Major follows on the program with its typically Beethovenesque contrasting moods - gloomy, joyous, furious, lively, tragic, calm and

boisterous.

Paeans to Dvorak’s String Quartet No. 12, in F Major, Op.96 American recently heard live at Middletown and Newburgh concerts, appears in many previous issues of CANVAS. It is considered by many to be one of the greatest pieces of music in any classical genre.

“The American is great,” states cellist Teresa Kubiak. “I feel a lot of Native American in the slow movement. I know it’s supposed to be a slave song, but they could have learned it from the natives.”

The newly-formed Minerva Quartet consists of four outstanding string players who are regular members of The Orchestra of The Bronx and The Bronx Opera. “Our quartet is made up of seasoned NYC players. We have known each other for a long time and enjoy each other’s playing and approach to music - you could call it a ‘second marriage’ as opposed to all the quartets that get formed in conservatories.”

Violinist Claudia Schaer’s newest project is a recording of Bach Sonatas and Partitas for Solo Violin, which will be available at www.ClaudiaSchaer.com in July 2013.

Violinist Garry Ianco has performed with many ensembles including the Broadway productions of Phantom of the Opera and Evita,

Claudia Schaer, Elise Frawley, Teresa Kubiak & Garry Ianco

and The Chelsea Opera.

Elise Frawley enjoys an active career as an orchestral violist, chamber musician, and teacher. She has performed in some of classical music's most distinguished venues with many of today's leading ensembles and serves as a substitute with the Northeastern Pennsylvania Philharmonic.

Kubiak appeared as a special guest in the the first concert of the Parksville series and is also familiar to local audiences for her performances in Frost Valley, at the Dead End Café and the Liberty Museum. She performed her own arrangements for cello ensemble at the 9/11 Memorial Services at Ground Zero and was a guest artist at the opening of Lincoln Center's David Rubenstein Atrium. As contractor and general manager of The Orchestra of The Bronx

and The Bronx Opera Company's orchestra, she helped to build these ensembles into two of the finest groups in New York City.

This second Festival concert is on May 4 at 3:00pm in the Parksville Methodist Church, 1 Star Road.

It will be followed on June 2 when the Lyric Quartet returns with vocal music set to or inspired by the words of Shakespeare.

For tickets call 845-747-4247. Tickets are also on sale at Floyd & Bobo’s Bakery, the official Parksville USA Festival box office, 89 North Main Street, Liberty.

For pre and post concert dining options in Liberty and Parksville, see ads below left this page.. Coming from the North? For a quickie snack, try Madison’s Main Street Stand in Livingston Manor, see ad page 9.

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The canvas beat with Tina Piaquadio

Get Your Praise On in Monroe

Melanie Disa and her husband, drummer Andy Kaartine, had been playing music together for many years before becoming inspired to create a musical worship service for folks who couldn’t get to church on Sundays.

They started Thursday Night Praise (TNP) with bass player Bruce Winslow, their music director at Monroe United Methodist Church.

Guitarist/songwriter Adam Land, from the Denton Presbyterian Church praise band was on board as well. After connecting online, seasoned professionals Gioron and Jill Wilkins joined them.

Melanie has been writing songs since childhood. She grew up in Sparta, NJ and studied at the Boston Conservatory of Music.

Although she also plays guitar and flute, Melanie has always felt at home in singing and songwriting. “Writing songs and singing was therapeutic for me. It was also the majority of how I spent my time.” Her strongest influences were Amy Grant and Suzanne Vega. Today, she devotes her creativity to songs that express the love, gratitude, and questions she has for God. She is currently focusing on the release of her latest CD and first Worship record, When I'm Yours. She had recorded several secular albums prior to this, including Melanie Music, but when a camp counselor from her childhood contacted her on Facebook interested in sponsoring a worship record, she gave it a go.

Radio stations compare her to the likes of Alison Krauss, and call her songs “undeniable hits.” She has collaborated with veteran musicians who have shared the stage with such notables as Willie Nelson, Reba McEntire, and Randy Travis.

Bassist Winslow is experienced in a variety of music. He has been organist/choir director for

“When I’m Yours” album cover

the past 20 years at the Monroe United Methodist Church. Guitarist Land grew up in Washington, DC studying jazz and classical guitar, and played in many bands as an electric guitarist. Gioron Wilkins has played guitar for The Isley Brothers and The Shirelles. His wife, Jill has sung and danced her way across Europe and the Caribbean, performed on Ed McMahon's Star Search, and toured the NYC nightclub circuit.

Melanie is currently looking for touring/booking support for When I'm Yours, and is eager to share the music of TNP. "We are excited to share TNP in Goshen and other area churches as the word spreads, and as we are invited." On May 9, TNP will take place at Goshen Methodist Church, 115 Main Street, Goshen.

Monroe United Methodist Church hosts TNP on most Thursdays from 8:00pm-9:00pm.

Melanie also leads worship for Discover Life, a program of Grace Community Church of Washingtonville on Tuesdays.

Visit www.melaniedisa.com for more info.

Children and teens calendar HHNM ..........................................Hudson Highlands Nature Museum, Outdoor Discovery Center, Cornwall HHNM-CoH ................................Hudson Highlands Nature Museum, Education Center, Cornwall-on-Hudson PEEC ........................................................................ Pocono Environmental Education Center, Dingmans Ferry

museums Meet the Animals .. ..........................................................HHNM-CoH Saturdays & Sundays 2:30pm World of Bees and Brook Trout Exhibits ..........................HHNM-CoH, Fri, Sat & Sun, Noon-4pm Eco-Zone! ................................................................................................PEEC May 11, 19, 1pm-4pm

music Nature Strollers babies, toddlers, young children ..............HHNM Thursdays thru Jun 6, 10am

recreation-Lecture Family Nature Hike w/Dan Mack ....Seligmann Homestead, Sugar Loaf, May 4, 11,18, 10am-Noon

theatre “Othello” Shakespeare - grades 6-12 ..............................................Bethel Woods, May 3, 11am

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Music - blues / country/ folk / pop / rock/ Latin sponsored by Steve’s Music Center, Rock Hill

Concerts Allison Miller’s BOOM TIC BOOM jazz, r&b, folk ....The Falcon, Marlboro, May 2, 7pm Alexis P. Suter Band blues, Coyote Campus indie-pop The Falcon, Marlboro, May 3, 7pm Eliza Gilkyson folk ..........................................Ritz Theater Lobby, Newburgh, May 3, 8pm JB’s Soul Jazz Trio................................................The Falcon, Marlboro, May 5, 10am-2pm Steep Canyon Rangers ................................................................Bethel Woods, May 3, 8pm The Dan Brother Band, Jeremy Langdale....................The Falcon, Marlboro, May 8, 7pm Mary Halvorson & Stephen Crump..............................The Falcon, Marlboro, May 9, 7pm Johnny Al ......................................................................The Falcon, Marlboro, May 10, 7pm Professor Louie & The Crowmatix, RoseAnn Fino ..The Falcon, Marlboro, May 11, 7pm Groovy Tuesday & The Funk Junkies ................Castle Fun Center, Chester, May 11, 7pm Stacey Earle & Mark Stuart Americana folk ..Tusten Theatre, Narrowsburg, May 11, 8pm The Guggenheim Grotto, Still Saffire ..........Ritz Theatre Lobby, Newburgh, May 11, 8pm The Slide Brothers blues, rock, soul ............................The Falcon, Marlboro, May 16, 7pm Jim Weider’s PRoJECT PERCoLAToR ....................The Falcon, Marlboro, May 17, 7pm Rob Paparozzi & The Hudson River Rats..................The Falcon, Marlboro, May 18, 7pm Jean Watson Christian w/ministry..First Presbyterian Church of Milford, May 18, 7pm FREE Mike Baglione, Anne Loeb & Friends folk............................................................................

Neversink Valley Museum, Cuddebackville, May 18. 7:30pm Bob Stump & The Blue Mountain Band ..........The Falcon, Marlboro, May 19, 10am-2pm Los Caribenos Puerto Rican....................................Newburgh Library, May 19, 3pm FREE The Chris O’Leary Band blues, rockabilly ................The Falcon, Marlboro, May 23, 7pm Poundcake folk ..............................................................The Falcon, Marlboro, May 25, 7pm Joe Gattuso CD Release Party w/Emma Bilyou Castle Fun Center, Chester, May 25, 7:30pm Erik Lawrence Quartet ......................................The Falcon, Marlboro, May 26, 10am-2pm Sonando! Latin ............................................................The Falcon, Marlboro, May 26, 7pm The Campilongo Trio w/Chris Morrissey & Josh Dion....Falcon, Marlboro, May 30, 7pm Marc Black & Happy Traum blues, folk ......................................The Falcon, May 31, 7pm Nuts in a Blender ............................................Castle Fun Center, Chester, Jun 1, 5pm FREE The Tall Boys ..................................................Castle Fun Center, Chester, Jun 1, 8pm FREE David Driver & Blythe Gruda “On the Twentieth Century” ................................................

Tusten Theatre, Narrowsburg,, Jun 1, 8pm

Open Mic & In-house music

Open Mic w/Bob Keegan ................Brian’s Backyard Barbecue, Middletown, Tues & Weds Open Mic w/Eric Callari ....................................Eddie’s Roadhouse, Warwick, Wednesdays Open Mic w/Mike & Ed ............................Castle Fun Center, Chester, Wednesdays, 7-10pm Open Mic ......................................................................Mountaindale Inn, Wednesdays, 8pm Open Mic ....................................Noble Coffee Roasters, Campbell Hall, May 30, 6pm-9pm Open Mic ....................................Palaia Vineyards, Highland Mills, May 2 & 16, 7pm-11pm Marilyn Kennedy & Jake Lentz pop......Giovanni’s Inn, Wurtsboro, Fris & Sats, 6pm-9pm E'lissa Jones ..................................Noble Coffee Roasters, Campbell Hall, May 3, 6pm-9pm Bodles Opera House Open Mic ............................Castle Fun Center, Chester, May 11, 7pm Musicians Gathering Stacy & Friends ........Dancing Cat, Saloon, Thursdays, 7pm-11:30pm SC Squared folk ................................................Dancing Cat Saloon, Bethel, Saturdays, 3pm Acoustic Dirt ........................................Palaia Vineyards, Highland Mills, May 3, 7pm-10pm The Crossroads Band ....................................................The Captain’s Table, Monroe, May 4 Nick Morrizzo ................................Noble Coffee Roasters, Campbell Hall, May 4, 6pm-9pm The Reddan Brothers ........................Palaia Vineyards, Highland Mills, May 4, 7pm-10pm Steve Wells ....................................Palaia Vineyards, Highland Mills, May 5, 2:30pm-5:30pm Joe Frazito....................................Noble Coffee Roasters, Campbell Hall, May 10, 6pm-9pm Jack Higgins & Friends....................Palaia Vineyards, Highland Mills, May 10, 7pm-10pm The BlackJacks ............................Noble Coffee Roasters, Campbell Hall, May 11, 6pm-9pm Hurley Mountain Highway ..............Palaia Vineyards, Highland Mills, May 11, 7pm-10pm Chimps in Tuxedos....................................Catskill Distilling Company, Bethel, May 11, 8pm Mothers Day w/Evan & Lesley Palaia Vineyards, Highland Mills, May 12, 2:30pm-5:30pm Piet Koster....................................Noble Coffee Roasters, Campbell Hall, May 17, 6pm-9pm Al Westphal & Friends ......................Palaia Vineyards, Highland Mills, May 17, 7pm-10pm Music For Humanity ..................Noble Coffee Roasters, Campbell Hall, May 18, 6pm-9pm Leo & the Lizards ............................Palaia Vineyards, Highland Mills, May 18, 7pm-10pm Murali Coryell & Band ............................Catskill Distilling Company, Bethel, May 18, 8pm Henderson & Osinski ................Palaia Vineyards, Highland Mills, May 19, 2:30pm-5:30pm Brian Carrion ..............................Noble Coffee Roasters, Campbell Hall, May 24, 6pm-9pm Dennis Eagle ......................................Palaia Vineyards, Highland Mills, May 24, 7pm-10pm Nailed Shutt raggae, classic rock ............Catskill Distilling Company, Bethel, May 24, 8pm Groovy Tuesday Palaia Vineyards Outdoor Stage, Highland Mills, May 25, 6:30pm-9:30pm Leo B ..........................................Palaia Vineyards, Highland Mills, May 26, 2:30pm-5:30pm Tommy Caprino ............................Noble Coffee Roasters, Campbell Hall,May 31, 6pm-9pm Evan Teatum ......................................Palaia Vineyards, Highland Mills, May 31, 7pm-10pm

CANvas category calendar sponsored by Hudson Valley Planning and Preservation, Monroe

ART TOURS / walks Second Saturday in Beacon Beacon Galleries......Downtown Beacon, May 11, all day to 9pm Art After Dark ..................................................................Milford Galleries, May 11, 6pm-9pm

Cinema Reel Eclectic Film Series ................................Thrall Library, Middletown, May 2, 7pm FREE “Some Like It Hot” Lemmon, Curtis, Monroe & Joe E. Brown....Bethel Woods, May 4, 2pm “My Favorite Wife” Cary Grant, Irene Dunne ........Cornwall Library, May 5, 1:30pm FREE “Girl Rising” ..........................Downing Film Center, Newburgh, May 4, Noon & May 6, 7pm Monday Night Movie “Lincoln”....................................Newburgh Library, May 6, 6pm FREE UFO Documentary......................................Thrall Library, Middletown, May 6, 6:30pm FREE “City Slickers” Billy Crystal, Daniel Stern, Jack Palance Cornwall Lib., May 8, Noon FREE “Les Miserables” ..........................................................Newburgh Library, May 11, 2pm FREE Afternoon Movie ............................................Thrall Library, Middletown, May 15, 2pm FREE “Tales of the Night” animated........................................Cornwall Library, May 16, 6pm FREE “Shun Lie & the Poet” ....................................Greenwood Lake Library, May 14, 7pm, FREE “Very Young Girls” ........................Downing Film Center, Newburgh, May 20, 7:30pm FREE “The Holy Mountain” silent 1926, discussion w/Joe Altomare ..Cornwall Lib., May 30, 6pm Surrealism Film Series ................Seligmann Center for the Arts, Sugar Loaf, May 31, 7:30pm

Circus Traces ........................................................................Eisenhower Hall, West Point, May 5, 3pm

Comedy Open Mic ............................................................Jester’s Comedy Club, Chester, second Friday, Sara Contreras, Mike Gaffney ............................Jester’s Comedy Club, Chester, May 4, 8pm Jordan Fried, Anthony Terribile, Chris Havison, John Iavarone ........Jester’s, May 10, 8pm Jason Andors, Steve Loftus, Tommy Gooch......Jester’s Comedy Club, Chester, May 11, 8pm Kevin Downey Jr, Tim Gage ..............................Jester’s Comedy Club, Chester, May 18, 8pm

festival 23rd Annual Kite Festival ......................SUNY Sullivan, Loch Sheldrake, May 4, 10am-4pm Medieval Himalayan Archery Festival ......Tsechen Kunchab Ling Temple, Walden, May 3-5 Hudson Valley Garden Festival ......................Arboretum, Hamptonburgh, May 4, 10am-4pm May Day Festival ....................................Palaia Vineyards, Highland Mills, May 4, 10am-6pm Slow Food UpDeRivVa “Ramps Fest”..............Callicoon Farmers Market, May 5, 11am-2pm River Rocks Poetry Jamboree & Parade ....Tusten Theatre, Narrowsburg, May 18, 1pm-9pm Artists on Campus & Taste of Newburgh..........Mount St. Mary College, May 19, 11am-4pm Sugar Loaf Spring Festival ..........................Downtown Sugar Loaf, May 25 & 26, 10am-6pm Castle Fun Center’s 20th Anniversary Party ............................................................................

Castle Fun Center Event Grounds, Jun 1, 1pm-10pm Old Fashioned Day................................................Walker Valley Fire House, Jun 2, 11am-5pm

holistic UFO Support Group ..................................Walker Valley Schoolhouse, 1st Wednesdays, 7pm

museums Sculpture Exhibits Imi Knoebel, Walter De Maria ..................................Dia:Beacon, ongoing Mastodons: Ice Age to Discovery ..........HHNM Education Center, Cornwall-on-Hudson Florescent Mineral Exhibit ..........................................Museum Village, Monroe, thru Oct “Unpacked and Rediscovered” ................Washington’s Headquarters, Newburgh, thru Oct 27 “Mark Twain” ....................................Karpeles Manuscript Museum, Newburgh, May 2-Sep 1 “Tunnels, Toil and Trouble: New York City’s Quest for Water and the Rondout-Neversink Story” Time and the Valleys Museum, Grahamsville, May 23-Autumn, Reception May 22, 4pm

Music - broadway - opera - operetta - Tin Pan Alley - etc.

Yiddish Theatre & Jewish Broadway ........................Temple Sinai, Middletown, May 5, 3pm Wine, Woman & Song” w/wine tasting ................Cragsmoor Historical Society, May 18, 5pm Broadway Concerts Direct “May Song Madness” ....Wurtsboro Community Church, May 18, 8pm

Music - classical Classic Choral Society & Orch. ..Grace United Methodist Ch., Newburgh Apr 28, 4pm FREE & Grace Episcopal Church, Middletown, May 4, 7pm FREE SUNYO Orange Community Orchestra ..........Paramount Theatre, Middletown, May 4, 8pm Karen Gomyo violin & Dina Vainshtein piano ..............................Bethel Woods, May 5, 3pm The Minerva String Quartet ....................................Parksville Methodist Church, May 5, 3pm Warwick Valley Chorale ..........Denton Presbyterian Church, New Hampton, May 10, 7:30pm & Goshen United Methodist Church, May 17, 7:30pm & Warwick Reformed Church, May 19, 4pm

Ministers of Apollo Revolutionary War Music ..Fort Montgomery Historic Site, May 11, 7pm Middletown Concert Chorale ..................................St. John’s Lutheran Church, May 11, 7pm & North Congregational United Church of Christ, May 18, 7pm & Holy Name of Jesus Church, Otisville, May 19, 3pm Greater Newburgh Symphony Orchestra..............Aquinas Hall, Newburgh, May 11, 7:30pm SUNY Orange Symphonic Band”By Request” ..Paramount Theatre, Middletown, May 11, 8pm Kairos: A Consort of Singers Newburgh Chamber Music St. George’s Church. May 12, 3pm Joy Zeleda classical guitar ..................Orange Hall Gallery, Middletown, May 19, 1pm FREE Chris Early marimba ....................................................Ellenville Library, May 19, 2pm FREE West Point Band Armed Forces Day Concert ................Eisenhower Hall, May 19, 3pm FREE Delaware Valley Choral Society “All Things Good” ................DVHS, Milford, May 19, 4pm Brentano String Quartet ................................Howland Cultural Center, Beacon, May 19, 4pm Potluck Concerts “Americana” ......................Cornwall Presbyterian Church, May 24, 7:30pm Weekend of Chamber Music Fundraiser w/dinnerThe Art Mill, Jeffersonville, May 25, 4pm Simon String Quartet Grand Montgomery Chamber Music Series ..........................................

Montgomery Senior Center, May 26, 3pm FREE Amphion String Quartet Kindred Spirits Arts..........................Milford Theatre, Jun 1, 7:30pm

Music - jazz Sunday Brunch with the Jazz Cats ......................Dancing Cat Saloon, Bethel, Sundays 11am bigBANG - Mostly Mingus ................................................The Falcon, Marlboro, May 1, 7pm Greg Osby ................................................................................The Falcon, Marlboro, May 7pm Gypsy Jazz Quintet jazz-swing-gypsy ....................Tusten Theatre, Narrowsburg, May 4, 8pm Steve March-Tormé “Snap-Sizzle & Pop!” ........................The Falcon, Marlboro, May 5, 7pm Alan Glover, Chris Sullivan, Lora Cohan, Tani Tabbal............................................................

Virgo’s Sip & Soul Cafe, Beacon, May 11, 7:30pm Chico Pinheiro Quintet Latin jazz ..........................The Falcon, Marlboro, May 12, 10am-2pm James Emery & Rob Thomas......................................Florida Library, May 16, 6:30pm FREE Liberty Jazz Festival ............................................................Lapolt Park, Liberty, May 18, 7pm Eva Cortes Spanish jazz ....................................................The Falcon, Marlboro, May 19, 7pm Nicki Parrott Trio live recording event ............................The Falcon, Marlboro, May 24, 7pm New York Mandolin Ensemble w/Zungoli Photo Exhibit ........Sugar Loaf PAC, May 25, 8pm Loren Stillman ....................................................................................The Falcon, May 29, 7pm

opera - video “Hansel & Gretel” Humperdinck ..................................Cornwall Library, May 19, 1pm FREE

poetry & PRose reading Hudson River Poets ........................................................Newburgh Library, May 2, 7pm FREE Terence Chiesa host, Robert Milby ..........Noble Coffee Roasters, Campbell Hall, May 2, 7pm Larry Carr, Matthew Spireng Calling All Poets Howland Cultural Ctr., Beacon, May 3, 8pm Christi Shannon Kline Poetry on the Loose ..Seligmann Center, Sugar Loaf, May 4, 3:30pm FREE

Ariana D. Den Bleyker Poetry in the Gallery ..................Wurtsboro Art Alliance, May 5, 7pm Dennis Bressack ..............................................................................Beacon Yoga, May 15, 7pm Poetry at the Church ..................................................Goshen Methodist Church, May 27, 7pm Gary Whitehead Poetry on the Loose......Seligmann Center, Sugar Loaf, Jun 1, 3:30pm FREE Christopher Wheeling Poetry in the Gallery ....................Wurtsboro Art Alliance, Jun 2, 7pm

puppets Some Strings Attached Marionettes w/Ramona Jan..Callicoon Creek Park, May 25, 10:30am & Callicoon Farmers Market, May 28, 11:30am

recreation Country Western Line Dancing ......................Jesters Restaurant, Chester, Thursdays, 7:30pm Volunteer Fair ................................Washington’s Headquarters, Newburgh, May 4, 11am-3pm “High Fashion, High Tea” ..............................Krause Recital Hall, Narrowsburg, May 5, 2pm Holiday Weekend Special Tours ..............Washington Headquarters, Newburgh, May 25 & 26 Graveside Mourning Linda Russell, balladeer..New Windsor Cantonment, May 27, 2pm “First Person Tours”..................................Washington Headquarters, Newburgh, Jun 1, 2, 8, 9

Storytelling Black Dirt Storytelling Guild “Earth” ..........................Florida Library, May 9, 7:30pm FREE

Theatre - Play “On Golden Pond” CreativeTheatre-Muddy Water Players ......................................................

Playhouse at Museum Village, Monroe, May 3-19 “The Miracle Worker” Just Off Broadway ............Theatre at West Shore Station, May 16-26 An Evening of One-Act Plays Sullivan County Dramatic Workshop ........................................

Rivoli Theatre, South Fallsburg, May 24-26 ”STRUCK” w/Tannis Kowalchuk ....................NACL Theatre, Highland Lake, May 24-Jun 2 “The Outgoing Tide” ......................................Shadowland Theatre, Ellenville, May 31-Jun 16 “I Remain...Jane Austen” Cornerstone Arts Alliance ..................Goshen Music Hall, Jun 1-9 May 2013

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May CFC CTMW EHT FAL GMCM

= Castle Fun Center, Chester = Creative Theatre-Muddy Water Players, Playhouse at Museum Village, Monroe = Eisenhower Hall Theatre, West Point = The Falcon, Marlboro = Grand Montgomery Chamber Music, Montgomery Senior Center

HCC JCC MSM NACL NCR

= Howland Cultural Center, Beacon = Jesters Comedy Club, Chester = Aquinas Hall, Mount St. Mary College, Newburgh = NACL Theatre, Highland Lake = Noble Coffee Roasters, Campbell Hall

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Poetry Reading ..................Hudson River Poets ..................NFL 7pm Poetry Reading ......................Terence Chiesa ......................NCR 7pm Open Mic...Musicians Gathering Dancing Cat Saloon, Bethel, 7pm Cinema ..............................Reel Eclectic Films ....................TL 7pm Music ....................Allison Miller’s BOOM TIC BOOM ......FAL 7pm Recreation ..............Country Western Line Dancing........JCC 7pm Music - Jazz...Jazz Trio ..Aroma Thyme Bistro, Ellenville, 8pm-11pm

Music ....................Alexis P. Suter Band,

Music..................................e’lissa jo

Prose Reading..1st Friday Contemporar

Theatre - Play ....................“On Golden

Music..............................Steep Canyon

Music - Folk............Eliza Gilkyson ....R

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Cinema “Lincoln” Newburgh Library, 6pm Cinema UFO Documentary TL 6:30pm Cinema “Girl Rising” Downing Film Center, Newburgh, 7pm

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Cinema “Shun Lie & the Poet” GLL 7pm

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Cinema “City Slickers” Cornwall Library, Noon

Open Mic..Musicians Gathering ..Dancing Cat Saloon, Bethel, 7pm Music ..........................................Joe Fra Recreation ..............Country Western Line Dancing ........JCC 7pm Music ........................................Johnny

Music The Dan Brother Band, Jeremy Langdale FAL 7pm

Music ....................Mary Halvorson & Stephan Crump......FAL 7pm Music ..Warwick Valley Chorale ..Denton Storytelling...Black Dirt Storytelling Guild ..Florida Library, 7:30pm Theatre - Play ....................“On Golden Music - Jazz...Jazz Trio ..Aroma Thyme Bistro, Ellenville, 8pm-11pm

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CInema...........“Tales of the NIght” ..Cornwall Library, 6pm

Comedy.Jordan Fried, Anthony Terribile

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Music - Jazz...James Emery & Rob Thomas....Florida Lib., 6:30pm Music ..........................................Piet Kos

Cinema Afternoon Movie TL 2pm Poetry Reading Dennis Bressack Beacon Yoga, 7pm

Music ................................The Slide Brothers ..................FAL 7pm Music ................Jim Weider’s PRoJEC Recreation ..............Country Western Line Dancing........JCC 7pm Music ..Warwick Valley Chorale....Gos

Open Mic..Musicians Gathering ..Dancing Cat Saloon, Bethel, 7pm Theatre - Play............”The Miracle Wo Open Mic....................Open Mic Night ......................NCR 6pm-9pm Theatre - Play ....................“On Golden Theatre - Play............”The Miracle Worker”..............TWSS 7:30pm Music - Jazz...Jazz Trio ..Aroma Thyme Bistro, Ellenville, 8pm-11pm Theatre - Play ....................“On Golden Pond” ..............CTMW 8pm

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by Gayle Clarke Fedigan Gayle’s work will be on display at the Artists on Campus Show and Sale see ad on page 8

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Open Mic..Musicians Gathering ..Dancing Cat Saloon, Bethel, 7pm Theatre - Play............”The Miracle Wo Theatre - Play............”The Miracle Worker”..............TWSS 7:30pm Theatre - Play ........“STRUCK” w/Tann

Music - Jazz...Jazz Trio ..Aroma Thyme Bistro, Ellenville, 8pm-11pm Theatre - Play.........An Evening of One

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Music ......................................Tommy Ca Music ..........................Marc Black & Ha

“Large Tree” Recreation ..............Country Western Line Dancing........JCC 7pm

by Janet Howard Fatta Theatre - Play ........“STRUCK” w/Tann Music....The Campilongo Trio w/Chris Morrissey & Josh Dion ....FAL 7pm see ad on page 21 Cinema ..........................Surrealism Fi Open Mic..Musicians Gathering ..Dancing Cat Saloon, Bethel, 7pm Theatre - Play ..................“The Outgoi Music - Jazz...Jazz Trio ..Aroma Thyme Bistro, Ellenville, 8pm-11pm

Poetry Reading Poetry at the Church Goshen Methodist Ch., 7pm

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Festival..................23rd Annual Kite Festival..........................SCCC 10am-4pm Festival......Hudson Valley Garden Festival..Arboretum, Hamptonburgh, 10am-4pm Festival......May Day Festival ....Palaia Vineyards, Highland Mills, May 4, 10am-6pm Recreation........Volunteer Fair....Washington’s Headquarters. Newburgh, 11am-3pm Cinema......................“Girl Rising” ................Downing Film Center, Newburgh, Noon Cinema ..............................“Some Like It Hot” ............................Bethel Woods, 2pm Poetry Reading ..............Christi Shannon Kline ....................................SLG 3:30pm Music - Jazz ............................Greg Osby ....................................................FAL 7pm Theatre - Play ....................“On Golden Pond” ........................................CTMW 8pm Music - Classical...Classic Choral Society....Grace Episcopal Ch., Middletown, 8pm Music - Jazz-Gypsy-Swing.............Gypsy Jazz Quintet..................................TT 8pm Music - Classical................SUNY Orange Community Orchestra ................PT 8pm Comedy..........Sara Contreras, Mike Gaffney ..Jester’s Comedy Club, Chester, 8pm

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Music ..........................JB’s Soul Jazz Trio ................FAL 10am-2pm Music - Jazz......The Jazz Cats ......Dancing Cat Saloon, Bethel 11am Festival..............Ramps Fest..........Callicoon Farmers Market, 11am-2pm Cinema..................“My Favorite Wife” ..............Cornwall Library, 1:30pm Recreation....................“High Fashion, High Tea” ....................DAC 2pm Music - Classical..Karen Gomyo & Dina Vainshtein Bethel Woods, 3pm Theatre - Play ....................“On Golden Pond” ......................CTMW 3pm Circus ..........................................Traces ....................................EHT 3pm Music - Classical....Minerva String Quartet ......Parksville Methodist Ch., 3pm Music.......Yiddish Theatre & Jewish B’way ..Temple Sinai, Middletown, 3pm

Poetry Reading ..............Ariana D. Den Bleyker ......................WAA 7pm Music - Jazz ....Steve March-Tormé “Snap, Sizzle & Pop! ........FAL 7pm

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Art Walk....................Second Saturday ..................Downtown Beacon, all day Cinema ....................“Les Miserables” ......................Newburgh Library,. 2pm Art Walk ......................Art After Dark ..................Downtown Milford, 6pm-9pm Music - Classical..Middletown Concert Chorale ....St. John’s Lutheran Church, 7pm zita............................NCR 6pm-9pm Music - Classical...........Ministers of Apollo........Fort Montgomery Historic Site, 7pm y Al ..................................FAL 7pm Music.......Groovy Tuesday & The Funk Junkies ..Castle Fun Center, Chester, 7pm Music - Latin Jazz ..........Chico Pinheiro Quintet ............FAL 10am-2pm Music - Jazz....The Jazz Cats ..............Dancing Cat Saloon, Bethel 11am n Presby. Ch. New Hampton, 7:30pm Music ......Professor Louie & The Crowmatix, RoseAnn Fino ..................FAL 7pm Music - Classical........Greater Newburgh Symphony Orchestra ........MSM 7:30pm Music - Classical..............Kairos ..........St. George’s Ch. Newburgh, 3pm n Pond” ......................CTMW 8pm Music-Jazz.Alan Glover, Chris Sullivan, et al..Virgo’s Sip N’ Soul Cafe, Beacon, 7:30pm

e, Chris Havison, John Iavarone .... Music - Classical................SUNY Symphonic Band ”By Request” ..............PT 8pm JCC 8pm Music - Folk ................Stacey Earle & Mark Stuart ........................................TT 8pm

Music - Folk-Rock.............The Guggenheim Grotto, Still Saffire................RTZ 8pm Theatre - Play ....................“On Golden Pond” ........................................CTMW 8pm Comedy..........Jason Andors, Steve Loftus, Tommy Gooch ....................JCC 8pm

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Festival........River Rocks Poetry Jamboree & Parade ..............TT 1pm-9pm ster............................NCR 6pm-9pm Theatre - Play............”The Miracle Worker” ............................TWSS 2pm & 7:30pm Cabaret & wine tasting..Lynne & Jay Kerr............Cragsmoor Historical Society, 5pm CT PERCoLAToR............FAL 7pm Music ..................................Music For Humanity ......................................NCR 6pm-9pm shen United Methodist Ch., 7:30pm Music - Classical..Middletown Concert Chorale N. Cong. United Ch. of Christ, 7pm rker” ......................TWSS 7:30pm Music - Christian w/ministry..Jean Watson First Presbyterian Church of Milford, 7pm Music - Jazz ....................Liberty Jazz Festival ..................Lapolt Park, Liberty, 7pm n Pond” ......................CTMW 8pm Music ..............Rob Paparozzi & The Hudson River Rats ..........................FAL 7pm Music - Folk ........Mike Baglione, Anne Loeb & Friends ......................NVM 7:30pm Theatre - Play ....................“On Golden Pond” ........................................CTMW 8pm Comedy......................Kevin Downey Jr, Tim Gage ....................................JCC 8pm

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Festival ............Sugar Loaf Spring Festival ....................Downtown, 10am-6pm Recreation....Holiday Tours Washington’s Headquarters, Newburgh, 1pm & 3pm

Theatre - Play............”The Miracle Worker” ................TWSS 2pm & 7:30pm Music & Dinner.............Weekend of Chamber Music ......Art Mill, Jeffersonville, 4pm Music..............................................Sojourn ................................................NCR 6pm-9pm Music........................................Poundcake....................................................FAL 7pm Theatre - Play ........“STRUCK” w/Tannis Kowalchuk..........................NACL 7:30pm Music............Joe Gattuso & Emma Bilyou........Castle Fun Center, Chester, 7:30pm Theatre - Play.........An Evening of One-Act Plays ..................................SCDW 8pm Music & Photography....NY Mandolin Ensemble w/Zungoli photos ......SLPAC 8pm

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aprino........................NCR 6pm-9pm Festival.......20th Anniversary Festival ..Castle Fun Center, Chester, 1pm-10pm appy Traum ....................FAL 7pm Poetry Reading ....................Gary Whitehead..........................................SLG 3:30pm nis Kowalchuk ........NACL 7:30pm Theatre - Play ..............“I Remain...Jane Austen” ..............Goshen Music Hall, 7pm Theatre - Play ........“STRUCK” w/Tannis Kowalchuk..........................NACL 7:30pm lm Series ..................SLG 7:30pm Music - Classical ..........Amphion String Quartet ................Milford Theatre, 7:30pm ng Tide” ............................ST 8pm Music......................................The Tall Boys ..........Castle Fun Center, Chester, 8pm Music...........David Drive & Blythe Gruda “On the Twentieth Century” ......TT 8pm Theatre - Play ..................“The Outgoing Tide” ............................................ST 8pm

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Music ............Bob Stump & Blue Mountain Band ..........FAL 10am-2pm Music - Jazz....The Jazz Cats ..............Dancing Cat Saloon, Bethel 11am Festival..Artists on Campus & Taste of Newburgh..Mt. St. Mary, 11am-4pm Opera - Video ............................“Hansel & Gretel” ..............Cornwall Library, 1pm Theatre - Play............”The Miracle Worker” ........................................TWSS 2pm Music - Classical....... West Point Band Armed Forces Day ..................EHT 3pm Music - Classical......................Chris Early marimba ............Ellenville Library, 2pm Music - Puerto Rican ....................Los Caribenos ..............Newburgh LIbrary, 3pm Music - Classical..Delaware Valley Choral Society ................DVHS, Milford, 4pm Music - Classical....................Bretano String Quartet ............................HCC 4pm Music - Spanish Jazz ......................Eva Cortes ........................................FAL 7pm Music - Classical..Middlet’n Concert ChoraleHoly Name of Jesus Ch. Otisville, 7pm Music - Classical..Warwick Valley Chorale ..........Warwick Reformed Ch.. 7:30pm Theatre - Play ..........................“On Golden Pond” ............................CTMW 3pm

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Music ................Erik Lawrence Quartet..............FAL 10am-2pm .............Festival.....Sugar Loaf Spring Festival ....Downtown, 10am-6pm Music - Jazz......The Jazz Cats ............Dancing Cat Saloon, Bethel 11am Recreation....Holiday Special Tours..Washington’s Hdqrtrs, Newburgh, 2pm Theatre - Play.........An Evening of One-Act Plays ................SCDW 2pm Theatre - Play............”The Miracle Worker” ..........................TWSS 2pm Music - Classical..............Simon String Quartet....................GMCM 3pm Music - Jazz ..........................Loren Stillman ..............................FAL 7pm Theatre - Play ........“STRUCK” w/Tannis Kowalchuk ......NACL 7:30pm

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Festival..........Old Fashioned Day ..Walker Valley Firehouse, 11am-5pm Recreation..“First Person” Tours Washington’s Headquarters, Nwbrgh, 2pm

Theatre - Play ..................“The Outgoing Tide” ..........................ST 2pm Theatre - Play........“I Remain...Jane Austen” ....Goshen Music Hall, 2pm Theatre - Play ........“STRUCK” w/Tannis Kowalchuk ............NACL 4pm Poetry Reading ..............Christopher Wheeling ......................WAA 7pm May 2013

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ART exhibits CAS ..........................................................................................Catskill Art Society Arts Center, Livingston Manor DAC ............................................................Alliance Gallery & Loft Gallery, Delaware Arts Center, Narrowsburg SUNYO-KH ....................................................................................................SUNY Orange Newburgh, Kaplan Hall SUNYO-OH........................................................................SUNY Orange Middletown, Orange Hall Gallery & Loft WRS ....................................................................................................................Wallkill River School, Montgomery

Carolyn Duke pottery................................................Duke Pottery, Tennanah Lake, Roscoe, ongoing Lisa Strazza paintings ............................................................Strazza Art Gallery, Warwick, ongoing David & Joann Wells Greenbaum potter, paintings ................BlueStone Studio, Milford, ongoing Jacqueline Schwab, Mikey Teutul....................................Wolfgang Gallery, Montgomery, ongoing Kelly Patton ..............................................................................Caffe Macchiato, Newburgh, ongoing Jules Medwin outdoor sculpture ......................Seligmann Center for the Arts, Sugar Loaf, ongoing “Transformation” 9th Annual SUNYOrange Student Art Exhibition ....SUNYO-OH thru May 1 John Kruppa ....................................................Healing Arts Gallery, Ellenville Hospital, thru May 3 Sullivan County HS Art Show ..................................................................................CAS thru May 5 Madelon Jones “Facets”..........................................................................................DAC thru May 11 Debbe Cushman Femiak ......................................................................Elant at Goshen, thru May 13 ”Black and White” ..................................................................................................WRS thru May 14 “Chrysalis” New Hope Community Artists ............................................................CAS thru May 15 Armand Assante ..........................................Karpeles Manuscript Museum, Newburgh, thru May 31 Nancy Reed Jones paintings ............................Leo’s Restaurant & Pizzeria, Cornwall, thru May 31 Spring Group Show ..........................................UpFront Exhibition Space, Port Jervis, thru May 31 Nancy Reed Jones paintings ............................Leo’s Restaurant & Pizzeria, Cornwall, thru May 31 Art of the Imagination: Hudson Valley’s Children’s Illustrators ....................................................

Orange Regional Medical Center, Middletown, thru Jun 17

New art Exhibits Amy Row & Liz Krov......................................................Wolfgang Gallery, Montgomery, May 1-15 Mary Mugele Sealfon & George Hayes, Judi Silvano ............................................WRS May 1-30 Joan Sayer paintings & photography ..........The Gallery at Chant Realtors, Lords Valley, May 1-31 Virginia Sanborn quilts ............................................................Livingston Manor Library, May 1-31 Warwick Valley HS Students ....................................................Wisner Library, Warwick, May 1-31 Paul Gould ........................................................................Cosimos Restaurant, Newburgh, May 1-31 Josh Mayfield Washingtonville Art Society ....................Weathervane Clubhouse, May 3, 5pm-8pm Group Show ................................................................Stray Cat Gallery, Bethel, May 3 thru summer Emily Adamo, Noah Powne & others ........................Wolfgang Gallery, Montgomery, May 3-Jun 2 “Visions of Our Valley” group show ................................Seligmann Gallery, Sugar Loaf, May 4-19 “Togetherness & Family” art & photography ........................Wurtsboro Art Alliance, May 4-Jun 2 “Ole!” Mexican-American artists ..................................Ann Street Gallery, Newburgh, May 4-Jun 8 “Audubon and Friends Too” art & photography ..Wulff Gallery, Livingston Manor, May 4-Jun 16 David Borenstein paintings......................................................The Falcon, Marlboro, May 4-July 31 Tatiana Bogdanovich “Eclectic Reflections” ......................Old Stone House, Hasbrouck, May 5-31 “Botanicals” River Valley Artists Guild ..................Town of Deerpark Hall, Huguenot, May 6-Sep 6 River Valley Artists Guild 2013 Spring Shoe..SUNY Orange Hall Gallery, Middletown, May 7-29 Diane Ouzoonian pastels, watercolors, oils......................................Newburgh Library, May 7-Jun 2 Group Exhibit........................................................................Back Room Gallery, Beacon, May 9-31 “Grateful for Spring” group show................................The ARTery Gallery, Milford, May 10-Jun 3 Sarah McHugh “Sublime Aspirations” ............................WVFA Gallery, Warwick, May 10-Jun 28 CAS Silent Auction ....................................................................................................CAS May 11-26 bau 100 + 1 ..............................................................bau: beacon artists union, Beacon, May 11-Jun 2 Becky Yasdan & Rob Hickman ....................................................The Forge, Milford, May 11-Jun 2 Ellen Trayer ............................................................................................Elant at Goshen, May 13-28 “Floral” WRS members ......................................................................................WRS May 15-Jun 14 Erica Hart “Above & Beyond” mixed media ......................................................DAC May 17-Jun 5 Dana Barbieri artist-in-residence..............................................ArtsWAVE, Ellenville, May 24, 6pm Liberty HS Art Show ........................................................................Liberty Museum, May 24-Jun 8 Karune McLaughlin “Birds, Barns, and More”..........Caffe a la Mode, Warwick, May 26-Summer Mike Jaroszko ..................................................................................Elant at Goshen, May 28-Jun 10 10th Anniversary of Livingston Manor Trout Parade Exhibit ....................................CAS Jun 1-9

photography exhibits HPG ..............................................................................................................Highlands Photographic Guild, Milford

“Early to Rise: Working Farms in Orange County” Cornell Cooperative Extension, Middletown John Strazza ............................................................................Strazza Art Gallery, Warwick, ongoing Nat Baines ”Photography Around the World” ..................Wolfgang Gallery, Montgomery, ongoing Briana Cox “Craft”........................................Newburgh Brewery Company, Tap Room, thru Apr 30 Lori Adams “Signs of Spring”............................................RiverWinds Gallery, Beacon, thru May 5 Barbara Ward-Blank, Kathy Lambert, Robert Tuttle “Moments” Liberty Museum, thru May 19 Linda Bock-Hinger “Travels Through Tuscany” ..................................................HPG thru May 10 James Luciana “Memento Mori - Missing Moments”..SUNYO CenterArts Gallery, Newburgh, thru Jun 14 Patricia Lay-Dorsey “falling into place: self-portraits............Fovea Exhibitions, Beacon thru Jul 7

New Photography Exhibits Mike Culver “People, Places and Things” ......Highlands Photographic Guild, Milford, May 11-Jun 2

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Art & photography receptions Group Show......................................................................................Stray Cat Gallery, Bethel, May 3, 4pm Josh Mayfield Washingtonville Art Society Weathervane Clubhouse, Washingtonville, May 3, 5pm-8pm Monroe-Woodbury Senior Art Majors Show ..........Monroe-Woodbury High School, May 3, 5pm-9pm “Togetherness & Family” art & photography ..........................Wurtsboro Art Alliance, May 4, 2pm-4pm David Borenstein paintings ....................................................The Falcon, Marlboro, May 4, 4pm-5:30pm “Audubon & Friends Too” art & photography ........Wulff Gallery, Livingston Manor, May 4, 4pm-6pm Joan Sayer paintings & photography................................Chant Realtors, Lords Valley, May 4, 4pm-6pm Mary Mugele Sealfon & George Hayes, Judi Silvano..........................................WRS May 4, 5pm-7pm Amy Row & Liz Krov ..................................................Wolfgang Gallery, Montgomery, May 4, 5pm-7pm “Ole!” Mexican-American artists ........................Ann Street Gallery, Newburgh, May 4, 6:30pm-8:30pm Tatiana Bogdanovich “Eclectic Reflections” ..................Old Stone House, Hasbrouck, May 5, 2pm-4pm “Visions of Our Valley” group show ............................Seligmann Gallery, Sugar Loaf, May 5, 3pm-6pm Sarah McHugh “Sublime Aspirations”................................WVFA Gallery, Warwick, May 10, 5pm-7pm CAS Silent Auction ................................................................................................CAS May 11, 4pm-6pm Group Exhibit ..................................................................Back Room Gallery, Beacon, May 11, 6pm-9pm Becky Yasdan & Rob Hickman ....................................................The Forge, Milford, May 11, 6pm-8pm Mike Culver “People, Places and Things” ......Highlands Photographic Guild, Milford, May 11, 6pm-8pm “Grateful for Spring” group show ................................The ARTery Gallery, Milford, May 11, 6pm-8pm Emily Adamo, Noah Powne & others ......................Wolfgang Gallery, Montgomery, May 11, 6pm-9pm Erica Hart “Above & Beyond” mixed media ........................................................DAC May 17, 7pm-9pm bau 100 + 1 ............................................................bau: beacon artists union, Beacon, May 18, 6pm-10pm River Valley Artists Guild Spring Show ....SUNY Orange Hall Gallery, Middletown, May 19, 1pm-4pm Dana Barbieri ............................................................................ArtsWAVE, Ellenville, May 24, 6pm-8pm Liberty HS Art Show ..................................................................................Liberty Museum, May 26, 2pm CAS Silent Auction closing reception: Beer Tasting Showcase ..........................CAS May 26, 4pm-7pm Karune McLaughlin “Birds, Barns, and More”................Caffe a la Mode, Warwick, May 26, 5pm-7pm 10th Anniversary of Livingston Manor Trout Parade Exhibit ..............................CAS Jun 1, 4pm-6pm

books Book Lover’s Club............................................Greenwood Lake Library, Fourth Tuesday, 7pm Discussion “The Lost Painting” w/Camille Serchuk ............Ellenville Library, May 7, 6:30pm Discussion “Murder on Marble Row” by Victoria Thompson..Cornwall Library, May 15, 7pm Scholars Book Discussion................................................................Newburgh Library, May 15, 7pm Discussion “LEFT Neglected” by Lisa Genova ........................Cornwall Library, May 23, 7pm Great Books Discussion ............................................................Newburgh Library, May 24, 11:30am Discussion: “A Simple Murder” by Eleanor Kuhns ..Josephine-Louise Lib., Walden, May 29, 7pm

clubs Chess Club..................................................................................Ellenville Library, Wednesdays, 4pm Friday Night Chess ......................................................................Narrowsburg Library, Fridays, 6pm Knit and Stitch ..........................................................................Narrowsburg Library, Mondays, 6pm Knitting “Chain Gang Knitting Club” ..............Mamakating Town Hall, Wurtsboro, Tuesdays, 9am Knitters & Crocheters “Crochety Knitters” ..............................Liberty Library, Tuesdays, 10:15am Knitting Club........................................Noble Coffee Roasters, Campbell Hall, Wednesdays 2:30pm Knitting Stitch & Bitch ....................................Palaia Vineyards, Highland Mills, Wednesdays, 7pm Knitting Group................................................Josephine-Louise Library, Walden, Tuesdays, 6:30pm Knit/Crochet Club ......................................................................Wallkill Library, Thursdays, 6:30pm Knimble Knitters ........................................................................Ellenville Library, Saturdays, 10am Knitting & Crocheting ........................................................................Cornwall Library, May 9, 6pm Knitting Club ..........................................................................Newburgh Library, May 14 & 28, 7pm Knitting Circle......................................................Florida Library, May 20, 10:30am & Noon & 6pm Laurel & Hardy Sons of the Desert Int’l Org ......Last Sundays, Ellenville, ray@themtharhills.org The Music Lovers Guild................................3rd Thurs, 7:30pm FREE, Montgomery 845-457-9867 Photography Club Hudson Highlands Photo Workshop ....................................................................

St. Paul’s Episcopal Ch., Chester, 2nd Monday, 7:30pm Calico Geese Quilters Guild ..................Cornell Cooperative Extension, Liberty, 2nd Monday, 7pm Country Quilters Guild Stitch & Bitch ................................Walker Valley School House, Mondays Scrabble Mania ..............................................................................Ellenville Library, Tuesdays, 6pm Trivia Night ..............................................................2 Alices, Cornwall-on-Hudson, Thursdays, 8pm Woodcarving Guild ......................................................Museum Village, Monroe, Wednesdays, 7pm

School & COnservatory Monroe-Woodbury Senior Art Majors Show ................Monroe-Woodbury High School, May 3-5 SUNY Orange Chamber Ensemble ..................................Morrison Hall, Middletown, May 5, 3pm NFA Dance Concerts............................................................Newburgh Free Academy, May 9, 11, 14 SUNY Orange Choir Mother’s Day Concert ........Orange Hall Theatre, Middletown, May 12, 3pm

Kairos Consort of Singers: Mother’s Day in Newburgh

by Philip Ehrensaft Choral music enthusiasts, or enthusiasts of excellent music, period, can hear the Hudson Valley’s prime vocal music ensemble, the Kairos Consort of Singers, perform a Mother’s Day program reflective of their fine new CD, The Valley Sings.

SUNY New Paltz Music Department’s choral music director, Dr. Edward Lundergan, assumed the conductor's baton at Kairos in 1996. Lundergan came to SUNY after the American Choral Directors Association gave his research on Benjamin Britten’s War Requiem a coveted Julius Herford Award for outstanding doctoral theses. His work with Kairos achieves equivalent excellence, as witnessed by Kairos’ new CD featuring works by Hudson Valley composers.

Eighteen singers perform in the Consort: six sopranos, five mezzo-sopranos, three tenors, and four baritones. Two-thirds have professional music degrees. The other third are advanced amateurs who could be professional singers if they weren’t busy being a physicist, clergyman, or the like. Kairos sometimes performs a capella, as on The Valley Sings. For the Bach sacred music repertoire, they perform with the instrumentalists that would have accompanied church choirs in Bach’s time and place.

The goal and spirit of the way Kairos makes

music is well spelled out in their mission statement: “The word kairos is from the ancient Greek meaning the right or opportune moment (the supreme moment). The ancient Greeks had two words for time, chronos and kairos. While chronos refers to chronological or sequential time, kairos signifies a time in between, a moment of undetermined time in which something special happens. It denotes the state of mind we hope to achieve in our music, in which the past and future merge with the present in the listener’s experience.”

I can affirm that this class-act recording scores a bases-loaded home run in terms of the Kairos mission statement. The music does indeed create a something-special state of mind, where past, present and future merge.

The songs chosen for The Valley Sings have

as much to do with realizing the mission statement goal as the fine execution: works by a dozen living or recently living Hudson Valley composers ranging from Aaron Copland to Bard College’s composer-in-residence, George Tsontakis, to Kairos’ Lundergan. Each of the composers brings the present into the deep history of a capella choral singing that reaches back to medieval times.

The CD can be purchased directly at www.kairosconsort.org/orderformCD.htm A special Mother’s Day program features Music for Mothers (see ad page 22 for unique program) at St. George’s Episcopal Church, 105 Grand Street, in Newburgh on May 12 at 3:00pm. Parking is available across the street.

Tickets can be purchased at the door or online; www.newburghchambermusic.org

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Just Off Broadway, Inc. and The Theatre at West Shore Station

by Naomi Kennedy

Just Off Broadway, Inc. (JOB)is proud to have acquired the venue known as the Railroad Playhouse located at 27 South Water Street in Newburgh, and has renamed the performance space, The Theatre at West Shore Station.

In 2012, JOB, Inc. was producing musicals at St. Joseph’s Elementary School in New Windsor. While in transition to find a new venue, the company was temporarily without a place to present their show Pirates of Penzance, and had nowhere to “sail” their pirate ship.

The move to the Railroad Playhouse was not without its hitches. “After measuring the space in the playhouse, I took my tape measure and with just 1/8” to spare, 4 men sailed the ship through the door,” joked Ed Romanoff, production manager. The show was a huge success!

Ed, a theater and television professional, has worked with icons such as Robert Klein, Sally Jessy Raphael, Montel Williams, Dr. Joy Brown, Judge Hatchett, and Robin Leach. His wide ranging and notable credits include appearances on Rescue Me and Gossip Girl. As a company manager, he has worked in television, film, and with stars such as Loretta Swit and the Grammy Award winning jazz vocalists New York Voices. He was a baritone soloist with the Lancaster Symphony Orchestra

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Ed Romanoff & Joyce Presutti

and Roanoke Symphony Orchestra, and is a featured character voice in the animated holiday special The Littlest Light on the Christmas Tree starring Jane Seymour. An accomplished guitarist, Ed has performed with legends such as folk singer Pete Seeger.

Joyce Presutti, (Ed’s wife), executive artistic director, began her theatrical career while attending North Junior High School and Newburgh Free Academy in Newburgh. In 1986 she created JOB, Inc. at Mandel’s Grand Street Theatre, also in Newburgh, and directed and choreographed over 20 musicals.

Her extensive and impressive credits include her professional debut in The Fantasticks and a Critics’ Choice Award for her portrayal of Annie Sullivan in The Miracle Worker. She has

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performed, directed, and choreographed throughout the United States, Canada, South America, and Europe, and has appeared on stage with Angela Lansbury, Anne Hathaway, and Whoopi Goldberg.

Helen Keller & Annie Sullivan Joyce developed The Touch Tour, designed for sight-challenged children to be able to “see” a show from backstage before experiencing the show from the audience.

William Gibson’s play The Miracle Worker, the story of Helen Keller and Annie Sullivan, will be presented from May 17-26 with a preview on May 16.

Eight year old Kya Stein, portraying Helen, is an alumnus and graduate of the JOB Inc. Performance Academy, and attends Sanfordville Elementary School in Warwick. JOB udiences will remember her performance as Gretl, the littlest von Trapp, in last Season’s The Sound of Music.

Joycelyn Driscoll, playing Annie Sullivan, was featured singing "Day By Day" in their recent production of Godspell. "We are very

proud of all our performers" said Romanoff.

The revitalization of Newburgh was a positive reason to bring JOB Inc. back to where it began.

"Our goal is to bring exceptional musicals and theatre that feature our great local talent and Broadway and Kya Stein regional guest stars.

With Joyce's 35 years of experience, she sets the bar for our company" said Romanoff.

The cast features Glen Macken as Captain Keller and Cat Capolupo as Kate Keller.

Hannah Blair, John Marro, Emborah Thompson, Katherine Murphy and Grace Leake round out the cast.

Bill Bywater is the scenic designer; Emily Petruncola is the Production Stage Manager and Ed Romanoff is the Production Manager.

Tickets are available at the door, or at discount prices online or through PayPal at www.justoffbwy.com or 845-875-4325, ext. 03.

Special group rates for 15 or more.

The Theatre at West Shore Station is located at 27 South Water Street in Newburgh.

Community Building Through The Arts with Susan Handler

Residents of Orange County Demonstrate their Support of the Arts Artists can transform cities. They turn wasted buildings into studios and lofts, while the arts themselves can change lives by utilizing the disciplines as vehicles to educate and deliver helpful information.

In Montgomery, the Wallkill River School of Art (WRS) is demonstrating how the arts can contribute to improving the health of children by addressing the timely topic of type II diabetes. With the community’s financial support of this idea, this summer the WRS will introduce The Farm Camp. Local farmer Korey Findley will teach Vegetable Gardening and Culinary Arts to children ages 5 to 15 years.

In the past 30 years, the prevalence of type II diabetes has skyrocketed to such an extent that it is now viewed as an epidemic in the western world. This particular disease, once referred to as adult-onset diabetes, is now being diagnosed in children at an unprecedented rate. Type II diabetes is connected to obesity and is considered preventable by eating a healthy diet.

In children it has jumped more than 21 percent in the past decade.

In support of utilizing the arts to educate children and families in creating nutritional meals, a fundraiser was held by the WRS. Eighty artists donated 100 works of art. 100 tickets were sold to community members for $100 each and each ticket holder selected one work of art. $10,000 was raised to support The Farm Camp program.

Although The Farm Camp is reasonably priced ($75 per week), many of the children who could benefit from this arts program are from low-income families who live in the section 8 housing that surrounds the WRS. Anticipating the need to make The Farm Camp available to these children, the WRS is

now able to offer the classes free to local youth in financial need, thanks to the artists and community members. Three hundred students are expected to attend the summer program.

Morning and afternoon sessions will be held each weekday for children ages 4 to 9 and youth 10 to 15, with the older students additionally learning the business management of farming.

Each child will take home a “garden box” consisting of a window planter with basil, lemon cucumbers, cherry tomatoes, lettuce, snap peas, etc. to nurture and grow at home. They’ll be taught how to make healthy slow food recipes to replace the fast food they eat.

Most importantly the Farm Camp students

will be experiencing art in a different way. They will be learning how communities build and create healthy environments. By example, they will learn about the benefits of intellectual exchange by developing partnerships with local business such as Royal Acre Farm in Middletown and Froehlich Farm in Montgomery. The “Father” of this concept is the 1960’s German artist and activist Joseph Beuys.

‘He advocated taking art outside of the boundaries of the (art) system and opening it up to multiple possibilities bringing creativity into all areas of life’.

The WRS promotes local artists and integrates art into the people’s daily lives. Part of the organization’s mission is to preserve dwindling open spaces and promote small-scale farms and agricultural heritage.

Visit www.WallkillRiverSchool.com or call 845-457-2787 for more information.

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The River Rocks Poetry Jamboree

The UDWC Anthology committee working on their River Rocks Anthology Pat Kett, Sheila Dugan, director Mary Greene, Norma Bernstock & Pamela Lundgren

To celebrate the Upper Delaware Writers Collective’s (UDWC) 20th anniversary, the organization will be hosting The River Rocks Poetry Jamboree on May 18.

The Jamboree beings at 1:00pm with a parade of Sullivan County student poets from the Narrowsburg School District who have participated in the UDWC’s poetry contest.

“We also have a poster design contest...the winning poems will be printed on the poster, and the kids will kick off the May 18 event with the poetry parade. It’ll be really fun,” says Mary Greene, UDWC’s director and founding member. The parade will be accompanied by music. Greene adds, “It’ll be something between a football game and Mardi Gras.”

The parade will weave through the center of Narrowsburg, coming to an end at the Tusten Theatre where an awards ceremony for the students will follow. The awards ceremony will include a reading by the jamboree’s headliner, poet Salita S. Bryant.

Salita S. Bryant holds a Ph.D. in literature, an M.Ed. in Clinical Counseling, and an MFA in poetry. She is Assistant Professor of English at Lehman College and author of Addie Bundren is Dead.

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awards, has been published in several publications, and was nominated for three Pushcarts. She lives in New York City and is a psychoanalytic candidate with Harlem Family Institute.

Following a reception, the UDWC will host a panel discussion with writers from a number of different genres discussing their craft, a wine and cheese reception and unveil the organization’s “best of” anthology, 20 Poems for 20 Years. Festivities will continue well into the evening with an open mic and another reading by Bryant.

For more information about the Upper Delaware Writers Collective and the River Rocks Jamboree, call 845-252-7506.

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Stacey & Mark Jam at Tusten Stacey Earle and Mark Stuart are veteran Dukes (of Steve Earle and the Dukes).

Few husband-wife musical duos provide audiences with the complete entertainment package that Stacey & Mark dish out in a live performance. Armed with clever acoustic guitar interplay, lovely harmonies, autobiographical songwriting and humorous storytelling, they draw from blues, pop, country, rock, and more in their heartfelt music.

Stacey and Mark met for the first time 1992 at a songwriters night in Nashville. They knew that night it was “one of them things that are just meant to be.” They were married in 1993 while raising two children from Stacey’s first marriage. “It would be quite a balancing act at that time raising a family and trying to make a living along with all the other stuff that came with getting by, but we managed,” said Stacey.

Stacey’s first show was on an arena stage in Sydney, playing rhythm guitar in her brother Steve’s band. She spent about a year and a half on tour with her brother, and then returned to Nashville to start a career of her own as a country/folk singer/songwriter.

Mark started his schooling listening and admiring his uncle’s guitar playing and his Dad’s fiddling. He would find himself playing in his Dad’s band and would go on at age 17 to form his own band, make a record and still find the time to play on the road as lead guitar and

vocals for acts like Freddy Fender. Mark spent some time in the Dukes in the 1990s as well.

They have always found themselves inseparable from the beginning. It is playing music day in and out together that locked in the sound and love they could not unlock if they tried. Their songs are the diaries of their life good times and bad, completing the love they have. Stacey and Mark are no doubt together till death do they part.

And they are appearing at the Tusten Theatre in Narrowsburg on May 11 at 8:00pm.

See ad below for ticket information.

CTMW Presents: On Golden Pond

The Playhouse at Museum Village begins its 18th season with Ernest Thompson’s classic, On Golden Pond, with Creative Theatre-Muddy Water Players.

Thompson has won an Oscar, a Golden Globe, a Writers Guild Award and a Broadway Drama Guild Award for Best Play. His work has been nominated for a Tony, an Emmy, and a British Academy Award. His more than 35 plays have been seen in theatres around the world. On Golden Pond, has been translated into 30 languages, Arabic the newest, and played in more than 40 countries on six continents. Other plays include The West Side Waltz (starring Katharine Hepburn) and A Sense of Humor (Jack Lemmon).

His films include On Golden Pond (Katharine Hepburn and Henry and Jane Fonda), Sweet Hearts Dance (Susan Sarandon), The Lies Boys Tell (Kirk Douglas), 1969 (Robert Downey Jr.), The West Side Waltz (Shirley MacLaine and Liza Minnelli) and the live On Golden Pond (Julie Andrews and Christopher Plummer).

There’s a line I like, partly because I wrote it,” says Thompson. “A writer looks as if he’s always on vacation but never is. He can live on a bucolic farm in New Hampshire or travel like a vagabond, and dress accordingly, but his mind never rests. From the moment a story comes to visit, its characters become the writer’s constant companions, demanding and demonic - and way

Karyn Meier and Jon Huberth

more entertaining than their real life prototypes - but they don’t always let a guy sleep.

“I’ve been afflicted all my life by storytelling; there’s no known cure. Failure doesn’t help, bad reviews only inspire a person to try harder. From the first script I wrote to the one antagonizing me now, the addiction has only grown acuter.”

Performances are scheduled May 3-19.

Museum Village is located at 1010 Route 17M in Monroe. Tickets include dessert at intermission consisting of apple pie, ice cream, iced tea and coffee.

Group rates are available and reservations are suggested. Subscriptions that offer savings and other benefits are available for all three 2013 productions.

Tickets: www.ctmwp.org or 845-294-9465.

Visit Monroe’s Museum Village

Museum Village’s Blacksmith, Broom Maker, Printer, Drug Store, Merritt General Store, Log Cabin, School House and Candle Shop are open for the season.

The Museum also houses a new Florescent Mineral Exhibit located in the Natural History Building. “This exhibit is something very new to the Museum,” says Michael Sosler, Managing Director. “In addition to being quite amazing, this exhibit proves how the Museum partners with the community. The cabinet that houses the fluorescent minerals was an Eagle Scout Project built by

Arison Alquiros from Troop 416, Washingtonville, and the minerals are being donated by the Orange County Mineral Society.

You certainly won't want to miss it!

“Be sure to stop and visit the Mid-Hudson Woodcarvers Guild in the Salt Box House,” Sosler added. The Guild moved from their Harriman location to the Museum for the Summer where they meet every Wednesday at 7:00pm for informal carving and sharing.

For further information, visit www.museumvillage.org or call 845-782-8248.

Lectures / Demos / Forums calendar TBD Stephen Skye ........................Neversink Valley Museum, Cuddebackville, May 1, 7:30pm “Princess Diana, The People's Princess: The Relevancy of Monarchy in the 21st Century” Linda Blake Greenwood Lake Library, May 2, 7pm “Medieval Archery Trasitions from a Remote Kingdom” ........................................................

Josephine-Louise Library, Walden, May 3, 7pm Family Nature Hike w/Dan Mack ....Seligmann Homestead, Sugar Loaf, May 4, 11,18, 10am-Noon

Newburgh/Walden Trolley Ray Kelly ..........Jacob T. Walden House, Walden, May 15, 7:30pm Demo “Pouring Watercolors” Janet Campbell Pike County Arts & Crafts, Milford, May 5, 1:30pm

Demo Vegetarian Cooking Mark Anthony ....Middletown 7th Day Adventist Ch., May 7, 6pm Forum “The Weight of the Nation” Cornell Cooperative Ext. Bethel Woods, May 8, 9am-3pm Demo John Moultrie Cooking Tuna, Vegetable Salad Josephine-Louise Lib., Walden, May 9, 6pm

“Common Landscape Mistakes”.............................. Greenwood Lake Library May 9, 6:30pm Family Guide to Mental Health Care Lloyd Sederer ....Ritz Lobby, Newburgh, May 15, 6pm Liberty Jazz Festival Performers Interviews ..........................Liberty Museum, May 17, 7pm Bird Walk ..................Pocono Environmental Education Center, Dingmans Ferry, May 18, 8am Muslim Cuisine & Culture ..........................................................Florida Library, May 19, 1pm Demo “Watercolor & the Magic of Morning Light” Al Champy..Orange Hall Gallery, May 19, 2:30pm Science Cafe “CSI in Westchester” Robert Adamo........Diana’s Restaurant, New Windsor, May 22, 7pm Kelly Merchant portrait photography ..............................ArtsWAVE, Ellenville, May 25, 2pm

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CHORALES: Middletown, Otisville, New Hampton, Warwick, Goshen....

Soloists Amy Goldstein & Jeremy Moore

Composers Gabriel Faure & Billy Joel

Faure’s Requiem, is a mainstay of many local choral groups, and is perhaps presently the third most popular requiem after Verdi’s and Mozart’s. His Cantique was written when he was nineteen years old in 1864-5 and won him the first prize when he graduated from the École Niedermeyer. It was first published around 1875 or 1876 and appeared in a version for orchestra (possibly by the composer) in 1906.

The Cantique text, “Verbe égal au TrèsHaut”, is a paraphrase by Jean Racine of the pseudo-ambrosian hymn for Tuesday matins, Consors paterni luminis. “It is a piece that is usually paired with the Requiem,” said MCC conductor Justin Glodich. “We decided to test ourselves by performing it because you don’t usually hear much French in Chorale concerts.

“We’ll be performing two a capella pieces by Billy Joel, Lullaby and And So It Goes. I chose them because I try to pick a varied repertoire that people would enjoy and also be familiar with. The arrangements are beautiful and recognizable to the audience. I was a professional a capella singer with an a capella group called The Faultline before I became a music teacher and conductor. I still perform once in a while.”

Pianist Gregg Michalak will accompany the Chorale on May 11 at St. John’s Lutheran Church, Middletown at 7:00pm. May 18 at North Congregational Church, Middletown at Middletown - Otisville The Middletown Concert Chorale (MCC) 7:00pm, and on May 19 at Holy Name of Jesus was formed in 1996 by Eileen Mackintosh (nee Church, Otisville at 3:00pm.

Hampshire), its first director, with 20 singers. It New Hampton - Goshen - Warwick is made up of members of the local community The Treaty of Utrecht, which established the who share a passion and dedication for singing.

The Chorale’s Sweet Music to Welcome Peace of Utrecht, comprises a series of Spring! program includes Faure’s Requiem and individual peace treaties signed by the belligerents in the War of the Spanish his Cantique de Jean Racine, Op.11.

Middletown Soprano Amy Goldstein has gained renown for her performances of cantorial chanting, opera, oratorio, Broadway, and contemporary music. Baritone Jeremy Moore is a familiar face, having performed leading roles for Orange and Sullivan opera companies and the Taconic and Bronx Operas.

They perform Antonin Dvorak’s Te Deum, op.103, a cantata for soprano and baritone solo, choir and orchestra, to the Latin text of the famous hymn Te Deum (God, we laud You). It was composed in 1892 and dedicated to the 400th anniversary of the discovery of America, completed before Dvorák moved to America, and was premiered at Dvorák’s first concert in New York on October 21, 1892.

Dvorak’s Mass in D, was originally composed for organ, solo voices and small choir in the year 1892. “Neither of our usual Goshen and Blooming Grove venues have instruments (organs) that can handle it,” explained Janiece Kohler, conductor for the Classic Choral Society and Orchestra, “so this year we will be performing in Newburgh (April 28) and Middletown on May 4 at 7:00pm in the Grace Episcopal Church, 58 North Street.”

Admission is free, donations requested.

For information: 845-783-6030.

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Conductors Janiece Kohler, Justin Glodich & Stanley Curtis

Succession, in the Dutch city of Utrecht in 1713.

The treaties between several European states, including Spain, Great Britain, France, Portugal, Savoy and the Dutch Republic, helped end the war. The treaties were concluded between the representatives of Louis XIV of France and Philip V of Spain on the one hand, and representatives of Anne, Queen of Great Britain, the Duke of Savoy, the King of Portugal and the United Provinces on the other. The treaty registered the defeat of French ambitions expressed in the wars of Louis XIV and preserved the European system based on the balance of power.

Handel’s Utrecht Te Deum is a sacred choral composition in two parts, to celebrate the Treaty of Utrecht.

Mozart composed the motet Ave Verum Corpus while in the middle of writing his opera The Magic Flute, and while his wife Constanze was pregnant with their sixth child. It was fewer than six months before Mozart’s death. The motet foreshadows aspects of his Requiem.

Pianist Gail Johnson

These two works, and excerpts from other Mozart works, are being performed by the Warwick Valley Chorale, conducted by Stanley Curtis and accompanied by Gail Johnson for From the Classics to Broadway, which includes a medley of familiar and beloved songs from 100 years of Broadway.

May 10, 7:30pm at the Denton Presbyterian Church, 22 County Rt. 56, New Hampton. May 17, 7:30pm at the Goshen United Methodist Church, 115 Main St., Goshen and May 19, 4:00pm at the Warwick Reformed Church, 16 Maple Ave., Warwick.

Visit www.warwickvalleychorale.org Milford In March of 2001 composer John Rutter sustained the most painful loss of his young son, a computer whiz and a singer. It happened right outside the Clare Chapel, the focal point of Rutter’s entire life. After this tragedy Rutter could not find inspiration to write for over two continued on page 27

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years, but when he finally emerged, he wrote Mass of the Children.

Perhaps this was Rutter’s way of paying tribute to his son, clearing his soul of torment, and moving back into the light of creation - a personal catharsis. Many of the familiar and well-loved staples of Rutter’s music are here: the flowing melodies, catchy rhythms, and poptinged harmony.

It is a non-liturgical Missa Brevis, with the traditional Latin and Greek Mass text interwoven with several English poems. The exquisite blending of children and adult voices in Rutter’s writing is mesmerizing.

The Delaware Valley Choral Society will be in concert on May 19 at 4:00pm at the Delaware Valley High School Auditorium in a performance of works by the English composer.

The concert entitled All Things Good is dedicated to children of our community and will feature the regional premier of Rutter’s Mass of the Children scored for double choir (adult & children) and full symphony orchestra.

Joining the Society will be a chorus of select elementary students directed by Brian Krauss of Dingman Delaware Elementary School as well as soloists Adista Wightman (soprano), Wayne Walters (baritone), and Denise Lozano (flute).

Tickets may be purchased at Patina Antiques, 320 Broad Street, Craft Show, 120 East Harford Street, both located in Milford or by calling Helen Monisera at 845-856-5696 or Jeffrey Fornoff 570-267-8773.

There will be open seating so it is recommended you come early if you wish to purchase tickets at the door.

UpFront Exhibition Space will hold its 6th Annual Spring Exhibit April 20 - May 31.

Currently, 40 artists of all mediums included in this exhibit including nine new artists. Artists included in the show are: Alyta Adams, Kenneth Agnello, Sandra Elizabeth Anderson, Todd Anderson, Adrienne Butvinik, Bill Cohen, Richard D'ambrosia, Daniela Cooney, Nancy DavisKessler, Jennifer Ferdinandsen, Debbie Gioello, Gordon Graff, Wayne R. Howell, Don Hutchison, Teresa Idelowitz, Alan Kaplan, Bill Kauffman, Robert John Keiber, Michael Marcino, Angelo Marfisi, Geoff Morse, Stephen P. O'Donnell, Sr., Jeffrey A. Parker, Joe Petrosi, Dixie Rich, Nick Roes, Jody Roth-Winship, Frank Shuback, Joan Standora, SteelArtz, Howard Marc Steiman,

Wendell M. Upchurch, Elva Zingaro, Greg Zukowski, Chuck Zuretti and The Shop tattoo artists: Sean Addy, Jason Carpino, Robert Kraese, and Alex Zahorsky.

UpFront Exhibition Space is located at 31 Jersey Avenue, Port Jervis.

For more information, contact Gordon Graff or Debbie Raia at 845-856-2727, or visit the UpFront Exhibition Space page on Facebook.

Wine expert David G. Howell will be joined by Lynne Kerr (see photo) & Jay Kerr, who blend their cabaret performance with the wines.

The gala fundraiser May 18 at 5:00pm will benefit the Cragsmoor Historical Society Building Restoration Fund.

Location? next to the Library at 355 Cragsmoor Road.

For more information: 845-647-6384.

Don your old-fashioned clothes, get out your old-time photos, records and memorabilia and bring them to Old-Fashioned Day, June 2, 11:00am-5:00pm at the Walker Valley Firehouse, 3679 Route 52.

The Shawangunk/Gardiner Historical Society, Crawford Historical Society and the Cragsmoor Historical Society are participating. Raffle tickets will be sold to defray costs of the free event. Food will be sold basically at cost, as in the past.

For more information call 845-744-2827.

Wine & Cabaret

“Elvis” by Greg Zukowski

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Orange County Success: Castle Fun Center’s 20th Anniversary

The Castle Fun Center in Chester is an Orange County success story.

In the spring of 1993, Brian Leentjes opened a mini-golf course on Brookside Avenue. With a degree in building construction, he had the knowledge to achieve his dream of a recreation and event center slowly, one step at a time.

As the years progressed, Leentjes added a gokart track, a second go-kart track, roller derby, batting cages, and a second golf course, both of which cross under and over each other at certain points.

Desiring to integrate the arts within the compound, Leentjes began with a dragon sculpture, which complemented the natural, sculpted caves on the mini-golf course. “I liked the idea of adding sculptures to the grounds...making the property like a canvas,” he said with a smile in his voice. “And his Castle building which was completed seven years ago can certainly be considered a sculpture,” added Event Coordinator, Susan Berntsen.

“We now have thousands of square feet, both inside and outside,” Leentjes continued. “An

Brian Leentjes and son Zach building the golf course 20 years ago

Dragon on the mini golf course

indoor 5000 square foot event room that holds 400 people. And a multi-purpose indoor 11,000square-foot event center area. Seven years ago we added Jester’s Restaurant. Two years ago we were approached to house a comedy club in

CANVAS spotlight: Sugar Loaf Guild The Bostree Gallery The Bostree Gallery presents a varied selection of unique functional and decorative American craft. It features predominantly pottery and jewelry created by a number of craftspeople as well as by its owners.

Terry and Ray Boswell first opened Bostree in Sugar Loaf in 1982. In 1984 they purchased a building on Wood Road where they moved their gallery, home and studio under one roof.

In 1999 Terry moved the gallery to its current location, 1361 Kings Highway. In 2001 Ray completed the building of his three floor studio next to their home, and in 2007 / 2008 their son Andrew began to sell his pottery alongside his father’s.

The Bostree Gallery presents artist-made pottery, jewelry and other fine handcrafts: artistic objects made by hand with love, care, creativity and integrity to please the eye, enhance the home and nurture the spirit.

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a handcrafted piece is used or worn. A connection is made between creator and user when a unique individual uses a piece made by another unique individual.

“At the studio we create pottery for the gallery and offer studio memberships as well as periodic workshops. Pottery retreats can also be arranged to be presented at your location.”

Visit www.bostree.com for more information.

Visit Bostree and other Sugar Loaf Guild members during the Sugar Loaf Spring Festival, May 25 & 26, 10:00am-6:00pm.

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the restaurant and we let the producers use the name and call it Jester’s Comedy Club.

“The latest big step with the last renovation is separating the “image” of just the ‘Castle Fun Center’ by adding the name ‘The Event Center at the Castle Fun Center.’”

“Then, in spring 2012 we finished our Event Grounds for up to 1000 people with barbecue pits, a pond, horseshoes, bocce, volleyball, etc.

And that is where we will hold our 20th anniversary celebration on June 1.”

The celebration will include music by Nuts

in a Blender (Voted ‘Best Cover Band’ by the Times Herald Record’s Readers Poll 2006-2009 and ‘Best Live Band’ in 2010) at 5:00pm, and from 8:00pm-10:00pm Jason Casterlin and The Tall Boys.

“It is a labor of love. There are a lot of risks and a lot of rewards at the same time, and much responsibility for our 80 employees which will grow to 100 employees for the summer,” Leentjes concluded.

Admission is free for a full day of fun and activities on the Event Grounds, 109 Brookside Ave, Chester from 1:00pm to 10:00pm, with a $5 event fee for access to the bounce house, bands, horseshoes, bocce, volleyball, and face painting. BBQ buffet food can be purchased.

From mini-golf to kart racing, a roller skating rink to lazer tag, ballocity, climbing wall, minibowling, batting cages, from sculpture to music to comedy, to a major event center, driving range and the event grounds picnic area, the twenty-year plan is a reality. A remarkable feat.

What’s Next, Mr. Leentjes?

Castle Fun Center: 845-469-2116.

L’Enfant “Terribile” is Back!

Montgomery resident Anthony Terribile (pronounced terr-i-beel) has graduated from performing stand-up comedy at community events and open mics. Now a “seasoned” comic, he is making his fourth appearance at Jester’s Comedy Club.

Anthony first performed at Hudson Valley Conservatory’s (HVC) Coffeehouse in Walden where he was tutored by Samuel E. Wright, Amanda Wright and Pamela Murphy in their summer camps and in HVC singing and acting classes where students were taught to create their own plays. It was here he discovered “selfwriting, thanks to Sam Wright”, and found that he preferred writing and reading comedies which led to his creating stand-up routines.

Anthony’s rise from novice to professional has been helped by mentors from the comedy

clubs in the area. He will appear at Jester’s on May 10 along with one of his mentors, Chris Havison, and with Jordan Fried and headliner John Iavarone.

See ad on this page for details.

An Evening of Music & Beauty From Italy

Visions of the Valley at Seligmann

“Chianti Hills Panorama” - photo by Nick Zungoli

Join world-renown Sugar Loaf photographer Nick Zungoli for an entertaining evening of Italian music by seven members of the New York Mandolin Ensemble, accompanied by a slideshow of photos from his recent trips to Tuscany 2012 and Amalfi 2011 along with new images from a dozen other visits he has made over the years.

The NYC based ensemble consists of four mandolins, two guitars, bass and, perhaps for the first time in Sugar Loaf: mandola: to the mandolin what the viola is to the violin, octave mandolin: an octave below a mandolin, both played by area resident Wayne Fugate, (see center photo) and:

mandocello: to the mandolin what the cello is to the violin.

The program contains almost two dozen pieces of music by D. Scarlatti, Vivaldi, Corelli, Faure (yes, a Gallic touch) and a host of “unknown” composers including ensemble director Steven Antonelli.

“There will be some fine wines on hand to create an experience that will bring you back to Italy,” Zungoli states, for this unique evening offering on May 25, 8:00pm at the Sugar Loaf Performing Arts Center (SLPAC) on Kings Highway.

Contact the SLPAC (845-610-5335) or Exposures Gallery (845-469-9382) for tickets.

“Va bene!”

“Shimmering Light” by Roslyn Fassett Visions of Our Valley features nine local Susan Sciarretta and Linda Winton will artists exhibiting a variety of styles in oil, present their paintings weekends May 4-19, acrylic, watercolor and mixed media, with an Artists’ Reception on May 5 from demonstrating skill and sensitivity as they 3:00pm-6:00pm in the lower gallery at The capture the seasons and moods of the Seligmann Center for the Arts, 23 White Oak Drive in Sugar Loaf. beautiful Warwick Valley.

A portion of sales will be donated to the Artists Lynne Digby, Roslyn Fassett, Patricia Foxx, Phyllis Lehman, Karuna local food bank.

For more information call 845-469-9259.

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The 16th Annual RiverFest The Village of Cornwall-on-Hudson will host its 16th annual RiverFest on June 1 from 11:00am to 6:00pm in Donahue Park on the shores of the beautiful Hudson River. RiverFest features a full day of music and entertainment, children’s activities, and a large craft and food fair. The day’s events will include live bands, river activities, food stands, non-profit groups and contributors.

The West Point Steel Band (see photo), a crowd favorite that performed last year, will be back, joined by several other bands including Hudson Crossing, the Somerville Brothers Band, Out of the Blue and Bop Nuvo. A kayak

will be raffled off to one lucky person!

As always, there is no charge for RiverFest.

Visitors are invited to bring a blanket or lawn chair and enjoy a fun-filled day.

Visit www.river-fest.com for up to date information.

Palaia Vineyard’s May Day Festival

This year’s May Day Festival will be held on May 4 from 10:00am-6:00pm. Everything from classes in tarot and drumming to music all day long with vendors offering all kinds of goods along with food and drink.

And once again, the Maypole dance will take place where the men come in with the pole while the women tease them, and then everyone dances with the May King and Queen until they are wrapped up in ribbons.

Wear your Renaissance Faire best, and come to Palaia Vineyards, 10 Sweet Clover Road, off The Reddan Brothers, photo by Mike Bousquet And on May 4, the Reddan Brothers will Route 32 in Highland Mills to celebrate the start perform inside, from 7:00pm-10:00pm. of the summer season! Huzzah!

For Palaia information: 845-928-5384 Call Brids Closet, 845-458-8726 for info.

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Potluck’s Final Season Offering

For Potluck Concert’s final offering of the season, Jeff Marchand (bassoon); Joel Evans (oboe); Lois Hicks Wozniak (alto saxophone); Emily Faxon (violin); Margaret Small & Ruthanne Schempf Jeff Marchand (piano) will perform familiar music (Leonard Bernstein’s music from West Side Story for four hand piano), and unfamiliar music for wind ensembles. by Evan Chambers and Andre Dr. Joel Evans Previn Previn’s Trio for Piano, Oboe and Bassoon was commissioned by The Orchestra of St. Luke’s, the National Endowment for the Arts, and the Mary Lois Hicks Wozniak Flager Cary Charitable Trust, and its world premiere was performed by the St. Luke’s Chamber Ensemble in 1996.

This perky trio sounds like something Francis Poulenc might have Emily Faxon

written if the great French composer had been American (and a bit younger). It has character, elegance, and great sympathy for the sound of the two double reed instruments.

Margaret Small It also has the lively rhythms that remind us that conductor Previn was a best-selling jazz pianist during the 1950s, as well as the widely-spaced chord voicing that has characterized American Ruthanne Schempf music since the days of Roy Harris, Virgil Thomson, and Aaron Copland.

The May 25, 7:30pm concert will be held in the Cornwall Presbyterian Church, 222 Hudson Evan Chambers Street in Cornwall-onHudson.

Pre and post concert dining is available at Leo’s Italian Restaurant and Pizzeria.in Cornwall (see ad below).

Previn by John Fisher

Pouring Paint Demo at PCAC

Concert & Ministry with Jean Watson

The ARTery: “Grateful for Spring”

Mike Culver at Highlands Photographic Guild

Janet Campbell fell in love with watercolor in the 1990s. Her paintings reflect a transparent and loose style. Living on the Shawangunk Ridge in the lower Catskills, close to the Bashakill Wetlands in Sullivan County and near the farms of Orange County, she is never at a loss for inspiring subjects. Her work is represented by the Wallkill River School and Gallery in Montgomery where she teaches classes and workshops in watercolor.

For Pike County Arts and Crafts, Campbell will be demonstrating the technique of ‘pouring’ watercolors. Instead of using a brush, the colors are mixed with water in containers and poured onto the paper. The white of the paper is saved by masking, therefore planning is often involved.

The public is invited to this free event to meet

Noted violinist, singera mixture of music and songwriter and speaker Jean testimony by the artist, who was Watson (see photo) has a named Female Praise and vibrant ministry both in the Worship Artist by the UK New United States and in her Christian Music Alliance, will homeland of Ireland. be given at the First Presbyterian Church of A classically-trained singer and violinist, Watson delved Milford on May 18 at 7:00pm. into the Christian recording The church is located at the world as a singer/songwriter in corner of West Ann and Broad 2003. The power of her Streets. The concert is free of Watercolor by Janet Campbell message comes out of her charge, and a free will offering Janet and the members of PCAC while enjoying unique ability to minister and will be taken. perform with a balance of refreshments.

For information call 570-296excellence and childlike 4711 The demo is at Milford Borough Hall, 109 musical or 570-409-6133.

Visit Catherine Street, May 5 at 1:30pm. www.jeanwatson.com for additional facts and transparency.

Visit www.pikecountyartsandcrafts.org for A Saturday Evening Ministry Concert with music samples. more information.

The ARTery Gallery welcomes Spring with a new exhibit, Grateful for Spring: the flowers and burgeoning new life, the sunshine and nature that calls us out of our cocoons.

From flowers to nature to magical fairies that cast a spell on our winter weary minds, the exhibit runs from May 10 thru June 3. The reception, held on the Art After Dark second Saturday, is on May 11, 6:00pm - 9:00pm.

The ARTery Gallery is located at 210 Broad Street in Milford.

“Yellow Edged Hibiscus” by Debbie Gioello For information, call 570-409-1234.

Photographer and painter Mike Culver is a Kentucky native who received a Ph.D in Art History and Humanities from the University of Louisville. A 1977 Fulbright grantee, Culver has also studied and worked in the Netherlands, Belgium and France.

Culver will be exhibiting People, Places and Things at the Highlands Photographic Guild 224 Broad Street, Milford, from May 11 - June 2. The Art After Dark Reception is on May 11, 6:00pm - 8:00pm.

For more information call 570-296-2440.

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WVFA Gallery: “Sublime Aspirations”

In whatever medium it is that artist Sarah McHugh is working with, the making of art is for her about the knowing and understanding of how a thing or subject translates or transforms into a personal meaningful message, visually, tactilely, emotionally, appealing to the senses.

About her art, Sarah says, “The allure and wonder and physicality of working in a variety of mediums to resolve aesthetic considerations, studying the way light and atmosphere as well as surfaces in our environment have become my vocabulary, is a challenge that never repeats itself. It heals and defines the spirit, a passion I hope my art communicates to others.”

Artwork by Sarah McHugh Sarah exhibits her work in an exhibit titled June 28. An opening reception will be held Sublime Aspirations at the WVFA Gallery, on May 10 from 5:00pm - 7:00pm.

65 Main Street, Warwick, from May 10 Visit www.warwickfa.com/events for info.

Karuna’s “Birds, Barns and More”

“Ever since I can remember, I’ve had a persistent fascination with color and form. I enjoy painting figures, still lifes and landscapes, but lately I have a fascination for barns. Not only are some barns beautiful, but they’re becoming an endangered species.”

Paintings by Karuna McLaughlin will be on display at Caffé a la Mode, 1 Oakland Avenue, Warwick, from May 26 through early Autumn.

A reception will be held on May 26 from 5:00pm - 7:00pm. For info: 845-986-0079.

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“Pennings Farm” by Karuna McLaughlin

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The 38th Annual Artists on Campus Artists on Campus is an outdoor fine arts show and sale, held at the Mount Saint Mary College campus (under the tent) each year.

This amazing art show and sale started 37 years ago when Mr. and Mrs. Joe Benzinger moved to Newburgh from New York City, and found no outdoor celebration for the visual arts in the area.

In 2012, the exhibit committee worked with the Newburgh Rotary to present the show in conjunction with A Taste of Greater Newburgh.

It was a win/win collaboration, featuring creativity and great food, music, and artwork.

The collaboration continues for the 2013 show.

Artists on Campus will be held on May 19,

11am-4:00pm (free admission) on the College campus, 330 Powell Avenue in Newburgh. A Taste of Greater Newburgh will happen from 12:30pm-2:00pm.

For more information call 845-569-3337.

Alan Glover Grooves in Beacon

Alan Glover is a progressive jazz jazz. His musical and artistic focus musician, whose artistic life has been has brought about a series of CDs, one of social expression in a variety DVDs, films, educational tools and of art forms. His early work as a filmtheological essays, all retaining the maker during the civil rights same dedication towards the social movement dealt with powerful spirit expression of joy and themes of cultural and political unconditional love for all. consciousness.

Glover joins with Goshen bass artisan Chris Sullivan, pianist Laura Glover turned his attention to music Cohan and drummer Tani Tabbal for performance extensively with his ensemble, The Juice Quartet. In Manhattan’s a Mother’s Day celebration at Virgo’s Sip-NEast Village he founded the Firehouse Theater, Soul Cafe, 469 Fishkill Avenue, Beacon on a community arts center and important early May 11, 7:30pm-10:30pm.

Phone 845-831-1543 for more information. influence on what had become known as loft

It’s Never Too Early or Too Late to Follow Your Dreams

Proud Artists: Judi, George and Mary

Mary Mugele Sealfon “scribbling”

“Seven Generations” by George Hayes

“Winter in the Woods” by Judi Silvano

Mary Mugele Sealfon, George Hayes and Judi Silvano all started painting at an early age, but have experienced varying paths.

“When I was about four, I loved scribbling on my new chalkboard,” stated Mary. “Watching my dad’s friend draw Mickey Mouse was a revelation. I wanted to do that. Eventually my scribbling evolved into landscape painting, and instead of Mickey, I painted portraits of friends, family and models.” She has since painted all her life except for one brief respite.

“Realism was not popular at the institutions where I earned my degrees, so I studied with local and regional artists. When I didn’t immediately become a famous artist after obtaining my MA in printmaking at NYU, I ventured into graphic design. I worked as an art director and designer for various publications

until I moved to Orange County and my daughter was born. Then I started to paint again.

“One blessing of art is that you never stop learning and discovering. I started teaching art classes several years ago. I am grateful for the many lessons shared by teachers, friends, and students. I love spending time with fellow artists, visiting museums, painting together, and sharing discoveries.

George grew up in an apple orchard and as a child drew apple trees. He continued with drawing and watercolors until he began a career in commercial art. Later in life, when he retired from doing graphic arts, he started oil painting.

He found an instant connection to the Wallkill River School (WRS) and its mission to preserve the dwindling open spaces within the community.

After joining the School, he studied various oil painting, pastel painting and drawing classes under such notable artists as Shawn Dell Joyce, Gene Bové and, yes, Mary Mugele Sealfon. His love of the outdoors, rural Orange County and the study of light and color are reflected in his oil and pastel paintings.

George has risen quickly from student to teacher in the local art community. “I teach perspective, which is a basic tool in drawing and I teach palate knife painting technique.

Technical illustrators use perspective, so I had years of experience with that. I am self-taught with the palate knife, having read many books about it and practiced it.”

Judi began painting in her youth also, stopped to pursue a dance career, then trained as a classical singer, and has become a highly

accomplished jazz vocalist and composer. She has been voted Best Jazz Singer in the Hudson Valley as well as a Top Ten Jazz Vocalist four times in Down Beat International Polls. Her chamber music compositions have been performed in Europe and New York.

“Since moving to the Hudson Valley, the magnificent natural surroundings rekindled my passion for painting. With the encouragement of many accomplished painters in the area, my evolution as a visual artist has recently blossomed and I now have my first show as an Emerging Artist at the WRS.” An exhibit of works by Mary Mugele Sealfon, George Hayes and Judi Silvano will run from May 1 thru May 30 at the WRS, 232 Ward Street (Route 17K). 845-457-2787.

Reception: May 4 , 5:00pm-7:00pm.

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Wolfgang Gallery: Emily Adamo, Noah Powne, Claire Partridge, Liz Krov & Amy Row

Work by Noah Powne

Work by Claire Partridge

Reprinted with permission from the Mill Street Loft

Emily Adamo has been awarded more singular Scholastic Awards than any other competitor in the nation, garnishing seven individual awards and one portfolio award.

She has been attending the Art Institute of Mill Street Loft in Poughkeepsie since she was 11 years old. Says Art Institute Director Todd Poteet, “Even at a young age, Emily exhibited a drive to create powerful works of art far beyond her years.

Scholastic’s acknowledgement is a welcome confirmation that she is on the path to artistic success. This outstanding accomplishment speaks to the dedication she has to her artistic vision.”

A cursory glance through Noah Powne’s

portfolio quickly reveals the power of his illustrative story telling abilities. Each piece engages the viewer in a dialog. We want to know what is about to happen, or what just occurred. He forces the viewer’s eye around the page to tell the story in an organized and orchestrated sequence.

Claire Partridge started with the Art Institute of Mill Street Loft when she was only 12.

Passionate about her artistic growth, Claire has pushed herself to excel in every challenge presented to her by her teachers. Each weekend and summer, she travels from her home in Manhattan to study in the Portfolio Development courses of the Institute.

Liz Krov’s website states, “I adhere to this

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Work by Liz Krov

strict philosophy in life: kicking the tires and lighting the fires...”

Liz studied at Ramapo College of NJ and Kean University in Union, NJ. She hopes to obtain a creative position in the film industry, where she can apply her design talents, her dynamic work ethic, and her previous experience of the arts in a movie atmosphere.

Amy Row says, “Art is my truest form of expression. I started drawing as a kid and have not stopped since. I am forever learning and growing as an artist, but still manage to keep my inner child alive. Working with different mediums, I consider my style a mix of cartoon, fantasy, and surrealism. I fancy bold vibrant paint colors and overemphasized features, yet

Work by Amy Row

appreciate the many shades and details of a simple pencil. In a dark moment, laughter is thought to be the best medicine, so adding humor to my artwork feels therapeutic in a way.

There is a monster and a beauty in us all. I roll with the punches, paint my own path, and discover so much on the way.”

The works of Emily Adamo, Noah Powne, and Claire Partridge are on display at Wolfgang Gallery, 40 Railroad Avenue, in Montgomery from May 3-June 2. An Opening Reception will be held on May 11, 6:00pm-9:00pm.

The works of Liz Krov and Amy Row are on display from May 1-May 15, with an Opening Reception on May 4, 5:00pm-7:00pm.

For information call 845-769-7446.

Montgomery - Buy Local!

Grand Montgomery Chamber Music Series - The Music of Friends

by J. A. Di Bello

A quarter of a century of chamber music is an extended period of time and a plethora of music.

The concept of time though fleeting is generally understood and rarely captured. The concept of chamber music however is established but to a large extent misunderstood by most, with the exception of classical music aficionados. To expand the concept’s familiarity a recent brochure promoted chamber music as “the music of friends, close, enveloping and featuring small ensembles of performers.”

Perfect!

Imagine now a quality, admission-free musical series in a small, historic village on the banks of the Wallkill River in Orange County, with talented artists that frequently attract standing-room-only crowds for Sunday afternoon concerts. All gathered to enjoy the music of friends. The series, the Grand Montgomery Chamber Music Series, is the creation of Howard and Judy Garrett, dedicated volunteers who began the series in 1987. On May 26, the series will complete its twenty-fifth year with the Simon String Quartet, during the Village’s Memorial Day Celebration.

During this quarter of a century the Simon String Quartet has been summoned back to the Village for three encores. Why? As Howard

Garrett simply stated, “I think they are wonderful!!!” With a creative knack for superficial research, one observation stands erect in reviews of the quartet’s most recent performances: “Delivered with passion,” “Stimulating,” “A passionate performance.”

Violinist Fiona Vanderspar-Simon, a member of the first violin section of the New York Philharmonic, will lead the quartet’s presentation. A native of Great Britain, she currently lives in New York City and has recorded extensively on several The Simon Quartet performs for GMCM on May 26, 3pm well-known labels. Further, she has been a rage is incontrollable to the point of murder. featured recitalist on the BBC. She will direct “The situation simultaneously embodies three the quartet’s presentation through a program primal and overwhelming urges that tangle into disaster: musical ecstasy, sexual desire and consisting of Janacek and Beethoven Interesting, the word passion has frequently jealous rage.” Tolstoy’s novella was banned, but been used to describe the tone of the Quartet’s the music lives. Expect passion, referenced performances and it’s no wonder. The initial earlier, to dominate the Quartet's delivery of piece selected for the Montgomery Janacek’s Sonata.

On the program following Janacek’s String performance, Janacek’s String Quartet No. 1, subtitled “Kreutzer Sonata.” It is no wonder, Quartet No. 1 is Beethoven’s emotional Opus since the composition is reportedly inspired by 131. It is said that of all Beethoven’s quartets Tolstoy’s novella of the same name, a tragic this is musically and physically the most narrative delivered by a cuckolded man whose demanding. Performing the Opus 131 is an

exceptional challenge for any quartet. “Forty five minutes of music unfolding continuously without the slightest break - a veritable musical odyssey.” Without describing each of the seven frequently contrasting movements in Opus 131, attention should appropriately be given to the seventh and final movement, The Homecoming.

The seventh movement is heralded by a demonic gesture played by all four instruments.

A devilish dance is unleashed - a veritable Totentanz. By this stage our physical exhaustion is so intense that it becomes an integral part of the music. It seems that Beethoven foresaw our human limitations and in spite of them composed a movement that would force us to fight to overcome them. We are back to the struggle - and this time it is titanic! Finally, the closing bars of the piece are a heroic fanfare in C sharp MAJOR - a key which has so many sharps in it that it sounds and feels “extraterrestrial!”

As the Silver Anniversary schedule of GMCM approaches, the final performance appears also to be one of great celebratory expectations. Kudos and wreaths of laurel have been earned by Howard and Judy Garrett.

The highly anticipated performance of the Simon String Quartet is scheduled to begin at 3:00pm, on May 26 at the Montgomery Senior Center, 36 Bridge Street. Admission is free.

For information: 845-457-9867.

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Holistic Happenings sponsored by Alternative Counseling

A Festival Dedicated to the Wonderful & Tasty Allium Tricoccum Allium tricoccum (commonly known as ramp, ramps, spring onion, ramson, wild leek, wood leek, and wild garlic) is an early spring vegetable, a perennial wild onion with a strong garlic-like odor and a pronounced onion flavor.

It's finally happened - we made it through winter, the snow has turned to, um, mud, and the Ramps are finally pushing their way to the surface. We thought this might be something to celebrate, so Slow Food UpDeRiVa (with love from Sullivan County Farmer's Market) is holding its second annual Ramps Fest on May 4 (see Farm info below) and May 5 at the Callicoon Farmers Market.

THE RAMP TRAMP May 4, 2:00pm We'll take you on a walk and teach you how to identify and conscientiously harvest wild ramps. You can even take a few home to cook for the recipe competition on May 5.

This fun event takes place at Channery Hill Farm, 77 Keller Road, Callicoon Center.

Call Jen at 845-482-4369 for details.

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RAMPS FEST May 5, 11:00am - 2:00pm

be holding our first Ramp on a Ramp Race.

You’ve just got to come try it to find out what it’s about.

Taste some lovely samples of things to do with Ramps (ramp powder, ramp salad dressing, pickled ramps, ramp goat cheese, ramp butter - all made in a certified kitchen, of course), browse and buy a Ramps Cookbook, learn about the history and beauty of ramps; and best of all - buy fresh ramps from our local farmers at the Callicoon’s Farmers Market.

RampART Noon - 2:00pm, Part I We know perfectly well that everyone in this community is artistic, and best of all, silly and fun. So, we're calling on all artists, crafters, carvers, metalsmiths, painters, writers, woodsmiths, poets, and architects to come up with an Ode to the Ramp in their favorite medium.

This is a judged competition, and the Best In Show will win a Ramp Lamp, an inspired creation courtesy of Kathie Fitzgerald (Light Touch Shades). I've seen her work, so trust me, you will want this lamp!

May 2013

The Ramp Recipe Competition 1:00pm - 2:00pm

RampART Noon - 2:00pm, Part II We’ll have a fun art station for kids. They can draw, sculpt with found recycled or found objects, or even make prints with our Ramp Stamps (made from potatoes, using organic homemade ink). Nothing messy or staining, we promise. Of course, if your kids want to bring some of their own art to the competition, that’s great too.

The Ramp on a Ramp Race 12:30pm - 1:00pm In homage to Jeffersonville’s Duck Race and Port Jervis’ Soap Box Derby Race, we’ll

Sullivan County Farmers will have Ramps at the market very soon. We challenge you to come up with brilliant and inspired recipes.

For instance, we at UpDeRiVa just worked out some Ramp-Wrapped Spring Rolls and Dirty Ramp Martinis. Now, you all are brutally smart food folks. We think you can do fantastic things. So think wide and weird.

We’re especially looking baked goods and desserts.

Here’s how it works: Bring a dish that you have made with ramps to the Callicoon Farmer’s Market. Submit it to the panel of judges, along with your name, and a written recipe. All winning recipes will make it into next year’s Ramps Fest cookbook, with full credits to the creating chef.

Come out and celebrate Ramps Fest! Every time you support us, you’re supporting real people, not corporations. 845-482-4369.