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From The Publisher... by Barry Plaxen Welcome back from the Pandemic: Amity Gallery, Warwick, Walker Valley’s monthly UFO support group meeting. Synchronicities of the month: Soprano Melanie Henley-Heyn’s onewoman opera show “Opera 101 or Opera in a Nutshell” will actually take place in what used to be the Nutshell Art Center. Due to space limitations, we combined two classic movies showings at Shadowland Stages and JosephineLouise Public Library into one story. It wasn’t until afterwards that we discovered that both films, Salt of the

Earth and On the Waterfront, were both released in 1954. Vocabulary Lesson: Neoteric: new or modern; recent. Highlight of the Month: Hudson Valley Gives Day! Support our many non-profit arts organizations for as little as $5. $10? $25? More? Kudos to: Chris Meyer for his creation of the Savage Wonder Festival in Sugar Loaf. In this issue: Live theatre has blossomed in Goshen, Hurleyville, Monroe, So. Fallsburg, Sugar Loaf, and (in early June) Ellenville. Opera season opens in Lake Huntington.

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Dr. James Finn Cotter (July 5, 1929 - January 8, 2022)

by Cynthia Harris Pagano See page 6 for a celebration of Dr. Cotter’s life, and see page 20 for more about the artist.

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Ivanoff Talks Porter Carolyn Ivanoff of the Civil War Preservation Trust is passionate about U.S. History and the Civil War. “These are the greatest subjects because they teach students who we are as Americans and help them understand themselves.” Dr. George Loring Porter (18381919) was the only commissioned officer present at the burial of John Wilkes Booth; had medical charge of the imprisoned conspirators against President Lincoln; was present at the hanging of five of them, and accompanied the others to the Tortugas. He is the author of many valuable medical papers, and has a fascinating history. Ivanoff speaks on The Remarkable Life of George Loring Porter at Desmond Center for Community Enrichment, 6 Albany Post Road, Newburgh, on May 6 at 10:30am. To register: 845-565-1326 or email: desmond-info@townofnewburgh.org

SUNY Orange Art Exhibits in Newburgh and Middletown Mindy Ross Gallery, Newburgh Polly Giragosian, an art professor at SUNY Orange’s Middletown campus, has had a varied journey in the arts studying first at the École des Beaux Arts in Paris. Then, she attended Massachusetts College of Art and the School of the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston. She holds a BA in French from Smith College and then went on to receive Doilies and Florets (detail) an MFA by Polly Giragosian from the University of Arizona with a concentration in fibers, followed by a Skowhegan artist residency. Finally, she branched off and delved into archiving and library science at Rutgers University where she received an MLIS. In cooperation with the revival of the arts initiative in Newburgh under the new name NBNY Art Seen, a reception for the solo show Flotsam and Jetsam:

Mixed Media & Fiber Work by Giragosian, is happening on April 30 from 2:00pm-4:00pm in the Mindy Ross Gallery in Kaplan Hall at SUNY Orange. The artist will be present to welcome visitors and talk about her works. “Complimentary Study with Orange” “Lora” by A. Kelly by K. Ralli Musician Joy Zelada The exhibit will play classical guitar from his large repertoire. He also will gladly explain of over 100 the music and his instrument. The exhibit works extends from May 6 runs through May 20. Come and partake of the art and enjoy to June 15. the beautiful view of the Hudson River The gallery is from Kaplan Hall which is situated on open Mondaya bluff at the corner of Grand & First Friday, 9am Streets, GPS: 73 First Street, Newburgh. to 6pm. Nine awards will be presented at Orange Hall Gallery is Open! “Confucius Hinoki Because of the shutdown caused by the the reception Cypress” by L. Norton pandemic, the Middletown Art Group on May 22, missed two years of in-person shows. from 2:00pm-4:00pm with Chris Consequently, the Middletown Art Parker and Tony Marino on piano and Group 2022 Members Spring Exhibition bass to entertain you. (See page 7 for is, indeed, a celebration. The tri-chairs more on Parker). Orange Hall is located at the corner of the show are Anne Kelly, Veronica Plucinski, and Dennis Fanton. The of Wawayanda & Grandview Avenues. Contact Cultural Affairs: 845-341-4891. show is being judged by Garin Baker.

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Classic Movie Night! May 20 at 6PM

“On The Waterfront” (1954) starring Marlon Brando, Eva Marie Saint, Karl Malden, Lee J. Cobb, Rod Steiger, and directed by Elia Kazan. A true classic “contenda” with a line-up of wise-guy characters!

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Music on Market: Rock & Classical

Art Show & Reception in Lords Valley

Fishbowl is a in Norway and local 5-piece danceGermany. rock band that plays Known as the fun, famous and Eos Trio, Starin dance-inducing will be joined by songs from the ‘50s harpist Kathryn to the present, pop Sloat and violist to rock to disco, Anastasia Solberg R&B and funk and for both a live and Fishbowl performs on May 7 at 7:30pm more. virtual concert The band of music of consists of the French vocalist Nicole impressionist Ryan, with style. Harvey Boyer Debussy’s on keyboards, Sonata for sax & vocals, Flute, Harp and Greg Dinger on Stefani Starin Kathryn Sloat Anastasia Solberg Viola will be guitar & vocals, Bob Wallner on bass the mainstay of the program. Also on the guitar and Sevan Melikyan on drums & program will be Suite Breve by Ladislas vocals. de Rohozinski (1886-1938), a prolific They’ll reprise part of their recent composer and music critic in various “Come As You Aren’t” costume party newspapers and magazines. show (feel free to don a disguise) with The Eos Trio performs on May 19 songs about ‘Identity’ on May 7 at at 7:30pm in St. John’s Episcopal 7:30pm for MISU’s Coffeehouse Series, Church, 40 Market Street, Ellenville. 40 Market Street, Ellenville. Suggested donation: $15. Register via Flutist Stefani Starin has performed eventbrite for both in person and virtual. internationally as a soloist and chamber For further information visit www. musician including at Carnegie Hall, misucatskills.org or call 845-377-3727 with the New York Philharmonic, and and leave a message. See ad pg. 8.

Jeanne Ross-Nash changed in the way of Hemlock Farms is a reality is seen.” local artist and poet who For a show of draws on her experience expressive and as a practicing uniquely stylized oil psychotherapist and as paintings, stroll through an African and Egyptian the Gallery at Chant historian. She sees art Realtors at 631 Route as a way of creating 739 in Lords Valley Work by Jeanne Ross-Nash beauty and exploring all elements that from May 1 to June 27. A meet-the-artist inform, or have informed our collective wine & cheese reception is scheduled for May 7, from 5:00pm-7:00pm. unconscious. For information, call 570-775-7337 “Art is largely an internal process,” says Ross-Nash, “impacted by external or email curator, Joan Polishook at: realities. The artist hopes that her mamajoan@ptd.net. Please note: Face audience is stimulated and perhaps masks and social distancing required.

6 Best Out of 32 in Sugar Loaf Due to Covid-19, the 2021 Orange County 10 Minute Play Festival was presented online. This limited some of the aspects of the plays to be fully Paul Ellis realized. To remedy this, PEP Productions is presenting the Best of the OC 10 Minute Play Festival with 6 of the best plays from the 2020 & 2021 international festivals. In 2020 & 2021, thirty-two plays were selected by a panel of professionals from across the country. The chosen six plays represent three from 2020 and three from 2021, and run the gamut of comedic styles. “Whether satire or farce, highbrow or lowbrow, these plays were selected to make us laugh. Taking aim at

pandas, fortune tellers, gun control, fairytale princesses, a missing cat and neighbor, these six short plays deliver the humor we could all use right now,” said Gloria Bonelli producer Paul Ellis. All six Best of Short Plays of 2020-21, directed by Ellis and Gloria Bonelli, will be performed each evening, April 29 & 30 at 7:30pm, in the Pavilion at the Sugar Loaf Performing Arts Center, 1351 Kings Highway, Sugar Loaf. Tickets can be purchased at: https:// www.eventbrite.com/e/260700822177 This project is made possible with funds from the Statewide Community Regrants Program, a regrant program of the NYS Council of the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the NYS Legislature and administered by Arts Mid-Hudson.

Dedications to Ukraine in Port Jervis The Spring Group Show at UpFront Exhibition Space brings together art, some of which responds to what is happening in the Ukraine. Daniela Cooney’s work depicting a nightingale with sunflowers combines the national bird and flower of the Ukraine. Joyce Lee presents the glorious sunflower in its rich strong colors, a resilient face to hardship. Roz Hodgkins combines the seasons in a measure of space from glacial mountains forward to an emerging single autumn leaf, late season growth coming through the frost. Cynthia McLean’s art breaks through the picture frame 4

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“Tribute to Ukraine” by D. Cooney

“Battleship” by G. Graff

“Topography” by R. Hodgkins

pushing the boundaries of emotion in the painting space and challenging the notion of flat surface. Gordon Graff constructs a metaphoric battleship out of old player piano parts and wood spools, hammering a musical instrument into a warship, reversing the common quotation, but in this case it results in an ‘art peace’. Show dates are May 6 to June 26 at Upfront Exhibition Space, 31 Jersey Avenue, Port Jervis. The public is invited to the artists’ reception on May 15, from 1:00pm6:00pm. For information, call 845-754-1808. See pg. 6 for more at UpFront.

Delaware Valley Opera’s 2022 Season: “Voices of Spring” Skulduggery! Assassins! CoWgiRLs! Join the Delaware Valley Opera for a rousing, diverse, stimulating, creative, dramatic, beautiful and colorful 2022 season starting with Voices of Spring! The kick-off event is a series of three concerts celebrating DVO’s progress and its value to local singers. Three singers, all for whom the DVO has played a vital part in their vocal careers, will return to DVO to share their talents and artistry. Melanie Henley-Heyn will perform her one-woman opera show: Opera 101 or Opera in a Nutshell. (Editor’s note: Ironically, the DVO now performs in its own theatre which used to be the Nutshell Arts Center. So you could be said to be seeing Melanie’s Opera in a Nutshell as Opera in THE Nutshell!) Melanie was 10 years old when she first performed with DVO as Amahl in Amahl and the Night Visitors. She performed with DVO every summer from elementary through high school. After high school she headed out to the west coast to study opera and has enjoyed a beautiful career singing all over the world. Welcome Melanie back home for this exceptional event on April

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Tshombe Selby

30 at 7:00pm. Tshombe Selby sang his first full opera role, the Count in Barber of Seville, at the DVO. He left his home in the Outer Banks of North Carolina to come north to study opera and has made Callicoon a second home. He is currently engaged in the ensemble of the Metropolitan Opera. This spring The Met has shared him with Chicago Lyric opera. Join Tshombe as he shares his favorite songs and arias on May 7 at 7:00pm. Janice Meyerson has been an active part of the arts scene in our community for many years. She sang with the DVO in the roles of Katasha in The Mikado and Baba in The Medium. Her dramatic voice has been heard all over the world in the best-loved mezzo-soprano roles of

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the repertoire. Her evening of musical passion is May 14 at 7:00pm. The season will continue in June, July and August with operetta (The Pirates of Penzance), opera (Rigoletto) and the return (due to popular demand!) of the Opera Cowgirls. The DVO Center is at 6692, NY-52, Lake Huntington. For tickets: 845-8873083 & www.delawarevalleyopera.com The DVO 2022 Season is made possible by individual donors, community organizations and government grant programs: Arts for Sullivan Decentralization, New York State Council on the Arts, administered by the Delaware Valley Arts Alliance, Upstate Coalition for a Fairgame, Peckham Family Foundation, and loyal donors of financial support, talent and time.

Reading Objects

Ann Street Gallery has opened its Open Reading Room, a dedicated space focused on artist books & ephemera, art books, and other cultural media. The Open Reading Room will be free to the public for open reading of its collection whenever the Gallery is open. Objects for Reading is the first exhibition and showcases works by local Hudson Valley artists/designers. It runs through May 20 and then permanently moves to the Open Reading Room. Objects for Reading, conceived as artworks in their own right, will additionally be utilized for public interface in the Open Reading Room where they will not only be exhibited, but engaged and interacted within the act of reading. Ann Street Gallery is located at 104 Ann Street, Newburgh. For information, visit www.annstreetgallery.org

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Dr. James Finn Cotter: A Celebration

3 + 4 = 7 for “groove port”

Mount Saint Mary Twenty-Five Years of College will honor Mount Saint Mary the life and legacy of College and A New longtime professor Life: Learning the James Finn Cotter Way of Omega. who passed away on Cotter was wellJanuary 8, 2022, at the known in the arts age of 92. community for his For nearly 60 years, many years as a Times Cotter shared his Herald-Record theatre Dr. Cotter, pictured in the Mount knowledge and talent campus and music reviewer. library named in his honor with the Mount He is also sorely campus, teaching missed for this students poetry and aspect of his writing literature, before his career. retirement from the The event Mount in the late will celebrate summer of 2020. Cotter’s life and When he wasn’t accomplishments teaching or aiding with readings with administrative and prayer in the tasks for the college, Chapel of the Most Cotter was Master of Ceremonies at 40 Holy Rosary in the Cotter delved into Dr. Mount graduations, including the Mount’s his own scholarly Dominican Center, first Commencement in 1964. work. He was a celebrated translator followed by a reception on May 1 at of Dante’s Commedia, which he began 2:00pm. on the backs of envelopes and scrap The event is free and open to the papers early one Christmas morning in public at Mount Saint Mary College, the 1980s before his children woke up. 330 Powell Avenue, Newburgh. Seating Among a great many other publications, is limited. Register by visiting: Cotter authored Beginnings: The First www.msmc.edu/CotterMemorial

Drummer Ian composer Mitch Froman is a Stein, taking faculty member at my place at Berklee College the foot of the of Music, New stage in hushed School University anticipation and City College of having my Ian Froman Pat Bianchi Paul Bollenback of New York. mind blown.” Pat Bianchi’s Composer Aaron deep knowledge Whitby. of jazz organ Jonathan history continues Toscano’s to inform his own dynamic style voice. on upright and Mitch Stein Jonathan Toscano electric bass has Jazz guitarist Karl Latham Paul Bollenback is cited as a brought him major performing guitarist who uses modern quartal credits with celebrated artists. harmony. Together, these jazz artisans Together the three jazz artisans appear on May 20 along with a are Retroneu, performing with guest appearance by jazz pianist a ‘New Twist on the Great and keyboardist, Rachel Z, a American Songbook’ on May 7. celebrated improviser. Rachel Z Drummer Karl Latham has The “groove port” concert series performed, recorded and produced across takes place at UpFront Exhibition many musical genres with Grammy Space, 31 Jersey Avenue, Port Jervis. Award winning artists, Rock & Roll Hall Editor’s Note: The Art Gallery opens at of Famers and a multitude of acclaimed 1:00pm for viewing the current art show jazz artists. (see pg. 4) and will be open through to “I’m sure I’m just one of many the concerts at 7:00pm. dedicated music fans who can’t wait to For further information, call 845-754hear the ever evolving genius of guitarist/ 1808. BYOB!

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Additional Events: Cornwall, Goshen, Montgomery, Callicoon, Highland Falls Cornwall Library In 1894 Alfred Dreyfus, a Jewish captain in the French army, was wrongly accused of passing military secrets to the Germans. Shockwaves were felt in the circle of Parisian artists. The full story of this important, oftneglected part of art history will be told in two illuminating parts. Presented on Zoom, May 18 - Part 1, and May 31 - Part 2, 6:15pm-7:45pm, by Janet Mandel, a retired art history, world languages and culture instructor. Register on the library’s online calendar. Separate registrations are required for Parts 1 & 2. Zoom link will be sent to all registrants on the day of each program. Visit www.cornwallpubliclibrary.org Fundraiser Habitat for Humanity A talent show benefiting Habitat for Humanity of Greater Newburgh with performers mostly from the three major faith communities who financially sponsor builds at Habitat; Presbyterians, Episcopalians and Methodists. There will be a good will offering during the talent show, with all proceeds being used toward construction costs of a Unity Build house in 2022. The fundraiser is at the First

Powers & Hall Duo will perform for the Habitat for Humanity fundraiser. Bill Powers (sax) is an Elder at First Presbyterian Church in Goshen & Jonathan Hall (piano) is Minister of Music at FPC, Goshen.

Presbyterian Church, 33 Park Place, Goshen, on May 21 at 7:00pm. No tickets required. If you cannot attend but would like to contribute, you can send a check to Habitat for Humanity of Greater Newburgh (memo: Unity Build) at 125 Washington St., Newburgh NY 12550. Slow Stitch Maker’s Drop-In Gather your threads, needles, yarns, and hooks and join other makers at Wallkill River School (WRS) for a self guided time to leisurely work on your project while socializing with others. Any portable/lap type of activity qualifies such as: hand stitching, embroidery, knitting, and crocheting. No machines. Organized by Denise Aumick who has been creatively working with

threads, needles, and cloth for years, the group meets 1st and 3rd Tuesday of each month from 3:00pm-5:00pm at WRS, 232 Ward Street, Montgomery. An optional $5 donation benefits WRS each time you attend. Space is limited. Pre-register to save your seat. Visit www.Wallkill.Art or email: info@wallkill.art or call 845-457-2787. Diversity Extravaganza in Callicoon The Poetry Diversity Vendors Extravaganza is an opportunity to express the diversity and inclusion of all people in all walks of life not always seen in the area. It is inclusion and diversity of all people through artistry, business, music, poetry, song, dance and spoken word, all the while supporting small business owners and creatives. Entertainment includes poetry, spoken word, African drum circle (bring a drum & chair!), music and vendors on May 7 from 11:00am-6:00pm at Callicoon Creek Park, 23 Dorrer Drive. Info: poetzvextravaganza@gmail.com

bring you Spring Art Fling. This artists and makers market will feature Hudson Valley artists and crafters, as well as an arts activity. A $5 admission includes light refreshments and benefits American Legion Auxiliary #633. As it is an indoor event, face masks are encouraged regardless of vaccination status. Spring Art Fling will be held May 14, 11:00am-3:00pm at the American Legion Hall, 134 Old State Road, Highland Falls. See ad page 9.

Spring Art Fling Highland Falls American Legion Auxiliary #633 and Highlands Arts Alliance have partnered once again to

SUNY Orange Celebrates Professor, Composer, and Pianist Chris Parker! To celebrate and honor Chris Parker, SUNY Orange Cultural Affairs is presenting a performance of The Chris Parker Septet. This event honors professor/composer/ Tony Marino Alejandro Aviles Dave Riekenberg Doug Beaver Rob Thomas Marko Marcinko pianist Chris Parker who is retiring from located at the corner of Wawayanda and various saxophones, evening as their beloved professor. teaching music and Then at 8:00pm in-person at William Grandview Avenues (GPS: 24 Grandview trombone, five-string leading the jazz studies violin, and drums and and Helen Richards Theatre at Orange Avenue) in Middletown. Chris Parker program at SUNY Orange. Hall will be The Chris Parker Septet. For info, contact Cultural Affairs: 845percussion. Now that Parker will have more SUNY Orange’s Orange Hall is 341-4891 or cultural@sunyorange.edu This unusual mix of instruments goes unscheduled time, he will be able to hand in hand with Parkerʼs eclectic compose and perform on a more regular mix of compositions which range from basis. In addition to composing in the Straight Ahead Jazz to Mambos and jazz idiom, Parker has musical sketches Tangos to Funk. of 21st Century classical works that he Members of his band are Tony Marino, intends on completing for future non- acoustic/electric basses; Alejandro jazz concerts. Aviles, alto sax; Dave Riekenberg, Parker has composed some new pieces baritone sax & clarinet; Doug Beaver, for this upcoming concert. And all of the trombone; Rob Thomas, violin; Marko selections for the evening are original Marcinko, drums, and Chris Parker, compositions by him. Over the years piano. his bands have been trios, quartets, and Come early on May 6! Jazz in the quintets. The septet introduces a unique Gallery will start off the evening at combination of instruments making 7:10pm, and playing are all former possible a variety of interesting tone color students whom Parker has mentored combinations. Instrumentation includes over the years. They are performing piano, acoustic and electric basses, musicians and excited to play the same May 2022

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Pulitzer Play at Museum Village poem that is one of August: Osage the inspirations for County is a fiercely my play. I steal the funny and bitingly title with deference, sad turbo-charged yet without apology tragicomedy about - Howard, I’m sure, an Oklahoma would have it no clan in a state of other way - and I near-apocalyptic dedicate this play meltdown. to his memory.” This American Creative dysfunctional Rehearsal - pictured are (left to right): family drama comes Brian Petti, Terri Weiss, and Karyn Meier. Theatre-Muddy roaring into the twenty-first century with Water Players (CTMW) is a nonprofit eyes blazing, nostrils flaring and fangs organization that has been performing bared, laced with corrosive humor so in the mid-Hudson since 1978. CTMW darkly delicious and ghastly that you’re will present the play May 6-22, at squirming in your seat even as you’re The Playhouse at Museum Village, doubled-over laughing. Packed with 1010 Route 17M, Monroe. Suggested unforgettable characters and dozens of for mature audiences - contains adult quotable lines, it is a tensely satisfying language. Reservations are required and seating drama, interspersed with remarkable evocations on the cruelties and is limited. Admission includes CTMW’s signature dessert at intermission of apple (occasional) kindnesses of family life. Tracy Letts’ Pulitzer Prize winning pie, ice cream, iced tea, and coffee. family saga is named after a poem Tickets may be obtained from www. written by Howard Starks. Of this, Tracy AtThePlayhouse.org. For information, Letts has stated, “I could never come up call the Box Office at 845-294-9465. Masks and proof of full Covid-19 with a title as brilliant as ‘August: Osage County.’ Mr. Howard Starks, gentleman, vaccination (valid card + ID) are required teacher, poet, genius, mentor, friend, for entry. Rules are subject to change created that title for an extraordinary based on government regulations.

Harvest Duo in Greenwood Lake

The Greenwood Lake Public Library welcomes back the Harvest Duo for a concert on May 14 from 1:30pm-2:30pm. Debbie and Denny perform music from a wide variety of genres including Contemporary Hits, Classic Rock, Oldies, Motown, and Country. Lead vocalist and percussionist Debbie, has been singing professionally for over 15 years. She attended Hartt School of Music and performed leading roles in numerous community plays

for Coach House Players, County Players, and The Rhinebeck Theater Society. Vocalist Denny, who plays guitar, has worked with many popular Hudson Valley bands. His band, Harvest, has a nationally released single, You’re The Only Light on My Horizon Now and has been featured in Cashbox, Record World, and Billboard magazines. To register: www.gwllibrary.org or by phone at 845-477-8377, ext. 101 or in person at the front desk.

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OCAC: Music at Safe Harbors Green Orange County Arts Council kicks off its annual summer OC Live Music Series with musicians Daniel Villegas (Latin/Hip-Hop), Ohene (Afrofuturist), and The Steve Frieder Band (Funk/ R&B/Rock/Jazz). With captivating Hip-Hop, Soul, Latin & Caribbean music, in rhyme, rap and poetry, Daniel Villegas brings an innovative and freestyle sound. Occasionally, he break-dances his skills into his endeavors wherever he goes, as he passionately talks about ways to think and move geometrically. He also demonstrates through his unique sound and music that the whole Earth’s group consciousness is changing. Ohene wears many creative and performing hats. Besides producing, he plays the drums, guitar, and keys, and is also a singer and songwriter. “I’m a late bloomer and this is my coming of age story,” he says.

“I survived the sordid ghettos to create global change through art. Love is my mission.” Steve Frieder is a versatile multi-wind player. His abilities on the saxophone and finesse in genre and style has brought him to clubs, concert halls and venues around the world, from the Bern Jazz Festival in Switzerland to Birdland Jazz Club in NYC. He is an active member of Neil Alexander and NAIL among many other original projects. His band includes musicians Gabe Otero, Kelly Green, and Rafael Rosa. This concert takes place on May 6, from 6:00pm-9:00pm at Safe Harbors Green, 97 Broadway, Newburgh. Registration is necessary to attend. This event is scheduled to be outdoors, but in case of inclement weather, will take place inside the Lobby at the Ritz. To register: www.ocartscouncil.org or call 845-202-0140. See ad on pg. 3. OC Live music Series is sponsored by Rill Music Studios, EC Media, Nail Music and Everyone Needs Sound.

Chicken BBQ in Grahamsville

The 3nd annual Take Out Chicken Barbeque will be held on May 14, from 4:00pm-6:00pm at the Time and the Valleys Museum, 332 Main Street (Route 55), Grahamsville. The BBQ includes Murray’s Chicken BBQ’d to perfection by the Neversink Fire Department, delicious sides (baked beans, baked potato, corn bread and coleslaw) by Chef Jaime of Neversink General Store and ice cream from Gillette Creamery. It also includes a trivia booklet for activities to do at home! Enjoy a delicious dinner, support the Museum and never leave your car! About the Time and the Valleys Museum exhibitions: Water and the Valleys: the history of the Rondout and Neversink watershed area from early geological times to the 20th century. This newly renovated exhibition includes interactives such as a Native American artifact guessing game, grinding corn with a mortar and pestle, videos and more. Tunnels, Toil and Trouble: New York City’s Quest for Water and the RondoutNeversink Story: an interactive exhibit on the NYC water supply system and the towns that were removed to build it, includes computer interactives, games,

puzzles, videos and building a dam and tunnel. 1930s Lost Catskill Farm: an outdoor experience with farm house, 1870s barn, electric plant, milk house, outhouse and workshop with working waterwheel! One Teacher, Eight Grades, One Room: a temporary exhibition on one room schools in the Tri-Valley area. Tickets for the Chicken BBQ are $15 per meal and are available at: www. timeandthevalleysmuseum.org/product/ chicken-takeout-bbq/, or by sending a check to: Time and the Valleys Museum, P.O. Box 254, Grahamsville NY 12740. A limited number of tickets may be available at the door. Call 845-985-7700 for more information. As a Blue Star Museum, the Museum offers free admission to active duty military members and up to five family members. For info, call 845-985-7700, email info@ timeandthevalleysmuseum.org or visit www.timeandthevalleysmuseum.org.

Greater Newburgh Symphony Orchestra: The Little Things

Two Superstars

American composer of nearly 200 The Greater Newburgh Symphony works, including five symphonies, four Orchestra (GNSO) will present a ballets, nine operas, over thirty choral “tasting menu” concert: The Little Things works, plus art songs, chamber music featuring works from Bach to Debussy, and works for solo instruments. He was a and Copland to Still. student of George Whitefield Chadwick Russell Ger, Music Director of the and later, Edgard Varèse. Because of his GNSO, said “In contrast to our very close association and collaboration with successful March concert, which was prominent African-American literary comprised of two large works, this and cultural figures, Still is considered to program is an assortment of miniatures, Maestro Ger and GNSO musicians have been part of the a veritable tasting Harlem Renaissance. menu. From the Still was the first soulful Eight African-American Folksongs of Anatoly to conduct a major Lyadov to the simple American symphony beauty of Debussy’s Petite Suite to J.S. Bach Claude Debussy Aaron Copland William Grant Still Anatoly Lyadov orchestra, the first (1862-1918) (1900-1990) (1895-1978) (1855-1914) to have a symphony Copland’s Red Pony (1685-1750) some small scissors from his pocket and performed by a leading orchestra, the Suite to the quirky and affectionate portraits of William Grant Still and a start doing something with his fingernail, first to have an opera performed by a major opera company, and the first to Bach Passacaglia arranged by Leopold while we all waited.” Prokofiev recalled that even the most have an opera performed on national Stowkowski, this collection of unusual delights will please everyone. We are innocent musical innovations drove the television. The Little Things will be presented also delighted to return to our ‘home’ conservative Lyadov crazy. “Shoving at Mount Saint Mary College for the his hands in his pockets and rocking in May 7 at 7:30pm (Shacklett preview at his soft woollen shoes without heels, 6:30pm) at Mount Saint Mary College, balance of the season.” Anatoly Lyadov taught at the St. he would say, ‘I don’t understand why 330 Powell Avenue. Tickets can be purchased online or Petersburg Conservatory from 1878. you are studying with me. Go to Richard His pupils included Sergei Prokofiev. Strauss. Go to Debussy.’ This was said in at the door. Call 845-913-7157 or visit www.newburghsymphony.org. Students Conductor Nikolai Malko wrote, “He a tone that meant ‘Go to the devil!’” William Grant Still, Jr. was an are admitted free to open seating. could suddenly stop in midword, take out

Audrey Hepburn began performing as a chorus girl in London musicals, and then had minor appearances in several British films before her stardom. Grace Kelly appeared in over 40 live television productions in the early 1950s prior to her Hollywood career. George Burke is a professor in the Religion Department at Mount Saint Mary College and a noted speaker. His new film series, Two Great Stars in Tandem: Audrey Hepburn & Grace Kelly, Part I: Beginnings, opens with Roman Holiday on May 13 and High Noon on May 20 at the Desmond Center for Community Enrichment, located 6 Albany Post Road, Newburgh. Both films will be shown at 10:00am. For more information and to register, call 845-565-1326 or email desmondinfo@townofnewburgh.org

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Paintings & Sculpture at Amity

Farcical-Comedy? Comedic-Farce?

Roslyn Fassett’s who represented the collage and watercolor spiritual ideas of paintings contrast the Gurdjieff. “This path feminine twilight with of inner work is partner the strong dark energy to art. It is an organic of Bill Graziano’s connection I have to forged iron work. Their painting,” she states. art shares common “My work brings concerns about earth, together - earth, sky, sky and water. water and the human “What stirs me to form.” Work by Roslyn Fassett paint is the life force Graziano works with as revealed in the energy a variety of materials, of nature, in patterns and examining an object in rhythms expressed in the relation to light, subject earth. My paintings are and anything else around formed by interweaving it. Context and subtlety nature with the movements determine the way of and vigor of the human rendering, constructed form.” - Roslyn Fassett. on geometric principles, “My recent sculptural ambiguity and the work uses traditional subconscious. artist / blacksmithing Shared Visions, an techniques to express my exhibition with paintings “Gazer” by Bill Graziano thoughts and reactions to by Roslyn Fassett and the forces of nature, light, balance and sculptures by Bill Graziano is on display structure in metal.” - Bill Graziano. at Amity Gallery, 10 Newport Bridge Fassett’s works are oil on canvas and Road, Warwick, from May 7-29. An watercolor collages on paper. She and opening reception will be held on May 7, her family settled in Warwick to become from 4:00pm-6:00pm. and remain followers of Mr. Nyland See ad on page 19.

evening clothes. There was Rumors is a farcical something about having play by Neil Simon that them dressed in evening premiered in 1988: When clothes that I thought was they gather to celebrate a nice counterpoint to the a couples’ tenth wedding chaos that was happening anniversary, four couples experience a severe attack M. Von Oesen BJ Boothe in the play. And so I picked a reason for them to be of farce! dressed elegantly, and it “When I was writing was a tenth anniversary.” plays,” explained Simon, Join Cornerstone “I was almost always (with Theatre Arts for laughter some exceptions) writing and fun with the uproarious a drama that was funny...I R. Robbins B. Hudson ‘comedy’, at the Goshen wanted to tell a story about Music Hall, 223 Main real people. My view is, Street, Goshen, May 7-22. ‘how sad and funny life is.’ The production features I can’t think of a humorous many of CTA’s stalwart situation that does not actors: Mark Von Oesen, involve some pain. I used to ask, ‘What is a funny S. Johnson M. Ciuffetelli Amy Gustin Millin, BJ Boothe, Rebecca situation?’ Now I ask, Robbins, Benedict Hudson, ‘What is a sad situation and how Samantha Livingston, Carol can I tell it humorously?’” MacAdam, Sara Johnson, In describing Rumors, he said, and Marianne Ciuffetelli. It is “The play started with the idea of directed by Evelyn Albino and doing a farce...the next thing was to do it as an elegant farce, because the E. Albino designed by Victoria Cottone. Reservations are required. Call 845farces in Moliere’s days were generally about wealthy people. These aren’t 294-4188. Note: the theater is a 2nd floor extremely wealthy people, but they are walkup. No elevator. Visit www.cornerstonetheatrearts.org well-to-do. So I decided to dress them in

“Riding the Rails” in Monticello

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A musical program, provided by the E.B. Crawford Public Library, includes songs of trains, train wrecks, and other railroad related topics. Come learn more about train culture and join in singing! The husband and wife team of Rick and Donna Nestler have been playing together professionally for over twenty years, performing a variety of different traditional genres including jug band, blues, country, early jazz, and maritime music, falling under the general heading of Americana Roots music. It was while attending Marist College that Rick started to write his own songs. This was also when he first found his political voice playing at various demonstrations and rallies against the Vietnam War and supporting the first grape boycott for the United Farm workers. Rick was a member of the Hudson River Sloop Singers and sailing on large traditional boats whenever possible. It was a short step from there to actually learning how to sing sea shanties. Both Donna and Rick are multiinstrumentalists playing 6- & 12-string guitars, tenor banjo, ukuleles and

concertina, among other things. Rick had a 35 year friendship with Pete Seeger. He sailed with Pete as first mate on his boat the Woody Guthrie. Donna is a classically trained musician and, together, they have performed at many venues, including Lincoln Center, Bethel Woods and the Hudson River Sloop Singer Reunion. They both come from families with roots in railroading! Talented musicians, they will have you tapping your toes and singing! This program will be presented May 12 at 6:00pm outside the Library, 479 Broadway, Monticello, on the stage. Registration is required and masking and social distancing is recommended. Visit ebcpl.org, hover over ‘Events’ then click Adult Calendar to register.

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Classic Cinema

“My Italian Secret” Narrated by I. Rossellini �� Wisner Library, Warwick, Apr 25, 1pm FREE “Encanto!” Family Fun Night Outdoor Movie ��Florida Library, Apr 29, 8:30pm FREE “Salt of the Earth” ��The Studio @ Shadowland, Ellenville, May 1, 2pm “C’Mon, C’Mon” J. Phoenix, G. Hoffman” �� Wisner Library, Warwick, May 2, 1pm FREE “King Richard” Will Smith ��Cornwall Library, May 3, Noon FREE “Now Voyager” Bette Davis, intro by John DiLeo ��Milford Theater, May 8, 4pm “Adventures of a Mathematician” J Basma �� Wisner Library, Warwick, May 9, 1pm FREE “Roman Holiday” A. Hepburn, G. Peck �� Desmond Center, Newburgh, Mar 13, 10am “The French Dispatch Adrien Brody �� Wisner Library, Warwick, May 16, 1pm FREE “High Noon” G. Cooper, G. Kelly ��Desmond Center, Newburgh, May 20, 10am “On the Waterfront” M. Brando �� Josephine-Louise Library, Walden, May 20, 6pm FREE “Mildred Pierce” Joan Crawford, intro by John DiLeo ��Milford Theater, May 22, 4pm “Being the Ricardos” N. Kidman, J. Bardem �� Wisner Library, Warwick, May 23, 1pm FREE “Imitation of Life” Lana Turner, intro by John DiLeo ��Milford Theater, May 29, 4pm “Sabrina” A. Hepburn, H. Bogart, W. Holden �� Desmond Center, Newburgh, Jun 3, 10am

FAIRS & Festivals

Newburgh Secret Makers Artisan Crafts Fair ��Safe Harbors Green, Apr 30, 10am-4pm FREE Earth Day Festival ��Pocono Environmental Education Center, Dingmans Ferry, Apr 30, 11am-4pm Pine Bush First Fridays ��Main Street, Pine Bush, May 6, 4pm-7pm Diversity Vendor Extravaganza ��Callicoon Creek Park, May 7, 11am-6pm Spring Art Fling art fair & makers market �� American Legion Hall, Highland Falls, May 14, 11am-3pm Spring Festival �� Mamakating Environmental Education Center, May 14, 11am-4pm TAP® New York Craft Beer & Food Festival ��Bethel Woods, May 21 & 22 Irish Fest ��Chestnut Street, Greenwood Lake, May 28 & 29, 11:30am-9pm The Savage Wonder Festival of Veterans in the Arts �� Sugar Loaf Performing Arts Center, May 29, Noon-10pm Sullivan County Music Festival ��Tango Cafe & Fireman’s Park, Hurleyville, Jun 4, Noon-8pm

FUndraisers

Newburgh Free Library Back Door Books (sale) �� Newburgh Library, Apr 30, 10am-2pm Dr. James Finn Cotter Memorial Scholarship celebration of Dr. Cotter’s life �� Mount St. Mary College, Dominican Center, Newburgh, May 1, 2pm Wallkill High School Senior Celebration Duck Derby ��Popp Park, Wallkill, May 14, 3pm Time and the Valleys Museum takeout Chicken BBQ �� Time and the Valleys Museum, Grahamsville, May 14, 4pm-6pm Hudson Valley Gives ��www.hvgives.org, May 18, 12:01am to 11:59pm Newburgh Free Library Back Door Books (sale) �� Newburgh Library, May 21, 10am-2pm Habitat for Humanity of Greater Newburgh talent show �� First Presbyterian Church, Goshen, May 21, 7pm Florida Library Library Yard Sale �� Florida Library, Jun 4, 9am-2pm Delaware Valley Arts Alliance Dorflinger Glass Factory Museum Tours �� Dorflinger Museum, White Mills, PA, Jun 4, 3pm-8pm

Music - Classical

Sullivan County Chamber Orchestra “Mother’s Day Family Concert” �� Hurleyville Performing Arts Centre, May 7, 6pm & St. John’s Episcopal Church, Monticello, May 8, 3pm Greater Newburgh Symphony Orchestra “The Little Things” �� Aquinas Hall, Newburgh, May 7, Shacklett preview: 6:30pm, concert 7:30pm Yalin Chin piano, Greater Montgomery Chamber Music Series �� Montgomery Senior Center, May 15, 3pm FREE Eos Trio flute, harp, viola �� St. John’s Episcopal Church, Ellenville, May 19, 7:30pm Nesin Cultural Arts Chorus & Handbell Choir �� Crawford Library, Monticello, May 23, 6pm FREE

Music - jazz

Hal Galper Trio �� Rafters Tavern, Callicoon, Saturdays, 3pm The Hudson Valley Jazz Trio �� The Cove, Greenwood Lake, Apr 24, 1pm Jeremy Pelt trumpet �� The Falcon, Marlboro, Apr 24, 7pm DVHS Jazz Festival ��Delaware Valley High School, Milford, Apr 29, 4pm Thurman Barker Trio w/Mike Jackson & Rave Tesar ��DVAA, Narrowsburg, Apr 30, 2pm FREE Orrin Evans Trio �� The Falcon, Marlboro, May 1, 7pm The Chris Parker Septet �� SUNY Orange, Orange Hall, Middletown, May 6, 8pm “Retroneu” “groove port” series �� UpFront Exhibition Space, May 7, 7pm Adam O’Farrill’s Stranger Days Quartet �� The Falcon Marlboro, May 8, 7pm Samara Joy & the Pasquale Grasso Trio �� The Falcon, Marlboro, May 15, 7pm Benji Kaplan classical & Brazilian guitar ��Cornwall Library, May 19, 6:30pm FREE Karl Latham’s “Living Standards Light” “groove port” series �� UpFront Exhibition Space, May 20, 7pm Sasha Dobson Brazilian Jazz �� The Falcon, Marlboro, May 22, 7pm

Opera

Melanie Henley-Heyn soprano ��Delaware Valley Opera, Lake Huntington, Apr 30, 7pm Tshombe Selby tenor �� Delaware Valley Opera, Lake Huntington, May 7, 7pm Janice Meyerson mezzo-soprano �� Delaware Valley Opera, Lake Huntington, May 14, 7pm

Poetry Readings w/Open Mic

“Artfully Poetic” poetry display �� Gallery at Chant Realtors, Lords Valley, Apr 1-27 FREE Spring Poetry Cafe Mary Makofske, Fr. Robert Phelps ��Florida Library, Apr 24, 1pm FREE Ted Gill ��Noble Coffee Roasters, Campbell Hall, May 5, 7pm Poetry Night host:Robert Milby ��Java Blue Coffee, Montgomery, May 17, 6pm

Recreation

Drum Circle ��Ritz Theatre or Safe Harbors Green, Newburgh, Apr 26, 6:30pm FREE Trivia Night w/Arthur Aulisi �� Tango Cafe, Hurleyville, May 19, 6:30pm Artful Gardener’s Garden Club NGC Standard Flower Show �� Mamakating Environmental Education Center, Wurtsboro, May 20, 1pm-4pm FREE Polka Weekend Jimmy Sturr & orch, and guests �� Villa Roma, Callicoon, May 20-22 May Social Catskill Pride �� Tango Cafe, Hurleyville, May 28, 3pm

Theatre - Play

Ten Minute Play Festival ��Sugar Loaf Performing Arts Center, Apr 29 & 30, 7:30pm “August: Osage County” Creative Theatre-Muddy Water Players �� Playhouse at Museum Village, Monroe, May 6-22 “Rumors” by Neil Simon. Cornerstone Theatre Arts �� Goshen Music Hall, May 7-22 “Danny and the Deep Blue Sea” River Rep Arts Center �� Hurleyville Performing Arts Centre, May 13-15 “Wait Until Dark” Sullivan County Dramatic Workshop ��Rivoli Theatre, So. Fallsburg, May 13-22 “Airness” Directed by Brendan Burke �� Shadowland Stages, Ellenville, Jun 3-19

Theatre - Variety

Drag Brunch w/Pixel �� Tango Cafe, Hurleyville, May 8, Noon & 2:30pm “Ezell: Ballad of a Land Man” Clear Creek Creative ��Farm Arts Collective, Damascus, Jun 3-5 Bobby Collins Comedy ��Sugar Loaf Performing Arts Center, Jun 4, 8pm

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Judy Collins folk ��Sugar Loaf Performing Arts Center, Apr 29, 8pm Chris Merwin pop, reggae, calypso, rock ��Greenwood Lake Library, Apr 30, 2pm FREE Deadgrass & Friends Jerry Garcia �� The Falcon, Marlboro, Apr 30, 7pm Orrin Evans Trio �� The Falcon, Marlboro, May 1, 7pm Shawn Colvin �� Bethel Woods, May 1, 8pm Daniel Villegas, Ohene, Steve Frieder Band ��Safe Harbors Green, Newbugh, May 6, 6pm Jim Keller, Lost Leaders blues, pop, jazz ��The Falcon, Marlboro, May 6, 7pm Ozmosys!, Chaz Kiss jazz, folk ��The Falcon, Marlboro, May 7, 7pm Fishbowl pop, rock, disco, funk, r&b ��MISU, Ellenville, May 7, 7:30pm Saints of Swing swing + ��The Falcon, Marlboro, May 8, 10am & 1pm Yngwie Malmsteen guitar ��Sugar Loaf Performing Arts Center, May 9, 8pm Donna & Rick Nestler songs of trains ��Crawford Library, Monticello, May 12, 6pm FREE Grayson Capps, Kenny Roby Band folk ��The Falcon, Marlboro, May 12, 7pm Fred Thomas of The JBsZ soul ��The Falcon, Marlboro, May 13, 7pm Harvest Duo ��Greenwood Lake Library, May 14, 1:30pm FREE Joanna Gass and The Search & Resxcue Orch. ��Phillipsport Community Center, May 14, 7pm Cuboricua! Summer Salsa! ��The Falcon, Marlboro, May 14, 7pm Taylor Dayne pop �� Paramount Theatre, Middletown, May 14, 8pm Son Rompe Pera cumbia, punk ��The Falcon, Marlboro, May 18, 7pm Sexmob pop �� The Falcon, Marlboro, May 19, 7pm The Slambovian Circus of Dreams folk, country, roots �� The Falcon, Marlboro, May 20, 7pm Oxford Station Band accoustic r&r ��Pump House, Cochecton, May 21, 1pm Glen David Andrews Band ��The Falcon, Marlboro, May 21,7pm AMP jazz, r&b, blues, rock �� Wisner Library, Warwick, May 22, 2pm FREE Stephen Clair, Natalia Zukerman ��The Falcon, Marlboro, May 26, 7pm Dylan Doyle Band roots, rock, funk ��The Falcon, Marlboro, May 27, 7pm John Oates & Guthrie Trapp Nashville ��Sugar Loaf Performing Arts Center, May 27, 8pm Reelin’ In The Years Steely Dan ��The Falcon, Marlboro, May 28, 7pm The Who rock �� Bethel Woods, May 28, 7:30pm Richie Goods jazz, funk ��The Falcon, Marlboro, May 29, 7pm OPEN Mic & IN-HOUSE MUSIC Listings below are not included in our centerspread calendar

The Parting Glass Band Celtic ��Loughran’s Pub, Salisbury Mills, Thursdays, 5:30pm-6:30pm Open Mic �� Rafter’s Tavern, Callicoon, Sundays 3pm Open Mic �� Tango Cafe, Hurleyville, May 2, 7pm, Oxford Station Band �� Cochecton Pump House, May 21, 1pm May 2022

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ALH �� American Legion Hall, Highland Falls DESMOND �� Desmond Center for Community Enrichment, Newburgh DORF ��Dorflinger Glass Factory Museum, White Lake, PA DVAA ��Krause Hall, Delaware Valley Arts Alliance, Narrowsburg DVO ��Delaware Valley Opera Center, Lake Huntington ECLMONT ��Ethelbert Crawford Library, Monticello

FAC �� Farm Arts Collective, Damascus FAL ��The Falcon, Marlboro GMCM �� Montgomery Senior Center GOSH �� Goshen Music Hall GWL �� Greenwood Lake Library HPAC �� Hurleyville Performing Arts Centre

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JLPL ��Josephine-Louise Library, Walden MEEC �� Mamakating Environmental Education Center, Wurtsboro MoM Music on Market �� MISU & St. John’s Episcopal Church, Ellenville MSM-AQ ��Aquinas Hall, Mount St. Mary College, Newburgh MSM-DC �� Domincan Center, Mount St. Mary College, Newburgh MV ��Playhouse at Museum Village, Monroe

THURSDAY

Poetry.................................Ted Gill.................................NOBLE 7pm

Cinema “King Richard” Cornwall Library, Noon

Cinema “Adventures of a Mathematician” WISNER 1pm

Music - Guitar Yngwie Malmsteen SLPAC 8pm

Cinema “The French Dispatch” WISNER 1pm

Cinema “Being the Ricardos” WISNER 1pm

Music - Classical Nesin Cultural Arts Children’s Choruses & Handbell Choir ECLMONT 6pm

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NFL-MONT �� NOBLE �� PARA �� PEEC �� PHILL �� PUMP ��

Poetry Host: Robert Milby Java Blue Coffee, Montgomery, 6pm

The Wurtsboro Art Alliance (WAA) will present an exhibit titled, “Earth, Wind & Fire” from May 3-28 at the John Neilson Gallery, 73 Sullivan Street. Pictured above is WAA member-artist David Munford. On Saturdays throughout May, from 1pm-4pm starting May 14, Munford will present a series of demonstration/ workshops on Plein Air Art at the WAA. For info email contact@ waagallery.org or visit www. waagallery.org. See ad on page 19.

Fundraiser Hudson Valley Gives www.hvgives.org 12:01am-11:59pm

Music - Cumba-Punk Son Rompe Pera FAL 7pm

Fair...................Pine Bush Fir Music....Daniel Villegas, Ohe Theatre - Play........“August: O Music - Blues-Jazz-Pop........J Music - Jazz.............The Chri “Yasgur’s Farm” an oil by David Munford, is on display for the Wurtsboro Art Alliance’s “Earth, Wind & Fire”exhibit

Cinema.............................“Ro Music - Soul................Fred Th Music - Folk....Donna & Rick Nestler train songs...ECLMONT 6pm Theatre - Play.............“Augus Music - Folk.........Grayson Capps, Kenny Roby Band.......FAL 7pm Theatre - Play........................“ Theatre - Play.......“Danny and Theatre - Play...................“Wa

Recreation..............Trivia Night w/Arthur Aulisi.........HPAC 6:30pm Music - Classical-Brazilian...Benji Kaplan..Cornwall Library, 6:30pm Music - Pop.........................Sexmob.....................................FAL 7pm Music - Classical...........Eos Trio flute, harp, viola.......MoM 7:30pm Theatre - Play........“August: Osage County”......................MV 7pm

Music....................Stephen Clair, Natalia Zukerman..........FAL 7pm

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�� Newburgh Free Library, Montgomery Street Entrance �� Noble Coffee Roasters, Campbell Hall �� Paramount Theatre, Middletown �� Pocono Environmental Education Center, Dingmans Ferry ��Phillipsport Community Center �� Pump House, Cocechton

RIDAY

RAFT ��Rafter’s Tavern, Callicoon RIV �� Rivoli Theater, So. Fallsburg SAFE ��Safe Harbors Green or Ritz Theatre Lobby, Newburgh SCCO �� St. John’s Episcopal Church, Monticello S@SHADOW �� The Studio @ Shadowland Stages, Ellenville SHADOW �� Main Stage, Shadowland Stages, Ellenville

SATURDAY

Fundraiser.....Newburgh Free Library...NFL-MONT 10am-2pm Fair..Newburgh Secret Makers Artisan Crafts Fair..SAFE 10am-2pm Festival...........................Earth Day Festival...........PEEC 11am-4pm Music - Jazz................Thurman Barker Trio.....................DVAA 2pm stival...Delaware Valley HS, Milford, 4pm Music - Pop-Reggae-Rock-Calypso......Chris Merwin........GWL 2pm nute Play Festival.......SLPAC 7:30pm Music - Jazz......................Hal Galper Trio........................RAFT 3pm ...Tusk.................................PARA 8pm Opera...................Melanie Henley-Heyn soprano.............DVO 7pm udy Collins........................SLPAC 8pm Music - Jerry Garcia..........Deadgrass & Friends.................FAL 7pm Encanto!”........Florida Library, 8:30pm Theatre.........................Ten Minute Play Festival......SLPAC 7:30pm

Music -Swing +............Saints of Swing..................FAL 10am & 1pm Theatre - Variety.......Drag Brunch w/Pixel....HPAC Noon & 2:30pm Theatre - Play........................“Rumors”..........................GOSH 2pm Music - Jazz-R&B-Blues-Rock.........AMP.....................WISNER 2pm Music - Classical.....Sullivan County Chamber Orch.....SCCO 3pm Cinema.........................“Now Voyager”............Milford Theater, 4pm Music - Jazz....Adam O’Farrill’s Stranger Days Quartet...FAL 7pm

Theatre - Play...................“Wait Until Dark”........................RIV 2pm Theatre - Play............“August: Osage County”..................MV 2pm Theatre - Play........................“Rumors”..........................GOSH 2pm Theatre - Play.......“Danny and the Deep Blue Sea”.......HPAC 3pm Music - Classical................Yalin Chi piano....................GMCM 3pm Music - Jazz.......Samara Joy w/Pasquale Grasso Trio.....FAL 7pm

Fundraiser...Newburgh Free Library..NFL-MONT 10am-2pm Music - Acoustic R&R....Oxford Station Band............PUMP 1pm High Noon”..............DESMOND 10am Festival........NY Craft Beer & Food Festival...Bethel Woods, 2pm-6pm lower Show...............MEEC 1pm-4pm Music - Jazz......................Hal Galper Trio........................RAFT 3pm he Waterfront”....................JLPL 6pm Fundraiser....Habitat for Humanity...First Presby. Ch., Goshen, 7pm s “Living Standards Light”...UpF 7pm Music......................Glen David Andrews Band ..................FAL 7pm mbovian Circus of Dreams ..FAL 7pm Theatre - Play............“August: Osage County”...................MV 7pm t: Osage County”..................MV 7pm Theatre - Play........................“Rumors”...........................GOSH 7pm “Rumors”...........................GOSH 7pm Music - Folk...................Music for Humanity............NOBLE 7:30pm ait Until Dark”........................RIV 8pm Theatre - Play...................“Wait Until Dark”.........................RIV 8pm

Festival.......................Irish Fest.......Greenwood Lake, 11:30am-9pm Recreation................Catskill Pride May Social.................HPAC3pm Music - Jazz......................Hal Galper Trio........................RAFT 3pm Music - Steely Dan........Reelin’ In The Years.....,.................FAL 7pm Music - Rock..........................The Who...........Bethel Woods, 7:30pm

SUNDAY

Cinema.....................“Salt of the Earth”..............S@SHADOW 2pm Fundraiser....James Finn Cotter Memorial Scholarship....MSM-DC 2pm Music - Jazz...............Orrin Evans Trio ..............................FAL 7pm Music............................Shawn Colvin................Bethel Woods, 8pm

Fair..Spring Art Fling art fair & makers market..ALH 11am-3pm Festival...................Spring Festival............MEEC 11am-4pm Music.....................................Harvest Duo....................GWL 1:30pm Fundraiser..Wallkill HS Senior Class Duck Derby..Popp Park, 3pm oman Holiday”.........DESMOND 10am Music - Jazz........................Hal Galper Trio......................RAFT 3pm homas of The JBs ................FAL 7pm Fundraiser.....Time & the Valleys Museum takeout BBQ....T&V 4pm-6pm st: Osage County”.................MV 7pm Opera.................Janice Meyerson mezzo-soprano..........DVO 7pm “Rumors”...........................GOSH 7pm Music.....Joanna Gass and the Search & Resue Orch...PHILL 7pm d the Deep Blue Sea”.......HPAC 8pm Music.........................Cuboricua! Summer Salsa!...............FAL 7pm ait Until Dark”........................RIV 8pm Theatre - Play........................“Rumors”...........................GOSH 7pm Theatre - Play............“August: Osage County”...................MV 7pm Theatre - Play........“Danny and the Deep Blue Sea”.......HPAC 8pm Theatre - Play...................“Wait Until Dark”.........................RIV 8pm Music - Pop-R&B-Rock...........Taylor Dayne......................PARA 8pm

abrina”......................DESMOND 10am rst Fridays........Main Street, 4pm-7pm Ballad of a Land Man”.........FAC 6pm rness”.........................SHADOW 8pm

Fair..Diversity Vendor Extravaganza.Callicoon Creek Park, 11am-6pm Music - Jazz.....................Hal Galper Trio.........................RAFT 3pm rst Fridays........Main Street, 4pm-7pm Music - Classical.....Sullivan County Chamber Orch......HPAC 6pm ene, Steve Frieder Band.....SAFE 6pm Opera............................Tshombe Selby tenor...................DVO 7pm Osage County”......................MV 7pm Theatre - Play............“August: Osage County”...................MV 7pm Jim Keller, Lost Leaders ......FAL 7pm Theatre - Play........................“Rumors”...........................GOSH 7pm is Parker Septet.......SUNYO-OH 8pm Music - Jazz.........................“Retroneu”..............................UpF 7pm Music - Jazz-Folk...........Ozmosys!, Chaz Kiss....................FAL 7pm Music - Pop-Rock-Disco-Funk...........Fishbowl..............MoM 7:30pm Music - Classical....Greater Newburgh Sym.Orch....MSM-AQ 7:30pm

Dylan Doyle Band .................FAL 7pm ates & Guthrie Trapp.......SLPAC 8pm

SLPAC �� Sugar Loaf Performing Arts Center SUNYO-OH �� SUNY Orange, Orange Hall, Middletown T&V �� Time and the Valleys Museum, Grahamsville UpF “groove port” series ��UpFront Exhibition Space, Port Jervis WISNER ��Albert Wisner Library, Warwick

Festival.......NY Craft Beer & Food Festival...Bethel Woods, 1pm-5pm Theatre - Play...................“Wait Until Dark”........................RIV 2pm Theatre - Play............“August: Osage County”..................MV 2pm Theatre - Play........................“Rumors”..........................GOSH 2pm Music - Jazz-R&B-Blues-Rock.........AMP.....................WISNER 2pm Cinema.......................“Mildred Pierce”............Milford Theater, 4pm Music - Brazilian Jazz......Sasha Dobson | “Girl Talk”.............FAL 7pm

Festival......................Irish Fest.......Greenwood Lake, 11:30am-9pm Festival..........The Savage Wonder Festival......SLPAC Noon-10pm Cinema.................“Imitation of Life”................Milford Theater, 4pm Music - Jazz-Funk.............Richie Goods............................FAL 7pm

Fundraiser..........Library Yard Sale.......Florida Library, 9am-2pm Festival............Sullivan County Music Festival.....HPAC Noon-8pm Theatre - Play.......................“Airness”............SHADOW 2pm & 8pm Theatre - Play...................“Airness”.........................SHADOW 2pm Music - Jazz......................Hal Galper Trio........................RAFT 3pm Theatre - Variety........“Ezell: Ballad of a Land Man”.........FAC 4pm Fundraiser..........Delaware Valley Arts Alliance......DORF 3pm-8pm Theatre - Variety........“Ezell: Ballad of a Land Man”.........FAC 6pm Comedy.............................Bobby Collins.......................SLPAC 8pm

May 2022

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Canvas category calendar

sponsored by Catskill Art Society, Wallkill River School, Goshen Art League & Wurtsboro Art Alliance CANVAS cannot be responsible for errors & omissions. Please verify dates and times.

Art exhibits

CAS-LK ��Catskill Art Society-Laundry King, Livingston Manor DVAA ��Delaware Valley Arts Alliance, Narrowsburg SUNYO-OH �� SUNY Orange, Orange Hall Gallery, Middletown SUNYO-MRG ��SUNY Orange, Mindy Ross Gallery, Newburgh UUC �� Unitarian Universalist Congregation, Rock Tavern WRS ��Wallkill River School, Montgomery

Master Classes - Lectures

sponsored by SUNY Orange and Town of Newburgh Desmond Center DESM �� Desmond Center, Newburgh MEEC ��Mamakating Environmental Education Center, Wurtsboro PEEC �� Pocono Environmental Education Center, Dingmans Ferry Lectures & Artist Talks are FREE unless otherwise noted: (FEE) (Events Not lncluded in Centerspread Calendar)

T.A. Clearwater paintings, pastels, prints ��Clearwater Gallery at Jones Farm, Cornwall, ongoing Karen E. Gersch, Gabrielle Dearborn, Josiah Dearborn drawings, paintings, silverwork Gersch Home Gallery, Montgomery, by appt, ongoing Carolyn Duke pottery ��Duke Pottery, Lake Tennanah, Roscoe, ongoing Inscribed Tibetan Prayer Stones �� Tibetan & Himalayan Cultural Center, Walden, ongoing “Flight” Goshen Art League, group show ��Goshen Music Hall, thru Apr 29 “ART, the Universal Visual Language” SUNYO students ��SUNYO-OH thru Apr 29 North East Watercolor Society group show �� virtual: www.northeastws.com & www.sunyorange.edu/calendar/index.php?eID=5094 thru Apr 30 Judi Silvano “Musicians and Dancers Collection”, paintings �� UUC thru Apr 30 Maureen Hart ��Leo’s Pizzeria & Restaurant, Cornwall, thru Apr 30 Joe Sweda paintings �� Greenwood Lake Library, thru Apr 30 Warwick Art League “New Horizons” ��Wisner Library, Warwick, thru Apr 30 2022 Members’ Exhibit �� WRS thru May 1 Teacher’s Showcase group show �� WRS thru May 1 Mitchell Saler landscape paintings �� Berkshire Bank, Goshen, thru May 4 “Spring Fling” group show ��Wurtsboro Art Alliance, thru May 7 Stephanie Land “Negatives Preserved” multi-media installation �� DVAA thru May 8 “Abstract” group show �� WRS thru May 15 “Objects for Reading” ��Ann Street Gallery, Newburgh, thru May 20 Derick Melander clothing sculptures �� CAS-LK thru May 21 River Valley Artists Guild Art About Town: “Spring Fling” �� Joe Petrosi color pencil drawings Mayor’s Office, Port Jervis City Hall, & Joan Kehlenbeck “Spring Florals” oils & pastels Deerpark Town Hall, Huguenot, & Susan Miiller spring-themed paintings & pastels, Bon Secours Hospital Cafeteria, Port Jervis, & RVAG members’ group show Gio’s Gelato Café, Port Jervis ��thru May 30 Judi Silvano paintings ��Griffith-Olivero Realty, Goshen, thru Jun 30 Vernon M. Byron & Dharman Abdullah “Dissolving Boundaries” multiple genres �� CMA Gallery, Aquinas Hall, Newburgh, thru Aug 24 2022 Special Exhibit & Art Fair ��Museum at Bethel Woods, thru Dec

lectures & Discussions “Leonard Bernstein” Kenneth Korn ��DESM Apr 26, 10am, FEE Science Cafe: “Physiology of blood feeding arthropods with emphasis on ticks” �� John McLaughlin, Temple Hill Tavern, Vails Gate, Apr 27, 7:30pm “Women’s History in Monroe” Naomi Hanson ��Monroe Library, Apr 28, 3pm Women in Wine Jo Ann DeGaglia �� Josephine-Louise Library, Walden, Apr 28, 6pm “Planning Your Butterfly Garden” Pam Golben ��MEEC Apr 30, 1pm Critter Connection Jan Berlin of Everything Animals �� MEEC May 1, 1pm “18th Century Herbal” Brian Altonen �� Wisner Library, Warwick, May 1, 2pm “The Remarkable Life of George Loring Porter” Carolyn Ivanoff DESM May 6, 10:30am FEE “Nature Journaling” James Van Gelder ��MEEC May 7, 10am FEE Edible & Medicinal Plant Walk ��PEEC May 7, 10am FEE “The Three B’s of Music” Barry Weisenfeld ThrallLibrary, Middletown, May 7 & 14 & 21, 1pm “10 Warning Signs of Alzheimer’s” �� Chester Library, May 10, 6pm “Ruby-throated Hummingbirds” ��MEEC May 15, 10am FEE “Birding the Beautiful South” Bill Fiero �� Josephine-Louise Library, Walden, May 16, 6:30pm “How to Get Started Kayaking” Donald Urmston ��DESM May 18, 10am FEE “Alfred Dreyfus: The Full Story” Janet Mandel �� Zoom-Cornwall Library, Part 1: May 18 & Part 2: May 31, 6:15pm “Take a Walk with a Frog!” �� Wisner Library, Warwick, May 24, 6pm “Gloria Vanderbilt Whitney & Friends” Laura Nicholls �� DESM May 25, 12:30pm FEE Shakespeare’s “Macbeth” Discussion �� Wisner Library, Warwick, May 25, 5:30pm Science Cafe: “Sociological view of Lyme Disease” Irwin Sperber �� for Vails Gate restaurant location: contact: tobyrossman@yahoo.com, May 25, 7:30pm Artists Talks Trey Speegel �� CAS-LK May 28, 3pm

NEW ART EXHIBITS

sponsored by Josephine-Louise Public Library, Walden

Polly Giragosian “Flotsam and Jetsam” �� SUNYO-MRG Apr 30-May 20 Rachel Taylor & Vincent Roy “Kinaloha” �� Cragsmoor Library, Apr 30-July Jeanne Ross-Nash “Shape & Form” abstract oil paintings �� Gallery at Chant Realtors, Lords Valley, May 1-Jun 27 “Earth, Wind & Fire” ��Wurtsboro Art Alliance, May 3-28 Middletown Art Group �� SUNYO-OH May 6-Jun 15 “The PARTY Silent Auction” ��WRS May 6-Jun 22 “Life From Earth” group show ��WRS May 6-Jun 26 Cynthia Harris Pagano “Water to Earth” abstract paintings ��WRS May 6-Jun 26 “Spring Group Show” �� UpFront Exhibition Space, Port Jervis, May 6-Jun 26 Roslyn Fassett paintings, Bill Graziano sculptures, “Shared Visions” �� Amity Gallery, Warwick, May 7-29 “Flowers” Group Show ��WRS May 20-Jun 12 Trey Speegle “Its Not My Fault” ��CAS-LK May 28-Jun 26

Photography exhibits

“Along the Towpath: The D&H Canal in Mamakating, 1828-1898” �� Wurtsboro Library Sarah Van Ouwerkerk “Epiphanies” �� DVAA thru May 8 Hudson Highlands Photography Club & Workshop �� Greenwood Lake Library, May 1-31 Jonathan Charles Fox “It’s a Camera, Not a Magic Wand” �� Gallery222, Hurleyville, May 6-29

ART & Photography receptions

Polly Giragosian “Flotsam and Jetsam” �� SUNYO-MRG Apr 30, 2pm-4pm Rachel Taylor, Vincent Roy “Kinaloha” ��Cragsmoor Library, Apr 30, 4pm-6pm Roslyn Fassett, Bill Graziano, “Shared Visions” �� Amity Gallery, Warwick, May 7, 4pm-6pm Jeanne Ross-Nash “Shape & Form” ��Gallery at Chant Realtors, Lords Valley, May 7, 5pm-7pm “Life From Earth” group show, Cynthia Harris Pagano “Water to Earth” � WRS May 14, 5pm-7pm “Spring Group Show” ��UpFront Exhibition Space, Port Jervis, May 15, 1pm-6pm Middletown Art Group ��SUNYO-OH May 22, 2pm-4pm Jonathan Charles Fox birthday party �� Gallery222, Hurleyville, May 28, 4pm-7pm Trey Speegle “It’s Not My Fault” ��CAS-LK May 28, talk: 3pm, reception: 4pm-5pm Grand Reopening Reception ��Wurtsboro Art Alliance, Jun 4, Noon-2pm

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Books: Discussions / readings / Signings Millennial Book Group ��Wisner Library, Warwick, Apr 26, 6pm “Mothball Fleet on the Hudson; The Post World War II National Defense Fleet” �� by/wTony Musso Florida Library, Apr 27, 6:30pm Clause & Effect Book Discussion �� Liberty Library, Apr 28, 1pm “Real Catskill Jews: Memories of Small-Town Life in Twentieth-Century America” �� by/wDavid M. Gold Crawford Library, Monticello, Apr 28, 6pm Novel Reads/Book Discussion �� Josephine-Louise Library, Walden, Apr 28, 6:30pm “The Authenticity Project” by Clare Pooley �� Florida Library, Apr 28, 6:30pm Virtual Short Story Discussion �� virtual: Mamakating Library, Wurtsboro, Apr 29, 4pm Adult Book Club ��Highland Falls Library, May 3, 5:15pm “The Worst Hard Time” by Timothy Egan ��Zoom-Cornwall Library, May 4, 4pm “Healing the Human Machine” by/w Dr. Cal Hargis ��Wisner Library, Warwick, May 4, 6pm “The Boys in the Boat” by Daniel James Brown ��Wisner Library, Warwick, May 5, 2pm “Murder in Old Bombay” by Nev March �� Florida Library, May 6, 1pm “Our Country Friends” by Gary Shteyngart �� Chester Library, May 9, 6:30pm “The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek” by K.M. Richardson Milford Library, May 12, 4pm “Me Talk Pretty One Day” by David Sedari ��Mamakating Library, Wurtsboro, May 19, 2:30pm “The Yard” by Alex Grecian ��Florida Library, Jun 3, 1pm

OPPORTUNITY: Actors Casting for actors and stage manager for sixteen 10-minute plays with several directors for the Sullivan County Dramatic Workshop will be held on April 30 & May 1, 10:00am-4:00pm. Auditions are at the Rivoli Theatre, 5243 Route 42, S. Fallsburg. Males and Females, all ages. New to theatre? No

problem, they will train you. Performance dates: June 10-12 and June 1719. All auditionees will be asked to cold read a scene. Then individual play directors will arrange readings for specific plays. For info, email haroldtighe50@gmail. com or call 845-807-7212.

Children & TEenS Calendar

sponsored by Music on Market, Ellenville & Nesin Cultural Arts, Monticello JLPL �� Josephine-Louise Library, Walden MEEC ��Mamakating Environmental Education Center, Wurtsboro PEEC ��Pocono Environmental Education Center, Dingmans Ferry

Books

Listings not included in our centerspread calendar.

Teen Time �� Florida Library, Mondays, 2:30pm Spring Toddler Story Time 3-5yrs �� JLPL Tuesdays, 10:30am Storytime 1-5yrs ��Chester Library, Tuesdays, 10:30am Storytime with Miss Sophie �� Milford Library, Tuesdays, 10:30am Shake, Rattle & Read ages 1-5yrs ��Newburgh Library, Tuesdays, 1pm Spring Storytime ��Liberty Library, Wednesdays, 10:30am Rhymetime 12 to 35 months �� Florida Library, Wednesdays, 10:30am Storytime in the Park �� Mamakating Library, Wurtsboro, Wednesdays, 10:30am Pajama Story Time 1yr-pre-k ��Greenwood Lake Library, Wednesdays, 6:30pm Pre-School Story Time w/Ms. Carol �� Newburgh Library, Thursdays, 10am Baby Rhyme Time infant-3yrs ��JLPL Thursdays, 10:30am Storytime w/Miss Beth 3-5yrs ��Florida Library, Thursdays, 10:30am Storytime 3-5yrs ��Milford Library, Thursdays, 3pm Brainy Babies Story Time under 2 yrs ��Greenwood Lake Library, Thursdays 11am Storytime 3-4yrs ��Highland Falls Library, Thursdays, 11am Preschool Power Story Time 4-5yrs �� Greenwood Lake Library, Thursdays 1pm Storytime pre-K ��Highland Mills Library. Fridays, 9am Storytime with Miss Sophie �� Dingman-Milford Library, Fridays, 10:30am Little Listeners Story Time 2-3yrs �� Greenwood Lake Library, Fridays, 1pm “Amari and the Night Brothers” by B.B. Alston, grades 5-8 �� Cornwall Library, Apr 26, 4:30pm “Under One Rock: Bugs, Slugs and other Ughs” by Anthony Fredericks �� grades K-2, Cornwall Library, Apr 26, 4:30pm “Tail Waggin’ Tutor”, w/Sadie kids read aloud ��JLPL May 2, 5:30pm Family Story Time �� Cornwall Library, May 3, 10 & 17, 9:30am & 10:30am K-2 Stories �� Highland Mills Library, May 18, 4pm Family Book Club 7yrs & up ��JLPL May 26, 4:30pm EntertainmenT & Recreation

Earth Day Family Concert w/Tommy Gardner & the Uncle Brothers �� Wisner Library, Warwick, Apr 24, 1:30pm FREE Dungeons & Dragons teens ��Wisner Library, Warwick, Wednesdays. 5pm FREE “Encanto!” Family Fun Night Outdoor Movie �� Florida Library, Apr 29, 8:30pm FREE Earth Day Festival ��Pocono Environmental Education Center, Dingmans Ferry, Apr 30, 11am-4pm Critter Connection Jan Berlin of Everything Animals �� MEEC May 1, 1pm “Magic! The Gathering Club” teens ��JLPL May 7 & 21, 2pm FREE Dungeons & Dragons “The Royal Heist” teens ��JLPL May 13, 6pm FREE Dungeons & Dragons teens ��Florida Library, May 14 & 28, 12:30pm FREE Kids to Parks Day: Pond Exploration ��PEEC May 21, 1pm FREE Nesin Cultural Arts Chorus & Handbell Choir ��Crawford Library, Monticello, May 23, 6pm FREE

Clubs Calendar

sponsored by Alternative Counseling, Cornwall & Broadway Tailors, Newburgh

St. James Camera Club ��St. James Church, Goshen, 2nd Tuesday, 7pm Chess Club ��Josephine-Louise Library, Walden, May 14, 10am Chess Time ��Cornwall Library, 3rd Thursday, 4:30pm Knit and Stitch �� Narrowsburg Library, Mondays, 6pm Knit & Stitch Club �� Newburgh Library Town Branch, 1st & 3rd Tuesdays, 6;30pm Knitting & Crocheting “Knitwitz” �� Jeffersonville Library, 1st & 3rd Tuesdays, 6:30pm Knitting & Crocheting “Crochety Knitters” ��Liberty Library, Mondays, 1pm Laurel & Hardy Sons of the Desert Int’l Org. �� www.themtharhills.org, Apr 30 & Jun 5, 4pm MahJong Club ��Josephine-Louise Library, Walden, Mondays, 9am-1pm MahJong Club �� Wisner Library, Warwick, Fridays, Noon Scrabble Club ��Ellenville Library, Tuesdays, 6pm Slow Stitch Maker’s Drop In �� Wallkill River School, Montgomery, May 3 & 17, 3pm-5pm UFO Support Group ��Walker Valley Schoolhouse, 1st Wednesday, 7pm

Science Cafe’s 15th Year, Vails Gate Every month Toby Rossman, Ph. D., Professor of Environmental Medicine at NYU Grossman School of Medicine, brings a speaker to her Hudson Valley Science Cafe to talk on a multitude of scientific, medical, and other topics. Now in its 15th year, the Science Cafe will host Irwin Sperber, Ph.D., (pictured) Assoc. Professor, Sociology

Department, SUNY New Paltz (retired) to speak on the Sociological View of Lyme Disease, May 25, at 7:30 for the talk; 6:00pm-6:30pm for ordering dinner. The presentation is held in a Vails Gate Restaurant on Route 300 (Town of NewWindsor). Contact tobyrossman@yahoo.com for information. Vaccinations required.

Kids Opportunity: Walker Valley Band Like most other organizations, Covid has negatively affected the Walker Valley Marching Band’s membership, and so they are looking for new members, as well as new adult helpers. The Band has become an institution in Walker Valley. Many people know about Walker Valley only because the Band travels throughout the tri-county area making people smile. Band members join

a social network and make life-long friends. Being a member comes with fun, responsibility, and a sense of pride. Prior experience with musical instruments is not a requirement. Consider contacting the band to join, or to see how you can help. The Band meets Tuesday nights from 6:30pm-8:30pm at the Walker Valley Firehouse, 3679 NY-52.

Art for Kids in Washingtonville Do you have a creative child who loves art? This course will develop their artistic skills and flex their creative muscles as they explore a variety of art practices from core drawing and composition to painting and sculpture techniques. The projects and materials will vary and incorporate media beyond what is typically available in an elementary school setting. Fun, creativity and

exploration! All materials are included. Nicole Asendorf is a K-12 accredited art teacher and local artist who has taught at Wallkill River School for over 10 years. Classes are held at Washingtonville Middle School, 38 West Main Street, Washingtonville, Room 105, on May 5, 12, 19 and 26, from 5:00pm-6:30pm. To register: visit www.Wallkill.Art.

Classic Films in Ellenville & Walden ELLENVILLE

communist sympathies. Films are shown at 14 Market Street (corner of Center Street) in Ellenville. Tickets may be purchased in advance online at ShadowlandStages.org or at the door. WALDEN

The Studio at Shadowland Stages, where audiences enjoy comfortable seating and concessions, provides an intimate setting for taking in classic films on a big screen. Each of the Shadowland Studio Cinema presentations runs approximately two hours and includes a short subject from the same period as the showcase feature. The last film in the series, to be presented on May Day (May 1) at 2:00pm, will be Salt of the Earth, a 1954 independent drama produced and directed by Herbert Biberman (one of the ten Hollywood professionals sent to prison on charges of contempt of Congress before the House Sub-Committee on Un-American Activities). The film, starring Will Geer, deals with the struggle of immigrant miners and their quest for equity and parity with Anglo workers. Added to the National Film Registry in 1992, Salt of the Earth was condemned at the time of its release by the United States House of Representatives for its alleged

The May film for the monthly Classic Film Series at Josephine-Louise Public Library will be Elia Kazan’s On the Waterfront with an all star cast led by Marlon Brando. On the Waterfront (1954) was a critical and commercial success. It received twelve Academy Award nominations and won eight. In 1997, it was ranked by the American Film Institute as the eighthgreatest American movie of all time. The musical score, composed by Leonard Bernstein, was his only original film score not adapted from a stage production with songs. See it on May 20 at 6:00pm at 5 Scofield Street, Walden. Admission is free. www.waldenpubliclibrary.org.

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“Mother” Movies for May in Milford

Film historian John manipulate, lie, and DiLeo is offering make mother Joan “Mother” movies for Crawford miserable. the month of Mother’s Crawford campaigned Day in Milford. for the lead role On May 8, see in Mildred Pierce. Bette Davis and Paul Director Michael Henreid in Now, Curtiz originally Voyager as they ask wanted Bette Davis Domineering mom: Obsessive mom: for the moon, not Gladys Cooper to play the role, but Joan Crawford knowing they have she declined. He the stars, thanks then campaigned for to Janis Wilson as Barbara Stanwyck. (sadly, uncredited) When he learned that Tina Durrance. Stanwyck was not Bette’s mother is going to be cast, he Gladys Cooper, and then tried to recruit there’s also the great Olivia de Havilland Career-driven mom: Lana Turner Claude Rains, Jack and Joan Fontaine, but Selfless mom: Juanita Moore Carson and other top supporting actors. both were only in their 20s. He ultimately The screenplay by Casey Robinson approved Crawford’s casting after seeing is based on the 1941 novel of the her screen test. same name by Olive Higgins Prouty. Double your Mother’s Day Month Prouty borrowed her title from the Walt pleasure on May 29 with the remake of Whitman poem The Untold Want, which Imitation of Life, for which one of the reads in its entirety: two mother-daughter relationships in the The untold want by life and land ne’er film (played by Juanita Moore and Susan granted, Kohner) were nominated for Oscars. Now, voyager, sail thou forth, to seek See them at the Milford Theater, 114 and find. E Catharine Street at 4:00pm. DiLeo May 22 is the day to watch Ann Blyth will introduce each film.

Yalin Chi, Pianist in Montgomery

Yalin Chi, originally from Beijing, China, made her début with the Central Opera Orchestra before moving to the United States to study at Interlochen Arts Academy. She has performed at venues including Alice Tully Hall, Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall, Kumho Art Hall in Seoul, Korea, and ZhongShan Music Hall in Beijing China. Chi’s solo recital last year was selected by the Poughkeepsie Journal as one of the weekend top picks, and Leslie Gerber of the Woodstock Times described her recent recital in the Saugerties Pro Musica concert series as “flowing and masterful,” with “gorgeous tonal coloring.” As an orchestral musician, she regularly performs with Albany Symphony, New Jersey Festival Orchestra, and has held the principal keyboard position at the Hudson Valley Philharmonic since 2014. For the Grand Montgomery Chamber Music (GMCM) series, Chi will perform music by Beethoven (32 Variations in C minor), Bach/Busoni (Chorale Prelude in G minor), Liszt (Mephisto Waltz No.

1), Aleksander Vezuli (Chirpin), and Steven Sacco (Book of Whimsy). Vezuli, also the Artistic Director of the GMCM, is a prolific composer whose compositions range from classical music to songs, to film/tv, and commercials. His String Quartet and Woodwind Quartet in C are fondly remembered by many GMCM audience members. Steven Sacco’s work is often performed internationally by some of today’s leading soloists and ensembles. Critics praise him for writing absorbing, poetic and passionate music that easily engages the sympathies and attention of a concert audience. “Book of Whimsy is a tribute to those pianists to whom I owe a significant debt of gratitude,” Sacco said. This concert series, founded by Howard & Judy Garrett, is made possible by the generous support of the Village of Montgomery and others. Chi performs at the Montgomery Senior Center, 36 Bridge Street, May 15 at 3:00pm. Admission is free. www.montgomerychambermusic.com

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Mother’s Day Concert

Clown Gets Serious in So. Fallsburg

You are invited to join the Sullivan County Chamber Orchestra (SCCO) on Mother’s Day weekend for a string quintet concert of music by operatic composers including SCCO Quartet (from left) Akiko Hosoi, violin, Alex Fortes, violin, Bizet and Mozart. cello, Chiu-Chen Liu, viola, at the Delaware Valley Throughout the Kirsten Jermé, Arts Alliance’s Krause Hall in April. concert there will be discussion on how phrasing works for the performer and the listener. SCCO will be joined by students of the Nesin Cultural Arts (NCA) Aspiring Young Musicians Program in performances of works by Bizet Price Mozart (1838-1875) (1887-1953) (1756-1791) Florence Price and Georges Bizet. Florence Beatrice Price composed 4722 with any inquiries. The second performance is on over 300 works: four symphonies, four concertos, as well as choral works, plus Mother’s Day, May 8 at 3:00pm at art songs, and music for chamber and St. John’s Episcopal Church, 15 St. John Street, Monticello. Tickets may be solo instruments. Celebrate all the wonderful mothers purchased at nesinculturalarts.eventbrite. and mother figures in our lives by com. Students admitted free. Call 845treating them to an SCCO concert. The 798-9006 with any inquiries. Masks are required for both concerts. first performance is on May 7 at 6:00pm at the Hurleyville Performing Arts Advanced ticket purchase is encouraged. Centre. Tickets may be purchased at However, tickets will be available at the hurleyvilleartscentre.org. Call 845-985- doors until capacity is met.

Musings of a Neoteric Clown stale and two-dimensional. Thus began by Ellie J, aka Clown Daddy my free-fall into clowning. As I stumble through this life, help me There are, of course, many types of to create more laughter than tears, create clowns. I myself have followed the more more joy than sorrow, spread Charlie Chaplin, slapstick more cheer than gloom. route, and I would argue that Never let me become so it is now no longer just a indifferent that I fail to see the profession but a lifestyle. The wonder in the eyes of a child techniques and theories of or a twinkle in the eyes of the my acting experience merged aged. with the playfulness and joy Never let me forget that of clowning. my sole duty is to entertain The character I am currently people, make them smile, engrossed in is Susy Hendrix, and help them to forget, a blind woman, who is such even for a moment, all of the a wonderful challenge to unhappiness in their lives. perform! If you would like to And in my final moments, Ellie as Clown Daddy witness the defiant and crafty may I hear you whisper - “When you Susy (originally played on Broadway made my people smile, you made me by Lee Remick - and then by Audrey smile.” Hepburn in the film) take on a gang of I’ve always wanted to be an actor. impudent con men, please come see Everyone has at least one innate talent, Wait Until Dark, the classic thriller and the state of being on stage seems by Frederick Knott, performed by a to be mine. Somewhere along my delightfully engaging and supportive stumblings, after so many years of cast and crew, kicking off the Sullivan acting, I noticed how easy it was to get County Dramatic Workshop 2022 too intellectual about performing. One season at the Rivoli Theatre, 5243 Main could psychoanalyze a character ‘til the Street, South Fallsburg, May 13-22. cows come home, but if an actor cannot For tickets: www.scdw.net and at the embody the character, the show becomes door. Phone: 845-436-5336.

AMP Performs in Warwick The music of the band AMP began as an open ended, genre-defying musical dialogue, created entirely in the Cloud during the Covid19 lockdown. It celebrates the transformative power of collaboration and how the spark of musical inspiration is not confined by physical boundaries. The result is an improvisational amalgam of influences from Jazz, R&B, Blues,

and Rock. AMP includes: Glenn John Arnowitz: keyboards; Mike Pacer: saxes & flute; Gerard Mancini: guitar; Jeff Mullaney: bass; and Ron Harsch: drums & percussion. AMP will perform at the Albert Wisner Library, 1 McFarland Drive, Warwick on May 22 at 2:00pm. For information, call 845-986-1047.

The Nesin Cultural Arts (NCA) Choral program is composed of students in and around Sullivan County, Pre-K to Grade 12. Choral ensembles include: Young Children’s Chorus and the Treble Makers Chorus directed by Emily McConnell; the NCA Chorale and Honors Chorus directed by Amy Phillips. Choirs are accompanied by Jeff Yeung. On May 23 at 6:00pm NCA Children’s Choruses and Handbell Choir’ will be presented at the E.B. Crawford Public Library on its outdoor stage, 479 Broadway, Monticello.

The Children’s Choirs will be singing songs celebrating spring and summer, such as Mayday Carol and Summertime from Porgy & Bess; along with Journey to the Past as a farewell song for the programs high school senior and chorus assistant. The Handbell Choir will give a short program directed by Amy Phillips and will be performing Te Deum by Charpentier and arranged by Phillips. Registration is required and masking and social distancing is recommended. Visit ebcpl.org, hover over ‘Events’ then click Adult Calendar to register.

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Taylor Dayne at The Paramount Taylor Dayne is an American pop icon with a career spanning three decades. In 1987, her groundbreaking debut single Tell It To My Heart turned her into an overnight international star after skyrocketing up the Billboard Hot 100 charts, where it remained for 25 weeks. Taylor has sold over 75 million albums and singles worldwide, earned two Grammy nominations and an American Music Award nomination, won multiple New York Music Awards, and received New York Music Hall of Fame honors. Equally recognized for her songwriting talent, Taylor wrote many of her own hits. With a truly distinctive vocal style and powerful range, she created a unique sound that defined an era by her music. In the late ‘90s, Taylor’s career grew further as she expanded her talents into acting. She appeared in film, television shows, and on stage, performing in Broadway favorites like Elton John’s award winning production of Aida and Mel Brooks’ Archie and Mehitabel, in

addition to working with legendary composer Jules Styne to reprise the role of Fanny Brice in Funny Girl on Broadway. Taylor’s growth as an artist was enhanced by the birth of her twins in early 2002. Her voice became stronger and more meaningful as she took single motherhood, empowerment, surrogacy, and parenthood head-on, becoming a voice and an advocate for working women, same-sex marriage, parenting, and fertility. Her 2016 TEDWomen talk, Born To Sing, opened her career to more speaking engagements, inspirational and monumental moments, and paved the way for the release of her best-selling memoir, Tell It To My Heart. Currently, Taylor continues to tour throughout the world and is working on highly anticipated new music. She’ll be at the Paramount Theatre, 17 South Street, Middletown, on May 14 at 8:00pm. Tickets: www.middletownparamount. com or 845-346-4195.

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HPAC Welcomes River Rep John Patrick Shanley is an American playwright, screenwriter, and theatre and film director. His play Doubt: A Parable won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama as well as the 2005 Tony Award for Best Play. He won the 1988 Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay for his film Moonstruck. Shanley’s classic play, Danny and the Deep Blue Sea, is a heartbreaking and poignant love story, set in a rundown bar in the Bronx, where two of society’s rejects, Danny and Roberta, strike up a halting conversation over their beer. He is a brooding, self-loathing young man who resorts more to violence than reason; she is a divorced, guilt-ridden young woman whose troubled teenage son is now being cared for by her parents. “This play is dedicated to everyone in the Bronx who punched me or kissed me, and to everyone whom I punched or kissed,” stated Shanley.

The drama is the first production of Callicoon’s new River Rep Theatre. River Rep Theatre is dedicated to presenting the finest contemporary playwrights, innovative groupgenerated plays, and bold new adaptations of classics. Christopher Peditto, Artistic Director, and also the play’s director, has cast two professional, classically-trained actors to portray “Danny” and “Roberta”: Sadie Isseks’ credo is that “work in the arts can, at its best, alleviate and ignite the human condition, and should be, at its core, a generous act; an actor without empathy is a tuneless instrument.” Charlie McElveen is passionate about the influence theater can have on a person’s brain, body, and soul, and is dedicated to creating work that inspires love and honest connection. The show is at the Hurleyville Performing Arts Centre, May 13-15. Tickets: www.hurleyvilleartscentre.org

Savage Wonder Festival of Veterans in the Arts, Sugar Loaf In September 2021, benefit 4 local non-profit OC Veterans Repertory veteran organizations: Theater (VetRep) Founder Clear Path 4 Veterans, and Artistic Director, Blue Star Families, Chris Meyer, created the YIT Foundation, and Savage Wonder podcast VetRep. and literary blog. The Festival attendees will blog provides space for discover veteran artists poets and creative writers such as former homeless to share their work. The veteran and awardpodcast explores the lives winning mixed media of people who straddle collagist Auguster D. Elize McKelvery - Art school the military and artistic graduate, Williams Jr, Exit 12 former USMC Combat worlds in a long-form Dance Company, led by Artist and illustrator one-on-one interview format. founder and choreographer Each interview and written (and former Marine machine work unearthed compelling gunner and veteran of backstories of tragedy, Fallujah) Iraq Roman Baca, struggle, perseverance, and Jesus Daniel Hernandez, an triumph coupled with unique Iraq veteran handpicked by and extraordinary talent. Placido Domingo to be one of By February 2022, Meyer his proteges, and Doc Oliver, realized that Savage Wonder an Afghanistan veteran and needed to expand into a more survivor of a green-onpublic showcase - a sort of Exit 12 Dance Company blue attack whose debut “Lollapalooza” for veterans in the arts. outlaw country album was engineered Born out of the podcast and literary and produced by the Grammy winning blog of the same name, the Savage Station House in Los Angeles. Wonder Festival will feature professional “Memorial Day weekend is charged performing and visual artists who are with lots of emotion - excitement for military veterans. All proceeds will the coming of summer, sorrow when

reflecting on those who have died for our freedoms, and sometimes frustration between these two,” said Meyer. “I believe the Savage Wonder Festival creates Auguster D. Williams, Jr. a balance between honoring those who are gone, listening to those who are still here, and supporting veterans into the future through the work of our beneficiaries.” Through an ongoing series of playwriting competitions, VetRep assesses, develops, and mentors talented veteran writers. The festival will feature artists appearing in the blog and podcast. VetRep will hold its first annual Savage Wonder Festival of Veterans in the Arts on May 29, from Noon-10:00pm at the Sugar Loaf Performing Arts Center, Kings Highway, Chester. For information, email LF@vetrep.org or call 845-272-2611. See ad on pg. 24. See vetrep.org and savagewonder.com

PCC is Back!

Phillipsport Community Center Music Nights are back on the second Saturday of the month. The 2022 season opens with Joanna Gass and the Search and Rescue Orchestra on May 14, at 7:00pm at 657 Red Hill Road, Phillipsport. Led by the incredibly talented Joanna Gass with the backup of Kenny “No Frets” Windheim, Greg Fisk on sax and Steve “Steve’s Music Center” Schwartz with his flying fingers on the guitar, Search and Rescue will entertain you with their interpretations of tunes from the Great American Songbook and pop favorites! Admission includes music, a piece of homemade pie and a beverage. Weather permitting, the event will be outdoors. Masks required inside. Call 845-313-1772 for information.

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“Water to Earth” & “Life from Earth” at Wallkill River School & Gallery

“The Visit (Awakening Soil)” by Gesine Ehlers

Cynthia Harris-Pagano is presenting a solo exhibit titled Water to Earth, which is comprised of semi abstract meditations on the theme of the Great Flood, Creation, and environmental catastrophe and rebirth. “My vision as an artist has taken

“The face of the ground was dry” (Gen. 8:13) by C. Harris-Pagano

“Resilience” by Michele Meek

me down two paths; one is portraiture, searching for the life in a person, the face and physical body in complete form. The other started as a search for non-visible or spiritual truth. “The original idea for Water to Earth: Noah’s Flood evolved in 1970 from

“God made a wind blow over the earth” (Gen. 8:1) by C. Harris-Pagano

“Verdance” by Daniel Grant

young mothers banding together for child care... “Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it separate the waters from the waters.” This biblical quote from Genesis became the lynchpin of a series of large paintings. “These oil paintings are a gift of

“All the high mountains were covered” by C. Harris-Pagano

“New Growth” by Vaune Sherin

inspiration. As I was caring for two young children, it occurred to me that a containing form was primary in original creation as well as in childbirth. For example, Michelangelo’s portrayal in the Sistine Chapel of the old man with a beard as the deity is surrounded by a

“The waters prevailed and increased greatly upon the earth” (Gen. 7:18)

“The waters prevailed and increased...” by C. Harris-Pagano

mandorla (circular by Harris-Pagano, or containing shape.) and Water to Earth: Thus, as my original Noah’s Flood is painting series on display at the evolved, the circular Wallkill River containing form School and Gallery evolved as well. The (WRS) from May 6 color etching images to June 26. are facsimiles of the “This is a high original oil paintings. concept masterwork “In 2003 and 2004, by Cynthia which after a visit to the is very different Maritime Museum from the work we in Mystic, CT with normally see from my husband, I was her in our academic “Let there be a firmament” by Cynthia Harris-Pagano enthralled by an setting,” said Sarah exhibit about Noah’s Flood. As I became Fortner Pierson, WRS Artistic Director. more and more aware of the damage “Her work is bold and intuitive, seeming being done to our earth, I was called to to come from a place of deep feeling paint seven oil paintings of a great flood and concern. The ancient great flood destroying much of the known earth. was her inspiration, but the subject feels “As I shared the original large paintings very contemporary and relevant as we and some of the colored etchings at grapple with our changing climate and Palmer Gallery, Vassar College in 2013, environmental concern. my awareness of the damage being done “Alongside Harris-Pagano’s original to our earth became even stronger. The oil paintings will be a series of abstract words “I will destroy them with the earth” etchings which pick up the same themes had been on my mind for a while. of destruction and renewal,” concluded “Earth has the capacity to regenerate Sarah. itself. That is the reason for the new group A reception for both exhibits will be show, Life from Earth. It asks artists to held on May 14, from 5:00pm-7:00pm open up new visions for the remaining at WRS, 232 Ward Street, Montgomery. floodplains or damaged earth.” For information, visit www.Wallkill.Art Life from Earth, a group show curated or phone 845-457-2787. 20

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Support the Arts: “Hudson Valley Gives” - A Little Bit Here, A Little Bit There! Hudson Valley Gives is a one day event celebrating charitable giving across the Hudson Valley. Mark your calendars for this year’s event on May 18. The purpose of this day is to create a solid focal point of fundraising for over a hundred nonprofits from Orange, Ulster, Dutchess, Sullivan, Putnam, Rockland and Westchester Counties. “Thanks to many sponsors, in-kind and cash prizes are awarded to participating organizations encouraging donors to give generously on May 18 to help their favorite cause raise more money,” said Elizabeth Rowley, President and CEO of the Community Foundation of Orange and Sullivan. Editor’s note: For those of you who are not in a position to donate large amounts to multiple organizations, one way in which to strengthen money coffers is by giving a small amount to as many organizations as you can. For instance, if your budget dictates that you can donate only $200 for the arts, you can pick 10 organizations and give $20 to each. Or visit 10 organizations and give $50 each if your budget allows for $500. Any amount helps. For those with smaller budgets, if 1,000 people give $5 or $10 to 10 groups it results in $5,000 or $10,000 per nonprofit. A budget of $500 will increase that considerably. At press time, Orange/Sullivan Arts nonprofits participating include: Goshen Art League In 2021, the League celebrated 60 years as an arts organization and enthusiastically seeks opportunities - not only within its own community, but also beyond their borders - to showcase and promote Goshen as a destination for engaging with and enjoying fine art. The League manages the Goshen Art Walks, Keys of Goshen, Painted Trotters of Goshen, and multiple monthly exhibits in various locations. The League wishes donators visit on May 18, as The League is participating in the various May 18-only incentive programs. Chris Farlekas Legacy Fund Your donation will help this fund reach its goal to continue the work of beloved Times Herald-Record columnist and arts supporter, Chris Farlekas (1929-2015). Besides enabling the arts to thrive via his thousands of articles and reviews, Farlekas was involved with veterans, domestic abuse victims, hunger, homelessness, and was an iconic mentor to thousands of students. The fund welcomes HVGives donations May 1-18.

Newburgh Chamber Music Newburgh Chamber Music is dedicated to providing a rich classical and contemporary repertoire of music in the heart of historic Newburgh. NCM’s first concert was on April 22, 2001, and was incorporated in 2002 by Philip West and Carole Cowan to draw on the professional talents of widely-acclaimed musicians in the Hudson Valley and beyond. NCM also promotes young musicians through its master classes in the Newburgh school district. Donations welcome May 1-May 18.

Chamber Orchestra (SCCO) which provides orchestral and chamber music concerts and education to students through the Aspiring Young Musicians programs (lessons, chamber music coaching and side-by-side performance).

Orange County Arts Council The OCAC works daily to integrate the arts into the many aspects of Orange County life, support the county’s many creative resources, and enrich the quality of life for all Orange County residents, collaborating with many organizations to make sure the arts are recognized as a necessary part of our lives as individuals and our collective life as a community. Your donation, large or small, will insure the constancy of the Council and enable it to continue its programs and grants. The Council is participating in the May 18-only incentive programs.

Music For Humanity MfH began in 2005 and in 2008 awarded its first scholarship. Every year since MfH has awarded 3 to 5 scholarships to young aspiring musicians who are music majors at an accredited college or university. These students become “Music Ambassadors” and help create an invisible infrastructure of roads and bridges that connect our hearts and souls. To date, MfH has given $135,000 in music scholarships and will

Christopher Farlekas (1929-2015)

Museum Village Through educational programs, hands-onexhibits and special events, Museum Village is dedicated to exploring and interpreting 19th-century rural life as well as inspiring an appreciation for the evolution of industry and technology in America.

give another $16,000 in July 2022. Safe Harbors of the Hudson Safe Harbors of the Hudson is a large scale, non-profit re-development project with the mission of transforming lives and building community through housing and the arts. The project includes the Cornerstone Residence, supportive housing for 128 of our neighbors; the Lobby at the Ritz, a performing arts venue; the Ann Street Gallery, a contemporary visual arts venue; Safe Harbors Green, a vital green space in the center of the community and the historic Ritz Theater, which Safe Harbors is committed to restoring into a large scale performance space for presentation, creation, education and engagement. How to Donate via HVGives To donate online on HVGives Day, May 18 from 12:01am to 11:59pm, visit www.hvgives.org. Click on the “Donate” button and then click the search bar in the upper right hand corner. Type in “arts”. You can also donate beginning May 1 if you wish. To donate May 1-17, if more convenient, scroll down and click on “View All Participating Nonprofits”, click on “Select a Cause”, and then “Arts and Culture”.

Wallkill River School The Wallkill River School is a nonprofit artists’ cooperative that runs an art school and fine art gallery, a summer arts camp for children, plein air workshops and festivals. The School hopes donators can visit on May 18 due to the incentive programs. Newburgh Chorale “Although any donation will be gratefully accepted, donors are encouraged to make their donations online on May 18, so we can take advantage of any available incentives,” said Artistic Director Michael Saunders. Nesin Cultural Arts NCA was founded in 2011 by Sullivan County educators who recognized the need to bring arts education programs to the diverse, geographically isolated and underserved community. NCA provides programs in music (choral, instrumental, vocal, small and large ensembles, composition), dance, visual arts and theatre. NCA supports the Sullivan County May 2022

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May I Have A Word With You...

Quips, Quotes & Quiddities with Carol Pozefsky SUBLIME Text messaging is swift and efficient. No time lost. “Traffic is heavy, I’ll be 10 minutes late.” But, what we have lost since the ascension of technology, are countless words and phrases of great character and beauty. Supine in the grassy, sun drenched field, in peaceful silence, she watched the clouds above float by. To be supine is to lie face upwards. To assuage is to make milder, less severe, to pacify. Abraham Lincoln was informed that a woman had lost 5 sons in the Civil War. In his letter of condolence, Lincoln wrote: “I pray that our Heavenly Father may assuage the anguish of your bereavement...” “There had been no extravagant gift exchanges or exotic vacations during their long years together, but, when asked to describe their lives in just one word, together the smiling couple whispered “Sublime”. Sublime stems from the Latin ‘sublimis’ meaning majestic, exalted, exceeding normal limits.

WORDS AND MUSIC The wives of Jerome Kern & Oscar Hammerstein were at a party celebrating the success of the musical Showboat. Mrs. Hammerstein, whose husband wrote the lyrics, was indignant when an excited fan ran up to Mrs. Kern shouting, “Oh your husband wrote that marvelous song, Old Man River!” “Oh no, you’ve got it wrong”, interrupted Mrs. Hammerstein. “My husband wrote Old Man River. Her husband wrote Dumdum dahdah, dah dumdum dahdah...” HUH? I have two well employed, well married sons. One of them has an avocation about which I know nothing. He writes books, countless articles and conducts syndicated radio interviews on the subject. Here is an excerpt from his latest book. You will likely understand it. I do not. “Players sometime fall victim to their own cleverness by continuing with a play even when it’s clear it’s not selling. An example of this is three-betting preflop and being faced with a donk-bet on the flop.” (Author is Ashley Adams).

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Bethel: You Better, You Better, You Bet! The legendary rock band (and Woodstock festival alumni) The Who will perform The Who Hits Back! tour, bringing singer Roger Daltrey and guitarist/ songwriter Pete Townshend back to U.S. venues two years after their acclaimed MOVING ON! Tour, which wowed audiences with a series of sold-out dates. “They’re not getting older. They’re getting better. You better, you better, you bet,” hailed the Worcester Telegram, with Pollstar Magazine affirming “Daltrey is in peak form, and so is Townshend, lavishing his trademarked windmill guitar motion.” The Who Hits Back! tour will feature The Who’s full live band comprised of guitarist/backup singer Simon Townshend, keyboardist Loren Gold, second keyboardist Emily Marshall, bassist Jon Button, drummer Zak Starkey and backing vocals by Billy Nicholls along with orchestra conductor Keith Levenson, lead violinist Katie Jacoby and lead cellist Audrey Snyder, passionately delivering The Who’s many classics, as well as songs from their most

recent album, titled WHO. Commenting on The Who Hits Back! Tour, Daltrey said, “Pete and I said we’d be back, but we didn’t think we’d have to wait for two years for the privilege. This is making the chance to perform feel even more special this time around. So many livelihoods have been impacted due to Covid-19, so we are thrilled to get everyone back together - the band, the crew and the fans. We’re gearing up for a great show that hits back in the only way The Who know how. By giving it everything we got.” For tickets to the May 28, 7:30pm concert, visit www.BethelWoodsCenter. org or www.Ticketmaster.com, or by phone at 1-800-653-8000.

Irish Festival in Greenwood Lake T McCann Band, A slew of top Irish The Prodigals, and musicians, pipe and Barleyjuice. drum groups, Irish They will perform dance troupes and more traditional and moldthan 150 craft and food breaking Celtic music, vendors will be on hand jigs and reels, fused during Greenwood with rock, punk, folk, Lake’s debut of its Irish Festival. Emish will perform at the Irish Fest! roots and Americana. Photo by Erin Witkowski Besides the The lineup of extraordinary musicians scheduled to headlining list of performances, expect to perform includes Jameson’s Revenge, see a beer garden, Irish dance troupes, a Fiddle Frenzy (a performing group whiskey tasting pavilion, pipe and drum made up of students in the Folk and performances, and special activities and Fiddling program at the Blair Academy amusements for the kids! The celebration is on May 28 & 29, of Vanderbilt University, which offers a holistic approach in teaching children from 11:30am-9:00pm at 35 Chestnut to play), Niall and the Durty Nellies, Street, Greenwood Lake. For info: www.gwlirishfest.com The Ruffians, Shilelagh Law, Emish,

Inside the Bricks in Cochecton all pump stations The brick walls at to be repurposed, State Route 97 and abandoned and/or County Highway 116 destroyed. are the remains of The Cochecton an oil pump station. Pump House has In total there were survived 90 years 11 pump stations of nature, local stretching between scavenging, and even Olean and Bayonne. an ill-fated attempt At peak operation, to be destroyed by the pipe line pumped dynamite. Now 40,000 barrels a day, an entertainment a total of 315 miles venue with a unique to Bayonne. The Cochecton Pump House Standard Oil began construction on outdoor seating area, located at 7895 the pipeline in 1881. It operated for Route 97, you can enjoy an evening of nearly 50 years; but when the fields had acoustic rock and roll when the Oxford stopped producing and the operation was Station Band performs there on May 21 scuttled, it came to a stop in 1927, leaving at 1:00pm.

Pride at Catskill Art Society Trey Speegle, It’s Not My Fault is a collection of sardonic and playful paintings on the occasion of Catskill Art Society’s Pride program in celebration of LGBTQIA+ month. Using one of the world’s largest collections of vintage paint-by-number paintings, Trey Speegle uses humor, affirmations and word play that resonate with a Trey Speegle painting “Optimism” in his studio, 2010 broad, pop appeal. Speegle has collaborated with Stella Number. His Speegle Studio, The RePOP McCartney, Squarespace, Anthropologie Shop & Gallery 52 are housed in a former Home, Armorlux, Fred Perry, PAOM, gas station in Jeffersonville. The exhibit runs May 28 to June 26 at Jonathan Adler and Fringe Studios. In 2014, he created a mural in Michelle the CAS Laundry King, 65 Main Street, Obama’s Partnership for a Healthy Livingston Manor. On May 28 there will be an artist talk at 3:00pm and a reception America. In 2016 Regan Arts released Trey’s from 4:00pm-5:00pm. Visit www.catskillartsociety.org book, Transform Your Life with Color By

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