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Publisher’s Column by Barry Plaxen As evidenced on page 30 where you can see that the Arts Community is supportive (and appreciative) of our getting the word out to the public about all (or almost all) that is happening in the area, please note that we too are appreciative of all that individuals in our Arts Community do for us to make each issue “a little bit different”. Thanksgiving month leads me to thank just a few of the many (space is limited) without whom there would be no CANVAS. They went / go out of their way to provide us with necessary information. Artist Michael Piotrowski and artist-curator Tom Bolger for the page 30 items. Terry Sandford of SUNY Orange’s Arts & Communications Department (see page 13) who helped us with a story for Creative TheatreMuddy Waters, page 32. The various artists who talked to us and gave us interesting quotes about their work. Pamela Krizek of Trestle, Inc and Lisa Gervais,

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two great supporters of the City of Newburgh’s Arts Community. The Delaware Valley Arts Alliance and Orange County Arts Council. If not for these two organizations, the Arts Community would be much less than it is. Columnists Susan Handler, Carol Pozefsky and Douglas Frey and the few writers who contribute, plus Our Man in Montgomery & Walden: J.A. Di Bello, all of whom faithfully make sure we have interesting, important and entertaining content every month. Weekend of Chamber Music’s Terry Schommer for helping us at the last minute. Our advertisers who keep the paper free. All our readers. And lastly, SUNY Orange Cultural Affairs coordinator “24/7 Dorothy Szefc” who has just about the biggest plate imaginable, and goes overboard to make sure we get information in a timely manner, even if it means she is writing at 3:00am. Eat your cranberries.

Letters to the Editor Dear Editor, What a wonderful job you and your staff do bringing culture to the Catskills. Robert and I want to especially commend you for the October issue of Canvas. It is so chock full of wonderful events, and so well organized and cross-referenced that we are keeping it on the table for weekly checks - we don’t want to miss anything! We didn’t know about the Memorial Concert for Cecily Fortescue, our great, late friend and talented artist, and we plan to be there. Glad to see the Livingston Manor/Parksville section, highlighting that neck of the woods - lots going on. Keep up the good work! Peggy Friedman, Neversink Dear Editor, The Middletown Concert Chorale, now in its 17th year, has about 50 active members each season, and as music lovers, we cherish all the fine news and calendar of concerts and events that your excellent publication provides. Several of our members are regular subscribers to CANVAS. And we hope that a few more of our members will join them.

I am also happy to inform you that I have stepped down as President, and Wendy McNutt has taken over, very capably, at planning and coordinating our Chorale’s activities. Thank you again for all your fine work, and your dedication to the arts communities in the Delaware and Hudson Valleys. John F. Austin & Wendy McNutt, Middletown Dear Editor, Thanks so much for the Hank Syverson article in the CANVAS. It was a welcome read and I’m sure the exhibit at the Crawford Gallery of Fine Art will get more attention because of it. Sal Aiello, Pine Bush Dear Editor, I read the exhibit announcement and shared it with my art group yesterday. We all want to thank you for expressing my, and my fellow-artists’ feelings, about our group, and our mentor, Matilda Grech. Stella Provenzano, Milford

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November 1 & 2: Craft Fairs

Middletown The City of Middletown provides many Senior Citizen activities for seniors to enjoy while making new friends through the Mulberry House Senior Center. Besides the essential services for seniors, volunteers participate in groups such as the Mulberry House Players drama group, and a jazz group headed by Denard Michael. This issue starts our annual two-month holiday gift shopping guide (see pages 4-10) and it all begins at the Mulberry House Craft Fair on November 1 from 9:00am-2:00pm where you can find a special gift for any occasion, not just the holiday season. 62-70 West Main Street, Middletown. For information: 845-346-4070.

Walden Creating Connections for Social Change will present a Holiday Gift Fair offering an array of pieces from India including: clothing, shawls, bags, jewelry, home wares, pottery and stocking stuffers on November 1 from 10:00am4:00pm at Shanti Mandir, 51 Muktananda Marg in Walden. For information: 845-337-9873. Port Jervis The River Valley Artists Guild will have a Holiday Art & Crafts Show & Sale on November 2 from 11:00am-4:00pm at the Port Jervis Library parking lot, 144 Pike Street. Members will offer an array of handmade gift items to include fine art, jewelry, fabric art, stained glass, and more, just in time for the holidays.

Teresa Marta Costa will offer a workshop for the College of Poetry on what all writers can learn from the techniques of the avant-garde. “I have been writing poetry quite steadily since 1973, after being turned on to Captain Beefhart and Alice Cooper (a somewhat strange combo).” Costa’s work has appeared in numerous journals including Mombacchus Journal, Woodstock Times, Chronogram, Home Planet News, and Wildflowers; an WoodstockAnthology. Her avant-garde credentials include readings during the 1970s with George Montgomery and Ray Bremser and participation in the last Avant Garde Festival in 1979 in New York City. Costa’s workshop is on November 1, 1:00pm at the Seligmann Center for the Arts, 23 White

Oak Drive, Sugar Loaf. The program, hosted by Willliam Seaton, is free and open to all. After the workshop Lauren Camp will present a reading of her original work at 3:30pm followed by an open reading. Camp is the author of two volumes of poetry, winner of the National Federation of Press Women 2014 Poetry Book Prize and World Literature Today Editor’s Pick. Francine D’Alessandro is Poetry in the Gallery’s next featured guest on November 2 at 7:00pm at the Wurtsboro Art Alliance, 73 Sullivan Street. Host Walter Worden says, “read your own poems or that of your favorite poet or writer.” Admission is by donation.

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Honoring Seeger in Parksville, Nov. 2

“Grand news fans and friends! a shared passion for music and Sullivan County get ready: The travel, they took their unique brand Whispering Tree, a Francoof folk/rock across continents, American folk duo and Jeff logging enough frequent flier Haynes will join me (YAY!) in miles to make any avid traveler the Pete Seeger Tribute at the jealous. Parksville Music Festival,” said Grammy Award winning Lydia Adams Davis, a well known percussionist and producer, Jeff Hudson Valley favorite at family Haynes has toured extensively concerts, café performances, with Cassandra Wilson, Lizz Jeff Haynes historical and Clearwater events. Wright, Pat Metheney Group and & Pete Seeger “Eleanor and Elie do an amazing Harry Belafonte. His versatility version of Waist High in the Deep as a seasoned multi genre Muddy and will sing Where Have percussionist continues to be All the Flowers Gone in French... part of today’s sound with artists as well as many other songs. representing classical, to world “Jeff presented his compilation beat to American Folk. His Pete Pete Seeger: The Storm King, Seeger: The Storm King was (stories, narratives, & poems) at the nominated for a Grammy® Award Hudson River Sloop Clearwater in the best spoken word category, annual meeting in September with and was awarded the Audie Eleanor Kleiner & the lovely Timothy Hill singing. Awards for Most Distinguished Elie Brangbour Jeff included his recording of Pete Production. telling the story of how he came to Lydia and her friends celebrate write Where Have All the Flowers Pete Seeger at the Dead End Café Gone...Pete singing it in German... on November 2 at 3:00pm for the amazing!” Parksville 2014 Music Festival, 6 Over the past eight years, Main Street, Parksville. classically trained vocalist Eleanor For reservations, phone 845Kleiner and French bassist Elie 292-0400. Brangbour have traveled the world Lydia will bring her solo act on an adventure that began when Lydia Adams Davis to Noble Coffee Roasters on the two met at music school in London. With November 29 at 7:00pm. See ad below.

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Ar t House-Calls as Gifts!

Used to be that doctors, veterinarians, and drawing lessons, learn how to paint, get specific even the milkman made house calls, but now help in a certain medium like watercolor, oil, artists from the Wallkill River School (WRS) acrylic or pastel, or even just have a fun group will deliver directly to your door! activity brought to your home.” Many people are housebound these days, Recently, seniors from Elant in Goshen were and some just can’t fit an art class into their treated to a private art class in pastel painting busy schedule. Teaching on velour paper. Joyce artists from the WRS will brought in 15 sets of deliver, and have already pastels and 15 prebrought hundreds of drawn velour pages, private lessons to homethen guided the group of schooled children, 15 seniors step-by step seniors, disabled folks, through the process of and others throughout painting a candle-lit still the region from life in pastel. Greenwood Lake to “My work schedule Sullivan County. won’t allow me to make Greenwood Lake grandma & her granddaughters “I needed something any regular classes,” painting the Shawangunk Ridge in acrylics to keep my grandchildren busy on rainy days, says a Walden mom who wanted to learn how and didn’t want them playing video games all to draw. “Plus, its been years since I last held a day,” says a Greenwood Lake grandma. “Both pencil and I feel awkward in a class with other girls are interested in art, and don’t have time for people.” She ordered a private lesson and now regular lessons, so I ordered art classes - to go!” sketches in her home when she can fit it into her She asked for a private lesson for her and the schedule. two children in learning how to mix color and Private lessons are offered in your own paint a landscape. In less than two hours, she got home, the artist’s studio or at the WRS in what she asked for delivered to her door for $50 Montgomery. per hour, which covers 1-3 people. A great gift idea, group rates and gift “Almost all of our instructors offer private certificates for private lessons (children, adults, lessons,” explained WRS executive director seniors & small groups) are available. Shawn Dell Joyce. “You can get private Call 845-457-ARTS for more information.

Gifts: Memorabilia, Crystals, Ceramic Tiles

Landmark Collectibles Landmark Collectibles located at 103 Liberty Street in Newburgh offers everything from vintage clothing to Newburgh memorabilia, antiques and collectibles which make for great gift items for loved ones this holiday season. New items for the shop are Avon collectible bottles. See ad on page 5.

entire BOX of gorgeous tiles created by Natalie Surving for $20! (while supplies last!) Surving Studios’ tiles with frogs, lizards, bugs and fish were introduced in 1991. At that time very little tile art was available and none with frogs and lizards. It was an immediate success. Natalie’s pottery slowly evolved from being pots with animal designs into realistic sculptures of Creative Impulse animals. In 1981 she began Bonnie & Sumari of to specialize in reptiles, Creative Impulse, 126 N. amphibians, insects, and Main Street, Liberty, create fish. Her methods and her candles, soaps, scrubs, subjects were unorthodox. Tiles by Natalie Surving jewelry, pottery, crocheted She used potter’s techniques items and paintings. They carry the work of to create realistic porcelain sculpture. several other artists and offer classes in jewelry Husband Richard Surving worked for many making, drawing, painting and sculpture. The years as a graphic artist and professor of graphic shop boasts crystals, stones, organic socks & and computer art. He sculpts the female form clothing, fair trade items, chocolate, lanterns, and has done a series of nudes including lifespiritual items, simmering pots, oils, incense, sized works. garden decor, wind chimes, holiday ornaments “We’ll also be open ‘for appointments’ and and more! See ad on page 23. on November 22 and December 13 from 10:00am-4:00pm for holiday shopping. Our Surving Studios regular priced tile will be ‘buy one get one free’ “On November 1 we’ll be open from from Nov. 1 to Dec. 31,” concluded Ken. 10:00am-2:00pm,” said Ken Crissinger of 17 Millsburg Road, Middletown (south of Surving Studios, where you can pick up an Slate Hill off Route 6). Call 845 355-1430. 4

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Spotlight On Sugar Loaf sponsored by The Sugar Loaf Guild

LIVE! at The Sugar Loaf Performing Arts Center in November Foreigner’s Lou Gramm

Lou Gramm is an American rock vocalist and songwriter best known for being the original lead vocalist and co-writer of many of the songs for the rock band Foreigner. He also had a successful solo career. Gramm was the vocalist for many top-40 hits including Cold as Ice, Waiting for a Girl Like You, I Want to Know What Love Is, I Don’t Want to Live Without You and his solo hit Midnight Blue. In 2009, the Lou Gramm Band released their self-titled album of Christian rock. Lou Gramm performs live on November 8 at 8:00pm. Paul Daniel “Ace” Frehley is an American musician best known as the former lead

Ace “Spaceman” Frehley

guitarist and founding member of the rock band KISS. He took on the persona of the “Spaceman” or “Space Ace”, and played with the group from its inception in 1973 until his departure in 1982. After leaving, Frehley embarked on a solo career which was put on hold when he rejoined the band in 1996 for a highly successful reunion tour. His most recent album Space Invader, was released in 2014. Guitar World magazine ranked him 14th Greatest Metal Guitarist of All Time. Ace Frehley takes the stage on November 14 at 8:00pm.

ABBA-solutely crazy for ABBA MANIA

Abba Mania has been delighting audiences since their inception in 1999. The group has performed in Denmark, Sweden, Russia, France, Luxembourg, the U.S. and South America.   Abba Mania performs a special concert that celebrates the music and style of ABBA, and revives memories of when songs like Mamma Mia, Dancing Queen, and Winner Takes It All ruled the airwaves. Sing along to all of your favorites when they perform on November 15 at 8:00pm. Sugar Loaf Performing Arts Center, 1351 Kings Highway, Sugar Loaf. For tickets, visit www.ticketmaster.com or call 1-800-745-3000. See ad on page 36.

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Double Image Theatre Lab will present the original children’s story, I Laid an Egg, as part of Bethel Woods Center for the Arts World Stage Series. By using the elements of shadow theater, object theater and music, the show will bring the audience into a child’s imaginary world. After the show, the performers will also do a demonstration for the audience of some of the tricks of their craft. The World Stage Series presents music and performing arts from around the world with the goal of promoting respect for diversity and an appreciation of the arts in all audiences. Bring the kids to see I Laid An Egg on November 14 at 11:00am in the Bethel Woods Center Event Gallery. This show is suited best for grades K-5, but all are welcome. Tickets are required for this free event. RSVP by email at education@bethelwoodscenter.org.

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Last Saturdays in Newburgh

Drew Morrison is a Buffalo, New York native who has now formed roots in Newburgh. He shares his work via the D.S. Morrison Pictorial Oddities Roadshow, a sort of nomadic pop-up gallery that often takes place at outdoor festivals across the nation. “I have lived in the well managed disorder of New York City for eleven years. It’s teeming crowds and chaotic parades are found throughout my work. This extended interaction with an urban environment in constant flux has been both an inspiration and a source of stress. I feel it forces a thorough self awareness, as one constantly sees their own traits and habits in comparison to the masses. I attempt to emphasize these strange physical and emotional qualities we all possess, and channel them into the characters inhabiting these images. In large cities every facet of human habit is magnified in proportion to the population density. By observing this, I’ve formed some strong opinions about the direction in which the experiment of civilization has been heading!,” says Drew. His work will be at Space Create, 115 Broadway, on November 29 for Newburgh Last Saturdays with a reception on December

“Team Earth” by Drew Morrison

6, from 6:00pm-10:00pm. Eric Jarmann and the new Newburgh Mercantile features local sourced artisan made home furnishings. (November 1 special hours: open 10am-8pm, ribbon cutting at 11:30am.) Jarmann’s emporium incudes picture framing and his new pop up store is in a “cool, little 1860’s firehouse all the way down Broadway close to the river. Great view, easy parking and a space that will have wonderful home decor and gift items made in the Hudson Valley,” says Last Saturday coordinator Lisa Gervais, whose Healing Arts Studio shares the location with Jarmann at 75 Broadway. Pick up a list of music and art events (or visit Last Saturdays Facebook), such as at The Wherehouse, Caffé Macchiotta, Ann Street Gallery and see David Nolan’s sculptures in SUNY Orange’s Kaplan Hall (see page 9). End the day with a classic film and social gathering at 188 Liberté (Liberty Street).

Photos, Sculpture, Stained Glass at Artology

Photographer Marie and metalworking skills to Caviccio has won many create “sculptures from steel, awards at local art events aluminum and stone. He such as Artists on Campus, fabricates three-dimensional Newburgh; the Orange County glass pieces and incorporates Fair, Middletown; and at the glass into his metal sculptures,” Josephine Louise Public Library says wife Andrea Pfleger. in Walden. “I love the beauty of “Out on a Limb” by Marie Caviccio “His stained glass works began nature that is all around us. I take through having an antique photographs of anything nature bottle collection.” related. I love the challenge of “A revelatory moment!,” trying to capture the majesty interjected / joked Frank. “I was that I see and hope others can looking at the rows of colored enjoy it as well,” says Marie. glass bottles in my window, Meet Marie at the opening with the sun shining through reception for her very first solo them, and I knew I had to show at Artology Studio on Stained Glass by Frank Pfleger work in stained glass,” recalls November 1 from 4:00pm-7:00pm. Frank. Objects like red glass antique car tail lights The exhibit ends November 15. or a textured glass plate, are incorporated into his Monroe resident Frank Pfleger has had a signature glass designs. passion for photography since he was 14 years We at CANVAS were happy to know that old. “My father used to develop black and white Frank found out about Artology through reading photos in the cellar. The first time I saw an image CANVAS. “I read that there was going to be a developed, I was hooked. Years later, when I was photography show at Artology, so I grabbed in the navy, I bought a camera and have been some of my photos and headed over to talk to taking pictures ever since,” explained Frank. [owner of Artology] Jamie Taylor.” Frank’s photography features everything from Frank’s opening reception is on November 23 landscapes and wildlife to still life subjects. from 1:00pm-4:00pm. The exhibit is on display Frank’s passion does not stop at photography. until December 13 at Artology Studio, 318 He has been working in stained glass for over Blooming Grove Turnpike in New Windsor. 30 years and has recently applied his welding For information, call 845-391-8686.

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1900’s Vintage Crepe Designs in Beacon

The production of crepe prized by ephemera paper started in the late collectors and collectors in 1800’s, peeked in the 1920’s Vintage holiday materials; and declined in the late Halloween, Christmas, etc. 1930’s. A brief resurgence See several vintage came after World War II crepe designs with patriotic with simpler designs and themes from an extensive fewer colors. All but ended collection at Back Room in the middle of the 1900’s. Gallery, where owner, Decorated crepe paper Veryal Zimmerman had strong elastic qualities has planned two opening that allowed sewing for receptions for the Vintage draperies, lamp shades, Crepe Paper Designs hats and entire costumes. exhibit: November 8 and Crepe was used to decorate December 13, both from elaborate settings for small 6:00pm-8:00pm. private parties as well as “I will also have large social gatherings. Christmas/holiday vintage Since crepe was made for crepe designs displayed for Army crepe; patriotic collection a one-time use and then the December opening destroyed, occasionally a reception,” said Veryal piece or two is still found (see bottom photo). in an attic, barn, old store, Back Room Gallery or an old trunk. Whatever also features fine art the condition of an image, paintings, handmade it still fascinates today’s jewelry, linocuts and viewer as to the wonderful, sculptures. Check it out! intricate designs of a time The gallery is located long past. at 475 Main Street in Today the crepe An extremely rare piece, this holiday scene Beacon. designs are highly was created by Dennison Mfg. Co. in 1901 Call 845-838-1838.

Amity Gallery: Remembering Ian Sharp

Ian Sharp (19782012) was a local artist, musician, poet and skateboarder. His work exemplified his unique sense of freedom, play, meaning and purpose as well as his connection with his community. Mediums and vehicles for his pieces varied, serving not only as reflection and interpretation of the world around him but also the practical applications of art. Paintings on canvas or found wood, icons on t-shirts and skateboards, Ian believed the experience of art was not to be limited, but to be felt, worn and shared. “Art and music have always helped me get through difficult times in my life. I believe that discovering your personal artistic style can be an empowering experience, as I have learned firsthand discovering my own style. Working with diverse groups of people helped me realize that everyone has a gift in art – whether it’s drawing, painting, sculpture, dance, martial arts, or singing. Many people, especially youth, just need someone to help them discover their gift. Putting your art out there can make one feel vulnerable, but with the right guidance, you can take that vulnerability and use it to empower yourself.”

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“Jazz in Brown & Green” by Ian Sharp

His work and the works of some of the many friends and family that he influenced will be exhibited at Amity Gallery, 110 Newport Bridge Road, Warwick, for five consecutive November weekends, from noon until 4pm. The Opening reception will be held on November 8 from 5:30pm-8:30pm. For further information, call Donna Kaminski at 846-544-2185.

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Wurtsboro Art Alliance’s Annual Holiday Show:

Ceramics, Oils, Watercolors & More

Ceramics by Patti Anderson

The holiday season will soon be here, and members of the Wurtsboro Art Alliance (WAA) are looking forward to it with a show of new artwork that will make lovely gifts. Patti Anderson, who created the ceramic sculptures in the photo above, told CANVAS, “I call them “The Christmas Carolers”. These pieces were painted with acrylics and accented with pastels. Other items using the same technique include Santas, cherubs, and even a holiday cat! Glazed items include holly leaf and Christmas tree candy dishes, cookie platters, and lighted trees.” A wide assortment of original works of art made by local area artists will be available to choose from including paintings, watercolors, drawings, photographs, sculptures, ceramics, jewelry, prints and note cards. “I love to paint the birds and wild woods around my property,” says WAA member

Oil by Sandy Spitzer

Roberta Rosenthal. “My garden is not a manicured plot, but one that has trees, shrubs, vines, grass and weeds. No combed and curried flower beds that has little attraction for birds and other people of the wild. “I will be featuring small works - some of which are two sided watercolors that are in lucite frames where you can see both sides and can be used like a paperweight.” “My painting was done in a class,” explained WAA member Janet Campbell when asked about her work, Study (see photo), “where we were studying skin tones and we had to decide if we saw their color as “warm” or “cool” as we prepared to paint. “Warm skin tones are those that lean toward orange and red. Cool ones may contain greens and olives. Shadow parts of

Ink & watercolor by Roberta Rosenthal

the face can move toward a cooler color depending on the light.” The WAA annual Holiday Show runs from November 1-December 28. There will be an artists’ reception, free and open to the public, on November 1 from 2:00pm-4:00pm. “This is a free event and all are welcome to come and meet our local artists and see some beautiful art pieces! Stop by and enjoy some finger food, great art and great company,” said WAA president, Sandy Spitzer.

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“Study” (watercolor) by Janet Campbell

The Wurtsboro Art Alliance Gallery is located at 73 Sullivan Street, Wurtsboro. For further information about the WAA, or to become a member, email: info@ waagallery.org or visit the website at: www. waagallery.org

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Artist of Excellence: Dave Nolan - Sculptures & Assemblages by Naomi Kennedy

with the ceramic tile leftovers office holder with the OCAF, from his father’s trade. “We the Washingtonville Art Society, Dave Nolan is a sculptor of assemblage, created things in the barn from and an active committee member which are works of art created by grouping objects during play time. Humor with the Orange County Arts found and unrelated objects. He finds these was our basis. I was blessed with Council Open Studio Tours. objects, such as rusted items and this setting,” Dave is a retired professor remnants, pieces of old machines said Dave. In emeritus of mathematics at and appliances, in many different his twenties he Suffolk Community College, places; sometimes in the woods, spent time on the SUNY. He taught over 20 abandoned home sites, or even oceanfronts off different math courses. He friends bring items. “When an Long Island and claims math and art are very old building is demolished, I find “The Parent” by Dave Nolan found objects similar. “You take some basics great seasoned and unique wood. Driftwood, okra pods, rotted on beaches. He along with essential skills, play tree section resin coated, The supply for me is endless. made driftwood with your ideas, then you can sycamore pods on wire The more pieces I make, the mobiles and apply the rules you either taught Dave at work more supplies become visible.” 2D wall sculptures and or learn the hard way. After Over time his process of assembling eventually other items were used and the playing, you may see something evolving,” said these objects has developed. He uses process continued. Dave. different types of glues, fiberglass resin His exhibitions include six shows on Giving the college community and the for durability, wire for bindings, and Long Island where he earned awards in community-at-large the privilege of viewing deck screws for frames. He recently sculpture and mixed media; juried and exquisite pieces in various media by professional started to play with welding, and also “Two Cycle” open shows at Fieldstone Gallery of artists, the Artists of Excellence exhibit that runs by Dave Nolan started painting some pieces. “Whatever driftwood, Brotherhood Winery; Eisenhower Hall through February 5, 2015 spotlights highly stone I use, I try to make sure it will stand up on lawnmower at West Point; Kaplan Hall at SUNY talented regional artists. flywheel to time even though all of the outside Newburgh;Arden House Gallery; Bertoni It is free and open to the public, and on view pieces I make are what my brother-in-law kindly Gallery; the Sugar Loaf Small Works Exhibition; in the large vitrine glass case of the Mindy Ross describes as ephemeral,” said Dave. Pace University; various Orange County Art Gallery Foyer at SUNY Orange’s Kaplan Hall, His inspiration to create comes from childhood. Federation (OCAF) shows, Newburgh’s Ritz located at the corner of Grand and First Streets, He grew up with 9 siblings spanning 18 years, in Theater; and Newburgh Historical Society and Newburgh. a rural farm-like setting with a huge barn filled Orange County Land Trust auctions. He is an For more information: 845-341-9386.

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Coffeehouse Jam

About four years ago a group of seasoned musicians decided to hold some jam sessions and the group evolved into the Ice Jammers. The “Jammers” perform an eclectic mix of folk, blues, bluegrass and old-time string band music, singing harmony and playing an assortment of guitars, fiddle, mandolins, banjo, mountain dulcimers, a washboard and a Cajun accordion. Members of the group are from up and down the Hudson Valley. The Rock Tavern Chapter of the Hudson Valley Folk Guild at the Unitarian Universalist Congregation at Rock Tavern, 9 Vance Road (off Route 207) will be featuring the Ice Jammers on November 8 at 7:30pm. Open mic performances open to all. Admission is $6 ($5 members & seniors). For information: 845-978-5620. Ice Jammers bring their Appalachian Mountain Music to Munger Cottage at the Cornwall Library, November 9, 2:00pm. Admission is free. For more information, call 845-978-5620.

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Gifts: Caricature Portrait Sculptures

Mark Hauge, local his outdoor selection. sculptor and educator will Mark has also begun be exhibiting his artwork a selection of caricature at Bertoni Gallery, portrait sculptures of family, showcasing his collection of friends and neighbors outdoor and indoor pieces making unique 3D that represent the harmonious caricatures reminiscent of struggle between mankind the traditional Norwegian and the natural world. trolls. They are look-alike Walk through the Bertoni sculptures that can be made Gallery’s outdoor sculpture to order for those interested garden and fall in love with in a unique gift idea. Mark’s majestic stone and The exhibit runs through mixed media structures, November 16. Bertoni abstracting and discussing Gallery will host a closing with the viewer his theme of reception on that same The Organic Perspective, or day from 2:00pm-5:00pm take enjoyment in the subtle with a free chain saw humor in his chainsaw demonstration by Mark. carvings. Mark will also lead a Once in a semi-euphoric small discussion about his state of mind from work during the demo. (A wandering through the smaller demonstration will sculpture in the garden, be held inside in case of go inside and view Mark’s inclement weather.) indoor pieces, encompassing Bertoni Gallery is located many different media. Much at 1392 Kings Highway, of Mark’s indoor work is Sugar Loaf. organic in nature as well, Mark’s caricature portrait sculptures For information, call 845soft and representational, complementing 469-0993 or visit www.bertonigallery.com

Adult Ar t Classes as Gifts

“Painting is my High School and I have passion, and being able worked with many local to create, teach and share organizations, businesses, my knowledge of the arts and Sullivan Renaissance is something that I always to create murals and signs strive for,” says Laurie that can be seen all over Kilgore. Sullivan County.” “I grew up in Hosted by the Sullivan Monticello, and attended County Historical SUNY New Paltz where Society, Laurie is I received a Masters in “Basha Kill Vineyard” by Laurie Kilgore giving Adult Drawing painting. I’ve become very active in the arts & Painting classes on Thursdays at 5:30pm in our community, and have worked as an Art through December 4 at the Sullivan County Educator for the Monticello Central School Museum, 165 Main Street, Hurleyville. District. I’ve had the pleasure of creating For information call 845-434-8044 or backdrop painting set designs for Monticello Laurie at 914-318-1010.

“Ar ts & The Landscape” at CAS

Throughout history, mediums. In a mode very artists turned to the natural different from education world for inspiration. How or conservation, artists do artists interact with and nonetheless explore depict our environment important themes with the and how has that changed? freedom of creativity. A panel discussion at This event is free and the Catskill Art Society open to the public, and (CAS) titled Arts and the donations will be accepted Landscape on November “Darby Creek #3” by Cynthia Back at the door. 8 at 3:00pm, reveals how Featured in exhibit “River & Biota” CAS is located at 48 Main art and culture bring new on display through November 16. Street, Livingston Manor. dimensions of the landscape through various For information, call 845-436-4227.

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Meet Kate Seredy: Author, Illustrator, Montgomery Farmer

by J. A. Di Bello

The Wallkill Valley, Town of Montgomery, and the County Orange have long been home to prominent artists, historians and writers. The genres employed are as wide and strong as the Hudson and as difficult to pin down and capture as the meandering Wallkill. The art of Children’s Literature is a genre that contains divisions and subdivisions limited only by the writer’s imagination. Most often children’s literature is thought of as books written specifically for children. For this purpose, the Village and Town of Montgomery served as the perfect catalyst for Kate Seredy, an awardwinning children’s novelist, renowned artist/ illustrator and try-real-hard farmer. Kate Seredy was born in Budapest, Hungary in 1896 and graduated from the Academy of Arts in Budapest with a teaching degree in Art Education. As a young adult in war ravaged Europe, Kate believed it her patriotic duty to serve as an army nurse. Following the war, Kate Seredy emigrated from her home in Europe to America, passing as many before through the guardian gates of Ellis Island to the

cacophony that were the Town of Montgomery. streets of New York City. It Once settled in on her was determination coupled farm on Kaisertown Road, with intestinal fortitude Montgomery, Kate wrote and the blessing of a quick and published what is mind, that spurred Kate perhaps her most famous to create and sell pencilnovel, The White Stag, drawn illustrations used a story that follows the for book jacket designs warrior bands of Huns and and greeting cards as a Magyars across Asia and into Europe. It’s a mythical means of survival. Without version of the life of Attila formal instruction Kate Self portrait by Kate Seredy the Hun. It won the John became fluent in English. Newbery Medal for excellence in Her book jacket illustrations were American children’s literature in sold to Doubleday and it was there 1938. that a friend, a children’s book editor, The Newbery Medal is a literary suggested she combine her visual award given by the Association talents with a narrative for children for Library Service to Children, about her native land, Hungary. and is given to the author of the Under these circumstances most distinguished contribution to her first novel was conceived American literature for children. and born. The Good Master, an Competition for the 1938 award autobiographical novel, quickly became a success, winning the Newbery Honor was uncompromising; it included submissions of 1936 and fortunately providing the impetus from Laura Ingalls Wilder, of Little House for Kate Seredy’s move to Orange County, fame. The award has been given since 1922. In

total, Kate wrote twelve novels, including The Singing Tree, a sequel to her first novel, The Good Master. It is interesting to note that the sequel also was awarded a Newbery Honor. Kate Seredy continued to write novels for children and work her farm with her partner George Jeager. But it was during a trip to Walden that the couple crashed their vehicle on the treacherous, twisted River Road. Kate suffered minor injuries, but George was killed. This writer suspects emotional turmoil prohibited Kate from working the farm she ardently loved, especially absent the man she so passionately enjoyed. In these cases, reality takes the helm and it was necessary for Kate to relocate to the village of Montgomery. She established a residence on Weaver Street where she wrote her last four novels. The last, Lazy Tinka, was published in 1962. In March of 1975, while a patient in Horton Memorial Hospital in Middletown, Kate Seredy died. She left behind a town and a village and a population of literate children that will for eternity savor the sweetness of her creativity. Information courtesy of Mary Reichert

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ORMC & OCLT: “Salt of the Earth”

Salt of the Earth, Orange Regional Medical Center’s (ORMC) exhibit presented in collaboration with the Orange County Land Trust (OCLT), is an exhibition of black and white photographs by Robert Skinner and written interviews by Dorothy Gaydos. Skinner’s photodocumentary style captures generational history and farm families in relationship with the land they live and work on. Robert Skinner Photography © 2014 Gaydos’ texts bring forward the voices and individual stories December 19. During the opening reception for the of the farmers who want to ensure that their land is available for farming to future exhibit, guests will enjoy farm-to-table generations. These farmers have chosen to refreshments prepared by ORMC’s protect their land with the OCLT; through Executive Chef Gregory O’Gorman using conservation they have promised that seasonal produce from Pine Hill Farm in these green spaces will remain open and Chester. Pine Hill Farm, a small family farm that undeveloped. The exhibit will be held in the ORMC has been around since the 1700s, supplies ground floor gallery. The opening reception the hospital with fresh local produce will be held on November 13 from weekly. The ORMC is located at 707 East Main 4:00pm-6:00pm. Light refreshments will Street in Middletown. be served. Call 845-333-2385 for more information. The exhibit will remain on view until

Moskowitz Makes “Mask” A Masque

The Sullivan County Dramatic Workshop (SCDW) and the Delaware Valley Opera (DVO) have joined forces to present an original music-drama based on Edgar Allen Poe’s short story The Mask of the Red Death. Adapted for the stage, The Masque of the Red Death was conceived and composed by Gladys Smuckler Moskowitz, of Woodbourne. A Masque is a 16th-17th Century spectacle, usually on a mythological or allegorical theme and embodying pageantry, music and dancing. Smuckler-Moskowitz has turned the Mask into a masque with dialogue by Sally Gladden. Under the direction of Gladden of

Woodridge, the work comes to life with the keyboard magic of Accompanist/Conductor, Leon Hilfstein of Hurleyville who has created an amazing array of musical effects for the production, and additional musical accompaniment of flautist Dan Desmond of Jeffersonville. Performances are October 31-November 2 at the Rivoli Theatre, 5243 Main Street (Route 42) in South Fallsburg and November 7-9 at the Tusten Theatre, 210 Bridge Street in Narrowsburg. Tickets will be available at the respective Theatre Box Offices. The production was made possible by a grant from the Delaware Valley Arts Alliance.

A Science Café is a gathering, open to the public, with a short presentation of a topic followed by discussion. The essence of a Science Café is informality, with groups seated around tables with food and drink to encourage conversation. Originally held in New Windsor, the Hudson Valley Science Café (HVSC) recently relocated to New Paltz. HVSC’s Toby Rossman has announced that they are back in New Windsor at newly opened La Casa Vicina in the former Diana’s Restaurant location. Statistical Insignificance is the topic for November 19 at 7:00pm, offered by Professor of Environmental Medicine, Arthur Nadas.

“Please arrive by 6:00pm if you want to order dinner,” Rossman explains. “We will have a special menu, and you can order until 6:45. No orders will be taken during the presentation. Your $4 fee Arthur Nadas includes coffee or tea.” The restaurant is at 1015 Little Britain Road, New Windsor. The HVSC takes a winter break December through March For further information or to suggest a speaker (yourself included), email Dr. Toby Rossman at tobyrossman@yahoo.com

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Apprentice Players: Two One-Acts

Two one-act plays, under the billing Wife, which was performed in 2011 of Quake & Fire comprise the SUNY in Newburgh to great acclaim. Orange Apprentice Players’ 2014 “Carr and Tybahl are masters of fall production. translation. They translate word for After the Quake, written by Haruki word, retaining all the ingredients Murakami, one of Japan’s most of a dialogue-driven, dramatically highly regarded novelists, is directed cohesive play while remaining true by Cabot Parsons. to and emphasizing Strindberg’s olio The central characters live far from Haruki Mruakami of realism, surrealism and dream-like an earthquake’s physical devastation, fantasy.” Barry Plaxen. which they witness only on TV or in Both plays contain strong language the papers, but for each of them the and adult themes and situations, and massive destruction unleashed by the are not suitable for children. earth itself becomes a turning point in The student production will enjoy their lives. The play is a metaphor for a six-show run November 7-16 in the aftershocks of our personal lives Orange Hall Theatre, Middletown. as it blends fantasy, fact and fiction August Strindberg Tickets may be purchased online into the world of Murakami. at www.sunyorange.edu (click the Action on stage then takes a events link on the home page and comedic turn withAugust Strindberg’s follow to online ticketing). Playing With Fire, directed by David Students and active duty military H. Cohen. Fire is a character-based personnel are admitted free. comedy, populated with Chekhovian For tickets: 845-341-4789. characters. The play, one of Strindberg’s Seminar rare comedies, was written in 1893 Laurence Carr Over 20 Laurence Carr plays have after the playwright found himself been produced throughout the U.S. involved in a love triangle within a and Europe. His novel, Pancake love triangle within a love triangle. Hollow Primer, won the Next Ultimately, all the characters are Generation Indie Book Award for playing with fire as they endanger first novel in 2013. their own personal relationships. Tybåhl currently works as a Fire is one of a series of new Lecturer in Swedish for NYU’s translations of the works of Strindberg Foreign Languages and Translations Maylin Tybahl created by the team of Laurence Department. Carr, playwright and professor of Dramatic The public is invited to attend a seminar and Creative Writing at SUNY New Paltz, by Carr and Tybåhl discussing their work on and Malin Tybahl, a NYC stage and film November 14 at 1:00pm, in Orange Hall actress, theatre workshop director and native Theatre, followed by a talk-back after the of Sweden. Their subsequent translation was performance of the play at 8:00pm. Strindberg’s one-act comedy, Mr. Bengt’s For information, call 845-341-4790.

Ragga & Chopin in Central Valley

Music in Central Valley (MICV) opens its 20142015 concert series with cellist Amy Sue Barston and pianist John Blacklow. Their program includes an Indian Ragga, the Sonata for Cello and Piano by Chopin, along with solo piano works by Chopin. The Cello Sonata in G minor, Op. 65 was written by Chopin in 1846. It is one of only nine works published during his lifetime that were written for instruments other than piano (although the piano still appears in every work he wrote). Praised as “passionate and elegant” by the NY Times, cellist Amy Sue Barston has performed internationally as a soloist and chamber musician and has collaborated with Leon Fleisher, Bernard Greenhouse and Ani Kavafian, to name a few. Artistic Director of the Canandaigua Lake Music Festival in New York, and cellist of

The Corigliano Quartet, Amy serves on the faculties of the School for Strings in NYC and The Juilliard School. Hailed for his “powerful and eloquent” playing (NY Times) and as “a brilliant performer - a gifted musical presence with a high sense of pianistic fantasy” (Salzburger Nachrichten), John Blacklow has been presented in many prestigious venues and concert series throughout the U.S., Europe, and Asia.  Blacklow was selected with violinist Jennifer Frautschi by Carnegie Hall and the European Concert Hall Organization for their “Rising Stars” program. They perform on November 16 at 3:00pm, at Central Valley United Methodist Church, 12 Smith Clove Road. Admission is free with a suggested donation at the door. The church is handicapped accessible. For more information, call 845-928-6570. November 2014

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“The Interrogation of Nathan Hale” The last hours of American patriot and spy Nathan Hale are dramatized in a powerful new play. It is a moving account of the twenty-one year old spy’s final hours before he was hung by the British army. Nathan Hale Hale is brought manacled (1755-1776) and chained to the quarters of British Captain John Montresor to steel himself for his impending execution. Montresor, intrigued by the bright Yale-educated school teacher turned soldier and now spy, pleads with him to Cap. John Montresor sign a pledge of loyalty to (1736-1799) the crown before it is too late. It is said that he kindly sheltered Hale in his office, giving him pen and paper to write final letters to his family, and that the execution moved him deeply. Montresor was sent to the rebel lines under flag of truce to report the event, and he conveyed Hale’s last words to William Hull, a friend of Nathan Hale who had tried to dissuade Hale from the dangerous spy mission that would cost him his life. Hull was largely responsible for publicizing Hale’s famous last words, “I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country.”

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David Stanley Ford, playwright of The Interrogation of Nathan Hale, has Hale and Montresor match wits about the war, what it means and costs to be a soldier, and why Hale is willing to die B.J. Boothe for his new country. “Hale” “It is the morning of September 22, 1776. Nathan Hale is waiting to be hanged as a spy. This is the story of what happened. What is freedom? What is courage? What is the value of life?” All questions Mark Von Oesen asked during the time of “Montresor” our young nation’s founding days. See the play when Cornerstone Theatre Arts brings it to life November 1-16, at the Goshen Music Hall, 223 Main Street, a 2nd floor walk-up. No elevator. The 90 minute one-act play sponsored by the Goshen Public Library & Historical Society stars Brian (“B.J.”) Boothe and Mark Von Oesen, and is directed by Ken Tschan and designed by Jacqueline Dion. Admission is free. Donations are appreciated, and reservations are required. Call 845-294-4188.

November 2014

Divorced Dad & Nixon Imitator at Jester’s

“Comedian. Single father. Divorced. Very tired,” reads the ‘About Me’ section on comedian Buddy Fitzpatrick’s website. Philadelphia may have been where Buddy was born, but it was in a Philadelphia Comedy Club where he came to life. And as any true Philiadelphian, he now lives in New Jersey. Buddy’s stand-up made him a regular on Comedy Central and he can be seen in films, Harlem Aria and The Business of Strangers. His television credits include HBO’s Sopranos. Buddy has written, produced and performed his play Sides at various New York City theatres. Joe Currie has been performing his stand up act all over the U.S. and Canada since 1989. “I

was like any other twelve year kid growing up on Long Island, till one day my buddy played me George Carlin and Cheech & Chong albums. That set the wheels in motion. “My first gig was making the girls laugh in elementary school doing Richard Nixon imitations. My act has evolved (thank God) but the thrill I got from that was like no other.” As for the present, he is partner in crime with Pip Helix on Davin’s Den Radio Show. See Buddy & Joe when they perform at Jester’s Comedy Club, 109 Brookside Avenue, Chester on November 8 at 8:00pm. Cut out the discount coupon on page 10! For tickets, call 845-345-1039.

Goshen Author Published

Welcome to Earth, 2067. The world has become one massive interconnected network thanks to the xNet. Constant connectivity has given rise to great things, micro smart devices, auto factories and life-saving medicine. It has also created physically augmented humans, and applications with attitude. E-Journalist Doug Macklin is vaguely at peace with this interconnected and complex world when he suddenly finds himself drawn into a series of events in which the lines between real-life, online

and entertainment have been blurred. Goshen author Chris Ferraro has written sports and entertainment articles in several periodicals and has been published in Chronogram and Ulster Country Press among others. A high school Social Studies teacher for 17 years, his new novella, Personal Disaster Assistant, is his first foray into Science Fiction. For more on the book and to read the Kindle edition, google: personal disaster assistant chris ferraro...or enter that information into Amazon’s search.

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

Open Mic & in-house music

Some listings below are not included in our centerspread calendar.

Open Mic w/Steve Schwartz & Antoine Maglione ��Dutch’s Tavern, Rock Hill, Mondays, 7:30pm Open Mic w/Bryan & Erin Keegan �� Brian’s Backyard Barbecue, Middletown, Tues & Weds Senior Express Band ��Mulberry House Senior Center, Middletown, Wednesdays, 1pm-3pm Open Mic w/Joe Frazita or Steve Wells �� Blarney Stone, Warwick, Wednesdays, 8pm Open Mic w/Bob Keegan �� Brothers Barbecue, New Windsor, Wednesdays, 8:30pm Open Mic w/Eric Callari ��Eddie’s Restaurant, Warwick, Wednesdays Open Mic ��Mountaindale Inn, Wednesdays, 8pm Open Mic �� Tuscan Cafe, Warwick, Thursdays, 7pm Open Mic w/Chris Raabe Band �� Virgo’s Sip N Soul Cafe, Beacon, Sundays, 5pm-9pm Open Mic w/Jack Higgins �� Palaia Vineyards, Highland Mills, Nov 6, 7pm-11pm Karaoke w/live band �� Brothers Barbecue, New Windsor, Thursdays, 8:30pm Fridays at the Dead End jazz, country, blues, folk, etc. Dead End Cafe, Parksville, Fridays 6:30pm Sullivan County Songwriters Circle ��Catskill Distilling Company, Bethel. Saturdays, 3pm Saturdays at the Dead End jazz, country, blues, folk, etc. ��Dead End Cafe, Saturdays 6:30pm Karaoke w/Bill Braine �� 2Alices, Cornwall-on-Hudson, 3rd Saturday, 8pm Marilyn Kennedy vocal & Jake Lentz piano �� La Piazzetta, Wurtsboro, Wednesdays, 6pm-9pm Marilyn Kennedy vocal, Jake Lentz piano Giovanni’s Inn, Wurtsboro, Fridays & Saturdays, 6pm-9pm Musician’s Gathering w/Stacy Cohen ��Dancing Cat Saloon, Bethel, Thursdays, 7:30pm The Parting Glass Band Celtic ��Loughran’s Pub, Salisbury Mills, Thursdays, 7pm-10pm “Big Time Tomato” band �� Palaia Vineyards, Highland Mills, Nov 1, 7:30pm-10:30pm Alec Phillips �� Palaia Vineyards, Highland Mills, Nov 2, 2:30pm-5:30pm Evan Teatum �� Palaia Vineyards, Highland Mills, Nov 7, 7:30pm-10:30pm The Die Hardz Band �� Palaia Vineyards, Highland Mills, Nov 8, 7:30pm-10:30pm Jack Higgins & Friends �� Palaia Vineyards, Highland Mills, Nov 14, 7:30pm-10:30pm Remedy Band �� Palaia Vineyards, Highland Mills, Nov 15, 7:30pm-10:30pm Marji �� Palaia Vineyards, Highland Mills, Nov 16, 2:30pm-5:30pm Hurley Mountain Highway �� Palaia Vineyards, Highland Mills, Nov 22, 7:30pm-10:30pm Robert Schiff �� Palaia Vineyards, Highland Mills, Nov 23, 2:30pm-5:30pm Bruce Perone & the Gobblers �� Palaia Vineyards, Highland Mills, Nov 26, 7:30pm-10:30pm Jim & Michelle Ianucci �� Palaia Vineyards, Highland Mills, Nov 28, 7:30pm-10:30pm TWD Band �� Palaia Vineyards, Highland Mills, Nov 29, 7:30pm-10:30pm Ray Longchamp �� Palaia Vineyards, Highland Mills, Nov 30, 2:30pm-5:30pm

Lectures

see also lectures on page 16 sponsored by SUNY Orange & Mount St. Mary College

MSM-DC �� Mount St. Mary College, Desmond Campus, Newburgh PEEC ��Pocono Environmental Education Center, Dingmans Ferry SUNYO-GCL ��SUNY Orange, Gilman Center Library, Middletown SUNYO-KH �� SUNY Orange, Kaplan Hall, Newburgh SUNYO-OH ��SUNY Orange, Orange Hall, Middletown SUNYO-RCSE �� SUNY Orange, Rowley Center for Science & Engineering, Middletown

“History of the Laurel Hill Cemetery and restoration/preservation efforts” see also Demos �� Grey Towers, Milford, Nov 1, 1:30pm “River & Biota” B. Diuguid, exhibit tour �� CAS Arts Center, Livingston Manor, Nov 1, 2pm “The Environmental Defense of West Point during the American Revolution” Andrew Forney � Cornwall Presbyterian Church, Cornwall-on-Hudson, Nov 4, 7:30pm “The Esoteric History of Music” ��:MSM-DC, Nov 5, 6:30pm “Habitat Gardening for Monarchs & other Butterflies” Janet Allen. �� SUNYO-OH Nov 5, 7pm “Reflexology” Darleen Haupt ��Greenwood Lake Library, Nov 6, 6:30pm “New Year, New You?” �� MSM-DC Nov. 7, 10am PANEL DISCUSSION “Arts& the Landscape” CAS Arts Center, Livingston Manor, Nov 8, 3pm

“Close Encounters with Birds of Prey” Bill Streeter Sullivan Cty Museum, Hurleyville, Nov 9, 3:30pm

“Balance Your Hormone System Before, During, & After Menopause” �� MSM-DC Nov 10, 1pm “Local Trolleys” �� MSM-DC Nov 11, 10am “Warm Weather and Heated Debate” Spencer R. Weart �� Cornwall Presby. Ch., Nov 11, 7:30pm “Large Intestine: The Key to a Happy Life” �� MSM-DC Nov. 12, 1pm “Dealing with Difficult People” �� MSM-DC Nov 12, 2pm “Finding Monhagen Brook” Edward Heilberg �� SUNYO-OH Nov 12, 7pm “Current Issues of the Criminal Justice System Encountering the Mentally Ill” panel �� SUNYO-GCL Nov 13, 7pm “Holistic Eye Care” �� MSM-DC Nov 14, 10am SEMINAR: Laurence Carr & Malin Tybåhl Translating Strindberg �� SUNYO-OH Nov 14, 1pm “Herbal Syrup-Making” �� MSM-DC Nov 15, 9am “Infantry Combat Soldier & Concentration Camp Liberator” Alan Moskin �� Temple Sinai, Middletown, Nov 16, 11am “Lenape of the Eastern Woodlands” Mike Dennis, adults & kids ages 10+ ��PEEC Nov 16, Noon “Forgotten: The Covered Bridges of the Mid-Hudson Region” �� MSM-DC Nov 17, 10am “Genealogy: Virtual Research Trip” �� MSM-DC Nov 18, 1pm “Get Organized! How to Keep Track of Your Medical Paperwork” �� MSM-DC Nov. 18 1pm “A Case Study of Sam’s Point Preserve Conservation Center, Cragsmoor, NY” Todd Hassler �� SUNYO-RCSE Nov 18, 7pm “Wetlands: Their Importance and Preservation” Martin Borko ��SUNYO-OH Nov 19, 7pm SCIENCE CAFE “Statistical Insignificance” Arthur Nadas La Casa Vicina, New Windsor, Nov 19, 7pm

“A New Deal for Artists” WPA artworks, Chris Norton �� SUNYO-KH Nov 20, 6:30pm

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Concerts

Music for Humanity �� Noble Coffee Roasters, Campbell Hall, 3rd Saturdays, 7:30pm FREE Woodsongs Coffee House folk �� Sullivan County Museum, Hurleyville, Nov 1, 6:30pm Robbie Dupree Trio, Amanda Homi �� The Falcon, Marlboro, Nov 1, 7pm Marc Sloan & Forever Moonlight Band Flamenco CAS Arts Center, Livingston Manor, Nov 1, 7:30pm

Robert Bruey and Friends “Riding the Carousel” �� Greenwood Lake Library, Nov 2, 1pm FREE Lydia Adams Davis & Friends! Tribute to Pete Seeger �� Dead End Cafe, Parksville, Nov 2, 3pm Skyler rock �� The Skyline, Middletown, Nov 2, 4pm The Jack Grace Band �� The Falcon, Marlboro, Nov 2, 10am-2pm Maria Muldaur “WAY PAST MIDNIGHT” ,Multi-Media Retrospective �� The Falcon, Nov 2, 7pm Lindsay Webster �� The Falcon, Marlboro, Nov 5, 7pm James Maddock �� The Falcon, Marlboro, Nov 7,7pm The Paul Green Rock Academy �� The Falcon, Marlboro, Nov 8, 1pm Elephant Jake indie punk ��Sevens Freedoms Record Store, Salisbury Mills, Nov 8, 2:30pm FREE Cory Henry (of Snarky Puppy) �� The Falcon, Marlboro, Nov 8, 7pm Ice JammersI String Band ��Unitarian Universalist Congregation, Rock Tavern, Nov 8, 7:30pm Bernstein Bard Quartet �� The Falcon, Marlboro, Nov 9, 10am-2pm Little Sparrow Band folk �� Sullivan County Museum, Hurleyville, Nov 9, 2pm Ice Jammers “Appalachian Mountain Music” ��Munger Cottage, Cornwall, Nov 9, 2pm FREE Ben Sollee �� The Falcon, Marlboro, Nov 9, 7pm Larry Campbell and Teresa Williams with Bill Payne �� The Falcon, Marlboro, Nov 10 & 11, 7pm Yarn Americana ��Town Crier Cafe, Beacon, Nov 13, 8pm Bruce Katz Band ”Homecoming” CD Release, Vanessa Collier �� The Falcon, Nov 14, 7pm George Winston r&b blues, rock, jazz, stride �� Bethel Woods, Nov 14, 8pm Trace Adkins “The Christmas Show 2014” �� Eisenhower Hall Theatre, West Point, Nov 14, 8pm Jon Herington Band, Paris Ray �� The Falcon, Marlboro, Nov 15, 7pm Big Joe Fitz & The Lo-Fis �� The Falcon, Marlboro, Nov 16, 10am-2pm Guillermo Klein Residency w/Rebecca Martin �� The Falcon, Marlboro, Nov 17 & 24 , 7pm David Ullmann �� The Falcon, Marlboro, Nov 19, 7pm Tyler Westcott folk, the Voice to the People of the Times The Great Depression and The Occupy Movement SUNYO-KH Nov 20, 11am The Trapps, Seth Davis Band �� The Falcon, Marlboro, Nov 20,7pm Banda Magda �� The Falcon, Marlboro, Nov 21,7pm Will Porter, Dan Lavoie �� The Falcon, Marlboro, Nov 22, 7pm Saints of Swing �� The Falcon, Marlboro, Nov 23, 10am-2pm Bryan and the Aardvarks with Camila Meza �� The Falcon, Marlboro, Nov 23,7pm Jimi Hendrix 72nd Birthday Tribute film & music �� The Falcon, Marlboro, Nov 28, 7pm David Johansen Duo with Brian Koonin �� The Falcon, Marlboro, Nov 29, 7pm Lydia Adams Davis folk �� Noble Coffee Roasters, Campbell Hall, Nov 29, 7:30pm

clubs

Newburgh Library Camera Club �� Newburgh Library, 3rd Wednesday, 6pm St. James Camera Club �� St. James Church, Goshen, 2nd Tuesday, 7pm Chess Club �� Ellenville Library, Wednesdays, 4pm Friday Night Chess �� Narrowsburg Library, Fridays, 6pm Knit and Stitch ��Narrowsburg Library, Mondays, 6pm Knitting & Crocheting “Crochety Knitters” �� Liberty Library, Tuesdays, 10:15am Newburgh Knitting Club ��Newburgh Library, 2nd & 4th Tuesdays, 6pm Knitting Group �� Josephine-Louise Library, Walden, Tuesdays, 6:30pm Knitting & Crocheting “Knitwitz” ��Jeffersonville Library, 1st & 3rd Tuesdays, 6:30pm Knitting “Chain Gang Knitting Club” �� Mamakating Town Hall, Wurtsboro, Tuesdays 9pm Knitting Club ��Noble Coffee Roasters, Campbell Hall, Wednesdays, 2:30pm Knitting “Stitch and Bitch” �� Palaia Vineyards, Highland Mills, Wednesdays, 7pm Knit/Crochet Club �� Wallkill Library, Thursdays, 6:30pm Knimble Knitters �� Ellenville Library, Saturdays, 10am Knitting Circle �� Florida Library, Nov 17, 6pm Laurel & Hardy Sons of the Desert Int’l Org. ��First Sunday, Ellenville, ray@themtharhills,org The Music Lovers Group classical ��3rd Thursdays, 7:30pm Montgomery, 845-457-9867 Electronic Music Meetup w/Neil Alexander ��Newburgh Library, 3rd Thursdays, 7pm Ladies Night Painting Social �� Wallkill River School, Montgomery, Thursdays 6:30pm Hudson Highlands Photo Workshop �� St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, Chester, 2nd Monday, 7:30pm Calico Geese Quilters Guild �� Cornwall Cooperative Extension, Liberty, 2nd Monday, 7pm The Country Scrappers cardmaking, scrapbooking �Walker Valley Schoolhouse, Tuesdays, all day Scrabble Mania �� Ellenville Library, Tuesdays, 6pm Trivia Night w/Sam Hill ��Two Alices, Cornwall-on-Hudson, Thursdays, 8pm Trivia Night ��Penning’s Pub & Grill, Warwick, Thursdays, 8pm UFO Support Group �� Walker Valley Schoolhouse, 1st Wednesday, 7:30pm Woodcarvers Guild �� Museum Village, Monroe, Nov 5, 7pm

masterclasses

Discipline vs Curiosity: how much do I really want to practice this thing? Philip F.Myers �� SUNYO-OH Nov 17, 10;30am

Artists of the WPA: a community of American artists Chris Norton ��SUNYO-KH Nov 20, 3:30pm

demos

Glass Blowing Demo �� Gillinder Glass, Port Jervis, Nov 1, 15, 28, 10am-3pm Taking a Foil Impression of a Cemetery Monument & Cemetery Photography Demo �� Grey Towers, Milford, Nov 1, 1:30pm

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cabaret & Great american songbook

Susan King jazz & WW II eras ��Thrall Library, Middletown, Nov 12, 6:30pm FREE “Three Men and a Baby...Grand” Bradstan Cabaret Series �� Bethel Woods, Nov 15, 8pm Broadway Concerts Direct cabaret, etc. ��United Church of Christ, Blooming Grove, Nov 15, 6pm Sonny & Perley Salute to American Veterans, WWII songs Newburgh Library Nov 23, 1pm FREE

cinema

Adult Independent Film Night �� Greenwood Lake Library, 2nd Tuesday, 7pm FREE “Edge of Tomorrow” Monday Night at the Movie �� Newburgh Library, Oct 20, 6:30pm FREE World War I Film Series classic Hollywood films ��Ellenville Library, Oct 9, 6:30pm FREE Reel Eclectic Movie ��Thrall Library, Middletown, Nov 6, 7pm FREE “RFK in the Land of Apartheid: A Ripple of Hope” documentary �� SUNYO Kaplan Hall, Newburgh, Nov 11, 6:15pm “The Fighting Sullivans” �� Cornwall Library, Nov 12, Noon FREE “Ninotchka” Garbo ��Mount St.Mary College, Desmond Campus, Nov. 13, 9:30sm “Schindler’s List” �� Newburgh Library, Nov 16, 1pm FREE Afternoon Movie ��Thrall Library, Middletown, Nov 19, 2pm FREE “Paradise: A World for People with Secrets” �� Cornwall Library, Nov 20, 6pm FREE “Mothers of Bedford” documentary �� UUC Meeting House, Rock Tavern, Nov 21, 7pm “The Newburgh Sting” documentary �� Newburgh Library, Nov 22, 1pm FREE “Since You Went Away” Jennifer Jones �� Mount St. Mary, Desmond Campus, Nov. 25, 9:30am “It’s A Wonderful Life” James Stewart ��Paramount Theater, Middletown, Nov 28, 7:45pm FREE

comedy

Rodney Laney, Fred Rubino �� Jester’s Comedy Club, Chester, Nov 1, 8pm Adrienne Iapalucci The Laugh Tour �� The Arnold House, Livingston Manor, Nov 8, 9pm Talent (the Comedian) & DJ RP Beats �� Catlin Gardens, Slate Hill, Nov 14, 10:30pm Cabaret, Comedy Night �� Palaia Vineyards, Highland Mills, Nov 21, 7:30-10:30 FREE

dance

Music - Classical

SUNY Orange Community Orchestra �� Paramount Theater, Middletown, Nov 1, 7:30pm Lysander Piano Trio Kindred Spirits Arts �� Milford Theatre, Nov 15. 5:30pm Alacorde Piano Trio Grand Montgomery Chamber Music Series �� Montgomery Senior Center, Nov 16, 3pm FREE Amy Sue Barston cello & John Blacklow piano, Music in Central Valley Series �� Central Valley United Methodist Church, Nov 16, 3pm FREE Greater Newburgh Symphony Orchestra Karine Poghosyan, piano �� Mount St. Mary College, Aquinas Hall, Newburgh, Nov 22, 7:30pm The Novacek Ensemble “Windy Classics” �� SUNY Orange, Orange Hall, Middletown, Nov 23, 3pm

Music - holiday

Trace Adkins country ��Eisenhower Hall Theatre, West Point, Nov 14, 8pm Delaware Valley Choral Society “Christmas Bells & Brass” �� United Methodist Church, Milford, Nov 29, 2:30pm

music - jazz

Brunch with the Jazz Cats �� Dancing Cat Saloon, Bethel, Sundays, 10am-1pm The Nanga World Trio w/Latin flare ��Cilantro Tapas & Bar, New Windsor, Wednesdays, 7pm Michael Purcell, keyboard, Mike Jackson guitar, Steve Rubin drums, Robert Kopec bass �� Hudson Valley Jazz Festival Quartet Pennings Market, Warwick, Nov 1 8pm The Softwinds All Stars �� Holiday House Restaurant, Holiday Inn, Middletown, Nov 2, 3pm Doug Weiss ��The Falcon, Marlboro, Nov 6, 7pm Brian Lynch & Emmet Cohen �� The Falcon, Marlboro, Nov 12, 7pm Bucky Pizzarelli & Ed Laub Duo, Glenn Roth �� The Falcon, Marlboro, Nov 13, 7pm Eric Person & Meta-Four “Jazz Songs You Love!” ��Greenwood Lake Library, Nov 16, 1pm Rhythm Future Quartet �� The Falcon, Marlboro, Nov 16, 7pm Erik Lawrence Quartet ��The Falcon, Marlboro, Nov 30, 10am-2pm

opera & Music-Drama

Rudolph Nureyev’s “La Bayadère” video �� Cornwall Library, Nov 16, 1pm FREE Susan Osberg’s Workwith Dancers Company “Remembering Pina” �� Ballet Arts Studio, Beacon, Nov 21-23, 8pm,

“The Masque of the Red Death” by Gladys Moskowitz �� Rivoli Theatre, So. Fallsburg, thru Nov 2 & Tusten Theatre, Narrowsburg, Nov 7-9 “Carmen” Bizet, Live from the Met in HD �� SUNY Sullivan, Loch Sheldrake, Nov 1, 1pm “The Barber of Seville ” Rossini, Live from the Met in HD �� SUNY Sullivan, Nov 22, 1pm

Craft Fair �� Mulberry House, Middletown, Nov 1, 9am-2pm Holiday Gift Fair �� Shanti Mandir, Walden, Nov 1, 10am-4pm Psychic Fair ��Palaia Vineyards, Highland Mills, Nov 1, 1pm-4pm

poetry & prose readings

fairs - Festivals

Holiday Arts & Crafts Show & Sale River Valley Artists Guild �� Port Jervis Library, Nov 2, 11am-4pm

Holiday Bazaar �� Cragsmoor Historical Society, Nov 7-9

Penny Social ��Fraternal Order of Eagles, Mulberry House, Middletown, Nov 15, Noon-TBA SUNY Sullivan Holiday Arts & Crafts Festival ��Gerry Fieldhouse, Loch Sheldrake, Nov 23, 10am-4pm

Holiday Craft Fair ��Neversink Valley Museum, Cuddebackville, Nov 30, 10am-3pm

Fundraisers

Cornell Cooperative Extension of Sullivan �� Bernie’s Restaurant, Rock Hill, Nov 9, Noon-4pm NACL Theatre Art Auction, Specialty Norwegian Lunch Hennings Local, Eldred, Nov 9,1pm-4pm Orange County Arts Council Gala Benefit �� Umbra Sound Stage, Newburgh, Nov 14, 5:30pm

holistic events

Gong Puja: All Night Full Moon Gong Meditation � Seligmann Center, Sugar Loaf, Nov 8, 9pm-6:30am

LECTURE: “Singing Bowls” �� Mount St. Mary College, Desmond Campus, Nov 11, 1pm FREE Drumming Circle ��Crystal Connection, Wurtsboro, Nov 14 & 28, 6:30pm FREE Crystalline Ascension w/Astria & Master teachers Crystal Connection, Wurtsboro, Nov 22, 6:30pm

museum Calendar Terwilliger House Museum ��Ellenville, ongoing Sullivan County History Exhibits �� Sullivan County Museum, Hurleyville, ongoing 19th Century Rural Living �� Museum Village, Monroe, ongoing “Pollock’s Hotel - Architectural Photos & Artifacts” ��Liberty Museum, thru Oct 11 “Pre 1900-1960s Footwear” �� Sullivan County Museum, Hurleyville, thru Oct 31 “D&H Canal” �� Neversink Area Museum, Cuddebackville, thru Oct “Unpacked & Rediscovered” over 1300 artifacts � Washington’s Headquarters, Newburgh thru Fall Swami Satchidananda: Woodstock Guru’s 100th Anniversary �Museum at Bethel Woods, thru Oct 13 “Speak Truth To Power” Eddie Adams photos ��Museum at Bethel Woods, thru Dec 31 “Celebrating Catskill Waters: Past & Present” Time&theValleysMuseum, Grahamsville, thru Dec 2015 “Charles Dickens & the Kyd” �� Karpeles Manuscript Museum, Newburgh, thru Dec Pure Terro Theme Park ��Museum Village, Monroe, thru Nov 2

“Coyotes” Hudson Highlands Nature Museum ��@ Museum Village, Monroe, Nov 2, 2pm Ghost Tours �� Museum Village, Monroe, Nov 7 & 15, 8pm Thanksgiving Tasting �� Museum Village, Monroe, Nov 8 & 9, Noon-4pm “Meet General Horatio Gates” �� Edmonston House. New Windsor, Nov 9, 1pm-4pm FREE Veterans’ Day Program �� National Purple Heart Hall of Honor, New Windsor, Nov 11, 2pm FREE “Eagles and Sparrows” Delaware Conservancy, folk music @ 2pm, Eagles @ 3:30pm �� Sullivan County Museum, Hurleyvile, Nov 16, 2pm-5pm

“A Night With Poe” prose, dramatic reading �� Grey Towers, Milford, Oct 31, 6pm & 8pm Lauren Camp Poetry on the Loose ��Seligmann Center, Sugar Loaf, Nov 1, 3:30pm FREE Open Mic LGBTQ poetry night �� Warwick Community Center, Nov 2, 6pm Francine D’Alessandro Poetry in the Gallery �� Wurtsboro Art Alliance, Nov 2, 7pm FREE Barbara & Marianna Boncek, Rachel Sanborne �� Noble Coffee, Campbell Hall, Nov 6, 7pm First Fridays Contemporary Writers ��Narrowsburg Library, Nov 6, 7:30pm FREE Hudson River Poets �� Newburgh Library, Nov 6, 7pm FREE James Cotter, Tony Pena Calling All Poets �� Howland Cultural Center, Beacon, Nov 7, 8pm Susan Deer Cloud and Evan T. Pritchard CAS Arts Center, Livingston Manor, Nov 9, 2pm FREE David Messineo Poetry at the Church �� Goshen Methodist Church, Nov 24, 7pm FREE

recreation - Dancing

Swing Dancing w/Swing Shift Orchestra �� Newburgh Brewery, 1st Thursdays, 7:30pm Dancing (Ballroom) �� MISU Ellenville, 1st Saturdays, Lesson 8:30pm, Dancing 9pm Discovery Quests �Hudson Highlands Nature Museum, Cornwall, Saturdays & Sundays, 10am-1pm Monster Jam’s Halloween Night �� Noble Coffee Roasters, Campbell Hall, Oct 31, 7pm-10pm Cemetery Walk �� Grey Towers, Laurel Hill Cemetery, Milford, Nov 1, 1:30pm

storytelling

Black Dirt Storytelling Guild �� Florida Library, Nov 13, 7:30pm FREE “Tellabration! 2014” Black Dirt Storytelling Guild �� Florida Library, Nov 15, 2pm FREE Yarnslingers “Memoirs #10” ��CAS Arts Center, Livingston Manor, Nov 15, 7pm

theatre - Musical

“Side by Side by Sondheim” �� Shadowland Theatre, Ellenville, thru Nov 2 “Anything Goes” Cole Porter �� Eisenhower Hall Theatre, West Point, Nov 9, 1pm

theatre - Play

“The Interrogation of Nathan Hale” Cornerstone Theatre Arts �� Goshen Music Hall, Nov 1-16 “Other Desert Cities” Creative Theatre-Muddy Water Players ��Museum Village, Nov 7-16

Schools & Conservatories

“Quake & Fire” two one-act plays, Apprentice Players � Orange Hall Theatre, Middletown, Nov 7-16 Ritz Kidz “Newburgh’s Got Talent!” ��Ritz Theater, Newburgh, Nov 16, 4pm SUNY Orange Jazz Ensemble �� Orange Hall Theatre, Middletown, Nov 21, 4pm FREE

November 2014

Delaware & Hudson CANVAS

NOVEMB BW �� Event Gallery/Museum, Bethel Woods Center for the Arts, Bethel CAS Catskill Arts Society �� CAS Arts Center, Livingston Manor CTMW Creative-Theatre-Muddy Waters �� Museum Village, Monroe DCAT ��Dancing Cat Saloon & Catskill Distillery, Bethel DEAD ��Dead End Cafe, Parksville DOWN ��Downing Film Center, Newburgh

MONDAY

FAL �� The Falcon, Marlboro GWL �� Greenwood Lake Library GMCM Grand Montgomery Chamber Music ��Senior Center, Montgomery GOSH Cornerstone Theatre Arts �� Goshen Music Hall HCC ��Howland Cultural Center, Beacon IKE �� Eisenhower Hall, West Point

TUESDAY

WEDNESDAY

Please check the schedule for Gallery Art & Photography Opening Receptions see page 20

Music Larry Campbell & Teresa Williams FAL 7pm

Cinema “RFK in the Land of Apartheid: A Ripple of Hope” SUNYO-KH 6:15pm Music Larry Campbell & Teresa Williams FAL 7pm

Cinema “The Fighting Sullivans” Cornwall Library, Noon Music - Pop & Jazz Susan King THRALL 6:30pm

Music - Jazz Brian Lynch & Emmet Cohen FAL 7pm

Cinema Afternoon Movie THRALL 2pm

Eric Person, saxophone “Jazz, Songs You Love!” Greenwood Lake Library November 16 at 1:00pm

Music Guillermo Klein w/Rebecca Martin & Larry Grenadier FAL 7pm

Poetry David Messineo Goshen Methodist Church, 7pm

Music Lindsey Webster FAL 7pm

Chair by Warwick Valley High School Junior Alexis Zarow, winner of the “Youth with Exceptional Promise” award. See page 31

THURSDAY

“Fawn” by Frank Pfleger Artology Studio, New Windsor Opening reception: Music.....................Club d’Elf w/John Medeski.....................FAL 7pm November 23. Open Mic......................Musician’s Gathering...............DCAT 7:30pm Exhibit runs through December 13. See page 6.

5 “Rocking Chair and Mums”’ by Lana Privitera on display for “Autumn Expressions” at the Crawford Government Ctr., through November 26. See page 30.

JEST ��Jester’s Comedy Club, Chester MICV Music in Central Valley �� Central Valley United Methodist Church MSM-AQ ��Aquinas Hall, Mount St. Mary College, Newburgh MSM-DC ��Desmond Campus, Mount St. Mary College, Balmville NACL �� NACL Theatre, Highland Lake NCR �� Noble Coffee Roasters, Campbell Hall

Delaware & Hudson CANVAS

Cinema “Since You Went Away” MSM-DC 9:30am

November 2014

Music David Ullmann FAL 7pm

NFL �� NVM �� PV �� ROSE �� SCCC �� SCDW Sull

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Fair.............Holida Music....................... Holistic.....Drummi Theatre -Play...“Th Music.............................

Prose..First Friday

Poetry..................... Theatre - Play................. Theatre - Play............ Opera............... “Th

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Cinema................................ “Ninotchka”.................MSM-DC 9:30am Music - Jazz.......... Bucky Pizzarelli & Ed Laub.....................FAL 7pm Open Mic.......................Musician’s Gathering...............DCAT 7:30pm Storytelling.......Black Dirt Storytelling Guild..Florida Library, 7:30pm Music - Americana...................Yarn.......Town Crier Cafe, Beacon 8pm

Music....................... Theatre -Play...“Th Music...............Bru Music - Holiday.......... Theatre - Play................. Theatre - Play............

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Holistic.....Drummi Music - Folk..................... Tyler Westcott................ SUNYO-KH 11am Music....................... Cinema.”Paradise: a world for people with secrets”.Cornwall Lib. 6pm Cinema.......... “Mot Music...................The Trapps, Seth Davis Band...................FAL 7pm Music............................... Open Mic......................Musician’s Gathering...............DCAT 7:30pm Revue..............Cab Dance...........“Rem

“Milanville, PA Beauty #2” by Frederic Spione on view for “Romancing the Landscape” at the Crawford Gallery of Fine Art, through November 22. See page 30.

Music....................... Music & Film...Jimi Cinema.....................

BER 2014

��Newburgh Free Library ��Neversink Valley Museum, Cuddebackville �� Palaia Vineyards, Highland Mills �� New Rose Theatre, Walden ��SUNY Sullivan County Community College, Loch Sheldrake livan County Dramatic Workshop �� Rivoli Theatre, South Fallsburg

FRIDAY

Night With Poe”..Grey Towers, Milford, 6pm & 8pm ............... Art by Candlelight Tour.............. CAS 6pm-8pm .......................Fridays at the Dead End.............. DEAD 6:30pm under 102 Benefit Game Night............... FPT 7pm ...........................“The Wolf Man”.............................. BW 7pm alermo’s Big Band HALLOWEEN!...........FAL 7pm ONSTER JAM’S HALLOWEEN!.... NCR 7pm-10pm .......“Side by Side by Sondheim”............... ST 8pm he Masque of the Red Death”............ SCDW 8pm Rocky Horror Picture Show”.................... PV 8pm

SCM �� Sullivan County Museum, Hurleyville SEVEN ��Seven Freedoms Record Store,Salisbury Mills SLGMN ��Seligmann Center for the Arts, Sugar Loaf SLPAC ��Sugar Loaf Performing Arts Center ST ��Shadowland Theatre, Ellenville SUNYO-KH ��SUNY Orange, Kaplan Hall, Newburgh

SATURDAY

Fair.................Craft Fair...Mulberry House, Middletown, 9am-2pm Fair.............Holiday Gift Fair...Shanti Mandir, Walden, 10am-4pm Opera - Live from the Met........”Carmen” Bizet.................SCCC 1pm Holistic Fair........................Psychic Fair..........................PV 1pm-4pm Open Mic....Sullivan County Songwriter’s Circle.............DCAT 3pm Poetry...................................Lauren Camp.................SLGMN 3:30pm Music.....................Saturdays at the Dead End............ DEAD 6:30pm Music - Folk........... Woodsongs Coffee House.............. SCM 6:30pm Theatre - Play..“The Interrogation of Nathan Hale.......... GOSH 7pm Music - Classical..SUNY Orange Community Orchestra..PT 7:30pm

SUNYO-OH �� SUNY Orange, Orange Hall, Middletown UUC ��Unitarian Universalist Congregation, Rock Tavern THRALL �� Thrall Library, Middletown TUST ��Tusten Theatre, Narrowsburg UUC �� Unitarian Universalist Congregation, Meeting House, Rock Tavern WAA ��Wurtsboro Art Alliance

SUNDAY

Music - Jazz................... Jazz Cat Brunch................ DCAT 10am-1pm Music........................... ...Jack Grace Band................. FAL 10am-2pm Theatre - Musical.......“Side by Side by Sondheim”............... ST 8pm Opera............... “The Masque of the Red Death”............ SCDW 2pm

Theatre -Play......... “The Interrogation of Nathan Hale................. GOSH 2pm

Music - Folk......Lydia Adams Davis & The Band!............ DEAD 3pm Music - Jazz..........Softwinds all Stars..Holiday Inn, Middletown, 3pm Poetry...............LGBTQ Open Mic..Warwick Community Center, 6pm Music - Flamenco..Marc Sloan & Forever Moonlight Band...CAS 7:30pm Poetry.......................Francine D’Alessandro...................... WAA 7pm Theatre - Musical.......“Side by Side by Sondheim”............... ST 8pm Music.................................Maria Muldaur..............................FAL 7pm Opera............... “The Masque of the Red Death”............ SCDW 8pm Comedy................Rodney Laney, Fred Rubino................. JEST 8pm Music - Jazz..Hudson Valley Jazz Fest Quartet.Pennings,Warwick, 8pm

Music - Jazz.............. Jazz Cat Brunch................ DCAT 10am-1pm Fair.......Holiday Bazaar..Cragsmoor Historical Society, 10am-4pm Music.................... Paul Green Rock Academy.....................FAL 1pm Music...................... ...Bernstein Bard Quintet............ FAL 10am-2pm Music - Punk....................... Elephant Jake ...................... SEVEN 2:30pm Fair............Holiday Bazaar..Cragsmoor Historical Society, 10am-4pm Open Mic.....Sullivan County Songwriter’s Circle............DCAT 3pm Fundraiser.Cornell Cooperative.Bernie’s Restaurant, Rock Hill, Noon-4pm Music........................Saturdays at the Dead End............... DEAD 6:30pm Theatre - Musical...........“Anything Goes”............................. IKE 1pm Theatre -Play...“The Interrogation of Nathan Hale.......... GOSH 7pm Fundraiser...........NACL Theatre.....Hennings Local, Eldred, 1pm-4pm Contemporary Writers.Narrowsburg Library, 7:30pm Music..................................Cory Henry..................................FAL 7pm Opera............... “The Masque of the Red Death”..............TUST 2pm ..................... James Cotter, Tony Pena.................... HCC 8pm Music - String Band.......... Ice Jammers.......................... UUC 7:30pm Poetry.......... Susan Deer Cloud & Evan T. Pritchard..........CAS 2pm ................. “Quake & Fire”..................SUNYO-OH 8pm Theatre - Play................. “Quake & Fire”..................SUNYO-OH 8pm Theatre -Play...“The Interrogation of Nathan Hale.......... GOSH 2pm ............ “Other Desert Cities”.....................CTMW 8pm Theatre - Play............ “Other Desert Cities”.....................CTMW 8pm Music - Folk................ Little Sparrow Band......................... SCM 2pm he Masque of the Red Death”..............TUST 8pm Opera............... “The Masque of the Red Death”..............TUST 8pm Music - String Band....Ice Jammers....Munger Cottage,Cornwall, 2pm Comedy...Adrienne Iapalucci..The Arnold House, Lvngstn Manor, 9pm Theatre - Play................. “Quake & Fire”..................SUNYO-OH 3pm Holistic.”Gong Puja” All Night Full Moon Meditation.SLGMN 9pm-6:30am Music....................................Ben Sollee.................................FAL 7pm

ay Bazaar..Cragsmoor Historical Society, 5pm-8pm .......................Fridays at the Dead End.............. DEAD 6:30pm ing Circle..Crystal Connection, Wurtsboro, 6:30pm he Interrogation of Nathan Hale.......... GOSH 7pm ............................. James Maddock..............................FAL 7pm

County Arts Awards..Umbra Soundstage. Nwbgh 5:30pm

.......................Fridays at the Dead End.............. DEAD 6:30pm he Interrogation of Nathan Hale.......... GOSH 7pm uce Katz Band, Vanessa Collier...............FAL 7pm .......... Trace Adkins country......................... IKE 8pm ................. “Quake & Fire”..................SUNYO-OH 8pm ............ “Other Desert Cities”.....................CTMW 8pm

alent & RP Beats.Catlin Gardens, Slate Hill, 10:30pm

ing Circle..Crystal Connection, Wurtsboro, 6:30pm .......................Fridays at the Dead End.............. DEAD 6:30pm thers of Bedford” documentary............ UUC 7pm ............................... Banda Magda!...............................FAL 7pm baret & Comedy Night...........PV 7:30pm-10:30pm membering Pina”....Ballet Arts Studio, Beacon, 8pm

.......................Fridays at the Dead End.............. DEAD 6:30pm i Hendrix 72nd Birthday Tribute..............FAL 7pm ..................... “It’s A Wonderful Life”..................... PT 7:45pm

Penny Social..Fraternal Order of Eagles..Mulberry House, Middletown, Noon-TBA

Music - Jazz................... Jazz Cat Brunch................ DCAT 10am-1pm Storytelling....................Tellabration! 2014...........Florida Library, 2pm Music - Jazz............ ...Rhythm Future Quartet............ FAL 10am-2pm Open Mic.................Sullivan County Songwriter’s Circle......DCAT 3pm Music - Jazz..............Eric Person & Meta-Four...................GWL 1pm Music - Classical........Lysander Piano Trio..........Milford Theater, 5:30pm Cinema...........................”Schindler’s List”.......................... NFL 1pm Cabaret..Broadway Concerts Direct..United Ch. of Christ, Blooming Grove, 6pm Music.....................Saturdays at the Dead End............ DEAD 6:30pm Dance - Video......Nureyev’s ”La Bayadere.......Cornwall Library,1pm Storytelling............. Yarnslingers Memoirs #10.....................CAS 7pm Theatre -Play...“The Interrogation of Nathan Hale.......... GOSH 2pm Theatre -Play...“The Interrogation of Nathan Hale.......... GOSH 7pm Music - Classical......... Alacorde Piano Trio......................GMCM 3pm Music................. Jon Herington Band, Paris Ray.................FAL 7pm Music - Classical..Amy Sue Bartston & John Blacklow....MICV 3pm Music...........................Music for Humanity.................... NCR 7:30pm Theatre - Play................. “Quake & Fire”..................SUNYO-OH 3pm Theatre - Play................. “Quake & Fire”..................SUNYO-OH 8pm Theatre - Play............ “Other Desert Cities”.....................CTMW 3pm Theatre - Play............ “Other Desert Cities”.....................CTMW 8pm Cabaret.............“Three Men and a Baby...Grand”................ BW 8pm

Opera - Live from the Met..”Barber of Seville” Rossini....SCCC 1pm Cinema..................... “The Newburgh Sting”....................... NFL 1pm Open Mic........Sullivan County Songwriter’s Circle.........DCAT 3pm Music.....................Saturdays at the Dead End............ DEAD 6:30pm Music........................Will Porter, Dan Lavoie........................FAL 7pm Music-Classical.Greater Newburgh Symphony Orch.MSM-AQ 7:30pm Dance............“Remembering Pina”....Ballet Arts Studio Beacon, 8pm

Music-Holiday..Delaware Valley Choral Soc...United Meth.Ch, Milford 2:30pm

Music - Jazz................... Jazz Cat Brunch................ DCAT 10am-1pm Music............................ ...Saints of Swing.................. FAL 10am-2pm Festival.................Holiday Arts & Crafts Festival...SCCC 10am-4pm Festival.................Holiday Arts & Crafts Festival...SCCC 10am-4pm Music - WWII songs........ Sonny & Perley.............................. NFL 3pm Dance............“Remembering Pina”....Ballet Arts Studio Beacon, 8pm

Music - Jazz................... Jazz Cat Brunch................ DCAT 10am-1pm Open Mic........Sullivan County Songwriter’s Circle.........DCAT 3pm Music - Jazz................Erik Lawrence Quartet............ FAL 10am-2pm Music.....................Saturdays at the Dead End............ DEAD 6:30pm Festival......................... Holiday Craft Fair.................NVM 10am-3pm Music - Folk................. Lydia Adams Davis......................... NCR 7pm Music............David Johansen Duo w/Brian Koonin............FAL 7pm

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

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Art exhibits

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

Group Show �� Back Room Gallery, Beacon, ongoing Inscribed Tibetan Prayer Stones ��Tibetan and Himalayan Cultural Center, Walden, ongoing Carolyn Duke Pottery ��Duke Pottery, Tennanah Lake, Roscoe, ongoing Lisa & John Strazza paintings & photography �� Strazza Gallery, Warwick, ongoing David & Joanne Wells Greenbaum pottery, paintings �� BlueStone Studio, Milford, ongoing T.A. Clearwater paintings, pastels, prints �� Clearwater Gallery at Jones Farm, Cornwall, ongoing Jules Medwin outdoor sculpture �� Seligmann Center for the Arts, Sugar Loaf, ongoing Lana Privitera paintings �� Blazing Bagels Cafe, Montgomery, ongoing Furniture, sculpture, ceramics, woodburnings ��Once A Tree, Cornwall-on-Hudson, ongoing Juanita Guccione “Defiant Acts” �� Seligmann Center, Sugar Loaf, thru Nov 1 Emily Thompson paintings ��DVAA thru Nov 1 Kevin Cook “Transcendental” ��RiverWinds Gallery, Beacon, thru Nov 2 Marie Liu & Randall Fitzgerald paintings & photography ��ARTery Gallery, Milford, thru Nov 3 Debbe Cushman Femiak �� Elant at Goshen, thru Nov 3 Zhang Huan “Evoking Tradition” ��Storm King Art Center, Mountainville, thru Nov 9 “Fall” members group show ��WRS thru Nov 14 “River & Biota” group show ��CAS thru Nov 16 Mark Hauge “The Organic Perspective” sculpture �� Bertoni Gallery, Sugar Loaf, thru Nov 16 “A New Deal for Artists” artworks of the WPA ��SUNYO-KH thru Nov 20 “Romancing the Landscape” group show �� Crawford Gallery of Fine Art, Pine Bush, thru Nov 22 “Narcissism and The Self-Portrait” 27 artists ��Ann Street Gallery, Newburgh, thru Nov 22 “Waterways & Wildlife” paintings, sculpture, photographs, etc. ��SUNYO-OH thru Nov 23 “Expressions: The Artists of New Hope” �� Liberty Library, thru Nov 24 “Women Who Pastel” group show ��Karpeles Museum, Newburgh, thru Nov 30 “Autumn Show” 35 artists ��UpFront Exhibition Space, Port Jervis thru Nov 30 Ksenia Golubkov “Silk Art” batik ��Rolling River Cafe & Gallery, Parksville, thru Dec 21 Diane Kominisk-Ouzoonian paintings ��Caffe ala Mode, Warwick, Thru Jan 5 David Nolan “Artist of Excellence” sculptures ��SUNYO-KH thru Feb 5 Always Searching” (art rotates throughout the year) Michael Byro, Janet Howard-Fatta, & �� Billie Robson, Craig Wettstein Unitarian Universalist Gallery, Rock Tavern thru Aug 2015

ART & Photography receptions

Annual Holiday Show ��Wurtsboro Art Alliance, Nov 1, 2pm-4pm

Marie Cavicchio photography ��Artology, New Windsor, Nov 1, 4pm-7pm “Autumn Expressions” Crawford Arts Assoc. �� Crawford Gov’t Center, Pine Bush, Nov 1, 5pm-7pm Sharon Galbraith sculptures, Kathleen Downey “Pixeled in Time” photography �� Noble Coffee Roasters, Campbell Hall, Nov 8, 3pm-6pm “Waterways & Wildlife” paintings, sculpture, photographs ��SUNYO-OH Nov 8, 3pm-5:30pm “Ian Sharp & Friends: A Gathering in Thankfulness” ��Amity Gallery, Nov 8, 5:30pm-8:30pm Marge Morales & Janet Howard-Fatta, James Rathburn �� WRS Nov 8, 5pm-7pm Vintage Crepe Paper Designs ��Back Room Gallery, Beacon, Nov 8, 6pm-8pm Grey Zeien & Gary Jacketti, Eric David Laxman �� bau Gallery, Beacon, Nov 8, 6pm-8pm Dawn Benko photography, Carol Margreither Mainardi art ARTery Gallery, Milford, Nov 8, 6pm-9pm Sunwah Gil “The World through My Eyes” ��Mount St. Mary College, Desmond Campus, Nov 9, 1pm-3pm Vincent G. Lisanti “Through the Lens” �� Greenwood Lake Library, Nov 9, 2;30pm

Robert Skinner “Salt of the Earth” ��Orange Regional Medical Center, Nov 13, 4pm-6pm “Art in Sixes” mixed media small works ��DVAA Nov 15, 2pm-5pm “A New Deal for Artists” WPA artworks, closing reception ��SUNYO-KH Nov 20, 6:30pm-9pm Winter Members Show ��Catskill Art Society, Livingston Manor, Nov 22, 2pm-4pm Tuskegee Airmen Art Exhibit Orange Reads ��Newburgh Library, Nov 23, 2pm Frank Pfleger sculpture, stained glass, photographs ��Artology, New Windsor, Nov 23, 4pm-7pm

books - Discussions/Readings /siGNings

Book Lover’s Club �� Greenwood Lake Library, 4th Tuesday, 7pm Book Discussion Group �� Narrowsburg Library, 3rd Friday, 4:00pm Tuesdays at Two Book Discussion “Elsewhere” by R. Russo �� Newburgh Library, Nov 25, 2pm

Orange Reads “Unbroken” �� Thrall Library, Middletown, Oct 29, 6:30pm Orange Reads “Unbroken” ��Florida Library, Nov 5, 6:30pm

“Mr. Peanut” by Adam Ross �� Cornwall Library, Nov 5, 7pm Amy Pascale “Josh Whedon: A Biography”, signing �� Cornwall Library, Nov 6, 6pm “Voices of Triumph: Tales of Survival & Resilience” �� Greenwood Lake Library, Nov 9, 12:30pm “Hudson Valley in the Ice Age” Robert Titus ��Daniel Pierce Library, Grahamsville, Nov 9, 2pm

Orange Reads “Unbroken” Tom Dames ��Cornwall Library, Nov 18, 7pm Orange Reads “Unbroken” ��Newburgh Library, Nov 19, 7pm “Hope to Die” by Lawrence Block ��Cornwall Library, Nov 19, 7pm

“The Day the World Came To Town” by Jim DeFede �� Florida Library, Nov 20, 6:30pm

NEW ART EXHIBITS

Contemporary Mixed Media Exhibition ��CT Pop-Up Gallery, Callicoon, thru Nov “August Expressions” Crawford Arts Association �� Crawford Gov’t Center, Pine Bush, Nov 1-26 Sharon Galbraith ceramic sculptures ��Noble Coffee Roasters, Campbell Hall, Nov 1-30 Marge Morales & Janet Howard-Fatta, James Rathburn �� WRS Nov 1-30 Nancy Reed Jones’ Acrylic Class �� WRS Nov 1-30 “Ian Sharp & Friends: A Gathering in Thankfulness” �� Amity Gallery, Amity, Nov 1-30 Annual Holiday Members Show & Sale ��Wurtsboro Art Alliance, Nov 1-Dec 28 Jennie Ossentjuk ��Elant at Goshen, Nov 3-Dec 1 Carol Margreither Mainardi �� ARTery Gallery, Milford, Nov 7-Dec 8 Sunwah Gil “The World through My Eyes” Mount St. Mary College, Desmond Campus, Nov 8-Dec 7 Grey Zeien & Gary Jacketti “Out to Luncheon”, Eric David Laxman “It’s All About Me” �� bau Gallery, Beacon, Nov 8-Dec 7 Vintage Crepe Paper Designs ��Back Room Gallery, Beacon, Nov 8-Dec 14 “Magical Events: A Small Works Exhibition” ��Seligmann Center, Sugar Loaf, Nov 14-Jan 3 “Harvest” members group show ��WRS Nov 15-Dec 14 “Art in Sixes” mixed media small works �� DVAA Nov 15-Dec 25 Winter Members Show �� Catskill Art Society, Livingston Manor, Nov 22-Dec 29 Tuskegee Airmen Art Exhibit Orange Reads �� Newburgh Library, Nov 23, 2pm Frank Pfleger sculpture, stained glass, photographs �� Artology, New Windsor, Nov 23-Dec 13 “Deck the Walls” group show ��Crawford Gallery of Fine Arts, Pine Bush, Nov 28-Dec 30

children & Teens Calendar

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

Books

“Abandon” by Meg Cabot, ages 12+TEENS ��Jeffersonville Library, Nov 6, 3pm “Heroes, Criminals, and Crepes” grades 5-12 ��Greenwood Lake Library, Nov 19, 5pm

Cinema

Teen Movie Night grades 5-12 �� Greenwood Lake Library, Tuesdays, 6pm FREE Family Matinee �� Jeffersonville Library, Nov 1, 10:30am FREE “The Fault in Our Stars” teens �� Florida Library, Nov 10, 2pm FREE “Swiss Family Robinson” ��Bethel Woods, Nov 16, 2pm

Museums

“Mastodons: Ice Age to Discovery” & Brook Trout Exhibit & Meet the Animal of the Week �� HHNM-CoH Saturdays & Sundays, Noon-4pm Grasshopper Grove Gateway to Nature Play �� HHNM Saturdays & Sundays, 10am-4pm Eco-Zone ��PEEC Nov 1 & 15, 1pm-4pm

recreation & Lectures - see also lectures on page 16

Photography exhibits

“Through the Eyes of JoAnne Kalish” �� The Columns Museum, Milford, thru Dec 7 Nick Zungoli “Cuba Exhibit” ��Exposures Gallery, Sugar Loaf, thru Dec 31

NEW photography EXHIBITS

Marie Cavicchio ��Artology, New Windsor, Nov 1-14 Vincent G. Lisanti “Through the Lens” �� Greenwood Lake Library, Nov 1-29 Kathleen Downey “Pixeled in Time” ��Noble Coffee Roasters, Campbell Hall, Nov 1-30 Dawn Benko �� ARTery Gallery, Milford, Nov 7-Dec 8 Robert Skinner “Salt of the Earth” �� Orange Regional Medical Center, Nov 13-Dec 19

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Teen Painting Drop-in �� Wallkill River School, Montgomery, Saturdays, 1pm Nature Strollers families w/babies, toddlers, youngsters �� HHNM Thursdays, 10am thru Nov 13 “Little Eco Explorers: Bats” ��PEEC Nov 1, 10:30am “Happy Halloween” costumes, food, music, crafts, kids free Arrow Park, Monroe, Nov 1, 4pm-12am “Beavers” Carl Heitmuller �� HHNM Nov 2, 10am “Owls” Lisa Mechaley �� HHNM Nov 8, 10am

Theatre, storytelling, Puppets

Christopher Agostino’s Story Faces storytelling, face-painting, etc ��Bethel Woods, Nov 9, 2pm ”I Laid an Egg” Puppets, Double Image Theater Lab �� Bethel Woods, Nov 14, 11am

3rd Annual Sullivan County Blues & Music Fest

This year, the 3rd Annual Sullivan County Blues & Music Festival festival will host more than just the usual blues genre of musicians. Fred “Midnight Slim” Scribner and The Sullivan Hotel will open the stage to folk and rock, and will introduce the Festival’s first Members of the Hudson Valley Eric Clapton Tribute Band musical jam session The open jamming begins on November 28 at 4:00pm with Debbie Fisher Palmarini, and features various acts throughout the evening with the last open jam hosted by Dean Shot at Midnight. Dean Shot Little Sammy Davis The music begins again on November 29 featuring a Youth Jam with Liam Leary and then the annual birthday celebration for Little Sammy Davis. As with the Friday evening program, there are additional acts on Saturday with the open jam at midnight hosted Tom Dudley Debbie Fisher Palmarini by Michael Packer. The Sullivan The Saturday night finale is a tribute to Hotel is at 283 living legend Eric Clapton featuring the Rock Hill Drive Hudson Valley All-Star Eric Clapton in Rock Hill. Tribute Band: Rhett Tyler, Slam Allen, Room and dinner Murali Coryell, Michael Torsone, Midnight specials are also Slim, and Dale Hammond. Dan Brother by Tickets and the full program online at www. available calling The Sullivan at 845-796-3100. Eventbrite.com/sullivancountybluesfestival See ad page 30 for full line-up. or you can buy tickets at the door.

May I Have A Word With You...Language and its Oddities with Carol Pozefsky Vintage Katherine Hepburn “If you obey all the rules, you miss all the fun.” “What you see before you, my friend, is the result of a lifetime of chocolate.” “Sometimes I wonder if men and women really suit each other. Perhaps they should live next door and just visit now and then.” “Everyone thought I was bold and fearless and even arrogant, but inside I was always quaking.” “If you don’t keep your oar in the water, the boat won’t go.” “I’m an atheist and that’s it. I believe there’s nothing we can know except that we should be kind to each other and do what we can for people.” “I never lose sight of the fact that just being is fun.” Know the Difference It may be unlikely, but if you’re ever asked for the differences between Mickey Mouse and Mighty Mouse: Walt Disney created Mickey Mouse in 1920; Terrytoons

introduced Mighty Mouse 22 years later. Mickey has no superpowers whereas Mighty Mouse can fly and has X-Ray vision. Catch Phrases What’s Up Doc? - Bugs Bunny (first heard in 1937). Who Loves Ya, Baby? - Telly Savalas in Kojack (1974-1978). Yada,yada,yada - Seinfeld (from 1990). Nudge nudge, wink wink, say no more - Monty Python’s Flying Circus (1969-1974). Watch Your Words or You May Wind Up In The Book: “The Stupidest Words Ever Spoken” Samuel Goldwyn: “Give me a couple of years and I’ll make that actress an overnight success.” Jackie Gleason in 1956: “I tell you, Elvis can’t last.” Editor of the San Francisco Examiner, rejecting a short story by Rudyard Kipling: Jackie & Elvis on the set “I’m sorry, Mr. Kipling, of “Girls, Girls, Girls” (1962) but you just don’t know how to use the English language.” Comment from the American Independent, March 17, 1910: “It is probable that the fad (the movies) will die out in the next few years.”

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Art + Music = Water

Andrew Waggoner

Judith Pearce

Sunghae Anna Lim

Joining the Catskill Art Society’s (CAS) River & Biota exhibition in its final weekend, Weekend of Chamber Music (WCM) presents a concert in the CAS gallery, WaterMusic, part two of the collaboration between WCM, CAS and the Livingston Manor Central School (LMCS), inspired by the historic Zuber & Co. wallpaper murals installed in the school’s grand staircase. The program includes video projection of works by artist Sharon Molloy, and music by WCM artists, including selections from Handel’s Water Music; Telemann’s Wassermusik (Hamburger Ebb and Fluth); Vocalise from Voice of the Whale by George Crumb; Deep River (Trad.) arr. by WCM’s Andrew Waggoner; Finnish composer Kajia Saariaho’s Cloud Trio and Waggoner’s Clouds. WCM musicians performing are Judith Pearce, flute; Sunghae Anna Lim and Waggoner, violins; Luke Fleming, viola and Robert Burkhart, cello. “The program is based on the idea that both

Luke Fleming

Laugh Tour Next Stop: Shandelee

Robert Burkhardt

Molloy’s visual art and WCM’s music share many of the qualities of water: patterning, surface, depth, flow and rhythm,” according to Judith Pearce. “The program also presents a wide range of music from the 18th to 21st century, including Andy’s solo flute piece, Clouds from his work Singles, which we commissioned for the original 2010 Zuber project.” The murals at the school are from Vues d’Amerique du Nord, and depict early 19th century scenes by French artist Jean-Jacques Deltil that include New York and Boston harbors, and the Hudson River. The project brought together visual artists, WCM musicians and the murals in an exploration of the historical, cultural, environmental and human dimensions of WATER. The November 15, 3:00pm concert takes place at CAS Arts Center. See ad this page. Admission is a $20 donation at the door. Free for students 18 and under. For additional information, email info@ WCMconcerts.org

Adrienne Iapalucci grew up in the Morris Park section of the Bronx, one of the Italian neighborhoods in New York City. Ms. Iapalucci recently took first in a nationwide contest, based on online voting, winning the opportunity to open for a headlining performer at the New York Comedy Festival. Caroline Hirsch, owner of Caroline’s comedy club in Manhattan, and founder and producer of the New York Comedy Festival, said Ms. Iapalucci “was picked out of hundreds of contestants. This kid has that tone and edginess in her humor, and she draws on her life experiences.” She was always the class clown, but she was smart, too, and Iapalucci, whose goal was to either go to law school or try to get on Saturday Night Live, bases much of her comedy on her life growing up in the Bronx, cutting up in Catholic

school, having a black boyfriend, working as a nanny in Westchester, working at Emilio’s Pizzeria on the corner. She also worked for a while at the Bronx district attorney’s office. “I was a crime victim’s advocate, but I quit after one of my clients stole my wallet.” Her mother, who has also worked as a comedian, now answers listings to make money by renting their dogs and cars for movie shoots. “My dog has been on The Sopranos, and my car was in that 50 Cent movie,” she said. “I tell people that my car and my dog have better résumés than I do.” The Laugh Tour brings Iapalucci to Livingston Manor on November 8, 9:00pm at the Arnold House, 839 Shandelee Road, Livingston Manor. For tickets, call 1-800-838-3006. For information, visit TheLaughTour.com

November is Native American Heritage Month, a perfect time to explore the legacy of contemporary Native American poetry. The Catskill Art Society (CAS) will present local poets Susan Deer Cloud and Evan T. Pritchard for Native New Yorkers, a public reading of contemporary Native American poetry at the CAS Arts Center, 48 Main Street, Livingston Manor on November 9

from 2:00pm -3:00pm. Both of these seasoned literary artists write on a variety of subjects and themes, dealing with matters indigenous, place, spirit of place, and all the perennial themes of literature tied in with birth, life, love, death, loss, and transformation. This event is free and open to the public, and donations will be accepted at the door. For more information, call 845-436-4227.

Native American Poetry in L. Manor

Horatio Gates (1727-1806) Alive in New Windsor! “Your Excellency’s Dog Kennel at Mount Vernon is as good a Quarter as that I am now in.” General Horatio Gates. Eyeing the larger and far more refined Ellison House, Gates expected to be billeted at that nearby property. To please Gates, the senior ranking Major General in the Continental Army, Quartermaster General Colonel Timothy Pickering, had to evict Surgeon General John Cochran from the Ellison house. Angered by his removal, Cochran challenged the beleaguered Pickering to a duel at Edmonston House. The James Edmonston House An intriguer and schemer, from the battlefield of Camden, Gates used friends in Congress South Carolina in 1780, Gates to wrest the command of the still remained as arrogant as ever. Army that would eventually The home of James defeat and capture a British Edmonston has stood for over Army at Saratoga in 1777. 250 years. Rescued in the 1960s, Many of his contemporaries by the National Temple Hill and later historians believed that Association, the house serves as the victory was the result of the the headquarters for this local efforts of the man he replaced; historic organization. Philip Schuyler. Visit this Revolutionary War Gates was implicated in a plot, headquarters on November 9 with the same Congressional from 1:00pm-4:00pm and meet partisans who helped him General Horatio Gates the SOB who was none too happy supersede Schuyler, to supplant to be billeted there. Washington as commander-in-chief. While Free admission. at the Ellison house, he was involved in a Edmonston House is located at 1042 Route conspiracy which threatened the very freedoms 94 in New Windsor, just ½ mile west of the the country had fought to achieve. Vails Gate 5 corner intersection. Despite his utter defeat and shameful flight For information 845-561-1765 ext. 22. 22

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20 & 30 Somethings’ Books & Brews

Welcome to Books & Brews, the book discussion group for 20 and 30 somethings. Under the aegis of Monticello’s Ethelbert B. Crawford Public Library, the group meets each month at a different local bar or restaurant to discuss a book while enjoying a drink and food. This group is a great way to meet new people and have fun while discussing books

in a relaxing atmosphere! The books for November and December’s discussions will be Wild by Cheryl Strayed (soon to be a movie) and Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen. For updates on books and locations, visit www.ebcrawfordlibrary.org. For more information on the group contact Joanna at 845-794-4660 x 8.

Broadway and recording artists Brian Lane Green, Lee Lessack and John Boswell join voices in Three Men and a Baby...Grand! for the next installment of the Bradstan Cabaret Series at Bethel Woods. The show features standards from the Great American Songbook made famous by Sammy, Dean and Frank. “An infectious act, featuring three guys who love what they’re doing, have a helluva good time doing it, and involve us completely in a potpourri of marvelous song choices.” Backstage Magazine. Green made his Broadway debut as “Huck Finn” in Big River, and was a Tony® Award nominee for “Best Actor in a Musical” for his performance as “Spacepunk” in Starmites. Lessack earned a Manhattan Association of Cabaret (MAC) and Bistro Award for Best Recording of the Year for his fifth album In

Good Company. Boswell has served as musical director for Judy Collins, Andy Williams and Bob Newhart, and played the rose of “Moose” in the national tour of Crazy for You. The Bradstan Cabaret Series is curated by Scott Samuelson, White Lake’s Bradstan Country Hotel co-owner and founder of “Inn Cabaret.” Darlene Fedun, Chief Executive Officer at Bethel Woods explains, “After the success of the inaugural Bradstan Cabaret Series, we are very excited to collaborate with Scott to present another year of toptiered talent, continuing the long-lasting tradition of cabaret in Sullivan County.” For tickets to the November 15, 6:30pm “Salute to the Rat Pack” event, visit the website: www.bethelwoodscenter.org or call 845-583-2036.

Bethel Woods’ Salute to the Rat Pack

Birds of Prey & Music in Hurleyville

Join the Delaware Highlands Conservancy for Little Sparrow and the Eagles, live Americana music and a fascinating live birds of prey presentation by Bill Streeter (see photo) of the Delaware Valley Raptor Center. The November 9 event is in Hurleyville at the Sullivan County Museum and Historical Society. Doors open at 1:30pm with local band Little Sparrow taking the stage at 2:00pm. At 3:30pm, enjoy Close Encounters with Birds of Prey, and experience the majesty of hawks, falcons, owls, and

eagles up close. The Delaware Highlands Conservancy works with landowners and communities to protect the healthy lands, clean waters, eagles and other wildlife, and sustainable economies of the Upper Delaware River region. The November event kicks off the Conservancy’s winter season of Eagle Watch bus tours, events, and activities. Seating is limited and will be provided on a firstcome, first-served basis. Suggested $5 donation. Call 570-226-3164 or 845-583-1010.

Artist Opportunity - DVAA Grant The Delaware Valley Arts Alliance (DVAA) is requesting proposals from individual creative artists of all disciplines who are interested in creating new work within a community context. One grant of $2,500 will be awarded per applicant. The deadline for applications is December 5, 2014. Projects must be completed in Sullivan County between January 1 and December 31, 2015.

This project is made possible with funds from the Artists in the Community Decentralization Program, a regrant program of the New York State Council on the Arts, administered by Delaware Valley Arts Alliance. For applications and information contact DVAA at 845-252-7576. Email: info@artsalliancesite.org Website: www.artsalliancesite.org

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Children’s Choir Joins Delaware Valley Chorale Society

The Delaware Valley Choral Society (DVCS) performs major choral works in their original form, incorporating aspiring musicians from the area as well as professional musicians to bring major works of music to our community. Joining them for the 2014 concerts is the Dingman Delaware Children’s Choir directed by Brian Krauss. DVCS Conductor Jeffrey Fornoff will include Brass Choir selections and Bell Choir selections. There’s also a piano, organ and even some a capella singing. Christmas Bells & Brass will feature familiar carols arranged for English hand bells, brass, and organ, in addition to major works by Daniel Pinkham (Christmas Cantata) and John Rutter (Gloria).

The concerts are on November 29 at 2:30pm at the Milford United Methodist Church, 204 East Ann Street, and November 30 at 3:00pm at St. Thomas The Apostle Church, 210 US Route 206 North, Sandyston, New Jersey. Tickets may be purchased by calling Helen Monisera at 845-856-5696, Diane Fornoff at 570-296-5333, or Jeffrey Fornoff at 570-2678773. Tickets also available at the doors.

For its 100th year anniversary, Cornell Cooperative Extension of Sullivan County is holding a fundraising afternoon with a silent auction. Proceeds from the fundraiser will go towards special programs in alternate energy, education, for the teaching-kitchen, managing some “sustainable” properties, and for agricultural scholarships. Many Sullivan businesses are donating items for the auction, and the business community of Livingston Manor is offering a holiday shopping and dine-around spree, donated by Madison’s Restaurant, Morgan Outdoors, Arnold House, Main Street Farms, Willow & Brown, Sugar Blossom Flowers, Plunk Shop and Brandenberg Bakery.

Other auction items include a winter farmer’s market spree, and golf and dining packages at Villa Roma and in Swan Lake and Kauneonga Lake, to name a few. The auction will be held at Bernie’s Holiday Restaurant in Rock Hill on November 9 from Noon-4:00pm. Tickets are $75 per person and advance purchase is requested. Included is a lunch with localsourced food, many locally themed auction items like those mentioned above, and a silent auction. Sponsorship and Gala Journal opportunities are available. Email Nicole Slevin, Director of Communications, at nas96@cornell.edu or phone 845-292-6180.

Saloon, State Route 17B, Bethel, on November 29 at 8:00pm. For more information, call 845-583-3141.

Although rarely reported, women are the fastest-growing U.S. prison population today. Eighty percent are mothers of school-age children. Mothers of Bedford is an absorbing film that takes you inside the Bedford Correctional Facility and follows five women of diverse backgrounds, incarcerated for different reasons, in their struggles to be engaged in their children’s lives and become their better selves. An innovative Children’s Center, created by Sister Elaine, helps women maintain and improve bonds with children and

adult relatives awaiting their return. The Social Action Committee of the Unitarian Universalist Congregation presents Mothers of Bedford at the UUC Meeting House, 9 Vance Road, Rock Tavern on November 21 at 7:00pm. Discussion afterwards will be led by Rev. Hans Hallundbaek, from the Ossining Reentry Coalition, and Breaking the Chains of the Past. Free admission, $5 donation welcomed; no one turned away for lack of funds. For more information: 845-496-9696.

Somerville Bros. Make You Dance at the Cat

The music of The Somerville Brothers combines contemporary country music with rock and roots, spanning a spectrum of influence from Vince Gill and Restless Heart to the Eagles and Jackson Browne. Ken and Barry Somerville are both signed to Nashville’s RPM Music Group, one of Nashville’s top publishing companies. With several albums out to date, they collaborate with hit songwriters on music row and perform with their band at a variety of shows and venues. They continue to write, perform and record their songs as well as work in developing/producing young and up and coming talent. See them perform at the Dancing Cat

Trestle, Inc’s 1st Annual Holiday Gala

Trestle, Inc.’s 12th year was Historic Brick Walk Way a very productive year with where new bricks now new projects, working with its memorialize Newburgh icons mission in mind, to continue who have passed. to beautify Newburgh, to And now, Trestle, Inc.’s encourage tourism through 1st Annual Holiday Gala development and the Arts in Celebrating theArts will be held Newburgh. at the Meadowbrook Lodge All throughout 2013-2014 in New Windsor. This event this amazing organization brings together community supported the Lightbulb volunteers, community not-forProject as part of Newburgh profits, community charitable Dr. Sound Illuminated, visited and photo courtesy Mandon Productions organizations, the Newburgh explored the Open Art Studios, held a reception Stakeholders, the people who support the Arts, at St. Mary’s Church for all the young artists and those less fortunate, the people who always who entered Trestle Inc.’s art project for the care and give. Newburgh Illuminated event, organized the On November 23, from 2:00pm until first Chalk Artists’ Expo at the Newburgh 6:00pm, Father Bill, Trestle, Inc. President, will Waterfront (and the second one on October 25 be the Gala’s Host and Master of Ceremonies. with a Halloween theme). And now they’ve There will be stations of delicious food, an been given another wall for a new mural and open bar, a DJ (Dr. Sound) and dancing, and continue to work on the scraped mural wall on artists will have their creations on display and Front Street. available for viewing and/or gift purchases. Check out their new state-of-the-art website Proceeds from the ticket sales will be used to at www.trestle.org which is updated frequently. maintain the mural, and proceeds from art sales They are encouraging visitors who come to go to the artists, as Trestle Inc.’s mission is to the Trestle Mural to photograph themselves support local artists. “in” the image, and email their new artistic Gala tickets are $65 per person. For creations, which will be uploaded in one of the reservations, include with your check made photo galleries. payable to Trestle, Inc. the number of people At the annual bricklaying ceremony last in your party and send to: Trestle Inc., PO Box month, they created a Heroes’ section of the 1403, Newburgh, New York 12551. 24

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Film in Rock Tavern

Live Theatre in HD at Downing

Gillian Anderson: 2014, Jessica Tandy Broadway 1947

In June 2014, Gillian Anderson elevated her illustrious career by joining a roster of greats who have assayed the role of Blanche Dubois and achieved fame and legend (see photos above). The Young Vic’s highly anticipated production of Tennessee Williams’ timeless masterpiece A Streetcar Named Desire, comes to Newburgh from London’s National Theatre LIVE! with Gillian Anderson, Ben Foster and Vanessa Kirby. A video of a live performance will be shown at Downing Film Center, November 2 at 7:00pm and November 5 at 1:00pm. Seating is limited.

Uta Hagen: Broadway 1947, Vivian Leigh: London 1949 & Film 1951

Streetcar is followed by playwright David Hare’s Skylight, a drama with Carey Mulligan and Bill Nighy, on November 16 at 7:15pm & November 19 at 1:30pm. On London’s West End, Hare has had his greatest success with the plays Plenty, which he adapted into a film starring Meryl Streep in 1985, Racing Demon (1990), Skylight (1997), and Amy’s View (1998). The four plays also ran on Broadway, earning Hare three Tony Award nominations for Best Play for the first three. Downing Film Center, 19 Front Street, Newburgh. Call 845-561-3686.

Artist Opportunity Attention artists, students, and community organizations! Hudson House Day Program of the Mental Health Association in Orange County, Inc., invites proposals for creative, informative installations in the Program’s storefront windows located at 245 Broadway in Newburgh. This is part of the Center’s evolving art space, which also welcomes artists who would like to

volunteer a workshop for our participants. Please note, there is no stipend for this community service and applicants must use their own materials and personnel to do the installation, but donations will be sought for materials for the art workshops and presentations. For an application, send an e-mail to patriciahquinn@frontiernet.net.

Jewish Federation’s 6th Annual Film Fest

Since 1977, the Jewish Federation of Greater Orange County has been working with community members to raise and allocate funds in order to meet the important needs of the community - enriching people’s lives, helping those in need, and embracing new Jewish families. Each year recipient organizations in Orange County, subsidized by generous Federation funding, help tens of thousands of people here at home and, as part of Jewish Federation of North America, support hundreds of thousands more with humanitarian initiatives around the world. The JFGOC is pleased to announce its 6th Annual Jewish Film Festival, which will run at venues across Orange County. The festival lineup features genres for all ages and interests, including two Sunday matinees. www.jewishorange ny.org. email: joyce@jewishorangeny.org

November 2 & 9 at 3:00pm Nono, the Zig Zag Kid - Watch the spirited, action-packed adventures of a soon-to-be Bar Mitzvah boy. 95 minutes, English, Dutch and French with English subtitles. 290 North Street, Newburgh. November 15 at 8:00pm Fill the Void - A young orthodox girl in Tel Aviv must choose between her heart’s wish and her family duty. 90 minutes, Hebrew with English subtitles. Admission is a suggested donation of $5 per adult with no charge for children under 14. Call 845-562-7860 for information and location. The Jewish Film Festival is made possible in part by the generosity of Orange & Rockland Utilities.

Skyler at The Skyline Singer and guitarist Skyler never seems to stop working. In the past four years, he has released one album and two EPs, and was voted 2014’s “Best Small Venue Artist” by Campus Activities Magazine. Whether solo or with some variation of his pop/rock/acoustic playing band, Skyler has performed over 500 shows in venues of all sizes and has shared the stage with the Goo Goo Dolls, Band Perry, and

Daughtry. In 2012, he appeared on X Factor, and had his song, Stephanie, used in a Supercuts commercial. When he’s not performing, he’s writing or recording in the studio in LA or Nashville. See Skyler perform live at The Skyline, 59 North Street, Middletown, on November 2 at 4:00pm. For tickets call 845-313-1261.

Kariné’s Khatchaturian

Kariné Poghosyan

Fresh from her stunning success at her third Grand Montgomery Chamber Music solo concert in September, pianist Kariné Poghosyan returns, by popular demand of course, to the Greater Newburgh Symphony (GNSO) stage, also for the third time, to perform Aram Khatchaturian’s Piano Concerto in D flat major. Khatchaturian’s concerto was composed in 1936. It was his first work to bring him recognition in the West, and it immediately entered the repertoire of many notable pianists. The concerto was first recorded in 1946, by William Kapell with the Boston Symphony Orchestra under Serge Koussevitzky. The recording became a jukebox favorite. After stunning audiences with her outstanding talent playing Tchaikovsky for the GNSO in 2011 and Rachmaninoff in 2012, Poghosyan brings her special magic and her fiery pianism to the Armenian composer’s masterwork. If you have not

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heard Poghosyan perform, introduce yourself to the intensity and precision of her playing at Mount St. Mary College’s Aquinas Hall where you will also hear Paul Yeon Lee’s Echo of a Dream, a fantasy for full orchestra. and Prokofiev’s Symphony #5 on November 22 at 7:30pm performed by the GNSO under the baton of Dr. Woomyung Choe. The critics have praised Paul Yeon Lee’s music that “...stormed the heavens with sweeping melodic gestures, romantic yearning” (The Washington Post), “...put an emphasis on shimmering, shivering effects” (The New York Times), “...deserves many more performances...It’s a perfect example of how lyrical and richly textured a modern work can be” (Strings Magazine), “...stunning coloristic effects” (San Francisco Classical Voice), “...scintillating piece” (Times HeraldRecord). For tickets, call 845-913-7157, visit www. NewburghSymphony.org or at the door.

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Meet Noreen Colletti: Vocalist, Entertainer and Director by J.A. Di Bello The lingering lyrics of a brassy Broadway musical, a relic of the last century, remain germane to the well-being of the human body, mind and spirit. The lyrics in question are gleefully snatched from the iconic Broadway musical, Gypsy, with lyrics by Steven Sondheim and book by Arthur Laurents. The memorable stage production is broadly reminiscent of Gypsy: A Memoir, the 1957 autobiography of the notorious and popular cabaret artist, Gypsy Rose Lee. Let me entertain you Let me make you smile Let me do a few tricks Some old and then some new tricks I’m very versatile And if you’re real good I’ll make you feel good I’d want your spirit to climb So let me entertain you We’ll have a real good time

To transport that concept to the street, meet Noreen Colletti, a spry and spirited vocalist and an accomplished instrumentalist. Her energy and spirit serve to demonstrate the impact and potential of the lyrics isolated above. “Let me

entertain you” is simply a way of doing business as Noreen completes her duties as the Activities Director at the Montgomery Nursing and Rehabilitation Center (MNRC) in Montgomery. She’s the personification of the concept that music can have a distinct and recordable therapeutic value. Note here these ideas are not restricted to current psychological or physiological practices, in fact: “The idea that music can have therapeutic value is far from new: in ancient Egypt, chant therapies were seen as integral to the healing process, while in ancient Greece, both Aristotle and Plato embraced its beneficial properties, writing that it could help people become better human beings and overcome emotional difficulties during the process of catharsis.” This view was recently expressed by psychologist Dr. Maria Konnikova, author of the best-seller, Mastermind: How to Think like Sherlock Holmes. By training, Noreen is a skilled and proficient third grade teacher, and for those familiar with the artful profession of teaching, the transition from the classroom to stylized “stand-up” routines is effortless. Note further, demanding and diversified audiences are familiar and formidable

challenges, as Ms. Colletti served as an ESL teacher in the public school system. But the path to music and performance as a profession can initially present itself in puzzling ways. As a young teen, Noreen’s upclose and personal association with performance came in the form of an alluring guitar mass at her church. It was not the music or the vibrant strings of a classical guitar, Noreen admits, that initially drew her to music. A young man in the group had caught her eye. Is there a better way to strike up an acquaintance with a dashing young man than to learn the guitar and be a participant in the guitar mass? The answer was obvious, as Noreen became proficient on the instrument and developed her vocal talents. But as time would soon tell, Noreen’s initial, social objectives soon became secondary as the strings of the guitar and her own melodic voice soon replaced her romantic, adolescent aspirations. Performance and activity in the environment described is neither a cabaret nor a solo stand up, it becomes the responsibility of Ms. Colletti to address the needs of a rapidly changing and diverse population. Recent data reports the babyboom generation is turning 65 at a rate of 8,000 people a day and it is only a matter of time before

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a more musically diverse population hits the nursing home. To prudently accommodate this need requires thorough and complete familiarity with music trends and the availability of area performers. Further, with a limited budget, attracting performers necessitates auditions, and a significant portion of friendly persuasion. Not long ago, Noreen shared her perception of the efforts required to secure the type and level of performance most appropriate for the facility. “Potential performers would send me letters in the mail and I would invite them in for an interview,” she candidly remarked. Further, she states, “My initial purpose is to secure a variety. Some people here like jazz, others go for rock or the nostalgic sounds of the 30’s & 40’s. Through word-of-mouth and pamphlets I have been able to secure a group of loyal and veteran performers.” A personal observation of this writer is the activities and musical programs produced by Ms. Colletti at the MNRC far exceed those available at neighboring Orange County facilities. The atmosphere in Montgomery is clearly a happy one. Ms. Colletti’s “Let-Me-EntertainYou” professional stance is reflected in a brief conversation that identifies the causal spark. “I love it here, so much. It’s an extended family to me.”

The Red Faces of Austin & Diuguid

OCCC’s Windy Classics

John Novacek

Liang Wang

Mark Nuccio

In 1784 Mozart wrote to his father that “I myself consider it to be the best thing I have written in my life.” He was referring to his Quintet in E flat major for Piano and Winds, K. 452. This piece was allegedly the inspiration for the Quintet in E flat for Piano and Winds, Op. 16, by Ludwig van Beethoven, who composed his “tribute” in 1796. Unlike the string quartet with its homogeneous blend of color, the instruments in a wind quintet differ from each other considerably in technique, idiom, and timbre. Configuratively speaking, many variations of the instruments used in a piano/wind quintet can be found in septets (add a bassoon), sextets and quartet piano/wind music by Rimsky-Korsakov, Martinu, Saint-Saens, Poulenc, Francaix, D’Indy (ooh those French!) and many others. The Novacek Ensemble is a world-class piano and wind quintet comprised of musicians of the New York Philharmonic. John Novacek is a much sought-after collaborative pianist and has performed with Joshua Bell, Yo-Yo Ma, and Elmar Oliveira.

Judith LeClair

Philip Myers

Liang Wang joined the Philharmonic in September 2006 as Principal Oboe, and made his Carnegie Hall debut in 2011. Mark Nuccio joined the Philharmonic in 1999 and recently completed the position as Acting Principal Clarinet from 2009-2013. Judith LeClair joined the Philharmonic as Principal Bassoon in 1981 at the age of 23 and made more than 50 solo appearances with the Orchestra. Philip Myers joined the Philharmonic as Principal French Horn in January 1980. He made his solo debut with the Orchestra in the premiere of William Schuman’s Three Colloquies for French Horn and Orchestra. Windy Classics for Piano and Winds includes Beethoven’s and Mozart’s quintets, performed by the Novacek Ensemble in Orange Hall Theatre, Grand and Wawayanda Avenues in Middletown, on November 23 at 3:00pm. Tickets may be purchased at the door and online at www.sunyorange.edu (click the events link and follow to online ticketing). Cultural Affairs, 845-341-4891.

“There is only one thing I acceding to work on such fear in life, my friend...One a commercial project. For day the black will swallow his part, Rothko dislikes the red.” Mark Rothko. the rise of Pop art. Fresh from their stints at Logan was a successful NACL Theatre playing, playwright in Chicago respectively, a Red (as for many years before in communist) Chief of turning to screenwriting. Police and his subordinate His first play, Never the “police provocateur” in the Sinner, tells the story of absurdist farce The Police, the infamous Leopold and Liberty Free Theatre Loeb case. Subsequent (LFT) director-actor Paul plays include Hauptmann, Austin and Catskill Art about the Lindbergh baby Society Executive Director, kidnapping, and Riverview, Bradley Diuguid, will Paul Austin & Bradley Diuguid in a musical melodrama set at “The Police” at NACL continue celebrating the Chicago’s famed amusement LFT’s 10th anniversary season with an park. Red was produced in London in 2009 encore performance reading of Red, the and on Broadway in 2010, where it received 2010 Tony Award winner for Best Play, by six Tony Awards, the most of any play. John Logan about artist Mark Rothko. Logan’s many screenplays include the Rothko (1903-1970) was an abstract award-winning Gladiator, The Aviator, expressionist painter. With Jackson Pollock Hugo, and his adaptation of Sweeney Todd. and Willem de Kooning, he is one of the He also created the 2014 television series most famous postwar American artists. Penny Dreadful. Having been commissioned to paint The repeat performance-readings are on a group of murals for the expensive and November 13 and 14 at 8:00pm and this exclusive Four Seasons restaurant, Rothko time they take place in the beautiful Seelig gives orders to his assistant, Ken, as he Theatre at Sullivan County Community mixes the paints, makes the frames, and College in Loch Sheldrake. paints the canvases. Ken, however, brashly Tickets are available at the door. questions Rothko’s theories of art and his College phone: 845-434-5750, ext. 4377.

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Nature , Wildlife & Mermaids at ARTer y

November at UpFront Gallery

“Blaze” by Dawn Benko

Photographer Dawn Benko Award winning photographer Dawn Benko’s passion for capturing “the moment” has seen her through a twenty-seven-year photojournalism career in her native New Jersey. In 2007, she began to pursue her true passion: nature and wildlife photography. Dawn drove a 15-passenger storm-chasing van thousands of miles across the midwest, chronicling tornadoes and violent thunderstorms. She has taken her camera 250 feet under earth to photograph a NYS caving expedition in complete darkness, and up into the mountains of the Delaware Water Gap National Recreation area where she took pictures while dangling from a rock climbing rope. In 2009, she fulfilled a life-long dream: taking a hiking and camping trip to Tanzania. Dawn has exhibited her work in juried art shows across the country. “What I aim to do with my photography is bring to the world the artistry of the local landscape and wildlife that I know and love,” says Dawn.

Artist Carol Margreither Mainardi Carol continues exploring the archetypal Mermaid as a metaphor for her own journey. Her recent collage series and illustrations show Mermaids “floating” on paper or prints with fabric, tough leather, or manta ray skin tails. Lumiere metallic, pearlescent colors, as well as oil and acrylic and hand-marbled paper create the Mermaid’s environment. Carol is sole proprietor of Milford’s Books and Prints. She is also involved with the professional conservation of books, artwork on paper, museum quality housing of artifacts, and gallery displays. She is currently Communications Chair of the New York Guild of Bookworkers. The public is invited to meet Dawn & Carol at a wine and cheese reception on November 8 from 6:00pm-9:00pm at ARTery Gallery, 210 Broad Street, Milford. The exhibit runs through December 8. For more information, call 570-409-1234.

Artist Sunwha Gil moved to the United States in 2006. Since then, she has encountered diverse cultures that have inspired her art and understanding of different perspectives on the world and art history. She experiences the cultural differences between her heritage and newly encountered global cultures. Her eyes find similarities among cultures and traditions to create a connection between them, rather than setting them apart. Her art, which is created in various mediums, expresses how one connects with a new culture. See Sunwha’s work at Mount St. Mary’s Desmond Campus, 6 Albany Post Road, Newburgh, in an exhibit titled, The World

Through My Eyes. An artist reception will be held on November 9, from 1:00pm - 3:00pm. The exhibit is on view through December 7. Call for hours: 845-565-2076.

“Floating” by Carol Margreither Mainardi

Art Expressing Cultural Connections

Artwork by Sunwha Gil

“Fall Comedy Classic” in Slate Hill

Visionari Music Group Entertainment and Robinhood Entertainment will present another great night of entertainment with DJ RP Beats and comedian Talent for the Fall Comedy Classic Comedy Show and after party on November 14. You may have seen stand up comedian Talent in the movie Sunset Park as “Butter” and other comedy shows and music videos. 28

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Talent is currently the host at Boston Comedy Club, one of New York City’s hottest comedy clubs. Talent WON’T pick on you...but this gentle giant WILL tickle your funny bone. The show takes place at Catlin Gardens, 2865 U.S. 6, Slate Hill. Doors open at 9:30pm and showtime is 10:30pm. For tickets, call 845-8208569 or 845-800-3753.

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Mikey Teutul

UpFront Exhibition Space will hold their Autumn Show through November 30 with over 35 artists of all mediums exhibiting. New to the gang and exhibit, is Mikey “Wolfgang” Teutul of American Chopper fame. “I started painting in July 2009 because I wanted to test my artistic ability. What keeps me painting is the endless possibilities from a blank canvas. I enjoy the feeling I get from painting. I don’t have to think about anything but shapes and colors. “My artwork is different because no matter how much I strive for excellence, I’ll never have a refined stroke, and because of that I think I’ll always have a signature style,” explains Mikey. Also new for the exhibit, a huge collection of the works of Tony Lordi will also be on

Tony Lordi

display. Most of Tony’s work is deeply rooted in the Dada Tradition and is based on vintage found objects. His concerns are pop culture and classic American icons. The result is Modern Symbolism, from non-objective images to famous landmarks. His “inspiration come from all sorts of objects that are easily found in everyday life.” Jack Gallery in Soho exhibited his series of 25 Empire State Buildings made with found objects and different construction materials. The exhibition got unprecedented news coverage on TV and the work was then exhibited at over 20 different galleries and museums. UpFront Exhibition Space is located at 31 Jersey Avenue, Port Jervis. For more information, call 845-754-5000.

Community Building Through the Arts Over two thirds of Earth’s surface is covered by water. For thousands of years humans lived in harmony with the water. However, as our species’ population continues to grow, we are putting ever-increasing pressure on the planet’s water resources. The turning point was the 19th century Industrial Revolution. Humans became more distant from their immediate environments, resulting in activities that began the dysfunctional process of destroying the health of the oceans, rivers, and inland waters. We know this destruction by the name of Pollution. The World Wildlife Fund’s environmental campaign states “Pollution from toxic chemicals threatens life on this planet. Every ocean and every continent, from the tropics to the once-pristine polar regions, is contaminated.” In 1962 the concerned citizens in our region took a stand against the destruction of the Hudson River and its landscape. A seventeenyear battle with Con Edison launched modernday environmental activism. Education is fundamental to activism, and The Arts have been at the forefront of this movement from day one. During the month of November, the Orange County Water Authority (OCWA), SUNY Orange, and the Time and the Valleys Museum will be presenting lectures, exhibits, and videos on the history of water activities in our region, and water projects that have the potential to improve community health and economy.

with Susan Handler

Cultural Affairs at SUNY flood of 1918, a cement Orange offers cutting encasement covering the edge interdisciplinary brook was built. The 41st programming to the public at volume of New York no fee. Recently, I spoke to Legislative Documents Dorothy Szefc, Coordinator states that “the Monhagen of Cultural Affairs, about was diverted underground the college’s year-long where Monhagen Avenue commitment to the topic becomes Fulton Street. of water. The focus of this “Historic Hudson” by Joyce V. Garrett At the confluence with month’s programming is Harding and Mill streets, wetlands and streams. 95 the brook enters a culvert works of art by 25 artists several feet tall and wide. It are in the exhibit Waterways runs the length of Fulton and & Wildlife: our region’s re-emerges between Sterling wetlands, ponds, lakes, kills, and Genung streets.” creeks, brooks & native flora As documented & fauna. The works are on in the Department of view in Orange Hall Gallery EnvironmentalConservation through November 23. The 2004 Biological Report, reception is scheduled for “Great Blue Heron” by Mitchell Saler there are dangerously high November 8 from 3:00pmlevels of pollutants in the 5:30pm with music provided Mohangen Brook. Helbig by pianist Joy Kissane. will discuss ‘opening’ On November 12 at Monhagen Brook to the 7:00pm SUNY Orange air, allowing for cleaning presents OCWA’s Education and the creation of a green Coordinator Ed Helbig’s space urban waterway. lecture, Finding Monhagen This waterway would be Brook. Helbig will discuss an invaluable asset to the the history of the Monhagen “Shadows of the Past” by Barbara Lyn Graff community. The earlier Brook Watershed. Shortly after the Middletown efforts of water experts Simon Gruber, Jay

Beaumont, and the water non-profits in the Hudson Valley are essential in projects of this scope. On November 19 at 7:00pm the water topic continues with Martin Ed Helbig Borko, supporter of the Orange County Land Trust with the lecture Wetlands: Their Importance & Preservation. Small wetlands are some of the most ecologically and economically valuable habitats in the Hudson Valley. They are also one of the most threatened. For more information on the water series and art exhibit, call Cultural Affairs at 845-341-4891. Water education continues with Celebrating Catskill Waters: Past and Present, a Sullivan County-wide collaborative exhibition celebrating the Catskill waters. Over 35 individuals, museums, historical societies and municipalities in Sullivan County joined together to create this exhibition, including the Sullivan County Historical Society, Catskill Fly Fishing Center & Museum, Catskill Watershed Corporation, Basket Historical Society of the Upper Delaware Valley, Sullivan County Historian John Conway and the Upper Delaware Scenic and Recreational River. The exhibit is located at The Time and the Valleys Museum, 332 Main Street in Grahamsville. Call 845-985-7700. Cheers to Water! Happy Thanksgiving!

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CANVAS Covers Featured in Art Exhibits!

Crawford’s Art Exhibit Trio

“Milanville, PA Beauty” by Frederic Spione

“Interesting Fit” by Michael Piotrowski

For the very first time CANVAS covers were featured in two art exhibits! At the October Wurtsboro Art Alliance’s exhibit you could see, among other art and photography works, acrylics on canvas, oils on canvas, watercolors on canvas and the above with the explanation: “Medium: Shellac Board on CANVAS.” Clever and whimsical artist Michael Piotrowski came up with the creation when he “attended a print making workshop at SUNY Orange on October 1 and took home a shellacked board to use as the base for my printing plate. When I got home I set it down on the kitchen table on top of the recent copy of the CANVAS and I noticed the “interesting fit”. So many of the

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“Pixel Paintings” at the Crawford Gallery

lines of the shellacked board matched up with Joan Kehlenbeck’s image on the front cover. The theme for the October exhibit at Wurtsboro Art Alliance was Outside the Box III and for me this definitely fit!” The September CANVAS cover featured a painting by artist Roz Hall created for the Delaware Valley Art Alliance’s “Paint by Pixels” (art created on tablets) exhibit. Some people found it “scary”, others were reminded of Van Gogh. Crawford Gallery of Fine Arts curator Tom Bolger displayed it along with four “paintings” made on tablets by John Patrick Hart, which look more like watercolors than Hall’s oil or acrylic-looking work. CANVAS thanks both art organizations!

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Crawford Gallery Romancing the Landscape, a group show by local artists will grace the walls of the Crawford Gallery of Fine Arts through November 22. The holiday show and sale, Deck The Walls: Great Small Works, will run from November 28-December 30. See December CANVAS for more about the holiday show. The Crawford Gallery of Fine Art is located at 65 Main Street, Pine Bush. Town of Crawford Government Center In 2006, artist Sal Aiello retired from a 33year career teaching art in the public schools, area colleges and universities. He moved to Pine Bush where he opened his painting studio. It is in the shadow of the Shawangunk Ridge that he paints his ‘old barns’ and the MidHudson Valley landscapes that he has grown to love so much. You may have seen him parked

“Sunset Over The Ridge” by Sal Aiello

along side a country road taking photographs of old barns, corrupt in their age; falling down, the Ridge, water falls or open farmland with sagging fences overgrown with grass and weeds. These iconic images have become the subject of his paintings. “If I’m going to paint anything at all, its going to be an old barn that has seen better days, a bit lopsided, suffering from neglect, maybe missing parts and sections of wall, grayed and frayed from old age and the weather...full of character.” Autumn Expressions, a Crawford Arts Association group exhibit (that includes Aiello’s art) of oils, watercolor, photography and mixed media will be on display until November 26. The opening reception is on November 1, from 5:00pm-7:00pm at the Town of Crawford Government Center’s 2nd floor Gallery, 121 State Route 302 in Pine Bush.

Designed for OCAC Honorees by Leslie Fandrich

This year, for the 7th Annual Orange County Arts Council Awards, ten honorees will receive a gorgeous glass plate designed by Warwick artist Gary Genetti. Gary and his wife Mena Messina have been creating art in the Warwick area for over 25 years. Both artists create works of unparalleled beauty and Gary’s intricately colored glass vessels have been featured on the cover of Smithsonian Magazine. Mena creates sculptural jewelry with a variety of metals and many designs including opals, peridots and amethysts. Collectors and Gary Genetti & the “Flight” Award Plate admirers from all over the country come to the blacks and whites and cleaned up the drawing. visit their jewelry and glass blowing studio in The design was then printed onto transparency Warwick. Their Thanksgiving weekend Open paper, which is used to expose a photo-resist selfStudio event is one of the best times to visit. adhesive film. The film is applied to the glass and Anchored in the tradition of Decorative Arts, the design is sandblasted onto the glass. Gary’s work often combines natural subjects like The resulting glass plate is a wonderful way animals and floral motifs with geometric patterns. to honor the individuals and organizations that His practice involves inventive and traditional have made outstanding contributions to the arts methods of making glass objects and he is often in Orange County in 2014. improvising his tools and craft to suit his personal You can see more of Gary’s work and sign up working style and aesthetic. for news and event information by visiting his The design for the award plate features a website at http://genettiglass.com Phoenix, a traditional Chinese symbol of rebirth. All are welcome to come on November 14 and It symbolizes a love and a passion for art and was celebrate the achievements of these ten creative partly inspired by tattoo designs. Gary began individuals and organizations. the design with a pencil sketch, outlined it and Tickets can be purchased by calling the Arts then filled in the negative spaces in black ink. He Council at 845-469-9168 or by emailing: dawn@ scanned the drawing into the computer, reversed ocartscouncil.org

And The Honorees Are...

by Derek Leet

to UpFront Exhibition Space in Port Jervis, owned and operated by Everyone is welcome to come Debbie Raia and Gordon Graff. and tour an aviation film set, have a Orange Regional Medical Center drink in first class and enjoy Flight, in Middletown will be honored as this a special art exhibit and the theme of year’s Corporate Champion of the the Orange County Arts Council’s Arts. (OCAC) 2014 Art Awards Ceremony, Barry Adelman is the 2014 a full evening of food, music, awards, Champion of the Arts. Barry’s Linda Rahl Nadas dancing to the Swing Shift organization, Music For Band, and a Celebration of the Humanity, awards music Arts. scholarships to students. Anyone can submit an award This year’s Salute to nomination. The nominee Veterans award will be must be an Orange County presented to Bill Lemanski, a individual or organization. member of the Orange County Each year OCAC recruits Creative Warriors committee. panel members from a cross The award for Arts in section of the county that select Healthcare will be given to “Fruit Tart” oil on wood by Andrew Lattimore Elant, Inc. the winners. This year’s award for This year, Newburgh Lifetime Achievement will be Performing Arts Academy given to Linda Rahl Nadas, will receive a special Youth a sculptor, potter, painter, and Arts Organization award. teacher from Rock Tavern. The 2014 Youth with The award for Individual Exceptional Promise honoree Artist will be presented is Alexis Zarow, a Warwick Dancers from the Newburgh to Andrew Lattimore, a Valley High School junior. Performing Arts Academy renowned Cornwall painter and teacher. The OCAC Gala Fundraiser is on November The Arts in Education honoree is Richard 14 at Umbra Sound Stages, 9 Scobie Drive, Regan, music educator at Monroe-Woodbury Newburgh, starting at 5:30pm. Central School District. Tickets can be purchased by emailing dawn@ This year’s Arts Organization award goes ocartscouncil.org or by calling 845-469-9168.

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C T M W : C y n t h i a To p p s M a k e s W a v e s Creative Theatre-Muddy Water Players’ (CTMW) 2014 Fall Finale is Other Desert Cities by Jon Robert Baitz. Directed by David Mossey, Other Desert Cities brings dysfunctional family drama to new heights in a witty and deeply enjoyable work. Cynthia Topps has been involved in local theatre since the 1980s in many capacities. “I am playing Silda, the role for which Judith Light won the Tony a few years ago,” she told CANVAS. Cynthia is a true professional. Skilled in various aspects of the theatre with an impressive resumé, she is an “exemplary example” for any aspiring or professional thespian. She has trained in ballet, modern and ballroom dance, and even ceremonial dance with the Cherokee Tribe of Georgia. She is schooled in costume design, many aspects of film and television, voice and singing, “alto and tenor!!”, plays percussion instruments, piano, is a seamstress/costumer, an amateur historian of the American Civil War, is very

crafty (knit, needlepoint, drama...Nuts for comedy macramé), and can at CTMW and Pirates of Fortunetell, too!. Penzance for a musical. Cynthia has served as “I wrote two children’s costumer and as an actor plays for Forestburgh for over a dozen of the Playhouse. A musical/ region’s professional modern version of and community theatre Pinocchio as well as a companies (“just about Snow White. I co-wrote all of them”), including a hip hop musical Hip Opera Company of Hop High which was the Highlands and performed and produced Shadowland Theatre. (by me) at the New York Her performances City Fringe Festival in for CTMW are “too 2010.” numerous to count,” she Also as a writer, says. Cynthia produced and “My favorite role? wrote Murder Mystery - Hmm...that’s tough, interactive dinner/ Cynthia as Mrs. Lovett in probably Mrs. Lovett fundraisers for 5 years SummerStar Theatre’s in Sweeney Todd for and has been a Free Lance SummerStar Theatre. production of “Sweeney Todd” Reviewer for the Times And as a director - also for over a dozen Herald-Record for over 20 years. companies, both community and with The November 7-16 performances of numerous school drama programs, she says, CTMW’s Other Desert Cities are at The “My favorite? - Hmm...that’s also a tough Playhouse at Museum Village, Route 17M, one...probably one of my favorite shows that in Monroe. Reservations are suggested. I directed was One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Tickets include apple pie, ice cream, and Nest for Fourth Wall in Poughkeepsie - a coffee at intermission. dynamite cast of men. Certainly my favorite Call the Box Office at 845-294-9465.

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Roe’s Orchards & Applewood Farm for The WRS in November

Artists from the Wallkill River School (WRS) have teamed up with farmers to bring cultural tourism to Orange County. Fifteen artists have been painting at 15 farms the past year. The artists are then featured in month-long shows at the WRS. The November 1-30 exhibit will feature Marge Morales and her interpretations of Roe’s Orchards, and Janet HowardFatta’s works of Applewood Farm. Meet the artists and enjoy refreshments, fresh produce from both farms and local wines, at the opening reception on November 8 from 5:00pm-7:00pm. The emerging artist, featured in a solo exhibit in the workshop room, is James Rathbun.

of Artists in the Parks, an art group that paints the beauty of Bear Mountain and the Palisades Park system.

and two children surrounded by the beauty of a rural landscape that includes farms, mountains and state parks.

Marge Morales Marge Morales grew up in New York City. As a child, she would draw, paint, sculpt, and even construct spaceships from packing boxes. She always wanted to be an artist! Now that she has retired, art is her life. She resides in the Hudson Valley, and paints “artworks that tell a story” in oils and watercolors. She makes time to paint each day and has resumed her love for photography. She is one of the founding members of the Group of Nine, and she is also Vice President

Janet Howard-Fatta Janet creates a variety of works from landscapes in oil depicting place and time, to figurative works in wet and dry media. Light, color and a love of nature are the driving forces behind her work. She strives to create a visual representation of what she experiences through her senses. Currently, she is a board member of the Orange County Arts Council, and facilitator of the Warwick Life Drawing Group. She lives in Warwick with her husband

James Rathbun James Rathbun is a retired educator (teacher 10 years, administrator 20 years) who has always been fascinated by the magic of painting, and the opportunity paintings give for the imagination. While watercolor is his passion, he is mystified by the style and talent of the Hudson River School of artists. Rathbun sits on the Board of Directors at the WRS, and has served on the board and as president of the Museum of the Hudson Highlands in Cornwall. Rathbun is a man of action who has

“Grandpa’s Hat” by Marge Morales

“Apples on the Tree” by Janet Howard-Fatta

James Rathbun with daughter Kristen, grandchildren and wife Nancy; all of whom are involved in raising money for Doctors without Borders

decided to do something about the recent Ebola outbreak. He will give the full sale amount of all his work from this exhibit to two nonprofits; Doctors without Borders (an organization both his wife Nancy and daughter Kristen support), and the WRS. Nancy will be present at the reception offering hand-knitted items for sale to benefit Doctor’s Without Borders as well. The Student Gallery features Nancy Reed Jones’ acrylic classes and the Hallway theme for November is...Harvest. The WRS is located at 232 Ward Street in Montgomery. Call 845-457-ARTS for information.

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Whispering Pines Cooking with Chef Douglas Frey

THANKSGIVING According to what is known as “The First Thanksgiving,” the 1621 feast between the Pilgrims and the Wampanoag at Plymouth Colony contained turkey, waterfowl, venison, fish, lobster, clams, berries, fruit, pumpkin, and squash. William Bradford noted that, “besides waterfowl, there was great store of wild turkeys, of which they took many.” Many of the foods that were included in the first feast (except the seafood) have since gone on to become staples of today’s Thanksgiving dinner. The use of the turkey in the USA for Thanksgiving precedes Lincoln’s nationalization of the holiday in 1863. Alexander Hamilton proclaimed that no “Citizen of the United States should refrain from turkey on Thanksgiving Day,” and many of the Founding Fathers (particularly Benjamin Franklin) had high regard for the wild turkey as an American icon, but turkey was uncommon as Thanksgiving fare until after 1800. The following recipes are favorites of my family. Enjoy! • • • • • • •

Hot-Smoked Hickory Turkey

1 c firmly packed brown sugar 3/4 c salt 3 T minced garlic 1 t black peppercorns 2 dried bay leaves 2 to 3 c hickory wood chips 1/4 c Chef Frey’s Poultry Seasoning

Remove and discard leg truss. Pull off and discard lumps of fat. Remove giblets and neck, reserve for gravy. Rinse bird well. In bowl, combine 3 quarts water, brown sugar, salt, garlic, peppercorns, bay leaves. Stir until sugar and salt dissolve. Add turkey, cover, and chill for 2 hours, turning bird over occasionally. In bowl, combine wood chips and 2-3 quarts hot water. Lift turkey from brine and rinse under cold water, rubbing gently to release salt; dust heavily with Chef Frey’s Poultry Seasoning, rubbing well into skin. Discard brine. Insert meat thermometer through thickest part of turkey breast. On a charcoal barbecue (20 to 22 inch-wide) with a lid, mound and ignite 40 charcoal briquets on fire-grate. When coals are spotted with gray ash, push equal portions to opposite sides of fire-grate. Place foil drip pan between mounds of coals. To each mound, add 5 briquets and ½ cup drained soaked wood chips now and every 30 minutes (until chips are used). Set grill in place. Set turkey, breast up, on grill over drip pan. Cover barbecue and open vents. On gas barbecue (with at least 11 inch between indirect-heat burners), place 1 cup drained soaked wood chips in the metal smoking box or in a foil pan directly on heat in a corner. Turn heat to high, close lid, heat for 10 minutes. Adjust gas for indirect cooking (heat parallel to sides of bird and not beneath) and set a metal or foil drip pan in center (not over direct heat). Add another cup of wood chips every 30 minutes until all are used. If edges of turkey begin to get too dark, slide strips of foil between bird and grill. Fat drippings may flare when barbecue lid is open; quench by pouring water into pan. Cook

Three Generations of Poets

Barbara Boncek is the author of The World of Soft Edges. Her poetry and writings have appeared in many small literary journals, and for several years she was one of the poetry editors of Oxalis. She has conducted poetry workshops in the local community colleges and has written chapbook reviews for the on-line magazine Frigate: The Transverse Review of Books. Marianna Boncek is an English teacher, author, and poet. She grew up in the Sullivan County Catskills and is a recent transplant to the Hudson Valley. She has a particularly keen interest in “lost” local history. Her two books Gone Missing in New York and The Spooky Hudson Valley were published by Schiffer Publications. Her poems have appeared in

The Waywanda Review, The River Reporter, Home Planet News and Lifeblood. She is a member of the Goat Hill poets. Rachel Sanborn is currently attending SUNY New Paltz where she is majoring in Asian Studies with a focus on Japanese language and culture. Her minor is disaster studies. She has been writing poetry since the time she could first pick up a pencil. Her first chapbook, My Little Red Book is a compilation of poems written while study creative writing at SUNY New Paltz. Robert Milby is hosting Barbara, Marianna, and Rachel Boncek, mother, daughter, and grand-daughter, reading their work in a program titled Three Generations of Poets on November 6 at 7:00pm at Noble Coffee Roasters, 3020 Route 207, Campbell Hall. An open reading will follow the presentation.

Tony Pena’s poetry might not always be pretty but hopefully it stirs up some dust and passion in some souls. Over the past twenty years some of his poems have found homes in print media such as Tony Pena Chronogram, Poetic Space, Slipstream, and Third Lung Review. He has recently had two pieces of fiction

published online in Red Fez. His first chapbook of poetry, Opening Night in Gehenna, is available now. Pena and James Cotter of Mount St. Mary College and James Cotter Times Herald Record fame, co-headline Calling All Poets at Howland Cultural Center, 477 Main Street, Beacon on November 7 at 8:00pm.

Pena & Cotter Read in Beacon

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turkey until thermometer registers 160, in 2 to 3 hours. Drain juices from cavity into drippings and reserve for gravy. Transfer turkey to large platter; let rest 15 to 30 minutes before carving. • • • • • •

Brussels Sprouts & Chestnuts

1c whole roasted chestnuts 3 c brussels sprouts 1 orange, peeled, separated into sections ½ c turkey broth 1 T canola oil Salt & freshly ground black pepper to taste

To roast the chestnuts: With a small paring knife, mark X on rounded side of chestnut. Place all chestnuts on baking sheet, roast in oven for about 30 minutes or until soft. Let cool. Peel, keeping chestnuts as whole as possible. Trim each sprout by cutting a little piece off bottom. Then with small paring knife, make X in the top of the sprout. Repeat with all sprouts. In steamer over 2 inches of boiling water, steam sprouts, covered, for about 10 minutes. Remove sprouts from pot. Let cool. Cut each sprout in half and place in casserole dish. Layer chestnuts on top of sprouts. Place oranges on top of chestnuts. Add broth and pour over ingredients. Drizzle casserole with oil. Grind in pepper and salt. Bake in a preheated 350 degree oven for 15 minutes, until oranges are soft. And as always, for your personal chef services, catering needs, or questions regarding my column, I may be reached by email at: doubledfarms@ gmail.com or call me at Whispering Pines Caterers: 845-647-1428.

Tickets to the second annual Henning’s Local Benefit for NACL Theatre are on sale now. This year, the benefit will take place on November 9 from 1:00pm-4:00pm at Henning’s Local. Chef-owner Henning Nordanger will prepare a specialty Norwegian luncheon inspired by the cuisine of his homeland replete with juniper gravlax, lamb and cabbage, gløgg, rømmegrøt, fårikål, and knekkebrød. Another feature of the benefit is a silent auction of art created by 26 acclaimed regional artists for NACL’s 2013/2014 Weather Project, a massive community celebration of art and science which culminated in a spectacular outdoor performance in Yulan in August of 2014. Bringing residents, artists, and scientists together around the subject of the weather and climate science, the 2014/2015 Project, is now being planned. Tickets to the fundraiser are $65 each with proceeds benefitting NACL’s 2014/15 programming and The Weather Project. For tickets, visit www.nacl.org or contact Tannis Kowalchuk at 845-557-0694. Hennings Local is located at 1040 NY 55, Eldred. Phone: 845- 557-8122.

Nureyev in Cornwall

La Bayadere was the first role danced by Rudolf Nureyev in Paris, when he made his French début with the Kirov Ballet in 1961 at the Palais Garnier. At that time, La Bayadère was only performed in the U.S.S.R. and only the third act, with the “Shades” (which Nureyev considered to be Petipa’s absolute masterpiece), was performed in Paris. The ballet was also the last, major three-act ballet that Nureyev choreographed for the Paris Opera in Ezio Frigerio’s famous production. It was on the occasion of this creation in 1992 that Nureyev, already seriously weakened by his illness, made his last appearance in public, receiving a thundering standing ovation from a deeply moved audience.

That evening, Paris paid a worthy tribute to a great artiste and choreographer and discovered – overwhelmed – a masterpiece in the repertoire that was completely unknown in France until then. Nureyev’s last production, the first unabridged version of the ballet staged at the Paris Opera with scenery and costumes by Ezio Frigerio and Franca Squarciapino conjured up the splendour of India. An outstanding cast, selected by Nureyev for its creation in 1992 was taped in 1994. It will be shown at the Cornwall Library on November 23 at 1:00pm, 395 Hudson Street. Admission is Free. For information: 845-534-8282.

Sonny & Perley Sing in Newburgh

The husband and wife team of Sonny & Perley have developed and perfected their unique blend of Jazz, Bossa Nova, American Songbook Standards, and International Cabaret. They will perform

a Salute to American Veterans, timeless standards of WWII at Newburgh Free Library, 124 Grand Street, on November 23 at 1:00pm. Admission is free. For information call 845-563-3601

Pian o Tr i o s i n M o n t go m e r y & M i l fo r d

Definition PIANO TRIO “Flesh & Blood”: an ensemble of piano, violin and cello PIANO TRIO “Paper and Pen”: a piece of music written for such a group

Certainly by the mid nineteenth century, all three instruments had been modified to have a very powerful sound, and each can hold its own in a modern ensemble.

Creation The piano trios of the Classical era are dominated by the piano part. The violin only plays the melody a certain amount of the time, and is often doubled by the piano when it does. The cello part is very much subordinated, usually just doubling the bass line in the piano. It is thought that this practice was quite intentional on Haydn’s part (he wrote over 40 piano trios) and was related to the sonority of the instruments of Haydn’s day: the piano was fairly weak and “tinkling” in tone, and benefited from the tonal strengthening of other instruments. Mozart’s five late piano trios are generally felt to mark the assured arrival of the form, attentive to balanced voices and three-part dialogue. Beethoven’s trios continued the compositional objectives inaugurated by Mozart whose new idea of equality was never implemented completely; the extent to which it is realized varies from one composition to the next, as well as among movements within a single composition.

Montgomery The Grand Montgomery Chamber Music Series continues its 27th season with the Alacorde Piano Trio (see photo above) performing Beethoven’s first published work: his opus 1 No. 1, the Piano Trio in E flat major, and Mendelssohn’s Piano Trio No.2 in c minor, Op.66. Mendelssohn dedicated the work to violinist/composer Louis Spohr, who played the piece with the composer. Not only are Jee Sun Lee violin, Suji Kim cello, and Jacqueline Schiller-Audi piano

superb soloists in their own right, having enjoyed diversified musical careers that transcend international boundaries and range from solo appearances with various orchestras to chamber music collaborations, but they are also talented arrangers, and will also perform their own adapation of arias from Gershwin’s Porgy and Bess. They have been performing together since 2007 and are on the faculty at College of Saint Elizabeth and Ramapo College of New Jersey. Their performances have been called “magical with a level of virtuosity and musicality that is truly impressive.” The concert is at the Montgomery Senior Center, 36 Bridge Street on November 16 at 3:00pm. Admission is free. For information, call 845-457-9867.

Milford After Haydn, Mozart and Beethoven, one of the most performed works of the genre was penned by Maurice Ravel.

Ravel adopted an orchestral approach to his writing. By making extensive use of the extreme ranges of each instrument, he created a texture of sound unusually rich for a chamber work. He liberally employed coloristic effects such as trills, tremolos, harmonics, glissandos, and arpeggios, thus demanding a high level of technical proficiency from all three musicians. For Kindred Spirits Arts Programs, the Lysander Piano Trio (see photo) performs The Call of the Exotic, works by Haydn (not very exotic), Ravel (well, maybe), Paul BenHaim (yes) and Astor Piazzolla (YES!) By naming his set of four one-movement compositions The Four Seasons of Buenos Aires, Piazzolla paid tribute to its most famous namesake composition (Vivaldi), underlining the cultural differences between Europe and South America. Unlike Vivaldi, in his Four Seasons there are no winter chills or violent summer storms, no singing birds or barking dogs. The “weather,” or rather, the ambience, is always the same - thick air, highly charged with sensuality. Within these works, though, there are countless variances of emotion, from utmost tenderness, to nearly violent passion. The ensemble will perform two movements, Spring and Autumn, on November 15 at 5:30pm in the Milford Theater, 114 E. Catherine Street. For information call 570-409-1269. Children under 15 admitted free.

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Pottery & Photos at Noble Coffee Roasters

Sharon teaching how to make a pottery bowl.

“Tiffany Clock” by Kathleen C. Downing

Sharon Galbraith blends form and function Pottery in the Town of Warwick (near Florida) in her work. Inspired by nature and its in June 2012. “I have been a potter for 22 beauty, Sharon incorporates natural textures years, and in Warwick for 19 of them,” she in many pieces. Her nature carvings told CANVAS. This November Sharon is compliment the form in a harmonious the co-artist of the month at Noble Coffee fashion. Roasters, 3020 Route 207 in Campbell Sharon began dabbling with clay in 1992. Hall where, “my pottery will be on display Early on she concentrated on technique and and available for purchase.” decorative artistry. In recent years, she has Sharing the exhibit space with St. James experimented with glaze combinations to Camera Club photographer Kathleen create wonderful hues and bright contrasts. C. Downing, Sharon’s pottery will be on Most of Sharon’s pottery is high fired in an shelves while Kathleen’s works will adorn oxidation atmosphere in her electric kiln. the wall. Whether she is working on a functional “This summer my son Kurt made me a piece or an artistic form, you can appreciate tree to showcase my mugs,” said Sharon. both the tactile and visual beauty of her “The mug tree is made of pine, and is 6 1/2 work. feet tall.” “My company name is East Ridge Sharon also creates “unique utile” Pottery. I create wheel thrown stoneware functional, ceramic household items. and porcelain pottery and high fire it See the December 2014 CANVAS for a twice in my oxidation atmosphere kiln. description of her one-of-a-kind ceramic My functional pottery is microwave and gifts. dishwasher safe. Many pieces are carved Visit her at East Ridge Pottery, 16 East and intricately underglazed,” says Sharon. “Mug Tree” Ridge Road, Warwick. Call: 210-410by Kurt :-) Sharon officially created East Ridge 0373.

Unsung Hero: Cesare Sterbini - WHO?

With the advent of supertitles, librettos are now just as important as music (if opera is to be visually digested as a form of theatre). For almost 300 years, opera audiences have been listening to the words of an “unsung” librettist, Cesare Sterbini, over and over again, sung by thousands of singers. Little is known about Sterbini (1784-1831). Possessing a deep knowledge of classical and Christopher Maltman & Lawrence Brownlee, Isabel Leonard contemporary culture, philosophy, and linguistics, The Marriage of Figaro, part II of the story of he was fluent in Greek, Latin, Italian, French and Figaro, Rosina and Almaviva. German. He is best known as the librettist for It is common knowledge that Mozart’s two Rossini operas: the mostly unsung (rarely classic opera was based on a play by Pierre de performed) Torvaldo e Dorliska (1815) and The Beaumarchais, a French playwright, watchmaker, Barber of Seville (1816). inventor, musician, diplomat, fugitive, spy, An official in the Pontifical Administration, publisher, horticulturalist, arms dealer, satirist, Sterbini also set poetry to music as an amateur, financier, and American revolutionary. and wrote two other libretti for hardly-everBarber recounts the first of the plays from maybe-never-sung composers Giacomo Cordella Beaumarchais’ trilogy. and Francesco Basili. (The Guilty Mother subtitled The Other The Met’s new production of the Rossini/ Tartuffe is the third part of the Figaro trilogy in Sterbini classic opera buffa stars Isabel Leonard, which the Countess discovers herself pregnant Lawrence Brownlee, and Christopher Maltman with Cherubino’s child.) as Rosina, Almaviva and Figaro, respectively. Enjoy the glamorous, glorious music of Isabel Leonard has advanced from comprimario Rossini as you read what is being sung Live roles (Romeo & Juliet 2010) to supporting roles from The Met in HD at SUNY Sullivan in Loch (The Tempest 2012) to starring in Barber. Last Sheldrake, November 22 at 1:00pm. month she graced audiences with an outstanding, Tickets are available at the door. if not definitive, performance as Cherubino in For information: 845-434-5750, ext. 4377. 36

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