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National Arts & Humanities Month - October 2011

Covering Orange and Sullivan Counties and the neighboring towns of Milford, Dingmans Ferry, Beacon, Marlboro, Walker Valley and Ellenville

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by Barry Plaxen After a summer of waxing joyfully about the Warwick, Jeffersonville and Shandelee world class chamber music in July and August, this month, my thanks and kudos go two actors, two directors and a playwright for bringing world class theatrical magic of the highest order to this area. Synchronistically, the two productions involved were adaptations of foreign plays.

At the end of August, I attended a play reading at the Railroad Playhouse in Newburgh that was co-translated from August Strindberg’s Mr. Bengt’s Wife by Laurence Carr Carr dramatized a word-for-word Swedish to English translation by Malin Tybahl. Dramatically speaking, his (their) adaptation/translation was just about perfect, a ‘well-made’ play with a delicious, far-out surprise ending that was true to and emphasized Strindberg’s olio of realism, surrealism and dream-like fantasy.

Thanks to director Seth Soloway, the reading was staged (actually, not staged) so that the actors never lost the rhythms of the text with unnecessary looking-away from

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their scripts that can cause them to lose their places and impede the reading. A talented cast of six actors performed about eight or nine roles.

In the title role, Catia Ojeda gave what I consider to be a brilliant performance, a craft-ful presentation of great depth and understanding, with a charismatic personality stressing all the drama inherent in the play while bringing out any underlying comedic values in Carr’s justabout-perfect script. I can’t wait to see her act again.

The second magical evening was no surprise. Shadowland Theatre in Ellenville always slays me with their farces. I have fond and vivid memories of Noises off, Black Comedy and Lend Me A Tenor. This time around it was The Ladies Man and every time a door slammed I jiggled with glee. Director Brendan Burke skillfully directed a wonderful cast that conveyed all the fun, theatrical elements of farce: the door-slamming (my favorite), the mistaken identities, the ad infinitum absurdities, etc.

The surprise was, synchronistically as with the Carry/Strindbreg play, the tile role actor.

At this season’s opener, The Seafarer, Steve Brady portrayed an old dying, alcoholic lowlife. giving a terrific performance with his Irish accent, his oncoming-deathlike, old-age, alcoholic, lethargic body movements and his deaththroes-rasping voice. Imagine my surprise when this time around he was totally unrecognizeable as a robust, vital, virile, middle-aged, lithe, quick-moving farceur with perfect comic timing and delivery.

Thanks to all the above for great theatre.

Please see my additional paean on page 17 to two more actors for their outstanding and charismatic performances, Adam L. Troy and Seth Andrew Bridges.

(I was not able to attend some other plays, notably The Night of the Iguana in Forestburgh, and have been told some of the performances in that play would have blown me away, too.)

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And at that same concert, one of the world’s greatest oboe players, Dr. Joel Evans, “stole the show”, so to speak, with his all too brief, few-minutes oboe solo in Brahms’ Violin Concerto. His remarkably beautiful phrasing was the subject of many an intermission conversation.

How lucky we are to have performers of world class status, many who reside in the Delaware & Hudson Valleys, performing for us year-round.

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Musically speaking, I wish to give Kudos to the entire Greater Newburgh Symphony Orchestra (GNSO) for their lush, clear and deeply moving performance of the Adagio from Edward Elgar’s Enigma Variations played as a memorial to a GNSO Board Member, Marilyn Draxton, who recently transitioned. A wonderful person, she is also being honored by Trestle, Inc. See page 25.

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Cover Photo: Historic Patchett House, Home of Wallkill River School and Gallery see “Ghosts” page 26

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World Class Chamber Music Continues

“Steve Explaining” photo by Phillip Giambri

Clarinetist Steven D. Hartman is Associate Principal Clarinet of both the New York City Ballet and New York City Opera Orchestras. In addition, he is Principal Clarinet of the Brooklyn Philharmonic, the Opera Orchestra of New York and the New York Scandia Symphony.

He has been a guest artist with the New York Philharmonic, the Metropolitan Opera, the Mostly Mozart Festival and the St. Luke’s Chamber Ensemble, among others.

At New York's Juilliard School, he studied with Augustin Duquès.

On Saturday, October 22 at 8:00pm, for the final free concert of its 10th season, Chamber Music at St. Andrew’s offers Music for Winds and Strings with Hartman,

oboist Gerard Reuter, violinists Laura Frautschi & Richard Rood, violist Sarah Adams, and cellist Eugene J. Moye, Jr. They will perform music by Bach, Kalmen Opperman, Rebecca Clarke, Benjamin Britten and Brahms’ masterwork, the Quintet for clarinet and string quartet.

The Brahms Quintet is one of four last chamber music works written especially for clarinet, the result of Brahms’ admiration for a great clarinetist of his time, Richard Mühlfeld. Britten’s Phantasy is a short but surprisingly complete work for such an early one, and was written in 1934 for the best-known oboist of that time, Leon Goosens.

A large portion of Rebecca Clarke's (1886-1979) (see photo) music features the viola, as she was a professional performer for many years. Much of her output was written for herself and the all-female chamber ensembles she played in. Her works were strongly influenced by 20th century classical music.

The October 22 concert is free and takes place in St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church, 5277 State Route 42 in South Fallsburg.

Reservations are required; call: 845-2928967.

Chamber Music at St. Andrew’s offers two free chamber concerts each season, performed by outstanding musicians that enrich, inspire and bring pleasure to Sullivan County audiences. All are invited to come and bring their families and neighbors.

The series depends on the generosity of the community, and tax-deductible contributions are urgently needed. Checks should be made out to: St. Andrew’s Mission and sent to Ms. Cynthia Johnston, Treasurer, St. Andrew’s Mission, PO Box 55, Woodbourne NY 12788.

This series is made possible in part with funds from the 2011 Decentralization Program, a regrant program of the NYS Council on the Arts, administered in Sullivan County by the Delaware Valley Arts Alliance through the Town of Fallsburg; and the Sullivan County Arts and Heritage grant funded by the Sullivan County Legislature as well as by the generosity of local businesses and individuals, and St. Andrew’s Episcopal

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National Arts and Humanities Month Every day we celebrate the arts, but October is the month to commemorate the arts in a big way. It is National Arts and Humanities Month (NAHM)—the largest annual celebration for the arts and humanities in the nation!

NAHM is a coast-to-coast collective recognition of the importance of culture in America. It is designed to encourage all Americans to explore new facets of the arts and humanities in their lives, and to begin a lifelong habit of active participation in the

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arts and humanities.

The Orange County Arts Council (OCAC) has announced more than 60 events taking place in October to celebrate.

A list of these events taking place throughout the month-and all year roundcan be found at www.ocartscouncil.org.

"The Arts Council is delighted to help coordinate and highlight all of the wonderful arts events happening in Orange County, both during the month of October and all throughout the year. We are so fortunate to live in a county that has such a diverse and thriving arts community. I hope everyone will take advantage of at least one

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of these amazing opportunities and be reminded that you don't have to travel far to immerse yourself in an amazing cultural experience - we have it all right here" said Dawn Ansbro, OCAC Executive Director.

One of the events taking place in October is a Creative Conversation hosted by the Council at its Sugar Loaf office on Wednesday, October 12th at 6:30pm. The topic of conversation will be Bridging the Generation Gap in the Arts and the discussion will explore how younger people view the arts, what types of art are important to them, what they want from their local arts organizations, what kinds of communities

they want to live in, and how they want to be engaged in the arts. There will be opportunities for some informal networking and a light snack will be provided. All community members are invited to attend.

NAHM is coordinated by Americans for the Arts, the nation's leading nonprofit organization for advancing the arts. This month-long celebration grew out of National Arts Week, which Americans for the Arts, along with the National Endowment for the Arts, began in 1985.

Additional information is available at www.AmericansForTheArts.org. You can phone 845-469-9168 or email at info@ocartscouncil.org.

OCAC celebrates NAHM with Events and Open Studios Tour Orange County Arts Council's Open Studio Tour-South October 22 & 23 The Orange County Arts Council, through a generous sponsorship from M&T Bank is organizing its third Annual Open Studios Tour the weekend of October 22 & 23 from 11:00am-5:00pm each day.

The tour offers over 50 artists in the Southern portion of the County who will open their doors to the public in an effort to educate and create a dialogue between artists and the general public and to bring about a broader knowledge of the arts.

The purpose of the Open Studios Tour is

to provide the public with a self-guided tour of local venues that include the performing and visual arts.

Studios from Warwick, Florida, Goshen, Sugar Loaf, Chester, Monroe, Highland Mills, Cornwall, Blooming Grove, Newburgh and Rock Tavern are opening their doors.

Open Studios Tours provide a rare opportunity for the public to observe the artists up close and personal during their creative process from start to finish. Artists are able to engage the public by offering explanations and demonstrations of their materials and art process.

Information & Directions The Open Studios Tour brochure has descriptions and images of each artist and their studio, maps highlighting their location, and advertisements of local business supporters in each town. The brochures are distributed throughout the County in galleries, local lodgings, businesses, eateries, art organizations, tourist information centers and on the Orange County Arts Council web site (www.ocartscouncil.org).

Preview & Reception On October 21 at 6:00pm there will be an Open Studios Preview Reception at the

Seligmann Homestead, 23 White Oak Drive in Sugar Loaf, an opportunity for visitors to get a glimpse of what is being offered for the weekend.

It is the Arts Council's desire that the Open Studios Tour will open up the world of artists to everyone - from students to the seasoned collector to the first-time art buyer or observer, to the curious general public.

The Council believes that through education, visitors become loyal customers and supporters of art and that this program will grow over the years.

For additional questions call 845-4699168 or email jen@ocartscouncil.org.

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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

2007 Black Bear’s “Oscar Winner” Hi! - I'm Dawn McElligott.

In 2007 I wrote for the Canvas and one of the events I covered was the Black Bear Film Festival.

During the '07 fest, a trio of filmmakers caught my eye: Luke Matheny, Sasha Gordon and Levi Abrino. The festival screened Luke's film, Earano an hilarious take-off on Cyrano and Levi Abrino's film, Cannonball Luke. Sasha Gordon is a film composer.

On Oscar night 2011, I was surprised and

delighted to see that Luke Matheny won an award for "Best Live Action Short" for God of Love. In his acceptance speech, Luke mentioned Sasha and Levi.

It was fantastic to see that. I wonder could you re-run the photo I took in 2007 and update the readers that three years later, Matheny won an Oscar? I think it would be a great little story and would show readers that Canvas reporters know how to zero in on the best talent! Thanks, Dawn McElligott

Grey Towers at Chant in Lords Valley

milford calendar including: lords valley & DIngmans Ferry Art & Photography Exhibits Group Show thru Oct 2 Randall FitzGerald “Blurring Artistic Lines” Oct 6-Nov 7, The ARTery Allen Levine ”Of Sea and Sky” thru Oct 2 George Haas Oct 8-Nov6 Highlands Photographic Guild Suzanne Chamlin thru Oct 6 Margie Neuhaus & Patrick O’Hare Oct 8-Nov 10, The Forge Yanni Glykokokalos thru Oct 30 Reception: Oct 1, 6pm-8pm David Greenbaum Shohola Bells ongoing BlueStone Gallery Come Paint With Me Plein Air Painters Chant Realtors, Lords Valley, Oct 1-29 Reception: Oct 1, 5pm-7pm

Art After Dark Receptions - Oct 8 Come Paint With Me, Pike County’s Plein Air painting group, meets for the last time this season at Grey Towers. The painters will be putting their finishing touches on their work in preparation for their October show and sale at The Gallery at Chant Grey Towers by Sally Baldino Realtors at 631 Route 739 in Lords Valley. 7:00pm.

Show dates are October 1-29 with a gala For information on the Come Paint With reception on October 1 from 5:00pm- Me program for 2012, call 570-775-6896.

The Forge, 6pm-8pm Highlands Photographic Guild, 6pm-9pm The ARTery, 6pm-9pm

Cinema: Black Bear Film Festival October 14-16

Cinema “Ghost Bird” Documentary Oct 15, 7pm Pocono Environmental Education Center Dingmans Ferry

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Lecture Falling Leaves Tree ID Oct 8, 1pm Pocono Environmental Education Center Dingmans Ferry Cemetery Walk Laurel Hill Cemetery, Oct 30, 1:30pm

Music John Curtin Oct 2 & 30 Uke Jackson Oct 9 & 16 Keith Newman Oct 23 Hotel Fauchère Porch, Noon-3pm

Music - Classical Ensemble Tremblay Milford Theatre Oct 29, 3pm

Music-Jazz Gypsy Jazz Quintet Oct 4 Jeremy Langdale Trio Oct 23 John Curtin Oct 18 Uke Jackson Oct 25 Bar Louis, Hotel Fauchère, 7pm-10pm

Prose Reading “A Night With Poe” Grey Towers, Oct 29, 6pm & 8pm

Recreation Fall Foliage Tour w/Elizabeth Hawke Grey Towers, Oct 15, 1:30pm Potluck Dinner Oct 22, 6pm-9pm PEEC A BOO Oct 29, 4pm-7pm Pocono Environmental Education Center Dingmans Ferry

...............................................................................Milford Film Festival Celebrates Milford Theater’s Centennial before the opening night film, the audience will be treated to the debut of a new music video by the Art Deco Orchestra.

There is something for everyone at the 2011 festival. A dozen films will be shown, including classics, dramas, documentaries and more.

Ticket information and other tidbits are available at www.blackbearfilm.com on Facebook or by calling 570-409-0909. www.blackbearfilm.com

by Dawn McElligott With new leadership, the 2011 Black Bear Film Festival promises a mixture of change and tradition starting on Friday, October 14th. Twelve feature films, the heart of the festival, will again be screened at The Milford Theater, restored by its new owner and Black Bear Film President, Jerry Beaver. Running through October 16th, the weekend festival will celebrate the centennial anniversary of the historic

Milford Theater in Milford.

As in times past, the Tom Quick Inn will host the Friday Night Gala. Guest chefs Mark Edmonds and Christian Garcia will whip up a new dinner menu for the evening.

The gold pass, providing unlimited admission to the gala and all 12 feature films is being sold for $200. It’s a return to the more traditional price from last year’s $250 price tag. Gala passes have been available for $60, permitting admission to the gala and Opening Night Film, Cinema

Paradiso.

(Photo above : Jerry Beaver) A large tent will once again pop up on Catherine Street near the theater. It will house concession stands, Black Bear merchandise and one of the film festival’s main fundraisers, a silent auction.

This year, the Ambience Furniture and Fine Gifts store at 200 E. Harford Street will host the Film Salon. The salon will continue the tradition of offering insights into the motion picture industry through Q&As with guest speakers and by screening cutting edge animations, shorts, documentaries and more free of charge.

2011 marks the first year for the salon’s Young Amateur Filmmakers Forum featuring submissions from students at local secondary schools.

On October 14th at 5:30pm at the Tom Quick Inn, a Los Angeles based production company will hold a press conference regarding a “significant film project to be shot in Milford in the fall of 2012.” Just

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1911 Milford Actors at Black Bear

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DW Giffith, circa 1911

Seth Goldman, circa 2011

Three 1911 movies directed by DW Griffith, The Miser’s Heart, The Last Drop of Water and A Squaw’s Love all feature actors who worked in Milford. (Zane Grey, Mary Pickford, Lillian Gish and John Barrymore are just a few of the legends who graced Milford’s alleys long before us.)

Now on DVD, they will be shown at the Black Bear FIlm Festival by Seth Goldman, Executive Director of the Neversink Valley Museum of History and Innovation, and the founder of its Institute for Early Film Studies.

“At 4:30pm on October 16th,” Goldman reports, “I’ll give my talk with powerpoint slide show, Perceptions of Minorities in Motion Pictures, a look at how Hollywood has looked at several minority groups: Native Americans, African-Americans,

Jews, Muslims and Asians. It focuses on the earliest years of film, but does, in most cases, also look at more contemporary images as well. In the evening I’ll be showing the films.”

Goldman has lectured about early movies at museums and libraries throughout the Hudson Valley. He studied theatre and film history at Sarah Lawrence College and worked in the entertainment industry in theatre production, stage management and artist management. He is also a trained chef.

“Ben Model, who plays piano for films at MoMA and is also a film historian will play piano,” Goldman announced. Model is one of the leading silent film composer/accompanists working in the U.S. today, and has been creating and performing

musical scores for silent movies for 30 years. He plays piano, theatre organ and has written orchestral scores as well.

When Model was growing up, his love for silent film comedy was fostered by drama critic Walter Kerr (author of the landmark book “The Silent Clowns”). Kerr showed Model silent comedies from his extensive film collection for many years.

Model started playing piano for silents for classes taught by renowned film historian William K. Everson while attending NYU's film school, scoring films for 3 classes a week. While playing for these classes, he sought out and learned silent film accompaniment technique from legendary silent film organist Lee Erwin, who had been playing for films since the 1920s.

Erwin became a mentor and friend who passed on his knowledge to Model, who began playing for silents at MoMA upon graduating from NYU.

Music in Milford Theater with WQXR’s Bob Sherman

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Bob Sherman

Allison Kiger photo by Jiri Tnka

WQXR announcer Bob Sherman, flutist Allison Kiger, and Ensemble Tremblay will perform Prokofiev's Peter and the Wolf at the Milford Theatre. Sherman will narrate the popular piece which, as most people know, intended to introduce children to classical music.

Children under 12 – for whom Prokofiev wrote Peter and the Wolf in the first place -

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Cellist-Entrepreneur Yosif Feigelson

- are admitted free.

The concert also includes music by Ligeti, Nielsen, and Dvorak, whose 170th birthday is being celebrated this year.

For more than two decades Bob Sherman presided over "The Listening Room" at WQXR, and on public radio station WFUV he serves as the host of "Woody's Children."

Sherman is also the co-author of The local services

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Shohola Bells are the creation of renowned potter David Greenbaum. These one of a kind Bells are a joyous and soulful enhancement for the outdoor environment.

Completely handmade in David’s pottery studio in Shohola, each Bell is a unique work of art.

Fired to over 2100°F the Bells are incredibly strong and can withstand the harshest northern winters. All fittings are stainless steel and the bases are sturdily constructed of heavy welded steel and decay-resistant cedar. No maintenance is required. Shohola Bells are custom made.

The stands are made in a wide variety of designs.

To find out more about acquiring a Shohola Bell, please visit David Greenbaum at the BlueStone Gallery.

Phone: 570-296-9999 or email info@bluestonegallerymilford.com

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Complete Idiot's Guide to Classical Music.

Allison Kiger, winner of numerous competitions, has performed in the United States, Canada, and Europe, appearing with the Jupiter Symphony, the Philharmonic Orchestra of New Jersey, L'Orchestre de la Francophonie Canadienne, and Dave Brubeck. Ensemble Tremblay, directed by Kiger, is a chamber group comprised of woodwind and horn players.

The Milford Theatre, at 114 East Catherine Street, opened as a film and live theater venue in 1911.

This October 29, 3:00pm concert is a production of Kindred Spirits Arts Programs, a nonprofit organization headed

by Yosif Feigelson that offers concerts and music education programs in northeastern Pennsylvania .

For information:570-296-7429.

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Eldred Photographer in Milford

George Haas, an Eldred, NY resident, has pursued the art of photography for over 40 years working with a variety of formats from 35 mm film to high resolution digital pictures.

Being well traveled, his images are from all over the world – from Alaska to Norway and Panama to Bavaria. George is also the photographer for his local fire department, assisting in scene documentation and investigations.

Caliliy by Randall FitzGerald George’s passion for photography is captured in his work from the intimate Randall FitzGerald is a biologist, understanding, through imagery, that is studies of nature and landscape behavioral ecologist and environmental innately present in each of us.

FitzGerald is a long-time member of The educator at Montclair State University. He has pursued the fine art of photography for ARTery gallery. His work is a favorite of over 40 years, using many different gallery visitors and collectors and he photographic techniques. His love of the presents a new body of work annually natural environment has permeated both his based on both his travels and photographic academic and photographic life, and innovations. This seasoned photographic consequently most of his fine art images artist has employed many techniques over reflect the intimacy he enjoys with the the years, which always makes his new work exciting and original. natural world.

His most recent work has challenged the Natural and rural landscapes comprise the bulk of his work, however he also enjoys reality of traditional photographic imagery A recent work by Patrick O’Hare creating still-lifes and capturing images of and spills into a world that he alone creates. wildlife. Regardless of the subject matter, he Blurring Artistic Lines Reception: October 8, 6pm-9pm (Art strives to create images that stimulate our undeniable connection to the planet and the After Dark) Exhibit Dates: October 6 to cultures that have populated it. His goal is November 7. ARTery Gallery 210 Broad to strike that universal cord of Street. Phone: 570-409-1234.

photography and beyond. He enjoys sharing what his photographer eye sees with everyone.

Louisiana--From Bourbon St. to the Bayou, new images by Haas relating to his recent north to south trip, are the featured works at the Highlands Photographic Guild from October 8 thru November 6.

The Highlands Photographic Guild is a group of fine art photographers who have joined together to create a unique gallery of photography in historic Milford at 224 Broad Street.

Phone: 570-296-2440.

Photography & Sculpture at The Forge The Forge studio and gallery shows works by contemporary artists. The present exhibit features sculpture by Margie Neuhas and photographs by Patrick O’Hare, October 8 thru November 10.

The Forge is located in the Upper Mill Area across from the Water Wheel Cafe at 115 Mill Street.

Phone: 570-296-2204.

Yanni Glykokokalos at BlueStone

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Master painter and collagist Yanni Glykokokalos has created Giclee prints of some of his best work which will be featured alongside the originals at a new exhibition at the BlueStone Gallery. The prints are greatly enlarged versions of the originals and many are enhanced through over-painting by the artist.

Born and raised on the island of Lesbos, Greece, Yanni was exposed to the visual, musical, and mystical heritage of the Eastern Orthodox Church from an early age. In 1959, after earning his degree in engineering in Athens, he moved to New York City where he focused his energy on defining his artistic vision.

In New York, Yanni experienced firsthand the bohemian lifestyle of the 1960's, became a part of the historic New York Abstract Expressionist Movement, and

earned his second degree, a BFA in art, from the Philadelphia College of Art. Yanni has exhibited a wide variety of settings, including galleries in New York City and the United Nations. He has contributed to the Metropolitan Painters and Sculptors group and served as founding member of the Wayne County Arts Alliance, a local non-profit that promotes the arts in Wayne County. Besides his personal shows, Yanni has exhibited in over 100 group shows and has sold over 700 paintings and drawings worldwide.

The exhibition runs through October 30, but due to Hurricane Irene the gallery reception is rescheduled to October 1 from 6:00pm to 8:00pm.

For more information please call 845296-9999 or visit online at www.bluestonegallerymilford.com.

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NACL is presenting The Dunham Baker Project, the latest play conceived and directed by Mimi McGurl. The play tells a fascinating biographical account of a meeting between innovative choreographer Katherine Dunham and Josephine Baker, the great performer and mother of many adopted children who lived and performed

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in Paris for most of her life. The show is a dance-theater piece about their historic first meeting in 1948.

The performance is on Sunday, October 16 at 4:00pm. All tickets are on a sliding scale. NACL Theatre is located at 110 Highland Lake Road.

Phone: 845-557-0694.

NARROWSBURG Keller Jazz Trio (editor’s note: Keller is a fellow recorder player of mine!).

Keller began to play tenor saxophone in high school in 1955. The great American standard songs of the 20's, 30's, 40's, 50's and mainstream jazz was always the music played in his home. He studied at Manhattan School of Music. His career spans fifty years.

The concert is presented by Delaware Valley Arts Alliance, at the Tusten Theater, 210 Bridge Street, Narrowsburg on October 29 at 8:00pm. 845-252-7272.

Vocalist and bassist Nancy Reed was born in Brooklyn. Her father, Marcus Wilbun was a jazz and classical pianist.

Her mother, Lillie Wilbun, sang opera and taught Nancy to sing. Reed’s first professional performance was at age 19. By age 22, she was performing full time - and has been working ever since.

Reed is the special guest of the Bob

MONROE Continuing to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the Civil War, Museum Village is presenting a Clara Barton onewoman show in partnership with Creative TheatreMuddy Waters Players, starring Lynne McKenney Lydick on October 8, at 3:00pm & 7:00pm.

For tickets: 845-294-9465 For information on the weekend Civil War Re-enactment, including a Union and Confederate field hospital, phone 845-7828248 or email info@museumvillage.org.

LOCH SHELDRAKE

Anna Nebtrenko stars in Donizetti’s Anna Bolena, the opening offering in the Live From the Met in HD series on October 15 at 1:00pm at Sullivan County Community College in Loch Sheldrake.

For tickets and a to order a complete season line-up for the Met opera livecasts, phone 845-434-5750, ext. 4377

MONTICELLO & NEW WINDSOR Sarah Norris, Associate Managing Director of Forestburgh Theatre Arts Center, is “Laura” in Tennessee Williams’ The Glass Menagerie at the Gene Nesin Theatre in Monticello through October 2.

Menagerie will then re-appear for two performances on October 7 and 8 at 7:30pm, at Saint Joseph School, 148 Windsor Highway, New Windsor.

For tickets: www.justoffbwy.com. or by calling 212-942-2806 (for New Windsor).

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Unity Consciousness ~ 101 “Consciousness herself, having descended from the expanded state, becomes the mind, contracted by the objects of perception.”

[Transcription from ancient Shaivism scriptural text. Shaivism is the oldest of the four major branches of Hinduism whose followers worship Shiva.]

This statement is the basic teaching that we are all interconnected beings, but feel separate due to illusion caused by our attachment to the sense of “me and mine.”

We have forgotten our true knowledge of Unity Consciousness and are often lost in defending our separateness. You might be feeling such a disconnect….

How do we create separation between ourselves and our fellow human beings?

When we don’t love and respect ourselves.

When we pass judgment based on racial,

religious, cultural, social and economic differences. Throughout history, man has been at war because of and in the name of perceived differences.

It feels as if we are at a crossroads where we are capable of raising our awareness to support a beautiful evolution of humanity.

We can choose to make such a quantum leap in consciousness or to follow the old path by which we have been ruled by our fears and ego, and their ensuing destruction of our societies.

The next year will be about this shift, our individual choice and the many questions that will be raised to the surface. Crystal Connection is committed to be supportive in finding answers and to be effective in bringing people together.

Join us at Crystal Connection ~ 116 Sullivan St, Wurtsboro. 845-888-2547 www.CrystalConnectionCenter.com Quote, questions and more can be found at http://spiritualhealingjourney.com/unityconsciousness/.

UUC .......................................................................................................... Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Rock Tavern.

Psychic Experience Group w/Athen Drewes ....................................................UUC 1st Tuesdays, 7pm Belly Dancing Ahleana ..............................................Crystal Connection, Wurtsboro, Oct 6 & 13, 7pm Messages from Above Lisa Ann ............................Spiritiquest Healing Center, Slate Hill, Oct 14, 7pm Psychic Fair & Aura Photography ........................Crystal Connection, Wurtsboro, Oct 15, 10am-5pm Intuitive Art Workshop w/Linda Richichi ......Center for Being, Knowing, Doing...Newburgh, Oct 22

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HEALTH & HOLISTIC SERVICES

The October Messages from Above with Psychic Lisa Ann in Slate Hill will take place on October 14 at 7:00pm.

The evening begins with a meditation and then a connection with your loved ones/guides/angels on the other side. Then Lisa Ann delivers a personal message to each member of the group. Please reserve your spot 845-355-8022. Seating is limited.

Helena Moore, Ph.D. Holistic Talk Therapy Wildwood Way, Forestburgh 845-796-1810 Patricia Quinn, MS, LCAT, NBCCH Art Therapy, Hypnosis & Healing 10 Colonial Avenue Warwick, NY 10990 845-649-0953

HOLISTIC & SPIRITUAL The Crystals Connection Retail, Workshops, Events, Healing 116 Sullivan Street, Wurtsboro

845-888-2547

October 2011

CSA FARM DIRECTORY Abundant Life Farm Biodynamically grown organic vegetables Walker Valley. 1-866-993-8932 x13 Willow Wisp Organic Farm Callicoon Farmers Market 25 Stone House Road, Damascus PA 570-224-8013

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Music - blues / country/ folk / pop / rock sponsored by Steve’s Music Center, Rock Hill NCR NVM PV UUC

= Noble Coffee Roasters, Campbell Hall 845-294-8090 = Neversink Valley Area Museum, Cuddebackville = Palaia Vineyards, Highland Mills = Unitarian Universalist Congregation, 9 Vance Lane, Rock Tavern

Psychedelic Zombie bar-B-Que II..The Wherehouse, Newburgh,Oct 1, 10:30am-Midnight Rock The Mountain Festival ..................Tuxedo Ridge Ski Center, Oct 1, from 5pm FREE Spottiswoode & His Enemies rock, blues, etc. ................The Falcon, Marlboro, Oct 1, 7pm The Jack Grace Band ......................................................Dancing Cat Saloon, Bethel, Oct 1 The Bruce Perone Trio..........................................................................PV Oct 1, 7pm-10pm Matt Fishteyn pop-rock-jazz, etc.........................Newburgh Free Library, Oct 2, 3pm FREE Keith Newman..............................................................................PV OCt 2, 2:30pm-5:30pm Small Town Shieks ................................................The Wherehouse, Newburgh, Oct 4, 8pm Talking Machine ....................................................The Wherehouse, Newburgh, Oct 6, 8pm Big Joe Fitz & The Lo-Fis blues, jazz, funk, soul ..........The Falcon, Marlboro, Oct 6, 7pm Erol Ogut ................................................................................................PV Oct 7, 4pm-7pm Carmen Souza “moma”, blues, jazz, latin ......................The Falcon, Marlboro, Oct 7, 7pm Water Gap Band ..............................................................Dancing Cat Saloon, Bethel, Oct 8 Straight Shot ..........................................................................................PV Oct 8, 7pm-10pm Tell A Tall Tale rap-rock ................................The Sounds Asylum, Middletown, Oct 8, 8pm Paul Binotto ..................................................................................PV Oct 9, 2:30pm-5:30pm The Rhodes ..........................................................The Wherehouse, Newburgh, Oct 11, 8pm The Gimps Birthday (and film “Pulp Fiction”) The Wherehouse, Newburgh, Oct 12, 8pm Leni Stern jazz, rock, folk ..............................................The Falcon, Marlboro, Oct 13, 7pm Steve Wells ............................................................................................PV Oct 14, 4pm-7pm MIZ..................................................................................Dancing Cat Saloon, Bethel, Oct 14 Bow Thayer & Perfect Trainwreck, The Folkadelics..The Falcon, Marlboro, Oct 14, 7pm Sidi Toure ........................................................................The Falcon, Marlboro, Oct 15, 7pm Gregg Van Gelder................................................................................PV Oct 15, 7pm-10pm Masters of the Guitar John Sheehan (Music for Humanity Benefit - see also Music-Classical) Montgomery Senior Center, Oct 15, 8pm Perfect Thyroid......................................................The Wherehouse, Newburgh, Oct 15, 9pm Rob Schiff ......................................................................................PV Oct 16, 2:30pm-5:30pm The Real Band ......................................................The Wherehouse, Newburgh, Oct 20, 8pm Evan Teatum ..........................................................................................PV Oct 21, 4pm-7pm Chris Bergson Band, Sleepy Wizard rock......................The Falcon, Marlboro, Oct 22, 7pm TBA ..............................................................................................................NVM Oct 22, 7:30pm Shawn Mullins with Callaghan ..........................................................Bethel Woods, Oct 22, 2pm Hurley Mountain Highway ..........................................................................PV Oct 22, 7pm-10pm The Pop Pistols ......................................................The Wherehouse, Newburgh, Oct 22, 9pm The Compact with Erin Hobson............................................The Falcon, Oct 23, 10am-2pm Erol Ogut ......................................................................................PV Oct 23, 2:30pm-5:30pm Dance Night w/The Saints of Swing jazz, klezmer, latin, gospel, etc ....Falcon, Oct 23, 7pm The Funk Junkies ............................................................The Falcon, Marlboro, Oct 27, 7pm Dancing Cat Halloween Party w/ The New Kings ......Catskill Distilling Co., Bethel, Oct 28 David Cassidy, Live! ......................................................Lycian Centre, Sugar Loaf, Oct 27, 8pm Bruce Perone ..................................................................................................PV Oct 28, 4pm-7pm Outsider Show ......................................................The Wherehouse, Newburgh, Oct 28, 9pm Dancing Cat Halloween Party w/ Gays of Sullivan ....Catskill Distilling Co., Bethel, Oct 29 Groovy Tuesday Halloween ................................................................PV Oct 29, 7pm-10pm Alpha Male Gorillas ..............................................The Wherehouse, Newburgh, Oct 29, 9pm Steve Wells ..................................................................................PV Oct 30, 2:30pm-5:30pm Halloween Show (and film “The Cat and the Canary”) ....The Wherehouse, Oct 30, 8pm Marshall Tucker Band rock ............................................Lycian Centre, Sugar Loaf, Nov 5, 8pm

From Mali to Marlboro Sidi Touré was born in the ancient town of Gao, Mali.

Once the heart of the Songhaï empire and burial place of its Askia kings, the town rests between the Niger and the encroaching Sahara Desert.

The Songhai empire was the last of the great empires of the Sahel, reaching its zenith under Soni Alibert (Sunni Ali) in the mid 400’s.

Growing up, Touré faced a conflict between the inexorable pull of music and the expectations of family and society, plus the significance and onus of a past that came with being born into a noble family. Touré’s family had been sung about, and sung to, by traditional griots for centuries, but until, as a small boy, he challenged the rules, the

Touré’s did not sing!

Despite his family’s disapproval, (Sidi’s older brother would often break his homemade guitars in protest), Sidi became the lead singer of his school’s band, and then became the youngest member of Gao’s regional orchestra.

After winning the award for best singer twice, he took the band to the northern regions of Mali and to Niger, and toured much of the western Sahel region.

His music, moving from the translucent swaying ‘takamba’ (a rythm named for an area of Mali) to the trance-inducing ‘Holley’, can be heard at The Falcon, 1348, Route 9W in Marlboro on October 15 at 7:00pm. 845-236-7970.

Hop On Down to Middletown’s Sounds Asylum

-Washingtonville, NY. -Summer of 2008 -Rapper (Nathan) meets guitar-playing songwriter (Ryan).

-Approximately one and a half years of computer-made drum beats later, (Larry) decides to lend his skills and hold it down

on drums.

-Just short of a year later, performing at a house party in Mountain Lodge, a bassist from the other band (Dexter) joins in for the set and becomes the final member of Tell a Tall Tale.

-Recorded 3 Tracks in Newburgh with Justin Rockerfellow of "Roadcone Productions".

Tell A Tall Tale is playing a live concert at on October 8 at 8:00pm at The Sounds Asylum, 59 North Street in Middletown.

Phone: 845 343 8668 or visit soundsasylum.com.

Americana in Bethel

Open Mic & Coffee House Open Mic w/ Eric Callari ......................................Logan’s Well, Florida, Wednesdays, 9pm Stacy & Friends Musicians Gathering ........The Dancing Cat, Bethel, Thursdays, from 8pm Open Mic Brunch to Lunch Jazz ..................The Dancing Cat, Bethel, Sundays, from 11am Bob Dylan Tunes Open Mic ....................................The Falcon, Marlboro, Oct 2, 10am-2pm Open Mic Audition Night ......................Palaia Vineyards, Highland Mills, Oct 6, 7pm-11pm Fred Arcoleo Hudson Valley Folk Guild Coffeehouse ............................UUC Oct 8, 7:30pm Open Mic The Den Series ..........................................NY School of Music, Walden, Oct 28, 7pm

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The Water Gap Band is an Americana band performing many song favorites from Bill Monroe to the Eagles, from Hank Williams to Bob Dylan. They also include original material from the band’s members in their performances.

Lorraine Dash is the inspiration and driving force behind the Band. A songwriter, Lorraine has written and produced many of the original songs performed by the band. With her vocal range and style, Lorraine captivates the audience with her renditions of classic tunes and a variety of original songs.

David Sowinski plays mandolin and sings lead as well as background vocals. As a life long player, with influences ranging from Bill Monroe to Bucko Shuey, Hank Williams and the Dillards, David is among the best local mandolin players. He is a song writer and also plays banjo on occasion.

Kevin DeVine is a guitar player with a feel for folk and bluegrass with roots from the Grateful Dead, Jerry Garcia, David Grisman, Django Reinhardt, and a wealth of other contemporary folk, rock and bluegrass

musicians. His smooth vocals and harmony add a down-home feeling to the Water Gap Band. With more than forty years of experience and musical talent it is an honor to have Kevin in the band.

Dave Emmons has been a musician for most of his life, appearing most recently in The Atlanta Cafe Band. Dave plays guitar, mandolin, and bass and adds his own style to every type of music. Dave plays everything from blues to folk, rock to bluegrass, and everything in between. With his crosspicking rhythm style, Dave adds flavor to all types of musical genres. Dave's influences include Jerry Jeff Walker, David Bromberg, Robert Johnson, Doc Watson, Hank Williams and a host of other Delta Blues artists and folk musicians.

This local group will perform on October 8 at the Dancing Cat Saloon, Sullivan County’s major music-dining venue, located with the Catskill Distilling Company at 2037 Route 17B in Bethel, a few yards from Hurd Road.

Phone: 845-583-3141 www.dancing cat saloon. com

CANvas category calendar sponsored by Hudson Valley Planning and Preservation, Monroe ART TOURS / walks Second Saturday in Beacon Beacon Galleries ................Downtown Beacon, Sep 10, all day Art After Dark Milford Galleries ................................Downtown Milford, Sep 10, 6pm-9pm Orange County Open Studio Tour Orange County Arts Council ......................Oct 22 & 23

CINEMA SUNYO-HH = Harriman Hall 111 Film Theatre, OCCC, Middletown 845-341-4891

Autumn Hike on the Moodna Creek Trail w/Ron RomaryStorm King Art Ctr, Oct 23, 2pm “1812: New York's War--the impact & aftermath of the war on the people .................... And New York's Impetus-- commerce, the economy & speed: roads & canals & railroads” w/ Robert W. Arnold III SUNYO Orange Hall Gallery, Oct 25, 7:30pm “A Cultural Tour of Puebla, Mexico” w/David & Ross ..............................NFL Oct 27, 7pm “Sterling Forest Gardens” w/Donald “Doc” Baynes ..Greenwood Lake Library, Oct 29, 1:30pm Cemetery Walk ..............................................Laurel Hill Cemetery, Milford, Oct 30, 1:30pm The Power of Poetry Laura Scribner ................Greenwood Lake Library, Nov 2 & 9, Noon 10th Annual Catskills Preservation Conference ..........Liberty Museum, Nov 6, 10am-8pm

“Iphigenia” dir. Michael Cacoyannis ..................................................SUNYO-HH Oct 5, 7:15pm Reel Eclectic Film Series ..........................Thrall Library, Middletown, Oct 6, Nov 3, 7pm FREE “Some Like It Hot” Jack Lemmon, Marilyn MonroeParamount Th., Middletown, Oct 8, 7:30pm Music - blues - country - pop - rock - etc. - see page 12 “The Walking Dead-Episode 1”....................................The Wherehouse, Newburgh, Oct 16, 9pm Music - Broadway - Film - classic pop - Opera - Operetta Monday Night Movie ............................................Newburgh Free Library, Oct 17, 6:30pm FREE Broadway Concerts Direct “Halloween Concert” ..Wurtsboro Community Church, Oct 22, 8pm “The Rocky Horror Picture Show” ......................The Wherehouse, Newburgh, Oct 21, Midnight “The Walking Dead-Episode 2”....................................The Wherehouse, Newburgh, Oct 23, 9pm “Dreams” dir. Akira Kurosawa ..........................................................SUNYO-HH Oct 26, 7:15pm music - classical Music of Our Time ”Tribute to Lee Hoiby” ..................Tusten Theatre, Narrowsburg, Oct 1, 8pm “Nosferatu” (1922) ..................................................Paramount Theater, Middletown, Oct 28, 8pm Masters of the Guitar Charles Mokotoff (Music for Humanity Benefit - see page 8) ..................

Montgomery Senior Center, Oct 15, 8pm comedy Music for Winds and Strings Chamber Music at St. Andrew’s, w/Steven D. Hartman ................

Mike Fox, Mark Riccadona, Spanky ..............Railroad Playhouse, Newburgh, Oct 22, 8pm St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church, South Fallsburg, Oct 22, 8pm Rev. Bob Levy and Friends ................................Railroad Playhouse, Newburgh, Nov 5, 8pm Potluck Concerts “Musical; Harvest” Cornwall Presby. Ch., Crnwll-on-Hudson, Oct 28, 7:30pm dance Ensemble Tremlay Bob Sherman, guest narrator ............................Milford Theater, Oct 29, 3pm Gamelan Dharma Swara................................SUNYO Kaplan Hall, Newburgh, Oct 14, 7pm “Samurai Rain - Folktales of Japan and China” Sun Ergos Company ................................ music - jazz SUNYO Oct 16, 3pm The Piano Man Gary Maaz ............................................Dancing Cat Saloon, Sundays 1pm-4pm

festivalS & recreation - adults & children

US Air Force Liberty Band ..................................................................Lycian Centre, Oct 2, 2pm Craft Fair ................................................................Senior Center, Montgomery, Oct 1, 11am-5pm Todd Coolman Project ............................................................The Falcon, Marlboro, Oct 8, 7pm Walden HarvetFest ..........................................................................Downtown Walden, Oct 1 Bella Winds Trio ............................................................The Falcon, Marlboro, Oct 9, 10am-2pm Applefest at Warwick ....................................................................Downtown Warwick, Oct 2 John Abercrombie Trio Tom Humphrey Guitar Series ......Ritz Lobby, Newburgh, Oct 15, 8pm Harvest Festival Chili Day in October..................................Bethel Woods, Oct 2, 11am-4pm Jeremy Siskind Trio w/Nancy Harms ........................The Falcon, Marlboro, Oct 16, 10am-2pm Harvest Time Soup & Dessert Festival & Craft Fair ............................................................

Edmar Castaneda harp ..........................................................The Falcon, Marlboro, Oct 20, 7pm Storm King Firehouse, Cornwall-on-Hudson, Oct 8, 9am-3pm The Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey, Freddie Jacobs ....................The Falcon, Marlboro, Oct 21, 7pm Civil War Hospital Encampment & Re-Enactment ..........Museum Village, Monroe, Oct 8 Pedro Giraudo Jazz Orchestra..............................................The Falcon, Marlboro, Oct 29, 7pm 18th Annual Catskill Chili Cook-Off ........Liberty Museum & Arts Center, Oct 8, 4pm-8pm Bob Keller Jazz TrioI w/Nancy Reed, vocals ............Tusten Theatre, Narrowsburg, Oct 29, 8pm Harvest Festival Rustic Craft Show ......................................Bethel Woods, Oct 9, 11am-4pm Akie Bermiss ................................................................The Falcon, Marlboro, Oct 30, 10am-2pm Delaware Valley Arts Alliance 35th Anniversary Gala music, film, etc.................................

Tusten Theater & Delaware Arts Center, Narrowsburg, Oct 9, 3pm Opera - livecast Pumpkinfest ..............................................................................Pine Island Town Park, Oct 10 “Anna Bolena” Donizetti ....Sullivan County Community College, Loch Sheldrake, Oct 15, 1pm Pumpkin Festival ..............................Hill-Hold Museum, Campbell Hall, Oct 15, Noon-4pm “Don Giovanni” Mozart......Sullivan County Community College, Loch Sheldrake, Oct 29, 1pm Pumpkin Festival ..............................................................Pine Bush Farmers Market, Oct 15 “Siegfried” Wagner ............Sullivan County Community College, Loch Sheldrake, Nov 5, Noon Ghost Candlelight Tour..............................................Montgomery Village Hall, Oct 15, 7pm Fall Foliage Tour w/Elizabeth Hawke ........................Grey Towers, Milford, Oct 15, 1:30pm POETRY & PROSE READINGs (Open mic session usually included) “Bannerman Castle” Wes & Barbara Gottlock..........Greenwood Lake Library, Oct 16, 1pm Ann Ratcliffe Poetry on the Loose ................................7 West Street, Warwick, Oct 1, 4pm FREE Harvest Festival ....Orange County Farmers Museum, Montgomery Oct 22 & 23, 10am-4pm Matthew Spireng Poetry in the Gallery ........................Wurtsboro Art Alliance, Oct 2, 8pm FREE 3rd Annual High Tea ..................................Ann Street Gallery, Newburgh, Oct 23, 2pm-4pm Hudson River Poets ......................................................Newburgh Free Library, Oct 6, 7pm FREE S. Thomas Summer & David Vincenti ..........Noble Coffee Roasters, Campbell Hall, Oct 6, 7pm holistic living see page 11 Calling All Poets ......................................................Howland Cultural Center, Beacon, Oct 7, 8pm Eamon Grennan Northeast Poetry Center ..............................7 West Street, Warwick, Oct 8, 4pm ReadNex Poetry Squad ..............................Kaplan Hall, SUNYO Newburgh, Oct 20, 5pm FREE lectureS / DEmos / SymposiumS / Forums /Master Classes Featured Poet & open mic........................Bank Square Coffeehouse, Beacon, Oct 20, 7pm FREE NFL ..............................................................................................................................Newburgh Free Library NVM ..........................................................................................Neversink Valley Museum, Cuddebackville Janet Hamill & Lost Ceilings ................................................Tuscan Cafe, Warwick, Oct 25, 7pm PEEC ............................................................Pocono Environmental Education Center, Dingmans Ferry Poetry at the Church ..............................................Goshen Methodist Church, Oct 31, 7pm FREE SUNYO ......................................................................................SUNY Orange Middletown, Orange Hall SUNYO-KH........................................................................................SUNY Orange Newburgh, Kaplan Hall

Antique Appraisals ......................................................................NFL Oct 1, 1pm-3pm FREE “Special Tour: Looking and Art” w/Jerry L. Thompson Storm King Art Center, Oct 2, 3pm “Diego & Frida: Mexican Art and National Identity” Dr. Susan Aberth..............................

SUNYO-KH Oct 4, 4pm “The Mysteries of Lop Nur” w/John Hare..............................................SUNYO Oct 4, 7pm “A Deerpark Murder” w/Norma Schadt ................................................NVM Oct 5, 7:30pm “Designer Children” Dr. Ellen McGee ............................................SUNYO-KH Oct 6, 4pm “Birds of Storm King Art Center” guided walk ....Storm King Art Center, Oct 8, 8am-Noon Falling Leaves Trees ID PEEC Oct 8, 1pm “Photographing Historical Structures in the Park” Allison Owczarczak & Anita Ray NPS HQ Visitor’s Center, Bushkill, Oct 8, 7pm “Imagination Explores” guided family tour ..................Storm King Art Center, Oct 10, 2pm “The RNA World and the History of Early Cells” w/Dr. Walter Jahn..................................

SUNYO Gilman Center Library, Oct 12, 7pm “Flutes - Ancient, Yet Eternally Young” Master Class w/Patricia Eisenhart ........................

SUNYO Middletown, Orange Hall, Rm 23, Oct 14, 10am Glassblowing Demos ......................Gillander Glass, Oct 15, 16, 22, 23, Nov 5, 6, 10am-3pm Barbara Pollack Chinese art scene & Zhang Huan ......Storm King Art Center, Oct 15, 3pm “Ghost Bird” Documentary ......................................................................PEEC Oct 15, 7pm Vegan Cooking w/Seth of Karma Road ......................................................NFL, Oct 16, 2pm “Joseph Brant a/k/a Thayendanegea” Frank Salvatti ............................................................

Town of Deerpark Museum, 1863 Schoolhouse, Huguenot, Oct 16, 3pm “The Many Dilemmas of Kinetic Sculpture” w.Stephen Day Storm King Ctr, Oct 16, 3pm Sun Ergos dance & theater Master Class ..........................................SUNYO Oct 17, 2:30pm “Constant Flow: Breath, Art and Memory - Video Art: From Analog to Digital”.............. w/ Shalom Gorewitz SUNYO Oct 18, Noon “School Violence” Robert Eiler................Sullivan County Community College, Oct 18, 5pm ”Lost Amusement Parks of the Hudson Valley” Barbara&Wes Gottlock NFL Oct 18, 7pm “Infections and Antibiotic Resistant Bacteria” w/Dr. Jean Hudson......................................

SUNYO Gilman Center Library, Oct 19, 7pm Ghost Adventurers & Stories Linda Zimmermann ....................................NFL Oct 20, 7pm “Preparing for a Four-Legged Friend “ w/Carolann Puzio ..................................................

Greenwood Lake Library, Oct 22, 1:30pm

storytelling Black Dirt Storytelling Guild “Dark Matters” ................Florida Library, Oct 13, 7:30pm FREE

theatre - musical “Cabaret” Creative Theatre-Muddy Water Players..........................................................................

Playhouse, Museum Village, Monroe, thru Oct 2 “Cooking With the Calamari Sisters: Manga Italiano!” dinner-theatre ......................................

Pavilion at Lycian Centre, Sugar Loaf, thru Oct 2 “Guys and Dolls” Tri-City Stage..........................................Riverview Inn, Matamoras, thru Oct 2 NY’s Mission:Improv-able Improvisations................Railroad Playhouse, Newburgh, Oct 1, 8pm “Lennon - Live” ..................................................................Lycian Centre, Sugar Loaf, Oct 8, 8pm “Is It Now Yet?” w/Debra Vogel ..Unitarian Universalist Congregation, Rock Tavern, Oct 9, 4pm “Illusion of Elvis” w/Danny Vernon........................Paramount Theater, Middletown, Oct 15, 8pm

theatre - Physical “Actionable” music, video, slides, monologue............NACL Theatre, Highland Lake, Oct 1, 8pm “The Dunham Baker Project” multi-media Dance Theatre ............NACL Theatre, Oct 16, 4pm

theatre - Play “Medal of Honor Rag” ................................................Shadowland Theatre, Ellenville, thru Oct 2 “A Raisin in the Sun” ......Sullivan County Community College, Loch Sheldrake, Oct 6 & 7, 7pm “The Glass Menagerie” Forestburgh Theatre Arts ............Nesin Theatre, Monticello, thru Oct 2 St. Joseph School, New Windsor, Oct 7 & 8, 7:30pm “Clara Barton”....................................Playhouse at Museum Village, Monroe, Oct 8, 3pm & 7pm “Wrong Window” Sullivan County Dramatic Workshop................................................................

Rivoli Theatre, South Fallsburg, Oct 14-23

theatre - Play reading ”Los Tres Balceneros: I’d Rather Be Grateful than Dead” Air Pirates Live Radio Theater ......

Railroad Playhouse, Newburgh, Oct 14, 8pm ”Herb Marks Freelance: Time Heals All Wounds” Air Pirates Live Radio Theater ....................

Pavilion at LC, Sugar Loaf, Oct 15, 8pm

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Please check the schedule for Gallery Art and Photography Opening Receptions

Poetry Reading ..S. Thomas Summer & David Vincenti ..NCR 7pm Music Small Town Shieks WH 8pm

Cinema “Iphigenia” SUNYO-HH 7:15pm

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Cinema Monday Night Movie NFL 6:30pm

Please check the schedule for Gallery Art and Photography Opening Receptions

Open Mic......Musician’s Gathering....The Dancing Cat, Bethel, 8pm

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Music - Jazz...Jazz Trio...Aroma Thyme Bistro, Ellenville, 8pm-11pm

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Cinema “Dreams” SUNYO-HH 7:15pm

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Festival......................................Walden Harvest Fest ........................................................Downtown Walden Festival ..............................................Craft Fair ................................Senior Center, Montgomery, 11am-5pm Theatre - Musical ................................“Cabaret” ................................................................CTMW 3pm & 8pm Poetry Reading........................................Ann Ratcliffe..........................................7 West Street, Warwick,.4pm Music ....................................Rock The Mountain Music Festival ............Tuxedo Ridge Ski Center, from 5pm ..............................PV 4pm-7pm Theatre & Dinner .......................”Cooking With the Calamari Sisters” ....................................LC Pavilion, 6:30pm Theatre - Play ................................“The Glass Menagerie” ............................Nesin Theatre, Monticello, 8pm Sun” ......................SCCC 7pm Music - Classical ................Music of Our Time “Tribute to Lee Hoiby” ............Tusten Theatre, Narrowsburg, 8pm za ................................FAL 7pm Theatre - Play ......................................“Medal of Honor Rag” ........................................................................ST 8pm Theatre - Physical........................................”Actionable”............................................................................NACL 8pm ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ seph School, New Windsor, 7:30pm .

Harvest Time Soup & Dessert & Craft Fair.......Storm King Firehouse, Cornwall-on Hudson, 9am-3pm Writers Narrowsburg Lib. 7:30pm Art Walk.................Second Saturday in Beacon ..........................................Downtown Beacon, all day - Play ........................................“Clara Barton”........................................................CTMW 3pm & 7pm ets ................................HCC 8pm Theatre Festival ................................18th Annual Catskill Chili Cook-Off ......Liberty Musem & Arts Center, 4pm-8pm Poetry Reading ....................................Eamon Grennan ......................................7 West Street, Warwick, 4pm Theatre - Play ................................“The Glass Menagerie” ............St. Joseph School, New Windsor, 7:30pm Cinema ..............................................“Some LIke it Hot” ..................Paramount Theaer, Middletown, 7:30pm Theatre - Musical ..................................“Lennon - Live” ........................................................................LC 8pm

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Psychic Fair & Aura Photography ..........Crsytal Connection, Wurtsboro, 10am-5pm

Recreation ..................................Fall Foliage Tour ........................Grey Towers, Milford, 1:30pm

= Harriman Hall 111 Film Theatre, OCCC, Middletown 845-341-4891 = Tusten Theater, Narrowsburg = Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Rock Tavern = Wurtsboro Art Alliance,, 73 Sullivan Street = Wherehouse, Newburgh

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Festival......................Harvest Festival Chili Day in October ........................BW 11am-4pm Theatre & Lunch........”Cooking With the Calamari Sisters” ..............LC Pavilion, 12:30pm Music - Jazz........................The Piano Man Gary Mazz ..........Dancing cat Saloon, Bethel, 1pm-4pm Theatre - Play ......................................“Medal of Honor Rag” ................................................ST 2pm Theatre - Musical ....................................“Guys and Dolls” ..............Riverview Inn, Matamoras, 2pm Music - Jazz ....................................US Air Force Liberty Band ..........................Lycian Centre, 2pm Music..........................................................Keith Newman ....................................PV 2:30pm-5:30pm Theatre - Play.................................”The Glass Menagerie” ......Nesin Theatre, Monticello, 3pm Theatre - Musical ..........................................“Cabaret”....................................................CTMW 3pm Music - Jazz-Pop-Rock-etc. ..............Matt Fishteyn in Concert............................................NFL 3pm Poetry reading..........................................Matthew Spireng ................................................WAA 8pm

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Music - Jazz ................................Bella Winds Trio ........................................FAL 10am=2pm Festival ....................................Harvest Festival Rustic Craft Show ..........................BW 11am-4pm Music - Jazz........................The Piano Man Gary Mazz ..........Dancing Cat Saloon, Bethel, 1pm-4pm Music........................................................Paul Binotto..................................PV 2:30pm-5:30pm Festival ..........................................DVAA 35th Anniversary Gala ..............................TT & DAC 3pm Theatre - Musical ......................................“Is It Now Yet?” ..................................................UUC 4pm

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Music - Jazz........Jeremy Siskind Trio w/Nancy Harms ..FAL 10am-2pm s ............................PV 4pm-7pm Opera - Livecast ..................“Anna Bolena” Donizetti ..............................................SCCC 1pm Swara ............SUNYO-KH 7pm

eck, The Folkadelics ..FAL 7pm ......Dancing Cat Saloon, Bethel

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Music ................................................Sidi Toure ..............................................................FAL 7pm Music - Jazz........The Piano Man Gary Mazz Dancing Cat Saloon, Bethel, 1pm-4pm

Music ........................................Gregg Van Gelder ................................................PV 7pm-10pm Theatre - Play ....................“Wrong Window” ............Rivoli Theater, 2pm Music - Pop & Classical..........................Masters of the Guitar..................................GMCM 8pm Music ........................................Rob Schiff ..................PV 2:30pm-5:30pm Theatre - Musical.......“Illusion of Elvis” Danny Vernon ....Paramount Theater, Middletown 8pm Dance Theatre...Samurai Rain - Folktales of Japan & China ....SUNYO 3pm

Theatre - Play ............................“Wrong Window” ........................................Rivoli Theater, 8pm Theatre-Dance-Physical......The Dunham Baker Project..........NACL 4pm o Theater ....................RR 8pm Play Reading ..................Air Pirates Live Radio Theater ..............................Pavilion at LC 8pm Cinema ......................“The Walking Dead-Edpisode 1” ..............WH 9pm

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Music - Jazz.......................John Abercrombie Trio ............Ritz Theater Lobby, Newburgh, 8pm Music ..........................................Perfect Thyroid ..........................................................WH 9pm

22 Art Tour ....................Orange County Open Studio Tour ..................................11am-5pm Music - Rock ..........Chris Bergson Band, Sleepy Wizard ....................................FAL 7pm Music ..............................Hurley Mountain Highway....................................PV 7pm-10pm Music ................................................TBA ........................................................NVM 7:30pm Comedy ....“USO All-Stars” Mike Fox, Mark Riccadona, Spanky........................RR 8pm Theatre - Play ....................“Wrong Window” ..............................Rivoli Theater, 8pm

Music........................Shawn Mullins with Callaghan ....................................BW 8pm Music - Classical.......Music for Winds & Strings ....St. Andrew’s Episopal Ch., So. Fallsburg, 8pm

Music....................................The Pop Pistols ................................................WH 9pm

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Recreation.......3rd Annual High Tea Ann Street Gallery, Newburgh, 2pm-4pm

Music ........................................Erol Ogut ..................PV 2:30pm-5:30pm Music ................Dance Night with The Saints of Swing ............FAL 7pm Cinema ....................“The Walking Dead-Episode 2” ..................WH 9pm

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Opera - Livecast ............“Don Giovanni” Mozart ......................................SCCC 1pm Music - Classical......Ensemble Tremblay w/Bob Sherman ........Milford Theater, 3pm Recreation ..............................PEEC A BOO................................................PEEC 4pm Halloween.....Dancing Cat Halloween Party w/Gays of Sullivan ....Catskill Distilling Co, Bethel

Music - Jazz ............Pedro Giraudo Jazz Orchestra ....................................FAL 7pm Music ..........................Groovy Tuesday Halloween ..............................PV 7pm-10pm

Music - Jazz ..........................Akie Bermiss ......................FAL 10am-2pm Music - Jazz.....The Piano Man Gary Mazz ....Dancing Cat Saloon, Bethel, 1pm-4pm

Music ......................................Steve Wells..................PV 2:30pm-5:30pm Music & Cinema..Halloween Show & “The Cat & the Canary” ..WH 9pm

Music - Jazz......Bob Keller Trio w/Nancy Reed ..Tusten Theatre, Narrowsburg, 8pm Music ................................Alpha Male Gorillas ..............................................WN 9pm

5 Opera - Livecast................“Siegfried” Wagner ........................................SCCC Noon Music - Rock ......................Marshall Tucker Band..................................................LC 8pm

6 Forum....Catskill Preservation Conference ....Liberty Musem,10am-8pm

Comedy ........................Rev. Bob Levy and Friends ............................................RR 8pm

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ART exhibits CAG ..............................................................................................................Catskill Artists Gallery, Liberty CAS..................................................................................................Catskill Art Society, Livingston Manor DAC ....................................................................................................Delaware Arts Center, Narrowsburg KMM..........................................................................................Karpeles Manuscript Museum, Newburgh NFL ............................................................................................................................Newburgh Free Library OSH......................................................................................Old Stone House, Hasbrouck (Woodbourne) SUNYO ......................................SUNY Orange Middletown, Orange Hall Gallery & Loft 845-341-4891 SUNYO-KH......................................................................................SUNY Orange Newburgh, Kaplan Hall UUC ..................................Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Rock Tavern Gallery 917-613-3489 WAA ..........................................................................................................................Wurtsboro Art Alliance WRS..............................................................................Wallkill River School, Montgomery 845-457-2787

Carolyn Duke pottery ..........................................Duke Pottery, Tennanah Lake, Roscoe, ongoing Mike Jarozsko luminist paintings ........................James Douglas Gallery, Montgomery, ongoing Valerie Taggert watercolors & botanicals ......................Livingston Manor Library, thru summer Grey Zeien “Surrealism, Expressionism & Candy Boxes” ......Beacon Artists Union, thru Oct 2 Group Show ................................................................................................The ARTery, thru Oct 2 Walter Bill “Watercolors of Times to Remember” ..........................................SUNYO thru Oct 5 Robert Harry Score “Mending Wall: A Nostalgic, Pen & Ink Reflection”....SUNYO thru Oct 5 “The Next Stop Is: Railroads & Train Stations of Orange County Throughout the Years” art, photography, artifacts, etc. Seligmann Studio, thru Oct 5 Emily Adamo ..............................................................Wolfgang Gallery, Montgomery, thru Oct 7 Richard Kreznar paintings ..................................................................................DAC thru Oct 15 Orange County Art Federation......................................CSArch Gallery, Newburgh, thru Oct 16 Ishwar Malleret & Jules Perlmutter paintings..............................................................................

Flour Power Bakery, Livingston Manor, thru Oct 22 Juanita Guccione ....................................................Kaplan Hall, SUNYO Newburgh, thru Oct 21 Canace “From the Corners of My Mind” mixed media ................Ellenville Library, thru Oct 31 Zhang Huan, Daniel Buren, Maya Lin et al, sculptures ..............................................................

Storm King Art Center, Mountainville, thru Nov 13 ”A Friend’s Show” all mediums & crafts ................Catskill Artists Gallery, Liberty, thru Nov 20

New ART exhibits

George Haas “From Bourbon Street to the Bayou” ....................................HPG Oct 8, 6pm-9pm Randall Fitzgerald “Blurring Artistic Lines” ....................The ARTery, Milford, Oct 8, 6pm-9pm Carol Flaitz “Touching One Billionth of a Meter” ..........Beacon Artists Union, Oct 8, 6pm-9pm “The Next Stop Is: Railroads & Train Stations of Orange County Throughout the Years” art, photography, maps, artifacts, educational panels, etc. SUNYO Oct 13, 1:30pm-4pm “Four Seasons of Nature & Landscapes in Sullivan County” Jeff Bank Calendar winners ......

CAS Oct 14, 6pm-8pm Frank Mullaney “real/unreal” w/artist talk ................................................CAS Oct 15, 3pm-6pm Orange County South Open Studio Tour..Seligmann Homestead, Sugar Loaf, Oct 21, 6pm-8pm John Kiersten & Jordan Lewis & Anita Ray..Stone Bridge Station, Warwick, Oct 21, 6pm-9pm LaVerne Black “Manescapes” ....................................................................DAC Oct 21, 7pm-9pm Nelson Pantoja Toothpick Art “Memorial Tribute to the Victims of 9/11 WAA Oct 22, Noon-6pm New Exhibit & Halloween Costume Party ..............Skoler Gallery, Ellenville, Oct 29, 6pm-10pm 10th Annual Catskills Preservation Photography Exhibit ....Liberty Museum, Nov 6, 7pm-9pm

books & clubs Audubon Society First Sunday Field Trip..............................845-744-6047 Goshen, 8am or 9am Book Reading & Signing Wayne Hoffman “Sweet Like Sugar” ..........................CAS Oct 1, 3pm Book Reading & Signing Linda Zimmerman “Ghost Investigations”............................................

Walden Library, Oct 11. 7pm Book Discussion “The Room” by Emma Douglas, w/Dr. Jessica Gerson......................................

Newburgh Free Library, (NFL) Oct 19, 7pm Book Discussion “Fight Club” by Chuck Palahniuk ..The Wherehouse, Newburgh, Oct 24, 7pm Book Discussion Great Books Book Discussion..................NFL Oct 26, 7pm & Oct 28, 11:30am Book Discussion & Signing Dave Lustig, “Capes and Cameos”......Walden Library, Oct 27, 7pm Book Reading & Signing “Ghost Detective”by Michael J. Worden,..............................................

Greenwood Lake Library, Oct 30, 1pm Walden Chess Club all ages, all levels ................Walden Library, Saturdays 10am, Mondays 6pm Friday Night Chess ....................................................................Narrowsburg Library, Fridays 6pm Knit and Stitch ......................................................................Narrowsburg Library, Mondays, 6pm Knimble Knitters......................................................................Ellenville Library, Saturdays, 10am Laurel & Hardy Sons of the Desert Int’l Org. ....................Last Sundays, ray@themtharhills.org The Music Lovers Guild ............................3rd Thurs, 7:30pm FREE, Montgomery 845-457-9867 Listen to recorded classical music, open informal discussion follows.

Photography Club Hudson Highlands Photo Workshop ..............................2nd Monday, 7:30pm St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, Chester Science Cafe “Did the exotic tobacco plant seduce civilization?” Assieh Melikian, Ph.DDiana’s, New Windsor, Oct 26, 7pm Scrabble Players............................................................................Walden Library, Thursdays, 6pm Scrabble Players..........................................................................Ellenville Library, Tuesdays, 6pm Trivia Night ..........................................................2 Alices, Cornwall-on-Hudson, Thursdays, 8pm

“Come Paint With Me” plein air painters ......................Chant Realtors, Lords Valley, Oct 1-29 Nancy Reed Jones & Lisa O’Gorman, Jean Cimmorelli......................................WRS Oct 1-31 Scott Klee Clark”The Weight of Temples Waiting” ....River Gallery, Narrowsburg, Oct 1-Nov 5 Ellie Irons & Dan Phiffer “Neversink Transmissions: Documentation + Ephemera” ................

Old Stone House, Hasbrouck, Oct 2-30 Linda Richichi “Goddess Vision” Center for Being, Knowing, Doing, Newburgh, Oct 6-Nov 30 Carol Flaitz “Touching One Billionth of a Meter” ................Beacon Artists Union, Oct 8-Nov 6 Margie Neuhaus sculpture........................................................The Forge, Milford, Oct 8-Nov 10 “The Next Stop Is: Railroads & Train Stations of Orange County Throughout the Years” art, photography, artifacts, maps, educational panels, etc. SUNYO Oct 12-Dec 1 museums Frank Mullaney ..............................................................................................CAS Oct 15-Nov 20 HHNM ......................................Hudson Highlands Nature Museum, Outdoor Discovery Center, Cornwall Newburgh Youth Art......................................................Kaplan Hall, SUNYO Newburgh, Oct 20 HHNM-CoH ............................Hudson Highlands Nature Museum, Education Center, Cornwall-on-Hudson Nelson Pantoja Toothpick Art “Memorial Tribute to the Victims of 9/11” .................................. PEEC......................................................................Pocono Environmental Education Center, Dingmans Ferry WAA Oct 22, Noon-6pm New Exhibit 18 Artists & Photographers....................Skoler Gallery, Ellenville, Oct 29-Nov 10 Meet the Animals ..................................................................HHNM Saturdays & Sundays 2:30pm Brook Trout Exhibit ........................................................HHNM-CoH, Fri, Sat & Sun, Noon-4pm Grey Towers House Tours ..........................................................Weekends, Grey Towers, Milford Sculpture Exhibits Imi Knoebel, Walter De Maria ........................................Dia:Beacon, ongoing PhotograPhy exhibits Sullivan County Museum Historical Museum & Archives............................Hurleyville. ongoing FOV ....................................................................................................................Fovea Exhibitions, Beacon Civil War Artifacts ....................................................................Museum Village, Monroe, ongoing HPG................................................................................................Highlands Photographic Guild, Milford Museum & Frederick Franck Sculpture Garden ......Pacem in Terris, Warwick, thru Oct. FREE “Strange, Kozmic Experience: The Doors, Janis Joplin, Jimi Hendrix” ....................................

“Early to Rise: Working Farms in Orange County” ......................................................ongoing Bethel Woods Museum, thru Oct 30 Cornell Cooperative Extension, Middletown James Hiller ..........................................................James Douglas Gallery, Montgomery, ongoing “The Million Dollar Club: Early Banks & Anthracite Canals” ..................................................

Allen Levine ”Of Sea and Sky” ......................................................................HPG thru Oct 2 Neversink Valley Museum thru Nov 27 Benjamin Swett & Rachel Swett “21: A Life in Pictures” ..................................CAS thru Oct 9 “Detectives” ....................................Karpeles Manuscript Museum, Newburgh, thru Dec 18 FREE Tom Doyle “Images at the Edge of Light”....................................................KMM thru Oct 27 A Glimpse into the Building of the Rondout & Neversink Reservoirs and Connecting Tunnels: Photos from the DEP Archives” Time & the Valleys Museum, Grahamsville, thru Oct 31 School and Conservatory “Nights of 9/11”......................................................................................................FOV thru Nov 6 The Grand Catskill Resorts (& architecture) ........Liberty Museum & Arts Center, thru-Dec 16 Christian Open Mic Night ..................................NY School of Music-Den, Walden, Oct 15, 7pm Nick Zungoli “Mekong Journey” ..................Exposures Gallery, Sugar Loaf, thru Summer 2012 Rock etc Open Mic Night ....................................NY School of Music-Den, Walden, Oct 28, 7pm Scary Strings Halloween strings student recital NY School of Music-Den, Walden, Oct 29, TBA

New photography exhibits

Randall Fitzgerald “Blurring Artistic Lines” ........................The ARTery, Milford, Oct 6-Nov 7 Children and teens calendar 10th Annual Catskills Preservation Photography Exhibit ..........Liberty Museum, Oct 7-Dec 3 George Haas “From Bourbon Street to the Bayou” ..........................................HPG Oct 8-Nov 6 Patrick O’Hare..........................................................................The Forge, Milford, Oct 8-Nov 10 festivalS & recreation - adults & children, see page 13 “Four Seasons of Nature & Landscapes in Sullivan County” Jeff Bank Calendar winners ....

CAS Oct 14 Frank Mullaney “real/unreal” ......................................................................CAS Oct 15-Nov 20 halloween No Scare Halloween ..................................................................Museum Village, Monroe, Oct 23 LaVerne Black “Manescapes” ......................................................................DAC Oct 21-Nov 12 Halloween Parade ....................................................................Main Street, Liberty, Oct 29, Noon John Kiersten & Jordan Lewis & Anita Ray ............Stone Bridge Station, Warwick, Oct 21-23 PEEC A BOO ............................................................................................PEEC Oct 29, 4pm-7pm

Art & Photography receptions

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Discovering Animals Together ages 2-4yrs ......................HHNM-CoH, Tues., Wed., Sat, 2:30pm “Come Paint With Me” plein air painters ..........Chant Realtors, Lords Valley, Oct 1, 5pm-7pm Scott Klee Clark”The Weight of Temples Waiting” ..River Gallery, Narrowsburg, Oct 1, 6pm-8pm Storytelling & Crafts Ellie Irons & Dan Phiffer “Neversink Transmissions: Documentation + Ephemera” OSH Oct 2 Harvest Party Family Program Stories, Crafts, etc.....................Walden Library, Oct 20, 4:30pm Linda Richichi “Goddess Vision” ..Center for Being, Knowing, Doing, Newburgh, Oct 6, 7pm-9pm The Grand Catskill Resorts (& architecture) ........Liberty Museum & Arts Center, Oct 8, 2pm Theatre “If You Give a Moose a Muffin” ..............................................................................................

Nancy Reed Jones & Lisa O’Gorman, Jean Cimmorelli ........................WRS Oct 8, 5pm-7pm Lycian Centre, Sugar Loaf, Oct 16, 1pm, Oct 17, 9:45am & 11:45am Margie Neuhaus sculpture, Patrick O’Hare photography The Forge, Milford, Oct 8, 6pm-8pm

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Walden calendar

From Class to Stage

Sponsored by Walden Business Association

Farmers Market

Music - Student Recital

Thursdays Noon-6pm Village Square, Walden, thru Oct 27

Scary Strings Halloween NY School of Music Den, Oct 29, TBA

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Recreation

Harvest Festival Oct 1 Downtown Walden

Chess Club Mondays, 6pm-8pm Chess Club Saturdays, 10am-2pm Scrabble Club Thursdays 6pm-8pm Josephine-Louise Library

Book Discussion & Signng

Adam L. Troy

by Barry Plaxen In September, Hudson Valley POPS produced On Golden Pond at the New Rose Theater, starring Samuel E. Wright and Amanda Wright, co-owners with Pamela Murphy of Hudson Valley Conservatory.

Featured in the play were former students of Samuel’s. Audience members were able to see both these two gentlemen “Steal the Show” with their craft and charisma.

Maybe not a rags to riches story, but certainly a class to stage story, the fulfillment of dreams.

Troy recently had the lead role in Harvey at the New Rose Theater, and his was the best “Elwood P. Dowd” I have ever seen, and that includes James Stewart in the classic film. In Pond he had the audience in the palm of his hand with his humor, his “down east” characterization and his ability

Linda Zimmerman, “Ghost Investigations”, Oct 11, 7pm Dave Lustig, “Capers and Cameos” Josephine-Louise Library, Oct 27, 7pm

Seth Andrew Bridges

to communicate and “turn on your empathy buttons”.

Pond was my first exposure to Bridges, and his wonderful comedic sense. He did everything possible to make his character come alive while entertaining within the boundaries of the role and the play by making each and every line of his meaningful.

Kudos to these two professional level actors, and to their former drama teacher who deserves to be both proud and satisfied.

Obviously, their drama training at the Conservatory (HVC) has succeeded in creating two professional level actors who have gone on to work locally and elsewhere.

The HVC has three departments: music, drama and dance. Its studio atmosphere allows both serious and recreational students to learn and flourish in a professional setting.

Music - Open Mic Christian Open Mic Night Oct 15, 7pm Local Rock Band w/open mic Oct 28, 7pm NY School of Music Den

We all know what performance skills can do for a child, for a teen or for an adults’s self-worth; there’s no need to describe that.

The HVC Drama Department offers those skills in an enriching program that provides students of all ages with the skills and techniques necessary to pursue a career in acting, if they desire, or partake in community theatre.

The drama program is designed for students aged eight and up, with levels of study including performance techniques, character development, scene study, improvisation, writing and directing. Each class offers a collaborative environment where teachers and students work together

Storyltelling & Crafts Harvest Party Family Program Josephine-Louise Library, Oct 20, 4:30pm

to bring the written word to life. The classes also offer a look into production aspects of the theatre, involving students in the "behind the scenes" process of sets, costumes, lighting and sound, as well as theatre management.

As students move into higher levels, they are exposed to more advanced contemporary as well as classical plays, providing them the chance to grow as performers. Additional classes, such as stage combat, are offered to expand their theatre knowledge. Bridges recently staged the combat scenes for a NYC theatre company! Proof positive that his experiences in the HVC curricular has prepared him for his theatrical endeavors.

Check the website for more class information. www.hvcfa.com.

Phone:845-778-2478.

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Walden High School, Class of 1939 Literary events in the Village of Walden are beginning to attract attention from areas beyond the Wallkill Valley. David Lustig's Capers and Cameos, containing the "escapades" of a "World War I Baby Boomer" and anecdotes from the notorious Walden High School Class of 1939, has become an instant best seller in Orange County, causing a "Sold Out" sign to be displayed within days following the first book signing. One reader subtitled the book, "What your parents never told you about Walden."

To a large extent the statement is accurate: a trolley car on Main Street, an ice man that delivers ice, an industrial river town struggling through a depression many believe forecasted the war, a war against the forces of evil, a war that required and consumed an extraordinary generation.

Many did not speak for they did not remember; many did not speak because they did not know.

David C. Lustig, Jr. fortunately, possess the skills to accurately recollect and record an era so distant and somehow so close.

“It's the people,” comments David. “The wants, needs, loves and sorrows of people remain the same, regardless of the decade.”

David's Walden High School class of 1939 was overflowing with people.

"Characters" they're called, the kind that thrive in all high schools, from the class of '59, '79, 2009 and yes, even 2011. They are all there. Different clothes, new hair styles,

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The Den Series is Back!

Walden High School Class of 1939 in Washington, DC

but carrying the same baggage: love, happiness, disappointment, each rightfully accompanied by laughter, pain and tears.

It's the melancholy sadness that accompanies the realization that the world stretches beyond the Wallkill River Valley.

A generation is walking off, slowly at first, and as the pace quickens, their memories acquire the sound of scripture. This is the stuff from which the "characters" become an extraordinary generation.

David Lustig fortunately has heeded the call and recognizes his obligation to share

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his adventures and, as Dave puts it "misadventures", with those who were at the end of the line and missed the first edition of Capers and Cameos. A second edition will be available for the curious at a book signing, discussion and sale to be held at the Josephine Louise Public Library on October 27 at 7:00pm. Refreshments will be served. A generous portion of the proceeds from the sale (1/3rd) will be donated to the Historical Society of Walden and the Wallkill Valley.

The NY School of Music has scheduled a Cover Band Costume Contest for the return of its Den Series. The series is an open mic for all musicians the last Friday of every month, with a headlining local band.

For the October 28 re-opening party, come dressed as your favorite artist and belt out some cover tunes! After all, it's Halloween weekend! Bring the little ones for some trick-or-treats! Donation box at the door.

Rock Bands do not have a monopoly at the school The Scary Strings Halloween recital is on October 29, (violin, viola, and cello students recital). The recital is free and open to the public!

Christian music also gets its open mic night, this time on October 15 at 7:00pm.

The school is in Village Square, opposite the library. Phone: 845-778-7594.

................................................................................walden Meet the Didsbury Opera House: a spirit stalking the streets of Walden Theatre as a form has existed since the time of the ancient Greeks. It is represented by the two easily recognizable symbols of the Greek muses, Thalia the muse of comedy (laughing face) and Melpomene the muse of tragedy (the crying face). A third form also exists, although rarely referred to by its legitimate name, the Satyr Play. It is more common than one would suspect. In theatre the Satyr Play, a tragicomedy that might be labeled burlesque is a presentation that mocks to cause amusement by caricaturing the mannerisms of individuals or particular groups. Presentation can be overflowing with vulgarity, obscenity and not so hidden sexual innuendo. Sound familiar?

But, back on track: It is the spirit of the Didsbury that prowls these streets of Walden, searching for a crowd, calling for property and seeking the stage manager: "Turn up the lights!" "Is the house full?"

"How much time?" Walden for years glowed under the lights of the performing arts. Conceptual reinforcement exists today in the form of the New Rose Theatre, the New York School of Music, and the Hudson Valley Conservatory.

Walden is ripe with nostalgia and vivid memories of the performing arts, especially as they pertain to the Didsbury Opera

“Didsbury” by Frank O’Reilly

Theatre. Ruth O'Reilly, Walden resident, published author and artist, is one whose acute memory allows her to share and comprehend the prey of the wandering thespian. "Our theatre," she recalls, "known as the Didsbury Opera House was erected in 1903. Upstairs the balcony curved gracefully and box seats hugged the stage as music swelled from the orchestra pit." Ruth, it should be noted, performed at the

Didsbury as a vocalist and dancer.

Time stands between recollection and events, but Ruth has shared those times when vaudeville and some of the best plays and forms of entertainment were available, live and real, in downtown Walden. It was at the Didsbury. Way Down East, Uncle Tom's Cabin were road shows. Imagine the thrill of hearing The Stars and Stripes Forever played by the internationally famed

band of John Phillip Sousa. Finding a crowd was rarely a problem. For the younger set, finding the ten cents for admission was.

Road shows would, on occasion, organize a parade on Main Street as publicity and warm up, and little boys who never found the 10 cents could participate in the parade in exchange for a ticket. Of course the little ones had to be chased by the big dogs from Tom. It was film, the silents and then the talkies that brought doom for live theatre, not just in Walden but throughout the Valley and across the States. Recalled by few today, Walden did have other theatres. Ruth remembers fondly, with a little twinkle or perhaps a tear, "You could go to The Majestic or The Star Theatre down the street, but their life was short and it was Didsbury's that remained our dream-maker through two world wars and the space age."

It's that wandering thespian, seeking companions in the night, perpetuating the role of dream-maker, promoting theatre and performing arts. There is no substitute for live theatre. There's fancy high def. television, You-Tube and Blu-Ray and more; but it's not real. It doesn't breathe, it doesn't sweat and ad-libs are absent.

Listen! A white-face Greek chorus takes the stage now. Entering stage right and stage left, it laments the passing: the Didsbury Opera House has burned to the ground, and the wandering thespian, more desperate now, continues his/her quest.

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Masters of the Guitar to benefit Music for Humanity education scholarships and live events. A benefit for that purpose will be held at the Montgomery Senior Center on October 15 at 8:00pm, entitled Masters of the Guitar with two guitar masters performing.

John Sheehan, a multi-styled composer and fingerstyle guitarist/singer/songwriter from Ringwood, NJ, is a steadfast proponent of the solo fingerstyle guitar The current mission of Music for performance, Fingerstyle guitar is the technique of Humanity is offering and managing music playing the guitar by plucking the strings DINING OUT and IN

directly with the fingertips, fingernails, or picks attached to fingers, as opposed to flatpicking (picking individual notes with a single plectrum called a flatpick) or strumming all the strings of the instrument in chords.

The term is often used synonymously with fingerpicking, although fingerpicking can also refer to a specific tradition of folk, blues and country guitar playing in the US. Music arranged for fingerstyle playing can include chords, arpeggios and other elements such as artificial harmonics, hammering on and pulling off with the fretting hand, using the body of the guitar percussively, and many other techniques.

Fingerpicking is the standard technique on the classical or nylon string guitar, but is considered more of an unusual or specialized technique on steel string guitars and even more so on electric guitars.

Because notes are struck by individual digits rather than the hand working as a single unit, fingerstyle playing allows the guitarist to perform several musical elements simultaneously.

Classical guitarist and former Middletown resident Charles Mokotoff holds both Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in guitar performance from Syracuse University and Ithaca College, respectively.

He has served on the faculties of numerous colleges and universities in the New York

and New England area as a lecturer in classical guitar and lute.

Prior to settling in the Washington, DC area in 1991, Mr. Mokotoff made his home in New England where he was widely recognized as an active guitarist and Renaissance lute player during the 1980s. During that period his career culminated with two Far East tours and a well-received New York City debut in Weill Hall at Carnegie Hall in 1987, featuring the Premier of Autumn Elegy by William Coble, written and dedicated to him.

Mr. Mokotoff has been hard of hearing for a good deal of his life and is an outspoken proponent of “making music with hearing loss”. In May 2009 he performed a solo concert for the Grand Montgomery Chamber Music Series and this is his first “re-appearance” in the ares since that fullhouse concert.

The Music for Humanity Benefit is at the Senior Center, 36 Bridge Street, on October 15 at 8:00pm.

Come early, park, and walk to the shops and restaurants two blocks away.

Call: 845-469-0900 for reservations.

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.....................................................................montgomery Meet Anna Weber Meet Kate Seredy - Author, Illustrator, Montgomery Farmer

Self-Portrait by Kate Seredy, courtesy Mongtomery Free Library

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 award-winning children's novelist, renowned artist / illustrator and try-real-hard farmer.

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 was the streets of New York City. It was determination coupled with intestinal fortitude and guided by the blessing of a quick mind, that spurred Kate

to create and sell pencil-drawn illustrations used for book jacket designs and greeting cards as a means of survival. Without formal instruction Kate became fluent in English. Her book jacket illustrations were sold to Doubleday and it was there that a friend, a children's book editor, suggested she combine her visual talents with a narrative for children about her native land, Hungary.

Under these circumstances her first novel was conceived and born. The Good Master, an autobiographical novel, quickly became a success, winning the Newbery Honor of 1936 and fortunately providing the impetus for Kate Seredy's move to Orange County, Town of Montgomery.

Once settled in on her farm on Kaisertown Road in the Town of Montgomery, Kate wrote and published what is perhaps her most famous novel, The White Stag, a story that follows the warrior bands of Huns and Magyars across Asia and into Europe. It's a mythical version of the life of Attila the Hun which won the John Newbery Medal for excellence in American children's literature in 1938. The Newbery Medal is a literary award given by the Association for Library Service to Children, and is given to the author of the most distinguished contribution to American literature for children. Competition for the 1938 award was uncompromising; it

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included submissions from Laura Ingalls Wilder, of Little House 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 final 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 Mary Reichert.

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Middletown artist Anna Weber is a realistic oil painter.

Born in Wallkill, she drew as soon as she could hold a crayon. Her art is “inspired by the struggles of daily life that people of all cultures, and ages have to endure,” she states. She likes to tell her stories in a very allegorical way. Everything from her palette to her characters have meaning within each individual piece. She uses subtle icons that have hidden messages, so they don’t just look like pretty pictures. This technique is also often used in her work to portray political injustices in society.

Portraiture is one of her major passions and gifts. Currently she is apprenticing at 2Tone Tattoos in Montgomery, where she also paints.

Her work can be seen from October 10 thru November 9 at the Wolfgang Gallery, 40 Railroad Avenue. The reception is October 15 from 6:00pm-8:00pm. 845769-7446.

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montgomery & Campbell Hall calendar Sponsored by Di Bello Gallery Art & Photography Exhibits Mike Jaroszko luminist Music James Hiller photography James Douglas Gallery, ongoing Emily Adamo thru October 7 Anna Weber Oct 10-Nov 9 Reception: Oct 15, 6pm-8pm Wolfgang Gallery

Masters of the Guitar Music For Humanity John Sheehan folk guitar Charles Mokotoff classical guitar Senior Center, Oct 15, 8pm

+++++++++++++++++++ Nancy Reed Jones & Lisa O’Gorman Jean Cimmorelli emerging artist Members Show: ”Fall” Wallkill River School, Oct 1-31 Reception: Oct 8, 5pm-7pm

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Forest Light by Nancy Reed Jones

“Romancing the Landscape”, an exhibition of new works by Nancy Reed Jones and Lisa O’Gorman is on display in the Devitt Wing of the Wallkill River School (WRS) in the historic Patchett House during October.

Inspired by all the beauty of the Hudson Valley, Nancy Reed Jones has taken acrylics to a new level. Using techniques of the famous impressionists as well as traditional realism, her paintings reflect the softness of oil with the detail of acrylic. Trained on Long Island, she has had commissions from the Vanderbilt Estates as well as from many clients in the Hamptons. She has used her painting skills to help people in recovery from addiction as well as using her murals

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for guided imagery with cancer patients. A represented artist of the Wallkill River School, she teaches several different acrylic workshops there.

Lisa O’Gorman grew up in Yonkers and moved to Hudson Valley in 1990.

O’Gorman has a strong connection to nature, she finds herself painting landscapes and wildlife, and pets. “I paint what I believe in, what moves me spiritually. I don’t always know why I stop at a particular scene. It’s a feeling I respond to, not intellect,” says O’Gorman.

In addition to the WRS members’ “Fall” showcase in the main hall, emerging artist Jeanne Cimorelli’s work is in the workshop room.

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Craft Fair Knitting, Crocheting, Weaving, etc.

Senior Center, Oct 1, 11am-5pm Village-Wide Yard Sale Village locations, Oct 8

As a child, Jeanne Cimorelli was never without markers and a notepad. Cimorelli studied Commercial Art at Dutchess Community College, and then worked as an editorial artist for the Poughkeepsie Journal.

After several family and personal losses, she stopped drawing and transitioned her career into web design and computer programming, which she continues today at West Point. After a decade of not drawing, art still stirred in her soul, and Jeanne sought

Recreation Ghost Candlelight Tour Village Hall, Oct 15, 7pm Salute to Veterans Oct 22, 10am-5pm Oct 23, 10am-3pm Veterans Memorial Park Fire Department & Village Annual Parade/Party Firefighters Museum, Oct 29, 4pm Ghost Invstigation Tour See page 26

Wallkill River School, Oct 29, 7pm

out local artists and opportunities for reconnecting at the Walkill River School where the reception gor the October exhibit is from 5:00pm to 7:00pm on October 8, with hors d’oeuvres from Wildfire Grill and wine, free and open to the public.

Phone: 845-457-2787.

Destination..........................................sugar loaf / Chester Hurricane Irene destroyed Sugar Loaf’s main entrance. The road is closed only from the entrance to the railroad tracks. Every other road is open.

Coming from the North on King’s Highway (Chester), go past the blocked off entrance and turn right at the stop sign onto County Route 82.

For Seligmann Homestead, make the first right onto White Oaks Drive.

For Lycian Centre, continue past White Oaks Drive and turn right at the stop sign.

Visitors can also enter from the South (Warwick) on Kings Highway or from the West (Florida) on Pine Hill Road.

David Cassidy Live!

Hailing from a family of actors, mother Evelyn Ward and father, Tony-winner (for She Loves Me) Jack Cassidy, David Cassidy’s fate as a performer was essentially seeded at a young age. It was by coincidence that he wound up starring with stepmother Shirley Jones in The Partridge Family.

When ABC cast Cassidy as its juvenile star in what became an astonishingly successful series, one of the most spectacular careers in the entertainment industry was launched. Before the end of 1970, the year that The Partridge Family premiered, David had the #1 selling single of the year and record of the year, and garnered multiple Grammy nominations and won a Golden Apple Award. Over the next five years, membership in his official fan club exceeded that of Elvis Presley and the Beatles!

Women of a certain age will remember the first time crush, the heart throb, the posters, the smile, the hair, the puka beads!

The frenzy and hysteria surrounding David Cassidy in the 1970s was all-encompassing!

“He is my favorite,” says Lycian Centre’s Marketing and Box Office Manager, Ann

Marie Vitoulos. “He’s the biggest teen idol of all time (take that Justin Bieber - but don't tell my daughter I said that!!). Women of a certain generation, of which I am a part, will always have that 12-13-15 year old girl inside who still gets a little fluttery at the thought of seeing him in concert! Plus there are woman from the UK and Las Vegas flying in to see him!! It's exciting!”

David became the first personality to be merchandised globally. His likeness appeared on everything from posters to lunch boxes, comic books, toys, cereal boxes and almost anything else imaginable.

His concerts sold out in the largest arenas and stadiums in the world which led him to be the world's highest paid performer by the age of 21. His upcomng performance will be a chance to re-live those feelings of their youth and have the opportunity for a memorable and intimate evening with the most famous teen idol ever!

He broke box office records at Melbourne's Cricket Grounds, London's White City Stadium, Houston's Astrodome and New York's Madison Square Garden. To date, his records have sold well over 30 million copies worldwide and have been recognized with over 24 Gold and Platinum recordings including four consecutive multi-platinum LP's.

Despite the superstardom he has enjoyed as a singer, songwriter and producer, David still thinks of himself as an actor first. His credits, from the phenomenal success of The Partridge Family also include the telefilm A Chance to Live the highest rated Police Story in its seven year history, which earned him an Emmy nomination as Best Dramatic Actor.

Never one to rest on his laurels, he went to Broadway where he starred in the original production of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat. Then London beckoned to David, and he starred next at the prestigious West End in Time with Sir Laurence Olivier.

In 1994, he once again broke box office records in the stunning and highly lauded

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production of Blood Brothers on Broadway, working for the first time with brother, Shaun Cassidy.

Despite the peaks and valleys of his professional and personal life, David has always been able to regenerate his success by keeping his perspective and acute sense of humor. "I'm an optimist. I mean, you have to be with my career," he laughs. "I've never gone out and changed my style to suit the times. I have always stayed true to myself by using the work ethic my father instilled in me, to strive for the best musically, theatrically, as well as in producing and writing. He taught me to be fearless about revealing the frailties and strengths of the human experience.

Bringing that human element to my work is the most important thing I can do as an entertainer."

In 1996, David moved to Las Vegas to star at the MGM Grand in the $75 million extravaganza EFX. Under David's creative direction and by entirely re-vamping the show, it became the most successful

production in Las Vegas. The MGM acknowledged that he was singularly responsible for bringing over 1 million paid customers to see "EFX".

David created and produced The Rat Pack Is Back!, the first original production paying tribute to the legendary quartet, with Emmy Award winning writer-producer Don Reo. David also co-created At the Copa, which he wrote, co-produced and starred in.

He returned to performing in concert subsequently and continues to tour worldwide.

The biggest teen idol of all time, Actor, Singer, Entertainer, David Cassidy will perform at the Lycian Centre for the Performing Arts on Thursday, October 27th! C'mon Get Happy!

After 35 years of hit records, TV, Broadway musicals, Las Vegas extravaganzas and breaking box office records around the world, David Cassidy will grace the stage with all the hits you remember, I Think I Love You, I Woke Up in Love This Morning, Cherish and much more!

David now lives in Florida with his wife, songwriter Sue Shifrin-Cassidy, and their 18 year-old son Beau. In addition to performing, producing, writing and recording, David's passion and avocation lie with the thoroughbred horses that he breeds and that race throughout the country.

Call the Lycian Centre Box Office at 845469-2287, Tuesday through Saturday between 11am and 4pm or visit the web at www.LycianCentre.com for tickets.

Kimball Combines Jazz & Classical

Richard Kimball

Jody Weatherstone

The Tree of Life Music Event is a musical performance featuring works by Richard Kimball, Samuel Barber, jazz masters Bill Evans and Wayne Shorter, with soprano Jody Weatherstone and distinguished conductor David Crone. Each piece alludes to one of the great themes of life: birthchildhood-aging-loss-brotherhood-wondersexual love, inspired by the book Ain’t You Got a Right to the Tree of Life?

The highlight of the upcoming event is the premiere of Paris 1911, Kimball’s latest

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large work for chamber ensemble which integrates both jazz and classical idioms, taking the listener through a rich panoply of musical expression from French impressionism, through the post romantic era, with jazz, Brazilian rhythmic forms, and a contemporary fugue, each one evolving seamlessly out of the other.

The Warwick musicians will perform in Sugar Loaf on October 22 at 7:00pm in the Lycian Centre.

Phone 845-469-2287 for tickets.

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Art & Photography Exhibits “Human Form: An Enduring Inspiration” Ann Street Gallery Reception: Oct 15, 6pm-9pm Orange County Art Federation CSArch Gallery, thru Oct 16 Juanita Guccione Kaplan Hall, SUNYO, thru Oct 21 “Tom Doyle “Images at the Edge of Light” Karpeles Manuscript Museum, thru Oct 27

John Abercrombie

The Ritz Theater and La Bella Strings, in association with the Bardavon, begin the fourth concert season of the Tom Humphrey Guitar Series with the John Abercrombie Trio.

Over a career spanning more than 40 years and nearly 50 albums, John Abercrombie has established himself as one the masters of jazz guitar. Favoring unusual sounds and nontraditional ensembles, Abercrombie is a restless experimenter, working firmly in the jazz tradition while pushing the boundaries of meter and harmony.

His trio performs on October 15 at 8:00pm in the Ritz Theater Lobby, just west of the corner of Broadway and Liberty

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Streets.

Subsequent concerts (Mary Gauthier with Tania Elizabeth, Frank Vignola’s Hot Club, Bucky Pizzarelli with Ed Laub and Geoff Muldaur) run through spring 2012 and feature the above major guitar performers.

Purchase tickets to all five shows by October 5 and receive reserved seating in the first four rows. www.ritztheaternewburgh.org, or phone 845-784-1199. Seating is limited.

Live Musical Score The Cat and the Canary (1927) is an American silent horror film adaptation of John Willard's 1922 black comedy play.

Directed by German Expressionist filmmaker Paul Leni, the film is part of a genre of comedy horror films inspired by 1920s Broadway stage plays.

Leni's adaptation of Willard's play blended expressionism with humor, a style Leni was notable for and critics recognized as unique. Leni's style of directing made The Cat and the Canary influential in the "old dark house" genre of films popular from the 1930s through the 1950s.

The silent film will be screened on October 30 at The Wherehouse, 119 Liberty Street, at 9:00pm.

“Monster Keys Whiz Neil Alexander” (see photo) will accompany with his live musical score for the film.

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Linda Richichi “Goddess Vision” The Center for Being, Knowing, Doing Oct 6-Nov 30. Reception Oct 6, 7pm-9pm Newburgh Youth Art Kaplan Hall, SUNYO, Oct 20

Art Tour

Lectures “Vegan Cooking“ w/Seth of Karma Road Oct 16, 2pm “Lost Amusement Parks of the Hudson Valley“ w/Barbara & Wes Gottlock Oct 17, 6:30pm Ghost Adventures & Stories w/Linda Zimmerman Oct 20, 7pm “A Cultural Tour of Puebla, Mexico” w/David and Ross Oct 27, 7pm Newburgh Free Library

Museum Exhibit “Detectives” manuscripts Karpeles Manuscript Museum, thru Dec 18

Music (see page 12 for The Wherehouse gigs) Matt Fishteyn in Concert Newburgh Free Library, Oct 2, 3pm

Orange County South Open Studio Tour Oct 17 & 18, 11am-5pm Reception: Wherehouse, Oct 14, 7pm-9pm

Swear and Shake soul, comic folk-pop Railroad Playhouse, Oct 27, 8pm

Book Discussions

John Abercrombie Trio Tom Humphrey Guitar Series Ritz Theater Lobby, Oct 15, 8pm

Music - Jazz “The Room” by Emma Douglas w/Dr. Jessica Gerson Oct 19, 7pm Great Books Book Discussion Oct 26, 7pm & Oct 28, 11:30am Newburgh Free Library “Fight Club” by Chuck Palahniuk The Wherehouse, Oct 24, 7pm

Play Readings “Los Tres Balceneros: I’d Rather Be Grateful than Dead” Air Pirates Radio Theater Railroad Playhouse, Oct 14, 8pm

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Poetry Readings

Monday Night Movie Oct 17, 6:30pm Newburgh Free Library

Hudson River Poets Oct 6, 7pm Newburgh Free Library

“Pulp Fiction” Oct 12, 8pm

ReadNex Poetry Squad Kaplan Hall, SUNYO, Oct 20, 5pm

“The Walking Dead-Episode 1” Oct 16, 9pm “The Rocky Horror Picture Show” Oct 21, Midnight

“The Walking Dead-Episode 2” Oct 23, 9pm

“The Cat and the Canary” Oct 30, 9pm The Wherehouse

Comedy USO All-Stars: Mike Fox, Mark Riccadona, and Spanky Oct 22 Rev. Bob Levy and Friends Nov 5 Railroad Playhouse, 8pm

Recreation 3rd Annual High Tea Ann Street Gallery, Oct 23, 2pm-4pm

Theatre NY Mission: Improv-able Railroad Playhouse, Oct 1, 8pm

Pirates Radio Play at Playhouse The Air Pirates Radio Theatre is performing Los Tres Balceneros: I'd Rather Be Grateful than Dead at Railroad Playhouse on

October 14 at 8:00pm performing as part of National Arts and Humanities Month. www.rrplayhouse.org

...........................................................................NEWburgH Marilyn Draxton: A Hero of Trestle, Inc. is Remembered

Marilyn Draxton (1938-2011) left, photo courtesy of GNSO Board member Martha Mackey (right)

by Roanne Patterson October is a glorious month for weather, Halloween and natural beauty. Who knew that it is also the month that the Trestle Project (Trestle, Inc.) has their annual placing of the purchased memorial bricks on the Brick Walkway in front of the "Archways" mural on the waterfront?

This grand expression memorializes the devotion of the Trestle's Board of Directors who are deceased, and who gave their all for the community through their loyal and superior labors for the community work of the Trestle, Inc. projects.

One of the heroes is Marilyn Draxton a passionate lover of the arts who worked tirelessly on every Trestle project. "She will be greatly missed by her friends and the community," notes Kiki Hayden a fellow Board member and friend. "I really loved her. She was a special gift to us."

A member of the Executive Board for ten years, this retired Doctor of Nursing came

here from the Midwest upon her retirement.

Draxton instantly fell in love with the Newburgh community and especially the commitment to the arts and culture that she found. "Marilyn was a quiet, solid contributor who gave of herself to the community. She attended every project faithfully," said Hayden.

Another special tribute was paid to Draxton on September 23 at the Greater Newburgh Symphony Orchestra's (GNSO) 2011-12 opening concert when the exquisitely moving Adagio from Edward Elgar’s Enigma Variations was performed as a memorial to Draxton's fine and loyal work with the GNSO Board. A period of silence preceded the performance and there was no applause requested at the conclusion in honor of Marilyn Draxton's ongoing commitment to the work for the Orchestra and its outreach into the community. The silence spoke of the audience's honor to her memory.

This October we salute our heroes: In honor and memory of deceased and devoted members of the Board of Directors of Trestle, Inc. For info: 845-565-1052.

Youths Create Eleven Murals

Painting murals for the Youth | Art Event at La Vida Garden in Newburgh.

Community Solutions Foundation Project of Dispute Resolution Center is hosting a reception for the YOUTH ART Mural Project.

Eleven large scale murals and paintings will be unveiled!

The artwork was created by the city's youth, starting at an outdoor community event that took place at La Vida Garden, at 59 Chambers Street on April 30 while mentors worked closely with the city's youth as they created graffiti murals with the theme "Understanding Newburgh."

YOUTH | ART was one of several kickoff events going on that also included a volunteer fair, the launch of the Armory's

new community garden, and Cupcake-aPalooza at the Ritz Theater.

The project was facilitated by Hudson River Visions, the Urban Farmers League, and M.U.M. (Mothers 4 Upward Movement) and was sponsored by Community Solutions Foundation Project of Dispute Resolution Center, an organization who's mission is to provide opportunities to young adults for building personal capacity and improved quality of life.

The community is invited to come and view the artwork, meet the artists, and share in the celebration on Thursday, October 13 from 4:00-6:00pm at 280 Broadway.

You’ll be Laughing on the Railroad, All the Live-Long Night

Mark Riccadonna

Spanky

Two top comedians who spend most of their time performing for our Troops are on their way to the Railroad Playhouse. The show will be hosted by Mike Fox, a New York City Comedy Club regular and Hudson Valley native.

No joke - the jokesters Mark Riccadonna and Spanky have found that one of the most requested items from the troops is Lip Balm. So please remember to bring some by the Playhouse anytime before or at the show and Mark and Spanky will be happy to deliver them to the servicemen.

Mark isn’t “New York’s hottest new comic” or “Young fresh face of comedy”.

He is a hard working comic that gets the job done with a truthful style and a positive message He doesn't just tell jokes; he turns stories into life.

Mark is a native of Youngstown, Ohio, who moved to New York after high school to study at the prestigious American Academy of Dramatic Arts, at the age of seventeen. After graduation he was selected to represent his class in AADA’s exclusive Theatre Company.

Mark began standup comedy accidentally, as a struggling actor waiting tables at a

comedy club in New York City. “Why not watch comedy while you are waiting tables?” he thought. One night a comic didn’t show, so the host brought Mark on stage to repeat the stories he heard Mark tell earlier. Mark was a success.

Spanky first went on stage in 1985, in Dallas, Texas. Just fourteen months later, he was voted the Funniest Man In Texas by edging out forty other comedians to win the Texas Laff Off, sponsored by the Improvisation Comedy Club. His unconventional delivery and unique material jump-started a comedy career that has yet to slow down.

PBS produced a documentary, ArtsEye, featuring Spanky, to illustrate a comic's life, both on and off stage. In 1988, he began his lasting relationship with the newly formed FOX Television Network, by performing on The Late Show, hosted by Joan Rivers. In 1989, Spanky was invited to compete on the nationally syndicated show, Star Search, where he went on to set the record for most appearances by a comedian that season-In 1994, he became a published author with his book entitled MEN ARE SLUTS--a humorous look at the male libido.

He continues to make radio and TV show appearances throughout the United States while simultaneously on tour promoting the new CD: MEN ARE SLUTS -The Songs.

The Railroad Playhouse is located at 27 South Water Street.

The show is on Saturday, October 22 at 8:00pm. For tickets: www.rrplayhouse.org.

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“Plum Point” by David Munford

Favorite Places an exhibit at the Wurtsboro Art Alliance from October 1 thru November 6 There will be an opening reception on October 1, from 2pm-6pm. Refreshments will be served, featuring locally produced wine from Basha Kill Vineyards. Music will be provided by Bill Leuszler on guitar.

The reception is free and open to the public.

The Wurtsboro Art Alliance is a nonprofit community arts group founded in

2006 to encourage and promote art and artists from the regional area. Inquiries and new members are always welcome. For more information, please e-mail: info@waagallery.org, or visit www.waagallery.org.

The Gallery is located at 73 Sullivan Street in Wurtsboro and is open Saturdays and Sundays from 12:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. or by appointment.

See Page 3 for a special Toothpick Art event.

Spireng at WAA Since 1990, Matthew J. Spireng's poetry has appeared in magazines across the Unites States. His chapbook Inspiration Point won the 2000 Bright Hill Press Chapbook Competition. He holds an MA in creative writing from Hollins College, where he won

the Academy of American Poets Prize, and lives in Lomontville, NY in the house in which he was raised as a child.

He will read from his works at the Wurtsboro Art Alliance’s Poetry in the Gallery, October 2 at 8:00pm.

Classical Drama in Loch Sheldrake well-written dramatic story of the 1950s still resonates today with its clever and concise characterizations, and its heartfelt and gutwrenching plot and, most of all, its truths.

The cast includes John Neails, DeLois "Cookie" House, Ebony Isaac, Crystal Tweed, Frank DeGroat, Bruno D. Roberts, Francis Henderson, Paul Puerschner, and Cynthia Toliver, directed

by Oliver King. Stage manager is Victoria V. Leighton and technical director is Jim Schmidt.

John Neails (standing) and DeLois “Cookie” House (sitting) The riveting play will be performed lead the “Raisin in the Sun” cast SUNY Sullivan's Seelig Theater on It's been over 50 years since Lorraine October 6 and 7 at 7:00 p.m.

For tickets, call the Seelig Theater box Hansberry's ground-breaking A Raisin in the Sun made the world take note. The great and office at 845-434-5750, ext. 4472.

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Carole Demas joins BCD

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Carole Demas is best known for her critically acclaimed creation of the female lead, “Sandy”, in the original Broadway blockbuster, Grease. She also originated the title role in Stephen Schwartz’s The Baker’s Wife in Los Angeles and played “Luisa” in Off-Broadway’s longest running show, The Fantasticks, at New York’s Sullivan Street Playhouse for two years.

She will be joining Broadway Concerts Direct “regulars” for A Little Nightmare Music: A Masquerade Party of Songs, No Tricks, Only Treats on October 22 at 8:00pm in the Wurtsboro Community Church, 134 Sullivan Street.

The “regulars” include Broadway performers Emily Buttner, Rich Flanders, Alexandra Frederick, Rob Gardner, Janice Hall, Sue Matsuki, Janice Meyerson, Sarah Rice and David Vernon, with Ray Fellman at the piano.

Ths music is mostly Broadway with some pop, folk, operetta and opera thrown in.

Phone 845-888-2798 for tickets.

Zimmerman’s Ghosts in Walden, Newburgh, and Montgomery Author Linda Zimmerman is bringing the latest in Hudson Valley haunted adventures and ghost stories to the Josephine-Louise Library in Walden on October 11 at 7:00pm and the Newburgh Free Library on October 20 at 7:00pm, both with free admission.

At the Wallkill River School in Montgomery, however, she will give a Candlelit Ghost Investigation and SpineTingling Book Signing that includes her findings from recent investigations of the Landmark Patchett House in Montgomery.

The author will present compelling

evidence, sign copies of her book, and lead visitors on an actual candle-lit investigation with her EMF meter and other ghosthunting equipment. One scary night only!

Zimmerman and her team unearthed shocking evidence of paranormal activity including photos, recorded sounds, and physical evidence. She will present her evidence and lead intrepid souls through the creaky old house by candlelight. Not recommended for young children!

Tickets include a signed copy of Zimmerman’s Volume 9 Back from the Dead. Phone: 845-457-ARTS.

Destination....Middletown All Aboard: Next Stop is Waywayanda and Grandview Avenues The Next Stop Is...Railroads & Train Stations of Orange County Throughout the Years is an exhibit of photographs, prints, paintings, drawings, maps, artifacts, and educational panels developed for viewing during the Fall 2011.

The goal of the project is to connect residents with the County's history and to provide a better understanding of how and why it developed the way it did. "Orange County's growth is closely tied to the railroads and their development changed not only Orange County but much of the Northeast," states Nancy Proyect, President of the Orange County Citizens Foundation (OCCF). "From mining to milk, Orange County played an important role in how the region developed."

The exhibit is comprised of period photos and artifacts, maps, original and prints of paintings and drawings, educational panels with text explaining the histories of the many railroads that criss-crossed Orange County, plus anecdotal memories that are featured in a booklet.

The “first stop” for the exhibit is the Seligmann Studio, 23 White Oak Drive, Sugar Loaf, where it is stationed through October 5.

(Kurt Seligmann was an internationally known Surrealist artist who lived in Sugar Loaf until his untimely death in 1962. His widow, Arlette, bequeathed the Seligmann

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Homestead and its properties to the OCCF in 1992, and subsequently the OCCF restored the Studio so that it is a beautiful art space. To celebrate the life of Kurt Seligmann as the fiftieth anniversary of his death approaches, his etching press has been restored this summer and various other events will take place throughout 2012.)

The “second stop” for the exhibit is Orange Hall Gallery on the Middletown campus of SUNY Orange County Community College, corner of Wawayanda & Grandview Avenues, from October 12 through December 1.

The reception, free and open to the public, is on October 23 from 1:30pm to 4:00pm.

The Next Stop Is...Railroads & Trains Stations of Orange County Throughout the Years exhibit is co-produced by the Orange County Citizens Foundation and Cultural Affairs at SUNY Orange.

Steve’s Music Center Musical Equipment and Lessons 248 Rock Hill Drive, Rock Hill 845-796-3618 stevesmusiccenter.com

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Opera Company of the Highlands See November CANVAS for an exciting announcement OperaCompanyoftheHighlands.com 845-562-5381

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Orange County Arts Council “Art Leaves its Mark” www.OCArtsCouncil.org 845-469-3145

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Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Rock Tavern Art Exhibits, Music Events, Discussions 9 Vance Road, Rock Tavern www.UUCRT.org

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Celebrating the Goddess

“Goddess” by Linda Richichi

Award winning local artist and educator, Linda Richichi, is exhibiting her latest series of works titled Goddess Vision at the Center for Knowing, Being, Doing.

Richichi believes that the Goddess influences a woman's life and is responsible for the many roles she plays. "There isn't a woman among us who hasn't felt that

Goddess energy. The mother, daughter, virgin, wife, warrior, just name her! These may feel like roles we play in life, but stronger forces are at work and she is beautiful and waiting to be revealed."

Known for painting plein air landscapes, Richichi has found nature's energy speaks to the intuitive in her. This awareness has propelled her onto a new journey, channeling images of the Goddess.

The exhibit includes one of Richichi's new Intuitive Art Workshops on October 22nd. This "Goddess Vision" workshop will guide participants on how to explore their intuitive side and discover their own Goddess within, expressed through art. The workshop is designed to reach into the intuitive self and, using art as the medium, draw out the Goddess.

The exhibit opens on October 6 with a reception from 7:00pm to 9:00pm and runs through November 30.

The Center for Being, Knowing, Doing officially opened its doors in August 2009 at 372 Fullerton Avenue, Suite 6, in Newburgh. Phone: 845-784-5390.

“Klee” in Narrowsburg Scott Klee Clark lives in the Delaware River Valley in an historical building. As his name reflects, he is related to the artist, Paul Klee, Scott’s exhibit, Weight of Temples, is at the River Gallery-The Art of Living, 8 Main Street in Narrowsburg, through November 5.

Phone: 845-252-3238.

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Art & Photography Exhibit tidbits Sponsored by Linda Richichi, Mary Mugele Sealfon, Mary Evelyn Whitehill, Unitarian Universalist Gallery, Wallkill River School became a greeting card designer and then continued her studies with noted professional watercolorists. Teaching students led Jean into conducting National and International painting workshops.

Jean's floral and landscape paintings reflect her love of color and design. She is noted for her use of transparent pigments.

Her upcoming workshops include NY, NJ, MD, MO and CA, not to mention Florida (the local one in NY) from October 17-20 Born and raised in Philadelphia, Jean for the North East Water Color Society, Uhl Spicer also spent several years living which follows its workshop with an exhibit in California. Jean studied at the University in Kent, CT, from October 23 through of The Arts majoring in Illustration. She November 6.

Meet Jean Uhl Spicer