D & H CANVAS October 2012

October 2012

Covering Orange & Sullivan Counties & the neighboring towns of Milford, Dingmans Ferry, Beacon, Marlboro, & Ellenville

Your FREE Monthly Arts, Entertainment & Buy Local Guide art • cinema • dance • festivals • holistic living • music • opera • poetry • theatre

Publisher’s Column

by Barry Plaxen Dear CANVAS Readers, Well, we thought now that summer was over, we’d be decreasing coverage of events in the area, but happily, that is not so.

The wonderful artists-creators that live amongst us have no intention of slowing down their activities now that the summer is over.

Collaboration is what turns me on. And there are scores of them: between all the Orange County Libraries, between SUNY Sullivan and the Delaware Valley Opera, between the small Neversink Area Museum in Cuddebackville and the mighty (the Mighty Wurlitzer included) Paramount in Middletown, between Sullivan’s storytelling group and the NACL Theatre, between West Point musicians and a chamber music series in Central Valley, and many more, too numerous to mention.

Our October calendar is stuffed with unbelievably innovative events, dictating our expansion to 44 pages, which could not have happened without our advertisers from all segments of the community supporting the arts community, or without scores of creative people including, but not limited to:

Salisbury Mills: Bob Breur; American Youth Ballet; Washingtonville: David Nolan; Cornwall: Bill Diamond, Vivien Abrams Collens, Rebecca Darlington, Andrew Lattimore, Jon Malinowski; Cornwall-on-Hudson: John V. Gioia; Newburgh: Gayle Clark Fedigan, Stuart Sachs, Rosalinda McGovern, Orange County Ballet Theatre, Linda Richichi, Mary Mugele Sealfon; Montgomery: The Meadow Dance & Integral Healing Arts Center, Wallkill River School, Debbe Cushman Femiak, Sandy Spitzer, Carol Ann Kronyak, Leslie Waxtel, Shawn Dell Joyce, Eileen MacAvery Kane; Maybrook: Morgan Haude; Walden: Maureen Drury, Nub from Nub Grafix; Pine Bush: Meadow, Arts in Orange Co-Op, Hueguenot: Eric Stein; Port Jervis: Julia Healy, Upfront Exhibition Space; Otisville: Cynthia Harris-Pagano, Caroline Schulz; Middletown: Natalie & Richard Surving, Anne W. Kelly, Dennis Fanton, Jill Constantino, Linda Barboni, Mitchell Saler; Monroe: Lenny Silver, Frances Zubrike Lee; Sugar Loaf: Nick Zungoli, Adrienne Butvinik, Bliss Co-Op, Suzanne O’Brien, Ann Marie Nitti, Rachel Bertoni, Diane KominickOuzoonian, Janet Howard-Fatta; Florida: Amity Arts Pottery Workshop, Fine Architectural Metalsmiths, Richard Weber; Warwick: Sharon Galbraith, Lisa Zukowski, Sarah McHugh, Daniel Mack, Roslyn Fassett, Elaine Sgambati, Michael Gaydos, Beatrice Bloom, The Moving Company Modern Dance Center, John & Lisa Strazza, Cathe Linton, Femi Ford, Heidi Lanino, Karen Thomas, Lorrie Sniderman, Susan Hope Fogel, Phyllis Lehman, Roberta Green, Sharon Falk, Kishi Ui; Pine Island: Barbara Lanza, Eve McClanahan.

CANVAS writers tidbits CANVAS contributor Lynn Hoins is at the helm of Northeast Poetry Center’s At Play in the Fields of Poetry workshops, Saturdays at 10am, October 13 - December 1, at the Seligmann Studio in Sugar Loaf.

The series engages the question “to rhyme or not to rhyme.”

Visit TheCatskillChronicle.com for J.A. Di Bello’s theatre and Barry Plaxen’s classical music and opera reviews, in addition to many other articles and Sullivan County news in this interesting and informative online newspaper.

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knowledge, part of the largest collaboration in Orange County since the Greater Newburgh Symphony Orchestra and most of the local choruses performed Beethoven’s 9th Symphony.

These names (see pages 42-44) are, to my Congratulations Everyone!

letters to the editor Hi Barry, I just finished reading the September issue.

I loved the two articles by Phillip Ehrensaft. What a splendid insight into Brahms, the free-thinker, and his reasons for writing the German Requiem. Considering when he composed the piece, the nationalidentity motive makes a lot of sense. In 1868, Germany was in the process of unification (completed in 1871), so those ideas were certainly in the air.

On a lighter note, it was fun to read about

Willie "The Lion" Smith. I had some of his recordings years ago and listened to them again and again. I knew he was a fabulous pianist, but I had no idea he'd been a cantor.

A black/French Mohawk cantor! Only in America.

Ehrensaft didn't spell out how he got his nickname, He'd served with distinction in the army during World War I, and his musician buddies kidded him about fighting like a lion!

Your paper educates as well as informs. As a teacher, I think that's great.

Judith Wink, New York City

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On the Cover Suzanne Vega

by Gregg Wagener

See page 35

INSIDE...DESTINATIONS

INSIDE...STORIES

CHESTER / SUGAR LOAF ......................34-36 CORNWALL ................................................29 GOSHEN....................................................28 GREENWOOD LAKE ....................................27 LIBERTY-LOCH SHELDRAKE ..........................6 LIVINGSTON MANOR ..................................18 MIDDLETOWN ......................................12-13 MILFORD ..............................................10-11 MONTGOMERY ......................................14-17 MONROE ..................................................27 NARROWSBURG ..........................................5 NEWBURGH ..........................................38-40 WALDEN ..............................................31-33 WURTSBORO ..............................................3

ARTROOM GALLERY, MARLBORO ........................41 BETHEL WOODS ................................................37 BLACK BEAR FILM FESTIVAL 2012 ......................10 BLISS CO-OP, SUGAR LOAF................................34 CHAMBER MUSIC AT ST. ANDREWS ........................7 COMMUNITY BUILDING THROUGH THE ARTS ............9 GRAND MONTGOMERY CHAMBER MUSIC SERIES ..14 HOWARD HOROWITZ & WORD MAPS ....................26 JESTERS COMEDY CLUB ....................................34 MEET ME IN THE GREEN ROOM: FDR ..................25 MEET ME IN THE LIBRARY: ORANGEREADS ..........31 NEWBURGH CHAMBER MIUSIC: MADERA VOX......40 OC ARTS COUNCIL STUDIO TOUR ..................42-44 ORANGE COUNTY ART FEDERATION ....................41 OPERA NEWS: SUNY SULLIVAN............................6 PINE BUSH LIBRARY: J. SCHWARTZMAN ..............41 RAILROAD PLAYHOUSE ......................................39 SOUNDS ASYLUM: AZURE SOUL ............................4 SPARC NATURE WALK ......................................37 SUNY ORANGE MIDDLETOWN ................13, 26, 41, SUNY ORANGE SYMPHONIC BAND ......................12 THE CANVAS BEAT ............................................4 TOWN OF DEERPARK MUSEUM ............................37 WURTSBORO ART ALLIANCE ................................3 YARNSLINGERS & NACL ....................................19

CALENDARS MUSIC, LECTURES & BOOKS ......................20 CATEGORY CALENDAR................................21 OCTOBER 2012 CALENDAR ..................22-23 ART & PHOTOGRAPHY CALENDAR ..............24 CHILDREN & TEEN’S CALENDAR ................24

Destination.........................................................................Wurtsboro New Work & Members at the Wurtsboro Art Alliance

Sunrise/Sunset is the theme of the current show at the Wurtsboro Art Alliance (WAA) Gallery on display through October 21.

Extreme/Outside the Box, follows October 27 thru November 11.

The Alliance welcomes inquiries and new members. Two new member-artists who recently joined are Midge Monat of Bloomingburg and Paula Baldinger of Westbrookville.

These Elmont, LI and Brooklyn-raised artists told CANVAS, “the WAA is open to anybody, for any medium. There are member painters, photographers, sculptors and potters.” They sounded proud to join the.. “exceptional group of artists, some of whom we studied with. Joining and exhibiting with WAA has expanded our art horizons and, obviously, we have more exposure to the public,” they echoed simultaneously.

Midge, a former Kindergarten teacher in the Goshen school district, started painting when the Wallkill River School opened its doors in 2006. She works in oil and water.

For her Extreme submission she has “very Van Gogh-y” works, not her “typical realistic paintings. I have painted only a few ‘Van Gogh’ works. I was just playing with his style.” She presently teaches environmental education to elementary school teachers at SUNY New Paltz and supervises student teachers there, also.

Paula, who has been painting since 2008,

Wurtsboro calendar sponsored by Consignium

Exhibit

“Sunrise / Sunset” thru Oct 21 “Extreme / Out of the Box” Oct 27-Nov 11 Wurtsboro Art Alliance

by Midge Monat

by Paula Baldinger

generally works in watercolors that are “more natural and a better representation of nature.” Her extreme submissions are not realistic expressions of what they truly depict.

A landscaper, Paula has been a florist and designs personal gardens. Living adjacent to the Basha Kill, she has her own garden

where she is “out there all the time...I love to paint flowers and food.”

There will be an opening reception for Extreme/Outside the Box, on October 27, from 2:00pm - 4:00pm, at the Wurtsboro Art Alliance Gallery, 73 Sullivan Street.

For further information visit www.waagallery.org.

Music - B’way-Opera-Pop

Broadway Concerts Direct Wurtsboro Community Church, Oct 20, 8pm

Poetry Reading

Howard Horowitz Poetry in the Gallery Wurtsboro Art Alliance, Oct 7, 8pm

Recreation

Harvest Festival St. Joseph’s Church, Oct 7, 6:15pm

Harvest Festival St. Joseph’s Church’s 3rd Annual International Harvest Festival with food, music, dancing and 50/50 raffle, is being held on October 13 at the Church, 180 Sullivan Street..

Doors open at 6:15pm.

For reservations: 845-794-2288 or 4347229. For info: 845-888-4522.

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the canvas beat with Tina Piaquadio

Bubba Grouch: Being Friendly at Warwick’s Applefest October 14

Bubba Grouch is a New Jersey-based rock band with a hint of southern sound, delivering quality songwriting that's radiofriendly.

In 2009, Eddie Territo and Jimmy Alan, both from New Jersey, met as members of a local band. The two quickly realized they worked well together and began songwriting, creating more than twenty demos. They then brought together an ideal group of musicians to get their songs heard.

Jimmy brought in Tim McDermott and Greg Forge from his current cover band, JaGs Band of Brothers. This decision was a no-brainer, as there was already an established mutual respect for one another's talents.

After many auditions, they all agreed Ross Kantor was the perfect fit for their drummer. In the true spirit of chopbusting musicians, the players' tendency to throw around nicknames for one another somehow led to the band's name, Bubba Grouch.

After a two year hiatus, Connecticut rockers Azure Soul are back with a vengeance - sounding better than ever!

Founded in 2008 by guitarist Howard Nema, Azure Soul play the Connecticut/Massachusetts/Rhode Island circuit, winning 2nd place in the 2009 Connecticut Battle of the Bands in Griswold Connecticut, a competition featuring 92 acts in various genres of music. In June of this year, the band reunited and began producing demos for their new CD, We The People which is slated for a Christmas release.

Fronted by singer Glenn Moulthrop, guitarist Howard Nema, bassist Robert Post, keyboardist Cowboy and drummer David St. John, Azure Soul blends original alternative rock focused on social justice and liberty themes combined with crowd pleasing hit covers from the 70's through today.

Moulthrop's powerful vocals soar over Nema's cascading solos while Post's thunderous bass riffs set a pulsing rhythm fueled by St. John's steady beat. Their hard edge style is reminiscent of bands like Led Zeppelin, Van Halen, Ozzy, Dio, Alice In Chains and Stone Temple Pilots.

On October 6 at 6:00pm, the band bring their high energy show to the Sounds Asylum concert venue, 59 North Street in Middletown.

For information call 845-343-8668. www.facebook.com/pages/Azure-Soul

Azure Soul to Perform in Middletown

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Lead singer Territo's early influences were by vocalists such as Sammy Hagar and Mike Patton. His style has evolved over two decades and he now has created a sound of his own.

Jimmy Alan has been playing guitar for 30 years. Self-taught from age eight, he grew up on Elvis Presley, and his influences have since varied from 70's psychedelic to the guitar gods of the 80's.

Currently he is leaning toward his roots in the blues, developing a unique style of lead and rhythm guitar.

Greg Forge, also on lead and rhythm

guitar, has about 30 years of experience as well. Self-taught from a young age, his early influence came from the delta blues, R&B, Motown, and old country. Greg is fondly described by his band mate Jimmy as a guitarist who, "‌delivers solid rhythms, country twang, and raunchy bottle slide."

Seasoned bass player Tim McDermott focuses heavily on rock and blues. His strong, solid style is prevalent in the music of Bubba Grouch.

Ross Kantor has been playing drums for 30 years and has a background of training in jazz, rock, and blues. His emphasis is based on rock, his style strongly influenced by John Bonham.

Currently Bubba Grouch is working on the completion of their debut cd on Soul Tree Records.

They will be performing at Applefest in Warwick on October 14 at 2:45pm and are doing some covers with JaGs Band of Brothers. They are planning to appear on Carl Richard's TV program in Port Jervis.

For more information about Bubba Grouch, visit www.bubbagrouch.com.

Destination..................................................................narrowsburg Narrowsburg Music Day: October 13

The Delaware Valley Chamber Orchestra (DVCO) has expanded its usual annual Music of Our Time concert into a full Narrowsburg Music Day which includes concerts in various music styles and an historic walking tour, just one week after the wonderful Catharine Russell and Mark Shane bring sweet popinfluenced jazz to Sullivan County. (See September CANVAS for Russell’s fascinating family history.)

Following a free 2:00pm concert by the Allen Brothers Blues Band on the Main Street Deck sponsored by Narrowsburg Electric, and the 3:15pm walking tour, DVCO will present its Music of our Time concert featuring baritone Jesse Blumberg and the Voxare String Quartet (see photos) performing Ricky Ian Gordon’s Green Sneakers at 5:00pm in the Tusten Theatre.

On the printed page Green Sneakers is a traditional song cycle: 14 free-verse poems plus two instrumental sections. Says Gordon, “Green Sneakers came to me as a piece of theatre, not as a string quartet.”

DVCO’s Artistic Director Carolyn Steinberg writes, “A unique combination of chamber music and theatre, Green Sneakers is an elegy for Gordon’s partner, Jeffrey Grossi, who died in 1996 from complications of AIDS. Far from being morose, Green Sneakers goes beyond one couple or one story to address all relationships of love and death.

“The piece excels in bringing the mundane and the sublime into immediate contact with each other, achieving a magnificent balance between joy and loss, done with elegance and with humor. Gordon’s work often expresses his view of life that our daily interactions hold the

kernel of our most profound emotions.

“Musically, the string quartet plays the role of witnesses for a tragedy, holding a conversation about the events that took place. The singer dictates the facts; the quartet describes the subtext.”

Reservations and information: 845 252-7272.

Following the concert, there will be a CD signing party at the River Gallery on Main Street, and CANVAS suggests you head over to The Heron for a delicious dinner and later join jazz saxophonist Bob Keller (see photo) and five other jazz artists, Kevin Vertrees, Bob Lohr, Coyote Anderson, Paul Mitchell, and Chacho Ramirez at Gerard’s River Grill for a 9:00pm Jazz Jam and some after dinner treats.

John Hammond Barrels into Tusten

John Hammond usually plays acoustically, and sings in a barrelhouse style.

Since 1962, when he made his debut on Vanguard Records, Hammond has made thirty-four albums. He has earned one Grammy Award and been nominated for four others. He also provided the soundtrack for the 1970 film, Little Big Man, starring Dustin Hoffman.

He is the only person who ever had both Eric Clapton and Jimi Hendrix in his band at the same time, if only for five days in the

1960s when Hammond played The Gaslight Cafe in New York City. To his regret, they never recorded together. It has been suggested by at least one author that Hammond deserves some credit for helping boost The Band to wider recognition. He recorded with several of the members of The Band in 1965, and recommended them to Bob Dylan, with whom they undertook a famed and tumultuous world tour.

He will perform at the Tusten Theater on October 20 at 8:00pm.

Narrowsburg Calendar Exhibits Elise Freda paintings Oct 5-27 Delaware Arts Center Music Catherine Russell & Mark Shane jazz Tusten Theatre, Oct 6, 8pm Allen Bros. Band blues w/Chacho Ramirez & Joe Pieta Main Street Deck, Oct 13, 2pm Voxare String Quartet classical Tusten Theatre, Oct 13, 5pm Jazz Jam w/Bob Keller and guests River Grill, Oct 13, 9pm John Hammond blues Tusten Theatre, Oct 20, 8pm Recreation Historic Walking Tour Tusten Historical Society Oct 13, 3:15pm

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Destination................liberty-Ferndale- Loch sheldrake opera news sponsored by the New Windsor law office of Drake, Loeb, Heller, Kennedy, Gogerty, Gaba & Rodd

Loch Sheldrake Liberty calendar

SUNY Sullivan + Met = Opera “Livecast” / SUNY Sullivan + DVO = Opera “Live”

There are two ways to find a definition of the word “consummate”.

The first way is to get it from a dictionary: 1. consummate: complete in every detail: perfect.

2. consummate: extremely skilled and accomplished.

3. consummate: of the highest degree.

The second way is to get in the car (after an early or to-go lunch at Last Licks or Second to None) and drive to Sullivan County Community College (SCCC) to witness the Met Opera’s top two present-day superstar sopranos, Anna Netrebko and Renee Fleming, who are featured in the October Live from the Met in HD series presentations of Donizetti’s comedic farce L’Elisir d’Amore and Verdi’s dramatic character examination Otello. (see calendar on this page).

These consummate sopranos will be joined, respectively, by tenor Mariusz Kwiecien who will offer nine high Cs!, and by tenor Johan Botha, the most recorded South African opera singer in history!

And, as many opera lovers have discovered, SCCC’s Seelig Theater is a

company’s production of Mozart’s Abduction Johan Botha as Otello from the Seraglio, with performers Jill consummate place Dewsnup, Zander to view the Ebin, John livecasts; there is Kaneklides, Jay not a bad seat in Carr, Fotina the auditorium.

Naumenko, and Fotina Naumenko For tickets: Steve McIntyre.

845-434-5750, DVO’s Musical Director and pianist is ext. 4377.

Violetta Zabbi, and stage direction is by Perhaps there is Renee Fleming DVO’s Artistic Director, Carol Castel. a third way to seek Tickets for this October 28, 2:00pm out a definition of “consummate”. Simply performance will be available through the listen to music by Mozart.

SCCC is teaming up with the Delaware DVO by calling 845-252-3136, or via their Valley Opera (DVO) to present the website: www.delawarevalleyopera.org.

It's a bird, it's a plane...it's hundreds of exotic birds! The Catskill Exotic Bird Club is holding its 21st annual Pet Bird Show on October 14, at the Liberty Firehouse. There will be bird judging, vendors selling everything from bird toys to cages to food...and birds. All owners of pet birds are encouraged to enter their own birds; the entry fee is only $1 a bird. Every type of exotic bird from parrots to finches to softbills will be judged in its own division. Every bird is checked by a veterinarian before being admitted to the show.

In addition, the show will include a separate youth division. Any child 12 or under

may enter his or her pet bird in a 4-H style judging. Every entry will receive a certificate of participation and the appropriate ribbon.

After the youth judging, the birds will be entered into the overall competition.

There will be a large raffle area with bird toys, accessories and food, all donated by local and regional pet stores as well as from major national manufacturers themselves.

The show will include an interactive education area with super tame birds on display along with magazines, newsletters and handouts. Food and beverages are available for purchase. And the Liberty firehouse, the first new venue in 20 years,

Cinema “The Anatomy of Hate” A Dialogue to Hope SUNY Sullivan, Oct 17, 7pm

Festival 21st Annual Pet Bird Show Liberty Firehouse, Oct 14, 10am-5pm John Kaneklides

Jill Dewsnup

Opera - Livecast “L’Elisir d’Amore” Donizetti Oct 13, 1pm “Otello” Verdi Oct 27, 1pm SUNY Sullivan Seelig Theatre

Opera - Theatre “Abduction from the Seraglio” Mozart Delaware Valley Opera SUNY Sullivan Seelig Theatre, Oct 28, 2pm

Recreation Catskill Chili Cook-Off Oct 13, 4pm-7pm Liberty Museum & Arts Center

Symposium 11th Annual Preservation/Main St. Conference Liberty Museum & Arts Center Nov 4, 10am-8pm

The Catskill Exotic Bird Club Holds 21st Annual Show

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offers ample free parking.

The club, which celebrated its 25th anniversary last year, is devoted to the education of the general public about the care and responsibilities of pet bird ownership as well as the the strict enforcement of antiimportation laws. The club, which recently received its official 501(c)(3) charitable organization status, also presents educational programs at schools, hospitals and civic groups. The club also has an active adoption program, placing unwanted birds with appropriate loving homes. Show hours are from 10:00am - 5:00pm. Bird registration begins at 8:00am. All children entering birds

will be admitted to the show for free. The town of Liberty Firehouse is at 256 Sprague Avenue. For information call Matt Frumess, show chairman, at 845-292-5242.

The Mingus Quartet Plays Jazz by the Master at St. Andrews Oct. 20

Charles Mingus (1922-79) played piano from age eight, and double-bass player, composer and then trumpet, euphonium, and tuba pianist, was born on a military base before settling on trombone at age in Arizona in 1922 and raised in 16. He earned a BA in physics Watts, California. His earliest before studying music at the musical influences came from the Berklee College of Music, where church and from hearing Duke he played with Branford Marsalis, Philip Harper Ellington over the radio when he Greg Osby, and Marvin Smith.

Ku-umba Frank Lacy was eight years old.

He also served as musical Mingus studied double bass and director for Art Blakey's Jazz Hans Glawischnig Helen Sung Charles Mingus composition (five years with H. Messengers, and has performed for idioms, at the 1955 Brandeis Festival of the groups worldwide, and teaches and gives Rheinshagen, principal bassist of the NY several years with the Mingus Orchestra at the Creative Arts, that established him as one of the workshops in European conservatories.

Philharmonic, and compositional techniques Washington Square Music Festival in Hans Glawischnig was born in Graz, Austria. foremost jazz composers of his day. The New with the legendary Lloyd Reese) while Manhattan.

Yorker wrote: "For sheer melodic and rhythmic His father was a respected pianist, big-band absorbing vernacular music from the great jazz Helen Sung was born in Houston, TX. She and structural originality, his compositions may leader, and educator who inspired him to pursue masters, first-hand. In the 1940s he played with was an award-winning classical pianist before equal anything written in western music in the a career in music. In 1976 Glawischnig enrolled Louis Armstrong, Kid Ory, Lionel Hampton and jazz intervened "in the form of a Tommy as a violinist in the talented pupils' class of the twentieth century."

Billy Taylor. In the 1950s after working with Flanagan solo". A Thelonious Monk Institute of Philip Harper was born in Baltimore, MD, Academy of Music in Graz.

Charlie Parker, Bud Powell and others, he Jazz Performance graduate, she went on to win After graduating from high school, and raised in Atlanta, GA. He started played formed his own publishing and recording the Kennedy Center's Mary Lou Williams Jazz trumpet when he was 10. At the age of 18 he Glawischnig moved to the United States to companies to protect and document his growing Piano Competition.

She currently appears with moved to NYC, working and recording accept a scholarship at the Berklee School of repertoire of original music. fine ensembles including the Mingus Big Band, extensively with such musicians as “Little” Music. The first professional break for Mingus also founded the Jazz Workshop, a T.S.Monk, and Terri Lyne Carrington's Jimmy Scott, Jimmy McGriff, Betty Carter, Etta Glawischnig came in 1995 when he joined group which enabled young composers to have Grammy-winning Mosaic Project.

Jones, Harry “Sweets” Edison, Bill Cosby and Bobby Watson's Urban Renewal and Maynard their new works performed in concert and on On October 20 at 8:00pm, for the final free Ferguson's Big Bop Nouveau and in 1996 with Cedar Walton. recordings. Although he wrote his first concert concert of its 11th season, Chamber Music at From 1986 to 1988 Harper was a member of Ray Barretto's New World Spirit band. piece, Half-Mast Inhibition, when he was 17 St. Andrew’s offers the Charles Mingus Ku-umba Frank Lacy, trombone, was born Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers. He then formed years old, it was not recorded until 20 years later Quartet playing Jazz by the Master, at the a group with his brother Winard on drums. in 1959 in Houston, TX. Lacy's father was a by a 22-piece orchestra with Gunther Schuller Church, 5277 State Route 42 in South Fallsburg.

Harper has made over 50 recordings, earning teacher who had played guitar with Illinois conducting. It was the presentation of Reservations are required, only two seats per him the number one position on numerous jazz Jacquet, Eddie Cleanhead Vinson, and Arnett Revelations which combined jazz and classical person.

Call 845-292-8967. play lists and critic polls. He tours with various Cobb, and his mother sang gospel music. Lacy

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Holistic Living

Meet George Toth & Diana Underwood of Alternative Counseling

by Tod Westlake

Getting someone to open up in a counseling session isn't the easiest of tasks. Those who have attended such sessions as clients, this writer included, often cannot help but feel some trepidation as we get to know our therapist and begin to delve into what's eating at us.

Diana Underwood and George Toth of Alternative Counseling in New Windsor understand this phenomenon and practice a unique approach to help clients bridge this gap.

"We do traditional psychotherapy," says George Toth, "and are licensed in the State of New York as traditional therapists."

George says, and to help them to however, that after understand what is many years of such happening and try to practice, the couple solve their situation," decided to incorporate a says George. number of other Another approach the techniques, including couple uses is called hypnosis, the use of Mandala Assessment imagery, vibration Research Instrument, or therapy, breathing MARI, which George Toth & Diana Underwood exercises, free-form drawings, and the use of incorporates the mandala, the sacred art form color. All of this is designed to help the practiced by Buddhists and Hindus which counselee find tools that will help to discover involves an elaborately drawn circular pattern what is bothering him or her. "All of this helps and is an ancient tool that helps the practitioner us to make connections with the clients we see, to achieve a meditative state.

"It comes from art therapy, actually," says Diana Underwood. "MARI uses cards and colors, and it has an intuitive sense about it. Carl Jung, who most people are familiar with these days, was involved in mandala work."

And for those who may be thinking about starting therapy, but may not think they can afford it, the couple have a sliding-scale payment system and are flexible regarding fees.

Their studio is located at 5 Barnstorm Road in New Windsor, and they can be reached by phone at 845-534-2980.

The couple also practices at the Hudson Center in Cornwall-on-Hudson and at East Orange Psychiatric Associates in Newburgh.

good person, everything in your with a gentlemen who studied in life will work out and it will result India. "I took to it like crazy, in an enhanced society. because I loved building something Bob practices the Falun Dafa from scratch," said Keegan. with four standing exercises and Bob uses all natural products, one sitting meditation exercise on including shellac from the lac bug. a daily basis. For a few years, Bob He uses the shellac in flake form, taught Falun Dafa at Munger melts it down with alcohol, and Cottage in Cornwall, but at present applies it as French polishing. "I Bob Keegan he is busy with other activities. take a lot of pride in restoring antiques to In the evening and weekends, Bob restores museum quality," said Keegan. antiques in his shop, All American He is in a rock band called Third Degree.

Restorations and Beyond. He works in the old Ketcham Store, at 115 Ketcham Avenue in Mountainville, which was built in the early 1800's. Bob's forté is building custom furniture, especially mantels. "When it comes to restoring antique furniture, not only does it teach us history, but it's a piece of somebody's life," said Keegan.

Bob is familiar with antiques because of his mom's collection when he was growing up.

Since he was already a cabinet maker and furniture craftsman, he quickly adapted to working as an apprentice in an antique store

The guitar player is his brother Brian Keegan. "When I was younger, nobody would sing in my group, so I took hold of the mic and started singing," said Keegan. He hosts an open mic once a month at Brian's Back Yard Barbeque in Middletown.

Bob, obviously a man of many trades, has more talents. During the day, he works in his brother's company, East-Tek Security Systems in Pine Bush, where he installs security alarm systems and video surveillance.

A Man of All Trades: Bob Keegan & the Art of Falun Dafa

by Naomi Kennedy

When Cornwall resident Bob Keegan was in his early 40's, his mom introduced him to Falun Dafa. After researching it on the internet and attempting one of the exercises, Bob felt "a waft of energy flowing through (his) arms." He opened his eyes and thought there was a fly hovering around the room, but realized it was ‘energy flowing around in a circle.’ "The energy was so strong, that afterwards I knew I had to check it out further," said Keegan.

Falun Dafa, also known as Falun Gong, is an advanced self-cultivation practice of the Buddha School. It is based on the principles of truthfulness, compassion, and endurance, and composed of two primary elements: yinyang symbols, which are Taoist in nature, and srivatsa, which are Buddhist.

In Chinese, the translation of Falun Dafa is "Law Wheel, Great Way." Fa means "law", lun means "wheel", da means "great", and fa means "way." For those who study Falun Dafa, the belief is if you are an honest and

Mind, Body & Spirit Expo in Matamoras

At an early age, Tina Vesely’s family knew she had special gifts, passed down from generation to generation. Through the years, Tina developed and expanded her natural gifts so that she may be of service to others. She also provides healing and rejuvenation in her services as a Reiki Master.

Not only does Tina share her gifts with others, but she teaches individuals how to CANVAS Friends Directory HEALTH & HOLISTIC SERVICES Alternative Counseling, Cornwall (Holistic approach to healing) Diana Underwood, LMSW George Toth, LCSW-R 845 534 2980, mrge0rge@aol.com.

Patricia Quinn, MS, LCAT, NBCCH Art Therapy, Hypnosis & Healing 35 Main Street, Warwick, NY 10990 845-649-0953

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develop their own gifts.

Tina puts her gifts to use at All Better Central, 311 Pennsylvania Avenue in Matamoras, along with Certified Clinical Nutritionist Masha Levina, Certified Rolfer Richard Paterson, and Feng Shui Consultant Anatoly Tsirelson.

Meet them at the Mind, Body & Spirit Connection Expo on October 21 from 11:00am to 6:00pm at the Best Western at Hunts Landing, Matamoras. Partial proceeds will benefit the Safe Haven of Pike County.

Safe Haven is dedicated to restoring dignity to individuals dealing with issues of domestic violence and sexual abuse through crisis intervention, advocacy and support, prevention/education, and community outreach.

For information call Tina or Jerry Vesely at 570-832-2120 or email: TinaVesely@aol.com.

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Community Building Through The Arts with Susan Handler about the YWCA Art Raises Money for Breasts The Arts have proven repeatedly to be a fundamental tool in educating the public on a wide and diverse range of topics from health to politics to education. The YWCA of Orange County is turning to the arts for their annual 2012 October Breast Cancer Awareness Month campaign entitled BraZaar, at which one-of-a-kind bras, designed by local residents, will be auctioned off, followed by a cocktail reception.

The event will benefit the YWCA Orange County Cancer Services Partnership, which supports their outreach program to educate the public about early detection, the cause, diagnosis, treatment, and support for survivors.

In the United States about 1 in 8 women (just under 12%) will develop invasive breast cancer over the course of her lifetime. In 2011, an estimated 230,480 new cases of invasive breast cancer were diagnosed in women in America, along with 57,650 new cases of non-invasive breast cancer. With statics such as these the efforts of the YWCA are to be applauded!

This event gave me the opportunity to read

history. Since 1858 the “Y� has spoken out and taken action on behalf of women and girls. This nonprofit is dedicated to eliminating racism, empowering women and promoting peace, justice, freedom and dignity for all. Over 2 million people participate each year in YWCA programs at more than 1,300 locations across the US. Worldwide, the YWCA serves more than 25 million women and girls in 125 countries (visit YWCA.org).

For 154 years the YWCA has been at the table of the major movements in the US as a pioneer in race relations, labor union representation, and the empowerment of women. Recently they published a reference source entitled What Women Want: A National Survey of Priorities and Concerns.

The 4th Annual Bra-Zaar will be held on October 4 from 5:30pm to 8:00pm at Bella Luna Italian Restaurant, 2877 Route 94, Fieldstone Square, Blooming Grove. Guests will vote on their favorite bras, and prizes will be awarded to the top three artists at the event.

For information and tickets, call Christine Sadowski at 845-561-8050 ext. 11.

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Black Bear Film Festival Celebrates its Lucky 13th

by Dawn McElligott

Milford’s Black Bear Film Festival rolls into its 13th year as the festival's President, Jerry Beaver, thanks his lucky stars. With cooperation this year from the Roman Catholic parish of St. Patrick's Church, Beaver might also be counting his blessings.

The festival's Opening Night Gala will be at a new location, the St. Patrick's Events Venue.

The events venue is a new use for the original church building on High Street. Beaver described the events venue as "...a beautiful space. They've taken out all the pews. There are kitchens and {other} rooms. It should be a

beautiful event."

At the gala four different restaurateurs will be catering: The Fork at Twin Lakes, The Waterwheel Café, The River Rock and dessert will be provided by Michael Jon Hill.

The Film Salon will also be at the St. Patrick's Event’s Venue. Beaver described it as "a very spacious room with a built-in screen…we're really lucky to have that. It's a great space to have a film salon. It's only a short block from the theater." The free Film Salon screens carefully selected student films and avant-garde works. It also hosts Q&As with film industry professionals.

The hospitality tent will house the traditional

2012 Artful Bear Sculptures

The Black Bear Film Festival unveiled the 2012 Artful Bear Sculptures to the public at the Milford Community House. The eleven bears and their artists met with community members to explain their backgrounds and the inspiration behind the bears that now decorate the streets of Milford.

This year’s bears, designed by local artists and sponsored by local businesses, range from serious-themed bears to playful bears resembling famous celebrities. These colorful, and creative bears are a embodiment of the cultural ideals of the Film Festival.

Keith Bearing was designed by local author, screenwriter, playwright, and editor Amy Ferris. The bear is a tribute to the AIDS & HIV epidemic, those who fought, passed away, or are currently surviving the disease.

For more information call 570-409-0909.

Amy Ferris & friend Roland Edwards Jr. with “Keith Bearing”

October at The Forge features Stephanie Brody Lederman. A well known artist, Stephanie currently has a profile in this month's Art and Antiques magazine.

The show runs from October 13 to November. 10, with a reception on October. 13 from 6:00pm - 8:00pm. The Forge is located at 115 Mill Street. Phone 570-296-2204.

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somebody's got to do it or else it doesn't happen.” Beaver noted, "We're one hundred percent volunteer." The festival founder also attributes the event's success to "the generous sponsors who make donations both in-kind and financial."

Hilary Saltzman, daughter of Harry Saltzman, a James Bond 007 Producer, will be present for a Q&A session for Everything or Nothing: The Untold Story of 007.

GALA: October 12, 6:30pm.

Film Showings: all day October 13 & 14.

For information regarding the film schedule, tickets, to make donations or volunteer visit www.blackbearfilm.com or 570-409-0909.

The ARTery: New Works by Two Members

Marie Liu’s most recent oil paintings include local persons of historic importance within her landscape paintings. Gifford Pinchot, Marie Zimmermann and Thundercloud have been the subjects of her recent paintings.

Randall FitzGerald’s love of the natural environment has permeated both his professional and artistic life, and most of the fine art he produces reflects the intimacy he enjoys with the natural world.

An exhibit of work by Liu and FitzGerald

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Silent Auction, which will include an auction of the Artful Bear Sculptures (see story below) and a concession stand serving snacks and quick bites geared toward health conscious consumers.

According to Beaver, twelve "great movies" will be shown at the newly renovated Milford Theater on Catherine Street. It has a new digital projector, all new sound, all new audio speakers.

Beaver commented, "It sounds pretty incredible when you're watching a well-produced movie.

The sound is wonderful. The picture is terrific.

We're lucky."

Beaver described his second year at the festival's helm as “a lot of hard work but

Work by Randall FitzGerald

will be shown at The ARTery from October 12 - November 5 at 210 Broad Street.The reception is on October 13 from 6:009:00pm. For information call 570-409-1234.

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milford & DIngmans Ferry calendar Art & Photography Exhibits David Greenbaum pottery Joann Wells Greenbaum paintings BlueStone Studio, ongoing

Lectures Nature at Night Oct 14, 6pm Pocono Environmental Education Center Museum Exhibits “Witness to History” Forestry ongoing Grey Towers

Marie Liu & Randall FitzGerald The ARTery, Oct 12-Nov 4 Paula Heisen paintings, drawings thru Oct 6 Stephanie Brody Lederman Oct 13-Nov 10 The Forge

The Essence of Joy Alumni Singers, (EOJAS) under the direction of Dr. Anthony T. Leach, perform sacred and secular music from the African and African-American choral traditions. The choir, founded in 2005, is composed of alumni of the Essence of Joy Choir of Pennsylvania State University.

The EOJAS mission is to learn, present, and promote African and African-American sacred and secular music in an effort to entertain, inspire, affirm and unify the worldwide community.

They have performed extensively in

locations such as Pennsylvania, Alabama, Maryland, Virginia, Florida, the U.S. Virgin Islands, Washington D.C., Belgium, Luxembourg, and France.

The choir released its first CD, Joy, in July 2011, and are bringing their joyful singing to the Milford Theater as part of the Kindred Spirits Music Series on October 19 at 7:30pm.

For more information about the EOJAS, visit www.eojas.org.

For more information about The Kindred Spirits Music Series call 570-409-1269.

“Cuba Exposed: A Photographic Journey” Hal Rosenblum is a Lords Valley and New York City resident. As a retired pharmacist he now works full time at his photographic career. He is a member of the Milford Arts Alliance and the Wayne County Arts Alliance.

Rosenblum’s photos have been published as a cover and also within Popular Photography magazine, The Milford Journal, the cover page for CANVAS, and have been recognized by the Grey Towers Association in their publication A Pictorial Essay. He is Senior photographer at the Lords Valley Country Club and a contributor to Hemlock News in Hemlock Farms.

Rosenblum is offering an exhibit entitled Cuba Exposed: A Photographic Journey to an

Norma Bernstock “Looking Back/Moving Forward” thru Oct 7 Hal Rosenblum “Cuba Exposed” Oct 13-Nov 5 Highlands Photographic Guild “Come Paint With Me” Plein Air Artists Chant Realtors, Lords Valley, Oct 1-31 Art After Dark Receptions Oct 13 The ARTery, 6pm-9pm Highlands Photographic Guild, 6pm-9pm The Forge, 6pm-8pm Cinema Black Bear Film Festival Oct 12-14 Milford Theatre & St. Patrick’s Church

Music City Lights Vocal Jazz Ensemble Oct 6, 7pm The Essence of Joy Alumni Singers Kindred Spirits Oct 19, 7:30pm Milford Theatre Recreation Birds of Prey Migration Oct 13, 9am-4pm Pocono Environmental Education Center Theatre - Musical “Little Shop of Horrors” Tri-City Stage Milford Theatre, Oct 25-28 ++++++++++++++++++ Children's Activities EcoZone! Oct 14 & 28, 12:30pm-3:30pm PEEC A BOO Oct 27, 4pm-7pm Pocono Environmental Education Center

Photo by Hal Rosenblum

Island 90 Miles Offshore at the Highlands Photographic Guild on Broad Street (next to the Wells Fargo bank). The opening reception is from 6:00-9:00pm on October 13. The display will continue until November. 5.

For more information, call 917-699-6642.

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Kevin Scott & The SUNY Orange Symphonic Band

by Naomi Kennedy Kevin Scott, the music director of the SUNY Orange Symphonic Band, and adjunct lecturer of the Arts and Communication Department in Middletown, is recognized as a conductor of “new, unknown or unjustly neglected composers.”

Conductor of several orchestras, opera companies, choruses, and bands throughout the greater New York area, Atlanta, Philadelphia, Varna and Bulgaria, he is also a noted composer. His works have been performed by the orchestras of Atlanta, Detroit, Houston, Minneapolis, and St. Louis, under such prominent conductors as JoAnn Falletta, Leslie Dunner, Yoel Levi, and Lan Shui.

Scott has served as music director of several groups in the New York area, including the Doctor's Orchestral Society of New York, the Schubert Music Society, and the Central City Chorus. He will be performing with OperAvant in New York City for the 2013-14 season.

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spanning 13-90 years old. Nicolas Haines, the youngest member of the band who plays percussion, attends the Monhagen Middle School in Middletown.

The members come from all different walks of life, including a psychiatrist, a court stenographer, several students and teachers from the college, and a few professional musicians. Flutist/Saxophonist Mary Setren, a Monticello resident and band member, was recently accepted into the United States Marine Corp Band (nicknamed ‘The President’s Own’) in Washington, DC. “That says a lot because it’s a major band; she’s a wonderful musician,” said Scott.

At times he and the members of the group may disagree on certain issues, but he leaves an open door for them. “I am drawn to the band as a whole because of their warmth, charm, sincerity, and candid honesty, which I encourage. I’m glad they feel they can come to me,” said Scott.

Friendships have formed and people have bonded in the band and it has become “a family”. Kevin’s goal is to have everyone in the band take part in the community, and everyone in the community to take part in the band. “The members hope to bring great

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music to the audience and let their neighbors and friends know that this is what they do in addition to what they think they do,” said Scott.

The ensemble performs standard, traditional, concert music such as John Philip Sousa.

Kevin Scott However, Scott feels there is other music out there that bands are not familiar with and tries to fill that void. “Wider exposure to composers that are not generally known is a learning experience for everyone.”

On November 3 at 8:00pm, the SUNY Orange Symphonic Band will present a concert entitled, The End of the World? The program capitalizes on Nostradamus' prediction, and the prediction of the Mayan calendar...that December 21, 2012 will be the last day of our existence.

It features two works: the world premiere of Carlton Winston's Nibiru, The Bringer of Doom, written for and dedicated to the

SUNY Orange Symphonic Band, and the first New York State performance of Michael Schelle's The End of the World; a co-commission through the College Band Directors' National Association with thirty other collegiate wind ensembles. The concert will also feature Michael Lewis' Del Arco Iris and the final two movements of Berlioz's groundbreaking Symphonie Fantastique.

Mark your calendars early for a joyous holiday concert. On December 15 at 8:00pm Tchaikovsky's Nutcracker Suite will be featured in a celebrated arrangement for big band by Duke Ellington and Billy Strayhorn; and Douglas Townsend's Three Christmas Fantasies, played in tribute to its composer, who passed away in early August. Rounding out the December program will be Philip Sparke's Fanfare for Saint Cecelia, and Calvin Custer's Chanukkah is Here.

“The audience is in for a lot of surprises; I think it will be a fun series,” said Scott.

Both concerts will be held at the Paramount Theatre, 17 South Street in Middletown.

For tickets; 845-346-4195.

For information, call 845-341-4393.

............................................................................................middletown SummerStar’s Final 2012 Production

The Last Five Years by Jason Robert Brown is an emotionally powerful and intimate musical about two 20-something New Yorkers who fall in and out of love over the course of five years.

The show’s unconventional structure consists of the woman telling her story backwards, while the man tells his story chronologically. The two characters only meet once, at their wedding in the middle of the show.

Award-winning SummerStar Theatre is committed to bringing Broadway and offBroadway plays to the Hudson Valley while utilizing the skills of community members in all facets of the production. Its 13th season concludes in October with The Last Five Years, weekends from October 5 to 14 at Orange Hall Theatre on the Middletown campus of SUNY Orange, directed by Jim Quinlan. The cast includes Samantha Gillespie and Jonathan Bulla.

Middletown calendar sponsored by Carbonella’s coal fired Pizza Book Discussion “Game Change: Obama & the Clintons, McCain & Palin, and the Race of a Lifetime” w/Tony Nappo Thrall Library, Oct 9, 7pm Cinema “The Social Network” Oct 16, 3pm “Gypsy Caravan” Oct 22, 7pm Harriman Hall 111 Film Theatre, SUNY Orange

Jonathan Bulla & Samantha Gillespie

Cinema & Music “Arsenic & Old Lace” & Ellen Kaye vocals Paramount Theatre, Oct 27, 6:30pm

Orange Hall Theatre, located in Orange Hall, is universally accessible. General parking is Exhibits available in the College parking lot at the Orange County Art Federation intersection of Wawayanda and Grandview Reception: Oct 6, 4pm-6pm avenues.

Demo: Oct 20 & 21, 11am-5pm For information call 845-341-4789. Tickets “Ah! Orange County”11 Orange County Poets may be purchased online at Orange Hall Gallery, Oct 2-28 www.summerstartheatre.com.

Adaptors Company “Pulling Strings”

have been dedicated to creating a home for artists - we wanted a beautiful rural place that had proximity to an urban center. My grandparents used to come up here. They stayed at a bungalow colony...I had a huge heartfelt tie to the area - Tony and I just love the whole Borsch Belt Catskill Culture - its been a big part of our work!

“Artists come from all over to join our group. Several actors came from Minneapolis. One of our artists came from NYC just to do a 3 week summer intensive with us several years ago then that same artist came back the following summer and is now in this production’s ensemble. We are really growing! We had 6 artists from Europe as well...it's a really interesting combination...from all over the country, South America, Europe. We are now starting a new initiative to reach out to the local community.”

Pulling Strings is a visceral human puppet theatre where the actor’s every breath, shift of weight, gesture and emotion are precisely

Master Class “40 Years in Radio, What I’ve Learned & where it’s going...” Mike Bennett Oct 2, 1pm “The Margolis Method” Kari Margolis & Co. Oct 17, 2:30pm Orange Hall Theatre “A Musician’s Life in the Military” SFC Jason Ham Orange Hall, Room 23, Oct 24, 11am Music Azure Soul Oct 6, City in the Sky Oct 20 Sounds Asylum, 6pm (see page 4) “Mysts & Magick” Celtic w/Mark Shepard Thrall Library Oct 25, 7pm “1964 The Tribute : #1 Beatles Show on Earth” Paramount Theatre, Oct 26, 7pm Music - Classical New York Tuba Quartet Orange Hall Gallery, Oct 28, 3pm SUNY Orange Symphonic Band Paramount Theatre, Nov 3, 8pm

Lecture “Unconventional Development of Gas from Shale Using Fracking: Questions?” Anthony R. Ingraffea Harriman Hall 111, Oct 3, 7:15pm “The Inner Experience of Deep Undercover Law Enforcement Operatives” Thomas E. Coghlan Oct 9, 7pm “The Turning Point of the American Revolution: the Battles of Fort Montgomery, Fort Clinton, and Saratoga” Colonel James M. Johnson Oct 18, 7pm Gilman Center Library, Room 130

Founded in New York City in 1984 by Artistic Directors Kari Margolis and Tony Brown, The Margolis Brown ADAPTORS Company encompasses a professional performing ensemble and a full-time training and research center.

“We are a touring company and create all original work and have performed nationally, as well as in Barcelona, Berlin, London, Singapore and throughout Mexico and Canada,” said co-Artistic Director Kari Margolis. “I have developed a methodology for training actors and run a training center that draws fifty students internationally each season.”

The Company relocated to Minneapolis in 1993, where from 2004 to 2010 it premiered its original productions. The company’s studio is now located in Highland Lake with artists’ housing in Barryville.

“It was a life long dream of Tony and I to create an international research and training center,” stated Margolis. “We believe so deeply in keeping theatre alive. Our lives

Linda Zimmermann Ghost Investigator Thrall Library, Oct 30, 7pm

sculpted. Voices are disjointed with characters speaking for each other like ventriloquists and gestures are compelled at times as if by invisible strings - all creating a chimerical reality where characters are both void of and at the same time hyper-full of life.

“The ensemble for Pulling Strings has been researching, developing and rehearsing for the last two years. We had two standing ovation work-in-progress performances in September at NACL

Poetry Reading “Ah! Orange County”11 Orange County Poets Orange Hall Gallery, Oct 25, 7pm Theatre “The Last Five Years” musical SummerStar Theatre Oct 5-14 “Pulling Strings” physical Margolis Brown ADAPTORS Oct 20, 8pm SUNYO Orange Hall

Theatre and are extremely excited to be premiering the production at Orange Hall.

It is really a world premiere.”

Pulling Strings will be performed on October 20 at 8:00pm in Orange Hall Theatre.

A Master Class will also be presented by the Company on October 17 from 2:30pm-5:30pm in Orange Hall Theatre.

Orange Hall is located at the intersection of Wawayanda and Grandview avenues.

For information call 845-341-4891.

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Masters of Flute & Piano Play for Music for Humanity Fundraiser

Flutist-composer-pianist Gary Schocker is an accomplished musician of outstanding versatility. At age 15, he made his professional debut when he performed as soloist with the New York Philharmonic and the Philadelphia Orchestra. He has won numerous competitions Internationally, he has toured and taught in Colombia, Panama, Canada, Australia, Taiwan, Japan, Germany, France and Italy.

Schocker has private flute studios in NYC and Easton, PA where he dually resides and is on the faculty at NYU. He performs on both Haynes and Powell flutes and headjoints of David Williams (platinum) and David Chu (boxwood).

Pianist Hugh Sung has been an active soloist and chamber musician ever since his debut with The Philadelphia Orchestra at the age of 11.

Two years later, he was accepted for studies at the Curtis Institute of Music, where his principal teachers included Eleanor Sokoloff, Jorge Bolet, and Seymour Lipkin, along with Karen Tuttle and Felix Galimir for chamber music.

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graduating with a Bachelor of Music, Sung has performed in major cities throughout the Americas, England, Canada, South Africa, Japan, and Korea.

Sung has been presented at some of the world's most prestigious venues, including Carnegie Hall, Weill Hall, Wigmore Hall, The National Gallery of Art, and The Ravinia Festival.

In 1993, Sung joined the staff of the Curtis Institute of Music and served as Director of Instrumental Accompaniment and its worldrenown Student Recitals Series until his 2009 appointment as faculty Collaborative Pianist.

Music For Humanity’s fundraiser featuring Schocker and Sung, Masters of the Flute and Piano, takes place on October 6 at 7:30pm in the Montgomery Senior Center, 36 Bridge Street.

Due to generous donations, Music for Humanity was able to give out $8,500 in music scholarships to deserving youths this past year.

For tickets phone 845-469-0900 or visit www.musicforhumanity.org.

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Masters of Russian Songs Sing for Fun-Raising

It was the beauty of the liturgy which attracted the attention of the emissaries of Prince Vladimir of Kiev (then Russia) to Constantinople in the 10th century and ergo the acceptance by Russia of the Greek Orthodox faith.

The earliest manuscripts with musical notation appeared in the late 11th or early 12th century, though they have proved difficult to decipher. Very few survive, principally on account of the Tartar invasions.

The 15th Century was a period of great expansion and tremendous creativity in the field of liturgical singing in Russia. Moscow began to grow while Kiev declined, never fully recovering from Mongol occupation Through the centuries, Russian sacred music became a highly respected art and major composers wrote music to the Orthodox Liturgy.

“Yes, the wonderful St. Petersburg (Russian) Men’s Ensemble will again arrive at our Village to sing Russian sacred and folk songs,” Grand Montgomery Chamber Music Series’ producer Howard Garrett has announced. “The fine quartet of performers will have a new program to serenade us with.

If you haven’t seen them before, you’re in for a real treat. If you have, you’re sure to want to

see and hear them again. They will present a new program with the music of Rachmaninoff, Tchaikovsky, Stravinsky, Taneyev and Chesnokov.”

Pavel Chesnokov (1877-1944) was arguably the foremost Russian composer of sacred choral works during his time. He wrote around 500 choral works, about 400 of them sacred. He was a devout follower of the Russian Orthodox Church and was inspired to write most of his works for worship in that faith. He also remained busy, regularly conducting the choirs of the Bolshoi Theater.

The free concert is being held at the Montgomery Senior Center, 36 Bridge Street, on November 4 at 3:00pm.

For information: 845-457-9867.

..........................................................................................Montgomery Meet our advertisers: The DiPoalos of Scotts Corners Wine & Liquor Store

by J. A. Di Bello Where have all the flowers gone? Although beginning as a rhetorical question, mostly authored by Pete Seeger, the issue presented can be slightly altered to include words and phrases that appear to have disappeared from use. For instance, where have all the "cowcatchers" gone?

There are individuals who consume hours of what otherwise might be healthy think time attempting to determine the destination of particular words and phrases that have fallen from casual use. Look also at "running board."

Although once considered "Standard Equipment" on the family car, it is only now becoming a popular accessory for trucks and larger SUVs; its name and function for the family sedan are obsolete. Upon hearing the phrase, "running board" a modern day youngster recently inquired, "How does it run, Dad?" Here's a catchphrase that fortunately has not totally vanished: "A Mom and Pop Store." If one of those inquisitive youngsters should wonder how it runs, know for sure, it's run by a family.

Or maybe the store runs the family. Either way it requires a unique group of functioning individuals collectively known as Family. The Town of Montgomery is fortunate to have

several thriving businesses and most fortunate to have the Family DiPoalo, owners of Scotts Corners Liquor and Wine Store. Since 1965 it has been conveniently located at Scotts Corners’ Montgomery Plaza.

At the helm of this family is Armond A. DiPoalo, a native of Maybrook, a Town of Montgomery village known officially as the "Gateway to the East," an historical reference to the days when Maybrook was the largest railway terminal in the Eastern portion of the Country. During the war years and the fifties, a significant number of Maybrook families were railroad folks, part of a larger organization known as the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad. In fact, Armond's initial experience as a worker was as car inspector for the railroad, checking the cars for stowaways and free riders, a sometimes scary occupation.

Taking the advice of the older men who worked the rails, Armond remained in school, graduating from Maybrook High School in 1954 and continuing on to the Spencerian Business College, graduating in 1956.

Critical to the development of the DiPoalo family were the circumstances surrounding the time spent at the Spencerian School. It was here that Armond met Sheila Joy Reilly, also a student at the Spencerian Business School.

Understandably, so impressed was Armond with Sheila that when he graduated and needed help as office manager of Newburgh Transfer, a trucking company, he went back to the school and hired Sheila. The attraction and bond lasted and they were married, opening the Liquor and Wine Store in 1965. She would become the most important component of the family business known as Scotts Corners Liquor and Wine Store.

To qualify as a Mom and Pop, children are a by-definition necessity. Each of the DiPoalo's five children began his/her work career at the family store, developing a critical and enviable work ethic. Armond took his business savvy and hospitality skills to the then active Air Force Base at Stewart Field. Beginning in 1966 he managed the Base's open mess and became manager of the Stewart Army Subpost Club,

AKA Officers' Club, positions he held for 32 years. The highlight of his career at Stewart was the return of the American hostages, held captive in Iran for 444 days. "We fed the hostages when they came back from Iran.

Everybody was excited...," DiPoalo recalls.

When Stewart closed, DiPoalo accepted an invitation to manage the Officers' Club at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, a position he held for an additional 11 years. During his 43 year career Armond was awarded the James Carroll Award for Excellence in Military Club management.

One might just wonder and ask, "So, who's minding the store on the day-to-day basis?" The answer: Sheila Reilly DiPoalo, and more accurately Sheila and her five children. It can be said that Armond is one who recognizes talent.

As each of the five children turned eighteen, they became employees. But it was Dawn DiPoalo McLean who followed proudly in the footsteps and traditions of Mom, effectively working the store with small children under foot. This is Dawn's twenty-fifth year at the store. And in the tradition initially established

by Sheila (Mom), Dawn is as gregarious with a charming smile and kind words (lots of words) for customers entering the Mom and Pop Scotts Corners Liquor and Wine Store.

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Privitera Exhibits at Blazing Bagels

montgomery aREA calendar sponsored by Di Bello Gallery

Art & Photography Exhibits Mike Jaroszko luminist James Hiller photography James Douglas Gallery, ongoing Debbe Cushman Femiak & Christine Pahucki, Frances Barmann Oct 1-31 Reception: Oct 6, 5pm-7pm “Children” WRS members thru-Oct 14 Wallkill River School

by J. A. Di Bello Diluted, distorted or disguised, colored water has been a vital medium to Homo erectus since the time crude depictions were applied to earthen walls with sticks and bones and fingers.

The refined practice continued through the time Egyptians decorated temple walls and painted on papyrus. In the Far East the use of watercolors on silk and fine, handmade papers

became a reflection of a society's detail oriented culture. Medieval artists through the Renaissance worked in fresco to create some of the world's most distinguished murals. The tradition of fine and disciplined watercolor artists remains a vital portion of the current and vibrant art scene from the Hudson through the Shawangunks to the Catskills.

The award winning watercolor artist Lana Privitera remains an essential portion of that

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Nat Baines & Amy Wiley “Traveling the Countryside” thru Oct 5 Ermalinda Cortez “Elements & Emotions” Oct 7-20, Reception Oct 7, 1pm Legacy of John F. Gould & Military Art Show Oct 9-Nov 4, Reception Oct 12, 6pm-9pm Wolfgang Gallery

continuity.

A graduate of the School of Fine Arts, Zaragoza, Spain, Lana Privitera's artistic accomplishments are found in collections throughout the United States, France, Mexico and Spain. Her work was most recently voted Best in Show at the Spirit of the Hudson Art Show. In addition to her main line of work in watercolors, including architectural landscapes

Music - Classical Gary Schocker flute, Hugh Sung piano, Music for Humanity Benefit Oct 6, 7:30pm St. Petersburg Men’s Ensemble Nov 4, 3pm Greater Montgomery Chamber Music Series Senior Center

Poetry Reading Dennis Bernstein Oct 4, 7pm Noble Coffee Roasters, Campbell Hall

Recreation Village Wide Yard Sale Day Oct 6, 10am-5pm Candlelight Ghost Tour Oct 13, 7pm Village Hall Halloween Party Nov 3 Parade from Fire Musuem, 4pm Judging, 5pm Senior Center

from Spain and the Tri State area, her art portfolio contains exemplary work in charcoal and pastel portraits.

Lana's work reflecting scenes from the Villages of Walden and Montgomery (see photo) is on display at Blazing Bagels, 111 Hawkins Drive, Shoprite Plaza, Montgomery, where “Happy Bagels make Happy People!”

For information call 845-457-4221.

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..........................................................Montgomery “Local Color” Blooms at the WRS

Local Color is a term artists use to describe the color of an object that is not in light or shadow. In the October exhibit at Wallkill River School (WRS); Local Color takes on a whole new meaning with depictions of Orange County by Debbe Cushman Femiak and Christina Pahucki. WRS also introduces emerging artist Frances Barmann in her first solo exhibit in the workshop room.

Debbe Cushman Femiak moved to the Hudson Valley area in 1996 and currently resides in Newburgh. Femiak is a multi-media artist, and is equally comfortable with many mediums. She enjoys working with pastels, watercolor, acrylics, and drawing, as well as her long time enjoyment of knitting and crocheting.

Chrissy Pahucki was born in Goshen, and grew up next door to her grandparent’s dairy farm. As a kid, she loved nature and would wander the farm, which bordered the Wallkill River. Every summer she went camping in the Adirondacks with her family. As a result, the farms and the woods have never left her artwork. She's been teaching art for 11 years, the last 8 of those at Goshen Middle School.

This month in the workshop room, are the works of Frances Barmann, a native of Orange County and a member of Orange County Land Trust, Middletown Art Group and the WRS.

Military Meshes With Elements & Emotions

Work by John Gould Pine Island Field by Chrissy Pahucki

Barmann is now retired from teaching at Middletown public schools.

Although she used her love of writing and art to bring out creativity in her students, her own art was always on the back burner. Her exhibit consists primarily of pen and ink drawings.

Begun as a meditation after the passing of her mom, they have grown into a creative, spiritual expression of life seen and unseen, of energy beyond the form, and channeled visits from messengers of light.

The exhibit runs through October at 232 Ward Street. The artists will greet visitors on October 6 from 5:00-7:00pm. Wine and appetizers from Wildfire Grill will be served.

For more information: 845-457-ARTS.

Robert Gould and Paul Esposito are showing classic Hudson Valley Art with famous Saturday Evening Post illustrations from WWII and Limited Edition prints showing major events in history from the Civil War through Iraq and Afghanistan. Artists featured are Don Stivers, Larry Selman, Fred Rothenbush, Willie Jones and others.

The show will run from October 9 November 4 with a reception on October 13 from 6pm-9pm.

Also, an exhibit of works by Ermalinda Cortez, Elements & Emotions, will be on display from October 7-20, with the reception on October 7 at 1:00pm.

The Wolfgang Gallery is located at 40 Railroad Avenue. For info call 845-769-7446.

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Destination.......................................................livingston Manor “Seven Printmakers” at CAS

Seven Printmakers, an exhibit curated by guest Joan O'Connor, will be on display at the Catskill Art Society from October 13 thru November 18. The Seven Printmakers are: Michael Arike, Carla Bauer, Martha Hayden, Rosalee O. Isaly, Adrienne Lederman and Emily Trueblood.

Designed to provide an interesting and informative overview of printmaking, the exhibit features seven printmakers that work in several techniques and materials - etchings, linocuts, monoprints and woodcuts.

Artwork by Martha Hayden As printmakers they have all studied with John Ross at the New School University and Artists’ Talk will be held at 3:00pm. have known each other for several years. Some And don’t forget, Framing the Landscape, first met in Clare Romano's workshop at The featuring the work of Gregory T. Davis, Chip Pratt Graphic Center in the late seventies.

Forelli and Kit Sailer, on view until October 7.

An opening reception will be held on CAS is located at 48 Main Street.

October 13 from 4:00pm - 6:00pm and an For formation call 845-436-4227

Pumpkin Painting

Since 2010, Leyna Madison has gathered together a group of adults and children in October for a special creative family event at which adults carve pumpkin faces and their kids paint them.

This is not just a family affair, it is a community affair: As he did last year, Livingston Manor’s Lazy Beagle Chef “Marty” is donating the pumpkins, Madison’s Main Street Stand is donating the brushes and paint, and the Honor Society teens assist Leyna. “The teens use the event for their required community service hours,” Sarah Madison explained.

“We are able to use their assistance because this is a free event, open to the public.”

At press time, the Madisons were finishing up cleaning and restoring the alleyway next to their eatery at 46 Main Street for the event.

It was damaged in the mid-September flooding. “It’ll be done in time for the October 6, 1:00pm-4:00pm event,” Sarah assured CANVAS. For information: 845-439-4368.

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Burleigh at CAS

Nina Burleigh, journalist and author of five books, spent six weeks in the Middle East during 2012, based in Cairo and Jerusalem, working on various projects, including a short book about the status of women in Nina Burleigh the wake of the Arab Spring.

Burleigh will share her observations on women, religion and politics in this rapidly transforming and conflicted region, and read from her upcoming e-book tentatively titled, Under the Black Blanket at the CAS Arts Center on October 6 from 4:00pm-6:00pm.

Burleigh’s previous books will also be available for sale, including The Fatal Gift of Beauty, about the dark side of Italy revealed by the Amanda Knox trial; Unholy Business, about Biblical relic forgery in Jerusalem; and Mirage, about Napoleon's scientists in Egypt and the first interaction between scientists and Islam in the modern era.

The CAS Art Center is fully wheelchair accessible. For information 845-436-4227.

Livingston Manor & Parksville area Calendar Book Reading Nina Burleigh CAS Arts Center, Oct 6, 4pm

Exhibits Elena Ivanova & Boris Kheyman Rolling River Cafe, Parksville, thru Oct 21 Gregory Davis, Chip Forelli, & Kit Sailer “Framing the Landscape thru Oct 7 Seven Printmakers Oct 13-Nov 18 Oct 13, Talk: 3pm, Reception: 4pm-6pm CAS Arts Center

Rolling River News

Paintngs by Elena Ivanova (see above) and functional sculpture by Boris Kheyman are on display through October 21 at the Rolling River Cafe, 25 Cooley Road, in Parksville. Phone: 845-747-4123.

Yarnslingers & NACL Join Forces for “True Confessions: The Game Show”

by Anna Lillian Moser

Audience members will get to sniff out the truth come October 21 at 4:00pm at the NACL Theatre when Yarnslingers presents True Confessions: The Game Show.

Created about two years ago, Yarnslingers is a storytelling collective known around Sullivan County for its monthly performances where members read 500-word, first person accounts related to a chosen theme, such as body parts, the kitchen table, the nature of youth, and most recently “pet’s eye view” - revealing stories told from a pet's perspective.

While there are elements of performance to the Yarnslingers' monthly instillations, there aren't usually any full-on theatrics, which is exactly where True Confessions comes in. It's a fun detour from Yarnslingers' usual events.

"It could almost be described as Yarnslingers on crack," Jonathan Fox joked. Fox, a local reporter, columnist and theater critic, usually serves as the Yarnslingers' writers' liaison, but on October 21 he'll be taking on hosting duties (along with his pet Dharma). "It is a Yarnslingers kind of event. It's an offshoot of Yarnslingers, but it's more performanceoriented, although it does involve slinging some yarns as well."

Ramona Jan, Yarnslingers' director, is responsible for coming up with the idea for True

Ramona Jan, (lt) Jonathan Fox (rt) with...a liar? (and don’t forget, the popular Dharma!)

Confessions.

“I wanted to do something more with Yarnslingers. For those Yarnslingers who enjoy acting and writing, True Confessions offers an opportunity to write and perform one's own monologue. True Confessions also incorporates ordinary people who do not consider themselves performers or writers, but who have incredible stories to tell. So expect a mix of the unexpected to appear on stage!”

According to an open casting call for the show, performers are to submit up to five truisms about themselves, ones that “create a dichotomy” to one's natural demeanor, like being a strict vegan who usually dresses in camouflage. Secondly, performers are asked to come up with up to three lies that they can defend; fibs that the audience can very well take

as being the truth, like taking a story that happened to a loved one and passing it off as their own. Lastly, performers are asked to come up with a list of talents they have that can be performed live and on stage, like singing opera or tearing a phonebook in half.

“It's a new idea behind Yarnslingers that turns audience members into detectives. There will be six to eight Yarnslingers; one is telling a complete lie about his or herself. It’s up to the audience, through questions and challenges, to detect who is telling the lie,” said Jan, adding that prizes will be awarded.

In this respect - audience participation - True Confessions deviates from a standard Yarnslingers event.

“It does involve the audience. It's an interactive, theatrical event, not just storytelling,” Fox said. “I think most audiences like to feel like they're playing a part in something. I think it will engage them. I’m sure we're going to have some wonderful stories. I think it’s going to be a secret from everybody, including me, who’s telling the truth and who’s lying."

Fox said he’s excited to be presenting True Confessions at NACL Theatre, which has been recognized nationally and internationally for its brand of experimental and original brand of theater.

“I know from experiences in the past that

NACL audiences are just tremendous fun, and they're always looking and expecting and getting something different from NACL. You don't just get your normal, everyday kind of show there. I'm hoping that we can be up to snuff with them,” Fox said.

NACL Theatre, which is located in Highland Lake, is unique in that it's run by the artists.

According to NACL's artistic director, Tannis Kowalchuk, it's an ensemble of theater-makers, creating original content, or rather "devised theater," as well as running the venue itself, a converted church on Highland Avenue, and lending it out to other performers such as the Yarnslingers. The theater company recently received a $50,000 Our Town grant from the National Endowment for the Arts.

“I love the project. It's very good. It's very much in the mission of NACL, that they’re writing stories and performing, and it’s original work,” Kowalchuk said. “Our mission is to present and create original, innovative and experimental work, so to me what they're doing really fits our mission. And they’re local! I'm really, really devoted to supporting our local, professional artists.”

For information about True Confessions: The Game Show or Yarnslingers, email Yarnslingers@yahoo.com.

For more on NACL Theatre, visit www.nacl.org.

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lectureS / DEmos / SymposiumS / Forums /Master Classes

Music - blues / country/ folk / pop / rock

sponsored by Hannah Brooks, MD, FACS

sponsored by Steve’s Music Center, Rock Hill

GLL........................................................................................................................................ Greenwood Lake Library HHNM ................................................Hudson Highlands Nature Museum, Outdoor Discovery Center, Cornwall PEEC.......................................................................... Pocono Environmental Education Center, Dingmans Ferry

Concerts

LEctures, DEMOS, Symposiums & MASTER Classes MASTER CLASS “Contemporary Art in Stone: Sculpture” Fred X. Brownstein ..................................

Kaplan Hall, SUNYO Newburgh, Oct 1, 1pm Hudson River History Walk Carl Heitmuller ........Kowawese at Plum Point, New Windsor, Oct 2, 10am MASTER CLASS “40 Years in Radio, What I’ve Learned & where it’s going...” Mike Bennett ....

Orange Hall Theatre, SUNYO Middletown, Oct 2, 1pm “Unconventional Development of Gas from Shale Using Fracking: Questions? ............................ w/ Anthony R. Ingraffea Harriman Hall 111, SUNYO Middletown, Oct 3, 7:15pm “The Hypnosis Solution: the Amazing Power of Your Mind to Achieve Your Goals & TranceForm Your Life" Arlene Prince GLL Oct 4, 6:30pm “The Inner Experience of Deep Undercover Law Enforcement Operatives” w/ Thomas E. Coghlan ..

“Amazing Arachnids” ..................................................................................................HHNM Oct 6, 10am “Curious About Mars” Charles P. Holmes ........................................................................GLL Oct 7, 1pm Gilman Center, Library Room 13, SUNYO Middletown, Oct 9, 7pm HHNM Astronomy Series Warren Munford ..............Storm King School, Cornwall, Oct 9, 7:30pm “A Look at Bannerman Island” Thom Jefferson....Kaplan Hall, SUNYO Newburgh, Oct 10, Noon “Corporate Values of an American Icon: The D&H Canal and its Tontine Coffee House Legacy” ...... w/Steve Skye Neversink Valley Museum, Cuddebackville, Oct 10, 7:30pm “How to Get Organized at Home and at the Job” Kathleen Ashe Babcock ............GLL Oct 11, 6:30pm DEMOS Art Demos at Orange County Arts Council Studio Tour locations ........Oct 13 & 14, 20 & 21 “Coyotes” ....................................................................................................................HHNM Oct 13, 10am “Masterpiece Comics: Looking at Literature Through the Cartoon Medium” Robert Sikoryak ..........

Kaplan Hall, SUNYO Newburgh, Oct 13, 7pm “Antiques 101: Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Antiques & More” GLL Oct 13, 10:30am “Autumn in Cornelia’s Gardens” w/Elizabeth HAwke..................Grey Towers, Milford, Oct 13, 1:30pm SPARC Nature Walk w/Gary Keeton..........Ridge Road Parking Area, Stewart State Forest, Oct 13, 10am “Owls” ..........................................................................................................................HHNM Oct 14, 10am “Lost Amusement Parks of the Hudson Valley” Wes & Barbara Gottlock ..................GLL Oct 14, 1pm “Seward: Lincoln’s Indispensible Man” Walter Stahr ..........S.S. Seward Institute, Florida, Oct 14, 1pm “Basha Kill Area & the Lenape Queen Basha” w/Gary Keeton ................................................................

1863 Schoolhouse, Town of Deerpark Museum. Huguenot, Oct 14, 3pm Nature at Night ................................................................................................................PEEC Oct 14, 6pm “The Look of West Point: The 1903 Architectural Competition” Jon Malinowski..................................

Cornwall Presbyterian Church, Cornwall-on-Hudson, Oct 16, 7:30pm MASTER CLASS “The Margolis Method” w/Kari Margolis & Company................................................

Orange Hall Theatre, Middletown, Oct 17, 2:30pm “Understanding Bears” Donald “Doc” Bayne ..........................................................GLL Oct 18, 6:30pm “Turning Point of the American Revolution: Battles of Fort Montgomery, Fort Clinton, Saratoga” .. w/James M. Johnson Orange Hall Gallery, SUNY Middletown, Oct 18, 7pm Woolly Bear Caterpillars ............................................................................................HHNM Oct 20, 10am DEMO Glass Blowing ..............................................Gillander Glass, Port Jervis, Oct 20 & 27, 10am-3pm DEMO Orange County Art Federation Orange County Arts Council Studio Tour ..................................

Orange Hall Gallery, SUNYO Middletown, Oct 20 & 21, 11am-5pm “Real Crime Scenes” Michael J. Worden ........................................................................GLL Oct 21, 1pm “Environmental Law in the Hudson Valley: Ending ‘Business as Usual’” Nicholas A. Robinson..........

Cornwall Presbyterian Church, Cornwall-on-Hudson, Oct 23, 7:30pm Down on the Farm History Walk Carl Heitmuller....................................................HHNM Oct 24, 10am MASTER CLASS “A Musician’s Life in the Military” SFC Jason Ham ................................................

Room 23, Orange Hall, SUNYO Middletown, Oct 24, 11am Cemetery Walk ................................................................................Grey Towers, Milford, Oct 28, 1:30pm “Exhumation of the Mastodon Painting, Jeffersonian Cultural Politics & The French Connection” ..

Katherine Woltz Cornwall Presbyterian Church, Cornwall-on-Hudson, Oct 23, 7:30pm Linda Zimmermann Ghost Investigator ....................................Thrall Library, Middletown, Oct 30, 7pm SYMPOSIUM 11th Annual Preservation/Main Street Conference....................................................

Liberty Museum & Arts Center, Nov 4, 10am-8pm

books Readings, Discussions, Exhibits: OrangeREADS “Forever” by Pete Hamill ........See pages 30, 31 Book Lover’s Club ............................................Greenwood Lake Library, Fourth Tuesday, 7pm Reading Nina Burleigh “Under the Black Blanket” ..CAS Arts Center, Livingston Manor, Oct 6, 4pm Discussion “Game Change: Obama & the Clintons, McCain & Palin” w/Tony Nappo ..................

Thrall Library, Oct 9, 7pm Discussion“Which New Era Would That Be?” by Nadine Gordimer ................................................

Crawford Library, Monticello, Oct 9, 7:30pm Signing:” Walter Stahr “Seward Lincoln’s Indispensible Man” ........S.S. Seward Institute, Florida, Oct 14, 1pm

Scholars Book Discussion ..................................................................Newburgh Library, Oct 17, 7pm Great Books Discussion ................................Newburgh Library, Oct 24, 6:30pm & Oct 26, 11:30am

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Akie B & The Falcons soul-jazz ................................................The Falcon, Marlboro, Oct 4, 7pm Wolff & Clark Expedition jazz-funk ........................................The Falcon, Marlboro, Oct 5, 7pm Alpine Squeeze German - Oktoberfest..........................................Bear Mountain State Park, Oct 6 Azure Soul, City in the Sky............................................Sounds Asylum, Middletown, Oct 6, 6pm Jonah Smith Band blues-soul-country-folk, Dylan Emmet ....The Falcon, Marlboro, Oct 6, 7pm Suzanne Vega w/Gerry Leonard............................Sugar Loaf Performing Arts Center, Oct 6, 8pm Marah, Blue Mountain, Brent Best ..Arrow Park, Monroe, Oct 6, 7pm-22pm & Oct 7, 2pm-7pm Plus Five Orchestra German - Oktoberfest..................................Bear Mountain State Park, Oct 7 JB’s Soul Jazz Brunch w/Myles Mancuso & Lee Falco The Falcon, Marlboro, Oct 7, 10am-2pm Medeski Martin & Wood ..........................................Bethel Woods Event Gallery, Oct 7, 7:30pm Bergmuskianten German - Oktoberfest ......................................Bear Mountain State Park, Oct 8 Chris O’Leary Band blues-rockabilly ....................................The Falcon, Marlboro, Oct 11, 7pm Jon Herington Group blues-rock-pop, Rob Morsberger ......The Falcon, Marlboro, Oct 12, 7pm Allen Brothers Blues Band ..........................Main Street Deck, Narrowsburg, Oct 13, 2pm FREE Alex Meixner Band German - Oktoberfest ................................Bear Mountain State Park, Oct 13 Mike Baglione, Anne Loeb & Friends ....Neversink Valley Museum, Cuddebackville, Oct 13, 7:30pm Seth Glier,Anthony da Costa, folk ......................................................Beacon Theater, Oct 13, 8pm Spize German - Oktoberfest ........................................................Bear Mountain State Park, Oct 14 Gustafer Yellowgold, Rachel Loshak ..........................The Falcon, Marlboro, Oct 14, 10am-2pm Kozak Family Trio Russian & Belorussian folk, Sergei Pobedinski & Valeriy Zhmud ............

Ukranian & Russian Gypsy Arrow Park, Monroe, Oct 14, 1pm Bubba Grouch rock ................................................................Applefest, Warwick, Oct 14, 2:45pm The Funk Junkies w/guest Kitt Potter,vocals ..........................The Falcon, Marlboro, Oct 18, 7pm Steep Canyon Rangers bluegrass ........................................................Bethel Woods, Oct 19, 8pm dSb & Die Erste Gottscheer Dancers German - Oktoberfest ..Bear Mountain State Park, Oct 20 Caught Up In A Dream ................................................Sounds Asylum, Middletown, Oct 20, 6pm Chris Bergson Band blues-r&b, Fifth Nation ........................The Falcon, Marlboro, Oct 20, 7pm John Hammond blues ..................................................Tusten Theatre, Narrowsburg, Oct 20, 8pm Ramblin’ Jack Elliott Tom Humphrey Guitar Series ......Ritz Theater Lobby, Newburgh, Oct 20, 8pm Delta Moon blues-rock ..................................................The Falcon, Marlboro, Oct 21, 10am-2pm Feritz’s Polka Band German - Oktoberfest................................Bear Mountain State Park, Oct 21 Jim Campilongo Electric Trio blues-country-jazz, Margaret McDuffy ......Falcon, Oct 25, 7pm Alexis P. Suter Band roots-blues-soul, Adam Falcon ............The Falcon, Marlboro, Oct 26, 7pm “!964: TheTribute - #1 Beatles Show on Earth” ..Paramount Theatre, Middletown, Oct 26, 8pm Richard Julian soul ..................................................................The Falcon, Marlboro, Oct 27, 7pm Erik Lawrence Trio........................................................The Falcon, Marlboro, Oct 28, 10am-2pm Straight No Chaser a capella pop ....................Eisenhower Hall Theatre, West Point, Oct 28, 3pm Toots and the Maytals w/Anders Osborne ..........Sugar Loaf Performing Arts Center, Nov 3, 8pm

Open Mic & In-house music PV.......................................................................................................................Palaia Vineyards, Highland Mills PVT............................................................................................Palaia Vineyards Outdoor Tent, Highland Mills

Open Mic w/Bob Keegan ......Brian’s Backyard BBQ, Middletown, Tuesdays & Wednesdays Open Mic w/Eric Callari ......................................Eddie’s Roadhouse, Warwick, Wednesdays Open Mic ........................................................................Mountaindale Inn, Wednesdays, 8pm Stacy & Friends Musicians Gathering ..............Dancing Cat, Saloon, Bethel, Thursdays, 7pm “Bluesbuebe” Brass Street Band ....................................................................PVT Oct 6, 2pm Hurley Mountain Highway ......................................................................PV Oct 6, 7pm-10pm Smalltown Sheiks ................................................................Dancing Cat Saloon, Bethel, Oct 6, 8pm Evan & Lesley ..........................................................................................PV Ovt 7, 2:30pm-5:30pm Open Mic must be 21yrs ....................................................Palaia Vineyards, Oct 7, 7pm-11pm Eric Lipper ................................................................................................PV Oct 13, 2pm-4pm “Sister Monk”..........................................................................................PV Oct 13, 7pm-10pm Open Mic Folk w/Phil Teumim............Unitarian Universalist Cong., Rock Tavern, Oct 13, 7:30pm Ray Longchamp ......................................................................................PV Oct 14, 2:30pm-5:30pm Evan Teatum......................................................................................................PV Oct 20, 2pm-4pm Ken Nicastro & the TWD band ....................................................................PV Oct 20, 7pm-10pm Hit the Road Halloween Dance w/The Pick-Ups & House of 80s ..................................................

Castle Fun Center, Chester, Oct 20, 7:30pm-12:30am Slam Allen..........................................................................Dancing Cat Saloon, Bethel, Oct 20, 8pm Kyle Morgan......................................................................Dancing Cat Saloon, Bethel, Oct 21, 2pm “The Hip Replacements”........................................................................PV Oct 21, 2:30pm-5:30pm Al Westphal........................................................................................................PV Oct 27, 2pm-4pm Groovy Tuesday ..............................................................................................PV Oct 27, 7pm-10pm The New Kings ..................................................................Dancing Cat Saloon, Bethel, Oct 27, 8pm Steve Wells ..............................................................................................PV Oct 28, 2:30pm-5:30pm

CANvas category calendar sponsored by Hudson Valley Planning and Preservation, Monroe ART TOURS / walks Second Saturday in Beacon Beacon Galleries ......Downtown Beacon, Sep 8, all day to 9pm Art After Dark Milford Galleries ..................................Downtown Milford, Sep 8, 6pm-9pm

cinema Reel Eclectic Film Series ........................................Thrall Library, Middletown, Sep 6, 7pm FREE Senior Citizen movie ......................................Hamptonburgh Town Hall, Aug 8 & 22, Noon FREE Tuesday Night Movie ................................................................Newburgh Library, Sep 18, 6:30pm Afternoon Movie....................................................Thrall Library, Middletown, Sep 19, 2pm FREE Manhattan Short Film Festival ..................................................Downing Film Center, Oct 6, 5pm “Francine” w/Hudson Valley Film Programmers Q&A ....Downing Film Center, Oct 10, 7:30pm Black Bear Film Festival ..................................Milford Theatre & St. Patrick’s Church, Oct 12-14 “Horror of Dracula” ..............................................................................Bethel Woods, Oct 13, 7pm Monday Night Movie ......................................................Newburgh Library, Oct 15, 6:30pm FREE “The Social Network” ..........Harriman Hall 111 Film Theatre, SUNYO Middletown, Oct 16, 3pm “The Anatomy of Hate: A Dialogue to Hope” w/discussion..SUNY Sullivan, Oct 17, 7pm FREE “House of Wax” ....................................................................................Bethel Woods, Oct 20, 7pm “Gypsy Caravan” ................Harriman Hall 111 Film Theatre, SUNYO Middletown, Oct 22, 7pm The Films of Robert Breer..................Seligmann Center for the Arts, Sugar Loaf, Oct 26, 7:30pm Abbott & Costello Double Feature ....................................Newburgh Library, Oct 21, 1pm FREE “Arsenic and Old Lace” & live music ................Paramount Theatre, Middletown, Oct 27, 6:30pm “Whatever Happened to Baby Jane?” ................................................Bethel Woods, Oct 27, 7pm “The House on Haunted Hill” ..........................Downing Film Center, Newburgh, Oct 29, 6:15pm “Psycho” ............................................................Downing Film Center, Newburgh, Oct 29, 7:45pm “Young Frankenstein” ............................................................................Bethel Woods, Nov 3, 7pm

comedy Dan St. Germain The Laugh Tour ................Nutshell Arts Center, Lake Huntington, Oct 13, 8pm Johnny Lampert, Tim Gage ..........................................Jesters Comedy Club, Chester,Oct 6, 8pm Mike Somerville, James Oakes......................................Jesters Comedy Club, Chester,Oct 13 8pm Upright Citizens Brigade ....................................Sugar Loaf Performing Arts Center, Oct 13, 8pm “An Evening of Stand-up Comedy” Sullivan County Dramatic Workshop....................................

Rivoli Theatre, South Fallsburg, Oct 27, 8pm Mick Thomas ..................................................................Jesters Comedy Club, Chester,Oct 27 8pm Mission: Improv-able ................................................Railroad Playhouse, Newburgh, Oct 31, 8pm

Dance “A Taste of Senegal” Abdou Mboup ............Kaplan Hall, SUNYO Newburgh, Oct 12, 7pm FREE Mexican Folkloric Dance ....................................................Newburgh Library, Oct 21, 3pm FREE

festival Oktoberfest 2012 ......................................Bear Mountain State Park, Oct 6, 7, 8, 13, 13, 20, 21, 27 Harvest Festival Rustic Craft Show ..............................................Bethel Woods, Oct 7, 11am-4pm Annual Fall Festival ........................First Presbyterian Church, Washingtonville, Oct 13, 9am-3pm

museums Forestry Exhibit ..............................................................................Grey Towers, Milford, thru Oct “Light and Landscape” ..................................Storm King Arts Center, Mountaindale, thru Nov 11 “Portrait of a Family: Papers from the Westbrook Family from the 1700 and 1800s” ..............

Neversink Valley Museum, thru Nov 25 Sculpture Exhibits Imi Knoebel, Walter De Maria ........................................Dia:Beacon, ongoing Archives Day ..................Sullivan County Museum, Hurleyville., Oct 3, 10, 17, 24, 31, 10am-4pm Civil War Artifacts ....................................................................Museum Village, Monroe, ongoing “Byrd/Skolnick: A Tale of Two Posters”..............................Museum at Bethel Woods, thru Jul 22 Frederick Franck Sculpture Garden and Galleries................Pacem In Terris, Warwick, thru Oct Rondout & Neversink watershed areas ........Time & the Valley Museum, Grahamsville, thru Oct “Boy Scouts of America: The Great Depression” ......Karpeles Manuscript Museum, thru Dec 23 “Circa 1971: Early Video & Film from the EAI Archive” ....................DIA:Beacon, thru Dec 31 Jean-Luc Moulene “Opus + One” ............................................................DIA:Beacon, thru Dec 31

music - broadway - tin pan alley - light classics Broadway Concerts Direct “A Little Nightmare Music”..Wurtsboro Community Church, Oct 20, 8pm “A Salute to Broadway” ..............................................Newburgh Free Library, Oct 14, 3pm FREE

Music - classical ..

Gary Schocker flute & Hugh Sung piano, Music For Humanity Benefit ..............................

Montgomery Senior Center, Oct 6, 7:30pm Voxare String Quartet, Jesse Blumberg baritone ..Tusten Theatre, Narrowsburg, Oct 13, 8pm Madera Vox Newburgh Chamber Music ..................St. George’s Church, Newburgh, Oct 14, 3pm Greater NY Wind Symphony & Youth Wind EnsembleSLPAC, Sugar Loaf, Oct 14, 3pm FREE The Essence of Joy Alumni Singers Kindred Spirits....................Milford Theatre, Oct 19, 7:30pm

Music & Art from the Time of Columbus ..............West Point Jewish Chapel, Oct 21, 3pm FREE New York Tuba Quartet ..........................Orange Hall Gallery, SUNYO Middletown, Oct 28, 3pm West Point Woodwind Quintet Music in Central Valley ..................................................................

Central Valley Methodist Church, Oct 28, 3pm FREE SUNY Orange Community Symphonic Band ........Paramount Theatre, Middletown, Nov 3, 8pm St. Petersburg Men’s Ensemble Grand Montgomery Chamber Music Series ................................

Montgomery Senior Center, Nov 4, 3pm FREE Harlem Quartet Newburgh Chamber Music ............St. George’s Church, Newburgh, Nov 4, 3pm

Music - jazz City lights Tri-City Stage vocal ensemble, fundraiser ..........................Milford Theatre, Oct 6, 7pm Catherine Russell soulful vocals, Mark Shane piano ....Tusten Theatre, Narrowsburg, Oct 6, 8pm Fleurine ........................................................................................The Falcon, Marlboro, Oct 7, 7pm John Pizzarelli ......................................................Sugar Loaf Performing Arts Center, Oct 11, 8pm E.J.Strickland Quintet, The Kandinsky Effect ........................................The Falcon, Oct 13, 7pm Jazz Jam w/Bob Keller and guests ......................................River Grill, Narrowsburg, Oct 13, 9pm Marlene VerPlanck & Bucky Pizzarelli ..................................The Falcon, Marlboro, Oct 19, 7pm Tisziji Munoz Quartet w/John Medeski, Don Pate & Bob Moses ..........The Falcon, Oct 21, 7pm Thiefs ..........................................................................................The Falcon, Marlboro, Oct 24, 7pm Saints of Swing Swing Dance Night ..........................................The Falcon, Marlboro, Oct 28, 7pm Jeff Ballard’s Fairgrounds ........................................................The Falcon, Marlboro, Oct 29, 7pm

opera - Livecast “L’Elisir d’Amore” Donizetti ..........................Sullivan County Community College, Oct 13, 1pm “Otello” Verdi ....................................................Sullivan County Community College, Oct 27, 1pm

opera - theatre “Abduction form the Seraglio” Mozart, Delaware Valley Opera ....Sullivan County Comm Coll, Oct 28, 2pm

poetry & prose readings Poetry Exhibit “Ah! Orange County” ..........Orange Hall Gallery, SUNYO Middletown, Oct 2-28 Dennis Bernstein ........................................................................Noble Coffee Roasters, Oct 4, 7pm Hudson River Poets ................................................................Newburgh Library, Oct 4, 7pm FREE Mike Jurkovic, Marina Mati Calling All Poets ......Howland Cultural Center, Beacon, Oct 5, 8pm Eileen Van Hook Poetry on the Loose ..........Seligmann Gallery, Sugar Loaf, Oct 6, 3:30pm FREE Howard Horowitz Poetry in the Gallery ........................Wurtsboro Art Alliance, Oct 7, 8pm FREE Poetry Night ................................................Ruthie’s Restaurant, New Windsor, Oct 10, 7pm FREE Poetry Night ................................................Bank Square Coffeehouse, Beacon, Oct 17, 7pm FREE “Ah! Orange County” 11 Orange County Poets....Orange Hall Gallery, Middletown, Oct 25, 7pm “A Night With Poe” prose - Halloween Dramatic Reading ..Grey Towers, Milford, Oct 27, 6pm & 8pm

Poetry at the Church ..........................................................Goshen Methodist Church, Oct 29, 7pm Poetry Night ....................................................Liberty Green Bldg. 3, Warwick, Oct 30, 7pm FREE

recreation Quest Trails for Families ........Hudson Highlands Nature Museum, Cornwall, weekends 9am-1pm Birds of Prey Migration..........Pocono Environmental Ed. Ctr., Dingmans Ferry, Oct 13, 9am-4pm Catskill Chili Cook-Off ......................................Liberty Museum & Art Center, Oct 13, 4pm-7pm “Forest of Fear” Renaissance Faire ........................Sterling Forest, Tuxedo, weekends thru Oct 31

storytelling Black Dirt Storytelling Guild “Islands” ..............................Florida Library, Oct 11, 7:30pm FREE Yarnslingers “True Confessions:The Game Show” ..NACL Theatre, Highland Lake, Oct 21, 4pm Black Dirt Storytelling Guild “How the World Began”Greenwood Lake Lib., Nov 1, 6:30pm FREE

theatre - musical “The Last Five Years” SummerStar Theatre ..SUNY Orange Hall Theatre, Middletown, Oct 5-14 “Little Shop of Horrors” Tri-City Stage ................................................Milford Theatre, Oct 25-28 “Nunset Boulevard”............................................Eisenhower Hall Theatre, West Point, Nov 4, 3pm

Theatre - Physical “Conni’s Avant Garde Restaurant” ..........................NACL Theatre, Highland Lake, Oct 13, 7pm “Pulling Strings” Margolis Brown Adaptors ........Orange Hall Theatre, Middletown, Oct 20, 8pm “Maria Kizito” ............................................................NACL Theatre, Highland Lake, Nov 3, 4pm

theatre - play “Bloody Murder” Sullivan County Dramatic Workshop ....Rivoli Theatre, S. Fallsburg, Oct 12-21 “America’s Brightest Star” ......................................Railroad Playhouse, Newburgh, Oct 19-Nov 3 “The Dining Room” Creative Theatre-Muddy Water Players Museum Village, Monroe, Nov 2-10

theatre - play reading “The War of the Worlds, Pirate Style” Air Pirates Live Radio Theatre ..........................................

Pavilion at SLPAC, Sugar Loaf, Oct 27, 8pm “Ancestral Voices” by A.R. Gurney......................St. George’s Church, Newburgh, Oct 28, 2:30pm October 2012

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Festival Oktoberfest 2012 Bear Mountain State Park, Noon-6pm

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Poetry Reading Ruthie’s Restaurant, New Windsor, 7pm

Cinema “Francine” Downng Film Center, Newburgh, 7:30pm

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Cinema Afternoon Movie TL 2pm

Cinema “The Social Network” SUNYO-HH 3pm

Cinema “The Anantomy of Hate: A Dialgoue to Hope” SCCC 7pm

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Music - Blues ....................Chris O’Leary Band ....................FAL 7pm

Storytelling.....Black Dirt Storytelling Guild ..Florida Library, 7:30pm Open Mic...Musicians Gathering ..Dancing Cat Saloon, Bethel, 8pm Music - Jazz.....Jazz Trio ..Aroma Thyme Bistro, Ellenville, 8pm-11pm Music - Jazz...John Pizzarrelli Gala SLPAC Opening....SLPAC 8pm

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= Hudson Highlands Nature Museum, Cornwall = Liberty Museum & Arts Center = NACL Theatre, Highland Lake = Neversink Area Museum, D&H Canal Park, Cuddebackville = Noble Coffee Roasters, Campbell Hall, 845-294-1056 = Newburgh Free Library

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Music -& Storytelling.....Mysts & Magick Mark Shepard ........TL 7pm Music - Blues-Soul......Alexis P. Suter Ban Cinema “Gypsy Caravan” SUNYO-HH 7pm

Music - Jazz Thiefs FAL 7pm

Music..Jim Campilongo Electric Trio, Margaret McDuffy ..FAL 7pm Theatre - Play ............“America’s Brighte Theatre - Play ............“America’s Brightest Star”........RRP 7:30pm Theatre - Musical........”Little Shop of Hor Theatre - Musical..”Little Shop of Horrors” Milford Theatre, 7:30pm Music - Classical.....Potluck Concerts ..Co Open Mic...Musicians Gathering ..Dancing Cat Saloon, Bethel, 8pm Cinema....The Films of Robert Breer ..Selig Music - Jazz.....Jazz Trio ..Aroma Thyme Bistro, Ellenville, 8pm-11pm

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Poetry Reading Poetry at the Church Goshen Methodist Church, 7pm Music Jeff Ballard’s Fairgorunds FAL 7pm

Cinema “House on Haunted Hill 6:15pm & “Psycho” 7:45pm, Downing Film Center, Newburgh

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egal” ..............SUNYO-KH 7pm up, Rob Morsberger ....FAL 7pm der” ..........................SCDW 8pm Years” ..............SUNYO-OH 8pm

Art Walk ............................Second Saturday ..............................Downtown Beacon, all day Festival ..............................Oktoberfest 2012 ............Bear Mountain State Park, Noon-6pm Music ............................“Bluesbuebe” Brass Street Band ............................................PVT 2pm Art Walk ........................................Art After Dark..............................Downtown Milford, 6pm-9pm Poetry Reading...............Eileen Van Hook ........................Seligmann Estate, Sugar Loaf, 3:30pm Cinema........Manhattan Short Film Festival ....................Downing Film Center, Newburgh, 5pm Music - Rock ....................................Azure Soul........................Sounds Asylum, Middletown, 6pm Music - Jazz ...............City Lights Vocal Ensemble Tri-City Stage ..............Milford Theatre, 7pm Music - Classical ........Gary Schocker flute & Hugh Sung piano ........................GMCM 7:30pm Music - Jazz........Catherine Russell vocals, Mark Shane piano ......................................TT 8pm Music ............................Suzanne Vega w/ Gerry Leonard ........................................SLPAC 8pm Music ........................................Smalltown Sheiks ..................Dancing Cat Saloon, Bethel, 8pm Theatre - Musical....................“The Last Five Years” ........................................SUNYO-OH 8pm Comedy ............................Johnny Lampert, Tim Gage ....Jester’s Comedy Club, Chester, 8pm Festival....Annual Fall Festival First Presbyterian Church, Washingtonville, 9am-3pm Cinema.....Black Bear Film Festival ....Milford Theatre & St. Patrick’s Church, all day Opera - Livecast................“L’ Elisir d’Amore” Donizetti ............................................SCCC 1pm Music - Blues......................Allen Brothers Blues Band ....Main Street Deck, Narrowsburg, 2pm Music - Classical............Voxare String Quartet & Jesse Blumberg baritone..................TT 5pm Theatre - Physical........“Conni’s Avant Garde Restaurant” ........................................NACL 7pm Cinema ....................................“Horror of Dracula” ......................................Bethel Woods, 7pm Music - Folk Open Mic ................Phil Teumim folk ....................................................UUC 7:30pm Theatre - Play ............................“Bloody Murder”......................................................SCDW 8pm Theatre - Musical....................“The Last Five Years” ........................................SUNYO-OH 8pm Comedy ..........................................Dan St. Germain ........Nutshell Arts Center, Lake Huntington, 8pm Comedy................................Upright Citizens Brigade ..............................................SLPAC 8pm Comedy ..............................Mike Somerville, James Oakes....Jester’s Comedy Club, Chester, 8pm

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Festival ................Oktoberfest 2012 ..Bear Mountain State Park, Noon-6pm Theatre - Play..........“America’s Brightest Star” ................RRP 2pm & 8pm Music ......................................Evan Teatum ............................................PV 2pm-4pm Poetry Reading....Maintenance Poetry Reading Seligmann Center, Sugar Loaf, 4pm Music ....................................City in the Sky ..........Sounds Asylum, Middletown, 6pm Cinema ................................“House of Wax” ................................Bethel Woods, 7pm Music ....................Chris Bergson Band, Fifth Nation ..................................FAL 7pm Music........................Ken Nicastro & the TWD band ............................PV 7pm-10pm Music - Blues ......................John Hammond ..................................................TT 8pm Music - Folk......Ramblin’ Jack Elliott guitar........Ritz Theater Lobby, Newburgh, 8pm Music ........................................Slam Allen ..............Dancing Cat Saloon, Bethel, 8pm Music - Broadway......Broadway Concerts Direct ..Wurtsboro Community Church, 8pm Theatre - Physical ..............“Pulling Strings” ..................................SUNYO-OH 8pm

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Festival ......................Oktoberfest 2012........Bear Mountain State Park, Noon-6pm Opera - Livecast ..........“Otello” Verdi ....................................................SCCC 1pm Theatre - Play ................“America’s Brightest Star” ................................RRP 2pm & 8pm Prose Reading ......................“A Night WIth Poe” ............Grey Towers, Milford, 6pm & 8pm Music & Cinema..............Ellen Kaye & “Arsenic & Old Lace” ..........................PT 6:30pm Music ........................................Richard Julian ......................................................FAL 7pm Music ......................................Groovy Tuesday ............................................PV 7pm-10pm Cinema..................“Whatever Happened to Baby Jane?” ..................Bethel Woods, 7pm Theatre - Musical...............”Little Shop of Horrors” ......................Milford Theatre, 7:30pm Comedy ..................“An Evening of Stand-up Comedy” ................................SCDW 8pm Comedy ....................................Mick Thomas............Jester’s Comedy Club, Chester, 8pm Music........................................The New Kings................Dancing Cat Saloon, Bethel, 8pm Theaire - Live Radio....“The War of the Worlds, Pirates Style” ......................SLPAC 8pm

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= Tusten Theater, Narrowsburg = Unitarian Universalist Congregation, Rock Tavern = Wurtsboro Art Alliance = West Point Jewish Chapel

Theatre - Physical..........“Maria Kizito” ................................................NACL 4pm CInema ..................“Young Frankenstein” ..........................Bethek Woods, 7pm

Theatre - Play ..................“The Dining Room” ........................................CTMW 8pm Music - Classical..........SUNY Orange Community Symphonic Band ............PT 8pm Music ..............................Toots and the Maytals ......................................SLPAC 8pm

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Recreation.................Rustic Craft Show....Bethel Woods, from 11am-4pm Festival...................Oktoberfest 2012 ....Bear Mountain State Park, Noon-6pm Music ........................................Evan & Lesley ..................PV 2:30pm-5:30pm Theatre - Musical ............“The Last Five Years” ............SUNYO-OH 3pm Music - Jazz................................Fleurine......................................FAL 7pm Music.............Medeski Martin & Wood ......Bethel Woods Gallery, 7:30pm Poetry Reading ..................Howard Horowitz ............................WAA 8pm

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Cinema....Black Bear Film Festival ..Milford Theatre & St. Patrick’s Church, all day

Festival...................Oktoberfest 2012 ....Bear Mountain State Park, Noon-6pm Theatre - Play......................“Bloody Murder”..........................SCDW 2pm Music ..................................Ray Longchamp ..............PV 2:30pm-5:30pm Music - Rock.......................Bubba Grouch ....Applefest, Warwick, 2:45pm Music - Classical........Madera Vox....St. George’s Church, Newburgh, 3pm Music - Classical........Greater NY Wind Symphony................SLPAC 3pm Music ............................“A Salute to Broadway” ........................NFL 3pm Theatre - Musical ............“The Last Five Years” ............SUNYO-OH 3pm

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Music - Blues-Rock ......Delta Moon ............................FAL 10am-2pm

Holistic....Mind, Body & Spirit Expo ..Best Western, Matamoras, 11am-6pm

Festival...........Oktoberfest 2012 ......Bear Mountain State Park, Noon-6pm Theatre - Play......................“Bloody Murder”..........................SCDW 2pm Music........................Kyle Morgan ..........Dancing Cat Saloon, Bethel, 2pm Music ............................“The Hip Replacements” ......PV 2:30pm-5:30pm Dance ..........................Mexican Folkloric Dance ......................NFL 3pm Storytelling.....“True Stories - The Game Show” Yarnslingers ......NACL 4pm Music - Classical......Music & Art from the Time of Columbus......WPJC 3pm Music - Jazz........................Tisziji Munoz Quartet ..............................FAL 7pm

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Music ................Erik Lawrence Trio ..................FAL 10am-2pm Festival...........Oktoberfest 2012 ......Bear Mountain State Park, Noon-6pm Opera..........”Abduction from the Seraglio” Mozart, DVO......SCCC 2pm Theatre - Musical.........”Little Shop of Horrors” ..Milford Theatre, 7:30pm Theatre - Play Reading . “Ancestral Voices” St. George’s Ch., Newburgh, 2:30pm Music ......................................Steve Wells ..................PV 2:30pm-5:30pm Music - Pop a Capella ......Straight No Chaser............................EHT 3pm Music - Classical ............New York Tuba Quartet ............SUNYO-OH 3pm Music - Classical.West Point Woodwind Quintet.Central Valley Methodist Ch. 3pm

Music - Dance Night ............Saints of Swing................................FAL 7pm Music ..................”1964 The Tribute: Beatles Tribute” ................PT 7pm

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Comedy....Carole Montgomery, Kevin Bartini ..Jester’s Comedy Club, Chester, 8pm October 2012

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ART exhibits CAS ................................................................................Catskill Art Society Arts Center, Livingston Manor DAC ..................................................Alliance Gallery & Loft Gallery, Delaware Arts Center, Narrowsburg OSH..........................................................................................Old Stone House, Hasbrouck (Woodbourne) SUNYO ..........................................SUNY Orange Middletown, Orange Hall Gallery & Loft 845-341-4891 SUNYO-KH..........................................................................................SUNY Orange Newburgh, Kaplan Hall WRS ..................................................................................Wallkill River School, Montgomery 845-457-2787

“A Class Act: The Desmond Show, Summer of 2012” ....................................................................

Desmond Campus, Mount St. Mary College, Newburgh, ongoing Carolyn Duke pottery ..............................................Duke Pottery, Tennanah Lake, Roscoe, ongoing Mike Jarozsko luminist paintings ............................James Douglas Gallery, Montgomery, ongoing Lisa Strazza ............................................................................Strazza Art Gallery, Warwick, ongoing David & Joann Wells Greenbaum potter, paintings ..............BlueStone Studio, Milford, ongoing Kelly Patton ............................................................................................Caffe Macchiato, Newburgh Ron Lusker “Six Decades” ....................................Drawing Room Gallery, De Bruce, thru Summer Gregory Davis, Chip Forelli & Kit Sailer “Framing the Landscape” ....................CAS thru Oct 7 Linda Richichi “Sempre Italiani” ......................................RiverWinds Gallery, Beacon, thru Oct 7 Erica Hauser new paintings ............................................Hudson Beach Gallery, beacon, thru Oct 7 “Children” WRS members ......................................................................................WRS thru Oct 14 “Sunrise / Sunset” ......................................................................Wurtsboro Art Alliance, thru Oct 21 William Noonan ....................................................................................Elant at Goshen, thru Oct 22 River Valley Artists Guild Members Show ......Brotherhood Winery, Washingtonville, thru Oct 31 Lydia Anderson acrylic, oil, watercolor ..................Crawford Gov’t Center, Pine Bush, thru Oct 31 “Light and Landscape” sculpture ....................Storm King Art Center, Mountainville, thru Nov 11 “The Nemethy Family:3 Generations of Art” ..........Ritz Theater Lobby, Newburgh , thru Nov 25 & Crawford House, Newburgh thru Dec 9 Chaim Gross Drawings, 1944-1950............Seligmann Center for Surrealism, Sugar Loaf, thru Dec Jules Medwin outdoor sculpture ................Seligmann Center for Surrealism, Sugar Loaf, thru Dec

New art Exhibits Debbe Femiak & Cherry Pahucki, Frances Barmann ............................................WRS Oct 1-30 “Come Paint With Me” Plein Air Artists ............................Chant Realtors, Lords Valley, Oct 1-31 Joan Schwartzman “The Earth Laughs in Flowers” ..........................Pine Bush Library, Oct 1-30 Orange County Art Federation ............................................................................SUNYO, Oct 2-28 Elise Freda paintings....................................................................................................DAC Oct 5-27 Gloria Bernstein “Selected Works”..............................................................................OSH Oct 6-27 Ermalinda Cortez “Elements & Emotions” ..................Wolfgang Gallery, Montgomery,. Oct 7-20 “Sandy Brandman at the Desmond” ....Desmond Campus, Mount St. Mary College, Oct 7-Nov 2 “Legacy of John F. Gould” & Military Art Show ..Wolfgang Gallery, Montgomery,. Oct 9-Nov 4 Marie Liu & Randall FitzGerald ............................................The ARTery, Milford, Oct 12-Nov 4 Stephanie Brody Lederman ......................................................The Forge, Milford, Oct 13-Nov 10 Clayton Buchanan, Linda Richichi & Mary Sealfon “Reality & Beyond ......................................

Kaplan Hall, SUNYO Newburgh, Oct 11-Dec 14 Seven Printmakers ............................................................................................CAS Oct 13-Nov 18 “Fall” members show ........................................................................................WRS Oct 16-Nov 14 Marbeth Hraniotis ..........................................................................Elant at Goshen, Oct 22-Nov 19 “Extreme / Outside the Box” ..............................................Wurtsboro Art Alliance, Oct 27-Nov 11 “The Watercolor World of M.E. Whitehill - A Retrospective”..........................SUNYO Nov 2-30 David Munford “Landscapes”....................................................................................OSH Nov 4-25

photography exhibits FOV ........................................................................................................................Fovea Exhibitions, Beacon HPG....................................................................................................Highlands Photographic Guild, Milford

“Early to Rise: Working Farms in Orange County” Cornell Cooperative Extension, Middletown James Hiller ..............................................................James Douglas Gallery, Montgomery, ongoing John Strazza ..........................................................................Strazza Art Gallery, Warwick, ongoing Nat Baines & Amy Wiley “Traveling the Countryside” ..Wolfgang Gallery, Montgomery, thru Oct 5 Mary Ann Glass “Sempre Italiani” ....................................RiverWinds Gallery, Beacon, thru Oct 7 Norma Bernstock “Looking Back/Moving Forward” ..............................................HPG thru Oct 7 Cathy Miller “Minnewaska: The Red Trail” ................Karpeles Museum, Newburgh, thru Oct 28 Dana Giro ................................................................Crawford Gov’t Center, Pine Bush, thru Oct 31 “One Earth” group exhibit........................................................................................FOV thru Nov 4 Catskills Preservation Photography Exhibit ................Liberty Museum & Art Center, thru Dec 1 Roberta Price “Across The Great Divide” ..............................Bethel Woods Museum, thru Dec 31

New Photography Exhibits Hal Rosenblum “Cuba Exposed” ........................................................................HPG Oct 13-Nov 5 LaVerne Black “Manescapes” ............................................Old Stone House, Hasbrouck, Nov 4-25

Art & photography receptions/Auctions “BRA-zaar!” Art Auction ....................Bella Luna Restaurant, Blooming Grove, Oct 4, 5:30pm-8:30pm Gloria Bernstein “Selected Works”..........................................................................OSH Oct 6, 2pm-4pm Orange County Art Federation ....................Orange Hall Gallery, SUNY Middletown, Oct 6, 4pm-6pm Debbe Femiak & Cherry Pahucki, Frances Barmann ........................................WRS Oct 6, 5pm-7pm “Come Paint With Me” Plein Air Artists ........................Chant Realtors, Lords Valley, Oct 6, 5pm-7pm Ermalinda Cortez “Elements & Emotions” ......................Wolfgang Gallery, Montgomery,. Oct 7, 1pm Clayton Buchanan, Linda Richichi, Mary SealfonKaplan Hall, SUNYO Newburgh, Oct 11, 5pm-7pm Seven Printmakers w/talk @3pm ..........................................................................CAS Oct 13, 4pm-6pm Hal Rosenblum “Cuba Exposed” ..................Highlands Photographic Guild, Milford, Oct 13, 6pm-9pm Marie Liu & Randall FitzGerald ..............................................The ARTery, Milford, Oct 13, 6pm-9pm Stephanie Brody Lederman ..........................................................The Forge, Milford, Oct 13, 6pm-8pm “Legacy of John F. Gould” & Military Art Show..Wolfgang Gallery, Montgomery, Oct 12, 6pm-9pm4 “Extreme / Outside the Box” ..................................................Wurtsboro Art Alliance, Oct 27, 2pm-4pm “The Watercolor World of M.E. Whitehill - A Retrospective”......................SUNYO Nov 3, 1pm-4pm LaVerne Black & David Munford “Manescapes & Landscapes”........................OSH Nov 4, 1pm-4pm Catskills Preservation Photography Exhibit ..............Liberty Museum & Art Center, Nov 4, 7pm-9pm

clubs Audubon Society First Sunday Field Trip................................845-744-6047 Goshen, 8am or 9am Walden Chess Club all ages, all levels Josephine-Louise Library, Saturdays 10am, Mondays, 6pm Friday Night Chess ....................................................................Narrowsburg Library, Fridays, 6pm Knit and Stitch ........................................................................Narrowsburg Library, Mondays, 6pm Knitters & Crocheters Crochety Knitters ................................Liberty Library, Tuesdays, 10:15am Knitting Circle “Stitch & Bitch” ....................Palaia Vineyards, Highland Mills, Wednesdays, 7pm Knitting Group ............................................Josephine-Louise Library, Walden, Thursdays, 6:30pm Knimble Knitters ..................................................................Ellenville Library, Saturdays, 10:15am Knitting Club ....................................................................Newburgh Free Library, Ovt 9 & 23, 7pm Knitting Circle ........................................................................Florida Library, Aug 27, Sep 16, 6pm Laurel & Hardy Sons of the Desert Int’l Org......Last Sundays, Ellenville, ray@themtharhills.org The Music Lovers Guild ..............................3rd Thurs, 7:30pm FREE, Montgomery 845-457-9867 Photography Club Hudson Highlands Photo Workshop........St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, Chester 2nd Monday, 7:30pm Country Quilters Guild............................................Mondays, all day, Walker Valley School House Science Cafe “Hudson River Atlantic Sturgeon: Biology, Management, and Vulnerability to Coastal Harvests” w/Isaac Wirgin Diana’s Restaurant, New Windsor, Oct 24, 7pm Scrabble Players................................................Josephine-Louise Library, Walden, Thursdays, 6pm Scrabble Players ............................................................................Ellenville Library, Tuesdays, 6pm Trivia Night ............................................................2 Alices, Cornwall-on-Hudson, Thursdays, 8pm Women’s Support Dinner Diva Night ......................................Fauchere Patisserrie, Milford, TBA Woodcarving Guild....................................................Valley Cabinets, Harriman, Wednesdays, 7pm

School and Conservatory Hudson Valley Youth Wind Ensemble & Concert Band ....SLPAC, Sugar Loaf, Oct 14, 3pm

Children and teens calendar Festivals, Lectures & Recreation - adults & children, see page 20 HHNM ........................................Hudson Highlands Nature Museum, Outdoor Discovery Center, Cornwall HHNM-CoH ..............................Hudson Highlands Nature Museum, Education Center, Cornwall-on-Hudson PEEC ...................................................................... Pocono Environmental Education Center, Dingmans Ferry SKAC ............................................................................................................ Storm King Art Center, Mountainville

cinema “The Hunger Games” teens & youth ..................................Newburgh Library, Sep 15, 1pm FREE

museums Meet the Animals .. ........................................................HHNM CoH Saturdays & Sundays 2:30pm World of Bees and Brook Trout Exhibits ........................HHNM-CoH, Fri, Sat & Sun, Noon-4pm Eco-Zone! ..........................................................................PEEC Oct 14 & Oct 28, 12:30pm-3:30pm

music Renaissance Revels music & dance ............................................Bethel Woods, Oct 14, 2pm FREE Music of the Earth: A Celebration of World Cultures ............Bethel Woods, Oct 19, 11am FREE

Recreation Nature Strollers..........................................................................................HHNM Tuesdays, 9:30am

storytelling Theater Stories grades K-2 ....................................................................Bethel Woods, Oct 13, 10am

theatre - Operetta “Pirates of Penzance”....................................................................Bethel Woods, Nov 4, 2pm FREE

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Meet Franklin Delano Roosevelt, 32nd President of the United States Norman Duttweiler, producing director and accomplished actor of the Forestburgh Playhouse, is an individual accustomed to facing challenges and this fall's production schedule is no exception.

The Forestburgh Theatre Arts Center's (FTAC) will present Artistic Director Ron Nash's adaptation of Dore Schary's captivating one-man play FDR to area high schools. A stated objective of the plan is to familiarize adolescent audiences with the captivating power of live, professional theatre. To reinforce, "enhance", the esthetics of the theatrical experience, student workshops conducted by artists and educators, are to be an integral part of the educational experience. An integrated approach to the teaching-learning process considers both the cognitive and affective domains of learned behavior.

The play FDR offers a personalized, intimate portrait of one of this country's most iconic and frequently controversial presidents: Franklin Delano Roosevelt, the 32nd President of the United States.

In a nation-wide tour Ed Asner, wellknown and veteran actor, delivered his

astonishing, wellagencies and government received solo bureaus to service the programs of what was performance of FDR. His admiration for President then referred to as the Roosevelt was unveiled New Deal. Start with as he commented, "If he following the CCC, was not the greatest CWA, WPA, NRA and president, he was the AAA. For obvious certainly the second reasons the solutions greatest ..." were referred to as The presentation of this Roosevelt's Alphabet play is overwhelmingly Soup. And some, NRA germane in today's world, for example, were even and one is tempted to Norman Duttweiler as FDR determined to be resort to familiar unconstitutional by the hackneyed expressions, e.g., "What goes Supreme Court. With this short description around, comes around." For now as then, of the Roosevelt years, the relevancy of this country confronts what appears to be history is immediately apparent and the an insurmountable financial crisis, a wide importance of conveying history through variety of frequently conflicting solutions, theatre to today's students and tomorrow's and war. leaders is obvious.

The Great Depression contributed to a Roosevelt on stage is nothing new. The situation that left the federal government original play written by Dore Schary was responsible for curing a plethora of issues Sunrise at Campobello. Ralph Bellamy that were previously left to the states and starred as Roosevelt and won a Tony Award private enterprise. The Roosevelt for Best Actor for his portrayal. It detailed administration presented numerous the President's struggle with polio. Later, the author, Schary, adapted the original into a one-man presentation, FDR, emphasizing the White House years from a personal and political point of view. The role of Roosevelt was originally played by Robert Vaughn. The play was later adapted and toured the country with performances in over 300 cities, staring Ed Asner.

Currently, Artistic Director Nash has

adapted the play for presentation in the schools as a way to bring history to life. To demonstrate another of those useful clichĂŠs: "The more things change, the more they remain the same." The educational value of Ron's adaptation is so obvious; one can reasonably anticipate that the play will gain additional exposure to schools and colleges.

Trusting that the cognitive and affective domains of the learning process have been thoughtfully included in the preparations for this production, its value as an instructional model is potentially limitless.

To carry the responsibility of this adventure is the play's star Norman Duttweiler, who certainly ranks in the category of the accomplished actors who preceded him. Those familiar with the FTAC have witnessed firsthand his abilities and accomplishments. Most recently FTAC theatregoers saw Norman in roles that included Murder Among Friends, Equus, Doubt, and The Night of the Iguana, as well as musical appearances in shows like The Producers and Hairspray.

FDR, starring Norman Duttweiler, will be presented for the general public at the Eugene D. Nesin Theatre on St. John Street in Monticello on September 30 at 3:00pm and at the Seelig Theatre at SUNY Sullivan in Loch Sheldrake on October 5 at 8:00pm.

Tickets for these two public performances are available online: www.fbplayhouse.org.

Forestburgh information: 845-794-2005.

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Poetry & Geography Combine to Create Meaningful Artwork

by Anna Lillian Moser For Howard Horowitz there is poetry in nature.

For the past several years the Ramapo College professor has been creating what he calls "word maps;" long, free verse poems that are literally shaped like their subject matter.

Horowitz' most famous word map is Manhattan, which has appeared in the New York Times.

What makes Horowitz' poems so unique are that the words describe and reflect the actual spot on which they're placed. The lines "Gneiss but full of schist, the bedrock sparkles with mica. It bears the weight of midtown: skyscrapers, Columbus Circle, Fifth Avenue, and Park Avenue," in Manhattan appear on the word map at the actual spots of Midtown, and the poem concludes with lines concerning downtown's Battery Park.

"I'd always been interested in the shape and form of poems. Getting literal and making the poems into literal maps came out of a dream actually," Horowitz said, adding that he'd been working on Manhattan on and off for years. His efforts mostly consisted of piles of scrap paper with lines of poetry written on them. In the dream, Horowitz said, he saw Manhattan Island in the form of a map composed entirely of words.

"It was such a vivid dream that I woke up, jumped out of bed, grabbed up the scraps of paper from the drawer, turned on the computer

and started arranging it. And then there was 18 months of chipping away at it," Horowitz said.

Working on a poem for 18 months is not unusual for Horowitz. Unlike straight free verse, creating word maps is a long, precise and altogether painstaking process.

Horowitz says he's loved and appreciated nature since he was a little boy. Although he grew up in New York City, Horowitz spent the majority of his free time playing in undeveloped lots overgrown with weeds, catching butterflies.

He moved to Rochester for college where he eventually met his wife, and after graduating, the young couple decided to move out west with no real idea of what they were going to do once they got there.

"We didn't know anybody out there. It was just that moment in time. At that moment a lot of young people were getting very migratory and had this urge to connect with nature," Horowitz said. "We looked on maps and decided Oregon was a good combination of forests, the ocean and mountains, so we headed out there. We ended up finding a paradise."

They traveled along the Oregon coast for several months before settling just east of Eugene where they joined a worker-owned tree

planting co-op called the Hoedads Reforestation Cooperative.

"It really transformed all our lives. Everybody who joined the co-op basically had a transforming experience in their lives," Horowitz said. "Tree planting was good outdoor work, but also we came to understand a lot about the politics of work."

Horowitz, who has been composing poems since he was a teenager, published a book of poetry in 1986 titled Close to the Ground, which chronicles his life in the forests of the Northwest. The collection includes Idaho, one of Horowitz' first word maps.

Eventually, after becoming a father, Horowitz obtained a Master's degree and obtained a teaching position at Ramapo College, moving with his family back east. Now a resident of Warwick, Horowitz is currently working on several local word maps, which he plans to read from on October 7 at 8:00pm as the featured poet for Wurtsboro Art Alliance’s Poetry in the Gallery.

These include a poem regarding the Wallkill Watershed. The watershed happens to flow south to north and so Horowitz' poem is meant to be read from bottom to top.

Horowitz also reads his poetry at “Ah! For more information regarding Howard Orange County”, along with eleven other Orange County poets, in Orange Hall Gallery, Horowitz and his creative word maps, visit www.wordmaps.net.

October 25, 7:00pm, see story below.

Two Jazzy Ladies

Poetry Reading & Exhibit at SUNYO Ah! Orange County, a reading of original poems by Orange County Poets Joan Siegel, Donna Spector, Joel Solonche, Michael Sciarretta, Howard Horowitz, Barbara Adams, Ruby Castiglione, Barbara Adams Kate Ferriter, Len Berger, Rosemarie Werkman, Mary Makofske, & Paul Kane will be held on October 25 at 7pm.

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And from October 228: Ah! Orange County the exhibit - poems by all of the Orange County Poets mentioned above.

These are poems that were submitted to celebrate Orange County Month in June. Rosemarie Werkman The poems are mounted and will be hung.

Both events are in Orange Hall Gallery.

For information: 845-341-4891.

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Local favorite Kitt Potter (left photo) and world renowned Marlene VerPlanck (right photo) are appearing at The Falcon, 1348 Route 9w in Marlboro. Potter with The Funk Junkies on October 18, and VerPlanck with another world renown artist, guitarist Bucky Pizzarelli on October 19. Both concerts begin at 7:00pm.

For more information call 845-236-7970.

Destination.................................................monroe Rock, Slavic & Gypsy Music at Monroe’s Arrow Park

Marahktoberfest features American Roots Rock Bands, Marah, Blue Mountain and Brent Best (of Slobberbone) teaming up for an evening and afternoon of music. Marah is known for intense performances, classic rock production style.

The free events are on October 6, 7:00pm to 11:00pm and October 7, 2:00pm to 7:00pm.

In addition there will be a polka trio playing The Kozak Family Trio (see photo), polka interludes.

Beer and food will be available for purchase. Alexander, Valentina and Olyia, are performing All ages and kid friendly games will also be a combination of Belorussian classic folk songs and then Olyia shifts into overdrive with her available.

high octane arrangements of Belorussian melodies on October 14 at 1:00pm.

Opening for the Kozaks, the talented duo of Sergei Pobedinski, guitar and vocals and Valeriy Zhmud, violin, will perform Ukranian and Russian folk and gypsy music.

Slavic food will be available. “I am getting hungry thinking about it!,” Arrow Park’s Julia Kole stated. “Hold off on the food for at least a few dances!!!,” she enthusiastically concluded.

Arrow Park is located at 1061 Orange Turnpike , up the road a piece from Monroe.

For information call 845-783-2044.

Destination............................................................Greenwood Lake Healthy Living: Melodic Meditation

Explore the meditative world of chant with Chantress Margie DeRosso, where you will learn how to relieve stress, resolve issues, meditate, and get in touch with your mind, body and spirit all through positive affirmation for healthy living! All voices are welcome!

Margie DeRosso is an award winning Singer/Songwriter, Recording Artist, Guitar and vocal teacher, Chantress, and Creative Workshop Facilitator. She has been helping people in the New York and New Jersey area for well over 15 years using music, creative writing, and other creative modalities.

Margie also enjoys performing with her singing partner Dave Lang for various concerts, events and private parties.

Visit www.margiederosso.com for

Wicked Witch Apple Crafting

Join Crafter Maria Jones to create a frightfully friendly Wicked Witch! Maria will demonstrate how to turn a dried apple head doll into a wrinkled witch - perfect for Halloween - using the bounty of the fall season apples on October 13 at 2:00pm at the Greenwood Lake Library.

A $5 non-refundable fee is due at required in-person registration for this ADULT program. Seating is limited; early registration additional information on Margie DeRosso. is highly suggested!

The Healthy Living Series is presented on For information call 845-477-8377 Ext. 101.

Wednesdays, October 3, 10 & 17, from 12:30pm - 2:00pm at the Greenwood Lake Library, 79 Waterstone Road.

Registration is required for this free adult program by calling 845-477-8377 Ext. 101.

Seating is limited; early registration suggested.

All About Bears!

Join historian, educator, and photographer Donald Bayne discussing the life of bears, their habitat, and his own bear encounters, on October 18 at 6:30pm.

Registration is required for this Greenwood Lake Library event by telephone at 845-477-8377 Ext. 101.

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Destination..............................................................................................Goshen Art At Elant

The Jeffrey A. Weiss Memorial Arts Series is a new program that provides free art classes, exhibits and performances for Elant at Goshen residents. All the exhibits and some performances are open to the public.

The paintings of William Noonan are on exhibit through October 22, and the art of MaryBeth Hraniotis follows from October 22 thru November 19.

The exhibits are in the lobby at 46 Harriman Drive. Phone: 800-501-3936.

William Noonan shows off his canvas and his calves to passersby in Pienza, Italy.

by Tod Westlake

Barbara Thompson is an artist with deep Catskills connections. Having grown up in Sullivan County, she chose Goshen as her base of operations when she returned to this area after spending time in the state of Florida. Now, Thompson is a well-regarded painter of the impressionist school, whose current work consists primarily of interpretations of the dreamy landscapes that grace our area.

But art wasn't originally her chosen profession - she studied science and music at Ithaca College before earning an MA in Elementary Education from SUNY Cortland and it took a few years before she was able to return, full time, to what she loved.

"I grew up in the Catskills," Thompson says.

"I'm a graduate of Eldred Central School. We didn't have any art instruction in school." This lack of instruction led Thompson to choose her own path when it came to learning about the creation of fine art.

"I'm a self-taught artist," Thompson says, though she admits that art had a strong presence in her household when she was growing up.

"My mother was a painter. She was a plein air painter and she would take us in the car with her” (when she went out painting).

MaryBeth Hraniotis is elated.

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Meet Artist Barbara Thompson

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Thompson says that her mother's passion for painting sparked her own interest, though her first real experience as a fine artist came when a high school history teacher gave her the option of doing "something creative" in lieu of writing a paper on Russia.

"My mother had these paints at home. So, I thought, this is going to be easy for me; I'm going to paint those Russian domes," Thompson says, referring to the iconic St. Basil's Cathedral in Red Square, Moscow. "I painted the domes, and I painted a Cossack, and that was the beginning of my artistic career."

Thompson says that she has continued to paint throughout the years, and that she has devoured a number of different types of arts instruction, including books and video tapes, all of which have helped contribute to her autodidactic approach. In recent years, though, Thompson began to paint full time. and was soon accepted into the Salmagundi Art Club in Manhattan, so Thompson’s artistic sensibilities have certainly impressed.

"When I went there, I submitted both my photography and my oil paintings, and I was accepted for both," Thompson says, adding that photography has been another great artistic love in her life. Since joining, Thompson has had opportunities to attend a number of workshops

Artist Barbara Thompson at work

that have helped her learn some of the well-kept secrets employed by master impressionists such as J.M.W. Turner “who did the big painting with all that explosive light.”

Calling herself a “switchover” (she studied music most of her life) multi-talented Thompson also teaches piano at music schools in NYC and New Jersey, and at BOCES in Goshen, in addition to giving private lessons.

For those interested in seeing some of her work, visit www.bcthompsonartist.com.

Thompson also wants readers to know that she has been quite busy painting landscapes in the area of Callicoon Creek, so you may see her out there in the coming weeks. "If they see me out there, they'll know right where my paintings are coming from," Thompson says.

Destination................................................Cornwall-woodbury Two Chamber Music Series Begin 2012-2013 Season

Potluck Concerts Double your pleasure as two pianists tinkle the ivories with a Mozart 4-hand Sonata, fall in love with some of Schumann’s poetic songs from Dichterliebe (The Poet's Love), and learn to count with Estonian composer Avro Pärt's Fratres and his “Tintinnabuli” music, where the melody and the accompaniment is one. “One plus one, it is one - it is not two. This is the secret of this technique," Pärt explains. “The three notes of a triad are like bells. And that is why I call it tintinnabulation.”

Potluck Concerts, where the music and performers are the “potluck”, offers comfy

pads for the pews and crayons for the fidgety.

The opening 2012-2013 concert is on October 26 at 7:30pm in the Cornwall Presbyterian Church, 222 Hudson Street, Cornwall-on-Hudson. For your pre-concert dining, there is always Leo’s on Main Street in Cornwall.

Music in Central Valley The West Point Woodwind Quintet has Staff Sergeant Megan Zymanski, flute; Staff Sergeant Nicole Calouri, horn; Sergeant First Class Sam been invited to open this chamber music series Kaestner, clarinet; Master Sergeant Glenn West, and they will perform music by Derek Bermel bassoon; Staff Sergeant Anna Pennington, oboe who has been widely hailed for his creativity, and gospel. theatricality, and virtuosity. Bermel's works Also on the program are chamber music draw from a rich variety of musical genres, works by John Harbison, who the Pulitzer Prize including classical, jazz, pop, rock, blues, folk, for music in 1987 for The Flight into Egypt, and

well-known composer-conductor André Previn.

The Quintet has been a staple ensemble for many years, and continues to be an important musical emissary of the West Point Band and the United States Army. They perform at many different events, such as military social functions, school presentations and formal recitals.

The free concert is on October 28 at 3pm in the Central Valley United Methodist Church, 12 Smith Clove Road.

Donations appreciated.

cornwall - Woodbury calendar sponsored by Hudson Valley Society for Music, Potluck Concerts & Peggi’s Place (All events are in Cornwall or Cornwall-on-Hudson unless otherwise noted)

Art & Photography Exhibits Paul Gould Hudson Valley Gallery, ongoing Emily Waterfield photography Gary Hoff & Terri Clearwater paintings Clearwater Gallery, ongoing

Book Discussion “One Thousand White Women” Oct 3, 7pm “Life As We Knew It” Oct 25, 7pm Cornwall Library

World of Bees & Brook Trout Exhibit Sat & Sun, Noon-4pm Meet the Animal of the Week Sat & Sun, 2:30pm

HHNM Wildlife Education Center

Music Palaia Vineyards Highland Mills, (see page 20) Potluck Concerts “Musical Harvest” Cornwall Presbyterian Church, Oct 26, 7:30pm West Point Woodwind Quintet Central Valley Methodist Church, 3pm

Opera - Video “La Boheme” Puccini Cornwall Public Library, Oct 21, 1pm

Recreation Discovery Quests Saturdays & Sundays, 9am-1pm HHNM Outdoor Discovery Center

Children’s Activities Nature Strollers Thursdays, 10am HHNM Outdoor Discovery Center

Cinema “The Ghost & Mr. Chicken” Oct 10, Noon Cornwall Library

Lectures HHNM Astronomy Series Warren Munford Storm King School, Oct 9, 7:30pm “Designing West Point Academy Buildings” Cornwall Presbyterian Church, Oct 16, 7:30pm “Amazing Arachnida” Oct 6, 10am “Coyotes” Oct 13, 10am “Owls” Oct 14, 10am “Woolly Bear Caterpillars” Oct 20, 10am Down on the Farm History Hike Oct 24, 10am HHNM Outdoor Discovery Center

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“Forever” Art in Newburgh & Warwick

OrangeREADS, is an annual communitywide celebration thet focuses on a different book every year. Forever by Pete Hamill, is the 2012 subject.

An art exhibit at the Newburgh Free Library and the Albert Wisner Public Library in Warwick, Forever Art Show,on display in both libraries from October 1-31. will reflect themes from the book, including New York City life, people and history; Irish heritage, race relations, social injustice, as “Forever” by Pete Hamill well as the themes of loss and immortality.

For more information visit the website at A public reception will be held at the Newburgh Library on October 14 from www.newburghlibrary.org.

For information on the Warwick show, call 2:00pm - 3:30pm. The reception at Wisner Kathleen Georgalas at 845-986-1047 ext 5.

Library will be announced at a later date.

Boy Scouts & The Great Depression One of the largest youth organizations in the country, the Boy Scouts of America was founded in 1910 with the stated mission of teaching boys patriotism, courage, and self-reliance. It expressed its goals with the motto "Be prepared," the slogan "Do a good deed daily," and the law "A Scout is trustworthy, loyal, helpful, friendly, courteous, kind, obedient, cheerful, thrifty, brave, clean, and reverent." Although accusations of discriminatory membership requirements have at various times made the BSA controversial and even led to litigation, the organization has generally proved flexible and responsive to the values of changing times. Its goals of building character and responsibility and developing physical fitness through participation in outdoor activities have attracted more than 110 million members over the years, and the organization now claims some 2.7 million.

Economic downturns have occurred, nationally and internationally, since the beginnings of civilization, but surely the deepest and longest-lasting slump in

global history occurred following the American Stock Market crash of October 1929. Known as the Great Depression, it impoverished millions of investors in the United States and, by an inevitable domino effect, throughout the world. One half of the country's banks failed and from thirteen to fifteen million Americans lost their jobs.

The Karpeles Museum will present an exhibition featuring both the Boy Scouts and the Great Depression, with rare and surprising documents on both subjects.

Original letters by Herbert Hoover, the president on whose watch the Depression began, and Franklin D. Roosevelt, his political adversary and successor, whose efforts at correcting it with such "New Deal" programs as the Works Progress Administration (WPA) finally brought it to an end.

The exhibit runs through December 23.

The Karpeles Manuscript Library Museum is located at 94 Broadway, in the City of Newburgh.

Admission is always free. Call 845569-4997 for information.

OrangeREADS Calendar Art Exhibits “Forever NYC” multiple artists Newburgh & Wisner Libraries, Oct 1-31 Reception Newburgh Lib, Oct 14, 2pm3:30pm Reception, Wisner Library, TBA Arthur Gilmore “Street Life: NYC” Connie Gilmore “NYC in 3D” Irish Memorabilia & NYC Souvenirs Greenwood Lake Library thru October 30 Book Discussions & Lectures Mary Langton Thrall Library, Oct 2, 7pm Wendy Dembeck Oct 16, 6:30pm Susan Slater-Tanner Oct 30, 6:30pm Greenwood Lake Library Barry Hawkins Highland Mills Library, Oct 3, 7:30pm Charlotte Dunaief Cornwall Library, Oct 4, 7pm Wendy Dembeck Moffatt Library, Oct 9, 7:30pm “New York City Draft Riots” Laurence Hauptman Oct 11, 7pm Josephine-Louise Library, Walden Cinema “Sin’s Payday: New York Slums” Cornwall Library Oct 11, 6pm Abbott & Costello Double Feature

West Point’s Look

Join Dr. Jon Malinowski, Professor of Geography at the USMA at West Point on October 16 at 7:30pm for a visual exploration of the competition to design the Academy’s buildings at the Evening Speakers Series, Cornwall Presbyterian Church Fellowship Hall, 222 Hudson Street.

For information: 845-534-5506, ext 204.

Workshop & instruction Opportunities!

Newburgh Free Library, Oct 27, 1pm Music A Salute to Broadway Newburgh Free Library, Oct 14, 3pm Stage Production Pete Hamill speaker Hudson Valley Conservatory Actors: dramatic reading Pavilion - Sugar Loaf Performing Arts Center Oct 20, 7pm Storytelling “Takes of Tweo Islands: Ireland and Manhattan” Black Dirt Stroytelling Guild Florida Library, Oct 11, 7:30pm ++++++++++++++++++++ Kids & Teens “Tween Book Discussion “Tuck Everlasting” Oct 2, 9, 16, 6:30pm LEGO New York Oct 6, 2pm Florida Library, Story Time, ages 5 and up, Oct 8 & 9, 6:30pm Josephine-Louise Library, Walden Dinner, Discussion Trivia ages 11-17 Greenwood Lake Library, Oct 30, 5:30pm For more events: www.orangereads.org.

Classified FOR RENT Business Space If your business does not have walk-in clients, and you would like to operate out of a rural farm house, with scenic views of the Shawangunk Ridge, there are 2 offices (former apartments) in this Bloomingburg location available. Both have four rooms including kitchen. Sorry, no dogs.

Ground floor: $950 plus electric; heat included. Second floor: $900, electric and heat included. Propane for kitchens not included.

For information: 845-926-4646.

FOR SALE Growing flower shop located in developing area. Turn-key business includes all fixtures, equipment and inventory.

Contact readytoretire57@yahoo.com if interested.

SEEKING EMPLOYMENT Local accountant (Orange and Southern Ulster Counties), highly experienced, seeks permanent work 2 days per week. Quick Books and Excel friendly. Contact “Bob”: 845-5344750 or email rlkzn@yahoo.com.

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Destination..................................................................................Walden Meet the Libraries of Orange County - OrangeREADS 2012 A hasty and informal survey of the general population of Orange County will reveal one of its best kept secrets: The Orange Library Association (OLA), a principled and acutely active professional organization with meritorious objectives! Its overall aim is to increase the public's awareness of the multitude of services offered by Orange County's 17 public libraries, stretching from Newburgh to Port Jervis.

The word library, of course, has several meanings and one could begin with a series of serious discussions on connotations and denotations and what one does or doesn't do for the other. But the word itself with its classic roots must not be replaced; it must be supplemented for the purpose of opening the doors. Libraries are media centers, offering opportunities for travel, education and personal growth through the arts.

To heighten awareness of the library's combined educational and social value the OLA is once again promoting public awareness through its ProjectREAD 2012.

The Association's recent selections of authors

to feature in the implementation of ProjectREAD have been those with local Orange County connections. In 2010 it was Edgar Allen Poe, once a cadet at the U. S. Military Academy at West Point. This year the Association's choice of Pete Hamill as a contemporary, insightful author with local affiliations, is bound to bolster and gain the attention of county residents. Pete Hamill is the literary equivalent of theatre's star appeal.

He has written for the New York Times, the Daily News, the New York Post, The New Yorker and News Day. His novels and memoirs are best sellers. A recent example and a favorite of this writer is Snow in August.

The Associated Press described this work as follows: "Hamill delivers with sharp prose...You can hear the sounds of kids playing stickball, taste the Communion wafers, and see Jackie Robison stealing home."

Hamill's novel Forever has been chosen by the OLA to promote this year's ProjectREAD. It is an epic story of immortality, immigration and mystery as well as an acclaimed national

bestseller.

To emphasize the OLA's theme of "All things New York," the novel and Hamill will be the subject of several library discussion groups throughout the country during the month of October.

To Pete Hamill underline and give credence to the events of ProjectREAD, Hamill will be the keynote speaker at the Association's theme-centered event scheduled at the Sugar Loaf Performing Arts Center (formerly Lycian Theatre) on October 20 at 7:00pm. The presentation will feature the Ancient Order of Hibernians, key dramatic scenes specially scripted by Karen Fox, a librarian from the Pine Bush Library and performed by Sam Wright and his actors from the Hudson Valley Conservatory in

Walden. The scenes will be narrated by Ian Murphy of the Monroe LIbrary. Admission to this extraordinary event is free, but tickets are required and can be obtained at the local library of one's choice.

In this same vein additional local talent is available. Mr. Kevin McFadden of Mount Saint Mary College, Newburgh will lead a discussion of Forever on October 24, 7:00pm at the Josephine-Louise Public Library in Walden.

Additional and commendable events to be presented by the local libraries of Orange County are too numerous to be included here.

It is well worth the time to explore the vast potential of a truly professional association and visit its website at www.orangereads.org.

Finally, for those motivated to become a functioning part of the Orange Library Association, know that being a librarian is not required! Contact Ginny Neidermier, Josephine-Louise Public Library, 5 Scofield Street, Walden, 845-778-7621 or email: neidg@rcls.org and be a part of what makes Orange County a great place to live.

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by J. A. Di Bello

All the World’s a Stage

"And all the men and women merely players..." Familiar Shakespearean quotes, as the above, remain convenient and flexible as literary devices. In all but the most obscure cases they are familiar in words and flexible in meaning, leaving the writer free to choose his/her own path. And such is the case as it applies to the Village of Walden, a stellar performer on the expanded stage of Orange County and the Mid-Hudson Valley.

Since the first quarter of the last century Walden's theatre of renown was the Didsbury Opera House which hosted such noted performers as Enrico Caruso and the bands of John Philip Sousa, and J. A. A. Sohns.

Quality entertainment of note continues to this day with major cultural contributions from the Hudson Valley Conservatory, the New Rose Theatre, the New York School of Music, and the Smalling School of the Arts.

A catalyst in the brew of Walden's position on the stage of the performing arts is the Josephine-Louise Public Library and its culturally proficient director, Ginny Neidermier.

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The Didsbury Opera House

Shakespearean allusion each of the men and woman has an exit and an entrance. A broad interpretation places the residents of Walden, the individuals, the families and the businesses in the role of the supporting cast, a cast that extends beyond the proscenium and beyond the ticket booth. Someone must turn on the stage light and someone must pay the plumber and someone must be the plumber. Over this and the last century, time and stability has been kind to the Village of Walden. Stability is one dominant characteristic placed down stage center by the number of influential and multigenerational businesses in Walden! Their family

contributions combined with those of their colleagues and employees provided and continue to provide the stimuli required to perpetuate Walden as a stellar performer.

As in other towns and villages a number of families and businesses came to Walden from neighboring locations and for others from distances and lands many had only read about. Many came with meager purses, armed only with dreams that could fill a theatre and ambitions that overflowed.

It is the purpose of this publication to highlight those businesses and provide insight into the backbone of the Village of Walden.

Their stories are unique. Their contributions great. Stay tuned!

........................................................................................................Walden Walden Sunshine Society More than Doris Day

by J. A. Di Bello "You Make Me Happy When Skies Are Grey." These words flow easily for Doris Day and other crooners of that era or any time, but for those who stumble, those who fall and those who suffer losses personal and otherwise, relief, unfortunately, can be no more than a distant, whimsical whisper. On the contrary, the residents of Walden are dedicated to the concept of delivering sunshine to those in need.

The Walden Sunshine Society, loans out medical equipment for free for 3 month time periods. Equipment includes: wheelchairs, shower chairs, commodes, crutches and canes.

Walden's tradition, though not unique, is certainly in the forefront of those who distribute help in the form of sunshine.

It's neighbor helping neighbor. The organization was launched in 1910 by Mary Knapp and her daughter Margaret Hill Millspaugh, who was a charter member.

Conceptually, the organization was

associated with the International Sunshine Committee, organized by a group of newspaper women in New York City in 1896. By design the purpose was to secure immediate help for victims of fire, flood or crime, regardless of race, creed or color.

The citizens of Walden have sustained those lofty purposes since their conception. In 1963 the Walden Sunshine Committee was incorporated. Members of the society organize card parties, bake sales as well as fashion shows to raise fund to support their cause. There are visits to local shut-in, baskets of cheer, including holiday baskets filled with fruit, cookies and small plants. Known to few is the fact that the Society is able to provide medical equipment free of charge to those in need.

A mostly true, heart-warming narrative of a Sunshine Society outing follows. It is alleged to have occurred in the recent past at the Montgomery Nursing Home.

It was a cold, damp, bone chilling day, as a crooked rain blew hearty off the Shawangunk Ridge, foreshadowing the

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Winter's approach. The Sunshine Society, as is its custom, scheduled a group visit to the Home for the purpose of spreading cheer. As is also the custom, a sing-along festivity featuring Joseph "Beppi" Neretich and his lovable accordion was on the program. Tunes of cheer overflowing with mellow cords spread through the room. As the melody broke through Winter's frown, the mellow chords of a much loved accordion, accompanied by golden if not harmonic voices and a metronome of tapping little feet brought a glorious day of sunshine to the Wallkill Valley.

At present the Society meets on the 2nd Floor Community Room of the Walden Municipal Building. Meetings are held on the first Tuesday of each month.

"You are my sunshine; you are my sunshine. Please, don't take my sunshine away."

Clap your hands, sure. Better yet: Get up and lend a hand.

Call Anita Vandermark 845-7787772, June Garcia 845-778-3214 or Carol Moran at 845-778-1378.

sponsored by Walden Business Association

Book Discussion “Draft Riots of the Civil War” Laurence Hauptmann Oct 11, 7pm “Forever” w/Kevin McFadden Josephine-Louise Library, Oct 24, 7pm Recreation Chess Club Mondays, 6pm-8pm Chess Club Mondays, 6pm & Saturdays, 10am Scrabble Club Thursdays 6pm Knitting Group Thursdays, 6pm Josephine-Louise Library Walden Harvest Fest Oct. 6 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++

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A Shopping Experience that’s Pure Bliss!

by Anna Lillian Moser Stepping into Bliss is an experience unto itself. From floor to ceiling, the shop is adorned with an array of colorful and unique handcrafted items, everything from origami earrings to purses woven from recycled plastic bags and clocks made from liquor bottles. It's a literal cornucopia of one-of-a-kind crafts.

Bliss, which is located in Romers Alley in Sugar Loaf, is a women's art cooperative.

Romers Alley itself is a sort of Arts & Crafts Village, consisting of a number of artisan shops.

Bliss is the brainchild of owner Dana Anders, who is also one of the shop's featured artists.

A certified horticulturist, Anders’ second passion has always been making crafts, but she didn't consider turning it into a profession until about six years ago, when she was pregnant with her son, and started making her own birth announcements. This eventually snowballed into an entire line of handmade greeting cards, which she began to sell in various stores in the area, including Romers Alley. When a space opened up in Romers Alley, Anders decided to take the plunge and open up her own shop in April of 2011.

"The idea of me having my own store of just cards was nearly impossible," Anders said. "But the idea of being able to have a store with different artists - to be able to find artists, and have artists that come to you - it's really neat.

It's really neat just to see how much different stuff is out there."

The art cooperative is entirely made up of

artists who are women. Anders said she chose to focus exclusively on women artists because it makes more of a statement.

"It gives meaning to the store a little bit more, plus it's a good support mechanism," Anders said. "I don't want to say it could be harder for a woman to do a business, but we can all relate with each other, whether it's kids, or family. It's just something to sort of give us our own."

All of the artists featured at Bliss are also local, meaning from the five surrounding counties: Westchester, Putnam, Orange, Rockland and Dutchess. When the store first opened, Anders initially put an ad up on Craigslist soliciting artists, but today the majority of artists seek out Bliss, coming into the store to show Anders their various wares.

"I try to keep it unique from what's already in Sugar Loaf and everybody's stuff in general," Anders said of the products she carries.

At Bliss it's never a case of more of the same.

While there might be a few jewelers or a few knitters, every artist has their own niche and every product is different from the next.

"We have a great bunch of different jewelers,

Mike Somerville Takes the Stage at Jesters

Mike Somerville tried standup comedy on a dare while a student at the University of Notre Dame.

Upon graduation, he moved to New York City and took a job in advertising but, when his neck became irritated from shaving every day, he retired to pursue comedy full time. His first job was dancing in a pink bear suit at Bar Mitzvahs and he was hooked.

Somerville is the writer/host of Wingman, Glamour magazine’s renowned dating column Jake: A Man’s Opinion, and is a nationally touring standup comedian. He’s appeared on Comedy Central, NBC’s The Apprentice, VH1 (40 Greatest Pranks, Craziest Concert Moments, 100 Most Wanted Bodies), Bravo’s 100 Funniest Movies and hosted Starz’s Stand Up or Shut Up, Nick at Night’s Road Crew and Encore’s What Guys Want.

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is most fun after coffee.

Mike will perform at Jesters, 109 Brookside Avenue, on October 13 at 8:00pm.

Reservations are required for some shows. Comedians, prices and show times are subject to change. Call 845-345-1039 or 845469-2116 for showtime and prices!

Surreal Films

Robert Carlton Breer (1926-2011), an experimental filmmaker, painter, and sculptor, was most well known for his films, which combine abstract and representational painting, hand-drawn rotoscoping, original 16mm and 8mm film footage, photographs, and other materials..

His aesthetic philosophy and technique were influenced by an earlier generation of abstract filmmakers whose work he discovered while living in Europe.

His film work can be seen on October 26 at 7:30pm at the Seligmann Center for the Arts, 21 White Oak Lane. 845-469-9459.

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“Dragon Dance” by Adrienne Butvinik

and I mean who doesn't love jewelry?" Anders said. "But again, I try to keep it very different, so it's not like you might say, 'Oh, I saw this over here,' and between each there's a distinction of styles and costs and whatnot."

Anders says the best part of owning Bliss is getting to see all the great products that artists create, such as artist Adrienne Butvinik's Catmaid clothing line, which is described as "wearable art in silk."

"I like everything, and it's good because whether it's the selection process of finding people, or people coming in and showing me their work - I get to see all these different things,

and all the materials that are used, and the way they're used, like we have books that are made into pocketbooks, which I think are just so cute and darling," Anders said. "It's hard to say what I really like because I love it all."

Bliss is located at 1371 Kings Highway, in building 4b of Romers Alley. For information, call 518-772-5477 or visit www.blissco-op.com.

You can also visit Bliss during The Sugar Loaf 40th Annual Fall Festival, October 6, 7 & 8, rain or shine, from 10:00am to 6:00pm.

........................CHester / Sugar Loaf Official SLPAC Opening during Sugar Loaf 40th Annual Fall Festival

“SLPAC” It’s a new acronym. Use it if you are too lazy to say “Sugar Loaf Performing Arts Center”, the new name of the beautiful edifice that graces the southern end of King’s Highway in Sugar Loaf.

Built by Susan and Richard Logothetis of Lycian Stage Lighting in 1993, the couple donated the building to the King’s Theatre Company (KTC) last February. To that end, the Kings Theatre Company, a not-for-profit theater production company and recent primary operating entity at the Lycian, took ownership of the eight-acre Lycian Centre complex February 24.

The Logothetises take great pride in what they accomplished, and Richard notes "this board of trustees has the enthusiasm and crosssection of talent to take the theater to the next level."

Committed to inspiring and developing young performers through educational opportunities, the KTC will continue to provide hands-on, real-world teachings of acting and movement techniques through the Kings Youth Theater, and will also partner with SUNY Orange to offer a new technical-training workshop for students who are considering careers in the technical aspects of theater.

Opening artist Suzanne Vega knows well what the above could mean to young people.

She received her public high school education at the School of Performing Arts (the FAME School) in NYC as Suzanne Vega & a dance student.

Gerry Leonard She switched to English Lit in college, and ended up combining her literary & performing arts training with her sultry voice that seamlessly joins her poetry and contemporary folk song with a sound that is unique and identifiable to her alone. Perhaps without a public school arts education she may have ended up with a different career.

The opening is on October 6, during the Sugar Loaf Fall Festival. Vega and frequent collaborator, guitarist Gerry Leonard, will be followed into the SLPAC by world-famous guitarist/singer John Pizzarelli for the Gala on October 11.

For tickets: 845-610-5335.

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North East Watercolor Society: Preserving & Promoting the Art of Watercolor Painting

Chester/Sugar Loaf Calendar sponsored by Orange County Citizens Foundation and Air Pirates Radio Theater Micro Gallery Exhibit Cinema Utopian Direction, ongoing The Films of Robert Breer Music Seligmann Center for the Arts, Oct 26, 7:30pm Suzanne Vega & Gerry Leonard Oct 6, 8pm Toots & the Maytals Nov 3, 8pm Comedy Sugar Loaf Performing Arts Center Upright Citizens Brigade Oct 13, 8pm Sugar Loaf Performing Arts Center Johnny Lampert, Tim Gage Oct 6 Mike Somerville, James Oakes, Oct 13 Mick Thomas Oct 27 Carole Montgomery, Kevin Bartini Nov 3 Jesters Comedy Club, 8pm

Raku by NEWS member Carol Hubbard

Artwork by Mel Stabin

In its mission to promote and preserve the art of watercolor painting, the North East Watercolor Society (NEWS) provides educational opportunities, arranges exhibitions and sales opportunities and offers support, encouragement and fellowship.

Once a year, NEWS holds its annual juried International Watercolor Show at the Kent Art Association in Kent, CT. The Kent 2012 exhibit runs from October 21 thru November 4 with a reception on October 21 from 2:00pm-4:00pm.

This year’s judge is world famous painter

and author, Mel Stabin AWS NWS, who paints in a loose, representational style which can be seen in his latest book, Watercolor: Simple, Fast, and Loose.

Once a year, NEWS holds a four day workshop at the Seligmann Homestead, 23 White Oak Drive in Sugar Loaf led by a world renown painter, and, yes - Mel Stabin is this year’s instructor.

For the October 15-18 NEWS intensive which focuses on landscapes and people in landscapes, Stabin will follow the principles of design, composition and color, painting quickly and energetically, focusing

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Exhibits Julius Medwin outdoor sculpture Chaim Gross Drawings 1944-1950 Seligmann Center for the Arts, thru Dec.

on the “idea” of the painting.

Stabin’s workshop will take place indoors and outdoors (weather permitting) with demonstrations, step by step explanations and critiques. It is designed for all levels and the casual, friendly atmosphere makes the workshop an enjoyable and valuable experience.

For information and reservations for the workshop or the International Show: www.northeastws.com or 607-637-3412.

Music - Classical Greater NY Wind Ensemble Oct 14, 8pm Sugar Loaf Performing Arts Center

Music - Jazz John Pizzarelli, GALA Opening Oct 11, 6pm Sugar Loaf Performing Arts Center

Music & Dance The Pick-Ups & House of 80s Halloween Dance & Party Castle Fun Center, Oct 20, 7:30pm-12:30am

Poetry Readings Eileen Van Hook Oct 6, 3:30pm Poetry on the Loose Maintenance Poetry Reading Oct 20, 4pm Seligmann Center for the Arts

Theatre - Live Radio “The War of the Worlds, Pirate Style” Air Pirates Radio Theatre Sugar Loaf Performing Arts Center, Oct 27, 8pm

Columbus Weekend at Bethel Woods

Bethel Woods Center for the Arts is presenting a Columbus Day weekend packed with three days of events and activities centered around their Wine Festival, October 5-7.

The Harvest Festival’s final event of the season, the annual Rustic Craft Show, sponsored

by Catskill Regional Medical Center and Van Gorders’ Furniture, expands upon specialty crafts showcasing wood carvings, handmade furniture, pottery, accessories and accents for the home.

The craft show takes place on October 7 from 11:00am to 4:00pm in the Festival Field and includes many woodworkers showing their larger pieces, in addition to the usual array of

Leave it to the Lenni Lenapes

by Derek Leet

Each of NYC’s boroughs has its own naming history. The Bronx is named after early Dutch settler Jonas Bronck. Brooklyn comes from a Dutch word meaning “broken land.” Manhattan derives from a Lenape word for “land of many hills,” which has also been interpreted as meaning “place of general inebriation.” crafters.

If you are like me, you always thought The 3-day weekend concludes with the jam ‘Manhattan’ was a Dutch word. And if you rock fusion trio Medeski Martin & Wood (see are like me, knowing ‘Kill’ is the Dutch word photo) in the Event Gallery on October 7 at for creek, you always wondered how the 7:30pm. For information call 866-781-2922.

Basha Kill got its name? ‘Basha’ sure doesn’t sound Dutch.

Well, once upon a time there was a Lenape Queen and her name was Basha. “I did a little research,” stated Deerpark Historian Norma Schadt, “and this is what I learned about our Lenape Queen. (Reading these old stories is what makes my job fun.)

“The early Dutch inhabitants of Peenpack (Deerpark) gave names to all of the streams (kils) and brooks (kiltjes). The stream was on land known as Basha’s land. Tradition says that Basha was the Indian Queen of her tribe and lived on the banks of the creek.

Supposedly she was out on a hunting trip with her husband. It was the woman’s task to carry home the deer that had been killed. She was crossing the brook with the deer over her shoulder when she slipped on the log that was used as a bridge. She fell into the water and

drowned under the weight of the deer.”

Basha was greatly loved by the early Dutch settlers and they named the brook in her honor.

However, the Dutch, who moved here after Huguenot was originally the brook was called "Sindeaquan" by the named, believe Lenni Lenape Indians. the word Basha is the Dutch diminutive for Elizabeth. Dutch women with that name used the nickname Betje or Bashee (today’s Betty).

Indians were also given the names of the early settlers and since this was Indian land at the time of the naming of the creek, it looks like the naming of the creek is both Indian (Basha) and Dutch (Kill).”

Find out all about it when Gary Keeton gives a lecture entitled Basha Kill and the Lenape Queen Basha at the 1863 Schoolhouse, Town of Deerpark Museum, 25 Grange Road in Huguenot on October 14 at 3:00pm. Admission is free.

“This should be a good program as I’m interested to learn what Gary has to add to our history,” Schadt concluded.

For additional information, call 845-8562702 or 845-754-8070.

Walk with SPARC Through the Forest

established in 2006, following the Naturalist Gary Keeton (see above settlement of a lawsuit against the story & photo) “brings together the NYS Dept. of Transportation, and natural and human history of an area continues as watchdogs of the Forest. in his own inimitable fashion, Keeton leads SPARC’s Free showing us the intermingling of the Nature Walk through the Forest on natural landscape and its October 13 from 10:00am to Noon. communities,” says Sandra Kissam, SPARC (Stewart Park and Reserve Coalition) Meeting location: Ridge Road (off of Route co-founder. “His interpretations are brilliant 17 in Coldenham) Parking area, in Stewart and give us new insights. He reads the land!” State Forest.

SPARC 845-564-3018. www.sparc.info.

SPARC led the fight to preserve Stewart sparc@frontiernet.net 845-564-3018.

State Forest, a Hudson Valley treasure

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Ramblin’ Jack at Ritz Theatre

The Ritz Theater and Newburgh Veterinary Hospital, in association with the Bardavon, is presenting the fifth season of the Tom Humphrey Guitar Series on October 20 at 8pm, featuring Ramblin' Jack Elliott.

One of the last true links to the great folk traditions of this country, Elliott is considered a living legend.

For tickets, call 845-784-1199.

Trestle Inc. News

Trestle, Inc., a public art project created by Reverend William Scafidi (a/lovingly/k/a Father Bill) to enhance the community through art, created and maintains the commemorative Brick Walkway on Front Street, and would like to publicly thank Rob Barr of Quality Lawns, for installing the bricks at the waterfront during the recent placement of New Bricks for 2012.

“Once again, we have wonderful examples of how the members of the business community support various art projects in the City,” said Trestle, Inc. Vice-President Kiki Hayden, “...and Trestle, Inc also thanks Torches on the Hudson for serving breakfast to all of the participants.”

Quality Lawns Inc. is located at 27 Innis Avenue. Phone 845-566-6969.

Halloween at Downing!

newburgh calendar sponsored by Kiki Hayden & Roseann Cozzupoli

Art & Photography Exhibits Kelly Patton Caffe Macchiato, ongoing

Cathy Miller “Minnewaska: The Red Trail”” Karpeles Museum, thru Oct 28 “The Nemeth Family; 3 Generations of Art” Ritz Lobby, thru Nov 25 & Crawford House, thru Dec11 “Sandy Brandman at the Desmond” Oct 7-Nov 2 Desmond Campus, Mount St,. Mary College

Clayton Buchanan, Linda Richichi, Mary Sealfon “Reality & Beyond” Kaplan Hall, SUNY Orange, Oct 11-Dec 14

Book Discussions

Scholars Book Discussion Oct 17, 7pm Great Books Discussion Oct 24, 6:30pm, Oct 26, 11:30am Newburgh Free Library

Cinema

Monday Night Movie Oct 15, 6:30pm Abbott &Costello Double Feature Oct 27, 1pm Newburgh Library

Lovely Janet Leigh

Lovely Elisha Cook, Jr.

Sit back in the comfy chairs at Downing Film Center and let the images scare you twice as much as usual as you watch a Halloween double feature in which Anthony Perkins’ Anthony Perkins’ Lovely Mother mother frightens Janet Leigh in Psycho and Vincent Price frightens Elisha Cook, Jr. in The House on Haunted Hill.

“Two” much for you? Yes, you can opt for one or both features. See calendar.

Reservations suggested. See ad this page.

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Manhattan Short Film Festival Oct 6, 5pm “Francine” w/Q&A Oct 10, 7:30pm “The House on Haunted Hill” Oct 29, 6:15pm “Psycho” Oct 29, 7:45pm Downing Film Center

Comedy

Mission: Improv-able Railroad Playhouse, Sep, 29 & Oct 31, 8pm

Dance & Music

“A Taste of Senegal” Kaplan Hall, SUNY Orange, Oct 12, 7pm Mexican Folkloric Dance Newburgh Library, Oct 21, 3pm

Lectures & Demos

“A Look at Bannerman Island” Thom Jefferson Oct 10, Noon Linda Richichi & Mary Sealfon (art demo) Oci 13 & 14, 11am-5pm “Masterpice Comics: Looking at Literature Through the Cartoon Medium” Robert Sikoryak Oct 13, 7pm Kaplan Hall, SUNY Orange

Museum Exhibit “Boy Scouts of America: The Great Depression”

Karpeles Manuscript Museum, thru Dec 23

Music

A Salute to Broadway Newburgh Free Library, Oct 14, 3pm Funk Junkies w/Kitt Potter Billy Joe’s Ribworks, Oct 7, 10am-2pm Ramblin’ Jack Elliott Tom Humphrey Guitar Series Ritz Lobby, Oct 20, 8pm

Music - Classical

Madera Vox Oct 14 Harlem Quartet Nov 4 Newburgh Chamber Music St. George’s Church, 3pm

Poetry Reading

Hudson River Poets Newburgh Library, Oct 4, 7pm

Theatre - Play

“America’s Brightest Star” Railroad Playhouse, Oct 19-Nov 3

Theatre - Play Reading

“Ancestral Voices” by A.R. Gurney St. George’s Church, Oct 28, 2:30pm

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Mbalax (or Mbalakh) is the national popular dance music of Senegal and The Gambia. It is a fusion of popular Western music and dance such as jazz, soul, Latin, and rock blended with sabar, the traditional drumming and dance music of Senegal.

Mbalax developed in Senegal in the early 1970s. Like many other West African countries, the Senegalese popular music scene was influenced by soul, blues, jazz, R&B, and rock from the United States, varieté from France, Congolese rumba, and Latin pop from the Caribbean and New York (e.g. pachanga, son, charanga, salsa, and Latin jazz).

In this mix of African diasporic sounds, Senegalese fans and musicians wanted their own urban popular dance music so they began singing in Wolof (Senegal's lingua franca) instead of French, and incorporated rhythms of the indigenous sabar drum. Dancers began using moves associated with the sabar, and tipping the singers as if they were traditional griots.

As part of the SUNY Orange Newburgh Campus's World Music and Culture Series, a taste of Senegal is coming to Orange

RR Playhouse’s 2012-2013 Season

Abdou Mboup

County on October 12 at 7:00pm with musician Abdou Mboup and his band.

Mboup has toured and recorded in Africa, Europe, America, Southeast Asia, Japan, Nepal and India.

This free event is sponsored by Cultural Affairs at the SUNY Orange Newburgh Campus, 1 Washington Center.

For information, contact SUNY Orange Newburgh Cultural Affairs at 845-4319386 or visit the website at: www.sunyorange.edu/culturalaffairs.

Play Reading at St. George’s

St. George's Cemetery was founded in 1838 by the Rev. John Brown, the first Rector of the parish following the Revolutionary War and the parish’s reincorporation in 1805. The purchasing of the seven acres of land, which is bound by Washington, Federal, South William, and Clark Streets, was precipitated by the need for further gravesites for the Newburgh families.

St. George's Cemetery is located in the portion of the east end of the City of Newburgh which is now designated as an historic District. The location was chosen for its handsome contour that includes a prominent hill and wide sloping field. On this land Brown cultivated a variety of evergreens and deciduous trees to give shade and direction to carriage and pedestrian pathways.

On the highest point of the Cemetery there is a fine vista of the Hudson River to the east and a commanding view of the inner city to the north. No doubt Brown designed the cemetery with colleague Andrew Jackson Downing who purchased a plot in this cemetery for himself and his wife.

This Cemetery is the resting place for many of Newburgh’s most prominent citizens including a United States Congressman, city mayors, fire chiefs, prominent architects, and

clergymen, as well as lesser known individuals and families who have contributed to the life and fabric of the city.

The Cemetery is the final resting for veterans of various ranks in all of our country’s wars.

The decay of the Cemetery follows a similar history of cemeteries throughout the country during the middle part of the twentieth century. The Cemetery became a ready target for vandalism and the desecration of grave sites. It was a dumping ground for old washing machines, tires, and the daily rubbish of the neighborhood. The scenic ambiance of this historic cemetery that was designed to mirror paradise looked more like a nightmare. In the present time the Church and a number of volunteer groups work throughout the year to clean and restore tombstones, gates and fences.

As a benefit for the cemetery, a reading of Ancestral Voices by A.R. Gurney will be held on October 28 at 2:30pm at St. George's Church, 105 Grand Street.

The play will be read by a multigenerational cast of five. Like Gurney's Love Letters, the play is based in Buffalo, but this time in the 30's and 40's.

For tickets and further information call 845-561-5355.

Railroad Playhouse (RRP) is growing!

For its new season, there are nine performances of the very popular Mission: Improv-able series of improvisational comedy, beginning on September 29 and October 31, a One-act Play Festival in May, Arts-InEducation programs, , and the Box Car Staged Reading Series with four new plays by emerging playwrights, along with education programs for teaches for kids.

The opening production is a brand new play

by Playwright-in-Residence, Alex Goldberg, (see photo), directed by RRP Playhouse Artistic Director, Seth Soloway, and stars Megan Tusing, (see photo) Charleigh E. Parker, Jeffrey C. Wolf, Catia Ojeda, Kevin Loreque, Kathryn Kates, and Edward Crawford.

The production includes costume design

by Tony Award nominee Bobby Pearce (for the 2003 NYC production of Taboo), and runs from October 19 thru November 3.

The RRP is located at 27 South Water Street.

Call RRP for show times and tickets: 845565-3791.

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Destination...........................................................................Newburgh Newburgh Chamber Music Welcomes Madera VOX, October 14

by Philip Ehrensaft Start your musical recipe with two double reed instruments invented in 17th-century France, the bassoon and the oboe; stir in the modern piano that emerged during the nineteenth century's industrial revolution, blend in a composer who plays a 21stcentury drum kit, and top things off with a classically trained soprano who specializes in the music of Kurt Weill and pays her rent singing Broadway musicals. Then heat up compositions that range from Bach to living American composers.

That recipe yields the Madera VOX ensemble that opens the 2012-13 season for Newburgh Chamber Music.

They don't sound like any chamber music that you've heard before: not in the instrumentation nor their sometimes wistful, sometimes playful performances.

The chosen composers share the ensemble's delightful reluctance to be confined within received music boundaries.

Since madera is the Spanish word for wood, and vox the Latin word for voice, the logical guess is that the ensemble's name conveys its merger of wooden instruments and a soprano voice.

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In the case of combinations of Madera VOX, not piano, string and sounding like any woodwinds - other other chamber music than double reeds. ensemble that you've Soprano Kelly heard is very, very Ellenwood, the voice good. Their distinctive of Madera VOX both sound centers on the on and off stage, double reed team of observes that the sonic bassoon and oboe. range of the double Blowing into a reed family - bassoon, d o u b l e - r e e d English horn and oboe instrument activates - is similar to the two thin pieces of range of a string cane that vibrate quartet. Yet, outside of against each other to France, chamber David Gluck, percussion; Nicole Golay, create a sound that's oboe; Cornelia McGiver, bassoon; music focused on transformed and double reeds did not Sylvia Buccelli, piano; amplified through a become a strong Kelly Ellenwood, soprano wood tube. Single current. reed clarinets or saxophones activates one In France, double reed chamber music reed that vibrates against the mouthpiece. was actively composed from the 17th For most orchestral music, whether century through the modernist trends from classical or Broadway, the double reeds are Debussy onward to our own times. Madera workhorses essential to the orchestra's tonal VOX's audiences get to hear this excellent, fabric, but not often in the front line. In infrequently performed repertoire. chamber music, the core repertoire We also hear new, independent-minded comprises the dominant string quartet works from living American composers, format plus variant duo through quintet starting with Madera VOX's percussionist

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and resident composer/arranger Dave Gluck. This professor of studio composition at SUNY-Purchase is at home in multiple genres, from jazz to contemporary classical. The resulting Madera VOX contemporary repertoire is definitively not cross-over, which too often is neither good pop fish nor good classical fowl.

Madera VOX's contemporary music joins the spirit of American innovators ranging from Ives to Gershwin and Ellington, and on to Carter and Crumb. The sounds of their time and place are integral to their composed art music: for Ives, small town New England's brass bands; Gershwin, the bustle of Lower East Side immigrants; Ellington, African-American culture with a good dose of Shakespeare; Crumb the songs of his native Appalachia; Carter, the entire New York City soundscape.

The October 14, 3:00pm concert is at St. George's Church, 105 Grand Street, corner of Second Street,. opposite the Newburgh Free Library parking lot.

Tickets can be purchased at the door on the day of performance.

For information, visit the website at www.newburghchambermusic.org.

“The Earth Laughs in Flowers”

Joan Schwartzman delights in viewing flowers as colorful shapes which display abstract energy and design.

Schwartzman's education is not in Fine Art, but rather in Music and the Humanities. She holds degrees in Flute Performance and Musicology, as well as professional certificates in Writing, Whole Language, and Integrated Studies. Her professional career has taken her nationwide in both concert halls and college teaching studios, and has demanded mastery of all styles from Baroque to Contemporary, from solo recitals to symphony orchestras. Though semi-retired, she is still very active as teacher and musical consultant.

Four years ago she and her husband Kenneth moved to Warwick and she decided to learn how to draw. She studied with Susan Fogel at the Warwick Atelier, exploring drawing, charcoal, pastel and oil painting which rapidly became her primary focus. She has drawn inspiration from artistic colleagues Sarah McHugh and Diane Ouzoonian.

Immersed now in a self teaching focus, Joan is exploring the work of Frank Covino in classical underpainting technique, Arleta Pech in radiant oil painting, and Jane Wilson's approach to color, nuance and abstract form.

The Earth Laughs in Flowers, an art exhibition presented by the Pine Bush Library, features her floral oil paintings.

Inspired by the Ralph Waldo Emerson quote “The earth laughs in flowers” the exhibit portrays her interpretation of flowers, influenced by the musical ideas which so closely parallel the way she sees in painting: form, structure, line, color, shape and motion.

Schwartzman is an active member of the Warwick Arts League, the Orange County Arts Federation, and the Orange County Arts Council.

The show runs through the month of October at the Library, 227 Maple Avenue.

For information call Doris Callan or Karen Fox at 845-744-3375.

The Orange County Art Federation’s 50th Anniversary Annual Juried Members Exhibition will run from October 2 to October 28 in Orange Hall Gallery, SUNY Orange, Middletown. The judge this year is Jason Gaillard.

An opening reception will be held on October 6 from 4:00pm-6:00pm with music provided by Judith Hosmer Garrett, pianist.

For special gallery hours and more information, call Cultural Affairs at 845341-4891 or visit the website at: www.sunyorange.edu/culturalaffairs.

See ad on page 44 for October 20 & 21 Open Studio Tour demonstration.

“Psychedelic Ruby” by Nick Roes

Bianco & Noonan: “Artroom with a View”

Art work by Laura Martinez-Bianco

OCAF’s 50th Anniversary Members Show

On October 13 & 14, Artroom With a View, paintings of Italy by Laura Martinez-Bianco and William Noonan will be on display at the Artroom Gallery, 384 Bingham Road, Marlboro.

Laura MartinezBianco and William Noonan will be displaying work inspired by their summer workshop trips to central Italy. Each year this teaching duo offers a mid-summer workshop in Italy and next year’s trip will be to Perugia in July.

“Last year was our first time in Perugia and we discovered so many wonderful places to paint and things to do there,” said Laura.

“This trip always proves to be very artistically productive for us personally as well as for our

Zuchini Flowers by William Noonan

students and we are always eager to share our accomplishments,” adds Noonan.

Laura Martinez-Bianco is an accomplished pastel painter who is also a high school teacher in the Mahopac school system.

William Noonan, who works in oils, teaches at local studio schools including the Wallkill River School, Barrett House Art Center and Mill Street Loft.

Artroom With a View is planned to coincide with the Orange County Open Studio Tour so that art aficionados who are out touring the County can easily add it to their itinerary.

For information, call 845-541-9514.

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orange county art council’s Open Studio Tour 2012!

The 2012 Orange County Art Council’s Open Studio Tour - WHAT?

Through generous sponsorships from M&T Bank and C & S Wholesale Grocers, the Orange County Arts Council (OCAC) Fourth Annual Open Studio Tour will take place over two weekends and span the entire County.

Open studio tours are free events, and provide the public with a self-guided tour of visual art studios and galleries. The OCAC is to be congratulated for introducing something new for 2012: local performing arts venues have been added to the locations.

Ergo, this year’s tour includes sculptors, potters, visual artists, dancers, metal smiths, jewelers, fabric artists, crafters, woodworkers, photographers, arts schools, a television production studio, and both seasoned Tour participants as well as some brand new artists, AND has expanded to cover two weekends, nineteen towns and a total of 74 visual and performing artists. AN IMPRESSIVE ARRAY! Booklets have been created by the OCAC, highlighting each artist, their location, contact information and a visual of their artwork.

2012 Open Studio Tour: Where?

October 13 & 14, 11:00am - 5:00pm Newburgh, Cornwall, Highland Mills, Salisbury Mills, Washingtonville, Maybrook, Montgomery, Walden & Pine Bush.

October 20 & 21, 11:00am - 5:00pm Port Jervis, Huguenot, Otisville, Middletown, Monroe, Sugar Loaf, Florida, Warwick, & Pine Island.

An observer and OCAC Studio Tour participant Andew Lattimore in Monhegan, Maine.

The OCAC hopes that this annual event will provide an opportunity for dialogue between artists and the general public, therefore bringing about a more personal connection to the arts.

It is the OCAC’s desire that the Open Studio Tour will open up the world of artists to

everyone - from students to the seasoned collector to the first-time art buyer to the curious general public. One of the goals of this event is that, through education, visitors become loyal customers and supporters of art which in turn will help this program grow over the years.

“Goddess” by Linda Richichi

that they too can go ‘play’ with things and create something. No preconditions, no timeframe, no schedule.”

“We have a vibrant arts scene in Orange County,” believes Adrienne Butvinik, who will be participating at Bliss Co-Op (see pg 34) in Sugar Loaf.

“Some people are not aware of that. Art is not rarefied and out of reach - it IS for everyone and easy to access!”

“Artists contribute to their community in a million different ways,” believes Meadow, a visual artist from Pine Bush.

“From teaching or volunteering for organizations and charitable funds, to producing beautiful artwork for everyone to view and enjoy. The tour also promotes peer group association and support and it’s a really fun weekend!”

2012 Orange County Art Council’s Open Studio Tour - WHY?

by Dawn McElligott & Derek Leet

Local artists view the studio tour as an opportunity to personally introduce themselves to their community.

Painter, Linda Richichi, says, "It's a good way to know the process of the artist.

You can ask the artist questions." Online voters selected Richichi as Best Intuitive Artist 2012 on About.com, a website owned

by The New York Times. Known primarily for plein air landscapes and portraits, Richichi paints by "letting the energy of the unseen move through her."

As described on her fanciful website, www.lindarichichi.com, the intuitive painter has exhibits in the Hudson Valley, New York City and Pennsylvania.

One of her exhibits, featured during the Open Studio Tour, is shared with Clayton Buchanan and Mary Sealfon at SUNY Orange’s Kaplan Hall in Newburgh.

Entitled Reality and Beyond, Richichi characterized the exhibit, "Theirs is more reality and mine is more beyond."

For the Open Studio Tour Richichi is enthusiastic about the opportunity for visitors to see different styles of work.

Richichi added, "People can start to see why art is that important in their community." She and Sealfon will be painting for visitors on October 13 and 14.

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artists during their creative process,” states Shawn Dell Joyce of the Wallkill River School in Montgomery. The school is serving as a hub this year for artists. (See story page 43).

Nub Grafix/Stroke of Insanity, located in Walden, is excited to be participating this year for the first time. “We figure it was time to shake things up a bit,” Nub states.

“By opening up our studio to the public, we hope to give a fresh perspective to the conventional art lover and a home to the alternative art supporter.”

Dave Nolan, a visual artist in Washingtonville believes, “One of my hopes for the tour is that someone might see

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HOW? To request a copy of this year’s Open Studio Tour booklet or to find the closest distribution location, call OCAC at 845469-9168 or email jen@ocartscouncil.org.

A downloadable version of the booklet can be found by visiting the OCAC’s website at: www.ocartscouncil.org.

Open Studio Tour (Continued) Patchett House & Open Studio TourS

Clove Brook Farm by Shawn Dell Joyce

Artists from the Wallkill River School (WRS) are participating in the Orange County Open Studio Tour on October 13 and 14.

Visitors will see the work of 40 local artists, and watch several demonstrate their art, or sit in on a class in progress.

During the Open Studio Tour, visitors may tour the Historic Patchett House, participate in Shawn Dell Joyce’s Beginning Drawing workshop, see an oil painting class with William Noonan, or see what a children’s art

class is like.

Dell Joyce and artists Debbe Cushman Femiak, Carol Ann Kronyak, Leslie Waxtel, and Eileen MacAvery Kane will be demonstrating throughout the two day event, and offering deals on original artworks and prints.

The tour is free, open to the public, and refreshments will be served all day. WRS is at 232 Ward Street in Montgomery.

For information: 845-457-ARTS. (2787).

Sandy Spitzer Offers Door Prizes!

WRS member Sandra Spitzer has her studio on the second floor of the Patchett House, (see above story) where she is having painting demonstrations throughout October 13 and 14.

She will be raffling off door prizes, small art prints of her original works suitable for framing!

Visit www.sandyfalandspitzer.com and check out her landscapes.

Info: 845-239-3675 and 845-421-1887.

Holistic Arts, Too!

American Youth Ballet in Salisbury Mills and Orange County Ballet Theatre in Newburgh are two of the groups adding “dance” to the Tour mix for the first time.

But that’s not all. Two other participating dance studios are exhibiting their “holistic” approaches to dance, The Meadow Dance & Integral Healing Center in Montgomery on October 13 and 14, and The Moving Company Modern Dance Center in Warwick on October 20 and 21.

Work by Sandy Spitzer

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