D & H CANVAS October 2015 by Delaware & Hudson CANVAS

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

Publisher’s Column by Barry Plaxen Two for the Shows Two beautiful exhibits which opened in September were not mentioned in that issue. Please see page 27 and page 28 and be enticed to visit Gene Weinstein and Cynthia HarrisPagano’s exhibits in, respectively, Hasbrouck (weekends) and Middletown (weekdays). Synchronistic Events I love it when synchronicity occurs, and this month’s “winners” are the Karpeles Manuscript Museum in Newburgh (page 30) and the New Rose Theatre in Walden (page 10) with their “parallel” events encompassing the writings of Samuel L. Clemens and a (very) serious dramatic adaptation of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. Neither venue was aware of the other’s presentation being planned.

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She had advocated for the poor Brazilian farmer against the logging corporations. Evan researched her letters, and it took three years to compose the opera. Angel premiered at University of Notre Dame da Namur, CA, then garnered rave reviews in Manhattan, Boston, Cincinnati and San Francisco. Albany Records has released a CD. Scenes from the opera were performed at Bethel Woods a year ago. FREE ADMISSION. For more information: 845-888-4522.

Last Minute News - Opera in Wurtsboro Angel of the Amazon (concert version), music and libretto by Evan Mack, will be performed October 18 at 1:00pm at the Church of St. Joseph in Wurtsboro. The New York cast includes Caitlin Mathes and Jeffrey Williams, plus members from the Port Jervis High School Chorus. Free to the public. Secretary General of Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur, Rome, Italy, said of Angel of the Amazon: “God gave us Dorothy Stang. Today, Angel of the Amazon gives Sister Dorothy to the world.” It all started when Evan Mack of Cuddebackville heard a talk in Ohio about Sister Dorothy Stang and her assassination at age 73.

Be Impressed with Your Regional Area! As the incredible contents in this issue prove, we live in a remarkable area with arts events happening everywhere. Events that represent every single facet of the arts. In this issue alone, we have stories and calendar items about events in Blooming Grove, Campbell Hall, Chester, Cornwall, Cornwall-on-Hudson, Cuddebackville, Florida, Goshen, Greenwood Lake, Highland Falls, Highland Mills, Huguenot, Middletown, Monroe, Montgomery, Newburgh & Balmville, New Windsor, Otisville, Pine Bush, Port Jervis, Rock Tavern, Sugar Loaf, Walden, Warwick, Washingtonville, West Point, Wurtsboro, ...and Barryville, Bethel, Bloomingburg, Forestburgh, Glen Spey, Grahamsville, Hasbrouck, Highland Lake, Hurleyville, Jeffersonville, Liberty, Livingston Manor, Loch Sheldrake, Monticello, Narrowsburg, Parksville, Roscoe (Tennanah Lake), So. Fallsburg, ...and Dingmans Ferry, Lords Valley, Milford, Shohola, Bruynswick, Cragsmoor, Ellenville, Marlboro, and Wallkill. AMAZING!

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Calendars Art & Photography ��18 Books ��18 Category ��15 Children & Teen’s ��18 Demos ��14 Clubs, Lectures & Master Classes ��14 Music - Pop, Folk, etc., ��14 October 2015 Calendar ��16-17

Columns May I Have A Word With You ��31 Meet Me in The Green Room ��10 Meet Me in The Library ��19 Spotlight on Sugar Loaf Guild ��28 Whispering Pines w/ Chef Frey ��30

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ARTery Gallery, Milford ��25 Artist Grant Opportunities ��31 Artist’s Market, Shohola ��32 Barryville Area Arts Association ��32 Barryville Pumpkin Festival ��5 Bethel Woods ��3,25 Broadway Concerts Direct, Blooming Grove �� 3 Callicoon Art Walk 2015 ��13 Catskill Art Society, Livingston Manor �� 11 Chamber Music at St. Andrews, So. Fallsburg 21 Crawford Gallery of Fine Art, Pine Bush �21 Creative Impulse, Liberty �� 11 Crystal Connection, Wurtsboro ��4 Dead End Cafe, Parksville ��3 Deerpark Museum, Huguenot ��8 Delaware Valley Arts Alliance ��27,31 First Friday Art Walk, Goshen ��5

Forestburgh Tavern �� 3,4 Friends of Chris Farlekas �� 32 Grand Montgomery Chamber Music ��32 Greenlight Gallery, Cornwall-on-Hudson �� 26 Hill Hold Museum, Campbell Hall ��5 In Memoriam: Frank D. Gilroy �� 19 Karpeles Museum, Newburgh �� 30 Kindred Spirits Arts, Milford �� 29 Mt. St. Mary College, Desmond Campus 4,12 Montgomery Book Exchange ��4 New Rose Theatre, Walden �� 10 Newburgh Chamber Music �� 24 Newburgh Free Library �� 23 Newburgh Last Saturdays �� 24 Old Stone House, Hasbrouck �� 27 Orange County Open Studio Tour �� 7-9 Pine Bush Library ��4 Potluck Concerts, Cornwall-on-Hudson � 26 Practical Magick, Sugar Loaf �� 28 Reformed Ch. of Shawangunk, Bruynswick �5 River Valley Artists Guild, Port Jervis �� 32 Shadowland Theatre, Ellenville �� 23 Shandelee Music Festival �� 25 Space Create, Newburgh ��9 Sugar Loaf Fall Festival �� 12 Sugar Loaf Performing Arts Center �� 23 SUNY Orange, Middletown �� 6,28 SUNY Orange, Newburgh �� 28 SUNY Sullivan, Loch Sheldrake �� 29 Time & Valleys Museum, Grahamsville � 29 Town of Mamakating Halloween ��4 Trestle, Inc., Newburgh �� 24 Trinity Healing Arts, Newburgh ��9 UpFront Exhibition Space, Port Jervis �7,11 Wallkill River School, Montgomery �� 4, 20 Wurtsboro Art Alliance �� 22 Wurtsboro HalloweenFest �� 22 Wurtsboro Opera ��2

Once upon a time, “Cabaret” was a floor show of dancing, singing, or other light entertainment at a nightclub or restaurant. But (reversing the well-known Fred Ebb lyric) for some, Cabaret is Life, old chum! And thanks to the Bradstan Country Inn, Broadway Concerts Direct, Dead End Cafè and Forestburgh Theatre Arts, we get the best of all possible Cabaret artists right here, practically in our front yards! Shakespeare, The One And Only! With a touch of opera and song, The Lyric Quartet returns to the Parksville USA Music Festival (before the “free” dinner) at the Dead End Cafè, October 2 at 3:00pm. Accompanied by pianist Keira Weyant, Kathryn Wieckhorst, Michael Centamore and Tom Caltabellotta will be singing music set to the words of, or inspired by, the Great Bard. “There are 200 operas with Shakespearean texts or bastardizations of them,” claims Caltabellotta. The quartet will be performing selections from Verdi’s Macbeth, Otello and Falstaff, and from Gounod’s popular Romeo and Juliet and Bellini’s last opera, I Capuletti E I Montecchi. You will also hear Who is Sylvia, a collaboration spanning hundred of years by poet W. Shakespeare and genius Franz Schubert. The second half of the October program features collaborations spanning even more centuries between Shakespeare and Cole Porter

Life is a Seven Letter Word, Old Chum & Stephen Sondheim, songs from Kiss Me Kate and West Side Story. A complimentary dinner follows the concert at the Dead End Café, 6 Main Street, Parksville. For reservations call 845-292-0400. With A Song In Their Heart

One Saturday each month a group of award winning enthusiastic Broadway performers travels from Manhattan to the town of Blooming Grove “to share their love of singing with the folks of Orange County,” validating that Cabaret is Life for some performers. MACAward winner and theremin artist Sarah Rice, the producer of Broadway Concerts Direct, feels the need to communicate with an audience. “Music is a universal language. Through it, we share the human experience.” Rich Flanders, who was the recipient of the prestigious Will Rogers Award for his debut album Yondering, believes passionately that at this time, every song, every action counts more than ever before. “Particularly dear to me is

music that honors all our relations, two-legged, four-legged, furred, feathered or finned. We’re in this together,” Rich adds. Come and enjoy Sarah, Rich and their buddies, Carole Demas, Rob Gardner, Joanna Morton Gary, Mark Planner, Anne Tarpey-Flanders and David Vernon. Gourmet treats created by Rev Lisa Worthington available (by donation) at 5:30pm before the October 17, 6:00pm concert at the United Church of Christ, 2 Old Dominion Road, Blooming Grove. For information call 410-908-1302

Belting Out Broadway in Bethel Karen Mason has starred on Broadway, Off-Broadway, television, and recording: and “has few peers when it comes to ripping the roof off with her amazing voice that knows no bounds!” (TheatreScene. net). Karen is a ten time MAC Award winner and has won the MAC Award for Major Female Vocalist of the Year for six consecutive years and has three Bistro Awards. Following August’s appearance of Broadway superstar Christine Ebersole, curated by Scott Samuelson and presented in collaboration with Bethel Woods Center for the Arts, Mason appears there on October 17 at 8:00pm. Visit www.bethelwoodscenter.org

Finally: Forestburgh Following in the footsteps of Broadway’s Ebersole and Mason, the new kid on the block is Nicolas Rodriguez, of Broadway’s Tarzan, the film Sex and the City 2, and on ABC’s One Life to Live as Nick Chavez. Recently he starred opposite Kathleen Turner in Brecht’s Mother Courage and Her Children at Arena Stage in Washington, DC where he also played Freddy in My Fair Lady and Curly in Oklahoma! for which he received a 2011 Helen Hayes Award for Best Actor in a Musical and was named “Top 10 Performers of 2010” by The New Yorker. His CD release party for The First Time… is in the Forestburgh Tavern on October 23 at 7:30pm. WIGSTICKS in the Catskills! is a night of fun and fashion. Great performances from a legendary drag troupe, and a tricky-tray auction for incredible fashion items from designer names, all modeled by WJFF volunteers! Also at Forestburgh on October 24 at 7:30pm. Be sure to bring a few extra dollars for raffle tickets, as last year’s WJFF raffle sent guests home with coats, suits, gowns and purses from top-name designers. For reservations, visit www.wjffradio.org or call 845-482-4141.

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Halloween Returns All Over! Halloween Haunts in Wurtsboro At the Halloween Haunted Church Guided Tour, community groups create their scene around the grounds of the Crystal Connection “church”, October 23, 24 & 25 from 5:00pm9:00pm. There will also be a paranormal investigation of the Church space on Saturday and then a psychic message circle Sunday evening at 116 Sullivan Street, Wurtsboro. For information, call 845-888-2547. See page 22 for more Halloween fun in Wurtsboro!

by Zimmerman featuring highlights from her ongoing investigation of the WRS’s (haunted?) home, the historic Patchett House. Feeling brave? Head to the WRS, 232 Ward Street, Montgomery on October 24 & 25, from 7:00pm-9:00pm. For tickets: 845-457-2787. “The Uninvited” in Newburgh

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Tickets online at: www.fbplayhouse.org Bloomingburg Halloween for Kids Visit the Town of Mamakating Parks & Recreation Department’s Haunted House & Pumpkin Patch, go on a hay ride, and see some Halloween crafts, all beginning with a costume parade at 5:30pm on October 30 in the Town of Mamakating Town Park, 27-29 Mamakating Road, Bloomingburg. Refreshments from 5:45pm-6:30pm, and then fun until 7:30pm. This is a FREE event for local youth!!! (Parents - please stay with children - no drop offs.) For more information: 845-888-3013.

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Ruth Hussey and Ray Milland star in the classic 1944 Hollywood ghost story, “The Uninvited” at Desmond Campus, 9 Albany Post Road, Newburgh on October 27 at 10:30am. For information: 845-565-2076.

Come to the Wallkill River School’s (WRS) annual Candlelit Ghost Tour and get a signed copy of Linda Zimmerman’s hair-raising ghost stories chronicling her paranormal studies of local historic buildings, Ghost Investigator Volume 9: Back from the Dead, while enjoying seasonal refreshments! The Tour includes a book signing and lecture

first and only true audience partici-(SAY IT!)pation musical. People yell back lines during the extended pauses between the dialogue. VIRGIN: In the Rocky Horror world, this word refers to the many unfortunate people who have never experienced RHPS in a theater with an audience and a live cast. VIRGINS: In order to have fun, bring a sense of humor to the Forestburgh Tavern where Paul Ciliberto & Michelle Semerano from Thunder 102 are featured in RHPS on October 30, 8:00pm and / or October 31, 11:59pm. NON-VIRGINS: Costumes are encouraged!

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Noted Hudson Valley Lycanthropy, Unlimited, poetry host Robert Milby 2015, is haunting recitations is joining forces with noted of original ghost poetry performance artist / maskread by Milby, with an maker / puppeteer (Arm atmospheric accompaniment of the Sea) and theremin on the Moog theremin by player Carl Welden for Welden. It can be seen on: the 13th Annual Hudson October 7, 7:00pm at Valley Tour of Theremin the Pine Bush Library Thereminist Carl Welden & Ghosts!, a “spooken-word” Community Center, 227 Poetry Host Robert Milby performance. Christoper Wheeling is the Maple Avenue, and on Geist (German for ghosts) Host. October 9 at 7:00pm at The Montgomery Hmmm: “Ghost Host.” That’s poetry! Book Exchange, 13 Union Street, (Trivia: Wheeling has been known to read Montgomery. poetry in caves.) Email robertjmilby@gmail.com for October Dead...before a Live Audience..., produced by performances in Ulster and Dutchess.

Halloween Returns All Over! Pumpkins: Carve ‘em - Taste ‘em - Roll ‘em - Paint ‘em - Illuminate ‘em!

Goshen Illuminates Pumpkins for Artwalk

Goshen will illuminate pumpkins - a new family-friendly harvest twist - for the Goshen First Friday Art Walk. The Goshen Art League, Goshen Chamber of Commerce, Village of Goshen, and Illuminate Goshen have announced that the October 2 Art Walk will be proceeded by a community pumpkin carving event. From 3:00pm to 5:00pm at the Goshen Farmers Markets, families can carve pumpkins to celebrate the start of Fall. These pumpkins will then be illuminated and set up throughout the downtown corridor. Carving tools will be provided by the supporting organizations. These carved pumpkins will illuminate the night during that evening’s Art Walk where residents and guests can stroll from business to business enjoying harvest themed art. The event is aimed at supporting local artists and the downtown merchants. According to Mayor Kyle Roddey, “We are hopeful that families take advantage of the

pumpkin carving station. It is a great way to help young people develop an appreciation of art and build a sense of community. The sight of numerous illuminated pumpkins will look wonderful in the downtown Village.” Goshen Art League Member Mitchell Saler states, “The pumpkin carving will be a fun and exciting complement to the Goshen Art Walk. The artists’ works and the spectacle of glowing pumpkins in downtown Goshen will fit together beautifully.” Illuminate Goshen President Molly O’Donnell is looking forward to the event. She states “the Art Walk is a natural partnership for Illuminate Goshen. Having illuminated pumpkins throughout the downtown for a night will be a great way to kick off the fall.” The Goshen Art Walk takes place the first Friday of each month in the Village of Goshen. The October Art Walk will begin at 5:00pm and run until 8:00pm. For information: 845-551-0699. Barryville Pumpkins News from Happy Herbs Soap: “Thanks to Thunder 102, The River Reporter and other sponsors, there is going to be a free community event on the Delaware River, behind the Carriage House Restaurant, 3351

Route 97 in Barryville, on October 10, from 10:00am-5:00pm. “I’ll be vending my soaps there and there’ll be lots of arts, food & fun! Live music with Bashiri Johnson, Tim O’Donohue and several other musicians, a Bake-Off contest of sweet or savory recipes containing pumpkin, pre-decorated and pre-carved pumpkins on exhibit. And contests too, a scarecrow design contest, costume contest for adults, kids & pets!, and a pie eating contest for adults & kids!” Enter next to the Shohola bridge. Campbell Hall Pumpkins Orange County’s annual Pumpkin Festival will be held from Noon to 4:00pm on October 17 at Hill Hold Museum. Enjoy a fun filled afternoon of activities, including pumpkin rolling and painting, scarecrow making, face painting, and a hay ride through the historic grounds of the Hill Hold property to the pumpkin patch. If

you look carefully, you may find a scarecrow lurking around to assist you in picking the best pumpkin for painting! Hill Hold, located on Route 416 in Campbell Hall, across from Thomas Bull Memorial Park, depicts life circa 1830. For information, call 845-615-3830, or visit www.hillholdandbrickhouse.org Paint a Pumpkin in Bruynswick

Enjoy the colors of fall, great food, arts and crafts, entertainment, hayrides, face painting, pumpkin painting, bake sale, cutlery sale, and other activities, ending with hayrides, a bonfire and s’mores, across the border from Pine Bush and Walden, at The Reformed Church of Shawangunk, 1166 Hoagerburgh Road (Ulster County Route 18), Wallkill, on October 24, beginning at 3:00pm. For information: 845-895-2952.

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One Rich Brew: Latin Jazz Fest at SUNY Orange, Middletown by Philip Ehrensaft Latin Jazz is a leading candidate as the most active, expanding genre of jazz in general. From Buenos Aires through Rio and Mexico City, north up to the world’s jazz capital, New York City, Latin Jazz is an expanding network of musicians, fans, clubs and recording studios. This year SUNY Orange (SUNYO) continues its annual offerings of concerts and workshops by major jazz musicians in the form of a Latin Jazz Fest that runs from a master class (open to the public) on the morning of October 23 through a grand finale concert by the Grammy-winning Spanish Harlem Orchestra on Saturday evening the next day. Although Latin Jazz acquired its present moniker in the late 1940’s, especially via the “Cubop” of Dizzy Gillespie’s AfroCuban Jazz Orchestra, jazz has been Latin Jazz from its very beginnings in New Orleans. New Orleans’s Jelly Roll Morton, one of the founding fathers of jazz during the decade proceeding World War I, underlined the “Spanish tinge” as a cornerstone of the new music: “Now in one of my earliest tunes, New Orleans Blues, you can notice the Spanish tinge. In fact, if you can’t manage to put tinges of Spanish in your tunes, you will never be able to get the right seasoning, I call it, for jazz.” When Jelly Roll says Spanish, he means Latin American, especially Mexican. New

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Orleans was the major port of Caribbean commerce. Anyone walking its streets would have the common experience of hearing people speaking Latin American Spanish. Ditto for hearing Latin American music. Latin American roots of jazz go even earlier than the birth of jazz itself. As Duke Ellington put it during an interview in 1938: “When I came into the world, Willie Martinez & La Familia Sextet Henry “Pucho” Brown Spanish Harlem Orchestra Southern Negroes were expressing their Pucho and His Latin Soul Brothers opening Whoever said that the world is not one weird feelings in rhythmic ‘blues’ in which Spanish the concert at 7:00pm. place? syncopations had a part.” Latin American music Henry “Pucho” Brown is the inventor of The Saturday evening October 24 stage will was integral to the birth of the blues which Latin Bugaloo. As a young African-American be manned by a very big catch, the Spanish were, in turn, integral to the birth of jazz. jazzman, Brown fell in love with Latin Jazz Harlem Orchestra at 8:00pm. Jazz pianist Latin American jazz is frequently referred and was on stage with top Latino bands. In Oscar Hernandez, a force on the Big Apple to as the world’s first fusion music. That’s not the mid-60’s Pucho founded his own band, music scene in multiple genres, and the music correct. Latin American music itself was and is the Latin Soul Brothers. Pucho merged jazz, producer Aaron Luis Levinson created a proud a fusion of European, African and indigenous New York Latin music, r&b, soul, and the new throwback to the classic era of Latin Jazz big music. Jazz is a fusion of African and European James Brown funk. It is simply impossible to bands. The Spanish Harlem Orchestra cut their music. What’s at play here is a fusion of the listen to this music without wanting to dance. first album Un Gran Dia en el Barrio in 2002. modern world’s two first fusion musics, and At the same time, the musical standards were It took off like a flash and generated invitations that makes for one rich brew. high indeed. The iconic Prestige jazz record to perform at the 2003 editions of North Here’s the portion of that rich brew which label got the Latin Soul Brothers to sign up America’s two biggie jazz festivals: Montréal will be served at SUNYO’s Latin Jazz Fest: with them ASAP. and Newport. percussionist Willie Martinez, leader of the After the 60’s, audience tastes changed and Need I say more? La Familia Sextet, kicks off the fest with Pucho turned his energies to mainstream Latin Tickets are available at the box office one a October 23, 11:00am master class The music. Then, in the 1990’s, young Brits caught hour before the performance or online anytime Origins of Latin Jazz in Orange Hall, room 23. onto the classic Latin Soul Brothers albums, at www.sunyorange.edu/arts_comm/ticketing. That evening, Martinez and his sextet will be which were reissued by the U.K.’s Ace label. shtml. All student admission is free only at the on the Orange Hall concert stage at 8:30pm. And Pucho and his Latin Bugaloo band were box office. Call Cultural Affairs at 845-341That stage will be shared with the seminal on main stage again. 4891 for more information.

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Orange County Open Studio Tour 2015

Pastel by Gayle Clark Fedigan

The purpose of the Orange County Open Studio Tour is to provide the public with a self-guided tour of art studios and venues. Orange County artists and arts organizations open their doors to the public in an effort to educate, communicate and bring about a broader knowledge of the arts, providing a rare opportunity for the public to observe working artists during the creative process. The 2015 Open Studio Tour showcasing the abundance of talented local artists now spans FOUR wonderful fall weekends in the Hudson Valley. Over seventy artists will be participating and each has his or her own unique creative story. In addition to individual artist locations

Abstract work by Nicholas Bach

at studios and homes, at senior centers, at a Tibetan cultural center, at farms (including a genuine Art Farm), museums and a women’s cooperative, there are “hubs” where artists share a space, and where you can not only see art, jewelry, furniture, outdoor steel sculpture, creations by developmentally disabled people, creations by teachers and their students, and take a bookbinding tour, but you can also purchase a book with daily blessings! Get your studio tour booklet soon to learn more about these exciting additions to the studio tour experience! To find out where to pick up a booklet, call

Words put on jewelry by Cathe Linton

845-469-9168 or email crounds@ocartscouncil. org. The booklet information is also available as a downloadable document at: www. ocartscouncil.org The 2015 tours are on weekends, October 10 thru November 1, 11:00am to 5:00pm. Here is but a mere sampling of the enormous scope of what is out there for your pleasure and edification. October 10 and 11 (Areas of Port Jervis, Huguenot, Otisville,

Acrylic on canvas by Karen E. Gersch

Middletown and Westtown.) YES! Please welcome Westtown to the gazillion arts locations in the County, where sculptor Daniel Grant (see page 28) and Ingrid Noren will have demos and display furniture. Stop by Port Jervis’ newest gallery, Art Studio, and by Port Jervis’ “oldest”: TwentySeven Gallery, and after the scheduled tour hours, UpFront Exhibition Space where, if you have never been to one, you can witness an opening reception from 6:00pm-9:00pm.

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Painting & The Human Body by Cody Rounds

Oil by Janet Howard-Fatta

Other hubs and homes will welcome you. See painters at work and / or displaying art, as at Cynthia Harris-Pagano’s “North Light Atelier”, and at the Deerpark Museum. Four of Middletown’s finest artists are on the list too, in two locations. Watch them paint, and enjoy their watercolor and pastel demos. See works in progress on easels and drawing tables. New this year is The ARC of Orange County where you can see art that was created by disabled people of all ages, adults and kids.

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October 17 and 18 (Areas of Walden, Montgomery, Washingtonville and Blooming Grove) Visit Montgomery’s newest gallery in a lovely c.1900 Victorian home on Clinton Street. Beginning in November, Karen E. Gersch will showcase her art, her husband’s art and his late mother’s art in her new home gallery that she is “pre-opening” with a diverse body of just her own art for the Studio Tour this month. (Ask her about being a member of Big Apple Circus.) It is here in the “North Central” part of the county that you can visit one of the senior centers, a Himalayan cultural center with its “Aspirational Art and its Buddhist Art, and then check out artist David Nolan’s sense of humor

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Blacksmithing demo with Brendan Guerin

in addition to his art at his home “hub”.

October 24 and 25 (Areas of Warwick, Monroe, Sugar Loaf, Goshen, and Florida) Visit a biodynamic, organic family farm serving as a small hub, and a plethora of individual artists showing, metal arts, architecture, jewelry, digital art, blacksmithing works, collages, glass art, porcelain, stoneware, a 1,000 piece clothing collection, gelatin-processed photography called “Agrisculpture”, in a historical society, barns, museums, libraries, a women’s co-op and throughout Orange County’s South Central area (17 artists in the Warwick area alone!), and also see where exquisite pottery is thrown and

Pottery by Sharon Galbraith

baked in Florida and Warwick, in addition to a studio where world class collages are “pieced” together. See where kids are welcome to make their own pendants which will be fired and glazed at no charge, where WORDS! WORDS! WORDS! are put on bars of sterling silver or gold infinity symbols, where glass is pressed and fused into mosaics, where Orange County Arts Council Board Member Janet HowardFatta creates her figurative works in wet and dry media, and where Arts Council Arts Administrator Cody Rounds (who helped CANVAS create these three colorful pages) has an “exciting experimental installation, mixing video, painting and the human body”.

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Art by Gladys Loeven (our newest subscriber!)

October 31 and November 1 (Areas of Newburgh, New Windsor, Cornwall-on-Hudson and Highland Mills) Visit artists “hubbing” at a senior center with paintings in oil, acrylic, watercolor, pastel, and Sumi and demo-ing. Visit an exhibit of student art side-by-side with their teachers’ work. In addition to individual homes and hubs at Sachs Studio, Newburgh Mercantile, and Space Create (which is the HUB location for the photography of Jillian Elder and William T. O’Keeffe and the sculpture of Rachel Nolte and Gary Berg), there are 3 studios open for the tour at Atlas Studios - a historic industrial factory converted into studios for artists, entrepreneurs, and creative professionals, with private studios and 14’ ceilings! - where Bruno Krauchthaler “layers” paint with repeated applications,

Sculpture by Anne Kelly

where Alice Vaughan can take you on her bookbinding tour, and where you can visit the new home of Trinity Healing Arts where fine art and spiritual healing share space, co-owned by Newburgh area fine arts and Newburgh Last Saturday curator and “aromatherapy and reflexology artist” Lisa Gervais. At Trinity, visit and view the artwork of Nicholas Bach, and be sure to get your copy of Blessing of the Day: Wisdom for your Journey, a 58 page creation with words by Trinity partner and sound / energy healer Naomi Fay, and with inspiring photographs by art director and art educator and documentary filmmaker Eileen MacAvery Kane. Apropos to participating in and enjoying the fruits of the Studio Tour’s “creative creations”, the book is about blessings, intentions, the I AM,

Collage by Leslie Fandrich

acceptance, surrender, mastery, and miracles, with over 356 tidbits to lead you through Earth’s next evolutionary cycle, such as: “Choose that which you don’t know but makes you curious” ...and “The Expansion is here and the contraction is here. The dance between the two is the balance. So let us dance, dance, dance”...and “Look at me with all my wonders”. So! - here they are for you. Over 70 artists, scores of venues and scores of art genres to dance through. So! - dance on, dance on...and Look at them, and all their wonders!

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Pastel by Cynthia Harris-Pagano

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Meet: An American Anthem of the Antebellum South The air that lingers about a river town contains a melody of adventure and romanticism not frequently associated with those bound by land. It’s a song, some like to say, acquired solely by those in proximity. Further, and due to its formative nature, it spurs and inspires those affected. Hannibal, Missouri is a river town on the banks of the Mississippi. It lays full claim to an individual severely touched by romance and adventure. Samuel Clemens, more widely known as Mark Twain, is that resident. In addition to a slew of other accomplishments, he has pondered, created and delivered The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1876) and its sequel, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1885). Well noted American authors and performers consider Huckleberry Finn to be The Greatest American Novel. In that group include Samuel Wright, two-time Tony Award Nominee, playwright, actor and award winning vocalist of stage and screen. Born and raised in Camden, South Carolina, Wright is intimately familiar with the traditions of the

South, its innuendos, its intimations and its traditions, both spoken and implied. A wealth of this magnitude will remain neither hidden nor whispered. Wright, himself an inspired river-town resident, has taken Twain’s Huckleberry and Jim on a serious journey to the New Rose Theatre in Walden. There he has compassionately demonstrated the complexities of relationships as they develop, twist and bind. A perceptive runaway slave and a sensitive white-trash boy team to deliver the verses of this unforgettable song. Each in his individualized fashion is primed to discover and ponder man’s needs and unquenchable thirst for knowledge about the self as well as an individual’s ability to grow emotionally. Those two elements, knowledge and growth, sing out as the subject of Samuel Wright’s song. Elusive? Perhaps. But they are ingredients of self fulfillment and the ability to love. Samuel Wright has authored and delivered to the New Rose stage An American Anthem of the Antebellum South! Leonard Pitts, a resident of Montgomery is pleased to return to the New Rose Theatre as Jim, the runaway slave. He is familiar to fans of Wright’s productions, credited with

brilliant performances as Crooks in Of Mice and Men and Chief Bromden, the paranoid-schizophrenic in the more recent production of One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest. Leonard is attracted to the character of Jim. He understands in him and shares a common yearning for independence, a desire to make his own way in a better world. Earning a Leonard Pitts Daniel Teutul Gianfranco Pozzolini III “Huck” “Jim” young “Huck” Bachelor’s degree in Poli-Sci., Leonard believes in living the concept of causing a that acting is not only a release from stress, but positive difference. He is a professional care is “something I enjoy doing.” Alternate performances will see Gianfranco giver, a Registered Nurse at Orange Regional. The portrayal of young Huck promises Pozzolini III, as Huck. He is a resident of Pine even more. Two promising and experienced Bush and a student at Crispell Middle School young thespians will share this fascinating, as well as the HVC. He was introduced to yet demanding role. Each will alternate as theatre by his cousin and attended multiple the performances progress. To begin there is HVC productions and then decided for himself Daniel Teutul a student at the Hudson Valley to try it! Gianfranco played Mowgli in The Conservatory (HVC) and a 7th grade student Jungle Book, the Nutcracker Prince in The at Valley Central Middle School. He has been Nutcracker, sang in Cinderella, and played an performing at the New Rose Theatre for three adventurer in Perchance To Dream. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn will years. Many have seen his portrayal of Rudolph in Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer, Captain be at the New Rose Theatre, 32 East Main St., Hook in Peter Pan and Michael Banks in Walden, October 9 thru 18. See ad below. For information, visit www.hvcfa.com or Valley Central High School’s recent production of Mary Poppins. Daniel enthusiastically states call the box office at: 845-778-2478.

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“The Old Invisible Woman” at CAS

“The Old Invisible exhibition space at the CAS Woman” is coming! Artist Arts Center that features Lisa Samalin, with murals, visual art, installations, painted and found objects short art films, and other and sound, has transformed curiosities in six shows the Elevator Gallery at the each year. Catskill Art Society (CAS) CAS is presenting The into the realm of the Old Old Invisible Woman, from Invisible Woman. Come see October 9-November 29 her. She awaits you. at the CAS Arts Center, 48 Lisa Samalin has been Main Street, Livingston an artist all her life and a Manor. muralist for twenty years. CAS will host a free Artwork by Lisa Samalin Her paintings, murals opening reception on and installations have been seen in galleries, October 9 from 4:00pm-6:00pm. All are museums, public and private spaces throughout welcome and light refreshments will be the tri-state area. served. The Elevator Gallery is an experimental Visit www.catskillartsociety.org

Creative Impulse: Pre-Christmas Shopping!

Candles, scrubs and soaps, jewelry, pottery and stained glass, lanterns, photography and fine art, crystals and stones and all kinds of collectibles this is Creative Impulse - the gift shop located at 126 North Main Street, Liberty. Owners Bonnie Schlottmann & Sue (Sumari) Petry are offering a 30% discount storewide along with up to 75% off select items - but -

it’s only being offered thru mid-October. Why? Because Bonnie and Sue are saying goodbye to the shop. CANVAS wishes both Bonnie and Sue the very best of luck in any and all of their future endeavors. Stay tuned: Bonnie and Sue want you to keep checking out their Facebook page, “for news of our next adventure!” Visit www.Creativeimpulsestore.com

Exciting Art at UpFront Exhibition Space

Work by UpFront artist, Gordon Graff

Work by John Barnes Dobbs (1931-2011)

“After the army, I came back to New York City in 1954. The art scene in the mid-1950s was changing with the Abstract Expressionists, Jackson Pollock and the Cedar Street Tavern crowd. I wasn’t taken by the Abstract Expressionists. I was brought up in a different way. I was a figurative painter. A lot of my contemporaries thought I was crazy, that figurative painting was dying. I didn’t care for the new thing. I thought it was a bunch of ink spots painted by space cadets. In a sense, I picked the losing side. Non-objective art didn’t interest me at all. I

don’t like the word “abstract.” Non-objective art means there is no reference to anything but the inner voice. Somebody once said that the inner voice is easy to fake. Objective art you can’t fake.” John Barnes Dobbs (1931-2011). John Barnes Dobbs had many solo shows at galleries, universities and museums, and his paintings are also part of several permanent collections all over the country. Dobbs’ work will be on display at UpFront Exhibition Space, 31 Jersey Avenue, Port Jervis along with the works of UpFront artistmembers, and the River Valley Artists Guild. An opening reception will be held on October 10 from 6:00pm-9:00pm. The exhibit runs from October 1-November 22. For information, call 845-856-2727.

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Sugar Loaf’s Annual Fall Festival

The popular Sugar Loaf Fall Festival takes come back on October 12 at Noon to check place Columbus Day Weekend: October 10, out Clique. Clique is a pop, jazz, funk teen duo consisting 11 & 12 from 10:00am-6:00pm, rain or shine. Covering everything from a variety of unique of 15 year-old singer and keyboardist Chloe Borthwick from Sugar arts and crafts to delicious Loaf and 17 year-old food, the 3-day event drummer Nick Gaskins also boasts a dozen or from Pequannock, New more live musical acts in Jersey. Once members several different genres. of an alternative rock Whitney Road is an band, Chloe and Nick Americana, folk, singerdecided to experiment songwriter, and classic with different genres rock band that started out Whitney Road: October 10 at 4:30pm and ultimately formed in 2012. Ann O’Connor their current eclectic duo (keyboards and vocals) and that performs multi-genre Doug O’Connor (acoustic originals and covers that fuse guitar and vocals) are elements of jazz and blues joined by Brian Osborne into a contemporary pop (bass and vocals), Pete sound. They have headlined Dunphy (percussion) , and at local venues and events John Anderson (guitar and in the tri-state area as well vocals). as opened for acts like Cliff As a duet playing romantic Eberhardt and Emish. ballads for a wedding Visit sugarloafnewyork. ceremony, to a trio playing com for information about smooth singer songwriter Clique: October 12 at Noon the festival. music at a local winery, to a Editor’s Note: Before or after visiting Sugar Loaf’s full rockin’ Americana ensemble for a music Fall Fest, take part in “B-List T’s”, a breakout, festival or a nightclub, Whitney Road does not participatory exhibition. String your finest B-list t-shirt alongside other infamous T’s and watch them disappoint! See and hear Whitney Road perform at the mingle in the wind on October 11, throughout the Seligmann Center grounds, 23-26 White Oak Drive, festival on October 10 at 4:30pm, and then Sugar Loaf. Awards available.

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Art & More at MSMC In addition to teaching at Mount St. Mary College (MSMC), Elizabeth Cappello works in technology for the Newburgh Enlarged Central School District and has lived in the Hudson Valley for nearly two decades. Cappello’s photography and drawings will be on view through October 7 at MSMC’s Dominican Center, 330PowellAvenue, Newburgh. “Regardless of medium, the pieces convey a strong sense of color, design, and composition,” said Art by Elizabeth Cappello Barbara Petruzzelli, Kaplan Library director. “Photographs in the first floor gallery feature the beautiful hues of Wedgewood jasperware juxtaposed with urban Newburgh settings. Drawings in the Orange Room capture her interpretation of words found in vintage immigration documents.” Additionally, the photography of Sara Baloga ‘14, MSMC admissions counselor, has been installed in Aquinas Hall, south of the Salvador Dali prints. Stroll by and enjoy all of the art displayed, including creations by John Gould, Anthony Spano ‘08, and more. Visit www.msmc.edu for information.

For Fedigan Fans!

Pastel teacher and Artist-in-Residence at Mt. St. Mary College, Desmond Campus in Newburgh, Gayle Clark Fedigan’s paintings hang in collections throughout the U.S. and abroad. Founder and director of the Hudson Valley Pastel Society and member of the Woodstock Artists Association, Garrison Art Association, and Cape Cod Artists Association in West Barnstable, MA., Gayle has served on the boards of the Orange County Arts Council and Museum Village in Monroe. Gayle told CANVAS that she will “have a solo show at Mt. St. Mary College called Passionate about Pastels. The opening reception is on October 25 from 1:00pm4:00pm and runs through December 3.” Call Mt. St. Mary College at 845-565-2076 for viewing availability and information. *Side note: Gayle is also exhibiting her work with fellow artist Robert Trondsen in exhibit, “Two Visions” at the Mark Gruber Gallery, 17 New Paltz Plaza, New Paltz through October 17.

Come One, Come All - Callicoon Art Walk 2015!

Light Installation by Raphaele Shirley

Oil on Aluminum by Cara Enteles

Acrylic & spray paint on canvas by James Gann

Site specific video projection / installation on the Olympia Hotel by GH Hovagimyan

The Callicoon Art Walk organized by the Callicoon Business Association, will be showcasing the growing art and music scene in the picturesque hamlet of Callicoon on October 10, from Noon-8:00pm. The event highlights the arts in unconventional spaces throughout the hamlet including storefronts and public spaces. Video projections and outdoor art installations will be featured into the evening hours. A map is available at all participating retailers and galleries highlighting the locations of exhibits. Main Street merchants

will be open until 8:00pm! Since it’s inauguration last year, the Callicoon Art Walk has invited dozens of artists to perform and exhibit in Callicoon and has helped to create a platform for showcasing art and music created locally with special showings of invited artists from New York City and abroad. It is a major force for developing cultural initiatives in Callicoon and Sullivan County. A large vendor tent in the center of town will showcase fine art, beauty and regional products, while the Railway Station will serve as the main stage presenting several live performances into the evening. The Callicoon PUB Crawl which begins at

2:00pm will feature tastings of the region’s best ales, ciders and wines. Site-specific projections will light up Historic Main Street, while live music performances (as of press time, eight bands were signed up!) and film screenings are presented. This year the theme of the event is Environment And Water and will feature video projections through out the town and a film series in Callicoon Creek Park. Local organizations such as Solutions Project, Sullivan Alliance for Sustainable Development, and Hospitality Green and Seeds will participate in panel discussions and inform the community of their work. An Art Walk Pop-Up Gallery will host an opening reception at 6:00pm at the Callicoon Trading Building, located at 24 Upper Main Street, featuring a group

exhibition of contemporary local and New York City artists exploring the theme of Environment & Water. This exhibition will reflect a diverse selection of media, styles and trends in the contemporary art world. Artists include: Cara Enteles, Peter Fend, James Gann, Erica Hart, G.H. Hovagimyan, Faiyaz Jafri, Lindsey Nobel, Andrea Reynosa, Raphaele Shirley and Naomi Teppich. The Callicoon Art Walk 2015 is organized by the Callicoon Business Association. A local organization dedicated to the success and growth of its local businesses, Callicoon Business Association diligently works to enhance Callicoon’s standing in Sullivan County, the region and New York State, by focusing on its people, natural beauty and attractions. This program is made possible in part with funding from the Sullivan County Arts & Heritage grant program, administered by the Delaware Valley Arts Alliance.

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Music - pop, Folk, Country, Blues, rock

sponsored by Al’s Music Center, Port Jervis & Steve’s Music Center, Rock Hill

LectureS -DEmos - Master Classes

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Thunderhead Organ Trio jazz-fusion �� The Wherehouse, Newburgh, 3rd Thursdays, 8pm FREE Music for Humanity ��Noble Coffee Roasters, Campbell Hall, 3rd Saturdays, 8pm Guy Davis, Brooks Williams rock, blues ��The Falcon, Marlboro, Oct 1, 7pm La Familia, The Big Takeover rock, reggae ��The Falcon, Marlboro, Oct 2, 7pm Joey Eppard & Friends ��Forestburgh Tavern, Oct 2, 8pm Aztec Two-Step folk, rock ��The Falcon, Marlboro, Oct 3, 8pm The Princeton Nassoons Shandelee Music festival, pop a capella �� Bethel Woods, Oct 4, 3pm Willa McCarthy Band blues, rock ��The Falcon, Marlboro, Oct 4, 10am-2pm Howard Fishman and His Band, James Hearne ��The Falcon, Marlboro, Oct 4, 7pm SALT Milton Vann, Corey Dandridge’s World of Gospel Residency �� The Falcon, Oct 5, 7pm Jon Cowherd “Mercy Project” jazz rock ��The Falcon, Marlboro, Oct 7, 7pm Dwight & Nicole, Dupont Brothers folk, rock ��The Falcon, Marlboro, Oct 8, 7pm Rodney Holmes Trio jazz, rock ��The Falcon, Marlboro, Oct 9, 7pm Olivia Lane country ��Sugar Loaf PAC, Oct 9, 8pm Ike Willis & Denny Walley Zappa ��The Falcon, Marlboro, Oct 10, 7pm Mitch Katz Hudson Valley Folk Guild ��Unitarian Universalist Congregation, Oct 10, 7:30pm Corey Dandridge’s World of Gospel Residency ��The Falcon, Marlboro, Oct 12, 19, 26, 7pm Grupo Familia Fiesta Mundial, Ca10ribbean �� SUNYO-KH Oct 13, 6:30pm Roseanne Fino “Out from Under”, indie rock ��The Falcon, Marlboro, Oct 14, 7pm Manuel Valera and The New Cuban Express ��The Falcon, Marlboro, Oct 15, 7pm John Tropea jazz, rock ��The Falcon, Marlboro, Oct 16, 7pm Soñando Latin jazz/salsa ��The Falcon, Marlboro, Oct 17, 7pm K.J. Denhert urban folk & jazz �� Ritz Lobby, Newburgh, Oct 17, 8pm Steve Fabrizio & Friends (Jazz Standards) ��The Falcon, Marlboro, Oct 18, 10am-2pm Larry Moses’ Latin jazz ��The Falcon, Marlboro, Oct 18, 7pm Gratefully Yours Grateful Dead ��The Falcon, Marlboro, Oct 21, 7pm Melissa Ferrick indie, rock, Brian Dunne ��The Falcon, Marlboro, Oct 23, 7pm Chris O’Leary Band, Slam Allen, Debbie Davies, Midnight Slim blues ��Bethel Woods, Oct 24, 6:30pm

Sketchy Black Dog jazz, rock, Paul Damon Thomas ��The Falcon, Marlboro, Oct 24, 7pm Mike & Annie Baglione & Friends ��Neversink Valley Museum, Cuddebackville, Oct 24, 7:30pm Hunter Haynes country ��Eisenhower Hall, West Point, Oct 24, 8pm The Erik Lawrence Quartet jazz, rock, fusion ��The Falcon, Marlboro, Oct 25, 10am-2pm Donnie Farraro sings Sinatra, w/narrator: Joe Gilligan ��Newburgh Library, Oct 25, 3pm FREE Elliot Lewis rock guitar ��The Falcon, Marlboro, Oct 29, 7pm Halloween w/The Ed Palermo Big Band! rock ��The Falcon, Marlboro, Oct 31, 7pm Paul Anka ��Eisenhower Hall, West Point, Nov 1, 3pm

Open Mic & in-house music

Some listings below are not included in our centerspread calendar.

Open Mic w/Steve Schwartz & Antoine Maglione �� Dutch’s Tavern, Rock Hill, Mondays, 7:30pm Musicians Gathering open mic �� Catskill Distillery, Bethel, Thursdays, 7:30pm The Parting Glass Band Celtic ��Loughran’s Pub, Salisbury Mills, Thursdays, 7pm-10pm Jake Lentz piano & Marilyn Kennedy vocals ��Giovanni’s Inn, Wurtsboro, Fridays&Saturdays, 6pm-9pm

Marc Von Em Soul, blues, funk ��WaterWheel Cafe, Milford, last Fridays, 8pm-11pm Dose Acoustic Sundays ��Cafe Devine, Callicoon, 1st & 2nd Sundays, Noon-2pm Doug Rogers ��Cafe Devine, Callicoon, 3rd & 4th Sundays, Noon-2pm Songwriter’s Anonymous ��Artists Market, Shohola, First Sundays, 2pm 3’s A Crowd UDGLBT First Friday �� River’s Edge Clubhouse, Matamoras, Oct 2, 8pm Joey Eppard & Friends ��Forestburgh Tavern, Oct 2, 8pm Albi Beluli ��Dancing Cat Saloon, Bethel, Oct 3, 8pm Cathy Paty Live! ��Forestburgh Tavern, Oct 9, 8pm Somerville �� Forestburgh Tavern, Oct 10, 8:30pm Soul Shakers & Peter Florance �� Dancing Cat Saloon, Bethel, Oct, 24, 8:30pm Somerville Brothers Halloween �� Dancing Cat Saloon, Bethel, Oct 31, Bonfire 7pm, Music 8:30pm

sponsored by SUNY Orange & Mount St. Mary College’s Desmond Campus GWL ��Greenwood Lake Library HHNM ��Hudson Highlands Nature Museum, Outdoor Discovery Center, Cornwall MSM-DC �� Mount St. Mary College, Desmond Campus, Newburgh PEEC ��Pocono Environmental Education Center, Dingmans Ferry SUNYO-GL ��SUNY Orange, Gilman Center Library, Middletown Campus SUNYO-KH ��SUNY Orange, Kaplan Hall, Newburgh Campus SUNYO-OH ��SUNY Orange, Orange Hall, Middletown Campus SUNYO-RCSE �� SUNY Orange, Rowley Center for Science & Engineering, Middletown Campus SUNYO-TC �� SUNY Orange, Tower Cafe, Newburgh Campus All Lectures are free - except those for MSM-DC unless otherwise noted

“40 Days to a Happy Life” ��MSM-DC Oct 2, 10am “Original Drawings” Nick Roes . ............................................................... Eldred Library, Oct 4, 2pm “Skin Care Comes from Within!” ��MSM-DC Oct 5, 1pm “One Righteous Man: Samuel Battle and the Shattering of the Color Line in New York” �� Arthur Browne SUNYO-RCSE Oct 5, 7pm “The St. John’s Bible: Newly Handwritten & Illustrated” Laura Nicholls ��MSM-DC Oct 7, 1pm “Why the Goshen Militia Rushed to the Rescue and was Devasted at the Battle of Minisink” �� Stephen Skye Neversink Valley Museum, Oct 7, 7:30pm “Wines of the World: Grape Expectations” JoAnn DeGaglia �� Josephine-Louise Library, Walden, Oct 8, 6:30pm “A Tale of Two Parks: The Creation of Bear Mountain & Harriman State Parks” �� Ronnie Coffey Fort Montgomery Historic Site, Oct 8, 7pm “Locate the Constellations” John Kocijanski, Star Watch Program �� Delaware Highlands Conservancy, Bethel, Oct 9, 7:30pm Tusten Mountain Trail Guided Hike ��Delaware Highlands Conservancy, Tusten, Oct 10, 10am Safe Harbors of the Hudson TOUR � Safe Harbors/Ritz/Ann Street Gallery, Newburgh, Oct 13, 9am “Hidden Treasure of the Catskills” Anthony Musso ��MSM-DC Oct 15, 10am “Birding & Breakfast with the Bakers” Sharon & David Baker ��HHNM Oct 17, 8:30am “The Ethics of Climate Change…What Can One Person Do?” ��MSM-DC Oct 19, 1pm “Spirits, Spaceships & Spooky Stuff” Linda Zimmerman Josephine-Louise Lib., Walden, Oct 19, 7pm “Knowledge, Power, and the Struggle for the Waters of Kilimanjaro” Matthew Bender �� SUNYO-KH Oct 20, 7pm “Lung Health and What to do About Lung Disease” ��MSM-DC Oct 21, 1pm “What’s the Buzz with Honey Bees” Greg Wechgelaer �� SUNYO-OH, Oct 21, 7pm “18th Century Medicine: The Physician, the Silver Bullet, & the Revolution” Karen Monti �� MSM-DC Oct 22, 10am “Hocus Pocus – Come in to Focus” ��MSM-DC Oct 23, 10am “An Unforgiving Land” Robi Josephson ��Time & Valleys Museum, Grahamsville, Oct 25, 2pm “Marquetry Art” Walter “Bo’ Stevens �� Eldred Library, Oct 25, 2pm “Who Are We?” Doc Bayne ��MSM-DC Oct 26, 10am “Learn how to Win the Battle of the Bone Crisis” ��MSM-DC Oct 26, 1pm “Launching New York: The Maritime Roots of the Global City” Jennifer L. Anderson �� SUNYO-GL Oct 26, 7pm “Hudson Highlands during American Revolution” James M. Johnson, HHNM Speaker Series �� Cornwall Presbyterian Church, Cornwall-on-Hudson, Oct 27, 7:30pm (Fee) SCIENCE CAFE “The Natural Lifetime of Ideological Regimes” David Mendenhall �� La Casa Vicina, New Windsor, Oct 28, 7;15pm “Organic Farming: Does it Matter?” Keith Stewart ��SUNYO-OH Oct 29, 7:30pm DEMO Come Paint With Me Plein Air Painters ��Grey Towers, Oct 8, 10am-3pm DEMO “Colonial Beer Brewing” Frank McMahon �� Fort Montgomery Historic Site, Oct 4, 11am-4pm MASTER CLASS “Constellation:Bannerman’s Castle” Melissa McGill SUNYO-TC Oct 7, 1:30pm MASTER CLASS “Wet Plate Collodion in the Digital Age” Francesco Mastalia �� SUNYO-OH Oct 19, 9am MASTER CLASS “The Origins of Latin Jazz” Willie Martinez �� SUNYO-OH Oct 23, 11am

Clubs Bridge Club ��Ellenville Library, Wednesdays, 6pm Newburgh Library Camera Club ��Newburgh Library, 3rd Wednesday, 6pm St. James Camera Club �� St. James Church, Goshen, 2nd Tuesday, 7pm Chess Club ��Ellenville Library, Wednesdays, 4pm Friday Night Chess ��Narrowsburg Library, Fridays, 6pm Knit and Stitch ��Narrowsburg Library, Mondays, 6pm Knitting & Crocheting “Crochety Knitters” ��Liberty Library, Tuesdays, 10:15am Knit & Stitch Club ��Newburgh Library Town Branch, 1st & 3rd Tuesdays, 6;30pm Newburgh Knitting Club �� Newburgh Library, 2nd & 4th Tuesdays, 6pm Knitting Group �� Josephine-Louise Library, Walden, Tuesdays, 6:30pm Knitting & Crocheting “Knitwitz” ��Jeffersonville Library, 1st & 3rd Tuesdays, 6:30pm Knitting “Chain Gang Knitting Club” �� Mamakating Town Hall, Wurtsboro, Tuesdays 9pm Knitting Club �� Noble Coffee Roasters, Campbell Hall, Wednesdays, 2:30pm Knitting, Crocheting, Crafts “Stitch and Bitch” ��Palaia Vineyards, Highland Mills, Sundays, 1pm Knit/Crochet Club ��Wallkill Library, Thursdays, 6:30pm 14

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Knimble Knitters ��Ellenville Library, Saturdays, 10am Knitting Circle �� Florida Library, 3rd Thursdays, 6pm Laurel & Hardy Sons of the Desert Int’l Org. ��First Sunday, Ellenville, ray@themtharhills.org The Music Lovers Group classical �� 3rd Thursdays, 7:30pm Montgomery, 845-457-9867 Electronic Music Meetup w/Neil Alexander ��Newburgh Library, 3rd Thursdays, 7pm Ladies Night Painting Social ��Wallkill River School, Montgomery, Thursdays 6:30pm Painting Social ��Wallkill River School, Montgomery, Saturdays, 3:30pm Hudson Highlands Photo Workshop �� St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, Chester, 2nd Monday, 7:30pm Calico Geese Quilters Guild �� Cornwall Cooperative Extension, Liberty, 2nd Monday, 7pm The Country Scrappers cardmaking, scrapbooking � Walker Valley Schoolhouse, Tuesdays, all day Scrabble Mania �� Ellenville Library, Tuesdays, 6pm Trivia Night w/Sam Hill ��Two Alices, Cornwall-on-Hudson, Thursdays, 8pm Trivia Night ��Penning’s Pub & Grill, Warwick, Thursdays, 8pm UFO Support Group �� Walker Valley Schoolhouse, 1st Wednesday, 7:30pm Woodcarvers Guild �� Museum Village, Monroe, 1st Wednesday, 7pm

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ART walks & open studio TourS

Goshen Art Walk �� Downtown Goshen Businesses, Oct 2, 6pm-9pm Callicoon Art Walk ��Downtown Callicoon, Oct 10, Noon-8pm Crawford Commons Artwalk Crawford Arts Association �� Main St., Pine Bush, Oct 10, 11am-4pm Open Studio Tour Orange County Arts Council members ��11am-5pm Port Jervis, Huguenot, Cuddebackville, Otisville, Middletown, Oct 10 & 11 Walden, Montgomery, Washingtonville, Blooming Grove, Oct 17 & 18 Warwick, Monroe, Sugar Loaf, Goshen, Florida, Oct 24 & 25 Newburgh, New Windsor, Cornwall-on-Hudson, Highland Mills, Oct 31 & Nov 1

cabaret

Broadway Concerts Direct ��United Church of Christ, Blooming Grove (NY), Sep 19, 6pm The Lyric Quartet opera, B’way, world, Parksville USA Festival ��Dead End Cafe, Oct 4, 3pm Karen Mason Bradstan Cabaret Series ��Bethel Woods, Oct 17, 8pm Nicholas Rodriguez ��Forestburgh Tavern, Oct 23, 7:30pm “Wigsticks” drag show ��Forestburgh Tavern, Oct 24, 7:30pm

cinema

Adult Independent Film Night �� Greenwood Lake Library, 2nd Tuesday, 7pm FREE Reel Eclectic Film Series �� Thrall Library, Middletown, 1st Thursday, 2pm FREE Saturday Matinee at the Library ��Newburgh Library, Sep 12, 2pm FREE Monday Night at the Library �� Newburgh Library, Sep 21, 6:30pm “Waterloo Bridge” Vivian Leigh ��Mount St. Mary College, Desmond Campus, Oct 6, 10:30am Black Bear Film Festival ��Milford Theatre, Oct 16-18 “Caspar” �� Thrall Library, Middletown, Oct 21, 3pm FREE Short Films Outsider’s Studio Collective �� CAS Laundry King, Livngston Manor, Oct 24, 7:30pm “The Uninvited” Ray Milland ��Mount St. Mary College, Desmond Campus, Oct 27, 10:30am

comedy

Keith Anthony, Tim Gage ��Jester’s Comedy Club, Chester, Oct 3, 9pm Sean Donnelly, John Ziegler ��Jester’s Comedy Club, Chester, Oct 10, 9pm “Last Comic Standing Live” NBC series finalists ��Sugar Loaf PAC, Oct 16, 8pm Keith Albertson, Tony Deyo ��Jester’s Comedy Club, Chester, Oct 17, 9pm Mike Burton, Joe Currie ��Jester’s Comedy Club, Chester, Oct 24, 9pm

festivals

Applefest ��Warwick, Oct 4 Liberty Harvest Festival �� Liberty Museum & Art Center, Oct 10, 10am-4pm Pumpkin Fest ��Spring House Commons, Barryville, Oct 10, 10am-5pm Honeybee Fest. lectures, tours, exhibits, kids crafts, etc �� Main St., Narrowsburg, Oct 10, 10am-5pm Sugar Loaf Fall Festival ��Sugar Loaf, Oct 10-12, 10am-6pm Harvest Festival �� Erie Way Parking Lot, Middletown , Oct 17, 11am-2pm Pumpkin Festival �� Hill Hold Museum, Montgomery, Oct 17, Noon-4pm Colors of Fall Festival �� Reformed Church of Shawangunk, Wallkill, Oct 25, 3pm-dark

Potluck Concerts “Fall Harvest” �� Cornwall Presbyterian Church, Oct 23, 7:30pm Furuya Sisters Grand Montgomery Chamber Music ��Senior Center, Montgomery, Nov 1, 3pm FREE American String Quartet & Nancy Allen, harp Newburgh Chamber Music �� St. George’s Church, Newburgh, Nov 1, 3pm

music - jazz

Live Jazz Brunch with The Jazz Cats �� Dancing Cat Saloon, Bethel, Sundays, 1pm Thunderhead Organ Trio jazz-fusion �� The Wherehouse, Newburgh, 3rd Thursdays, 8pm FREE “Farm to Table” Dinner, Wine Pairing & Jazz ��Forestburgh Tavern, Oct 3, 7pm Amerianouche Gypsy Jazz Trio ��Tusten Theatre, Narrowsburg, Oct 3, 7:30pm Michael D’Agostino & Friends Hudson Valley Jazz Festival ��The Dautaj, Warwick, Oct 9, 8pm Jane Monheit �� The Falcon, Marlboro, Oct 11, 7pm Pucho & His Latin Soul Brothers Weekend Jazz Fest �� SUNYO-OH Oct 23, 7pm Willie Martinez and La Familia Sextet Weekend Jazz Fest �� SUNYO-OH Oct 23, 8:30pm Spanish Harlem Orchestra Weekend Jazz Fest �� SUNYO-OH Oct 24, 8pm Tisziji Munoz Quartet w/John Medeski ��The Falcon, Marlboro, Oct 25, 7pm Lip Service classical, B’way, jazz, blues, Int’l ��The Falcon, Marlboro, Oct 28, 7pm Fleurine w/Brad Mehldau �� The Falcon, Marlboro, Oct 30, 7pm Brian Kasten Trio & Guest Band ��Kastan Art Space, Sugar Loaf, Oct 31, 7:30pm & 10pm

opera

“Il Trovatore” Verdi, Live from the Met in HD ��SUNY Sullivan, Loch Sheldrake, Oct 3, 1pm “Otello” Verdi, Live from the Met in HD ��SUNY Sullivan, Loch Sheldrake, Oct 17, 1pm “Angel of the Amazon” by Evan Maxk, concert version �� Church of St. Joseph, Wurtsboro, Oct 18, 1pm “Tannhauser” Wagner, Live from the Met in HD ��SUNY Sullivan, Loch Sheldrake, Oct 31, Noon

poetry & prose readings

Brian Dorn, Terence Chiesa �� Noble Coffee Roasters, Campbell Hall, Oct 1, 7pm Hudson River Poets ��Newburgh Library, Oct 1, 7pm FREE “Dead...before a Live Audience...” Robert Milby, poetry & Carl Welden, theremin �� Pine Bush Library, Oct 7, 7pm FREE “Dead...before a Live Audience...” Robert Milby, poetry & Carl Welden, theremin �� & Montgomery Book Exchange, Oct 9, 7pm Glenn Werner ��Baldwin Vineyards, Pine Bush, Oct 7, 7pm “Poetry & Postcards” ��Tusten Settlement Church, Narrowsburg, Oct 11, 2pm FREE Karen Herceg �� Montgomery Book Exchange, Montgomery, Oct 13, 7pm FREE Elaine Koplow, Hayden Wayne, Robert Milby ��Florida Library Poetry Cafe, Oct 16, 7:30pm FREE Francine D’Alessandro Poetry at the Church �� Goshen Methodist Church, Oct 26, 7pm FREE Walter Worden �� Stella’s Frozen Yogurt, Washingtonville, Oct 28, 7pm Robert Phelps �� Clearwater Gallery, Jones Farm, Cornwall, Oct 30, 7pm

recreation, Dancing, Tours

fundraisers

Swing Dancing w/Swing Shift Orchestra ��Newburgh Brewery, 1st Thursdays, 7:30pm Dancing (Ballroom) ��MISU Ellenville, 1st Saturdays, Lesson 7:30pm, Dancing 8pm Road Rally & Scavenger Hunt Automobile Tour �� Neversink Valley Museum, Oct 3, Noon Catskill Chili Cook-Off ��Liberty Museum & Art Center, Oct 10, 2pm-4pm Thunder 102 Trivia Night ��Forestburgh Tavern, Oct 16, 7pm Autumn Landscape Tour ��Grey Towers, Milford, Oct 17, 11:30am Nature at Night �� Pocono Environmental Education Center, Dingsman Ferry, Oct 17, 6pm Laurel Hill & Milford Cemeteries Tour ��Grey Towers, Milford, Oct 24, 11am & 2pm

halloween

Storytelling

Wallkill River School auction ��Wallkill River School, Montgomery, Oct 4, 5pm-7pm Delaware Valley Arts Alliance 40th Anniversary Gala �� Erie St. School, Narrowsburg, Oct 17, 7pm Cragsmoor Library mystery dinner-theatre ��Beverage Manse, Cragsmoor, Oct 17, 7pm Nesin Cultural Arts Scholarship Dinner music, auction ��Eagle’s Nest, Bloomingburg, Oct 25, 3pm “Party in Veterans Park” Pet Parade, kids, games, etc. Sullivan Street,Wurtsboro, Oct 24, Noon-3pm “Halloween Haunted Church Guided Tour” ��Crystal Connection, Wurtsboro, Oct 23-25, 5pm-9pm Book Signing & Candlelit Ghost Tour Linda Zimmerman Wallkill River School, Oct 24 & 25, 7pm “The Rocky Horror Picture Show” ��Forestburgh Tavern, Oct 30 & 31, 8pm

museums

Terwilliger House Museum ��Ellenville, ongoing “Wildlife”, “Woodstock”, “Footwear”, “Hats” ��Sullivan County Museum, Hurleyville ongoing 19th Century Rural Living ��Museum Village, Monroe, ongoing Celebrating Catskill Waters Past & Present ��Time & The Valleys Museum, Grahamsville, ongoing Pinchot Mansion Tours ��Grey Towers, Milford, ongoing “Small but Grand Hotels” photos & artifacts ��Liberty Museum & Arts Center, thru Oct 10 “The Concord Hotel Remembered” ��Sullivan County Museum, Hurleyville, thru Oct 12 “Then and Now around the D&H Canal” �� Neversink Museum, Cuddebackville, thru Nov “Mark Twain” letters, art, manuscripts �� Karpeles Manuscript Museum, Newburgh, thru Dec 27 “THREADS: Connecting ‘60s & Modern Rockwear” ��Bethel Woods Museum, thru Dec 31

Music - Classical - Film

NY Wind Symphony Philip Myers, French horn ��Sugar Loaf PAC, Oct 4, 3pm Calidore String Quartet Kindred Spirits Arts.........................................Milford Theatre, Oct 10, 7pm “Sunday with Friends” Eileen Moon, cello; Krisztina Wajsza, piano; Victor Villena, bandoneon �� Bethel Woods, Oct 18, 2pm Frank V. Schwarz piano, classical, film, b’way ��Lumberland Town Hall, Glen Spey, Oct 18, 3pm Chamber Music at St. Andrews “Mozart & Mozart” Stanley Drucker, et al �� St. Andrews Episcopal Church, So. Fallsburg, Oct 24, 8pm FREE

Black Dirt Storytelling Guild “Lost in Translation” �� Florida Library, Sep 10, 7:30pm FREE

theatre - musical

“42nd Street” ��Eisenhower Hall, West Point, Oct 11, 3pm “Potted Potter: The Unauthorized Harry Experience” �� Sugar Loaf PAC, Oct 17, 2pm & 7:30pm Jim Kirk & Friends “80s to Broadway to Today” ��Sugar Loaf PAC, Oct 17, 8pm “Get Back! The Beatles Experience” ��Sugar Loaf PAC, Oct 24, 8pm “The Rocky Horror Picture Show” �� Forestburgh Tavern, Oct 30 & 31, 8pm

theatre - play

“Rounding Third” Cornerstone Theatre Arts ��Goshen Music Hall, thru Oct 4 “The Whipping Man” by Matthew Lopez �� Shadowland Theatre, Ellenville, Oct 2-18. “Men are From Mars–Women are From Venus LIVE!” ��Sugar Loaf PAC, Oct 3, 8pm “Postmortem” by Ken Ludwig, Sullivan County Dramatic Workshop �� Rivoli Theatre, So. Fallsburg, Oct 9-18 “The House of Seven Gables” Pontine Theatre ��NACL Theatre, Oct 10, 7:30pm & Oct 11, 3pm “Darwinii: The Comeuppance of Man” ��NACL Theatre, Highland Lake, Oct 23 & 24, 7:30pm “Huckleberry Finn” adapted by Samuel E.Wright ��New Rose Theatre, Walden, Oct 9-18

Schools & Conservatories

“Insurrection: Holding History” students & faculty ��SUNY Sullivan, Loch Sheldrake, Oct 1-4 Join the CANVAS team and earn extra cash! (while supporting the arts, too!) Advertising Sales positions are available. Call us today for more information: 845-926-4646 October 2015

Delaware & Hudson CANVAS

Octobe ANDREW �� St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church, So. Fallsburg BGRV ��United Church of Christ, Blooming Grove, NY BW ��Bethel Woods Center for the Arts, Bethel CAS Catskill Art Society �� CAS Arts Center, Livingston Manor CAS-LK �� CAS Laundry King, Livingston Manor CTMW ��Playhouse at Museum Village, Monroe

MONDAY

TUESDAY

DCAT �� Dancing Cat Saloon & Catskill Distillery, Bethel DEAD Parksville USA Music Festival �� Dead End Cafe, Parksville DOWN �� Downing Film Center, Newburgh DVAA �� Delaware Valley Arts Alliance, Narrowsburg FAL �� The Falcon, Marlboro FBGH ��Forestburgh Theatre Tavern

WEDNESDAY

Please check the schedule for Gallery Art & Photography Opening Receptions, page 18

Music - French Folk, Jazz Marine Futin FAL 7pm

Sculpture by Robert Parker on view at the CAS Laundry King thru October 12

Music -Gospel SALT Milton Vann FAL 7pm

Cinema “Waterloo Bridge” MSM-DC 10:30am

Music -Gospel Corey Dandridge’s World of Gospel Residency FAL 7pm

Poetry Karen Herceg Montgomery Book Exchange, 7pm

Poetry Francine D’Alessandro Goshen Methodist Church, 7pm

Weavings by Mary Flad are on view thru October 30 at The Gallery at Orange Regional Medical Center

Delaware & Hudson CANVAS

Cinema “The Uninvited” MSM-DC 10:30am

October 2015

Cinema................... Reel Eclectic Film Series............... THRALL 2pm Poetry...................Brian Dorn, Terence Chiesa................ NOBL 7pm Poetry......................... Hudson River Poets.......................... NFL 7pm Music - Rock-Blues. Guy Davis, Brooks Williams..............FAL 7pm Open Mic.......................Musician’s Gathering...............DCAT 7:30pm Theatre - Play....“Insurrection: Holding History” ............SCCC 8pm

Open Mic.................Musician’s Gathering.......DCAT 7:30pm Storytelling......Black Dirt Storytelling Guild...Florida Library, 7:30pm Poetry & Theremin..”Dead...Before a Live Audience”.MONTBK 7pm Theatre - Play.............“The Whipping Man”........................... ST 8pm Music - Folk-Rock.....Dupont Brothers, Dwight & Nicole......FAL 7pm

15 Music - Indie-Rock RoseAnn Fino FAL 7pm

Cinema “Caspar” THRALL 3pm

Music -Gospel Corey Dandridge’s World of Gospel Residency FAL 7pm

Music -Jazz-Rock Jon Cowherd FAL 7pm

Cinema Monday Night at the Library NFL 6:30pm

Poetry & Theremin “Dead...before a Live Audience...” Pine Bush Library 7pm

Music - Caribbean Grupo Familia “Fiesta Mundial” SUNYO-KH 6:30pm

THURSDAY

Cinema Independent Film Night Greenwood Lake Library, 7pm

Festival Sugar Loaf Fall Festival Sugar Loaf, 10am-6pm

Music -Gospel Corey Dandridge’s World of Gospel Residency FAL 7pm

GMCM Grand Montgomery Chamber Music ��Senior Center, Montgomery GOSH Cornerstone Theatre Arts �� Goshen Music Hall, Goshen IKE �� Eisenhower Hall, West Point KAST �� Kastan Art Space, Sugar Loaf LMAC �� Liberty Museum & Art Center MSM-DC �� Mount St. Mary College, Desmond Campus, Balmville

Music - Grateful Dead Gratefully Yours FAL 7pm

Music...... Manuel Valera and The New Cuban Express.......FAL 7pm Open Mic.......................Musician’s Gathering...............DCAT 7:30pm

Music-Jazz, Fusion..Thunderhead Organ Trio. Wherehouse,Newburgh,8pm

Theatre - Play.............“The Whipping Man”........................... ST 8pm

Art by Minjin Kung will be on display at the Monroe Free Library, 4 Millpond Parkway, Monroe, from October 1-31.

MO NA NFL NO NVM PEE

Art Walk......................... Music - Rock-Regg Theatre - Play............... Theatre - Play............. Music........................ Theatre - Play....“I

Poetry................G Music -Jazz-Rock....... Theatre - Play.............. Theatre - Play............. Theatre - Play.................. Music............................. Music - Country.................. Music - Jazz...Mic

Cinema.................... Recreation.............. Theatre - Play.............. Music - Jazz-Rock Poetry................................ Theatre - Play............. Theatre - Play.................. Comedy.................

Recreation...Haunte

Music - Latin Jazz Music - Indie Alr-R Cabaret........................ Music - Classical..P Theatre - Play.“Da

For info: 845-783-4411

Poetry Walter Worden Stella’s Frozen Yogurt, Washingtonville 7pm

Music - Classical-B’way Lip Service FAL 7pm

Music - Rock................. Elliot Lewis guitar............................FAL 7pm Open Mic.......................Musician’s Gathering...............DCAT 7:30pm

Theatre- Musical........ Poetry........................... Music - Jazz............

er 2015

ONTBK ��Montgomery Book Exchange ACL ��NACL Theatre, Highland Lake L �� Newburgh Free Library OBL �� Noble Coffee Roasters, Campbell Hall M �� Neversink Valley Museum, Cuddebackville EC �� Pocono Environmental Education Center, Dingmans Ferry

FRIDAY

......................... Goshen Art Walk......... Downtown, 6pm-9pm gae.......La Familia, The Big Takeover.......FAL 7pm ............... “Rounding Third”........................ GOSH 7pm .............“The Whipping Man”........................... ST 8pm ........................Joey Eppard & Friends.................... FBGH 8pm Insurrection: Holding History” ............SCCC 8pm

Glenn Werner......Baldwin Vineyards, Pine Bush 7pm ....... Rodney Holmes Trio..........................FAL 7pm ..............“Huckleberry Finn”.......................ROSE 7pm .............“The Whipping Man”........................... ST 8pm .................. “Postmortem”...............................RIV 8pm ............................. Cathy Paty Live!.......................... FBGH 8pm ..................Olivia Lane............................ SLPAC 8pm chael D’Agostino & Friends... Dautaj, Warwick 8pm

....................Black Bear Film Festival.............Milford Theatre .............. Thunder 102 Trivia Night................... FBGH 7pm ..............“Huckleberry Finn”.......................ROSE 7pm k.............John Tropea.................................FAL 7pm ................................ Poetry Cafe........... Florida Library, 7:30pm .............“The Whipping Man”........................... ST 8pm .................. “Postmortem”...............................RIV 8pm ................. Last Comic Standing Live................ SLPAC 8pm

ed Church Tour.Crystal Connection, Wurtsboro, 5pm-9pm

z........ Weekend Jazz Fest..............SUNYO-OH 7pm Rock.......Melissa Ferrick, Brian Dunne.......FAL 7pm ........................Nicholas Rodriguez.................. FBGH 7:30pm Potluck Concerts.Cornwall Presbyterian Ch. 7:30pm arwinii: The Comeupance of Man”.NACL 7:30pm \

........“Rocky Horrow Picture Show......... FBGH 8pm ...........................Robert Phelps.....Jones Farm, Cornwall, 7pm ............ Fleurine w/Brad Mehldau.......................FAL 7pm

PVO �� Palaia Vineyards Outdoors, Highland Mills RITZ ��Ritz Theatre Lobby, Newburgh ROSE �� New Rose Theatre, Walden SCCC ��Sullivan County Community College, Loch Sheldrake SLGMN ��Seligmann Center for the Arts, Sugar Loaf SLPAC ��Sugar Loaf Performing Arts Center

SATURDAY

ST �� Shadowland Theatre, Ellenville SUNYO-KH �� SUNY Orange, Kaplan Hall, Newburgh SUNYO-OH �� SUNY Orange, Orange Hall, Middletown THRALL �� Thrall Library, Middletown TUST ��Tusten Theatre, Narrowsburg UUC ��Unitarian Universalist Congregation, Rock Ttavern

SUNDAY

Festival............................ Applefest.................................... Warwick Music - Blues-Rock....Willa McCarthy Band............ FAL 10am-2pm Music - Jazz.......... Jazz Cats Live Jazz Brunch...............DCAT 11am Music.....Dose Acoustic Sunday..Cafe Devine, Callicoon, Noon-2pm Music......Songwriter’s Anonymous...... Artists’ Market, Shohola 2pm Theatre-Play.“Men R FromMars,Women R fromVenus LIVE!”.SLPAC 8pm Theatre - Play.............“The Whipping Man”........................... ST 2pm Music - Jazz........ Dinner & Wine Pairing & Jazz............... FBGH 8pm Theatre - Play............... “Rounding Third”........................ GOSH 2pm Music...................................Albi Beluli............................... DCAT 8pm Theatre - Play....“Insurrection: Holding History” ............SCCC 2pm Music - Folk-Rock........... Aztec Two-Step...............................FAL 8pm Cabaret......................... The Lyric Quartet......................... DEAD 3pm Theatre - Play....“Insurrection: Holding History” ............SCCC 8pm Music - A Capella.... The Princeton Nassoons....................... BW 3pm Comedy.Keith Anthony, Tim Gage.Jester’s Comedy Club, Chester, 9pm Music - Classical......... NY Wind Symphony..................... SLPAC 3pm Recreation..Road Rally&Scavenger Hunt Auto Tour..NVM Noon Opera..... “Il Trovatore” Live from the Met in HD........SCCC 1pm Theatre - Play.............“The Whipping Man”................ ST 2pm & 8pm Theatre - Play............... “Rounding Third”........................ GOSH 7pm Music - Gypsy Jazz......... Ameranouche........................TUST 7:30pm

Festival......Liberty Harvest Festival............LMAC 10am-4pm Festival......Honeybee Festival......Main St., Narrowsburg, 10am-5pm Festival.Pumpkin Fest.Spring House Commons, Barryville, 10am-5pm Festival...............Sugar Loaf Fall Festival......Sugar Loaf, 10am-6pm Art Walk........Crawford Commons Artwalk.....Pine Bush, 11am-4pm Art Tour..............Open Studio Tour.........Western Orange, 11am-5pm Art Walk........................Callicoon Art Walk...... Downtown, Noon-8pm Recreation................Catskill Chili Cook-Off.............LMAC 2pm-4pm Music - Classical.......Calidore String Quartet.....Milford Theatre, 7pm Music - Zappa......... Ike Willis & Denny Walley......................FAL 7pm Music - Folk........................ Mitch Katz............................ UUC 7:30pm Theatre - Play.....“The House of Seven Gables”......... NACL 7:30pm Theatre - Play.............“The Whipping Man”........................... ST 8pm Theatre - Play.................. “Postmortem”...............................RIV 8pm Music.................................. Somerville..........................FBGH 8:30pm Comedy.Sean Donnelly, John Ziegler.Jester’s Comedy Club, Chester, 9pm

Music........................................TBA............................. FAL 10am-2pm Festival...............Sugar Loaf Fall Festival......Sugar Loaf, 10am-6pm Music - Jazz.......... Jazz Cats Live Jazz Brunch...............DCAT 11am Art Tour..............Open Studio Tour.........Western Orange, 11am-5pm Music.....Dose Acoustic Sunday..Cafe Devine, Callicoon, Noon-2pm Theatre - Play.............“The Whipping Man”........................... ST 2pm Poetry.”Poetry & Postcards”.Tusten Settlement Ch., Narrowsburg, 2pm Theatre - Play.................. “Postmortem”............................... RIV 2pm Theatre - Play..............“Huckleberry Finn”.......................ROSE 3pm Theatre - Play.....“The House of Seven Gables”.............. NACL 3pm Theatre - Musical..............“42nd Street”................................ IKE 3pm Music - Jazz...................... Jane Monheit................................FAL 7pm

Festival....Harvest Festival...Erie Way Lot, Middletown,11am-2pm Art Tour....Open Studio Tour...... North Central Orange, 11am-5pm Cinema.......................Black Bear Film Festival................ Milford Theatre Opera.................. “Otello” Live from the Met in HD............... SCCC 1pm Theatre - Spoof................. “Potted Potter”............ SLPAC 2pm & 7:30pm Theatre - Music...............Jim Kirk & Friends......... SLPAC 2pm & 7:30pm Theatre -Play.................. “Huckleberry Finn”...............ROSE 3pm & 7pm Cabaret..................... Broadway Concerts Direct.................... BGRV 6pm Fundraiser.DVAA 40th Anniversary Gala.Erie St. School,Narrowsburg, 7pm Fundraiser.Cragsmoor Lib. MysteryDinner-Theatre.Beverage Manse, 7pm Music - Latin Jazz-Salsa.........Soñando....................................... FAL 7pm Music..............................Music for Humanity......................NOBL 7:30pm Theatre - Play................“The Whipping Man”...............................ST 8pm Theatre - Play..................... “Postmortem”.................................. RIV 8pm Music - Folk-Jazz..................K.J. Denhart.................................. RITZ 8pm Recreation..........................Nature at Night...............................PEEC 8pm Comedy.Keith Albertson, Tony Deyo.Jester’s Comedy Club, Chester, 9pm Art Tour............Open Studio Tour.....Southern Orange, 11am-5pm Theatre - Play...... “Huckleberry Finn”...............ROSE 3pm & 7pm

Recreation...Haunted Church Tour.Crystal Connection, Wurtsboro, 5pm-9pm

Music - Blues............. “Blues at Bethel Woods”.....................BW 6:30pm Music - Jazz-Rock.Sketchy Black Dog, Paul Damon Thomas.... FAL 7pm Music.................. Mike & Annie Baglione & Friends........... NVM 7:30pm Music - Jazz.....Brian Kastan Trio & Guest Band..KAST 7:30pm & 10pm Cabaret................................. “Wigsticks”........................... FBGH 7:30pm Theatre - Play.. “Darwinii: The Comeupance of Man”....... NACL 7:30pm Theatre - Concert .“Get Back! The Beatles Experience”......SLPAC 8pm Music - Classical.....Chamber Music at St. Andrews......... ANDREW 8pm Music - Latin Jazz.....Spanish Harlem Orchestra........... SUNYO-OH 8pm Music - Country..................Hunter Haynes...................................IKE 8pm Music...................Soul Searchers & Peter Florance........... DCAT 8:30pm Comedy.Mike Burton, Joe Currie.... Jester’s Comedy Club, Chester, 9pm

Art Tour.....Open Studio Tour.........Eastern Orange, 11am-5pm Opera.“Tannhauser” Live from the Met in HD..... SCCC Noon Music - Rock.............. Ed Palermo Big Band..........................FAL 7pm Music - Jazz.Brian Kastan Trio& Guest Band.KAST 7:30pm & 10pm Theatre- Musical.......“Rocky Horrow Picture Show.......... FBGH 8pm Music.......................... Somerville Brothers.................. DCAT 8:30pm

Music - Jazz.............Steve Fabrizio & Friends.............FAL 10am-2pm Music - Jazz.......... Jazz Cats Live Jazz Brunch...............DCAT 11am Art Tour..............Open Studio Tour.North Central Orange, 11am-5pm Cinema....................Black Bear Film Festival.............Milford Theatre Opera.”Angel of the Amazon”.Church of St.Joseph, Wurtsboro, 1pm Music..................Doug Rogers......Cafe Devine, Callicoon, Noon-2pm Theatre - Play.............“The Whipping Man”........................... ST 2pm Theatre - Play.................. “Postmortem”............................... RIV 2pm Music - Classical....... “Sunday with Friends”........................ BW 2pm Music - Classical, etc...Frank V. Schwarz.Lumberland Town Hall 3pm Theatre - Play..............“Huckleberry Finn”.......................ROSE 3pm Music -Latin Jazz.............. Larry Moses.................................FAL 7pm

Music - Jazz-Rock..The Erik Lawrence Quartet......... FAL 10am-2pm Music - Jazz.......... Jazz Cats Live Jazz Brunch...............DCAT 11am Art Tour..............Open Studio Tour....... Southern Orange, 11am-5pm Music..................Doug Rogers......Cafe Devine, Callicoon, Noon-2pm Fundraiser......Nesin Cultural Arts..Eagle’s Nest, Bloomingburg, 3pm Music - Sinatra............... Donnie Farraro.............................. NFL 3pm

Recreation...Haunted Church Tour.Crystal Connection, Wurtsboro, 5pm-9pm

Music - Jazz............... Tisziji Munoz Quartet . .......................FAL 7pm

Music - Jazz.... Jazz Cats Live Jazz Brunch...............DCAT 11am Art Tour..............Open Studio Tour....Eastern Orange, 11am-5pm Music.....Dose Acoustic Sunday..Cafe Devine, Callicoon, Noon-2pm

Music - Classical.American String Quartet..St. George’s Ch., Newburgh, 3pm

Music - Classical..... Furuya Sisters piano trio..................GMCM 3pm Music...................................Paul Anka................................... IKE 3pm

October 2015

Delaware & Hudson CANVAS

canvas category calendar

sponsored by Back Room Gallery, Catskill Art Society, Crawford Gallery of Fine Art, Wallkill River School & Wurtsboro Art Alliance CANVAS cannot be responsible for errors & omissions. Please verify dates and times.

Art exhibits

CAS ��Catskill Art Society, CAS Arts Center, Livingston Manor DVAA ��Delaware Valley Arts Alliance, Narrowsburg MSM-DC ��Mount St. Mary College, Desmond Campus, Newburgh SUNYO-KH �� SUNY Orange Newburgh, Kaplan Hall SUNYO-OH �� SUNY Orange Middletown, Orange Hall WAA �� Wurtsboro Art Alliance WRS �� Wallkill River School, Montgomery

Group Show ��Back Room Gallery, Beacon, ongoing Group Show �� Stray Cat Gallery, Bethel, ongoing Lana Privitera paintings ��Blazing Bagels Cafe, Montgomery, ongoing T.A. Clearwater paintings, pastels, prints ��Clearwater Gallery at Jones Farm, Cornwall, ongoing Studio Monday Artists 2015 Exhibit �� Daniel Pierce Library, Grahamsville, ongoing “Celebrating 10 Years (2005-2015)” Adult works of Art ��Greenwood Lake Library, ongoing Sara Baloga photography, John Gould & Anthony Spano paintings �� Mount St. Mary College, Aquinas Hall, Newburgh, ongoing Carolyn Duke Pottery ��Duke Pottery, Tennanah Lake, Roscoe, ongoing Jules Medwin outdoor sculpture ��Seligmann Center, Sugar Loaf, ongoing Inscribed Tibetan Prayer Stones ��Tibetan and Himalayan Cultural Center, Walden, ongoing Lisa & John Strazza paintings & photography �� Strazza Gallery, Warwick, ongoing “Aviary” Outsider’s Studio Collective ��CAS thru Oct 3 Linda Sokolowski mixed media, “Displaced Landscapes” group show ��DVAA thru Oct 3 Rebecca Purcell “Formulating Organon” �� The Mildred Complexity, Narrowsburg, thru Oct 4 John Capanna woodworking, Ann Marie Nitti paintings, Bill Rabsey, sculpture �� ARTery Gallery, Milford, thru Oct 5 Elizabeth Cappello “Can You Read Yet?” painting & drawings �� Mount St. Mary College, Dominican Center, Newburgh, thru Oct 7 “The Art of Portraiture” ��SUNYO-OH thru Oct 9 Cynthia Harris-Pagano ”Traditional Portraiture” ��SUNYO-OH thru Oct 9 Robert Parker “A Thing is Itself” sculpture �� CAS Laundry King, Livingston Manor, thru Oct 12 Crawford Arts Assn. & Mickie MacMillan �� Crawford Gallery of Fine Arts, Pine Bush, thru Oct 14 “Still Life” WRS members group show ��WRS thru Oct 14 Kathryn Kosto, Jake Seo “Hand-Me-Down” ��CAS thru Oct 18 Barbara Bonham sculpture, “Artists of Excellence” ��SUNYO-KH thru Oct 20 “Deerest Deerpark II” ��Deerpark Museum & Grange, Huguenot, thru Oct 25 “To Stop the Mind from Wandering” group show ��Morgan Outdoors, Livingston Manor, thru Oct 25 Mary Flad “Woven Wonders” ��Orange Regional Medical Center, Middletown, thru Oct 30 “Come Paint With Me” Plein Air Artists ��Gallery at Chant Realtors, Lords Valley, thru Oct 31 “Color Music:The Musical Expression of Michael Poast” �� Karpeles Museum, Newburgh, thru Oct 31 Daniel Grant “Old as Adam” paintings & sculptures �� SUNYO-KH thru Nov 20 Highland Falls Parklet Art Walk ��Downtown Highland Falls, thru Nov Zimbabwe Artists Project �� Unitarian Universalist Congregation, Rock Tavern, thru Sep 2016

Diane Rosen pastel/photography �� Green Light Gallery, Cornwall-on-Hudson, thru Nov 13 “Growing Up in Newburgh” ��Capt. David Crawford House, Newburgh, Sundays, thru Dec Nick Zungoli “Barrier Islands of the Lowcountry” �� Exposures Gallery, Sugar Loaf, thru Dec NEW photography EXHIBITS

Dana Duke “From the Ether” �� DVAA Oct 9-31 Francesco Mastalia “ORGANIC Farmers&Chefs of the HudsonValley” SUNYO-OH Oct 16-Nov 22

ART & Photography receptions

“Deerest Deerpark II” open house ��Deerpark Museum & Grange, Huguenot, Sep 27, 10am-4pm Jeff Bank 2016 Photo Calendar debut ��CAS Oct 2, 6pm-8pm “Harvest” group show �� WAA Oct 3, 2pm-4pm “Macabre Art History 101” Barryville Area Arts Assoc. Artists’ Market, Shohola, Oct 3 , 4pm-6pm AUCTION “What I Love About The Village” WRS Plein Air Members ��WRS Oct 4, 5pm-7pm Lisa Samalin “The Old Invisible Woman” ��CAS Elevator Gallery, Oct 9, 4pm-6pm Vera B. Williams drawings, paintings, graphics ��DVAA Oct 9, 7pm-9pm Mary Mugele Sealfon & Michael Piotrowski, Alan Lewis ��WRS Oct 10, 5pm-7pm John Barnes Dobbs, RVAG, UpFront Artists ��UpFront, Port Jervis, Oct 10, 6pm-9pm Group show featuring Randall Fitzgerald, Marie Liu �ARTery Gallery, Milford, Oct 10, 6pm-9pm Jeffries Moore “Muses of the Masters” ��The Falcon, Marlboro, Oct 10, 7pm Francesco Mastalia “ORGANIC Farmers & Chefs of the Hudson Valley” �� w/Pat Eisenhart, flutist SUNYO-OH Oct 16, 6pm-8:30pm John T. Dinkey, Jr., Joel Edwards, Elise Freda “Logarithmic Scale” �� CAS Oct 24, talk: 2pm, reception: 3pm-5pm “A Time and Place: A Collection of Favorite Paintings” group show �� Crawford Gallery of Fine Arts, Pine Bush, Oct 17, 5:30pm-7:30pm Gayle Clark Fedigan “Passionate About Pastels” �� MSM-DC Oct 25, 1pm-4pm

Schools & Conservatories

Budding Artists �� Greenwood Lake Library, ongoing “River of Words” Poetry Trail local students’ poetry �� HHNM thru Nov 16

Books - Discussions/Readings /siGNings

Book Lover’s Club �� Greenwood Lake Library, 4th Tuesday, 7pm Mystery Thriller & Crime Book Group �� Jeffersonville Library, 2nd Wednesday, 6:30pm Book Discussion Group ��Narrowsburg Library, 3rd Friday, 4:00pm Great Books Discussion �� Newburgh Library, Sep 25, 11:30am Tuesdays @ 2 Books Discussion ��Newburgh Library, Town Branch, Sep 29, 2pm “Defending Jacob” by William Landay �� SUNYO Middletown, Morrison Hall, Oct 12, Noon “Notes From the Other Side” by/w/Marc Fried ��Josephine-Louise Library, Walden, Oct 15, 7pm “Back from the Dead Vol. 9” Linda Zimmerman & Candlelit Ghost Tour � WRS Oct 24 & 25,7pm “An Unforgiving Land” by/w/Robi Josephson Time & Valleys Museum, Grahamsville, Oct 25, 2pm

NEW ART EXHIBITS

“What I Love About The Village” WRS Plein Air Members ��WRS Sep 28-Oct 4 Minjin Kung ��Monroe Library, Oct 1-31 Karen Segboer ��Greenwood Lake Library, Oct 1-31 Jeffries Moore “Muses of the Masters” �� The Falcon, Marlboro, Oct 1-31 John Barnes Dobbs, RVAG & UpFront Artists UpFront Exhibition Space, Port Jervis, Oct 1-Nov22 “Art for Art’s Sake” Port Jervis Council for the Arts, River Valley Artists Guild �� Catherine DeMaio collages and hook rugs Bon Secours Cafeteria, Port Jervis, Oct 1-Nov 30 Barbara Leimer weavings Port Jervis City Hall, Mayor’s Office, Oct 1-Nov 30 Judith A. Cramer mixed media paintings Deerpark Town Hall, Huguenot, Oct 1-Nov 30 “Macabre Art History 101” Barryville Area Arts Association ��Artists’ Market, Shohola, Oct 3-25 “Harvest” group show �� WAA Oct 3-Nov 1 Mary Mugele Sealfon & Michael Piotrowski, Alan Lewis ��WRS Oct 5-31 Group show featuring Randall Fitzgerald, Marie Liu �� ARTery Gallery, Milford, Oct 8-Nov 9 Vera B. Williams “Art, Pleasure, Politics and Making a Living: 60 years of works” DVAA Oct 9-31 Lisa Samalin “The Old Invisible Woman” ��CAS Elevator Gallery, Oct 9-Nov 29 “A Time and Place: A Collection of Favorite Paintings” group show �� Crawford Gallery of Fine Arts, Pine Bush, Oct 14-Nov 18 “Fall” WRS members group show ��WRS Oct 15-Nov 14 Kevin Feerick steel sculptures Artists of Excellence series �� SUNYO-KH Oct 22-Dec 17 Fall for the Arts 2015 �� Honor’s Haven, Ellenville, Oct 24, 10am-4pm “Sullivan Street is an Art Gallery” ��storefront windows, Sullivan Street, Wurtsboro, Oct 24-Nov 1 John Dinkey, Joel Edwards, Elise Freda “Abstract/Geometry” ��CAS Oct 24-Nov 22 Gayle Clark Fedigan “Passionate About Pastels” ��MSM-DC Oct 25-Dec 3

Photography exhibits

Catharine Bale �� Green Light Gallery, Cornwall-on-Hudson, ongoing Gene Weinstein “Feathers Massive, Feathers Micro” ��Old Stone House, Hasbrouck, thru Oct 18 Frank Mullaney “Hand-Me-Down” ��CAS thru Oct 18 “Pivotal, Faces of Change” ��Thornwillow Institute, Newburgh, thru Oct 25, 18

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

books

“The Secret Life of the Woolly Bear” storywalk/w Laurence Pringle � HHNM Oct 10, 1:30pm & 3pm “The Boundless” by Kenneth Oppel, teens, book & cooking � Greenwood Lake Library, Oct 28, 5pm Cinema

Teen Movie Night 11-17yrs �� Greenwood Lake Library, Tuesdays, 6pm FREE entertainment

“Potted Potter: The Unauthorized Harry Experience” ��Sugar Loaf PAC, Oct 17, 2pm & 7:30pm Museums

Meet the Animal of the Week ��HHNM-CoH Saturdays & Sundays, 1pm & 2:30pm Eco-Zone ��PEEC Oct 18 & 31, 1pm-4pm recreation & Lectures

“Marvelous Moths” ��HHNM-CoH Fridays, Saturdays & Sundays, Noon-4pm Teen Painting Drop-in ��Wallkill River School, Montgomery, Saturdays, 1pm “Discovery Quests” family hiking trails ��HHNM Saturdays & Sundays, 10am-4pm, Crawford Library Storywalk “A Library Book for Bear” ��Broadway, Monticello, thru October “Beavers” �� HHNM Oct 4,10am HHNM Storywalk “The Secret Life of the Woolly Bear” ��HHNM Oct 10, Noon-4pm Naturalist Walk & Talk �� HHNM Oct 11,10am “Owls” �� HHNM CoH Oct 25, 10am “Little Eco Explorers: Bats” �� PEEC Oct 31, 10am “I Spy Halloween Trail” ��HHNM Oct 31 & Nov 1, 11am-3pm

Meet Frank D. Gilroy, Triple Crown Winner, 1925 - 2015 It is no doubt that a number of people in the mid-Hudson area began a recent Sunday morning with an announcement that routinely reported the final chapter of Frank Gilroy’s life. The concluding pages closed peacefully on Saturday, September 12, while Frank was at home, with family in South Blooming Grove. Ninety years is a lot of mileage and during his life, Gilroy wrote for film, television, and stage. His work includes The Luckiest Man in the World, Burke’s Law, The Dick Powell Theatre, Walt Disney’s Wonderful World of Color, Have Gun - Will Travel, The Rifleman et al. Most wellknown was his work as a dramatist, i.e., The Subject Was Roses; it earned Frank Gilroy the most prestigious Triple Crown. For dramatists it’s the ultimate achievement, as it consists of a Pulitzer Prize, a Tony Award and a Drama Critics’ Circle Award. A close inspection of Frank’s life reveals several insights into his success as a writer and a family man; both achievements requiring skill and a serious amount of luck. Frank was, through his own words, a gambler.

Frank Gilroy had the rather dubious distinction of attending high school at the beginning of this country’s involvement in the Second World War (WWII). While in high school, his academic accomplishments or lack thereof, were generously described as a “train wreck.” However, he did manage to actually graduate in 1943 from DeWitt Clinton High School, a public high school in New York City. The time was ripe and at the age of 17, Frank became a soldier in the United States Army, where he was rewarded with an expense paid trip to Europe and an assignment to a combat unit in Eastern Europe. He served with the 89th Infantry Division, surviving 18 months of combative encounters through the end of the European war, 1945. The experience of military routine and the gruesome realities of combat impacted his sense of responsibility and maturity. Furthermore, the exposure supplied him with a background of personal encounters and personal situations that would ultimately became material for his creative writings, especially drama. Now armed with an instinct for gambling

and the benefits available through the Servicemen's Readjustment Act of 1944 (aka GI Bill), Frank actually believed he might be successful as a college student. He, with vigor and perhaps a touch of hubris, applied to one of the most highly selective colleges in the Ivy League, Dartmouth College. During his interview with the Dean of Admissions, his miserable academic record was awkwardly placed on the table. After hemming and hawing, he boldly took a stand. Gilroy recalled, “I told him, ‘I need a break. I need someone to take a gamble on me.’” Beyond that encounter and perhaps for reasons and circumstances unknown, Frank was accepted to Dartmouth College on a probationary status. He had promised the Dean of Admissions that he would withdraw if the academic challenges proved to be overwhelming and beyond his capabilities. Further, he teamed with other Vets who vowed to unify if the road got tough. As if by design, Frank received inspirational guidance from a professor of English, an appetizer that stimulated his desire to learn. He joined a jazz band and became Editor-in-Chief of

The Dartmouth. In retrospect, Frank referred to the editor’s job as, “hardest and most responsible job I ever had. I just loved being there,” Gilroy said. “I just loved it all. I explored every part of my life dreams here from being a writer to a jazz musician.” Quite interestingly, this combat vet, high school underachiever graduated magna cum laude from Dartmouth College, with a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1950. Most involved with theatre and or literature are fully aware of Gilroy’s major accomplishment, The Subject Was Roses. But there’s more, much more to the Frank D. Gilroy story, a significant portion of which can be attributed to his GI experience and Dartmouth College. Along that line is another, an earlier play that extracts more bluntly on his formative experiences. Who’ll Save the Plowboy is a high impact, slick play written and performed Off-Broadway (1962). It won the Obie Award that year and in this writer’s opinion is worth the trip to Samuel French for another peek into the life and legend of an insightful playwright and humanitarian, Frank D. Gilroy. To close and to tweak Tennyson just a tad: “Tis better to have gambled and won than never have gambled at all.”

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Bellvale & Late Bloomer Farms for WRS in October

From October 5-31, viewers can enjoy paintings of Bellvale Farm by Mary MugeleSealfon, and Late Bloomer Farm by Michael Piotrowski at the Wallkill River School of Art (WRS). Emerging artist Alan Lewis will have an exhibit in the WRS’s Workshop Room. Mary Mugele Sealfon Mary on the Bellvale Farm & Creamery: “I feel so blessed to be artist in residence at this poetic place. Last year, after learning that this would be my location, I went to introduce myself to Amy Noteboom who owns the Creamery. Her mother and father, Judy and Al Buckbee, own the Dairy farm which has been in the family for generations. “On this occasion, the farm was bustling with more than the usual farm type activity. A Discovery Channel crew were filming a movie about an airplane crash in the 1950’s. One of the fields was strewn with airplane parts. There were actors, period cars and clothing. That night I returned to watch the filming in eerie, misty light. “You can visit the farm Sundays at noon to learn about the dairy and meet some of the magnificent cows. I included many of them in the paintings I did last year. This year I’ve concentrated more on the barns, and folks eating ice cream. The Creamery is perched above the farm on the top of Mt. Peter with an incredible

“Bellvale Creamery” by M. Mugele-Sealfon

“Blooming Hill Farm” by Michael Piotrowski

sunset view. Their ice cream It all came together for him has been declared second best at an oil painting workshop (Trip Advisor) in the entire offered by William Noonan country! Bellvale Bog is one at the WRS. Soon, Michael’s of my favorite flavors.” creative energy was released, Mary teaches at SUNY and he produced a body of Orange, the WRS and oil paintings ready to be Museum Village. exhibited. Michael Piotrowski Alan Lewis “Sailboat” by Alan Lewis “When I was invited to Alan Lewis first made art participate in the Farm Arts Trail I was presented at age 12 after being prompted by his friend Joe, with a list of farms to choose from. Seeing I who was already an accomplished artist at the returned to painting after a long, 40 year hiatus, ripe age of 16. His goal is to capture some sense it seemed providential to pick Late Bloomer of the world’s beauty, and to pass that on to the Farm. It turned out to be just the right place for viewer. me,” says Michael Piotrowski. The opening reception will be held on For over 30 years, Michael’s creativity found October 10, from 5:00pm-7:00pm where expression through light in his professional visitors can enjoy refreshments, wine, and fresh career as a Stage Lighting Designer. Recalling produce from both farms. his father’s lifelong passion for music, The WRS is located 232 Ward Street, Piotrowski felt encouraged to return to painting. Montgomery. For information: 845-457-ARTS.

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Love Thy Village

“Wallkill Avenue” by Lana Privatera

The Wallkill River School of Art (WRS) plein air artists painted every Sunday in September in the three villages of Montgomery, Maybrook and Walden. What I LOVE About The Village, paintings made during these plein air sessions, will be on view at the WRS from September 28-October 4, from Noon-6:00pm. Then, there will be a live auction of the paintings on October 4 from 5:00pm-7:00pm, free and open to the public with refreshments served. Proceeds from the auction will be split between the local artists and the nonprofit 501©3 WRS to further it’s creative placemaking efforts. These efforts attract cultural tourism to the Village of Montgomery, and generate economic impact through the arts.

Mozart Returns to South Fallsburg

Stanley Drucker

Eriko Sato

Theresa Salomon

New York Philharmonic Principal Clarinet Stanley Drucker celebrated 60 years as a member of the Orchestra, and he became an honorary member of the Philharmonic Society of New York, the first orchestral musician so honored. He was Principal Clarinetist for a record 48 years, making close to 200 appearances as soloist and chamber musician with the orchestra. As part of the centenary celebration of St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church, he will join with Eriko Sato, violin; Theresa Salomon, violin; Veronica Salas, viola: and Lutz Rath, cello and they will perform Mozart’s masterpiece, Quintet for Clarinet and Strings in A major, K.581 for Chamber Music at St. Andrew’s. Afterwards, the string players perform his String Quartet in D minor, K. 421 (# 15), the second of four quartets dedicated to Haydn and the only one of the set in a minor key. It is believed to have been completed

Veronica Salas

Lutz Rath

in 1783, while his wife Constanze was in labor with their first child. Constanze stated that the rising string figures in the second movement corresponded to her cries from the other room. Eriko Sato is a leading violinist on the New York City chamber music scene and a coconcertmaster of the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra and the Orchestra of St. Luke’s. Violinist Theresa Salomon has performed in numerous concert series in Europe and the Washington Square Music Festival. Violist Veronica Salas has given five New York recitals. Cellist Lutz Rath is heard regularly with the Orchestra of St. Luke’s and is Director of the Washington Square Music Festival. St. Andrews is located at 5277 State Route 42 in South Fallsburg. The concert is free, reservations are required: 845-292-8967 or via e-mail: pcfriedman27@gmail.com

Crawford Gallery of Fine Arts in October

The Crawford Art Association (CAA) Member Show is being extended in the Crawford Gallery of Fine Art until October 14. This show features works by CAA members and those of Mickie MacMillan, (see photo) noted watercolorist and national award winner. Mickie has 25 watercolors on view in the central gallery and is on hand every Wednesday from 1:00pm-3:00pm demonstrating her painting technique and answering questions. When asked why this show is being extended at the gallery, owner Tom Bolger said, “I believe this to be an important show. Not only to showcase Mickie’s watercolors, and to get more people to see the talent and creativity of the CAA membership, but to keep this show open to take advantage of the foot traffic due to the upcoming Crawford Commons Art Walk (October 10, 11:00am-4:00pm) taking place right around the corner from the gallery.” A Time and Place The newest exhibit at the gallery, A Time and Place running from October 14-November 18, is a group exhibit of “favorite paintings”. Crawford Gallery of Fine Art curator Bolger invites you to, “Take a class - expand your desire

to enjoy colors and scenes you would like to remember. Record what your eyes enjoy, pick up a pencil and create. Remember if you like something, paint something. All painters are always connecting their eyes to a work of art. Searching the canvas for the color, the brush stroke, the composition, and finally the overall picture created. “Artists have always leaned on others’ work. Many of the impressionists learned from one another and shared their knowledge of painting. It was probably as simple as Pissarro asking Monet, “Hey Claude how did you do that?” “The atmosphere of a gallery setting surrounds you with other works of art to learn from and admire. A great deal of answers are solved from looking at a painting. Studying great works of art can benefit a painter...looking carefully at Van Gogh’s brush strokes, you’ll see how he created his sunflowers and the colors he chose to use. “Spend an hour with a teaching artist and you’ve gained sixty minutes of his or her painting knowledge and you’re on your way. “Plan on doing it, just go ahead and get it under your belt, and don’t worry if your pants fall down. Pick them up and begin again. ”

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“Harvest” at the Wurtsboro Art Alliance

“Pumpkin Field” by Vladimir Burovskiy

October marks the beginning of the harvest season. It is a time of year in which we look forward to the tasty treats of the fall harvest and festivities: fresh apple cider and pumpkin pie, scarecrows amid corn stalks and Halloween parades. And, of course, the season, with its brightly colored palette of red, orange, and yellow foliage inspires many - artist and non artist alike. The Wurtsboro Art Alliance (WAA) ushers in the season with Harvest. WAA members will present a seasonally inspired show of paintings, watercolors, drawings, photographs, ceramics, note cards, jewelry and more. Among the offerings will be photographs by Vladimir Burovskiy, who recently joined the WAA, and paintings by one of WAA’s founding members, Roberta Rosenthal. Vlad Burovskiy was born in Kiev, Ukraine. While visiting Greenwood Lake he fell in love with the place and decided to buy a house there.

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“Harvest” by Roberta Rosenthal

Self-taught through the years with his Nikon camera in hand, his photography is an attempt to capture that one magic moment. His photos of wild life, seascapes and landscapes reflect the inspiration he feels while surrounded by nature. Roberta Rosenthal, an awardwinning artist that specializes in nature, botanical and landscape painting, works in watercolor pencil, watercolor, gouache and oils. A full time fine artist and art instructor, she has given classes at the New York Botanical Garden, the WAA Gallery, Catskill Art Society, Wallkill River School, Mount St. Mary College, and is currently giving Sunday workshops at her studio in Bloomingburg. Harvest runs from October 3-November 1. The opening reception is on October 3, from 2:00pm-4:00pm. Seasonally inspired refreshments will be served. The WAA Gallery is located at 73 Sullivan Street, Wurtsboro. Email info@waagallery.org for further information.

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Welcome to Wurtsboro’s Halloweenfest

Wurtsboro Halloweenfest Window Art October 24 - November 1 Window Art is a result of the combined efforts of the Wurtsboro Board of Trade (WBOT), the Wurtsboro Art Alliance (WAA), and the Wurtsboro Renaissance. It is a companion project to both the WBOT sponsored Wurtsboro Halloweenfest and the WAA’s month long art exhibit Harvest, Halloween and harvest themed window paintings on storefront windows along Sullivan Street showcasing the talents of WAA members and other local artists. Maps of the participating “canvases” will be created and made available online so that you can enjoy the art at your leisure and be sure not to miss a thing. Monetary prizes will be offered by the WBOT ($100 for first, $75 for second, and $50 for third). A “People’s Choice” prize ($25 in Wurtsboro dollars) will be part of the October 24 festivities. Paint supplies are being sponsored by Wurtsboro Renaissance. Wurtsboro Halloweenfest October 24, Noon to 3:00pm Wurtsboro Renaissance has been

recognized by Sullivan Renaissance and the village is all gussied up to welcome you to the Halloweenfest! This exciting family event includes a Howl-O-Ween Pet Parade. It’s always fun to see Man’s Best Friends and others and some of them will be gussied up too. Pre-registration is available at Pet Parade sponsor Sudsy Paws or register at the event from Noon-1:00pm and you can win a prize for Scariest, Prettiest, Funniest, Best Superhero, Best Owner/Pet Combo! And there are prizes by sponsor Flowers by Lynn for the Scariest, Prettiest, Funniest, and Best Overall at the Children’s Costume Contest, with registration at the event from Noon-1:00pm. Register early so the kids don’t miss the Magic Show at 12:30pm. Of course, there will be a Costume Parade, kids’ crafts and games and hot dogs for sale by Mamakating Rotary, and a bake sale sponsored by Chase PTO. PLEASE NOTE - People’s Choice Window Art Competition - all are encouraged to view the artworks in the Sullivan Street storefront windows and cast a ballot for your favorite!

“The Whipping Man” at Shadowland

Matthew Lopez’s thrilling drama The Whipping Man is taking American stages by storm. This historical fiction won the Outer Critics Circle Award for Best Play and tells the gripping and fascinating tale of three men bound by faith and chained by secrets. It is Passover, 1865, at the end of the Anthony Wills, Jr. Cortez Nance, Jr. Justin Pietropaolo Civil War. Caleb DeLeon, a wounded Jewish credits include Rob in Kid Witness (with Susan Confederate officer, returns home to find Sarandon). Nance Jr. has appeared in many films his family’s estate in ruins, with two former slaves, Simon and John, waiting for his return. including What About Bob? (1991), Dead Man On the last night of Passover, Simon prepares a Walking (1995) and Fresh (1994), and with humble Seder. The three men wrestle with their many NYC acting companies. Pietropaolo performed earlier this year in shared past and deep-buried secrets come to Shadowland’s farce Moon Over Buffalo. light as the play soars to its shocking climax. Shadowland Director Brendan Burke Shadowland’s production stars Anthony Wills, Jr. as John, Cortez Nance, Jr. as Simon writes: “Some history: Lee surrendered at Appomattox on April 9. Passover began April and Justin Pietropaolo as Caleb. Anthony Wills Jr. has been performing, 10. And Lincoln was assassinated April 14. choreographing, directing and creating art This play covers events from April 13-15.” The play is rated PG-13 and runs from all his life. He has performed the title role in The Music Man (with Tony Nominee Marla October 2-18 at 157 Canal Street, Ellenville. For tickets: 845-647-5511. Schaffel) at Mirror Rep and his TV/film

Potting All 7 of the Harry Potter Series

Whether you camped outside a bookstore for three days awaiting the release of the Deathly Hallows or you don’t know the difference between a horcrux and a Hufflepuff, the comedy, magic and mayhem of Potted Potter: The Unauthorized Harry Experience - A Parody by Dan and Jeff makes for an entertaining and hilarious visit to the theatre. Potted Potter debuted to North American audiences with a record-breaking run in Toronto, before becoming an Off-Broadway hit. Written and performed by Olivier Award-nominated actors Daniel Clarkson and Jefferson Turner, the play takes on the ultimate challenge of condensing (or “potting”) all seven Harry Potter books into seventy madcap minutes. The two former Children’s BBC hosts are

aided by multiple costume changes, brilliant songs, ridiculous props and a generous helping of Hogwarts magic. The show also invites audiences to engage in a real life game of Quidditch, but with Clarkson and Turner’s unique set of rules. The fast-paced show has made audiences aged six to Dumbledore (who is very old indeed) roar with laughter and it’s suitable for the whole family, including grownups, Muggles and Squibs. Potted Potter is live at the Sugar Loaf Performing Arts Center, 1351 Kings Highway, on October 17 at 2:00pm & 7:30pm. Tickets are available at the SLPAC box office, www.Ticketmaster.com or charge by phone: 1-800-745-3000.

Ol’ Blue Eyes in Newburgh

In 2004 Donnie “I have a great respect Farraro, a blue-eyed, for that time period and dark-haired truck driver his life,” said Farraro, who turned crooner, was has been a fan of Ol’ Blue diagnosed with stage 4 Eyes for the past 35 years. throat cancer. He was not “Every one song he did expected to live, let along had a story that you can sing. Today, Donnie has relate to,” he explained. been an inspiration to Former singer and Donnie Ferraro & Joe Gilligan many, singing at about 100 founder of the oldies group, performances a year. Reminisce, Joe Gilligan is the creative writer A musical performance that focuses on for the team and through his research has been the life and music of Frank Sinatra, narrated able to incorporate many unknown facts about by Joe Gilligan and performed by Donnie Sinatra into the show. Farraro, will include details on Sinatra’s life, A Touch of Sinatra will be presented at the the songs that made him one of the most Newburgh Free Library, 124 Grand Street, renowned singers of the 20th century along on October 25 at 3:00pm. Free admission. with funny stories and jokes. For more information, call 845-563-3600. October 2015

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Newburgh Chamber Music

Following their three year “Miracle in Newburgh” playing the complete Beethoven String Quartet cycle for Newburgh Chamber Music (NCM), Artistic Director and President Carole Cowan and her Board of Directors are bringing back the world class American String Quartet (ASQ), and they are bringing a world class harpist to Newburgh with them for, as ASQ violist and spokes-musicologist Daniel Avshalomov writes, “a collaboration between old friends. Peerless harpist Nancy Allen was at Juilliard with most of us, and we have performed and taught at the Aspen Festival since the 70s and that’s where NCM’s Carole Cowan first met Nancy.” Renowned harpist Nancy Allen has won numerous international competitions starting at a young age. In 1973 she won first prize at the Fifth International Harp Competition in Israel, one of the most prestigious international harp competitions in the world. Since 1999 she has been the Principal Harpist of the New York Philharmonic, and in her 20-year teaching career has trained many successful students as well as serving concurrently as head of the harp departments at the Juilliard School. Led by Allen, Juilliard’s harp department enjoys an outstanding reputation, attracting talented young artists from around the world. In 1904, to show off its new chromatic harp,

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the Pleyel company commissioned Debussy to write his Danse sacrée et danse profane for harp and orchestra. (The Érard company responded by commissioning Ravel to write a piece to display the expressive range of its double-action pedal harp.) “We are doing the Danses Sacre et Profane in an arrangement by Nancy & me,” Avshalomov added, “Haydn’s Quartet Op. 20/5 (# 23), Faure’s Impromptu Op. 86, and Ravel’s String Quartet. The Haydn is the icon of his Strum und Drang (storm and stress) period, the Faure is a beguiling harp solo,” he concluded. When asked if all the pizzicato in the Ravel quartet hurts the musicians fingers, Daniel said, “there is no pain associated with the Ravel - unlike double bass players whose strings are like rope, and so bassists develop rather different calluses - BUT one does need to practice scales pizzicato and arco to be ready.” ASQ artists Peter Winograd and Laurie Carney, violins; Wolfram Koessel, cello; Daniel Avshalomov, viola, along with guest artist Nancy Allen, will pluck to your heart’s content and strum on your heartstrings on November 1 at 3:00pm in St. George’s Church, 105 Grand Street. Plenty of parking across the street. Order tickets online at 800-838-3006 and request event #1887865. or at the door.

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Newburgh Last Saturdays

Celebrate the arts at local will not only be open on October 31 from 5:00pmrestaurants, cafes and shops 7:00pm for the Last on the Last Saturday of Saturday event, but also every month in Newburgh! from 11:00am-5:00pm For October 31, Space on both October 31 and Create curator Lisa November 1. Gervais has assembled Space Create is located at four distinctive artists: 115 Broadway, next to the photographers Jillian Elder “Newburgh Beacon Bridge” Ritz Theater in Newburgh. and William T. O’Keeffe, by Jillian Elder For additional information about the Open and sculptors Rachel Nolte and Gary Berg. Thanks to the Orange County Art Studio Tour that includes Lisa Gervais’ Trinity Council’s Open Studio Tour, Space Create Healing Arts studio, check out page 9.

Trestle, Inc. Honors People and Pets

Trestle, Inc., has had Highlands. She has written another successful year for extensively on Newburgh the sale of commmorative and its environs. bricks at the Newburgh To continue to include waterfront. This year is a every part of your family, special year, as the City of Trestle, Inc., now has a Newburgh celebrates its brick section for pets. 150th birthday. View the bricks - each one The 2015 Gala will has its own story: births, Shelter House, Downing Park be dedicated to long time by Trestle Honoree Ralph M. Aiello anniversaries, weddings, Newburgh resident Ralph M. Aiello, one of the deaths, special messages, - and now - pets! region’s most prominent photographers, who Details of the 2015 Gala are being finalized celebrated the visual splendor of the region for and will be advertised in the near future. more than three quarters of a century. Trestle, Inc., would like to thank Rob Barr, Trestle, Inc., will also honor Pat Favata, Quality Lawn for setting the bricks. Trestle a retired librarian, author and archivist at the also thanks Blu Point Waterfront Restaurant Historical Society of Newburgh Bay & The for their continual generosity to Trestle.

“Sunday with Friends” at Bethel Woods

Moon is bringing The bandoneon is Victor Villena and a type of concertina his bandoneon to particularly popular in Bethel Woods. Argentina, Uruguay, Together with pianist and Lithuania. It is an Kristztina Wajsza essential instrument they will perform in most tango the music of Astor ensembles from the Piazzolla, Fernanado traditional orquesta Otero and others. típica of the 1910s Pictured from left to right: Victor Villena, Otero is a Grammy onwards, and in folk Eileen Moon, and Kristztina Wajsza award winning composer, pianist and music ensembles of Lithuania. The bandoneon was originally intended as vocalist. His music has been described to an instrument for religious and popular music “vibrantly summon tango ancestors while of the day, in contrast to its predecessor, also acknowledging Bartok and Prokofiev, the more folk-music-inclined German alternating between jagged suspenseful concertina. Around 1870, German and Italian crescendos and long, sinuous melodies. It’s emigrants and sailors brought the instrument not tango, jazz, or classical, but a brand-new to Argentina, where it was adopted into the combination of all three.” (Anonymous) It happens on October 18 at 2:00pm. nascent genre of tango music. For tickets: www.BethelWoodsCenter.org New York Philharmonic Associate Principal cellist and Warwick resident Eileen or by phone at 1-800-745-3000.

“Werifisteria” & “The Natural World”

Long time gallery member and 2015 Resident Artist of the Delaware Water Gap National Recreational Area, Marie Liu will present new paintings on the theme of Werifesteria - an Old English verb meaning to wander longingly through the forest in search of mystery. Her exploration of the National Park and her inclination for finding comfort and awe in the vast woodlands of the region are the subject of her oil paintings in an exhibit at ARTery Gallery. Marie Liu “Amazing Grace” Randall Fitzgerald is photo by Teddy Wilson by Randall Fitzgerald a photographer, painter, printmaker, and digital artist. He has been encaustics and collagraphy. His love of the creating fine art for over 45 years, using natural environment has permeated both his a variety of different media including professional and artistic life, and consequently photography, oils, acrylics, watercolors, most of his artwork reflects the intimacy he enjoys with the natural world. Marie Liu will unveil new pieces from her Waterfall Series paintings as well as offer signed copies of her newly published Waterfall Guide at the opening reception during Milford’s Art After Dark, on October 10 from 6:00pm-9:00pm. View their art at the ARTery Gallery, 210 Broad Street, Milford, from October 8 thru November 9. For further information: 570-409-1234.

Shandelee Music Festival Brings Nassoons to Bethel Woods

Formed as a close-harmony a cappella alternative to the University Glee Club in the late 1930’s, The Princeton Nassoons have sung their signature four-, five-, and sixpart harmonies alongside the likes of Ella Fitzgerald, the Lettermen, and Ben Folds. The ensemble tours the globe three times a year, sharing music, dancing, and humor with audiences that have included three U.S.

presidents, royalty, vacationers in Cancun, screaming school children in Hong Kong, and socialites in Monte Carlo. The current group is made up of 16 Princeton undergraduates and Shandelee Music Festival is presenting them at Bethel Woods on October 4 at 3:00pm. Tickets: www.BethelWoodsCenter.org or by phone at 1-800-745-3000.

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Capturing Special Moments: The Green Light Gallery by Naomi Kennedy

In early May, Cornwall-on-Hudson resident Catherine Bale opened the Green Light Gallery, a center for fine art photography which features guest artists, portraiture services, private lessons, custom printing and editing, photo restoration, framing, special events (workshops revolving around the guest artists), and private parties. One day while dining at the Hudson Street Café, Catherine noticed the storefront across the street was available. She always wanted to open her own gallery, so she acted fast. “It hit me all at once; this was the perfect place.” As a part-time professional photographer for 30 years, her idea was to teach the art of photography and exhibit photographers’ work. “Part of my inspiration was to encourage people to print their own photos, because they no longer have lasting prints of their images since they own iPhones,” explained Catherine. In the last 20 years modern technology has had negative effects as well as positive ones. “My concern is that we’re losing a part of our history,” said Catherine. In the past, film was printed and photos were put into shoeboxes or albums which lasted forever. “When people pass away

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now, their photos will disappear with their last Exhibition will be alongside other top cellphone,” said Catherine. photographic works from the competition, and For 15 years she worked as the West traveling and special invitational displays. These Point’s Director for the Center for STEM images constitute one of the world’s largest Education (Science annual exhibits of professional photography. Technology Engineering The Green Light Gallery is booked through and Mathematics). “I loved next summer. When Catherine looks for new my job and did a lot of great artists, she hopes for passion and uniqueness work with some amazing in their work. An exhibition that runs through people, but it was a good November 13 will be held for her next guest time for me to move on. artist, Diane Rosen. Opening up a gallery was the Diane is a pastelist who uses photography next thing I was supposed to in her work. A Master Pastelist of the Pastel do,” reflected Catherine. Society of America, Diane studied at the Art Catherine is motivated Students League, by the “perfect” scenery National Academy, NY; and images she wants École des Beaux-Arts, to preserve. “Capturing Paris; and Columbia those moments and University where she recording them inspire received a Master’s me so people can see Degree in English the moment, as I saw Education. She is it.” Two photographs listed in Who’s Who in created by Catherine American Art, Who’s Photo by Catherine Bale were accepted into the Who of American General and Loan Collections of Professional Women. Recent awards include the Dianne Photographers of America’s 2014 International Bernhard Gold Medal Award, PSA Annual, and Photographic Competition. First Place Mixed Media, CLWAC Annual. Her work will be on display at the Gaylord On October 17, from 10:00am-4:00pm, Opryland in Nashville, TN, February 1-3, Diane will offer a workshop on how her 2016. Titled, Steelscape and Wave Runner, her photography is used in her pastel work. photographs in the International Photographic www.greenlight.gallery/ or 845-534-4164.

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Potluck Journeys

Debussy’s solo piano work L’isle Joyeuse was inspired by Watteau’s painting L’Embarquement de Cythère, (shown above) in which a happy group of revellers depart for/ from the mythical island of Cythera, birthplace of Venus. Pianist Janice Nimetz will take you on that journey to Cythera at the first Potluck Concert of the 2015-2016 season. Through the use of manipulating the violin bow, performing pizzicati and harmonics on the interior of the piano with knockings on the soundboard and the frame, and the muting of the strings with the hand, pianist Ruthanne Schempf and violinist Emily Faxon will then put you into another world. In George Crumb’s Four Nocturnes, you can imagine the night and the sounds of birds and insects as they go about their nightly rounds being playful, contemplative, and perhaps, even murderous. Along with other performers and music, the concert is on October 23, 7:30pm at the Cornwall Presbyterian Church, 222 Hudson Street, Cornwall-on-Hudson.

DVAA Gala Honors Vera B. Williams’ Life

Vera B. Williams is a children’s writer and illustrator, and an activist who has long supported nonviolent and nuclear disarmament causes. In 1981 she spent a month in Alderson Federal Prison Camp following arrest at a women’s peaceful blockade of the Pentagon. She served on the executive committee of the War Resisters League from 1984 to 1987. Ms. Williams will be the recipient of the Lifetime Achievement Award for the Delaware Valley Art Alliance’s (DVAA) 40th Anniversary Gala. Other honorees include: Artistic Contribution Individuals: The Outsiders Studio & Artists Collective The Outsider’s Studio Collective is a mobile gallery and an arts event entity made up of 4 women: Andrea Brown, Elizabeth Ennis,

Joanna Hartell, Joni Wehrli and working as a community team, the collective goes to locations in and around the Catskills showcasing artists, writers, filmmakers and musicians working outside the fringes of traditional art. Artistic Contribution Organization: Sullivan County Dramatic Workshop The SCDW offers year-round awardwinning community theatre. Be sure to see Ken Ludwig’s Postmortem, October 9-18 at the Rivoli Theatre in South Fallsburg. More awards, along with music, chef specialties, exhibitions, wine & spirits, and a silent auction make up the evening for the 40th Anniversary Gala, and it takes place , October 17 at 7:00pm at the former Narrowsburg School, 7 Erie Street, Narrowsburg. For information: 845-436-5336.

DVAA: Vera B. Williams Retrospective

Children’s writer and illustrator Vera B. Williams was born in Hollywood, CA in 1927 and later her family moved to the Bronx. Encouraged by their parents, she and her sister explored the arts at the neighborhood Bronx House, then studied at The High School of Music & Art. She went on to experimental Black Mountain College in North Carolina “Music, Music For Everyone” by Vera B. Williams where she graduated in Graphic Arts in the Upper Delaware Writers Collective. 1949. A retrospective exhibit of drawings, paintings Vera’s best known work, A Chair for My and graphics titled Art, Pleasure, Politics and Mother, has won multiple awards and was Making a Living: 60 Years of Vera B. Williams’s featured on the children’s television show Works will open with a reception on October Reading Rainbow. 9 from 7:00pm-9:00pm in the Loft Gallery Today, Williams lives in New York City and at the Delaware Arts Center, 37 Main Street, Narrowsburg, and remains active in local groups Narrowsburg. The show runs thru October such as OWN (Older Womens’ Network) and 9-31. For information: 845-252-7576.

Feathers Massive, Feathers Micro!

and spring. In the world of bird watching, That left Weinstein with an huge raptors command attention available extra season or two for with their majestic wingspans and studying some other feathered soaring spirals across the sky, while friends. He added hummingbirds tiny hummingbirds enchant us to his list of avian interests. As a with their antics at every available perfect contrast to eagles, which blossom, and that singular ability to might be 2,000 times their body hover using a pair of blurred wings. weight, hummers were perfect for Over many years, science summer observation. educator Gene Weinstein mastered Gene with a bald eagle Photographing such small the art of photographing both birds presented real challenges. ends of this size spectrum. While a bald eagle might ride air Weinstein taught biology at currents for hours with barely Monticello High School for 33 a twitch of wing or tail, rubyyears. Following retirement, throats will flap their wings 90 he volunteered as a bald eagle times per second (even faster monitor in a program to restore NY State’s eagle population, Ruby Throated Hummingbird during courtship) while hanging which had been decimated by photo by Gene Weinstein above a flower sipping nectar. “It’s a privilege to study, and photograph both pesticides, toxic heavy metals and habitat eagles and hummers,” he says, “and a thrill to destruction. “Bald eagles are the nation’s symbol for good share their images with visitors.” reason,” says Weinstein. “With that exquisite Now, his images make up a new exhibition: seven-foot wingspan, and impressive feather Feathers Massive, Feathers Micro at the Old and color pattern, they perfectly represent Stone House of Hasbrouck, 282 Hasbrouck strength, durability and freedom.” They are Road, Hasbrouck weekends thru October 18. often best observed and photographed in winter www.TheOldStoneHouseOfHasbrouck.org October 2015

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SUNY Orange Exhibits: Portraits, Paintings, Sculptures and Farmers! Portraits -Middletown Well-known Hudson Valley artist Cynthia Harris-Pagano has developed her skills and technique over many years and is noted for her quality portraits. When creating her artwork, Harris-Pagano explains that she concentrates inwardly on the intonation of color and light, and then how personality is expressed. A solo show entitled, Traditional Portraiture by Cynthia Harris-Pagano is now on exhibit through October 9. This exhibit accompanies The Art of Portraiture show in Orange Hall Gallery, corner of Wawayanda and Grandview Avenues, Middletown. Sculptures & Paintings - Newburgh To Daniel Grant, art is life. He is a sculptor, painter, and functional artist. His sculpture is magnificent as he creates large and small pieces in marble, alabaster, wood, bronze, and ceramic. His paintings in oil convey quiet beauty; they vary in theme and include landscapes, portraits, and still lifes. His contemporary art furniture, made in partnership with his wife, Ingela Noren, demonstrates unique design and artistic craftsmanship. A California native and graduate of Sonoma State College with a BA in Philosophy and Psychology, he went to Italy to study firsthand sculpting in stone. There in Pietrasanta, he met his future wife, Ingela, a native of Sweden who

had studied the Scandinavian art tradition of faux finish techniques. Grant has lived in the Hudson Valley in Westtown for 27 years and has traveled and hiked within its bounds as well as many areas of the northeast. Cultural Affairs at SUNY Orange is hosting Old As Adam, a new exhibit of works by Daniel Grant that show the versatility of this gifted artist. The venue and time frame is the Mindy Ross Gallery in Kaplan Hall, through November 20. The subjects of the 49 artworks, ranging in size from small to very large, chosen for the show, represent the influences in his life. Steel Sculptures - Newburgh Kevin Feerick is a lawyer who has practiced law for over 25 years. Throughout this time he has been absorbed by art especially metal sculpture which he has been creating for 11 years. His works are created at a forge which is nothing more than what the blacksmiths of the Wild West had at their disposal. In fact, the same blacksmith techniques go all the way back to 1200 BC. He is dedicated to trying to capture the essence of a movement in nature or a part or a form of the body. The newest installment of the Artist of Excellence series in the Foyer of the Mindy Ross Gallery in Kaplan Hall contains Feerick’s

“Portrait of Charlie Lang” oil, by Daniel Grant

“Black Goddess” steel, by Kevin Feerick

steel sculptures, October 22-December 17. Kaplan Hall is located at the corner of Grand and First Streets, Newburgh on the campus of SUNY Orange.

Farmers - Middletown The Hudson Valley has become an epicenter for the local, organic, sustainable food movement. With its rich agricultural land, the awareness for sustainable living, and the growing demand for local, organic food, the ‘locavore’ farm-to-table movement has become a way of life in the Valley. Francesco Mastalia’s ORGANIC: Farmers & Chefs of the Hudson Valley spotlights the Hudson Valley as a region at the forefront of this movement. It features the dedicated

“Jeff Bialas” photo by Francesco Mastalia

farmers who are committed to growing and producing food using sustainable methods, and the chefs who echo their beliefs and pay homage to the food they produce. Mastalia’s portraits of farmers and chefs were photographed using the wet plate collodion process, a technique developed in the mid19th century, and are on view in Orange Hall Gallery, October 16-November 22. The opening reception is on October 16, 6:00pm-8:30pm. Music will be provided by flutist Pat Eisenhart. Don’t miss Keith Stewart’s lecture, ORGANIC: Does It Matter? in Orange Hall, October 29 at 7:30pm. For information: cultural@sunyorange.edu or call Cultural Affairs at 845-341-4891.

Spotlight On: The Sugar Loaf Guild Denise Griggs & Practical Magick by Anna Lillian Moser

Denise Griggs isn’t your average witch, or rather, when you think of what a witch is broomstick, pointy hat and eyes of newt - Griggs would never come to mind. She’s bubbly, exuberant, kind, and a former Boy Scouts den mother to boot. And, really, that’s what Griggs’ store Practical Magick is all about: shedding off the misconceptions of Wiccan culture. “People need to know, so that people aren’t scared of what Hollywood promotes witches to be. They think we cast spells, and curse people, sacrifice children, and it’s like, no, no, no!” Griggs said. “Witches are healers. We’re here to help people, we’re here to comfort people when they’re having hard times, to help guide them.” Griggs, who opened the shop in May of 2012, is herself a second degree Gardnerian High Priestess, as well as an ordained minister. The road to her calling started when she was a teenager. Like most teenagers who are questioning the world, Griggs flirted with the idea of the supernatural as a young woman. “Everyone has a fascination in high school, but the little fascination ends, and then you proceed on with whatever religious upbringing you had. I personally had a falling out with things, and then I just went to another place, and studied another belief system, and I met someone who was pagan. I just chatted with this person briefly, 28

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never saw them again, but it put this little thought in my head,” Griggs said, adding, “Sometimes there are different paths you need to follow, and you don’t know when they’re going to come to you, or how comfortable they’re going to make you feel.” A hairdresser, photographer and jewelry designer by day, about four years ago Griggs lost her salon job. She and a co-worker began taking road trips, trying to figure out what their next move would be. One of those trips landed them in Sugar Loaf. “I saw this little store, this little empty space, for two years it was vacant, and I thought, ‘Oh my God, how cool is that? Oh my God, I’d love to live there!’” Another hairdressing job came, but the shop was always in the back of her mind. Finally Griggs decided to go for it, giving herself three years. “I thought, if it doesn’t work, I can’t say I didn’t try, so I locked into a lease for three years, opened up the store, and you know what, I’m still here...It’s one of those little blessings in disguise. One door closes, another one opens. I’m really happy to have the store.” Griggs describes the shop as a “Pagan, Wiccan, eclectic-type” store. She has everything from tote bags, tapestries and Tarot cards to alter

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clothes, candles, smudge pots for burning sage, and incense with names like Vampire’s Blood and Dragon Blood. A number of the products Griggs actually designs and makes herself, including jewelry, incense burners and pendulums. Griggs even carries witchcraft-themed movies, such as Hocus Pocus, Practical Magic and The Craft. Ironically, she carries such films because she wants the opportunity to explain to people - especially parents who might be worried when their child takes an interest in the supernatural - the differences between Hollywood’s portrayal of Wiccan culture and the realities. Griggs says she always strives to get new and interesting items in, and tries to include little items specifically geared towards children - rings, stickers and fairy puzzles - so that they feel comfortable and entertained while their parents shop. She also has her pets, a white dove and a little black cat, to greet her patrons as they come into the store. Griggs says she shies away from offering her wares online because she wants patrons to get the full experience of the space and everything inside of it, from the way

a certain incense smells when it burns, to the exact feel of a particular tapestry. Practical Magick also offers oracle and tarot cards readings by appointment only. “Each reading is different, because every person’s energy is different...If you have a question about what’s going on in your life, or something’s happening and you can’t quite figure it out, sometimes cards will bring it out, and then there are some days where the cards don’t want to talk to you because there are no messages that you need.” Griggs says the reception at Practical Magick has been amazing, drawing people up to Sugar Loaf from as far away as New York City because they simply can’t find her wares anywhere else. She admits that when she first opened shop she was hesitant to put anything overtly Pagan outside because she didn’t know how people would react, and yes, there have been a couple instances where potential customers walk into the store, see what it is, and walk right back out, but Griggs believes in approaching such things with a sense of humor, like when two little girls walked in, just to be dragged out by their frightened mother. “I was like, really lady?! We just laughed. What was she looking at? Children sacrifices are later on tonight!” Practical Magick is open weekends and is located at the corner of Wood Road and Kings Highway, in Sugar Loaf. For more information, call 1-845-469-MAGK (6245).

Live from the Met in HD at SUNY Sullivan

Area opera lovers have been lucky lo these past ten years with the Live from the Met in HD series readily available at low cost, in the absolutely, definitely, assuredly, perfect venue for opera viewing and, importantly, reading subtitles in a theatre with perfect visibility from all seats, and a beautiful lobby in which to mix, mingle and, as Director of Special Events and Campus Activities Hillary Egeland states, “Come a half hour early, grab a complimentary cup of coffee and a snack and enjoy our speakers who will engage the audience in wonderful conversation as well as Q & A about the featured opera of the day in the beautiful Seelig Theatre.” Verdi was a master-libretto-director. He did not write the words, but outlined plot with his librettists and kept tight control at all times. He knew when to stress the dialogue, when to use poetry, and when music needs to take precedence. One can see why most of his operas are in the standard repertoire. The libretto is based on a play titled El Trovador but Verdi originally called his adaptation The Gypsy. One can see why. The real drama of the piece lies in the Gypsy’s character, the conflicts raging within her and how the plot unfolds because of her behavior. Like Carmen or Don Giovanni, Trovatore contains arias, duets, trios, choruses and

musical passages that soar, entertain and thrill. One glorious dramatic/musical moment follows another. Witness a great cast for the opening offering. Anna Netrebko’s dramatic and vocal skills will be on full display. And, repeating their 2011 roles, Dmitri Hvorostovsky gives a brilliant performance and Dolora Zajick is outstanding as the mysterious gypsy with the troubled past. New to viewers, Yonghoon Lee sings the title role. It will be shown on October 3 at 1:00pm, at SUNY Sullivan, 112 College Road, Loch Sheldrake. Call 845-434-5750 for information. Tickets are available at the door.

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“We invite you to join us from Fall 2015 until early Spring 2016 for a wonderful Saturday afternoon experience,” Egeland concluded. Want a brunch? Try Last Licks in Ferndale, seven minutes away. See ad page 11.

Calidore String Quartet in Milford

Described as “the prestigious roster of the epitome of confidence Chamber Music Society and finesse” Gramophone of Lincoln Center for the Magazine and “a miracle 2016- 2019 seasons. of unified thought” La Hear them play Mozart, Presse, Montreal, the Bach and Mendelssohn Calidore String Quartet Jeffrey Myers, violin; Ryan Meehan, violin; for Kindred Spirits Arts has established a reputation Estelle Choi, cello & Jeremy Berry, viola at the Milford Theatre, for its polished and passionate performances. October 10 at 7:00pm. The Quartet is currently artists-inTickets at the door, at Books and Prints at residence and visiting faculty at Stony Pear Alley (220 Broad Street) or on www. Brook University and was appointed to the KindredSpiritsArts.org

The Shawangunk Mountain is “one of Earth’s last great places” and a hikers’ and rock climbers’ paradise, but it was not always this way. From early postRevolutionary days through World War II, a few hardy families scratched out a living atop the mountain, defying an unforgiving and isolated terrain. For generations they lived off the land, working subsistence farms and harvesting raw materials from the forest and earth. Today only a few vestiges of this proud and independent community remain. The rest has vanished along with the way of life that sustained it. Using information from a book Robi Josephson (see photo) wrote with Bob Larsen, Josephson breathes life into this lost world and the people who once called it home. Her lecture, Am Unforgiving Land, on the remarkable story of the Trapps people and how the hamlet was honored with placement on the National and State Registers of Historic Places - the first time New York State has recognized the historic importance of a vanished, hardscrabble community - will take place at the Time and the Valleys Museum, 332 Main Street, Grahamsville, on October 25 at 2:00pm. For information: 845-985-7700.

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Whispering Pines Hazelnut History 101 October 22 is national nut day...no, no, no, I’m not talking about your weird friends, I am talking about hazelnuts. The hazelnut, or Corylus avellana, is a native of Britain and of all the temperate parts of Europe and Asia. “Hazel” comes from the Anglo-Saxon word haesel meaning a headdress or bonnet, referring to the shape of outer shell covering. The nutmeat is encased in a hard shell that resembles an acorn without its cap. The rich, sweet nutmeat has a bitter brown paper-thin skin that is usually removed before eating. These nuts contain a wealth of oil, 88% unsaturated, which is pressed for use as the aromatic and delicately flavored hazelnut oil. Although it cannot be heated to high temperatures, this oil is favored by gourmets worldwide and is relatively expensive. Luckily, a little goes a long way. A low-carb food item can be achieved by replacing a portion of flour with hazelnut flour. Hazelnuts are also good source of Vitamin E and folic acid. I just love hazelnuts - I’ll throw them in the oven, toast them, and eat them just like that. But here’s a few recipes for your enjoyment!

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Cooking with Chef Douglas Frey

Wild Rice w/ Cherries & Hazelnuts 1 cup wild rice 2-1/2 cups water 1/4 teaspoon salt Brown sugar or pure maple syrup ½ cup dried cherries ½ cup chopped hazelnuts, lightly toasted Milk, soy milk, or cream

Place rice, water, salt in medium saucepan, bring to boil over medium heat. When boiling, cover pot, lower heat to bare simmer. Cook 1-1/4 hrs., or until water absorbs & rice is tender. (If grain has become tender but there is still water left, drain off.) Remove from heat, stir in sugar or maple syrup & cherries. Serve hot, topped with chopped hazelnuts & milk of your choice. Lamb Chops Hazelnut Crust w/ Rosemary Cream • 3 TB Dijon mustard • 8 thick loin lamb chops (4 oz. each), trimmed • Freshly ground black pepper & Salt • ½ cup toasted finely chopped hazelnuts (see note) • ½ cup fresh bread crumbs • 1/4 tp salt • 3 cups beef stock or quality canned broth • 1 sprig fresh rosemary • 1 cup heavy (whipping) cream • 1/4 cup mild vegetable oil, such as safflower • 2 TB brandy • 2 ts minced fresh rosemary • Fresh rosemary sprigs, for garnish (optional)

Brush mustard on all surfaces of lamb chops, using about 7 teaspoons. Generously pepper chops, both sides. In medium bowl, mix together hazelnuts, bread crumbs, salt. Press even layer of mixture onto all surfaces of lamb chops. Combine stock & rosemary sprig in medium saucepan over high heat, bring to boil, reduce to 1 cup, about 10 min. Whisk in cream & remaining mustard, reduce heat to medium, simmer until mixture slightly thickened, about 5 min. Set aside. Heat oil in large heavy skillet over medium-high heat. When hot but not smoking, sauté lamb chops until golden on the outside but pink in middle, about 4 min. per side. Do this in batches, so you don’t crowd pan. Transfer chops to double thickness of paper towels on oven-proof plate, keep warm. Remove skillet from heat, pour off excess oil. Add brandy, light with match, when flame has burned down, pour stock mixture through strainer & into skillet. Place skillet over medium heat, simmer until mixture is thick enough to coat back of spoon, about 4 min., stirring with spatula & scraping any brown bits from bottom of pan. Stir in minced rosemary, season to taste with salt & pepper. To serve, arrange two lamb chops on each of four warmed dinner plates. Pour sauce over them, garnish each plate with sprig of rosemary. (You could also pour sauce on plates first, set chops on top, and garnish with rosemary.) Serve immediately. Note: To toast hazelnuts, preheat oven to 350. Place nuts in baking pan large enough to hold them in single layer, toast, stirring once, about 10 min. Wrap nuts in kitchen towel and rub between your hands to remove skin.

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Twain in Newburgh

Probably the most admired and beloved author in American history, Samuel Langhorne Clemens was born in 1835. Examples of writing in the master’s own hand, including a personal letter in which he acknowledges a detail of Tom Sawyer that he neglected to incorporate in its publication, and a page from the manuscript of his dramatization of that novel, are on view at Karpeles Manuscript Library Museum. Also included are a letter discussing his plans to dramatize The Prince and the Pauper and one in which he comments on an illustration for A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court. A page from a popular 1873 satire recounts how he came up with the pseudonym Mark Twain. Included in the exhibition is an original illustration of Huckleberry Finn by the noted 19th-century artist E. W. Kemble from the first edition of the novel (1884), and a sketch of Tom Sawyer by Normal Rockwell for a Saturday Evening Post cover, along with the 1936 magazine itself. Also on display are originals by other prominent Twain illustrators, portraits of the author, and a unique drawing by Twain himself. The exhibit is on view through December 27 at the Karpeles Manuscript Library Museum, 94 Broadway, Newburgh. Free admission. For information, call 845-569-4997.

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Artist Grant Opportunities: Orange & Sullivan Funding is again available for arts and cultural activities in Orange County, a regrant program of the New York State Council on the Arts (NYSCA), designed to support community-based arts activities in an effort to make quality arts programming available to all residents, as well as to support local cultural expression. With over $100,000 to be re-granted, all artistic disciplines are eligible for three distinct grant programs: INDIVIDUAL ARTIST COMMISSION: Funds of $2,500 are available to create new work with community engagement. PROJECT GRANTS: Funds up to $5,000 are available and may include exhibitions, workshop series, performances, festivals, screenings, readings, folk arts and more. PUBLIC SCHOOL ARTS RESIDENCY: Funds up to $5,000 are available for artists and/or cultural organizations that apply in partnership with a public school. New initiatives or projects in the region, emerging artists or groups are welcome. Attend an information session to find out more. You do not need to have a project identified to attend. All new applicants should plan to attend one of the sessions. Seminars last an average of 90 minutes. * October 10 at 2:00pm: Ann Street Gallery, Newburgh. * October 14 at 4:00pm: Wallkill River

School, Montgomery. * October 22 at 5:30pm: Thrall Library, Middletown. If you are unable to attend any of the Orange sessions, other dates available in Dutchess and Ulster locations. Applicants may attend any of the sessions, regardless of county of residence. Full info online at: www.artsmidhudson.org If you cannot attend and still wish to apply, you must contact the Program Director well in advance of the November 17 deadline. For complete guidelines, eligibility, application, and info: www.artsmidhudson. org or email: Grants@artsmidhudson.org or call Eve Madalengoitia, Program Director: 845-454-3222, ext 16. Se Habla Espanol. Delaware Valley Arts Alliance’s Sullivan County seminars for its Arts for Sullivan Decentralization cultural program grants (deadline December 4) will be held: * October 20 at 6:30pm: Fallsburg Library. So. Fallsburg. * October 24 at 10:00am: Delaware Arts Center, Narrowsburg. * November 7 at 10:00am: Jeffersonville Library. * November 10 at 6:30pm: Crawford Library, Monticello. Call DVAA Grants Coordinator Mary Greene at 845-252-7576 or pre-register online at www.delawarevalleyartsalliance.org

May I Have A Word With You...Language and its Oddities with Carol Pozefsky

POLONIUS: WHAT DO YOU READ, MY LORD? HAMLET: WORDS, WORDS, WORDS Ponder the rich gifts of words we inherit from the literary genius of geniuses, William Shakespeare. In our modern day, for instance, the F word calls to mind one word only to most of us, but Shakespeare not only thought of F words, he invented them: Fortune-teller, frugal, fashionable, far-off, full-grown, foppish, fairyland, farmhouse, fitful, foul-mouthed, and many more. Shakespeare, the Bard of Paradise! INK A DINKA DINK Back to modern times, we find (oy vey) a list of the Best Tattoo Quotes. You be the judge: “All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given to us.” “I listened to the bray of my heart...I am I am I am.” “Be the one to guide me, but never hold me down.” “Love is more than three words mumbled before bedtime...”

HOORAY FOR HOLLYWORD A Hollywood exchange: “All these people sleeping together before they’re married. I didn’t sleep with my wife before we were

married, did you?” - “I don’t know. What was her maiden name?” When Spencer Tracy first met Katharine Hepburn, she remarked: “I’m afraid I’m a little tall for you, Mr. Tracy.” - “Never mind, Miss Hepburn.” replied Tracy, “I’ll soon cut you down to my size.” Humorist, screenwriter Dorothy Parker was discussing with another woman a man they both knew. “You must admit,” said the friend, “that at least he’s always courteous to his inferiors.” To which Miss Parker responded, “Where does he find them?” FROM THE MOUTHS OF STUDUNCE The following are actual blunders from student papers: “The earth makes a resolution every 24 hours.” “King Harold mustarded his troops before the Battle of Hastings.” “Magnet...Something you find crawling all over a dead cat.” “Vacuum: A large empty space where the Pope lives.” WOE IS I That cleverly titled book includes this little grammar lesson: DIFFERENT FROM is almost always right; DIFFERENT THAN is almost always wrong. The distinctions can safely stop there.

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Furuya Sisters for Grand Montgomery

ONE, TWO and THREE TOGETHER. That’s what three Juilliard graduates, the Furuya Sisters, will be doing at the Grand Montgomery Chamber Music Series. ONE is for Mimi performing Bach’s Suite for Solo Cello No. 3 in C major, BWV 1009, for Harumi performing Bach’s Allemanda from his Partita for Solo Violin No. 2 in D minor, BWV 1004, and for Sakiko performing Chopin’s Andante Spianato et Grande Polonaise Brillante in E-flat major, Op. 22. TWO is for Harumi & Sakiko playing SaintSaens’ Havanaise in E major, Op. 83. THREE is for Tchaikovsky’s Trio for Violin, Cello and Piano in A minor, Op. 50 with Mimi, Sakiko and Harumi. This was the only work Tchaikovsky ever wrote for the combination of piano, violin, and cello. He had said: “I simply cannot endure the combination... to my mind the timbre of these instruments will not blend...the piano can be effective only alone, in context with the orchestra, or as accompaniment.” “Happily,” writes Derek Leet, “a year later he composed the piano trio nevertheless, and it is a masterwork, belying all he said. Dark brooding, percussive, melodic, and quite

simply, exquisite.” Cellist Mimi Furuya started cello studies at age 7, and a year later gave a phenomenal debut with the Lake Placid Sinfonietta. Ever since her recital debut in California at age 8, pianist Sakiko Furuya has delighted audiences with her virtuosity. Violinist Harumi Furuya began violin studies at the age of 2 and graduated with highest honors in history from Harvard. Mimi, Sakiko & Harumi Furuya are the great granddaughters of historian Taira Shidehara, the elder brother of Prime Minister Baron Kijuro Shidehara who was responsible for Article 9 (Peace Clause) of the Japanese Constitution. Their free concert is on November 1 at 3:00pm in the Senior Center, 36 Bridge Street. For further information: 845-457-9867.

“Macabre Art History 101” in Shohola

“Come to our October exhibit at your own risk!” says Aly Paino of the Artists’ Market Community Center (AMCC). “Our Macabre Art History 101 display is not for the squeamish.” This exhibit includes prints of works from 1568 to the present, and includes Francisco Goya’s Saturn Devouring His Son, which was never meant for public display. It’s one of 14 oils Goya “Saturn Devouring His Son” painted directly onto the walls of by Francisco Goya

“Art for Art’s Sake!” Oct. 1 - Nov. 30

nature as well as the Art for Art’s Sake, an artful materials they are exhibit of mixed media made from. paintings, collages, At the Mayor’s Office hook rugs & weavings in Port Jervis City Hall: by River Valley Artists Fused glass artist/ Guild members Judith jeweler Barbara Leimer Cramer, Catherine has been working with DeMaio, and Barbara weavings. Her wool Leimer, presents and acrylic weavings images that reflect the have taken on an beauty of the artful Cheetah Hook Rug by Catherine DeMaio abstract quality and she materials artists use, is trying her hand at abstract painting, too. often creating poetry from the commonplace. At Deerpark Town Hall in Huguenot: Judith At Bon Secours Hospital 1st floor cafeteria: Artist/teacher Catherine DeMaio will show her Cramer works in acrylic paint, mixed media, collages and hook rugs. Member and co-chair of pastels and pencil and her styles range from the Middletown Art Group, her floral and still impressionism to abstract. Visit PortJervisCouncilForTheArts.org life collages and hook rugs reflect the beauty of

SAVE THE DATE! November 8, 2015 at 3pm The Friends of Chris Farlekas will be celebrating the life of this remarkable man and community icon with a special event directed by film producer Declan Baldwin to be held at the Paramount Theater in Middletown. The event is sponsored by the Orange County Arts Council, AAA Taxes and Delaware & Hudson CANVAS.

Purchase tickets through the Paramount: 845-346-4195. Additional information will be announced in various media on or about October 5. This is a fundraising event for the benefit of “The Friends of Chris Farlekas Fund”, a component fund of the Community Foundation of Orange and Sullivan 32

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his house outside Madrid, known as The Black Paintings. The exhibit is sponsored by the Barryville Area Arts Association, and they will have a local artist at the opening reception on October 3, from 4:00pm-6:00pm, to make a brief presentation and answer questions. Enjoy refreshments and art at the AMCC, 114 Richardson Avenue, Shohola, PA. For info, call 845-557-8713.