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September 2012 Covering Orange & Sullivan Counties & the neighboring towns of Milford, Dingmans Ferry, Beacon, Marlboro & Ellenville
art • cinema • dance • festivals • holistic living • music • opera • poetry • theatre
Publisher’s Column by Barry Plaxen If I may paraphrase a weekly welcome from one of my two favorite WJFF DJs, “Good day arts & entertainment lovers and welcome to the D&H CANVAS where you can read about creativity from the 15th to the 21st century.” So much goes on in this area and we are pleased to let you know about most of it. And this issue is no exception. I am bowled over by what is transpiring locally in September. I hope you will be, too. July and August have been very kind to my music-loving proclivity in the way of introducing me to two great performers who made their way to Orange and Sullivan Counties from elsewhere. Here my personal thanks to: Albert Brouwer who, in a concert at Warwick’s Pacem in Terris, blew me away as be blew into his flute - and violist Max Mandel playing Mozart like I have never heard, for Weekend of Chamber Music in
Jeffersonville. And to other great phrasers-extraordinaires whom I have heard before, cellist David Requiro for Shandelee Music Festival in Livingston Manor and Krista BennionFeeney, also from Pacem in Terris, with their magical playing of, respectively, Franck&Bartok and Vivaldi. My thanks also go to Orson Bean and Ally Mills for coming to Shadowland Theatre from California and giving us examples of great acting, he for the second and she for the first time. The world class music at the Weekend of Chamber Music Festival and Shandelee Music Festival are over for the year, but Pacem in Terris has one more concert this year before world class musicians come to Montgomery and Newburgh for the 20122013 seasons. Thanks for reading CANVAS. Please remember to thank your advertisers. They keep the newspaper free for your enjoyment.
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CANVAS writers tidbits Visit TheCatskillChronicle.com for J.A. Di Bello’s theatre and Barry Plaxen’s classical music and opera reviews, in addition to many other articles and Sullivan County news in this interesting and informative online newspaper. CANVAS contributor Lynn Hoins is a cofeatured poet, along with Bertha Rogers, for the September 7, 8:00pm Calling All Poets readings at Beacon’s Howland Cultural Center.
Letters to the editor Dear Editor, I have received so many positive comments and seen lots of smiling faces from people who have picked up your August edition and viewed its front page. Juxtaposing a high energy Jack Russell Terrier in a relaxed pose demonstrates the magic of digital photography. Considering the many serious covers you have presented since changing your format from the multi-frame palette, this cover seems to capture the “kool” tone of relaxation summer offers. It is good that you “lightened up.”
Dear Editor, We enjoy reading the CANVAS very much. It serves a real purpose in the community. The August 2012 issue’s cover picture of the dog in a meditative lotus position was an example of very poor taste. It is disrespectful to an art form (yoga), a discipline that has been around for thousands of years, out of which the discipline, Tai Chi, was born. The CANVAS readers deserve better than to be subjected to such degradation. Try not to get caught up in what the world thinks is cute. Let’s keep the CANVAS’ standard high! Name withheld
Dear Editor, The minute I saw your August cover, a huge smile washed over my face and I began to just laugh out loud! In a world where we are bombarded with violence, dismal news, and negativity, what a pleasure it was to see man’s best friend offering us a chance for a little escapism! Bravo and Namaste! Dana DuVall Mondello Montgomery, NY
CANVAS continues to be one of the most popular publications on our take-out table, and I thank you for its continuing arrival. (Editor’s note: Our sincerest apologies to anyone who Dorothy D. Szefc Dennis Wepman Cultural Affairs Coordinator was offended by our August cover. We had thought the Karpeles Manuscript Museum SUNY Orange, Middletown photo was joyous and celebrated our soul-connection to Newburgh, NY
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INSIDE DESTINATIONS CHESTER / SUGAR LOAF ..............................34, 35 CORNWALL ........................................................13 ELLENVILLE ..........................................................8 GOSHEN ..............................................................7 LIBERTY ............................................................31 LIVINGSTON MANOR ......................................10, 11 MIDDLETOWN ..............................................26, 27 MILFORD ............................................................12 MONTGOMERY ..................................14, 15, 16, 17 MONROE ..............................................................3 NARROWSBURG ..................................................40 NEWBURGH ............................................36, 37, 38 PORT JERVIS / MATAMORAS / HUGUENOT ..............28 WALDEN ................................................23, 24, 25 WURTSBORO ........................................................9
CALENDARS MUSIC, LECTURES & BOOKS.................................... CATEGORY CALENDAR ............................................ SEPTEMBER 2012 CALENDAR .................................. ART & PHOTOGRAPHY CALENDAR ............................ CHILDREN & TEEN’S CALENDAR ..............................
Air Pirates Radio Theater ................................35 All in the Family: The Feigelson Trio ..............12 All in the Family: The Russell Family ..............40 Bettina Skye, Actress ......................................33 Big Apple Circus ..............................................24 Catskill Art Society ..........................................11 Community Building Through the Arts ............13 Creative Theatre-Muddy Water Players ............3 Goshen Jazz Festival ........................................7 Grand Montgomery Chamber Music ..............17 Greater Newburgh Symphony Orchestra ........36 Greenwood Lake Blues Festival........................3 Holistic Living ..................................................39 Hudson Opera Theater: Brahms Requiem ........5 Jester’s Comedy Club ....................................35 LAM Lighting & Sarah McHugh ......................32 Lumberland Cultural Series ..............................6 NACL Theatre..................................................29 Pacem in Terris..................................................6 Parker String Quartet ........................................4 Shadowland Theatre ........................................8 The CANVAS Beat ..........................................30 The Sell All, Florida..........................................18 Tri-State Film Festival ......................................28
Get Ready for Greenwood Lake’s Blues Festival 2012! Scott & Brenda Pender
Jonaitis & Newcomb Jeremy Langdale
by Tod Westlake If you have a case of the blues, or if you simply love this all-American musical form, you'd do well to check out the Second Annual Greenwood Lake Blues Festival, which is set to take place Friday and Saturday evening, September 28 and 29. Approximately 10 different regionally recognized blues performers will hit the stages at various venues throughout the village over the two evenings, giving visitors a chance to sample a little bit everything. The money raised from this event will go to a fund to help local cancer patients with their living expenses. The blues festival is the brainchild of
Brenda and Scott Pender, the husband and wife duo behind the Greenwood Lake Taxi Service. "The reason we're doing this," Scott Pender says, "is we all know someone who's had cancer. And everyone knows how expensive it can be, especially if you don't have insurance." Pender, himself, is a survivor of cancer, so this is a cause for which he feels very strongly. "We're going to be using the money to give out to people who fill out an application and can show need," Scott says. These expenses could include things like utility bills, help with a heating oil delivery, groceries, or any other day-to-day expense, according to Pender.
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"Whatever we can do," Pender says. Last year, the first year of the festival, the Penders raised more than $1000, which was then given out to needy cancer patients in the area. "We donated $1300 to $1400 last year," Pender says, adding that even a small amount of money can help someone keep their lights on or food on the table. "Every little bit helps," Pender says. But, for the visitor, it's all about the music. And this year's festival is set to deliver a strong selection. See ad on page 29 for a full sechulde and locations. For details & information visit www.greenwoodlakebluesfestival.com, email scott@greenwoodlakebluesfestival.com.
Destination..................................................monroe
“The Drowsy Chaperone” at Museum Village Meet our Advertisers!
The Drowsy Chaperone is a parody of American musical comedy of the 1920s. The story concerns a middle-aged, antisocial musical theatre fan. As he plays the record of his favorite musical, the (fictional) 1928 hit The Drowsy Chaperone, the show comes to life onstage and he wryly comments on the music, story, and actors. You are instantly immersed in the glamorous, hilarious tale of a celebrity bride and her uproarious wedding day, complete with thrills and surprises that take both the cast (literally) and the audience (metaphorically) soaring into the rafters. Chaperone debuted in 1998 in Toronto, opened on Broadway in 2006, and won the Tony Award for Best Book and Best Score. The show has had major productions in Toronto, Los
Angeles, New York, London, and Japan, as well as two North American tours. With a book by Bob Martin and Don McKellar and music and lyrics by Lisa Lambert and Greg Morrison, the plot incorporates mistaken identities, dream sequences, a deus ex machina, and a fascinating, unique cast of characters. The Creative Theatre-Muddy Water Players will perform The Drowsy Chaperone September 14-30. The production is directed by David Mossey with musical direction by Brian Flint and choreography by Shawn Schorno. Museum Village is located at 1010 Route 17M. Call 845-294-9465.
Local Dance Instructor Receives National Certification Roberta Monkash, Owner/Director of Soaring Dance Theatre in Monroe, has added a new accolade to her list of credentials. Monkash recently completed Professional Teaching Standards for Dance Arts, a rigorous course offered by the National Dance Education Organization in Silver Spring, Maryland. She is now certified as a master Roberta Monkash
dance educator. “Dance education is about teaching students the whole range of this art form,” said Monkash. “This course has given me more tools that will help my students become complete dancers.” Editor’s Note: Soaring Dance Theatre will be holding company auditions on August 30 from 4:30pm-6pm. Dancers must be attired in dancewear and be prepared to dance barefoot as well as in ballet slippers and pointe shoes. Dancers must be intermediate/advanced level dancers, aged 12-22, and have a background in modern, ballet and jazz. Dancers should also be able to adhere to the company track agenda of classes. See ad on this page for details.
Call 845-781-6099 or 845-782-0152.
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Bethel Woods Welcomes The Parker Quartet
Hailed by The New York Times as “something extraordinary,” the Grammy Award-winning Parker Quartet has rapidly distinguished itself as one of the preeminent ensembles of its generation. The quartet began its professional touring career in 2002 and garnered international acclaim in 2005, winning the Concert Artists Guild Competition as well as the Grand Prix and Mozart Prize at the Bordeaux International String Quartet Competition in France. In 2009, Chamber Music America awarded the quartet the prestigious biennial Cleveland Quartet Award for the 2009-2011 seasons. This season, the quartet partners with Grammy Award-winning producer Judith Sherman to launch HaydnLIVE!, a live recording project featuring a series of all-Haydn performances at the New England Conservatory’s Jordan Hall, presented by the Celebrity Series of Boston, and the Virginia Arts Festival. The Parker Quartet comes to Bethel Woods on September 22 at 7:30pm. They will perform Fratres for String Quartet, by Arvo Pärt, the Estonian composer and one of the most prominent living composers who works in a minimalist style that employs his self-invented compositional technique, ‘tintinnabul’. Benjamin Britten’s (1913-1976) String Quartet No. 2 in C, Op. 36 follows and the
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Karen Kim, violin; Daniel Chong, violin; Jessica Bodner, viola; & Kee-Hyun Kim, cello photo by Janette Beckman
concert will close with Franz Schubert’s (1797-1828) String Quartet # 14 in d, Death and the Maiden. Death and the Maiden is one of the great masterpieces of the chamber music repertoire. It was composed in 1824, after the composer suffered through a serious illness and realized that he was dying, and is Schubert's testament to death. The quartet is named for the theme of the second movement, which Schubert took from a song he wrote in 1817 of the same title; but the theme of death is palpable in all four movements of the quartet. Bethel Woods is located at 200 Hurd Road, in Bethel. For tickets, call 866-781-2922.
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A Free Thinker's Liturgical Breakthrough: Brahms' German Requiem by Philip Ehrensaft
Until the free thinking Johannes Brahms premiered Ein Deutsches Requiem in 1868, his career had been a struggle. After the performance of his German Requiem, Brahms was propelled on his path to being counted among the great three Bs: Bach, Beethoven and now Brahms. The popularity of Ein Deutsches Requiem shows no signs of abating in our time. There are 107 different recordings of Brahms' Requiem available in the U.S. Market. Verdi's Requiem comes a close second with 97 recordings, with third place going to Beethoven's Missa Solemnis, at 72. Most accounts of the requiem point to how remarkable it is that a young man could produce such a masterwork of imagination and precision in marshaling the grand resources of a large orchestra and a large chorus. One answer is that Brahms, within the context of mid-nineteenth century lifespans, was not at all a young man. For most people, being thirty-five meant that more than half of your time on earth had passed. Curious is the first word that comes to mind when we think about Herr Brahms, making his breakthrough with a grand liturgical work. Brahms was a famously private man, but it is quite clear that he was a scientific rationalist, and had little use for religion. So was it sheer opportunism that led him to take on this requiem? One clue can be provided by looking across the French-German border to Brahms' contemporary, Camille Saint-Saëns, "the French Beethoven." Brahms was born in 1833, SaintSaëns in 1835. Like Brahms, he appeared to have little use for organized religion. While cool to religion himself, Saint-Saëns was a nationalist who saw religion as a social glue that could help build a modern French nation. Brahms likely had the same perspective as a German nationalist. His requiem would be in German, not Latin, and based on Luther's translation of the Bible. But there was more to Brahms' breakthrough
Those who have never appreciated the glories of classical music have missed one of the great joys that life has to offer...Confucius G.
The Grand Montgomery Chamber Music Series 2012-2013 - Our 25th Year!!! Ron De Fesi
Jeanai La Vita
liturgical composition than social utility and nationalism. Ron De Fesi, the conductor for the Hudson Opera Theater, is eloquent on Brahms' humanist intentions: "The traditional Roman Catholic liturgical text for the requiem mass is a prayer for the dead, filled with images of the horrors of the Last Judgment. Brahms' text, on the other hand, which he compiled from Martin Luther's German vernacular translation of the Bible, seeks to comfort the living who must deal with and accept death." With Jeanai La Vita and Andrew Martens as soloists, the Hudson Opera Theater performs Brahms’ breakthrough composition twice this month: at the First Presbyterian Church of Monroe,on September 23 at 4:00pm; and at the United Presbyterian Church in Middletown on September 30 at 4:00pm. For tickets: www.HOTopera.com.
Ken & Julie on Tour
Where else can you see and hear great artists in person for the modest price of free?
All concerts are held at the beautiful Senior Center, 36 Bridge Street, Montgomery ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
2012-2013 Free Concert Series Sunday, September 2 at 3pm - Kariné Poghosyan, piano
“Last spring I saw her brilliant performance with the Greater Newburgh Symphony Orchestra. I hired her the next day to start our 25th season,” Howard Garrett, producer
Sunday, November 4 at 3pm - St. Petersburg Russian Ensemble “This fine quartet of performers has a new program of Russian sacred and folk songs.”
Sunday, January 13 at 3pm - Frederick Moyer, piano “Pianist Frederick Moyer has performed in 41 countries over a 25-year period.”
Sunday, March 3 at 3pm - Chiara String Quartet “This Quartet has been together for 12 years and has a reputation for bringing their “highly virtuosic edge-of-the-seat playing” (Boston Globe) and fresh excitement to traditional quartets.”
Sunday, May 26 at 3pm - Simon String Quartet “This Quartet is back for their third concert. Why are they back? Many people, including my wife Judy and I, think they are wonderful!”
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Special Fundraising Concert & Silent Auction Saturday, October 6, 2012 at 7:30pm - Music for Humanity presents: Gary Schoker, flute & Hugh Sung, piano Area favorites Ken & Julie have no less than three concerts of their International Folksongs this month: on September 16, 2:00pm at Elant in Goshen (free admission), September 23, 3:00pm at Newburgh Free Library (free admission), and September 29, 7:30pm at Hemlock Farms in Lords Valley where they will be joined by Johanan Bickhardt.
Net proceeds go to Music for Humanity’s scholarship fund for gifted musical students. Reserved Seating: $20. General Admission: $10 in advance and $15 at the door. For advance tickets call 845-469-0900.
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Extra Free Concerts
Monday, November 26, 2012 at 8pm Pine Bush Community Band “Annual Holiday Concert” Sunday, February 10, 2013 at 3pm - Elex Lee Vann, bass-baritone “This wonderful artist will perform familiar and original selections, including poetry by Langston Hughes and Delrose Bramwell arranged to music, that passionately seek an achievement of peace, respect and freedom for all people”
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ The guys and gals making this series possible are the Village of Montgomery, the Town of Montgomery, Historic Montgomery Association, Rotary Club of Walden, Otterkill Animal Hospital, Montgomery Mills/UPS Shipper, McAdam & Fallon, P.C., Attorneys-at-Law, Montgomery Village Pharmacy, Scotts Corners Paint & Hardware, Town of Montgomery Chamber of Commerce, DiBello Gallery/Frames, Devitt Management, Noble Coffee Roasters, Shaggy Dog Groomers, Iron Café, Ward’s Bridge Inn, Mike’s Deli, Walden Savings Bank, Hudson Valley Roofing, J.W. Landscape Management, Cup & Saucer Diner, Copperfields, Vic’s Italian Restaurant, Montgomery Veterinary Practice. Partial funding of series from Orange County Tourism and the County of Orange.
For additional info, call 845-457-9867 or google Village of Montgomery, NY. Click on ‘Our Community’ then ‘Music & Theater’
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Natural Horns at Pacem in Terris
The natural horn is a musical instrument that is the ancestor of the modern-day horn, and is differentiated by its lack of valves. It consists of a mouthpiece, some long, coiled tubing, and a large flared bell. Pitch changes are made through a few techniques: modulating the lip tension as done with modern brass instruments, which allows for notes in the harmonic series (flats and sharps) to be played; changing the length of the instrument by switching the crooks. This is a rather slow process. Before the advent of the modern valved horn many ideas were attempted to speed up the process of changing the key of the instrument; changing the position of the hand in the bell; this is called hand-stopping. The list of compositions for French horn includes many pieces that were originally written with the natural horn in mind. Until the development of the modern horn in the early to mid 19th century, Western music employed the natural horn and its natural brass brethren. Substantial contributors to the horn repertoire include Mozart, Beethoven, Telemann, Weber and many others. Such as Mr. Prolific himself, Franz Josef Haydn, whose Divertimento in E flat Major Hob. ll:21 for two violins, viola, bass and two
Alexandra Cook & R J Kelley
horns is being performed by world class musicians, R.J. Kelly and Alexandra Cook and The Serenade Orchestra. Highland Mills “bass string player” John Feeney has arranged The Blue Danube for the Orchestra and is joining the “soprano, alto and tenor string players” in a Haydn Quartet (Op. 9 No. 2 in E flat) and a Mozart Overture. The concert is on September 9 at 5:00pm at Pacem in Terris, 96 Covered Bridge Road in Warwick. Arrive early and visit the peaceful Frederick Franck Museum & Sculpture Garden to see his art and sculpture or just to meditate. Visit www.frederickfranck.org or phone 845-986-4328..
Cultural Series in Glen Spey
The Town of Lumberland Cultural Series, founded in 1985, provides a wide variety of concerts and exhibitions. The Series was a major force in the restoration of the Town’s 1894 Steinway Grand Piano. The concerts and programs are organized by the Cultural Series Committee, Frank Schwarz, Director. Schwarz and the Committee are bringing Soheil Nasseri to Glen Spey for their Piano Artists Series. Nasseri is performing works by Beethoven, Brahms and The Vanishing Pavilion (2006) by Michael Hersch. Born in Santa Monica, California, Nasseri began studying the piano at the age of five and at the age of twenty moved to New York in part
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to study with Karl Ulrich Schnabel. In 2001 he became a protégé of Jerome Lowenthal who remains his mentor today, along with Claude Frank. The Vanishing Pavilions is a work after Soheil Nasseri poetry of Christopher Middleton (b.1926), a British poet and translator, especially of German literature. The September 9, 3:00pm concert is in the Lumberland Town Hall, 1054 Proctor Road in Glen Spey, off of Route 42. 845-856-8600.
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Destination..............................................................................................Goshen The 9th Annual Goshen’s Willie “The Lion” Smith Jazz Festival by Philip Ehrensaft
If you read your Bible, the name Goshen does not connote one of the prettiest small towns in the Hudson Valley. You think of two places: the ancient Egyptian region where Jews were confined in slavery, or the Canaanite region of the same name, where Joshua and his army of escaped slaves fought some very bloody battles. If you're into jazz, Goshen's claim to fame is being the birthplace of the jazz piano legend and war hero Willie "The Lion" Smith. For a long time, the accurate term was "living jazz legend." Smith was born in 1893, and was very much an active jazz presence until he retired in 1971. The Lion was born as William Henry Joseph Bonaparte Bertholoff, the son of an AfricanAmerican/French/Mohawk mother and a Jewish father. Willie was a tot when his mother threw his playboy and gambler father out of the house, and moved down to New Jersey. She remarried and took on her new husband's surname, Smith. As a teenager in Newark, Willie Smith ran with a tough crowd, but also educated himself in Jewish culture. His ability to speak Yiddish and Hebrew touched his employer at the time, who bought Smith the piano that his parents couldn't afford. When Smith became a gangster, he joined a Jewish outfit. After World War I, when he commanded respect as one of Harlem's jazz innovators, he was also the cantor in an AfricanAmerican synagogue. So Smith was very twenty-first century in terms of identity and culture, only he lived it a century in advance. In Harlem jazz circles, Smith was one of the triumvirate who created Stride Piano jazz, the other greats being James P. Johnson and Fats Waller. In a four-beat measure, beats one and three get a strong, relatively simple pulse at the left-hand, bass end of the keyboard. On beats two and four, there are cords. The right hand improvises complex melodies. The net result is music that sounds like it's striding, with real oomph, right across the soundscape. And it's also music that place highs demands on
Chris Sullivan
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virtuosity and imagination. Duke Ellington was impressed and inspired by the stride pianists. Thelonius Monk was, in turn, inspired by both Duke and the antecedent Stride triumvirate. What Johnson, Waller and Smith invented in the 20's and 30's unleashed a whole round of subsequent innovations that drive jazz today. So it made eminent sense for the organizers of a jazz festival in Goshen to baptize it as The Willie The Lion Smith Goshen Jazz Festival. The ninth edition of Goshen's jazz festival is being organized under the auspices of The Cornerstone Arts Alliance (CAA). The Alliance is co-directed by the Shakespearian actor and director, Ken Tschan, and jazz bassist Christopher Dean Sullivan. From the jazz perspective, that's not such a strange
partnership. Duke Ellington was ardent about Shakespeare. Not unexpected for a man who composed and spoke with such elegance. The Duke created outstanding Richard Wiggins incidental music for productions of Shakespeare's plays. The CAA kicks off the festival with a video of Willie in action, followed by a piano performance by Richard Wiggins in the Alliance's fine new digs, the Goshen Music Hall Theater, between Noon and 3pm on September 15. At 2:00pm, jazz guitarist Michael Jackson (see page 3) starts the first of his sets at Maureen Mullany's Pub, and plays through 5:00pm. Sullivan is a class-act bass player who commutes between home base in Newburgh and the Big Apple, both to ply his considerable chops on the bandstand and to work with kids in NYC schools. To play jazz at a high level, you have to be constantly listening to, and attentively interacting with, the other members of your ensemble. To live life at a high level, those same skills are a great asset. Sullivan's aim is to pass on his jazz musician's communication
Goshen calendar Art Exhibits
Resident Art Show thru Sep 24 William Noonan Sep 24-Oct 22 Elant at Goshen
Music
Goshen Jazz Festival Sep 15, Noon- Midnight (see story this page) Ken & Julie international folksongs Elant at Goshen, Sep 16, 2pm
Poetry Reading
Walter Worden Sep 6, 7pm Noble Coffee Roasters, Campbell Hall Poetry at the Church Goshen Methodist Church, Sep 24, 7pm
Theatre - Play
“Einstein” Cornerstone Arts Alliance Goshen Music Hall, Sep 21-30
skills to the kids that he mentors. For the Main Event on Saturday night, Sullivan will appear with his own Jazz Journey ensemble in St. James Episcopal Church at 7:00pm. If you didn't hear vocalist Gabriele Tranchina belting out American and Brazilian jazz and German cabaret, at the Hudson Valley Jazz Festival last month, you have a second chance at Kelly Jean's Restaurant, from 9:30pm to 12:30am.
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Destination.................................................................................................ellenville The Dark Side of Thomas Edison
Despite being incredibly popular during his day, Nikola Tesla remains largely overlooked among lists of the greatest inventors and scientists of the modern era. Thomas Edison gets all the glory for discovering the lightbulb, but it was Tesla, his one-time assistant and life-long arch-nemesis, who made the breakthroughs in alternating-current technology that allowed for people to cheaply use electricity to power appliances and lighting in their homes. The two men constantly fought about whether to use alternating or direct-currents. Their bitter blood feud resulted in both men being snubbed by the Nobel Prize committee. Ultimately Tesla was the one who delivered the fatal kick-to-the-crotch that ended the battle. At the 1893 World's Fair in Chicago, his AC generators illuminated the entire experience, marking the first time that an event of that magnitude had ever taken place under the glow of artificial light. Today, all homes and appliances run on Tesla's AC. In 1884 Thomas Edison is the leader of the distribution of electricity through Direct Current. But he soon finds his business (and expertise) challenged by an exceptional adversary - the 'alternating current' theories of Nikola Tesla. Edison's very genius is
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James Glossman (shown on left with another actor in a NJ production) will perform as Edison at Shadowland
threatened by what he sees as Tesla's foolhardy and dangerous ideas. Exactly how far will he go to protect his creations...and ego? Shadowland is presenting the NY premiere of a new play by Ben Clawson, author of numerous full length and one act plays, The Dangers of Electric Lighting, September 14 Ben Clawson, thru 30 which chronicles Playwright the 'war of currents'. Shadowland Theatre is located at 157 Canal Street. For information call 845-647-5511.
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Aaron Solberg: Ellenville Composer
Last February, the SUNY Ulster Wind Ensemble, String Ensemble, and Community Choir, came together to debut 17 year old cellist and composer Aaron Cush Solberg’s.first symphonic work, Sommer for Choir and Symphony Orchestra. The success of the performance spurred the organization of a concert entitled Music and Compassion, featuring the works of Solberg, with several guest appearances by noted musicians from around the Hudson Valley. “It is my belief that music is more than just an art, “said Solberg. “Playing and creating music inspires creativity, brings people together, tests the imagination, and facilitates critical thinking. It is an art that is slowly dying out. It is my dream to bring classical music to our community, to keep classical music alive, and with this in mind have chosen to create my own orchestra, The River Ensemble, and so, with the creation of this concert, I will be making the first step towards achieving this goal. Directed by Eugene Minor and Aaron Cush Solberg, The River Ensemble performs on September 2 at 3:30pm at The International Center for Culture of Compassion (ICCC), 2299 Ulster Heights Road in Woodbourne and is co-sponsored by Music Institute of Sullivan & Ulster. Eugene Minor, music director of the Bergen Youth Orchestra, is a native of Los Angeles, where he studied and began his professional career. He helped found the Los Angeles SavoyArtes Opera Company, where he served as general artistic director and conductor for five years. In addition to his conducting activities, he has composed five symphonies, a piano concerto, and several vocal works. His opera, Thespis, a reconstruction of the lost opera by Gilbert and Sullivan, was given its premiere in Los Angeles. His most ambitious work, Requiem: In Memoriam Dimitri Shostakovich for soloists, chorus, children's choir and large orchestra was premiered by Bergen Youth Orchestra and is published by Kalmus.
Cellist Aaron Cush Solberg
Minor has studied with William Smith, associate conductor of the Philadelphia Orchestra, and has served as assistant conductor of the Trenton Symphony, guest conductor of the New Jersey All-State Orchestra, the New Jersey Regional Orchestra Eugene Minor and the New York All-County and Area AllState Orchestras. The ICCC grounds open at 2:30pm, there is a silent auction at 3:00pm and a 6:00pm reception. Proceeds received will fund the education of young and aspiring musicians. For more information call 845-399-1020. ellenville calendar sponsored by Matthews Pharmacy
Exhibits The Gallery Link, Ellenville Library Meet The Artist ArtsWAVE, Sep 21, 6pm
Music - Classical The River Ensemble Int’l Center for Culture & Compassion, Woodbourne, Sep 2, 3:30pm
Theatre “SHOUT! The Mod Musical”thru Sep 9 “The Dangers of Electric Lighting” Sep 14-30 Shadowland Theatre
Destination.........................................................................Wurtsboro Wurtsboro Art Alliance in September
“Aloha!” by Gene Weinstein
Celebrating the Basha Kill, an exhibit of artwork inspired by the Basha Kill and surrounding area, is currently on display at the Wurtsboro Art Alliance Gallery. The exhibit closes September 9. Sunrise/Sunset is the theme of the next members’ show which will run from September 22 thru October 21, with a reception on September 22, from 2:00pm-4:00pm. Member Gene Weinstein has been a resident of Sullivan County for over 57 years and is a former biology teacher and chairman of the science department at Monticello High School. After retiring from teaching in 1986, Weinstein continued his interest in wildlife photography. For the past 22 years he has been a volunteer bald eagle monitor for the Department of Environmental Conservation in the NYS Bald
Photo by Pete Nye
Gene Weinstein holding an adult bald eagle that was injured and rehabilitated.
Eagle Restoration Project. His articles and photos have been published in publications as diverse as the AAA Car & Travel Magazine and The New York Times. The Wurtsboro Art Alliance is a non-profit community arts group founded in 2006 to encourage and promote art and artists from the regional area. Inquiries and new members are always welcome. The Wurtsboro Art Alliance Gallery is located at 73 Sullivan Street. Call 845-985-7663.
Wurtsboro calendar sponsored by Consignium
Exhibit
Music - B’way-Opera-Pop
“Celebrating the Basha Kill” thru Sep 9 ”Sunrise / Sunset” Sep 22-Oct 21 Reception Sep 22, 2pm-4pm Wurtsboro Art Alliance
Broadway Concerts Direct Wurtsboro Community Church, TBD, 8pm
Music KC and the Sunshine Band, Taylor Dane, Martha Wash Wurtsboro Music Festival Wurtsboro Airport, Aug 30, 8pm
Poetry Reading Robert Milby Sep 2, 8pm, TBA Oct 7, 8pm Poetry in the Gallery Wurtsboro Art Alliance
Recreation Big Breakfast Benefit American Legion, Sep 22, 8am-11am
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Destination....................................... Livingston Manor , Parksville, Roscoe area Calendar (All events are in Livingston Manor unless otherwise noted)
Exhibits Ron Lusker “Six Decades” Drawing Room Gallery, DeBruce
Gregory Davis, Chip Forelli, & Kit Sailer “Framing the Landscape Sep 1-Oct 7 Sep 1, Talk 3pm, Reception, 4pm-6pm CAS Arts Center
ongoing Rolling River Cafe, Parksville
Poetry Reading
“Roscoe UpstArts Summer Show” thru Sep 2 Bethany Bldg. at Lake’s End, Tennanah Lake
Poetry Potluck CAS Arts Center, Sep 2, 11:30am
Recreation Ann Higgins watercolors Livingston Manor Library, Sep 1-30
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CAS Birthday Party CAS Arts Center, Sep 29, 6pm-9pm
.............................................................................livingston Manor The Work of Ann Higgins at the Manor Library An Exhibit & Birthday Party at CAS!
Ann Higgins has been teaching art and painting in the Catskills for many years. Her work includes watercolors, pastels, pen-andink drawings and miniatures. After graduation from Rhode Island School of Design, she married and moved to New York. She completed graduate work at State University of New York. She has studied with John Pike, Albert Handell and Ilya Bolotowsky, among other internationallyrecognized artists. While raising four children, Ann taught others' children for 20 years in elementary art classes. Today, while retired from education, she still sometimes teaches for the Catskill Art Society (CAS) and privately. Ann exhibits regularly with the CAS, the Orange County Watercolor Society and the five national Miniature Art Societies. She has won awards in regional, national and international exhibits, and displays her work in both group and individual shows whenever her schedule allows. Today, her work can be seen at Beck Gallery in Hurleyville, Gallery 30 in Gettysburg, PA; in various public and private collections; and at her studio.
Ann's work, which includes note cards and signed reproductions, tends to be representational with a strong basis in abstract patterns. She likes to portray qualities of light and draws inspiration from the woods and mountains surrounding her studio. She weaves textures, colors and lines into works of unusual distinction. Her landscapes exhibit rich details and exquisite colors. Ann's still life works are unequalled in their devotion to bringing out the hidden qualities of flower and vase. And her whimsical cats, frogs and birds, among other creatures, are incomparable. Ann’s work will be on display at the Livingston Manor Library from September 1-30. The Library is located at 92 Main Street. For information: 845-439-5440.
Gregory T. Davis (color photography), Chip Forelli (black & white photography) and Kit Sailer (oil on linen) are the featured artists in Framing the Landscape that runs from September 1 thru October 7 at the .Catskill Art Society. Gregory T. Davis statement: “It is the role of the photographers themselves to point the lens and decide what is of visual importance. The person behind the camera is often forgotten when we view an image, but like the great and powerful Oz, there is a person behind the curtain pulling on levers and switches.” Chip Forelli statement: "Experiencing beauty, whether occurring naturally or introduced by the hand of man, is a primal need in society that I would put on par with the need for sustenance and love.” Kit Sailer statement: “Landscapes...express and evoke: awe of environment, the deep understanding of it gained through prolonged observation, the experience within it of time and weather.” On September 1, an Artist Talk will be held at 3:00pm with an Opening Reception from 4:00pm - 6:00pm. CAS is located at 48 Main Street. For more information call 845-436-4227.
“Sydney Peter’s Farm” by Kit Sailer
CAS is 40!
The Catskill Art Society is inviting the public to their 40th Birthday Party on September 29 from 6pm - 9pm at their beautiful renovated building at 48 Main Street. Executive Director Ann Manby has arranged for local food (catered by Flour Power Bakery & Cafe), wine, and music, and that there will be tours of the (planned) 2nd floor performance space! Music will be provided by area musicians. Suggested donation: $40 at the door. For more information call 845-436-4227.
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Destination.................................................................................milford All In The Family: The Feigelson Trio
The Feigelson Trio (Yosif Feigelson, cello; Eugene Feigelson, violin; and Masha Feigelson, piano) is performing Russian Treasures, music by Tchaikovsky, Arensky, and Rachmaninoff as part of the Kindred Spirits series at the Milford Theatre. Latvian-born cellist Yosif Feigelson enjoys a solo career spanning over three decades. He has been praised for his singing tone, effortless technique, and sincere, enlightening interpretations. As a child, Yosif was virtually surrounded by music: his father, an opera tenor, his mother, an orchestra violinist. He began playing cello at the age of six, studying in Riga. After winning First Prize at the Concertino Prague International Competition (1970), he struck the interest of cellist Mstislav Rostropovich and consequently became his pupil at the Moscow Conservatory, continuing his studies with Natalia Gutman. Prizewinner of the prestigious Tchaikovsky (Moscow 1974) and J.S.Bach (Leipzig 1976) competitions, he toured throughout the former Soviet Union and Eastern Bloc countries.
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milford & DIngmans Ferry calendar Art & Photography Exhibits
David Greenbaum pottery Joann Wells Greenbaum paintings BlueStone Studio, ongoing Rosalind Hodgkins & Debbie Gioello, Colored Pencil Paintings thru Sep 10 The ARTery Linda Bock-Hinger “Textures” thru Sep 7 Highlands Photographic Guild Hemlock Farms Artists & Friends “Signs of Nature” Chant Realtors, Lords Valley, thru Aug 29 The Feigelson Trio
With a family history as the Feigelson’s, it was no surprise, when Eugene, Yosif’s son, began tinkering with a violin at age four. Eugene created his own curriculum through the Musical Arts honors program at University of Rochester to study the new cross-disciplinary field of music and human evolution, while simultaneously completing his performance degree. He now plans to pursue a Master of Philosophy in Musicology at the University of Cambridge, concentrating on the biological nature of musical behavior. Masha Feigelson, Yosif’s niece, performs frequently as a piano soloist and in ensembles. She is currently receiving her Bachelors of Music in piano performance at George Mason University, where she studies with Dr. Anna Balakerskaia. Masha began her piano studies in her native Russia, and since coming to the US has studied with a number of distinguished pianists, such as Anna Ouspenskaya, Ya-Ting Chang, and Anna Balakerskaia. As a student she attended Interlochen Arts Academy in Michigan and has been the recipient of several awards as a participant in solo and chamber festivals and competitions. The concert is on September 29 at 7:30pm. Milford Theatre is located at 202 Broad Street. For information: 570-296-2600.
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Paula Heisen paintings & drawings The Forge, Sep 8-Oct 6 Art After Dark Receptions Sep 8 The ARTery, 6pm-9pm Highlands Photographic Guild, 6pm-9pm The Forge, 6pm-8pm
Festival
Harvest Festival Sep 15, 10am-4pm Pocono Environmental Education Center
Lectures
Fossil Trail Hike Sep 8, 10am Bird Walk Sep 16, 8am Fungus Among Us Sep 30, 1pm Pocono Environmental Education Center Tree ID and Tree Trail Walk Grey Towers, Sep 15, 1:30pm Pinchot Family Walking Tour Sep 23, 1:30pm Community House Lawn, Downtown
Fee-Free Tour Day Grey Towers, Sep 29, 10am-4pm
Museum Exhibits
“Witness to History” Forestry ongoing Grey Towers
Music - Classical
Feigelson Piano Trio “Russian Treasures” Milford Theatre, Sep 29, 7:30pm
Music - Folk
Ken & Julie Sep 29, 7:30pm Hemlock Farms, Lords Valley
Paula Heisen’s Paintings & Drawings at the Forge
An exhibit entitled Paula Heisen: Weather Landscape and Still Life is being held at The Forge: Studio and Gallery, 115 Mill Street from September 8 thru October 7. A reception is set for September 8 from 6:00pm-8:00pm. Artist’s Statement It was the Northeastern weather that drove me inside to become primarily a painter of still life. Raised in California, the rapidity of the passing seasons and the cold temperatures were foreign to me. I started to collect a variety of objects, and now have hundreds of them - they have become the characters in my paintings. For me, setting up a still life is like the automatic writing of the Surrealists: I’m not always in control of what happens with the imagery. But even as the weather drove me into the studio, landscape has persisted in my painterly imagination. The folds of the fabric are mountains and valleys, and painting them is like taking a hike through unknown countryside. I’ve also realized that each setup has its own weather, depending on the color and pattern of the fabric and objects I choose. My obsession with finding the color of a particular time of day is a quixotic one -
“Center of the Storm” by Paula Heisen
light, like time and weather, refuses to sit still for a portrait, so the paintings become composites of the moments spent painting them. In the end, I want the unity of atmospheric light to match the psychic unity of the finished work. It was the devastation of my Catskill house, studio and garden by Hurricane Irene that inspired some of the paintings in this show. If the emotional shock of so much loss has lessened, it is because some of its intensity has been channeled into this work. For further information call The Forge: Studio & Gallery at 570-296-2204.
Destination.............................................................................Cornwall Community Building Through The Arts
cornwall / woodbury calendar
with Susan Handler
sponsored by Hudson Valley Society for Music, Potluck Concerts & Peggi’s Place
Trained In the process of “listening” to find the story, in 2006 Nancy Peckenham listened to her inner voice, and developed the on-line publication News from Cornwall & Cornwall-onHudson. The newspaper was designed as a public forum for local, and yes even global, residents to keep abreast of the news in this small village and captured the spirit of this intimate Hudson Highland community located on historic Storm King Mountain on the shores of the Hudson River. Peckenham’s professional background prepared her well for this task of building community in the digital with the written word. She has 25 years of journalism experience, including a decade as an executive producer at CNN in Atlanta and New York, and a track record of numerous documentaries on issues of global conflicts and print stories on domestic and international social issues. Now that Nancy Peckenham is moving on from the publication, her tenure as editor will be remembered as one where the fostering of discourse provided an opportunity for residents to participate in the exchange of ideas and opinions, resulting in building neighbor to neighbor connections. This is no small feat in a time where our lives are so busy, and disconnection from one’s neighbors has, unfortunately, become the norm. When the residents opened their email last April and read of Nancy’s departure, a diluge of sadness was posted on the site. Wendy Bogart responded with a possible solution. She offered to assume the responsibility for the publication, and has since purchased this digital newspaper. Wendy Bogart was born and raised in Cornwall-on-Hudson, and returned to the region in 2003. She is a graduate of the School of Visual Arts and worked for many years at Christies’ Auction house in NYC. Her art
specialty is painting, however raising her young family doesn’t give her the time required to paint. Yet, she is an artist. One of the beautiful qualities about being an artist is that we understand that creative thought is the core of all life’s endeavors. Although Ms. Bogart does not consider herself a writer nor a journalist, she does have a vision for News from Cornwall & Cornwall-onHudson. This vision includes news stories provided by residents on the arts, community play, summer camp, and thriving businesses, as well as a format for readers to express their thoughts on the health and well being of the community. Right now the focus is the localvore (or locavore: someone who is committed to eating food that is grown or produced within their local community or region) challenge to shop locally.
The responses to the return of News from Cornwall & Cornwall-on-Hudson have been overwhelmingly positive. With a readership of 3000, this free publication sets the tone for how to build a community composed of diverse members. Some of the businesses that are supporting her new venture are Gentech on 9W and Studio 208. Visit www.cornwall-on-hudson.com.
Grape Stomp Fest!
(All events are in Cornwall or Cornwall-on-Hudson unless otherwise noted)
Operetta - Video Paul Gould Hudson Valley Gallery, ongoing
“The Pirates of Penzance” Cornwall Public Library, Sep 16, 1pm
Emily Waterfield photography Gary Hoff & Terri Clearwater paintings Clearwater Gallery, ongoing
Discovery Quests Saturdays & Sundays, 9am-1pm HHNM Outdoor Discovery Center
Art & Photography Exhibits
Recreation
Book Discussion
Children’s Activities
“Catch-22” by Joseph Heller Cornwall Library, Sep 5, 7pm
Nature Strollers Tuesdays, 9:30am HHNM Outdoor Discovery Center
Cinema “The Long Gray Line” Sep 12, Noon “The Road Home” Chinese Sep 20, 6pm “The Egg and I” Sep 23, 1:30pm Cornwall Library,
Festivals The Great Lucy Lookalike Grape Stomp Festival Palaia Vineyards, Highland Mills, Sep 22, 3pm-10pm
Museum World of Bees & Brook Trout Exhibit Sat & Sun, Noon-4pm Meet the Animal of the Week Sat & Sun, 2:30pm
HHNM Wildlife Education Center
Music Palaia Vineyards Highland Mills (see page 18)
Majestic Monarchs
Palaia Vineyards’ annual Lucy Lookalike Grape Stomp Festival is being held on Search for Monarch butterflies at the Hudson September 22. Activities for the day run from Highlands Nature Museum, on Muser Drive, 3:00pm to 10:00pm. across from 174 Angola Road. September 15 at The Vineyard is located at 10 Sweet Clover 10:00am. Road in Highland Mills. Call 845-928-5384. For information call 845-534-5506, ext. 204.
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“As Time Goes By” at the Wallkill River School
“Red Barn”, oil by George Hayes
“Night Table”, oil by Michael Piotrowski
As Time Goes By features new paintings by Michael Piotrowski and George Hayes at the Wallkill River School of Art (WRS) for the month of September. Oil paintings by Michael Piotrowski and George Hayes will be in the main galleries, and multi-media work by Emerging Artist Carol Ann Kronyak will be in the workshop room. Michael Piotrowski rekindled his passion for oil painting after a forty-year hiatus. For over 30 years his creativity found expression through light in his professional career as a Stage Lighting Designer. It came together for him at an oil painting workshop offered by William Noonan at the WRS. Michael dug out his old paint box, passed down from his mother, containing paint tubes so old and crusted it took pliers to open them! Soon, Michael's creative energy also released, and he produced a body of oil paintings ready to be exhibited. George Hayes grew up in rural Pennsylvania, wanting to be an artist. He marveled at nature’s beauty and sketched and drew the apple trees and streams near his boyhood home. After serving in the United States Army, he
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went on to college and graduated from Pratt Institute in Brooklyn with a bachelor's degree in industrial design. While at Pratt, he studied with such notable teachers as Rowena Reed Kostellow, (three-dimensional design) and color theory with Mary Buckley. After graduation, Hayes entered a career in the arts as a commercial artist. After joining the WRS, he studied various oil painting, pastel painting and drawing classes under such notable artists as Shawn Dell Joyce, Gene Bové and Mary Mugele Sealfon. He is currently a member of the WRS Board of Directors. Carol Ann Kronyak is a ceramic teacher at Valley Central High School and a visual artist. Her artwork is stimulated by objects, images and/or materials, which are part of her surrounding environment. The materials she chooses are not simply found objects, but materials acquired by visually scanning her living environment. She pulls images that are autobiographical, and depend solely on what is going on physically, and/or mentally in her personal life. Most of these objects, images and materials are so loaded with information and associations about our daily existence, that they speak for themselves. The public is welcome to sample local wine and hors d’oeuvres from Wildfire Grill at a reception on September 8, from 5pm - 7pm. The WRS is located at the Patchett House, 232 Ward Street. Call 845-457-ARTS
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Wolfgang’s “Traveling the Countryside”
“Irish Countryside” by Nat Baines
The September exhibit at Mikey Teutul’s Wolfgang Gallery will feature the work of Nat Baines and Amy Wiley. The exhibit, titled Traveling the Countryside includes photography from Ireland, the United States, and everything in between, and is on view from September 5 through October 5. The opening reception will be held on September 22 from 6:00pm to 9:00pm. The Wolfgang Gallery is located two blocks off of Route 17K at 40 Railroad Avenue, Suite 1. For more information call 845-769-7446 or visit www.therealmikeyteutul.com.
..........................................................................................Montgomery by Joseph DiBello
General Montgomery Day: September 8, 2012
As demonstrated, the villages that join together and form the Town of Montgomery celebrate their respective pasts and hopes for the future in various but similar ways. Interestingly, the concept of a salute to General Montgomery is irrevocably tied to a celebration found in neighboring Walden. Montgomery resident Howard Garrett had approached then Village Mayor Josephine Murphy to create a yearly
celebratory day, and a short time thereafter, "I had attended Walden Day in 1989 and thought it would be great to have a similar event in the Village of Montgomery," present Mayor Mayor Steve Brescia recalls. Thus, a grand tradition was born. It's not only a salute to General Montgomery, a hero of the Revolution (KIA, Quebec, 1775) but recognition of the Montgomery business community, and the residents of the Village. The celebration, General Montgomery Day, is noted for hosting what is reported to be one
General Richard Montgomery
of the largest diversified parades in the area, with over two hundred units consisting of businesses, service organizations, marching bands, noted and unnoted dignitaries and, of course, area fire departments. With participation at that level, anxious children line the parade route to cheer marchers and retrieve the goodies distributed
by passing floats. Adding to the down-home, Americana-type atmosphere are the soapbox derby, the 8K race, live music and of course the spectacular fireworks display. The committee's intention, according to Brescia, is to present a Disney Land type atmosphere that welcomes families and cherishes individuals interested in enjoying the celebration of small town America. Adding to the appeal of the day is the fact that the celebration, in addition to recognizing General Montgomery, has become the unofficial reunion day for students from the nostalgia filled Montgomery High School and the Valley Central High School. This year will mark the 75 Anniversary of the Montgomery High School. It has become, also, a "coming-home day" village and local residents who have left the area. Old acquaintances are renewed and new friendships begun. "The event allows people to connect with the past," notes Mayor Brescia. It is but a simple task to conjure up the smell of cotton candy coupled with the mouth-watering aroma of sausage and peppers on the grill. General Montgomery Day is scheduled for Saturday, September 8. Rain or Shine.
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Destination...................................................................................................... The Art of Gastropub
by J. A. Di Bello Montgomery's culinary scene is spiced with the area's finest restaurants. Located on the Wallkill River, at the intersection of the Cochecton Turnpike (Rt. 17K) and the Minisink Turnpike (Rt. 211), the area is frequently identified as the culinary capital of Orange County. A place "Where the river flows north, the pastures are lush and all the pasta's al dente." Although this writer does not even pretend to be on a first-name basis with culinary trends, the term Gastropub is totally unfamiliar. However, this is the term Timothy J. Garrison, owner of Garrison's Tavern and Restaurant on Union Street, Montgomery, uses to describe his fine establishment. Investigation of the terminology is revealing. Its origins are British and originally described London "pub owners who hired chefs who could do more than fry fish and chips." Tim is a native of Montgomery and fortunately has one of those gregarious personality traits that permit him to recognize faces and the names that accompany. He has laboriously transformed what was once a delicious, unpretentious coffee and lunch café, The Daily Bean, owned by John
and Marlene Wood, into a trendy, comfortable nightspot, with a legitimate neighborhood vibe. Dark cherry paneling creates an atmosphere that can only embellish an evening's delight of food, beverage and companionship. For aficionados and neophytes alike, Garrisons Tavern boasts a selection of over 40 fine wines, ranging from the Chardonnays to the Zinfandels, including numerous, tasty offerings from the Hudson Valley's burgeoning wineries. To add to an already interesting evening, over 40 imported, domestic and craft beers are available. The above blends nicely with an upscale kitchen for bar snacks like house marinated olives, rosemary parmesan fries with lemon garlic aioli and potato and pea samosas with tamarind sauce. A young, bright, articulate patron from Newburgh recently commented on Garrison's as a place for "great service and fantastic wine." Whether this is called a saloon, bar and grill or gastropub there are plenty of beverages to choose from and ample opportunity to enjoy people and a good meal! Garrison’s Tavern & Restaurant is located at 11 Union Street. For more information, call 845-4571485 or visit the website: www.garrisonstavern.com.
Dining Out Out and and In In Dining
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montgomery aREA calendar sponsored by Di Bello Gallery Art & Photography Exhibits
Music - Classical
Mike Jaroszko luminist James Hiller photography James Douglas Gallery, ongoing
Karine Poghosyan piano Sep 2, 3pm Greater Montgomery Chamner Music Series Senior Center
“Beach/Vacation” WRS members thru Sep 14 George Hayes, Michael Piotrowski, Carol Ann Kronyak Sep 1-29 Reception: Sep 8, 5pm-7pm “Children” WRS members Sep 15-Oct 14 Wallkill River School Nat Baines & Amy Wiley “Traveling the Countryside” Wolfgang Gallery, Sep 5-Oct 5 Reception: Sep 22, 6pm-9pm
Poetry Reading Walter Worden Sep 6, 7pm Noble Coffee Roasters, Campbell Hall
Recreation General Montgomery Day Sep 8 Taste of Montgomery Ball Park, Sep 30, 1pm-4pm ++++++++++++++++++++
Teen & Children’s Acitivites
Music The Grand Slambovians, Evan & Lesley Sep 9 Hill-Hold Museum, Hamptonburgh, 4pm
Macaroni the Clown Senior Center, Sep 22, 3pm Palooza Teen Concert Sep 29, TBA
Poghosyan “Liszted” for September 2 Concert
After stunning audiences with her outstanding playing for the Greater Newburgh Symphony Orchestra, Howard Garrett had the smarts to hire Karine Poghosyan for the first concert of the 25th season for his Greater Montgomery Chamber Music Series. Poghosyan will perform Bach, Stravinsky and Franz Liszt’s Sonata in B minor. Dedicated to
Robert Schumann, it is often considered Liszt's greatest composition for solo piano and has been often analyzed, particularly regarding issues of form. The free concert is on September 2 at 3:00pm in the Montgomery Senior Center, 36 Bridge Street. For further information: 845-457-9867.
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..........................................................................................Montgomery Grand Montgomery Chamber Music Series begins 25th year! by Barry Plaxen Howard and Judy Garrett started the Grand Montgomery Chamber Music Series 24 years ago. It is Orange County’s most popular chamber music series. “We’ve never had an empty seat,” Howard informed CANVAS. “And if there is an empty seat, I just take the chair away.” Continuing in that vein, he remarks about the series’ free admission, “I have a standing rule for our regular free concerts that if anyone is unhappy with a performance, I give them their money back.” “We presented the highly talented Gupta Brothers a number of times while they were still in middle and elementary school, and later in high school. Robert is now a violinist with the Los Angeles Philharmonic and Akshar, the youngest graduate ever from Marist College, is in the science field. “When world-famous violinist Ana Kavafian was scheduled to perform, we had to move the concert from Wesley Hall to Valley Central High School to accommodate audience demand. We have done that a few times.
“Right after 9/11, flutist Maarika Järvi daughter of the famous conductor Neeme Järvi, played for us. “Once we had a cancellation, I wanted a string quartet, so I hired the Newburgh Symphony concertmaster Nicholas Szucs on four or five days notice because he said he could bring musicians that he worked with. When they arrived on Sunday for the concert he told me, ‘yes, they worked together, but they never played as a quartet together’. I then said, ‘so when have you rehearsed for today’ and he told me they hadn’t. But, of course, they played very well without rehearsal and I eventually hired Szucs for a solo violin concert. “We’ve had various ethnic groups perform. The St. Petersburg Men’s Ensemble are back this season for their fourth visit, and we’ve had Georgian (Republic of) musicians and dancers and a Canadian Klezmer group. “We also put on special events, some free, some not. We’ve had theatrical performances by Big Sky Productions and Women in Arts among others, and a few times Music For Humanity has held scholarship fundraisers with us as they are doing this year also.”
Howard & Judy Garrett
When the Village decided to build the Senior Center and make Wesley Hall into a Museum, Howard was consulted for ideas and, as a result, the new performance space has rooms on the side of the stage and high ceilings for great acoustics. Refreshments are served at intermission for the Series. “Judy has been the official worrier behind the scenes, concerned that people would come in late. Now she has retired from overseeing refreshments and is able to sit up front and enjoy the music without worry. I have now appointed “General Lisa Caruso” (Howard’s epithet) in charge of refreshments.
Her great-grandfather was not Enrico Caruso.” While Judy is a fine pianist and composer, and often performs at SUNY Orange art receptions, Howard tries his hand at composing tunes that others arrange. “Hollis Kellogg, one of my arrangers, and Ruthanne Schempf have performed my music at the series and at Potluck Concerts in Cornwall.” (Howard was a little shy to mention the above and only answered because I asked.) Success came easily. “Carl Aiello of the Wallkill Valley Times was very supportive, as were Chris Farlekas, Barbara Bedell, Deb Mendenbach and others from the Times Herald-Record. They, the Town and Village offices and businesses continue to help. “I have gotten to know great people since getting involved in this, people I am pleased to know on a personal level, and I sincerely mean this and demand you print it - that includes you, Barry.” Sometimes Howard hires people he hears at concerts, “on the spot as I did with Karine Poghosyan who opens our 25th season.” I’ll be at her piano concert on September 2 at 3:00pm. Will you?
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Music - blues / country/ folk / pop / rock sponsored by Steve’s Music Center, Rock Hill
Open Mic & In-house music PV........................................................................................................................Palaia Vineyards, Highland Mills PVT.............................................................................................Palaia Vineyards Outdoor Tent, Highland Mills SA.............................................................................................................................Sounds Asylum, Middletown
Open Mic w/ Eric Callari ....................................Eddie’s Roadhouse, Warwick, Wednesdays Open Mic ........................................................................Mountaindale Inn, Wednesdays, 8pm Stacy & Friends Musicians Gathering ..................The Dancing Cat, Bethel, Thursdays, 7pm Josh Casane ................................................................................................PV Sep 1, 2pm-5pm “Peach Project” ................................................................................................PVT Sep 1, 6:30pm Somerville ..........................................................................Dancing Cat Saloon, Bethel, Sep 1, 8pm Neil Young Tribute and Pig Roast..................................................................................PVT Sep 2 Al Westphal ......................................................................................................PV, Sep 8, 2pm-4pm Gregg Van Gelder & Friends ......................................................PVT Sep 8, 6:30pm-9:30pm “Dys of Rain” ..................................................................................PV Sep 9 2:30pm-5:30pm Evan Teatum ..........................................................................................PV Sep 15, 2pm-4pm The New Kings ..........................................................Dancing Cat Saloon, Bethel, Sep 15, 8pm Nailed Shutt................................................................................PVT Sep 15, 6:30pm-5:30pm Jack Higgins..................................................................................PV Sep 16, 2:30pm-5:30pm Jack Higgins............................................................................................PV Sep 22, 2pm-4pm U-GUYS ......................................................................................PVT Sep 22, 6:30pm-9:30pm Kathleen Pembile & the agreements ..........................................PV Sep 23, 2:30pm-5:30pm McMule ......................................................................................PVT Sep 29, 6:30pm-9:30pm Yasgur ........................................................................Dancing Cat Saloon, Bethel, Sep 29, 8pm E. Mitchell Combo ......................................................................PV Sep 30, 2:30pm-5:30pm Smalltown Sheiks ..............................................................Dancing Cat Saloon, Bethel, Oct 6, 8pm
lectureS / DEmos / SymposiumS / Forums /Master Classes sponsored by Hannah Brooks, MD, FACS HHNM ..............................................Hudson Highlands Nature Museum, Outdoor Discovery Center, Cornwall NVM ............................................................Neversink Valley Museum of History & Innovation, Cuddebackville PEEC........................................................................ Pocono Environmental Education Center, Dingmans Ferry
LEctures & MASTER Classes Liberty Jazz Festival Performers Interview ....................Liberty Museum & Arts Center, Aug 30, 7pm Fossil Trail Hike ............................................................................................................PEEC Sep 8, 10am Michael Lobel “on Sol Le Witt” ..........................................................................DIA:Beacon, Sep 8, 2pm “James Simpson: British Soldier at Fort Montgomery” ..Fort Montgomery Historic Site, Sep 13, 7pm Tree ID and Tree Trail Walk ........................................................Grey Towers, Milford, Sep 15, 1:30pm “New Worlds: In Search of Other Earths” Debra Elmegreen Kaplan Hall, SUNYO Newburgh, Sep 18, 4pm “Nanotechnology and the Energy Challenge “ Emilio Mendez .......................................................................... Orange Hall Gallery, SUNYO Middletown, Sep 18, 7:15pm
“How I Got My Name” Petite Belle Hammonds ..............................Newburgh Library, Sep 22, 11:30am DEMO “Easy, Frugal French Cooking” John Moultrie..........Thrall Library, Middletown, Sep 22, 1pm “Circa 19771: Nancy Holt, Joan Jonas, Tony Ramos, Paul Ryan” ..............DIA: Beacon, Sep 22, 2pm “Counting the Dead: A New Look at the Civil War Death Toll” David Hacker .................................... Kaplan Hall, SUNYO, Newburgh, Sep 24, 7pm “Science and Art: Walking the Tightrope - NanoArt21” Carol & Phil Flaitz ........................................ Orange Hall Gallery, SUNYO Middletown, Sep 25, 11am Fungus Among Us ..........................................................................................................PEEC Sep 30, 1pm MASTER CLASS “Contemporary Art in Stone: Sculpture” Fred X. Brownstein ................................ Kaplan Hall, SUNYO Newburgh, Oct 1, 1pm
books Book Lover’s Club ..........................................Greenwood Lake Library, Fourth Tuesday, 7pm Book Discussion“The Hare With Amber Eyes: A Family’s Century of Art and Loss” ................ by Edmund DeWaal Josephine-Louise Library, Walden, Aug 30, 6:30pm Book Discussion “Catch-22” by Joseph Heller ................................Cornwall Library, Sep 5, 7pm Book Discussion Great Books Discussion..Newburgh Library, Sep 12, 6:30pm, & Sep 28, 11:30am Scholars Book Discussion ................................................................Newburgh Library, Sep 19, 7pm Book Signing Petite Belle Hammonds ......................................Newburgh Library. Sep 22, 11:30am Book Discussion “Founding Mothers” w/Mary Makofske ..Thrall Library, Middletown, Sep 25, 7pm Book Discussion “The Geometry of Sisters” by Luanne Rice ..........Cornwall Library, Sep 27, 7pm Book Signings ....................................................Liberty Museum & Arts Center, Sep 29, Noon-2pm
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Concerts PVT.............................................................................................Palaia Vineyards Outdoor Tent, Highland Mills
“Peach Project” ..................................................................................................PVT Sep 1, 6:30pm The Garden 1969-Woodstock....................Morahan Park, Greenwood Lake, Sep 1, 7:30pm FREE Bob Dylan & his Band, Ben Harper ......................................................Bethel Woods, Sep 2, 8pm Casey Erdman ............................................................................The Falcon, Marlboro, Sep 6, 7pm Bush Brothers ........................Desmond Campus, Mount St. Mary College, Newburgh, Sep 7, 7pm Ed Palermo, Rob Paparozzi ........................................................................The Falcon, Sep 8, 7pm Mike Baglione, Anne Loeb & Friends ..........Neversink Museum, Cuddebackville, Sep 8, 7:30pm Southside Johnny & The Poor Fools ..............................Bethel Woods Event Gallery, Sep 8, 8pm The Grand Slambovians, Evan & Lesley..Hill-Hold Museum, Hamptonburgh, Sep 9, 4pm FREE Gil Parris guitar, Scott Barkan guitar......................................The Falcon, Marlboro, Sep 13, 7pm Jim Weider’s PRoJECT PERCoLARoR, Dylan Doyle ........The Falcon, Marlboro, Sep 14, 7pm The Fresh Beat Band ........................................................................Bethel Woods, Sep 15, 2:30pm 8 Days of Blues blues & BBQ ............................Neversink Museum, Cuddebackville, Sep 15, 7pm Montana Skies jazz r&r ..................................................The Falcon, Marlboro, Sep 16, 10am-2pm Ken & Julie international folksongs........................................Elant at Goshen, Sep 16, 2pm FREE Murali Coryell blues..................................................................The Falcon, Marlboro, Sep 20, 7pm Peter Prince - The Moon Boot Lover rock, soul ....................The Falcon, Marlboro, Sep 21, 7pm Anne Loeb & Jane Keitel “A Sisters Act” ..Neversink Museum, Cuddebackville, Sep 22, 7:30pm Ken & Julie international folksongs....................................Newburgh Library, Sep 23, 3pm FREE Jim Sampilongos Electric Trio, Daniel Goodman ..................The Falcon, Marlboro, Sep 27, 7pm Alexis P. Suter Band, The Reese Project w/ Keaton film “Seven Chances” ..Falcon, Sep 28, 7pm “Rock The Mountain” Music & Arts Festival ............................Tuxedo Ridge, Sep 28 & 29, 7pm Ken & Julie international folksongs ......................Hemlock Farms, Lords Valley, Sep 29, 7:30pm Steve Earle, Charlie Mars ..............................................Bethel Woods Event Gallery, Sep 29, 8pm Medeski Martin & Wood ............................................Bethel Woods Event Gallery, Oct 7, 7:30pm
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The Sell All: High Quality Items for Low Prices! by Sehija Krcic
A chat with Wanda Kinnunen, owner of The Sell All in Florida! Why the name “The Sell All”? Well, we didn't have a name at first because I was initially selling items online for so long. When my husband Mike and I decided to open a store, I asked some people for ideas and they said, well, you sell anything and everything so why not "the sell all?" And I thought that was perfect! Where are you from? I was born in Brooklyn and raised in the Bronx. My husband and I now reside in Florida and have been here for approximately 10 years. How did the idea come about for the business? We were selling random items on E-bay for the longest time…and a friend came up with the idea that we should start buying and selling rather than just selling our own un-used items on E-bay. I looked into it because it sounded like a great idea…and did so, though it was still via the web…finally in January 2010 we opened up the retail space / store officially. What exactly do you sell? It's generally gifts and novelties and a lot of accessories. We have scarves, necklaces, bracelets, handbags, toys, games, candles…I am constantly trying to adapt to what people are looking for. Customers will ask if we have a certain item, and I try to accommodate the customers and in turn, they give me ideas on what to buy! We do really well with the personalized items that we create such as mugs,
key chains and iPhone cases - which are really popular right now! We do personalized invitations too, integrated in a way where I could design a customer's invitation and then we can match their party favor with the style and color of the invitations…for instance, we can design wedding invitations, and then for wedding favors, we can design mugs or key chains or whatever item the customer is interested in, that match the theme/style/color of the invitations. What is special about The Sell All? My goal is to keep everything under $20. At least 98% of the store is under $20. It's a great store to buy gifts that will not drain your pocket! There are very few pieces that are over $20. I don’t want to sell expensive products. Even our invitations are reasonably priced. I want people to be able to buy things here…don't want them to break the bank in order to do so! And although the pieces are under $20, they are NOT dollar store quality. They are high quality products. I also try to buy things that you are not going to find - unique items that you can't really find in our area. I had these pendant scarves at one point - they were so pretty, with great designs like butterflies and owls…that people went crazy for! and now everyone has them! Are there holiday items? I've recently started to purchase items that are holiday specific. In September I am expecting a shipment of ornaments and will start a little Christmas section in the store come Christmas! The Sell All, 2 North Main Street, Florida. Thesellall@optimum.net. 845-508-6500
CANvas category calendar sponsored by Hudson Valley Planning and Preservation, Monroe ART TOURS / walks Second Saturday in Beacon Beacon Galleries ......Downtown Beacon, Sep 8, all day to 9pm Art After Dark Milford Galleries ..................................Downtown Milford, Sep 8, 6pm-9pm
cabaret Pre-Show Dinner & Cabaret ............................................Forestburgh Playhouse, Aug 28-30, 6pm Post-Show Cabaret ..............................................Forestburgh Playhouse, Aug 31-Sep 1, 10:30pm
cinema Reel Eclectic Film Series ........................................Thrall Library, Middletown, Sep 6, 7pm FREE Senior Citizen movie ......................................Hamptonburgh Town Hall, Aug 8 & 22, Noon FREE “The Long Gray Line” Tyrone Power , Maureen O’Hara Cornwall Library, Sep 12, Noon FREE “Manslaughter” silent - dir. C.B. DeMille ........Paramount Theater, Middletown, Sep 12, 7:30pm Big Eddy Film Fest............................................................Tusten Theatre, Narrowsburg, Sep 14-16 Tuesday Night Movie ................................................................Newburgh Library, Sep 18, 6:30pm Afternoon Movie....................................................Thrall Library, Middletown, Sep 19, 2pm FREE “Baby Boom” ........................Harriman Hall 111 Film Theatre, SUNYO Middletown, Sep 20, 3pm “The Road Home” Chinese ..................................................Cornwall Library, Sep 20, 6pm FREE “The Egg & I” Fred MacMurry & Claudette Colbert ....Cornwall Library, Sep 23, 1:30pm FREE Tri-State Film Festival................................................Majestic, Cinemas, Matamoras, Sep 28 & 29 Manhattan Short Film Festival..............................Kaplan Hall, SUNYO Newburgh, Sep 28, 7pm & Downing Film Center, Oct 6, 5pm
comedy Jessica Kirson The Laugh Tour ......................Nutshell Arts Center, Lake Huntington, Sep 1, 8pm Mark Viera....................................................................Jesters Comedy Club, Chester, Sep 15, 8pm Open Mic ......................................................................Jesters Comedy Club, Chester, Sep 21, 8pm “Shut Up, Sit Down & Eat” ........................................Jesters Comedy Club, Chester, Sep 22, 8pm Mission: Improv-able ................................................Railroad Playhouse, Newburgh, Sep 29, 8pm Corey Rodrigues ..........................................................Jesters Comedy Club, Chester, Sep 29, 8pm
festival 24th Annual International Festival ............................Newburgh Armory Unity Center, thru Sep 3 West Point Civil War Festival w/Music & Fireworks ....Trophy Point Amphitheatre, Sep 2, 1pm-10pm
Renaissance Faire ....................................................................Sterling Forest, Tuxedo, thru Sep 23 Harvest Festival ....Pocono Environmental Education Center, Dingmans Ferry, Sep 15, 10am-4pm Great Lucy Lookalike Grape Stomp Festival Palaia Vineyards, Highland Mills, Sep 22, 3pm-10pm Harvest Faire ........................................................Wallkill Public Library Lawn, Sep 29, 9am-4pm Town of Deerpark Annual Festival ......Town of Deerpark Museum, Huguenot, Sep 30, 3pm-5pm
museums Forestry Exhibit ..............................................................................Grey Towers, Milford, thru Oct “Light and Landscape” ..................................Storm King Arts Center, Mountaindale, thru Nov 11 “Portrait of a Family: Papers from the Westbrook Family from the 1700 and 1800s” .............. Neversink Valley Museum, thru Nov 25 Sculpture Exhibits Imi Knoebel, Walter De Maria ........................................Dia:Beacon, ongoing Archives Day ........................Sullivan County Museum, Hurleyville., Sep 5, 12, 19, 26, 10am-4pm Civil War Artifacts ....................................................................Museum Village, Monroe, ongoing “Byrd/Skolnick: A Tale of Two Posters”..............................Museum at Bethel Woods, thru Jul 22 Frederick Franck Sculpture Garden and Galleries................Pacem In Terris, Warwick, thru Oct Rondout & Neversink watershed areas ........Time & the Valley Museum, Grahamsville, thru Oct “Boy Scouts of America: The Great Depression” ......Karpeles Manuscript Museum, thru Dec 23 “Circa 1971: Early Video & Film from the EAI Archive” ....................DIA:Beacon, thru Dec 31 Jean-Luc Moulene “Opus + One” ............................................................DIA:Beacon, thru Dec 31
music - broadway - tin pan alley - light classics “Lovely Songs for a Summer Night” ............................Pine Bush Bandstand, Aug 31, 7pm FREE Broadway Concerts Direct............................................Wurtsboro Community Church, TBD, 8pm
Music - jazz Liberty Jazz Festival ..................................................Liberty Museum & Arts Center, Aug 31, 7pm Brad Mehldau Duo & Doug Weiss, Swamp Cabbage ..............The Falcon, Marlboro, Sep 1, 7pm Connor Kennedy & Lee Falco ................................The Falcon, Marlboro, Sep 2, 10am-2pm, 7pm Dave Liebman, Personal World w/Dziuba, Donica, Bowman The Falcon, Marlboro, Sep 7, 7pm Doug Weiss ........................................................................The Falcon, Marlboro, Sep 9, 10am-2pm Goshen “Willie the Lion Smith” Jazz Festival ..........Downtown, Goshen, Sep 15 Noon-Midnight Hugh Brodie & The Cosmic Ensemble ....................................The Falcon, Marlboro, Sep 15, 7pm Sam Newsome/Ethan Iverson Duo ..........................................The Falcon, Marlboro, Sep 16, 7pm Pete Levin Group ......................................................................The Falcon, Marlboro, Sep 22, 7pm Catherine Russell soulful vocals, Mark Shane piano ....Tusten Theatre, Narrowsburg, Oct 6, 8pm
operEtta - Video “The Pirates of Penzance” Gilbert & Sullivan......................Cornwall Library, Sep 16, 1pm FREE
poetry & prose readings R. Dionysius Whiteurs Poetry on the Loose Seligmann Gallery, Sugar Loaf, Sep 1, 3:30pm FREE Poetry Potluck ..........................................Catskill Art Society, Livingston Manor, Sep 2, 11:30am Robert Milby Poetry in the Gallery ................................Wurtsboro Art Alliance, Sep 2, 8pm FREE Hudson River Poets ................................................................Newburgh Library, Sep 6, 7pm FREE Walter Worden ............................................................................Noble Coffee Roasters, Sep 6, 7pm Lynn Hoins & Bertha Rogers Calling All Poets......Howland Cultural Center, Beacon, Sep 7, 8pm Poetry Night ................................................Ruthie’s Restaurant, New Windsor, Sep 12, 7pm FREE Poetry Night ................................................Bank Square Coffeehouse, Beacon, Sep 19, 7pm FREE Poetry at the Church ..........................................................Goshen Methodist Church, Sep 24, 7pm Poetry Night ....................................................Liberty Green Bldg. 3, Warwick, Sep 25, 7pm FREE Liberty Poetry Festival ..............................................Liberty Museum & Arts Center, Sep 29, 2pm Janet Hamill “NY School of Poets” ........Seligmann Center for the Arts, Sugar Loaf, Sep 29, TBD “Ah! Orange County” poetry exhibit ............Orange Hall Gallery, SUNYO Middletown, Oct 2-28 Eileen Van Hook Poetry on the Loose ..........Seligmann Gallery, Sugar Loaf, Oct 6, 3:30pm FREE
recreation Civil War Weekend ..................................................................Museum Village, Monroe, Sep 1 & 2 Social Latin Ballroom Dance ..................Sullivan County Museum, Hurleyville, Sep 11, 6pm-9pm Taste of Warwick ............................................................Warwick Valley Winery, Sep 18, 6pm-9pm Pinchot Family Walking Tour ......Community House Lawn, Downtown Milford, Sep 23, 1:30pm
storytelling Black Dirt Storytelling Guild “Too Much” ........................Florida Library, Sep 13, 7:30pm FREE Black Dirt Storytelling Cafe ......................................................Florida Library, Sep 28, 7pm FREE
theatre - musical “SHOUT! The Mod Musical ........................................Shadowland Theatre, Ellenville, thru Sep 9 “The Drowsy Chaperone” CTMW Players ......Playhouse at Museum Village, Monroe, Sep 14-30 “The Last Five Years” SumemrStar Theatre ..SUNY Orange Hall Theatre, Middletown, Oct 5-14
Theatre - Physical “Struck” ........................................................................NACL Theatre, Highland Lake, Sep 2, 7pm “Pulling Strings” Margolis Broan Adaptors ..................NACL Theatre, Sep 8, 7pm & Sep 9, 4pm
theatre - play “Barefoot in the Park” ..................................................................Forestburg Playhouse, thru Sep 2 “Night of the Dirty Dog” 3 one-act plays Unitarian Universalist Cong, Rock Tavern, Sep 12, 8pm “The Dangers of Electric Lighting” ..............................Shadowland Theatre Ellenville, Sep 14-30 “Almost Maine” Sullivan County Dramatic Workshop ..........................Rivoli Theatre, Sep 21-30 “Einstein” Cornerstone Arts Alliance................................................Goshen Music Hall, Sep 21-30
Music - classical Karine Poghosyan piano, Grand Montgomery Chamber Music Senior Center, Sep 2, 3pm FREE The River Ensemble ............Int’l Center for Culture of Compassion, Woodbourne, Sep 2, 3:30pm West Point Band, Hellcats, Jazz Knights ........................Trophy Point Amphitheatre, Sep 2, 6pm Soheil Nasseri piano ..............................................Lumberland Town Hall, Glen Spey, Sep 9, 3pm The Serenade Orchestra ......................................................................Pacem In Terris, Sep 9, 5pm Parker String Quartet ..............................................Bethel Woods Event Gallery, Sep 22, 7:30pm Greater Newburgh Symphony Orchestra ....................Aquinas Hall, Newburgh, Sep 22, 7:30pm Brahms “Requiem” cond. Ron De Fesi ..............First Presbyterian Church, Monroe, Sep 23, 4pm United Presbyterian Church, Middletown, Sep 30, 4pm September 2012
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= Creative Theatre Muddy Water Players, Playhouse at Museum Village, Monroe = Downing Film Center, Newburgh, 845-561-3686 = Eisenhower Hall Theatre, West Point = The Falcon, Marlboro = Forestburgh Playhouse 845-794-1194 = Festival Square, Middletown
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Shown on left: “On Edge” by Paula Heisen on view at The Forge, Milford
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Please check the schedule for Gallery Art and Photography Opening Receptions see page 22
Recreation Social Dance Sullivan County Museum, Hurleyville, 6pm-9pm
= Neversink Area Museum, D&H = Noble Coffee Roasters, Camp = Newburgh Free Library = Pocono Environmental Educa = Paramount Theatre, Middletow = Palaia Vineyards, Highland Mi
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Prose Reading...First Friday Contemporary Theatre - Musical ......“SHOUT! The Mod
Poetry Reading ........Lynn Hoins & Berth
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= Grand Montgomery Chamber Music, Montgomery Senior Center = Howland Cultural Center, Beacon = Hudson Highlands Nature Museum, Cornwall = Lycian Centre, Sugar Loaf = Liberty Museum & Arts Center = NACL Theatre, Highland Lake
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“The Long Gray Line” Cornwall Library, Noon
“Manslaughter” silent PT 7pm “KFT” Schlesinger’s Steak House, New Windsor, TBA
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Cinema ..............................Big Eddy Film Music ............................Gil Parris, Scott Barkan ................FAL 7pm Open Mic...Musicians Gathering....Dancing Cat Saloon, Bethel, 8pm Music - Jazz.....Jazz Trio ..Aroma Thyme Bistro, Ellenville, 8pm-11pm
Music ......Jim Weider’s PRoJECT PERCo
Theatre - Play ......“The Dangers of Elect
Theatre - Musical ........“The Drowsy Cha
Poetry Reading Ruthie’s Restaurant New Windsor, 7pm
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Recreation Taste of Warwick Warwick Valley Winery, 6pm-8pm Cinema Tuesday Night Movie NFL 6:30pm
Oranges, Tulips & a Slice of Carrie Jacobson by Michael Petrowski
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Cinema ..................................“Baby Boom” ....................SUNYO-HH Comedy.....................Open Mic............Jes Cinema............“The Road Home” Chinese ....Cornwall Library, 6pm Music - Rock-Soul...Peter Prince - The Mo
Music - Blues ........................Murali Coryell ........................FAL 7pm Theatre - Play ..........................“Einstein” Theatre - Play ......“The Dangers of Electric Lighting” ........ST 8pm Theatre - Play ......“The Dangers of Elect
Theatre - Musical ........“The Drowsy Chaperone” ..........CTMW 8pm Theatre - Play ......................“Almost Main Open Mic...Musicians Gathering ..Dancing Cat Saloon, Bethel, 8pm Theatre - Musical ........“The Drowsy Cha Music - Jazz.....Jazz Trio ..Aroma Thyme Bistro, Ellenville, 8pm-11pm
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Storytelling ....Black Dirt Storytel
Music..........................Rock The Mountain Music..Jim Campilongo’s Electric Trio, Daniel Goodman..FAL 7pm Music & Film ....Alexis P. Suter Band, The Theatre - Play ......“The Dangers of Electric Lighting” ........ST 8pm Cinema ....................Manhattan Short Fil
Poetry Reading Poetry at the Church Poetry Reading Goshen Methodist Liberty Green, Bldg. 3 Church, 7pm Warwick, 7pm
Theatre - Musical ........“The Drowsy Chaperone” ..........CTMW 8pm Theatre - Play ..........................“Einstein” Open Mic...Musicians Gathering ..Dancing Cat Saloon, Bethel, 8pm Theatre - Play ......“The Dangers of Elect
Music - Jazz.....Jazz Trio ..Aroma Thyme Bistro, Ellenville, 8pm-11pm Theatre - Play ......................“Almost Main
Theatre - Musical ........“The Drowsy Cha “Trish” by William Noonan Shown on right:
“On My Back” by Paula Heisen
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“Strawberries & Geraniums” by Michael Petrowski On view at the Wallkill River School
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Open Mic...Musicians Gathering ..Dancing Cat Saloon, Bethel, 8pm
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oLAToR, Dylan Doyle ..FAL 7pm
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= Palaia Vineyards Outdoor Tent, Highland Mills = Railroad Playhouse, Newburgh = Sullivan County Community College, Seelig Auditorium = Sullivan County Dramatic Workshop, Rivoli Theatre, South Fallsburg = Shadowland Theatre, Ellenville = Harriman Hall 111 Film Tehatre, SUNYO Orange, Middletown
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Recreation ..............................Civil War Weekend ............................Museum Village, Monroe TBA Poetry Reading........R. Dionysius Whiteurs ......................Seligmann Gallery, Sugar Loaf, 3:30pm Music............The Garden 1969-Woodstock ..................Morahan Park, Greenwood Lake, 7:30pm Music ..................................................Somerville ..............................Dancing Cat Saloon, Bethel, 8pm Theatre - Musical ..............“SHOUT! The Mod Musical” ..................................................ST 8pm Comedy................Jessica Kirson The Laugh Tour ....Nutshell Art Center, Lake Huntington, 8pm Theatre - Play ........................“Barefoot in the Park” ........................................................FP 8pm Cabaret ....................................Post Show Cabaret....................................................FP 10:30pm Art Walk ............................Second Saturday ..............................Downtown Beacon, all day Art Walk ................................Art After Dark ..............................Downtown Milford, 6pm-9pm Theatre - Physical................“Pulling Strings” ......................................................NACL 7PM Music..........................Mike Baglione, Anne Loeb & Friends....................................NAM 7:30pm Music..........................Southside Johnny & The Poor Fools ............Bethel Woods Gallery, 8pm Theatre - Musical ..............“SHOUT! The Mod Musical” ..................................................ST 8pm Festival ........................Harvest Festival ..............................................PEEC 10am-4pm Music - Jazz ............Goshen Jazz Festival..............Downtown Goshen, Noon-Midnight Cinema ....................................Big Eddy Film Fest ..................................................................TT Music..............................................Evan Teatum........................................................PV 2pm-4pm Music ..........................................Fresh Beat Band ....................................Bethel Woods, 2:30pm Music ..............................................Nailed Shutt ............................................PVT 6:30pm-9:30pm Music & BBQ ..............................8 Days of Blues ..........................................................NAM 7pm Music - Jazz..............Hugh Brodie & The Cosmic Ensemble ........................................FAL 7pm Music............................................The New Kings......................Dancing Cat Saloon, Bethel, 8pm Theatre - Play ..............“The Dangers of Electric Lighting”..............................................ST 8pm Theatre - Musical ................“The Drowsy Chaperone” ..............................................CTMW 8pm Comedy............................................Mark Viera ....................Jesters Comedy Club, Chester, 8pm
= Kaplan Hall, SUNYO Orange, Newburgh = Orange Hall, OCCC, SUNY Orange, Middletown = Thrall Library, Middletown = Tusten Theater, Narrowsburg = Unitarian Universalist Congregation, Rock Tavern = Wurtsboro Art Alliance
Recreation..........Civil War Weekend..........................Museum Village, Monroe TBA Theatre - Musical.......“SHOUT! The Mod Musical” ................................ST 2pm Theatre - Play..................“Barefoot in the Park”....................................FP 3pm Music - Classical ..................Karine Poghosyan piano ..........................GMCM 3pm Music - Classical..The River Ensemble ..Int’l Ctr for Culture & Compassion, 3:30pm Festival..West Point Civil War Festival/Music..Trophy Pt.Amphitheatre, 1pm-10pm Theatre - Physical..............................”Struck” ..........................................NACL 7pm Poetry Reading..................................Robert Milby ............................................WAA 8pm Music...............Bob Dylan & his Band, Ben Harper ..........................Bethel Woods, 8pm Theatre - Musical ........“SHOUT! The Mod Musical” ..............................ST 2pm Music - Classical..Soheil Nasseri piano Lumberland Town Hall, Glen Spey, 3pm Music.....The Grand Slambovians, Even & Lesley ..............Hill-Hold Museum, 4pm Music - Classical...........The Serenade Orchestra ....Pacem In Terris, Warwick, 5pm Theatre - Physical ......................“Pulling Strings” ..................................NACL 7pm
Cinema ................Big Eddy Film Fest ......................................TT
Music ....................................Montana Skies ......................FAL 10am-2pm
Operetta - Video ..........“The Pirates of Penzance” ..Cornwall Library, 1pm Music - Folk ............................Ken & Julie ..............Elant at Goshen, 2pm Music ......................................Jack Higgins ..........................PV 2pm-4pm Theatre - Play ......“The Dangers of Electric Lighting”..................ST 2pm Music - Jazz..........Sam Newsome/Ethan Iverson Duo ................FAL 7pm
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Festival ......................Harvest Faire ................Wallkill Library Lawn, 9am-4pm Poetry Readings.Liberty Poetry Festival Liberty Museum & Arts Center, 2pm Theatre - Musical.......“The Drowsy Chaperone” ..............CTMW 3pm & 8pm Music ..........................................McMule ......................................PVT 6:30pm-9:30pm Music..........................Rock The Mountain Festival ......................Tuxedo Ridge, 7pm Theatre - Play ..........................“Einstein” ..............................Goshen Music Hall, 7pm Music - Folk ............................Ken & Julie ......Hemloick Farms, Lords Valley, 7:30pm Theatre - Play ......“The Dangers of Electric Lighting” ....................................ST 8pm Theatre - Play ......................“Almost MaIne” ............................................SCDW 8pm Music............................Steve Earle, Charlie Mars ............Bethel Woods Gallery, 8pm Music ..........................................Yasgur ..................Dancing Cat Saloon, Bethel, 8pm Comedy ..............................Corey Rodrigues......Jesters Comedy Club, Chester, 8pm Comedy ..........................Mission: Improv-able ............................................RRP 8pm
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Poetry Reading...............Eileen Van Hook Seligmann Estate, Sugar Loaf, 3:30pm
Cinema........Manhattan Short Film Festival ....Downing Film Center, Newburgh, 5pm
Years” ..............SUNYO-OH 8pm Music - Jazz........Catherine Russell vocals, Mark Shane piano ....................TT 8pm Music ..................................Smalltown Sheiks ........Dancing Cat Saloon, Bethel, 8pm Theatre - Musical ............“The Last Five Years” ................................SUNYO-OH 8pm
Theatre - Play ......“The Dangers of Electric Lighting”..................ST 2pm
Theatre - Play ..........................“Einstein”............Goshen Music Hall, 2pm Music..................................E. Mitchell Combo ............PV 2:30pm-5:30pm Festival..Town of Deerpark Festival ..Deerpark Museum, Huguenot, 3pm-5pm
Theatre - Play ......................“Almost Maine” ..........................SCDW 3pm Theatre - Musical ........“The Drowsy Chaperone” ..................CTMW 8pm Music - Classical..Brahms “Requiem” United Presbyterian Ch., Middletown, 4pm
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ART exhibits CAS ................................................................................Catskill Art Society Arts Center, Livingston Manor DAC ..................................................Alliance Gallery & Loft Gallery, Delaware Arts Center, Narrowsburg OSH..........................................................................................Old Stone House, Hasbrouck (Woodbourne) SUNYO ..........................................SUNY Orange Middletown, Orange Hall Gallery & Loft 845-341-4891 SUNYO-KH..........................................................................................SUNY Orange Newburgh, Kaplan Hall WRS ..................................................................................Wallkill River School, Montgomery 845-457-2787
“A Class Act: The Desmond Show, Summer of 2012” .................................................................... Desmond Campus, Mount St. Mary College, Newburgh, ongoing Carolyn Duke pottery ..............................................Duke Pottery, Tennanah Lake, Roscoe, ongoing Mike Jarozsko luminist paintings ............................James Douglas Gallery, Montgomery, ongoing Lisa Strazza ............................................................................Strazza Art Gallery, Warwick, ongoing David & Joann Wells Greenbaum potter, paintings ..............BlueStone Studio, Milford, ongoing Kelly Patton ............................................................................................Caffe Macchiato, Newburgh Ron Lusker “Six Decades” ....................................Drawing Room Gallery, De Bruce, thru Summer Michael Berbue “Baroque Down Convergences” paintings....................................DAC thru Sep 1 Kathleen Hayek & GG Staniewicz “Time & lace” prints, paintings, etc ..............DAC thru Sep 1 Roscoe UpstArts 2012 Summer Show 21 artists ................Lake’s End, Tennanah Lake, thru Sep 2 Paola Bari “Safari” ............................................................RiverWinds Gallery, Beacon, thru Sep 3 Jill Reynolds “Crux”..........................................................Hudson Beach Glass, Beacon, thru Sep 4 Cheryl Kolb “Animals & Farms” ........................................River Gallery, Narrowsburg, thru Sep 8 Windows on Main Street 58 artists, 51 businesses ..........................Downtown Beacon, thru Sep 8 “Celebrating the Basha Kill” .................................................... Wurtsboro Art Alliance, thru Sep 9 William Davies “Colored Pencil Paintings”....................The ARTery Gallery, Milford, thru Sep 10 “Beach/Vacation” WRS members ..........................................................................WRS thru Sep 14 Resident Art Show ................................................................................Elant at Goshen, thru Sep 24 Carol Flaitz & Digital Artists “One Billionth of a Meter: Artistic Reflection on the World of Nanotechnology” Orange Hall Gallery, SUNYO Middletown thru Sep 28 Hal Gaylor jazz portraits & other artists “High Note” ........WVFA Gallery, Warwick, thru Sep 28 “Sculpture for a New Century” eight sculptors..................................SUNYO Newburgh, thru Sep “Light and Landscape” sculpture ....................Storm King Art Center, Mountainville, thru Nov 11 Chaim Gross sculpture................................Seligmann Center for Surrealism, Sugar Loaf, thru Dec
New art Exhibits George Hayes, Michael Piotrowski, Carol Ann Kronyak ........................................WRS Sep 1-29 Ann Higgins watercolors ..........................................................Livingston Manor Library, Sep 1-30 Gregory Davis, Chip Forelli & Kit Sailer “Framing the Landscape” ................CAS Sep 1-Oct 7 Catskill Artists Gallery ..........................................................Bethel Woods Harvest Festival, Sep 2 “A Dozen Points of View” 12 artists ..Uniterian Universalist Cong., Rock Tavern, Sep 7, 6pm-8pm
Robin Dintiman installation & prints ........................................................................DAC Sep 7-29 Jeannette Fedorka & Frances Nankin Arrangements from the Natural......OSH Sep 9, 1pm-4pm River Valley Artists Guild Members Show..Brotherhood Winery, Washingtonville, Sep 10-Oct 31 Lydia Anderson acrylic, oil, watercolor ............Crawford Gov’t Center, Pine Bush, Sep 10-Oct 31 “Children” WRS members..................................................................................WRS Sep 15-Oct 14 “The Nemethy Family:3 Generations of Art”......Ritz Theater Lobby, Newburgh , Sep 15-Nov 25 Crawford House, Newburgh Sep 15-Dec 9 Meet the Artist ..................................................................ArtsWAVE, Ellenville, Sep 21, 6pm-8pm “Sunrise / Sunset” ................................................................Wurtsboro Art Alliance, Sep 22-Oct 21 William Noonan ................................................................................Elant at Goshen, Sep 24-Oct 22 Orange County Art Federation ........................Orange Hall Gallery, SUNY Middletown, Oct 2-28 Elise Freda paintings....................................................................................................DAC Oct 5-27
photography exhibits FOV ........................................................................................................................Fovea Exhibitions, Beacon HPG....................................................................................................Highlands Photographic Guild, Milford
“Early to Rise: Working Farms in Orange County” Cornell Cooperative Extension, Middletown James Hiller ..............................................................James Douglas Gallery, Montgomery, ongoing John Strazza ..........................................................................Strazza Art Gallery, Warwick, ongoing Linda Bock-Hinger “Texture from a Visual Perspective”........................................HPG thru Sep 7 Dmitri Kasterine “Newburgh: Portrait of a City” ..........Ann Street Gallery, Newburgh, thru Sep 8 Jackie Horner “Grossingers” ..........................................Liberty Museum & Art Center, thru Sep 8 “One Earth” group exhibit........................................................................................FOV thru Nov 4
New Photography Exhibits Cathy Miller “Minnewaska: The Red Trail” ..............Karpeles Museum, Newburgh, Sep 1-Oct 28 Nat Baines & Amy Wiley “Traveling the Countryside” Wolfgang Gallery, Montgomery, Sep 5-Oct 5 Susan Slater-Tanner “Eleven Years of Progress: Eleven Years of Reflection” .......................................... Orange Hall Gallery Lift, SUNY Middletown, Sep 10-28
Dana Giro ............................................................Crawford Gov’t Center, Pine Bush, Sep 10-Oct 31 Catskills Preservation Photography Exhibit ..............Liberty Museum & Art Center, Oct 6-Dec 1
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Art & photography receptions/Auctions Gregory Davis, Chip Forelli & Kit Sailer ........................CAS Sep 1, Talk 3pm, Reception, 4pm-6pm “A Dozen Points of View” 12 artistsUniterian Universalist Congregation, Rock Tavern, Sep 7, 6pm-8pm
Robin Dintiman installation & prints......................................................................DAC Sep 7, 7pm-9pm George Hayes, Michael Piotrowski, Carol Ann Kronyak ....................................WRS Sep 8, 5pm-7pm “One Earth” group exhibit ......................................................................................FOV Sep 8, 5pm-9pm Meet the Artists: Lydia Anderson, Dana Giro ..Crawford Gov’t Center, Pine Bush, Sep 12, 11am-3pm River Valley Artists Guild Members Show ....Brotherhood Winery, Washingtonville, Sep 15, 2pm-4pm “The Nemethy Family:3 Generations of Art” ................Crawford House, Newburgh Sep 15, 3pm-6pm Meet the Artist............................................................................ArtsWAVE, Ellenville, Sep 21, 6pm-8pm “Sunrise / Sunset” ....................................................................Wurtsboro Art Alliance, Sep 22, 2pm-4pm Nat Baines & Amy Wiley “Traveling the Countryside” ....Wolfgang Gallery, Montgomery, Sep 22, 6pm-9pm Susan Slater-Tanner “Eleven Years of Progress: Eleven Years of Reflection” .................................................. Orange Hall Gallery Lift, SUNY Middletown, Sep 27, 11am-Noon Habitat for Humanity Benefit Art Sale ....Hudson Valley Christian Church, Newburgh, Sep 29, 10am-5pm
“BRA-zaar!” Art Auction ....................Bella Luna Restaurant, Blooming Grove, Oct 4, 5:30pm-8:30pm Orange County Art Federation ....................Orange Hall Gallery, SUNY Middletown, Oct 6, 4pm-6pm
clubs Audubon Society First Sunday Field Trip................................845-744-6047 Goshen, 8am or 9am Walden Chess Club all ages, all levels Josephine-Louise Library, Saturdays 10am, Mondays, 6pm Friday Night Chess ....................................................................Narrowsburg Library, Fridays, 6pm Knit and Stitch ........................................................................Narrowsburg Library, Mondays, 6pm Knitters & Crocheters Crochety Knitters ......................................Liberty Library, Tuesdays, 10am Knimble Knitters ..................................................................Ellenville Library, Saturdays, 10:15am Knitting Club ..................................................................Newburgh Free Library, Sep 11 & 25, 7pm Knitting Circle ........................................................................Florida Library, Aug 27, Sep 16, 6pm Knitting Group ............................................Josephine-Louise Library, Walden, Thursdays, 6:30pm Laurel & Hardy Sons of the Desert Int’l Org......Last Sundays, Ellenville, ray@themtharhills.org The Music Lovers Guild ..............................3rd Thurs, 7:30pm FREE, Montgomery 845-457-9867 Photography Club Hudson Highlands Photo Workshop........St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, Chester 2nd Monday, 7:30pm Country Quilters Guild............................................Mondays, all day, Walker Valley School House Science Cafe “Unravelling the mystery of an environmental disease and a harbinger of a global disease,” Arthur Grollman, MD, Diana’s Restaurant, New Windsor, Sep 19, 7pm Scrabble Players................................................Josephine-Louise Library, Walden, Thursdays, 6pm Scrabble Players ............................................................................Ellenville Library, Tuesdays, 6pm Trivia Night ............................................................2 Alices, Cornwall-on-Hudson, Thursdays, 8pm Women’s Support Dinner Diva Night ......................................Fauchere Patisserrie, Milford, TBA Woodcarving Guild....................................................Valley Cabinets, Harriman, Wednesdays, 7pm
School and Conservatory Be Dif Rent rap & spoken word TEENS............................ArtsWAVE, Ellenville, Aug 2, TBA “The Living Newspaper” King’s Youth Theatre..................Lycian Centre, Aug 17 & 18, 8pm
Children and teens calendar Festivals, Lectures & Recreation - adults & children, see page 20 HHNM ........................................Hudson Highlands Nature Museum, Outdoor Discovery Center, Cornwall HHNM-CoH ..............................Hudson Highlands Nature Museum, Education Center, Cornwall-on-Hudson PEEC ...................................................................... Pocono Environmental Education Center, Dingmans Ferry SKAC ............................................................................................................ Storm King Art Center, Mountainville
cinema “The Hunger Games” teens & youth ..................................Newburgh Library, Sep 15, 1pm FREE
museums Meet the Animals .. ........................................................HHNM CoH Saturdays & Sundays 2:30pm World of Bees and Brook Trout Exhibits ........................HHNM-CoH, Fri, Sat & Sun, Noon-4pm
Recreation Nature Strollers..........................................................................................HHNM Tuesdays, 9:30am
theatre Macaroni the Clown Show................................................Montgomery Senior Center, Sep 22, 3pm
Destination..................................................................................Walden Father, Tailor and Soldier Too by J. A. Di Bello Arriving in America, at age twenty-two in 1930 from just about anywhere had to be a serious culture shock. But Ellis Island had a special meaning for immigrant Goannis Spauoulos. It was here, through the efforts of the Immigration Naturalization Services (INS) he became John Spanos, American (1908-2001). His origin: Karavas, Cyprus, at the time one of the Greek Isles. His destination: Walden, NY. The new American brought with him a demanding work ethic, an enviable entrepreneurial spirit and an overwhelming respect for the value of an American education. Spanos was already a trained and skilled tailor and an accomplished cook. While working in NYC and living in NJ, a new phase of John's American experience began in the spring of 1942 when he received an invitation from his newly acquired uncle, Uncle Sam. As the war raged through Europe Spanos was drafted into the U.S. Army. Before he knew it, he was headed back to Europe with the Third Army to join a one time Orange County, NY college student in the race across central France and to be a participant in one of the war's most notorious battles. The battle: The Battle of the Bulge, December 1944. The Orange County
College student: George S. Patton, USMA at West Point, class of '09. With the war behind him, John Spanos' was destined for Walden with his wife Katina. As fate would dictate, John had a classmate, John Savas who was from his village in Cyprus, Karavas, and owned two clothing/tailoring businesses, one in Newburgh and one in Walden. Although the Walden enterprise was not as profitable, John was quick to recognize its potential and immediately bought the business. John's LTD, Quality & Clothiers & Tailors quickly became an integral of Walden's business community. Clothing, styles and work ethics have changed since Spanos first greeted the public on Main Street. Fortunately, John's Clothiers & Tailors remains a vibrant part of the community, as it is now in the diligent hands of Christos, John and Katina's son. Christos, a graduate of the State University of New York at Albany, is one who keeps abreast of trends and the techniques of successful marketing. As mentioned earlier John Spanos was a great believer in the American system of education. He and Katina helped to support the local scholarship organization with a specific night called John's Night or Valley Central Scholarship Night. Key to that special sale, 10%
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Recreation
“The Hare With Amber Eyes: A Family’s Century of Art and Loss” Edmund DeWaal Josephine-Louise Library, Aug 30, 6:30pm
Chess Club Mondays, 6pm-8pm Chess Club Mondays, 6pm & Saturdays, 10am Scrabble Club Thursdays 6pm Knitting Group Thursdays, 6pm Josephine-Louise Library
Circus
Big Apple Circus 39 Edmunds Lane, Sep 9, 4pm
Walden House Yard Sale Jacon T. Walden House, Sep 15, 9am-3pm
Lecture “History of the First Reformed Church” w/Rev. Robert Miller First Reformed Church, Sep 19, 7pm
Family Events “jetBlue” Story Time, Sep 8, 11am Josephine-Louise Library
of the gross sales was donated to the scholarship council. In those days the VC community, through the efforts of council members, was proud to offer in excess of $20,000 in scholarship funds to the graduates of Valley Central High School. Civic minded residents flocked to "John's Night," not only for the fine quality of clothing and the opportunity to contribute to the scholarship fund, but to get a taste of fine Greek delicacies e.g. grape leaves stuffed with ground meats and Mediterranean spices and a special pastry made with filo, nuts and honey meticulously prepared by Mrs. Spanos. The unstated, implied watchword of Goannis Spauoulos: What a wonderful country. What a wonderful Walden.
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Destination...................................................................................................... Two Clowns Establish their own Circus: Meet Paul Binder & Michael Christensen "The Circus is coming to town!" Heard that cry, whoop or shout before? It's a sound of youthful enthusiasm coated with the type of anticipation that often fills pages of literary copy and cinema script. There has scarcely been a time when the tradition of the circus has not consumed the dreams and minds of children of all ages. But what is the tradition? What is the Big Top? And why are the children of Walden and the Town of Montgomery startled to learn that the circus isn't coming to town after all. It's actually here! It actually lives here! That's right, the world famous Big Apple Circus has its home in the Wallkill Valley, Walden. Above all, be aware that the Big Apple Circus is not the typical American carnival with big animal acts and Barnum-type nonsense. The Big Apple's roots are deep and intimate. They grow from one-ring circus shows dedicated to a caliber of artistic expression found in Europe, Canada and specifically Le Nouveau Cirque de Paris, a place where the dreams of Paul Binder and Michael Christensen became reality.
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The pair, two Americans, one from Brooklyn the other from the state of Washington, began as comedic street jugglers in Paris, placing a hat on the sidewalk hoping passers-by would leave a few francs for lunch money. They soon had a reputation and signed on with Le Nouveau Cirque de Paris in the mid-70s. The two recall with detail their early days, filled with intestinal butterflies as they waited to perform, watching from behind a curtain at flying acrobats and the laughter generated by clowns. "We were peering into this delicious world, and we were 9 or 10 years old again," says Christensen. "I remember looking at Paul and Paul looking at me and we said to each other, 'Do you believe it? We're in the circus!'" The creative duo realized at that juncture that America needs and will appreciate quality performing arts. So it was back to NYC. Not to minimize or dismiss the amount of time, effort, recruiting, money and love that preceded a NYC opening, the not-forprofit Big Apple Circus was born on July 18, 1977 in NYC's Battery Park. During its first
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10 week season more than 45,000 spectators were enraptured by the presentation. The rest is history. The Big Apple Circus is a not-for-profit organization with a long and detailed history of community service. It is more than happenstance then that the Circus and the Walden Rotary Club are planning a great performance event on September 9 at 4:00pm. As Rotary President Tom Olley points out, the event is what he believes to be a final dress rehearsal before the Circus begins its fall road trip. As a fundraiser, he states further, the performance will serve a
dual purpose. Each year, as it is well known in Walden the Villages’s Rotary Club plans several special events designed specifically to generate revenue to support its numerous financial contributions to deserving organizations in the Town of Montgomery and areas immediately adjacent to the Town. The Circus coincidently has been heavily involved with its own Community Outreach Program. It targets pediatric wards at various hospitals, as well as institutions that serve the underprivileged and/or handicapped as well as geriatric facilities. Its purpose is to demonstrate a universal concept: laughter remains the best medicine! Event chairperson, Mike Bliss, notes tickets and information about the Big Apple Circus can be secured from any member of the Walden Rotary Club or Tom Olley at 845778-1000; Hunter Insurance at. 845-7785638, Sue Bennett at 845-457-7700 or Tina Johnson at 845-427-2717. For anyone on a first name basis with those who periodically threaten to run away and join the circus, The Big Apple has openings: Clowns.
.........................................................................Walden byJ. A. Di Bello
What this Town Needs is...
It's rumored and is perhaps fact; a mysterious echo has been ricocheting about and between the aged brick walls that accompany Walden's Main Street. A cause? Could be time and place, or maybe even self-inflicted fantasy. But there it is, again: Listen! "What this town need is a band!" A grand proclamation Waldenites have heard before. And via pure speculation, the echo may be the remnants of the rallying call announced by J.A.A. (John Andrew Albert) Sohns as he organized and directed the Walden Fife, Drum and Bugle Corps Band, during the first quarter of the last century. Interestingly, Sohns' Music Shop has grown over the years and is now widely known and respected as Sohns Appliance Center, skillfully managed by the same family, in the same building with the same superior quality of service. Charles E. Sohns, son of J. A. A. entered the business immediately following his graduation from Walden High School. He was then followed by his son Jeffery soon after his graduation from the State University of New York at Albany. Currently John is at the helm carrying the maestro's baton as he skillfully directs the progress of a business that first opened its doors on Walden's Main Street in
1907. John incidentally became president of the organization in 2002 and is a graduate of Marist College '89. A gross understatement is to proclaim the first two decades of the twentieth century as socially conservative. The Temperance movement was alive and well throughout the country and it is prudent to assume Walden's inclusion. To lend credence to hearsay, the not so hidden purpose of marching band popularity was to lure the village men and boys from the pool halls and other distractions existing in this picturesque
Orange County industrial center. Other Walden bands of this period include W. J. Randles' Ladies Marching Band and Arthur Daniels' Walden Band. With serious concern for historical causes, it is noteworthy to observe the continued benefits of the musical tradition promoted by J. A. A. Sohns and other Walden musicians. The sound is real! The call has been answered and the bands play on, as their sounds ricochet about and between the aged brick walls of contemporary Walden.
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Paramount Adds Twist to Cinema Series
During the golden age of cinema, the great theatres often had live musical performances before their films. This autumn, The Paramount Theatre is creating a modern twist on the old tradition by bringing vocalist Ellen Kaye and her Moscow 57 band to perform before the screening of each movie in its fall/winter series. For Kaye, this is also a continuation of the family “business.” Her uncle, Met Opera Star Jan Peerce, performed for many years at Radio City Music Hall and was Ellen Kaye known as "The Voice." Along with tunes that celebrate these particular films, Kaye will be singing Peerce’s signature song from those days, The Bluebird of Happiness, as she honors her Uncle Jan and this terrific hybrid form of entertainment. Kaye, known for her gutsy, sensuous hybrid of blues, rock and folk is well-suited to this task of performing the wide range of songs these films inspire - from Elvis’s Don’t Be Cruel to What a Swell Party from High Society, the musical version of The Philadelphia Story. Over the past few years Ellen Kaye has been appearing regularly at the noted jazz club, Iridium, and at the Metropolitan Room, one of the premier cabaret rooms in New York. Ellen was invited to sing at the Metro NY chapter of
UN Women Luncheon in the Delegates’ Dining Room at the United Nations on March 2, 2012. Ellen, whose family owned The Russian Tea Room from 1947-1996, and partners Seth Goldman and Ethan Fein have created Moscow 57 Entertaining, a catering company and record label, on the road to opening Moscow 57, a restaurant with live music. Ellen, a third generation restaurateur, brings a wealth of knowledge from her thirty-plus years working in New York City restaurants. Moscow 57 is an avid supporter of The New York Women's Foundation - Women Helping Women: Funding Change. The NYWF supports womenled organizations that create sustainable businesses in their communities. They are also very happy to be supporters of The Neversink Valley Museum. On September 29, The Philadelphia Story will be shown. The series continues until December 22. The Paramount Theatre is at 17 South Street. For information call 845-346-4195.
On September 18, Emilio Mendez, PhD will speak at SUNY Orange’s Orange Hall Gallery at 7:15pm on the role that nanotechnology can play in addressing the energy challenge. Concentration will be given to the research being conducted at the Center for Functional Nanomaterials (CFN) on novel materials and structures for catalysis, photovoltaics, and energy storage, and on the state-of-the-art facilities that make that research possible. Dr. Mendez will detail the challenges that the
large dependence on fossil fuels has brought and the strategies and research going into reducing energy consumption and increasing efficiency to developing economical alternative sources. The lecture is free & open to the public and no registration is required. Architects & engineers will receive one PDH/CEU for attendance. Orange Hall is on the corner of Wawayanda & Grandview Avenues on the SUNY Orange campus. For information: 845-341-4891.
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Orange Hall Gallery, SUNYO, Sep 25, 11am
“Founding Mothers: The Women Who Raised Our Nation” w/Mary Makofske Thrall Library, Sep 25, 7pm
Local Bands Sounds Asylum
Cinema
Cary Grant shoves Katherine Hepburn in The Philadephia Story (1940).
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Music
Music - Classical
Reel Eclectic Film Series Sep 6, 7pm Afternoon Movie Sep 19, 2pm Thrall Library
Brahms “Requiem” cond. Ron De Fesi United Presbyterian Church, Sep 30, 4pm,
“Manslaughtrer” silent, C B DeMille w/Ben Model on the Wurlitzer Paramount Theater, Sep 12, 7pm
“The Last Five Years” SummerStar Theatre SUNYO Orange Hall, Oct 5-14
Cinema & Music “The Philadelphia Story” & Ellen Kaye vocals Paramount Theatre, Sep 29, 6:30pm
Exhibits Carol Flaitz & Digital Artists “One Billionth of a Meter: Artistic Reflection of the World of Nanotechnology” thru Sep 28 Susan Slater-Tanner “Eleven Years of Progress: Eleven Years of Reflection” Sep 10-28 Reception: Sep 27, 11am-Noon Orange Hall Gallery,
Lecture “Easy, Frugal French Cooking” John Moultrie Thrall Library, Sep 22, 1pm “Science and Art: Walking the Tightrope NanoArt2” Carol & Phil Flaitz
Theatre - Musical
............................................................................................middletown Reflections on the World of Nanotechnology
Technology blends into art in the show which continues through September 28 in Orange Hall Gallery, SUNY Orange. One Billionth of a Meter: Artistic Reflections on the World of Nanotechnology is the title of the show by Carol Carol Flaitz Flaitz with digital artists Cris Orfescu, Bjoern Daempfling, Robert Fairfax, Zilda Maria Matheus, Frances Geesin, Chris Robinson, Anna Ursyn. Artist Carol Flaitz of Newburgh paints in mixed media. As she is a graduate of Alfred University’s College of Ceramics, her works have a three-dimensionality to them. Flaitz and the digital artists whose works will be on display are part of the NanoArt21 movement which explores the world of the electron microscope through artists' eyes. The digital artists reside in five countries other than the US. Flaitz uses textured media in her paintings, the influence of her ceramics background. The paintings explore the amalgamation of technology and art and reflect the relationship of humans to the barrage of today’s technology. Her husband, Dr. Phil Flaitz, is a Materials Science/senior engineer at IBM. Through
“Fissure” by Carol Flaitz
photographs taken on his electron microscope, she has viewed photographs of the interior of computer chips - microscopic images, and considers them a new visual frontier. From these images she creates rich textured works of mysterious electronic landscapes. In addition, Carol and Phil Flaitz will present a master class, Science and Art: Walking the Tightrope ~ NanoArt21, about these microscopic explorations with the artistic results on September 25 at 11:00am in Orange Hall Gallery. Both the exhibit and master class are free and open to the public. Orange Hall is located at the corner of Wawayanda and Grandview Avenues on the campus of SUNY Orange. Questions may be directed to 845-341-4891 or by emailing cultural@sunyorange.edu.
“Eleven Years of Progress...” at SUNYO
September 11th is a day in the 21st century that will be remembered for generations. It is still a day of very intense feelings. Susan Slater-Tanner made a promise to herself that she would go down every year to Ground Zero until the doors reopened. When she goes, she records what she sees through photography to "share it with our Susan audience." Her audience is Slater-Tanner her annual exhibit of photographs documenting the progress at the site. The exhibit, entitled Eleven Years of Progress: Eleven Years of Reflection, continues her remembrance and is "a light at the end of the tunnel since the building is going up and the memorial with all its controversy is there," she states. She adds, "Quite different from any other year…emotionally overwhelming. One would think it would get easier each year - it just gets harder and so painfully real." This year the exhibit is being shown in Orange Hall Gallery Loft, September 1028. A short reception at which the artist will be present is scheduled from 11:00am to
“Expanse of Ground Zero” by Susan Slater-Tanner
Noon on September 27. The exhibit and reception are free and open to the public. Ms. Slater-Tanner, who lives in the Town of Warwick, is an assistant professor at SUNY Orange where she teaches Art History, Modern Art, History of Animation, as well as color and design art courses. She is well-known in the community-at-large as she is a sought-after lecturer. Orange Hall is located on the SUNY Orange campus at the corner of Wawayanda and Grandview Avenues. For further information email cultural@sunyorange.edu or call 845-3414891.
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Destination..............Port Jervis/Matamoras/Huguenot Matamoras Hosts First Annual Tri-State Film Festival
by Dawn McElligott
When Majestic Star Entertainment President Nelson Page opened the Majestic Cinemas 7 in Matamoras last year, Charlene Trotter of the Tri-State Chamber of Commerce considered it "just what the doctor ordered" regarding the quality of life for the Delaware Valley. Before the theater's opening, there had been no other cinemas within a 20mile radius. Page entered the entertainment business over 30 years ago because the entrepreneur wanted to "create memories" since it's at movie theaters where people enjoy their first family movie, first date and in many cases a marriage proposal. Hoping to create memories and additional business for the NY/NJ/PA tri-state area, Majestic Star Entertainment has partnered with the Tri-State Chamber of Commerce to present the first annual Tri-State Film Festival during the weekend of September 28 and 29. Page and Trotter have already collaborated on the festival's vision: Innovate, Illuminate and Inspire. Friday festival programming examines historic films. A 90th anniversary screening of the silent film, Robin Hood with live organ
accompaniment is slotted for Friday evening. During the day, two screenings will be conducted of To Kill A Mockingbird, celebrating the 50th anniversary of the venerated film's release date. Conscious of the role the film has Mary Badham played in peoples' hearts, Mary Badham, who played "Scout," has been touring the country to meet with modern audiences and has agreed to fly in from California for the event. The first screening will feature a Q&A with the movie star and is reserved for children invited through cooperation with local schools. Page is pleased that the real-life actress will interact with students who are about the same age Badham had been when the film was made. This encounter, free of charge to the students, delights Page as an opportunity for the festival to mix fiction with reality in a significant manner. Badham will also be available for a second screening and Q&A open to a general audience for the normal ticket price of $10. Page is also glad that Matamoras will have a chance to host its own event at a time when
Honoring History in Huguenot
At The Museum - September 30 The 1863 Huguenot Schoolhouse is one of the few brick, one-room schoolhouses built in Orange County. Local Craftsman made the bricks from the clay found along the banks of the nearby Neversink river. In 1961 the school closed. In 1996, restoration began and in 2001 the project was completed and the school re-opened. Now it is the home of Town of Deerpark Museum which is holding its annual festival on September 30, 3:00pm-5:00pm with music, artists at work, local history displays, spinning, crafts and refreshments. The free event’s location is 25 Grange Road in Huguenot. Phone 845-845-856-2702
8 artworks from RVAG’s “Unity Canvas”
At the Town Hall - September 11 On September 11th, the River Valley Artist Guild (RVAG) will commemorate the bombing of the World Trade Center. A framed Unity Canvas consisting of 12 painted panels with a wide variety of media and techniques will be presented to hang in the Deerpark Town Hall, 420 Route 209 in Huguenot The free event will be held in conjunction with the September 11th services at Town Hall that day, beginning at 8:40am. Following the program, refreshments will be served. For information call Florence Santini, Town Clerk, at 845-856-2210 ext. 2. 28
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Narrowsburg and Milford are offering film festivals of a different flavor. As each festival has a different focus, Page and Trotter hope people will attend all three events. Page asserts "There's no chance of
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people seeing the same films." In fact, Page promises a "bonanza of cinematic treats" for attendees of the Tri-State Film Festival which includes the appearance of Danny Aiello as the Guest of Honor and cinematic symposiums. Information for the Tri-State Film Festival is available by calling the Tri-State Chamber of Commerce at 845-856-6694 or by visiting the festival website: www.tri-statefilm.com.
UpFront’s September 2012 Exhibit
UpFront Exhibition Space’s September 2012 Show will run thru September 20 with over 30 artists of all mediums exhibiting. Included in this exhibit is artist Tea Kawana. In 1987, Newburgh resident Kawana got fed up with the neglect of her city in the two decades since riots had devastated it and other American urban centers. She began to gather up scrap lumber from abandoned buildings around town, and she built a huge grounded boat, three stories high and almost 90 feet long, in a parking lot at Humanity Baptist Church. It was a “new ark” for Newark. Kawana’s Ark. The sign reads, City officials said it violated building codes. “The city wants to destory this ark” Eventually, the state Superior Court said the ark UpFront Exhibition Space is located at 31 must be razed. Kawana cut it apart for firewood, Jersey Avenue. turning the ostensible hazard into a definite For more information call Gordon Graff source of warmth. or Debbie Raia at 845-856-2727.
Human Puppetry at NACL Theatre
Conceived and directed by Kari Margolis, Pulling Strings is a visceral human puppet theatre where the actor’s every breath, shift of weight, gesture and emotion are precisely sculpted. Built on iconographic storybook imagery, cultures, language, and time periods collide creating unexpected alliances and a world that exists out of time and place. These moments of unforeseen and seemingly impossible relationships expose the tenuous thread that connects all humanity. Pulling Strings plays on our notions of self,
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stereotypes, and our desire to mold each other into our vision of perfection - often at the cost of leaving our humanity behind. Margolis Brown Adaptors ensemble of Jonathan Beller, Helen Buron, Jarod Hanson, Jalyn Knobloch, Tania Liberata & Gregory G. Schott, have been researching, skill-set building, creating, and rehearsing Pulling Strings for two years. Soundscore and multimedia by Tony Brown. September 8 at 7:00pm and September 9 at 4:00pm. NACL is at 110 Highland Lake Road in Highland Lake. Call 845-557-0694.
Noonan at Elant
“Pulling Strings” at NACL
The artwork of William Noonan will be on display at Elant in Goshen, 46 Harriman Drive, from September 24 - October 22. Visit www.williamnoonan.com.
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“Arrangements from Natural Elements”
The CANVAS Beat Tina Piaquadio The Dylan Emmet Band - Collide with The Here and Now with
Shiloh Shepherd sculpture needle-felted w/ dog's fur by Jeannette Fedorka
Hydrangea with dragonfly, mixed media collage by Frances Nankin
Summer's bounty feeds the body, but it also feeds the soul as we move outdoors to delight in the natural world. If only we could bottle that energy to savor when winter gets us down! That's just what two local artists from Port Jervis and Bloomingburg have attempted to do through their art - collage, jewelry and sculpture brought together in an exclusive exhibit at The Old Stone House in Hasbrouck. Jeannette Fedorka, FIT grad and media salesperson, will be exhibiting a variety of jewelry, glass decorative items, wool fiber
sculptures, polymer clay and precious metal clay items. In addition she creates custom portraits of pets in glass or fiber. The inspiration supplied by animals, the ocean and our ever-changing landscape keep her experimenting with many mediums. Frances Nankin, an Emmy-awardwinning children's TV and Web producer for PBS, attributes her affection for bugs, bones and botanicals to growing up in the Ramapo Mountains of Sloatsburg and Tuxedo. Always on the hunt for seasonal changes in colors, patterns and textures, she will exhibit her many finds in mixed-media collage. This limited showing on Sunday, September 9 from 1:00pm - 4:00pm at The Old Stone House, the historic art gallery and community center at 282 Hasbrouck Road. (Woodbourne PO for GPS.) www.theoldstonehouseofhasbrouck.org.
RVAG Exhibits in Washingtonville
While many in the Arts Community are delighted when a business enterprise displays local art (see page 32), area wineries, many of which have galleries, are sometimes taken for granted and not given proper recognition. The River Valley Artists Guild (RVAG), is holding a Small Works exhibit of their members artwork at Brotherhood Winery's Art Gallery which feature oil and acrylic paintings on canvas as well as watercolor works. “Wine, Oranges, Eggplant” by Susan Miiller Nearly thirty member artists are contributing small to medium size works for the outstanding small works show. A wide variety of media and techniques are to be displayed. Themes range from still life to landscapes as well as abstract imagery. The Brotherhood Winery's Art Gallery is located at 100 Brotherhood Plaza in Washingtonville. The show runs September 10 thru October 31. A reception will be held on September 15 from 2:00pm-4:00pm, free and open to the public. For information contact the River Valley Artist’s Guild President, Joan Kehlenbeck, at 845-754-8232. 30
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A New Paltz based group of musicians whose style is considered a blend of pop, singer/songwriter, and hip hop bring an unpredictable live experience to the stage. Dylan Emmet, guitarist, singer and songwriter, formed the band in 2009. The journey has brought together Ben Basile on bass, Steve Olenski on drums, and Damien Jackson on guitar. Ninety percent of the songs you will hear from them are originals, however they do throw some covers into the mix. Upon forming the concept, the high-energy, extremely dedicated Emmet hit the ground running. Select tracks from the first album, Lost In Transit, Lost In Translation, were sent to the Song Circle Music Group and awarded honorable mention at the 2010 Song Circle Music Songwriting contest. Completed and released in January of 2010, this album contained tracks that were written by Emmet years earlier when he was working as a solo artist, then rearranged for full band performing and recording. Promoting the first album and continuing to play around the tri-state area, the band found themselves fine-tuning their live sound and moving on to the next album. Emmet connected with producer Tom Rosato and recorded a six track EP named Collide. At this point, the official line up for the band was coming together. Steve Olenski, a SUNY New Paltz graduate of the jazz program and drummer of fifteen years joined. He eventually brought in Ben Basile, also a SUNY New Paltz graduate with a degree in jazz studies. In the summer of 2012, guitarist and formally trained jazz musician Damien Jackson was asked to join The Dylan Emmet Band, completing the group. Currently, they are promoting their third album, The Here and Now, the title track being Emmet's most personal piece, written during a painful time in his life. "Without even meaning
to, this album is kind of shaping up into a concept album that all revolves around the road to the ‘Here And Now,’" says Emmet. "Every single song reflects a kind of stage or obstacle on the road to finding yourself again and living your life to the fullest." The Dylan Emmet Band can be seen at The Falcon, 1348 Route 9W in Marlboro on October 6 at 7pm, performing Live at the Falcon with Jonah Smith. Visit: www.thedylanemmetband.com/tour.
“Unorthodox - the Scandalous Rejection of My Hasidic Roots”
Brooklyn, New York is a unique location. For some it represents the harmonious elements that make life's journey worth the effort: historic buildings, memories of legendary baseball and a multicultural caldron of tempting ethnic foods, seasoned by diverse histories. A closer inspection of Brooklyn, especially if viewed through the eyes of Deborah Feldman, will reveal a land of segregated public transportation, sexual repression, religious prejudice and "extreme fundamentalism." Deborah was raised by her grandparents as a member of the ultra-conservative Hasidic Satmar community based in Williamsburg (known as the "black and white section of Brooklyn"). Her memoir Unorthodox: The Scandalous Rejection of My Hasidic Roots provides a penetrating and shocking examination into an adjacent world not accustomed to light! Since the dawn of crude beginnings, knowledge has been equated with power, the power to be free. With that premise, it's not a prohibitive leap to understand the historic machinations of those who possess power to
control and restrict the acquisition of k n o w l e d g e . Knowledge is gained and distributed through the facile and fluent use of language and for a young Hasidic female in Williamsburg, speaking and reading Deborah Feldman in English was discouraged as the Brooklyn Public Library was filled with "forbidden books." Deborah is quick to add, "Because I read books in English I knew I was a bad girl. In a black-and-white world you can either be bad or good. A Jew or not a Jew. There is no inbetween. Maybe I didn't wear red nail polish like a shiksa gentile, but I was peeking into an evil world, living vicariously in it through fictional characters." Deborah's favorite sins were Anne of Green Gables and Little Women. Ms. Feldman's narrative is fascinating as it relates to her personal, intellectual growth. At
the age of seventeen, she recalls, her grandfather arranged for her marriage to a Talmud Scholar. With her husband, a man she met once before the wedding ceremony, she eventually conceived and gave birth to a son. They were literally and metaphorically in the dark, since neither possessed the slightest idea of sexual practices or procedures. Those were the rules: no looking, no lights, "It will work out," they were told. Women of the Hasidic Satmar community are expected to be homemakers and prolific bearers of children. Period! The mother, father and child left the confines of Williamsburg and moved Upstate. Deborah's rebellious spirit contributed to the crumbling of the chains that bound her to the oppressive regulations of the Hasidic community. She stopped shaving her head; she learned how to drive, rejected the concept of showing her underwear to a rabbi and enrolled at Sarah Lawrence College in Bronxville. In the academic arena she discovered other people, people from various ethnic and social backgrounds who took her seriously. She points out quickly, "...instead of a bogus degree in
Talmudical study, I have an actual education." At Sarah Lawrence others listened to her opinions and valued her right to have a personal point of view. She finally was able to express herself as Deborah Feldman and not simply as the verbal appendage of her son's father. After a serious automobile accident, she and her son left the husband and the Hasidic way of life. Deborah Feldman is a bright, articulate individual determined to declare her independence as a woman and single mother. Although Deborah has placed the extreme practices of ultra-conservative Hasidism in the past, she declares emphatically, "I am proud of being Jewish, because I think that's where my indomitable spirit comes from.” On September 23 at 2:00pm, Deborah Feldman will be featured at a dessert/reception to be held at the Temple Sinai, 75 Highland Ave., Middletown. She will speak of her odyssey, engage in a question-answer session and sign copies of her best-selling memoir. It is recommended that participants be 18 years of age or older. For tickets: phone 845-343-1861.
Destination...................................................................................liberty Meet our Advertisers!
Katelyn’s Kreations: “Keeping the World Green” by Sehija Krcic This writer had a chance to chat with Bonnie Schlottman, owner of Katelyn’s Kreations in Liberty, a store that sells...well, just about everything! Check out our interview below. Why did you choose the name for the store? I named it in honor of my stepdaughter - she passed away in a car accident. Where are you from? Originally from North Branch, Sullivan County…near Jeffersonville. I live in Ferndale now. How did the idea come about for the business? It started out as B&D candle, it was all candles, and I attended a few craft shows as well...then after Katelyn passed away, I asked my husband Daryl if I could change the name of the business in honor of Katelyn and he agreed. Tell me more about the business…what do you sell? I make palm wax candles that are all plantbased, I also make sugar scrubs and lotions…what we are trying to do is stay earthfriendly and organic. Some of the items are not hand-made by me. I don’t buy items made in China…I always try to stay organic and have
hand-made items in the store. We have handmade bird houses, candle holders, stationery and greeting cards made with cow pooh and horse pooh! Basically any animal that eats a vegetable! Some of the stationery and greeting cards are made with hemp. We have hand-made jewelry, set with natural stones…pet shampoos, and recycled, hand-sewn purses and wallets. Home-made jams, organic chocolates, tea, local coffee, local maple syrup and local honey too! We also sell Organic clothing. What exactly is Organic clothing? Organic clothing is clothing made from
organic hemp, organic cotton, bamboo or all 3 combined. It washes and wears well! Are there holiday items? Christmas, Easter etc? We have some Christmas items during the holiday and Valentine's Day is my biggest holiday - we sell a lot around that time. I am sure our organic chocolates have something to do with that! What do you find special about your business? We try to stay 100% green! Our slogan is "keeping the world green" - I think that is really
the best aspect of my business. All unique, oneof-a-kind, hand-made items - the entire store is 90% organic, hand-made goods, fair trade! What made you open the business in the first place? It was always something I wanted to do, and I love making people happy. I also love being my own boss! For more information call 845-747-9333.
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LAM Lighting & Design and Artist Sarah McHugh Join Forces by Tod Westlake Symbiosis occurs when two different species work together to make life a bit easier for both. And such can be said for the relationship between Goshen's LAM Lighting & Design and Warwick artist Sarah McHugh. The two have joined forces in such a way that each benefits from the other: LAM's showroom spaces are currently being graced by the presence of McHugh's works. Instead of cookie-cutter, generic prints, visitors can enjoy the presence of fine art while they shop, and at the same time get a feel for how good lighting can complement, or even enhance, the presentation of fine art in one's home. McHugh says that the works currently installed at LAM also give customers a chance to see the different media in which she works. "There is a wide variety of the types of work that I do. When you see it, you might not be sure it's the same artist doing all of this work." McHugh, who was an art instructor for many years, says that, when she starts a new piece, she is often unsure of which medium would look the best. Hence, she works in pastels and watercolors, collage
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and three-dimensional mixed media, and more recently acrylics. McHugh also says that experimentation is something she really enjoys, and is a necessary part of her creative process. "It changes you. And you need to. You don't want to stick to the same thing, otherwise it gets boring to me." Somewhat surprisingly, the relationship between McHugh and LAM was actually initiated by the latter, which pleased her to no end. She also says that LAM has really done an excellent job when it comes to showing her work in the best light (pun intended). "They chose me, which was quite wonderful. And their showroom is really beautiful. It's not just your typical showroom. The art is really illuminated
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beautifully." Sue Mastromatteo, who is the showroom manager at LAM, says that having fine art in the different showroom spaces really enhances the overall experience. "Our showroom is set up where we have individual vignettes, so people really feel like they're coming into a home. So it's not just a sea of lights when you walk in. It helps to give people a sense of what it would look like in their home." And if you're looking to improve the lighting in your own home, LAM is a really good place to start, as they have top-notch professionals who are trained in the art of lighting. "We have certified lighting consultants on staff," Mastromatteo says. "So we have the ability to read peoples'
blueprints and review their lighting plans for them, everything from the lighting layout of the room, to picking out fixtures." For more information on Sarah McHugh and her work, you can visit www.mchughstudio.com. LAM Lighting & Design is located at 2681 New York 17M in Goshen. You can call them at 845-294-1144, or visit them on the web at www.lamlight.com.
Meet Bettina Skye by Tod Westlake Artists relocating from New York City to the Hudson Valley is hardly a new phenomenon. The Valley has a centuries-old tradition when it comes to artists finding their inspiration here. One of the more recent transplants is Warwick-based Bettina Skye, an actress with a résumé of more than a dozen indie films and television programs under her belt. Skye says that she was pleasantly surprised to find that the arts are taken very seriously around here. "Seven years ago my husband and I moved up to Warwick," Skye says. "And I was so happy to find a thriving arts community." Skye says that the transition to this area was an easy one, given that there are other notable actors who have settled in this area - including Melissa Leo, whose work Skye admires a great deal. Yet Skye's own roots aren't far from this area. "I've been acting since I was a kid," Skye says. "I grew up on Long Island, and for about 30 years I lived in the city." During her years in the Big Apple, Skye studied at the Actors Studio under the legendary Lee Strasberg. Now she works with Sande Shurin, who teaches a technique called transformational acting at the latter's studio in Woodstock. "She coaches me on my film roles and other things and has just been
awesome," Skye says. But Skye doesn't limit herself to work in front of a camera. She loves the stage and has plied her talents at several local theaters. "I've been involved with the Cornerstone Arts Alliance in Goshen," Skye says. "I just did a play with them in June." Skye is also set to Bettina Skye take two different roles in The Night of the Dirty Dog, a series of three darkly satirical short plays by Lisa Kimball exploring "addiction, dominance and control," that is set to take place September 22, at 8:00pm, at the Unitarian Universalist Congregation at 9 Vance Lane in Rock Tavern. The plays incorporate animals and animal themes, so a percentage of the box office will be going to Pets Alive, a no-kill sanctuary in Middletown. But, if you can't make it to the play, you can still catch Skye in several indie films, including the recent Collar (2011) in which she plays opposite Tom Sizemore, (“we went to the Collar premiere last night. I was taken in a limo, and walked the red carpet where I was photographed and interviewed,”) and the soon-to-be-released Girl Clown, which has been submitted for consideration to the Woodstock Film Festival. Coming up? - the “official first screening date” of KFT, a new film directed by Joseph McConnell, at Schlesingers Steak House in New Windsor. Check facebook.com/kftmovie for date, and then "Love is Innocent", the working title of a film shooting in April in Newburgh. “written by Edward Crawford, a Newburgh native and I plays his sister.” You can also follow Skye on Facebook! Break a leg, Bettina!
Decoding Art’s Meaning & Political Message by Patricia Quinn
Canvas columnist Susan Handler invited us to her July 25 lecture at the Albert Wisner Library in Warwick, Decoding the Language of the Visual Arts. Within a scholarly lecture on 4 works of art that reflect the changing cultures they were created in, she proved her statement that art contains a pictorial language that is as communicable as the printed word. A renaissance woman herself, the announcement stated that Handler is an interdisciplinary thinker and practicing art historian, arts educator, mixed-media artist, grant writer, as well as a theatrical, operatic, and dance costumer. And we learned she has also been a political activist right here in Newburgh. In the 1.5 hour seminar, Ms. Handler coached us on how to decode the visual languages utilizing art from the 15th to 21st century. By coaxing us to describe what we saw, she taught us to trust our powers of observation, and to follow the questions and patterns they evoked in our brains as we explored Jan van Ecyk’s The Marriage of Giovanni Arnolfini, one of the very first paintings done in oil. Its intricate details and many layers of translucent color became even more luminous as we entered the 1434 world of that young Flemish couple’s portrait, which doubled as their marriage certificate. We then entered the age of impressionism in Renoir’s 1881 painting of the Luncheon of the Boating Party, a time period when social life was on the verge of revolution. The Academy's rejection of the painting was actually a rejection of the portrayal of the breakdown that was taking place between the social classes and gender. Handler’s next choice of Picasso’s Guernica was a sharp right turn onto the street of social activism that this talk was aiming us down all along. Showing us first a map of how Nazi Germany sat ominously above the little Basque village at the top of
“Keep your Coins, I WANT CHANGE” by Bansky
Spain, Ms. Handler reminded us that Franco sacrificed this unsuspecting village to Hitler for Luftwaffe target practice. The city of 10,000 burned to the ground in 4 days. 1700, mostly women and children , were killed and another 1000 injured. This gave Picasso his topic for the Nationalist government’s submission to the 1937 Paris World’s Fair’s International Exposition. The fragmentation of the large mural-sized piece spills into the viewer as it did in that pavilion in 1937, which was dedicated to man’s technological progress. Picasso’s self-exile from his native country, as well as the painting’s safe keeping in the United States until 1981 testify to the political power of this masterpiece. Finally Handler’s images of the anonymous graffiti artist Bansky (Google him!) reveal an artist with courage, skill, and an innate opportunism for finding the right street, building or less conventional surfaces on which to stencil his sardonic social messages. He rages prolifically about the same problems Goya, Picasso, and other art activists have been communicating about for hundreds of years. Art’s universal symbols and metaphors can be seen challenging oppression and morphing the status quo. However, Bansky protests outright and lives to paint another day....freely, protected by his anonymity.
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Destination...................................................................................................... Feed Your Head at Utopian Direction
by Anna Lillian Moser Utopian Direction in Chester isn't just an art gallery, just like it's not just a learning center, a retail store or a performance space. Utopian Direction is a work of art unto itself. Utopian Direction is the brainchild of artist James Antonie, who formerly owned the eclectic bookstore Utopian Direction in Warwick (see photo). A Chester resident, Antonie spent over 20 years in NYC as MOMA's security manager. "I took this on as a sort of fun experiment," Antonie said. "One of the things that's happened in the art world is that it's moved towards installation and performance art, where it's not so much something hanging on a wall or on a pedestal. It's the whole environment that's the work of art," Antonie explained. "I kind of see this in a sense like that. The whole gallery and everything about it is a work of art in itself. It's all environment, and then the people in it who are interacting with it are almost like the actors and the players in it." Utopian Direction is filled with artwork, from exterior and interior murals, Pollack-like painted furniture and artwork adorning every conceivable surface. Two blocks from Utopian Directions is Antonie's studio, which feature a
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stage, puppet theater and outdoor area. Antonie said he sees the studio as an extension of the gallery. Like the Warwick location, Antonie plans to hold a number of events at the Chester gallery, from lectures to film series and jazz ensembles. He will also continue with the University of Utopian Direction, a sort of think tank Antonie created for people to come and exchange ideas regarding a wide range of discussion topics. "When I was in Warwick I had this thing where people could come in and talk about different subjects, it didn't necessarily have to be about art, and I would document it and it became this sort of cultural exchange," Antonie said. "The people that are involved in this are really interesting. Some of them are actors, actresses, musicians, writers. There's a really
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wide range of age in it, and that makes for a really nice salon-type environment. You never know who you're going to meet over there." While the Warwick location was essentially a bookstore, albeit a unique one, the Chester location's emphasis will be on education. Antonie, along with collaborator Dana Walker (an experienced painter herself) plans to offer a number of classes for children and adults in the space in different artistic mediums. With a background in Art History, Antonie said he sees the gallery as a sort of "educational incubator," activating Chester and the surrounding area's artistic community through education. At the center of the space is the gallery itself, which Antonie says is as unique as the environment surrounding it. “It's an unusual thing in that it's not just a gallery. It has an ambience that's a little different than your normal gallery or bookstore or whatever. It doesn't look like that. I like that, that kind of ambiguity," Antonie said. "I have a wide range of art in this place, from nature imagery to very Avant-garde, conceptual art. There's a wide range of imagery there, to the point where anybody can come in and find something interesting. It's really eclectic in that sense." "There's a layer where you can get birthday cards and little gifts for holidays, and then you
Chester/Sugar Loaf Calendar
Comedy Mark Viera Sep 15 Open Mic Sep 21 “Shut Up, Sit Down & Eat” Sep 22 Corey Rodrigues Sep 29 Jesters Comedy Club, 8pm
Exhibits Julius Medwin sculpture Seligmann Center for the Arts Micro Gallery Exhibit Utopian Direction, ongoing
Poetry Readings R. Dionysius Whiteur Sep 1, 3:30pm Eileen Van Hook Oct 6, 3:30pm Poetry on the Loose Janet Hamill “the NY School of Poets” Seligmann Center for the Arts, Sep 29, TBA
Theatre - Live Radio “Herb Marks Freelance: Time Wounds All Heels”
Air Pirates Radio Theatre Sugar Loaf Performing Arts Center, Sep 15, 8pm
have the classes, and then you have the high level, Avant-garde level to it. It really goes through a whole gamut." For further information, visit the website at: www. utopiandirection.com or call Utopian Direction 845-248-8678.
........................................................................chester / Sugar Loaf Radio Theatre: A Playwrighting Concept
For Sugar Loaf and Chester, playwrighting concepts seem to be in the forefront lately. In August, King’s Theatre Company’s Teen Workshop presented a concept that began in the The Great Depression, The Living Newspaper for which teens created short playlets and monologues based on today’s current affairs. And now Air Pirates Radio Theater continues its playwriting concept with another presentation of one of its innovative radio plays, written by producer-director Paul Ellis. The series contains three repeating genres: mystery (Herb Marks Freelance), satire (Space Cadet) and parody (Los Tres Balanceros). Writing for radio theater is truly a unique concept. In a stage play you see “who” “what” “where” - for radio you really have to have all that written into the dialogue. You emphasize who is speaking because you don’t have subtle nuances as you do on stage and there is no scenery with a clear visual of place - the “where” can’t be seen so it has to be described. You don’t want to just go into long narrative for the “where” so you incorporate the sense of place in the dialogue. “The added bonus in radio theater is the sound effects which help listeners to picture the “where’, and get a sense of place. In the Space Cadet series; the actors describe science fiction happenings since you can’t see
almost like paying a role.” (Sugar Loaf Performing Arts Center) on King’s Herb Marks Freelance Time Wounds All Highway. For tickets and info: 845-469-7563 or visit Heels is being revived on September 15 at 8:00pm in the re-named Pavilion at SLPAC www.airpiratesradio.com.
Plomedy: A Playwrighting Concept them. In Los Tres Balanceros it’s the sound effects that give sense of place - horses hooves, wind blowing wired into the play and the audience must deliver those sounds. “The voices are like cartoons - particularly in writing Herb Marks because I have actors who can do many, many voices. I can get across who the characters are, and I know what kind of sound to do so that when you hear it on the radio you don’t know it’s the same actor playing so many different parts.” But viewers do, and it is part of the fun watching the same people but hearing scores of different voices. Lindsey Graham is the sound cue card girl. Actors (and the director) must give up control to her during performances. “She’s a riot in the manner of how she reacts to the audience...She knows what she is doing is part of the entertainment and that she must make the audience deliver what they need to deliver. It’s
Tina Giorgi
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If you’re tired of the typical and really need a good belly laugh, then visit Jester’s Comedy Club for an innovative evening of fun. “Shut Up, Sit Down and Eat” aka "Stai zitto siediti e mangia" is America’s first ‘plomedy’! It combines the wit of stand-up comedy, the intensity of a one-man show and the format of an innovative Off–Broadway play, served up as dinner-theatre. When a therapist fails to arrive on time for a group therapy session, four impatient Italian Americans take their issues into their own hands and invent a new type of therapy – Italian therapy! The play is written and performed by four
Chris Monty
Eric Tartaglione
outstanding seasoned New York comedians. It features the comedic styles of Tina Giorgi, Joe Moffa, Chris Monty and Eric Tartaglione, directed by Tom Ingegno. Enjoy the rollercoaster ride of laughter, insight, revelation and hilarious dysfunction on September 22. Doors open 7:00pm and the show starts at 9:00pm. Advance ticket prices end at midnight, September 16! Jester’s Comedy Club is located at 109 Brookside Avenue in Chester. For further information or to purchase tickets, call 845-345-1039 or 845-469-2116. www.jesterscomedyclubny.com.
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Welcome Back! Greater Newburgh Symphony Orchestra Begin 18th Season
Woomyung Choe and the Greater Newburgh Symphony Orchestra (GNSO) begin their 18th season with an exciting program on September 22 at 7:30pm at Aquinas Hall, Mount Saint Mary College. Showcased are works by two masters of orchestration, both influenced by the fairy tale world of Russian folklore, plus a world premiere of a brand new concerto performed by its composer. Stravinsky's Berceuse and Finale, from the 1919 suite adaptation of his lush and imaginative breakthrough ballet, The Firebird, and Rimsky-Korsakov's magic carpet of a symphonic suite Sheherazade are far and away their most popular works. GNSO is also introducing Three Dialogues for Saxophone and Orchestra, a world premiere by award-winning composer and virtuoso multi-wind performer Demetrius Spaneas. Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971) first achieved international fame with three ballets
commissioned by the impresario Sergei Diaghilev and the first, performed in Paris in 1910, was The Firebird. The ballet is based on Russian folk tales of a magical glowing bird of the same name. Even though Stravinsky moved on to more radical and astringent styles, he conducted the 1919 suite hundreds of times for nearly six decades. An interesting aside is that one of Stravinsky's classmates at the university was Vladimir Rimsky-Korsakov, son of the composer Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov to whom Stravinsky became apprenticed. Guest composer and soloist Demetrius Spaneas travels the world as a musical ambassador, connecting classical, jazz, and traditional music throughout the US, Eastern Europe, and Asia to create international understanding through artistic collaboration. He has worked with such diverse artists as John Cage, Ray Charles and Kyrgyz traditional musicians, and has been featured soloist and composer at major concert venues and
Railroad Playhouse Bash-Benefit Railroad Playhouse (RRP), Newburgh Brewing Company and Chronogram Magazine are joining forces to kick off RRP’s 2012-2013 season with The Orange Bash Benefit. The Benefit will honor Ray Yavonne (owner and renovator of the West Shore Train Station) and Theresa Brown (Railroad Playhouse Board Member and Arts Education Advocate). Brown was recently honored with the Orange County Arts Council Award for Arts in Education in November 2011 and Yavonne and his architects were honored a year earlier with the Council’s Architectural Award. The special fundraiser will feature a live performance by critically-acclaimed singer/songwriter Vance Gilbert, and there will be a sneak peek from RRP’s October musical America’s Brightest Star. The “Fall festive business and/or cocktail
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attire” Gala event is on Thursday, September 20, from 6:00pm-10:00pm at the Newburgh Brewing Company, 88 Colden Street. Tickets for regular seating, premium seating and premium table seating are on sale now. For more information and prices call Kim Wilson Marshall, Wilson Marshall Inc. at 646-721-4375, or email Kim at wilsonmarshallinc@gmail.com.
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international festivals on three continents. His composition, Three Dialogues for Saxophone and Orchestra in three movements, is not a concerto in the traditional sense, but a conversation between the soloist and orchestra. The movements represent the progression from a first meeting to a love affair. The folk song, the Orient and the sea were the three inspirations for Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
(1844-1908), and he never got very far from any of them. Composed in 1988, Sheherazade, Symphonic Suite, Opus 35 is based on One Thousand and One Nights, sometimes known as The Arabian Nights, and it will transport you to another world. After his death, a ballet adaptation opened in Paris in 1910, the same year and place where his pupil's The Firebird premiered. Passages from the symphonic suite were also adapted for the ballet scene that closes the motion picture Song of Scheherazade, in which Yvonne De Carlo was the lead as well as the principal dancer. The plot was a heavily fictionalized story of the composer's early career in the navy. He was played by actor Jean-Pierre Aumont. The Shacklett Preview at 6:30pm is a preconcert introduction to the evening's music by Gordon Shacklett. Tickets may be purchased at the door or reserved. Phone 845-913-7157 or visit www.newburghsymphony.org.
Trestle, Inc. announces the October placement of new brick orders for its Front Street walkway on the waterfront. “Please stop by and take a look, “said vicepresident Kiki Hayden. “The bricks tell the
story of our citizens and our city. The messages on the bricks are diversified and most interesting.” Receive a form to order your brick by calling 845-565-1052 or visiting www.trestle.org.
Demetrius Spaneas
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.................................................................................................Newburgh Two Views of Newburgh: “Inside Out” & “Newburgh, Portrait of a City”
“Newburgh: Portrait of a City” by Dmitri Kasterine “Inside Out: Newburgh “- photos by Eileen MacAvery Kane; placement by Victor Capelleti
Two unique views of Newburgh citizens are simultaneously being shown on downtown buildings. Inside Out: Newburgh... ...is part of the Global Inside Out Project. Participants are standing up for a community ready to face their challenges with hope, determination, courage, and faith. Portraits of participants were printed at 3 x 4.5 feet and pasted on the side of a brick building at the corner of Broadway and Johnston. Hudson Valley native, Eileen MacAvery Kane is a photographer, graphic designer, and educator. She has worked on several art projects in Newburgh. “I saw the Inside Out project last year and thought it would be a great project for Newburgh from my experience of having
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worked on different art projects there,” she explained. “It's a vibrant and creative community and I felt people would like to be a part of the global art project. I brought the project to JoAnne Gurda, founder of Community Solutions Foundation Project, she loved the idea and together we moved forward finding people who wanted to participate and help. JoAnne's organization funded printing of the posters through Inside Out and also found the building through Vinny Capelleti. Michael Spencer, a young photographer from Newburgh, helped me with the photo shoots. It was a wonderful experience of working with community for a project who's mission is communities standing up for what they care about,” said Eileen.
Newburgh: Portrait of a City Since the early 1960s, Dmitri Kasterine has photographed some of the most eminent cultural figures of the twentieth century. Kasterine’s new book, Newburgh: Portrait of a City is scheduled for a book signing in the Ann Street Gallery, 104 Ann Street on September 8 where his exhibit People and Places 1955-2011is on view through September 8 along with his Newburgh: Portrait of a City, his outdoor mural installation, up through
November on the side of the Ritz Theater. The purpose of the outdoor exhibition is to give tribute to the people of Newburgh and to allow constant access to the photographs through their public display. The goal is to allow viewers of the display to see the dignity and grace of the subjects and possibly understand more about the struggles within Newburgh. For information about the events at the Ann Street Gallery, call 845-784-1146. For information: www.insideoutproject.net.
The Bush Brothers will perform at Desmond Campus on September 7 at 7:00pm. Bring a picnic! The grounds will open at 6:00pm. Bring chairs or blankets for seating. The Desmond Campus of Mount St. Mary College is located at 6 Albany Post Road. For information: 845-565-2076.
Three Generations of Art
The Ritz Theater and Historical Society of Newburgh Bay and The Highlands are presenting a collaborative art exhibit: The Nemethy Family of Newburgh: 3 Generations of Art. Albert Nemethy’s artwork will be on display at The Captain David Crawford House, 189 Montgomery Street, and the Nemethy family’s artwork will be on display in the Ritz Theater Lobby, 107 Broadway. The exhibition opens at Shaoul Magnolias by K. Nemethy both locations beginning September 15. There will be an opening reception at the The exhibit at the Crawford House will run Crawford House from 3:00pm-6:00pm on thru December 9, and the exhibit in the Ritz September 15, and a closing reception at the Lobby will run thru November 25. Ritz on November 25 from 3:00pm-6:00pm. For information: 845-784-1109. September 2012
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Destination............................................................................Newburgh “Minnewaska: The Red Trail” at Karpeles
The 21,106-acre Minnewaska State Park Preserve in Ulster County, on the rugged Shawangunk Mountain range, is one of the natural treasures of New York State. A dramatic site prized by hikers and bikers, swimmers and climbers, campers and horseback riders, its rocky peaks, hardwood forests, waterfalls, and crystal lakes and streams have drawn nature lovers from around the world since New York State purchased the territory in 1987 and opened it to the public six years later. Among the Minnewaska Preserve's most appreciative fans have always been artists, captivated by its spectacular beauty, and few have rendered its scenery with more appreciation and sensitivity than awardwinning photographer Cathy Miller. A graduate of Finch Women's Art College in New York City and a summer art program in San Marino, Italy, Ms. Miller has exhibited her work in the Newburgh Free Library, Safe Harbors, and City Hall. She has received two New York State poster awards and was commissioned to create posters and murals for events and galas over a period of six years by the art studio of Safe Harbors. Working in several
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Manhattan Short Film Festival Kaplan Hall, SUNYO Sep 28, 7pm Downing Film Center, Oct 6, 5pm
“A Class Act: The Desmond Show: Summer 2012” Desmond Campus Mount St. Mary College, ongoing
Mission: Improv-able Railroad Playhouse, Sep 29, 8pm
Dmitri Kasterine “Newburgh: Portrait of a City” Ann Street Gallery, thru Sep 8
24th Annual International Festival Newburgh Armory Unity Center, thru Sep 3
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genres, she has also served as editor of the Cornerstone monthly newspaper, done photography and computer graphics for it, and illustrated several volumes of poetry. This selection, Ms. Miller's elegantly composed and meticulously reproduced photographs of the Minnewaska Trail, serves as both an aesthetic and a documentary presentation of one of New York State's most highly admired sites. This exhibit will run from September 1 October 28 at the Karpeles Manuscript Library Museum, 94 Broadway, across from City Hall. Admission is always free. For information call 845-569-4997.
“Sculpture for a New Century” SUNY Orange, thru Sep Cathy Miller “Minnewaska: The Red Trail”” Karpeles Museum, Sep 1-Oct 28 “The Nemeth Family; 3 Generations of Art” Crawford House & Ritz Lobby, Sep 15-Nov 11 Reception: Crawford House, Sep 15, 3pm-6pm
Book Discussions Great Books Discussion Sep 12, 6:30pm Scholars Book Discussion Sep 19, 7pm Great Books Discussion Sep 28, 11:30am Newburgh Free Library
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Lecture “New Worlds: In Search of Other Earths” Debra Elmegreen Sep 18, 4pm “Counting the Dead: A New Look at the Civil War Death Toll” David Hacker Sep 22, 7pm
Kaplan Hall, SUNY Orange “How I Got My Name” Petite Belle Hammonds Newburgh Library Sep 22, 11:30am “Strange Medicine: Dental & Medical Practices in the Age of Washington” Sep 22 & 28, 1pm “The Officer’s Pride” Sep 29 & 30, 1pm & 2pm
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Tuesday Night Movie Sep 18, 6:30pm Newburgh Library
“Boy Scouts of America: The Great Depression”
Author Petite Belle Hammonds’ miraculous survival is told in her new book, Petite Belle: How I Got My Name, which is about her premature birth and weighing in at less than one pound A graduate from Newburgh Free Academy class of 1963, she will talk and autograph books on September 22 at 11:30am at the Newburgh Free Library, 124 Grand Street. For information: 845-563-3600.
Bush Brothers Sep, 7, 7pm Desmond Campus, Mount St. Mary College Ken & Julie international folksongs Newburgh Library, Sep 23, 3pm
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Karpeles Manuscript Museum, thru Dec 23
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Music - Classical Greater Newburgh Symphony Orchestra Aquinas Hall, Sep 22, 7:30pm
Poetry Reading Hudson River Poets Newburgh Library, Sep 6, 7pm
Recreation 10th Annual Worldwide Paint Out SUNY Orange Plaza, Sep 15, 9am-Noon
Holistic Living sponsored by Linda Richichi
Putting Mindfulness in the Artist's Heart by Anna Lillian Moser It may not seem so at first glance, but immersing oneself in the creative life - living and working through art - can be just as stressful as working in a cubicle from nine to five. There are deadlines to contend with, financial upsets, performance anxieties and, of course, creative blocks, those dreaded moments when the ideas just won't come. But the cure for these ailments might be as simple as teaching yourself a little mindfulness. Running from September 26-30, Blue Cliff Monastery in Pine Bush will be offering its third annual Creative Arts Retreat; four days of teaching and practicing mindfulness in an effort to reconnect artists with their all-important creativity. Situated on 80 picturesque, woodland acres that once served as a resort (Jeronimos), Blue Cliff Monastery was established in 2007. It is one of three Buddhist centers in the United States that follows the traditions of Vietnamese Zen Master Thich Nhat Hahn, the primary tradition being that of mindfulness. "We practice meditation, but we call it mindfulness," explained Brother PK, who is organizing this year's creative arts retreat. "It's about cultivating awareness in our daily activities. We live so much in forgetfulness, or
For more information visit stopping, relaxation and expression. "We have practices that will help them relax www.bluecliffmonastery.org or give them a call the body and the mind, and in turn that enhances at 845-733-4959 ext. 21. their creativity. They're relaxed and calm and at CANVAS Friends Directory peace," said Brother PK. "We have found that HEALTH & HOLISTIC SERVICES people in the creative process also need to be Alternative Counseling, Cornwall attentive, but at the same time they might too (Holistic approach to healing) engrossed in their work that stress can build up, Diana Underwood, LMSW George Toth, LCSW-R tension can build up. 845 534 2980, mrge0rge@aol.com. “So by learning the practice of mindfulness Blue Cliff Monastery is located at 3 Mindfulness Road, Pine Bush they can learn to be present, to be aware in such Patricia Quinn, MS, LCAT, NBCCH we do things automatically and often our mind a way that they're more relaxed and therefore Art Therapy, Hypnosis & Healing is somewhere else and not with the body, so not building up tension as they go through the 35 Main Street, Warwick, NY 10990 when we practice mindfulness it's bringing back creative process." 845-649-0953 the mind to the body." This all-important reconnection of the mind and body, Brother PK says, is as simple as breathing or taking a contemplative walk. "We do this by observing our breath, and also though the practice of walking, so we have breathing meditation and walking meditation," said Brother PK. "These two basic activities help us to be mindful, to be present and to develop more awareness." The intent of the monastery's September creative arts retreat is to help artists reconnect with their creativity, and as a result, to see it deepen and grow. The retreat will explore what creativity is and what feeds it, with the "rhythm" of the retreat being silent contemplation,
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Destination..................................................................narrowsburg All in the Family: The Russell Family
Louis Armstrong's long-time musical director Luis Carl Russell was born on Careening Cay, near Bocas del Toro, Panama, in a family of Afro-Caribbean ancestry. His father was a music teacher, and young Luis learned to play violin, guitar, trombone, and piano. Luis Russell He began playing professionally accompanying silent film by 1917 and later at a casino. In 1919 he won $3000 in a lottery, and used it to move to the United States with his mother and sister, settling in New Orleans where he began performing. He moved to Chicago in 1924, where he played with Doc Cook and King Oliver. With Oliver's band, Russell moved to New York City in 1927. In October of that year he left Oliver to start his own band. By 1929, Russell's band became one of the top jazz groups in New York. It had several former Oliver sidemen. In 1948 Russell retired from full time music and opened a notions shop, with irregular band gigs and teaching music on the side. In 1959 he
visited Panama where he gave a piano recital of the discourse on the history of jazz to equally classical music. Luis Russell died in New York include both men and women musicians. City, aged 61. Luis and Carline’s daughter Catherine His wife Carline Ray, holds degrees from Russell is a contemporary jazz and blues vocalist who has toured the world, performed and recorded with the likes of Paul Simon, Steely Dan, David Bowie and, not Catherine Russell surprisingly, Michael Feinstein. Perhaps it was from Feinstein that “Cat” integrated the standard pop style into her jazz Carline Ray & the and blues, though it most likely was from her International Sweethearts of Rhythm parents’ influences since swing and early jazz both Juilliard and Manhattan School of Music were elements of standard pop music. and performed with the International One need only to hear Cat sing Romance in Sweethearts of Rhythm during World War II, the Dark, 40s-50s singer Lil Green’s crossover the first integrated all women's band in the blues-jazz-pop hit record (which foreshadowed United States. the 50s style of now legendary and pop-jazz During the 1940s the band featured some of singer Kay Starr who turned 90 in July) to the best female musicians of the day. They witness her melody-stressed, and emotionally played swing and jazz on a national circuit that vulnerable style that emanates from her dusky, included the Apollo Theater in NYC. During soulful vocal chords and be taken back into time feminist movements of the 1960s and 1970s in when jazz, blues and pop were all one. America, they regained a significant amount of Mark Shane is, arguably, the finest extant popularity, particularly with feminist writers and stride pianist. He, too, performs all over the musicologists who made it their goal to change land(s) and on the seas. His hot piano combines
Looking to advance the traditional art of storytelling by showing the newest and best independent films from New York and around the world, the Big Eddy Film Festival will premiere this fall on September 14 thru September 16. The event, produced by the Delaware Valley Arts Alliance (DVAA) and in collaboration with the newly formed Catskill Film Commission, will be held at the Tusten Theatre located at 210 Bridge Street in Narrowsburg. “We are really excited to be bringing back a credible film festival to the area,” said Elaine Giguere, Executive Director of the
DVAA. “We truly believe that this event will not only provide an economic boost to the local economy, but also provide a unique three-day cultural experience for residents and tourists of the Upper Delaware River region.” The Big Eddy Film Festival will kick off Friday night with an Opening Night Gala and feature film at the Tusten Theatre. The rest of the weekend will showcase feature films, documentaries (see photo) and shorts, along with Q&A’s with filmmakers, a youth video program and several special events throughout the remainder of the weekend.
Narrowsburg Calendar Cinema Big Eddy Film Festival Tusten Theatre, Sep 14-16
Exhibits Robin Dintiman installation & prints Sep 7-29 Reception Sep 7, 7pm-9pm Elise Freda paintings Oct 5-27 Delaware Arts Center
Music - Jazz Catherine Russell & Mark Shane Tusten Theatre, Oct 6, 8pm
ragtime feeling, infectious humor, virtuosic technique and a time-honored repertoire drawn from the golden age of jazz and swing. Shane resides in Walden. Mark Shane Russell and Shane are joining for a concert at the Tusten Theatre on October 6 at 8:00pm, 210 Bridge Street in Narrowsburg. For tickets: visit www.artsalliancesite.org or call 845-252-7576.
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The festival will showcase dozens of new independent films including Terence Nance’s explosively creative debut feature An Oversimplification of Her Beauty, which premiered earlier this year at the Sundance Film Festival; Rachel Loube’s captivating and funny documentary Every Tuesday: A Portrait of The New Yorker Cartoonists; and a family-friendly program of videos produced by local children and young adults. Sponsors and volunteers are currently being solicited. For further information about the festival, visit the website at www.BigEddyFilm.com or call the DVAA at 845.252.7576.
“Last Call at the Oasis” by Jessica Yu. Erin Brokovich protests against hydrofracking in this documentary about saving Earth’s most valuable resource.