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September 2015

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Publisher’s Column by Barry Plaxen Sign the Petition As the incredible contents in this issue prove, we live in a remarkable area with arts events happening everywhere. Events that represent every single facet of the arts. This is unique to our area, and because of that fact, we support the proposed idea of selling the Orange County Government Center to create art studio spaces to bring in artists from all over the world who can no longer afford to rent spaces in expensive urban areas, particularly Manhattan. See the explanation on page 26 and PLEASE sign the petition. Be sure to send to all your contacts so they can sign, too. My dream is to get thousands of signatures so that, in a friendly and supportive way, we can convince the legislators that this can be a catalyst for even more arts events happening all over the Lower Hudson Valley creating a world class Arts Tourist Destination. Be Impressed with Your Regional Area! In this issue alone, we have stories and calendar items about events in Blooming Grove, Campbell Hall, Chester, Cornwall, Cornwallon-Hudson, Cuddebackville, Florida, Goshen, Greenwood Lake, Highland Falls, Highland Mills, Huguenot, Middletown, Monroe, Montgomery, Newburgh (& Balmville), New Windsor, Pine Bush, Pine Island, Port Jervis, Rock Tavern, Salisbury Mills, Sugar Loaf, Tuxedo, Walden, Warwick, (downtown & Amity & New Milford), and West Point...

...not to mention Beaverkill, Bethel, Callicoon, Forestburgh, Grahamsville, Highland Lake, Hurleyville, Jeffersonville, Kauneonga Lake, Liberty, Livingston Manor, Monticello, Narrowsburg, Parksville, Rock Hill, RoscoeTennanah Lake, Wurtsboro, and Dingmans Ferry, Lackawaxen, Lords Valley, Milford, Shohola, and Beacon, Cragsmoor, Ellenville, Marlboro, Walker Valley and Wallkill. ERRATUM

Poets who attended the Spring open mic: (left-right seated) Francine D’Alessandro, Bonnie Law, Oliver Olive-Eyes, (left-right standing)Terry Chiesa, Robert Milby, Ophelia Pierre & Robert Phelps.

In our August, 2015 issue we had incorrect information about August’s “Summer Poetry Reading” at the Pine Bush Area Library’s Community Center. Our apologies to all the people involved, especially poet Francine D’Alessandro, who facilitated the evenings “summer inspired” open mic readings. All poets, non-poets, and listeners are welcome to the Library’s “seasonal” readings. Stay tuned for the fall date.

On the Cover Korinya Ukranian Folk Band Kindred Spirits Arts, Milford see page 29

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Liberty Poetry Fest Honors Walter Keller

“Walter Keller, he just loved to The 2015 Liberty Poetry Festival argue. He would fix you with his is being dedicated to the memory one eye and tell you all the stuff of beloved Liberty poet, educator, that he knew about why you were WJFF classical music DJ, and wrong, then you would tell him all curmudgeon-extraordinaire, Walter that you knew about why you were Keller, who became the Village’s right, and then you’d both laugh and poet laureate in 1994, and during his have at it again. Once he called me a time in that position created poems shiksa...I laughed, it seemed like an about Liberty that were performed endearment.” Mary Hall. at events and festivals. Walter Keller “Walter taught English and “Walter was an important part of (1937-2012) creative writing in the Corrections Radio Catskill, WJFF. He hosted the popular talk show The People Talk Back, System for many years. At one time, I and the music program First Class Classicals. participated in performances of his poetry, He was a college professor, a teacher, and a improvising music at various venues in the mentor, who will never be replaced.” Robert area. His passion for human rights and the dignity of the everyday person will long well Dadras. “Walter was the quintessential curmudgeon, be remembered.” Larry Ravdin. Curated by Marilyn Laufer, the Liberty with a bad word for nearly everyone. His studied surliness chased away more customers Poetry Festival (2:00pm) and a Book Fair from his gift and craft shop than most retailers (Noon-4:00pm) are on September 26 at the ever see. He was an excellent poet and his Liberty Museum & Arts Center, 46 South poetry was always performed with superb Main Street, 845-292-2394. Parking available improvisatory musicians. As the Poet Laureate on the street and at two lots on Darbee Lane. of the Village of Liberty (the only municipal Dine out and support our Advertisers! poet laureate in the Country), his belt was Visiting the Festival? Breakfast & lunch can emblazoned with “POET LAUREATE” and he wore it exclusively and with pride. For a be enjoyed three minutes away at Last Licks, poet, he was remarkably conservative in his 9:00am-2:00pm (see ad pg 21). Dinners available seven minutes away use of language. I miss his nearly daily phone calls decrying the latest gerund. He hated them. in nearby Parksville at Dead End Cafe, He’d hear a new one on NPR and go ballistic: Rolling River Cafe, and 15 minutes away at Madison’s in Livingston Manor (ads pg 21). “JOURNALING!?!” Matthew B Frumess.

ARTery Features 3 Members’ Art The ARTery Gallery is featuring art by John Capanna, Ann Marie Nitti, and Bill Rabsey, September 10-October 5, along with a variety of art by other members. “Propeller Duck” John Capanna: “I try to by John Capanna “Despair” by Ann Marie Nitti by Bill Rabsey For his sculptures, Bill Rabsey repurposes keep all my woodwork as organic and natural as possible. If you over work a piece of wood, things he finds during his daily travels. The reception is on September 12, from it tends to lose its inherent natural beauty.” In her paintings, Ann Marie Nitti cannot get 6:00pm-9:00pm at 210 Broad Street, enough of capturing the essence and energy Milford. that this planet has to offer. Call 570-409-1234 for information.

“Rounding Third” in Goshen

theater is located on the second “We are always in search floor walk-up. No elevator. of our audience,” said Ken Reservations are required. Tschan, Cornerstone Theatre Call 845-294-4188. Arts’ Artistic Director. “This Artist Opportunity one is for the 30-50 year old dad Cornerstone Theatre Arts out there who just needs a break will hold Open Auditions on now and again.” Rounding Third is Richard BJ Boothe & Drew Nardone September 12, from 10amDresser’s play dealing with two baseball 3:00pm at the Goshen Music Hall. Performers coaching Dads and the world of the little league will be considered for November’s “American father. Acted by Drew Nardone and BJ Boothe One-Act Masters,” and the 2016 Cornerstone and directed by Mark Von Oesen, the touching roster. Prepare two contrasting monologues, each comedy will be performed at Goshen Music Hall, 223 Main Street, September 19 thru 2-minutes in length. Be prepared to read cold. No appointments. Call 845-294-4188 or email October 4. The show is suitable for ages 15 and up. The kentschan@hotmail.com September 2015

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“Man & Superman” Live in HD at Downing

“If you don’t like my preaching you must lump it.” G. B. Shaw. Arthur Bingham Walkley: “Shaw dismissed romantic plays as “childish” and insisted that they are quite devoid of interest and have been forced to deal almost exclusively with cases of sexual attraction, and yet forbidden to exhibit the incidents of that attraction or even to discuss its nature. “So he accepted a challenge and wrote a Don Juan play, but it is one in which the natural attraction of the sexes for one another is the mainspring of the action. The adjective natural is the significant word here. Shaw distinguishes between eroticism and sex. For him, most dramas had been concerned with the former, not the latter, which is instinctual and procreative. “Although Shaw’s Man and Superman can be performed as a light comedy of manners, Shaw intended the drama to be something much deeper, as suggested by the title, which comes from Friedrich Nietzsche‍‍ ‘‍s philosophical ideas about the “Übermensch” (“overman”).”

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Shaw could not depict Don Juan in an aristocratic society dominated by men. Not only had the middle class come into its own, but woman had become completely emancipated: “Man is no longer, like Don Juan, victor in the duel of sex...the enormous superiority of Woman’s natural position in this matter is telling with greater and greater force.” Here wrote the man who had hailed the advent of the New Woman in his praise of Ibsen and in his own Candida. The modern Don Juan, Shaw continues, is anything but a profligate. He is a philosophic man, “more Hamlet than Don Juan” of tradition. The long third act of the play, which shows Don Juan himself having a conversation with several characters in Hell, is often cut. In 2015, London’s National Theatre staged a production, with the “hell” sequence included, directed by Simon Godwin and starring Ralph Fiennes. It is what you can see in September at Downing Film Center, 19 Front Street, Newburgh. Exact date TBA. For reservations: Phone: 845-561-3686.

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GNSO: Let the Season Begin!

The Greater Newburgh Symphony Orchestra (GNSO) opens its 21st season with Joy, Passion, Magic - Masterpieces New & Old that features works by Mozart, Tchaikovsky, Franck and Stravinsky. Guest conductor Harvey Felder, one of four

finalists in the search for a successor to founding music director Dr. Woomyung Choe, says, “The numbers in this repertoire reward our natural attraction to story-telling with vibrant, engaging narratives.” The overture from Mozart’s The Impressario, which the composer called “a comedy with music” opens the program. It is followed by violin soloist Dr. Solomiya Ivakhiv performing in Tchaikovsky’s great Violin Concerto in D Major. Mr. Felder says that Dr. Ivakhiv “transports her audience with sweeping musical lines and a riveting stage presence.” The final two works, Cesar Franck’s Le Chasseur Maudit (The Cursed Huntsman) and Igor Stravinsky’s

Firebird Suite also tell powerful stories, each with a “mysterious and magical character,” according to the conductor. Mr. Felder is Conductor Laureate of the Tacoma Symphony Orchestra, a position he accepted after having been its Music Director for 20 years. He made his Carnegie Hall debut in 1991 at the “Carnegie Hall at 100” celebration, where he conducted the American Symphony Orchestra. Subsequently, he appeared as a guest conductor throughout the United States and overseas in Costa Rica, Japan, Mexico and Finland. He is “very excited” to work with the entire GNSO family, and believes that “a delightful evening of great music is in store for the audience.”

Audience Opinion to Play Critical Role in Year-Long Selection Process The selection process for the new GNSO Director will include input from GNSO musicians and audience members through surveys that will be distributed at each of the 2015-2016 season performances. The finalists will also be interviewed by members of the GNSO Board of Directors. The concert will be presented September 12 at Mount Saint Mary College’s Aquinas Hall at 7:30pm (arrive at 6:30pm for the concert preview by Gordon Shacklett). Tickets can be purchased online or at the door. Visit www.newburghsymphony.org or call 845-913-7157.

Jeff Haynes Brings Seeger to The Ritz

Grammy Award winning percussionist, educator and producer, Jeff Haynes will present a live performance based on his Grammy® nominated multi-media audio project Pete Seeger: The Storm King. In this unique blend of spoken word, music, and video, Seeger’s spoken words will be piped in as Haynes and accompanying musicians guitar, pianist and Tuvan throat singer Timothy Hill, fiddler Sara Timothy Hill Milonovich, “and possibly others,” Haynes announced, “perform a combination of new music and music written by or popularized by Seeger - featuring traditions as diverse as African Music, Blues, Bluegrass, Classical Guitar, Folk, Jazz, and East Indian Music - and performances of some of Pete’s songs that were inspired from his travels around the world.” (Tuvan throat singing, is one particular variant of overtone singing practiced by people in Mongolia, Inner Mongolia, Tuva and Siberia. The performer produces a fundamental pitch and - simultaneously - one or more pitches over that.)

This multi-genre music and assorted video footage will accompany and interact with Pete Seeger’s voice - painting an evocative aural and visual backdrop for Seeger’s most engaging stories, narratives, and poems reflecting his lifelong dedication to human rights, environmental issues, and his boundless hope for humanity. The experience is moving, intimate, and truly an extraordinary celebration of one of our Sara Milonovich nation’s greatest performers and activists. This project brings Pete’s wisdom and stories to new audiences and into a new technological age. The result is astounding: “It brings out things in my words that I never knew before.” Pete Seeger “When these passionate and talented artists perform together, they create a chemistry that is as wonderful to see as it is to hear.” The Palladium-Times. The performance is in the Ritz Lobby, 107 Broadway, Newburgh on September 26 at 8:00pm. For tickets, call 845-784-1199.

Take the 2nd Tuesday Tour

Safe Harbors of at the Ritz, are instrumental the Hudson is hosting to the revitalization of monthly informational downtown Newburgh. tours. Transforming lives Tours last approximately and building communities one hour and are held on through housing and the the second Tuesday of arts, Safe Harbors turned each month at 9:00am. a blighted eyesore into the The next scheduled tour impressive Cornerstone will be held on September Residence, home to 128 Pre-Cornerstone days, circa 1956 8. Attendees should enter adults including the formerly homeless, veterans, through the main entrance at 111 Broadway, those living with mental health diagnoses, artists Newburgh and check in with Security. All and low income working adults in need of attendees will be entered in a drawing to win affordable housing. tickets to a concert at the Ritz! The tours highlight how Safe Harbors’ Free parking is available on Liberty Street, Ann transformative supportive housing, award- Street and in the Ann Street municipal lot behind winning contemporary art gallery: Ann Street the building, or metered parking on Broadway. Gallery, and performing arts theater: the Lobby For information call Jen: 845-784-1107.

Two T&V Tours: The Water and the Dead A Walk Among the Dead Learn about a few prominent or unusual characters buried in the over twenty cemeteries in the local Neversink area. GPS locations for almost all Town of Denning and Town of Neversink cemeteries will be available upon request from Time and the Valleys Museum (T&V) in Grahamsville on September 20 at 1:00pm. Attendees will receive a FREE self-guided driving tour map, and special guest Kathy Denman will be present to answer questions about the Grahamsville Rural Cemetery. Refreshments are included.

Tour of Delaware Water Supply System Tour some of the major features of the Delaware Water System, visiting the Cannonsville, Pepacton, Neversink and Rondout Reservoirs. The narrated bus tour will begin with a complimentary breakfast at the T&V Museum, 332 Main Street, Grahamsville, at 8:30am on September 26, and will include frequent stops along the way for photos. The bus will stop at an area restaurant, or you may bring a bag lunch. See www.timeandthevalleysmuseum.org or call 845-985-7700 for reservations.

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Newburgh Last Saturdays & Open Studio Tour

SUNY Orange Kaplan Hall The Artists of Excellence exhibit series opens this academic year 2015-2016 with returning artist, Barbara Bonham. Her exquisite stoneware and earthenware works “Immigrant Woman” in this solo show, by Barbara Bonham which runs through October 20 in the Foyer of the Mindy Ross Gallery, Kaplan Hall, focus on women. Bonham explains that, “While creating this series “Kneeling Figure” by Barbara Bonham of sculptures, I found the natural quality of the clay lends itself to the raw nature of the human condition with each piece visually exploring the journey through life’s emotions.” Primarily a self-taught artist, Barbara Bonham’s sculptures are her interpretation of time and place. She has lived in many countries and within many cultures having been born in Venezuela and raised in Africa and Asia. Bonham’s ultimate goal is to be

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a conduit mastering whichever elements it takes to interpret the images which come to her through her life’s experiences. However, clay always seemed to be available leading to her creating with it. Barbara Bonham’s sculptures are made from various kinds of clay bodies with finishes from white slip to oxides to other pieces finished with oils and metallic patinas and Byzantine style mosaics. An exhibit of paintings and sculptures by Daniel Grant, Old as Adam, is in the Mindy Ross Gallery, September 21-November 20. Daniel Grant has “Woman of the Roses” by Daniel Grant lived and worked at his home/studio in Westtown since 1988. He began sculpting at Sonoma State College in California in 1970. Also a painter, his oil paintings are inspired by “The Kiss” by Daniel Grant both American Impressionism and the intuition of a sculptor.

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Since College, Daniel Grant has, in sculpture and painting, and as in all of his endeavors, carved his own way. His work has been shown in California and New York. For Newburgh Last Saturdays (NBLS) on September 26 at 3:30pm-6:00pm, a reception for Bonham and Grant will include Charlie Lang, pianist, and Grant reading his original poems related to the theme of the show as well as individual sculptures. The reception is followed by the Manhattan Short Film Festival at 7:00pm in Kaplan Hall’s Great Room. This film fest offers families and friends, 15 and over, the opportunity of viewing the Finalists (out of hundreds of entries) in this worldwide event and then voting on their favorites. Tickets go on sale at the door starting at 6:00pm. Students and teens are free. Kaplan Hall is on the corner of First and Grand Streets. For additional information, call Cultural Affairs at 845-341-4891 or email cultural@ sunyorange.edu

Space Create & Color Cube NBLS coordinator Lisa Gervais is once again curating an exhibit at performance artist Decora’s unique Space Create, 115 Broadway, which will be open for the studio tour, 11:00am-5:00pm on both September 26 and 27, and for NBLS on September 26,

5:00pm-9:00pm. “We are also including a new business that will be joining in on NBLS, Vinnie Colandrea’s Color Cube,” stated Gervais, “an evening opening with a demo, food and music at 1 S. Colden Street, Suite 100. Newburgh Open Studio Organized by Gerardo Castro and Michael Gabor, co-owners of Newburgh Art Supply, this year’s 5th annual Newburgh Open Studios will introduce “Red, Vanilla & Blue” the public to by participating Open Newburgh’s Studio Tour artist, William Noonan burgeoning arts community with the opening of artists’ work studios, alternative gallery spaces and special events. Interact directly with the artists who produce the work while traversing Newburgh’s renowned Historic District, on September 26 & 27 from 11:00am-5:00pm. Maps will be available at Newburgh Art Supply, 5 Grand Street. Maps may also be downloaded the week prior to the tour by visiting www.NewburghOpenStudios.org

Come Gather ’Round People...The Times They Are A-Changin’

by: J. A. Di Bello

is a union of professional actors and stage managers in the United States and provides Now that it’s early September, the rising a pool of well trained and talented actors. sun of each day assumes a position just a Interestingly, a number of the equity actors click south of yesterday’s. What’s become performing to rave reviews at Forestburgh, of a brilliant summer? It should not be this began their careers in theatre at the Playhouse, way, but as time accelerates, each day fails performing as members of the theatre’s more quickly. Only the night before or so, ResCo (Resident Company). As a whole, it was opening night at the Forestburgh members of the ResCo are recent college Playhouse, the beginning of Franklin graduates from some of the most prestigious Trapp’s sophomore year and an exhilarating universities and colleges. Others are upper theatre season. Suddenly, it’s nearly over. classmen in these same institutions. Franklin The summer season will end at the Trapp, producer and equity actor, was in fact main stage of the Forestburgh Playhouse once a member of the ResCo at Forestburgh with a presentation of Alfred Uhry’s Playhouse. Because of this background and/ award winning play Driving Miss Daisy, or Franklin’s keen eye for young talent, he featuring Loretta Swit. Often referred to has been able to assemble a ResCo without as the Saint of the Forestburgh Playhouse, equal. her unwavering affection and support of If ever the faith of an avid theatre patron the Playhouse is evidenced by her annual begins to waiver, look closely at the return to Forestburgh. When asked about Forestburgh ResCo. Assembled it consists that predictable “return,” she, of some of the brightest, without hesitation, replied, “It’s committed, talented, energetic not a return, I just keep coming actors, dancers and musicians back - like a full circle.” When on the planet. If there’s here a the crowd has dispersed and smack of hyperbolic frenzy in there remains a sole ghost light that statement, it is justified by on an empty stage, Loretta’s observation. devotion is explained by her Examples of superior quality comment, “I’ve never fallen out were on display on the main of love with the art of theatre.” stage, children’s theatre and The 2015 season was one of especially in the Cabaret. As the most satisfying of recent stated above, this season at the Loretta Swit years, with new and returning Playhouse began with what directors and especially versatile and talented was considered by many to be a nearly musicians. Conductors Henry Lewers and flawless opening night presentation of Michael Hopewell remain as standouts Damn Yankees, a frequently challenging of the Forestburgh tradition of excellence. musical. On that night two members of the Opening night for Damn Yankees was one Forestburgh ResCo performed without flaw of the smoothest, flaw free presentations in major roles: Abbey Sierakowski and in recent memory. That level of excellence Hunter Brown as Joe Hardy, the man who remained for the summer. Especially sells his soul. productive and well-received was Larry Abbey is a returning player at Forestburgh Smiglewski, a seven year Forestburgh Vet and a June graduate of Rider University’s and known for his directorial talents in the theatre program. Hunter (called Hunter the recent productions of Spamalot and Buddy: hunk by female admirers), also in his second The Buddy Holly Show. year, has earned a Bachelor in Fine Arts, Forestburgh Playhouse is a mixed equity/ Music Theatre from Elton University, in non-equity house. Actors Equity Association North Carolina.

In Franklin’s sophomore year before produced at Forestburgh! at the Forestburgh Playhouse, The selections are a change in he has demonstrated a level of direction but not quality for the leadership that will enable the Playhouse. With noteworthy theatre to continue in a manner exceptions the productions in most will find comfortable. recent years have been limited He began the season with the to revivals of major and popular announcement of a seat sale. Broadway musicals, e.g., South The current seats at the theatre Pacific, West Side Story. Lack are a sorry-ass excuse (no pun of familiarity is a sure source of intended) for comfort. At $250 a dissent and Franklin has had a seat, he has sold out and replaced notable number of fingers shaken Franklin Trapp every seat in the theatre. Next in his direction. Accompanying summer the theatre’s stated objective of comments, no doubt, included, “Now see posterior serenity is a done deal! Bravo! here, young man,” to “Well, in the past, you Further, Franklin has expanded the know...” entertainment activities at the now wellFranklin Trapp, however, has demonstrated known Forestburgh Tavern. It will continue to his worth and especially his commitment to offer quality Cabarets and other entertainment the playhouse and its success as reflected through the month of September and in the production of quality theatre. Since into October, ending the season with the season ticket subscribers are the backbone spectacular, always outrageously hysterical of the Forestburgh Playhouse’s continued Rocky Horror Picture Show, alive and real at existence, Franklin’s reputation as a producer the Forestburgh Tavern on October 30 and is paramount. He has demonstrated all the 31. See Tavern ad on page 28. trust and good faith required to provide A look-ahead feature of the Playhouse’s quality entertainment and the leadership advertising displays a new approach to necessary to re-up subscribers and enlist the selection and production of main stage additional patrons who wish to share in the events. During the 2016 summer season, the quality and level of theatre available at the Playhouse will show seven productions never “Miracle of the Forest.”

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Outside the Box, Inside the Gallery - in Wurtsboro

You never know what you’ll find Outside the Box - or inside the Wurtsboro Art Alliance Gallery. It might be something shocking or humorous, thought provoking, beautiful, or even serene. One thing is certain: it’s sure to be an interesting departure from the usual fare. The exhibit theme Outside the Box (this is the 4th annual show) is meant to encourage artists to experiment with a wide range of artistic expression and media, and to explore new directions, themes and subject matter in their work. Pushing the boundaries of the box this year will be works of art by Wurtsboro Art Alliance members Vladimir Burovskiy, Paula Baldinger, Janet Campbell, Rick Loggia, Colin McCluney, Midge Monat, David Munford, Alethea Pape, Michael Piotrowski, Roberta Rosenthal, Mitchell Saler, Judi Silvano, Peter Sisson, Sandy Spitzer, Gene Weinstein and other WAA members. CANVAS invited three WAA members to describe their Out of the Box art seen here. Paula Baldinger: “The Out Of The Box exhibit is pushing the use of color and light using a traditional picture. When the light goes through the forest at dawn on a bright summer day the rainbow of colors spring into action in one’s artistic mind. This painting (see photo) is a watercolor pouring where colors mix naturally on the paper with the

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“Chocolate Patriot” by Judi Silvano

guidance of the painter.” Judi Silvano: “Pushing the “Ice Prisms at the Basha Kill” boundaries of this exhibit will Work by Paula Baldinger by Gene Weinsten include some of my more abstract works which continue to feature my love of strong emerges in different colors of the spectrum color and form. My discovery of the ancient as miniature rainbows. Hence the variety of form of Encaustic Painting materials using color within some of the crystals. The photo Bee’s Wax as well as the more solid but is taken as the camera focuses on the crystals malleable Pigment Sticks lead me to continue being moved by a slight breeze. With camera exploring non-literal images. Painted in hand, whatever moves me at a time and on a wood panel using Encaustic paints, place, to explore the nature of whatever Chocolate Patriot is so named because the that is besides eagles and hummers.” Outside the Box runs from September image brought to mind these two seemingly disparate qualities of thought and emotion 5-27 and there will be an opening reception inspired by love of country and delicious on September 5, from 2:00pm-4:00pm. Refreshments will be served. taste.” The Wurtsboro Art Alliance Gallery is Gene Weinstein: The photo Ice Prisms At The Basha Kill are beads of ice clinging located at 73 Sullivan Street. Inquiries and to the reeds following a winter storm. On new members are always welcome. For information, e-mail: info@waagallery. a cold, very sunny day following an ice storm, sunlight shining on the ice crystals org or visit www.waagallery.org

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Outside ORMC

With the goal of creating a healing environment for patients, Orange Regional Medical Center (ORMC) commissioned local artist, Joseph Marino, to design and paint a large-scale mural. The mural, measuring 11 feet high by 60 feet long, transforms the courtyard of the hospital’s Behavioral Health Unit from a plain brick outdoor space into a bright, colorful environment conducive to social interaction. “This outdoor space was created to provide patients in this area access to fresh air and natural light; when you put people in healingtype environments, they respond better,” says ORMC’s art curator, Sarah Johnson. “We incorporated color and art here as a huge component to make the space even more pleasant. We are using art as a tool to promote care and healing.” The hospital selected the artist for his exceptional proposal and extensive experience painting outdoor murals. Marino is a classically trained painter and professional graphic designer currently living in Monroe. For information about ORMC’s Art Program, contact Sarah at 845-333-2385.

Crawford Arts in Crawford Gallery Following its nice touch I think,” said Summertime and The Livin’ Aiello. “This is the second is Easy exhibit in the Town CAA membership show to of Crawford Government be held in the Crawford Center, the Crawford Arts Gallery of Fine Art, Association’s (CAA) 2015 65 Main Street, in Pine annual Member’s Show Bush.” will “feature the exquisite And: “Mickie will paintings of Mickie be demonstrating on MacMillan, renown Wednesdays during mid-Hudson Valley water September at 1:00pm for “Poppies” by Mickie MacMillan colorist,” said CAA Vicethe entire month,” said President Sal Aiello, Tom Bolger. “This is “while showcasing our such good news. I always many other talented and wanted to have her here skilled artists from the doing this.” CAA membership who “I’ll be demonstrating create in watercolor, oils, my way with watercolors, pencil and pastels. This inviting others to just membership show will be observe, or to bring their a must see exhibition in a supplies and paint along Artwork by Frederic Spione perfect gallery setting on with me,” explained Main Street in Pine Bush. Mickie. “Interestingly, Mickie recently had a one The show runs from September 2-29 and a person show at the Wallkill River School in reception will be held on September 12 from August and now we will present her work at our 5:30-7:30pm. Everyone is welcome. show at Tom Bolger’s prestigious Crawford “And there’s something new,” announced Gallery of Fine Art (CGFA). She’ll have the Bolger. “The Gallery will feature a demo on middle of the gallery while our other members September 12 at 1:30pm: Frederic Spione and have the outside walls of the room. Rather a his Dancing Paint Brush. Sound exciting?”

“The Last FiveYears” in Ellenville The Last Five Years explores a five-year relationship between Jamie, a rising novelist, and Cathy, a struggling actress. The musical uses a form of storytelling in which Cathy’s story is told in reverse chronological order (beginning the show at the end of the marriage), and Jamie’s is told in chronological order (starting just after the couple have first met). The characters do not directly interact except for a wedding song in the middle as their time lines intersect. Inspired by Jason Robert Brown’s failed marriage to Theresa O’Neill, O’Neill threatened legal action on the grounds the story represented her relationship with Brown too closely, and so Brown changed the song I Could Be in Love With Someone Like You to Shiksa Goddess in order to reduce the similarity between the character Cathy and O’Neill. Brown is an equally skilled composer, lyricist, conductor, arranger, orchestrator, director and performer, hailed as “one of Broadway’s smartest and most sophisticated songwriters since Stephen Sondheim” (Philadelphia Inquirer). He studied composition at the Eastman School of Music with Samuel Adler, Christopher Rouse, and Joseph Schwantner and lives with his wife, composer Georgia Stitt, and their daughters in New York City. An award-winning musical by one of

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Broadway’s hottest composers (Honeymoon in Vegas, Parade, Bridges of Madison County), The Last Five Years premiered at Chicago’s Northlight Theatre in 2001 and was produced Off-Broadway in March 2002. Since then it has had numerous productions both in the United States and internationally and has achieved cult status for many. It was cited as one of Time Magazine’s 10 Best of 2001 and won Drama Desk Awards for Best Music and Best Lyrics, and was directed by Brown in its record-breaking Off-Broadway run in 2013. Now it can be seen with New York City actors Eddie Egan and Katie Reid at Shadowland Theatre, the leading professional nonprofit Actors’ Equity company in the Lower Hudson Valley-Catskill Mountain region, 157 Canal Street, Ellenville, from September 4-27, directed by Michael La Fleur. For tickets: www.shadowlandtheatre.org or 845-647-5511.

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The exceptionally accomplished young pianist Kariné Poghosyan made her professional debut in her native Armenia when she was fourteen, moved to the USA to do her B.A. in California, went on to do her doctorate at the eminent Manhattan School of Music and then joined its faculty. Poghosyan has become a pride and joy for Armenian-American communities, the promising youngster who went to America and became a professor and Carnegie Hall performer in record time. After stunning Hudson Valley audiences with her outstanding talent playing Tchaikovsky for the Greater Newburgh Symphony Orchestra in 2011, Howard Garrett had the smarts to hire Kariné for the opening concerts of his Grand Montgomery Chamber Music (GMCM) series in 2012, 2013 and, “thanks to popular demand, in 2014 and once again for 2015,” said Garrett. “This year, Kariné will perform romantic music by Schubert and Liszt.” From Wikipedia: “Characteristics often attributed to Romanticism include: • A new preoccupation with and surrender to Nature, • A turn towards the mystic and supernatural, both religious and merely spooky, • A longing for the infinite,

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A focus on the nocturnal, An emphasis on extreme subjectivism, An interest in the autobiographical, Discontent with musical formulas and conventions. Another development that had an effect on romantic music was the rise of the middle class. Composers before this period lived on the patronage of the aristocracy. Many times their audience was small, composed mostly of the upper class and individuals who were knowledgeable about music. The romantic composers, on the other hand, often wrote for public concerts and festivals, with audiences of paying customers, who had not necessarily had any music lessons.” Discontent with musical formulas and conventions aside, Schubert and Liszt (and other composers) did use baroque and classical forms such as Fantasy, Serenade and Rhapsody, along with new romantic free-flowing forms,

i.e., Impromptus and Etudes. (Interesting trivia from Wikipedia: “In the 18th century, 16th century literary Rhapsodies first became linked with music, as in Christian Friedrich Daniel Schubart’s Musicalische Rhapsodien (1786), a collection of songs with keyboard accompaniment.”) If you have not heard Poghosyan perform, introduce yourself to the intensity and precision of her playing. She will perform SchubErt’s Impromtus, a Liszt Rhapsody (No.12), two of his Etudes, and close the concert with Liszt’s arrangement of Schubert’s beloved Serenade. Happily, regular GMCM concert-goers will be afforded the chance to “re-live the magic” when Kariné performs Schubert’s outstanding and powerful Wanderer-Fantasy, the same piece

Hakobyan Comes Back to Tuxedo

Tuxedo Performing Arts Group is bringing piano virtuoso Karén Hakobyan back to Tuxedo Park. “Besides being a virtuoso, he is also a superb composer,” explains CANVAS writer Derek Leet, “and last year we heard his wonderful Concert Etude Op. 14, No 2.” Hakobyan will perform concertos by Bach and Chopin, in addition to Arkady Leytush

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with which pianist Gregg Michalak brought down the GMCM house this past January. Poghosyan brings her special magic and her fiery pianism to the Montgomery Senior Center, 36 Bridge Street, on September 20 at 3:00pm. Free admission. For information: 845-457-9867. Dine out and support our Advertisers! Why not make a day of it? Weather permitting, grab some tasty salads for preconcert lunch at Mike’s Deli (see ad below) or “free-range” bagels at Blazing Bagels (see ad page 12) and dine al fresco in the park behind the Senior Center. Or stop by Ward’s Bridge Inn or Garrison’s Tavern for a delicious post-concert dinner, (see ads below). conducting Mozart and Hakobyan’s Fantasia and his new World Peace Sinfonietta with a 14-piece chamber orchestra, on September 19 at 5:00pm in a private Tuxedo Park residence, followed by a “meet-the-artists” wine and hors d’oeuvres reception. Tickets not available at the door. Call 845351-3473 or info@tuxedoperformingarts.org

Art’s Addenda: Adjuncts, Appurtenances, Addons, Appendages

“Adjunct professor” is a type of academic staff in higher education at an academic rank below the highest level of professorship. When used simply as “adjunct”, it is not something “less than” as above, but actually something “attached onto” as a supplementary, rather than essential, part. “Appurtenance”: an accessory or other item associated with a particular activity. Apply those words and their synonyms to SUNY Orange Cultural Affairs and you get “Lectures” and “Master Classes” that Cultural Affairs’ coordinator Dorothy Szefc often schedules to complement the college’s outstanding exhibits and performances.

Portrait Lecture for Exhibit “Portraits have the power to express the character and essence of people and engender a connection with humanity. Through portraiture, artists explore what it means to be human and what unique qualities make a person,” explains artist (and SUNY Orange Cultural Affairs Technical Assistant) Mitchell Saler. Szefc (pronounced ‘chef’) has arranged for portrait artist Cynthia Harris-Pagano to give an overview, from a fine art painter’s perspective, of how portraiture has evolved throughout history. “I’ll definitely analyze Mona Lisa, which I think is a terrific piece, Van Gogh’s self-portrait, Whistler, and several portraits that can be seen at the

Geoff Hamburg, pianist, Met, Cloisters and Frick playing jazz and classical Museums, that go as far standards. back as 1425,” she said. The lecture complements Women’s Rights The Art of Portraiture, Lecture for Exhibit a group show of portrait An art exhibit, Voices paintings, drawings, and - Art that Speaks Out sculptures, from traditional juried by Virginia Walsh realism to abstract, that runs through October 9 in of Ann Street Gallery in Middletown. Newburgh, calls attention “I work in oil and pastel to the Rape Crisis Services and have done probably offered by the Orange at least 100. There are County Mental Health so many names from the Association programs, and past, as early as Mary confronting the silence that Ottaway.” surrounds trauma, runs “Conductor Angelo Pagano” by Cynthia Harris-Pagano Her portraits of people through September 27 in familiar to CANVAS readers include Sue the Mindy Ross Gallery in Kaplan Hall. Barnes, Demetre Bove, Chris Farlekas, Dorchen A. Leidholdt is the Director Howard Garrett, Benjamin Gilman, Marya of the Center for Battered Women’s Legal Services at Sanctuary for Families in New Kennett, Barry Plaxen and Dorothy Szefc. “I’ve completed a recent portrait of Dr. York City, and Co-Executive Director of the James Cotter, soon to be in the Mount Coalition Against Trafficking in Women. To complement the exhibit, Leidholdt will Saint Mary College Library named after him, and a portrait of Rabbi Schwab, soon speak on the history of and working in the to be hanging in Mount Sinai Temple in feminist movement against violence against women, on counseling and advocating for Middletown.” The lecture Portrait History in Western victims of rape, sexual harassment, sexual Art - A Painter’s Study will be held on assault, domestic violence, prostitution and September 9 at 7:15 in Orange Hall Gallery. trafficking, on the threat of honor killing, the The opening reception for the exhibit is on mail-order bride trade, and on organizing September 11 from 6:00pm-8:30pm with against the media’s promotion of violence

against women. An Activist Lawyer’s Journey in the Movement Against Gender Violence takes place on September 14, 7:00pm in Kaplan Hall, Grand and First Streets, Newburgh.

Poetry Lecture for Performance J. Mae Barizo, is a prize-winning poet and cultural critic. The Cumulus Effect is her new book of poetry. A classicallytrained musician and a champion of crossgenre work, J. Mae has performed sound/ text collaborations with musicians from The National, Bon Iver, and the American String Quartet (in Orange Hall Theater last March for SUNY Orange). Barizo talks on creating poetry, what inspires her, contacts, and getting published, in The Vibrant Line, September 24 at 2:30pm, just a few hours before her 7:00pm sound/text performance with bassist Doug Balliett for the Vibrant Coffee House. Both events are in Newburgh’s Kaplan Hall. All lectures, master classes and exhibits are free and open to the public. For information, call Cultural Affairs at 845-341-4891, or visit www.sunyorange.edu/culturalaffairs The colleges are closed on Labor Day.

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When Worlds Collide in Sugar Loaf

Men Are From Mars Women Are From Venus LIVE! is the one-man fusion of theatre and stand-up, a lighthearted theatrical comedy based on the New York Times #1 best-selling book by John Gray. Since being published in 1992, Men Are From Mars, Women Are From Venus, exploring the differences between the sexes, has sold in excess of 50 million copies, been translated into 40 different languages and is one of the most recognizable titles in the world. When Mars and Venus collide, the adventures are earth-shatteringly hysterical. Moving swiftly through a series of vignettes, the show covers everything from dating and marriage to the bedroom. This hysterical show will have couples elbowing each other all evening as they see themselves on stage. After beginning in Paris in 2007, Men are From Mars - Women are From Venus LIVE! has been seen by more than one million people. It’s a great recipe for a night out: a little storytelling blended with some comedy and a dash of sage wisdom from the book. A delicious evening of entertainment! Sexy

and fast paced, this show is definitely for adults, but will leave audiences laughing and giggling like little kids! The talented team assembled for this production continues with the award winning playwright Eric Coble, direction by Broadway veteran Mindy Cooper, and animation and video production by the talented animators at Bazillion Productions. Men Are From Mars, Women Are From Venus - Live! will be shown at the Sugar Loaf Performing Arts Center, 1351 Kings Highway, Chester on October 3 at 8:00pm. Tickets are on sale now via Ticketmaster or the Sugar Loaf PAC box office. For tickets, visit www.SugarLoafPAC.org or call 845-691-5900.

Dancing the Charleston in Monroe

to take delight in the flapper The winner of six lifestyle, but problems arise TONY Awards including when she checks into a hotel Best Musical, Thoroughly owned by the leader of a Modern Millie was the 2002 white slavery ring in China. season’s most awarded new Creative Theatreshow on Broadway! Muddy Water Players’ Bursting with fun, and (CTMW) production, a cast of very memorable directed by David Mossey characters, the show is filled with musical direction with frisky flappers, dashing by Brian Flint and leading men, and a dragonLeft-right: Jackie Evans, Devon choreography by Mandy lady villainess that audiences Cassidy, Layla Boyles, Fay Pacht will love to hate, making it a as “Millie”, Rebecca Birmingham, Clifford, runs September Jennifer Titus, & Kait Blumberg. 11-27 at The Playhouse at completely feel-good, joyous romp that is perfect family entertainment. It’s full Museum Village, Route 17M in Monroe. Tickets include dessert at intermission of intrigue and jazz, during a time when women were entering the workforce and the rules of love consisting of apple pie, ice cream, cheese, iced tea and coffee. and social behavior were changing forever. Group rates available, reservations suggested. Millie Dillmount has just moved to the city in For tickets: 845-294-9465. search of a new life for herself and soon begins

Free Fun Day At Grey Towers Sponsored by the U.S. Forest Service with support from the Grey Towers Heritage Association, the Community Appreciation Day at Grey Towers Historic Site in Milford includes free open house of the historic mansion, free music and a magic show for kids. The fun, fee-free day on September 26 from 11:00am-4:00pm will also feature visiting U.S.

Forest Service dignitaries, a special exhibit and an Ice Cream Social from 2:00pm-4:00pm. In lieu of a fee, visitors are asked to bring a non-perishable food item for donation to a local food pantry. Families are encouraged to bring lawn chairs, blankets and a picnic to enjoy on the estate grounds. For information: call 570-296-9630.

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September’s Art at The Wallkill River School in Montgomery

Artists from the Wallkill River School (WRS) have teamed up with farmers once again to bring cultural tourism to Orange County. The Farm/ Art Trail is a map of participating farm stands where one artist has been painting on each farm for the past year. The trail is a map developed by O.C. Tourism, to encourage families to travel from farmto-farm. Each stop on the trail features a “Bannermans” by Linda Storminger picturesque farm and the artwork of an Emerging artist Linda Storminger artist who loves it. Each of these artists was born in Purchase. She currently are featured in exhibits at the WRS. lives on a farm in the New Paltz “Rock Ridge Alpaca Farm” Chrissy Pahucki’s paintings of area with her family. As a child, she by Nancy Reed-Jones the Black Dirt region and Rogowski “Rogowski Farm” by Christina Pahucki was inspired by the ever-changing Farm, and Nancy Reed Jones’ paintings of competitions. landscape, and eventually developed a love for She paints landscapes and nature studies in painting outdoors. In 1970, Storminger entered Rock Ridge Alpaca Farm are on display from September 1-27. Emerging artist Linda both acrylics and watercolors. the Bethlehem Art Gallery in New Windsor Originally from Long Island, Nancy Reed- where she learned to paint in oils in fine art Storminger will be featured in a solo show in Jones studied at the Huntington Art League under instructors John & Paul Gould. the workshop room. Chrissy Pahucki was born in Goshen, and and became a well-established oil and acrylic Storminger also travelled abroad to study grew up next door to her grandparent’s dairy painter. She owned a mural business for many painting in Italy, Ireland, France and Portugal. farm. As a kid, she loved nature and would years before devoting all of her time to teaching This is her first solo show. wander the farm, which bordered the Wallkill her skills at the WRS. She has used art therapy The opening reception will be held on River. Every summer she went camping in the to help people in recovery from addiction. September 12, 5:00pm-7:00pm where viewers Adirondacks with her family. As a result, the Nancy holds an ongoing acrylic workshop and can enjoy refreshments, wine, and fresh produce teaches the absolute beginner to the advanced from both farms. farms and the woods have never left her art. As an art teacher, she shares her energy painter. Relaxtion techniques and soothing The WRS is located at 232 Ward Street in and artistic talent with her students, pushing music are used in her workshops to help with Montgomery. For information, call 845-457ARTS or visit www.wallkillriverschool.com. them hard to compete and succeed in many art stress reduction.

Goshen Art Walk

Artist Julissie Saltzberg, musician Keith Roddey & Chloe Saltzberg

The Goshen Art Walk, artists partnering with local businesses in downtown Goshen to display their artworks, has been held every first Friday of the month since May. Artists have shown work in various media from oil paintings to photographs to film art and much more, and musicians have also been performing at different venues. Julissie Saltzberg and Mitchell Saler have been organizing the artists and musicians. “The Goshen Art Walk has been an exciting opportunity for artists and the community to connect,” says Saler, who also exhibits on the art walk. The next two Walks are on September 4 and October 2 from 6:00pm-9:00pm. The event is organized by a joint committee of the Village of Goshen, Goshen Chamber of Commerce, Goshen Art League, and Orange County Arts Council.

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Music - pop, Folk, Country, Blues, rock

sponsored by Al’s Music Center, Port Jervis & Steve’s Music Center, Rock Hill CANVAS cannot be responsible for errors & omissions. Please verify dates and times

Thunderhead Organ Trio jazz-fusion �� The Wherehouse, Newburgh, 3rd Thursdays, 8pm FREE Music for Humanity ��Noble Coffee Roasters, Campbell Hall, 3rd Saturdays, 8pm Chicago and Earth, Wind & Fire �� Bethel Woods, Sep 1, 7:30pm Keb’ Mo’ blues, Americana �� Sugar Loaf PAC, Sep 2, 8pm Side by Side classic folk, lite rock ��Something Sweet Outdoor Parok, Middletown, Sep 3, 6pm Shayna Steele gospel, jazz, rock ��The Falcon, Marlboro, Sep 4, 7pm Hurley Mountain Highway ��Palaia Vineyards Outdoors, Highland Mills, Sep 5, 7pm FREE Tal National Afrobeat, Leni Stern African Trio ��The Falcon, Marlboro, Sep 5, 7pm Saints of Swing jazz, r&b, Motown, Latin, etc. ��The Falcon, Marlboro, Sep 6, 10am-2pm Neil Young Tribute Festival & Pig Roast �� Palaia Vineyards Outdoors, Sep 6, 2pm-8pm The Brooklyn Time Macine DooWop, Parksville Music Festival ��Dead End Cafe, Sep 6, 3pm IMPETUS “The Power of Uncertainty” music, spoken word, improv �Falcon, Marlboro, Sep 6, 7pm Van Halen �� Bethel Woods, Sep 6, 8pm Dustbowl Revival Americana Swing, Littlest Birds ��The Falcon, Marlboro, Sep 9, 7pm Jimmy Thackery & The Drivers blues, rock, Dylan Doyle ��The Falcon, Marlboro, Sep 11, 7pm Hoochie Coochie Men �� Palaia Vineyards Outdoors, Highland Mills, Sep 12, 7pm-10pm FREE Buffalo Stack roots, rock ��The Falcon, Marlboro, Sep 12, 7pm Lydia Adams Davis HudsonValleyFolkGuild UnitarianUniveralistCong, RockTavern, Sep 12, 7:30pm Shlomo Franklin �� Forestburgh Tavern, Sep 12, 8:15pm Jackson Browne r&r �� Bethel Woods, Sep 19, 8pm Alexis P. Suter & The Ministers of Sound gospel-rock ��The Falcon, Marlboro, Sep 13, 10am-2pm Leo B. ��Palaia Vineyards Outdoors, Highland Mills, Sep 13, 2:30pm-10:30pm Mikaela Davis indie harp, Johnny Society Brit-pop ��The Falcon, Marlboro, Sep 17, 7pm Donald Harrison Jr. jazz, funk ��The Falcon, Marlboro, Sep 18, 7pm Patti Greco Sunshine �� Forestburgh Tavern, Sep 18, 8pm Popa Chubby blues, rock, Chris Bowman’s CBC Trio ��The Falcon, Marlboro, Sep 19, 7pm Groovy Tuesday �� Palaia Vineyards Outdoors, Highland Mills, Sep , 19, 7pm-10pm Bill Simms Trio blues ��The Falcon, Marlboro, Sep 20, 10am-2pm R.J. Storm and Old School Band bluegrass ��Thrall Library, Middletown, Sep 20, 2pm FREE Rhythm of Life Band Latin soul �� Newburgh Library, Sep 20, 2pm FREE Women of the World world, Banda Magda! bossa, French pop The Falcon, Marlboro, Sep 20, 7pm Lee DeWyze indie rock, Emily Barnes ��The Falcon, Marlboro, Sep 21, 7pm Bill Payne & Minstrel roots, rock ��The Falcon, Marlboro, Sep 23, 7pm Jaimeo Brown Transcendence, Afro fusion jazz ��The Falcon, Marlboro, Sep 24, 7pm Craig Handy & 2nd Line Smith, Maiko Hata ��The Falcon, Marlboro, Sep 25, 7pm Mike & Annie Baglione & Friends ��Neversink Valley Museum, Cuddebackville, Sep 26, 7:30pm Johnny A guitar, rock ��The Falcon, Marlboro, Sep 26, 7pm The Rausch Brothers �� Forestburgh Tavern, Sep 26, 8pm The Blues Farm ��The Falcon, Marlboro, Sep 27, 10am-2pm Marine Futin French Folk, Jazz ��The Falcon, Marlboro, Sep 30, 7pm Joey Eppard & Friends ��Forestburgh Tavern, Oct 2, 8pm The Princeton Nassoons Shandelee Music festival, pop a capella �� Bethel Woods, Oct 4, 3pm

Open Mic & in-house music

Some listings below are not included in our centerspread calendar.

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

Marc Von Em Soul, blues, funk ��WaterWheel Cafe, Milford, last Fridays, 8pm-11pm Dose Acoustic Sundays ��Cafe Devine, Callicoon, 1st & 2nd Sundays, Noon-2pm Doug Rogers ��Cafe Devine, Callicoon, 3rd & 4th Sundays, Noon-2pm Songwriter’s Anonymous ��Artists Market, Shohola, First Sundays, 2pm Open Mic, w/Jack Higgins ��Palaia Vineyards, Highland Mills, Sep 3, 7pm-10pm Evan Teatum & Friends ��Palaia Vineyards, Highland Mills, Sep 4, 7:30pm-10:30pm The Coteries ��Palaia Vineyards Outdoors, Highland Mills, Sep 5, 2:30pm-5:30pm Claude Bourbon �� Dancing Cat Saloon, Bethel, Sep 9, 8pm Kevin Finnan ��Palaia Vineyards, Highland Mills, Sep , 11, 7:30pm-10:30pm Rob Schiff ��Palaia Vineyards, Highland Mills, Sep 25, 7:30pm-10:30pm Evan Teatum & Friends ��Palaia Vineyards, Highland Mills, Sep 27, 2:30pm-5:30pm Big Time Tomato ��Palaia Vineyards, Highland Mills, Sep 26, 7:30pm-10:30pm Albi Beluli ��Dancing Cat Saloon, Bethel, Oct 3, 8pm

Get a Taste of Bourbon Next to the Distillery

Claude Bourbon is an enigma, a classically trained musician who fuses every conceivable genre of acoustic guitar music into a masterclass of a stage performance. UK based Swiss French singer-songwriter Bourbon weaves his songs taking in different flavors of Europe and beyond. His Spanish 14

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medieval blues evolves into Gypsy, Eastern European, with a splash of Paco de Lucia, Delta Blues and more. Hear him on September 9 at 8:00pm next door to the Catskill Distillery in the Dancing Cat Saloon, 2037 Route 17B in Bethel. For more information, call 845-583-3141.

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LectureS -DEmos - Master Classes sponsored by SUNY Orange & Mount St. Mary College

GWL ��Greenwood Lake Library HHNM ��Hudson Highlands Nature Museum, Outdoor Discovery Center, Cornwall MSM-DC �� Mount St. Mary College, Desmond Campus, Newburgh PEEC ��Pocono Environmental Education Center, Dingmans Ferry

DEMO Mickie MacMillan ��Crawford Gallery of Fine Arts, Pine Bush, Sep 2, 9, 16, 23, 30, 1pm DEMO “Frederic Spione and his Dancing Paint Brush” �� Crawford Gallery of Fine Arts, Pine Bush, Sep 12, 1:30pm DEMO Indian Cooking Rinku Bhattacharia MASTER CLASS “The Art of Solo Performance” Kelly Kinsella �� SUNY Orange Hall Theatre, Middletown. Sep 9, 1pm MASTER CLASS “The Vibrant Line” J. Mae Barizo, poet �� SUNY Orange Hall Theatre, Middletown. Sep 9, 1pm All Lectures are free - except those for MSM-DC unless otherwise noted

“The Treaty of 1778” Frank Salvati �� Neversink Valley Museum, Cuddebackville, Sep 2, 7:30pm TBD Marvin Rappaport ��Crawford Library, Monticello, Sep 3, 6:30pm Safe Harbors of the Hudson Tour ��Safe Harbors/Ritz/Ann Street Gallery, Newburgh, Sep 8, 9am “Portrait History in Western Art - A Painter’s Study” Cynthia Harris-Pagano �� SUNY Orange Hall Gallery, Middletown, Sep 9, 7:15pm “Fly Fishing in the Catskills” Jim Krul �� Time & the Valleys Museum, Grahamsville, Sep 12, 2pm Jeffrey Jay Foxx ethnographic photography ��Amity Gallery, Warwick, Sep 13, 7:30pm “An Activist Lawyer’s Journey in the Movement Against Gender Violence” �� Dorchen A. Leidholdt SUNYO-KH Sep 14, 7pm Science Cafe “Predatory bacteria: Potential “living antibiotics”? Megan A. Ferguson �� La Casa Vicina, New Windsor, Sep 16, 7:15pm “Fall Warblers” Terry Master �� PEEC Sep 19, 8am Hiking in the Hudson Highlands inspired by William Thomas Howell ��HHNM Sep 19, 9am “Fungus Among Us” �� PEEC Sep 20, 10am “Polls, the Public, and Popular Perspective on Constitutional Issues” �� SUNYO Kaplan Hall, Newburgh, Sep 21, 7pm “A History of Glaciation with an Emphasis on the Shawangunks.” David Howell �� Cragsmoor Historical Society, Sep 26, 3pm “Math in Nature: Fractal Hike” ��PEEC Sep 27, 1pm “The Founding Father’s and the Origins of Gun Control: The Forgotten History” �� SUNYO Rowley Center, Middletown, Sep 30, 7pm Clubs Bridge Club �� Ellenville Library, Wednesdays, 6pm Newburgh Library Camera Club �� Newburgh Library, 3rd Wednesday, 6pm St. James Camera Club �� St. James Church, Goshen, 2nd Tuesday, 7pm Chess Club �� Ellenville Library, Wednesdays, 4pm Friday Night Chess ��Narrowsburg Library, Fridays, 6pm Knit and Stitch �� Narrowsburg Library, Mondays, 6pm Knitting & Crocheting “Crochety Knitters” �� Liberty Library, Tuesdays, 10:15am Knit & Stitch Club ��Newburgh Library Town Branch, 1st & 3rd Tuesdays, 6;30pm Newburgh Knitting Club ��Newburgh Library, 2nd & 4th Tuesdays, 6pm Knitting Group �� Josephine-Louise Library, Walden, Tuesdays, 6:30pm Knitting & Crocheting “Knitwitz” ��Jeffersonville Library, 1st & 3rd Tuesdays, 6:30pm Knitting “Chain Gang Knitting Club” �� Mamakating Town Hall, Wurtsboro, Tuesdays 9pm Knitting Club ��Noble Coffee Roasters, Campbell Hall, Wednesdays, 2:30pm Knitting, Crocheting, Crafts “Stitch and Bitch” ��Palaia Vineyards, Highland Mills, Sundays, 1pm Knit/Crochet Club �� Wallkill Library, Thursdays, 6:30pm Knimble Knitters ��Ellenville Library, Saturdays, 10am Knitting Circle �� Florida Library, 3rd Thursdays, 6pm Laurel & Hardy Sons of the Desert Int’l Org. ��First Sunday, Ellenville, ray@themtharhills.org The Music Lovers Group classical �� 3rd Thursdays, 7:30pm Montgomery, 845-457-9867 Electronic Music Meetup w/Neil Alexander �� Newburgh Library, 3rd Thursdays, 7pm Ladies Night Painting Social �� Wallkill River School, Montgomery, Thursdays 6:30pm Painting Social �� Wallkill River School, Montgomery, Saturdays, 3:30pm Hudson Highlands Photo Workshop �� St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, Chester, 2nd Monday, 7:30pm Calico Geese Quilters Guild �� Cornwall Cooperative Extension, Liberty, 2nd Monday, 7pm The Country Scrappers cardmaking, scrapbooking �� Walker Valley Schoolhouse, Tuesdays, all day Scrabble Mania �� Ellenville Library, Tuesdays, 6pm Trivia Night w/Sam Hill ��Two Alices, Cornwall-on-Hudson, Thursdays, 8pm Trivia Night ��Penning’s Pub & Grill, Warwick, Thursdays, 8pm UFO Support Group ��Walker Valley Schoolhouse, 1st Wednesday, 7:30pm Woodcarvers Guild �� Museum Village, Monroe, 1st Wednesday, 7pm Join the CANVAS team and earn extra cash! (while supporting the arts, too!) Advertising Sales positions are available. Call us today for more information: 845-926-4646

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cabaret

Forestburgh Theatre Resident Company Pre-show & Dinner �� Sep 1, 2, 3, 6pm Forestburgh Theatre Resident Company Post-show �� Sep 4, 5, 10:30pm Lumiri Tubo ��Forestburgh Tavern, Sep 11, 8pm Broadway Concerts Direct ��United Church of Christ, Blooming Grove (NY), Sep 19, 6pm The Lyric Quartet opera, B’way, world, Parksville USA Festival ��Dead End Cafe, Oct 4, 3pm

cinema

Adult Independent Film Night �� Greenwood Lake Library, 2nd Tuesday, 7pm FREE Reel Eclectic Film Series �� Thrall Library, Middletown, 1st Thursday, 2pm FREE “Paint Your Wagon” Lee Marvin, Clint Eastwood ��Cornwall Library, Sep 9, Noon FREE Saturday Matinee at the Library ��Newburgh Library, Sep 12, 2pm FREE “Ida” dir. Pawel Pawlikowski ��Cornwall Library, Sep 15, 6pm FREE “Anne of a Thousand Days” Richard Burton �� Thrall Library, Middletown, Sep 16, 3pm FREE Big Eddy Film Festival ��Tusten Theatre, Narrowsburg, Sep 18-20 Mondat Night at the Library �� Newburgh Library, Sep 21, 6:30pm Manhattan Short Film Festival �� SUNYO Kaplan Hall, Newburgh, Sep 26, 7pm

comedy

Jordan Carlos, Joe Giarrantano, Rich Kiamco The Laugh Tour Sorella, KauneongaLake, Sep 5, 8pm Vic DiBetetto, Fred Rubino, Tim Hayes �� Bethel Woods, Sep 13, 8pm Bill Engvall & Travis Howze ��Eisenhower Hall, West Point, Sep 12, 8pm Marion Grodin & Rich Kiamco The Laugh Tour �� Forestburgh Tavern, Sep 19, 8pm’ Patty Rosborough, John Tobin ��Jester’s Comedy Club, Chester, Sep 19, 9pm Rob Falcone, Adrienne Iapalucci ��Jester’s Comedy Club, Chester, Sep 26, 9pm Keith Anthony, Tim Gage ��Jester’s Comedy Club, Chester, Oct 3, 9pm

Dance

Korinya Folk Band & Kazka Dance Ukraine, Kindred Spirits Arts Milford Theatre, Sep 19, 7:30pm

festivals

International Festival carnival, music, food ��Gully’s Parking Lot, Newburgh Waterfront, Sep 4-7 Labor Day Festival ��Renaissance Park, Livingston Manor, Sep 6, 11am-TBD Pine Island Onion Festival Music, Dancing, Onion Eating Contest �� PLAV Pavilion, Sep 6, 2pm Harvest Festival �� Bethel Woods, Sep 6, 13, 20, 27, 11am-4pm Harvest Festival & Grape Stomp ��Palaia Vineyards Outdoors, Highland Mills, Sep 19 Harvest Festival �� Pocono Environmental Education Center, Dingmans Ferry, Sep 26, 10am-4pm Oktoberfest 5k-race, food, music, games ��Cornerstone Lodge 711, Monroe, Sep 26, Begins at Noon

fundraisers

Scandinavian Craft Fair Bernt Balchen Lodge �� Lackawaxen Fire Hall, Sep 12, 10am-4pm Catskill Art Society Community Arts Gala �� Beaverkill Valley Inn, Sep 12, 5:30pm Wild Things Ball �� Pocono Environmental Education Center, Dingmans Ferry, Sep 19, 6pm WJFF 25th Anniversary Gala Brunch �� Villa Roma, Callicoon, Sep 27, 11am Liberty Rotary Club Beer & Wine Tasting �� Catskill Distillery, Bethel, Sep 26, 2pm

holistic

Live Well, Be Well Festival.............................................................. Bethel Woods, Sep 12. 10am-5pm Psychic Fair �� Crystals & Well-Bring Center, Wurtsboro, Sep 27

museums

Terwilliger House Museum ��Ellenville, ongoing “Wildlife”, “Woodstock”, “Footwear”, “Hats” ��Sullivan County Museum, Hurleyville ongoing 19th Century Rural Living ��Museum Village, Monroe, ongoing Celebrating Catskill Waters Past & Present ��Time & The Valleys Museum, Grahamsville, ongoing Pinchot Mansion Tours ��Grey Towers, Milford, ongoing “Then and Now around the D&H Canal” �� Neversink Museum, Cuddebackville, thru Nov “Small but Grand Hotels” photos & artifacts ��Liberty Museum & Arts Center, thru Oct 10 “The Concord Hotel Remembered” ��Sullivan County Museum, Hurleyville, thru Oct 12 “THREADS: Connecting ‘60s & Modern Rockwear” ��Bethel Woods Museum, thru Dec 31 Civil War Re-enactment ��Museum Village, Monroe, Sep 5 & 6

Music - Classical - band

West Point Band “LaborDay Celebration” w/Fireworks �� Trophy Point Amph, Sep 6, 7:30pm FREE “Music of Our Time” Narrrowsburg Music Day ��Tusten Theatre, Narrowsburg, Sep 6, 7:30pm Greater Newburgh Symphony Orchestra ��Mount St. Mary College, Aquinas Hall, Sep 12, 7:30pm The Serenade Quartet “19th Century Vienna” ��Pacem In Terris, Sep 13, 5pm Kariné Poghosyan Grand Montgomery Chamber Music � Senior Center, Montgomery, Sep 20, 3pm FREE

music - jazz

Live Jazz Brunch with The Jazz Cats ��Dancing Cat Saloon, Bethel, Sundays, 1pm Thunderhead Organ Trio jazz-fusion �� The Wherehouse, Newburgh, 3rd Thursdays, 8pm FREE The Moutin Factory Quintet ��The Falcon, Marlboro, Sep 3, 7pm Donna Singer & the Doug Richards Trio ��Pine Bush Gazebo, Sep 4, 7pm FREE Chacho Ramirez, etc. “Narrrowsburg Music Day” �� Main Street, Narrowsburg, Sep 6, 2pm FREE Jazz Jam “Narrrowsburg Music Day” ��River Grill, Narrowsburg, Sep 6, 9:30pm

Jason Miles & Ingrid Jensen Jazz Fusion ��The Falcon, Marlboro, Sep 13, 7pm Mentoring Series with Adam Rogers Group ��The Falcon, Marlboro, Sep 14, 7pm Brian Kasten Trio & Guest Band ��Kastan Art Space, Sugar Loaf, Sep 26, 7:30pm & 10pm Tisziji Munoz “Free Horse Trio” Improv ��The Falcon, Marlboro, Sep 27, 7pm Ingrid Sertso/Karl Berger with Peter Apfelbaum improv ��The Falcon, Marlboro, Sep 28, 7pm “Farm to Table” Dinner, Wine Pairing & Jazz ��Forestburgh Tavern, Oct 3, 7pm

operetta

“The Pirates of Penzance” video ��Cornwall Library, Sep 20, 1pm FREE

poetry & prose readings

Norma Bernstock, Robert Phelps �� Noble Coffee Roasters, Campbell Hall, Sep 3, 7pm Hudson River Poets �� Newburgh Library, Sep 3, 7pm FREE Franklin Schneider ��Montgomery Book Exchange, Montgomery, Sep 8, 7pm FREE J. Mae Barizo poet & Doug Balliett bassist, Vibrant Coffee House �� SUNY Orange, Kaplan Hall, Newburgh, Sep 24, 7pm Robert Phelps �� Clearwater Gallery, Jones Farm, Cornwall, Sep 25, 7pm Liberty Poetry Festival ��Liberty Museum & Arts Center, Sep 26, 2pm Francine D’Alessandro Poetry at the Church ��Goshen Methodist Church, Sep 28, 7pm FREE

recreation, Dancing, Tours, Book fairs

Swing Dancing w/Swing Shift Orchestra ��Newburgh Brewery, 1st Thursdays, 7:30pm Dancing (Ballroom) ��MISU Ellenville, 1st Saturdays, Lesson 7:30pm, Dancing 8pm TOUR “A Walk Among the Dead” ��Neversink Cemeteries, Sep 12, 1pm “Masquerade” Kurt Seligmann’s 115th Birthday Seligmann Center, Sugar Loaf, Sep 12, 7pm-10pm “A Taste of Warwick” �� Warwick Valley Winery, Sep 15, 6pm-9pm Trivia Night �� Forestburgh Tavern, Sep 25, 7pm TOUR: Bus Tour of DelawareWater Supply System Time & the Valleys Museum, Sep 26, 8:30am Warwick Children’s Book Festival ��Railroad Avenue, Sep 26, 11am-4pm Local Authors & Illustrators Showcase �� Thrall Library, Middletown, Sep 26, 11am-4:30pm Liberty Book Fair ��Liberty Museum & Art Center, Sep 26, Noon-4pm

Storytelling

Black Dirt Storytelling Guild “Lost in Translation” �� Florida Library, Sep 10, 7:30pm FREE Van Morrow’s Open mic“Favorite T-Shirt” ��CAS Arts Center, Livingston Manor, Sep 26, 6pm

theatre - musical

“The Last Five Years” �� Shadowland Theatre, Ellenville, Sep 4-27 “Thoroughly Modern Millie” Creative Theatre-Muddy Water Players �� Playhouse at Museum Village, Monroe, Sep 11-27 Jeff Haynes’ “Pete Seeger: The Storm King” - music, spoken word, video �� Ritz Lobby, Newburgh, Sep 26, 8pm

theatre - play

“Man and Superman” Live in HD from National Theatre �� Downing Film Center, Newburgh, TBD “Driving Miss Daisy” w/Loretta Swit ��Forestburgh Playhouse, Sep 1-6 “A Tender Thing” by Ben Power ��CAS Arts Center, Livingston Manor, Sep 5, 7:30pm The Kioskers ��NACL Theatre, Highland Lake, Sep 11 & 12, 7:30pm “Rounding Third” Cornerstone Theatre Arts ��Goshen Music Hall, Sep 19-Oct 4 “The God Projekt” ��NACL Theatre, Highland Lake, Sep 25 & 26, 7:30pm “The Whipping Man” by Matthew Lopez �� Shadowland Theatre, Ellenville, Oct 2-18. “Men are From Mars–Women are From Venus LIVE!” ��Sugar Loaf PAC, Oct 3, 8pm

Schools & Conservatories

3rd Annual “River of Words” Poetry Trail Opening student poetry �� Hudson Highlands Nature Museum, Cornwall, Sep 20, 4pm

Hispanic Heritage Month in Newburgh

September is Hispanic Heritage Month and a Latin Soul band called 3D Rhythm of Life will perform at the Newburgh Free Library. Band leader Michael Tate, a two-time Latin Grammy Nominee, says the three D’s in the band’s name stand for Dynamic, Diverse, and Danceable! “The music will take you from Havana to New Orleans, with music reminiscent of Marc Anthony, Carlos Santana, Gloria Estefan and other Latin artists, and influenced by Salsa, Reggae, R&B, Gospel

and other Caribbean rhythms,” said Tate. The band includes Tate (drums), Lenny Underwood (keys) and Chris Amelar (guitar) plus others. Curiously enough, Tate and Amelar, the founding members of 3D Ritmo de Vida, are not Latinos, and this fact makes the end result much more intriguing. They perform at the Library, 124 Grand Street, September 20 at 2:00pm. The concert is free and open to all. For information: 845-563-3600

September 2015

Delaware & Hudson CANVAS

Septemb BGRV �� United Church of Christ, Blooming Grove, NY BW �� Bethel Woods Center for the Arts, Bethel CAS Catskill Art Society ��CAS Arts Center, Livingston Manor CAS-LK ��CAS Laundry King, Livingston Manor CTMW �� Playhouse at Museum Village, Monroe DCAT �� Dancing Cat Saloon & Catskill Distillery, Bethel

MONDAY

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

DEAD Parksville USA Music Festival �� Dead End Cafe, Parksville DOWN �� Downing Film Center, Newburgh DVAA �� Delaware Valley Arts Alliance, Narrowsburg FAL �� The Falcon, Marlboro FBGH ��Forestburgh Playhouse Sep 1-6, & Tavern Sep 11-Oct 3 GMCM Grand Montgomery Chamber Music ��Senior Center, Montgomery

TUESDAY Dinner-Cabaret Pre-Show FBGH 6pm

MusicChicago and Earth, Wind & Fire BW 7:30pm Theatre - Play “Driving Miss Daisy” FBGH 8pm

Cinema Independent Film Night Greenwood Lake Library, 7pm Poetry Franklin Schneider Montgomery Book Exchange, 7pm

14 Music - Jazz Mentoring Series with Adam Rogers Group FAL 7pm

Cinema “Ida” Cornwall Library 6pm

Recreation “A Taste of Warwick” Warwick Valley Winery, 6pm9pm

Cinema Monday Night at the Library NFL 6:30pm

Dinner-Cabaret Pre-Show FBGH 6pm Music - Blues-Americana’ Keb’ Mo’ SLPAC 8pm

Cynthia Harris-Pagano See page 11

September 2015

THURSDAY

Cinema............. Reel Eclectic Film Series............... THRALL 2pm Dinner-Cabaret.............. Pre-Show............................... FBGH 6pm Music - Folk-Rock..............Side by Side............................... SSO 6pm Poetry.............. Norma Bernstock, Robert Phelps............ NOBL 7pm Music - Jazz.......... The Moutin Factory Quintet....................FAL 7pm Poetry......................... Hudson River Poets.......................... NFL 7pm Open Mic.......................Musician’s Gathering...............DCAT 7:30pm Theatre - Play.............“Driving Miss Daisy”...................... FBGH 8pm

“Old Country Road” by Sal Aiello on view September 2-29 at the Crawford Gallery of Fine Art, 65 Main Street, Pine Bush. See page 9 for additional information.

Music - Americana Dustbowl Revival, The Littlest Birds FAL 7pm Music Claude Bourbon DCAT 8pm

16 Cinema “Anne of a Thousand Days” THRALL 3pm

Music - French Folk, Jazz Marine Futin FAL 7pm

NACL �� NFL �� NOBL �� NVM �� PACEM �� PEEC ��

4 Music-Jazz.Donna

Music - Gospel-Ja Theatre - Musical.... Theatre - Play............. Cabaret...............................

Cinema “Paint Your Wagon” Cornwall Library, Noon

Delaware & Hudson CANVAS

Theatre - Play “Driving Miss Daisy” FBGH 2pm & 8pm

Music - Roots-Rock Bill Payne & Minstrel FAL 7pm

Music - Indie-Rock Lee DeWyze, Emily Barnes FAL 7pm

Poetry Francine D’Alessandro Goshen Methodist Church, 7pm Music - Jazz Improv I.Sertso/K.Berger/P.Apfelbaum FAL 7pm

WEDNESDAY

GOSH Cornerstone Theatre Arts �� Goshen Music Hall, Goshen IKE �� Eisenhower Hall, West Point KAST �� Kastan Art Space, Sugar Loaf LMAC �� Liberty Museum & Art Center MISU Music Institute of Sullivan & Ulster �� St. John’s Episcopal Ch, Ellenville MSM-DC ��Desmond Campus, Mount St. Mary College, Balmville

Music - Blues-Rock....

Theatre - Play................. Theatre - Musical...... Cabaret..............................

Open Mic.................Musician’s Gathering.......DCAT 7:30pm Storytelling......Black Dirt Storytelling Guild...Florida Library, 7:30pm

17 Music - Indie-Brit........Mikaela Davis, Johnny Society..........FAL 7pm Open Mic.......................Musician’s Gathering...............DCAT 7:30pm

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

24 Music - AfroFusion-Jazz........Jaimeo Brown..........................FAL 7pm Open Mic.......................Musician’s Gathering...............DCAT 7:30pm Theatre - Musical.......“Thoroughly Modern Millie”..........CTMW 8pm

Open Mic.......................Musician’s Gathering...............DCAT 7:30pm

Music - Jazz-Funk Cinema........Big E Theatre - Musical...... Music.........................

Recreation.......................... Poetry........................... Music - Jazz..Crai Theatre - Play............... Theatre - Play.............. Theatre - Musical......

Theatre - Play......... Theatre - Play.............. Music........................

ber 2015

��NACL Theatre, Highland Lake ��Newburgh Free Library ��Noble Coffee Roasters, Campbell Hall ��Neversink Valley Museum, Cuddebackville �� Pacem In Terris, Warwick �� Pocono Environmental Education Center, Dingmans Ferry

FRIDAY

Singer&Doug Richards Trio..PineBushGazebo, 7pm

azz-Rock.....Shayna Steele..........................FAL 7pm .... .....“The Last Five Years”........................ ST 8pm .............“Driving Miss Daisy”...................... FBGH 8pm ............................... Post-Show....................... FBGH 10:30pm

.....Jimmy Thackery & The Drivers, Dylan Doyle.FAL 7pm

................. “The Kioskers”...................... NACL 7:30pm .......“Thoroughly Modern Millie”..........CTMW 8pm .............................. Lumiri Tubo.............................FBGH 8pm

k........Donald Harrison Jr............................FAL 7pm Eddy Film Festival “Tumbledown”........TUST 8pm .......“Thoroughly Modern Millie”..........CTMW 8pm ......................... Patti Greco Sunshine...................... FBGH 8pm

..........................Trivia Night.............................. FBGH 7pm ...........................Robert Phelps.....Jones Farm, Cornwall, 7pm ig Handy & 2nd Line Smith, Maiko Hata..FAL 7pm ............... “Rounding Third”........................ GOSH 7pm ..............“The God Projeckt”.................. NACL 7:30pm .......“Thoroughly Modern Millie”..........CTMW 8pm

......... “Rounding Third”........................ GOSH 7pm .............. The Whipping Man............................. ST 8pm ........................Joey Eppard & Friends.................... FBGH 8pm

PVO �� Palaia Vineyards Outdoors, Highland Mills RITZ ��Ritz Theatre Lobby, Newburgh SCM �� Sullivan County Museum, Hurleyville SLGMN ��Seligmann Center for the Arts, Sugar Loaf SLPAC ��Sugar Loaf Performing Arts Center SSO ��Something Sweet Outdoor Park, Middletown

SATURDAY

Theatre - Musical......“The Last Five Years”........... ST 2pm & 8pm Music - Afrobeat....Tal National, Leni Stern Trio..............FAL 7pm Music..................... Hurley Mountain Highway.................... PVO 7pm Theatre - Play................“A Tender Thing”.......................CAS 7:30pm Theatre - Play.............“Driving Miss Daisy”...................... FBGH 8pm Comedy.................The Laugh Tour....Sorella, Kauneonga Lake, 8pm Cabaret............................... Post-Show.......................FBGH 10:30pm

ST �� Shadowland Theatre, Ellenville SUNYO-KH �� SUNY Orange, Kaplan Hall, Newburgh SUNYO-OH ��SUNY Orange, Orange Hall, Middletown THRALL ��Thrall Library, Middletown TROPHY �� Trophy Point Amphitheatre, West Point TUST �� Tusten Theatre, Narrowsburg

Music....................... ...Saints of Swing.................. FAL 10am-2pm Music - Jazz..... Jazz Cats Live Jazz Brunch...............DCAT 11am Recreation......................Harvest Festival.................... BW 11am-4pm Festival.Labor Day Festival.Renaissance Park, Livingston Manor 11am Music......Dose Acoustic Sunday..Cafe Devine, Callicoon, Noon-2pm Music......Songwriter’s Anonymous...... Artists’ Market, Shohola 2pm Theatre - Musical.... .....“The Last Five Years”........................ ST 2pm Music - Jazz..Chacho Ramirez.Main Street Deck, Narrowsburg, 2pm Festival................Pine Island Onion Festival.....PLAV Pavilion, 2pm Music............................Neil Young Tribute..................PVO 2pm-8pm Music - DooWop...... Brooklyn Time Machine.................... DEAD 3pm Theatre - Play.............“Driving Miss Daisy”...................... FBGH 3pm Music - Improv-Spoken, etc.....IMPETUS.................................FAL 7pm Music............................. West Point Band............... TROPHY 7:30pm Music - Classical...........Music of Our Time....................TUST 7:30pm Music - Jazz.................Jazz Jam......River Grill, Narrowsburg, 9:30pm Music...................................Van Halen................................... BW 8pm

Fair............Scandinavian Craft Fair..Lackawaxen Fire Hall,10am-4pm Holistic............. Live Well, Be Well Festival...................BW 10am-5pm Fundraiser...............Catskill Art Society Gala.....Beaverkill Valley Inn, 5:30pm Music............................... Hoochie Koochie Men.............................. PVO 7pm Music - Roots-Rock................ Buffalo Stack....................................... FAL 7pm Theatre - Play........................“The Kioskers”............................. NACL 7:30pm Theatre - Musical................“The Last Five Years”............................... ST 8pm Theatre - Musical........ “Thoroughly Modern Millie”......................CTMW 8pm Comedy............. Vic DiBetetto, Fred Rubino, Tim Hayes.................. BW 8pm Comedy........................Bill Engvall, Travis Howze.............................IKE 8pm Recreation......Masquerade Seligmann B’day...................SLGMN 7pm-10pm Music....................................Shlomo Franklin............................FBGH 8:15pm Cinema...............Big Eddy Film Festival.................................... TUST Festival.......Harvest Festival & Grape Stomp.............................. PVO Cabaret........................ Broadway Concerts Direct.........................BGRV 6pm Fundraiser............................ Wild Things Ball.................................PEEC 6pm Theatre - Play......................“Rounding Third”............................... GOSH 7pm Music - Blues-Rock...........Popa Chubby, CBC Trio............................ FAL 7pm Music.................................... Groovy Tuesday.........................PVO 7pm-10pm Music................................. Music for Humanity......................... NOBL 7:30pm Dance - Ukraine......Kazka Dance &Korinya Folk Band....Milford Th., 7:30pm Theatre - Musical................“The Last Five Years”............................... ST 8pm Theatre - Musical........ “Thoroughly Modern Millie”......................CTMW 8pm Music - R&R...................... .....Jackson Browne..................................BW 8pm Comedy.................... Marion Grodin & Rich Kiamco......................FBGH 8pm Comedy..Patty Rosborough,John Tobin.Jester’sComedyClub, Chester, 9pm

Recreation............... Harvest Festival.......................PEEC 10am-4pm Recreation....Free Community Day...Grey Towers, Milford 11am-4pm Recreation..Author & Illustrator Showcase................ THRALL 11am-4:30pm Art Tour.......................... Newburgh Open Studios...........................11am-5pm Recreation.....................Oktoberfest....Cornerstone Lodge 511, Monroe, Noon Recreation........................... Liberty Book Fair......................LMAC Noon-4pm Poetry..............................Liberty Poetry Festival............................LMAC 2pm Theatre - Musical........ “Thoroughly Modern Millie”.......... CTMW 3pm & 8pm Storytelling...................... “Your Favorite T-Shirt”.............................. CAS 6pm Cinema.......................Manhattan Short Film Festival...........SUNYO-KH 7pm Music - Rock......................... Johnny A guitar..................................... FAL 7pm Theatre - Play......................“Rounding Third”............................... GOSH 7pm Theatre - Play.................... “The God Projeckt”......................... NACL 7:30pm Music......................Mike & Annie Baglione & Friends................NVM 7:30pm Music - Jazz...........Brian Kastan Trio & Guest Band...KAST 7:30pm & 10pm Theatre - Musical................“The Last Five Years”............................... ST 8pm Music&Word&Video...Jeff Haynes “Pete Seeger:The Storm King”.RITZ 8pm Music................................The Rausch Brothers.............................FBGH 8pm Comedy..............Rob Falcone, Adrienne Iapalucci......Jester’s, Chester, 9pm Theatre - Play............... The Whipping Man.........................ST 2pm & 8pm Theatre - Play................“Rounding Third”............................... GOSH 7pm Theatre-Play.“Men R FromMars,Women R fromVenus LIVE!”.... SLPAC 8pm Music - Jazz............... Dinner & Wine Pairing & Jazz......................FBGH 8pm Music......................................... Albi Beluli...................................... DCAT 8pm Comedy....Keith Anthony, Tim Gage...... Jester’s Comedy Club, Chester, 9pm

SUNDAY

Music............ Alexis P. Suter & Ministers of Sound.. FAL 10am-2pm Music - Jazz.......... Jazz Cats Live Jazz Brunch...............DCAT 11am Recreation......................Harvest Festival.................... BW 11am-4pm Music......Dose Acoustic Sunday..Cafe Devine, Callicoon, Noon-2pm Theatre - Musical.... .....“The Last Five Years”........................ ST 2pm Music......................................Leo B................... PVO 2:30pm-5:30pm Music - Classical........The Serenade Quartet.................. PACEM 5pm Music - Jazz Fusion........Jason Miles & Ingrid Jensen.........FAL 7pm

Cinema............ Big Eddy Film Festival................................ TUST Music - Blues................Bill Simms Trio.................. FAL 10am-2pm Music - Jazz............. Jazz Cats Live Jazz Brunch.................. DCAT 11am Recreation.........................Harvest Festival........................BW 11am-4pm Music........................Doug Rogers......Cafe Devine, Callicoon, Noon-2pm Operetta - Video.... .....“The Pirates of Penzance”.. Cornwall Library, 1pm Theatre - Musical....... .....“The Last Five Years”............................ST 2pm Theatre - Play.................. “Rounding Third”...........................GOSH 2pm Music - Bluegrass......RJ Storm & Old School Band............THRALL 2pm Music - Latin Soul..........Rhythm of Life Band.............................NFL 3pm Music - Classical........ Kariné Poghosyan piano..................... GMCM 3pm Theatre - Musical.......“Thoroughly Modern Millie”................ CTMW 3pm Music - World........Women of the World, Banda Magda! ........... FAL 7pm

Music - Blues.....................The Blues Farm................ FAL 10am-2pm Music - Jazz.......... Jazz Cats Live Jazz Brunch...............DCAT 11am Fundraiser...WJFF 25th Anniv. Brunch.. Villa Roma, Callicoon, 11am Recreation......................Harvest Festival.................... BW 11am-4pm Art Tour................... Newburgh Open Studios.................... 11am-5pm Holistic........................Psychic Fair......Crystal Connection, Wurtsboro Music..................Doug Rogers......Cafe Devine, Callicoon, Noon-2pm Theatre - Musical.... .....“The Last Five Years”........................ ST 2pm Theatre - Play............... “Rounding Third”........................ GOSH 2pm Theatre - Musical.......“Thoroughly Modern Millie”..........CTMW 3pm Music - Jazz Improv.......Tisziji Munoz “Free Horse Trio” ....FAL 7pm

Music - Jazz...........Jazz Cats Live Jazz Brunch.......................DCAT 11am Music.Dose Acoustic Sunday..Cafe Devine, Callicoon, Noon-2pm Theatre - Play..................... The Whipping Man.................................... ST 2pm Theatre - Play......................“Rounding Third”............................... GOSH 2pm Cabaret................................ The Lyric Quartet................................DEAD 3pm Music.............................The Princeton Nassoons..............................BW 3pm

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Art exhibits

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

Group Show ��Back Room Gallery, Beacon, ongoing Group Show �� Stray Cat Gallery, Bethel, ongoing T.A. Clearwater paintings, pastels, prints ��Clearwater Gallery at Jones Farm, Cornwall, ongoing Furniture, sculpture, ceramics, woodburnings ��Once A Tree, Cornwall-on-Hudson, ongoing Studio Monday Artists 2015 Exhibit �� Daniel Pierce Library, Grahamsville, ongoing “Celebrating 10 Years (2005-2015)” Adult works of Art ��Greenwood Lake Library, ongoing Lana Privitera paintings ��Blazing Bagels Cafe, Montgomery, ongoing Carolyn Duke Pottery ��Duke Pottery, Tennanah Lake, Roscoe, ongoing Jules Medwin outdoor sculpture ��Seligmann Center, Sugar Loaf, ongoing Inscribed Tibetan Prayer Stones ��Tibetan and Himalayan Cultural Center, Walden, ongoing Lisa & John Strazza paintings & photography �� Strazza Gallery, Warwick, ongoing Nancy Wells “Visage-State of Being” ��Cafe Devine, Callicoon, thru Sep 7 CAS Student & Teachers Art Show �� CAS thru Sep 13 “Farms” WRS members group show ��WRS thru Sep 14 “Renaissance Women” Barryville Area Arts Assn. ��Artists’ Market, Shohola, thru Sep 15 “VOICES - Art That Speaks Out” �� SUNYO-KH thru Sep 17 Ryan Roa “Melange”, sculptures & drawings �� Ann Street Gallery, Newburgh, thru Sep 19 Midsummer Artists group show �� UpFront Exhibition Space, Port Jervis, thru Sep 25 Art & About: “Summer Heat” Port Jervis Council for the Arts ��Wednesdays: Mayor’s Office, Weekdays: Bon Secours Hospital Cafeteria, & Deerpark Town Hall, thru Sep 30 “Aviary” Outsider’s Studio Collective ��CAS thru Oct 3 “The Art of Portraiture” ��SUNYO-OH thru Oct 9 Barbara Bonham sculpture, “Artists of Excellence” ��SUNYO-KH thru Oct 20 “Color Music:The Musical Expression of Michael Poast” �� Karpeles Museum, Newburgh, thru Oct 31 Highland Falls Parklet Art Walk ��Downtown Highland Falls, thru Nov NEW ART EXHIBITS

Nancy Reed-Jones & Chrissy Pahucki, Linda Storminger ��WRS Sep 1-27 Jamie Taylor painting, printmaking, mixed media, photography �� Adams Fairacre Farms, Newburgh, Sep 1-30 Crawford Arts Association Annual Members Show & Mickie MacMillan �� Crawford Gallery of Fine Arts, Pine Bush,, Sep 2-29 Goshen Art Walk ��Downtown Goshen Businesses, Sep 4, & Oct 2, 6pm-9pm “Come Paint With Me” Plein Air Artists ��Gallery at Chant Realtors, Lords Valley, Sep 4-Oct 31 Linda Sokolowski mixed media, “Displaced Landscapes” group show ��DVAA Sep 4-Oct 3 “The Family Foxx: Three Generations” �� Amity Gallery, Warwick, Sep 5-27 “Colleagues: Hidden Talents” colleagues of SUNY Orange �� SUNYO-OH Sep 9-30 John Capanna woodworking, Ann Marie Nitti paintings, Bill Rabsey, sculpture �� ARTery Gallery, Milford, Sep10-Oct 5 Karen E. Gersch “Still Smoldering” Orange County Firefighter’s Museum, Montgomery, Sep 11-13 “Still Life” WRS members group show ��WRS Sep 15-Oct 14 Kathryn Kosto, Jake Seo “Hand-Me-Down” ��CAS Sep 19-Oct 18 Daniel Grant “Old as Adam” paintings & sculptures ��SUNYO-KH Sep 21-Nov 20 Newburgh Open Studios �� Multiple Newburgh Historic District locations, Sep 26 & 27, 11am-5pm “Deerest Deerpark II” ��Deerpark Museum & Grange, Huguenot, Sep 27-Oct 25

Photography exhibits

Catharine Bale �� Green Light Gallery, Cornwall-on-Hudson, ongoing Flora Hogman “Reflections” ��Rolling River Cafe, Parksville, thru Sep 6 “Growing Up in Newburgh” �� Capt. David Crawford House, Newburgh, Sundays, thru Dec Nick Zungoli “Barrier Islands of the Lowcountry” �� Exposures Gallery, Sugar Loaf, thru Dec NEW photography EXHIBITS

Jack and Rachelle Miller “Lens & Brush” �� Noble Coffee Roasters, Campbell Hall, Sep 1-30 Cheryl Fils-Aime ��Monroe Library, Sep 1-30 Frank Mullaney “Hand-Me-Down” ��CAS Sep 19-Oct 18

ART & Photography receptions

Linda Sokolowski mixed media, “Displaced Landscapes” group show ��DVAA Sep 4, 7pm-9pm “Renaissance Women” Barryville Area Arts Assn. �� Artists’ Market, Shohola, Sep 5, 4pm-6pm “Come Paint With Me” Plein Air Artists Gallery at Chant Realtors, Lords Valley, Sep 5, 5pm-7pm Jack and Rachelle Miller “Lens & Brush” Noble Coffee Roasters, Campbell Hall, Sep 9, 4pm-6pm “The Art of Portraiture” w/Geoff Hamburg, piano �� SUNYO-OH Sep 11, 6pm-8:30pm Group Show �� Back Room Gallery, Beacon, Sep 12, 6pm-9pm “The Family Foxx: Three Generations” �� Amity Gallery, Warwick, Sep 12, Noon-4pm 18

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Nancy Reed-Jones & Chrissy Pahucki, Linda Storminger ��WRS Sept. 12, 5pm-7pm, Crawford Arts Association Annual Members Show & Mickie MacMillan �� Crawford Gallery of Fine Arts, Pine Bush, Sep 12, 5:30pm-7:30pm John Capanna woodworking, Ann Marie Nitti paintings, Bill Rabsey, sculpture �� ARTery Gallery, Milford, Sep 12, 6pm-9pm “Colleagues: Hidden Talents” w/Judith Hosmer Garrett, piano ��SUNYO-OH Sep 15, Noon-2pm Scholar’s Book Discussion w/Jess Gerson ��Newburgh Library, Sep 16, 7pm Kathryn Kosto, Frank Mullaney, Jake Seo ��CAS Sep 19, Talk: 3pm, Reception: 4pm-6pm Daniel Grant “Old as Adam” w/Charlie Lang, pianist �� SUNYO-KH Sep 26, 3:30m-6pm Newburgh Studio Tour �� Space Create, Sep 26, 5pm-7pm “Deerest Deerpark II” open house ��Deerpark Museum & Grange, Huguenot, Sep 27, 10am-4pm

Schools & Conservatories

Budding Artists �� Greenwood Lake Library, ongoing CAS Student & Teachers Art Show ��CAS Aug 29-Sep 13 “Navigating in and around Greenwood Lake” photo exhibit, Cub Scouts Pack 121 �� Greenwood Lake Library, Sep 1-25

books - Discussions/Readings /siGNings

Book Lover’s Club �� Greenwood Lake Library, 4th Tuesday, 7pm Mystery Thriller & Crime Book Group �� Jeffersonville Library, 2nd Wednesday, 6:30pm Book Discussion Group ��Narrowsburg Library, 3rd Friday, 4:00pm “Notes From the Other Side” w/Marc B. Fried �� Thrall Library, Middletown, Sep 1, 6pm “Destiny of the Republic” by Candice Millard ��Cornwall Library, Sep 2, 7pm “Commander Will Cushing, Daredevil Hero of the Civil War” Jamie Malanowski �� Museum Village, Monroe, Sep 3, 7pm Local Authors & Illustrators Showcase �� Thrall Library, Middletown, Sep 6, 11am-4:30pm “Playing for Pizza” by John Grishman ��SUNYO Morrison Hall, Middletown, Sep 9, Noon “Drop Dead Punk” w/Rich Zahradnik �� Thrall Library, Middletown, Sep 14, 6:30pm “All the Colors of Darkness” by Peter Robinson ��Cornwall Library, Sep 16, 7pm “Orphan Train” by Christina Baker Kline ��Liberty Library, Sep 24, 1pm “The Children Act” by Ian McEwan ��Cornwall Library, Sep 24, 7pm Great Books Discussion �� Newburgh Library, Sep 25, 11:30am Warwick Children’s Book Festival �� Railroad Avenue, Sep 26, 11am-4pm Liberty Book Fair ��Liberty Museum & Art Center, Sep 26, Noon-4pm “An Older Man by Wayne Hoffman �� CAS Arts Center, Livingston Manor, Sep 26, 2pm Tuesdays @ 2 Books Discussion ��Newburgh Library, Town Branch, Sep 29, 2pm

children & Teens Calendar

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

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Warwick Children’s Book Festival �� Railroad Avenue, Sep 26, 11am-4pm “Mazes and Marshmallow Monsters” teens �� Greenwood Lake Library, Sep 30, 5pm Cinema

Teen Movie Night grades 5-12 �� Greenwood Lake Library, Tuesdays, 6pm FREE Museums

Meet the Animal of the Week ��HHNM-CoH Saturdays & Sundays, 1pm & 2:30pm Eco-Zone ��PEEC Sep 13, 1pm-4pm recreation & Lectures

“Marvelous Moths” ��HHNM-CoH Fridays, Saturdays & Sundays, Noon-4pm Teen Painting Drop-in ��Wallkill River School, Montgomery, Saturdays, 1pm “Discovery Quests” family hiking trails ��HHNM Saturdays & Sundays, 10am-4pm, Crawford Library Storywalk I “A Library Book for Bear” � Broadway, Monticello, thru September International Festival carnival, music, food �� Gully’s Parking Lot, Newburgh Waterfront, Sep 4-7 Geology Hike ��HHNM Sep 12, 10am Naturalist Walk and Talk ��HHNM Sep 13, 10am Free Community Day Ice Cream Social, music, tours, etc. Grey Towers, Milford, Sep 26,11am-4pm “The Wonderful Woolly Bear!” ��HHNM Sep 27, 10am

Celebrate Banned Books Week!

Celebrate your freedom to read during Banned Books Week, which highlights the importance of free and open access to information, and celebrates the ability to choose to read any and all books. Monticello’s Ethelbert B. Crawford Public Library will kick off the Week by having a Read-A-Thon on September 25 at 4:30pm on the library front lawn. Anyone

may sign up for a 5 minute time slot to read aloud from a banned book. The library will have a selection of banned books to choose from, and a list of the top banned books. Some banned books include The Catcher in the Rye, the Harry Potter series and To Kill a Mockingbird. For more information or to sign up for a Read-A-Thon time slot, call the Library at: 845-794-4660, ext. 8.

Hidden away in the hinterlands of Sullivan County, midway between Livingston Manor and Liberty is a crossroads known as Parksville. Stripped of its once notorious landmark, a traffic light smack dab in the middle of a four-lane highway, Parksville remains a beacon, a shining star on the darkest of nights. In Parksville there’s a man, and not just an ordinary man, but a man with a passion “pure and chaste.” Tom Caltabellotta is that extraordinary man. Sicilian by heritage he carries the alluring customs and habits of an enchanted isle of myth, magic and music. It, Sicily, carries the scars of great battles, slaughters, victories. It’s a place to which the multi-ethnic, musical characteristics of Italy’s South pass unscathed, crossing the perilous Messina Straits. They carry from generation to generation the myth, magic and importantly, the music. It was immigrants to America that carried the music from “the old country,” Italy and Southern Europe to these shores. Tom’s earliest memories are sensual in nature and serve to verify the power of the environment on the developmental process during the formative years. His bedroom in the family’s modest home in Staten Island was situated in a location that collected the aromas from a simmering kitchen and the intriguing sounds from the large vintage, console radio, tuned, no doubt to New

York City’s Italian station, WBAI. Eyes closed, nostrils flared, ears on auditory alert, Tom was passively inculcated into a culture that thrived in the kitchen and found ecstasy in music. Consider: slowly simmering tomato sauce, fresh garlic, onions and basil sautéed in extra virgin olive oil, combined proportionally with the celestial sounds of Puccini and Verdi commingled with Neapolitan tenors and their amorous laments thrown in for good measure. This is not where tailors or cobblers are raised. With lessons from a neighboring vocal teacher, Tom was able to pursue his passionate affair with music, while supporting himself as a typesetter with the New York Times in Manhattan. Young and slight of stature, Tom continued his study as a vocalist while crossing paths with acting, tap and ballet. “If you’re going to wear tights,” he’s quick to point out, “Carry a sword!” As a bass, companions playfully provoked him with the label “Basso de Cartone.” He was a relatively short man compared to those one normally associates with the bass vocal range. First as a bass and then a baritone, Tom Caltabellotta has been cast in over 70 operatic roles selected from the classic Puccini and Verdi repertoire with several of the more well-known

New York and regional opera companies. Most notable were his performances with the famed Amato Opera Company of New York City’s East Village. After purchasing a summer home in Sullivan County, Tom and his wife Michele learned of a little place for sale in Parksville. It, they planned, would provide sufficient room for a small restaurant and a new venue for concerts: classical, opera, even country. Michele’s hope was to develop their dream and subsequently Parksville itself into an area that would be popular and known for the quality and variety of the music featured and the food served. Their quaint little café was soon known as the Dead End Café in Parksville. Its reputation included quality ethnic food derived from traditional Sicilian family recipes, delicately combined with classical music founded in the operas of Europe. It would also provide additional work for the Lyric Quartet he founded in 1980. Its concerts had consisted of familiar opera, operettas, show tunes and has performed at various locations including Lincoln Center, Alice Tully Hall and at Eisenhower Hall. Currently the Café and the Lyric Quartet are approaching the two thirds marker in the celebrated Parksville USA Music Festival 2015.

The festival consists of 9 events, scheduled from April to December. Five of the classical programs feature the noted Quartet, leaving the remaining 4 slots for different groups and various musical genres. For example, on September 6, the Brooklyn Time Machine will perform a concert, Doo Wop - Go Back in Time. No strangers to Parksville, Tom describes their concerts as an “Italian wedding without the bride and groom.” Further, on October 4, the Lyric Quartet is scheduled to present Shakespeare, The One and Only. It is arranged to consist of music set to the words of or inspired by the Great Bard and will feature special guests. Sadly, Michele Caltabellotta passed in 2011, but it appears to this writer that their dream, to create a shining star on the darkest of nights, remains with Tom and the Dead End Café. This is his quest. To reach The Dead End Café and the Parksville USA Musical Festival 2015 Concert Series, exit NYS route 17 at exit 99, go to the bottom of the hill, turn left, and find 6 Main Street. A full dinner (served buffet) after each concert is included in the price of admission $25. The café is open for dinner Thursday, Friday and Saturday at 5:00pm. Reservations for attendance at concert events are encouraged. More information is available at www.parksvilleusa.com

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From the UK to Port Jervis

UpFront Exhibition Space currently has over 35 artists of all mediums in its Mid-Summer Artist’s Show, including Craig Smedley. “I was born in Sheffield, Yorkshire,” he stated, “and mentored between 1118years old by a former graduate of the Camden School of Art in London. I graduated in Interior Design from Nottingham Trent University in 1994 and taught there for two years afterwards. From then I worked within the Interior

“London” by Craig Smedley

Design field until recently but have always produced private commissions of art along side. “Mainly, I have worked in watercolour (sic) or pencil. However the tissue paper art show at Upfront is something I used as a student to illustrate possible interior concepts.” UpFront Exhibition Space is located at 31 Jersey Avenue, Port Jervis. The show runs through September 25. Info at: 845-754-5000.

All New “Deerest Deerpark” II

In 2009, an Orange Arts Grant was given to artist Susan Miiller of Deerpark to complete a series of Fiberglass Deerforms for a unique, public project entitled Deerest Deerpark. Exceptional artists from all over Orange County were invited to design the Deerforms depicting local scenes’ ecosystems, spiritual ideas and the visual history of the Town of Deerpark. The results were a major artistic achievement and a cultural lift for the western part of the County. In 2014, a second grant has given a new cultural lift with additional funding for Deerest Deerpark II. This new grant funding adds a LIFE SIZED Fiberglass

“Unforgotten Past” by Joan Kehlenbeck

“Deerest Hawk’s Nest” by Susan Miiller

Deerform to be decorated by Cuddebackville artist Joan Kehlenbeck. Also included this year are tabletop sized Fiberglass Deerforms to be decorated by River Valley Artists Guild members Daniella Cooney and Peter Koenig, in addition to Miiller. This project is made possible, in part, with funds from Orange County Tourism and the County of Orange, and runs from September 27October 25 at the Deerpark Museum, 1863 Huguenot Schoolhouse, and the adjacent Neversink Valley Grange, 25 Grange Road, Huguenot. Open House is on September 27 from 10:00am to 4:00pm. Phone: 845-856-2702.

Monroe Library Inaugurates Art Exhibits

life in the images of maternity, “This spring, Monroe Free newborns, children, teens, and Library completed an expansion mature women. that kept us in temporary quarters for During her portrait session, it a year,” explained Library Director, is with a passion focused on the Ian Murphy. emotion, joy, connections and “Our improved, expanded space interactions that appear within the affords us opportunities that we woman’s family unit, that allows didn’t have before. For example, her to capture honest expressions. in September, we’ll inaugurate a She combines her technical skills Featured Artist program intended with a natural warmth that allows to throw a spotlight on local visual artists. her to read people quickly, make “I’ve posted the work of our first Photo by Cheryl Fils-Aimé them comfortable and then seize four featured artists on www.monroefreelibrary. upon their true spirit. For more information on Cheryl Fils-Aimé, org which shows that the artworks contrast each other - portrait photography, expressive painting, visit www.Cherfoto.com, or follow her on landscape & abstract painting, and comic art,” he Facebook: www.facebook.com/cherfoto “There’s no charge to an artist for displaying concluded. The featured artist for September is Cheryl here, and the library is open to submission. We Fils-Aimé a natural light photographer, a lifestyle have spaces open starting in early 2016,” Murphy portrait artist at heart who enjoys capturing the concluded. For information: call Ian at the Library, 44 photographs of women from the very beginning of life to advanced age. She sees the beauty of Millpond Parkway - 845-783-4411, ext. 206. 20 Delaware & Hudson CANVAS September 2015

In Memoriam: Minoru Saito 11-20-28 ~ 8-10-15 “Local artist Minoru Saito, known simply as Saito, whose landscapes of the Catskill mountains in oil became extremely popular throughout Japan, passed away suddenly and unexpectedly, at his Claryville home. For many years, Saito would travel to Japan regularly carrying dozens of new works, and sell them to large numbers of enthusiastic buyers enamoured with his rough-brushed scenes of our own

local hills, streams and fields, all presented in more-brilliant-thanlife colors. That helped pay the bills, but his secret passion was working with modernistic lines and shapes - in oils, pastels, watercolor and collage - that would usually get tucked away in a dusty storage area in his studio, then reluctantly pulled out for showing only to those who pleaded for a peek.” - Submitted by Bob & Ursula Garrett

“Summer Isn’t Over” at West Point Soak in the history and majesty of West Point as you take in a concert while overlooking the waters that George Washington called “the keys to the continent.” The West Point Band is closing its annual Music Under the Stars concert series in the at the beautiful Trophy Point Amphitheater at West Point. Summer isn’t over in the Hudson Valley until the West Point Band performs its Labor Day concert - which will take place on September 6 at 7:30pm. Come to Trophy Point and enjoy an evening of terrific music

as only the West Point Band can provide, culminating in an awesome display of fireworks over a performance of 1812 Overture. Soak in the history and majesty of West Point as you take in a concert while overlooking the waters that George Washington called “the keys to the continent.” In the event of inclement weather, the performance will be held on September 7. For concert information, cancellations and updates, call 845-938-2617 or visit www. westpointband.com.

“The Otherworldliness of The Real” “Having spent many months in Arizona and adjacent states over the last eight years,” says artist Linda Sokolowski, “I constantly discover remarkable sites in the west that inspire me to continue with uninhabited land masses.” Linda Sokolowski’s current work includes oil paintings and monotype with collage, as well as frottage, the technique or process of taking a rubbing from an uneven surface to form the basis of a work of art. The works depict rock formations, mountains, and canyons of the American Southwest and Peru. “These sites have the power to provide a substantial future of studio work for me, often surpassing the familiar green forests and the seas of our eastern states. “As a child, I had sought out ‘pretend homes’ en plein air: my father’s Concord grape arbor and the blanketed reading underneath a card table on my parents’ vast open porch. As I grew, I still craved exploring abandoned houses and lying in grass tall enough to privately retain my thinking for long stretches,” said Sokolowski. “And soon there were the ruins of Rome and the cathedral-like spaces under bridges. These spaces were familiar, welcoming, uninhabited, yet had once been used by the ancients. So, when I found myself

“Horseshoe Bend” by Linda Sokolowski

surrounded by the monumental majesty of the mountainous southwest with its Native American architectural cliff dwellings, there was little left to do but head to the studio.” Linda actively maintains printmaking and painting studios in Bethel where she works and lives with her husband Robert. The Otherworldliness of the Real, an exhibit of paintings and collages by Linda Sokolowski, opens with a reception on September 4, 7:00pm-9:00pm at the Delaware Arts Center’s Alliance Gallery. The exhibit is on view through October 3. Alliance Gallery is located at the Delaware Arts Center at 37 Main Street, Narrowsburg. For information call 845-252-7576 or visit www.delawarevalleyartsalliance.org.

CAS Celebrates Community...

The Catskill Art Society (CAS) celebrates community in many ways, as with the first annual CAS Gala, Community Arts in the Catskills at the Beaverkill Valley Inn, September 12, 5:30pm9:30pm... ...and by collaborating with other arts organizations such as the Outsider’s Studio Collective with Aviary, two and three dimensional ornithological representations, along with a video installation, For the Birds. Visitors surrounded by these mysterious, winged images may find them intriguing, delightful, and maybe even a little

menacing. Let your feelings take flight! - on view through October 3 in the Elevator Gallery... ...and with the CAS Student and Teacher art exhibit, running thru September 13. “Showcasing the important educational work undertaken by CAS since its founding on the porch of our founder, painting instructor Charles F. Beck, this exhibit tracks the growth of the children, teens, and adults who shared work with us since 1971,” stated Executive Director Bradley Diuguid. Email: info@catskillartsociety.org

...Remixing “Romeo & Juliet”...

What if Romeo and Juliet had lived and loved? In A Tender Thing, playwright Ben Power weaves the text of Romeo and Juliet into a new tale of love and sacrifice. Directed by Mimi McGurl, this re-imagined, remixed Shakespeare story is an elegiac yet ultimately hopeful account of the human capacity for love.

The one-act play, starring Cass Collins and John Higgins, with Roan Gillingham, runs approximately 75 minutes with no intermission at the CAS Arts Center (see ad below) on September 5 at 7:30pm. Advance reservations are recommended. Call 845-436-4227 or purchase tickets online at www. catskillartsociety.org

...Handing Down Art...

Hand-Me-Downs is a CAS exhibition of artwork by Kathryn Kosto, Executive Director of the Art School of Columbia County, photographer Frank Mullaney, and Korean-born artist Jake Seo. The opening is on September 19, with an Artist Talk at 3:00pm, and reception from 4:00pm-6:00pm. Call 845-436-4227. Photo: Litchfield Dining Room by Frank Mullaney

Labor Day Festival on Sunday the 6th

This year the Livingston Manor Labor Day Festival prefestival activities will include a 5K run at 10:00am and fun-runs for kids at 11:00am. Festival activities will open in Renaissance Park at 11:00am with music by Doug Rogers & The Backseat Drivers, followed by guitarist CatWilson and a talent show highlighting the abilities of local youth. The talent show will be opened by gifted singer Tessa Nettleton, (see photo) 8th grader and last year’s talent show winner. Children can have fun with country-fairstyle games, face painting and crafts. Library volunteers will be grilling hot dogs and hamburgers from Snowdance Farm, and Thai

food will be available from Sweet Basil. Visitors will find vendors with child-friendly products including handmade toys and dolls; view vintage cars from local car clubs and browse the colossal book sale. Three beautiful handmade quilts will be raffled off to benefit the library; the Livingston Manor Central School (LMCS) 8th grade class will hold a bake sale; and LMCS teachers will have free iced coffee for festival-goers. Proceeds benefit the Library’s children’s programs. For information: 845-439-5440. (And don’t forget: be sure to scoop up some ice cream at Madison’s Main Street Stand!)

...Reading & Storytelling

favorite memories, sparked by your Local author Wayne Hoffman favorite T-shirt, and told by YOU! will read selections from his new Then on October 4 at 2:00pm, novel An Older Man, “A touching CAS invites you to a reading by examination of aging and loneliness, author Mark Singer, longtime a witty tale of sexual shenanigans writer for The New Yorker and during Provincetown’s Bear Week,” several collections of nonfiction author Jeff Mann. CAS Arts Center, pieces. September 26, 2:00pm. Events are free and open to the Later that evening, from 6:00pm- Wayne Hoffman, author photo by Frank Mullaney public, donations will be accepted. 9:00pm, CAS hosts Van Morrow’s More info at www.catskillartsociety.org one-of-a-kind storytelling event featuring your

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Bassic Facts: Look Ma, No Cello!

The configuration of two violins, viola and double bass was the most popular small ensemble for playing the social music of late 18th and early 19th century Europe. “Mozart, Joseph and Michael Haydn, Sperger, Lanner, J. Strauss I, Schubert and so many more, prized the unique rhythmic punctuation, range, clarity and resonance of the double bass as the sole stringed basso instrument in this music,” explains Krista Bennion Feeney. “We play with the same historical instruments originally used to play this music, imbuing it with warmth and intimacy of expression and reveling in the “schwung” that bridges and unites two centuries of fascination with whirling dances in triple time.” The “we” is The Serenade Quartet: Krista Bennion Feeney and Keats Dieffenbach: violins, David Cerutti: viola, and John Feeney: double bass. All four musicians are leading artists in NYC and abroad in both historical and contemporary music. They perform together in the Orchestra of St. Luke’s, the American Classical Orchestra and numerous other ensembles. And, they perform summers at Pacem in Terris, where Krista is co-music director.

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(That’s 2 puns!) For their next concert, they are playing a rarely heard overture by Schubert written when he was 14, a Mozart divertimento (K.138), Haydn’s String Quartet in C major, Op. 9 No. 1, three of Brahms’ Hungarian Dances, and Dornbacher Ländler, Op. 9 by Joseph Lanner. All of these works were written for two violins, viola and bass, the instruments that make up the Serenade Quartet. Joseph Lanner (1801-1843), an Austrian dance music composer, is best remembered as one of the earliest Viennese composers to reform the waltz from a simple peasant dance to something that even the highest society could enjoy, either as an accompaniment to the dance, or for the music’s own sake. He was just as famous as his friend and musical rival Johann Strauss I (father of the famous Waltz King). (Johannes Matthias Sperger was an Austrian contrabassist and composer.) The concert is on September 13 at 5:00pm. Tickets go on sale at 4:00pm, and you can visit Frederick and Klaske Franck’s sculpture garden and museum at this oasis of beauty on the Wawayanda River, 96 Covered Bridge Road in Warwick. For information phone: 845-986-4329.

September 2015

The First “Fiesta Latina” in Monroe

American History promoting Feel the warmth of Latin Family, Faith, and Country...we culture as live salsa music fills wish to encourage and promote the air! American History within the At Hudson Valley’s Fiesta newly arriving Latino immigrant Latina, celebrating America community.” and pride in Latin roots, a It is all at the first ever Fiesta variety of fun-filled activities Willie Colon Latina in Museum Village on and games are planned, along September 12 from 10:00amwith appearances by noted 6:00pm at 1010 State Route speakers, book giveaways, 17M in Monroe. vendors and refreshments. Proceeds will benefit Museum Face painting will be a featured Village and The Food Pantry at activity, as will music by Latino Iglesia Pentecostal Ebenezer in icon and Grammy Award New Swing Sextet Middletown and Milagros for Winner Willie Colon, Grammy nominated Latin artists New Swing Sextet, and Colon Cancer, a benefit 5K Run/Walk. Enquiries are welcome and can be made to Caribenos. In the words of Fiesta Chairman Rubén the committee at 845-537-1307 or to Museum Estrada, “The Fiesta is a celebration of Village at 845-782-8248. Admission is free.

Children’s Book Festival in Warwick Tommy Gardner has found two distinct passionate niches in music; his first musical love is performing for kids in elementary and preschools, solo as Tommy and as a duo or trio as The Uncle Brothers. His award-winning original music has important character education themes such as; antibullying, kindness, respect, smoking and drug awareness, and more. Enjoy a free concert for children by The

Uncle Brothers (see photo) at 1:00pm on Railroad Green in Warwick during the Warwick Children’s Book Festival on Railroad Avenue, September 26, 11:00am-4:00pm. Children, readers and book lovers of all ages are cordially invited. Fifty authors and illustrators of books for preK-12th grade will be on hand to meet fans, talk with readers, autograph and sell their books. www.warwickchildrensbookfestival.org

Meet Huck Finn The Archetypical American Maverick Samuel L. Clemens, author, journalist and humorist, and Samuel E. Wright, playwright, vocalist, film and theater actor, are two compelling Americans entwined in each other by a common thread: The nature and fragility of man’s dignity. Wright perhaps is better known as the voice of Sebastian from the film The Little Mermaid and his unforgettable portrayal of Mufasa in the original cast of The Lion King. Clemens, in a similar light, is best known by his pen name Mark Twain, author of The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1876) and The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1885). As a playwright, Samuel Wright has adapted several well-known novels to the stage of his black box theatre, The New Rose Theatre, in Walden. Most recent and certainly memorable were the stunning productions of Ken Kesey’s One Flew over the Cuckoo’s Nest and a poignant presentation of John Steinbeck’s Of Mice and Men. Currently, Samuel has written a stage adaptation of Twain’s The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.

In addition to other issues, it is prudent here to point out that the setting for this classic novel is the Mississippi River’s shipping lanes in the vicinity of Hannibal, Missouri in and around the 1840s. The novel is written in the first person and realistically reflects the observations and perceptions of Huck, a young, rebellious and abused boy. His language is the language, dialect and, frankly, the vernacular of the time and place, and so is Sam Wright’s. “There’s no way I am walking away from the vernacular. No way in H E double L.” Of this literary masterpiece, another American Author of fame, Ernest Hemingway commented, “All modern American literature comes from one book by Mark Twain called Huckleberry Finn. If you read it you must stop where the Nigger Jim is stolen from the boys. That is the real end. The rest is just cheating. But it’s the best book we’ve had. All American writing comes from that. There was nothing before. There has been nothing as good since.” All of this is a challenge for Samuel Wright the

author. As a humanitarian and advocate for the common man he is above all a functional realist. “You cannot deny the existence of words by writing the ‘n’ word in quotes or the ‘f’ word in quotes.” Each exists for a reason and it is the responsibility of the author or speaker to be able to determine what is appropriate. To do otherwise is to deny reality! There is content contained in Samuel Wright’s adaptation for stage that might pass unnoticed by a casual or even an academic read of the novel. Remember this American masterpiece is taught in junior high schools, high schools, college literature classes and post graduate courses, for a number of valid reasons. To that end and to bring to the surface some of the novel’s most precious points, the play concentrates on portions germane to the novel’s central themes. The isolation of a small raft on a big river creates an environment ripe for contemplation and self-discovery. Not having experienced the small-raft-big-river scene, this writer finds it to be analogous to lying on Death Valley’s desert floor,

285 plus feet below sea level on the clearest and darkest of nights. The vastness of the universe and the individual’s relative insignificance are realizations that often alter a mortal’s sense of being. It’s free from the realities that surround. It is this scenario on the raft that caused Huck to realize that no one told him to run away, he just wanted to. Also, it caused Jim to realize that no one told him to run away either; he just plain wanted to. “Me and Jim, Jim and me. We’re the same.” Samuel Wright’s play is not a thesis or study of bondage, word usage or man’s inhumanity to man. It is a serious work exploring the concept of how an environment free of conventional restrictions and beliefs of the time and place can promote human understanding and a true bonding. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn adapted for the stage by Samuel E. Wright will open in October at The New Rose Theatre, 35 E. Main Street in Walden. Additional information will be available at 845-778-2478. Copies of Mark Twain’s The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn are available at the Josephine Louise Public Library, 5 Scofield Street, Walden, 845-778-7621.

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The Left Bank: Six Decades of The Art of Ron Lusker by Naomi Kennedy Marilyn Kocher and Ron Lusker were married for 44 years. Prior to Ron’s passing, they decided to buy the building at 59 Main Street in Liberty in order to preserve it. (It is a very old and storied building, once a bank, a general store, a book store, etc.) After Ron passed away last year, Marilyn decided to honor her husband with a retrospective of his artwork. She discovered a remarkable amount of his artwork that had been in storage, and used the building as an art gallery to display all of his work. “There are beautiful structures in Liberty; this was the most commanding building with a classical style and high ceilings, great light, and open space,” explained Marilyn. Ron’s work is so extensive that, “There is not an inch of room for anybody else’s work,” including Marilyn’s, who is also an oil painter. The Left Bank Gallery which covers six decades of the art of Ron Lusker includes sketches, portraits, surreal and abstract pieces, plexiglass sculptures, and bottle and packaging designs. “I don’t think I’ve ever seen more output, more pure production, from any one man, and over such a wide array of artistic and practical endeavors,” said Kristopher Neidecker, Gallery Manager. Kristopher never had the chance to meet Ron

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personally. “Not a day passes that I don’t wish I could meet the man in person, as he was a very talented artist and had an immense “Force Disruption” by Ron Lusker positive Ron & sculpture “Venus” “Portrait of a Man” by Ron Lusker impact on all those who had the pleasure to to see how he could use them aesthetically. know him.” For 55 years he used new materials such as in 100 different types of professions,” Marilyn Ron started painting when he was 17 years silicone, tiny glass beads, and water soluble quipped. He studied art at several institutions old. Over the years, Marilyn had seen all his wax. Ron saw art as a “discovery of science including the School of Art Institute, Chicago, works in slides, but never the originals. “I and technology.” Illinois, and the School of Goodman Theater, didn’t realize how hard he worked until I saw He studied architecture, but eventually Chicago. His solo and group exhibitions too his drawing pads filled with sketches and moved away from it because it was “too numerous to name, were held at places such watercolors,” she explained. Ron’s work is structured.” “He just couldn’t control his as the State University of New York at Albany filled with energy and light; some of which creative instinct; he had to be creating,” said and Loeb Art Gallery, NYU, New York. are non-representational color studies and Marilyn. He studied all the classics and as Six Decades: The art of Ron Lusker is at others are original portraits. “Little by little, time went on he became interested in the the gallery at 59 Main Street, Liberty, thru I uncovered portfolios and found marvelous Cosmos. His most recent works were titled October. Proceeds from sales are designated to discoveries. His work is divine,” said Marilyn. Spiritscapes. benefit local wounded veterans. Ron, an artist, inventor, and conservator of Ron supported his family as a real estate The gallery is open on Fridays and Saturdays, old buildings, was influenced by Rembrandt, agent; owned a construction company; and 1:00pm-5:00pm. Stop by! Turner, and Courbet. He was always researching they both owned a country inn. Ron even For info: 845-857-8208 or visit www. the newest technological advances in order taught ballroom dancing. “My husband worked facebook.com/the.left.bank.art.is.liberty

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Community Building Through the Arts

Written in Stone: Bethel Sculptures

with Susan Handler

The Healing Power of Music Music is primal to life. It is expressed by each of us every day whether through dancing to a favorite tune, keeping rhythm with a pencil or remembering a special time when hearing a forgotten melody. It is not surprising that the healing power of music has been used as therapy dating back to ancient civilizations. There’s just something about music that has a profound effect on the physical, emotional, cognitive, and social needs of individuals. The professional field of Music Therapy formally began after World War I when musicians played for veterans at hospitals across the United States. Today there are 5,000 board-certified music therapists in the country. Research in music therapy supports its effectiveness in many areas such as physical rehabilitation and facilitating movement, treating pain, reducing stress, increasing people’s motivation to become engaged in their treatment, providing emotional support for clients and their families, and providing an outlet for expression of feelings. Science has shown that it is the vibration of music that allows the patient to reconnect with the healthy part of themselves, helping people at every age, from babies to Alzheimer’s patients.

Zylofone Studios, a non-profit organization in Montgomery, provides music and performing arts workshops for the special needs community. Their programs are designed to offer individuals the opportunity and freedom to express and indulge in safe and educational activities while enhancing their social, life skills and development. On September 17 at Cosimos in Newburgh and September 30 at Cosimos in Middletown, Zylofone will be performing workshops at a thank you dinner for caretakers of special needs individuals. The events are sponsored by the Child Care Council. For information on Zylofone programs, workshops and upcoming events, contact Deb Major at info@zylofone or 845-476-8257 or Beth Mindes of the Child Care Council, 845294-4012 ext. 225.

Each year for its Outdoor Art Series, The Museum at Bethel Woods shows the work of a sculptor, who evokes the spirit of The Sixties, along the walkway leading to the Museum and the rest of the Bethel Woods campus. This year the museum is the temporary home to four granite sculptures Written in Stone by renowned artist Harry H. Gordon who transforms imposing masses of granite, marble, and wood into visually and kinesthetically pleasing masterpieces. Much of Gordon’s current work draws from his earlier classical, figurative work, and it is possible to find remnants of the figure in his art. The ideas behind his work are tied very closely to the material from which it is constructed. Using traditional, ancient mediums, he tries not to manipulate his materials beyond their natural state, imbuing them with an expression of dignity and grandeur to release their spirit.

Since 1986 Gordon has participated in over 23 group exhibitions. His awards include The Herk Van Tongeren Memorial Sculpture Fund Award in 1989, Best in Show at the “Contemporary Sculpture ’91 -’92” at Quietude Garden Gallery, and a fellowship from The Pollock-Krasner Foundation. Gordon’s sculptures grace the collections of the James A. Michener Art Center Sculpture Garden, Doylestown, PA; the Runnymede Sculpture Farm, San Francisco, CA; the Plattsburgh Sculpture Park, Plattsburgh, NY; the Public Art Trust Permanent Collection, Fort Pierce, FL; the Mitchell Museum Mt. Vernon, IL; and many others. He lives in Lambertville, New Jersey with his wife, Wendy, and two children. THREADS: Connecting ‘60s & Modern Rockwear is this year’s special exhibit, running through December 31, 10:00am-5:00pm daily, and the sculptures are on view through October 12. They can also be seen when attending one of Bethel Woods’ concerts.

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PLEASE SIGN THE PETITION Orange County is very unique, definitely unlike Ulster, Dutchess and Putnam, and possibly unlike any other mixed rural/semiurban county in the entire Country. No longer is it known for just farming. The natural beauty of the area has become inspiration for artists who are performing and creating in every corner of Orange County and it is time that we throw our support solidly behind this industry. Other counties have arts hubs - Beacon, Poughkeepsie, Kingston, Woodstock, Saugerties, Peekskill, Rhinebeck, Cold Spring, Nyack, to name a few, large “destinations” drawing tourists and locals. Not so in Orange County, which has been the home to many nationally recognized artists throughout our history. Our artists tend to be in smaller groups or in home studios across Orange County. Many people are not aware of the Miracles that are wrought in just about every single city, village and hamlet throughout Orange County. I sit in awe every month as I enter into the CANVAS newspaper’s monthly calendar those Miracles created by Orange County citizens and read the names of the local areas, witnessing the miraculous scope / breadth of the events and see their venue locations. Yes, you’ll see events in the cities Newburgh, Middletown and Port Jervis, and the villages, Greenwood Lake, Harriman, Montgomery, Goshen, Monroe, Cornwall-on-Hudson,

Walden, Highland Falls, Sugar Loaf and Chester, Warwick, Florida, Washingtonville, in West Point and Bear Mountain - and sometimes Otisville and Tuxedo, and the larger hamlets and towns of Pine Bush, Cornwall, New Windsor, Highland Mills, Fort Montgomery, Salisbury Mills, Greenville, Mount Hope, Vails Gate, Cuddebackville, Campbell Hall, Rock Tavern, Huguenot, Blooming Grove, Central Valley, and Pine Island. The entire MAP of the County is fully represented with arts events in places many people, even some Orange County residents, never heard of - areas with the names Balmville, Mountainville, New Milford, Laurel Ridge, Amity, Bellvale, Elm Lake and Millsburg, YES, even Millsburg. What other county in the area can make a similarly impressive statement as the last paragraph? All those locations! All over the County! Certainly not Ulster or Dutchess or Putnam or Rockland or Sussex, and, I suspect, not even Westchester, Bergen or Passaic. The list goes on even further. There are dance companies in many of the above locations plus Westtown. Jazz can be heard now and then in Hamptonburgh. Combined, these places are a major part of what makes Orange County a wonderful place to live, by engaging and inspiring the public. From the unique Pacem In Terris to a Neversink Valley Museum, to community

theatre companies, to music and art at a plethora of wineries, to two dozen or more local dance and music schools, to the heavily arts-oriented SUNY Orange and Mount St. Mary Colleges, to the arts & craft village of Sugar Loaf, to Orange County’s unique Farm & Art trail adding locations such as New Hampton, Little York and Middle Hope to the list, to almost half a dozen choral societies, and lastly to the backbone of our body of arts, all the individual visual artists and musicians, not to mention poets and our wonderful public school art, writing and music programs. Result: The Arts has often outranked farming as the major industry in Orange County!!! If the Village of Goshen businesses were to support the sale of the Government Center, then Orange County could show its support for this valuable industry that can bring unique opportunities for all residents and businesses. Once the proposed studios are rented, the studios and art spaces created in this unique building could be then duplicated in Port Jervis, Middletown, Newburgh and possibly our beautiful historic villages, adding another segment to our already remarkable arts “folder”, making Orange County a major world destination for the Arts. A petition addressed to County Executive Steve Neuhaus and the Legislature, created by Susan Roth of Hudson Valley Planning, is now

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online. Please sign the petition for the proposed sale. Your signature will send a strong message of support for the Arts to our lawmakers. Visit http://bit.ly/1JmxwXz and sign, or call CANVAS 845-926-4646 and ask us to email you the link, or email editor@dhcanvas.com Please forward it on to all of your email contacts. Share it on Facebook, Twitter and any social networking sites you may belong to. Help us spread the word about this important issue. We literally need thousands of signers. Thank you your time. Barry Plaxen

Here’s Proof! Here are just a few of the events that are happening all over, and we mean TOTALLY all over, Orange County. Cuddebackville - Lecture The Treaty of 1778 will be the subject when local historian Frank Salvati relates the story of the very first treaty between the United States and an Indian Nation that resulted in a formal document amounting to a treaty of alliance. At the time, The U.S.A. was in its infancy and in the throes of the Revolutionary War. The new nation promised the Delaware Indians many things in exchange for their assistance serving in the war against Britain, including admission to the Union as the 14th State. As the continued on next page

war continued, the Delaware expressed their dissatisfaction with the treaty and as a result, their involvement and role in the Revolutionary War changed.

Salvati is a resident of Port Jervis. He is a passionate student of the Indian wars, with a particular interest in the Northeastern United States, and a popular speaker on the French and Indian Wars, the American Revolution and the War of 1812. The sixth installment in of the Neversink Valley Museum’s 2015 History Lecture Series takes place in the visitors center at 26 Hoag Road, Cuddebackville on September 2, 7:30pm. Light refreshments will be served. For information call 845-754-8870, or visit www.neversinkmuseum.org Blooming Grove - Cabaret

Cabaret and gourmet snacks - it happens once a month at the United Church of Christ,

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2 Old Dominion Road off of Route 94 when the fabulous Broadway Concerts Direct singers perform and master chef Pastor Rev. Lisa Worthington serves up her gourmet delights. Check out the award-winning singers in September Song on September 19 at 6:00pm.

Greenwood Lake - Kids’ Art The Greenwood Lake Public Library is searching for student-artists to exhibit their artwork at the Budding Artist Gallery. If you are a student-artist in Grades K-12 and would like to exhibit your artwork, call Kelly Corrado by phone at 845-477-8377, ext. 108 or by email: kcorrado@rcls.org Amity - Family Art Exhibit

Patricia Foxx, a resident of Warwick for 35 years, works in acrylics and in watercolor. Her acrylics are bold and colorful as compared to her gentle paintings in watercolor. She teaches watercolor painting in many venues in the area. “Returning to Warwick from any trip I take, I am always delighted by the beauty and variety of this part of the world. It inspires me.” Her brother, Jeffrey Jay Foxx, has traveled the world photographing indigenous people, focusing mainly on the Mayan people and Native Americans in the southwest. He recently had four exhibitions in China.

Historic Building Wins Museum Status The Cornerstone Masonic Historical Society (CMHS) and the Members of Cornerstone Lodge 711 are holding the second annual 5K event and Oktoberfest on September 26. McGarrah’s Family5K is a timed race that centers around the beautiful Goose Pond Park in the center of Monroe. Test your speed or just join in it for fun. After the 5K, starting at Noon, the Oktoberfest begins with live music, prizes, a bounce house, food and much more. This year’s Oktoberfest is a very special celebration since the CMHS has received it’s permanent charter as a historical museum from the State of New York! There is a lot to do to create a museum that embodies the history of Masons and the New York Communities that they helped to build. The story of this museum starts with McGarrah’s Inn at 300 Stage Road in Monroe and its use as a stagecoach Inn located on the road from New York to Albany. The proceeds from this event will go toward the renovation of the building, which includes the third floor lodge room, restoring it to the time period when it was first used in 1817. It

McGarrah’s Inn, 300 Stage Road, Monroe

is one of the oldest lodge rooms in the United States, and the oldest in New York. In addition, the CMHS would like to add a night sky mural that matches the star pattern of that first meeting in 1817, and artifacts relating to Masonic History and the community of Monroe. Tickets to the 5K can be purchased online by clicking the link to McGarrah’s Family 5K on the www.active.com website. Tickets for Oktoberfest will be available in mid-September. The building will be open for tours. For additional information visit the website: www.friendsofmcgarrahsinn.org or phone 845- 234-3177.

Philip Foxx, their father, was a commercial artist in the days when advertisements were created by artists. His work for Lord & Taylor and other famous stores was often seen in the New York Times. Cora Foxx, daughter of Patricia, is a graphic artist working at Bustle.com where she is Director of User Experience. Her small works are in acrylic. Exhibit, Patricia Foxx & Family: 3 Generations, will be on display at the Amity Gallery, 110 Newport Bridge Road, Warwick, September 5-27, with a reception September 12, from 4:00pm-7:00pm, and an Illustrated Talk by Jeffrey Jay Foxx, Ethnographic Photographer, September 13 at 7:30pm. For info: Pat Foxx, 845-258-0818. Pine Bush - Free Outdoor Concert Closing the plentiful supply of free outdoor music concerts that take place in a plethora of municipalities during the summer months, the Pine Bush Community Band will entertain on September 13 at 2:00pm, rain or shine, under the Town of Crawford Park pavilion on Red Mills Road. Admission is free.

Pine Island - Festival The Pine Island Chamber of Commerce will hold its 8th annual Pine Island Onion Festival featuring 18-time Grammy winner Jimmy Sturr & his Orchestra and the Pokolenie Dancers at 2:00pm, and the annual Onion Eating Contest at 4:00pm, on September 6, at the PLAV Pavilion. The contest is in celebration of Pine Island’s 3000 acres of hearty onions that are famous throughout America. Pre-registration is required and limited to 12 contestants.

Register by calling Russell Kowal at 845258-4792 or any Chamber officer. For advance tickets, call 1-800-724-0727. Rain or Shine. Bring your lawn chair. Sugar Loaf - Jazz Jam Brian Kastan & Friends perform every Last Saturday sharing space with Brian’s photography and Maria Kastan’s art. Enjoy the art and jazz jam at Kastan Art Space, 1388 Kings Highway, Sugar Loaf, on September 26, 7:30pm:9:30pm. Rock Tavern-Folk Concert & Open Mic

Lydia Adams Davis has sung with Pete Seeger, Tom Paxton, Dar Williams and David Amram. Her adroit guitar, piano, ukulele and clear voice pull everyone in to singin’ along! Lydia will perform for the Hudson Valley Folk Guild on September 12 at 7:30pm in the Unitarian Universalist Congregation, 9 Vance Road, Rock Tavern.

Glaciation in the Shawangunks The formative years of David Howell’s childhood and adolescence were carved out on Cragsmoor’s rocky cliffs and along its woodland streams, fertile ground for a career in geology that took him around the world. Massive boulders precariously perched on cliff edges, long lines scratched into stone slabs, and sky lakes scooped out of bed rock are some of the unique features that contribute to the mysterious character of the Shawangunk Ridge. How these and other formations were created will be the subject of a presentation by Howell entitled, A History of Glaciation with an Emphasis on the Shawangunks. Some of the topics to be explored in his presentation include: cycles of glaciation in Earth history; what triggered the on-set of glaciation approximately 3 million years ago; the full extent of glaciers and how they changed sea level and created a giant lake in the Hudson River Valley; glacial deposits such as moraines, erratic, eskers, drumlins; and how glaciers effect erosion and the creation of topography, especially in regard to the Shawangunk Ridge.

David Howell speaking about the history of glaciation in New Hampshire last summer.

In addition, the following questions will be discussed. Is the climate of today typical of the long-term climate history of the Earth? What causes the earth to heat up and cool down? When will the next glacial cycle begin? What about global climate change? It will take place at the Cragsmoor Historical Society on September 26 at 3:00pm. Refreshments will be served and a suggested donation of $10 will contribute to the restoration to the 1908 architectural style of the Society’s building at 349 Cragsmoor Road, Cragsmoor. Information at www.cragsmoor.info or phone: 845-647-6384.

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Film Fest Tumbles into Tusten Theatre

The official opening night selection for its 4th annual Big Eddy Film Festival is the new romantic comedy/ drama Tumbledown, directed by Sean Mewshaw, written by Desi Van Til, starring Rebecca Hall & Jason Sudeikis, and co-starring Griffin Dunne, Blythe Danner, Dianna Agron, and Richard Masur. The Big Eddy screening is Scene from The Big Eddy Film Festival’s film opener a great opportunity to see “Tumbledown”, a romantic comedy drama starring Rebecca Hall the film long before its 2016 & Jason Sudeikis, co-starring Griffin Dunne & Blythe Danner resort in Monticello, Welcome to Kutsher’s. release date. Produced by Delaware Valley Arts Tumbledown skillfully balances real life emotions with intelligent humor. It’s a Alliance (DVAA), the Festival aims to story about death without being somber, advance the traditional art of storytelling by and a story of love without being sappy. showing the newest and best independent The cinematography takes full advantage films from around the world and our own of the rural autumn landscape, and the backyard. Visit www.BigEddyFilmFest.com haunting songs of Damien Jurado (whose For opening night, individual, All-Acess sound evokes Elliott Smith, Bon Iver, and Nick Drake) bring to life the gone-too-soon Festival passes (which include admission to a Saturday evening cocktail party and a musician husband. The Festival will showcase several new guaranteed seat at all screenings, including documentaries exploring those who make art opening night), Six-Pack and Six-Pack Plus and those who make art happen, including tickets, visit the website or call 845-252art collector Peggy Guggenheim, local artist 7576. The Festival opens on September 18 at and arts facilitator J. Morgan Puett, and aging outsider artist Peter Anton. Also on 8:00pm and continues through September the roster is the Catskills Premiere of a new 20 at the Tusten Theatre, 210 Bridge Street documentary on the last surviving “Jewish” in Narrowsburg.

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“Walk, Don’t Text!” in Monticello

Instead of texting while walking, the Ethelbert B. Crawford Public Library is offering the opportunity to multi task en famille. On August 10, 2015, the Library created a StoryWalk® on Broadway in time for the Monticello Bagel Festival! A StoryWalk® is a fun, educational activity that places the pages from a children’s book along a walking path. It combines reading a children’s book with the benefits of walking outdoors with friends and family. StoryWalks® created by the library will be rotated seasonally. Now everyone can walk along Broadway and enjoy a children’s book along the way! The StoryWalk® Project was created by Anne Ferguson of Montpelier, VT and developed with the Vermont Bicycle & Pedestrian Coalition and the Kellogg-Hubbard Library. In September the featured book will be A

Library Book for Bear by Bonny Becker and Illustrated by Kady MacDonald Denton. Contact: Joanna Goldfarb jgoldfarb@ rcls.org or 845-794-4660 ext. 8. Visit www. ebcrawfordlibrary.org for a full list of library programs. Don’t forget to stop and smell the trees!

Beacon Bluegrass Band in Middletown The R. J. Storm and Old School bluegrass band, based in Beacon, has performed their brand of energetic, artistic, and engaging bluegrass music at various venues from the Hudson Valley to the Newport Folk Festival, bringing together tasteful instrumental musicianship, rich harmonies, and an energetic stage presence.

“This year, we began 2015 with a new bass player and long time friend, Mary DeBerry,” said R.J. “Mary and I go back 35 years listening and picking at Peaceful Valley Bluegrass Festival.” Catch them when they perform at Thrall Library, 11-19 Depot Street in Middletown, on September 20 at 2:00pm. Admission is free. 845-341-5454.

Narrowsburg Music Day 25th Anniversary

Carolyn Steinberg David Tcimpidis

Tehrin Cole

“Tikka” Poet & Composer

Every year the Delaware Valley Chamber Orchestra (DVCO) partners with local businesses to present events for Narrowsburg Music Day. On September 6, overlooking the Big Eddy by the Eagle Observatory, familiar faces to Sullivan concert-goers, Chaco Ramirez (composer, bandleader, and drummer) and Carolyn Steinberg (flutist and former Music of Our Time conductor) will be joined by bass player, Tehrin Cole, guitarist Meir Rosenberger and pianist Joe Piela. Sponsored by Narrowsburg Electric, this free concert happens at 2:00pm on the Main Street deck. At 7:30pm in the Tusten Theatre the 25th annual Music of Our Time Concert, an exciting program of new works by local composers Carol Bevan, David Tcimpidis, and Joe Hannan, will be performed by Anastasia Solberg’s MISU Quartet, basso Eric Barsness and a woodwind ensemble. Led by Kevin Vertrees, Tcimpidis’ Concerto Grosso, originally written in 1999 for the DVCO at the request of founder Gloria Krause - a fitting reflection for this 25th

Eric Barsness

Kevin Vertrees

Anniversary concert, will be featured. Hannan’s new Tikka (2009, rev. 2015) with text by Mary Griffin for bass voice, flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, piano, and strings is, as Hannan writes, “in five sections that run without pause, a long song or a short cantata. It premiered in 2009 as a piece for voice and piano; this is the first performance with ensemble. The text narrates elements of the life and presumed afterlife of a remarkable dog she and I both knew. The piece is part of Dog’s Life, a book of songs based on poems by or about dogs.” Neo-impressionist Tcimpidis’ On The Imitation of Christ (2015) and Bevan’s String Quartet # 1 at Meacham Lake (2013) complete the program. Tickets are available at the door or by calling the box office: 845-252-7272. At 9:00pm the music continues at Gerard’s River Grill with a jazz jam: Sandra Toll singing in sylvan tones, Kevin Vertrees on piano, Bob Lohr on bass, and Papa John on drums. AND: guest artists are welcome!

Visit Norway in Lackawaxen...

The public is invited and welcome to come to the Bernt Balchen Lodge’s annual Scandinavian Craft Fair. Scandinavian and American arts and crafts and demonstrations of traditional Norwegian rosemaling will be featured at the Fair. Handmade Scandinavian jewelry will also be displayed, and Scandinavian sweaters and other items. Traditional Norwegian food, including Norwegian cheeses, fiskeboller, lefse, lingonberry jam, and chocolates will delight

everyone. Lunch will be served. There will be traditional Norwegian panekake, lapskaus, split pea soup and open-faced sandwiches. Delicious desserts will also be available. Once again, a beautiful handmade quilt, crafted by Elsie Andersen, will be raffled off at the close of the day. It all happens at the Lackawaxen Fire Hall, 774 Route 590 on September 12, 10:00am4:00pm. Free admission. For information, call 570-226-4007.

...Visit Ukraine in Milford

KAZKA Ukrainian Folk Ensemble was founded in 1987 in order to preserve the music and dance of the first wave of immigrants to the Pennsylvania anthracite regions in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The young and energetic Korinya Folk Band ensemble, dressed in a colorful folk garb and playing on rarely seen ethnic instruments, will be joined by several dancers from Kazka to bring you to an exciting world of melodies, rhythms and dances of Ukraine for Kindred Spirits Arts at the Milford Theatre, 114 East Catharine Street on September 19 at 7:30pm. For advance tickets, head to Books and

KAZKA Ukranian Folk Ensemble

Prints at Pear Alley, 220 Broad Street, Milford. Children under 15 admitted are free. For additional information, visit the website: www.kindredspiritsarts.org

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Whispering Pines Cooking with Chef Douglas Frey

Labor Day To many Americans, Labor Day marks the end of the summer, a day off from work and school; one last chance to relax. Labor Day is much more than just a day off. It represents an important victory for all laborers. The holiday is a celebration of the social and economic achievements of workers. A New York City carpenter named Peter McGuire (see photo) is credited for coming up with the idea for Labor Day. In 1872, after working many long hours under poor conditions, McGuire rallied 100,000 workers to go on strike. The workers marched through the streets of New York City, demanding a better work environment. McGuire spent a decade fighting for worker’s rights. In 1882, he proposed the idea to create a special holiday for workers. On Tuesday, September 5, 1882, more than 10,000 workers hit the streets of New York City for the first ever Labor Day parade. Two years later the celebration was moved to the first Monday in September. And in 1894, Congress passed a law making Labor Day a national holiday.

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Here are a few of my favorites for Labor Day and as always for all of your culinary questions and needs, I may be reached at doubledgoatfarms@gmail.com. Enjoy! Orzo Salad

Servings: 6 1 1/2 cups uncooked orzo pasta 2 (6 oz) cans marinated artichoke hearts 1 tomato, seeded and chopped 1 cucumber, seeded and chopped 1 red onion, chopped 1 cup crumbled feta cheese 1 (2 oz) can black olives, drained 1/4 cup chopped fresh parsley 1 tablespoon lemon juice 1/2 teaspoon dried oregano 1/2 teaspoon lemon pepper Bring large pot of lightly salted water to a boil. Add pasta; cook 8-10 minutes until al dente; drain. Drain artichoke hearts; reserve liquid. In large bowl combine pasta, artichoke hearts, tomato, cucumber, onion, feta, olives, parsley, lemon juice, oregano and lemon pepper. Toss and chill for 1 hour in refrigerator. Just before serving, drizzle reserved artichoke marinade over salad. The Labor Day Burger Servings: 2 6 slices bacon 1 tablespoon bacon drippings 1 pound ground beef 1 cup dry bread crumbs

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1 tablespoon red pepper flakes 1 pinch freshly ground black pepper 1/2 cup shredded Colby-Jack cheese (or more) Cooking spray 2 slices Colby-Jack cheese 2 thin tomato slices 2 slices avocado 2 hamburger buns, split Place bacon in large skillet and cook over mediumhigh heat, turning occasionally, until evenly browned but not totally crisp, about 8 minutes. Drain on paper towels. Retain 1 tablespoon bacon drippings. Mix ground beef, bread crumbs, red pepper flakes, black pepper, & retained bacon drippings in bowl until combined; divide meat mixture into 4 equal portions. Form each into large patty, as thin as possible. Sprinkle shredded Colby-Jack onto 2 patties, leaving an edge about 3/4 inch wide uncovered. Place second patty onto cheese and press edges of patties together to create 2 cheese-stuffed burgers. Place stuffed patties into freezer to chill slightly, about 10 minutes. Preheat an outdoor grill for high heat. Spray grill grate with cooking spray and place burgers onto grill; turn heat to low, place lid over grill, cook until outsides of burgers are lightly charred and cheese has melted, about 10 minutes per side. Maintain grill temperature at about 300 degrees F. Use spray bottle of water to control flames; flames should lightly contact bottoms of burgers to create slight char. After first flip, place 3 partially-cooked bacon slices onto each burger. About 2 minutes before burgers are done, place Colby-Jack cheese slice onto each burger; top with tomato & avocado slices; transfer burgers to plate to rest for 1-2 minutes. Serve burgers on buns.

Poet Robert Milby is hosting a new poetry reading series in the Clearwater Gallery at Jones Farm, 190 Angola Road, Cornwall. The first featured poet on September 25 at 7:00pm is Robert Phelps. An open mic follows. Suggested donation is $2. When I Read a Poem by Robert Phelps I’m not at all patient. If it shuffles on and begins to Cramp my eyes with its tedium, Or withdraws from language into Pretty, self-absorbed sketch… I curse its irrelevance and Begin to look elsewhere. I don’t need Room temperature words. I need To read words That grab me by my ears And push down my face Into the soil of meaning; Locked autistic in the mind Of the poet, waiting for eyes To become ears, for the trysting Completing the connection For which it was fashioned. The reader completes, blesses, makes Words mean the dream. The reader has become the fellow At the pub, the longed for friend at the bar With beer and pretzels and freundschaft.

May I Have A Word With You... Quips, Quotes and Quiddities w i th Ca r o l P o z e fs k y calls the hybrid dogs Frankensteins. Even CHANCES ARE though the Labradoodle remains the most YOU’RE A BINOMIAL Sarah Jessica Parker is a successful of the cross-breeds, Conron trinomial; so was George says they suffer from congenital defects, including eye disorders and hip Bernard Shaw. problems. Instead of breeding out Trinomials are the problems, Conron says they’re people who have breeding them in. three-part names. Other well known Among the other popular hybrids trinomials are Sarah Michelle Geller, are the Goldador (Golden RetreiverNeil Patrick Harris and Billy Ray Labrador Retriever), the Cockapoo, Cyrus. (Cocker Spaniel-Poodle), the George Herbert Walker Bush is a Sophocles: quadrinomials, a person with a four- a monomial Maltipoo (Maltese-Poodle), Puggie (Beagle-Pug), Schnoodle (Schnauzer part name. Sophocles and Beyonce and Poodle) and the Peekapoo are monomials. (Pekingese-Poodle). There is a doctor on Long Island whose name is Doctor. There used ART OF THE MATTER to be a dentist in Roslyn named Impressionist Auguste Renoir was E.Z. Filler and a lawyer in Albany asked how he achieved such lifelike named Justice. The word for that phenomenon, aptronym, is created Trinomial George flesh tones in his nudes. “I just keep from ‘apt’, meaning suited to and Bernard Shaw painting till I feel like pinching. Then I know it’s right.” ‘nym’ meaning name...an apt name. Art-loving actor Mark Stevens said: “One of the best things about WELL, I’LL BE DOGGONED! paintings is their silence - which Crossbred dogs, also called prompts reflection and random designer dogs, can be mighty cute but reverie.” the practice of cross breeding has its Canadian philosopher Marshall detractors. Wally Conron who created the Labradoodle McLuhan defined art as anything you can get away with. Labradoodle, says he regrets it and

“Innovative & Alternative”

Bring the Kids NACL Theatre continues to be the area’s “innovative” theatre, and this month you can see a mix of Toy Theater, Shadow Puppetry, and Projected StopAnimation, all with Live Music, in a kidsfriendly performance that tells a wholly original and magical story about love, friendship, and loss. Two city dwellers, Sabrina and Matteo, seek escape from the drudgery of urban living into the countryside. A search for a robin’s nest from Sabrina’s past leads them to a tree that becomes a portal to a new world. The couple move beyond beyond, hitching a ride on a dirigible helmed by a people on the verge of extinction. Told through a haunting score performed by a troupe of strange players, The Kioskers was written at NACL during one of Erik Ehn’s Pataphysical silent retreats. (Wikipedia: Pataphysics is a philosophy or media theory dedicated to studying what lies beyond the realm of metaphysics.) The Kioskers by Scott Adkins takes place on September 11 & 12 at 7:30pm.

Leave the Kids at Home Parental Advisory: Bloodshed and Gunshots...not to mention Godshots. These are NOT kid-friendly puppets in The God Projekt by Kevin Augustine’s Lone Wolf Tribe. Alone in a barren paradise, God the Father struggles with dementia as he tries to manage his divine office. But while updating his legacy with a video recorder and fielding an unending flow of prayer requests, he uncovers a secret from his ancient past he’d rather remain forgotten. What happened to the Mother Goddess, and didn’t he once share his heavenly throne with her? The God Projekt is a raucous and darkly humorous investigation into the consequences of cosmic actions. Featuring Catskill-style comedy, bloody puppetry, and a ‘tour-de-force’ performance by Kevin Augustine as the “Man Upstairs”, this is a daring look at waking up to one’s own truth and the meaning of life itself. September 25 & 26, 7:30pm, at 110 Highland Lake Road, Highland Lake. For info: 845-557-0694. Tickets online: https://nacl.org

The Grand Montgomery Chamber Music Series: Our 28th Season Where else can you see and hear great artists for the modest price of free? PLEASE RETAIN THIS FOR FUTURE REFERENCE All concerts are held at the beautiful Senior Center, 36 Bridge Street, Montgomery +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ “Our goal from day one was to offer some of the best musicians in America to the residents of the Hudson Valley free of charge. With one or two exceptions, most musicians are new to our concerts. My dreams have come true because of the financial help of the Village of Montgomery, the Town of Montgomery and local businesses. My friends who help, my wife Judy and I, are all volunteers. I also thank the Montgomery Village office personnel and the Montgomery maintenance fellows.” - Howard Garrett

Free Concert Series September 2015 - May 2016 Sunday, September 20, 2014 at 3:00pm - Kariné Poghosyan, piano “Kariné is one of the world’s finest pianists!~ She will play Schubert and Liszt. Do not miss this concert.”

Sunday, November 1, 2015 at 3:00pm - Furuya Sisters

“Harumi, the violinist, Sakiko, the pianist and Mimi, the cellist are all excellent musicians. They are determined to play music that most music lovers love. Check them out on Youtube.”

Monday, December 14, 2015 at 8:00pm - Pine Bush Community Band “This is their holiday concert. John Philip Sousa would have been proud of them. If you’re not satisfied I will give you your money back.”

Sunday, January 10, 2016 at 3:00pm - Bergen String Quartet “This group will play a World Premiere quartet composed by local composer, Aleksander Vezuli, along with well known quartets”

Sunday, March 27, 2016 at 3:00pm - The Art of Julie Ziavras

“This very popular singer will sing opera arias, folk songs, Greek traditional songs and more. There are very few singers who are as versatile as Julie is. She will be accompanied by the remarkable pianist, composer (Fame, the Musical, plus much more) Steve Margoshes.”

Sunday, May 1, 2016 at 3:00pm Eric Grossman, violinist and Susan Kagan, pianist

“Eric was called by The New York Times a “brilliant soloist”. Susan is a musicologist as well as a fine pianist. She has more than a dozen CD’s to her credit.” +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

OUR WONDERFUL SPONSORS WHO MAKE IT ALL POSSIBLE Village of Montgomery, Town of Montgomery, Historic Montgomery Association, Walden Rotary, Town of Montgomery Chamber of Commerce, Noble Coffee Roasters, M Mabub Islam, M.D., Montgomery Village Pharmacy, McAdam and Fallon, Attorneys, Otterkill Animal Hospital, Vic’s Italian Restaurant, Daxxon Chinese Restaurant, Walden, Shaggy Dog Groomers, Walden Savings Bank, Montgomery Mills/UPS Shippers, Iron Café, JW Landscape and Tree Service, Sohns Appliances, Copperfield’s, Mike’s Deli, Perfect Temperature, Cup & Saucer Diner, Scotts Corner Paint and Hardware, Wards Bridge Inn, Glen Arden Residents Association, DiBello Gallery/Frames, Shops on Union Street - Fancy That (Gifts, Jewelry), Facescapes - (organic facials, custom makeup, etc.), Montgomery Florist. Shoprite supplies and serves refreshments during intermission. We have no committees, boards, etc. I get help from the Village of Montgomery and Clerk Monserrate Stanley and her fine staff, Heather Benedict, Judy Garrett, Frances Cott, Bob Campbell, Barry Plaxen, Eric Hambler, Ray Ricalde, Ed & Linda Dubin, Buddy Nelson, Jake Henry, Brendyn Karinchak, Mike Ford, Melody O’Connor.

For any questions call 845-457-9867 If You Love Music, It Will Love You

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Back in Time With “Renaissance Women”

In August, the Crawford Gallery of Fine Arts in Pine Bush featured Women and Impressionist Painting. Now thanks to the Barryville Area Arts Association (BAAA), we can take another visual trip even further back in time with Renaissance Women. “The BAAA is doing great things,” reports Board member Lorraine Ferdico, “but the first two exhibitions we sponsored included 20 celebrated artists, and only one was female! I told the boys on the Board that I had some suggestions for the next few exhibits.” Throughout much of history women have been considered legally subject to the will of their husbands. Even during the Renaissance women were supposed to devote themselves to their husbands, do the chores, and give birth to boys. In some places, the mere mention of gender equality could get you killed. Renaissance Europe was certainly not the land of opportunity for female artists. Women seldom worked, and they were especially unwelcome in male-dominated professions like art. Women were forbidden to receive formal art training, since the study of the nude was a big part of the curriculum. When a woman created a magnificent painting, a man often took the credit. Yet there were several women who refused to hide their talents, and dared to share their expertise in the realms reserved for males. These “Renaissance Women” are the subject

Judith Beheading Holofernes” by Artemesia Gentileschi

of the new BAAA exhibition, on display from August 20-September 15, which includes biographies and reproductions of the work of five of the many talented women of the Renaissance/Baroque periods. A local artist will make a brief presentation at a reception on September 5, from 4:00pm6:00pm at the Artists’ Market Community Center (AMCC), 114 Richardson Avenue, Shohola. Complimentary refreshments provided by the AMCC. For information call 914-799-0180.

Back in Time With “Still Smoldering”

“Firemen in Rubble” by Karen E. Gersch

After witnessing firsthand the 2001 collapse of the Twin Towers, artist Karen E. Gersch spent the rest of that day on the corner of Broadway and Houston Street distributing water and paper towels to the thousands of people who staggered by, most of them in shock and covered head to toe in ashes and soot. After the initial shock and trauma, Karen gradually began to process the events through her artwork. She created a series of pastels and painted pieces, as well as collages that incorporate the printed articles appearing daily in the New York Times. They serve as vivid portraits and testimonials to one of the country’s darkest moments. Arranged for by Edward Devitt and ex-Fire Chief Jim Ferguson, the Orange County Firefighters Museum will host a special art exhibit to commemorate the 15th Anniversary of the 9/11 tragedy. STILL SMOLDERING: Reflections of 9/11, by Karen E. Gersch will be 32

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“Rooftop Horror” by Karen E. Gersch

on view in the museum from September 11-13. A fine arts graduate of Pratt Institute, Karen is both a visual artist and Russian-trained circus performer. A founding member of The Big Apple Circus and Vermont’s Circus Smirkus, she has toured with one-ring and three-ring shows in the U.S., Canada and abroad. In 1973, she performed with her dog for the opening ceremony of the World Trade Center. In September of 2000, almost exactly a year before their demise, she presented an acrobatic act with the Big Apple Circus in front of the Twin Towers. A photo of both is included in the exhibit at the Firefighters Museum, on the corner of Wallkill and Clinton Streets in Montgomery, and its doors will be open daily for the exhibit. Karen - now a Montgomery resident - has a new Gallery at 153 Clinton Street where you can see the diversity of her art work beyond the 9/11 exhibit. Visit www.artbykeg.info

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