D & H CANVAS April 2014

April 2014

Your FREE Monthly Arts, Entertainment & Buy Local Guide

Covering Orange, Pike and Sullivan Counties, Beacon, Marlboro, Cragsmoor & Ellenville

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On the CoverIn Honor of Earth Day, April 22

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Art & Photography ..................................18Books ......................................................14Category ...........................................15, 18Children & Teen’s ....................................18Clubs.......................................................18Schools & Conservatories ................15, 18Lectures, Demos, Master Classes, Seminars ..14Music ......................................................14April 2014 Calendar ...........................16-17

ColumnsCommunity Building Through the Arts ....24May I Have A Word With You .................. 29Meet Me at The Library...........................19Meet Me in The Greenroom....................13Spotlight On: Sugar Loaf Guild ...............23Whispering Pines with Chef Frey............30

StoriesAir Pirates Radio Theater .......................29Anthony Terribile, Walden Firehouse ��5Artology Gallery, New Windsor ...............25Bethel Woods Center for the Arts ��6Catskill Art Society ..................................21Chamber Music at St. Andrews ..............31Cornerstone Theatre Arts .......................32Cornwall Library ......................................28Cragsmoor Artists, Ellenville Hospital .......7Delaware Valley Arts Alliance ��6Downing Film Center ..............................10Ellenville Library........................................7Fallsburg Library, South Fallsburg ..........28Fiddler’s Gathering 2014, Neversink ........3Gallery at Chant Realtors, Lords Valley ..10GNSO Fundraiser Honoring The McCurdys .11

Healing Arts Studio, Newburgh .................6Historical Society of Newburgh .............. 17Howland Cultural Center, Beacon.......... 27Hudson Highlands Nature Museum ....... 24Hudson Opera Theatre .......................... 22Jester’s Comedy Club ........................... 23Kindred Spirits Arts, Milford ................... 10Live from The MET in HD ...................... 20Mount Saint Mary College ............... 13, 23National Poetry Month ........................... 28Nesin Cultural Arts ................................. 31Newburgh Chamber Music .......................7Orange County Amateur Club................ 26Orange County Dance Celebration........ 23Parksville 2014 Music Festival..................5Port Jervis High School Exhibit.............. 21Potluck Concerts.......................................4Ritz Theater Lobby ..........................................30Seligmann Center for the Arts ................. 14, 28Seven Freedoms Music Ctr. Salisbury Mills .22Shadowland Theatre .............................. 20Shandelee Music Festival .........................6St. James Camera Club, Goshen .......... 26Storm King Art Center ............................ 28Sugarloaf Music Series: John Flynn ...... 14Sullivan County Museum, Hurleyville .... 32Sullivan High Schools Exhibit ................ 21SUNY Orange, Middletown .......... 4, 12, 28SUNY Orange, Newburgh ............. 4, 8, 28SUNY Sullivan, Loch Sheldrake ........ 4, 20Tibetan & Himalayan Cultural Center .......8Tri-State Historical Societies .................. 10Unitarian Universalist Congregation ...... 28UpFront Exhibition Space ...................... 21Wallkill River School .................................9WJFF Radio ........................................... 32Woodcarvers Guild ................................ 26Wurtsboro Art Alliance ........................... 12

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Letters to the Editor

by Barry Plaxen

April is a great month for seeing the magic created in the area. This month we have stories to celebrate Earth Day and National Poetry Month.

I’d like to call your attention to the Orange County Arts Council’s 3rd Annual Dance Celebration. Having seen both previous events in 2012 and 2013, I want to stress that if you attend, you will see one of the great creative attributes Orange County has to offer: imaginative choreography that will knock your socks off!

Our dance schools are truly blessed to have these superb creative artists teaching our youngsters and exposing them to a high level

You can find opera, theatre and classical music reviews by J.A. Di Bello and Barry Plaxen at www.CatskillChronicle.com - Sullivan’s online newspaper. Barry will also appear on the Ferry Godmother’s radio talk show, May 5, 7:30pm-8:30pm. You have to register to tune-in, so it is suggested that you access at www.BlogTalkRadio.com/FerryGodmother at 7:20pm.

Besides the various Hudson Valley poetry reading events that are hosted and co-hosted by Robert Milby, in April, Robert is the featured poet for Poetry in the Gallery at the Wurtsboro Art Alliance, April 6 at 7:00pm.

Note: For the poetry calendar listings on page 15: Some of the poetry events that are not listed as free have requested donations for only $2, $3 or $5.

Writer’s Corner

of artistry. KUDOS to the choreographers and also to the other instructors for their quality involvement with our children.

More KUDOS.This year two of the

five recipients of the Leadership Orange Hall of Fame Awards are deeply involved in the Arts Community. Congratulations to Orange County Arts Council President Tiombe Tallie Carter (left in photo) and Orange County Citizens Foundation and Seligmann Center for the Arts’ President Nancy Proyect. They will be honored on April 24.

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Fiddlin’ Fest (& Food!) at the FirehouseRosin up your bow for the 20th annual Old Time

Fiddler’s Gathering on April 6 at 2:00pm at the Neversink Firehouse.

CANVAS spoke with Paul Lounsbury, co-creator of the Fiddler’s Gathering. “This is the 20th year of our gathering! Come and join us with your fiddle and accompanists! If you don’t have someone to accompany you, don’t worry. There are plenty of willing and experienced players on hand. Other instruments are welcome as long as your music fits within the primary focus of fiddle music,” said Paul.

Paul Lounsbury is a singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist and performs original and traditional folk music on his guitar, fiddle, and hammered dulcimer.

Born and raised in Hurleyville, he was influenced by the values of a large farm oriented family. Lounsbury received acclaim for A Catskill Mountain Trilogy which tells the story of the rise and fall of the O & W Railway and the Catskill resort industry that depended on it, from the perspective of his ancestors who farmed the hilltop in Hurleyville for generations. After producing and selling a DVD of the song, he posted this work on YouTube, which has received over 15,000 hits (quite a bit for a song about local history!). Lounsbury recorded and released his first CD, From My Perspective in 2010.

When asked how the Gathering came about 20 years ago...“A well known fiddler, Steve Jacobi of Equinunk, PA, and his fiddlers’ club hold a similar gathering in Beach Lake, PA in October, which I always attended with my group. The public has

always filled the hall, showing their love for this wonderful music.

“In a conversation with Jacobi, I recall saying, ‘What a shame that we have to wait a whole year to do this again,’ and realized that we don’t really have to! So, my friend Keith Edwards and I put together our version of the gathering in Sullivan County. We’ve had ‘packed houses’ nearly every year. We had to relocate our event three times over the years due to increasing attendance, and the need for proper logistics. Now we meet in the Neversink Firehouse, where there is a stage, modern facilities, a commercial kitchen. People sit and listen, and can enjoy food and desserts at their seats ,” said Paul.

Keith Edwards has been playing his brand of rhythm guitar since he was twelve years old. Raised in the company of Bluegrass musicians on a farm in the Catskill Mountains, it was natural for Keith to spend countless hours “parkin’ lot pickin’” at Bluegrass festivals where he honed his style of playing.

Keith has played with several groups including South Wind, Steve Toth & Rippling River, Horse Country & the Dick Smith-Mike O’Reilly Band, Straight Drive and The Feinberg Brothers. He has been featured on several recording projects alongside musicians David Grisman, Jon Sholle, Andy Statman and Kenny Kosek. He has played with Bluegrass greats Byron Berline and Michael Cleveland.

Fiddler’s Gathering performers include:The Rock Hill Ramblers: Steve Schwartz, (see

ad below), Antoine Magliano, & Ken Windheim with a special vocal performance by Sylvia Schwartz who will sing Patsy Cline’s Crazy.

The Kurpil Family Fiddlers featuring “Pop” Sam Kurpil (83 years young) on guitar, daughters Cindy Gieger and Christina Jones on fiddles and vocals, and grandson Rudy Gieger on fiddle;

Little Sparrow (see page 32) featuring Carol Smith, Aldo Troiani, and Lynn Reno on fiddle;

Accomplished harper from Monticello, Jan

Hirsch, will soothe the audience with melodious music while Paul accompanies on fiddle;

Fiddler’s Gathering creators Edwards and Lounsbury make up the duo Chestnut Creek, and they will also perform.

“Most of the musicians are local folks who love to play and appreciate this opportunity to get together and share their music with the community. We also have folks who are not fiddlers per se...but play other instruments: auto harps, Celtic harps, hammered dulcimer, dobros, guitars, banjos, singers, and clog dancers,” added Paul.

The proceeds from this event will support the Sullivan County Pregnancy Support Center, a non-profit for women with crisis pregnancies.

“Our community is really looking forward to this event, and we hope you and/or your group can come and share your music! It has always been a great day for all involved,” concluded Paul.

Find your way to the fiddlin’ and the food on April 6 at 2:00pm at the Neversink Fire Department, 7486 State Route 55, Neversink.

For more information, call Paul: 845-649-8963.

The Rock Hill Ramblers:Ken, Steve & Antoine

The Kurpil Family:Cindy, Sam, Rudy & Christina

Lt to rt: Larry Kitzmiller, guitar; Paul Lounsbury, fiddle; Bill Engle, dulcimer


Wit!...Wisdom!...Women! at SUNY SullivanJane Condon was named one of

Backstage Magazine’s “10 Comedy Best Bets” in 2001, and has since appeared on such hit television shows as The View, Girls’ Night Out, the series finale of 24, and Last Comic Standing, on which she was named the “New York Audience Favorite.”

An alumnus of Wellesley College, Ms. Condon was invited to give SUNY Sullivan’s commencement address in 2011. In 2012, she delivered the commencement address at the University of New Haven. This month, The Women’s Conference and SUNY Sullivan are welcoming Ms. Condon, a performer whose insights are as sharp as the wit with which they are delivered, to deliver a keynote address for the 18th Annual Women’s Conference on April 12. This year’s theme: Wisdom...Wit...Women.

Along with Ms. Condon’s address, there will be a full day’s schedule of fun, engaging, and informative workshops. In the past these workshops have ranged from jewelry making to de-cluttering; crafting to cooking; meditation to working out; even vegan baking to mixing cocktails, and more!

The day will include a continental breakfast during morning check-in, a full sit-down luncheon, and a raffle to round out the day.

Pre-registration for this event is required. The tickets cover the entire day, including all workshop sessions

and meals. Check-in on April 12 will be at 8:30am. The schedule of events will wrap up at 4:00pm.

SUNY Sullivan, 112 College Road, Loch Sheldrake.

For tickets: 845-434-5750, ext. 4377.

Condon performing on “Last Comic Standing”

Music Therapy & All That Jazz at SUNY Orange, Middletown & Newburghby Naomi Kennedy

Terry Blaine works as a Music Therapy Program Leader at Hudson Valley Hospice serving patients in Ulster and Dutchess Counties. She provides music services to terminally ill patients in their homes, in nursing homes, and at the hospital.

The rhythm of the music helps patients calm down, which can improve their breathing as moods are lifted and they are distracted from their pain. “This has been tremendously rewarding sacred work and wonderful for me personally, including work with our gifted music therapy interns,” said Blaine.

As a music therapist and jazz vocalist, Terry recognizes the healing effect of music. There is an overlap between a live performance and an intimate music therapy setting. “It was a very natural, organic move for me to branch into helping people through music,” said Blaine.

Woodstock resident Blaine gained international recognition as one of today’s finest interpreters of hot small-band swing from the 1930s. She has enjoyed a multi-faceted career which has included live performance, TV/radio, recordings, studio work, songwriting, and production. She has also created original music with her husband, composer/producer Tom Desisto for their company, Two Pie Are Music.

Master ClassOn April 4 at 10:00am, a Master Class in

Music Therapy will be offered by Terry for

students and the public at the SUNY Orange Middletown Campus, Orange Hall, Room 23. She will share her experiences as a music therapist, the education process, and afterwards conduct a Q & A session.

ConcertWalden resident Mark Shane has played for

Presidential Inaugural Balls in Washington, D.C.; the Mayor of New York City at Gracie Mansion; and at private parties for Mikhail Gorbachev, Henry Kissinger, and Arnold Schwarzenegger.

Mark is one of the few pianists in the world that play “stride” jazz piano, a technique created by several jazz greats including “Fats” Waller. He has worked with Benny Goodman and many all-star alumni from the great bands of Louis Armstrong, Count Basie, Duke Ellington, Tommy Dorsey, and Glenn Miller, and served as musical director for Jazz at Lincoln Center’s Ladies Sing the Blues.

During the Carnegie Hall 100th Anniversary Celebration, Mark accompanied hosts Beverly

Sills and Barbara Walters. For 29 years Terry and Mark have worked

together in a successful partnership which took them around the world and back again, playing to packed houses everywhere. “Mark is the greatest and most wonderful accompanist that any singer could have. He inspires me and believes in me which helps me to shine. We are really looking forward to the show,” said Blaine.

Swingtime Duet, with Terry Blaine and Mark

Shane pays homage to the marvelous treasure trove of music from “America’s Golden Age of Swing” and features many of the songs from their new CD My Blue Heaven, such as Honeysuckle Rose, The Nearness of You, and Skylark, all from the Great American Songbook.

See them on April 4 at 8:00pm at SUNY Orange’s Newburgh Campus, Kaplan Hall corner of First and Grand Streets. For information, call Cultural Affairs at 845-341-4891.

Mark Shane & Terry Blaine

Potluck’s Fantasy

The April theme for Potluck Concerts is European Fantasy. Included in the program will be Debussy’s Violin Sonata in G minor performed by Emily Faxon, violin, and Ruthanne Schempf, piano.

Although Debussy named the work sonata, it does not strictly follow the formal sense of a sonata form, but perhaps rather reflects the archaic meaning “to sound,” and adheres more to Baroque sonata’s simper traits. Because of the irregularity of the sonata’s style and structure, critics suggest that the work can be categorized as a ‘fantasia’ rather than a sonata, French chamber music finding its perfect counterpart to Monet’s paintings.

Debussy’s late works contained influences from other cultures than French and parts of the Violin Sonata exhibit Spanish flare with the precarious, capricious, and passionate traits of gypsy idioms, especially in the finale. The work is notable for its brevity; a typical performance lasts about 13 minutes.

Hear other chamber performers and other works on April 25 at the Cornwall Presbyterian Church, 222 Hudson Street, Cornwall-on-Hudson.

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From stints at Jester’s Comedy Club, Bananas Comedy Club to Levity Live, comedian Anthony Terribile is now fifteen years old and a freshman at Valley Central High School. Not only is Anthony still performing his stand up routine, he is promoting shows today, too. He is working with Mayhem and Madness Comedy where he performs and also promotes fundraisers.

“The first show that he worked on was a fundraiser for the Valley Central All Night Grad Class of 2014. That was exciting for him because it’s the school he attends. He helped put together a comedy fundraiser to raise money for their grad party,” said manager and father, John Terribile.

“The second show he has put together with Mayhem & Madness Comedy is on May 3 at 8:00pm at the Colonel Bradley Hose Company #2, 230 Orange Avenue in Walden.

“For that event, he will be the featured act along with Rich Shultis (101.5 WPDH Radio), and headliner Kevin Downey Jr. (runner up on TV show America’s Got Talent). Jimmy Q, who was featured on MNN-TV’s Laughing Matters and co-produced Causes to Laugh, will host the event.”

Ticket cost includes buffet and show.For more information, phone: 845-820-3029.

Comedy in WaldenParksville Music Festival New SeasonAfter an exciting inaugural

season, the Parksville USA Music Festival is returning for its second year.

“We have different people this year,” says producer/performer Tom Caltabellotta. “This year I auditioned singers in NYC. It took me two months to organize. New to Sullivan County audiences will be soprano Jenny Ribeiro. She’ll be joining soprano Julie Ziavras, who is a favorite of Sullivan audiences, but new to our series.The three of us and the wonderful Keira Weyant will be our “Lyric Quartet” for this first concert of 2014 titled, A Mediterranean Tour.

“We’re presenting a concert of songs and arias from Spain, Italy, France and Greece. Keira, our accompanist, will “divide” each section with a piano solo, and we’ll have Neopolitan songs, and duos and trios from Mozart’s Cosi and Figaro. And because audiences enjoy a little intrigue, we’ll have a special unannounced guest!”

Caltabellotta has been singing since his teen years. His first singing lessons were a revelation. He knew he was entering a strange world when his teacher kept her window closed during lessons so no one would “steal” her vocal exercises.

Weyant has accompanied at various schools, festivals, musicals, NYSSMA competitions,

and concerts, including for the Sullivan County Community Chorus.

Jenny Ribeiro’s most recent appearance was with Brooklyn’s Regina Opera in Figaro. She has trained with Marni Nixon and Diana Soviero and performs regularly with the Bard Summerscape Festival. Recently, she made her Carnegie Hall solo debut in Song of Norway.

Ziavras will sing works by Ravel, who wrote music to Greek folk songs and translated them into French. She will sing them with the original Greek texts. “And I will be singing music by Mompou, Theodorakis and, believe it or not, Lorca,” she said. “Most people do not know that he was a concert pianist and traveled around Spain collecting folk songs to preserve the nationalistic spirit. He made them into a song cycle.”

The concert, on April 6 at 3:00pm in the Dead End Cafe, 6 Main Street in Parksville, will be followed by a food reception.

For tickets and info., call 845-747-4247.

Jenny Ribeiro, Julie Ziavras, Keira Weyant & Tom Caltabellotta


Sunday with Friends & Sunday with ShandeleeSundays With Friends,

the 2013 Bethel Woods Chamber Music Series, returns to Bethel Woods Center for the Art. Curated by Eileen Moon, Associate Principal Cello of the New York Philharmonic and Warwick resident, the new 2014 series features five eclectic recital and small ensemble performances by world-renowned classical musicians.

“Sundays with Friends represents our commitment to provide chamber music of the highest quality and artistry, “ explains Darlene Fedun, Chief Executive Officer at Bethel Woods. “We are very excited to be working with Ms. Moon once again. She has selected a roster of prolific and inspirational musicians.”

For the first segment of the 2014 season on April 6 at 2:00pm, Carmit Zori, violin; Robert Rinehart, viola; and Peter Stumpf, cello will perform Bohislav Martinu’s Madrigals, Benjamin Britten’s Suite for Solo Cello #1, and Mozart’s Divertimento in E Flat Major.

Four additional concerts take place in May, June, September and October. Two subscription packages are available featuring savings and convenience and guaranteeing the same seat for each performance. There is a subscription for all five Sunday with Friends performances, and a “you pick three” ticket subscription. Single tickets are also available.

The Shandelee Music Festival begins celebrating its 21st season with Frederic Chopin-The Poet of the Piano, a concert featuring Italian pianist/composer Cristiana Pegoraro performing Chopin masterworks.

Pegoraro has brought her deep passion and enthusiasm for classical music to audiences around the world. With this program she takes the audience inside the artistry of this romantic master in a refreshing format that combines live piano performances and a stimulating look at the composer’s life and impact.

An important characteristic of Pegoraro’s performances is her personal approach that is quite innovative in piano recitals: a way to interact with the listener by describing the life of the composer, explaining the pieces, emphasizing the innovations and stylistic differences of each composition. Through her eloquence, the rapport with the audience comes alive in an environment of unusual anticipation and participation.

The concert is on April 13 at 2:00pm in the Event Gallery at Bethel Woods, 200 Hurd Road in Bethel.

For 2014 information and tickets visit www.BethelWoodsCenter.org or by phone at 845-583-2060. Tickets can also be purchased via Ticketmaster.

Dell at DelawareAward winning

artist Jane Dell studied at the Art Students League, the School of Visual Arts and received her BFA from Pratt Institute. She studied textile and fabric arts at Parsons School of Design, created a hand-painted silk business, and exclusively sold work in New York City. For the last 20 years her artwork has been focused on painting, collage and mixed media.

“I’m interested in creating abstracted worlds that reflect my emotional responses to a number of topics. The impetus can be the growing effects of global warming in nature to the belief of angels. I do not limit myself to one theme or style,” said Jane.

Dell exhibits her work at the Delaware Valley Arts Alliance’s (DVAA) Alliance Gallery from April 25-May 17.

The opening reception will be held on April 25 from 7:00pm-9:00pm.

DVAA’s Art Center is located at 37 Main Street in Narrowsburg.

For more information, call 845-252-7576.

“It’s Different Now”by Jane Dell

Return to Primitive“My artwork is

a by-product of a unique, introspective meditation process. Inspired by aboriginal methods of visually conveying thoughts and cultural phenomena, fascinated in particular by social interaction and structures, I explore relationships of the individual to oneself, society, and it’s environment. I explore modern concepts and concerns with symbolic language,” explained artist Amanda J. Light.

Amanda lives and works in the Hudson Valley. Her art education consists of “instruction by a few invaluable teachers, brief stints at SUNY Orange and the Art Institute of Pittsburgh, and most importantly, the plethora of inspiration and information existing in a vibrant and diverse local community.”

Amanda has participated in such events as the Newburgh Light Bulb Project, the Newburgh Open Studio Tour, and Beacon’s Big Draw charity event.

View her art in an exhibit titled, Return to Primitive at Healing Arts Studio, 75 Broadway, Newburgh, April 11-May 25.

The opening reception is on April 11 from 7:00pm-9:00pm. Call 520-609-1866.

“Prayer”by Amanda J. Light

Eileen Moon Cristiana Pegoraro


“I’m a self-taught painter living in Cragsmoor and believe that my discipline is accomplished by ten percent technique and ninety percent the desire to record the subject on canvas,” says Tom Bolger. “That ten percent comes from studying at the Art Student League of New York, the National Academy of Arts, the New School, Parsons School of Design, Salmagundi Club and the Wallkill River School.”

Creative Convergence, an art exhibit by Cragsmoor artists Tom Bolger and Jeff Kraft, joined by former residents Richard Arnold and John Patrick Hart, runs through April 25 at the Healing Arts Gallery of Ellenville Regional

“Rockcut Road, Cragsmoor” by Tom Bolger

Cragsmoor’s Creative Convergence

The Thursday 4tet is a woodwind quartet that plays everything from Renaissance to classical, Broadway, jazz, and polka, with some arrangements by members.

They are (left-right in photo) Rick Davis on French horn; Eric Goldberg, bassoon; Jake Lentz, clarinet, and Dale DeMarco, flute, piccolo & clarinet.

Eric and Jake were employed at Kutsher’s Country Club and would play with other musicians during breaks.When Eric and Jake began rehearsing at Eric’s home, Dale and Rick joined in. They have been playing together for

The Thursday 4tet: “Spring Concert”

Hospital, Route 209, Ellenville.The show displays varied styles and mediums

in paintings, sketches, photography, and pen & ink drawings. Call 845-210-3043.

well over 10 years.They perform at the Ellenville Public

Library, 40 Center Street on April 13 at 2:00pm. See you there!

For further information call: 845-647-5530.

Newburgh Chamber Ensemble Adds FluteNewburgh Chamber Music (NCM) is the

proud recipient of the 2013-2014 Orange County Arts Council award for outstanding contribution to the cultural environment of the community.

Presenting a rich repertoire in the heart of historic Newburgh, NCM is adding a special concert to its Ode to Beethoven series in April (for which the American String Quartet has been performing all of the Master’s quartets) and presenting Beethoven and his Contemporaries, a musical potpourri of works by Beethoven, Mozart, Haydn & Gluck performed by the Newburgh Chamber Ensemble and guest artist Marcia Gates, principal flutist with the Hudson Valley Philharmonic.

“The aim of the concert is to show influences on Beethoven’s composing,” said NCM violist Valentina Charlap-Evans, “and end the concert with that wonderful Serenade of his,” added cellist Susan Seligman.

“Beethoven knew the music of all of the composers featured in this program,” writes Carole Cowan, violinist and NCM Artistic Director. “Although he was undoubtedly influenced in some ways by all of them, it is hard to measure the influence composers have on one another. They were not always in the same location and records of the intertwining of their lives are sparse. Although Beethoven lived in Vienna in 1787 for a short time when Mozart was still living, there exists no proof that Mozart and Beethoven ever met, although there are some apochryphal stories, including one that has Mozart giving Beethoven a few lessons.

“Whether or not that story is true, there is no doubt that Mozart was the largest influence in Beethoven’s early creative life. Mozart’s music was heard everywhere and Beethoven’s sketchbooks contain references to Mozart works and written out melodies of Mozart’s that Beethoven clearly admired and studied. Marcia will join us for Mozart’s Flute Quartet in D Major, K. 285.

“Beethoven was very influenced by the operas of Handel and Gluck, and he especially admired the beauty and simplicity of Gluck’s melodies. Gluck died in 1787, the same year that Beethoven was in Vienna in his early life. Marcia will be featured in his Melodie from the opera Orfeo ed Euridice, a/k/a Dance of the Blessed Spirits.

“Beethoven was a piano prodigy and composing actively when he went, at the age of twenty-two, to study with Haydn, whose Divertimento for String

Trio in A Major will be performed. The Beethoven Flute Serenade, opus 25 belongs to the “early” period of his creative output.

“A Serenade is much like a Divertimento, a form Haydn and Mozart both used extensively, and originates from the tradition of serenading one’s love beneath an open window with a light, beautiful, entertaining collection of pieces.

“Beethoven’s work is more substantial, nearly thirty minutes long, with seven movements, but it is generally light-hearted. Beethoven seems inspired by the beauty of the treble instruments and the colors the flute, violin, and viola can produce together without the traditional bass line. He also exhibits a sense of humor, following in “Papa” Haydn’s tradition, with a few sudden chordal punctuations from the strings, offbeats, playful themes, and contrasts among the instruments.”

The concert is on April 6 at 3:00pm in St. George’s Church, 105 Grand Street in Newburgh. Parking is available opposite the church.

For tickets: www.NewburghChamberMusic.org or purchase them at the door.

Marcia Gates

Carole Cowan, Susan Seligman, Valentina Charlap-Evans


Come Celebrate the New Cultural Center By J. A. Di Bello

What is a “Westerner”? In a frame of reference, a “Westerner” is one whose cultural identity and experience are anchored in the art, literature, music and social norms of the Western Hemisphere. Minus specifics, that identity is linked to Judeo-Christian foundations, stemming to a greater or lesser degree from the European Continent and the lands west of Istanbul.

Recognizing the existence of cultures and beliefs that exist beyond the confines of one’s own sphere requires a minimum of consciousness. Recognition is insufficient, of course, for the creation of an appealing, harmonic, multicultural atmosphere. Required are firsthand, sensual experiences of a variety not often achieved with practicality.

The opportunity to gain knowledge, especially firsthand knowledge, of a culture and its people is not to be squandered, especially since it is about to become an integral part of the Wallkill Valley. “On the 19th and 20th of April, an opening and dedication celebration of the Tibetan and Himalayan Cultural Center will take place on the grounds of Tsechen Kunchab Ling Buddhist Temple at 12 Edmunds Lane, Walden. Each day of the celebration and dedication will feature free performances and demonstrations of traditional arts,

food, music and dance from seven different cultural and linguistic regions of Tibet and the Himalayas.”

The purpose of the event, in addition to the formal dedication of the Cultural Center, is three pronged. The culture, language, and religion of the Tibetan and Himalayan people lie in a perilous state. History buffs may wish to explore the circumstances surrounding the annexation of Tibet by the People’s Republic of China. Venerable Khenpo Gyaltsen, the abbot of Tsechen Kunchab Ling who will be in charge of the center, explained, “In 1959, countless lamas and ordinary Tibetan people fled the invasion of our homeland by the Communist Chinese army, and those who could not escape suffered greatly

from the destruction of our religious and cultural heritage over the past half century. Now, many Tibetans have come to the U.S.A. and we are very grateful to the American people, and also to the Village of Walden, for the opportunity to practice our religion and culture in freedom here.”

The preservation of a rich and valuable heritage is a noble cause. The Rev. Dr. Chodrung-ma Kunga Chodron, the capable and articulate manager of the event, compares the purposes and motivations of the Tibetan and Himalayan project conceptually to the museums and centers dedicated to the preservation of the cultures and languages of the American Indian.

“The Tibetan and Himalayan Cultural Center is a project of Tsechen Kunchab Ling Buddhist Temple working with community groups from the Tibetan diaspora and with regional arts organizations. His Holiness the Sakya Trizin, (see photo top right) who is the head of the Sakya order of Tibetan Buddhism, will come from India to perform a traditional dedication ceremony on April 19.”

For information: www.sakyatemple.org or phone 301-906-3378.

“But there is neither East nor West, Border, nor Breed, nor Birth,

When two strong men stand face to face, though they come from the ends of the earth!” - Rudyard Kipling

Africa-InspiredWarwick artist

Roslyn Fassett will have an exhibit of her artworks that are based on and inspired by African tapestries and weavings, for African Code: A Secret Language.

Drawn by a particular interest in the symbols and patterns found on the fabrics, Fassett has used that fascination as a springboard from which to transform the concept into large oil paintings. Also included in this exhibit are glowing oil pastel landscapes based on the theme of reflection, and a series of vibrant, dark figure drawings.

The exhibit runs from April 1-June 25 in the Mindy Ross Gallery and Foyer, in SUNY Orange’s Kaplan Hall, located at the corner of Grand and First Streets in Newburgh. The artist reception, is on April 5 from 5:00pm to 7:00pm during which music will be provided by Joy Kissane, pianist. Both the exhibit and reception are free and open to the public.

The free parking garage is on First Street. Entrances to the building are on First Street and Grand Street.

For information: 845-341-9386.

“Leopard Spirit” by R. Fassett


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April Art at Wallkill River SchoolThe Farm/Art Trail is coming to Orange

County!Once again, artists are teaming up with farmers

to bring cultural tourism to Orange County. The Farm/Art Trail pairs one artist with one farm stand and links the participating farm stands with a map developed by Orange County Tourism. Each stop on the Trail will feature a beautifully-picturesque farm and an artist who loves it, and a geo cache for viewers to offer their own comments. The Farm/Art Trail will open on September 13 with all participating artists demonstrating live at the farms from Noon-6:00pm. Save the date.

Meanwhile, 15 Artists have been painting at 15 farms for the past year. Each of these artists will be featured in month-long solo shows at the Wallkill River School (WRS). Fresh produce from these farms will be served at the receptions, and the artist’s work will also be displayed at the farm stand for the rest of the year.

This unique partnership of artist and farmer is part of a larger effort by the WRS, in conjunction with Orange County Tourism and the Orange County Arts Council, to develop agricultural tourism, and create more local economic impact through the arts.

The exhibits begin with George Hayes (Scheuermann’s Farm) and Gene Bové (Soons Orchards) for April.

Upon retirement as an executive art director at BBDO in Manhattan, and chasing one of

his dreams, Gene Bové moved to a farm in Montgomery to fulfill his most serious passion - oil painting en plein air. He studied with Frank Ferrante, an instructor from New Jersey, whom he met on his very first paint-out in Middletown. Next, Gene joined a weekly plein air workshop led by Shawn Dell Joyce, and now he is one of the demonstrators of that group!

Artist George Hayes is active in his community of Warwick. He was involved in the design of the Orange County Citizens Foundation’s 100 Years of Music and Early To Rise exhibits, which featured the musical talents and agricultural heritage of Orange County.

Once Hayes met the painters of the WRS, he found an instant connection to its mission: to preserve the dwindling open spaces and promote local small-scale farms and agricultural heritage within the community. Hayes then began his lifelong dream of plein-air painting. His love of the outdoors, rural Orange County, and the study of light and color are reflected in his oil and pastel paintings.

Mary McLaughlin is the featured “Emerging Artist” at the WRS for April.

From the time she was a little girl, Mary felt a yearning to express herself through paint and color. During her years of working as a human service professional, she took up art at various times only to lay it down again, judging it as beyond her ability. When she turned 60 she gave herself an ultimatum to either fully commit to herself as an artist, or donate her art supplies.

Despite the challenges and risks inherent in watercolor, its near magical, light-filled possibilities awakened her passion and a new-found capacity for perseverance. “In my life’s search for authentic belonging, I have found an inner homeland through painting,” says Mary.

The exhibits run from April 1-30. The opening reception is on April 5, from 5:00pm-7:00pm.The second floor Student Gallery features works by Shawn Dell Joyce’s Pastel Studio Class.

The Hallway members’ group exhibit Spring runs through April 14. Floral opens April 15.

The School is located at 232 Ward Street, Montgomery. Call 845-457-ARTS.

“Shelter” by Mary McLaughlin“Soons Orchards” by Gene Bové

“Scheuermann’s Farm” by George Hayes


An Artistic Journey with Joan PolishookJoan Polishook paints

impressions of what she sees and feels. A new look...hinting of abstraction is apparent in some of Polishook’s more recent paintings; an interesting comparison to her more conventional style.

Step into Polishook’s world of art as you wander through an exhibit of her work from April 1-29, and as an added bonus, Sketches Around the World, Volume Two, a book of selected drawings from Polishook’s many journals accompanied by original poetry

and prose, will be available for purchase at the opening reception for her exhibit on April 12 from 5:00pm-7:00pm at the Gallery at Chant Realtors, 631 Route 739, Lords Valley, PA.

Information: 570-775-7337.You can also get information

from Joan about Pike County’s plein air Come Paint With Me series which begins this spring. Painting sites include various Pike locations, and the chance to paint

the magnificent edifice at Grey Towers.

Tri-State ExhibitSeveral local historical groups

have joined together to present a Tri-States Historical Exhibition, bringing together the rich history of the Tri-State area, as follows:

The Montague Association for the Restoration of Community History: Indian relics, World War I uniforms and memorabilia, historic photos and covered bridge;

Matamoras Westfall Historical Society: photos about early Matamoras to the present; the Delaware River and bridges;

Minisink Valley Historical Society: Port Jervis theatres, antique quilts, fire-fighting equipment and a Swartwout wedding dress;

Town of Deerpark Museum: vintage

Antique quilt

clothing, World War II posters and the artist biographies, antique tools, D&H Canal history, Neversink Valley Grange, and a Port Jervis and Deerpark photo collection;

Pike County Historical Society (PCHS): baseball, fishing, and Milford history, along with displaying Stagecoach “Hiawatha” on April 13;

Walpack Historical Society: historic photos;

Shohola Railroad & Historical Society: Shohola history and railroads.

The exhibition is at the Riverview Inn, 400 Shay Lane, Matamoras, April 12, from 10:00am to 5:00pm and April 13, Noon to 6:00pm.

For tickets and information: 570-491-2271.

“Fearless and Peerless” Jazz in MilfordChris McNulty has appeared at major

jazz venues like Dizzy’s Coca Cola Club of Lincoln Center, The Jazz Standard, Joe’s Pub, Smoke Jazz Club and BAM.

Her music not only encompasses standards and re-harmonized pop tunes; she’s also a composer about whom the Jazz Times said, “If McNulty’s vocalizing is fearless, then her writing is peerless. Her explorations seem to transcend to

a free zone between jazz and modern symphonic music.”

Kindred Spirits Arts Programs will present Chris McNulty on April 25. The concert begins at 7:30pm at the Milford Theatre, 114 E. Catharine Street.

For tickets visit www.kindredspiritsarts.org or buy tickets at Books and Prints at Pear Alley, 220 Broad Street, Milford.

“Sukkah City” at DowningA sukkah (Hebrew, often

translated as “booth”) is a temporary hut constructed for use during the week-long Jewish festival of Sukkot. It is topped with branches and often well decorated with autumnal, harvest or Judaic themes.

The Book of Vayikra (Leviticus) describes it as a symbolic wilderness shelter, commemorating the time God provided for the Israelites in the wilderness they inhabited after they were freed from slavery in Egypt. It is common for observing Jews to eat, sleep and otherwise spend time in the sukkah. It is said that the sukkah itself symbolizes the frailty and transience of life and its dependence on God.

Sukkah City chronicles the architecture competition created by bestselling author Joshua Foer (Moonwalking With Einstein) and Roger

Bennett (Reboot co-founder) that explored the creative potential of the ancient Jewish sukkah and created a temporary exhibition of 12 radically designed sukkahs in the heart of New York City.

The film goes behind the scenes of the jury day, the construction, and the

exhibition to provide an entertaining and inspiring portrait of the project’s visionary architects, planners and structures and celebrates an exciting, singular moment in the American Jewish experience.

See it at Downing Film Center, 19 Front Street, Newburgh on April 26 at 11:30am.

For those interested, the screening of the film will be followed by an informative session by Rabbi Larry Freedman of Temple Beth Jacob of Newburgh.

For information: 845-561-3686.

“Gathering”by Dale Suttle, So Sugita, Ginna Nguyen


Messages from Greater Newburgh Symphony Orchestra Board Members:

“Presently, the orchestra’s driving force has been our President Fred McCurdy. He and Betsy have been with the GNSO since its inception and Fred is now in his 10th year as President. They have worked in many local non-profits like The Rotary Club, Meals on Wheels and Mount Saint Mary College, and their contributions to us are invaluable.” Kiki Hayden.

“Having been raised in a family where my sister, mother, father and I all “played” music together, all kinds of music are appealing to me!,” said Betsy McCurdy. “It’s been so nice getting to know some of the musicians in the GNSO and watching the rapport among them which has made for some really special concerts. Fred has spent much time and effort on behalf of the GNSO, but I know that he has enjoyed it all! We hope that the GNSO will thrive in the years ahead!”

“Fred McCurdy is one of the most caring and generous people I have ever had the pleasure to know. I met Fred when I moved back to Newburgh 11 years ago, at which time I became involved in the GNSO because of my life-long love of music. I quickly realized that Fred is totally dedicated and committed to the success of the GNSO, and I know the orchestra would not have survived this long without Fred’s involvement. He truly goes

above and beyond to keep the music alive.” Pat Williams

“Music has always been part of my life,” writes Fred. “All kinds of music - bluegrass, jazz, classical, etc. I believe my interest was sparked at a young age when I learned to play the clarinet and was forced to take 5 or 6 years of piano lessons, from ages 7 to13.

“I sang in a church choir. At ages 14 to16 I was able to listen to a concert pianist (Jorge Bolet - specialized in Liszt) practice 4 or 5 days a week for an hour or two at a boys camp next to the kitchen where I washed dishes. I subsequently attended two of his concert performances at Carnegie Hall and with the Hudson Valley Philharmonic (HVP).

“My interest in classical music was further stimulated while I was a board member of the HVP and then its President for 2 years. My oldest son, Rick took bass lessons from the orchestra manager Ken Fricker and went on to major in music. He is a music teacher, plays in the GNSO and

Fred McCurdy: “Life Would Be Empty Without Music”

Thank you, Betsy & Fred McCurdy!

is the orchestra’s stage manager. “My involvement with the GNSO began

in 1996 with some initial resistance on my part. The resistance was due to the difficulty of the HVP getting a sizable audience for Newburgh performances. It

was the wild idea of a symphony orchestra born and bred in Newburgh that changed my mind. After 10 years on the board I became President.”

“I think Fred and Betsy are the most generous people I have ever met. They give so much to GNSO and to

the community. Aside from funding so many projects, they freely share their office and home, their expertise, their love and encouragement, their time and patience - and they do it all with a smile.” Ann Whipple.

“Ditto to everything Ann said. Fred and Betsy are two of the most terrific people I know. They are fantastic.” Martha Mackey

Kiki Hayden went on to say, “Very few cities have a full symphony orchestra. You can imagine how important the Greater Newburgh Symphony is, not just to the City

of Newburgh and the Town of Newburgh and their citizens, but also to the entire area. Our audiences and musicians come from Marlboro to Kerhonkson, from Cornwall to Milford, from Tuxedo to Roscoe, from Highland to Cold Spring.

“Besides our regular programming, we have family concerts, free summer concerts in beautiful Downing Park, and once a year our musicians perform side by side with local ELHI music students. The symphony is one of the most important things in this city and we want it to stay here and be successful,” Hayden concluded.

A Fundraising Dinner honoring these two generous and unassuming assets to the community will be held on May 4, from Noon to 2:30pm at The Powelton Club, 29 Balmville Road in Newburgh. Proceeds from the fundraising dinner honoring Betsy and Fred will enable the GNSO to expand the scope and frequency of its programming.

“With all the listening to classical music in my car and home,” said Fred, “there is no experience like being in the audience and listening to a live symphony orchestra. This is what reinvigorates me to help see that the orchestra continues to be part of our future.

“Life would be empty without music.”For more information on the fundraising

event, or to reserve a space, call Janine or Linda at 845-562-7066.


WAA: New President & New Season“Well it’s been a fun ride, an

honor and a pleasure serving as president of the Wurtsboro Art Alliance (WAA) these past three years (has it been that long!?), but now it’s time to step aside and let someone else have a go at it,” said David Munford.

“I’m grateful for having had the opportunity to be able to help the organization continue to grow and serve artists, and the community. Sandy Spitzer will be taking over as the new president, Nelson Pantoja will be vice president. They both have a lot of enthusiasm and creative energy. I’m sure they’ll do a great job!” concluded David.

CANVAS wishes to thank David for his support and all of his hard work over the years. We wish him the best and look forward to seeing his new paintings in area galleries!

Sandy Spitzer grew up in Brooklyn. Her artistic ability was noticed at an early age when she was asked to paint backdrops for performances in Brooklyn’s Bay Ridge High School.

She studied painting in Europe, capturing the Norwegian landscape for many years. She also studied with notable workshop artists at the Wallkill River

School. Her works have been exhibited in group shows throughout the tri-state region.

Nelson Pantoja, known locally as the “Toothpick Artist,” was born in The Bronx on April 1. No fooling! Happy Birthday Nel!

As a child, Nelson played hooky from school for a week and suddenly found himself with a lot of time on his hands: he was grounded for a whole summer. “Bored out of my mind, I got some toothpicks and glue and voila! my first sculpture was born,” said Nelson.

Today, among the 7,476 projects that he is working on, he is in the middle of creating a 9/11 Memorial aluminum sculpture that he will be permanently installed in front of the WAA Gallery this May.

He has exhibited and demonstrated his innovative toothpick art locally and throughout the U.S.

The WAA heralds the long awaited return of warmer weather with their annual Spring member group show running April 5-May 4. The reception is on April 5 from 2:00pm-4:00pm.

73 Sullivan Street, Wurtsboro.Email [email protected] for information.

David Munford en plein air

WAA President, Sandy Spitzer

Vice President, Nelson Pantoja

“Monsters & Freaks” in MiddletownStudent productions of Death Comes To

Us All, Mary Agnes and Freakshow billed as Monsters & Freaks, will enjoy a five-show run at Orange Hall Theatre this April as the SUNY Orange Apprentice Players have slated their spring performances for the weekends of April 11-13 and April 18-19.

“Freakshow”

Written by Carson Kreitzer and directed by Cabot Parsons, this play tells the story of a 20th century traveling Freakshow.

Things are changing. The anger of being stared at, trapped and caged is at war with the comfort of knowing your place in the universe. But the growing defiance of the freaks is no act. Will the Dog Faced Woman break her bonds from the show, collapsing the fragile bubble of sustaining interdependence? Can the jaded Ringmaster, a profoundly broken man, find redemption through his love for the Woman With No Arms and No Legs?

The cast includes Marshall Ulger, Alan Moss, Michelle Conklin, (in photo L to R) Shelly

Kornher, Spencer Lincoln, Sandy Aulet, and Joseph Polichetti.

“Death Comes To Us All, Mary Agnes”

A comical farce written by Christopher Durang and directed by David H. Cohen, this early Durang one act play has a Twilight Zone twist. Although the story is dramatic, it is really a framework for an irreverently comedic take on the relations between the family and the household.

The cast: Joanna Dykeman, Ray Otte, Joseph Colon (in photo L-R) Anwar George, Nancy Talarico, Andrea Wynn, Emily Dykeman, Dakota Cohen, Billy Rittenhouse, Victoria Cottone, Pratik Bhurwad, Jeremiah Dorsey and Matt Lange.

Orange Hall Theatre, located in Orange Hall, is universally accessible. Parking is available in the College parking lot at the intersection of Wawayanda and Grandview avenues.

Monsters & Freaks contains strong language and adult themes. It is not suitable for children.

Visit www.sunyorange.edu for tickets and show times.

For more information, call 845-341-4789.


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Meet James Phillips: Actor, Director, Teacher

“Out-Of-the-Ordinary” is supposed to occur on a vibrant college campus. Consider language for a moment and the word “Almost” in particular. It is frequently and creatively experienced as either an adjective or adverb. Remember fondly John Denver’s popular, pastoral lyrics, Almost heaven, West Virginia? But what is not so ordinary is to present the word “Almost” as a proper noun designed to be or represent a person, place or thing! This is the state of a living language, this is the state of responsive theatre, and, thankfully, this is the state of the not-so-ordinary campus of Mount Saint Mary College, (MSMC), Newburgh.

James Phillips, Assistant Professor of Theatre at MSMC is a noted individual who causes things to happen. He has selected, quite deliberately, John Cariani’s Almost Maine as the spring production. It is a series of vignettes depicting socially frustrated and frequently confused citizens of a fictional town known as Almost, Maine. This out-of-the-ordinary play is fresh from its off-Broadway revival and is known as “one of the world’s favorite plays.”

Phillips is a graduate of the prominent Emerson College with a Master’s degree in

Theatre Education. He also has earned a Master’s of Fine Arts Degree in Directing from Catholic University of America, in addition to a Bachelor of Arts in Theatre, with a concentration in Radio and television from Morehead State. In addition to his responsibilities as an Assistant Professor at the Mount, he is active as a freelance director and sound designer.

For those who didn’t notice, the twenty-first century is all about theatre. The evening news is theatre, press releases are theatre, commercials are theatre, even family dinner table is loaded with theatrics. Everything appears scripted, even “sudden discoveries.” At a college that does not offer Theatre as a major area of concentration, the Theatre Department at the Mount sits in a potentially penetrating position with carefully chosen presentations that are a mix of tragedy and comedy, the contemporary and the classic.

To evaluate, a hasty glance at recent and current play selection will provide cause to even the most casual of observers. Each will note the merit of the situations and experiential circumstances for those on stage and those attempting to penetrate the proverbial fourth wall. Last fall, for example James Phillips’ selection for presentation was The

Madness of Isabella. The production was promoted as an original commedia dell’ arte, a theatrical form by and for everyday people. There are stock characters, e.g., “foolish old men, devious servants, or military officers full of false bravado.” The Commedia was further identified by its reliance on “all’improvvis”, theatrical improv. With closer inspection it all starts to

sound very contemporary. Also, last Spring saw The Clean House

by Sarah Ruhl on the stage of MSMC. This is contemporary theatre, a play that has been produced to widespread acclaim at various regional theaters over the last couple of years and was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in 2005. “Cleaning is good for the soul - and so is laughter.”

And as for the classics, Molière’s Le Malade Imaginaire, this story of “a man so blindly obsessed with his perceived illness that he loses sight of what truly matters.”

To be an important part of the developmental process, the selection process utilized must, by necessity, consider multiple expectations. James Phillips offered the following when asked to comment on the process. “I’m looking at a lot of

things when I pick plays. Over a four year span, I want a mix of tragedy and comedy, a mix of contemporary and classic, plays that speak to me, and plays that focus on the actor/audience relationship. This [Almost, Maine] will be a different challenge to our student actors than what they did last semester. Last semester they worked on a very specific physical style of comedy and this semester the task is to take quirky characters and make them honest and believable.”

Phillips’ acute insight into the value of theatre, its universality, and the role it plays with students and frankly all members of the MSMC community is clearly evidenced. Active theatre at MSMC promotes a culture of collaboration as well as individual strengths. Phillips’ mission clearly reflects reality and a penetrating recognition of the world beyond a cloistered college campus. There is a larger stage: “A stage where every man must play a part”.

MSMC Theatre will present Almost, Maine, a play written by John Cariani and directed by the Mount’s associate professor of theater, James Phillips. The play will be run for three nights: April 10, 11, and 12 at 7:30pm in the Aquinas Hall Theatre. Tickets are free with a Mount ID.

Call the box office at 845-569-3179 with any questions. Five Yankee Dollars? Almost free!

James Phillips


GLL ��Greenwood Lake LibraryHHNM �� Hudson Highlands Nature Museum, Outdoor Discovery Center, CornwallMSM-DC ��Mount St� Mary College, Desmond Campus, NewburghNVM �� Neversink Valley Museum, CuddebackvillePEEC ��Pocono Environmental Education Center, Dingmans FerrySUNYO-GCL ��SUNY Orange Middletown, Gilman Center LibrarySUNYO-KH �� SUNY Orange Newburgh, Kaplan HallSUNYO-OH �� SUNY Orange Middletown, Orange Hall

Listings below are not included in our centerspread calendar�

lectures“The Effect of the Holocaust on Jewish-Catholic Relations” Peggy Murphy ................................

MSM-DC Mar 31, 10am“Seven Shoes: The Inside Story of the NYPD Raid on a Terrorist Cell that aborted a suicide

bombing in the subway” Jennifer Hunt SUNYO-OH Mar 31, 7pm“Tom Daley’s Tour of the Hudson Valley” ............................................... MSM-DC Apr 1, 10am“Your Carbon Footprint: Climate-Smart Planning” Carol Roig & Stephen Stuart ......................

Narrowsburg Library, Apr 4, 6:30pmFORUM: “Nuclear Disarmament Now! A Call to Action!” Larry Wittner & Guy Quinlan.........

Unitarian Universalist Meeting House, Rock Tavern, Apr 4, 7pm“Sustainable Butterflies” Kim Dolson ..............................................................HHNM Apr 5, 10am“At Play in the Fields of Poetry” Lynn Hoins .............. Seligmann Center, Sugar Loaf, Apr 5, 1pm”Reduce, Reuse, Recycle” Bill Cutler ................................................Callicoon Library, Apr 5, 1pm“Martha Washington: An American Life” Patricia Brady ..... Ritz Lobby, Newburgh, Apr 6, 2pm“Let Food Be Your Medicine & Medicine Be Your Food” ...........................MSM-DC Apr 8, 1pm“The Esoteric History of the Hudson Valley” Nathan Rosenblum ........ MSM-DC Apr 8, 6:30pm“War Trauma, Suicide, and the Confederate Army” Diane Miller Sommerville ..........................

SUNYO Tower Cafe, Tower Building, Newburgh, Apr 10, 7pm“O&W Middletown Branch: Then & Now” Ray Kelly Josephine-Louise Lib., Walden, Apr 10, 7pm “Adventures of a History Researcher” F. Kennon Moody ........................MSM-DC Apr 11, 10am“Salamanders, Frogs and More!” .......................................................PEEC Apr 12 & Apr 27, 1pm“Spring Peeper Search” ....................................................................................... PEEC Apr 12, 8pm“The Hudson River School” Laura Nicholls ..............................................MSM-DC Apr 14, 10am“In The Night Sky:Hudson Valley UFO Sightings” Linda Zimmermann MSM-DC Apr 17, 6:30pmSCIENCE CAFE........“Current Environmental and Medical Hazards from Fracking to Hip

Replacements” Max Costa Diana’s Restaurant, New Windsor, Apr 23, 7pm“The Geology of the Catskill” Robert & Johanna Tutus ........................ MSM-DC Apr 24, 1pm“Create Your Own Sanctuary” George Toth & Diana Underwood ..........MSM-DC Apr 25, 10am“Age Like it Matters: Knowing, Being & Doing” Lawrence T. Force .....MSM-DC Apr 25, 10am”Financial Strategies for Women-Dispelling the Myths” B. Roseboro & J. McCarthy ................

MSM-DC Apr 26 , 10am“Composting” Nancy Schunk & Denise Fragipane ...............Jeffersonville Library, Apr 26, Noon“Haumana:-Rebirth & Renewal the Hawaiian Way” Toth, Underwood ..... MSM-DC May 2, 10am

demosGlass Blowing Demos & Factory Tours ... Gillinder Glass Factory, Port Jervis, Apr 12, 10am-3pm

master classes“A Window into the World of Children’s Literature” Linda Patterson Kujawski .........................

SUNYO-KH Apr 3, 12:30pm“Music Therapy..A Path With Heart” Terry Blaine ............................... SUNYO-OH Apr 4, 11am“At Play in the Fields of Poetry - Introduction to Portrait and Landscape Poems” ....................

Lynn Hoins Seligmann Canter, Sugar Loaf, Apr 5, 1pm“African Code: A Secret Language” Rosalyn Fassett, artist ...........SUNYO-KH Apr 16, 10:15am“Forensic Document Examination/Handwriting Analysis Bob Baier ............................................

SUNYO Tower Cafe, Tower Building, Newburgh, Apr 17, 2pm“Poetry for the People” Richard Bianco ............................................... SUNYO-GCL Apr 22, 8am

Seminars18th Annual Women’s Conference “Wisdom, Wit, Women” SUNY Sullivan, Apr 12, 8:30am-4pm“Using Technology to Advance Your Career and Your Business” ..................................................

Callicoon Library, Wednesdays, Apr 16-May 28, 10am-Noon

books - Discussions/Readings /siGNingsBook Lover’s Club ....................................................... Greenwood Lake Library, 4th Tuesday, 7pmBook Discussion Group ................................................... Narrowsburg Library, 3rd Friday, 4:00pm“The Rebellion of Miss Lucy Ann Lobdell” by/w William Klaber ...................................................

CAS Arts Center, Livingston Manor, Apr 5, 3pm“Red Square” by Martin Cruz Smith ............................................... Cornwall Library, Apr 16, 7pm“People of the Book” by Geraldine Brooks Newburgh Branch Library, Newburgh Mall, Apr 22, 2pmNovel Reads Book Discussion ..............................Josephine-Louise Library, Walden, Apr 24, 6:30pm“The Light Between” by M. L. Stedman ..............................................Cornwall Library, Apr 24, 7pmGreat Books Discussion ............................................................Newburgh Library, Apr 25, 11:30am“A Tale of Terezin: Legacies, Lies and Lullabies, The World of a Second Generation Holocaust

Survivor” Esther Levy Florida Library, Apr 27, 1pmMillennial Book Discussion: “Gone Girl” by Gillian Flynn Crawford Lib., Monticello, Apr 27, 6:15pm

Lectures / demos / master classes / seminarssponsored by SUNY Orange & Mount St� Mary College

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ConcertsSullivan County Songwriter’s Circle ..... Catskill Distilling Company, Bethel, Saturdays, 3pm-5pmChris O’Leary Band blues, rockabilly .........................................The Falcon, Marlboro, Apr 3, 7pmDavid Bromberg Band blues, country, jazz, folk ..................................... Bethel Woods, Apr 3, 8pmCyro Baptista’s Banquet of the Spirits Brazilian .......................The Falcon, Marlboro, Apr 4, 7pmRichard Marx pop, rock ............................................................................ Bethel Woods, Apr 4, 8pmDavid Johansen w/Brian Koonin blues, punk .............................The Falcon, Marlboro, Apr 5, 7pmWJFF’s “Pete Seeger Song Celebration” bluegrass, folk, pizza, baked goods, sing-along .............

Sullivan County Museum, Hurleyville, Apr 5, 7pm-10pmWilla McCarthy Band blues, funk, r&b ........................... The Falcon, Marlboro, Apr 6, 10am-2pm”Fiddle Fest” Rock Hill Ramblers ..................................................Neversink Firehouse, Apr 6, 2pmJohn Flynn folk, Sugar Loaf Music Series ..Seligmann Center for the Arts, Sugar Loaf, Apr 6, 3pmRhett Miller, Ryan Dieringer bluegrass, r&r ..............................The Falcon, Marlboro, Apr 9, 7pmLarry Coryell & Gil Parris Benefit for Ben Ehrsam, Bobby DiBlasio....The Falcon, Apr 10, 7pmCKS, Dylan Doyle Trio blues, soul, rock ...................................The Falcon, Marlboro, Apr 11, 7pmStuart Kabak Hudson Valley Folk Guild . Unitarian Universalist Cong., Rock Tavern, Apr 12, 7pmEd Palermo Big Band presents ZODD ZUNDGREN Zappa/Rundgren .The Falcon, Apr 12, 7pmThe Fellas doo-wop .......................................................Ritz Theater Lobby, Newburgh, Apr 12, 8pmKate Baker and Vic Juris Duo pop ................................. The Falcon, Marlboro, Apr 13, 10am-2pmThe Guthrie Brothers music of Simon & Garfunkel .......... Newburgh Library, Apr 13, 3pm FREEPierre Bensusan Celtic, folk, world, new age, jazz .....................The Falcon, Marlboro, Apr 17, 7pmFred Gillen, Jr.......................... Seven Freedoms Music Center, Salisbury Mills, Apr 19, 2pm FREEThe Holmes Brothers blues, soul, r&b .......................................The Falcon, Marlboro, Apr 19, 7pmCharlie Mars folk, rock, soul .......................................Ritz Theater Lobby, Newburgh, Apr 19, 8pmThe Saints of Swing dixie, r&b, motown, Latin, Klezmer ......Falcon, Marlboro, Apr 20, 10am-2pmJonah Smith Band, Lost Leaders .............................................The Falcon, Marlboro, Apr 25, 7pmNew Riders of The Purple Sage & Stir Fried ...........................The Falcon, Marlboro, Apr 26, 7pm2014 Oldies Show doo-wop, pop - Fundraiser ..........Paramount Theatre, Middletown, Apr 26, 7pmBob Stump & the Roadside Attraction roots, blues, jazz ......Falcon, Marlboro, Apr 27, 10am-2pmBenefit for Ed Frinfrock The Trapps, Twist & Shout, Bob Stump & The Roadside Attraction .Falcon, Apr 27, 7pmToby Foyeh & Orchestra Africa ............Alumni Green, SUNY Orange, Middletown, May 1, 11amHorFlash & The Hormones ..................................Tuxedo Ridge, May 3, dinner 6:30pm, show 8pmAztec Two-Step “Classic Duos” ......................................Tusten Theatre, Narrowsburg, May 3, 8pm

Open Mic & in-house musicSome listings below are not included in our centerspread calendar�

Open Mic w/Steve Schwartz & Antoine Maglione .....Dutch’s Tavern, Rock Hill, Mondays, 7:30pmOpen Mic w/Bryan & Erin Keegan ............Brian’s Backyard Barbecue, Middletown, Tues & WedsOpen Mic w/Joe Frazita or Steve Wells .........................Blarney Stone, Warwick, Wednesdays, 8pmOpen Mic w/Bob Keegan ............................Brothers Barbecue, New Windsor, Wednesdays, 8:30pmOpen Mic w/Eric Callari ..................................................Eddie’s Restaurant, Warwick, WednesdaysOpen Mic ................................................................................... Mountaindale Inn, Wednesdays, 8pmOpen Mic ...............................................................................Tuscan Cafe, Warwick, Thursdays, 7pmOpen Mic w/Jack Higgins ................................ Palaia Vineyards, Highland Mills, Apr 3, 7pm-11pmOpen Mic ...........................................................Noble Coffee Roasters, Campbell Hall, Apr 17, 6pmOpen Mic “Out Loud Performance Party” poetry & music .Port Jervis Community Ctr, Mar 22, 7pmKaraoke w/live band ...................................... Brothers Barbecue, New Windsor, Thursdays, 8:30pmKaraoke w/Bill Braine.......................................... 2Alices, Cornwall-on-Hudson, 3rd Saturday, 8pmMarilyn Kennedy vocal & Jake Lentz piano .......La Piazzetta, Wurtsboro, Wednesdays, 6pm-9pmMusician’s Gathering w/Stacy Cohen .................. Dancing Cat Saloon, Bethel, Thursdays, 7:30pmThe Parting Glass Band Celtic ..................Loughran’s Pub, Salisbury Mills, Thursdays, 7pm-10pmFeast of Friends “Doors” Tribute ..................Palaia Vineyards, Highland Mills, Mar 29, 8pm-11pmJack Higgins ......................................... Palaia Vineyards, Highland Mills, Mar 30, 2:30pm-5:30pm2014 Oldies Show doo-wop ........................................Paramount Theater, Middletown, Apr 26, 7pm

Music - blues / country/ folk / pop / rock/ Latinsponsored by Steve’s Music Center, Rock Hill

Folk Artist John Flynn in Sugar LoafDynamic folk/activist artist,

John Flynn, whose acclaimed performances include original compositions reflecting his compassion and convictions around a myriad of social and political issues, is an activist and protege of folk icon, Phil Ochs.

In 2005, Flynn was invited by Arlo Guthrie to participate in the pilgrimage, Train to New Orleans, following the devastation of Hurricane Katrina. The event included Guthrie, Willie Nelson, Ramblin’ Jack Elliot and a host of other respected recording artists.

“Every song I write always feels like my first. It’s almost like the Buddhist concept of the beginner’s mind,” says Flynn.

Mr. Flynn makes a rare concert appearance for the Sugarloaf Music Series on April 6 at 3:00pm at the Seligmann Center for the Performing Arts, 23 White Oak Drive, Sugar Loaf.

Sugarloaf Music dedicates this concert to the memory of Pete Seeger. Radio host Sonny Ochs

will be the Master of Ceremony.Seating is limited.For tickets: 845-986-6463.



cinemaMidday Movie ...............................................Fallsburg Library, Tuesdays & Thursdays, Noon FREEReel Eclectic Movie .................................................. Thrall Library, Middletown, Mar 6, 7pm FREEAfternoon Movie .................................................... Thrall Library, Middletown, Mar 19, 2pm FREEMonday Night at the Movies ...........................................Newburgh Library, Mar 31, 6:30pm FREE“My Life as a Turkey” documentary.............. Morgan Outdoors, Livingston Manor, Apr 1, 6:30pm“Delivery Man” ....................................................................... Newburgh Library, Apr 5, 1pm FREE“Out of Africa” w/intro by Paul Basinkski .........SUNYO Gilman Center, Middletown, Apr 7, 6pm“Tammy & the Bachelor” Debbie Reynolds, Leslie Nielsen ..Cornwall Library, Apr 9, Noon FREE“The Anatomy of Hate” documentary, panel discussion ......SUNY Sullivan, Apr 9, 6:30pm FREE“Our Town” & selected short subjects ........................ Shadowland Theatre, Ellenville, Apr 12, 2pm“UP!: Just Let Go and See What Happens!” animated ..........................MSM-DC Apr 15, 9:30am“Romantics Anonymous” .................................................. Cornwall Library, Apr 17, 5:30pm FREE“Race to Execution” ................................ Downing Film, Center, Newburgh, Apr 21, 7:30pm FREE“Sukkah City” w/talk by Rabbi Larry Friedman ...Downing Film Ctr, Newburgh, Apr 26, 11:30am”Grudge Match” Stallone, DeNiro .................................. Newburgh Library, Apr 28, 6:30pm FREE“Dark Victory” Bette Davis ............... Mount St. Mary College, Desmond Campus, Apr 30, 9:30am

comedyOpen Mic .......................................................................... Jester’s Comedy Club, Chester. 2nd Friday Colin Quinn ............................................................................................. Bethel Woods, Apr 18, 8pmHamfest Orange County Amateur Radio Club ........Town of Wallkill Comm. Ctr, Apr 27, 8am-2pm“A Night of Comedy” .........................................................................Walden Firehouse, May 3, 8pm

dance“Alice in Wonderland” choreog. Dee Tabitha Wright ......... New Rose Theatre, Walden, Mar 21-30

fairs - FestivalsEarth Day Festival..Pocono Environmental Education Center, Dingmans Ferry, Apr 13, 10am-4pmCultural Center Dedication .......Tsechen Kunchab Ling Buddhist Temple, Walden, Apr 19-20, 1pm-5pm“Earth Day” ................................. HHNM Outdoor Discovery Center, Cornwall, Apr 26, 10am-3pmCommunity Connections EXPO music, exhibits, contests, ...............................................................

Monroe-Woodbury HS, Apr 27, 11am-3pm“Feast of the Arts - Fine Art Auction” Historical Society of Newburgh Fundraiser .......................

Newburgh Heritage Center, Apr 27, 2pmCraft Fair ......................................... Mulberry House Senior Center, Middletown, May 3, 9am-3pm24th Annual Kite Festival music, food, crafts, kids activities ... SUNY Sullivan, May 3, 10am-4pm

holistic eventsDrumming Circle ............................................Crystal Connection, Wurtsboro, Mar 7 & 21, 6:30pm EFT Tapping w/Dawn Whitney Gillespie .........................The Bodhi Tree, Sugar Loaf, Apr 19, 6pm”A Day with Your Angels” George Koury ..........Healing Arts Studio, Newburgh, Apr 27, 9am-5pm

museumsTerwilliger House Museum .................................................................................. Ellenville, ongoingSculpture Exhibit ..............................................................................................Dia: Beacon, ongoingSullivan County History Exhibits .......................... Sullivan County Museum, Hurleyville, ongoing19th Century Rural Living ..........................................................Museum Village, Monroe, ongoing“The Final Days of the Civil War” ............. Karpeles Manuscript Museum, Newburgh, thru Apr 27Trout Weekend ...Hudson Highlands Nature Museum, Cornwall-on-Hudson, Apr 5 & 6, Noon-4pm“America Meets the Beatles!” .......................................... Museum at Bethel Woods , Apr 5-Aug 17Tri-State Historical Exhibition 9 Historical Societies, Orange, Pike & Sussex ...............................

Riverview Inn, Matamoras, Apr 12, 10am-5pm & Apr 13, Noon-6pm“Then and Now around the D&H Canal” .........Neversink Area Museum, Cuddebackville, Apr-Oct“The Adams Family” .............................. Karpeles Manuscript Museum, Newburgh, May 1-Aug 31

music - Broadway - tin pan alley - cabaretBroadway Concerts Direct ........................United Church of Christ, Blooming Grove, Apr 19, 6pmThe Ten Tenors Broadway .....................................................Eisenhower Hall Theater, Apr 27, 3pm

music - ClassicalThe Amaranthus Trio Grand Montgomery Chamber Music Series ..................................................

Montgomery Senior Center, Mar 30, 3pm FREEJody Weatherstone soprano, Susan Martula clarinet, Janice Nimetz piano ...................................

Music in Central Valley Central Valley United Methodist Church, Mar 30, 3pm FREESUNY Orange Brass Ensemble ....................... Grace Episcopal Church, Middletown, Mar 30, 3pmEnsemble Calmus Leipzig Kindred Spirits Arts .............................. Milford Theater, Apr 5, 7:30pmCarmit Zori violin, Robert Rinehart viola, Peter Stumpf cello ............ Bethel Woods, Apr 6, 2pmNewburgh Chamber Ensemble flute quartet ..... St. George’s Epis. Church, Newburgh, Apr 6, 3pm“A Mediterranean Tour” Parksville USA Music Festival... Dead End Cafe, Parksville, Apr 6, 3pmThursday 4 wind quartet ........................................................Ellenville, Library, Apr 13, 2pm FREECristiana Pegoraro piano, Shandelee Music Festival ........................... Bethel Woods, Apr 13, 3pmWest Point Band & Young Artists .......................... Eisenhower Hall Ballroom, Apr 13, 3pm FREEIstanpitta: Medieval Dance Band .......................... Howland Cultural Center, Beacon, Apr 13, 4pmPotluck Concerts ”European Fantasy” . Cornwall Presby.Ch., Cornwall-on-Hudson, Apr 25, 7:30pm

Chamber Music at St. Andrew’s ......St. Andrew’s Episopal Ch., South Fallsburg, Apr 26, 8pm FREEChristopher Jennings organ,“Storm King Symphony” . West Point Cadet Chapel, Apr 27, 3pm FREE“TITANIC Revisited” Hudson Opera Theatre .United Presbyterian Ch., Middletown, Apr 27, 3pm

& First Presbyterian Ch., Monroe, May 4, 3pmCommunity Orchestra .......................................... Paramount Theater, Middletown, May 3, 7:30pmJuilliard Trombone Choir ...........................................West Point Cadet Chapel, May 4, 3pm FREE

music - jazzBrunch with the Jazz Cats .................................. Dancing Cat Saloon, Bethel, Sundays, 10am-1pmLarry Newcombe guitar ................................................................Florida Library, Apr 3, 7pm FREEMark Shane piano & Terry Blaine vocals, “Swingtime Duet” ..................SUNYO-KH Apr 4, 8pmMichael T Band’s B3 Birthday Bash! ......................................... The Falcon, Marlboro, Apr 6, 7pmBobby Avey Group w/ Miguel Zenon ....................................... The Falcon, Marlboro, Apr 13, 7pmPurchase Jazz Orchestra w/ Todd Coolman ........................... The Falcon, Marlboro, Apr 16, 7pmThe Cookers w/ B.Harper, E.Henderson, B.Hart, D.Weiss, D.Harrison, G.Cables, C.McBee .... Falcon, Apr 18, 7pmbigBANG “Mostly Mingus!” ..................................................... The Falcon, Marlboro, Apr 23, 7pmAli Ryerson Quartet .................................................................. The Falcon, Marlboro, Apr 24, 7pmChris McNulty and her band Kindred Spirits Arts ............................ Milford Theater, Apr 25, 8pm

opera - Operetta“La Boheme” Puccini, Live from the Met in HD ..................................SUNY Sullivan, Apr 5, 1pm“Orfeo Ed Euridice” Gluck, video .................................................... Cornwall Library, Apr 13, 1pm“Cosi Fan Tutte” Mozart, Live from the Met in HD ............................SUNY Sullivan, Apr 26, 1pm

poetry & prose readingsEXHIBIT: Joel Solonche & Joan Siegel “Celebrate Poetry” ............................................................

SUNYO Kaplan Hall, Newburgh, Apr 3-May 15Poetry Night Davis Messineo .................................Noble Coffee Roasters, Campbell Hall, Apr 3, 7pmHudson River Poets ................................................................. Newburgh Library, Apr 3, 7pm FREEFirst Fridays Contemporary Writers ......................................Narrowsburg Library, Apr 4, 7:30pmJanet Hamill & Rebecca Schumejda ....................... Howland Cultural Center, Beacon, Apr 4, 8pmFrancine d’Alessandro Poetry on the Loose .. Seligmann Center, Sugar Loaf, Apr 5, 3:30pm FREERobert Milby Poetry in the Gallery ........................................... Wurtsboro Art Alliance, Apr 6, 7pmNational Poetry Month Open Mic .............................................Fallsburg Library, Apr 11, 7pm FREENatasha Trethewey US Poet Laureate ................ Storm King Art Center, Mountainville, Apr 12, 2pm“Spring Awakenings” Hudson River Poets & jazz improv w/ Neil Alexander .....................................

Unitarian Universalist Congregation, Rock Tavern, Apr 13, 1pmMichael Sean Collins poetry w/ Hudson Valley Jazz improv . Seligmann Ctr, Sugar Loaf, Apr 13, 3pmOpen Poetry Books Reading & Discussion ..............................Fallsburg Library, Apr 17, 7pm FREEPoetry Cafe Jean LeBlanc, Tony Pena, Robert Milby .................. Florida Library, Apr 18. 7pm FREERichard Blanco poet ..............................SUNYO Gilman Center Library, Middletown, Apr 21, 7pmFrancine D’Alessandro, Robert Milby .................................Pine Bush Library, Apr 24, 7pm FREE“OUT LOUD Performance Party” poetry, music, etc .........UpFront, Port Jervis, Apr 25, 7pm FREEDavid J. Phillips IV ................................................................. Fallsburg Library, Apr 30, 7pm FREEHudson River Poets ................................................................Newburgh Library, May 1, 7pm FREEPatricia Kett Poetry on the Loose ..................Seligmann Center, Sugar Loaf, May 3, 3:30pm FREEPoetry at the Church host: Ted Gill ................................... Goshen Methodist Church, Apr 28, 7pmAltya Adams Poetry in the Gallery ...........................................Wurtsboro Art Alliance, May 4, 7pm

recreation & DancingLine Dancing.............................................................Jester’s Restaurant, Chester, Thursdays 7:30pmSwing Dancing w/Swing Shift Orchestra ......................Newburgh Brewery, 1st Thursdays, 7:30pmDiscovery Quests Hudson Highlands Nature Museum, Cornwall, Saturdays & Sundays, 10am-1pmGLBT “Mad Hatter Prom” dinner & dance .......................Best Western, Matamoras, Apr 12, 7pm

storytellingYarnslingers Memoirs .........................................CAS Arts Center, Livingston Manor, Apr 19, 7pm,Black Dirt Storytelling Guild Tall Tales, Lies & Whoppers .....Florida Library, Apr 10, 7pm FREE

theatre“Grease” Just Off Broadway, Inc. ................Theatre at West Shore Station, Newburgh, thru Apr 13“Silverstein” by Bill Donnelly, play reading .Delaware Valley Arts Alliance, Narrowsburg, Apr 6, 2pm“Every Price has Its Man” Air Pirates Live Radio Theater ...............................................................

Brother’s BBQ, New Windsor, Apr 12, 8pm“Two By Tennessee” 2 one-act plays byT. Williams, Cornerstone Theatre Arts ................................

Goshen Music Hall, Apr 26-May 11 FREE“Holy, Holy, Holy” Sullivan County Dramatic Workshop ...Rivoli Theatre, So. Fallsburg, May 2-4“And Then There Were None” Agatha Christie ............. Playhouse at Museum Village, May 2-18

schools & Conservatories“Afternoon of Choral Music” England’s Langley Park, Sullivan County ELHI music students ...

and Nesin Children’s Chorus Nesin Theatre, Monticello, Apr 6, 3pm“Monsters & Freaks” Two One-Act Plays, The Apprentice Players .......... SUNYO-OH Apr 11-19Orange County Arts Council All-County Dance Celebration..........................................................

Paramount Theatre. Middletown, Apr 27, 3pmTimothy Mumford Memorial Poetry Competition ......................... Cornwall Library, Apr 27, 3pmSUNY Orange Chamber Ensemble ........ Morrison Hall Mansion, Middletown, May 4, 3pm FREE

canvas category calendarsponsored by Hudson Valley Planning & Preservation, Monroe


MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY SUNDAY

Please check the schedule for Gallery Art & Photography

Opening Receptionssee page 18

Cinema“My Life is a Turkey”

Morgan Outdoors,Livingston Manor, 6:30pm

Cinema��Midday Movie........Fallsburg Library, NoonRecreation��Swing Dancing...Newburgh Brewery. 6:30pmMusic-Jazz ��Larry Newcombe guitar Florida Lib. 7pmPoetry ��David Messineo ................ NCL 7pmPoetry �� Hudson River Poets ............ NFL 7pmRecreation �� Line Dancing .................. JCC 7pmMusic-Blues-Rockabilly��Chris O’Leary Band .FAL 7pmTheatre - Musical ��“Grease” ..............TWSS 7:30pmOpen Mic��Musician’s Gathering ......Dancing Cat, Bethel, 7:30pmMusic ��David Bromberg Band ............ BW 8pm

Music-Brazil��Cyro Baptista’s Banquet of the Spirits .....FAL 7pmProse��First Friday Contemporary Writers ... Narrowsburg Library, 7:30pmTheatre - Musical �� “Grease” ..........................TWSS 7:30pmMusic-Jazz��Mark Shane piano & Terry Blaine vocal...SUNYO-KH 8pmMusic - Pop-Rock ��Richard Marx ............................... BW 8pmPoetry �� Janet Hamill, Rebecca Schumjda ............. HCC 8pm

Cinema ��“Delivery Man” ....................................NFL 1pmOpera��“La Boheme” Puccini ........................... SCCC 1pmTheatre - Musical ��“Grease” .....................TWSS 2pm & 7:30pmOpen Mic �� Sullivan County Songwriter’s Circle ................DCAT 3pmPoetry ��Francine d’Alessandro ...................SLGMN 3:30pmMusic-Punk-Blues�� David Johnsen w/Brian Koonin ...................... FAL 7pmMusic - Folk �� WJFF’s Pete Seeger Celebration .......... SCM 7pm-10pmMusic-Classical ��Ensemble Calmus Leipzig ... Milford Theatre 7:30pm

Music - Jazz �� Jazz Cat Brunch ...........DCAT 10am-1pmMusic-Blues-Funk-Jazz��Willa McCarthy Band........FAL 10am-2pmMusic - Classical �� String Trio ..............................BW 2pmPlay Reading �� “Silverstein” ........................DVAA 2pmMusic��Fiddle Fest ......... Neversink Firehouse, 2pmMusic - Classical ��Newburgh Chamber Ensemble .......... NCM 3pmMusic - Folk ��John Flynn ......................SLGMN 3pmMusic��”Afternoon of Choral Music”.Nesin Theatre, Monticello, 3pmMusic-Classical & Greek��Parksville USA Music Festival...DEC 3pmMusic - Jazz ��Michael T Band’s B3 Birthday Bash ........ FAL 7pmPoetry �� Robert Milby ......................... WAA 7pm

Cinema“Out of Africa”

SUNYO-GCL, 6pm

CinemaAfternoon Movie

Fallsburg Library, Noon

Cinema“Tammy & the Bachelor”

Cornwall Library, Noon

Cinema & Discussion“The Anatomy of Hate”

SCCC, 6:30pm

Music Rhett Miller, Ryan Dieringer FAL 7pm

Cinema��Midday Movie........Fallsburg Library, NoonCinema��Reel Eclectic Film........Thrall Library, 7pmRecreation �� Line Dancing .................. JCC 7pmStorytelling��Black Dirt Storytelling Cafe .Florida Lib. 7pmMusic��Larry Coryell & Gil Parris, Booby Di Blasio..FAL 7pmTheatre - Musical ��“Grease” ..............TWSS 7:30pmOpen Mic��Musician’s Gathering .......Dancing Cat, Bethel,7:30pm

Poetry��National Poetry Month Open Mic .... Fallsburg Lib. 7pmMusic-Blues-Soul-Rock��CKS, Dylan Doyle Trio...................FAL 7pmTheatre - Musical �� “Grease” ..........................TWSS 7:30pmComedy �� Open Mic ..................................JCC 8pmTheatre - Play ��“Monsters and Freaks” ..........SUNYO-OH 8pm

Cinema ��“Our Town” & Selected Short Subjects ..................ST 2pmPoetry��Natasha Trethewey...Storm King Art Center, Mountainville, 2pmTheatre - Musical ��“Grease” .....................TWSS 2pm & 7:30pmOpen Mic �� Sullivan County Songwriter’s Circle ................DCAT 3pmRecreation��..........GLBT “Mad Hatter Prom”........Best Western, Matamoras 7pmMusic - Zappa/Rundgren ��Ed Palermo Big Band ............................... FAL 7pmMusic - Folk ��Stuart Kabak .....................................UUC 7pm Theatre��Air Pirates Radio Theatre ........Brother’s BBQ New Windsor, 8pmTheatre - Play �� “Monsters and Freaks” ................SUNYO-OH 8pmMusic - DooWop �� The Fellas ...................................... RITZ 8pm

Music - Jazz �� Jazz Cat Brunch ...........DCAT 10am-1pm Music - Pop��Kate Baker & Vic Juris Duo .....FAL 10am-2pmFestival ��Earth Day Festival ........ PEEC 10am-4pm Opera-Video��“Orfeo Ed Euridice” Gluck .....Cornwall Lib. 1pmTheatre - Musical�� ”Grease” .........................TWSS 2pmMusic - Classical �� Thursday 4tet ........... Ellenville Lib. 2pm Music - Classical ��Cristiana Pegoraro piano ..................BW 3pmMusic - Pop��Guthrie Brothers “Simon & Garfunkel” ....NFL 3pmTheatre - Play��”Monsters and Freaks” .......SUNYO-OH 3pmPoetry & Jazz��Michael Sean Collins & Hudson Valley Jazz.SLGMN 3pmMusic - Classical�West Point Band & Young Artists EHT Ballroom 3pm Music - Classical �� Istanpitta: Medieval Dance Band .........HCC 4pmMusic - Jazz� ��Bobby Avery Group w/Miguel Zenon ...... FAL 7pm

Cinema“UP!: Just Let Go and See

What Happens!”MSM-DC, 9:30am



Music-JazzPurchase Jazz Orchestra

FAL 7pm

Cinema��Midday Movie........Fallsburg Library, NoonCinema..“Romantics Anonymous” .Cornwall Lib. 5:30pm Open Mic �� Open Mic Night ....... NCR 6pm-9pmMusic - Celtic��Brian Conway & John Walsh.......GLL 6:30pmStorytelling��Black Dirt Storytelling Cafe .Florida Lib. 7pm Recreation �� Line Dancing .................. JCC 7pmMusic �� Pierre Bensusan ................FAL 7pmOpen Mic��Musician’s Gathering ......Dancing Cat, Bethel, 7:30pm

Poetry Cafe Jean LeBlanc, Tony Pena, Robert Milby Florida Lib. 7pmMusic- Jazz�� The Cookers ................................FAL 7pmComedy �� Colin Quinn ................................. BW 8pmTheatre - Play �� “Monsters and Freaks ...........SUNYO-OH 8pm

Festival�Himalayan Cultural Center Dedication..Buddhist Temple, Walden, 1pm-5pmMusic��Fred Gillen, Jr�....Seven Freedoms Music Center, Salisbury Mills 2pmOpen Mic �� Sullivan County Songwriter’s Circle ................DCAT 3pmMusic-Bway-Cabaret��Broadway Concerts Direct..United Ch. of Christ, Blooming Grove 6pmStorytelling �� Yarnslingers Memoirs .............................CAS 7pm Music - Blues-Soul-R&B ��The Holmes Brothers ............................... FAL 7pmTheatre - Play �� “Monsters and Freaks” ................SUNYO-OH 8pmMusic - Folk-Rock-Soul �� Charlie Mars .................................... RITZ 8pm

Music�� Saints of Swing .............FAL 10am-2pmFestival��Cultural Center Dedication..Walden Buddhist Temple, 1pm-5pm

PoetryRichard Blanco

SUNYO-GCL 7pm

Cinema“Race to Execution”

DOWN 7:30pm




Thrall Library, Middletown, 2pm

MusicbigBANG plays Mingus

FAL 7pm

Cinema��Midday Movie........Fallsburg Library, NoonRecreation �� Line Dancing .................. JCC 7pmMusic - Jazz ��Ali Ryerson Quartet ..............FAL 7pmPoetry��Francine D’Alessandro, Robert Milby Pine Bush Lib. 7pmOpen Mic��Musician’s Gathering ......Dancing Cat, Bethel, 7:30pm

Music �� Jonah Smith Band, Lost Leaders ...............FAL 7pm Music - Classical��Potluck Concerts....Cornwall Presbyterian Church, 7:30pmPoetry & Music�”OUT LOUD Performance Party”.UpFront, Port Jervis, 7pmMusic-Jazz �� Chris McNulty & Band ......Milford Theatre 8pm

Festival �� Earth Day Festival ................... HHNM 10am-3pmCinema & Talk ��“Sukkah City” ......................... DOWN 11:30amOpera - Live in HD �� “Cosi Fan Tutte” Mozart ......................... SCCC 1pmOpen Mic �� Sullivan County Songwriter’s Circle ................DCAT 3pmTheatre - Play ��“One-Act Masters” ........ Goshen Music Hall, 7pmMusic - DooWop - Pop �� 2014 Oldies Show fundraiser ...........................PT 7pmMusic��New Riders of the Purple Sage, Stir Fried............FAL 7pmMusic-Classical��Chamber Music at St� Andrew’s Episcopal Church..S. Fallsburg 8pm

Festival��Ham Fest��Town of Wallkill Comm. Ctr. 8am-2pmHolistic��“A Day with Your Angels”..Healing Arts Studio, Newburgh 9am-5pmMusic - Jazz �� Jazz Cat Brunch ...........DCAT 10am-1pmMusic��Bob Stump & the Roadside Attraction.....FAL 10am-2pmFestival��Community Connections EXPO��MonroeWoodbury HS, 11am-3pmFine Art Auction��Feast of the Arts.......Newburgh Heritage Ctr. 2pm Theatre - Play��”One-Act Masters”........Goshen Music Hall, 2pm Music-Classical��“TITANIC Revisited”��United Presby. Ch. Middletown 3pmMusic - Broadway ��The Ten Tenors ........................ EHT 3pmDance��OC Arts Council All County Dance Celebration......PT 3pmMusic - Rock-Pop-Americana��Benefit for Ed Frinfrock.......FAL7pm

Cinema“Grudge Match”

NFL, 6:30pm

Poetry Poetry at the Church

Goshen Methodist Church, 7pm



Cinema“Dark Victory”

MSM-DC, 9:30am

PoetryDavid J� Phillips IV

Fallsburg Library, 7pm

Music��Toby Foyeh & Orch�Africa��SUNYO-MM 11amCinema��Midday Movie........Fallsburg Library, NoonPoetry ��Poetry Night ................... NCL 7pmPoetry �� Hudson River Poets ............ NFL 7pmRecreation �� Line Dancing .................. JCC 7pmOpen Mic��Musician’s Gathering ......Dancing Cat, Bethel, 7:30pm

Theatre - Play��“One-Act Masters” ......Goshen Music Hall, 7pmTheatre - Play��“Holy, Holy, Holy” ..................SCDW 8pmTheatre - Play ��“And Then There Were None” ............CTMW 8pm

Fair��Craft Fair...............Mulberry House, Middletown 9am-3pmFestival �� Kite Festival .........................SCCC 10am-4pmOpen Mic �� Sullivan County Songwriter’s Circle ................DCAT 3pmPoetry �� Patricia Kett ............................SLGMN 3:30pmMusic & Dinner��HotFlash & The Hormones......Tuxedo Ridge, 6:30pmTheatre - Play ��“One-Act Masters” ........ Goshen Music Hall, 7pmMusic-Classical ��Community Orchestra ...........................PT 7:30pmMusic ��Aztec Two-Step Classic Duos .........................TT 8pmComedy ��“A Night of Comedy” ....... Walden Firehouse 8pmTheatre - Play ��“Holy, Holy, Holy” ............................ SCDW 8pmTheatre - Play ��“And Then There Were None” .................. CTMW 8pm

Music - Jazz �� Jazz Cat Brunch ...........DCAT 10am-1pmMusic-Classical��“TITANIC Revisited”��First Presby. Ch. Monroe 3pmTheatre - Play��”One-Act Masters”.......Goshen Music Hall, 2pm Theatre - Play ��“Holy, Holy, Holy” .................. SCDW 2pm Music-Classical ��Juilliard Trombone Choir ............ WPCC 3pm Theatre - Play ��“And Then There Were None ........ CTMW 3pmPoetry �� Altya Adams ......................... WAA 7pm

DVAA ��Delaware Valley Arts Alliance, NarrowsburgEHT ��Eisenhower Hall Theater, West PointFAL ��The Falcon, MarlboroHCC �� Howland Cultural Center, BeaconHHNM �� Hudson Highlands Nature Museum, Outdoor Discovery Center, CornwallJCC ��Jester’s Restaurant and Comedy Club, Castle Fun Center, Chester

BW ��Bethel Woods Center for the Arts, BethelCAS ��CAS Arts Center, Catskill Arts Society, Livingston ManorCTMW�Creative Theatre Muddy Water Players, Museum Village, MonroeDCAT ��Dancing Cat Saloon & Catskill Distillery, BethelDEC ��Dead End Cafe, ParksvilleDOWN ��Downing Film Center, Newburgh

MSM-AQ ��Aquinas Hall, Mount St� Mary College, NewburghNCM �� Newburgh Chamber Music, St�George’s Church, NewburghNCR ��Noble Coffee Roasters, Campbell HallNFL ��Newburgh Free LibraryPEEC ��Pocono Environmental Education Center, Dingmans FerryPT ��Paramount Theater, Middletown

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Barbara Bonham on view in Kaplan Hall, SUNY Orange,

Newburgh from April 2 - June 25 in “Artists of Excellence”,

Mindy Ross Gallery Foyer

“Blue Hawaii” by Joan Kehlennbeck on view at

Deerpark Town Hall for River Valley Artists Guild show, thru May 19.


MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY SUNDAY

Please check the schedule for Gallery Art & Photography

Opening Receptionssee page 18

Cinema“My Life is a Turkey”

Morgan Outdoors,Livingston Manor, 6:30pm

Cinema��Midday Movie........Fallsburg Library, NoonRecreation��Swing Dancing...Newburgh Brewery. 6:30pmMusic-Jazz ��Larry Newcombe guitar Florida Lib. 7pmPoetry ��David Messineo ................ NCL 7pmPoetry �� Hudson River Poets ............ NFL 7pmRecreation �� Line Dancing .................. JCC 7pmMusic-Blues-Rockabilly��Chris O’Leary Band .FAL 7pmTheatre - Musical ��“Grease” ..............TWSS 7:30pmOpen Mic��Musician’s Gathering ......Dancing Cat, Bethel, 7:30pmMusic ��David Bromberg Band ............ BW 8pm

Music-Brazil��Cyro Baptista’s Banquet of the Spirits .....FAL 7pmProse��First Friday Contemporary Writers ... Narrowsburg Library, 7:30pmTheatre - Musical �� “Grease” ..........................TWSS 7:30pmMusic-Jazz��Mark Shane piano & Terry Blaine vocal...SUNYO-KH 8pmMusic - Pop-Rock ��Richard Marx ............................... BW 8pmPoetry �� Janet Hamill, Rebecca Schumjda ............. HCC 8pm

Cinema ��“Delivery Man” ....................................NFL 1pmOpera��“La Boheme” Puccini ........................... SCCC 1pmTheatre - Musical ��“Grease” .....................TWSS 2pm & 7:30pmOpen Mic �� Sullivan County Songwriter’s Circle ................DCAT 3pmPoetry ��Francine d’Alessandro ...................SLGMN 3:30pmMusic-Punk-Blues�� David Johnsen w/Brian Koonin ...................... FAL 7pmMusic - Folk �� WJFF’s Pete Seeger Celebration .......... SCM 7pm-10pmMusic-Classical ��Ensemble Calmus Leipzig ... Milford Theatre 7:30pm

Music - Jazz �� Jazz Cat Brunch ...........DCAT 10am-1pmMusic-Blues-Funk-Jazz��Willa McCarthy Band........FAL 10am-2pmMusic - Classical �� String Trio ..............................BW 2pmPlay Reading �� “Silverstein” ........................DVAA 2pmMusic��Fiddle Fest ......... Neversink Firehouse, 2pmMusic - Classical ��Newburgh Chamber Ensemble .......... NCM 3pmMusic - Folk ��John Flynn ......................SLGMN 3pmMusic��”Afternoon of Choral Music”.Nesin Theatre, Monticello, 3pmMusic-Classical & Greek��Parksville USA Music Festival...DEC 3pmMusic - Jazz ��Michael T Band’s B3 Birthday Bash ........ FAL 7pmPoetry �� Robert Milby ......................... WAA 7pm

Cinema“Out of Africa”

SUNYO-GCL, 6pm



Cinema“Tammy & the Bachelor”

Cornwall Library, Noon

Cinema & Discussion“The Anatomy of Hate”

SCCC, 6:30pm

Music Rhett Miller, Ryan Dieringer FAL 7pm

Cinema��Midday Movie........Fallsburg Library, NoonCinema��Reel Eclectic Film........Thrall Library, 7pmRecreation �� Line Dancing .................. JCC 7pmStorytelling��Black Dirt Storytelling Cafe .Florida Lib. 7pmMusic��Larry Coryell & Gil Parris, Booby Di Blasio..FAL 7pmTheatre - Musical ��“Grease” ..............TWSS 7:30pmOpen Mic��Musician’s Gathering .......Dancing Cat, Bethel,7:30pm

Poetry��National Poetry Month Open Mic .... Fallsburg Lib. 7pmMusic-Blues-Soul-Rock��CKS, Dylan Doyle Trio...................FAL 7pmTheatre - Musical �� “Grease” ..........................TWSS 7:30pmComedy �� Open Mic ..................................JCC 8pmTheatre - Play ��“Monsters and Freaks” ..........SUNYO-OH 8pm

Cinema ��“Our Town” & Selected Short Subjects ..................ST 2pmPoetry��Natasha Trethewey...Storm King Art Center, Mountainville, 2pmTheatre - Musical ��“Grease” .....................TWSS 2pm & 7:30pmOpen Mic �� Sullivan County Songwriter’s Circle ................DCAT 3pmRecreation��..........GLBT “Mad Hatter Prom”........Best Western, Matamoras 7pmMusic - Zappa/Rundgren ��Ed Palermo Big Band ............................... FAL 7pmMusic - Folk ��Stuart Kabak .....................................UUC 7pm Theatre��Air Pirates Radio Theatre ........Brother’s BBQ New Windsor, 8pmTheatre - Play �� “Monsters and Freaks” ................SUNYO-OH 8pmMusic - DooWop �� The Fellas ...................................... RITZ 8pm

Music - Jazz �� Jazz Cat Brunch ...........DCAT 10am-1pm Music - Pop��Kate Baker & Vic Juris Duo .....FAL 10am-2pmFestival ��Earth Day Festival ........ PEEC 10am-4pm Opera-Video��“Orfeo Ed Euridice” Gluck .....Cornwall Lib. 1pmTheatre - Musical�� ”Grease” .........................TWSS 2pmMusic - Classical �� Thursday 4tet ........... Ellenville Lib. 2pm Music - Classical ��Cristiana Pegoraro piano ..................BW 3pmMusic - Pop��Guthrie Brothers “Simon & Garfunkel” ....NFL 3pmTheatre - Play��”Monsters and Freaks” .......SUNYO-OH 3pmPoetry & Jazz��Michael Sean Collins & Hudson Valley Jazz.SLGMN 3pmMusic - Classical�West Point Band & Young Artists EHT Ballroom 3pm Music - Classical �� Istanpitta: Medieval Dance Band .........HCC 4pmMusic - Jazz� ��Bobby Avery Group w/Miguel Zenon ...... FAL 7pm

Cinema“UP!: Just Let Go and See

What Happens!”MSM-DC, 9:30am



Music-JazzPurchase Jazz Orchestra

FAL 7pm

Cinema��Midday Movie........Fallsburg Library, NoonCinema..“Romantics Anonymous” .Cornwall Lib. 5:30pm Open Mic �� Open Mic Night ....... NCR 6pm-9pmMusic - Celtic��Brian Conway & John Walsh.......GLL 6:30pmStorytelling��Black Dirt Storytelling Cafe .Florida Lib. 7pm Recreation �� Line Dancing .................. JCC 7pmMusic �� Pierre Bensusan ................FAL 7pmOpen Mic��Musician’s Gathering ......Dancing Cat, Bethel, 7:30pm

Poetry Cafe Jean LeBlanc, Tony Pena, Robert Milby Florida Lib. 7pmMusic- Jazz�� The Cookers ................................FAL 7pmComedy �� Colin Quinn ................................. BW 8pmTheatre - Play �� “Monsters and Freaks ...........SUNYO-OH 8pm

Festival�Himalayan Cultural Center Dedication..Buddhist Temple, Walden, 1pm-5pmMusic��Fred Gillen, Jr�....Seven Freedoms Music Center, Salisbury Mills 2pmOpen Mic �� Sullivan County Songwriter’s Circle ................DCAT 3pmMusic-Bway-Cabaret��Broadway Concerts Direct..United Ch. of Christ, Blooming Grove 6pmStorytelling �� Yarnslingers Memoirs .............................CAS 7pm Music - Blues-Soul-R&B ��The Holmes Brothers ............................... FAL 7pmTheatre - Play �� “Monsters and Freaks” ................SUNYO-OH 8pmMusic - Folk-Rock-Soul �� Charlie Mars .................................... RITZ 8pm

Music�� Saints of Swing .............FAL 10am-2pmFestival��Cultural Center Dedication..Walden Buddhist Temple, 1pm-5pm

PoetryRichard Blanco

SUNYO-GCL 7pm

Cinema“Race to Execution”

DOWN 7:30pm




Thrall Library, Middletown, 2pm

MusicbigBANG plays Mingus

FAL 7pm

Cinema��Midday Movie........Fallsburg Library, NoonRecreation �� Line Dancing .................. JCC 7pmMusic - Jazz ��Ali Ryerson Quartet ..............FAL 7pmPoetry��Francine D’Alessandro, Robert Milby Pine Bush Lib. 7pmOpen Mic��Musician’s Gathering ......Dancing Cat, Bethel, 7:30pm

Music �� Jonah Smith Band, Lost Leaders ...............FAL 7pm Music - Classical��Potluck Concerts....Cornwall Presbyterian Church, 7:30pmPoetry & Music�”OUT LOUD Performance Party”.UpFront, Port Jervis, 7pmMusic-Jazz �� Chris McNulty & Band ......Milford Theatre 8pm

Festival �� Earth Day Festival ................... HHNM 10am-3pmCinema & Talk ��“Sukkah City” ......................... DOWN 11:30amOpera - Live in HD �� “Cosi Fan Tutte” Mozart ......................... SCCC 1pmOpen Mic �� Sullivan County Songwriter’s Circle ................DCAT 3pmTheatre - Play ��“One-Act Masters” ........ Goshen Music Hall, 7pmMusic - DooWop - Pop �� 2014 Oldies Show fundraiser ...........................PT 7pmMusic��New Riders of the Purple Sage, Stir Fried............FAL 7pmMusic-Classical��Chamber Music at St� Andrew’s Episcopal Church..S. Fallsburg 8pm

Festival��Ham Fest��Town of Wallkill Comm. Ctr. 8am-2pmHolistic��“A Day with Your Angels”..Healing Arts Studio, Newburgh 9am-5pmMusic - Jazz �� Jazz Cat Brunch ...........DCAT 10am-1pmMusic��Bob Stump & the Roadside Attraction.....FAL 10am-2pmFestival��Community Connections EXPO��MonroeWoodbury HS, 11am-3pmFine Art Auction��Feast of the Arts.......Newburgh Heritage Ctr. 2pm Theatre - Play��”One-Act Masters”........Goshen Music Hall, 2pm Music-Classical��“TITANIC Revisited”��United Presby. Ch. Middletown 3pmMusic - Broadway ��The Ten Tenors ........................ EHT 3pmDance��OC Arts Council All County Dance Celebration......PT 3pmMusic - Rock-Pop-Americana��Benefit for Ed Frinfrock.......FAL7pm

Cinema“Grudge Match”

NFL, 6:30pm

Poetry Poetry at the Church

Goshen Methodist Church, 7pm



Cinema“Dark Victory”

MSM-DC, 9:30am

PoetryDavid J� Phillips IV

Fallsburg Library, 7pm

Music��Toby Foyeh & Orch�Africa��SUNYO-MM 11amCinema��Midday Movie........Fallsburg Library, NoonPoetry ��Poetry Night ................... NCL 7pmPoetry �� Hudson River Poets ............ NFL 7pmRecreation �� Line Dancing .................. JCC 7pmOpen Mic��Musician’s Gathering ......Dancing Cat, Bethel, 7:30pm

Theatre - Play��“One-Act Masters” ......Goshen Music Hall, 7pmTheatre - Play��“Holy, Holy, Holy” ..................SCDW 8pmTheatre - Play ��“And Then There Were None” ............CTMW 8pm

Fair��Craft Fair...............Mulberry House, Middletown 9am-3pmFestival �� Kite Festival .........................SCCC 10am-4pmOpen Mic �� Sullivan County Songwriter’s Circle ................DCAT 3pmPoetry �� Patricia Kett ............................SLGMN 3:30pmMusic & Dinner��HotFlash & The Hormones......Tuxedo Ridge, 6:30pmTheatre - Play ��“One-Act Masters” ........ Goshen Music Hall, 7pmMusic-Classical ��Community Orchestra ...........................PT 7:30pmMusic ��Aztec Two-Step Classic Duos .........................TT 8pmComedy ��“A Night of Comedy” ....... Walden Firehouse 8pmTheatre - Play ��“Holy, Holy, Holy” ............................ SCDW 8pmTheatre - Play ��“And Then There Were None” .................. CTMW 8pm

Music - Jazz �� Jazz Cat Brunch ...........DCAT 10am-1pmMusic-Classical��“TITANIC Revisited”��First Presby. Ch. Monroe 3pmTheatre - Play��”One-Act Masters”.......Goshen Music Hall, 2pm Theatre - Play ��“Holy, Holy, Holy” .................. SCDW 2pm Music-Classical ��Juilliard Trombone Choir ............ WPCC 3pm Theatre - Play ��“And Then There Were None ........ CTMW 3pmPoetry �� Altya Adams ......................... WAA 7pm

MSM-AQ ��Aquinas Hall, Mount St� Mary College, NewburghNCM �� Newburgh Chamber Music, St�George’s Church, NewburghNCR ��Noble Coffee Roasters, Campbell HallNFL ��Newburgh Free LibraryPEEC ��Pocono Environmental Education Center, Dingmans FerryPT ��Paramount Theater, Middletown

April 2014PV ��Palaia Vineyards, Highland MillsRITZ ��Ritz Theater Lobby, Newburgh,ROSE ��New Rose Theatre, WaldenSCCC ��Seelig Auditorium, SUNY Sullivan, Loch SheldrakeSCDW �� Sullivan County Dramatic Workshop, Rivoli Theatre, South FallsburgSCM ��Sullivan County Museum,� Hurleyville

SLGMN ��Seligmann Center for the Arts, Sugar LoafST ��Shadowland Theatre, EllenvilleSUNYO-GCL ��Gilman Center Library, SUNY Orange, MiddletownSUNYO-KH ��Kaplan Hall, SUNY Orange, NewburghSUNYO-MM � College Green behind Morrison Mansion, MiddletownSUNYO-OH ��Orange Hall, SUNY Orange, Middletown

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THRALL ��Thrall Library, MiddletownTT ��Tusten Theatre, NarrowsburgTWSS �� Just Off Broadway, Inc�, Theatre at West Shore Station, NewburghUUC �� Unitarian Universalist Congregation Meeting House, Rock TavernWAA ��Wurtsboro Art AllianceWPCC ��West Point Cadet Chapel

“Feast of the Arts”Fine Art Auction Fundraiser

Historical Society of NewburghNewburgh Heritage Center,

123 Grand Street, April 27, 2pm.On right: “Andrew Downing Villa”

by Jeff Aman



Art exhibitsCAS ��Catskill Art Society, CAS Arts Center, Livingston ManorDVAA ��Delaware Valley Arts Alliance, NarrowsburgMSM-DC ��Mount St� Mary College, Desmond Campus, NewburghSUNYO-KH �� SUNY Orange Newburgh, Kaplan HallSUNYO-OH �� SUNY Orange Middletown, Orange HallWRS �� Wallkill River School, MontgomeryGroup Show ............................................................................ Back Room Gallery, Beacon, ongoingCarolyn Duke Pottery ..............................................Duke Pottery, Tennanah Lake, Roscoe, ongoingLisa & John Strazza paintings & photography ......................... Strazza Gallery, Warwick, ongoingDavid & Joanne Wells Greenbaum pottery, paintings ............ BlueStone Studio, Milford, ongoingT.A. Clearwater paintings, pastels, prints .... Clearwater Gallery at Jones Farm, Cornwall, ongoingJules Medwin outdoor sculpture ......................Seligmann Center for the Arts, Sugar Loaf, ongoingQuilt Exhibit .............................................................................................Liberty Library, thru Apr 2Gayle Clark Fedigan “A Show of Ireland: Pastel Impressions” .... RiverWinds, Beacon, thru Apr 6Susan Hope Fogel “Warwick Inspirations” .......................... Caffe a la Mode, Warwick, thru Apr 6Bucky Pizzarelli ...............................................................Ritz Theater Lobby, Newburgh, thru Apr 7“Welcome Spring!” Crawford Arts Association ...........Crawford Town Hall, Pine Bush, thru Apr 6“The Colorful Art of Nestor Madalengolitia” .........Orange Regional Medical Center, thru Apr 11“Materiality” group fiber artists ....................................Ann Street Gallery, Newburgh, thru Apr 12“Spring” members group show ...............................................................................WRS thru Apr 14Sally Rowe “Vintage Pain”, installation ..............................................................DVAA thru Apr 19Cragsmoor Artists “Contemporary Realism” ................................. Ellenville Hospital, thru Apr 25Sandy Spitzer luminist ................................................Aroma Thyme Bistro, Ellenville, thru Apr 29“Wonder & Mystery” group show ..... Unitarian Universalist Gallery, Rock Tavern, thru Aug 2014

NEW ART EXHIBITS“Primavera ‘14 A Taste of Pine Bush” Pine Bush Area Arts Council Fundraiser, food and art ...

Catholic War Veterans, Pine Bush, Mar 29, 5pm-8pmCommunity Art Show ........................................................................... Newburgh Library, Apr 1-25Joan Polishook “An Artistic Journey” ................Gallery at Chant Realtors, Lords Valley, Apr 1-29Gene Bove “Soon’s Orchard”& George Hayes “Schuermann’s Farm”, Mary McLaughlin ........

WRS Apr 1-30Susan Miiller “Botanicals” ........................................................... Chase Bank, Port Jervis, Air 1-30River Valley Artists Guild Small Works Show ......Deerpark Town Hall, Huguenot, Apr 1-May 19“Flower Power” Artists in the Park .............................................Bear Mountain Inn, Apr 1-May 31Roslyn Fassett “African Code: A Secret Language” paintings .............. SUNYO-KH Apr 1-Jun 25Barbara Bonham, Stuart Sachs “Artists of Excellence” sculptures ... SUNYO-KH Apr 2-Jun 25Gloria Detore-Mackey ............................................................................. Elant At Goshen, Apr 7-21Amanda J. Light Return to Primitive” ..................Healing Art Studios, Newburgh, Apr 11-May 25Gayle Clarke Fedigan Spring Inspired” pastels ........................................ MSM-DC Apr 13-May 5“Floral” members’ group show .......................................................................WRS Apr 15-May 14William Gould .................................................................................Elant at Goshen, Apr 21-May 13“Art in the Wild: Naturally Inspired Trailside Creations” Dan Mack, curator ............................

Hudson Highlands Nature Museum, Outdoor Discovery Center, Cornwall, Apr 26-Aug 2014Jane Dell “Scrambled Realities” mixed media paintings ...............................DVAA Apr 25-May 17Mike Jaroszko “Hoeffner’s Farms” & Mitchell Saler “Pierson’s Farm”, Kristin Roberts ..........

WRS May 1-30River Valley Artists Guild Spring Show ............... The Barn at Elm Lake, Middletown, May 3 & 4

Photography exhibitsJason Houston “Conservation Journal” .............................. Fovea Exhibitions, Beacon, thru Apr 6

NEW photography EXHIBITSChristopher Vernale “Child’s Play” and “Wherever You Go” ................................CAS thru Apr 6St. James Camera Club “In Focus With Us” ......Noble Coffee Roasters, Campbell Hall, Apr 1-30Russel Scheirer nature photography ........................................Creative Impulse, Liberty, Apr 1-30Quintet Photographers “Hudson Valley Explored” ..Brotherhood Winery, Washingtonville, Apr 8-May 21“Spring Ahead” members group show ................... Highlands Photographic Guild, April 12-May 4Craig Wettstein ................................................................ Caffe ala Mode, Warwick, Apr 13-late JunJudy Winter ........................................................... Artology Gallery, New Windsor, Apr 27-May 10

ART & Photography receptions“Primavera ‘14 A Taste of Pine Bush” PBAAC ............Catholic War Veterans, Mar 29, 5pm-8pmOrange County Arts Council Members Show ......Jolly Onion Inn, Pine Island, Mar 30, 2pm-5pmRussel Scheirer nature photography ........................... Creative Impulse, Liberty, Apr 4, 6pm-8pmSt. James Camera Club “In Focus With Us” . Noble Coffee Roasters, Campbell Hall, Apr 5, 3pm-6pmRoslyn Fassett “African Code: A Secret language” ..........................SUNYO-KH Apr 5, 5pm-7pmGene Bove “Soon’s Orchard”& George Hayes “Schuermann’s Farm”, Mary McLaughlin ........

WRS Apr 5. 5pm-7pmSusan Hope Fogel “Warwick Inspirations” ................ Caffe a la Mode, Warwick, Apr 6, 5pm-7pm“Celebrate Art - the 10th annual student art exhibit” & “Systems and Space III” student arch-

itecture exhibit SUNYO-OH Apr 8, 2pm-4pmAmanda J. Light Return to Primitive” ..............Healing Art Studios, Newburgh, Apr 11, 7pm-9pmSullivan County High School Art Show ....CAS Arts Center, Livingston Manor, Apr 12, 1pm-4pmJoan Polishook “An Artistic Journey” . Gallery at Chant Realtors, Lords Valley, Apr 12, 5pm-7pm“Spring Ahead” ................................................. Highlands Photographic Guild, April 12, 6pm-9pm

Community Art Show ......................................................................Newburgh Library, Apr 13, 2pmGayle Clarke Fedigan Spring Inspired” pastels .................................. MSM-DC Apr 13, 2pm-5pmCraig Wettstein .............................................................Caffe ala Mode, Warwick, Apr 13, 5pm-7pm“Art in the Wild: Naturally Inspired Trailside Creations” Dan Mack, curator ............................

Hudson Highlands Nature Museum, Outdoor Discovery Center, Cornwall, Apr 19, 2pmJane Dell “Scrambled Realities” mixed media paintings ............................DVAA Apr 25 7pm-9pmQuintet Photographers “Hudson Valley Explored” ...Brotherhood Winery, Washingtonville, Apr 26, 2pm-5pmJudy Winter ........................................................Artology Gallery, New Windsor, Apr 27, 1pm-5pmMike Jaroszko “Hoeffner’s Farms” & Mitchell Saler “Pierson’s Farm”, Kristin Roberts ..........

WRS May 3, 5pm-7pmtRiver Valley Artists Spring Show ............... The Barn at Elm Lake, Middletown, May 3, 2pm-7pmPort Jervis HS Art Exhibit ...................... UpFront Exhibition Space, Port Jervis, May 3, 6pm-9pm

schools & ConservatoriesDelaware Valley HS Photography Exhibit ...... Highlands Photographic Guild, Milford, thru Apr 6Delaware Valley HS Art Exhibit .............................................................ARTery, Milford, the Apr 6Newburgh South Middle School Exhibit ...................Artology Gallery, New Windsor, thru Apr 12Shawn Dell Joyce’s Pastel Studio Class ......................................... WRS Student Gallery, Apr 1-30TBA Student Art Gallery .............................................................Greenwood Lake Library, Apr 1-30“Celebrate Art - the 10th annual student art exhibit” ...........................SUNYO-OH Apr 4-May 5“Systems and Space III” student architecture exhibit ...........................SUNYO-OH Apr 4-May 5Sullivan County High School Art Show ..........CAS Arts Center, Livingston Manor, Apr 12-May 4Janet Campbell’s Watercolor Classes ...........................................WRS Student Gallery, May 1-31Port Jervis HS Art Exhibit ...................................UpFront Exhibition Space, Port Jervis, May 3-10

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Newburgh Library Camera Club .................................... Newburgh Library, 3rd Wednesday, 6pmSt. James Camera Club .............................................St. James Church, Goshen, 2nd Tuesday, 7pmChess Club ................................................................................Ellenville Library, Wednesdays, 4pmChess Club ...................................................................................... Cornwall Library, Apr 2, 4;30pmFriday Night Chess .................................................................... Narrowsburg Library, Fridays, 6pmKnit and Stitch ........................................................................ Narrowsburg Library, Mondays, 6pmKnitting & Crocheting “Crochety Knitters” ..............................Liberty Library, Tuesdays 10:15amKnitting Group .............................................. Josephine-Louise Library, Walden, Tuesdays, 6:30pmKnitting & Crocheting “Knitwitz” ....................Jeffersonville Library, 1st & 3rd Tuesdays, 6:30pmKnitting “Chain Gang Knitting Club” ............. Mamakating Town Hall, Wurtsboro, Tuesdays 9pmKnitting Club .................................... Noble Coffee Roasters, Campbell Hall, Wednesdays, 2:30pmKnitting “Stitch and Bitch” ............................ Palaia Vineyards, Highland Mills, Wednesdays, 7pmKnit/Crochet Club.....................................................................Wallkill Library, Thursdays, 6:30pmKnimble Knitters ....................................................................... Ellenville Library, Saturdays, 10amKnitting Club ............................................................................ Newburgh Library, Apr 8 & 22, 7pmKnitting Circle .......................................................................................Florida Library, Apr 21, 6pmLaurel & Hardy Sons of the Desert Int’l Org. ..... First Sunday, Ellenville, ray@themtharhills,orgThe Music Lovers Group classical .................3rd Thursdays, 7:30pm Montgomery, 845-457-9867Electronic Music Meetup w/Neil Alexander .......................Newburgh Library, 3rd Thursdays, 7pmLadies Night Painting Social .....................Wallkill River School, Montgomery, Thursdays 6:30pmHudson Highlands Photo Workshop .. St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, Chester, 2nd Monday, 7:30pmCalico Geese Quilters Guild .............. Cornwall Cooperative Extension, Liberty, 2nd Monday, 7pmThe Country Scrappers cardmaking, scrapbooking Walker Valley Schoolhouse, Tuesdays, all dayScrabble Mania .............................................................................Ellenville Library, Tuesdays, 6pmTrivia Night w/Sam Hill .................................... Two Alices, Cornwall-on-Hudson, Thursdays, 8pmTrivia Night ...........................................................Penning’s Pub & Grill, Warwick, Thursdays, 8pmWoodcarving Guild ........................ Museum Village, Monroe, Wednesdays beginning Apr 16, 7pm

children & Teens CalendarHHNM ��Hudson Highlands Nature Museum, Outdoor Discovery Center, CornwallHHNM-CoH ��Hudson Highlands Nature Museum, Education Center, Cornwall-on-HudsonPEEC ��Pocono Environmental Education Center, Dingmans FerryMuseums“Mastodons: Ice Age to Discovery” & Brook trout Exhibit & Meet the Animal of the Week .....

HHNM-CoH Saturdays & Sundays, Noon-4pm Grasshopper Grove Gateway to Nature Play .................. HHNM Saturdays & Sundays, 10am-4pmEco-Zone .................... Pocono Environmental Education Center, Dingmans Ferry, Apr 6, 1pm-4pmmusic - Theatre - DanceSimple Gifts folk, ethnic ...............................................................Bethel Woods, Apr 27, 2pm FREE“Much Ado About Nothing” Hudson Valley Shakespeare Fest Bethel Woods, May 2, 11am FREEAztec Dance with Ati-Tiachinolli ..................................................Bethel Woods, May 4, 2pm FREEpuppetsMagical Forest Puppet Show ............................................................... Florida Library, Apr 3, 10amrecreation & LecturesPainting Social for Children, Teens & Adults . Wallkill River School, Montgomery, Saturdays, 3:30pm“Toads” ............................................................................................................. HHNM Apr 13, 10am“Bunnies” ......................................................................................... HHNM Apr 19, 9:30am & 11am24th Annual Kite Festival music, food, crafts, kids activities .. SUNY Sullivan, May 3, 10am-4pm“Lovely Ladybugs” ...........................................................................................HHNM May 4, 10am“Frogs” w/HHNM .................................................................Museum Village, Monroe, May 4, 2pm

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Meet the audiobook - A Wave of the Future?As this issue goes to print, there remains a

forecast of additional cold and precipitation in the form of a dreaded four letter word. It is of course the beginning of April and it must be a foolish prank or some other form of base humor used to cheer the mere mortals with an April Fool’s Day proclamation.

In addition to the jollies and frivolities associated with the first day of April, the 14th through 20th is recognized as National Library Week. And for those who don’t get out much anymore, it will prove informative as well as stimulating to visit the local library. The library environment has changed over the last decade or two and a treasured few will have difficulty recognizing the opportunities and services available at local library sites.

To begin, the library has long shed its shroud. It is no longer the exclusive home for bound books. Today’s library will have available periodicals, newspapers, manuscripts, films, maps, prints, documents, microfilm, CD’s, cassettes, videotapes, DVD’s, Blu-ray Discs, e-books, audiobooks, databases. In many locations it is the multi-media focal point or nerve center of the community it is designed to serve. “Designed

to serve” is a key to determining the nature of offerings found at local libraries in and around the Hudson Valley, as they generally reflect the media most closely associated with the desires and necessities of their constituents.

It is an appropriate time to examine the emergence of the audiobook, its popularity and its position as a medium. T. M. Luhrmann, professor of anthropology at Stanford stated, “The sale of audiobooks has skyrocketed in recent years.” He states further that in the year 2012 the sale of hardcover books fell by 1%, while the sale of downloadable audiobooks rose by over 20%.

The data cited reflect not only a change in how the general public “reads” but several interesting questions become the topics of conversations among those who remain concerned about literary trends or trends that demonstrate a change in the manner information is distributed.

For a significant number, the audiobook is the wave of the future. There is discussion and debate concerning the “intellectual level” of the process. Is hearing and understanding the spoken word intellectually inferior to visually reading and understanding a series of written words?

This is not a chicken or the egg debate, for the point is obvious. In the beginning the spoken word reigned superior. For the greater part of human history the comprehension of aural communications were measured

by life and/or death. The divergent opinions or processes seemed to

have been clearly brought to the surface in a letter to the editor of the New York Times from reader James F. McManus III, of Phoenix: “My wife is reading Anna Karenina for her book club and said that it was a good book but that she couldn’t understand why I liked it so much. All I could offer was that I hadn’t read it; I had listened to a glorious performance by the narrator, Davina Porter.

“Perhaps spoken stories, which have been an integral part of our human experience since before the days of Homer and his Odyssey, can tap into ancient human emotions in a way that reading alone never can.”

A number of individuals were asked to comment in general on the place of audiobooks, including Betsy Comizio of the Montgomery Free Library and Ginny Neidermier of the

Josephine-Louise Public Library in Walden. Others expressed a possible issue with the delivery. How effective is the narrator? Quality oral interpretation of written material is sine qua non. Congruently and to a greater degree, publishers seem to be paying more attention to their production. When Simon and Schuster published Colm Toibin’s Testament of Mary last autumn, the narrator was Meryl Streep.

Put aside the imagined level of highbrowness and consider the process. What does it mean “to read”? Webster lists the etymology of the infinitive as “to inform” or “to advise.” But, what is the point? The issue is sensual stimulation and the result: to see and understand or to hear and understand.

In the end it remains a question of learning styles. With restrained and tempered optimism, it’s refreshing to believe all are students. A number are able to comprehend and demonstrate to a greater degree as the result of reading an assigned text, while others achieve the same level of learning by attending a required lecture. Many do both quite well. And while a number wish to compare, contrast, and inspect the sensual processes rather than results, where does Braille fit into the discussion?


Was Thornton Wilder a Prophet?by Derek Leet

What makes a masterpiece a masterpiece is that it can be experienced on many levels. Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony is respected by musicologists, loved by the savvy music-lover and appreciated by the average person. Ditto for art by Rembrandt, DaVinci, Van Gogh, et al. And I say ditto for Thornton Wilder’s Our Town.

One of the few plays from the 1930s that is still in the standard theatre repertoire, it has had also a number of incarnations on Broadway. Many articles have been written about its universality and that people of other cultures relate very strongly to the play. Being set in a specific time and a specific place somehow contributes to its universality, rather than detract. Those very-specifics and the harmony between the form, content and material seem to be what makes Our Town always-contemporary.

“Not all that is contemporary is eternal. All that is eternal, however, is contemporary.” Yevgeny Vakhtangov, Russian avant-garde artist.

In a recent viewing of the 1940 film, I noticed something else attesting to the play’s universality and contemporary-ness. Though written in 1938, it aligns with 21st century New Age philosophies in three specific ways that were not as widely accepted or proselytized as part of the common awareness in 1938 as they are today. Wilder was

prophetically ahead of his time in this respect.1. We are Source Energy, One within the

Universe. There is no separation: The reading of an address on a postcard,

2. Living in the Now, be in the Present: Emily’s reliving of her 16th birthday and her passionate request, “Mama, look at me.”

3. There is no such thing as Death, only a change in Energy: Emily’s remark to her neighbor about her husband, “They don’t understand.”

With a score by Aaron Copland and great performances by original Broadway cast

members and Oscar nominees Frank Craven and Martha Scott (at left), the film boasts an incredible roster of Hollywood greats, from William Holden (at left) to Fay Bainter, Beulah Bondi. Thomas Mitchell and the hopefully never-to-be-

forgotten Doro Merande (photo right).

Adapted by Harry Chandlee, Craven and Wilder, and directed by Sam Wood, producer Sol Lesser worked with Wilder in creating a new ending, which is easily ignored, if you so choose.

The prophetic film and “selected short subjects” are on view April 2 at 2:00pm in Shadowland Theatre, 157 Canal Street, Ellenville.

Call 845-647-5511 for tickets.

“Remember what it was like to be a teenager in love? How it seemed like it could never possibly end? How you and your ‘steady’ were so right together that you couldn’t even imagine being apart?

“Now think back to what it was like when the object of that love, your perfect soulmate, threw you over for someone else. Painful, right? Almost too painful to bear - or at least that’s how it seemed at the time.

“When we get older, it’s easy to look back on our lovesick youth with amusement. We wonder at how losing that long-ago boyfriend or girlfriend could have seemed so important, and how the loss could have been so devastating. But we still remember how it felt, and age and experience tell us that when grown-up relationships break down, the pain can be even worse. Maybe that’s why Mozart’s outwardly comical masterpiece, Cosi Fan Tutte, often leaves audiences feeling more than a little uneasy.

“Over time, the mixed emotions Cosi evokes have led to criticism of the opera. Some say the music and the libretto simply don’t match - that sentiments the libretto states routinely are heard in music so deeply stirring that the words and the score seem at odds with each other. Maybe, though, that emotional disparity is Mozart’s way of making sure this unlikely story hits its mark.

“Deep down, Cosi provides a sharp reminder of how often the true depth of our feelings is sadly contradicted by clumsy statements and predictable

actions. Mozart’s opera also does something even more profound: It bluntly reminds us that our most cherished relationships can often be fragile and tenuous, and in doing so it shines a harsh light on the barest of our vulnerabilities.” - The World of Opera.

Cosi Fan Tutte, the last of the three masterful collaborations between Mozart and librettist Lorenzo da Ponte, can be seen in SUNY Sullivan’s Seelig Theatre Live from the MET in HD on April 26 at 1:00pm.

Maestro James Levine returns to the Met podium to conduct the magnificent singing-actors for some of the most beautiful, and dramatic, music ever written (with a trio to die for!)

For information: 845-434-5750, ext. 4377.

“Cosi Fan Tutte” at SUNY Sullivan

Cosi Fan Tutte...Live at the MET

James Levine


In our March issue, we featured an article about the importance of art in the schools, and how the arts help children’s growth and development. Last month, the focus was on Delaware Valley High School collaborating with Milford’s The ARTery gallery and the Highlands Photographic Guild for students’ art and photography exhibits.

For April’s issue, we will talk about Port Jervis High School teaming up with UpFront Exhibition Space for their annual student show (May 3-May 10), and Sullivan County schools working with the Catskill Art Society (April 12-May 4).

Port Jervis High School & UpFront GalleryCANVAS spoke with Port Jervis High School

Art Coordinator Ashley Kaufmann. When asked what mediums will be displayed at the exhibit, Ashley told us that “multiple mediums will be displayed. Paintings and drawings, mixed media pieces, sculptures, stained glass, and photography.”

Without the help of local businesses and a supportive community, art collaborations between schools and galleries would not exist. Last month, we established that allowing students the opportunity to exhibit in a gallery setting does wonders for their confidence and self-esteem.

“Port Jervis high school has been fortunate enough to be able to have their annual art show at UpFront for quite some time now, and it is always spectacular; there is a lot of excitement from the students, their parents and the community.

“Allowing the students to display their work alongside working artists in a gallery gives them a sense of accomplishment and motivates the students

Port Jervis HS & UpFront; Sullivan Schools & CAS Collaborate

to create their best work. The Port Jervis Council for the Arts are very supportive of our program, and sponsoring our annual art shows is one of the ways they demonstrate this,” said Ashley.

With all the budget cuts being aimed directly at the arts curriculums in schools, we wanted to know what kind of art programs were offered at Port Jervis HS. “The high school art department is currently down a person from last year. One of our veteran teachers retired and she was not replaced. We currently have two teachers at this level of instruction, which diminishes the amount of classes being offered. Fortunately, we still have a big ceramics program, which a lot of [other] schools have cut because of the expenses that comes with ceramic arts.

“Of course, being passionate about the arts, we wish our program was bigger, but Eleanor Horst (Ashley’s colleague) and I are working on growing the program. We would love to see more advanced art classes being offered,” concluded Ashley.

Port Jervis HS students will provide live

entertainment at the opening reception on May 3, from 6:00pm-9:00pm at UpFront, 31 Jersey Avenue, Port Jervis. Phone: 845-856-2727.

Sullivan County & Catskill Art SocietyWhen CANVAS spoke with Bradley Duiguid,

executive director of the Catskill Art Society (CAS), we realized that some collaborations are done on a wider scope. “All the Sullivan districts are on board to participate in the show this year: Eldred, Fallsburg, Liberty, Livingston Manor, Monticello, Roscoe, Sullivan West, Tri-Valley; plus students from Sullivan County BOCES.

“We’ve been very fortunate to have 100% participation in the last few years, which helps it truly represent the vast hubs of talent across our beautiful county. Being a part of the exhibition unites us all as a unique region and celebrates our cultural heritage through this generation’s artistic talents. By participating, schools not only represent themselves, but Sullivan County as a whole in all its diversity,” stated Bradley.

When asked what mediums would be represented, “The show has nearly 300 artworks included in all media categories. The ten categories are: Ceramics/Glass, Digital Art, Design, Black & White Drawing, Color Drawing, Mixed Media/Printmaking, Painting, Black & White Photography, Color Photography, and Sculpture. However, recent advances in editing software, and the widespread availability of sophisticated digital cameras may be partly responsible for the growth of the Photography & Digital Art categories,” said Bradley.

When we asked Bradley how he felt the arts

helped children develop, “Besides the ability to express themselves in healthy, creative ways and exercise empathy, there are many tangible benefits developed through the arts that we know are important, but are often overlooked. Businesses say that innovation, creative problem-solving, and critical thinking are the most important traits they seek in new employees, and these are exactly what student artists develop as they discover ways to communicate and produce work that is unique to the context they choose to grapple with,” concluded Bradley.

The opening reception will be held on April 12 from 1:00pm - 4:00pm.

Now, dear readers, we urge you to take your family and friends to these exhibits and view the art created by our local students. And please, be sure to take the time out and encourage a student - or three - that they should stay on their path of creativity and continue to express themselves through their art!

CAS Arts Center, 48 Main Street, Livingston Manor. Phone: 845-436-4227.

“Moon” by Farrah MillsGrade 12, Livingston Manor Central SchoolWork by Port Jervis HS students, 2012 show


The Unsinkable Hudson Opera Theatre

“Believe it or not! Our computers were struck by lightning (surge protectors not withstanding), and our website has have to be rebuilt from scratch. Thank you in advance for your patience and understanding. We are doing our best to get it up and running again as quickly as possible.”

That message can be read on Hudson Opera Theatre’s (HOT) website. Its rise from those ashes-from-the-crashes is indicative of HOT Director Ron de Fesi’s gumption, spunk. and his spirited initiative and resourcefulness, evident also in his inspired programming.

“In 2012 we commemorated the 100th anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic by presenting a special concert of music as it would have been heard in its salons and dining rooms on its last night afloat,” writes de Fesi. “On the heels of that delightful concert, and spurred on by its success, we present a second installment.

“The program for this concert has everything from Bach to Joplin, maybe some Offenbach and Irving Berlin, Ponchielli, Danny Boy and other Irish and pop songs, J. Strauss, Grenada, Dvorak and a couple of Puccini arias, stuff like that. For sure there will be a merry measure of dance music (dancing in the aisles is encouraged), perhaps some classical favorites that include a chance for would-be conductors to try their hand at leading the ensemble, and lyrical standards (hummers will be tolerated). In short, a fun evening of music to be experienced and

enjoyed. And, of course, a deliciously titanic gustatory treat to round out the evening!”

De Fesi’s opera performances and concerts are known for superb musicians culled from Hudson Valley instrumentalists, and this concert will be no different. In this “exciting and toe-tappingly delicious concert,” Maestro De Fesi recreates the original arrangements so that you can glimpse, for a moment, the grandeur, the fun and the excitement that held sway aboard the great liner.

Those now-legendary musicians may be gone from this world, but the echo of their music lives on in De Fesi’s Les Six: Jina Choi and Donna Gray Kushner, violins; Piotr Kargul, viola; Jeanne Fox, cello, Rich Simons (yes, Simons is also a conductor, but in De Fesi’s Les Six he plays the double bass), and his esteemed self on piano and on baton - whoops, with baton. (Fox had an exquisite, lengthy solo in HOT’s production of Faust in 2013.)

There is are matinées on April 27 at 3:00pm at the United Presbyterian Church, 25 Orchard Street in Middletown, and on May 4 at 3:00pm at the First Presbyterian Church, 142 Stage Road, Monroe.

And you won’t have to be Dressed In Your Pyjamas in the Grand Salon (song title from the Broadway production of Titanic) for the fabulous Titanic-inspired receptions that follow the concerts!

Tickets will be sold at the door but you can reserve yours by calling 845-661-0544.

For further information, visit HOT’s refurbished website: www.hotopera.com

Free Concert in Salisbury Mills: Fred Gillen Jr.Since his first

solo concert in 1996, Fred Gillen, Jr. has traveled all over the U.S. and Europe singing his songs of hope and struggle at all types of venues, (pubs, farmer’s markets, coffeehouses, union rallies) building a devoted following. Gillen’s work has received its share of critical acclaim and commercial exposure. He has had his songs featured on All My Children and NYC Soundtracks, and he was awarded a NYFA grant to help cover expenses for his first European tour.

Gillen is a songwriter, recording artist, and producer. He has released eight independent studio solo albums, one live album, two albums with Hope Machine, and one as half of the duo Gillen & Turk. His music has also been played on independent, commercial, public, and college radio all over the world.

Gillen’s latest album, Silence Of The Night brings him “back to my rock roots, while also retaining a folky message and delivery. Sixteen tracks long, it features my first spoken-word piece on record in ten years and my first instrumental in sixteen years.”

The new record dips a big, colorful bucket into the wellspring of American music, touching on folk, Americana, rock, roots, and funk. This Old Car, a song off the album, was featured on the NPR syndicated show “Car Talk.”The Seven

Freedoms Music record label was founded in 2004 and has been providing quality CD recordings to the public ever since. Seven Freedoms offers live sound and event recording services, as well as a ‘brick and mortar’ Music Center (with a mix of new/used and collectable vinyl!)

They also feature Live at Seven Freedoms which are monthly in-store musical performances by local indie artists. Open to all ages and FREE for the Hudson Valley community!

See Fred Gillen, Jr. perform at Seven Freedoms Music Center, 2136 Route 94, Salisbury Mills, on April 19, at 2:00pm for Seven Freedoms’ Record Store Day Celebration.

For further information, see ad on page 29, visit www.SevenFreedoms.com, or call the Music Center at 845-497-7005.

Fred Gillen, Jr. photo by Walter Romero

Jina Choi Donna Grey Kushner Ron De Fesi Piotr Kargul Rich Simons


S p o t l i g h t O n : S u g a r L o a f G u i l dKatwalk Konsignment on Kings

This month, for our Spotlight On: Sugar Loaf Guild column, we spoke with Kate Rienecker, designer and owner of Katwalk Clothing.

CANVAS: Tell us a little about yourself.

Kate: “I am originally from Massachusetts. My husband of eight years and our three sons moved to Goshen three years ago. I went to school for Fashion Design with a minor in Art at Framingham State College in Massachusetts. My husband got transferred to northern New Jersey for work and my parents are in Chester so it made sense to move here.”

CANVAS: What led you to opening the shop?

Kate: “I have always been into sewing and fashion. I worked in corporate fashion before I moved here. I also love thrift shopping. I kept finding great clothing in different shops that did not fit me, but I wanted to share them with other people. I decided to open the store so that I could share my fantastic finds with everyone! We opened in October, 2013. I also create one of a kind items that are for sale in my shop, too.”

CANVAS: What would you say makes your shop different or unique from other consignment shops?

Kate: “My shop has a lot of one of a kind designed items. I have a sewing studio within the shop, so I carry a lot of upcycled clothing, and on top of designing / upcyling clothing, I do alterations, too. I will also be offering sewing classes in April.

CANVAS: How would you explain “upcycled” clothing?

Kate: It’s taking recycled or used clothing, or any kind of thrift item and adding extra material/

embroidery or designs to it...appliqués or patches...re-creating an old piece into a new piece. For instance, I sewed a ruffle onto the bottom of a shirt, and voila! it is now a dress.”

CANVAS: Any particular items of interest that you would like readers to know about?

Kate: My very own designed creations. I have upcycled denim with interesting patches and lace...a lot of unique items. I also have quite a large collection of vintage items - hats, gloves, tons of dresses that are from the 1950s to 70s.

CANVAS: Prices range from...?Kate: All in all, prices range from $5 to $50.Looking for one of a kind finds? Get on down

to Katwalk Clothing, 1371 Kings Highway, Romer’s Alley, Building 1, Sugar Loaf.

Visit Kate’s Katwalk Clothing Facebook page at: www.facebook.com/KatwalkclothingNY

If ever there was a comedian/magician to be seen, it is Kevin Lee. Kevin’s unique combination of comedy, magic and juggling leaves audiences both in awe and in stitches.

He has appeared on Showtime at the Apollo, HBO’s Def Comedy Jam, and Jamie Foxx’s Uptown Comedy Club, to name a few. Lee has also been seen on five seasons of BET’s Comic View.

Kevin’s stage career began at The Comedy Cafe in Washington, DC where he placed first in the very first comedy competition he ever entered. After a quick stint as a street entertainer in DC, Lee moved to Venice Beach, California, a/k/a the Mecca of street performers. It was there that Kevin honed his craft, building his repertoire of comedy, magic and juggling to audiences of all ages and walks of life.

He performed for the troops in Saudi Arabia during Desert Storm and continues to entertain military bases around the world including Korea, Germany, Italy and Japan.

Lee is a high-energy, one-of-a-kind performer and has brought audiences to their feet worldwide. See him perform at Jester’s Comedy Club, 109 Brookside Avenue, Chester, on April 5 at 8:00pm where he will perform his juggling, fire and sword-swallowing comedy.

For tickets: 845-345-1039.

Comedy & Magic“Spring Inspired”

Gayle Clark Fedigan’s paintings hang in collections throughout the United States and abroad. She teaches pastel painting at Mount St. Mary College in Newburgh, Ireland and Italy.

An exhibit of Gayle’s work that will include pastel paintings of florals, landscapes, still-lifes and Ireland will be on display in a show titled Spring Inspired from April 13-May 5 at the Desmond Campus of Mount. St. Mary College, 6 Albany Road, Newburgh.

An opening reception will be held on April 13 from 2:00pm-5:00pm. You can visit www.gaylefedigan.com and you can call 845-565-2076 to schedule a viewing.

(Don’t miss Gayle’s other exhibit at RiverWinds Gallery in Beacon, thru April 6.)

A smiling Kate Rienecker inside Katwalk Clothing


Community Building Through the Arts with Susan Handler

On April 22, the international movement known as Earth Day is celebrating its’ 44th year. It’s hard to believe that less than half a century ago there was no EPA, no Clean Air Act, and no legal or regulatory mechanisms to

protect our environment. Today the movement to protect the environment

has evolved into educating the public on the environmental dangers that are affecting every person, animal, community, and nation on this planet. These life-changing issues are addressed in the media, schools, governments, and businesses. It’s like the bully in the classroom. Science is paying an enormous amount of attention to the problems, as it should. However, for a new generation of children who understand the dangers surrounding them, nature’s environment is more an abstraction than a reality. Never in history have humans spent so little time in physical contact with animals and plants.

Remember when we were children? We spent most of our playing time outdoors, building forts in the woods, exploring every nook and cranny of our yards, and participating in activities that centered in child-organized outdoor fun. Well, the statistics are in: the children of today are being described as having nature-deficit disorder. The average American child spends 44 hours per week (more

than 6 hours a day!) staring at some kind of electronic screen. After reading fifteen research studies on the affects of this shift from outdoor to indoor play, it is understandable why children are out of shape, tuned out and stressed out. They’re missing something essential to their health and development: connection to the natural world.

In our own Hudson Valley backyard, there is an organization whose mission is to focus on creating responsible caretakers of the environment through its special focus on environmental education. The Hudson Highlands Nature Museum’s (HHNM) Outdoor Discovery Center in Cornwall and the Nature Museums Wildlife

Education Center in Cornwall-on-Hudson understands that nature offers children an opportunity to think, dream, touch, and play out fantasies about how he or she imagines the world. They provide nature opportunities for

families to learn together and from the children.

Recently, HHNM worked with a team of artists, parents, teachers, community members, and board members to build a new nature play area at the Outdoor Discovery Center called Grasshopper

Grove. Local artist, Dan Mack, built the bridges, gazebo, and rustic entry gate that welcome the children and their parents into the half-acre playground. Surrounding the play area are 6 miles of

easy (and handicapped accessible) to moderate

trails on HHNM’s 177 acres off of Route 9W, with easy access from Angola Road. These include four designated Discovery Quest Trails, each of which focuses on a different ecological niche: Pond Quest Trail, Field Quest Trail, Woodland Quest Trail, and Highlands Quest Trail. The trails link with Blackrock Forest’s extensive hiking trails.

In honor of the 2014 Earth Day celebration, HHNM will be hosting the exhibit Art in the Wild, Naturally Inspired Trailside Creations. Eleven artists are installing playful installations and sculptures along HHNM’s Pond Trail. Curator Dan Mack shared that “showing art in such an environment returns the art-making process to where it began: nature. Humans recognize, respond and respect the awesome forces of nature.” The exhibiting artists are Tim Gallagher from Greenwood Lake, Philip Monteleoni from Olivebridge, Najim Chechen from Otisville, Amy Lewis from Cornwall, Julius Medwin from Warwick, Cary Baker from Newburgh, Friends of Dirt from Pine Island, Hildreth Potts from Garrison, T. Charnan Lewis and Jean-Marc Superville-Sovak from Beacon, and Jim Caufield of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.

Art In The Wild opens April 26 and runs through mid-August. The Earth Day Celebration is on April 26 from 10:00am-3:00pm. Rain date: April 27. (HHNM’s Hike-a-Thon begins at 9:00am).

For information call HHNM at 845-534-5506.

Hudson Highlands Nature Museum Celebrates Earth Day, 2014!

Susan Handler

“Egg Laying Insect” by Najim Chechen


The Orange County Arts Council (OCAC) will hold its 3rd Orange County Dance Celebration on April 27 to coincide with National Dance Week.

The Dance Celebration gives dancers an opportunity to perform that will increase visibility to the general public and provide an opportunity for self-expression.

All pieces presented are choreographed and performed by artists living or working in Orange County. By bringing together dancers from all areas of the County, to dance to these professional choreographers’ imaginative work, they will demonstrate the beauty and artistic merits of dance and encourage the community to see local dance as a true art form.

Highlights of this year’s performance will include Step it Up Dance Production’s performance of Intention which will also be performed in Edinburgh, Scotland at the Fringe Festival in August of 2014. Volute Dance will be premiering works, Back to Black and All of Me at this year’s performance.

OCAC arts administrator Jen D’Andrea believes, “The performance has grown each

year and has attracted a wide array of diverse forms of dance. Each year I am more and more amazed at the talent Orange County holds.”

The OCAC invites all supporters and dance appreciators to attend this event, celebrate dance as an art form and raise public awareness of the artistic beauty, local availability and fundamental benefits of dance!

The performance will be held at the Paramount Theatre, 17 South Street in Middletown on April 27 at 3:00pm.

For tickets, call 845-346-4195. For information, visit www.ocartscouncil.org

Participants that will be performing include: Kerry Dance NY, Warwick; Mas Salsa Que Tu Dance Company, Goshen; M’Lanie Hunter Dance, Chester; Northeast Dance Movement, Florida; Valley Contemporary Dance Company, Walden; Volute Dance, Campbell Hall; High Definition Dance, New Windsor; Marya Kennett Dance Center, Goshen; Step It Up Dance Productions, Cornwall-on-Hudson; American Youth Ballet, Salisbury Mills; Joanne’s Dance Studio, Blooming Grove & Warwick;Full Circle Studio, Westtown; Orange County School of Dance, Monroe & Highland MillsBlack Dirt Dance, Pine Island; Orange County Ballet Theatre, Newburgh; The Dance Center, Port JervisNew York Dance Center, Goshen.

The 2014 Orange County Dance Celebration

New York Dance Center, left to right: Sarah Madnick, Melissa Clayton, Camryn Pokorny, Sarah Kunis, Jackie Episcopio, Alyssa Balarezo, Alexis Hasbrouck, Darien Pitt, and Kyra Goldfarb.

“Bannerman’s Castle” by J. Winter“My passion is photography. I’ve been taking

pictures since I was 17, giving me many years of practice. I’ve always paid attention to all that is around me: cloud formations, breathtaking sunsets, bugs, bees, flowers...and I am drawn to water. In whatever way it presents itself. All of my friends know full well that when I am driving, I will stop on a dime to capture a photo.

“Now at 60, I believe I am ready for this next phase in photography. I’ve been told by friends and family, even strangers, that I should start selling my work. A few years ago, a dear friend and accomplished photographer himself, said the same thing to me. So, I took his word and went forward,” says Poughkeepsie photographer Judy Winter.

Winter’s work be on display at Artology Gallery, 318 Blooming Grove Turnpike, New Windsor, from April 27 - May 10.

Come and meet Judy on April 27 from 1:00pm-4:00pm at the opening reception.

For more information: 845-391-8686.

Winter at Artology


“You Can’t Wait For Inspiration, You Have to Go After It With A Club”CAMERA CLUB

The St. James Camera Club was started in 1996 by a member of the St. James Church Congregation who also taught Photography at SUNY Orange. “The club has relaxed meetings where guest lecturers enthrall and teach many aspects of photography,” writes Events Coordinator Kathleen C. Downey. “Members encompass the Beginner to the Professional.

“The club has outings every weekend, sometimes for both Saturday and Sunday, which allows the members to choose what will interest them on any particular day. Also scheduled are late afternoon and evening shoots along with early morning shoots to capture the light at its finest.

“Our outings sometimes include an extremely talented professional photographer who offers suggestions on how to shoot at the chosen venue. We shoot locally and in various surrounding counties.

“We welcome newcomers no matter at what

level they are shooting. Our club is a great place to meet new people and to learn much about the craft we love.

“The Club meets every second Tuesday of the month at 7:00pm in St. James’ Church, St. James Place and Church Street, Goshen.”

In Focus With Us is the title of the Club’s exhibit at Noble Coffee Roasters, 3020 Route 207, Campbell Hall from April 1-30. “View our work and relax in a very comfortable atmosphere while drinking in the art and talent of our group, as well as an amazing cup of coffee from Noble Roasters. Our reception is on April 5, 3:00pm-6:00pm. (Photo: “Balloons” by Kathleen Downey.)

“Join us! You won’t be sorry you did!,” concluded Kathleen.

For information call 845-346-6616.

RADIO CLUB

The Orange County Amateur Radio Club (OCARC) presented a check for $4,800 to the American Radio Relay League Spectrum Defense Fund on February 11.

“These funds were raised at a very successful Hudson Division Awards Banquet in Newburgh, attended by hams and friends from New York City, Long Island, Northern New Jersey, Hudson Valley and Albany/Schenectady, last November.” said Gordon Shacklett, OCARC member.

Join them at the Annual Hamfest, April 27 from 8:00am-2:00pm at the Town of Wallkill Community Center, 2 Wes Warren Road, Middletown. You won’t be sorry you did!

For information visit www.ocarc-ny.org or leave a message at 845-391-3620.

WOODCARVERS GUILD

The purpose of the Woodcarver’s Guild is to encourage and advance the interest, knowledge, and performance of woodcarving and its closely allied forms of artistic expression with wood. It is the Guild’s purpose to serve the beginner as well as the advanced woodcarver. The Guild gives people the opportunity to meet other carvers and mutually share knowledge and experience.

The Guild holds regular monthly meetings on Wednesdays at Museum Village in Monroe. While the formal meeting starts at 7:30pm, informal gathering usually begins about 7:00pm, with light refreshments. The meeting normally consists of a short business agenda, a display of members carving efforts (in progress or finished), and a program on some aspect of woodcarving or related subject. Most importantly, members get to meet socially with other carvers to discuss their mutual interests.

The Wednesday evenings between the monthly business meetings are utilized for workshop sessions. These are attended by members who enjoy carving in a group where they can socialize as they work, exchanging carving tips and experiences. This is particularly helpful for beginners and intermediates who are learning to carve or who wish to try a technique that they have not previously conquered. Advanced carvers work with these individuals by request. Workshop sessions are normally very informal; the doors are usually open by 7:00pm and they last until about 9:00pm.

Museum Village’s spring opening will be on April 12 and that will lead into the opening of the Woodcarvers House right along with it. The first Wednesday evening Woodcarvers business meeting will take place on April 16 at 7:00pm.

See the Woodcarvers’ house on the Museum’s homepage. www.museumvillage.org

Join them. You won’t be sorry you did.


Howland Cultural Center’s “Calling All Poets” Seriesby Robert Milby

Howland Cultural Center, (HCC) at 477 Main Street in Beacon, has an intriguing history. While not the oldest building in Beacon, it is certainly one of the most original structures. It served as Beacon’s original library from the 1870’s until the 1970’s, and remains well known in the region as a home for various art shows, chamber music, folk, jazz, gospel, rock, open mics, plays, clubs, political and social organizations.

Retired Civil War General, Joseph Howland, hired his brother-in-law, architect Richard Morris Hunt to construct the grand building which opened as a subscription library in 1872, and remained so, until 1929, when Howland Library became Beacon’s free public library. The construction of the building, according to the 2009 HCC catalogue, is based on a Norwegian architectural style, featuring a 6-gabled roof, covered in Delaware slate shingles. Its height is 33 feet, 9 inches from the floor to dome, supported by hand-wrought Georgia pine columns. HCC’s interior is breathtaking, much of which has been preserved.

The building was originally lit by natural light and gas lighting, which includes the chandelier in the entrance foyer. That chandelier was rewired when electricity replaced gaslights in the early 20th century. HCC features two grand staircases, one

of which ascends to offices which were once a librarian’s apartment decades ago. The other to a second floor balcony, still housing many antique volumes left when the library moved to a larger space on Main Street in the mid-1970s.

HCC is now Geo-thermally heated and cooled. Its floors are composed of English cane felt, covering Hemlock pine boards, to prevent dampness or sound. The third layer/top floor is strips of Georgia pine, allowing the main room to be ideal for public speaking, chamber music, and poetry readings.

Our Hudson Valley folk hero Pete Seeger played many times over the years at HCC. He was a sponsor and great friend to the center, as Beacon was his home. What is not widely known is that HCC has had a successful poetry reading series, Calling All Poets, or CAPs as it is commonly called amongst the poets, every first Friday at 8:00pm since March, 1999. Area poets celebrated the 15th anniversary on March 7 with a full house.

CAPs is not only one of the most dynamic and exciting of poetry series in the Mid to Lower Hudson Valley, but also one of the

most popular and long-lived. Beacon poet, Jim Eve, created the first Friday poetry series to be a home for the novice to professional and academic poets in early 1999. There is a $5 donation requested, by which the two featured poets are paid and refreshments are purchased. After

introductions and the featured poets have read for 30 minutes each, there is a break and then the open mic, where audience members can sign up and share poems. The open mic session is limited to two poems per person.

This writer attended the first event in 1999 and regularly participates each month as a third host, reader and supporter. In the early 2000’s, area poet Mike Jurkovic, host of the now defunct Voices of the Valley poetry series, began assisting as 2nd host and recording most of the featured poets. Host Eve often states his pride “watching younger poets grow up” at his series.

Each year on the first Saturday in August is the annual CAPs Marathon: 12 hours of featured poets and open mics throughout the day and night! Since 2009, this special event has also achieved immense popularity, as poets from all over the region gather for half

a day of poetry. Local notable poets such as Janet Hamill, Bill Seaton, Donald Lev, Glenn Werner, Christopher Wheeling, Marina Mati, Ken Holland, retired English Professor Barbara Adams, Irene O’Garden, Mt. Saint Mary College’s English Professor, Jim Cotter, Beacon’s first Poet Laureate Larry Sansone, and dozens of some of the finest area poets have read at Howland’s CAPs.

Beacon area poet Roger Aplon is now publishing an anthology of CAPs poets called Waymark, and SKYPE is being used to stream poets from outside of the region, to share their works on the long-standing first Fridays Poetry Nights at HCC.

The next CAPs reading is on April 4 at 8:00pm. Featured poets are Janet Hamill and Rebecca Schumejda with streaming guest Shotsie Gorman (see photos) plus the two poem open mic. $5 suggested donation.

Visit www.callingallpoets.net and www.howlandculturalcenter.org for information or call 845-831-4988 or Jim at 845-831-0077.


Celebrating National Poetry Month with an Exhibit, Jazz, and “Plein Air” SUNYO Poetry Exhibit in Newburgh

An exhibit of poems by Joel Solonche and Joan Siegel titled, Celebrate Poetry, are on view at SUNY Orange, Kaplan Hall, Newburgh from April 3 through May 15.

Professor Emeritus Siegel recently retired from full-time teaching after serving in SUNY Orange’s English and Foreign Languages Department for more than 25 years. Solonche was recently granted Professor Emeritus status for his 21 years of dedicated service to the college and students.

SUNYO Poetry Reading in MiddletownInaugural Poet Richard Blanco will read his

poem One Today which he read at the second Inauguration of Barack Obama in 2013, along with original works on April 21 at 7:00pm in the SUNY Orange Gilman Center Library. (See ad page 31 for his master class information.)

Youth Poetry in CornwallHear the creative works of young poets ages 5-18

at the 10th Anniversary Timothy Mumford Memorial Poetry Competition Awards Ceremony where prizes will be awarded in each of 5 age categories as well as for best overall poem. Want someone you know to participate? Entries must be turned in or emailed no later than April 6 at 4:00pm.

This event is open to the public on April 27 at 3:00pm in the Cornwall Library. Light

refreshments will be served.Call Beth Texter at 845-534-8282, ext. 212.

Adult & Teen Poetry in South FallsburgIn celebration of National Poetry Month,

Fallsburg Library has adult and teen events. Bring your own works to read or some of your

favorite poems, or just come to listen at the Teen & Adult Open Mic on April 11, 7:00pm-9:00pm. This event will NOT be censored.

For an Adult Open Book Discussion Group, bring any collection of poetry, whether it be by one poet, or a collection of poetry. Not sure what to pick? Come into the library and browse the collection prior to the April 17, 7:00pm adult program.

Local Poet and Library Director, David J. Phillips IV will be reading and discussing selections of his poetry on April 30 at 7:00pm.

Free admission, registration required. Fallsburg Library, 12 Railroad Plaza, South Fallsburg.

For information: 845-436-6067.Poetry and Jazz Improv in Sugar Loaf

The Seligmann Center at the Orange County Citizens Foundation (OCCF) and The Hudson Valley Jazz Festival have announced The Hudson Valley Jazz and Art Collaborative, a new monthly series at the Seligmann Center blending modern and traditional jazz in improvisation with other genres. It gives musicians, artists and the public a chance to create and enjoy those unexpected moments created in improvisation.

Jazz musician Steve Rubin will coordinate both

the musical and cross-disciplinary talents as jazz mixes with theatrical improv, dance, classical music, visual art, dance and spoken word. Each event is an experiment and challenge in creativity. There will be opportunities for all attending to participate.

It starts April 13 at 3:00pm, featuring spoken word and jazz improv with Michael Sean Collins (see photo) and the Hudson Valley Musicians Ensemble.

Collins is an actor, poet, performance artist, magician and photographer. His work can be found in many magazines and anthologies. He has appeared on stage, television, film and performed in night clubs, circuses, theaters, parks, and experimental theater venues across the U.S. and Canada.

Seligmann Center, 23 White Oak Drive, Sugar Loaf. For tickets, call the OCCF: 845-469-9459.

Poetry and Jazz Piano in Rock TavernThe Unitarian Universalist Congregation at Rock

Tavern presents the Hudson River Poets featuring Keyboardist Neil Alexander in Spring Awakenings, a program that brings improvisational piano and poetry together to celebrate the arrival of spring. The performance is at 1:00pm on April 13, at 9 Vance Lane, Rock Tavern.

For information: 845-527-9816US Poet Laureate in Mountainville

“Natasha Trethewey (see photo) is our current US poet laureate. I heard her at the Geraldine Dodge Poetry Festival. She was marvelous,” said Highland

Falls poet Lynn Hoins. Trethewey reads her poetry

at Storm King Arts Center in Mountainville, April 12 at 2:00pm.

FREE Plein Air Poetry in Sugar LoafLynn Hoins is offering a workshop titled, At Play

in the Fields of Poetry - An Introduction to Portrait and Landscape Poems.

“I wanted to use the way artists go about making their paintings in much the same way a poet goes about making a poem. A poet and an artist both have to frame what they are doing and choose the right colors (words). There’s a common thing that happens in all creativity that we can teach each other about making art by understanding each other’s process.

“We’ll be looking at poems in terms of color, texture, tone, detail and point of view, and focusing and framing to make “landscape” and “portrait” poems more “painterly”.

The April 5, 1:00pm program at the Northeast Poetry Center’s College of Poetry at the Seligmann Center for the Arts in Sugar Loaf is free and open to all. No preregistration is required.

“Come prepared to play with a painters palette using words. Smocks unnecessary.”

After the workshop, Poetry on the Loose will present a free-admission reading by Francine d’Alessandro at 3:30pm in the same space.

Joel & Joan


The Air Pirates Radio Theater is best described as a combination of live experimental theater and old time radio. Past performances have been broadcast live on local radio stations.

This season, the Air Pirates are moving from radio to live video streaming. Each episode will be captured on video and streamed live in real time via U-Stream to Facebook and the Air Pirate’s own website. This will enable the shows to reach a much larger audience.

Taking the next step to webcasting makes an Air Pirate show a live history of performance and broadcasting. The audience can see the way radio was performed while participating in a theatrical experiment that is being recorded on video and broadcast over the Internet.

“All of these Webcasts are syndicated through other outlets,” explained creator-director Paul Ellis. “All episodes will be archived on the Air Pirate website and will be able to be viewed at a later date as well. The opportunities with new technologies are endless and may actually be considered time travel,” Ellis added.

This season the company continues the adventures of a four-foot six-inch detective as

he solves crimes from his unique perspective on the world. Fashioned after the hard-boiled

detectives of the 1940s, “Herb Marks continually saves his own skin by solving crimes in which he had no intention of being involved. Herb’s sarcastic manner and irreverent demeanor make him a character to be reckoned with. As always the audience will supply all of the sound effects for the shows and the Air Pirates will continue to include our famous real commercials in the performances.”

Voted Best Theater Troupe in the Hudson Valley by the Times Herald Record Readers’ Poll an

unprecedented six years in a row, the 2014 series opens with Every Price Has Its Man in which Herb gets an offer that drags him into the underground world of espionage. Mistaken for the gunman, Herb not only saves the day but saves his skin in the process.

See Orange County’s only repertory company, and participate in the sound effects, at their new location, Brothers BBQ in New Windsor, 2402 NY Route 32 on April 12 at 8:00pm. Brothers BBQ: 845-534-4227.

For information and tickets visit www.airpirateradio.com or call 845-469-7563.

Air Pirates Go Global! May I Have A Word With You ~ “Language and its Oddities”with Carol Pozefsky

At one time or another haven’t we all misspoken, wishing we could press the delete button and make our mistakes disappear? We’re not alone:

Huh?Singer Christina

Aguilera: “So where’s the Cannes Film Festival being held this year?”

Actress Brooke Shields, being interviewed for an anti-smoking campaign: “Smoking kills. If you’re killed, you’ve lost a very important part of your life.”

Former Vice President Dan Quayle: “If we don’t succeed, we run the risk of failure.”

Singer Britney Spears: “I get to go to lots of overseas places, like Canada.”

Just For FunAre you an agelast? (pronounced aj-uh-last)

We hope not. An agelast is someone who never laughs.

Are you a steapygian? That’s someone with a big backside.

Sometimes I’m a neologist; One who makes up new words.

There’s even a word for the stretching that accompanies yawning. The word is pandiculation.

PalindromesWe’re all familiar with “Madam I’m

Adam” but enjoy a few of these lesser known palindromes:

“Devil Never Even Lived.” “Evil I did dwell, Lewd did I live”“Ma is as selfless as I am”“Was it a car or a cat I saw?”“Drab as a fool, aloof as a bard.”“Dennis and Edna sinned”

Did I Hear What I Think I Heard?Songwriter wrote: The answer my friend is

blowin’ in the wind. Listeners heard: The ants are my friends...they’re blowin’ in the wind.

Songwriter wrote: The girl with kaleidoscope eyes. Listeners heard: The girl with colitis goes by.

Songwriter wrote: There’s a bad moon on the rise. Listeners heard: There’s a bathroom on the right.

Let’s Play ScrambleScramble the letters in the word

DIPLOMACY and you get MAD POLICY. Scramble the letters in ASTRONOMERS

and, voila! MOON STARERS. Mix up ENGLAND’S QUEEN

VICTORIA and you’ve created GOVERNS A NICE QUIET LAND.

Be playful and inventive with language!It’s fun!

Emma Delia joins the Air Pirates cast on April 8 in “Herb Marks:

Every Price Has It’s Man.”


Whispe r i ng Pin e s with Chef Douglas FreySpringtime Asparagus

The earliest records of asparagus cultivation are traced back to Greece some 2,500 years ago. The Greeks believed that asparagus possessed

medicinal properties and recommended it as a cure for toothaches. It was prized by the Romans who grew it in courtyards. Asparagus has been grown in England since the sixteenth century and during the nineteenth century it caught on in North America and China.

When shopping for fresh asparagus, look for crisp, straight, bright green stalks with compact tips usually purple in color. One pound of fresh asparagus will feed about 3-4 people as a side dish. Store fresh asparagus by wrapping the bottom of the stalks in a damp paper towel, covering them with a plastic bag and refrigerate. Use within 2 days. Prepare fresh asparagus by first breaking off the heavy end of each spear where it snaps easily then cut off and use in your favorite recipe. Enjoy!

Asparagus Omelet1/2 lb asparagus, trimmed2 tablespoons butter1 clove garlic, minced1/2 lb mushrooms, sliced 3/4 t4 eggs, lightly beaten2 tablespoons milkSalt to taste

3/4 teaspoon minced fresh dillFreshly ground black pepperCut asparagus in 1 inch pieces;

cook in boiling salted water until tender, about 2 to 4 minutes.

Drain thoroughly.Melt 1 tablespoon butter in an

eight inch skillet.Sauté garlic and mushrooms

until done, and moisture has evaporated.

Remove from pan; keep warm.In a small bowl, combine eggs,

milk, salt, basil and pepper.Melt remaining butter in skillet until foamy,

swirling it around pan to coat evenly. When hot enough, pour in egg mixture.

Tip pan so eggs coat skillet evenly.As eggs cook, periodically lift up cooked edges,

tilt pan and let uncooked egg run underneath.Serves 2.

Scallop, Asparagus & Mushroom Stir-Fry 1 lb fresh asparagus 1 cup chicken broth 1 tablespoon cornstarch 1 teaspoon soy sauce 1 tablespoon sesame oil 1 teaspoon hot sesame oil (optional) 1 pound sea scallops 1/4 pound crimini mushrooms, sliced 1 garlic clove, sliced

1 cup cherry tomatoes, halved 2- 3 scallions, sliced on the

diagonal Break ends off asparagus

spears. The asparagus will assist the cook by snapping off where they are inedible. Throw away inedible pieces.

Peel the spears halfway up to the tips. Only the lower part of the asparagus needs peeling.

Cut diagonally into 2-inch pieces.

Steam asparagus about 3 to 5 minutes. (Do not allow the asparagus to get too soft).

Rinse under cold water to stop the cooking and set aside. Whisk together chicken broth, cornstarch and soy sauce. Set aside.

Heat pan until very hot and pour in oil. Quickly stir in scallions, scallops and mushrooms.

Stir-fry until scallops are just cooked through, about 4 minutes.

Stir in cornstarch mixture. Continuing to stir, cook until sauce thickens.

Stir in asparagus and tomatoes. Cook for two minutes, just enough to heat asparagus through. Serves 4.

For all your culinary questions, catering needs or personal chef services, I may be reached at Whispering Pines Caterers, 845-647-1428 or by email: [email protected].

“The Fellas”

The Fellas perform classic soul inspired by such acts as The Temptations, The O’Jays, The Manhattans, The Spinners, Rachelle Farrell, Marvin Gaye, Will Downing and Phil Perry, to name a few. But more than an “oldies” group, The Fellas are also armed with original material catered to the adult audience.

Formed in the summer of 1991, The Fellas have a style much like The Temptations - step out front and sing lead without compromising the harmony, and incorporate smooth choreography.

They Members include founders Ricardo Wright and Joe Rivera III along with JoQuae DeVonish, and newest member Roman Barksdale.

Safe Harbors of the Hudson will present The Fellas in the Lobby at the Ritz Theater on April 12 at 8:00pm.

The Ritz Theater is located at 107 Broadway, Newburgh.

For information, call 784-1199.


Chamber Music at St. Andrew’s, now in its 13th year, is presenting Sublime Spring Music for Clarinet and Strings with music by Mozart, Schubert and Béla Kovács for the first of its 2014 free concert series.

Béla Kovács (b. 1937) is a composer, performer, and professor of music in Hungary. Since 1956 until recently he was principal clarinetist with the Hungarian State Opera Orchestra and the Budapest Philharmonic Orchestra. His Hommage à J. S. Bach for Solo Clarinet will be performed by Steven D. Hartman, Principal Clarinet of the New York City Ballet Orchestra and a member of the Mostly Mozart Festival Orchestra, frequent guest artist with the New York Philharmonic, the Metropolitan Opera and St. Luke’s Chamber Ensemble.

Schubert and Mozart need no introduction. Suffice it to say that their works being performed are two giants of the chamber music category: the world’s most beloved chamber work for clarinet and, arguably, the world’s greatest chamber music piece ever written.

The popularity of Mozart’s Quintet in A Major for Clarinet and Strings is evident in this area, thrilling Sullivan audiences in Shandalee and South Fallsburg in the last few years. Trivia: The Quintet was famously used in Goodbye, Farewell and Amen, the final episode of the television series M*A*S*H. A subplot of the episode has one of the main characters, Major Charles Winchester, teaching the piece to a group of Chinese prisoners of war.

Schubert’s sublime Quintet in C Major

for Strings was completed just two months before his death. Schubert selected the key of C major and may have been gesturing to two composers he greatly admired, Mozart and Beethoven, both of whom wrote string quintets in that key. According to Charles Rosen, the opening theme of

Schubert’s work emulates many characteristics of the Mozart quintet’s opening theme, such as decorative turns, irregular phrase lengths, and rising staccato arpeggios.

But whereas the string quintets of Mozart and

Beethoven are composed for a string quartet augmented by a second viola, Schubert adopts a somewhat unconventional instrumentation, employing two cellos instead of two violas, creating richness in the lower register. Before Schubert, Luigi Boccherini had replaced the second viola with a second cello; however, Schubert’s use of the second cello is very different from Boccherini’s, who uses the additional cello to create an additional viola line. Schubert’s choice of a second cello adds a deep and bottomless pathos, to say the

least.It will be performed

by violinists Richard Rood and Claire Chan, violist Jessica Troy, and cellists Eugene Moye and Elizabeth Anderson. Hartman and Moye have

been frequent performers for this series in the past.

The concert is on April 26 at 8:00pm. St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church is located at 5277 State Route 42 in South Fallsburg.

Reservations are required. Call 845-292-8967 or email [email protected]

Masterworks Return to South Fallsburg

Music is alive and thriving in Sullivan County thanks to parents, teachers, schools and communities who believe that the arts are a necessary part of a child’s education.

Performing Afternoon of Choral Music are:The Nesin Children’s Chorus directed by

Amy Phillips, Eldred Central School District’s Key Elements

directed by Justin Glodich,Roscoe Central School District’s Roscapella’s

directed by Rachel Kleinman, and the Monticello High School Chamber

Singers directed by Peter Frost.But that’s not all. Hold on to your hats!Invited guests for this very special Nesin

Cultural Arts program are students coming from the Langley Park School, Beckenham, Kent, England!

British Invasion in Monticello!

Monticello Central School District Students

Béla Kovács

Eugene Moye

Steven Hartman Claire Chan

Richard Rood

Jessica Troy

These students will perform on April 6 at 3:00pm in the Eugene D. Nesin Theatre, 22 St. John Street, Monticello. Proceeds will support arts-based programming for our local students and surrounding communities. The suggested donation is $10 for adults. Students are free with an ID.

Seats are limited. Tickets can be purchased online at www.NesinCulturalArts.org or by calling 845-794-6013.

Your donation is tax deductible.

Elizabeth Anderson


WJFF’s Pete Seeger CelebrationWJFF Radio is hosting

The Pete Seeger Celebration, a fundraiser at the Sullivan County Museum that will include three live bands, a chance to sing-along, pizza, and fresh baked goods!

The show will open with a performance by Little Sparrow, covering some of the well known Seeger songs, and a few Americana classics as well. The band features three and four part harmonies, and lively fiddle, mandolin and guitar picking solos.

Next up will be The Dirty Stay Out Skifflers, a folk trio featuring the sea shanty song writing talents of Rick Nestler. A long time friend of Pete’s, Rick is most well known for writing The River that Flows Both Ways, a song that Pete recorded. (Rick and his band have been a staple of Seeger’s Clearwater Festival for many years.)

A special guest performing with the Skifflers will be songwriter Ric Palieri, who has performed at the Philadelphia Folk Festival, the Vancouver Folk Festival in Canada, Boston’s Bread and Roses Festival and many other large music gatherings around the U.S. and Europe.

Finally, RJ Storm and the Old School Bluegrass Band will close out the show with their mix of traditional bluegrass and folk music. RJ is also an old friend of Pete’s and they performed together

on many occasions.Come out for an evening of

bluegrass, folk, and Americana music in celebration of the life of Pete Seeger, April 5 from 7:00pm-10:00pm at the Sullivan County Museum, 265 Main Street in Hurleyville.

Admission is a $10 donation to benefit WJFF.

Call 845-434-8044 / 845-482-4141.Editor’s Note: The magnificent painting

that graces our April 2014 cover is called “Beacon of Hope” by Michael D’Antuono of Beacon. It hangs as the centerpiece of

Beacon’s Towne Crier Cafe, where Seeger has played many times.

Seeger worked on a poster version of the painting with D’Antuono. The 18” x 24” poster features some lyrics to Pete’s song “Sailing Up My Dirty Stream.” 30% of the proceeds from the

poster sales will go to the Clearwater Organization. Shirts are also available.

See www.ArtandResponse.com for information.

Little Sparrow

The Dirty Stay Out Skifflers

Ric Palieri

RJ Storm & The Old Bluegrass Band

Serving Two Masters at Cornerstone“Everything in his life is in

his plays, and everything in his plays is in his life.” Elia Kazan.’

Did You Know...In his first meeting with

Theatre Guild co-founder Lawrence Langner, Tennessee Williams remembered seeing Langner’s desk covered with more manuscripts than Williams thought could ever possibly exist. In one grand gesture, Langner swept all the scripts off his desk before saying to Williams, “I have no interest in anything but genius, so please sit down.”

Williams’ writing graces the Cornerstone Theatre Arts stage with The Case of the Crushed Petunias along with Irish genius J.M.Synge’s In the Shadow of the Glen.

“The Case of the Crushed Petunias”Dorothy Simple has barricaded her house and

heart behind a double row of petunias. Today, however, she has woken up to find every single petunia crushed by the footprints of a size-eleven-D shoe. When a Young Man, arrives to confess his crime, he comes on a mission to alert Dorothy to the “miraculous accident of

“Tennessee Williams & Music”2012 by Bill Evaulwww.evaul.com

being alive.” Armed with poetry, seeds for wild roses, and a business card from “LIFE, INCORPORATED,” the Young Man endeavors to convince her of the tremendous inspiration that lies beyond what one can buy or sell in a shop with four walls.

In the Shadow of the Glen Synge’s play about an

unfaithful wife was attacked in print as “a slur on Irish womanhood”. His first play, it was part of the 1904 opening for Dublin’s Abbey Theatre.

It is based on a story that Synge collected in the Aran Islands. Synge relied on props

from the Aran Islands to help set the stage for each of them. He also relied on Hiberno-English, the English dialect of Ireland, to reinforce its usefulness as a literary language, partly because he believed that the Irish language could not survive.

The plays run from April 26 thru May 11 at the Goshen Music Hall, 385 Main Street (not handicapped accessible). Admission is FREE thanks to the Goshen Public Library & Historical Society. Reservations are required.

Call 845-294-4188 for tickets.

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