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Publisher’s Column by Barry Plaxen May 2 & 3 Some large stories for events happening on May 2 and 3 appeared in our April issue. They are briefly re-covered on page 3. And then, ohmigosh, due to a plethora (an understatement) of events on those dates, we have set aside pages 3-8 (mostly) and special ads, pages 26 & 29, just for May 2 and 3 events! So do NOT plan on staying home that weekend. Our artist-residents are proving that the tri-county area is a veritable hotbed of the Arts, for the Arts, by the Arts. Cross-Overs Two of Orange County’s visual artists passed in April, and we were able to include memorials in this issue for them: Orange County’s volunteer extraordinaire, Anne M. Coon of Newburgh, and Robert (Bob) Oliver of Campbell Hall. Bob was a 20 year member of the Otterkill Engine Company and past Captain of the Fire Police (OEC); Fireman of the year

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in 2005 (OEC); former member Board of Commissioners of Hamptonburgh; past VP Hamptonburgh Seniors; Owner of LuJon’s Ice Cream, Maybrook. As Anne and Bob are now “crossing over” into another dimension, we can say that they are indicative of most of our area artists who “cross over” the lines between Art and Community, strengthening, enhancing, rejuvenating and beautifying both. Our free Home Delivery offer continues No one has yet to guess what “J” word is misspelled most in press releases we receive and in online bios we copy and paste, to win one year’s home delivery of CANVAS. The “J” word is not, as most people emailed to us: “jewelry”. Nor is it “judgment” or “jubilee”. In April, I jested joyfully and judged it was time for a hint to jostle and jar your minds. The hint last month: the “J” word is a proper noun. That did not help. So - the hint for May is that the “J” word is not a person’s name. Email your guess to: editor@dhcanvas.com and type “The J word” in the subject line.

Letters to the Editor Winter’s show. All best regards - and thanks again! Lynne “Asha” Golliher, I just read the article and it was wonderful. Thanks for all you’ve done to help promote Dear Editor, the arts at Mount Saint Mary College. I It is truly amazing how diverse and really appreciate all your efforts. James Phillips prolific the art making is in the D&H CANVAS distribution area. I also love reading about the people I know. Thank you Hello, all! Thanks so much for all your Ellenville for the CANVAS!!!!! Susan Handler, support! Loved looking at this issue of Salem MA CANVAS and seeing all that’s going on here - I especially appreciate the layout for Bill Dear Mr. Di Bello,

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Amity Gallery, Warwick �� 6 Back Room Gallery �� 29 Barn at Elm Lake �� 4 Bethel Woods �� 22 Cafe Devine, Callicoon �� 6 Caffe ala Mode �� 23 Catskill Art Society, Livingston Manor �� 5, 24 Catskill Distilling Company, Bethel �� 27 Catskill Fly Fishing Ctr., Livingston Manor �� 4 Classic Choral Society �� 3 Cragsmoor Historical Society �� 31 Crawford Gallery of Fine Art, Pine Bush �� 13 Crawford Library, Monticello ��25 Creative Theatre Muddy Water Players �� 11 Downing Film Center ��10

Dreamrose Gallery, Monroe �� 26 East Ridge Pottery, Warwick ��4 Ellenville Library �� 8, 21 Florida Library �� 26 Forestburgh Playhouse �� 12 Gallery at Chant Realtors, Lords Valley ��5 Grand Montgomery Chamber Music �� 21 In Memoriam �� 7, 30 Lumberland Cultural Series, Glen Spey ��3 Middletown Concert Chorale ��23 Mt. St. Mary College, Desmond Campus �5, 20 Mulberry House, Middletown ��6 Museum Village, Monroe �� 28 Newburgh Chamber Music ��9 Newburgh Last Saturday �� 29 Palaia Vineyards ��5 Parksville USA Music Festival �� 24 Pine Bush UFO Fair �� 13 Potluck Concerts, Cornwall �� 31 Ritz Theatre, Newburgh �� 18 Shadowland Theatre, Ellenville ��3, 11 Space Create, Newburgh �� 29 SPARC Fundraiser ��5 Sugar Loaf Performing Arts Center �� 26 SUNY Orange, Middletown �� 3, 20, 27 SUNY Orange, Newburgh �� 29 Thunder 102 Radio ��6 Tom Dinchuk, artist �� 28 Town of Deerpark Museum, Huguenot �� 29 Trestle, Inc ��9 Tusten Theatre, Narrowsburg �� 3, 23 Tuxedo Performing Arts Group ��5 UDGLBT Center, Milford �� 31 Wallkill River School, Montgomery �� 4, 7 West Point Trombone Ensemble ��5 Wurtsboro Art Alliance ��8

THE MERRY MONTH OF MAY! “It’s M ay, it’s M ay, that gor geous holiday.”

Alan Jay Ler ner

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Hello readers! Our April issue contained stories on the following early May events. To read the full, detailed stories, google “issuu D&H CANVAS April 2015”.

Classic Choral Society, May 2, 3, 9 If “baroque” can suggest “ornate”, perhaps ornate is another way to describe Classic Choral Society’s (CCS) 56th anniversary Spring Program which includes choral compositions by THE three Baroque masters Vivaldi, Telemann and Purcell. To give the concert a touch of class(ical), Maestra Janiece Kohler has added works by Mozart and Johann Michael Haydn. Hudson Valley String Quartet members will accompany. Janiece Kohler See ad page 29 for the May 2, 3 & 9 locations and times. Free admission; good will donations will be collected. “I of the Storm”, May 2 I Of The Storm is a 70 minute tour de force bursting at the seams with song, dance, poems, rant, rave, “foolosophy” and pesto. Playwright/actor Richard Hoehler performs the riches to rags, unlikely success story in which

a hero, ensconced on the street outside a city park, holds forth for all comers - musing, ranting, singing, dancing, and spitting poems with aplomb. I Of the Storm will be at the Tusten Theatre 210 Bridge Street, Narrowsburg, on May 2 Richard Hoehler at 8:00pm. For tickets, call 845-252-7272. SUNY Orange Community Orchestra, May 2

Beethoven’s Piano Concerto # 4 is a remarkably complex work in which orchestra and soloist continually engage in a true dialogue, introduced by the piano prior to the orchestra’s entrance. “The work conveys a sense of lyricism not seen in any of his other works... leaving one with a sense of wonder about its thirty-five minutes of sheer bliss,” stated soloist Gregg Michalak. SUNY Orange Community Orchestra Conductor Hilarie Gregg Michalak Clarke-Moore has chosen to complement the innovative concerto with Schubert’s innovative Unfinished Symphony. Moore, Michalak and the orchestra’s

musicians perform both works at the Paramount Theatre, 17 South Street in Middletown on May 2 at 7:30pm. For more information, call 845-346-4195. Tickets are available at the Hilarie Clark-Moore door.

Paul Muni & Claude Rains

Shadowland Theatre, May 2 Matinee at the Shadowland gives audiences young and old a chance to experience what going to the movies during the golden age of cinema was all about! Each main feature is shown with a full complement of selected short subjects; there is usually a cartoon classic, maybe a Three Stooges comedy and/or some trailers. The spring series concludes on May 2, with a

rare screening of the 1946 comic fantasy Angel on My Shoulder starring Paul Muni, Anne Baxter and Claude Rains. Muni plays a gangster who winds up in Hades, only to wind up being used as a tool of the Devil back on Earth. Claude Rains is delicious as the malicious Mephistopheles. Tickets are available at the Shadowland box office, 157 Canal Street, Ellenville. For information or to reserve seats, visit www. shadowlandtheatre.org or call 845-647-5511.

The Coyote Anderson Quartet is a modern jazz group that performs primarily the original compositions of guitarist Coyote Anderson, who won Honorable Mention in the 2014 ASCAP Young Jazz Composer’s Awards. The Quartet incorporates vocals, poetry and electronics into Coyote’s arrangements.

Anderson will be joined by Corina Hernandez, vocals; Carl Limbacher, bass; and drummer Diego Maldonado for a performance of songs and interpretations of jazz and Brazilian standards at the Lumberland Town Hall, 1054 Proctor Road, Glen Spey on May 3 at 3:00pm. For information, call 845-856-6372.

Jazz Quartet in Glen Spey, May 3

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THE MERRY MONTH OF MAY! “T h a t l ove l y m onth when ever yone goes blissfully a s tr ay. ”

Alan Jay Ler ner

See “Art in BLOOM” at Elm Lake, May 2 & 3

An exhibit/reception at The professional group of more Barn at Elm Lake is like no than 50 artists who show other in the area. The 200-yearthroughout the region of Port old dairy barn on the edge of Elm Jervis and beyond. Works in Lake in Greenville had fallen into representational as well as disrepair when Bruno Loehrer abstract styles are included purchased it over 10 years ago. using drawings, graphics, mixed He fell in love with the post media, weaving and paintings and beam structure and decided in oil, acrylic, pastel, watercolor to renovate it into a minimalist and airbrush. weekend home, maintaining George Centamore is the rustic nature of the barn. “Bird Watching” by D. Cooney an airbrush artist who paints Now, during many weekends helmets, motorcycles and gun throughout the summer, it stocks as well as fine art. is open to the public and Daniela Cooney takes her features outstanding local and inspiration from around her international artwork. home in the Hudson Valley. Walking into the soaring Her love of animals and main room is breathtaking. natural landscapes is prevalent The vaulted ceilings are in her vibrant paintings. framed beautifully by the Amelia Crumm’s love structure and appear even “Rocky Coast, Maine” by J. Kehlenbeck is photography and she has higher because of the scale of the beams. The traveled throughout the U.S. and Europe to main room capitalizes on tons of natural light capture great moments. to create a bright, soaring, minimalist space in RVAG president Joan Kehlenbeck has which the artwork can really shine. shown her oil paintings and pastel drawings Art at Elm Lake will present Art in Bloom, a regionally and is well-known in the area for her group exhibition with artworks by River Valley demonstrations and workshops. Artists Guild members, an accomplished Susan Miiller received Orange Arts Grants

in 2009 and 2014 for Deerest Deerpark I and II: invitational shows of area artist’s decorations of fiberglass deer. In 2012 the Times-Herald Record chose textile airbrush specialist, Joseph Petrosi as Best Ink & Pencil Artist in the Hudson Valley. Ph.D. psychologist Joan Standora has worked for years as an art therapist. She finds inspiration from storms she sees on I-84. Art in Bloom can be seen May 2 & 3, 11:00am-5:00pm at Art at Elm Lake, 2 Decker Drive, Middletown, in the Town of Greenville. Besides admiring the art in the remarkable space, save some time to get to know the artists outdoors on the patio in the plein (fresh) air. Call 845-697-4291 or visit www.art-elmlake. com for more information.

Unbeknownst to artist Henri Matisse, he was / is the inspiration for Sharon Galbraith’s new masterpieces in clay at East Ridge Pottery. “My husband bought me a membership to the Museum of Modern Art (MOMA) for Christmas. This past winter there was a really special Matisse show - the entire top floor of MOMA was dedicated to his works. Well, I was so excited, my husband could not get me out of the museum! I spent 4 hours in complete awe!” In the late 1940s, Matisse turned to cutting paper as his primary medium, introducing the cut-out. He would cut painted sheets into forms of varying shapes and sizes, which he then arranged into striking color and contrast compositions. Initially, these works were of modest size but over time, they expanded into mural or room-size works. The show that Sharon is referring to at MOMA, Henri Matisse: The Cut-Outs, is the largest and most extensive presentation of the cut-outs

sea creatures, seaweed...and the colors range from bright yellows, to cobalt blue...seagrass green. I even used pink, and I’ve never used pink before! I call them ‘happy pots’! bright and fun!” Sharon used the same meticulous method for her masterpieces - each individual piece took 4 to 5 hours to create! - for not only pots, but bowls, oil and vinegar ewers, pitchers, mugs and vases, too! East Ridge Pottery celebrates its 4th season with an open studio weekend on May 2 & 3, from 10:30am-5:30pm. Mother’s Day is right around the corner, readers! (And weddings!) Sharon’s pottery makes for a gorgeous, one-of-a-kind gift! Stop in and take a peek: East Ridge Pottery, 16 East Ridge Road, Warwick. Visit www.eastridgepottery.com for additional information, and check out the ad on page 20.

“Passaic Falls, New Jersey” by J. Petrosi

Matisse-Inspired East Ridge Pottery, Open Studio May 2 & 3

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ever mounted. The last time New York audiences were treated to an in-depth look at the cut-outs was in 1961. “He cut out these giant colorful shapes and pinned them on the wall and moved them around - he’d cut out one piece, then use the paper that he cut that piece from, and he’d utilize both cut-out and negative - he lived inside his art! Just talking about the exhibit blows my mind! “I had a whole bunch of pots, bowls, pitchers and mugs laying around that I had created over the winter, so I started with the pots. I began carving shapes / lines into them, and then I started to fill the lines in with different colored inlaid slips and when that would dry, I took a pin, and started drawing different shapes, on top of the lines that I had previously carved in; giving it a layered look, which I’ve never done before.” Sharon’s new Matisse-inspired works are, of course, adorned with her signature sunflowers and lavender. “I drew flowers,

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A large scale Matisse cut-out at MOMA

Art Treasure Hunt

For the past year, 15 artists have been painting on 15 farms and exhibiting their work in solo shows Geocache from at the Wallkill River Sycamore Farms School (WRS) and in the farmstands. The farmstands are all linked with a geocache map, and each farmstand has a geocache hidden near the Farm/Art Trail sign. The official start of the GeoTour is May 2. Beautiful, hand-painted geocaches are hidden on each farm. Geocachers; armed with a GPS or cell phone app, find these geocaches in a high tech treasure hunt! Each geocache is filled with artist’s trading cards featuring paintings of a farm by the artist. Geocachers from the tristate region will be descending upon Rogowski Farm in Pine Island as the starting point for the GeoTour, and wind their way through the county from farm-to-farm all day collecting artist’s trading cards from each geocache. After collecting all trading cards, Geocachers win a geotoken for completing the tour. Geotokens will be given out in a ceremony at WRS, 232 Ward Street (17k), Montgomery, from 5:00pm-7:00pm. Visit www.wallkillriverschool.com for a geotour map and more information.

The Land of Little Rivers

The late Enrico Ferorelli (see photo) was one of the most dramatic photojournalists of the last half of the 20th Century and the first part of the 21st. Over the years he captured many photos for several magazines including Look, Life and his many and most incredible assignments for National Geographic. Enrico’s photos of local trout waters, in Mac Francis’ book, The Land of Little Rivers, will never be equaled. The Land of Little Rivers as Captured Through the Eyes of Photojournalist Enrico Ferorelli is an exhibit of 24 exciting oversized photos of the famed Catskill Rivers that appear in the book. The exhibit will be held in the Wulff Gallery at Noon on May 2 at the Catskill Fly Fishing Center & Museum, 1031 Old Route 17, Livingston Manor. The Making of a Garrison Fly Rod, a workshop with Everett Garrison about the unique tools and equipment used in the construction of a bamboo fly rod, follows at 2:00pm. For more information call 845-439-4810.

THE MERRY MONTH OF MAY! “Wh e n a l l th e wor ld is br im m ing with fun, wholesom e or un. ” Al an J ay Ler ner

Lunch, Punch, Music & Drama at Clove Brook

Broadway productions Clove Brook Farm, of Driving Miss Daisy, with its historic stone The Most Happy Fella, house overlooking a Pippn and August: picture-postcard valley, Osage County, to name complete with stream, a few, and has also pond and meadows at performed at Mohonk the base of Schunemunk Mountain House and Mountain, and protected many other Hudson as a farm forever, will be Valley venues. the setting for a party. One of the many lovely views at Clove Brook Farm in Salisbury Mills Original photos Noted of Stewart State Forest environmentalist Sandra and Clove Brook Farm van Heerden will host by award-winning, longthis event, complete with time Times Herald-Record a lovely luncheon and photojournalist Jeff champagne punch, to Goulding will be available benefit the Stewart Park for sale to benefit SPARC. and Reserve Coalition This event is scheduled (SPARC). SPARC led for May 3 from 1:00pmthe coalition that settled 4:00pm at the Farm in a lawsuit with New York State in 2005, establishing the Salisbury Mills. The cost is $50 per person and reservations are required. Stewart State Forest. Proceeds will help defer SPARC’s legal Guests will be entertained expenses for defending against an asphalt with nature-themed dramatic plant, encroaching on the boundary of readings and song by Louisa Stewart State Forest. Flaningam (see photo right) To reserve, email sparc@frontiernet.net or a veteran professional actress who has had important roles in Broadway and off- call SPARC at 845-564-3018.

American Ballet Theatre in Tuxedo

American Ballet Theatre’s (ABT) Studio Company is made up of 14 dancers of outstanding talent between the ages of 16-20. An ABT Studio Company program for Tuxedo Performing Arts Group will feature excerpts from ABT’s repertoire by such noted choreographers as Antony Tudor and Marius Petipa and excerpts from more

photo by Jeff Zanuba

contemporary, original works by former and current ABT dancers. The performance will take place in the beautiful setting of a Tuxedo Park private home on May 3 at 5:00pm. Tickets must be purchased in advance and will not be available at the door. There will be a meet-the-artists reception after the performance. For reservations, call 845351-3473.

“Affordable Originals” at CAS, May 2 & 3

Picking up gifts for Street, Livingston Mother’s Day and Manor, on May 2 & Father’s Day? Why 3. not look at some Stop in for original art from local distinctive gifts from artists? world-class CatskillsAffordable Originals region artists. is a pop-up show that Featured artists features vendors of include potters fine and functional Carolyn Duke, artwork, including Kathy Jeffers, Chris paintings, greeting Parrow, Ellany Gable cards, pottery, place and Franco Lo Pinto; “Flower Grid” by Helena Clare Pittman jeweler Virginia mats, crafted wood vases, and fine jewelry. Kassay; fiber artist Buff McAllister; painter The Catskill Art Society (CAS) will host Helena Clare Pittman; and wood artist Hank a collection of local artists for Affordable Schneider. For information, call 845-436-4227. Originals at the CAS Arts Center, 48 Main

Watercolor & Oil Paintings in Lords Valley

Award-winning artist Nancy the opportunity to work with so Pitcher began painting twenty years many talented artists and persons ago in the folk art and decorative dedicated to the arts.” painting modality. She and her See her works at the Gallery at husband Phil have spent a great deal Chant Realtors where they will be of time in the outdoors mountain featured from May 1-June 26. “I climbing, hiking, rock climbing, will be exhibiting watercolors, oils skiing and biking throughout the and a few colored pencil pieces. U.S. Most of her artistic inspiration My latest pieces are in oil and are of comes from those observations. ocean and beaches due to my being Still life by Nancy Pitcher Nancy is a self-taught artist, in Jekyll Island, Georgia for the last but has also studied with many master artists. four months,” said Nancy. She now presents watercolor and oil painting Meet the artist at the opening reception on workshops to the Pocono Painters group and has May 2 from 5:00pm-7:00pm at the Gallery at been the president of the Pocono Mountain Arts Chant Realtors, 631 Route 739, Lords Valley. Council for five years. “I am greatly inspired by For further information: 570-775-7337.

Brid’s Beltane at Palaia’s Park

Palaia Vineyards and Brid’s Closet of Cornwall are teaming up for their 8th annual May Day Beltane Festival. Come dressed in your Renaissance/ Creative/Witchy best, and enjoy the Authentic Maypole at Noon! Palaia Vineyards will be selling their amazing selection of fine wines, craft beer and MEAD!

The Festival/Faire is on May 2 from 10:00am to 6:00pm, at Palaia Vineyards, 10 Sweet Clover Road, Highland Mills. Phone 845-9285384. Kids under 12 free! For details on the workshops and entertainment visit www.bridscloset.com or phone Bernadette at Brid’s: 845-458-8726.

Two Trombone Troops Troupe Together

Imagine the brass of West Point (pun & double pun intended) and the brass of The Juilliard School to decide to collaborate and offer a free trombone ensemble concert. The West Point Trombone Ensemble will perform an original work for trombone quartet by Anthony Barfield. The Juilliard Trombone Choir will perform several pieces by Sergeant First Class James Kazik of The U.S. Army Band “Pershing’s Own.” Edvard Grieg’s Funeral March, Gordon Jacob’s Octet, and antiphonal selections by Gabrieli will also be heard and the performance will end with both ensembles collaborating on Juilliard Trombone Choir

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an arrangement of New York, New York. The free concert is on May 3 at 3:00pm in the spectacular West Point Cadet Chapel. For information and updates, visit www.westpointband.com or call 845-938-2617.

“Abandoned Hudson Valley” at MSMC

When a structure is in that are now ruins that a state of abandonment, offer glimpses into the time freezes. Cups and past. See an assortment saucers sit on counter of amazing photographs, tops, old phones hang Abandoned Hudson off the wall, magazines Valley, on exhibit from litter the hallways. Who May 3-June 12 at the lived here? Why did they Desmond Campus for leave? Adult Enrichment, 6 Photographers Liz Albany Post Road in “Wyndcliffe, Rhinebeck” by A. Milford Cooke and Andy Milford Newburgh. An opening don’t even speculate. They just take the picture to reception will be held on May 3 from 1:00pmcapture what they saw and leave that to others. 3:00pm. For more information, call 845-565 2076. The Hudson Valley has many incredible places May 2015 Delaware & Hudson CANVAS 5

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Flavia’s Flavor at Amity Gallery

During her artistic career, part of a new exhibit of Flavia Bacarella has worked woodcuts and woodblocks, in several mediums: painting, also featuring prints of collage, drawing, and most exotic and local creatures, recently, printmaking. In birds and animals endemic the carving of a woodblock, to Orange County. which she regards as a Flavia Bacarella more visceral extension of Woodcuts is at Amity drawing, Bacarella strives Gallery, 115 Newport “Tawny Eagles, Kenya” by F. Baccarella to capture the essence of Bridge Road, Warwick, her subjects, not so much a likeness, but rather a near Pine Island, from May 2-31. The reception distillation of what she observes and feels. is May 2, 4:00pm-7:00pm. Her most recent work, based on observations For more information, visit www. of wildlife during a safari in Kenya in 2014, is flaviabacarella.net or call 845-856-4955.

Sculptured Fungi & Forms in Callicoon

Naomi Teppich’s carved continuously recycle the soil, ceramic wall sculptures and restart the growth of forests and three-dimensional pieces are preserve our ecosystem for the inspired by primordial sea future. creatures and their fossilized With the intent to influence impressions. Organic fungi viewers to cherish these earth forms that she observes jewels, Teppich has fused alongside roads and in “Split Fungi” by N. Teppich groupings of these various forests and bark fragments also activate her imagery in Earth Fusion, her new work at Cafè imagination. Devine, 33 Lower Main Street, Callicoon, Her themes derive from her intense interest in from May 1-June 30. The reception is on May nature and the environment. Fossils including 2, from 6:00pm-8:00pm. ammonites, brachiopods, and trilobites evoke For information, visit www.naomiteppich. the past and the ocean floors, while fungi com or call 845-887-3076.

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Thunder 102’s “Thunderbash”

Thunder102,Monticello Casino and Raceway and the Sullivan County Visitors Association are presenting Tony Cellini Day, named for the retired Town of Thompson Supervisor. Headlining a night of Eric Paslay entertainment will be country music star and veteran song writer, Eric Paslay, whose very first solo release Friday Night went to #1 in 2014. Also performing are The Shots & Bergen County Firefighters Pipe Band, Somerville, Iron Cowboy, David Adam Byrnes, and Emily Kinney, widely popular for her role as Beth Greene in The Walking Dead television program. To help celebrate 10 years of ThunderBash, Thunder 102 is joining with Suburban Propane and asking attendees to bring non-perishable food items to benefit local food pantries. ThunderBash 10 will also honor the volunteer firefighters, emergency services personnel, law enforcement and military. “We’re thrilled that Eric Paslay will headline ThunderBash 10 and we’re proud to be honoring those that keep us safe each and every day here in Thunder Country. It’s going to be a whole new

ThunderBash,” said Paul Ciliberto, General Manager of Thunder 102. ThunderBash 10, sponsored in part by Bethel Woods Center for the Arts, Crystal Run Healthcare and M&M Auto Group, is a Emily Kinney free, 18 and over event on May 2 at the Monticello Casino & Raceway at 6:00pm. ThunderLine: 1-877-777-1021.

Mulberry Fundraiser

Tricky tray fundraisers have been known by many names. They have been dubbed penny auctions, Chinese basket auctions, gift auctions and brown-bag auctions. For all of these events, participants purchase raffle tickets and place the tickets in canisters near the items they hope to win. One person can put as many tickets as they want in a given container to increase the odds of winning. The Mulberry House Senior Citizen Activity Center, will be having a Tricky Tray Fundraiser on May 2 at Noon at 62-70 West Main Street, Middletown. Calling starts at 2:00pm. Raffles and door prizes too! For more information call 845 346-4073.

Wallkill River School: Hoeffner & Scheuremann’s Farms This month at the Warwick, where he lives Wallkill River School with his wife Carol. He (WRS), two more artists was active in the design and farms participating of the Orange County in the Farm/Art Trail Citizens Foundation’s are being showcased. 100 Years of Music and Mike Jaroszko’s Early To Rise exhibits, paintings of Hoeffner’s which featured the Farm in Montgomery, musical talents and and George agricultural heritage of Hayes’ paintings of Orange County. Scheuremann’s Farms Hayes is a teacher and Artwork by Mike Jaroszko in Warwick. The show a represented artist at the runs the entire month of May with WRS. His love of the outdoors, an opening reception on May rural Orange County, and the study 2 from 5:00pm-7:00pm. Also of light and color are reflected in featured is emerging artist Lynn his oil and pastel paintings. Saunders in her first solo exhibit. Award-winning artist Mike Artist George Hayes grew up in Jaroszko was born in Canada, rural Pennsylvania, always wanting studied art at the Canterbury to be an artist. He marveled at College of Art in England and nature’s beauty and sketched and resides in Montgomery, working drew the apple trees and streams as an illustrator. Recently, he has Artwork by George Hayes near his childhood home. After been exhibiting pieces of fine art serving in the United States Army, he went on in local galleries, painting images that capture to college and graduated from Pratt Institute in nature with all its atmosphere in a traditional Brooklyn with a bachelor’s degree in industrial style. design. After graduation, he entered a career in In 2009, to celebrate the 400 year anniversary the arts as a commercial artist. of Henry Hudson, Mike created a series of Hayes is active in his community of paintings depicting the Half Moon sailing

on the Hudson River. One was used as the official poster by the New Netherland Museum, which owns the replica of the Half Moon. Lynn Saunders considers herself an emerging artist Artwork by Lynn Saunders for the second time in her lengthy career. Like a butterfly emerging from a cocoon, which started as a caterpillar, Saunders painted professionally in her youth, but became more serious about fine art in her later adult life. Saunders painted at the age of ten and used her art in service of the community for stage backdrops, interior decorating, and new business openings. Currently, She is developing her fine art painting again. She is primarily inspired by the beautiful scenes of the Hudson Valley, and has been painting with the plein air group from the WRS. She paints with other artists in the area, as well as working on studio compositions. Her acrylic paintings are large, painted in an expressionistic style. The WRS is located at 232 Ward Street (Rte. 17k) in Montgomery. Call 845-457-ARTS.

Robert Oliver 1935-2015

Robert (Bob) Oliver was a long time Orange County resident. Bob drew from early childhood and picked it up again after he retired from retailing. He became a Wallkill River School (WRS) Represented Artist, working in pencil, pen & ink, pastel, watercolor, and oil painting. He found pastel to be a great challenge and it became his main medium. A beautiful memorial to his craft hung on walls and easels in the funeral home. It will be on exhibit at WRS, June 1-30. One of Bob’s daughters, Dawn Ansbro, is the Executive Director of the Orange County Arts Council. Granddaughter Kristen Ansbro was assistant stage manager for Shadowland Theatre in Ellenville in 2014. The family asks that you make a donation to the Bob Oliver Fund for Veteran’s Classes at WRS, for free art classes for Vets. We at CANVAS wish to offer our heartfelt condolences to our friend Dawn and to her Mom, Betty, and her family.

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“Spring” Exhibit Begins May 2 - “Spring” Classes Begin May 6

Kitty Mitchell, whose work consists of She has combined techniques in her work, 6:00pm. Light refreshments will be served mixed media collage, joined the Wurtsboro using different types of film along with wine provided by Art Alliance (WAA) last year. Over the and printing the images on Bashakill Vineyards. years, Mitchell has sought to express her different kinds of paper - such The WAA will be offering artistic vision through various media, as fiber-based - in order to two art classes in May: Linda including collage, quilting and crocheting. achieve various effects and S. Holmes will teach a class After discovering and being influenced feeling. In addition to digital on Watercolor Batik on Rice by such artists as Bob McKinley and Akira and film photography, Pape Paper, on May 6 & 7, 7:00pm Blount, Mitchell began making art dolls also creates sculptures using to 9:00pm. using polyclay and paperclay. “No longer clay and plaster. Her work, she Sandy Spitzer teaches a cute,” says Mitchell, “these dolls told real says, “ranges from ethereal to class on Painting a Small stories of lost love, of aging, of mythic gods comical and edgy.” Landscape, May 9 & 16, and goddesses, and of the common person Pape holds a BFA in Film 10:00am to 12:30pm. you pass on the street.” Production and a Degree in Artwork by Alethea Pape For prices, email info@ Of her current media of choice, Mitchell Art Therapy from The University of the waagallery.org writes, “In 2001 I found Arts. Originally from The Basha Kill and surrounding area, mixed media collage, New Jersey, she currently with its natural scenic beauty, has provided a medium where there lives in Wurtsboro where inspiration for artists and other creative were no boundaries. I she recently joined the people for years. On May 23, the WAA will could incorporate all the WAA. host a Plein air artists’ fieldtrip to the Basha techniques I love: paint, Planned events during Kill Wetland, from 9:00am-Noon. “En plein images, texture, and clay, the month of May, at the air” is a French expression meaning “in the fabric bits of this and Wurtsboro Art Alliance open air” and is used to describe artwork that, found and made (WAA) include a new created by an artist working outdoors rather elements.” Her work has spring-themed art exhibit, than in the studio. Artwork by Kitty Mitchell (detail) been published in Art art classes and a plein air This is the first in a series of artists’ Doll and Somerset Studio magazines. artists’ fieldtrip to the Basha kill Wetlands. fieldtrips that the WAA will be hosting on Alethea Pape’s preferred medium is Spring, runs from May 2-May 31. The the 4th Saturday of the months of May, June film, and her photographic images have show features works by long-time WAA and July. The fieldtrips are free and open to been shown in galleries and cafés in New members as well as that of newer members everyone, all levels and all mediums. Jersey, Pennsylvania and New York. Kitty Mitchell and Alethea Pape. The WAA Gallery is located at 73 Sullivan While accomplished in the use of digital There will be an artists’ reception, free and Street, Wurtsboro. Visit www.waagallery. cameras, Pape still loves using 35mm film. open to the public, on May 2, from 4:00pm- org for additional information.

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Ellenville Events

Thomas Horn & Viola Davis in the 2012 film adaptation

High School Students Lead Discussion Authors began producing 9/11 novels as early as 2002 as a way of recognizing the tragedy. Jonathan Safran Foer’s bestselling novel Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close was one of many that confronted the aftermath of the attacks through the eyes of a New Yorker. Ellenville High School students in Rhiannon Fagan’s College English class will facilitate a discussion of Foer’s novel at the Ellenville Library on May 11 at 6:30pm. Admission is free. 845-647-5530 Our Story, Ellenville! Video Premiere Last year seven Ellenville residents hit the streets with cameras and microphones to capture the individual tales that make up the story of their Village. Those images, recollections and sounds have been turned into a video that celebrates Ellenville through their eyes. The premier of Our Story, Ellenville happens at the Ellenville Library, 40 Center Street on May 15 at 7:00pm. Admission is free. 845-647-5530.

End of The Ode: “A Psychedelic Epiphany”

by Derek Leet Ode to Beethoven is the theme of Newburgh Chamber Music’s (NCM) complete Beethoven cycle performed by the American String Quartet, superb worldclass performances of his sixteen quartets and the Grosse Fugue that have been enrapturing audiences for two years in Newburgh.

by Carole Cowan, NCM Artistic Director It has been both a pleasure and a great opportunity to hear the sixteen Beethoven string quartets over these two years here in Newburgh. Beethoven’s music is sublime and powerful in and of itself, but knowing of the difficulty of his life and the tumult of his era increases its relevance to our own lives. Beethoven’s music indeed seems timeless. I’m really looking forward to hearing these last two quartets, opus 59, no. 1 (from the early middle period) and opus 127 (from the late period) in Beethoven’s long creative life. by Daniel Avshalomov, ASQ violist Particularly after such a winter, we welcome spring with a smile. Op. 127 (# 12) begins with a noble yet vigorous good cheer - but it is a late work, so the modern can never be ignored: it would be almost impossible for a listener not familiar with the piece to discern the meter of the first phrase. No matter - the alternating mood is a more

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wistful musing chose to proceed which Beethoven without a break proceeds to blend into the finale. with the first Here he fulfills his character, and the promise to Count subsequent scherzo Razumovsky (who is rife with wit for commissioned the the listener and work) by building rhythmic treachery the exposition for the performer! on a Russian Then one theme. And again of his most the rhythmic profound variation devilishness holds The Magnificent American String Quartet movements - a sway. Peter Winograd, violin; Laurie Carney, violin; meal in itself It is extremely Wolfram Koessel, cello; Daniel Avshalamov, viola before a finale that likely that he knew begins with a countrified theme which, by how much rehearsal time would be required the time we reach the home stretch, has been to makes these exchanges sparkle, but as he is transformed into a psychedelic epiphany. often quoted saying: “Do you suppose I think Op. 59/1 (#7) is also welcoming - its cheer of your wretched fiddle when the Divine is more genial and straightforward. Indeed, Muse visits me?” Beethoven enjoyed the material so much Derek Leet: “NCM’s annual Mother’s Day that he produced the longest exposition to Concert draws to a close the two-year series, be found in any quartet (by anybody!) up and, “What a thrilling two years of Beethoven until that time. The scherzo is the grown-up this has been!!,” says the NCM newsletter. version of that of Op.18/4, and is also very I most heartily concur!” generously scaled. The concert is on May 10 at 3:00pm in Of course Beethoven never remains in any St. George’s Church, 105 Grand Street, one mood indefinitely, and the slow movement Newburgh. Parking is readily available across is one of his most personal. He himself called the street. it “a weeping willow on my brother’s grave”, For tickets: NewburghChamberMusic. org and because its affect cannot end, Beethoven and at the door.

Trestle Inc’s Commemorative Brick Walkway lines the sidewalk on the mural side of Front St.

Looking for a cool spring outing with Hudson River breezes? Be sure to visit the 1,000 bricks along Front Street on the Newburgh Waterfront. In their own special way, the bricks tell about the history of the City of Newburgh and make for fascinating reading. Trestle Inc.’s Commemorative Brick Walkway lines the sidewalk on the mural side of Front Street. Spring is a good time to consider ordering a brick of your own to add to the Historic Walkway. Bricks can memorialize a person or an event, congratulate a family member or a friend, be serious, factual or even whimsically humorous. Information about ordering a brick can be found on www.trestle.org or by phoning 845-565-1052. Don’t forget to look for D&H CANVAS’ 10th Anniversary brick!

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Fanfare for the Common Man by J. A. Di Bello After the invigorating aroma of the morning coffee has dissipated, and what passes for responsible journalism has to a greater or lesser degree been digested, examine the character of three rather common men from the American theatre. In retrospect, their lives lay naked on numerous stages long after the house lights have flickered and dimmed. But, accounts of their demise linger. Their names familiar to some and strange to others remain close to serious students of the dramatic arts: John Proctor, Willy Loman and Eddie Carbone. For some these names reek of pathos, while for others they share the glory and the halo of the tragic hero. They are not kings or pompous politicians from Caesar’s Rome, or spoiled, impulsive little rich boys from Verona. They hold no high positions. But each character, in his unique and individualized manner assumes a role in a series of simple, miscellaneous, yet complicated deeds that in unity compose their own fanfare for the common man. As a musical composition, Fanfare for the Common Man is a well-known, frequently duplicated musical piece by the famed American composer Aaron Copland. It is pertinent as it was written in a time of stress and doubt, 1942, and it is said to have been inspired by a speech given by Vice President Henry Wallace. He proclaimed 1942 to be the beginning of the “Century of the Common Man.” In times of massive armed conflict, the position of the common man is elevated in direct proportion to the need for expendable combatants. As the common man became fodder for the war machine, the common GI assumed a heroic stance. Think a moment of the writings of Ernie Pyle (1900-1945). “He won the Pulitzer Prize in 1944 for his spare, first-person reporting, which highlighted and elevated the role and plight of the common “dogface” infantry soldier.” “No man in this war has so well told the story of the American fighting man...,” wrote Harry

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Truman. For those who have been brushed by the academic and literary, the characters of early and classical Greek tragedy conform to the Aristotelian concept of the tragic hero. To simplify, and to emphasize the attributes mentioned above, tragic heroes are noble, from prominent families; they’re kings and even politicians, each with an identifiable and tragic flaw. As in times past, the socioeconomic and political events of the twentieth century have influenced its arts. Although there are an adequate number of noble beings, princes and politicians to fill the grandest of stages, writers have been reluctant to present the “tragic hero.” From the pen of Pulitzer Prize winner Arthur Miller, a prolific American playwright (19152005), come the three characters, John Proctor, Willy Loman and Eddie Carbone. Known to some as the unholy trinity. Miller’s The Crucible, Death of a Salesman and A View from the Bridge are classics of the American stage. As theatre, each recognizes the flaws of men who tried and failed to impact the world in which they lived. In an essay for the New York Times, Miller wrote, The Tragedy of the Common Man to express his view of the modern American tragedy. “I think the tragic feeling is evoked in us when we are in

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to conveniently and the presence of a character affordably view superior who is ready to lay down dramatic presentations are his life, if need be, to available. This production secure one thing - his sense is an opportunity to of personal dignity. From view quality theatre and Orestes to Hamlet, Medea experience Tragedy and to Macbeth, the underlying the Common Man. Check struggle is that of the the theatre’s web site for individual attempting to Mark Strong as Eddie Carbone updates on scheduled performances or call the gain his “rightful” position in his society.” The “flaws” exhibited by the trinity in theatre: 800-974-8592, 845-561-3686. Editor’s note question may not be grand or imposing exhibits See page 9 for a Monroe presentation of of personality and may be simply nothing of note. However, these men refused to surrender Miller’s The Crucible. And speaking of Monroe, The Town of what each perceived to be a “challenge to his Monroe will begin operation of a movie theater dignity.” They did not remain passive! On May 11 & May 12, the National Theatre at its new Town of Monroe Activity and Civic Live’s presentation of A View from the Bridge is Center on Millpond Parkway, and the Downing scheduled to be presented at the Downing Film folks have been asked to program three of the Center, 19 Front Street, Newburgh, with Mark screens at this theater in addition to maintaining Strong as Eddie Carbone. This is a dark and its home in Newburgh. “It will afford us the passionate saga, as it tells the story of a good flexibility of multiple screens on which to show man, Eddie Carbone, a Brooklyn longshoreman, a greater number and wider selection of quality who dutifully accepts and welcomes his cousins films to this larger audience enabling us to better from Sicily to the Brooklyn waterfront. The fulfill our not-for-profit mission statement,” said deep rooted concepts of loyalty and omertà are Downing Film Center’s Brian Burke. The May opening date was not set at press questioned when his cugino becomes enamored time. We will report more in detail in the June with Eddie’s beautiful niece. It is not often that the circumstances CANVAS issue.

CTMWP: Classic Theatre-Miller’s Wellmade Play by Derek Leet

“purification” or “cleansing” of emotions through art, or through any extreme change in emotion Crucible: that results in renewal and restoration: the effect A place or occasion of a severe test or trial. of a cathartic on the body BUT via emotional Arthur Miller’s The Crucible, was first and empathetic involvement in the play. performed on Broadway in 1953. Though In this day and age of reality TV, plays are, unsuccessful at the time, the production arguably, no longer “well-made” but represent was “chosen” for the slices of life - a peek into 1953 Best Play Tony the daily goings on of the Award. (There were no characters, often ending nominations or voting without a resolution back then. Awardees such as in Doubt and were “selected” by the Falling - for which American Theatre Wing.) you decide, cerebrally A successful 1957 choose, what happened pictured from left to right: Alexa D’Amico as French film with Yves Abagail or what follows. Williams, Sara Johnson as Elizabeth Montand and Simone Proctor, and Michael Frohnhoefer as John Proctor No cerebral activity is Signoret (Hollywood was too scared to film it, as needed to digest Arthur Miller’s “well-made” per its allegorically political connotations re the and hair-raising masterpiece which depicts truths McCarthy era) was followed by an even more about the nature of humanity and the terrifying successful 1958 off-Broadway revival, which ends to which any society, blended by suspicion, elevated the play to classic status. mass hysteria, power and greed, will go, and how Also French, the well-made play, a type of play it involves each and every character, all of whom constructed according to certain strict technical propel ”the plot” by their actions. It is (can be) a principles, dominated the stages of Europe and 100% emotional and cathardic experience. the United States for most of the 19th century Directed by Terri Weiss, it is the first offering into the 20th. of Creative Theatre-Muddy Water Players’ The technical formula of the well-made (CTMWP) 2015 season, May 1-17 in The play, developed around 1825 by the French Playhouse at Museum Village, Monroe. playwright Eugène Scribe, called for complex Tickets include apple pie, ice cream, iced tea plotting, a build-up of suspense, and a climactic and coffee at intermission! scene in which all problems are resolved via the Call the Box Office at 845-294-9465 or visit Greek-tragedy concept of “catharsis”, meaning www.ctmwp.org

Triple Crown Awardee opens Shadowland

According to Derek Leet, “one of the wellest made well-made plays of the mid 20th Century is A Raisin in the Sun.” In 2010, playwright Bruce Norris wrote Clybourne Park, a provocative homage to Lorraine Hansberry’s classic. Portraying fictional events set before and after the Hansberry play, and loosely based on historical events that took place in Chicago, it has since been awarded the 2011 Olivier Award and Pulitzer Prize and the 2012 Tony Award, and is notably one of two plays to win the triple crown of Pulitzer, Tony, and Olivier awards, the other being David Mamet’s drama Glengarry Glen Ross. (Interestingly, both plays have to do with different aspects of the real estate “terrain”.) After graduating from Northwestern University in 1982, Norris set out to become an actor. His Broadway credits include Wendy Wasserstein’s An American Daughter, and Neil Simon’s Biloxi Blues. According to Norris, “during this time I was also

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hired and fired from a number of television pilots.” Those rejections led to his first play in 1992, appropriately titled The Actor Retires. According to Wikipedia, Norris’ verbally dexterous and fast-paced dramas contemplate the complexities of the American psyche and the family dynamic. According to Artistic Director Brendan Burke, Shadowland Theatre is excited about their season. “I’m thrilled that our audience allows us to produce such a diverse season of plays. There’s definitely something for everyone in 2015; from the important to the whimsical, a season of seven fantastic stories that take you on the trip of a lifetime.” See page 27 for the season schedule. Directed by James Glossman, Clybourne Park will run from May 29-June 14. Season subscriptions, group and individual ticket sales and information are available at the box office at 157 Canal Street, Ellenville, by phone at 845-6475511 and online at http://www. shadowlandtheatre.org

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The Hills Are Alive

by: J. A. Di Bello “The hills are alive, with the sound of music” is the engaging, memorable line from Rodgers and Hammerstein’s immortal classic The Sound of Music. As is no doubt the case in the Austrian Alps, the daffodils of a bashful Spring fight their way to the surface to reach the embracing arms of a warm May sun. It is a sun that has melted the snow of the Catskills and vanquished its gripping ice. The hills and dales of Western Sullivan County now stand alive and vigilant with shimmering anxiety and the expectation of music. Musical theatre it is, as the Summer Season of the Forestburgh Playhouse approaches. It’s tradition. The Miracle in the Forest, the Playhouse, continues under the firm and prudent hand of Franklin Trapp. His commitment to the “Miracle” is reflected by his enthusiasm and devotion to musical theatre. He has a personal history at the Playhouse, too. Although this may be referenced by some as happenstance, Franklin’s theatrical career began quite prophetically with his own sound of music in the hills. As a young man he auditioned with a regional theatre and landed the part of Friedrich von Trapp in The Sound of Music. And on that stage, the die was cast and Franklin’s Rubicon was crossed, his commitment assured. The summer lineup of music and drama at the

Playhouse is a direct reflection of the enthusiasm and expertise demonstrated by Franklin and notably Caitlin Kellermeyer, the theatre’s associate producer. The summer of 2015 will be Caitlin’s third year at the theatre and her first as Associate Producer. Her eagerness and vigor complement the theatre’s competent staff. This summer there are six much loved and familiar toe-tappin’ musicals on deck and the season will come to a nostalgic finale with the comedy-drama, Driving Miss Daisy, starring the revered Saint of the Forestburgh Playhouse, Loretta Swit. She recently commented on her legendary devotion and return to the Playhouse, “...the people, are such a family to me. It’s like coming to be with family.” As multi-facetted entities tend to develop, the pre and postshow Cabaret performances on stage at the Forestburgh Tavern have earned multi star ratings. Productions for the Forestburgh Cabaret are performed by the theatre’s Resident Company, a group of awe inspiring multi-talented vocalists, actors and dancers. Each Cabaret program is thematically tied to the main stage production. Absent pre-production, sandwich board hype, the Res Co is a group of accomplished and brilliant performers. They are competent and focused and thoroughly enjoy delivering quality entertainment to an enthusiastic and receptive audience at the Tavern. These troupers not only perform in the Playhouse Tavern’s cabaret, but

they are frequently cast in major roles of main stage productions, the children’s theatre, all while rehearsing for an approaching main stage production and waiting tables for the Tavern’s extraordinary buffet dinners that accompany Cabaret performances. The returning Chef (praise the Lord and pass the formaggio) is none other than the Tavern’s remarkable and astonishing Jill Padua. Her culinary fame precedes her. The Forestburgh Res Co consists of 16 experienced and accomplished actors. Ten members of this year’s company are veterans of last year’s worthy group. And to that point know that the playhouse’s success was to a notable degree attributable to the Playhouse’s Res Co and the Tavern’s memorable Cabarets. With ten returning performers the expectations for this summer’s cabarets are guaranteed to surpass last year’s level of excellence. Loretta Swit’s comments regarding the Tavern’s Cabaret fill in all the blanks: “I love to perform on stage but one of the joys of performing here is taking off the makeup, the wig and the whatever and going to the cabaret. These young people, they are so talented. They are so delicious. The cabaret is dessert for me. After I have done my thing on stage, to go and watch them do their thing in the cabaret - it couldn’t be a more wonderful thing for me.” Returning Res Co members include two

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Chiara Trentalange

Caleb Funk

exemplary cast members, whose talent and leadership qualities are sure to boost this summer’s level of entertainment. They are Chiara Trentalange, a graduate of the prestigious Emerson University and Caleb Funk, a graduate of the reputable Rider University. Forestburgh Tavern’s Cabaret is quality entertainment that easily allows it to function as standalone. The preshow dinner and cabaret are scheduled for every Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday at 6:00pm, and reservations are a real good idea! Post show cabarets are every Friday and Saturday at 10:30pm. The Playhouse box office can be reached at 845-794-1194, or online at www.FBplayhouse.org. See their ad on pg 9. It is with great promise and high expectations that the 69th season of the Forestburgh Playhouse begins. And on that June 16 opening night, when the lights dim and the house settles, rest easy and know for certain “the hills are alive with the sound of music.

The Pine Bush UFO Fair is BACK! Enjoy a family-funfilled day with friendly festivities when Main Street in Pine Bush closes down for the UFO Fair’s 5th anniversary! The May 16, 10:00am-4:00pm celebration includes live music all day. Jazz, Acoustic, Big Band, and Dance music at the gazebo, and a great variety of country and southern and classic rock on the main stage. Enjoy a huge assortment of food, craft, and UFO novelty vendors, live characters walking about, and pop-up street performances! Back by popular demand: the Star Wars 501st Legion Storm Troopers will be in attendance! During mid-day you’ll have a front row seat for the infamous Alien and UFO-themed parade as it marches through town. Stop by the porch of the Pine Bush Bed & Breakfast on Maple Avenue, owned by Barbara Grey and husband Marc (complete with psychic Barbara Roth on the porch - indulge in a reading while there!) to hear scary tales of haunted happenings. Play the Eye Spy an Alien Game - aliens are hiding all over Pine Bush! A Kid’s Corner with interactive children’s activities, face painting,

balloon twisters and fun attractions, along with tons of carnival food and a large variety of on-site local restaurants make this a fun event for the whole family! For the serious enthusiasts and sky watchers, the fair will have author’s conducting readings, testimonial discussions, and sharing of experiences, lectures and panels, each centered on Pine Bush and its UFO History. Thomm Quackenbush is a novelist and teacher in the Hudson Valley. He’ll be hosting a discussion about his own experiences with strange events and the people who encounter them, as well as an in-depth look at Dr. Ellen Crystall’s theories on why Pine Bush is a UFO mecca. Thomm will also conduct a reading from his novel, Artificial Gods, which is based in Pine Bush. Interested in art? Pine Bush is also known for its abundance of wonderful artists. Join the free post-event Martian Art Show and “other worldly-themed reception” down the road at Town Hall, 121 State Route 302. For additional information and a schedule of events, visit www.pinebushufofair.com

“Travel Log” at Crawford Gallery “Artists record or paper, it’s been images in many recorded to share. different ways, “Weather never some by painting stops an artist the landscape, from wanting to others by using their record what they iPhone or camera. see. ‘Neither rain, Impressionism, snow, heat nor that what’s gloom of night,’ captured,” says will keep curious Tom Bolger, artists from their “Provincetown, Massachusetts”by Tom Bolger curator of the mission. With this Crawford Gallery of exhibit, you will be Fine Art. “Our next able to share and exhibit is about those revisit familiar places pictures. and unexpected “All mediums ones.” rely on light and the Travel Log: Images luminous quality that of Sojourns Around it creates,” Bolger the Globe opens May goes on to say. “It 8 with a reception can be a portrait of on May 16 from a specific place or 5:30pm-8:00pm, and person, capturing it at runs through May “Cliffs of Moher, Ireland” by Bob Scully a specific moment in 30 at the Crawford time. Gallery of Fine Art, 65 Main Street, Pine “It is always the light that creates the Bush. awareness of the image; now brought into “This exhibit could help you decide where vision by a painting, drawing or photograph. to vacation next.” Whatever the support, be it on canvas, board For more information: 845-744-8634.

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LectureS

sponsored by SUNY Orange & Mount St. Mary College GWL �� Greenwood Lake Library MSM-DC ��Mount St. Mary College, Desmond Campus, Newburgh PEEC �� Pocono Environmental Education Center, Dingmans Ferry All Lectures are free - except those for MSM-DC unless otherwise noted

“Regionalism vs. Localism: Are there costs to losing local control?” �� Seligmann Center, Sugar Loaf, Apr 30, 7pm “Genealogy Basics” ��MSM-DC May 1, 1pm “Bridge the Gap:Wildflower Walk” Josie D’Alessandro ��PEEC May 3, 1pm “Learning & Sharing Genealogy” panel ��Time & the Valleys Museum, Grahamsville, May 3, 2pm “Money and Mysticism” �� MSM-DC May 5, 6:30pm “Tenant’s Rights & Responsibilities” Jaime Samarel (Registration Required) �� Thrall Library, Middletown, May 5, 6:30pm “Battle of the Monongahela: British Redcoats vs. Woodland Indians” Frank Salvati �� Neversink Valley Museum, Cuddebackville, May 6, 7:30pm “An Unforgiving Land-Hardscrabble Life in the Trapps-a Vanished Shawangunk Mountain Hamlet” Robi Josephson MSM-DC May 8, 10am

“The Introduction of Catholicism into Africa: The Early Years” ��MSM-DC May 11, 1pm “The Highland Adventures of William Thompson Howell” ��MSM-DC May 13, 10am “Lyme Disease and Joint Pain” ��MSM-DC May 13, 1pm FREE “Attracting Butterflies to Your Garden, A Master Gardener Program” Cornell Cooperative �� Thrall Library, Middletown, May 13, 6:30pm Discussion “Human Trafficking in the 21st Century ��Cornwall Library, Mary 13, 7pm “Flirting with French:How a Language Charmed Me, Seduced Me, & Nearly Broke my Heart” : MSM-DC May 14, 7pm “Secrets that Wall Street Does Not Want You to Know” Richard Nathan �� Thrall Library, Middletown, May 16, 10:30am “Bird Walk on the Woodland Trail” �� Delaware Highlands Conservancy, Bethel, May 17, 8:30am John DiLeo “Getting to Know Your Neighbor” series �� UDGLBT Center, Milford, May 17, 2pm “Water Recreation in Sullivan County” John & Debra Conway �� Time & the Valleys Museum, Grahamsville, May 17, 2pm “The Iroquois Confederacy: America’s Original Power Brokers” Frank Salvati �� Town of Deerpark Museum, Huguenot, May 17, 3pm “How to Keep your Immune System Healthier during Cancer” ��MSM-DC May 18, 1pm “Zen Teachings of Cats and Dogs” ��MSM-DC May 19, 10am “A Conversation for Caregivers” ��MSM-DC May 19, 6pm FREE “Military Horses” Linda Blake ��GWL May 19, 6:30pm “Fall Back in Love with Your Home” ��MSM-DC May 21, 1pm “The Fetish of the Primitive in Twentieth Century Art” William Seaton �� Seligmann Center, Sugar Loaf, May 24, 2pm

Whispering Pines Cinco de Mayo

The festivities on May 5th commemorate the victory of the Mexicans over the French at The Battle of Puebla in 1862. Unfortunately, in the end, the French did end up winning the war, defeating the Mexicans. In Mexico, this day is celebrated with delicious meals and special family dishes. While here in the United States, it is celebrated by parades with bright colored clothes, music and piñatas filled with candy for the children and, of course, fancy meals. The Happy Cinco de Mayo! following are some recipes for you to celebrate Cinco de Mayo. To start I took the classic Cosmopolitan and made my own Mexican version! Mexican Cosmopolitan 2oz tequila 1 oz cranberry juice 1t Rosie’s lime juice 4 T sugar 1 lime cut in ½ Place sugar on plate. With half of lime, rub rim of glass and dip into sugar, set aside. Remove peel from other half of lime, and julienne to be used 14

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for the garnish, juice both lime halves. In shaker cup, filled with ice, combine tequila, cranberry juice, fresh lime juice and Rosie’s lime juice. Stir until well chilled and pour into prepared glass, add garnish. Guacamole Picado 1/2 small onion 2 jalapenos; finely seeded & chopped 2 cloves garlic; chopped 1 tomato; seeded and chopped 10 sprigs fresh cilantro, chopped 3 ripe, medium-size avocados 1/2 t salt, 1/2 lime, juiced Tortilla chips Garnish: cilantro sprigs, radish slices, and/or crumbled Mexican queso fresco or other fresh cheese like feta or farmer’s cheese. In medium-size bowl, mix onion, peppers, tomato, garlic, cilantro. Halve avocados by cutting from stem to end, around pit. Twist avocado halves in opposite directions to loosen meat from pit; scoop out pit. Scrape avocado pulp from skin; add to bowl. Use spoon to mash avocado while mixing in other ingredients. Season with salt; add lime juice. Set aside for a few minutes to let flavors blend. Sprinkle with onion, cilantro, radish slices and/or queso fresco. Serve with tortilla chips. As always, for any of your culinary questions or needs, I can be reached at 845-647-1428.

May 2015

“Research the History of Your House” �� MSM-DC May 26, 1pm Science Cafe “Personalized Energy and Solar Options for the Future” Michael Machczynski �� La Casa Vicina,New Widnsro, May 27, 7:15pm “Bridge the Gap: Wild Edibles Walk” ��PEEC May 31, 10am “Paper Angels” The History of Chinese Immigration” Jeffrey Dosik �� GWL May 31, 12:30pm

Music - pop, Folk, Country, Blues, rock

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

Jenny Scheinman w/Todd Sickafoose’s Tiny Resistors ��The Falcon, Marlboro, May 1, 7pm “Thunderbash 10” country, Thunder Radio ��Monticello Raceway, May 2, 6pm FREE Rana Santacruz Mariachi meets Tom Waits ��The Falcon, Marlboro, May 2, 7pm Saints of Swing swing-r&b-Motown-gospel-Latin ��The Falcon, Marlboro, May 3, 10am-2pm Griffin House, Sam & Margot ��The Falcon, Marlboro, May 4, 7pm Jean Rohe & The End of the World Show, Heather Robb ��The Falcon, Marlboro, May 7, 7pm Shlomo & Patti Rivoli Spring Concert Series �� Rivoli Theatre, So. Fallsburg, May 8, 7pm Ari Hest ‘Shouts and Whispers’, Aaron Zimmer ��The Falcon, Marlboro, May 8, 7pm Moon Sauce & On The Roxx Rivoli Spring Concert Series �Rivoli Theatre, So. Fallsburg, May 9, 7pm Mad Satta, The Amigos ��The Falcon, Marlboro, May 9, 7pm Kathy Moran Hudson Valley Folk Guild Unitarian Universalidst Cong., Rock Tavern, May 9, 7:30pm Parksville USA 2015 Music Festival “Singer/Songwriters-A Celebration” �� Dead End Cafe, Parksville, May 10, 3pm Alexis P. Suter & The Ministers of Sound ��The Falcon, Marlboro, May 10, 10am-2pm Carol & Sara Rivoli Spring Concert Series �� Rivoli Theatre, So. Fallsburg, May 10, 7pm David Torn “only sky” ��The Falcon, Marlboro, May 11, 7pm Paul Oscher Trio blues ��The Falcon, Marlboro, May 13, 7pm Matuto world ��The Falcon, Marlboro, May 14, 7pm Corey Glover rock �� Orange County Choppers, Newburgh, May 14, 9pm Bobby Messano blues �� Sugar Loaf PAC, May 15, 6:30pm Dayna Kurtz w/Bernard Purdie funk ��The Falcon, Marlboro, May 15, 7pm Yasgur & Slam Allen Rivoli Spring Concert Series �� Rivoli Theatre, So. Fallsburg, May 15, 7pm Lot 14 & Jazzmosis Rivoli Spring Concert Series �� Rivoli Theatre, So. Fallsburg, May 16, 7pm Bernard Purdie & Friends funk, soul ��The Falcon, Marlboro, May 16, 7pm The Fellas doo wop, soul ��Ritz Theater Lobby, Newburgh, May 16, 8pm Willa McCarthy Band ��The Falcon, Marlboro, May 17, 10am-2pm Organissimo ��The Falcon, Marlboro, May 20, 7pm Luis Perdomo + Controlling Ear Unit ��The Falcon, Marlboro, May 21, 7pm Mysteryland USA Festival �� Bethel Woods, May 22-25 City Boys Allstars ��The Falcon, Marlboro, May 22, 7pm New Riders of the Purple Sage, Commander Cody, and Professor Louie and the Crowmatix �� Sugar Loaf PAC, May 22, 8pm The Big Takeover ��The Falcon, Marlboro, May 23, 7pm Sketchy Black Dog, Jocelyn Arndt ��The Falcon, Marlboro, May 24, 7pm Cocomama Quartet Latin/Salsa ��Something Sweet Outdoors, Middletown, May 28, 6pm FREE Jeff Wilkinson & the Shutterdogs, Jenn Clapp ��The Falcon, Marlboro, May 28, 7pm Arlen Roth Band w/ Cindy Cashdollar ��The Falcon, Marlboro, May 29, 7pm Jim Weider’s PRoJECT PERCoLAToR, Holly & Evan ��The Falcon, Marlboro, May 30, 7pm Annie & Mike Baglione & Friends folk �� Neversink Valley Museum, Cuddebackville, May 30, BBQ 5:30pm, music 7:30pm Rueben Wilson Combo soul, jazz ��The Falcon, Marlboro, May 31, 7pm

Open Mic & in-house music

Some listings are not included in our centerspread calendar.

Open Mic w/Steve Schwartz & Antoine Maglione ��Dutch’s Tavern, Rock Hill, Mondays, 7:30pm Jake Lentz piano & Marilyn Kennedy vocals ��La Piazzetta, Wurtsboro, Wednesdays, 6pm-9pm Musicians Gathering open mic ��Catskill Distillery, Bethel, Thursdays, 7:30pm The Parting Glass Band Celtic ��Loughran’s Pub, Salisbury Mills, Thursdays, 7pm-10pm Jake Lentz piano & Marilyn Kennedy vocals �� Giovanni’s Inn, Wurtsboro, Fridays & Saturdays, 6pm-9pm Marc Von Em Soul, blues, funk �� WaterWheel Cafe, Milford, last Fridays, 8pm-11pm Dose Acoustic Sundays �� Cafe Devine, Callicoon, 1st & 2nd Sundays, Noon-2pm Doug Rogers �� Cafe Devine, Callicoon, 3rd & 4th Sundays, Noon-2pm Evan Teatum sing along ��Palaia Vineyards, Highland Mills, May 1, 7:30pm-10:30pm Remedy Band ��Palaia Vineyards, Highland Mills, May 2, 7:30pm-10:30pm Jason Rosen - Papa Soul with Friends ��Catskill Distillery, Bethel, May 2, 8:30pm Leo B. ��Palaia Vineyards, Highland Mills, May 3, 2:30pm-5:30pm Kevin Finnian ��Palaia Vineyards, Highland Mills, May 8, 7:30pm-10:30pm Die Hardz Band ��Palaia Vineyards, Highland Mills, May 9, 7:30pm-10:30pm Ray Lonchamp w/Palaia Pampering for Mom �� Palaia Vineyards, May 10, 2:30pm-5:30pm Palaia All Star Band- Bruce Perone, Evan Teatum, Al Westphal, Ken Nicastro, Robert Schiff �� Palaia Vineyards, Highland Mills, May 16, 7:30m-10:30pm When Pigs Fly CD Release Party �� Catskill Distillery, Bethel, May 16, 8pm Evan Teatum & Friends ��Palaia Vineyards, Highland Mills, May 17, 2:30pm-5:30pm Jack Higgins ��Palaia Vineyards, Highland Mills, May 22, 7:30pm-10:30pm Groovy Tuesday �� Palaia Vineyards Outdoor Tent, Highland Mills, May 23, 7pm-10pm Gayle Donnelly outside ��Palaia Vineyards, Highland Mills, May 24, 2:30pm-5:30pm Jonathon Moody Awesome Cool �� Catskill Distillery, Bethel, May 24, 8pm Rob Schiff ��Palaia Vineyards, Highland Mills, May 29, 7:30pm-10:30pm Hurley Mountain Highway �� Palaia Vineyards Outdoor Tent, Highland Mills, May 30, 7pm-10pm Steve Wells outside ��Palaia Vineyards, Highland Mills, May 31, 2:30pm-5:30pm

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cabaret

Broadway Concerts Direct �� United Church of Christ, Blooming Grove NY, May 16, 6pm Vincent DiGeronimo“think. strings. machine.” ��KuBe, Beacon, May 16, 7pm

cinema

Adult Independent Film Night �� Greenwood Lake Library, 2nd Tuesday, 7pm FREE Reel Eclectic Film Series �� Thrall Library, Middletown, 1st Thursday, 7pm FREE “Angel On My Shoulder” Paul Muni, Claude Rains �� Shadowland Theatre, Ellenville, May 2, 2pm “Mildred Pierce” Joan Crawford �� Mount St. Mary College, Desmond Campus, May 5, 10:30am “The Wedding Ringer” Kevin Hart, Josh Gad �� Newburgh Library, May 9, 2pm FREE “Saving Grace” �� Cornwall Library, May 13, Noon FREE “Our Story, Ellenville” ��Ellenville Library, May 15, 7pm FREE “Foulmouth” Olympia Dukakis ��UDGLBT Center, Milford, May 15, 8pm FREE “The Circle” ��UDGLBT Center, Milford, May 16, 2pm FREE “Boy Meets Girl” ��UDGLBT Center, Milford, May 16, 4:30pm FREE “Love is Strange” John Lithgow,Alfred Molina ��UDGLBT Center, Milford, May 16, 8pm FREE “Pride” ��UDGLBT Center, Milford, May 17, 4pm FREE “The Boy Next Door” Jennifer Lopez Ryan Guzman �� Newbrgh Library, May 18, 6:30pm FREE “Sergeant York” Gary Cooper �� Mount St. Mary College, Desmond Campus, May 19, 10:30am “Da Vinci Code” ��Thrall Library, Middletown, May 20, 3pm FREE “I’ve Loved You So Long” �� Cornwall Library, May 21, 5:30pm FREE

Comedy

Rob Falcone, Marion Grodin �� Jester’s Comedy Club, Chester, May 2, 8pm Corey Rodrigues, Peaches Rodriguez �� Jester’s Comedy Club, Chester, May 9, 8pm Gemini illusion, dance, comedy, romance, ventriloquism �� Monticello Elks Club, May 9, 8pm The Laugh Tour �� The Arnold, Livingston Manor, May 9, 9pm Michael Somerville, Chris Roach �� Jester’s Comedy Club, Chester, May 16, 8pm Patty Rosborough, Mark DeMayo, Tommy Gooch �� Jester’s Comedy Club, Chester, May 30, 8pm

dance

American Ballet Theatre Studio Company Tuxedo Performing Arts Group ��Tuxedo, May 3, 5pm “Cinderella” Prokofiev, choreog.David Bintley, video �� Cornwall Library, May 17, 1pm FREE

festivals

May Day Beltane Festival �� Palaia Vineyards, Highland Mills, May 2, 10am-6pm Cinco de Mayo Community Festival ��Canal Street, Ellenville, May 5, 5:30pm Sugar Loaf Spring Festival �� Sugar Loaf, May 23-25, 10am-6pm

fundraisers

Mulberry House Senior Center Tricky Tray ��Middletown, May 2, opens Noon, calling starts 2pm Local Food Pantries “Thunderbash 10” country music ��Monticello Raceway, May 2, 6pm FREE SPARC Lunch, Prose & Music, Photography �� Clove Brook Farm, Salisbury Mills, May 3, 1pm Tuxedo Performing Arts Group American Ballet Theatre Studio Company ��Tuxedo, May 3, 5pm Cragsmoor Historical Society wine tasting & art auction �� next door to Library, May 16, 4:30pm Orange County AHRC Cyrille Aimée & Michael Valeanu, Chris Fortune & Rich Syracuse �� The Falcon, Marlboro, May 17, 7pm

holistic

Psychic Fair ��The Bodhi Tree, Sugar Loaf, May 9

museums

Terwilliger House Museum ��Ellenville, ongoing Sullivan County History Exhibits ��Sullivan County Museum, Hurleyville, ongoing 19th Century Rural Living ��Museum Village, Monroe, ongoing Celebrating Catskill Waters Past & Present ��Time & The Valleys Museum, Grahamsville, ongoing Pinchot Mansion Tours ��Grey Towers, Milford, ongoing “Tibetan Costume: Fashion for Life on the Roof of the World” �� Tibetan & Himalayan Cultural Center, Walden, thru Apr 30 Grey Towers WalkingTour ��Downtown Milford, May 9, 10am Garden Walking Tour �� Grey Towers, Milford, May 30, 1:30pm “Peace, Love, Unity, Respect: The Rise of Electronic Music Culture in America” �� . Museum at Bethel Woods, thru May 31

Wendy Sutter cello “Sunday with Friends” ��Bethel Woods, May 10, 2pm American String Quartet “Ode to Beethoven” Newburgh Chamber Music �� St. George’s Church, Newburgh, May 10, 3pm SUNY Orange Choir “Mother’s Day Concert” �� Orange Hall, Middletown, May 10, 3pm Anne Tormela soprano, opera, operetta, Broadway �� Florida Library, May 17, 2pm FREE Delaware Valley Choral Society “Spring Classics” ��Delaware Valley HS, Milford, May 17, 2:30pm Weekend of Chamber Music violin & cello CAS Arts Center, Livingston Manor, May 23, 3pm FREE Potluck Concerts “Americana” ��Cornwall Presbyterian Church, May 29, 7:30pm

Music - Indian

Steve Gorn bamboo flute �� Ellenville Library, May 10, 2pm FREE Usted Shafaat Khan, Coco Bastien, Adi Shivprasad “Musical Traditions” �� Montgomery Senior Center, May 17, 3pm FREE Purbayan Chatterjee sitar, Anubrata Chatterjee tabla �� Shanti Mandir, Walden, May 23, 7pm

music - jazz

Live Jazz Lunch with The Jazz Cats ��Dancing Cat Saloon, Bethel, Sundays, Noon The Nanga World Trio w/Latin flare ��Cilantro Tapas & Bar, New Windsor, Wednesdays, 7pm Thunderhead Organ Trio jazz-fusion ��The Wherehouse, Newburgh, 3rd Thursdays, 8pm FREE Coyote Anderson Quartet ��Lumberland Town Hall, Glen Spey, May 3, 3pm The John Raymond Quartet Foreign Territory CD Release �� The Falcon, Marlboro, May 3, 7pm John Abercrombie/Rob Scheps Quartet �� The Falcon, Marlboro, May 6, 7pm String Trio of New York ��Amity Gallery,Warwick, May 23, 8pm bigBANG Jazz Gang “Mostly Mingus!” �� The Falcon, Marlboro, May 27, 7pm Pete Levin �� The Falcon, Marlboro, May 31, 10am-2pm

poetry & prose readings

“Amplify Sound Concert Series” poets Decora & Gold, Neil Alexander �� Falcon, Mondays, 7pm Christopher P. Gazeent, Susan Hoover Calling All Poets Center for Creative Ed., Beacon, May 1, 8pm Hudson River Poets ��Newburgh Library, May 7, 7pm FREE Jennifer Circosta, Dennis Bressack ��Noble Coffee Roasters, Campbell Hall, May 7, 7pm Christopher Wheeling Poetry at the Church �� Goshen Methodist Church, May 25, 7pm Mary Makofske “THE DEEP: A Multi-media Celebration of Whales and Dolphins” �� Amity Gallery, Warwick, May 30, 7pm recreation & Dancing Swing Dancing w/Swing Shift Orchestra ��Newburgh Brewery, 1st Thursdays, 7:30pm Dancing (Ballroom) ��MISU Ellenville, 1st Saturdays, Lesson 7:30pm, Dancing 8pm “A Taste of Greater Newburgh” �� Mount St. Mary College, Newburgh, May 17, 12:30pm Nature Walk �� Delaware Highlands Conservancy, Bethel, May 31, 1pm

storytelling

Black Dirt Storytelling Guild �� Florida Library, May 14, 7:30pm FREE

theatre - play

“The Crucible” Arthur Miller, Creative Theatre-Muddy Water Players �� The Playhouse at Museum Village, Monroe, May 1-17 “I of the Storm” by & w/Richard Hoehler �� Tusten Theatre, Narrowsburg, May 2, 8pm “A View From the Bridge” Arthur Miller, Live in HD From National Theatre �� Downing Film Center, Newburgh, May 11, 7pm & May 12, 1:30pm “Clybourne Park” �� Shadowland Theatre, Ellenville, May 29-Jun14

Schools & Conservatories

Poetry Night with SUNY Sullivan Students ��Liberty Library, Apr 30, 6:30pm “Acappallooza” Eldred, Roscoe, Cornwall HS students, choral music ��Bethel Woods, May 6, 7pm

Music - Classical

SUNY Orange Community Orchestra Gregg Michalak, piano �� Paramount Theatre, Middletown, May 2, 7:30pm Classic Choral Society “Baroque with a Touch of Class(ical)” �� First Presbyterian Church, Goshen, May 2, 7:30pm FREE United Church of Christ, Blooming Grove, May 3, 4pm FREE King of Kings Lutheran Church, New Windsor, May 9, 7:30pm FREE West Point & Juilliard School Trombone Ensembles West Point Cadet Chapel, May 3, 3:00pm FREE David Podles violin, “Super Music of the Movies” ��Newburgh Library, May 3, 3pm FREE SUNY Orange Symphonic Band Pops Concert ��Paramount Theatre, Middletown, May 5, 7:30pm Middletown Concert Chorale “Ode To Joy, Hope & Love”. �� St. John’s Lutheran Church, Middletown, May 9, 7pm North Congregational Church, Middletown, May 16, 7pm United Church Of Christ, Blooming Grove, May 17, 3pm May 2015

Delaware & Hudson CANVAS

MAY BGRV ��United Church of Christ, Blooming Grove, NY BW �� Event Gallery/Museum, Bethel Woods Center for the Arts, Bethel CALL Calling All Poets �� Center for Creative Education, Beacon CAS Catskill Art Society �� CAS Arts Center, Livingston Manor CTMW CreativeTheatre-MuddyWaterPlayers...Museum Village, Monroe DCAT ��Dancing Cat Saloon & Catskill Distillery, Bethel

MONDAY

DEAD Parksville USA 2015 Music Festival �� Dead End Cafe, Parksville DOWN �� Downing Film Center, Newburgh DVAA �� Delaware Valley Arts Alliance, Narrowsburg FAL �� The Falcon, Marlboro GMCM Grand Montgomery Chamber Music ��Senior Center, Montgomery GWL �� Greenwood Lake Library

TUESDAY

WEDNESDAY

JEST ��Jester’s Comedy Club, Chester MISU Music Institute of Sullivan & Ulster �� St. John’s Episcopal Ch, Ellenville MSM-AQ ��Aquinas Hall, Mount St. Mary College, Newburgh MSM-DC ��Desmond Campus, Mount St. Mary College, Balmville NFL �� Newburgh Free Library NOBL �� Noble Coffee Roasters, Campbell Hall

THURSDAY

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

Theatre - Play...... “ Poetry..........Christ

Music Griffin House, Sam & Margo FAL 7pm

Cinema “Mildred Pierce” MSM-DC 10:30am

Music - Classical SUNY Orange Symphonic Band PT 7:30pm

Theatre-Live in HD “A View from the Bridge” DOWN 7pm

Theatre-Live in HDt “A View from the Bridge” DOWN 1:30pm

Music David Torn FAL 7pm

Cinema “Sergeant York” MSM-DC 10:30am

SUNY Orange Student Exhibit thru May 4, Orange Hall Gallery Coastal Highway by Joseph Ryan; Still life with Flower by Megan DeLeeuw; Green Still life by Kimberly DiMilia

Music - Jazz John Abercrombie/ Rob Scheps Quartet FAL 7pm

13 Music - Blues Paul Oscher Trio FAL 7pm

Festival Mysteryland BW

Music - Jazz bigBANG Jazz Gang FAL 7pm

Festival Spring Festival Sugar Loaf 10am-6pm

Cinema “Da Vinci Code” THRALL 3pm Music Organissimo FAL 7pm

“Inescapable by Stephen Hong” 1st Prize color drawing Sullivan County HS exhibit at CAS

Delaware & Hudson CANVAS

May 2015

Poetry............ Jennifer Circosta, Dennis Bressack.......... NOBL 7pm Poetry......................... Hudson River Poets.......................... NFL 7pm Music..................... Jean Rohe, Heather Robb..................... NFL 7pm Open Mic......................Musician’s Gathering................DCAT 7:30pm Theatre - Play...... “The Crucible” Arthur Miller...............CTMW 8pm

Cinema “Saving Grace” Cornwall Library, Noon

Cinema “The Boy Next Door” NFL 6:30pm

Poetry Christopher Wheeling Goshen Methodist Church, 7pm

Music.Jenny Schein

“Charcoal by Cristal Ortiz” 1st Prize B&W drawing Sullivan County HS exhibit at CAS

NVM �� PT �� PV �� RITZ �� RIV Sulliva SCCC ��

Music - World......................... Matuto......................................FAL 7pm Open Mic.......................Musician’s Gathering...............DCAT 7:30pm Storytelling......Black Dirt Storytelling Guild...Florida Library, 7:30pm Theatre - Play...... “The Crucible” Arthur Miller...............CTMW 8pm Music - Rock.Corey Glover..Orange County Choppers, Newburgh, 9pm

21 Cinema............“I’ve Loved You So Long”....Cornwall Library, 5:30pm Holistic.........Drumming Circle.. The Bodhi Tree, Sugar Loaf, 6:30pm Music............ Luis Perdomo + Controlling Ear Unit.............FAL 7pm Open Mic.......................Musician’s Gathering...............DCAT 7:30pm

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

28 Music.....Jeff Wilkinson & the Shutterdogs, Jenn Clapp.....FAL 7pm Open Mic.......................Musician’s Gathering...............DCAT 7:30pm

Theatre-Cinema .“S Theatre - Play...... “ Music .............................. Music ......................

Music - Blues.................. Cinema ..................... Music ......................... Music - Funk...... Da Theatre - Play...... “ Cinema.............................

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

2015

��Neversink Valley Museum, Cuddebackville ��Paramount Theatre, Middletown �� Palaia Vineyards, Highland Mills ��Lobby at the Ritz Theater, Newburgh an County Dramatic Workshop ��Rivoli Theatre, So. Fallsburg ��SUNY Sullivan County Community College, Loch Sheldrake

FRIDAY

nman & Todd Sickafoose’s Tiny Resistors.FAL 7pm

“The Crucible” Arthur Miller...............CTMW 8pm topher P. Gazeent, Susan Hoover........ CALL 8pm

Sing Along w/the Muppet Movie”.SLPAC 6:30pm “The Crucible” Arthur Miller...............CTMW 8pm ..............................Shlomo & Patti...............................RIV 7pm ......................Ari Heist, Aaron Zimmer.......................FAL 7pm

..................Bobby Messano................... SLPAC 6:30pm .....................“Our Story, Ellenville”.... Ellenville Library, 7pm .........................Yasgur & Slam Allen..........................RIV 7pm anya Kurtz w/Bernard Purdie..................FAL 7pm “The Crucible” Arthur Miller...............CTMW 8pm ............................. “Foulmouth”........................ UDGLBT 8pm

.............................. Mysteryland. ........................................ BW .......................... City Boys All-Stars............................FAL 7pm Riders of the Purple Sage & Guests. ... SLPAC 8pm

SLGMN ��Seligmann Center for the Arts, Sugar Loaf SLPAC ��Sugar Loaf Performing Arts Center ST ��Shadowland Theatre, Ellenville STORM ��Storm King Art Center, Mountainville SUNYO-HH ��SUNY Orange, Harriman Hall, Middletown SUNYO-KH ��SUNY Orange, Kaplan Hall, Newburgh

SATURDAY

Festival......... Beltane Festival Brid’s Closet......... PV 10am-6pm Fundraiser........Tricky Tray...Mulberry House, Middletown, Noon-3pm Cinema.......... “Angle On My Shoulder” Paul Muni............... ST 2pm Music - Country.............. Thunderbird 10.... Monticello Raceway, 6pm Music - Mariachi.............Rana Santacruz..............................FAL 7pm

SUNYO-MM �� SUNY Orange, Morrison Mansion, Middletown SUNYO-OH �� SUNY Orange, Orange Hall, Middletown HRALL �� Thrall Library, Middletown TUST ��Tusten Theatre, Narrowsburg UDGLBT �� UDGLBT Center, Milford UUC �� Unitarian Universalist Coffeehouse, Rock Tavern

SUNDAY

Music....................... ...Saints of Swing.................. FAL 10am-2pm Music - Jazz...........Jazz Cats Live Jazz Lunch................DCAT Noon Music......Dose Acoustic Sunday..Cafe Devine, Callicoon, Noon-2pm Fundraiser ...............SPARC....Clove Brook Farm, Salisbury Mills,1pm Theatre - Play...... “The Crucible” Arthur Miller...............CTMW 3pm Music - Classical.Classic Choral Society.First Presby Ch., Goshen, 7:30pm Music - Film.................David Podles violin.......................... NFL 3pm Music - Classical...SUNY Orange Community Orchestra .PT 7:30pm Music - Jazz.Coyote Anderson Quartet.Lumberland Town Hall, Glen Spey, 3pm Comedy............... Rob Falcone, Marion Grodin................. JEST 8pm Music - Classical...West Point & Juilliard Trombones..W.P. Cadet Chapel, 3pm Theatre - Play...... “The Crucible” Arthur Miller...............CTMW 8pm Music- Classical.Classic Choral Society.United Ch. of Christ, B.Grove, 4pm Theatre -Play.................. “I of the Storm”...........................TUST 8pm Fundraiser...American Ballet Theatre...Tuxedo Performing Arts Group, 5pm Music.............. Jason Rose - Papa Soul w/Friends..... DCAT 8:30pm Music - Jazz............ ...John Raymond Quartet........... FAL 10am-2pm

Holistic.....................Psychic Fair.......The Bodhi Tree, Sugar Loaf Cinema..................... “The Wedding Ringer”....................... NFL 2pm Music - ........ ...Alexis P. Suter & Ministers of Sound..FAL 10am-2pm Music .................. Moon Sauce & On The Roxx.................... RIV 7pm Music - Jazz...........Jazz Cats Live Jazz Lunch................DCAT Noon Music ...................... Mad Satter, The Amigos.......................FAL 7pm Music......Dose Acoustic Sunday..Cafe Devine, Callicoon, Noon-2pm Music...Middletown Concert Chorale..St. John’s Luth. Ch., Middletown, 7pm Music - Classical............Wendy Sutter cello.......................... BW 2pm Music..Classic Choral Society.King of Kings Luth. Ch., New Windsor, 7:30pm Music - Indian....Steve Thorn bamboo flute.... Ellenville Library, 2pm Music - Folk...................... Kathy Moran.......................... UUC 7:30pm Music ............“Singer-Songwriters-A Celebration”......... DEAD 3pm Theatre - Play...... “The Crucible” Arthur Miller...............CTMW 8pm Music - Classical..American String Quartet.St.George’sCh.,Nwbgh 3pm Comedy....... Corey Rodrigues, Peaches Rodriguez......... JEST 8pm Music - Classical...........SUNY Orange Choir............SUNYO-OH 3pm Comedy................................. Gemini...........Monticello Elks Club, 8pm Music ................................Carol & Sara.................................RIV 7pm Comedy..........The Laugh Tour......The Arnold, Livingston Manor, 9pm

Cinema .............................“The Circle”........................ UDGLBT 2pm Cinema ......................... “Boy Meets Girl”............... UDGLBT 4:30pm Music - ......................Willa McCarthy Band................ FAL 10am-2pm Fundraiser.Wine Tasting & Art Auction.Cragsmoor Hist.Soc.,4:30pm Music - Jazz...........Jazz Cats Live Jazz Lunch................DCAT Noon Cabaret..................Broadway Concerts Direct.................BGRV 6pm Music..................Doug Rogers......Cafe Devine, Callicoon, Noon-2pm Music.Middletown Concert Chorale.North Congregational.Ch, Mddltwn, 7pm recreation..”A Taste of Greater Newburgh”.opposite MSM-AQ Noon Music - Funk-Soul.Bernard Purdie & Friends......................FAL 7pm Dance....................”Cinderella” Prokofiev.......Cornwall Library, 1pm Music ..........................Lot 14 & Jazzmosis...........................RIV 7pm Music....Delaware Valley Choral Society...Delaware Valley HS, Milford, 2:30pm Cabaret ...................... Vincent DiGeronimo.........KuBe, Beacon 7pm Music.Middletown Concert Chorale.United Ch of Christ, Blooming Grove, 3pm Music...........................Music for Humanity.................. NOBL 7:30pm Theatre - Play...... “The Crucible” Arthur Miller...............CTMW 3pm Theatre - Play...... “The Crucible” Arthur Miller...............CTMW 8pm Music - Indian.............“Musical Traditions”.....................GMCM 3pm Music.....................When Pigs Fly CD Release................. DCAT 8pm Music.........................Anne Tomela soprano.......Florida Library, 3pm Music - DooWop-Soul.........The Fellas.................................RITZ 8pm Cinema .................................. “Pride............................. UDGLBT 4pm Comedy............Michael Somerville, Chris Roach............. JEST 8pm Music - Fundraiser............... OCAHRC....................................FAL 7pm Cinema ........................ “Love is Strange”.................... UDGLBT 8pm

Festival.............................. Mysteryland. ........................................ BW Festival...........Sugar Loaf Spring Festival...... Sugar Loaf, 10am-6pm Music - Classical..........Weekend of Chamber Music............CAS 3pm Music - Indian.... Purbayan Chatterjee...Shanti Mandir, Walden, 7pm Music............................ The Big Takeover.............................FAL 7pm Music - Jazz....String Trio of New York..Amity Gallery, Warwick, 8pm

Poetry-Music-MultiMedi.Mary Makofske.Amity Gallery, Warwick, 7pm Potluck Concerts..Cornwall Presbyterian Ch., 7:30pm Music.Jim Weider’s PRoJECT PERCoLARoR, Holly & Evans.FAL 7pm ................ “Clybourne Park”.............................. ST 8pm Music............. Mike & Annie Baglione and Friends....... NVM 7:30pm n Roth Band w/Cindy Cashdollar............FAL 7pm Theatre - Play................ “Clybourne Park”.............................. ST 8pm Comedy.Patsy Rosborough, Mark DeMayo, Tommy Gooch...JEST 8pm

Festival.............................. Mysteryland. ........................................ BW Festival...........Sugar Loaf Spring Festival...... Sugar Loaf, 10am-6pm Music - Jazz...........Jazz Cats Live Jazz Lunch................DCAT Noon Music..................Doug Rogers......Cafe Devine, Callicoon, Noon-2pm Music.............. Sketchy Black Dog, Jocelyn Arndt...............FAL 7pm

Music - Jazz..........................Pete Levin...................... FAL 10am-2pm Music - Jazz...........Jazz Cats Live Jazz Lunch................DCAT Noon Recreation.Nature Walk.Delaware Highlands Conservancy, Bethel 1pm Music..............Jonathan Moody “Awesome Cool”.......... DCAT 8pm Theatre - Play................ “Clybourne Park”.............................. ST 2pm Music -Soul-Jazz......Rueben Wilson Combo........................FAL 7pm

May 2015

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Art exhibits

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

Group Show ��Back Room Gallery, Beacon, ongoing Inscribed Tibetan Prayer Stones ��Tibetan and Himalayan Cultural Center, Walden, ongoing Carolyn Duke Pottery ��Duke Pottery, Tennanah Lake, Roscoe, ongoing Lisa & John Strazza paintings & photography �� Strazza Gallery, Warwick, ongoing David & Joanne Wells Greenbaum pottery, paintings ��BlueStone Studio, Milford, ongoing T.A. Clearwater paintings, pastels, prints ��Clearwater Gallery at Jones Farm, Cornwall, ongoing Jules Medwin outdoor sculpture ��Seligmann Center, Sugar Loaf, ongoing Lana Privitera paintings ��Blazing Bagels Cafe, Montgomery, ongoing Furniture, sculpture, ceramics, woodburnings ��Once A Tree, Cornwall-on-Hudson, ongoing “It’s ok to be a realist” group show ��Ann Street Gallery, Newburgh, thru May 2 The Artists of New Hope Community �� CAS thru May3 “Art About Water” ��Healing Arts Studio, Teran Studio, Nwbgh Art Supply, Newburgh, thru May 3 Alan Wood “Fool’s Gold” paintings ��DVAA theu May 9 “Floral” WRS members group show �� WRS thru May 14 “Martian Art” group show �� Crawford Gov’t Center, Pine Bush, thru May 19 Debbie Gioello ”Art on Art” �� Bon Secours Hospital Cafeteria, Port Jervis, thru May 19 Joan Kehlenbeck “Spring Triptychs” ��Deerpark Town Hall, Huguenot, thru May 19 Susan Miiler “Spring Florals” �� Mayor’s Office, Port Jervis City Hall, Wednesdays, thru May 19 Martha Zola “The Newburgh Paintings” ��SUNYO-KH thru May 21 Joan Lesikin “Bodyscapes” �� Healing Arts Gallery, Ellenville Hospital, thru May 22 Spring Show group show ��UpFront Exhibition Space, Port Jervis, thru May 24 Brenda Scott Harburger, Margaret Drake, “Artists of Excellence” sculptures �� SUNYO-KH thru May 27 Frank Shuback “Hard Evidence” �� CAS thru May 31 Toni Quest “Actualized” ��Karpeles Museum, Newburgh, thru May 31 Bruce Young graphite portraiture, pen & ink, architecture ��Caffe ala Mode, Warwick, thru Jul Always Searching” (art rotates throughout the year) Michael Byro, Janet Howard-Fatta, & �� Billie Robson, Craig Wettstein Unitarian Universalist Gallery, Rock Tavern thru Aug 2015 NEW ART EXHIBITS

Mike Jaroszko, George Hayes, Lynn Saunders �� WRS May 1-31 Rock Memorabilia from the Avalon Archives ��Gallery at The Falcon,Marlboro, May 1-31 Nancy Pitcher paintings ��Gallery at Chant Realtors, Lords Valley, May 1-Jun 26 Naomi Teppich “Earth Fusion” ��Cafe Devine, Callicoon, May 1-Jun 30 “Art in Bloom” group show �� The Barn at Elm Lake, Middletown, May 2 & 3 “Spring” group show �� WAA May 2-31 Flavia Bacarella woodcuts �� Amity Gallery, Warwick, May 2-31 “Travel Log” group show ��Crawford Gallery of Fine Arts, Pine Bush, May 8-30 Minjun King ��Dreamrose Gallery, Monroe, May 9-20 “SHHH! CAS Silent Auction Benefit” “The Porch Challenge” �� CAS May 9-24 Todd Lantz “Filling the Void” ��CAS Laundry Gallery, Livingston Manor, May 9-30 Middletown Art Group Spring Exhibition ��SUNYO-OH May 11-Jun 18 Riverfest Art Poster 25th Annivesary Retrospective ��DVAA May 15-Jun 6 “Portrait” WRS members group show ��WRS May 15-Jun 14 Highland Falls Parklet ��Downtown Highland Falls, May 15 thru Nov “Martian Art” group show ��Crawford Gov’t Center, Pine Bush, May 16, 5pm-6:30pm Nicholas Bach “Into the Egg” ��Space Create, Newburgh, May 30, 6pm-9pm Ed Smith & Joni Wehrli “Material Being” ��CAS May 30-Jun 28

Photography exhibits

Photography & Graphics, Realism Paintings juried group show �� Crawford Gallery of Fine Arts, Pine Bush, thru Apr 30 David Wong “Birds in Flight” ��RiverWinds Gallery, Beacon, thru May 3 NEW photography EXHIBITS

Enrico Ferorelli “The Land of Little Rivers” Fly Fishing Museum, Livingston Manor, May 2, Noon Liz Cooke & Andy Milford “Abandoned Hudson Valley” �� MSM-DC May 3-Jun 12 Rafael Quirindongo “Scenes of the Valley” ��Howland Library, Beacon, May 9-Jun 14 George Saines “Light & Life - Light & Form” ��SUNYO-OH May 11-Jun 18 Laura Borneman photographs & installation ��DVAA May 15-Jun 6 Greg Miller “The Majestic Hudson: River, Highlands, Tributaries” �� SUNYO-KH May 29-Jul 17

ART & Photography receptions

“Art in Bloom” group show ��The Barn at Elm Lake, Middletown, May 2 & 3, 11am-5pm Enrico Ferorelli “The Land of Little Rivers” Fly Fishing Museum, Livingston Manor, May 2, Noon “Spring” group show �� WAA May 2, 4pm-6pm 18

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Flavia Bacarella woodcuts �� Amity Gallery, Warwick, May 2, 4pm-7pm Mike Jaroszko, George Hayes, Lynn Saunders �� WRS May 2, 5pm-7pm Nancy Pitcher paintings �� Gallery at Chant Realtors, Lords Valley, May 2, 5pm-7pm Naomi Teppich “Earth Fusion” �� Cafe Devine, Callicoon, May 2, 6pm-8pm Liz Cooke & Andy Milford “Abandoned Hudson Valley” ��MSM-DC May 3, 1pm-3pm Todd Lantz “Filling the Void” ��CAS Laundry Gallery, May 9, Noon-4pm Minjun King ��Dreamrose Gallery, Monroe, May 9, 2pm-6pm Rafael Quirindongo “Scenes of the Valley” �� Howland Library, Beacon, May 9, 5pm-9pm Rock Memorabilia from the Avalon Archives �� Gallery at The Falcon, Marlboro, May 9, 7pm Laura Borneman photographs & installation �� DVAA May 15, 7pm-9pm Riverfest Art Poster 25th Annivesary Retrospective �� DVAA May 15, 7pm-9pm Highland Falls ArtWalk ��Downtown Highland Falls, May 16, 11am-5pm “Martian Art” group show �� Crawford Gov’t Center, Pine Bush, May 16, 5pm-6:30pm “Travel Log” group show ��Crawford Gallery of Fine Arts, Pine Bush, May 16, 5:30pm-8pm Middletown Art Group Spring Exhibition �� SUNYO-OH May 17, 1pm-4pm George Saines “Light & Life - Liight & Form” �� SUNYO-OH May 17, 1pm-4pm “SHHH! CAS Silent Auction Benefit” closing recpetion & beer tasting �� CAS May 24, 4pm-6pm Greg Miller “The Majestic Hudson: River, Highlands, Tributaries” �� SUNYO-KH May 30, 5pm-8pm Ed Smith & Joni Wehrli “Material Being” ��CAS May 30, Talk 4pm, Reception, 5pm-7pm Nicholas Bach “Into the Egg” �� Space Create, Newburgh, May 30, 6pm-9pm Liberty High School Art Show ��Liberty Museum & Arts Center, Jun 7, 4pm

ART: Schools & Conservatories

SUNY Orange Student Exhibition “ARTiculate” �� SUNYO-OH thru May 4 Liberty High School Art Show �� Liberty Museum & Arts Center, May 29-Jun 13

books - Discussions/Readings /siGNings

Book Lover’s Club �� Greenwood Lake Library, 4th Tuesday, 7pm Mystery Thriller & Crime Book Group �� Jeffersonville Library, 2nd Wednesday, 6:30pm Book Discussion Group ��Narrowsburg Library, 3rd Friday, 4:00pm “Tu Es Ma Belle” by Jerrice Jean Baptiste ��Josephine-Louise Library, Walden, Apr 27, 6:30pm “A Moveable Feast” Hemingway, w/Patty Sussman ��Newburgh Library, Apr 28, 2pm “Maternal Threads” by Frances Brown ��Thrall Library, Middletown, May 4, 6:30pm “Bone Hollow” by Bill Braine �� Cornwall Library, May 5, 6:30pm “Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close” by Jonathan Safran Foer Ellenville Library, May 11. 6:30pm “The Loyalists Are Coming” Todd Braisted ��Josephine-Louise Library,Walden, May16, 2pm “Euphoria” by Lily King ��Newburgh Library, May 19, 2pm Best Short Stories of 2014 w/Jess Gerson ��Newburgh Library, May 20, 7pm “Death Comes to Pemberley” by PD James ��Cornwall Library, May 20, 7pm Great Books Discussion ��Newburgh Library, May 22, 11:30am “Under the Wide & Starry Sky” by Nancy Horan ��Liberty Library, May 28, 1pm “Lost Lake” by Sarah Addison Allen ��Cornwall Library. May 28. 7pm

children & Teens Calendar

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

books

“Lizards” by Nic Bishop, grades 1 & 2 �� Cornwall Library, May 14, 4:30pm “Clementine” by Sara Pennypacker, grades 3 & 4 �� Cornwall Library, May 18, 4:30pm Cinema

Teen Movie Night grades 5-12 �� Greenwood Lake Library, Tuesdays, 6pm FREE “Paddington” grades K-5 �� Florida Library, May 2, 2pm FREE entertainment See also festivals page 15

“Mexico Beyond Mariachi” music ��Ellenville Library, May 5, 4:30pm “Sing Along with the Muppet Movie” ��Sugar Loaf PAC, May 8, 6:30pm Gigi & the Lend Me a Hand Band interactive family music, dance, games �� Florida Library, May 15, 6pm FREE Museums

Meet the Animal of the Week ��HHNM-CoH Saturdays & Sundays, 1pm & 2:30pm recreation & Lectures see also lectures on page 14

Nature Strollers babies, toddlers, kids, families �� HHNM Wednesdays, 9:30am, thru Jun 3 Teen Painting Drop-in ��Wallkill River School, Montgomery, Saturdays, 1pm “Marvelous Moths” ��HHNM-CoH Saturdays & Sundays, 10am-4pm “Toads”Pam Golben �� HHNM May 3, 10am

Doo Wop at the Ritz

Back by popular demand, The Fellas bring their classic soul, Motown, and R&B to The Ritz Theatre, 109 Broadway, Newburgh on May 16 at 8:00pm. For info: 845-784-1199.

Meet: Todd W. Braisted, Author & Historian On May 16, Todd W. Braisted will speak at the Josephine-Louise Public Library in Walden. Ginny Neidermier, the everactive, live-wire director of the facility has scheduled what may be classified as one of the more unique and intriguing presentations of the season. Todd Braisted is an author and noted historian whose fascinating topic is the American Revolution. It’s not that the Revolution in itself is so unique, but Todd’s area of concentration is to explore the lives of Orange County residents and others who were loyal to the King! King George III, King of Great Britain and Ireland, should one inquire. In, around and about Orange County, Loyalists were referred to as Tories. Their lot was a precarious one, as farmers, merchants and others were frequently forced to swear allegiance to “the cause.” The cause, of course, is the separation and independence of the Colonies from Great Britain. In the State of New York, there were established nine Commissioners for the expressed purpose of detecting and defeating

“Conspiracies” (groups of conspirators). The creation was reported to be a direct result of the British invasion of New York. The Commissioners traveled about the State of New York and searched for and arrested “enemies of the state.” Loyalists were often arrested, and in Orange County incarcerated at the County Jail in Goshen. Furthermore, it was not unusual for the property of Tories to be seized. Keep in mind here, this is recalling a period in time when Orange County and its immediate environs could legitimately be labeled with the rather dubious distinction: “designated combat zone.” The engagements detailed below are blunt reminders of hostilities that once plagued the residents of the Hudson and Delaware River Valleys. On July 16, 1779, rebel troops, under the command of “Mad” Anthony Wayne, stormed the British fortifications at Stony Point (then a part of Orange County). The British outpost was a direct and immediate threat to West

Point and of course, control of the strategically critical Hudson River. The successful surprise attack by bayonet reportedly resulted in the deaths of nearly 600 soldiers. On the Western edge of Orange County, during the summer of 1779 the villages of Port Jervis and Deerpark were attacked by Joseph Brant, a Dartmouth educated Mohawk and a commissioned officer in the British Army. Reportedly, the attack was completed by an assortment of ninety Tories and Iroquois Indians. On the 21st of July, a militia consisting of 120 men from Goshen and Warwick began a forced pursuit of Brant, following him and his “troops” up the Delaware Valley. They hoped to retrieve horses, cattle and hostages taken by Brant. The Colonists fell prey, however, to misfortune when their stealth approach at Minisink Ford was compromised. In the ensuing battle, forty-five to fifty militia (residents of Goshen and Warwick) were killed along with 7 of Brant’s men.

On or about October 5, 1777, the British attacked and captured Fort Clinton and Fort Montgomery, two strategically placed fortifications just south of West Point. The attack was a well-planned attempt to gain control of the Hudson; the battles resulted in 75 Americans killed or wounded and 63 soldiers captured by the British. To gain additional information as it relates to the military and political conflicts that resulted in the formation of this country is essential. Todd W. Braisted’s presentation promises to be several notches above what was recounted here. His research and labors delineate details not often told. For in the course of military conflicts, it is the victors that record the history. The stories of the Loyalists, with the exception of Braisted et al’s distinguished efforts, are largely untold. On May 16, at 2:00pm Todd Braisted will reveal those untold tales and present “...a colorful program adding to our already rich history of Orange County.” The Josephine Louise Public Library is located at 5 Scofield St., in Walden. Additional details pertaining to this extraordinary event can be obtained by contacting the library at 845-778-7621.

MO NTG OM ERY - BUSI NE SS SE RV I CE S, D I NI N G & E N T E R T A I N M E N T

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Middletown Art Group’s Spring Exhibit 2015

“Tea Time” by Lana Privitera

Even though the name Middletown Art Group (MAG) seems to give the impression of exclusiveness to Middletown residents, that is not the case as members reside in other parts of Orange County as well as Ulster, Sullivan, Peter Fiore Dutchess, Sussex, and Pike Counties. This active group is celebrating its 70th anniversary. The annual MAG Spring Members’ Exhibition show, which will be on view in Orange Hall Gallery, May 11-June 18, will include artworks in several media. Judging the show is Peter Fiore, an American landscape painter who is best known for painting light and his striking use of color. Born in Teaneck, NJ, he studied at Pratt

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Butterfly (made with canteloupe seeds) by Oluwafiropo Margaret Ibitoye

Institute and the Art Students League of New York. Previously, he worked as a professional illustrator collaborating on thousands of projects. He has been on the faculty at Pratt Institute, Syracuse University, and MAG’s Jill Constantino presently teaches at the School of Visual Arts in New York City. He has given numerous guest lectures and workshops on painting. His work is represented in prestigious galleries across the country. “Everything I do is directly from nature, but I re-orchestrate,” says Peter. The reception for the show is scheduled on May 17 from 1:00pm to 4:00pm. During

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“Big Bird” by Barbara Bonham

the reception, several minidemonstrations in different media will be given by MAG members while pianist Beverly Poyerd plays classical and jazz selections. The show is being chaired by committee: Barbara Bonham, Anne Kelly, Joyce Garrett, Renee Beverly Poyerd Buckheit, Catharine DeMaio, and Jill Constantino. The reception, demos and exhibit are free and open to all. Orange Hall is located at the corner of Grandview and Wawayanda Avenues on the Middletown campus of SUNY Orange. For information, call 845-341-4891 or cultural@sunyorange.edu.

A Taste of The Trapps

The Shawangunk Mountains is “one of Earth’s last great places” and a hikers’ and rock climbers’ paradise, but it was not always this way. From early postRevolutionary days through World War II, a few hardy families scratched out a living atop the mountain, defying an unforgiving and isolated terrain. For generations they lived off the land, working subsistence farms and harvesting raw materials from the forest and earth. Today only a few vestiges of this proud and independent community remain. The rest has vanished along with the way of life that sustained it. Using information from a book Robi Josephson wrote with Bob Larsen (see photo), Josephson breathes life into this lost world and the people who once called it home. Her lecture on the remarkable story of the Trapps people and how the hamlet was honored with placement on the National and State Registers of Historic Places - the first time New York State has recognized the historic importance of a vanished, hardscrabble community, will take place at Desmond Campus for Adult Enrichment, Mount Saint Mary College, 6 Albany Post Road, Newburgh on May 8 at 10:00am. Advanced registration is required. To register, phone 845-565-2076.

Classical Indian Music in Montgomery...

Howard Garrett is a music that a lot of people never heard lover. Plain and simple. “If you of,” making the evenings love music, it will love you,” he often informative, not just has always stated. entertaining. In fact 30 years ago, he started “The people that come to our a music lovers group in Bayside, home every third Thursday love Queens. music, and know something Garrett had a musical about it. But you do not have relationship with Seymour to know a lot about music, just DeKoven, generally known love it and you are welcome to simply as DeKoven, a Baroquejoin.” only classical music radio Also indicative of his love personality of the 1950s-early for music, Garrett’s Grand Ustad Shaffat Khan 1980s. “After DeKoven died I had a memorial Montgomery Chamber Music Series offers service for him and got names of people that audiences a wide variety of chamber music, were there, and other names I had gotten earlier and this month the variety is most obvious; from DeKoven, people living in Queens, and for the first time in the series, he is offering contacted them. Twice a month they came to classical Indian music. my home to listen to classical music, only “I guess it’s a little like when I had musicians Baroque, as that was their interest. and dancers from Russian Georgia entertain “When Judy and I moved to Montgomery this will be a new and interesting experience in 1987, Steve Israel wrote an article in the for people that come to hear the Montgomery Times Herald-Record about my group and concerts,” he concluded. a new bunch of people joined at that time. Ustad Shafaat Khan, world-renowned People who love classical music. I did not classical musician, debuted at the age of 11 have the same Baroque-only requirements in the King’s Lynn Festival opened by the anymore. Queen Mother. Since then he has performed “DeKoven died in 1984, so I have been worldwide at many prestigious concert halls, having these groups for 30 years. I do not play festivals, and universities all over the world. warhorses. I try to play music of composers He has played at events that were inaugurated

Coco Bastien

...AND Ellenville, too

Adi Shivprasad

by numerous dignitaries, including Presidents and Prime Ministers. He has shared a television performance with Ray Charles in Germany and recently performed alongside Stevie Wonder at the Bonaroo Festival. In addition, some of his CDs have been produced by the famous Dr. Deepak Chopra. Mr. Khan has distinguished himself by being the first known artist to attain simultaneous excellence in performing the sitar, surbahar, and tabla, and had accompanied himself on the tabla, a first in Indian classical music. He will perform Musical Traditions with Coco Bastien, vocals and guitar, and Adi Shivprasad, tabla, at the Montgomery Senior Center, 36 Bridge Street on May 17 at 3:00pm. Admission is free. For information about the concert and about Garrett’s music lovers group: 845-457-9867.

Grammy winner Steve Gorn is a master bamboo flutist and saxophone player who has performed Indian classical music, jazz and new American music on the bansuri bamboo flute and soprano saxophone in concerts and festivals throughout the world, creating a new idiom: a music that combines the essence of classical Indian tradition with a contemporary world music sensibility. Steve infuses great mastery with a haunting, lyrical sweetness to bring the healing breath of the sacred to our demanding contemporary lives. He has been praised by critics and leading Indian musicians as one of the few westerners recognized to have captured the subtlety and beauty of Indian music. Steve Gorn performs Classical Indian Music on bamboo flute for Mother’s Day on May 10 at 2:00pm in the Ellenville Library, 40 Center Street. Admission is free. Call 845-647-5530.

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Sunday with Sutter at Bethel

“Playing solo repertoire is perhaps the most challenging endeavor one can pursue as a musician, but the creative process involved in preparing music such as this is massively rewarding both musically and emotionally.” So states cellist Wendy Sutter. “I was fortunate to have the privilege to collaborate with Philip Glass on his first ever solo string piece, Songs and Poems, written for me in 2007.” (The recording has been critically acclaimed and continues to sell about 10,000 downloads a year. To date, it has sold 85,000 downloads, a huge number for a classical record.) “He has now written a second cello suite for me which I will perform and record next season.” Greg Sandow, Wall Street Journal: “Sutter throws herself into the music with something like ferocity, playing each repetition as an intensification of the one before. Or maybe she’s just so intense that everything feels new. And so the music never stands still.” For her upcoming Bethel concert, “I will be playing the original Songs and Poems and I am delighted to present two other suites to demonstrate the musical and technical languages composers have used since the 17th

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century in writing for solo cello.” Gaspar Cassadó i Moreu (1897-1966) was born in Barcelona to a church musician father and began taking cello lessons at age seven. When he was nine, he played in a recital where Pablo Casals was in the audience; Casals immediately offered to

teach him. Cassadó’s solo cello Suite consists of three dance movements. The first movement includes quotations from Kodály’s Sonata for Cello Solo, and the famous flute solo from Ravel’s ballet Daphnis et Chloé. The sardana of the second movement is a traditional dance from Catalonia. Cassadó was also known for his cello transcriptions of Bach’s solo suites. “I’m playing Cassadó’s own Suite, my premiere with this work! - and Bach’s original Suite No. 4, BWV 1010, not Cassadó’s transcription.” Now in its third year, Bethel Woods Center for the Arts is pleased to announce the return of Sundays With Friends, a chamber music series held in the venue’s intimate Event Gallery, with Wendy Sutter on May 10 at 2:00pm. For tickets visit www.BethelWoodsCenter. org, Ticketmaster, or by phone at 845-5832060, and at the door.

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May I Have A Word With You...Language and its Oddities with Carol Pozefsky The Wittiest Man That’s a chapter title in the book The Portable Curmudgeon and it refers to playwright / humorist George S. Kaufman (see photo below) who, at the age of 15, was a regular contributor to The New York Evening Mail. Not long thereafter, he was drama editor of The New York Times. During a New York City flu epidemic, Kaufman wrote of a Broadway box office disaster: BEWARE OF FLU AVOID CROWDS SEE “SOMEONE IN THE HOUSE” Kaufman’s wry epitaph for an inattentive waiter who had passed away: “God finally caught his eye.” To a playwright whose work failed to impress him: “I understand your new play is full of single entendres.” Kaufman’s lead-in to a review of a comedy: “There was laughter in the back of the theater, leading to the belief that someone was telling jokes back there.” “The trouble with Shakespeare is that you never get to sit down unless you’re a king.” Someone once said that theater producer Jed Harris was his own worst enemy. Kaufman’s response: “Not while I’m alive.”

Actor Raymond Massey was a frequent impersonator of Abraham Lincoln and the actor was considered by many to be overbearing in the role. Kaufman once wrote that Massey would not be satisfied until he had been assassinated. Hang on to his Goattails! We call a drama based on human suffering a tragedy, a word which comes to English from the Greek word ‘tragos’ meaning goat and ‘oide’ meaning song, literally, a goat song. Etymologists suggest a connection: It’s believed that the performers in ancient Greek tragedies were dressed in goatskins to represent satyrs, the gods of the woods. The ‘satyrs’ would sing mournful songs while goats and other animals were being sacrificed, all such events designed to honor the gods. Hic, Haec, Hoc Breathlessly we try to keep pace with the speed of change in our 21st century. A menu from an upscale Washington DC restaurant included the following cocktail names; baffling and new to everyone at our table (ages 25 to 75). Smoke on the Water: rye, vida organic mezcal luxardo maraschino, agave syrup. Waterfront: rosemary and grapefruit infused vodka, aperol, yuzu. Cardux: zaya rum, cardamaro, lime juice, honey syrup Foreign Policy: Beefeater gin, green chartreuse, limoncello, honey syrup.

Ode to Joy, Hope, Love...and Peace!

“Since we sang Beethoven’s Ninth with the Newburgh Symphony and Dr Choe in April, our own concert is lighter this season,” said Middletown Concert Chorale (MCC) member Tejasa Dawson. With a nod to that spectacular concert, she added “the title of the concert is Ode to Joy, Hope and Love.” For its 2015 Spring Concert series, the Chorale, now in its 18th year, under the direction of Danielle Cornacchio, (photo right) and accompanied by Gregg Michalak (see page 3), will sing popular pieces well known to many and delightful lesser known pieces. Popular: Composer/arranger Kirby Shaw, has nearly 3000 choral compositions/ arrangements in print, including the Victor Young/Edward Heyman song When I Fall In Love. Jeri Southern sang on the first recording released in April 1952 with composer Young handling the arranging and conducting duties. The song has become a standard, with many artists recording it, and Shaw has created a remarkable adaptation for full chorus. Folk: Down By the Sally Gardens, a poem by William Butler Yeats, has been set to music by classical composers Herbert Hughes, Rebecca Clarke, John Ireland, Benjamin Britten and,

more recently, Linda Spevacek, a composer of with over 1,000 published compositions, whose version MCC will perform. Operetta: Dance a Cachucha from Gilbert & Sullivan’s The Gondoliers. Similar to the Bolero, the Cachucha is danced to an Andalusian national song with castanet accompaniment. Classical: The music from Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony Ode to Joy is the basis for Jill Galina’s Ode to Peace in which she takes the beloved Beethoven melody and adds original lyrics with “partnered” melody. And that’s just a sampling of just under two dozen songs that will be heard on May 9 at 7:00pm at St. John’s Lutheran Church, 391 Mt. Hope Road, Middletown, and on May 16 at 7:00pm at North Congregational Church, 96 N. Beacon Street, Middletown, and on May 17 at 3:00pm at United Church Of Christ, 8 Old Dominion Road, Blooming Grove. Tickets are available at the door. A reception with light fare follows each concert. For information: Rob Abramson 845-3864398 or Pres. Wendy McNutt 845-457-2730.

Graphite, Pen & Ink ART-itecture

Artist Bruce Young is a longtime resident of Highland Lakes, New Jersey. He attended the Newark School of Fine and Industrial Arts in the late 60’s, concentrating on painting the human form in oils. He currently works in oils, pen and ink with a focus on architecture, while his work in graphite focuses on portraiture. In addition, he has also worked in watercolors, acrylics and pastels. “I’ve been an artist most of my life but it wasn’t until about 15 years ago that I got more involved in creating art. I started - oddly enough - with the airbrush, which I was introduced to back in art school. “For the past 12 years or so I’ve been accepting commissions for pen and ink drawings of architecture, mostly homes but also Inns, B&Bs, restaurants and commercial buildings.”

See Bruce’s graphite portraiture and pen & ink works in an art exhibit at Caffè ala Mode, One Oakland Ave, Warwick. The exhibit runs through July 31. For information call 845-986-0079

Cricket Tell the Weather is a Brooklyn based string band with its roots deep in the bluegrass tradition and its branches stretching wherever the sun shines. Winners of the 2013 FreshGrass Award, Cricket combines indie folk songwriting and traditional bluegrass instruments. Award-winning songwriter Andrea Asprelli (fiddle) came to the east coast from Colorado, and was shaped by local bluegrass communities scattered across Massachusetts, Connecticut,

and New York, before cofounding Cricket. Winner of the 2011 Podunk Songwriting Competition, Andrea is joined by Doug Goldstein on banjo, Jeff Picker on guitar, Sam Weber on bass, and Dave Goldenberg, mandolin. Presented by the Delaware Valley Arts Alliance, the band will perform at the Tusten Theatre, 210 Bridge Street in Narrowsburg on May 16 at 7:30pm. For tickets, call 845-252-7576.

“South Street, Goshen” by Bruce Young

Brooklyn Bluegrass Brews at Tusten

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Persistence of Vision Demystified

Persistence of Vision is the theme of Weekend of Chamber Music’s (WCM) 22nd annual Summer Music Festival. Centered around the work of a contemporary composer each year, WCM’s 2015 Festival will feature the iconic and award-winning John Corigliano as Composer-in-Residence. Among his accolades are the Pulitzer Prize, the Grawemeyer Award, five Grammy Awards, an Academy Award for The Red Violin, and an Academy Award nomination for Altered States. A sneak peek event with WCM’s Artistic co-directors Andrew Waggoner and Caroline Stinson (see photo) will demystify

and contextualize the Persistence of Vision Music Festival theme with analysis, discussion, improvisation and performance. A sampling of film clips and film music which will tie into the Festival’s title and illustrate Corigliano’s film scores, along with “live” excerpts by Fauré and Corigliano on violin and cello, will take place on May 23 from 3:00pm-5:00pm at the CAS Arts Center, 48 Main Street, Livingston Manor. Seating at CAS is limited. Admission is free, but reservations are strongly recommended. Contact CAS at 845-436-4227. Visit www. WCMconcerts.org for Festival season tickets.

Lantz Exhibits for Adults & Teaches Kids

Come to the Laundry King, Filling the Void is an 65 Main Street, Livingston exhibition by Todd Lantz that Manor for the opening reception chronicles the evolution of his of Filling The Void on May 9 found object sculpture while from 4:00pm-7:00pm, which pursuing a career in fine art is on view Saturdays through mold-making and ornamental May 30. plaster. See how he has In addition, Lantz will be incorporated the concepts and Work by Todd Lantz hosting an all-kids day on May materials of traditional casting 16 from Noon-4:00pm. Kids of all ages can into contemporary art. Browse the pop-up shop presented by learn to mix and cast plaster. Lantz will have Highland Art and Design. The shop will include molds available and assist participants in the hand crafted items made by Lantz utilizing his creation of their own handmade art work. Visit www.catskillartsociety.org for more. innovative techniques and ideas.

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“They” Sing for “Your” Supper

Parksville performers from left to right: Montgomery Delaney, Will Hoppey, Deborah Anne Fischer, Stu Kabak, Jeff Orts and Paul Kean

is known from New York State Happy days are here again! to Key West, Florida; Deborah The Parksville USA 2015 Anne Fischer, a talented, popular Festival’s aim is to supply a venue Sullivan County performer; multi for a lengthy season of concerts, award winning local song writer varied and interesting, individually Stu Kabak as well as Hudson and collectively. The 2015 program Valley resident, the versatile Jeff has been announced, and it runs Orts. Curator of the event Paul the gamut from Opera, Operetta, Kean rounds out the roster. Broadway, Folk, Doo Wop and “I am very proud of the level of Country to end-of-the-year Holiday Tom Caltabellotta Music. There will be nine concerts in the entertainment represented and grateful to all of the great performers who have agreed 2015 season. Singers/Songwriters - A Celebration is to participate in this show,” Kean said. the May theme, and performers will feature “Recordings of individual artists will be some of the areas most talented singer/ available for sale, so you can bring some of songwriters. The event, organized by local the music home with you.” The show is on May 10 at 3:00pm at the musician Paul Kean, will showcase talent you may know from the region’s acoustic Dead End Café, 6 Main Street, Parksville. Tickets include a Complementary Full music scene. Performing original material will be Dinner Buffet after the performance, Westchester County’s Montgomery tastefully arranged by and lovingly overseen Delaney, a well known musician in the by Dead End host Tom Caltabellotta. For reservations: www.parksvilleusa.com Hudson Valley coffee house and folk music scene; Will Hoppey, an artist whose craft or call 845-292-0400.

Community Building Through the Arts with Su s a n H a n dler

Highland Falls’ Parklet Initiative One of the more critical issues facing outdoor urban human habitat is the sparsity of space for humans to rest, relax, or just do nothing. To address this matter ReBar, a San Francisco art studio, launched the Parklet design experiment as an unofficial activist project. The term “parklet” was first used in San Francisco to represent the conversion of an automobile parking space into a mini-park for passive recreation, providing aesthetic enhancements to the overall streetscape. Shortly after noon on November 16, 2005, one of the coveted parking spots in San Francisco, located just outside an Academy of Arts building, was occupied by a group eating lunch, sitting amid furniture and planters made out of mycelium, the strong organic fibers that form the root structure for mushrooms. This simple two-hour installation has blossomed into an international event called Park(ing) Day where people around the globe reclaim the streets for people, for fun, for play, and for the arts. You can experience temporary and permanent parklet installations in Portugal, Canada, Mexico, Japan, Denmark, France, and across the American continent. Anyone who has visited the Broadway and 42nd Street area in New York City can experience the transformative impact of permanent parklets. Inspired by this initiative, the Eisenhower Leadership Center (ELC) approached Highland Falls with a vision that wove together the parklet temporary installation concept and the Paint Out community ArtWalk event implemented in Highland Falls in 2013 by Susan Roth and the Wallkill River School. For this year’s project, ELC collaborated with Collaborative Concepts (CC), located

in Garrison, to initiate the sculpture walk in Highland Falls. The walk will run throughout streets and parking areas starting May 16. “We wanted to give the many West Point visitors another destination,” says Mayor Patrick Flynn. “Finally this is going to happen.” What was originally merely the idea of ELC turned into a vision embraced by CC, the Village of Highland Falls, local and state politicians as well as the United States Military Academy at West Point. Dr. Jim Modlin, President of the Economic Development Board for Highland Falls, hopes that the city’s Art Parklets set the spark for a rapid business development in the area. Approximately 15 sculptures with a minimum height of 5 feet will be selected for this exciting and highly selective six-month installation. So far, the initiative has secured the participation of internationally renowned Master bronze sculptor Greg Wyatt for the inaugural show. The opening day for the Highland Falls ArtWalk is May 16 from 11:00am-5:00pm. Rain date is May 17. For additional information, call the Village of Highland Falls at 845-446-3400 or ELC at 845446-3904.

The Ethelbert B. Crawford Public Library in Monticello is hosting a 6-part viewing & discussion of the PBS series The AfricanAmericans: Many Rivers to Cross directed by Henry Louis Gates, Jr. The series traces the history of AfricanAmericans, beginning in the 1500s; and covers the expansion of slavery during the 18th century; the Jim Crow era; the Civil Rights movement of the 1950s and ‘60s; and the 2008 presidential election of Barack Obama. The sessions will be held on consecutive Thursday evenings through May 21 from 6:30pm-8:00pm. Each hour long episode will be followed by discussion moderated by members of the community. May 7: Making a Way Out of No Way Moderated by Lydia Rolle, chronicling 1897-

1940, when AfricanAmericans struggled to succeed within a segregated society; and when many migrated from the South to the North and West. May 14: Rise!, moderated by Pamela Zaitchick, AfricanAmericans returned from WWII to the same racial violence they faced prior to the war, but the news media began to report the injustices. May 21: A More Perfect Union, moderated by Pastor Melvin Boone, chronicles the post-civil rights era, when African-Americans made great political and economic progress. Your local library can assist you in borrowing a copy of the DVD series. These sessions are free and open to the public. Light refreshments will be available. The library is located at 393 Broadway in Monticello. For information: 845-794-4660 ext. 7.

Sculpture by Joseph Jaskolka

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Watercolor & Oil in Monroe

“I am an artist, New York City. She ran mother, wife, and the Doda Art Center in believer. I am returning Queens for more than 10 and rediscovering my years until she moved to passion for art; working Orange County in 2001. mostly in oil and “When it comes to watercolor. watercolor painting, I “I paint what I see: my started as a young child town, my family, small even before I learned snippets of my life. I how to read or write. paint what I want to see: “My parents places I have never been recognized my gift and “Little Girl in Ghana” by Minjin Kung and places I would like I was sent to private art to go, scenes that call school in South Korea to me to be brought to until our family moved life. New materials, new to the U.S. in ‘72. environments, faces of “Watercolors are an loved ones and strangers honest art form; the form are all inspiration. does not allow for lies “My art is an with its transparency, appreciation of life, and I continue to return imagination, and a to them because of celebration of who and this.” what I am: Korean, Minjin will show her American, Christian, work in her very first Self Portrait by Minjin Kung woman, mother, wife, solo exhibit May 9-20 at sister, daughter, artist, nature lover, caregiver, Dreamrose Gallery, 38 Lake Street in Monroe. and more,” stated Minjin Kung. Meet Minjin and view her work at the opening Studying at the Art Students League of New reception: May 9, from 2:00pm-6:00pm. York City at age 17, Kung’s formal training For information visit: www.dreamrose.org started at the High School of Art & Design in or call 845-699-0480.

Muppet Movie!

Comparable to participatory film experiences like The Rocky Horror Picture Show, Heather Henson’s Sing Along with The Muppet Movie provides familyfriendly, raucous interactions with the classic, timeless film of Heather’s legendary father, Jim Henson. The IBEX Puppetry sing-along-crew brings elements of the film to life for the audience via puppetry, kiting, and shadow acting. Children and adults alike are urged to yell out famous lines, blow bubbles, dance in the aisles, and of course, sing along with the movie! The Muppet Movie is the 1979 classic that represents the feature film roots of the Muppets. It received two Academy Award nominations and is listed in the National Film Registry by the Library of Congress for being “culturally, historically or aesthetically significant.” Grab the kids and get over to the Sugar Loaf Performing Arts Center (SLPAC) on May 8 at 6:30pm as Sing along with The Muppet Movie takes over the theater! Tickets are on sale at the SLPAC box office, or charge by phone 1-800-745-3000.

Florida Family Fun!

Gigi and the Lend Me a Hand Band always include music, merriment and more for the whole family! In Lend Me a Hand Band Land, YOU are the stars in their highly acclaimed interactive shows. Sing-a-longs, games, dancing, marching and laughter are all included. In addition, Gigi’s niece - Hillary Peckham, Miss America candidate “Miss 3 Cities” who is an amazing pianist and performs with Gigi often, will make a public appearance at the Florida Public Library. Miss Peckham will be available for pictures and autographs with all your future prince and princesses at the show! Gigi, a multi-award winning singer has been the Queen of Halloween for the Bronx Zoo for the past 5 years leading the musical festivities with her Lend Me a Hand Band. As an Early Childhood Music Specialist and highly acclaimed vocal coach, she is constantly immersed in music with kids of all ages. Come join the free fun at the Florida Library, 4 Cohen Circle, on May 15 at 6:00pm. For information phone 845-651-7659.

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“When Pigs Fly”

When Pigs Fly cooks up a heady brew of rock ‘n roll - mixing blues, soul, funk, reggae, pop and chitlins in a big ‘ol pot of love - and serves it up hot on a bed of thumping rhythms. Out of the southern Catskill Mountains, the band consists of Sean Zigmund on bass guitar, vocals; Paul Alden on bass, vocals; Greg Castro on bass, vocals; and drummer Simon Efrein. They are coming to the Catskill Distilling Company for the band’s official CD release party of their debut CD: Two Stones With One Bird. Come a tad early and check out the Dancing Cat’s Cat Still Café, which offers an eclectic menu which you can pair up with “the regions’

Lt to Rt: Simon, Sean & Paul; When Pigs Fly

best spirits and craft beers.” Enjoy a night out with your friends and the music of When Pigs Fly on May 16 at 8:00pm. The Catskill Distilling Company is located at 2037 Route 17B, Bethel. For information: 845-583-3141.

“Light & Life, Light & Form” at SUNY Orange

George Saines, a native of Light & Life - Light & Kane, Pennsylvania (the Black Form is a retrospective exhibit Cherry capital of the world), and includes a few color has been taking pictures since photographs. The underlying he bought his Kodak Brownie, theme is the emphasis on light and advanced from a serious and composition, and contrasts amateur to a professional in season and subjects. These combat photographer in the images attempt to engage Korean War. both the eye and the intellect. Saines’ photographs, The May 11-June 18 mostly black and white, were exhibit is in Orange Hall taken with a Mamiyaflex Gallery Fringe. Feel free to photo by George Saines C220 twin lens reflex 120 roll-film camera. All share your thoughts with the photographer on were developed and printed in his darkroom May 17 from 1:00pm-4:00pm at the opening using conventional methods without digital reception. enhancement. See ad on page 23 for more information.

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Tom Dinchuk: “Painting From Emotions”

“Three Screeching Owls” by Tom Dinchuk

by Naomi Kennedy Tom Dinchuk, who lives in a woodland area just outside the hamlet of Wallkill, enjoys seeing cattle in his own backyard. Originally from Astoria, Queens, this is a novelty to him. “I’m transported into this country scene and all of the animals and the environment inspire my artwork.” Tom was a commercial and fine artist for ten years and is a retired art teacher from Warwick High School where he taught portfolio courses in preparation for college, oil painting, drawing, color theory, and art history. In the last two years, he states he’s “been painting like I’ve never done before in my life, which amazes me because I’m hearing, seeing, and feeling things without worrying about the painting.” He asserts that living in the Hudson Valley and experiencing the woodland walks have changed him. “I’m surrounded by so much nature!” Previously, when he lived in an urban setting, his artwork focused on “junkscapes” (burnt out buildings). Tom created a series of Woodland and Native American Indian scenes. After a lot of research and meeting tribal people, some through friends, and others through the Iroquois Museum, he developed a different way to paint. Instead of painting what he actually sees, he now paints from his emotions; a sense of a movement or a feeling which he experiences. This is similar to the Eastern Woodland Indian’s way of thinking. One of his paintings, entitled, Three Screeching Owls was made by merely listening to their sounds. He never actually

“Howling Beagle” by Tom Dinchuk

saw the owls; just heard them! “If you look at this painting, you can hear and see the sounds of them screeching.” Another painting was created after Tom spoke with his neighbor who had seen a bear the previous night. Jerry Saw a Bear Last Night! was based in its entirety on the tale from his neighbor, who recounted an exciting description of his experience. “If I take a walk in the woods and I hear a bird’s wings flapping overhead, it’s almost like a symphony of all the sounds. There is so much to paint. I have a thousand paintings in my head,” said Tom. His many exhibits in galleries and his permanent collection of artwork in places such as the Mohonk Preserve Visitor Center, the Newburgh Heritage Center, and the Hudson Highlands Nature Museum, are just some of his achievements. In 2012, five of his paintings were added to the permanent collection of the Iroquois Indian Museum in Howe’s Cave, New York. Humbled, Tom said, “I’m honored that my work can be shared in places that I love.” One of Tom’s prints which depicts pre-historic Woodland Indians, circa 10,000 BC, is in the Hudson Highland Museum in Cornwall. “When kids see my print at the museum, it makes me feel really great. I’m not a millionaire and not able to give tons of money to the arts, but I am giving the most important part of me which I couldn’t give with money,” concluded Tom. Originals or prints in oil or acrylic, and circular artwork, are available for sale. For information, visit www.dinchukwoodlandpaintings.com or call Tom at 845-895-3407.

Ghost Tours at Museum Village Take a trip back in time and experience tales from the other side! Ghost Tours at Museum Village in Monroe will take you on a journey through history and into the depths of another world. Hear the stories of all of the spirits; feel the vortex in some of the buildings; shiver at the sudden gust of cold; and, from the corner of your eye, glimpse the shadowy little girl wandering through the village green! This year, Museum Village is offering two unique and thrilling experiences to bring you closer than ever to the ghosts who “live” at the museum. Choose to have Ellen Devine 28

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Warren, the Warwick Medium, guide you through a historical journey of the village and then channel the spirits waiting to speak to you. Or, just take an evening stroll with Christine through this 19th Century village while discovering the history of the buildings and the village and hearing the stories of some of our extraordinary sightings. Payment is required when making your reservation. Each session is limited to thirteen adventurous souls. For additional information and dates, call Lori at 845-782-8247 ext 1.

Newburgh Last Saturday Art

SUNY Orange Space Create Predominantly Artist Nick Bach is a using an 8x10 Yoga/TaiChi Instructor view camera, Greg at the Earthmind Miller’s work utilizes Wellness Center in street photography, Ellenville. Possessing found moments and a multi disciplinary portraiture to capture background in art/ human relationships design, education, and a sense of and spirituality, Nick suspended reality. “Rainbow over Bear Mountain Bridge” by G. Miller has traveled abroad to Known nationally as India as well as Korea to well as regionally for his learn more about various photography, Miller has practices of spirituality a keen sense of light and and inner cultivation. the dramatic element. He “We are images, offers viewers an intense dreams, photographs. experience through his We must not stay here! panoramic photographs Prisoner! We shall break which showcase the the illusion. This is majesty of the Hudson Maya. Goodbye to the Valley. holy mountain Real Life Greg’s exhibit, The awaits us. I create to Majestic Hudson: River, transform, to heal and to Artwork by Nick Bach Highlands, Tributaries better understand myself will have an opening reception during as a person,” says Nick. Newburgh Last Saturdays (NLS) on May Into the Egg: A Selection of Work by 30 from 5:00pm-8:00pm in SUNY Orange Nicholas Bach, will have an opening Newburgh Campus’ Mindy Ross Gallery. reception during NLS on May 30, from This solo show, which runs through 6:00pm-9:00pm at Space Create, 115 July 16, includes panoramic views of the Broadway, Newburgh. magnificent Hudson River and environs. For more information, visit www. For information, call 845-341-9386. facebook.com/spacecreatenewburgh

Beacon Second Saturday Art

In her hometown in course of three years at Texas, teenager Daisy Back Room Gallery in Velo has been working at Beacon. a local gallery when not Fresh from graduating attending school and she high school and now still manages to continue attending college, Daisy to produce more artwork. is back at Back Room She has had the exhibiting her Time privilege of exhibiting series from May 1-31. her work in New York An opening reception City and in her own will be held on May 9 at “Time II” by Daisy Velo hometown, with several 6:00pm. paintings sold at both exhibits. She has also Back Room Gallery is located at 475 Main shown her work at different times over the Street in Beacon. For info: 845-838-1838.

The Iroquois Confederacy

French, Dutch and British colonists recognized a need to gain favor with the Iroquois people. A lucrative fur trade was established which was favorable to both sides. For nearly 200 years the Iroquois were a powerful factor in North American colonial policymaking decisions. Alignment with Iroquois offered political and strategic advantages. The Iroquois Confederacy was a sophisticated political and social system which inspired the American Colonists’ development of the U.S. Government after the American War of Independence. With Britain’s final defeat in the war, Cornplanter, an Iroquois, (see photo)

recognized the need for a positive diplomatic relationship with the fledgling American government. He became a negotiator in disputes between the new Americans and the Seneca by participating in meetings with both presidents George Washington and Thomas Jefferson. Frank Salvati, Interpreter of Colonial Indian Affairs, will present a lecture entitled The Iroquois Confederacy - America’s Original Power Brokers at the Town of Deerpark Museum, 1863 Huguenot Schoolhouse, 25 Grange Road, Huguenot, on May 17 at 3:00pm. For information: 845 856-2702.

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In Memoriam: Anne Marie Coon As William Noonan, Anne Coon’s close friend and artist colleague, eloquently wrote in the Memorial Program: “The ultimate worker bee...Anne didn’t ask you to do things ‘for’ her, rather she asked you to do things ‘with’ her.” Anne Marie Coon was a “polymath”. A dynamo whose expertise spanned a significant number of different subject areas. Orange County Senior Citizens Program Coordinator. Senior Games coordinator. Senior Leader, Town of Newburgh. On-air radio host and interviewer for CNN’s Senior Matters. Executive Director, YWCA of Orange Area. Historical Society of Newburgh Bay and the Highlands (HSN) Executive Director. Historical Society of Newburgh Bay and the Highlands (HSN) Board Member. Historical Society of Newburgh Bay and the Highlands (HSN) Volunteer. HSN Candlelight Tour Coordinator Volunteer for over a dozen civic organizations. Visual Artist, last exhibited at Crawford Gallery of Fine Art in Pine Bush. And all of the above is just a sampling. Anne Coon took the Senior Games program which was only a one day event, and quite basic (games at Orange County Park like shuffleboard, etc.), and expanded it exponentially into a 2-week-plus affair by getting ShopRite and others involved as sponsors, and Cornell Cooperative Extension to contribute the design and printing of posters, marketing materials and the catalogue/application. One of the fantastic things she was able to do was basically get most of the great local art, culture and athletic resources to participate, which also benefitted tourism in Orange County. The “scavenger hunt” at Woodbury Common provides attendees with lots of great free gifts. Plus each participant gets a custom t-shirt - and there are medals. It is an prodigious event, and Anne was the person who really developed it into the wonderful success it has become. Though we’ve lost a special person, surely her good works will live on a long, long time.

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Remembering Anne... I met Anne through Tribute to Women of Achievement. She was honored in 1998 with the highest award, that being the Bobbie Lahey Award for Volunteer Services, and I for Arts and Communications in 2002. From then on, we seemed to tap into each other’s energies and assist each other in various ventures, usually behind the scenes. Anne was there to hang quilts and artifacts and paintings. I didn’t have to ask; she volunteered. She organized the silent auction for the OC Arts Council Arts Awards and worked similarly on the auctions for the OC Citizen’s Foundation. She invented the art show for the senior games and every year I was one of the “secret” judges. We had nice, quick lunches during which we were each other’s confidante. During those times I learned how smart she was and how she continued to increase her knowledge. Just listening to her was an education. What struck me also, was her ever present cheerful personality and positive view of life even when her beloved husband was so ill. In 2007, Anne was the recipient of the Newburgh Style Award given during a benefit luncheon for the Historical Society of Newburgh Bay and the Highlands. She joked about this award but it fit her so well. I never saw her sloppy even when we would be working all day hanging the Human Rights Commission high school exhibit or moving artboards. I remarked to her about her always looking so well-dressed, and she grinned as she said that her late husband Bruce used to say that she should find a clothing manufacturer that made “dress sweats.” Indeed, she was a classy lady with her hats and gloves and matching shoes and gorgeous outfits and coats. Anne loved the arts. Going to an art exhibit and a performance in the same day was an ordinary weekend day. She loved dance, concerts, theatre as well as performance poetry. She seemed to

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have an unending amount of energy and was always going 99 mph. For the last two months of her life, we worked together for Cultural Affairs at SUNY Orange, she focusing on the Newburgh campus. Attendance climbed. It was great to have her as a colleague. She was so well-liked. And then... I loved this woman. I miss her so. Dorothy Szefc Cultural Affairs Coordinator, SUNY Orange Anne, her flower ladies and decorators were working on the displays in the Crawford House preparing for the 2007 Candlelight Tour. We looked outside and noticed it began to snow and was starting to accumulate. Anne noticed that someone left a bicycle in the middle of the road in front of the house. Knowing we had to get it out of the way of traffic, we both ran outside with our cameras. After moving the bike she noticed how beautiful Crawford House looked with the snow falling and illuminated by the street lights. We both began taking pictures. The next year those pictures were used in the promotion of the Candlelight Tour. We both had the pictures but she let me have the credit. Tom Kneiser, Photographer Historical Society of Newburgh I came to know Anne Coon through a mutual friend who was a member of the Senior Games Committee. When I decided I wanted to volunteer to help seniors through the maze of Medicare Part D and beyond, he talked with Anne and she immediately connected me with the right people to get me in the doors into HIICAP (Health Insurance Counseling and Assistance Program). Anne quickly became a good friend, a tremendous and, when necessary, fierce advocate for my needs as well as those of the program. Several days a week, Anne and I would take our lunch break together to take a walk. We

became each other’s confidante and mutual support. Other times we just enjoyed nature, watched the deer, or lawn ornaments, as she called them. No walk was complete without flower and bird identification. Anne had an incredible amount of information stored in her head. Her mind and her body never stopped. She was always actively pursuing several projects at a time and most of them were for the benefit of the various programs and organizations she ran or participated in. People, those she knew and those she did not, were her priority and she worked tirelessly to help bring a better life for all. I have felt her loss keenly since she retired in September. I miss our walks during which I was always revitalized by her warmth, humor and compassion. I miss being able to go down the hall at OFA to share something that took place. I feel much more alone. Before, I could say, I’ll see her for lunch or we’ll meet on the weekend. No more...We’ve lost a very special and unique person. Catherine Yarensky, HIICAP Volunteer Counselor It was apparent the day of my interview that this was no ordinary organization and Anne was no ordinary board member. The interview was on the majestic porch of the Historical Society’s headquarters, the Captain David Crawford house, where we sipped lemonade and enjoyed the view and breeze from the river on that stifling hot day. It was the most civilized of job interviews and Anne’s graciousness, passion and commitment were immediately apparent and ever enduring. Albert Pike of Boston, a little known Civil War officer, writer and lawyer wrote: “What we have done for ourselves alone dies with us; what we have done for others and the world remains and is immortal.” Anne Coon remains and is immortal through the good works she has done, the people she has helped, the lives she has touched and the friends and family she has loved. Lisa Silverstone, Executive Director, Safe Harbors of the Hudson

Movies & More in Milford

We are fortunate in that John DiLeo, author, critic, historian and raconteur, resides in Milford and can present his entertaining talks, booksignings and film-clip programs for our viewing and listening pleasures. “I'll be doing a medley of highlights from my film-clip programs, a mix of great stars, little-known gems, bloopers, musical numbers, etc. It will be a talk, a show, a Q&A, a book signing, you name it! And it will last about 90 minutes. It’s also FREE!” His event is on May 17 at 2:00pm in the afternoon, another installment of the Upper Delaware GLBT Center’s Getting to Know You series, postponed from January’s storm. The UDGLBT Center is at 201 West Harford Street, Milford. Use the separate entrance down the stairs to the left. See page 15 for a list of free films being shown at UDGLBT May 15, 16 and 17. Everyone is invited. Info: 973-919-3192.

A Slice of France in Cragsmoor

Cragsmoor, originally named controlled system, that stores Evansville, was founded as an many collections of family and art colony in 1879, after being community history, as well as discovered by artists earlier in a special closet that secures the decade. It was renamed to paintings from many Cragsmoor Cragsmoor in 1893 artists, past and present. The Cragsmoor Historical To benefit the Society, A Slice Society was founded in 1996 of France, a wine tasting hosted for the purpose of preserving the by wine enthusiast David Howell, local history and restoring the and art auction featuring the work Cragsmoor Federated Church, of noted sculptor Harold Harris, which had become a threatened will be held on May 16 at 4:30pm Map of French wine landmark building. at 349 Cragsmoor Road. country to be covered Hors d’oeuvres accompany With the help of grant money at the wine tasting from the state, an architect and each tasting. Limited seating, dedicated members, the restoration of reservations required, $30 per person. For the building began and an archival room information: 845-647-6384. Visit www. was also constructed, with a climatically cragsmoor.info for more.

Potluck’s “Americana” in Cornwall

Charles Ives’ Violin Sonata # 2 was based, to a large extent, on his “old ragtime stuff.” Since he borrowed from that source, and from The Battle Cry of Freedom and Turkey in the Straw, it fits perfectly into Potluck Concerts’ theme for its last concert of the season, Americana. The vivid and nostalgic sonata has been one of Ives’ most frequently recorded

chamber works. Emily Faxon violin and Ruthanne Schempf piano will perform it, along with other American compositions (TBD) and other Hudson Valley musicians (TBA) on May 29 at 7:30pm in the Cornwall Presbyterian Church, 222 Hudson Street, Conrwall-on-Hudson. Donations are accepted at the door.

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