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November 2019

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From The Publisher... by Barry Plaxen CANVAS would like to thank the many people who help us create and distribute each monthly issue. We are lucky to have friends who bring copies to locations that are not on our regular distribution list. We are grateful to the many who provide us with press releases. And, we are so fortunate to have visual, performing and literary artists who aid us in gathering photos and information when needed. We are truly a Community! Synchronicity of the month: Transgender in Hurleyville (forum) and in Loch Sheldrake (musical theatre). Vocabulary Lesson: Borage: a colorful medicinal herb with edible leaves and flowers. New this Month: This month’s fascinating topics created for us in a multitude of art forms include: Storytelling in Hurleyville and Florida. Miles Davis jazz in Warwick and Wayne

Shorter jazz in Ellenville. Two Polichettis acting in Goshen and one in Middletown. Murder mysteries in Washingtonville and Milford. God’s Favorite in Monroe and Favorite Gunks in Grahamsville. Photography in Highland Mills, Greenwood Lake, Wurtsboro and Ellenville. Music, art and talks in Monticello & Liberty. Art in Otisville, Montgomery, Middletown and Lords Valley. Jazz in Port Jervis, Warwick, Newburgh, Ellenville and Middletown. Munich musicians perform in Newburgh and Damascus farmers perform in Hurleyville. Classical music by Orange County composers in Montgomery. East meets West in Narrowsburg, West meets East in Loch Sheldrake, and Europe meets Native America in Shohola.

To The Editor... Page 2 looks great! Got a sale from someone having coffee reading CANVAS! They loved the ad! Thank you so much! Job well done. - Anita “Nina” Casamento Happy Herbs Soap, Burlingham Thank you Barry and Sophia! I opened the October 2019 issue to find the wonderful article on the River Valley Artists Guild’s “Art in the Pines” event at Cottage in the Pines! Thanks also for featuring my painting done at Cottage in the Pines.

I just wanted to say thank you for the extra special attention our programs have been getting in your newspaper. We really appreciate the genuine “love of the arts” intention that is in everything you do. - Carol Smith Sullivan County Museum

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Harlem comes to Goshen. Old Age, Crooked Politics and DaVinci Documentaries in Newburgh. Live from the Met (opera) in Loch Sheldrake and Live from National Theatre (dramatic-comedy) in Newburgh. 12 Angry Jurors in Goshen and 5 Happy Jazzers in Middletown. A Male Saxophone Quartet in Ellenville and a Female Baroque Quartet in Milford. Doo Wop in Hurleyville and Rock & Roll in Greenwood Lake. Four American TV Sitcom Ladies in Washingtonville and One British TV Sitcom Lady in Newburgh.

Hudson Valley Plein Air Fest 2019 Second Place Winner:

“The Cabin at the Lake” by Chrissy Pahucki (see page 20)

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Art & Photography �� 16 Books �� 16 Category �� 13 Children & Teen’s �� 16 November 2019 Calendar �� 14-15 Artist Talks, Lectures, Masterclasses �� 12 Music - Pop, Folk, Rock, etc., �� 12

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Classifieds �� 17 May I Have A Word With You ��3

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Amity Gallery, Warwick �� 27 Ann Street Gallery, Newburgh �� 14 Artery Gallery, Milford �� 19 Artists’ Market, Shohola �� 19 Barryville Area Arts Association �� 19 Broadway Tailors, Newburgh ��11 Chester Public Library �� 14 Cornerstone Theatre Arts, Goshen �� 27 Crawford Library, Monticello �� 21 Creative Theatre Muddy-Water Players ��9 Delaware Highlands Conservancy �� 19 Delaware Valley Arts Alliance ��9 Delaware Valley Opera �� 10 Downing Film Center, Newburgh �� 14, 16 Farm Arts Collective, Damascus �� 24 Florida Public Library �� 26 Gallery at Chant Realtors, Lords Valley ��4 Goshen Art League ��4 Goshen Music Hall �� 4, 27 Grand Montgomery Chamber Music �� 26 Greenwood Lake Library ��7 Happy Herbs Soap / Incense ��11

Please email submissions for classifieds to classified@dhcanvas.com Nothing in this publication may be reproduced without written permission of the publisher. Harness Racing Museum, Goshen �� 13 Healing Arts Gallery, Ellenville ��7 Highland Mills Library ��7 Holiday Gift Shopping Ideas ��10-11 Hudson Valley Chamber Players �� 26 Hudson Valley Plein Air Fest 2019 �� 20 Hurleyville Arts Centre �� 6, 24 In Memoriam: Robert Friedman �� 18 Infusion Baroque Ensemble ��6 Jeffersonville Hardware, Inc ��11 Kevin Owen, author �� 10 Kindred Spirits Arts ��6 Liberty Museum & Arts Center �� 21 Live from The Met in HD ��5 Mainframe Gallery, Middletown ��11 Mamakating Library, Wurtsboro ��3 Marina Antropow Cramer, author �� 23 Mount St. Mary College, Newburgh 12,19,24 Munich Philharmonic Quartet ��5 Music on Market, Ellenville �� 20 Nesin Cultural Arts, Monticello �� 21 Newburgh Chamber Music ��5 Noble Coffee Roasters, Campbell Hall �� 14 Otisville-Mt. Hope Presbyterian Church 21 Playhouse at Museum Village, Monroe ��9 Sullivan County Chamber Orchestra � 10, 21 Sullivan County Museum ��6 SUNY Orange, Middletown �� 20, 22, 25 SUNY Orange, Newburgh �� 13, 20 SUNY Sullivan, Loch Sheldrake �� 5, 25 Time & The Valleys Museum, Grahamsville �3 Tusten Theatre, Narrowsburg ��9 UpFront Exhibition Space, Port Jervis �� 19 Wallkill River School, Montgomery �� 8, 10 Wherehouse, Newburgh �� 22 Wickham Works Maker Market ��11 Wisner Library, Warwick ��9 Wurtsboro Art Alliance ��3

A Talk About The Gunks, Grahamsville The Gunks, (Shawangunk Mountains) renowned for stunning landscapes, rugged topography, glistening grey-white escarpments, magnificent Victorian hotels and precipitation-fed lakes, are framed by the valleys of the Rondout Creek and the Wallkill River. While focusing on the ridge, a talk, Shawangunk Ridge and Towns: Then & Now at the Time and the Valleys Museum, 332

Main Street, Grahamsville, will explore the mutually beneficial economic impacts of other historical developments in the valleys. Ronald Knapp and Michael O’Donnell will present the program and talk about their book, The Gunks Ridge and Valley Towns Through Time on November 24 at 2:00pm. The book will be available for sale and signings. For information, call 845-985-7700 or visit timeandthevalleysmuseum.org.

WAA: “Point of View” & “Holiday Market” Wurtsboro Art Point of View, opens Alliance member John on November 2 with a Kocjinski uses his free opening reception camera to capture his from 2:00pm-4:00pm. point of view of the world The show runs through around him. A retired November 24. Earth Science teacher For the third year, from Monroe Woodbury Wurtsboro Art Alliance High School, his lens not artists will present their only catches images of Holiday Market, offering day to day events, but he “Coming from PA” by John Kocjinski handmade items featuring also explores the nighttime sky as founder of jewelry, pottery, prints, crocheted and knitted the Catskills Astronomy Club. items, all priced affordably and perfect for John’s work will be on display at the that unique Holiday gift. Don’t get malled Mamakating Library, 128 Sullivan Street, this year - support your local artists! Wurtsboro, for the months of November and The Holiday Market runs weekends, December and at the John Neilson Gallery November 23-December 21 at the Gallery, for the Wurtsboro Art Alliance’s November 70 Sullivan Street. “We now accept Master exhibit, Point of View. Card/Visa and American Express!”

May I Have A Word With You ... Quips, Quotes & Quiddities with Carol Pozefsky SenorRITA “My boyfriend and I broke up. He wanted to get married and I didn’t want him to.” That joke’s creator is Rita Rudner, a fashion icon who defies the ditsy female comedian stereotype. Genteel and soft-spoken, Rudner has been married to a British theatrical producer for over 30 years. “In Hollywood,” Rudner says, “A marriage is a success if it outlasts milk.” “I read recipes the way I read science fiction. I get to the end and say to myself, ‘well, that’s not Rita Rudner going to happen.’” “I got kicked out of ballet class because I pulled a groin muscle...it wasn’t mine.” “Blonds do have more fun. How many brunettes do you see walking down the street with blond roots?” DO I KNOW YOU? Prosopagnosia is face blindness, the

inability to recognize faces, even those of close family members. Children who are face blind are easily overlooked, assumed to be very shy or absentminded. A face blind journalist entitled her recent Washington Post article DO I KNOW YOU? and wrote that being face blind means living in a world of strangers. JAMES HOLZHAUER Ken Jennings became a media superstar in 2004 because of his remarkable 74 game winning streak on TV’s game show Jeopardy. He won over 2 million dollars. But then in 2019, along came sports gambler James Holzhauer who won over 2 million dollars in 28 days. Jennings himself had this to say about Holzhauer: “I thought I’d seen everything on Jeopardy! This is something I would have thought was just impossible. Statistically, he’s playing at as high a level as anyone who’s ever played the game.” Jeopardy has been on the air since March 1964. Jennings says there is one thing about Holzhauer that bothers him. “When I hear people say, ‘Jeopardy James’...no, no, no...I’m that guy. You can’t put Jeopardy in front of his name.” And then he adds with a smile, “I used to be the Jeopardy guy.”

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Goshen Art League: Three Exhibits Goshen Art League (GAL) members were invited to explore the idea of opposites for the current group show. Curator Robb Gomulka asked fellow artists to consider the theme in the broadest of terms. “Opposites can come into play via subject, color, concept, texture, or size, among other ways,” he explained. While it was suggested that artists submit two works directly related to the theme and each other, some artists chose to depict contrasting ideas within one single work. And, some of the artists were able to submit from works that were already in their catalogue, while several chose to make works specifically for the show. “Vaune Sherin’s pastels are always engaging. But we can tell she really had some fun creating the pair of works for this show which depict the same fruit bowl in two different scenarios.” Gomulka continued, “In one the bowl is filled to the brim with fruit in a somewhat traditional still life. In the other, an empty banana peel and lone peach pit complete the story. Vaune fully embraced the theme.” “Some artists bristle at the concept of themed shows,” says Gloria Bonelli, a chief GAL curator. “But it’s a device that helps to make these large group shows more cohesive. And the challenges these themes

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Work by Vaune Sherin Less is More: present can help make for unique Work by Rick Weber and rewarding exhibits.” Work by Paula Arwen Owen Running through December 2, visitors to GAL artists was Less is More: Simple are welcome to view all the ways that Beauty Calming a Restless Mind. This theme League members chose to express the was suggested by GAL artist, Rick Weber. theme Opposites Attract: Contrasting, “One might think of “less” as only being Contradictory, and/or Opposing Images minimalism. However, less of one element and can discuss them with the artists at a of art may leave room for more of another. reception in the Goshen Music Hall, 223 Perhaps a deliberate change in one’s Main Street, on October 30, from 6:00pmusual approach will open a new door of 8:00pm. Refreshments will be served. expression,” explained Weber. On the same evening, Griffith Olivero The public is welcome to view how 20 Realtors will also host an artists’ reception artists chose to present their thoughts on for GAL member Sarah Fortner Pierson’s this theme in approximately 30 works at solo exhibit Bold Botanicals. Visitors are the Orange County Emergency Services invited to enjoy both receptions as they are Center, 22 Wells Farm Road, Goshen, directly across the street from each other. through December 5. Sarah’s show runs through December 10. Contact: goshenartleague@gmail.com. Another theme that was recently presented

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Art in Lords Valley

“Still Life in Oil” by Donna Kallesser

Recently accepted into the Oil Painters of America as an associate member, awardwinning artist Donna Kallesser learned her painting skills at workshops and classes throughout the years. Donna Kallesser has exhibited her work in area galleries and group and solo exhibitions. She will head to the Gallery at Chant Realtors, 631 Route 739, Lords Valley, to present a colorful collection of her favorite subjects: flowers and still life in oil, and pastel portraits of animals and birds for an exhibit running November 1-December 27. Since a formal opening reception in November is not scheduled for the exhibit, visitors are encouraged to stop in at the Gallery at Chant Realtors during open hours to view Kallesser’s works and sign her guest book! For information, call 570-775-7337.

Philharmonic String Quartet Returns Newburgh Chamber Ullmann acknowledged Music (NCM) opens its Alban Berg as the first 2019-2020 season with the composer to bridge the return of renowned Munich historical-musical impasse Philharmonic String precipitated by the crisis Quartet. Highlighting the of tonality at the beginning season’s theme of Turning of the 20th century, He Points, the ensemble strove to further Berg’s will perform the last path of synthesis, striving quartets written by Haydn, for a musical language that Mendelssohn and Viktor would “serve as a twelveUllmann, composers who tone system on a tonal were at the height of their Munich Philharmonic String Quartet: basis [and be] similar to Konstantin Sellheim: viola, Iason personal powers but facing Keramidis: the merging of major and violin, Clement Courtin: great personal challenges violin, & Manuel von der Nahmer: cello minor keys.” when they completed these works. Founded in 2007, the artists are longIn 2017, the ensemble performed a work by time members of the Munich Philharmonic holocaust victim Erwin Schulhoff for NCM. Orchestra. Individually, they have won For 2019 they will repeat that “tradition” prestigious international competitions with a work by another holocaust victim. and performed with many world-class Viktor Ullmann (1898-1944) was a conductors, including Zubin Mehta, Lorin Silesia-born Austrian composer, conductor Maazel and Christian Thielemann. and pianist. In 1942 he was deported to The concert is on November 2 at 2:00pm the Theresienstadt concentration camp. in handicapped accessible St. George’s The particular nature of the camp enabled Church, 105 Grand Street, Newburgh. Ullmann to remain active musically until Audience members are invited to meet the he was subsequently gassed to death in artists at a post-concert reception. Auschwitz. He wrote: “By no means did we Parking is available across the street in the sit weeping on the banks of the waters of Newburgh Free Library lot. Babylon. Our endeavor with respect to arts Tickets are available at the door or online was commensurate with our will to live.” at www.newburghchambermusic.org

Best Ever “Butterfly” Production Returns Madama Butterfly is based in part on the short story Madame Butterfly (1898) by John Luther Long, which in turn was based partially on stories told to Long by his sister Jennie Correll, and partially on the semi-autobiographical 1887 French novel Madame Chrysanthème by Pierre Loti. Madame Chrysanthème tells the story of a young navel officer, Pierre, whose ship docks at Nagasaki for three months. To pass the time he enters into a temporary marriage with a young geisha. Unlike the later stories, in Loti’s first-person novel there is no tragedy, and when it’s time for his ship to leave the parting is straightforward, with only a trace of sentiment. The arrangement between Pierre and his temporary Japanese wife in the novel was not uncommon at the time. The practice was centuries old, and points out that the women who entered into such liaisons were distinct from both the true geisha (professional, highly accomplished entertainers who might or might not be available for a sexual relationship) and the common prostitute. It was all fodder for the wave of

Orientalism that was sweeping Western Europe and the U.S. at the time. Long’s version was dramatized by David Belasco as a one-act play, Madame Butterfly: A Tragedy of Japan, which, after premiering in New York in 1900, moved on to London, where Puccini saw it in the summer of that year. Although unable to understand English, Puccini was profoundly moved by its plot. Long’s story and Belasco’s play, tell us much more, today, about the American culture that produced them, than they do about actual life in Japan. For the Live from the Met in HD on November 9 at 1:00pm at SUNY Sullivan, 112 College Road, Loch Sheldrake, Pier Giorgio Morandi is on the podium for Anthony Minghella’s sweeping “kabukiesque” production, possibly the most magnificent and most moving production of Butterfly you will ever see. Tickets at the door. Bring tissues.

Happy Herbs Soap Arty Holiday Venditions Nov. 9: “Arts of the Angler” Catskill Fly Fishing Center, Livingston Manor. Nov. 24: “Holiday Craft Show” SUNY Sullivan, Loch Sheldrake. Nov. 30 & Dec. 14: Hermann’s Erie House, Pine Bush. Dec. 21: “Cookie Walk” Pine Bush Library.

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Doo-Wop & A Cappella in Hurleyville When Mickey Barnett (Catskill resort performer and Rock-a-Billy Hall of Famer) suggested we bring a Doo-Wop band to the Sullivan County Museum’s First Sunday Music & History program, our first thought was, what does Doo-Wop have to do with Sullivan County history? According to Mickey, there were Doo-Wop bands playing all over the County back in the Catskill resort heydays. Cherished Memories is a group of guys and one gal keeping Doo-Wop alive. With tight vocal harmonies, their nostalgic a cappella renditions of songs like The Lion

Sleeps Tonight, Why Do Fools Fall in Love, and Blue Moon, take listeners on a journey back to the sounds of street corner harmony not often heard anymore. Members are Charlie, Joe, Jeff, Nancy and John. They perform throughout the metropolitan area at a variety of nightclubs, restaurants, and oldies shows. See them on November 3 at 2:00pm at the Sullivan County Museum, 265 Main Street, Hurleyville. Little Sparrow hosts the free event. Donations gratefully accepted. Call 845-434-8044 for information.

“SUPERSTORIES” Back at HAC! Adam Wade is the winner of 20 SLAMS at The Moth. Touring across North America with The Moth Main Stage, his stories have appeared on The Moth Radio Hour and Podcast. Adam has been performing his New York Times and Time Out New York critic’s pick solo show since 2010. In 2018, he released his second album which quickly shot up to #2 on the iTunes Comedy Chart. Ophira Eisenberg hosts NPR’s nationally syndicated comedy, trivia show Ask Me Another where she interviews and plays silly games with a list of comedians that reads like a who’s who of the comedy world. A regular host and teller on The Moth Radio Hour, her stories have been included in two of The Moth’s collections. Ophira’s own comedic memoir was optioned for a feature film. Working with The Moth since 2007 as a storyteller, instructor, and host, Peter

Adam Wade Ophira Eisenberg Peter Aguero

Aguero’s solo show has played the far reaches and middle grounds of North America, mostly to acclaim (except for one guy in Fresno, CA. That guy hated it). He spends most of his time listening to The Allman Brothers while making “weaponized profane” ceramics in Queens. Returning to the Hurleyville Arts Centre (HAC) after last year’s sold out show, Wade, Eisenberg & Aguero will take the stage for SUPERSTORIES 2019 on November 2 at 6:30pm at HAC, 219 Main Street. For tickets: hurleyvilleartscentre.org.

Who Killed Jean Leclair? Who Killed Jean Leclair is an interactive murder mystery soirée by Infusion Baroque based on the unsolved murder of Jean-Marie Leclair (1697-1764). Jean Leclair lived in the time of Bach and Handel. He made a name for himself as a Baroque-era composer and France’s foremost violinist, but that didn’t help him when he was murdered in 1764. Indeed, his success may have been a factor in his death. Whodunnit? His estranged second wife? His rival, Jean-Pierre Guignon? His nephew, Guillaume-François Vial? Maybe even a common criminal in the dicey neighborhood of Paris where he lived? The police investigated the sudden death of this luminary but never could name the culprit. During this performance of music by Leclair, Guignon, and other contemporaries, Infusion Baroque will provide clues found in the police reports - perhaps audience members will have better luck solving Leclair’s murder. Infusion Baroque draws audiences to early 6

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Pictured right to left: Andrea Stewart, baroque cello, Alexa Raine-Wright, baroque flute, Sallynee Amawat, baroque violin, and Rona Nadler, harpsichord.

music through a truly captivating concert experience, deftly combining seasoned musicianship with theatrical elements. Playing music of the 17th and 18th centuries on historical instruments, the four women enthrall audiences with their creative and interactive programming. They perform on November 2 at 7:30pm for Kindred Spirits Arts Programs at Good Shepherd Episcopal Church, 110 W Catherine Street, Milford. For tickets: www.kindredspiritsarts.org.

Photography: Highland Mills awards through these “As a former professional prestigious organizations. wedding photographer for “My photography 40 years, it was time for me includes, but is not limited to get off the dance floor to, illustrative, landscapes, and change direction,” and portraits. I am currently says Mark Kovner. “So, working on all various I started to photograph pieces mentioned above.” landscapes, flowers, Mark is the featured buildings, trains, food, and for November started doing photographic “Purple Passion” by Mark Kovner artist restorations. I still photograph families and at the Rushmore Memorial Branch of groups, and do small parties; but, now I see Woodbury Public Library, 16 Route 105, Highland Mills. Whether the subject is floral, things with a different perspective.” Amember of the Professional Photographers sculptural or any other element, you’ll find of America, Professional Photography yourself raptly engaged. A reception with Society of NYS, Professional Photographers refreshments will be held at the Library on of the Hudson Valley and Goshen’s St. James November 2 from Noon-2:00pm. For info: 845-928-6162 ext 102. Camera Club, Mark has received many

Photography: Greenwood Lake to be a baseball fan over “When I was five years the years. Through these old, my dad started taking photos I am inviting you to me to baseball games. share my love of baseball,” His favorite team was the says Marilynn Potter. Giants; therefore, mine A photography exhibit was also. The Giants with work by Potter, Love of played their home games Baseball takes place at the at the Polo Grounds in Greenwood Lake Public Manhattan. As it turns out, Photograph by Marilynn Potter Library, 79 Waterstone the only way the fans could exit the stadium was to walk onto the field. Road, for the month of November. Potter’s photographs have been exhibited Imagine walking on the same field where Willie Mays just made one of his famous at the Brotherhood Winery, Storm King Lodge, Cromwell Manor, and The 1924 basket catches? “Through questions and answers about Gallery at Eisenhower Hall, West Point. baseball, my dad shared his love of the game A founding member of the Quintet with me, and my fascination with the game Photographers Capturing Life, her show is grew accordingly. Every time we went to a dedicated to her husband Dan Potter whose game, my love for baseball and my affection love, patience, and understanding made this for my dad grew. Baseball became part of the exhibit possible. fabric of our relationship. I have continued For information: 845-477-8377 ext. 104.

Photography: Ellenville “I grew up in Ellenville Public Library, Orange and moved to the hamlet of Regional Medical Center, Cragsmoor in 1966 when I Stone Ridge Ulster Savings married Dick Peters, whose Bank, High Falls Wired family’s Cragsmoor history Gallery, Crawford Gallery dates back to multiple of Fine Art, Aroma Thyme generations,” says self-taught Bistro and most recently photographer Pat Peters. at Sam’s Point Preserve “Living on the mountain, I Welcome Center. am surrounded by the beauty of She returns to Ellenville the valley and the Shawangunk Regional Hospital’s Healing Ridge, nature preserves, vistas Arts Gallery for an exhibit, of the Catskill Mountains and November 4 to January 6. unique historical architecture. Editor’s Note: If you’ve Hang gliders launch nearby ever been to Peters Market in “Swallowtail Sipping and fly overhead. My gardens Echinacea” by Pat Peters Napanoch (when the Market and yard are filled with flowers, butterflies, was under Dick & Pat’s ownership) you may bees, birds and wildlife.” have been blown away by Pat’s remarkable Pat’s photographs have been published photographs that were displayed in the on two covers of the Nature Conservancy entrance. Don’t miss this show! as well as other publications and calendars. For information, call Pat at 845-647-6264 She has exhibited her work at the Ellenville or email her at patpeters199@gmail.com. November 2019

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Wallkill River School: A Group Show (with a Twist!) and Two Solo Exhibitions This November, the Wallkill River School (WRS) has two phenomenal solo shows and a classic group show with a twist! The group show, juried by local artist Maaike Weiggman-Leavey, is titled Portraying People Through Objects. In addition to the group show, artist and WRS teacher William Noonan will be displaying a collection of his still life works for his solo exhibit SETUP. Artist and accomplished vocalist Judi Silvano’s solo exhibit, Creative Diversity: Abstraction Using Different Artistic Mediums, is a display of experimental works that Judi has done utilizing various applications and combinations of artistic mediums and techniques. All of the exhibits run from November 1-30 with a reception on November 2 from 5:00pm-7:00pm. From budding art students to established classical painters, the still life has been a tried and true approach to learning concepts of depth, value, composition and form, while capturing an intimate slice of everyday life. Whether in an established Italian atelier, or a doctor’s office in New York, it’s clear that still life work is a favorite subject for countless artists, teachers, and art admirers. This year, the WRS wanted to hold an exhibit in honor of this time-tested art practice, but with a twist! To encourage more thoughtful and meaningful work, WRS created a group exhibit, Portraying People Through Objects.

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Artists were asked to focus on subject matter of personal importance, such as family heirlooms or personal belongings. The result is an eighteen piece group exhibit where each work tells a unique story. William Noonan has been captivated by still lifes since he started painting. His work includes a variety of subject matter including still life, figure and landscape painting. While based in a tradition of realism he describes his style as “loose and brushy.” He currently teaches painting and drawing at the WRS and from his own studio. From William’s perspective, still life painting is an enjoyable genre from so many different angles. From the point of draftsmanship, it offers one the simple challenge of rendering three-dimensional reality on a two-dimensional plane. It provides an opportunity to easily control a composition in a manner that satisfies the abstract elements of painting, always present, regardless of the degree of realism. The objects themselves can be charged with psychological or cultural significance, thereby implying a kind of narrative. Still life paintings don’t need to worry about the overwhelming scope of landscapes, nor does their creation have the concerns and complications of figure models who need scheduling, compensation and breaks. No! One’s still life set up is happy to

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“My Work Table” scanned print by Rich Arnold

“Andy Plans a Trip to Tahiti” oil by William Noonan

cooperate with the creative process, quietly and compliantly revealing itself to the observation of the painter. Judi Silvano has always had a passion for the visual and performing arts, and has painted her whole life. For this exhibit, Judi explored different combinations of artistic mediums to produce paintings with an abstract quality. She paints what she loves; whether it be a beautiful flamenco dancer, a majestic landscape, or a vibrant flamingo, she has tried to approach each painting in an adventurous and experimental way. This has resulted in an incredibly diverse collection of bright and bold paintings!

“Blue and White Dance” acrylic by Judi Silvano

What Judi has been able to accomplish thus far in her career gives the appearance of multiple artists’ careers strung together, but it’s all Judi Silvano. In fact, she has always had a new creative project ready or in the works. A member of the WRS, Woodstock Artists Guild, Goshen Art League, and Washingtonville Artist Collective, Judi won the “Mary Evelyn Whitehill Award” for her watercolor, and First Prize for pastels in juried shows. The Wallkill River School is located at 232 Ward Street, Montgomery. Visit Wallkillriverschool.com to learn more information.

Fall Cultural Series at the Tusten Theatre

The 4 Pastelists in Warwick

Maestro Khan’s East on November 30 at Meets West is an energetic 8:00pm. and exciting trio that give The Catharsis Trio is a a performance that blends pared down and intimate Indian, classical, and folk version of Keberle’s on sitar, tabla, vocals, Catharsis that brings guitar, keyboards and together elements of western percussion. chamber music, South Ustad Shafaat Khan American folk, indie a.k.a. Maestro Khan has rock, and jazz to form performed worldwide at Ustad Shafaat Khan a.k.a. Maestro Khan a unique and intimate many prestigious concert sound of “indie jazz”. halls, festivals, and Catharsis has toured universities throughout extensively on the the United States, India, international stage Europe, China, Russia engaging audiences at and Japan. Maestro Khan the Toronto, Ottawa, has albums produced by Rochester and Bergamo Dr. Deepak Chopra and International Jazz has shared the stage with Festivals and at premier notable musicians Stevie jazz clubs. The band Ryan Keberle’s Catharsis Trio Wonder and Ray Charles. was featured in NPR’s The East Meets West Trio performs on prestigious Tiny Desk Concert series and on November 23 at 8:00pm for the Delaware the French TV channel Mezzo. Valley Arts Alliance Fall Cultural Series Members include Ryan Keberle on at the Tusten Theatre. Co-sponsored by trombone, keyboard, vocals, Camilla Meza Narrowsburg’s health and wellness studio on guitar and vocals, and Jorge Roeder on The Chi Hive, they are hosting Maestro vocals and bass. Khan for a morning meditation practice the The performances take place at the Tusten following day on November 24 at 9:30am. Theatre, 210 Bridge Street, Narrowsburg. The Fall Cultural Series continues For tickets and further information, visit: with Ryan Keberle’s Catharsis Trio delawarevalleyartsalliance.org

The Wisner Library at All four of the artists are One McFarland Drive in from the Newburgh area Warwick will be exhibiting and have been painting the works of The 4 together for several years. Pastelists - Cathy Cahill, They have exhibited their Lily Norton, Judy Byrne, works separately, often and Cathy Prager. winning individual honors The exhibit, running and awards at various through November, will area art shows, as well as open with a reception on “Aegean Sunset” by Cathy Cahill together. November 2 from 1:00pm-3:00pm. For more information: 845-986-1047.

Neil Simon’s “God’s Favorite” in Monroe Creative Theatre-Muddy or suffer severe consequences. Water Players’ 2019 Fall The jokes and tests of faith fly Finale features performances fast and furious as Simon spins of Neil Simon’s comedy, God’s a contemporary morality tale Favorite. like no other in this hilarious Successful businessman comedy. Joe Benjamin has admittedly Directed by Al Snider, the cast had a wonderful life. He has a includes David Topps, Peter successful business selling boxes Tomczak, Lori Crescenzo, while living with his family Devin Cassidy, Peter Serritello, Neil Simon in their beautiful Long Island Susan Mormile, Jon Huberth (1927 - 2018) mansion. Joe, being a devout and Joseph Jervais. religious man, attributes all of his success Performances run November 2-10 at the and happiness to the big “G” himself: God. Playhouse at Museum Village, Route 17M, But when an eccentric messenger from Monroe. God visits Joe, all hell breaks loose! Joe, Reservations are suggested. For further God’s favorite servant, is being put to the information, call the Box Office at 845-294test; he must either renounce his faith in God 9465 or visit www.AtThePlayhouse.org

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SHOP LOCAL: HOLIDAY GIFT IDEAS Holiday Shopping: CANVAS Style It’s that time of year again, readers! We’re all running around trying to get our holiday shopping done so that come December, we won’t have to scramble to get that holiday list checked off. CANVAS has once again compiled suggestions for you - art, books, music, and much more, all offered by our outstanding local network of businesses and arts organizations. Here is your chance to thank them for the vast array of wonderful arts events they offer us throughout the year by spending your holiday dollars supporting them! And, be sure to stay tuned to our December 2019 issue for more Holiday shopping ideas! Delaware Valley Opera: Cookbook Are you a lover of beautiful music? Are you a supporter of the arts? Have you ever thrilled to the majesty of Aida or chuckled at the royal tomfoolery of The Marriage of Figaro or simply savored the Italian perfection of a Verdi opera-a-La-Traviata? Well, now you can not only listen to some of the most divine music ever composed; you

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can actually TASTE IT and support Delaware Valley Opera (DVO) at the same time! For the upcoming holiday season, author and master chef Wayne Line has made his sumptuous cookbook: The Operalicious Cookbook available for $20, with ALL proceeds going to help fund the DVO’s upcoming season. Listen to Aida whilst nibbling Kofta; savor an aristocratic Prime Rib Roast with your Marriage of Figaro, thrill to the magic of La Traviata whilst dining on Alfredo Sauce (Ha!) and Fettuccini, finish it all off with...Opera Blondies! The possibilities are endless! To order a copy, contact Wayne at: line. wayne@gmail.com with subject line: Opera Cookbook. Wayne will arrange payment and shipping. Checks & credit cards accepted. Wallkill River School: Cookbook In 2007, artist and founder of the Wallkill River School (WRS), Shawn Dell Joyce started a cookbook project, Orange County Bounty. As an artist with a passion for small family agricultural business and preserving open spaces, Shawn created this

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cookbook using only local and family recipes produced by farmers and restaurant owners in Orange County who value using local seasonal produce. She gathered paintings from local artists to go along with the recipes and also made sure to include countless facts and historical morsels about the beautiful area we call home. A wonderful gift for someone who loves Orange County and its bountiful agricultural community! Orange County Bounty is available at the WRS, 232 Ward Street, Montgomery. Call 845-457-2787 for info.

coast. After her sensational trial in Monticello, she became the first woman in the world sentenced to die in the electric chair, and although locked behind bars, she managed to continue her reign of terror. This is the perfect book for the true crime enthusiast! Call Kevin at 707-785-6299 or email KillingTimeCatskills@gmail.com. Kevin is offering book presentations at Artists’ Market, 114 Richardson Avenue, Shohola on October 27 at 2:00pm, and at Broad Leaf Books, 85 Main Street, Pine Bush, on October 30 at 6:30pm.

True Crime Book by Local Author Killing Time in the Catskills is a true account of one of America’s most dangerous women, Burlingham, NYmurderess Lizzie Halliday. Author Kevin Owen provides a complete biographical timeline of Halliday’s life, outlining the most accurate account of her disturbing criminal career, while correcting misinformation of the past. Lizzie left behind a trail of failed marriages, bigamy, horse theft, arson, insurance fraud and multiple murders up and down the east

SCCO: Book/CD Set Sullivan County Chamber Orchestra released their first book/CD set, SCCO Exploring Our Home. This set is filled with historical briefs and photographs on locations across Sullivan County and is paired with live SCCO recordings. Music is performed “Under the Beaverkill Bridge” by Marina Lombardi by both full orchestra and chamber ensemble. Pictures are by several

SHOP LOCAL: HOLIDAY GIFT IDEAS photographers: Laurie Kilgore, Jonathan Hyman, Dennis Kujawski, June Lombardi and Marina Lombardi. Historical briefs written by Marina Lombardi. The 8 live recordings include a variety of selections with music by Mozart, Saint-Saëns, Brahms, Bach, Faure, Dvořák, JP Jofre, and a traditional folk tune. To purchase a copy ($20) contact marina@ nesinculturalarts.org or 845-798-9006. Happy Herbs Soap / Incense “I grow the herbs used in making Happy Herbs Soap & Magickal Botanickal Incense. Everything is made in small batches - a must - because I am the sole proprietor,” says Anita “Nina” Casamento. “I work under the most sanitary, stress-free and happy conditions! I think this helps make my soap and incense something special!” Visit happyherbssoap.etsy.com to purchase Nina’s fragrant incense and natural soaps. Jeffersonville Hardware, Inc Jeff Hardware not only offers plumbing and electrical items, tools, appliances and housewares, but they also offer specialty items

Rush orders gladly accepted at Mainframe, 513 E. Main Street, Middletown. For info: 845-342-5335. See ad pg. 10.

Hot air balloons at Jeffersonville Hardware!

such as pretty and colorful hot air balloons to hang in windows, cookie melters, simmer pots, gloves (work/gardening/casual), and a variety of socks (thermal/boot/wool), at 4890 Route 52, Jeffersonville. Call 845-482-5162. See ad pg. 5. Mainframe Gallery So you’ve supported your local artists and local galleries by purchasing original art to give out as holiday gifts...make it a truly local buy by choosing a custom frame from local frame shop, Mainframe Gallery! Mainframe specializes in custom picture framing and is Orange County’s choice for expertly designed and crafted quality framing. Owners Jean & Rob Warren will assist you in choosing from their vast array of mats and frame mouldings to come up with a design that best suits the artwork, your personal taste, and your budget - and have been doing so since 1986.

Broadway Tailors With more than 35 years’ experience in men’s formal wear, Broadway Tailors offers full service expert tailoring, repairs and alternations on premises. From traditional elegance to this year’s hot fashions, they have the area’s largest in-stock collection of high quality formal wear by all major designers. Since they own their tuxedos, one can be sure their choice will be available! The shop offers flexible pick-up and return scheduling, and owner Nick Valentine told CANVAS that they also offer gift certificates! 281 Broadway, Newburgh. See ad this pg. Wickham Works: Maker Market “It’s the mark of a hand tool, the beauty of a detail, or knowing something was made by a member of your community, that makes ‘Made Local’ so meaningful.” WickhamWorks.org. Last year’s Love Local Maker Market attracted more than 1200 visitors over two days. This year’s Market will be held on November 29 & 30 from 10:00am-6:00pm at the Warwick Valley Community Center,

11 Hamilton Avenue, Warwick. In addition to a curated selection of vendors selling locally made items, this family-oriented event will feature craft gift-making stations throughout the market. While adults shop, kids can Ceramics by Kila Bates make and take their own gifts. There will be hot drinks and baked goods for sale, music, and a festive atmosphere. Visit WickhamWorks.org. See ad pg. 21. Pagano’s Pastel Portraits Cynthia HarrisPagano will offer half-hour sittings for matted 14 x 11” pastel portraits for $35 during the Otisville-Mt. Hope Presbyterian Church 2019 Art Exhibition On November 23, 10:00am-3:00pm. Pastel Portrait by To reserve, call Cynthia C. Harris Pagano at 845-386-1712.

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Lectures - Master Classes - Demos - Talks sponsored by SUNY Orange and Mount St. Mary College’s Desmond Campus

CAS ��Catskill Art Society, Livingston Manor DVAA ��Delaware Valley Arts Alliance, Elaine Giguere Arts Center, Narrowsburg MSM-DC �� Mount St. Mary College, Desmond Campus, Newburgh PEEC �� Pocono Environmental Education Center, Dingmans Ferry SUNYO-KH �� SUNY Orange, Kaplan Hall, Newburgh SUNYO-GCL �� SUNY Orange, Gilman Center Library, Middletown Lectures, Master Classes, Demos & Talks are FREE unless otherwise noted: (FEE) (Events Not lncluded in Centerspread Calendar)

lectures “The Chinese in America” Jeffrey Dosik ��MSM-DC Oct 30, 1pm FEE “How to Get Better Mileage From Your Late Model Bod” Mary. Mulrooney �� MSM-DC Oct 30, 1pm FEE “An Astronomy Transit: Mercury 2019” Dr. Colette Salyk ��SUNYO-KH Oct 30, 7:15pm “Bram Stoker’s Dracula and His Widow’s Lawsuit” Leon Di Martino ��MSM-DC Oct 31, 10am FEE “Catskill Bog Land” Michael Kudish ��Time & the Valleys Museum, Grahamsville, Nov 3, 1pm “The Schuyler Sister and the Hamilton Musical” Rick Feingold ��MSM-DC Nov 5, 1pm FEE “West Point: Duty, Honor, Country” Tom DeStefano ��MSM-DC Nov 6, 10:30am FEE “Large Intestine Health” Dr. Richard Huntoon ��MSM-DC Nov 6, 1pm “Forbidden Children’s Literature” Nathan Rosenblum ��MSM-DC Nov 6, 2pm FEE “The Battle of Britain: The Legend of Churchill’s Few” Matt Soltis ��Newburgh Library, Nov 6, 6:30pm “Everything You Wanted To Know About Transgender, Non-binary and Intersex People… But Were Afraid To Ask” A Transgender Forum Hurleyville Arts Centre, Nov 7, 5:30pm “Synfleur Laboratory: History and Memories” Myron Gittell Crawford Library, Monticello, Nov 7, 6pm Informational Tour ��Safe Harbors of the Hudson, Newburgh, Nov 10, 9am “Heroes of the Holocaust” Sr. Peggy Murphy ��MSM-DC Nov 11, 10am FEE “The Transit of Mercury-2019: a Daytime Astronomy Event” guided viewing w/ filtered telescope � William Istone, PhD SUNYO-KH Nov 11, 10am-1pm “The New Tappan Zee Twin Bridges” David Rocco �� MSM-DC Nov 11, 1:30pm FEE “Cold & Flu Season Preparation Using Homeopathy” Ann Marie Silvani ��MSM-DC Nov 12, 10am FEE “The Mysterious Disappearance of Amelia Earhart” Stephan Wilkinson ��MSM-DC Nov 12, 10:30am FEE “Emotional Detox-Letting Go of Negative People & Fear” Diane Lang ��MSM-DC Nov 13, 10:30am FEE “Fairy Tale Fan Club: Tasty Traditional Tales for the Holiday, The Gingerbread Man & Friends” Joan Monk MSM-DC Nov 13, 1pm FEE “Stop Battling Disease Cookbook Signing Event” Toni-Jean Kulpinski ��MSM-DC Nov 13, 1pm FEE “The History, Culture, & Style of World Dance” Anna Mayta ��MSM-DC Nov 13, 2pm FEE “Harlem River Speedway & The Gilded Age” w/lunch Harness Racing Museum, Goshen, Nov 14, Noon “Thankfulness” Diane Lang. �� Crawford Library, Monticello, Nov 14, 6pm “Religion and Nationalism: A View from Japan” Masahide Goto ��SUNYO-GCL Nov 14, 7pm “The Music of Irving Berlin” Kenneth Korn ��MSM-DC Nov 15, 10am FEE “The Battle of Midway” Matt Soltis ��MSM-DC Nov 15, 1pm FEE Guided Interpretive Hike �� PEEC Nov 17, 10am FEE “Pathways to Freedom: The Quilts & Music of the Underground Railroad” Di Anne Wright �� MSM-DC Nov 18, 1pm FEE “Four Seasons of Sullivan County” music, lecture, art, Sullivan County Chamber Orchestra members �� Crawford Library, Monticello, Nov 18, 6:30pm FREE & Liberty Museum and Arts Center, Nov 19, 6:30pm FREE “Lon Chaney: The Man of a Thousand Faces” Leon DiMartino ��MSM-DC Nov 19, 10am FEE “Up Close & Personal: Hansel & Gretel” Joan Monk ��MSM-DC Nov 20, 11pm FEE “Travel Talks: Packing 101” Sean Kelly ��MSM-DC Nov 20, 6pm FEE Science Cafe: “Black Holes - Not so black?” Willie K. Yee �� Flaming Grill & Buffet, Newburgh, Nov 20, 7:15pm “Autoimmune Diseases” Toni-Jean Kulpinski ��MSM-DC Nov 21, 1pm FEE “Who Owns the Past? - Works of Art, Monuments, & Contention over the Politics of Historical Memory” Johanna Yuan MSM-DC Nov 22, 10am FEE “Shawangunk Ridge & Towns: Then & Now” Ronald Knapp & Michael O’Donnell �� Time & the Valleys Museum, Grahamsville, Nov 24, 2pm FEE Master ClassES FIVE PLAY, the quintet of DIVA Jazz ��SUNY Orange Hall, Middletown , Nov 22, 11am Artist Talks Sarah van Ouwerkerk & Lorie Novak �� CAS Oct 26, 3pm Norman Magnusson ��Aquinas Hall, CMA Gallery, Newburgh, Nov 2, 1pm Norman Magnusson �� Mount St Mary College, Kaplan Library, Newburgh, Nov 21, 4pm

Poetry at The Mount

Mount Saint Mary College will be hosting the poetry reading Refugee Poets Looking for a Home featuring Sharif S. Elmusa (photo left) a poet and recipient of the Fullbright and Coca-Cola fellowships, and Gregory Orfalea, a creative writing professor and 12

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a chief speech writer for Freddie Mac. Elmusa & Orfalea will be reading from their impressive bodies of works and answering questions during the November 6, 7:00pm event in the Dominican Center, 330 Powell Avenue, Newburgh. Free admission.

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Music - pop, Folk, Country, Blues, rock, etc. sponsored by Steve’s Music Center, Rock Hill and Al’s Music Center, Port Jervis CANVAS cannot be responsible for errors & omissions. Please verify dates and times

Albi Beluli ��Dancing Cat Saloon, Bethel, Thursdays, 7pm Music for Humanity folk ��Noble Coffee Roasters, Campbell Hall, 3rd Saturday, 7:30pm FREE Hudson Valley Blues Society Fundraiser ��The Falcon Underground, Marlboro, Nov 1, 7pm Three’s A Crowd” rock ��WaterWheel, Milford, Nov 1, 8pm John Tropea Band soul, jazz �� The Falcon, Marlboro, Nov 1, 8pm The Funk Junkies w/Corey Glover! ��The Falcon, Marlboro, Nov 2, 8pm Neil Alexander & NAIL: 20 Years! funk, jazz, fusion ��The Falcon Underground, Marlboro, Nov 2, 8pm Big Joe Fitz & The Lo-Fis blues �� The Falcon, Marlboro, Nov 3 & Nov 17, 11am Cherished Memories doo wop ��Sullivan County Museum, Hurleyville, Nov 3, 2pm The Commonheart w/The Outcrops rock, soul �� Bethel Woods, Nov 3, 8pm Matt Darriau’s PARADOX TRIO Eastern European ��The Falcon, Marlboro, Nov 3, 8pm Mo*Ja, Phoebe LeGere, Joakim Lartey & Special Guests ��The Falcon, Marlboro, Nov 6, 8pm Tribal Harmony: Joan Henry & Spirited fusion, Native American ��The Falcon, Marlboro, Nov 7, 7pm Jason Gisser, Marc Von Em & Ian Flanigan ��The Falcon Underground, Marlboro, Nov 7, 8pm Soul Inscribed hip-hop, soul, poetics ��Bethel Woods, Nov 8, 6pm FREE Kinky Friedman’s RESURRECTION & The Merry Kinkster Tour ��Falcon, Marlboro, Nov 8, 8pm Deadgrass Garcia ��The Falcon Underground, Marlboro, Nov 8, 8pm Rave Tesar, Elissa Jones & friends Music for Humanity Fundraiser �� Noble Coffee Roasters, Campbell Hall, Nov 9, 7:30pm Reelin’ In The Years Steely Dan �� The Falcon, Marlboro, Nov 9, 8pm Fred Zepplin rock ��The Falcon Underground, Marlboro, Nov 9, 8pm George Romano r&r ��Greenwood Lake Library, Nov 10, 1pm FREE Hudson Valley Swing Band ��Wallkill Community Center, Middletown, Nov 12 & Nov 26, 1pm FREE Jeffrey Martin folk, prose �� The Falcon, Marlboro, Nov 13, 8pm Gurf Morlix Americana �� The Falcon, Marlboro, Nov 14, 8pm Vito Petroccitto & Little Rock, blues, Americana ��Falcon Underground, Marlboro, Nov 15, 8pm Floyd Pink ��The Falcon Underground, Marlboro, Nov 16, 8pm Jay Collins & The Northern Resistance roots, rock ��The Falcon, Marlboro, Nov16, 8pm Amber and Smoke ��The Falcon Underground, Marlboro, Nov 17, 8pm Petey Hop’s Roots & Blues Sessions ��The Falcon Underground, Marlboro, Nov 20, 7pm Keith Harkin Celtic �� The Falcon, Marlboro, Nov 21, 8pm Fatboy Kanootch funk, ska, reggae, rock ��The Falcon, Marlboro, Nov 22, 8pm ToasterBasket rock, soul, funk ��The Falcon Underground, Marlboro, Nov 22, 8pm Maestro Khan’s East Meets West Trio Indian, folk ��Tusten Theatre, Narrowsburg, Nov 23, 8pm Cindy Cashdollar & The Syncopators, Texas swing, jazz, rockabilly �� The Falcon, Nov 23, 8pm Dylan Doyle Band roots, rock, funk ��The Falcon Underground, Marlboro, Nov 23, 8pm Saints of Swing swing, Motown, r&b, Klezmer �� The Falcon, Marlboro, Nov 24, 11am Max Weinberg’s Jukebox rock �� Bethel Woods, Nov 24, 8pm Jeff ‘Tain’ Watts Travel Band �� The Falcon, Marlboro, Nov 24, 8pm AMG & Mazzstock Allstars �� The Falcon, Marlboro, Nov 27, 8pm Yarn Americana �� The Falcon, Marlboro, Nov 29, 8pm The Bennett Brothers blues, rock ��The Falcon Underground, Marlboro, Nov 29, 8pm Catharsis Trio folk, indie rock, jazz ��Tusten Theatre, Narrowsburg, Nov 30, 8pm Joanne & Leah Shenandoah Native American ��The Falcon, Marlboro, Nov 30, 1pm Jimi Hendrix Tribute: Film & Music ��The Falcon, Marlboro, Nov 30, 8pm OPEN Mic & IN-HOUSE MUSIC Listings below are not included in our centerspread calendar

Open Mic �� Rafter’s Tavern, Callicoon, Sundays, 3pm Open Mic w/Steve Schwartz & Antoine Magliano ��Dutch’s Tavern, Rock Hill, Mondays, 7pm Joanna Gass and the Search & Rescue Orchestra �� Brew, Rock Hill, Tuesdays, 6:30pm-8:30pm Open Mic �� Heartbeat Music Hall, Grahamsville, Wednesdays, 7pm The Parting Glass Band Celtic �� Loughran’s Pub, Salisbury Mills, Thursdays, 7pm-10pm Marc Von Em soul, blues, funk ��WaterWheel Cafe, Milford, Last Fridays, 8pm-11pm Jake Lentz piano & Marilyn Kennedy vocals Giovanni’s Inn, Wurtsboro, Fridays & Saturdays, 6pm-9pm Run for Cover �� Palaia Winery, Highland Mills, Nov 1, 7:30pm Gary Adamson ��Palaia Winery, Highland Mills, Nov 2, 2pm-5pm Live Wire Panic �� Palaia Winery, Highland Mills, Nov 2, 7:30pm Erol Ogut ��Palaia Winery, Highland Mills, Nov 3, 2pm-5pm Acoustic Open Mic Sessions �� The Falcon Underground, Nov 6, 7pm Dead Bolt �� Palaia Winery, Highland Mills, Nov 8, 7:30pm Swamp Fox �� Palaia Winery, Highland Mills, Nov 9, 7:30pm Jim & Michelle Iannucci ��Palaia Winery, Highland Mills, Nov 9, 2pm-5pm Kevin Finnan & Friends �� Palaia Winery, Highland Mills, Nov 10, 7:30pm Identity Crisis �� Palaia Winery, Highland Mills, Nov 15, 7:30pm Jack Higgins & Friends ��Palaia Winery, Highland Mills, Nov 16, 2pm-5pm Big Time Tomato �� Palaia Winery, Highland Mills, Nov 16, 7:30pm Evan Teatum & Alan Battiatto ��Palaia Winery, Highland Mills, Nov 17, 2pm-5pm Gregg Van Gelder band �� Palaia Winery, Highland Mills, Nov 22, 7:30pm Hurley Mountain Highway �� Palaia Winery, Highland Mills, Nov 23, 7:30pm Jennie Jazz Trio ��Palaia Winery, Highland Mills, Nov 23, 2pm-5pm Pre-Thanksgiving bash with Bruce Perone �� Palaia Winery, Highland Mills, Nov 27, 7:30pm Funk �� Palaia Winery, Highland Mills, Nov 29, 7:30pm Chris Brown ��Palaia Winery, Highland Mills, Nov 30 2pm-5pm Floyd Pink �� Palaia Winery, Highland Mills, Nov 30, 7:30pm

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Cinema

Recreation -Dancing

Monday Afternoon at the Movies ��Wisner Library, Warwick, Mondays, 1pm, FREE “Silenced” documentary on Whistleblowing, discussion w/James Spione & Tom Drake �� SUNY Orange, Kaplan Hall, Newburgh, Nov 6, 6:30pm FREE “Lives Well Lived: Celebrating the Secrets, Wit and Wisdom of Age” documentary �� Mount Saint Mary College, Hudson Hall Auditorium, Newburgh, Nov 12, 4pm “Leonardo:The Works” documentary �� Downing Film Center, Newburgh, Nov 25, 1:15pm & 7:00pm

3rd Annual Oktoberfest Dinner-Dance �� Lackawaxen Fire House, Oct, 26, 6pm

FAIRS & FestivalS

Theatre - Musical & Variety

Halloweenfest �� Veterans Memorial Park Wurtsboro, Oct 26, Noon-3pm Love Local Maker’s Market �� Warwick Community Center, Nov 29 & 30

FUNDRAISERS

Bernt Balchen Lodge Sons of Norway Scholarship Fund Oktoberfest Dinner Dance �� Lackawaxen Fire House, Oct 26, 6pm Wallkill River School Judi Silvano’s Zephyr Band & guests ��Wallkill River School, Oct 26, 8pm Music for Humanity Rave Tesar, Elissa Jones & friends �� Noble Coffee Roasters, Nov 9, 7:30pm

HOliday

Holiday Party �� Liberty Museum & Art Center, Nov 23, 5pm

Museums Not listed in centerspread

“Your Excellency’s Dog kennel at Mount Vernon, is as good a Quarter as that I am now in” �� Meet Major General Horatio Gates Edmonston House, New Windsor, Nov 11, 4pm-6pm FREE “New York’s Harlem River Speedway and the Gilded Age” w/lunch �� Harness Racing Museum, Goshen, Nov 14, Noon

Storytelling

Super Stories 2019 Adam Wade, Ophira Eisenberg, Peter Aguero �� Hurleyville Arts Centre, Nov 2, 6:30pm 20th Annual Tellabration! Black Dirt Storytelling Guild ��Florida Library, Nov 23, 2pm FREE PechaKucha Night #12 �� Amity Gallery, Warwick, Nov 23, 8pm “Hedwig and the Angry Inch” ��SUNY Sullivan, Loch Sheldrake, Nov 8-16 “Stone Soup” musical-cooking performance �� Hurleyville Arts Center, Nov 17, 3pm

Theatre - Play

“The War of the Worlds” H.G.Wells, radio show �� Tusten Theatre, Narrowsburg, Oct 26, 8pm “God’s Favorite” by Neil Simon, Creative Theatre-Muddy Water Players �� Playhouse at Museum Village, Monroe, Nov 2-10 “Almost, Maine” SUNY Apprentice Players ��SUNY Orange Hall, Middletown, Nov 8-17 “Twelve Angry Men” by Reginald Rose, Cornerstone Theatre Arts ��Goshen Music Hall, Nov 9-24 “Fleabag” w/ Phoebe Waller-Bridgem Live from National Theatre �� Downing Film Center, Nov 11, 1:30pm & 7pm “The Golden Girls Gone Wild” dinner-theatre �� St. Anne’s Church, Washingtonville, Nov 17, 6pm

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Music - Classical

SCCO Quartet �� St. John’s Episcopal Church, Monticello, Oct 26, 7pm & Liberty Music & Arts Center, Oct 27, 3pm New York String Trio �� St. John’s Episcopal Church, Ellenville, Oct 27, 4pm Munich Philharmonic String Quartet Newburgh Chamber Music �� St. George’s Church, Newburgh, Nov 2, 2pm Infusion Baroque “Who Killed Leclair?”, Kindred Spirits Arts �� Good Shepherd Episcopal Church, Milford, Nov 2, 7:30pm Hudson Valley Chamber Players Grand Montgomery Chamber Music Series �� Montgomery Senior Center, Nov 10, 3pm FREE Sullivan County Chamber Orchestra members, “Four Seasons of Sullivan County”, music, lecture, art Crawford Library, Monticello, Nov 18, 6:30pm FREE & Liberty Museum and Arts Center, Nov 19, 6:30pm FREE

Music - HOliday

Pine Bush Community Band Holiday Concert ��St. Paul’s Church, Bullville, Nov 25, 7pm FREE Delaware Valley Choral Society �� Drew United Methodist Church, Port Jervis, Nov 30, 3pm & United Methodist Church, Milford, Dec 1, 3pm

Music - jazz in restAURANTS “FREE” Means “No Cover ChaRGE”

Eric Person Band ��The Wherehouse, Newburgh, 3rd Saturdays, 9pm Judi Silvano’s Zephyr Band & guests Fundraiser ��Wallkill River School, Oct 26, 8pm 4th Saturday Jazz Neil Alexander, Jim Cammack, Terry Silverlight �� The Wherehouse, Newburgh, Oct 26, 9pm FREE Edmar Castañeda Quartet jazz harp ��The Falcon, Marlboro, Oct 27, 8pm David Sanborn Jazz Quintet �� Bethel Woods, Nov 7, 8pm Emedin Rivera, Michael Vinas, Ken Kresge, Beledo. � UpFront Exhibition Space, Port Jervis, Nov 9, 7pm Rick Savage Trio Music of Miles Davis �� Amity Gallery, Warwick, Nov 10, 4pm Vic Juris Trio ��The Falcon, Marlboro, Nov 10, 8pm Jazz Sessions Tony Jefferson, host �� The Falcon Underground, Marlboro, Nov 13, 7pm Sheila Jordan, Alan Broadbent, Harvie S bebop ��The Falcon, Marlboro, Nov 17, 8pm Common Tongue ��The Falcon, Marlboro, Nov 20, 8pm Bob Shaut & SAX LIFE “The Music of Wayne Shorter”, Music on Market series �� St. John’s Episcopal Church, Ellenville, Nov 21, 7:30pm FIVE PLAY, the quintet of DIVA Jazz ��SUNY Orange Hall, Middletown, Nov 22, 7:30pm 4th Saturday Jazz Neil Alexander, Steven Frieder, Bob Meyer �� The Wherehouse, Newburgh, Nov 23, 9pm FREE

Opera

“Madama Butterfly” Puccini, Live from the Met �� SUNY Sullivan, Loch Sheldrake, Nov 9, 1pm “Akhnaten” Glass, Live from the Met �� SUNY Sullivan, Loch Sheldrake, Nov 23, 1pm

Poetry (& Prose) Readings

Poetry at the Karpeles Host: Hayden Wayne ��Karpeles Museum, Newburgh, Nov 2, 1pm FREE Sharif S. Elmusa & Gregory Orfalea “Refugee Poets Looking for a Home” �� Mount St. Mary College, Dominican Center, Newburgh, Nov 6, 7pm FREE Bill Greenfield �� Noble Coffee Roasters, Campbell Hall, Nov 7, 7pm Steve Erny & Susan Erny ��Montgomery Book Exchange, Nov 12, 7pm FREE Harvey Greenwald ��Meadow Blues Coffee, Chester, Nov19, 7pm Hudson River Poets �� Newburgh Library, Nov 23, 7pm FREE Eva Strasser Poetry at the Church ��Goshen Methodist Church, Nov 25, 7pm FREE

From 1898 to 1919, the picturesque Harlem River Speedway provided a playground for New York City’s wealthy trotting horse enthusiasts. Join the Harness Racing Museum & Hall of Fame for an exploration of Gilded Age excess and social change. A Thanksgiving

lunch will be served and guests may create a Pine Cone Turkey in celebration of the upcoming holiday on November 14 at Noon, 240 Main Street, Goshen. In addition to this presentation, enjoy the Museum’s new exhibit, Trotting on the Avenue: Views of the New York Speedway.

Whistleblowing in Newburgh A whistleblower is defined as “an informant who exposes wrongdoing within an organization in the hope of stopping it.” In April 2014, independent filmmaker James Spione premiered Silenced, the documentary James Spione film on three vocal critics of national security policy that has been implemented since 9/11. Silenced features “riveting first-person accounts from former National Security Agency executive Thomas Drake, who was one of the first to blow the whistle on an enormous warrantless wiretapping program aimed at American citizens during the Bush Administration; Jesselyn Radack, the former Justice Department attorney who stumbled onto the United States’ nascent detainee torture regime; and ex-CIA officer John Kiriakou who confirmed the use of ‘enhanced interrogations.’” In light of the significance of two present-

day whistleblowers speaking out in Washington DC, this film takes on an even greater role in viewing the rights of citizens of the USA. “My hope is that this film can offer a Thomas Drake greater understanding of whistleblower motivation and this alarming crackdown on meaningful dissent by our government,” states James Spione. Come to the screening of this meaningful and relevant film and open discussion. The event is free and open to the public. The film will be screened on November 6, at 6:30pm in Kaplan Hall at SUNY Orange, Newburgh. In addition to filmmaker/director Spione, whistleblower Thomas Drake will speak during a post-screening discussion. See ad page 19 for location details. For information, call 845-341-4891 or email cultural@sunyorange.edu www.sunyorange.edu/culturalaffairs

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novemb AMITY ��Amity Gallery, Warwick BW ��Bethel Woods Center for the Arts CTMW Creative Theatre-Muddy Water Players � Playhouse at Museum Village, Monroe DOWN ��Downing Film Center, Newburgh DREW �� Drew United Methodist Church, Port Jervis

MONDAY

TUESDAY

Please see the schedule for Art & Photography Exhibit Receptions, pg. 16

FAL & FAL-U �� The Falcon & The Falcon Underground, Marlboro GMCM Grand Montgomery Chamber Music Series �� Montgomery Senior Center GOSH Cornerstone Theatre Arts �� Goshen Music Hall GWL �� Greenwood Lake Library HAC ��Hurleyville Arts Centre

WEDNESDAY

Cinema Monday Afternoon Movie Wisner Library, Warwick, 1pm

Cinema Monday Afternoon Movie Wisner Library, Warwick, 1pm Theatre - Play in HD “Fleabag” DOWN 1:30pm & 7pm

“Squeeze” by Ryan Lytle. Exhibit: “ANIMALIA” opens with a reception on Nov. 2 from 6:30pm-8:30pm at Ann Street Gallery, 104 Ann Street, Newburgh. The show is on view through Jan. 11.

Music Hudson Valley Swing Band WCC 1pm

Cinema w/discussion “Silenced” SUNYO-KH 6:30pm Poetry Sharif S. Elmusa & Gregory Orfalea MSM-DOM 7pm

Music - Hendrix Mo*Ja, Phoebe LeGere, Joakim Lartey & guests FAL 8pm

Theatre - Musical ”Hedwig and the Angry Inch” SCCC 8pm

Poetry

Music - Prose Jeffrey Martin FAL 8pm

Steve Erny & Susan Erny

Cinema Monday Afternoon Movie Wisner Library, Warwick, 1pm Music - Art - Talk Sullivan County Chamber Orchestra Members MONTLIB 6:30pm

Cinema Monday Afternoon Movie Wisner Library, Warwick, 1pm Cinema - Documentary “Leonardo:The Works DOWN 1:15pm & 7pm

Poetry Eva Strasser Goshen Methodist Church, 7pm

MONTBK 7pm

Poetry Harvey Greenwald MEADOW 7pm

Music - Jazz Common Tongue FAL 8pm

Music Hudson Valley Swing Band WCC 1pm

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Music - Rock.......... Music ........ Hudson Music - Soul-Jazz .

Theatre - Play......... Theatre - Musical.......“Hedwig and the Angry Inch”.........SCCC 8pm Theatre - Play......... Music - Americana .............Gurf Morlix..................................FAL 8pm Theatre - Musical... Music - Roots-Blue

Theatre - Play......... Poetry......................... Hudson River Poets.......................... NFL 7pm Music - Jazz......FIV Music - Jazz-W.Shorter.......Bob Shaut & SAX LIFE........ MoM 7:30pm Music - Funk-Ska-R Music - Celtic ....................Keith Harkin.................................FAL 8pm Music - Rock-Soul-

27 Music AMG & Mazzstock Allstars FAL 8pm

Music & Poetics - S Poetry.............................. Bill Greenfield............................ NOBL 7pm Theatre - Play......... Music - Jazz..........David Sanborn Jazz Quintet.................... BW 8pm Theatre - Musical... Music - Native American-Jazz ...Tribal Harmony: Joan Henry & Spirited....FAL 7pm Theatre - Play......... Music ......Jason Gisser, Marc Von Em & Ian Flanigan...FAL-U 8pm Music ............ Kink Music - Garcia .......

Music Petey Hop’s Roots & Blues Sessions FAL-U 7pm

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Music - Art - Talk Sullivan County Chamber Orchestra Members LMAC 6:30pm

Music - Holiday Pine Bush Community Band St. Paul’s Church, Bullville, 7pm

Music Jazz Sessions FAL-U 7pm

Cinema - Documentary

“Lives Well Lived, Celebrating the Secrets, Wit and Wisdom of Age” MSM-HH 4pm

THURSDAY

Rave Tesar & Friends will donate a concert to benefit Music for Humanity on November 9 at 7:30pm. We know Elissa Jones will be one of his “friends!” Noble Coffee Roasters in Campbell Hall will host the concert.

Thomas Michael Gorman, author of “The Fat of the Land”, an historical fiction set during the early part of the 20th century, will highlight the parallels between the 20th and 21st century’s economic & social issues. Chester Public Library, November 16 1:00pm

LMAC �� Liberty Museum & A MEADOW ��Meadow Blues Coffe METH �� United Methodist Chur MoM Music on Market �� MISU & St. John’s Episcopal Church MONTBK ��Montgomery Book

29 Leonardo Da Vinci’s “Ginevra de’ Benci” 1474–1478. The film “Leonardo: The Works”, presents every single attributed painting, in Ultra HD quality, never seen before on the big screen. This film also looks afresh at Leonardo’s life - his inventiveness, his sculptural skills, his military foresight and his ability to navigate the treacherous politics of the day. See it at Downing Film Center, 19 Front Street, Newburgh, November 25, at 1:15pm & 7:00pm

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MONTLIB �� Ethelbert Crawford Library, Monticello MSM-DOM �� Mount St. Mary College, Dominican Center, Newburgh MSM-HH ��Mount St. Mary College, Hudson Hall Auditorium, Newburgh NCM Newburgh Chamber Music ��St. George’s Church, Newburgh NFL ��Newburgh Free Library

FRIDAY

.......Three’s A Crowd......WaterWheel, Milford 8pm n Valley Blues Society Fundraiser.....FAL-U 7pm ........John Tropea Band............................FAL 8pm

Soul-Hip-Hop.....Soul Inscribed................ BW 6pm ........ “Almost, Maine”............SUNYO-OH 7:30pm .....“Hedwig and the Angry Inch”.........SCCC 8pm ........ “God’s Favorite”........................CTMW 8pm ky Friedman’s RESURRECTION .............FAL 8pm ............. Deadgrass...............................FAL-U 8pm

..... “Twelve Angry Men”..................... GOSH 7pm ........ “Almost, Maine”............SUNYO-OH 7:30pm .....“Hedwig and the Angry Inch”.........SCCC 8pm es ......Vito Petroccitto & Little Rock.....FAL-U 8pm

..... “Twelve Angry Men”..................... GOSH 7pm VE PLAY, DIVA Jazz Quintet..SUNYO-OH 7:30pm Rock ......Fatboy Kanootch........................FAL 8pm -Funk ......ToasterBasket........................FAL-U 8pm

Local Maker’s Market ....... WARCOMM 10am-6pm .................. Yarn........................................FAL 8pm k ......The Bennett Brothers...................FAL-U 8pm

NOBL �� Noble Coffee Roasters, Campbell Hall SCCC �� SUNY Sullivan, Loch Sheldrake SCM ��Sullivan County Museum, Hurleyville StANNE �� St. Anne’s Church, Washingtonville SUNYO-KH �� SUNYO Orange, Kaplan Hall, Newburgh SUNYO-OH �� SUNY Orange, Orange Hall, Middletown

SATURDAY

TUST ��Tusten Theatre, Narrowsburg UpFRONT �� Upfront Exhibition Space, Port Jervis WCC ��Wallkill Community Center, Middletown WARCOMM �� Warwick Community Center WHERE �� The Wherehouse, Newburgh

SUNDAY

Poetry.....Hudson River Poets......Karpeles Museum, Newburgh, 1pm Cinema.....................Saturday Family Movie.............. MONTLIB 1pm Music - Blues..........Big Joe Fitz & The Lo-Fis ................... FAL 11am Music - Classical...Munich Philharmonic String Quartet...NCM 2pm Music - Doo Wop........Cherished Memories ....................... SCM 2pm Storytelling................... Super Stories 2019..................... HAC 6:30pm Theatre - Play................ “God’s Favorite”........................CTMW 3pm Music - Classical...Infusion Baroque..Good Shepherd Episcopal Ch., Milford, 7:30pm Music - Eastern European Matt Darriau’s PARADOX TRIO..FAL 8pm Theatre - Play................ “God’s Favorite”........................CTMW 8pm Music - Rock-Soul....The Commonheart w/The Outcrops...BW 8pm Music ............. The Funk Junkies w/Corey Glover...............FAL 8pm Music - Jazz Fusion .Neil Alexander & NAIL: 20 Years!...FAL-U 8pm

Cinema.....................Saturday Family Movie.............. MONTLIB 1pm Opera...................“Madama Butterfly” Puccini................SCCC 1pm Music - Jazz.................... Jazz at UpFront................... UpFRONT 7pm Theatre - Play............. “Twelve Angry Men”..................... GOSH 7pm Theatre - Play................ “Almost, Maine”............SUNYO-OH 7:30pm Fundraiser...................Music for Humanity.................. NOBL 7:30pm Theatre - Musical.......“Hedwig and the Angry Inch”.........SCCC 8pm Theatre - Play................ “God’s Favorite”........................CTMW 8pm Music ............... An AllStar Tribute to Steely Dan.................FAL 8pm Music - Rock......................Fred Zepplin.............................FAL-U 8pm

Cinema.....................Saturday Family Movie.............. MONTLIB 1pm Theatre - Play............. “Twelve Angry Men”..................... GOSH 7pm Theatre - Play................ “Almost, Maine”............SUNYO-OH 7:30pm Music - Folk.................Music for Humanity.................. NOBL 7:30pm Theatre - Musical.......“Hedwig and the Angry Inch”.........SCCC 8pm Music - Roots-Rock .Jay Collins & The Northern Resistance..FAL 8pm Music ................................. Floyd Pink...............................FAL-U 8pm

Music - Jazz..................... Eric Person Band......................... WHERE 9pm

Cinema.....................Saturday Family Movie.............. MONTLIB 1pm Opera........................... “Akhnaten” Glass........................SCCC 1pm Storytelling.............. 20th Annual Tellabration!.... Florida Library, 2pm Holiday..............................Holiday Party............................LAMC 5pm Theatre - Play............. “Twelve Angry Men”..................... GOSH 7pm Music -Indian-Clasical-Folk.......East Meets West Trio........TUST 8pm Storytelling................ PechaKucha Night #12 .................. AMITY 8pm Music - Swing-Rockabilly ...Cindy Cashdollar & The Syncopators..FAL 8pm

Music - R&R.................. George Romano............................GWL 1pm Theatre - Play............. “Twelve Angry Men”..................... GOSH 2pm Theatre - Musical.......“Hedwig and the Angry Inch”.........SCCC 2pm Theatre - Play................ “God’s Favorite”........................CTMW 3pm Theatre - Play................ “Almost, Maine”.................SUNYO-OH 3pm Music - Classical.......Hudson Valley Chamber Players...GMCM 3pm Music - Miles Davis........ Rick Savage Trio........................ AMITY 4pm Music - Jazz...................... Vic Juris Trio................................FAL 8pm

Music - Blues..........Big Joe Fitz & The Lo-Fis ................... FAL 11am Theatre - Play............. “Twelve Angry Men”..................... GOSH 2pm Theatre - Play................ “Almost, Maine”.................SUNYO-OH 3pm Theatre - Musical..............“Stone Soup”.............................. HAC 3pm Dinner-Theatre.......“The Golden Girls Gone Wild”........StANNE 6pm Music - Bebop.Sheila Jordan, Alan Broadbent, Harvie S ...FAL 8pm Music ...........................Amber and Smoke .......................FAL-U 8pm

24 Music - Swing +.............. Saints of Swing ...........................FAL 11am Theatre - Play............. “Twelve Angry Men”..................... GOSH 2pm Music - Rock........... Max Weinberg’s Jukebox...................... BW 8pm Music .................. Jeff ‘Tain’ Watts Travel Band....................FAL 8pm

Music - Roots-Rock-Funk ......Dylan Doyle Band...............FAL-U 8pm Music - Jazz..................... 4th Saturday Jazz........................ WHERE 9pm

30 Fair.............Love Local Maker’s Market ....... WARCOMM 10am-6pm Cinema.....................Saturday Family Movie.............. MONTLIB 1pm Music - Native American.......Joanne & Leah Shenandoah...FAL 1pm Music - Holiday.......Delaware Valley Choral Society........ DREW 3pm Music - Folk-Rock-Jazz.......Catharsis Trio..........................TUST 8pm Music ......................... Jimi Hendrix Tribute..........................FAL 8pm

1 Music - Holiday.......Delaware Valley Choral Society.........METH 3pm

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

Art exhibits CAS ��Catskill Art Society, Livingston Manor DVAA ��Delaware Valley Arts Alliance, Elaine Giguere Arts Center, Narrowsburg SUNYO-KH �� SUNY Orange Newburgh, Kaplan Hall SUNYO-OH ��SUNY Orange Middletown, Orange Hall WRS �� Wallkill River School, Montgomery

Group Show �� Stray Cat Gallery, Bethel, ongoing Georgia Chambers etchings, paintings ��Georgia Chambers Art Gallery, Callicoon, ongoing Catharine De Maio paintings, “Summer Scenes” ��Rustic Wheelhouse, Chester, ongoing T.A. Clearwater paintings, pastels, prints �� Clearwater Gallery at Jones Farm, Cornwall, ongoing June Ponte paintings, stained & painted glass ��Poe & Raven Gallery, Milford, ongoing Karen E. Gersch, Gabrielle Dearborn, Josiah Dearborn drawings, paintings, silverwork �� Gersch Home Gallery, Montgomery, by appt, ongoing Carolyn Duke pottery ��Duke Pottery, Tennanah Lake, Roscoe, ongoing Inscribed Tibetan Prayer Stones ��Tibetan & Himalayan Cultural Center, Walden, ongoing Wurtsboro Art Alliance “Autumn” group show �� Mamakating Town Hall, Wurtsboro, ongoing Newburgh Sculpture Project �� SUNYO-KH, Armory Unity Center, Safe Harbors Green, Newburgh, thru Oct 25 Carole Loeffler mixed media installation, Gregory Curry paintings �� DVAA thru Oct 26 RR Pollak cartoon illustrations �� Ellenville Library, thru Oct 30 Halloween Window Art �� Shop windows, Sullivan Street, Wurtsboro, thru Nov 4 Randall FitzGerald, Marie Liu + group show ��ARTery Gallery, Milford, thru Nov 4 Tahir Carl Karmali paperwork �� 255 Broadway, Newburgh, thru Nov 9 “Pen and Ink” ��WRS thru Nov 14 Hudson Valley Plein Air Festival ��SUNYO-OH thru Nov 25 Alexis Tellefson “Life, Still” functional pottery & larger scale works ��SUNYO-KH thru Nov 25 “Autumn Spectacular!” Art About Town, River Valley Artists Guild �� Susan Miiller fall-themed paintings Bon Secours Hospital, Port Jervis & Joan Kehlenbeck fall-themed oils & pastels Deerpark Town Hall, Huguenot & Daniela Cooney, Joan Kehlenbeck, Judith Cramer, Patty Koch, Joan Standora, Elva Zingaro �� oils, pastel, acrylics, pencil, etc. Gios Gelato Café, Port Jervis, thru Nov 30 Kitty Mitchell mixed media �� Mamakating Library, Wurtsboro, thru Nov 30 Nita Klein paintings �� Leo’s Restaurant & Pizzeria, Cornwall, thru Nov 30 “Less is More: Simple Beauty Calming a Restless Mind” Goshen Art League �� Orange County Emergency Services Center, Goshen, thru Dec 5 Sarah Fortner Pierson “Bold Botanicals and Song Birds of New York” �� Griffith Olivero Realtors, Goshen, thru Dec 10 Norman Magnusson “kuh-myoo-nih-kay-shun” ��Aquinas Hall, Newburgh, thru Dec 13 Juried Small Works Exhibition �� Bertoni Gallery, Warwick, thru Dec 29 We Are Golden - Reflections on the 50th Anniversary of the Woodstock Festival and Aspirations for an Aquarian Future Museum at Bethel Woods, thru Dec 31

NEW ART EXHIBITS

“Opposites Attract” Goshen Art League �� Goshen Music Hall, Oct 2-Dec 2 “Figures” �� Holland Tunnel Gallery, Newburgh, Oct 26-Dec 8 “Indigenous” ��Artists’ Market, Shohola, Nov 1-10 Judi Silvano “Creative Diversity: Abstraction Using Different Artistic Mediums” ��WRS Nov 1-30 William Noonan “SET-UP: A Collection of Still Life Works” ��WRS Nov 1-30 “Portraying People Through Objects” juried group show ��WRS Nov 1-30 4 Pastelists: Judy Byrne, Cathy Cahill, Lily Norton, Cathy Prager ��Wisner Library, Warwick, Nov 1-30 Donna Kallesser oils & pastels �� Gallery at Chant Realtors, Lords Valley, Nov 1-Dec 27 “Point of View” Wurtsboro Art Alliance ��John Neilson Gallery, Wurtsboro, Nov 2-24 “ANIMALIA” group show �� Ann Street Gallery, Newburgh, Nov 2-Jan 11 “Miniatures” group show ��WRS Nov 15-Dec 14 “Art in Sixes” ��DVAA Nov 16-Dec 21 “Water’s Edge” �� Gritworks, Newburgh, Nov 22-Jan 26 2019 Art Exhibition �� Otisville-Mount Hope Presbyterian Church, Nov 23-24

Photography exhibits

“Along the Towpath: The D&H Canal in Mamakating, 1828-1898” ��Wurtsboro Library, ongoing Woodstock Memorabilia & Photos �� Stray Cat White House, Bethel, ongoing Hudson Highlands Photo Workshop “Orange County: A Celebration of Its Culture, Land and People” � SUNYO-KH thru Nov 22 David Nicholls “La Serenissima” Images of Venice �� Mount St. Mary College, Desmond Campus, Newburgh, thru Nov 28

New Photography exhibits

Sarah van Ouwerkerk landscapes, Lorie Novak “Above the Fold” �� CAS Oct 26-Nov 30 Mark Kovner �� Woodbury Library, Rushmore Memorial Branch, Highland Mills, Nov 1-30 Marilynn Potter “Love of Baseball” ��Greenwood Lake Library, Nov 1-30 John Kocjinski ��Mamakating Library, Wurtsboro, Nov 1-Dec 31 Claire Gilliam “Life Lines” prints ��Amity Gallery, Warwick, Nov 2-24 Pat Peters �� Healing Arts Gallery, Ellenville Regional Hospital, Nov 4-Jan 6 Delaware Highlands Conservancy “Confluence: Land, Water, and Wildlife” �� ARTery Gallery, Milford, Nov 7-Dec 9 16

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ART & Photography receptions

Sarah van Ouwerkerk landscapes, Lorie Novak “Above the Fold” �� CAS Oct 26, 4pm-6pm “Figures” ��Holland Tunnel Gallery, Newburgh, Oct 26, 4pm-7pm Hudson Highlands Photo Workshop, Alexis Tellefson ��SUNYO-KH Oct 26, 6pm-8pm Sarah Fortner Pierson “Bold Botanicals and Song Birds of New York” �� Griffith Olivero Realtors, Goshen, Oct 30, 6pm-8pm “Opposites Attract” Goshen Art League ��Goshen Music Hall, Oct 30, 6pm-8pm Mark Kovner ��Woodbury Library, Rushmore Memorial Branch, Highland Mills, Nov 2, Noon-2pm 4 Pastelists: Judy Byrne, Cathy Cahill, Lily Norton, Cathy Prager �� Wisner Library, Warwick, Nov 2, 1pm-3pm Claire Gilliam prints ��Amity Gallery, Warwick, Nov 2, 1pm-4pm “Point of View” Wurtsboro Art Alliance ��John Neilson Gallery, Wurtsboro, Nov 2, 2pm-4pm “Indigenous” �� Artists’ Market, Shohola, Nov 2, 4pm-6pm Judi Silvano, William Noonan, & “Portraying People Through Objects” �� WRS Nov 2, 5pm-7pm Claire Gilliam prints ��Amity Gallery, Warwick, Nov 2, 5pm-7pm “ANIMALIA” group show �� Ann Street Gallery, Newburgh, Nov 2, 6:30pm-8:30pm Delaware Highlands Conservancy “Confluence: Land, Water, and Wildlife” �� ARTery Gallery, Milford, Nov 9, 1pm-4pm “Art in Sixes” �� DVAA Nov 16, 3pm-5pm 2019 Art Exhibition ��Otisville-Mount Hope Presbyterian Church, Nov 23, 10am-3pm

Children & Teens Calendar

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

Books

Listings not included in our centerspread calendar.

Book Hipsters Book Club teens ��Wisner Library, Warwick, Fridays, 3:30pm Cinema

Teen Movie Night 11-17yrs �� Greenwood Lake Library, Tuesdays, 6pm FREE Teen Movie Matinee �� Crawford Library, Monticello, 1st Saturday, 1pm FREE Saturday Family Movie ��Crawford Library, Monticello, Saturdays, 1pm FREE EntertainmenT & Lectures See also Fairs & Festivals page 15

Storytime 3-5yrs ��Crawford Library, Monticello, Mondays 10am FREE Halloween at the Woods ��Bethel Woods, Oct 27, 10am FREE A Night at the Museum Sleepover �� Bethel Woods, Nov 1, 6pm Story Pirates ��Bethel Woods, Nov 2, 11am FREE Museums

Meet the Animals “Habitats of the Hudson Valley” HHNM-CoH Saturdays & Sundays, 1pm & 2:30pm Hiking Trails �� HHNM Saturdays & Sundays, 10am-4pm Eco-Zone Discovery Room ��PEEC Nov 16, 1pm-4pm

“Fleabag” Live in HD at Downing Fleabag may seem oversexed, emotionally unfiltered and selfobsessed, but that’s just the tip of the iceberg. With family and friendships under strain and a guinea pig café struggling to keep afloat, Fleabag suddenly finds herself with nothing to lose. Written and performed by Phoebe WallerBridge and directed by Vicky Jones, Fleabag

is a rip-roaring look at some sort of woman living her sort of life. See the hilarious, awardwinning, one-woman show that inspired the BBC’s hit TV series Fleabag, broadcast live from London’s West End at Downing Film Center, 19 Front Street, Newburgh on November 11, at 1:30pm and 7:00pm. For tickets: Phone 845-561-3686.

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 Books & Tea �� Mamakating Library, Wurtsboro, 4th Wednesday, 4pm Urban Book Club �� Mulberry House Senior Center, Middletown, 4th Wednesday, 7pm Fiction & Foodies ��Mamakating Library, Wurtsboro, 2nd Thursday, 6pm Book Discussion Group ��1st Friday, Daniel Pierce Library, Grahamsville, 1pm Book Discussion Group �� Narrowsburg Library, 3rd Friday, 4pm “Killing Time in the Catskills” by/w/Kevin Owen ��Artists’ Market, Shohola, Oct 27, 2pm “Killing Time in the Catskills” by/w/Kevin Owen ��Broad Leaf Books, Pine Bush, Oct 30, 6:30pm “Verse and Verities” by/w/Walter Worden �� Montgomery Book Exchange, Nov 3, 2pm “Another One Goes Tonight” by Peter Lovesey, Mystery Book Club ��Florida Library, Nov 8, 1pm “The Fat of the Land” by/w/Thomas Michael Gorman �� Chester Library, Nov 16, 1pm “The Only Woman in the Room” by Marie Benedict ��Florida Library, Nov 21, 6:30pm

“The Golden Girls Gone Wild!” Help the Golden Girls solve a murder, and get dinner and dessert (vegetarian options available, wine and beer available for a small donation). It’s Dorothy’s birthday and Sophia decided to throw her pussycat a surprise birthday bash. Wanting to be sure her daughter had a date to her own party, Sophia has arranged to have a dating game here tonight. Watch out single men in the audience, because you may become one of the contestants - and Blanche

is on the prowl too! Sophia also invited Dorothy’s exboyfriend, Phil, to the party and hilarity ensues as we find out Dorothy isn’t Phil’s only ex here tonight. Will Phil survive the night so he can explain his womanizing ways? If not, the ladies will need your help to solve the crime on November 17 at 6:00pm in St. Anne’s Church, 179 East Main Street, in Washingtonville. For tickets email jobteinfo@gmail.com

Brain Inspired Prints, Warwick the imagery has dissolved “I began the series Life into abstraction, capturing Lines two or three years something more existential. ago, after coming into the Life Lines has evolved possession of recent MRI into a visual story about scans of my brain. The scans connections, threading both fascinated and horrified together a human body with me. I was suddenly confronted its physical, metaphysical and with visual evidence of the interpersonal environment.” long ago but significant brain Claire’s work has been injury I’d sustained as a baby. shown in Europe, India, Sri A large dark mass on the “Matter” by C. Gilliam Lanka and the U.S. and is held left hemisphere still declaring loudly, after 40 years, my narrow escape,” in several private and public collections. An states Claire Gilliam. “I began to make exhibit, LIFE LINES - The prints of Claire drawings from the MRIs, at first visually Gilliam takes place at Amity Gallery, 110 recording the brain itself, to understand how Newport Bridge Road, Warwick, weekends its structure and pathways form to activate in November. A reception will be held on the circumstances of the individual being November 2 from 5:00pm-7:00pm. For info: 845-258-4396 we become. As the series has developed,

One Man Rock ‘n’ Roll Show A“One Man Rock -n- Roll Show,” accomplished guitarist George Romano began entertaining from a very young age at a number of clubs in Manhattan. He eventually relocated to Los Angeles to record his debut album Insatiable Desires and to perform his song, Hot As The Sun at the Los Angeles Music Awards, where he was also nominated for an award. George is currently signed with record label Thump,

and is expected to release his next album in the winter of 2020. Hear George perform a selection of music from a broad range of genres such as soul, blues, rock, funk and more at the Greenwood Lake Public Library, 79 Waterstone Road, on November 10 at 1:00pm. To register: 845-477-8377, x. 101, visit gwllibrary.org or stop by the front desk.

Transgender Forum at HAC Gender Equality New York (GENY) New York’s statewide transgender, nonbinary, and intersex advocacy organization, is proud to continue its rollout of an education campaign to increase the general public’s understanding of the gender-expansive community. The Hurleyville Arts Centre (HAC) will host GENY in partnership with the Sullivan County Human Rights Commission for a forum, Everything You Wanted To Know About Transgender, Non-Binary, and Intersex People…But Were Afraid To Ask! on November 7 a 5:30pm. The forum includes a “Trans 101” presentation and an interactive panel made up of local community members. The panelists tell their personal stories and put a face on the “trans issue”. Audience members

are encouraged to ask questions to gain a better understanding of those who are gender- expansive. Social networking before and after the event allows audience members to meet local transgender, non-binary and intersex people. For many of them, this is the first such encounter. The overarching goal of the campaign is to increase understanding and respect for transgender, non-binary, and intersex New Yorkers and to decrease incidents of discrimination and violence. Doors open at 5:30pm for refreshments and a meet & greet with the panelists and other attendees at the Hurleyville Arts Centre, 219 Main Street, Hurleyville. For more info, visit GENY on facebook: www.facebook.com/GenderEqualityNY or visit www.hurleyvilleartscentre.org

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In Memoriam: Robert Friedman November 30, 1929 ~ September 16, 2019

Robert Friedman, sculptor, lecturer and educator in the Metropolitan Museum of Art was a kind, smart, and funny man. After a productive career sculpting, exhibiting, lecturing, and running outreach programs for the Met Museum, when he and his wife Peggy moved upstate to their weekend house in the mountains, he said, “I never thought I would own a tree.” “I knew Robert through his art, and remember with a smile the 3D pieces he put together for an art store in Liberty. His more serious side showed in the skill of his figure drawings. He was entertaining to be with and an example of a true artist in the pleasure and seriousness with which he approached his art.” - Ann Higgins “Robert brought me closer to the light. Just walking with him on Barrow Street in Greenwich Village where he lived when we first got to know Peggy and Robert, I saw things differently. And over the years, our families did things together in the city or they visited us in Beaverkill. During our time together, Robert could always point something out that I would have missed. “But it was primarily the light; the

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difference in light on the East and West coasts. The difference in light reflected in a city building or against the street. The way a tree trunk or an old lawn chair would pick up and reflect the light. “He was an amazing artist and the small sculpture we have of his doesn’t make demands; it presents itself with a variety of colors and a sense of exuberance. That was Robert; full of color and light with an exuberance for sharing with us his wonderful views of the world.” - Patricia Adams “Robert Friedman was the kind of person who could always make me smile. I remember feeling safe and “not judged” in his presence. Once, while I was hanging an exhibition at the Catskill Artists Gallery, I accidently chipped a small piece off of one of his sculptures. He acted as though it never happened, and refused to reprimand or even acknowledge my carelessness. A gentle man, in every sense of the word.” - Carol Smith

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“We have two wonderful wooden sculptures of Robert’s that each stand about 7 feet tall. Wherever we’ve lived the last thirty years, they’ve been given a prominent place in our home. It’s just one of the ways Robert has been present in our lives.” - Marc Jaffe “Every spring, we anxiously wait to see which new additions to our perennial garden survived the previous winter. We take heart when we recall Robert’s advice on the progress of new additions to a garden: “The first year they sleep. The second year they creep and the third year, they leap!” - Susan Jaffe “Robert was a co-founder of the Catskill Artists Gallery in Liberty, and remained a good friend. A wonderful sculptor, he had a wealth of knowledge about art and art history. He lit up a room with his good humor and positive attitude toward life. He is sorely missed.” - Buff McAllister

“I loved his garden. Wide planks of weathered wood one could walk on framed it. I’d never seen or heard of borage - pale, iridescent, blues and purples, shimmering before that garden. An artist’s garden, it had the authority of the knowledge of beauty. “When I was with Robert, a tone played inside me - I was back on Crown Street in Brooklyn, between Troy and Schenectady. We discovered our houses were a block apart. We talked about ideas, art, of course, and I don’t know what else, but never small stuff. It was elevated conversation about the higher reaches of life, never petty. Our talks were discussions, and they felt familiar. It felt like home. So, when I talked to Robert, visiting, or sharing gallery duty, that tone was there. “And there I stood, at Robert’s memorial service, full of that tone and in that twilight world of denial, or the incapacity to fathom mortality. For me, Robert is still there - in a place that never does change. Our easy, familiar friendship, even though, in the last years, we hardly saw one another. “I don’t think I can forget the iridescence of that borage, my friend, that beautiful garden. I see you, Robert. And I appreciate you more than I ever could have told you.” - Helena Clare Pittman

Striking Nature Photography in Milford The Delaware Highlands Conservancy invited photographers to capture and submit their striking nature inspired photos of the region in four categories: landscape, wildlife, water and macro images. The ARTery Gallery and the Conservancy have collaborated once again to present the winners of the contest. Seventeen winning photos will be on exhibit at the ARTery Gallery from November 7 to December 9. Submissions were judged by a panel of professionals: Nancy Kiesendahl Bloch, Mary Sue Sweeney Price, David Soete, and Marta Hallett.

Photo by Jeff Sidel.

An opening reception will be held on November 9 from 1:00pm-4:00pm. Meet the photographers and the staff of the Conservancy at the ARTery Gallery, 210 Broad Street, Milford. Call 570-409-1234.

Emmy & Grammy Winners in Port Jervis Five-time Emmy Award winning percussionist Emedin Rivera will be debuting tunes from his latest composition, Tropical Turbulence for a jazz concert in Port Jervis this November. Sharing the stage with Emedin will be Grammy Award winner Michael Vinas on bass, Ken Kresge on keyboards, and the ultra melodic guitar sound of special guest, Beledo. Rivera will showcase his custom designed percussion kit. His set consists of traditional Tom Toms that have been modified in timbre and tone to replicate traditional

conga drums. This custom innovation, affectionately called “Conga Toms”, enables Rivera to simultaneously play drums and congas. Rivera has performed with Stevie Wonder, Sting, Harry Belafonte, Gregory Hines, Paquito De Rivera, Vicky Sue Robinson, and others - too many to mention! The concert takes place at UpFront Exhibition Space, 31 Jersey Avenue, Port Jervis, on November 9 at 7:00pm. Tickets (cash only) at the door. Come early for table seating. BYOB! For info: 845-754-5000

“Inidgenous” Celebration in Shohola Indigenous communities, peoples, and nations are the ones that flourished in any particular area before an invasion or colonization. One tribe from our neck of the woods - what anthropologists call the Northeastern Woodlands - is the Lenape. Their historical territory included present-day New Jersey and eastern Pennsylvania along the Delaware River watershed, New York City, western Long Island, and the Lower Hudson Valley. And like other native Americans, Benjamin West’s painting of William Penn’s the Lenape still carry an identity “1682 Treaty with the Lenape” (1771) distinct from the culture that “We’ve heard stories about our area’s currently predominates in the Delaware indigenous people, but how much of that is River Valley. Sponsored by the Barryville Area Arts factual?”, asks Event Coordinator Ari MirAssociation, Indigenous is a celebration Pontier. “Our November reception will of indigenous people of the Northeast. It separate the facts from the fiction.” The event also includes art created by includes two presentations and a display of artifacts, as well as classic prints and originals and transplants, music, and poetry, all related to the indigenous theme. contemporary art related to this theme. The reception is on November 2, from Glenn Pontier will be sharing original stories of the “original” (Lenape) people. We 4:00pm-6:00pm, at the Artists’ Market can learn a lot from how they used stories Community Center, 114 Richardson to build community. Bill Leiser will present Avenue, Shohola. This event was made possible through a on the Zimmerman archeological dig, which discovered prehistoric tools and residential grant from the Robert L. Snyder Foundation, structures. Two of the recovered artifacts administered by the Greater Pike Community Foundation. will be on display.

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“Patty and Zoe” archival computer print from “Proximity and Distance” series by Magnusson

Artist and political activist Norm Magnusson has a background in advertising as well as education. He began his career creating allegorical animal paintings with pointed social commentaries. He is the founder of the art movement “funism”, whose basic tenet is that art should be as much fun to look at as it is to think about. He will present his kuh-myoo-nih-kay-shun exhibition at Mount St. Mary College CMA Gallery, Aquinas Hall, 330 Powell Avenue, Newburgh, through December 13. Society’s communication breakdown is mirrored in the visual witticisms displayed in the work. kuh-myoon-nih-kay-shun includes 14 enigmatic but ultimately enlightening head-scratchers. Wear your thinking cap! The artist will give a talk at the gallery on November 2 at 1:00pm and a slide presentation and talk (in the Kaplan Family Library) on November 21 at 4:00pm. November 2019

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Ellenville’s “Music on Market” - Sax Life Saxophonist Bob Shaut began Sax Life in 1986 as a vehicle to compose and arrange music for a sax quartet with rhythm section. Through the years the group has performed jazz throughout the Hudson Valley. In 2013, Sax Life released its first CD, The Saxophone and the Drum, comprised of all original Sax Life performs for the “Music on Market” concert series in Ellenville on November 21 at 7:30pm. compositions by Shaut. Over the compositions have become jazz past two years, Sax Life has had standards, and his output has a residency at the ArtBar, an art earned worldwide recognition, gallery in Kingston, where they critical praise and various have presented a different themed commendations. The New York concert at each performance. Times described Shorter in 2008 For the November Music on as “probably jazz’s greatest Market program the theme is living small-group composer The World of Wayne, a tribute to and a contender for greatest the music of Wayne Shorter from living improviser.” In 2017, classic jazz albums such as Miles Wayne Shorter Shorter was awarded the Polar Smiles, Native Dancer, Speak No Music Prize. Evil, Heavy Weather, and more. Performing in Sax Life are Bob Shaut, Jazz saxophonist and composer Wayne Shorter came to wide prominence in the soprano and alto; Wayne Tice, alto and tenor; late 1950s as a member of, and eventually Geoff Vidal, tenor; Dan Shaut, baritone; primary composer for, Art Blakey’s Jazz Peter Einhorn, guitar; Charlie Kniceley, Messengers. In the 1960s, he went on to bass; and Jeff “Siege” Siegel, drums. The concert takes place for the Music join Miles Davis’ Second Great Quintet, and from there he co-founded the jazz fusion on Market concert series in St. John’s band Weather Report. He has recorded over Epsicopal Church, 40 Market Street, 20 albums as a bandleader. The winner of Ellenville, on November 21 at 7:30pm. Tickets at the door. 11 Grammy Awards, many of Shorter’s

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SUNYO: Paintings, Pottery & Photos

First Place, Quick Draw: watercolor “Reflections” by Janet Campbell

2nd Place, Quick Draw: oil on board “Fall at Millpond” by Mitchell Saler

First Place: “Hudson’s Light” oil by Olena Babek

Hudson Highlands Photo Workshop show: “Valley Sunset” by Martin Kivell

Hudson Valley Plein Air Fest 2019 The Wallkill River School’s Hudson Valley Plein Air Festival 2019 winning paintings and 97 other artworks will be on view through November 25 in Orange Hall Gallery. Orange Hall Gallery is located at the corner of Wawayanda and Grandview Avenues, (GPS: 24 Grandview Avenue) on the SUNY Orange campus in Middletown.

Kaplan Hall, SUNY Orange, Newburgh Life, Still, an exhibition of functional pottery and large scale works by Alexis Tellefson is on display at Kaplan Hall on the Newburgh campus of SUNY Orange through November 25. In addition, Orange County: A Celebration of Its Culture, Land and People by the Hudson Highlands Photo Workshop runs through November 22.

Nesin: Lectures & “Messiah” Sing-Along Nesin Cultural Arts Broadway, Monticello (NCA) will hold two and on November 19 lecture/performance at 6:30pm at Liberty events focusing on Museum and Arts the commissioned Center, 46 South composition by Nancy Main Street, Liberty. Wegrzyn titled Four Admission is free. Seasons of Sullivan These events are County which Sullivan presented to the public County Chamber Left-right: Nancy Wegrzyn, SCCO Artistic with support from a Orchestra (SCCO) Director Andrew Trombley, and Laurie Kilgore Sullivan County Arts premiered in June 2019, accompanied by and Heritage Grant, funded by the Sullivan five commissioned oil paintings of the same County Legislature and administered by name by artist, Laurie Kilgore. Realized Delaware Valley Arts Alliance. through that unique multimedia program, Messiah Sing-along the SCCO, Wegrzyn and Kilgore reflected Dust off your Messiah score and join the upon the beauty of the seasonal landscape of SCCO and St. John’s Episcopal Church Sullivan County. for a Messiah Sing-along on December 7, SCCO and NCA received a grant from at 4:00pm, 15 St. John Street, Monticello. New Music USA to commission and record A festive party will follow. The audience Wegrzyn’s new composition. SCCO and sing-along will be led by members of the NCA then commissioned awardwinning Sullivan County Community Chorus. artist and Monticello native Laurie Kilgore NCA students in the Dance Company, to collaborate with Wegrzyn to reflect upon Honors Chorus and Honors Orchestra will the beauty of Sullivan County through a perform Mozart’s Ave verum corpus as a visual representation. prelude to Messiah. A craft fair will be held Included in the two lecture/performance to fund the NCA Arts Haven located at the events will be excerpts performed by St. John’s Episcopal Rectory. several SCCO members, a discussion with Purchase tickets online at Eventbrite or via the composer and artist, and Q&A period, Facebook @sccoplayers, by phone or at the taking place on November 18 at 6:30pm at door. Call 845-798-9006. Contact Marina Ethelbert B. Crawford Public Library, 479 Lombardi at: marina@nesinculturalarts.org.

Otisville-Mt. Hope Church Art Exhibition

“Backyard in the Adirondacks” by M. Saler

“Main Street, Otisville in Winter” by G. Loeven

Noelle, Mitchell Saler, Bridget Artworks including portraits, Wolbeck, Renee Buckheit, landscapes, still lifes, abstracts Suzanne Edzenga, Anne Thoet, painted with acrylics, pastels, oils, and others. Children’s artwork watercolors, and photography will also be on view. will be on display during the On November 23, children Otisville-Mt. Hope Presbyterian are invited to paint ornaments Church 2019 Art Exhibition on with guidance and assistance by November 23 from 10:00amMitchell Saler. Paint supplies will 3:00pm and November 24 from be provided ($2 per ornament). 9:00am-1:00pm. “It is exciting to be holding “Bob” by C. Harris-Pagano Also happening on Saturday, an exhibit at the church again this fall, and Cynthia Harris-Pagano will offer half-hour I look forward to viewing all of the creative sittings for matted 14 x 11” pastel portraits work by the talented participating artists,” for $35. To reserve a spot: 845-386-1712. The exhibit is free and open to the public. says Mitchell Saler, who is assisting in Refreshments will be served on Saturday at organizing the show with Allison Wilbur. The show includes works by Cynthia the Otisville-Mt. Hope Presbyterian Church, Harris-Pagano, Sodelina Holderbaum, 25 Main Street, Otisville. For info, call the Church at 845-386-3851. Frank Ketcham, Gladys Loeven, Evelyn

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Five Play Jazz in Middletown “What these women bring to the table is a finely tuned sense of democracy, style, purpose, and full intent to swing. Their equality and balance is in evidence right off the bat.” - All About Jazz. FIVE PLAY, the sister group of the worldrenowned DIVA Jazz Orchestra, was formed in 1999. The quintet is comprised of Sherrie Maricle (music director/drums), Tomoko Ohno (piano), Noriko Ueda (bass), Jami Dauber (trumpet) and Janelle Reichman (tenor sax/clarinet), DIVA’s rhythm section and two of its foremost soloists. FIVE PLAY is rooted in the jazz tradition and is fueled and inspired by the members’ collective, creative vision to swing through the twenty-first century. The quintet’s repertoire is comprised of innovative arrangements of classic and contemporary standards, as well as original music composed and arranged by band members. The group’s library was conceived to highlight the distinctive styles of each individual and to create a unique, exciting and powerful ensemble sound. FIVE PLAY has performed at many of the world’s most prestigious concert halls, music festivals and jazz clubs. From Carnegie Hall to the Kennedy Center and major festivals in Israel, Japan, France, Germany, Spain, Ireland and Portugal, the quintet never fails to swing their listeners into happiness. In 2013 the group did an extensive State

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FIVE PLAY performs in Orange Hall on the Middletown campus of SUNY Orange on November 22 at 7:30pm

Department tour of Vietnam. They were the only American band that had ever performed in three of the country’s major cities. In 2004 the quintet was recognized in Downbeat Magazine Annual Readers’ Poll as one of the best small groups of the year. In 1999 their inaugural CD On the Brink was voted best CD of the year by jazz journalist icon Nat Hentoff. Their formidable jazz concert will take place in Orange Hall, on the William and Helen Richards Theatre stage’s brand new wooden floor, on the Middletown campus of SUNY Orange on November 22 at 7:30pm. See ad page 25 for ticket and location info. Prior to the concert, the musicians will hold a Master Class in Orange Hall on November 22 at 11:00am. All are welcome.

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Three Play Jazz in Newburgh Neil Alexander is pleased to welcome back to 4th Saturday Jazz Steven Frieder (saxophones) and Bob Meyer (drums and cymbals). This particular trio goes back to the mid 2000’s, when Bob and Neil met in Peekskill. At the time, Bob was mentoring Steven, who had Neil Alexander not yet graduated High School. The three have played together on and off for almost 15 years, developing a unique and almost telepathic musical Steve Frieder vocabulary. Using well known jazz Music in 2013, tunes as a starting point, there’s no saxophonist Steven telling where things might go, but “Steve” Frieder has built Bob Meyer they always take the listener with a reputation not only as a fierce jazz tenorthem. Born in 1945, Bob Meyer began studying man, but also as a versatile musical artist music at the age of five. He’s always been in the blues, funk, rock, classical, and free influenced by classical music, especially improvisation scenes. Steve has performed at the Bern Jazz chamber music and quartets, from Mozart to Bartok. He first heard jazz in 1950 and since Festival, Jack Kleinsinger’s Highlights then has played with the likes of Joe Lovano, in Jazz and with his own quintet at the John Abercrombie, Ed Schuller, Ken Werner, Metropolitan Room. In concert, he has Nina Sheldon, Judi Silvano, Itzhak Perlman, played with Cameron Brown, Judi Silvano, and many others. From 1998-99, Bob was an Alvester Garnett, Bria Skonberg, Billy Artist-in-Residence in Israel, and “played all Mintz, Jim Cammack, Milo Z, and many over Israel and Palestinian territories, with others. See the trio live in concert at The wonderful Israeli and Palestinian musicians, Wherehouse, 119 Liberty Street, Newburgh, young and old.” Since graduating as the valedictorian of on November 23 at 9:00pm. No cover! For information: 845-561-7240. the New School for Jazz and Contemporary

Angels Unaware by J. A. Di Bello Marina Antropow Cramer of Slate Hill has written an intense and vastly informative novel Roads, the story of Russian refugees. It is the valiant history of her family, as it was torn, scarred, and patched by the ravages of war as well as the guise of peace. To accentuate Ms. Cramer’s initiatives and in fact to utilize a multi-media approach, this writer’s attention is drawn to an equally breathtaking and recent sculpture, Angels Unaware by Canadian visual artist Timothy P. Schmalz. While displaying thematic unity, it serves as a reflection of Marina Cramer’s novel and the truly undying plight of the refugee. On September 29, in Saint Peter’s Square, Vatican City, Schmalz’s awe inspiring work was unveiled by Pope Francis during a special Mass, commemorating the 105th annual World Day of Migrants and Refugees. The larger than life representational sculpture was commissioned by the Vatican for this occasion and is best described by Brigit Katz of the Smithsonian: “A Cherokee man on the Trail of Tears. A Jewish man fleeing Nazi Germany. A pregnant Polish woman escaping Communism. A Syrian war child refugee. These figures are among 140 individuals represented in a dramatic new monument in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican that seeks to encourage tolerance and compassion for refugees.” “…Schmalz opted to depict figures from around the world and across history, all of whom are crammed shoulderto-shoulder on a boat carrying them to a new future. Some appear joyful, but others are weeping.” The future and the past for Marina Antropow Cramer via her family began in Yalta, a renown resort city on the South Coast of the Crimean Peninsula. For the ancestors of Marina, it was home, before the Revolution of 1917 and before the German invasion of Russia in 1941. It seems that life in Czarist Russia may not have been ideal, but it did allow for a number of human freedoms

which soon vanished as Lenin followed by Stalin became a grim reality. Ms. Cramer’s command of the narrative process is exceptional; the language is often gripping and at other M. Antropow Cramer times cunning and sweetly lyrical. It smartly includes snippets of budding and innocent love contrasted with the grotesque realities found in Allied refugee camps, German labor camps, and/or detention centers. Roads offers the casual reader a history of a family’s journey through a ravished Russia and an all but demolished Europe. Ms. Cramer has been able to create a composite of family narratives based on conversations, stories, etc., that transformed a speckled history into relatable events. The novel is a cumulative elaboration of an exceptional family’s odyssey through a treacherous maze. There are several worthy reasons to spend an afternoon or two with Marina’s vividly crafted narrative. Consider for a moment the concept of Leaving Home. Innocuous and nonconsequential? Perhaps. After all, who hasn’t? Summer camp? A few days at Aunt Helen’s when baby sister/brother was expected to arrive; a sleepover; falling in love; or even off to college. But leaving home to escape the stench and terror of live combat presents unfamiliar challenges and in retrospect, a serious cause for thought. Cramer’s novel hypothetically prepares one to consider: What if you were forced to place everything you own in a tattered suitcase or frayed pillowcase; what would you take? You’re leaving forever. There’ll be no looking back, no going back. Just “... walk deliberately, head down, eyes and head front!” Further and considering this novel’s setting,

it is almost safe to assume that most are aware of Germany’s second front (a.k.a.) the Eastern Front, with the invasion of Russia in June of 1941. Family chronicles reflect the not-so-well-known fact that a significant number of Russian combatants and non-combatants considered Hitler’s invasion an attempt to liberate the Russian people from the brutal role of Stalin. A collaborative group was formed, and the Russian Liberation Army (ROA), comprised of Russians, fought under the German command. Following Germany’s unconditional surrender and the “peace” that followed, members of ROA were extracted from Allied administered refugee camps, repatriated and subsequently executed. The plight of the immigrant and especially the status of refugees remains a worldwide problem now, as well during biblical times or as recent as one-hundred, twohundred years ago. Solutions have proven

“Angels Unaware” by Timothy P. Schmalz

to be unobtainable, which fuels the need to encourage tolerance and compassion for refugees. An initial plunge in that direction is to consider Cramer’s novel and sculptor Schmalz’s statement, “We have all come from another place.” Do not forget to entertain strangers, for by so doing some people have entertained angels unaware. Hebrews 13.

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40 People, 3000 Years at The Mount Lives Well Lived (celebrating the secrets, wit, and wisdom of age) is a critically acclaimed award-winning feature documentary film by Sky Bergman that celebrates the incredible wit and wisdom of adults 75 to 100 years old who are living their lives to the fullest. Encompassing over 3000 years of experience, forty people share their secrets and insights to living a meaningful life. Their intimate memories and inspiring personal histories will make you laugh, perhaps cry, but mostly inspire you. “My inspiration for the Lives Well Lived project was my 103 year old Italian grandmother who enjoyed exercise, making the best lasagna you’ve ever tasted and being with family,” stated Bergman. “I started filming my grandmother cooking about five years ago, when she was 99 years old. I filmed her at the gym because I thought, no one will believe that my grandmother is still working out. I asked her if she could give me a few words of wisdom, and that was the beginning of this adventure. “In our society, the elderly are often overlooked. I want to bring that generation

to the forefront. Our greatest role models are those living full and meaningful lives in their later years. Lives Well Lived celebrates the incredible wit, wisdom and life experiences of seniors who are living life to the fullest. Although they may have seen the worst of humanity, their outlook is still optimistic. Their stories are about perseverance, the human spirit, and staying positive in the midst of the great challenges. “Four years and forty interviews later, I listened; capturing the images, ideas and ideals of those who are proving that aging is something to cherish. Through the film, I hope to inspire people of every age to think about what they can do in their own lives to achieve the longevity of both health and spirit that these people have achieved, and to realize that growing older can be a journey to be celebrated.” The film showing will take place on November 12 at 4:00pm in Hudson Hall Auditorium on the Main Campus of Mount Saint Mary College (a/k/a The Mount), 330 Powell Avenue, Newburgh. Tickets at the door.

Share Stone Soup Songs in Hurleyville Some travelers come to a transformed it into a tasty meal village, carrying nothing more which they share. than an empty cooking pot. Stone Soup is a European Upon their arrival, the villagers folk story that exists as a moral are unwilling to share any of regarding the value of sharing. their food with the hungry In varying traditions, the stone travelers. The travelers go to has been replaced with other a stream and fill the pot with inedible objects, and therefore water, drop a large stone in it, the fable is also known as axe and place it over a fire. One of soup, button soup, nail soup, the villagers asks what they Farm Arts Collective Artistic and wood soup. are doing. The travelers say Director Tannis Kowalczuk Presented by Farm Arts that they are making “stone soup”, which Collective of Damascus, Stone Soup is an tastes wonderful and which they would be all-ages musical cooking performance that delighted to share with the villager, although centers on the delightful and simple joys of it still needs a little bit of garnish, which they cooking and the benefits of eating healthily, are missing, to improve the flavor. integrating the old folk tale to address The villager, who anticipates enjoying a not only cooking how-to’s but hunger, share of the soup, does not mind parting with community action, and food heritage. a few carrots, so these are added to the soup. Created and performed by Tannis Another inquiring villager walks by, and Kowalchuk & Jess Beveridge in the travelers again mention their stone soup collaboration with Cornell Cooperative which has not yet reached its full potential. Extension - Sullivan County, and The The villager hands them a little seasoning. Cooperage, Stone Soup delivers a powerful More villagers walk by, each adding another message using music and a live cooking ingredient. Finally, the stone (being inedible) demo and includes a travelogue of recipes is removed from the pot, and a delicious and and songs from around the globe. nourishing pot of soup is enjoyed by travelers Smell the aroma and enjoy the performance and villagers alike. Although the travelers at the Hurleyville Arts Centre, 219 Main have thus tricked the villagers into sharing Street, on November 17 at 3:00pm. their food with them, they have successfully Tickets: hurleyvilleartscentre.org

Attention Art (and food!) Lovers: Leo’s Cornwall location has an ongoing exhibition of lovely acrylics and watercolors created by Cornwall-on-Hudson artist, Nita Klein.

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SUNY Sullivan’s Award Winning Musical “We are excited to have plays that touch on the spirit of 1969 with shades of the Stonewall riots launching the LGTBQ+ movement, Woodstock, the Vietnam War, Love/Peace, Race Tension, Disability Awareness, the Cold War, and Identity,” says Jessica López-Barkl, Associate Professor of Theater and Speech, SUNY Sullivan. With the book by John Cameron and music and lyrics by Stephen Trask, Hedwig and the Angry Inch is an Obie-winning OffBroadway smash that won multiple awards Billy Steeves a.k.a. “Hedwig” & cast of “Hedwig and the Angry Inch” rehearsing. for its film adaptation and also a Tony for Best Revival of a Musical. who promises to take her to It tells the story of the States on the condition “internationally ignored song that she switch her sex. stylist” Hedwig Schmidt, a For SUNY Sullivan’s fourth-wall smashing East production, directed by LópezGerman rock ‘n’ roll goddess Barkl, Hedwig is performed who also happens to be the in a storage warehouse victim of a botched sex-change that contains 1960s era operation which has left her Borscht Belt and Woodstock with just “an angry inch.” memorabilia. It’s a rocking This outrageous and ride, funny, touching and Billy Steeves as unexpectedly hilarious story inspiring to anyone who has Hedwig Schmidt is performed by Hedwig (née felt life gave them an inch Hansel) in the form of a rock gig/stand-up when they deserved a mile. comedy routine backed by the hard-rocking Hedwig and the Angry Inch will be band, The Angry Inch. Using songs and performed from November 8-16 at monologues, Hedwig tells her story, which SUNY Sullivan, 112 College Road, Loch began in the former East Berlin where as Sheldrake. Hansel she meets Luther, an American GI Tickets at the door.

SUNY Orange’s Apprentice Players John Cariani’s Almost, Maine is located somewhere between Norman Rockwell and the northern lights that hover in the sky above. The people of Almost are honest and unsentimental, prepared for the vicissitudes of love by the stoicism and hardiness that Mainers are famous for. A series of gently told and amiably absurdist vignettes are fortified with humor and a touch of magic... like love itself. A woman carries her heart, broken into 19 pieces, in a small paper bag. A man shrinks to half his former size after losing hope in love. A couple keeps the love they have given each other in large red bags - or compress the mass into the size of a diamond. These playful and surreal experiences are commonplace in the world of Almost, Maine. The SUNY Orange Apprentice Players will present Cariani’s celebrated Almost, Maine on stage at the William and Helen Richards Theatre at Orange Hall on the Middletown campus of SUNY Orange. The alumni/student cast includes John Adler, Natalie Bronson, Brian Brown, Paul Caiafa, Tristen Collins, Mario HenriquezSaez, Nicholas Kanan, Autumn Kimball, Ian Miller, Maggie Misciagna, Lyndsay O’Brien, William Odell, Christina Polichetti, Dominick Rico, Sarandon Shindon, Kali Smith, and Phillip Valluzzi. Under the direction of SUNY Orange

SUNY Orange Apprentice Players Paul Caiafa and Christina Polichetti in “Almost, Maine”

theatre professor David Cohen, Almost, Maine will be performed weekends, November 8-10 and 15-17. The audience is invited to stay for a talk-back with the director and cast following each Saturday evening performance. This performance is suitable for theatre-goers of all ages. For tickets, head to the box office or visit www.sunyorange.edu. Click “Community and Events” and then click “Theatre Tickets” ($2.50 service charge per ticket). Tickets can be printed at home or picked up at the box office. Active duty military are admitted free. Student tickets available at the box office only. For more information, call Max Schaefer at 845-341-4790. Parking is available in the College parking lot at the intersection of Wawayanda and Grandview Avenues.

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Poné Ensemble Members Perform in Montgomery The mission of the Poné Ensemble for New Music is to perform chamber music of the 20th and 21st centuries, with an emphasis on Marcia Gates American composers and composers of the Hudson Valley. For the Grand Montgomery Chamber Music Series (GMCM), five members of the ensemble, as the Hudson Valley Chamber Players, will perform music by five composers from far and near and we do mean “near”! From Russia. During the 1950s Nikolai Kapustin (b.1937) acquired a reputation as a jazz pianist, arranger and composer. Thus he is steeped in the traditions of both classical virtuoso pianism and improvisational jazz. His music has been performed at the Shandelee Music Festival in Livingston Manor (2013) and at Bethel Woods (2019). From France. As a concert pianist and recording artist, Walter Gieseking (18951956) was one of the giants of the first half of the 20th century. Parallel to his work as a performer, he was also a composer, but even in his lifetime his compositions were hardly known, and he made no attempt to give them

Valley Philharmonic), Joël Evans (oboist and English hornist with the Greater Newburgh Symphony Orchestra and the Hudson Joël Evans Larry Tietze Jeffrey Marchand Ruthanne Schempf Valley Philharmonic), publicity. Larry Tietze (principal clarinetist of the From France. The great composer Francis Hudson Valley Philharmonic), Jeffrey Poulenc (1899-1963) needs no introduction Marchand (principal bassoonist of the to audiences. Scores (pun intended) of his Hudson Valley Philharmonic), and pianist works are played often and admired much. Ruthanne Schempf (co-founder of the From Albania (and the Town of non-profit Hudson Valley Society for Montgomery). GMCM Artistic Director Music which produces Potluck Concerts Aleksander Vezuli (b.1953) is the proud and an annual Hudson Valley BachFest) owner of an impressive list of compositions, will perform Gieseking’s Sonatine for Flute awards and achievements. His String Quartet and Piano, the world premiere of Vezuli’s was performed at GMCM in 2016. Woodwind Quartet in C, Kapustin’s Prelude From Brooklyn. David Stern (b.1955) & Reverie from his Concert Studies, Op. began his composition studies at The 40, Poulenc’s Trio for Oboe, Bassoon and Juilliard School. He, too, is the owner of Piano, and three selections from Garrett’s an impressive list of performances of his Pastoral Suite, arranged by David Stern. compositions. The concert is on November 10 at 3:00pm From the Village of Montgomery. GMCM in the Montgomery Senior Center, 36 co-creator Howard Garrett (b.1931) Bridge Street. Admission is free. “hears” melodies and then has them arranged This concert series, founded by Howard & for piano by others. Judy Garrett, is made possible by the generous The familiar faces and fingers of Marcia support of the Village of Montgomery. For Gates (principal flutist with the Hudson pre and post concert dining, see ads below.

20th Tellabration!

Between Two Rivers is the theme for the 20th annual Tellabration! at the Florida Public Library on November 23 at 2:00pm. Members of the Black Dirt Storytelling Guild and special guests will tell tales that spring from the history, people, mountains and valleys that nestle between the Hudson and Delaware Rivers. Travel with them as they tell tales, legends, personal and family stories of the first people, the immigrants, the American Revolution and local history, famous folk and folkways, and the beautiful terrain that we call home. Come for the stories and stay for the pie made from local apples! Attentive listeners, kindergarten and up, are invited to attend. Children must be accompanied by an adult. To share a story call Library Director Madelyn Folino to discuss your tale in advance. Register online at floridapubliclibrary.org or call the Library, located at 4 Cohen Circle, at 845-651-7659.

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Cornerstone Theatre Arts Seeks The Truth

Miles’ Tunes, Amity

In an era of 24-7 news cycles, ceaseless allegations, inuendo and unsubstantiated claims of misdeeds and even poor judgement, Cornerstone Theatre Arts, under the aegis of Artistic Director Evelyn Albino, will close its 2019 theatre season with a gallant Juror # 1: Juror # 2: Juror # 3: Juror # 4: Juror # 5: Juror # 6: Neil Bostock David Camacho Rebecca Robbins Evelyn Albino Jacqueline Dion Victoria Ford tribute: the quest for truth. And perhaps, not simply by coincidence, Cornerstone Theatre Arts is located in Goshen, in close proximity to the hub of Orange County’s judicial system. What better place to begin the search for truth than the enactment of a murder trial in Goshen? Juror # 7: Juror # 8: Juror # 9: Juror # 10: Juror # 11: Juror # 12: Brian Petti Sal Polichetti Drew Nardone Bruce Gluckman Jessica Markman A 19-year-old man has just stood Donna Polichetti trial for the fatal stabbing of his father. “He trial, a dramatic investigation into reality, i.e., Theatre Arts will brazenly broach that doesn’t stand a chance,” mutters the guard our legal system! Not to mention a de facto persistent question in its forthcoming as the 12 jurors are taken into the bleak jury examination of the 5th and 14th amendments production. room. It looks like an open-and-shut case, to our constitution! Perhaps, all of the above. The jury will deliberate weekends on the until one of the jurors begins opening the As hypothesis it remains a monumental legal second floor (not handicapped accessible) of others’ eyes to the facts. concept, one frequently defined as an event the Goshen Music Hall, 223 Main Street, Cornerstone’s production is a vivid and that occurred with certainty. What does it November 9-24. eye-opening adaptation by Sherman L. mean when one is asked to determine an Reservations required: 845-294-4188. Sergel of the nail-biting Emmy award- issue “Beyond a Reasonable Doubt”? Twelve Angry Men is sponsored by winning television drama Twelve Angry Men To that end, directed by B.J. Boothe, Eagle Auto Body of Orange County, by Reginald Rose, a gritty, on-stage murder the stouthearted thespians of Cornerstone Middletown.

Educated at world renowned music school Indiana University, composer, producer, engineer and videographer Rick Savage has lived and worked in and around New York City for the past 30 years. He continues to be in demand as a performing and recording trumpet player, making guest solo appearances on the CD projects of many musicians. Rick’s history as a former band member/ studio musician for well known artists includes playing with Gerry Mulligan, Mel Lewis, Nancy Wilson, Mel Torme, Tony Bennett, Dione Warwick and Blood Sweat and Tears. The Rick Savage Trio includes Rick on trumpet, Lew Scott on bass and pianist Mark Minchello. They will perform in a concert entitled, The Music of Miles Davis at Amity Gallery, 110 Newport Bridge Road, Warwick, on November 10 at 4:00pm. For information, call 845-258-0818.

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