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August 2019

Celebrating Woodstockâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 50th!

From The Publisher... by Barry Plaxen Erratum: In our July issue, a painting exhibited at Desmond Campus was incorrectly attributed to Ann Marie Nitti. The lovely Peonies in Bloom is the work of Ann Marie Silvani. See page 27. Synchronicity of the month: A mother-daughter art exhibit in Warwick and a mother-daughter (and son-in-law) art exhibit in Newburgh. Vocabulary Lesson: Con sordino: with the use of a mute.

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Noob: a person who is inexperienced in a particular sphere or activity, especially computing or the use of the Internet. New this Month: Locations back again in CANVAS after a long absence are Lake Huntington and Westbrookville. Peace, Love, and Music Woodstock’s 50th anniversary is being celebrated with concerts (Bethel, Hurleyville and Newburgh), exhibits (Bethel, Hurleyville, Lake Huntington, and Wurtsboro), poetry (Wurtsboro), and talks (Bethel and Monticello).

Woodstock, 1969 Credit: Getty

To The Editor... Fifteen years? It can’t be! But I’m deliriously happy that it is. CANVAS is my “go-to” for every art genre that exists: music, theatre, visual art, spoken word, literature, dance and so much more. I eagerly devour each and every issue. And as an arts creator and publicist, you have been so good to me and the various companies I work for. I am extremely grateful. Thank you, CANVAS, thank you Barry Plaxen, Sophia Krcic and Marc Gerson for all you do for the arts in our community. And happy anniversary! - Carol Montana Artistic Director - Big Sky Productions Publicist - Shandelee Music Festival Shame on me! I did not know this was such a momentous issue, being a Banner 15 Years! So, firstly - congratulations! Look at all those cool, cool covers! As the old saying goes: you’ve come a long way, baby! It is truly great how you memorialize, archive, celebrate, integrate, educate and herald all the arts up here. In applying for the grant I received from Arts Mid-Hudson, I noted that the ONE institution I would want to advertise in and promote my show was

CANVAS! And having so said, I must tell you how pleased I am with the ad in this issue! It is wonderfully set and looks great, Sophia. Thank you so much for all of your help. My performers were just tickled to see themselves in print, both in the ad and the pursuant article. With much appreciation and shared joy for your achievements, - Karen E. Gersch, Montgomery I have been remiss in saying just how much CANVAS and you (and Sophia too!) mean to the “arting” community! When I picked up my last CANVAS and went, “Whaaaaat! 15years!!” I couldn’t believe it. You have been an advocate, and may I say a friend for so long but who’s counting... hoping for many, many more! - Kate Hyden, Livingston Manor Fifteen years ago, when you told Sheila and me that you were starting a paper, we both had visions of a dozen mimeographed sheets stapled together. We subscribed

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anyway and got this thick, lavishly illustrated, professional-looking newspaper. We were stunned. I still am. CANVAS looks great and is fascinating to read. You don’t just advertise concerts, you offer little essays about the composers and their music. I particularly enjoy Philip Ehrensaft’s pieces. You don’t just advertise art shows, you give little bios of the artists. CANVAS is Time Out New York raised to a whole different level. You care about culture, and that shows on every page. You said in this last issue that you’re lucky. So are your readers. Keep it up! - Judith Wink, New York City

INSIDE CALENDARS

Art & Photography �� 18 Books �� 18 Category �� 15 Children & Teen’s �� 18 August 2019 Calendar �� 16-17 Lectures �� 14 Music - Pop, Folk, Rock, etc., �� 14

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Classifieds �� 31 May I Have A Word With You �� 19

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Amity Gallery, Warwick ��8 Artery Gallery, Milford �� 26 Bethel Woods �� 29 Black Feather Retreat, Westbrookville �� 30 Catskill Art Society, Livingston Manor 22, 30 Church of St. Joseph, Wurtsboro �� 20 Cragsmoor Historical Society �� 31 Crawford Library, Monticello �� 7, 31 Delaware Highlands Conservancy �� 18 Delaware Valley Arts Alliance �� 8, 22 Delaware Valley Opera ��5 Ellenville Public Library �� 13 Falcon, Marlboro �� 28 Farm Arts Collective, Damascus �� 21 Ferry Godmother Productions ��4 Festival of Wood at Grey Towers ��5 Forestburgh Playhouse �� 12 Free Outdoor Summer Concert Series ��4 Gallery 222, Hurleyville �� 19 Gallery 1906, Callicoon ��8 Goshen Art League �� 21 Greenwood Lake Theater �� 25

Delaware & Hudson CANVAS 297 Stone Schoolhouse Road Bloomingburg, NY 12721 www.dhcanvas.com 845.926.4646 / 4647 Facebook: D&H CANVAS Please email calendar submissions by the 15th of the prior month to calendar@dhcanvas.com Please email submissions for classifieds to classified@dhcanvas.com Nothing in this publication may be reproduced without written permission of the publisher. Highland Mills Library �� 20 Hudson Valley Gallery, Cornwall-on-Hudson ��8 Hudson Valley Jazz Festival ��7 Hurleyville Arts Centre �� 23, 27 Kindred Spirits Arts �� 26 Left Bank Art Gallery, Liberty �� 12 Liberty Jazz Festival �� 25 Liberty Museum & Arts Center �� 18 Mamakating Library, Wurtsboro ��9 Milkweed’s Battle Candle, Warwick �� 23 Mount St. Mary Desmond Campus �� 3, 27 Music for Humanity �� 10 Music in the Park, Milford �� 20 Music on Market, Ellenville �� 24 NACL Theatre, Highland Lake �� 30 Nesin Cultural Arts, Monticello ��11 Noble Coffee Roasters, Campbell Hall �� 10 Nutshell Arts Center, Lake Huntington �� 22 Orange County Arts Council �� 13 Pacem in Terris, Warwick �� 27 Pheonix, Dingmans Ferry �� 29 Phillipsport Community Center ��3 Poplar Grove Cemetery ��3 Safe Harbors on the Green, Newburgh � 28 Science Cafe, Newburgh �� 31 Shadowland Stages, Ellenville �� 24 Shandelee Music Festival ��6 Side of the Road Theatre, Milford �� 29 Sullivan County Historical Society �� 19, 23 SUNY Orange, Middletown �� 28 SUNY Orange, Newburgh ��11 Time & The Valleys Museum, Grahamsville � 31 Trophy Point Amphitheatre, West Point � 25 Tusten Theatre, Narrowsburg ��5 Wallkill River School, Montgomery �� 10 Wherehouse, Newburgh �� 28 Wurtsboro Art Alliance ��9 Wurtsboro Music in the Park ��9

Two Musical Feasts for Phillipsport August 3: “Grateful We’re Not Dead” Enjoy a night of tunes among tombs for the 5th annual Poplar Grove Cemetery fundraiser! Fisher & Kean, Breakneck Annie, Barbara Dempsey & Co., Paul Brower Breakneck Annie & RJ Storm, and The Cob’s Cabin Band all perform starting at 5:00pm on August 3 at the Cemetery, 180 Phillipsport Road. Suggested donation: $5 per person. Bring lawn chairs and flashlights! Food and beverages available for purchase. Visit www.poplargrovecemetery.org August 17: Monthly Music Night A critically acclaimed musician from Texas and Alabama, So Brown writes and sings songs of the lost and mysterious south. Brown’s debut album, Point Legere was heralded as “Debut Album of the Year” by Innocent Words magazine, and So Brown Brown’s songs have been covered by such luminaries as Norah Jones. Keith Polasko is a singer/songwriter/ guitarist behind alt-rock outfit Noble Kin.

Initially Polasko performed solo gigs comprised of obscure folk and blues covers while working in bookshops and record stores in NYC. In 2009, Keith joined a shortlived hard rock band and soon after it broke up began working with the group’s keyboardist/ Noble Kin engineer Reed Black to record some original songs in a cabin upstate. It was an extended experiment that eventually yielded the 2014 Noble Kin EP, Cornish Litany. A few years later Polasko added bassist Craig Polasko and drummer Harry Keithline to the mix for what would become 2018’s Let the End Times Roll. The album provides curious glimpses into his view of civilization as a cycle of violence and inequality couched in cryptic lyrics and incongruous classic rock grooves. Hear So Brown and Noble Kin perform on August 17 at 7:00pm for Phillipsport’s Monthly Music Night at the Phillipsport Community Center, 657 Red Hill Road. Doors open at 6:30pm. Suggested donation is $3. Homemade food and dessert available for purchase. For information: 845-313-1772.

For The Love of Judy, Desmond Campus “For the Love of Toto!” Celebrate our beloved four-legged furry friends! Let’s begin with the most famous dog of all: Dorothy’s beloved Toto! July 31 is National Mutt Day, August 26 is National Dog Day, and September 26 is Dog Lovers’ Day! These special days honor family dogs and dogs that work selflessly to save lives, keep us safe, and bring comfort. Honor our canine companions for the gifts they bring to us and to the world! Bring photos, books, quotes, and songs so we can pay homage to the one you love best. July 31, 1:00pm-2:30pm w/Joan Monk. Life w/ Judy Garland: Me & My Shadows The remarkable story of legend Judy Garland is vividly told in this awardwinning film, based on the book written by Garland’s daughter, Lorna Luft. Loved by millions the world over, Judy was the brightest star in Hollywood’s Golden Era. Away from the spotlight however, her devotion was to her family. But while she loved her children unconditionally, they could only desperately try to hang on to their mother as a powerful dependence on alcohol and prescription drugs consumed her life. August 6, 1:00-4:00pm w/Joan Monk

The Making of the Wizard of Oz This new documentary with its dazzling extras help us discover how this unprecedented production overcame all the odds to become the movie classic it is today, an integral part of American culture. August 20, 1:00-4:00pm w/Joan Monk. Follow Your Yellow Brick Road This program awakens valuable qualities for your inner journey: courage, sought by the Cowardly Lion; compassion, which the Tin Man sought; wisdom, the Scarecrow’s longing; and the innocence embodied by Dorothy that overcomes negative influences and attracts great support from the Universe. Realize that no wizard or guru has all the answers to your quest, but with the facilitation of a Good Witch (therapist, guru, or coach), you can find your way to peace. These essential qualities are awakened through interactive processes that include one-on-one verbal dyads and journaling. In a delightful and fun way, this workshop provides tools to help make the dreams that you dare to dream come true. Aug. 27, 1:00pm-3:00pm w/Cary Bayer. All programs take place at Mount Saint Mary College’s Desmond Campus, 6 Albany Post Road, Newburgh. To register: 845-565-2076

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Local Free Outdoor Summer Concert Series - Part II Part I, which was featured in our July issue, covered free municipal concerts in Middletown, Rock Hill, Kauneonga Lake, Wurtsboro and Sugar Loaf. Here are a few more of the many other local municipal free Summer Concert Series! NEWBURGH Aquanetta Wright a/k/a “The Ferry Godmother” produces three festivals: the Friday/6:30pm Newburgh Jazz Series, the Saturday/6:30pm Newburgh Pop Rock DooWop Series, and the Sunday/4:00pm Newburgh Jewish Music Series, running the gamut from jazz to jazz fusion, Latin jazz, Motown, klezmer, swing, funk and Broadway. The series opener takes place on August 16 from 6:30pm-8:30pm at Unico Park, with the Walker Valley Marching Band. This dynamic band is comprised of community youth, generating energy and excitement in a traditional marching band style. They support local fire companies and community parades, with no cost to join! And then it’s on to Gus Mancini’s Sonic Soul Awe-Kestra. Playing ancient rhythms with unparalleled energy alongside modern experimental jazz, classical, funk and blues, this band includes one of the few remaining

August 31: The Clusters for the Newburgh Pop Rock DooWop Series at 6:30pm.

August 9: The Oxford Station Band (and Movie Night!) for Pine Bush Concert Series

August 16: Diablo Station for Bloomingburg’s “Summer Concerts in the Park” series.

masters of the Bugaraboo drums, keeping that ancient tradition alive from Gambia West Africa. For details on the multi-varied performances, see ad on page 32. Rain location is the City of Newburgh Recreation Center. If there is a change to the rain location, it will be posted on the website by 2:00pm the same day of the show. Visit www.FerryGodmother.com

Since summer nights can be hot and steamy, the Council is featuring two frosty movies which are sure to delight and keep the audiences chilled on both evenings. The movies will be shown immediately following the performances at 8:15pm: August 9: Frozen. August 16: Ice Age. See calendar page 14 for the locations. Thanks to the local sponsors, free snacks are available on concert nights.

Department has announced their Summer Concerts in the Park series Fridays at 6:30pm, rain or shine at the Town of Mamakating Park, 27-29 Mamakating Road, Bloomingburg. Bring a lawn chair. There is a concession stand, too!

PINE BUSH Funded by the Town of Crawford and local businesses, the Pine Bush Area Arts Council is offering concerts on Friday evenings at 7:00pm in Pine Bush and Bullville. Rain location will be at the Catholic War Veterans, 161 Center Street, Pine Bush, unless otherwise noted on Facebook page.

CHESTER

The Hudson Valley Swing Band

August 20: The Dark Horses, George Harrison Tribute Band for Chester Concert Series.

Free concerts are held in downtown Chester every Tuesday evening at 7:00pm, at 47 Main Street with food, drink, ice cream, and a brewery on site. Rain locations are the Rustic Wheelhouse or Rushing Duck Brewery. For information call 845-469-2871 or email historicdowntown1915@gmail.com. BLOOMINGBURG Town of Mamakating Parks & Recreation

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Note: For those of you interested in attending an ongoing INDOOR series, The Hudson Valley Swing Band performs on most Tuesdays. The Hudson Valley Swing Band is composed of music educators, businessmen and health care professionals. This group of musicians has been playing together for over 17 years. The band plays tunes from the big band era including: Ellington, Goodman, Basie, Gershwin, Jobim, Miller, Garner and many others. The Hudson Valley Swing Band plays at the Wallkill Community Center on Tuesdays, from 1:00pm-3:00pm, at 7 Wes Warren Drive, Middletown. Free admission. Call 845-692-7830.

Delaware Valley Opera: Gian-Carlo Menotti and Gilbert & Sullivan News from Narrowsburg’s Delaware Valley Opera (DVO): “We are pleased to introduce our new General Manager, Ken Parks, who is currently directing our upcoming Gilbert & Sullivan production this summer. His commitment to the company is appreciated Parks: “The Very by all of us here at the Ken Model of a Modern Delaware Valley Opera, General Manager” singers, musicians and artists alike. “Our Artistic Director, Carol Castel, will continue to focus on the demands of stage directing. With these two talented people, the Delaware Valley Opera is in good hands.” JULY 27 & 28 and AUGUST 3 & 4 Once upon a very brief time, opera in English flourished in the U.S. Two avenues in particular brought opera to the masses: the NBC Opera Company via television and composer Gian Carlo Menotti via Broadway. NBC Opera performed a total of 43 operas in English from 1949 to 1964, the majority of which were broadcast on the NBC Television Opera Theatre, which included Leontyne Price’s spectacular grand opera debut as Tosca in 1955. Some of Menotti’s early operas were

Nicholas Wuehrmann “Sir Joseph Porter”

Seán Kroll “Captain Corcoran”

Cole Tornberg “Ralph Rackstraw”

introduced on television (Amahl and the Night Visitors, Maria Golovin, Labyrinth) after his The Old Maid and the Thief was commissioned for NBC radio in 1939 following the success of his Amelia Goes to the Ball in opera houses. However, his most successful operas (other than Amahl), The Medium, The Telephone, The Consul and The Saint of Bleecker Street, all debuted on Broadway. Menotti’s The Telephone and The Medium are two short operas which were first paired as a double bill when originally produced in the late 1940s. The Telephone, or L’Amour à trois, is a humorous look at the way the telephone became a third party in the romantic relationship between a young couple. Coloratura Soprano Brooke Schooley sings the virtuoso role of Lucy. The Medium is a darker piece, exploring the boundaries of reality for all involved in the drama. This dramatic work features

Adam Cioffari “Dick Deadeye”

Elise Mark “Josephine”

the compelling singing of Mezzo-Soprano Janice Meyerson, returning to the DVO stage for another season. Directed by Carol Castel, The Telephone and The Medium will be performed weekends, July 27-August 4. Musical Director is Jeremy Chan.

AUGUST 17 & 18, 24 & 25 W.S. Gilbert was knighted by Victoria’s son, King Edward VII, almost 25 years after Sullivan received the honor. The delay may have been due to Victoria’s famous lack of a sense of humor; she was known to admire Sullivan most for his more serious musical compositions, rather than the G&S light operas, which she considered rather frivolous, while everything Gilbert wrote was humorous. H.M.S. Pinafore, or The Lass That Loved a Sailor, opened at the Opera Comique in London in 1878 and ran for 571 performances, which was the second-

Carol Diefenbach “Cousin Hebe”

Mary Burkart “Little Buttercup”

longest run of any musical theatre piece up to that time. H.M.S. Pinafore was Gilbert and Sullivan’s fourth operatic collaboration and their first international sensation, reshaping the commercial theater in both England and the United States. Join the Delaware Valley Opera as Her Majesty’s Ship, the Pinafore, drops anchor in Narrowsburg and welcomes Sir Joseph Porter and a bevy of his sisters, cousins and aunts on stage. One of Gilbert & Sullivan’s earliest and most popular creations, you’ll see why it became a cultural sensation, sailing on a sea of tunes ranging from bouncy to beautiful! Directed by Ken Parks, Pinafore will be performed weekends, August 17-25. Matthew Rupcich is the Musical Director. All performances are in the Tusten Theatre, 210 Bridge Street, Narrowsburg. For tickets and additional information, call 845-887-3083 or visit: www.delawarevalleyopera.org

The 15th Annual Festival of Wood at Grey Towers, Milford - August 3-4 A giant praying mantis made of wood. Unique henna art on wood. Jewelry, fountain pens and Christmas ornaments made from glorious wood. All are additions to the returning wood craftsmen who will demonstrate, display and sell their specialty items at the 15th Annual Festival of Wood. The family-friendly weekend offers a variety of activities that demonstrate the many ways we use and enjoy wood in our everyday lives. The Pocono Arts Council has many returning artists as well as some new and unique talent. In addition to the wood crafts, the Festival of Wood welcomes

back the Pennsylvania Woodmobile, an interactive exhibit about wood and wood products, demonstrating how logs become lumber, with portable sawmills, and the Chainsaw Chix, popular chainsaw carving artists. A free wildlife show is offered each day. A host of educational exhibitors will be on hand to talk about forests, forest management and forest products, such as

honey, chestnuts and wildlife habitat. Free children’s activities are planned throughout the weekend, including crafts and games. Colorful forest posters, Smokey Bear and Woodsy Owl items, and a variety of educational literature and handouts will be distributed for free. Refreshments are available. The U.S. Forest Service and its partners offer these exhibits, activities

and educational materials to help promote the sustainable forestry and conservation message that is a theme throughout the event. This is the same message introduced a century ago by Gifford Pinchot, founder and first chief of the U.S. Forest Service and two-term Governor of Pennsylvania. Grey Towers was his home. Entry to the grounds on August 3 & 4 at Grey Towers National Historic Site, Milford, parking, and a shuttle are all free. For more information and a downloadable schedule visit www.fs.usda.gov/greytowers or call 570-296-9630.

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Shandelee Music Festival’s 26th Sunset Concert Series: The Familiar and the New Having celebrated a successful Silver Anniversary last year, the Shandelee Music Festival (SMF) will once again bring internationally renowned, world-class music to the mountains above Livingston Manor for its 2019 season. The season begins on August 3 with An Evening of Extraordinary Guitar, featuring multiple-award-winner Gladius. Described as evoking the Spanish spirit, yet distinctly unorthodox, Gladius mixes influences from classical guitar to rock and beyond. Gladius will be followed by a variety of chamber music Gladius and solo piano concerts with music by Rachmaninoff, Dvorak, Beethoven, Ravel, Mendelssohn, Chopin and Liszt. Local audiences will also be introduced to music by Alexander Alyabyev (1787-1851) and Horatio Parker (1863-1919) on August 6, and to music by Nikolai Kapustin (b.1937) on August 15. Alexander Aleksandrovich Alyabyev, also rendered as Alabiev or Alabieff, was a Russian composer known as one of the fathers of the Russian art song. He wrote seven operas, twenty musical comedies, a symphony, three string quartets, more than 200 songs, and many other pieces. His onemovement Trio in E-flat has been likened sound-wise to early Beethoven, rather than “Russian” - this from a composer who spent his entire life in Russia. Horatio Parker (1863-1919) was born in Auburndale, MA. He first studied composition with George Chadwick at the New England Conservatory in Boston and subsequently with Josef Rheinberger at the Bavarian Royal Conservatory in Munich. Composed in 1904, his Suite for Piano Trio, Opus 35 clearly harks back to that popular in the baroque era as it follows the format of a Bach dance suite, but its style is that of the

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romantic era and not the baroque. Nikolai Kapustin studied piano with Avrelian Rubakh (a pupil of Felix Blumenfeld who also taught Vladimir Horowitz) and subsequently withAlexander Goldenweiser at the Moscow Conservatory. During the 1950s he acquired a reputation as a jazz pianist, arranger and composer. Thus, he is steeped in both the traditions of classical virtuoso pianism and improvisational jazz. He fuses these influences in his compositions, using jazz idioms in formal classical structures. On August 6, enjoy An Evening of Chamber Music with the triumphant return of the brilliant Hermitage Piano Trio, last seen in our area in 2016. “Each a soloist in his own right, they imbue their chosen selections with much technical power, inspired phrasing and, most importantly, profound emotion...” - Barry Plaxen.

Hermitage Trio: Sergey Antonov, cello; Misha Keylin, violin; & Ilya Kazantsev, piano. Photo by Lisa-Marie Mazzucco

The above quote comes from witnessing the trio’s 2014 performance of Rachmaninoff’s Trio in G minor Elégiaque. That five-star quality performance of a masterwork from five years ago will be repeated this year and should not be missed by any lover of classical music. It can easily fill the bill as an example of the raison d’etre for attending ANY classical music concert. The Sunset Concert Series continues on August 10 with An Evening of Chamber Music featuring The Juilliard School’s Ansonia Quartet which was formed in September 2016. They will perform quartets by Beethoven, Mendelssohn and Ravel. “Melody, harmony and rhythm are usually

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Ansonia Quartet: Byungchan Lee & Sumire Hirotsuru, violins; Isabel Kwon, cello; and Grace Takeda, viola.

thought of as the most important ingredients of music. Ravel’s string quartet, written at the beginning of the 20th century, was nothing less than prophetic in the way it added a fourth element, sound, as a factor of equal importance. The alternation of playing techniques (pizzicato, con sordino, arpeggio, bow on the fingerboard) is as crucial to the unfolding of the piece as the alternation of themes. Their succession, especially in the second and third movements, creates a musical form of its own, entirely nontraditional this time.” - Peter Laki. The Evening of Chamber Music theme will also be featured on August 13 with a joyful sextet of all-star virtuosos, Ensemble Mélange, which advertises the ability to “shake up the concert experience and forge a personal connection with the audience.” Ensemble Mélange is a joyful sextet who mix tried-and-true repertoire with a smorgasbord of jewels from distant genres. Their concert is reformatted as a musician’s party game; after each piece, members of the audience are chosen to pick the next piece from an extensive menu organized by style, nationality, and time period. Whether you’re a purist or a populist, a snob or a noob, eight years old or eighty years old, you’ll leave charmed and punch-drunk on a piece you didn’t know you were going to love. SMF’s annual offering, An Evening of Piano Masterworks, will take place on August 15 with 2017 Berliner International Music Competition Gold Medal winner

Maxim Lando who received national attention in 2017 at the age of fourteen when he appeared on the piano bench alongside pianist Lang Lang, performing the parts intended for Mr. Maxim Lando Lang’s injured left hand, at Carnegie Hall’s Gala Opening Night. The season concludes on August 17 with An Evening of Early Music featuring the return of Andrew Arceci & Company Andrew Arceci and soprano Teresa Wakim, who will perform Baroque music composed by the familiar: Handel, Vivaldi and Corelli, the not-so familiar: Salamone Rossi (c.15701630), Francesco Teresa Wakim Cavalli (1602-1676), Alessandro Stradella (1639-1682) and Giovanni Bononcini (1670-1747), and three newbies to the area: Giulio Caccini (15511618), Tarquinio Merula (1595-1665) and Nicola Porpora (1686-1768). All SMF concerts begin at 8:00pm and take place in the climate-controlled, fully accessible Sunset Concert Pavilion, 442 J. Young Road, Livingston Manor. Each concert is followed by a specialty dessert reception. Individual tickets, season subscriptions, corporate and individual sponsorships, donation opportunities, and membership information are all available at www. Shandelee.org or by calling 845-439-3277.

Hudson Valley Jazz Festival: Tenth Anniversary by Philip Ehrensaft The jazz musician’s nickname for the Hudson Valley is New York City’s sixth jazz borough, in reference to the significant chunk of Big Apple jazz talent that has migrated out to the Hudson Valley. For some jazz musicians, the Valley is a far more pleasant place to live than NYC, but close enough for gigs in the Big Apple and international flights for gigs in Europe and Asia. For others, the preference or circumstance is to forego the fame of the traveling life in favor of a career performing and teaching within the Valley. Drummer Steve Rubin, the organizer of the Hudson Valley Jazz Festival, is part of the Big Apple exodus to the Valley. It didn’t take long for Rubin to realize that the Hudson Valley did not have many venues and occasions where people could hear their talented jazz musician-neighbors perform. So, Rubin decided to do something about it via a jazz festival focusing on musicians living in the Valley, mainly in Warwick and surrounding towns at first, with an intention to cast a geographically wider net in subsequent years. And also, from year one of the festival, a broad tent philosophy in terms of the music featured at the festival: a full gamut of the diverse styles of contemporary jazz, from

Eric Person August 8 & 11

Jennie Colabatistto August 10

Jeff Ciampa August 9

fusion through straight-ahead through you name it. But, in contrast to many of today’s “jazz festivals,” not mixing in pop and world music with the intent of selling more tickets. This is a proudly all-jazz jazz festival, and a good place to sample multiple ways of making jazz. The tenth edition of the Festival, which runs from August 8-11 this year, has expanded geographically well beyond the first year as an event focusing on Warwick. Now, after spreading to towns across Orange County, this year, 22 concerts are hosted by 14 towns that include Beacon, Ellenville, Stone Ridge and Woodstock. Musically, the 10th anniversary festival highlights Valley musicians as original composers of the music that becomes the platform for jazz improvisation. Most jazz performances take off from a composed section that sets the tonal and rhythmic

Pete Levin August 9 & 11

Mike Jackson August 9

framework for the improvisation inspired by this framework. When a jazz composition inspires a large number of musicians over the long term, it becomes a “standard,” one of the literally thousands of compositions that a professional jazz musician carries in his or her mind, fingers and breath. Beyond the concerts with the Composer Series label, the jazz composer offerings include Judi Silvano, Neil Alexander, Robert Kopec, Tabbal, and also all the members of the Hudson Valley Jazz Ensemble performing in the festival’s opening night concert at Sugar Loaf Crossing, August 8 at 6:30pm. It’s no secret that women historically had a tough time getting on the jazz bandstand, outside of prescribed roles as vocalists and, sometimes, pianists. That’s changing, and the 2019 Festival supports that change via ensembles led by women who make very

Teri Roiger August 10

Tani Tabbal August 11

interesting music. For the festival’s closing night concert on August 11 at 6:30pm at the Warwick Historical Society, a trio led by the iconic drummer Tani Tabbal will perform. Tabbal began his professional career at the ripe old age of fourteen, and is a force in redefining jazz drumming. Every show is free with the exception of two Composer Series’ concerts in Monroe and Warwick. Any place that’s a restaurant or a bar would appreciate your making a purchase, but there is no cover charge. CANVAS calendar listings contain the Orange County concerts in Chester, Highland Mills, Monroe, Montgomery, Newburgh, Pine Island, Sugar Loaf, Walden, Warwick and Washingtonville. For the incredible full schedule of 22 concerts in 3 counties with 70+ performers, sponsors and grantors, visit: www.hudsonvalleyjazzfest.org

John Conway & Puppets in Monticello Conway Talk: Woodstock Sullivan County Historian John Conway separates fact from fiction as he talks about the Woodstock Music Festival, one of the most iconic events of the 1960’s, at the Ethelbert B. Crawford Public Library on August 15 at 6:00pm. You will hear John describe the legends and myths that continue to grow surrounding the three days of peace, love and music that occurred 50 years ago: fascinating history as we get ready to remember and celebrate the Woodstock Festival that took place in Bethel, right here in Sullivan County. “Circus on a String” Who really has ever seen a true marionette show? Internationally acclaimed Robert Rogers’ Puppeteers offers a production that is all action and music. Attendees can see a display of acrobats, trained animals, clowns and other colorful characters in Monticello on August 22 at 6:00pm. All are large as life marionettes-puppets that hang from strings. Rogers became fascinated and captivated by the art of puppetry at a very early age. Growing up in and around New York City with parents who were avid theatergoers,

he was taken to experience the wonderful Bil Baird Marionette Theater, to see the prestigious Sergei Obraztsov troupe on tour from Russia, as well as performances by the classic Bunraku Puppet Theater of Japan and the traditional Wayang Golek of Indonesia. These were life changing events that sent him on a course of artistic discovery that continues to today.

Robert Rogers

Rogers has performed internationally and nationally, and brings awe and smiles to audiences of all ages with beautiful puppet characters that he himself created and designed. This production is enjoyed by adults and children and, often, the adults are more amazed than the children. Both programs are free and open to the public at the Ethelbert B. Crawford Public Library, 479 Broadway, Monticello. For information, call 845-794-4660. August 2019

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Mother-Daughter Exhibit at Amity Gallery Martha Haude utilizes many objects that she has collected in her world travels as subjects for her watercolors. She also loves gardening, another theme to be found in her work. Morgan Haude is a ceramicist and painter. She received her BFA from Alfred University and since 2007 she has worked as a sculptor and painter for a prosthetic company. Clay has been a lifelong passion of hers but she enjoys working in a wide variety of mediums and is always

Watercolor by Martha Haude

Clay works by Morgan Haude

looking for her next hobby. The August exhibition at Amity Gallery will feature the watercolor paintings of Martha Haude and ceramics by her daughter Morgan. Water and Clay: A Mother-Daughter Exhibit runs weekends in August (including September 1) at Amity Gallery, 110 Newport Bridge Road, Warwick. Meet the artists at the opening reception on August 3 from 5:00pm7:00pm. For further information, call 845-258-0818.

Exhibition: “New Take” in Callicoon Delaware Valley Arts has always referenced nature in Alliance presents New Take, a her work, has been exploring Radius program exhibit curated printmaking incorporating the by Elaine Giguere at Gallery actual natural elements of grasses 1906 (2nd floor). Featured artists and leaves. Duke, known for his are Katie Coughlin, Dana Duke, black & white textural abstract Elise Freda and Peter Maslow. photographs, has been mixing “This show examines a small mediums to include overlaid slice of the artistic process,” images with color and markings. says Giguere. “During my long DVAA created the Radius tenure at Delaware Valley Arts program as a means to Alliance, it was my great pleasure highlight artists in communities to witness the progression of throughout Sullivan County, “Garden Grasses,” artists’ work. New Take looks at monotype by Elise Freda usually within a certain radius breakthrough periods when these four artists of a particular zip code. Over the past four pushed their medium, technique, or point of years, Radius exhibits have been presented view to a new dimension.” in Jeffersonville, Monticello, Hurleyville Coughlin, who began her art career as a and North Branch. ceramicist, started incorporating textile into Gallery 1906 is located at 41 Lower the clay. Soon after, her work included textile, Main Street, Callicoon. Open on Fridays & performance and video. Freda, a painter who Saturdays, through September 1.

“Mundi” Discussion at HV Gallery Leonardo DaVinci’s masterpiece Salvatore Mundi was discovered and restored after years of neglect and sold at auction for a record $450 million. This masterpiece will be the subject of a lecture with art historian Matt Soltis and art conservator Davinci’s “Salvatore Mundi” c. 1500 Paul Gould at Gould’s Hudson Valley Gallery in Cornwall-onHudson on August 10 from 2:00pm3:30pm. Matt Soltis is a graduate of Mount Saint Mary College where he earned his Bachelor’s degree in history with a minor in art. He worked at the New Windsor Cantonment State Historic Site as a Park Recreation Aid, and he also led a class at Mount Saint Mary 8

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College’s Desmond Campus. While at college, he discovered he had more than just a passion for the history of art, but also a love of creating it and uses his experience as an oil painter to give insight to the techniques Art history buff, used by artists like Da Matt Soltis Vinci. A member of the Cornwall Arts Collective, he has given numerous art history lectures at Mount Saint Mary College and local libraries. Call 845-401-5443 to reserve your place as seating is limited. Admission is $15, with 1/3 of the proceeds to support Autism Speaks charity. See ad on page 3 for more info. Hudson Valley Gallery is located at 246 Hudson Street, Cornwall-on-Hudson.

Sullivan’s Poet Laureate in Wurtsboro Join Sullivan County’s first Poet Laureate Mark Blackford for a poetry reading at the Mamakating Library, 128 Sullivan Street, Wurtsboro, on August 9 at 7:00pm. Mark will share the poems presented at the poet laureate inaugural event in June, including a new work written in honor of Woodstock’s 50th Anniversary. Poets are welcome to bring works to share. A Monticello native, Blackford has a degree in Creative Writing and Contemporary Literature from Valdosta State University

in Georgia. He performs with the Calling All Poets Series in New Paltz, and has been known to give readings in Woodstock and wherever the mood strikes him. His work has been published in numerous literary journals. He currently works for the U.S. Postal Service and resides in Woodridge. To register, call the library: 845-888-8004. The Poet Laureate position is a project of the Sullivan Public Library Alliance, made possible with funds from the Decentralization Program, a regrant program of the New York State Council on the Arts administered by Delaware Valley Arts Alliance.

Wurtsboro’s “Music in the Park” Schedule August 1: Guitarist John Platt who performs on a guitar that he built himself, has played at Wurtsboro’s Danny’s Restaurant, Mamakating Library and the Music in the Park concert series. He plays classic acoustic rock songs from the 60s through the 90s such as the Eagles, Eric Clapton, Neil Young, Tom Petty, Harry Chapin and others. August 15: Rock & Roll band Jam Straight includes drummer Jerry Squillante, guitarists Neil Nappi & Neil Labay and bassist Jim Nappi. Along with original tunes, the band has performed everything from the Allman Bros. to Zappa since 2005. August 29: Classic rock band Steady Pulse performs music by AC/DC, Bad Company,

Jam Straight - photo by Janice D’Huyvetter.

Foreigner, Pearl Jam, Stone Temple Pilots, Rolling Stones, Melissa Etheridge and many others. Band members include lead vocalist Bill Vaeth, guitarist Matt Meade, bassist Tom Rizza, and drummer Paul Deserto. Grab a blanket or chair (and your friends!) and go listen to live music during Wurtsboro’s Music in the Park concert series! Shows start at 6:30pm at Veterans’ Memorial Park.

WAA: “Listen to The Music” Part II Woodstock. One of many Street. Different from the festivals held throughout guitars created for the Town the country in the 1960’s, of Mamakating, the WAA Woodstock was different. artist-members have created Barely organized and guitars that represent their unexpectedly attended by over own individual interpretations 300,000 people under less of the theme, using their own than ideal conditions - with unique talents! little to no violence among Get your best tie-dyed the attendees - Woodstock on (or not!), put some blue, has become that which myths violet or green in your hair are made of. By the end of the (whatever is left of it!), get a year, the festival experience wreath of flowers and a throw had turned darker, but five on a splash of patchouli, decades later, Woodstock still and join the Wurtsboro Art inspires artists, writers and Alliance in a celebration of musicians. the one and only, the neverThe theme for the to-be-repeated Woodstock! Wurtsboro Art Alliance’s - at the FREE opening (WAA) August exhibition reception on August 3 from is Woodstock’s 50th 2:00pm-4:00pm. Anniversary. In July, the This funky skull guitar, created The exhibit is open to the by the Wurtsboro Art Alliance’s WAA’s project, Listen to the president Kitty Mitchell, will public and on view from Music, (sponsored in part be on display at the Alliance’s August 3-30. John Neilson Gallery for by a grant from Delaware And while you have your their “Woodstock’s 50th Valley Arts Alliance) creative mojo working, Anniversary” exhibition, featured twenty-one guitars be sure to check out the running August 3-30. displayed throughout Village businesses Alliance’s website: www.waagallery.org in Wurtsboro. In August, for Part II of this and Facebook page for classes offered at the project, all of the guitars will be displayed Gallery in August! together and offered for sale at the Alliance’s For further information, see the ad right John Nielson Gallery located at 73 Sullivan below this article.

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Wallkill River School: Seniors & Kids! Throughout the month of August, the Wallkill River School (WRS) will be hosting a multi-generational exhibit of and seniors’ and kids’ artworks in an attempt to bridge the generational gap between artists of different ages. “We find that two of the most unique and active demographics in our local arts community are seniors and kids. With this exhibit, we hope to provide a platform to connect “Senior Drop-In” members at the Wallkill River School these artists, young and old, to give them an students, or teaching their own classes, the opportunity to appreciate each other’s work School has always ensured that there is a and learn from each other,” says Gallery place for kids at the gallery. Through the Director, Liam Vogel. kids’ classes, scholarship programs and The WRS has always taken pride in their mentorship/internship opportunities, WRS work with seniors by offering free programs has been able to provide countless youth with such as their “Senior drop-in”. This has led to artistic training and experience. Although a very large and active group of senior artists many of the little artists at WRS produce in the gallery. Coming from a wide range of beautiful, professional quality works of artistic backgrounds, the senior artists have art, they very rarely have the opportunity been able to blossom and grow. Many have to display their works. With this exhibit, come into their own style, moving on to the School is ultimately hoping to provide work as professional artists and holding solo kids with a platform to show their work in a exhibits. “We hope this exhibit gives them professional setting where they can be proud the platform to really showcase their work, of their art and confident in their skill. while giving them the opportunity to engage A free reception takes place on August with younger artists as well,” said Vogel. 3 from 5:00pm-7:00pm at the WRS, 232 Kids who love art have always had a home Ward Street, Montgomery. at the WRS; whether it be as volunteers, Visit www.wallkillriverschool.com

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Free Concert in Campbell Hall On his 11th birthday, Dan Zlotnick picked up his first guitar, a Squire Mini, and taught himself to play. His connection to the guitar and to the music he could make was instant, and it wasn’t long before he traded the Squire for a full-size Gibson SG. Obsessing over concert footage of Led Zeppelin, Stevie Ray Vaughan, and Bruce Springsteen, he honed his skills and looked for opportunities to share what he was learning. As the pony-tailed lead guitarist for his alternative high school rock band, Hot Soup, he performed covers whenever he could and leapt into his career as a songwriter, crafting his first original pieces. Away at college on a baseball scholarship, Dan, now strumming a used Ovation, continued to play and write, developing and cultivating his upbeat, acoustic rock style. Between practices and games, he performed at coffee houses and fundraising events. After graduation, with his shiny new Taylor slung over his shoulder, Dan traveled around the U.S. and Canada for three years as a professional baseball player, gigging in dive bars in Colorado, New Mexico, and Toronto, writing ballads from the bleacher seats. His baseball career behind him, in 2016,

Dan recorded his self-titled debut EP with engineer/bassist Al Hemberger and drummer James Marchionno. In 2017, he went back to Al’s studio and recorded most of his second album with help from musicians James Marchionno (drums), Patricia Santos (cello), Simon O’Keefe (piano), Ron Stenz (organ). Dan performs tirelessly around the Hudson Valley and beyond, taking the stage at the 2018 Pleasantville Music Festival, the Paramount Hudson Valley (opening for Grammy winner Marc Cohn twice), the Towne Crier (opening for Patty Larkin), Garica’s at The Capitol Theater, and more. With a contemporary Americana flair, Dan’s music reflects his love of classic rock and blues. His evocative lyrics, captivating melodies, and energetic performances exude Dan’s passion for creating and sharing his music with everyone around him. Dan performs on August 17 at 7:30pm for Music for Humanity’s 111th Free Performance Night at Noble Coffee Roasters, 3020 Route 207, Campbell Hall. Also performing is a true singer/songwriter veteran: Lydia Adams Davis and another performer TBA.

“Into the Shining World” at SUNY Orange

Two Recitals for Nesin Cultural Arts

It’s not out of the ordinary from SUNY Oswego and an for children to be influenced MA in Art from SUNY New by their parents and to Paltz. Elizabeth Schneider “follow in their footsteps,” and husband Michael as such. However, when a Covello are professors at person who has married into Kutztown University. They the family is so influenced both earned BFAs from the that he decides to try that School of Architecture, Art, track, it is remarkable. So, is and Planning at Cornell the case with the Schneiders. University. They attended The opening exhibit of the University of South the Mindy Ross Gallery and Florida, he receiving an MFA Foyer for academic year in Transdisciplinary Art 2019-2020 is a trio show. Into and she obtaining an MFA the Shining World ~ works in studio art with a focus by Michael Covello, Jacqui Jacqui creating at the wheel! in painting and animation. Doyle Schneider, Elizabeth Schneider Being a very active artist throughout her life, explores the diverse opportunities art offers Jacqui paved the way for them to seek out through the various mediums utilized by the and find their individual interests. three artist-educators. This innovative show promises to be Michael Covello will create a site-specific both educational and lively including the installation as well as display mixed media interactive component of animation. works on paper and paintings. Jacqui Doyle An opening reception will be held on Schneider will be exhibiting all new works: September 14 from 5:00pm-7:00pm. The mixed media collages and ceramics. Elizabeth exhibit runs from August 21-October 11. Schneider will be showing animation The Mindy Ross Gallery and Foyer are drawings and monoprints, including situated in Kaplan Hall at SUNY Orange, woodblocks and their corresponding prints. at the corner of Grand and First Streets, Newly retired from teaching advanced Newburgh, with free, secure parking ceramics at Valley Central High School, available in the parking garage entered at 73 Jacqui Doyle Schneider holds a BA in Art First Street. For info, call 845-341-4891.

The Nesin Cultural Street, Monticello. This Arts (NCA) Summer performance includes Music Academy is a a faculty and student week-long intensive ensemble and faculty/ designed to raise student side-by-side student performance performances. levels while increasing Tickets are a $10 the enjoyment of their suggested donation at personal music making. the door. Students are The Academy provides always admitted free. private lessons, music Eugene Nesin (1942NCA Summer Music Academy faculty theory and history/ Kenneth Hamrick instructs students during 2009) believed deeply in a harpsichord building workshop. style culture classes, the importance of music ensemble experiences, and supervised and the arts in a child’s life. Established practice. Students perform as soloists and in 2009, the Eugene D. Nesin Memorial in ensembles alongside the faculty in the Scholarship provides financial assistance culminating recital. to students attending an approved summer The faculty, holding degrees from music music program or continuing their studies in institutions such as the Juilliard School, the performing arts in college. Cleveland Institute, Manhattan School of The Eugene D. Nesin Memorial Scholarship Music and Purchase College Conservatory, Student Recital takes place on August 24 at have diverse backgrounds including regular 7:00pm at St. John’s Episcopal Church, performances with professional ensembles 15 St. John Street, Monticello. The recital such as New Haven Symphony, Stamford will include a variety of performances by Symphony, the New York Philharmonic and students in NCA programs. Join the students the Mostly Mozart Festival Orchestra as well for a dessert reception following the recital! as various chamber ensembles. Tickets are a suggested donation of $18 NCA’s Summer Music Academy will and students with ID are free. present a culminating Faculty and Student To reserve your tickets or for additional Recital on August 23 at 6:30pm at the information, contact Ellen Nesin at: ellen@ Eugene D. Nesin Theatre, 22 St. John nesinculturalarts.org or 845-794-6013.

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Forestburgh Playhouse Resident Company 2019 by J. A. Di Bello Once imaginatively labeled the “Miracle of the Forest,” the Forestburgh Playhouse is greater than the sum of its parts. That may be a stretch for math majors, but it serves as a comfortable metaphor for the more creative. Continuing with appreciated metaphors, an earlier director and producer at the playhouse, Norman Duttweiler, once commented, “It’s a busy two-way highway between the bright lights of Broadway and the footlights at Forestburgh Playhouse.” So apropos are metaphors, current producer Franklin Trapp, now in his 6th year at the Forestburgh helm, has continued to foster that highway to the point of an allegorical extravaganza. Scattered among a multitude of substantial contributions to the playhouse, Franklin’s honing and polishing of the theatre’s ResCo (resident company) component has provided nationwide notoriety to the concept of “training for theatre.” As facts will demonstrate, “training” is inadequate as a reflection of the Playhouse program. Members of the company are involved in the concept and practice of what makes theatre work, to a point beyond what was imagined. There are the rehearsals for main stage productions, and while a particular production is on-going, rehearsals

for the new production are underway. Not to mention, a similar scenario involving the Cabaret performance in the Tavern. Following a two-week duration, the whole process begins anew. Meanwhile the menial, yet essential chores of house maintenance need attention. The ResCo experience is not summer camp in the Catskills. In fact, the similarities are more accurately described as boot camp for theatre, an experience that introduces young men and women to the physical, mental and emotional elements of professional theatre. Franklin exhibits a leadership style one might easily classify as paternal, creating family. In that vein Franklin is known to call personally new members prior to arrival to explain, oneon-one, the expectations of the Forestburgh experience. It’s a comfortable home. As many have observed, undertakings in theatre and performance are dependent on that kind of love. Amaya White, of Hope Ridge, NJ is a new member of this year’s ResCo. She’s a sunny example of what it takes to benefit from the Forestburgh experience. As a student at Montclair State University, she is bright, articulate and attractive. Her

Relief Figurative Sculpture in Liberty The Left Bank Art Gallery continues its 2019 summer season of compelling art shows. Up next is a solo show of relief figurative sculptural works by Lori Horowitz entitled, Personas. Lori will share her cast of sculptural characterizations with the community for an in-depth view of her works from the past four years. This engaging installation includes works from the artist’s last three series. Burned into Memory (Kings Park Psychiatric) is a study of personalities and environments. Sculptural images digest the posture of individuals while their faces reflect their stories. The method, Painting with Fire, is a process where images are burned into copper screening creating haunting shadows, translucent images and reflective imagery. Nurture includes life-sized, mixed media relief sculptures depicting individuals in society and their interactions in everyday life. “Often going unseen and unheard, we all contribute to make up this diverse and multi-faceted population,” writes Lori. The work is created collapsing three dimensional pieces into 2 and 3 dimensional space using photography, wire, papier-mâché and paint. Encaustic Wax Portraits: “As the work progresses, the figures become translucent, enabling us to look deeper within these characters. These pieces echo issues of isolation, disassociation and violation, versus 12

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confidence, security, and contentment. This series confronts socio/psycho issues and brings light to the attention seekers, as well as the society’s unseen, creating an intimate view of Persona,” explains Lori. The opening reception for the show will be held on August 16, from 4:30pm-7:30pm. Meet the artist during a Q&A about her work on August 31, from 1:00pm-3:00pm. The show is on view from August 16 through September 7 at the Left Bank Art Gallery, 59 N. Main Street, Liberty. For more information, call Kristopher Neidecker, curator, at 845-857-8208.

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home environment, it appears, was a strong factor in determining content and direction. Her mom is a music teacher and her Godmother taught Amaya to play the harp at an early age. Early in the run of a mainstage production, ResCo members begin rehearsal for the next Cabaret and production. Subsequently, Amaya is confronted with massive amounts of new material. Inventively, she creates a unique connection between her brain, her eyes and her hand by writing, longhand, and then repeating verbally the new lyrics and routines she is expected to master. Further, her personal begin-the-day routine is instrumental! “I begin each day with meditation, my prayers and writing in my journal of why I am thankful. It centers me for the rest of the day.” Continuing to examine the high caliber of ResCo members, attention is drawn to Eric Graupensperger, a returning member of ResCo. Traveling from Tacoma, Washington’s Puget Sound to the Miracle of the Forest, this young man is thoroughly familiar with the intense demands of the Playhouse as a learning experience. Interestingly, Eric was initially drawn to the

glow of the footlights by his need to please a favorite English teacher and, as one might guess, his yearning to secure the attention of a young coed. It needs to be noted that Eric is an accomplished saxophone player, as has been demonstrated on the main stage at Forestburgh. However, he also harbored a strong desire to explore the realm of film as an academic and career objective. While visiting colleges offering film concentrations his senior year in high school with his dad, Eric felt the pull; it was the follow spot, the crowds, and theatre’s unique suspension of disbelief. “Dad, I have to do theatre!” Eric is currently a junior at Baldwin Wallace University, where he will earn a Bachelor of Music Theatre degree. He expects to work in theatre and has a keen interest in further academic study, with a concentration on acting. This place in the forest ResCo students call home is a mixed equity/non-equity house. Interestingly, a number of the equity actors performing at Forestburgh began their careers in theatre at the Playhouse, performing as members of the theatre’s ResCo. Franklin Trapp, producer and equity actor, was once a member of the ResCo at Forestburgh Playhouse. Because of this background and leadership, i.e., ability to see what others do not, he has assembled a ResCo without equal. (See ad page 28).

24 Plays in Sugar Loaf, August 2 & 3

David Simpatico

Brian C. Petti

John Bavoso

Opening at the ‘new’ Sugar Loaf Arts Center (formerly the Lycian Centre), the Orange County Arts Council (OCAC) presents its third annual Ten-Minute Play Festival. This year, the OCAC opened its doors to playwrights outside of Orange County and received over 400 submissions nationwide! Local and regional playwrights whose plays were chosen for the 2019 Festival’s unstaged, book-in-hand play readings include: David Simpatico, Rhinebeck; Brian C. Petti, Slate Hill; John Bavoso, Port Jervis; Bill Duncan, Woodbourne and Callum Hill, Goshen. Festival Producer Paul Ellis reports: “By opening submissions to playwrights outside the County, and giving local actors and directors the opportunity to participate, local artists and emerging writers across the country are introduced to each other. I believe this is a chance for our resident

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artists to make new connections.” On August 1 OCAC is hosting a Story to Stage workshop directed by Ellis. Limited to twenty participants from all walks of life, members are lead through a series of games designed to encourage people to tell stories. These stories can come from life experience, family memories or simply made up. The goal of the workshop is to turn stories from the participants into a Ten Minute Play, read as part of one of the Saturday’s performances. Interested participants can contact Ellis at pelliscult@yahoo.com or 845-978-1776. After the workshop event on August 1, twenty-four play readings will take place on August 2 & 3 at 7:00pm (12 plays each evening). Tickets at the door. The workshop and play readings will take place in the Sugar Loaf Arts Center’s upstairs Pavilion, located at 1351 Kings Highway. www.ocartscouncil.org

Comic Strip Mania at Ellenville Library Beginning August 3 - for art exhibits across running through the end the nation. of October, R. R. Pollak His Ellen’s Adventures will be exhibiting over at the Shadowland, 35 works in a show, A a weekly comic strip Cavalcade of American for the Shawangunk Newspaper Comic Strip Journal, incorporated Art at the Ellenville Shadowland Stages and Public Library. Drawn landmarks in the Ulster from Pollak’s own County area. In 2015 The work and his personal Phantom of Sam’s Point archives, a cornucopia of was the first compilation “Flash Gordon” comic strip classic strips from some of comic strips from from the collection of R. R. Pollak of the greatest names in Ellen’s Adventures at the the history of cartooning and their strips: Shadowland published by Red Stylo Media. Buck Rogers, Brenda Starr, On Stage, Steve Book 2, My Alien Pal was released in 2016, Roper, Robin Malone, Dateline Danger, and Book 3, Star Struck in 2017. Red Stylo Winnie Winkle, Dickie Dare, Little Iodine Media collected all of the Ellen comic strips and Flash Gordon will be shown. into one large graphic novel in 2018. Pollak, who was voted into the NY For the past two years Pollak has exhibited Cartoonists’ Hall of Fame alongside the coast-to-coast, including major Comic-Cons greatest names in cartooning, was raised in in NY, LA, and Chicago, where he has a solid Ellenville and now splits his time between following. there and Brooklyn. A graduate of Pratt A reception for his exhibit will be held at Institute and a NYC art educator for 28 years, the Ellenville Library, 40 Center Street, on now retired, he has been drawing illustrations August 3 from 11:30am-1:30pm. with a cartoon flair since the mid-1970’s and More info on Pollak’s background can be saving daily and Sunday strips as well as found on LinkedIn at: https://www.linkedin. cartoon memorabilia - all in perfect condition com/in/r-robert-pollak-51b6253a/

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CAS ��Catskill Art Society, Livingston Manor HHNM ��Hudson Highlands Nature Museum, Outdoor Discovery Center, Cornwall MSM-DC �� Mount St. Mary College, Desmond Campus, Newburgh PEEC �� Pocono Environmental Education Center, Dingmans Ferry Lectures, Master Classes, Demos & Talks are FREE unless otherwise noted: (FEE) (Events Not lncluded in Centerspread Calendar)

lectures Delaware Highlands Conservancy Open House Tours �� Lemons Brook Farm, Bethel, Jul 29, Aug 5 & 19, 10am-4pm “Playing at Woodstock in 1969” Gilles Malkine �� Crawford Library, Monticello, Jul 30, 6pm “For the Love of Toto!” Joan Monk ��MSM-DC Jul 31, 1pm FEE “The Alkaline Diet” Dr. Jeff Saffir ��MSM-DC Aug 1, 1pm FEE Guided Interpretive Hike �� PEEC Aug 3, 1pm FEE “The History of Camp Smith” Paul R. Martin III ��MSM-DC Aug 5, 1pm FEE “Life with Judy Garland-Me and My Shadows” Joan Monk, film & talk ��MSM-DC Aug 6, 1pm FEE “Exploring the Night Sky” Bob Berman ��Chester Library, Aug 6, 6pm “Thyroid Health” Dr. Richard Huntoon ��MSM-DC Aug 7, 1pm “The Power of Words” Nathan Rosenblum ��MSM-DC Aug 7, 2pm FEE Bug Exploration �� PEEC Aug 10, 10am FEE “DaVinci’s Lost Treasure: ‘Salvatore Mundi’” Matt Soltis �� Hudson Valley Gallery, Cornwall-on-Hudson, Aug 10, 2pm “Archaeological Research on Native American Sites along the Shawangunk Ridge” �� Lucille Johnson Cragsmoor Historical Society, Aug 10, 4pm “Spanish-American War & Theodore Roosevelt” Charles Breiner �� Time & the Valleys Museum, Grahamsville, Aug 11, 2pm FEE “How to Overcome Procrastination NOW!” Cary Bayer ��MSM-DC Aug 12, 10am FEE “Charles Lindbergh” Stephan Wilkinson ��MSM-DC Aug 12, 10am FEE “Classical Education” ��Saint Therese Classical Academy, Chester, Aug 12, 5pm Informational Tour ��Safe Harbors of the Hudson, Newburgh, Aug 13, 9am “Teddy Roosevelt” Tom DeStefano ��MSM-DC Aug 13, 10:30am FEE “Travel to Cuba” Rick Feingold ��MSM-DC Aug 13, 1pm FEE “Direct to Consumer DNA Tests: Hype or Hope?” Evan Merkhofer ��MSM-DC Aug 14, 1pm “Historical Sites in the Hudson Highlands by Kayak” Andy Mills & Fred Isseks ��MSM-DC Aug 14, 6pm FEE “The Lehigh Navigation” Martha Campwell Fox �� D&H Canal Park, Cuddebackville, Aug 14, 7pm “The Life & Times of Harry Houdini” Leon DiMartino ��MSM-DC Aug 15, 10am FEE “Travel Talks: Safety 101” Sean Kelly ��MSM-DC Aug 15, 6pm FEE “Woodstock Stories” John Conway ��Crawford Library, Monticello, Aug 15, 6pm Edible & Medicinal Plant Walk �� PEEC Aug 17, 10am FEE “Bridge the Gap: Reptile Search” �� PEEC Aug 18, 10am Dragonfly Walk �� PEEC Aug 18, 1pm FEE “Everyone Can Dowse” Bill & Sue Wiand ��MSM-DC Aug 20, 10am FEE “Conscious Communication” Cary Bayer ��MSM-DC Aug 21, 1pm FEE “Mindfully Happy-Waking up to Life” Diane Lang ��MSM-DC Aug 22, 10:30am FEE “Nature at Night” �� PEEC Aug 24, 8pm FEE “Cliffs & Waterfalls of the Catskills” Robert & Johanna Titus ��MSM-DC Aug 26, 1pm FEE “Awaken Your Creative Genius” Cary Bayer ��MSM-DC Aug 28, 10am FEE “The Space Race: 1957-1975”m Kevin Woyce ��MSM-DC Aug. 28, 1pm FEE Science Cafe: “The science/policy interface at US environmental regulatory agencies” �� Bernard Goldstein Flaming Grill & Buffet, Newburgh, Aug 28, 7:15pm “Summer Herbs” Sarah Elisabeth ��MSM-DC Aug 30, 10am FEE OPEN Mic & IN-HOUSE MUSIC

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Open Mic w/Steve Schwartz & Antoine Magliano �� Dutch’s Tavern, Rock Hill, Mondays, 7:30pm Joanna Gass and the Search & Rescue Orchestra ��Brew, Rock Hill, Tuesdays, 6:30pm-8:30pm Robert Kopec & Solo Bajo jazz + ��Dos Amigos, Fair Oaks, Wednesdays, 7pm Open Mic ��Heartbeat Music Hall, Grahamsville, Wednesdays, 7pm The Parting Glass Band Celtic �� Loughran’s Pub, Salisbury Mills, Thursdays, 7pm-10pm “Taste of Jazz” w/Robert Kopec ��Nina’s, Middletown, Fridays, 7pm 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 Kevin Finnan & Friends ��Palaia Winery, Highland Mills, Aug 2, 7:30pm Lorena Mann Duo �� Palaia Winery, Highland Mills, Aug 4, 2pm-5pm Acoustic Open Mic Session host, Jason Gisser �� The Falcon Underground, Marlboro, Aug 7, 7pm Myles Mancuso ��Palaia Winery, Highland Mills, Aug 9, 7:30pm Hurley Mountain Highway ��Palaia Winery Outdoors, Highland Mills, Aug 10, 7pm TWD band �� Palaia Winery, Highland Mills, Aug 11, 2pm-5pm Identity Crisis ��Palaia Winery, Highland Mills, Aug 16, 7:30 Chris Brown �� Palaia Winery, Highland Mills, Aug 17, 2pm-5pm Elaine & The Elevators ��Palaia Winery Outdoors, Highland Mills, Aug 17, 7pm Erol Ogut �� Palaia Winery, Highland Mills, Aug 18, 2pm-5pm Petey Hop’s Roots & Blues Sessions �� The Falcon Underground, Marlboro, Aug 21, 7pm Charge the Mound 90’s alt. rock & grunge ��Palaia Winery, Highland Mills, Aug 23, 7:30pm Josh Casano �� Palaia Winery, Highland Mills, Aug 24, 2pm-5pm CRUSH �� Palaia Winery Outdoors, Highland Mills, Aug 24, 7pm-10pm

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August 2019

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Albi Beluli �� Dancing Cat Saloon, Bethel, Thursdays, 7pm Dave Keyes �� Run4 Downtown Park, Middletown, Aug 1, 6pm FREE “Forever Ray” Ray Charles ��Crawford Library, Monticello, Aug 1, 6pm FREE Yasgur ��Gazebo Park, Kauneonga Lake, Aug 1, 6:30pm FREE John Platt �� Veterans Memorial Park, Wurtsboro, Aug 1, 6:30pm FREE Hurley Mountain Highway �� Sugar Loaf RR Crossing, Aug 1, 6:30pm FREE Bruce Katz Band & Solo Piano blues-soul-jazz �� The Falcon, Marlboro, Aug 1, 8pm Slam Allen blues ��The Falcon Underground, Marlboro, Aug 1, 8pm Gordon Lightfoot ��Bethel Woods, Aug 1 & Aug 2, 8pm Paul Burch Nashville �� CAS Arts Center, Livingston Manor, Aug 2, 6pm Break Neck Annie ��Mamakating Park, Bloomingburg, Aug 2, 6:30pm FREE Midnight Slim w/Laurie Anne �� Pine Bush Gazebo, Aug 2, 7pm FREE The Connected �� Festival Square, Middletown, Aug 2, 7pm FREE Tal National West African �� The Falcon, Marlboro, Aug 2, 8pm The Sweet Clementines rock ��The Falcon Underground, Marlboro, Aug 2, 8pm Little Sparrow, Greg Castro “Woodstock” �� Sullivan County Museum, Hurleyville, Aug 3, 2pm FREE Benny Havens Band r&r ��Trophy Point Amphitheater, West Point, Aug 3, 7:30pm FREE E’lissa Jones �� The Phoenix, Dingmans Ferry, Aug 3, 8pm Cuboricua salsa �� The Falcon, Marlboro, Aug 3, 8pm Deadgrass, Jerry Garcia ��The Falcon Underground, Marlboro, Aug 3, 8pm Big Joe Fitz & The Lo-Fis blues �� The Falcon, Marlboro, Aug 4, & Aug 18, 11am Fred Scholl & Mike Manuele “Grateful Dead” �� Sullivan County Museum, Hurleyville, Aug 4 , 2pm FREE Cindy Cashdollar & The Syncopators Texas swing �� Falcon Underground , Marlboro, Aug 5, 8pm Dan Brother Band, blues, r&r ��Main Street, Chester, Aug 6, 7pm FREE Hudson Valley Swing Band �� Wallkill Community Center, Middletown, Aug 6, 13, 20, 27, 1pm FREE Electric Chords ��Farmer’s Market Park, Rock Hill, Aug 7, 6:30pm FREE Ray Longchamp & Vinny Manzo �� Run4 Downtown Park, Middletown, Aug 8, 6pm FREE Paul Lounsbury folk ��Crawford Library, Monticello, Aug 8, 6pm FREE Carmine Pace & Band ��Gazebo Park, Kauneonga Lake, Aug 8, 6:30pm FREE Alice Cooper & Halestorm, w/Motionless in White ��Bethel Woods Aug 8, 7pm C Curtis Circus ��Mamakating Park, Bloomingburg, Aug 9, 6:30pm FREE Oxford Station Band �� Bullville Town Park, Aug 9, 7pm FREE Jenna Esposito �� Festival Square, Middletown, Aug 9, 7pm FREE Nelly, TLC, & Flo Rida ��Bethel Woods, Aug 9, 7pm Karl Lathan & Don Braden funk, HV Jazz Festival �� Railroad Green, Warwick, Aug 10, 7pm FREE Lucky Peterson w/Tamara Tramell blues, soul �� The Falcon, Marlboro, Aug 10, 8pm “James Brown Tribute Show” w/Fred Thomas & Chris Rob �� Hurleyville Arts Canter, Aug 10, 8:30pm Times Square Doo Wop �� The Falcon, Marlboro, Aug 11, 11am Soul City ��Main Street, Chester, Aug 13, 7pm FREE Keith Newman & Lynn Reno ��Gazebo Park, Kauneonga Lake, Aug 14, 6:30pm FREE Yasgur ��Farmer’s Market Park, Rock Hill, Aug 14, 6:30pm FREE Neil Alexander Neil Jung, electronic solo keyboard ��Quinn’s Beacon, Aug 14, 8pm Latin Jazz Express Puente, Palmieri �� The Falcon, Marlboro, Aug 14, 8pm E’lissa Jones �� Run4 Downtown Park, Middletown, Aug 15, 6pm FREE Jam Straight Band �� Veterans Memorial Park, Wurtsboro, Aug 15, 6:30pm FREE Some Guys and a Broad �� Sugar Loaf RR Crossing, Aug 15, 6:30pm FREE The Shallows �� Run4 Downtown Park, Middletown, Aug 16, 5pm FREE Walker Valley Marching Band, Sultan of Sonic Soul �� Unico Park, Newburgh, Aug 16, 6:30pm FREE Diablo Station ��Mamakating Park, Bloomingburg, Aug 16, 6:30pm FREE Side/FX ��Alice Court Town Park, Pine Bush, Aug 16, 7pm FREE Dan Orlando �� Run4 Downtown Park, Middletown, Aug 16, 7pm FREE Ringo Starr, The Edgar Winter Band, Blood, Sweat, & Tears ��Bethel Woods, Aug 16, 7pm The Dark Horses “The Woodstock Concert” �� The Falcon, Marlboro, Aug 16, 8pm JigJam Irish ��The Falcon Underground, Marlboro, Aug 16, 8pm Dr. Magkneetoe Medicine Show funky dance band ��Unico Park, Newburgh, Aug 17, 6:30pm FREE So Brown, Noble Kin rock, folk �� Phillipsport Community Center, Aug 17, 7pm Dan Zlotnick rock, blues, Music for Humanity �� Noble Coffee Roasters, Campbell Hall, Aug 17, 7:30pm Woodstock Tribute Concert ��Safe Harbors Green, Newburgh, Aug 17, 7:30pm FREE Ed Palermo Big Band Zappa �� The Falcon, Marlboro, Aug 17, 8pm John Fogerty, w/Tedeschi Trucks Band, Grace Potter & more �� Bethel Woods, Aug 18, 6pm The Dark Horses “The Music of George Harrison” ��Main Street, Chester, Aug 20, 7pm FREE AM Band ��Farmer’s Market Park, Rock Hill, Aug 21, 6:30pm FREE Common Tongue �� The Falcon, Marlboro, Aug 21, 8pm Aerial Acoustics & The Wagner Project ��Gazebo Park, Kauneonga Lake, Aug 22, 6:30pm FREE Wonderloaf �� Sugar Loaf RR Crossing, Aug 22, 6:30pm FREE Tribal Harmony Native American ��The Falcon Underground, Marlboro, Aug 22, 7pm Jaxx Cafe ��Mamakating Park, Bloomingburg, Aug 23, 6:30pm FREE Soul Purpose Band �� Pine Bush Gazebo, Aug 23, 7pm FREE Soul City �� Festival Square, Middletown, Aug 23, 7pm FREE The National Reserve rock �� The Falcon, Marlboro, Aug 23, 8pm Fred Zepplin rock ��The Falcon Underground, Marlboro, Aug 23, 8pm Crazy Feet Pete swing dance band �� Unico Park, Aug 24, 6:30pm FREE Spunday Morning roots, rock, poetry �� NACL Theatre, Highland Lake, Aug 24, 8pm The THE BAND Band �� The Falcon, Marlboro, Aug 24, 8pm Mickey Barnett & Slam Allen rockabilly, blues ��Rivoli Theatre, So. Fallsburg, Aug 25, 1pm Madárka Klezmer ��Unico Park, Newburgh, Aug 25, 4pm FREE Pat Benatar, Neil Giraldo, Melissa Etheridge ��Bethel Woods, Aug 25, 7:30pm Slam Allen ��Farmer’s Market Park, Rock Hill, Aug 28, 6:30pm FREE Poet Gold’s POELODIES spoken word, hip hop �� The Falcon Underground, Aug 28, 7pm Chuck James vocal & Leon Hillstein piano, Broadway ��Crawford Library, Monticello, Aug 29, 6pm FREE Steady Pulse �� Veterans Memorial Park, Wurtsboro, Aug 29, 6:30pm FREE The Usual Suspects ��Gazebo Park, Kauneonga Lake, Aug 29, 6:30pm FREE Green River �� Sugar Loaf RR Crossing, Aug 29, 6:30pm FREE Doug Deming & the Jewel Tones blues, rockabilly �� The Falcon Underground, Aug 29, 8pm Battle of the Bands ��Mamakating Park, Bloomingburg, Aug 30, 6:30pm FREE Midnight Slim & Laurie Anne �� Festival Square, Middletown, Aug 30, 7pm FREE Bush & +Live+ ��Bethel Woods, Aug 30, 7pm KJ Denhert & The New York Unit urban folk, jazz �� The Falcon, Marlboro, Aug 30, 8pm Nellybombs & Band, Danielle Sheri & Steve Osso neo-soul, funk ��Falcon Underground, Aug 30, 8pm The Clusters All Star Revue Motown, r&b ��Unico Park, Newburgh, Aug 31, 6:30pm FREE Pentatonix w/Rachel Platten ��Bethel Woods, Aug 31, 7:30pm Bernard Purdie & Friends funk, soul �� The Falcon, Marlboro, Aug 31, 8pm Koby Broadway Showtunes ��Unico Park, Newburgh, Sep 1, 4pm FREE

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sponsored by Hudson Valley Planning & Preservation, Monroe; Matthews Pharmacy, Ellenville and Jeffersonville Hardware CANVAS cannot be responsible for errors & omissions. Please verify dates and times.

Cabaret

“PRIDE!” �� Forestburgh Tavern, Jul 30-Aug 11 “Broadway Backwards: Let’s turn Broadway upside down!” ��Forestburgh Tavern, Aug 13-25

Cinema

Monday Afternoon at the Movies ��Wisner Library, Warwick, Mondays, 1pm, FREE “Valse Triste & “Marilyn Times Five” by Bruce Connor ��CAS Laundry King, Jul 27, Noon, 3pm, 6pm “Creating Woodstock” documentary, w/discussion �� Bethel Woods, Aug 3, 1pm “Life with Judy Garland-Me and My Shadows” film & talk w/Joan Monk ��MSM-DC Aug 6, 1pm FEE “Frozen” �� Bullville Town Park, Aug 9, 8:15pm FREE “Ice Age” �� Alice Court Town Park, Pine Bush Aug 16, 8:15pm FREE “The Making of the Wizard of Oz” documentary, film&talk w/JoanMonk �MSM-DC Aug 20, 1pm

Circus

Circus on the Green �� Safe Harbors Green, Newburgh, Aug 9, 5:30pm FREE “Circus on a String” marionettes �� Crawford Library, Monticello, Aug 22, 6pm FREE

Dance - Movement

“Alius Bodies” Leimay Ensemble �� Hurleyville Arts Centre, Aug 3, 7:30pm Dance Gallery Festival rehearsals �� Laundry King, Livingston Manor, Aug 30-Sep 1 FREE Dance Gallery Festival �� Beaverbrook Valley Inn, Livingston Manor, Sep 1, 7pm FREE

FAIRS & FestivalS

Grape Jam Music Festival for MS ��Palaia Winery Outdoors, Highland Mills, Jul 27, Noon-10pm Riverfest �� Main Street, Narrowsburg, July 28, 10am-4pm Goshen Art Walk ��Webster Park, Goshen, Aug 2, 6pm-9pm Classical Music Celebration �� Downtown Milford, Aug 3, Noon-5pm Woodstock Festival ��Palaia Winery Outdoors, Highland Mills, Aug 3, Noon-10pm Battle Candle Music Festival ��Wickham Woodlands Park, Warwick, Aug 3, 11am-7pm Festival of Wood �� Grey Towers, Milford, Aug 3 & 4, 10am-5pm National Night Out ��Delaware Youth Center, Callicoon, Aug 6, 5pm-8pm National Night Out �� Morningside Park, Hurleyville, Aug 6, 5:30pm-8:30pm Summer Psychic Fair ��Crystal Connection, Wurtsboro, Aug 17-18 NY Renaissance Faire �� Tuxedo, Aug 17-Oct 6, 10am-7pm

FundraiserS

Poplar Grove Cemetery “Grateful We’re Not Dead” concert �� Phillipsport, Aug 3, 5pm Milford Triversity E’lissa Jones concert �� The Phoenix, Dingmans Ferry, Aug 3, 8pm Autism Speaks Lecture: DaVinci’s ‘Salvatore Mundi’ �� Hudson Valley Gallery, Cornwall-on-Hudson, Aug 10, 2pm Delaware Valley Arts Alliance “Savor the Arts dinner” ��Private Home, Aug 24, TBA Cragsmoor Free Library Kenny Brawner & Brawner Brothers Band Private Home, Aug 31, 6:30pm

Museums Not listed in Centerspread

“Spies of the Revolution” �� Edmonston House, Vails Gate, Aug 10, 1pm-4pm

Music - Classical - Band

Callicoon Canter Band �� Callicoon Center Bandstand, Wednesdays, thru Aug 28, 6pm FREE Weekend of Chamber Music “Music Talks”music for “Sunrise” Catskill Art Society, Jul 25, 7:30pm Weekend of Chamber Music open rehearsal & Fellows’ new works �� Eddie Adams Barn, Jeffersonville, Jul 26, 7pm “Greater Newburgh Symphony Orchestra “Summer Pops: Broadway in Your Backyard” �� Aquinas Hall, Newburgh, Jul 27, 4pm Classical Music Celebration Gala Orchestra Concert �� Milford Theatre, Aug 3, 7pm Weekend of Chamber Music �� Eddie Adams Barn, Jeffersonville, Jul 27, (talk:7pm) concert: 8pm Gladius guitar ��Shandelee Music Festival, Livingston Manor, Aug 3, 8pm Manhattan Chamber Players ��Pacem in Terris, Warwick, Aug 4, 5pm Hermitage Piano Trio ��Shandelee Music Festival, Livingston Manor, Aug 6, 8pm West Point Band �� Trophy Point Amphitheater, West Point, Aug 10, 7:30pm FREE Ansonia Quartet ��Shandelee Music Festival, Livingston Manor, Aug 10, 8pm Mélange Chamber Ensemble ��Shandelee Music Festival, Livingston Manor, Aug 13, 8pm Maxim Lando piano ��Shandelee Music Festival, Livingston Manor, Aug 15, 8pm Eugene Feigelson violin & Jacob Matheus guitar, Kindred Spirits Arts �� Grey Towers, Milford, Aug 17, 5:30pm Andrew Arceci & Company ��Shandelee Music Festival, Livingston Manor, Aug 17, 8pm Pine Bush Community Band �� Montgomery Senior Center, Aug 25, 3pm FREE Nesin Cultural Arts Faculty & Student Recital ��Nesin Theatre, Monticello, Aug 23, 6:30pm Nesin Cultural Arts Student Recital ��St. John’s Episcopal Church, Monticello, Aug 24, 7pm Vitalis Im tenor & Valentina Shatalova piano �� MISU Ellenville, Aug 25, 4pm The Serenade Quartet ��Pacem in Terris, Warwick, Aug 31, 5pm The Serenade Orchestra ��Pacem in Terris, Warwick, Sep 1, 5pm

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

Eric Person Band ��The Wherehouse, Newburgh, 3rd Saturdays, 9pm Thunderhead Organ Trio 4th Saturday Jazz �� The Wherehouse, Newburgh, Jul 27, 9pm FREE Billy Mintz Band ��The Falcon, Marlboro, Aug 4, 8pm

Neil Alexander & NAIL jazz fusion �� Quinn’s, Beacon Aug 5, 8pm The Hudson Valley Jazz Ensemble HV Jazz Festival �� Sugar Loaf Crossing, Aug 8, 6:30pm FREE Lew Scott, Mike Jackson & Jeff Siegel HV Jazz Festival �� Railroad Green, Warwick, Aug 8, 7pm FREE The Jeff Ciampa Group HV Jazz Festival �� Warwick Valley Winery, Warwick Aug 9, 6pm FREE Perry Beekman/Lou Pappas HV Jazz Festival �� Marbella Trattoria, Ellenville, Aug 9, 7pm FREE Neil Alexander & Nail HV Jazz Festival ��Warwick Center for The Performing Arts, Aug 9, 8pm Chloe Borthwick w/Gabe Valle HV Jazz Festival �� Blooming Hill Farms, Monroe, Aug 10, Noon FREE “Billie Holiday/Lester Young SongFest” Teri Roiger, John Menegon , Pete Levin, George deLeon � HV Jazz Festival Moffat Library, Washingtonville, Aug 10, 1pm FREE Jennie Colabatistto Trio HV Jazz Festival �� Palaia Winery, Highland Mills, Aug 10, 2pm FREE Judi Silvano Zephyr Band HV Jazz Festival ��Amity Gallery, Warwick, Aug 10, 4pm FREE Roland Vazquez Septet HV Jazz Festival �� Pine Island Park, Aug 10, 5pm FREE Bad Hat Jazz HV Jazz Festival ��Thomas Bull Memorial Park, Montgomery Aug 10, 5pm FREE The Robert Kopec Project HV Jazz Festival �� The Wherehouse, Newburgh, Aug 10, 9pm FREE The Michael Purcell Group HV Jazz Festival ��Pennings Market, Warwick, Aug 10, 10pm FREE Rave Tesar Group HV Jazz Festival ��Iron Forge Inn, Warwick, Aug 11, 11am FREE The Altered 9 HV Jazz Festival � The Brewery at Orange County Hops, Walden, Aug 11, 3pm FREE “Jazz Composers” Eric Person/Joe Vincent Tranchina, HV Jazz Festival �� . Orange School of Dance and Music, Monroe, Aug 11, 4pm Pete Levin Group HV Jazz Festival �� Rustic Wheelhouse, Chester, Aug 11, 6pm FREE Tani Tabbal Trio HV Jazz Festival ��UAME Building 9, Warwick, Aug 11, 6:30pm FREE Jazz Sessions Host: Joe Carozza ��The Falcon Underground, Marlboro, Aug 14, 7pm Hudson Valley Jazz Ensemble ��Morahan Park Greenwood Lake, Aug 17, 7:30pm FREE KaN Jewish Jazz �� Unico Park, Newburgh, Aug 18, 4pm FREE Peter Furlan Project jazz, funk �� The Falcon, Marlboro, Aug 18, 8pm Ray Blue & Kirk Lightsey sax & piano ��The Falcon, Marlboro, Aug 22, 8pm SlideAttack Newburgh Jazz Festival �� Unico Park, Newburgh, Aug 23, 6:30pm FREE Cloudburst jazz-funk, 4th Saturday Jazz series �� The Wherehouse, Newburgh, Aug 24, 9pm FREE Saints of Swing swing + �� The Falcon, Marlboro, Aug 25, 11am Catskill Jazz Factory blues, bebop ��The Falcon, Marlboro, Aug 25, 8pm Tisziji Muñoz Quartet w/Bernie Senensky ��The Falcon, Marlboro, Aug 29, 8pm Unidos Latin Jazz Newburgh Jazz Festical �� Unico Park, Newburgh, Aug 30, 6:30pm FREE 14th Liberty Jazz Festival ��Liberty Museum & Arts Center, Aug 31, 5pm

Opera - Operetta

“The Telephone” & “The Medium” Delaware Valley Opera �Tusten Theatre, Narrowsburg, Jul 27-Aug 4 “H.M.S. Pinafore” Delaware Valley Opera ��Tusten Theatre, Narrowsburg, Aug 17-25 Opera in the Park �� Ann Street Park, Milford, Aug 25, 3:30pm FREE

Poetry & Prose Readings

Milkweed Poetry ��Milkweed, Sugar Loaf, Wednesdays, 7pm Bill Fellenberg �� Noble Coffee Roasters, Campbell Hall, Aug 1, 7pm Country Voices & Bluestone Poets �� Delaware Arts Center, Narrowsburg, Aug 3, 3pm FREE Mark Blackford ��Mamakating Library, Wurtsboro, Aug 9, 7pm “A Universe of Stories” Chester Library Writer’s Project �� Chester Library, Aug 10, 1pm FREE Hayden Wayne �� Montgomery Book Exchange, Aug 13, 7pm FREE Bill Fellenberg �� Meadow Blues Coffee, Chester, Aug 20, 7pm Walter Worden Poetry at the Church �� Goshen Methodist Church, Aug 26, 7pm FREE Hudson River Poets ��Newburgh Library, Aug 29, 7pm FREE

Storytelling

Black Dirt Storytelling Guild “Tales of the Sea” ��Florida Library, Aug 8, 6:30pm FREE

Theatre - Musical & Variety

“Hair” �� Forestburgh Playhouse, thru Jul 28 50 Years of Love and Pride ��Hurleyville Arts Centre, Jul 27, 7pm “Priscilla, Queen of the Desert!” ��Forestburgh Playhouse, Jul 30-Aug 11 “Into the Woods” Greenwood Lake Theater Morahan Waterfront Park, Greenwood Lake, Aug 9-11 & Warwick Valley Community Center, Aug 16-18 “Into the Woods” Sullivan County Dramatic Workshop �� Rivoli Theatre, So. Fallsburg, Aug 9-18 “The Producers” by Mel Brooks �� Forestburgh Playhouse, Aug 13-25 “Waterboy and the Mighty World” w/dinner �� NACL Theatre, Highland Lake, Aug 22, 6pm

Theatre - Play

“Shear Madness” ��Shadowland Stages, thru Aug 18 “The Taming of the Shrew” adapted by Brittany Pierce-Caiazza �Silesian Park, Goshen, thru Jul 28 3rd Annual Orange County Arts Council’s Ten Minute Play Festival �� Sugar Loaf Arts Center, Aug 2 & 3, 7pm “Shakespeare on the Farm” Farm Arts Collective ��Willow Wisp Farm, Damascus, Aug 3-11 “Taxilandia” w/dinner �� NACL Theatre, Highland Lake, Aug 8, 6pm “Orphans” Side of the Road Theatre �� Milford Theatre, Aug 9-11 “The Academy of Murder” dinner-theatre, The Killing Kompany ��West Point Club, Aug 23, 7pm “Over the River and Through the Woods” �� Shadowland Stages, Ellenville, Aug 23-Sep 8 “Venus in Fur” �� Forestburgh Playhouse, Aug 27-Sep 1

August 2019

Delaware & Hudson CANVAS

augus BW ��Bethel Woods Center for the Arts CAS ��Catskill Art Society, Livingston Manor DVAA Delaware Valley Arts Assn. ��Delaware Arts Center, Narrowsburg FAL & FAL-U �� The Falcon & The Falcon Underground, Marlboro FARM �� Farm Arts Collective, Damascus FEST ��Festival Square, Middletown

MONDAY

TUESDAY

Music Hudson Valley Swing Band WCC 1pm Cabaret-Dinner “PRIDE” FT 6pm

Please check the schedule for Art & Photography Exhibit Receptions, pg. 18

Music-Country Black Dirt Bandits Main Street, Chester, 7pm

Music Callicoon Center Band 6pm Cabaret-Dinner “PRIDE” FT 6pm

Theatre - Musical “Priscilla, Queen of the Desert” FP 8pm

Poetry Milkweed, Sugar Loaf, 7pm

Music Hudson Valley Swing Band WCC 1pm

Cabaret-Dinner “PRIDE” FT 6pm

Music Fried Funk FAL 8pm

Theatre - Musical “Priscilla, Queen of the Desert” FP 2pm & 8pm Cabaret-Dinner “PRIDE” FT 6pm Music Callicoon Center Band 6pm

Music-Blues-R&R Dan Brother Main Street, Chester, 7pm

Music - Texas Swing Cindy Cashdollar & The Syncopators FAL-U 8pm

Music Electric Chords ROCK 6:30pm

Theatre - Musical “Priscilla, Queen of the Desert” FP 8pm

Poetry Milkweed, Sugar Loaf, 7pm

Music -Classical Hermitage Piano Trio SMF 8pm

Music Hudson Valley Swing Band WCC 1pm

Cabaret-Dinner “Broadway Backwards” FT 6pm

Cinema Monday Afternoon Movie Wisner Library, Warwick, 1pm

Poetry Hayden Wayne MONTBK 7pm

Cinema Monday Afternoon Movie Wisner Library, Warwick, 1pm

Cabaret-Dinner “Broadway Backwards” FT 6pm

Music Callicoon Center Band 6pm Music Keith Newman & Lynn Reno GAZ 6:30pm

Music -Classical Mélange Chamber Ensemble SMF 8pm

Music - Electronic Neil Alexander Quinn’s Beacon 8pm

Music Hudson Valley Swing Band WCC 1pm

Cabaret-Dinner “Broadway Backwards” FT 6pm

Music - George Harrison The Dark Horses Main Street, Chester, 7pm

Theatre - Musical “The Producers” FP 8pm

Poetry Waler Worden Goshen Methodist Church, 7pm

Theatre - Musical “The Producers” FP 2pm & 8pm

Theatre - Musical “The Producers” FP 8pm

Poetry Bill Fellenberg Meadow Blues Coffee, Chester, 7pm

Music Yasgur ROCK 6:30pm Music Jazz Sessions FAL-U 7pm Poetry Milkweed, Sugar Loaf, 7pm Music Latin Jazz Express FAL 8pm

Music Soul City Main Street, Chester, 7pm

Theatre - Musical “Priscilla, Queen of the Desert” FP 2pm & 8pm

Music Joe Bonamassa BW 8pm

Festivals National Night Out Delaware Youth Center, Callicoon 5pm-8pm & Morningside Park, Hurleyville, 5:30pm-8:30pm

Music - Jazz Fusion Neil Alexander & NAIL Quinn’s, Beacon, 8pm

WEDNESDAY

Music Fred Zepplin ROCK 6:30pm

Cinema Monday Afternoon Movie Wisner Library, Warwick, 1pm

FP, FT �� Forestburgh Playhouse, Forestburgh Tavern GAZ ��Gazebo Park (aka Bethel Community Park), Kauneonga Lake HAC ��Hurleyville Arts Centre MAMA �� Town of Mamakating Park, Bloomingburg MISU ��Music Institute of Sullivan & Ulster, Ellenville MONTBK ��Montgomery Book Exchange

Delaware & Hudson CANVAS

Music Hudson Valley Swing Band WCC 1pm

Theatre - Play “Venus in Fur” FP 8pm

August 2019

Theatre - Musical “The Producers” FP 2pm & 8pm

Cabaret-Dinner “Broadway Backwards” FT 6pm

Music Callicoon Center Band 6pm Music AM Band ROCK 6:30pm Poetry Milkweed, Sugar Loaf, 7pm Music Common Tongue FAL 8pm

Theatre - Play “Venus in Fur” FP 2pm & 8pm

Music Slam Allen ROCK 6:30pm Spoken Word Hip Hop POELODIES FAL-U 7pm

MONTLIB �� Ethelbert Crawford Library, MORAHAN ��Thomas P. Morahan Waterfront Park, Greenw NACL North American Culture Lab ��NACL Theatre, High NFL ��Newburgh Fr NOBL ��Noble Coffee Roasters, Cam PACEM ��Pace

THURSDAY

Cabaret-Dinner................. “PRIDE!”......................................FT 6pm Music ................................ Dave Keyes ............................ RUN4 6pm Music - Ray Charles........ “Forever Ray”...................... MONTLIB 6pm Music...................................John Platt..........................WVET 6:30pm Music..................... Hurley Mountain Highway .......... SLX 6:30pm Music..................................... Yasgur................................GAZ 6:30pm Music............................... Bill Fellenberg........................... NOBL 7pm Theatre - Play............... “Shear Madness”......................... SHAD 8pm Theatre - Musical.......“Priscilla, Queen of the Desert”.......... FP 8pm Music.............................Gordon Lightfoot............................. BW 8pm Music - Blues-Soul-Jazz...Bruce Katz Band & Solo Piano ...FAL 8pm Music - Blues..................Slam Allen Solo..........................FAL-U 8pm

8 Cabaret-Dinner.................... “PRIDE!”......................................FT 6pm Theatre-Dinner..................“Taxilandia”............................. NACL 6pm Music ............... Roy Longchamp & Vinny Mazzo ........... RUN4 6pm Music - Folk .................. Paul Lounsbury ................... MONTLIB 6pm Music.........................Carmine Pace & Band...................GAZ 6:30pm Music - Jazz........ Hudson Valley Jazz Ensemble ...... SLX 6:30pm Storytelling.....Black Dirt Storytelling Guild.... Florida Library, 6:30pm Music - Jazz.......Lew Scott, Mike Jackson, Jeff Siegel...... RRG 7pm Music..Alice Cooper & Halestorm w/Motionless in White .BW 7pm Theatre - Play............... “Shear Madness”......................... SHAD 8pm Theatre - Musical.......“Priscilla, Queen of the Desert”.......... FP 8pm

15 Cabaret-Dinner........ “Broadway Backwards”.........................FT 6pm Music .............................. E’lissa Jones ........................... RUN4 6pm Music........................... Jam Straight Band...................WVET 6:30pm Music.......................Some Guys and a Broad .......... SLX 6:30pm Theatre - Musical........... “The Producers”.............................. FP 8pm Theatre - Play............... “Shear Madness”......................... SHAD 8pm Music - Classical..........Maxim Lando piano......................... SMF 8pm

Music - Nashvill Festival..............Go Music...................... Music.........Midnigh Music...................... Theatre - Play......... Theatre - Play......... Theatre - Musical... Music...................... Music - West Africa Music - Rock........... Cabaret...................

Circus....................Cir Music - Jazz............... Music.......................... Music................Oxfor Music - Jazz.....Perry Music.......................... Music.......................... Poetry...................Mar Theatre - Musical........ Music - Jazz............... Theatre - Play............. Theatre - Play............. Theatre - Musical.......“ Theatre - Musical........ Cinema....................... Cabaret.......................

Music - Doo W Music.......Walker Valle Music............................ Music............................ Music ........................... Music........Ringo Starr, Theatre - Musical.......... Theatre - Play............... Theatre - Musical.......... Theatre - Musical.......... Music.................. The D Music -Irish................... Cinema......................... Cabaret.........................

Cabaret-Dinner.......“Broadway Backwards”..............FT 6pm Marionettes................. “Circus on a String”................ MONTLIB 6pm Theatre-Dinner.....“Waterboy and the Mighty World”......NACL 6pm Music.......... Aerial Acoustics & The Wagner Project.....GAZ 6:30pm Music................................. Wonderloaf ..................... SLX 6:30pm Music - Native American.......Tribal Harmony.....................FAL-U 7pm Theatre - Musical........... “The Producers”.............................. FP 8pm Music - Jazz.......Ray Blue sax & Kirk Lightsey piano..........FAL 8pm Music - Broadway.“‘A Salute to Broadway Theater”//MONTLIB 6pm Music..........................Steady Pulse.............................. WVET 6:30pm Music....................The Usual Suspects........................... GAZ 6:30pm Music........................................Green River ..................................SLX 6:30pm Poetry................................Hudson River Poets................................. NFL 7pm Theatre - Play........................ “Venus in Fur”........................................ FP 8pm Theatre - Play.......“Over the River and Through The Woods”..................SHAD 8pm Music - Jazz.......Tisziji Muñoz Quartet w/Bernie Senensky.............. FAL 8pm Music - Blues-Rockabilly.......Doug Deming & the Jewel Tones......FAL-U 8pm

Music - Jazz. Music............ Music....Nesin Facult Music......................... Theatre-Dinner........... Music.......................... Theatre - Musical........ Theatre - Play.......“Ove Music - Rock............... Music - Rock............... Cabaret.......................

Music............. Music............. Music.......................... Music.......................... Theatre - Play............. Theatre - Play.......“Ove Music -Urban Folk-Jaz Music .......Nellybomb

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PHILL �� Phillipsport Community Center PWO �� Palaia Winery Outdoors, Highland Mills RIV Sullivan County Dramatic Workshop ��Rivoli Theatre, So. Fallsburg ROCK �� Farmer’s Market Park, Rock Hill RRG ��Railroad Green, Warwick RUN4 �� Run 4 Downtown Park, Middletown

FRIDAY

le..........Paul Burch.................................CAS 6pm oshen Art Walk..Webster Park, Goshen 6pm-9pm ....... Break Neck Annie.................. MAMA 6:30pm ht Slim w/Laurie Anne....Pine Bush Gazebo, 7pm ......... The Connected............................FEST 7pm ..Ten Minute Play Festival....................SLAC 7pm ....... “Shear Madness”......................... SHAD 8pm .....“Priscilla, Queen of the Desert”.......... FP 8pm ........Gordon Lightfoot............................. BW 8pm an.......... Tal National .................................FAL 8pm .. The Sweet Clementines....................FAL-U 8pm .............. “PRIDE!”...............................FT 10:45pm

rcus on the Green......Safe Harbors, Newburgh, 5:30pm ..Jeff Ciampa Group. ..........Warwick Valley Winery, 6pm ............C Curtis Circus............................ MAMA 6:30pm rd Station Band.........................Bullville Town Park, 7pm Beekman/Lou Papas.Marbella Trattoria, Ellenville, 7pm ............Jenna Esposito...................................FEST 7pm ...... Nelly, TLC, & Flo Rida ................................BW 7pm rk Blackford ..........Mamakating Library, Wurtsboro, 7pm . ......... “Into the Woods”.................. MORAHAN 7:30pm ..........Neil Alexander & NAIL....................... WCPA 8pm .......... “Shear Madness”................................SHAD 8pm ................“Orphans”.......................Milford Theatre, 8pm .“Priscilla, Queen of the Desert”........................ FP 8pm .......... “Into the Woods”....................................RIV 8pm ................. “Frozen”.............Bullville Town Park, 8:15pm ................. “PRIDE!”..................................... FT 10:45pm

Wop ........ The Shallows ...................................... RUN4 5pm ey Marching Band, Sultan of Sonic Soul.....UNICO 6:30pm ...............Diablo Station................................. MAMA 6:30pm ...........Side/FX..........Alice Court Town Park, Pine Bush, 7pm ................ Dan Orlando ....................................... RUN4 7pm Edgar Winter Band, Blood, Sweat, & Tears..............BW 7pm ............ “Into the Woods”.............................. WVCC 7:30pm ............“Shear Madness”.................................... SHAD 8pm ............ “The Producers”.......................................... FP 8pm ............ “Into the Woods”........................................ RIV 8pm Dark Horses The Woodstock Concert....................FAL 8pm .....................JigJam.............................................FAL-U 8pm ......“Ice Age”.......Alice Court Town Park, Pine Bush, 8:15pm ...... “Broadway Backwards”..............................FT 10:45pm

................ SlideAttack.............................. UNICO 6:30pm .................Jaxx Cafe................................. MAMA 6:30pm ty & Student Recital...Nesin Theatre,Montciello, 6:30pm .......Soul Purpose Band............Pine Bush Gazebo, 7pm ..“The Academy of Murder”........ West Point Club, 7pm ................. Soul City........................................FEST 7pm . ..........“The Producers”...................................... FP 8pm er the River and Through The Woods”..................SHAD 8pm .......The National Reserve................................ FAL 8pm .............. Fred Zepplin....................................FAL-U 8pm .....“Broadway Backwards”......................... FT 10:45pm

..........Unidos Latin Jazz......................... UNICO 6:30pm .........Battle of the Bands......................... MAMA 6:30pm .Midnight Slim & Laurie Anne........................FEST 7pm ............ Bush & +Live+ ......................................BW 7pm ............ “Venus in Fur”........................................ FP 8pm er the River and Through The Woods”..................SHAD 8pm zz.......KJ Denhert & The New York Unit.......... FAL 8pm bs & Band, Danielle Sheri & Steve Osso.....FAL-U 8pm

SCM ��Sullivan County Museum, Hurleyville SHAD �� Shadowland Stages, Ellenville SLAC ��Sugar Loaf Arts Center SLX �� Sugar Loaf Crossing SMF �� Shandelee Music Festival, Livingston Manor TROPHY �� Trophy Point Amphitheatre, West Point

SATURDAY

Cinema..................... Saturday Family Movie......................MONTLIB 1pm Festival...............Festival of Wood..........Grey Towers, Milford, 10am-5pm Festival.......Classical Music Celebration... Downtown Milford, Noon-5pm Festival.....Battle Candle Music Festival..Wickham Lake, Warwick, 11am-7pm Cinema & Discussion.......“Creating Woodstock”................................BW 1pm Music - Woodstock.......Little Sparrow, Greg Castro & friends.........SCM 2pm Poetry................... Country Voices & Bluestone Poets.................. DVAA 3pm Fundraiser - Music-Food........Poplar Grove Cemetery...........Phillipsport, 5pm Theatre - Play............. “Shakespeare on the Farm”..................FARM 6:30pm Theatre - Play................ Ten Minute Play Festival.......................... SLAC 7pm Music - Classical............Gala Orchestral Concert..........Milford Theatre, 7pm Dance - Movement..............Leimay Ensemble............................. HAC 7:30pm Music - R&R......................Benny Havens Band....................TROPHY 7:30pm Music - Classical-Spanish-Rock....Gladius guitar.............................SMF 8pm Music - Salsa............................ Cuboricua!......................................... FAL 8pm Theatre - Play...................... “Shear Madness”................................SHAD 8pm Theatre - Musical.......“Priscilla, Queen of the Desert”........................ FP 8pm Opera............. “The Telephone” & “The Medium” Menotti........... TUST 8pm Cabaret....................................... “PRIDE!”..................................... FT 10:45pm

Fair...................Summer Psychic Fair........Crystal Connection, Wurtsboro Cinema................. Saturday Family Movie.......................... MONTLIB 1pm Music - Classical............E. Feigelson violin, J. Matheus Guitar....Grey Towers, Milford, 5:30pm Music - Funk-Dance.............Dr. Magkneetoe Medicine Show...............UNICO 6:30pm Music - Rock-Folk..................So Brown, Noble Kin................................PHILL 7pm Music - Jazz.................HV Jazz Ensemble....Morahan Park, Greenwood Lake, 7:30pm Music - Rock-Blues..................... Dan Zlotnick................................... NOBL 7:30pm Music..................Woodstock Tribute Concert............Safe Harbors Green, 7:30pm Theatre - Musical..................... “Into the Woods”.............................. WVCC 7:30pm Operetta.................. “H.M.S. Pinafore” Gilbert & Sullivan......................TUST 8pm Theatre - Play..........................“Shear Madness”.................................... SHAD 8pm Theatre - Musical..................... “The Producers”.......................................... FP 8pm Theatre - Musical..................... “Into the Woods”........................................ RIV 8pm Music - Classical..............Andrew Arceci & Company.............................. SMF 8pm Music - Zappa.......................Ed Palermo Big Band.....................................FAL 8pm Cabaret.............................. “Broadway Backwards”..............................FT 10:45pm

Music - Doo Wop..............Times Square..............................FAL 11am Music - Jazz......Rave Tesar Group..... Iron Forge Inn, Warwick, 11am Theatre - Play............... “Shear Madness”......................... SHAD 2pm Theatre - Play..................... “Orphans”................Milford Theatre, 2pm Theatre - Musical...........“Into the Woods”.............................RIV 2pm Theatre - Musical.......“Priscilla, Queen of the Desert”.......... FP 3pm Music - Jazz......The Altered 9.......Orange County Hops, Walden, 3pm Music - Jazz...“Jazz Composers”.. O.C. School of Dance, Monroe, 4pm Theatre - Musical...........“Into the Woods”.................MORAHAN 6pm Music - Jazz...The Pete Levin Group.Rustic Wheelhouse, Chester 6pm Theatre - Play.......“Shakespeare on the Farm”........... FARM 6:30pm Music - Jazz......Tani Tabbal Trio.......UAME Bldg 9, Warwick,6:30pm

Fair .............. NY Renaissance Faire ......Tuxedo, 10am-7pm Fair...............Summer Psychic Fair....Crystal Connection, Wurtsboro Music - Swing-Blues.....Big Joe Fitz & The Lo-Fis................FAL11am Theatre - Play............... “Shear Madness”......................... SHAD 2pm Theatre - Musical...........“Into the Woods”.............................RIV 2pm Operetta........“H.M.S. Pinafore” Gilbert & Sullivan..........TUST 2pm Theatre - Musical........... “The Producers”.............................. FP 3pm Music - Jewish Jazz.................KaN.................................. UNICO 4pm Music.John Fogerty, Tedeschi Trucks Band, Grace Potter..BW 6pm Theatre - Musical...........“Into the Woods”........................ WVCC 6pm Music - Jazz-Funk.......Peter Furlan Project...........................FAL 8pm

Fair ....................... NY Renaissance Faire .................. Tuxedo, 10am-7pm

Theatre - Play..“Over the River and Through The Woods”.SHAD 2pm & 8pm Cinema........................... Saturday Family Movie......................MONTLIB 1pm Fundraiser-Dinner......Delaware Valley Arts Alliance..........Private Home, TBA Music - Swing Dance.................Crazy Feet............................... UNICO 6:30pm Music...Nesin Student Recital..St. John’s Episcopal Church, Monticello, 7pm Music - Roots-Rock-Poetry.......Spunday Morning...........................NACL 8pm Operetta.............. “H.M.S. Pinafore” Gilbert & Sullivan................. TUST 8pm Theatre - Musical..................“The Producers”...................................... FP 8pm Music................................ The THE BAND Band ............................... FAL 8pm Music - Jazz-Funk...............Cloudburst.....The Wherehouse, Newburgh, 9pm Cabaret...........................“Broadway Backwards”......................... FT 10:45pm

Fair ........................... NY Renaissance Faire ...................... Tuxedo, 10am-7pm Cinema......................Saturday Family Movie.............................. MONTLIB 1pm Music - Jazz................14th Liberty Jazz Festival......Liberty Museum & Arts Center, 5pm Music - Classical.......................The Serenade Quartet...................................PACEM 5pm Music - DooWop..................The Clusters All Star Revue..........................UNICO 6:30pm Fundraiser..................Cragsmoor Free Library..........Private Home, Cragsmoor, 6:30pm Music.................................. Pentatonix w/Rachel Platten ...............................BW 7:30pm Theatre - Play.................................“Venus in Fur”.................................................FP 8pm Theatre - Play................. “Over the River and Through The Woods”............................ SHAD 8pm Music -Soul-Funk..................Bernard Purdie & Friends...................................... FAL 8pm

SUNDAY

Festival............Festival of Wood.......Grey Towers, Milford, 10am-5pm Music - Swing-Blues.....Big Joe Fitz & The Lo-Fis................FAL11am Music...........Fred Scholl guitar & Mike Manuele bass....... SCM 2pm Theatre - Play............... “Shear Madness”......................... SHAD 2pm Opera.......“The Telephone” & “The Medium” Menotti.....TUST 2pm Theatre - Musical.......“Priscilla, Queen of the Desert”.......... FP 3pm Music - Classical...........Manhattan Chamber Players.... PACEM 5pm Theatre - Play.......“Shakespeare on the Farm”........... FARM 6:30pm Music - Jazz................... Billy Mintz Band..............................FAL 8pm

Music.- Jazz...Chloe Borthwick w/Gabe Valle ...Blooming Hill Farm, Monroe, NOON Cinema.............. Saturday Family Movie......................MONTLIB 1pm Prose..................“A Universe of Stories”...........Chester Library, 1pm Music - Jazz..“Billie Holiday, Lester Young Songfest”..Moffat Lib, Washingtonville, 1pm Music - Jazz....................Jennie Colabatistto Trio............................ PWO 2pm Music - Jazz..........Judi Silvano Zephyr Band.... Amity Gallery, Warwick, 4pm Music - Jazz.................... Roland Vazquez Septet...........Pine Island Park,5pm Music - Jazz....................Bad Hat Jazz..Thomas Bull Park, Montgomery, 5pm Theatre - Play............. “Shakespeare on the Farm”..................FARM 6:30pm Music - Funk................ Karl Latham & Don Braden..........................RRG 7pm Theatre - Musical................. “Into the Woods”.................. MORAHAN 7:30pm Music....................................West Point Band.......................TROPHY 7:30pm Theatre - Play...................... “Shear Madness”................................SHAD 8pm Theatre - Play............................“Orphans”.......................Milford Theatre, 8pm Theatre - Musical.......“Priscilla, Queen of the Desert”........................ FP 8pm Theatre - Musical................. “Into the Woods”....................................RIV 8pm Music - Classical................... Ansonia Quartet................................... SMF 8pm Music - Blues-Soul.......Lucky Peterson w/Tamara Tramell................ FAL 8pm Music - Jazz......The Robert Kopec Project......Wherehouse, Newburgh, 9pm Music.......................... James Brown Tribute Show..................... HAC 8:30pm Music - Jazz.....The Michael Purcell Group.Pennings Market, Warwick 10pm Cabaret....................................... “PRIDE!”..................................... FT 10:45pm

TUST ��Tusten Theatre, Narrowsburg UNICO �� Unico Park, Newburgh Waterfront WCC ��Wallkill Community Center, Middletown WCPA ��Warwick Center for the Performing Arts WVCC ��Warwick Valley Community Center, Warwick WVET �� Veterans Memorial Park, Wurtsboro

Fair ...................... NY Renaissance Faire .................. Tuxedo, 10am-7pm Music - Rockabilly-Blues.Mickey Barnett & Slam Allen................. RIV 1pm Theatre - Play............“Over the River and Through The Woods”...................... SHAD 2pm Music - Swing +........................ Saints of Swing........................................ FAL 11am Operetta.................. “H.M.S. Pinafore” Gilbert & Sullivan......................TUST 2pm Theatre - Musical..................... “The Producers”.......................................... FP 3pm Music............Pine Bush Community Band........... Montgomery Senior Center, 3pm Opera...............................Opera in the Park.........Ann Street Park, Milford, 3:30pm Music - Classical..........Vitalis Im & Valentina Shatalova......................... MISU 4pm Music - Klezmer...............................Madárka.......................................... UNICO 4pm Music.................Pat Benatar, Neil Giraldo, Melissa Etheridge ............ BW 7:30pm Music - Blues-Bebop............ Catskill Jazz Factory ....................................FAL 8pm

Fair .................... NY Renaissance Faire ......Tuxedo, 10am-7pm Theatre - Play.......“Over the River and Through The Woods”...SHAD 2pm Theatre - Play..................“Venus in Fur”................................ FP 3pm Music - Broadway....................Koby................................. UNICO 4pm Music - Classical...........The Serenade Orchestra........... PACEM 5pm Dance...Dance Gallery Festival....Beaverkill Valley Inn, L.Manor, 7pm

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Art exhibits CAS-LK ��Catskill Art Society, Laundry King, Livingston Manor DVAA ��Delaware Valley Arts Alliance, Elaine Giguere Arts Center, Narrowsburg MSM-DC �� Mount St. Mary College, Desmond Campus, Balmville 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 “Summer” group show �� Mamakating Town Hall, Wurtsboro, ongoing “Woodstock” mixed media, “Bungalow”, “Made in 1969” ��DVAA thru Aug 3 Monroe Arts Society Plein Air paintings �� Tuxedo Library, thru Aug 9 “Black and White” ��WRS thru Aug 14 Student Art Show �� Mount St. Mary College, Desmond Campus, Newburgh, thru Aug 16 Tony Canger “The Spirit of Freedom in Paint” �� Liberty Museum & Arts Center, thru Aug 17 “Peace, Love, Music & Art Exhibition” ��Bertoni Gallery, Warwick, thru Aug 18 “Starving Artist Exhibit & Sale” ��Healing Arts Gallery, Ellenville Hospital, thru Aug 19 Hemlock Farms Community Artists ��Gallery at Chant Realtors, Lords Valley, thru Aug 27 “It’s Summertime!” Art About Town, River Valley Artists Guild ��thru Aug 30 Susan Miiller oil paintings Gios Gelato Café, Port Jervis & Joan Kehlenbeck florals & pastels Deerpark Town Hall, Huguenot & Rena Hottinger floral photography Bon Secours Hospital, Port Jervis & Joseph Petrosi color pencil drawings, Samantha Petrosi watercolors Port Jervis City Hall Pat MacDonald �� Griffith-Olivero Realtors, Goshen, thru Aug TBA Mary Carlson ceramics, Jim Torok portraiture, drawings, paintings ��CAS thru Aug 31 Nita Klein paintings �� Leo’s Restaurant & Pizzeria, Cornwall, thru Aug 31 Katie Coughlin, Dana Duke, Elise Freda, Peter Maslow “New Take” ��Gallery 1906, Callicoon, thru Sep 1 Kurt Moyer Italian landscapes ��Galerie Fauchere, Milford, thru Sep 2 “WOW! Water on Water” ��Time and the Valleys Museum, Grahamsville, thru Sep 28 Four Pastelists: Judy Byrne, Cathy Cahill, Lily Norton, Cathy Prager �� Crawford House, Newburgh, thru Sep 29 Cornwall Arts Collective ��Two Alices, Newburgh, thru Sep 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

“Nature:Art Inspired by the eARTh” Goshen Art League ��Goshen Music Hall, Jul 31-Sep 30 Page Laughlin’s Community Coloring Book Project �� CAS-LK Aug 1-29 “Seniors & Kids” group show ��WRS Aug 2-31 2019 Annual Parish Art Show ��St. Joseph’s Church, Wurtsboro, Aug 3-5 “Listen to the Music” Wurtsboro Art Alliance ��John Neilson Gallery, Wurtsboro, Aug 3-30 “Woodstock 50 Art Show” painting, photog., etc. Nutshell Arts Center, Huntington Lake, Aug 3-31 Martha & Morgan Haude “Water and Clay” ��Amity Gallery, Warwick, Aug 3-Sep 1 RR Pollak cartoon illustrations �� Ellenville Library, Aug 3-Oct 30 Earth Crystals & Claude Larson “Fire and Water” �� ARTery Gallery, Milford, Aug 8-Sep 9 Frosty Myers mixed media, G.H. Hovagimyan reality installation �� DVAA Aug 10-Sep 14 “Pets” group show ��WRS Aug 15-Sep 14 “Music - A Visual Perspective” ��SUNYO-OH Aug 15-Oct 8 Lori Horowitz “Personas”, encaustic wax portraits �� Left Bank Galley, Liberty, Aug 16-Sep 7 Michael Covello, Jacqui Doyle Schneider, Elizabeth Schneider “Into the Shining World” �� SUNYO-KH Aug 21-Oct 11

Photography exhibits

“Along the Towpath: The D&H Canal in Mamakating, 1828-1898” ��Wurtsboro Library, ongoing Nick Zungoli “Sixteen Days in Hanoi VIETNAM” �� Exposures Gallery, Sugar Loaf, thru Oct 6

New Photography exhibits

Sarah Fields (SFields) animal kingdom, digital photographs �� Highland Mills Library, Aug 1-31 Mark Goff “1969 Woodstock concert” ��Sullivan County Museum, Hurleyville, Aug 3 & 4 Mark Goff “Never Before Seen Images of Woodstock” �� Gallery 222, Hurleyville, Aug 3-25

ART & Photography receptions

Sarah Fields (SFields) animal kingdom, digital photographs ��Highland Mills Library, Aug 1, 2pm-4pm RR Pollak cartoon illustrations ��Ellenville Library, Aug 3-11:30am-1:30pm “Listen to the Music” Wurtsboro Art Alliance �� John Neilson Gallery, Wurtsboro, Aug 3, 2pm-4pm “Never Before Seen Images of Woodstock” Mark Goff ��Gallery 222, Hurleyville, Aug 3, 4pm “Seniors & Kids” group show ��WRS Aug 3, 5pm-7pm “Woodstock 50 Art Show” �� Nutshell Arts Center, Huntington Lake, Aug 3, 5pm-7pm Martha & Morgan Haude “Water and Clay” ��Amity Gallery, Warwick, Aug 3, 5pm-7pm 18

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Frosty Myers mixed media, G.H. Hovagimyan reality installation �� DVAA Aug 10, 3pm-5pm Earth Crystals & Claude Larson “Fire and Water” �� ARTery Gallery, Milford, Aug 10, 6pm-9pm Lori Horowitz “Personas”, encaustic wax portraits ��Left Bank Galley, Liberty, Aug 16, 4:30pm-7:30pm Page Laughlin’s Community Coloring Book Project �� CAS-LK Aug 17, 4pm-6pm “Nature:Art Inspired by the eARTh” Goshen Art League �Goshen Music Hall, Aug 22, 6pm-8pm “Music - A Visual Perspective” ��SUNYO-OH Sep 6, 6pm-8:30pm Michael Covello, Jacqui Doyle Schneider, Elizabeth Schneider “Into the Shining World” �� SUNYO-KH Sep 14, 5pm-7pm

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 Listings not included in our centerspread calendar.

Books

Book Hipsters Book Club teens ��Wisner Library, Warwick, Fridays, 3:30pm Youth Book Festival ��Crawford Library, Monticello, May 25, 8am-5pm 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 “The Wizard of Oz” �� Forestburgh Playhouse, Tues & Sat, 11am thru Aug 11 Circus on the Green �� Safe Harbors, Newburgh, Aug 9, 5:30pm “Circus on a String” marionettes �� Crawford Library, Monticello, Aug 22, 6pm 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 Aug 11 & 25, 1pm-4pm

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 “Rise and Shine Benedict Stone” by Phaedra Patrick ��Florida Library, Aug 1, 6:30pm “Something in the Water” by Catherine Steadman ��Florida Library, Aug 2, 1pm “Blue Hydrangeas” by/w/Marianne Sciucco ��Florida Library, Aug 22, 6:30pm

OPPORTUNITY: Poets The Liberty Museum & Arts Center invites poets to participate in its 12th Annual Poetry Festival to be held on September 21 at the Museum. Poets, published and unpublished, working in all styles, are welcome. The festival, one of the Museum’s most popular events, highlights the talents of the region’s finest poets with readings ranging from light and humorous to free

verse to intense Gothic and expressionistic. Submit poems for consideration to Marilyn Laufer, P.O. Box 87, White Sulphur Springs, NY 12787 or email them to mbfrumess@ gmail.com. Include your full name, address, telephone and email information. The last date to submit poems is September 9 (no exceptions). For information, contact Marilyn Laufer at 845-292-6628.

OPPORTUNITY: Photographers The Delaware Highland Conservancy announces its second annual juried photo contest for the Upper Delaware River region, Confluence: Land, Water, and Wildlife Photography Contest and Exhibit, open to both amateur and professional photographers, with the chosen awardwinning pieces to be exhibited at the ARTery Gallery in Milford in November 2019. The Conservancy invites photographers to capture and submit their striking nature inspired photos of the region in four categories: landscape, wildlife, water and

macro. Seeking to showcase the diverse wildlife, plants and special places in the Upper Delaware Valley, the mission of the Conservancy is to save these treasures for future generations. Submissions will be judged on creativity, originality, composition, clarity, quality and impact by a panel of judges. Photos can be submitted until August 31. Exhibit reception at the ARTery Gallery will be on November 9. For full contest details and to submit your photos, visit: www. delawarehighlands.org/photo-contest

Woodstock’s 50th: 60’s Music & Photos The Sullivan County Historical Society (SCHS) will celebrate Woodstock’s 50th anniversary with two days of live 60’s music and an exhibition of newly discovered black & white photographs of the original Woodstock concert! The collection comes to the Sullivan County Museum courtesy of Divine Corners artist Nick Clemente who “unearthed” them while researching a particular image he wanted to use for a graphic design project. The short version of this extraordinary story involves photojournalist Mark Goff (1947-2018) whose work was stored in an old cabinet in Milwaukee for 50 years. Goff covered the 1969 Woodstock concert for a Milwaukee alternative weekly. He captured over 200 images of the performers and the crowd - everyone from Jerry Garcia, to Joan Baez, Ravi Shankar, Roger Daltrey and Sly Stone. A lifelong Milwaukeean, Goff enlisted in the Navy in 1965. Upon leaving the military, Goff became a staple of Milwaukee life as a photojournalist. His black & white photos tell the story of the concert with extraordinary sensitivity and a unique perspective - he has given us a new look at the original 1969 concert. Goff’s collection will be on display at SCHS (and also nearby at Gallery 222) throughout August. (Little Sparrow, Greg Castro and friends will perform songs of

the Woodstock generation, followed by a reception for the work of Mark Goff on August 3 from 2:00pm-4:00pm. Then, on August 4 from 2:00pm-4:00pm, the SCHS First Sunday Music and History program will celebrate music by one of the most iconic bands to emerge from the era of the 60’s: the Grateful Dead. They performed at Woodstock and in the 70’s, Jerry Garcia returned to perform a concert in Fallsburg! Guitarist Fred Scholl and bassist Mike Manuele who have performed the music of the Grateful Dead for over 30 years will join Little Sparrow for an afternoon of live jamming! The photo exhibit will include a special selection of photos of the Grateful Dead from the 1969 concert. The Sullivan County Museum is located at 265 Main Street, Hurleyville. Both events are free, donations are gratefully accepted. For info, call 845-434-8044.

May I Have A Word With You ... Quips, Quotes & Quiddities with Carol Pozefsky SOUL When asked to define soul, singer/songwriter Ray Charles said, “Soul is when you can take a song and make it part of you - a part so true, so real, people think it must have happened to you...it’s like electricity; soul is power.” Composer Giuseppe Verdi wrote, “When I am alone with my notes, my heart pounds, the tears stream from my eyes, and my emotion and my joys are too much to bear.” Folk singer Joan Baez: “My creative energy seems to come most strongly when I’m falling in love or when I am moved by political or religious sentiments.” Bob Dylan: “My songs were there before I came along. I just sort of took them down with a pencil.” The legendary soulful French chanteuse Edith Piaf: “For me, singing is a way of escaping. It’s another world. I’m no longer on earth.” LOVE Are you a lover of movies? You are a cinephile. A lover of wine? An oenophilist.

A lover of animals? You are a philologist. Lover of vinyl records? A discophile. A lover of the beautiful? You are a philocalist. Lover of learning? A philomath. A lover of women? A philogynist. DANCE The waltz, a slow, rolling dance in triple time, was first danced by German peasants in the 13th century. The word sprung from the German walzen meaning to revolve. The waltz quickly caught on, spread to all levels of European society and by the 19th century, Americans too had fallen in love with the swirling, romantic grandeur of the dance in 3/4 time. FOREVER YOUNG To be a Peter Pan is to be a grown-up but one who never really acts like one; a carefree person who remains forever youthful. We found this little rhyme about such a person: Let’s raise our glass to Peter Pan! He never got to be a man. He never got the can or axe, And never paid an income tax. He took life easy, on the wing, And all he did was prance and sing. He zipped around without a care; Well, maybe he had something there!

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Milford: Opera! Pike! Park! Live opera will fill the air in Milford on for a free, family-friendly Opera! Pike! Park! concert on the lawn of the Ann Street Park. Classic arias, duets, and songs will be performed by singers from the prestigious Academy of Vocal Arts (AVA) in Philadelphia. AVA was established in 1934 to train young artists with the potential to become international opera soloists. They have been so successful that the Metropolitan Opera now presents The Beverly Sills Award to an AVA graduate each year. Their program in Milford will include five performers. More information on the five performers and their program will be announced in the coming weeks, but you can follow updates on Facebook or email operapikepark@gmail. com to be on the email promotion list. Opera! Pike! Park! is part of the Music in the Park series presented by Milford Borough’s Parks and Recreation Committee. “I’ve always loved opera, and with all the wonderful festivals we offer here in Milford, I still felt opera was missing. I had a great response from an enthusiastic group of volunteers so off we went. We hope to make it an annual event,” said event producer Xavier Morales.

Milford Councilwoman Annette Haar said, “Bringing an opera program to Milford provides entertainment, attracts visitors and reinforces Milford’s positioning as a regional center for art and culture. But more importantly, it exposes young people to an art form they may not otherwise have experienced. That can spark the imagination and inspire dreams in those young people.” Music in the Park coordinator Michael Zimmerman said, “We are delighted to add Opera! Pike! Park! to our concert series. Music brings a community together and we appreciate the many volunteers and supporters who have made our summer music series possible each year.” Attendees are encouraged to bring chairs, blankets, snacks and beverages to the August 25, 3:30pm-5:00pm event. While admission is free, reservations via Eventbrite at https:// bit.ly/2XN1aRq are requested so organizers can plan appropriately. A limited number of seats for seniors and those with mobility issues are available at the Eventbrite link. For pre and post concert dining see ads on page 25 for Apple Valley and WaterWheel. Both locations are less than five minutes from Ann Street Park, which is on 5th and West Ann Streets.

Vote at Church of St. Joseph Art Show “Our Parish hosts an annual art show in Wurtsboro every summer. We display art in our parish hall, providing light refreshments, the opportunity to vote for favorite pieces, bid on works, and buy raffles for some artrelated prizes,” says Pastor Peter J. Madori of the Church of St. Joseph, 180 Sullivan Street, Wurtsboro. Open to all ages, this year’s exhibit runs from August 3-5. The Ave Maria Guild

Digital Photo Exhibition, Highland Mills The featured artist for the Art @ Your Library program at Woodbury Public Library is Sarah Fields (Sfields). The exhibit will feature a collection of digital photographs that are an exercise in identifying the self within the animal kingdom. A photographer and digital artist working out of Monroe, Sfields has participated in group shows at various academic establishments such as the Kinsey Institute Gallery at Indiana College, and independent venues and businesses in New York, such as the Barrett Art Center. She currently works at the Orange County School of Dance and Music in Monroe as the Director and Instructor of both the Theater Arts and Visual Arts programs.

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members host each day and supervise all aspects of the show. Adult prizes are awarded in oil, watercolor, sketch, photography, or other media. Three equal prizes will be awarded for the childrens’ (grades K-4 & 5-8) and teens’ art with no distinction in category. Winners are chosen by vote of those attending the exhibit over the three days and announced on August 5 at 7:00pm. For info: 845-888-4522.

“Mother” by Sfields

Her exhibit is on display at the Rushmore Memorial Branch, 16 Route 105, Highland Mills, for the entire month of August. A reception with light refreshments will be held on August 1 from 2:00pm-4:00pm. For info: 845-928-6162 ext. 102.

GAL: 2nd Art Walk & Nature-Inspired Art Mark your calendars! The second Goshen Art Walk of the season will take place on August 2 from 6:00pm-9:00pm (Rain Date: August 9). The Goshen Art League (GAL) has partnered with the Village, Illuminate Goshen, and Goshen Chamber of Commerce to present this event at Webster Park on Webster Avenue in Goshen. Along with live music, approximately 25 artists will exhibit their artworks during this funfilled evening! The Goshen Art League presents its latest exhibit: Nature: art inspired by the eARTh at the Goshen Music Hall, 223 Main Street, from July 31September 30. This nature-themed show allows Goshen Art League artist-members to exhibit work inspired by the natural world encompassing plants,

“Country Farm Road” by Joan L. Mester

“Late Afternoon” by Cathy Cahill

“Seagull” by Sean O’Brien

animals, landscapes, gems, and other features and products of our wondrous earth. Nature can be powerful and enduring as well as fragile and ephemeral. It can be chaotic and wild as well as ordered and comforting. In a variety of media and styles, the artworks explore the grandeur, beauty, sublimity, and tranquility found in nature, and create a show that is richly eclectic and intriguing - like nature itself! A reception, free and open to the public, will be held on August 22 from 6:00pm-8:00pm. The reception will also include a special pop-up display of art created by the Art Pod NY summer camp students. For more info about GAL including how to become a member, visit goshenartleague.com

“Shakespeare on the Farm” Farm Arts Collective (FAC) will present a new, original site-specific production entitled Shakespeare on the Farm, created by FAC ensemble and co-directed by FAC artistic director Tannis Kowalchuk and Mimi McGurl. Shakespeare on the Farm invites audiences of all ages to take a guided walk across a working organic farm to witness a series of scenes and soliloquies inspired by the characters and stories from William Shakespeare’s most famous plays. Spectators will gather at Willow Wisp Organic Farm and be led on a farm tour by Titania, Queen of the Fairies in A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Along the way, the audience will encounter other famous characters from the Shakespeare canon, performed by the FAC players, fondly referred to as “The Rudest of the Mechanicals” by the barker/ musician (Doug Rogers). Kowalchuk and the ensemble have created a montage of scenes and characters from some of the most famous Shakespearean tragedies and comedies including Romeo and Juliet, King Lear, Hamlet, Othello, The Tempest and Macbeth. Drawing parallels between human nature, the cycle of life, and the forces that shape land, weather and the natural world itself, Shakespeare on the Farm is a poetic look at nature, both human and ecological.

“King Lear” (on stilts!)

The devised performance will deliver a theatre experience full of original and early music, stilt-walking and drumming, featuring a Madrigal choir and the signature FAC stilt walkers. Performed by a cast of 20, the visually evocative performance will take place in various locations on the farm and offer a delightfully new perspective on many of the iconic characters and plays known today. Audiences do not need to be familiar with the plays in order to enjoy Shakespeare on the Farm. The August 3, 4, 10, & 11 performances will take place at 6:30pm at Willow Wisp Organic Farm, l38 Hickory Lane, Damascus, PA (less than five minutes from the Callicoon bridge). Tickets can be purchased online at www.farmartscollective.org The play starts and ends with the concept “All the World’s a Stage” and is designed to give an opportunity for spectators “perchance to dream” a little.

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Two Poetry Groups Read in Narrowsburg Country Voices Poetry entitled, Midsummer Group has been on the Muse on August 3 at literary scene in Sullivan 3:00pm at the Delaware County since 2014. This Valley Arts Alliance’s group of poets shares the Krause Recital fruits of their craft with Hall, 37 Main Street, the community in various Narrowsburg. public readings. Take a friend (or two!) Country Voices will and listen to poetry read get together with another Some members of Country Voices Poetry by both groups while local poetry group, Group and BlueStone Poets, Dec. 2018. enjoying refreshments! BlueStone Poets for a round of readings Admission is free.

CAS: “Community Coloring Book Project” Artist Page Laughlin’s Community Coloring Book Project aims to engage members of a community by asking them to give their image to a community coloring book to reinforce a sense of belonging and inclusion. Not only do they contribute to the artwork, but they receive a drawing in return - a portrait of a community given in free exchange. Laughlin generates the coloring book images by taking photos, which are converted to hybrid between digitally-generated and hand-rendered. These drawings are edited with color removed and details preserved or deleted. The resulting drawing serves as both a portrait and an open template for one’s imagination to fill in - literally and metaphorically. Community engagement events take place

on August 3, 10, 17 & 24, from 11:00am6:00pm. Laughlin’s exhibit runs from August 1-29 at the Catskill Art Society’s Laundry King, 65 Main Street, Livingston Manor. A reception will be held on August 17 from 4:00pm-6:00pm. For info: www.catskillartsociety.org

Nutshell Celebrates Woodstock’s 50th Lake Huntington’s Nutshell Arts Center, owned by Juan Rigal, was built around 18961906. It was initially a ballroom and then it became an OffBroadway style Playhouse in the 1940s. Later it was a roller skating rink, and finally a rock concert hall in the 1960s. The ground floor was a bowling alley for a time and is now the Center’s art gallery. The main hall, originally the ballroom, “Woodstock 1969 Dove” mixed media by Juan Rigal has been used on numerous occasions for large exhibitions. possible along with other artists. Rigal bought the building in 1987 and after Curated by Juan and Carmen Rigal, some renovations it became the Nutshell the Nutshell Arts Center will celebrate Arts Center in 1993. Several art exhibitions, Woodstock’s 50th Anniversary with a group chamber music concerts, fundraising events, exhibit featuring paintings, photography, opera, and community affairs found a home sculpture and mixed media works by over 30 at Nutshell over the years. artists. An opening reception will be held on “I initially bought the building with no August 3 from 5:00pm-7:00pm. A potluck clear reason except that it seemed to be a party follows the reception. Admission is good idea at the time since the price was free and the show is open to the public for right. Two years later I met with several viewing Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays artists who encouraged me to get the gallery from August 3-31. going,” said Rigal who is an artist (a graduate The Nutshell Arts Center is located at of Cooper Union 1967) and who shows his 6692 Route 52, Lake Huntington. work at the Nutshell Arts Center whenever For information, call 845-932-5017. 22

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Make Way for “Battle Candle 2019”! Interactive Noise INC joined forces with the Collective (INC) the group Village of Warwick for who run Milkweed in Sugar the Three Lakes Festival, Loaf, have announced their a series of events aimed at 2nd annual music and art creating more crossover and festival: Battle Candle! connection between the three This all-day festival at villages of Warwick, Florida Wickham Woodlands Park and Greenwood Lake, and features 30+ bands and their lakes! musicians in genres ranging Come out and dance from indie rock, punk, folk, with your neighbors! Battle instrumental, to alternative, Candle takes place on August Orange County’s own: art installations, art-making 3, from 11:00am-7:00pm at indie-alternative rock band stations, vendors, and food “7 on Pump 1” will perform! Wickham Woodlands Park, trucks - all by the backdrop of Wickham State School Road, Warwick. Lake. For music line-up and details, visit: http:// Sponsored by Wickham Works and the battlecandlefest.com. For tickets, visit: Town of Warwick Three Lakes Festival, battlecandle2019.brownpapertickets.com

Celebrate James Brown in Hurleyville! trio with a soulful, energizing “Fred Thomas is the most sound that is as original as it is sampled bass player in the classic. Hailing from the Catskill world!” - James Brown. Mountains, their music blends James Brown’s rhythm section tones of rock, jazz, blues and bassists are legendary, boasting more in a unique performance that the extraordinary talents of is both familiar, and refreshingly Bootsy Collins, David “Hooks” new.” Williams, Bernard Odum, With The Electric Chords Hubert Perry, Tim Drummond, Bob West, and Charles “Sweet” Bassist Fred Thomas opening the performance, a Sherrell, among others, and - Fred Thomas. concert by the James Brown Tribute Show Thomas, who somehow was able to featuring Fred Thomas and Chris Rob articulate Brown’s killer up-tempo passages takes place on August 10 at 8:30pm at the with his right thumb exclusively plying Hurleyville Arts Centre, 219 Main Street. The show has been performed in many down-strokes, served James Brown for thirty+ years. That’s Fred you hear on Hot venues across the world and under different Pants, Papa Don’t Take No Mess, and Make names all with the sole purpose of bringing It Funky Part I to cite a few. Fred is still to the audience the experience of a fun, live grooving in the studio and on the bandstand performance of soul and funk music! For more information and tickets, visit: as a leader and an in-demand collaborator. “The Electric Chords are a modern power https://hurleyvilleartscentre.org/

Sullivan Music Legends at The Rivoli For those who have heard Mickey Barnett sing, he needs no introduction. He has spent a lifetime performing in the legendary Catskill hotels and theaters. Well known for performing the rockabilly tunes of Roy Orbison, Jerry Lee Mickey Barnett Lewis and Carl Perkins, as well as many of the old classic country and pop songs of the 60’s and 70’s, he recorded Keep Your Cotton Pickin Hands off My Gin in Nashville with a 32-piece orchestra. While working with Pickwick International Records, Mickey appeared on fifteen albums, and as a result, was invited to record several exclusive demos for Elvis Presley. Slam Allen - another performer who needs no introduction - is a local treasure who plays R&B, blues and a little old time rock

and roll. He has toured the world, recorded multiple CD’s, and worked with some of the industry’s most notable players. The Sullivan County Historical Society will present Mickey Barnett in concert. Slam opens the Slam Allen show, and Little Sparrow hosts. Guest guitarist Van Manakas will also perform to heat up the music on August 25 at 1:00pm at the Rivoli Theater, 5243 Main Street, So. Fallsburg. Tickets at the door. The concert is an extension of the Historical Society’s Music and History series, which has been presenting great performers from Sullivan County’s glorious past every month in Hurleyville. For info: 845-434-8044 or 845-436-5336, or visit www.scdw.net or www.scnyhistory.org August 2019

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Shadowland: Two Popular Comedies

Love comes in many shapes, sizes, and forms. There is the love one feels for their partner, child, parent, and community; but there is also unrequited love, love in loss and death, love of the hunt. Explored throughout Music On Market’s (MoM) eclectic August program is love in its many manifestations and interpretations. Valentina Shatalova Vitalis Im Join tenor Vitalis Im and pianist Valentina Vladimirovna Shatalova as the NY Metropolitan and Mid-Hudson areas, they explore love as it is found throughout a Valentina has been featured as a soloist with collection of vocal music from the world of the Woodstock Chamber Orchestra and plays keyboards with the Northern Dutchess classical music and musical theatre. Vitalis Im is a tenor and music teacher Symphony Orchestra. She is a frequent residing in Ann Arbor, MI. Having been both performer with the Two for You piano duo. At press time, their diverse program a student and teacher at the Music Institute of Sullivan and Ulster Counties (MISU), includes music by familiar composers he is especially excited to return to MISU Schubert, Weill, Rebecca Clarke, Donizetti, R. Strauss, Clara Schumann, Ives, and this summer in recital. Vitalis received his bachelor’s degree in Rodgers & Hammerstein, and by not-verymusic from Bard College and is presently a familiar composers Ben Moore (b.1960), Ivor PhD student at the University of Michigan. Gurney (1890-1937), and Richard Hundley He currently facilitates music workshops (1931-2018), and maybe a ‘traditional’ song in various prisons in Michigan, as well as or two thrown in! The Operatic Voice/Piano Recital is a with youth in Michigan juvenile detention MoM Early Bird Concert on August 25 centers. Valentina holds a Master of Arts Degree at 4:00pm at MISU, 40 Market Street, from SUNY New Paltz with a major in Piano Ellenville. Coffee and light refreshments will be Pedagogy under the auspices of Vladimir Feltsman. A frequent performer throughout provided. $10 donation at the door.

Running almost exclusively in Boston and Directed by Shadowland’s producing Washington, D.C. for 30 years, Shadowland artistic director Brendan Burke, Shear Stages is thrilled to stage the comedy Madness runs through August 18. centerpiece of the season, Shear Madness by Published in 1998, Over The River and Paul Pörtner. Through The Woods was written by Joe Paul Pörtner (1925-1984) was a German DiPietro. It played Off-Broadway at the John playwright, novelist, translator, and editor. Houseman Theatre for 800 performances In 1963 he wrote the interactive play over two years. Scherenschnitt oder DiPietro is a two-time Der Mörder sind Sie in Tony Award winner, and which the audience takes also won a Drama Desk a leading role. This was Award and three Outer first performed the same Critics Circle Awards. year at Theater Ulm, and His musicals and plays at least 75 other German have received thousands theatres followed suit. In of productions in the U.S. the U.S., Scherenschnitt, and around the world. rewritten and titled Shear Broadway works include Madness, became the Nice Work If You Can Get longest running, nonIt (Matthew Broderick and musical play in U.S. stage Shear Madness, Lt to Rt: Jeff Haffner, Kelli O’Hara), Memphis Jason Edward Cook, Ed Rosini, history. Productions in (4 Tony Awards) All Kelsey Leland, Marina Re, and 18 other countries have Shook Up, Living on Love Michael Irvin Pollard. made Scherenschnitt an international hit: (Renee Fleming), and I Love You, You’re with the exception of Agatha Christie’s The Perfect, Now Change (the longest running Mousetrap, Pörtner’s play is currently the musical revue in off-Broadway history). longest running play in the world. Over The River and Through The Woods, In the madcap mystery of Shear Madness, a also directed by Burke, runs August 23 to murder is committed, and you (the audience) September 8 at Shadowland Stages, 157 get to spot the clues, question the suspects, Canal Street, Ellenville. and ultimately solve the funniest mystery in For tickets and more information, call 845the annals of crime. 647-5511 or visit ShadowlandStages.org

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The 14th Annual Liberty Jazz Festival Sponsored by Sullivan performances, featuring Performing Arts, the Liberty performers from near and far. Jazz Festival returns with a night SPA served as an initial venue of swinging jazz to celebrate for several endeavors that its 14th year of presenting have grown into independent performances featuring local entities including the Weekend artists and groups in the historic of Chamber Music and the Catskill village of Liberty, and Shandelee Music Festival. to honor one of the Festival’s SPA is dedicated to the founders, bassist Tony DeCicco revitalization of the Catskills (1958-2018). Anthony “Tony” DeCicco region. Towards that end SPA (1958-2018) On December 19, 2018, has purchased and is in the Anthony “Tony” DeCicco passed away process of renovating the Academy Theater following a brief illness. He was surrounded in Liberty. This site has recently been listed by his beloved family and friends, serenaded on the New York State Register of Historic by the music of Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Places and the National Register of Historic Armstrong. Tony was strong but gentle in Places. This project for which the services of spirit, kind and accepting. volunteers has been employed is the primary A lifelong musician, Tony was well focus of SPA’s present work. known in the New York and New Jersey area Steve Carlin is the organizer for the for his bass playing and teaching various 2019 Festival. Along with Tony DeCiccio, instruments. He most recently lived in the Steve started, developed and is presently Catskills, where he was a founder of the working with the Inner Urge Electric Jazz Liberty Jazz Festival and appeared annually Quartet. He was also the host and producer at music festivals including Woodstock and of “Rhythm Changes” on WJFF. Bethel Woods. Tony, an avid outdoorsman The Liberty Jazz Festival: A Tribute to and marksman, enjoyed camping, fishing the Life of Tony DeCicco, take places at and raising livestock. He was a graduate of the Liberty Museum & Arts Center, 46 Hillsborough, NJ High School and Berklee S. Main Street, Liberty, on August 31 at School of Music in Boston, MA. 5:00pm. Sullivan Performing Arts (SPA) provides For info: 845-807-2885 or visit audiences with a varied schedule of artistic sullivanperformingarts.com

Grim Fairy Tales in GWL and Warwick Greenwood Lake Theater is presenting Into The Woods, Stephen Sondheim’s and James Lapine’s Tony award-winning musical from August 9-16 in Greenwood Lake and Warwick. “James Lapine’s book continues the story of several fairy tales that shows there isn’t always a ‘happily ever after’, says Mary McKinley, Greenwood Lake Theater’s Co-Artistic Director. “In fact, the fates that await our favorites such as Cinderella and Jack are not what you’d expect. This play will definitely leave you with a different impression of the Grimm’s Fairy Tales you grew up with.” “This production will feature cast members from our Summer Intensive Theater School,” said Katherine Weatherford, Greenwood Lake Theater CoArtistic Director. “Last year, when we presented Oliver! our local students really took on the challenge with great enthusiasm and were absolutely terrific.” Ms. Weatherford will play the role of Cinderella, and Ms. McKinley performs the role of The

Mary McKinley

K. Weatherford

Nathaniel Myles

Gitana Mims

Witch. Rounding out the cast are Nathanial Myles, Frank Falisi, Gitana Mims, Mike Walsh, Tomo Watanabe, Brady Walsh and MaKenna DeMers. Gitana Mims, who is a lifetime member of the Texas Music Educators Association and National Association of Teachers of Singing directs the production, with musical direction by Kevin Milnes. For those who wish to attend the August 9-11 outdoor performance at Thomas P. Morahan Park in Greenwood Lake, attendees are encouraged to bring blankets, cushions and chairs for casual seating. No alcoholic beverages are permitted. Please note that in case of inclement weather, the indoor venue will be at the Warwick Community Center, 11 Hamilton Avenue, Warwick, where the musical will be also be performed from August 16-18. For tickets and additional information, visit the Greenwood Lake Theater website at: www.greenwoodlaketheater.org

Dance Under The Stars at West Point West Point’s favorite popular music group, the Benny Havens Band, will present its 8th annual Dancing Under the Stars concert on August 17 at 7:30pm at the Trophy Point Amphitheater, 117119 Washington Road, West Point. Trophy Point becomes the Hudson Valley’s most scenic dance floor as the band invites you to the stage to Dougie, Mashed Potato, or Foxtrot to the best of swing, disco, Latin,

country, funk, hip-hop, Motown, and more. Bring the whole family or just that special someone - and spend a night dancing under the stars. As always, this concert is free and open to all. To RSVP: westpointband. eventbrite.com. Registering allows you to receive up-to-date concert information, including cancellations. For information, call 845-938-2617 or visit www.westpointband.com.

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“Fire & Water” at The ARTery, Milford Celebrating mother unique patterns. She nature’s art, Jan & Jim incorporates processes Hadley of Hadley’s such as rusting, hand Earth Crystals join and snow-dyeing and with artist Claude marbling to create her Larson for an exhibit fiber and mixed media titled Fire and Water. pieces. Elements of This show will feature her work include bold countless, stunning one color, shape, line and of a kind wonders. Hadley’s Earth Crystals: Selenite, Desert Rose pattern. From the fiery depths Natural events create of Earth, a broad spectrum the basis for her inspiration, of color, geometric shapes from the rising of the moon and universal patterns in its many phases to the emerge in Jan & Jim’s treasures she’s collected hand-picked collection of from the edge of the ocean. crystals and minerals. The She views natural wonders vibrant reds and oranges as the muse for her art and evoke a connection incorporates fiber, stitch, with the volcanic and paint and visual balance solar energies while the in her pieces to express cool tones of blue and her inner reflection of green reflect the calming the natural world onto an Fabric work by Claude Larson energies of flowing water. The Hadleys seek outer surface. to educate the public about the mineralogy Fire and Water runs August 8 - September and metaphysical aspects of their collected 9. A wine and cheese reception will be held stones. They are committed to exhibiting on August 10 from 6:00pm-9:00pm at the their crystals in order for the right person ARTery Gallery, 210 Broad Street, Milford. to make an energetic connection with the Several special events will be offered particular stone that is meant for them. throughout this exhibit. Check them out by Claude Larson uses the forces of water and searching for: ARTerygallerymilfordpa on melting snow to create unique textiles with Facebook! Call 570-409-1234 for info.

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Two Musical Feasts for Milford August 3: Classical Music Celebration

Milford will host a free Classical Music Celebration on August 3, with indoor and outdoor performances by groups of musicians, singers and dancers throughout the historic district of Milford from Noon5:00pm with an orchestral gala at 7:00pm in the historic Milford Theatre, 114 E. Catherine Street. The music will range from classical favorites to less well-known works - from Bach to Offenbach to beyond. Featured artists include the Manhattan Symphonie Strings (see photo above) under violinistconductor Gregory Singer as well as Brass Quintessence, the Mountain Winds Woodwind Quintet, and the Delaware Valley Choral Society conducted by Jeff Fornoff. That evening the musicians will join together for the grand finale at the Milford Theatre. The first Classical Music Celebration took place in the summer of 2016, and the second in 2017. They were both great successes,

so Kindred Spirits Arts Programs is producing the event again this year. The event promotes the beauty of classical music and showcases some of the area’s talent while calling attention to the handsome historic district of Milford and its surroundings. The exact schedule and repertoire will be announced at www.kindredspiritsarts.org and in the media. No tickets required. August 17: Feigelson-Matheus Duo

The Feigelson-Matheus Duo includes Milford-raised Eugene Feigelson on violin and Jacob Matheus on guitar. They will weave between eras and genres embellished by short, improvised interludes for Kindred Spirits Arts Program on August 17 at 5:30pm at Grey Towers National Historic Site, 151 Grey Towers, Milford. The program, entitled Weaving Through Harmony, includes Bach, Paganini, Faure, Gershwin, and original music by the artists. For info: www.kindredspiritsarts.org See ads on page 25 for dining options.

Celebrating the Wawayanda at Pacem in Terris for 2 Days Wawayanda Creek is a tributary of the Wallkill River. It starts northeast of Warwick and flows southwest through Pacem in Terris to its confluence with Black Creek just north of Highland Lakes, NJ, forming Pochuck Creek, which flows north into the Wallkill River at Pine Island. “In what will be a two day extravaganza,” says Lukas Franck, Pacem’s helmsman, “there will be The Serenade Quartet plus two singers and percussion on August 31 and The Serenade Orchestra on September 1.” The Serenade Quartet will present a concert with percussionist Dan Haskins on August 31 at 5:00pm. The ensemble will be joined by internationally recognized singers Abigail Fischer and Jason Slayden (residents of Orange County) presenting water themed music (including Deep River), songs by Schubert, the duet by Brahms Es rauschet das Wasser, and others to be announced. Jason Slayden is internationally recognized for his interpretation of leading tenor roles of Puccini, Verdi, and French Grand Opera, which he championed with companies such as Lyric Opera of Chicago, Seattle Opera, Santa Fe Opera, and Vancouver Opera. Soprano Abigail Fischer has starred in contemporary operas such Du Yun’s 2017 Pulitzer Prize-winning Angel’s Bone, as well as more standard operatic and

Jessica Troy

The Serenade Quartet: David Cerutti, viola; Keats Dieffenbach & Krista Bennion Feeney violins; and John Feeney, bass.

chamber repertoire, with companies such as Los Angeles Opera, Chautauqua Opera, Cincinnati Opera, Boston Symphony Orchestra, Los Angeles Philharmonic, and Orchestra of Saint Lukes. Other works performed by the ensemble will include a Haydn Quartet and Mendelssohn’s Fingal’s Cave (aka Hebrides Overture). Fingal’s Cave is a sea cave on the uninhabited island of Staffa, in the Inner Hebrides of Scotland, known for its natural acoustics. In 1829, Mendelssohn took a memorable trip to Fingal’s Cave. The journey made an immediate impression - he wrote the first few bars of what became the Hebrides Overture on a postcard to his sister saying, “how extraordinarily the Hebrides affected me.”

“Alius Bodies”

Jason Slayden Abigail Fischer

On September 1 at 5:00pm The Serenade Orchestra (Krista Bennion Feeney and Keats Dieffenbach violins, Jessica Troy viola, J. Feeney bass, RJ Kelley and Alexandra Cook horns), will play Beethoven’s Sextet in E Flat major Op. 81b. “The first edition of this work in 1810 was scored for ‘violoncello e basso’”, explained Bennion-Feeney. “By 1846 publishers had removed basso and ever since it has been performed only with cello. In 2007 it was published with a bass and cello part. We will perform it with bass! Cast in a delightful Serenade style, this is Paganini for the horns. We will also perform Fingal’s Cave once again, only this time with two horns instead of percussion!” ...and, as detailed in the July CANVAS, don’t miss the return of the Manhattan Chamber Players to Pacem in Terris, 96 Covered Bridge Road, Warwick, on August 4 at 5:00pm. Visit www.frederickfranck.org

Ximena Garnica & Shige Moriya are a multidisciplinary artist duo. Their collaborative works manifest in live installations, performances, sculptures as well as publications and community projects. They are the co-founders and artistic directors of the arts organization LEIMAY and the performance group, LEIMAY Ensemble. LEIMAY Ensemble is a group of international dancers and performers who hold a regular practice at their studio in Brooklyn. Current members include Masanori Asahara, Krystel Copper, Andrea Jones, Derek Dimartini and Mario Galeano. A new performance work by LEIMAY Ensemble entitled Alius Bodies will be presented on August 3 at 7:30pm at the Hurleyville Arts Centre, 219 Main Street. Combining the Ensemble’s signature physicality layered over vivid visual landscapes, Alius Bodies delves into questions of otherness and the unfamiliar. For tickets and more information, visit www.hurleyvilleartscentre.org.

Art at Desmond Mount Saint Mary College’s Desmond Campus gallery will feature the artworks that their students have created throughout the year in an exhibit that runs through August 16 at Desmond “Peonies in Bloom” Campus, 6 Albany by Ann Marie Silvani Post Road, Newburgh. For information: 845-565-2076.

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“Music ~ A Visual Perspective”

Jazz-Funk In Marlboro & Newburgh

The Arts are separate, but very much connected and complement each other. Taking one and having it viewed through two of the others offers new opportunities. And what better of the arts to inspect and interpret but Music which has been termed the Universal Language. An extensive exhibit on this topic will be on view in Orange Hall Gallery from August 15 through “Magenta Chamber Music with Three Cellos” October 8. Entitled Music ~ a Visual by Leslie Bender Perspective, the show lets 6:00pm-8:30pm. viewers check out original Curating this exhibit is music scores and instruments Karen E. Gersch, visual as well as interpretations of artist and artistic director of music through sculptures, The Art of Balance. paintings, drawings, Come and enjoy this photographs, printmaking, educational as well as fun collages, mixed media, exhibit at Orange Hall, assemblages, new media, and located at the corner of poetry, all with a connection Wawayanda and Grandview to music. Avenues, Middletown. In addition, live music is Questions may be directed planned for the reception to Cultural Affairs at 845and two concerts ~ jazz and 341-4891 or by emailing classical ~ a master class, cultural@sunyorange.edu and a poetry evening will Information is also take place during the time available through the period of the exhibit. website: The reception is scheduled www.sunyorange.edu/ for September 6 from “Rank & File” by Dan Andreana culturalaffairs

Saxophonist, composer, arranger awe-inspiring inventiveness. and educator Peter Furlan’s The concert-celebration will striking originality is demonstrated feature Peter Furlan, compositions, as a leader for the Peter Furlan arrangements, tenor and soprano Project and the Peter Furlan Trio sax; Vinnie Cutro, trumpet, & Quintet, and as a co-leader with flugelhorn; Roger Rosenberg, electro-fusion groups Mr. Gone baritone sax, bass clarinet; Andrew and Le Jazz Electronique, with Beals, alto sax; Erick Storckman, synth-master, Neil Alexander. trombone; Neil Alexander, piano, Peter Furlan Furlan is the founder, keyboards; Peter Brendler, artistic director and conductor bass; Saul Rubin, guitar & of the Rockland Youth Tim Horner, drums. Jazz Ensemble, an adjunct And if that’s not enough jazz professor at Bergen jazz-funk jamming for you, Community College, Bergen Neil Alexander’s Fourth Catholic’s Jazz Ensemble Saturday Jazz (4SJ) series director, vice-president of continues with jazz-funk the Rockland County Jazz jam band from Woodstock, and Blues Society and a Cloudburst. recipient of the Arts Council Jazz-funk jammers, Cloudburst “That’s when the ol’ of Rockland Performing Artist Award. grey...cloud burst!” With their name drawn A celebration of the Peter Furlan Project’s from the famous Lambert, Hendricks & CD release, Between The Lines, takes place Ross song from 1962, Cloudburst features at The Falcon, 1348 Route 9W, Marlboro, keyboardist Neil Alexander, bassist Michael with a slew of performers on August 18 at Colletti and drummer Tony Parker. From 8:00pm. The CD, co-produced by Alexander, funky versions of standards to funk classics is a collection of compositions influenced by by Maceo Parker, the Meters and more, some of Furlan’s favorite books and authors Cloudburst delivers the goods in a funky of modern fiction. Most compositions are groove-based package that’s sure to satisfy! direct musical interpretations of these books, Hear them on August 24 at 9:00pm at The while others were composed while reading, Wherehouse, 119 Liberty St., Newburgh. drawing inspiration from their evocative, NO cover for both concerts!

Kids Develop Circus in Newburgh Safe Harbors of the Hudson created a unique and powerful two-week circus arts program for the young people of Newburgh. In July, for the third year in a row, 25 kids ages 12-16, spent two intensive weeks learning, working and having fun together! They will soar through the air on the flying trapeze and into our hearts. They will support and balance each other

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as they stand on each other’s shoulders - both literally and figuratively. They will defy gravity and meet challenges together when the program culminates in a spectacular FREE circus performance for family, friends and the community on August 9 at 5:30pm at Safe Harbors Green, Broadway/Liberty Street, Newburgh. Admission is free. www.safe-harbors.org

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Side of the Road Theatre: If I Had The Wings of An Angel... by J. A. Di Bello Spectacle and commotion are common in the historic Upper Delaware Valley, stretching from Hancock to Matamoras. Its terrain: extremely rural and exceptionally rustic as it impressively passes through the Appalachian Valley, the Hawk’s Nest and Historic Milford. In addition to territorial battlefields and a plethora of breathtaking vistas, the Upper Delaware is home to the frequently honored Side of the Road Theatre Company. Based primarily in the Pike County borough of Milford, Side of the Road Theatre is composed of a steadfast group of devoted thespians, whose purpose is to present meaningful, live, regional theatre. This stalwart task is no matter to be taken lightly. Beth Kelley has accepted this challenging undertaking as the Theatre’s leader, accompanied by accomplished actor/director Evelyn Albino. The term meaningful is used here not to demean a specified category of live theatre, but to distinguish meaningful theatre as a genre designed to engage the inner soul of the theatregoer. Nearly all variations or genres of theatre are capable of offering meaningful concepts. However, for purposes here, the term will not apply to simple comedy, solely designed to create humor, or slapstick to cause laughter.

Meaningful drama is designed to confront the concepts that cause a person to be what he/she is, frequently causing introspection, and evaluation of the self through focus and similar processes. Exploration of personal concepts is an important task, as an approach to considering the purpose of Side of the Road Theatre’s production of Lyle Kessler’s dark yet tender play for 3 adult men, Orphans. The characters of this moving drama are complex, each representing various stages of “faulty psychological mechanisms.” Over the years, the brothers have developed a mutual dependency that’s interrupted when the older brother kidnaps a man from a local saloon. The play develops an O. Henry-type twist that will tease the audience with the possibility of “comic relief.” As an aware director, Beth Kelley is adamant in her approach to actors and the style used to deliver a multi layered character on stage. Observation reflects Beth’s belief in the concept of actors knowing their characters externally and internally, i.e., spiritually. It’s a concept directly from the noted Russian teacher of acting Stanislavski and considered to be a prerequisite to adequately and emotionally representing a

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character on stage. Fortunately, Ms. Kelley, knowing the hurdles presented here has selected Darren Fouse, Trevor Nardone and Rocky Nardone, three strong and reliable actors for this demanding and rewarding play. On the interesting side of happenstance, this play’s wellknown author Lyle Kessler is not only a distinguished playwright, but a noted director who studied with Lee Strasberg, co-founder of the Group Theatre and later director of the Actors Studio (1951). And as this discussion concerns the directorial approach of Ms. Kelley and her preference for “knowing” the internal as well as the external character, Strasberg is considered to be the father of “method acting,” a technique based on the teachings of Stanislavski, as they have developed over the years. Side of the Road will present Kessler’s Tony nominated drama Orphans at the historic Milford Theatre, 114 East Catherine Street, August 9-11. Tickets at the door. Cash only. For more information about Side of the Road Theatre, visit their Facebook page. For pre-theatre dining, see ads on page 25 for Apple Valley Restaurant and WaterWheel Cafe.

E’lissa Jones is a singer, songwriter, violinist, pianist, and guitarist. She is an exceptionally talented artist with a wide range whose songs embrace audiences with powerful melodies and expressive lyrics. Influential styling ranges from folk to rock in her catalogue of over 250 original songs. Born into a musically gifted family, E’lissa began singing and playing piano at the age of five. She wrote her first song at the age of seven and began studying violin at the age of ten. By eleven, she was writing love songs and short classical works for violin and piano. While classically trained as a violinist, E’lissa is largely self-taught as a vocalist and a plethora of other instruments she performs with. E’lissa has toured the world as a backup singer and has released six albums. E’lissa will perform at the Pheonix, 898 Route 209, Dingmans Ferry, on August 3 at 8:00pm. All proceeds benefit TriVersity: Center for Gender and Sexual Diversity. Cover charge includes food, and drinks! To RSVP visit: “Live @ The Pheonix” Facebook event page.

50 Years of Peace, Love and Music Bethel Woods Center prominent and emerging artists for the Arts (BWCA), Live spanning multiple genres and Nation, the world’s leading decades, and TED-style talks live entertainment company, from leading futurists and and INVNT, a global live retro-tech experts. brand storytelling agency, have Festival goers will also be announced the Bethel Woods able to visit the Museum at Music and Culture Festival: Bethel Woods, which tells celebrating the golden August 16 at 7:00pm - Ringo the story of the 1960s through anniversary at the historic Starr and His All Starr Band immersive media, interactive site of the 1969 Woodstock engagements, and artifacts festival. from the 1969 festival, “Fifty years ago, people as well as experience the gathered peacefully on our special 2019 exhibit We site inspired to change the Are Golden: Reflections world through music,” said on the 50th Anniversary of Darlene Fedun, CEO, the Woodstock Festival and BWCA. “As the stewards of Aspirations for an Aquarian this historic site, we remain August 17 at 7:00pm - Santana Future. committed to preserving The three-day festival with The Doobie Brothers this rich history and spirit, will utilize BWCA stateand to educating and inspiring of-the-art venues and facilities. new generations to contribute Entertainment villages and a positively to the world through number of bespoke performance music, culture, and community.” areas will be specially created for From August 16-18, this panthe occasion. generational music, culture, and Bethel Woods Center for the community Festival will be held Arts is located at 200 Hurd Road, at BWCA. These three days of Bethel. memorable experiences will For tickets and more info: August 18 at 6:00pm – include live performances from www.bethelwoodscenter.org/ John Fogerty August 2019

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CAS - September 1 at Beaverkill Inn For the third year, the Catskill Art Society (CAS) will partner with the Dance Gallery Festival to offer the Level UP dancers a three-day residency in the picturesque mountains of the Catskills. The artists will open rehearsals to the public on August 30 (3:00pm-6:00pm), August 31 (10:00am-1:00pm & 3:00pm-6:00pm) and September 1 (10:00am-2:00pm) at the Laundry King, 65 Main Street, Livingston Manor, and the residency will culminate with a free performance at the Beaverkill Valley Inn. The Dance Gallery Festival became a well-

known festival with annual showcases in NYC, Texas and now Livingston Manor. The production of modern concert dance is often challenged by the scarcity of suitable and affordable performance venues. The Dance Gallery Festival addresses this problem by providing a stateof-the-art theater, complete with production staff, marketing, and public relations support to showcase each choreographers work. The free performance happens on September 1 at 7:00pm at the Beaverkill Valley Inn, 7 Barnhart Road, Livingston Manor. For info: www.catskillartsociety.org

A Taxi Ride Through Brooklyn at NACL Created by Modesto “Flako” Jimenez, Taxilandia is a sitespecific play-within-atour of a city. Audience members become passengers on a dramatic reunion with Flako’s neighborhood of Bushwick, Brooklyn. Taxilandia is a front-row, backseat ride on a quest to save the vital tapestry of community in America. The play is inspired by Flako’s nine years driving a taxicab in Bushwick and is drawn from his documentations of conversations with passengers, residents, natives, and immigrants. Being a cab driver was a frontrow seat to the gentrification happening in the neighborhood. He saw and heard from

all sides - from the transient “gentrifier” to the displaced locals. He watched and listened to how locals adapted to the changing landscape, taking on that complicated dance with humanity and personal growth. Seeing collegeeducated friends walk the neighborhood with more ownership than the ones who killed to survive, Flako understood and witnessed a story that was daily evolving, but not being told. Oye Group presents Taxilandia on August 8 at 6:00pm at NACL Theatre, 110 Highland Lake Road, Highland Lake. For tickets: www.nacl.org

Annual “Artist - Figure Model Day” Come to the Black Feather Retreat Artists’ and Writers’ Colony for a day with artists, art lovers, figure models, plein air painting, sketching, figure drawing, and good food! Experience the pastoral pleasure of clean fresh air, private meadows, woods, streams, springs, ponds, gardens, stone walls, old barns, country roads and the delightful company of others who enjoy the human form, sketching, art, reading, listening and writing. There will be music, poetry readings and amenities such as water, drinks, maps, rest room facilities, and a friendly staff to help you enjoy the day. The large Studio Barn (an 18th century structure) will provide a work space and stage if it rains. Otherwise, there will be ample seating at chairs and tables in 30

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the meadow or, if you prefer, you may spread a blanket on the lawn or wander the grounds at will all day. In addition, attendees can enjoy stepping back in time to Parisian Café, “Café Absinthe” for the Cabaret Evening. Join host Mark Pilipski (see photo) for Artist - Figure Model Day on August 17 from 11:00am-5:00pm at the Black Feather Retreat, 1833 Route 209, Westbrookville. Register online or by mail. Details and registration forms are available by visiting www.spiritcrow.com/artist/ Please note: Despite the beauty of the surroundings, this is an adult program, and is not recommended to bring children. Artists must bring their own drawing supplies. For questions and further information, call 845-707-2818.

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How did the U.S. get into a war with Spain that neither the President, Congress, business leaders nor Spain wanted? Join Charles Breiner of Claryville to learn about the role of Theodore Roosevelt before and during the war, and why the Battleship USS Oregon captured headlines for 67 days. The unintended consequences of the war that lasted well into the 20th century will also be discussed, at the Time and The Valleys Museum, 332 Main Street, Grahamsville, on August 11 at 2:00pm. For more information, call 845-985-7700 or visit www.timeandthevalleysmuseum.org

The Cragsmoor Historical Society is hosting Lucille Johnson, Professor Emerita of Anthropology and Environmental Studies at Vassar College to lecture on Archaeological Research on Native American Sites along the Shawangunk Ridge on August 10 at 4:00pm at the Cragsmoor Historical Society, 349 Cragsmoor Road. This event is free, donations are gratefully accepted. Light refreshments will be served after the event. For additional information, email cragsmoorhistoricalsociety@gmail.com or call 845-647-2362.

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Music, Monticello Paul Lounsbury, singer, songwriter and multiinstrumentalist, performs original and traditional folk music on his guitar, fiddle and hammered dulcimer. Paul has received acclaim for his A Catskill Mountain Trilogy, that tells the story, from his Hurleyville ancestors’ perspective, of the dependence of the resort industry on the O&W Railroad. He performs on August 8 at 6:00pm at Ethelbert B. Crawford Public Library, 479 Broadway, Monticello. This program is free and open to the public. For information, contact the Library at 845-794-4660.

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