D&H CANVAS December 2022

by Barry Plaxen

Welcome back from the Pandemic: This is the first month we do not have to welcome back a venue or event due to the pandemic. I am so happy to write this. FINALLY! Please continue to stay safe and healthy.

Welcome Back: But I will use the “welcome back” phrase for its usual healthy meaning, and welcome Broadway star Karen Mason back to Eldred for the Bradstan Cabaret series, and welcome back Miracle on South Division Street to Ellenville.

Vocabulary Lesson: Quotidian: of or occurring every day;

daily.

Synchronicity of the Month:

Art Exhibits in Newburgh and Youngsville with the same title.

Kudos to: Music Institute of Sullivan & Ulster and Nesin Cultural Arts for combining students with professionals to make music together.

In this issue:

Family-Friendly events in Dingmans Ferry, Hurleyville, Montgomery, Newburgh, Pine Bush, Tuxedo, Walden and Warwick.

New art exhibits in Greenwood Lake, Liberty, Livingston Manor, Montgomery, Newburgh, Rock Tavern, Shohola,

Youngsville and Warwick.

Christmas events in Bethel, Highland Falls, Hurleyville, Middletown, Newburgh, Pine Bush, Sugar Loaf, and Vails Gate.

Holiday music in Bullville, Cornwall, Ellenville, Middletown, Milford, Montgomery, Mountaindale, Newburgh, Pine Bush, Sugar Loaf, Warwick and West Point.

Live theatre in Cornwall, Ellenville, Montgomery and Loch Sheldrake.

Storytelling in Callicoon. Tango in Sugar Loaf.

Opportunities for YOU to sing in Ellenville and Mountaindale.

Nutcracker events in Hurleyville, Newburgh and Sugar Loaf.

Community Arts: News, Views And Schedules

Serving Orange, Sullivan, & Pike Counties and bordering Ulster County hamlets.

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Letters

Thanks to CANVAS, I was able to see Prudence Wright Holmes’ powerful one-person show about Miep Gies, who brought food and news to Anne Frank and her family when they were in hiding.

CANVAS is a priceless resource, and a reminder to us Manhattanites that culture doesn’t just thrive here.

Judith Wink, New York City

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Be sure to check out our Holiday Shopping stories on pages 20-23. By keeping your holiday shopping dollars local, you are supporting the arts and artists at the same time.

2023, we welcome you!

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COLUMNS

May I Have a Word with You 9

STORIES

Amity Gallery, Warwick 21

Barryville Area Arts Association 23 Bradstan Cabaret Series, Eldred 25 Catskill Art Space, Livingston Manor 6 Chester Public Library 24

City Winery, Montgomery 6, 21 CMA Gallery, Newburgh 5 Cragsmoor Library 22

Delaware Valley Arts Alliance 20

Delaware Valley Choral Society 18 Desmond Center, Newburgh 15, 21, 26

Domesticities, Youngsville 5

Eisenhower Hall Theatre, West Point 18 Eldred Preserve 25

Exposures Gallery, Sugar Loaf 20 Falcon, Marlboro 11, 14

Forestburgh Playhouse 22

Frederick Cook Society, Hurleyville 24 Gallery 222, Hurleyville 22

Goshen Art League 12

Greater Newburgh Symphony Orch 17

Greenwood Lake Public Library 18, 28

Happy Herbs Soap 22

Highlands Art Alliance 7, 13 HPAC, Hurleyville 17, 22

In Memoriam: Sister Sylvia Bielen, OP 27

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Joseph & Elizabeth Sundwall, artists 23

Josephine-Louise Library, Walden 6 Kindred Spirits Arts, Milford 19

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Liberty Museum and Arts Center 3

Milford Theatre 19

MISU & Music on Market, Ellenville 8,19

Monroe Library 24

Music for Humanity 28

Narrowsburg Union 20

Nesin Cultural Arts 17

Newburgh Free Library 22

Newburgh Historical Society 27

Noble Coffee Roasters, Campbell Hall 28

Orange County Arts Council 11

Orange County Land Trust 20

Original Vinyl Records, Warwick 22

Paramount Theatre, Middletown 3

Pat MacDonald, artist 10

Pine Bush Community Band 18

Pine Bush First Fridays 22

Pocono Environmental Educ Ctr 16

Roberta Gould, poet 9

Seligmann Center, Sugar Loaf 8

Seminary Hill Cidery, Callicoon 7

Shadowland Stages, Ellenville 4

SLPAC, Sugar Loaf 17, 26, 28

Sugar Loaf Holiday Celebration 20

Sullivan County Chamber Orchestra 17

Sullivan County Dramatic Workshop 14,18

Sullivan County Museum, Hurleyville 24

SUNY Orange, Middletown 12, 14

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SUNY Sullivan, Loch Sheldrake 25

Theatre on Main Street, Cornwall 10

Time Warp Records, Callicoon 22

Tuxedo Park Library 16, 24

Unitarian Universalist Congregation 10

United Methodist Ch , Dingmans Ferry 7

UpFront, Port Jervis 7, 12

Wallkill River Center for the Arts 12,21,23

Washington’s Hdqrts, Newburgh 19

Western Sullivan Public Library 16

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Woodbury Public Library 24

Wurtsboro Art Alliance 21

Spirit of Christmas at the Paramount

Following his November concert in Sugar Loaf, and just prior to bringing his The Spirit of Christmas to Southington, CT (Dec. 4) and Holyoke, MA (Dec. 6), world renown 18-time Grammy winning artist Jimmy Sturr will bring his Holiday Show to Middletown.

This great holiday presentation stars Jimmy Sturr and his Orchestra, with special guests, The Coasters singing their many hits, The Jimmy Sturr Singers, Matt & Elaine and more.

The Coasters are an American rhythm & blues/rock & roll vocal group who had a string of hits in the late 1950s. Beginning with Searchin’ and Young Blood in 1957, their most memorable songs were written by the songwriting and producing team of Leiber and Stoller. Although the Coasters originated outside of mainstream doo-wop, their records were so frequently imitated that they became an important part of the doo-wop legacy

through the 1960s. In 1987, they were the first group inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

Polka Today! originators Matt & Elaine Bonowitz appeared on America’s Got Talent in June, 2022. They beat out over 25,000 contestants to take their high-energy polka style of dance to new levels by blending country, swing, and ballroom dancing with the polka, and adding flashy and appealing costuming and choreography.

Seeing is believing. When you see Jimmy Sturr and his Orchestra in person, you know why they draw the huge crowds, have been voted #1 in the country, and are considered the very best in Polka music.

The Holiday Show is on December 3 at 3:00pm at the Paramount Theatre, 17 South Street, Middletown.

For tickets: 845-346-4195 or visit: www.middletownparamount.com.

Paintings in Liberty thru

Hurry! The solo exhibition of paintings that portray views of NYC neighborhoods, Sullivan County, and rural Brazil, where artist Edward Ziff (who has led quite the career - continue reading!) has been a frequent visitor, are only on view until December 3 at the Liberty Museum & Arts Center

Take a friend and enjoy viewing Mr. Ziff’s artworks while supporting our local art scene!

Mr. Ziff’s work has been influenced by the belief that the world that we experience is more than what we simply see and hear. It incorporates emotions, understandings, memories, reflections, compassion, etc., added by the brain, giving his work an altered, sometimes paradoxical perspective. “Through the medium of art, we can share with others these creations of our minds,” he says.

In his professional life, Mr. Ziff is a neurobiologist. Born in New York City and educated in the NYC public schools, he earned a Bachelor’s degree at Columbia, a PhD at Princeton and completed his post doctoral studies

in Cambridge, UK. He has conducted neurobiology and cancer-related research in London and at Rockefeller University and most recently at the NYU Grossman School of Medicine, where he is now Professor Emeritus.

Ziff has co-authored books on DNA and autism for the non-specialist, as well as articles in the New York Review of Books on evolution and brain function. He first came to the Catskills more than 30 years ago and divides his time between a home in Swan Lake and NYC.

LMAC, at 46 South Main Street, Liberty, is open Saturdays from noon4:00pm. For info, call: 845-292-2394.

Work by Edward Ziff

Jimmy Sturr

The Coasters

Matt & Elaine

Dudzick’s

Playwright Tom Dudzick was born and raised in Buffalo - in an apartment above his father’s tavern, only steps away from the Our Lady of Seneca Street shrine, upon which his play Miracle on South Division Street is based.

“My childhood was great, and it had a great effect on me - I guess everyone’s childhood does, but mine happened to be pretty funny - growing up over a tavern, the run-ins with the nuns, and the statue, which is on the same street I grew up on, about a block and a half from where the tavern was.

“It was built right around when I was born. We were always aware of it. We had our hair cut by Mr. Battaglia, the man who built it. And we would go look at it and wonder about it. It was a source of mystery. We would kneel in front of it, say a prayer. And then the nuns gave us the real lowdown, they said, “Do not pray in front of that statue. He’s a nice man, that barber, but he didn’t have a vision.” We weren’t bold enough to ask Mr. Battaglia about

on South Division Street” Closes Shadowland’s Season

it. We just got our hair cut and kept our mouth shut.

“I was standing across the street from it, just looking at it and, I think, that’s dramatic enough all by itself. It’s lifesized, and it’s in a 20-foot shrine, made of brick and glass. So I interviewed the caretaker, who lived across the street from it. She showed me some papers; some actual history of the statue. And honestly, it was not that interesting of a story. It was very dry: The barber had a vision and he built the statue of the lady who appeared to him. And that was it. There may have been some family drama going on, but I wasn’t privy to it.

“So I decided to totally make up a story. And that’s why I decided to change the street. The story is fictional. So, I felt a little better moving the statue over a couple blocks. The statue does not sit on South Division Street in real life; it sits on Seneca Street.”

Dudzick’s fictional play is the story of the Nowak family, living amidst

the urban rubble of Buffalo’s East Side. The neighborhood is depressed, but Clara, the family matriarch, happily runs her soup kitchen and tends to the family heirloom - a shrine to the Blessed Mother, which adjoins the house. This neighborhood beacon of faith commemorates the day when the Blessed Virgin Mary materialized in Clara’s father’s barber-shop.

As the “comedic” play opens, a family meeting - run by daughter Ruth - has been called to divulge her plans to go public with the family miracle by creating a onewoman play about the sacred event.

As the play begins to close, you watch Clara unknowingly go through a true catharsis regarding her unhappy relationship with her own mother, and you come away knowing you’ve witnessed a serious “drama” with an inspiring message for people of all (and no) faiths.

Jodie Lynne McClintock has appeared in film and television as well as on Broadway and Off, in London’s West End, at Israel’s

National Theatre - the Habimah, and at major regional theatres across the country.

Regional theatre and TV actor (and commercials) Laura Chaneski, is thrilled to make her Shadowland Stages debut!

Melody Ladd will also make her Shadowland Stages debut. Past credits include many NYC shows as well as regional.

Sean Walsh attends SUNY New Paltz where he is studying theater and performance. He is so happy and grateful to be returning once again to Shadowland to close out a great year for live theater.

Miracle on South Division Street, directed by Artistic Director Brendan Burke, will be performed December 2-18 at the MainStage at Shadowland Stages, 157 Canal Street, Ellenville. The December 3 matinee will be the “vaxxed and masked” performance. December 2 & 3 matinees offer “pay what you can” tickets. Box Office: 845-647-5511. www.shadowlandstages.org

Melody Ladd

Laura Chaneski

J. L. McClintock

Sean Walsh

“Our Lady of Seneca” shrine

“Transition” in Youngsville

Jeffersonville artists Kevin Gref and Lucy Sardonia invite you to the opening reception of their exhibition, Transition: Exploring Meaning & Change through Art, on November 26 at 3:00pm

Kevin’s work in painted wood and mixed media is a complex adventure in shape and color which visually interprets words and their meaning. Lucy works with a variety of materials as she explores and reimagines everyday scenes from her childhood in the Caribbean and our local landscapes.

The subtlety of color in Kevin’s work is complemented by the colorful portrayals of strength in nature and humans that Lucy has created.

Born in the Dominican Republic, Lucy immigrated to the U.S. with her family at a young age. While in high school, her talent was recognized

by her art instructor who encouraged her. Although she took incidental courses in art and fashion at Syracuse University, she is primarily self-taught.

Kevin received his Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from the University of Buffalo, specializing in sculpting. After retiring from a career as a carpenter, he returned to his art in 2013 with the opening of his studio Jeffersonville Steamworks where he began to experiment with steambent white oak, cherry, and other hardwoods.

Kevin’s work has appeared in group shows at the Delaware Valley Arts Alliance, Catskill Art Space, as well as the Broadway production of Harold and Maude.

Transition is on view through December 30 at Domesticities & The Cutting Garden, 4055 Route 52, Youngsville.

Philippe Safire uses pixel patterns as a visual metaphor to depict the pervasive influence of digital technologies in our everyday lives. He seeks to translate our fascination for the digital and its power to disrupt society.

The artist often appropriates familiar symbols and pop culture iconography. In this current work, the artist carved replicas of the world atlas, the American flag, human silhouettes, and the “like” icon from social media apps.

For Transition, Safire has created a set of new pieces made with color pencils and black paper cut-outs. The show also features an installation consisting of animation and video projection.

A French-Armenian artist living and working in the Hudson Valley, Safire’s recent projects include Spell, an award-winning short film that received international recognition, Create, a participatory exhibition, and

Nightcolors, a public art installation in Beacon. His art has been exhibited at Lacda, ArtsWestchester Gallery, Reverse Gallery, BeaconArts, Garrison Art Center, NYU, and the Center for the Digital Arts, among others.

Mount Saint Mary College’s CMA Gallery is located on the 1st floor of Aquinas Hall, 330 Powell Avenue, Newburgh.

The CMA gallery was created in 2019 as a professional artist space to exhibit media picked by Mount faculty from among the rising population of artists who live and work in Newburgh, Beacon, and throughout the Hudson Valley.

The show is on view Monday to Friday during normal business hours, or by appointment through January 30, 2023. Email cma-gallery@msmc.edu for more information.

For information, visit www.msmc.edu

“Topography” by Kevin Gref

“Lady in Blue” by Lucy Sardonia

Work by Philippe Safire from the “Transition” exhibition.

Catskill Art Space, Livingston Manor

Catskill Art Space (CAS) is now in its “new” home, a completely rebuilt two-story edifice with numerous galleries and a performance space.

Ellen Brooks, a photographer known for her boundary-pushing forays into sculpture, has suspended over 30 feet of scrolls of film negatives from the ceiling of CAS first floor gallery. Brooks

is showing historical and new works from her Trees 1987/2022 series at the Gallery through December 23

The CAS Members’ Exhibition runs from December 31 to January 28 at CAS,

48 Main Street, Livingston Manor. An opening reception will be held on December 31, from 4:00pm-6:00pm. Visit www.catskillartspace.org/events

Teens’ Dragons & Magic in Walden

As with many area libraries, the Josephine-Louise Public Library in Walden offers various recreation opportunities in addition to classes for all ages. Here are two examples:

Dungeons & Dragons is a cooperative role-playing game where everyone works together to create a fun story and go on interesting adventures. Your decisions influence the story you make, guiding your heroes through quests for treasure, daring rescues, intrigue, and much more!

Make new friends at The Royal Heist on December 2 & 16, from 5:00pm-

8:00pm. All experience levels welcome. Ages 13+. Register in advance.

Magic is a card game where you are a wizard casting spells and summoning creatures. Your goal is to defeat the opposing wizards. All experience levels are welcome. If you have your own cards, bring them. If not, the Library will provide some for you to borrow.

Magic! The Gathering Club gathers on December 3 & 17, from 2:00pm4:00pm. Ages 13+. Register at the main desk.

For info, email Liz: Llinton@rcls.org. See ad pg. 8 for more Library events.

Lunch-Theatre Farce in Montgomery

The Souprano’s Last Holiday Party is a “Diss-Functional” family farce dinner show (read: Lunch)!

Tony and Hormella Souprano invite you to the holiday party of the season and to celebrate their anniversary. Become a part of the famiglia as a guest at the party, and find out who the real bosses are: the men - or their mamas?

Tony tries to keep the peace between the rival crime families but instead, watch the ziti fly, and see who survives.

Enjoy the meal and the diss-ing at City Winery, 23 Factory Street, Montgomery, on December 18 at 12:45pm

Visit www.citywinery.com and check out the ad on page 7.

Kids’ Rock-n-Roll Playhouse

The Rock and Roll Playhouse, a family concert series, allows kids to move, play and sing while listening to works from the classic-rock canon. The band offers its core audience of families with children age ten and under games, stories and an opportunity to rock out in an effort to educate children and explore their creativity.

“The Rock and Roll Playhouse knows that little ears are sensitive, so we turn down the volume at our shows. However, all kids experience music differently and you may find that your child is more comfortable wearing hearing protection

earmuffs, such as Baby Banz.

“Come sing and dance with the Rock and Roll Playhouse as we jam out to our favorite fun Beatles tunes...and more for the holiday season!”

City Winery Hudson Valley presents The Rock and Roll Playhouse: Holiday Show sharing the music of The Beatles (with a new generation of music lovers!) on December 11 at Noon at 23 Factory Street, Montgomery.

Children one and under are free.

All children must be accompanied by a parent or adult caregiver.

See ad page 7.

Meet “The Soupranos” and laugh out loud at City Winery in Montgomery on Dec. 18

Homemade Cookies, Dingmans Ferry

The United Methodist Church will have many varieties of delicious, homemade cookies that can be enjoyed immediately or frozen for the holidays. The Church’s elves do the baking, you just walk around and fill a bag with the ones

you like on December 3 from 9:00am-1:00pm

The cost is $8 per lb. and all proceeds support the church’s ministries at 115 Myck Road, Dingmans Ferry. Call 570-828-2288. Visit www.dfumc.com

Photography Salon: “Pricing Photos”

The monthly Highlands Arts Alliance Photographers Salon gatherings connect fellow photographers, where together they share, critique and learn new techniques. The Salon offers monthly focused topic-led discussions, guest speakers, workshops and photo walks. The 2023 Yearly Contributor Photography Exhibition offers an opportunity for members to showcase their photographic artwork, and is planned for January 11-28

Moderated by program founder and photographer Karen Parashkevov, December’s gathering will feature a focused topic-led discussion: Pricing Fine Art Photos, and share and critique of photos on December 7 at 6:00pm at the American Legion Hall, 134 Old State Road, Highland Falls.

Salon overview, contact and fee information can be found by visiting: www.highlandsartsalliance.org/ photographersalon

Live Jazz at UpFront in Port Jervis

Liza Doolittle is a vocalist who performs with local musicians throughout the Hudson Valley area. She sings covers from various genres and time periods, as well as an assortment of jazz standards, and is most inspired by artists like Billie Holiday, Fiona Apple, Ella Fitzgerald, Carole King, Etta James, and the Beatles.

Bassist Robert Kopec has been instrumental in assembling the finest regional jazz improvisers, performing in venues across the Hudson Valley,

and known as Big Bang! He was also bassist-inresidence at Dos Amigos in Fair Oaks, and now heads his own trio and quartet comprised of local major musicians concertizing throughout the Hudson Valley.

Doolittle & Kopec will perform for the groove port music series at UpFront Exhibition Space, 31 Jersey Avenue, Port Jervis, on December 9 at 7:00pm

Upfront’s art show can be viewed from 1:00pm through to the concert.

Tickets at the door. BYOB!

Chutzpah Collaboration in Callicoon

Chutzpah (a.k.a. Hutzpah) is a Yiddish word meaning “impudence or gall.” Bravery that borders on rudeness is chutzpah, which rhymes with “foot spa.” If you have chutzpah, you say what you think without worrying about hurting someone’s feelings, looking silly, or getting in trouble.

Chutzpah is the quality of audacity, for good or for bad. It derives from the Hebrew word ḥuṣpāh (חֻצְפָּה), meaning “insolence”, “cheek” or “audacity”. Thus the original Yiddish word has a strongly negative connotation but the form which entered English as a Yiddishism in American English has taken on a broader meaning, having been popularized through vernacular use in film, literature, and television.

Yarnslingers began telling true, first person stories in 2010. A large group

A few members of the Yarnslingers crew.

of storytellers from all walks of life who love to sling yarn, each of their presentations has a theme.

Yarnslingers on Hutzpah! happens at Seminary Hill Cidery, 43 Wagner Lane, Callicoon on December 4 at 11:30am Readers/Storytellers include Anie Stanley, Ramona Jan, Bill Fellenberg, Glenn of Trees, Dawn MacIntyre, Fred Feibusch, Isabel Braverman and Janice Meyerson. Info: 845-887-4056.

SongClub is a drop-in singing experience aimed at bringing communities together through singing original arrangements of familiar songs in a safe and welcoming environment.

Debbie Lan (pictured) is a musician, singer, choral director, songwriter and teaching artist. With a passion for singing and helping others find their own voices, arranging songs, teaching group harmonies and community building, Debbie enjoys directing SongClub and her four performing adult community Voice Ensembles: Bloom (52 voices), The B2’s (9 voices), Perennial (9 voices) and the Resisterhood Community Choir (20 voices and counting).

A former teaching artist/musician at High Meadow School in Stone Ridge, Debbie is also a musician/singer/ songwriter for the band Grenadilla, with her Kwela flavored rhythms, upbeat melodies, layered voices, a touch of Cape Town jive and a hint of the blues.

“There aren’t enough communities making music together in the world today,” says Debbie. “Kids and adults spend so much time alone in their rooms, with their games, TV’s and computers. We want to encourage all people, not just ‘musicians’ to make music a part of their

daily lives, to pick up an instrument, open their voice and play and sing along, making music just for the fun of it.”

For the Music Institute of Sullivan & Ulster’s (MISU) next Coffee House Concert, Debbie will conduct YOU while YOU sing. “I hand out lyric sheets and teach harmonies to a familiar popular song. The song will not be Christmas or holiday based. There is no written sheet music,” Debbie explained.

This SongClub event will take place on December 3 at 7:30pm at 40 Market Street, “either in MISU or St. Joseph’s Church, dependant on numbers, so every one can feel comfortable and safe. Masking will be highly recommended as well as appropriate distance seating being provided for those requesting it,” said MISU Director Anastasia Solberg Tickets at the door. See ad page 9.

“Holiday Milonga” in Sugar Loaf

After discovering his passion for the art form in his early 20s, Tango expert Jon Tariq embarked on a journey as a professional in 2007 and his career has only gone on an upwards trajectory, working for some of the best studios in New York, Westchester and New Jersey. Plus, Tango allowed him to share his knowledge with Tango lovers in different parts of the world.

Part of Tariq’s success is due to the wide variety of knowledge that he possesses in the field of Tango. Not one to rest on his laurels, he has continuously searched for new paths to learn from and, nowadays, he has cemented himself as an expert in the field and its many different variables.

Another reason as to why Tariq is so highly regarded in the field of Argentine Tango is that he is one of the most progressive and more capable teachers in the market. Throughout the years, his work as an instructor, teacher and choreographer has received praise for prioritizing technique, execution

and fundamentals in a fun, engaging manner.

One of the biggest misconceptions about Argentine Tango is that you cannot learn it or dance it after a certain age. Tariq’s methods and teachings adapt to people of all ages, and he makes sure that everybody can enjoy learning, as his beliefs and passions for the art form is something that drives him forward, combined with a genuine desire to share his knowledge with more people.

Tariq will share his expertise and passion at his Holiday Milonga on December 17 with all levels of classes and practice starting at 6:30pm, followed by a Holiday Tango Evening from 8:00pm1:00am at the Seligmann Center, 25 White Oak Drive, Sugar Loaf.

For class/level and schedule info, email info@tangoschool.nyc or phone 917-825-0620.

Visit www.tangoschool.nyc.

Check out Tariq’s new book Tango Obsession on Amazon.

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HOLIDAY EVENTS

December 1 at 6:00pm

Winter Scene Painting Class” for ages 12+ to adults. All art materials supplied.

December 6 at 10:30am

“Toddler Holiday Tea Party”!

December 14 at 4:30pm

“Gingerbread Garland” Family Program

The Library will be closed: 12/24/22 & 12/25/22 Christmas Eve & Christmas Day

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Gould’s Poetry, Goshen & Montgomery

“Roberta Gould starts the reader off in the territory of the ordinary before turning a corner into realms of the strange and sublime. Holding forth in a voice marked by brevity and surety, she offers poems short on the page but long in perspective: lenses that reflect worlds we thought we knew.”

- Margot Farrington, American Book Review.

Embellishments are kept to a minimum in Gould’s poetry. “Stories do not need me,” she says in a recent interview, and depicts from many angles - personal and philosophical - with an aliveness and verve, expressed in quotidian language which is precise and musical. This gives her work the arresting archetypical power that has been noted. For many years she has also given us true political poetry that transcends time and the details of the day with great power. These poems have been recurrent since her first book, Dream Yourself Flying Gould taught Romance languages for twenty years at Brooklyn College and briefly at the University of California in Berkeley. Her work has appeared in the New York Times, Poetry Now, Catholic

Worker, California Quarterly, Milkweed Chronicle, Mid American Review, Jewish Currents, Green Mountain Review, Confrontation, Helicon Nine, Naugatuck River Review, Socialism and Democracy, The Art and Craft of Poetry, in many other literary publications, and in anthologies including Mixed Voices, A Slant of Light, and Up the River.

Gould has exhibited her surreal photography in New York City, and has translated poetry by Sor Juana Inéz de la Cruz, Salvador Espriu, Pedro Garfias, Jorge Luis Borges and other Spanish language poets into English.

She will read from her new book, for the Poetry at the Church series, on December 19 at 7:00pm, at the Goshen Methodist Church, 115 Main Street.

Host: Ted Gill. Info: 845-294-5010. Donations welcomed.

Gould then overnights to nearby Montgomery where she is the featured poet at Java Blue Coffee & Market, 8 Union Street, on December 20 at 6:00pm

Host: Robert Milby. Info: 845-4574331. $2 donation.

May I Have A Word With You

Quips, Quotes & Quiddities

The Will British broadcaster, Gyles Brandreth, also a former member of Parliament, has a sharp eye and keen ear for words and mirth. In his sequel More Joy of Lex, Brandreth shares this cynical will written by Philadelphia industrialist, William Hickington who died in 1947.

“To my wife I leave her lover, and the knowledge that I wasn’t the fool she thought I was.

“To my son I leave the pleasure of earning a living. For 25 years he thought the pleasure was all mine. He was mistaken.

“To my daughter I leave $100,000. She will need it. The only piece of business her husband ever did was to marry her.

“To my valet I leave the clothes he has been stealing from me for ten years. Also the fur coat he wore last winter while I was in Palm Beach.

“To my partner, I leave the suggestion that he take some clever man in with him at once if he expects to do any business.

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Forty Lashes with a Wet Noodle!

That’s a nonsense punishment probably stemming from early stand-up comedy.

But the number 40 has a singular history, some of it biblical.

It’s still debated but widely believed that Moses spent 40 days and 40 nights on each of his visits to Mount Sinai.

The Lenten period lasts 40 days.

The fictional Ali Baba had 40 thieves.

Quarantine comes from the Italian word meaning a period of forty days.

We may take comfort from the adage, “Life begins at 40” but, some online clown adds: “Life may begin at 40 but so do fallen arches, rheumatism, and the tendency to tell a story to the same person over and over again.”

This is a real Loo Loo!

You’ll be proud to learn that you can not only be a patriot but an environmental champion without ever leaving the bathroom.

I was blow drying my hands in a public restroom while reading the following on the face of the dryer:

“Save Trees, Eliminate Paper Towel Waste, and Maintain Cleaner Facilities with World Warm-Air Dryers.”

Carol Pozefsky

Artist Pat MacDonald’s “Road Trip”

Pat MacDonald captures the subtle colors of the sky and the landscape with her combinations of oil, pastel and watercolors. “When I choose a landscape I am looking for peace and serenity, something that should be noted and felt, a connection,” she says. “All this beauty and power inspires me, then it can become the essence of a new story. The challenge of capturing a landscape in midflight during a moment that can only be found once is magical and an echo of reality.”

“Pat is a master of composition. She can take a very simple scene and highlight its beauty and drama with her choices of what to include or not,” said Wallkill River Center for the Arts Executive Director, Sarah Pierson

“As a pastel and oil painter I am looking to express the subtle colors in the landscape before they quietly and quickly change,” said Pat. “To capture the sky

or meadow before the air around them moves on and passes through. Showing all the details but softening the edges, blurring some of the static and defusing some of the noise. Noticing its beauty and bringing it to life. For the flowers are willing to show their beauty and the clouds are willing to show their power and that inspires me; then it can become the essence of a new story.”

An exhibition, titled Road Trip, encompasses a large body of Pat’s works. The pieces have a smooth and soft quality to them, like fond memories. The exhibit now adorns the walls of the Unitarian Universalist Congregation, 9 Vance Road, Rock Tavern, and will captivate all who come for an open house showing of her art on December 9 from 2:00pm-4:00pm Light refreshments will be available. For further information or to arrange a private showing, contact Michael Landrum at 845-851-6024.

“Godspell” Comes to Cornwall

Godspell first opened offBroadway in 1971, and on Broadway in 1976. It has since been produced by multiple touring companies and a Broadway revival ran from October 13, 2011 to June 24, 2012.

The musical is structured as a series of parables, primarily based on the Gospel of Matthew. The parables are interspersed with music set primarily to lyrics from traditional hymns, with the passion of Christ appearing briefly near the end of the show.

In this re-staging of the revival production of Godspell, a group of men and women come together in the early 1990’s in a Seattle bar at the forefront of the Grunge music scene. This group of people from disparate walks of life find themselves in the bar at a moment in time where society is in transitioning from the glittering and roaring 1980’s to the raw and real 1990’s.

At the precipice of the moment where technology and social media will change society irrevocably, it is here that they form a bond at the behest of a new messenger, and re-tell some of the most notable parables from the

Book of Matthew through comedy, song, and dance. Together they create a community to share and enjoy these new found values, as they journey toward the inevitable weaknesses of human nature, and suffer through the betrayal and destruction of the very messenger who brought them together.

Presented by Theatre on Main Street, Director Jessica Jaber said, “Celebrate the 10 year anniversary of the revival production with us! Our production features professional talent hailing from all areas of the country, as well as local talent discovered and developed from our surrounding neighborhoods!”

See Godspell at 45 Quaker Avenue, Suite 100, Cornwall, December 2-11 For info: 929-483-4776. See ad page 6.

A rehearsal shot from Theatre on Main Street’s production of “Godspell”.

A Virtual Visit with An Artist’s Studio

Jean-Marc Superville Sovak is a multidisciplinary artist and teaching professional whose work is deeply rooted in the community around him. His public works include organizing and officiating a Burial for White Supremacy (Unison Arts Center, New Paltz), retracing speculative steps on the Underground Railroad across historic sites in the Hudson Valley (Wilderstein Historic Site, Rhinebeck), designing memorials to Afro-Dutch pioneers in colonial New Netherlands (Rockland County’s Art in Public Places), and I Draw & You Talk, a storefront portraitdrawing studio doubling as an oral history project (Matteawan Gallery, Beacon). His current practice, a-Historical Landscapes, involves altering 19thcentury landscape engravings to include images borrowed from contemporaneous anti-slavery publications.

As visiting artist and lecturer, he has used his work as a platform to discuss topics such as The American Picturesque in the Age of Abolitionism at colleges, universities and cultural institutions. A graduate of Bard College’s M.F.A.

program in Film/Video, JeanMarc’s video work has been screened worldwide and is distributed by Videographe, Inc. A recipient of a NYFA Strategic Opportunity Stipend and the Alice and Horace Chandler Purchase Award, he serves on the board of Education and Outreach at the Samuel Dorsky Museum of Art, and on the board at Unison Arts Center in New Paltz. Jean-Marc works as Museum Educator at Dia:Beacon and is Studio Assistant to Marilyn Minter.

Orange County Arts Council presents a virtual Artist Studio Visit with Superville Sovac on December 15 at 5:00pm. Tickets are free for OCAC members; $10 suggested donation for non-members. Registration is mandatory to attend this virtual event. Visit www. ocartscouncil.org to register. An email with the event link and password to login will be forwarded to those who register.

This program is made possible in part through the support of New York State Council on the Arts, Orange County Government, Shapiro's Furniture, and donations from people like you. Please consider making a donation today at: www.ocartscouncil.org/support.

The Jazz Coalition: “Cinqué”

The Jazz Coalition was a vital artistic and financial support initiative for jazz musicians during the Covid-19 pandemic. The coalition was formed to manifest unity among the global jazz community at a time of mass unemployment, painful lost opportunities, and increased struggle in every area of life.

“The idea to create the Jazz Coalition series stems from the success we have had with the Sunday Night Jazz series I booked at The Falcon, which began in February and runs through next June 26,” said Danny Melnick

The Jazz Coalition launched its Commission Fund, awarding $1,000 grants to 104 musicians in support of new music to capture this moment and point a way toward transcendence. A new campaign funds the live concert performances and recordings of 15 previously commissioned artists and their ensembles at The Falcon.

The first of three December Jazz Coalition concerts is Elio Villafranca’s Cinqué, which showcases the cultural diversity of the Caribbean, while simultaneously highlighting the African traditions woven into the fabric of each of these nations.

Cinque is a 5-movement suite

Elio Villafranca will perform at The Falcon. photo by Kasia Idzkowska

inspired by the story of Joseph Cinque, who in 1839 led a successful revolt aboard the slave ship La Amistad, days after being sold and transported to a sugar plantation in Cuba. Elio’s most ambitious project today, it showcases the cultural diversity of the five Caribbean nations of Cuba, Puerto Rico, Haiti, the Dominican Republic, and Jamaica; while simultaneously highlighting the Congolese musical heritage woven into the fabric of each of these diverse nations, and yet unified via the forced migration of Africans to the Americas.

Cinqué was nominated for a Grammy for Best Latin Jazz Album. It will be performed at The Falcon, 1348 Route 9W, Marlboro, December 4 at 7:00pm. Visit www.thefalcon.com

Don’t Miss these ART EXHIBITS

Orange Hall, Middletown: Group Show

Art for the Sake of Us All! is a spectacular group show encompassing a variety of styles and sizes, media and techniques and purposes.

The exhibit runs through December 18 at SUNY Orange’s Orange Hall Gallery, 24 Grandview Avenue, Middletown.

For info: cultural@sunyorange.edu

Mindy Ross Gallery, Newburgh: Solo

Epiphany of Life is a solo show of paintings (oils and pastels) by landscape artist Judy Reynolds running through January 6 at SUNY Orange’s Mindy Ross Gallery, in Kaplan Hall, located at the corner of Grand and First Streets, (GPS: 73 First Street, Newburgh).

For info, email cultural@sunyorange. edu or phone 845-341-4891. www.sunyorange.edu/culturalaffairs

Goshen Art League: Group & Solo

The Goshen Art League’s annual winter holiday group show, Celebrate, runs through January 31 at the Goshen Music Hall, 223 Main Street. Members were asked to share “visual interpretations of the season and its varied wealth of traditions” for the theme this year.

In addition, GAL member Lisa O’Gorman has a solo show at GriffithOlivero Realtors, 226 Main Street, Goshen, through January 5

UpFront, Port Jervis: Group Show

UpFront Exhibition Space in Port Jervis hosts exhibitions featuring original paintings, photography, and sculpture. A Winter Art Group Show runs through December 31 at UpFront, 31 Jersey Avenue, Port Jervis.

In addition to the monthly art exhibits, UpFront has become a jazz haven with its monthly “groove port” jazz series. Visit upfrontexhibitionspace.com

WRCA, Montgomery: Group & Solo

In addition to three major exhibits: Streaming the Light: works by Jennie Duke, Between Two Worlds: works by Emmanuel Ofori, and a group show, Draperies curated by Ofori, all running through January 22 at the Wallkill River Center for the Arts... ...there are members’ exhibits: Hats and Shoes runs through December 11 and Holiday runs from December 16 to January 15. That’s five exhibits! A lot of diverse art to browse through. You will surely find a unique, original work of art to suit the art lover/collector on your holiday shopping gift list. Head to the

Blues, rock, etc.

Six Fox Whiskey “Friendsgiving!” Delaware Valley Opera Center, Lake Huntington, Nov 26, 7pm English Beat ska

Dylan Doyle Band roots, rock, jam funk

The Brighton Beat

City Winery, Montgomery, Nov 28, 8pm

The Falcon, Marlboro, Dec 2, 7pm

The Falcon, Marlboro, Dec 3, 7pm

SongClub Sing-along MISU/St Joseph’s Episcopal Church, Ellenville, Dec 3, 7:30pm

Clare Maloney w/C Lanzbom r&r

The Falcon, Marlboro, Dec 8, 7pm

City Winery Montgomery Dec 8, 8pm Cuboricua! Salsa!

Adam Weiner of Low Cut Connie

The Falcon, Marlboro, Dec 9, 7pm “Shed is Dead” & “Frank Zappa Experience”

The Klezmatics

Delaware Valley Opera Center, Lake Huntington, Dec 10, 7pm

The Falcon, Marlboro, Dec 10, 7pm

Reggie Harris

Tenth Annual Christmas@TheFalcon Benefit

The Falcon, Marlboro, Dec 15, 7pm

Noble Coffee Roasters, Campbell Hall, Dec 10, 7:30pm Marji Zintz & Bones Krew folk Noble Coffee Roasters, Campbell Hall, Dec 17, 7:30pm FREE Lost Leaders, The Yards

The Falcon, Marlboro, Dec 16, 7pm

Eric Lipper r&r Greenwood Lake Library, Dec 17, 1pm FREE

Ed Palermo Big Band

Toombs Dixon “Origins of Rock & Roll”

The Falcon, Marlboro, Dec 17, 7pm

The Falcon, Marlboro, Dec 30, 7pm

Best of The Eagles

The Falcon, Marlboro, Dec 31, 7pm

Sugar Loaf Performing Arts Centre, Dec 30, 8pm “CollaboNew Year’s Eve” ��� Delaware Valley Opera Center, Lake Huntington, Dec 31, 7pm NYE! The Big Takeover reggae, ska, Motown

Children & TEenS Calendar

Books

Babytime toddlers

Newburgh Library, Tuesdays, 9:30am Storytime 1-5yrs Chester Library, Tuesdays, 10:30am

Family Storytime Wallkill Library, Tuesdays & Thursdays, 10:30am Books & Babies Story Time w/Miss Sophie Milford, Library, Tuesdays & Fridays, 10:30am Books and Beyond grades K-2 Florida Library, Tuesdays, 4:15pm

Toddler Time Newburgh Library, Wednesdays, 10am Storytime in the Park outdoors Mamakating Library, Wurtsboro, Wednesdays, 10:30am

Rhymetime infants & toddlers Florida Library, Wednesdays, 10:30am Storytime infants & toddlers Liberty Library, Wednesdays 11:00am Storytime 3-5yrs Florida Library, Thursdays, 10:30am

“Sadie, The Tail Waggin’ Tutor” Children (of all ages) read to Sadie the dog all ages, JLPL Dec 5, 5:30pm

Wintersmith by Terry Pratchett, ages 12-17 Milford Library, Dec 6, 4:30pm

“The Afterlife of Holly Chase” by Cynthia Hand, teens Cornwall Library, Dec 12, 6:30pm Winter Break Reading Kickoff Liberty Library, Dec 19, 3pm

EntertainmenT

2:30pm

JLPL Dec 2 & 16, 5pm

PEEC Dec 3 & 17, 1pm

6 10:30am FREE

Dec 3, 2pm-4pm FREE Multicultural Holiday Storytime Wisner Library, Warwick, Dec 10, 10:30am FREE The Rock And Roll Playhouse 10yrs and under City Winery, Dec 11, Noon

“Farm Life” photo by Renee Zernitsky

“Olana Skies” oil by Judy Reynolds

“House Under Snow” by Cynthia Harris Pagano

“Anita’s Lily” by Rosalind Hodgkins

WRCA, 232 Ward Street, Montgomery. For information: 845-457-ARTS.

“Mamme ni Abofraa I” (detail) by Emmanuel Ofori

sponsored by Music on Market, Ellenville and Nesin Cultural Arts, Monticello

JLPL

Josephine-Louise Library, Walden MEEC Mamakating Environmental Education Center, Wurtsboro PEEC Pocono Environmental Education Center, Dingmans Ferry Listings not included in our centerspread calendar

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Watercolors, Sugar Loaf; High Withers, Goshen; and Peggi’s Place, Cornwall

Jimmy Sturr & Orchestra “Spirit of Christmas” w/Coasters, Matt & Elaine

Paramount Theatre, Middletown, Dec 3, 3pm

2022 Holiday Cabaret Karaoke ����������������������� Forage & Gather, Mountaindale, Dec 3, 7pm

“Hung With Care: A Queer Holiday Burlesque Spectacular!”

� City Winery, Montgomery, Nov 25, 8pm

Karen Mason “The Christmas Show” Eldred Preserve, Dec 11, 8pm

Bradstan Cabaret Show “New Year’s Eve Celebration” Eldred Preserve, Dec 31, 9pm-2am

Cinema

“Hampstead” Diane Keaton Wisner Library, Warwick, Nov 28, 1pm FREE

“The Bishop’s Wife” C. Grant, L. Young Hurleyville Performing Arts Centre, Dec 2 & 4

“The White Countess” Vanessa Redgrave Wisner Library, Warwick, Dec 5, 1pm FREE

“The Peanut Butter Falcon” Cornwall Library, Dec 6, Noon FREE

“Christmas in Connecticut” B. Stanwyck ����� Wisner Library, Warwick, Dec 12, 1pm FREE

“Miracle on 34th Street” M. O’Hara Moffatt Library, Washingtonville, Dec 14, 6pm FREE

“Our Souls at Night” R. Redford, J. Fonda Wisner Library, Warwick, Dec 19, 1pm FREE

Comedy

Andrew Dice Clay

Sugar Loaf Performing Arts Center, Nov 25 & 26, 8pm

Drag Brunch w/Pixel Tango Cafe, Hurleyville, Dec 11, 11:30am & 2:30pm

DANCE

“The Nutcracker”

FAIRS & Festivals

“Joy to Wurtsboro”

Sugar Loaf Performing Arts Center, Dec 2-4

Veterans Park, Wurtsboro, Nov 26, 2pm-5pm FREE

Pine Bush First Fridays Main Street, Pine Bush, Dec 2, 4pm-7pm FREE

Second Saturday Maker Market & Street Fair Mountaindale, Dec 10, 11am-5pm FREE

FUndraisers

United Methodist Church “Cookie Walk” UMC Dingmans Ferry, Dec 3, 9am-1pm

Sullivan County Dramatic Workshop 2022 Holiday Cabaret Karaoke Forage & Gather, Mountaindale, Dec 3, 7pm

Cragsmoor Library Cookie Walk & Holiday Sale Cragsmoor Library, Dec 10, 9am-3pm

Wallkill River Center for the Arts “Christmas MART” art show & sale Inn at the Ridge, Walllkill, Dec 10, 10am-4pm

Newburgh Free Library Back Door Books (sale)

Newburgh Library, Montgomery Street Entrance, Dec 17, 10am-2pm

HOLIDAY (some events not listed in centerspread)

Peace, Love and Lights drive-thru

Bethel Woods, thru Jan 1

Holiday Market Bethel Woods, Nov 26-27 FREE

Holiday Pop-Up Art Show/Sale River Valley Artists Guild UpFront Exhibition Space, Port Jervis, Nov 26-27 FREE

Annual Toys for Tots Event w/Santa & US Marines

Crawford Senior Center, Pine Bush, Dec 2, 1pm FREE

Holiday Artisan Market Highlands Arts Alliance

Delizia’s Pizza & Kitchen, Highland Falls, Dec 3, 11am-3pm Holiday Blitz at the Ritz w/Santa & Frosty Ritz Theatre, Newburgh, Dec 3, 2pm-4pm FREE Santa Comes to Hurleyville Gallery 222, Hurleyville, Dec 9, 10, 11 Sugar Loaf Celebration Kings Highway, Sugar Loaf, Dec 10, Noon-6pm

Holiday Market Narrowsburg Union, Dec 10 & 11 FREE

Historic House Tours Knox’s Headquarters, Vails Gate, Dec 10 & 17, 5pm-8pm & Dec 27 & 28, 10am-3pm “Warm up at the Washington’s” Washington’s Headquarters, Newburgh, Dec 11, Noon-3pm 2022 Candlelight Tour Crawford House, Newburgh, Dec 11, Noon-5pm Handmade for the Holidays! Wallkill River Center for the Arts, Dec 18, Noon-4pm

Museums

(some events not listed in centerspread)

Behind the Scenes Tour, the Woodstock historic site Bethel Woods, Mon-Wed, 12:30pm Behind the Scenes Tour & Escape Room Experience ����� Bethel Woods, Wednesdays, 4pm Music, Lunch, & Antarctic History talk, w/Little Sparrow & Van Manakas Frederick Cook Society, Sullivan County Historical Museum, Hurleyville, Dec 9, Noon

Music - Classical

Greater Newburgh Symphony Orchestra “Nutcracker Suite” w/student dance studios Aquinas Hall, Newburgh, Dec 10, 4pm

Sullivan County Chamber Orchestra w/Nesin Cultural Arts Students, Nutcracker Party ��� Hurleyville Performing Arts Centre, Dec 10, 2pm & 7pm, FREE

Music - Holiday

Jingle Jazz Holiday Concert Beacon Jazz Lab Munger Cottage, Cornwall, Nov 27, 1pm FREE

Pine Bush Community Band Holiday Concert

St Paul’s Roman Catholic Church, Bullville, Nov 28, 7pm FREE & Leptondale Bible Church, Newburgh, Dec 5, 7pm FREE & Crawford Senior and Community Center, Pine Bush, Dec 11, 3pm FREE & Village of Montgomery Senior Center, Dec 18, 3pm FREE

West Point Band Holiday Concert Eisenhower Hall, West Point, Dec 3 & 4, 2pm FREE

Ramswick Harp Ensemble “Holiday Harps” Wisner Library, Warwick, Dec 4, 2pm FREE

Calmus Ensemble Leipzig “Christmas A Capella” Kindred Spirits Arts

Milford Theater, Dec 11, 2pm

Delaware Valley Choral Society” Christmas Around the World” w/Dingman Delaware Children’s Choir United Methodist Church, Milford, Dec 11, 3pm MISU Community & Youth Ensemble & guest artists

St� John’s Episcopal Church, Ellenville, Dec 15, 7:30pm

Frank Sinatra & Friends Holiday Show Sugar Loaf Performing Arts Centre, Dec 16, 8pm

Music - jazz

Hal Galper Trio

Rafters Tavern, Callicoon, Saturdays, 3pm Jazz Coalition Series: Elio Villafranca “Cinqué” The Falcon, Marlboro, Dec 4, 7pm

Robert Kopec & Liza Doolittle “groove port” UpFront Exhibition Space, Dec 9, 7pm Jazz Coalition Series: Fay Victor “Sirens & Silences” The Falcon, Marlboro, Dec 11, 7pm Jazz Coalition Series: DJ Logic jazz hip-hop The Falcon, Marlboro, Dec 18, 7pm

Jeremy Baum Trio: Charlie “Baum” Christmas The Falcon, Marlboro, Dec 23, 7pm

Poetry Readings

The Poetry of Tony Hoagland Wisner Library, Warwick, Nov 30, 6pm FREE

Robert Milby Noble Coffee Roasters, Campbell Hall, Dec 1, 7pm

Alchemy Poets Liberty Library, Dec 15, 1pm FREE Newburgh Poetry Slam Hip Hop & Poetry TV �� Grit Works, Newburgh, Dec 17, 5pm FREE

Roberta Gould Poetry at the Church Goshen Methodist Church, Dec 19, 7pm Roberta Gould Java Blue Coffee & Market, Montgomery, Dec 20, 6pm

Recreation

Line Dancing “Kickin’ w/Kathy and Billy” City Winery, Montgomery, Mondays, 7pm Drum Circle Ritz Theatre Lobby, Newburgh, Tuesdays, 6:30pm Trivia Night w/Arthur Aulisi Tango Cafe, Hurleyville, Dec 15, 7pm FREE Tri-State Drum & Dance Drum Circle UpFront Exhibition Space, Port Jervis, Dec 20, 7pm

Storytelling

Yarnslingers “Chutzpah” Seminary Hill Cidery, Callicoon, Dec 4, 11:30am

Theatre - Musical & Variety

“In the Heights” musical SUNY Sullivan, Seelig Theatre, Loch Sheldrake Dec 2-10 “Godspell” musical Your Dance Closet, Cornwall, Dec 2-11 NCA Fall 2022 Showcase music, dance, theatre, visual Art

Nesin Theatre, Monticello, Dec 4, 12:30pm Theatre - Play “Miracle on South Division Street”

Shadowland Stages, Ellenville, Dec 2-18

“Good Evening” by Peter Cook & Dudley Moore Vet Rep Theatre, Cornwall, Dec 3 & 10, 7pm

“The Souprano’s Last Holiday Party” Dinner-Theatre City Winery, Dec 18, 12:45pm

Books: Discussions / readings / Signings

sponsored by Josephine-Louise Public Library, Walden

“Akata Witch” by Nnedi Okorafor Wisner Library, Warwick, Nov 26, 6pm

Non-Fiction Book Group Wisner Library, Warwick, Dec 1, 2pm

“The Accidental Further Adventures of the 100-Year-Old Man” by Jonas Jonasson Tuxedo Park Library, Dec 1, 7pm

“The Woman in the Library” by Sulari Gentill Florida Library, Dec 2, 1pm “Hillbilly Elegy” by J. D. Vance Goshen Library, Dec 3, 10am

“Travels with Charley: In Search of America” by John Steinbeck Cornwall Library, Dec 7, 4pm

“American Shtetl: The Making Of Kiryas Joel” by/w/Nomi Stolzenberg & David Myers zoom-Chester Library, Dec 7, 7pm

“Harlem Shuffle” by Colin Whitehead Milford Library, Dec 8, 4pm

“Iona Iverson’s Rules for Commuting” by Clare Pooley Wisner Library, Warwick, Dec 8, 7pm & Cornwall Library, Dec 8, 7pm

“The Winners” by/w/ Fredrik Backman zoom/Wisner Library, Warwick, Dec 10, 2pm

“Title Remarkably Bright Creatures” by Shelby Van Pelt Chester Library, Dec 12, 6:30pm

“Robert B. Parker’s Little White Lies” by Ace Atkins Goshen Library, Dec 19, 3:30pm

Books and Tea Discussion Group Mamakating Library, Wurtsboro, Dec 20, 2:30pm

Contemporary Classics Book Club Moffatt Library, Washingtonville, Dec 21, 2pm

“The Giver of Stars” by Jojo Moyes Dingman Library, Dec 21, 3:30pm

“Once Upon a Wardrobe” by Patti Callahan Florida Library, Dec 22, 6:30pm

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Cinema

“Hampstead” Wisner Library, Warwick,1pm

Poetry

Donna Spector Goshen United Methodist Church, 7pm

Recreation Line Dancing CITY 7pm

Music-Ska English Beat CITY 8pm

Recreation Drum Circle RITZ 6:30pm

Jazz vocalist Fay Victor will offer “Sirens and Silences” a ‘memory document’ composition, created to reflect a specific time and place: New York City from April to May 2020 - on December 11 at 7:00pm at The Falcon in Marlboro.

Cinema “

The White Countess” Wisner Library, Warwick, 1pm

Recreation Line Dancing CITY 7pm

Music - Holiday Pine Bush Community Band Leptondale Bible Church, Newburgh, 7pm

Cinema “The Peanut Butter Falcon” Cornwall Library, Noon

Circle

6:30pm

MC’d by Clown Daddy, the Forage & Gather at 81 Main Street, Mountaindale, will be swaying with a “Holiday Cabaret Karaoke”.

Hosted by Sullivan County Dramatic Workshop on Dec. 3 at 7:00pm. See page 18.

A play reading of “Good Evening” by Peter Cook & Dudley Moore will be performed by Vet Rep Theatre on December 3 & 10 at 7:00pm at 16 Quaker Avenue, Cornwall

The Oxford Station Duo will perform their folk rock, classic country and Americana music live at RoseMary’s Pub&Grub, 11 Union Street, Montgomery, on December 3 at 7:00pm, and at The Rock Wall, 55 Academy Avenue, Cornwall-on-Hudson, on December 17 at 7:00pm.

“Pirate Ship” by Bill Cypher of Washingtonville, is on view in the “Art for the Sake of Us All!” group exhibit running through December 18 at SUNY Orange, Orange Hall Gallery, 24 Grandview Avenue, Middletown.

Inn at the Ridge, Wallkill MISU St. John’s Episcopal Church, Ellenville

BRAD Bradstan Cabaret Series Eldred Preserve, Eldred

City Winery Hudson Valley, Montgomery

Delaware Valley Opera Center, Lake Huntington

The Falcon, Marlboro

Forage & Gather, Mountaindale

Gallery 222, Hurleyville

FRIDAY SATURDAY SUNDAY

Fundraiser - Cookie Walk....United Methodist Church UMC 9am-1pm

Holiday...Artisan Market���Delizia’s Pizza, Highland Falls, 11am-3pm

Music - Holiday................West Point Band IKE 2pm

Cinema.........................“The Bishop’s Wife” HPAC 2pm

First Fridays Main Street, 4pm-7pm

Roots-Rock-Jam-Funk......Dylan Doyle Band FAL 7pm Nutcracker” SLPAC 7pm South Division Street” SHADOW 7pm Bishop’s Wife”��������������HPAC 7:30pm “Godspell” YDC 7:30pm the Heights” SEELIG 8pm

Holiday Holiday Blitz at the Ritz................RITZ 2pm-4pm Theatre - Play..“Miracle on South Division Street” SHADOW 2pm & 7pm

Dance............................“The Nutcracker” SLPAC 2pm & 7pm

Music - Jazz.........Hal Galper Trio.....Rafter’s Tavern, Callicoon, 3pm

Music - Holiday...........Jimmy Sturr & His Orchestra........PARA 3pm

Music.............................The Brighton Beat FAL 7pm

Theatre - Play Reading “Good Evening” VET 7pm

Fundraiser - Karaoke Sullivan Cty. Dramatic Workshop F&G 7pm

Music - Sing-along...............SongClub MISU 7:30pm

Theatre - Musical....................“Godspell” YDC 7:30pm

Theatre - Musical.............“In the Heights” SEELIG 8pm

Fundraiser - Cookie Walk Cragsmoor Library 9am-3pm

Fundraiser..Wallkill River Center for the Arts INN 10am-4pm

Holiday,,............Holiday Market Narrowsburg Union, 10am-6pm

Holiday...............Santa Comes to Hurleyville G222, 11am-2pm

Storytelling..Yarnslingers Seminary Hill Cidery, Callicoon 11:30am Theatre - Variety......NCA Fall 2022 Showcase NESIN 12:30pm Theatre - Play....”Miracle on South Division Street” SHADOW 2pm Theatre - Musical.............“In the Heights” SEELIG 2pm Cinema.........................“The Bishop’s Wife” HPAC 2pm

Dance............................“The Nutcracker” SLPAC 2pm

Music - Holiday.........Ramswick Harp Ensemble........WISNER 2pm

Music - Holiday................West Point Band IKE 2pm Theatre - Musical....................“Godspell” YDC 3pm Music - Jazz...............Elio Villafranca “Cinqué” FAL 7pm

Street Fair Mountaindale, 11am-5pm

Frederick Cook Society SCM Noon

Comes to Hurleyville G222, 3pm-6pm

Cuboricua! Salsa! �����������������������FAL 7pm

Kopec & Lisa Doolittle UpF 7pm

South Division Street” SHADOW 7pm “Godspell” YDC 7:30pm the Heights” SEELIG 8pm

Holiday.........Sugar Loaf Celebration Kings Highway, Noon-6pm Music - Classical..Sullivan County Chamber Orch. HPAC 2pm & 7pm

Theatre - Play..”Miracle on South Division Street” SHADOW 2pm & 7pm Music - Jazz.........Hal Galper Trio.....Rafter’s Tavern, Callicoon, 3pm Music & Ballet.......Greater Newburgh Sym. Orch. MSM-AQ 4pm

Music.......Shed is Dead” & “Frank Zappa Experience DVO 7pm

Music................................The Klezmatics FAL 7pm Theatre - Play Reading “Good Evening” VET 7pm Theatre - Musical....................“Godspell” YDC 7:30pm

Music..................................Reggie Harris NOBLE 7:30pm Theatre - Musical.............“In the Heights” SEELIG 8pm

Fundraiser......Newburgh Library Book Sale NFL-MONT

Holiday,,............Holiday Market Narrowsburg Union, 10am-4pm

Comedy..............Drag Brunch w/Pixel TANGO 11:30am & 2:30pm Music - Beatles..........The Rock and Roll Playhouse CITY Noon Holiday............Santa Comes to Hurleyville G222, Noon-4pm Music - Holiday....Calmus Ensemble Leipzig Milford Theater, 2pm Theatre - Play..“Miracle on South Division Street” SHADOW 2pm Theatre - Musical....................“Godspell” YDC 3pm Music - Holiday......Delaware Valley Choral Society MUMC 3pm Music - Holiday......Pine Bush Community Band PBS&C 3pm Music - Jazz...........Fay Victor “Sirens & Silences”. FAL 7pm Cabaret..............................Karen Mason.........................BRAD 8pm

Holiday Handmade for the Holidays

Christmas@TheFalcon Benefit FAL 7pm South Division Street” SHADOW 7pm Sinatra & Friends” SLPAC 8pm

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Lectures, talks, masterclasses & demos

Art exhibits

T.A. Clearwater paintings, pastels, prints Clearwater Gallery at Jones Farm, Cornwall, ongoing Karen E. Gersch, Gabrielle Dearborn, Josiah Dearborn drawings, paintings, silverwork Gersch Home Gallery, Montgomery, by appt, ongoing Holiday Pop-Up Art Show/Sale River Valley Artists Guild, UpFront Exhibition Space, Port Jervis, Nov 26-27, 1pm-6pm

River Valley Artists Guild Art About Town: “Autumn Spectacular” “Plein Air on the Delaware” group show, Port Jervis Library, & Joan Kehlenbeck “Fall” oils & pastels Deerpark Town Hall, Huguenot, & Susan Miiller “Fall”, oils & pastels, Bon Secours Hospital Cafeteria, Port Jervis, & Joe Petrosi “Fall”, color pencil drawings, Mayor’s Office, Port Jervis City Hall, & RVAG members’ group show Gio’s Gelato Café, Port Jervis thru Nov 26 “Plein Air on the Delaware” group show Port Jervis Library, thru Nov 26 Athena LaTocha “La Bajada Red” Gallery 222, Hurleyville, thru Nov 27

Karen Rossen “Natural Light” Amity Gallery, Warwick, thru Nov 27 “Anything Goes” group show Wurtsboro Art Alliance, Wurtsboro, thru Nov 27 Goshen Art League “Casting Shadows, Reflecting Light”

Orange County Emergency Services, Goshen, thru Nov 30

Catherine DeMaio “Fall” paintings Rustic Wheelhouse, Chester, thru Nov

Edward Ziff paintings

Liberty Museum & Arts Center, thru Dec 3 “Hats & Shoes” group show WRS/WRCA thru Dec 11

Sundwall Holiday Exhibit Regal Bag, Newburgh, thru Dec 17 “Art for the Sake of Us All!~ an eclectic show”

SUNYO-OH thru Dec 18 “Holiday Show” group show & craft/gift items Wurtsboro Art Alliance, thru Dec 18 “Art in Sixes” group show

Ellen Brooks

DVAA Narrowsburg, thru Dec 23

Catskill Art Space, Livingston Manor, thru Dec 23

Edward Cohen Gallery at Chant Realtors, Lords Valley, thru Dec 27

Ryan Fulton “Original Acrylics” Cornwall Library, thru Dec 29

Winter Art Show group show UpFront Exhibition Space, Port Jervis, thru Dec 31

Pat MacDonald “Road Trip” Unitarian Universalist Cong , Rock Tavern, thru Dec 31 iena Cruz Visitor Center, Newburgh, thru Dec 31

“The Gingerbread Experience”

Liberty Museum & Arts Center, thru Jan 1 Lisa O’Gorman Griffith-Olivero Realtors, Goshen, thru Jan 5

Judy Reynolds “Epiphany of Life” SUNYO-MRG thru Jan 6

Jennie Duke “Streaming the Light” WRS/WRCA thru Jan 22

Emmanuel Ofori “Between Two Worlds” WRS/WRCA thru Jan 22 “Drapery” group show WRS/WRCA thru Jan 22

Philippe Safire “Transition” CMA Gallery, Aquinas Hall, Newburgh, thru Jan 30 Marjorie Morrow “Maker’s Mark” Brigantine Goods, Jeffersonville, thru Jan 31 “Celebrate” Goshen Art League Goshen Music Hall, thru Jan 31

NEW ART EXHIBITS

Kevin Gref & Lucy Sardonia “Transition” Domesticities, Youngsville, Nov 26-Dec 30 “Instructor’s Small Works Show” Alice Desmond Center, Newburgh, Nov 28-Jan 31 Chrissy Pahucki Greenwood Lake Library, Dec 1-31 The Crafts of the Chardavogne Group Over the Years Amity Gallery, Warwick, Dec 3-18 Barryville Area Arts Association group show & “The Story of Christmas in Classic Art” & “Creation Stories from Around the World” Artists Market Community Center, Shohola, Dec 4-31 “Holiday” group show WRS/WRCA Dec 16-Jan 15 CAS Members’ Exhibition Catskill Art Space, Livingston Manor, Dec 31-Jan 28

Photography exhibits

“Along the Towpath: The D&H Canal in Mamakating, 1828-1898” Wurtsboro Library “The John Evans Family - 1765 to 1997” Cragsmoor Library, through Nov “WHY EYE ( “i” )

Vincent Manzi Amity Gallery, Warwick, Dec 3-18

ART & Photography receptions

Kevin Gref & Lucy Sardonia “Transition” Domesticities, Youngsville, Nov 26, 3pm

The Crafts of the Chardavogne Group Over the Years + Vincent Manzi photography

Amity Gallery, Warwick, Dec 3, 4pm-7pm

Barryville Area Arts Association Artists Market Community Center, Shohola, Dec 4, Noon-2pm

Pat MacDonald “Road Trip” Unitarian Universalist Cong , Rock Tavern, Dec 9, 2pm-4pm

“Instructor’s Small Works Show” Alice Desmond Center, Newburgh, Dec 11, 1pm-3pm

CAS Members’ Exhibition Catskill Art Space, Livingston Manor, Dec 31, 4pm-6pm

Alice Desmond Center, Newburgh PEEC Pocono Environmental Education Center, Dingmans Ferry SUNYO-OH SUNY Orange, Orange Hall, Middletown Lectures, Demos, Talks & Master Classes are FREE unless otherwise noted: (FEE) (Events Not lncluded in Centerspread Calendar)

DESM

lectures & Discussions

“Turning a Setback into a Comeback” Diane Lang

zoom/Crawford Library, Monticello, Nov 29, 6pm

“Adventures in Africa, Part I: Across the Sahara Desert in North Africa by Truck, 1979” Barry Kass DESM Nov 30, 11am FEE

“Circle of Voices: The Poetry of Tony Hoagland” Wisner Library, Warwick, Nov 30, 6pm “River Cruise Travel” Lorraine Martin Florida Library, Nov 30, 6:30pm

“The Life & Times of Mayor Ed Koch” Leon DiMartino DESM Dec 5, 10:30am FEE “Masonic Lodges in Orange County, New York: Their History and Legacy”

Jonathan Williams Moffatt Library, Washingtonville, Dec 5, 6:30pm

Alzheimer’s Educational Series “Healthy Living for your Brain & Body”

Narrowsburg Library, Dec 6, 11am “American Shtetl The Making Of Kiryas Joel” Nomi Stolzenberg & David Myers ������������

Chester Library, Dec 7, 7pm

“The Chain that Saved the Colonies” Doc Bayne DESM Dec 8, 10:30am FEE Music, Lunch, & Antarctic History talk, w/Little Sparrow & Van Manakas

Frederick Cook Society, Sullivan County Historical Museum, Hurleyville Dec 9, Noon “Roosevelts at Christmas” Jeffrey Urbin DESM Dec 9, 10:30am FEE Winter Ecology Hike PEEC Dec 10, 10am “Before Amelia – Women aviatrix’s & the birth of aerial flight”

Paul R. Martin III DESM Dec 13, 10:30am FEE

“The D & H Canal, 19th C Engine of Prosperity” Bill Merchant DESM Dec 15, 10:30am FEE “Staying Healthy Through The Winter” Danielle Moser Florida Library, Dec 15, 6:30pm

ARTIST Talks & Salons

Highlands Arts Alliance Photographers’ Salon: “Pricing Fine Art Photos” American Legion Hall, Highland Falls, Dec 7, 6pm FEE Jean-Marc Superville Sovac Artist Studio Visit ���������� www�ocartscouncil�org, Dec 15, 5pm

MAster Classes

Michael Piotrowski Printmaking: Press/No Press/STEAMROLLER! SUNYO-OH Nov 30, 5:30pm

“Family Short Movie Night” in Tuxedo

Join the Tuxedo Park Library for a seasonal short movie after the Town of Tuxedo’s annual Tree Lighting at the Tuxedo Train Station on December 2

Pizza and seasonal treats will be served at Family Short Movie Night at the Library, 227 Route 17. No registration necessary. Phone: 845-351-2207.

Kids: “Ecozone Discovery Room”

“Climb into a bald eagle’s nest, crawl into a bat cave, explore a beaver lodge, and dig in a fossil pit!” Kids can explore this indoor discovery room and enjoy hands-on exhibits on natural history, sustainability and the local environment, at

the Ecozone Discovery Room, at the Pocono Environmental Education Center, 538 Emery Road, Dingmans Ferry.

It’s open December 3 and 17 from 1:00pm-4:00pm. No registration required.

For info: 570-828-2319.

Educate Yourself: Alzheimer’s

Alzheimer’s is not normal aging; it’s a brain disease that causes problems with memory, thinking and behavior. Learn about the impact of Alzheimer’s, the difference between Alzheimer’s & dementia, stages, risk factors, research, and treatments available.

At any age, there are lifestyle habits we can adopt to help maintain or even potentially improve our health. These may also help to keep our brains healthy as we age and possibly delay the onset

of cognitive decline. A workshop (part 2 of the series) focuses on four areas associated with healthy aging: Cognitive activity, exercise, diet/nutrition and social engagement.

Healthy Living for your Brain & Body will be discussed on December 6 at 11:00am at the Western Sullivan Public Library, Tusten-Cochecton Branch, 198 Bridge Street, Narrowsburg.

To register, visit www.wsplonline. libcal.com. For info: 845-252-3360.

CANVAS cannot be responsible for errors & omissions. Please verify dates and times.

SUNYO-MRG SUNY Orange, Mindy Ross Gallery, Newburgh SUNYO-OH

SUNY Orange, Orange Hall, Middletown WRS/WRCA Wallkill River School/Wallkill River Center for the Arts, Montgomery

sponsored by Catskill Art Society, Wallkill River School, Goshen Art League & Wurtsboro Art Alliance

sponsored by SUNY Orange and Town of Newburgh Desmond Center

The NUTCRACKER - In Music & Dance

The first nutcrackers were made as replicas of soldiers and other figures of authority. The common folk took great enjoyment in having the ruling people working for them, cracking their “hard nuts of life”. We call it a nutcracker if it has a handle in the back that opens the mouth, even if it is too small to actually crack a nut. Many authorities believe

they first appeared in Sonnenberg in the Thuringia region of Germany.

In 1872, Wilhelm Fuchtner of Seiffen, known as “the father of the nutcrackers”, began the first commercial production of nutcrackers making multiple figures from the same basic design.

Then in 1892, Tchaikovsky’s famous ballet, The Nutcracker, debuted. It

is based on E.T.A. Hoffmann’s 1816 fairytale Nussknacker und Mausekönig (Nutcracker and Mouse King) via a French retelling by Alexandre Dumas.

Originally choreographed by Marius Petipa and Lev Ivanov with a score by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (Op. 71), the original production was not a success.

The 20-minute suite that Tchaikovsky

extracted from the ballet was.

The ballet draws new people to the world of ballet and keeps it interesting for those who have seen it many times before. In the last few decades, there has been some controversy over demeaning stereotypes, but the ballet continues to be the most popular and successful event of many ballet companies’ seasons.

The Sullivan County Chamber Orchestra’s “Nutcracker Party” in Hurleyville

Join the Sullivan County Chamber Orchestra in celebrating the holidays during their Nutcracker Party where they will perform a chamber orchestra arrangement of Tchaikovsky’s iconic Nutcracker conducted by the arranger himself, Yoon Jae Lee.

The entire music of the ballet will be performed by the full Orchestra complete with conductor, winds and brass, and joining them will be select Nesin Cultural Arts students from the

Fine and Performing Arts programs and Aspiring Young Musicians Orchestra.

Nutcracker Ballet in Sugar Loaf

The Warwick Broadway Collective and the Warwick Dance Collective present The Nutcracker Ballet, performed and produced by the Warwick Center for the Performing

Arts during the weekend of December 2-4 at the Sugar Loaf Performing Arts Center, 231 Creamery Pond Road, Chester.

Tix: sugarloafpacny. com or at the door.

Nutcracker Suite in Newburgh

Now in his seventh season of Greater Newburgh Symphony Orchestra (GNSO) leadership, Russell Ger, Music Director of the GNSO, has led the Orchestra to new attendance records and artistic heights.

In addition to seasonal favorites, this year GNSO will add a very special new element, sure to be a joyous event, to its spectacular annual Holiday Concert - O Night Divine.

“The GNSO has set the standard in our region for creating musical Holiday magic,” said Maestro Ger.

“In addition to our classic favorites, such as The First Noel and The Christmas Song (“Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire”), this year we are adding a wonderful new element! Young students from local dance studios will join the orchestra on-stage to perform Tchaikovsky’s beloved Nutcracker Suite. It’s sure to be a joyous celebration for all.”

The dancers participating in O Night

Divine represent High Definition Dance of New Windsor, Ballet Art Studio of Beacon, and Take the Leap dance studio of Gardiner.

Maestro Ger also reminded GNSO supporters that the Holiday Concert is the best-attended of the year and has sold out in the past. “Get your tickets early,” he enthused.

O Night Divine will be presented December 10 at 4:00pm in Mount Saint Mary College’s Aquinas Hall, 330 Powell Avenue, Newburgh.

Tickets: newburghsymphony.org or at the door. Free admission for students with valid ID.

The students will enhance the classic holiday tale with some original narration, choreography and music, and will invite the audience to participate in some of the scenes.

Guests are encouraged to arrive early

to visit “The Nutcracker Boutique”, selling nutcracker items and “The Land of the Sweets” selling refreshments. The shops will be open throughout the show.

Nutcracker Party takes place twice on December 10, at 2:00pm and 7:00pm, and the locale is the Hurleyville Performing Arts Centre, 221 Main Street, Hurleyville. (Snow date: December 11 at 2:00pm and 7:00pm).

This is a FREE event. Reservations are required as seating is limited. Contact marina@nesinculturalarts.org or call 845-798-9006 to reserve your tickets.

SCCO is an NCA Supported Project. Visit www.nesinculturalarts.org

The Orchestra’s Holiday Concert, 2021

Aspiring Young Musicians Orchestra

HOLIDAY MUSIC

Christmas Around the World

The Delaware Valley Choral Society (DVCS) is a non-profit group dedicated to performing major choral works in their original form. The Society incorporates aspiring musicians from the area, as well as professional musicians, to bring major works of music to the community. New singers are always welcome to join at the start of each rehearsal season.

The DVCS will perform Christmas Around the World Part 3 with a variety of carols from all over the globe including the West Indies, Ukraine, Russia, Japan, Africa, Great Britain, and the U.S. Works from notable composers and arrangers such as John Rutter and Harry Simeone are featured in a variety of genres ranging from baroque to classical to romantic and the modern era.

Guest instrumentalists will be joining the Choral Society including world renown organist, Craig Williams, organist and director of music, Cadet Chapel, United States Military Academy, West Point, and adjunct professor of organ, Nyack College. Also featured will be the Dingman Delaware Childrens’ Choir directed by Brian Krauss joining the Choral Society in selected carols, led by Jeffrey Fornoff

The concert is on December 11 at 3:00pm in the Milford United Methodist Church, 206 East Ann Street, Milford. Tickets may be purchased in advance by contacting Helen Monisera at 845-8565696, Diane Fornoff at 570-296-5333, or Jeffrey Fornoff at 570- 267-8773. Tickets will also be available at the door. Visit www.dvchoralsociety.org.

“YOU” Sing in the Season!

The Sullivan County Dramatic Workshop (SCDW) is hosting a Holiday Cabaret Karaoke to usher in the jolly season! MC’d by SCDW’s popular Clown Daddy (see page 14) and starring local singers and YOU, the stage at Forage & Gather, 81 Main Street, Mountaindale, will be shaking

and swaying with the rhythms of the season’s favorite melodies. Don’t miss this opportunity to support the SCDW, to enjoy the entertainment at Forage & Gather, and to buoy the season’s spirit, on December 3 from 7:00pm-9:00pm. Suggested donation is $10.

For information: ekalter@hvc.rr.com

“A West Point Holiday”

Escape the bleak midwinter and head to comfy-cozy Eisenhower Hall Theatre to ring in the holidays with the very merry musicians of the West Point Band. A West Point Holiday is wholesome family fun for all ages, featuring a variety of seasonal hits from classic carols to contemporary jinglebell-rock n’ roll. The Band will present songs celebrating Christmas, Hanukkah, and the magic of the winter season, including West Point holiday classics that you won’t hear anywhere else.

Hear them on December 3 at 2:00pm and December 4 at 2:00pm. These

performances are free and open to the public. Visitors attending should be prepared to show proof of Covid-19 vaccination or negative PCR or antigen test. For info: 845-938-2617 or visit www.westpointband.com.

Rock-n-Roll Holiday Music

Singer, songwriter, instrumentalist and producer Eric Lipper’s love of music began on a toy piano that he got for his 2nd birthday. Throughout school, he learned trumpet and piano formally, and used every free ‘study’ period to grab a nylon guitar from the music room closet and get acquainted. After starting his own rock bands in high school and at SUNY Purchase, he took an opportunity to play keyboards with The Platters.

Eric’s own songs and music range from very melodic to quite experimental. Immediately fascinated by the ghostly 1920’s recordings of The Carter Family,

Eric started The Tweedlers, a folk group that spent five summers entertaining at county fairs all around the northeast. He has performed with The Drifters, The Chiffons, Lou Christie, Bobby Lewis and Danny and The Juniors. As a solo act, or as part of a band, Eric has played in theatres across the country.

See him perform a special rock and roll holiday music concert at the Greenwood Lake Public Library, 79 Waterstone Road, on December 17, from 1:00pm2:00pm.

Registration is required: 845-477-8377 ext. 101 or visit www.gwllibrary.org.

Pine Bush Band: Holiday Concerts

In 1982, a small group of local musicians formed the Pine Bush Community Band. The band performed free public concerts in our area. Today, under the direction of Joe Martellaro, the tradition continues, and the small group has grown to a full concert band. Rehearsals, held weekly on Mondays, are at the Town of Crawford Government Center

The band performs about twelve concerts, parades and other events each year. No auditions are required and membership is free! Members include student, amateur and professional musicians, playing many styles of music, including patriotic, classics arranged for

band, show music and holiday selections appropriate to the season.

For an hour of seasonal tunes, toe tappers, band classics, new favorites, and beautiful melodies, choose from four 2022 Pine Bush Community Band Holiday Concerts in Bullville, Newburgh, Pine Bush and Montgomery.

See page 13 for the dates and times. www.pinebushcommunityband.com

John Rutter (b.1945)

Harry Simeone (1910-2005)

Craig Williams Jeffrey Fornoff

Period-Appropriate Music, Newburgh

As the days get chillier, you are invited to Warm Up at The Washingtons. Stop by Washington’s Headquarters State Historic Site on December 11 from Noon-3:00pm to enjoy talks and music.

The free event will feature historic interpreters in each seasonally-decorated room who will greet visitors and talk about when the Washingtons occupied the Hasbrouck farmhouse during the last winter of the Revolutionary War. Learn what happened while General Washington was headquartered here, the longest stay at any of his wartime headquarters, and how the Hasbrouck House became the first publicly owned historic site in the nation.

Listen to the Salmagundi Consort as they perform period-appropriate music by an indoor Dutch jambless fireplace.

Admission is free for this open house, compliments of the Friends of the State Historic Sites of the Hudson Highlands. Call 845-562-1195 for info.

Christmas A Capella in Milford

Widely admired German singers will present a two-part program spanning eight centuries and numerous cultures: Christmas Then and Now and Carols from All Over The World for Kindred Spirits Arts, in cooperation with Milford Hospitality Group

Homogeneity, precision, lightness, emotionality, humorousness - these are characteristics of the Calmus Ensemble, one of Germany’s most successful vocal groups. The wide range of tonal colors, the joy the singers convey on stage, their sound culture and their varied and imaginative programs never fail to inspire. These five singers from Leipzig have won several international prizes and competitions - most recently the OPUS Klassik for “Best Choral Recording.”

With over 50 concerts a year, Calmus is always a welcome guest throughout Europe and North America

alike. Influenced by the tradition of the old masters of Leipzig, the singers are at home in the vocal music of the Renaissance, Baroque, and Romantic periods alike.

Christmas A Capella will be at the Milford Theatre, 114 E. Catharine Street, on December 11 at 2:00pm

Tickets: www.themilfordtheater.com or at the door.

Music Institute of Sullivan & Ulster

The MISU Community and Youth Orchestra will be performing arrangements of standards such as the overture to Die Fledermaus and Bartok’s Romanian Dances, “that they have been rehearsing and practicing very hard at this fall!” exclaimed MISU Director Anastasia Solberg

“The second half of the program will be our usual holiday recipe of Corelli’s Christmas Concerto with myself and the guest artists, and Albinoni’s Adagio,” she continued. “There will be a surprise to end the evening with a flare, adding Greg Dinger and his guitar, Paul Chambers’ drums and all the other musicians in the room to top off the evening.

“In addition, the kids will perform

a medley from various rock groups’ ‘favorite hits’. We are recruiting brass from Rondout to fill it out as well as the aforementioned. This is a fundraising event so, although we will not turn anyone away, please think of giving a donation,” concluded Anastasia.

The free concert is on December 15 at 7:30pm in St John’s Episcopal Church, 40 Market Street, Ellenville and will also be on Zoom through Eventbrite. Refreshments will be served.

Visit https://misucatskills.org.

See ad page 9.

HOLIDAY MUSIC

Holiday Harps in Warwick

Enjoy a refreshing break from the holi-“daze” with a special concert by the Ramswick Harp Ensemble. For their third visit to the Albert Wisner Public Library in Warwick, harpists Ann Carter-Cox, and Penny McCulloch will treat Library patrons to an hour of favorite holiday and other tunes, guaranteed to please even the Grinch!

Now retired from a Youth Choir post in Connecticut, Ann has focused on music for the Celtic harp and has returned to singing the music which she most loves: the song repertoire written before 1750 and the historical folk songs of the British Isles and the southern Appalachian mountains.

Penny has played the harp since she was in high school. “The harp is Ireland’s

national symbol and dates back to the times Chieftains ruled the land and they all had minstrels,” she said. “The harpers transmitted the news of the day and were powerful in getting people to rally around a cause. All the harpers were men, since women and slaves were forbidden to play the harp. How times have changed! Most harpers today are women.”

Funded by a generous gift to the Albert Wisner Public Library Foundation by Glenn P. and Susan D. Dickes, Music on McFarland presents Holiday Harps! with the Ramswick Harp Ensemble on December 4 at 2:00pm, at the Wisner Library, 1 McFarland Drive, Warwick.

Admission is free. Contact the Library’s Help Desk at 845-986-1047, ext. 3 for additional information.

Ann Carter-Cox Penny McCulloch

Calmus Ensemble: Elisabeth Mücksch, soprano; Friedrich Bracks, tenor; Jonathan Saretz, baritone; Michael B. Gernert, bass; Maria Kalmbach, alto

Anastasia Solberg, viola David Fiedler, violin Susan Seligman, cello James Fitzwilliams organ

HOLIDAY SHOPPING

“Holiday Market 2022”, Narrowsburg

Holiday Market at the Narrowsburg Union features regional artists, artisans, makers and craftsmen.

This year’s exciting event will feature: Food court: Bridge Street Bakehouse & The Wood Burning Oven; wreath workshops with Catskills Curated; a holiday baking workshop with Bridge Street Bakehouse; a student art show reception, and Bridge Street Bakehouse

invites you to bring your kids to the bakery for cookie decorating!

This event is free, but spots are limited and you must pre-register to attend.

Holiday Market 2022 will take place in Delaware Hall, a 4,500-square-foot event space at 7 Erie Avenue, Narrowsburg, on December 10, 10:00am-6:00pm and December 11, 10:00am 4:00pm. Visit www.narrowsburgunion.com.

Sugar Loaf: Incredible Craftsmanship

Sugar Loaf, a hamlet of artists, artisans and unique shops, is an authentic pre-Revolutionary village, home to close to 20 shops and studios, a state of the art performing arts theatre, restaurants, and a craft brewery.

In a world of big box shopping experiences you will

find Sugar Loaf a welcome change with old world values, incredible craftsmanship, and something for everyone - and every budget. See and explore the Village during their annual Holiday Celebration on December 10 from Noon-6:00pm. See ad page 17.

Photography in Sugar Loaf

The approximate elevation of Sugar Loaf Mountain is 1,138 feet above sea level. The Orange County Land Trust (OCLT) is purchasing this beautiful, scenic ‘masterpiece’ to open public recreational access to the mountain, which has long been privately owned, and to transfer the land to NYS Parks to be connected to Goosepond Mountain State Park.

“Sugar Loaf Mountain has long been a destination for locals,” said Jeremy Schneider, OCLT’s outreach and programs coordinator. “But it’s technically never been publicly accessible. Essentially, all of the people that have visited over the years have been trespassing on private property. This project would provide the firstever publicly accessible access to the mountain for hiking, photography and other forms of passive recreation and enjoyment, and that in itself would be a boon for the village of Sugar Loaf.”

“I first climbed Sugar Loaf Mountain’s rocky summit in 1972. Now 50 years later, with Orange County Land Trust’s

vision and guidance, my dream to see it protected will soon be a reality,” said photographer and Sugar Loaf entrepreneur Nick Zungoli. “I am donating 50% of each sale of my favorite Sugar Loaf Mountain images to the OCLT. 50% of all print sales will benefit OCLT in raising funds to purchase the mountain and over 300 acres.”

Zungoli’s Exposures Gallery, 1357 Kings Highway, is open most weekends or by appointment for viewing his new exhibit of Sugar Loaf Mountain images which are on view through December Call for hours: 845-469-9382 and visit www.oclt.org to join the effort to save this precious resource.

‘Tis The Season for “Sixes!”

The Delaware Valley Arts Alliance (DVAA) is humming with activity as hundreds of 6-inch artworks are on display for their 18th annual and always popular small works group exhibition, Art in Sixes.

This year’s show will boast over 150 artists of all ages. Local well-known artists exhibit alongside community members, creating a vibrant show that takes over two floors. With over 500 pieces to see, it’s truly a magnificent feat and one of the most talked about small works shows in the Catskills.

Whether you are an art connoisseur, a browser, a collector, or looking for that perfect gift, Art in Sixes is sure to delight and surprise with original artworks in all media - no reproductions are accepted. The show offers paintings, photographs, sculptures, ceramics, woodwork, fiber arts, collage, and a few

surprises. Each artwork is 6-inches or less in any direction and ready to hang. Prices generally range from $60 to $600. The sale of artwork benefits artists directly and helps to keep the lights on at DVAA.

For 2022, the DVAA extended the invitation to local school districts to participate in Art in Sixes Students were offered free 6-inch canvas boards in what will surely become a yearly tradition. “This is the first year we reached out to local schools for ‘Sixes’. I am really excited to see the young artists’ faces when they see their work hanging in the gallery. The kids did a great job!” said Signe Ballew, DVAA Gallery Manager.

The DVAA’s 18th annual Art in Sixes exhibition runs through December 23 at the DVAA Galleries, 37 Main Street, Narrowsburg. For more information, call 845-252-7576.

“Lavendar Winter Eve” by Nick Zungoli

“Make Lemonade” by Valerie Taggart

“The Life Longed House” by Oona Archuleta

“Full Moon” by Jane Brennan

“Piece #5760” by Mary Endico of Endico Watercolors. Visit www.endico.com

Wurtsboro Art Alliance: Holiday Show

The Wurtsboro Art Alliance (WAA) will keep their annual Holiday Show on display through December 18. Select unique hand-crafted items from beautifully crafted jewelry to pottery! It’s a wonderful way to support our local artists / art organizations and keep your holiday-shopping dollars local!

Works include paintings, stationary

cards, t-shirts, jewelry, and so much more. It happens at the WAA’s John Neilson Gallery, 73 Sullivan Street, Wurtsboro. Take a peek inside - you’ll delight in the diversity of workand get to scratch a few people off of your holiday list! Fridays, Saturdays & Sundays from Noon-4:00pm Visit waagallery.org for information.

City Winery: Wine Gift Baskets

For the friend or family member who loves a glass of wine, City Winery is offering three holiday-themed wine gift baskets / sets as ideas for you!

Holiday Gift Basket ($159): This deluxe basket includes two City Winery wines (pinot noir from Santa Maria Valley and cabernet sauvignon from Guenoc Valley), a branded wine key and corkscrew, four wine cups, an array of dried goods and a bag of coffee with beans roasted at City Winery in NYC!

City Winery Red Wine Gift Set ($80): This box includes three gift wrapped red wines including Knit Syrah, Spring Street pinot noir and Big City cabernet sauvignon. Branded wine key included.

City Winery White Wine Gift Set ($70): This box includes three gift wrapped

white wines including Montgomery Mills sauvignon blanc, Harmony Drops chardonnay and Rosé is a Rosé. A branded wine key is also included. Purchase on the website, or get a discounted price if you buy them inperson at City Winery, 23 Factory Street, Montgomery. Call 845-424-0222. Visit www.citywinery.com.

Instructors at Desmond: Small Works

“Painting is my meditation on creation. It empties me of everything but the moment and what gifts I bring to it. Whatever knowledge, seeing and inspiration I possess give birth to my work. One of my many teachers, Lisa Specht said, “Knowledge is the one thing you can give away and still keep.” I have been blessed to be on both the receiving and giving ends of that equation from all my teachers and students,” says Gayle Clark Fedigan

Donna Prizzi has pursued the arts since her childhood. As an artist and avid gardener she’s drawn to nature’s seasons and the ephemeral beauty of the garden, flora and the ever-changing world that exists around it. She enjoys the challenge of capturing the unique essence of each subject; whether the still life, portrait or landscape. She has participated in many plein air events,

HOLIDAY SHOPPING

Give The Gift of Art Supplies!

Find the perfect frame to fit your latest artwork, or art materials you have been searching for (or get them for a friend or family member this holidays season!) while supporting The Arts!

Each sold item is a donation toward the Wallkill River Center for the Arts that

goes towards their continued operation as a 501(c)3 non-profit.

Bring some friends and check it out!

The WRCA is located at 232 Ward Street, Montgomery, and is open from Noon-5:00pm, Fridays to Sundays Visit www.wallkillriverschool.com.

Jewelry, Leather, Pottery & More!

Amity Gallery will present: Crafts of the Chardavogne Group Over the Years complimented by the photography of Vincent Manzi. Works include jewelry (Jacques Hemsi & Lia Sirelson), leather (Harvey Greenwald), pottery (Rachel Durland), embroidery (Elaine Knight), hand dyed pillows (Pat Foxx), weaving (Myra Reichel), woodworking (George Sharp), blown glass (Gary Gennetti),

quilling (Karen Martis), mixed medium crafts (Jill Lindner), and photography by Vincent Manzi

Many crafts will be for sale and others on exhibit at Amity Gallery, 110 Newport Bridge Road, Warwick, weekends, from December 3-18. Meet the artists at the opening reception on December 3, from 4:00pm-7:00pm

Visit www.amitygallery.org.

juried and invitiational shows throughout the U.S. The Alice Desmond Center for Community Enrichment’s Art Gallery, a part of the Town of Newburgh Recreation Department, is presenting their annual Instructor’s Small Works Show. The Instructors are from the Desmond Center’s Visual Arts roster and represent a diverse scope of talents from throughout the Hudson Valley. They are: Gayle Clark Fedigan, Len DeVirgilio, Jodi Yeaple King, Donna Prizzi, Paul Martin III, & Christina DiMarco.

A reception will be held on December 11 from 1:00pm-3:00pm This exhibit provides the perfect way to support local artists and their beautiful work. See it through January 31 at the Desmond Center, 6 Albany Post Road, Newburgh. Info & hours: 845-565-1326.

Silvano. Original Acrylic Painting on Canvas measuring 11” wide x 14” high, lots of texture. A beautiful winter scene! Visit www.JudiSilvano.com

Pottery, Rachel Durland Jewelry, Jacques Hemsi Leather, Harvey Greenwald

Pottery by Susan/Sumari Petry

“Madison” by Donna Prizzi

“Rose Bowl” by Gayle Clark Fedigan

HOLIDAY SHOPPING

Give the Gift of Theatre!

Celebrating its 77th Season as “The Miracle of the Forest,” the Forestburgh Playhouse, under the leadership of Producing Artistic Director Franklin Trapp, announced its 2023 Season of musicals and plays.

“The 2023 Mainstage Season will be a thrilling celebration of live theatrical entertainment in the Sullivan Catskills,” said Trapp. “Our season is chock full of major Broadway hits including: Jersey Boys, Monty Python’s Spamalot, Matilda the Musical, and The Addams Family

“The Absolute Brightness of Leonard Pelkey will inspire laughter and tears, and audiences should get ready to solve one of our favorite mysteries of all time with Clue the Musical. Suspense will abound in Stephen King’s Misery

“In addition, our Children’s Theatre Series next summer is featuring

not one, but two shows for the whole family: Dreamworks’ Madagascar the Musical and Gordon Gets Down!

“The Playhouse season will once again include Spring Series at the Forestburgh Tavern, Broadway Concerts Under the Stars, a Fall Series at the Tavern and of course, The Rocky Horror Show during the month of October. We are also proud to announce that the In the WorksIn the Woods Festival will be returning for a third year to celebrate and present the work of emerging artists.”

Give the gift of theatre this year!

Playhouse season passes are available as well as the popular flex ticket 6-pack, which provides 6 voucher-tickets to be used in any combination throughout the season. Passes and 6-packs are available online at www.fbplayhouse.org or by calling 845-794-1194. See ad pg. 28.

Cragsmoor: Cookie Walk, Holiday Sale

Head to the Cragsmoor Free Library for a Cookie Walk & Holiday Sale and browse through hand crafted gifts, small fancy flea items, an assortment of Library items and the Cragsmoor Free Library Cookbook among many others. You can even buy boxes and tins for your purchases!

It happens on December 10 from 9:00am-3:00pm at the Cragsmoor Free Library, 355 Cragsmoor Road, Cragsmoor.

Donations prior to the event are gratefully accepted. For more information, call Nancy at 845-647-4611 or visit the website: www.cragsmoorfreelibrary.info

Gifts: Handmade Natural Soap

For the friend or family member who could use a bath, ☺ Anita “Nina” Casamento’s Happy Herbs Soap has you covered.

“Vegetable oils, infused with my own herbs are the heart of my cold process soap. These herbs, along with exotic roots and resins are mixed

for my incense,” says Nina. (Editor’s note: I was given a gift of Nina’s soaps, and they are absolutely delightful - leave your skin feeling like a baby’s bum! Her unique “herbal alchemy of soap and incense craft” is a great gift idea!) www.etsy.com/shop/ happyherbssoap or 845-733-4577.

For the Film Buff(s) in Your Life

Film historian John DiLeo frequently hosts classic-film series in Milford, appears on assorted radio programs, conducts film-history seminars, and has been an annual participant in the Black Bear Film Festival where he has interviewed Farley Granger, Arlene Dahl, Marge Champion, Keir Dullea, Jane Powell, Rex Reed, Tab Hunter, Lorna Luft, and Jane Alexander on the festival’s stage.

“Season’s greetings! As many of you know, my book There Are No Small Parts: 100 Outstanding Film Performances with Screen Times of 10 Minutes or Less was published in February of this year, which means that this is its first holiday season. I hope you’ll consider it when shopping for the movie lovers in your life,” enthused John.

Visit www.JohnDiLeo.com.

Gifts: Books - For All Ages!

The Friends of the Newburgh Free Library will host a special holiday book sale. Check out the following gift possibilities or stock up for a long winter of reading: coffee table books and gift sets, priced as marked; small paperbacks, 4 for $1; cookbooks, buy one, get one free; Read with Jenna books, $2; non-dotted paperbacks and

hardcovers, buy one, get one free; and a free gift bag with $5 purchase. There will also be a wide assortment of books for children of all ages. Get yours at Back Door Books, located at Montgomery Street (behind the Library, just north of Second Street), Newburgh, on December 17, 10:00am to 2:00pm

For the Vinyl Collector(s) in Your Life

Time Warp Records, Callicoon

Vinyl record sales have been increasing in the last few years, and vinyl record shops are popping up all over the tristate region and beyond. Collectors are still alive and well, blowing the dust off their platters. If you have someone who would love the gift of a shiny vinyl...

Check out Time Warp Records, 28 Upper Main Street, Callicoon. Owner Lillyan Peditto, had this to say about her shop: “It’s a visually stunning vintage vinyl record store, small in size, but giant in well-edited, well-stocked records!”

Check out the ad on the left for more.

Original Vinyl Records, Warwick

And then we have Original Vinyl Records, 314 Route 94S #7, Warwick.

Founded in 2018 by Jim & Pam Eigo, the shop specializes in vinyl records, 45s, 78s, cds, cassettes, 8-tracks, dvds and new turntables.

“We have the largest inventory of Oddball, Lounge and Space-Age Bachelor Pad vinyl in the Hudson Valley region along with pop, nostalgia, comedy, world music, kids, music books, memorabilia and much more,” says Jim.

Visit www.originalvinylrecords.com and check out the ad on page 23.

For the Kids: Santa Visits Hurleyville

Santa is coming to the Hurleyville Arts Centre so make sure the kids get their lists and letters ready!

Parents and friends can bring their own camera/phone/tablet and take the child’s photo with Santa. Snap a selfie with Jolly St. Nick while enjoying crafts

with the kiddos, too.

Santa’s annual visit to Hurleyville is at Gallery 222, 222 Main Street, on December 9, 10 and 11

Visit www.hurleyvilleartscentre.org. All are welcome to this free event. Check out the ad on page 18 for more details.

Pine Bush First Fridays Street Fair

Pine Bush First Fridays is a nonprofit entity that supports and showcases local businesses, artists and musicians, and Pine Bush as a year-round destination for local residents and visitors to shop, drink, eat, listen to live music, and enjoy the bounty of experiences that the hamlet of Pine Bush has to offer.

Take a stroll down Main Street on December 2, from 4:00pom-7:00pm and enjoy the sidewalk vendors, as each

artist and artisan showcases their unique wares and talent at this free family event, with a Miracle on Main Street theme for the holidays. Experience live music, delicious food from local restaurants, as well as special sales offered by small businesses and eclectic shops. Rain or shine unless there is lightening and high winds with the rain.

Visit www.pinebushfirstfridays.com and check out the ad on page 3.

WRCA’s Christmas MART in Wallkill

Join the Wallkill River Center for the Arts (WRCA) for the first annual Christmas MART - Art Show and Sale at the Inn at the Ridge in Wallkill. Bev Cooper, co-owner of the Inn and member of the WRCA, has graciously consented to host this show. Bev is a retired West Point photographer and watercolor artist.

Diane Israel, the other co-host of the show, is also a photographer and painter of miniature watercolors. A member of the WRCA, she owned an art gallery for 28 years in Montclair, NJ, and now teaches at the South Orange-Maplewood Adult School in New Jersey.

The Christmas MART - Art show

and Sale is on December 10, from 10:00am-4:00pm at the 1796 House / Inn at the Ridge, 2098 Bruynswick Road, Wallkill.

Partial proceeds will benefit WRCA. Visit wallkillriverschool.com or phone 845-457-ARTS for more information.

The Story of Christmas in Classic Art

The Story of Christmas in Classic Art exhibit includes images that track the story from when an angel first delivers Mary the news in The Annunciation by Fra Angelico (1440) to when the holy family are fugitives, hiding from Herod in Rest on the Flight to Egypt by Orazio Gentileschi (1626).

HOLIDAY SHOPPING

The Gift of A Sundwall Artwork

Joseph and Elizabeth Sundwall met at the School of Practical Philosophy in NYC. Both study and tutor at a branch of the School in Wallkill, where the core teaching is Advaita, non-duality.

Basic principals of the philosophy are self-awareness: let the work begin from stillness, allow the attention to rest on the work, surrender all unnecessary thinking, and follow the flow of the work without seeking results.

The Sundwalls rediscover themselves in the creative process. When other concerns fall away, they delight in the feel of the tools being used while simply watching the work take place.

Santa’s Here, Too

“It’s a gift to live a life with someone who is equally passionate about art and devoted to making it. Although we work separately for long stretches of time, we can always rely on the other’s support and encouragement. It’s ever illuminating to see what has emerged from our work each day, and to share new insights that inform it and keep us going back to the easel,” said Joseph.

Check out the ad on page 11 for details about the Sundwall’s Holiday Gallery at the Regal Bag building in Newburgh, where Elizabeth’s watercolors and pastels and Joseph’s oil paintings and portraits will be on view through December 17

of Native American, Ancient Egyptian, Hindu, Babylonian, Chinese, Ancient Greek, and Islamic creation stories.

For example, two images feature the Chinese Creation Story of how the universe began as a big, black cosmic egg. The egg gave birth to Pangu, who, in one stunning image, is separating the Yin from the Yang with an axe.

Wallkill River Center for the Arts, Ms. Claire’s Music and Montgomery Book Exchange Children’s Chapter have joined forces to offer a sale of fine handmade items and holiday cheer. Join in on their “Campus of the Arts” for a fun family event and grab your holiday gifts from local vendors. Enjoy complimentary hot cider, cocoa, mulled wine and some treats while you browse. Bring the kids for a picture with Santa! Handmade for the Holidays is on December 18, from Noon-4:00pm at WRCA, 232 Ward Street, Montgomery.

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The exhibit will be on display from now until the end of the year, and there’s a free holiday reception sponsored by the Barryville Area Arts Association on December 4 from Noon-2:00pm, at the Artists’ Market Community Center, 114 Richardson Avenue, Shohola, PA. Also on display is a sister exhibit, Creation Stories from Around the World This one includes artistic depictions

The reception will also include a group exhibit by local artists, including Jane Brennan, Christine Innaco, Mef Gannon, Susan Miiller, Greg Pelly, and Nancy Siegmund

Complimentary refreshments and a free set of ten holiday greeting cards are available to all who attend.

For information: 845-557-8713.

Dream of St. Joseph” by Philippe de Champaigne (1643)

Inn at the Ridge, Wallkill

Artwork by Elizabeth Sundwall

“The Morning After” by Joseph Sundwall

Music, Lunch & Antarctic History

The Sullivan County Museum is home to a little known organization called the Frederick Cook Society. The origins of the Society date back to 1940, and the Society’s mission is to defend Dr. Cook’s disputed claim to the discovery of the North Pole. The Society will present a brief talk on Dr. Cook’s famous Belgica expedition, along with a concert by the band Little Sparrow featuring guitarist Van Manakas.

Book Talk: The Making of Kiryas Joel

Antarctic exploration and Americana music have in common, it turns out that the explorers on the Belgica expedition (first ship to overwinter in Antarctica) had a banjo, an accordion and a mandolin player on board! And in a strange twist of fate, the Frederick Cook Society Board consists of several musicians and members of the band Little Sparrow. They perform the music of Traffic, the Grateful Dead, Neil Young, Bob Dylan, John Prine and others.

American Shtetl: The Making of Kiryas Joel, a Hasidic Village in Upstate New York is a compelling account of how a group of Hasidic Jews established its own local government on American soil. While rejecting the norms of mainstream American society, Kiryas Joel has been stunningly successful in creating a world apart by using the very instruments of secular political and legal power that it disavows.

with its own elected local government. They show how constant legal and political battles defined and even bolstered the community, whose very success has coincided with the rise of political conservatism and multiculturalism in American society over the past forty years.

Van is a world class musician who has performed on five continents and in all fifty states with such musical greats as Paul Bley, Miroslav Vitous, Gil Evans and Butch Baldasarri, in addition to performing with Americana band, Little Sparrow which consists of Aldo Troiani & Carol Smith (guitars & vocals), and Ellen Iovino who plays congas and provides harmony. They’ll be joined by Nick Sherman on bass. And if you’re wondering what

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The concert and lecture will be held on December 9, from Noon to 2:00pm Doors open at 11:30am. $10 suggested donation includes fresh pizza and a beverage. Come early and enjoy the exhibition of Antarctic and Arctic photography by Dr. Cook, currently on display in the Museum’s auditorium.

The Museum is at 265 Main Street, Hurleyville. Call 845 434-8044 for more info, or visit the Frederick Cook Society website at frederickcookpolar.org.

Authors Nomi M Stolzenberg and David N. Myers paint a richly textured portrait of daily life in Kiryas Joel, exploring the community’s guiding religious, social, and economic norms. They delve into the roots of Satmar Hasidism and its charismatic founder, Rebbe Joel Teitelbaum, following his journey from 19th century Hungary to post World War II Brooklyn, where he dreamed of founding an ideal Jewish town modeled on the shtetls of eastern Europe.

Stolzenberg and Myers chart the rise of Kiryas Joel as an official municipality

Timely and accessible, American Shtetl unravels the strands of cultural and legal conflict that gave rise to one of the most vibrant religious communities in America, and reveals a way of life shaped by both selfsegregation and unwitting assimilation.

Chester Public Library is inviting you to meet the authors on Zoom as they discuss their book on December 7 at 7:00pm. Only 52 spaces are available. To register, visit www. chesternypubliclibrary.com/calendar.

You will receive a zoom link before the program. If there are no available spaces left, you can try visiting the following websites: Monroe Free Library, Tuxedo Park Library, or Woodbury Public Library.

Ellen Iovino, Van Manakas, Carol Smith and Aldo Troiani.

Belgica” by Frederick Cook

Authors Nomi M. Stolzenberg and David N. Myers

On display at Leo’s Cornwall: David Nicholls, Photography December 6 - January 3

Award Winning Singer at Bradstan Award Winning Musical at Sullivan

Karen Mason has starred on Broadway, Off-Broadway, television, and recordings, and “has few peers when it comes to ripping the roof off with her amazing voice that knows no bounds!” (TheatreScene.net). She is a 13-time MAC Award winner, has won the MAC Award for Major Female Vocalist of the Year for six consecutive years, and recently was the recipient of the 2019 MAC Lifetime Achievement Award.

Ms. Mason was recently seen as “Madame Giry” in the North American Premier of Love Never Dies, Andrew Lloyd Webber’s epic sequel to The Phantom of the Opera. Previously on Broadway, she garnered rave reviews starring as “The Queen of Hearts” in Wonderland, and she originated the role of “Tanya” in Abba’s Mamma Mia! Her other leading roles include “Norma Desmond” in Sunset Boulevard, which she performed to critical acclaim and standing ovations on Broadway.

The legendary Karen Mason returns to

the 2022 Bradstan Coming Home Cabaret Series as she takes the stage to perform her legendary tribute to the holiday season, The Christmas Show! Spend the evening heralding in the season with some of the greatest holiday hits, embodying Christmas spirit, each song interpreted with Karen’s skillful and unique artistry.

Join hosts Scott Samuelson and Eddie Dudek at The Bradstan’s famous New York Citycaliber cabaret series, taking center stage at The Eldred Preserve, 1040 Route 55, Eldred, on December 11 at 8:00pm

Full bar + light bites available. No drink minimum. Arrive early (7:00pm) to grab a cocktail at the Cabaret Bar before the show. Have dinner at The Homestead Restaurant + Lounge before the show and receive 15% off your meal! Call 845-557-8316 or email dining@theeldredpreserve.com to secure your dinner reservation.

For tix, visit www.theeldredpreserve. com/2022cabaret. See ad page 10.

“SUNY Sullivan produces a contemporary, a classic, and a musical every year. In the Heights fulfills our 20222023 season that focuses on Sueñitos (little dreams). The season name was inspired by the students we serve at SUNY Sullivan and the strong community we have created in our theater program that helps nurture dreams.

“This little community banded together during the pandemic to keep us busy and inspired. Without our little dreams, our sueñitos, we would not have survived the pandemic. The pandemic proved to us that what is important in our lives is our families and our community.

“To celebrate this lesson we are producing shows that focus on our sueñitos. The things that we strive for and the sanctuaries we create in our homes and our communities,” - Jessica López-Barkl and Nick López, SUNY Sullivan Theatre Directors.

In the Heights is a 2008 Tony Awardwinning Best Musical with music and lyrics by Lin-Manuel Miranda and book by Quiara Alegría Hudes. The setting is

the vibrant neighborhood of Washington Heights of New York City where bodega owner Usnavi and his friends dream, hope and work for a bright future.

It’s about the universal need to maintain and support dreams. The need for family. The need for love. Why hope is important. Why joy in times of hardship is important.

See this winner of two 2007 Drama Desk Awards, including Outstanding Musical, and 2009 Pulitzer Prize nominee for Drama, December 2-10, at SUNY Sullivan’s Seelig Theatre, 112 College Road, Loch Sheldrake.

Tickets at the door.

Lin-Manuel Miranda and company of Broadway’s production of “In The Heights” - photo: Joan Marcus

Karen Mason performs on December 11 at 8:00pm

History at Alice Desmond Center

The Alice Desmond Center for Community Enrichment, a part of the Town of Newburgh Recreation Department, is offering lectures of local and worldwide historic significance. Here are three lectures, all at 10:30am To stop the British invasion of the New England colonies during the Revolution, Peter Townsend manufactured a Great Chain for the Continental Army at Sterling Forest. Join Doc Bayne for a presentation on how Townsend discovered the Forge that made the Great Chain on December 8 for The Chain that Saved the Colonies. Doc will share the history of the iron industry that started in 1736 at Sterling Forest, and how the Sterling Forge was used to create the Great Chain that was placed across the Hudson River at West Point.

Before Amelia - Women Aviatrix’s and the Birth of Aerial Flight: 1900-1930: Hear a comprehensive history of the many daring female pilots and inventors who advanced the science of flight and women’s rights during the early days of aviation on December 13

Author/historian/speaker Paul R. Martin III’s forthcoming aviation book and research draw from numerous photo archives, newspapers, government

documents, and other archival primary sources to tell this compelling story. Extensively illustrated with dozens of rare, never-before seen photographs.

The Delaware & Hudson Canal was an important industrial enterprise in 19th century America, supplying anthracite coal to NYC and the country, and fueling the industrial revolution when timber resources were limited. Historian Bill Merchant relates the story of this innovative company and the industries it fostered, illustrated with many historical images, on December 15 for The D&H Canal: 19th Century Engine of Prosperity

The Alice Desmond Center is located at 6 Albany Post Road, Newburgh. To register: 845-565-1326.

2 Presleys Become Sinatra and Martin

Daniel Barella has been performing his tribute to Elvis Presley for over eight years. Whether it be on his own, accompanied by backing tracks or with his band, he is known for his entertaining and accurate portrayal of “The King”.

Lamar Peters was the first Elvis tribute artist to perform at B.B. King’s Blues Club in NYC. He has toured with the Heart of the King Ambassadors Show and has placed top three in the “Ultimate Elvis Presley Tribute Contest” sponsored by Elvis Presley Enterprises.

For a Sugar Loaf audience, these two Elvis portrayers will become Frank Sinatra and Dean Martin.

Barella has been performing his heartfelt tribute to The Chairman Of the Board throughout the United States and Canada for several years.

Peters, who comes from a musical

family (father Gregg is also an Elvis impersonator, and brother JJ is a Sinatra tribute artist) has recently taken on a new role as Dean Martin.

Barella and Peters will be joined by surprise holiday guests including Layla Rose Boyles as Marilyn Monroe, a natural for her since she was born and raised right here in Monroe!

Layla is excited to be performing for the local community. Her passion is making people laugh and she has performed in comedic roles over the years. Most recently, she played “Margaret” in Nine to Five, “The Moon” in The Adams Family and “Ula” in The Producers

In real life, Layla is a real estate agent in Orange County and has been running her family’s Century 21 franchise in Monroe for twenty years.

Let them entertain you!

See the show on December 16 at 8:00pm at the Sugar Loaf Performing Arts Center, 1351 Kings Highway, Chester.

For tickets: www.sugarloafpacny.com

Daniel Barella

Lamar Peters

Layla Rose Boyles

“Amelia Earhart” by Todd Spaur

Candlelight Tour

For over forty years, the Historical Society of Newburgh Bay and the Highlands has organized an annual holiday Candlelight Tour of historic homes, churches and buildings in and around Newburgh. From humble beginnings, the tour became one of the most eagerly anticipated Newburgh events of the year and their biggest fundraiser.

This year’s tour will feature a combination of public and private spaces, including stately homes, buildings that have recently been rehabilitated, new construction and some of Newburgh’s most cherished landmarks. And of course, as usual, the Captain David Crawford House, authentically decorated in a 19thcentury style with flowers and greens, will serve as a centerpiece.

The tradition of the Annual Candlelight Tour of historic homes and buildings is on December 11, from Noon-5:00pm.

For discounted advance tickets, visit www.newburghhistoricalsociety.com or call 845-561-2585. Tickets can also be purchased at the Crawford House, 189 Montgomery Street, Newburgh.

Sister Sylvia Bielen, OP (formerly Sister Theresa Clare) of the Dominican Sisters of Hope, Ossining, transitioned on October 26, 2022, at St. Catherine of Siena Convent in Caldwell, New Jersey.

She was 97 years of age.

Sister Sylvia was a teacher in several schools in New Jersey and Bishop Dunn Memorial School in Newburgh from 1955-1963. A Professor in the Art Department at Mount Saint Mary College in Newburgh from 1975-2009, she was one of the committee members responsible for organizing the annual Artist on Campus event that was well attended there for many years.

She gave lectures and workshops in spirituality and art at retreat centers, spent four summers in Mississippi conducting art workshops for the resident teenagers, and attended an art workshop in Ireland.

In her spare time, she enjoyed creating unique greeting cards, reading, sewing, quilting, cooking, studying Spanish, and doing water aerobics. Her love of music brought her to join the singers in the Greater Newburgh Symphony Chorale. Her greatest pleasure was watching chefs on TV and experimenting in her galley kitchen.

The following submissions are from Sr. Sylvia’s dear friends...

“Sr. Sylvia embodied kindness, laughter, humility, hope. She kept her vows and held fast to her virtues. She could be silly but was always sacred, and her joyfulness came knocking on our door.

“There’s an old Irish saying; “never arrive with one arm as long as the other.” To our family birthdays and holiday celebrations, Sylvia brought handmade gifts; beautiful cards, afghans, a manger, my daughter’s bridal veil, and the best gift of all, her lighthearted presence.

“Many Halloweens she came as a Gypsy replete with a tambourine.

“She did suffer fools gladly, especially me, and we traveled to many places together but were never on a guilt trip. Sr. Sylvia opened the door of her world to me; my teaching at Desmond Center, the Artist on Campus Committee, and her Dominican Sisters of Hope.

“I loved my Dominican Mom dearly and know there’s a tambourine in Heaven.”

- Gayle Clark Fedigan

“Sr. Sylvia was a faithful member of the Committee that produced Artists on Campus for over 30 years. She not only partook of the planning meetings and worked the day of the event but her liaison with the college was so important to our success. Her gifts as an artist was a prime factor when the committee met after the show to select an artwork for purchase for the Mount’s permanent collection.

“Before she left the area we discussed the growth of the arts in the Mid-Hudson and that I thought the show had run its course. She said to me, “Joe, all good things come to an end.” And that’s how I remember her life.”

- Joseph Benzinger

In Memoriam : Sister Sylvia Bielen, OP August 18, 1925 - October 26, 2022

Sister Sylvia Bielen, OP (1925-2022) photo: Gina Ciliberto, www.ophope.org

Reggie Harris in Campbell Hall

Reggie Harris is a songwriter of great depth and passion and writes from a personal sense of mission that merges a world wise point of view with a singularly hopeful stance that life, though often challenging, is filled with possibility and hope.

A storyteller and worldrenowned song-leader who is a powerful interpreter of the global music narrative, Harris is an engaging and inspirational entertainer.

He is recognized for focusing new energy on the important role of music in the discourse for inclusion and the struggle for human rights using the lessons of history as a base.

Music for Humanity is honored to feature Reggie Harris on December 10 at 7:30pm at Noble Coffee Roasters, 3020 Route 207, Campbell Hall. Only 50 tickets available. Reserve by visiting: www.musicforhumanity.org/event/

Best of The Eagles in Sugar Loaf

Best of the Eagles (BOTE) is the most exact interpretation of the music of the Eagles in America, bar none! Each member mirrors his counterpart in the Eagles instrumentally and vocally. However, this is no simple copy band or impersonator act but rather a group of excellent musicians who expertly and authentically re-create the songs, the music, the vocals and the magical aura of one of America’s greatest rock bands.

Performing all of the fan favorites including Take it to the Limit, New Kid in Town, Lyin’ Eyes, Take it Easy, Life in

the Fast Lane, Hotel California and so many others, the band has sold out many venues in the region.

See them perform on December 30 at 8:00pm at the Sugar Loaf Performing Arts Center, Kings Highway, Chester. All proceeds to benefit the Sugar Loaf Film Festival. www.sugarloafpacny.com

Plein Air Works in Greenwood Lake

Artist Chrissy Pahucki is known for her plein air landscape paintings. Her awards include “Best of Show” at the Sloatsburg Plein Air and Morristown Plein Air exhibitions. She also won second place in the Hudson Valley Plein Air Festival and “Best Depiction of Nature” at Ellicott City.

A member of the National Oil & Acrylic Painters Society and Plein Air Artists of Colorado, Chrissy had the following to say about her work: “When I first started painting en plein air in 2006, I went out for a few hours each week with a group of local artists. Being outside and the challenge of capturing my location on canvas was often the highlight of my week.

“I now paint professionally, competing in national plein air competitions all across the country. Traveling to paint and painting to travel has become such a rewarding part of my life. I paint mostly

natural landscapes with acrylics or oils. I am especially drawn to the way water affects the geology, color and vegetation of the environment,” she concluded.

Chrissy loves the outdoors and spends much of her summer participating in plein air festivals in New York, Pennsylvania, Maine, Maryland and New Mexico. During the colder months she paints landscapes and nature studies from photographs in her studio. Using acrylics, she captures the natural essence of her subjects.

The Greenwood Lake Public Library, located at 79 Waterstone Road, will host the works of Chrissy Pahucki for the entire month of December at their Works of Art Gallery.

A new local artist is featured every month. If you are interested in showcasing your work, contact Adult Services at the Greenwood Lake Public Library: 845477-8377 extension 111.

Work by Chrissy Pahucki