D&H CANVAS February 2023

Delaware & Hudson

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February 2023

A Complimentary Arts, Entertainment and Buy Local Guide

serving Orange, Sullivan, Pike & Southern Ulster Counties

by Barry Plaxen

Welcome back from the Pandemic: Paper Bag Players at SUNY Orange.

Vocabulary Lesson:

Synesthesia: an anomalous blending of the senses in which the stimulation of one modality simultaneously produces sensation in a different modality. Synesthetes hear colors, feel sounds and taste shapes

Provenance: the place of origin or earliest known history of something.

Anthropomorphic: having human characteristics.

Letters

On behalf of the Amity Gallery, we wish you a happy New Year that brings peace and joy. Thank you for all you do for the Gallery. We look forward to 2023 and bringing the community more exciting exhibits and programs.

- Diane Arcieri, Amity Gallery

I’m so sorry I missed the concert by Little Sparrow and the lecture about Dr. Frederick Cook at the Sullivan County Museum - serves me right for living in Manhattan. My husband and I visited the Museum years ago and were completely captivated by its exhibit about Dr. Cook. He claimed he was the first man to get to the North Pole. Unlikely. The Inuit who went with him said they weren’t even close, and his records of the trip mysteriously disappeared. But for all that he was a fascinating man and a world-class explorer. I hope this event got a good crowd. Dr. Cook deserves it.

- Judith Wink, NYC

Ontological: relating to the branch of metaphysics dealing with the nature of being.

Highlight of the Month: The world renown American String Quartet returns to Newburgh.

Kudos to: Elena Holy on her new adventure in life. Elena was the Managing Director at Shadowland Stages and a great colleague of CANVAS. She has found a new direction and we at CANVAS wish her the best. In the upcoming months we’ll be hearing from her replacement, Brittany Proia. Welcome Brittany!

Watercolorist Ann Higgins for her 50 years of ongoing participation in the North East Watercolor Society, now at the age of 95. Quelle inspiration!

Lost Positives: See page 15 for Carol Pozefsky’s “Lost Positives”. I’ve already thought of a few. Can you think of any? Send them to us and we’ll print them in a “Lost Positives” update next month. Email them to: Barry@dhcanvas.com.

Thanks to everyone who helped create this issue, and to our advertisers who help keep CANVAS a free publication. Happy February to all our readers!

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A Whole Lotta Guitar at City Winery

With live shows of all musical genres inside a working winery with stateof-the-art sound, visitors to City Winery Hudson Valley can enjoy some of the best concerts locally. One can dine during the show and even preorder to have a bottle of wine waiting at the table! Check out the following acts taking place this February:

On his 2019 album, Buddha and The Blues, Anders Osborne sings, “Oh, it’s a miracle we still care. Oh, it’s so wonderful we’re still here. We’re still here!” He’s not going anywhere either, as his six-string virtuosity, inventive musicality, and poetic songcraft underpin an ever-expanding three-decade catalog celebrated by fans and critics alike.

Jonathan Sloane is a lifelong musician, instructor, guitarist and lyricist. His compositions, tone and lyrical lead guitar-playing are deeply rooted in the blues, expanding into R&B, rock ‘n’ roll, funk and soul.

DVAA Galleries: 2023 Season Opens

City Winery Hudson Valley will present Anders Osborne: solo acoustic, live in concert featuring Jonathan Sloane on February 2 at 8:00pm English songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Denny Laine is best known for his roles as former guitarist and lead singer of The Moody Blues and, later, co-founder with Paul McCartney of Wings. Laine was one of three constants in Wings, along with Paul and Linda McCartney. He was also the lead singer on the Moody Blues’ Go Now, which was a multi-million seller. Denny performed solos during Wings’ concerts on their Wings Over America tour and showcased his talents on many songs. He still tours today, performing classic Wings and Moody Blues hits as well as his new material.

Hear Denny Laine’s Acoustic Songs and Stories’ on February 8 at 8:00pm, at City Winery, 23 Factory Street, Montgomery. For more information, call 845-424-0222 and see ad on page 17.

Architecture Exhibit, Greenwood Lake

A longtime New Jersey resident, graphic and ink artist Bruce Young attended the Newark School of Fine and Industrial Art in the late sixties, concentrating on painting the human form in oils. For the past fifteen years, Young has been concentrating on pen and ink drawings of architecture.

Most recently, his focus has been directed to scenes of New York City, which he feels is “an endless source of vibrant subject matter.” He also works in pastel, graphite, oils and watercolor as well as airbrush art.

The Greenwood Lake Public Library welcomes back Bruce Young for the month of February. His black & white works were displayed in the Library’s Works of Art Gallery in 2019

& 2018.

Bring a friend and come and see them at the Greenwood Lake Public Library, 79 Waterstone Road, Greenwood Lake.

The Works of Art Gallery at the Greenwood Lake Public Library features a new local artist every month. If you are interested in showcasing your work, contact Adult Services at 845-4778377 ext. 111.

Artist, publisher and curator Robyn Almquist is the founder and creative director of ArtKill Catskill magazine, and is deeply involved with Catskill Art Space (CAS) through her work on the board, teaching CAS Kids, and as Interim Executive Director.

Almquist combines painting, collage, and printmaking to confront the intractable subjects of environmental destruction, gun violence, wealth disparity, political polarization, and power. According to the artist, “despite new technology and creative thinking, the current power structure ensures that solutions to these problems will not be found.” Almquist attempts to make a difference by creating a dialogue between those who value love and community and those who admire power and greed.

Allison Maletz, a contemporary mixedmedia artist, is a Professor of Drawing at Marymount Manhattan College and

teaches watercolor and drawing classes online through 92nd Street Y, Brooklyn Botanic Garden, and Lessonface. Her notable exhibition venues include the Liverpool Biennial, Zoo Art Italy, the Royal Watercolor Society in London, Brooklyn Botanical Garden, the National Arts Club, the Denny Gallery, Moscow Museum of Modern Art, Fresh Window, and the Florence Griswold Museum.

The Delaware Valley Arts Alliance 2023 Gallery Season opens with two shows that invite us to confront the natural world and consider our role in it: Robyn Almquist’s The Space Between You and Me and Allison Maletz’ Abundance.

An opening reception will be held at DVAA, 37 Main Street, Narrowsburg, on February 11, 4:00pm-6:00pm. The shows will be on view until March 26 For information: 845-252-7576.

“Living Room” by R. Almquist

“Trash Pandas” by A. Maletz

Pen & Ink by Bruce Young

Painting by Bruce Young

Anders Osborne

Jonathan Sloane

Denny Laine

“‘Cause We Be Complicated: Dialogues of Black Artists” Exhibit in Newburgh

Fifteen exceptional artists, hand chosen by Co-curators Karen E. Gersch and Jonette O’Kelley Miller to honor Black Heritage Month, comprise a multimedia exhibition representing a diversity of styles, mediums and contemporary voices.

Afro-Cuban Lillian Alberti, a longtime designer/ illustrator in the fashion industry, creates one-of-akind sculptured dolls that are both endearing and deeply thoughtful.

Award-winning documentary filmmaker Carol Bash will debut one of her short films, Blueprint For My People interweaving the narration of Margaret Walker’s poem For My People with contemporary images and rare 19th century cyanotypes.

Khalidah Carrington’s innate graphic and compositional senses are evident in all her work - photography or digital illustration - both of which will be on display.

Gerardo Castro explores his AfroCaribbean roots in magnificently detailed

and colorful portraits, addressing issues of colonization, ritual performance cultures, gender and Queer histories.

Painter and arts educator Melissa Small Cooper focuses on realistic still life paintings - richly worked in hues and subjectively thoughtprovoking.

Ted Dixon creates bold abstract compositions that are influenced by personal experiences and efforts to capture moments in time that possess a certain feeling and meaning.

Stevenson Estime uses a cut-and-paste aesthetic, juxtaposed with his drawings and photographs appropriated from mass media and popular culture. Underlying currents of race, class and gender figure greatly in his work.

Award-winning photographer and photojournalist Collette V. Fournier’s images possess a vivid sense of time, place and character, often capturing history in the making.

A graduate of Howard University, Oluwafiropo Margaret Ibitoye

considers herself a self-taught artist. Her representational and figurative works of seemingly ordinary people and places evoke pleasurable and nostalgic memories.

Poet, conceptual artist and world traveler F. Geoffrey Johnson has lent two distinctive assemblages to the exhibit from his Identity Theft series: large, intricate works of found and reworked objects that narrate historical, cultural and prevalent societal issues.

A self-taught artist from Washington, D.C. Paula Mans, who aims to amplify the visibility of Black figures in her art, presents two formidable painted collage portraits - stunning for their graphic and emotional force.

Even as a child in his native Ghana, Emmanuel Ofori was passionate about art. He holds a BFA from SUNY Purchase, and his often three-dimensional paintings incorporate fabric, patterns, wood and images associated with West African culture.

The riveting artistry of Ransome centers on his African-American lineage, which he traces back to sharecroppers of the American South who emigrated North during the Great Migration.

NYC-based Yvonne Lamar-Rogers

is a mixed media artist, jewelry designer and retired teaching artist. Her work tells vivid, textural stories inspired by her own memories.

Auguster D. Williams, Jr. is a Navy veteran who began his art career with Veteran Administration’s Art Therapy programs. His brightly-colored, intricate collages often feature biomorphic shapes that revere elements of nature and our shared humanity.

The exhibit runs from February 3 to March 3 at Arts Design Spirits (ADS) Gallery 105 Ann Street, Newburgh. Viewing Hours are Friday to Sunday, Noon-5:00pm.

An opening reception will be held on February 3 from 6:00pm-8:30pm

For information, email keg37@ frontier.com or jom.writes@gmail.com.

Masterpiece Found in Trash, Restored

Artery Gallery artist/member Bill Rabsey has an art story to share. Many years ago as a student of the Teacher’s College at Columbia University, he spotted a large damaged and dark oil painting in a wastebasket. The painting went home with him at rush hour on the subway and bus to Rosendale where it sat for years under his bed. Years later, he found an art conservator in Manhattan and was told that the work was a museum piece painted by German artist Wilhelm Lindenschmidt the Younger. The conservator on Green Street contacted him several years later telling him the conservation work was complete. The restoration was magnificent. One would never guess that there had been two holes large enough to put your fist through.

Wilhelm Lindenschmit (1829-1895) was a German history painter who was a native of Munich. From 1853 to 1863 he painted in Frankfurt, later relocating to Munich, where he eventually became a professor at the Academy (1875). During this period of time, he created paintings from the age of the Protestant Reformation as well as works on other subjects from roughly the same time frame. Many of his paintings are on display at the Alte Pinakothek in Munich

and at the Kunsthalle Hamburg. The artist’s skill at detail is readily visible. The painting highlights the faces of those looking upon Martin Luther as he defended his ideas to the Bishop of Worms.

Bill Rabsey, a self proclaimed collector of interesting junk and antiques, much of which he uses to create his assemblage art pieces, realized that this painting is a treasure of artistic, religious and historical significance. Wanting to share it with others, he has initiated the help of Artery Gallery member and photographer, Randall FitzGerald to capture the image of the original painting and reproduce it as a giclee print on canvas. These 22x28 reproductions are available at the Gallery, 210 Broad St., Milford. Check out the ad on page 6.

“Life Within” sculpture by Lillian Alberti

“The Great Wall of China” by O. M. Ibitoye

Alex, His Cello and His Pedals

In addition to performing the cello in its traditional form, Alex Prizgintas employs an assortment of guitar pedals to generate altered tones. Some of these pedals include the distortion, delay, the iconic “wah-wah” pedal (symbolic of 1960s rock bands), all in conjunction with the Boss RC-300 looping station.

Combined with a historical narrative that traces the history of baroque-era composers, jazz artists, and rock n’ roll bands, Alex immerses his audience in a journey through musical history with the aid of his cello.

“Alex Prizgintas offered this terrific concert at the Newburgh Free Library in June of last year,” said Christopher Morgan, head of programming at the Newburgh Free Library. “In addition to being an extremely talented performer, Alex also was very engaging and held the attention of a large outdoor crowd. Our audience included families with young children, teens, and seniors - all of whom thoroughly enjoyed the performance and ambiance, and many of whom passed along their compliments afterward. We

Carl Welden’s Poetry Voices

would book Alex again without hesitation!”

Alex Prizgintas: author, musician, historian, and preservationist, preserves, publishes, and promotes topics of local history in ways that are both educational and entertaining, as well as his passion for music on the cello and piano.

“I have synesthesia (see page 2) which, generally-speaking, is an effect created by the crossing and intersection of nerves. When performing a composition such as Bach’s Suite No. 1 in G Major, the individual musical phrases have an intimate connection to my brain and provide the sensation of a mental road map that delivers a feeling that I am traveling on a harmonic journey with the ultimate relief of returning home with the arrival of the final cadence.”

Alex will be bringing his program From Bach to Rock: Interpreting Sound on the Cello to the Ellenville Public Library and Museum, 40 Center Street, Ellenville, on February 4 at Noon Admission is free.

For information, call 845-647-5530.

Voice actor and performance artist

Carl Welden has been delivering theatrically charged spoken-word since 1995, utilizing a dynamic blend of character voices, humor and insight. In addition to his acclaimed oneman show, Carl toured for 17 years with mask and puppet troupe Arm Of The Sea Theater, spent years announcing on-air at WGHQ Kingston, and has also served as the master of ceremonies for countless local festivals and events. He currently works throughout the tri-state area as a production sound mixer for film and television, as well as occasionally lecturing on sound, voice and the performing arts.

“Speech and voice culture have been my mainstay for 20 years as both talent and tech. I work onstage, backstage, on location and in studios. Whether I’m using my many voices or capturing someone else’s, you can rest assured that I have an understanding of the broad spectrum between the creative and technical realms. I make a living with

microphones onstage, backstage, in studios and on location.

“On any given day, I could be a voice actor, boom-operator, sound mixer, event emcee, radio announcer, live sound engineer, voice director, audio producer, sound utility, stagehand, field recordist, sound designer, vocal coach and more.”

Well, Welden’s “more” includes his involvement with the local poetry community, especially his yearly Halloween collaboration with Orange County Poet Laureate Robert Milby, Theremin Ghosts, with Milby reading his poetry and Welden playing the theremin. Now their roles will mutate with Milby hosting two poetry reading events, both with Welden as featured guest poet.

Welden’s poetry readings do include his character voices and humor, and you can catch his fun poetry add-on February 2 at 7:00pm at Noble Coffee Roasters, 3020 Route 207, Campbell Hall, and February 21 at 6:00pm in Java Blue Coffee, 8 Union Street, Montgomery.

Calligraphy Exhibit in Cornwall

Originally inspired by his grandfather’s beautiful handwriting, David Baldwin has been an active calligrapher since high school in his home town of Alliance, Ohio. He studied with John McCrillis at Yale, and is currently Professor Emeritus of Trumpet at the University of Minnesota School of Music in Minneapolis, where he taught for 45 years. Now he plays Taps at the Memorial Day and Veterans Day ceremonies.

Baldwin is well known for his recordings of the etudes of Charlier and Bitsch, released in 1992 by the International Trumpet Guild. He has also recorded etudes by Arban, Caffarelli, Charlier, and more recently, studies by Walter Smith, J. L. Small, and Louis Antoine St. Jacome.

Outside music, Baldwin has had many sponsored exhibitions of his calligraphy in the Minneapolis/St. Paul area. He has been a member of The Colleagues of

Calligraphy in Minneapolis, MN and continues to enjoy the art of lettering on a daily basis.

He and his wife, Dr. Christine Baldwin, a clinical psychologist, moved to Cornwall in 2019 to be close to family and to take part in the beauty of the Hudson Valley.

A local favorite, Leo’s Restaurant (see ad on page 18) has been hosting monthly art exhibitions of work by local artists for the past 7+ years. Owner Danny Manischalchi has graciously offered his dining room so artists can have another venue other than a gallery in which to display their work.

Leo’s welcomes David Baldwin and his calligraphy in an exhibit that will run through March 21. Head over to the restaurant and enjoy viewing Baldwin’s beautiful calligraphy while dining on delicious Italian meals! The artist is available for commissions. For details, email him at Baldw002@umn.edu.

“The Court Jester” in Newburgh

by Derek Leet

“The vessel with the pestle has the pellet with the poison; the chalice from the palace has the brew that is true!”

“NO! The chalice from the palace has the pellet with the poison: the vessel with the pestle has the brew that is true.”

Do you know which of the above secret life-saving warnings is the correct one? If not, to find out, you’ll have to sit through one hour and forty-one minutes of one of the most creative musical/comedy/farces in film history, The Court Jester, a 1955 costume, medieval romance film. The movie, written, produced, and directed by Melvin Frank and Norman Panama, makes heavy use of slapstick comedy and quick-witted wordplay, and is best remembered for the above tongue twister by most fans. This writer remembers the film for that, of course, BUT mostly remembers it because joining stars Danny Kaye and Glynis Johns is a plethora of great supporting actor characterizations by Basil Rathbone, Angela Lansbury at the height of her “second career” in the 50s60s doing brilliant comedic, dramatic, melodramatic, farcical, supporting roles, Cecil Parker, Mildred Natwick,

Robert Middleton, Michael Pate, John Carradine and Alan Napier, among many others, PLUS Hermine’s Midgets as Hubert Hawkins’ acrobatic troupe as the casting-icing on the delicious cake.

This troupe of little people dates from the post-vaudeville period. They crossed the puddle from their homebase in Vienna for the 1939 World’s Fair and just stayed, touring the U.S. throughout the 1940s. When live gigs dried up, their main bread and butter became TV. (You can see members of the troupe in Robert Downey’s Putney Swope.)

Tickle your funny bone at the Alice Desmond Center, 6 Albany Post Road, Newburgh, on February 3 at 10:00am

To register: 845-565-1326.

See page 7 for more Danny Kaye.

Window Art in Liberty: Gene Iovine

Gene Iovine has been creating artworks in various mediums for the past forty years. He specializes in still life and landscape using acrylics and oils.

Gene moved to Sullivan County in 2010 and exhibits his work regionally with the River Valley Artists Guild and Wurtsboro Art Alliance. Gene has also been curating the art exhibitions held in the Sullivan County Goverment Center in Monticello for the past few years.

A small sampling of galleries and venues where Iovine’s artwork has been featured include the Port Jervis Library, UpFront Exhibition Space, Bon Secours Hospital, and Gio’s Gelato Cafe - all in Port Jervis; Delaware Valley Arts Alliance in Narrowsburg, and the Artists’ Market Community Center in Shohola.

Although the Liberty Museum and Arts Center, 46 South Main Street, Liberty, is closed until Spring, artwork by Gene Iovine is on display in the

window, with viewing 24/7 from the sidewalk area, through February 28

His impressive 5 foot long interpretative pictorial of Martin Luther King Jr.’s historic “I Have A Dream” speech is on display. “It took me over a year to research the items to paint,” said Gene. “The bottom of the canvas features his speech in its entirety,” he continued. The intricate piece is waiting to be admired, so if you’re strolling along in Liberty, make a quick stop and check out the art of Gene Iovine, right in the window of the Liberty Museum and Arts Center.

For more information about the artist, email him at Iovine.g@gmail.com

See “The Court Jester” (1955) at the Alice Desmond Center, February 3 at 10:00am.

Don’t Miss Your Chance to Shine!

Forestburgh Playhouse, under the leadership of Producing Artistic Director Franklin Trapp, presents the Local Auditions for the 2023 Season!

Perform at the Forestburgh Playhouse this summer! The 2023 Season is full of exciting performance opportunities in professional mainstage productions and shows for young audiences! This year, they are looking for young actors to perform in roles in Matilda the Musical and The Addams Family musical. They are also seeking talented teens to sing and dance in the production of The Addams Family as ghoulish ancestors from beyond the grave!

The Forestburgh Playhouse is also looking for young actors (ages 6-12) to perform in the ensembles of Dreamworks’ Madagascar and Gordon Gets Down, the Playhouse’s two productions geared for young audiences. So much fun awaits!

Where: Seelig Auditorium At SUNY Sullivan, 112 College Road, Loch Sheldrake.

When: February 12: 9:30am-Noon,

and 3:00pm-6:00pm

How to sign up: Email production@ fbplayhouse.org. In the subject line, put “Local Auditions/Actor’s Name” and in the message, please choose the 9:30amNoon -or- 3:00pm-6:00pm slot as your audition window.

What to Bring: Your talent! Auditioners need to bring a 16 bar selection of a song that showcases their talent. Please have your sheet music marked and ready for the accompanist. If you do not have sheet music, you may certainly sing a short selection a cappella! Visit www. fbplayhouse.org/local-actors for more info and available roles for each show.

De-Stress with Dancing & Coloring

DANCE!

Have you ever wanted to learn ballroom dancing?

Here’s your chance! Take a class with Janice Vilardo and learn the basics of the Waltz and Foxtrot.

Registration is required as space is limited. You do not need to bring a partner. Wear comfortable clothing and shoes and

The Kaminskys At Desmond

History proves that the world’s most famous borough is not only famous for the unique “Tree” that grew there, and the beloved “Bums” that baseballed there, but also for a “forest” of world class comics!

Alice Desmond Center will be presenting the gifts of two of them: Danny Kaye and Mel Brooks, each sharing the same surname, “Kaminsky”, but not related! Their films will be viewed accompanied with a discussion on the history: Yiddish Theater culture: The Borsch Belt and the uniqueness of Jewish humor!

“Watch these films...Please!”: The Court Jester February 3 (see page 6) and To Be or Not to Be February 17

To Be or Not to Be is a 1983 American war comedy film directed by Alan Johnson, produced by Mel Brooks, and starring Brooks, Anne Bancroft, Tim Matheson, Charles Durning, Christopher Lloyd, and José Ferrer. The screenplay was written by Ronny Graham and Thomas Meehan, based on the original

bring a drink!

It takes place on February 11 at 2:00pm at the Goshen Public Library. ART!

De-stress with some adult coloring. Coloring books, colored pencils, music and snacks will be provided on February 17 at 3:00pm

The Goshen Public Library & Historical Society is located at 366 Main Street. Phone: 845-294-6606.

Harlem Renaissance via Zoom

In 2003 Janet Mandel was named runner-up for the New Jersey Council for the Humanities Teacher of the Year award. In 2004 she was the recipient of the “Innovations in Special Education Award” from the New Jersey School Boards Association and the Association of Schools and Agencies for the Handicapped.

Now retired, Mandel presents illustrated talks on a variety of art history topics at schools, libraries, museums, senior and community centers, and similar venues.

Janet Mandel, retired art history/ world languages & culture instructor looks at many of the inspired artists who produced astonishing and ground-breaking works that transformed African American identity and history, as well as American culture with The Harlem Renaissance: Courage, Grace and Vision on February 20 at 6:15pm via Zoom. Register by visiting Cornwall and Warwick Libraries: www.cornwallpubliclibrary.org or www. albertwisnerlibrary.org

story by Melchior Lengyel, Ernst Lubitsch and Edwin Justus Mayer.

This remake is mostly faithful to the 1942 film on which it is based, In many cases, dialogue is taken verbatim from the earlier film. The characters of Bronski and Joseph Tura are, however, combined into a single character (played by Brooks). His dresser, Anna, has been replaced with Sasha, allowing them to address the plight of gay people under the Nazis, as well as the Jews.

Newsweek stated, “To those who know and love the Jack Benny-Carole Lombard original, this may seem like sacrilege. But because the copy is so entertaining in its own right, it seems more a tribute than a rip-off.

So, start 2023 with a good laugh and “Take this course...Please!”

Desmond’s film-lecture presentations run from 10:00am-1:00pm. The Town of Newburgh-Recreation Department’s Alice Desmond Center is located at 6 Albany Post Road, Newburgh. To register, phone 845-565-1326.

Melvin James Kaminsky (b.1926)

David Daniel Kaminsky (1911-1987)

The Forestburgh Playhouse awaits you! photo by Jonathan Charles Fox

“Young Black Girl Portrait” by William H. Johnson (1901-1970)

Catskill Art Space, Livingston Manor: Let’s Talk Sculpture!

Judith Henry is a multimedia artist, born and raised in Cleveland, Ohio. Henry’s Casting Call is a series of almost 300 small abstract sculptures of reclaimed materials, utilizing adhesive tape, paint tubes, cotton balls sponges, etc. These figures create anthropomorphic forms that represent complex personas and the diversity of shapes. The work examines the friction between interior life and the public self.

Samuelle Green was born and raised in rural Pennsylvania. Green’s work features an immersive installation of paper forms, utilizing discarded books to create an encompassing architectural environment. Each square foot of work uses nearly 140 individual pieces of paper to construct a transformative space for audiences. Green’s organic and geometric work explores the interaction of the human-made and non-human visual world languages.

Lizzie Wright is an artist who lives and works in New York City and Livingston Manor. Wright’s Frankenstein-like constructions are brought to life by flowing electricity. Her

use of glowing and reflective light is an effective conduit for mood, tone, and emotion. Wright’s innovative use of light is paired with scrap or found materials, challenging audience’s concept of what is damaged. The often transparent forms take on a sense of spirituality, evoking an other-worldly presence.

Catskill Art Space (CAS) will feature the sculptural work of Judith Henry, Samuelle Green and Lizzie Wright for its first exhibitions of 2023.

The series explores personal identity with surrogates which take the form of masks, drawings and papier-mâché sculptures. The artists’ works explore the intersection and divergence of

contemporary sculptural practices utilizing found objects.

Through playful and sardonic humanoid shapes, Judith Henry employs detritus to examine the myriad identities of the self.

Samuelle Green, meanwhile, invites contemplation on our ontological relationship to her architectural forms rendered in found paper.

Lizzie Wright carries viewers up, her apparitions taking shape through discarded materials, illuminated with glowing light.

Together, the presentation reflects

disparate perspectives on what it is to be human, from human forms and experiences to visions of an afterlife.

On view on the ground floor galleries of CAS, 48 Main Street, Livingston Manor, the show runs from February 4 to March 18

An Artists Talk will take place on February 4, from 3:00pm-4:00pm and the opening reception will immediately follow from 4:00pm-5:00pm.

For further information, visit catskillartspace.org.

“Alternate Arrangements” by Samuelle Green, 2021

“Casting Call” by Judith Henry, 2021

“Mailbox” by Lizzie Wright, 2021

Steven Schwartz:

My Mom was truly one of a kind. She could write with both hands (and at the same time if it was requested), was a business-woman, a performer, a singer, and an artist. She instilled in me a love for music and a love for reading and word games, and showed me how to be an organized hoarder...(I never said she was perfect...). Early on she was a part of the “More Guts than Talent” troupe comprised of her and three friends that did fundraisers for the Temple Sholom in Monticello.

She really came into her own when she got involved in the local music scene and the various open mics. She was informally dubbed ‘The Sullivan County Songbird’. Every Monday night, faithfully, she would be the second or third one, doing songs like Crazy, or I Fall to Pieces or Tennessee Waltz or a standard like The Shadow of Your Smile...and God bless you if you were talking when she was singing because she would let you know she wasn’t going to continue unless you paid attention.

I was always happiest when my band backed her up and we got a ‘that was

In Memoriam: Sylvia Berger Schwartz

(April 1, 1933 - January 13, 2023)

nice’ from her at the end...otherwise, to paraphrase an old joke...I would whisper, “Was anything alright?”

She was called Mom by so many others in the musical community. Some were performers and others were in the audience. I have such incredible memories of her being asked to sing a tune with a band that she was watching...and, mostly, all of the times we got to play together... and those are some of my most cherished memories that will carry me through the tough times. She was and will always be a great soul that lived life on her own terms. When things didn’t go the way she had hoped, she would say...ahhh...next time it will be better...and that was how she lived.

I will miss her deeply, but she will have a lot of family waiting for her who have missed her for a lot longer than I have.

Love you Mom.

Andy Weil & Christine Saward:

We had the honor at one of the Phillipsport Community Center’s Music Nights to have Sylvia come up from the audience and sing a song. We were so thrilled at how she lit up the room that we gave her a pie to take home. She enjoyed the pie so much that the next month she came the morning of Music Night to our “make pie not war” session to help, kibitz, and learn to make pie.

Sylvia, you were as sweet as our pie and a real class act. You will be fondly remembered and sorely missed. Our condolences.

Barry Plaxen: I used to sit with Sylvia during the intermissions of the Met Opera “Live in HD” transmissions at Sullivan County Community College. I found her to be a remarkable woman who exuded intelligence, kindness and awareness. A truly advanced soul. I feel blessed to

Orange County Arts Council: “Student Arts Showcase”

The Orange County Arts Council will host its 12th Annual Arts Build Confidence Student Arts Showcase on February 11 at the Middletown Galleria Mall from 10:00am-5:00pm. A preview of high school musicals will also take place from Noon-5:00pm in the center court (in front of JC Penney). Admission is free.

Orange County high schools will display their students’ artwork on panels. These works include oils, watercolors, mixed media, digital art and photography. Visitors to the show will be invited to participate in a “People’s Choice” competition to select a favorite work. Those pieces receiving the top three votes will be recognized for this achievement at 4:00pm.

Student artwork from Orange County elementary and middle schools

(Grades K-8) will be on display in a media slideshow throughout the day. Two video monitors will present the works near the staircase in the center court, adjacent to

the high school pieces.

“The talent pool in Orange County continues to grow stronger,” says Todd Hulet, Orange County Arts Council’s Executive Director. “We are excited to provide the opportunity for the public to come see a small sampling of the young Arts talent in our own community, which comes with the opportunity to say, ‘I saw them when.’ These are the artists of our future and the Arts Build Confidence Showcase is an exciting step at the beginning of many incredible careers.”

The following high schools will present previews of their musicals (as of January 10 - times and participants may be subject to change).

Valley Central HS: Curtains: School Edition, 12:15pm-1:00pm.

Newburgh Free Academy: Bring It On, 1:00-1:45pm.

Washingtonville HS: The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, 1:45pm-2:30pm

Pine Bush HS: Rent, 2:30pm3:15pm

James I O’Neill HS: The Drowsy Chaperone, 3:15pm-4:00pm

Middletown HS: The Music Man, 4:15pm-5:00pm.

Fifteen High Schools and eight Middle & Elementary Schools are participating in the Student Arts Showcase

For the latest information regarding the Student Arts Showcase, visit: www.ocartscouncil.org

have known her.

Carol Pozefsky:

Goodbye, Dearest, trusted friend Sylvia and thanks for the shared laughter and the tears and for your incredible strength.

Thanks for calling every day for as long as you were able and for the deeply significant connection.

Thanks for the American standard duets in the car; between us we knew every word of every song.

Thanks for calling me the great wordsmith even though with shameless pomposity I snarled, “No, I can’t play Scrabble with you, Sylvia. That’s my game and it wouldn’t be fair.”

We finally played a match, you whipped my tail and never spoke of it again.

Sylvia, who’ll be there to tell the real stuff to? What gentle, accepting model do I follow? Whose moral compass?

Happy trails, Dear friend.

I’ll catch up with you and we’ll ride the trails together. But not on horseback, in my red chariot and we’ll be harmonizing “Vaya con dios”, “Always”, and of course, “I’ll Be Seeing You”...

Orange County High School musical preview

Student Arts Showcase

WRCA: Members & Teachers Exhibit

The annual Members and Teachers Exhibit is a time for the visual artists of Wallkill River Center for the Arts (WRCA) to celebrate and show their works as a community. This first exhibit of 2023 kicks off the exhibiting year with approximately 60 works by members and 15 works by teachers. Each artist is free to exhibit a piece representative of their recent work.

“This is the annual event where we get to celebrate the breadth and scope of the work of our membership and faculty,” says Sarah Fortner Pierson, WRCA executive director. “We gather to enjoy the works and each other’s company and kick off the

exhibiting season.”

All who attend the reception are invited to vote to award “Audience Choice” prizes to one member work and one teacher work.

WRCA staff and board members will be on hand on February 11 to welcome all visitors and answer questions about membership, classes, gallery events, and school programs and classes for adults and children. The exhibition runs from January 27 to February 26

A free reception will be held on February 11, from 3:00pm-5:00pm with complimentary light refreshments at 232 Ward Street, Montgomery. For info, call 845-457-ARTS.

Music and History in Hurleyville

Several years ago, singer Mickey Barnett told an incredible story to some folks from the Sullivan County Museum, about how one of America’s most famous and iconic soul songs came to be written in Bethel. That song, recorded in 1970 by Marvin Gaye, was Let’s Get It On. It became the biggest Motown hit of the time, selling over two million copies within the first six weeks of its release.

Now, the Frederick Cook Society will present a concert by Mickey Barnett, performing classic renditions of the music of Roy Orbison, Jerry Lee Lewis, Johnny Cash, Elvis Presley, Carl Perkins and others. Following his performance, Mickey will share the story of how songwriter Ed Townsend wrote Let’s Get It On at Mickey’s Little Giant recording studio in Bethel.

Along with the concert, in celebration of Black History Month, the Society will present an exhibition highlighting the accomplishments of two of the greatest explorers in America’s history: Matthew Henson and Barbara Hillary.

Matthew Henson (1866-1955), was the descendant of African American slaves. He traveled with Admiral Robert Peary as a member of an expedition to the North Pole in 1909. Henson’s doghandling skills, fluent Inuit and allround resourcefulness were key to the

expedition’s success. Of the Inuits he wrote: “I have come to love these people. They are my friends and regard me as theirs.”

Barbara Hillary (19312019) was an American nurse, publisher, adventurer, Arctic explorer, and inspirational speaker. In 2007 at the age of 75, Hillary became the first known black woman to reach the North Pole. She reached the South Pole in January 2011 at the age of 79, becoming the first African American woman on record to reach both poles. She was also a friend of the Frederick Cook Society, and in 2009 came to Hurleyville and presented a talk about her arctic adventures.

The February 11, 2:00pm afternoon will conclude with a 3:00pm performance by Little Sparrow, featuring special guest musicians, Cecil Allen and Van Manakas at the Sullivan County Museum, 265 Main Street, Hurleyville. For information, call 845-434-8044.

Children & TEenS Calendar

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

Arts & Crafts (Free events only)

Kids Art Club JLPL Feb 8, 4:30pm

Valentine Messy Art 2-5yrs Chester Library, Feb 9, 10:30am

Books

Baby & Me infants-2 yrs Rushmore Library, Highland Mills, Mondays, 11am

Baby Rhyme Time infants-3yrs JLPL Feb 2, 9, 16, & 23, 10:30am

Babytime infants up to 18 months Newburgh Library, Tuesdays, 10am

Books & Babies Story Time w/Miss Sophie Milford Library, Tuesdays, 10:30am

Books & Babies Story Time w/Miss Sophie Dingman Branch Library, Fridays, 10:30am

Rhymetime 12-35 months Florida Library, Feb 8 & 15, 10:30am

Toddler Time 18-36 months Newburgh Library, Wednesdays, 10am

Toddletime Goshen Library, Wednesdays 10:30am

Toddler Time Wisner Library, Warwick, many multiple dates, 10:15am, Shake, Rattle & Read 1-5yrs Newburgh Library, Tuesdays, 1pm

Storytime 1-5yrs Chester Library, Tuesdays & Wednesdays, 10:30am

Storytime preschool Liberty Library, Wednesdays, 11am

Preschool Storytime 3-5yrs Newburgh Library, Thursdays, 10am

Preschool Storytime 3-5yrs Wisner Library, Warwick, Feb 1, 8, 13, & 14, 11:15am

Preschool Winter Storytimes Rushmore Library, Highland Mills, Fridays, 10am

Storytime 3-5yrs Florida Library, Feb 2, 9 & 16, 10:30am

Winter Story Time 3-5yrs JLPL Feb 7, 14 & 21, 10:30am

Chatterbooks Book Group grades K-2 Cornwall Library, Feb 2, 4:30pm

Family Storytime 8yrs & under Wallkill Library, Tuesdays & Thursdays, 10:30am

Book Break Book Group grades 3 & 4 Cornwall Library, Feb 9, 4:30pm

Readzza Readzza Book Group grades 5-8 Cornwall Library, Feb 16, 4:30pm

PJ Storytime ��������������������������������������������������������������� Cornwall Library, Feb 1 & 15, 6:30pm

Family Storytime Cornwall Library, Feb 7, 14, 21, 9:30am & 10:30am

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

Read and Play Newburgh Library, Fridays, 10am

Love My Library Storytime Goshen Library, Fridays, 11:00am

Pajama-time Storytime Wisner Library, Warwick, Feb 6 & 13, 5:30pm

“Keep This to Yourself” by Tom Ryan teens Cornwall Library Feb 13, 6:30pm

EntertainmenT & Recreation

Music with Mr. Matt multiple dates, Wisner Library, Warwick, 10:15am & 11:15am, FREE

Knee-High Naturalists 2-5yrs Newburgh Library, Feb 2, 9 & 16, 1pm

Dungeons & Dragons teens JLPL Feb 3 & 17, 5pm FREE

“Magic! The Gathering Club” teens JLPL Feb 4 & 18, 2pm FREE

Paper Bag Players “Big Bag of Laughs” SUNY Orange, Orange Hall, Feb 5, 2pm

Anime (Dragon Ball) Club teens & adults Goshen Library, Feb 8 & 22, 5:30pm

Lego Club �������������������������������������������������������� Dingman Branch Library, Feb 9 & 23, 4:30pm

Saturday Matinee Drop-in Movie kids Wisner Library, Warwick, Feb 11, 2pm FREE

Wacky Science Adventures: Physics Edition PEEC Feb 12, 1pm

Celebration of Love & Laughter 3-5yrs Thrall Library, Middletown, Feb 14, 10:30am FREE

Drop In Lego Club JLPL Feb 14 & 28, 3:30pm FREE

Dungeons & Dragons tweens & teens Florida Library, Feb 16, 2:30pm

Ecozone Discovery Room! PEEC Feb 25, 1pm-4pm

Clubs Calendar

sponsored by Alternative Counseling, Cornwall & Broadway Tailors, Newburgh

Anime (Dragon Ball) Club Goshen Library, Feb 8 & 22, 5:30pm St. James Camera Club St James Church, Goshen, 2nd Tuesday, 7pm

Chess Club ��������������������������������������������������������� Wisner Library, Warwick, Wednesdays, 5pm

Chess Club Every other Wednesday, Rushmore Library, Highland Mills, 4:30pm

Chess Club Livingston Manor Library, 3rd Thursday, 3pm

Crochet Club Milford Library, Feb 15, 1pm

Knit and Stitch Narrowsburg Library, Mondays, 6pm

Knit & Stitch Club Newburgh Library Town Branch, 1st & 3rd Tuesdays, 6;30pm

Knitting & Crocheting “Knitwitz” Jeffersonville Library, 1st & 3rd Tuesdays, 6:30pm

Knitting & Crocheting “Crochety Knitters” ��������������������������Liberty Library, Mondays, 1pm

Knitting Group Pine Bush Library, Feb 6, 1:30pm

Laurel & Hardy Sons of the Desert Int’l Org. www themtharhills org

MahJong Club Wisner Library, Warwick, Tuesdays 10am

MahJong Club Liberty Library, Tuesdays, 10:15am

MahJong Club Highland Falls Library, Tuesdays, 1;30pm

MahJong Club Wallkill Library, Thursdays, 6pm

Narrowsburg Knitters ��������������������������������������������������� Narrowsburg Library, Mondays 6pm

Scrabble Club Ellenville Library, Tuesday, 6pm

Scrabble Club Wisner Library, Warwick, Thursdays, 1pm

UFO Support Group Walker Valley Schoolhouse, 1st Wednesday, 7pm

Work by Cynthia Harris-Pagano

Work by Lana Privitera

Ed Townsend and Mickey Barnett c.1970

Barbara Hillary

Canvas category calendar

sponsored by Matthews Pharmacy, Ellenville; Endico Watercolors, Sugar Loaf; High Withers, Goshen; and Peggi’s Place, Cornwall

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cABARET

Valentine’s Cabaret Sullivan County Dramatic Workshop ����� Feb 10-12, TBD, So� Fallsburg

Cinema Classics & Documentaries

“The Birds” Hitchcock, intro by John DiLeo Milford Theatre, Jan 29, 4pm

“Elvis” Tom Hanks, Austin Butler Wisner Library, Warwick, Jan 30, 1pm FREE

“Blow Out” John Travolta Cornwall Library, Jan 30, 6pm FREE

“The Court Jester” Danny Kaye Alice Desmond Center, Newburgh, Feb 3, 10am

“Cabaret” L. Minnelli, J. Grey, intro by John DiLeo Milford Theatre, Feb 5, 4pm

“Passing” Tessa Thompson, Ruth Negga Wisner Library, Warwick, Feb 6, 1pm FREE

“Top Gun Maverick” ���������������������������������������������������� Cornwall Library, Feb 7, Noon FREE

“The Band Wagon” F. Astaire, C. Charisse, intro by John DiLeo Milford Theatre, Feb 12, 4pm

“Imitation of Life” Lana Turner, Juanita Moore Wisner Library, Warwick, Feb 13, 1pm FREE

“Desperately Seeking Susan” Cornwall Library, Feb 13, 6pm FREE

“To Be or Not To Be” M. Brooks, A. Bancroft Alice Desmond Center, Newburgh, Feb 17, 10am

“An Affair to Remember” C. Grant, D. Kerr, intro by John DiLeo Milford Theatre, Feb 19, 4pm

“I Am Not Your Negro” film & discussion Wisner Library, Warwick, Feb 21, 5pm FREE

“An American in Paris” Gene Kelly, intro by John DiLeo Milford Theatre, Feb 26, 4pm

“Mudbound” C. Mulligan, G. Hedlund Wisner Library, Warwick, Feb 27, 1pm FREE

Comedy

Anthony Rodia: Totally Relatable Tour Sugar Loaf Performing Arts Center, Feb 18, 8pm

FUndraisers

Delaware Valley Opera Valentine’s Disco Dance DVOC, Lake Huntington, Feb 11, 7pm-11pm Newburgh Free Library Back Door Books (sale)

Newburgh Library, Montgomery Street Entrance, Feb 18, 10am-2pm

Museums (not listed in centerspread)

“African American soldiers & Revolutionary War” New Windsor Cantonment, Feb 18, 2pm FREE House Tours Knox’s Headquarters, Vails Gate, Feb 19, 10am-3pm FREE Drills & Demos New Windsor Cantonment, Feb 20, 110am-4pm FREE

Music - Classical

West Point Band “American Influences” Eisenhower Hall, West Point, Jan 28, 2pm FREE

Victoria von Arx & Janice Nimetz, pianos, Music in Central Valley series Central Valley United Methodist Church, Jan 29, 3pm FREE

American String Quartet w/Nancy Allen harp, Newburgh Chamber Music series St George’s Church, Newburgh, Feb 12, 3pm

Greater Newburgh Symphony Orchestra “Concert of Concertos” Moxart series Aquinas Hall, Newburgh, Feb 18, 4pm

Hudson Valley Ebony Strings classical, etc. Wisner Library, Warwick, Feb 26, 2pm

Music - jazz (see also In-House Music, next column on right)

Hal Galper Trio Rafters Tavern, Callicoon, Saturdays, 3pm

Joe Farnsworth The Falcon, Marlboro, Feb 26, 7pm

Poetry Readings

Margaret Fox

Soulshine Market, Pine Bush, Jan 28, 3pm

Carl Welden Noble Coffee Roasters, Campbell Hall, Feb 2, 7pm

“English Romantic Poets: The Big Six” Laurie Byro & Circle of Voices Poetry Group Wisner Library, Warwick, Feb 8, 5:30pm FREE

Winter Poetry Café w/Margaret Fox, Ted Gill, Robert Milby �� Florida Library, Feb 12, 1pm

Carl Welden Java Blue Coffee & Market, Montgomery, Feb 21, 6pm

Terence Chiesa Soulshine Market, Pine Bush, Feb 25, 3pm

Ted Gill Poetry at the Church Goshen Methodist Church, Feb 27, 7pm

Recreation

Line Dancing “Kickin’ w/Kathy and Billy” City Winery, Montgomery, Sundays, 2pm-5pm

Drum Circle ���������������������������������������������� Ritz Theatre Lobby, Newburgh, Tuesdays, 6:30pm

Valentine’s Disco Dance DVOC Lake Huntington, Feb 11, 7pm-11pm

Storytelling

Yarnslingers “Rings” Seminary Hill Cidery, Callicoon, Feb 5, 11:30am FREE

Theatre - Musical & Variety

Paper Bag Players “Big Bag of Laughs” ���������������� SUNY Orange, Orange Hall, Feb 5, 2pm

“Arts Build Confidence” HS Musical Previews, Orange County Arts Council JC Penney Square, Crystal Run Mall, Middletown, Feb 11, 12:15pm-5pm

Theatre - Play

“All Things Equal, The Life & Trials of Ruth Bader Ginsburg” by Rupert Holmes Sugar Loaf Performing Arts Center, Chester, Mar 5, 6pm

Music - pop, Folk, Country, Blues, rock, etc.

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Anders Osborne Solo Acoustic w/Johnathan Sloane City Winery, Montgomery, Feb 2, 8pm

“The Sixties Show” Sugar Loaf Performing Arts Center, Feb 3, 8pm

Alex Prizgintas “From Bach to Rock” Ellenville Library, Feb 4, Noon FREE

“A Night on Broadway” Sugar Loaf Performing Arts Center, Feb 4, 8pm

Denny Laine Acoustic Songs and Stories ����������������� City Winery� Montgomery, Feb 8, 8pm

Frontiers Journey Sugar Loaf Performing Arts Center, Feb 10, 8pm

Mickey Barnett, Little Sparrow & Guests Sullivan County Museum, Hurleyville, Feb 11, 2pm

Bailen The Falcon, Marlboro, Feb 17, 7pm

Strawberry Fields Beatles Brunch City Winery Montgomery, Feb 18, Noon

Alexis P. Suter Band blues, soul, roots, rock The Falcon, Marlboro, Feb 18, 7pm

Frank Critelli, Randie O’Neill, Neil Okeson. folk, Music for Humanity series Noble Coffee Roasters, Campbell Hall, Feb 18, 7:30pm FREE

Don Byron Quartet salsa, hip-hop, funk, r&b, klezmer, jazz The Falcon, Marlboro, Feb 19, 7pm

Simple Gifts Duo world folk Good Shepherd Episcopal Church, Milford, Feb 23, 7pm

Latin Jazz Express

The Falcon, Marlboro, Feb 23, 7pm

Arleigh Rose of Sister Sparrow soul The Falcon Main Stage, Feb 24, 7pm

“1964 - The Tribute” Beatles Paramount Theatre, Middletown, Feb 24, 8pm

Marc Von Em folk Noble Coffee Roasters, Campbell Hall, Feb 25, 7:30pm FREE

Ed Palermo Big Band jazz, rock, psychedelis, comedy ��� The Falcon, Marlboro, Feb 25, 7pm

Croce Plays Croce Sugar Loaf Performing Arts Center, Feb 25, 8pm

Matt Nathanson Bethel Woods, Mar 2, 8pm

An Evening With Jorma Kaukonen Sugar Loaf Performing Arts Center, Mar 3, 8pm

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

sponsored by Neil Alexander & NAIL, Newburgh Listings

Open

The Parting Glass Band Celtic Loughran’s Pub, Salisbury Mills, Thursdays, 5:30pm-6:30pm

William Pearson City Winery, Montgomery, Feb 1, 5pm

Mitch Schecter Trio w/John Arbo & Steve Rubin jazz The Cove, Greenwood Lake, Feb 5, 1pm

Vito Petrocito City Winery, Montgomery, Feb 8, 5pm

Gabriele Tranchina Group w/Tim Regusis, Lew Scott, Steve Rubin jazz

Callie Mackenzie

The Cove, Greenwood Lake, Feb 12, 1pm

City Winery, Montgomery, Feb 15, 5pm

Oxford Station Duo folk, rock, country Duck Town Restaurant, New Windsor, Feb 18, 8pm

Mike Jackson Trio w/Tony Jefferson & Rave Tesar jazz The Cove, Greenwood Lake, Feb 19, 1pm

Ethan Klee City Winery, Montgomery, Feb 22, 5pm

Robert Kopec Trio jazz

The Cove, Greenwood Lake, Feb 26, 1pm

Books: Discussions / readings / Signings

sponsored by Josephine-Louise Public Library, Walden

“Empires of the Sky” by Alexander Rose Cornwall Library, Feb 1, 4pm

Non-Fiction Book Group Wisner Library, Warwick, Feb 2 & Mar 2, 2pm

“The Lost Man” by Jane Harper Florida Library, Feb 3, 1pm

“The Personal Librarian” by Marie Benedict Goshen Library, Feb 4, 10am

“Searching for Home” by Joe Gosler Wisner Library, Warwick, Feb 4, 11am

“Neversink Chronicles” by/w/John Wayne � zoom/Time & Valleys Museum, Grahamsville, Feb 5, 2pm

Tuesday Evening Book Group Wisner Library, Warwick, Feb 7, 5:30pm

Novel Bunch Book Club Milford Library, Feb 9, 4pm

“The Lincoln Highway” by Amor Towles Chester Library, Feb 13, 6:30pm

“The 7 1/2 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle” by Stuart Turton Cornwall Library, Feb 16, 2pm

“American Nightingale” by/w/Debra Scacciaferro Wisner Library, Warwick, Feb 18,11am

“The Lost Boys of Montauk” by Amanda Fairbanks

Josephine-Louise Library, Walden Feb 21, 6:30pm

“Surviving Savannah” by/w/Patti Calahan Liberty Library, Feb 23, 1pm

“Harlem Shuffle” by Colson Whitehead Florida Library, Feb 23, 6:30pm

“The Librarian Spy” by Madeline Martin Cornwall Library, Feb 23, 7pm

“The Long Call” by Ann Cleeves Goshen Library, Feb 27, 3;30pm

“Seven Days in June” by Tia Williams Newburgh, Library, Feb 28, 2pm Booklovers Club Greenwood Lake Library, Feb 28, 6:15pm

Washingtonville Writers’ Circle

Join the Washingtonville Writers’ Circle where writers are encouraged to share their work in a friendly environment. Discuss and critique all that is and surrounds writing as a hobby and craft.

Meetings are held on weekends at the

Washingtonville (Moffat) Library

Details are posted at moffatlibrary.org under Washingtonville Writers’ Circle Stop in during a meeting whether you write or are just interested! Email Bob Pierson jazz4464@hotmail.com.

“We are always looking for writers!”

CITY City Winery Hudson Valley, Montgomery

DESMOND Alice Desmond Center, Newburgh

DVOC Delaware Valley Opera Center, Lake Huntington

ELL-LIB Ellenville Library

FAL The Falcon, Marlboro

KINDRED Kindred Spirits Arts Good Shepherd Episcopal Church, Milford

JCP JCP Penny Square, Galleria Mall, Middletown

MSM-AQ Aquinas Hall, Mount St. Mary College, Newburgh

NCM Newburgh Chamber Music NFL-MONT Newburgh NOBLE PARA

MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY

Cinema “Mudbound” Wisner Library, Warwick, 1pm

Poetry Ted Gill Goshen United Methodist Church, 7pm

The Oxford Station Duo perform their folk rock, classic country & Americana music live at Duck Town Restaurant in New Windsor on February 18 at 8:00pm

The Mike Jackson Trio w/Tony Jefferson & Rave Tesar perform for the weekly Sunday Jazz Brunch at The Cove, 13 Castle Court, Greenwood Lake, on February 19 at 1:00pm. See InHouse Music calendar on pg. 11 for the other Sunday Jazz artists at The Cove.

Kindred Spirits Arts Programs presents: Simple Gifts Duo in “From Celtic to Klezmer - World Folk Music” on Feb. 23 at 7pm, Good Shepherd Episcopal Church, 110 W. Catharine Street, Milford.

Recreation Drum Circle RITZ 6:30pm Music.............................Matt Nathanson Bethel Woods, 8pm Music - Roots-Blues.....An Evening

E’lissa Jones will lead the Hudson Valley Ebony Strings for a free concert on February 26 at 2:00pm at the Albert Wisner Public Library, 1 McFarland Drive, Warwick.

Annual Winter Poetry Cafe, Robert Milby emcee (pictured), Margaret Fox & Ted Gill, featured poets Florida Library, Feb. 12, 1pm

“Tiles” (detail) African fabrics, hand stitching on canvas by Janet Baskerville on view for the WRCA “Members & Teachers Exhibit,” see pg. 10.

February 2023

St. George’s Church, Newburgh

Newburgh Free Library, Montgomery St. Entrance Noble Coffee Roasters, Campbell Hall Paramount Theater, Middletown

FRIDAY

RITZ

Ritz Theatre Lobby, Newburgh

SCDW Sullivan County Dramatic Workshop venue TBD, So. Fallsburg SCM Sullivan County Museum, Hurleyville SEMINARY Seminary Hill Cidery, Callicoon

Court Jester” DESMOND 10am Sixties Show” SLPAC 8pm

Frontiers SLPAC 8pm

Valentine’s Cabaret SCDW 8pm

or Not To Be” DESMOND 10am Bailen FAL 7pm

Rose of Sister Sparrow FAL 7pm “1964 - The Tribute” PARA 8pm

Music...“From Bach to Rock” Alex Prizgintas cello ELL-LIB Noon

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

Music........................“A Night on Broadway”�����������������SLPAC 8pm

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Theatre - Musicals....High School Musicals Preview JCP Noon-5pm

Music..Mickey Barnett, Little Sparrow, Cecil Allen, Van Manakas SCM 2pm

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

Recreation...........Valentine’s Disco Dance DVOC 7pm-11pm Cabaret - Broadway............Valentine’s Cabaret SCDW 8pm

SLPAC

Sugar Loaf Performing Arts Center SUNYO-OH SUNY Orange, Orange Hall, Middletown

UpF UpFront Exhibition Space, Port Jervis WISNER Albert Wisner Library, Warwick

SATURDAY SUNDAY

Storytelling....................Yarnslingers SEMINARY 11am

Recreation....................Line Dancing CITY 2pm-5pm

Theatre - Variety...........Paper Bag Players SUNYO-OH 2pm

Cinema...............................“Cabaret” Milford Theatre, 4pm

Poetry......................Winter Poetry Cafe Florida Library, 1pm Cabaret - Broadway............Valentine’s Cabaret SCDW 2pm

Recreation....................Line Dancing CITY 2pm-5pm

Music......American String Quartet & Nancy Allen harp NCM 3pm

Cinema.......................“The Band Wagon” Milford Theatre, 4pm

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Fundraiser......Newburgh Library Book Sale NFL-MONT 10am-2pm

Music-Bunch - Beatles.........Strawberry Fields CITY Noon

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

Music - Classical.....Greater Newburgh Sym. Orch. MSM-AQ 4pm

Music - Blues-Soul-Roots-Rock....Alexis P. Suter Band FAL 7pm

Music - Folk......Frank Critelli, Randie O’Neill, Neil Okeson NOBLE 7:30pm

Comedy........Anthony Rodia: Totally Relatable Tour SLPAC 8pm

Recreation....................Line Dancing CITY 2pm-5pm

Cinema....................“An Affair to Remember” Milford Theatre, 4pm

Music - Salsa-HipHop-Funk-R&B-Jazz..Don Byron Quartet FAL 7pm

Poetry..............Terence Chiesa Soulshine Market, Pine Bush, 3pm

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

Music............................Ed Palermo Big Band FAL 7pm

Music - Folk........................Marc Von Em NOBLE 7:30pm

Music - Croce................Croce Plays Croce SLPAC 8pm

Music - Classical.....Hudson Valley Ebony Strings WISNER 2pm

Recreation....................Line Dancing CITY 2pm-5pm

Cinema....................“An American in Paris” Milford Theatre, 4pm

Music - Jazz...............Joe Farnsworth FAL 7pm

Evening w/Jorma Kaukonen SLPAC 8pm Music - Jazz.........Hal Galper Trio Rafter’s Tavern, Callicoon, 3pm

Recreation....................Line Dancing CITY 2pm-5pm

Theatre - Play.............“All Things Equal” SLPAC 6pm

Canvas category calendar

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

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Art exhibits

CAS .............................................................................. Catskill Art Space, Livingston Manor

DVAA Delaware Valley Arts Alliance, Narrowsburg

SUNYO-OH SUNY Orange, Orange Hall, Middletown

WRCA Wallkill River Center for the Arts, Montgomery

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

James Turrell “Avaar”, Sol LeWitt “Wall Drawings”, & Francis Cape “A Gathering of Utopian Benches” CAS ongoing

CAS Members’ Exhibition CAS thru Jan 28

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

“Instructor’s Small Works Show” Alice Desmond Center, Newburgh, thru Jan 31

Catherine DeMaio paintings Rustic Wheelhouse, Chester, thru Jan

“Open Choice” group show WRCA thru Feb 19

David Nicholls “A Paris Portrait” Cornwall Library, thru Feb 23

Chris Heim Catskill nature scenes Gallery at Chant Realtors, Lords Valley, thru Feb 25

River Valley Artists Guild Art About Town: “Winter Spirits”

RVAG members group show, Gio’s Gelato Cafe, Port Jervis & Susan Miiller oils & pastels, Bon Secours Hospital Cafeteria, Port Jervis, & Joe Petrosi color pencil drawings, Mayor’s Office, Port Jervis City Hall, & Joan Kehlenbeck oils & pastels Deerpark Town Hall, Huguenot thru Mar 17

“A Study in Black & White” Community Art Show Wisner Library, Warwick, thru Mar 31

NEW ART EXHIBITS

David Baldwin calligraphy ����������������Leo’s Restaurant & Pizzeria, Cornwall, Jan 16-Mar 26

Bethel Council of the Arts group show Narrowsburg Union, Jan 21-Mar 4

North East Watercolor Society group show SUNYO-OH Jan 24-Mar 17

Maryann Burton watercolors SUNYO-OH Jan 24-Mar 17

Ciro Atardo, Nancy Reed Jones, Ginirose Sivili Griffith Olivero Realty, Goshen, Jan 24-Mar 31

Members & Teachers Show WRCA Jan 27-Feb 26

Gene Iovine paintings Liberty Museum & Arts Center Window, Jan 27-Feb 28

Bruce Young ink & graphics ������������������������������������������� Greenwood Lake Library, Feb 1-28

2nd Annual Winter Arts Showcase Highlands Arts Alliance www highlandsartsalliance org Feb 1-Mar 1

“Cause We Be Complicated: Dialogues of Black Artists” group show ADS Gallery, Newburgh, Feb 3-Mar 3

Hudson Valley Plein Air Fest Winners Uniterian Universalist Cong Rock Tavern, Feb 4-26

Judith Henry, Samuelle Green, Lizzie Wright sculpture CAS Feb 4-Mar 18

“Greens of Spring” group show, Color Wheel of Seasons series #1 Goshen Art League Goshen Music Hall, Feb 9-Apr 26

“Arts Build Confidence” Student Arts Showcase, Orange County Arts Council JC Penney Square, Crystal Run Mall, Middletown, Feb 11, 10am-5pm

Robyn Almquist “The Space Between You and Me” painting, collage, printmaking DVAA Feb 11-Mar 26

Allison Maletz “Abundance” watercolors DVAA Feb 11-Mar 26

“Tools & Implements” group show WRCA Feb 24-Mar 19

Mixed Media & Collage WRCA Mar 3-Apr 30

“Figures - Burden - Loneliness” photography, sculpture, paintings Grit Gallery, Newburgh, Mar 4-Apr 30

Photography exhibits

“Along the Towpath: The D&H Canal in Mamakating, 1828-1898” Wurtsboro Library

Yearly Contributor Photography Exhibition Highlands Arts Alliance Highland Falls Library, thru Jan 28

ART & Photography receptions

Bethel Council of the Arts group show Narrowsburg Union, Jan 28, 2pm-5pm

“Cause We Be Complicated: Dialogues of Black Artists” group show ADS Gallery, Newburgh, Feb 3, 6pm-8:30pm

Hudson Valley Plein Air Fest Winners Uniterian Universalist Cong Rock Tavern, Feb 4, 2pm-4pm

Judith Henry, Samuelle Green, Lizzie Wright sculpture CAS Feb 4, 4pm-5pm

“Arts Build Confidence” Student Arts Showcase, Orange County Arts Council

JC Penney Square, Crystal Run Mall, Middletown, Feb 11, 10am-5pm

Members & Teachers Show WRCA Feb 11, 3pm-5pm

Robyn Almquist, Allison Maletz DVAA Feb 11, 4pm-6pm

North East Watercolor Society group show SUNYO-OH Feb 26, 1pm-4:15pm

Maryann Burton watercolors SUNYO-OH Feb 26, 1pm-4:15pm

“Figures - Burden - Loneliness” photography, sculpture, paintings Grit Gallery, Newburgh, Mar 4, 5pm-8pm

Mixed Media & Collage WRCA Mar 11, 3pm-5pm

Lectures, talks, masterclasses & demos

sponsored by SUNY Orange and Town of Newburgh Desmond Center

DESM ................................................................................Alice Desmond Center, Newburgh

JLPL Josephine-Louise Library, Walden

MEEC ........................................ Mamakating Environmental Education Center, Wurtsboro

PEEC Pocono Environmental Education Center, Dingmans Ferry

Lectures, Demos, Talks & Master Classes are FREE unless otherwise noted: (FEE)

(Events Not lncluded in Centerspread Calendar)

lectures, Tours & Discussions

Winter Birds at Pine Island Tour PEEC Jan 28, 1pm FEE

Winter Plant Walk - “Identifying Plants in Wintertime” MEEC Jan 28, 1pm FEE

Frozen Waterfall Tour PEEC Jan 28, 9am FEE

Bridge the Gap: Bird Bonanza PEEC Jan 29, 1pm FEE

“The Life & Times of a Quiet American Hero” Carolyn Ivanoff DESM Jan 30, 12:30pm FEE

“And That’s the Way It Is: A Look Back at 70 Years of TV News” Brian Rose Chester Library, Jan 30, 7pm

“Private Yankee Doodle” Peter Cutul DESM Feb 1, 12:30pm FEE

“Private Yankee Doodle” Peter Cutul DESM Feb 1, 12:30pm FEE

Bridge the Gap: Winter Survival PEEC Feb 1, 1pm FEE

“Black History & Identity in the Hudson Valley from Colonial Times to Present”

Myra Armstead Newburgh Library, Feb 1, 6:30pm

“Disorders of the Brain” ToniJean Kulpinski DESM Feb 3, 10:30am FEE

Owl Prowl! carpooling to Shawangunk Grasslands ������������������������������������ JLPL Feb 4, 3pm

Eagle-viewing guided bus tour, Delaware Highlands Conservancy Zane Grey Museum, Lackawaxen, Feb 4, 18, 25, 11am-3pm

“Woodpeckers of the Hudson Valley” Pamela Golben DESM Feb 6, 10:30am, FEE

“Faith Ringgold” Laura Nicholls DESM Feb 8, 12:30pm FEE

“Prehistoric Caves at Mt. Lookout, Goshen/Importance of the Dutchess Quarry Caves” Mary Altobelli…DESM Feb 9, 10:30 am, FEE Eagle Watch Trip ����������������������������������������������������������������������� PEEC Feb 11, 9am-3pm FEE

“Stories from a Renovation: An Historic Warwick House Speaks” Larry Mansour Wisner Library, Warwick, Feb 12, 2pm

“How to Set Up Your Home Wi-Fi Network” Vincent Kayes DESM Feb 16, 10:30am FEE

“Honing your Psychic Abilities” Bill Wiand Pine Bush Library, Feb 16, 1pm

“The Harlem Renaissance: Courage, Grace and Vision” Janet Mandel zoom/Wisner Library, Warwick, Feb 20, 6:15pm

“The Nasty Affair in Pines Bridge” Paul Martin III ��������������� DESM Feb 28, 10:30am,FEE

DEMO

“From Bach to Rock: Interpreting Sound on the Cello” Alex Prizgintas Ellenville Library, Feb 4, Noon

Watercolor painting: “The Value of Values” Maryann Burton SUNYO-OH Feb 26, 2:30pm

ARTIST/Author Talks & Salons

Randall Munroe author zoom/Crawford Library, Monticello, Jan 31, 2pm Highlands Arts Alliance Photographers’ Salon “Winter Photography”

American Legion Hall, Highland Falls, Feb 4, 11am FEE

Judith Henry, Samuelle Green, Lizzie Wright sculpture ��������������������������� CAS Feb 4, 3pm

Lana Harper author zoom/Crawford Library, Monticello, Feb 9, 7pm

Grace M. Cho author zoom/Crawford Library, Monticello, Feb 16, 1pm

Fred Buchholz “Filmmaking: Special Effects” Milford Theatre, Feb 25, 4pm FEE Sadeqa Johnson author zoom/Crawford Library, Monticello, Feb 28, 4pm

Opera Singers Opportunity

This year the Delaware Valley Opera is casting for The Merry Widow, Faust and Rape of Lucretia. Live auditions will be held in Lake Huntington and New

York City in February 2023.

All singers wanting to audition, RUSH a resume and sound bites and/or video links to info@delawarevalleyopera.org

Choral Singers Opportunity

The Delaware Valley Choral Society (DVCS) has begun rehearsals at the Milford United Methodist Church. Friedrich Kiel’s Requiem in f minor (which forms a link between the requiem settings of Mozart and Verdi) is on the program for the first weekend of June.

DVCS is looking to add as many voices to this incredible work as they

can. If you like to sing, this will be a great opportunity to join a very friendly group of singers in a major choral work that has rarely been performed.

Interested singers should contact Jeffrey Fornoff, director, DVCS at 570-267-8773 or Jeffrey.marc.fornoff@ gmail.com. For more information, visit: www.dvchoralsociety.org

Volunteer Museum Educators Needed

The Time and the Valleys Museum in Grahamsville is seeking to expand their educational field trip programs for k-12 students, and is seeking volunteers to be Museum Educators that can assist when school groups of 25 to 100 students visit. The programs teach students about the history of the building of NYC’s water system and the effect on local residents; plus the importance of water and its impact on our history. “It is an energizing and rewarding experience helping students learn about local history,” says Mary Inghrim, Volunteer Chairperson.

Museum Educators help in a variety of ways, from teaching students, helping with activities, assisting others who teach students, answering questions and guiding groups through programs. No prior teaching experience is necessary. All that is needed is an interest in working with students and a willingness to learn. Interested applicants will be fully trained and comfortable prior to starting, and can help as little as offering one or two weekday mornings a month (or more). Benefits include a 10% discount in the Museum Shop, free admission to the programs, an invitation to a special recognition luncheon, gaining new skills and making new friends! Join Sullivan

an exhibit at the Museum.

County’s RSVP program, and enjoy perks like mileage reimbursement.

For information about the position, email info@timeandthevalleysmuseum. org or call 845-985-7700.

The Time and the Valleys Museum, 332 Main Street (Route 55), Grahamsville, is currently open by appointment and during programs. Admission is a suggested donation of $5. Children under 16 are $2; children under six are free.

The exhibitions are interactive and both fun and educational for all ages. More information about the new exhibit opening for 2023: Bittersweet Memories: The Lost Towns of the Catskill can be found by visiting www. timeandthevalleysmuseum.org.

To schedule a group tour for children or adults, call 845-985-7700.

May I Have A Word With You

Quips, Quotes & Quiddities by Carol Pozefsky

IFFERISMS

What a powerful word ‘if’ is. It peeks into the future and can hold such promise. If you knew more about computer programming, we’d hire you. If you’d get rid of that cat, I’d marry you. If you were 2 inches taller, you could be a Rockette. The book IFFERISMS contains maxims but only ones that begin with the Word “IF” -

If your wife wants to learn to drive, don’t stand in her way.

If you can’t live without me, why aren’t you dead yet?

If I have learned anything in my life, it is that bitterness consumes the vessel that contains it.

THEN: OVID. NOW: COVID

Born 43 years BC, Latin poet Ovid’s messages are timeless:

Love will enter cloaked in friendship’s name.

I am the poet of the poor. Since I could not give gifts, I gave words.

Chance is always powerful. Let your hook be always cast; in a pool where you least expect it, there will be a fish. We might ask, What’s eating you? The

ancient Romans would ask, Hinc Illae Lacrimae? Whence those tears? We say, Trouble lies ahead, In Latin, Non temper erit aestas. It will not always be summer.

ARE YOU POSITIVE?

Lost positives are words whose positive forms are no longer in common use.

Do you have a disgruntled neighbor? Perhaps in happier times she was a gruntled neighbor. We think of dictators as ruthless. Were they in better times ruth? Are you disturbed, disgusted and distracted when you’d rather be turbed, gusted and tracted? Don’t know those words? Neither do I. They’re lost positives.

OUR CULINARY SHAKESPEARE

Former New York Times food critic Mimi Sheraton wrote this about the baguette: That long, slim, gold-crusted baton of bread...the best of bourgeois France and its dedication to the things that really count. Among Sheraton’s favorite foods, sweet Georgia peaches, and shrimp and grits at a restaurant in Charleston, South Carolina. She mischievously calls shrimp and grits Surf and Turf, southern style.

February 4 at 3:00pm (Snow date: Feb. 18 at 3:00pm) waldenpubliclibrary.org

Columbia Secondary School students learning about

Venture into the Shawangunk Grasslands to spot the Short Eared Owl, the Northern Harrier, and more! Meet at the Library at 3PM for carpooling!

The Library is closed on February 20 for President’s Day. Stay up to date on the Library’s programs by a “like” on Facebook or a “follow” on Instagram!

“Owl Prowl!”

The Paper Bag Players are BACK!

Because of their many awards, The Paper Bag Players are credited as being the “foremost children’s theatre company in New York.” Their program includes new skits and classic sketches, freewheeling dances, hilarious stories, laughs, whimsical music, singing, audience participation, and their signature paper and cardboard sets and costumes. Half of the ten skits and sketches promote audience participation.

Since 1958, this innovative company has set the standard for original productions that speak directly and vividly to children, while amusing adults with sly wit. Perfect for children ages 3 through 8, the Paper Bag Players plays are lively, funny, fast-paced, colorful, and thought-provoking performances for any theatre-goer. The cast is happy, enthusiastic, and engaging and keep the hour-long show in high gear.

Join them in the William and Helen Richards Theatre at Orange Hall for an afternoon performance created for children and their families and friends when The Paper Bag Players come to present their new play, Big Bag of Laughs

on February 5 at 2:00pm

A “Paper Bag Players Study Guide” is available for free. To obtain a copy prior to the performance, email cultural@ sunyorange.edu.

Orange Hall is located at the corner of Wawayanda and Grandview Avenues, Middletown, NY (GPS: 24 Grandview Ave, Middletown) where free parking is available in adjacent lot # one.

Tickets can be purchased at the Orange Hall box office the day of the performance starting at 12:45pm. Cash or Check only. SUNY Orange students with ID admitted free.

For more information, call Cultural Affairs at 845-341-4891, email cultural@ sunyorange.edu or see ad on page 3. www.sunyorange.edu/culturalaffairs

Riverside Art Workshops, Balmville

What makes Riverside Art Workshops unique?

According to director Marguerite Meyerson: “Small, intimate, and intensive workshops where you can get to know our artists personally, and you can actually see and participate in their demos from only a few feet away. Our artists can work with you individually for a wonderful learning experience that you’ll treasure for a lifetime.

“We’re located in Balmville, a lovely, quaint section by the Hudson River in the town of Newburgh. We are happy to offer you art workshops in the comfort of our private studio which has breathtaking, panoramic views of the Hudson River reaching from Poughkeepsie to West Point.

“Workshops are offered with contemporary world renowned professional artists. Some of the features of workshops are small groups usually 8 to 12 students, studio and plein air instruction, daily demonstrations, generous lunch menu to order, free wi-fi, and a welcome gift.

“Because we keep the number of

student to teacher ratio smaller, allowing for a better one on one experience, our workshops fill up quickly. In order to register for our workshops, you’ll need to email us a copy of your covid vaccination records. All of our visiting artists who teach here are fully vaccinated. We want to protect everyone who joins us.

“We’re very happy to welcome back Andy Evansen (pictured) for his third visit to Riverside Art Workshops. Andy began painting in the mid 90’s and is largely self taught. He has received several national and international awards during his career. His workshop will focus on using value studies to identify the large shapes in the scenery.”

Evansen opens Riverside’s 2023 season with two sessions, March 26-28 and March 2931. Check out the ad on this page!

For more information, call Marguerite Meyerson at 845-787-4167 or email her at: MKMeyerson@gmail.com. www.riversideartworkshops.com

For further information about Andy Evansen, visit his website at: www.evansenartstudio.com

Comedy in Sugar Loaf

A first-generation ItalianAmerican born and raised in Westchester, Anthony Rodia came out of the womb making people laugh. “I have always been able to find or create humor out of any situation. I am the same person on stage that I am off stage. Funny is the only way I know how to be. I am always thinking of new ways to get a laugh out of someone. The way I see it is, if I have you laughing, then at that moment, you

are in a good mood!

“If you can make it to one of my shows, I guarantee that you will leave with stomach pains and tears in your eyes - which is the way you should always exit a comedy show!”

Rodia’s Totally Relatable Tour is at the Sugar Loaf Performing Arts Center, 231 Creamery Pond Road, Chester, on February 18 at 8:00pm

For tickets: www.sugarloafpacny.com

Two Croces in Sugar Loaf

In 1973, at the height of his popularity and the day before the lead single to his fifth album was released, Jim Croce and five others died in a plane crash. His music continued to chart throughout the 1970s following his death.

Croce’s wife Ingrid was his early songwriting partner. She continued to write and record after his death, and their son A. J. Croce became a singer-

songwriter in the 1990s.

A.J. Croce performs Croce Plays Croce, a special night of music featuring a complete set of classics by his late father, some of his own tunes, and songs that influenced both him and his father at the Sugar Loaf Performing Arts Center, 231 Creamery Pond Road, Chester, on February 25 at 8:00pm

For tickets: www.sugarloafpacny.com

Photographers Salon in Highland Falls

Highlands Arts Alliance (HAA) Photographers

Salon offers monthly topic-led discussions, guest speakers, workshops and photo walks. The monthly gatherings connect photographers where together they share, critique and learn new techniques.

Many talented HAA artists came together to showcase their photographic work at the Highland Falls Library in January for the 2023 Yearly Contributor Photography Exhibition

The Salon will meet on February 4 from 11:00am1:00pm at the American Legion Hall, 134 Old State Road, Highland Falls. The topic-led talk will be Winter Photography with program founder and moderator, Karen Parashkevov. In addition, there will be a share and critique of work.

HAA Salon agenda items are announced in advance on local media, flyers and the website. For more info: www.highlandsartsalliance.org/ photographersalon

Plein Air Fest Exhibition, Rock Tavern

The Wallkill Center for the Arts

(WRCA) Plein Air Festival winners will grace the walls of the Unitarian Universalist Congregation at Rock Tavern’s Sanctuary in February.

The mission of the WRCA “is to enrich our community through art classes, and art exhibits and to provide resources for local artists. We believe that art education is critical for developing creativity and thoughtfulness in our youth. We continue the tradition of plein air painting, and the appreciation of our local landscape which that practice engenders, by offering classes and our

annual Hudson Valley Plein Air Festival which showcases professional plein air painters from around the country.

Our gallery exhibits showcase our local artists and embrace contemporary art and the living culture of our region.”

A February 4, 2:00pm-4:00pm opening reception will kick off the show, featuring 40 paintings from winners.

The UUCRT is located at 9 Vance Road in the New Windsor hamlet of Rock Tavern. For information and to request a private viewing, contact Mike Landrum at 845-851-6024.

Jim & A. J. Croce

“Reflections” by K. Parashkevov

“Across the River” by Vaune Sherin

The 2023 North East Watercolor Society Members’ Show: 50th Year!

The North East Watercolor Society (NEWS) 2023 Members’ Show is on display in Orange Hall Gallery at SUNY Orange from January 24 to March 17. This entirely in-person show exemplifies the highest standard of technical and creative quality in the water medium.

From its inception as an art organization in 1973, the aim of NEWS was “The Promotion and Preservation of Watercolor Painting.” And this year, 2023, marks a golden milestone: the 50th anniversary.

The longest living member and still very active artist of the group is Ann Higgins of Grahamsville. Three of her works are on display. “My only claim to fame is that I’m probably the only person left who was a student at John Pike’s watercolor classes in Woodstock. There

I met the group of Orange County artists who decided to call their group the Orange County Watercolor Society, and later decided that was too limiting a name. I didn’t live in Orange County, so I was happy about that,” Ann said.

In all, forty-six members’ works are on exhibit which includes still lifes, portraits, genre paintings, and land and seascapes, in styles from photo-realistic to semi-abstracts with loose to detailed variations.

Celebrating the 50th year of NEWS in Orange County is fitting as the group was originally formed as the Orange County Watercolor Society by Elise Hornbeck of Grahamsville.

It’s time to celebrate! Come and view the paintings and enjoy the 50th anniversary reception on February 26 from 1:00pm-4:15pm Pianist Geoff Hamburg starts off the afternoon event at 1:00pm by playing “upbeat tunes with a party theme” interspersed with classical and contemporary pieces - many composed by him.

At 2:30pm awarding-winning member and awards juror, Maryann Burton of Hasbrouck Heights, NJ begins her hour and a quarter art demonstration entitled, The Value of Value. In addition, a separate solo show of her works is on

display on the Fringe wall within Orange Hall Gallery. Awards and party follow from 3:45pm-4:15pm

This year’s show chair is wellknown watercolorist Janet Campbell of Bloomingburg, who also serves as second vice-president. The reception and demonstration and exhibits are free and open to the public.

Free parking is available adjacent to Orange Hall at the corner of Wawayanda and Grandview Avenues, (GPS: 24 Grandview Ave.) on the Middletown campus of SUNY Orange.

For information, call 845-341-4891.

Faith Ringgold: Stories on Quilts at the Alice Desmond Center, Newburgh

Faith Ringgold is a contemporary American artist and writer who is perhaps best known for her narrative quilts.

Raised in a family environment that encouraged her own creativity, Ringgold’s childhood home in the 1930’s was surrounded by a thriving arts scene where figures such as Duke Ellington and Langston Hughes lived just around the corner. In 1963, and inspired by artist Jacob

Lawrence and writer James Baldwin, Ringgold painted her first political collection: the American People Series, which portrays the American lifestyle in relation to the Civil Rights Movement, illustrating racial interactions from a female point of view. She made her first quilt, Echoes of Harlem, in 1980.

Laura Nicholls will present Faith Ringgold, looking at the various

aspects of Ringgold’s artistic life, but especially with her quilts - as - in her own words: “I began writing stories on my quilts as an alternative. That way, when my quilts were hung up to look at, or photographed for a book, people could still read my stories.”

Nicholls’ talk is on February 8 at 12:30pm at the Town of Newburgh Recreation Department’s Alice Desmond Center for Community Enrichment, 6 Albany Post Road, Newburgh. To register: 845-565-1326.

On view at Leo’s Restaurant, Cornwall through March 21: Calligraphy by David Baldwin

“Brooklyn Bridge” Susan Weintraub

“Windermere from Orrest Head, Lake District UK” Amanda Epstein

“House Wren’s Song” Tom Hedderich

“Beach Sunset” Ann Higgins

We ♥ Ann Higgins!

One of Ringgold’s many beautiful quilts. (Who is that man standing on the right?)

Faith Ringgold

Eagle Watching by Bus / On Your Own

The Upper Delaware River region is one of the largest wintering habitats for eagles in the northeast U.S. because of abundant clean water and large, undisturbed stands of trees. Protected lands in Pike, Wayne, Sullivan and Delaware Counties provide a safe haven for these migratory birds, as well as breeding eagles that live here year-round. The Delaware Highlands Conservancy works in partnership with landowners and communities to protect the natural heritage and quality of life of the Upper Delaware River region.

Join the Conservancy on a guided eagle-viewing bus tour. Learn from an expert guide and take a scenic drive on a heated bus throughout the Upper Delaware River region to look for and learn about bald eagles and their habitat.

Seats on trips are limited and advance reservations are required, so reserve your space for the 2023 winter trips on January 28, February 4, 18 & 25. The trips commence at the Conservancy’s Winter Field Office at the Zane Grey Museum in Lackawaxen, and run from

11:00am-3:00pm. Snow dates are the Sundays following.

Kids under 12 free. Get tickets at www. delawarehighlands.org or call 570-226-3164 / 845583-1010.

Refunds are not provided in the event of canceled reservations or no-shows. The Conservancy has partnered with the National Park Service and the NYS Department of Conservation to maintain wellmarked Eagle Observation Areas open to the public. These viewing blinds are also staffed by volunteers on weekends through the winter season, and visitors can look through binoculars and spotting scopes to see bald eagles in the wild. Pick up information about the bald eagle in the Upper Delaware River region, get maps and directions to eagle viewing locations, watch a short film, and view interpretive exhibits. The Visitor Center is staffed on Saturdays and Sundays in January and February, and open to visitors from 10:00am-3:00pm. Visit www.delawarehighlands.org/eagles to learn about eagle viewing on your own.

Special Effects Presentation, Milford

Film historian John DiLeo will be moderating a Spotlight on Filmmaking with special effect supervisor Fred Buchholz (pictured) who will present how he created the special effects for the movie Julie & Julia, starring Oscar winners Meryl Streep and Amy Adams.

Buchholz was also part of the Electro/ Mechanical team in the New York Muppet Workshop. He was most often called upon for technical and special

Music for Humanity’s 148th

Frank Critelli has played in streets and subways, clubs and coffeehouses, barrooms and classrooms, colleges, festivals, theaters, and (most recently) in his kitchen. He co-hosts The Local Bands Show on 99.1fm WPLR-New Haven, and The Beer Show on CygnusRadio.

“I think that music is a way of knowing our world,” says Frank. “I like to know where and what I inhabit, I look to creative expression to share my wanderings and curiosities. I look to music to ask questions about the human condition. Mostly, I play guitar and write about the things around me. About the trees, the people, the compassion, our time apart. I am writing as my contribution to sharing the earth with all of you.”

Smooth and charming - with a little sass - Americana-folk-pop artist Randie O’Neil puts her whole self into her writing and performances, using honest and witty lyrics about heartache and strength, paired with catchy melodies.

Neil Okeson is a Brooklyn based singer-songwriter and composer for whom music is a central part of life.

Writing music that reflects both his urban homestead and his upstate New York studio, Neil’s songs live in a real world - one that is full of wonder, love, and even some human sadness.

Neil has sung with Canticum Novum, the New York Choral Society, the Collegiate Chorale; and in Carnegie Hall with Peter Schickele. The birth of his daughter in the 90’s crystalized his focus on music as a necessary human experience; as a means to tell important stories and work out our feelings and beliefs. Today, Neil’s time is spent composing both music for film and video as well as writing and performing what he terms ‘contemporary protest music’.

Frank, Randie and Neil will bring their music to the 148th free Music for Humanity concert at Noble Coffee Roasters, 3020 Route 207, Campbell Hall, on February 18 at 7:30pm

effects, effects rigging of the characters as well as pyrotechnic & smoke effects. He is an Emmy winner for his work on The Wubbulous World of Dr. Seuss.

The event is at the Milford Theatre, 114 E. Catharine Street, on February 25 at 4:00pm. Tickets include a meet & greet, and one complimentary drink. DiLeo will host the Q&A after the presentation.

For information, call 570-296-2600.

Frontiers: The Music of Journey

Journey is a rock band formed in San Francisco in 1973 by former members of Santana, the Steve Miller Band, and Frumious Bandersnatch.

Their sales have resulted in 25 gold and platinum albums, in addition to the 15-time platinum RIAA Diamond Certified Greatest Hits album (1988).They have had nineteen top-40 singles in the U.S., and a number-six hit on the UK Singles Chart for Don’t Stop Believin’

Originally a progressive rock band, Journey was described by AllMusic as having cemented a reputation as “one of

America’s most beloved (and sometimes hated) commercial rock/pop bands”, when they redefined their sound by embracing pop arrangements on their fourth album.

Frontiers is the world’s number one tribute to Journey. These five talented and renowned NYC area musicians recreate the music of Journey to perfection, note for note - every nuance, every iconic riff, all the feels. They’ll be at Sugar Loaf Performing Arts Center, 231 Creamery Pond Road, Chester, on February 10 at 8:00pm.

For tickets: www.sugarloafpacny.com

Photo by Gene Weinstein

Frank Critelli Neil Okeson Randie O’Neil

Gloria Bonelli:

Among many other things, Peter was a terrifically skilled and gifted photographer. His images are beautiful, his spirit was even more so. As a Goshen Art League colleague, he was generous to a fault. Whenever I hang a camera around my neck or install an art exhibit, I will remember Peter in gratitude for the joy and privilege of having known him and having shared these interests so happily together.

Andi Sustrin:

Thank you for giving us a moment to reflect on knowing such a gentleman and talented photographer as Peter.

I instantly liked talking to Peter when I met him through the Goshen Art League. His soft spoken and kind manner calmed me, and then I saw his photography!!!

What an eye this man had. I ended up purchasing a print of his work to gift my dear friend Paloma for her birthday. We had been set up for the Goshen Art Walk across from Peter and I noticed Paloma eyeing his fantastic work. The piece she most adored, which I secretly procured for her, was a photo of a glass sphere that

In Memoriam: Peter A. Kopher

September 29, 1956 - January 2, 2023

he photographed items through. It is magical. I felt so elated to support my friend’s work and knew I was gifting Paloma the best gift she’d receive for that year around the sun.

Peter’s smile and joy of discussing fellow artist’s work was just lovely. We also happened to have something else in common as we both worked in the film industry. I always thought that was super cool. He will be sorely missed.

Rest In Peace, friend.

Renelle Loray:

“Peter and I met at least a decade ago through the Goshen Art League, Ringwood Manor Arts and other groups. We never engaged in a long conversation about anything except our kitties, so it was ironic to learn through his wife Sally’s eulogy that we had many things in common.

Like me, he loved animals and preferred nature and a hike in the woods to city life, and he enjoyed capturing details as opposed to the big picture. His images were more about architecture, structure, and geometric design, while mine were of natural things. He had great technical skills, and his images reflected that. He was a tough competitor in the juried shows, in many of which he won awards. Quite often, he was the one to climb the tall ladder and hang artwork on the Goshen Music Hall’s high walls. Having survived so many hardships with Sally, it’s very sad they couldn’t finally age gracefully together. He will be missed by all.

Lana Privatera:

The moment I met Peter I knew he was a great guy. Every time we crossed paths, it felt like I had known him all my life. We had a passion for artistic endeavours in common, of course, but it was more than that. He was a good man and I felt very comfortable around him. Many people felt the same way. He will be missed and remembered by many. RIP, dear Peter.

Sarah Fortner Pierson: Peter was one of the first artists I

got to know in the local art scene, through the Goshen Art League. He was approachable, optimistic and encouraging at a time when I was nervous and still getting oriented. Ultimately, being welcomed by the art community has led me to a rewarding career in the arts, and Peter was one of the people who helped me on that path.

As an artist, Peter could make the mundane magical and fascinating. He had an innate eye for composition and a sense for how to frame an image to maximize the drama.

Karen E. Gersch:

Peter was one of those perpetually baby-faced souls, open-minded and warm-hearted; qualities which filtered into his visionary work. I remember his travel-scape series of photographs from back road explorations. He wrote little tales about each shot’s provenance and why it appealed to him, but the allure was evident simply by seeing the image.

We saw each other periodically, mostly chance meetings dropping off work at shows or at receptions or hanging out at Goshen Art Walks. What I will always recall was his easygoing demeanor, his enthusiasm for life and art projects - no matter if they were yours or his. And that whenever I asked after Sally, his face would glow with the telling.

Even now, I can only conjure him broadly smiling, eyes twinkling, brows raised impishly. I will let that memory stay shining in me.

Chester & Goshen Writers’ Workshops

MJ Hanley-Goff is an author, writing coach and feature writer for WomanAroundTown.com.

She began her career at Newsday in the early 90’s and has continued writing professionally for other publications like the Times Herald-Record, Orange, Hudson Valley and Long Island’s Newsday.

Former editor of Hudson Valley Parent magazine, after completing her novel and a self-help book, she created MJWRITES, INC. to offer writing workshops and book coaching to first time authors, and college essay writing help to students. “I enjoy drawing attention to the off-thebeaten path kinds of stories,” she says. “It’s a great big world out there, with so many talented and creative artists, doers, and thinkers.”

Sign up for Goff’s Write Your Book Already workshops, February 18 and

March 4 at 11:00am at the Chester Public Library, 1784 Kings Highway.

For more information, visit www.chesterpubliclibrary. com or call 845-469-4252. Topics include plot creation, self publishing vs. traditional publishing, and strategies that will foster a consistent writing practice.

After a stint as a magazine editor, MJ became a “book whisperer,” assisting new authors complete their memoir, novel, or business book. Are you looking for some help in writing your memoirs or looking for writing tips?

Sign up for MJ’s Memoir Workshop on February 27 and March 6 at 6:00pm at the Goshen Public Library & Historical Society at 366 Main Street. Registration is required and limited. You are not required to attend both classes.

To register: 845-294-6606.

Harpist Joins Internationally Acclaimed Quartet for Valentine’s Concert

Join the internationally acclaimed American String Quartet, with harpist Nancy Allen, for an afternoon of chamber music masterpieces.

The quartet, which will be making its 12th appearance with Newburgh Chamber Music, was founded in 1974 by students at the Juilliard School. The ensemble has performed in all 50 states and around the world. Its recordings of the complete quartets of Beethoven, Schubert, Schoenberg, Bartók, and Mozart, have won widespread acclaim. Their MusicMasters Complete Mozart String Quartets, performed on a matched quartet set of instruments by Stradivarius, are widely considered to have set the standard for this repertoire.

Violinist Peter Winograd joined the American String Quartet in 1990. He gave his first solo public performance at the age of 11 and was a top prize winner in the 1988 Naumburg International Violin Competition. He holds bachelor’s and master’s degrees from Juilliard.

A founding member of the American String Quartet, violinist Laurie Carney holds the distinction of performing quartets longer than any other woman in this elite field. The quartet began concertizing while she was still an

undergraduate at Juilliard.

The Strad magazine hailed violist Daniel Avshalomov as “one of the finest occupants of that chair, both instrumentally and musically, of any quartet now active.”

Avshalomov

was a founding member of the Orpheus Chamber Ensemble and was a frequent guest artist with the Guarneri Quartet.

Cellist Wolfram Koessel has performed as a musician, recitalist, and soloist throughout the world. As a soloist, he has performed concertos throughout the U.S. as well as with Japan’s Osaka Symphony Orchestra and orchestras in Germany and South America.

Nancy Allen joined the New York Philharmonic in June of 1999 as Principal Harp. She maintains a busy international concert schedule as well as heading the harp departments of The Juilliard School and the Aspen Music Festival and School, and teaching at Stony Brook

“The Lost Boys of Montauk”

In March of 1984, the commercial fishing boat Wind Blown left Montauk Harbor on what should have been a routine offshore voyage. Its captain, a married father of three young boys, was the boat’s owner and leader of the fourman crew, which included two locals and the blue-blooded son of a well-todo summer family. After a week at sea, the weather suddenly turned, and the foursome collided with a nor’easter. They soon found themselves in the fight of their lives. Tragically, it was a fight they lost. Neither the boat nor the bodies of the men were ever recovered.

Back then, on the easternmost tip of Long Island, before Wall Street and hedge fund money stormed into town, commercial fishing was the area’s economic lifeblood. The fate of the Wind Blown - the second-worst nautical disaster suffered by a Montaukbased fishing vessel in over a hundred years - has become interwoven with the local folklore of the East End’s yearround population.

Amanda M. Fairbanks examines the profound shift of Montauk from a working-class village - “a drinking town

with a fishing problem” - to a playground for the ultra-wealthy, seeking out the reasons that an event more than three decades old remains so startlingly vivid in people’s minds. She explores the ways in which deep, lasting grief can alter people’s memories. And she shines a light on the powerful and sometimes painful dynamics between fathers and sons, as well as the secrets that can haunt families from beyond the grave.

The story itself is a universal tale of family and brotherhood; it’s about what happens when the dreams and ambitions of affluent and working-class families collide. Captivating and powerful, The Lost Boys of Montauk explores one of the most important questions we face as humans: how do memories of the dead inform the lives of those left behind?

An immersive account of a tragedy at sea whose repercussions haunt its survivors to this day, it will be discussed at the February 21, 6:30pm Book Club Meeting at the Josephine-Louise Public Library, 5 Scofield Street, Walden.

See the ad on page 15 for another Josephine-Louise Public Library event.

University. The concert will feature a combination of romantic classics and instruments that form a perfect preview for Valentine’s Day: quartets with harp accompaniment by Mozart, Debussy and Tournier, and string quartets by Beethoven (Opus 18, no. 2) and Ravel, arguably the most beloved quartet in the repertoire, if based on the number of performances given in Orange County since 2004. (Ravel’s String Quartet is often considered his first masterpiece, and continues to be one of the most widely performed chamber music works in the classical repertoire.)

Marcel Lucien Tournier (1879-1951) was a French harpist, composer, and teacher who composed important solo repertory for the harp that expanded the technical and harmonic possibilities of the instrument. His works are regularly performed in concert and recorded by professional harpists, and they are

often test pieces for harp-performance competitions.

Mozart’s Adagio and Rondo, K. 617 is a quintet composed for glass harmonica, flute, oboe, viola and cello. It was written for Marianne Kirchgessner, a blind glass harmonica virtuoso.

The equally subdued tone of Claude Debussy’s Sacred and Profane Dances combines echoes of medieval chant with the colorful chromatics of the harp.

The program, presented by Newburgh Chamber Music, is on February 12 at 3:00pm in St George’s Church, 105 Grand Street, Newburgh. Plenty of parking in the lot across the street. Tickets at the door (cash or check only) or at newburghchambermusic.org.

The audience is invited to meet the performers at a cider and champagne reception after the concert.

Masks are optional. See ad on pg. 4.

Audience members are invited to bring instruments that they wish to donate to Valentina’s Instrument Donation Bank, to be repaired, if necessary, and given to area schools and music students. For further information regarding this program, or to donate at another time, contact Dr Joël Evans at evansj@newpaltz.edu or visit: www.newburghchambermusic.org

A concert not-to-be-missed: The American String Quartet & harpist Nancy Allen perform for Newburgh Chamber Music, Feb. 12 at 3:00pm.

Greater Newburgh Symphony Orchestra & Moxart: “Concert of Concertos”

The Greater Newburgh Symphony Orchestra (GNSO) is one of the leading cultural institutions of the Hudson River Valley. It was founded in 1995 by Dr Woomyung Choe and its first president, George Handler, was followed as president after 10 years by the late Fred McCurdy. In addition to its regular concerts, the Orchestra performs special engagements, such as with Moxart and summer concerts at Boscobel House and Gardens

This special concert represents the fourth year of a unique partnership between the GNSO and Moxart, Inc., a Philadelphia-area non-profit organization whose mission is to provide musicians with opportunities that would otherwise not be available. Moxart’s Concerto Program enables accomplished, nonprofessional musicians to play a concerto with a fine orchestra.

This month, four distinguished pianists will perform concertos by composing giants Mozart, Prokofiev, R. Strauss and Rachmaninoff with the GNSO under the direction of Maestro Russell Ger, for the fifth GNSO/Moxart collaboration.

Maestro Ger says, “This concert will cover the whole spectrum of piano repertoire. Mozart’s gorgeous

Concerto for Two Pianos was written for the composer and his sister to perform together around his 23rd birthday. Almost exactly 100 years later, Richard Strauss wrote his Burlesque for piano and orchestra when he was just 21. Amazingly, Prokofiev’s Piano Concerto No. 1 was also completed when he was also 21years-old, so the first half of this concert is an astonishing collection of youthful ingenuity and bravura. The second half of the program will feature Rachmaninoff’s justifiably famous Piano Concerto No. 2, a true Romantic tour de force. It always leaves the audience breathless at the pianistic virtuosity and the lushly soaring melodies.”

It is presumed that Mozart wrote his Concerto for Two Pianos to play with his sister Maria Anna (“Nannerl”). Years later he performed it in a private concert with pupil Josepha Barbara

Auernhammer. The work was written for Hans von Bülow, who had appointed Strauss assistant conductor of the Meiningen Court Orchestra. However, von Bülow considered it a “complicated piece of nonsense” and refused to learn it. He said the piano part was “Lisztian” and “unplayable”, particularly for a pianist with a small handspan. (Strauss says that von Bülow could barely reach an octave).

The 22-year-old Prokofiev won the Anton Rubinstein Prize for pianistic accomplishments for a performance of his Concerto No. 1 before the Saint Petersburg Conservatory. He had proposed his own concerto for the programme, reasoning that, though he may not be able to win with a classical concerto, with his own concerto the jury would be “unable to judge whether he was playing well or not.” Competition

rules required that the piece be published, so Prokofiev found a publisher willing to produce 20 copies in time for the event.

The Piano Concerto No. 2 established Rachmaninoff’s fame as a concerto composer and is one of his most enduringly popular pieces. Throughout his life, Rachmaninoff soloed his masterpiece a total of 145 times!

The pianists include Alan Murray, who is making his third appearance with the GNSO, having previously performed works by Prokofiev and Beethoven, and Frank Siegel, who performed Mozart’s Concerto # 20 K.466 with the GNSO. Pianists Stanley Sisskin and Janet Wu have similarly distinguished careers. This is also the first event at which the GNSO Customer Experience Committee will offer Prosecco and charcuterie prior to the concert and at intermission.

This “Concert of Concertos” will be presented February 18 at 4:00pm at Mount Saint Mary College’s Aquinas Hall, 330 Powell Avenue, Newburgh. This is a special concert not included in the annual subscription.

For tickets, call 845-913-7157 or visit www.newburghsymphony.org.

Students are admitted free to Open Seating.

Alan Murray Frank Siegel Stanley Sisskin Janet Wu

Maestro Ger & GNSO musicians.

The Beatles: “Live” at the Paramount

Since the early eighties, 1964 - The Tribute has been thrilling audiences around the globe by taking them on journey through a quintessential moment in music history that will live forever. Over twenty years of researching and performing have made 1964 - The Tribute masters of their craft, hailed by critics and fans alike as THE most authentic and endearing Beatles tribute.

Mark Benson was introduced to music playing drums and piano at age eight. At age seventeen he started playing guitar and became fascinated by the different sounds that different guitars made.

Mac Ruffing was born and raised near Cleveland, and as a young child started listening to his older sisters’ Beatles records. The first album he ever bought was “The Beatles 1962-66,” which is exactly what 1964 - The Tribute does, and is still his favorite music.

Tom Work is a co-founder of 1964 - The Tribute. In 2006 Tom returned to 1964 - The Tribute, ending a 12-year sabbatical. “During my time away from 1964 I worked with a few of the other Beatles shows,” he notes. “I learned a great deal and forged close friendships with some great people, but there’s nowhere I’d rather be, no group of

Tom Work (George), and Bobby Potter (Ringo).

performers I’d rather work with than “1964”. It’s great to be back!”

Bobby Potter was born in Indiana. When The Beatles arrived on the music scene, he made it a personal goal to be like Ringo. His personality shines onstage as he authentically reproduces every beat and moves his head to the music portraying Ringo with precision and style.

1964 - The Tribute will recreate an early ‘60s live Beatles concert with period instruments, clothing, hairstyles, and onstage banter with an accuracy that is unmatched, on February 24 at 8:00pm at the Paramount Theatre, 17 South Street, Middletown.

Tickets: www. MiddletownParamount. com and 845-346-4195.

Goshen Art League: Greens of Spring

Goshen Art League (GAL) invites all to see four separate exhibits, Color Wheel of Seasons at their gallery! The League will start off their new year-long exhibit, Color Wheel of Seasons, with Greens of Spring. The artists’ work is inspired by the season of Spring and the color green will be on display.

“GAL has diversity in the style and medium of work created by its members and strives to come up with different themes that leave the interpretation open to the artists; this year-long exhibit in four parts continues that intent,” explained Michele Meek, GAL member and Vice President.

Pat MacDonald, GAL Treasurer and member said, “I’m looking forward to this new idea. We are hoping to bring more people

into our community art exhibits.”

The public is invited to view this show, weekdays or by appointment at the Goshen Music Hall, 223 Main Street, from February 9 - April 26. While just across the street at Griffith Olivero Realtors (226 Main Street), another new GAL art exhibit is on display. This one includes the work of League members Ciro Attardo, Nancy Reed Jones and Ginirose Sivilli. Their group show will be on display through the end of March. The public is invited to view their work daily or by appointment.

Interested parties may also make individual by appointment requests to view the exhibit at the Music Hall during off-hours by emailing goshenartleague@ gmail.com

Mark Benson (John), Mac Ruffing (Paul),

Work by Nancy Reed Jones

Work by Ciro Attardo

Work by Ginirose Sivilli