D&H CANVAS January 2023

CANVAS The Delaware & Hudson

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January 2023

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The Delaware & Hudson

From The Publisher...

by Barry Plaxen Welcome back from the Pandemic: Music in Central Valley.

Vocabulary Lesson: Manga: a term used in Japan to refer to both comics and cartooning.

Intervention: an interaction with a previously existing artwork, audience, venue/space or situation. It has the auspice of conceptual art and is commonly a form of performance art.

Highlights of the Month: Highlands Arts Alliance’s first annual Yearly Contributors Photography

Exhibition.

Free classical music concerts in Central Valley and Montgomery.

Kudos to: Rosner Soap of Sugar Loaf, for creating a soap to benefit the Orange County Land Trust’s efforts to purchase Sugar Loaf Mountain for the public.

In this issue: If you glance at the centerspread calendar, there is an obvious dearth of live performing arts events this month to ring in the New Year. But schools and libraries do have a large number of events and we are happy to have stories about

some of them featured in this issue.

You can read about art and music classes for children and adults, lots of book readings - including a Pulitzer Prize book in Liberty, and lectures on many topics, art-related and otherwise.

Everyone at CANVAS would like to thank you for your past readership, and we wish you all, readers, submitters, advertisers and, yes - venues!, a very happy and HEALTHY New Year.

May 2023 bring us all greater joy, and may our local arts community continue to entertain, edify and enlighten us so that we can revel in our oneness.

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The December issue was amazing.

How do you and Barry do that!?

Thanks for the lovely “In Memoriam” of Sr. Sylvia which was so warm and humanizing and even my long-winded tribute to her!

The mass for her was beautiful.

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I appreciate the write up you did for the “Book Talk: American Shtetl”. It is a great advertisement! Thank you!

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Have a wonderful Holiday Season.

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CANVAS Community Arts: News, Views And Schedules Serving Orange, Sullivan, & Pike Counties and bordering Ulster County hamlets.

Delaware & Hudson CANVAS 297 Stone Schoolhouse Road Bloomingburg, NY 12721 Publisher, Barry Plaxen barry@dhcanvas.com calendar@dhcanvas.com 845.733.4979 Editor, Sophia Krcic editor@dhcanvas.com ads@dhcanvas.com 845.666.0000 Email calendar submissions by the 15th of the prior month to calendar@dhcanvas.com Grand Montgomery Chamber Music ���� 9 Highland Falls Library �����������������������19 Highlands Art Alliance �����������������������19 HPAC, Hurleyville �������������������������4, 17 Jhumpa Lahiri, author �������������������������5 Liberty Public Library ��������������������������5 Mamakating Env. Ed. Ctr., Wurtsboro �8,21 Miss Maybell & Jazz Age Artistes �����18 Montgomery Senior Center ����������������9 Murder Mystery Manhattan �����������������3 Music for Humanity �����������������������������6 Music in Central Valley ���������������������20 Namina Forna, author �������������������������7 Nesin Cultural Arts ������������������������������4 Noble Coffee Roasters, Campbell Hall �6 North East Watercolor Society ����������16 Orange County Arts Council �������������17 Orange County Land Trust ���������12, 19 Pine Bush Library �������������������������������6 Port Jervis Library �����������������������������10 Resorts World, Newburgh �������������������5 River Valley Artists Guild ���������������������8 Rosner Soap, Sugar Loaf �����������������19 Safe Harbors of the Hudson �������������10 SLPAC, Sugar Loaf ���������������������������19 Starship, Sugar Loaf �������������������������19 Sullivan County Chamber Orchestra ��4 SUNY Orange, Middletown ���������������16 Toasted, Newburgh �����������������������������7 UpFront Exhibition Space, Port Jervis �18 Wallkill River Center for the Arts ���������15 Wisner Library, Warwick ���������7, 21, 23 Zane Grey Museum, Lackawaxen ����16

New Year’s Eve in Lake Huntington Are you going to celebrate New Year’s Eve watching TV?!

Don’t do it! Celebrate LIVE with Collabonation Productions at the Delaware Valley Opera Center! Enjoy your own rocking New Year’s Eve with three LIVE bands!

Spunday Morning is Brad Georgi, guitar/ vocals, Kristen Dasenbrock, vocals & other fun things, Francis Tempone, drums, Ryan Bloomer, bass, and Jason Burke, guitar/vocals.

Static in the Attic is: Jesse Mower, guitar/ vocals, Thomas Murray, bass guitar & vocals, & Tyler Essex, drums/percussion.

Static in the Attic is an improvisational blues and rock & roll band out of Carbondale, PA. Feel the static with their funky riffs and bluesy grooves!

Spunday Mourning is an all original multi-genre band with powerful lyrically driven indie/rock/alternative music. The band’s original music is with conscious lyrics written to empower listeners to be the best humans on earth, taking you through the fractals of the mind.

Grounded in rock, funk, and blues, with an affinity for pushing boundaries,

Canopy is tight and loose in all the right ways. The lockstep communication displayed by these three musicians results in precisely executed compositions, as well as completely unique and unpredictable pieces of improvisation.

Infectiously danceable, dangerously adventurous, and positively yours!

Collabonation Productions, an event company producing in Sullivan and Wayne Counties, invites you to enjoy your New Year’s Eve on December 31 in Huntington Hall at the Delaware Valley Opera Center, 6692 Route 52, Lake Huntington. Doors open at 6:30pm. The first band begins playing at 7:00pm.

Tix: www.delawarevalleyopera.com.

New Year’s Eve in Montgomery Hustle back in time and ring in 2023 with an interactive murder mystery dinner and dance party!

It’ll be disco or die, who will be Stayin’ Alive?

Tony Marinara is staging a comeback and bringing disco with him. No jive talking here, it will be a battle of the decades when Tony faces off with a foxy mama who has her eyes on the same club space.

It’s disco inferno vs. a state-of-the- An aerial shot of City Winery in Montgomery art karaoke bar - the platform shoes are Scarespray; No Clue!; Hocus Croakus; I Loved Lucy; Killing the Kartrashians; off!

City Winery Hudson Valley is Die-Nasty; Desperate Mobwives; and the “Hudson Valley’s premier venue, Whatever Happened to Baby June?, a restaurant, winery and event space” cross between ‘Baby Jane’ & ‘Gypsy’.

Stayin’ Alive? A Disco Murder Mystery offering live music, wine, and food events in a converted 207-year-old mill New Year’s Eve Party will be held at City with “good food, a full bar, and great Winery, 23 Factory Street, Montgomery, on December 31. The cast includes Keith wine.”

Dougherty, Teri Monahan, Timothy Murder Mystery Scott Harris, Amanda Baumler and Manhattan is a creative B.J. Boothe. entrepreneurship, helmed Doors open at 6:00pm and tickets

by Keith Dougherty include a welcome drink, bubbly toast (photo) who creates, and a 3-course dinner (choice of entrees produces, directs and - chicken, shrimp, or ribs), and a Bubbly writes highly entertaining spoofs such as Mommie, Fearest with Toast to the New Year at 10:00pm.

For reservations, visit: Joan Clawfoot; Curse-a-Blanca: Sunsex www.citywinery.com/hudson valley.

Blvd.: Finale of the Dolls; Screamgirls;

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Catskill Art Space: Members’ Exhibition 2023

“Nevele” by Glenn Lieberman

Catskill Art Space (CAS) explores contemporary art practices of emerging and established artists. Through exhibitions, performances, classes, lectures and screenings, CAS fosters creative community in the Catskills.

CAS was founded by Charles F. Beck in 1971, out of his Cooks Falls home, as a space for artists to gather and share common interests. CAS incorporated as a nonprofit organization as Catskill Art Society in 1972 and moved to Hurleyville to share the newly dedicated Sullivan County Museum building with the Sullivan County Historical Society.

In 2007, CAS renovated a historic building in Livingston Manor, built as the Manor Theater in 1929 and showing movies through the 1970s, to create exhibition space and classrooms on the

“Seaside” by Madelon Jones

ground floor.

In 2020-22, CAS underwent a major renovation to activate its previously unoccupied second floor space, allowing the organization to expand the scale and scope of its programming. Coinciding with the renovation, the organization has reopened as Catskill Art Space.

With exhibition space spanning two floors and four galleries, CAS aspires to be a regional arts destination, delivering programming that is diverse, dynamic, and life-enriching. CAS promotes the visual and performing arts of, by, and for our communities, including world-class artists, local artists, and arts education.

CAS regularly offers opportunities to show work, and welcome submissions from artists and arts groups through an

“The Unbearable Lightness of Being”

by Maciej Toporowicz

annual call for exhibition proposals.

CAS also empowers emerging and established artists of all ages to deepen their practices through various educational opportunities. Our longstanding CAS Kids program provides a free out-of-school learning opportunity, offering families intensive arts education combining art making and historical context.

“CAS members were invited to submit one artwork for inclusion in the Members Exhibition, a showing of our community’s tremendous talent,” said Sally Wright, Executive Director.

“Liberi Fatale Liber 36” by Farhana Akhter

The exhibition is on view weekends from December 31 to January 28, at CAS, 48 Main Street, Livingston Manor.

The Members Exhibition runs concurrently with four other exhibits, James Turrell’s Avaar, Sol LeWitt’s vibrant Wall Drawing #991 and his Wall Drawing #992, and Francis Cape’s A Gathering of Utopian Benches.

The opening reception will be held on December 31, 4:00pm-6:00pm.

Visit castkillartspace.org.

Nesin Continues to Grow

Nesin Cultural Arts (NCA) currently serves nearly 200 students. This spring semester, January 27 to May 21, there are over a dozen programs in Chorus, Dance, Theatre and Visual Art offered to Pre-K through Grade 12 students.

NCA’s youth employment NCA students. Photo by Fiona Feltman. program offers training certification, community service, and about 65 students. All students receive employment opportunities to students some scholarship, and NCA now has a in Grades 8 and up. Programs include: nice collection of quality instruments advanced students mentoring and serving as scholarship instruments for supervising beginning students, students many students. In addition to the AYM assisting faculty, and students working Orchestra there are two piano ensembles, on the administrative and operation a younger string ensemble and a guitar of all events, including front of house ensemble.

Read about the Sullivan County reception, setting up and ushering for professional concerts, exposing them to Chamber Orchestra at Hurleyville the professional world and etiquette, in Performing Arts Centre, and a new addition to students learning to record acquisition of Native American flutes, and edit using professional recording donated by Allan Lokos and Susanna Weiss, and help support NCA. equipment and software. www.nesinculturalarts.org NCA also offers an Internship for Visit https://linktr.ee/nesinculturalarts a High School Senior and a College to give online or email NCA General Internship and scholarships.

The Aspiring Young Musicians Manager Marina Lombardi at marina@ (AYM) program continues to grow, nesinculturalarts.org, call 845-798-9006 with strings, piano, organ, guitar, or mail a donation to P.O. Box 249, voice, wind and composition lessons to Monticello, NY 12701.

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Three of Many for The Goshen Art League

Sculpture Talk

“Cows in Winter” by Nancy Reed Jones

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

Three of the many contributing members include Nancy Reed Jones, Michele Meek and Karen E. Gersch.

“I think I love plein air painting the best of all. It makes me realize that through my art I can finally use the talent God has given me to record one of the most beautiful places, the Hudson Valley, that he has created,” said Nancy Reed Jones.

Along with artist/sculptor Robb Gomulka, Michele Meek is an officer of the GAL. She is a multi-disciplinary artist who loves to create three-dimensional

“Winter Farm” by Karen E. Gersch

sculptural works of art. She currently works at Storm King Art Center and lives in Goshen with her family.

Karen E. Gersch (editor’s note: see page 22 for another endeavor of Karen’s!) studied dance and acrobatics and ran away to her first circus tent show, art supplies in tow. One-ring and three-ring shows, ballet and theater engagements, sketching, collaging and painting, took up her time. Now, she is teaching creative programs, choreographing, exhibiting, curating large-venue shows and creating new visual artworks.

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

O’Gorman always enjoyed painting

“A Long Winter’s Nap” by Michele Meek

but it was a back injury several years ago that would enable her to explore her creative side fully, discovering that painting had the ability to help her tolerate the injuries by rehabilitating her mentally and spiritually. Lisa has been inspired to create many plein air works, often catching glimpses of wildlife that she quickly works into her paintings.

Lisa also has a successful pet portrait business as well.

One of the most significant sculptors of the twentieth century, Barbara Hepworth was a modernist British sculptor who, over the course of her career, changed her focus from simplified naturalistic forms to purely abstract shapes. Best known as a carver of wood and stone, Hepworth transformed modern sculpture with her unique pioneering method of piercing the block.

Early in her career, Hepworth focused on natural and figurative forms which soon evolved into more simplified, abstract shapes. She also incorporated painting, drawing, fabric design, printmaking, and making work in metal.

Laura Nicholls will explore the development of Hepworth’s artistic work dedicated to “...some universal or abstract vision of beauty,” at the Alice Desmond Center, 6 Albany Post Road, Newburgh, on January 4 at 12:30pm.

To register: 845-565-1326.

Resorts World Hudson Valley Grand Opening December 28 Pulitzer in Liberty The grand opening of Resorts World Hudson Valley (RWHV), the state’s newest casino, will take place on December 28 at 10:00am, company executives announced.

Located in Orange County at the Newburgh Mall, RWHV will feature 50,000 square feet of gaming and hospitality space including 1,200 stateof-the-art slot machines and electronic table games, as well as the Resorts World Bet Sports Bar. “Resorts World Hudson Valley represents a shared vision that we, along with our partners in Orange County, had to create an entertainment destination that will attract hundreds of thousands of guests and visitors, while providing tremendous benefits to the local, regional and statewide community,” said Robert DeSalvio, President, Genting Americas East. “We are delighted to open our doors this holiday season and welcome everyone to Resorts World Hudson Valley!”

The opening of RWHV brings 250 new full-time jobs with an average annual wage of $72,000 (including salary and benefits). RWHV will contribute an estimated $65 million in taxes every year to support NYS public schools. To

date, Resorts World properties throughout the state have contributed more than $3.6 billion to support public schools in New York.

The casino will also provide a halo effect inside of the mall property it inhabits, playing a crucial role in a revitalization plan to benefit current tenants at the Newburgh Mall and attract new ones. Resorts World Hudson Valley is Genting’s third entertainment destination in New York, joining Resorts World Catskills in Monticello and Resorts World New York City in Queens. Across its three properties, Genting has invested more than $1.2 billion, including $50 million in RWHV. Resorts World Hudson Valley guests are encouraged to sign up for Genting Rewards, Resorts World’s loyalty program. Membership is free with a valid photo ID and will provide you with exclusive access to unique offerings!

RWHV is operated by the Genting

Group, a global company founded in 1965, operating destination resorts in Las Vegas, Bimini, Malaysia, Singapore, the Philippines, and the United Kingdom. Genting has more than 50 years of experience in the travel and leisure industry and collectively employs approximately 60,000 people while offering an unparalleled resort experience to over 50 million visitors a year worldwide.

For more information, visit www. rwhudsonvalleyny.com. You can also find them on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter.

Interpreter of Maladies is nine short stories by American author Jhumpa Lahiri published in 1999. It won the Pulitzer Prize for fiction, and has sold over 15 million copies worldwide. It was also chosen as The New Yorker’s Best Debut of the Year and is on Oprah Winfrey’s Top Ten Book List.

The stories are about the lives of Indians and Indian Americans who are caught between their roots and the “New World”. Lahiri claims that she has “felt intense pressure to be two things, loyal to the old world and fluent in the new.”

Much of her experiences growing up as a child were marked by these two sides tugging away at one another. When she became an adult, she found that she was able to be part of these two dimensions without the embarrassment and struggle that she had when she was a child.

Interpreter of Maladies will be discussed on January 26 at 1:00pm in the Liberty Library, 189 N. Main Street. For information: 845-292-6070.

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Photography Exhibit in Lords Valley

The Pine Bush Erie Railroad

Growing up in California, photographer Chris Heim often roamed the backwoods of Lake Tahoe. Fascinated with the scenery, he grew to love the natural light he observed. He desires to combine these elements creatively in his photographs.

A graduate of the Brooks Institute of Photography in Santa Barbara, Heim has made a career Catskill Mountain Region by Chris Heim in commercial and editorial Chris Heim. Works photography.

His featured in the exhibit photos have appeared include a collection in magazines, of Catskill Mountain newspapers and Region nature scenes, numerous exhibitions. which were taken In a future exhibit, during early morning he will display his walks with the portraits from the photographer’s young Angola Prison Rodeo son and their dog. at the Delaware The opening Valley Arts Alliance reception takes place on January 7 from in Narrowsburg in September 2023.

He and his family split their time 5:00pm-7:00pm (weather permitting).

The exhibit is on display from January between homes in Brooklyn and the 1 to February 25 at The Office/Gallery Hudson Valley.

The Office/Gallery at Chant at Chant Realtors, 631 Route 739, Lords Realtors in Lords Valley is pleased to Valley, PA. For more information, phone 570-775welcome in the New Year with a new art show featuring photographic images by 7337 or email: mamajoan@ptd.net.

When the Erie Railroad Alex Prizgintas is an author, operated its first train through musician, historian, and Orange County in 1841, it sparked preservationist.

Preserving, a seismic shift for transportation publishing, and promoting in the Hudson Valley. By the topics of local history in ways end of the nineteenth century, that are both educational the region was a nexus of and entertaining (as well as railroad traffic and nearly all sharing his passion for music points in the county could be Alex Prizgintas on the cello and piano), his is reached by rail. a familar face to Though countless library patrons and other railroads soon historical society built routes through members who often Orange County, the take advantage Erie maintained a of his lectures powerful presence on fascinating, through the local topics - such operation of various as milk bottles, branch lines. uncovering Orange Erie Railroad Station, Pine Bush The Middletown & Crawford County’s role in the American consumer Railroad, later known as the Pine Bush use of fluid milk! branch, was a prime example of a Join Alex as he explores the railroad that connected the countryside transformation of a forgotten branchlike to an industrial center. From its origin railroad The Pine Bush Erie Railroad in Middletown to Pine Bush, the Line, and retraces the history of the line connected communities such as Pine Bush branch, identifying its route Circleville, Bullville, and Thompson through many local communities, at Ridge as well as highlighting Orange the Pine Bush Library Community County’s once-prosperous dairy farming Room, 227 Maple Avenue, on January industry through the creameries that this 4 at 6:00pm. Call 845-744-4265, ext. 2 line served. to sign up.

3D Music: Dave, Don & Don

Dave Kearney

Don Lowe

Songs by Dave Kearney are powerful because he has actually lived them. His heartfelt performances elicit nods of recognition, tears, and a line of people telling him which song moved them the most. It is the crucible of his life experiences that makes Kearney a commanding artist.

Don Lowe is an adjunct professor who teaches composition and business writing at Naugatuck Valley Community College and public speaking at Mercy College.

Plus, he’s a part-time DJ for Pawling Public Radio and a regular host at Open Mic Night at the Towne Crier in Beacon.

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Don Sparks

He is also a talented singer/songwriter and guitarist with a classic, southern and mid-western rock style.

Don Sparks is an American character actor and singer/songwriter who lives in the Hudson Valley. In 2018 he created the role of JD in the Broadway musical Escape to Margaritaville, and he was also cast in Mr. Robot.

January 21 at 7:30pm marks the 147th Music For Humanity Free Performance Night at Noble Coffee Roasters, 3020 Route 207, Campbell Hall, featuring three of the premier singer/songwriters of the Hudson Valley.

Converse with Namina Forna Did you know that a prominent author commands tens of thousands of dollars for a speaking appearance or “author talk”? That’s out of range for most public libraries. Albert Wisner Public Library joined a consortium to bring virtual, realtime author talks to its patrons, and hopes you will take advantage of this wonderful opportunity!

Namina Forna is the author of the instant New York Times bestseller The Gilded Ones, the first book in an epic fantasy trilogy. She now works as a screenwriter in Los Angeles and loves telling stories with fierce female leads.

In The Gilded Ones, readers are introduced to sixteen-year-old Deka, who lives in fear and anticipation of the blood ceremony that will determine whether she will become a member of her village. Deka prays for red blood so she can finally feel like she belongs. But on the day of the ceremony, her blood runs gold, and Deka knows she will face a consequence worse than death.

Then a mysterious woman comes to her with a choice: stay in the village and submit to her fate, or leave to fight for the emperor in an army of girls just like her. They are called alaki, near-

Namina Forna, photo by Melanie D’Andrea

immortals with rare gifts. And they are the only ones who can stop the empire’s greatest threat.

The second thrilling installment, The Merciless Ones, picks up six months since Deka freed the goddesses in the ancient kingdom of Otera and discovered who she really is...but war is waging across the kingdom, and the real battle has only just begun. For there is a dark force growing in Otera - a merciless power that Deka and her army must stop. Yet hidden secrets threaten to destroy everything Deka has known. And with her own gifts changing, Deka must discover if she holds the key to saving Otera, or if she might be its greatest threat.

Join an action-packed online conversation with Forna in a discussion about her second installment in the series, The Merciless Ones on January 12 at 2:00pm. To register, visit www. albertwisnerlibrary.org

Freestyle Cypher in Newburgh Freestyle is a style of With his unique sound improvisation, with or and music, Daniel without instrumental beats, Villegas shows that the in which lyrics are recited whole Earth’s group with no particular subject or consciousness is changing structure and with no prior and that it’s all about memorization. It is similar changing our individual to other improvisational “frequencies” as we all Daniel Villagas music, such as jazz, where strive to move towards a lead instrumentalist acts a group consciousness as an improviser with a that is completely heartsupporting band providing centered. With captivating a beat.

Hip-Hop, Soul, Latin Freestyle originally was & Caribbean music, in simply verse that is free of rhyme, rap and poetry, he style, written rhymes that do brings an innovative and not follow a specific subject free-style sound while DJ H20 matter, particular beat, or predetermined occasionally break-dancing his skills cadence. The newer style with the into his endeavors wherever he goes as improvisation grew popular starting in he passionately talks about ways to think the early 1990s. and move geometrically.

A cypher or cipher is an informal “I’m doing a freestyle cypher and gathering of rappers, beatboxers, and/or dance party with DjH20,” Villegas breakdancers in a circle, in order to jam announced. “Emcees can sign up at my musically together. The term has also in email: villeg52@gmail.com. Those who recent years come to mean the crowd want to come watch are welcomed. The which forms around freestyle battles, dancing will be great as well!” consisting of spectators and onlookers.

Villegas’ rhyming hip-hop improv and A freestyle cypher is where emcees dance party will be held at Toasted, 45 take turns making up improvisational Liberty Street, Newburgh, on January 7 rhymes about a subject or topic picked. at 10:00pm.

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River Valley Artists Guild of Port Jervis: “Winter Spirits!”

“South Pole”

by Judith Weiss

“Bird After Van Gogh”

by Rena Hottinger

January 2023 CANVAS cover feature: “Enchanted Winter Sunset” by Susan Miiller

Art About Town, a series of art exhibits by the River Valley Artists Guild (RVAG) continues with the latest exhibit, Winter Spirits. The art, on display in various venues from January 9 to March 17, celebrates the awe-inspiring beauty brought by winter: magical snow, glistening icicles and so much more!

The following RVAG members will display their winter-themed works at Gio’s Gelato Cafe: Joan Kehlenbeck, RVAG president and awardwinning artist, Daniela Cooney, painter of animals and landscapes in acrylics and oils, Judith Cramer works in acrylics and mixed-media, Rosalind Hodgkins, who is inspired by the natural phenomena

of day and night, along with the season’s cycles, Rena Hottinger, an award winning painter and photographer, Patty Koch, who works in oils, and Judith Weiss, who starts her paintings from life and moves into recall.

Next location: Bon Secours Hospital Cafeteria, where viewers can see Art About Town curator and RVAG member Susan Miiller’s winter-themed oils and pastels. Miiller shares the meditative winter spirit of the landscape in her “winter wonderland” works.

At the Mayor’s Office in City Hall, visitors can enjoy viewing RVAG member Joe Petrosi’s bold and bright colored pencil works. Joe is a certified

art specialist, textile airbrush specialist, and awardwinning artist.

RVAG president Joan Kehlenbeck’s ongoing exhibit at Deerpark Town Hall remains on view. Joan is a wellknown artist who includes important local historic buildings and scenes in her paintings and pastels.

Locations are: Gio’s Gelato Café, 3032 Front Street, Bon Secours Hospital’s first floor cafeteria, 160 E Main Street, Mayor’s Office at City Hall, 138 Pike Street, all in Port Jervis. Deerpark Town Hall is located at 420 Route 209, Huguenot. For further information, email susanmiiller@yahoo.com or visit www. rivervalleyartistsguildofportjervis.com.

Oscar-ed Octopus

Now that the holidays are over, time to hunker down and relax. Join the Mamakating Environmental Education Center (MEEC) for a beautifully moving and intimate look at an amazing octopus.

A movie for the whole family, My Octopus Teacher, directed and written by Pippa Ehrlich and James Reed, with stars Craig Foster and Tom Foster, is an Oscar winning-film/documentary in which a filmmaker forges an unusual friendship with an octopus living in a South African kelp forest, learning as the animal shares the mysteries of her world.

Bring your blankets and PJ’s and cozy up on January 7 at 1:00pm for the first in MEEC’s movie series for 2023. Make an octopus snack/craft, followed by the Academy Award-winning movie. (FYI, the subject of death is covered in this film.) Refreshments available.

MEEC is at 762 South Road, Wurtsboro. To register: 845-644-5014.

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January 2023

Grand Montgomery Chamber Music Series: Pianist Jenny Lin Returns!

Pianist Jenny Lin is an artist of keen musicianship, brilliant technique, and a compelling perspective shaped by a deep fluency in global culture. Lin has built a vibrant international career, notable for innovative collaborations with a range of artists and creators.

She has performed with orchestras throughout the world, including the American Symphony Orchestra, NDR and SWR German Radio Orchestras, the RAI National Symphony Orchestra, and others. She has performed at Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center, the Kennedy Center, at BAM Next Wave, Spoleto USA, the Schleswig-Holstein Festival, and elsewhere.

Lin continues her collaboration with Philip Glass, performing his Etudes in concerts around the globe. This experience inspired Lin to create The Etudes Project, in which she works with a range of living composers to create new technical piano etudes, pairing each new piece with an etude from the classical canon.

The featured pianist in Elliot Goldenthal’s original motion picture score for Julie Taymor’s 2020 film, The Glorias, Lin’s catalog includes more than 30 albums.

Chopin’s Études formed Fluent in English, the foundation for what German, Mandarin, was then a revolutionary and French, she holds playing style for the a bachelor’s degree in piano. They are some German Literature from of the most challenging Johns Hopkins University and evocative pieces of and studied music at the all the works in concert Hochschule für Musik, piano repertoire. and at the Peabody Although Chopin did Conservatory. not invent the nocturne, “Grand Montgomery he popularized and Chamber Music expanded on it, building (GMCM) audience on the form developed members may remember Pianist Jenny Lin

by Irish composer John her solo concert in November 2010 when she overwhelmed Field.

The term “ballade” was used by us with her outstanding performance of Bach and Shostakovich Preludes, in Chopin in the sense of a balletic addition to music by Chopin.” - Derek interlude or dance-piece, equivalent to the old Italian ballata, but the term may Leet.

Lin returns to Montgomery and also have connotations of the medieval will perform etudes, a passacaglia, heroic ballad, a narrative minstrel-song, an impromptu, nocturne, ballade and often of a fantastical character. There chaconne by Glass, Chopin, Schubert are dramatic and dance-like elements in Chopin’s use of the genre, and he may be and Bach-Busoni.

Philip Glass’s Piano Études Nos. 1, said to be a pioneer of the ballade as an 2, 6, 16, are from a set of twenty works abstract musical form.

It has been said that Schubert was for solo piano, conceived in order for him expand his piano technique, with deeply influenced in writing his each taking a unique approach to the Impromptus by the Impromptus of Jan Václav Voříšek and by the music of instrument.

Voříšek’s teacher Václav Tomášek.

The passacaglia is a musical form that originated in early seventeenth century Chopin Spain and is still used today (1810-1849) by composers such as Philip Glass.

The Bach-Busoni Editions are a series of publications by the Italian pianistcomposer Ferruccio Busoni Schubert (1797-1828) containing primarily piano transcriptions of chaconnes and other keyboard music by J.S. Bach.

Lin performs her varied Glass program for GMCM, now in its 35th year, on b. 1937 January 15 at 3:00pm on the Garrett Concert Stage in the Montgomery Senior Center, 36 Bridge Street.

Admission is free. Masks are Bach (1685-1750) appreciated.

These concerts are made possible by the generous support of the Village of Montgomery. Visit www. montgomerychambermusic.

Busoni com for information.

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The Kaminskys At Desmond Center History proves that the world’s most famous borough is not only famous for the unique “Tree” that grew there, and the beloved David Daniel Kaminsky “Bums” that (1911-1987) 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! Four of their films will be viewed accompanied with a discussion on the history: Yiddish Theater culture: The Borsch Belt and the uniqueness of Jewish humor!

During a tour of Asia in 1934, in Osaka, Japan, the experience of trying to entertain audiences who did not speak English inspired Kaye to do the pantomime gestures, songs, and facial expressions that eventually made his reputation. (In a restaurant in China, trying to order chicken, Kaye flapped his arms and clucked, giving the waiter an imitation of a chicken. The waiter nodded in understanding, bringing Kaye

two eggs.)

“Watch these films...Please!”

The Secret Life of Walter Mitty, arguably Kaye’s most famous role, opens the Melvin James Kaminsky two-month series (b.1926) on January 6, followed by Brooks’ The History of the World Part I on January 20.

In 1981, Brooks joked that the only genres that he hadn’t spoofed were historical epics and Biblical spectacles.

History of the World Part I was a tonguein-cheek look at human culture from the Dawn of Man to the French Revolution, with narration by Orson Welles.

The Court Jester, possibly Kaye’s masterpiece (see February 2023 CANVAS), and Brooks’ To Be or Not to Be follow on February 3 and 17.

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.

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The Search for Life in Our Galaxy There are compelling arguments for the existence of life elsewhere in the Universe and possibly within our own Solar System. Given the vastness of our Universe, who or what else could be out there? We may never meet our cousins from other galaxies, but we have an opportunity to potentially do so right in our backyard.

Join NASA Solar System Ambassador

John Fontana (pictured) as he discusses the possibilities of life in the universe, as well as forthcoming planned missions to the Moon (in the 2020’s) and Mars (as early as the 2030’s) which will establish a basis for further exploration in the hopes of one day answering these eternal questions, on January 19 at 6:30pm in the Florida Library, 4 Cohen Circle.

Call to register: 845- 651-7659.

“I Am Little Red” in Port Jervis I Am Little Red is the brain-child of Linda Cabot who thought a documentary film would be an ideal vehicle to create awareness and dialogue about online child-sex trafficking. Her foresight catalyzed a creative dream team, which includes Academy Award-nominees and, most importantly, 10 survivors of sex-trafficking aged 14-21 from My Life My Choice who co-wrote the script.

I Am Little Red is a 10-minute animated short aimed at children most at-risk for sex trafficking (e.g. foster-care, runaway, LBGTQ, homeless, and adopted

children), with the goal of prevention and awareness by providing a modern take on the classic Little Red Riding Hood fairy tale. Its narrator outlines awareness and preventative measures that can help Little Red (child/youth) stay safe from tactics typically used by a Wolf (tracker) to lure Little Red off their path.

January is Human Trafficking Awareness Month, and the Port Jervis Free Library, 38 Pike Street, invites you to a “film & discussion” on January 26 at 6:00pm. Free admission.

For information: 845-856-7313.

“We” Art Installation, Newburgh laying below its surface, The 1x1x1 series sitting upon it, carrying it features one artist, one with us - we may find it is work, for one month in the not only the ground which window of the Ann Street has been displaced.

Gallery in Newburgh.

“For me, the landscape The series aims to be a of Newburgh is full of nimble platform giving manifestations of fragility artists experimental space and resistance by humans for solo exhibitions. and nature, by society and Gabriela Galván’s ecology,” said Galván.

We series is part of an A multi-disciplinary ongoing work exploring artist and educator the intersection of nature working across several and the urban condition disciplines including in Newburgh. Through installation, public art, minimal interventions to Gabriela Galvan & her blanket sculpture, video, drawing, the landscape which frame of Downing Park grass.

Photo by Matt Moment. design, and performance, and re-contextualize the ground, Galván directs our consciousness her public projects include Aquatic to our surroundings, asking us to tread Random at the Staten Island Ferry with awareness for what lies below our Terminal in New York.

Her work, titled, We No.1, Fall, 1:11 feet both physically and metaphorically.

For her 1x1x1 installation, Galván pm at 41°50’62.2”N 74°01’6”9.4W, transposes a piece of public park onto 2022 is an intervention to Downing Park a plush bed covering at full scale, an in Newburgh (and digital print on Plush invitation for visitors to cover themselves Berber) and is on view in the Gallery in a blanket of grass within the Gallery. window 24/7 through January 14.

Safe Harbors of the Hudson’s Ann In We No.1, the physical object embodies a virtual plot of land. “We” reflects our Street Gallery is located at 104 Ann own complicated entanglement with the Street, Newburgh.

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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 Jan 11, 4:30pm Ice Skate Decorating Craft 12yrs & up ����������������������������������������������������� JLPL Jan 12, 6pm Family Felting Craft Night ������������������������������������������������������������������������� JLPL Jan 19, 6pm Painting Class “Reflections on a Winter Scene” 12yrs & up �������������������� JLPL Jan 26, 6pm Books

Pajama-time Storytime ������������������������������������� Wisner Library, Warwick, Mondays 5:30pm Storytime 1-5yrs ������������������������������������������������������������� Chester Library, Tuesdays, 10:30am Babytime infants up to 18 months ����������������������������������Newburgh Library, Tuesdays, 10am Shake, Rattle & Read 1-5yrs ��������������������������������������������Newburgh Library, Tuesdays, 1pm Preschool Storytime 3-5yrs ������������ Wisner Library, Warwick, Tuesdays & Wednesdays, 11:15am Family Storytime ��������������������������������������Wallkill Library, Tuesdays & Thursdays, 10:30am Books & Babies Story Time w/Miss Sophie � Milford, Library, Tuesdays & Fridays, 10:30am Toddler Time 18-36 months ��������������������������������������Newburgh Library, Wednesdays, 10am Storytime 1-5yrs �������������������������������������������������������� Chester Library, Wednesdays, 10:30am Storytime in the Park outdoors ����� Mamakating Library, Wurtsboro, Wednesdays, 10:30am Storytime ��������������������������������������������������������������������� Goshen Library, Wednesdays 10:30am Storytime infants & toddlers ���������������������������������������Liberty Library, Wednesdays 11:00am Preschool Storytime 3-5yrs ������������������������������������������� Newburgh Library, Thursdays, 10am Read and Play ��������������������������������������������������������������������Newburgh Library, Fridays, 10am Baby & Me ������������������������������������������������������������������������� Goshen Library, Fridays, 10:30am The Book Club grades 3-6 ���������������������������������������������������������Goshen Library, Jan 10, 4pm Read to Mocha the dog �����������������������������������Mamakating Library, Wurtsboro, Jan 10, 4pm Read to The Dogs ���������Wisner Library, Warwick, Jan 10, 11, 18, 19, 24, 25, 26 & Jan 31, 4:30pm Toddler Time ���������������������������Wisner Library, Warwick, Jan 11, 13, 20, 25, & 27 10:15am, Preschool Storytime �����������������������������������Wisner Library, Warwick, Jan 11 & 25, 11:15am “A Bad Case of Stripes” by David Shannon, grades K-2 �����Cornwall Library, Jan 12, 4:30pm PJ Storytime “The Mitten” ���������������������������������������������������Florida Library, Jan 12, 6:30pm “Horton Halfpott: The Fiendish Mystery of Smugwick Manor” by Tom Angleberger ������ grades 3 & 4 Cornwall Library, Jan 19, 4:30pm “The Strangers” by Margaret Peterson Haddix, 6-9yrs ������ Newburgh Library, Jan 21, 2pm Battle of the Books 6th-12thgrades ���������������������������������������Florida Library, Jan 24, 2:30pm Millennial Book Group teens ������������������������������������Wisner Library, Warwick, Jan 24, 6pm Storytime preschool �����������������������������������������������������Liberty Library, Jan 25 & Feb 1, 11am “Liar & Spy” by Rebecca Stead, grades 5-8 ��������������������� Cornwall Library, Jan 26, 4:30pm EntertainmenT & Recreation

Dungeons & Dragons teens �������������������������������������������������������JLPL Jan 6 & 20, 5pm FREE “My Octopus Teacher” film & craft session ��������������������������������������������� MEEC Jan 7, 1pm “Magic! The Gathering Club”, teens ���������������������������������������JLPL Jan 7 & 21, 2pm FREE Music with Mr. Matt ������������������������������������������������ Jan 9 & 30, 10:15am & 11:15am FREE & Jan 12, 19, 23 & 26, 10:15am, Wisner Library, Warwick, FREE Drop In Lego Club ������������������������������������������������������������� JLPL Jan 10 & 24, 3:30pm FREE Anime (Dragon Ball) Club teens & adults ������������������Goshen Library, Jan 11 & 25, 5:30pm Knee-High Naturalists 2-5yrs ������������������������ Newburgh Library, Jan 12, 19, 26, Feb 2, 1pm Saturday Matinee Drop-in Movie kids ���������� Wisner Library, Warwick, Jan 14, 2pm FREE Winter Ecology Hike all ages �������������������������������������������������������������������PEEC Jan 15, 10am “Common Birds at Your Feeder” family ������������������������������������������������ MEEC Jan 15, 1pm Ecozone Discovery Room! ������������������������������������������������������������������������� PEEC Jan 15, 1pm Paper Bag Players “Big Bag of Laughs” ��������������� SUNY Orange, Orange Hall, Feb 5, 2pm

Clubs Calendar

sponsored by Alternative Counseling, Cornwall & Broadway Tailors, Newburgh

Anime (Dragon Ball) Club ������������������������������������������ Goshen Library, Jan 11 & 25, 5:30pm St. James Camera Club �����������������������������������St. James Church, Goshen, 2nd Tuesday, 7pm Chess Club �������������������������������������������������������Livingston Manor Library, 3rd Thursday, 3pm 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 Narrowsburg Knitters ��������������������������������������������������� Narrowsburg Library, Mondays 6pm Laurel & Hardy Sons of the Desert Int’l Org. ���������������������������������������� www.themtharhills.org MahJong Club ����������������������������������Josephine-Louise Library, Walden, Mondays, 9am-1pm MahJong Club ������������������������������������������������������ Wisner Library, Warwick, Tuesdays. 10am Scrabble Club ����������������������������������������������������������������������� Ellenville Library, Tuesday, 6pm Scrabble Club ������������������������������������������������������� Wisner Library, Warwick, Thursdays, 1pm UFO Support Group ���������������������������������Walker Valley Schoolhouse, 1st Wednesday, 7pm

Canvas category calendar

sponsored by Matthews Pharmacy, Ellenville; Endico Watercolors, Sugar Loaf; High Withers, Goshen; and Peggi’s Place, Cornwall CANVAS cannot be responsible for errors & omissions. Please verify dates and times.

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

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“Effie Gray” Dakota Fanning ��������������������������� Wisner Library, Warwick, Jan 2, 1pm FREE “Sound of Metal” �����������������������������������������������������������Cornwall Library, Jan 3, Noon FREE “The Secret Life of Walter Mitty” Danny Kaye Alice Desmond Canter, Newburgh, Jan 6, 10am “Sorry, Wrong Number” Barbara Stanwyck ��� Wisner Library, Warwick, Jan 9, 1pm FREE “Where the Crawdads Sing” �������������������������������������������Liberty Library, Jan 12, 1pm FREE “The History of the World Part I” Mel Brooks Alice Desmond Canter, Newburgh, Jan 20, 10am “St. Vincent” Bill Murray �������������������������������������������.Cornwall Library, Jan 23, Noon FREE “I am Little Red” film & discussion �������������������������� Port Jervis Library, Jan 26, 6pm FREE “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

FUndraisers

Newburgh Free Library Back Door Books (sale) �������������������������������������������������������������������� Newburgh Library, Montgomery Street Entrance, Jan 21, 10am-2pm

HOLIDAY (some events not listed in centerspread)

Peace, Love and Lights drive-thru ���������������������������������������������������Bethel Woods, thru Jan 1 Historic House Tours ������������������Knox’s Headquarters, Vails Gate, Dec 27 & 28, 10am-3pm

Museums (some events not listed in centerspread)

Behind the Scenes Tour, the Woodstock historic site ����� Bethel Woods, Mon-Wed, 12:30pm Behind the Scenes Tour & Escape Room Experience ����� Bethel Woods, Wednesdays, 4pm

Music - Classical

Jenny Linn piano, Grand Montgomery Chamber Music series ����������������������������������������������� Montgomery Senior Center, Jan 15, 3pm FREE Victoria von Arx & Janice Nimetz, pianos, Music in Central Valley series �������������������������� Central Valley United Methodist Church, Jan 29, 3pm FREE

Music - jazz

Hal Galper Trio ����������������������������������������������������� Rafters Tavern, Callicoon, Saturdays, 3pm Miss Maybelle & The Jazz Age Artistes �������������Goshen Public Library, Jan 14, 2pm FREE

Poetry Readings

Harvey Greenwald ����������������������������������� Noble Coffee Roasters, Campbell Hall, Jan 5, 7pm Freestyle Cypher & Dance Party ����������������������������������������Toasted, Newburgh, Jan 7, 10pm David Messineo ���������������������������������Java Blue Coffee & Market, Montgomery, Jan 17, 6pm Alchemy Poets �������������������������������������������������������������������Liberty Library, Jan 19, 1pm FREE Margaret Fox ��������������������������������������������������������� Soulshine Market, Pine Bush, Jan 28, 3pm Hayden Wayne Poetry at the Church ������������������������Goshen Methodist Church, Jan 30, 7pm

Recreation

Line Dancing “Kickin’ w/Kathy and Billy” ���City Winery, Montgomery, Sundays, 2pm-5pm Drum Circle ����������������������������������������������Ritz Theatre Lobby, Newburgh, Tuesdays, 6:30pm Tri-State Drum & Dance Drum Circle � UpFront Exhibition Space, Port Jervis, Jan 17, 7pm

Theatre - Musical & Variety

“Stayin’ Alive?” Dinner-Theatre, Murder Mystery ��� City Wintery, Montgomery, Dec 31, 6pm Strawberry Fields “Ultimate Beatle’s Brunch” �����City Winery, Montgomery, Jan 14, Noon Paper Bag Players “Big Bag of Laughs” ���������������� SUNY Orange, Orange Hall, Feb 5, 2pm

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

Toombs Dixon “Origins of Rock & Roll” ���������������������� The Falcon, Marlboro, Dec 30, 7pm Best of The Eagles ��������������������������������������Sugar Loaf Performing Arts Centre, Dec 30, 8pm “CollaboNew Year’s Eve” ���Delaware Valley Opera Center, Lake Huntington, Dec 31, 7pm NYE! The Big Takeover reggae, ska, Motown �������������� The Falcon, Marlboro, Dec 31, 7pm Strawberry Fields “Ultimate Beatle’s Brunch” ���� City Winery, Montgomery, Jan 14, Noon Broken Heart Strings Hot Club ���������������������� City Winery, Montgomery, Jan 20, 6pm-9pm STARSHIP w/Mickey Thomas rock ����������Sugar Loaf Performing Arts Center, Jan 20, 8pm Dave Kearney, Don Lowe, Don Sparks folk, Music for Humanity series ����������������������������� Noble Coffee Roasters, Campbell Hall, Jan 21, 7:30pm “The Sixties Show” �������������������������������������� Sugar Loaf Performing Arts Center, Feb 3, 8pm “A Night on Broadway” ������������������������������ Sugar Loaf Performing Arts Center, Feb 4, 8pm OPEN Mic & IN-HOUSE MUSIC

sponsored by Neil Alexander & NAIL, Newburgh Listings not included in our centerspread calendar.

Open Mic ������������������������������������������ Heartbeat Music Hall, Grahamsville, Wednesdays,7pm Open Mic ��������������������������������������������������������������� Rafter’s Tavern, Callicoon, Sundays, 3pm The Parting Glass Band Celtic �����Loughran’s Pub, Salisbury Mills, Thursdays, 5:30pm-6:30pm Lara Hope’s Gold Hope Band rockabilly, r&b, country, folk ����������������������������������������������� City Winery, Montgomery, Jan 4, 5pm Oxford Station Duo folk, rock, country ����������������������DUBCO Acres, Warwick, Jan 7, 4pm Sarah-Anjali jazz, folk, world ���������������������������������� City Winery, Montgomery, Jan 11, 5pm Anjali Aurora ����������������������������������������������������������� City Winery, Montgomery, Jan 18, 5pm Andrew Jordan �������������������������������������������������������� City Winery, Montgomery, Jan 25, 5pm

Books: Discussions / readings / Signings sponsored by Josephine-Louise Public Library, Walden

“This Tender Land” by William Kent Krueger ������������������������Cornwall Library, Jan 4, 4pm “The Guest List” by Lucy Foley ��������������������������������������������������� Florida Library, Jan 6, 1pm “Life After Life” by Kate Atkinson ���������������������������������������� Chester Library, Jan 9, 6:30pm Monday Evening Adult Book Club ��������������������������������������� Goshen Library, Jan 9, 6:30pm “The Postmistress of Paris” by Meg Waite Clayton ��Livingston Manor Library, Jan 10, TBA Speculative Fiction Book Club �������������������������������������������������� Goshen Library, Jan 12, 7pm “Body Double” by Tess Gerritson. �����������������������������������������Cornwall, Library, Jan 19, 2pm Adult Nonfiction Book Club ������������������������������������������������ Goshen Library, Jan 19, 6:30pm Virtual Short Story Discussion ���������������������� Mamakating Library, Wurtsboro, Jan 20, 4pm Book Club Meeting ��������������������������������� Josephine-Louise Library, Walden, Jan 23, 6:30pm “Interpreter of Maladies” by Jhumpa Lahiri ���������������������������Liberty Library, Jan 26, 1pm “Hamnet” by Maggie O’Farrell �������������������������������������������� Florida Library, Jan 26, 6:30pm “The Shell Seekers” by Rosamunde Pilcher ���������������������������Cornwall Library, Jan 26, 7pm “Searching for Home” by Joe Gosler ������������������������Wisner Library, Warwick, Feb 4, 11am

Writers’ Opportunity The Chester Public Library Writers Project is accepting submissions of original short stories, poems, and art for its fifth publication. Must be well crafted and original work. All genres welcome.

Up to 3 submissions allowed. If you send more than one submission they must be sent as individual attachments.

One submission can be longer than 3000 words. Edits and corrections should be done before sending stories. Art submissions must be original, can be different mediums, and sent as a jpeg. If

accepted, you will receive information for the next step.

Work should be typed and submitted electronically using Microsoft word format to idunn@rcls.org by February 1. Include the following information separate from your submission: Your name, phone #, address, email, and a short bio.

You can also attend the group meetings on Mondays at Noon at the Library, 1784 Kings Highway, Chester.

For information, call 845-469-4252.

Attention: CANVAS Distribution Assistants Needed CANVAS is seeking agile people to assist with distribution.

It involves five to six days each month, generally between the 21st to the 28th of the month, dependant on weather, printing issue/dates and holidays.

You would be riding with the distribution manager in an SUV

passenger car, who would stop at each destination for you to bring the papers inside each location and place them, keeping track of the number of copies delivered.

You can choose to participate for one, or more, or all days.

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for ads in CANVAS or a combination of both.

Details would need to be worked out and would depend on where you live, whether you could be met at some location where you could leave you car, or whether you’d come to a Bloomingburg location to be met.

We’re looking for CANVAS appreciators, friendly, personable people who enjoy riding around the area and admiring the beautiful scenery (and busy hamlets!).

References would be required.

Email barry@dhcanvas.com with your info and any questions.

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BRAD Bradstan Cabaret Series ������������������������������������������������ Eldred Preserve, Eldred DVO ��������������������������������������������������������� Delaware Valley Opera Center, Lake Huntington GOSH �������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� CITY ����������������������������������������������������������������� City Winery Hudson Valley, Montgomery FAL �������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������The Falcon, Marlboro MICV Music in Central Valley ������������������������������ DESMOND ������������������������������������������������������������������ Alice Desmond Center, Newburgh GMCM Grand Montgomery Chamber Music ��������������������������Montgomery Senior Center NFL-MONT ��������������������������������������������Newburg

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Cinema...........“Where the Crawdads Sing”......Liberty Library, 1pm

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The Oxford Station Duo . their folk will perform rock, classic country and Americana music live at DUBCO Acres, Warwick, on January 7 at 4:00pm.

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Cinema & Discussion.....“I am Little Red”....Port Jervis Library, 6pm

Join Jay Westerveld, President of the Sugar Loaf Historical Society, for an exploration of the cultural and natural history of Orange County’s most notable peak and hamlet.

Delve into Sugar Loaf’s remarkable history, from its Ice Age shelters to its unique ecological systems and its electrifying climbing and hiking routes. Learn about the mountain’s rare flora and fauna, its mining and bootlegging histories, and its extraordinary dual watershed resources that include the source of Warwick’s own Wawayanda Creek.

Most importantly, why we should care about the Orange County Land Trust’s effort to save this defining landmark of our region.

January 8 at 1:00pm: Wisner Library, One McFarland Drive, Warwick.

To register: www.AlbertWisnerLibrary.org

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�������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� Goshen Public Library NOBLE ���������������������������������������������������������������������� Noble Coffee Roasters, Campbell Hall SUNYO-OH ������������������������������������������������������������ SUNY Orange, Orange Hall, Middletown ������������������������������ Central Valley United Methodist Church RITZ ����������������������������������������������������������������������������������������Ritz Theatre Lobby, Newburgh TOAST ������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������Toasted, Newburgh gh Free Library, Montgomery St. Entrance SLPAC ���������������������������������������������������������������������������� Sugar Loaf Performing Arts Center UpF ���������������������������������������������������������������������������� UpFront Exhibition Space, Port Jervis

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Canvas category calendar

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

Art exhibits

CAS ������������������������������������������������������������������������������Catskill Art Space, Livingston Manor SUNYO-MRG ����������������������������������������������� SUNY Orange, Mindy Ross Gallery, Newburgh 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 Edward Cohen �������������������������������������� Gallery at Chant Realtors, Lords Valley, thru Dec 27 Ryan Fulton “Original Acrylics” �������������������������������������������� Cornwall Library, thru Dec 29 Kevin Gref & Lucy Sardonia “Transition” ������������Domesticities, Youngsville, thru Dec 30 Pat MacDonald “Road Trip” ���������� Unitarian Universalist Cong., Rock Tavern, thru Dec 31 iena Cruz ��������������������������������������������������������������������� Visitor Center, Newburgh, thru Dec 31 Chrissy Pahucki ���������������������������������������������������������� Greenwood Lake Library, thru Dec 31 Barryville Area Arts Association group show & “The Story of Christmas in Classic Art” �������� & “Creation Stories from Around the World” Artists Market Community Center, Shohola, thru Dec 31 “The Gingerbread Experience” ���������������������������Liberty Museum & Arts Center, thru Jan 1 Lisa O’Gorman �������������������������������������������������Griffith-Olivero Realtors, Goshen, thru Jan 5 Judy Reynolds “Epiphany of Life” �������������������������������������������������SUNYO-MRG thru Jan 6 Winter Art Show group show �������������������� UpFront Exhibition Space, Port Jervis, thru Jan 7 Gabriela Galván “We series, # 1” �������� Ann Street Gallery Window, Newburgh, thru Jan 14 “Holiday” group show �������������������������������������������������������������������������������� WRCA thru Jan 15 Jennie Duke “Streaming the Light” ���������������������������������������������������������� WRCA thru Jan 22 Emmanuel Ofori “Between Two Worlds” ������������������������������������������������� WRCA thru Jan 22 “Drapery” group show ������������������������������������������������������������������������������� WRCA thru Jan 22 Philippe Safire “Transition” �����������������CMA Gallery, Aquinas Hall, Newburgh, thru Jan 30 Marjorie Morrow “Maker’s Mark” ����������������� Brigantine Goods, Jeffersonville, thru Jan 31 “Celebrate” Goshen Art League �������������������������������������������� Goshen Music Hall, thru Jan 31 “Instructor’s Small Works Show” ���������������Alice Desmond Center, Newburgh, thru Jan 31 Catherine DeMaio paintings ����������������������������������������Rustic Wheelhouse, Chester, thru Jan

NEW ART EXHIBITS

CAS Members’ Exhibition ����������������������������������������������������������������������� CAS Dec 31-Jan 28 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...................Jan 9-Mar 17 “A Study in Black & White” Community Art Show �������Wisner Library, Warwick, Jan 9-Mar 31 “Open Choice” group show ������������������������������������������������������������������ WRCA Jan 20-Feb 19 North East Watercolor Society group show �������������������������������SUNYO-OH Jan 24-Mar 17 Members & Teachers Show ����������������������������������������������������������������� WRCA Jan 27-Feb 26 “Cause We Be Complicated: Dialogues of Black Artists” group show �������������������������������� ADS Gallery, Newburgh, Feb 3-Mar 3

Photography exhibits

“Along the Towpath: The D&H Canal in Mamakating, 1828-1898” ����Wurtsboro Library Nick Zungoli “Sugar Loaf Mountain Fundraiser Exhibit” ���������������������������������������������������� & Nick Zungoli “AOTEAROA New Zealand” ����� Exposures Gallery, Sugar Loaf, thru Dec “A Comprehensive Exhibition of Arctic and Antarctic Photography” ������������������������������� Sullivan County Museum, Hurleyville, thru Dec David Nicholls ������������������������������������������� Leo’s Restaurant & Pizzeria, Cornwall, thru Jan 3 Chris Heim Catskill nature scenes �����Gallery at Chant Realtors, Lords Valley, Jan 1-Feb 25 David Nicholls “A Paris Portrait” ����������������������������������������� Cornwall Library, Jan 5-Feb 23 Yearly Contributor Photography Exhibition Highlands Arts Alliance �������������������������������� Highland Falls Library, Jan 11-28

ART & Photography receptions

CAS Members’ Exhibition ������������Catskill Art Space, Livingston Manor, Dec 31, 4pm-6pm Winter Closing Art Reception Party “Celebrating a successful year of Art & Music” ������� UpFront Exhibition Space, Port Jervis, Jan 7, 2pm-6pm Chris Heim Catskill nature scenes ���� Gallery at Chant Realtors, Lords Valley, Jan 7, 5pm-7pm Yearly Contributor Photography Exhibition Highlands Arts Alliance �������������������������������� Highland Falls Library, Jan 11, 5pm-6:45pm FEE “Cause We Be Complicated: Dialogues of Black Artists” group show �������������������������������� ADS Gallery, Newburgh, Feb 3, 6pm-8:30pm Members & Teachers Show ����������������������������������������������������������� WRCA Feb 11, 3pm-5pm North East Watercolor Society group show �������������������� SUNYO-OH Feb 26, 1pm-4:15pm 14

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Lectures, talks, masterclasses & demos sponsored by SUNY Orange and Town of Newburgh Desmond Center

DESM ��������������������������������������������������������������������������������Alice Desmond Center, Newburgh 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 “Barbara Hepworth” Laura Nicholls ����������������������������������������� DESM Jan 4, 12:30pm FEE “The Erie’s Pine Bush Branch: Then and Now: Alex Prizgintas ���� Pine Bush Library, Jan 4, 6pm Eagle-viewing guided bus tour, Delaware Highlands Conservancy ������������������������������ Zane Grey Museum, Lackawaxen, Jan 7, 21, 28. 11am-3pm “Winter Survival Strategies” Pamela Golben ��������������������������� DESM Jan 9, 10:30am FEE “Diet-Free 2023: Intuitive Eating” Michelle Viña ���������� Newburgh Library, Jan 9, 6:15pm “Women Air Force Service Pilots of WW II (WASP)” Rick Feingold �������������������������������� DESM Jan 10, 9:30am FEE “Financial Resolutions” Harrie Mulé �����������������������������������Newburgh Library, Jan 10, 6pm “Martha Washington: A Timeless Woman” Matthew Weigman ��������Jan 11, 10:30am FEE “The Unknown Palisades” Eric Nelson ��zoom/Moffat Library, Washingtonville, Jan 11, 6:30pm “Communicating with Cats” Rebecca Golgoski ���������������������� DESM Jan 12, 12:30pm FEE Winter Ecology Hike ������������������������������������������������������������������������PEEC Jan 15, 10am FEE “Common Birds at Your Feeder” ��������������������������������������������������� MEEC Jan 15, 1pm FEE Winter Bird Identification ���������������������������������������� Wisner Library, Warwick, Jan 18, 6pm “Medicare 101” Greg Tarris �������������������������������������� Wisner Library, Warwick, Jan 19, 2pm “The Search for Life in Our Galaxy” John Fontana ����������Florida Library, Jan 19, 6:30pm Eagle Watch Tour �������������������������������������������������������������������������������PEEC Jan 21, 9am FEE “Jazz - An American Art” Barry Wiesenfeld ����������Wisner Library, Warwick, Jan 21, 11am “The History of Chocolate in the Hudson River Valley” Peter G. Rose ������������������������������ Wisner Library, Warwick, Jan 22, 2pm “Cutting the Cord: How to Reduce Your Monthly Payments” Vincent Kayes ������������������� DESM Jan 24, 10am FEE “Alzheimer’s: Know the 10 Signs: Early Detection Matters” Donna Davies ���������������������� DESM Jan 25, 1 pm “Work for Yourself @ 50” ����������������������������������������������������Newburgh Library, Jan 25, 6pm “Nutrition and Diabetes” ��������������������������Moffat Library, Washingtonville, Jan 26, 6:30pm 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, 12:30 pm 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 ARTIST Talks & Salons Namima Forna author ����������������������������������������������������� zoom/Wisner Library, Jan 12, 2pm Highlands Arts Alliance Photographers’ Salon �������������������������������������������������������������������������� American Legion Hall, Highland Falls, Feb 4, 11am FEE

Visual & Literary Artists Opportunity Two $2,500 fellowships will be awarded each in the categories of Visual Arts and Literary Arts to full-time residents of Sullivan County to facilitate the creation of new artwork.

In keeping with the belief that our communities are stronger and our lives are enriched when artists are encouraged to pursue their professional practice, the Delaware Valley Arts Alliance (DVAA) is proud to administer direct funding to artists who live and work in Sullivan County.

DVAA is your artistic home in the Upper Delaware Valley and Sullivan Catskills Region.

For 2023, four Individual Artist Fellowships (two in the Visual Arts and two in the Literary Arts) in the amount of $2,500 each, will be granted.

An element of this funding is a community engagement component.

The project must engage a segment of the community through a public program such as an exhibition or performance that is open to the public.

The extended 2023 Application Deadline is January 30. Guidelines are now available.

For more information, contact DVAA’s Grants Manager at: grants@ delawarevalleyartsalliance.org or by phone at 845-252-7576.

The DVAA is now also accepting proposals for exhibition opportunities at the Elaine Giguere Arts Center in Narrowsburg for 2024. www.delawarevalleyartsalliance.org Questions? Contact DVAA’s Gallery Director, Signe Ballew: 845-252-7576.

Wallkill River Center for the Arts: Start Your New Year with Art Lessons!

Acrylic by Nancy Reed Jones

Oil by William Noonan

Oil by Mike Jaroszko

Watercolor by Alan Lewis

The Wallkill River Center for the Arts (WRCA) is offering numerous art classes in January with instruction by highly experienced teachers, renown and respected as for their artworks.

Beginner Acrylic with Nancy Reed Jones is for anyone who has always wanted to learn to paint but was intimidated by the more advanced classes. Classes will cover all the beginner fundamentals of painting including supplies, mixing color, how to use brushes, creating a good composition, how to pick a subject, identifying a focal point etc. Oil painters are welcome to attend.

Bring in a photo or other reference and Mike will assist in achieving the painting you have always wanted to paint.

Learn everything from paint mixing, brushstrokes, and techniques to specific ways to capture the illusion of light and realism.

Beginning Watercolor with Alan Lewis: This beginner’s watercolor class will be focused on producing finished work. “I have noticed that I have learned best when following along painting with an artist, so that is the approach this class will follow. The approach will be to paint fast and loose, to cover the basics of watercolor by doing them, and hopefully to have some fun.

Line-Shadow-Form: Basic Drawing Skills with William Noonan: This class is appropriate for artists who possess a basic understanding of the principles of drawing from life. Subjects like form, scale, shading and composition create the core of the curriculum and will consistently be revisited. Class work will include a variety of subjects, often drawing still lives from life to hone your observational skills and exploring other subjects such as interiors, landscapes, portrait and figures from live and photographic resources.

in a kiln to create beautiful and lasting pieces. Learn to make heirloom china or stunning contemporary works of art! The teacher will introduce new students to the world of porcelain painting, materials, tools and techniques. Turpentine is used in this class. If you are sensitive to it, please keep that in mind.

Intermediate students: Students who have taken the series before may choose their design and apply the techniques which they learned in the basic class.

Paola will review your project with you and assist in achieving your design. Email Sarah Fortner Pierson: spierson@ wallkill.art to arrange a time to come in and make your initial drawing at least 10 days BEFORE the beginning of class.

Email a picture of your proposed design to Paola for feedback and planning before class: pb.paolabari@gmail.com.

with William Noonan: This independent workshop is an opportunity for painters to work on their own projects with the assistance of an instructor and feedback from their peers. It is for intermediate and advanced painters who seek a way of structuring their artistic schedule and output. Participants should be self directed and will work from their own source material. Assistance will be given in this regard as to what works well as a painting source, how to combine photo resources, what to look out for in potential photos as it relates to painting. Any subject is acceptable: figure, landscape, still life, interiors...Students may also bring their own still life set-ups if they want to and work from life. Students may opt to attend this class via a virtual feed. The class will be supplemented by a closed Facebook group where students may share ideas with each other beyond the classroom environment.

Pastel Portrait by Cynthia Harris Pagano

Cynthia Harris-Pagano, a specialist in portraits, will give instruction in drawing and painting the portrait head with charcoal and/or pastel. Students will work from life models, as well as instruction in light and shade with charcoal pencil. Instruction will facilitate the student in achieving the full range of light and dark tones, especially flesh tones.

Live In Person - Painting with William Noonan: For beginner, intermediate and advanced students. Any painting medium is welcome. Students are encouraged to follow their own stylistic inclinations while learning and practicing the basic rules of: drawing & painting techniques, composition, value, color mixing, color theory, materials and supplies, etc.

Advanced Oil with Mike Jaroszko: Learn tips from a pro in painting high realism and luminist light techniques.

Porcelain by Paola Bari

Porcelain Painting with Paola Bari: Designed for both beginning and intermediate students, this class will teach you how professionals paint on porcelain with overglazes. All projects will be fired

Tree of Life Pendant by Janet Baskerville

Tree of Life Pendant with Janet Baskerville: This is the class you have been waiting for! Come out, enjoy a warm relaxed atmosphere and learn how to make your own Tree of Life Pendant with copper wire. No special skills or tools required, all supplies are provided.

The Tree of Life commonly represents the interconnectedness of everything in the universe. It symbolizes togetherness and serves as a reminder that you are never alone or isolated, but rather that you are connected to the world. The roots of the Tree of Life dig deep and spread into the earth, thereby accepting nourishment from Mother Earth, and its branches reach up into the sky, accepting energy from the sun and moon.

Oil Painting Independent Study Lab

Slow stitching is a meditative and calming activity with a creative purpose.

Gather your hand stitching, embroidery, knitting, or crocheting and join us to share time with other artistic people. Lap projects only (no machines). This class is organized by Denise Aumick who has been creatively working with threads, needles, and cloth for many years.

For more details about dates, times, supplies, mask requirements, prices and more information, visit www.walkill.art or email info@wallkill.art. WRCA is located at 232 Ward Street, Montgomery, Phone: 845-457-ARTS.

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The 2023 North East Watercolor Society Members’ Show

“Tall Ferns” by Janet Campbell

The mission of the North East Watercolor Society (NEWS) is to promote and preserve the art of watercolor painting. The group provides educational opportunities, arranges exhibitions, and offers support, encouragement and fellowship.

The 2023 NEWS Members’ Show officially starts on January 24 and continues through March 17. The venue is the large space of Orange Hall Gallery, SUNY Orange.

The show is not only an array of beautiful paintings; it serves as a teaching tool and learning experience of techniques, uses of medium, and creativity of subject and concept.

Since this will be an in-person event, the highlight of the exhibit timeframe will

“Best Friends” by Sal Caldarone

see the return of the art reception and the highly anticipated demonstration. These are scheduled on February 26, from 1:00pm-4:15pm with the demonstration slated for 2:30pm. (Stay tuned to the February 2023 issue of CANVAS). Art show juror Maryann Burton will be the demonstrator.

Well-known watercolorist Janet Campbell, who is the second vice president of NEWS, is the 2023 members’

“Distraction” by Kate Hyden

show coordinator.

Questions may be directed to Cultural Affairs at SUNY Orange via cultural@ sunyorange.edu or NEWS publicity correspondent Kate Hyden at khyden1@ hvc.rr.com.

Free parking is available in parking lot #1 which is adjacent to Orange Hall.

GPS: 24 Grandview Ave, Middletown.

TV News Talk Television news has undergone remarkable transformations in the last seven decades. Beginning with Camel News Caravan with John Cameron Swayze (see photo) in 1948, evening newscasts drew tens of millions of viewers nightly and expanded from 15 minutes to 30 minutes when Walter Cronkite became the anchor of the CBS Evening News in 1963. With the launch of CNN in 1980, TV news expanded to 24 hours a day, seven days a week - and a new era in television journalism was born.

And That’s the Way It Is: A Look Back at 70 Years of TV News, presented by film lecturer Brian Rose, will look at the sweeping changes in television journalism over the last six decades.

Brian Rose has written several books on television history and cultural programming, and conducted more than a hundred Q&A’s with leading directors, actors, and writers.

This program will be on zoom, January 30 at 7:00pm. Registration is required to receive your zoom link.

Chester Library. Call 845-469-4252.

Eagle Watching by Bus or On Your Own The Upper Delaware and run from 11:00amRiver region is one of the 3:00pm. Snow dates are largest wintering habitats the Sundays following. for eagles in the northeast Kids under 12 free.

U.S. because of abundant Get tickets at www. clean water and large, delawarehighlands.org or undisturbed stands of call 570-226-3164 / 845trees. Protected lands in 583-1010.

Pike, Wayne, Sullivan and Refunds are not provided Delaware Counties provide in the event of canceled a safe haven for these reservations or no-shows. migratory birds, as well as Photo by Gene Weinstein The Conservancy breeding eagles that live here year-round. has partnered with the National Park The Delaware Highlands Conservancy Service and the NYS Department of works in partnership with landowners Conservation to maintain well-marked and communities to protect the natural Eagle Observation Areas open to the heritage and quality of life of the Upper public. These viewing blinds are also Delaware River region. staffed by volunteers on weekends Join the Conservancy on a guided through the winter season, and visitors eagle-viewing bus tour. Learn from an can look through binoculars and spotting expert guide and take a scenic drive scopes to see bald eagles in the wild. on a heated bus throughout the Upper Pick up information about the bald Delaware River region to look for and eagle in the Upper Delaware River region, learn about bald eagles and their habitat. get maps and directions to eagle viewing Seats on trips are limited and advance locations, watch a short film, and view reservations are required, so reserve interpretive exhibits. The Visitor Center your space for the 2023 winter trips is staffed on Saturdays and Sundays on January 7, 21 & 28, February 4, in January and February, and open to 18 & 25. The trips commence at the visitors from 10:00am-3:00pm. Visit Conservancy’s Winter Field Office at the www.delawarehighlands.org/eagles to Zane Grey Museum in Lackawaxen, learn about eagle viewing on your own.

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Letter from Hurleyville

May I Have A Word With You Quips, Quotes & Quiddities by Carol Pozefsky

Janet Carrus

Ellyane Hutchinson

To Our Dear Community, As of January 2023, I will no longer be acting as Executive Director at the Hurleyville Performing Arts Centre.

Owing to the vision of Janet Carrus, the Hurleyville Performing Arts Centre was once a bold idea, then a building, and now it is a thriving community centered around shared artistic experiences.

I am grateful to have had the opportunity to steer the ship brought into existence by an intrepid team of artists for six years. The team doubled down and served the community through two years of unprecedented hardship. Now as the world heals, HPAC too is at a moment of great potential. Going forward, HPAC will be in the capable hands of Ellyane Hutchinson and Tal Beery who will be acting as interim Co-Executive Directors.

Janet Carrus will, of course, continue to serve as President of the organization.

Ellyane brings experience as an artist and HPAC’s Chief Operating Officer to her new role as Co-Executive Director

Tal Beery

Erin Dudley

Programs & Operations. Tal will bring his experience as a curator and HPAC’s Chief Development Officer to his new role as Co-Executive Director Administration & Strategy.

The Co-Executive Director model allows HPAC to benefit from leadership with complementing professional experience, diverse gender, racial and cultural backgrounds, and varied livedexperiences. It also gives each leader the ability to focus on their core strengths, capacities and expertise, while working collaboratively and supporting one another in service to our community and our commitment to equity.

I know I speak on behalf of our staff and our Board when I say that we have tremendous faith in our team moving forward. Thank you to everyone who has continued to support HPAC, and we are excited for things to come.

All the best, and Happy New Year, Erin Dudley, Executive Director, Hurleyville Performing Arts Centre.

LIFE Life is a powerful word and it gets our attention. Merchandizers have long known that.

During its golden years, from 1936 through the 1970’s, LIFE, the weekly magazine, was reaching one quarter of the American population.

One of the longest running TV ads in history featured a little boy named Mikey eating a bowl of LIFE cereal. His big brother would shout “Hey! He likes it! Mikey likes it!”

If you were asked to describe YOUR life in a few words, what would they be?

“All life is an experiment.” - Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. “Life is a tragedy when seen in closeup, but a comedy in long-shot.” - Charlie Chaplin.

“Life is trying things to see if they work.” - Ray Bradbury.

“Life is either a daring adventure or nothing.” - Helen Keller.

“Life is like riding a bicycle; to keep your balance, you must keep moving.” Albert Einstein.

“Life is full of misery, loneliness and suffering and it’s all over much too soon.” - Woody Allen.

“I don’t want to achieve immortality through my work. I want to achieve it through not dying.” - Woody Allen.

LOVE I was sent a list of winning entries to a love poetry contest. The rules stated that the first line be sweet and loving, the second, just the opposite: Kind intelligent, loving and hot. This describes everything you are not.

I want to feel your sweet embrace but don’t take that paper bag off your face.

I thought that I could love no other until, that is, I met your brother.

What inspired this amorous rhyme?

Two parts vodka, one part lime.

PUN FUN A soldier who survived mustard gas and pepper spray is now a seasoned veteran.

I know a guy who’s addicted to brake fluid. But he says he can stop at any time.

I stayed up all night to see where the sun went. Then it dawned on me.

OCAC Introduces Todd Hulit The Orange County Arts Council (OCAC) announces its new executive director, Todd Hulet (see photo) who brings with him over two decades of experience in the arts, education and entertainment fields. He most recently led the Events and Entertainment department through the opening of Legoland in Goshen.

Hulet is a member of the Dramatists Guild and serves on the national board of TYA/USA, the leading national organization for the professional field of theater for children and families.

He is a champion for young artists and has served as an Arts educator for over 20 years. His passion for theater and experience creation comes from a deep appreciation for the wide spectrum of arts mediums and their ability to come together to create powerful moments.

As a public speaker and professional development facilitator, he focuses on the intersection of arts principles and how we can fine tune our work through cross-medium study.

“On behalf of the board of the directors, I know we are all very excited to be working with Todd. New leadership brings possibilities for expanding growth

and creativity resources for our region,” said Janet HowardFatta.

Hulet replaces Sarah McKay, who served as OCAC’s executive director from 2018 until August 2022.

“I am thrilled to be joining the Orange County Arts Council and look forward to the opportunity to serve this community,” said Hulet. “Sarah McKay has done an incredible job at leading the Council and I want to thank her for her years of service. The Council is on a path to do so much good in our community thanks to her hard work and dedication.

We look forward to continuing this work as we expand and develop the Arts in Orange County.”

Hulet has played nearly every cabaret venue in NYC, written musicals that toured the country, guided multiple local non-profit efforts for Arts Advocacy, served as developmental consultant for arts organizations in six states, and designed and executed large-scale corporate events.

OCAC looks forward to working with Todd as he unfolds his vision for the future of the arts in Orange County.

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Celebration at UpFront, Port Jervis UpFront Exhibition of paint producing color, Space is an art gallery and light, space and feeling.” small event space displaying In addition, featured art of many mediums with works by Jennifer Rose, an array of styles, and also Keith Helwig and Mark presenting major jazz artists Wright will be on view. in concert for its “groove Jennifer Rose paints in port” series. acrylic with a palette knife.

To celebrate a successful Her individual style has year of art and music, evolved from expressive to UpFront will hold a Winter non-objective, she says.

Closing Art Reception Party.

Helwig’s art has evolved The Winter Art Show will be Gordon Graff stands next through many styles, to his many assemblages. on display, with a plethora Photo by Jessica Cohen. he says, including twoof artworks in all genres dimensional and threeby UpFront’s monthly dimensional sculpture in contributors, including both abstract and super co-owner and assemblage realism. artist Gordon Graff and Mark Wright has Rosalind Hodgkins, among been exploring multiple many, many others. mediums in his retro“Since I began painting 50 expressionist style. Over years ago, I have continually the last few years, historic been fascinated by the Eastern myths have been metaphorical language of his main interest for signs, symbols and myths,” painting subjects. says Hodgkins. “My painting Come to the celebration “In the Moonlight” style has shifted back and by Rosalind Hodgkins at 31 Jersey Avenue, Port forth between the representational, Jervis, on January 7 from 2:00pmexpressionistic, abstract and the 6:00pm. Admission is free, light geometric as I explored the possibilities refreshments. For info: 845-754-1808.

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Jazz from 1900-1929 in Goshen Miss Maybell & The Jazz Age Artistes are a group comprised of some of New York City’s best traditional jazz players who formed on a mutual love of vintage hot jazz, blues and ragtime music from 1900 to 1929!

“Ah, the Jazz Age of the Roaring Twenties, that romanticized, Great Gatsby era of music and mayhem, the days of hot jazz, ladies in flapper outfits and well-dressed men, before the Crash of 1929 brought it all to a screeching stop. Gee, it sure was the bee’s knees, and now, in the not-so-roaring Twenties, everything old is new again, thanks to Miss Maybell & The Jazz Age Artistes.”

- Andrew Poretz.

“Miss Maybell plays banjo and taps her steel brushes on a tricked-out washboard. She also commands an impressive kazoo, but the secret weapon they unleash is Maybell’s vocals - deep and strong enough to join an angel choir with the likes of Bessie Smith and Billie Holiday.” - New Hampshire Magazine.

Miss Maybell, Lauren Sansaricq, has a vocal style that is similar to that of the classic blues singers of the era, ranging from Ethel Waters to Bessie Smith without copying any one vocalist.

She puts plenty of bluesy feeling into the

songs (which include both vintage blues and vaudeville-type songs). She swings, and she also plays washboard.

“Pianist Charlie Judkins is a ragtime and stride pianist and is very much a complete band by himself in addition to begin a tasteful accompanist.” - LA Jazz Scene.

“Miss Maybell and Charlie Judkins share a groove that is truly timeless.” The Syncopated Times.

On January 14 at 2:00pm the Goshen Public Library & Historical Society, 366 Main Street, will be hosting a live concert featuring Miss Maybell & The Jazz Age Artistes. Registration is required, and the program will be held in the Community Room.

To register: 845-294-6606.

Starship is Coming to Sugar Loaf!

Highlands Arts Alliance Exhibit

Mickey Thomas is the owner of the soaring voice that propelled Starship through the decade of the 80’s. With his soulful and compelling vocals, Mickey has established himself as one of rock music’s most recognizable stars.

With a catalog that spans over five decades, Mickey Thomas’ name is synonymous with rock n’ roll history.

Starship lands in Sugar Loaf on January 20 at 8:00pm Mickey made his mark in 1976 as lead vocalist on the mega- Not Over Til It’s Over became Major hit Fooled Around And Fell In Love League Baseball’s theme in 1987. with The Elvin Bishop Band. In 1979, Mickey’s stellar voice and video charisma Mickey joined Jefferson Starship as the on Starships’s video classics such as We lead vocalist, after the departure of Grace Built This City and Sara became staples Slick and Marty Balin, and recorded a on TV channels MTV and VH1.

One can expect to hear hits from string of hits including Jane, No Way Out, Find Your Way Back, Stranger, and Starship, Jefferson Starship, as well as a few selections from Jefferson Airplane Layin It On The Line.

The group was renamed Starship in as a nod to both bands’ beginnings, on 1985 and went on to record three #1 hit January 20 at 8:00pm at the Sugar Loaf songs including We Built This City, Sara, Performing Arts Center, 231 Creamery and Nothing’s Gonna Stop Us Now, from Pond Road, when OME presents Starship the film Mannequin which also was an featuring Mickey Thomas.

Tickets: www.sugarloafpacny.com Academy Award nominee. Their hit It’s

As we all know, or should know, photography is the process of capturing light to create an image of the world that surrounds us. Images are captured using an assortment of camera equipment and techniques, and encompass a vast array of styles and types.

The possibilities are as endless as our imaginations.

The Highlands Photography by Karen Parashkevov Arts Alliance (HAA) Photographers’ Salon offers monthly Contributors Photography Exhibition gatherings to connect fellow at the Highland Falls Library, 298 photographers of all backgrounds and Main Street, Highland Falls, January experience to share and critique work, 11-28, moderated by program founder learn new photographic styles/types and photographer Karen Parashkevov. and techniques. The monthly gatherings An opening reception will be held on connect fellow photographers, where January 11, from 5:00pm-6:45pm. together they share, critique and learn Fee: $20 (benefits HAA Photo Salon new techniques, and offer monthly programs).

The next salon meeting is scheduled focused topic-led discussions, guest speakers, workshops and photo walks. for February 4 at 11:00am at the Agenda items are announced in advance American Legion Hall, 134 Old State Road, Highland Falls. Agenda to be on local media, flyers and the website.

And now, an HAA special event offers announced. (See February CANVAS).

For additional information about Photo Salon participants, HAA members and non-member photographers the Photographers’ Salon, visit: an opportunity to showcase their www.highlandsartsalliance.org/ photographic artwork in its 2023 Yearly photographersalon. See ad on page 20.

Rosner Soap Joins the Cause Rosner Soap in Sugar Loaf launched a new soap affectionately named, Sugar Loaf Mountain on December 10th in honor of the namesake mountain of the arts/crafts hamlet in the town of Chester.

This new soap, designed by Kat and Brian Parrella, shop proprietors, is an all-natural, vegan product handmade in small batches in their studio using traditional methods. With a fresh, unique scent and a hint of cedar, it is reminiscent of a hike in the woodlands surrounding this unique landmark and speaks to the feeling they have for the mountain that defines the hamlet they love.

The mountain that lends its name to this soap is currently the focus of a campaign by the Orange County Land Trust (OCLT) to raise funds to purchase over 300 acres of land, forest, and the rocky summit that comprises Sugar Loaf Mountain. In support of this effort, Rosner Soap donated all proceeds in December from the sale of the new soap to the cause to “Save the Mountain”. The first batch sold out in 3 days! Rosner soap is now accepting orders to reserve bars from the next batch, which will be available around the end of January to directly benefit OCLT and the cause.

An important cultural, historic, and

community icon, saving Sugar Loaf Mountain for preservation will protect water resources, forest, and wildlife habitats, as well as secure the firstever public access to the mountain for recreation, with plans to expand its access into Goosepond Mountain State Park.

Founded in 1998, Rosner Soap is a Sugar Loaf mainstay. The business features hand-crafted all-natural skin care products and specializes in the coldprocess. Their herbal soaps are created with only the highest quality ingredients, essential oils and organic herbs.

The products are available both in the Sugar Loaf shop (1375 Kings Highway) and online, and are enjoyed by devoted users across the country. For information and hours, visit www.rosnersoap.com.

For information about the “Save the Mountain” campaign: www.OCLT.org.

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Music in Central Valley Returns with All-Schubert Program Music in Central Valley is resuming its community music programs with a program of piano music.

Pianists Victoria von Arx and Janice Nimetz will perform piano solos and duos by a composer whose compositions for both configurations stand among the greatest in the literature: Franz Schubert!

Victoria von Arx, former member of the music faculty at the University of Albany, is a frequent piano soloist and chamber musician. With advanced degrees in both piano performance and musicology, she has performed and taught in New York City, New Jersey, Michigan, and Wisconsin, and has served on both the faculty and executive board of the Adamant Music School in Vermont.

She is the author of several scholarly articles appearing in the Journal of the Society for American Music, The International Dictionary of Black Composers, and RiD’im Newsletter.

Her book, Piano Lessons with Claudio Arrau: A Guide to his Techniques and Philosophy, draws on her extensive studies with two protégés of Claudio Arrau.

Janice Nimetz currently serves as

Victoria von Arx

piano mentor for Songcatchers, a music program in Westchester County designed for students of limited financial resources, and as Director of Music at Central Valley United Methodist Church. Formerly on the music faculties of Emma Willard School in Troy and the Rockland Conservatory in Spring Valley, she has performed as duettist in Saratoga, Glens Falls, and

Janice Nimetz

Franz Peter Schubert (1797-1828) Wax statue, Madame Tussard’s Museum, Vienna

Albany, and as soloist in New York City, Block Island, New Rochelle, and locally.

She has been a performing participant in the master classes of Menahem Pressler, John O’Conor, and Christopher Elton, and was awarded a Performer’s Certificate from Eastman School of Music. In addition, she holds an advanced degree in the history of

education.

The program includes Sonata in A Minor, D. 784; Rondo in A Major, D. 951; Characteristic March No. 1, D. 886; and the Fantasie in C major, Op. 15 (D. 760), popularly known as the Wanderer Fantasy, which is widely considered Schubert’s most technically demanding composition for the piano.

Schubert himself said “the devil may play it,” in reference to his own inability to do so properly. It is not only a technically formidable challenge for the performer, but also a structurally formidable four-movement work combining theme-and-variations with sonata form. Each movement transitions into the next instead of ending with a final definitive cadence, and each starts with a variation of the opening phrase of his lied “Der Wanderer”, D. 489.

The piano concert is on January 29, at 3:00pm at Central Valley United Methodist Church, 12 Smith Clove Road, Central Valley. Admission is open to everyone. A donation at the door is suggested. In case of inclement weather, February 5 has been scheduled as a snow date.

Call the Church Office at 845-9286570 for further information.

Rev. King Honored with Beatles Brunch Strawberry Fields is the closest you can get to see the Beatles perform live!

These four acclaimed musicians deliver a unique theatrical experience. They take audiences of all ages on a chronological journey through the Beatle’s timeless catalog. The use of costumes, Strawberry Fields performing at City Winery, NYC. vintage instrumentation, and delighted to bring the amplification deliver a magic of their Beatles truly authentic audio and experience to City Winery visual experience.

Hudson Valley, located Strawberry Fields at 23 Factory Street, consists of cast members Montgomery. from the Broadway and City Winery Hudson the touring company of the Valley presents Strawberry hit musical, Beatlemania.

Fields: Ultimate Beatles They have performed Brunch Honoring Doctor throughout the country and Martin Luther King Jr. around the world, most on January 14 at Noon. notably at Shea Stadium, Martin Luther King, Jr. by Vlada CitiField, Fenway Park, (etsy.com/shop/VsWallArtDecor) Doors open at 11:00am.

Tickets include an unlimited breakfast and Yankee Stadium. buffet, coffee, tea, juice and your concert Strawberry Fields also holds the ticket!

“Come Together” with your record for the longest-running Beatles fellow Beatles fans! show on Broadway, having performed Children under 12 have free entry with the legendary Beatles Brunch for 18 brunch available for purchase. Sippable consecutive years at BB Kings in Times souvenir bottles available for purchase Square, NYC. when attending!

Gratuity not included.

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“Nature Tots” Program at MEEC Learn all about animals, plants, seasons and weather in a fun and hands-on way!

Mamakating Environmental Education Center (MEEC) will start a new Nature Tots program for 2-4 year olds with an adult. This weekly class is designed to introduce children to the joys of nature at a young age and cultivate a life-long love of the

natural world.

Every Friday, January 27 to March 3, from 10:00am10:45am, toddlers and their care-giver will learn about nature through outdoor exploration, songs, stories, crafts and other activities.

6-week pre-registration is required. Call MEEC, 762 South Road, Wurtsboro.

For information: 845-644-5014.

Hudson Valley Chocolate History Our favorite winter hot drink started as an invigorating and nourishing brew that was quite different from today.

Culinary historian Peter G. Rose will present the early trade of the Hudson Valley’s Dutch settlers through the 18th century into the late 19th century, and will discuss how chocolate connected the world to early New Yorkers.

A sample tasting of 18th century hot chocolate will be provided, as well as one of the many early recipes and how it can be made today.

The History of Chocolate in the Hudson River Valley, a program for adults and teens, is at the Albert Wisner Library, 1 McFarland Drive, Warwick, on January 22 at 2:00pm.

To register: 845-986-1047, ext. 3.

New Anime Club for Teens & Adults Dragon Ball is a Japanese media franchise created

by Akira Toriyama in 1984. Since its release, Dragon Ball has become one of the most successful manga and anime series of all time, with the manga sold in over 40 countries and the anime broadcast in more than 80 countries.

Goshen Public Library & Historical Society, 366 Main Street, has started a club called the Anime (Dragon Ball) Club, on the 2nd and 4th Wednesdays

of every month, from 5:30pm-7:00pm.

“Love the Dragon Ball series? Looking to start it for the first time? Or maybe the 15th time? Come watch an episode or two (or even three!) with us twice a month,” invites Melissa Tidd. “Future surprises may be in store! Snacks will be provided. Teens and adults welcome.

Please be advised that there may be occasional mature humor.”

Phone: 845-294-6606.

“Hamnet” - The Book’s the Thing! to bubonic plague.

Hamnet by Maggie O’Farrell: A luminous portrait of a marriage, England, 1580. A young Latin tutor, penniless and bullied by a violent father, a shattering evocation of a family falls in love with an extraordinary, ravaged by grief and loss, and a hypnotic eccentric young woman - a wild creature recreation of the story that inspired one of the greatest masterpieces of who walks her family’s estate all time. with a falcon on her shoulder A short, deeply moving novel and is known throughout the about the death of Shakespeare’s countryside for her unusual 11 year old son Hamnet - a name gifts as a healer. interchangeable with Hamlet in Agnes understands plants and potions better than she does Maggie O’Farrell 15th century Britain - and the people, but once she settles with her years leading up to the production of his husband on Henley Street in Stratford great play.

Hamnet, a book discussion at the she becomes a fiercely protective mother and a steadfast, centrifugal force in the Florida Library, 4 Cohen Circle, takes life of her young husband, whose gifts place on January 26 at 6:30pm.

Register at www.floridapubliclibrary. as a writer are just beginning to awaken when his beloved young son succumbs org or phone: 845-651-7659.

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“‘Cause We Be Complicated: Dialogues of Black Artists” in Newburgh To honor Black Heritage month, cocurators Jonette O’Kelley Miller and Karen E. Gersch have assembled a sterling cast of extraordinary visual artists to fill the Art Design Spirit Gallery in Newburgh in an exhibition entitled, ‘Cause We Be Complicated: Dialogues of Black Artists.

Slightly set back from Ann Street in Newburgh, this beautiful venue features fourteen foot ceilings with wooden beams, approximately fifty feet of white walls and an all-glass front that lets natural light pour in. Designed and built

by Gita Nandan and Jens Veneman - its architect and fabricator owners - it is a space that invites art to shine.

The featured artists, in alphabetical order, are: Lillian Alberti, Carol Bash, Khalidah Carrington, Gerardo Castro, Melissa Small Cooper, Ted Dixon, Colette V. Fournier, Oluwafiropo Margaret Ibitoye, F. Geoffrey Johnson, Paula Mans, Emmanuel Ofori, Ransome, Yvonne P. Lamar Rogers, Stevenson Estime and Auguster D. Williams, Jr. Each artist, with their history of longevity in the arts, provides a unique perspective in their work, exploring

Colette V. Fournier “Motorcycle Couple”, black & white photo, 1985

the reality that members of the African Diaspora are not monolithic.

Similar to all human beings, the dreams, tastes, languages and lives of Black people are birthed in a variety of social and ethnocultural nuances.

The fifteen Diasporan artists hail from Rockland, Orange, Dutchess and Ulster Counties, from Manhattan, Brooklyn, Atlanta, Georgia and Washington, D.C. The art, riveting, poetic and thought-

Meet Ebenezer D. Bassett

Learn about the life of the first Black Ambassador from the U.S., Ebenezer D. Bassett (18331908). Gaining an education in Derby, CT in the 1850s would launch this quiet American hero into the diplomatic corps of the U.S. during Reconstruction.

Correspondence between Bassett and Frederick Douglass discloses that Bassett suggested in 1867 that the world-famous Douglass apply for the “minister” position in Port-au-Prince when the next president took office. Douglass instead persuaded Bassett to put his name forward as the American minister to Haiti and the

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Dominican Republic. (The U.S. would not begin using the title of “ambassador” until 1893.) Once Ulysses Grant won the White House, the new president was eager to reward leaders in the black community like Bassett who had helped preserve the Union, by nominating Bassett as the first African-American diplomat.

The Life and Times of a Quiet American Hero with Carolyn Ivanoff is at the Alice Desmond Center, 6 Albany Post Road, Newburgh, on January 30 at 12:30pm. Snow date February 1.

To register: 845-565-1326.

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provoking, ranges from watercolors to acrylic and oil paintings, photographs and mixed media collages, sculptures, assemblages, archival ink, digital art, handmade books and a film.

The curators first met in 2019, when O’Kelley Miller answered an open call for an Arts Mid-Hudson-granted project that Gersch conceived, called Humanitee Tales. Gersch was quick to recognize Miller’s experience as a former Broadway dancer/actress and cast Miller in her show.

The two developed a rapport and friendship based on their mutual backgrounds in theater and art. Gersch holds a BFA from Pratt and Miller earned an MA in Modern Art History and MPA in Nonprofit Management from NYU. Since then, they have collaborated or worked on several projects, including several Black Renaissance Festivals at Ann Street Gallery.

Gersch and Miller will be reaching out to regional schools, universities, libraries, arts organizations and cultural centers to invite public groups to tour the exhibit during weekday hours. Anyone interested should contact them via the email below.

Detail from Gerardo Castro’s oil painting: “Mayra Santos-Febres Clothed with Strength and Dignity”

The opening reception will be held on February 3, from 6:00pm to 8:30pm at Art Design Spirit Gallery, 105 Ann Street, Newburgh. The exhibition runs from February 3 to March 3. Hours are Friday through Sunday, from noon5:00pm.

For more information, email Karen: keg37@frontier.com or Jonette: jom. writes@gmail.com

Cats and Soldiers at Desmond Center

Communicating with Cats will explore the many ways your feline friend “speaks” - physically, vocally and telepathically (the universal language of animals). Your bond can strengthen when you know what your cat needs and wants. This lecture will also explore a few safe and easy ways to help your kitty, as well as telepathic tips, with real life stories from long distance telepathic readings with cats!

Rebecca Golgoski leads the session on January 12 at 12:30pm.\ Snow date: January 18.

Fort Montgomery State Historic Site Educator Peter Cutul will portray the life

of “Private Yankee Doodle” - an average private in the Continental Army. This presentation will cover the good, the bad, and the ugly; drawing from the revered diary of Joseph Plumb Martin as well as firsthand accounts from other soldiers.

Using authentic reproduction objects, the clothing, rations, and equipment of a typical lower Hudson Valley enlisted soldier will be showcased. Loyalism in the Hudson Valley will also be discussed on February 1 at 12:30pm.

Snow date: February 2.

Alice Desmond Center is located at 6 Albany Post Road, Newburgh.

To register: 845-565-1326.

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Renelle Lorray: “Frozen in its Tracks”

See what happens when artists put away their colorful palettes and focus only on shades of black & white.

Warwick photographer Renelle Lorray specializes in finding scenes viewed by very few and the details within. “After a day of frozen precipitation in much of Orange County,” she explained, “I took a drive to explore several areas including Pine Island and Warwick Village. There was glistening beauty everywhere, but I was intrigued by the parked train cars on the Jones Chemical property in the Village. Except for a pale blue sky, there was no color, so this made a great subject for a black and white shot.”

Diane Ouzoonian studied with Philip Guston and Gretna Campbell at the New York Studio School in Greenwich Village.

She received a teaching credential at Montclair State University and taught art in the school system, and now teaches pastel, drawing and watercolor thoughout the library systems in Orange and Rockland counties. She retired from teaching drawing at Mount St. Mary College in Newburgh, and happily paints daily in pastels, watercolors and oils.

She is an active member of the North East Watercolor Society (see page 16) and the Warwick Art League.

“I started to draw cartoons for the New Yorker magazine after being inspired

by David Sipress’s memoir What’s so Funny. I’ve submitted over three hundred drawings so far but haven’t heard back

Diane Ouzoonian: Cartoons

Sarah McHugh: “Fruit Bowl Frolic”

from them yet. It took him 25 years to get accepted! Anyway, I’m enjoying unify a vision.” the challenge of Sarah Fortner drawing them,” said Pierson grew up in Ouzoonian. the San Francisco Award winning Bay Area and artist Sarah McHugh received a Bachelors is ever inspired by degree in Art the beauty of the Practice from UC Hudson Valley. Using Berkeley. She moved diverse mediums, to New York City in Sarah preserves 2001 to join Hunter nature, light, and College’s Master of seemingly ordinary Fine Art program. moments into visual Pierson founded the expressions that Washingtonville enrich the viewer’s Artist Collective in 2014. She is also an soul. Her work active member of the has been exhibited Goshen Art League in New York, throughout the Sarah Fortner Pierson: “Hibiscus Secret” and Orange County Hudson Valley, and hangs in private Arts Council and is the Executive Director of the Wallkill River Center collections across the country.

Sarah said the following about her for the Arts, in Montgomery.

“The natural world is full of strange art making process: “Drawing for me is NOT just a prep for a painting, but an wonders and geometries. Natural experiential, expressive and meditative elements such as plants, landscape and exercise for imagery that resonates fully rocks are most often the starting point on its own. I enjoy the play with the for my work,” says Sarah. “Art is about simple tools: drawing pencils, soft to the experience of life; its subject is our hard, and a kneaded eraser to create the thoughts, emotions, and senses. At its visual harmonious music of the values, best, art points out something new to the the lights and the darks, the dance of viewer such as beauty in an everyday the modulating contours to enhance and object, symmetry in what seems like

Barry Plaxen: “Self-Portrait”

chaos, a new perspective on a social issue or anything which deepens our experience and understanding of our lives,” she concluded.

Barry Plaxen explains how his self portrait came about: “In 2004, I took a six week course called Drawing from the Right Side of the Brain with Shawn Dell Joyce at the Country House Arts Center in Bloomingburg. Prior to her creating the Wallkill River School, Shawn held classes for adults and children at this wonderful location. My self-portrait, which was on exhibit earlier this year at the Wallkill River School, is a result of those classes. I am not a visual artist, but I believe my success with the drawing validates the old adage that everyone has the potential to create some kind of visual art,” Paintings, photographs, drawings, and sculpture will be on display in a community arts show, A Study in Black & White, at the Albert Wisner Library, One McFarland Drive, Warwick, from January 9 to March 31.

For information, call 845-986-1047.

Painting Class with Beth Balogh: “Reflections on a Winter Scene”

January 26 at 6:00pm ages 12 and up!

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